Roy Schestowitz

• "I think about this description of Bill Gates almost nearly as often as I hear Tim Cook’s business practices described. Not when he’s described as quite willing to sell old sub-mediocre things that keep selling, but when his Services-revenue business ethics seem to have been solidified in the swamps of Ferenginar." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/scrawlspace/2024/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 04:54:56

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1150.jpg    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 04:55:36

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1500.jpg    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 04:55:46

• "I ran role-playing games and I played in them. I think I tracked almost all of them using my bot, Norn. The result is visible on the Montag in Zürich page." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2024-12-20-games    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 04:59:04

• Notes on an overheard conversation late at night gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2024/12/20.1    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 04:59:45

• Trouble with the Emperor gemini://thrig.me/blog/2024/12/21/emperor-trouble.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:00:29

• "Facebook and the other platforms will insist you use your real and verifiable name, but on the BBSs of the day, all you needed was an alias, and all you needed to do to escape was change it." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2024/12-21.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:02:08

• "You can visualize and rotate a cow in 3D using no technology, just your brain. My daughter taught me to do this a few years back, and you can do it too." gemini://tilde.cafe/~stack/gemlog/2024-12-20.cow3d.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:03:25

• connected studio, foggy feeling gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/neoStudio    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:04:43

• A LONG TRIP AND A SMALL DAM gopher://aussies.space:70/0/~freet/phlog/2024-12-20A_Long_Trip_and_a_Small_Dam.txt    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:05:49

• Market research firm says either Sony or Microsoft will "struggle" with their next-gen consoles as Nintendo will be "the clear winner" https://www.gamesradar.com/platforms/nintendo/market-research-firm-says-either-sony-or-microsoft-will-struggle-with-their-next-gen-consoles-as-nintendo-will-be-the-clear-winner/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:14:01

• "AK's problem is different. IBM has returned to the bloat of the 1990s, but the company has been largely sold off. Services has already been monetized, but much of services along with other lines of business were also sold off." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1w1UxgDl    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:17:39

• "I wouldn't believe what any company says about the number of layoffs." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1w2ieK1W    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:18:58

• " yes, it takes on average 6 Indian Engineers to do what one US engineer does most efficiently in terms of work turnout...and then Alvind and his crooks in CIO and Consulting cover it all up claiming cost savings. This why Alvind and his fellow executives should rot and burn in he-l for eternity." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1w2ieK1W    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:19:19

• BSDCan 2025 Chair’s Entirely Personal Comments on the Con Mask Policy ☞ https://mwl.io/archives/23929    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:24:02

• Flat-earthers admit defeat after seeing 24-hour Antarctica sun: ‘Sometimes you are wrong’ ☞ https://nypost.com/2024/12/19/lifestyle/flat-earthers-admit-defeat-after-seeing-24-hour-antarctica-sun-sometimes-you-are-wrong/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:24:30

• "Fixing 1986 Sinclair Spectrum+2 With A High-Score Of Issues" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/19/fixing-1986-sinclair-spectrum2-with-a-high-score-of-issues/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:24:51

• rOpenSci News Digest, December 2024 ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/12/ropensci-news-digest-december-2024/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:26:16

• Red Hat Details Vision For AI, Casts Foundations In Granite https://www.forbes.com/sites/adrianbridgwater/2024/12/12/red-hat-details-vision-for-ai-casts-foundations-in-granite/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:27:34

• Boosting the hype for IBM using buzzwords and false promises https://www.nextplatform.com/2024/12/12/genai-races-ahead-but-enterprises-are-still-at-the-starting-line/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:28:37

• Red Hat selling buzzwords and hype https://www.thefastmode.com/technology-solutions/38483-red-hat-aws-forge-strategic-collaboration-to-advance-hybrid-cloud-ai-solutions    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:29:18

• All buzzwords https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/rhel-13-docling-context-aware-chunking-what-you-need-know    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:30:07

• When Hey Hi (AI) Misdiagnoses: Can Health IT Be Held Accountable for Malpractice? ☞ https://medevel.com/when-ai-misdiagnoses-can-health-it-be-held-accountable-for-malpractice/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:31:43

• Overture makes its open-source transportation dataset generally available ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/19/overture-makes-open-source-transportation-dataset-generally-available/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:32:32

• Does your sample contain DNA or RNA? DIYNAFLUOR can tell you on a budget ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2024/12/19/does-your-sample-contain-dna-or-rna-diynafluor-can-tell-you-on-a-budget/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:32:52

• Faster inference: torch.compile vs TensorRT ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/blog/2024/12/19/faster-inference-torch.compile-vs-tensorrt/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:33:23

• "contaminated" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/20/birds-and-dolphins-are-early-victims-in-black-sea-oil-spill-that-s-contaminated-35-miles-of-coastline-and-threatens-region-s-ecosystem-for-years-to-come | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:33:53

• Fibonacci Clock ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/19/fibonacci-clock-looks-like-beautiful-modern-art/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:34:17

• "Not all 3D scanning is alike, and the right workflow can depend on the object involved." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/20/watch-a-3d-scan-become-a-car-body-model/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:34:37

• FDA Rewrites Rules of 'Healthy' Foods For First Time in 30 Years ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/fda-rewrites-rules-of-healthy-foods-for-first-time-in-30-years    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:34:55

• Pelicot children, women's rights groups slam 'too lenient' sentences for co-defendants ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241219-pelicot-children-women-s-rights-groups-slam-too-lenient-sentences-for-co-defendants    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:35:27

• Mysterious Frozen Lake Is a Time Capsule From Millions of Years Ago ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-frozen-lake-is-a-time-capsule-from-millions-of-years-ago    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:37:26

• Study Reveals How Ultra-Processed Foods May Fuel Bowel Cancer ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/study-reveals-how-ultra-processed-foods-may-fuel-bowel-cancer    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:37:52

• Surprise Hair Loss Breakthrough: A Sugar Gel Triggers Robust Regrowth ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/surprise-hair-loss-breakthrough-a-sugar-gel-triggers-robust-regrowth    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:38:16

• US Obesity Rates Decline For The First Time in More Than a Decade ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/us-obesity-rates-decline-for-the-first-time-in-more-than-a-decade    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:38:24

• Even NASA Can't Explain The Alarming Surge in Global Heat We're Seeing ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/even-nasa-cant-explain-the-alarming-surge-in-global-heat-were-seeing    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:38:38

• The Magnetic North Pole Has Officially Changed Position ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-magnetic-north-pole-has-officially-changed-position    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:38:56

• CDC Confirms Malaria Likely Culprit in Deadly DR Congo Outbreak Mystery ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/cdc-confirms-malaria-likely-culprit-in-deadly-dr-congo-outbreak-mystery    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:39:14

• Bank of Mexico cuts benchmark interest rate to 10% ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/business/bank-of-mexico-banxico-cuts-benchmark-interest-rate-to-10/    

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

• Best Practices for Integrating Legacy Code in Modern Embedded Systems ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/best-practices-for-integrating-legacy-code-in-modern-embedded-systems    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:40:00

• "Getting Dial-Up To Work Over VOIP Isn’t Always Easy" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/19/getting-dial-up-to-work-over-voip-isnt-always-easy/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:40:34

• Romanian Court Sends Case Against Tate Brothers Back To Prosecutors ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/romania-tate-britain-court-human-trafficking-internet-influencer/33246047.html    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:40:50

• Totally missing the point that ads are malicious and are blocked for good reasons ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/marketing/ad-blockers-mean-publishers-missing-out-on-ad-revenue-from-one-in-five-readers/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:41:35

• Guilty verdicts for all: What lessons from Mazan mass rape trial? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-debate/20241219-guilty-verdicts-for-all-what-lessons-from-mazan-mass-rape-trial    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:41:54

• 4 Reasons China Meddles in Local U.S. Politics ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/world/asia/here-are-4-reasons-china-meddles-in-local-us-politics.html    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:42:12

• ‘Pandas Become the Bait’: How China Seeks Influence in U.S. Cities ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/19/world/asia/china-influence-city-local-government-pandas-intelligence.html    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:42:19

• "overheating and interconnect issues." ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/nvidia-may-postpone-volume-ramp-up-of-blackwell-machines-trendforce    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:42:57

• Intel terminates x86S initiative — unilateral quest to de-bloat x86 instruction set comes to an end ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-terminates-x86s-initiative-unilateral-quest-to-de-bloat-x86-instruction-set-comes-to-an-end    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:43:14

• Chinese cyber center points finger at U.S. over alleged cyberattacks to steal trade secrets ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/chinese-cyber-center-us-alleged-cyberattacks-trade-secrets/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:43:32

• CERN PGDay 2025: Schedule Published ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/cern-pgday-2025-schedule-published-2984/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:43:56

• Mailbox Insecurity ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/12/mailbox-insecurity.html    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:44:28

• China’s ‘problems with the West’ could only be resolved by Pooh-tin Jinping stepping down, Jimmy Lai tells security law trial ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/19/chinas-problems-with-the-west-could-only-be-resolved-by-xi-jinping-stepping-down-jimmy-lai-tells-security-law-trial/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:45:03

• Hong Kong NGO sheds light on why sexual violence survivors may not report to police ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/20/hong-kong-ngo-sheds-light-on-why-sexual-violence-survivors-may-not-report-to-police/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:45:25

• Custom Built or Standardized Software: What Works Best? ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/custom-built-or-standardized-software-what-works-best    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:48:07

• Helping Japan Thrive Through Technology: Mikio Hirai’s Story at Qt ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/helping-japan-thrive-through-tech    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:49:06

• TTABlog Test: Three Section 2(d) Appeals - Affirmed or Reversed? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2024/12/ttablog-test-three-section-2d-appeals.html    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:50:27

• During Pelicot Trial, Avignon’s Ramparts Give a Platform to Denounce ‘Rape Culture’ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/world/europe/avignon-france-pelicot-trial.html    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:54:46

• Closures, Social Security checks, furloughs: What a government shutdown might mean ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/government-shutdown/2024/12/closures-social-security-checks-furloughs-what-a-government-shutdown-might-mean/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:55:30

• Senate clears way for bill to get rid of WEP and GPO ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2024/12/senate-clears-way-for-bill-to-get-rid-of-wep-and-gpo/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:55:54

• Sheinbaum to meet in Sinaloa to discuss state’s security: The mañanera recapped ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/politics/sheinbaum-security-sinaloa/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:56:22

• Human is the only animal that has homelessness. Says a lot about humans...    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:57:04

• Security Minister García Harfuch will remain in Sinaloa after federal agent’s assassination ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/security-minister-harfuch-sinaloa-federal-agent-killed/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:57:50

• Database belonging to Builder.ai found exposing 1.29TB and 3M+ records ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/19/database-belonging-builder-ai-found-exposing-1-29tb-3m-records/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:58:45

• OpenSSF Newsletter – December 2024 ☞ https://openssf.org/newsletter/2024/12/19/openssf-newsletter-december-2024/ http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/07/Open_Source_Security_Foundation_OpenSSF_Hosted_SOSS_as_Microsof.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/10/Yes_Of_Course_the_Linux_Foundation_s_OpenSSF_Rejects_Open_Sourc.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:59:12

• Study finds ‘significant uptick’ in cybersecurity disclosures to SEC ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/sec-cybersecurity-disclosure-uptick-paul-hastings/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:59:36

• Red Sea tensions: 4 scholars explain what’s at stake for global trade and security ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/red-sea-tensions-4-scholars-explain-whats-at-stake-for-global-trade-and-security/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 05:59:56

