Roy Schestowitz

• fake https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-ai-images-show-fake-aftermath-of-khan-protests/a-70910721    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:16:50

• Eurozone inflation up to 2.3% in November https://www.dw.com/en/eurozone-inflation-up-to-2-3-in-november/a-70917892    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:17:17

• Beijing tries to unleash economy https://www.dw.com/en/china-and-trump-s-tariffs-beijing-tries-to-unleash-economy/a-70839175    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:17:46

• Hindu protests https://www.dw.com/en/bangladesh-communal-tensions-grow-amid-hindu-protests/a-70920418    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:20:18

• Vietnam greenlights north-south highspeed rail link https://www.dw.com/en/vietnam-greenlights-north-south-highspeed-rail-link/a-70928215    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:20:49

• Refugee Refusals https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-11-26/canada-hints-at-fast-tracking-refugee-refusals    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:21:39

• Taylor Swift ticket fraud https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/toronto-taylor-swift-ticket-scam-1.7393384    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:21:52

• citing drop in enrolment https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/sheridan-college-programs-suspended-enrolment-drop-1.7393853    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:22:14

• consulate attack https://www.dw.com/en/bangladesh-summons-india-envoy-after-consulate-attack/a-70951855    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:23:13

• Fighter dies https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/edmonton-mma-fighter-death-1.7394030    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:23:45

• bans on exports https://www.dw.com/en/china-hits-back-at-us-chip-sanctions-with-bans-on-exports/a-70945852    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:24:17

• coal https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/crowsnest-pass-alberta-blair-painter-craig-snodgrass-1.7393547"    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:25:06

• Beef prices hit record high at the grocery store — and on the ranch, too https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/beef-cattle-retail-prices-2024-1.7390730    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:25:19

• Still unsolved mystery https://www.dw.com/en/finland-s-internet-disrupted-by-damaged-fiber-optic-cable/a-70943440    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:26:26

• record-high prices https://www.dw.com/en/germany-can-t-quit-chocolate-despite-record-high-prices/a-70946527    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:26:58

• an economic storm? https://www.dw.com/en/is-france-heading-for-an-economic-storm/a-70944682    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:27:37

• JuicyFields https://www.dw.com/en/what-do-new-findings-in-juicyfields-cannabis-scam-reveal/a-70940012    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:29:11

• Lynx https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2024-11-27/canada-lynx-proposed-for-new-habitat-protections-in-us-southern-rockies    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:32:26

• Canada Post https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-post-negotiations-talks-break-down-1.7394535    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:33:01

• Hyundai recalls https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/hyundai-recall-rearview-cameras-1.7394892    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:34:16

• "The worst place ever to work. Loaded with "ready to retire 20 to 30 year employees" who are too afraid to rock the boat in fear of losing there pension. If you are starting off your tech career, move on to other companies. IBM has permanent lay offs every quarter." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vT55xkL    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:41:05

• "First of all, it's "their," not "there." More to the point, if you have fewer than 30 years with the company, you don't really have a pension."    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:41:34

• "That doesn't negate the truth that, if you have fewer than 20 years with the company, the probability of completing your career here is not great. You better be really key to vital niche with top ranked customers. Otherwise, eventually, whatever niche you happen to occupy will be culled. And so will you."    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:41:56

• "20 year employees don't have pensions. In 1999, IBM converted its defined benefit plan to a cash balance plan. These two changes in the 1990s were met with controversy. At the end of 2004, IBM closed its defined benefit plan to new hires and instead offered them a 401(k) plan and a stock purchase plan."    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:42:19

• Labor dispute at VW escalates amid worsening cost crisis https://www.dw.com/en/labor-dispute-at-vw-escalates-amid-worsening-cost-crisis/a-70939050    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:44:40

• China-funded projects https://www.dw.com/en/nepal-looks-to-kick-start-stalled-china-funded-projects/a-70935412    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:45:23

• Norway https://www.dw.com/en/norway-suspends-deep-sea-mining-plans/a-70857614    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:45:43

• plastic production https://www.dw.com/en/what-will-it-take-to-slow-plastic-production/a-70884906    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:46:37

• Musk pushing agenda https://www.dw.com/en/australia-pm-says-musk-pushing-agenda-after-social-media-ban/a-70929950    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:46:59

• E. coli https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/carrot-recall-e-coli-0121-1.7395770    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:47:34

• Baby Shark song to deter homeless people https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-mall-baby-shark-1.7396051    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:47:59

• Surveillance: facial recognition technology https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/facial-id-air-canada-yvr-1.7396518    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:48:32

• temporarily laying off? https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-post-strike-layoffs-1.7395839    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:49:05

• Salmonella https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2024-11-29/sunfed-recalls-cucumbers-in-us-and-canada-due-to-potential-salmonella-contamination    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:49:33

• Could G20 plan lift 500 million people out of poverty? https://www.dw.com/en/could-g20-plan-lift-500-million-people-out-of-poverty/a-70894001    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:50:24

• Germany's railway woes https://www.dw.com/en/deutsche-bahn-ghost-trains-latest-signal-of-germany-s-railway-woes/a-70929733    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:51:07

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1139.jpg    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:53:14

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1489.jpg    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:53:19

• "In the words of Ed Yong, one of my favorite science writers, "There is no ethical way to use AI." With all due respect, I neither accept nor deny this statement, but I do acknowledge that many more learned people than I am have already raised their voices on both sides." gemini://rohitfarmer.com/gemlog/2024/2024-12-09_Generative_AI_and_Me.gmi    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:54:15

• "I’m a couple days late with this one, but what are you going to do? I was never really shooting for a rigid schedule when I started with this week notes format. Glad I took it easy over the weekend instead." gemini://moddedbear.xyz/logs/2024-12-09-week-notes-005.gmi    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:54:50

• "Kensanata uses tin as usenet newsreader with ed as the editor. Also Kensanata used ed to compose email messages on the command line." gopher://box.matto.nl/0/re-ed-is-the-standard.txt    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:55:32

• "Last night me and my best friend went to see "Flow", a Latvian independent animated movie following the efforts of a group of animals - a cat, a secretarybird, a lemur, a capybara, and a dog - to survive in a flooded, post-human world." gemini://arcanesciences.com/gemlog/24-12-09/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:56:06

• Volkswagen https://www.dw.com/en/germany-volkswagen-strikes-called-by-trade-union/a-70930930    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:57:16

• EU coronavirus fund payouts: How do they work? https://www.dw.com/en/eu-coronavirus-fund-payouts-how-do-they-work/a-70923073    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:58:41

• Notorious Quebec hit man wanted to have La Presse journalist killed for $100K https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/hit-man-wanted-to-kill-journalist-1.7397281    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 04:59:31

• Kosovo claims 'terrorist act' after power plant canal blast https://www.dw.com/en/kosovo-claims-terrorist-act-after-power-plant-canal-blast/a-70925973    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 05:00:47

• slumping sales https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/stellantis-ceo-carlos-tavares-steps-down-as-carmaker-continues-struggle-with-slumping-sales-1.7398449    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 05:02:21

• 'No consequences' for violating human rights in privately funded research in Canada, says ethics expert https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/ethics-research-canada-privately-funded-1.7393063    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 05:03:27

• More women are breadwinners in Canadian families — but the motherhood penalty persists https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/work-women-motherhood-penalty-1.7395512    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 05:04:36

• police training to reduce police shootings https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/winnipeg-police-shootings-traning-norway-finland-1.7397678    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 05:05:16

• Canada Post https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-post-union-framework-deal-strike-1.7398365    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 05:05:34

• Indonesia, Canada Sign Comprehensive Economic Partnership https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-12-02/indonesia-canada-sign-comprehensive-economic-partnership    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 05:06:03

• Google https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-competition-bureau-google-ads-1.7397567    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 05:06:30

• Canada Post https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/unfair-labour-practice-complaint-striking-canada-post-1.7397919    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 05:08:03

• Android almost all-time high in Indonesia https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/indonesia/#monthly-200902-202412    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 06:38:23

• Windows less than 5% in Iraq https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/iraq/#monthly-200902-202412    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 06:39:26

• 15% in Jordan https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/jordan/#monthly-200902-202412    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 06:41:04

• Fagioli pushing press releases as "articles" https://betanews.com/2024/12/09/macally-ipad-case-backlit-keyboard-trackpad/ compare https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20241209155057/en/Macally-Launches-iPad-Case-with-Keyboard%E2%80%94The-Ultimate-Productivity-Tool-for-iPad-Users    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 07:16:09

• #035 | S4 | In The Chair | The Negotiator https://cybershow.uk/episodes.php?id=35 "Dive into one of our most electrifying episodes of the series as Ed sits down with Jeff Wichman, Director of Incident Response aka Chief Negotiator, at Semperis."    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 07:18:50

• The EPO's intranet was outsourced to Microsoft, which is very problematic because it helps Microsoft spy on the competition and manipulate examiners dealing with its files    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 07:21:36

• "This was an interesting one to come back to today. Game store itch.io was taken offline recently, due to a "bogus Phishing report to our registrar"." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/itchio-store-was-taken-down-by-funko-due-to-trash-ai-powered-phishing-report/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 08:40:48

• "Dawnfolk from developer Darenn Keller is absolutely lovely, a minimalist survival city-builder with each tile having a little mini-game. Really unique and one you need to keep an eye on." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/minimalist-mini-game-filled-survival-city-builder-dawnfolk-gets-a-release-date-and-new-demo/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 08:41:02

• "Over the weekend the Steam store from Valve managed to smash another record, something it has done repeatedly this year and it shows no sign of slowing down." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/steam-sets-a-new-record-with-39-million-concurrent-users-online/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 08:41:59

• "EA did another actually genuinely great thing here. They've expanded their previous patent pledge for game developers to use without problems." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/ea-pledge-another-23-accessibility-patents-for-public-royalty-free-use/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 08:42:12

• "This release went live on December 7th" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/obs-studio-31-released-with-first-party-youtube-chat-features-new-nvidia-filters-and-linux-improvements/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 08:45:13

• "How a Strongman Gets Stronger - by Hamilton Nolan" https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/how-a-strongman-gets-stronger    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 08:48:51

• "We’ve done it before" https://tracydurnell.com/2024/12/08/weve-done-it-before/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 08:49:08

• iophk: TheReg misses that the palantir in Tolkien's books became corrupted and evil https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/09/palantir_anduril_alliance/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 08:49:26

• "Alina Habba Tapped by Trump to Be White House Adviser" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/alina-habba-trump-white-house-adviser-1235197669/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 08:49:39

• "These are the countries with and without birthright citizenship" https://thehill.com/policy/international/5030514-trump-end-birthright-citizenship/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 08:49:51

• "Despite doubts on legality, Trump pledges to sign order revoking birthright citizenship" https://kansasreflector.com/2024/12/09/dc/despite-doubts-on-legality-trump-pledges-to-sign-order-revoking-birthright-citizenship/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 08:50:21

• "the test device heats up very fast, and battery life substantially decreases" https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-11-for-arm-can-run-natively-on-specific-android-smartphones-the-test-device-heats-up-very-fast-and-battery-life-substantially-decreases    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 08:50:49

• "Microsoft flags Outlook issue in Windows 11 24H2" https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/09/outlook_windows_11_issue/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 08:51:45

• "Homeland Security veteran to be interviewed for Trump administration cyber role | The Record from Recorded Future News" https://therecord.media/dhs-interview-brian-harrell-trump    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 08:51:58

• "Zelenskiy Floats Option Of Foreign Troops In Ukraine Until NATO Membership" https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-zelenskiy-foreign-troops-nato/33232424.html    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 08:52:11

• "Indie videgame portal Itch.io is effectively offine today after a brand protection company reported the platform for "fraud/phishing" for what was a problem easily solved using a DMCA notice." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/bogus-complaint-disables-itch-io-google-ignored-same-sender-for-years-241209/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 08:54:18

• Opportunities ☛ https://therevelator.org/conservation-landscape-2024/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 08:54:35

• "US Prosecutors Unable To Persuade Judge That Accused CIA Leaker Must Stay In Jail" ☛ https://thedissenter.org/us-prosecutors-unable-to-persuade-judge-that-accused-cia-leaker-must-stay-in-jail/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 08:55:20

• "forwarding list prepared by Mitsubishi United Financial Group (MUFG) of vendors at DMV" ☛ https://papersplease.org/wp/2024/12/09/public-private-partnerships-for-financial-surveillance/ | Source: Papers Please    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 08:56:12

• "Please grill RFK Jr.’s health nominees with these suggested questions" ☛ https://www.respectfulinsolence.com/2024/12/09/senators-please-grill-rfk-jr-s-health-nominees-with-these-suggested-questions/ |    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 08:56:42

• "AAEON has unveiled the UP Xtreme i14 Edge, a compact fanless Mini PC powered by Intel Core Ultra processors, Intel Arc graphics, and up to 64GB of LPDDR5 memory." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/aaeon-introduces-the-up-xtreme-i14-edge-its-first-meteor-lake-powered-mini-pc/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 09:07:36

• OpenShift 'open' sh-- ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/using-migration-hooks-migration-toolkit-virtualization | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 09:08:08

• Red Hat foolishly promoting the passing fad and false promise (and legal land mine) of large language models (LLMs) ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/top-10-security-architecture-patterns-llm-applications | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 09:08:51

• "This is a game changer because it eliminates the need for additional tools and simplifies multi-GPU management while enhancing compatibility and performance with users’ systems." ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2024/12/09/gpu-switching-game-changing/ | Source: OpenSUSE    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 09:09:26

• "A couple of days since this initial finding, there were similar sessions that also tried to curl various websites. I used JQ with some raw logs on my honeypots to find similar activity." ☛ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31502 | Source: SANS    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 09:10:57

• "If you ever fall into the dark scheme rabbit hole, the first thing you’ll learn is the color-scheme CSS property." ☛ https://htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/2024/9/ | Source: Markup from Hell    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 09:15:52

• "Software used for creating or publishing documents or files commonly implement version histories. Version histories allow a user to understand what has changed, when, and by whom in the history of a document." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2024/12/09/version-history/ | Source: James G    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 09:16:05

• "You pretty much always want components to behave like block-level elements: taking up all available space in the inline axis, and taking what they need in the block axis." ☛ https://noahliebman.net/2024/12/where-size-comes-from/ | Source: Noah Liebman    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 09:16:20

• "Without question, we seem to have accepted (and stretch ourselves to support) this idea that every web page in the entire world should should be annotated" ☛ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2024/omgimg/ | Source: Jim Nielsen    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 09:18:32

• Log retention and pruning in OpenShift Pipelines ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2024/12/09/log-retention-and-pruning-openshift-pipelines    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 09:22:14

• How To Install Julia Programming Language on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-julia-programming-language-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 09:23:18

• How To Install Julia Programming Language on Fedora 41 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-julia-programming-language-fedora-41/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 09:23:37

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

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 09:23:53

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

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 09:27:40

• How To Convert Image to PDF File Using Python ☞ https://idroot.us/convert-image-to-pdf-using-python/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 09:27:58

• Python Program to Convert Centimeters to Feet and Inches ☞ https://idroot.us/python-convert-centimeters-feet-inches/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 09:28:41

• Red Hat as a Microsoft reseller, pushing proprietary software for a hostile and corrupt company ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2024/12/09/develop-sql-server-databases-rhel-podman-desktop    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 09:30:17

• Our top languages and runtimes articles of 2024 ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2024/12/09/our-top-languages-and-runtimes-articles-2024    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 09:31:30

• Fedora Community Blog: FESCo Election: Interview with Josh Stone ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fesco-election-interview-with-josh-stone-2/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 09:44:38

• Fedora Steering Council election interviews ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1001522/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 09:44:54

• Fedora Community Blog: FESCo election: Interview with Zbigniew Jędrzejewski-Szmek ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fesco-election-interview-with-zbigniew-jedrzejewski-szmek-3/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 09:46:37

• Adam Young: Long Refactoring: Generators ☞ https://adam.younglogic.com/2024/12/long-refactoring-generators/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 09:48:48

• "The company’s approach to copyright complaints differs based on the role it plays." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/cloudflare-blocks-pirate-site-urls-for-legal-reasons-241209/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 09:49:26

• "allegedly unprotectable nature" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/09/ed-sheeran-thinking-out-loud-lawsuit-appeal-victory/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 09:59:09

• "Specifically, the measure would create an exemption from certain SEC public registration and reporting requirements for rural telecommunications companies." ☛ https://insidetowers.com/bill-to-cut-red-tape-and-expand-rural-broadband-passes-u-s-senate/ | Source: Inside Towers    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 09:59:37

• "investigating Nvidia for violating commitments made during its acquisition of Mellanox Technologies, a company that makes computer networking equipment" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/technology/china-nvidia-investigation-antitrust-ai.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 09:59:55

• "The inquiry, a rare move by Beijing, comes a week after the Biden administration expanded curbs on the sale of advanced U.S. technology to China." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/china-opens-investigation-into-nvidia-over-potential-antitrust-violations/articleshow/116154431.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:00:04

• "China's State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) announced an investigation into the GPU giant on Monday, citing alleged breaches of anti-monopoly regulations." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/09/nvidia_antitrust_probe_china/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:00:24

• Digital Restrictions (DRM) shot in foot! "Not even a week ago, Microsoft doubled down on its policy that requires PCs to have TPM 2.0-compatible hardware" ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2550265/microsoft-now-allowing-windows-11-on-older-incompatible-pcs.html | Source: PC World    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:04:27

• "While Sony did have an on-line store-front, it offered far fewer titles than Amazon’s." ☛ https://kevinboone.me/prs-500.html | Source: Kevin Boone    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:04:36

• "The complex and interconnected nature of cloud and 5G ecosystems" ☛ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/cloud-and-5g-convergence-is-a-national-security-imperative/ | Source: The Strategist    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:05:23

• "That’s the sensible way to shore up U.S. broadband." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/09/trump-2-0-to-slather-elon-musks-starlink-with-billions-in-taxpayer-subsidies-it-doesnt-deserve/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:05:32

• "Saee knew protesting might get her arrested or killed." ☛ https://thewalrus.ca/in-afghanistan-women-havent-given-up/ | Source: The Walrus    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:06:31

• "A fellow (female) candidate pointed out, quite conversationally, that she had never known a woman display their address, never known a man not to do so." ☛ https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/how-women-in-politics-are-being-harassed-with-a-sinister-tactic-akin-to-stalking-4900657 | Source: The Scotsman    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:06:48

• "Tech Bros" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/tyranny-tech-bros-silicon-valley-activism/ | Source: Wired    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:07:01

• "The Lumbee, which claims 50,000 members, has significant political influence in the swing state of North Carolina" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2024/12/07/wounded-knee-bill-blocked-lumbee-tribe | Source: Axios    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:07:19

• "404 Media's reporting on an internal Google privacy violation database has been subpoenaed by the State of Texas. We are fighting it." ☛ https://www.404media.co/404-media-objects-to-texas-attorney-general-ken-paxtons-subpoena-to-access-our-reporting/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:09:00

• "In a letter sent with copies of the January and February issue of the Condé Nast-owned magazine" ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/magazines/wired-uk-quarterly-magazine-global-team/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:09:27

• "American journalist and Marine Corps veteran Austin Tice, who disappeared 12 years ago near the Syrian capital" ☛ https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2024/12/10/us-believes-marine-vet-is-alive-after-disappearing-in-syria-in-2012/ | Source: USMC    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:09:49

• "In the aftermath of the fall of the Bashar al-Assad government in Syria, U.S. officials say they continue to work to locate American journalist Austin Tice, who has been detained in the country for more than 12 years." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/us-making-intensive-efforts-to-find-journalist-austin-tice-in-syria/7893208.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:10:17

• "We believe he is alive. We think we can get him back, but we have no direct evidence of that yet" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/after-assad-s-fall-cautious-optimism-for-jailed-journalist-austin-tice-in-syria/7891759.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:10:37

• "The wanton killing of journalist Chhoeung Chheng shows the grave danger environmental reporters face in Cambodia" ☛ https://cpj.org/2024/12/environmental-journalist-chhoeung-chheng-shot-and-killed-in-cambodia/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:11:05

• "Egypt jails journalist Sayed Saber after recent social control media posts" ☛ https://cpj.org/2024/12/egypt-jails-journalist-sayed-saber-after-recent-social-media-posts/ | Source: CPJ "arrest is believed to be linked to recent social control media posts criticizing military rule in Egypt."    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:11:46

• "Federal employees are scrubbing their Facebook and X accounts for any negative posts about Trump." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/08/federal-employees-trump-fear-purge/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:13:29

• "Some federal employees are removing posts from X and Facebook, with one official who testified in Trump’s first impeachment inquiry considering filing retirement papers as others are taking steps to move to possibly safer agencies." ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-social-media-federal-employees-b2661265.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:13:51

• "The studios, with the help of a hard-nosed Washington insider, figured out how to expand the parameters of film and avoid government censorship in one fell swoop." ☛ https://tedium.co/2024/12/08/mpaa-g-rating-history/ | Source: Tedium    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:14:41

• "these trials mostly affected Russian regions populated by ethnic minorities, including Chechnya, Dagestan and Ingushetia." ☛ https://therecord.media/russia-disrupts-internet-access-in-multiple-regions-runet | Source: The Record    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:15:03

• "Russia doesn’t let independent journalists report from occupied Ukraine, but the Kremlin’s own state media publish photos revealing the invasion’s devastation" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/09/behold-putin-s-liberation | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:15:22

