Roy Schestowitz

• Central Asia needs regional and international cooperation to bolster water security ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/central-asia-needs-regional-and-international-cooperation-to-bolster-water-security/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 02:52:39

• Microsoft staff on how they feel right now https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jkm05hwr    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:01:31

• Multinational naval Exercise Aman 2025 opens in Pakistan – biggest edition yet ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/multinational-naval-exercise-aman-2025-opens-in-pakistan-biggest-edition-yet/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:11:12

• Toplines: The United States and its allies must be ready to deter a two-front war and nuclear attacks in East Asia ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/toplines-the-united-states-and-its-allies-must-be-ready-to-deter-a-two-front-war-and-nuclear-attacks-in-east-asia/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:11:24

• Stopping anti-Semitic terrorism in Australia ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/stopping-anti-semitic-terrorism-in-australia/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:11:42

• Ransomware Payments Dropped to $813 Million in 2024 ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/ransomware-payments-dropped-to-813-million-in-2024/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:12:08

• gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2025/202502/20250208-my-minimal-gemini-client.gmi   

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:13:12

• My Minimal Gemini Client gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2025/202502/20250208-my-minimal-gemini-client.gmi    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:13:22

• I Died as a Mineral gemini://the-brannons.com/mineral/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:14:08

• A Game Interface for a non-Game gemini://micropelago.net/news/2025/02-08-game-ui/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:14:41

• I can’t think of an alternative to free speech gemini://idiomdrottning.org/non-free-speech    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:15:24

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1550.jpg    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:16:19

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1200.jpg    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:16:23

• TRANSARCTICA gemini://caleb.smol.pub/transarctica    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:17:01

• "I realise this is yet another post about how good physical media is, but what could another hurt?" gemini://voxparlour25.smol.pub/1739042850    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:17:44

• 'Incredibly dangerous, immensely destabilising for displacement of Palestinians into Egypt, Jordan' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250207-incredibly-dangerous-immensely-destabilising-for-displacement-of-palestinians-into-egypt-jordan    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:25:20

• Confronting a surge in femicides in Kenya ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-51/20250207-confronting-a-surge-in-femicides-in-kenya    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:25:28

• Canada ends ‘lifeboat’ work permit scheme for recent Hong Kong graduates, enacted after security law ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/07/canada-ends-lifeboat-work-permit-scheme-for-recent-hong-kong-graduates-enacted-after-security-law/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:25:57

• 430,000 Impacted by Data Breaches at New York, Pennsylvania Healthcare Organizations ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/430000-impacted-by-data-breaches-at-new-york-pennsylvania-healthcare-organizations/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:26:32

• UK Engineering Giant IMI Hit by Cyberattack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/uk-engineering-giant-imi-hit-by-cyberattack/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:26:48

• ICS testing best results. Hint: Blend your approach ☞ https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/ics-testing-best-results-hint-blend-your-approach/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:27:48

• Information of 883,000 Stolen in Crippling Attack on Hospital Sisters Health System ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/information-of-883000-stolen-in-crippling-attack-on-hospital-sisters-health-system/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:28:06

• ThreatMate Raises $3.2 Million for Attack Surface Management Platform ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/threatmate-raises-3-2-million-for-attack-surface-management-platform/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:28:43

• House Democrats introduce Taxpayer Data Protection Act in response to Musk’s actions ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2025/02/house-democrats-introduce-taxpayer-data-protection-act-in-response-to-musks-actions/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:29:07

• State Security Service asks MP Rosļikovs for a talk ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/saeima/07.02.2025-state-security-service-asks-mp-roslikovs-for-a-talk.a586871/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:29:27

• Latvian and Swedish Prime Ministers meet in Rīga ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/07.02.2025-latvian-and-swedish-prime-ministers-meet-in-riga.a586974/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:29:37

• DeepSeek warns of ‘misinformation’ about its Hey Hi (AI) chatbot amid bans ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/02/07/china-deep-seek-statement/ same as Microsoft https://time.com/6247678/openai-chatgpt-kenya-workers/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:30:01

• Australia pays $676m to US as part of Aukus submarine deal ahead of defence meeting ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-makes-675m-aukus-payment-ahead-of-us-defence-secretary-meeting    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:30:21

• Ocean Park withdraws animal skin luxury watch, as NGO accuses park of putting profit before animals ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/07/ocean-park-withdraws-animal-skin-luxury-watch-as-ngo-accuses-park-of-putting-profit-before-animals/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:33:57

• Jay-Z Drops Sanctions Motion Against Attorney in Jane Doe Sexual Assault Lawsuit — Dismissal Push Continues ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/07/jay-z-lawsuit-sanctions-motion-dropped/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:34:53

• US federal judge issues nationwide block on Convicted Felon executive order purporting to end birthright citizenship ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/us-federal-judge-issues-nationwide-block-on-trump-executive-order-purporting-to-end-birthright-citizenship/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:35:56

• Federal unions sue Convicted Felon over USAID dismantling, cite devastating humanitarian impact ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/federal-unions-sue-trump-over-usaid-dismantling-cite-devastating-humanitarian-impact/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:36:04

• US federal court temporarily blocks DOGE from accessing federal employee data ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/us-federal-court-temporarily-blocks-doge-from-accessing-federal-employee-data/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:37:13

• US DOJ sues Illinois over state laws conflicting with Convicted Felon immigration policies ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/us-doj-sues-illinois-over-state-laws-conflicting-with-trumps-immigration-policies/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:37:36

• US federal judge blocks Convicted Felon government employee buyout offer ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/us-federal-judge-blocks-trump-government-employee-buyout-offer/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:37:54

• Why Was a Climate Activist Put in Prison for Five Years? ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/drinks-with-the-new-yorker/why-was-a-climate-activist-put-in-prison-for-five-years    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:38:07

• Man in Thailand faces lawsuit after cruelly throwing puppy into the sea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/man-in-thailand-faces-lawsuit-after-cruelly-throwing-puppy-into-the-sea    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:38:32

• Reproducible Builds (diffoscope): diffoscope 288 released ☞ https://diffoscope.org/news/diffoscope-288-released/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:39:22

• But is it legal? Musk’s DOGE is stripping agencies before judges can rule. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2025/0207/musk-doge-lawsuits-constitution-congress    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:39:52

• Mass Shooting in Sweden Leaves Migrants Feeling Vulnerable ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/world/europe/sweden-gun-laws.html    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:40:55

• Oaxaca artisans accuse U.S. brands of stealing traditional designs ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/culture/oaxaca-artisans-accuse-u-s-brands-of-cultural-appropriation-traditional-designs/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:42:01

• New Filters Added to the Request Index Page ☞ https://openbuildservice.org/2025/02/07/request-index//    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:42:46

• 404 Media Says "Workers at NASA Told to Drop Everything to Scrub Mentions of Indigenous People, Women from Its Websites" But There's Also Accessibility in the Firing Line ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/06/404_Media_Says_Workers_at_NASA_Told_to_Drop_Everything_to_Scrub.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:43:04

• Richard Stallman (RMS) Confirms Next Week's Talk in Europe ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/07/Richard_Stallman_RMS_Confirms_Next_Week_s_Talk_in_Europe.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:45:48

• Social Control Media is Narcissism ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/07/Social_Control_Media_is_Narcissism.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:46:07

• Debian Left Ex-Twitter (MElon "X"), We Think the Free Software Foundation (FSF) Should Do the Same (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/07/Debian_Left_Twitter_MElon_X_We_Think_the_Free_Software_Foundati.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:46:21

• Professor Eben Moglen on How Social Control Media Metabolises Humans and Constrains Freedom of Thought (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2023/11/28/Professor_Eben_Moglen_on_How_Social_Control_Media_Metabolises_H.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:46:31

• "Also, today’s events conspired to get me to take a one-hour break in between finishing exercising and starting my usual sauna-and-shower routine." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/scrawlspace/2025/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:51:01

• China-Japan distrust has been tough to shake. Tourism might be the best chance. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2025/0207/Japan-China-animosities-tourism    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:53:55

• China’s dispute over tariff seen as early test of Convicted Felon’s stance towards WTO ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-dispute-seen-as-early-test-of-trumps-stance-towards-wto    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:54:04

• China says ‘regrets’ Panama withdrawal from Belt and Road project ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-says-regrets-panama-withdrawal-from-belt-and-road-project    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:54:16

• China blames US 'sabotage' for Panama's departure from Belt and Road initiative ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-blames-us-sabotage-for-panamas-departure-from-belt-and-road-initiative    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:54:26

• Hong Kong to file complaint with WTO over US tariffs ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hong-kong-to-file-complaint-with-wto-over-us-tariffs    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:54:50

• Celebrating CNY in rural China: No hongbao but there are fireworks and firecrackers ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/celebrating-cny-in-rural-china-no-hongbaos-but-therere-fireworks-and-firecrackers    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 03:55:04

• "The Free Software Foundation "hinted that it would organize an unprecedented virtual memorabilia auction" in March to celebrate this year's 40th anniversary, according to an announcement this week." https://news.slashdot.org/story/25/02/08/0853208/the-fsf-will-auction-the-original-gnu-logo-drawing-stallmans-medal-and-an-amiga    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:16:03

• "Richard Stallman is not one of the elites or a mouthpiece for them. He doesn't want your kids dead. He thinks its best for the planet to not have kids (in general)." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42985405    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:18:13

• The FSF Auction the Original GNU Logo Drawing, Stallman's Medal, and an Amiga https://forum.amiga.org/index.php?topic=77030.0    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:18:31

• China urges Panama to 'make right decision' after announcing Belt and Road exit ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-urges-panama-to-make-right-decision-after-announcing-belt-and-road-exit    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:22:33

