Roy Schestowitz

• Why You Should Go for Grafana ☞ https://www.opensourceforu.com/2025/04/why-you-should-go-for-grafana/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 04:20:51

• oil ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/01/trump-says-he-hopes-to-avoid-secondary-tariffs-on-russian-oil-expects-putin-to-fulfill-his-part-of-the-deal | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 04:21:13

• "New Yalta" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/01/a-devil-s-bargain | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 04:21:33

• Elegant Writer ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/01/an-elegant-writer-for-a-more-civilized-age/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 04:22:04

• Bosnian Serb Leader Visits Moscow Days After Court Requests Arrest Warrant ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/bosnia-dodik-russia-moscow-putin-constitution-arrest-warrant/33365820.html    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 04:22:21

• Dodik Meets With Putin As Visit To Moscow Riles Bosnian Lawmakers ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/bosnia-dodik-russia-moscow-putin-constitution-arrest-warrant/33366555.html    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 04:23:09

• Peace on Putin’s terms would lead to a new era of international insecurity ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/peace-on-putins-terms-would-lead-to-a-new-era-of-international-insecurity/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 04:24:14

• Russian advance slows in March as Putin’s invasion loses momentum ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/russian-advance-slows-in-march-as-putins-invasion-loses-momentum/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 04:24:34

• Destination Linux 413: What is Open Source’s True Value? Plus NVIDIA’s Open Robots ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/destination-linux/dl-413/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 04:25:13

• Corporate marketing spam from charlatan and buzzword slingers https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/01/preparing-iot-security-for-the-quantum-computing-era/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 04:26:08

• Merlin Slaps Triller With $2.55 Million Lawsuit After Sony Music Deal Terms Leak ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/01/merlin-triller-lawsuit-sony-music-deal-leak/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 04:26:43

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Reportedly Considering Final Fentanylware (TikTok) Proposals on Wednesday ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/01/trump-reportedly-considering-final-tiktok-propsals/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 04:27:01

• Lessons from open source in the Mexican government https://lwn.net/Articles/1013776/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 04:28:54

• Microsoft OSI 'election' is just PR exercise; it's a lobbying organisation for proprietary giants https://lwn.net/Articles/1014603/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 04:30:32

• MM medley: huge page allocation, page promotion, KSM, and BPF https://lwn.net/Articles/1014220/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 04:31:03

• Multiple memory classes for address-space isolation https://lwn.net/Articles/1014440/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 04:31:29

• The guaranteed contiguous memory allocator https://lwn.net/Articles/1015000/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 04:32:04

• Development statistics for 6.14 https://lwn.net/Articles/1013892/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 04:32:34

• "I was originally planning to put the banana jacks on the lid of the project box (cookie tin) but the lid is not quite large enough, and I was concerned that the weak tin might bend downward after all the holes and weight was added." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20250402-0.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 04:49:10

• "This is a simple, tasty, vegan meal - and if your spice rack is already well-stocked, then it's also pretty inexpensive. The better-quality coconut milk will cost a bit more, but to me has a much better consistency and flavour." gemini://gemini.patatas.ca/recipes/daal.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 04:49:46

• 2025-04-03 Picture Page gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-04-03.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 04:50:15

• "I noticed that I was looking at my crawler stats page for random images from Geminispace. Hmm, maybe other people would enjoy that. So starting today, I have a daily post of some of them." gemini://freeshell.de/gemlog/2025-04-03_Picture_pages.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 04:50:55

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1253.jpg    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 04:52:02

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1603.jpg    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 04:52:07

• Microsoft joins corporate China exodus with Shanghai AI lab closure https://www.digitimes.com/news/a20250401PD224/microsoft-shanghai-iot-technology-2024.html    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 05:10:50

• anon: nokia has become problematic with its support for the illegal Unified Patent Court https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=fi&tl=en&u=https://www.hs.fi/talous/art-2000011135152.html ("Nokia sopi patenttiriitansa Amazonin kanssa | HS.fi") see https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/02/Links_02_04_2025_More_Layoffs_Nokia_Again_Takes_Advantage_of_Il.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 05:19:07

• thelayoffs site took it up a notch with clownflare "challenges", so is it under DDOS attacks or out-of-control LLM scrapers?    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 05:58:57

• "You are 110% accurate in everything you have written in your post." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqvcfdyb    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 06:00:04

• "Bloodbath it T&O and my manager dumps work on everyone while he can’t write 1 line of code... No more late nights. I’m not doing it. I’m not slacking off but I’m not going to figuratively work myself to de@th" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqvcfdyb    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 06:00:40

• "Yep, this. My work ethic won't allow me not to give my best but I'm not doing anymore 12-14 hour days and picking up the phone at 9pm or pushing my vacay because of some fabricated deadline." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqvcfdyb    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 06:01:44

• "All for what? An insulting GDP and being told there is no money for raises? All while our fearless leader helps himself to a 25% one. This is the most toxic company I have every worked for. And that's saying a lot!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqvcfdyb    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 06:01:49

• "PwC all but fired Neil Dhar, who was relieved of command and booted from leadership for shady electioneering when he campaigned to lead their US business in March 2024. This ethical sl--e bucket is a perfect fit for IBM. There must have been another reason Alvind gave this PwC reject a second chance... but I can’t quite put my head bob on it." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqvqrm7a    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 06:03:19

