Roy Schestowitz

• "Gotta pay for the CEO's pay bonus somehow. :(" https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2025/03/20/ibm_cuts_us_jobs/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 04:10:51

• "Just move to India and get it over with!" https://forums.theregister.com/forum/all/2025/03/20/ibm_cuts_us_jobs/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 04:11:05

• New terms of service for PyPI https://lwn.net/Articles/1012954/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 04:30:22

• "The Zig project has announced the release of the 0.14 version of the language, including changes from more than 250 contributors. Zig is a low-level, memory-unsafe programming language that aims to compete with C instead of depending on it." https://lwn.net/Articles/1012809/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 04:30:57

• The road to mainstream Matrix https://lwn.net/Articles/1009932/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 04:31:30

• Timer IDs, CRIU, and ABI challenges https://lwn.net/Articles/1012490/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 04:32:02

• "With software, there are only two possibilities: either the users control the program, or the program controls the users." -Richard Stallman    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 04:36:27

• "I had previously published the first two chapters of my ongoing series, How to Program Good [0]" gemini://mediocregopher.com/changelogs/2025-03-19.gmi    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 05:00:32

• "The powerlessness when reading the news makes me think that perhaps I need to read even less news, shut it all out. I also find a new appreciation for all of my ancestors who bore children and raised them even though their world seems like a hellscape compared to what I'm seeing." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-03-19-touch-ground    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 05:01:15

• "The Gemini protocol is very limited, and this is great, but it doesn't have to be an isolate experience for the users. Although we seek a slow pace for the interactions established here, I am thinking of creating a place for fast and unusual interactions." gemini://maimere.my.id/goto/logbook/2025-03-19    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 05:02:54

• Digiasketismi gemini://sampsa.smol.pub/digiasketismi    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 05:06:48

• A Society That Lost Focus gemini://ploum.net/2024-03-18-lost-focus.gmi    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 05:07:56

• "With the easiest setting, computer moves would happen immediately. I knew I had all the time I wanted but I was compelled to move fast. I could not take the time while the other side was immediately reacting to my moves." gemini://ploum.net/2024-03-18-lost-focus.gmi    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 05:08:59

• How Evil Men Come Into Power gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2545    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 05:09:57

• "I just got so frustrated at a piece of code for work I took 20 minutes and rage cleaned my windows. Then I made a cup of tea, sat back down, and immediately saw the issue. So now I have working code and clean windows 😎" gemini://capsule.heyloura.com/2025/03/19/i-just-got-so-frustrated.html    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 05:11:06

• "The future was stolen from us, and it started during the dot-com boom back in the late 90s. What happened? There was wide-spread manic investment in computer technology and computer networks. This was low-hanging fruit for the holders of capital." gemini://the-brannons.com/future/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 05:11:43

• "What did we get? Shitty websites. A surveillance panopticon powered by the locked-down and cloud-dependent computing devices in our pockets which we still ever-so-quaintly refer to as "phones". And now, artificial "intelligence"." gemini://the-brannons.com/future/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 05:12:15

• "Which, by the way, is technically just machine learning. Oh, and while I'm at it, "AI" is another bubble that is fixin' to pop, just like the dot-com bubble did." gemini://the-brannons.com/future/ cmb gets it. https://locusmag.com/2023/12/commentary-cory-doctorow-what-kind-of-bubble-is-ai/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 05:12:43

• "Good Lord! If you thought software today was bloated and slow, this sounds like it would produce software that is gigantically glacial in comparison (and by “embrace exponentials” I think he means “accept code with O(n^2) [3], O(2^n) or even O(n!) behavior”)." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/03/19.1    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 05:13:50

• "Now that I think about it, this is pretty much how programmers wrote code on home computers in the late 70s/early 80s. Funny that. But just blindly accepting LLM-written code? Good luck in getting anything to run correctly." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/03/19.1    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 05:14:35

• "This weekend I'm thinking about building a html quine (like Tiddlywiki) for a hexcrawl inspired from the dungeons and dragons expert rulebook. I envision something to play solo and explore 🤔" gemini://capsule.heyloura.com/2025/03/15/this-weekend-im-thinking-about.html    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 05:15:38

• "I did set the alarm for 2am, hoping to see the lunar eclipse... but clouds had other plans. The kids were disappointed." gemini://capsule.heyloura.com/2025/03/14/i-did-set-the-alarm.html    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 05:16:16

• La collection Tracts de Gallimard sous l’œil des IA gemini://gemini.tcrouzet.com/2025/03/tract-gallimard-ia.gmi    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 05:16:44

• "Today is a sneak off to the office day. I love my kids and homeschooling them but man... their pre-teen attitude(s) is making everything 10x harder than it needs to be." gemini://capsule.heyloura.com/2025/03/13/today-is-a-sneak-off.html    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 05:17:56

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1589.jpg    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 05:18:36

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1239.jpg    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 05:18:44

• IBM. "They are laying off in Ireland too by setting up failed pip" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jpjy4p39    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 06:04:22

• "It comes down to your employment contract with IBM and in particular the termination related language. It has little to do with where you are located. If you are in a country with stronger employment laws, like Canada, France, Germany then it doesn't block IBM from getting rid of you - but it will cost them more in severance but technically those in the US make more than those in other countries so it evens out in the wash after years of service."    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 06:04:52

• Also on IBM layoffs: "It comes down to your employment contract with IBM and in particular the termination related language. It has little to do with where you are located."    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 06:05:26

• "If you are in a country with stronger employment laws, like Canada, France, Germany then it doesn't block IBM from getting rid of you - but it will cost them more in severance but technically those in the US make more than those in other countries so it evens out in the wash after years of service. [...] All Canadians sucer une bite"    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 06:05:36

• "I survived the axe, but a few folks I know in my group weren't as lucky. Downside is no GDP for me this year even though I got a good performance review. I'm a few years away from retirement so I hope I can hang on until then and survive a few more of these "march purges". Good luck to anyone impacted." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jpj8mm5e    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 06:06:10

• "This is what happens when a racist Indian supremacist runs a place. The racist fu----s act like "we are the best managers ever!" but then they run the company into the ground." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jp2zgxef    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 06:06:38

• "Not a surprise ! It could only be "Made In India", of course. Alvind can downvote my comment to fool everyone that he knows better than anyone else at IBM. But don't dare take even $1 from his hard earned $100 million bonus for 2025 achieved primarily through layoffs." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jpqxwm01    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 06:07:18

• "A storm in tea cup. The vulnerabilities affect some script in the NIM server. It has to do nothing with the OS itself. Also, AIX was developed in US, is moved to India recently. That was a stupid move by the prost---tes at the top. The ultimate goal is to sell the Power division to HCL."    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 06:07:40

• IBM urges quick patching of critical AIX bugs • The Register https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/19/ibm_aix_critical_vulnerabilities/"    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 06:08:11

• "It is not India" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jpmzjaad    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 06:09:02

• "The fundamental question to ask yourself is: can my job be done somewhere else? If the answer is Yes, which is true in most of the cases, then you are a prime target to be replaced in India or in a low cost area, for a fraction of the cost." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jpk2jkbv    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 06:09:41

• "I wouldn't waste too much time grieving over what happened. You have to be fed a pack of lies at your layoff meeting to lower your self esteem and self-worth. That's what Alvind and the Pipmunks management excel at. The reality is the corrupt Management are failing and failing big time to capture any hi tech market any more." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jpk2jkbv    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 06:10:18

• "Texas/Storage/Band 9/1 month to find internal and 3 months severance. Last Month manager said he was glad i was staying a few more years as they needed my skill set, only to tell me today because I was a Band 9 and poor performer, they don't need me." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jpk2jkbv    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 06:10:52

• "USA/TX/Sales IT/Cloud CSM. Band 9, 16 years, voted top employee of the year in my division and has always had exceptional reviews and Q2Q performance. Also gave me stock to stay with IBM not long ago and all I received is 1 month to find a job internally and 3 months severance for 16 years of blood, sweat, and tears. Top performer for nothing. Never been more blind sighted in my entire life."    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 06:11:27

• "Nothing works. Even the storage market where they put in a lot of resources and effort and were dominant in, is escaping them. I would spend the 1 month looking for something outside IBM, this company is more toxic than the hottest Vindaloo curry !"    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 06:11:52

• "Rometty thought IBM would be around for another 100 years, but I don't give them even 10 years at the rate they are burning cash. Alvind can run, but he cannot hide....things have a way of catching up with corrupt crooks like him. Even with a 100 million dollar bonus!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jpk2jkbv    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 06:12:20

• "Are jobs being reallocated to feather or dot people?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jpk2jkbv    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 06:12:39

• IBM abandoned "dei" but still uses this hogwash for unpaid labour ("tasks") https://app.element.io/#/room/#dei:fedoraproject.org    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 06:18:55

• Bluewashing Ends DEI at IBM and at Red Hat (HR or Hiring Become Gender- and Race-Neutral) http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/14/Bluewashing_Ends_DEI_at_IBM_and_at_Red_Hat_HR_or_Hiring_Become_.shtml    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 06:21:12

• Meanwhile in the Matrix Room #dei:fedoraproject.org http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/05/Meanwhile_in_the_Matrix_Room_dei_fedoraproject_org.shtml    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 06:23:07

• GNU/Linux rising steadily https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/jamaica/#monthly-200902-202503    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 06:28:03

• Windows down sharply https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/ecuador/#monthly-200902-202503    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 06:30:04

• It's a happy equinox day. Days still getting longer if you're not "down under"...    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 06:32:50

• No, the UK’s worst libel lawyers shouldn’t be involved in libel law reform. https://taxpolicy.org.uk/2023/11/08/worst/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 07:48:01

• "Following on from the big stable release back in late February that gave us VRR for multiple displays and various bug fixes, NVIDIA have released driver version 570.133.07." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/nvidia-570-133-07-driver-released-for-linux-with-bug-fixes/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 08:21:28

• "2D BOY / Tomorrow Corporation have announced that following it being an exclusive to the Epic Games Store and their own store on PC, that World of Goo 2 is coming to Steam." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/world-of-goo-2-is-coming-to-steam-very-soon-with-the-store-page-now-up/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 08:21:37

• "Valve just released a fresh Steam Client Beta available for all platforms that includes some feature tweaks and a healthy injection of bug fixes." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/steam-beta-improves-download-speed-of-steam-client-updates-on-linux-steam-deck-and-other-fixes/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 08:21:49

• "Much like we have OpenRazer and Polychromatic for Razer devices on Linux, we also have the constantly updated community supported ckb-next for better Corsair hardware support that just got updated." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/ckb-next-adds-support-for-two-more-corsair-devices-on-linux-and-fixes-a-major-bug-for-multiple-others/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 08:22:24

• "Pocketpair have released the latest update for their smash-hit monster catching game Palworld" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/palworld-cross-play-has-arrived-along-with-a-new-cosmetic-system-and-pal-transfers-between-worlds/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 08:22:46

• "Fedora Linux 42 Beta and for macOS hardware Fedora Asahi Remix 42 Beta are both now available for some testing to help make another great Linux distribution release." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/fedora-linux-42-beta-and-fedora-asahi-remix-42-beta-released/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 08:33:27

• "I've already covered what I think are the must-have Steam Deck deals in the Steam Spring Sale 2025" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/must-have-native-linux-games-under-10-in-the-steam-spring-sale-2025/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 08:34:50

• "In need of a new monitor? UPERFECT sent over a review unit of the UPERFECT UMax 24 and I've come away from it thoroughly impressed with it." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/the-uperfect-umax-24-is-a-gorgeous-addition-to-any-desk/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 08:43:57

• "Ruffy and the Riverside could be one of the best platformers of 2025, and it's going to release with Native Linux support on June 26th." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/unique-platformer-ruffy-and-the-riverside-with-a-copy-and-paste-mechanic-releases-june-26/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 08:44:19

• "GOG have launched their 2025 Spring Sale and with there's plenty of discounts for those of you who prefer the DRM free store." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/gog-spring-sale-2025-is-live-with-lots-of-discounts/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 08:44:31

• "Judge Rules Appointments Clause Challenge against DOGE [sic] Likely to Succeed" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/18/judge-rules-appointments-clause-against-doge-likely-to-succeed/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 08:50:40

• "Ride or Die, Cowboy - by Hamilton Nolan - How Things Work" https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/ride-or-die-cowboy    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 08:50:51