• Macau independent media outlet pulls article about security measures ahead of Pooh-tin Jinping visit ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/19/macau-independent-media-outlet-pulls-article-about-security-measures-ahead-of-xi-jinping-visit/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 06:00:14

• Myanmar appoints new defense minister as army struggles ☞ https://rfa.org/english/myanmar/2024/12/19/new-defense-minister/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 06:01:13

• DJI narrowly escapes U.S. drone ban, for now — company has one year to demonstrate its products don’t pose a national security risk ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/dji-narrowly-escapes-u-s-drone-ban-for-now-company-has-one-year-to-demonstrate-its-products-dont-pose-a-national-security-risk    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 06:01:24

• Fighters from Myanmar civil war aggravate bitter ethnic conflict in India ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/fighters-from-myanmar-civil-war-aggravate-bitter-ethnic-conflict-in-india    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 06:01:35

• Japan should grow security ties with Global South as China increases military outreach: Analysts ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-should-grow-security-ties-with-global-south-as-china-increases-military-outreach-analysts    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 06:01:56

• Acting South Korean President stresses national security via Seoul-Washington alliance ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/acting-south-korean-president-stresses-national-security-via-seoul-washington-alliance    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 06:02:03

• AMD's 'Golden Rabbit' GPU reportedly hits 'end of life' status — Radeon RX 7900 GRE is no longer available at any retailer ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/radeon-rx-7900-gre-purportedly-reaches-end-of-life-status-golden-rabbit-gpu-is-no-longer-available-at-any-retailer    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 06:02:33

• Female banker claims she was denied a promotion from PNC for being a black, single mom: lawsuit ☞ https://nypost.com/2024/12/20/us-news/georgia-banker-brandie-falice-claims-she-was-denied-a-promotion-from-pnc-for-being-a-black-single-mom-lawsuit/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 06:03:01

• SEB to move Baltic headquarters to Tallinn in a blow to Lithuania ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2442620/seb-to-move-baltic-headquarters-to-tallinn-in-a-blow-to-lithuania    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 06:03:49

• Latvian coalition blasted for pulling central bank governor vote ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/banks/19.12.2024-latvian-coalition-blasted-for-pulling-central-bank-governor-vote.a580945/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 06:04:04

• FSF fund-raiser now at 209k    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 06:05:41

• Justice would be the lies against FSF folks backfiring to the point where they help FSF raise money. The Serial Defamer's credibility is already in the gutter anyway...    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 06:06:53

• GNU/Linux usage in Jordan up to 6% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/jordan/#monthly-200902-202412    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 06:07:50

• Windows collapsed as low as 12% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/jordan/#monthly-200902-202412    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 06:08:16

• The games industry ‘will only have room for one non-Nintendo console next gen’, it’s claimed https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/the-games-industry-will-only-have-room-for-one-non-nintendo-console-next-gen-its-claimed/#google_vignette    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 08:39:04

• OSI responds to https://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenSource_net_Which_OpenSource_org_OSI_Would_Continue_OpenSour.shtml with https://opensource.net/essential-python-web-security/ and https://opensource.org/blog/top-articles-at-opensource-net-in-2024 (Microsoft mole)    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 08:42:03

• December 11, Techrights: "OpenSource.net is pretty much dead" http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/11/IBM_s_Latest_Fedora_Divestment_Speaks_for_Itself.shtml Microsoft the following day: https://opensource.org/blog/top-articles-at-opensource-net-in-2024 So the Microsoft moles read Techrights    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 08:43:11

• surveillance ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/customs-border-protection-fails-baseline-privacy-requirements-surveillance | Source: EFF    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 09:42:26

• "Another bug fixes release is out for DXVK (v2.5.2), the project that translates Direct3D 8, 9, 10 and 11 to Vulkan. It's a big part of what makes Proton able to run Windows games on Steam Deck / Linux so nicely." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/direct3d-to-vulkan-translation-layer-dxvk-v2-5-2-brings-fixes-for-alpha-protocol-the-sims-2-borderlands-2-and-more/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 09:44:00

• "What a nice early holiday surprise. The official Team Fortress 2 comic has finally officially returned." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/team-fortress-2-comic-issue-7-is-finally-officially-available/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 09:52:58

• "A game I had honestly never heard of because I live under a rock. A cult classic RPG named OFF is getting a Steam release next year." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/cult-classic-rpg-off-is-getting-an-expanded-steam-release-in-2025/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 09:53:27

• "popular bullet heaven / survivor-like spin-off from Funday Games and Ghost Ship Publishing continues to be very popular and so the price is set to go up soon." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/deep-rock-galactic-survivor-is-getting-a-price-increase-in-january-2025/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 09:54:00

• "Zelenskyy calls Putin a ‘dumbass’" https://www.politico.eu/article/zelenskyy-calls-putin-a-dumbass/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 09:54:44

• TCO: microsoft azure https://investors.vincit.com/files/documents/Vincit%20clarifies%20its%20strategy%20and%20updates%20financial%20targets%20for%202025-2027%20(1).pdf    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 09:55:16

• "Two bits of good news for gamers interested in picking up The Rogue Prince of Persia from developers Evil Empire and publisher Ubisoft" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/the-rogue-prince-of-persia-will-not-get-ubisoft-connect-and-no-price-rise-in-january/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 09:55:52

• "It's that time! Yes, again, and the last one before the holiday season" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/prime-gaming-december-20th-edition-round-up-for-steam-deck-linux/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 09:56:44

• ioph: both mozilla and eff got bought out with the help of insiders who worked against and around the founders to ensure that the institution sold out    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:00:58

• "It's December! Time for some highlights of what's been Steam Deck Verified by Valve recently so you can find some new picks to play through" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/steam-deck-verified-highlights-for-december-2024/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:01:22

• "A pikelet is distinguished by containing no yeast as a raising agent and by using a thinner batter than a crumpet" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crumpet    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:04:45

• "The Trump presidency has begun" https://www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1256834/the-trump-presidency-has-begun/    

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

• "Gisele Pelicot vanquishes her rapists" https://www.dw.com/en/gisele-pelicot-vanquishes-her-rapists/a-71113522    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:05:14

• "‘How many more Gisèles are out there?’: Pelicot trial jolts fight against sexual violence | Gisèle Pelicot rape trial | The Guardian" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/20/pelicot-trial-fight-against-sexual-violence-france    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:05:32

• "Supporters help raise nearly €500k for Lucia fundraiser in response to racist abuse" https://yle.fi/a/74-20132936    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:05:48

• "Who is Taleb? Car driver behind Germany's Christmas market attack" https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/europe/who-is-taleb-car-driver-behind-germanys-christmas-market-attack/articleshow/116520365.cms    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:07:22

• "It seems the stage has been set for more SteamOS Linux devices to join the Steam Deck, as Valve will be partnering up with Lenovo at CES 2025." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/valve-will-join-lenovo-at-ces-2025-for-the-future-of-gaming-handhelds/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:08:34

• "The main sales event of the year you've all been waiting for has arrived! The Steam Winter Sale along with Steam Awards voting are both now live." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/steam-winter-sale-is-live-and-steam-awards-voting-is-now-open/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:08:58

• Saudi Arabia pays back Germany for nodding to the sportwashing via FIFA. Human rights abuses? Meh, who cares... just bribe us.    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:10:09

• "Deadly Christmas market car attack in Germany: what we know so far" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/21/deadly-christmas-market-car-attack-in-germany-what-we-know-so-far    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:10:49

• "Two killed and scores injured in Germany as car ploughs into crowd at Christmas market" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/20/death-and-injuries-in-germany-as-car-ploughs-into-crowd-at-christmas-market    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:14:32

• "Taleb A.: Saudi man arrested after deadly car attack on German Christmas market" https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/2261353.html    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:14:46

• "At Least 2 Killed In Car Ramming At German Christmas Market" https://www.rferl.org/a/germany-christmas-market-car-ramming-saudi-arabia/33247669.html    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:14:55

• "Magdeburg Christmas market attack: Car drives into crowd in Germany killing two, injuring dozens" https://www.theage.com.au/world/europe/car-drives-into-crowd-at-german-christmas-market-in-suspected-attack-20241221-p5l03y.html    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:15:09

• "Saudi National Ploughs Into German Christmas Market Killing 11; Police Find 'Explosive Device' in Car" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/saudi-ploughs-german-christmas-market-killing-11-police-find-explosive-device-car-1729722    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:15:19

• Press Gazette attacks the Press: "What we have learned about journalism in the AI era two years on" https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishing-services-content/what-we-have-learned-about-journalism-in-the-ai-era-two-years-on/ http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/11/Why_is_UK_Press_Gazette_Jingoistic_About_Plagiarists_and_LLM_Sl.shtml tldr; managers want more LLM slop    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:17:15

• "Senators Markey and Paul urge Biden to extend TikTok divestment deadline" https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5051392-tiktok-ban-senators-pressure-biden/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:17:30

• "Elon Musk Endorses Nazi-Linked German Party, Even Though It Opposed Tesla’s Gigafactory" https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-endorses-afd-tesla    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:17:50

• "Outrage as Elon Musk claims ‘only AfD can save Germany’" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/dec/20/elon-musk-claims-only-afd-can-save-germany Tesla for Nazism    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:18:18

• "'Saw blood on floor': Eyewitnesses describe chilling experiences from Germany Christmas market car crash" https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/saw-blood-on-floor-eyewitnesses-describe-chilling-experiences-from-germany-christmas-market-car-crash/articleshow/116520799.cms    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:18:34

• "After 25 years of Chinese rule, Macau's civil society in 'a bitter winter'" https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/21/after-25-years-of-chinese-rule-macaus-civil-society-has-entered-a-bitter-winter/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:18:56

• "Why is Russia burning dead North Korean soldiers' faces in Ukraine? | RFA Insider #22 – Radio Free Asia" https://www.rfa.org/english/rfainsider/2024/12/20/north-korea-soldier-burn-faces-russia-ukraine-thich-minh-tue-yang-tengbo-china-vietnam-espionage/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:19:11

• iophk: builds on the delay tactic seen in the supreme court jan 10 hearing https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/20/tiktok-ban-deadline-extension-request-senators/ (""Senators Urge Biden to Extend TikTok Ban Deadline by 90 Days"")    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:19:41

• "Woman accused of crushing animals to death with feet for dark web videos denied bail" https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/irene-lima-animal-killing-videos-bail-decision-1.7416187    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:20:11

• "Gisèle Pelicot wanted us to know her name. These are the names of the men convicted in her rape" https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/gisele-pelicot-france-rape-case-other-defendants-1.7415595    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:20:32

• "Lithuanian cabinet visits Ukraine, to meet Zelensky, other leaders" https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2443634/lithuanian-cabinet-visits-ukraine-to-meet-zelensky-other-leaders    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:20:47

• "Government shutdown: Trump’s chaotic demands are a preview of the tumult to come | Vox" https://www.vox.com/politics/392197/trump-government-shutdown-musk    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:21:29

• "Statesman or Jihadist? What to Make of Syria’s De Facto Leader Abu Mohammed Al-Golani" https://www.usnews.com/news/world-report/articles/2024-12-20/statesman-or-jihadibst-what-to-make-of-syrias-de-facto-leader-abu-mohammed-al-golani    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:21:55

• "Russia's Runaway Food Prices" https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-food-prices-inflation-interest/33244563.html    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:22:06