• Corrupt people being put in charge of IBM is a bad sign, further reinforcing the belief the company cheats on its finances    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 06:03:46

• LLM is not a writer, it is worthless slop. This is about layoffs being spun as buzzwords. https://www.channelnews.com.au/canva-lays-off-technical-writers-amid-ai-push/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 06:05:32

• IBM is the biggest loser so far in DOGE's consulting crackdown: "The list includes Accenture, Booz Allen Hamilton, IBM, and General Dynamics. [...] IBM: 10 contracts, $34.3 million." https://www.businessinsider.com/deloitte-doge-consulting-crackdown-contracts-cuts-big-four-2025-4    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 06:07:26

• Consulting Giants Offer Billions in Cuts to Federal Contracts. It Might Not Be Enough. https://www.wsj.com/business/consulting-giants-offer-billions-in-cuts-to-federal-contracts-it-might-not-be-enough-f7c872d2    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 06:08:56

• IBM Loses Big Contracts https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/03/IBM_Gets_Rid_of_Kelly_Chambliss_as_Mass_Layoffs_Reported_in_IBM.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 06:32:44

• iophk: notably that programme got torpedoed in prep for the tariffs, now the US has no manufacturing to fall back on https://www.wired.com/story/nist-trump-manufacturing-extension-partnership/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 06:52:45

• Autodesk Strikes Back with Unexpected Layoffs – What’s Behind the Cut? https://lkouniexam.in/autodesk-strikes-back-with-unexpected-layoffs/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 07:00:33

• Android surging in China? https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/china/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 09:29:44

• Android in Asia https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share//all/asia/#monthly-202503-202504-map    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 09:32:29

• GNU/Linux roses a lot in China this month https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/china/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 09:35:02

• Also in Japan https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/japan/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 09:36:13

• Windows falling in South Korea https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/south-korea/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 09:36:54

• GNU/Linux 25% in Singapore https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/singapore/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 09:38:09

• Windows falls in Malaysia https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/malaysia/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 09:38:47

• GNU/Linux rose to highest levels in years in Russia https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/russian-federation/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 09:40:20

• Same in Belarus https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/belarus/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 09:41:03

• GNU/Linux+ChromeOS 7% in Germany https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/germany/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 09:42:19

• About 20% in Sweden https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/sweden/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 09:43:02

• And in Norway https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/norway/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 09:43:37

• In France and Spain GNU/Linux at around 5% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/france/#monthly-200902-202504 https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/spain/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 09:44:49

• Windows steadily down in Brazil https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/brazil/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 09:46:24

• GNU/Linux about 8% in venezuela and cuba https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/venezuela/#monthly-200902-202504 https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/cuba/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 09:47:33

• Mexico: GNU/Linux up steadily https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/mexico/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 09:48:45

• Windows falls in Argentina https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/argentina/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 10:22:46

• GNU/Linux around 10%. Doing well in home of Torvalds. https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/finland/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 10:23:33

• Since threats by the US against Greenland, Apple and Microsoft share in Denmark seems to have collapsed https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/denmark/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 10:29:50

• GNU/Linux ~5% in Egypt https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/egypt//#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 10:31:42

• On IBM: "this company is bankrupt. only thing holding up above water is india. But the water is rising quickly. Everything is going to be underwater. if there are no sales or poor sales, then we know it will go underwater. when that happens nobody will even remember this place. it is going underwater. like a forgoten city." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqvh7shh    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 10:45:23

• "TESLA is the biggest loser so far, and that is just delicious." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqx0qrge    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 10:45:44

• "IBM should just eject the consulting business. The whole business is rife with corruption." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqvqrm7a    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 10:46:58

• "What ? Leave the consulting business and force all Alvind's layabout friends and cronies on the IBM India Friends and Family Plan into lives without IBM jobs ? That's just plain selfish and unthinkable. Alvind has to give a daily progress report to Modi so he can collect a new set of medals to show Trump his fake values." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqvqrm7a    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 10:47:04

• "Given the BOZOs that Trump has hired, if anyone is expecting any of this to make 'sense' they are dreaming. It most likely goes down to who is giving Trump the most bribes." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqwxxeka    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 10:48:45

• "Yes, IBM under Alvind excels and thrives on lies, deceit, bribery and corruption which is what Indian culture is built on. That's why Modi is such a great friend of Trump." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqwxxeka    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 10:49:08

• "IBM BCGs (Business Conduct Guidelines) don't count for anything except blah-blah-blah on w3. They are just "guard rails" to show in event of a Federal government audit of IBM and its business practices (or lack thereof) . But we all know that will never happen in a billion years." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqwxxeka    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 10:49:26

• "What happened ? A deafening silence from you to the response (@yc). Alvind got your tongue. Again ? Maybe the new sl--eball dirtbag, Neil Dhar will fix it all in Consulting like he did at PwC. And maybe he will get canned this time. Can you do the needful to make sure it happens ?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqffgwez    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 10:49:55

• The Web these days feels "small"; not many people or material, LLM slop does NOT count    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 10:50:47

• "Apps" are not "the Web", but a lot of the Web got reduced into 'webapps'    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 10:51:35

• Week 11 deaths in England and Wales. 2019: 10,567. Same week in 2025: 11,745. Nothing to see here, plebs, move along fast!    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 10:54:09

