Roy Schestowitz

• TikTok Becomes a Tool of Choice in Cat-And-Mouse Game Between Migrant Smugglers and Authorities https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-03-17/tiktok-becomes-a-tool-of-choice-in-cat-and-mouse-game-between-migrant-smugglers-and-authorities    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 02:55:53

• government's TikTok ban https://www.dw.com/en/protest-in-tirana-at-albanian-government-s-tiktok-ban/a-71949926    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 02:56:09

• TikToker https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/what-suicide-kit-british-tiktoker-among-over-90-uk-who-died-after-buying-deadly-chemicals-1731937    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 02:56:32

• TikTok Swing the Election to Cheeto Mussolini https://politicalwire.com/2025/03/19/did-tiktok-swing-the-election-to-trump/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 02:56:55

• Square Units https://xkcd.com/3065/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 03:01:07

• Lungfish https://xkcd.com/3064/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 03:01:17

• Planet Definitions https://xkcd.com/3063/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 03:01:34

• The only "news" from FSFE this past week (a Microsoft-funded copycat of FSF) is just book promotion for the unelected tyrant https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250317-01.en.html    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 03:02:26

• Four small planets discovered around one of the closest stars to Earth – an expert explains what we know https://theconversation.com/four-small-planets-discovered-around-one-of-the-closest-stars-to-earth-an-expert-explains-what-we-know-252075    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 04:04:40

• People in this career are better at seeing through optical illusions https://theconversation.com/people-in-this-career-are-better-at-seeing-through-optical-illusions-251984    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 04:04:56

• Evolution https://theconversation.com/evolution-features-that-help-finding-a-mate-may-lead-to-smaller-brains-252069    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 04:06:53

• Why sharing meals can make people happier – what evidence from 142 countries shows https://theconversation.com/why-sharing-meals-can-make-people-happier-what-evidence-from-142-countries-shows-252352    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 04:07:11

• The animal alliances reshaping our understanding of intelligence "https://theconversation.com/the-animal-alliances-reshaping-our-understanding-of-intelligence-251301    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 04:07:27

• Amazon is about 160 billion dollars in debt, many divisions lose a lot of money https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/end-line-roomba-failed-amazon-deal-leaves-irobot-fighting-survival-1731897    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 04:08:18

• Teamsters’ Amazon Strike https://jacobin.com/2025/03/teamsters-amazon-strike-union-strategy/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 04:08:40

• gene editing regulation http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/03/eu-moves-one-step-closer-to-gene.html    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 04:10:15

• tired, hungry and intoxicated? http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/03/morleys-is-average-consumer-tired.html    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 04:10:34

• An introduction to App::ModuleBuildTiny part 1: setting things up https://blogs.perl.org/users/leon_timmermans/2025/03/an-introduction-to-appmodulebuildtiny-part-1-setting-things-up.html    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 04:11:16

• Promise in Perl https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/promise-in-perl    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 04:12:22

• Scientist in Perl https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/scientist-in-perl    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 04:12:40

• GAME OF THRONES disqualifies Game of Döner from trade mark http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/03/game-of-thrones-disqualifies-game-of.html    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 04:41:48

• likelihood of confusion http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/03/general-court-conceptual-identity-in.html    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 04:41:56

• human authorship requirement http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/03/us-court-of-appeal-confirms-human.html    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 04:42:17

• Kyrgyzstan shows high usage levels for GNU/Linux https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/kyrgyzstan/#monthly-200902-202503    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 04:51:12

• GNU/Linux above 4% in Libya https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/libya/#monthly-200902-202503    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 04:53:08

• Fact check: Are tariffs a tax hike on foreign countries? https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-are-tariffs-a-tax-hike-on-foreign-countries/a-71910881    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 06:18:59

• "Even if you received awards, stocks awards and bonuses lately, it doesn’t mean your job is safe: IBM uses this tactic to make employees happy before the storm ; I know it from personal experience [...] I was laid off in March at IBM, Data & AI, USA, TN. 1 month internal, 3 months severance. 13 years at the company with positive reviews. Band 9" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jpk2jkbv    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 09:54:21

• "Why don't they just can that clueless sc-mbag Caddyshack ? He doesn't do much other than try to look important and call layoff meetings." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jpv7hvvv    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 09:56:14

• Getting racist and ugly now. "Maybe they can hire one of Alvind's countrymen or women with the really wierd pronunciation that no one understands - Is it English, Hindi,Telugu, Tamil or a combination of all four languages just to confuse everyone in the US ??" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jpv7hvvv    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 09:56:27

• Some of the comments there got so nasty and truly racist... to the point they're not even possible to quote. Sad it came to that...    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 09:58:38

• Unless those are trolls/astroturfers meant to discredit the forums and put off legit readers/posters    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 09:59:15

• "Project 2025: The radical blueprint that forecast Trump’s biggest moves" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/22/project-2025-blueprint-that-forecast-trumps-biggest-moves/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 10:01:32

• "AOC trolls MAGA Rep. when 11,000 come to her — in his district" https://boingboing.net/2025/03/21/aoc-trolls-maga-congressman-for-refusing-to-do-town-hall-she-shows-up-instead-to-11000-people-video.html    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 10:02:10

• "Ubuntu Plans to Swap GNU Coreutils for Rust" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/03/21/0159251 http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/19/Is_Ubuntu_Compromised_Push_Away_From_GNU_and_GPL_Led_by_Army_Of.shtml    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 10:02:27

• iophk: perhaps women are wiser? or less lazy? https://futurism.com/scientist-chatgpt-gender-gap ("Scientist Says That ChatGPT Has a "Staggering" Gender Problem") http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 10:03:02

• "Europe Says U.S. Scaled Back Russian Sanctions Evasion Enforcement – Bloomberg - The Moscow Times" https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/03/21/europe-says-us-scaled-back-russian-sanctions-evasion-enforcement-bloomberg-a88438    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 10:03:14

• "Kremlin uses high unemployment to keep Ingushetia dependent" https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/03/21/a-feature-not-a-bug    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 10:03:29