• America’s Soft-Power Retreat ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/news/fault-lines/the-rise-of-chinas-soft-power    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:22:44

• ASRock feels the heat as it moves manufacturing out of China to counter U.S. tariffs ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/asrock-feels-the-heat-as-it-moves-manufacturing-out-of-china-to-counter-u-s-tariffs    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:23:04

• RTX 5090D tested with nine-years-old Xeon CPU that cost $7 — it does surprisingly well in some games, if you enable MFG ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/rtx-5090d-tested-with-nine-years-old-xeon-cpu-that-cost-usd7-it-does-surprisingly-well-in-some-games-if-you-enable-mfg    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:23:24

• Panama Denies Making Deal To Allow Free Transit For U.S. Warships Through Canal ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/panama-canal-fees-mulino-rubio-china/33306341.html    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:23:37

• How not to get seduced by foreign spies: China’s spy agency ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/02/07/china-ministry-warns-seduction-foreign-spies/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:23:55

• Chinese filmmaker says Vietnamese officers asked him for bribes during Hanoi visit ☞ https://rfa.org/english/vietnam/2025/02/07/vietnam-china-movie-maker-bribe/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:24:11

• Campaign for Uyghurs, ‘Teacher Li’ nominated for Nobel Peace Prize ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/02/07/china-nobel-peace-prize-nominations/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:24:34

• French retailer Decathlon on back foot over China forced labour accusations ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/07/french-retailer-decathlon-on-back-foot-over-china-forced-labour-accusations/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:30:34

• Hong Kong post office to continue to suspend packages to the US amid tariff war ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/07/hong-kong-post-office-to-continue-to-suspend-packages-to-the-us-amid-tariff-war/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:30:58

• Murdoch's Faux Noise calls chaos "winning". That says a lot about the goals of that "news" channel/site/network.    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:31:32

• China says ‘regrets’ Panama withdrawal from Belt and Road infrastructure project ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/07/china-says-regrets-panama-withdrawal-from-belt-and-road-infrastructure-project/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:31:57

• US to temporarily allow duty-free relief for small parcels from China and Hong Kong ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/08/us-to-temporarily-allow-duty-free-relief-for-small-parcels-from-china-and-hong-kong/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:32:33

• Enrico Letta to Europe: 'Now is the time to act' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20250207-enrico-letta-to-europe-now-is-the-time-to-act    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:32:56

• "Vanishing ice" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02/07/vanishing-ice-rising-risks | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:33:27

• "Quest System Basics" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/07/hack-on-self-quest-system-basics/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:33:47

• Reach reporters warned over unauthorised linking to commercial sites ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/reach-reporters-warned-over-unauthorised-links-to-outside-sites/ "adding links to escort and gambling websites."    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:34:37

• The WWW in 2025 is a dumpster fire on several levels    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:35:08

• "They're not just the wrong shade of brown, they are black. And their culture is completely foreign (dare I say alien ??) to the Tamil culture that Alvind comes from. So, he is not going to blink an eye when cutting and gutting those African businesses. But of course he will never admit to racism when asked, any more than our Dear Leader in the White House. After all, it's just business, nothing personal." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jkfgp7xq    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:37:34

• "They're not just the wrong shade of brown, they are black. And their culture is completely foreign (dare I say alien ??) to the Tamil culture that Alvind comes from. So, he is not going to blink an eye when cutting and gutting those African businesses. But of course he will never admit to racism when asked, any more than our Dear Leader in the White House." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jkfgp7xq    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:37:52

• "After all, it's just business, nothing personal." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jkfgp7xq    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:37:56

• "So this is a win for Africa." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jkfgp7xq    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:38:17

• "The fact is that IBM is no longer in any position to play "We Are The World", its own name not withstanding. It doesn't sell general-purpose computers big or small, it doesn't sell consumer goods like cellphones, and it doesn't sell the kind of stuff those countries would buy (food, medicine, building materials, stuff like that)." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jkfgp7xq    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:38:45

• "According to news accounts, companies like Dell and Huawei ate into IBM's customer base in those countries. So, in the usual IBM fashion...they transferred over regional operations to a business partner (MIBB). If IBM products and/or services are needed, then MIBB will do the procurement and customer relations and be the intermediary with IBM." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jkfgp7xq    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:38:54

• "GDP Numbers; Someone mentioned that Alvind brought it up at his last office hours; I know him and his minions will get 7 and 8 figures; I’m expecting very little if any then we will get the excuses" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jkknthd2    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:39:40

• London Economic editor steps down citing ‘punishing algorithms and scarce resources’ ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/the-london-economic-editor-jack-peat-steps-down/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:41:15

• Mysterious Radiation Belts Detected Around Earth After Epic Solar Storm ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-radiation-belts-detected-around-earth-after-epic-solar-storm    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:41:59

• 'Astonishing': Hottest January on Record Stuns Scientists ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/astonishing-hottest-january-on-record-stuns-scientists    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:42:08

• Some Drugs Seem to Lower Risk of Dementia. A Neuroscientist Explains Why. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/some-drugs-seem-to-lower-risk-of-dementia-a-neuroscientist-explains-why    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:42:30

• Children of Divorce Face Greater Risk of Future Stroke, Study Reveals ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/children-of-divorce-face-greater-risk-of-future-stroke-study-reveals    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:42:39

• Bacteria Living Inside Your Mouth May Shape Your Dementia Risk ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/bacteria-living-inside-your-mouth-may-shape-your-dementia-risk    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:42:56

• Ontario for sale: how Doug Ford is dismantling the province ☞ https://breachmedia.ca/ontario-doug-ford-dismantled/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:44:17

• Canada’s CEOs want to cash in on Convicted Felon’s tariff threats ☞ https://breachmedia.ca/canadas-ceos-want-to-cash-in-on-trumps-tariff-threats/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:44:26

• Inflation continues to trend down in January ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/inflation-mexico-down-in-january/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:44:47

• Right-Wing Crusade Against USAID Has Been Fueled by Falsehoods ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/business/usaid-conspiracy-theories-disinformation.html    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:45:02

• Intel's vacant CEO spot rumored to be filled by Tom Caulfield — abrupt GlobalFoundries shakeup sparks speculation ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/intels-vacant-ceo-spot-rumored-to-be-filled-by-toms-caulfield-abrupt-globalfoundries-shakeup-sparks-speculation    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:45:47

• Launch of the Hiatus Coalition, to Resist Hey Hi (AI) and its World ☞ https://www.laquadrature.net/en/2025/02/07/launch-of-the-hiatus-coalition-to-resist-ai-and-its-world/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:46:53

• Generative Hey Hi (AI) models are known to amplify prejudice – can they be fixed? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/technology/20250207-generative-ai-models-are-known-to-amplify-prejudice-%E2%80%93-can-they-be-fixed    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:47:06

• LLMs are NOT "artificial intelligence" https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/scoop/20250207-artificial-intelligence-and-the-future-of-journalism    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:47:50

• Ripoffs and plagiarism disguised as fair use is not "AI" ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/arts24/20250207-ai-and-the-arts-a-new-cultural-frontier https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/16/Image_Fusion_is_Not_AI_LLMs_Aren_t_Either.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:48:49

• 'France can be a bit bolder': Paris Hey Hi (AI) summit draft declaration sparks concern for civil society ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/tech-24/20250207-france-can-be-a-bit-bolder-paris-ai-summit-draft-declaration-sparks-concern-for-civil-society    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:49:00

• TTABlog Test: How Did These Three Recent Section 2(d) Appeals Turn Out? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/02/ttablog-test-how-did-these-three-recent.html    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:49:53

• Buzzword "Investments"... also known as... rebrand "CLOUD" as "HEY HI" https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/02/07/amazon-will-spend-nearly-a-year-of-aws-revenue-on-ai-investments/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/When_You_Simply_Rebrand_Almost_Everything_as_Hey_Hi_AI_Hey_Hi_W.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:50:37

• Brussels grapples with spree of shootings linked to drug gangs ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250207-brussels-grapples-with-spree-of-shootings-linked-to-drug-gangs    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:51:10

• Report: UK ordered Fashion Company Apple to implement backdoor in iCloud encryption system ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/02/07/report-uk-ordered-apple-implement-backdoor-icloud-encryption-system/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/Unlike_GAFAM_Free_Software_Serves_You_It_Does_Not_Serve_Governm.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:52:09

• NewJeans 2.0? K-Pop Group Rebrands As ‘NJZ’ Amid Ugly Hybe/Ador Legal Battle, Tees Up New Music and March Concert ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/07/newjeans-njz-new-name/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:53:58

• Directly On Silicon ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/07/growing-a-gallium-arsenide-laser-directly-on-silicon/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:55:06

• Congo Buries Its Dead After Rebel Assault ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/world/africa/congo-photo-burial.html    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:55:18

• Hong Kong tycoon Jimmy Lai denies lying to court about not knowing of int’l group critical of China ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/07/hong-kong-tycoon-jimmy-lai-denies-lying-to-court-about-not-knowing-of-intl-group-critical-of-china/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:56:21

• SSL 2.0 turns 30 TODAY https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31664    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:56:56

• Michael Meeks: 2025-02-07 Friday ☞ https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2025-02-07.html "Wondering why my Bitwarden bootstrap-autofill.js is visible in profiling - the plague of autofill it seems - need some more attributes to reduce over-enthusiasm there."    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:58:50

• Ice Surfacer Patent ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/07/when-ignoring-spam-loses-you-an-ice-surfacer-patent/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 04:59:23

• Preemption Lost: The Federal Circuit’s Abandonment of Supreme Court Patent Eligibility Doctrine ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/02/preemption-circuits-resistance.html    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 05:00:01

• Robotics != Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/as-chinas-humanoid-robots-take-centrestage-this-cny-a-glimpse-into-a-future-powered-by-ai "robot-related patents"    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 05:00:36

