Roy Schestowitz

• "and another IBM junkyard plan bites the dust but ends up in better hands..." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jk9htpjm    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 03:48:13

• The IBM Building in Cleveland is always empty. A new company has plans to change that https://www.cleveland.com/news/2025/02/the-ibm-building-in-cleveland-is-always-empty-a-new-company-has-plans-to-change-that.html    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 03:48:37

• "The big news about DeepSeek, that no one is mentioning in the western media, it was developed by about 200 bright young scientists in a shot time. There is not 200 IBM employees of that caliber, that good to deliver even half of DeepSeek. IBM employees are fat, stupid and lazy, that is a valid statement across the board. IBM executives are thief’s and IBM technical leaders are mediocre." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jk9jaxnh    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 03:49:33

• "If Alvind was that good at predicting the future he would be running Microsoft, Meta, Google or better. But he's running a piece of junk company into the ground and no amount of posturing and puffery is going to change that. If wishes were horses, beggars would ride." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jk9jaxnh There is no business model or use case for LLMs, it's hype    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 03:50:27

• IBM layoffs. "All in Consulting should be worried." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jk9jqbp1    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 03:51:16

• IBM is a has been. It doesn't create and is living off of cheap labor that like to manipulate this site. Look at the reaction numbers for the comments: 38 reactions (+13/-25) after posting 14 hours ago 12 reactions (+11/-1) after posting 1 hour ago 9 hours ago by Anonymous | 5 reactions (+4/-1) after posting 9 hours ago Too bad they were not able to come up with some new technology, sigh." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jk8g4dph    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 03:52:51

• A nerve got struck, message buried    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 03:53:20

• Things that slip by unnoticed gemini://tirohia.smol.pub/1738697327    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 03:57:07

• "After floundering around like a fish for the last year or so I began to crave the slowness and simplicity of the small web so I have decide to return to Gemini, which is about the smallest web that I know about. Please watch this site. It won't be updated too often but it will be updated more often than anything else that I have online." gemini://jimmorgan.smol.pub/back-in-geminispace    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 03:57:49

• "I went to see the film, The Brutalist. The title character isn't brutal, but his architecture is, although the film doesn't show all that much of it." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2025-02-04_Night_of_the_Long_Film.gmi    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 03:58:48

• Dangers - Lantashi's Visit gemini://lantashifiles.com/gemlog/entries/2025-02-04.gmi    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 03:59:27

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1546.jpg    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 04:00:40

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1196.jpg    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 04:00:45

• "As I was writing the previous entry [1] I got the nagging feeling that something wasn't quite right with the code. I got distracted yesterday helping a friend bounce programming issues off me, but after that, I was able to take a good look at the code and figured out what I did wrong." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/02/04.1    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 04:02:42

• "My components are based on the Grappendorf analog computer schematics, since I cannot afford to purchase an Analog Thing computer at this time. Here is a photo of the computer as it currently stands, with wires hooked up for the simulation" gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20250204-0.gmi    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 04:03:46

• "I can't help but think this is the kind of group thought that has become somewhat normalized as a part of American culture, a group of people that doesn't think, but has surrendered the power of thought in place of convenience and hedonism." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2486    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 04:05:25

• All-time high this month for GNU/Linux in Colombia https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/colombia/#monthly-200902-202502    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 04:14:55

• "Schoolteacher Ron Jones's personal account of his experiment which created a proto-fascist movement amongst his high school pupils in Palo Alto, California, which in 2008 was subject of the award-winning film The Wave." https://libcom.org/article/third-wave-1967-account-ron-jones    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 04:21:44

• GNU/Linux up in Russia lately https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/russian-federation/#monthly-200902-202502    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 04:44:53

• Google's debt for end of 2024 will soon (not yet) be published https://finbox.com/NASDAQGS:GOOGL/explorer/total_debt    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 05:20:17

• Cloudflare Inc debt rose every time so far this year https://finbox.com/NYSE:NET/explorer/total_debt layoffs were not enough    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 05:22:43

• After many rounds of layoffs GitLab paid back its debt https://finbox.com/NASDAQGS:GTLB/explorer/total_debt    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 05:24:14

• (assuming its data is correct)    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 05:25:02

• Uber's debt is at all-time highs    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 05:26:01

• The corrupt, bribing, lying media is trying to tell people that Salesforce layoffs are "due to AI". What a Big Lie. No shame.    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 05:27:23

• ‘Ugly’ layoffs: It’s not just a tech story https://www.rdworldonline.com/ugly-layoffs-its-not-just-a-tech-story/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 05:28:18

• Australia bans DeepSeek from government tech on security concern    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 05:29:48

• Maybe it should instead lay off workers who feel like they need SLOP to get their work done    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 05:30:14

• Top 2 stories ("By Brian Fagioli") now DEEMED NOT SLOP! https://betanews.com/ so it looks like he did get reprimanded by the management. http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/04/It_Looks_Like_BetaNews_Managing_Editor_Wayne_Williams_is_Taking.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 05:32:20

• Zoom layoffs https://www.channelfutures.com/unified-communications/zoom-layoffs-impact-channel-executive-team    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 05:33:22

• "Government Debt in the United States increased to 36218605 USD Million" https://tradingeconomics.com/united-states/government-debt    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 05:39:13

• Twitter debt paid back: 0. Profitability? NONE! Staff size: over 1,000 instead of around 7,000. If the illegal thing called "DOGE" is led by someone who did this, then the US government will: 1) NOT PAY BACK ANY DEBT. 2) STILL GROW IN DEBT! 3) Will employ far fewer people (read: public services made WORSE).    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 05:41:01

• The US is run by children and seniles. People apparently voted for this. No education -> no informed decisions.    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 05:41:37

• "The site The Nerd Reich has an analysis of the seeming chaos being inflicted upon the US from within at the moment. Specifically, Elon Musk's attempt to destroy the United States government is a methodical execution of the "network state" blueprint, not random chaos." https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/02/02/1442226    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 05:46:54

• "The idea of network states is that they are primarily digital entities without geographical boundaries though they do acquire territory and governance structures. The author of the book introducing the attack, Balaji Srinivasan, arranged a small conference on the topic in Singapore back in September of 2024, and one the year before in 2023 in Amsterdam."    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 05:47:22

• "Well, I also read a lot as a child, and I wished for an ebon longsword that nourished me with the damned souls of my enemies. But then, eventually I -- unlike Elon Musk -- was no longer twelve." https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/02/waiting-for-the-worms/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 05:48:31

• "Think about it! Coddling parents actually hated him. Got too many groupies too early. Wife left him. Absolutely blitzed on drugs. Finally went full Nazi! I mean, Geldof even makes that dumb "X" gesture!" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/02/waiting-for-the-worms/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 05:49:13

• "The fact that Musk has time to ruin our government's processes and tweet 50 times a day while supposedly being CEO of six companies demonstrates how little CEOs actually do and just how expendable they are."    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 05:52:39

• Despite mass layoffs Spotify debt continues to RISE. https://finbox.com/NYSE:SPOT/explorer/total_debt    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 06:00:36

• "A fresh Proton Experimental update from Valve has landed fixing up issues with two games for Linux / Steam Deck so here's what's new." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/valve-fixes-up-the-finals-and-no-mans-sky-vr-with-proton-experimental/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 06:35:06

• "The second Stop Killing Games petition in the UK crossed over 10,000 signatures, and so the government have responded with a full statement." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/uk-gov-responds-to-the-newer-stop-killing-games-petition-no-plans-to-amend-uk-consumer-law/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 06:35:17

• "You've heard a lot about Proton and all the different versions, but how do you actually change the version of Proton used for games? Here's all you need to know." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/guides/view/how-to-change-the-proton-version-on-linux-steamos-and-steam-deck/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 06:35:28

• "Trump is a programmable device with a simple instruction set. ..." https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/02/02/1442226#1391522    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 06:36:12

• "Everything Is Open Source If You Know Assembly" https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/everything-is-open-source-if-you-know:3 iophk: a deep dive into the definition of Open Source    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 06:36:21

• "Tom the Dancing Bug: Don't Call Them N@zis!" https://boingboing.net/2025/02/04/tom-the-dancing-bug-dont-call-them-nzis.html    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 06:36:34

• "Give Me Sarcasm and Empathy Straight into My Veins" https://chrisenns.com/2025/02/step-back-from-the-fire-hose/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 06:36:47

• "Decky Loader is a simple to use plugin system for Steam Deck / SteamOS, that allows you to add in plenty of extra features and some of the plugins are awesome." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/guides/view/how-to-set-up-decky-loader-on-steam-deck-steamos-for-easy-plugins/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 06:37:55

• "Thanks to posts on social media and YouTuber videos, which now other news sites have picked up, we're seeing fresh rumours about a new Steam Machine / Steam Console." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/the-latest-valve-steam-console-rumour-with-amd-rdna4-can-be-safely-ignored-heres-why/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 06:46:07

• "The Breakout franchise is making a full return, with Atari announcing Breakout Beyond, developed by Choice Provisions (the studio behind BIT.TRIP). Not quite the classic you remember." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/atari-announced-breakout-beyond-a-fresh-spin-on-the-classic-from-the-devs-of-bit-trip/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 06:46:18

• "Eyes of War is a medieval eta RTS from Good Mood Games that just hit the big 1.0. It's an usual RTS where you can jump right into playing as a single character." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/eyes-of-war-is-a-medieval-era-rts-that-lets-you-get-up-close-and-personal-with-third-person-controls/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 06:54:26