• Buzzwords charlatans ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/9/24316969/mustafa-suleyman-sam-altman-microsoft-openai-agi | Source: The Verge http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/09/Corporate_Media_Will_Be_Discarded_and_Eventually_Die_If_It_Keep.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:20:10

• "Airbus, the European aerospace giant, has announced plans to cut 477 jobs in the UK as part of a global restructuring effort following a 22% drop in profits." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/airbus-cut-nearly-500-uk-jobs-amid-falling-profits-global-restructuring-1729334 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:20:34

• "Murdoch, 93, had sought to change the terms of his irrevocable family trust to ensure his older son, Lachlan, would have sole control over his media companies News Corp. and Fox Corp." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2024-12-09/rupert-murdoch-cannot-hand-control-of-his-media-empire-to-son-lachlan-per-judges-ruling | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:30:15

• "I think the progress is going to get harder" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/google-ceo-easy-ai-over | Source: Futurism    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:30:30

• "A new study from UC San Diego's Comparative Cognition Lab shows that dogs trained to use soundboards to "talk" are capable of making two-word button combinations that go beyond random behavior or simple imitation of their owners." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2024-12-dogs-word-button-combos-communicate.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:31:01

• "Processing and answering prompts eats up electricity" ☛ https://www.sciencenews.org/article/generative-ai-energy-environmental-cost | Source: Science News    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:32:51

• "New solar installations distributed across the University of Michigan’s Ann Arbor" ☛ https://record.umich.edu/articles/university-to-begin-installing-solar-power-sites-on-campus/ | Source: University of Michigan    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:35:55

• "The law has four main features." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/environment/build-public-renewable-act-draft-strategic-plan/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:36:03

• "Public transport has long been seen as a cornerstone of future-ready urban development." ☛ https://www.theenergymix.com/opinion-want-stronger-public-transport-and-better-communities-get-youth-hooked-on-transit/ | Source: Energy Mix Productions Inc    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:36:22

• "Nearly 30,000 Floridians have installed solar power this year" ☛ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/solar/residential/florida-has-installed-the-second-most-solar-power-capacity-in-the-country-in-2024/ | Source: Renewable Energy World    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:36:37

• "Initially there was skepticism" ☛ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/solar/rooftop/in-michigan-and-wisconsin-cities-are-finding-rooftops-alone-may-not-achieve-solar-energy-goals/ | Source: Renewable Energy World    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:36:59

• "€2.6 billion Estonian scheme to support renewable offshore wind" ☛ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_6262 | Source: European Commission    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:37:07

• "‘The East Antarctic ice sheet alone,’ the scientists stated, ‘holds enough water to raise global sea levels by approximately 50 metres.’" ☛ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/catastrophic-runaway-sea-level-rise-possible-within-our-lifetime-yes-heres-how/ | Source: The Strategist    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:52:35

• "Forty percent of all the lands on Earth, excluding Antarctica, are now made up of drylands, reported The Guardian" ☛ https://www.ecowatch.com/earth-drylands-aridity-climate-change.html | Source: EcoWatch    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:52:47

• "National Weather Service meteorologist Robbie Munroe said Particularly Dangerous Situation red flag warnings should, on average, occur only once every three to five years." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-12-09/particularly-dangerous-situation-fire-warning-what-does-that-mean | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:53:54

• "Not all superheroes wear capes. Capable of handling extreme cold, acid, and dehydration, the microbe Deinococcus radiodurans handles doses of radiation that would kill a human tens of thousands of times over" ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/study-reveals-new-secrets-on-why-blasting-this-microbe-with-radiation-wont-kill-it | Source: Science Alert    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:54:29

• "But, what do you think is the leading cause of driver’s license suspensions?" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/12/analyzing-driver-license-suspensions-with-r/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:55:10

• "Debt-related suspensions trap drivers with limited resources in a vicious cycle." ☛ https://lasclev.org/wp-content/uploads/Road-to-Nowhere_hirez.pdf |    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 10:55:48

• "attack that Hamas carried out against Israeli civilian communities" ☛ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-fall-of-the-house-of-assad/ | Source: The Strategist    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:00:43

• "Russia's military is reportedly using third parties to purchase U.S.-based electronic products" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/alarming-amount-of-texas-instrument-chips-found-in-russian-based-weapons-in-ukraine-russian-military-using-third-parties-to-purchase-u-s-made-chips | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:01:10

• "it was the upside down triangle beside the words that particularly disturbed Acker" ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2024/12/09/u-of-m-regent-says-home-was-vandalized-in-an-antisemitic-attack-using-klan-like-tactics/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:02:06

• "That upside-down triangle is what Hamas uses to identify legitimate military targets that are Israeli" ☛ https://www.bridgemi.com/talent-education/u-m-regents-home-vandalized-free-palestine-spray-painted-wifes-car | Source: Bridge Michigan    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:02:50

• "messages about Palestine" ☛ https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5030525-university-of-michigan-antisemitic-attack/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:03:22

• "As a public official, you expect a certain level of criticism – even protests" ☛ https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/09/us/university-of-michigan-regents-vandalized-acker/index.html | Source: CNN    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:04:08

• "lost an appeal to save its existence in the U.S. when it argued" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/09/tiktoks-last-stand-asks-emergency-pause-us-ban/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:04:48

• "NBC’s Kristen Welker asked" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/9/24317094/donald-trump-tiktok-ban-sale-meet-the-press-interview | Source: The Verge    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:05:23

• "TikTok and ByteDance have hired former US Solicitor General Noel Francisco to challenge a US law" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/tiktok-hires-ex-trump-administration-lawyer-ahead-of-supreme-court-appeal/articleshow/116147739.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:05:48

• "TikTok and its Chinese owner ByteDance have turned to a veteran U.S. Supreme Court lawyer" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2024-12-09/tiktok-hires-ex-trump-administration-lawyer-ahead-of-supreme-court-appeal | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:07:08

• "Residents of several New Jersey counties have been witnessing giant drones flying over their homes" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/fbi-baffled-mysterious-drones-new-jersey | Source: Futurism    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:07:30

• "Assad, his family, his cronies, and possibly his Alawite sect" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2024/12/khamenei-iran-syria/680920/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:07:45

• "law that could ban TikTok in the US doesn’t violate the Constitution" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/9/24316941/tiktok-divest-ban-court-ruling-breakdown-first-amendment | Source: The Verge    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:08:07

• "ByteDance officials have said selling off the U.S. app would be extraordinarily challenging" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/12/09/tiktok-ban-court-injunction/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:08:59

• "If the law is not overturned, both TikTok and its parent ByteDance..." ☛ https://www.twincities.com/2024/12/09/tiktok-ban/ | Source: TwinCities Pioneer Press    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:09:12

• "This is why our people are there: to protect our collective airspace against Russian threats" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-12-09/dutch-f-35s-intercepted-three-russian-aircraft-over-the-baltic-sea | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:13:16

• "The involvement of wealthy investors has made this presidential transition" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/us/politics/trump-elon-musk-silicon-valley.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:13:34

• "Nearly a year before a Pakistani man hit the road in the Toronto area" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/muhammad-shahzeb-kahn-fbi-investigation-1.7405148 | Source: CBC    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:13:54

• "The home of a Jewish member of the University of Michigan Board of Regents was attacked Sunday night" ☛ https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2024/12/university-of-michigan-regents-home-vandalized-with-mason-jars-pro-palestine-slogan.html | Source: Michigan News    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:14:14

• "in a weird and kind of controversial not-quite-acquisition situation, one that sent Mustafa, his cofounder, and a majority of their employees into Microsoft." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/24314821/microsoft-ai-ceo-mustafa-suleyman-google-deepmind-openai-inflection-agi-decoder-podcast | Source: The Verge    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:15:22

• "The combined entities plan to combine some of their products to address the issues." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/09/palantir_anduril_alliance/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:15:42

• "According to a report by Bloomberg, the in-house modem could debut next year and will replace the components from long-term partner Qualcomm" ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/technology/apple-may-introduce-macs-with-cellular-connectivity-1845355 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:16:07

• "In this new briefing, we identify the most significant concerns on the UN Countering Terrorist Travel Programme (CTTP), and put forward a range of recommendations to mitigate some of the human rights risks associated with the surveillance of travellers. [...]" ☛ https://privacyinternational.org/report/5481/pis-briefing-travellers-surveillance | Source: Privacy International    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:16:35

• "The update arrived with build 26120.2510 of Windows 11 and means more Insiders – not just those with Arm-compatible Qualcomm Snapdragon-powered Copilot+ PCs" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/09/windows_recall_intel_amd/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:16:59

• "With previous funding levels for public services like the police gone for good, officers must turn to technology to help them cope with increasing demands on their time" ☛ https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/ai-facial-recognition-and-digital-evidence-sharing-why-police-must-embrace-new-tech-4901092 | Source: The Scotsman    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:17:38

• "Hong Kong’s privacy watchdog has found that the city’s Electrical and Mechanical Services Department contravened data privacy laws over a data leak involving 17,000 people this May." ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/09/govt-dept-contravened-data-privacy-laws-in-breach-involving-17000-people-privacy-watchdog-finds/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:19:41

• "HK mulls in-car cams, GPS, dashcams, digital payments for all taxis" ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/09/hong-kong-proposes-in-car-cameras-gps-dashcams-electronic-payments-for-all-taxis-by-2026/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:20:14

• No Wonder Microsoft's Microsoft's Surveillance Arm LinkedIn and Microsoft's proprietary prison Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub Have So Many Layoffs, Permanent Office Closures ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/09/No_Wonder_Microsoft_s_LinkedIn_and_Github_Have_So_Many_Layoffs_.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:21:06

• You’d Better Watch Out: The Surveillance State Is Making a List, and You’re On It ☞ https://off-guardian.org/2024/12/09/youd-better-watch-out-the-surveillance-state-is-making-a-list-and-youre-on-it-2/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:26:08

• "Markowitz said he filed a police report but hasn’t heard back. " ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-12-09/impersonators-are-claiming-laptops-at-apple-stores-before-real-owners-can-pick-them-up | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:29:58

• Windows TCO: "Termite shared news of the attack on its dark web portal, as reported on X" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/09/security_in_brief/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:31:24

• Windows TCO: "Kurita Water Industries said the incident began on November 29 and affected Kurita America" ☛ https://therecord.media/us-subsidiaries-japanese-water-treatment | Source: The Record    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:35:56

• Windows TCO: "A newly formed ransomware group known as Termite has claimed responsibility" ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/termite-ransomware-blue-yonder-disruption/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:38:48

• Windows TCO: "The statistics underpin the threat." ☛ https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/heed-the-warnings-on-cyber-security-threats-james-mcgachie-4897395 | Source: The Scotsman    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:39:33

• "In conclusion, we expect widespread deployment of black box ML systems" ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/12/08/survey-uk-financial-services-add-more-ai-mostly-machine-learning/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:41:17

• "As I planned roughly 14 months ago I finally terminated my cPanel license and said goodbye" ☛ https://connortumbleson.com/2024/12/09/goodbye-cpanel/ | Source: Connor Tumbleson    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:41:33

• "Lopatto’s piece is excellent, particularly the way she shows her own work." ☛ https://daringfireball.net/2024/12/dont_throw_the_baby_out_with_the_generative_ai_bullshit_bathwater | Source: John Gruber    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:42:00

• "AI-generated writing has quietly become pervasive online, including on platforms like LinkedIn." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ai-has-silently-taken-over-linkedin-think-that-viral-post-real-think-again-1729308 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:43:12

• "But what has been a salvation has increasingly turned into a major source of concern." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/technology/ukraine-russia-telegram-security.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:43:45

• "But job displacement and disinformation may not be the most immediate or significant consequences" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/12/openai-sora-release/680944/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:47:12

• "Neuberger, America's deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technology" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/09/white_house_salt_typhoon/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:49:02

• "However, in Reddit's case, the AI-powered results won't cull data from around the [Internet]" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/09/reddit_ai_answers_search_feature/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:51:04

• "In November 1996, Apple released the Power Macintosh 4400 with a starting price of $1,725." ☛ https://512pixels.net/2024/12/the-power-mac-4400/ | Source: Stephen Hackett    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:51:11

• "anxious attachment" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/lifestyle/2024-12-08/instagram-therapy-offers-self-diagnoses-vocabulary-and-justifications-but-it-does-not-solve-anything.html | Source: El País    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:56:50

• "Guns turn the murderous impulse – which, let's be honest, we've all felt at some time or another" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2024/12/09/radicalized/#deny-defend-depose | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:57:00

• "In the end" ☛ https://laplab.me/posts/2024-reflection/ | Source: Nikita Lapkov    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:57:12

• "Driving the news: Mangione was identified at a McDonald's in Altoona, Pennsylvania on Monday." ☛ https://www.axios.com/2024/12/09/brian-thompson-unitedhealthcare-suspect | Source: Axios    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:57:48

• "weapons-related charges" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/10/unitedhealthcare_shooting_camera/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:58:34

• "Of grave concern is Weldon’s stint as president of the Alliance of Health Care Sharing Ministries" ☛ https://ffrf.org/news/releases/ffrf-deplores-anti-science-weldon-nomination-for-cdc-head/ | Source: Freedom From Religion Foundation    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:59:10

• "lack of credentials or relevant experience in medicine, science" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/nobel-prize-winners-urge-senators-reject-rfk-jr-hhs-1235198466/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 11:59:50

• "Hinks, whose 16-year-old daughter died by suicide in August" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-12-09/child-safety-legislation | Source: Los Angeles Times    

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

• "The certification of this base as an imminent danger area, the use of chemical agents in its vicinity" ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/military-life/beards-air-force-congress/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:01:28

• "words engraved on the shell casings of the bullets that ended Brian Thompson’s life" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/usa/2024-12-09/unitedhealthcare-ceos-murder-sparks-consumer-outrage-over-health-insurance-abuses.html | Source: El País    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:01:43

• "Trauma dumping has emerged as a trend on social media platforms, particularly TikTok." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trauma-dumping-tiktok-examples-reasons-effects-growing-trend-1729400 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:02:03

• "What could you do less of?" ☛ https://birming.com/tyranny-thoughts/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:02:50

• "The structure of two regions in the left hemisphere, which are crucial for language" ☛ https://theconversation.com/people-who-are-good-at-reading-have-different-brains-244786 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:04:55

• "As part of the beard study" ☛ https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2024/12/09/air-force-would-study-allowing-beards-under-proposed-defense-bill/ | Source: Air Force Times    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:05:08

• "For cyber Monday, I splurged and purchased Ugmonk’s daily and weekly system. I also threw in an hourglass." ☛ https://bentsai.org/posts/analog-day-1-of-using | Source: Ben Tsai http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/27/In_Defence_of_Analog_Sometimes_Digital_and_or_Smart_is_Objectiv.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:05:42

• "An AI [sic] engineer [sic] is a specialized software engineer that integrates GenAI [sic] models into applications." ☛ https://timkellogg.me/blog/2024/12/09/ai-engineer | Source: Tim Kellogg    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:10:03

• "I wrote an angry email that I didn't send. As the hours pass, I am less and less upset" ☛ https://louplummer.lol/talking-myself-off-the-ledge/ | Source: Lou Plummer    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:10:23

• "Yes, it appears there is something missing in our understanding of the universe" ☛ https://www.ksl.com/article/51207503/webb-telescope-confirms-the-universe-is-expanding-at-an-unexpected-rate | Source: Deseret Media    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:11:38

• "the team of researchers from Spain, China..." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2024-12-symmetry-concept-boosts-accuracy-radar.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:13:16

• "What can plants or animals do when faced with harsh conditions?" ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/some-life-forms-hit-pause-for-centuries-we-finally-know-the-benefit | Source: Science Alert    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:13:26

• "On November 19, 2024, I joined a panel at the Council of Science Editors" ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/12/09/ethics-in-scholarly-publishing-is-more-than-following-guidelines/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:13:47

• "I’m writing an article on correlations (much more interesting than I had thought!)" ☛ https://entropicthoughts.com/the-sample-size-curve | Source: Chris    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:14:09

• "It’s so much easier to practice publishing now." ☛ https://anniemueller.com/posts/practice-by-doing | Source: Annie Mueller    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:14:55

• "If I’m not playing their game, I also don’t need to play by their rules." ☛ https://soatok.blog/2024/12/09/ideas-and-execution/ | Source: Dhole Moments    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:15:50

• "Plant resins come with varying amounts of water-soluble gum content." ☛ https://nathanupchurch.com/blog/washing-frankincense/ | Source: Nathan Upchurch    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:16:16

• "When a complex product like a Python-based data workflow fails" ☛ https://matthewrocklin.com/support-complex.html | Source: Matthew Rocklin    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:16:40

• "Problem: How should they treat the suspect values?" ☛ https://pdl.perl.org/advent/blog/2024/12/10/bad-values/ | Source: Perl Data Language    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:17:58

• "Enhance Your Development Workflow with the e Module" ☛ https://perladvent.org/2024/2024-12-10.html | Source: Perl    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:18:09

• "Suppose you have some files you want to directly commit to a branch in your current git repository, doing so without perturbing your current branch. Why would you want to do that?" ☛ https://muxup.com/2024q4/directly-committing-files-to-a-separate-git-branch | Source: Muxup    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:19:05

• "This article will quickly explain the Rust types" ☛ https://qsantos.fr/2024/12/09/rust-strings-for-c-programmers/ | Source: Quentin Santos    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:19:46

• "I'm working on a terrible idea of a project, and this project uses MIDI. That means I need a MIDI implementation! I chose to use an existing library, midir, to connect to devices and receive messages." ☛ https://ntietz.com/blog/parsing-midi-rust/ | Source: Nicholas Tietz-Sokolsky    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:20:04

• "Let's say you have a website - your_website.tld - and you want people to log in to it using their Mastodon account." ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/12/creating-a-generic-log-in-with-mastodon-service/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:20:27

• "I’ve been struggling to remember all of the UUIDs 1. There are a lot of them. So this week I wrote them all down. You can see my list at everyuuid.com." ☛ https://eieio.games/blog/writing-down-every-uuid/ |    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:21:12

• "CAP's language for expressing the domain model, the entities, their relationships, services, and more, is CDS's Conceptual Definition Language (CDL)." ☛ https://qmacro.org/blog/posts/2024/12/09/the-elements-of-programming-with-respect-to-cdl-and-sicp/ | Source: DJ Adams    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:21:42

• "Are you working with a data frame in R where you need to determine which column contains the maximum value for each row?" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/12/how-to-find-the-column-with-the-max-value-for-each-row-in-r/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:24:40

• "In this post, we’ll dive into parallel and asynchronous programming, why it matters for {shiny} developers, and how you can implement it in your next app." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/12/parallel-and-asynchronous-programming-in-shiny-with-future-promise-future_promise-and-extendedtask/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:24:56

• "It’s a lightweight alternative, written in GNU Guile, to more monolithic service managers like systemd" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/gnu-shepherd-service-manager-1-0/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:26:36

• The Law Bytes Podcast, Episode 222: Robert Diab on Canadian Media’s Copyright Lawsuit Against Proprietary Chaffbot Company ☞ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2024/12/law-bytes-podcast-episode-222/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:31:46

• This Week in Linux 289: Cinnamon Desktop, COSMIC Alpha 4, NixOS, Flathub LLC & more GNU/Linux news ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/this-week-in-linux/twil-289/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:32:49

• Late Night Linux – Episode 311 ☞ https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-311/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:34:54

• This Week in Linux 289: Cinnamon Desktop, COSMIC Alpha 4, NixOS, Flathub LLC & more GNU/Linux news ☞ https://thisweekinlinux.com/289    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:35:51

• Chris' Netboot Nonsense | LINUX Unplugged 592 ☞ https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/592/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:37:04

• Fedora Community Blog: FESCo election: Interview with Tomas Hckra ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fesco-election-interview-with-tomas-hckra-2/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:41:53

• Fedora Community Blog: FESCo election: Interview with David Cantrell ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fesco-election-interview-with-david-cantrell-3/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:42:26

• Fedora Community Blog: FESCo election: Interview with Fabio Alessandro Locati (Fale) ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fesco-election-interview-with-fabio-alessandro-locati-fale/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:42:46

• FESCo election: Interview with Kevin Fenzi https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fesco-election-interview-with-kevin-fenzi-3/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:44:07

• 🔤SpellBinding — AWFILND Wordo: LACEY gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2024-12-10.gmi    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:57:32

• "I now have the random number generation and card shuffling functionality programmed in! In case someone else ends up working on some low level retro computing project that involves shuffling a deck of cards, I included some technical info of how I did it for this project." gemini://vigrey.com/tarot/gb/log/3.gmi    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:58:16

• Hope gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/agk/2024-12-09-hope.txt    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 12:59:09

• Luigi Mangione is not a hero. gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/canfood/phlog/2024-12-09    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 13:01:03

• "the Finnish consumer electronics company was the bestselling phone brand in the world, with 40% of the world market and 70% of the UK market." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/dec/08/nokia-mobile-finnish-brand-ringtones | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 15:40:32

• "Just in time for the holiday season, Raspberry Pi has launched two highly anticipated products that promise" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/raspberry-pi-500-announced/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 15:43:21

• "The Raspberry Pi 400 was a hit when it came out in 2020" ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2550268/raspberry-pi-new-keyboard-pc-and-usb-monitor-are-on-sale-now.html | Source: PC World    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 15:43:34

• "the ports are identical—save for the USB ports on the Pi 500" ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/pi-500-much-faster-lacks-m2 | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 15:43:51

• "The Reg was provided a Pi 500 before its release and used it as a daily driver for a few days." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/09/raspberry_pi_500_monitor/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 15:44:23