• "Zambia Police Foil Plot Against President Hichilema, Arrest Two Suspects - The Zambian Observer" https://zambianobserver.com/zambia-police-foil-plot-against-president-hichilema-arrest-two-suspects/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:22:42

• "Skoda cars were open to hackers: Could listen in on conversations" - "Skoda-biler var åbne for hackere: Kunne lytte med i samtaler | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:23:10

• "Skoda cars were open to hackers: Could listen in on conversations" - "Skoda-biler var åbne for hackere: Kunne lytte med i samtaler | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/artikel/skoda-biler-var-aabne-hackere-kunne-lytte-med-i-samtaler    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:23:26

• Seems like a Microsoft proxy https://investors.vincit.com/files/documents/Vincit%20clarifies%20its%20strategy%20and%20updates%20financial%20targets%20for%202025-2027%20(1).pdf    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:48:22

• "Conservation" ☛ https://therevelator.org/this-year-conservation-science-2024/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 10:54:40

• TikTok is a weapon, but some people don't want to understand this; TikTok is an attack on Free Speech ☛ https://fair.org/home/yanni-chen-on-tiktok-ban-richard-mandel-on-youth-and-crime/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 11:10:08

• "Play Down Washington’s Role" ☛ https://fair.org/home/as-pakistan-murders-protesters-leading-papers-play-down-washingtons-role/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 11:10:19

• "The Public Interest Registry (PIR), for example, which oversees the .org gTLD, previously denied requests to take action against The Pirate Bay." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/eu-and-nl-domain-registries-take-down-piracy-linked-domains-241220/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 11:14:48

• "This sounds kind of obscure, so let’s cut through the legalese. Lots of developers build software designed to interoperate with preexisting works." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/ninth-circuit-gets-it-interoperability-isnt-automatic-first-step-liability | Source: EFF    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 11:14:52

• "Republic/OpenDeal was evidently uninterested in doing so" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/19/universal-music-republic-settlement/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 11:16:28

• "Twenty years after the devastating tsunami that hit the Indonesian island of Sumatra" ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/revisited/20241220-indonesia-twenty-years-after-tsunami-aceh-province-ruled-by-sharia-law | Source: France24    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 11:16:41

• "The dispute between Arm and Qualcomm centered on what royalty rate Qualcomm should pay for each chip." ☛ https://www.reuters.com/legal/us-jury-deadlocked-arm-trial-against-qualcomm-still-deliberating-2024-12-20/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 11:17:21

• "It’s the sort of dispute that happens all the time in the tech industry, a sector built on patents and cross-licensing of IP." ☛ https://www.computerworld.com/article/3629812/arms-high-stakes-licensing-suit-against-qualcomm-ends-in-mistrial-but-qualcomm-prevails-in-key-areas.html | Source: Computer World    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 11:19:01

• "The projection surfaced while Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon was testifying to a jury in Delaware federal court about his firm's rationale for purchasing Nuvia for $1.4 billion in 2021." ☛ https://www.reuters.com/legal/qualcomm-saw-nuvia-buy-chance-save-14-billion-year-arm-fees-ceo-tells-jury-2024-12-18/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 11:19:16

• "Qualcomm CEO Christiano Amon told the company board that purchasing Nuvia outright would save it as much as $1.4 billion per year in payments to Arm." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/qualcomm-ceo-expected-to-save-usd1-4-billion-in-arm-royalties-by-purchasing-nuvia-assumed-snapdragon-x-chips-would-be-a-massive-hit | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 11:26:59

• "Arm had contested that claim, demanding Qualcomm pay a higher licensing fee under a bilateral agreement between the two chipmakers, rather than the lower fee in Arm's agreement with Nuvia." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2261356.html | Source: RTL    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 11:27:21

• "The Justice Department and several states sued Google in 2020, accusing it of illegally protecting its monopoly over internet search and search advertising." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/technology/google-antitrust-case-chrome.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 11:28:06

• "IPv4 offers around 4 billion distinct values, represented by a 32-bit address field. This means 4,294,967,296 distinct values." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2024/12/20/visualizing-the-scale-differences-of-ipv4-and-ipv6/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 11:28:41

• "The Cherokee Nation is investing $45 million to bring cell phone and broadband internet service to rural communities in Oklahoma Territory, impacting over 6,000 households. [...]" ☛ https://insidetowers.com/cherokee-nation-wants-15-new-cell-towers-in-18-months/ | Source: Inside Towers    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 11:28:52

• "A second appeals court has now said that Section 230 doesn’t protect Salesforce, the online software giant, from being held liable for sex trafficking, because Backpage… used Salesforce’s software." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/20/fifth-circuit-salesforce-cant-use-section-230-to-get-out-of-sex-trafficking-case-because-it-only-provided-crm-software-not-content-moderation/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 11:29:04

• "I’m genuinely happy to see that the IPv6 support has gotten better with Docker, and I hope that this short introduction helps those out there looking to do things the IPv6 way with containers." ☛ https://ounapuu.ee/posts/2024/12/20/docker-ipv6/ | Source: Herman Õunapuu    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 11:29:24

• "Largest Strike Against Amazon in US History" ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2024/12/20/teamsters-unions-launches-largest-strike-against-amazon-in-us-history/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 11:33:36

• "called an unfair labor practices strike" ☛ https://www.vox.com/amazon/392379/amazon-strike | Source: Vox    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 11:33:56

• "despite New York state outlawing the death penalty decades ago" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/outrage-mounts-saint-luigi-patron-saint-healthcare-justice-may-face-death-penalty-1729720 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 11:34:27

• "Theoretically, it’s a win. Cops will spend less time bogged down in paperwork and more time patrolling the streets." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/20/aclu-points-out-more-problems-with-ai-generated-police-reports/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 11:35:03

• "For its part, CUPW called the board's order a "clear violation" of members' rights, and plans to challenge it at the board and in court." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/cupw-local-548-president-after-strike-1.7414221 | Source: CBC    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 11:35:39

• "Dang is also the local Communist Party secretary, the institute said." ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/tibet/2024/12/19/video-tibetan-student-abused-by-chinese-principal/ | Source: RFA    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 11:36:05

• "A 19-year-old Lao girl who was forced to work at a Chinese-run online scam center in Myanmar for two years is safe at a rehabilitation facility for human trafficking victims in Thailand" ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/laos/2024/12/20/laos-scam-victim-confirm/ | Source: RFA    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 11:36:44

• "The drivers on strike are protesting not just for better working conditions and pay, but also for Amazon to recognize them as company employees." ☛ https://edition.cnn.com/2024/12/20/business/why-amazon-drivers-are-on-strike/index.html | Source: CNN    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 11:36:58

• "Indian journalist who exposed corruption targeted with online smear campaign" ☛ https://cpj.org/2024/12/indian-journalist-who-exposed-corruption-targeted-with-online-smear-campaign/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 11:40:49

• "The journalists were killed in a suspected Turkish drone attack on their vehicle on the road between Tishreen Dam and the town of Sarrin, in northeastern Aleppo" ☛ https://cpj.org/2024/12/2-kurdish-journalists-killed-in-suspected-turkish-drone-attack-in-northern-syria/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 11:41:08

• "Once there, Milanov said he was asked to leave his phone and personal belongings behind during a check." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/after-a-police-stop-in-serbia-journalist-finds-spyware-on-phone-/7907624.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 11:41:33

• "The EU has now ruled that Yle's funding is entirely in line with EU rules on state support for businesses, and has not required any changes to Finnish law." ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20132922?origin=rss | Source: YLE    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 11:42:12

• "A journalists' association said Friday two reporters working for Kurdish media outlets have been killed in clashes between Syrian Kurdish militia and Turkish-backed fighters in northern Syria." ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/syria-ap-recep-tayyip-erdogan-turkish-kurdish-b2667906.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 12:13:06

• "Police detained at least 39 people, including politicians and 10 journalists, during protests in the Kurdish-majority city of Van following the killing of two Kurdish journalists in a drone strike targeting a vehicle in Syria yesterday." ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/dozens-detained-amid-protests-over-kurdish-journalists-killed-in-drone-reported-turkish-strike-302899 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 12:17:32

• "Bilgin was a reporter for ANHA, based in the Kurdish-controlled northeastern Syria, and Dastan was a freelance journlist contributing to the Fırat News Agency (ANF), a pro-PKK outlet." ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/two-kurdish-journalists-killed-in-drone-strike-in-northern-syria-302868 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 12:18:15

• "One simple fact that’s been clear to me ever since I worked (as a designer in the promotions department) at The Philadelphia Inquirer in the late 1990s" ☛ https://daringfireball.net/2024/12/journalism_requires_owners_committed_to_the_cause | Source: John Gruber    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 12:19:06

• "Journalism films give me the ick. They have an unsettled quality, a squelch of the fake. That’s because hacks make unnatural heroes: when the storyteller becomes the story, it tends to be at someone else’s expense." ☛ https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/film/2024/12/journalism-films-give-me-the-ick | Source: New Statesman    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 12:19:31

• "In the days that followed, however, the uproar snowballed into a legal disaster and PR crisis for Ivleeva." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/21/one-year-later-many-of-the-russian-elites-canceled-over-the-almost-naked-party-have-either-lost-their-careers-or-embraced-putin | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 12:20:11

• "Georgian NGOs began appearing on the "foreign agent" registry in October, raising concerns about their ability to operate freely." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/georgia-foreign-agents-amendment-pressure/33247107.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 12:20:32

• "The Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights, Michael O’Flaherty, urged the members of the Italian Senate not to adopt Bill 1236 on public security on Friday." ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/12/italy-public-security-bill-violates-free-speech-and-protest-rights-coe-human-rights-commissioner/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 12:21:17

• "We’ve been warning for years that the UK’s Online Safety Act would be a disaster for the open internet." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/20/death-of-a-forum-how-the-uks-online-safety-act-is-killing-communities/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 12:22:37

• "They found that even users who choose to consume extremist content from one ideology — such as antigovernment conspiracies or election disinformation" ☛ https://therecord.media/telegram-algorithm-promotes-extremist-content-researchers-say | Source: The Record    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 12:23:34

• "That puts even more pressure on you as a news consumer to discern what and who you can trust for reliable, actionable information." ☛ https://www.axios.com/2024/12/20/government-shutdown-media-vs-reporting-musk | Source: Axios    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 12:24:12

• "The X owner, an unelected figure, not only used his outsize influence on the platform to help sway Congress" ☛ https://www.theage.com.au/world/north-america/musk-helped-kill-a-bill-but-much-of-what-he-spread-was-misinformation-20241221-p5l04c.html | Source: The Age AU    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 12:46:01

• "The billionaire went on a posting spree on X (formerly Twitter) and amplified misinformation about the 1,500-page bill — as did his nongovernmental commission" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/house-passes-bill-avoid-government-shutdown-musk-trump-meddling-1235214163/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 12:46:16

• "To deflect from Kirillov's role in directing illegal chemical weapons attacks in Ukraine, Moscow is accusing others of taking actions it has undertaken itself." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/moscow-leverages-killing-of-russian-general-to-spread-conspiracy-theories-/7909064.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 12:46:33

• "In ten of the cases mentioned, readers said that the Migration Agency had ended up admitting that the information given out had been wrong or misleading." ☛ https://www.thelocal.se/20241220/how-often-does-swedens-migration-agency-give-out-false-information | Source: The Local SE    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 12:47:23

• "In August last year, the Tories expanded the duty discount for lower-strength beers from 2.8pc ABV up to 3.4pc ABV." ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/consumer-affairs/why-pint-beer-alcohol-content-getting-weaker/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 12:48:07