• "With a voice cast that reunites multiple people from Metal Gear Solid, SteamDolls - Order Of Chaos is set to arrive in Early Access on February 11. The voice cast will include David Hayter, Christopher Randolph and Jennifer Hale." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/steamdolls-order-of-chaos-stealth-meets-action-platformer-arrives-february-11/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 06:55:17

• "Tripwire Interactive recently announced that their co-op action horror FPS, Killing Floor 3, will be releasing on March 25." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/killing-floor-3-is-set-for-release-on-march-25-with-even-more-realistic-carnage/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 06:56:09

• "Bugbear and THQ Nordic have announced that the chaotic racer Wreckfest 2 is set for an Early Access release on March 20th." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/get-ready-for-a-smashing-time-as-wreckfest-2-comes-to-early-access-in-march/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 07:00:46

• "If you're going to be messing around with SteamOS on Steam Deck or other devices, there are times it will need a root password in Desktop Mode." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/guides/view/how-to-set-change-and-reset-your-steamos-steam-deck-desktop-root-password/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 07:00:55

• "CAN FD Adapter for High-Speed Industrial and Embedded Communication in M.2 and Mini-PCIe Form Factors" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/can-fd-adapter-for-high-speed-industrial-and-embedded-communication-in-m-2-and-mini-pcie-form-factors/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 07:04:32

• "The Ivy Carrier Board is designed for compatibility with the Verdin SoM family by Toradex." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/ivy-carrier-board-for-toradex-verdin-som-family-in-industrial-applications/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 07:04:49

• farage ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2025/02/04/kemi-badenoch-nigel-farage-speak-alliance-for-responsible-citizenship-climate-denial/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 07:08:34

• "First Amendment" ☛ https://thedissenter.org/judge-upholds-first-amendment-dismisses-lawsuit-against-palestine-chronicle-2/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 07:09:02

• "Tor Browser 14.0.5 is now available from the Tor Browser download page and also from our distribution directory." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1405/ | Source: Tor    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 07:09:25

• USAID ☛ https://therevelator.org/usaid-trump-climate-extinction/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 07:09:51

• "In a submission to the U.S. Trade Representative, LaLiga accuses Google, Cloudflare, and X of enabling pirate services to thrive." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/laliga-cloudflare-google-and-x-are-essential-piracy-facilitators-250204/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 07:11:00

• Microsoft lobbying the European Parliament via EIF https://www.internetforum.eu/events/events/1818-cloud-technology.html    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 07:18:51

• "Without tools like Creative Commons, copyright is frequently a roadblock to sharing and preserving culture" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/open-licensing-promotes-culture-and-learning-thats-why-eff-upgrading-its-creative | Source: EFF    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 07:32:55

• "whether Google had violated" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/04/china_trump_google/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 07:50:29

• "Apple’s emergency request" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/605342/apple-denied-google-search-antitrust | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 07:50:40

• "The contract ceiling was recently increased from $900 million to $13 billion" ☛ https://insidetowers.com/u-s-space-force-awards-viasat-satellite-internet-contract/ | Source: Inside Towers    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 07:52:59

• "Colorado Kroger workers are striking this week, and 130,000 union grocery workers are bargaining contracts this year." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/02/kroger-king-soopers-strike-ufcw/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 07:53:17

• "A journalist who covers environmental issues from Cambodia has been banned from entering the country where he has been based for the past five years." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/british-environmental-journalist-denied-entry-to-cambodia/7961415.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 07:53:40

• "Hungarian authorities should conduct a swift and transparent investigation into the detention of Telex journalists Dániel Simor and Noémi Gombos at an event attended by Prime Minister Viktor Orbán" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/02/hungarian-authorities-detain-charge-2-journalists-seeking-to-question-pm-orban/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 07:53:54

• "Seventeen years ago, I embarked on a journey as a journalist, driven by a desire to uncover the complexities of Yemen, my homeland, for an international audience." ☛ https://dawnmena.org/listening-to-yemens-forgotten-voices/ | Source: Democracy for the Arab World Now    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 07:54:08

• "to probe Google" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/04/china_trump_google/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 07:54:34

• "Google Search monopoly trial" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/605342/apple-denied-google-search-antitrust | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 07:54:43

• "The sentence against Al-Ahmadi is yet another example of the escalating intimidation of journalists in Yemen, where legal tools are being weaponized to silence critical reporting on local issues" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/02/yemeni-journalist-handed-4-month-prison-sentence-over-social-media-post/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 08:01:56

• "Journalists wake up to new detention operations every day. This picture creates a dark image with regard to press freedom and freedom of expression" ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/freedom-of-the-press/18-journalists-detained-9-imprisoned-in-turkey-in-january-77765 | Source: ANF News    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 08:28:19

• "CPJ’s Asia program coordinator." ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/02/india-revokes-nonprofit-and-tax-status-of-news-outlets/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 08:28:39

• "Over the weekend, Wired published an explosive report (which we covered this morning) naming six Elon Musk employees who have effectively commandeered significant portions of the federal government." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/03/musk-shows-us-what-actual-government-censorship-on-social-media-looks-like/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 08:30:04

• "he definition has been criticised for being so widely drawn that it curbs free speech, amounts to a de facto blasphemy law and stifles legitimate criticism of Islam as a religion." ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/02/03/angela-rayner-set-rules-islam-free-speech-dominic-grieve/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 08:30:15

• "This tracks with my analysis. People share as a form of social signaling." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/02/deepfakes-and-the-2024-us-election.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 08:35:17

• "The claims that the facilities lack infrastructure and pathogens are accumulated without control are false." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/russia-consumer-watchdog-falsely-accuses-us-of-gathering-dangerous-pathogens-in-drc/7961559.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 08:35:35

• "downloads?" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/03/us_senator_download_chinese_ai_model/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 08:37:12

• "This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Decoupling America’s Artificial Intelligence Capabilities from China Act of 2025’’." ☛ https://www.hawley.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Hawley-Decoupling-Americas-Artificial-Intelligence-Capabilities-from-China-Act.pdf |    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 08:37:30

• "American cloud providers Microsoft Azure, Amazon Web Services as well as data service providers such as Databricks and Snowflake have begun hosting Chinese AI models and promising the best inferencing speeds." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/chinas-ai-wave-turns-into-tsunami/articleshow/117894014.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 08:37:48

• "OpenAI is releasing a new artificial intelligence tool that’s designed to carry out time-consuming online research for users about everything from complex science questions to car recommendations" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/deep-research-openai-ai-agents/258662/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 08:38:13

• "Zuckerberg and other tech leaders have gone out of their way to position themselves in the president’s good graces, knowing he could help or hinder them in the race to develop artificial intelligence technologies." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-02-03/mark-zuckerberg-once-a-trump-critic-cozies-up-to-the-president | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 08:38:38

• "OpenAI chief Sam Altman said Monday the US company has "no plans" to sue DeepSeek after warning last week that Chinese companies were trying to replicate its advanced AI models." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/openais-altman-says-no-plans-to-sue-chinas-deepseek/articleshow/117886054.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 08:39:06

• "Salesforce is cutting over 1,000 jobs while simultaneously hiring for new AI product sales. Displaced workers can apply internally." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/business/salesforce-to-cut-1000-roles-report/articleshow/117898900.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 08:39:50

• "OpenAI's CEO, Sam Altman, will visit India on February 5th to meet government officials, tech entrepreneurs, and investors." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/altman-landing-to-find-a-spot-for-open-ai-in-indias-big-ai-agenda/articleshow/117892790.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 08:40:05

• "The flood of assaults on government led by billionaires and the vengeful criminal is daunting. I believe that the first step in dealing with it is self-protection" ☛ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/02/coping/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 08:40:28

• "Valuation, or price-to-earnings (PE) multiple as it is commonly called, is a combination of numbers and narratives. While numbers don't change every day, narratives do change often." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/ontario-premier-rips-up-contract-with-elon-musks-starlink-in-response-to-trump-tariffs/articleshow/117889930.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 08:40:58

• "Yes, that was two years after the GenAI big bang, but Microsoft’s on-premises server business, which is largely transactional in nature, is taking a backset to GenAI in general and to Azure in particular." ☛ https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/01/29/azure-cant-make-up-for-on-premise-profit-decline-at-microsoft/ | Source: The Next Platform    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 08:41:51

• "But that aside, I think that we've all been missing the boat by diagnosing Musk with a terminal case of "Read Too Much Heinlein"." ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/02/waiting-for-the-worms/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 08:42:27

• [Old] "The [Internet] emerged from the defense research establishment, but as it was breaking out of those constraints in the 1990s to be unleashed onto the wider world" ☛ https://www.disconnect.blog/p/the-digital-revolution-has-failed |    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 08:43:02

• "The Chinese government may have strategically chosen to go after Google because it has limited operations in the country, ensuring the hit to the US tech giant would be relatively minimal." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/google-china-antitrust-trump-tariffs/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 08:43:23

• "Previously, packages like the ones Daniel’s company often handles could move freely across the border." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/tariffs-trump-ecommerce-amazon-temu/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 08:44:02

• "Still, the move seems to be focused on making it easier for the government to install outsiders — potentially from the tech industry or those associated with Elon Musk — into the CIO role" ☛ https://fedscoop.com/opm-reclassify-chief-information-officers-career-politics/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 08:44:21

• "The plans come two months after GM said it would no longer fund Cruise after spending more than $10 billion on the robotaxi unit since acquiring it in 2016." ☛ https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/04/gm-cuts-50percent-of-cruise-staff-after-ending-robotaxi-business.html | Source: CNBC    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 08:44:42

• "GM said in a statement that the decision to lay off half of the Cruise workforce was a “difficult decision.” Cruise is believed to have had about 2,300 employees as of the end of 2024." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/02/04/gm-lays-off-50-cruise-employees-shifts-focus-advanced-driver-assistance/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 08:45:28

