Roy Schestowitz

• Bing falling in Jamaica https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/jamaica/#monthly-200902-202412    

posted Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 23:21:14

• Microsoft shareholders vote against company investing in bitcoin    

posted Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 23:22:01

• Microsoft Says The Quiet Part Loud About Xbox https://kotaku.com/microsoft-xbox-game-pass-ps5-exclusives-streaming-1851722886    

posted Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 23:22:42

• "Gerstner going away package was 230 million dollars, he was a thief." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1w1UxgDl    

posted Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 23:24:11

• "Compare Gerstner with Jobs. Steve Jobs came in when Apple was 45 days from bankruptcy, did layoffs and canceled a ton of important projects and focused the company on the Mac, and later came out with iPod, iPhone, etc." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1w1UxgDl    

posted Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 23:25:00

• "Even after Jobs was gone, the company continued to have even greater success and the workers are relatively happy. Again, compare this with IBM and Gerstner, because both started in a similar situation." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1w1UxgDl    

posted Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 23:25:19

• "So did I. I got a raise, but I did not want to be at the band 11 level. At the end of the quarter, my accounts were removed and changed to poor ones. I got a PiP 90 days later. I worked with the TSL and ATL on the accounts, but both had a bad history with IBM." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/PlQ3zjR    

posted Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 23:27:08

• "I tried to fix them, making every effort to get to my metrics, but I could not, and I was PiP'd." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/PlQ3zjR    

posted Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 23:27:15

• "It was impossible to get those metrics, and it usually takes almost a year, but they gave me 90 days, and I agree with my wife and others at IBM - I was set up to fail because FY23 was a great year for me commission-wise and I guess they felt I was too costly for IBM as an employee. It has been hard to find a new home; either I am overqualified or too expensive." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/PlQ3zjR    

posted Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 23:27:29

• "It's true! All the sn-t-nose data scientists who were harbingers of tomorrow have become dinobabies! Time to leave the nest kiddies!!!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vVKVukf    

posted Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 23:28:24

• Another birhday passed. Next year Techrights turns 19. http://schestowitz.com/royrianne/gallery/index.php/Techrights-Turns-18    

posted Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 23:31:39

• "Developer Alyssa Rosenzweig from the Asahi team blogged about the big gaming improvements that I covered here on GamingOnLinux back in October, and this release brings it all together along with the new and improved conformant Vulkan 1.4 driver." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/fedora-asahi-remix-41-brings-aaa-gaming-to-apple-silicon-with-linux/    

posted Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 23:33:50

• "Based on the Fedora Linux 41 operating system series and using the KDE Plasma 6.2 desktop environment by default, Fedora Asahi Remix 41 is here to introduce x86/x86-64 emulation integration including support for AAA games to Apple Silicon based on the new conformant Vulkan 1.4 driver." https://9to5linux.com/fedora-asahi-remix-41-released-for-apple-silicon-macs-with-kde-plasma-6-2    

posted Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 23:34:40

• "Offensive Security announced today the release and general availability of Kali Linux 2024.4 as the latest stable ISO snapshot of this Debian-based rolling release distro for ethical hacking and penetration testing." https://9to5linux.com/kali-linux-2024-4-released-with-linux-kernel-6-11-gnome-47-and-new-hacking-tools    

posted Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 23:36:46

• Unionizing https://jacobin.com/2024/12/whole-foods-amazon-philadelphia-union/    

posted Tuesday, December 17, 2024 at 23:37:25

• FSF fund raising at 196k now!    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 05:59:57

• "Hmm, or are they clever and sleazy enough to remove competition and reduce salary costs for an immediate share price bump. It sounds like they should be able to justify their large salary by solving some difficult math, computer science, or physics problems. All of us can't wait to see their solutions." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1vRu45dP    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 06:06:34

• "When Gerstner took over IBM in 1993, it was losing roughly $8 billion per year. When he stepped down in 2002, the company was making over $7 billion per year. That's a $15 billion swing in 9 years" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1w1UxgDl    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 06:07:53

• Fedora Asahi Remix 41 brings Fedora Linux to Apple Silicon Macs with Vulkan 1.4 and x86 emulation https://betanews.com/2024/12/17/fedora-asahi-remix-41-fedora-linux-apple-mac/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 06:53:36

• Chrome now 81% in Botswana https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/all/botswana/#monthly-200902-202412    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 09:12:23

• FSF money raised: now 197k https://my.fsf.org/join    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:17:53

• Understaffed http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/12/katcall-openings-for-guestkat-and.html    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:19:08

• "Stoneshard is a very challenging open-world RPG currently in Early Access and the latest major release is a really big one. Stoneshard has Native Linux support and is rated Steam Deck Playable." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/stoneshard-major-upgrade-brings-an-upgradable-fast-travel-caravan-system-cooking-new-locations-and-more/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:23:36

• "Wayward is an Early Access wilderness survival roguelike that's highly rated by players, and it just had a massive update launch with "Runekeeper"." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/wilderness-survival-roguelike-wayward-adds-creature-territories-deities-item-stacking-and-lots-more/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:23:45

• "I still think Volcanoids has one of the absolutely coolest ideas for a survival game, with your base being a big moving drill that burrows through the earth and it just keeps on getting better." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/drill-ship-survival-game-volcanoids-adds-big-mech-spiders-and-tanks-that-drill-up-through-the-ground-to-say-hi/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:23:57

• "A Game About Digging A Hole sounds like it might actually be somewhat amusing. As the name suggests, it's all about digging down deep where you might find some secrets." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/a-game-about-digging-a-hole-has-you-dig-the-stupidest-biggest-hole-possible-to-find-potential-secrets/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:24:08

• "I quite enjoyed the first initial demo of Tempest Rising, a classic RTS like Westwood used to make (Red Alert, Command & Conquer) only a lot shinier and now it has a release date along with a new trailer." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/tempest-rising-looks-awesome-and-this-rts-is-launching-in-april-2025/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:28:36

• "Fedora Asahi Remix 41 is out now bringing the most polished version of Linux for Apple Silicon Macs, along with support for AAA gaming." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/fedora-asahi-remix-41-brings-aaa-gaming-to-apple-silicon-with-linux/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:29:59

• "Tabla loses its rhythm" https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/music/tabla-loses-its-rhythm-1847372    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:31:49

• "Suspected Russian spy linked to Italian right-wingers and mysterious Latvian 'Financier' / Article" https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/16.12.2024-suspected-russian-spy-linked-to-italian-right-wingers-and-mysterious-latvian-financier.a580454/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:32:19

• "Suspected Russia spy expelled from Lithuania’s conservative party" https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2440077/suspected-russia-spy-expelled-from-lithuania-s-conservative-party    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:32:31

• "Xfce 4.20 llega muchos pequeños cambios y soporte de Wayland" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=es&tl=en&u=https://www.muylinux.com/2024/12/16/xfce-4-20/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:33:12

• "Judge denies Trump petition to dismiss hush-money case over immunity claims" https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/dec/16/trump-hush-money-case-immunity-denied    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:33:30

• "Trump mocked for geography snafu during press conference: ‘You wouldn’t believe how many countries there are’" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-geography-press-conference-b2665371.html    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:33:56

• ""Everybody wants to be my friend," Trump brags after tech CEOs seek audiences" https://www.axios.com/2024/12/16/trump-eric-adams-pardon-bezos-tim-cook-drones-postal-service    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:34:19

• Yes, GAFAM is LEGITIMISING corruption and fascism. ANYTHING for money. Like IBM and literal Hitler.    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:35:13

• "Witch-tech? That's a new one. Crescent County has a really fun idea and some lovely visuals too." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/crescent-county-is-an-open-world-witch-tech-delivery-life-sim-where-you-travel-around-on-a-motorised-broom/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:35:40

• "Here's your chance to get four absolutely brilliant games that are all Steam Deck Verified, have Native Linux support and at a discount too." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/the-steam-deck-stars-bundle-on-steam-has-some-top-deck-verified-games-for-cheap/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:35:45

• "This is a big one!" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/nexus-mods-new-cross-platform-app-v0-7-1-released-finally-supporting-upgrades-better-modding-for-linux-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:35:51

• "Latin America Is About to Gain More U.S. Attention Than It Has Received in Three Decades... Is That Good?" https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2024/12/17/latin-america-is-about-to-gain-more-u-s-attention-than-it-has-received-in-three-decades-is-that-good/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:37:50

• "Ukrainian PM Says Deal To Transit Russian Gas Won't Be Extended In 2025" https://www.rferl.org/a/kraine-russian-gas-transit-deal-ending-alternatives/33242146.html    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:38:01

• "Judge rejects Trump bid to dismiss felony conviction over immunity ruling" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-12-16/judge-rejects-trumps-bid-to-dismiss-hush-money-conviction-because-of-supreme-court-immunity-ruling    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:38:18

• "US Marines start partial transfer from Okinawa to Guam" https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2024/12/16/us-marines-start-partial-transfer-from-okinawa-to-guam/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:38:31

• iophk: They fail to mention OpenZFS and push instead unfit-for-purpose proprietary formats https://www.pcworld.com/article/2550308/why-choosing-the-right-format-for-usb-flash-drives-matters.html ("Choosing the right format for USB flash drives matters. Here's why")    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:38:53

• "Trump Assad Takeover: Trump terms Assad’s fall in Syria ‘unfriendly takeover’ by Turkey" https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/trump-terms-assads-fall-in-syria-unfriendly-takeover-by-turkey/articleshow/116376470.cms    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:39:27

• "Nordic-Baltic Security Coalition Meets Amid Heightened European Security Concerns" https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/12/16/nordic-baltic-security-coalition-meets-amid-heightened-european-security-concerns-a87351    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:39:43

• "While Moldova is making progress, Georgia is falling back" https://neweasterneurope.eu/2024/12/16/while-moldova-is-making-progress-georgia-is-falling-back/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:40:02

• "The Military Under Trump Will Be a Disaster" https://www.thenation.com/article/world/trump-military-civilians/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:40:15

• "Move over, Vikings. Sweden’s new seafaring heroes are knitting grannies." https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Music/2024/1216/christmas-swedish-knitting-choir-gotland    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:40:26

• "Chat Control 2 – förslaget som vägrar dö" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2024/12/17/chat-control-2-forslaget-som-vagrar-do/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:40:56

• "Islamist technocracy: How HTS, the group leading change in Syria, became a force capable of defeating Assad" https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-12-17/islamist-technocracy-how-hts-the-group-leading-change-in-syria-became-a-force-capable-of-defeating-assad.html    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:41:08

• "Ukraine Says It Assassinated Russian General Igor Kirillov in Moscow Bombing" https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/world/europe/russian-general-bombing-moscow.html    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:41:23

• "Trump’s many conflicts of interest: Truth Social, a crypto venture, and more | Vox" https://www.vox.com/politics/391338/trump-business-truth-social-crypto-liv-hotel-conflicts    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:41:34

• ""Battered With Force Again And Again": Murdered Pak Girl's Parents Jailed" https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/father-stepmother-of-murdered-pak-girl-jailed-for-life-by-uk-court-7272123    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:41:50

• "Sara Sharif murder: British-Pak girl's father, stepmother get jail for life; Court lists shocking injuries" https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/sara-sharif-murder-british-pak-girls-father-stepmother-get-jail-for-life-court-lists-shocking-injuries-101734488735121.html    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:42:22

• ""Not An Ordinary Killing": UnitedHealthcare CEO's Murder Suspect Charged" https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/killing-intended-to-evoke-terror-us-ceos-murder-suspect-charged-7273634    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:42:32

• "Suspect charged with killing UnitedHealthcare CEO as act of terrorism" https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2024-12-17/suspect-charged-with-killing-unitedhealthcares-ceo-as-an-act-of-terrorism    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:42:58

• "Trump to Russia’s Rescue" https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/12/trump-to-russias-rescue/681037/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:43:09

• "Muslim residents raze own homes near Sambhal’s ‘ancient’ temple" https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bareilly/residents-raze-own-homes-near-sambhals-ancient-temple/articleshow/116408071.cms    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:43:29

• "Russians ‘burning faces’ of dead North Koreans to keep them secret: Zelenskyy – Radio Free Asia" https://www.rfa.org/english/korea/2024/12/17/north-korean-soldier-video-russia-12172024/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 10:43:36

