Roy Schestowitz

• By their actions you shall know them ☞ https://bjoern.brembs.net/2024/12/by-their-actions-you-shall-know-them/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 00:43:34

• Now NY Times is pushing the lie that disinformation and misinformation are somehow good ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/science/ai-hallucinations-science.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 00:45:24

• Luigi Mangione Pleads Not Guilty to N.Y. Charges in UnitedHealthcare CEO Killing ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/nyregion/luigi-mangione-arraignment.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 00:47:00

• Money for 9/11 Health Care Was Dropped from Year-End Spending Bill ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/us/politics/sept-11-health-care-spending-bill.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 00:47:21

• Research Finds Vaccines Are Not Behind the Rise in Autism. So What Is? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/health/what-causes-autism.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 00:47:57

• The Professional Health-Insurance-C.E.O. Nagger ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2024/12/30/the-professional-health-insurance-ceo-nagger    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 00:48:22

• Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20241223-luigi-mangione-pleads-not-guilty-murder-terrorism-charges-killing-unitedhealthcare-ceo    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 00:49:11

• Luigi Mangione pleads not guilty to murder and weapons charges ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241223-luigi-mangione-pleads-not-guilty-to-murder-and-weapons-charges-in-unitedhealthcare-ceo-s-death    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 00:49:26

• Smuggled baby gorilla seized at Istanbul Airport in good health ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/smuggled-baby-gorilla-seized-at-istanbul-airport-in-good-health-302951    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 00:50:02

• "Since this is about a play written in French, I feel I should write about in French, even if I'm terrible at it. My apologies to the OQLF." gemini://juliette.zone/gemlog/jaime-hydro.gmi    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 00:52:46

• "What happens if you (mostly) stop using web search? Besides a plethora of "whoops" as your fingers type out by rote?" gemini://thrig.me/blog/2024/12/24/nosearch.gmi    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 00:53:51

• "When I see an interesting git repository, I will often clone it to my local machine and archive it as a tarball. I have several repos for decentralized projects stored locally as a result, including nostr, the AT protocol, Secure Scuttlebutt, ActivityPub servers, Micropelago and others." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2024/202412/20241224-open-source-social.gmi    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 00:54:53

• Vacation, Snow and Recent Reads gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~slugmax/phlog/2024-12-24-vacation-snow-reads    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 00:56:15

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1154.jpg    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 00:57:19

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1504.jpg    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 00:57:24

• VAR is not so stupid gemini://text.eapl.mx/var-is-not-so-stupid    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 00:59:23

• " A national migration from globalization may not save IBM, but it WILL save future generations of American children that need productive futures. Globalization and labor arbitrage has been IBM's sole business model for so long that it has rotted out the company. It has access to the cheapest of labor all around the world, but it is bereft of the creativity, vision and HOPE that all successful businesses have." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1w37iJCN    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:06:02

• "A national migration from globalization may not save IBM, but it WILL save future generations of American children that need productive futures. Globalization and labor arbitrage has been IBM's sole business model for so long that it has rotted out the company." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1w37iJCN    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:06:44

• "It has access to the cheapest of labor all around the world, but it is bereft of the creativity, vision and HOPE that all successful businesses have." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1w37iJCN    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:06:51

• "At this point, IBM has that cheap labor, a declining sales force, a consulting organization, and its legacy big iron businesses (mainframes and enterprise-grade servers). It's enough to sustain a shrinking company, but not enough to make it grow and thrive. I'm not a M&A expert (not even a novice heh), but could IBM be a hostile takeover target? I haven't looked lately to see who actually owns the stock." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1w37iJCN    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:06:55

• "At this point, IBM has that cheap labor, a declining sales force, a consulting organization, and its legacy big iron businesses (mainframes and enterprise-grade servers). It's enough to sustain a shrinking company, but not enough to make it grow and thrive." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1w37iJCN    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:07:19

• "I'm not a M&A expert (not even a novice heh), but could IBM be a hostile takeover target? I haven't looked lately to see who actually owns the stock." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1w37iJCN    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:07:29

• SAP, Intel and 6 other companies who fired their top executives in the year 2024 https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/sap-intel-and-6-other-companies-who-fired-their-top-executives-in-the-year-2024/articleshow/116631793.cms    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:11:06

• Google Faces An Antitrust Crackdown As Japan’s Regulators Prepare To Deliver A Guilty Verdict https://wccftech.com/google-faces-an-antitrust-crackdown-as-japans-regulators-prepare-to-deliver-a-guilty-verdict/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:11:28

• Meta layoffs are the latest sign that constant job cuts are the new Big Tech normal https://www.aol.com/meta-layoffs-latest-sign-constant-101202507.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:11:52

• South Korean opposition threatens to impeach Acting President over martial law counsel ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-opposition-threatens-to-impeach-han-over-martial-law-counsel    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:14:14

• South Korea finance minister sees political turmoil weighing on economic growth ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-korea-finance-minister-sees-political-turmoil-weighing-on-economic-growth    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:14:35

• South Korea’s court pushes ahead with hearing despite Yoon’s repeated refusal ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-court-pushes-ahead-with-hearing-despite-yoons-repeated-refusal    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:14:46

• South Korean opposition pushes for acting president’s impeachment ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-opposition-pushes-for-acting-presidents-impeachment-after-he-skips-review-of-special    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:15:07

• South Korea Iron Man Robot Gives Hope to Paraplegics ☞ https://www.cloudbooklet.com/south-korea-iron-man-robot    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:15:32

• Indonesian tsunami survivor holds on to hope for missing son after 20 years ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesian-tsunami-survivor-holds-on-to-hope-for-missing-son-after-20-years    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:16:05

• Fake guns, real danger: Malaysia battles gel-blasters ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/fake-guns-real-danger-malaysia-battles-gel-blasters    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:17:14

• Malaysia Airlines grounds new Airbus A330neo jet over safety concerns ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-airlines-grounds-new-airbus-a330neo-jet-over-safety-concerns    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:17:29

• Malaysia’s 1MDB seeks $1.35b from Amicorp for alleged fraud ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-1mdb-seeks-1-36b-from-amicorp-for-alleged-fraud    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:17:54

• 2025 ASEAN chair Malaysia expected to revive bloc amid questions about neutrality ☞ https://rfa.org/english/asia/2024/12/24/asean-malaysia-chair/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:18:44

• Malaysia PM Anwar’s approval ratings improve on investment push: Survey ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-pm-anwars-approval-ratings-improve-on-investment-push-survey    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:18:53

• Former US Marines pilot who worked in China to be extradited to US, says Australia government ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/former-us-marines-pilot-who-worked-in-china-to-be-extradited-to-us-says-australia-government    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:19:20

• China says it ‘firmly opposes’ US military aid to Taiwan as Biden approves defence package ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-says-it-firmly-opposes-us-military-aid-to-taiwan    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:19:39

• China acts against Canada rights campaigners backing Uighurs, Tibet ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-takes-steps-against-canada-campaigners-for-uighurs-tibet    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:19:59

• Russ Allbery: Dropping the git protocol ☞ https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/journal/2024-12/002.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:22:38

• Criminal Complaint against LockBit Ransomware Writer ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/12/criminal-complaint-against-lockbit-ransomware-writer.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:23:52

• SignalSDR Pro is a high-performance software-defined radio (SDR) in Raspberry Pi form factor (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/12/24/signalsdr-pro-high-performance-software-defined-radio-sdr-raspberry-pi-form-factor/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:24:28

• STMicro ST67W611M1 IoT module features Qualcomm QCC743 SoC with Wi-Fi 6, BLE, and 802.15.4 radios ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/12/23/stmicro-st67w611m1-iot-module-features-qualcomm-qcc743-soc-with-wi-fi-6-ble-and-802-15-4-radios/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:25:02

• e107 CMS is Still Alive and Kicking Since 2002 ☞ https://medevel.com/e107-cms/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:27:40

• While Odoo Community is Racing to Integrate AI, Other Competitors are Falling Behind ☞ https://medevel.com/while-odoo-community-is-racing-to-integrate-ai-other-competitors-are-falling-behind/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:28:15

• What Does TPM Mean for backdoored Windows 11 Users? Is TPM A Requirement or a Dealbreaker? ☞ https://medevel.com/what-does-tpm-mean-for-windows-11/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:28:51

• Why Ghost Might Not Be the Best Option for Email Marketing ☞ https://medevel.com/ghost-email-marketing-is-it-worth-it/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:29:27

• The Federal Circuit’s Divided Path on Divided Infringement ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2024/12/45114.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:30:29

• Does a photo show COVID patients in China in December 2024? ☞ https://rfa.org/english/factcheck/2024/12/23/afcl-china-covid-surge-photo/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:31:56

• Vietnam officials go on trial over Covid-19 flight bribes ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/vietnam-officials-go-on-trial-over-covid-19-flight-bribes    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:32:11

• Multiple-entry visas for Shenzhen residents boosted Hong Kong food and beverage sector, says industry veteran ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/23/multiple-entry-visas-for-shenzhen-residents-boosted-hong-kong-food-and-beverage-sector-says-industry-veteran/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:32:42

• Apple Surveillance ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/23/new-airpods-features-coming-2025/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:34:07

• "A Pi Pico Makes A Spectrum Laptop" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/23/a-pi-pico-makes-a-spectrum-laptop/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:35:49

• Heck Freezes Over: USPTO Fails to Prove Gin Related to Beer Under Section 2(d) ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2024/12/heck-freezes-over-uspto-fails-to-prove.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:36:03

• Junichi Uekawa: Looking at my private repositories for what language I wrote. ☞ http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/diary/daily/2024-Dec-22.html.en#2024-Dec-22-16:08:45    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:37:17

• "Triple-Digit Interest Rates" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/tribal-lending-industry-federal-oversight | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:38:34

• "Opposed Efforts to Aid the Poor" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/scott-turner-hud-nominee-trump-public-housing-texas | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:39:53

• MECOOL KM9PRO MAX 4K Streaming Box runs Surveillance Giant Google TV 12.0 on Realtek RTD1325 SoC ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/12/24/mecool-km9pro-max-4k-streaming-box-runs-google-tv-12-0-on-realtek-rtd1325-soc/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:40:33

• Three of the best: Measurement ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2024/12/24/three-of-the-best-measurement-3/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:42:24

• Event Wrap: ON-IDLE Stakeholders Meeting ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2024/12/24/event-wrap-on-idle-stakeholders-meeting/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:42:34

• Kuleana and software freedom for the future ☞ https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2024/dec/23/kuleana-and-software-freedom-for-the-future/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:44:17

• Norway is a Ukraine War profiteer ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/norway-is-a-ukraine-war-profiteer/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:44:37

• Zelensky accuses Slovak PM Fico of aiding Putin ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20241224-zelensky-accuses-slovak-pm-fico-of-aiding-putin    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:44:49

• Slovak Leader Visits Putin, Breaking With E.U.’s Policy of Isolation ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/world/europe/slovak-leader-visits-putin.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:45:21

• Is a Putin Ally in Belarus Making a Cautious Overture to the West? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/24/world/europe/belarus-lukashenko-putin-west-sanctions.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:45:36

• Building a replacement 386/486 CMOS battery ☞ https://rubenerd.com/building-a-replacement-486-cmos-motherboard-battery/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:45:59

• how to install Armbian on Rockpi-E + looking for alternative SoC hardware? + RISC-V status quo latest board just dropped + who is Radxa + compact Hey Hi (AI) hardware NVIDIA Jetson Orion Nano? ☞ https://dwaves.de/2024/12/24/how-to-install-armbian-on-rockpi-e-looking-for-alternative-soc-hardware-risc-v-status-quo-latest-board-just-dropped-who-is-radxa-compact-ai-hardware-nvidia-jetson-orion-nano/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:46:53