• "Our review unit is essentially the Desktop kit, minus the beginner’s guide." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-500-review | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 15:44:52

• "Raspberry Pi 400 has become a hugely popular choice" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-500-and-raspberry-pi-monitor-on-sale-now/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 15:45:19

• "Though the $100 Raspberry Pi Monitor is built to work with Raspberry Pi computers" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-monitor-review | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 15:45:27

• "Fish tank-style PC cases gained mind share and momentum through 2024" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/pc-cases/fish-tank-pc-case-sales-explode-in-2024-korean-retail-data-claims-tenfold-growth-for-this-style-of-chassis | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 15:46:30

• "3d-printed" ☛ https://www.404media.co/unitedhealthcare-shooting-person-of-interest-had-3d-printed-glock/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 15:47:38

• "The internal skeleton was 3D-printed and actuated by a plethora of small servo motors." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2024/12/09/this-frighteningly-realistic-animatronic-head-features-expressive-silicone-skin/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 15:49:13

• "Due to the combination of the command injection in the 'openwrt/imagebuilder'..." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/09/openwrt_firmware_vulnerabilities/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 15:52:18

• "vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2024-54143, affects the OpenWrt sysupgrade" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/critical-openwrt-flaw-exposes-firmware-update-server-to-exploitation/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 15:52:37

• Freexian Collaborators: Debian Contributions: OpenMPI transitions, cPython 3.12.7+ update uploads, Python 3.13 Transition, and more! (by Anupa Ann Joseph, Stefano Rivera) ☞ https://www.freexian.com/blog/debian-contributions-11-2024/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 15:54:07

• A look into accessibility for UMich faculty and staff ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/public-safety/a-look-into-accessibility-for-umich-faculty-and-staff/ "Two years ago, Ann Heffernan, assistant professor of political science, taught a lecture in one of the larger halls in Mason Hall."    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:21:28

• Real or fake Christmas tree: What is the greenest option? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/science/20241209-real-or-fake-christmas-tree-what-is-the-greenest-option    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:21:54

• California to consider requiring mental health warnings on social control media sites ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2024/12/09/california-considers-mental-health-warnings-social-media/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:22:10

• Luigi Mangione, UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting suspect, hails from wealthy family and his cousin is a Maryland state lawmaker ☞ https://nypost.com/2024/12/09/us-news/luigi-mangione-unitedhealthcare-ceo-shooting-suspect-hails-from-wealthy-family-and-his-cousin-is-a-maryland-state-lawmaker/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:22:42

• "advertised on social control media" ☞ https://about.rte.ie/2024/12/09/rte-investigates-reveals-sale-of-unapproved-us-weight-loss-trial-medication-exposed-in-ireland-to-be-broadcast-tonight/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:24:27

• Microsoft's Latest 'Novel' Approach, Trying to Prevent People Moving Away From Abusive Monopolist Microsoft and From backdoored Windows ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/08/Microsoft_s_Latest_Novel_Approach_Trying_to_Prevent_People_Movi.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:25:18

• [Meme] Jeff Bezos Working From Home ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/09/Meme_Jeff_Bezos_Working_From_Home.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:27:38

• Why Mike Magee Created and Was Involved in So Many News Sites About Technology ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/09/Why_Mike_Magee_Created_and_Was_Involved_in_So_Many_News_Sites_A.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:27:54

• Academically inclining at NeurIPS 2024 ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/academically-inclining-at-neurips-2024.html    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:28:36

• As of December 8th (23 Days Remaining), the FSF (Free Software Foundation, Inc.) Already a Third of the Way Toward Ambitious Funding Goal ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/09/As_of_December_8th_23_Days_Remaining_the_FSF_Free_Software_Foun.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:29:06

• Microsoft: Target the Young (Get 'Em While They're Young) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/09/Microsoft_Target_the_Young_Get_Em_While_They_re_Young.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:29:29

• America should start to say ‘I’m sorry’ ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/columns/america-should-start-to-say-im-sorry/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:30:54

• Luigi Mangione, suspected UnitedHealthcare CEO killer, delivered valedictorian speech about ‘challenging the world’ ☞ https://nypost.com/2024/12/09/us-news/luigi-mangione-suspected-unitedhealthcare-ceo-killer-delivered-valedictorian-speech-about-challenging-the-world/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:31:29

• Journalism that will make us say 'it was worth it' ☞ https://bianet.org/yazi/journalism-that-will-make-us-say-it-was-worth-it-302485    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:31:46

• Corporate Media Will Be Discarded and Eventually Die If It Keeps Doing "Famous Criminal Bill Gates Sez" (or Similar) Pieces Instead of Journalism ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/09/Corporate_Media_Will_Be_Discarded_and_Eventually_Die_If_It_Keep.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:32:09

• [Teaser] EPO Management Thinks Inflation in Europe is 0.2% Per Annum ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/09/Teaser_EPO_Management_Thinks_Inflation_in_Europe_is_0_2_Per_Ann.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:32:30

• Reforming Versus Rebooting Versus Destroying Institutions ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/09/Reforming_Versus_Rebooting_Versus_Destroying_Institutions.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:32:38

• More LLM Spam/Slop About LLM Spam/Slop ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/09/More_LLM_Spam_Slop_About_LLM_Spam_Slop.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:32:50

• [Meme] Sloppy Plagiarism Full of Errors, Lacking Actual Comprehension ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/09/Meme_Sloppy_Plagiarism_Full_of_Errors_Lacking_Actual_Comprehens.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:33:06

• Microsoft's Grip on Armenia is Slipping, According to New Data From statCounter ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/09/Microsoft_s_Grip_on_Armenia_is_Slipping_According_to_New_Data_F.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:33:42

• Israel-Hamas Cease-Fire Talks Gain Steam, Officials Say ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-cease-fire-talks.html    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:41:25

• EPO Salaries Reduced: EPO's “Sustainability” Clause "Cuts the Average Overall Adjustment for Staff by –41,8%." ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/09/EPO_Salaries_Reduced_EPO_s_Sustainability_Clause_Cuts_the_Avera.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:41:45

• 'Remote' (From Home) Tech Workers Are More Productive for a Lot of Reasons (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/09/Remote_From_Home_Tech_Workers_Are_More_Productive_for_a_Lot_of_.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:42:07

• In Memory of Mike Magee (1949-2024) and Our Best Wishes to The Register, Which He Founded in the 1990s (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/09/In_Memory_of_Mike_Magee_1950_2024_and_Our_Best_Wishes_to_The_Re.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:42:27

• Site in Support of Richard Stallman Reminds People of the FSF's and Stallman's Support of Women (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/02/01/Site_in_Support_of_Richard_Stallman_Reminds_People_of_the_FSF_s.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:42:39

• [Meme] Write Code, Not Social Control Media (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/09/Meme_Write_Code_Not_Social_Control_Media.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:43:15

• Expose Corrupt Insurance Companies, Don't Kill People (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/09/Expose_Corrupt_Insurance_Companies_Don_t_Kill_People.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:43:22

• Russia says will discuss status of its Syria bases with new authorities ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241209-kremlin-says-will-discuss-status-of-its-syria-bases-with-new-authorities    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:43:43

• Syria : what was the role of foreign fighters in the latest battles ? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241209-syria-what-was-the-role-of-foreign-fighters-in-the-latest-battles    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:43:57

• Transitional Syrian government must represent 'all groups in civil society', beyond armed factions ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241209-transitional-govt-must-be-representative-of-all-groups-in-civil-society-not-just-armed-factions    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:44:06

• Will HTS oversee a 'transformation in Syria's political system'? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241209-will-hts-oversee-a-transformation-in-syria-s-political-system    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:44:14

• Iran and Russia, the two big losers following Assad's ouster from Syria ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241209-iran-and-russia-the-two-big-losers-following-assad-s-ouster-from-syria    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:44:38

• With Assad gone, new era starts in Syria as the world watches ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241209-with-assad-gone-new-era-starts-in-syria-as-the-world-watches    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:45:32

• UN to hold emergency meeting at Russia’s request as Syria president ousted ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/12/un-to-hold-emergency-meeting-at-russias-request-as-syria-president-ousted/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:45:58

• Romania Constitutional Court annuls presidential elections amid Russian interference claims ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/12/romania-constitutional-court-annuls-presidential-elections-amid-russian-interference-claims/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:46:17

• Member of Lithuania’s conservative party suspected of spying for Russia ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2434508/member-of-lithuania-s-conservative-party-suspected-of-spying-for-russia    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:46:25

• Myanmar junta prepares to send migrant workers to Russia in 2025 ☞ https://rfa.org/english/myanmar/2024/12/09/junta-prepares-send-migrant-workers-russia/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:46:43

• Bodyguard Of Moscow-Friendly Romanian Candidate Detained For 24 Hours ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/bodyguard-of-moscow-friendly-romanian-candidate-detained-for-24-hours/33232173.html    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:47:17

• With Assad In Russia, Syria's Former Rebels Seek Stability Out Of Chaos ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/un-security-council-to-meet-on-syria-amid-calls-for-stability/33232002.html    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:47:35

• For Syrians, Assad is in the past: ‘The thing we all have now is hope’ ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2024/1209/syria-assad-jolani-russia-jihadis-hts    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:48:02

• Israel strikes military targets across Syria ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/10/israel-strikes-military-targets-across-syria-including-in-latakia-where-russian-bases-are-located | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:48:32

• "Russia lost at least 543 soldiers and mercenaries in Syria since 2015" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/10/russia-lost-at-least-543-soldiers-and-mercenaries-in-syria-since-2015-bbc | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:49:00

• Belarus Issues New Pardons, But Hundreds Of Political Prisoners Remain ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-lukashenka-pardons-political-prisoners/33232796.html    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:49:15

• "Russian human rights commissioner says bodies of Ukrainian POWs killed in January attack on transport plane have been repatriated" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/09/russian-human-rights-commissioner-says-bodies-of-ukrainian-pows-killed-in-january-attack-on-transport-plane-have-been-repatriated | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:49:52

• "Dnipro" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/09/clearing-the-way | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:50:07

• "Zelensky calls for equipping existing units" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/10/u-s-says-it-will-arm-new-troops-if-ukraine-lowers-draft-age-zelensky-calls-for-equipping-existing-units | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:50:26

• "foreign agent" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/09/pro-kremlin-snitch-asks-russian-authorities-to-designate-santa-claus-as-foreign-agent-citing-threat-to-father-frost | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:50:59

• Ex-Warden Of Donetsk Prison Reportedly Killed In Car Bombing ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/olenivka-prison-former-warden-sergei-yevsyukov-donetsk-reports-death-in-car-bombing/33232204.html    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:51:15

• Zelenskiy Floats Option Of Foreign Troops In Ukraine Until NATO Membership ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-zelenskiy-foreign-troops-nato/33232424.html    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:51:39

• EU Leaders Set To Praise Moldova, Condemn Georgia ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/eu-draft-moldova-georgia-ukraine/33232744.html    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:52:35

• "armed rebels taking control of Latakia governorate" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/10/with-assad-in-moscow-and-armed-rebels-taking-control-of-latakia-governorate-what-will-become-of-russia-s-military-bases-in-syria | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:56:10

• "Syrian opposition flag raised over Syrian Embassy in Moscow" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/09/syrian-opposition-flag-raised-over-syrian-embassy-in-moscow-russian-state-media | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:56:28

• TTAB Dismisses FIRST YEAR DOWN Opposition: Failure-to-Function and Fraud Claims Fail ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2024/12/ttab-dismisses-first-year-down.html    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:57:10

• Meet the creator behind the Godot Game Awards ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/godot-game-awards-stayathomedev/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:57:25

• GNOME & KDE Team Up on Paid Flathub Software Store ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/gnome-and-kde-team-up-on-paid-flathub    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:57:57

• GNU/Linux bash search history hotkey shortcut how to delete bash history ☞ https://dwaves.de/2024/12/08/gnu-linux-bash-search-history-hotkey-shortcut-how-to-delete-bash-history/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:58:42

• How to Install Python 2.7 on AlmaLinux 9 or Rocky GNU/Linux ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-install-python-2-7-on-almalinux-9-or-rocky-linux/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 16:59:25

• How to Configure Clownflare Tunnel on Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://www.linuxtuto.com/how-to-configure-cloudflare-tunnel-on-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:00:11

• GNU Screen user? How to migrate hardstatus colors to screen5 ☞ https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/gnu-screen-user-how-to-migrate-hardstatus-colors-to-screen5/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:00:38

• Nobel Laureates Urge Senate to Turn Down Kennedy’s Nomination ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/health/kennedy-hhs-nobel-laureates.html    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:09:04

• Who Is Luigi Mangione, Arrested In Connection With the UnitedHealthcare C.E.O.’s Killing? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/nyregion/who-is-luigi-mangione.html    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:09:20

• Winter can be a time of culinary abundance. Experts share tips on eating nutritiously ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2024/12/09/winter-tips-eating-nutritiously/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:10:38

• South Korea Bars President From Traveling Abroad ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/world/asia/south-korea-yoon-travel-ban.html    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:11:05

• They thwarted martial law. But South Koreans say the fight for democracy is not over. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2024/1209/south-korea-martial-law-democracy-yoon-suk-yeol    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:11:15

• South Korea opposition accuses ruling party of ‘second coup’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-opposition-accuse-ruling-party-of-second-coup    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:11:34

• S. Korea’s Democratic Party to file complaint against PM Han Duck-soo for insurrection ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-opposition-to-file-complaint-against-prime-minister    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:12:02

• South Korea’s anti-corruption chief orders travel ban on President Yoon ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-anti-corruption-chief-orders-travel-ban-on-president-yoon    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:12:30

• From budgets to diplomacy, South Korea reels from martial law fallout as Trump looms ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/from-budgets-to-diplomacy-south-korea-reels-from-martial-law-fallout-as-trump-looms    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:12:51

• South Korea’s political crisis poses graver threat to its foreign policy ambitions than the economy ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-political-crisis-poses-graver-threat-to-its-foreign-policy-ambitions-than-economy    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:13:15

• China’s Critical Minerals Embargo Is Even Tougher Than Expected ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/business/china-critical-minerals.html    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:13:39

• ‘Explosive walking groups’ march on in China despite Zhuhai car attack ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/explosive-walking-groups-march-on-despite-zhuhai-car-attack    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:14:21

• Taiwan raises alert as China deploys 90 ships in likely drills ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-on-high-alert-after-chinas-military-restricts-airspace    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:14:30

• China launches anti-monopoly probe into Nvidia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-launches-anti-monopoly-probe-into-nvidia    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:14:47

• China’s Xiaomi to launch new SUV in mid-2025 amid rising demands ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-xiaomi-to-launch-new-suv-next-summer-amid-rising-demands    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:15:04

• ST Picks: Marching on — The appeal of China’s ‘explosive walking groups’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/st-picks-marching-on-the-appeal-of-chinas-explosive-walking-groups    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:15:19

• China levels anti-trust charges against Nvidia – country accuses chipmaker of violating anti-monopoly regulations, examining the $7 billion Mellanox acquisition ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/china-levels-anti-trust-charges-against-nvidia-country-accuses-chipmaker-of-violating-anti-monopoly-regulations-examining-the-usd7-billion-mellanox-acquisition    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:15:35

• Chipmaker Nvidia teams up with Vietnam for Hey Hi (AI) amid US-China row ☞ https://rfa.org/english/vietnam/2024/12/09/vietnam-nvidia-chip-ai/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:16:09

• Hong Kong pins hopes for tourism reset on China's pandas ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2024/12/09/china-hong-kong-pandas-tourism/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:16:27

• In GPU We Antitrust ☞ https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/12/09/in-gpu-we-antitrust/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:16:56

• China’s leaders vow more ‘relaxed’ monetary policy in 2025, in hope of boosting economy ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/09/chinas-leaders-vow-more-relaxed-monetary-policy-in-2025-in-hope-of-boosting-economy/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:17:38

• Taiwan military on high alert as China warships sail near island ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/09/taiwan-military-on-high-alert-as-china-warships-sail-near-island/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:18:24

• The entire site https://www.thelayoff.com/ broke down    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:20:05

• Avaya’s layoffs are big ... another bubble?    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:21:09

• "This marks the second wave of layoffs in six months and totals approximately 18% of the company's workforce. Dozens of employees were let go in the previous round of layoffs in June." https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/bkfccpr4kx    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:21:47

• Next EPO leaks to come out tonight or tomorrow    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:22:19

• "Electric Bike" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/09/electric-bike-uses-no-electronics-weird-motor/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:22:40

• Google is Nuking Remaining Invidious Instances Again, Hoping to Force Everyone to Use Proprietary Spyware With DRM ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/09/Google_is_Nuking_Remaining_Invidious_Instances_Again_Hoping_to_.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:23:01

• Formaldehyde ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/how-to-reduce-formaldehyde-home-exposure | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:23:33

• "z-bloggers" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/09/russian-z-bloggers-process-their-shock-and-outrage-over-assad-s-overthrow-in-syria | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:24:20

• Russia (et al) lost Syria in 2 weeks, having failed to take over Ukraine in more than 2 years. Let that sink in....    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:25:02

• "fraudulent war injury" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/09/russian-military-doctor-accused-of-surgically-implanting-shrapnel-for-fraudulent-war-injury-payment-claims | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:25:23

• "Latakia" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/09/syrian-rebels-take-full-control-of-latakia-governorate-home-to-russian-military-bases | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:25:41

• "super prison" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/09/for-obvious-reasons-the-prisons-are-now-mostly-empty-plans-for-super-prison-in-russia-s-far-east-shelved | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:26:41

• "Serbia’s Russian émigrés tentatively put down roots" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/09/dispatch-from-belgrade | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:27:10

• "‘terrorists’ and ‘militants’ to ‘opposition’ and ‘new authorities’" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/09/from-terrorists-and-militants-to-opposition-and-new-authorities | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:27:38

• "Russia asks Turkey for help in withdrawing troops from Syria" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/09/russia-asks-turkey-for-help-in-withdrawing-troops-from-syria-cnn-turk | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:28:21

• Raspberry Pi 500 Brings All-in-One PC Power to Your Desk for Just $90 ☞ https://linuxiac.com/raspberry-pi-500-announced/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:28:50

• Linux Mint dethrones MX Linux as the most popular distro on DistroWatch https://betanews.com/2024/12/10/linux-mint-mx-distrowatch/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:40:44

• Security updates for Monday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1001433/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:41:05

• Top 10 Android Emulators for GNU/Linux ☞ https://net2.com/top-10-android-emulators-for-linux/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:46:20

• "So don't mistake our determination to collect a severance in partial repayment for the BS we've had to put up with in this company over decades, for fear. Unfortunately for you young ones, fear is much more your domain. Best of luck!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vT55xkL    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:54:38

• "Now to my point. I am not afraid of being laid off. I am waiting for it, so when I do, I will hire a lawyer and fight for the 24 months of severance pay that Ontario president has generally made achievable for those with a track record like mine who are willing to fight." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vT55xkL    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:55:09

• "Hello - dinosaur with 34 years at IBM here. I don't have a defined benefit plan because when I was a bright-eyed young engineer joining this compan,y I had no expectation that I would still be here decades later. To be fair, when I joined IBM as a student in the late '80,s it was still a respected technology company, not a woke biggest-a$$-kisser wins s-hole."    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:55:39

• Lithuanian president says he wished Trump a fair solution on Ukraine ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2434321/lithuanian-president-says-he-wished-trump-a-fair-solution-on-ukraine    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:59:04

• Lithuania, Latvia bloc EU sanctions on Russia with exceptions – media ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2434804/lithuania-latvia-bloc-eu-sanctions-on-russia-with-exceptions-media    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:59:12

• Charity warehouse for Ukraine robbed near Bauska, Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/09.12.2024-charity-warehouse-for-ukraine-robbed-near-bauska-latvia.a579462/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:59:20

• Suspected migrant smugglers detained in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/09.12.2024-suspected-migrant-smugglers-detained-in-latvia.a579468/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:59:32

• "Putin personally decided to grant asylum to Assad" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/09/putin-personally-decided-to-grant-asylum-to-assad-says-kremlin-spokesperson | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 17:59:59

• Google Makes New Quantum Computing Breakthrough ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/technology/google-quantum-computing.html    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:00:13

• Nuclear weapons must never be used, Nagasaki survivor tells Putin before Nobel ceremony ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/nuclear-weapons-must-never-be-used-nagasaki-survivor-tells-putin-before-nobel-ceremony    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:00:25

• UP Xtreme i14 Edge – An Ubuntu 24.04 Pro industrial mini PC powered by defective chip maker Intel Core Ultra “Meteor Lake” SoC ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/12/09/up-xtreme-i14-edge-an-ubuntu-24-04-pro-industrial-mini-pc-powered-by-intel-core-ultra-meteor-lake-soc/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:00:56

• Install PostgreSQL and pgAdmin in AlmaLinux 9/8 or Rocky ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/install-postgresql-and-pgadmin-in-almalinux-rocky-8/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:01:48

• MySQL Change root Password Command ☞ https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/mysql-change-root-password/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:01:59

• Mahogany – tiling window manager for Wayland ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/mahogany-tiling-window-manager-wayland/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:04:14

• 19 Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to the Top Utility ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/alternativestotop/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:04:22

• Linux Mint 22.1 Beta ISOs now undergoing final testing ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-mint-221-beta-isos-now-undergoing-final-testing/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:04:30

• autorestic – easy backup CLI for restic ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/autorestic-easy-backup-cli-restic/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:04:39

• Rosary Music – internet radio player ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/rosary-music-internet-radio-player/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:04:46