• "In part 2 we've more interviews with infosec providers, both established and startups from the Florida ZTW2025 event sposored by Threatlocker. Ed, Helen and Alicja visit Games Bars and meet more heroic comic-book characters" ☛ https://cybershow.uk/episodes.php?id=44 https://cybershow.uk/media/episodes/ztw-p2.mp3 | Source: The Cyber Show    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 10:59:34

• "Franz Jetzinger from the Technical University of Munich, Germany, investigates the impact of teacher training on HEY HI education." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.org/blog/supporting-teachers-to-integrate-ai-in-k-12-cs-education/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:00:00

• Ohio ☛ https://therevelator.org/ohio-toxic-algae/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:00:31

• "Valve have released the Steam Hardware & Software Survey for March 2025, and as expected with the Simplified Chinese language dropping the Linux stats have shot back up." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/linux-shoots-back-up-the-steam-survey-for-march-2025-with-simplified-chinese-dropping/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:01:29

• "Valve released and then rereleased a fresh stable update to the Steam Client for Desktop and Steam Deck with a whole bunch of fixes and improvements." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/steam-desktop-and-steam-deck-stable-update-released-with-various-fixes-plus-tweaks-to-the-download-ui/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:01:59

• "This is not a drill. Hollow Knight: Silksong is alive, thankfully, and it's even going to be releasing this year. On Nintendo Switch 2 that is at least." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/hollow-knight-silksong-lives-and-its-releasing-in-2025/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:02:50

• "Dodge Roll and Devolver Digital announced Enter the Gungeon 2 today, teased during the Nintendo Switch 2 event and it's coming to Steam as well in 2026" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/bullet-hell-dungeon-crawler-enter-the-gungeon-2-announced-with-a-new-3d-style/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:03:48

• "One classic point and click adventure game fans have been excited about has arrive." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/western-point-and-click-adventure-rosewater-is-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:04:35

• "UNDERTALE fans are pretty excited about this one! DELTARUNE from tobyfox is finally coming to Steam with chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4 on June 5th." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/deltarune-chapters-1-4-release-on-steam-in-june/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:04:53

• "After a couple of duds, Humble Bundle actually have a properly good deal here with Humble Choice for April 2025 having a really nice selection of games." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/humble-choice-for-april-2025-has-a-quality-list-of-games/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:05:25

• "Stop Looking for Methods in the Madness - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/stop-looking-for-methods-in-the-madness    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:10:48

• "Elon Musk Steps in It in Wisconsin" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/02/elon-musk-steps-in-it-in-wisconsin/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:10:59

• "Hiltzik: Annexation would be good for the U.S." https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-04-02/yes-america-should-absolutely-annex-greenland-and-canada-heres-why    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:11:52

• "Trump Signals the End for Musk and DOGE – 'He's Got a Big Company to Run'" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-signals-end-musk-doge-hes-got-big-company-run-1732342    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:12:09

• "Canadians Ditch US Holidays in Rage: Potential £1.6bn Fallout and 14,000 Face Job Loss" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/canadians-ditch-us-holidays-rage-potential-16bn-fallout-14000-face-job-loss-1732345    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:12:27

• "Tesla’s sales plummet 13 percent as Musk backlash grows | The Verge" https://www.theverge.com/news/641311/tesla-q1-2025-delivery-production-sales-slump-musk    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:12:46

• "What It’s Like to Get Long COVID Now" https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2025/04/long-covid-clinics-closing/682251/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:13:04

• "Firefighters help paratrooper finish jump after missing the ground" https://taskandpurpose.com/news/firefighters-help-paratrooper/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:13:34

• iophk: not even a hint at the massive downsides only unwarranted glowing praise propaganda not reporting https://www.ekathimerini.com/economy/energy/1265880/smart-meters-to-help-cypriots-save-money/ (I"Smart meters to help Cypriots save money") https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2024/02/16/e-on-next-admits-more-than-a-third-of-customers-reject-smart-meter/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:14:19

• "Donald Trump's Constant Threats Increase European Resentment - teleSUR English" https://www.telesurenglish.net/donald-trumps-constant-threats-increase-european-resentment/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:14:44

• "Trump Goes Crazy on Trade - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trump-goes-crazy-on-trade    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:15:00

• "Back to Cash: Life Without Money in Your Pocket is Not the Utopia Sweden Hoped" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/03/31/1218257    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:15:39

• "Trump’s Tariffs Could Reshape the US Tech Industry" https://www.wired.com/story/trump-global-tariffs-tech-industry-impacts/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:16:05

• good riddance: "US Airline Stocks Are Plummeting Amid Waning Demand—Is Now The Right Time To Invest?" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/us-airline-stocks-are-plummeting-amid-waning-demand-now-right-time-invest-1732352    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:16:31

• "„Going Dark“: EU stellt Strategie zur Inneren Sicherheit vor" | EU presents internal security strategy https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2025/going-dark-eu-stellt-strategie-zur-inneren-sicherheit-vor/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:16:58

• "Why Trump’s tariffs are self-defeating and pointless" https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/406453/trump-tariffs-china-shock    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:17:40

• "Putin orders biggest military call-up since 2011" https://www.semafor.com/article/04/02/2025/putin-orders-biggest-military-call-up-since-2011    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:17:52

• "Trump’s Tariff Plan Is Going to Hurt" https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/04/trump-tariff-plan-imports/682278/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:18:13