• "Atoms For Peace" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/23/atoms-for-peace-the-us-nuclear-fleet-build-out-and-modern-day-revival/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 01:59:35

• Minneapolis softens law on obstructing abortion clinics in response to free-speech lawsuit ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2024/12/22/minneapolis-softens-law-on-obstructing-abortion-clinics-in-response-to-free-speech-lawsuit/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:00:05

• The magic of Christmas ☞ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1057/the-magic-of-christmas    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:01:12

• Varghese review will undermine think tank independence ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/varghese-review-will-undermine-think-tank-independence/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:02:26

• Suspected bushmeat poachers nabbed by Kruger Park crime investigators ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/border-security/suspected-bushmeat-poachers-nabbed-by-kruger-park-crime-investigators/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:03:43

• Hong Kong gov’t cancels passports of 7 ‘absconder’ activists under new domestic security law provision ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/24/hong-kong-govt-cancels-passports-of-7-abconder-activists-under-domestic-security-law-provision/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:04:08

• Breaking: Hong Kong national security police issue HK$1 million bounties for 6 ‘fugitives’ ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/24/breaking-hong-kong-national-security-police-issue-hk1-million-bounties-for-6-fugitives/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:04:17

• Saudi Arabia to reopen embassy in Taliban Afghanistan ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/12/saudi-arabia-announces-embassy-in-afghanistan-will-reopen/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:04:44

• Heels on fire. Hacking smart ski socks ☞ https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/heels-on-fire-hacking-smart-ski-socks/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:05:13

• National Security Committee Forgoes Decision on U.S. Steel Acquisition ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/business/us-steel-nippon-biden-cfius.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:05:48

• HK cancels passports of 7 activists based overseas ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hong-kong-cancels-passports-of-seven-activists-based-overseas    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:06:12

• Hong Kong offers bounties for six more democrats in security squeeze ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/hong-kong-offers-bounties-for-six-more-democrats-in-security-squeeze    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:06:32

• Old 3D Printer Parts Repurposed Into DIY Camera Slider ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/22/old-3d-printer-parts-repurposed-into-diy-camera-slider/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:13:09

• "3D Printed Forklift Is A Cute Desk Toy" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/22/3d-printed-forklift-is-a-cute-desk-toy/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:13:41

• U.S. Takes Aim at China’s Production of Essential Chips ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/business/economy/us-china-semiconductor-legacy-chips.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:16:07

• "The One With The Keyboard-Mouse" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/23/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-keyboard-mouse/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:18:04

• Silicone Tubing ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/23/silicone-tubing-as-springs-for-capacitive-touch-buttons/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:19:01

• "Rope-Traversing Robots" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/23/crawler-challenge-building-rope-traversing-robots/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:19:25

• "Camera Slider Uses Repositionable Rail To Do Rotational Moves" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/23/camera-slider-uses-repositionable-rail-to-do-rotational-moves/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:19:41

• ALSEP ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/23/alsep-apollos-modular-lunar-experiments-laboratory/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:20:02

• Lady in the lake murder: Why reporter has returned to the crime 27 years on ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/comment-analysis/lady-in-the-lake-murder-why-reporter-has-returned-to-the-crime-27-years-on/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:20:34

• Xerox to acquire rival printer maker Lexmark for $1.53B ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/23/xerox-acquire-rival-printer-maker-lexmark-1-53b/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:21:52

• Financial services giant Fiserv buys Payfare to move into gig economy financing ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/23/financial-services-giant-fiserv-buys-payfare-move-gig-economy-financing/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:22:29

• US officials launch investigation into China’s legacy chip sector ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/23/us-officials-launch-investigation-chinas-legacy-chip-sector/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:23:10

• Here's What Your Snot's Color Could Be Telling You About Your Body ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/heres-what-your-snots-color-could-be-telling-you-about-your-body    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:25:03

• The FDA Just Approved The First US Drug Treatment For Sleep Apnea ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-fda-just-approved-the-first-us-drug-treatment-for-sleep-apnea    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:25:28

• Drinking Tea or Coffee Each Day Could Reduce Mouth And Throat Cancer Risk ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/drinking-tea-or-coffee-each-day-could-reduce-mouth-and-throat-cancer-risk    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:25:46

• NASA Probe About to Make History With Record-Blazing Sun Approach ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-probe-about-to-make-history-with-record-blazing-sun-approach    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:26:43

• Stunningly Preserved Baby Mammoth Found in Siberian Permafrost ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/stunningly-preserved-baby-mammoth-found-in-siberian-permafrost    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:26:54

• Unusual Activity in Our Guts Could Have Helped Our Brains Grow Larger ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/unusual-activity-in-our-guts-could-have-helped-our-brains-grow-larger    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:27:10

• Astronomer Calculates True Color of Rudolph's Nose on Christmas Eve ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/astronomer-calculates-true-color-of-rudolphs-nose-on-christmas-eve    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:27:24

• Lost Rules to One of The Oldest Board Games May at Last Be Known ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/lost-rules-to-one-of-the-oldest-board-games-may-at-last-be-known    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:27:41

• merry xmas and may the coming year be one of justice to FOSS victims of online abuse    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:28:59

• Intel Game On Graphics Driver addresses Battlemage bloopers – Arc B580 fixes and known issues are the highlights of the latest update ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpu-drivers/intel-game-on-graphics-driver-addresses-battlemage-bloopers-arc-b580-fixes-and-known-issues-are-the-highlights-of-the-latest-update    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:29:57

• Broadcom CEO Hock Tan claims he has no interest in buying defective chip maker Intel ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/22/broadcom-ceo-hock-tan-claims-no-interest-buying-intel/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:31:08

• South Korea’s ex-intelligence commander’s note reveals alleged plans to provoke North Korea: Police ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-ex-intelligence-commanders-note-reveals-alleged-plans-to-provoke-north-korea-police    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:31:28

• Be Quiet Light Base 600 LX Case Review: Innovative design, lackluster thermal performance ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/pc-cases/be-quiet-light-base-600-lx-case-review    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:32:07

• Uyghur intellectual died while in custody of Chinese authorities ☞ https://rfa.org/english/uyghur/2024/12/23/uyghur-intellectual-death-in-detention/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:32:27

• ‘Rust’ Prosecutor Withdraws Appeal of Alec Baldwin Case ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/movies/rust-appeal-alec-baldwin-trial.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:35:05

• Kay Granger’s Senior Living Revelation Draws Fresh Scrutiny to Aging Congress ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/us/politics/kay-granger-congress-age.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:41:49

• Taiwan warns defence could suffer under opposition's funding laws ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-warns-defence-could-suffer-under-oppositions-funding-laws    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:42:02

• Trump ally Matt Gaetz paid for underage sex, probe finds ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20241224-trump-ally-matt-gaetz-paid-for-underage-sex-probe-finds    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:42:15

• Universal Music Doubles Down on Limp Bizkit Suit Dismissal Push, Says the ‘Agreements Expressly Allow the Cross-Account Recoupments’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/23/limp-bizkit-universal-music-lawsuit-dismissal/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:42:41

• Real World Economics: Eliminating Social Security’s ‘windfall elimination’ would be an injustice ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2024/12/22/real-world-economics-eliminating-social-securitys-windfall-elimination-would-be-an-injustice/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:48:02

• Jordanian, Qatari envoys meet Syria's new leader for reconstruction talks ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241223-syria-lebanon-walid-jumblatt-meets-ahmad-al-sharaa-seeking-better-relations    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:49:05

• Sipeed NanoKVM-PCIe is an inexpensive KVM over IP solution with optional WiFi 6 and PoE support ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/12/24/sipeed-nanokvm-pcie-is-an-inexpensive-kvm-over-ip-solution-with-optional-wifi-6-and-poe-support/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:55:35

• Sensy32 Board is an ESP32-S3 sensor platform with up to six sensors for environmental monitoring in IoT applications ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/12/23/sensy32-board-is-an-esp32-s3-sensor-platform-with-up-to-six-sensors-for-environmental-monitoring-in-iot-applications/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:56:15

• Updates to the Request Index Page ☞ https://openbuildservice.org/2024/12/23/request-index//    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:57:24

• Chinese censors target writers in nationwide crackdown on online erotic fiction ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2024/12/23/china-censors-target-writers-online-erotic-fiction/ also https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20241223-vietnam-to-enforce-strict-social-media-regulations-in-draconian-new-decree    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:58:21

• Building Your Next Industrial Cockpit with Qt ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/building-your-next-industrial-cockpit-with-qt    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 02:59:50

• Late Night Linux – Episode 313 ☞ https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-313/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 03:00:39

• "Eva Galperin, and Cory Doctorow were among those interviewed.<" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/eff-press-2024-review | Source: EFF    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 03:01:06

• Japan targets Surveillance Giant Google over alleged Android ecosystem monopolization ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/23/japan-targets-google-alleged-android-ecosystem-monopolization/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 03:01:56

• "Research Audits and Financial Health" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/propublica-nonprofit-explorer-audits-financial-health-tools | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 03:02:34

• "Months before voters went to the polls in November" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/jefferson-griffin-north-carolina-supreme-court-challenge-election-integrity-network | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 03:02:42

• Amazon and Starbucks Workers Are on Strike. https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california/articles/2024-12-20/amazon-and-starbucks-workers-are-on-strike-trump-might-have-something-to-do-with-it    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 03:32:05

• Amazon Workers Speak Out Amid Unprecedented Holiday Season Strike https://truthout.org/video/amazon-workers-speak-out-amid-unprecedented-holiday-season-strike/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 03:32:28

• ‘Largest Strike Against Amazon in US History’ https://scheerpost.com/2024/12/20/teamsters-unions-launches-largest-strike-against-amazon-in-us-history/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 03:33:17

• Striking Amazon for the Holidays https://jacobin.com/2024/12/amazon-teamster-strike-union-dsps/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 03:33:38

• Amazon Workers Launch Largest Strike Yet: ‘It Doesn’t Feel Like a Job That Should Be Legal’ https://scheerpost.com/2024/12/21/amazon-workers-launch-largest-strike-yet-it-doesnt-feel-like-a-job-that-should-be-legal/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 03:34:14

• The corrupt EUIPO speaks http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/12/euipos-board-of-appeal-motion-mark-for.html http://techrights.org/wiki/EUIPO/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 03:35:28

• GIs http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/12/greek-court-finds-that-similar-gis-and.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 03:35:41

• This Week! Perl Community Conference, Winter 2024 https://blogs.perl.org/users/oodler_577/2024/12/this-week-perl-community-conference-winter-2024---schedule-posted.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 03:36:10

• Foswiki 2.1.9 is released https://blogs.perl.org/users/nuddlegg/2024/12/foswiki-219-is-released.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 03:36:26

• Mango https://www.dw.com/en/spain-founder-of-mango-fashion-chain-dies-in-accident/a-71059271    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 03:42:45

• Russia: Foreign Tech Companies Cave to Authorities’ Pressure https://www.hrw.org/news/2024/12/17/russia-foreign-tech-companies-cave-authorities-pressure    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 03:45:03

• US Effort to Curb China's and Russia's Access to Advanced Computer Chips 'Inadequate,' Report Finds https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2024-12-18/us-effort-to-curb-chinas-and-russias-access-to-advanced-computer-chips-inadequate-report-finds    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 03:45:38

• FIFA Apologizes to Ukraine Soccer Body for Crimea Map Error at 2026 World Cup Draw https://www.usnews.com/news/sports/articles/2024-12-16/fifa-apologizes-to-ukraine-soccer-body-for-crimea-map-error-at-2026-world-cup-draw    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 03:47:00

• CPJ urges Ukraine president to halt media intimidation, allow journalists to work freely https://cpj.org/2024/12/cpj-urges-ukraine-president-to-halt-media-intimidation-allow-journalists-to-work-freely/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 03:48:13