• Now over 198k https://my.fsf.org/join    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 11:32:22

• "Discover the top 5 reasons to join the Astro Pi Challenge and see how it inspires young people to code and build STEM skills." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/five-reasons-to-join-the-astro-pi-challenge/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 11:33:55

• 280+ Environmental Books Published in 2024 ☛ https://therevelator.org/environmental-books-2024/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 11:34:21

• "Suing people for consuming content illegally can be a risky endeavor for companies with brands to protect. Nevertheless, sports rightsholders now seem prepared to put brand integrity on the line in their fight against IPTV pirates." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/laliga-isnt-fining-iptv-pirates-for-viewing-streams-but-for-providing-them-241217/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 11:36:14

• "The Federal Court of Canada has issued a new site blocking order requiring major ISPs to block access to Soap2Day domains." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/netflix-and-hollywood-obtain-canadian-site-blocking-order-against-pirate-brand-soap2day-241217/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 11:36:20

• "Italians who simply view pirate IPTV via illicit subscriptions have been warned for months that their activities could be reported to the judicial authorities for potential prosecution." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/judges-acquit-23-pirate-iptv-subscribers-personal-use-is-not-a-crime-241218/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 11:36:46

• "In the wake of the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and the arrest of  alleged shooter Luigi Mangione" ☛ https://fair.org/home/nyt-panics-over-outrage-at-insurance-companies/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 11:37:13

• "How Opioid Giant Endo Escaped a $7 Billion Federal Penalty" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/endo-settlement-opioids-justice-department | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 11:37:44

• "All The Music" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/16/has-ai-already-gone-through-all-the-music/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 11:44:25

• "Balaji left OpenAI earlier this year and raised concerns publicly that the company had allegedly violated U.S. copyright law while developing its popular ChatGPT chatbot." ☛ https://www.cnbc.com/2024/12/13/former-openai-researcher-and-whistleblower-found-dead-at-age-26.html | Source: CNBC http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/16/Reminder_The_Microsoft_Person_Who_Used_OpenAI_for_En_Masse_GPL_.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 11:44:48

• "Soon after blowing the whistle on OpenAI's alleged use of copyrighted material in its training data, one of its former researchers was found dead of an apparent suicide." ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/openai-devastated-whistleblower-died | Source: Futurism http://techrights.org/o/2023/02/10/copilot-in-court/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 11:45:14

• "Popeye and Tintin's early versions enter the US public domain in 2025, allowing their use without copyright restrictions." ☛ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/popeye-tintin-in-public-domain-from-2025-but-minus-spinach-red-hair/articleshow/116415357.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 11:45:37

• "In 1998, Congress passed the Sonny Bono Copyright Act, AKA the Mickey Mouse Preservation Act, AKA the Copyright Term Extension Act." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2024/12/17/dastar-dly-deeds/#roast-in-piss-sonny-bono | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 11:45:58

• "Next year, actors and athletes from the NBA and NFL will have access to technology that will identify AI-generated content on YouTube that features their digital likeness" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2024-12-17/youtube-partners-with-caa-on-helping-celebrities-manage-digital-likeness | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 11:46:44

• "The dispute began after Qualcomm acquired Nuvia for $1.4 billion in 2021 and proceeded with the development of its custom Armv8.2-based cores that are now used inside the Snapdragon X processors." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/arm-vs-qualcomm-trial-begins-arm-demands-that-the-patent-infringing-nuvia-designs-be-destroyed | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 11:48:01

• "The crux of the litigation is a clash over Qualcomm's license agreement for the use of Arm's intellectual property following Qualcomm's $1.4 billion acquisition of chip startup Nuvia in 2021." ☛ https://www.reuters.com/legal/arm-qualcomm-trial-set-begin-over-chip-contract-dispute-2024-12-16/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 11:48:17

• "The crux of the litigation is a clash over Qualcomm's license agreement for the use of Arm's intellectual [sic] property [sic] following Qualcomm's $1.4 billion acquisition of chip startup Nuvia in 2021." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/arm-ceo-downplays-ambitions-to-make-its-own-chip-in-qualcomm-case/articleshow/116384060.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 11:48:28

• "The Supreme Court on Monday, while hearing the Competition Commission of India (CCI) request to transfer 24 pleas related to alleged anti-competitive practices by e-commerce giants Amazon and Flipkart" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/all-cases-should-be-transferred-to-karnataka-hc-says-sc-on-flipkart-amazon-antitrust-cases/articleshow/116373005.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 11:49:43

• "But this mindless deregulatory mindset also harms public safety, national security, and consumer privacy." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/17/att-verizon-fail-to-inform-customers-about-major-salt-typhoon-hack/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 11:50:45

• "NTCA–The Rural Broadband Association, ACA Connects, CTIA, New York State Telecommunications Association" ☛ https://insidetowers.com/broadband-groups-rejected-by-scotus-on-new-york-rate-caps/ | Source: Inside Towers    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 11:50:54

• "Renters in the U.S. spent an extra $3.8 billion last year because of pricing algorithms used by landlords, according to an analysis from the White House Council of Economic Advisers first shared with Axios." ☛ https://www.axios.com/2024/12/17/realpage-rent-landlords-white-house | Source: Axios    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 11:54:52

• "Klarna's CEO, Sebastian Siemiatkowski, has fully embraced artificial intelligence as a transformative force within the fintech company" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/we-stopped-hiring-fintech-ceo-reveals-how-ai-replaced-hundreds-employees-year-1729557 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 11:55:07

• "Last year 185 content moderators sued Meta and two contractors, saying they had lost their jobs with Sama, a Kenya-based firm contracted to moderate Facebook content, for trying to organise a union." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/meta-contractor-dismissed-threats-to-moderators-by-ethiopia-rebels-court-documents/articleshow/116341385.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 11:55:40

• "If the answer "no" seems obvious, it took Kirstin Lobato decades to prove it." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2024/12/16/las-vegas-must-pay-34m-to-woman-jailed-16-years-on-evidence-fabricated-by-police.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 11:56:32

• "Under the new law, repeat offenders and anyone who mocked the rules would face heavier fines and longer prison sentences of up to 15 years in jail." ☛ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0mv83m4z7vo | Source: BBC    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 11:57:19

• "The hijab controversy has been ongoing since 2022, triggered by the death of Mahsa "Zhina" Amini, who died in police custody after violating the dress code." ☛ https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/iran-holds-back-hijab-law-after-widespread-condemnation-7271950 | Source: NDTV    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 11:57:34

• "The concern that we have is that the conservatives will prevail and it'll become impossible for women to even have the rights they have today, which are a fraction of what they had before" ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/t%C3%AAte-%C3%A0-t%C3%AAte/20241217-it-s-not-acceptable-when-half-the-population-is-silenced-ceo-of-afghan-media-group-moby | Source: France24    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 11:58:01

• "In Turkey, the Red Umbrella (Kırmızı Şemsiye) Sexual Health and Human Rights Association issued a statement to mark the day, highlighting the challenges sex workers continue to face despite legal regulations." ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/sex-workers-in-turkey-denied-access-to-professional-rights-302769 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 11:58:23

• "So, it happened again. And the way it happened is so utterly insane, it’s impossible to encapsulate in the 10-12 words that lend themselves to eye-grabbing headlines." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/17/4th-circuit-strips-immunity-from-cops-who-engaged-in-an-insane-amount-of-unconstitutional-fuckery/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 11:58:58

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 11:59:50

• "Salesforce has closed more than 1,000 paid deals for "Agentforce," its platform for creating virtual representatives powered by artificial intelligence, its CEO Marc Benioff said on Tuesday." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/salesforce-closes-1000-paid-agentforce-deals-looks-to-robot-future/articleshow/116417651.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 11:59:55

• "trying to get the government to uphold treaties made in the 1700s. And younger generations aren’t giving up." ☛ https://hakaimagazine.com/features/the-personal-toll-of-canadas-broken-fishing-promises/ | Source: Hakai Magazine    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:00:14

• "The precise employment relationship was often concealed in official documents." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2024-12-household-slavery-overlooked-method-enslaving.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:00:39

• "Starbucks and the union have spent hundreds of hours bargaining, and both sides have produced tentative agreements over the year." ☛ https://thehill.com/business/5045698-starbucks-union-votes-to-authorize-strike-ahead-of-bargaining/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:03:35

• "charges of “spreading false information” and “causing trouble” on social media" ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/tibet/2024/12/17/tibet-activist-detailed-and-released/ | Source: RFA    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:04:05

• "I didn't feel like quizzing the innocent barkeep8 so I did the next best thing. I immediately9 sent a Freedom of Information request to the House of Lords. About beer" ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/12/it-is-ok-to-use-foi-for-silly-things-sometimes/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:05:43

• "The mother of American journalist Austin Tice, who has been detained in Syria for more than 12 years, reiterated her call Monday for the Israeli military to pause strikes in a part of Syria where her son may be held." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/tice-s-mother-asks-netanyahu-to-pause-syria-strikes-to-locate-journalist-/7903606.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:06:06

• "anchor George Stephanopoulos’ inaccurate on-air assertion" ☛ https://fair.org/home/abc-settles-with-trump-in-a-case-it-could-have-won/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:06:32

• "There’s almost no legal justification for the agreement. Under New York law, Carroll’s claim that Trump had digitally penetrated her by force fell short of the full definition of rape" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-abc-settlement/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:07:09

• "The FIA’s Cyber Crime Reporting Center in the capital Islamabad has also registered a first information report, which opens an investigation" ☛ https://cpj.org/2024/12/pakistani-authorities-summon-journalist-harmeet-singh-over-alleged-anti-state-rhetoric/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:07:41

• "The trial of RFE/RL’s Farid Mehralizada and six members of Azerbaijan’s most prominent anti-corruption investigative outlet" ☛ https://cpj.org/2024/12/7-azerbaijani-journalists-with-anti-corruption-outlet-rfe-rl-go-on-trial/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:08:18

• "If you’ve ever wondered how the right-wing media ecosystem operates and why it’s effective, try viewing it as a form of improvisational theater or improv." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/16/how-maga-media-is-like-improv-theater/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:08:59

• "Jailed pro-democracy publisher Jimmy Lai testified Tuesday that the Hong Kong government became "very strict" after Beijing's national security law came into effect in 2020." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/press-freedom-continues-to-deteriorate-in-hong-kong/7904843.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:09:28

• "The FCC’s Fairness Doctrine (1949) required radio and television broadcasters to present fair and balanced coverage of controversial issues" ☛ https://washingtonspectator.org/trickster-improvisation-and-the-crisis-of-trust/ | Source: The Washington Spectator    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:09:48

• "The outgoing Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Jessica Rosenworcel condemned President-elect Trump’s threat to punish broadcast networks that he says are not fair to him." ☛ https://thehill.com/media/5042649-fcc-broadcast-licenses-commissioner-jessica-rosenworcel/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:10:13

• "A Northern Irish man, Craig Ballentine, faces the possibility of spending Christmas in a United Arab Emirates jail after posting a negative online review about his former employer" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/irish-man-jailed-uae-leaving-negative-work-review-could-spend-christmas-prison-1729568 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:10:31

• "How are historical myths constructed and imposed? By silencing and concealing facts, even by destroying documents and testimonies. Occasionally, even by pulping books." ☛ https://www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1256484/pulping-books-and-rewriting-history/ | Source: Greece    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:10:50

• "The report’s recommendations were a mix of unworkable and nonsensical ideas, betraying the authors’ lack of true expertise on the complex issues and, more importantly, the tradeoffs around online disinformation." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/17/katie-couric-is-wrong-repealing-section-230-wont-stop-online-misinformation/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:11:21

• "Five generations of Algerians have felt ignored, marginalized, and dominated by European powers" ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/Books/2024/1217/boualem-sansal-algeria-france-relations | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:12:35

• "Dūdaitė wore the T-shirt in response to Russian athletes being allowed to compete at the World Championships under a neutral flag." ☛ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2439758/lithuanian-athlete-banned-from-competition-for-wearing-small-russia-t-shirt | Source: LRT    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:12:43

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1147.jpg    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:13:49

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1497.jpg    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:13:56

