Roy Schestowitz

• Uganda court charges senior finance officials with corruption over central bank hacking https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/uganda-court-charges-senior-finance-officials-with-corruption-over-central-bank-hacking/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 03:38:02

• Police arrests 4 Phobos ransomware suspects, seizes 8Base sites https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/police-arrests-4-phobos-ransomware-suspects-seizes-8base-sites/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 03:38:30

• Summerside hospital worker fired for improperly accessing patient files, says Health P.E.I. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/prince-edward-island/pei-privacy-breach-prince-county-hospital-employee-1.7455269    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 03:39:15

• Phobos Ransomware Affiliates Arrested in Coordinated International Disruption https://databreaches.net/2025/02/11/phobos-ransomware-affiliates-arrested-in-coordinated-international-disruption/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 03:39:46

• Virginia AG’s office says it was struck by ‘sophisticated cyberattack’ https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/02/12/virginia-attorney-general-cyber-attack/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 03:40:16

• Windows TCO https://www.yahoo.com/news/school-board-approves-letter-ag-120500466.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 03:40:53

• Windows TCO https://databreaches.net/2025/02/15/memorial-hospital-and-manor-notifies-120085-people-of-november-ransomware-attack/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 03:41:23

• Kuwait busts large-scale cyber attacks https://gulfnews.com/world/gulf/kuwait/kuwait-busts-large-scale-cyber-attacks-1.500036918    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 03:41:59

• Humboldt Independent Practice Association’s breach notification leaves questions unanswered https://databreaches.net/2025/02/15/humboldt-independent-practice-associations-breach-notification-leaves-questions-unanswered/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 03:42:28

• Elon Musk’s DOGE Posts Classified Data On Its New Website https://www.huffpost.com/entry/elon-musk-doge-posts-classified-data_n_67ae646de4b0513a8d767112    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 03:42:57

• Dutch Police seizes 127 XHost servers, dismantles bulletproof hoster https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/legal/dutch-police-seizes-127-xhost-servers-dismantles-bulletproof-hoster/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 03:43:25

• Teenager Sentenced to 48 Months in Prison for Nationwide Swatting Spree https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/california-teenager-sentenced-48-months-prison-nationwide-swatting-spree    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 03:43:55

• Bill raising the bar for class-action suits in data breach incidents advances https://ruralradio.com/kmor/news/bill-raising-the-bar-for-class-action-suits-in-data-breach-incidents-advances/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 03:44:30

• Apple pays MElon https://www.macrumors.com/2025/02/12/apple-resumes-advertising-on-x/ see https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/14/Apple_Social_Justice_or_Social_Nationalism.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 03:46:01

• Nothing lost https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/02/07/1332241/asahi-linux-lead-developer-hector-martin-resigns-from-linux-kernel see https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/When_It_Comes_to_Social_Control_Media_Linus_Torvalds_is_Channel.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 03:46:31

• Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (06/2025): Videos about Phones and (mainline) Phones taking Photos https://linmob.net/weekly-update-06-2025/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 03:47:00

• It was always trouble brewing https://developers.slashdot.org/story/25/02/08/0455231/what-do-linux-kernel-developers-think-of-rust see http://techrights.org/o/2022/09/21/going-rusty-faster/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 03:47:43

• How to Create a Custom Systemd Service in Linux https://www.maketecheasier.com/create-custom-systemd-service-in-linux/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 03:48:23

• Merging sections: Games now part of apps. https://linuxphoneapps.org/blog/merging-sections-games-now-part-of-apps/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 03:48:52

• Alpine 3.18.12, 3.19.7, 3.20.6 and 3.21.3 released https://alpinelinux.org/posts/Alpine-3.18.12-3.19.7-3.20.6-3.21.3-released.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 03:50:26

• New slashdot keeps pushing this bridading tale https://linux.slashdot.org/story/25/02/14/1842251/lead-asahi-linux-developer-quits-days-after-leaving-kernel-maintainer-role while serving enemies of Linux http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/27/Slashdot_is_Once_Again_Publishing_Lies_and_Revisionism_for_Bill.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 03:51:58

• How to cope with romantic rejection – a psychologist’s advice https://theconversation.com/how-to-cope-with-romantic-rejection-a-psychologists-advice-246707    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 03:55:19

• How to stop overthinking https://www.theage.com.au/national/how-to-stop-overthinking-kumi-taguchi-has-finally-worked-it-out-20241126-p5kti1.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 03:55:34

• How to Bump, Lump, Crumple, and Eventually Dump Donald Cheeto Mussolini https://www.counterpunch.org/2025/02/14/how-to-bump-lump-crumple-and-eventually-dump-donald-trump/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 03:55:57

• "February has been a stressful month. I find that when I'm stressed, I go back to engaging in activities that are bad for my health, like being sedentary and eating sweet foods. As a result, my weight went up slightly last week." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2025/202502/20250218-beginning-meditation.gmi    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 03:58:29

• "Hey friends. I made an account here in March of 2022. I've been sort of on a nostalgia kick lately. I'm moving from my hometown pretty soon so I guess that's where it's coming from." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2499    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 03:59:18

• "Here I am again. A small detour from my, now regular, walk across this new campus. Down to this familiar bar. ~bartender, some of that shitty vending machine coffee I had back in my hometown, please. I need a familiar taste." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2498    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 04:00:04

• "There's been a recent uptick in the availability of a particular kind of software tool: the AI poison text generator. It's encouraging to see - although obviously it would be way better if they weren't needed in the first place." gemini://gemini.patatas.ca/posts/poison-as-praxis.gmi    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 04:00:41

• Re: Blogging is not always about traffic gemini://redterminal.org/gemlog/2025-02-19-Re_Blogging_is_not_always_about_traffic.gmi    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 04:01:23

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1210.jpg    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 04:02:01

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1560.jpg    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 04:02:05

• So You Want to Blog for Traffic? gemini://moddedbear.xyz/logs/2025-02-18-so-you-want-to-blog-for-traffic.gmi    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 04:02:49

• "Free/Libre software and freedom in the digital society" https://stallman.org/talks.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 04:07:55

• "Arvind couldn't find his way out of a paper bag. someone please tell the clown to stop destroying IBM." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmdqxdh4    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 04:08:56

• Nunavik https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/nunavik-suicide-rates-inuit-services-1.7457022    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 04:09:40

• 'Sugarcane' Exposes Truths About Indigenous Schools in Canada. It's Already Made Oscars History https://www.usnews.com/news/entertainment/articles/2025-02-14/oscar-nominated-documentary-exposes-horrifying-truths-about-indian-residential-schools    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 04:11:08

• pay a passenger $2,000 for delayed luggage https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/air-canada-delayed-luggage-court-battle-cta-1.7457480    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 04:11:33

• Can Canada just build its own cars? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/can-canada-build-its-own-cars-1.7457739    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 04:12:09

• Halifax debates leaving Elon Musk-owned platform behind https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/halifax-council-x-elon-musk-debate-1.7457135    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 04:13:20

• "Update copyrights to 2025." https://gitlab.com/muttmua/mutt/-/commit/aa1bc1697c47c386e1df227086f1bd132ab89a44    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 04:17:36

• Defense spending: How to pay for Germany's security? https://www.dw.com/en/defense-spending-how-to-pay-for-germany-s-security/a-71537314    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 04:18:29

• Enterprise Linux Security Episode 105 - Buckets of Fun https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=KpdgCuXrmAk    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 04:19:40

• Security breach https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/elon-musks-social-security-warning-after-us-treasurys-payment-system-takeover-alarming-1730897    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 04:20:20

• uranium ban https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/uranium-ban-explainer-1.7455001    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 04:21:06

• fact-check https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/trump-tariffs-auto-canada-cars-fact-check-1.7458911    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 04:21:27

• 'Canada First' https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-canada-first-rally-1.7459415    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 04:21:50

• Multinational food and beverage firms push Canadian-made products amid tariff spat https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/windsor/multinational-food-beverage-firms-canadian-made-push-1.7456936 https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/poilievre-canada-first-rally-1.7459415    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 04:22:22

• severance packages to 1,200 unionized employees https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bce-severance-packages-1.7456016    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 04:22:46

• We tracked N.S. power outages in 2024 https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/2024-power-outages-trees-storms-reliability-1.7453611    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 04:23:23

• Quebec's recycling is now in the hands of producers. Can they fix a broken system? https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-recycling-montreal-est-sorting-centre-eeq-1.7455437    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 04:23:31

• imitation scams https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/peavey-mart-closing-scam-1.7455741    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 04:23:58

• Critics Warn of Rising European Fascism as Security Conference Begins in Germany https://truthout.org/video/critics-warn-of-rising-european-fascism-as-security-conference-begins-in-germany/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 04:25:49

• CentOS 10-20250210 is out    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 04:28:36

• Netrunner 25 “Shockworm” — Released! https://www.netrunner.com/netrunner-25-shockworm-released/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 04:29:10

• MidnightBSD 3.2.2 is out https://www.midnightbsd.org/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 04:30:49

• Our new ISO release is here, meet Mercury https://endeavouros.com/news/our-new-iso-release-is-here-meet-mercury/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 04:31:36

• New images: Chimera Linux 20250214 https://chimera-linux.org/news/2025/02/new-images.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 04:32:41

• Linuxfx 11.25.02 is out    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 04:33:42

• FreeBSD 13.5-RELEASE Release Notes https://www.freebsd.org/releases/13.5R/relnotes/ final is near http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/16/FreeBSD_13_5_BETA2_Now_Available.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 04:34:18

• FSF Opens Nominations For Free Software Awards https://www.i-programmer.info/news/239-awards-and-prizes/17836-fsf-opens-nominations-for-free-software-awards.html https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/18/Richard_Stallman_Confirms_His_Next_Talk_Free_Libre_Software_and.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 05:04:28

• Microsoft. "I had to look up the severance package since you mentioned it. Shock! It's super low. Hopefully they are making things up by being generous w/ salary and the whole compensation package." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jm995aej    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 05:06:48

• "a “harder look” at under-performing employees as part of the effort." https://www.cfodive.com/news/meta-microsoft-workday-join-latest-wave-of-tech-layoffs/740171/ but the same publishers soon later confirmed mass layoffs totally unrelated to this "performance" claim    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 05:08:37