• "Google’s parent Alphabet has achieved $100 billion in annual net income for the first time." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/05/alphabet_q4_fy2024/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 08:45:48

• "Earth's magnetosphere is a guiding beacon for a variety of species capable of sensing its presence." ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/magnetic-sense-in-animals-could-be-shockingly-close-to-quantum-limits | Source: Science Alert    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 08:52:46

• "Trump's "official" [cryptocurrency] venture has lost about thirty percent of its value" ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/value-trump-meme-coin-keeps-plummeting | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 08:53:13

• "According to Heatmap News, the US imports thousands of gigawatt hours of electricity from Canada every year." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/03/datacenters_canada_trump_tariffs/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 08:56:58

• "The Russian-born CEO styles himself as a free-speech crusader and a scourge of the surveillance state." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/pavel-durov-arrest-telegram-content-moderation/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 08:57:29

• "Musk’s Department [sic] of Government Efficiency (DOGE) seizing control of the United States Agency" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/musk-trump-prosecutor-identities-doge-staff-1235255556/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 08:57:45

• "Elon Musk and employees from DOGE" ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/musk-doge-opm-treasury-breach/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:06:22

• "thorough investigation after a knife attack" ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2025/02/04/kobane-anniversary-in-kiel-political-motive-in-knife-attack-against-kurd-in-german-city/ | Source: Site36    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:08:14

• "about ten people" ☛ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sweden-school-shooting-orebro/ | Source: CBS    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:08:34

• "Trump defense attorney who is serving as the Acting Deputy Attorney General" ☛ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/03/trump-preparing-to-fire-fbi-agents-who-treated-a-violent-attack-on-congress-as-a-crime/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:09:02

• "The Nordic country has a network of underground shelters" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-02-03/finland-on-constant-alert-against-russia.html | Source: El País    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:09:49

• [Old] "Musk's alleged relations" ☛ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy0l3wl76gzo | Source: BBC    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:10:13

• [Old] "The Russian president even asked the billionaire for a Starlink favor." ☛ https://www.politico.eu/article/elon-musk-in-secret-contact-vladimir-putin-since-2022-claims-wall-street-journal-report-us-ukraine-russia-war-starlink/ | Source: Politico    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:10:35

• "source code information" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-elon-musk-treasury-payment-system-dangerous-1235254831/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:11:23

• "He did not receive a single vote. He did not get confirmed. He does not receive a government paycheck." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/02/president-elon-musk-trump/681558/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:12:00

• [Old] "has been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin" ☛ https://www.wsj.com/world/russia/musk-putin-secret-conversations-37e1c187 | Source: The Wall Street Journal    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:12:39

• [Old] "has allegedly been in regular contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin" ☛ https://abcnews.go.com/US/elon-musk-regular-contact-vladimir-putin-new-report/story?id=115130093 | Source: ABC    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:13:07

• Democrats 2016: Putin is gaming Twitter to undermine HRC and elect Trump. Democrats 2024: BRICS oligarch buying Twitter to openly promote and run ads for Trump is... democracy.    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:14:19

• [Old] "now central to Donald Trump’s election campaign" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/oct/25/elon-musk-has-been-in-regular-contact-with-putin-for-two-years-say-reports | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:14:43

• "A person familiar with the situation, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the sensitive matter" ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/here-s-a-look-at-musk-s-contact-with-putin-and-why-it-matters/7839641.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:15:03

• Does Putin receive a phonecall after this is done? ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/02/03/concerns-grow-elon-musks-doge-team-gains-access-sensitive-government-databases/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:15:38

• "between April and September last year there were 123 cases" ☛ https://www.scotsman.com/news/crime/children-as-young-as-10-found-carrying-weapons-by-police-scotland-in-deeply-disturbing-figures-4973569 | Source: The Scotsman    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:16:10

• "We are witnessing an intensification of malign activities carried out by Russia across the Euro-Atlantic area." ☛ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/saeima/03.02.2025-baltic-polish-finnish-parliamentary-speakers-meet-in-tartu.a585431/ | Source: Latvia    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:16:37

• "The Turkish state, known as the main supporter of ISIS gangs and whose support has been documented" ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/features/meeting-of-isis-emirs-held-in-ankara-77762 | Source: ANF News    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:17:27

• "Distributed aviation operations focus on coordinating how the Marine Corps uses its aviation squadrons" ☛ https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/air/2025/02/03/ai-advanced-tech-central-to-new-marine-corps-aviation-plan/ | Source: USMC    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:20:15

• "Hundreds of US government websites were offline on Monday, an AFP review showed" ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/2273580.html | Source: RTL    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:22:17

• "Chaos and confusion began to spread through the ranks of USAID" ☛ https://time.com/7211200/usaid-foreign-aid-freeze-trump-rubio/ | Source: Time    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:22:42

• "Elon Musk moved to dismantle top humanitarian agency USAID" ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250204-usaid-trump-and-musk-target-closure-of-top-us-humanitarian-aid-agency | Source: France24    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:22:56

• "USAID represents just 1% of total US government spending" ☛ https://news.sky.com/story/trumps-plans-to-shut-down-usaid-will-erode-american-influence-in-increasingly-dangerous-world-13302525 | Source: Sky News    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:23:19

• "shuttering Washington's main international aid arm" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-usaid-ngos-ukraine-afghanistan-musk/33301423.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:23:40

• "President John F. Kennedy founded USAID via executive order in 1961" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/02/03/usaid-musk-trump-what-to-know | Source: Axios    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:24:21

• "the outbreak of the Ukraine war caused natural gas prices to rise" ☛ https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/opinion/2025/02/197_391404.html | Source: The Korea Times    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:24:42

• "surveyed 500 security guards" ☛ https://nltimes.nl/2025/02/03/security-guards-face-growing-aggression-call-greater-protection | Source: NL Times    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:25:19

• "If you're loading fonts from a popular third party provider like Google Fonts or Typekit" ☛ https://scottjehl.com/posts/async-fonts-foit/ | Source: Scott Jehl    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:29:15

• "The Monday actions come as top security chiefs at USAID were placed on leave after refusing to hand over access to its classified materials to Musk's DOGE personnel" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/03/musk_doge_treasury_usaid/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:29:26

• "In opposing an [Internet] presidency, it helps to understand the basics of online psychology and 4chan politics." ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/the-dork-lord/ | Source: Truthdig    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:30:15

• "Palantir also extended its Army Vantage partnership for up to four years" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/02/03/palantir-stock-climbs-strong-q4-earnings-guidance-impress-investors/ | Source: Silicon Angle http://techrights.org/n/2023/11/23/Privatisation_Catastrophe_Starting_with_NHS_England_Microsoft_a.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:31:01

• "The Department of Homeland Security's Inspector General has launched an audit of the Transportation Security Administration's use of facial recognition technology at US airports" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/03/tsa_facial_recognition_audit/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:31:25

• "Citizen Lab's work is nothing short of breathtaking." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/04/citizen-lab/#nso-group | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:31:46

• "Poland, currently presiding over the EU Council, proposes a major change to the much-criticised EU chat control proposal to search all private chats for suspicious content" ☛ https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/half-good-new-polish-chat-control-proposal-to-be-discussed-on-wednesday/ | Source: Patrick Breyer    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:32:16

• "Google on Tuesday updated its ethical guidelines around artificial intelligence, removing commitments not to apply the technology to weapons or surveillance." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/04/google-ai-policies-weapons-harm/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:32:28

• "As AI development progresses, new capabilities may present new risks." ☛ https://blog.google/technology/ai/responsible-ai-2024-report-ongoing-work/ | Source: Google    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:33:12

• "Google announced Tuesday that it is overhauling the principles governing how it uses artificial intelligence and other advanced technology." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/google-responsible-ai-principles/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:33:42

• "likely to cause harm" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/02/04/google-quietly-changes-stance-using-ai-weapons-surveillance/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:34:07

• "retaining information about every employee of the U.S. Executive Branch" ☛ https://fedscoop.com/opm-server-lawsuit-temporary-restraining-order-musk-doge/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:34:43

• Openwashing ☛ https://futurism.com/sam-altman-open-source-wrong-side-history | Source: Futurism http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:36:03

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/meet-the-hired-guns-who-make-sure-school-cyberattacks-stay-hidden/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:36:18

• "my usage of Social Networks was very limited" ☛ https://contino.com/blog/looking-for-something-different | Source: Andrea Contino    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:36:42

• "Once you start to use the word recommended, or any simile, you get bogged down." ☛ https://gregmorris.co.uk/2025/02/04/problematic-recommendations.html | Source: Greg Morris    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:37:04

• "Such a technology would completely change how venture capital is invested." ☛ https://www.fromjason.xyz/p/notebook/the-future-of-social-media/ | Source: Jason Velazquez    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:37:52

• "Now it seems like people only go out of their way if it's to talk about things they hate. Communities centered around something remotely popular are gonna be filled with people complaining and pointing out every single flaw about it." ☛ https://fantinel.dev/special-interests-online-negativity | Source: Matt Fantinel    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:38:07

• "Potiuk explained to us that AI submissions don’t just create more work for maintainers; they also can lead to legitimate issues being overlooked or incorrectly closed." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/ai-is-spamming-open-source-repos-with-fake-issues/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:38:34

• "research showed that ChatGPT exhibits biases in both text and image outputs" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-02-generative-ai-bias-poses-democratic.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:38:54

• "The landscape of AI tooling continues to shift, even in the past half year. This is not unexpected. This post is an updated snapshot of the “state of things I use”." ☛ https://benjamincongdon.me/blog/2025/02/02/How-I-Use-AI-Early-2025/ | Source: Ben Congdon    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:39:09