• "E.U. won’t seize frozen Russian assets" https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/03/21/e-u-won-t-seize-frozen-russian-assets    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 10:03:38

• "AOC, Ilhan Omar join pile-on against Schumer's Senate Democrats" https://www.axios.com/2025/03/21/aoc-ilhan-omar-chuck-schumer-senate-democrats    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 10:03:49

• "Trump inspires anti-LGBTQ, antidemocratic moves by Erdogan, Orban, Vucic" https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/03/22/trump-orban-erdogan-lgbtq-democracy/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 10:03:59

• "Germany approves $3 billion in military aid for Ukraine" https://www.dw.com/en/germany-approves-3-billion-in-military-aid-for-ukraine/a-72001265    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 10:04:11

• iophk: .. again https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/1264970/x-suspends-turkish-opposition-accounts/ ("X suspends Turkish opposition accounts")    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 10:04:31

• Software Patent ☛ https://www.crn.com/news/channel-programs/193600864/patent-protections-at-heart-of-microsoft-novell-deal?itc=refresh | Source: CRN    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 10:28:29

• Patents ☛ https://boingboing.net/2025/03/21/us-patent-office-to-small-businesses-lol-have-fun-getting-extorted-by-patent-trolls.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 10:29:18

• "The consequences for these girls -- and for Afghanistan -- are catastrophic." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/afghanistan-education-unicef-girls-russell-taliban/33355760.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 10:32:52

• "Native Americans have been living uneasily under just such a regime of overreach for well over a century. Beginning in the 1880s (although its roots were in place much earlier) the Supreme Court developed the Plenary Power Doctrine in federal Indian law." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-03-21/native-american-supreme-court-plenary-power | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 10:33:05

• "On March 15, three planes touched down in El Salvador." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/what-is-it-exactly-that-being-an | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 10:33:19

• "On March 12, 1959, two days after the uprising, thousands of Tibetan women went into the streets of Lhasa to protest the violent crackdown and demand Tibet’s freedom. Many were arrested, tortured, or killed." ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/tibet/2025/03/21/tibet-explainer-march-significance/ | Source: RFA    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 10:34:06

• [Old] "most Tibetans were unaware of the invasion." ☛ https://indianexpress.com/article/explained/explained-history/china-tibet-invasion-annexation-dalai-lama-8972679/ | Source: Indian Express    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 10:34:37

• "What is happening to the VOA Journalists is not just the chilling of First Amendment speech; it is a government shutdown of journalism, a prior restraint that kills content before it can be created" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/voa-lawsuit-usagm-restore-operations-trump-order-lake/33355947.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 10:37:10

• "The results have now come in: European news content in Search has no measurable impact on ad revenue for Google." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/marketing/google-ad-revenue-experiment-europe/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 10:37:36

• "Section 230 shields any “interactive computer service” or its users from legal liability for speech that was produced by someone else — making it possible for social media platforms, as well as blogs and even listserv operators" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/634189/section-230-repeal-graham-durbin | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 10:44:38

• "Meta’s legal action is the company’s latest move in a weeks-long campaign to undercut Wynn-Williams, a former global policy director for the company" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/03/22/meta-wynn-williams-book-zuckerberg-sandberg/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 10:44:52

• "You can’t be neutral on a moving train. Working people across our country should see Mr Khalil’s detainment for what it is" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/03/labor-movement-free-speech-khalil/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 10:45:22

• "Threatened with losing $400 million in federal funding, the university agreed to overhaul its protest policies and security practices." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/nyregion/columbia-trump-concessions-watershed.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 10:45:38

• "a group of Democratic Senators have decided to collaborate with Trump’s supporters to make it easier to censor speech online." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/03/21/democratic-senators-team-up-with-maga-to-hand-trump-a-censorship-machine/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 10:46:04

• "The suspension comes amid continued protests over the arrest of mayor of Istanbul Ekrem Imamoglu, a member of the opposition CHP social democrat party, on charges of corruption." ☛ https://www.ekathimerini.com/politics/1264970/x-suspends-turkish-opposition-accounts/ | Source: Greece    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 10:57:22

• "The corruption of language is often the first sign of democratic decay." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-language-of-surrender | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 10:58:24

• "In Abundance, Thompson and Klein’s big idea is that American politics and life for the past 50-plus years has been warped by an “ideology of scarcity” that has artificially" ☛ https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/405403/abundance-ezra-klein-building-costs-housing-energy-democrats-polarization | Source: Vox    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:05:34

• "But if Trump expects a flood of takers, he has it backwards: The international rich aren’t trying to come here, so much as Americans are trying to get out." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/03/gold-card-residence-abroad/682103/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:06:06

• "Immigration officials in the United States are known for being aggressive, even combative, during routine passport checks at the country's borders." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/why-are-germans-being-detained-by-us-immigration/a-71987211 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:06:26

• "Lastly, I want to consider a different benefit to Ubuntu of doing the work to enable switching to a Rust implementation of coreutils" ☛ https://alexgaynor.net/2025/mar/22/coreutils-in-rust/ | Source: Alex Gaynor http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:07:22

• "That's an average of 3,800 kWh every year. But what does that actually mean?" ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/03/what-does-a-personal-net-zero-look-like/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:08:08

• "New York City's vaunted drinking water are getting saltier" ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/nyc-will-eventually-have-to-abandon-part-of-its-water-supply-if-it-keeps-getting-saltier/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:08:43

• "Moss was hopeful they would be able to replicate the same success they saw in 2015 and pass their plan to extend FOIA to the governor’s office and the Legislature through the Republican-led House." ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2025/03/21/standoff-on-foia-reform-and-house-transparency-efforts-continue-as-the-sun-sets-on-sunshine-week/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:09:12

• "This is an irrelevant detail in an irrelevant document. As far as anyone knows, O’Connell had nothing to do with the assassination" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/jfk-file-dump-revealed/682147/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:09:32

• Overpopulation: "But because these estimations have mostly been calibrated in urban rather than rural settings" ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/earth-could-have-billions-more-people-than-we-ever-realized | Source: Science Alert    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:10:24