• "Elon Musk Lost His Big Bet" https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/04/elon-musk-has-overstayed-his-welcome/682275/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:18:56

• "Musk's Cuts at US Social Security Agency Are Illegal, Lawsuit Claims" https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-04-02/musks-cuts-at-us-social-security-agency-are-illegal-lawsuit-claims    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:19:10

• "Texas State Board of Education" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-cypress-fairbanks-removed-textbook-chapters | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:31:22

• "Cryptocurrency" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/hud-cryptocurrency-blockchain-democrats-maxine-waters | Source: Pro Publica http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/05/Just_Because_Common_Currencies_Including_the_US_Dollars_Are_Con.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:32:40

• Abducted ☛ https://thedissenter.org/abducted-for-writing-an-op-ed-dissenter-weekly/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:33:26

• "One tenant was a Morgan State University student facing struggles typical of residents in the Kushner complexes." ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/kushner-kushnerville-apartments-tenants-lawsuits-andrew-rabinowitz-lawyer | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:34:27

• "But, with the mainstream emergence of generative AI, that social agreement has come into question and come under threat" ☛ https://creativecommons.org/2025/04/02/reciprocity-in-the-age-of-ai/ | Source: Creative Commons    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:37:59

• "The trio set out to determine whether GPT-4o had, without the publisher's permission, ingested 34 copyrighted O'Reilly Media books." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/03/openai_copyright_bypass/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:38:08

• "A bill that aims to further undermine operators of restricted platforms including Meta, Instagram, and X" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/advertising-banned-on-all-sites-blocked-in-russia-starting-september-250402/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:44:05

• "CPJ’s research shows that RFE/RL and VOA journalists often put themselves at risk by reporting in highly censored countries." ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/04/cpj-supports-legal-efforts-to-protect-rfe-rl-voa-after-trump-executive-order/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:46:18

• "Whether from religious conservatives or progressive educators, today’s book bans share a common moral claim: some texts are too harmful to circulate." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/04/censorship-book-banning-free-speech/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:47:47

• "By the end of Friday The Telegraph offered to remove the article and cover Stop Funding Hate’s legal costs, although it did not accept any liability." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/telegraph-stop-funding-hate/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:47:56

• "Protections on free speech look weaker than they did when I became a permanent resident." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/free-speech-deportation-crackdown/682258/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:48:46

• "driven by President Trump’s enthusiastic supporters" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2025-04-01/trump-network-newsmax-is-the-hottest-stock-on-wall-street | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:50:01

• "SoftBank is currently looking for someone to loan them $16 billion to help fund all of this." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/02/openai-signs-its-40-billion-deal-with-softbank-or-maybe-30-billion-probably/ | Source: Pivot to AI http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:50:38

• "Jefferies also notes that the low-cost mini-computer maker has not seen any impact so far from the tariffs imposed by Washington." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/02/raspberry_pi_not_affected_by_tariff/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:50:57

• ChromeOS has shot up in Iceland https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/iceland/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:54:39

• Windows all-time low in Pakistan https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/pakistan/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:56:52

• "This is a very basic slot machine with three wheels. Each has 12 symbols and there aren’t any complicated second screens, payline variations, or any of the other nonsense you’ll find in a modern casino." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/04/02/this-student-made-his-own-odds-with-a-diy-slot-machine/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:57:21

• "The laptop 12 is intended to be a budget machine, or at least a budget alternative, so it’s notably “chunkier” than the existing Laptop 13 design." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2656156/framework-laptop-12-pre-orders-start-april-9th.html | Source: PC World    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 11:58:31

• Windows TCO: "The tribe "continued to take measures to contain the incident, including taking some systems offline" ☛ https://therecord.media/native-minnesota-tribe-says-cyber-incident-disrupted-healthcare-casino | Source: The Record    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:01:31

• Entrapment (Microsoft GitHJub) ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/shared-rss-subscriptions-for-software-team/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:02:18

• "Peak Design says the wallet is constructed with TerraShell Ultra, which is an abrasion-resistant material." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/bags-and-backpacks/peak-design-is-now-making-a-wallet-that-fits-3-passports-and-yet-still-fits-in-your-pocket | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:02:52

• "You don’t need to take their word for it. Signal is open source, meaning the code is available for anyone to review" ☛ https://freedom.press/digisec/blog/locking-down-signal/ | Source: FPF    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:03:04

• “activist" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/04/wisconsin-supreme-court-election-musk/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:03:35

• [Old] "Yes, Vote-Buying Is Illegal. But Why?" ☛ https://law.stanford.edu/press/yes-vote-buying-is-illegal-but-why/ |    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:03:54

• "Expenditures to influence voting" ☛ https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/597 | Source: uni Cornell    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:04:11

• "Wang regularly collaborated with researchers at the Institute of Information Engineering (IIE) at the Chinese Academy of Sciences" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/xiaofeng-wang-indiana-university-research-probe-china/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:05:33

• "Few of the 431 members of the House of Representatives and the Senate who voted for the law have complained." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/business/articles/2025-04-02/why-no-one-is-challenging-trumps-executive-order-that-keeps-tiktok-running | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:05:59

• "Since our September 2024 report outlining the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) IT worker threat" ☛ https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/threat-intelligence/dprk-it-workers-expanding-scope-scale/ | Source: Google    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:06:21