• "I cannot comment on Doha as a city -- or Qatar as a nation -- from 9 hours and 45 minutes spent in their international hub airport. But I've spent a bit of time in quite a number of international airports and I can thusly draw some comparisons." gemini://villastraylight.online/gemlog/20241125-1.gmi    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:16:10

• "they have videos on repeat on the many, many, many screens here, proclaiming that they are vigilantly and diligently working to detect and stomp on any instance of human trafficing). All staff here are clearly living their best lives..." gemini://villastraylight.online/gemlog/20241125-1.gmi    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:17:33

• "From Kirk Israel [1] comes this … less problematic version of [2] of “Baby It's Cold Outside [3].” It's a fun take on the song." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2024/12/17.1    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:18:23

• "So I check my Gmail account and guess what? No only is there yet another Sean Conner out there, but he lost the password to his account. How do I know this? Because my account was set as his backup account!" gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2024/12/17.2    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:19:25

• "If you do not know your Bloat Comfort Zone (BCZ) you probably should determine that; try out ed, try out something with all the bells and whistles, and probably also the stuff in between. And maybe retry things over time—who knows, you might enjoy the CPU fan noise as the IDE does the whatever." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2024/12/18/BCZ.gmi    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:21:36

• "You can do part 1 with a simple breadth-first search. I solved it with Dijsktra’s algorithm, which is more general, because I still had it in mind from day 16." gemini://dkalak.de/aoc/18.gmi    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:23:12

• 🔤SpellBinding: DEGSOPH Wordo: SLEWS gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2024-12-18.gmi    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:24:01

• "A while back I read a post (which I'm pretty sure was on Gemini) about a person who created a wallet-sized calendar. The card functioned similarly to a perpetual calendar: it had 31 numbered days on the top half, and the bottom half indicated which days of the week lined up with the numbers based on month." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/jsreed5/22910    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:29:12

• "super majority" ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/us-news/new-law-will-ban-sex-toys-from-walmart-target-texas-reps-clampdown-on-sexually-oriented-businesses-101734486958686.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:36:10

• "A bunch of losers and bullies with a lot of money are mad that money can’t buy coolness so they’re fucking the rest of us over to demonstrate the might of money over knowledge" ☛ https://tracydurnell.com/2024/12/15/cultural-power-vs-economic-power/ | Source: Tracy Durnell    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:37:01

• "The revamped National Cyber Incident Response Plan — an effort from CISA, the agency’s Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative and the Office of the National Cyber Director" ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/cisa-national-cyber-incident-response-plan-comments/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:37:54

• "Arctic Wolf is integrating Cylance’s AI-powered endpoint security technology into its platform to broaden its security solutions" ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/arctic-wolf-cylance-blackberry-acquisition/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:38:42

• "Despite being specifically asked about China-linked Salt Typhoon's compromise of multiple US telecom networks and snooping on US officials" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/16/trump_administration_china_offensive/ | Source: The Register UK https://techrights.org/n/2024/11/24/ESET_Finds_Rootkits_Does_Not_Explain_How_They_Get_Installed_Med.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2024/10/16/Perfectl_is_Not_New_It_s_Not_News_About_Linux_Outdated_Apache_R.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:39:46

• US gov: OMG, China found our back doors and now uses these!!! This is a catastrophe. Should we attack China or remove back doors?    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:40:33

• "Despite being specifically asked about China-linked Salt Typhoon's compromise of multiple US telecom network" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/16/trump_administration_china_offensive/ | Source: The Register UK https://techrights.org/n/2024/11/24/ESET_Finds_Rootkits_Does_Not_Explain_How_They_Get_Installed_Med.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2024/10/16/Perfectl_is_Not_New_It_s_Not_News_About_Linux_Outdated_Apache_R.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:40:48

• "SoftBank Group CEO Masayoshi Son will announce a $100 billion investment in the US" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/softbank-ceo-to-announce-100-bln-investment-in-us-during-visit-to-trump-cnbc-reports/articleshow/116370609.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:41:23

• Social control for oppression. "It is known for creating data fusion interfaces like the Palantir Artificial Intelligence Platform (AIP) and Palantir Foundry to improve big data analytics for diverse industries." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/palantir-joins-nasdaq-100-index-stock-price-surges-over-340-this-year-1729611 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:42:02

• "Early last year, OpenAI raised $10 billion. Just 18 months later, the company had burned through most of that money." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/technology/openai-chatgpt-funding.html | Source: New York Times http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:43:01

• "OpenAI's accelerating expenses are the main reason the corporate structure of the company" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/why-does-openai-need-so-much-money/articleshow/116418585.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:43:52

• BitCoin: we burn all the energy (like a large nation) to produce nothing. Microsoft 'Open'HEY HI: we burn all the energy (like a small nation) to produce fakes and disinformation. Which is worse?    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:45:37

• "Ever since then, Mr. Altman has been trying to wrest control of the company away from the nonprofit." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/technology/openai-nonprofit-control.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:45:50

• "decisions and activities that the US government will use to coordinate response to cyber incidents and is meant to promote national unity of effort in detection and response." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/cisa-seeking-public-comment-on-updated-national-cyber-incident-response-plan/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:46:34

• " federal government’s adoption of AI" [sic]... BS artists going mainstream and entering official roles. ☛ https://fedscoop.com/house-ai-task-force-final-report-trump-administration/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:47:28

• "Chung is visiting the Mar-a-Lago resort Tuesday and Wednesday (U.S. time) to meet with Donald Trump Jr., according to the Korean conglomerate" ☛ https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2024/12/419_388694.html | Source: The Korea Times    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:47:50

• "But what does the tech industry expect to gain out of their renewed relationships with Trump?" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/what-does-big-tech-hope-to-gain-from-warming-up-to-trump/articleshow/116417755.cms | Source: India Times https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_and_the_Holocaust    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:48:20

• "The American defense community is balancing a robust yet aging defense industrial base with an emerging $130 billion-dollar defense tech ecosystem." ☛ https://www.c4isrnet.com/opinion/2024/12/16/the-next-defense-reform-must-fully-bring-the-us-tech-sector-on-board/ | Source: C4ISRNET    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:50:03

• "We have addressed over 180 individual issues, our bug tracker has the full list." ☛ https://taler.net/en/news/2024-25.html | Source: Taler    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:52:02

• "Recently, I read a blog post about doing software project estimates." ☛ https://ntietz.com/blog/estimating-projects-short-sale/ | Source: Nicholas Tietz-Sokolsky    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:52:35

• "In an interview with VOA Ukrainian's Oksana Bedratenko, Pyatt said Europe should use the Dec. 31" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/voa-interview-us-urges-europe-to-end-energy-dependency-on-russia/7904825.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:53:51

• "Data centres are expected to account for 8% of the power generated in the US by 2030" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/microsoft-deal-signals-booming-demand-from-data-centres-to-power-ai/articleshow/116402890.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:54:32

• "Data center development in Northern Virginia, particularly in Loudoun County" ☛ https://insidetowers.com/military-history-buffs-are-fighting-va-data-centers/ | Source: Inside Towers    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:56:53

• "An “elephant walk” is basically a tight grouping of planes on a runway" ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/c-130s-guam-elephant-walk/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:57:27

• "they "unfortunately" had not been able to determine" ☛ https://www.thelocal.se/20241216/swedish-police-rule-out-foul-play-in-mystery-deaths-of-three-northvolt-workers | Source: The Local SE    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:58:20

• "cryptocurrency" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2024/12/17/crypto-appointments-trump-treasury | Source: Axios https://techrights.org/o/2023/06/18/no-such-thing-as-cryptocurrency/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 12:58:59

• "In Colombia, climate change, coupled with deforestation in the Amazon and El Niño weather patterns that have become more intense, has caused a punishing and prolonged drought." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2024/12/bogota-drought-water-rationing-routine/681023/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:00:13

• ""Mirror bacteria" could evade people's immune systems, they suggest, causing deadly infections." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2024-12-scientists-careless-experimentation-mirror-life.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:00:23

• "Some molecules exist as mirror images of themselves, known as “enantiomers”, that can’t be superimposed on one another." ☛ https://theconversation.com/mirror-life-forms-may-sound-like-science-fiction-but-scientists-warn-they-could-be-deadly-to-humans-and-destroy-the-environment-246013 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:00:38

• "It’s tempting to lurk in the shadows, conceal the truth and race to the bottom." ☛ https://seths.blog/2024/12/if-they-know-they-should-tell-us/ | Source: Seth Godin    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:01:58

• "Greene’s nearly decade-long collaboration with Morgan was arguably the most important relationship of her life outside her family" ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/12/23/belle-da-costa-greene-art-review-morgan-library | Source: New Yorker    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:02:25

• "The explosive was uncovered in the Sülz district of the west German city" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/cologne-world-war-ii-bomb-prompts-mass-evacuation/a-71088435 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:03:49

• "filed criminal complaints against Apple subsidiaries in France" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/congo-files-criminal-complaints-against-apple-in-europe-over-conflict-minerals-/7905254.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:04:07

• "Trump was convicted of falsifying business records to hide a hush-money payment" ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/12/17/2024/judge-rejects-trump-presidential-immunity-claim-in-hush-money-case | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:04:44

• "Iran’s Axis of Resistance, an informal coalition of anti-Western and anti-Israeli militias" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/12/end-iran-axis-resistance/681024/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:05:28

• "It found that users browsing mundane topics would be recommended extreme content" ☛ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvgrvw29x4jo | Source: BBC    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:06:30

• "Among those targeted was Unit 29155 of Russia's GRU military intelligence agency" ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/12/16/eu-sanctions-russian-military-intelligence-over-hybrid-attacks-a87356 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:06:46

• "This is the third investigation the Commission has launched against TikTok." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/eu-opens-investigation-into-tiktok-over-election-interference/articleshow/116400460.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:07:06

• "following Romania's National Security Council's declassification of documents" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/eu-launches-probe-into-tiktok-over-suspected-romanian-election-interference/33243043.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:08:01

• "investigation into TikTok" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/17/eu-opens-probe-tiktok-possible-russian-interference-romanian-election/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:08:28

• "The European Commission is escalating its scrutiny of the popular video-sharing platform after Romania" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/eu-investigates-tiktok-over-romanian-presidential-election/7904485.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:09:11

• "Her activities during her time with the terrorist group remain a subject of intense debate." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/will-isis-bride-shamima-begum-allowed-return-britain-border-security-minister-speaks-out-1729621 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:10:56

• "Adding to the cold, Miller’s unit eschewed going into combat with their hatches down." ☛ https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-military/2024/12/16/colder-than-hell-two-vets-recall-battle-of-the-bulge-fears-mayhem/ | Source: Sightline Media Group    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:11:05

• "The events are among the last major commemorations for the fighting to retake much of western Europe" ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/history/battle-of-the-bulge-80th-anniversary/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:11:49

• "It was at least the third time Acker has been targeted since the start of the Israel-Hamas war" ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2024/12/16/fired-u-of-m-administrator-denies-making-antisemitic-statements/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:13:03

• "The meeting comes as Chew’s TikTok faces an uncertain path in the United States." ☛ https://thehill.com/homenews/5043098-tiktok-ceo-meets-with-trump-at-mar-a-lago/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:13:45

• "Though Trump initially led the ban on TikTok over claims about national security concerns" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/16/24322852/tiktok-ceo-trump-meeting-ban | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:14:13

• "Lawyers for the company and ByteDance urged the justices to step in before the law's Jan. 19 deadline." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/tiktok-ban-supreme-court-1.7411997 | Source: CBC    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:14:54

• "TikTok petitioned the US Supreme Court on Monday to halt a law mandating its Chinese parent, ByteDance" ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20241217-tiktok-supreme-court-block-us-ban | Source: France24    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:16:20

• "President-elect Donald Trump today met with TikTok Chief Executive Shou Zi at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/16/tiktok-ceo-meets-trump-company-hopes-supreme-court-will-block-upcoming-ban/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:16:33

• "TikTok and China-based parent ByteDance filed an emergency request to Supreme Court justices on Monday" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/trump-tiktok-ceo-to-meet-on-monday-reports/articleshow/116384008.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:16:50

• "When asked if he would work to stop the ban from going into effect when he takes office" ☛ https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5042241-president-elect-trump-warm-spot-tiktok/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:17:54