• Bella – simple color picker ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/bella-simple-color-picker/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:04:54

• Trust Issues in Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/12/trust-issues-in-ai.html    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:05:40

• 5 of the More Useful Note-taking Apps in GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.maketecheasier.com/best-notetaking-apps-linux/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:06:37

• BUZZWORD BUZZWORD BUZZWORD BUZZWORD BUZZWORD BUZZWORD BUZZWORD BUZZWORD BUZZWORD BUZZWORD BUZZWORD BUZZWORD BUZZWORD ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/cloud-and-5g-convergence-is-a-national-security-imperative/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:06:56

• PCLinuxOS Recent Updates ☞ https://www.pclinuxos.com/?p=5875    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:08:46

• Microsoft-sponsored "The New Stack" Publishing Abusive Monopolist Microsoft backdoored Windows Articles in "Linux" Clothing ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/08/Microsoft_sponsored_The_New_Stack_Publishing_Microsoft_Windows_.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:09:29

• Cinnamon 6.4 Brings Visual Overhaul: Key Features ☞ https://www.debugpoint.com/cinnamon-6-4/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:10:19

• "funny keyboard" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/09/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-funny-keyboard/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:11:45

• 3D Printers ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/09/do-3d-printers-dream-of-lego-sheep/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:22:40

• "PlayStation Motherboard Sanded And Scanned, But There’s More To Do" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/09/playstation-motherboard-sanded-and-scanned-but-theres-more-to-do/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:23:07

• Suspect in United Healthcare CEO Killing Showed Interest in Pop Psychology on Social Control Media ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/style/unitedhealthcare-ceo-suspect-social-media.html    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:24:51

• Why journalists are cautious about calling current conflicts ‘genocide’ ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/comment-analysis/genocide-gaza/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:25:26

• Journalist denies George Osborne stalking charges ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/journalist-lydia-suffield-denies-george-osborne-stalking-charges/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:25:58

• RELX-owned B2B title Estates Gazette to close after 166 years ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/estates-gazette-eg-closes-166-years-relx/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:26:54

• High Testosterone Doesn't Increase Libido, But May Have a Strange Effect ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/high-testosterone-doesnt-increase-libido-but-may-have-a-strange-effect    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:48:02

• 'World's Oldest Bird' to Become a Mom Yet Again, Laying Egg at 74 ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/worlds-oldest-bird-to-become-a-mom-yet-again-laying-egg-at-74    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:48:13

• Giant Study Links Drinking Coffee With Almost 2 Extra Years of Life ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/giant-study-links-drinking-coffee-with-almost-2-extra-years-of-life    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:48:25

• Syria Live Updates: Rebels Assert Control in Damascus, Their Plans Still Unclear ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/12/09/world/syria-assad-rebels    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:48:53

• Revolutions Swept the Middle East in 2011. Will Syria’s End Differently? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/world/middleeast/syria-revolutions-middle-east.html    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:49:01

• How Syria’s Rebels Took Damascus, Captured on Video ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/world/middleeast/syria-damascus-rebels-assad-video.html    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:49:09

• A Quick Arab Pivot: From Welcoming al-Assad to Managing the Chaos ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/world/middleeast/syria-arab-israel.html    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:49:19

• Israel Claims Credit for al-Assad’s Ouster, but Sees Risk in His Absence ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/world/middleeast/israel-assad-syria.html    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:49:29

• Road to Damascus Littered With Relics of Fallen Assad Government ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/world/middleeast/damascus-road-syria-assad.html    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:50:06

• Who Is the Leader of Syria’s Rebel Offensive? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/08/world/middleeast/syria-hts-jolani.html    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:50:24

• Trolls bash tipster who helped catch Luigi Mangione, alleged killer of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson ☞ https://nypost.com/2024/12/09/us-news/too-hot-to-convict-netizens-declare-love-for-luigi-mangione-threaten-worker-who-turned-him-in-call-for-mcdonalds-boycott-after-accused-shooters-arrest/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:50:42

• U.S. Scrambles to Navigate Perils of a New Syria ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/us/politics/us-syria.html    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:51:37

• What next for leaderless Syria, once the Mideast’s hub? ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2024/1209/syria-assad-hezbollah-iran-mideast-trump    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:51:45

• How Bashar al-Assad’s Regime Crumbled ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/how-bashar-al-assads-regime-crumbled    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:51:56

• In photos: Syrians across Turkey celebrate fall of Baath regime ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/in-photos-syrians-across-turkey-celebrate-fall-of-baath-regime-302523    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:53:15

• Reach appoints leader for ‘data-led decision making’ in newsrooms ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-jobs-uk-news/reach-appoints-leader-for-data-led-decision-making-in-newsrooms/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:53:45

• A vulnerability in the OpenWrt attended sysupgrade server ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1001441/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:54:34

• Guardian staff letters contradict Scott Trust claims it consulted over Observer sale ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/guardian-staff-letters-contradict-scott-trust-claims-it-consulted-over-observer-sale/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:54:54

• 35 more Semgrep rules: infrastructure, supply chain, and Ruby ☞ https://blog.trailofbits.com/2024/12/09/35-more-semgrep-rules-infrastructure-supply-chain-and-ruby/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:56:26

• Pluralistic: Predicting the present (09 Dec 2024) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2024/12/09/radicalized/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 18:56:47

• Surveillance: The Brave New World of A.I.-Powered Self-Harm Alerts ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/health/suicide-monitoring-software-schools.html    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:01:38

• "Smart" "phone" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/09/smartphone-runs-home-server/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:02:05

• aka computer shaped like phone, transmits to antennas nearby (ones controlled by the state) every few seconds...    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:02:52

• IPVal entity Artax navigation patent monopoly challenged ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2024/12/9/ipval-entity-artax-navigation-patent-challenged "The ’343 patent monopoly relates to advancements in navigational technology focusing on integrating both spatial and non-spatial information for mobile computing devices [..]"    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:03:26

• Says a lot. This is how many people feel about these. ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/09.12.2024-millions-of-covid-vaccines-get-tossed-or-given-away-in-latvia.a579475/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:04:27

• Did Japan classify mRNA vaccines ‘deadliest drug’ in history? ☞ https://rfa.org/english/factcheck/2024/12/09/afcl-japan-mrna-vaccine-covid/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:04:38

• Vaccine cancer concerns https://yewtu.be/watch?v=kGIAFr1MsBc    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:05:16

• Fauci preemptive pardon https://yewtu.be/watch?v=FD-SriUSpXw    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:05:32

• Many more strokes https://yewtu.be/watch?v=-ZfMaDYuGHE    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:06:33

• Excess deaths published https://yewtu.be/watch?v=jndykWR9O-c    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:07:30

• Channel intro https://invidious.nerdvpn.de/watch?v=pXCzXXdee9k    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:08:24

• Raspberry Pi 500 Computer Launches with the Official Raspberry Pi Monitor ☞ https://9to5linux.com/raspberry-pi-500-computer-launches-with-the-official-raspberry-pi-monitor    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:10:25

• GNOME 46.7 Improves Accessibility of Quick Settings’ Keyboard Backlight Toggle ☞ https://9to5linux.com/gnome-46-7-improves-accessibility-of-quick-settings-keyboard-backlight-toggle    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:10:34

• 21 Years Later, GNU Shepherd Service Manager Hits v1.0 ☞ https://linuxiac.com/gnu-shepherd-service-manager-1-0/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:10:53

• How To Install and Configure Jenkins on Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://tecadmin.net/install-jenkins-in-ubuntu/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:14:09

• Lagrange 1.18.4 released, new mobile builds gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Lagrange/22630    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:24:10

• merely a meme of a former company https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/mozilla-new-brand-identity-unveiled    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:31:06

• Openwashing nonsense. Those are blackboxes. https://www.techzine.eu/blogs/devops/126968/open-source-is-at-the-heart-of-ai-innovation/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:32:19

• "What’s new in OBS Studio 31.0? A slate of new features and capabilities, plus a bunch of bug fixes, performance tune-ups." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/obs-studio-31-background-blur-feature    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:32:43

• "UP Xtreme i14 Edge is an industrial fanless mini PC preloaded with an Ubuntu Pro-validated Ubuntu 24.04 Linux distribution and powered by an Intel Core Ultra 5/7 “Meteor Lake” SoC with up to 64GB LPDDR5." https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/12/09/up-xtreme-i14-edge-an-ubuntu-24-04-pro-industrial-mini-pc-powered-by-intel-core-ultra-meteor-lake-soc/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:33:15

• "When you read about Linux, you probably see a lot of talk about commands to use in the terminal. The command line can seem intimidating if you aren't used to it, which is understandable. But what if we told you you don't have to worry about that?" https://www.howtogeek.com/6-tips-for-using-linux-without-touching-the-command-line/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:35:06

• Flathub has long been about hosting and pushing proprietary things https://news.itsfoss.com/flathub-paid-apps/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:35:52

• 4 reasons containers are better than VMs ⚓ https://www.xda-developers.com/4-reasons-containers-are-better-than-vms/ ䷉ Source: XDA | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.xda-developers.com/4-reasons-containers-are-better-than-vms/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:36:16

• "The GNOME Project released today GNOME 46.7 as the seventh maintenance update to the GNOME 46 “Kathmandu” desktop environment series with various bug fixes, updated translations, and other changes." https://9to5linux.com/gnome-46-7-improves-accessibility-of-quick-settings-keyboard-backlight-toggle    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:36:39

• "The Raspberry Pi Foundation announced today the launch of the Raspberry Pi 500 computer, powered by the Raspberry Pi 5 single-board computer, alongside the Raspberry Pi Monitor." https://9to5linux.com/raspberry-pi-500-computer-launches-with-the-official-raspberry-pi-monitor    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:37:31

• "The change to display / window capture is a nice one, that will stop it automatically capturing a window without you directly telling it to, something that has been a problem for a long time." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/obs-studio-31-released-with-first-party-youtube-chat-features-new-nvidia-filters-and-linux-improvements/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:37:53

• "If you're looking for a new operating system that is equally beautiful and functional, look no further than the Bunson Labs Linux." https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-linux-distribution-surprised-me-with-its-minimalistic-yet-highly-functional-operating-system/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:38:12

• Finally Putting The RK1 Through Its Paces https://hackaday.com/2024/12/09/finally-putting-the-rk1-through-its-paces/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:38:35

• Linux 6.12 gets the Long Term Support treatment https://www.techzine.eu/news/infrastructure/126933/linux-6-12-gets-the-long-term-support-treatment/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:39:56

• Linux 6.12 kernel received official LTS status for at least 2 years https://mezha.media/en/2024/12/09/linux-6-12-kernel-received-official-lts-status-for-at-least-2-years/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:41:33

• "All editions come with the kernel version mentioned earlier, but older hardware is also supported with the 6.6 and 6.1 kernels, if needed. The list of updated apps includes LibreOffice 24.8.3, Thunderbird 128.4.4, VLC 3.0.21, Firefox 133.0, and more." https://www.notebookcheck.net/Manjaro-24-2-Yonada-launches-with-the-latest-LTS-Linux-kernel-and-multiple-updated-packages.929779.0.html    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:42:11

• "Linux Mint 22.1, like preceding versions, will feature Cinnamon, MATE, and Xfce editions so that users have a decent amount of choice. The Cinnamon edition will get a notable upgrade this time around because it ships with the new Cinnamon 6.4." https://www.neowin.net/news/linux-mint-221-beta-isos-now-undergoing-final-testing/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:42:46

• Proprietary software, not the fault of the OS https://cybersecuritynews.com/critical-vulnerability-in-ibm-db2/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:43:33

• Kyndryl faking it amid mass layoffs https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/08/kyndryl_consulting_business/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:45:50

• Inflation hits 9-month low as Banxico eyes fresh rate cut ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/mexico-inflation-rate-november-2024/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:55:12

• Annual inflation at 2.2% in Latvia in November ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/economy/09.12.2024-annual-inflation-at-22-in-latvia-in-november.a579524/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:55:20

• abkhazia ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/09/breakaway-georgian-region-of-abkhazia-suspends-school-and-plans-internet-shutdown-amid-energy-crisis | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:59:13

• Gelsinger fires back at recent stories about 18A's poor yields, schools social control media commenters on defect densities and yields ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/gelsinger-fires-back-at-recent-stories-about-18as-poor-yields-schools-social-media-commenters-on-defect-densities-and-yields    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 19:59:36

• Tuesday Briefing: Syrian Rebels Rush to Establish Order ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/briefing/syria-haiti-france-trial.html    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:01:01

• Jay-Z Sued Tony Buzbee as a ‘Celebrity’ John Doe Before Assault Accusation ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/arts/music/jay-z-diddy-lawsuit-buzbee.html    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:01:26

• Triller Hit With $35.5 Million+ Lawsuit as Revamped App Roadmap Takes Shape ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/06/triller-lawsuit-december-2024-2/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:02:02

• Jay-Z Accused of Sexually Assaulting 13-Year-Old Along with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs In New Legal Filing ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/08/jay-z-sexual-assault-13-year-old/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:02:37

• Jay-Z Quickly Fires Back Against Diddy Lawsuit That Names Him — Says Accuser Must Reveal Her Name ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/09/jay-z-fires-back-diddy-lawsuit-accuser-name/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:03:06

• South Korea president survives impeachment attempt in National Assembly ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/12/impeachment-motion-against-south-korea-president-fails-in-national-assembly/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:04:12

• The OpenSSF 2024 Annual Report Is Live! ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2024/12/09/the-openssf-2024-annual-report-is-live/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:12:46

• LF is the voice of the opposition of what it is called after (or calls itself)    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:13:22

• China’s plans for large new London embassy rejected by local officials ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-plans-for-large-new-london-embassy-rejected-by-local-officials    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:13:46

• New Zealand spy agency says terror attack remains ‘realistic possibility’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/new-zealand-spy-agency-says-terror-attack-remains-realistic-possibility    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:13:58

• Running Spies Is Not a Game for Amateurs ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/opinion/fbi-trump-national-security.html    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:14:15

• "Your door access control system (aka a physical access control system or PACS), also referred to as RFID cards or ‘swipe’ cards often have a poor reputation for being vulnerable" ☞ https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/making-sure-your-door-access-control-system-is-secure-top-5-things-to-check/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:14:59

• Calls for sanctions cannot be ‘concealed,’ jailed media mogul tells court in national security trial ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/09/calls-for-sanctions-cannot-be-concealed-jailed-media-mogul-tells-court-in-national-security-trial/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:15:22

• US Bilateral defence focus in Benin and Côte d’Ivoire ahead of Washington power transition ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/us-bilateral-defence-focus-in-benin-and-cote-divoire-ahead-of-washington-power-transition/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:15:40

• Djibouti Code of Conduct :) ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/african-news/djibouti-code-of-conduct-signatories-meet-in-dar-es-salaam/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:16:02

• ASF review meeting hears of multiple continental challenges ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/african-news/asf-review-meeting-hears-of-multiple-continental-challenges/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:16:22

• It's a waste of energy for a Ponzi scheme; they should mothball it☞ https://cyberscoop.com/generative-ai-interdependent-energy-security/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:17:21

• Visa Tackles Hey Hi (AI) Scams by Ending SMS OTPs for Security ☞ https://www.cloudbooklet.com/visa-tackles-ai-scams    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:18:30

• Thorsten Alteholz: My Debian Activities in November 2024 ☞ http://blog.alteholz.eu/2024/12/my-debian-activities-in-november-2024/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:19:09

• Azerbaijan authorities arrest six journalists after COP29 ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/12/azerbaijan-authorities-arrest-six-journalists-after-cop29-climate-conference/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:19:23

• Crowds Throng to Syria’s Sednaya Prison to Find Relatives and Friends ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/world/middleeast/syria-sednaya-prison-damascus.html    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:19:46

• Global inaction for fourteen years 'biggest trauma': former Syrian political prisoner ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241209-the-biggest-trauma-is-the-inaction-of-the-world-for-fourteen-years-former-syrian-political-prisoner-says    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:20:03

• In the Face of Mounting Regulatory Oversight, Honda and Guidewire Join Industry Leaders Securing Software Development at the Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) ☞ https://openssf.org/press-release/2024/12/09/in-the-face-of-mounting-regulatory-oversight-honda-and-guidewire-join-industry-leaders-securing-software-development-at-the-open-source-security-foundation-openssf/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:20:53

• Taking money from a Microsoft proxy is a bad thing ☞ https://rakudoweekly.blog/2024/12/09/2024-50-duckduckcool/ http://techrights.org/wiki/DuckDuckGo/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:22:17

• Raspberry Pi 500 keyboard PC launched together with 15.6-inch Raspberry Pi Monitor ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/12/09/raspberry-pi-500-keyboard-pc-15-6-inch-raspberry-pi-monitor/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:22:35

• Two coalition parties support Kazāks' second term as Latvian central bank president ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/banks/09.12.2024-two-coalition-parties-support-kazaks-second-term-as-latvian-central-bank-president.a579589/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:23:09

• UPC is illegal. JUVE continues to shill Team UPC and cheer for an unconstitutional fake 'court' that it got paid to lobby for. ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/torggler-hofmann-hidden-champion-for-upc-cases/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:24:10

• NexGen semiconductor controller patent monopoly held invalid ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2024/12/9/nexgen-semiconductor-controller-patent-held-invalid    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:24:38

• Leigh M. Rothschild, which GAFAM front groups like LF and OIN (or GNOME Foundation) settled with ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2024/12/9/2000-for-touchpoint-projection-network-patent-prior-art    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:25:34

• This Week We Focus Again on European Patent Office (EPO) Scandals ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/09/This_Week_We_Focus_Again_on_European_Patent_Office_EPO_Scandals.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:26:05

• The European Commission’s Amicus Curiae Brief in VoiceAge v HMD – A Timely Admonition of the Importance of Following Closely the Huawei v ZTE Guidelines ☞ https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2024/12/09/the-european-commissions-amicus-curiae-brief-in-voiceage-v-hmd-a-timely-admonition-of-the-importance-of-following-closely-the-huawei-v-zte-guidelines/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:28:23

• Making Changes: (Negative) Impact of Rewriting the Provisional Specification ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2024/12/rewriting-provisional-specification.html    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:28:45

• Did he get cracked? https://patentlyo.com/patent/2024/12/reset-password.html    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:29:21

• Travellers’ surveillance: The role of the UN Countering Terrorist Travel Programme ☞ http://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5480/travellers-surveillance-role-un-countering-terrorist-travel-programme    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:30:15

• Australia strikes $86m security, economic treaty with Nauru ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-strikes-89-million-security-economic-treaty-with-nauru    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:30:45

• Israel says conducted airstrikes on 'chemical weapons' in Syria ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241209-israel-says-conducted-airstrikes-on-chemical-weapons-in-syria    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:31:14

• Turkish-backed forces launch offensive in a Kurdish-held area of Northern Syria ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241209-turkish-backed-forces-launch-offensive-in-northern-syria    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:31:26

• SOHR: Turkish drone strike kills 11 civilians in northern Syria ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/sohr-turkish-drone-strike-kills-11-civilians-in-northern-syria-302548    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:31:33

• "[Jeff Geerling] goes over all the details, and what there is to like and not like about this new product." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/09/raspberry-pi-500-and-the-case-of-the-missing-m-2-slot/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:32:59

• How I Managed to Play AAA Games on Raspberry Pi ☞ https://itsfoss.com/raspberry-pi-moonlight-setup/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:33:14

• robotics ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/09/a-simple-robot-for-learning-about-robotics/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:35:45

• Kernel prepatch 6.13-rc2 ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1001435/    

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

• Two new stable kernels ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1001436/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:37:18

• Iran's proximity to Assad will hinder any effort to open channels with rebel groups, analyst says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241209-iran-s-proximity-to-assad-will-hinder-any-effort-to-open-channels-with-rebel-groups-analyst-says    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:37:36

• European countries suspend Syrian asylum decisions after Assad's fall ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241209-european-countries-suspend-syrian-asylum-decisions-after-assad-s-fall    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:37:44

• European countries suspend Syrian asylum bids following Assad's fall ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20241209-european-countries-suspend-syrian-asylum-bids-following-assad-s-fall    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:37:51

• 'At the border with Lebanon, there are more people fleeing Syria' than the opposite ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241209-at-the-border-with-lebanon-there-are-more-people-fleeing-syria-than-the-opposite    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:38:10

• Hundreds of Syrians line up at Turkish border crossing, awaiting return home ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241209-hundreds-of-syrians-line-up-at-turkish-border-crossing-awaiting-return-home    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:38:33

• Syria President Bashar al-Assad ousted as rebels seize capital ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/12/syria-president-bashar-al-assad-ousted-as-rebels-seize-capital/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:38:49

• EU must help stabilise Syria, says incoming Lithuanian FM ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2434331/eu-must-help-stabilise-syria-says-incoming-lithuanian-fm    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:38:56

• Arduino Core for Zephyr beta released – Let’s give it a try! ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/12/10/arduino-core-for-zephyr-beta-released/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:39:35

• Raspberry Pi 500 review with Raspberry Pi Monitor and teardown ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/12/09/raspberry-pi-500-review-with-raspberry-pi-monitor-and-teardown/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:39:55

• Tunisia is Android, backdoored Windows is Waning There ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/09/Tunisia_is_Android_Windows_is_Waning_There.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:41:37

• Microsoft's backdoored Windows is Pretty Much Dead in Haiti ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/09/Microsoft_s_Windows_is_Pretty_Much_Dead_in_Haiti.shtml    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:41:44