• "The hermit kingdom (DPRK) runs a corps of operatives who apply for remote tech jobs and, if they get them" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/02/north_korean_fake_techies_target_europe/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:06:37

• "This would allow governments to change primary legislation according to the politics of the day" ☛ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/briefing-data-use-and-access-bill-henry-viii-powers-threaten-democracy-and-uk-adequacy/ | Source: OpenRightsGroup    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:07:42

• "housing supply and birth rates have become twin focal points in America’s policy conversation" ☛ https://www.vox.com/policy/406604/abundance-ezra-klein-housing-yimby-pronatalism-birth-rates-donald-trump-ivf | Source: Vox    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:08:08

• "California isn’t recycling nearly enough water, according to a new report by UCLA researchers" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2025-04-02/colorado-river-ucla-water-recycling | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:08:32

• "To this end, through our investigation we have developed a set of recommendations for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)" ☛ https://www.ioes.ucla.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/Water-Reuse-Report.pdf |    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:09:23

• "it is happening at a breakneck speed in a way that residents … are not protected" ☛ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-business/policy-and-regulation/us-electricity-prices-are-surging-these-louisiana-companies-want-out/ | Source: Renewable Energy World    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:10:12

• "Schools in several counties were closed again at the top of the Lower Peninsula." ☛ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/power-grid/outage-management/northern-michigan-no-stranger-to-wild-weather-tries-to-cope-with-days-of-no-power/ | Source: Renewable Energy World    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:10:43

• "Arm Holdings hopes to increase its share of the global data center CPU market from 15% to 50% by the end of 2025." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/arm-aims-to-capture-50-percent-of-data-center-cpu-market-in-2025 | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:10:52

• Axolotls" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/in-search-of-the-last-wild-axolotls-mexico/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:14:20

• "But Trump couldn't have pulled this trick off without the Dem establishment's total unwillingness to confront the hollowness of their economic policies." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/02/me-or-your-lying-eyes/#spherical-cows-on-frictionless-surfaces | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:15:37

• Islamic Republic Of Iran: GNU/Linux at all-time high this month https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/iran/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:17:24

• "The show highlights how social media algorithms ensure certain content on our feed despite our choice" ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/digital-teens-unraveled-adolescence-series-shocks-with-social-medias-dark-influence-1870478 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:19:56

• "For that last category, authorities say the cartel uses social platforms — they’ve identified at least 60 pages" ☛ https://www.lonestarlive.com/nation-world/2025/04/jalisco-cartel-lures-recruits-on-social-media-with-fake-jobs-kills-those-who-resist.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:20:14

• "That's due to the Wikimedia Foundation's caching scheme which distributes popular content to regional data centers around the globe for better performance." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/03/wikimedia_foundation_bemoans_bot_bandwidth/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:20:43

• "That said, while everybody else was either reacting with horror or delight at the tidal wave of gen-AI hype, I maintained my skepticism." ☛ https://nolanlawson.com/2025/04/02/ai-ambivalence/ | Source: Nolan Lawson    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:20:54

• "Implanted BCIs are electrodes put in paralyzed people’s brains so they can use imagined movements to send commands from their neurons through a wire" ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/01/1114009/brain-computer-interfaces-10-breakthrough-technologies-2025/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:22:13

• "About half of U.S. adults say it is difficult to afford health care costs" ☛ https://www.kff.org/health-costs/issue-brief/americans-challenges-with-health-care-costs/ | Source: KFF    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:22:22

• "Wired headphones are a more practical and reliable option than the wireless variety." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2637913/6-reasons-why-wired-headphones-are-better-than-wireless.html | Source: PC World    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:33:40

• "My first article about things I overheard on the street tackled like as a verbal tic" ☛ https://thenewleafjournal.com/like-literally-like-unclear-thinking-and-speaking/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:34:24

• "I was a software web developer, a lot of time ago." ☛ https://mzll.it/2025/04/this-is-a-long-story/ | Source: Luigi Mozzillo    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:34:36

• "As a team lead, this isn’t going to work, because much more of your work is interrupt-driven or gets blocked for long periods of time." ☛ https://www.benkuhn.net/tmgr/ | Source: Ben Kuhn    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:45:35

• "John Kelsey and I wrote a short paper for the Rossfest Festschrift: “Rational Astrologies and Security“: [...]" ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/rational-astrologies-and-security.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:46:08

• "Visiting a web page and finding purple links in the article is a comforting experience. It means I'm familiar with most of the references the article makes to other content." ☛ https://susam.net/more-purple-links-please.html | Source: SusamPal    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:46:22

• "Whereas new opportunities (or tragedies) may have caused your grandparents to move." ☛ https://www.8ball.report/p/the-millennial-friend-group-crisis | Source: Sean Monahan    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:46:46

• 🔤SpellBinding: AILSTWU Wordo: DOZED gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-04-03.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:52:59

• "I am exhausted - about to fall asleep, in fact, but I have made a commitment to write something, no matter how small, every day." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2563    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 12:54:02

• "There are no "LLMs based in India". They don't innovate, they don't build anything, all they have is endless supplies of cheap labor." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqvh7shh    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 13:08:25

• "My Team At A 300K-Employee Firm Being Replaced" https://in.benzinga.com/news/25/04/44606752/dumpster-fire-cybersecurity-analyst-my-team-at-a-300k-employee-firm-being-replaced-by-an-ai-weve-been-secretly-training-for-2-years "guesses ranging from IBM"    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 13:11:08