• "would block TikTok from US app stores and web hosting" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/tiktok-asks-supreme-court-to-temporarily-block-looming-us-ban/articleshow/116383896.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:18:39

• "force its parent company ByteDance" ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/12/16/2024/tiktok-asks-the-us-supreme-court-to-temporarily-block-ban | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:18:47

• "President Biden signed the law this spring after it was enacted with wide bipartisan support." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/us/politics/tiktok-ban-supreme-court-first-amendment.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:19:14

• "court ruling that clears the way" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/12/16/supreme-court-tiktok-ban-china-trump/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:19:36

• "The petition challenges the constitutionality of legislation signed in April requiring TikTok" ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/12/tiktok-seeks-supreme-court-intervention-to-block-us-ban/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:21:05

• "Notably, Trump repeatedly dodged TikTok-related questions while on the campaign trail." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/16/trump-tiktok-warm-spot-ban/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:21:32

• "That set off four years of back-and-forth between TikTok and the U.S. government." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2024-12-16/tiktok-supreme-court-temporarily-halt-ban | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:21:54

• "TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, asked the U.S. Supreme Court, on Monday" ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/tech/tiktok-ban-us-google-apple-app-store-b2665091.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:22:08

• "TikTok's last resort as the request follows a denial by a U.S. Appeals Court" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2024/12/16/tiktok-us-ban-supreme-court-appeal | Source: Axios    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:23:00

• "ByteDance urged the justices to step in before the law's Jan. 19" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2024-12-16/tiktok-asks-the-supreme-court-for-an-emergency-order-to-block-a-us-ban-unless-its-sold | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:23:12

• "Jan. 19 divest-or-ban deadline" ☛ https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5042750-tiktok-supreme-court-delay-divest-ban-law/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:23:21

• FSF now at 199,000 https://my.fsf.org/join    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:24:00

• "conservative criticism of Meta for allegedly suppressing right-wing content" ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/entertainment/news/a/2260065.html | Source: RTL    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:24:44

• "The obeisance from the tech oligarchs, however, terrifies me in a different way." ☛ https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/12/16/the-terrifying-complexity-of-tech-oligarchs-obeisance-to-trump/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:25:02

• "52 vessels" ☛ https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/foreign-policy/1256448/eu-adopts-new-russia-sanctions-targeting-china-shadow-fleet/ | Source: Greece    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:28:52

• "Russian troops were loading a truck at the entrance to the port they control in the Syrian city of Tartus" ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/12/16/syrias-islamists-say-under-orders-to-stay-away-from-russian-forces-a87360 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:29:29

• "At stake here is more than the fate of Ukraine." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/12/weapons-production-munitions-shortfall-ukraine-democracy/680867/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:30:01

• "The rapid rise of UAS, used for surveillance, targeting and attacks" ☛ https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2024/12/17/this-marine-unit-now-has-its-own-tool-to-blast-drones-out-of-the-sky/ | Source: USMC    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:30:29

• "Let's Encrypt is going to start offering 6-day TLS cer" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/LetsEncryptRatelimitsAndUs | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:31:15

• "The Sequoia PGP team is happy to announce the release of version 1.0 of sq." ☛ https://sequoia-pgp.org/blog/2024/12/16/202412-sq-1.0/ | Source: SequoiaPGP    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:31:51

• "Amnesty International uncovered forensic evidence showing how Serbian authorities used Cellebrite products to enable NoviSpy spyware infections of activists' phones" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/serbia-spy-journalists-activists-phones/33241638.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:34:26

• "The Commissioner had alleged that personal information of some users were being disclosed to Facebook's personality quiz app, This is Your Digital Life, as part of the broader Facebook-Cambridge Analytica data scandal." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/meta-to-pay-32-million-as-it-settles-facebook-quiz-apps-privacy-breach/articleshow/116386400.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:34:39

• "Meta Platforms has agreed to a A$50 million settlement ($31.85 million)" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/facebook-parent-meta-settles-with-australias-privacy-watchdog-over-cambridge-analytica-lawsuit/articleshow/116386674.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:35:01

• "The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday released the latest version of its artificial intelligence use case inventory" ☛ https://fedscoop.com/department-of-homeland-security-reveals-nearly-160-ways-its-using-ai/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:36:57

• "European Union privacy watchdogs hit Facebook owner Meta with fines totaling 251 million euros on Monday after an investigation into a 2018 data breach on the social media platform that exposed millions of accounts." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/facebook-owner-hit-with-251-million-euros-in-fines-for-2018-data-breach/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:37:16

• "European Union privacy watchdogs hit Facebook owner Meta with fines totalling 251 million euros on Monday after an investigation into a 2018 data breach on the social media platform that exposed millions of accounts" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/facebook-owner-hit-with-251-million-euros-in-fines-for-2018-data-breach/articleshow/116403474.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:43:13

• "Even after a revamp, Microsoft's AI-powered "Recall" tool, which quietly takes snapshots of your screen every few seconds, is still capturing your sensitive information." ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/microsoft-ai-recall-security | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:43:28

• "On December 17th, EPIC filed comments with the Dutch data protection authority, Autoriteit Persoonsgegevens, regarding use of and prohibitions on emotion recognition surveillance." ☛ https://epic.org/epic-urges-dutch-data-protection-authority-to-protect-students-and-employees-from-the-harms-of-emotion-recognition/ | Source: EPIC    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:43:41

• "the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs announced that it is proposing to eliminate copayments for all VA telehealth services and establish a grant program" ☛ https://news.va.gov/press-room/va-proposes-to-eliminate-copays-for-telehealth-expand-access-to-telehealth-for-rural-veterans/ |    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:44:05

• "So I check my Gmail account and guess what?" ☛ https://boston.conman.org/2024/12/17.2 | Source: Sean Conner    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:46:58

• "Rogan’s incredulity about this claim was probably shared by most of his audience" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2024/12/us-post-office-privatization-trump/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:47:59

• Windows TCO: "According to a new fact sheet (PDF) from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/us-water-facilities-urged-to-secure-access-to-internet-exposed-hmis/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:49:06

• Windows TCO: "Interlock is not the only ransomware group to claim an attack on Texas Tech University." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/texas-tech-university-data-breach-impacts-1-4-million-people/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:49:24

• Windows TCO: "Clop has claimed responsibility for attacks tied to vulnerabilities in software made by Cleo" ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/clop-cleo-file-transfer-software-breach-fin11/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:51:10

• Windows TCO: "Once the ransom deadline passed, hundreds of sensitive customer records" ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/telecom-namibia-cyberattack/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:53:19

• Windows TCO: "Brain Cipher, a ransomware group that surfaced in June 2024" ☛ https://www.enterprisesecuritytech.com/post/rhode-island-s-public-assistance-system-breached-by-brain-cipher-ransomware-attack |    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:54:06

• Windows TCO: "At the time, Deloitte quickly told news outlets that its own internal systems hadn’t been breached" ☛ https://www.wpri.com/target-12/ransomware-group-brain-cipher-behind-ri-cyberattack-claims-1-tb-of-data-stolen/ |    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:54:15

• Windows TCO: "RIBridges is the online portal through which Rhode Islanders" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/16/deloitte_rhode_island_attack/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:54:24

• ""It's peak AI bubble," DataBricks' CEO Ali Ghodsi told Dan Primack at Axios' AI+ Summit in San Francisco." ☛ https://www.axios.com/2024/12/18/ai-summit-databricks-ali-ghodsi-bubble | Source: Axios https://locusmag.com/2023/12/commentary-cory-doctorow-what-kind-of-bubble-is-ai/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:55:19

• "students say they’re getting mixed messages" ☛ https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/12/16/college-students-cautiously-curious-about-ai/ | Source: Nebraska Examiner    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:55:34

• "Ever since the rise of AI—specifically its use for artistic purposes" ☛ https://matanabudy.com/ai-art-will-only-make-us-love-artists-more/ | Source: Matan Abudy    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 13:57:30

• "So I logged into my Netlify account to see what might be going on. I found this graph for my bandwidth usage. The graph below shows the dramatic spike in usage over the last few weeks." ☛ https://www.bobmonsour.com/posts/migrating-this-site-to-cloudflare/ | Source: Bob Monsour    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:00:44

• "The services and platforms that delighted us and reshaped our lives when they began appearing a few decades ago have now reached total saturation and maturation." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/14/magazine/bluesky-social-media.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:07:19

• "Supply chain integration vendor Cleo has urged its customers to upgrade three of its products after an October security update was circumvented, leading to widespread ransomware attacks that Russia-linked gang Cl0p has claimed are its evil work." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/16/ransomware_attacks_exploit_cleo_bug/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:07:33

• "Stop Hiring Humans" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/stop-hiring-humans-ad | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:07:47

• "Stop Hiring Humans" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/stop-hiring-humans-ad | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:09:50

• "As the BBC reports, the Apple AI feature incorrectly summarized the BBC's reporting to make it sound like the suspect had attempted suicide in an alert sent to iPhone users." ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/apple-ai-luigi-mangione-false | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:10:00

• The same BillBC that takes bribes from Bill "well, he's dead" Gates    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:10:29

• "Apple Intelligence generated a headline of a BBC news story that popped up on iPhones late last week, claiming that Luigi Mangione, a man arrested over the murder of healthcare insurance CEO Brian Thomson, had shot himself." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/17/apple_intelligence_bbc_complaint/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:11:30

• "standard operating procedure" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/unitedhealth-claims-ai-chatbot | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:11:53

• "Outlook has been experiencing problems on Windows 10 and Windows 11 computers for days now, probably starting as early as December 2nd." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2559806/windows-outlook-app-is-having-login-troubles-throws-up-an-error-code.html | Source: PC World    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:12:15

• "Star Flash" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/china-kicks-off-homegrown-bluetooth-alternative-star-flash-is-set-to-take-over-consumer-electronics-in-the-country | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:12:39

• "In the realm of audio transmission, StarFlash technology stands out for its high speed and low latency, enabling high-quality, multi-channel, lossless audio transmission." ☛ https://qogrisys.medium.com/starflash-the-future-star-of-wireless-communication-4fa0f90cd79b |    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:15:32

• "The standard requires remote controls to allow voice control, and to use one of three means of wireless comms: Bluetooth, infrared, and Star Flash – more on that later." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/16/china_starflash_universal_remotes_standard/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:15:48

• "Let’s get back to the data article though. The Limits of Data covers lots of ground." ☛ https://troypatterson.me/2024/12/17/a-few-articles-of-interest/ | Source: Troy Patterson    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:16:14

• "On one hand, many AI researchers would argue that these sources of funding have made little difference to the work that they have been able to carry out since the 1950s" ☛ https://criticaledtech.com/2024/12/18/acknowledging-the-military-origins-of-ai-in-education/ | Source: Neil Selwyn    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:19:32

• "I’m unable to produce a response" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/12/chatgpt-wont-say-my-name/681028/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:19:52

• "We have decided to keep as-is … part of that decision is that more and more folks are using AI chat to access guidance and tables don’t always translate well in that context." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/12/17/microsoft-refuses-a-documentation-fix-because-ai-might-not-understand-text-in-tables/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:20:27

• "The shame grinds at you." ☛ https://kansasreflector.com/2024/12/16/an-insurance-ceo-was-gunned-down-broken-health-care-system-in-kansas-u-s-explains-the-reaction/ | Source: Kansas Reflector    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:22:59

• "Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) is capable of detecting precancerous lesions in the pancreas" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/health-news/articles/2024-12-17/could-mri-spot-pre-cancer-lesions-of-the-pancreas | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:23:14

• "Skertsos cited studies indicating that prolonged social media use can lead to depression" ☛ https://www.ekathimerini.com/in-depth/society-in-depth/1256549/government-to-discuss-introducing-a-social-media-age-limit-of-15-years/ | Source: Greece    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:23:32

• "Additionally, the harm caused by tobacco perpetuates cycles of poverty" ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/lifestyle/health-and-well-being/addiction-is-a-disease-not-a-habit-a-call-for-compassion-and-solutions-1847520 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:28:44

• "The correlations are there in the data! But they’re not useful." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/12/16/do-knee-x-rays-show-if-you-drink-beer-medical-ai-versus-algorithmic-shortcutting/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:31:17

• "System76, a well-regarded name in the Linux computing scene, has just unveiled its latest generation Pangolin laptop—an AMD-powered device that has received a comprehensive premium upgrade." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/system76-pangolin-linux-laptop/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:31:45