• "The device, which allows off-the-grid communication, ran afoul of the Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act of 1933, a law enacted long before the advent of modern satellite technology." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/canadian-arrested-india-after-officials-find-item-deemed-illegal-under-controversial-1933-law-1729662 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 12:50:37

• "The health records overhaul project, launched by President Donald Trump in 2017, was designed to bring veterans’ health records in line with military files for the first time." ☛ https://www.airforcetimes.com/veterans/2024/12/20/va-to-resume-new-electronic-health-record-rollout-in-mid-2026/ | Source: Air Force Times    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 12:50:49

• "Swiss technology firm SoftwareOne said on Thursday it had agreed to buy Crayon Group in a stock and cash deal which values its Norwegian competitor at $1.4 billion." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/softwareone-to-buy-norways-crayon-in-1-4-billion-microsoft-focused-takeover/articleshow/116496706.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 12:51:46

• "However, we must pay attention to what President-Elect Trump speaks on that day, even if by transcript and video later." ☛ https://www.axios.com/2024/12/20/trump-inauguration-mlk-day-bernice-king | Source: Axios    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 12:52:06

• "In the previous chapter, we used data from the General Social Survey (GSS) to plot changes in political alignment over time." ☛ https://www.allendowney.com/blog/2024/12/20/political-alignment-and-outlook/ | Source: Allen Downey    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 12:52:34

• "The big picture: The X owner has used his social media platform to promote his own ideologies. Since gaining more influence in the incoming Trump administration, the billionaire CEO appears to be exercising that power over politics in the U.S. and abroad." ☛ https://www.axios.com/2024/12/20/musk-germany-afd-party | Source: Axios    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 12:52:54

• "Analysis revealed that Southern right whales, once thought to live only 70 to 80 years" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2024-12-reveals-whales-years.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 12:53:40

• "Critics also complain that the buzz of helicopters drowns out the sounds of nature" ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/arizona-ap-hawaii-volcanoes-national-park-national-park-service-navajo-nation-b2668264.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 12:56:28

• "Zambia is a nation blessed with immense mineral wealth." ☛ https://www.lusakatimes.com/2024/12/20/middlemen-again-zambias-betrayal-of-its-copper-potential/ | Source: Lusaka ZM    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 12:56:42

• "racing to advance the initiative in an executive order" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2024/12/19/ai-data-centers-climate-biden/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 12:56:57

• "To fix climate change" ☛ https://idiomdrottning.org/regulate | Source: Idiomdrottning    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 12:57:15

• "But they are still debating what might have contributed to this particularly exceptional heat surge." ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/even-nasa-cant-explain-the-alarming-surge-in-global-heat-were-seeing | Source: Science Alert    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 12:57:25

• "Sara was murdered at her home in Woking, Surrey, in August last year and her father, Urfan Sharif" ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/media-wins-right-to-challenge-sara-sharif-judges-anonymity-order/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 12:58:26

• "that decision is being challenged by media organisations including The Telegraph" ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/12/20/judge-identities-sharif-family-court-proceedings-secret/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 12:58:59

• "Imagine if Henry Ford had been Herbert Hoover's closest advisor in 1931" ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2024/12/elon-musk-boosting-german-fascists-what-could-possibly-go-wrong/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:06:40

• "60 Minutes" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2024/12/19/first-look-60-minutes-reveals-mossads-pager-secrets | Source: Axios    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:07:08

• "With his cyber skills, that made him exactly the sort of candidate the Marines were seeking for the MCTAP." ☛ https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-military/2024/12/20/recruit-to-gunny-1st-marine-graduates-from-talent-acquisition-program/ | Source: USMC    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:08:03

• "Security video captured a vehicle pull up to the school" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/bais-chaya-mushka-gunshots-toronto-1.7416067 | Source: CBC    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:08:27

• "Just like their Silicon Valley counterparts, some Canadian tech billionaires are trying" ☛ https://breachmedia.ca/canada-far-right-tech-billionaires-pierre-poilievre/ | Source: Breach Media    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:09:54

• "On December 16, 1944, more than 200,000 German soldiers launched a surprise attack" ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/veterans-commemorate-the-80th-anniversary-of-the-battle-of-the-bulge-hitlers-last-major-attack-on-the-western-front-180985709/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:10:48

• "More than half of the continent’s total deaths from IS violence — 1 115" ☛ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/african-news/majority-of-islamic-state-group-attacks-target-african-countries/ | Source: Defence Web    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:10:57

• "The telecom cables – one linking Finland and Germany, the other connecting Sweden to Lithuania" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/swedish-police-board-chinese-ship-to-observe-cables-probe/a-71108380 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:11:41

• "realpolitik" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2024/12/20/clinical-trial-by-ordeal/#spoiled-his-brand-new-rattle | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:12:02

• "Because, quite frankly, you can’t do it in a vacuum" ☛ https://thehill.com/homenews/house/5050395-elon-musk-impacts-congress/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:12:13

• "just used his political influence to shut down a bipartisan deal" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2024/12/trump-musk-republicans-billionaire-rule/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:12:50

• "Who's really in control? The President of the United States — or his most outspoken financial backer?" ☛ https://futurism.com/trump-orders-elon-musk | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:13:14

• "an additional $44bn for control over X, nee Twitter" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2024/dec/20/elon-musk-is-becoming-a-one-man-rogue-state-its-time-we-reined-him-in | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:13:25

• The site owned by an AfD nazis booster ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2024/12/elon-musk-x-congress-shutown/681120/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:13:35

• "But with a Friday deadline looming, the bill, known as a continuing resolution" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/elon-musk-shut-down-government | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:14:09

• "The Electoral College’s count Tuesday confirms that Trump fell dramatically short of a “massive mandate.”" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/three-battleground-states-defeated-trump/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:14:20

• "Why are the Republicans so desperate to claim they secured a “landslide” when the results reveal that this was one of the closest presidential elections of the post–World War II era?" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-no-mandate/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:14:37

• "hasn’t even taken office" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/political-commentary/elon-musk-vivek-trump-tax-cuts-social-security-medicare-1235212608/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:14:48

• "Russia's Spiritual Administration of Muslims (DUM)" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-islam-polygamy-muslim-men/33246937.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:15:10

• "Grant is actively seeking out blatant snake-oil salesmen" ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2024/12/20/australias-under-16-social-media-ban-to-use-hand-waving-to-verify-ages-with-ai/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:18:39

• "vehicles that have wireless connectivity" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/technology/connected-cars-roads-data.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:19:08

• "Driven by the need to update Australia’s Privacy Act (1998)" ☛ https://itwire.com/guest-articles/guest-opinion/privacy-has-entered-the-chat.html | Source: IT Wire    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:21:02

• "The precedent-setting ruling from a Northern California federal judge could lead to massive damages" ☛ https://therecord.media/judge-rules-nso-group-liable-for-hack-of-1400-whatsapp-users | Source: The Record    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:21:10

• "District Judge Phyllis Hamilton granted WhatsApp’s motion for summary judgment" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/12/20/whatsapp-meta-nso-pegasus-hacking-spyware/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:21:48

• "WhatsApp originally filed the suit in 2019" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/20/24326342/meta-whatsapp-nso-group-pegasus-spyware-hack-liable | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:21:55

• "Pornhub will no longer be available in Florida" ☛ https://www.tmz.com/2024/12/20/maitland-ward-praises-pornhub-florida-age-verification-law/ | Source: TMZ    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:22:31

• "The Senate bill, the Auto Data Privacy and Autonomy Act" ☛ https://therecord.media/bipartisan-bills-car-owner-privacy-introduced-house-senate | Source: The Record    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:22:41

• [Old] "The proposed specification for OBD III lakes this notification process a step further." ☛ https://www.hotrod.com/features/obd-iii-the-proposed-future-of-on-board-biagnostics-982-1639-22-1/ |    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:22:53

• "So, what does Flusche recommend you do if you find a GPS tracker on your vehicle?" ☛ https://boingboing.net/2024/12/19/found-a-police-gps-tracker-on-your-car-heres-what-happened-to-four-people-who-removed-them.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:23:06

• Graber: LXC/LXCFS/Incus 6.0.3 LTS release ☞ https://stgraber.org/2024/12/20/lxc-lxcfs-incus-6-0-3-lts-release/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:24:37

• Security updates for Friday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1003019/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:27:01

• "Designed as a standalone GUI, the software package offers a lightweight, intuitive alternative to traditional tools like YaST" ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2024/12/20/new-pkg-mgmt-tool-debuts/ | Source: OpenSUSE    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:28:18

• Windows TCO: "This data encompasses identity numbers, salary details" ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20133008 | Source: YLE    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:43:54

• Windows TCO: "U.S. authorities had already developed significant independent evidence" ☛ https://therecord.media/us-unseals-lockbit-complaint-israel | Source: The Record    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:44:07

• Windows TCO: "The incident occurred on November 29" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/ransomware-group-claims-theft-of-personal-financial-data-from-krispy-kreme/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:45:30

• Windows TCO: "As outlined in the complaint, Panev is accused of working as a developer for LockBit" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/20/24326156/us-lockbit-ransomware-developer-charges | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:45:52

• Windows TCO: "Lockbit and its malware were linked to attacks on more than 2,500 victims in at least 120 countries" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/us-charges-russian-israeli-dual-national-tied-to-lockbit-ransomware-group/7909115.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:46:16

• Windows TCO: "Everything from records of tests received to credit card information, Social Security numbers" ☛ https://therecord.media/nearly-six-million-affected-ransomware | Source: The Record    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:46:28

• "it's time to conclude this funny article." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/linux-itunes.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:48:34

• "ZFS is a rethinking of the traditional storage stack. The basic unit of storage in ZFS is the pool and from it, we obtain datasets that can be either mountpoints (a mountable filesystem) or block devices." ☛ https://openzfs.org/wiki/System_Administration |    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:49:00

• "HTML generally doesn't have an error state, at least not one akin to what would happen if writing something like invalid JavaScript." ☛ https://htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/2024/20/ | Source: Markup from Hell    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:49:26

• "This got me thinking: how can I make my blog images bigger so they are easier to read?" ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2024/12/19/image-size/ | Source: James G    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:49:53

• "A shareable link is a link to a web resource that you can share with others." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2024/12/20/shareable-links/ | Source: James G    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:50:13

• "Tables of contents provide an overview of the contents of a document. Tables of contents can help a reader evaluate whether a page contains the information for which they are looking." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2024/12/19/advent-of-patterns-tables-of-contents/ | Source: James G    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:50:34

• "Every so often we change or augment some standard piece of software or standard part of the system to do something special under specific circumstances." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/LoggingForLocalModifications | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:51:07

• "One of the bits of recent TLS news is that Let's Encrypt is going to start offering 6-day TLS certificates." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/TLSCertsNeedForGracefulRollovers | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:51:15

• "Linux has become a cornerstone of modern networking, powering everything from personal computers to enterprise servers, firewalls, and network-attached storage (NAS) devices." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/12/a-comprehensive-guide-to-computer-networking-in-linux-commands-tools-and-best-practices/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:52:16

• How To Install Kitty Terminal Emulator on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-kitty-terminal-emulator-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:53:34

• How To Install Midnight Commander on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-midnight-commander-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:53:52

• Digging into the Fast Sketch Cleanup Plugin for Krita ☞ https://krita.org/en/posts/2024/fast_sketch_background/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:54:23

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

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:54:48

• How To Install EPEL Repository on CentOS Stream 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-epel-repository-centos-stream-10/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:55:14