• Rachel Sylvester named Observer political editor as around half staff leave title ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/rachel-sylvester-observer-political-editor/ "Around half current Observer staff have taken redundancy rather than join Tortoise Media."    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 13:27:29

• Bangkok’s condo oversupply problem may worsen over quake fears about high-rise buildings ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/bangkoks-condo-oversupply-problem-may-worsen-over-quake-fears    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 13:27:54

• The "problem".... of RICH PEOPLE    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 13:28:10

• The "problem".... of RICH PEOPLE    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 13:28:16

• NV8600-Nano Hey Hi (AI) Developer Kit features NVIDIA Jetson Orin Nano 8GB, quad GbE, Raspberry Pi Camera Module 2 ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/02/nv8600-nano-ai-developer-kit-features-nvidia-jetson-orin-nano-8gb-quad-gbe-raspberry-pi-camera-module-2/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 13:31:34

• DeaDBeeF 1.10 Release Brings New Features ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/deadbeef-1-10-release-brings-new-features    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 13:33:29

• Destinaion Linux 413: What is Open Source's True Value? Plus NVIDIA's Open Robots ☞ https://destinationlinux.net/413    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 13:34:00

• Dull Desktop? Install ‘Picture of the Day’ App on Ubuntu ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/ubuntu-picture-of-the-day-app    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 13:34:36

• GNOME Has A New App for Daily Wallpapers from Bing, Wikimedia ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/04/gnome-daily-wallpaper-bing/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 13:35:07

• Practical Payment Solutions for Murena and /e/OS Users ☞ https://gaelduval.com/practical-payment-solutions-for-murena-and-e-os-users/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 13:37:38

• If your notifications look kind of stupid in Plasma 6.3.4, it’s my fault ☞ https://pointieststick.com/2025/04/02/if-your-notifications-look-kind-of-stupid-in-plasma-6-3-4-its-my-fault/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 13:38:05

• "One of the programs you may want to consider for your arsenal is GIMP, a free, open-source image editor. In many ways, it's unto Adobe Photoshop what LibreOffice is unto Microsoft Office." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/gimp-3-review.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 13:39:57

• "Mozilla has just unveiled Thunderbird version 137 of its widely adopted free and open-source desktop email client, now available for download. One of the more notable platform-specific updates comes on the Linux side." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/mozilla-thunderbird-137-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 13:40:51

• "Qt 6.9 cross-platform software development framework is out now with improved emoji rendering, 3D graph transparency, and performance boosts across all platforms." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/qt-6-9-now-available-with-boosts-to-performance-emoji-rendering/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 13:41:59

• "Deploying an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and mobile core network using open source solutions can be complex, with challenges ranging from configuring dependencies to resolving registration issues." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/04/03/deploying-open-source-ims-and-mobile-core-networks-with-open5gs/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 13:42:05

• "See how trackers view your browser" ☛ https://coveryourtracks.eff.org/ |    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 13:43:59

• "I will do a live-streamed curl 8.13.0 release presentation on Twitch at 08:00 UTC (10:00 CEST)" ☛ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/04/02/curl-8-13-0/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 13:44:08

• Introducing Fedora Project Leader Jef Spaleta ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1016217/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 13:44:50

• PorteuX 2.0 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1016216/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 13:46:12

• Security updates for Wednesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1016205/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 13:47:15

• "Project 2025, a proposed road map for the current Trump administration authored by the conservative Heritage Foundation think tank, had called for eliminating federal subsidies for the manufacturing program and letting the private sector “more properly” carry out its business advisory services." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/nist-trump-manufacturing-extension-partnership/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 13:48:19

• "In the same way that there are 10 “fifth Beatles”, I could have added many other kinds of optimisation, but I wanted to focus on what my experience has shown me to be the main contenders." ☛ https://tratt.net/laurie/blog/2025/the_fifth_kind_of_optimisation.html | Source: Lawrence Tratt    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:08:29

• "What’s the difference between Option[A] and A | Null? How about between Either[A, B] and A | B?" ☛ https://alexn.org/blog/2025/04/02/tagged-vs-untagged-unions-in-scala/?pk_campaign=rss | Source: Alexandru Nedelcu    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:08:39

• "genAI is the next chapter in this calamitous cavalcade of computerised crapulance. This technology, whatever perceived or incidental benefit it has, slops out such enormous and uncaptured externalities that it affects all of us." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/im-so-tired-of-thinking-about-genai/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:14:31

• My own Ship of Theseus post ☞ https://rubenerd.com/my-own-post-on-the-ship-of-theseus/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:17:02

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

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:17:40

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

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:17:47

• How To Put a GUI on Ansible, Using Semaphore ☞ https://thenewstack.io/how-to-put-a-gui-on-ansible-using-semaphore/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:18:10

• How to Install Claude Code on Ubuntu Linux: A Developer’s Guide ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/how-to-install-claude-code-ubuntu-linux/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:19:01

• Nothing like slop "code" infecting your codebase and putting you at unknown legal risk?    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:19:50

• "If you are looking for a good remote password manager you can use from anywhere, there are plenty of excellent options to choose from." ☛ https://www.privacyguides.org/articles/2025/03/18/installing-keepassxc-and-yubikey/ |    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:20:57