• Microsoft Stepping Away from HoloLens Mixed Reality Hardware https://campustechnology.com/Articles/2025/02/18/Microsoft-Stepping-Away-from-HoloLens-Mixed-Reality-Hardware.aspx http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/15/Not_Only_Windows_Surface_and_Hey_Hi_PCs_Microsoft_s_Hardware_Ve.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 05:10:03

• Openwashing https://opensource.org/blog/metas-llama-license-is-still-not-open-source    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 05:25:55

• Notice how Microsoft and its operative link themselves DIRECTLY to OSI. It's like OSI is now a branch of Microsoft. https://docs.clearlydefined.io/blog    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 05:35:44

• Marvel Rivals Team Hit with Layoffs https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/marvel-rivals-team-hit-with-layoffs/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 05:36:45

• New Chapter, The World of Linux https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-70314-0_3    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:10:16

• Old: Richard Stallman - The Free Software Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iW87vxM11tw    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:10:58

• RMS has books in Spanish https://www.buscalibre.cl/libro-software-libre-para-una-sociedad-libre/9788493355517/p/3306049?srsltid=AfmBOorRksLMJQJ7Jvv2qDhWmKQkZdYpH_bH0GMoQGRNNt7GY6JQtDcH    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:11:54

• El Maestro de la Libertad Digital https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq3ro8Qgrjo    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:12:43

• Free/Libre software and freedom in the digital society https://fuss.bz.it/post/2025-02-24_rms/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:13:50

• How time flies. This was before COVID-19 and soon it'll be 21 years of Tux Machines. http://schestowitz.com/royrianne/gallery/index.php/15-Year-Anniversary-Party-for-Tux-Machines    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:17:21

• Preoprietary trap https://www.howtogeek.com/why-i-ditched-multiple-note-taking-subscriptions-for-notion/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:19:03

• 5 Reasons I Won't Run SteamOS on My Gaming PC Yet https://www.howtogeek.com/reasons-i-wont-run-steamos-on-my-gaming-pc-yet/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:20:54

• Still full of slop images :/ blogs.oracle.com/authors/simon-coter    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:27:08

• Pushing HEY HI nonsense and ProprietaryJunk https://www.suse.com/c/blog/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:28:33

• "Building a Retro Linux Gaming Computer Part 46: Bursting Bubbles" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/building-a-retro-linux-gaming-computer-part-46-bursting-bubbles/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:29:35

• "CodeWeavers announced recently that they're once again looking for more developers to come work for them on the compatibility layers Wine and Valve's Proton." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/codeweavers-are-hiring-developers-to-work-on-wine-proton/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:29:48

• "OCCT has long been a popular tool for PC stability and performance testing on Windows, and now it's officially been made available for Linux in Alpha, including Steam Deck support too." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/occt-for-stress-testing-comes-to-linux-and-steam-deck-with-a-steam-release-planned/ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/02/18/Games_Apex_Legends_OCCT_and_Esoteric_Commodore_64_Magazine.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:30:43

• "A narrative-driven management simulation that plunges players into the heart of a 90s-era data harvesting and artificial intelligence empire, FACEMINER is set for release on February 27th." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/faceminer-will-have-you-scale-up-your-a-i-surveillance-empire-on-february-27/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:31:12

• Seagrass Gardening ☛ https://therevelator.org/seagrass-gardening/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:32:26

• "Another big update has been released for RPCN, the open source online matchmaking server for PlayStation 3 emulator RPCS3. This brings new features and more compatible games for Netplay." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/playstation-3-emulator-rpcs3-expands-online-play-for-fighting-games-with-rpcn-v1-4/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:33:04

• "Just when you think you've seen it all, along comes Cropdeck. Described by the developer as the "ultimate farming roguelite deckbuilder" and it really looks quite charming." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/cropdeck-blends-farming-and-deckbuilders-together-to-make-a-wonderful-looking-mix/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:38:11

• "DOGE as a National Cyberattack" https://soylentnews.org/politics/article.pl?sid=25/02/16/203240    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:39:16

• "Destroying government capacity is the point" https://json.blog/2025/02/18/destroying-government-capacity-is-the.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:39:27

• "Europe, Dazed by Trump, Confronts Hard Choices in Ukraine" https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/world/europe/trump-europe-ukraine.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:39:41

• "JD Vance at the Munich Security Conference: A Speech by Gaslight" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/18/jd-vance-at-the-munich-security-conference-a-speech-by-gaslight/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:39:49

• "The Law Is Bigger Than The Bullies" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/18/the-law-is-bigger-than-the-bullies/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:40:04

• "Emil Bove III is a bully. There’s only one way to deal with a bully: fight back harder." https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/18/the-law-is-bigger-than-the-bullies/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:40:21

• "Elon Musk's War on Social Security: Will His Takeover Leave Millions Without Benefits?" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/elon-musks-war-social-security-will-his-takeover-leave-millions-without-benefits-1731148    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:41:09

• patentlyapple, but blocked by gratuitous javascript https://www.patentlyapple.com/2025/02/hp-is-reportedly-acquiring-the-intellectual-property-and-humanes-technical-team-but-not-the-ai-pin-hardware.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:42:54

• "Why Elon Musk Can't Run DOGE [sic] Anymore" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/18/why-elon-musk-cant-run-doge-sic-anymore/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:43:06

• "Legal Chaos: 30 Days of a Trump Presidency That Tested the Law" https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2025-02-18/legal-chaos-30-days-of-a-trump-presidency-that-tested-the-law    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:43:24

• "USAID freeze hits Trump administration’s priorities in Latin America" https://www.semafor.com/article/02/17/2025/usaid-freeze-hits-trump-administrations-priorities-in-latin-america    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:43:31

• "Concomitant with this shakedown, both Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth have indicated that the United States will negotiate with Russia over the Ukraine war unilaterally, with little or no input from European leaders." https://www.thenation.com/article/world/trump-end-nato-mafia/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:43:58

• "Musk and Vance show the online right’s vast power in Trump’s administration" https://www.vox.com/politics/399984/online-right-musk-vance-elez-antiwoke    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:44:10

• "Why did Microsoft use Windows 3.1 for the Windows 95 setup?" https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/17/windows_95_windows_three_point_one/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:44:25

• "Elon Musk's DOGE Targets US Gold Reserves: 'This Gold Is Property Of The American Public!'" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/elon-musks-doge-targets-us-gold-reserves-this-gold-property-american-public-1731121    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:44:42

• "That's the feeling I got from seeing Broken Shell and I can't wait to see it release." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/broken-shell-is-the-cutest-looking-love-story-adventure-of-two-little-hermit-crabs/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:51:16

• "A nice surprise for some classic Valve games today with multiple titles like Counter-Strike: Source and Day of Defeat: Source getting major updates." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/counter-strike-source-and-day-of-defeat-source-get-major-updates-with-64bit-support/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:51:24

• "It wasn't just Counter-Strike: Source and Day of Defeat: Source that received big updates today, as Valve also published a new update for Team Fortress 2 along with updating the Source SDK to include TF2!" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/team-fortress-2-major-update-released-and-source-available-for-modders-via-the-source-sdk/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:53:54

• "Environmentalists ‘Weaken’ Canada" ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2025/02/18/environmentalists-weaken-canada-claims-industry-group-with-political-ties/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:57:43

• "I’m Not a Scientist" ☛ https://www.desmog.com/2025/02/18/not-a-scientist-net-zero-critic-nigel-farage-admits-climate-ignorance/ | Source: DeSmog    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:57:52

• "OpenSCAD has a lot of fans around these parts — if you’re unaware, it’s essentially a code-based way of designing 3D models" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/18/belfry-openscad-library-bosl2-brings-useful-parts-and-tools-aplenty/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 07:58:33

• "Hackaday Europe 2025" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/18/hackaday-europe-2025-speakers-lightning-talks-and-more/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:02:39

• "every dollar of waste, fraud, and abuse across the federal budget and operations" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/frank-schuler-gsa-doge-syndicated-conservation-easements-tax-scam | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:03:08

• "After admitting it deliberately blocked Cloudflare to prevent a pirate IPTV service reaching users in Spain" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/laliga-blocks-cloudflare-again-new-pirate-iptv-providers-anything-in-the-way-250218/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:07:29

• Software Patents: "For its $116 million, HP is getting “key AI capabilities from Humane" ☛ https://512pixels.net/2025/02/cant-spell-humane-ai-pin-without-hp/ | Source: Stephen Hackett    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:08:03

• Software Patents: "HP Inc. (NYSE: HPQ) announced a definitive agreement to acquire key AI capabilities from Humane" ☛ https://humane.com/media/humane-hp |    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:08:11

• "Tensions are running high between Washington and Brussels after Trump's decision to impose 25% tariffs on steel and aluminium from March 12" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-02-18/exclusive-eu-antitrust-chief-says-trump-has-upended-europe-us-relations | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:09:27

• "But here's the kicker: after Bill Gates quit Microsoft, he became a professional investor." [sic] ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/02/18/pikettys-productivity/#reaganomics-revenge | Source: CoryDoctorow http://techrights.org/wiki/Gates_Foundation_Critique/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:09:45

• "The Nebraska Association of Public Employees, which represents more than 8,000 state employees" ☛ https://alabamareflector.com/2025/02/17/red-states-embrace-trumps-crackdown-on-remote-government-work/ | Source: Alabama Reflector    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:10:30

• "Even writing a piece debunking this idea means that you are entertaining the idea as within the realm of possibility." ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/checking-in-on-the-party-of-the-working | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:11:03

• "Democracy cannot flourish without robust journalism" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/02/bangladesh-journalists-face-threats-from-attacks-investigations-and-looming-cyber-laws/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:19:26

• "Vietnamese journalist Truong Huy San was exercising, not abusing" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/02/vietnamese-journalist-truong-huy-san-indicted-for-abusing-democratic-freedoms/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:19:32

• "Journalists used to be hunters." ☛ https://andysblog.uk/truth-vs-opinion/ | Source: Andy Hawthorne    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:19:37

• "On Monday, Italy’s justice ministry allowed prosecutors in Turin to move forward with the legal proceedings." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/music/2025/feb/18/placebo-frontman-brian-molko-charged-with-defaming-italian-prime-minister-giorgia-meloni | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:23:47