• "Apple Intelligence continues to struggle with the basics" https://ljpuk.net/2025/03/19/apple-intelligence-continues-to-struggle-with-the-basics/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 08:51:03

• iophk: yet Canonical and IBM are absolutely quiet on this yet another opportunity https://www.pcworld.com/article/2642435/microsoft-is-now-sending-emails-to-get-you-moving-on-from-windows-10.html ("Microsoft is now sending emails to get you moving on from Windows 10")    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 08:51:23

• "#UnplugTrump: So wirst du unabhängig von Tech-Milliardären" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2025/unplugtrump-so-wirst-du-unabhaengig-von-tech-milliardaeren/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 08:51:42

• "How Many Americans Really Live Paycheck to Paycheck?" https://jacobin.com/2025/03/bernie-sanders-paycheck-economic-statistics/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 08:51:52

• "Trump’s Mob-Boss Offer to Us Jews: Accept “Protection”—or Else" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-antisemitism-lies/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 08:59:25

• "Republicans already gauging Vance’s 2028 odds" https://www.semafor.com/article/03/18/2025/republicans-already-gauging-vances-odds-for-2028    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:00:07

• "Vladimir Putin wants Donald Trump to formally recognise all land Russia took in Ukraine: Report" https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/vladimir-putin-wants-donald-trump-to-formally-recognise-all-land-russia-took-in-ukraine-report-101742395026788.html    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:00:23

• "Everything You Say to Your Echo Will be Sent to Amazon Starting on March 28" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/03/18/0159258    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:00:41

• "The NHS England power grab" https://www.newstatesman.com/diary/2025/03/the-great-nhs-england-power-grab    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:00:59

• "Zambia : China Donates Over K1 Million in Aid to Zambia Amid Drought Recovery" https://www.lusakatimes.com/2025/03/19/china-donates-over-k1-million-in-aid-to-zambia-amid-drought-recovery/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:01:14

• "Britain takes the lead as Europe seeks to boost support for Ukraine" https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/britain-takes-the-lead-as-europe-seeks-to-boost-support-for-ukraine/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:01:28

• "Enough carrots for Putin. For better negotiations, serve ‘maximum pressure’ instead." https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/enough-carrots-for-putin-for-better-negotiations-serve-maximum-pressure-instead/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:01:49

• "Exclusive: 'A Catastrophic Blow' As US Shuts Unit Investigating War Crimes In Ukraine" https://www.rferl.org/a/yale-ukraine-war-crimes-investigation/33351956.html    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:02:03

• "I have just realised that Mac apps all seem to have different... - Superdavey" https://superdavey.com/posts/2025-03-20-i-have-just-realised    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:02:30

• "Sell Your Tesla Dump Your Stock" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/03/19/sell-your-tesla-dump-your-stock/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:02:55

• "DOGE axed VA IT deal due to end in 10 days anyway" https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/19/va_contract_cancellation_doge/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:03:51

• EU states make no progress on chat control | "Internes Protokoll: EU-Staaten kommen bei Chatkontrolle nicht weiter" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2025/internes-protokoll-eu-staaten-kommen-bei-chatkontrolle-nicht-weiter/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:04:18

• "Even Tom Cole Is Defending DOGE [sic]" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/congress-doge-spending-tom-cole/682089/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:04:32

• "DOGE [sic] official takes a leadership role at USAID, an agency Musk’s team has helped dismantle" https://federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2025/03/doge-official-is-taking-a-leadership-role-at-usaid-an-email-obtained-by-ap-says/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:05:00

• "US federal judge orders halt to DOGE [sic] shutdown of USAID" https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/03/us-federal-judge-orders-halt-to-government-efficiency-department-shutdown-of-usaid/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:05:14

• "Kemi Badenoch Made Anti-Net Zero Speech at Shell Ad Agency" https://www.desmog.com/2025/03/18/kemi-badenoch-made-anti-net-zero-speech-at-shell-ad-agency-havas/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:05:28

• iophk: on a short leash https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/03/19/trump-and-putin-have-held-multiple-secret-calls-in-recent-weeks-u-s-president-says ("Trump says he’s held secret calls with Putin in recent weeks")    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:06:06

• "As a major military power, Ukraine has options" https://neweasterneurope.eu/2025/03/18/as-a-major-military-power-ukraine-has-options/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:06:19

• "Conor McGregor’s Trump meeting was ‘sinister’, says Irish rape crisis centre" https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2025/mar/19/conor-mcgregor-trump-meeting-sinister-irish-rape-crisis-charity    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:06:39

• Government Secrecy ☛ https://thedissenter.org/trump-ramps-up-secrecy-dissenter-weekly/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:07:46

• JFK Files ☛ https://thedissenter.org/chaotic-release-of-long-sought-after-jfk-files/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:08:06

• "banning Pride" ☛ https://insighthungary.444.hu/2025/03/19/hungarian-parliament-passes-law-banning-pride | Source: Insight Hungary    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:09:14

• "Europol's latest organized crime threat assessment predicts that online piracy services will face a drop in demand." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/europol-predicts-drop-in-online-piracy-contrary-to-new-data-250319/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:34:49

• "Can [Internet] service providers be held liable for pirating subscribers?" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/supreme-court-asked-to-resolve-isps-copyright-piracy-conundrum-250318/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:40:35

• "California legislators have begun debating a bill (A.B. 412) that would require AI developers to track and disclose every registered copyrighted work used in AI training." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/18/californias-a-b-412-a-bill-that-could-crush-startups-and-cement-a-big-tech-ai-monopoly/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:42:33

• "A U.S. federal appeals court today ruled that art created solely by artificial intelligence cannot be granted copyright protection." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/03/19/court-rules-copyrighting-ai-generated-art-no-go-even-invented-software/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:47:37

• "The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit has affirmed a lower court ruling that content created by an AI model without human input cannot be copyrighted." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/18/appeals_court_says_ai_authors/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:48:26

• "adopt all technical measures useful for hindering the visibility of the illegal content" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/piracy-shield-new-technical-operational-requirements-for-2025-250318/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:49:36

• "This extraordinary saga of takedown notices for performances of Shakespeare show that 27 years after it was passed, the DMCA is still not fit for purpose." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/19/youtube-apparently-unsure-if-shakespeare-is-in-the-public-domain/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:49:50

• "Tempo is unaffiliated with Mars, who is not involved in the lawsuit." ☛ https://www.ksl.com/article/51278634/miley-cyrus-must-face-lawsuit-over-claims-she-copied-bruno-mars-hit | Source: Deseret Media    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:50:05

• "Back in 2017, Google landed in hot water when the European Commission hit it with a massive €2.42 billion fine for unfairly promoting its own shopping services over competitors in search results." ☛ https://www.androidpolice.com/the-eu-says-googles-changes-to-search-and-the-play-store-still-arent-enough/ | Source: Android Police    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:52:37

• "The renewed deal will be a test for Trump’s regulators, who have so far sounded every bit as skeptical of corporate consolidation as Biden’s." ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/03/18/2025/google-wiz-deal-is-a-32-billion-natsec-gamble | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:52:50

• "Today, the European Commission adopted two decisions under the Digital Markets Act (DMA) specifying the measures that Apple has to take to comply with certain aspects of its interoperability obligation." ☛ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_816 | Source: European Commission    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:53:08

• "With the Digital Markets Act adopted in 2022" ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/2642878/eu-orders-apple-to-open-up-ios-connectivity-features.html | Source: Macworld    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:53:28

• "YouTube has shared through its support website that it is aware of an issue where some streams are occurring at 144p or 360p, despite having a strong internet connection." ☛ https://www.androidpolice.com/youtube-videos-are-playing-in-low-quality-but-googles-working-on-a-fix/ | Source: Android Police    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:54:38

• "The European Commission, the EU’s executive arm, published its decision today. Officials have ordered Apple to change a number of iOS features that were found to run afoul of the DMA." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2025/03/19/eu-finds-apple-google-breached-dma-antitrust-rules/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:54:58

• "Google has been in the European Commission's crosshairs since March last year over whether it restricts app developers from informing users about offers outside its app store Google Play and whether it favours its vertical search services such as Google Flights." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/google-hit-with-two-charges-under-landmark-eu-rules-risks-fines/articleshow/119217552.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:55:20

• "Apple was ordered by EU antitrust regulators on Wednesday to open up its closed ecosystem to rivals, with the latter spelling out details on how to go about it in line with the bloc's landmark rules and where non-compliance could lead to an investigation and fines." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/apple-ordered-by-eu-antitrust-regulators-to-open-up-to-rivals/articleshow/119217341.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:55:35

• "A year after kicking off its probe into three American tech giants, the European Union has fired off two sets of preliminary findings accusing Google parent Alphabet of failing to comply with Europe's monopoly-busting Digital Markets Act (DMA)." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/19/google_apple_dma_eu/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:56:14

• Digital Restrictions (DRM) ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20150575 | Source: YLE    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:56:45

• "Trump axed Alvaro Bedoya and Rebecca Slaughter, leaving the regulator with just two commissioners instead of its usual five." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/19/trump_ftc_fired/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:57:06

• "The president removed all democrats from the Federal Trade Commission’s board." ☛ https://www.vox.com/the-logoff-newsletter-trump/405093/trumps-showdown-with-the-courts-over-deportations-briefly-explained | Source: Vox    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 09:57:30

• "It’s all crap. We are not only doing it wrong, but also may not need to do it at all." ☛ https://crys.site/blog/2025/no-alt-text/ | Source: Michał Sapka    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:02:38

• "An investigative report on Iran ordered by the United Nations Human Rights Council was delivered on Tuesday and it paints a picture of a theocratic government very much afraid of its own people." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2025/0318/The-art-of-freedom-in-Iran | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:03:28

• "On July 6, 1944, Robinson boarded an Army bus. The driver ordered Robinson to move to the back of the bus, but Robinson refused" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/03/19/jackie-robinson-military-service-webpage-dod-dei | Source: Axios    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:03:49

• "That would be the response to nearly every question I would ask over the next two weeks: “I don’t know.”" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/19/canadian-detained-us-immigration-jasmine-mooney | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:04:26

• "Why do this? The alleged justification is to combat fraud." ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/smears-sadism-and-social-security | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:04:38

• "EFF was delighted to once again attend RightsCon—this year hosted in Taipei, Taiwan between 24-27 February." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/effs-reflections-rightscon-2025 | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:05:02

• "Today’s decision is an important victory against Elon Musk and his DOGE [sic] attack on USAID, the US government, and the Constitution" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/usaid-musk-trump-lawsuit-foreign-aid/33352038.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:09:01

• "constitutional authority to decide whether, when and how to close down an agency created by Congress" ☛ https://www.telesurenglish.net/u-s-judge-rules-musks-usaid-cuts-likely-unconstitutional/ | Source: teleSUR    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:09:14

• [Old] "Additionally, a bill has been introduced in Congress that would specifically prohibit federal funding for National Public Radio." ☛ https://www.insideradio.com/free/doge-targeting-voa-and-radio-free-europe/article_f69cf49a-e8c1-11ef-a14c-27fb09b090d9.html | Source: Inside Radio    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:09:56

• "This week, for the first time since it started operations in 1942" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-03-19/voice-of-america-cuts | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:10:31

• "Trump’s executive order also terminated grants for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Radio Free Asia, which broadcast news to Eastern Europe, Russia, China and North Korea and Central Asia." ☛ https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-silencing-voa-threatens-free-media-repressive-countries/story?id=119897528 | Source: ABC    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:10:44

• "This is not the time to cede terrain to the propaganda and censorship of America's adversaries," said Stephen Capus ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/03/19/radio-free-europe-sues-trump-administration-kari-lake | Source: Axios    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:11:13

• "As a press freedom reporter, I’ve spent the past few years constantly interacting with groups like the Committee to Protect Journalists and Reporters Without Borders." ☛ https://www.cjr.org/first_person/last-days-voice-of-america-voa-trump-kari-lake.php | Source: CJR    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:11:28

• "Among them was Voice of America — a news outlet founded to help the Allies fight the Nazis that still publishes and broadcasts today. Or did, until Saturday, when its employees found themselves unable to go to work." ☛ https://www.vox.com/today-explained-newsletter/404897/trump-doge-voa-usagm-voice-america-first-fake-news | Source: Vox    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:12:04