• "Here’s a CSS technique that produces blurry image placeholders (LQIPs) without cluttering up your markup — Only a single custom property needed!" ☛ https://leanrada.com/notes/css-only-lqip/ |    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:21:11

• "That 192900 number encodes everything needed to construct the placeholder - it manages to embed a single base color and six brightness components (in a 3x2 grid) in 20 bits" ☛ https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/3/minimal-css-only-blurry-image-placeholders/ | Source: Simon Willison    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:21:50

• "A few days ago, I wrote a shitty pretty-printer for PHP 8.4's new Dom\HTMLDocument class." ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/04/an-opinionated-html-serializer-for-php-8-4/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:21:59

• "So I started tracking my backlog. The first game I finished was The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time 3D." ☛ https://tylersticka.com/journal/video-game-backlog-zero/ | Source: Tyler Sticka    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:23:55

• "This is for everyone upgrading to Plasma 6.3.4, which was released yesterday. I suspect that some of you will notice something slightly wrong with notifications; the top padding is off, causing text to look not vertically centered most of the time." ☛ https://pointieststick.com/2025/04/02/if-your-notifications-look-kind-of-stupid-in-plasma-6-3-4-its-my-fault/ | Source: Nate Graham    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:24:51

• "Less than a month after Plasma 6.3.3 was released, the KDE team rolled out version 6.3.4, the fourth bugfix update to its 6.3 series" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/kde-plasma-6-3-4-desktop-environment-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:26:02

• "Also, I'm well aware of the calendar, thanks." ☛ https://www.talospace.com/2025/04/plan-9-finally-comes-to-power9.html | Source: Talospace    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:27:00

• "PorteuX, a Slackware-based Linux distribution whose main goal is to be super fast, small, portable, modular and immutable" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12395 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:28:12

• "was read by sshd before my '60-no-passwords.conf" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/OpenSSHConfigOrderMatters | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:29:00

• "We had it in our roadmap to launch Globstar already, and 80% of the work was done. When we saw the license change" ☛ https://thenewstack.io/deepsource-releases-globstar-amid-semgrep-licensing-backlash-2/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:29:57

• "One of the primary claims made by the plaintiffs, among many others" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/02/oracle_breach_class_action/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:30:12

• "International optometry company Specsavers has paused the global standardization of its Oracle ERP system and moved to third-party support" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/02/specsavers_oracle_ebs_standardization/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:30:54

• A practical guide to Llama Stack for Node.js developers ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/04/02/practical-guide-llama-stack-nodejs-developers    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:33:09

• "Jef was an early contributor to fedora.us and the Fedora Project." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/introducing-fedora-project-leader-jef-spaleta | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:33:45

• "Here’s a look at who we recognized in London for helping to advance the community through their contributions" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/meet-latest-openshift-superheroes | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:36:01

• "I have almost 10 years here. Sure there were RAs under GR and she was incompetent but there’s something about Alvinds personality that irks me. Look I know CEOs aren’t supposed to be your best friend but read the damn room Alvind ! Specifically on your office hours meetings ! You don’t have to be so confrontational all the time !" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqvcfdyb    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:37:02

• (IBM) "And Krabanaugh! How about people focusing on their jobs instead of people needing to learn 10,000 new skill for them to get a stupid badge and use products that nobody outside IBM Wants, They’re not reaping the benefits ! You are !!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqvcfdyb    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:37:20

• (IBM) "I’m still going to do my tasks , actually excelling at them but no more 12-14 days and getting calls on vacation or at 11PM. My GDP amount this year was the final straw. I have a life outside this company" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqs461cq    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:38:14

• "Here’s a confession: when my role at Red Hat shifted from focusing on Linux operating systems and infrastructure–Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)–to platforms explicitly built to run and scale AI workloads–RHEL AI and Red Hat OpenShift AI–I wasn’t entirely sure what that meant." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/no-one-innovates-alone-how-open-source-and-partner-ecosystems-are-unlocking-ai-enterprises | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:38:50

• "The istio-csr agent enables a seamless integration with the Istio service mesh, allowing cert-manager to secure Istio workload and control plane components." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-openshift-and-zero-trust-securing-workloads-cert-manager-and-openshift-service-mesh | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:39:08

• "If you’ve ever wished Firefox had vertical tabs or an easier way to share links on your phone — and you left a comment somewhere asking for it — there’s a good chance someone saw it. And not just someone. The actual people building Firefox." ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/about-mozilla-connect/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:43:10

• "a long-requested Firefox feature designed to make tab management and multitasking easier." ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/vertical-tabs-and-the-firefox-community/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:43:28

• Ubuntu Blog: How does MongoDB work? ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/how-does-mongodb-work    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:49:22

• "Choosing the right Container Network Interface (CNI) for Kubernetes is critical to achieving optimal performance, security, and scalability. With the launch of  Canonical Kubernetes LTS (long-term support) last month" ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/canonical-kubernetes-cilium-and-other-cnis | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:50:45

• "stalling on Ukraine ceasefire" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/02/trump-believes-putin-is-stalling-on-ukraine-ceasefire-may-impose-aggressive-sanctions-enforcement-fox-news | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:51:33

• Midweek mix: Ukrainian sheriffs, Cellos in concert ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/culture/02.04.2025-midweek-mix-ukrainian-sheriffs-cellos-in-concert.a593648/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:52:11