• "Placebo lead singer Brian Molko has been charged with defamation in Italy for comments he made in July 2023 about right-wing Italian Prime Minster Giorgia Meloni." ☛ https://consequence.net/2025/02/placebo-brian-molko-defamation-italian-prime-minister/ |    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:24:00

• "X, formerly Twitter, is blocking users from posting a “Signal.me” link through DM, public post, or even in their profile page." ☛ https://www.disruptionist.com/p/elon-musks-x-blocks-links-to-signal |    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:24:23

• "Elon Musk’s X (formerly Twitter) is blocking links to Signal.me, a URL shortener used by the private messaging app Signal that allows users to send out a link that’s used to contact them directly through the service." ☛ https://techcrunch.com/2025/02/17/x-is-blocking-links-to-signal-a-secure-messaging-platform-used-by-federal-workers/ | Source: TechCrunch    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:24:37

• "Anyone looking to share their Signal contact link with others will have to scratch X off their list." ☛ https://www.androidpolice.com/x-blocking-signal-tool/ | Source: Android Police    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:25:25

• "Here I presuppose three ideas: first, that wherever the Trump II presidency ends up, America’s constitutional and political regime will be quite different from (to simplify) the (cold war) post-Warren court era of the last half century and a bit." ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2025/02/17/53748/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:30:12

• "So here are a couple of true USAID stories — one political, one personal" ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2025/02/18/notes-from-a-usaid-career/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:30:32

• "Otherwise, you can use this storystream to get caught up on the full story. We’ll be updating it with all the latest twists and turns." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/22253363/wall-street-bets-verge-stories-gamestock-reddit-discord | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:30:53

• "The thing is, he knows what he should write about, he just doesn’t want to." ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/2611168/apples-disappointing-political-turn.html | Source: Macworld    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:31:13

• "Lack of efficiency, by any common sense, is not what's afoot here. Just as one might suspect a Ministry of Truth is dissembling rot, might a Department of Government Efficiency have an Orwellian shadow?" ☛ https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/efficiency/ | Source: The Cyber Show    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:31:38

• "FTDI Holding is listed at Companies House as a company registered in Britain, but is owned by five limited partnerships based in China linked to Jiayin Investment Ltd, a state-owned investment company." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/17/ftdi_stake_high_court/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:32:35

• "The Musk rampage through government is making it virtually certain that we will suffer through otherwise avoidable health" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/musk-trump-faa-firings-make-next-air-travel-disaster-more-likely | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:33:06

• "All around the world, politicians, business leaders, academics and many members of the general public worship at the shrine of ‘growth’." ☛ https://overpopulation-project.com/to-grow-or-not-to-grow/ | Source: Overpopulation    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:33:51

• "The latest ruling aligns with rulings in similar cases in Honolulu, Boulder, Vermont, and Massachusetts" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/minnesota-lawsuit-against-big-oil-moves-closer-to-trial | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:34:01

• "Justice Minister Leena Meri (Finns) even held a press conference about the issue last week" ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20144400 | Source: YLE    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:34:27

• "Carding — the underground business of stealing, selling and swiping stolen payment card data — has long been the dominion of Russia-based hackers." ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/02/how-phished-data-turns-into-apple-google-wallets/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:39:54

• "More than half a dozen lawsuits are seeking to block DOGE employees from rifling through these vast troves of data" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/privacy-act-doge-lawsuits/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:40:07

• "A contractor for the Air Force and other government agencies wanted to get a good deal on some Graykeys from us (we're journalists FYI)." ☛ https://www.404media.co/why-is-a-government-contractor-trying-to-buy-iphone-hacking-tech-from-us/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:41:42

• "Last month, we spotted Google Wallet adding 22 new banks and credit unions to its list of supported institutions in the US." ☛ https://www.androidpolice.com/google-wallet-nfc-pay-adds-11-new-banks-us/ | Source: Android Police    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:42:11

• "The charges allege that Pan captured drone photographs of multiple classified and restricted areas without permission from any commanding officer." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/drones/71-year-old-canadian-tourist-could-face-up-to-3-years-in-prison-for-using-drone-to-photograph-cape-canaveral-military-base | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:42:26

• "King, who was with the agency for more than 30 years before becoming its acting director last month, left over the holiday weekend." ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/social-security-head-leaves-as-doge-seeks-access-to-sensitive-data/ | Source: Truthdig    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:43:59

• "Following our published response to a request for comment from UK Treasury Committee on preservation of cash usage, Victoria Friedman of The Epoch Times UK enquired as to more detail on our claimed links between national resilience and cash technology." ☛ https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/cash2/ | Source: The Cyber Show    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:47:23

• "Last year, I urged furries to stop using Telegram because it doesn’t actually provide them with any of the privacy guarantees they think it gives them." ☛ https://soatok.blog/2025/02/18/reviewing-the-cryptography-used-by-signal/ | Source: Dhole Moments    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:47:39

• "He will be based at the IRS for at least 120 days but had not yet been given approval as of 9 p.m. ET Sunday" ☛ https://edition.cnn.com/2025/02/17/politics/doge-irs-taxpayer-data/index.html | Source: CNN    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:50:21

• "Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Ron Wyden (D-OR) sent a letter to the IRS commissioner on Monday" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/614082/doge-targets-irs-taxpayer-information | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:51:29

• "Once Microsoft starts to automatically keep you signed in you’ll have to use a private browsing window on public PCs or make sure you remember to sign out once your session ends" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/614238/microsoft-account-automatic-sign-in-delay | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:51:45

• Windows TCO: "Listed companies have become adept at describing ransomware without actually saying the word in recent times" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/18/us_newspaper_publisher_exercises_linguistic/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:53:26

• Windows TCO: "The case concerns Health Net Federal Services (HNFS), an outfit that provides healthcare services to military personnel" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/19/decadeold_healthcare_security_snafu_settled/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:54:01

• "A viral cake trend that once boosted small businesses has now turned into a potential threat" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/why-people-are-slamming-tiktok-bakers-buying-walmarts-25-heart-cakes-instead-1731145 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:54:45

• "Here’s all of our coverage of the AI Pin." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/9/23954497/humane-ai-pin-wearable-news-announcements | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:55:10

• "Humane is selling most of its company to HP for $116 million and will stop selling AI Pin, the company announced today." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/614883/humane-ai-hp-acquisition-pin-shutdown?ref=birchtree.me | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:55:28

• "Using AI to write means you’re robbed of the thinking and feeling it takes to write, which is (most?) of the value. Communicating, I suppose" ☛ https://chriscoyier.net/2025/02/18/calculators-writing/ | Source: Chris Coyier    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:55:46

• "Binh Pham experimented with a Raspberry Pi Zero, effectively turning the device into a small USB drive that can run an LLM locally with no extras needed." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-zero/pi-zero-llm-usb-stick | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:56:03

• "The commission on Monday revealed the DeepSeek app was withdrawn from local app stores as of Saturday February 15th, after South Korea’s Personal Information Protection" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/18/south_korea_deepseek_ban/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:56:23

• "I am not sure what I’ll end up doing with all the extra drives now, but at least I have a place to put all those archives." ☛ https://claytonerrington.com/blog/too-much-data/ | Source: Clayton Errington    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:57:46

• "We will have to adjust the end user price to reflect the tariff" ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/02/16/computer-giant-to-raise-prices-by-10pc-in-response-to-trump/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:58:02

• "The decision to increase prices was reportedly confirmed last week, with the Taiwanese tech giant remaining unaffected by tariffs on products that left China before February." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/acer-ceo-10pc-price-rise-tariffs | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:58:31

• "I rushed through every assignment for years so that I could read whatever book I was interested in at the time." ☛ https://louplummer.lol/did-you-ever-get-in-trouble-for-reading/ | Source: Lou Plummer    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 08:59:55

• "After finishing a book, I like to sit at my desk and record the book details and my thoughts. Then, I can put add them to my website as a bookshelf entry." ☛ https://flamedfury.com/posts/keeping-a-reading-log/ | Source: Flamed Fury    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 09:00:07

• "Welcome to the twelfth instalment of my annual overview of my most interesting discoveries made during the previous year. Traditionally, the structure of this kind of post includes different categories of resources: blogs, YouTube channels, cool stuff on the Web, and so forth." ☛ https://morrick.me/archives/9951 | Source: Riccardo Mori    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 09:00:22

• "Most of my adult life, I've used the convenient crutch of describing myself by my job title, conflating what I did with who I was." ☛ https://louplummer.lol/on-identity/ | Source: Lou Plummer    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 09:00:46

• "Earlier this month, however, these permanent workers were suddenly told by NSF" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/national-science-foundation-february-2025-firings/ | Source: Wired    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 09:02:08

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posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 09:02:44

• "The last design of my blog featured a Club Penguin background image on every page." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2025/02/17/blog-background-experiments | Source: James G    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 09:02:50

• "That's how your audience feels about your blog post titles." ☛ https://andysblog.uk/are-your-blog-post-titles-costing-you-readers/ | Source: Andy Hawthorne    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 09:03:09

• "One of the best things about having a long-running blog is that sometimes posts you forgot about over a decade ago turn out to have a life of their own." ☛ https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/18/tc39proposal-regex-escaping/#atom-everything | Source: Simon Willison    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 09:03:21

• "I can't say that it's the same for me when it comes to books, but it made me think of a blog post I read recently." ☛ https://birming.com/best-blog-post/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 09:04:51

• "I've added a ton of filters. I have everything from "TikTok" to "layoffs" to "fascist" or even "LLM" which tells you something about the volume of hyperactive bullshit that's been flooding my zone." ☛ https://johan.hal.se/wrote/2025/02/18/pressing-pause/ | Source: Johan Halse    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 09:05:12

• "And who gets to decide that? When you’re writing online what matters is what you decide it’s important for you." ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/confidently-incorrect | Source: Manuel Moreale    

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

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

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

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

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 09:07:10

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

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 09:07:42

• How To Setup APT Proxy on Debian 12 ☞ https://idroot.us/setup-apt-proxy-debian-12/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 09:08:29

• This is misleading because this software does not even properly run on Linux at all; it's just some junk running in DrawBridge ☞ https://idroot.us/install-microsoft-sql-server-centos-stream-10/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 09:09:30

• How to Install KDE Plasma on GNU/Linux Mint 22 or 21 ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-install-kde-plasma-on-linux-mint/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 09:10:27