• "Now I know these are getting more common but the first time I have run into one and by that I mean almost literally." ☛ https://austinwhite.org/posts/welcome-our-robot-helpers | Source: Austin White    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:31:57

• "The level or 'band' of SystemReady SR used by modern Ampere-based arm64 workstations and servers means you can install any out-of-the-box Linux distributions, as long as they provide an arm64-compatible installer." ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/getting-beyond-processexecutionerrors-when-installing-ubuntu-on-arm64 | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:32:20

• "At about 100 pages, the idea must be substantial, but not substantiated to death." ☛ https://tracydurnell.com/2024/12/17/in-praise-of-the-hundred-page-idea/ | Source: Tracy Durnell    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:51:00

• "UK salaries are becoming an absolute joke especially for contractual staff." ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/uk-salaries-are-a-joke-warwick-professor-says-government-university-in-india-pays-more-101734488064925.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:51:44

• "Computers work with bits that know only two states: 1 for "on" and 0 for "off"." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/googles-willow-chip-aimed-at-leap-in-quantum-computing/a-71068302 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:53:33

• "We’ll perform the same exercise together to learn how it all works!" ☛ https://entropicthoughts.com/chi-square-from-fundamentals | Source: Chris    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:53:48

• "Stars, including our sun, regularly emit solar flares, or strong bursts of electromagnetic radiation." ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/superflares-erupt-from-sun-like-stars-roughly-every-100-years-a-new-study-finds-is-our-sun-overdue-for-a-massive-blast-180985673/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:54:04

• "I have a theory that this world is an open prison." ☛ https://blog.alexewerlof.com/p/open-prison-theory | Source: Alex Ewerlöf    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:56:14

• "The world’s only film festival dedicated to mushrooms and fungi is coming to North Texas" ☛ https://www.lonestarlive.com/life/2024/12/worlds-only-mushroom-focused-fungi-film-fest-is-screening-in-north-texas.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:56:39

• "Having closely examined the technical data and tips from concerned citizens" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/americans-mistaking-stars-planes-drones | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:57:02

• "The first time in my adult life I couldn’t pay my bills." ☛ https://anniemueller.com/posts/retrospective-financial | Source: Annie Mueller    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:57:13

• "The U.S. did finish first for global traffic to the website, followed by France, Philippines, Mexico" ☛ https://nltimes.nl/2024/12/17/dutch-pornhub-audience-misses-1st-place-time-adult-site-losing-mexico | Source: NL Times    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:57:49

• "lazy thinkers who preferred simplistic" ☛ https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2024/12/16/a-word-and-a-warning/ | Source: Nebraska Examiner    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 14:58:08

• Fedora Asahi Remix 41 Released: GNU/Linux On Your Fashion Company Apple Silicon Mac ☞ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2024/12/17/fedora-asahi-remix-41-released-linux-on-your-apple-silicon-mac/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 15:00:50

• The Mozilla Blog: Mozilla partners with Ecosia for a better web ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/firefox-ecosia-partnership/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 15:03:19

• "Open-source technology isn’t just about building software — it’s about creating solutions collaboratively, making them freely available for anyone to use and adapt." ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/how-to-get-started-open-source-development/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 15:05:44

• Mozilla Lawsuit from Former Executive Gets Jury Trial Date ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/mozilla-lawsuit-from-former-executive    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 15:06:03

• Improvements to Mozilla’s Searchfox Code Browser ☞ https://www.kdab.com/searchfox-improvements/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 15:08:10

• "The WOPR is the supercomputer from the 1983 movie WarGames" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/we-made-our-own-wopr-for-pi-towers/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 15:13:43

• "According to Reckless_commenter, the idea began simply as an opportunity to 3D print a unit for decoration." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-powers-sentry-turret-straight-out-of-the-portal-franchise | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 15:14:13

• "Framework Intel 12th gen laptop last year" ☛ https://boilingsteam.com/framework-13-amd-review-on-linux/index.html | Source: Boiling Steam    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 15:14:44

• "The launch of Raspberry Pi 5 represented a significant change from previous models." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/piolib-a-userspace-library-for-pio-control/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 15:15:06

• Security updates for Tuesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1002496/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 15:17:29

• Mozilla: “Firefox” in Haiku, Ecosia Partnership, Improvements to Mozilla’s Searchfox Code Browser, Lawsuit from Former Executive http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/18/Mozilla_Firefox_in_Haiku_Ecosia_Partnership_Improvements_to_Moz.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 15:20:41

• "The internet rests on a foundation of core infrastructure components that make global communication possible." ☛ https://unmitigatedrisk.com/?p=923 | Source: Unmitigated Risk    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 15:23:34

• "The news provides more context around use of SS7, the exploited network and protocol" ☛ https://www.404media.co/dhs-says-china-russia-iran-and-israel-are-spying-on-people-in-us-with-ss7/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 15:23:56

• Cheers to 5 Years of openSUSE Bar ☞ https://news.opensuse.org/2024/12/17/five-years-of-os-bar/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 15:25:06

• "After seven years of steady evolution, PeerTube" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/peertube-7-video-platform-brings-a-complete-makeover/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 15:26:42

• FSF Blogs: Fresh off the digital Gutenberg: The fall 2024 Bulletin is now online ☞ http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/bulletin-issue-45    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 15:27:15

• "NVIDIA has introduced the Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/nvidia-launches-jetson-orin-nano-super-developer-kit-with-67-tops-ai-performance/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 15:29:28

• TuneIn tunes away from podcasting amid mass layoffs https://podnews.net/article/tunein-layoffs-outdated-information    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 15:30:18

• US Army now giving AWARDS and HONOURS to people who merely wore military CONSUMES! Incredible!    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 15:31:21

• "Apple is a titan today and IBM is all but forgotten, a place where obscure Indian-born researchers are able to unscrupulously drain the lifeblood of the company for their own personal benefit." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1w1UxgDl    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 15:33:43

• "the greatest tabla player of his generation" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2024-12-16/zakir-hussain-dead-indian-tabla-player-composer | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:03:11

• "Setting up SSH access to a new VM usually follows the same routine: generate a key pair, copy it to the VM, tweak some configs, confirm the host’s identity" ☛ https://rednafi.com/misc/ssh_saga/ | Source: Redowan Delowar    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:03:40

• "SVG2 added a feature in 2016 specifically to solve the problem of rotated text: vector-effect: non-rotation. Caniuse shows it being supported" ☛ https://www.redblobgames.com/blog/2024-12-16-hexagon-page-animations/ | Source: Amit Patel    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:03:56

• "Operators are symbols or keywords that perform operations on variables and values." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/types-of-operators-in-python/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:06:32

• "In this article, we will learn how to write and run effective unit tests in Python using PyTest" ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/unit-testing-python-code-with-pytest/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:07:00

• "This tutorial will guide you through setting up a development environment for three widely-used programming languages" ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/fedora-development-setup/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:07:23

• "It provides a comprehensive set of features and options that help database administrators (DBAs)" ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/install-innotop-to-monitor-mysql-server-performance/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:08:27

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

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:09:24

• IP Address Information using Python ☞ https://idroot.us/ip-address-information-using-python/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:09:35

• How To Install VMware Workstation on Linux Mint 22 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-vmware-workstation-linux-mint-22/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:10:15

• How To Install Java on CentOS Stream 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-java-centos-stream-10/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:10:34

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

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:22:05

• How To Install FreeRADIUS on Debian 12 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-freeradius-debian-12/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:22:18

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

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:22:32

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

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:22:42

• openSUSE Unable to Find Board Candidates After Banning Conservatives ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/opensuse-unable-to-find-board-candidates    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:23:25

• Wordpress Contributors Must Now Agree That "Pineapple is Delicious on Pizza' ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/wordpress-contributors-must-now-agree    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:23:45

• Kubernetes 1.32: Moving Volume Group Snapshots to Beta ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2024/12/18/kubernetes-1-32-volume-group-snapshot-beta/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:26:35

• How to run Docker inside Incus containers ☞ https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-to-run-docker-inside-incus-containers/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:28:36

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

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:30:31

• How to Install Tar on AlmaLinux 9 or Rocky GNU/Linux to Extract Tarball Files ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-install-tar-on-almalinux-9-or-rocky-linux-to-extract-tarball-files/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:30:56

• How to Install TeamSpeak on Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://www.linuxcloudvps.com/blog/how-to-install-teamspeak-on-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:31:09

• How to Check SSD Health in GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-check-ssd-health-in-linux/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:31:20

• Four common charity scams and how to avoid them ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/four-common-charity-scams-and-how-to-avoid-them-akSDe7q9Bk29    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:31:45

• Playbook advises federal grant managers how to build cybersecurity into their programs ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/playbook-advises-federal-grant-managers-how-to-build-cybersecurity-into-their-programs/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:32:03

• "closed interfaces" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/GoClosedInterfacesNotes | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:33:50

• "So why does YSH have objects? This post explains seven use cases: [...]" ☛ https://www.oilshell.org/blog/2024/12/objects.html | Source: Oil Shell    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:34:06

• 24 more videos from the LibreOffice Conference 2024! ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/12/17/24-more-videos-from-the-libreoffice-conference-2024/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:34:33

• "I’d love to see a Django version of Google Forms that we can all use." ☛ https://micro.webology.dev/2024/12/17/why-do-the.html | Source: Jeff Triplett    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:35:07

• "Missing values are a common challenge in data analysis." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/12/how-to-use-na-omit-in-r-a-comprehensive-guide-to-handling-missing-values/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:35:59

• "A bot must never harm stateful data or allow stateful data to come to harm." ☛ https://www.chrisfarris.com/post/three-laws/ | Source: Chris Ferris    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:36:35

• Microsoft site: Windows scrambles to secure Recall. You mean, Microsoft... right? Windows is not Microsoft. And had Microsoft given a crap about security, this feature [sic] would never be conceived.    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:38:24

• Boeing has restarted production of more jets as it comes back online following its punishing strike    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:38:57

• "I have a mini PC that I bought back in May. It's an OK machine for the price. It's a little more OK of a machine for me since I got it for about $100. At the moment it runs FreeBSD 14.2 and acts as a home NAS [...]" ☛ https://briancallahan.net/blog/20241216.html | Source: Brian Callahan    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:39:27

• "While I usually leave these events motivated and energized, something this year was different — marked by a noticeable absence." ☛ https://leebriggs.co.uk/blog/2024/12/10/the-death-of-devrel |    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:39:48

• "and how many jobs have been lost during Alvind's tenure as CEO ? can't say or won't say ?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1w1UxgDl    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:40:29

• IBM keeps buying companies using its income. That helps darken information about total headcount and adds up revenues of other (new) companies. Of course this strategy has an horrific effect on IBM's total debt, now over 60 billion dollars with high interest on the loans.    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:42:00

• Trolling with "tolerance" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/news/2024/12/18/TELEMMGLPICT000405670285_17344853896100_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqqVzuuqpFlyLIwiB6NTmJwfSVWeZ_vEN7c6bHu2jJnT8.jpeg?imwidth=    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:45:28

• Good examples of what "trolling with tolerance" looks like https://techrights.org/o/2021/05/07/trolling-the-real-community/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:46:15

• "A “diff” shows the difference between two states of a document." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2024/12/17/diffs/ | Source: James G    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:46:36

• "Although Swift Testing supports structs, you can also use classes as suites of tests. So I can still use a common base class that provides standard functionality for all my tests." ☛ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/12/17/issues-adopting-swift-testing/ | Source: Michael Tsai    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:46:47

• "The na.rm parameter is one of R’s most essential features for managing NA values in your data." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/12/a-complete-guide-to-using-na-rm-in-r-vector-and-data-frame-examples/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:48:05

• "Fredrik talks to Dejan Milicic about software development - understanding, methods, and stories." ☛ https://kodsnack.se/international/620/ | Source: Kodsnack    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:48:13

• How to Install Zabbix Server on Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble Numbat) ☞ https://linuxtldr.com/install-zabbix-server-on-ubuntu/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:48:52

• Dungeon Clawler: Review on GNU/Linux ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/dungeon-clawler-review/index.html    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:49:20