• "A lieutenant colonel in the Soviet Air Defense Forces prevented the end of human civilization on September 26th, 1983. His name was Stanislav Petrov." ☛ https://ericwbailey.website/published/stanislav-petrov/ | Source: Eric Bailey    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:39:33

• "paid more than a hundred thousand dollars to a company that is providing generative AI services to other parts of the Department of Defense" ☛ https://www.404media.co/air-force-documents-on-gen-ai-test-are-just-whole-pages-of-redactions/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:40:03

• "plan and execute a multi-step trajectory to find the data it needs, backtracking and reacting to real-time information where necessary." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/604902/chagpt-deep-research-ai-agent | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:40:39

• "Emailing Them to Recommend Conversations With AI Versions of School Shooters" ☛ https://futurism.com/character-ai-emailing-minors-school-shooters | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:41:21

• "Employees must also shoulder some of the responsibility in addition to the developer team’s duties." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/developers-the-last-line-of-defense-against-ai-risks/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:41:42

• "In 2025, the web is full of [LLM] slop. Some propose going back to 2000s-style forums. But watch out for 2025 admins." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/02/04/forum-admins-madness-ai-edition-the-old-physics-forums-site-fills-with-generated-slop/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:42:13

• "OpenAI were the first to claim the inference-time scaling laws. Basically, an LLM can get higher performance if it can “think” longer before answering." ☛ https://timkellogg.me/blog/2025/02/03/s1 | Source: Tim Kellogg    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:43:09

• "The Hoopla catalog is increasingly filling up with junk AI slop ebooks like "Fatty Liver Diet Cookbook: 2000 Days of Simple and Flavorful Recipes for a Revitalized Liver", which then cost libraries money if someone checks them out." ☛ https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/5/ai-generated-slop-is-already-in-your-public-library/#atom-everything | Source: Simon Willison    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:43:49

• "Apparently librarians already have a term for this kind of low-quality, low effort content that predates it being written by LLMs: vendor slurry."    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:44:27

• "Public libraries primarily use two companies to manage and lend ebooks: Hoopla and OverDrive, the latter of which people may know from its borrowing app, Libby." ☛ https://www.404media.co/ai-generated-slop-is-already-in-your-public-library-3/ | Source: 404 Media ([LLM]-Generated Slop Is Already In Your Public Library)    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:45:04

• "While some critics might point to Windows Vista or the KIN phone as proof that Microsoft has become a garbage-in, garbage-out software company, Gates now seems to be more interested in garbage, literally." ☛ https://www.informationweek.com/it-leadership/bill-gates-dumping-microsoft-shares-by-the-millions | Source: InformationWeek    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:45:45

• "This is the tenth year that I’ve presented this survey to my hand-selected group." ☛ https://sixcolors.com/post/2025/02/apple-in-2024-the-six-colors-report-card/ | Source: Six Colors    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:46:05

• "This year, Snell posted everyone’s full comments, but I’ve collected mine here as well." ☛ https://512pixels.net/2025/02/the-2024-six-colors-report-card/ | Source: Stephen Hackett    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:46:27

• YouTube STILL only reports REVENUE (read: SPAM), not profit. Google has debt too. https://finbox.com/NASDAQGS:GOOGL/explorer/total_debt    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:48:07

• "I know a lot of people hated the Flash Player web plugin, but I found it to be quite useful for my experiments. It gave me vector graphics in the browser so that I could share demos without asking people to download an executable from me." ☛ https://www.redblobgames.com/blog/2025-02-02-thoughts-on-flash/ | Source: Amit Patel    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:48:20

• Tabnine cuts 18% of workforce in restructuring effort https://www.calcalistech.com/ctechnews/article/h1jlmiek1l    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:48:43

• "Tabnine, which develops an AI-powered assistant for developers"... see https://medium.com/@alvarodmn39/baidus-ceo-believes-99-of-ai-companies-won-t-survive-after-the-bubble-bursts-595d7dc8bc6c    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:49:23

• "This legendary page from an internal IBM training in 1979 could not be more appropriate for our new age of AI." ☛ https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/3/a-computer-can-never-be-held-accountable/ | Source: Simon Willison    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:51:19

• "Apple was throwing everything at the wall." ☛ https://www.manton.org/2025/02/04/ais-in-your-pocket.html | Source: Manton Reece    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:51:38

• "Image Playground wasn’t going to be as good as frontier image models. Siri world knowledge wasn’t going to be as deep as what ChatGPT could do. By trying to do nearly everything, each piece feels like a gimmick."    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:52:03

• "The findings emphasize that neglected cloud infrastructure, particularly with outdated configurations, leaves sensitive networks vulnerable to unauthorized access, and setting the stage for highly damaging supply chain attacks." ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/abandoned-cloud-aws-s3-buckets-security-risk-watchtowr/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:52:21

• "The blog outlines several examples illustrating how a malicious actor could take over an abandoned S3 bucket and take any number of actions." ☛ https://therecord.media/researchers-warn-of-risks-tied-to-abandoned-cloud-storage-buckets | Source: The Record    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 09:52:38

• "This appraisal of microplastics and nanoplastics, published February 3 in Nature Medicine" ☛ https://www.sciencenews.org/article/plastic-human-brains-microplastics | Source: Science News    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 11:27:48

• "So far, visual microscopic spectroscopy methods have identified particulates in organs" ☛ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03453-1 | Source: Nature    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 11:28:01

• "When prospective recruits were asked to drop and do five pushups, many groaned and struggled" ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/02/10/the-us-militarys-recruiting-crisis | Source: New Yorker    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 11:31:21

• accountants??? "I feel like admin staff are in charge of the decisions." ☛ https://www.scotsman.com/news/politics/accountants-are-making-clinical-decisions-diabetes-patients-slam-nhs-service-4969542 | Source: The Scotsman    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 11:31:56

• "Whenever I go on a trip, I like to use that as an excuse to change my routine." ☛ https://adamfortuna.com/new-house-new-rules | Source: Adam Fortuna    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 11:32:15

• "If I were anybody else" ☛ https://danq.me/2025/02/04/sabbatical-lesson-2-burnout/ | Source: Dan Q    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 11:32:36

• "Attention doesn’t scale, no matter how hard we try." ☛ https://seths.blog/2025/02/muscling-your-way-through/ | Source: Seth Godin    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 11:32:59

• "The shape of today's “software for connection” uses centralized servers in the cloud, algorithmic curation" ☛ https://sethmlarson.dev/connection-without-connectivity-space | Source: Seth Michael Larson    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 11:36:05

• "Sheeran’s foray into photography comes at a time when compact cameras are experiencing a major resurgence." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/compact-cameras/i-like-taking-pictures-now-with-my-camera-its-my-new-thing-ed-sheeran-is-embracing-the-compact-camera | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 11:39:13

• "These are the kind of laptop devices which let your workers stay productive for longer" ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2594739/forget-performance-versus-efficiency-pcs-powered-by-snapdragon-let-you-have-both.html | Source: PC World    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 11:39:34

• "While I’m not the biggest fan of consumerism I do love to see how people work." ☛ https://techtea.io/articles/2025/stationery/ | Source: TechTea    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 11:40:29

• "tariffs aren't the only reason Huang might have for meeting with Trump." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/04/nvidia_trump_tariffs/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 11:40:39

• "Today he’s announcing his intention to step down from the nonprofit and turn over the whole kaboodle" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/chris-anderson-steps-down-ted/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 11:43:26

• "Firstly, e-files" ☛ https://www.publicbooks.org/in-search-of-logged-time/ |    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 11:44:05

• "We were studying Nazi Germany and in the middle of a lecture I was interrupted by the question." ☛ https://libcom.org/article/third-wave-1967-account-ron-jones | Source: Libcom    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 11:44:35

• "The De Gregori brothers’ printing house in Venice operated between 1480 and 1505" ☛ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2473637/rare-15th-century-book-discovered-in-lithuania-s-national-library | Source: LRT    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 11:45:13

• "Here's a Math SE pathology that bugs me. OP will ask "I'm trying to prove that groups A and B are isomorphic" ☛ https://blog.plover.com/2025/02/03/#just-answer-the-question | Source: Mark-Jason Dominus    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 11:46:19

• "So when we analyze schemes where hash functions must behave in this manner, we have to do some pretty suspicious things." ☛ https://blog.cryptographyengineering.com/2025/02/04/how-to-prove-false-statements-part-1/ | Source: Cryptography Engineering    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 11:46:47

• "The accuracy of a binary prediction (i.e. will an event happen or not) can be evaluated through the Brier score." ☛ https://entropicthoughts.com/brier-score | Source: Chris    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 11:47:29

• "Developed by a research team at Shenzhen MSU-BIT University, co-founded by Lomonosov Moscow State University and Beijing Institute of Technology" ☛ https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3296135/chinese-algorithm-boosts-nvidia-gpu-performance-800-fold-science-computing | Source: SCMP    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 11:47:52

• "Peridynamics is widely used to predict material failure in aerospace, civil engineering, and military applications." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/chinese-algorithm-claimed-to-boost-nvidia-gpu-performance-by-up-to-800x-for-advanced-science-applications | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 11:48:26

• "We were called the Nazz and we found out about Todd Rundgren’s band who were called the Nazz" ☛ https://www.vintag.es/2025/02/alice-cooper-band-by-ed-caraeff.html | Source: Vintage Everyday    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 11:51:20

• "Every so often it is helpful to make lists of pros and cons or to seek counsel from friends" ☛ https://louplummer.lol/cost-vs-benefit/ | Source: Lou Plummer    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 11:51:42