• Two AP Journalists in Ukraine and the Mideast Break Down the Wars They Covered in 2024 https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-12-20/two-ap-journalists-in-ukraine-and-the-mideast-break-down-the-wars-they-covered-in-2024    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 03:48:51

• Exclusion Principle https://xkcd.com/3027/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 03:50:34

• Linear Sort https://xkcd.com/3026/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 03:50:50

• Phase Change https://xkcd.com/3025/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 03:51:09

• Microsoft FSFE https://fsfe.org/news/podcast/episode-27.en.html http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/12/20/FSF_Fake_FSF_FSFE_Sponsored_by_Microsoft_and_Openwashing.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 03:52:35

• Social Media Algorithms Are Cultural Blandifiers https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=aToMV4wL2wc    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 03:57:34

• SteamOS is About to DOMINATE Handheld Gaming in 2025! https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=S-sahGEZf58    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 03:57:55

• 5 Predictions for Linux and FOSS in 2025 https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=ybOVGpBp2RI    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 03:58:09

• LLMs are also an attack on software maintainers https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=JKMWkwYzE90    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 03:58:35

• COSMIC Alpha 4: Christmas Has Come To Linux https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=FE31Ui-vRyw    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 03:58:57

• Feel Like a Hacker! 7 Cool Linux Terminal Tools https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=F5qjZlfIJs4    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 03:59:13

• Lubuntu 24.10 Oracular Oriole Quick Overview https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=AXo-NE6jF-I    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 04:00:46

• Fedora Linux Turns Over A New Leaf https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=4DyBUC0jIGE    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 04:01:15

• Manjaro 24.2.0 "Yonada" Gnome Edition overview https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=_P4KgRNOwQQ    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 04:02:02

• Top 5 Linux Weather Apps That Will Blow Your Mind! 🌦️ Stunning, Minimal, and LOADED! (NEW) https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=_j3Vlz9pyD0    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 04:02:22

• XFCE Wayland Support Is Closer Than Ever https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=i13lHOZdo34    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 04:02:45

• FRAMEWORK 16: an almost perfect Linux laptop https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=5J9yh1i0sog    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 04:03:10

• Ubuntu Budgie 24.10 overview https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=35YhxATHbrU    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 04:03:46

• Free Games, New Steam Deck Updates, and more in this week's Linux Gaming News! https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=IJjuQKCh8pk    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 04:03:53

• Ads in general should be fought https://www.maketecheasier.com/youtube-still-battling-nsfw-ads/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 04:07:53

• Next up, a Darwin award? https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2024-12-19/british-youtuber-and-rapper-yung-filly-admits-to-reckless-driving-in-australia-while-awaiting-trial    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 04:08:28

• Slop is not an "AI", just a witty go at mass plagiarism http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/12/guest-post-newsflash-uks-new.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 04:09:28

• training data http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2024/12/guest-post-ai-training-data-copyright.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 04:09:56

• narcissistic relatives over the holidays https://theconversation.com/how-to-deal-with-narcissistic-relatives-over-the-holidays-245877    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 04:18:10

• How To Show System Details on Kubuntu http://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2024/12/how-to-show-system-details-on-kubuntu.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 04:19:18

• slashdot sending traffic to LLM slop!! https://linux.slashdot.org/story/24/12/14/0058244/linux-predictions-for-2025    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 04:20:28

• Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (50/2024): Pay for your Flatpaks https://linmob.net/weekly-update-50-2024/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 04:20:51

• DRC vs. Apple: The stakes of the 'conflict minerals' case https://www.dw.com/en/drc-vs-apple-the-stakes-of-the-conflict-minerals-case/a-71126024    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 04:26:01

• This Power Bank Comes With A Cancer Warning https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/80-apple-accessory-under-fire-heres-why-this-power-bank-comes-cancer-warning-1729694    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 04:26:36

• Apple Complains Meta Requests Risk Privacy in Spat Over EU Efforts to Widen Access to IPhone Tech https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2024-12-19/apple-complains-meta-requests-risk-privacy-in-spat-over-eu-efforts-to-widen-access-to-iphone-tech    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 04:27:16

• No, you are NOT missing out by not "embracing" so-called "HEY HI". Automation of what CAN be automated was done decades ago. The latest FOMO is falsely-marketed vapourware.    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 04:28:48

• Adding another layer of obscurity to debt was the thing banks did before the 2007/9 collapse. Companies rebranding everything as "HEY HI" is the same, but for "tech"....    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 04:29:52

• climate change = higher prices for goods, i.e. more poverty    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 04:30:41

• People with a "smart" "phone" cannot be considered NOT poor. Just because in the 80s only rich people had 'cellphones' doesn't mean we can still apply the SAME standards.    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 04:31:35

• Germany: let FIFA be controlled by Saudis https://scheerpost.com/2024/12/19/dont-let-saudi-arabia-hide-its-human-rights-abuses-behind-the-2034-world-cup/ days later: https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/saudi-ploughs-german-christmas-market-killing-11-police-find-explosive-device-car-1729722    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 04:32:39

• Living will https://nltimes.nl/2024/12/19/living-wills-gain-popularity-misuse-remains-risk    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 04:33:39

• Unplugging the News: The Fight for Local Journalism and the State of the Free Press https://www.projectcensored.org/local-journalism-state-of-the-free-press/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 04:34:21

• journalists killed by Turkey https://anfenglishmobile.com/news/istanbul-bar-association-faces-investigation-over-statement-on-journalists-killed-by-turkey-77023    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 04:39:42

• Kurdish Journalists https://anfenglishmobile.com/freedom-of-the-press/kurdish-journalists-initiative-calls-for-action-against-turkey-s-deadly-attacks-against-journalists-76982    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 04:40:35

• Kurdish journalists killed https://anfenglishmobile.com/freedom-of-the-press/wpf-turkey-must-be-held-accountable-for-kurdish-journalists-killed-and-injured-by-its-attacks-76980    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 04:41:05

• Fishery is dying https://bianet.org/haber/fishery-is-dying-underwater-video-reveals-return-of-sea-snot-in-turkey-s-marmara-sea-302811    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 04:42:22

• How much will turkey dinner cost this holiday season? We crunched the numbers https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/christmas-turkey-dinner-cost-1.7409243    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 04:59:29

• The Art of Biofilm Photography: From Petri Dish to Portrait ttps://www.the-scientist.com/the-art-of-biofilm-photography-from-petri-dish-to-portrait-72422    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 05:03:32

• Surveillance https://jpmens.net/2024/12/21/tagging-poi-locations-with-photos-from-owntracks/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 05:04:31

• scp doesn't report copy of zero-length files to stdout when copying from remote server https://bugzilla.mindrot.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3767    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 05:05:50

• Saving the sun's energy https://www.dw.com/en/saving-the-sun-s-energy-and-storing-it-with-mirrors/a-70819560    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 05:10:57

• Politics in Sweden: Energy minister shrugs off heavy criticism of nuclear financing plans https://www.thelocal.se/20241217/politics-in-sweden-energy-minister-shrugs-off-heavy-criticism-of-nuclear-financing-plans    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 05:11:23

• Consumers Energy seeking a nearly 11% increase in residential gas bills https://www.bridgemi.com/business-watch/consumers-energy-seeking-nearly-11-increase-residential-gas-bills    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 05:11:54

• It's not a boom, it's a bubble designed to help rig financial markets by pretending dinosaur brands are "innovative" https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2024-12-19/ireland-embraced-data-centers-that-the-ai-boom-needs-now-theyre-consuming-too-much-of-its-energy    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 05:12:44

• gas shortages https://www.dw.com/en/why-is-energy-giant-iran-facing-gas-shortages/a-71110948    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 05:13:11

• Lower Than Expected https://www.usnews.com/news/economy/articles/2024-12-20/inflation-comes-in-a-bit-lower-than-expected-in-november-on-lower-energy-costs    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 05:13:34

• Swedish minister 'furious' over Germany's energy policy https://www.thelocal.se/20241220/swedish-minister-furious-over-germanys-energy-policy    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 05:13:49

• Support clean energy https://www.bridgemi.com/guest-commentary/opinion-want-lower-winter-electric-bill-support-clean-energy    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 05:14:08

• ArchBang 1512 is out    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 05:16:52

• "Python 3.12 is now the default Python interpreter." https://www.kali.org/blog/kali-linux-2024-4-release/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 05:17:32

• "TikTok star" https://nltimes.nl/2024/12/16/video-fire-breaks-tiktok-stars-performance-amsterdam-venue-evacuated    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 05:18:21

• EU Investigates TikTok Over Romanian Presidential Election Safeguards https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2024-12-17/tiktok-being-investigated-after-suspected-meddling-in-romanias-presidential-election    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 05:18:41

• EU investigates TikTok https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=sIzz0l-6_Jk    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 05:19:44

• UN Food Agency Says 40 Million People Are Struggling to Feed Themselves in West and Central Africa https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2024-12-20/un-food-agency-says-40-million-people-are-struggling-to-feed-themselves-in-west-and-central-africa    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 05:25:06

• Considering his deep relationship with Jeff Epstein, perhaps we should start referring to him as Bill Gaetz, not Bill Gates.    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 05:30:00

• Climate victims https://www.dw.com/en/mayotte-prefect-fears-hundreds-dead-after-cyclone-chido/a-71063197    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 05:55:03

• Examining DER SPIEGEL's Climate Change Coverage: Knowing Ignorance https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/examining-der-spiegels-climate-change-coverage-knowing-ignorance-a-5f779a3b-4061-4db8-9062-a5d529098e93    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 05:55:46

• Canada's cities are losing up to 19 days of winter https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/lost-winter-climate-central-1.7411756    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 05:56:01

• ICJ Set to Decide Whether Fueling Climate Change Violates International Law https://truthout.org/articles/icj-set-to-decide-whether-fueling-climate-change-violates-international-law/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 05:56:17

• From Destruction to Deadly Heat, Associated Press Photographers Capture Climate Change in 2024 https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/california/articles/2024-12-17/from-water-destruction-to-deadly-heat-associated-press-photographers-capture-climate-change-in-2024    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 05:56:36

• Global Warming Can't Be Ignored, Montana's Top Court Says, Upholding Landmark Climate Case https://www.usnews.com/news/news/articles/2024-12-18/montanas-top-court-upholds-landmark-ruling-in-youth-climate-case-over-greenhouse-gas-emissions    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 05:56:52

• Murdering Birds to Save the Climate? https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/12/18/murdering-birds-to-save-the-climate/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 05:57:08

• Where did the money go? https://www.vox.com/climate/391681/inflation-reduction-act-biden-ev-credit-trump-musk    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 05:57:33

• The Climate Crisis Comes for Insurers https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-climate-crisis-comes-for-insurers/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 05:57:56

• More climate challenges ahead for Mozambique and Malawi https://www.dw.com/en/more-climate-challenges-ahead-for-mozambique-and-malawi/a-71106623    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 05:58:24

• Could tariffs fight climate change? https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/carbon-border-adustments-carbon-tariffs-explainer-1.7412677    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 06:05:26

• Congressional Reports Show How Dire the Climate Insurance Crisis Really Is https://truthout.org/articles/new-congressional-reports-show-how-dire-the-climate-insurance-crisis-really-is/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 06:05:48

• Montana Supreme Court Rules in Favor of Youth in Historic Climate Case https://truthout.org/articles/montana-supreme-court-rules-in-favor-of-youth-in-historic-climate-case/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 06:06:09

• In Florida, the Miccosukee Fight to Protect the Everglades in the Face of Climate Change https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/florida/articles/2024-12-20/in-florida-the-miccosukee-fight-to-protect-the-everglades-in-the-face-of-climate-change    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 06:06:29

• How [tech Ponzi scheme]’s Energy Demands Fuel the Climate Crisis https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/12/20/how-ais-energy-demands-fuel-the-climate-crisis/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 06:06:50