• Formaldehyde ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/formaldehyde-levels-in-your-home-car-furniture | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:42:18

• Stillbirths ☛ https://www.propublica.org/getinvolved/before-a-breath-stillbirth-documentary-callout | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:42:28

• A Policy Primer for Free Expression and Content Moderation, Part I: Centering Public Interest Values ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/centering-public-interest-values/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:42:56

• A Policy Primer for Free Expression and Content Moderation, Part II: Empowering User Choice ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/empowering-user-choice/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:43:24

• A Policy Primer for Free Expression and Content Moderation, Part III: Safeguarding Users ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/safeguarding-users/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:43:41

• A Policy Primer for Free Expression and Content Moderation, Part IV: Tackling Hey Hi (AI) and Executing the Vision ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/tackling-ai-and-executing-the-vision/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:43:56

• Cloud Companies Like Oracle, Amazon And Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Would Lose Millions To A Fentanylware (TikTok) Ban ☞ https://www.forbes.com/sites/emilybaker-white/2024/12/07/cloud-companies-like-oracle-amazon-and-microsoft-would-lose-millions-to-a-tiktok-ban/ sounds like great news    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:45:02

• TikTok Asks Court to Temporarily Pause Ban As It Looks to Supreme Court or Trump to Weigh In ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/business/tiktok-temporary-pause-ban-supreme-court-trump.html    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:45:16

• TikTok Seeks Emergency Injunction as Forced-Sale Deadline Nears — Nervous Creators Prepare for the App’s Possible U.S. Shutdown ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/09/tiktok-emergency-injunction-december-2024/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:45:42

• "what the TikToker has to say"... ask China what this person is ALLOWED to say https://pagesix.com/video/jake-shane-dishes-on-excellent-new-mom-sofia-richie-wants-to-be-eloises-guncle/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:46:15

• TikTok is censorship, it's not free speech    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:46:41

• Outriders studio People Can Fly cuts "more than 120" jobs in second round of layoffs this year https://www.eurogamer.net/outriders-studio-people-can-fly-cuts-more-than-120-jobs-in-second-round-of-layoffs-this-year    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:47:39

• Windows 11 for Arm can run natively on specific Android smartphones — the test device heats up very fast, and battery life substantially decreases ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/windows-11-for-arm-can-run-natively-on-specific-android-smartphones-the-test-device-heats-up-very-fast-and-battery-life-substantially-decreases    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:48:27

• OBS Studio Update Adds New Features, Drops 22.04 Support ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/obs-studio-31-background-blur-feature    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:49:37

• Raspberry Pi 500 & Official USB Monitor Announced ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/raspberry-pi-500-official-monitor-announced    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:49:44

• Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 869 ☞ https://ubuntu-news.org/2024/12/09/ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-issue-869/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 20:50:04

• Norway's wealth fund divests from Israeli and Russian firms https://www.dw.com/en/norway-s-wealth-fund-divests-from-israeli-and-russian-firms/a-70955692    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 21:26:33

• Russian ASML employee suspected of stealing trade secrets; Banned from NL for 20 years https://nltimes.nl/2024/12/06/russian-asml-employee-suspected-stealing-trade-secrets-banned-nl-20-years    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 21:27:20

• Can Russia Serve as a Stable Oil Supplier to India, Reducing its Overdependence on Instable Middle East? https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2024/12/06/can-russia-serve-as-a-stable-oil-supplier-to-india-reducing-its-overdependence-on-instable-middle-east/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 21:28:00

• Ship in Danish waters raises concerns over Russian hybrid warfare in Baltic Sea https://www.thelocal.dk/20241209/ship-in-danish-waters-raises-concerns-over-russian-hybrid-warfare-in-baltic-sea    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 21:29:03

• Conflating computers with some dumb buzzwords https://jacobin.com/2024/12/terminator-ai-war-palestine-ukraine/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 21:30:23

• Infinite Armada Chess https://xkcd.com/3020/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 21:32:00

• Seismologists https://xkcd.com/3021/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 21:32:15

• Smart?? https://theconversation.com/smart-windows-could-be-the-next-big-thing-in-renewable-heating-245053    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 21:33:58

• The case for lying to kids about Santa https://theconversation.com/the-case-for-lying-to-kids-about-santa-from-a-philosopher-245484    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 21:34:50

• can’t predict about earthquakes https://theconversation.com/what-we-can-and-still-cant-predict-about-earthquakes-245456    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 21:35:19

• Low-Income Users https://www.maketecheasier.com/amazon-slowed-deliveries-low-income-users/    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 21:35:52

• Bangladesh Court Bans Publication of Speeches by Ousted Prime Minister Hasina https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-12-05/bangladesh-court-bans-publication-of-speeches-by-ousted-prime-minister-hasina    

posted Tuesday, December 10, 2024 at 21:37:05

• Federal Debt Trap https://scheerpost.com/2024/12/09/ellen-brown-how-to-escape-the-federal-debt-trap/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 04:38:54

• People Can Fly Hit With Layoffs https://gamerant.com/people-can-fly-layoffs/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 05:03:04

• People Can Fly Scales Back Self-Publishing And Development, Restructuring Result In 120 Layoffs https://worthplaying.com/article/2024/12/10/news/144501-people-can-fly-scales-back-self-publishing-and-development-restructuring-result-in-120-layoffs/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 05:03:25

• "If you can't have any puddling without eating your meat, what happens if your pudding does, in fact, contain meat?" gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2024/12/10.1    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 05:19:00

• "Those looking at my list of posts for the last year, might wonder if I am still involved in amateur radio. First of all, very recently I renewed my General Class (USA) license, KL1TL." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20241210-0.gmi    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 05:19:49

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1490.jpg    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 05:20:23

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1140.jpg    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 05:20:30

• "I lost time in part 1 because I had accidentally implemented part 2 already. So to solve part 2, I had to undo my fixes." gemini://dkalak.de/aoc/10.gmi    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 05:21:24

• Mary Oliver: “The Summer Day” gemini://dkalak.de/poems-by-others/oliver-the-summer-day.gmi    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 05:22:03

• Calibrating Power gemini://tirohia.smol.pub/1733866275    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 05:22:50

• "BCHS is a software stack for web development." gemini://galanonim.smol.pub/bchs    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 05:23:44

• Automated Certificate Management Environment Transport Layer Security Application‑Layer Protocol Negotiation Challenge Extension 🤓🤓🤓 gemini://galanonim.smol.pub/alpn    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 05:24:19

• Looks like OFTC peridically culls many users https://netsplit.de/networks/statistics.php?net=OFTC    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 06:46:55

• Chatbot slop for the most part: https://betanews.com/2024/12/10/apple-music-three-new-live-radio-stations/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 07:02:02

• Tired of watching naked cartoons of kids? https://drewdevault.com/2024/12/10/2024-12-10-Daily-driving-jujutsu.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 07:18:09

• Namibia: Windows falling https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/namibia/#monthly-200902-202412    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 07:33:16

• Samoa also https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/samoa/#monthly-200902-202412    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 07:36:44

• Somalia https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/somalia/#monthly-200902-202412    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 07:37:34

• iophk: "dodging the question about the drastic decline of the younger groups The older groups grew up under the old system when there was still quality teaching and teachers were allowed to teach and neither Wilma nor smartphones were in the schools" https://yle.fi/a/74-20130385    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 08:45:09

• "As part of my recent adventure running an IPv6-only network for a month, I ended up setting up a full IPv6-mostly home router setup using OpenBSD." ☛ https://blog.infected.systems/posts/2024-12-07-building-an-ipv6-focused-openbsd-home-router/ | Source: Alex Haydock    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 08:52:29

• "We just got through a downtime where we rebooted basically everything in our fleet, including things like firewalls." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/SchedulingRebootsThought | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 08:52:34

• "Some Web archeology later, I found myself pretty deep down the rabbit hole about whether a form will submit on enter: [...]" ☛ https://htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/2024/10/ | Source: Markup from Hell    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 08:52:44

• "To avoid confusing legitimate senders, the rejection message returned to the sender’s server (and typically forwarded to the sender as well) includes instructions on where to find the current email address or alternative ways to contact me." ☛ https://jlelse.blog/micro/2024/12/ban-spam | Source: Jan Lukas Else    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 08:52:50

• "First: use semantic HTML. Use heading tags like h1, h2, and h3 to denote heading regions on your page. Use the article tag to indicate the region of a page that relates to an article." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2024/12/10/text-readability/ | Source: James G    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 09:23:23

• "Despite the disadvantages, this solution has one big plus: it's a single line of HTML that doesn't require any additional tooling. This minimal solution can be useful if you just need something simple. And that's hot." ☛ https://htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/2024/11/ | Source: Markup from Hell    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 09:23:44

• "Berkey noticed that, despite presenting as an amateur who was clearly the least skilled player at the table," ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/miniature-camera-poker-cheating/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 09:25:01

• "So, as you or may not know, I have recently dabbled into the world of Retro Gaming, as it were, and, oh boy! My backlog just got even bigger" ☛ https://gabz.blog/posts/my-backlog-just-got-bigger | Source: Gabriel    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 09:25:11

• "Recently I wrote about how the much loved itch.io store got taken down by Funko (as in Funko Pop figures). The situation seems thankfully sorted with itch back up, but things got a little weird." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/funko-issue-a-statement-about-the-itchio-take-down-while-also-apparently-calling-itch-founders-mom/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 09:25:50

• "Seems like Arch Linux is going from strength to strength lately. Not only have Valve begun funding parts of the Linux distribution but now the Sovereign Tech Agency are as well." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/arch-linux-package-management-alpm-gets-funding-from-sovereign-tech-agency/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 09:42:22

• "Humble continue bringing back some popular game bundles for a limited time that I wrote about recently, and now you can get another chance to pick up the Beamdog & Owlcat RPG Bundle which really is a good deal." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/humble-bring-back-the-excellent-beamdog-owlcat-rpg-bundle-for-a-limited-time/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 09:43:17

• "Proton Experimental has been updated from Valve with some new features like initial speech synthesis support, along with the usual assortment of fixes for specific games running on Steam Deck and Desktop Linux" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/proton-experimental-adds-initial-speech-synthesis-support-lots-of-game-fixes-for-steam-deck-linux/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 09:44:46

• "A huge Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 patch has landed improving many parts of the game" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/space-marine-2-adds-dlss3-fsr3-and-frame-generation-more-playable-on-steam-deck-needs-launch-option-for-desktop-linux/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 09:46:14

• "Pine Studio have announced a follow-up to their massively successful Escape Simulator, with Escape Simulator 2 that they plan to be the "ultimate first person escape room experience"." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/escape-simulator-2-the-ultimate-first-person-escape-room-experience-announced-by-pine-studio/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 09:48:54

• "Developer Motiviti have announced that the colourful comedy adventure Elroy and the Aliens is going to launch on April 2nd, 2025. There's a new trailer and demo available. It will have Native Linux support too!" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/comedy-adventure-elroy-and-the-aliens-will-launch-april-2025/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 09:50:24

• "The PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3 team have been busy as they've announced the release of RPCS3 for arm64 that includes like likes of the Raspberry Pi 5 and Apple Silicon (M1, M2 etc)." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/playstation-3-emulator-rpcs3-released-for-arm64-works-on-raspberry-pi-5-and-apple-silicon/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 09:52:49

• "Valve announced today that they've added the Steam Deck OLED 512GB and 1TB models into their Valve Certified Refurbished program, so you can grab one a bit cheaper." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/valve-now-sell-refurbished-steam-deck-oled-models/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 09:53:15

• "There's the ESPP program that gives folks a 15% discount on shares, so probably a surprising amount in raw numbers. In terms of those who actually hold onto those shares... given your employment is tied to the company you're investing in, you've almost got double exposure to them - doesn't feel like a wise thing to hold onto for a long duration."    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 10:01:13

• "What percentage of IBMers invest in IBM stock?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vUbE4Xe    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 10:01:33

• "Marine Corps veteran acquitted in NYC subway chokehold death" https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-military/2024/12/09/marine-corps-veteran-acquitted-in-nyc-subway-chokehold-death/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 10:08:18

• "SDA a ‘canary in the coal mine’ for supply chain woes: Space Force" https://www.c4isrnet.com/space/2024/12/09/sda-a-canary-in-the-coal-mine-for-supply-chain-woes-space-force/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 10:08:31

• iophk: marketeering without a fixed salary or 'benefits' https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5030730-social-media-influencer-college-course-university-major/ ("Universities consider influencer education for the future")    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 10:09:01

• "Trump discusses war in Ukraine with Zelensky and Macron in Paris" https://www.axios.com/2024/12/07/trump-ukraine-war-zelensky-macron-paris    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 10:11:14

• personally   

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 10:11:49

• "Putin personally decided to grant asylum to Assad, says Kremlin spokesperson" https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/09/putin-personally-decided-to-grant-asylum-to-assad-says-kremlin-spokesperson    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 10:12:07

• "Ingen er blevet fyret for at købe Intel | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/ingen-er-blevet-fyret-koebe-intel    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 10:12:26

• windows tco: "It-angreb lammer flere kommunale hjemmesider | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/artikel/it-angreb-lammer-flere-kommunale-hjemmesider    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 10:13:20

• "Betre stengt bibliotek enn frivillig! – Biblioteket tar saka #librarycase" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://bibliotekettarsaka.com/2024/12/09/betre-stengt-bibliotek-enn-frivillig/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 10:14:20

• iophk: forests are in the wrong carbon cycle to be carbon sinks, furthermore fires are a natural part of the ecology. On the other hand, bogs and peat are real carbon sinks and they are not being enhanced, rather the opposite https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/climate/arctic-emissions-carbon-ice-warming.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 10:21:25

• "Chat Control 2 – nytt försök i EU:s ministerråd" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2024/12/10/chat-control-2-nytt-forsok-i-eus-ministerrad/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 10:24:37

• "Murder suspect in CEO killing had California ties, records show" https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-12-09/united-healthcare-ceo-arrest-california-new-york-pennsylvania    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 10:26:36

• "Luigi Mangione Fan-Made Shirts, Cups, Christmas Ornaments Surge on Etsy" https://www.tmz.com/2024/12/10/luigi-mangione-fan-made-shirts-cup-christmas-etsy/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 10:27:31

• "Luigi Mangione Cheered Online with Flood of Super Mario, 'Sopranos' Memes" https://www.tmz.com/2024/12/10/luigi-mangione-cheered-online-super-mario-sopranos-memes/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 10:27:44

• "Music streaming app Musi claims Apple removed its app from the App Store after "backroom conversations"" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/musi-decries-apples-app-store-removal-a-backroom-scheme-with-music-industry-241210/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 11:13:34

• "Trouble continues for the popular torrent site TorrentGalaxy." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/torrentgalaxys-troubles-silence-popular-upload-bots-241210/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 11:13:42

• "policy analyst with focus on digital technologies" ☛ https://www.eff.org/pages/speaking-freely-tomiwa-ilori | Source: EFF    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 11:14:45

• "There is a lot about the internet that needs fixing" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/introducing-effs-new-video-series-gate-crashing | Source: EFF    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 11:14:53

• "The war on stream-ripping sites waged by the music industry continues." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/09/non-infringing-sites-as-collateral-damage-in-music-industrys-war-on-stream-ripping-sites/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 11:22:04

• "songs and projects from Davido, Wizkid, Tems, and Lojay " ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/09/sony-music-boomplay-royalty-non-payment/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 11:22:15

• "Lying about phishing is just part of the service, then" ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/12/09/itch-io-taken-down-by-bogus-ai-sourced-phishing-claim-from-funko-pop-brandshield/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 11:22:23

• "China has launched an antitrust investigation into Nvidia," ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/nvidia-antitrust-investigation-beijing-heats-us-china-ai-dominance-rivalry-what-we-know-1729415 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:08:03

• "require a competitive award process" ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/10/1108141/ais-hype-and-antitrust-problem-is-coming-under-scrutiny/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:08:26

• "China on Monday said it has launched an investigation into U.S. chip maker Nvidia over suspected violations of the country's anti-monopoly law, in a move that will likely be seen as a retaliatory move against Washington's recent chip curbs." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/china-launches-anti-monopoly-probe-into-nvidia-/7892526.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:08:41

• "The Chinese government believed Nvidia’s purchase of Israeli networking company Mellanox could violate its anti-monopoly laws, said China’s State Administration for Market Regulation in a statement on Monday" ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/china/2024/12/10/china-nvidia-investigation-chip/ | Source: RFA    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:09:04

• Digital Restrictions (DRM) ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-allows-windows-11-to-be-installed-on-older-unsupported-hardware-but-specifically-nixes-official-support-minimum-requirements-for-full-compatibility-remain-unchanged | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:09:39

• "a reactionary tech boss is a liberal tech boss who hired a bunch of pals only to have them turn around and start a union." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2024/12/10/bdfl/#high-on-your-own-supply | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:10:40

• "Norway's soccer federation plans to abstain from giving its approval when Saudi Arabia is confirmed Wednesday as the 2034 World Cup host" ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/sports/norway-plans-to-protest-fifa-and-abstain-from-decision-giving-2034-world-cup-to-saudi-arabia-101733848467071.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:10:58

• "Records for those soldiers are being reviewed by the Valor Medals Review Project and Task Force." ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/history/wwi-indigenous-veterans-medal-honor/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:11:13

• "These are the good reasons..." ☛ https://bianet.org/yazi/journalism-that-will-make-us-say-it-was-worth-it-302485 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:12:50

• "The study found that salaries vary significantly based on years of experience." ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/study-reveals-journalists-in-turkey-living-at-hunger-threshold-302536 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:13:05

• " probate commissioner in Nevada concluded that Mr. Murdoch..." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2024/1210/Rupert-Murdoch-Lachlan-Fox-News-succession-trust | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:13:50

• "Chhoeung Chheung, who worked as a journalist for online news outlet Kampuchea Aphivath" ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/cambodia/2024/12/09/cambodia-journalist-dies/ | Source: RFA    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:14:58

• "Like almost all laws named after crime victims, the law is problematic." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/09/court-says-new-jersey-law-forbidding-disclosure-of-cops-personal-info-doesnt-violate-the-1st-amendment/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:15:11

• "I was informed by Leeds University Union (LUU)" ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12/09/student-suspended-gender-critical-views/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:15:50

• "X platform owned by Trump confidant" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/europe-collision-course-with-trump-tech/256622/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:17:09

• "The coverage tends to be feckless and shallow." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/10/la-times-billionaire-owner-hilariously-thinks-he-can-solve-media-bias-with-ai/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:17:27

• "two elephants skirted the KRS backwaters" ☛ https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/two-elephants-sighted-on-mysuru-outskirts/article68965704.ece | Source: The Hindu    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:19:24

• "Sweden’s advanced electricity system" ☛ https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2024/12/09/swedens-opportunity-to-lead-on-the-clean-energy-transition/ | Source: Modern Diplomacy    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:27:11

• "T&E added that there was "no correlation" between high fares and punctuality" ☛ https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/one-big-reason-why-its-cheaper-to-fly-than-take-train-4901918 | Source: The Scotsman    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:27:42

• "Across the U.S. and worldwide" ☛ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-business/how-utilities-are-working-to-meet-ai-data-centers-voracious-appetite-for-electricity/ | Source: Renewable Energy World    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:27:55

• "Earlier this year" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/12/10/elon-musk-climate-change-worldview-trump/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:28:46

• "Global air passenger numbers are projected to surpass 5 billion for the first time in 2025" ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2258168.html | Source: RTL    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:29:03

• "For thousands of years, the shrubs, sedges" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/climate/arctic-emissions-carbon-ice-warming.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:29:20

• "During the presidential campaign, Musk contributed roughly $200 million to America PAC" ☛ https://www.twincities.com/2024/12/10/elon-musk-trump-politics/ | Source: TwinCities Pioneer Press    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:30:45

• "I don't think he has even thought about this" ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/2257915.html | Source: RTL    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:31:16

• "The man faces charges under section 114e of the Danish criminal code" ☛ https://www.thelocal.dk/20241210/man-charged-in-denmark-for-promoting-far-right-terror-on-telegram | Source: The Local DK    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:31:34

• "Freedom now for many is just to make do for themselves" ☛ https://neweasterneurope.eu/2024/12/10/when-czechs-knew-freedom/ | Source: New Eastern Europe    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:34:57

• "endangered the state" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/three-arrested-in-germany-over-suspected-islamist-plot/a-71015367 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:35:36

• "These losses will constrain Russian and Iranian ambitions beyond Syria." ☛ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/how-assads-fall-hurts-russia-and-iran/ | Source: The Strategist    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:36:19

• "He would thus likely resort to repression to contain dissent" ☛ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/african-news/mozambiques-deadly-protests-how-the-country-got-here/ | Source: Defence Web    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:37:23

• "The option, however, is for us to move the sugar via the Durban [South Africa] port" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/mozambique-political-unrest-disrupts-eswatini-sugar-exports-/7893536.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:37:32

• "China-based ByteDance and its short-video app TikTok on Monday asked an appeals court" ☛ https://www.ksl.com/article/51207351/bytedance-tiktok-seek-temporary-halt-to-us-ban-pending-supreme-court-review | Source: Deseret Media    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:39:47

• "From the outset, ByteDance has maintained that a TikTok sale simply isn’t in the cards." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/09/tiktok-emergency-injunction-december-2024/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:39:55

• "Finland's land border crossings with Russia have been closed for about a year" ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20130247 | Source: YLE    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:40:27

• "Protecting Americans " ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/10/tiktok_appeal/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:40:47