• "You don’t have to share your answer to the question, but you may enjoy thinking about it." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2025/02/04/small-things-i-am-proud-of-today/ | Source: James G    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 11:52:16

• "I’ve got all these half-finished drafts sitting around, collecting pixel dust. Why not just finish one?" ☛ https://flamedfury.com/posts/blogging-for-the-hell-of-it/ | Source: Flamed Fury    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 11:52:54

• "If it turns out your customers don’t talk to each other" ☛ https://www.elliotcsmith.com/if-your-customers-dont-talk-nps-is-a-vanity-metric/ | Source: Elliot C Smith    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 11:53:34

• "One problem all bloggers face is what to do with their content after it's been written." ☛ https://brandons-journal.com/turning-my-blogs-into-an-e-book/ | Source: Brandon    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 11:53:58

• "Also a bunch of my friends were talking about blogging and it was all LiveJournal this and TypePad that" ☛ https://anniemueller.com/posts/blog-question-challenge-2025 | Source: Annie Mueller    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 11:54:33

• "Observability Isn't Enough" ☛ https://thenewstack.io/observability-isnt-enough-its-time-to-federate-log-data/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 11:54:54

• "Anyway, it’s been a fairly manual process, and I finally got tired of it yesterday." ☛ https://scottwillsey.com/cool-site-spotlight-script-command/ | Source: Scott Willsey    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 11:57:18

• "I’ve had websites since the late 90s, basically ever since I had access to the [Internet]." ☛ https://lostfocus.de/2025/02/03/blog-question-challenge/ | Source: Dominik Schwind    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 11:57:46

• "He has now been stripped of all royal titles and removed from virtually all facets of royal life." ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/02/02/angela-rayner-branded-prince-andrew-nonce/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 11:58:12

• "It’s already February of 2025" ☛ https://rickcarlino.com/2025/2024-year-in-review.html | Source: Rick Carlino    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 11:58:43

• "I started late." ☛ https://louplummer.lol/technology-edition-of-the-blog-questions-challenge/ | Source: Lou Plummer    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 11:59:27

• "Fast forward to today and RSS feeds have supplanted magazines as a major guilt-pile in my life." ☛ https://bjhess.com/posts/mark-all-read | Source: Barry Hess    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 12:00:03

• "somebody called Allan commented on the latest in my series of several blog posts" ☛ https://danq.me/2025/02/03/bbc-news-rss-improved/ | Source: Dan Q    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 12:00:32

• 🔤SpellBinding — AUILOTD Wordo: AARGH gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-02-05.gmi    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 12:04:34

• Hello Gemini!... gemini://deepwebkonek.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-02-05.gmi    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 12:05:20

• Divergence gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/02/05/divergence.gmi    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 12:05:48

• "I have this irrational fear that WWIII will break out and I will be stuck with my kid in the US without being allowed to travel back home to my partner and other kid." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2488    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 12:07:01

• "Yesterday, sharing a picture from Ikea led to a discussion about home decorating choices, and I was delighted to hear that he also loves citrus-themed things. That was nice. He has an excellent taste for decor." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2487    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 12:07:55

• "I often find myself needing to create temporary backups of files or directories. The way I usually do this is by appending its name with the date and a ".bak" extension." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2025/202502/20250204-bash-alias-make-and-restore-backups.gmi    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 12:10:53

• "I'm gonna gush about bookmarklets and web extensions." ☛ https://andregarzia.com/2025/02/retaking-the-web-browser-one-small-step-at-a-time.html | Source: Andre Alves Garzia    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 12:16:18

• Slop is an ANTI-feature ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2598021/you-already-know-what-feature-firefox-is-adding-today.html | Source: PC World    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 12:16:49

• "close only the current tab" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/firefox-135-browser-now-available-for-download/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 12:17:40

• "We want to determine the configuration that best optimizes resource usage, considering that we have access to a full IPv4 subnet and 2.5 Gbit of upload bandwidth." ☛ https://osservatorionessuno.org/blog/2025/02/how-to-configure-multiple-tor-relays-on-the-same-interface-with-different-ips/ |    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 12:26:11

• "The broad reason that you'll most often hear about is that it's not uncommon for your system to read things back after you've written them to disk." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/tech/DiskWritesInTheReadCache | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 12:26:21

• "The colour pallete is Catppuccin. In light mode, the Latté style is used, and in dark mode, Machiatto." ☛ https://chrismcleod.dev/blog/new-paint-same-blog/ | Source: Chris McLeod    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 12:26:43

• "After 8 months of working on this post I don’t know how to start it except to say it culminates in this animation of Rick made in 240 lines of code." ☛ https://danielchasehooper.com/posts/code-animated-rick/ |    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 12:27:07

• "There’s a list of content. You can edit individual items by tapping or clicking their row, or you can select adjacent checkboxes to perform bulk actions" ☛ https://cloudfour.com/thinks/a-content-list-with-bulk-actions-using-ancient-html-and-modern-css/ | Source: Cloud Four Inc    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 12:28:45

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

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 12:32:35

• How To Install Squid Proxy on CentOS Stream 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-squid-proxy-centos-stream-10/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 12:33:04

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

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 12:33:21

• Ubuntu 24.04: How to Install a Binary File (Step-by-Step Guide) ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/ubuntu-24-04-how-to-install-a-binary-file-step-by-step-guide/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 12:33:47

• How To Install Eclipse IDE on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-eclipse-ide-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 12:38:43

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

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 12:39:25

• Security updates for Tuesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1007886/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 12:44:18

• "There has long been a tension between the requirements for strictly certified FIPS crypto modules and the need to keep software patched and up to date with the latest security vulnerability fixes." ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/the-role-of-fips-140-3-in-the-latest-fedramp-guidance | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 12:45:49

• "The FBI joined authorities across Europe last week in seizing domain names for Cracked and Nulled" ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/02/whos-behind-the-seized-forums-cracked-nulled/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 12:47:11

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

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 12:50:05

• How To Install FTP Server on CentOS Stream 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-ftp-server-centos-stream-10/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 12:50:13

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

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 12:50:32

• Not too shocking some of the critics of RMS end up nearly killing themselves with roid rage and/or road rage. Too much anger, not trying to make something better than GNU (or Linux).    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 12:54:16

• health @ Savannah: Hugo Mendoza Hospital launches GNU Health to transform pediatric health ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10722    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:12:01

• Fedora Community Blog: Balkan Computer Congress, Novi Sad, Serbia ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/balkan-computer-congress-novi-sad-serbia/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:14:20

• Serpent OS Needs Your Support ☞ https://linuxiac.com/serpent-os-needs-your-support/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:15:46

• Simplifying Admin Tasks in openSUSE with the Wheel Group ☞ https://cubiclenate.com/2025/02/04/simplifying-admin-tasks-in-opensuse-with-the-wheel-group/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:18:59

• FSF News: Free Software Foundation to auction off original GNU drawings, awards, and historic tech ☞ http://www.fsf.org/news/fsf-40-auction    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:19:11

• [Video] Richard Stallman Auctioning a GNU (Gnu) at Surathkal, India ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/04/Video_Richard_Stallman_Auctioning_a_GNU_Gnu_at_Surathkal_India.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:19:21

• Chipsee introduces 7-inch and 10.1-inch industrial panel PCs powered by Raspberry Pi CM5 ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/04/chipsee-7-inch-10-1-inch-industrial-panel-pcs-raspberry-pi-cm5/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:20:04

• Best Free and Open Source Alternatives to Abusive Monopolist Microsoft backdoored Windows Media Player ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-alternatives-microsoft-windows-media-player/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:20:41

• Greenbone Vulnerability Manager – central management service ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/greenbone-vulnerability-manager-central-management-service/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:21:48

• PGPTool – encrypt and decrypt files ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pgptool-encrypt-and-decrypt-files/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:22:05

• Eye of MATE – simple graphics viewer for the MATE Desktop Environment ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/eye-of-mate-simple-graphics-viewer/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:22:23

• Scrumlens – agile retrospective tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/scrumlens-agile-retrospective-tool/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:22:51

• Gum – tool for glamorous shell scripts ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/gum-tool-glamorous-shell-scripts/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:23:14

• AlmaLinux Now Has a DOD Guide for Security Hardening the Distro as Much as You Want ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/02/almalinux-now-has-a-dod-guide-for-security-hardening-the-distro-as-much-as-you-want/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:23:55

• Lubuntu Blog: Lubuntu Plucky Puffin Alpha Notes ☞ https://lubuntu.me/plucky-alpha/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:24:17

• Ubuntu Studio: LTS Upgrades (22.04 to 24.04) ARE BACK! ☞ https://ubuntustudio.org/2025/02/lts-upgrades-22-04-to-24-04-are-back/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:24:35

• Ivy Carrier Board for Toradex Verdin SoM Family in Industrial Applications ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/ivy-carrier-board-for-toradex-verdin-som-family-in-industrial-applications/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:25:09

• EasyOS – experimental GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/easyos-experimental-linux-distribution/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:25:38

• It Looks Like BetaNews' Managing Editor Wayne Williams is Taking Over From Fagioli After Repeat Pattern of LLM Slop (State-of-the-Art Plagiarism) About "Linux" ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/04/It_Looks_Like_BetaNews_Managing_Editor_Wayne_Williams_is_Taking.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:29:27

• statCounter: GNU/Linux and ChromeOS Now Measured at 2.78% in Japan (It Used to be Less Than 0.5%) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/04/statCounter_GNU_Linux_and_ChromeOS_Now_Measured_at_2_78_in_Japa.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:30:18