• "All day, every day, social [control] media pullulates with pictures" ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03/21/october-7-genocide-denial-holocaust-hamas-massacres/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:11:42

• "This isn't just a routine conflict of interest—it's a national security nightmare unfolding in plain sight." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/elon-musk-is-getting-the-war-plan | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:12:01

• Cheetos "previously sought to consolidate data for reasons that would infringe on civil liberties, the experts say." ☛ https://therecord.media/trump-executive-order-information-silos-data-sharing-doge | Source: The Record    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:12:39

• Cheeto "most blatant violations of the Constitution, and therefore as matters to pay particular attention to." ☛ https://www.vox.com/scotus/405477/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-impoundment-donald-trump | Source: Vox    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:12:56

• "Let's be clear about what this exchange represents. It's not a disagreement about judicial overreach or the proper boundaries of constitutional interpretation." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-mask-slips-at-nro | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:14:11

• "Like millennials, Gen Z can’t afford to buy a house or have human children so they opt for cats and dogs and have numerous side hustles." ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/culture/army-national-guard-commercial-gen-z/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:14:51

• "Islamist militants killed at least 44 civilians and severely injured 13 others during an attack on a mosque in southwest Niger on Friday, the country's defence ministry said." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-03-22/at-least-44-killed-in-niger-jihadist-attack-authorities-say | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:15:54

• "Suspected attackers from the "Islamic State" militia in the Greater Sahara (ISGS) massacred worshippers at a mosque in southwestern Niger, the country's Interior Ministry said on Saturday." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/niger-islamic-state-kills-dozens-in-mosque-attack/a-72007019 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:16:01

• "Dogfighting" ☛ https://futurism.com/space-force-china-dogfighting | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:16:10

• "wake words (e.g. 'Hey Alexa' or 'Hey Siri')" ☛ https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/how-much-information-are-smart-speakers-in-your-home-absorbing/jhzxddfm7 | Source: SBS    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:18:11

• "Clearview, which scrapes billions of Americans’ facial images" ☛ https://therecord.media/clearview-ai-illinois-class-action-lawsuit-settlement | Source: The Record    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:18:32

• [Old] "Microsoft and Novell will jointly develop virtualization technology to simplify running Linux on Windows" ☛ https://web.archive.org/web/20070304072344/http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=193501481 | Source: Internet Archive    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:19:06

• Time flies. Novell-Microsoft deals turns 20 next year.    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:19:45

• "A newly released memo from the banking giant Wells Fargo outlines a predatory scheme to dismantle the USPS" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/03/wells-fargo-usps-privatization-trump/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:20:42

• "Along with everything else going on, there’s what looks like a revolutionary technology spreading through our society, which everyone calls AI, even though it doesn’t (yet?) look like the kind of artificial intelligence everyone expected." ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/how-should-we-think-about-the-economics | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:22:10

• "MEAA, the union for Australian journalists, wants News Corp to get the “informed and explicit consent of journalists” before it feeds their work to an AI slop machine." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/21/news-corp-fills-out-tabloid-papers-with-ai-slop-newsgpt/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:22:37

• "This is amusing. Nothing funnier than using someone’s own words or, in this case, technology against them." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/cloudflare-ai-labyrinth/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:23:00

• "that’s not enough for the gods of the market. So Apple has to add magical AI pixie dust! And then it doesn’t work." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/03/22/apple-intelligence-ai-siri-crashes-and-burns-takes-exec-with-it/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:24:04

• "Clownflare, one of the biggest network internet infrastructure companies in the world, has announced AI Labyrinth, a new tool to fight web-crawling bots that scrape sites for AI training data without permission." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/634345/cloudflare-ai-labyrinth-web-scraping-bots-training-data | Source: The Verge    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:24:28

• "The Wine Project, a compatibility layer renowned for enabling Linux and macOS users to run Windows applications, has officially released version 10.4 as the fourth maintenance update to the stable 10.x series." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/wine-10-4-improves-vulkan-video-decoder/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:25:18

• "Plastic pollution has reached every corner of our planet, from the highest mountaintops to deep ocean trenches." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/documentaries/the-nature-of-things/microplastics-are-everywhere-6-ways-to-help-protect-your-health-and-the-planet-1.7482662 | Source: CBC    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:44:56

• "CPUs didn’t have brand names, besides the manufacturer, until the 1990s. They had part numbers and clock speeds. Frequently we shortened the part numbers." ☛ https://dfarq.homeip.net/what-came-after-486/ | Source: David L Farquhar    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:45:35

• "Orchid was no newcomer to PC graphics or the PC market in 1996. Orchid produced a monochrome graphics card that competed with Hercules in 1982." ☛ https://dfarq.homeip.net/the-first-3dfx-card-orchid-righteous-3d/ | Source: David L Farquhar    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:45:42

• "I’ve become a little obsessed with vinyl lately." ☛ https://yordi.me/a-needle-into-memory/ | Source: Yordi Verkroost    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:46:11

• "A combination of high strength, smart placement, and relative isolation have made magnets an extremely popular way to mash components together, whether it’s a keyboard case on your iPad or a charging mechanism on your phone." ☛ https://tedium.co/2025/03/22/laptop-fastener-magnetic-hooks-history/ | Source: Tedium    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:46:30

• "The university’s distinctive spiritual authority is rooted in two features of its intrinsic mission: witnessing truth and being the institution that engages a non-trivial part of the education of an important subset of near adults." ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2025/03/22/on-the-predicament-of-the-richly-endowed-university-and-liberal-society/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:46:55

• "This month, I finished a multi-year reading of Will and Ariel Durant’s The Story of Civilization, an eleven-volume opus considered one of the finest narratives of world history ever written." ☛ https://robertbreen.com/2025/03/21/reflections-on-reading-the-story-of-civilization/ | Source: Robert Breen    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:47:08

• "Over the past year, about 10 students have been expelled from Vilnius University for improperly using AI in their work, such as in their final theses." ☛ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2515088/vilnius-university-expels-ten-students-for-improper-ai-use | Source: LRT    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:47:30