• "TikTok and its parent ByteDance" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/tiktok-asks-federal-appeals-court-to-bar-enforcement-of-potential-ban-until-supreme-court-review-/7892664.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:41:06

• "TikTok, which has more than 170 million users [sic] in the US" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/tiktok-asks-federal-appeals-court-to-bar-enforcement-of-potential-ban-until-supreme-court-review/articleshow/116145154.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:41:32

• Surveillance: "View Once was introduced in 2021" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/10/whatsapp_view_once/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:42:52

• Surveillance to "save lives" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/health/suicide-monitoring-software-schools.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:43:14

• Windows TCO ☛ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/microsoft-365-outage-hits-outlook-and-teams-users-worldwide-company-suggests-temporary-solution/articleshow/116177235.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:44:03

• Windows TCO: "India saw a 3000% increase in cyber attacks on application programming interfaces" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/india-faces-3000-surge-in-api-cyber-attacks-report/articleshow/116142755.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:44:15

• "Liability For AI Engineering?" ☛ https://timkellogg.me/blog/2024/12/10/ml-liability | Source: Tim Kellogg    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:44:53

• "Many years ago I tried, but I spent even more time trying to find something to watch than I would do in the Netflix never-ending carousel. Do people really sift through all the garbage to find something worth watching?" ☛ https://gregmorris.co.uk/2024/12/10/youtube-information-vs.html | Source: Greg Morris    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:45:25

• "I rarely sign in, and only with a dedicated browser, and I noticed how it has become, much more than before, an infinite content trashcan." ☛ https://mzll.it/2024/12/facebook-is-not-dying/ | Source: Luigi Mozzillo    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:46:05

• "In just six months, J.F., a sweet 17-year-old kid with autism who liked attending church and going on walks with his mom, had turned into someone his parents didn’t recognize." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/12/10/character-ai-lawsuit-teen-kill-parents-texas/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:46:59

• "Congress is asking Apple, Google, Microsoft, and other big tech companies why they can’t get their deepfake problem under control." ☛ https://www.404media.co/congress-pushes-apple-to-remove-deepfake-apps-after-404-media-investigation/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:54:07

• "Talos published advisories for the vulnerabilities last month, and on Monday released a blog post announcing that they have yet to be patched" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/cisco-says-flaws-in-industrial-routers-bgp-tool-remain-unpatched-8-months-after-disclosure/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:54:46

• "Recently I've noticed an uptick in extremely low-quality, spammy, and LLM-hallucinated security reports to open source projects" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/10/ai_slop_bug_reports/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:55:25

• "With the rise of the internet and smartphones, technology has become an integral part of our daily lives" ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/spanish-woman-held-for-ai-driven-sextortion-scheme-targeting-over-300-men-1845585 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:55:57

• "Why it matters: We're about to witness an at-scale experiment in what it means for people to create and consume large quantities of video content that is photorealistic but fake." ☛ https://www.axios.com/2024/12/10/openai-sora-video-genai-release | Source: Axios    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:56:18

• "LLMs are a particular type of language model, which is a mathematical representation of language based on probabilities." ☛ https://theconversation.com/large-language-models-how-the-ai-behind-the-likes-of-chatgpt-actually-works-244701 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:56:51

• "In addition to his lack of credentials or relevant experience in medicine, science" ☛ https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/5031298-nobel-laureates-oppose-rfk-jr/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 12:59:55

• "An estimated 10 to 20% of known pregnancies in the U.S. end in miscarriage." ☛ https://alabamareflector.com/2024/12/10/louisiana-miscarriage-patient-who-had-to-cross-state-lines-for-a-dc-wants-answers/ | Source: Alabama Reflector    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 13:00:06

• "Most previous studies that have looked at protein markers of brain ageing" ☛ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2459537-thirteen-proteins-in-your-blood-could-reveal-the-age-of-your-brain/ | Source: New Scientist    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 13:00:31

• "A Five Eyes report issued this month highlights disturbing case studies" ☛ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/we-must-understand-why-youth-are-radicalised-its-not-just-manipulation/ | Source: The Strategist    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 13:00:41

• "Though Google has taken pains to distance itself from Character" ☛ https://futurism.com/google-funded-ai-chatbot-teen-cutting-lawsuit | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 13:00:59

• "My everyday hearing doesn’t (yet) require hearing aids." ☛ https://interconnected.org/home/2024/12/10/transparency | Source: Matt Webb    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 13:01:29

• "In plain terms, it means attackers broke in, stole data" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/10/artivion_security_incident/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 13:02:04

• "Nuke all my timelines and inboxes." ☛ https://cliophate.wtf/posts/reset-week | Source: Kevin Wammer    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 13:03:07

• "The study from University College London was published" ☛ https://www.vice.com/en/article/posting-to-social-media-is-ruining-your-mental-health/ | Source: Vice Media Group    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 13:03:56

• "It's the latest study to find that taller vehicles are more dangerous for pedestrians." ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5222277 | Source: NPR    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 13:06:03

• "We are past the breakeven point" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/google-challenge-in-quantum-computing/256630/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 13:07:15

• "The chip is the latest development in a field known as quantum computing" ☛ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c791ng0zvl3o | Source: BBC    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 13:07:28

• "Polarization means division, but it’s a very specific kind of division" ☛ https://www.ekathimerini.com/culture/1255760/polarization-is-merriam-websters-2024-word-of-the-year/ | Source: Greece    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 13:08:02

• "The Merriam-Webster entry for “polarization” reflects scientific and metaphorical definitions" ☛ https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/12/501_388046.html | Source: The Korea Times    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 13:08:22

• "Pornhub's Year in Review report for 2024 reveals a search for something very mindful" ☛ https://www.404media.co/pornhub-year-in-review-modesty-tradwife-milf/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 13:08:56

• "Feedle is everything you'd hope for in an indie web-focused search engine." ☛ https://crashthearcade.com/blog/2024/the-indie-web-search-engine/ | Source: Mike Haynes    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 13:09:10

• Security updates for Tuesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1001597/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 13:10:51

• "I’ve said it here before, and I’ll say it again: I love Perl." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/a-perl-guy-learning-python/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 13:12:44

• "Map::Tube was one of my earliest submissions to CPAN" ☛ https://perladvent.org/2024/2024-12-11.html | Source: Perl    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 13:12:51

• "The V1 approach, as documented in its putc.3 and getw.3 manual pages" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/BufferedIOBeforeMalloc | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 13:13:29

• "If you would build an in-memory cache, how would you do it?" ☛ https://entropicthoughts.com/practices-of-reliable-software-design | Source: Chris    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 13:14:11

• Published 4 hours ago https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/weeklyprovisionalfiguresondeathsregisteredinenglandandwales/2024 week 47 deaths: 10,934. Before COVID-19: 10,124    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 13:16:14

• "If you want to generate random numbers data easily and fast, you need PDL!" ☛ https://pdl.perl.org/advent/blog/2024/12/11/random-number-generation/ | Source: Perl Data Language    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 13:16:39

• "How will the stones evolve if you keep blinking at them?" ☛ https://adventofcode.com/2024/day/11 | Source: AdventOfCode    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 13:16:59

• "Based on un-scorched scraps of the book" ☛ https://adventofcode.com/2024/day/10 | Source: AdventOfCode    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 13:17:12

• Windows fell to 6% in Mali https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/mali/#monthly-200902-202412    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 14:01:55

• Same in Niger https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/niger/#monthly-200902-202412    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 14:03:48

• So what if all politicians are nowadays imprimised in silos of oligarchs like Musk and Zuck... or Communist Party of China... instead of having their OWN SITE?    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 14:11:20

• How To Install FTP Server on Rocky GNU/Linux 9 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-ftp-server-rocky-linux-9/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 14:19:41

• How To Create Table using Python ☞ https://idroot.us/create-table-using-python/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 14:19:58

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

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 14:20:16

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

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 14:20:38

• "Full-featured text editor for Android. Good in a pinch on my phone, better on my tablet with either the onscreen or a Bluetooth keyboard." gemini://hyperborea.org/reviews/apps/quickedit.gmi    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 14:21:59

• "I wouldn't say I loved it, but it did the job. I'd give it 4 stars for that period of time." gemini://hyperborea.org/reviews/software/vmware-fusion.gmi    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 14:22:39

• Charles Bukowski: “The Laughing Heart” gemini://dkalak.de/poems-by-others/bukowski-the-laughing-heart.gmi    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 14:23:18

• "The first time through "Subspace Rhapsody" my reaction was: OK, that was fun. Better than "Immortimas" but not on the level of "Once More With Feeling" or even some of the Magicians musical episodes." gemini://hyperborea.org/reviews/tv/subspace-rhapsody.gmi    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 14:24:02

• 🔤SpellBinding — ADEINOZ Wordo: SUEDE gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2024-12-11.gmi    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 14:25:16

• "For part 1, I used brute force. My original solution used list slicing and concatenation instead of list insertions. I find insertions harder to read, but I found out that they are faster when I tried to apply the same code to part 2." gemini://dkalak.de/aoc/11.gmi    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 14:26:11

• Seeking warmth gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/nm03/2024/DEC2024/entry-1    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 14:27:02

• "The main meaning of pudding is a sweet course at the end of a meal. You could also call this dessert, but that's usually a restaurant menu term. My grandmother called it 'sweet' or 'afters'." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2024-12-11_Clarification_of_puddings.gmi    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 14:28:15

• Advent of Code 2024, Day 4 gemini://dkalak.de/aoc/04.gmi    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 14:28:57

• "Recently, I discovered the life-changing magic of textured vegetable protein A.K.A. TVP." gemini://the-brannons.com/soup/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 14:30:23

• "Optimist or pessimist on AI? The optimist has a kind of childlike sense of wonder, excited about the future of technology and the expanding utility of AI. The pessimist has a kind of depressed perception of disgust at the awful things in store and the false promises of AI's future value." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2412    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 14:31:06

• "Perl 5 was the first programming language I really mastered. There are lots of things to love about it in 2024." gemini://the-brannons.com/perl-praise/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 14:31:57

• Week Notes 4 gemini://moddedbear.xyz/logs/2024-11-30-week-notes-004.gmi    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 14:33:19

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

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 14:48:21

• Create AudioBook using Python ☞ https://idroot.us/create-audiobook-using-python/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 14:48:54

• How To Create XFS File System on GNU/Linux ☞ https://idroot.us/create-xfs-file-system-linux/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 14:49:00

• New IP Scam Alert: Fraudsters Now Impersonating Registered Attorneys ☞ https://blog.patentology.com.au/2024/12/new-ip-scam-alert-fraudsters-now.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:07:36

• How to Select Row with Max Value in Specific Column in R: A Complete Guide ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/12/how-to-select-row-with-max-value-in-specific-column-in-r-a-complete-guide/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:08:35

• How to Find the Column with the Max Value for Each Row in R ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/12/how-to-find-the-column-with-the-max-value-for-each-row-in-r/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:08:44

• Stephan Lachnit: Creating a bootable USB stick that can still be used as normal storage ☞ https://stephan.lachnit.xyz/posts/2024-12-10-bootable-usb-with-normal-storage/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:27:30

• Russian victory in Ukraine would spark a new era of global insecurity ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/russian-victory-in-ukraine-would-spark-a-new-era-of-global-insecurity/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:29:41

• "What the failure to protect Assad could mean for Russia’s future" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/10/a-personal-defeat-for-putin | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:29:56

• "Putin expresses support for requiring DNA samples from all Russian soldiers" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/10/putin-expresses-support-for-requiring-dna-samples-from-all-russian-soldiers | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:30:16

• Indonesian police involved in 31 extrajudicial killings: Rights group ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesia-police-involved-in-31-extrajudicial-killings-rights-group    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:30:48

• Latvian-Ukrainian choir holds first concert Tuesday ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/music/10.12.2024-latvian-ukrainian-choir-holds-first-concert-tuesday.a579514/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:30:58

• More than 10,000 Ukrainian war refugees employed in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/employment/10.12.2024-more-than-10000-ukrainian-war-refugees-employed-in-latvia.a579615/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:31:17

• U.S. Loans Ukraine $20 Billion Before Biden's Departure ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/us-loan-ukraine-g7-russia-/33235138.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:31:29

• Ukraine Denies Reports Of Russian Breakthrough In Sumy Region ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/sumy-kharkiv-donetsk-synyehubov--zelenskiy-trump/33234659.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:32:31

• In Georgia Protests, Echoes of Ukraine’s Past Revolutions ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/world/asia/georgia-protests-russia-ukraine.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:32:45

• "Zelensky announces successful tests of new Ukrainian missile" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/10/zelensky-announces-successful-tests-of-new-ukrainian-missile | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:33:04

• Syria: New Government takes shape as Israel move in ☞ https://off-guardian.org/2024/12/10/syria-new-government-takes-shape-as-israel-move-in/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:33:25

• Amnesty International demands immediate release of Chad opposition leader relatives ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/12/amnesty-international-demands-immediate-release-of-chad-opposition-leader-relatives/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:33:50

• Probe into suspected spy’s Lithuanian citizenship likely to take time ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2435912/probe-into-suspected-spy-s-lithuanian-citizenship-likely-to-take-time    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:34:06

• Top court to weigh in on Drobiazko’s Lithuanian citizenship revocation ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2435866/top-court-to-weigh-in-on-drobiazko-s-lithuanian-citizenship-revocation    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:34:16

• Lithuania’s would-be culture minister changes course on Russian culture ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2435432/lithuania-s-would-be-culture-minister-changes-course-on-russian-culture    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:34:28

• China ‘made wrong bet’ on Assad regime in Syria, say analysts ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2024/12/10/china-syria-assad-reaction/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:34:44

• Ex-Mercenary Bodyguard Of Moscow-Friendly Romanian Candidate Freed ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/potra-georgescu-ploiesti-mercenary-/33234879.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:34:54

• Trudy Rubin: Assad’s fall deals a blow to Russia and Iran, but leaves Syria’s future uncertain ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2024/12/10/trudy-rubin-assads-fall-deals-a-blow-to-russia-and-iran-but-leaves-syrias-future-uncertain/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:35:06

• Russian security official Medvedev arrives in China, Russian agencies report ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/russian-security-official-medvedev-arrives-in-china-russian-agencies-report    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:35:19

• What to Know About the Countries Still Fighting in Syria After al-Assad’s Ouster ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/world/middleeast/syria-israel-turkey-us-strikes.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:35:31

• "Russian authorities propose redirecting 25 percent of traffic fine revenue from regional budgets to federal budget" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/10/russian-authorities-propose-redirecting-25-percent-of-traffic-fine-revenue-from-regional-budgets-to-federal-budget | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:38:02

• "language proficiency test for migrants" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/10/russian-lawmakers-approve-first-reading-of-bill-requiring-language-proficiency-test-for-migrants-children-enrolling-in-schools | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:38:26

• "$1000 payments to pregnant college and university students" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/10/russian-regions-announce-1000-payments-to-pregnant-college-and-university-students | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:38:58

• "I worked as a dancer at a strip club" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/10/i-worked-as-a-dancer-at-a-strip-club | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:39:33

• "Russia is facing a severe labor shortage." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/11/a-perfect-storm | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:40:02

• Cigarette smuggling from Belarus to Latvia continues ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/10.12.2024-cigarette-smuggling-from-belarus-to-latvia-continues.a579612/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:41:03

• Poland faces scrutiny over forced migrant pushbacks ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/12/poland-faces-scrutiny-over-forced-migrant-pushbacks/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:41:42

• "at least 70 security holes in Windows and Windows software" ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/12/patch-tuesday-december-2024-edition/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:42:32

• "This contradictory model of focusing on security features yet discounting those security features has, over time, gone unchecked and unchallenged for several reasons." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/security-features-and-vulnerability-remediation | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:43:17

• "As we’ve established over this blog series, the values of a community of practice are transformative" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/measuring-success-and-impact-automation-community-practice | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:43:38

• No Web experience whatsoever, only some typical MBA ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/new-executives/ | Source: Mozilla https://www.linkedin.com/in/anthonyed/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:48:28

• Mozilla's marketing strategy in recent years focuses on face issues instead of technical matters ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/internet-culture/black-girl-gamers-jay-ann-lopez/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:49:39

• "The Arch Linux community has exciting news: the Arch Linux Package Management (ALPM)" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/sovereign-tech-fund-injects-e562k-into-arch-linux/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:50:39

• "" ☛ https://canonical.com/blog/sifive-eswin-computing-and-canonical-announce-availability-of-ubuntu-on-the-hifive-premier-p550 | Source: Canonical    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:51:35

• "A fork of QMK is also used by System76 to power their 'Launch' keyboard" ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/raspberry-pi-500-uses-qmk-firmware-built-keyboard | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:51:52

• "Remember that shiny new Samsung clamshell smartphone I got at the end of April this year?" ☛ https://brainbaking.com/post/2024/12/that-time-dynalogic-lost-my-phone/ | Source: Wouter Groeneveld    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:52:12

• "I’m sick of political spam texts. Here is a stupid solution." ☛ https://eieio.games/blog/autorespond-stop-to-unknown-numbers/ | Source: Nolen Royalty    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:52:32

• "Since its launch a month ago, the response has been incredible." ☛ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/12/thunderbird-for-android-nov-2024-progress-report/ | Source: Thunderbird    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:53:37

• "Anil Jain, an expert on facial recognition technology at the Michigan State University" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/06/technology/united-healthcare-ceo-shooting-facial-recognition.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:54:12

• "I am now firmly a PostgreSQL developer, no longer really a PostgreSQL user." ☛ http://peter.eisentraut.org/blog/2024/12/10/where-are-all-the-postgresql-users | Source: Peter Eisentraut    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:54:41

• "Rick: Lisa, I’d be interested in your thoughts on the implications of ONOS" ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/12/10/chatting-at-the-kitchen-table-about-indias-onos-deal/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:55:45

• "A software bill of materials has lots of definitions with common core elements" ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/what-is-sbom-software-bill-of-materials-explained | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:57:48

• "It might have been the Olympic spirit coursing through me" ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/spark-or-hadoop-the-best-choice-for-big-data-teams | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:57:58

• Linkspam disguised as 'article' about "Linux" ☛ https://www.unixmen.com/ai-voice-generators-how-linux-based-platforms-are-crafting-authentic-narratives-in-the-digital-age/ | Source: Unix Men    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:58:41

• For now, ‘Dreamers’ will be shut out of the health care marketplace in 19 states ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2024/12/10/dreamers-health-care-marketplace/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:58:56

• ‘Instagram scammer’ Caroline Calloway seemingly claims she slept with suspected assassin Luigi Mangione ☞ https://pagesix.com/2024/12/10/gossip/scammer-caroline-calloway-appears-to-claim-she-slept-with-suspected-assassin-luigi-mangione/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 15:59:57

• R.F.K. Jr.’s War on Corn Syrup Brings a Health Crusade to Trump Country ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/us/politics/rfk-jr-corn-trump.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:00:53

• Luigi Mangione, Suspect in CEO Killing, Withdrew From a Life of Privilege and Promise ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/nyregion/united-healthcare-ceo-shooting-luigi-mangione.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:01:09

• US health panel adds self-testing option for cervical cancer screening ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2024/12/10/self-testing-cervical-cancer/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:01:37

• UnitedHealth CEO murder suspect Luigi Mangione fights extradition to avoid facing charges ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20241210-unitedhealth-ceo-murder-suspect-luigi-mangione-fights-extradition-to-avoid-facing-charges    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:01:56

• Person of interest in UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting worked as counselor for Stanford summer studies course ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2024/12/09/luigi-mangione-summer-counselor/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:02:15

• Severe Harms from Idaho’s Abortion Ban Likely to Expand with Trump Administration Poised to Reverse EMTALA Guidance: PHR ☞ https://phr.org/news/severe-harms-from-idahos-abortion-ban-likely-to-expand-with-trump-administration-poised-to-reverse-emtala-guidance-phr/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:02:37

• Latvia might introduce stricter rules on vaping in public ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/10.12.2024-latvia-might-introduce-stricter-rules-on-vaping-in-public.a579620/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:02:43

• North Korea reports South Korea's martial law crisis for first time ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/north-korea-reports-south-koreas-martial-law-crisis-for-first-time    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:07:11

• South Korea Martial Law Fallout: What to Know on Yoon’s Future ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/world/asia/south-korea-martial-law-yoon-explained.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:07:18

• South Korea’s Opposition Leader Determined to Oust President Yoon After Martial Law ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/world/asia/south-korea-lee-jae-myung-martial-law.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:07:27

• South Korean President’s arrest possible in theory, but many obstacles in the way ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-presidents-arrest-possible-in-theory-but-has-many-obstacles    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:07:39

• South Korea’s top diplomat urges restoration of global trust amid political turmoil ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-top-diplomat-urges-restoration-of-global-trust-amid-political-turmoil    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:07:47

• South Korea opposition party plans to pass budget Bill that sparked martial law ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-opposition-party-plans-to-pass-budget-bill-that-sparked-martial-law    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:10:53

• K-pop light sticks find new life in rallies against Yoon in Seoul ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/k-pop-light-sticks-find-new-life-in-rally-against-yoon-in-seoul    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:11:05

• South Korea slaps travel bans on more top officials ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-slaps-travel-bans-on-more-top-officials    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:11:12

• South Korea prosecutors seek arrest warrant for ex-defence minister as probe accelerates ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-prosecutors-seek-arrest-warrant-for-ex-defence-minister-as-probe-accelerated    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:12:18

• South Korea assembly passes special counsel probe into Yoon Suk Yeol’s insurrection charges ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-assembly-passes-special-counsel-probe-into-yoon-suk-yeols-insurrection-charges    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:12:30