• the Year in Climate Chaos https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/12/20/hell-and-high-water-the-year-in-climate-chaos/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 06:07:10

• Wife unable to receive survivor's pension without death certificate after husband's disappearance https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/earl-moberg-canada-survivors-pension-plan-denied-1.7411110    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 06:09:05

• "This milestone was made possible thanks to the financial support from netcup." https://blog.grml.org/archives/418-Grml-new-stable-release-2024.12-available.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 06:12:02

• CentOS 10 and Calculate 20241217 out in Russia    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 09:46:30

• ALTLinux 10.4 and NetBSD 10.1 released    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 09:47:27

• TrueNAS 24.10.1 "SCALE" is out    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 09:48:22

• Latest TrueNAS release not noted in their blog: https://www.truenas.com/blog/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 09:52:04

• "The IPFire kernel has been rebased on Linux 6.6.63. This brings us the latest bunch of security and stability fixes from the Linux kernel maintainers and might be the last kernel that we are going to ship based on the 6.6.x kernel line." https://www.ipfire.org/blog/ipfire-2-29-core-update-190-released    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 09:53:38

• Pro-Russian distro tries to make it easy to download itself in English https://getalt.org/en/alt-workstation/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 09:55:34

• "add support for a range of Brainboxes USB serial adapters; urtwn(4) - add support for the Mercusys MW150USV2 Wi-Fi adapter; viac7temp(4) - add the driver to amd64 GENERIC; virtio(4) - various fixes; apei(4) - new driver for ACPI platform error interfaces; Userspace, shmif_pcapin(1) - new utility program for shmif(4) tests" https://www.netbsd.org/releases/formal-10/NetBSD-10.1.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 10:00:58

• "Sky's the Limit!" https://t2sde.org/index.html#news-2024-12-19    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 10:01:43

• Runtu 24.04 "Xfce" is out. A Russian Ubuntu. https://distrowatch.com/runtu https://runtu.org/    

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

• Murena 2.6.3, aka eOS, aka Eelo. They keep changing names. Come on, Gael...    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 10:09:08

• Enterprise Linux Security Episode 104 - Artificial Insanity https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=SdTwQCvwszo    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 10:10:52

• Chamberlain MyQ Garage Door Devices Expose an unauthenticated API on The Local Network https://niklasanderson.com/very-basic-security-issues-with-myq-garage-door-iot-devices    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 10:14:28

• 🔤SpellBinding: ADHILNY Wordo: FINIF gemini://tilde.cafe/~spellbinding/gemlog/2024-12-25.gmi    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 10:26:59

• Reality Bites gemini://the-brannons.com/reality/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 10:27:40

• Chief actuary disagrees with Alberta government belief of entitlement to more than half of CPP https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/chief-actuary-disagrees-with-alberta-government-belief-of-entitlement-to-more-than-half-of-cpp-1.7417130    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 10:35:39

• How Justin Trudeau Alienated Canada’s Working Class https://jacobin.com/2024/12/canada-trudeau-poilievre-working-class/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 10:36:09

• Love gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/agk/2024-12-25-love.txt    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 10:38:35

• "We can blame people for this unending pageant of cruelty called history, and moan about "kids these days", because that always works out well. Or we can instead try and figure out what the fuck is wrong and how the fuck we're going to fix it." gemini://the-brannons.com/reality/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 10:40:05

• Another new Gemlogger today: "first post test please ignore :)" gemini://odae.flounder.online/gemlog/2024-12-25.gmi    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 10:40:53

• vitamin C deficiency data https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/vitamin-c-data-scurvy-1.7413667    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 10:53:43

• Should Canada also privatize its postal service? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/postal-service-future-privatization-1.7414824    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 10:54:17

• Tenants fight eviction https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/tenants-fight-eviction-from-halifax-apartment-building-1.7415145    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 10:54:45

• "GitHub prevents indexing of repository wiki content through HTTP headers. The blocking greatly reduces the effectiveness of content of pages on affected Wikis if they cannot be searched on search engines" https://github-wiki-see.page/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:00:22

• Sleep disorders in the land of the midnight sun https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/north-sleep-disorder-1.7411582    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:05:45

• Cuba: Thousands protest against US trade sanctions https://www.dw.com/en/cuba-thousands-protest-against-us-trade-sanctions/a-71135477    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:06:53

• US military aid to Taiwan https://www.dw.com/en/china-objects-to-us-military-aid-to-taiwan/a-71135849    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:07:29

• Google’s 'Willow' chip aimed at leap in quantum computing https://www.dw.com/en/google-s-willow-chip-aimed-at-leap-in-quantum-computing/a-71068302    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:09:53

• China retail growth slows, agency calls for 2025 support https://www.dw.com/en/china-retail-growth-slows-agency-calls-for-2025-support/a-71063742    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:10:20

• new dads get baby blues too https://www.dw.com/en/postpartum-depression-new-dads-get-baby-blues-too/a-71071393    

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

• uncertain, shock-prone future https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bank-of-canada-uncertainty-1.7412001    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:15:12

• Canada finance minister quits after clash with Trudeau https://www.dw.com/en/canada-finance-minister-quits-after-clash-with-trudeau/a-71075753    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:15:28

• Canada to impose more tariffs on Chinese imports in new year https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-chinese-tariffs-1.7412834    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:16:23

• After major layoffs, Quebec's Lion Electric enters creditor protection https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/lion-electric-creditor-protection-layoffs-1.7412323    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:17:19

• "Another year comes to a close and Valve have put up the Best of Steam - 2024, so you can go and check out what's the most popular." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/valve-released-the-best-of-steam-2024-showing-off-the-highest-earners-and-most-played-games/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:18:58

• "Bringing with it a whole lot of new content to play through, the Palworld - Feybreak update is officially out now ready for your holiday time." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/palworld-feybreak-v0411-is-out-now-and-its-a-huge-update/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:19:08

• "ScummVM v2.9.0 has rolled out as a little holiday treat bringing expanded compatibility with various retro classic for you to play on modern systems." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/scummvm-2-9-0-is-out-now-for-expanded-retro-gaming-support/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:19:20

• "Thrive is an open source evolution sim built with Godot Engine, it's getting more impressive with every new release and there's another update out now for you to try out." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/open-source-evolution-sim-thrive-v08-brings-more-graphics-improvements-and-new-game-mechanics/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:20:37

• "From the team behind PC ports of other Nintendo games like The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time and The Legend of Zelda: Majora's Mask, a new PC port has arrived for Star Fox 64." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/12/fan-made-pc-port-of-star-fox-64-is-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:20:52

• "Protests start in Syria after Christmas tree set on fire" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2024/12/24/christmas-tree-set-on-fire-triggers-protests-in-syria/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:22:43

• "Syrian Christians call for greater protections after Christmas tree burned" https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/syria-christians-rally-christmas-1.7418618    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:23:11

• "Panamanians Protest Against Trump in Front of the U.S. Embassy - teleSUR English" https://www.telesurenglish.net/panamanians-protest-against-trump-in-front-of-the-u-s-embassy/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:23:25

• "North Korean Soldiers Suffer 1,100 Casualties in Ukraine War, South Korean Military Says - The Moscow Times" https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/12/23/north-korean-soldiers-suffer-1100-casualties-in-ukraine-war-south-korean-military-says-a87427    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:23:42

• "Moscow court sentences U.S. citizen to 15 years in prison for espionage" https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/24/moscow-court-sentences-u-s-citizen-to-15-years-in-prison-for-espionage    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:23:50

• "'Twas The Night Before Tom's Christmas 2024" https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/twas-the-night-before-toms-christmas-2024    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:24:02

• "Netzpolitischer Jahresrückblick: AI Act, Biometrie, Chatkontrolle und der Rest vom Alphabet" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2024/netzpolitischer-jahresrueckblick-ai-act-biometrie-chatkontrolle-und-der-rest-vom-alphabet/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:24:11

• "Anthony Scaramucci to Elon Musk: 'Lay off the gas on politics a little bit'" https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5054743-scaramucci-advises-musk-stick-to-business-because-these-people-can-hurt-you/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:24:36

• "‘Substantial evidence’ Gaetz paid for sex with minor, U.S. House Committee says • Michigan Advance" https://michiganadvance.com/2024/12/23/dc/substantial-evidence-gaetz-paid-for-sex-with-minor-u-s-house-committee-says/ What about Bill Gaetz? Will they investigate THAT too? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/business/jeffrey-epstein-bill-gates.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:25:20

• "Full Feed RSS" https://chriscoyier.net/2024/12/24/full-feed-rss/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:25:35

• "Merry Christmas" https://davidjohnmead.com/posts/2024-12-24-merry-christmas/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:25:47

• "In a landmark ruling, the Court of Milan has ordered Cloudflare to block pirate streaming services that offer Serie A football matches." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/cloudflare-must-block-piracy-shield-domains-and-ip-addresses-across-its-service-241224/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:32:10

• "But if you’re trying to do the copyright bullying schtick, it’s best not to go after a person or entity with the resources to fight back." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/23/lane-kiffin-defeats-keith-bell-in-winning-isnt-normal-copyright-case/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:32:33

• "The bill, which was designed to increase ticket pricing transparency, also aims to ban speculative ticketing in the United States." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/23/ticket-act-dumped-by-congress-budget-cuts/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:33:56

• "Apple does not plan to build its own search engine to compete with Alphabet's Google, whether or not the payments continue, the company's lawyers said in court papers filed in Washington on Monday." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/apple-seeks-to-defend-googles-billion-dollar-payments-in-search-case/articleshow/116637875.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:34:12

• "Some particulars of NY’s Affordable Broadband Act: ISPs with less than 20,000 subscribers are exempt. Only Americans on existing low-income programs could qualify." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/23/supreme-court-wont-help-big-telecom-kill-ny-law-requiring-affordable-broadband-for-poor-people/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:34:58

• "Google’s appointment of Preeti Lobana as the head of its Indian operations last week topped a fast-growing trend of women executives taking charge at technology corporations across the country." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/women-lead-the-charge-at-global-tech-firms-in-india/articleshow/116636934.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:36:39

• "Using “Xizang” — a term China formally adopted in 2023 in all its official documents to refer to Tibet — plays into Beijing’s attempts to undermine and erase Tibet’s historical and cultural identity, advocates say." ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/tibet/2024/12/24/tibet-british-museum-xizang/ | Source: RFA    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:37:01

• "In June, the boxer suffered a concussion and multiple rib fractures after five Chechen men attacked her on the street." ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2024/12/23/female-chechen-boxer-attacked-in-switzerland-a87435 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:37:19

• "Since the start of the full-scale war, thousands of Ukrainian orphans and unaccompanied minors have been deported to Russia and placed in care homes or with foster families. Oleksandr Yakushchenko was among them." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/24/thank-god-he-s-dead-fewer-problems | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:39:37

• "The Amazon workers who walked off the job at warehouses across the country at peak season are trying to establish a union beachhead against one of the most important — and most anti-union — employers in the world." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2024/12/teamsters-amazon-strike-holidays-union/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:39:51

• "Some say that the community is in danger of losing its 1,600-year foothold in the enclave and that it is far from certain those who have fled will ever feel safe enough to return home." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/24/world/middleeast/gaza-christians-war-hamas-israel.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:40:20

• "Well, first, it should be clear that they are not principled libertarians. Principled libertarians believe in formal equality of negative liberty rights." ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2024/12/24/plutocrats-and-authoritarian-leaders-like-flies-to-flypaper/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:42:01

• "As editor-in-chief of the exiled Russian investigative outlet IStories, breaking through propaganda to bring ordinary Russians the truth is Marokhovskaya’s core focus." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/press-freedom-istories-russia-media-exile/7912431.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:42:34