• Infantile, juvenile reporting. Anything "IT" is now "AI".    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 05:01:11

• Corruption and Rule-Breaking Prevail at the European Patent Office (EPO), Europe's Second-Largest Institution ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/06/Corruption_and_Rule_Breaking_Prevail_at_the_European_Patent_Off.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 05:01:19

• Software Patents = fake patents ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/bittersweet-outcome-for-both-nokia-and-amazon-prime-in-dusseldorf/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 05:01:44

• New Nintendo Patent Suddenly Confirms Exciting Switch 2 Rumor ☞ https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2025/02/06/new-nintendo-patent-suddenly-confirms-switch-2-mouse-features/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 05:01:59

• Dominique Dumont: Drawbacks of using Cookiecutter with Cruft ☞ https://ddumont.wordpress.com/2025/02/06/drawbacks-of-using-cookiecutter-with-cruft/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 05:02:43

• Keyword stuffing and openwashing for their SPONSOR: Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/02/07/ibms-open-source-playbook-ai-market-shift-deepseeks-lessons-future-ai-development/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 05:03:53

• UScope: A New Linux Debugger And Not A GDB Shell, Apparently ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/07/uscope-a-new-linux-debugger-and-not-a-gdb-shell-apparently/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 05:04:17

• Calibre 7.25 Adds Support for Importing KFX Files from 2024 Kindle Devices via MTP ☞ https://9to5linux.com/calibre-7-25-adds-support-for-importing-kfx-files-from-2024-kindle-devices-via-mtp    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 05:04:40

• Tired of Gmail? Here are the 3 best alternatives ☞ https://linuxbsdos.com/2025/02/07/top-3-free-alternatives-to-gmail/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 05:05:05

• Installing Arch GNU/Linux with BTRFS and Disk Encryption ☞ https://itsfoss.com/arch-linux-install-encrypted-btrfs/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 05:05:21

• Vice President JD Vance Tapped to Spearhead Fentanylware (TikTok) Acquisition Deal ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/07/vp-jd-vance-tiktok-acquisition/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 05:06:00

• Pluralistic: "The Fagin figure leading Elon Musk’s merry band of pubescent sovereignty pickpockets" (07 Feb 2025) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/07/broccoli-hair-brownshirts/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 05:06:14

• There used to be concerns that amid climate crisis, food price explosion, starvation and famine a government would BELATEDLY rise that speaks about climate change. Instead the rising powers actively delete mentions of climate change from Web pages. It's just a heist, with a taste of eugenics.    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 05:15:48

• Nobody seems capable of explaining why RMS cannot be in FSF. Did he do something illegal? No, never.    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:06:43

• (Not that doing something illegal is the same as doing something immoral)    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:07:11

• "Between 2025-01-29 and 2025-02-05 there were 17 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 104 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 16.3 % of total released titles." ☛ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2025-02-05-edition/index.html | Source: Boiling Steam    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:07:51

• "A little over a week ago, Rep. Zoe Lofgren introduced the Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act (FADPA)." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/publishing-pirate-site-blocking-orders-is-a-good-start-but-its-not-transparency-250208/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:09:06

• Nashville School Shooter ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/nashville-school-shooter-previous-threats | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:10:12

• Department of Education ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/department-of-education-transgender-students-email | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:10:19

• hungary ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2025/02/08/extradition-to-hungary-unlawful-german-constitutional-court-upholds-maja-t-s-appeal/ | Source: Site36    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:10:36

• "Cloudflare Browser Integrity Check Blocking Many Non-Mainstream Browsers Again" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/02/07/044225 ... again    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:13:10

• "Temu and Shein Raised Prices, Removed Products as Trump’s China Tariffs Went Into Effect" https://www.wired.com/story/tariffs-shein-temu-ecommercce/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:13:21

• "Trump’s FBI Pick Kash Patel Took Up to $5M in Stock From Chinese Ecommerce Giant Shein" https://www.wired.com/story/kash-patel-elite-depot-shein/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:13:34

• "Microsoft and Nvidia Take a Quieter Approach to Trump" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/technology/microsoft-nvidia-trump.html http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/25/Microsoft_Sponsored_Inauguration_as_a_Reminder_to_Boycott_Micro.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:13:53

• "Why Trump's in-your-face campaign will never end" https://www.axios.com/2025/02/08/trump-strategy-messaging-insults    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:14:25

• "Trump is pulling Biden's clearance and daily briefing access" https://www.axios.com/2025/02/08/trumps-pulls-biden-clearance-briefing-access    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:14:36

• old: "There will be no OOXML-compliant products for some time. ..." https://web.archive.org/web/20080402230321/http://www.consortiuminfo.org/standardsblog/article.php?story=20080328080930159 iophk: there still are not    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:14:45

• "Sham Battle with American Democracy: The unique Case of Trump" https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/02/08/sham-battle-with-american-democracy-the-unique-case-of-trump/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:14:56

• "As Internet Enshittification Marches On, Here are Some of the Worst Offenders" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/02/06/1043254    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:15:16

• "How the slash-and-burn tactics Musk brought to Washington backfired at Twitter" https://www.lonestarlive.com/news/2025/02/how-the-slash-and-burn-tactics-musk-brought-to-washington-backfired-at-twitter.html    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:15:27

• "How America runs Britain" https://www.newstatesman.com/podcasts/politics-podcast/2025/02/how-america-runs-britain    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:15:42

• Trademarks ☛ https://www.ksl.com/article/51246079/black-church-vandalized-by-the-proud-boys-gains-control-over-the-groups-trademark | Source: Deseret Media    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:19:09

• Software Patents ☛ https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/Media/Guides/Formats/Audio_codecs | Source: Mozilla    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:19:47

• "Manhattan shouting" ☛ https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/on-camera-woman-assaults-jewish-man-in-manhattan-office-quot-i-want-isis-to-kill-all-of-you-quot-7662159 | Source: NDTV    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:20:37

• "Arizona had already tried this twice, starting at 25 feet before trimming the “halo” to an 8-foot diameter." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/02/07/federal-court-shuts-down-louisianas-unconstitutional-police-buffer-zone-law/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:21:31

• "the Republican Party doesn’t really believe in that absolutist ideal." ☛ https://www.vox.com/politics/398985/musk-doge-staffer-racist-tweets-vance-free-speech | Source: Vox    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:30:03

• "It is easy for the events at any individual federal agency to get lost in the torrent of bad news coming out of Washington." ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/its-grim-at-the-department-of-labor | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:30:19

• "Why am I telling you this? Because now that you know when 24/7 TV news started, it’s time to ask why does it still exist today?" ☛ https://gregoryhammond.ca/blog/24-hour-news-still-exists/ | Source: Gregory Hammond    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:32:01

• "It can easily get overwhelming." ☛ https://roytang.net/2025/02/consuming-news/ | Source: Roy Tang    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:32:11

• "Kurt, facing charges over his posts on the social media, was taken to Istanbul Bostancı District Security Directorate." ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/freedom-of-the-press/journalist-ali-baris-kurt-imprisoned-in-istanbul-77847 | Source: ANF News    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:32:46

• "The police broke down the apartment door and dragged the journalist out onto the street, using force, while her apartment was searched and equipment was confiscated." ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/freedom-of-the-press/kurdish-journalist-brutally-detained-during-house-raid-in-mardin-77830 | Source: ANF News    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:33:09

• "He stood for freedom of access to information, especially for scientific research — things the public had already paid for." ☛ https://sfstandard.com/2025/02/08/aaron-swartz-marble-statue-unveiled-internet-archive/ | Source: The San Fancisco Standard    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:33:34

• "Ukraine’s independent media, a collection of small regional outlets, muckraking investigative websites and internet news platforms, have been reeling since the USAID announcement, with some organizations saying that they are just weeks away from slashing staff or closing down entirely." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/02/07/ukraine-russia-independent-media-trump-usaid/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:33:52

• "Starting a platform without considering moderation is irresponsible. That’s not what I’m saying here." ☛ https://idiomdrottning.org/non-free-speech | Source: Idiomdrottning    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:34:30

• "The Trom’s family story, along with the story of how factory farms have reshaped US agriculture, are recounted in Trom Eayrs’s compelling new book, Dodge County, Incorporated: Big Ag and the Undoing of Rural America." ☛ https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/398336/how-big-meat-silences-its-critics | Source: Vox    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:34:42

• "It was reported that the women were punished for singing after the killing of two notorious Iranian judges, known for their ruthless and arbitrary rulings." ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/human-rights/27-women-prisoners-in-evin-jail-subjected-to-inhumane-punishment-77842 | Source: ANF News    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:34:51

• "The overhaul has been accompanied by false claims about an organization Trump's team believes has been wasting US taxpayers' money." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-trumps-team-targets-usaid-with-false-claims/a-71535712 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:35:24

• "Since the full-scale Russian military invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the U.S. Congress has passed five Ukraine aid bills totaling $175 billion." ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/false-russian-allegations-that-ukraine-stole-100-billion-of-us-funds/7967072.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:35:44

• "No, Microsoft won't tell you how to uninstall its Edge web browser, which is heavily integrated into Windows 11." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-edge/microsoft-click-baits-users-with-useless-how-to-uninstall-microsoft-edge-instruction-doc | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:36:19

• "The dismantling of the agency has been accompanied by a torrent of anger online from right-wing influencers and accounts that are promoting false claims" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/business/usaid-conspiracy-theories-disinformation.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:36:43

• Wikileaks and Stella Assange now actively participate in Russian propaganda against USAID. This is hard to excuse.    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:39:59

• Only 'gawd' or new leaks can save Wikileaks now. Recycling old FUD to help the MElon DOGE and Cheeto just darkens the brand of the site.    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:41:20