• "If you’re looking to start a Next.js project on your Ubuntu-based systems" ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/install-next-js-ubuntu/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:55:50

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

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:56:09

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

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 13:56:25

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

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 14:04:37

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

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 14:05:11

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

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 14:05:23

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

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 14:07:39

• openSUSE Unveils YQPkg, a Standalone GUI Package Management Tool ☞ https://linuxiac.com/opensuse-unveils-yqpkg-package-management-tool/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 14:11:44

• Adrien Plazas: A systemd-sysupdate Plugin for GNOME Software ☞ https://adrienplazas.com/blog/2024/12/20/a-systemd-sysupdate-plugin-for-gnome-software.html    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 14:12:36

• when does systemd do its own Microsoft microkernel?    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 14:13:02

• And why is reinevtnion of the wheel considered innovation? Because it's monolithic? That's a DOWNside.    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 14:13:44

• Microsoft: "Upgrade" to Vista 11 Today, We'll Brick Your Audio and You Cannot Prevent This ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/20/Microsoft_Upgrade_to_Vista_11_Today_We_ll_Brick_Your_Audio_and_.shtml    

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

• LLM Slop Disguised as Journalism: The Latest Threat to the Web ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/20/LLM_Slop_Disguised_as_Journalism_The_Latest_Threat_to_the_Web.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 14:14:51

• Another Terrible Month for Abusive Monopolist Microsoft in Web Servers ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/20/Another_Terrible_Month_for_Microsoft_in_Web_Servers.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 14:15:05

• Rockchip RK3588 mainline GNU/Linux support – Current status and future work for 2025 ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/12/21/rockchip-rk3588-mainline-linux-support-current-status-and-future-work-for-2025/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 14:15:39

• Progress and Future Plans for Upstream Support of Rockchip RK3588 ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/progress-and-future-plans-for-upstream-support-of-rockchip-rk3588/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 14:16:18

• When World Collides : the new and improved Pepper&Carrot website ☞ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1056/when-world-collides-the-new-and-improved-peppercarrot-website    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 14:17:00

• New LabPlot User Documentation ☞ https://labplot.org/2024/12/20/new-labplot-user-documentation/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 14:17:41

• Deploy your smart meeting room management system with Arduino GIGA ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2024/12/19/deploy-your-smart-meeting-room-management-system-with-arduino-giga/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 14:18:45

• Plasma System Monitor – monitoring tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/plasma-system-monitor-monitoring-tool/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 14:19:11

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 14:19:32

• spin   

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 14:19:38

• DeLinuxCo Workstation – Manjaro spin ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/delinuxco-workstation-manjaro-spin/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 14:19:43

• LibreOffice Themes will replace the color customization ☞ https://design.blog.documentfoundation.org/2024/12/20/libreoffice-themes-will-replace-the-color-customization/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 14:20:29

• NGINX vs Apache; Web Server Comparison ☞ https://linuxhint.com/nginx-vs-apache-web-server-comparison/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 14:21:02

• There's an Abundance of Articles About the New Release of Kali Linux, But This One is a Fake ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/19/There_s_an_Abundance_of_Articles_About_the_New_Release_of_Kali_.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 14:21:40

• 'Dark Patterns' or a Trap at the European Patent Office (EPO) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/19/Dark_Patterns_or_a_Trap_at_the_European_Patent_Office_EPO.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 14:22:24

• $2,000 for Eric Zautner entity, Peregrine Data, automotive patent monopoly prior art ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2024/12/20/2000-for-eric-zautner-entity-peregrine-data-automotive-patent-prior-art    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 14:41:29

• DKR Consulting e-commerce patent monopoly found invalid ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2024/12/20/dkr-consulting-e-commerce-patent-found-invalid    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 14:41:41

• e-Beacon location detection patent monopoly challenged ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2024/12/20/e-beacon-location-detection-patent-challenged    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 14:41:57

• "Understanding the challenges facing people living with a visual impairment, maker and developer Md. Khairul Alam has sought to create an inexpensive" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/third-eye-assistive-vision-the-magpi-149/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 14:55:37

• The Time Zone Database Package (tzdata) review for 2024 ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2024/12/20/time-zone-database-package-tzdata-review-2024    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 14:56:55

• Top 10 edge blog posts of 2024 ☞ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/top-10-edge-articles-2024    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 14:57:23

• Our top application development articles of 2024 ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2024/12/20/our-top-application-development-articles-2024    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 14:58:57

• "OpenShift Virtualization lets you migrate your existing virtual machine (VM)-based workloads to Red Hat OpenShift, helping to streamline operations on a modern platform." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/whats-new-openshift-virtualization-417 | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:00:03

• "Creating a “golden image” of an operating system is a common practice when deploying a new system to any environment." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/top-10-linux-articles-2024 | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:00:18

• FSF fund-raiser: 212k now. As seen at top of https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:13:14

• Gulagboy appears to have hit a cycle of illness-depression-illness. Abusing and defaming people is a recipe for personal tragedy.    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:15:17

• So defaming FSF people will generally get hard and also legally risky (there are papers in the UK High Court naming at least 3 FSF Board members/FS people, as examples of people abused online), as shall become apparent one day    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:16:46

• So thanks to Techrights, Gulagboy already needs to be super-careful with his online conduct    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:17:23

• Also to avoid restraining orders and injunctions in case his abuses carry on    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:18:03

• Today, exactly 3.5 months since this http://techrights.org/n/2024/09/06/Why_We_Are_Suing_Matthew_J_Garrett_for_Harassment_and_Why_It_s_.shtml , Gulagboy has failed to file a Defence. Stalling, delaying, making excuses like a spoiled kid.    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:19:31

• Because some people simply cannot accept the idea they do something illegal, they always see them (themselves) as the victims. Apparently adding "SJW" on your name makes you immune to criticism AND always the victim.    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:20:44

• In the legal system, however, putting "SJW" flair next to the name does not win you legal battles like social control media with "warrior" editors (moderators who love banning critics of rich people and big corporations)    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:21:50

• This is why Techrights is winning this and Gulagboy is now retreating to Microsoft for "HELP!"    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:22:34

• And of course he still reads everything in IRC (and makes this known). Talking in IRC, however, would be way too risky for him. He just hides behind Mustafa and sends threatening letters every now and then. Not worth the paper it's typed on.    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:24:19

• tuxmachines   

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:25:00

• tuxmachines's (Rianne's) take on this http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/09/06/Why_Suing_Matthew_J_Garrett_After_Abusing_and_Harassing_My_Husb.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:25:12

• 3.5 months passed. Still no Defence filed by him. He MUST file one.    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:25:34

• Else, contempt of court in a country _he does not even live in_ (but is happy to exploit to harass Microsoft critics)    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:26:25

• Then again, in the UK Microsoft treats corruption like an accomplishing, nothing at all to be shamed of http://techrights.org/n/2024/10/22/Microsoft_Waters_Down_Articles_About_Its_Corruption_in_the_UK.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:27:54

• What Matt does not say is that this legal terrorism is funded by a Microsoft proxy (with long history and Microsoft "assets" inside it). It almost looks like Microsoft is provoking and attacking WordPress, but it's complicated to prove definitively. https://wordpress.org/news/2024/12/holiday-break/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:29:53

• Microsoft has almost no viable products (that sell for actual profit) left, certainly not in the server space https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/20/Another_Terrible_Month_for_Microsoft_in_Web_Servers.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:30:42

• So Microsoft's strategy is now: vandalise, infiltrate, harass and terrorise the competition. Basically. http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/07/Dictatorship_Formalised_Python_Software_Foundation_Violates_Its.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/08/When_Python_is_Basically_Run_by_a_Microsoft_Friendly_Mole_Who_O.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/12/Explaining_What_Deb_Nicholson_Does_to_the_Python_Software_Found.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:31:51

• Watch out for Microsoft. It's a snake. It also hired snakes and criminals. It uses them as mules/hecnhmen/golems/minions, sometimes without them even realising it, criticism certainly not permitted http://techrights.org/o/2023/04/16/joseph-cantrell-censored-by-microsoft/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:34:46

• The thugs and savages at Microsoft love the CoC. Microsoft and CoCs ensure the well-connected savaged are protected from mere judgment/criticism, not just actionable accountability.    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:38:10

• "The hype is fading, and people are asking what generative artificial intelligence is really good for. So far, no one has a decent answer." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/generative-ai-will-need-to-prove-its-usefulness/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:43:51

• "After its controversial pivot to AI earlier this year, the Washington Post's CEO is now turning off editorial candidates by asking them how they would use the technology to run the newspaper." ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/wapo-candidates-ai | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:44:07

• "Well, you can now add "AI chatbot imitators" to that list of modern bonafides. As Forbes reports, over a dozen AI personalities based on Mangione have already popped up on Character.AI" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/ai-versions-luigi-mangione | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:44:48

• "A London restaurant found itself under siege by an 'AI mafia' gang that bombarded it with fake negative reviews, demanding £10,000 to stop the attack." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/ai-mafia-demands-10k-after-attacking-london-eatery-fake-reviews-tanking-their-google-rating-1729695 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:45:04

• "Apple's AI kerfuffle, which generated a false summary as "Luigi Mangione shoots himself," is further evidence that artificial intelligence cannot reliably produce information for the public." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/20/apple_ai_headline_summaries/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:45:38

• "It's all a bit alarming for the users affected and is undoubtedly cluttering up the help desk of affected enterprises." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/20/microsoft_office_activation_issue/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:45:51

• "Why does ChatGPT refuse to say the name Jonathan Zittrain?" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2024/12/chatgpt-wont-say-this-name/681129/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:46:24

• "In my review of Norton Safe Search, I identified two flaws with the Norton Safe Web ratings that appeared next to results." ☛ https://thenewleafjournal.com/our-safe-norton-safeweb-rating/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:46:45

• "The move has angered patients and doctors, who say thousands of Afghan patients will be impacted by the ban" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-taliban-organ-transplant-ban/33244623.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:48:48

• "The ISS received two resupply flights in November, ensuring that the crew members have sufficient food, water, clothing, and oxygen." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/boeing-starliner-astronauts-stranded-until-march-nasa/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:49:10

• "Our big pizza oven has been down for three weeks now" ☛ https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2024/12/20.html | Source: DNA Lounge    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:50:23

• "We got in stock dual band WiFi antenna ANTENNA-WIFI-BT-2.4G-5G-U.FL which can be used with Espressif" ☛ https://olimex.wordpress.com/2024/12/20/dual-band-2-4g-and-5g-external-antenna-with-uf-l-connector-now-is-available-at-olimex-com/ | Source: Olimex    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:51:03

• "The problem here is that video production and podcasting are very different skills from writing and most of it is done badly." ☛ https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/notes/2024/interim-3/ | Source: Baldur Bjarnason    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:51:35

• iophk: so many intentionally misunderstand the nature of plausible sentence generators and use their output to try to trick investors into thinking that something more lies down the same path    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:52:45

• "In this post, I focus on four of the trends talked about in the webinar that are most relevant to our industry and discuss the challenges and opportunities they might bring." ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/12/20/navigating-the-digital-frontier-how-emerging-tech-trends-are-shaping-scholarly-publishing/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:52:57

• "Though most of the 17 schools named in the suit have since settled for hundreds of millions of dollars, as the New York Times reports, the remaining universities are targeted by a new filing." ☛ https://futurism.com/lawsuit-admissions-wealthy-students | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:53:36