• """There are two reasons why we were defeated, he said. First, salaries were so poor. No one wants to fight for $30 [£24] a month. Secondly, no orders came. What were we supposed to do?""" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/17/syria-assad-army-rebels-hts-sdf-sednaya-prison-iran-russia/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:50:56

• Ukrainian pupils deal with Latvian language and bullying issues ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/education/17.12.2024-ukrainian-pupils-deal-with-latvian-language-and-bullying-issues.a580610/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:55:33

• Russian general assassination 'fits a pattern', more to come from Ukraine's SBU, analyst says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241217-russian-general-assassination-fits-a-pattern-more-to-come-from-ukraine-s-sbu-analyst-says    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:56:02

• Ukraine security service says it killed Russian chemical weapons chief ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241217-ukraine-security-service-says-it-killed-russian-chemical-weapons-chief-igor-kirillov-in-moscow    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:56:10

• Ukraine says Russia used North Korean troops for ‘intensive offensive’ in Kursk region ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20241217-ukraine-says-russia-used-north-korean-troops-for-intensive-offensive-in-kursk-region    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:56:20

• Funding push for first UK national journalists’ memorial launched ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/funding-push-for-first-uk-national-journalists-memorial-launched/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:57:01

• Kyiv Says It Broke Up Russian Spy Network Targeting F-16 Fighter Data ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/kyiv-major-russian-spy-network-ukraine-military-jets-espionage/33243273.html    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:57:41

• Russian State Duma Pushes Bill To Block 'Foreign Agents' From Revenues ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-duma-foreign-agents-revenues/33243018.html    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:57:55

• Bolstered By North Korean Troops, Russia Presses Attacks in Kursk Region ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-bolstered-by-north-korean-troops-presses-attacks-in-kursk-region/33243288.html    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 16:58:14

• Windows down to 8% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/zambia/#monthly-200902-202412 similar to prior months http://techrights.org/n/2024/07/02/GNU_Linux_and_ChromeOS_Rising_in_Zambia_Android_Rises_Above_72_.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:02:25

• GNU/Linux 5% in Serbia? https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/serbia/#monthly-200902-202412    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:04:05

• Russian Attack Drones Hunt Down Individual Civilians In Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-drone-russia-civilian-stalking-individual-kherson-mine-sapper/33243034.html    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:04:31

• Russian General Charged With Chemical Weapons Use In Ukraine Killed In Blast Claimed By Kyiv ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-general-igor-kirillov-killed-moscow-bomb/33242614.html    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:12:01

• "An interesting detail: the same sign was registered in Ukraine by the State Border Guard Service in cl. 13, 16 and 35 (https://sis.nipo.gov.ua/en/search/detail/1689021/)!" http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/12/general-court-russian-warship-go-fk.html?showComment=1734430564274#c8197151289097955783    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:12:35

• A Russian general was killed by a bomb in Moscow. Ukraine claims responsibility. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2024/1217/russia-ukraine-war-kirillov-chemical-weapons    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:13:01

• Biden Administration Running Out of Time to Send Allocated Aid to Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/us/politics/ukraine-aid-biden-trump.html    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:13:16

• Ukraine Says It Assassinated Russian General Igor Kirillov in Moscow Bombing ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/world/europe/russian-general-bombing-moscow.html    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:13:32

• U.S. Cites ‘Indications’ North Korean Soldiers Died Fighting for Russia ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/world/europe/russia-ukraine-north-korea-war.html    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:13:49

• What North Korea Gains By Sending Troops to Fight For Russia ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/world/asia/north-korea-russia-military-deal.html    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:14:09

• Who Was Igor Kirillov, the Russian General Killed in a Moscow Bomb Blast? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/world/europe/igor-kirillov-russian-general.html    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:14:37

• Monday Briefing: Ukraine says it killed a Russian General ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/briefing/ukraine-russia-syria-gaza.html    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:15:20

• Experts: African Gold Helps Fund Russia’s War With Ukraine ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/12/experts-african-gold-helps-fund-russias-war-with-ukraine/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:15:54

• "Surface waters such as rivers, streams, lakes, and reservoirs are an important source of freshwater and economic activity." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/12/satellite-mapping-of-surface-waters-in-r/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:30:48

• "Join our workshop on Latent Growth Curve Models using the Lavaan Package in R, which is a part of our workshops for Ukraine series!" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/12/latent-growth-curve-models-using-the-lavaan-package-in-r-workshop/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:31:01

• "We are attending the stand with our partner CreativeHut again this year" ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2024/12/17/arduino-education-at-bett-2025-shaping-the-future-of-k-12-and-he/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:31:23

• "This year, I was invited to speak at P99 Conf." ☛ https://laplab.me/posts/p99-conf-2024/ | Source: Nikita Lapkov    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:31:36

• "I had the pleasure to speak at EuroRust this year! This was my third and final talk about elfo, an actor system written in Rust." ☛ https://laplab.me/posts/eurorust-2024/ | Source: Nikita Lapkov    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:31:49

• Raspberry Pi 500 keyboard PC has been modded with an NVMe M.2 slot leveraging the device's conspicuously empty PCB header ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-500-keyboard-pc-has-been-modded-with-an-nvme-m-2-slot-leveraging-the-devices-conspicuously-empty-pcb-header    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:32:34

• EDATec CM5 Active Cooler Review: A Cool Deal ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/edatec-cm5-active-cooler-review    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:33:28

• "WordPress hosting firm Automattic and its CEO Matthew Mullenweg have been ordered to stop interfering with the business of rival WP Engine." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/11/wp_engine_wins_injunction_against/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:34:40

• "YottaDB r2.02 includes a number of features and enhancements that make YottaDB easier to use" ☛ https://yottadb.com/yottadb-r2-02-released/ | Source: YottaDB    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:35:54

• "EPA is now looking at logging and monitoring" ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/technology-main/2024/12/epa-fosters-it-resilience-through-cloud-integrated-teams-automation-tools/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:36:03

• "I don't think people really appreciate what kind of mayhem some of their software gets up to." ☛ https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2024/12/17/packets/ | Source: Rachel    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:36:54

• "Applications that don't use Struts' File Upload Interceptor component – which was deprecated in version 6.4.0 and removed entirely in 7.0.0 – are safe." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/17/critical_rce_apache_struts/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:37:40

• "This is release 4.9.3 of the Authoritative Server. It contains a collection of small fixes. A detailed list of changes can be found in the changelog." ☛ https://blog.powerdns.com/2024/12/17/authoritative-server-4-9-3 | Source: PowerDNS    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:37:53

• "Please see the DNSdist website for the changelog and the current documentation." ☛ https://blog.powerdns.com/2024/12/17/powerdns-dnsdist-1.9.8-released | Source: PowerDNS    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:38:23

• "In 20 years, I won't care what color my phone was, or what model. I'll probably forget which number the iPhone was even on this year." ☛ https://devondundee.com/blog/what-is-a-memory-worth | Source: Devon Dundee    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:39:22

• "Soon, nostalgics will be able to peruse Nokia’s visual history online." ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/if-youre-nostalgic-for-nokia-see-the-devices-that-defined-90s-cellphone-design-in-a-new-online-archive-180985667/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:39:44

• "Each component you add to your Arduino project increases its complexity and the opportunity for mistakes. But most projects require some “auxiliary” hardware — components that you use to interact with the Arduino or to help it do the job you’re asking of it." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2024/12/17/turn-your-old-android-smartphone-into-an-arduino-screen-with-the-remotexy-app/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:44:31

• "So after 2 weeks running the Pixel 8 as my primary phone" ☛ https://kevquirk.com/blog/im-back-on-ios | Source: Kev Quirk    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:45:31

• Qt for Android Automotive 6.5.8 is released ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-for-android-automotive-6.5.8-is-released    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:46:43

• Qt 6.9 - Android Updates ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-6.9-android-updates    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:47:43

• Donnie Berkholz: The lazy technologist’s guide to staying healthy ☞ https://dberkholz.com/2024/12/17/the-lazy-technologists-guide-to-staying-healthy/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:49:39

• Instead of Promoting GNU/Linux (or Ubuntu) Ahead of Vista 10's EoL Canonical is Marketing Microsoft's Proprietary Software ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Instead_of_Promoting_GNU_Linux_or_Ubuntu_Ahead_of_Vista_10_s_Eo.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:50:14

• The 'Linux' Foundation's Certificate Authority (CA) Significantly and Suspiciously Raises the Number of Certificates It Issues (Quantity Increase/Inflation) by Lessening Their Lifetime in the Name of 'Security' (That Barely Makes Sense!) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/The_Linux_Foundation_s_Certificate_Authority_CA_Significantly_a.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:50:28

• In Some Countries, Such as Greece, Almost 80% of backdoored Windows Users Are on Vista 10 and About 85% Need to Move to GNU/Linux for Security Patches ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/In_Some_Countries_Such_as_Greece_Almost_80_of_Windows_Users_Are.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:50:35

• "The hardware in question is the Elbrus programmable logic controller (PLC), which is based on the MCST Elbrus-2S3 developed by Roselectronics." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/russia-certifies-homegrown-raspberry-pi-like-computers-for-critical-applications-elbrus-es3-already-used-in-nuclear-facilities | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:52:07

• "from an aircraft carrier suddenly having hundreds of megabits of bandwidth available" ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-insights/2024/12/dod-edges-toward-goal-of-ubiquitous-connectivity-connect-anything-provide-access-anywhere/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:52:12

• "Kali Linux 2024.4, a Debian-based distribution aimed at advanced penetration testing and security auditing, is now available for download, marking the distribution’s fourth major update of the year." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/kali-linux-2024-4-released-bids-farewell-to-32-bit-systems/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 17:53:07

• "A war criminal and a legitimate target" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/17/a-war-criminal-and-a-legitimate-target | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 18:02:00

• Gun Violence Around Schools Has Risen Since the Pandemic ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/us/gun-violence-school-shootings-pandemic.html    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 18:02:34

• Minnesota sees big spike in cases of pertussis/whooping cough ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2024/12/17/minnesota-sees-big-spike-in-cases-of-pertussis-whooping-cough/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 18:02:49

• Openwashing nonsense? Spaceman’s 2025 Spacewalk to Be Guided By Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://fossforce.com/2024/12/spacemans-2025-spacewalk-to-be-guided-by-ai/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 18:04:01

• Riga Security Forum podcast: 'Russian disinformation on both sides of the Atlantic' ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/features/video/17.12.2024-riga-security-forum-podcast-russian-disinformation-on-both-sides-of-the-atlantic.a580446/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 18:04:24

• The reluctant consensus: War and Russia’s public opinion ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/russia-tomorrow/reluctant-consensus-war-and-russias-public-opinion/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 18:04:55

• Putin’s quiet Syrian surrender reveals the weakness behind his intimidation tactics ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/putins-quiet-syrian-surrender-reveals-the-weakness-behind-his-intimidation-tactics/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 18:05:03

• Gunnar Wolf: The science of detecting LLM-generated text ☞ https://gwolf.org/2024/12/the-science-of-detecting-llm-generated-text.html    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 18:06:06

• Fedora Asahi Remix 41 Released for Fashion Company Apple Silicon Macs with KDE Plasma 6.2 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/fedora-asahi-remix-41-released-for-apple-silicon-macs-with-kde-plasma-6-2    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 18:07:02

• System76 Refreshes Their AMD-Powered Pangolin GNU/Linux Laptop with 2K Display ☞ https://9to5linux.com/system76-refreshes-their-amd-powered-pangolin-linux-laptop-with-2k-display    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 18:07:30

• Brian Fagioli's Latest "Linux" Article Appears to be Fake ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Brian_Fagioli_s_Latest_Linux_Article_Appears_to_be_Fake.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 18:08:07

• Bryan Ravioli has a history of shilling Microsoft https://betanews.com/2014/08/25/microsoft-helps-royal-caribbean-become-the-ultimate-cruise-line-for-nerds/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 18:09:11

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 18:14:41

• canonical: pay us to use debian packages ☞ https://canonical.com//blog/valkey-ubuntu-pro    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 18:14:45

• Also Canonical: we work for Microsoft ☞ https://canonical.com//blog/ubuntu-azure-cobalt-100-vms see http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Instead_of_Promoting_GNU_Linux_or_Ubuntu_Ahead_of_Vista_10_s_Eo.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 18:15:30