• Roger Waters pays Julian's bills (Wikileaks); he has other objectives in mind. He's turning the site into chaff that distracts from Putin's crimes and spreads antisemitism at the same time.    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:43:45

• "U.S.A.I.D. has a big footprint in-country, and that’s central to this" ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-financial-page/elon-musk-and-donald-trump-are-not-fixing-us-foreign-aid-but-destroying-it | Source: New Yorker    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:48:13

• "After helping President Trump get elected, Elon Musk was poised to dominate the country’s A.I. policies. Then Mr. Altman sneaked into the White House." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/technology/sam-altman-elon-musk-trump.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:48:23

• "Regardless of political stance, USAID is a relatively small federal department." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/08/doge_us_goverment_tech_spending/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:48:41

• "Nvidia and Microsoft take different approaches to navigating Washington's politics. While Microsoft is experienced in lobbying, Nvidia is a newcomer, rapidly growing due to its dominance in AI chip manufacturing." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/microsoft-nvidia-the-tech-giants-taking-a-quieter-approach-to-trump/articleshow/118080842.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:48:55

• "Notices will go out to employees losing their jobs starting at 5 a.m. local time Monday in most countries, including in the US, according to one of the posts, authored by Meta's Head of People Janelle Gale." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/meta-prepares-for-layoffs-on-february-10-internal-memo/articleshow/118053312.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 06:49:15

• iophk: FSFE misleading as "FSF ... E" https://fosdem.org/2025/schedule/event/fosdem-2025-5084-how-we-are-defending-software-freedom-against-apple-at-the-eu-s-highest-court/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 10:24:05

• Leak: FSF/FSFE Trademark Dispute (FSF Demanding That FSFE Should Change the Organisation's Name) http://techrights.org/o/2020/08/22/fsf-fsfe-dispute/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 10:24:25

• "To be clear, we're no closer to translating the meaning of those soulful" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/whales-humpback-song-linguistics-1.7453891 | Source: CBC    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 10:25:44

• "This statistical rule is called Zipf’s law, and now, an interdisciplinary team of scientists" ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/humpback-whale-song-shares-a-key-pattern-with-human-language-that-might-make-it-easier-for-the-animals-to-learn-180986025/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 10:26:08

• "Denmark is a “global frontrunner” for its district heating systems, which are deployed nationwide, writes the Regulatory Assistance Project" ☛ https://www.theenergymix.com/denmarks-district-heating-success-holds-lessons-for-canada/ | Source: Energy Mix Productions Inc    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 10:27:34

• "A South Korean airline has introduced a groundbreaking policy banning power banks from carry-on luggage following a recent fire onboard one of its aircraft." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/passengers-furious-south-korean-airline-becomes-first-ban-power-banks-cabin-bags-1730815 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 10:27:55

• "In addition to the greenhouse gas emissions from increased fuel use, additional potential climate effects may be caused by pollutants like nitrogen oxides, sulfur, and black carbon being released at the higher altitudes common in supersonic flight." ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/06/1111033/supersonic-climate-fast/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 10:28:17

• "At one gigawatt in capacity, the facility will be enormous, dwarfing more traditional cloud and hyperscale campuses, which typically top out in the tens of megawatts." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/08/uae_france_dc_ai/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 10:28:51

• "The energy system of the Baltic states is finally in our own hands. We are in control," he added of the "historic" moment. ☛ https://www.voanews.com/a/baltics-begin-decoupling-from-russian-power-grid/7967586.html | Source: VOA News    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 10:29:18

• "I like the light better when there's no Russian electrons involved" ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/02/08/baltic-nations-switch-off-russian-power-grid-a87916 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 10:29:44

• "Under the plan, he said, the LitPol Link with Poland, previously intended only for synchronisation, will be partly used for commercial trade from March." ☛ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2481297/baltic-grid-synchronisation-is-more-geopolitical-than-technical-switch-litgrid-head | Source: LRT    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 10:30:09

• "Moscow's invasion of Ukraine made the switch more urgent as they feared being targeted." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/baltic-states-break-away-from-russias-power-grid/a-71546373 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 10:30:41

• "Three Baltic states on Saturday cut ties with Russia's power grid to join the European Union's network, the culmination of a years-long process that gained urgency with Moscow's invasion of Ukraine." ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250208-baltics-begin-decoupling-from-russian-power-grid | Source: France24    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 10:31:22

• "Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania disconnected from the IPS/UPS joint network" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-02-08/lithuania-cuts-russian-power-grid-ties-as-baltics-prepare-to-link-with-eu | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 10:33:07

• "The three Baltic states will not return to the old system after the isolated operation test." ☛ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2482000/baltics-disconnect-from-russian-power-grid-start-isolated-operation | Source: LRT    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 10:33:38

• "The three EU members are due to join the synchronous grid of Continental Europe -- which includes most European countries, from Portugal in the west to Ukraine and Turkey in the east" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/baltic-states-disconnect-russia-power-grid-eu-switch/33307965.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 10:34:46

• "As part of a broad effort to bypass Congress and unilaterally cut government spending, Donald Trump’s administration has all but shut down operations at the US Agency for International Development" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/gutting-usaid-will-have-a-monumental-effect-on-combating-climate-change/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 10:36:21

• "Energy Fuels already must meet standards spelled out by federal agencies when transporting uranium ore." ☛ https://www.lonestarlive.com/native-american-news/2025/02/shipments-of-uranium-ore-can-resume-under-agreement-reached-with-the-navajo-nation.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 10:36:41

• "Google and Microsoft have reported year on year increases in data centre water consumption since 2020, and many of these water withdrawals come from potable water sources." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/feb/07/call-to-make-tech-firms-report-data-centre-energy-use-as-ai-booms | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 10:47:25

• Take a look at Wikipedia in 2025. It is an extensive collection of commercials, not articles, and citations are being sanitised by the advertising industry that runs the site (marketing disguised as encyclopedia). It only gets worse every year because Big Money controls the site's editorial policy. The site got derailed by bribes.    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 10:49:21

• "The letters ask why the companies have facilitated the placement of ads on a website known" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/08/amazon_google_accused_of_monetizing/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 10:51:27

• "Population growth has been slowing and even reversing in many countries" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/02/birth-rate-decline-capitalism-migration/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 10:52:13

• "Amid dangerous droughts, Arizona officials have attempted to address groundwater shortages by limiting development in the Phoenix metro area." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/02/arizona-water-real-estate-lobbying/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 10:52:30

• "Sally Carson was not an oracle or a prophet, just a young woman from Dorset, born in 1901" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/feb/08/rediscovered-a-young-english-novelists-warning-of-the-nazi-threat | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 10:58:28

• "TikTok said on Friday it was allowing U.S. Android users to download and connect to the short video app through package kits on its website" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/tiktok-to-let-us-android-users-download-app-via-kits-on-its-website/articleshow/118048559.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 10:58:39

• "What are the bigger stakes here? There are privacy and security concerns, but this is ultimately about the balance of power." ☛ https://www.vox.com/the-logoff-newsletter-trump/398903/the-high-stakes-fight-at-treasury-explained | Source: Vox    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 10:59:00

• "SDNY Judge Paul Engelmayer has ordered Treasury to stop letting Elon Musk’s DOGE [sic]" ☛ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/08/its-still-not-clear-whether-elons-doge-boys-are-reviewing-altering-or-hacking-government-networks/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 10:59:34

• "The order is in response to a lawsuit filed yesterday in New York’s Southern District Court." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/608983/the | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:00:38

• "special government employees" ☛ https://therecord.media/doge-privacy-lawsuit-state-attorneys-general | Source: The Record    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:00:47

• [Old] "Human rights activists and prominent Muslims, along with several non-Muslim groups, are alarmed by elements of the Bill" ☛ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/bill-to-grant-mufti-lawmaking-powers-stokes-concern-among-malaysia-s-muslims | Source: The Straits Times    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:01:35

• "The young Musketeers, who apparently have your personal information at their fingertips, aren’t just inexperienced – they appear completely unqualified." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/feb/08/elon-musk-doge | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:02:13

• "DOGE does not enjoy full status as a government department, which would require approval by Congress." ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250208-us-judge-halts-musk-doge-from-accessing-treasury-deptartment-data | Source: France24    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:02:28

• "Under ranked choice voting, voters would rank their preference of candidates from first choice on." ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2025/02/07/duggan-supports-ranked-choice-voting-initiative-in-michigan/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:03:30

• "Reports from the US Government Accountability Office on improper federal payments in recent years are circulating on X and elsewhere online" ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/07/1111331/these-documents-are-influencing-the-doge-spheres-agenda/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:04:02

• "President Trump gave ByteDance a 75-day stay to find an American buyer for TikTok." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/06/tiktok-sale-reportedly-slow-rolled-by-the-chinese-government/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:08:28

• "estimated 160,000 people marched in Berlin last weekend" ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/2275092.html | Source: RTL    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:09:04

• "USAID is one of our best tools for countering financial and economic influence from China." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/what-do-usaid-cutbacks-mean-for-development-aid/a-71539307 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:09:30

• "Signal is an open-source, end-to-end encrypted instant messaging app." ☛ https://werd.io/2025/i-want-you-to-do-these-four-things-right-now | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:10:51

• "In doing this the government are attempting to undermine the security of millions of users which would expose them to higher risks of cybercrime." ☛ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/uk-government-undermines-security-with-demands-for-apple-encrypted-data/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:11:51

• "The order was issued under the UK’s broad 2016 Investigatory Powers Act." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/uk-secret-order-apple-users-encrypted-data/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:16:44

• "The spying order came by way of a "technical capability notice," a document sent to Apple by the Home Secretary" ☛ https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/07/uk-government-orders-access-icloud/?ref=labnotes.org | Source: MacRumors    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:17:34