• BetaNews Began Removing LLM Slop About "Linux", But More of It Keeps Coming From Guardian Digital, Inc (at linuxsecurity.com) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/04/BetaNews_Began_Removing_LLM_Slop_About_Linux_But_More_of_It_Kee.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:30:26

• Anti-Linux FUD Sites cybersecuritynews.com and gbhackers.com Turn Out to be LLM Slop, Even Plagiarism That Spreads Lies ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/04/Anti_Linux_FUD_Sites_cybersecuritynews_com_and_gbhackers_com_Tu.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:30:58

• A Lot of Stuff About "Linux" in Surveillance Giant Google News is LLM Slop, Fake 'Articles' ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/05/A_Lot_of_Stuff_About_Linux_in_Google_News_is_LLM_Slop_Fake_Arti.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:31:11

• PCLinuxOS Recent Updates ☞ https://www.pclinuxos.com/?p=5907    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:31:42

• statCounter Reckons Less Than 10% in Mexico Still Use backdoored Windows to Access to Web and GNU/Linux Surges to All-Time High (Plus, Microsoft's Latest Debt Crisis) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/04/statCounter_Reckons_Less_Than_10_in_Mexico_Still_Use_Windows_to.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:32:23

• GNU/Linux Reaches All-Time High in the United States, Based on statCounter (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/04/GNU_Linux_Reaches_All_Time_High_in_the_United_Stated_Based_on_s.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:32:31

• First Release Candidate for GNU/Linux Kernel 6.14 Now Available ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/First-Release-Candidate-for-Linux-Kernel-6.14-Now-Available    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:32:53

• QIV – Quick Image Viewer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/qiv/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:33:40

• Chroma – general purpose syntax highlighter ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/chroma-general-purpose-syntax-highlighter/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:34:25

• Linux Format 325 ☞ https://linuxformat.com/linux-format-325.html    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:35:13

• This tiny GNU/Linux kernel tweak could SAVE 30% on Power Use for Datacenters! ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/videos/this-tiny-linux-kernel-tweak-could-save-30-on-power-use-for-datacenters/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:40:28

• People say "Linux" is easier to say than "gnu" but that's a lie. What's more, nowadays people say things like "Linux kernel" (long). If people called the components correctly, the word "kernel" would be possible to omit (without any loss of meaning). Just as you say "X" or "Wayland" and not something longer, same for KDE.    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:43:35

• One could go a step further and argue that we should say "GNU/Linux kernel" because if we say only "Linux", then kernel is implied. Like "the Firefox browser".    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:45:18

• Valhalla's Things: Conference Talk Timeout Ring, Part One ☞ https://blog.trueelena.org/blog/2025/02/04-conference_talk_timeout_ring_part_one/index.html    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:49:25

• "In the past I may have spoken critically on Truetype fonts and their usage in PDF files. Recently I have come to the conclusion that it may have been too harsh and that Truetype fonts are actually somewhat nice." ☛ https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2025/02/the-trials-and-tribulations-of.html | Source: Jussi Pakkanen    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:50:32

• "Of course, you can partially reclaim the memory by using pointers." ☛ https://antonz.org/go-map-shrink/ | Source: Anton Zhiyanov    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:50:53

• [Repeat] "last month’s new CPAN uploads for your reading" ☛ https://www.perl.com/article/what-s-new-on-cpan-december-2024/ | Source: Perl    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:52:20

• [Repeat] "Thanks to the work by Timo Paulssen and many others" ☛ https://rakudoweekly.blog/2025/02/03/2025-05-trixie-awaits/ | Source: Rakulang    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:52:28

• "The aim is not to define strict rules but to spark a conversation about good enough practices and alternative approaches that the R developer community has used or would like to be used more widely." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/02/key-considerations-for-retiring-superseding-an-r-package/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:54:15

• "As the name implies, the rand crate is capable of calculating random numbers. The crate itself has seen a fair bit of churn: for instance 0.9 broke backwards compatibility with 0.8." ☛ https://lucumr.pocoo.org/2025/2/4/fat-rand/ | Source: Armin Ronacher    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:54:26

• "REST is a widely misunderstood term, and if you point that out to people, you will be told, repeatedly and sometimes quite irately: who cares?" ☛ https://unplannedobsolescence.com/blog/why-insist-on-a-word/ | Source: Alex Petros    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:54:41

• "A look at the role of platform engineering, its principles and benefits for teams striving for scalable, efficient and innovative development practices." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/3-key-benefits-of-platform-engineering/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:54:56

• "Most programming languages, including C and C++, provide language runtime libraries that implement parts of the language itself." ☛ https://thinkingeek.com/2025/01/31/caveat-with-statically-linked-language-runtimes/ |    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:55:12

• "I call it “less than estimation” because if a given piece of work is obviously under an hour" ☛ https://chrisdone.com/posts/less-than-estimation/ | Source: Chris Done    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:56:12

• "I wrote previously about different slices of life in the various implementations of the Scrapscript programming language." ☛ https://bernsteinbear.com/blog/scrapscript-ir/ | Source: Max Bernstein    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:56:41

• "I’m tempted to print that last line on the back of a business card." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/being-goal-oriented-not-process-oriented/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:57:03

• "In case anyone is interested, here's the source code for the server and the client." ☛ https://boston.conman.org/2025/02/02.1 | Source: Sean Conner    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:57:38

• "The core of the routine, the nested function main() does the real work here. When main() starts, the flag for queue readiness is false." ☛ https://boston.conman.org/2025/02/04.1 | Source: Sean Conner    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:57:44

• Blown Away By the Unexpected ☞ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/blown-away-by-the-unexpected/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 13:58:53

• The Commission and High Representative Kaja Kallas welcome a major step towards holding Russia accountable for its war of aggression against Ukraine* ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_398    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 14:06:24

• Latvian government gives more money for Ukraine's reconstruction ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/04.02.2025-latvian-government-gives-more-money-for-ukraines-reconstruction.a586421/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 14:06:42

• The next German chancellor must lead from the front, not the middle, on European security ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/the-next-german-chancellor-must-lead-from-the-front-not-the-middle-on-european-security/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 14:07:02

• Russian missile kills five, wounds more than 50 in Ukraine's Izium ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250204-russian-missile-kills-five-wounds-more-than-50-in-ukraine-s-izium    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 14:07:22

• UN experts find Russia increasing executions of Ukrainian POWs ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/the-un-human-rights-monitoring-mission-in-ukraine-reports-an-alarming-increase-in-executions-of-prisoners-of-war/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 14:07:50

• US expert estimates North Korean casualty rate in Kursk may be as high as 50% ☞ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2025/02/05/north-korea-troop-loss-kursk/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 14:08:08

• At Least 5 Killed In Russian Strike On Izyum In Eastern Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russian-missile-strike-izium-kharkiv/33302715.html    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 14:08:24

• 2019 Week 3 Deaths in England and Wales: 11,860. 2025 Week 3 Deaths in England and Wales: 14,679. That’s Almost 3,000 More Deaths in Just One Week! https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2025/02/05/new-normal/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 14:20:19

• Facing relentless Russia, Ukraine confronts shortages of men and morale ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2025/0204/ukraine-battlefront-morale-military-shortages-russia    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 14:26:31

• "pro-invasion bloggers" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/05/russia-s-pro-invasion-bloggers-report-mass-disruption-to-starlink-satellite-terminals-in-occupied-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 14:27:54

• "if Ukrainian membership in NATO is rejected" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/05/zelensky-proposes-rearming-with-nuclear-weapons-if-ukrainian-membership-in-nato-is-rejected | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 14:28:54

• "rare earth metals" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/04/zelensky-welcomes-trump-s-offer-to-continue-u-s-military-support-in-exchange-for-privileged-access-to-ukraine-s-rare-earth-metals | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 14:46:46

• "Russian strike on Ukraine’s Izyum" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/04/at-least-five-killed-and-dozens-injured-by-russian-strike-on-ukraine-s-izyum | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 14:47:04

• Kostiantynivka ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02/04/the-city-is-being-destroyed | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 14:47:36

• Fearmongering from Western Balkan leaders is no longer working on their citizens—or the EU ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/fearmongering-from-western-balkan-leaders-is-no-longer-working-on-their-citizens-or-the-eu/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 14:48:18

• Lithuanian president not optimistic about EU jointly borrowing for defence ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2478046/lithuanian-president-not-optimistic-about-eu-jointly-borrowing-for-defence    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 14:48:39

• Russians still own 9,000 properties in Lithuania, some stand empty ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2476726/russians-still-own-9-000-properties-in-lithuania-some-stand-empty    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 14:48:56

• North Korea ready to send 25,000 more troops to Russia: Zelenskyy ☞ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2025/02/04/north-korea-more-troops-russia/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 14:49:11

• Weapons, Fuel Deliveries From Russia, Iran Inflame Sudan’s Civil War ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2025/02/weapons-fuel-deliveries-from-russia-iran-inflame-sudans-civil-war/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 14:50:02

• "Russia’s Defense Ministry is quietly making it even harder to get a medical exemption from military service" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02/04/russia-s-defense-ministry-is-quietly-making-it-even-harder-to-get-a-medical-exemption-from-military-service | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 14:50:47

• "A new wave of nationalization" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02/04/a-new-wave-of-nationalization | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 14:51:10

• "exile, activism, and cultural differences" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02/04/you-chose-to-come-here-so-behave-yourselves | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 14:51:52

• Attorney Fees in Copyright Cases, Part II ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/02/attorney-copyright-cases.html    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 14:53:45

• Bombshell Ruling on Global Music Copyright Termination Emerges — With Rumblings of Music Industry Chaos Ahead ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/04/bombshell-ruling-on-global-music-copyright-termination-emerges/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 14:54:45