• "In close collaboration with the Asahi Linux team, the Fedora Project announced the general availability of Fedora Asahi Remix 41" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/fedora-asahi-remix-41-released-for-apple-silicon-devices/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 18:16:29

• "This compact printer has various communication options: a USB plug, an Ethernet port and a Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n module." ☛ https://www.tumfatig.net/2024/printing-on-hp-color-laser-150nw-from-openbsd/ | Source: TuMFatig    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 18:17:46

• "As you already know, choosing the right technology stack is critical to building secure, reliable, and future-proof products." ☛ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/why-freebsd-should-be-the-foundation-for-your-security-product/ | Source: FreeBSD    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 18:18:02

• "I evaluated a bunch of contemporary operating systems, including different variants of BSD and Linux." ☛ https://luke8086.dev/netbsd-on-thinkpad-380z.html |    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 18:18:16

• "My take on these questions is that to me there are two fundamental differences: [...]" ☛ https://hisham.hm/2024/12/16/there-are-two-very-different-things-called-package-managers/ | Source: Hisham    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 18:22:33

• "The first official Ubuntu release was 4.10." ☛ https://ploum.net/2024-12-16-linux_desktop2.html | Source: Lionel Dricot    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 18:22:44

• "A fresh release of the minimalist and very lightweight Alpine Linux is here, with support for Chinese LoongArch64 CPUs." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/17/alpine_linux_321/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 18:22:48

• A beginner’s tutorial for your first Machine Learning project using Charmed Kubeflow ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/a-beginners-tutorial-for-your-first-machine-learning-project-using-charmed-kubeflow    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 18:24:17

• OpenShift and buzz ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/streamline-lifecycle-management-5g-core-cnfs-red-hat-openshift | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:07:08

• OpenStack Services on OpenShift ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-openstack-services-openshift-rethinking-storage-design-pod-based-architectures | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:07:20

• A Grisly Discovery at a Bronze Age Mass Grave: The Victims Were Eaten, Too ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/science/bronze-age-skeleton-cannibals.html    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:09:31

• DHS Science and Technology Directorate looks to the evolution of first responder communications ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/technology-main/2024/12/dhs-science-and-technology-directorate-looks-to-the-evolution-of-first-responder-communications/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:10:00

• Luigi Mangione Charged With Murder in UnitedHealthcare CEO Killing ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/nyregion/mangione-first-degree-murder-terrorism.html    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:10:08

• US woman sees second chance at life after pig kidney transplant ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20241217-blessed-us-woman-sees-second-chance-in-life-after-pig-kidney-transplant    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:10:17

• Luigi Mangione charged with murder as ‘act of terrorism’ in US CEO slaying ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20241217-luigi-mangione-charged-with-murder-act-of-terrorism-us-ceo-slaying    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:10:25

• Congress passes massive VA reform bill with pay flexibility for health care workers ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/veterans-affairs/2024/12/congress-passes-massive-va-reform-bill-with-pay-flexibility-for-health-care-workers/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:10:45

• Ukrainians make a significant contribution to Latvia's budget, data suggest ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/17.12.2024-ukrainians-make-a-significant-contribution-to-latvias-budget-data-suggest.a580669/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:11:05

• "No schemes involving a freeze of the conflict will suit Russia" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/17/no-schemes-involving-a-freeze-of-the-conflict-will-suit-russia-russian-ambassador-to-the-u-n-on-prospects-for-peace-talks-with-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:11:27

• "American YouTuber visits Russia searching for nation’s hidden majesty and learns firsthand that you go to jail for calling the Ukraine war an ‘invasion’" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/17/american-youtuber-visits-russia-searching-for-nation-s-hidden-majesty-and-learns-firsthand-that-you-go-to-jail-for-calling-the-ukraine-war-an-invasion | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:11:47

• Basketball star Timma reported dead in Moscow ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/sport/17.12.2024-basketball-star-timma-reported-dead-in-moscow.a580575/ "just a few weeks after he took a controversial decision to play professionally in Russia."    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:12:37

• Latvia's Braže supports 15th Russia sanctions package, calls for 16th to follow ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/17.12.2024-latvias-braze-supports-15th-russia-sanctions-package-calls-for-16th-to-follow.a580573/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:12:49

• Russians ‘burning faces’ of dead North Koreans to keep them secret: Zelenskyy ☞ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2024/12/17/north-korean-soldier-video-russia-12172024/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:13:06

• 'This is the best moment for a comprehensive peace effort' in the Middle East: expert ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241217-this-is-the-best-moment-for-a-comprehensive-peace-effort-in-the-middle-east-expert-says    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:13:28

• Russian Uranium Stake In Kazakhstan Sold To China Amid Western Sanctions Risk ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-uranium-stake-kazakhstan-china/33243378.html    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:13:40

• Russian Lawyer Fined For Talking To RFE/RL ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/moscow-court-fines-lawyer-levenberg-speaking-rferl-ovd-info/33242964.html    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:13:48

• Oil Covers Dozens Of Kilometers Of Russia's Coastal Area After Tankers Sink ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/oil-environment-coastal-area-krasnodar-tankers-spill-mazut/33242938.html    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:14:11

• Video Captures Blast That Killed Russian General Igor Kirillov ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/world/europe/russian-general-assassination-igor-kirillov-video.html    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:14:27

• There's blood on the snow https://static01.nyt.com/images/2024/12/17/multimedia/17russia-general-video-2/17russia-general-01-wjpf-superJumbo.jpg?quality=75&auto=webp    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:15:38

• Warning sign to Putin?    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:16:00

• Russian Disinformation Machine in CAR Exposed ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/12/russian-disinformation-machine-in-car-exposed/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:19:40

• "get in the C.A.R., we're making Russia Great Again"    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:20:07

• Kremlin Opens ‘Russian Houses’ as Soft Power Tool ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/12/kremlin-opens-russian-houses-as-soft-power-tool/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:20:30

• Turkey Adds Mercenaries to Sahel’s Violent Mix ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/12/turkey-adds-mercenaries-to-sahels-violent-mix/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:21:02

• "North Korean soldiers" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/18/hundreds-of-north-korean-soldiers-killed-or-wounded-in-russia-s-kursk-region-ap | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:21:21

• Kyiv visited by Putin's friend ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/18/trump-s-ukraine-russia-envoy-keith-kellogg-will-reportedly-visit-kyiv-in-january | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:21:59

• "leaked documents" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/18/the-year-in-leaks | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:22:25

• "killed by bomb" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/17/head-of-russia-s-radiation-chemical-and-biological-protection-force-killed-by-bomb-in-moscow | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:22:50

• Belarus website ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/amd-strix-halo-powered-laptop-appears-at-retailer-asus-rog-flow-z13-2-in-1-laptop-listed-on-belarus-website    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:23:26

• The way forward in Syria ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/the-way-forward-in-syria/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:27:11

• Face Recognition Threatens to Replace Tickets, ID at Sports Events – and Beyond ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/face-recognition-threatens-to-replace-tickets-id-at-sports-events-and-beyond    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:28:09

• Police surveillance operation to unmask journalistic source ruled unlawful ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/police-surveillance-operation-to-unmask-journalistic-source-ruled-unlawful/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:32:26

• Former Bangladeshi leader orchestrated mass disappearances, inquiry finds ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/ex-bangladeshi-leader-orchestrated-mass-disappearances-inquiry-finds    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:32:47

• Test syslog-ng on EPEL 10! ☞ https://peter.czanik.hu/other/syslog-ng-testing-on-epel-10/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:34:59

• Amita: GNOME Asia 2024 ☞ https://whatamithinks.wordpress.com/2024/12/17/gnome-asia-2024/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:36:26

• APNIC and NIRs take action on preliminary delegation audit results ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2024/12/17/apnic-and-nirs-take-action-on-preliminary-delegation-audit-results/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:37:09

• Swapping Cow's Milk For Plant-Based Could Cost Vital Nutrients ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/swapping-cows-milk-for-plant-based-could-cost-vital-nutrients    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:37:36

• Human Minibrains Launched Into Space Thrived in an Unexpected Way ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/human-minibrains-launched-into-space-thrived-in-an-unexpected-way    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:37:45

• Pig Kidney Transplant Gives Hope to US Woman Who Donated Own to Her Mother ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/pig-kidney-transplant-gives-hope-to-us-woman-who-donated-own-to-her-mother    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:37:55

• First of Its Kind Study Lists Health Benefits of Drinking More Water Each Day ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/first-of-its-kind-study-lists-health-benefits-of-drinking-more-water-each-day    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:38:15

• There's A Simple Method to Reduce Alcohol Intake, Scientists Say, And It Works ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-a-simple-method-to-reduce-alcohol-intake-scientists-say-and-it-works    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:43:07

• Flu Viruses in Refrigerated Raw Milk Can Remain Infectious For Days ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/flu-viruses-in-refrigerated-raw-milk-can-remain-infectious-for-days    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:43:17

• These 2 Jobs Have The Lowest Alzheimer's Death Rates. But What Does It Mean? ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/these-2-jobs-have-the-fewest-deaths-from-alzheimers-but-what-does-it-mean    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:43:28

• An Occasional Treat Could Be Better For Your Heart Than No Added Sugar at All ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/an-occasional-treat-could-be-better-for-your-heart-than-no-added-sugar-at-all    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:44:36

• Unexpected Delay Means Stranded Astronauts Won't Leave ISS as Planned ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/unexpected-delay-means-stranded-astronauts-wont-leave-iss-as-planned    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:44:56

• World First: Star 'Twins' Discovered Orbiting Milky Way's Black Hole ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/world-first-star-twins-discovered-orbiting-milky-ways-black-hole    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:45:04

• Pink News bosses say ‘false’ BillBC allegations caused them ‘serious harm’ ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/pink-news-allegations-bbc/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:46:16

• Tom Gatti named acting editor of the New Statesman ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/media-jobs-uk-news/tom-gatti-named-acting-editor-of-the-new-statesman/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:46:33

• Tunisia Upgrades Air Fleet with C-130 ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/12/tunisia-upgrades-air-fleet-with-c-130/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:47:00

• Sudan War Destabilizes Eastern Chad ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/12/sudan-war-destabilizes-eastern-chad/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 19:47:12

• Microsoft Announcing systemd v257 ☞ https://0pointer.net/blog/announcing-systemd-v257.html    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:05:23

• Sonar acquires open-source security specialist Tidelift ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/17/sonar-acquires-open-source-security-specialist-tidelift/ openwasher http://techrights.org/o/2022/04/19/tidelift-concern-troll/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:07:18

• Axelera brings its low-powered RISC-V chips to Arduino’s miniature computers to run Hey Hi (AI) at the edge ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/17/axelera-brings-low-powered-risc-v-chips-arduinos-miniature-computers-run-ai-edge/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:07:46

• Banks size 49% stake in controversial Bosphorus waterfront project ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/banks-size-49-stake-in-controversial-bosphorus-waterfront-project-302779    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:16:24

• Commerzbank opens representative office in Vilnius ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2441202/commerzbank-opens-representative-office-in-vilnius    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:16:38

• Indonesian anti-graft body raids central bank headquarters in probe of improper CSR donations ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesia-anti-graft-body-raids-central-banks-headquarters-in-csr-probe    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:16:45

• Lab Technology location tracking patent monopoly prior art found ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2024/12/17/lab-technology-location-tracking-patent-prior-art-found    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:17:17

• $2,000 awarded for Incent crypto patent monopoly prior art ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2024/12/17/2000-awarded-for-incent-crypto-patent-prior-art    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:17:27

• The patent extremists try to hail an illegal and fake court that must not exist and was made possible by EPO corruption and EU playing along with it ☞ https://ipwatchdog.com/2024/12/17/upc-2024-statistics-trends-substantive-law/id=183996/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:18:28

• One extra day of SPC term in Sweden ☞ https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2024/12/17/one-extra-day-of-spc-term-in-sweden/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:18:57

• UPC is illegal; stop celebrating illegal things ☞ https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2024/12/17/upc-christmas-quiz-the-result/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:19:40

• Patent extremists and Dennis Crouch (who profit from litigation mess) complain about fake patents being dismantled (as they should) ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2024/12/assembling-obviousness-piecemeal.html    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:20:47