• "As has been widely reported, the government of the United Kingdom has secretly ordered Apple to build a back door into iCloud to allow ‘blanket capability to view fully encrypted material.’" ☛ https://www.mnot.net/blog/2025/02/09/decentralize-icloud | Source: Mark Nottingham    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:18:27

• "This is a big deal, and something we in the security community have worried was coming for a while now." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/02/uk-is-ordering-apple-to-break-its-own-encryption.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:23:21

• Windows TCO: "gained access to PowerSchool in December 2024, potentially exposing sensitive information such as Social Security numbers, addresses, minors' names, medical information, and disciplinary information." ☛ https://wpde.com/news/local-and-state/north-carolina-attorney-general-jeff-jackson-launches-investigation-powerschool-data-breach-compromised-students-teachers |    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:24:20

• Windows TCO: "While the company has not provided an exact number of affected individuals, they have started to file incident reports with several state attorneys general." ☛ https://www.nbcboston.com/investigations/consumer/powerschool-data-breach-massachusetts-residents/3624219/ | Source: NBC    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:25:57

• Windows TCO: "Two weeks ago, the GNWT shared that the breach impacted data for the Beaufort Delta Division Education Council, Dehcho Divisional Education Council" ☛ https://www.gov.nt.ca/en/newsroom/update-powerschool-data-breach |    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:26:36

• Windows TCO: "Attorney General Jeff Jackson told ABC11 there is no lawsuit on the table right now." ☛ https://abc11.com/post/powerschool-state-attorney-generals-office-investigating-school-software-breach/15875117/ |    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:27:21

• Windows TCO: "PowerSchool, which provides K-12 software to more than 18,000 schools to support some 60 million students across North America, confirmed the breach in early January." ☛ https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/03/what-powerschool-isnt-saying-about-its-massive-student-data-breach/ | Source: TechCrunch    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:28:57

• Windows TCO: "PowerSchool hasn’t confirmed how many international students have been affected." ☛ https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/07/powerschool-data-breach-affected-16000-students-in-the-uk/ | Source: TechCrunch    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:29:36

• Windows TCO: "A ransomware gang has shut down the internet and telephone systems used by the University of The Bahamas, forcing changes on administrators, professors and students." ☛ https://therecord.media/bahamas-university-ransomware-attack | Source: The Record    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:30:31

• "Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Google CEO Sundar Pichai, Apple CEO Tim Cook, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, and TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew—dubbed the “broligarchs” by Scott Roxborough—at Trump’s inauguration was an ominous sign." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/02/trump-administration-voter-perception/681598/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:38:08

• "The disconnect between that group of concerned employees and upper management was on full display during Bosworth’s Q&A earlier this week. At one point, he responded to a question from a female employee on Zuckerberg’s widely-circulated comment to Joe Rogan about wanting more “masculine energy” in the workplace." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/608933/meta-war-with-leakers-bosworth | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:38:26

• "At a panel of leading open source AI experts at the third annual State of Open Con (SOOCon25), one thing quickly became clear: Even the pros are having trouble putting together the open source AI puzzle." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/why-fitting-open-source-and-ai-together-is-so-messy/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:40:21

• "When you advertise at the Super Bowl, you’ve reached just about every consumer in America. It’s the last stop. If you’re not profitable yet, you never will be." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/02/07/openai-does-a-super-bowl-ad-googles-ad-uses-bad-stats-from-gemini/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:40:41

• "While this is not the first time an AI chatbot has suggested that a user take violent action, including self-harm, researchers and critics say that the bot’s explicit instructions—and the company’s response—are striking." ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/06/1111077/nomi-ai-chatbot-told-user-to-kill-himself/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:41:39

• "Of course DeepSeek lied about its training costs, as we had strongly suspected. SemiAnalysis has been following DeepSeek for the past several months." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/02/08/deepseek-roundup-banned-by-governments-no-guard-rails-lied-about-its-training-costs/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:42:21

• "Andrew Novakovic, E.V. Baker Professor of Agricultural Economics Emeritus at Cornell University" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/606467/google-ai-super-bowl-ad-gouda-error-removed | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:42:36

• "In a statement, Google said it had updated the commercial. The statistic is erased from the commercial currently uploaded on Google-owned YouTube." ☛ https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/06/business/google-ai-generated-super-bowl-cheese-ad/index.html | Source: CNN    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:43:10

• "a blogger pointed out on X that the stat was "unequivocally false" as the Dutch cheese was nowhere near that popular." ☛ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx2j15r1g09o | Source: BBC    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:44:07

• "Following his suggestion to have Gemini rewrite the product description without the stat, we updated the UI to reflect what the business would do" ☛ https://www.businessinsider.com/google-super-bowl-ad-gemini-ai-gouda-cheese-2025-2 | Source: Business Insider    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:44:29

• "It's not the first time Google's AI has struggled with cheese-related queries. Its AI Overviews famously told some of the first users that putting glue on pizza could help keep the cheese from sliding off." ☛ https://www.pcmag.com/news/google-edits-gouda-gemini-super-bowl-ad-after-cheese-fan-notices-inaccuracies | Source: PC Mag    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:45:23

• "Recently, the company announced a surprising change to its terms of service, also in a random email" ☛ https://tedium.co/2025/02/07/bitly-terms-of-service-change/ | Source: Tedium    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:46:04

• "Aid workers had a list of urgent questions going unanswered. Among them: Which programs could continue?" ☛ https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2025/02/501_391811.html | Source: The Korea Times    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:46:48

• "Last year alone, the US contributed $3.7 billion in humanitarian aid to sub-Saharan Africa." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/the-usaid-shutdown-puts-millions-of-african-lives-at-risk/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:48:13

• "It’s very difficult to replace an implant, because first you have to rebuild all the bone that has been absorbed over time that's gone away" ☛ https://futurism.com/neoscope/replacement-teeth-dental-implants | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:49:15

• "The collapse of U.S.A.I.D. at the hands of President Trump and Elon Musk is already leaving gaping holes in vital health care" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/world/africa/usaid-africa-trump-musk.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:49:32

• "The board features 178 keys laid out in half a dozen separate blocks" ☛ https://www.techspot.com/news/106659-massive-173-mechanical-keyboard-tribute-classic-space-cadet.html | Source: TechSpot    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:50:25

• "The Library of Congress is truly a library for all,” said Carla Hayden, the librarian of Congress, in a Thursday news release." ☛ https://kansasreflector.com/briefs/library-of-congress-to-visit-four-kansas-cities-with-history-resources-on-educational-tour/ | Source: Kansas Reflector    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:52:21

• "Determined to improve, I sought out Freedom Speakers International (FSI)" ☛ https://koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2025/02/728_391800.html | Source: The Korea Times    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:52:53

• "Researchers from the Cultural Museum in Vejle discovered the site while performing excavations ahead of the construction of a new motorway" ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/archaeologists-discover-a-stash-of-1500-year-old-weapons-including-the-only-known-roman-helmet-ever-found-in-denmark-180986014/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:55:28

• "The findings confirm predictions on how electrons ought to behave when squeezed into crystalline arrangements, and may contribute fresh ideas on how to achieve reliable approaches to quantum computing or reveal ways to develop room-temperature superconduction." ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-new-class-of-quantum-states-in-graphene | Source: Science Alert    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:56:00

• "oth spacecraft have collected vast amounts of solar data over the years." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/07/nasa_solar_mission_data_recovering/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:56:47

• "Google has been wrestling with this particular challenge for years and late in 2024 unveiled a new quantum computing processor that promises substantially lower error rates." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/06/google_quantum_apps/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:56:53

• "Abbott wrote ads that a 10-year old could understand. Headlines with four or five words. Body copy that felt like a conversation." ☛ https://andysblog.uk/why-simple-writing-works/ | Source: Andy Hawthorne    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:58:59

• "I've made fanzines before. Been part of a couple of really seriously fancy fanzine projects even. Made several submissions to a really fun print-on-demand RPG fanzine, and edited another that was printed and stapled on an office printer. It's been awesome." ☛ https://warmedal.se/~bjorn/posts/2025-02-08-that-constant-wish-to-make-a-fanzine.html | Source: Björn Wärmedal    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:59:13

• "The broad moral I draw from this exercise is that the model of distinct 'routes' is one that only works for certain sorts of web application design." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/WebAppWhatMakesARoute | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 11:59:58

• "So I’ve launched BBC-Feeds.DanQ.dev. On a 20-minute schedule, it generates both UK and World editions of the BBC News feeds, filtered to remove iPlayer, Sounds, app “nudges”, duplicates, and other junk, and optionally with the sports news filtered out too." ☛ https://danq.me/2025/02/08/bbc-news-rss-your-way/ | Source: Dan Q    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:00:51

• [Old] "All this to say that, I’m back." ☛ https://antirez.com/news/144 | Source: Antirez    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:01:21

• "That's the engagement con." ☛ https://andysblog.uk/how-algorithms-are-killing-the-web/ | Source: Andy Hawthorne    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:01:59

• "Creativity is connecting things that already exist in new ways." ☛ https://andysblog.uk/everything-is-a-remix/ | Source: Andy Hawthorne    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:02:42

• "Creativity is connecting things that already exist in new ways." ☛ https://andysblog.uk/everything-is-a-remix/ | Source: Andy Hawthorne    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:03:29

• "I am writing thoughts throughout the day, and the best way to understand them is often within the context that they are written." ☛ https://json.blog/2025/02/08/new-blog-layout-is-out.html | Source: Jason Becker    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:03:47

• "Adam tooted earlier about the first photo he ever took with a digital camera and it got me thinking about what mine was." ☛ https://rknight.me/blog/my-first-digital-photo/ | Source: Rob Knight    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:04:30