• "The incident, which occurred on Tuesday, December 24th, saw armed assailants storm the hospital, injuring journalists and media workers" ☛ https://www.telesurenglish.net/haiti-violent-gang-attacks-hospital-injuring-journalists-and-media-workers/ | Source: teleSUR    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:42:54

• "Authorities had pledged to reopen the facility Tuesday but as journalists gathered to cover the event, suspected gang members opened fire in a vicious Christmas Eve attack." ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/haiti-gangs-attack-on-hospital-reopening-kills-two-journalists-many-wounded-101735085908643.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:43:16

• "At least two journalists and a police officer were shot dead in the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince on Tuesday, in an attack by gang members on a hospital, according to a local media collective and authorities." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/haiti-gang-opens-fire-on-hospital-killing-journalists/a-71155998 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:43:35

• "The journalists were attacked around 11 a.m. Tuesday as they waited for Health Minister Duckenson Lorthe Blema to reopen a wing of the hospital, which was closed following a gang attack earlier this year." ☛ https://cpj.org/2024/12/2-journalists-killed-7-injured-in-attack-on-media-at-haitian-hospital/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:43:47

• "President-elect Trump’s pick to chair the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) sent Disney CEO Bob Iger a letter warning that he would be “monitoring” ABC’s negotiations with local stations" ☛ https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5054847-fcc-commissioner-warns-disney/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:44:13

• "Trump's often hostile approach to the American press goes back to his first presidential campaign, and is expected to carry into his second term." ☛ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdjg2n3xv7zo | Source: BBC    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:44:50

• "journalists can’t help but look over their shoulders knowing the incoming administration is on the lookout for any pretext or excuse to come after them." ☛ https://thehill.com/opinion/judiciary/5054105-trump-is-waging-a-legal-war-on-press-freedom/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:45:08

• "Military rulers have amended the Motion Picture Law, tripling the maximum jail time for anyone who exports a film or screens it domestically without approval from censorship officials." ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/myanmar/2024/12/24/myanmar-film-industry-censorship/ | Source: RFA    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:45:48

• "Then, McKay makes a bold claim ... saying the way the U.S. is trending politically, he wouldn't be surprised if the movie is banned in three to five years -- given the way American politics is going." ☛ https://www.tmz.com/2024/12/24/adam-mckay-wicked-banned-political-message/ | Source: TMZ    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:45:59

• "U.S. District Judge Timothy Brooks found that elements of the law are unconstitutional." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2024-12-23/judge-rules-arkansas-law-allowing-criminal-charges-against-librarians-is-unconstitutional | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:46:19

• "By teaching its citizens how to critically engage with media content to debunk hoaxes" ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2262075.html | Source: RTL    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:47:56

• "024 was the year India became the talk of America The posts, allowed to spread unfettered" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/whos-next-misinformation-and-online-threats-after-us-ceo-slaying/articleshow/116623902.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:48:04

• "Apple is closing in on a historic $4 trillion stock market valuation, powered by investors cheering progress in the company's long-awaited AI enhancements to rejuvenate sluggish iPhone sales." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/apple-approaches-4-trillion-valuation-as-investors-bet-on-ai-momentum/articleshow/116603977.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:50:33

• "Google’s monitoring service currently shows 8.5 traffic points from Russia." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/youtube-practically-blocked-in-russia-expert-says/33251568.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:50:49

• "Some Democrats — inside and outside of Congress — have expressed post-election jealousy over how President-elect Trump used a hyper-focused media strategy to connect with specific voter demographics" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2024/12/24/democrats-conservative-media-appearances-fox | Source: Axios    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:51:33

• "The swap, which took place in Turkey, freed three high-profile Americans" ☛ https://thehill.com/policy/international/5055127-eugene-spector-sentenced-russia-espionage/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:51:55

• "trumped-up charges to later use as bargaining chips in talks to bring back Russians convicted of crimes in the United States and other Western nations" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-sentences-us-citizen-spector-spy-trial/33251282.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:52:24

• "Eugene Spector was already serving a sentence for a bribery conviction when he was charged with spying, for which a court ordered him to serve an additional 13 years." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/24/world/europe/russia-espionage-eugene-spector.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:52:51

• "The software for that baseline capability, known as the Advanced Tracking and Launch Analysis System, or ATLAS, is being developed by L3Harris and is in the final stages of testing." ☛ https://www.c4isrnet.com/space/2024/12/23/space-operations-command-preps-for-new-shared-domain-awareness-tool/ | Source: C4ISRNET    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:53:07

• "It’s hard not to see the bloated charges in the context of Mangione’s recent ascent to quasi-folk hero status. At the scene of Thompson’s murder, police reportedly found shell casings with the words “deny,” “defend” and “depose” — an apparent reference to a book about why health insurance companies deny claims." ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2024/12/24/luigi-mangiones-indictment-is-another-example-of-the-dangers-of-terror-charges/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:53:31

• "At the scene of Thompson’s murder, police reportedly found shell casings with the words “deny,” “defend” and “depose” — an apparent reference to a book about why health insurance companies deny claims." ☛ https://scheerpost.com/2024/12/24/luigi-mangiones-indictment-is-another-example-of-the-dangers-of-terror-charges/ | Source: Scheerpost    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:53:49

• "For many East Coast states that lack a large land base for extensive onshore development" ☛ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/wind-power/offshore/federal-hostility-could-delay-offshore-wind-projects-derailing-state-climate-goals/ | Source: Renewable Energy World    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:54:48

• "Only just over half of those polled were happy with ticket prices in the autumn" ☛ https://www.scotsman.com/news/transport/scotrail-transport-focus-peak-fares-4921685 | Source: The Scotsman    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:57:40

• "The court in Amsterdam will declare Cargoroo bankrupt this week" ☛ https://nltimes.nl/2024/12/24/another-bicycle-manufacturer-files-bankruptcy-netherlands | Source: NL Times    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 11:57:59

• "The ban, which will take effect on January 1, 2025, and remain in place until March 15, 2031" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/24/russia-bans-cryptocurrency-mining-in-the-caucasus-and-occupied-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 12:00:04

• "Electric vehicle chargers need to multiply from hundreds to thousands by the end of the decade" ☛ https://www.theage.com.au/national/queensland/australia-urged-to-power-ahead-with-rollout-of-ev-chargers-20241225-p5l0mb.html | Source: The Age AU    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 12:01:44

• [Old] "We could lift a steel ball weighing about 1 kilogram using only about 400 watts of microwave power" ☛ https://spectrum.ieee.org/plasma-jet | Source: IEEE    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 12:02:12

• "According to new data from the Federal Reserve" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2024/12/flood-damage-republicans-insurance-climate/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 12:03:05

• "Koyuncu spoke to bianet about the ecological struggle they continue to carry out in Artvin and his arrest." ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/they-are-trying-to-criminalize-the-struggle-to-protect-nature-302987 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 12:03:12

• "When veteran newsmen L. Gordon Crovitz and Steven Brill started their news site rating company" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2024/12/24/newsguard-disinformation-censorship-free-speech/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 12:10:36

• "The wells, dug to grow cotton and vegetables, have drained vital underground reserves, he said." ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/uyghur/2024/12/24/chinese-drill-illegal-wells-water-theft/ | Source: RFA    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 12:11:01

• "Even if 1 percent are malicious foreign actors, our national security is compromised." ☛ https://thehill.com/opinion/5054656-biden-harris-border-security-adversaries/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 12:11:52

• "Among the players vying for influence in post-Assad Syria, Turkey has emerged as the clear winner." ☛ https://thehill.com/opinion/international/5054637-neo-ottoman-turkeys-triumph-over-its-regional-rivals/ | Source: The Hill    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 12:12:11

• "Mump regime" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/further/president-musk-will-see-you-now-if-you-re-bearing-money-or-power | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 12:12:51

• "Swedish police have been on board as observers in connection with the Chinese investigation..." ☛ https://www.thelocal.se/20241224/sweden-says-china-blocked-prosecutors-probe-of-ship-linked-to-cut-cables | Source: The Local SE    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 12:13:10

• "Here are the main controversies surrounding the TikTok." ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/23/why-is-tiktok-controversial/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 12:13:38

• "Mercenary activity will not stop in the near future, predicts Alfonso Manzur" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/international/2024-12-23/colombia-the-worlds-largest-exporter-of-mercenaries-were-like-soccer-players-headhunters-look-at-your-work-and-make-you-an-offer.html | Source: El País    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 12:13:57

• "We started off with a big change: the removal of our set of Amazon Ring relationships" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/atlas-surveillance-expands-its-data-police-surveillance-technology-2024-year | Source: EFF    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 12:14:59

• "NSO Group was also ordered to turn over the source code" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2024/12/23/federal-judge-says-nso-group-violated-cfaa-holds-it-liable-for-malware-delivered-via-whatsapps-servers/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 12:15:14

• "Iran has lifted the ban on Meta's WhatsApp and Google Play." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/iran-lifts-ban-on-whatsapp-and-google-play-state-media-says/articleshow/116637951.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 12:15:24

• Windows TCO ☛ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31542 | Source: SANS    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 12:25:37

• "Among the CFPB allegations are that Zelle and the banks failed to implement proper fraud prevention safeguards, allowing scammers to proliferate, and that banks failed to properly investigate customer complaints about Zelle." ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5235238 | Source: NPR    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 12:25:59

• "While Service Control Policies (SCPs) define the maximum permissions for an AWS Account, a Permission Boundary defines the maximum permissions for a specific principal (ie IAM Role or IAM User)" ☛ https://www.chrisfarris.com/post/payer-invariants/ | Source: Chris Ferris    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 12:26:12

• "BERT was an early language model released by Google in October 2018. Unlike modern LLMs it wasn't designed for generating text. BERT was trained for masked token prediction and was generally applied to problems like Named Entity Recognition or Sentiment Analysis." ☛ https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/24/modernbert/#atom-everything | Source: Simon Willison    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 12:26:33

• "For 2025, experts are sounding the alarm about AI and its effect on online security." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2563436/ai-impersonators-will-wreck-online-security-in-2025-heres-what-to-watch-out-for.html | Source: PC World    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 12:26:48

• "The skyrocketing price of chocolate" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/christmas-chocolate-prices-soar-while-cocoa-farmers-struggle/a-70959142 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 12:27:20

• "I have been "retired" for exactly one week. It's going pretty well so far!" ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/12/week-notes-lost-in-space/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 12:27:44

• "Nevertheless, in trying to set clear goals for NASA and civil space policy" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/how-nasa-might-change-under-donald-trump/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 12:30:25

• "I mentioned in a previous post that doing exact UNORM or SNORM conversions to float in hardware" ☛ https://fgiesen.wordpress.com/2024/12/24/unorm-and-snorm-to-float-hardware-edition/ | Source: Fabian “ryg” Giesen    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 12:30:32

• "The story of Fessenden’s alleged first voice transmissions" ☛ http://www.arrl.org/news/view/experimental-station-to-commemorate-fessenden-transmission-december-24 | Source: ARRL    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 12:30:43

• "The other day, I visited my local Sam’s Club, as I have the extra membership card for the household membership." ☛ https://schwarztech.net/articles/too-many-apps-account-fatigue-and-diminishing-privacy | Source: SchwarzTech    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 12:32:03

• "Here comes the proverbial posterior prognostication: but… everything is relative." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/farewell-to-my-first-coffee-grinder/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 12:32:35

• "Yes, you can grind coffee beans in a blender. If you don't have a coffee grinder and still want to grind your coffee beans, then using a blender to grind coffee beans is a practical alternative." https://www.decadentdecaf.com/blogs/decadent-decaf-coffee-co/can-you-grind-coffee-beans-in-a-blender?srsltid=AfmBOopQnUcz8ftYQy13wilg5jCw0opJLfPibTEDf_8ml_9jqZEk0ALG    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 12:35:33

• Feliz Navidad gemini://bosque-protector.com/religion/feliz-navidad-2024.gmi    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 12:48:33