• "dream of AI" [sic] ☛ https://criticaledtech.com/2024/12/21/the-dream-of-ai-doing-away-with-school-altogether/ | Source: Neil Selwyn    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:54:20

• "The immigration landscape is likely to change under the new presidential administration." ☛ https://thehill.com/homenews/education/5051033-universities-international-students-campus-trump-inauguration/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:54:36

• "Earlier this month, Google announced a brand-new quantum chip dubbed Willow." ☛ https://futurism.com/quantum-computer-crack-bitcoin-research-finds | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:55:49

• "In March, Moghbeli completed her first space mission, commanding NASA’s SpaceX Crew-7 aboard the International Space Station." ☛ https://www.dvidshub.net/news/487743/marine-corps-lessons-orbit-cobra-pilots-astronaut-journey |    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:56:01

• "At just over six months, I’m pretty sure it was the shortest of my deployments" ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-astronaut-space-station/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:56:19

• "I’m suffering a little on writing in English. And it is not for the English, which I enjoy, but for the slowing of my communication." ☛ https://mzll.it/2024/12/facedont-read-myself/ | Source: Luigi Mozzillo    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:56:49

• "Barry’s right. There are essayists, some of whom write amazing essays for their blog, and I greatly appreciate reading them. But that’s not me." ☛ https://justinvollmer.com/posts/2024/12/youre-a-blogger-not-an-essayist/ | Source: Justin Vollmer    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:57:06

• "Ahead of the holidays, U.K. pubs are running out of Guinness" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/12/20/guinness-beer-shortage-uk-pubs/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:57:50

• "Connection between people requires time and care and a bit of vulnerability." ☛ https://anniemueller.com/posts/asking-too-much-of-the-fediverse | Source: Annie Mueller    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:58:26

• "I did it again! I managed to publish 100 blog posts in the span of a year!" ☛ https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/another-100-days-to-offload/ | Source: Joel Chrono    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:58:57

• "This is the 69th edition of People and Blogs, the series where I ask interesting people to talk about themselves and their blogs." ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/pb-zinzy | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 15:59:12

• Windows down to 60%? Or....? https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/belgium/#monthly-200902-202412    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 16:38:09

• 🔤SpellBinding: ADENUWV Wordo: SWISH gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2024-12-21.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 17:13:26

• We need to talk about this web dying business gemini://hanzbrix.pollux.casa/gemlog/20241221.gmi "I've read a couple of entries and a Station post on this, and here is the latest gemlog." gemini://hanzbrix.pollux.casa/gemlog/20241221.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 17:14:06

• sucker Punch! gopher://baud.baby:70/0/phlog/fs20241221.txt    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 17:16:18

• "This blog post is about the project Pi-hole, a libre software suite to monitor and filter DNS requests over a local network." gopher://dataswamp.org:70/1/~solene/article-pi-hole    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 17:17:36

• "It was for at least three years that I could no longer project myself into other people's minds." gemini://wanderingsta.rs/projections/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 17:18:24

• "Nobody’s figured out how to make it easy for nontechnical or even semitechnical people to share their thoughts with only a select few chosen people without a central service handling authorization and permissions" gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/words/computing/internet/centralization-incentives/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 17:19:41

• Nope, it's NOT that is wasn't easy; it's the schools and mainstream media that simply refused to help people try these...    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 17:20:16

• Almost everyone who can do Gemini and GemText can also do HTML/CSS. Why can't schools teach people how to use Gem stuff?    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 17:22:02

• "Hey barkeep, could I please have some mint tee? I feel bone-tired, as common for me in December. Must be a combination of the weather and the final rush for the end of year celebrations. It always makes me a bit melodramatic. Expressing what I feel always makes me feel better. Can I?" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2423    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 17:22:16

• "the first five were not my jam, tho i did not think any were bad. the dub techno tracks on Stonecirclesampler's album held my interest more than the ambient but not enough for me to say i liked it." gemini://bogbody.smol.pub/music-2024-12-21    

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

• Advent of Code 2024, Day 8 gemini://dkalak.de/aoc/08.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 17:25:06

• I’m still the weird neighbor gemini://thatit.be/2024-12-06-15-27-47.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 17:26:26

• thanksgiving was almost carnivore gemini://thatit.be/2024-11-28-16-25-49.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 17:27:04

• "It’s extremely bad, and we’ve know about the problem for a long while." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/20/wyden-again-warns-that-ss7-telecom-flaw-lets-foreign-countries-broadly-spy-on-american-communications/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 17:31:06

• "As developers we spend a fair amount of time in the shell." ☛ https://thoughtbot.com/blog/optimize-your-shell-experience |    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 17:31:58

• "Anyway, here are the ones that were removed today." ☛ https://lmika.org/2024/12/20/the-cutting-room.html | Source: Leon Mika    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 17:42:29

• "GCC and Clang inline assembly is an interface between high and low level programming languages." ☛ https://nullprogram.com/blog/2024/12/20/ | Source: Chris Wellons    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 17:42:37

• "The source code of Threema’s new desktop app is now publicly accessible" ☛ https://threema.ch/en/blog/posts/threema-desktop-open-source | Source: Threema GmbH    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 17:44:18

• "The call for proposals for 2025.pgconf.dev has been extended to January 6, 2025" ☛ http://rhaas.blogspot.com/2024/12/2025pgconfdev-needs-your-submissions.html | Source: Robert Haas    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 17:45:06

• "A Roughtime Hackathon at IETF 121 led by Netnod’s Technical Consultant, Marcus Dansarie" ☛ https://labs.ripe.net/author/robert-allen/securing-time-for-any-device-results-from-the-roughtime-hackathon-at-ietf-121/ | Source: RIPE    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 17:45:18

• "WordPress is at a crossroads" ☛ https://joost.blog/wordpress-leadership/ | Source: Joost de Valk    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 17:46:36

• "from-the-ground-up redesign of the podcast website" ☛ https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/redesigning-one-of-my-websites | Source: Jeremy Cherfas    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 17:46:57

• "It is and remains such a no-brainer that today, WordPress powers nearly half of the [Internet]'s websites." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/20/opinion_column_wordpress/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 17:47:14

• Grml 2024.12 – codename Adventgrenze https://michael-prokop.at/blog/2024/12/20/grml-2024-12-codename-adventgrenze/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 17:50:06

• Raspberry Pi updated of blobs ☛ https://uplab.pro/2024/12/firmware-update-raspberry-pi-cm5-compute-module-5/ | Source: Ivan Kuleshov    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 17:52:55

• "The Fedora 41 version of Asahi Linux is out – the go-to Linux distro for Apple Silicon Macs" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/20/fedora_asahi_41_out/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 17:54:51

• "The FreeBSD Foundation proudly supports numerous initiatives aimed at advancing the FreeBSD operating system" ☛ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/freebsd-foundation-a-year-of-sponsored-development-in-2024/ | Source: FreeBSD    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 18:01:28

• "As such, it also supports an unusually broad range of platforms: not only does it run on x86, Arm and PowerPC" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/20/adelie_linux_1_beta_6/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 18:02:09

• "His company, Digital Research, was very successful for a while, proving that he correctly assessed" ☛ https://eerielinux.wordpress.com/2024/12/20/a-journey-into-the-8-bit-microcomputing-past-exploring-the-cp-m-operating-system-part-1/ | Source: Eerie Linux    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 18:02:42

• Solidarity with Ukraine ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/fs_24_6565    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 18:04:51

• Europe needs a coalition of the resolute ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/issue-brief/europe-needs-a-coalition-of-the-resolute/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 18:05:16

• The World This Year 2024: A look back at events ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-world-this-week/20241220-the-world-this-year-2024-a-look-back-at-events    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 18:06:30

• 'You need peace' to send EU troops to Ukraine: Belgian FM Quintin ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20241220-you-need-peace-to-send-eu-troops-to-ukraine-belgian-fm-quintin    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 18:06:53

• Erasmus programme, consumer protection, online safety: What the EU gets right ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20241220-erasmus-consumer-protection-online-safety-what-the-eu-gets-right    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 18:07:10

• Lithuanian PM says he feels ‘privilege and honour’ during first Kyiv visit ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2443951/lithuanian-pm-says-he-feels-privilege-and-honour-during-first-kyiv-visit    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 18:07:39

• Lithuanian cabinet visits Ukraine, to meet Zelensky, other leaders ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2443634/lithuanian-cabinet-visits-ukraine-to-meet-zelensky-other-leaders    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 18:08:00

• Ukraine military drops leaflets urging North Korean troops to surrender ☞ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2024/12/20/north-korea-ukraine-leaflets/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 18:56:27

• Why is Russia burning dead North Korean soldiers' faces in Ukraine? | RFA Insider #22 ☞ https://rfa.org/english/rfainsider/2024/12/20/north-korea-soldier-burn-faces-russia-ukraine-thich-minh-tue-yang-tengbo-china-vietnam-espionage/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 18:56:36

• Kyiv Hits Kursk After Massive Wave Of Deadly Russian Strikes On Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-strikes-kyiv-ukraine-/33246699.html    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 18:56:48

• GNU/Linux up to 3.5% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/latvia/#monthly-200902-202412    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:24:07

• Same in Lithuania. GNU/Linux up notably https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/lithuania/#monthly-200902-202412    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:25:57

• Mauritius: 68% Android https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/mauritius/#monthly-200902-202412    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:27:18

• 15 Countries Where Yandex is Already Seen to be Bigger Than Abusive Monopolist Microsoft (in Search) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/19/15_Countries_Where_Yandex_is_Already_Seen_to_be_Bigger_Than_Mic.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:27:27

• "The development of Russian identity" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/20/the-development-of-russian-identity | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:27:57

• "Trump to push for five percent NATO defense spending target but plans to keep arming Ukraine" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/20/trump-to-push-for-five-percent-nato-defense-spending-target-but-will-keep-arming-ukraine-ft | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:28:28

• "At least six dead after Ukrainian HIMARS attack on town in Kursk region, Russian authorities say" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/20/at-least-six-dead-after-ukrainian-himars-attack-on-town-in-kursk-region-russian-authorities-say | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:28:44

• Hungary shields Russian oligarchs with Latvia links from sanctions ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/20.12.2024-hungary-shields-russian-oligarchs-with-latvia-links-from-sanctions.a581111/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:29:17

• Windows TCO ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/lockbit-ransomware-developer-rostislav-panev-charges/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:30:06

• 'We cannot characterise what happened in Syria as Turkey's doing': Turkish FM Fidan ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/t%C3%AAte-%C3%A0-t%C3%AAte/20241220-we-cannot-characterise-what-happened-in-syria-as-turkey-s-doing-turkish-fm-fidan    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:30:44

• Lithuania delays ban on Russian-language driving tests until 2026 ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2444163/lithuania-delays-ban-on-russian-language-driving-tests-until-2026    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:31:00

• Lawmaker Shot Dead In Parliament Of Georgia's Breakaway Abkhazia ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/abkhazia-parliament-shooting-kharazia--golandzia-kvarchia-russia-bzhania-gunba/33245811.html "shooting at the de facto parliament in Georgia's Abkhazia"    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:34:31

• "embezzlement charges" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/20/head-of-company-responsible-for-border-defenses-in-russia-s-kursk-region-arrested-on-embezzlement-charges | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:35:15

• "Russian missile strike on Kyiv kills one" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/20/russian-missile-strike-on-kyiv-kills-one-leaves-homes-hospitals-and-schools-without-heat | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:36:32

• "Blame it on the Roma A human rights activist explains how discrimination and bigotry shape life in one of Russia’s most vulnerable communities" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/20/blame-it-on-the-roma | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:36:44