• "Physics is just a mathematical exploration of the natural universe" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-03-warp-dont.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:57:03

• "Looking back, I think I might know why I was so cautious about breaking rules." ☛ https://yordi.me/nobody-has-the-manual/ | Source: Yordi Verkroost    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:57:30

• "WordPress because it had the most market share when moving clients off my own CMS in 2015." ☛ https://adrianroselli.com/2025/03/tag-youre-it.html | Source: Adriaan Roselli    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:57:51

• "This, I think, sits underneath slop and enshittification: we must work from principles, not merely towards an outcome, be that a product or a society (but usually money 🤑)." ☛ https://tracydurnell.com/2025/03/22/when-profit-trumps-principles/ | Source: Tracy Durnell    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 11:58:09

• "These days, I mostly use the generic sorting syntax, but I wanted to document all three approaches for posterity." ☛ https://rednafi.com/go/sort_slice/ | Source: Redowan Delowar    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:00:16

• "Over two months after its previous 2.48 release, Git, a distributed version control system and cornerstone tool in software dev" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/git-2-49-faster-packing-smarter-cloning-and-more/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:03:43

• "The RcppZiggurat package updates the code for the Ziggurat generator by Marsaglia and others which provides very fast draws from a Normal distribution." ☛ https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/03/22/#rcppziggurat_0.1.7 | Source: Dirk Eddelbuettel    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:03:58

• "Both the most popular Rust HTTP client reqwest and the probably most popular web framework axum are built on top of hyper, a low-level HTTP library." ☛ https://blog.sulami.xyz/posts/rust-tls/ | Source: Robin Schroer    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:04:08

• "To fetch my posts from Notion API" ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/track-software-versions-for-technical-blog-posts/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:05:27

• "Conversion from CSV to Parquet in streaming mode? No problem for the two power houses Polars and DuckDB." ☛ https://lorentzen.ch/index.php/2025/03/22/converting-csv-to-parquet/ | Source: Michael's and Christian's blog    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:05:58

• "There are a few bots acting less than optimally that aren't some LLM-based company scraping my site." ☛ https://boston.conman.org/2025/03/21.4 | Source: Sean Conner    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:06:32

• "The second best thing about Pebble is its open source operating system, PebbleOS. It is a fun operating system." ☛ https://merecivilian.com/why-i-preordered-a-pebble-in-2025/ | Source: Mere Civilian    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:07:37

• "Reading Museum is hosting an exhibition marking more than 60 years since Digital Equipment Corporation (DEC) opened its first UK office." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/22/dec_reading_museum/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:07:48

• "Having enjoyed some time with my Silicon Graphics POWER Indigo 2, I started to wonder what the other 1990's UNIX RISC machines might be like in comparison." ☛ https://thejpster.org.uk/blog/blog-2025-03-22/ | Source: Jonathan Pallant    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:07:57

• "We have a local system for installing Ubuntu machines, and one of the important things it does is install..." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/UbuntuOurPackageInstalls | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:13:13

• "It is designed as a Proof-of-Concept built upon Fedora Linux, complemented by the KDE Plasma desktop environment." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/eu-os-is-a-new-community-led-linux-alternative-for-europe-public-sector/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:13:52

• "Hitherto, fw_update(8) has gathered system information largely from /var/run/dmesg.boot (on the host on which it is invoked)." ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250322101139 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:14:39

• "The Finnix distribution is a small, self-contained, bootable live Linux distribution for system administrators, based on Debian." ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12383 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:16:24

• "Today is a very special day: March 22 is the 25 year anniversary of the first public release of Finnix" ☛ https://blog.finnix.org/2025/03/22/finnix-250-released/ | Source: Finnix    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:16:34

• "Without getting caught up in semantics, AmigaDOS in this text refers to the command line portion of the Amiga computers' operating system." ☛ https://www.datagubbe.se/braket/ | Source: Carl Svensson    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:17:14

• "I found the systemsettings program through the Arch wiki's page on KDE and was able to turn up" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/KDEFontSizeMystery | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:19:15

• "One month ago I wanted to start developing a game in 6502 assembly (for fun and not profit)." ☛ https://www.colino.net/wordpress/en/archives/2025/03/22/glider-for-apple-ii-development-log/ | Source: Colin Leroy-Mira    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:20:05

• [Old] "You will also be unable to open any new connection using ssh, or open a new tmux window/pane if you are using tmux." ☛ https://tinyhack.com/2022/09/16/when-you-deleted-lib-on-linux-while-still-connected-via-ssh/ |    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:21:06

• "Sure, sometimes I may need the ability to opt-out of browser defaults. But increasingly I instead want to opt-in to better browser (and OS) defaults." ☛ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/thoughts-on-working-draft-to-override-form-controls/ | Source: Jim Nielsen    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:21:38

• "In this post I will show how to decode the GMSK S-band telemetry signal with GNU Radio." ☛ https://destevez.net/2025/03/decoding-bgm-1-gmsk-telemetry/ | Source: Daniel Estévez    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:21:50

• How To Disable IPv6 on CentOS Stream 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/disable-ipv6-centos-stream-10/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:28:42

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

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:28:53

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

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:31:48

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

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:32:01

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

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:33:29

• How to be or remain prisoner of Microsoft; better to convert such scripts to Free software such as Bash ☞ https://idroot.us/install-powershell-linux-mint-22/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:35:21

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

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:35:40

• How to Tell Version of any Ubuntu​ GNU/Linux using Terminal ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-tell-version-of-any-ubuntu-linux-using-terminal/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:36:23

• How to Get the File Menu in Ubuntu 22.04 or 24.04: Is it Possibile? ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-get-the-file-menu-in-ubuntu-22-04-or-24-04/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:36:32

• Tech Journalist Encourages Fire Bombing Teslas, EFF Shares Lessons on How to Not Get Caught ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/tech-journalist-encourages-fire-bombing    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:42:39

• Open Source Initiative Rigs Board Election to Keep Out Open Source Advocates ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/open-source-initiative-rigs-board    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:43:24