• "I’ve been meaning to write about their excellence for a few years, but I’ve decided to collate them here for easy reference: [...]" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/a-selection-of-excellent-site-designs/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:05:02

• "The latest output can be read here: [...]" ☛ https://gitlab.com/jas/ietf-sshsig-format | Source: GitLab    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:12:38

• "I found out why it’s designed this way while watching this excellent GopherCon" ☛ https://rednafi.com/go/io_reader_signature/ | Source: Redowan Delowar    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:14:09

• "While other languages build on top of libc, Zig instead has conquered it!" ☛ https://ziglang.org/devlog/2025/#2025-02-07 | Source: Zig    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:16:32

• "We are destroying software with an absurd chain of dependencies, making everything bloated and fragile." ☛ https://antirez.com/news/145 | Source: Antirez    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:16:44

• "Mozilla has been signing Firefox in some form beginning with Firefox 1.0. This began with detached GPG signatures for builds, and progressed to Authenticode signing for Windows installers in Firefox 1.0.1." ☛ https://hearsum.ca/posts/history-of-code-signing-at-mozilla/ |    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:17:08

• "I don’t fully disagree. But I’d like to stress one point: this code requires no special permissions on Windows or Linux 2." ☛ https://eieio.games/blog/be-skeptical-of-all-code-not-just-the-funny-stuff/ | Source: Nolen Royalty    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:17:27

• "The data is build using the 500+ stations within the skyz database, and is what I use myself for the skyz maps." ☛ https://www.vincentlammens.be/blog/using-the-skyz-interpolated-dataset/ | Source: Vincent Lammens    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:22:21

• "I stopped by the European chapter of the IndieWeb group during my lunch and I feel that I got a lot of out it. We went over a lot of different things but here are some of my favorite highlights." ☛ https://mandarismoore.com/2025/02/08/homebrew-website-club-meeting.html | Source: Mandaris Moore    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:23:36

• "Little did I know when I became interested in Ansible in 2012, that I would be contacted by Ingo five years later and be asked whether I’d be interested in giving Ansible trainings at the Linuxhotel." ☛ https://jpmens.net/2025/02/08/ansible-one-hundred/ | Source: Jan Piet Mens    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:24:51

• "This week I attended the Jfokus software development conference in Stockholm, Sweden. I first went in 2011, and I have been back many times through the years." ☛ https://henrikwarne.com/2025/02/08/programming-conference-jfokus-stockholm-2025/ | Source: Henrik Warne    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:25:00

• "…and about nine non-contiguous hours later, I have a Hugo site running on the Raspberry Pi in the closet in the basement." ☛ https://explodingcomma.com/posts/my-saturday-website-project | Source: Pete Brown    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:26:55

• "Maker _Ctl initially considered using an old tablet but settled on using an old touchscreen monitor he had on hand instead." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/maker-builds-cool-raspberry-pi-home-dashboard-with-an-old-touchscreen-monitor | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:27:44

• "That's over 3,500 days of service from this fleet, at a fully amortized cost of just $142/day. For everything needed to run Basecamp." ☛ https://world.hey.com/dhh/servers-can-last-a-long-time-165c955c | Source: 37signals LLC    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:28:11

• [Old] "One of the cool things one wants to do with an MCU like that, is generating some sound." ☛ https://antirez.com/news/143 | Source: Antirez    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:35:34

• "With all my discussion last year about an ultraportable computer I can use on the train" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/using-an-old-wipi-on-freebsd/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:36:23

• Petter Reinholdtsen: New oggz release 1.1.2 after 15 years ☞ http://www.hungry.com/~pere/blog/New_oggz_release_1_1_2_after_15_years.html    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:37:40

• VX GNU/Linux – systemd-free Plasma desktop distro ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/vx-linux-systemd-free-plasma-desktop-distro/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:42:26

• Three stable kernel updates ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1008641/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:43:16

• Debian Left Ex-Twitter (MElon "X"), We Think the Free Software Foundation (FSF) Should Do the Same ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/07/Debian_Left_Twitter_MElon_X_We_Think_the_Free_Software_Foundati.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:43:35

• Professor Eben Moglen on How Social Control Media Metabolises Humans and Constrains Freedom of Thought ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2023/11/28/Professor_Eben_Moglen_on_How_Social_Control_Media_Metabolises_H.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:43:45

• On Wars Against Founders ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/On_Wars_Against_Founders.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:43:55

• Microsoft backdoored Windows Falls to 12% in Myanmar ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/Microsoft_Windows_Falls_to_12_in_Myanmar.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:44:08

• "the GNU GPL licensed on" ☛ https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2025/02/how-to-install-java-jre-on-ubuntu-2404.html | Source: Ubuntubuzz    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:52:59

• "One of the newest and most exciting terminal multiplexers available today is Zellij" ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/zellij-linux-terminal-multiplexer/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:53:42

• Amnesty International welcomes release of Palestinian ‘prisoner of conscience’ ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/amnesty-international-welcomes-release-of-palestinian-prisoner-of-conscience/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:56:18

• State health department says progress slows in reducing teen tobacco use ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2025/02/08/state-health-department-says-progress-slows-in-reducing-teen-tobacco-use/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:58:34

• Dictator and Musk Bring Vast Aid Machinery to a Halt in Africa ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/world/africa/usaid-africa-trump-musk.html    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:58:58

• With Aid Cutoff, Convicted Felon Severs a Lifeline for Millions ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/health/trump-usaid-health-aid.html    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:59:19

• Dictator Administration Cuts Put Medical Progress at Risk, Researchers Say ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/07/us/politics/medical-research-funding-cuts-university-budgets.html    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:59:41

• Israeli medical officials prepare to receive hostages released from Gaza ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250208-israeli-medical-officials-prepare-to-receive-hostages-released-from-gaza    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 12:59:55

• Dictator cuts US aid to South Africa over land restitution law ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250208-trump-cuts-us-aid-to-south-africa-over-land-restitution-law    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:01:02

• North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vows to further develop nuclear forces ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korean-leader-kim-jong-un-vows-to-further-develop-nuclear-forces    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:02:13

• Dictator aware and supportive of Aukus pact: US Defence Secretary Hegseth ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/trump-aware-supportive-of-aukus-pact-us-defence-secretary-says    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:02:41

• South Korean parents face charges over 2-year-old’s death; toddler fed spicy sauce, soju ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-parents-investigated-for-2-year-olds-death-fed-toddler-buldak-noodle-sauce-soju    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:03:10

• Demand for flu vaccine spikes in Malaysia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/demand-for-flu-vaccine-spikes-in-malaysia    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:03:53

• China urges Panama to ‘make right decision’ after it announced its Belt and Road exit ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-urges-panama-to-make-right-decision-after-announcing-belt-and-road-exit    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:04:15

• More than 30 missing after landslide in south-west China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/more-than-30-missing-after-landslide-hits-southwest-china    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:05:58

• In China, the domestic Hey Hi (AI) race intensifies as Chinese go gaga over DeepSeek ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/in-china-the-domestic-ai-race-intensifies-as-chinese-go-gaga-over-deepseek    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:06:44

• China landslide that buried dozens caused by prolonged rain: State media ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-landslide-that-buried-dozens-caused-by-prolonged-rain-state-media    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:07:30

• TSMC bans more chip sales to China due to stricter U.S. export sanctions ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/tsmc-bans-more-chip-sales-to-china-due-to-stricter-u-s-export-sanctions    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:07:44

• Thousands rally against China’s ‘mega-embassy’ in London ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/02/09/chinese-embassy-london-protest/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:08:04

• Dictator reveals he’s spoken with Putin by phone, says Russian president ‘wants to see people stop dying’ in Ukraine war ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/02/08/us-news/trump-and-putin-in-talks-to-end-the-russia-ukraine-war/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:09:33

• Slovakians protest PM Fico over govt pro-Russia policy shift ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250208-slovakians-protest-pm-fico-over-govt-pro-russia-policy-shift    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:10:09

• Zelenskyy Hints At 'Intensive' Talks With Convicted Felon, Accuses Putin Of Rebuilding Forces To Continue War ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-trump-zelenskiy-zelenskyy-putin-diplomacy/33307631.html    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:11:00

• Baltic nations switch from Russian power grid to EU network ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250208-baltic-nations-switch-from-russian-power-grid-to-eu-network    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:11:17

• North Korea’s Kim Vows Continued Support For Russia’s Military Amid Heavy Losses ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/korea-kim-russia-ukraine-nuclear-japan/33308382.html    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:11:55

• How War Has Wreaked Havoc on Ukraine’s Classrooms ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-education.html    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:12:47

• Saturday a success for Baltics' newly independent electricity grids ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/economy/08.02.2025-saturday-a-success-for-baltics-newly-independent-electricity-grids.a586281/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:13:13

• Baltic states disconnected from Russian-controlled grid ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/economy/08.02.2025-baltic-states-disconnected-from-russian-controlled-grid.a586997/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:13:35

• Baltics disconnect from Russian grid: Decrease ‘vulnerability to Russian blackmail’ ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250208-baltics-disconnect-from-russian-grid-decrease-vulnerability-to-russian-blackmail    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:14:06

• Baltics disconnect from Russian power grid, start isolated operation ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2482000/baltics-disconnect-from-russian-power-grid-start-isolated-operation    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:14:29

• "and plagiarist" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02/08/economist-heartthrob-and-plagiarist | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:15:04

• "The Russian brainrot" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02/08/the-russian-brainrot-coming-for-your-children | Source: Meduza    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:15:43

• Erich Schubert: Azul’s State-of-Java report is nonsense ☞ https://www.vitavonni.de/blog/202502/20250208azul-state-of-java-report.html    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:19:30