• How to Troubleshoot and Optimize Ubuntu Startup: Manage Systemd Services for Faster Boot Time ☞ https://net2.com/how-to-troubleshoot-and-optimize-ubuntu-startup-manage-systemd-services-for-faster-boot-time/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 09:11:10

• Microsoft Lunduke Belongs in 4Chan ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/17/Microsoft_Lunduke_Belongs_in_4Chan.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 09:11:52

• Federal Office in Germany advertises return to Greece: Letters cause panic among refugees ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2025/02/18/federal-office-in-germany-advertises-return-to-greece-letters-cause-panic-among-refugees/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 09:13:23

• Ripping off refugees: German federal state wants jewellery from asylum seekers ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2025/02/18/ripping-off-refugees-german-federal-state-wants-jewellery-from-asylum-seekers/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 09:13:39

• "“Single-point threading” on a lathe is the process of cutting threads, such as for a bolt, into the material through turning." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/02/19/this-mod-simplifies-single-point-threading-on-mini-lathes/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 09:15:21

• "Sadly, the high price on this machine earlier in the day may have suckered others into thinking these machines are significantly more valuable as it seems two other Olympia SM3s right after it both went for: [...]" ☛ https://boffosocko.com/2025/02/17/typewriter-market-it-may-be-better-if-you-didnt-get-an-olympia-sm3-typewriter-today/ | Source: Chris Aldrich    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 09:15:47

• "Low-Junket9298's Fiewfly camera uses separate Raspberry Pi Zero 2 Ws with camera modules to capture images instead of multiple cameras connected to one Pi" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/multiple-raspberry-pi-create-wigglegram-3d-photos-using-this-ai-enhanced-camera | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 09:16:19

• "Case in point, Clara and I bought this beautiful 1988 Kenwood KX-47C tape deck from eBay last year for less than a grocery bill, and it’s not complex… at all! You might even say it’s a minimum-viable deck. And we absolutely love it." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/the-kenwood-kx-47c-tape-deck/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 09:16:51

• "RP2350 is our latest high-performance, secure microcontroller, offering unparalleled levels of processing and flexibility at its very affordable price point." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/rp2350-now-available-at-jlcpcb/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 09:17:02

• "ACCESS.bus: The Forgotten USB Competitor" ☛ https://tedium.co/2025/02/17/access-bus-i2c-usb-competitor-history/ | Source: Tedium    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:18:19

• "Hanlon's Razor falls down in this kind of environment. It's lazy." ☛ https://rachelbythebay.com/w/2025/02/18/badness/ | Source: Rachel    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:18:51

• "Static content delivers lightning-fast speeds and rock-solid reliability, while dynamic content enables personalization, interactivity and real-time updates." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/static-vs-dynamic-content-which-should-developers-favor/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:19:02

• "The ideal solution is a vendor-agnostic GPU programming model, where the same code can run efficiently across different GPUs without modification. This is exactly what KernelAbstractions.jl provides." ☛ https://info.juliahub.com/blog/vendor-neutral-gpu-programming-in-julia | Source: Julia Programming Language    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:19:27

• "I regularly need to produce exercises/tutorials for my students." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/02/creating-r-python-stata-and-julia-tutorial-worksheets-with-and-without-solutions-using-quarto/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:19:52

• "I’m excited to announce that blocklength 0.2.0 is now available on CRAN!" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/02/blocklength-0-2-0/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:20:22

• "It means that every line in the product source code tree have by now been edited on average 3.5 times." ☛ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/02/18/changing-every-line-three-times/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:20:48

• "xxd is a versatile hexdump utility with a “reverse” feature, originally written between 1990–1996. The Vim project soon adopted it, and it’s lived there ever since." ☛ https://nullprogram.com/blog/2025/02/17/ | Source: Chris Wellons    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:21:01

• "The purpose of this blog is to maintain an ongoing list of publicly available data packages" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/02/collecting-all-the-data/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:22:11

• "This one took a while to figure out." ☛ https://www.lkhrs.com/blog/2025/remove-index-html-caddy/ | Source: Luke Harris    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:22:50

• "I recently came upon a horror story where a developer was forced to switch editor from Neovim to Cursor" ☛ https://www.jonashietala.se/blog/2025/02/18/ill_give_up_neovim_when_you_pry_it_from_my_cold_dead_hands/ | Source: Jonas Hietala    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:23:26

• "OpenSSH today released version 9.9p2, which addresses both vulnerabilities and thanked Qualys for the report." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/18/openssh_vulnerabilities_mitm_dos/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:23:38

• "Indications are that the device is likely to cost at least €3,000 (about $3,100 or £2,500)" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/18/huawei_triple_fold_mate_xt/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:25:32

• "Instead, Nokia designed components that are robust against radiation, extreme temperatures" ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/18/1111984/nokia-is-putting-the-first-cellular-network-on-the-moon/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:25:59

• "I’ll run through five theories for why smartphones are turning into an all-luxury market" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/02/18/iphone-se-smartphone-prices/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:26:08

• "In this update, users will notice that the Unicorn Desktop now behaves much more reliably." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/rhino-linux-2025-2-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:32:25

• "With that said, the Breeze theme no longer causes occasional crashes in non-KDE apps" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/kde-plasma-6-3-1-desktop-environment-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:33:26

• "An Internet Exchange Point (IXP) is a unique and vital hub in the ecosystem of the Internet" ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/02/18/building-a-secure-test-environment-for-an-ixp/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:35:27

• "It doesn't matter if you're taking your Hasselblad on an Arctic safari" ☛ https://www.hiro.report/photochallenge/ |    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:35:37

• "I've been trying to make some changes to FreeCAD recently" ☛ https://incoherency.co.uk/blog/stories/worlds-stupidest-appimage.html | Source: James Stanley    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:35:44

• "I've written before that keeping your site accessible to very old browsers is non-trivial" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/OldBrowsersCrawlerProblem | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:35:51

• "I assembled the SVG in Affinity Designer." ☛ https://curtmerrill.com/blog/2025/light-up-map/ | Source: Curt Merrill    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:36:01

• "Let’s cut straight to it—if you’re looking for a quick and simple answer, go with AMD." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/nvidia-vs-amd-gpus-on-linux/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:37:29

• "How do you recompile Linux?" ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/how-recompile-linux-on-raspberry-pi | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:38:09

• "Reproducible builds ensure software can be rebuilt in an identical, bit-for-bit manner anywhere at any time using the same tools." ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2025/02/18/rbos-project-hits-milestone/ | Source: OpenSUSE https://lwn.net/Articles/1010629/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:40:26

• Useful 10 GNOME Extensions for Ubuntu ☛ https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2025/02/useful-10-gnome-extensions-for-ubuntu-2404.html | Source: Ubuntubuzz    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:41:48

• "The Veda SL917, developed by Ezurio and based on the Silicon Labs SiWx917 chipset, is a low-power wireless module designed for industrial IoT applications." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/ezurio-veda-sl917-expands-industrial-iot-connectivity-with-wi-fi-6-and-bluetooth-le/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:42:31

• "ADLINK Technology Inc. has introduced the OSM-MTK510, a compact and rugged computer-on-module based on the MediaTek Genio 510 platform." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/adlink-introduces-osm-mtk510-featuring-mediatek-genio-510-com-with-yocto-linux-compatibility/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:42:57

• "Developed by Aristocratos, btop is written in C++ and aims to provide a more modern alternative to traditional resource monitors" ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/btop-system-monitoring-tool-for-linux/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:44:05

• Mozilla abandons the Web and promotes a scam, hype, a Ponzi/false valuation scheme, misinformation by slop ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/ai/ai-tech/what-is-the-best-hardware-concurrency-for-running-inference-on-cpu/ | Source: Mozilla    

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

• Mozilla pretends to value privacy while actively undermining privacy for profit ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox-ios-spring-detox/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:46:44

• Power Profiles Daemon 0.30 Preps Support for GNU/Linux 6.14 ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/power-profiles-daemon-0-30-preps-support-for-linux-6-14    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:48:35

• libqrencode – encoding data in a QR Code symbol ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/libqrencode-encoding-data-qr-code-symbol/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:49:04

• Ubuntu LTS Users Could Soon Get Frequent defective chip maker Intel GPU Updates ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/02/ubuntu-lts-users-could-get-intel-graphics-driver-updates-more-frequently    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:49:35

• KDE Plasma 6.3.1 Released with Plasma Discover Improvements and Many Bug Fixes ☞ https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-3-1-released-with-plasma-discover-improvements-and-many-bug-fixes    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:50:22

• Trump's climate change denial: An era of 'ignorance' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250218-trump-s-climate-change-denial-an-era-of-ignorance    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:52:47

• Florida Man Says He Shot Israeli Tourists in ‘Mental Health Crisis’ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/world/middleeast/florida-shooting-israeli-tourists.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:53:40

• Pope Francis Has Bilateral Pneumonia ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/health/pope-francis-bilateral-pneumonia.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:54:35

• Pope Francis, Hospitalized, Has Pneumonia, Vatican Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/world/europe/pope-francis-health.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:55:48

• Trump’s foreign aid freeze hurts Indonesian health programmes and aid workers ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/trumps-foreign-aid-freeze-hurts-indonesian-health-programmes-and-aid-workers    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:56:18

• HRW criticizes Guatemala for not providing girls facing forced pregnancies with access to abortion and resources ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/hrw-criticizes-guatemala-for-not-providing-girls-facing-forced-pregnancies-with-access-to-abortion-and-resources/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:56:45

• Former US Health Secretary criticizes NIH cuts, advises RFK Jr. to ‘execute’ ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2025/02/17/former-secretary-criticizes-nih-cuts/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:57:46

• Who are the frontrunners to be elected next pontiff after Pope Francis? ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/02/18/world-news/who-are-the-frontrunners-to-be-elected-next-pontiff-after-pope-francis/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:58:03

• TRICARE pharmacy changes impact military members ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2025/02/tricare-pharmacy-changes-impact-military-members/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:58:34

• LTV: Is Latvia serious enough about fighting its drinking problem? ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/18.02.2025-ltv-is-latvia-serious-enough-about-fighting-its-drinking-problem.a588213/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:58:52

• 'Hospital at home' pilot project to be launched in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/18.02.2025-hospital-at-home-pilot-project-to-be-launched-in-latvia.a588293/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:59:07