• IBM (and Red Hat) is a Patent Troll, Still Leveraging Software Patents to Extract Money Out of Other Companies by Suing Them ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/IBM_and_Red_Hat_is_a_Patent_Troll_Still_Leveraging_Software_Pat.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:20:59

• Systemd Fixes Bug While Facing New Challenger in GNU Shepherd ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Systemd-Fixes-Bug-While-Facing-New-Challenger-in-GNU-Shepherd    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:23:15

• Install XFCE 4.20 in (X)Ubuntu 24.04 & 24.10 [For Testing Only] ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2024/12/install-xfce-4-20-ubuntu/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:23:50

• YottaDB r2.02 Released ☞ https://yottadb.com/yottadb-r2-02-released/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:24:22

• Printing on HP Color Laser 150nw from OpenBSD ☞ https://www.tumfatig.net/2024/printing-on-hp-color-laser-150nw-from-openbsd/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:24:41

• [Meme] When the People Who Falsely Accuse You of Pedophilia Turn Out to be Projecting (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Meme_When_the_People_Who_Falsely_Accuse_You_of_Pedophilia_Turn_.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:25:00

• Why I Continue to Believe That at the End Software Freedom Will Win (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Why_I_Continue_to_Believe_That_at_the_End_Software_Freedom_Will.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:25:07

• Technology: rights or responsibilities? - Part X (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Technology_rights_or_responsibilities_Part_X.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:25:17

• Saving What's Left of Decent and Independent Journalism on the Web ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Saving_What_s_Left_of_Decent_and_Independent_Journalism_on_the_.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:25:28

• [Meme] They Don't Want the Public to Know What "Responsible Encryption" Really Means ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/17/Meme_They_Don_t_Want_the_Public_to_Know_What_Responsible_Encryp.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:25:35

• There's Not Much Time Left for President Biden to Pardon Julian Assange and Signal to Journalists That Exposing States' Crimes or Rich People's Misbehaviour is Lawful ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/16/There_s_Not_Much_Time_Left_for_President_Biden_to_Pardon_Julian.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:25:46

• Wikileaks' and Stella's posts (Assange, the wife) make one wonder if they'll abandon the #freeAssange campaign and run #freeAssad campaign instead    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:27:09

• Karate Love gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/karateLove    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:31:27

• "I'm having a hard time articulating things right now, so please bear with me. I'm recovering from being triggered earlier today when I heard Trump claim that pesticides are responsible for the "rise" in autism cases." gemini://hyperreal.coffee/gemlog/2024-12-18-my-disillusionment-and-aspirations.gmi    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:32:12

• "If The Empire Strikes Back had been written by the same hacks that took over writing Yoda later on, some of his most evocative lines would’ve been completely garbled. “Try, there is not”, “These things, a Jedi craves not”, “One great make, war does not”." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/yoda    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:32:43

• Lurking memories in a cemetery gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2419    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:33:29

• Automatic certificate issuing with IdM and cert-manager operator for OpenShift ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2024/12/17/automatic-certificate-issuing-idm-and-cert-manager-operator-openshift    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:34:58

• Red Hat entertaining buzzword and hype far too often ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2024/12/17/our-top-ai-articles-2024    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:38:33

• Outsourcing to Microsoft's proprietary prison is bad optics at the very least   

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:39:42

• Outsourcing to Microsoft's proprietary prison is bad optics at the very least ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2024/12/17/example-cnf-automating-deployment-dpdk-based-network-functions-openshift-fault    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:40:30

• effector ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/10-resources-protecting-your-digital-security-effector-3615 | Source: EFF    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:42:03

• Qt 6.9 Beta 1 Released ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-6.9-beta-1-released    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:43:03

• 2024 End-of-Year Review: Open Source Hey Hi (AI) Definition v1.0 ☞ https://opensource.org/blog/2024-end-of-year-review-open-source-ai-definition-v1-0 see http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Microsoft_Boasts_That_Its_Microsoft_Sponsored_Open_Source_AI_Pr.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:44:26

• What’s in the SOSS? Podcast #22 – Sovereign Tech Agency’s Tara Tarakiyee and Funding Important Open Source Projects ☞ https://openssf.org/podcast/2024/12/17/whats-in-the-soss-podcast-22-sovereign-tech-agencys-tara-tarakiyee-and-funding-important-open-source-projects/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:48:47

• Microsoft: Windows ceased to be a cash cow, it's dying https://analyticsindiamag.com/ai-news-updates/google-makes-more-money-on-windows-than-microsoft-says-satya-nadella/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:49:36

• mintCast 451.5 – Serves You Right ☞ https://mintcast.org/451-5-serves-you-right/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:50:58

• "I used Dijkstra’s algorithm. In part 2, I extended it to track predecessors and computed the transitive closure of the end configurations under the predecessors." gemini://dkalak.de/aoc/16.gmi    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 20:57:26

• South Korea Constitutional court orders Yoon to submit Cabinet meeting minutes ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-constitutional-court-orders-yoon-to-submit-cabinet-meeting-minutes    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:24:04

• South Korean operator of infamous K-drama, webtoon pirate sites charged, luxury cars seized ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/operator-of-infamous-k-drama-webtoon-pirate-sites-indicted    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:24:37

• South Korea’s Yoon given until Dec 21 to appear for questioning: Report ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/s-koreas-yoon-given-until-saturday-to-appear-for-questioning-report    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:24:46

• South Korean parties clash over justice appointments for Yoon trial ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/parties-clash-over-justice-appointments-for-yoon-suk-yeol-trial    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:24:53

• US targets North Korean money laundering network with sanctions ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/us-targets-north-korean-money-laundering-network-with-sanctions    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:25:07

• North Korea’s Kim visits family tomb to pay tribute to his father ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-koreas-kim-visits-family-tomb-to-pay-tribute-to-his-father    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:25:25

• South Korea’s ‘hurry hurry’ culture helps bring down a president ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-hurry-hurry-culture-helps-bring-down-a-president    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:25:49

• In North Korea, divorce could land you in labour camp: Report ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/in-north-korea-divorce-could-land-you-in-labour-camp-report    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:26:03

• South Korea’s Yoon skips questioning, adding to risk of arrest ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-yoon-skips-questioning-adding-to-risk-of-arrest    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:26:17

• Martial law attempt undercut political momentum with Trump, says South Korea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-says-martial-law-attempt-undercut-political-momentum-with-trump    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:26:28

• South Korea military brought live ammunition to Parliament during martial law: Reports ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-military-brought-live-ammunition-to-parliament-during-martial-law-report    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:26:42

• The global ripple effects of South Korea’s political turmoil ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/the-global-ripple-effects-of-south-koreas-political-turmoil/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:26:51

• China Lengthens Visa-Free Stays for Tourists ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/17/world/asia/china-visa-free-transit-policy.html    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:27:20

• Tracing fentanyl’s path into the US starts at this port. It doesn’t end there. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2024/1217/fentanyl-trump-us-mexico-china    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:27:39

• China, US can achieve ‘great things’ together, says Wang Yi ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-us-can-achieve-great-things-says-chinese-foreign-minister-wang-yi    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:28:17

• China ready to enhance mutual trust with India at border talks, Chinese foreign ministry says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-ready-to-enhance-mutual-trust-with-india-at-border-talks-foreign-ministry-says    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:28:41

• Philippines sends provisions to military personnel in South China Sea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/philippines-sends-provisions-to-military-personnel-in-south-china-sea    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:28:54

• Ex-Taiwan leader Ma says China visit to foster cross-strait peace ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/ex-taiwan-leader-ma-says-china-visit-to-foster-cross-strait-peace    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:29:05

• Taiwan-Shanghai forum opens after military tensions ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2024/12/17/china-taipei-shanghai-forum/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:29:18

• Scammers lure jobseeking Hong Kongers to Myanmar from Japan, Taiwan ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2024/12/17/china-hong-kong-kk-park-myanmar-scammers/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:29:37

• California man jailed for Chinese ‘birth tourism’ business ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2024/12/17/china-birthright-citizenship-business/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:30:09

• US sanctions 2 Chinese nationals over money laundering to support North Korea ☞ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2024/12/18/china-us-sanction-north-korea/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:30:31

• China calls claims businessman with links to UK’s Prince Andrew was spying for Beijing ‘preposterous’ ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/17/china-calls-claims-businessman-with-links-to-uks-prince-andrew-was-spying-for-beijing-preposterous/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:30:48

• Nigeria: 792 arrested over crypto-romance scam ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20241217-nigeria-792-arrested-over-crypto-romance-scam    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:30:59

• Clownflare is a monstrous surveillance and discrimination network; don't use it ☞ https://itsfoss.com/cloudflare-tunnels/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:34:08

• Pi ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/17/why-nasa-only-needs-pi-to-so-many-decimal-places/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:34:54

• PCB ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/17/pcb-motor-holds-fast-even-after-1-6-billion-spins/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:35:13

• Turkey’s finance minister signals above-inflation raise for minimum wage ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/turkeys-finance-minister-signals-above-inflation-raise-for-minimum-wage-302764    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:35:56

• The World Morse Code Championship ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/17/the-world-morse-code-championship/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:36:19

• Brennan Torpedo ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/17/pulling-backward-to-go-forward-the-brennan-torpedo-explained/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:36:39

• "just that when he got his hands on a Flume water monitor." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/18/learning-about-the-flume-water-monitor/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:37:09

• Lawyer denies improperly restricting tax expert Dan Neidle revealing Nadhim Zahawi legal letter ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/dan-neidle-nadhim-zahawi-legal-communications/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:37:50

• Report: Internet Freedom in Africa Improves, but Problem Areas Remain ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/12/report-internet-freedom-in-africa-improves-but-problem-areas-remain/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:38:20

• Magnitude 7.3 Earthquake Hits Vanuatu, Triggering Internet Outages ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/16/world/asia/vanuatu-earthquake-tsunami.html    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:38:35

• "I find it very hard to see how IP professionals can use/support the use of Hey Hi (AI) when it relies to an enormous extent on intellectual property theft." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/12/guest-post-newsflash-uks-new.html?showComment=1734445055042#c2329130048780419633    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:39:14

• Qualcomm fires back at Intel's claims of high laptop return rates — the company says Snapdragon X PCs are within 'industry norm' for returns ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/qualcomm-fires-back-at-intels-claims-of-high-return-rates-the-company-says-snapdragon-x-pcs-are-within-industry-norm-for-returns    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:39:54

• Peter Czanik: Test syslog-ng on EPEL 10! ☞ https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/test-syslog-ng-on-epel-10    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 21:41:13

• How to Backup Configuration Files on Remote GNU/Linux System ☞ https://www.2daygeek.com/linux-bash-script-backup-configuration-files-remote-linux-system-server/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 22:26:38

• Fedora Community Blog: Fedora Operations Architect Report ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fedora-operations-architect-report-2/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 22:27:06

• Why FreeBSD Should Be the Foundation for Your Security Product ☞ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/why-freebsd-should-be-the-foundation-for-your-security-product/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 22:27:40

• Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Photos ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-alternatives-microsoft-photos/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 22:29:33

• 14 Best Free and Open Source CLI Tools to Find and Delete Duplicate Files ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-cli-tools-find-delete-duplicate-files/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 22:30:02

• Automate Your Workflow: 15 Open-Source Cron Job Manager Apps ☞ https://medevel.com/cronjob-apps-1500/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 22:30:28

• yachalk – terminal string styling done right ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/yachalk-terminal-string-styling-done-right/    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 22:30:58

• Spamnil's TFiR: Still Pretending Press Releases Are 'Articles' (TFiR 'Originals' as Plagiarism or Fluff) http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/Spamnil_s_TFiR_Still_Pretending_Press_Releases_Are_Articles_TFi.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 22:55:08

• "Good evening barkeep, could I please have a grog? It is cold out there. Thanks letting me in." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2420    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 22:57:06

• "Something I have wanted to write but never got around to it, QOA (Quite Ok Audio) is a very simple, lossy audio codec by the same person who brought you QOI, the Quite Ok Image format. There is no real reason to use QOA. Until I found one and I find no one implemented it yet. So I did." gemini://gemini.clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2024/12-15-announcing-turboqoa-streaming-qoa-codec.gmi    

posted Wednesday, December 18, 2024 at 22:58:04