• "We, the undersigned, reaffirm our support for press freedom and a free media that is able to operate without coercion by, or interference from, government" ☛ https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/USAGM-coalition-statement-V2add.pdf | Source: CPJ    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:12:21

• "It is an unlawful act to withhold the funds that have been appropriated by Congress" ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/radio-free-europe-vows-to-fight-unlawful-trump-admin-cuts/a-71980044 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:12:45

• "Other affected institutions include the Office of Cuba Broadcasting (OCB), Middle East Broadcasting Networks (MEBN), and the Open Technology Fund (OTF)." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/bloody-saturday-trump-shuts-down-us-government-funded-broadcasters-sparking-free-press-fears-1731926 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:13:16

• "Under the Guild’s contract with RFA, furloughs are not permitted — instead, RFA would be required to immediately lay off employees with severance." ☛ https://wbng.org/2025/03/19/breaking-radio-free-asia-forced-to-furlough-75-of-its-staff-due-to-funding-cuts/ | Source: Washingon-Baltimore News Guild    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:13:38

• "Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL)said it has sued the United States Agency for Global Media (USAGM), along with USAGM officials Kari Lake and Victor Morales, to block their attempt to terminate RFE/RL’s federal grant, which provides the broadcaster with funds to operate." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/rfe-rl-prague-eu-trump-musk-lawsuit-usagm/33352384.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:13:55

• "Media rights, journalist groups call on US to protect press freedom after USAGM gutted" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/03/media-rights-journalist-groups-call-on-us-to-protect-press-freedom-after-usagm-gutted/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:14:33

• "We are likely to face a difficult and potentially hostile environment for journalists and journalism" ☛ https://current.org/2024/11/npr-ceo-warns-of-hostile-environment-ahead-for-journalism-scrutiny-of-pubmedia/ |    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:15:01

• "facts have a liberal bias" ☛ https://www.salon.com/2015/01/09/paul_krugman_ridicules_gop_for_believing_facts_have_a_liberal_bias/ | Source: Salon    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:15:19

• "are using frivolous lawsuits in U.S. courts to impose financial and psychological costs on dissidents" ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/special-reports/china-lawfare-transnational-repression/ | Source: RFA    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:15:58

• "In the 1960s, the Free Speech Movement was a rallying cry for students and activists who understood that the right to dissent, argue, and speak freely was essential to democracy." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/new-free-speech-movement/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:16:10

• ""detention of Erdogan rival ☛ https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/foreign-policy/1264559/germany-says-detention-of-erdogan-rival-is-serious-setback-for-turkey/ | Source: Greece    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:16:31

• "Major platforms, including YouTube, Instagram, X, and TikTok, as well as messaging apps such as WhatsApp, Telegram, and Signal, have been subjected to bandwidth throttling, significantly slowing down access." ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-restricts-social-media-amid-crackdown-on-istanbul-mayor-305574 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:16:55

• "parent company Unilever" ☛ https://www.reformer.com/ap/business/ben-jerrys-alleges-parent-company-unilever-removed-its-ceo-over-social-activism/article_c7140fe1-9740-5b43-a8ec-63350ffde790.html | Source: Brattleboro Reformer, Vermont    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:17:27

• "That puts companies like Ben & Jerry’s, famous for its social stances, in a tough spot." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/19/unilever-turns-on-ben-jerrys-ceo-as-it-tries-to-lick-trump-administrations-boots/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:18:03

• "repeatedly threatened Ben & Jerry's personnel, including CEO David Stever, should they fail to comply with Unilever's efforts to silence the social mission" ☛ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg8pk9rpx4o | Source: BBC    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:18:28

• "The ice cream manufacturing company that was founded in 1978 is known for its unique flavorsm but also for progressive social ideals that resonates with the brand." ☛ https://nltimes.nl/2025/03/19/ben-jerrys-claims-unilever-fired-subsidiarys-ceo-progressive-politics | Source: NL Times    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:18:47

• "the Air Force’s first female fighter pilot, including biographies, photos, museum exhibits, a video and a commentary, were no longer online as of Tuesday." ☛ https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/your-air-force/2025/03/18/air-force-purges-photos-websites-on-pioneering-female-pilots/ | Source: Air Force Times    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:19:26

• Book burning by Cheeto Hitler ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/soldier-movie-glory-erased/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:19:48

• "are increasingly monitoring people’s social control media interactions." ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/china/2025/03/18/china-hong-kong-article-23-anniversary/ | Source: RFA    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:20:36

• "Meta is preparing for the Australian election by working closely with the government and news outlets that Zuckerberg said were “clearly political” and dismissed in the US." ☛ https://www.404media.co/meta-promises-to-fight-misinformation-in-australia-with-same-strategy-it-killed-in-the-u-s-to-appease-trump/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:21:41

• "The Google-Wiz acquisition comes after many months of talks and rejected offers." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/google-wiz-deal-32b-acquisition/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:21:52

• "Wiz, a five-year-old startup founded by four longtime friends who met in the Israeli army when they were still teenagers, is on track for an estimated $1 billion US in revenue this year." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/google-acquires-wiz-1.7487381 | Source: CBC    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:22:25

• "The move pairs Google — among the world’s largest cloud service providers — with one of the most promising cloud security startups." ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/google-acquires-wiz-for-32-billion/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:22:42

• "The price tag is much higher than the roughly $23-billion Google had offered for Wiz last year before antitrust worries forced the start-up to shelve the deal." ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/google-agrees-to-buy-security-vendor-wiz/260997/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:23:08

• "The historical parallel is instructive, yet nuanced. While telecom’s path offers warnings, cloud providers still maintain substantial advantages through their physical infrastructure investments and service ecosystems." ☛ https://unmitigatedrisk.com/?p=1009 | Source: Unmitigated Risk    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:23:32

• "First launched in 2013, the program is now tracking approximately 6.5 million devices, which includes operational technology and internet-connected devices alongside traditional IT assets, and mobile devices." ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/dhs-cdm-improvement-elasic-shelly-hartsook-matt-house/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:23:54

• "The next version of Ubuntu, 25.04 "Plucky Puffin," isn't here yet – but a significant change is taking shape for the release after that, which will be 25.10." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/19/ubuntu_2510_rust/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:24:04

• "IBM insiders believe Big Blue is laying off thousands of people at various locations around the US, including a quarter of staff the company's Cloud Classic operation." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/20/ibm_cuts_us_jobs/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:28:24

• "Kathleen Hogan will be replaced by Amy Coleman, a Microsoft HR executive who had worked in the company for 25 years." ☛ https://www.hindustantimes.com/business/microsoft-replaces-its-chief-people-officer-to-rethink-performance-reviews-report-101742435210424.html | Source: Hindustan Times    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:28:43

• "Wild cougar cubs have been seen in the western part of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula for the first time in over a century." ☛ https://www.ecowatch.com/wild-cougar-cubs-michigan.html | Source: EcoWatch    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:35:42

• "And we don't see a whole lot of shifting back to that model." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/19/datacenter_vacancy_record_low/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:37:54

• "Yesterday, the Shenzhen-based corporation revealed a lineup of cars it claims can soak up nearly 250 miles' worth of battery charge in just five minutes" ☛ https://futurism.com/tesla-byd-electric-vehicle-charge-five-minutes | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:38:25

• "Russia’s first objective is to leverage its low energy costs to expand its crypto-mining industry." ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/19/can-crypto-help-russia-beat-western-sanctions-a88415 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:38:43

• "The issue of cryptocurrency use has gained importance following the imposition of Western financial sanctions in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine" ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/17/only-rich-people-should-be-allowed-to-use-cryptocurrency-russian-central-bank-says-a88391 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:48:08

• "One of Trump’s most impactful [cryptocurrency]-related initiatives has been the inclusion of Bitcoin — along with Cardano, Solana, and Ripple" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-03-18/the-crypto-world-is-on-edge-why-trumps-become-a-nightmare-for-crypto-bros.html | Source: El País    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:48:15

• "Sunday morning, I returned from the remote undisclosed location to the basement #homelab. Entering the basement, it was very quiet." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2025/03/19/installing-the-replacement-ups/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:48:25

• "The power outage subsequently impacted the council's central datacenter, which houses computing and networking equipment for the whole council" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/19/nottingham_outage_sitrep/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:48:46

• "Nvidia showed off a mockup of its future Rubin Ultra GPUs with the NVL576 Kyber racks and infrastructure at GTC 2025." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/nvidia-shows-off-rubin-ultra-with-600-000-watt-kyber-racks-and-infrastructure-coming-in-2027 | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:49:16

• "Rubin Ultra, Huang boasted, is designed so that 576 GPU dies can be crammed into a single rack consuming 600 kW of power." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/19/nvidia_charts_course_for_600kw/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:49:27

• Overpopulation: "an updated view of people born" ☛ https://www.allendowney.com/blog/2025/03/19/young-adults-are-having-the-children-they-want-but-they-want-fewer/ | Source: Allen Downey    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:50:04

• Overpopulation ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/world-population-billions-undercounted-controversy-b2718400.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:50:13

• "For now, at least, Sanders stands alone as the only elected progressive willing to mount a national campaign to harness the fear and anger of the sprawling anti-Trump movement." ☛ https://www.kjzz.org/politics/2025-03-17/bernie-sanders-aoc-will-bring-fighting-oligarchy-tour-to-mullett-arena-in-tempe | Source: KJZZ Radio    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:54:33

• "Bernie Sanders is launching a one-man resistance tour against Trump" ☛ https://fortune.com/2025/03/10/bernie-sanders-trump-musk-oligarchy-resistance-tour/ | Source: Fortune    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:54:40

• " what we need to do next is, we’re going to retire the International Space Station" ☛ https://futurism.com/former-nasa-astronaut-elon-musk-mars-15-years | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:54:48

• "A top Space Force general said Tuesday that commercial systems have observed Chinese satellites rehearsing “dogfighting” maneuvers in low Earth orbit" ☛ https://www.defensenews.com/space/2025/03/18/china-demonstrated-satellite-dogfighting-space-force-general-says/ | Source: Defense News    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:54:57

• "If the United States stopped sharing cyber-threat intel with Ukraine, its European allies and the rest of the Five Eyes nations wouldn't be able to provide all the info Uncle Sam collects" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/19/nakasone_us_intel_sharing/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:55:06

• "The ban is proposed to cover all schools that are part of compulsory education (with pupils between the ages of 6 and 16 years old)." ☛ https://www.thelocal.se/20250319/explained-how-will-swedens-school-smartphone-ban-work | Source: The Local SE    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:55:14

• "Musk is casually integrating Starlink systems into the White House telecom network for no coherent reason" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/19/casual-white-house-starlink-use-is-a-cybersecurity-nightmare-a-transparency-problem-and-a-weird-marketing-stunt/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:55:36

• "But the circumstances are different from any previous situation to resolve [Internet] services." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/politics/elon-musk-starlink-white-house.html?smid=url-share | Source: New York Times    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:56:05

• "Navajo code has absolutely nothing to do with DEI because Navajo code was a weapon" ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2025/03/19/my-dad-didnt-go-to-war-for-nothing-pentagon-scrubs-native-american-heroes-from-website/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:56:24

• "an indecipherable code" ☛ https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-military/2025/03/18/articles-about-navajo-code-talkers-removed-in-pentagons-dei-purge/ | Source: USMC    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:56:34

• "Vladimir Putin has “positively” responded to Trump's proposal by agreeing to halt strikes on Ukrainian energy infrastructure for 30 days" ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-theater-of-appeasement | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:56:46

• "It's all about "Data Sovereignty" now. Europe is buzzing with programmes, initiatives, petitions, pending political bills, and soon emergency plans" ☛ https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/layer10/ | Source: The Cyber Show    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:57:10

• "Trump and his fascist movement wont't let up on their assault against institutions that support free inquiry, care, justice and openness." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/03/19/selling-out/#destroy-the-village-to-save-it | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 10:57:39

• "Deibert, who has been a leader in putting the rapidly growing spyware problem on the map" ☛ https://therecord.media/ron-deibert-citizen-lab-spyware-interview | Source: The Record    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:03:50

• "Amazon hasn't formally announced the change, and the help page for the feature still makes no mention of the March 28 deprecation." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/17/amazon_kills_on_device_alexa/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:05:47

• "A message posted on Monday to the homepage of the U.S. Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) is the latest exhibit in the Trump administration’s continued disregard for basic cybersecurity protections." ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/03/doge-to-fired-cisa-staff-email-us-your-personal-data/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:06:04