• Covering EPO Scandals in an Age of Mass Censorship (and Europe Being Afraid to Introspect, for It Might "Help Putin") ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/04/Covering_EPO_Scandals_in_an_Age_of_Mass_Censorship_and_Europe_B.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 14:55:01

• "At 5m32s I presented what I think is the best version yet of my selfish personal argument for why it makes sense to default to releasing code as Open Source: [...]" ☛ https://simonwillison.net/2025/Jan/24/selfish-open-source/ | Source: Simon Willison    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 14:56:27

• "To share this moment with all of you, here are some key reflections from David’s acceptance speech." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/02/03/david-cuartielles-receives-the-open-source-award-on-skills-and-education/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 14:57:19

• "I'm no longer using Pixelfed so the code I used to pull in my latest photos into Eleventy is redundant but it might be useful to other people." ☛ https://rknight.me/blog/loading-pixelfed-photos-with-eleventy/ | Source: Rob Knight    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 14:59:37

• "How Much of a Linux Nerd are You?" ☛ https://nathanupchurch.com/blog/making-quizzes-using-eleventy/ | Source: Nathan Upchurch    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 15:00:21

• "I decided to follow simon's approach to creating a link blog, where I can share interesting links I find on the internet along with my own comments and thoughts about them." ☛ https://xuanwo.io/links/2025/01/link-blog/ |    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 15:00:41

• "As we saw in the opening post, SQLite stores metadata about tables in a special "schema table" starting on page 1." ☛ https://blog.sylver.dev/build-your-own-sqlite-part-4-reading-tables-metadata | Source: Geoffrey Copin    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 15:01:57

• "A video you can find on bit shoot, showing he's not just a socialist, but a conspiracy theorist. -Part of what hinders progress in GNU/Linux." Oh, wow, not using "smartphone" means "conspiracy theorist" https://www.reddit.com/r/linuxsucks101/comments/1ihpkan/richard_stallman_dont_use_mobile_phones/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 15:04:47

• Just because many people use 'smartphones" does not mean they are benign https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/05/statCounter_Shows_WIntel_Chasing_a_Dying_Market.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 15:07:07

• "It was a simple problem with a straightforward solution and it's sad to think that more and more programmers are reaching for Cat for even simple programs." ☛ https://boston.conman.org/2025/02/02.2 | Source: Sean Conner    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 15:07:44

• "Seventeen new GNU releases in the last month (as of January 31, 2025): [....]" ☛ https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/january-2025-gnu-spotlight-with-amin-bandali | Source: FSF    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 15:08:44

• "But first, let’s make this clear—this version is not intended for general use; instead, it offers a glimpse into what the next stable release might hold. Those curious to try it out can do so on [..] Linux with GTK+ 3.14 or higher." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/thunderbird-135-brings-fixes-for-imap-pop3-and-calendar-users/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 15:09:13

• "The FreeBSD Foundation’s Laptop Support and Usability Project is in full swing, and staying updated" ☛ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/laptop-support-and-usability-project-update-first-monthly-report-community-initiatives/ | Source: FreeBSD    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 15:12:03

• "For years, Equinix Metal provided Alpine Linux with essential support, enabling the project to offer reliable, secure, and efficient software to users around the globe." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/alpine-linux-appeals-for-hosting-support/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 15:13:20

• "before we dive into my golden rules, let me clarify: this isn’t one of those articles claiming to know the “best” Linux distribution for beginners." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/new-to-linux-stick-to-these-rules-when-picking-distro/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 15:13:32

• "A slice of the design research I'm motivated by; from papers by Mark Weiser (Xerox Park 1994) to Paul Dourish" ☛ https://blog.viditb.com/the-world-is-not-a-desktop-and-related-reading/ | Source: Vidit Bhargava    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 15:15:54

• Desktop Operating System Market Share Bulgaria: GNU/Linux about 6% now https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/bulgaria/#monthly-200902-202502    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 16:25:58

• Windows fell to quarter in Panama https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/panama/#monthly-200902-202502    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 16:46:50

• GNU/Linux up to 7% in Finland https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/finland/#monthly-200902-202502    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 16:50:19

• Plans gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2025/2-05.gmi    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:05:40

• "Some time ago, while I was still in early ~20s I happened to land on a lowly paid, albeit very lax job, about 5 years went by, leaving some joys, some scars, well, the usual." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2491    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:06:24

• "Have you ever heard of Kessler Syndrome? The orbital chaos scenario is credited to Donald Kessler in 1978. However, this story dates back all the way to the 17th century, with Franz Kessler, an alchemist and inventor during the Roman Empire." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2489    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:07:24

• "About a month ago, I deleted all my Big Tech accounts and switched to using Firefox and Brave with plenty of blocking offered. But at work, I don't have browser options; it's Chrome, Edge, or nothing. I also can't install extensions on them without IT approval." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2490    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:08:05

• "...not the e-paper. Well, I have been extended use of old good hardware tools. While I use my phone and computer to manage my calendar I don't like to use digital things to make quick notes and to manage my tasks." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/jirka/Phlog/2025_02_01.txt    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:09:07

• Really? now you're freaking out? gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/now    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:10:22

• Promoting Microsoft ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/accelerating-azure-ai-ansible-automation-platform-subscriptions-ai-models | Source: Red Hat Official http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/05/IBM_Red_Hat_on_era_of_cloud_computing_pushing_hey_hi_AI_hype_in.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:13:43

• Buzzwords, not substance ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/beyond-ai-pilot-project-building-foundation-generative-ai | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:14:10

• "To help showcase this new capability and how it works, we released a video that shows you how to set up the Insights proxy and how to configure your hosts to use the proxy." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/connecting-your-systems-using-insights-proxy | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:14:26

• "For development teams tasked to develop and maintain software solutions, waiting days or weeks for resources to provision disrupts workflows and delays value delivery." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/platform-engineering-and-self-service-simplifying-complexity-red-hat-developer-hub | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:15:07

• Best Windows Alternatives for Users Leaving Windows 10 https://www.analyticsinsight.net/photo/best-windows-alternatives-for-users-leaving-windows-10    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:15:55

• Spammy slop site https://cybersecuritynews.com/google-patched-linux-kernel-vulnerability-in-android/ see http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/04/Anti_Linux_FUD_Sites_cybersecuritynews_com_and_gbhackers_com_Tu.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:17:36

• Facebook admits censoring Linux was a mistake https://fudzilla.com/news/60480-facebook-admits-censoring-linux-was-a-mistake    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:18:24

• "Why might you need to change the Proton version? Certain versions may just work better. Like Proton Experimental, which pulls in fixes much quicker than the stable numbered versions of Proton, which at times may be needed. Valve usually set the specific version of Proton that's best but not always." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/guides/view/how-to-change-the-proton-version-on-linux-steamos-and-steam-deck/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:20:27

• Linux containers in 2025 and beyond https://www.networkworld.com/article/3816494/linux-containers-in-2025-and-beyond.html    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:21:37

• "Popular Linux organizations X.org/Freedesktop.org and Alpine Linux must look for new web hosting. Donors are discontinuing bare-metal servers, forcing both services to seek a new home." https://www.techzine.eu/news/infrastructure/128380/freedesktop-and-alpine-linux-in-search-of-new-web-hosting/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:22:10

• You Can Now Run Linux Inside A PDF File https://80.lv/articles/you-can-now-run-linux-inside-a-pdf-file/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:22:41

• Freedesktop And Alpine Linux Looking For New Hosting https://hackaday.com/2025/02/04/freedesktop-and-alpine-linux-looking-for-new-hosting/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:23:22

• "Now that Firefox 135 is rolling out to users all over the globe, Mozilla has promoted the next major release of its open-source web browser, Firefox 136, to the beta channel for public testing." https://9to5linux.com/firefox-136-promises-hardware-video-decoding-for-amd-gpus-on-linux-vertical-tabs    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:25:27

• This LLM slop site altered the title after Techrights complained https://gbhackers.com/linux-kernel-6-14/ see http://techrights.org/n/2023/12/27/GBHackers_On_Security_is_Trash_and_It_Should_Probably_Be_Ignore.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/04/Anti_Linux_FUD_Sites_cybersecuritynews_com_and_gbhackers_com_Tu.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:27:37

• Nasty popups https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/02/popular-linux-orgs-freedesktop-and-alpine-linux-are-scrambling-for-new-web-hosting/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:28:02

• "Are you looking for Photoshop replacement on Linux with an easy-to-learn interface, so you can edit your photos outside of Windows or Mac? Well, I've got you covered with some great recommendations." https://www.howtogeek.com/photoshop-alternatives-for-linux/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:28:24

• Linux Foundation’s L3AF brings zero-downtime updates to eBPF network management https://www.networkworld.com/article/3815604/linux-foundations-l3af-brings-zero-downtime-updates-to-ebpf-network-management.html    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:29:01

• "Thanks to posts on social media and YouTuber videos, which now other news sites have picked up, we're seeing fresh rumours about a new Steam Machine / Steam Console." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/the-latest-valve-steam-console-rumour-with-amd-rdna4-can-be-safely-ignored-heres-why/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:29:33

• It participates in these https://www.infoworld.com/article/3815771/linux-foundation-warns-of-us-ofac-sanctions.html    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:31:59

• Facebook hates Linux https://www.scworld.com/podcast-segment/13589-semgrep-non-drama-facebook-hates-linux-vulns-in-cars-cell-towers-m365-and-more-esw-392    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:32:47

• "Hope is the Counter to Fear." ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/immigrants-rights/hope-is-the-counter-to-fear    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:35:03

• Rebels in Kayah try to build a new state as they hold off the junta ☞ https://rfa.org/english/myanmar/2025/02/05/myanmar-kayah-rebels-state-building-photos/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:38:59