• Finnix 250 released ☞ https://blog.finnix.org/2025/03/22/finnix-250-released/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:47:01

• "N.B.: to people writing about this, I use they/them pronouns" https://blog.luke.wf/2025/02/im-running-for-osi-board-maybe.html    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:49:32

• VeMoo leaning tadpole trike ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202503/vemoo-leaning-tadpole-trike.html    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:51:55

• Meanderer trike project intro video ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202503/meanderer-trike-project-intro-video.html    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:52:13

• Learning To Create an R Package With Deliberate Redundancy 🤣 A Note For Myself ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/03/learning-to-create-an-r-package-with-deliberate-redundancy-%f0%9f%a4%a3-a-note-for-myself/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:52:56

• KURLNavBar and me ☞ https://akselmo.dev/posts/visual-woes/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:54:49

• İstanbul governor restricts entries to city, extends demonstration ban as protests continue ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/istanbul-governor-restricts-entries-to-city-extends-demonstration-ban-as-protests-continue-305741    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:57:19

• Dihydroxyacetone Man administration terminates key migration pathway for over half a million people ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/03/trump-administration-terminates-key-migration-pathway-for-over-half-a-million-people/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:57:36

• Israeli court freezes Netanyahu's bid to oust internal security chief ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250322-israeli-court-freezes-netanyahu-s-bid-to-oust-internal-security-chief    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:57:44

• "I finally managed to make initial port NVRM kernel driver to Haiku and added initial NVRM API support to Mesa NVK Vulkan driver, so NVRM and NVK can work together. Some simple Vulkan tests are working." ☛ https://discuss.haiku-os.org/t/haiku-nvidia-porting-nvidia-gpu-driver/16520 |    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:59:39

• Chinese scientists create 'breakthrough' solid-state DUV laser light source for chipmaking tools ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/chinese-scientists-create-solid-state-duv-laser-sources-for-lithography-equipment-used-in-chip-manufacturing    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 12:59:59

• This Week in Plasma: 6.4 Improvements ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2025/03/22/this-week-in-plasma-6.4-improvements/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 13:01:03

• What Happened to the Open Source Initiative (OSI) Elections: Proprietary Software Companies in Control, the Scandals Cannot be Hidden Anymore ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/23/What_Happened_to_the_Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Elections_Propr.shtml    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 13:09:08

• Slappification: Using More SLAPP to Cover Up SLAPP and Chaining SLAPPs (From Microsoft) in a Failed Bid to Censor Techrights ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/21/Slappification_Using_More_SLAPP_to_Cover_Up_SLAPP_and_Chaining_.shtml    

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

• Many Articles About Layoffs Are Still Fake, Still LLM Slop, Even About I.C.B.M. Layoffs ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/21/Many_Articles_About_Layoffs_Are_Still_Fake_Still_LLM_Slop_Even_.shtml    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 13:09:29

• It's About So Much More Than 2 Microsofters, It's About Freedom to Speak About Crimes at Abusive Monopolist Microsoft ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/22/It_s_About_So_Much_More_Than_2_Microsofters_It_s_About_Freedom_.shtml    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 13:09:41

• Microsoft Destroys and Exploits, It Does Not Create ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/22/Microsoft_Destroys_and_Exploits_It_Does_Not_Create.shtml    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 13:09:49

• Our IRC Community Turns 17 Very Shortly (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/22/Our_IRC_Community_Turns_17_Very_Shortly.shtml    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 13:09:57

• GNOME 48 is HERE with Performance Boosts, Battery Health Features & Digital Wellbeing! ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/videos/gnome-48-released/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 13:10:56

• Three Saturday stable kernels ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1015183/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 13:11:44

• M5Stack StamPLC – An ESP32-S3-based PLC with opto-isolated inputs, relay ouputs, RS485, CAN Bus, and more ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/03/22/m5stack-stamplc-esp32-s3-plc-opto-isolated-inputs-relay-ouputs-rs485-can-bus/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 13:12:40

• Build CachyOS Kernel 6.13.7 on Kali GNU/Linux 2025.1a (KDE Plasma 6.2.5) ☞ https://dbaxps.blogspot.com/2025/03/build-cachyos-kernel-6137-on-kali-linux.html    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 13:19:07

• Wine 10.4 Improves Vulkan Video Decoder ☞ https://linuxiac.com/wine-10-4-improves-vulkan-video-decoder/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 13:20:03

• Kevin Fenzi: Mid Late March infra bits 2025 ☞ https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2025/03/22/mid-late-march-infra-bits-2025/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 13:22:30

• Gqrx is a software defined radio (SDR) receiver ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/gqrx-software-defined-radio-sdr-receiver/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 13:29:00

• Restic Browser is a simple restic backup GUI ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/restic-browser-simple-backup-gui/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 13:29:07

• mamediff manages unstaged and staged Git diffs ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/mamediff-manages-unstaged-staged-git-diffs/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 13:30:01

• Abandon – double-entry accounting system ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/abandon-double-entry-accounting-system/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 13:30:09

• 'Linux' Foundation Buys Misleading Puff Pieces About Itself, Earns Some LLM Slop to Accompany the PR (Openwashing and Propaganda as a Service, With the Brand "Linux" Needlessly Borrowed) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/22/Linux_Foundation_Buys_Misleading_Puff_Pieces_About_Itself_Earns.shtml    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 13:42:36

• gopass is a simple but powerful password manager for your terminal ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/gopass-simple-powerful-password-manager-terminal/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 13:42:44

• OneDrive is Microsoft spyware; using it is giving a very hostile force control over one's data☞ https://linuxbsdos.com/2025/03/22/3-onedrive-clients-for-linux/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 13:49:52

• Where Does Ubuntu Store Wallpaper Files? Find & Customize Your Background Images ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/where-does-ubuntu-store-wallpaper-location-guide/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 13:50:19

• Finnix GNU/Linux Distro for Sysadmins Celebrates 25th Anniversary with New Release ☞ https://9to5linux.com/finnix-linux-distro-for-sysadmins-celebrates-25th-anniversary-with-new-release    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 13:51:08