• "We have land to liberate, and every shell costs money" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/20/we-have-land-to-liberate-and-every-shell-costs-money-governor-of-russia-s-kursk-region-says-state-won-t-fully-compensate-residents-for-destroyed-property | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:36:59

• Armed Forces see efforts to accuse Lithuania of plotting coup in Belarus ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2444064/armed-forces-see-efforts-to-accuse-lithuania-of-plotting-coup-in-belarus    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:37:42

• Mozilla Privacy Blog: Mozilla Joins Amicus Brief Supporting Software Interoperability ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2024/12/20/mozilla-joins-amicus-brief-supporting-software-interoperability/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:38:28

• Mozilla backs Google, its sponsor    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:39:10

• Federal Judge Reportedly Prepares to Dismiss the Majority of Music Publishers’ Anthropic Lawsuit ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/20/anthropic-music-publishers-lawsuit-2/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:39:56

• "built around the ESP32-C6-MINI-1 module" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/6-80-lilygo-t7-c6-board-leverages-risc-v-single-core-processor-4mb-integrated-flash-memory/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:43:14

• Dennis Overbye on Retiring from The New York Times: A Solstice of the Soul ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/science/space/universe-overbye-retirement.html    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:43:31

• Shaffer in NewsMaxWorld: Science Belongs at Universities, National Laboratories – Not the UN ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/insight-impact/in-the-news/shaffer-in-newsmaxworld-science-belongs-at-universities-national-laboratories-not-the-un/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:43:54

• Drugs like Ozempic now make up 5% of prescriptions in the US ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/20/1109168/drugs-like-ozempic-now-make-up-5-of-prescriptions-in-the-us/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:44:49

• 'High Five' charity drive raises a million euros ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/20.12.2024-high-five-charity-drive-raises-a-million-euros.a581092/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:45:08

• The Unspeakable National Security Threat: Plasticwares as the New Industrial Standard ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/20/The_Unspeakable_National_Security_Threat_Plasticwares_as_the_Ne.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:45:39

• Microsoft's All-Time Lows in Macao and Hong Kong ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/20/Microsoft_s_All_Time_Lows_in_Macao_and_Hong_Kong.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:47:06

• [Meme] "It Was Like a Nuclear Winter" ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/20/Meme_It_Was_Like_a_Nuclear_Winter.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:47:18

• If You Know That Hey Hi (AI) is Hype, Then Stop Participating in It ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/20/If_You_Know_That_Hey_Hi_AI_is_Hype_Then_Stop_Participating_in_I.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:50:09

• IBM's Leadership Ruining Lives of People Who Thought Working for I.C.B.M. Would be OK ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/19/IBM_s_Leadership_Ruining_Lives_of_People_Who_Thought_Working_fo.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:50:29

• Yacht bosses dubbed 'Scrooge-like' for temporarily laying off staff    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:51:40

• The United States' Authorities Ought to Become Enforcers of the General Public License (GPL) for National Security's Sake ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/19/The_United_States_Authorities_Ought_to_Become_Enforcers_of_the_.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:53:03

• The Problem of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Security Problems is Abusive Monopolist Microsoft (the Solution is to Quit Microsoft) and "Salt Typhoon" Coverage Must Name CALEA Back Doors ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/19/The_Problem_of_Microsoft_Security_Problems_is_Microsoft_the_Sol.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:53:16

• A "Year of Efficiency" ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/19/A_Year_of_Efficiency.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:53:26

• Upstream support for Rockchip's RK3588: Progress and future plans ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/rockchip-rk3588-upstream-support-progress-future-plans.html    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:54:10

• Christian Hergert: December Projects ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/chergert/2024/12/20/december-projects/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:56:06

• Paris court issues heavy sentences in teacher Samuel Paty's beheading trial ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/france/20241220-paris-court-convicts-8-in-connection-with-beheading-of-teacher-samuel-paty    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:57:21

• Samuel Paty murder: Paris court to issue verdicts in beheaded teacher trial ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/france/20241220-samuel-paty-murder-paris-court-to-issue-verdicts-in-beheaded-teacher-trial    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:57:30

• If TikTok censoring people is "Free Speech", then why can't Hamas also be "Free Speech"? ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/news-briefs/pro-palestine-activists-file-lawsuit-against-umich-over-alleged-violations-of-free-speech/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:58:19

• French Court Convicts 8 People Tied to Events Leading to Teacher’s Beheading ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/world/europe/france-paty-beheading.html    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:58:33

• Law Requiring AM Radio in Every Vehicle Gets Tossed From Federal Funding Bill ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/20/law-requiring-am-radio-in-every-vehicle-gets-tossed/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 19:59:22

• Ten Years Later, a Political Exile Returns to a Syria in Transition ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000009877308/syria-democracy-activism.html    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:00:02

• Will Chrome get the same market share as Google search? 90%? https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share#monthly-200902-202412 how about Android? ChromeOS is being folded onto it...    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:05:17

• "Google's Fuchsia OS was one of the hardest hit by last week's layoffs. Fuchsia lost 16 percent of its employees, while the rest of Google cut 6 percent." - Arse Technically Pedophile (Conde Nast)    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:06:32

• A road to nowhere (but layoffs) https://9to5google.com/2023/07/25/google-abandons-assistant-speakers-fuchsia/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:07:48

• Software enshittification or freedom? It's not a hard choice! (by lxo) https://media.libreplanet.org/u/libreplanet/m/software-enshittification-or-freedom-it-s-not-a-hard-choice/ Google is very keen on enshittification, even of Linux (now with more DRM, Rust, etc)    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:08:50

• Poetry(-core), or the ultimate footgun ☞ https://blogs.gentoo.org/mgorny/2024/12/20/poetry-core-or-the-ultimate-footgun/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:10:37

• FUD!! Christmas "Gift" Delivered Through SSH, (Fri, Dec 20th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31538 see https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/21/Christmas_FUD_From_Microsoft_Smearing_SSH_When_the_Real_Issue_i.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:11:15

• PCLinuxOS Recent Updates ☞ https://www.pclinuxos.com/?p=5884    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:12:44

• AMD _SPAM_ for Microbell https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-Developer-Central-YouTube see https://techrights.org/n/2023/11/26/In_the_Phoronix_Universe_Single_Job_Openings_at_AMD_Are_News_Bu.shtml http://techrights.org/o/2022/02/03/techrights-statement-on-phoronix/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:13:43

• The Thrill Was Never There ☞ https://feed.tedium.co/link/15204/16925582/punk-rock-mba-youtube-quitting "A famous punk-music personality reveals he was in it for the money—a revelation that has upset fans. But to be fair, it was the algorithm that pushed him in that direction."    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:15:55

• 5 Ways to Convert .ipynb Files to PDF ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/convert-ipynb-pdf/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:16:32

• DXVK 2.5.2 Improves backdoored Windows Gaming Experience ☞ https://linuxiac.com/dxvk-2-5-2-improves-windows-gaming-experience/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:17:35

• Two special Amiga 4000s: More Jops Repairs ☞ https://linuxjedi.co.uk/two-special-amiga-4000s-more-jops-repairs/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:18:33

• Xfce 4.20 Desktop Environment Landed in Void GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxiac.com/xfce-4-20-desktop-environment-landed-in-void-linux/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:18:44

• Calibre 7.23 Brings Cover Preview and Tag Browser Updates ☞ https://linuxiac.com/calibre-7-23-free-ebook-manager-released/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:18:51

• Grml 2024.12 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1003048/    

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

• Remi Collet: PHP version 8.2.27, 8.3.15 and 8.4.2 ☞ https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2024/12/20/PHP-version-8.2.27-8.3.15-and-8.4.2    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:21:38

• How to Use Emacs as a Desktop Environment in GNU/Linux with EXWM ☞ https://www.maketecheasier.com/use-emacs-as-desktop-environment-linux/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:21:57

• picocolors – tiny and fast library for terminal output formatting ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/picocolors-tiny-fast-library-terminal-output-formatting/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:22:29

• Core Ultra 9 285K is faster in GNU/Linux than in backdoored Windows – flagship Arrow Lake chip is 6 to 8% faster on average in GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/core-ultra-9-285k-is-faster-in-linux-than-in-windows-flagship-arrow-lake-chip-is-6-to-8-percent-faster-on-average-in-linux    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:23:17

• NVIDIA Driver 565 Available to Install in Ubuntu / GNU/Linux Mint via PPA ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2024/12/nvidia-driver-565-ppa/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:25:43

• The wait is almost over, 3 more days ! ☞ http://www.makululinux.com/wp/2024/12/20/the-wait-is-almost-over-3-more-days/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:26:01

• DXVK 2.5.2 Improves Support for Alpha Protocol, Borderlands 2, and Other Games ☞ https://9to5linux.com/dxvk-2-5-2-improves-support-for-alpha-protocol-borderlands-2-and-other-games    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:27:36

• Debian-Based Grml 2024.12 GNU/Linux Distro Is Out with Support for 64-Bit ARM CPUs ☞ https://9to5linux.com/debian-based-grml-2024-12-linux-distro-is-out-with-support-for-64-bit-arm-cpus    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:27:44

• UN expresses concerns about escalating tensions on Korean Peninsula ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/12/un-expresses-concerns-about-escalating-tensions-on-korean-peninsula/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:28:46

• South Korea police questioned acting president Han over martial law decree ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-police-questioned-acting-president-han-over-martial-law-decree    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:28:53

• Stable leadership wins South Korean Speaker the nickname ‘Thor’ after martial law saga ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/stable-leadership-wins-south-korean-speaker-the-nickname-thor-after-martial-law-saga    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:29:01

• Malaysia approves fresh attempt to search for missing plane MH370 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-approves-fresh-attempt-to-search-for-missing-plane-mh370    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:31:51

• Malaysian prosecutors challenge acquittal of Najib Razak’s wife Rosmah ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-prosecutors-challenge-acquittal-of-najib-razaks-wife-rosmah    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:32:07

• UN expert commends Malaysia for prioritizing human rights of older persons ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/12/un-expert-commends-malaysia-for-prioritizing-human-rights-of-older-persons/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:32:53

• Bank Negara steps in to help Malaysians hit with higher health insurance premiums ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/bank-negara-steps-in-to-help-malaysians-hit-with-higher-health-insurance-premiums    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:33:05

• Malaysia readies itself for nuclear power after 2035 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-readies-itself-for-nuclear-power-after-2035    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:33:24

• Australia Targets China’s Influence With Deals in Pacific Islands ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/world/australia/australia-china-pacific-deals.html    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:33:50

• Christmas in China, the people’s way ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2024/1220/Christmas-in-China-the-people-s-way    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:34:03

• Chinese President Pooh-tin urges gambling hub Macau to diversify economy ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-xi-urges-bigger-international-role-for-gambling-hub-macau    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:34:17

• Cambodia to grant Japan visitation rights to China-linked naval base ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/cambodia-to-grant-japan-visitation-rights-to-china-linked-naval-base    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:34:31

• China says its astronauts complete record-breaking spacewalk ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-says-its-astronauts-complete-record-breaking-spacewalk    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:34:48

• China's CXMT begins producing DDR5 memory — first China-made DDR5 sticks reportedly aimed at consumer PCs ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/dram/chinas-cxmt-begins-producing-ddr5-memory-first-products-aimed-at-consumer-pcs    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:35:06

• Taiwan gets first batch of ‘world’s most advanced’ tanks from US ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2024/12/20/china-taiwan-new-tank/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:35:22