• "I was not aware of this feature, but it turns out that my Echo Dot supports it." ☛ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/03/18/alexa-removing-do-not-send-voice-recordings-feature/ | Source: Michael Tsai    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:06:21

• "Clearview AI spent nearly a million dollars in a bid to purchase “690 million arrest records and 390 million arrest photos” from all 50 states, court records reveal." ☛ https://www.404media.co/facial-recognition-company-clearview-attempted-to-buy-social-security-numbers-and-mugshots-for-its-database/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:06:39

• "The 2015 Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Act is due to lapse at the end of September" ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/congress-should-re-up-2015-information-sharing-law-top-hill-staffer-says/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:07:17

• "States and cities across the country are grappling with how to stay on the right side of government transparency laws as the use of encrypted messaging apps becomes more widespread" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-03-20/encrypted-messaging-apps-promise-privacy-government-transparency-is-often-the-price | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:07:44

• "Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Mass., said in a press release that she is beginning an effort to reform the Privacy Act" ☛ https://fedscoop.com/lori-trahan-modernize-privacy-act-doge-data-access/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:08:03

• "What Europe will do is still up in the air. It must balance economic needs, climate goals, commercial and security risks from Chinese-made and internet-connected vehicles, and increasingly unpredictable ties with the United States." ☛ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/as-chinese-evs-threaten-to-overrun-europe-germany-should-ramp-up-supply-chain-investment/ | Source: Atlantic Council    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:08:29

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/19/pennsylvania_nonprofit_cyberattack/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:09:15

• Windows TCO ☛ https://therecord.media/windows-lnk-files-nation-state-hacking-campaigns | Source: The Record    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:09:28

• "The backstory here is pretty straightforward: A Russian-supporting candidate leveraged TikTok to build surprising momentum in Romania’s presidential election." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/18/after-election-chaos-romania-proposes-platforms-invent-magic-wand-as-content-moderation-solution/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:10:02

• "If such a thought experiment were to be repeated in 2025, would it produce the same results?" ☛ https://www.newstatesman.com/technology/2025/03/christine-rosen-if-you-give-people-an-easy-path-they-will-take-it | Source: New Statesman    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:10:21

• "I still don't know why they banned me in the first place and why they finally reverted it, but I don't care." ☛ https://www.matuzo.at/blog/2025/breaking-up-with-my-x | Source: Manuel Matuzović    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:10:37

• "Newsreel is aimed at 18 to 30-year-olds, a demographic who rarely now visit publisher websites or watch TV news, and are likely to consume most of their online content via platforms" ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/gamified-app-newsreel-aims-to-lure-news-curious-gen-z-away-from-instagram/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:11:28

• "Today, it’s time to get subjective. I’m a huge hipster snob. I have shelves full of records and books. I’m a rock critic. I have detailed opinions about why your favorite is trash." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/17/openai-brings-you-statistically-average-literary-fiction/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:19:54

• "Without expert intervention, the best these tools can do today is produce a somewhat functional mockup, where every future change beyond that risks destroying existing functionality." ☛ https://cendyne.dev/posts/2025-03-19-vibe-coding-vs-reality.html | Source: Cendyne Naga    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:20:12

• "A network of Instagram accounts is using AI to steal content from human creators and deepfake their faces to make them look like they have Down syndrome." ☛ https://www.404media.co/people-are-using-ai-to-create-influencers-with-down-syndrome-who-sell-nudes/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:20:22

• "Imagine coding while entirely giving in to the vibes and forgetting that the code exists." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/vibe-coding-is-here-but-are-you-ready-for-incident-vibing/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:20:36

• "That is to say, when shown a snippet of shoddy code and asked to fill in the blanks, AI models are just as likely to repeat the mistake as to fix it." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/19/llms_buggy_code/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:21:22

• "What happens when you give an LLM buggy code with and tell it to fix it? It puts in bugs! It might put back the same bug!" ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/19/ai-coding-tools-fix-bugs-by-adding-bugs/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:21:33

• "This has always been my fear of the recent push of LLM backed AI—not that they would help me do my job better, but that I existed to help it do its job better (if I'm even there)." ☛ https://boston.conman.org/2025/03/18.3 | Source: Sean Conner    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:21:49

• "Sewell was just 14 when, in February 2024, he died by suicide after what his mother describes as a swift, ten-month deterioration of his mental health." ☛ https://futurism.com/character-ai-google-test-ai-chatbots-kids | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:22:20

• "The vast investments in scaling, unaccompanied by any comparable efforts to understand what was going on, always seemed to me to be misplaced" ☛ https://www.newscientist.com/article/2471759-ai-scientists-are-sceptical-that-modern-models-will-lead-to-agi/ | Source: New Scientist    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:22:49

• "Published in a new report, the findings of the survey, which queried 475 AI researchers and was conducted by scientists at the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence" [sic] ☛ https://futurism.com/ai-researchers-tech-industry-dead-end | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:23:13

• "Steve Jobs may be brash and impulsive, but he is also stubborn." ☛ https://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/1997/03/03/222710/ | Source: CNN    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:24:13

• "third-party vendor’s secure file transfer software used by Western Alliance and numerous other organizations." ☛ https://therecord.media/western-alliance-bank-data-breach | Source: The Record    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:24:29

• "The main chains account for 90 percent of Sweden's grocery store market." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/2286901.html | Source: RTL    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:24:51

• "With constant discussions about a potential Russian invasion, the Lithuanian public is experiencing heightened stress and anger." ☛ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2515031/war-fears-grind-down-mental-resilience-lithuanian-military-psychologist-says | Source: LRT    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:25:02

• "The United States is the biggest market for servers, accounting for 56 percent of revenue and posting 118 percent revenue growth." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/19/idc_server_market_share/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:25:37

• "Eighty-one percent of engineers reported losing between six and 15 hours each week because they have to constantly switch between numerous different tools to do their jobs." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/how-leaders-are-failing-engineers-and-how-to-fix-it/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:26:11

• "Taken in the broader context of the Trump dictatorship, this means the end of international research collaboration involving the US" ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2025/03/19/53881/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:26:22

• "It is almost impossible, and perhaps even counterproductive to try to fully disconnect oneself from this modern world. If you want to interact with the society, you must use a whole bunch of digital products." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/life/schadenfreude.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:26:59

• "My decision to create a home lab made things even more complicated since now I have three computers to maintain and a fluctuating number of virtual machines." ☛ https://louplummer.lol/me-the-digital-packrat/ | Source: Lou Plummer    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:27:10

• "I have a new fascination. A musical love for an artist that does things just a little bit differently." ☛ https://yordi.me/jacob-collier-the-open-source-genius-of-music/ | Source: Yordi Verkroost    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:27:21

• "This will be the 30th “Long Links” post." ☛ https://www.tbray.org/ongoing/When/202x/2025/03/17/Long-Links | Source: Tim Bray    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:27:51

• "One problem with tuple types in a statically typed language is that they must exist as types, whether declared explicitly or implicitly." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/GoMultipleReturnValuesAndTypes | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:29:03

• "So I went to the Go site and started reading the free sample chapter of The Go Programming Language. Twenty minutes later, this happened: [...]" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/learning-go/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:29:11

• "You have a broken keyboard which sometimes type a character more than once." ☛ https://raku-musings.com/reverse-broken.html | Source: Arne Sommer    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:29:34

• "One thing I do often focus a lot on my own projects is the technical/admin user documentation. I have a bunch of tools I’ve built that I use either once a month or once every three months." ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/ux-of-home-cooked-software/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:30:02

• "Commit messages should present the most important information first and gradually transition to finer details. Journalists call this the inverted pyramid style of writing." ☛ https://mtlynch.io/no-longer-my-favorite-git-commit/ | Source: Michael Lynch    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:30:12

• "In the previous article, we discussed what language features are removed from C++26." ☛ https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2025/03/19/cpp26-deprecate-remove-library-features | Source: Sandor Dargo    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:30:22

• "The Drug Flow Optimizer is designed to help pharmaceutical manufacturers track and improve batch quality in real time." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/03/a-guide-to-quality-assurance-in-pharma-with-a-look-at-drug-flow-optimizer/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:30:58

• "I'm using "code" as a standin for anything we programmers make, not just software programs." ☛ https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/verification-first-development/ | Source: Buttondown LLC    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:31:10

• "Good Lord! If you thought software today was bloated and slow, this sounds like it would produce software that is gigantically glacial in comparison (and by “embrace exponentials” I think he means “accept code with O(n2), O(2n) or even O(n!) behavior”)." ☛ https://boston.conman.org/2025/03/19.1 | Source: Sean Conner    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:31:24

• "This is the first release featuring the whole new YAML configuration syntax for DNSdist." ☛ https://blog.powerdns.com/2025/03/18/first-alpha-release-of-powerdns-dnsdist-2.0.0 | Source: PowerDNS    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:32:45

• "Here’s a Rink cheatsheet I made for myself. I hope it’s useful to others!" ☛ https://evanhahn.com/rink-cheatsheet/ | Source: Evan Hahn    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:32:59

• "Perhaps the headline feature in Blender 4.4 is the Slotted Actions system, which changes how actions are stored and reused." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/blender-4-4-open-source-3d-suite-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:33:19

• "Almost two months after its previous 7.1 release, Vivaldi has rolled out its second update in the 7.x series, v7.2." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/vivaldi-browser-7-2-boosts-performance-with-faster-address-bar/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:33:51

• "Artemis Link Graph is a web extension that lists the web pages authored by people you follow that link to the page you are viewing." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2025/03/17/artemis-link-graph | Source: James G    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:34:29

• "Sustaining an open-source ecosystem while balancing commercial success is a challenge many developers and organizations face." ☛ https://info.juliahub.com/blog/lessons-from-juliasim-and-juliahub | Source: Julia Programming Language    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:34:52

• "APNIC Academy’s new IPv6 Certification (Associate) proved popular when we launched the ‘Alpha Trial’ last year in Nepal and the Philippines, with 62 participants achieving certification." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/03/19/apnic-academy-ipv6-certification-in-2025/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:35:05

• "Whoohoo! It’s time for our third conference, held at the Maximus Brewery in Utrecht. There will be talks, hacking, slacking, beer and food." ☛ https://bsdnl.nl/ |    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:35:21

• "All of the Internet’s protocols, from TCP/IP on up, were made to ignore national boundaries." ☛ https://doc.searls.com/2025/03/19/come-from-everywhere/ | Source: Doc Searls    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:35:36

• "In particular, SeaPerch II will take a new modular approach for sensors, gripping, and data collection systems. Those modules are built around Arduino boards for maximum accessibility and flexibility." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/03/19/seaperch-ii-introduces-students-to-underwater-rov-exploration/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:36:56

• "This gave me the idea to create an automation that detected if I had been sitting down at my desk for too long and force me to stand up!" ☛ https://www.homeautomationguy.io/blog/automating-my-ikea-standing-desk | Source: Alan Byrne    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:37:04

• "Both Core 2 Duo and Core Time 2 run the open-source version of PebbleOS, which retains many of the classic Pebble functions, including notifications, watchfaces, alarms" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/pebble-is-back-introducing-two-open-source-smartwatches/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:37:22

• "We took a look at this new distro just over two years ago. It has some ambitious goals. Most of Chimera Linux's userland originates from FreeBSD." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/19/chimera_linux_riscv/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:37:34

• "This smart clock has a handful of add-ons, including two LCD displays and a keypad you can use for user input." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/maker-builds-raspberry-pi-pico-smart-clock-with-lots-of-cool-features | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:37:57

• "Arnov Sharma has created a handheld air quality meter which can use a Raspberry Pi Pico 2 connected to a gas sensor to display the current levels of a host of hazards." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/track-air-quality-anywhere-with-raspberry-pi/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:38:08

• "In January I ordered the components for a new PC and expected that I would publish a successor to my 2022 high-end Linux PC 🐧 article." ☛ https://michael.stapelberg.ch/posts/2025-03-19-intel-core-ultra-9-285k-on-asus-z890-not-stable/ | Source: Michael Stapelberg    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:38:21

• "I watched a video that made me thing about FOSS software and why we will probably never have a mainstream linux desktop." gemini://hanzbrix.pollux.casa/gemlog/20250320.gmi    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:45:58

• 🔤SpellBinding: YDKRSWA Wordo: CHEAP gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-03-20.gmi    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:46:41