• Slopwatch: Fake News About Security Using LLMs That Make Fake 'Articles' About "Linux" (With Slop for Images) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/23/Slopwatch_Fake_News_About_Security_Using_LLMs_That_Make_Fake_Ar.shtml    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 13:51:42

• Antoine Beaupré: Minor outage at Teksavvy business ☞ https://anarc.at/blog/2025-03-21-another-home-outage/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 13:57:48

• mailutils @ Savannah: GNU mailutils version 3.19 ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10737    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:01:02

• gdbm @ Savannah: GDBM version 1.25 ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10736    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:01:31

• Dementia May Not Always Be the Threat It Is Now. Here’s Why. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/health/dementia-rates-elderly.html    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:07:55

• Pope Francis Will Be Discharged From the Hospital on Sunday, Doctors Say ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/world/europe/pope-francis-health.html    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:08:07

• Kennedy Instructs Anti-Vaccine Group to Remove Fake C.D.C. Page ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/health/cdc-kennedy-vaccine-disinformation.html    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:08:57

• Dihydroxyacetone Man and DOGE Propel V.A. Mental Health System Into Turmoil ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/us/politics/veterans-affairs-mental-health-doge.html    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:09:34

• Chiang Mai dust crisis worsens, with more children having nosebleeds ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/chiang-mai-dust-crisis-worsens-with-more-kids-having-nosebleeds    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:09:56

• Your Hey Hi (AI) Lover Will Change You ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/your-ai-lover-will-change-you    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:10:34

• 'Clear, high rate of malnutrition' across Sudan, MSF says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250322-clear-high-rate-of-malnutrition-across-sudan-msf-says    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:10:46

• Prostate cancer risk increases by 45% among men who share one troubling behavior ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/03/22/health/prostate-cancer-risk-increases-by-45-among-men-who-share-one-troubling-behavior/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:11:08

• Taste of Mexico: Chía seeds ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/food/taste-of-mexico-mexican-chia-seeds/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:11:33

• South Korea Protests Swell as Court Weighs President Yoon’s Fate ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/world/asia/south-korea-yoon-protests.html    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:12:40

• Two killed in South Korea wildfire, hundreds told to evacuate ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/two-killed-in-south-korea-wildfire-hundreds-told-to-evacuate    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:20:36

• Protests intensify as South Korean court prepares to rule on impeached President ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/protests-intensify-as-south-korean-court-prepares-to-rule-on-impeached-president    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:21:32

• South Korea wildfires: 4 dead, hundreds displaced as govt declares emergency ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-wildfires-4-dead-hundreds-displaced-as-govt-declares-emergency    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:22:32

• A Montana Senator Seeks to Be Convicted Felon’s Voice in Beijing ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/world/asia/trump-china-xi-daines.html    

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

• How MElon’s DOGE Cuts Leave a Vacuum That China Can Fill ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/us/politics/elon-musk-doge-china.html    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:23:29

• Japan, China, South Korea meet at geopolitical ‘turning point in history’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-china-south-korea-meet-at-a-geopolitical-turning-point-in-history    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:23:56

• Pro-Beijing newspaper urges HK tycoon Li Ka Shing to scrap Panama port sale ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/pro-beijing-newspaper-urges-hk-tycoon-li-ka-shing-to-scrap-panama-port-sale    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:24:21

• Malaysia’s Education Ministry probes teacher who allegedly told student to ‘go back to China’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-education-ministry-probes-teacher-who-allegedly-told-student-to-go-back-to-china    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:25:07

• Pro-Dihydroxyacetone Man senator meets China’s economy czar amid trade tensions ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/pro-trump-senator-meets-chinas-economy-tsar-amid-trade-tensions    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:25:24

• Three years after China Eastern plane crash, regulator has not released report ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/three-years-after-china-eastern-plane-crash-regulator-has-not-released-report    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:25:47

• US looms large as foreign ministers of Japan, China and South Korea meet ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/us-looms-large-as-foreign-ministers-of-japan-china-and-south-korea-meet    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:28:07

• US Hell Toupée admits MElon ‘susceptible’ to China pressure ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/03/22/us-president-trump-admits-musk-susceptible-on-china/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:28:42

• "Thanks For Hackaday Europe!" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/03/22/thanks-for-hackaday-europe/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:29:21

• Acoustic Levitation ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/03/22/acoustic-levitation-gets-insects-ready-for-their-close-up/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:30:58

• Card Radios ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/03/22/card-radios-remembered/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:35:22

• Slow-ageing diet gains momentum among young South Koreans ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/from-fad-to-lifestyle-slow-ageing-diet-gains-momentum-among-young-south-koreans    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:35:43

• Musings On A Good Parallel Computer ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/03/23/musings-on-a-good-parallel-computer/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:44:37

• Piezo Sensor Reviewed ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/03/22/piezo-sensor-reviewed/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:45:12

• Electron Flow ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/03/22/twisting-magnetism-to-control-electron-flow/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:46:10

• "stamps it for authenticity, and cuts it off the paper roll with a mechanical box cutter." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/03/22/generative-art-machine-does-it-one-euro-at-a-time/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:46:45

• This Ancient Scratch May Be One of Humanity's Oldest Rock Symbols ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-ancient-scratch-may-be-one-of-humanitys-oldest-rock-symbols    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:47:54

• Parkinson's Gut Bacteria Link Suggests an Unexpected, Simple Treatment ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/parkinsons-gut-bacteria-link-suggests-an-unexpected-simple-treatment    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:48:19

• Lifespan Is Shaped More By Your Choices Than Your Genes, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/lifespan-is-shaped-more-by-your-choices-than-your-genes-study-finds    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:49:08

• Amazing 15-Million-Year-Old Fish Fossil Found in The Australian Desert ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/amazing-15-million-year-old-fish-fossil-found-in-the-australian-desert    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:50:42

• High-Protein And Fiber Diet Linked to Longer, Better Sleep, Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/high-protein-and-fiber-diet-linked-to-longer-better-sleep-study-finds    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:51:28