• Media Watch: Rumors hit chipmaker Nvidia amid US-China row ☞ https://rfa.org/english/factcheck/2024/12/20/afcl-china-nivida-rumors/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:35:36

• EXCLUSIVE: One US-sanctioned Hong Kong company disappears, another takes its place ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2024/12/20/china-hong-kong-usa-sanctions-evasion/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:35:51

• New flight to connect Tibet’s capital with Singapore ☞ https://rfa.org/english/tibet/2024/12/20/tibet-lhasa-singapore-flight/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:36:27

• EXPLAINED: What are China’s plans for Macau? ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2024/12/20/china-macau-economic-exchange-explained/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:36:40

• China lifts ban on Australian rock lobster, marking an end to ‘trade impediments’ imposed on Canberra by Beijing ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/20/china-lifts-ban-on-australian-rock-lobster-marking-an-end-to-trade-impediments-imposed-on-canberra-by-beijing/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:37:06

• After 25 years of Chinese rule, Macau’s civil society has entered ‘a bitter winter’ ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/21/after-25-years-of-chinese-rule-macaus-civil-society-has-entered-a-bitter-winter/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:37:33

• Military spending in DRC and South Sudan rose fastest in the world: society ends up paying the price ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/joint/diplomacy-a-peace/military-spending-in-drc-and-south-sudan-rose-fastest-in-the-world-society-ends-up-paying-the-price/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:37:52

• Sheinbaum denies textile tariffs are aimed at China: Friday’s mañanera recapped ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/politics/sheinbaum-textile-tariffs-china-friday-mananera-recap/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:38:12

• This Week in GNOME: #179 Reduced Memory Usage ☞ https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2024/12/twig-179/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:38:57

• Old New Blog ☞ https://dvratil.cz/2024/12/old-new-blog/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:39:33

• Google Proposes Fix to Solve Search Monopoly ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/technology/google-antitrust-search-remedies.html    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:40:45

• Ubuntu Blog: Building RAG with enterprise open source Hey Hi (AI) infrastructure ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/rag-ai-infrastructure    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:42:17

• Russia’s Abrupt Setback in Syria Creates Headaches for Putin ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/us/russia-syria-military-bases-middle-east-setbacks.html    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:42:31

• "Self-Driving Kart" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/21/__trashed-11/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:42:52

• Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/memryx-launches-usd149-mx3-m-2-ai-accelerator-module-capable-of-24-tops-compute-power    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:43:34

• ‘Unprecedented’ Russia-China ties based on ‘full trust’: Putin ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2024/12/20/putin-russia-china-ukraine/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:44:06

• Fedora Community Blog: Infra and RelEng Update – Week 51 2024 ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/infra-and-releng-update-week-51-2024/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 20:44:28

• Ubuntu Users Get Easier Access to Cutting-Edge defective chip maker Intel Drivers ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/ubuntu-intel-battlemage-gpu-driver-preview    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:05:17

• Custom trike project front page ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202412/custom-trike-project-front-page.html    

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

• Two Factor auth on Android without Surveillance Giant Google – Aegis Authenticator App alternative to Surveillance Giant Google ☞ https://dwaves.de/2024/12/20/two-factor-auth-on-android-without-google-aegis-authenticator-app-alternative-to-google/    

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

• Open letter: the UK government must act now to free Alaa ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/open-letter-the-uk-government-must-free-alaa/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:08:12

• 15 movement victories in 2024 you may not have heard about ☞ https://breachmedia.ca/15-movement-victories-in-2024-you-may-not-have-heard-about/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:08:46

• Several injured as Yemen’s Houthi rebels launch missile at Israel ☞ https://nypost.com/2024/12/20/world-news/more-than-a-dozen-injured-as-missile-from-yemen-strikes-israel/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:09:23

• Amazon and Starbucks workers are on strike. Trump might have something to do with it ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2024/12/20/amazon-starbucks-workers-strike-trump/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:09:51

• Misused buzzwords, often leveraged by purveyors of back doors ☞ https://cloudnativenow.com/social-x/the-key-to-securing-hybrid-cloud-environments-is-zero-trust/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:11:06

• December 2024 News ☞ https://blog.centos.org/2024/12/december-2024-news/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:12:01

• Can Syria heal? For many, Step 1 is learning the difficult truth. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2024/1220/syria-sednaya-torture-missing-prisoners    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:12:56

• "Diet Coke Button" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/20/building-a-diet-coke-button/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:22:34

• "Mechanical Watch From Scratch" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/20/making-a-mechanical-watch-from-scratch-is-fine-work/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:22:49

• Media wins right to challenge Sara Sharif judges anonymity order ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/media-wins-right-to-challenge-sara-sharif-judges-anonymity-order/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:23:58

• LEGO ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/20/3d-printing-a-big-lego-christmas-tree/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:29:19

• Flat Earthers Went to Antarctica to Look at The Sun. Here's What Happened. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/flat-earthers-went-to-antarctica-to-look-at-the-sun-heres-what-happened    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:29:42

• There's Something Strange About These Ancient Egyptian Sheep Horns ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/theres-something-strange-about-these-ancient-egyptian-sheep-horns    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:30:15

• Rock Used as a Doorstop For Decades Turns Out to Be Worth Over $1 Million ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/rock-used-as-a-doorstop-for-decades-turns-out-to-be-worth-over-1-million    

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

• The World's Largest Iceberg Has Broken Free And Is On The Move ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-worlds-largest-iceberg-has-broken-free-and-is-on-the-move    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:30:39

• Who’s afraid of Chrystia Freeland? ☞ https://breachmedia.ca/chrystia-freeland-resignation-liberal-party/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:31:24

• Qt Safe Renderer 2.2.0 Beta1 Released ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-safe-renderer-2.2.0-beta1-released    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:32:04

• US gov't set to ban Huawei intermediary Sophgo over Hey Hi (AI) chip supplies — partnership skirted US chip sanctions ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/us-govt-set-to-ban-huawei-intermediary-sophgo-over-ai-chip-supplies-partnership-skirted-us-chip-sanctions    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:32:40

• Recommended Reading: The Trademark Reporter's Theme Issue on Artificial Intelligence ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2024/12/tmr.html    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:33:31

• Respiratory viruses causing more illnesses in Minnesota, according to state data ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2024/12/20/respiratory-viruses-causing-more-illnesses-in-minnesota-according-to-state-data/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:35:16

• Why childhood vaccines are a public health success story ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/20/1109087/childhood-vaccines-public-health-success/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:35:47

• Christmas in Tehran During the 1979 Iran Hostage Crisis ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/christmas-in-tehran-during-the-1979-iran-hostage-crisis    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:36:13

• Going GNU/Linux #463 · Top 5 Myths About GNU/Linux ☞ https://goinglinux.com/episode-463-top-5-myths-about-linux/index.html    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:37:03

• Is Amazon’s Drone Delivery Finally Ready for Prime Time? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/podcasts/hardfork-amazon-drone-delivery.html    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:37:52

• "Hacking NVMe Into Raspberry Pi" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/20/hackaday-podcast-episode-301-hacking-nvme-into-raspberry-pi-lighting-leds-with-microwaves-and-how-to-keep-your-fingers/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:38:36

• AI PC revolution appears dead on arrival — 'supercycle’ for Hey Hi (AI) PCs and smartphones is a bust, analyst says ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/ai-pc-revolution-appears-dead-on-arrival-supercycle-for-ai-pcs-and-smartphones-is-a-bust-analyst-says-as-micron-forecasts-poor-q2    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:39:17

• Malaysia says Facebook, X, Fentanylware (TikTok) must get licences, NST reports ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-says-facebook-x-tiktok-must-get-licences-nst-reports    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:39:56

• Senators Urge Biden to Extend TikTok’s January 19th Forced-Sale Cutoff — ‘The Stakes Here Are High’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/20/tiktok-ban-deadline-extension-request-senators/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:40:33

• "THINK they patented truth itself" ☞ https://dwaves.de/2024/12/18/feasability-of-colonizing-mars-in-10-not-so-easy-steps/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:42:25

• UPC is illegal and unconstitutional, but this publisher was paid to lobby for that regardless ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/how-long-will-kirkland-resist-the-upcs-courtrooms/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:43:28

• CJEU follows Advocate General in question over SPCs for combination drugs ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/cjeu-follows-advocate-general-in-question-over-spcs-for-combination-drugs/    

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

• UPC is illegal, so this entire decision should be null and void☞ https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2024/12/20/first-upc-frand-decision-amours-a-litalienne-panasonic-v-oppo/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:44:40

• An SPC Present from the Christmas Court ☞ https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2024/12/20/an-spc-present-from-the-christmas-court/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:44:57

• Orange Book Device Patent Listings: Understanding Teva v. Amneal ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2024/12/orange-listings-understanding.html    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:45:22

• Ghost SMTP Configuration: How to Get Your Emails Working Right ☞ https://medevel.com/ghost-smtp-configuration/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:46:50

• "So why is this is a preview, and why is it only on Ubuntu 24.10?" https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/ubuntu-intel-battlemage-gpu-driver-preview    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:48:32

• "Adélie Linux 1.0-BETA6 is the latest installment in a remarkably protracted beta-testing stage: 1.0-BETA1 appeared in September 2018, and the project started back in 2015." https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/20/adelie_linux_1_beta_6/    

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

• "Here's how to save money, reduce e-waste, and extend the life of your old hardware at the same time." https://www.zdnet.com/article/want-to-save-your-old-computer-try-these-6-linux-distros/    

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

• What's you favorite Linux desktop environment? https://www.xda-developers.com/thread/whats-you-favorite-linux-desktop-environment/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:51:20

• "As mentioned before, Grml 2024.12 has been synced with the Debian Trixie/Testing repositories as of December 19th, 2024. Various bugs were addressed as well in this release and some new packages have been added, while others were removed. Check out the release notes for more details." https://9to5linux.com/debian-based-grml-2024-12-linux-distro-is-out-with-support-for-64-bit-arm-cpus    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:52:23

• Intel Arc B580 tested in five games on Linux; you’re better off sticking with an AMD GPU for now https://www.pcguide.com/news/intel-arc-b580-tested-in-five-games-on-linux-youre-better-off-sticking-with-an-amd-gpu-for-now/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:52:49

• "This verson has a new graphics driver which is compliant with the recently announced Vulkan 1.4 specification. (For non-graphics folks, Vulkan is the modern replacement for OpenGL.)" https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/20/fedora_asahi_41_out/    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 21:53:30

• Grml 2024.12 ''Adventgrenze'' drops x86 support and welcomes 64-bit ARM CPUs https://www.notebookcheck.net/Grml-2024-12-Adventgrenze-drops-x86-support-and-welcomes-64-bit-ARM-CPUs.935330.0.html    

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

• "Today is solstice, so days will become longer again in the North. I think, this day is and has always been somewhat significant, although it is buried beneath commercials, LED lighting, business, christmas cards, presents, "Weihnachtsmarkt", and "Glühwein", at least around here." gemini://ew.srht.site/en/2024/20241221-solstice.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 22:10:50

• Comparison of Mo et al. (2024) global wood density with plots in the seasonally dry tropics gemini://republic.circumlunar.space/users/johngodlee/posts/2024-12-21-mo_wood_density.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 22:11:49

• "Based on Sean's list of IDEs/editors he's used or uses, here's mine (I'm excluding actual text editors, because that list would be largely be variants of vi): [...]" gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2024/12-22.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 21, 2024 at 22:12:27