• Meanderer trike front suspension plates ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202503/meanderer-trike-front-suspension-plates.html    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:51:12

• "If Ubuntu released an important update to any of those packages, we had to shut down Bacula, remove the hold from the package(s) to be updated" ☛ https://www.madboa.com/blog/2025/03/19/needrestart/ | Source: Paul Heinlein    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:51:39

• "At the same time, according to the release notes, users will see faster search results, improved release note windows" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/elementaryos-8-0-1-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:52:14

• "On the performance side, the standout feature is the dynamic triple buffering framework, which boosts the concurrency capabilities of Mutter" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/gnome-48-desktop-environment-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:52:43

• "This release brings a major update to its desktop environments: KDE Plasma 6.3 and Xfce 4.20." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/plasma-6-finally-lands-in-kali-linux-2025-1a/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:53:12

• "What I like most about this new color-mix() capability is that it works with currentColor, which is the current computed value of the color." ☛ https://piccalil.li/links/chilled-out-text-underlines/ | Source: Andy Bell    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:54:19

• "Actual Budget is an open-source finance management software focused on privacy and built on top of "Envelope Style Budgeting"." ☛ https://www.howtoforge.com/how-to-install-actual-budgeting-software-on-debian-12-server/ | Source: HowTo Forge    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:54:29

• "I recently revisited my entire hosting setup for both client projects and my own websites." ☛ https://medienbaecker.com/articles/managing-servers | Source: Thomas Günther    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:54:59

• "Until I realised it can be a lot simpler!" ☛ https://thomasrigby.com/posts/setting-up-a-personal-music-streaming-service-is-easier-than-you-would-think/ | Source: Thomas Rigby    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:55:16

• "APT 41 has been using a critical VPN vulnerability to infiltrate operational technology (OT) organizations" ☛ https://www.domaintools.com/resources/podcasts/apt-41s-vpn-exploits-the-great-firewalls-leaky-secrets/ | Source: DomainTools    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:55:28

• "Some applications spend much of their time shuttling data between a pair of TCP connections." ☛ https://klarasystems.com/articles/network-offload-and-socket-splicing-so_splice-in-freebsd/ | Source: Klara    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:55:41

• "Github Actions supply chain attack loots keys and secrets from 23k projects" ☛ https://risky.biz/RB784/ | Source: RiskyBiz    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:56:35

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

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:57:22

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

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:57:41

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

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 11:57:54

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

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 12:08:26

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

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 12:08:39

• How To Install RabbitMQ on Manjaro ☞ https://idroot.us/install-rabbitmq-manjaro/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 12:08:52

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

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 12:09:18

• Encrypt and Decrypt Strings in Python ☞ https://idroot.us/encrypt-and-decrypt-strings-python/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 12:09:30

• How to Set Up Prometheus and Grafana on Ubuntu: A Step-by-Step Guide ☞ https://tecadmin.net/how-to-setup-prometheus-and-grafana-on-ubuntu/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 12:10:04

• How To Run Docker in Rootless Mode ☞ https://thenewstack.io/how-to-run-docker-in-rootless-mode/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 12:10:54

• Study on World's Oldest Woman Confirms How to Live Past 100 ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/study-on-worlds-oldest-woman-confirms-how-to-live-past-100    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 12:11:13

• Here's How to Keep Your Afternoon Power Nap From Ruining Your Day ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/heres-how-to-keep-your-afternoon-power-nap-from-ruining-your-day    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 12:11:22

• MediaTek Genio 720 and 520 AIoT SoCs target generative Hey Hi (AI) applications with 10 TOPS Hey Hi (AI) accelerator ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/03/19/mediatek-genio-720-and-520-aiot-socs-target-generative-ai-applications-with-10-tops-ai-accelerator/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:03:33

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Suggests US Ownership Of Ukrainian Power Plants After Russia Launches New Strikes Despite Pledge ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-drone-attack-zelenskyy-talks-putin-trump-war/33352452.html    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:04:43

• Zelensky Agrees in Call With Convicted Felon to Halt Strikes on Russian Energy Targets ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/world/europe/zelensky-trump-ukraine-russia-putin.html    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:05:35

• In Call With Convicted Felon, Putin Concedes Little on Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/world/europe/trump-putin-call-russia-ukraine-war.html    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:05:46

• Spanish Wii Hacker Turned Trans Cartoon VTuber Quits GNU/Linux Fashion Company Apple Silicon Development ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/spanish-wii-hacker-turned-trans-cartoon    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:06:30

• Dihydroxyacetone Man proposes US ownership of Ukraine's nuclear power plants to Zelensky ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250320-trump-ukraine-nuclear-power-plants-zelensky    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:08:48

• US State Department confirms program tracking abducted Ukrainian children halted ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250319-us-state-department-confirms-program-tracking-abducted-ukrainian-children-halted    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:08:58

• Russia and Ukraine exchange hundreds of prisoners of war ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250319-russia-and-ukraine-exchange-hundreds-of-prisoners-of-war    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:09:12

• EU seeks to kickstart defence push to counter Russian threat, US retreat ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250319-eu-seeks-to-kickstart-defence-push-to-counter-russian-threat-us-retreat    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:09:23

• Lithuanian national missing after battle in Ukraine ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2515061/lithuanian-national-missing-after-battle-in-ukraine    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:09:36

• What Pausing Strikes on Energy Sites Would Mean for Ukraine and Russia ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/world/europe/ukraine-russia-energy-infrastructure.html    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:09:47

• Thursday Briefing: Ukraine Agrees to a Strike Pause ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/briefing/ukraine-cease-fire-canada-defense-israel-gaza.html    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:09:59

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Administration Ends Tracking of Kidnapped Ukrainian Children in Russia ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/us/politics/trump-ukraine-abducted-children.html    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:10:09

• Kursk ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/03/20/moscow-pushes-on | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:10:37

• "U.S. take ownership of Ukrainian nuclear plants" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/03/19/trump-proposes-u-s-take-ownership-of-ukrainian-nuclear-plants-in-phone-call-with-zelensky | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:10:49

• "possible early elections in Ukraine" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/03/19/tucker-carlson-donald-trump-jr-took-part-in-secret-talks-with-zelensky-s-political-opponents-over-possible-early-elections-in-ukraine-politico | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:11:05

• "hitting two hospitals" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/03/19/moscow-fires-missiles-and-over-140-drones-at-ukraine-hitting-two-hospitals-while-ukrainian-drones-spark-fire-at-russian-oil-depot | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:11:21

• Poland, Baltic states recommend withdrawing from Ottawa Convention over security concerns ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/03/poland-baltic-states-recommend-withdrawing-from-ottawa-convention-over-security-concerns/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:11:45

• Backlash in Lithuania as Russian rowers allowed at U19 world championships in Trakai ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2516060/backlash-in-lithuania-as-russian-rowers-allowed-at-u19-world-championships-in-trakai    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:12:01

• ‘Fifth column’ forming in Lithuanian parliament, says MP ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2515784/fifth-column-forming-in-lithuanian-parliament-says-mp    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:12:16

• Russian missile fragment found washed up on Klaipėda beach ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2515636/russian-missile-fragment-found-washed-up-on-klaipeda-beach    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:12:33

• Russia sanctions extension opposed by some Lithuanian MPs over agricultural imports ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2515426/russia-sanctions-extension-opposed-by-some-lithuanian-mps-over-agricultural-imports    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:13:01

• War fears grind down mental resilience, Lithuanian military psychologist says ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2515031/war-fears-grind-down-mental-resilience-lithuanian-military-psychologist-says    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:13:15

• Claiming to Love What You Reject or Seek to Totally Own, Control ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/19/Claiming_to_Love_What_You_Reject_or_Seek_to_Totally_Own_Control.shtml    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:13:24

• From sportwashing to peacewashing one of the most radical nations on the planet ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/03/19/u-s-and-russian-delegations-to-hold-next-meeting-in-saudi-arabia-on-march-23 | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:14:16

• "large-scale privatization" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/03/19/russia-s-finance-ministry-proposes-large-scale-privatization-of-state-assets | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:14:34

• Suspect Charged Following Leaked Eminem Recordings (Hint: It Was an Inside Job) ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/19/unreleased-eminem-recordings-sold-former-employee-charged/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:15:03

• Federal Judge Rejects Dismissal Motion in ‘Flowers’ Copyright Suit — Litigation Continues Despite WMG’s Tempo Music Ownership ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/03/19/miley-cyrus-lawsuit-tempo-music-investments-dismissal-denied/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:15:22

• Kali GNU/Linux 2025.1a Release (2025 Theme, & Raspberry Pi) ☞ https://www.kali.org/blog/kali-linux-2025-1-release/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:17:30

• Guest Post by Profs. Masur & Ouellette: Patent Disclosure and After-Arising Technologies ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/03/ouellette-disclosure-technologies.html    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:17:44

• The Top Twenty PHP Frameworks ☞ https://www.opensourceforu.com/2025/03/the-top-twenty-php-frameworks/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:18:25

• Bradley M. Kuhn: I Signed an OSI Board Agreement in Anticipation of Election Results ☞ http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2025/03/19/a-sign-board-agreement.html    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:20:32

• How we optimized vLLM for DeepSeek-R1 ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/03/19/how-we-optimized-vllm-deepseek-r1    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:22:27

• "Model-as-a-service (MaaS) provides pre-trained AI models via APIs on a hybrid cloud AI platform using a pay-as-you-go pricing." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/accelerating-ai-value-model-service | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:26:38

• "Running Containers with Red Hat Technical Overview" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-advanced-cluster-security-47-simplifies-management-enhances-workflows-and-generates-sboms | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:26:56

• "This year, Red Hat Summit is introducing 5 unique persona profiles to help you tailor your event journey." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/take-our-quiz-curate-your-red-hat-summit-experience | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:27:07

• Tips for using templating in governance policies: Part 3 ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/03/19/tips-using-templating-governance-policies-part-3    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:27:57

• Spammy? "The eLearning offers a variety of training courses that could be useful to openSUSE users, including Linux administration, Kubernetes, security and systems management." ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2025/03/19/suse-extends-elearning-discount/ | Source: OpenSUSE    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:29:09

• Riding hype waves, as usual ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/building-optimized-llm-chatbots-with-canonical-and-nvidia | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:30:37

• More hype, little substance to it: "This blog introduces our new reference architecture, designed to simplify edge AI deployment." ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/unlocking-edge-ai-a-collaborative-reference-architecture-with-nvidia | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:30:45

• Slop site doing LLP slop again (or hybrid) ☞ https://hamradio.my/2025/03/spotube-the-ultimate-open-source-spotify-experience-without-premium/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:31:44

• "Two new smartwatches running open-source PebbleOS have been introduced: Core 2 Duo and Core Time 2." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/new-smartwatches-support-pebbleos-with-long-battery-life-and-e-paper-displays/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:38:50

• "The RDK X5 is a development kit designed for intelligent computing and robotics." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/rdk-x5-development-kit-featuring-hdmi-mipi-csi-and-gigabit-ethernet/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:39:03

• Astronomers Get ‘More Than a Hint’ That Dark Energy Isn’t What They Thought ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/science/space/astronomer-desi-dark-energy.html    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:39:20

• Erdogan could use Imamoglu detention to extend the term limit to presidency, analyst says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250319-erdogan-could-use-imamoglu-detention-to-extend-the-term-limit-to-presidency-analyst-says    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:39:44

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s Public Health Appointees Don’t Believe in a Public ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/opinion/public-health-trump.html    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:40:39

• Pope Francis stops using oxygen mask, continues to recover from pneumonia, Vatican says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250319-pope-francis-stops-using-oxygen-mask-continues-to-recover-from-pneumonia-vatican-says    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:40:50

• North Korea warns Japan against deploying long-range missiles in Kyushu, KCNA says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/north-korea-warns-japan-against-deploying-long-range-missiles-in-kyushu-kcna-says    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:41:03

• S. Korean military bought extra 3,000 body bags in month of Yoon’s martial law declaration: Report ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/s-korean-military-bought-extra-3000-body-bags-in-month-of-yoons-martial-law-declaration-report    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:41:20

• South Korea industry minister to visit US to discuss tariffs, sensitive country status ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-korea-industry-minister-to-visit-us-to-discuss-tariffs-sensitive-country-status    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:41:33