• Paris Hey Hi (AI) summit: 'Zero signatories' from Big Tech on copyright monopoly charter ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250208-paris-ai-summit-zero-signatories-from-big-tech-on-copyright-charter    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:37:51

• Chiefs Might Win Third Title in a Row but They Can’t Own the Phrase ‘Three-Peat’ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/sports/three-peat-sports-trademarks-phrases.html    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:39:13

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

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:40:00

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

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:40:20

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

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:40:47

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

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:41:28

• How To Install Fail2Ban on CentOS Stream 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-fail2ban-centos-stream-10/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:41:46

• How To Setup Virtual Host Apache on AlmaLinux 9 ☞ https://idroot.us/setup-virtual-host-apache-almalinux-9/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:42:02

• Ubuntu Blog: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS standard support is coming to an end – options for proprietary trap AWS Users ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/ubuntu-20-04-lts-end-of-standard-support-options-for-aws    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:44:23

• VS Code is proprietary spyware of Microsoft; use something like KATE instead ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/02/vs-code-1-97-custom-titlebar-linux/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:46:44

• Patents ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/08/freed-at-last-from-patents-does-anyone-still-care-about-mp3/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:58:52

• 297: GNU/Linux / Rust saga continues, Void Linux, Firefox 135, FOSS funding needs & more GNU/Linux news ☞ https://thisweekinlinux.com/297    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 13:59:48

• This Week in Plasma: Final Plasma 6.3 Polishing ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2025/02/08/this-week-in-plasma-final-plasma-6.3-polishing/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:01:50

• Wobkey Rainy 75 Pro Review: A great-sounding keyboard that won't break the bank ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/keyboards/wobkey-rainy-75-pro-review    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:05:17

• US states sue Convicted Felon administration over DOGE access to Treasury records ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250208-us-states-sue-trump-administration-over-doge-access-to-treasury-records    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:05:31

• Lebanon's president forms new government as southern ceasefire holds ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2025/0208/Lebanon-s-president-forms-new-government-as-southern-ceasefire-holds    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:05:47

• Musk Team’s Treasury Access Raises Security Fears, Despite Judge’s Ordered Halt ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/us/politics/treasury-systems-raised-security-concerns.html    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:06:06

• Sweden to tighten gun laws after Örebro mass shooting ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/sweden-to-tighten-gun-laws-after-orebro-mass-shooting/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:10:51

• San Francisco sues Convicted Felon administration over sanctuary city policies ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/san-francisco-sues-trump-administration-over-sanctuary-city-policies/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:11:19

• Springfield, Ohio, Sues Neo-Nazi Group, Saying It Intimidated Haitians ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/us/springfield-ohio-lawsuit-haitians-neo-nazis.html    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:12:23

• Paris Hey Hi (AI) Summit: ‘Start of everything is transparency’, researcher says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250208-paris-ai-summit-start-of-everything-is-transparency-expert-says    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:13:06

• Oscilloscope ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/08/your-favorite-basic-oscilloscope-operation-guide/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:13:42

• Retrotechtacular ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/08/retrotechtacular-point-of-sale-through-the-years/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:15:19

• "Open source software can be fantastic." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/08/software-in-progress/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:15:55

• Jeff Dunham Finds A NOS 1958 Philco Predicta ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/08/jeff-dunham-restores-a-1958-philco-predicta/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:17:02

• POV Hologram Display ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/08/turn-your-phone-into-a-pov-hologram-display/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:17:38

• When You Simply Rebrand Almost Everything as "Hey Hi" ("AI"), "Hey Hi Workloads", "Hey Hi Datacentres" and Whatnot ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/When_You_Simply_Rebrand_Almost_Everything_as_Hey_Hi_AI_Hey_Hi_W.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:19:04

• Today's I.C.B.M. (Red Hat) Isn't the Company That Fought a Microsoft-Sponsored SCO in Court ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/Today_s_IBM_Red_Hat_Isn_t_the_Company_That_Fought_a_Microsoft_S.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:19:13

• When It Comes to Social Control Media, Linus Torvalds is Channeling Techrights (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/When_It_Comes_to_Social_Control_Media_Linus_Torvalds_is_Channel.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:20:24

• Unlike GAFAM, Free Software Serves You, It Does Not Serve Governments and MElons (Overlapping Forces) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/Unlike_GAFAM_Free_Software_Serves_You_It_Does_Not_Serve_Governm.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:20:35

• This is the Man Who's Attacking Linus Torvalds et al in "a Disease" (Social Control Media) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/This_is_the_Man_Who_s_Attacking_Linus_Torvalds_et_al_in_a_Disea.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:20:53

• Australia enacts tough hate speech laws amid anti-semitism surge ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/australia-enacts-tough-hate-speech-laws-amid-anti-semitism-surge/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:22:28

• 3 Israeli Hostages Are Released for 183 Palestinian Prisoners ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/02/08/world/israel-hamas-gaza-hostages    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:22:44

• Slopwatch: Carnival of LLM Slop and FUD Spewed by Bots, Pasted in by MaKenna Hensley and Day (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/Slopwatch_Carnival_of_LLM_Slop_and_FUD_Spewed_by_Bots_Pasted_in.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:25:21

• "One month later and we have another exciting FEX-Emu release! While we don’t have a lot of individual topics, these are some very good usability and performance improvements to enjoy!" https://fex-emu.com/FEX-2502/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:26:18

• The bit-rot of 32bit GNU/Linux ☞ https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/the-bit-rot-of-32bit-linux/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:27:36

• Our equipment is getting a makeover! ☞ https://blog.mageia.org/en/2025/02/08/our-equipment-is-getting-a-makeover/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:28:03

• It’s Still Not Clear Whether Elon’s DOGE Boys Are Reviewing, Taking, or Altering Government Networks ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/08/its-still-not-clear-whether-elons-doge-boys-are-reviewing-altering-or-hacking-government-networks/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:29:06

• Bacopa Is Trending as a Wonder Herb For Memory. Does It Live Up to The Hype? ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/bacopa-is-trending-as-a-wonder-herb-for-memory-does-it-live-up-to-the-hype    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:29:51

• Scientists Found The Driving Force Behind Your Darkest Impulses ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-found-the-driving-force-behind-your-darkest-impulses    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:30:04

• People Who Cycle to Work Take Fewer Sick Days. But Why? ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/people-who-cycle-to-work-take-fewer-sick-days-but-why    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:30:14

• People who value their health exercise more. That's why they don't get sick.    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:30:43

• Mysterious Blue Tree Rings Can Reveal History's Cruelest Summers ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-blue-tree-rings-can-reveal-historys-cruelest-summers    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:31:03

• Half a Mile from the Flames: LA County’s Brush with Catastrophe Demonstrates the Urgent Need to Protect People in Jails and Prisons from Climate Change ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/prisoners-rights/half-a-mile-from-the-flames-la-countys-brush-with-catastrophe-demonstrates-the-urgent-need-to-protect-people-in-jails-and-prisons-from-climate-change    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:36:12

• UK Is Ordering Fashion Company Apple to Break Its Own Encryption ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/02/uk-is-ordering-apple-to-break-its-own-encryption.html    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:36:32

• "A very few thousand dollars for the common employee… though I would bet than soon they will switch to Blue Points instead of actual cash." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jkknthd2 All this "AI" hype is already like "Blue Points", wherein they measure "value" in terms like "amount of energy wasted" (hello "crypto" "coins") or number of datacentres made to waste energy    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:38:28

• The Mysterious Network of Plants May Be Nastier Than We Thought ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-mysterious-network-of-plants-may-be-nastier-than-we-thought    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:39:08

• Crypto Wallet Scam: Not For Free, (Sat, Feb 8th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31666 pretty much this entire pseudo industry is scammers http://techrights.org/o/2023/06/18/no-such-thing-as-cryptocurrency/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:42:51

• "Well Jack Black is the perfect actor for Richard Stallman, the Tech Hippie some funny vibe!" https://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/1ilb2hy/if_there_is_ever_going_to_be_a_movie_about_linux/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:52:16

• Vaishali Udupa Resigns as Commissioner of Patents ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/02/vaishali-resigns-commissioner.html    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:52:51

• Federal Circuit Upholds ITC Import Ban: Key Rulings on Storage Defense and Domestic Industry Requirements ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/02/domestic-industry-requirements.html    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:53:25

• New EPO Paper: Promoting (Rewarding) People Who Grant Many Illegal European Patents to Make More Money (at Europeans' Expense) While Patent Courts in the EU Are Themselves Illegal (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/New_EPO_Paper_Promoting_Rewarding_People_Who_Grant_Many_Illegal.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:53:42

• Rollback if broken after version update ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202502/rollback-if-broken-after-version-update.html    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:54:15

• Linux Mint Monthly News – January 2025 ☞ https://blog.linuxmint.com/?p=4803    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:54:51

• Setup Dual DE CachyOS 250202 (KDE Plasma 6.3 Beta2) and Hyprland with ML4W Dotfiles 2.9.8 ☞ https://dbaxps.blogspot.com/2025/02/setup-dual-de-cachyos-250202-kde-plasma.html    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:55:32

• the magic of GNU GNU/Linux TinyCore on 26 years old hardware runs latest kernel like a charm – making long abandoned Apple computers usable again ☞ https://dwaves.de/2025/02/08/the-magic-of-gnu-linux-tinycore-on-26-years-old-hardware-runs-latest-kernel-like-a-charm-making-long-abandoned-apple-computers-usable-again/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:56:30

• GNU/Linux compatible hardware review – ICY BOX IB-1122-U3 external switchable SATA harddisk to USB DockingStation 2,5″ + 3,5″ (based on JMicron JMS578) ☞ https://dwaves.de/2025/02/08/gnu-linux-compatible-hardware-review-icy-box-ib-1122-u3-external-switchable-sata-harddisk-to-usb-dockingstation-25-35-based-on-jmicron-jms578/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:57:18