• Korean Victim of WWII Sex Slavery Who Fought for Japan’s Apology Dies ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/world/asia/korea-comfort-women-advocate-obituary.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 11:59:49

• North Korea denounces ‘absurd’ denuclearisation pledge by US and allies ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-denounces-absurd-denuclearisation-pledge-by-us-and-allies    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:02:26

• South Korea’s Parliament presses for Yoon’s removal as impeachment trial winds down ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-parliament-presses-for-yoons-removal-as-impeachment-trial-winds-down    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:02:37

• North Korea vows to bolster nuclear force as US, allies push for denuclearization ☞ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2025/02/18/north-korea-us-japan-denuclearization/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:02:48

• Setia Alam mall gunman killed in shoot-out with Malaysian police ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/setia-alam-mall-gunman-killed-in-shootout-with-malaysian-police    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:03:22

• US condemns ‘dangerous’ manoeuvres by Chinese navy in South China Sea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/us-condemns-dangerous-manoeuvres-by-chinese-navy-in-south-china-sea    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:03:46

• New Zealand must ‘reset’ Cook Islands ties after China pact, foreign minister says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/new-zealand-must-%25E2%2580%2598reset%25E2%2580%2599-cook-islands-ties-after-china-pact-foreign-minister-says    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:04:20

• Cook Islands deal with China on economy, seabed mining spurs protest ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/cook-islands-pm-pledges-to-release-details-of-china-deal    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:04:41

• Philippines accuses China’s navy of ‘reckless’ flight manoeuvres ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/philippines-accuses-chinas-navy-of-reckless-flight-manoeuvres    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:05:07

• Explainer: What is the Cook Islands deal with China and what has worried New Zealand? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/explainer-what-is-the-cook-islands-deal-with-china-and-what-has-worried-nz    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:05:34

• Vietnam to approve key infrastructure projects, revised GDP target ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/vietnam-to-approve-key-infrastructure-projects-revised-gdp-target    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:06:03

• Clean energy bolsters China’s GDP growth in 2024: Study ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/clean-energy-bolsters-chinas-gdp-growth-in-2024-study    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:06:30

• China's clean energy investments nearing scale of global fossil investments, researchers find ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/chinas-clean-energy-investments-nearing-scale-of-global-fossil-investments-researchers-find    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:06:49

• US condemns 'dangerous' manoeuvres by Chinese navy in South China Sea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/us-condemns-dangerous-manoeuvres-by-chinese-navy-in-south-china-sea    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:08:21

• China promises Latin America 'trustworthy' ties as Convicted Felon lays out demands ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-promises-latin-america-trustworthy-ties-as-trump-lays-out-demands    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:08:38

• Inside China’s electric-vehicle-to-humanoid-robot pivot ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/02/18/1111964/inside-chinas-electric-vehicle-to-humanoid-robot-pivot/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:09:13

• China sends 2 more ships to Cambodia’s Ream naval base ☞ https://rfa.org/english/cambodia/2025/02/18/china-navy-cambodia-ream-naval-base/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:09:26

• Taiwan negotiating new arms deal with US: media ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/02/18/us-taiwan-china-attack-weapons/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:09:41

• The Guangzhou garment workers behind SHEIN’s global business ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/02/18/china-guangzhou-garment-factory-workers-shein/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:10:00

• US withdrawal from UN Human Rights Council sparks concerns about China ☞ https://rfa.org/english/tibet/2025/02/18/tibet-reactions-us-pullout-unhrc/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:10:21

• Manila: Chinese helicopter came within 3 meters of Philippine aircraft ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/02/19/philippines-china-south-china-sea-helicopter/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:10:43

• China shows little interest in restoring relations with Lithuania – aide ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2491191/china-shows-little-interest-in-restoring-relations-with-lithuania-aide    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:11:11

• 🔤SpellBinding: CDGOILH Wordo: PRIVY gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-02-19.gmi    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:16:07

• "The one good thing about developing my SIS server in parallel with my capsule and other projects is I can keep perfecting SIS based on how I use it in other projects, and based on how it runs my capsule." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/clseibold/25589    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:17:15

• "I have been trying a new terminal-based browser called 'Offpunk'. I figure a lot of people here on Gemini already know what it is, but this Sylvan hadn't tried it yet, so I'll talk about it." gemini://lantashifiles.com/gemlog/entries/2025-02-18.gmi    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:17:58

• Hello there, I am tired gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2500    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:20:17

• Cook Islands PM defends pact with China, urges Pacific nation not to depend on ‘big brother’ New Zealand ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/18/cook-islands-pm-defends-pact-with-china-urges-pacific-nation-not-to-depend-on-big-brother-new-zealand/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:20:55

• Hong Kong’s Democratic Party to discuss potential disbandment – reports ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/19/hong-kongs-democratic-party-to-discuss-potential-disbandment-reports/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:21:19

• Kiwi TCMS: The University Information System of Argentina adopts Kiwi TCMS ☞ https://kiwitcms.org/blog/kiwi-tcms-team/2025/02/18/the-university-information-system-of-argentina-adopts-kiwi-tcms/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:21:53

• Dan Horák: ppc64le support for qt6-qtwebengine added in Fedora ☞ https://sharkcz.livejournal.com/17223.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:23:36

• Red Hat's Bluewashing to be Further Completed This Year (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/18/Red_Hat_s_Bluewashing_to_be_Further_Completed_This_Year.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:23:52

• "What about cuts to Consulting ? Are those being deferred and why ? Any of Alvind's Indian buddies and cronies being affected by the RAs ?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jme9y3jr    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:24:55

• "If I were a CEO making over $30 million a year and my job depends on saving money for the company and shareholders, I would move as many jobs as possible to India, Mexico etc…" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jks0yq7m    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:26:43

• "When Jensen Huang said that useful Quantum Computers are 15-30 years away, he was talking best case scenario. Worst case scenario is that they are impossible to build because of how errors are distributed. Most likely case scenario is that they are 50-75 years away. Anyone talking about them in the next 3-5 years is a liar or an id--t or both." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmdqxdh4    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:27:22

• "Tell Alvind the Ignorant that AI is already here and running already all over. AND that the quantum computing from companies like Google and Microsoft is way ahead of anything that IBM has or will have. As they say, talk is cheap and Alvind needs to operate his circus at a higher level and make sure it gets more profitable with time. But first, can he make the share price go to $300+ a share ?"    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:27:53

• Buzzword slinging is the hallmark or symptom of companies lacking a strategy, just a few legacy clients to milk and good "credit" at the bank (to borrow more money)    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:28:43

• Thai court sees merit in bid to free detained Uyghurs, seeks information ☞ https://rfa.org/english/uyghur/2025/02/18/thailand-court-petition/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:30:41

• Golang Backdoor Abuses Telegram for C&C Communication ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/golang-backdoor-abuses-telegram-for-cc-communication/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:32:46

• Two Years After Issuing Ridiculous Threats and Choosing a Law Firm in Debt (Probably Desperate for Clients) Matthew J. Garrett Gets Help ('Bailout') From Microsofters ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/18/Two_Years_After_Issuing_Ridiculous_Threats_and_Choosing_a_Law_F.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:34:38

• Welcome to Miguel Gazquez ☞ https://bootlin.com/blog/welcome-to-miguel-gazquez/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:38:23

• https://SecTemplates.com - simplified, free open-source templates to enable engineering and smaller security teams to bootstrap security capabilities for their organizations, (Tue, Feb 18th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31696    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:39:10

• Machine Learning in Linux: Serge – web interface for chatting ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/machine-learning-linux-serge-web-interface-chatting/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:40:47

• tui-deck – TUI frontend for Nextcloud Deck ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/tui-deck-tui-frontend-nextcloud-deck/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:41:05

• GSConnect – complete implementation of KDE Connect ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/gsconnect-complete-implementation-kde-connect/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:42:12

• 13 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Video Converters ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-linux-video-converters/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:42:29

• Netrunner – Debian-based distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/netrunner-debian-based-distribution/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:42:52

• The "Cool Kids" Are Already Using GNU/Linux, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft is Just Cheating ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/17/The_Cool_Kids_Are_Already_Using_GNU_Linux_Microsoft_is_Just_Che.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:43:07

• LLM Slop is Now Filling the Web With Pure Fiction/Fabrication/Misinformation About GNU/Linux (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/18/LLM_Slop_is_Now_Filling_the_Web_With_Pure_Fiction_Fabrication_M.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:43:15

• LLM Slopfarms: LinuxSecurity.com and FUDZilla Doing 'Linux' (Fake Articles) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/18/LLM_Slopfarms_LinuxSecurity_com_and_FUDZilla_Doing_Linux_Fake_A.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:43:23

• Examine – system information viewer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/examine-system-information-viewer/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:43:40

• studyFlash – learn flashcards in your terminal ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/studyflash-learn-flashcards-terminal/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:44:07

• Repeat GNU/Linux Commands Every X Seconds for Real-Time Monitoring, Automation & Precise Scheduling ☞ https://net2.com/repeat-linux-commands-every-x-seconds-for-real-time-monitoring-automation-precise-scheduling/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:44:44

• "Christoph Hellwig is the maintainer of the DMA mapping helpers and several other areas of the kernel has been an outspoken critic of Rust code or secondary programming languages within the GNU/Linux kernel kernel. Hellwig has been critical of Rust code for the GNU/Linux kernel and its long-term maintainability." https://www.phoronix.com/news/Torvalds-Override-On-Rust-Code    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:45:52

• Kew: Listening to Music in the GNU/Linux Terminal ☞ https://itsfoss.com/kew-terminal-player/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:46:23

• Silicon Labs-Based XIAO MG24 Series Expands with New Pre-Soldered and Multi-Pack Versions ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/silicon-labs-based-xiao-mg24-series-expands-with-new-pre-soldered-and-multi-pack-versions/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:46:42

• In First 5 Weeks of 2025 67,630 People Died in England and Wales Compared to 58,461 in the Same Period in 2019 https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2025/02/19/first-5-weeks-of-2025/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 12:59:12

• Security updates for Tuesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1010621/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 13:01:24

• Dima Kogan: When are the days getting longer the fastest? ☞ http://notes.secretsauce.net/notes/2025/02/18_when-are-the-days-getting-longer-the-fastest.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 13:02:44

• FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, February 21, starting at 12:00 EST (17:00 UTC) ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2025-02-21-irc    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 13:03:02

• Fix Broken Packages in Ubuntu 24.04: Step-by-Step Guide to Package Repair & Removal ☞ https://net2.com/fix-broken-packages-in-ubuntu-24-04-the-ultimate-step-by-step-guide-to-package-repair-removal/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 13:03:35

• Bálint Réczey: Wireshark on Ubuntu: Stay Ahead with the Latest Releases and Nightly Builds ☞ https://balintreczey.hu/blog/wireshark-on-ubuntu-stay-ahead-with-the-latest-releases-and-nightly-builds/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 13:11:30

• Dan Horák: upstreaming qt6-qtwebengine and initial rebase to 6.9 ☞ https://sharkcz.livejournal.com/17020.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 13:13:03

• Add/Remove Ubuntu “Proposed” Repository for Testing Updates ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/02/add-remove-ubuntu-proposed/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 13:15:02

• The Fridge: Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter 879 ☞ https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2025/02/17/ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-879/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 13:15:46

• Ubuntu Blog: A deep dive into our grid system and typography for the A4 format ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/a-look-under-the-hood-of-our-grid-system-and-typography-for-the-a4-format    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 13:16:23

• Corporate-friendly (GAFAM) inside communities are people that are the equivalent of village fool/idiot escorting an enemy into the village to burn it. Do not celebrate traitors whose opportunism is driven by violence.    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 13:18:12

• Let GAFAM (and Putin) be the ONLY ones to celebrate village fools and people who burn villages    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 13:19:34

• Stopping FreeBSD jails in reverse order ☞ https://rubenerd.com/stopping-freebsd-jails-in-reverse-order/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 13:20:48

• Ohio ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/aquabounty-pioneer-ohio-gmo-salmon-fish | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 13:24:27

• Thomson Reuters Wins a Victory Against Both Hey Hi (AI) and Public Access to Law ☞ https://heathermeeker.com/2025/02/18/thomson-reuters-wins-a-victory-against-both-ai-and-public-access-to-law/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 13:25:21

• The Hey Hi (AI) Action Summit & Civil Society’s (Possible) Impact ☞ https://creativecommons.org/2025/02/18/the-ai-action-summit-civil-societys-possible-impact/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 13:25:54

• Pi-hole v6 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1010682/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 13:26:26

• KDE Plasma 6.3.1 Desktop Environment Released ☞ https://linuxiac.com/kde-plasma-6-3-1-desktop-environment-released/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 13:32:42

• NVIDIA vs AMD on Linux: Which GPU Should You Choose? ☞ https://linuxiac.com/nvidia-vs-amd-gpus-on-linux/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 13:33:00

• Rhino GNU/Linux 2025.2 Brings Stability and Performance Enhancements ☞ https://linuxiac.com/rhino-linux-2025-2-released/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 13:33:23

• Who needs backdoored Windows 11? FreeXP is a modern version of Microsoft's greatest OS, powered by Debian GNU/Linux ☞ https://betanews.com/2025/02/18/who-needs-windows-11-freexp-is-a-modern-version-of-microsofts-greatest-os-powered-by-debian-linux/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 13:47:31

• latest Leafpad compiled in OE ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202502/latest-leafpad-compiled-in-oe.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 13:49:04

• Q&A with Ron Deibert and Carine Kanimba in Digital Front Lines ☞ https://citizenlab.ca/2025/02/qa-with-ron-deibert-and-carine-kanimba-in-digital-front-lines/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 13:49:41

• Microsoft is not a security expert but culprit; the media should quit playing along with this phony narrative of Microsoft as authority in this area; it gives the NSA back doors to everything. ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-warns-of-improvements-to-xcsset-macos-malware/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 13:51:48

• "Series Hybrid Semi-Trucks: It Works For Locomotives So Why Not?" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/18/it-works-for-locomotives-why-not-series-hybrid-semi-trucks/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 13:53:20

• Dictator 2.0: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (YouTube) ☞ https://alirezahayati.com/2025/02/18/trump-2-0-last-week-tonight-with-john-oliver-youtube/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 13:53:33

• Steinar H. Gunderson: MySQL hypergraph optimizer talk ☞ http://blog.sesse.net/blog/tech/2025-02-18-23-14_mysql_hypergraph_optimizer_talk.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 13:54:18

• CNN: US is conducting covert drone missions in Mexico ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/us-monitoring-cartels-mexico-spy-drones/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 13:54:37

• Hong Kong leader warns taxi drivers against ‘drastic action’ amid threat of strike over ride-hailing services ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/18/hong-kong-leader-warns-taxi-drivers-against-drastic-action-amid-threat-of-strike-over-ride-hailing-services/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 13:55:01

• Will That Asteroid Strike Earth? Risk Level Rises to Highest Ever Recorded. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/science/asteroid-2024-yr4-impact.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 13:55:28

• Hochul May Deploy National Guard as Wildcat Strikes Hit 25 N.Y. Prisons ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/nyregion/ny-prisons-strikes-national-guard.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 13:56:21

• LibreArts Weekly recap — 16 February 2025 ☞ https://librearts.org/2025/02/week-recap-16-feb-2025/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 13:57:00

• Latvian 'land drone' being combat-tested in Ukraine ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defense/18.02.2025-latvian-land-drone-being-combat-tested-in-ukraine.a588272/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 13:58:28

• Public media donation drive for Ukraine passes €100,000 mark ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/18.02.2025-public-media-donation-drive-for-ukraine-passes-eur100000-mark.a588209/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 13:58:43

• 1762 Attacks on Health Care Over Three Years as Russia Escalates its War on Ukraine’s Doctors and Hospitals: PHR ☞ https://phr.org/news/1762-attacks-on-health-care-over-three-years-as-russia-escalates-its-war-on-ukraines-doctors-and-hospitals-phr/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:02:07

• Transatlantic alliance enters most challenging period since Suez crisis ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/transatlantic-alliance-enters-most-challenging-period-since-suez-crisis/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:02:26

• Georgia’s pro-Kremlin authorities intensify crackdown on opposition ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/georgias-pro-kremlin-authorities-intensify-crackdown-on-opposition/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:02:38

• Centauri and Mersad team up to bring down the drone threat ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/featured/centauri-and-mersad-team-up-to-bring-down-the-drone-threat/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:03:00

• Russia and US agree to work toward ending Ukraine war ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250218-russia-us-agree-work-toward-ending-ukraine-war-zelensky-riyadh "Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky slammed the talks, saying any discussion aimed at ending the war should be "fair" and involve Europe."    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:03:16

• Russians feel "wind in their sails" as Convicted Felon pressed to show resolution to war, expert says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250218-russians-feel-wind-in-their-sails-as-trump-pressed-to-show-resolution-to-war-expert-says    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:03:35

• Rubio: US and Russia agree to restore embassy staffing, create team to negotiate Ukraine peace ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250218-rubio-us-and-russia-agree-to-restore-embassy-staffing-create-team-to-negotiate-ukraine-peace    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:03:46

• Germans protest military aid, arm supplies to Ukraine ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250218-germans-protest-military-aid-arm-supplies-to-ukraine    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:03:59

• Lithuanian president to visit Ukraine on 3rd anniversary of Russian invasion ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2491072/lithuanian-president-to-visit-ukraine-on-3rd-anniversary-of-russian-invasion    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:04:10

• Lithuania could send military instructors to Ukraine – presidential adviser ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2490954/lithuania-could-send-military-instructors-to-ukraine-presidential-adviser    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:04:22

• USAID Falls, Exposing a Giant Network of US-Funded “Independent” Media ☞ https://www.mintpressnews.com/usaid-media-funding-cuts-indepdent-news/289093/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:04:50

• Dictator 'More Confident' Of Reaching Deal On Ukraine After Riyadh Talks ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-rubio-lavrov-ukraine-saudi-arabia-talks/33319922.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:05:08

• What We Learned From High-Stakes U.S.-Russia Talks In Saudi Arabia ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/us-russia-saudi-ukraine-peace-talks-riyadh-rubio-lavrov/33319124.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:05:21

• France Prepares To Host Second Ukraine War Summit With Other European Countries, Canada ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/europe-macron-paris-ukraine-summit-russia-trump-rutte/33318549.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:05:32

• Why Is Saudi Arabia Hosting U.S.-Russia Talks? And Why Now? ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/saudi-arabia-us-russia-talks-rubio-diplomatic-footprint-ukraine/33318121.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:05:47

• JD Vance at the Munich Security Conference: A Speech by Gaslight ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/02/18/jd-vance-at-the-munich-security-conference-a-speech-by-gaslight/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:06:11

• Stuck outside Ukraine talks, Europe begins reassessing its relations with US ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2025/0218/ukraine-peace-talks-europe-trump-russia    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:06:26

• Zelensky Lashes Out at Convicted Felon for Excluding Ukrainians From Peace Talks ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/world/middleeast/ukraine-trump-russia-war-peace-talks.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:06:40

• U.S.-Russia Talks in Saudi Arabia Set to Go Beyond Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/world/europe/us-russia-saudi-ukraine.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:06:49

• Europe, Dazed by Convicted Felon, Confronts Hard Choices in Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/world/europe/trump-europe-ukraine.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:07:04

• Russians in the White House ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/18/russia-state-media-publishes-footage-from-talks-between-washington-and-moscow-in-saudi-arabia | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:07:22

• " Russian forces in the war against Ukraine that may contain dozens of foreign-made components" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02/18/eye-in-the-sky | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:07:37

• Selling out Ukraine ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02/18/u-s-and-russia-agree-to-begin-working-on-a-path-to-end-war-in-ukraine-following-talks-in-saudi-arabia | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:07:58

• "That’s not a Russia thing." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/19/trump-says-calls-for-new-elections-in-ukraine-come-from-his-administration-that-s-not-a-russia-thing | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:08:18

• EU imported more Russian LNG in 2024 despite a drop in gas consumption ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/business/20250218-eu-imported-more-russian-lng-in-2024-despite-a-drop-in-gas-consumption    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:08:38

• Right-Wing Media Praises U.S.-Russia Talks as ‘Breath of Fresh Air’ ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/business/media/trump-russia-right-wing-media.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:08:52

• U.S. and Russia Pursue Closer Ties ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/briefing/united-states-russia-closer-ties-mayor-eric-adams.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:09:03