• "For the read-in, I used a trick from previous days: instead of keeping state in separate variables and changing it when encountering an empty line or the end of the file, I make the state depend on the modulus of the line number." gemini://dkalak.de/aoc/25.gmi    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 12:49:07

• Advent of Code 2024, Day 24 gemini://dkalak.de/aoc/24.gmi    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 12:50:10

• Systemd journald cheatsheet gopher://dataswamp.org:70/1/~solene/article-systemd-journald-cheatsheet    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 12:52:33

• Fedora Community Blog: Fedora Chooses Forgejo! ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fedora-chooses-forgejo/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 12:59:16

• A warm December embrace for you - EndeavourOS https://endeavouros.com/news/a-warm-december-embrace-for-you/   

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:00:01

• The World's 'Richest Country' Chooses GNU/Linux ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/23/The_World_s_Richest_Country_Chooses_GNU_Linux.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:00:21

• Brittany Day Connects backdoored Windows Ransomware to "Linux" Using Abusive Monopolist Microsoft LLMs (FUD Galore, Zero Effort, No Accountability) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/24/Brittany_Day_Connects_Windows_Ransomware_to_Linux_Using_Microso.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:00:28

• "If you’re a beginner and want to dive into AI development, Linux is an excellent choice of operating system, as it is powerful, flexible, and widely used in the AI community." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/setup-ai-development-environment-on-ubuntu/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:01:10

• "In this article, we’ll show you how to use sed to add a new line after a specific string in a file." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/sed-add-a-line-after-string-in-file/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:01:25

• "In a recent entry on short lived TLS certificates and graceful certificate rollover in web servers" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/TLSCertificateMultifileProblem | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:02:29

• "Ever since its Solaris origins, ZFS has supported automatic NFS and CIFS sharing of ZFS filesystems through their 'sharenfs' and 'sharesmb' properties." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/ZFSPoolImportAndNFSExports | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:02:47

• "I will copy the data from my repo to another host and work on it there." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2024/12/24/setting-up-a-local-subversion-repository-server-with-nil-security/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:03:13

• "This example is a classic - in a bad way - and can cause quite some confusion for users of assistive technology (AT). But it's also very easy to fix!" ☛ https://htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/2024/24/ | Source: Markup from Hell    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:03:34

• "Sometimes, website authors change the URL of a feed without adding a redirect. This causes a problem for people subscribed to the feed: without the redirect, the software used to subscribe to the feed will have an out of date URL." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2024/12/24/designing-the-artemis-feed-recovery-tool/ | Source: James G    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:03:46

• "Not everyone knows that the Raspberry Pi CPU has a built-in Watchdog." ☛ https://uplab.pro/2024/12/compute-blade-auto-reboot-in-case-of-problems/ | Source: Ivan Kuleshov    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:04:11

• "Once again, here I am, hackin' away on horizontal scroll ideas. This iteration starts with a custom HTML tag. " ☛ https://ryanmulligan.dev/blog/scrolly-rail/ | Source: Ryan Mulligan    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:04:25

• Fedora 41 Network Configuration Guide ☞ https://idroot.us/fedora-41-network-configuration/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:05:22

• How To Enable BBR on Fedora 41 ☞ https://idroot.us/enable-bbr-fedora-41/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:05:34

• How To Install Development Tools on Rocky GNU/Linux 9 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-development-tools-rocky-linux-9/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:05:47

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

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:06:14

• LibreArts Weekly recap — 22 December 2024 ☞ https://librearts.org/2024/12/week-recap-22-dec-2024/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:07:10

• A Software Carol ☞ https://jxself.org/a-software-carol.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:07:37

• Advertisers and Their Covert Impact on Publications' Output (or Writers' Topics of Choice, as Assigned or Approved by Editors) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/24/Advertisers_and_Their_Covert_Impact_on_Publications_Output_or_W.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:08:41

• Terrible Year for Abusive Monopolist Microsoft backdoored Windows in Cyprus (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/24/Terrible_Year_for_Microsoft_Windows_in_Cyprus.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:08:49

• Where the Population is Controlled by Skinnerboxes Inside People's Pockets (or Purses) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/24/Where_the_Population_is_Controlled_by_Skinnerboxes_Inside_Peopl.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:09:09

• [Meme] Coin-Operated Publishers (Gaming the Message, Buying the Narrative) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/24/Meme_Coin_Operated_Publishers_Gaming_the_Message_Buying_the_Nar.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:09:25

• [Meme] How to Kill Unions (Staff on Shoestring Budget Cannot Afford Lawyers) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/24/Meme_How_to_Kill_Unions_Staff_on_Shoestring_Budget_Cannot_Affor.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:09:58

• Apple's LLM Slop Told Us Luigi Mangione Had Shot Himself, BetaNews Used LLMs to Talk About a Dead Linus Torvalds ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/23/Apple_s_LLM_Slop_Told_Us_Luigi_Mangione_Had_Shot_Himself_BetaNe.shtml    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:10:07

• Aryan Kaushik: UbuCon Asia 2024 ☞ https://www.aryank.in/posts/2024-12-25-ubucon-asia-2024/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:11:05

• How to Hide Ubuntu Pro Updates in Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/disable-ubuntu-pro-updates-in-software-updater    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:11:36

• Kevin Fenzi: Hello from nikola ☞ https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2024/12/22/hello-from-nikola/ "After using wordpress for more than 20 years, I finally decided it was time to move off of it. I'm not really happy about the recent turmoil from the upstream wordpress"    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:12:49

• "Data transformation is a fundamental technique in statistical analysis and data preprocessing." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/12/how-to-transform-data-in-r-log-square-root-cube-root/ | Source: Rlang    

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

• "If you are an R/RStudio user and you are learning C/C++ then this blog post may be interesting. Suppose that you’ve written a function in C/C++ (or even a whole program)." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/12/calling-c-functions-from-r-using-rcpp/ | Source: Rlang    

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

• "This is not finished. It has been posted for review. When this paragraph is gone, the post is finished." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2024/12/24/converting-a-subversion-repo-to-git/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:18:56

• "Most of them that I see are startlingly bad because they are missing key data points about the project." ☛ https://sneak.berlin/20241224/readme-howto/ | Source: Jeffrey Paul    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:19:09

• "The FreshRSS team has just unveiled version 1.25 of this popular self-hosted RSS feed aggregator, which includes many improvements and new features." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/freshrss-1-25-rss-agregator-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:20:08

• "These were normally announced in July-September, in time to ramp up sales for the Christmas rush." ☛ https://thejpster.org.uk/blog/blog-2024-12-24/ | Source: Jonathan Pallant    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:21:23

• "Four days ago, YouTuber ChromaLock uploaded a build log of his latest hardware project on his channel." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/nintendo/raspberry-pi-pico-streams-real-time-video-to-nintendos-game-boy-color | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:21:32

• "I only lost £10 from my original purchase cost and that’s what did it. Someone offered me a great price and after realising another month had gone by without using it I decided to just let it go." ☛ https://ljpuk.net/2024/12/24/i-sold-my-steam-deck/ | Source: Lee Peterson    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:22:24

• "And as y’all know I also love RPGs and story games much more than I love board games!" ☛ https://idiomdrottning.org/themer | Source: Idiomdrottning    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:22:29

• "So it's kind of natural to put technology into sports, not only for the players but also for spectators across the world." ☛ https://text.eapl.mx/var-is-not-so-stupid | Source: EAPL.mx    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:22:35

• "Electrical link down between Estonia and Finland" https://yle.fi/a/74-20133467    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:54:16

• tiktok nonsense as "news" in Wall Street Times ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/24/arts/daniel-stern-home-alone-tiktok.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:55:57

• Cops Warn of Fentanylware (TikTok) Hey Hi (AI) Scam Mimics Wellness Expert Dr. Noordin ☞ https://www.cloudbooklet.com/cops-warn-of-tiktok-ai-scam    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:56:10

• Attempts at a Technological Solution to Disinformation Will Do More Harm Than Good ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/attempts-at-a-technological-solution-to-disinformation-will-do-more-harm-than-good    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 13:57:08

• How well prepared are we to rapidly analyse a new influenza pandemic? A brief perspective on analysis conducted for UK government advisory groups during COVID-19 ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/12/how-well-prepared-are-we-to-rapidly-analyse-a-new-influenza-pandemic-a-brief-perspective-on-analysis-conducted-for-uk-government-advisory-groups-during-covid-19/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 14:09:59

• The Golden Age of American Bakeries Is Upon Us. Here’s Why. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/24/dining/american-bakeries-golden-age.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 14:10:15

• How a Consulting Firm and Trump’s I.R.S. Pick Pushed a Problematic Tax Credit ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/24/business/billy-long-irs-tax-credit.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 14:13:28

• Destination Linux 401: GNU/Linux Battlestations and New Hardware from Nvidia & System76 ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/destination-linux/dl-401/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 14:15:11

• Linux Matters: Working Remotely on the Savannah ☞ https://linuxmatters.sh/45/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 14:15:49

• The Year in Review: Top Ten Law Bytes Podcast Episodes ☞ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2024/12/the-year-in-review-top-ten-law-bytes-podcast-episodes-3/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 14:17:55

• Destination Linux 401: GNU/Linux Battlestations and New Hardware from Nvidia & System76 ☞ https://destinationlinux.net/401    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 14:19:04

• how to setup install armbian on Rockpi-E RK3588 + looking for alternative SoC hardware? + RISC-V status quo latest board just dropped + who is Radxa + compact Hey Hi (AI) hardware NVIDIA Jetson Orion Nano? ☞ https://dwaves.de/2024/12/24/how-to-setup-install-armbian-on-rockpi-e-rk3588-looking-for-alternative-soc-hardware-risc-v-status-quo-latest-board-just-dropped-who-is-radxa-compact-ai-hardware-nvidia-jetson-orion-nano/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 14:20:12

• Putin faces antisemitism accusations following attack on ‘ethnic Jews’ ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/putin-faces-antisemitism-accusations-following-attack-on-ethnic-jews/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 14:20:47

• North Korean military raises enlistment age limit from 23 to 25 ☞ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2024/12/24/north-korea-enlistment-age-increase/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 14:23:26

• "The transmission line experienced an outage on Wednesday, Christmas Day, at 12:26pm. At the time, the power transfer from Finland to Estonia was 658 megawatts, Fingrid reported." https://yle.fi/a/74-20133467    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 14:25:33

• How might Germany’s coming election shape future support for Ukraine? ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/how-might-germanys-coming-election-shape-future-support-for-ukraine/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 14:26:15

• The guardian ‘grandmothers’ who helped wounded Ukrainian soldiers ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2430527/the-guardian-grandmothers-who-helped-wounded-ukrainian-soldiers    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 14:26:23

• Russian Attack On Kryviy Rih Kills 1 Amid Intense Clashes And Russian Push Toward Pokrovsk ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/clashes-ukraine-east-debate-russia-aims/33251052.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 14:26:50

• "loan funded by frozen Russian assets" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/24/ukraine-receives-first-1-billion-of-loan-funded-by-frozen-russian-assets | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 14:27:30

• "A provocation orchestrated from above" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/24/a-provocation-orchestrated-from-above | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 14:27:38

• Russian Cargo Ship Under U.S. And EU Sanctions Sinks In Mediterranean Sea ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ship-ursa-major-cargo-mediterranean-syria/33251600.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 14:28:19

• Deadly Fire In Russia's Tatarstan Highlights Conditions For Migrant Workers ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/deadly-fire-russia-conditions-migrant-workers/33251510.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 14:28:33

• Moldova's Pro-Western President Sworn In For Second Term ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/sandu-president-stoianoglo-eu-leyen-scholz-macron/33251159.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 14:29:36