• How Often You Should Wash Your Exercise Clothes, According to Science ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/how-often-you-should-wash-your-exercise-clothes-according-to-science    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:51:42

• Vilnius University expels ten students for improper Hey Hi (AI) use ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2515088/vilnius-university-expels-ten-students-for-improper-ai-use    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:53:25

• Sudan's army recaptures key institutions at it advances in central Khartoum ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250322-sudan-army-advances-in-central-khartoum-after-retaking-palace    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 14:53:44

• ‘Frequently returned item' warning slapped on Snapdragon X-powered Surface Laptop 7 at Amazon ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/snapdragon-x-powered-surface-laptop-7-gets-frequently-returned-item-warning-on-amazon    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 15:03:34

• Because of Windows    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 15:03:54

• System76’s COSMIC Rust-Based Desktop Nears Its First Stable Release ☞ https://thenewstack.io/system76s-cosmic-rust-based-desktop-nears-its-first-stable-release/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 15:04:53

• rpi-image-gen build system creates custom images for Raspberry Pi boards ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/03/23/rpi-image-gen-build-system-creates-custom-images-for-raspberry-pi-boards/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 15:06:09

• The Sniper’s Nest ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/world/africa/sudan-photo-sniper.html    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 15:49:09

• ‘Better than real life’: Young Chinese women find virtual romance in mobile game ‘Love and Deepspace’ ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/03/23/better-than-real-life-young-chinese-women-find-virtual-romance-in-mobile-game-love-and-deepspace/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 15:49:50

• GIMP 3.0 is the Biggest Update EVER – Is it the Photoshop KILLER?! ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/videos/gimp-3-0-is-the-biggest-update-ever-is-it-the-photoshop-killer/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 15:50:23

• Justin Bieber says has ‘anger issues,’ admits he sometimes ‘hates’ himself in cryptic posts ☞ https://pagesix.com/2025/03/22/celebrity-news/justin-bieber-says-has-anger-issues-admits-he-sometimes-hates-himself-in-cryptic-posts/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 15:51:34

• Introducing JobSet ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/03/23/introducing-jobset/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 15:51:56

• Rockets Fired From Lebanon Prompt Israeli Strikes ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/world/middleeast/lebanon-israel-rockets-airstrikes-gaza.html    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 15:52:17

• Israel launches retaliatory strikes on Lebanon amid ceasefire ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250322-israel-launches-retaliatory-strikes-on-lebanon-amid-ceasefire    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 15:52:30

• Israel launches fresh waves of strikes on Lebanon in response to rocket fire ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250322-one-dead-as-israel-strikes-lebanon-after-cross-border-rocket-fire    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 15:52:41

• Israel launches deadly strike on Lebanon in retaliation for rocket attack ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250322-israel-launches-deadly-strike-on-lebanon-in-retaliation-for-rocket-attack    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 15:53:17

• Protests against Neyanyahu surge amid attempt to fire security chief ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250322-en-nw-grab-v2-q2-noga-tarnopolsky-from-18h-for-21h-shpakova-anna    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 15:53:50

• How to Setup Kubernetes Cluster with Minikube on Ubuntu ☞ https://tecadmin.net/setup-k8s-with-minikube-ubuntu/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 15:54:49

• Antoine Beaupré: Losing the war for the free internet ☞ https://anarc.at/blog/2025-03-21-losing-war-internet/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 15:56:13

• Three killed in Russian drone attack on Ukraine’s Zaporizhzhia ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250322-three-killed-in-russian-drone-attack-on-ukraine-s-zaporizhzhia    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 15:56:34

• Russian strikes target Ukraine's energy infrastructure ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250322-russian-strikes-target-ukraine-s-energy-infrastructure    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 15:56:45

• UN chief welcomes agreements to end energy attacks in Ukraine ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/03/un-chief-welcomes-agreements-to-end-energy-attacks-in-ukraine/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 15:57:06

• Top Italy court holds adoption law excluding single-parents unconstitutional ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/03/top-italy-court-holds-adoption-law-excluding-single-parents-unconstitutional/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 15:57:46

• Deadly Attacks Continue Despite Search For Ukraine-Russia Cease-fire ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-zaporizhzhya-kyiv-rostov-ceasefire/33356423.html    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 15:58:03

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s Attempts to Resolve Global Conflicts Quickly Face Diplomatic Reality ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/world/europe/trump-ukraine-russia-israel-gaza-iran.html    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 15:58:14

• Russian-Occupied Ukrainian Regions Key To Ending War, Says US Envoy Steve Witkoff ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-steve-witkoff-peace-ceasefire/33355962.html    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 15:58:21

• Arrest and beating of Russia comedian in Belarus sparks human rights concerns ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/03/arrest-and-beating-of-russia-comedian-in-belarus-sparks-human-rights-concerns/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 15:59:05

• [Video] Richard Stallman on What Patents Would Have Done to Music (Covered by Copyrights) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/22/Video_Richard_Stallman_on_What_Patents_Would_Have_Done_to_Music.shtml    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 15:59:16

• Mariah Carey Did Not Copy ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ From Earlier Hit, Judge Rules ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/22/arts/music/mariah-carey-christmas-copyright-lawsuit.html    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 15:59:47

• The Compressed Book Edition ☞ https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2025/03/the-compressed-book-edition/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 16:02:03

• Linux Out Loud 108: Robots, Servers & 3D Printing Fails ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/linux-out-loud/lol-108/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 16:03:50

• Will Judges Stick Together to Face Convicted Felon’s Defiance? ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/will-judges-stick-together-to-face-trumps-defiance    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 16:04:14

• Mentour Pilot on speeding up ☞ https://rubenerd.com/mentour-pilot-on-speeding-up/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 16:05:49

• mintCast 457- mozillaCast ☞ https://mintcast.org/457-mozillacast/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 16:06:32

• North Carolina family can sue over unwanted COVID-19 shot, court rules ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/03/22/us-news/north-carolina-mom-emily-happel-can-sue-school-doctors-for-unwanted-covid-19-vaccine/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 16:07:06