• South Korea’s ruling party discusses Yoon resigning in Feb before snap election ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-ruling-party-discusses-yoon-resigning-in-feb-before-snap-election    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:12:43

• South Korean broadcaster targeted by martial law feared for his life ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-korean-broadcaster-targeted-by-martial-law-feared-for-his-life    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:16:56

• S. Korea ex-defence minister Kim Yong-hyun formally arrested for insurrection ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/s-korea-ex-defence-minister-kim-yong-hyun-formally-arrested-for-insurrection    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:17:07

• North Korean civil defense units ordered to start drone training – without drones ☞ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2024/12/10/north-korea-winter-drone-training/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:17:23

• South Korea corruption investigation office imposes travel ban on President Yoon Suk Yeol ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/12/south-korea-corruption-investigation-office-imposes-travel-ban-on-president-yoon-suk-yeol/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:17:44

• Malaysia PM Anwar deflects questions on house arrest for Najib ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/malaysia-pm-anwar-deflects-questions-on-house-arrest-for-najib    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:18:18

• Malaysia’s Anwar keeping mum on existence of controversial decree on house arrest for Najib ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-pm-anwar-mum-on-existence-of-controversial-decree-on-house-arrest-for-najib    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:18:26

• China's record 'worsening' on Human Rights Day, activists say ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2024/12/10/china-human-rights-day-worsening/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:20:51

• China edges closer to intervention in Myanmar ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/china-edges-closer-to-intervention-in-myanmar/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:21:18

• Taiwan Says China Has Deployed Largest Fleet of Ships in Decades ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/world/asia/taiwan-china-naval-largest.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:21:33

• China sending largest naval fleet in decades to region, threat level severe: Taiwan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-reports-surge-of-chinese-military-aircraft-ships-operating-nearby    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:21:43

• Philippines to continue resupply missions in South China Sea, won’t escalate situation ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-to-continue-resupply-missions-in-south-china-sea-wont-escalate-situation    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:22:18

• Assad’s fall in Syria exposes limits of China’s Middle East diplomacy ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/assads-fall-in-syria-exposes-limits-of-chinas-middle-east-diplomacy    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:22:32

• China’s Pooh-tin Jinping says trade war with US will have ‘no winners’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-xi-jinping-says-trade-war-with-us-will-have-no-winners    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:22:42

• China arrests former agriculture minister Tang Renjian for corruption ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-arrests-former-agriculture-minister-tang-renjian-for-corruption    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:23:00

• When will the 'China bull' storm the Taiwanese 'china store' (pardon the pun)? No earlier than January 20 when a Kremlin friendly person inherited the AllowHouse. Xi has a month or more left to practice 'war games'. Then the price of computer chips will soar.    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:24:55

• Pacific Islands wait for Trump, wary of climate and China stance ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/pacific-islands-wait-for-trump-wary-of-climate-and-china-stance    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:25:09

• Nvidia could face massive $1 billion fine over antitrust violations in China — Nvidia's Mellanox acquisition is in Beijing's crosshairs ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/nvidia-could-face-massive-usd1-billion-fine-over-antitrust-violations-in-china-nvidias-mellanox-acquisition-is-in-beijings-crosshairs    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:25:48

• Empyrean Technology gives control to CEC after U.S. blacklisting — China’s top developer of chip design systems hands reins to state-owned firm ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/empyrean-technology-gives-control-to-cec-after-u-s-blacklisting-chinas-top-developer-of-chip-design-systems-hands-reins-to-state-owned-firm    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:26:19

• China hits US chipmaker Nvidia with antitrust investigation ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2024/12/10/china-nvidia-investigation-chip/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:26:29

• Myanmar to organize election in fewer than half of townships, parties say ☞ https://rfa.org/english/myanmar/2024/12/10/election-townships-vote/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:26:53

• When morale is down, productivity shall go down. PIPs lower morale and desire to improve even among those not directly threatened. https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/07/PIP_Performance_Improvement_Plan_as_an_Instrumental_But_Largely.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:30:53

• The morale at IBM is really bad. Worse than Microsoft's even.    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:31:14

• Taiwan says China carrying out huge maritime drills around island, with almost 90 ships spotted ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/10/taiwan-says-china-carrying-out-huge-maritime-drills-around-island-with-almost-90-ships-spotted/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:31:42

• SUSE Security Team Spotlight Autumn 2024 ☞ https://security.opensuse.org/2024/12/09/autumn-spotlight.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:33:04

• It is not Linux, it's Windows and an attack on GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/running-a-syslog-ng-server-in-wsl    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:34:05

• Last week's problem: How do we explain to people that the busiest and richest place in the country lets CEOs be murdered and we cannot even catch or identify who did this? This week's problem: how do we explain to people even smart and rich people want to murder CEOs?    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:36:10

• 9/11 presented similar questions: how can large financial centres be attacked at such a large scale (with so many people aware and involved)? Second: how can it be explained those who did this were reasonably well educated and from rich families?    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:37:53

• The simplest answer: 1) stupid people cannot pull this off. 2) stupid people don't recognise how bad the world's problems are, they're far too busy working hard. 3) as seen with serial killers (i.e. people who successfully get away with murder many times), the cops aren't too clever    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:39:25

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:40:22

• That Luigi guy didn't get caught because of the cops. It was the media spreading footage of the suspect and some citizen recognising him. So don't consider this "success story" for police.    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:40:27

• Plus: that CCTV footage did NOT prevent the murder. Hence, it saved no lives.    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:40:57

• Creating A Radiation King Radio In The Real World ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/10/creating-a-radiation-king-radio-in-the-real-world/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:42:12

• "3D Printer Eliminates The Printer Bed" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/10/3d-printer-eliminates-the-printer-bed/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:42:32

• Nigeria’s ‘Hustle Kingdom’ Trains Future Generations of Cybercriminals ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/12/nigerias-hustle-kingdom-trains-future-generations-of-cybercriminals/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:43:19

• "An Idea With Legs?" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/10/flying-drones-that-can-walk-and-jump-into-the-air-an-idea-with-legs/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:44:57

• Misseriya, Dar Hamar Tensions Add Ethnic Dimension to Sudan War ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/12/misseriya-dar-hamar-tensions-add-ethnic-dimension-to-sudan-war/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:45:39

• Child Soldiers’ Numbers Swelling in Eastern DRC ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/12/child-soldiers-numbers-swelling-in-eastern-drc/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:45:53

• Setup Your Own Email Server with Mailcow ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/selfhost-mailcow/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:47:43

• Linux on Arm (aarch64) servers: Can they handle datacenter-level networks? ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2024/12/10/linux-arm-aarch64-servers-can-they-handle-datacenter-level-networks    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:48:01

• How to package Go applications in RHEL 10 ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2024/12/10/how-package-go-applications-rhel-10    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:48:09

• "The Centre for Media Monitoring report said Ofcom should "do its job and regulate the channel"" to avoid mention of Muslims, even if there are legitimate problems? ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/broadcast/gb-news-muslims-ofcom-centre-for-media-monitorin/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:50:20

• The Catching of Luigi Mangione Shows We Need Not Have More Surveillance (Than We Already Have; It's Excessive Anyway) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/10/The_Catching_of_Luigi_Mangione_Shows_We_Need_Not_Have_More_Surv.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:51:36

• Josef Strzibny: How does Kamal deploy to multiple hosts ☞ https://nts.strzibny.name/how-kamal-deploy-multiple-servers/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:52:18

• Optical power balancing in DWDM ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2024/12/10/optical-power-balancing-in-dwdm/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:52:41

• What have Latvians Googled this year? ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/10.12.2024-what-have-latvians-googled-this-year.a579656/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:53:08

• "human slaughterhouse" ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/world/middleeast/sednaya-prison-syria.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:55:22

• 2024: A Year of Advocacy and Growth for the FreeBSD Foundation ☞ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/2024-a-year-of-advocacy-and-growth-for-the-freebsd-foundation/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:56:10

• EnterpriseDB expands Hey Hi (AI) development features in PostgreSQL ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/10/enterprisedb-expands-ai-development-features-postgresql/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:56:46

• This month in Servo: :is(), :where(), grid layout, parallel flexbox, and more! https://servo.org/blog/2024/12/09/this-month-in-servo/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:58:13

• The Citizen Lab’s submission to the Senate Standing Committee on National Security, Defence and Veterans Affairs ☞ https://citizenlab.ca/2024/12/the-citizen-labs-submission-to-the-senate-standing-committee-on-national-security-defence-and-veterans-affairs/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:59:04

• Emmanuel Kasper: Too many open files in Minikube Pod ☞ https://00formicapunk00.wordpress.com/2024/12/10/too-many-open-files-in-minikube-pod/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 16:59:32

• Servo is outsourced to proprietary prison run by Microsoft, so it cannot be taken too seriously    

posted Wednesy, December 11, 2024 at 17:01:24

• LibreArts Weekly recap — 8 December 2024 ☞ https://librearts.org/2024/12/week-recap-1-dec-2024/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 17:02:18

• Analyzing Driver License Suspensions with R ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/12/analyzing-driver-license-suspensions-with-r/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 17:02:52

• "Linux 100%" https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/western-sahara/#monthly-200902-202412    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 17:05:56

• Tanzania   

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 17:07:33

• very low share for Microsoft in Tanzania https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/tanzania/#monthly-200902-202412 http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/10/16/Microsoft_Windows_Market_Share_in_Tanzania_Sinks_to_10.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 17:07:38

• Google Might Start Layoffs In January Claims Post On Online Message Board https://wccftech.com/google-might-start-layoffs-in-january-claims-post-on-online-message-board/ cmb ^    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 17:09:01

• Home Salon Email That 'Fired' Stressed Employees Was PR Stunt https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/yes-madam-fired-employees-stress/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 17:09:36

• Scott Bessent, Trump’s Pick for Treasury Secretary, Doesn’t Fit the President-Elect’s Loyalist Mold ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/style/scott-bessent-trump-treasury.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 17:14:52

• "Building Your Own Sorting Hat" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/10/from-felt-to-fate-building-your-own-sorting-hat/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 17:15:46

• Scam farms in the Philippines change tactics to avoid sweeping crackdown ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/scam-farms-in-the-philippines-change-tactics-to-avoid-sweeping-crackdown    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 17:16:06

• Journalist-friendly CMS Labrador is packed with time-saving Hey Hi (AI) tools ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishing-services-content/journalist-friendly-cms-labrador/ Publisher becoming trash https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/11/Why_is_UK_Press_Gazette_Jingoistic_About_Plagiarists_and_LLM_Sl.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 17:17:00

• Rupert Murdoch loses attempt to give Lachlan control in family trust overhaul ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/rupert-murdoch-lachlan-court-battle/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 17:17:25

• Prince Harry could face ‘extensive’ questioning in trial of claim against Sun publisher ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/prince-harry-sun-publisher-trial-questioning/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 17:18:05

• 'Remote' (From Home) Tech Workers Are More Productive for a Lot of Reasons ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/09/Remote_From_Home_Tech_Workers_Are_More_Productive_for_a_Lot_of_.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 17:18:30

• In Memory of Mike Magee (1949-2024) and Our Best Wishes to The Register, Which He Founded in the 1990s ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/09/In_Memory_of_Mike_Magee_1950_2024_and_Our_Best_Wishes_to_The_Re.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 17:18:44

• Site in Support of Richard Stallman Reminds People of the FSF's and Stallman's Support of Women ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/02/01/Site_in_Support_of_Richard_Stallman_Reminds_People_of_the_FSF_s.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 17:18:54

• [Meme] Write Code, Not Social Control Media ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/09/Meme_Write_Code_Not_Social_Control_Media.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 17:19:16

• After CEO killing, police used high-tech tools. But a civilian cinched the dragnet. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2024/1210/united-healthcare-shooting-suspect-mangione    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 17:21:12

• French artist Seth on harnessing street art's universal language ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/arts24/20241210-french-artist-seth-on-harnessing-street-art-s-universal-language    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 17:27:33

• MongoDB crushes Wall Street’s targets and boosts annual forecast but stock sags ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/09/mongodb-crushes-wall-streets-targets-boosts-annual-forecast/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 17:28:10

• Scientists Gave a Mushroom a Robot Body And Let It Run Wild ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-gave-a-mushroom-a-robot-body-and-let-it-run-wild    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 17:32:01

• Leaded Fuel May Have Triggered a Mental Health Crisis Among Generation X ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/leaded-fuel-may-have-triggered-a-mental-health-crisis-among-generation-x    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 17:32:11

• Linux Foundation launches LF India to boost open source innovation - The Hindu ⚓ https://www.thehindu.com/sci-tech/technology/linux-foundation-launches-lf-india-to-boost-open-source-innovation/article68973343.ece ䷉ Source: TheHinduBusinessLine | iophk: Will more than 2% of the budget there be used on Linux?    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 17:41:33

• iophk: How much of that money will be used on OpenBSD with OpenBGPd when it comes to BGP usage? https://insidetowers.com/rip-replace-money-is-in-defense-bill/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 17:42:07

• These Temporary Electronic Tattoos Can Measure Your Brain Activity ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/these-temporary-electronic-tattoos-can-measure-your-brain-activity    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 18:41:21

• Dolphins in Gulf of Mexico Are Now Testing Positive For Fentanyl ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/dolphins-in-gulf-of-mexico-are-now-testing-positive-for-fentanyl    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 18:41:32

• Supercharge Your Daily Walk With These 5 Simple Changes ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/supercharge-your-daily-walk-with-these-5-simple-changes    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 18:41:48

• One Age Group Stands Out For Heat-Related Deaths, And It's Not What We Expected ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/one-age-group-stands-out-for-heat-related-deaths-and-its-not-what-we-expected    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 18:41:58

• No, it's not, morons and lobbyists https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/opinion/tiktok-first-amendment-china-ban-bytedance.html Fentanylware (TikTok) it ITSELF attacking the First Amendment and Free Speech http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/29/Fentanylware_TikTok_Just_Doing_Exactly_What_It_Was_Supposed_to_.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 18:43:06

• Yes, Of Course the 'Linux' Foundation's OpenSSF Rejects Open Source and GNU/Linux (New Report) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/10/Yes_Of_Course_the_Linux_Foundation_s_OpenSSF_Rejects_Open_Sourc.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 18:43:47

• Expose Corrupt Insurance Companies, Don't Kill People ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/09/Expose_Corrupt_Insurance_Companies_Don_t_Kill_People.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 18:44:34

• Libre Liberia: backdoored Windows Down to 8% in Liberia ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/10/Libre_Liberia_Windows_Down_to_8_in_Liberia.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 18:44:41

• [Teaser] Fate of Formalities Officers (FOs) at the EPO ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/10/Teaser_Fate_of_Formalities_Officers_FOs_at_the_EPO.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 18:44:49

• The EPO's Corrupt Dealings With Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Never Addressed, Only Worsened ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/10/The_EPO_s_Corrupt_Dealings_With_Microsoft_Never_Addressed_Only_.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 18:44:56

• Microsoft backdoored Windows Falls to 11% in Senegal, an All-Time Low ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/10/Microsoft_Windows_Falls_to_11_in_Senegal_an_All_Time_Low.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 18:45:05

• We Need to Know More About State Supreme Court Cases ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/we-need-to-know-more-about-state-supreme-court-cases    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 18:45:35

• Why the Fight for Racial Justice is a Human Rights Issue ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/racial-justice/why-the-fight-for-racial-justice-is-a-human-rights-issue    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 18:45:43

• After President Milei’s first year, Argentina’s economy is looking strangely ... normal ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2024/1210/Argentina-President-Milei-inflation-economy-Trump    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 18:46:00

• Qt Journey - From Student Project to Career Success ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-journey-from-student-project-to-career-success    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 18:46:30

• Malaysian lawmakers approve Bill to broaden internet control ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-lawmakers-approve-bill-to-broaden-internet-control    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 18:46:47

• 30-year-old Pentium FDIV bug tracked down in the silicon — Ken Shirriff takes the microscope to Intel's first-ever recall ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/30-year-old-pentium-fdiv-bug-tracked-down-in-the-silicon-ken-shirriff-takes-the-microscope-to-intels-first-ever-recall    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 18:47:02

• Power struggle intensifies among South Korea investigative bodies over Yoon’s martial law case ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/power-struggle-intensifies-among-investigative-bodies-over-yoons-martial-law-case    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 18:47:15

• Spectator rebuked for calling Juno Dawson ‘a man who claims to be a woman’ ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/newspaper-corrections-media-mistakes-errors-legal/spectator-juno-dawson-ipso/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 18:49:20

• China probes US chip giant Nvidia for ‘violating’ anti-monopoly law ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/10/china-probes-us-chip-giant-nvidia-for-violating-anti-monopoly-law/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 18:50:12

• Lizzo No Longer Personally Liable in Harassment Suit — Touring Company Could Still Be Subject to Action ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/09/lizzo-harassment-suit/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 18:50:56

• Solange Knowles supporting sister Beyoncé ‘no matter what’ as Jay-Z fights rape lawsuit ☞ https://pagesix.com/2024/12/10/celebrity-news/solange-knowles-supporting-sister-beyonce-no-matter-what-as-jay-z-fights-rape-lawsuit/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 18:52:21

• Diddy allegedly made creepy remark before raping 13-year-old with Jay-Z, lawsuit claims ☞ https://nypost.com/2024/12/10/entertainment/diddy-allegedly-made-creepy-remark-before-raping-13-year-old-with-jay-z-lawsuit-claims/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 18:52:34

• Jay-Z embraces mother-in-law Tina Knowles after ‘hacker’ liked post about rape lawsuit ☞ https://pagesix.com/2024/12/10/celebrity-news/jay-z-embraces-tina-knowles-after-hacker-liked-post-about-rape-lawsuit/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 18:52:48

• Ex-Sudanese PM Hamdok Calls for ‘Broad Front’ to End War ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/12/ex-sudanese-pm-hamdok-calls-for-broad-front-to-end-war/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 18:53:48

• Biden to kill Nippon Steel’s $15B takeover of US Steel on national security grounds: report ☞ https://nypost.com/2024/12/10/business/biden-to-formally-kill-nippon-steels-15b-takeover-of-us-steel-on-national-security-grounds-report/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 18:56:14

• Terror Group Lukarawas Adds to Northwest Nigeria’s Security Concerns ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/12/terror-group-lukarawas-adds-to-northwest-nigerias-security-concerns/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 18:56:33

• Grand African NEMO Strengthens Collaboration to Combat Sea Crimes ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/12/grand-african-nemo-strengthens-collaboration-to-combat-sea-crimes/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 18:57:05

• Australia Signs Security and Economic Treaty With Nauru ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/world/australia/australia-treaty-nauru.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 18:58:28

• US imposes trade restrictions on two Chinese firms over human rights ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/us-imposes-trade-restrictions-on-two-chinese-firms-over-human-rights    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 18:58:40

• Guangzhou Metro starts airport-style scans after deadly attacks ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2024/12/10/china-guangzhou-metro-security-scans/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 18:59:26

• How UMich researchers are using their work to address climate change ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/research/how-umich-researchers-are-using-their-work-to-address-climate-change/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 18:59:52

• WhatsApp group with ex-US envoy not for ‘collusion,’ jailed media mogul Jimmy Lai tells national security trial ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/10/whatsapp-group-with-ex-us-envoy-not-for-collusion-jailed-media-mogul-jimmy-lai-tells-national-security-trial/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:00:29

• Rogue and incompetent officers weakening stability of the SAPS – Cameron ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/civil-security/rogue-and-incompetent-officers-weakening-stability-of-the-saps-cameron/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:01:04

• Mozambique’s deadly protests: how the country got here ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/african-news/mozambiques-deadly-protests-how-the-country-got-here/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:01:21

• Steady leadership prepares TSA to face evolving cyber threats ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/critical-infrastructure-cybersecurity-tsa-leadership/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:01:35

• Wyden legislation would mandate FCC cybersecurity rules for telecoms ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/wyden-legislation-would-mandate-fcc-cybersecurity-rules-for-telecoms/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:01:51

• Scammers awake and alert for Christmas shopping ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/economy/10.12.2024-scammers-awake-and-alert-for-christmas-shopping.a579640/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:02:56

• Windows TCO ☞ https://blog.nviso.eu/2024/12/10/your-playbook-to-a-better-incident-response-plan/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:03:43

• Raspberry Pi Weekly Issue #488 - Raspberry Pi 500 is here... and we designed a friend to go with it too ☞ https://newsletters.raspberrypi.com/w/aFHHvk7L0UNKsZO4lizQEw    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:04:07

• Kroger’s $25B deal to buy grocery rival Albertsons blocked by federal judge in win for Biden administration ☞ https://nypost.com/2024/12/10/business/krogers-25b-deal-to-buy-grocery-rival-albertsons-blocked-by-judge/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:04:53

• Public Knowledge Joins Four Other Consumer Groups in Petition To Deny T-Mobile Acquisition of UScellular ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/public-knowledge-joins-four-other-consumer-groups-in-petition-to-deny-t-mobile-acquisition-of-uscellular/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:05:48

• TTABlog Test: Three Recent Section 2(d) Oppositions - Which Was/Were Dismissed? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2024/12/ttablog-test-three-recent-section-2d.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:06:29

• Microsoft NTLM Zero-Day to Remain Unpatched Until April ☞ https://www.darkreading.com/application-security/microsoft-ntlm-zero-day-remain-unpatched-april    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:07:11

• Linux Format 323 ☞ https://linuxformat.com/linux-format-323.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:10:40