• ONLYOFFICE 8.3 Released, This Is What’s New ☞ https://linuxiac.com/onlyoffice-8-3-free-office-suite-released/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:57:34

• Wine 10.1 Enhances Print Provider and Bluetooth Support ☞ https://linuxiac.com/wine-10-1-enhances-print-provider-and-bluetooth-support/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:58:00

• Limit Chromium disk cache size ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202502/limit-chromium-disk-cache-size.html    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:58:34

• Faizul "Piju" 9M2PJU: Linux Driver for RTL8832CU and RTL8852CU USB WiFi Adapters ☞ https://hamradio.my/2025/02/linux-driver-for-rtl8832cu-and-rtl8852cu-usb-wifi-adapters/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 14:59:58

• Pluralistic: Dinkscrump Linkdump (08 Feb 2025) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/08/commixture/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 15:00:58

• Why Convicted Felon Is Targeting Foreign Aid, with Atul Gawande ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/why-trump-is-targeting-foreign-aid-with-atul-gawande    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 15:01:19

• A tale of dumb and smart phones and better days ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/mexico-living/life-before-smartphones-in-mexico-much-easier/ "20 years ago, the only app was Snake. We were happy, and we didn't know it."    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 15:02:01

• Bluefin, a Next-Gen GNU/Linux Workstation for Containerized Apps ☞ https://thenewstack.io/bluefin-a-next-gen-linux-workstation-for-containerized-apps/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 15:05:31

• qr-backup – paper backup of files using QR codes ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/qr-backup-paper-backup-qr-codes/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 15:10:33

• 16 Best Free and Open Source Media Players ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-media-players/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 15:16:12

• Cassowary – run backdoored Windows virtual machine on GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/cassowary-windows-virtual-machine-linux/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 15:16:48

• Melt – backup and restore SSH private keys using memorable seed phrases ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/melt-backup-restore-ssh-private-keys/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 15:17:09

• Bochs – IA-32 (x86) PC emulator ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/bochs-ia-32-x86-pc-emulator/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 15:17:26

• Pop PHP Framework – toolkit for rapid application development ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pop-php-framework-toolkit/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 15:17:41

• Terrapin Vulnerability Scanner for the Terrapin attack ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/terrapin-vulnerability-scanner-terrapin-attack/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 15:17:58

• GNU World Order 602 ☞ http://gnuworldorder.info//audiophile/gnuWorldOrder_602_ogg.ogg    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 15:18:49

• How to Disable ‘App is Ready’ Notifications in Ubuntu ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/disable-window-is-ready-notifications-gnome-shell    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 15:19:27

• Content Security Policy for inline data:image ☞ https://rubenerd.com/content-security-policy-for-inline-data-images/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 15:31:59

• FOSDEM 2025 ☞ https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2025/02/08/kde-fosdem2025.html    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 15:32:40

• Police believe suspect in local bank robberies strikes again ☞ https://www.twincities.com/2025/02/08/police-believe-suspect-in-local-bank-robberies-strikes-again-2/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 15:33:05

• 7.6-Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Caribbean Near Cayman Islands ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/08/world/americas/earthquake-caribbean-cayman-tsunami.html    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 15:34:41

• Yes Surveillance Giant Google is officially evil and working an Hey Hi (AI) weapons and 1984 dystopia now ☞ https://dwaves.de/2025/02/08/yes-google-is-officially-evil-and-working-an-ai-weapons-and-1984-dystopia-now/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 15:35:14

• CLOWN was always a scam from and for CLOWNS https://siliconangle.com/2025/02/08/investors-cool-cloud-ceos-double/ see https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/When_You_Simply_Rebrand_Almost_Everything_as_Hey_Hi_AI_Hey_Hi_W.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 15:37:15

• Maybe the next hype wave after "HEY HI" will be called "Roger" and CEOs will start rebranding all their products "Roger". "ROGER THIS ROGER DAT!!" CEO: Our Roger sales are UP 500% this quarter.    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 15:38:14

• Kevin Fenzi: Bits from early February 2025 ☞ https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2025/02/08/bits-from-early-february-2025/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 15:39:20

• Beyond the stigma: A sociologist’s journey into Hong Kong’s subdivided units ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/09/beyond-the-stigma-a-sociologists-journey-into-hong-kongs-subdivided-units/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 15:40:05

• A Programming Language For Building NES Games ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/08/a-programming-language-for-building-nes-games/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 15:42:36

• Programming Conference – Jfokus Stockholm 2025 ☞ https://henrikwarne.com/2025/02/08/programming-conference-jfokus-stockholm-2025/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 15:43:07

• Thorsten Alteholz: My Debian Activities in January 2025 ☞ http://blog.alteholz.eu/2025/02/my-debian-activities-in-january-2025/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 15:43:43

• I Couldn’t Boot Ubuntu! Here’s How I Fixed It (And You Can Too) https://www.howtogeek.com/i-couldnt-boot-ubuntu-heres-how-i-fixed-it-and-you-can-too/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 16:12:28

• "But “app is ready” notifications? I don’t find them anything other than obvious. I’m not amnesic; I know the app is ready – I just opened it!" https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/disable-window-is-ready-notifications-gnome-shell    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 16:12:47

• "Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is nearing the end of its original five-year support cycle. If you still have a PC, virtual machine, or server running that version, it's time to get updated." https://www.howtogeek.com/ubuntu-24-04-support-ending/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 16:13:40

• "To benefit from its improved drivers, new features, and important changes you’ll need to install the latest stable Wine release on Ubuntu using the official Wine repos." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2023/01/install-wine-on-ubuntu    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 16:14:03

• Way to distract from the latest back door in Windows https://www.msspalert.com/brief/cisa-actively-exploited-linux-kernel-flaw-requires-immediate-remediation see http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/07/Linux_Kernel_Space_and_Fear_Uncertainty_Doubt_FUD.shtml    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 16:18:19

• Hector Martin has long been flagged as a rather toxic developer https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/07/linus_torvalds_rust_driver/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 16:19:15

• Changing a few lines of code in Linux could apparently save hyperscalers billions, research claims, but I am not convinced https://www.techradar.com/pro/changing-a-few-lines-of-code-in-linux-could-apparently-save-hyperscalers-billions-research-claims-but-i-am-not-convinced    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 16:19:42

• "If you wish to play along at home" https://hackaday.com/2025/02/07/uscope-a-new-linux-debugger-and-not-a-gdb-shell-apparently/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 16:20:19

• "My son goes to a school that doesn't provide laptops but requires kids to have one. The needs are simple and easily satisfied by a cheap Chromebook. By using resources already available to me, though, I saved that Chromebook money." https://www.howtogeek.com/how-linux-helped-me-avoid-spending-money-on-a-school-chromebook/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 16:20:53

• Focuses on "open-source [sic] license" to dodge aspects like Freedom https://www.howtogeek.com/i-love-linux-but-i-daily-drive-a-mac-for-this-reason/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 16:22:07

• "Bluefin sets out to expose Linux users to the tools and applications widely used for cloud native computing." https://thenewstack.io/bluefin-a-next-gen-linux-workstation-for-containerized-apps/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 16:22:31

• 🔤SpellBinding: ACDWLRI Wordo: UNLIT gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-02-09.gmi    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 16:34:49

• "I thought that was noteworthy because in the wider context the web is becoming less usable (bad search results, AI-generated rubbish, etc.)." gemini://sdf.org/diggy/posts/2025/02/overfed.gmi    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 16:35:41

• "It recently came to me that I had encountered a certain issue numerous times throughout my life. It was difficult for me to be able to tell the position and neighbours of letters in the alphabet without having to go through all or parts of the alphabet in my head." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2493    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 16:36:32

• "We got an espresso machine. My partner has wanted one for a while and I wasn't too fussed (not a big coffee person). Eventually they bought a Lelit PL41EMD espresso machine and a Fellow Opus grinder, and I happily paid for half of it." gemini://gbryant.co.uk/gemlog/2025-02-09_coffee.gmi    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 16:37:07

• My favourite bands gemini://voxparlour25.smol.pub/1739088069    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 16:38:30

• "I migrated from OpenBSD to FreeBSD (as a server) a while back, and I have since stopped tinkering with things. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" the saying goes, so I just leave everything be, and it runs smoothly." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/nm03/2025/FEB2025/entry-1    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 23:16:13

• "Making good progress today. I've not done too much programming, but it feels like I'm getting more done quickly which either means the project is in a good state or I'm about to hit a horrible brick wall." gemini://sporiff.dev/2025/02/09/devlog_7/    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 23:17:47

• "It means that the caller can confidently use the null coalescing assignment operator to set a default value. The equivilent Elvis operator cannot be relied upon in the same situation as it cannot distinguish between, for example, a boolean false and an empty string, the string "0", etc." gemini://lim.me.uk/log/2025-02-09-php-return-error.gmi    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 23:18:26

• "I ended up reading a lot more in 2025 than any previous year, maybe in my whole life. Not only did I read in quantity but I felt like I kept reading absolute bangers. Therefore I've got quite a bit more to say in this year's write-up and a good few more thumbs-ups." gemini://lim.me.uk/2024-reading.gmi    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 23:19:19

• "There's a chap by the name of Ming Tang on the same mastodon server as I am at the moment. He posts enough for me to be aware of him as an individual. Usually little things about working hard and getting results." gemini://tirohia.smol.pub/1739132948    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 23:22:02

• "Microsoft used to be such a coveted employment, not so much anymore." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jkm05hwr    

posted Sunday, February 09, 2025 at 23:28:52