• Once a cheap option for South Korean students, tiny rooms now draw foreign clientele ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/once-a-cheap-option-for-south-korean-students-tiny-rooms-now-draw-foreign-clientele    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:41:54

• Philippines eyes expansion of Squad group to India, South Korea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-eyes-expansion-of-squad-group-to-india-south-korea    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:42:27

• South Korea to deploy 14,000 police officers to Seoul for President Yoon’s impeachment ruling ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/korea-to-deploy-14000-police-to-seoul-for-impeachment-ruling    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:43:02

• North Korean soldiers scrounge for cigarette butts ☞ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2025/03/19/north-korea-soldiers-cigarette-butts/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:43:42

• Malaysian police take statement of man who allegedly slapped non-Muslim for eating during Ramadan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-police-takes-statement-of-man-who-allegedly-slapped-non-muslim-for-eating-during-ramadan    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:43:58

• Mixed reactions to Malaysia’s plan to clamp down on buses, lorries using fast lane on highways ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-plan-to-clamp-down-on-buses-lorries-using-right-lane-on-highways-sees-mixed-reactions    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:44:15

• JB slapping incident: 65-year-old man claims trial after court rejects not guilty plea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-man-who-slapped-non-muslim-for-eating-during-ramadan-gets-discharge-not-amounting-to    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:44:40

• Search for MH370 to restart on ‘no find, no fee’ agreement, says Malaysia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/search-on-mh370-to-restart-on-no-find-no-fee-agreement-says-malaysia    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:44:58

• Hairstylist robbed after dating app meetup in Malaysia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/hairstylist-robbed-after-dating-app-meetup-in-malaysia    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:45:27

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Has Hinted at a Pooh-tin Visit. China Is Still Wondering What He Wants. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/world/asia/trump-china-xi-tariffs.html    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:45:44

• Canada Condemns China’s Execution of 4 Canadians on Drug Convictions ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/world/asia/china-canada-drug-executions.html    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:45:55

• India snubs Bangladesh on medical visas, opening way for China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/india-snubs-bangladesh-on-medical-visas-opening-way-for-china    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:46:17

• Taiwan defence drills identify 2027 for potential China invasion ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-defence-drills-identify-2027-for-potential-china-invasion    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:46:28

• Taiwan practices to mobilise troops fast if China drills turn into attack ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/taiwan-practices-to-mobilise-troops-fast-if-china-drills-turn-into-attack    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:46:44

• Toy trouble: Vietnam pulls dolls over South China Sea map ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/toy-trouble-vietnam-pulls-dolls-over-south-china-sea-map    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:47:00

• Thai delegation visits Uighurs, seeking to quell fears of mistreatment in China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/thai-delegation-visits-uighurs-seeking-to-quell-fears-of-mistreatment-in-china    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:47:09

• Animated blockbuster Ne Zha 2 fuels openings for eager jobseekers in China with creative bent ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/animated-blockbuster-ne-zha-2-fuels-openings-for-eager-jobseekers-in-china-with-creative-bent    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:47:28

• Vietnamese in Thailand hope stern US response on Uyghurs might deter deportations ☞ https://rfa.org/english/vietnam/2025/03/19/thailand-montagnard-uyghur-refugee-us-rubio-sanctions/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:47:46

• China blocks South Korean inspection of disputed sea structure: Seoul ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/03/19/china-south-korea-steel-structure-dispute/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:48:10

• Cambodia’s Ream naval base to open in early April ☞ https://rfa.org/english/cambodia/2025/03/19/cambodia-china-japan-ream-naval-base/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:48:21

• Police in China’s Anhui detain 2 Christians for ‘cult’ activities ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/03/19/china-anhui-church-raid-cult/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:48:33

• Concerns over China activist Wang Jianbing’s freedom persist following his release ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/03/china-labor-activist-wang-jianbing-released-but-concerns-regarding-his-freedom-persist/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:48:53

• Toy trouble: Vietnam pulls dolls over disputed South China Sea map ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/03/19/toy-trouble-vietnam-pulls-dolls-over-disputed-south-china-sea-map/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:49:13

• China’s military spending rises should prompt regional budget responses ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/chinas-military-spending-rises-should-prompt-regional-budget-responses/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:49:27

• FT: China is withholding approval for BYD’s Mexico plant due to tech concerns ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/business/ft-byd-mexico-plant-stalled-china-fear-tech-leak/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:49:44

• Set an AppImage Application as Default App ☞ https://itsfoss.com/set-appimage-as-default/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:49:59

• Zelensky ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/03/19/zelensky-says-he-will-speak-with-trump-on-wednesday | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:50:25

• "very good" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/03/19/trump-and-zelensky-speaking-by-phone-white-house-confirms | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:50:47

• "Amnesty International decries plans for Poland and Baltic countries to withdraw from antipersonnel mine treaty" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/03/19/amnesty-international-decries-plans-for-poland-and-baltic-countries-to-withdraw-from-antipersonnel-mine-treaty | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:50:58

• "A piece of musical history is the Maplin 4600, a DIY electronic music synthesizer from the 1970s." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/03/19/reviving-a-maplin-4600-diy-synthesizer-from-the-1970s/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:51:23

• "Remember when Uber and Airbnb dropped and the press got breathless over the "sharing economy" - a brave new world where we'd all be making money off things we owned, like our car or house? Asking for a friend. No reason." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2025-03-20    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:52:27

• "It's important to make plans for events to look forward to things. I realize that having a "purpose" is vital." gemini://binarydigit.smol.pub/1742472983    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:53:08

• "`alex-bots` is a setup I desribed in 2025-02-19 Bots again, cursed. Basically a request to one of my Oddmuse wikis containing the parameter `rcidonly` is an expensive endpoint: "all changes for this single page" or "a feed for this single page"." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-03-20-bot-defence    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:53:50

• Changes gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/nm03/2025/MAR2025/entry-4    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:54:41

• Coal Ash May Offer Rich Source Of Rare Earth Elements ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/03/19/from-the-ashes-coal-ash-may-offer-rich-source-of-rare-earth-elements/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 13:58:08

• M5Stack ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/03/19/this-m5stack-game-is-surprisingly-addictive/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:00:02

• Our Genes Reveal Mysterious Split in Human Population 1.5 Million Years Ago ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/our-genes-reveal-mysterious-split-in-human-population-1-5-million-years-ago    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:00:21

• "it’s a pretty safe bet that putting “World’s smallest” in the title of an article will instantly attract comments claiming that someone else built a far smaller version of the same thing." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/03/19/worlds-smallest-blinky-now-even-smaller/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:00:53

• 2025 journalism job cuts tracked: 200 people let go at ABC News and Disney ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/journalism-job-cuts-2025-tracked/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:01:22

• Herpes Infects Our Brains More Easily Than We Thought, Mouse Study Suggests ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/herpes-infects-our-brains-more-easily-than-we-thought-mouse-study-suggests    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:04:29

• Your Poop Schedule Says a Lot About Your Overall Health, Study Discovers ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/your-poop-schedule-says-a-lot-about-your-overall-health-study-discovers    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:04:37

• Reservoirs of Clean Energy Could Be Hiding Inside Our Planet's Mountain Ranges ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/reservoirs-of-clean-energy-could-be-hiding-inside-our-planets-mountain-ranges    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:04:54

• Dark Energy May Be Evolving: DESI Findings Shake Up Einstein's Theory ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/dark-energy-may-be-evolving-desi-findings-shake-up-einsteins-theory    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:05:12

• "Unfortunately it’s true. You should have your resume updated and look for jobs. There are way better companies out there, trust your skills!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jpk6p1mx    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:05:42

• "Is Alvind still Head PiP at IBM ?? These layoffs are getting stale...why not sell some parts of the company which are unprofitable to HCL ? Like sell CHQ and move to Benglaru to pay lower taxes ? Maybe you can beat Musk at his own game." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jpnameeb    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:06:29

• "I think the goal is to become HCL .. with its 4.3 trillion market cap! (rupees)" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jpnameeb    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:06:49

• "Cost cutting while giving out over 110 million in stock just to Alvind and Krabanaugh I’m sure the other CheapMunks got millions . What are all these acquisitions going to accomplish?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jpnameeb    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:07:26

• "Maybe the employees should picket or walk out one day. They have lost all power to the greedy execs. They had ppl relocate to then lay them off!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jpnameeb    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:07:49

• "So this week’s job action is limited to USA?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jpk2jkbv    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:08:55

• Euclid's First Deep Fields Images Offer Glimpse Into 'Dark Universe' ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/euclids-first-deep-fields-images-offer-glimpse-into-dark-universe    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:09:24

• Quantum 'Tornadoes' Spotted in Semimetal May Redefine Electronics ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/quantum-tornadoes-spotted-in-semimetal-may-redefine-electronics    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:09:35

• JWST Detects Carbon Dioxide Outside Solar System For First Time ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/jwst-detects-carbon-dioxide-outside-solar-system-for-first-time    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:10:09

• Viktor Orban Is a Conservative Lodestar. Now He Wants to Fix the Price of Eggs. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/20/world/europe/hungary-orban-economy.html    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:13:58

• The Fed Sees Higher Inflation and Lower Growth ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/briefing/fed-economy-trump-zelensky-call-severance-food.html    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:14:13

• Fed Holds Rates Steady and Predicts Higher Inflation, Slower Growth Ahead ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/business/federal-reserve-march-meeting.html    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:14:23

• Qt Online Installer and Qt Installer Framework 4.9.0 Released ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-online-installer-and-qt-installer-framework-4.9.0-released    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:14:41

• Cheatsheet for Rink, the unit-aware calculator ☞ https://evanhahn.com/rink-cheatsheet/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:15:14

• SoftBank to Buy Silicon Valley Chip Start-Up Ampere for $6.5 Billion ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/technology/softbank-ampere-chips.html    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:15:34

• China says ex-engineer to be executed for leaking state secrets to foreign power ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-says-ex-engineer-to-be-executed-for-spying    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:15:51

• IBM-sponsored SPAM about IBM https://siliconangle.com/2025/03/19/ibm-contact-centers-agentic-ai-ibmaiops/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:16:56

• More IBM-sponsored SPAM about IBM ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/03/19/ibms-ai-powered-hr-transformation-skills-future-ibmaiops/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:17:18

• Space Is Set to Become a 'Wild West' as Outdated Laws Struggle to Keep Up ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/space-is-set-to-become-a-wild-west-as-outdated-laws-struggle-to-keep-up    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:20:14

• Greenpeace Is Ordered to Pay Energy Transfer, a Pipeline Company, $660 Million ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/climate/greenpeace-energy-transfer-dakota-access-verdict.html "The environmental group had said the lawsuit, over its role in a protest movement, could mean an end to its operations in the United States."    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:20:43

• ‘Move fast and break things’? Judges are telling Convicted Felon to put them back together. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2025/0319/trump-judges-workers-el-salvador    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:21:19

• Can Europe’s New Military Spending Help Its Economies? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/world/europe/europe-military-spending.html    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:22:18

• D.H.S. Detains a Georgetown University Academic ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/us/politics/georgetown-suri-detained.html    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:22:43

• Europe’s new watchfulness ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2025/0319/Europe-s-new-watchfulness    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:24:04

• ‘A chance to build’: How Syrian civil society is making the country work ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2025/0319/syria-civilians-rebuilding-government-democracy    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:24:17

• Bangladesh arrests leader of Rohingya insurgent group on criminal charges ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/bangladesh-arrests-leader-of-rohingya-insurgent-group-on-criminal-charges    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:24:39

• Pakistan, Afghanistan open main border crossing, closed for nearly a month ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/pakistan-afghanistan-open-main-border-crossing-closed-for-nearly-a-month    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:24:51

• Wave of layoffs, deflation herald bleak Eid for thousands of Indonesians ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/wave-of-layoffs-deflation-herald-bleak-eid-for-thousands-of-indonesians    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:25:28

• Cybersecurity communities. Small hacker groups, big impact ☞ https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/cybersecurity-communities-small-hacker-groups-big-impact/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:25:55

• Jamie Gravendeel: Cleaner Code With GObject ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/monster/cleaner-code-with-gobject/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:26:32

• Richard Stallman's Personal Site Says He's Looking for More Opportunities to Speak in Europe ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/20/Richard_Stallman_s_Personal_Site_Says_He_s_Looking_for_More_Opp.shtml    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:27:44

• Fake Articles About GNOME ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/20/Fake_Articles_About_GNOME.shtml    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:27:52