• "IBM employees are dinosau.rs who will end up working at McDonald’s once their jobs are outsourced to India" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jk9jaxnh    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:42:48

• "I wonder how Trump is going to affect the part of IBM Consulting that is one sh---y Federal contract after another." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jk9jqbp1    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:43:32

• "JK said on an internal call that the goal is for the stock to go to $300 before year end... Keeping my fingers crossed. Anything that Wall Street will gobble up to make the stock go up... even lies! Let's go people." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jk9jqbp1    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:44:02

• "Me too... more layoffs please... still too many people doing cr-p at IBM and dragging the results down. Go AK/JK... do you magic!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jkb2en5m    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:44:40

• "Just wait until you yourself are laid off, "clown." Ibm is a sinking ship and always will be. They got losers at the top." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jkb2en5m    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:45:02

• "Oh look everyone, the McDonald's drive thru commenter is back. Get a life, dude." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jk8g4dph    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:46:03

• Workday to Cut Nearly 2,000 Workers on Profitability Focus https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-02-05/workday-layoffs-will-hit-nearly-2-000-workers    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:47:03

• Infrastructure as Advent of Code ☞ https://bertptrs.nl/2025/02/04/infrastructure-as-advent-of-code.html    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:52:57

• Fedora in 2025: Hey Hi (AI) Integration, Wayland Advancements, HDR, and More ☞ https://linuxiac.com/fedora-in-2025-ai-integration-wayland-advancements-hdr-and-more/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:53:16

• Thunderbird 135 Brings Fixes for IMAP, POP3, and Calendar Users ☞ https://linuxiac.com/thunderbird-135-brings-fixes-for-imap-pop3-and-calendar-users/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:53:37

• Firefox 135 Brings New Tab Page Tweaks, Hey Hi (AI) Chatbot Access + More ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/mozilla-firefox-135-released    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:55:50

• Flathub Blog: On the Go: Making it Easier to Find GNU/Linux Apps for Phones & Tablets ☞ https://docs.flathub.org/blog/on-the-go-linux-mobile-collection    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:57:56

• Mozilla Thunderbird 135 Released with XZ Packaging for GNU/Linux Binaries ☞ https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-thunderbird-135-released-with-xz-packaging-for-linux-binaries    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:58:50

• Firefox 136 Promises Hardware Video Decoding for AMD GPUs on Linux, Vertical Tabs ☞ https://9to5linux.com/firefox-136-promises-hardware-video-decoding-for-amd-gpus-on-linux-vertical-tabs    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:59:10

• Weekly recap — 2 February 2025 ☞ https://librearts.org/2025/02/week-recap-2-feb-2025/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 17:59:50

• Vulnerability Patched in Android Possibly Exploited by Forensic Tools ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/vulnerability-patched-in-android-possibly-exploited-by-forensic-tools/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:01:02

• Cancelling should be as easy (or hard) as registration ☞ https://rubenerd.com/cancelling-should-be-as-easy-or-hard-as-signup/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:01:23

• Trying ALDI coffee beans ☞ https://rubenerd.com/trying-aldi-coffee-beans/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:03:41

• People want solutions ☞ https://rubenerd.com/people-want-solutions/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:04:09

• "Want to Report on Homelessness? What ProPublica Learned About Engaging Responsibly." ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/reporting-on-homelessness-responsibly-guide-propublica | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:04:34

• Illinois Schools ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-student-civil-rights-police-ticketing-bill | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:04:50

• Fix unmute when boot different audio hw ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202502/fix-unmute-when-boot-different-audio-hw.html    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:05:22

• Android security update includes patch for actively exploited vulnerability ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/android-security-update-february-2025/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:05:45

• Qt for Android Automotive 6.8.2 is released ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-for-android-automotive-6.8.2-is-released    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:06:16

• George Baxter’s Print of Crystal Palace Dinosaurs (ca. 1854) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/crystal-palace-dinosaurs    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:06:59

• Source: "CISPE got silenced by Microsoft for its antitrust complaint. Mingorance got probably a good share of the money." Re http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/05/European_Internet_Forum_EIF_is_Dominated_by_American_Corporatio.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:11:15

• Latvian Foreign and Security Policy Yearbook 2025 launched ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/politics/03.02.2025-latvian-foreign-and-security-policy-yearbook-2025-launched.a584596/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:17:13

• Senate Democrats raise concerns about Musk team access to Treasury payment systems ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2025/02/senate-democrats-raise-concerns-about-musk-team-access-to-treasury-payment-systems/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:17:25

• Sophos Completes Acquisition of Secureworks ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/sophos-completes-acquisition-of-secureworks/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:17:50

• Exploitation of Over 700 Vulnerabilities Came to Light in 2024 ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/exploitation-of-over-700-vulnerabilities-came-to-light-in-2024/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:17:59

• Buzzwords and other wasteful nonsense from Mozilla ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2025/02/04/navigating-the-future-of-openness-and-ai-governance-insights-from-the-paris-openness-workshop/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:18:54

• Firefox Developer Experience: Firefox WebDriver Newsletter 135 ☞ https://fxdx.dev/firefox-webdriver-newsletter-135/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:20:11

• Nearly 300 Myanmar nationals in Singapore naturalized in 2024 to avoid returning home ☞ https://rfa.org/english/myanmar/2025/02/04/myanmar-nationals-get-singapore-passports/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:20:28

• Ruby 3.2.7 Released ☞ https://www.ruby-lang.org/en/news/2025/02/04/ruby-3-2-7-released/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:20:57

• statCounter's Numbers Make Sense Given Microsoft's Falling Windows/Client Revenue ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/statCounter_s_Numbers_Make_Sense_Given_Microsoft_s_Falling_Wind.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:21:41

• Microsoft Bing Lies ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/Microsoft_Bing_Lies.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:21:49

• All Efforts to Censor Techrights Have Always Failed ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/All_Efforts_to_Censor_Techrights_Have_Always_Failed.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:21:57

• Corporate Media is Intentionally Lying for Microsoft, There's Now a Hiring Freeze, No Replacements for Workers Laid Off in Two Mass Layoffs Last Month ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/04/Corporate_Media_is_Intentionally_Lying_for_Microsoft_There_s_No.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:22:05

• From India to Italy: Richard Stallman's Next Talk is Next Week in Torino ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/04/From_India_to_Italy_Richard_Stallman_s_Next_Talk_is_Next_Week_i.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:22:12

• LLM Hype (Chatbots Hyped and Wrongly Characterised as "Artificial Intelligence") Cause Net Inflation ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/04/LLM_Hype_Chatbots_Hyped_and_Wrongly_Characterised_as_Artificial.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:22:20

• statCounter: Only 1 in ~40 Web Users in Ireland Uses Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Browser, One in Six Uses backdoored Windows ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/04/statCounter_Only_1_in_40_Web_Users_in_Ireland_Uses_Microsoft_Br.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:22:30

• Richard Stallman Has Another Talk in India Tomorrow, at Least Fourth India Talk in Recent Days (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/02/Richard_Stallman_Has_Another_Talk_in_India_Tomorrow_at_Least_Fo.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:22:42

• Software Freedom Month at NITK Surathkal and Yesterday's Talk by Richard Stallman (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/04/Software_Freedom_Month_at_NITK_Surathkal_and_Yesterday_s_Talk_b.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:22:49

• Ismael Olea: A RightsStatements ontology ☞ https://olea.org/diario/2025/02/04/a-rigthsstatements-ontology.html    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:24:34

• Kdenlive fundraising final report ☞ https://kdenlive.org/en/2025/02/kdenlive-fundraising-final-report/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:25:33

• "really bad and getting worse in America" ☞ https://macwright.com/2025/02/04/recently.html    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:26:25

• What is an Executive Order and How Does it Work? ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/privacy-technology/what-is-an-executive-order-and-how-does-it-work    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:27:09

• Porn Star Name GIGI DIOR Dilutes-by-Blurring Famous DIOR Mark ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/02/porn-stars-name-gigi-dior-dilutes-by.html    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:27:34

• Deepfakes and the 2024 US Election ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/02/deepfakes-and-the-2024-us-election.html    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:31:17

• How to analyze changes to enum types using abidiff ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/02/04/how-analyze-changes-enum-types-using-abidiff    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:33:39

• 22 New Mac Malware Families Seen in 2024 ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/22-new-mac-malware-families-seen-in-2024/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:34:11

• Does globalisation have a future? ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/does-globalisation-have-a-future/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:35:12

• Privileged Conversations | Feb. 2025 ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/privileged-conversations-feb-2025/ publicknowledge infiltrated by Microsoft http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/At_Microsoft_Promoting_Back_Doors_Proprietary_Lock_in_and_Mass_.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:36:10

• Micahel getting excited by Microsoft making small patches to promote PROPRIETARY stuff https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mesa-25.1-D3D12-HEVC-Better-Enc    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:36:55

• Microsoft Patches Critical Microsoft trap Azure Hey Hi (AI) Face Service Vulnerability with CVSS 9.9 Score ☞ https://thehackernews.com/2025/02/microsoft-patches-critical-azure-ai.html https://www.theregister.com/2016/11/28/microsoft_update_servers_left_all_azure_rhel_instances_hackable/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:37:55

• Microsoft Layoffs: Satya Nadella’s company fires employees with immediate effect, denies severance pay ☞ https://www.livemint.com/technology/tech-news/microsoft-layoffs-satya-nadellas-company-fires-employees-with-immediate-effect-denies-severance-pay-11738377574062.html    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:38:40

• Firefox 135.0 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1007887/    

posted Wednesday, February 05, 2025 at 18:39:08