• This PlayStation 3 Emulator Now Supports Raspberry Pi 5 ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/playstation-3-emulator-rpcs3-now-supports-raspberry-pi-5    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:11:20

• Raspberry Pi Zero 2 W uses Hey Hi (AI) to make infinite flower paintings on an e-ink display ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-zero-2-w-uses-ai-to-make-infinite-flower-paintings-on-an-e-ink-display    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:11:48

• Full-Face Masks to Frustrate Identification ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/12/full-face-masks-to-frustrate-identification.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:20:59

• MeLE QuieterDL – An ultrathin fanless defective chip maker Intel N100 mini PC with dual 2.5 GbE, HDMI, DisplayPort, and USB-C video outputs ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/12/11/mele-quieterdl-an-ultrathin-fanless-intel-n100-mini-pc-with-dual-2-5-gbe-hdmi-displayport-and-usb-c-video-outputs/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:21:27

• AI fears are leaving Fashion Company Apple users exposed to data-stealing bug and experts urge to update — before it’s too late ☞ https://nypost.com/2024/12/10/tech/ai-fears-are-leaving-apple-users-exposed-to-data-stealing-bug/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:22:19

• Ghana Grapples With Scourge of Chinese-led Illegal Gold Mining ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/12/ghana-grapples-with-scourge-of-chinese-led-illegal-gold-mining/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:23:13

• Now-patched macOS and iOS vulnerability allowed undetected access by bypassing data protections ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/10/now-patched-macos-ios-vulnerability-allowed-undetected-access-bypassing-data-protections/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:30:13

• “How He Came to Life One Day”: Photographs of Snowmen (1854–1950) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/photographs-of-snowmen    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:30:29

• Microsoft Patch Tuesday: December 2024, (Tue, Dec 10th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31508 "One vulnerability (CVE-2024-49138) has already been exploited [...]"    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:31:07

• Syrians, in Shock and With Some Unease, Celebrate the Fall of al-Assad ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/09/world/middleeast/syria-assad-damascus.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:31:25

• How to Understand the Armed Factions Operating in Syria ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/world/middleeast/syria-rebels-government-assad.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:31:34

• On the Ground in Damascus as Syrians Chart a New Path ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000009866031/what-is-next-for-syria.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:31:43

• Uncertainty and Hope on the Road to and from Damascus ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000009869599/uncertainty-and-hope-on-the-road-to-and-from-damascus.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:31:54

• In Syria free-for-all, US aims to break ISIS and protect allies ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2024/1210/syria-assad-isis-american-military    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:32:07

• UN urges patience as several EU countries suspend Syrian asylum bids ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241210-un-urges-patience-as-several-eu-countries-suspend-syrian-asylum-bids    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:32:28

• Rebel-backed figure takes charge as Syria's interim prime minister ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241210-rebel-backed-figure-takes-charge-as-syria-s-interim-prime-minister    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:32:42

• Syria: Mohammed al-Bashir becomes caretaker prime minister ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241210-syria-mohammed-al-bashir-becomes-caretaker-prime-minister    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:32:53

• The fall of Bashar al-Assad: ‘Turkey proves, once again, that it cannot be ignored’ ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20241210-bashar-al-assad-s-fall-turkey-proves-once-again-it-can-t-be-ignored-erdogan-syria-islamist-rebels-kurds-sdf-snf-ypg-hts-golani    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:33:03

• Any decision to force people to return to Syria would be very premature: migration policy analyst ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241210-any-decision-to-force-people-to-return-to-syria-would-be-very-premature-migration-policy-analyst    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:33:15

• Where Syria goes next after the fall of Assad ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/syria-next-assad-hts/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:33:33

• “New Dawn” for Syria Must Center Justice and Accountability Following Years of Atrocities: PHR ☞ https://phr.org/news/new-dawn-for-syria-must-center-justice-and-accountability-following-years-of-atrocities-phr/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:33:54

• Sipeed’s MaixCAM-Pro Hey Hi (AI) camera devkit adds 2.4-inch LCD, 1W speaker, PMOD interface on top of WiFi 6 and BLE 5.4 ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/12/10/sipeed-maixcam-pro-ai-camera-devkit-adds-2-4-inch-lcd-1w-speaker-pmod-interface-on-top-of-wifi6-and-ble5-4-connectivity/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:34:42

• LoRaWAN no code ESP32-S3 development platform offers Arduino MKR, MikroBus, FeatherWing, and Grove expansion (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/12/10/lorawan-no-code-esp32-s3-development-platform-offers-arduino-mkr-mikrobus-featherwing-and-grove-expansion/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:35:24

• Gaming GPU sales plummet 14.5% in third quarter — Nvidia's RTX 5000-series launch looms large ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/gaming-gpu-sales-plummet-14-5-percent-in-third-quarter-nvidias-rtx-5000-series-launch-looms-large    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:36:31

• Fastest RC Car Record ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/10/trying-to-shatter-the-worlds-fastest-rc-car-record/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:37:22

• More Hongkongers than ever perceived news outlets to be self-censoring, survey finds ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/10/more-hongkongers-than-ever-perceived-news-outlets-to-be-self-censoring-survey-finds/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:38:07

• Google's CEO: LLMs' ‘Low-Hanging Fruit’ Now Exhausted ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/10/Google_s_CEO_LLMs_Low_Hanging_Fruit_Now_Exhausted.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:38:24

• Brittany Day Still Uses Bots to 'Write' Articles (But Not All the Time) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/10/Brittany_Day_Still_Uses_Bots_to_Write_Articles_But_Not_All_the_.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:38:31

• Microsoft Falls to All-Time Lows in Cameroon ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/10/Microsoft_Falls_to_All_Time_Lows_in_Cameroon.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:38:39

• More Chatbot 'Articles' About Chatbots ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/10/More_Chatbot_Articles_About_Chatbots.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:38:49

• Dennis Crouch moaning (still) that not all patent courts roll over for the litigation "industry" ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2024/12/institutional-stonewalling-treatment.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:57:48

• Price Quote’s Written Acceptance Requirement Fails to Shield Patents from On-Sale Bar ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2024/12/written-acceptance-requirement.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:58:09

• UPC is illegal. They talk about conduct while propping up something totally illegal. ☞ https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2024/12/10/upc-representatives-time-to-talk-about-rules-of-conduct/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:58:54

• Brazil’s Integration into the Global PPH: Key Updates for Patent Applicants ☞ https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2024/12/10/brazils-integration-into-the-global-pph-key-updates-for-patent-applicants/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:59:07

• The patents make the planet more polluted by restricting greener things, making them monopolies ☞ https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2024/12/10/nanoplastics-and-patents-a-couple-for-a-better-future/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 19:59:55

• UPC is illegal and unconstitutional. JUVE knows this, but it's paid to lies and spew out UPC spam such as this. ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/vossius-brinkhof-joint-force-for-upc-litigation/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:01:16

• Bayer’s defeat in dispute with IFA over Xarelto listing in Munich ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/bayers-defeat-in-dispute-with-ifa-over-xarelto-listing-in-munich/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:01:31

• Private banks in China seek state capital amid economic pressures ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/private-banks-in-china-seek-state-capital-amid-economic-pressures    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:01:53

• How Crypto Insiders Turned ‘Debanking’ Into a Political Storm ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/technology/crypto-debanking-trump.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:02:11

• [LLM] Generated Police Reports Raise Concerns Around Transparency, Bias ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/ai-generated-police-reports-raise-concerns-around-transparency-bias    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:02:45

• Global Encryption Day Panel Highlights Encryption’s Role in Children’s Online Safety ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2024/12/encryptions-role-in-childrens-online-safety/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:03:18

• CCTV in taxis would aid investigations when drivers and passengers have disputes, industry chief says ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/10/cctv-in-taxis-would-aid-investigations-when-drivers-and-passengers-have-disputes-industry-chief-says/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:03:41

• Israel Strikes Military Assets Across Syria to Keep Them From Rebels ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/10/world/middleeast/israel-strikes-syria.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:04:00

• Israel airstrikes target over 250 strategic sites in Syria ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241210-israel-airstrikes-target-over-250-strategic-sites-in-syria    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:04:09

• Treasury sanctions Chinese cyber company, employee for 2020 global firewall attack ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/treasury-sanctions-chinese-cyber-company-2020-firewall-attack/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:04:52

• Qt for Android Automotive 6.8.1 is released ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-for-android-automotive-6.8.1-is-released    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:05:17

• Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Dr. Denis Mukwege talks sexual violence in the Congo ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/government/nobel-peace-prize-laureate-dr-denis-mukwege-talks-sexual-violence-in-the-congo/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:05:43

• Trike test elejoy MPPT controller ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202412/trike-test-elejoy-mppt-controller.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:06:38

• Flip-out button move from screen to tray ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202412/flip-out-button-move-from-screen-to-tray.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:06:52

• SEC ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/donald-trump-media-truth-social-sec-securities-exchange-commission | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:07:24

• Assad is out ☞ https://rubenerd.com/assad-is-out/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:07:44

• The Fridge: Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 869 ☞ https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2024/12/09/ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-issue-869/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:08:08

• FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, December 13, starting at 12:00 EST (17:00 UTC) ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2024-12-13-irc    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:08:31

• GNU Shepherd 1.0.0 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1001599/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:09:11

• "A Potential Exploit With The Ext Filesystem" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/10/a-potential-exploit-with-the-ext-filesystem/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:10:19

• Cyberattacks Target Sudan Media’s Independent War Reporting ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/12/cyberattacks-target-sudan-medias-independent-war-reporting/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:11:22

• Gnome Fans Everywhere Rejoice for the Latest Release ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Gnome-Fans-Everywhere-Rejoice-for-the-Latest-Release    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:12:51

• detox – clean up filenames ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/detox-clean-up-filenames/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:13:20

• yoctocolors – tiny command-line coloring package ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/yoctocolors-tiny-command-line-coloring-package/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:13:39

• Machine Learning in Linux: Simplexity – simple Perplexity Hey Hi (AI) desktop app ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/machine-learning-linux-simplexity-simple-perplexity-ai-desktop-app/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:13:59

• Fedora Community Blog: F41 Elections Voting is now Open! ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/f41-elections-voting-is-now-open/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:14:38

• Installing Redis Server Almalinux 9 or Rocky GNU/Linux ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/installing-redis-server-almalinux-9-or-rocky-linux/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:15:43

• 2 ways: Install RPM Packages on AlmaLinux 9 or Rocky ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/2-ways-install-rpm-packages-on-almalinux-9-or-rocky/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:15:54

• Windows still at 5% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/bahamas/#monthly-200902-202412 http://techrights.org/n/2024/08/26/It_s_Official_Windows_Below_5_in_Bahamas.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:19:20

• Systemd 257 Released, Here’s What’s New ☞ https://linuxiac.com/systemd-257-linux-service-manager-released/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:20:04

• Sovereign Tech Agency Injects €562K into Arch GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxiac.com/sovereign-tech-fund-injects-e562k-into-arch-linux/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:20:14

• MiniOS 4.0: Sleek Visual Updates and Streamlined Functionality ☞ https://linuxiac.com/minios-4-0-sleek-visual-updates-and-streamlined-functionality/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:20:24

• Standards and the presumption of conformity ☞ https://opensource.org/blog/standards-and-the-presumption-of-conformity    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:20:52

• Microsoft Lessening TPM Requirement for backdoored Windows 11? ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/microsoft-lessening-tpm-requirement    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:21:16

• Ed Sheeran Scores Another Legal Win As Appeals Court Rejects Rehearing Push in ‘Thinking Out Loud’ Infringement Battle ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/09/ed-sheeran-thinking-out-loud-lawsuit-appeal-victory/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:21:40

• Outside Powers Move To Protect Interests In Syria As Rebel-Backed Interim PM Named ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/syria-damascus-assad-netanyahu-putin-/33234290.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:22:07

• Lukashenka Reveals Plans For Russian Oreshnik Missile Deployment In Belarus ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/lukashenka-russia-oreshnik-missile-deployment-belarus-putin-ukraine/33234767.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:22:17

• VOIPAC iMX93 industrial development kit targets AI, HMI, and Edge Computing applications ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/12/10/voipac-imx93-industrial-development-kit-targets-ai-hmi-and-edge-computing-applications/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:22:42

• Inaccurate Computing: AI, Quantum, & The Error-Filled Future ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/inaccurate-computing-ai-quantum-and    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:23:00

• Seven consortia selected to establish Hey Hi (AI) factories which will boost Hey Hi (AI) innovation in the EU ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_6302 whoring themselves to hype and buzzwords    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:23:36

• prison ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/10/navalny-s-team-releases-hidden-camera-videos-of-his-meetings-with-lawyers-in-prison | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:24:39

• mintCast 451 – Cinnamon Toast ☞ https://mintcast.org/451-cinnamon-toast/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:25:19

• Destination Linux 399: Holiday Tech Gift Guide 2024 ☞ https://destinationlinux.net/399    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:26:38

• What’s in the SOSS? Podcast #21 – Alpha-Omega’s Michael Winser and Catalyzing Sustainable Improvements in Open Source Security ☞ https://openssf.org/podcast/2024/12/10/whats-in-the-soss-podcast-21-alpha-omegas-michael-winser-and-catalyzing-sustainable-improvements-in-open-source-security/ http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/10/Yes_Of_Course_the_Linux_Foundation_s_OpenSSF_Rejects_Open_Sourc.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:28:07

• Destination Linux 399: Holiday Tech Gift Guide 2024 ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/destination-linux/dl-399/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:28:38

• Nextcloud Takes on ‘Teams’ With ‘Talk’ — We Have Screenshots ☞ https://fossforce.com/2024/12/nextcloud-takes-on-teams-with-talk-we-have-screenshots/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:28:59

• Tech cooperation between Australia and South Korea will bolster regional stability ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/tech-cooperation-between-australia-and-south-korea-would-bolster-regional-stability/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:29:28

• A Single Mutation Could Bring Bird Flu a Critical Step Closer to a New Pandemic ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-single-mutation-could-bring-bird-flu-a-critical-step-closer-to-a-new-pandemic    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:30:27

• Fentanylware (TikTok) Shop: Over 90% of toys we bought from online marketplaces 'illegal' to sell in the UK ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/toys-bought-from-online-marketplaces-illegal-to-sell-in-uk-a5IhD8f2klyZ    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:31:01

• TikTok makes a last stand as it asks for emergency pause on US ban ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/09/tiktoks-last-stand-asks-emergency-pause-us-ban/ Chinese social control media app Fentanylware (TikTok)    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:31:23

• "Raspberry Pi today announced the Raspberry Pi 500, an updated version of its keyboard PC, this one powered by the guts of the Raspberry Pi 5." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/raspberry-pi-500-official-monitor-announced    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:34:21

• "What's next for Linux in all its facets in the coming year? We'll tell you!" https://www.pcworld.com/article/2545251/what-will-the-year-2025-bring-for-linux.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:34:45

• "I've used Linux on and off for years. Most of that time I've used GNOME, and I have even primarily used GNOME apps. For simplicity's sake, I wish I could just tell people I use GNOME, not Linux. I'd love to see GNOME OS become its own thing." https://www.howtogeek.com/why-i-want-to-see-an-official-gnome-only-os/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:35:04

• "Korean web giant Naver has gone into the operating system business, releasing its very own Linux distribution." https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/10/naver_navix_linux/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:35:36

• "A lot of people like Linux Mint. Do you know why? We think it's the user experience." https://news.itsfoss.com/linux-mint-redefining-ux/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:35:56

• "Manjaro, another Arch-based distribution, rounds out the top five with 1,128 hits. It balances the power of Arch Linux with a more beginner-friendly approach. Interestingly, Ubuntu, once synonymous with desktop Linux for many, ranks sixth with 1,081 hits." https://betanews.com/2024/12/10/linux-mint-mx-distrowatch/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:36:55

• "The announcement mentions the funding supports multiple milestones for the project, which I've noted below: [...]" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/arch-linux-package-management-alpm-gets-funding-from-sovereign-tech-agency/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:37:21

• Working with PDF files on Linux https://www.networkworld.com/article/3621178/working-with-pdf-files-on-linux.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:37:45

• 10 Essential Linux Commands for Beginner DevOps Engineers to Automate Workflows https://medium.com/@osomudeyazudonu/10-essential-linux-commands-for-beginner-devops-engineers-to-automate-workflows-119be30057ad    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:38:02

• scrcpy 3.0 adds a virtual Android display to your Windows, Mac or Linux PC https://liliputing.com/scrcpy-3-0-adds-a-virtual-android-display-to-your-windows-mac-or-linux-pc/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:38:27

• "The initial addition of speech synthesis currently requires you to manually install "Proton Voice Files", something people saw pop up recently that led to some wild speculation. They've confirmed it works with Infinite Stars - The Visual Novel." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/proton-experimental-adds-initial-speech-synthesis-support-lots-of-game-fixes-for-steam-deck-linux/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:39:28

• "Pop!_OS Alpha 4 has arrived and it's going to be a brilliant Linux desktop." https://www.zdnet.com/article/system76-just-took-everything-that-was-good-in-pop-os-and-made-it-even-better/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:39:50

• Critical Vulnerability in Python Affected MacOS or Linux Leads to Exploiting The Memoryhttps://cybersecuritynews.com/python-vulnerability/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:40:46

• Critical Vulnerability in Python Affected MacOS or Linux Leads to Exploiting The Memory https://cybersecuritynews.com/python-vulnerability/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:40:56

• Naver Cloud releases sustainable free linux distribution - Telecompaper EN https://www.telecompaper.com/news/naver-cloud-releases-sustainable-free-linux-distribution--1521701    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:41:56

• smartphone   

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:43:40

• postmarketOS https://hackaday.com/2024/12/09/smartphone-runs-home-server/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:43:46

• GNU Shepherd 1.0 released after two decades in development https://www.notebookcheck.net/GNU-Shepherd-1-0-released-after-two-decades-in-development.930203.0.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:44:06

• "Integrating Firefox and Thunderbird with GNOME components on top of the Window Maker window manager and a Debian core, Window Maker Live is a live Linux distro that has just moved from version 0.96.0-0 to 12.8." https://www.notebookcheck.net/Debian-based-Window-Maker-Live-12-8-comes-with-recompiled-packages-and-GUI-enhancements.930201.0.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:45:08

• Predictive Analytics: Enhancing Linux System Reliability with Data-Driven Insights https://www.analyticsinsight.net/tech-news/predictive-analytics-enhancing-linux-system-reliability-with-data-driven-insights    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:45:54

• "So, are you ready to try openSUSE for gaming?" https://news.itsfoss.com/opensuse-gaming-gpu-tool/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:46:18

• bukowski   

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:50:09

• Charles Bukowski: “roll the dice” gemini://dkalak.de/poems-by-others/bukowski-roll-the-dice.gmi    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:50:15

• New feature: Internet Today   

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:51:12

• "Back in the mid-to-late 1990s, there was a local Portland internet service provider called Teleport, located inside the Spalding Building on Southwest Washington Street downtown." gemini://willowashmaple.smol.pub/2024-12-11-internet-today-new-feature    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:51:21

• Diary of an Unemployed Citizen 006   

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:52:07

• gemini   

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:52:13

• "First soreness from the job this morning, I think. My right leg, often sore at the end of the route, already buzzing this morning. Some movement helps it already, but this is not the right vehicle for such a job." gemini://nicodemus_doge.smol.pub/1733946300    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 20:52:20

• "The Kiwi TCMS web application was up and running, however the database behind it had stopped accepting requests resulting in 500 Internal Server Error page visible to everyone. A little over 1000 requests (both manual and via API) were affected!" https://kiwitcms.org/blog/kiwi-tcms-team/2024/12/11/major-outage-for-kiwi-tcms/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 21:03:38

• Version inflation to hype up pure BS https://betanews.com/2024/12/11/google-gemini-deux/ after stomping on existing names: https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2023/12/12/hijacking-gemini/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 21:05:11

• They should disbar people immediately for any use at all of LLM trash http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/12/guest-post-benelux-office-rules-on.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 21:22:38

• Kangaroo Courts of corrupt EPO still at it http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/12/navigating-re-establishment-of-rights.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 21:23:09

• Compromised by Poor Oversight https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/maryland/articles/2024-12-04/maryland-officials-failed-to-properly-oversee-prisoner-health-care-contracts    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 21:23:45

• Live-streaming Perl 5.41.7 development release https://blogs.perl.org/users/max_maischein/2024/12/live-streaming-perl-5417-development-release.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 21:23:57

• New experimental Debian package for Cosign (Sigstore) https://sethmlarson.dev/cosign-and-debian    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 21:25:05

• Microsoft site: Microsoft Is Trying to Figure Out Why Some Developers Are Skipping Xbox    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 21:42:01

• The lie that the IBM layoffs are due to some stupid buzzword and hype rather than business failure: "headlines about IBM, Salesforce, Google, Duolingo, and other companies launching hiring freezes and even layoffs due to the rise of gen AI" https://www.qualitydigest.com/inside/innovation-article/challenges-and-risks-generative-ai-121124.html    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 21:45:22

• not due to metaverse, blockchain, smart, IoT, cloud, AR, and the 4IR?    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 21:45:34

• in   

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 21:52:35

• IBM CEO openly encouraging the use of slop at work - a form of plagiarism that's of low quality, generates errors and legal problems. These are the sorts of executives who cheated in exams at school to get ahead, or downloaded essays from the Net, submitted as their own. https://fortune.com/2023/04/20/ibm-ceo-work-ai-artificial-intelligence-careers-tech-arvind-krishna/    

posted Wednesday, December 11, 2024 at 21:52:42