• Fall Of Syria Could Be Major Blow to Russia’s Strategy in Africa ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/12/fall-of-syria-could-be-major-blow-to-russias-strategy-in-africa/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 14:30:14

• Mediterranean ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/24/russian-cargo-ship-long-used-to-supply-syria-operations-sinks-in-mediterranean | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 14:30:44

• "Russian authorities reportedly weigh blocking messaging app calls" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/24/russian-authorities-reportedly-weigh-blocking-messaging-app-calls | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 14:31:18

• "15 years in prison for espionage" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2024/12/24/moscow-court-sentences-u-s-citizen-to-15-years-in-prison-for-espionage | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 14:31:51

• Kevin Fenzi: OpenWrt one - a short review ☞ https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2024/12/24/openwrt-one-a-short-review/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 14:32:55

• Best Wishes to All LibreOffice Community Members ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2024/12/24/best-wishes-to-all-libreoffice-community-members/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 14:34:20

• Did Russia just do the same to Finland? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cvgrn2xxqeno    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 14:35:40

• Damaged cables appear to be accident, Finland says https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cy8900p333zo    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 14:37:02

• "Section 230, that enables services to host our speech. EFF was there to fight back on behalf of all internet users." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/eff-continued-champion-users-online-speech-and-fought-efforts-curtail-it | Source: EFF    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 14:39:40

• "All five pending cases at the end of last year, covering three issues, were decided this year, with varying degrees of First Amendment guidance for internet users and online platforms." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2024/12/us-supreme-court-continues-its-foray-free-speech-and-tech-2024-year-review | Source: EFF    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 14:40:17

• Launch RStudio, Positron, and other Data Science apps from your Finder Toolbar ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/12/launch-rstudio-positron-and-other-data-science-apps-from-your-finder-toolbar/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 14:41:11

• Should you Submit Papers before Christmas? Submission Percentages across Months of the Year ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/12/should-you-submit-papers-before-christmas-submission-percentages-across-months-of-the-year/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 14:43:52

• Version 1.3.0 of NIMBLE released ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2024/12/version-1-3-0-of-nimble-released/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 14:44:19

• test review benchmark armbian gnu linux on rockpi-e (RK3588 ARMv8 no GPU but desktop via x11vnc and xvfb) (geekbench v5 and v6 (arm) problems) ☞ https://dwaves.de/2024/12/24/test-review-benchmark-armbian-gnu-linux-on-rockpi-e-rk3588-armv8-no-gpu-but-desktop-via-x11vnc-and-xvfb-geekbench-v5-and-v6-arm-problems/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 14:45:40

• Security updates for Tuesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1003381/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 14:45:59

• Goodbye, Sam ☞ https://serebit.dev/posts/merry-christmas-sam/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 14:47:34

• Seeing the 2024 Xmas trees around Sydney ☞ https://rubenerd.com/seeing-the-2024-xmas-decs-around-sydney/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:15:14

• "Thailand Bans Advertising for Toddler Milk" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/thailand-bans-advertising-toddler-milk | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:15:42

• Software Patents: Netflix files suit against Broadcom over VMware virtual machine patents ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/24/netflix-files-suit-broadcom-vmware-virtual-machine-patents/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:16:31

• Spyware Maker NSO Group Found Liable for Hacking WhatsApp ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2024/12/spyware-maker-nso-group-found-liable-for-hacking-whatsapp.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:17:15

• Martin Thompson: Expanding what HTTPS means ☞ https://lowentropy.net/posts/local-https/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:18:12

• What's new on CPAN - November 2024 ☞ https://www.perl.com/article/what-s-new-on-cpan-november-2024/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:18:49

• Judge Strikes Down Portions of Arkansas Law That Threatened Librarians ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/24/us/arkansas-book-ban-law.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:19:57

• Pakistan Launches Air Strikes On Militant Hideouts In Afghanistan ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/pakistan-afghanistan-ttp-militants-air-strikes/33251760.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:20:14

• Apple asks to participate in Google’s upcoming antitrust trial ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/24/apple-asks-participate-googles-upcoming-antitrust-trial/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:20:56

• Iran's Cyberspace Council Votes To Lift Ban On WhatsApp, Surveillance Giant Google Play ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/iran-internet-whatsapp-google-play-supreme-council-cyberspace/33251667.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:21:19

• Iran votes to lift bans on WhatsApp, Surveillance Giant Google Play and other foreign-owned apps ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/24/iran-votes-lift-bans-whatsapp-google-play-foreign-owned-apps/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:21:54

• Best of 2024: 10 Hot Takes Ahead of KubeCon EU 2024 ☞ https://cloudnativenow.com/editorial-calendar/best-of-2024/best-of-2024-10-hot-takes-ahead-of-kubecon-eu-2024/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:22:32

• OpenShot 3.3 Released with Ripple Edit and New Default Theme ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2024/12/openshot-3-3-ripple-edit-new-theme/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:24:36

• FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, December 27, starting at 12:00 EST (17:00 UTC) ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2024-12-27-irc    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:26:49

• Egypt’s New Medical Malpractice Law: A Flawed Approach to Accountability ☞ https://medevel.com/egypts-new-medical-malpractice-law/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:27:57

• The Impact of Poor Hospital Design on Patient Satisfaction - Architects: Please Do not Repeat this Nightmare ☞ https://medevel.com/the-impact-of-poor-hospital-design-on-patient-satisfaction-a-call-for-architect-please-do-not-repeat-this-nightmare/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:28:22

• RootMaster is a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W-based hydroponic automation system with STM32G4 MCU, CAN Bus, sensors ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2024/12/24/rootmaster-raspberry-pi-zero-2w-based-hydroponic-automation-system-with-stm32g4-mcu-can-bus-sensors/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:28:53

• "We know, you’ve already got a USB to serial adapter" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/25/break-me-off-a-piece-of-that-open-source-serial-adapter/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:29:41

• 4MLinux 47.0 Released with Installation Support for Virtual (KVM) Block Devices ☞ https://9to5linux.com/4mlinux-47-0-released-with-installation-support-for-virtual-kvm-block-devices    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:30:28

• Wine vs. VMs: Which Is Better for Running backdoored Windows Apps on Linux? ☞ https://www.maketecheasier.com/wine-vs-virtual-machines/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:31:36

• Help The Site: Suggest an Open Source Program ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/suggest-open-source-program/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:32:11

• Parabolic – tool to download web video and audio ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/parabolic-tool-download-web-video-audio/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:33:09

• Heroin Abuse Fuels Public Health Crisis in Kenya ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2024/12/heroin-abuse-fuels-public-health-crisis-in-kenya/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:39:28

• South Korean opposition pushes for Acting President’s impeachment ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-opposition-pushes-for-acting-presidents-impeachment-after-he-skips-review-of-special    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:39:49

• South Korean opposition puts off plan to impeach acting president Han ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-korean-opposition-puts-off-plan-to-impeach-acting-president-han    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:39:57

• South Korea mulls creating 'KSMC' contract chipmaker to compete with TSMC, requires a $13.9 billion investment ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/south-korea-mulls-creating-ksmc-contract-chipmaker-to-compete-with-tsmc-requires-a-usd13-9-billion-investment    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:41:08

• Bandar Malaysia’s revival in good hands with new owner, say analysts, but critics question deal ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/bandar-malaysias-revival-in-good-hands-with-new-owner-say-analysts-but-critics-question-deal    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:48:05

• China, Japan foreign ministers meet in Beijing, seafood trade on agenda ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-japan-foreign-ministers-meet-in-beijing-seafood-trade-on-agenda    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:48:36

• Editors’ picks for 2024: ‘Exclusive: Inside Beijing’s app collecting information from Belt and Road companies’ ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/editors-picks-for-2024-exclusive-inside-beijings-app-collecting-information-from-belt-and-road-companies/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:49:07

• Philippines defends U.S. missile system deployment, seeks to acquire its own ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/philippines-defends-u.s.-missile-system-deployment-seeks-to-acquire-its-own    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:49:21

• China and Japan expected to discuss seafood ban on Wednesday ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-and-japan-expected-to-discuss-seafood-ban-on-wednesday    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:49:51

• Canada condemns China's steps against Canadian institutions over Uyghurs, Tibet ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/canada-condemns-chinas-steps-against-canadian-institutions-over-uyghurs-tibet    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:50:10

• Xerox buys Lexmark for $1.5 billion — printer biz consolidation deal requires approval from US and Chinese regulators ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/printers/xerox-buys-lexmark-for-usd1-5-billion-printer-biz-consolidation-deal-requires-approval-from-us-and-chinese-regulators    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:50:24

• US missile deployment in the Philippines is legitimate: Manila ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2024/12/24/philippines-us-typhon-missile/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:50:39

• Hong Kong offers bounties for 6 more democracy activists ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2024/12/24/hong-kong-democrats-bounty/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:50:58

• China trains African journalists as part of drive to boost influence ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2024/12/24/china-training-african-journalists-propaganda/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:51:11

• China goes after celebrity live-streamers for missing taxes ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2024/12/24/live-streamers-punished-tax-evasion/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:51:23

• Bangladesh formally requests extradition of former PM from India ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/12/bangladesh-formally-requests-extradition-of-former-pm-from-india/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:51:56

• China to raise deficit in effort to boost spending next year amid sluggish economy ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/24/china-to-raise-deficit-in-effort-to-boost-spending-next-year-amid-sluggish-economy/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:52:19

• Driver who rammed car into crowd outside central China primary school handed suspended death sentence ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/24/driver-who-rammed-car-into-crowd-outside-central-china-primary-school-handed-suspended-death-sentence/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:52:38

• Absolute Essentials You Need to Know to Survive Vi Editor ☞ https://itsfoss.com/vi-editor-basics/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:52:56

• "Azerbaijan Airlines plane with 69 onboard crashes in Kazakhstan" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2024/12/25/azerbaijan-airlines-plane-with-69-onboard-crashes-in-kazakhstan-over-20-survivors-reported | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:53:35

• Trump’s expansionist overtures stir pushback from Greenland, Panama ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2024/1224/trump-greenland-panama-canal    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:55:10

• Estates Gazette magazine saved by Mark Allen Group bid ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/b2b/estates-gazette-saved/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 15:56:02

• Messed-Up Hammond X5 ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/24/the-mystery-of-the-messed-up-hammond-x5/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:19:03

• "We all know and love the humble seven-segment display, right? And if you want to make characters as well as numbers, you can do an okay job with sixteen segments off the shelf." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/24/a-twenty-segment-display-artistically/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:19:26

• "What’s a lemniscate? That’s the proper name for the infinity sign (∞)." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/24/pis-evil-twin-goes-for-infinity/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:20:01

• North Korean hackers linked to hack of 4,500 bitcoins from Japanese crypto exchange ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/24/north-korean-hackers-linked-hack-4500-bitcoins-japanese-crypto-exchange/ Windows TCO?    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:21:30

• 17,000 Year Old Remains Could Be Oldest Evidence of Blue Eyes ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/17000-year-old-remains-could-be-oldest-evidence-of-blue-eyes    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:22:47

• Scientists Destroy 99% of Cancer Cells in Lab Using Vibrating Molecules ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-destroy-99-of-cancer-cells-in-lab-using-vibrating-molecules    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:23:05

• Five Simple Ways to Avoid 'Stress Eating' These Holidays ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/five-simple-ways-to-avoid-stress-eating-these-holidays    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:23:21

• "After all, what good are all those buttons and LEDs if you can’t bend them to your will?" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/24/holiday-jukebox-gets-esp32-home-assistant-support/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:24:36

• Microsoft fixes bug behind random Office 365 deactivation errors ☞ https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-fixes-bug-behind-random-office-365-deactivation-errors/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:26:01

• Microsoft systemd trying to absorb "Linux" in the name of "security" https://lwn.net/Articles/1001730/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:26:47