• Professional update and Plasma Mobile NGI0 Core grant ☞ https://blog.bshah.in/2025/03/22/professional-update-plasma-mobile-ngi0-core-grant/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 16:07:39

• How Linux Took Over the World (Without Anyone Noticing) https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-took-over-the-world-without-anyone-noticing/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 16:25:15

• "Here’s a quick guide on how to access files from your Android device while using the new Linux Terminal app." https://www.androidauthority.com/access-android-files-from-linux-terminal-3536713/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 16:25:38

• 11 Ways to Do Math on the Linux Terminal https://www.howtogeek.com/ways-to-do-math-on-the-linux-terminal/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 16:26:02

• https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/proton-experimental-adds-fixes-for-gta-v-enhanced-and-more-for-linux-steam-deck/   

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 16:27:07

• "You can install games from Epic, GOG and Amazon easily via the Heroic Games Launcher with Prime giving you a code for each game for whatever store it's on. For any games that use anti-cheat be sure to check out our anti-cheat compatibility page." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/03/everything-to-grab-from-prime-gaming-march-21st-edition-for-steam-deck-linux/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 16:27:27

• Another Website Redesign - CSS Naked Day Prep gemini://vigrey.com/journal/another-website-redesign-css-naked-day-prep.gmi    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 16:58:47

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1592.jpg    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 16:59:11

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1242.jpg    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 16:59:16

• 🔤SpellBinding: AILRTVU Wordo: LABIA gemini://tilde.team/~stack/ensemble/gemlog/2025-03-23.gmi    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 17:00:19

• "I've not done anything yet, but I've been brooding a lot about the state of the web and how much I dislike doing things the way I've been doing them." gemini://sporiff.dev/2025/03/23/devlog_13/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 17:01:44

• "The first part of the title a Simpsons reference, the kind that're easy when you're my age (xennial, late millennial, Oregon Trail Generation, whatever you prefer)." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2025/3-23.gmi    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 17:02:41

• "Connor of the Cats" gopher://baud.baby:70/0/phlog/fs20250323.txt    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 17:03:49

• "An online magazine dedicated to grimdark fantasy in different media but I've been enjoying the book reviews the most." gemini://rrees.smol.pub/grimdark-magazine    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 17:07:27

• "A question from the MelonLand forums this morning (and one I've seen in a lot of other small Web communities): How do you choose what to blog about? How do you find topics/ideas?" gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2025-03-23    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 17:08:59

• Wow, he looks so much different now https://www.eff.org/files/2025/02/28/joe_mullin_23c1149.jpg compare to http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Joe-Mullin.jpg    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 18:17:05

• Windows: from 98% to just 22% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/guyana/#monthly-200902-202503    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 18:33:37

• Vonick, the main laptop, will soon have 1.5 years of uptime!    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 18:41:54

• 'corrupt' and 'illegal' to talk about 'corrupt' and 'illegal' Cheeto Mussolini https://www.dw.com/en/us-updates-trump-calls-media-corrupt-and-illegal/live-71925467    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 19:09:13

• While threatening to invade/annex this country https://www.dw.com/en/us-updates-trump-administration-seeking-to-import-eggs-from-denmark/live-71925467    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 19:09:56

• Putin: I NEED Ukraine https://www.dw.com/en/trump-tells-nato-chief-the-us-needs-greenland/a-71918093    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 19:10:19

• video call https://www.dw.com/en/philippines-ex-president-duterte-starts-trial-via-video-call/a-71926096    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 19:10:55

• cyber scams https://www.dw.com/en/is-cambodia-serious-about-ending-organized-cyber-scams/a-71923274    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 19:11:16

• 15 years in Assad’s jails https://cpj.org/2025/03/nightmares-syrian-journalist-tal-al-mallohi-on-surviving-15-years-in-assads-jails/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 19:11:52

• 3 news crews shot at https://cpj.org/2025/03/in-syria-3-news-crews-shot-at-assaulted-while-covering-deadly-clashes/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 19:12:13

• KSA using "tech" (haram) as a Trojan horse inside Hindu-majority India https://www.usnews.com/news/technology/articles/2025-03-19/saudi-aramco-backed-cognite-taps-india-in-ai-expansion-bet    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 19:15:28

• Implications for the Global Oil Market https://moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/03/18/saudi-iran-rapprochement-implications-for-the-global-oil-market/    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 19:16:14

• permanent peace in Manipur https://www.dw.com/en/india-what-is-hindering-permanent-peace-in-manipur/a-71922556    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 19:22:14

• train tragedy protests https://www.dw.com/en/greek-pm-appoints-new-ministers-after-train-tragedy-protests/a-71922728    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 19:22:26

• ("global currency") US dollars at end/in its deathbed https://www.dw.com/en/gold-breaks-3-000-amid-donald-trump-s-trade-wars/a-71924684    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 19:22:58

• historic debt deal https://www.dw.com/en/germany-parties-agree-on-historic-debt-deal/a-71922888 https://www.dw.com/en/germany-inflation-at-2-3-in-february/a-71920732    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 19:23:21

• broader implications https://bianet.org/haber/explained-turkeys-crackdown-on-istanbul-mayor-and-its-broader-implications-305645    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 19:24:20

• İmamoğlu investigation https://bianet.org/haber/turkey-s-justice-minister-dismisses-calls-for-protests-amid-imamoglu-investigation-305602    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 19:25:05

• corruption probe https://www.dw.com/en/turkey-detains-istanbul-mayor-imamoglu-in-corruption-probe/a-71967396    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 19:25:26

• Belgian journalist Chris Den Hond denied entry to Turkey https://bianet.org/haber/belgian-journalist-chris-den-hond-denied-entry-to-turkey-305494    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 19:26:12

• false claims on Greenland https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-trump-s-and-supporters-false-claims-on-greenland/a-71922116    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 19:27:08

• Social control media: sites or "apps" where facts are not valued, but it "Feels Good"    

posted Sunday, March 23, 2025 at 19:27:46