• More Reports of Russian Mercenary and FAMA Attacks on Civilians ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2025/02/more-reports-of-russian-mercenary-and-fama-attacks-on-civilians/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:09:41

• TTABlog Test: Is SELECT BY LANDRY'S Primarily Merely a Surname for a Customer Reward Program? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/02/ttablog-test-is-select-by-landrys.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:11:22

• Eric Raymond & Lunduke Argue About the Origin of "Open Source" ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/eric-raymond-and-lunduke-argue-about    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:11:50

• Qubes OS 4.2.4 has been released! ☞ https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2025/02/18/qubes-os-4-2-4-has-been-released/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:12:14

• Reviewing the Cryptography Used by Signal ☞ https://soatok.blog/2025/02/18/reviewing-the-cryptography-used-by-signal/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:13:42

• Zero Exposure: This is how we make factories fairer ☞ https://www.fairphone.com/en/2025/02/18/zero-exposure-this-is-how-we-make-factories-fairer/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:15:03

• This is marketing spam for a litigation firm; a person moving from one firm to another is not news. ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/casalonga-strengthens-munich-office-with-stolmar-partner/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:16:02

• Selling out ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/18/russian-negotiator-says-he-s-already-held-first-meeting-with-trump-team-in-saudi-arabia | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:17:01

• "E.U. leaders hold emergency summit in Paris ahead of U.S.-Russia talks" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/18/an-existential-questions-for-europe-e-u-leaders-hold-emergency-summit-in-paris-ahead-of-u-s-russia-talks | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:17:15

• "competent leadership" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/18/elon-musk-shares-video-from-sanctioned-state-media-of-russian-delegation-s-arrival-calls-them-competent-leadership | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:17:32

• "war with West" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/18/in-russia-s-far-east-yakutsk-lawmakers-vote-to-eliminate-direct-mayoral-elections-as-governor-cites-war-with-west | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:17:47

• Collusion ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02/19/trusted-people | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:18:12

• Generic Drugs, Skinny Labels, and Liability for Off Label (Infringing) Use ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/02/generic-liability-infringing.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:19:00

• Stable kernel 6.12.15 ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1010624/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:19:32

• A Gift That Keeps on Giving: Microsofters Reveal a Campaign of SLAPP, Seeking to Censor Critical Information About Lawsuits Against Abusive Monopolist Microsoft (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/18/A_Gift_That_Keeps_on_Giving_Microsofters_Reveal_a_Campaign_of_S.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:19:45

• FUDZilla Has Turned Into LLM Slop and Machine-Generated FUD (New York Times Has Also Just Admitted Moving in That Direction) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/18/FUDZilla_Has_Turned_Into_LLM_Slop_and_Machine_Generated_FUD_New.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:19:54

• By Buying Twitter, MElon and Cheeto Now Control EU Politicians, Even at the Highest Levels (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/18/By_Buying_Twitter_MElon_and_Cheeto_Now_Control_EU_Politicians_E.shtml    

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

• How to 'Sell' Software Freedom to People (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/18/How_to_Sell_Software_Freedom_to_People.shtml    

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

• Threats Against Techrights Always Come From Outside Britain ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/18/Threats_Against_Techrights_Always_Come_From_Outside_Britain.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:20:33

• How Americans View 'Free Speech' in Practice ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/18/How_Americans_View_Free_Speech_in_Practice.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:20:41

• On Technical Contracts of Employment and Why People Must Read Before Signing ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/18/On_Technical_Contracts_of_Employment_and_Why_People_Must_Read_B.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:20:49

• Swiss corruption, Greens, Liip & Debian human rights violations ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/18/Swiss_corruption_Greens_Liip_Debian_human_rights_violations.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:21:00

• https://soylentnews.org/ is down. Both Web and IRC. It has been like this for hours already.    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:23:59

• Optical HDMI ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/18/let-there-be-light-the-engineering-of-optical-hdmi/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:54:06

• Magnetostriction ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/18/a-unique-linear-position-sensor-using-magnetostriction/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:54:38

• It's not "AI", they help relay lies https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_business/relx-2024-results-revenue-profit/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:55:32

• Vacuum Forming With 3D Printed Moulds And Sheets ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/18/vacuum-forming-with-3d-printed-moulds-and-sheets/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:56:12

• Quantum Search For Time's Source Finds No Difference Between Past And Future ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/quantum-search-for-times-source-finds-no-difference-between-past-and-future    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:57:37

• New Theory Explains How Ancient Earth Came to Be So Wet ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/new-theory-explains-how-ancient-earth-came-to-be-so-wet    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:57:46

• Planet's Record-Smashing Iron Wind Hides a Climate Unlike Anything We've Seen ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/planets-record-smashing-iron-wind-hides-a-climate-unlike-anything-weve-seen    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:57:53

• Extreme Drop in Oxygen Will Eventually Suffocate Most Life on Earth ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/extreme-drop-in-oxygen-will-eventually-suffocate-most-life-on-earth    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:58:05

• Cheeto will finish things off first ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/odds-of-city-killer-asteroid-impact-in-2032-now-even-higher-says-nasa    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:58:27

• Doctor Realizes He's Having a Heart Attack While Treating Heart Attack Patient ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/doctor-realizes-hes-having-a-heart-attack-while-treating-heart-attack-patient    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:58:48

• China condemns US ‘tariff shocks’ at WTO ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/19/china-condemns-us-tariff-shocks-at-wto/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 14:59:49

• UMich researchers find online paywalls influence news coverage ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/research/umich-researchers-find-online-paywalls-influence-news-coverage/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:00:34

• Philippines reports foreign cyber intrusions targeting intelligence data, but no breaches ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/philippines-reports-foreign-cyber-intrusions-targeting-intelligence-data-but-no-breaches    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:01:26

• Intel principal engineer bemoans potential TSMC takeover, touts company's 18A tech advantage ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-principal-engineer-bemoans-potential-tsmc-takeover-touts-companys-18a-tech-advantage    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:01:43

• Chinese chipmaker claims new Loongson 3B6600 CPU could hit 13th-Gen defective chip maker Intel performance ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/chinese-chipmaker-claims-new-loongson-3b6600-cpu-could-hit-13th-gen-intel-performance    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:01:57

• Gordian Knot: Broadcom And TSMC To Cut defective chip maker Intel Into Two? ☞ https://www.nextplatform.com/2025/02/18/gordian-knot-broadcom-and-tsmc-to-cut-intel-into-two/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:02:15

• Microsoft proxy https://siliconangle.com/2025/02/18/silver-lake-set-buy-majority-stake-intels-altera-programmable-chip-business/ https://www.extremetech.com/computing/147646-dell-sold-to-microsoft-silver-lake-for-24-billion-what-it-means-for-the-pc    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:03:08

• KDE Plasma 6.3.1, Bugfix Release for February ☞ https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.1/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:04:00

• Modder crams LLM onto Raspberry Pi Zero-powered USB stick, but it isn't fast enough to be practical ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/raspberry-pi-zero/pi-zero-llm-usb-stick    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:04:41

• LLMs are never practical    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:05:13

• Cash is a national security asset ☞ https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/cash2/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:16:37

• Dr. Andy Farnell on a Death to Efficiency and Cash ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/19/Dr_Andy_Farnell_on_a_Death_to_Efficiency_and_Cash.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:17:01

• IBM Going International (and India) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/17/IBM_Going_International_and_India.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:17:09

• The Washington Post (Jeff Bezos) Dies in Darkness ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/18/The_Washington_Post_Jeff_Bezos_Dies_in_Darkness.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:17:18

• Swiss police TIGRIS unit, World Cat Day, Swiss-corruption.com & Debian ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/18/Swiss_police_TIGRIS_unit_World_Cat_Day_Swiss_corruption_com_Deb.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:17:26

• Vance’s Munich Disgrace ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/opinion/vance-munich-germany-afd.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:18:22

• What Is It Like to Be a Bass? Fish-Eye View Photography (1919–22) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/fish-eye-view-photography    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:19:54

• Hong Kong infant stable after receiving heart donation from mainland China, doctor says ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/18/hong-kong-infant-stable-after-receiving-heart-donation-from-mainland-china-doctor-says/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:21:26

• Story About Medical Device Security ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/02/story-about-medical-device-security.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:21:52

• Simon Ser: Status update, February 2025 ☞ https://emersion.fr/blog/2025/status-update-73/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:22:17

• Watch where you point that cred! Part 1 ☞ https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/watch-where-you-point-that-cred-part-1/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:22:41

• Bapaco is a mechanical keyboard PC with an ultra-wide 12.3-inch touchscreen display (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/19/bapaco-mechanical-keyboard-pc-with-an-ultra-wide-touchscreen-display/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:23:40

• Judge Declines to Block MElon Team’s Foray Into Federal Agencies ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/us/politics/elon-musk-doge-lawsuit-agencies.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:24:11

• Federal judge won’t immediately block MElon or DOGE from federal data or worker layoffs ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/02/judge-declines-to-immediately-block-elon-musk-or-doge-from-federal-data-or-layoffs/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:24:39

• ASRock B850I Lightning WiFi Review: Well-rounded $210 mini-ITX, but no USB4 ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/motherboards/asrock-b850i-lightning-wifi-review    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:25:02

• UN warns of ‘deteriorating’ humanitarian situation in DR Congo amid escalating violence ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/02/un-warns-of-deteriorating-humanitarian-situation-in-dr-congo-amid-escalating-violence/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:26:11

• USAID Climate Programs Fighting Extremism and Unrest Are Closing Down ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/climate/usaid-climate-social-unrest-terrorism.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:26:34

• Hong Kong seizes assets of exiled former lawmaker, citing ‘national security’ ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/02/18/china-hong-kong-freezes-assets-exiled-lawmaker/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:26:46

• India boosts security protection for Dalai Lama ☞ https://rfa.org/english/tibet/2025/02/18/dalai-lama-granted-indian-security-cover/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:26:55

• Theft of military uniforms, unlicensed firearms and ammunition in KZN to be questioned ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence/sa-defence-sa-defence/theft-of-military-uniforms-unlicensed-firearms-and-ammunition-in-kzn-to-be-questioned/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:27:41

• First court order issued under amended Anti-Terrorism law ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/national-security/first-court-order-issued-under-amended-anti-terrorism-law/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:28:03