• Dutch District Court upholds BMS’s apixaban patent monopoly ☞ https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2024/12/24/dutch-district-court-upholds-bmss-apixaban-patent/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:28:45

• $2,000 for Morris Routing network patent monopoly prior art ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2024/12/24/2000-for-morris-routing-network-patent-prior-art    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:28:55

• Just patent marketing spam from a publisher that gets paid by the companies it is "endorsing" as litigation opportunists ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/juve-patent-ones-to-watch-2024-full-overview/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:29:13

• "Keeping Track Of Old Computer Manuals With The Manx Catalog" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/24/keeping-track-of-old-computer-manuals-with-the-manx-catalog/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:33:47

• TTABlog Test: Is CERTIFIED SUGAR DADDY Merely Descriptive of Dating Software and Services? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2024/12/ttablog-test-is-certified-sugar-daddy.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:34:04

• Love Your Blue Check Mark on X? It’s Nearly 40% More Expensive Now ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/23/twitter-x-premium-price-hike-2024/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:34:32

• Anthropic Moves to Counter Music Publishers’ Preliminary Injunction Push, Pointing to a ‘Broad Array of Safeguards’ for Protected Content ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/24/anthropic-music-publishers-lawsuit-injunction-opposition/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:35:26

• Windows TCO ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2024/12/24/marriott-starwood-ordered-implement-security-overhaul-ftc-settlement/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:37:33

• Divine Attah-Ohiemi: Seamless Transitions: Mastering Apache Redirects for a Smooth Hugo Migration ☞ https://dev.to/0xfaker/seamless-transitions-mastering-apache-redirects-for-a-smooth-hugo-migration-3m1a    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:38:22

• "Going Digital" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2024/12/24/going-digital-teaching-a-ti-84-handwriting-recognition/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:38:59

• Broadcom has no Interest in buying Intel: CEO says no one asked ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/broadcom-has-no-interest-in-buying-intel-ceo-says-no-one-asked    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:39:27

• Malaysia investment fund 1MDB sues Amicorp Group for alleged fraud ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/12/malaysia-investment-fund-1mdb-sues-amicorp-group-for-alleged-fraud/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:39:49

• Megan Thee Stallion Faces Aggressive Dismissal Motion in Defamation Legal Battle: ‘These Statements Are Not Susceptible to a Defamatory Meaning in the Mind of a Reasonable Person’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2024/12/24/megan-thee-stallion-lawsuit-defamation-dismissal-push/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:40:19

• Zelle Scams Lead to $870M Loss, Federal Lawsuit Filed ☞ https://www.cloudbooklet.com/zelle-scams-lead-to-870m-loss    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:40:37

• Germany: far-right AfD holds march in city hit by Christmas market attack ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241224-germany-far-right-afd-holds-march-in-city-hit-by-christmas-market-attack    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:41:20

• FRANCE 24 journalist's identity stolen by Iranian hackers ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20241224-france-24-journalist-s-identity-stolen-by-iranian-hackers    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:41:39

• Hong Kong national security police issue HK$1 million bounties for 6 ‘fugitives’ ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2024/12/24/breaking-hong-kong-national-security-police-issue-hk1-million-bounties-for-6-fugitives/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:42:20

• Hong Kong Police announce bounties targeting exiled pro-democracy activists ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2024/12/hong-kong-police-announce-bounties-targeting-exiled-pro-democracy-activists/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:42:52

• Rights Watchdog Calls For Accountability For 'Brutal' Violence Against Georgian Protesters ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/hrw-accountability-brutal-violence-protesters-georgia/33251141.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:43:28

• Aceh hopeful as Indonesia beefs up warning system 20 years after tsunami ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/aceh-hopeful-as-indonesia-beefs-up-warning-system-20-years-after-tsunami    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:44:06

• Ubuntu is FREEWARE. "But what if you don’t want to use Ubuntu Pro? What if you don’t want Software Updater to keep opening to tell you there are Ubuntu Pro security updates waiting?" https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/disable-ubuntu-pro-updates-in-software-updater    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:45:16

• "A new version of OpenShot video editor is out (a video editor which doesn’t have the best reputation for stability hence the nickname OpenShut)." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/12/openshot-3-3-video-editor-release    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:45:38

• "NixOS is a rock-solid OS with various layouts and an array of functionalities. Just be prepared for the learning curve." https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-linux-distro-i-recommend-to-power-users-takes-a-unique-approach-to-os-design/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:49:57

• Kubernetes, Rust, Linux and DOS? The Year in Open Source https://thenewstack.io/kubernetes-rust-linux-and-dos-the-year-in-open-source/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:52:23

• "The expectations are high for the Linux ecosystem in 2025. What do you think?" https://news.itsfoss.com/linux-ecosystem-in-2025/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:53:21

• "Even better, those who want one of the three flavors no longer maintained can grab the respective window managers from the repository." https://www.notebookcheck.net/Sid-based-siduction-2024-1-0-launches-with-KDE-Plasma-6-while-dropping-GNOME-MATE-and-Cinnamon.936321.0.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:53:45

• 10 Best Linux Firewalls In 2025 https://cybersecuritynews.com/best-linux-firewalls/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:54:33

• "The latest? With the release of ScummVM 2.9.0, there’s now an official ScummVM port for SailfishOS, which means you can use the software on smartphones or other devices running that Linux-based mobile operating system." https://liliputing.com/scummvm-brings-classic-pc-games-to-sailfishos-linux-based-smartphone-os/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 16:55:04

• New at gemspace gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/mitgedanken/23182    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 17:11:39

• Advent of Code 2024, Day 6 gemini://dkalak.de/aoc/06.gmi    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 17:12:15

• "nevertheless, as time goes on, it morphs and evolves. it grows and matures. as the dust settles, it, too, settles into something. perhaps unto something. something dormant, waiting for the trigger. something smoldering." gemini://hedy.smol.pub/2024-12-25    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 17:13:03

• "Calling anyone that still hosts their own tinylog on their capsule. When I first started Gemini, tinylogs were fairly common but they seem to have gone to the wayside with BBS and Station making them so easy to create on these platforms (which is great, no fault there), but as I'm updating my tinylog aggregator, my list is shrinking." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/tinylog/23188    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 17:13:49

• Human trafficking https://www.dw.com/en/human-trafficking-from-vietnam-to-europe-what-can-be-done/a-71097823    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 17:19:26

• Serbia monitors journalists and dissidents with spyware https://www.dw.com/en/serbia-monitors-journalists-and-dissidents-with-spyware/a-71132881    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 17:19:54

• Bushfires https://www.dw.com/en/australia-bushfires-burn-out-of-control-in-victoria/a-71128381    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 17:20:57

• Volkswagen plant closures, layoffs averted, says union https://www.dw.com/en/volkswagen-plant-closures-layoffs-averted-says-union/a-71126560    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 17:23:40

• Next month EU will have Putin both on the east and on the west    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 17:24:34

• Executor accused of stealing $170K of senior's money was 'like a kid in a candy store,' family alleges https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/executor-estate-theft-allegation-1.7410189    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 17:26:24

• most units were too pricey for the average renter https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/cmhc-housing-report-rentals-1.7412943    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 17:26:50

• false survey https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-afd-supporters-spread-false-survey-about-upcoming-german-election/a-71109429    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 17:29:32

• Is Germany responsible for spiking electricity prices in Europe this winter? https://www.dw.com/en/is-germany-responsible-for-spiking-electricity-prices-in-europe-this-winter/a-71094111    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 17:30:48

• Canada Post https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/canada-post-letters-to-santa-1.7413968    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 17:33:49

• verge of shutdown amid lack of funding from Canada https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/survivors-secretariat-funding-decision-1.7414813    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 17:36:20

• Tariff Threats Cast a Shadow Over US Reliance on Canada for the Majority of Its Oil Imports https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2024-12-19/tariff-threats-cast-a-shadow-over-us-reliance-on-canada-for-the-majority-of-its-oil-imports    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 17:37:36

• Rape-suicide by police https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/central-saanich-police-sexual-assault-death-1.7414475    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 17:38:41

• Eurozone inflation rises less than expected, more in Germany https://www.dw.com/en/eurozone-inflation-rises-less-than-expected-more-in-germany/a-71093182    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 17:39:49

• trademark https://www.dw.com/en/us-law-ends-havana-club-trademark-battle-between-cuba-and-bacardi/a-71097201    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 17:56:05

• football streaming https://www.dw.com/en/the-cost-of-illegal-football-streaming-in-latin-america/a-71092965    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 17:56:43

• Potential cancer-causing chemicals have been found in black spatulas and takeaway containers. Is it time to throw them out? https://www.dw.com/en/potential-cancer-causing-chemicals-have-been-found-in-black-spatulas-and-takeaway-containers-is-it-time-to-throw-them-out/a-71090541    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 17:57:25

• France: Sarkozy loses appeal, must wear electronic ankle tag https://www.dw.com/en/france-sarkozy-loses-appeal-must-wear-electronic-ankle-tag/a-71098346 the enabler of criminal Battistelli https://techrights.org/wiki/Benoît_Battistelli/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 17:59:31

• What will 2025 bring for Linux PCs? https://www.pcworld.com/article/2545251/what-will-2025-bring-for-linux-pcs.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 18:01:25

• No, you should not install and divert effort to Microsoft tools and vendor lock-in if you seek Linux freedom https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-install-and-use-microsofts-powershell-on-linux-and-why-you-should/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 18:02:58

• Raspberry Pi IoT In C - gpiod https://www.i-programmer.info/programming/148-hardware/17710-raspberry-pi-iot-in-c-gpiod.html    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 18:03:51

• AMD RX 7000 GPU support is finally solid on Linux https://www.xda-developers.com/thread/amd-rx-7000-gpu-support-is-finally-solid-on-linux/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 18:07:22

• "Linux is at the peak of its popularity, but it's still an extremely niche desktop operating system. Say what you want about Windows, but its popularity means it has most of the software, but thanks to WINE Linux users have been partaking of Windows apps for over three decades" https://www.howtogeek.com/what-is-wine-for-linux-and-how-does-it-work/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 18:07:46

• "Having a virus on your laptop or PC is always a headache to deal with, and while some viruses may be easy to find and remove, others can be deadly and might spell the end of your PC. Taking a few extra steps to ensure that your PC is secure should be the first priority of any PC user, regardless of what operating system you use." https://www.xda-developers.com/reasons-more-viruses-windows-mac-linux/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 18:08:15

• cuts interest rates by quarter point https://www.dw.com/en/us-fed-cuts-interest-rates-by-quarter-point/a-71101214    

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

• Nissan, Honda inch closer to possible merger https://www.dw.com/en/nissan-honda-inch-closer-to-possible-merger/a-71089453    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 18:10:59

• "Gosplan's Virtue Terror fared a little better for me, it's decently catchy but i don't know that i would go out of my way to return to it." gemini://bogbody.smol.pub/music-2024-12-25    

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

• FSF fund-raiser now over 231k. Good.    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 21:23:02

• "I get that Christmas has been heavily commercialized. But walking around the day before Christmas, I noticed its spirit or festivity has faded away quite a bit. Everything appears for lack of a better word bland. It is almost as if Santa has had his soul ripped out." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1w37iJCN    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 21:42:48

• "Based on Fedora, Nobara is a multimedia user's dream operating system, installed with all the necessary multimedia codecs to view movies or listen to music." https://thenewstack.io/nobara-linux-takes-on-fedora-with-a-custom-kde-plasma-desktop/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 22:40:57

• "Wubuntu also known as “Windows Ubuntu” is an Ubuntu-based operating system with themes and tools inspired by Microsoft Windows, but without any absurd system requirements. Wubuntu does not require TPM, Secure Boot, POPCNT or any other special hardware resource for its operation" https://lxer.com/module/forums/t/36930/    

posted Wednesday, December 25, 2024 at 22:42:25