• 2025 Rumours of I.C.B.M. Layoffs in Marketing Likely True, Online Powwow Drops More Clues ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/18/2025_Rumours_of_IBM_Layoffs_in_Marketing_Likely_True_Online_Pow.shtml    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:28:02

• What Happened to the Open Source Initiative (OSI) Elections: More People Begin to Speak Out ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/18/What_Happened_to_the_Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Elections_More_.shtml    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:28:09

• Many I.C.B.M. Layoffs Reported Today in Europe and North America ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/18/Many_IBM_Layoffs_Reported_Today_in_Europe_and_North_America.shtml    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:28:21

• The Death of The Economic Times (India Times): LLM Slop Presented as 'Articles', Containing Errors and Revisionism ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/19/The_Death_of_The_Economic_Times_India_Times_LLM_Slop_Presented_.shtml    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:28:29

• The Rust Song ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/19/The_Rust_Song.shtml    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:28:41

• █████ http://techrights.org/feed.xml ██████████████████████ Thu, 20 Mar 2025 04:07:00 +0000 ███████ Mass Layoffs at I.C.B.M. Confirmed Mass Layoffs at I.C.B.M. Confirmed ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/20/Mass_Layoffs_at_IBM_Confirmed.shtml    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:28:59

• GNOME 48 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1014799/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:29:29

• Speech by Commissioner McGrath at the Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) Conference ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_25_837    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:37:07

• In Belgium, Android is Finally Measured as Bigger Than backdoored Windows ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/19/In_Belgium_Android_is_Finally_Measured_as_Bigger_Than_Windows.shtml    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:37:30

• Virtue or Vice? A First Look at Paragon’s Proliferating Spyware Operations ☞ https://citizenlab.ca/2025/03/a-first-look-at-paragons-proliferating-spyware-operations/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:38:03

• Rights advocates raise concerns over Paragon spyware use against journalists and activists in Europe ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/03/rights-advocates-raise-concerns-over-paragon-spyware-use-against-journalists-and-activists-in-europe/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:43:19

• Six additional countries identified as suspected Paragon spyware customers ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/six-countries-suspected-paragon-spyware-customers/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:43:38

• SAPS reveals successes and challenges in progress report ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/civil-security/saps-reveals-successes-and-challenges-in-progress-report/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:45:11

• Decades of security cooperation under threat in Lake Chad Basin ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/african-news/decades-of-security-cooperation-under-threat-in-lake-chad-basin/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:45:35

• Prisons budget up by R2 billion but staff count set to shrink ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/civil-security/prisons-budget-up-by-r2-billion-but-staff-count-set-to-shrink/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:45:54

• EMPD Officers protest over salaries and working conditions, sparking public outrage ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/civil-security/empd-officers-protest-over-salaries-and-working-conditions-sparking-public-outrage/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:46:13

• Eggs in more baskets: protecting Australian agricultural exports from US tariffs ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/eggs-in-more-baskets-protecting-australian-agricultural-exports-from-us-tariffs/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:46:39

• Mumbo-jumbo hype ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/hp-launches-printers-with-quantum-resilient-cryptography/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/19/IBM_s_CEO_Has_Become_a_Stochastic_Buzzword_Generating_Machine.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/21/Hype_Watch_Weeks_After_Microsoft_Disappointed_Investors_With_He.shtml    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:48:47

• Scareware Combined With Phishing in Attacks Targeting macOS Users ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/scareware-combined-with-phishing-in-attacks-targeting-macos-users/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:54:16

• Chinese Hacking Group MirrorFace Targeting Europe ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/chinese-hacking-group-mirrorface-targeting-europe/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:54:36

• Infosys to Pay $17.5 Million in Settlement Over 2023 Data Breach ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/infosys-to-pay-17-5-million-in-settlement-over-2023-data-breach/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 14:55:00

• Through a Glass Lushly: Michalina Janoszanka’s Reverse Paintings (ca. 1920s) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/michalina-janoszanka    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:06:53

• Promotional and AMD-sponsored gratitudes https://www.phoronix.com/review/amd-rocm-docs-containers-2025    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:11:11

• "which?" magazine truly turned into a sort of spamfarm, this is for Amazon referral spam https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/amazon-spring-sale-2025-best-deals-and-expert-advice-aI6DZ9m7aSsa    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:11:50

• The Wild Robot Escapes ☞ https://kevquirk.com/blog/the-wild-robot-escapes    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:12:10

• TTAB Upholds 2(d) and 2(e)(4) Bifusal of WYSE LONDON for Clothing ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/03/ttab-upholds-2d-and-2e4-bifusal-of-wyse.html    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:12:38

• Running GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/03/19/nvidia-dgx-spark-a-desktop-ai-supercomputer-powered-by-nvidia-gb10-20-core-armv9-soc-with-1000-tops-of-ai-performance/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:13:49

• u-blox DAN-F10N – The world’s smallest dual-band (L1/L2) GNSS module with an integrated antenna fits in a 4cm2 package ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/03/20/u-blox-dan-f10n-the-worlds-smallest-dual-band-l1-l2-gnss-module-with-an-integrated-antenna-fits-in-a-4cm2-package/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:14:33

• Elbridge Colby’s vision: blocking China ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/elbridge-colbys-vision-blocking-china/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:15:06

• No Longer My Favorite Git Commit ☞ https://mtlynch.io/no-longer-my-favorite-git-commit/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:15:40

• As Pope Francis Ails, Outlandish Rumors Run Wild ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/world/europe/pope-francis-disinformation.html    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:16:05

• Hong Kong’s unemployment rate rises slightly to 3.2% ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/03/19/hong-kongs-unemployment-rate-rises-slightly-to-3-2/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:16:31

• Hong Kong security chief declines to disclose information as lawmaker asks about USAID funding in city ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/03/20/hong-kong-security-chief-declines-to-disclose-information-as-lawmaker-asks-about-usaid-funding-in-city/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:16:58

• Exploit Attempts for Cisco Smart Licensing Utility CVE-2024-20439 and CVE-2024-20440, (Wed, Mar 19th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31782    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:17:22

• Panasonic PAN B511-1C Bluetooth 6.0 and 802.15.4 module features castellated holes and LGA footprint ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/03/19/panasonic-pan-b511-1c-bluetooth-6-0-and-802-15-4-module-features-castellated-holes-and-lga-footprint/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:19:25

• Human rights group condemns persisting abuses in Niger since military coup ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/03/human-rights-group-condemns-persisting-abuses-in-niger-since-military-coup/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:21:17

• Remarks by Commissioner Kubilius on White Paper for European Defence ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_25_829    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:28:23

• Opening statement by Commissioner Hansen at the European Parliament AGRI Committee exchange views on the Vision for Agriculture and Food ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/speech_25_832    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:28:40

• Debian Pregnancy Cluster, when I stopped using IRC ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/20/Debian_Pregnancy_Cluster_when_I_stopped_using_IRC.shtml    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:29:09

• IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, March 19, 2025 ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/20/IRC_Proceedings_Wednesday_March_19_2025.shtml    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:29:17

• The Times Group (and The Times of India) Basically Died Again (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/19/The_Times_Group_and_The_Times_of_India_Basically_Died_Again.shtml    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:29:24

• Facts on the Case Already Disclosed by US Authorities (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/19/Facts_on_the_Case_Already_Disclosed_by_US_Authorities.shtml    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:29:32

• Phoronix Seems to be Trying to Kill Discussion About "Asahi Lina" and the Anti-Torvalds Brigade (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/19/Phoronix_Seems_to_be_Trying_to_Kill_Discussion_About_Asahi_Lina.shtml    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:29:39

• $1,000 awarded for IngenioSpec wireless headphone patent monopoly prior art ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/3/19/1000-awarded-for-ingeniospec-wireless-headphone-patent-prior-art    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:31:10

• IngenioSpec augmented reality patent monopoly challenge instituted ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/3/19/ingeniospec-augmented-reality-patent-challenge-instituted    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:31:24

• Fractus LTE antenna patent monopoly challenge instituted ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/3/19/fractus-lte-antenna-patent-challenge-instituted    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:31:41

• Santander to close 95 branches in 2025: is yours on the list? ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/santander-bank-branch-closures-aTW221X2HrXO    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:32:01

• Jēkabpils spring becomes a source of safety concerns ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/environment/19.03.2025-jekabpils-spring-becomes-a-source-of-safety-concerns.a592118/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:33:50

• Latvian central bank to take over bust banks compensation scheme ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/banks/19.03.2025-latvian-central-bank-to-take-over-bust-banks-compensation-scheme.a592141/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:34:24

• Software Patent: Velos HEVC/H264 video codec patent monopoly confirmed invalid by PTAB ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/3/19/velosavanci-video-codec-patent-confirmed-invalid-by-ptab    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:34:47

• "A decade ago, smartwatches were an unexplored avenue full of exotic promise." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/03/19/pick-up-a-pebble-again/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:35:40

• Unixmen Seems to Have Died After Turning Into a Slopfarm and Spamfarm, Is LinuxSecurity.com Next? ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/18/Unixmen_Seems_to_Have_Died_After_Turning_Into_a_Slopfarm_and_Sp.shtml    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:36:34

• Mauritius: backdoored Windows at All-Time Low, Down From 96% to 17% ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/18/Mauritius_Windows_at_All_Time_Low_Down_From_96_to_17.shtml    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:36:41

• LinuxTechLab Became Just LLM Slop and SPAM ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/19/LinuxTechLab_Became_Just_LLM_Slop_and_SPAM.shtml    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:36:53

• Slopwatch: linuxsecurity.com, cybersecuritynews.com, gbhackers.com, and techmonitor.ai (Fake 'Articles' About "Linux") ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/19/Slopwatch_linuxsecurity_com_cybersecuritynews_com_gbhackers_com.shtml    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:37:01

• tfir.io is a buzzwords-spewing laughing stock, not just spam and clickfraud    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:37:35

• Fedora 42 Beta out with new COSMIC desktop environment Spin ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/fedora-42-beta-out-with-new-cosmic-desktop-environment-spin-/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:38:03

• How to Install OpenJDK JDK 24 in Ubuntu 24.04 | 22.04 ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/03/install-openjdk-24-ubuntu/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:39:56

• 21 Best Free and Open Source DNS Servers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-dns-servers/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:40:19

• DABlin – DAB/DAB+ receiver ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/dablin-dab-receiver/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:40:33

• Machine Learning in Linux: Stability Matrix – Package Manager for Stable Diffusion ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/machine-learning-linux-stability-matrix-package-manager-stable-diffusion/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:40:48

• kpxhs – Keepass database interactive TUI viewer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/kpxhs-keepass-database-interactive-tui-viewer/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:41:07

• cfonts – command line tool for sexy ANSI fonts in the console ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/cfonts-command-line-tool-sexy-ansi-fonts/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:41:24

• LinDoz 2025 Beta 2 Teaser … More AI… More Hey Hi (AI) ☞ http://www.makululinux.com/wp/2025/03/20/lindoz-2025-beta-2-teaser-more-a-more-ai/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:42:14

• GNOME 48 Released with Major New Features ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/gnome-48-best-new-features    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:43:01

• Kali GNU/Linux 2025.1 Ethical Hacking Distro Is Here with Xfce 4.20, Refreshed Theme ☞ https://9to5linux.com/kali-linux-2025-1-ethical-hacking-distro-is-here-with-xfce-4-20-refreshed-theme    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:43:57

• GNOME 48 “Bengaluru” Desktop Environment Officially Released, This Is What’s New ☞ https://9to5linux.com/gnome-48-bengaluru-desktop-environment-officially-released-this-is-whats-new    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:44:04

• PCLinuxOS Recent Updates ☞ https://www.pclinuxos.com/?p=5932    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:45:35

• Essential Tools and Frameworks for Mastering Ethical Hacking on GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/essential-tools-and-frameworks-mastering-ethical-hacking-linux    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:46:14

• FSF Blogs: Terms and conditions for the Free Software Foundation's Memorabilia Live Auction ☞ http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/terms-and-conditions-live-auction-2025    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:47:00

• The GNU Manifesto is 40. Here's the Original Print (1985). ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/18/The_GNU_Manifesto_is_40_Here_s_the_Original_Print_1985.shtml    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:47:56

• Is Ubuntu Compromised? Push Away From GNU and GPL Led by Army Officers. (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/19/Is_Ubuntu_Compromised_Push_Away_From_GNU_and_GPL_Led_by_Army_Of.shtml    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:48:04