• Civil war, debt, and Ethiopia’s road to recovery ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/freedom-and-prosperity-around-the-world/civil-war-debt-and-ethiopias-road-to-recovery/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:28:23

• Former Colombian ambassador advocates for hard line on organized crime amid geopolitical turbulence ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2025/02/18/former-colombian-ambassador-advocates-for-hard-line-on-organized-crime-amid-geopolitical-turbulence/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:28:43

• Expecting to expose the powerful without facing some difficulty misses the point that the powerful always have and always will misuse their power to silence critics and criticism    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:29:38

• siliconangle gets bribed to promote many Ponzi schemes under the guise of "Hey Hi (AI)"    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:30:28

• Palo Alto Networks Confirms Exploitation of Firewall Vulnerability ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/palo-alto-networks-confirms-exploitation-of-firewall-vulnerability/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:30:55

• Critical Vulnerability Patched in Juniper Session Smart [sic] Router ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/critical-vulnerability-patched-in-juniper-session-smart-router/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:31:20

• Finastra Starts Notifying People Impacted by Recent Data Breach ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/finastra-starts-notifying-people-impacted-by-recent-data-breach/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:31:40

• Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppDE 0.1.8 on CRAN: Maintenance ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/02/18#rcppde_0.1.8    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:32:11

• "said on Facebook (Farcebook) on Monday..." x| x| ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/02/18/hong-kong-condemns-unfounded-smears-after-wanted-ex-lawmaker-ted-hui-slams-hk800000-assets-seizure/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:33:49

• Digital Restrictions (DRM): "Auto-Download Your Kindle Books".... ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/02/18/auto-download-your-kindle-books-before-february-26th-deadline/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:34:37

• Indigenous man returns to tribe in Amazon rainforest ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250218-indigenous-man-returns-to-tribe-in-the-amazon-rainforest    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:34:52

• What to know after Delta plane crash-lands, flips in Toronto ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250218-what-know-after-delta-plane-crashs-flips-toronto-minneapolis-survivors    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:47:15

• Public Knowledge Joins En Banc Petition with Sixth Circuit To Defend Broadband Users ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/public-knowledge-joins-en-banc-petition-with-sixth-circuit-to-defend-broadband-users/ Public Knowledge is stacked by Microsoft though https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/At_Microsoft_Promoting_Back_Doors_Proprietary_Lock_in_and_Mass_.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:48:28

• Public Knowledge Urges Congress, Courts To Reject Illegal Expansion of Executive Power ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/public-knowledge-urges-congress-courts-to-reject-illegal-expansion-of-executive-power/ Microsoft inside https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/At_Microsoft_Promoting_Back_Doors_Proprietary_Lock_in_and_Mass_.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:49:14

• Plasma-desktop 4:6.3.0-1 MIGRATED to Debian testing ☞ https://dbaxps.blogspot.com/2025/02/plasma-desktop-4630-1-migrated-to.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:49:54

• "questions Ukrainian president’s ‘legitimacy’" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/18/kremlin-says-putin-is-open-to-talks-with-zelensky-but-questions-ukrainian-president-s-legitimacy | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:51:58

• "possible Trump-Putin meeting." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/18/u-s-russia-talks-conclude-discussions-included-the-war-in-ukraine-and-a-possible-trump-putin-meeting | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:52:24

• "Ukrainian occupation" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/18/putin-promises-monthly-payments-of-65-000-rubles-to-kursk-refugees-until-region-s-complete-liberation-from-ukrainian-occupation | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:52:39

• "Putin wants all of Ukraine" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/02/18/putin-wants-all-of-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:53:03

• "Putin has no interest in a genuine Ukraine peace deal" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/02/19/putin-has-no-interest-in-a-genuine-ukraine-peace-deal-u-s-intelligence-says-nbc | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:53:23

• Trump’s Pivot Toward Putin’s Russia Upends Generations of U.S. Policy ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/18/us/politics/trump-russia-putin.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:53:41

• Beyond Ukraine talks, Putin counts on Convicted Felon to open world doors ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2025/0218/Putin-Trump-Ukraine-summit-planned    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:53:51

• At Ukraine's expense? US and Russia break the ice in Riyadh ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/the-debate/20250218-at-ukraine-s-expense-us-and-russia-break-the-ice-in-riyadh    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:54:20

• Vaaman reconfigurable edge computer features Rockchip RK3399 SoC and Efinix Trion T120 FPGA (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/02/18/vaaman-reconfigurable-edge-computer-features-rockchip-rk3399-soc-and-efinix-trion-t120-fpga/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:54:49

• mintCast 455 – Proxmox ☞ https://mintcast.org/455-proxmox/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:55:25

• Linux Matters: Mark Down in the Console Caves ☞ https://linuxmatters.sh/49/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:56:03

• Court tells India’s top podcaster charged with obscenity to stop shows for now ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/court-tells-indias-top-podcaster-charged-with-obscenity-to-stop-shows-for-now    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:56:30

• Netflix Pivots to Video Podcasts Amid YouTube Dominance ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/18/netflix-pivots-to-video-podcasts-amid-youtube-dominance/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:57:12

• Before It Even Gets a Stable Release, Serpent OS Changes Its Name To AerynOS ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/02/before-it-even-gets-a-stable-release-serpent-os-changes-its-name-to-aerynos/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:57:41

• Folder /files fixed in lockdown mode ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202502/folder-files-fixed-in-lockdown-mode.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:58:04

• DeepSeek is Sharing User Data With Fentanylware (TikTok) Owner ByteDance, Says South Korean Government ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/02/18/deepseek-sharing-user-data-to-bytedance/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 15:59:52

• Person detained in Latvia for glorifying war crimes on Fentanylware (TikTok) ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/18.02.2025-person-detained-in-latvia-for-glorifying-war-crimes-on-tiktok.a588225/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 16:00:05

• IBM killing good things https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/18/gnome_48_beta/ see also http://techrights.org/o/2022/04/08/planned-obsolescence-ibm/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 16:03:52

• Give Your Animal Crossing Villagers The Gift Of Linux https://hackaday.com/2025/02/18/give-your-animal-crossing-villagers-the-gift-of-linux/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 16:04:32

• Bluestar Linux is a gorgeous MacOS-like take on KDE Plasma that's easy to use https://www.zdnet.com/article/bluestar-linux-is-a-gorgeous-macos-like-take-on-kde-plasma-thats-easy-to-use/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 16:06:19

• "If you are given access to a source tarball with requirements already in line with your build environment, then this can often be as easy as just typing "make" and letting the magic happen." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/building-a-retro-linux-gaming-computer-part-46-bursting-bubbles/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 16:06:56

• Weird thing to pursue given that VMs exist https://www.howtogeek.com/get-windows-on-linux-in-10-minutes-with-quickemu/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 16:07:47

• How to set up 2FA for Linux desktop logins for added security https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-set-up-2fa-for-linux-desktop-logins-for-added-security/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 16:08:17

• Linux Foundation openwashing https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/vyos-networks-joins-the-linux-foundation-and-the-open-programmable-infrastructure-opi-project-302376987.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 16:09:08

• OCCT is coming to Linux, Steam and Steam Deck https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/joao-silva/occt-is-coming-to-linux-steam-and-steam-deck/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 16:10:04

• "With the new Linux version in Alpha, it's not fully ready for everyone just yet, it's also only available to their Patreon supporters via a direct download for Linux / Steam Deck." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/02/occt-for-stress-testing-comes-to-linux-and-steam-deck-with-a-steam-release-planned/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 16:12:13

• "Web browsers use HTML, CSS, and Javascript to create the interactive web pages we see across the Internet today. A subset of those languages are available in modern PDF browsers to execute code." https://www.notebookcheck.net/High-schooler-creates-LinuxPDF-Running-Linux-on-a-RISC-V-emulator-inside-a-PDF-file.963136.0.html    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 16:12:46

• Simon Sharwood does not wish to cover TECHNICAL things, he often just trolls Linus over non-tech things https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/18/linus_torvalds_autocomplete_mistake/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 16:13:25

• OCCT launches for Linux, Steam Deck support announced https://videocardz.com/newz/occt-launches-for-linux-steam-deck-support-announced    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 16:13:57

• It's called brigading and it's just self-serving ragequit https://www.techradar.com/pro/head-of-top-apple-mac-linux-distro-resigns-citing-burnout-and-slamming-linus-torvalds-leadership https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/08/When_It_Comes_to_Social_Control_Media_Linus_Torvalds_is_Channel.shtml    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 16:15:34

• "Definitely. It’s absolute trash in Coppell TX. The center isn’t even designed or equipped to hold enough people for productive meaningful work. They want higher quality sales but can’t even take my customer calls on the floor. The cafe food is over priced and makes me sick. There are zero snacks. The internet is trash. The whole thing is just useless just like the leadership." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmcfvkdd    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 16:22:28

• "And closed source hasn't? I honestly can't tell if this is advanced satire." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=40766600    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 17:15:31

• Vendease initiates second round of layoffs in restructuring efforts to achieve profitability https://innovation-village.com/vendease-initiates-second-round-of-layoffs-in-restructuring-efforts-to-achieve-profitability/    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 17:59:57

• "Outsource Alvind." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jme9y3jr    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 18:36:12

• "Lol quantum will never work. Biggest scam/lie ever told. Ibm has no future." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmdqxdh4    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 18:36:45

• "I heard that after that it will be Mobile Quantum AI on the Blockchain." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jmdqxdh4    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 18:37:08

• It'll go the way of "metaverse" or Second Life.    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 18:37:38

• "has debt" and "in debt" is the same thing. except to people who love lying to themselves to feel better.    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 18:56:30

• FreeDOS again gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/ralfwause/phlog/freedosII.txt    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 21:26:02

• "I’m on a trip and once again the bot fuckers are at it. Long term load average is 0.5; I have two cores so I can handle an average load of 2.0; but when I looked at my sites this morning load was at 110. Some idiot is training their AI again, is my guess." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-02-19-bots-again    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 21:26:58

• "Speaking of rags to riches, why is social mobility a.k.a. "the American dream" so low in America these days? Others have such concepts as "lagom" though I'll leave it to the Norse to explain that term better. "Timon of Athens" may also be relevant." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/02/19/adventure.gmi    

posted Wednesday, February 19, 2025 at 21:28:06