• Mastering Docker Containers: Advanced Tips for Sysadmins in 2025 ☞ https://tecadmin.net/docker-containers-advanced-tips-for-sysadmins/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:48:39

• Security updates for Wednesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1014722/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:48:59

• Peter Czanik: Introducing the develop branch of the syslog-ng git repo ☞ https://www.syslog-ng.com/community/b/blog/posts/introducing-the-develop-branch-of-the-syslog-ng-git-repo    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:49:17

• Limiting needrestart in Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://www.madboa.com/blog/2025/03/19/needrestart/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:49:40

• Oracle Java 24 / OpenJDK JDK 24 Released ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/03/oracle-java-24-openjdk-jdk-24-released/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:50:09

• "Free software as a vital weapon against fascism" https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/layer10/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:50:37

• "How to manage and help colleagues or partners who are still stuck on US BigTech (eg. How to politely refuse a "Teams" invitation and respond with something safer). The time to start moving was yesterday. But today is the next best chance." https://cybershow.uk/blog/posts/layer10/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:51:16

• "Rust People" Are a Threat to BSD Too (the Licence Isn't the Main Issue, Nor is the Proprietary Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Hosting) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/19/Rust_People_Are_a_Threat_to_BSD_Too_the_Licence_Isn_t_the_Main_.shtml    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:52:11

• Tom Tromey: DWARF Abbrevs Use Too Much Space ☞ https://tromey.com/blog/?p=1118    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:53:13

• A letter about silently re-enabling Fashion Company Apple Intelligence [sic] ☞ https://rubenerd.com/apple-silently-re-enabling-apple-intelligence/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:54:53

• #BOFH Excuse 359 ☞ https://rubenerd.com/bofh-excuse-359/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:55:19

• "as Little as $1 a Day to Work" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/geo-group-ice-detainees-wage | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:55:42

• State-run TV station apologizes after program shows South Vietnamese flag ☞ https://rfa.org/english/vietnam/2025/03/19/vietnam-south-flag-video/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:56:13

• State-run TV station apologizes after program shows South Vietnamese flag

  The program included footage from a Netflix-produced show that showed an Oregon woman getting a tattoo of the flag.

   

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:56:41

• Rat complains about RAT ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-warns-of-new-stilachirat-malware/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:57:13

• Israelis take to streets in anger as Netanyahu resumes air strikes on Gaza ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250319-israelis-return-to-streets-in-anger-over-netanyahu-s-policies    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:59:02

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Says Houthis in Yemen Will Be ‘Annihilated,’ as U.S. Keeps Up Strikes ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/world/middleeast/trump-houthis-yemen-strikes.html    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:59:10

• After Israeli Strike Kills More Than 400, Palestinians Tally the Dead ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/world/middleeast/gaza-israel-strikes.html    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:59:19

• Israelis Take to Streets a Day After Gaza Strikes ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/world/middleeast/israel-protests-hamas-gaza-strikes.html    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:59:30

• Israel Resumes Attacks in Gaza After Stalled Cease-Fire Talks With Hamas ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-hamas-war.html    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 15:59:37

• Risking Convicted Felon’s Ire, E.U. Accuses Fashion Company Apple and Surveillance Giant Google of Unfair Practices ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/technology/europe-apple-google-competition-trump.html    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:23:43

• The Pebble Smartwatch is back with the Core 2 Duo and Core Time 2 models running PebbleOS open-source firmware ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/03/19/the-pebble-smartwatch-is-back-with-the-core-2-duo-and-core-time-2-models-running-pebbleos-open-source-firmware/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:24:10

• What’s Behind Google’s $32 Billion Wiz Acquisition? ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/whats-behind-googles-32-billion-wiz-acquisition/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:25:14

• Schadenfreude as a Service ☞ https://www.dedoimedo.com/life/schadenfreuder.html    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:25:58

• "Trump’s Mass IRS Filings a “Fraud,” Warned Top Agency Lawyer" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-irs-firings-doge-fraud-law-job-performance | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:26:51

• Voting ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-school-boards-richardson-keller-at-large-voting | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:27:15

• Canonical now officially supports Ubuntu on NVIDIA Jetson system-on-modules ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/03/20/canonical-now-officially-supports-ubuntu-on-nvidia-jetson-system-on-modules/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:27:48

• GNOME Foundation News: Introducing GNOME 48 ☞ https://foundation.gnome.org/2025/03/19/introducing-gnome-48/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:28:14

• Supply Chain Attacks on GNU/Linux distributions (Fenrisk) ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1014741/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:29:49

• Ukraine ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/03/19/trump-contradicts-kremlin-says-u-s-military-aid-to-ukraine-wasn-t-discussed-with-putin-during-call | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:36:18

• "secret calls with Putin in recent weeks" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/03/19/trump-and-putin-have-held-multiple-secret-calls-in-recent-weeks-u-s-president-says | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:36:36

• "Politicians and experts react" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/03/19/little-good-news-for-kyiv-and-europe | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:36:52

• The Manchester Baby ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/03/19/modern-computings-roots-or-the-manchester-baby/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:37:18

• Lithuanian MoD ‘reserved’ about ceasefire in Ukraine following Convicted Felon-Putin phone call ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2515831/lithuanian-mod-reserved-about-ceasefire-in-ukraine-following-trump-putin-phone-call    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:37:36

• Dihydroxyacetone Man floated US ownership of Ukraine power plants: White House ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250319-trump-floated-us-ownership-of-ukraine-power-plants-white-house    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:37:48

• SoftBank agrees to buy Arm chipmaker Ampere Computing for $6.5B ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/03/19/softbank-agrees-buy-arm-chipmaker-ampere-computing-6-5b/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:38:11

• Mecha Comet modular GNU/Linux handheld gets pre-launch upgrade, coming to Kickstarter in Q3, 2025 ☞ https://liliputing.com/mecha-comet-modular-linux-handheld-gets-pre-launch-upgrade-coming-to-kickstarter-in-q3-2025/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:38:33

• Lilbits: EU orders Fashion Company Apple to open up iPhone and iPad key technologies to competitors ☞ https://liliputing.com/lilbits-eu-orders-apple-to-open-up-iphone-and-ipad-key-technologies-to-competitors/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:39:04

• clown clown clown: From first to smart, how the clown now underpins every federal mission ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/cloud-computing/2025/03/from-first-to-smart-how-the-cloud-now-underpins-every-federal-mission/ "clown First and clown Smart policies"    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:40:10

• FLOSS Weekly Episode 825 ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/03/19/floss-weekly-episode-825-open-source-ci-with-semaphore/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:40:47

• [Podcast] Pulse Internet Measurement Forum at APRICOT 2025: Part 1 ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/03/20/podcast-pulse-internet-measurement-forum-at-apricot-2025-part-1/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:43:34

• At ATO AI, I.C.B.M. Announces It’s Handing Three Hey Hi (AI) Projects to 'Linux' Foundation ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/03/at-ato-ai-ibm-announces-its-handing-three-ai-projects-to-linux-foundation/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:44:14

• Two Reasons Why You May Still Be Upset With MElon 50 Years From Now ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/03/two-reasons-why-you-may-still-be-upset-with-elon-musk-50-years-from-now/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:44:47

• DOGE Cuts Threatens Science That Could Save the Planet ☛ https://therevelator.org/doge-cuts-federally-funded-science/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:45:18

• Nonprofit’s Leader Convicted of Siphoning Off $240 Million in Federal Food Aid ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/us/nonprofit-leader-convicted-federal-food-aid.html    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:45:39

• LGBT Americans settling in Spain amid Convicted Felon's DEI crackdown ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250319-lgbt-americans-settling-in-spain-amid-trump-s-dei-crackdown    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:45:53

• The Daily Weekly: TikTok’s 12-Hour Blackout ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/multimedia/the-daily-weekly-tiktoks-12-hour-blackout/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:47:03

• "Kagi, the company behind a paid, private search engine1 of the same name, has announced it’s bringing its Webkit-based Orion web browser to Linux." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/kag-orion-web-browser-coming-to-linux    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:47:50

• "Roughly three months since elementary OS 8, the 8.0.1 update lands with a new kernel alongside multiple minor changes." https://www.notebookcheck.net/Ubuntu-24-04-2-based-elementary-OS-8-0-1-now-available-with-the-6-11-kernel-and-multiple-fixes.981681.0.html    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:48:09

• The people who also brigade Torvalds and RMS https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/19/ubuntu_2510_rust/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:48:34

• Chimera Linux ghosts RISC-V because there's no time for sluggish hardware https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/19/chimera_linux_riscv/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:53:22

• Meta: FreeType flaw affecting multiple Linux distributions under active exploitation https://www.scworld.com/brief/meta-freetype-flaw-affecting-multiple-linux-distributions-under-active-exploitation It's a font issue, not a "Linux" issue    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:54:38

• AMD RX Vega 64 runs Indiana Jones and the Great Circle at well over 30FPS in Linux with RADV driver https://hardforum.com/threads/amd-rx-vega-64-runs-indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle-at-well-over-30fps-in-linux-with-radv-driver.2040372/#post-1046080597    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:55:02

• "CIQ continues to display its enterprise Linux chops with a new security-first Linux distribution." https://thenewstack.io/ciq-previews-a-security-hardened-enterprise-linux/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:55:35

• "The Fedora Project is preparing for the launch of Fedora 42, releasing a beta version for users to test before the final release." https://www.webpronews.com/fedora-42-beta-is-now-available/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:56:07

• Huawei may lose Windows license and switch to Linux and HarmonyOS — media https://mezha.media/en/news/noutbuki-huawei-z-linux-ta-harmonyos-300525/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 17:56:30

• 🎥 blue lock the movie: episode nagi (2024) (8/10): mar. 20, 2025 gemini://angelai.smol.pub/13    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 18:11:33

• Steven universe: vCJD edition chapter 7/ Entry for side H of vCJD (Finale) gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2546    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 18:11:59

• IBM quietly cuts thousands of employees—Report uncovers team hit the hardest https://www.peoplematters.in/news/talent-management/ibm-quietly-cuts-thousands-of-employeesreport-uncovers-team-hit-the-hardest-44841    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 18:41:34

• IBM lays off thousands of employees again in new round of layoffs https://www.techzine.eu/news/infrastructure/129800/ibm-lays-off-thousands-of-employees-again-in-new-round-of-layoffs/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 18:41:39

• [Maybe slop] Is IBM trimming workforce again? https://www.hrkatha.com/news/layoff/is-ibm-trimming-workforce-again/    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 18:41:44

• "Is the Baton Rouge CIC doing layoffs?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jprvkhw3    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 18:42:42

• "Cloud continues to evolve to an “Enterprise” only offering. Look for IBM to spin or partner all of the remaining cloud infrastructure and customers off. The CFO and CEO have repeatedly told Wall Street that that is the strategy going forward. Farm the enterprise install base" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jprvkhw3    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 18:43:14

• "I can confirm steep layoffs in the U.S. especially in the Marketing and Communications function. Targeted towards b9 and b10 employees (likely more seniority). These jobs will likely be posted in Bangalore or Bucarest. Typical IBM. So much for being an American company." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jpj8mm5e    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 18:43:46

• "Any idea if all layoff notifications will be completed by the end of this week, March 21 ? Or do you expect more to come in the next week, March 24-28?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jpk2jkbv    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 18:44:13

• "How is IBM one of the ten best employers in the country? Does Forbes get paid to put companies on this list? I know it's still last year's ranking, but seriously? How?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jptdpy5p    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 18:44:51

• Microsoft is only 3% in browsers in Colombia https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/all/colombia/#monthly-200902-202503    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 19:05:23

• Old: https://www.channelfutures.com/regulation-compliance/gnu-founder-richard-stallman-speaks-out-on-valve-steam    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 19:37:49

• Kazakhstan has many who want PutinSearch https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/kazakhstan/#monthly-200902-202503    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 21:44:33

• "I use Yggdrasil on my personal devices. Yggdrasil is primarily an experiment in efficient decentralized routing, but its software implementation--an IPv6 tunnel on Linux and Windows and a VPN on Android--allow me to build a private local network over the Internet." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2025/202503/20250320-dependencies.gmi    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 21:48:33

• Rubber Band Odds gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/03/20/rubber-band-odds.gmi    

posted Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 21:49:04