• 'Carnage': Papers react to Convicted Felon's tariff threats on 'Liberation Day' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/press-review/20250402-carnage-papers-react-to-trump-s-tariff-threats-on-liberation-day    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:55:50

• When a person conflates chainsaws with liberation... maybe you have a demented nutcase in charge.    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:56:25

• Russia wants sanctions lifted in exchange for a ceasefire. The EU isn't ready to do that ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2526975/russia-wants-sanctions-lifted-in-exchange-for-a-ceasefire-the-eu-isn-t-ready-to-do-that    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:56:48

• Head Of Russian Wealth Fund In Washington For Talks With Convicted Felon's Middle East Envoy -- Reports ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/dmitriev-witkoff-russia-ukraine-war-negotiations-sovereign-wealth-fund/33370631.html    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:57:14

• 'No Positive Signs From Russia,' Says Kallas As Cease-Fire Talks Drag On ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/kaja-kallas-russia-ukraine-ceasefire-eu-trade-kosovo/33368691.html    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:57:31

• Ukraine's Partners To Discuss Foreign Troop Deployment, Zelenskyy Says ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-europe-war-security-troop-deployment/33368267.html    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:57:50

• Kursk ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/02/district-official-in-kursk-region-resigns-amid-blame-for-failing-to-evacuate-locals-ahead-of-ukrainian-incursion | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:58:04

• Kharkiv ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/02/eight-injured-as-15-russian-drones-hit-ukraine-s-kharkiv | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:58:21

• NATO Foreign Ministers Meet With Tensions High Over Ukraine Cease-Fire Effort ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/nato-rutte-rubio-ukraine-russia-foreign-ministers/33370655.html    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:58:28

• Baltic postage stamps celebrate energy disconnection from Russia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/02.04.2025-baltic-postage-stamps-celebrate-energy-disconnection-from-russia.a593883/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:58:39

• Dihydroxyacetone Man should not forget the Russian hand behind the Houthis ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/trump-should-not-forget-the-russian-hand-behind-the-houthis/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:59:09

• Russian spy infiltrates ASML and NXP to steal technical data necessary to build 28nm-capable fabs ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/russian-spy-infiltrates-asml-and-nxp-to-steal-technical-data-necessary-to-build-28nm-capable-fabs    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:59:31

• Fourth US soldier found at Pabradė training ground, identities of other 3 released ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2526612/fourth-us-soldier-found-at-pabrade-training-ground-identities-of-other-3-released    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 14:59:51

• "Lead Russian negotiator to visit Washington this week for talks with Trump envoy" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/02/lead-russian-negotiator-to-visit-washington-this-week-for-talks-with-trump-envoy-cnn | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 15:00:27

• ‘traitor’ ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/02/i-couldn-t-keep-hiding | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 15:00:44

• "Russian military court sentences two officers to a combined 38 years in prison for murder, torture, and desecration of bodies" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/02/russian-military-court-sentences-two-officers-to-a-combined-38-years-in-prison-for-murder-torture-and-desecration-of-bodies | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 15:01:30

• "Russia spared from tariffs due to lack of trade" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/03/white-house-says-trump-tariffs-did-not-target-russia-because-u-s-has-no-meaningful-trade-with-it | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 15:02:05

• Senators Denounce Convicted Felon Administration’s Response to Myanmar Quake ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/us/politics/trump-aid-myanmar-earthquake.html    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 15:02:42

• Challenging the Server Test for Image Embedding ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/04/challenging-server-embedding.html    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 15:03:29

• TTAB Quarterly Index: January - March 2025 ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/04/ttab-quarterly-index-january-march-2025.html    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 15:24:08

• Video: Document Freedom Day with the Nepalese LibreOffice community ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/04/02/video-document-freedom-day-with-the-nepalese-libreoffice-community/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 15:24:48

• IBM "White Men" Discrimination Lawsuit Moves Forward, Judge Denies IBM's Motion to Dismiss ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/ibm-white-men-discrimination-lawsuit    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 15:25:05

• Open Source DNA Project Dies of Convicted Felon Derangement Syndrome ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/open-source-dna-project-dies-of-trump    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 15:25:58

• Gemini Protocol Has Growing Appeal (the Web Got Too Bloated and Full of LLM Slop) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/02/Gemini_Protocol_Has_Growing_Appeal_the_Web_Got_Too_Bloated_and_.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 15:26:22

• People who claim to do "Open Source" and believe in it: 1) would not GIVE their DNA. 2) would not COLLECT the DNA of people.    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 15:27:01

• It's like saying "open source surveillance". It does not make any sense. It's like saying "good menace".    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 15:27:36

• Shingles Vaccine Can Decrease Risk of Dementia, Study Finds ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/health/shingles-vaccine-dementia.html    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:04:34

• Inside the C.D.C., a Final ‘Love Letter’ Before Mass Layoffs ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/health/cdc-layoffs-response.html    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:04:50

• C.D.C. Cuts Threaten to Set Back the Nation’s Health, Critics Say ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/health/cdc-layoffs-kennedy.html    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:05:10

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Administration Demands Additional Cuts at C.D.C. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/health/cdc-tump-health.html    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:05:22

• US federal prosecutors to seek death penalty in healthcare executive murder case ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/us-federal-prosecutors-to-seek-death-penalty-in-healthcare-executive-murder-case/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:05:56

• Canada Auditor General finds Ontario failed to provide adequate mental health services for youth ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/canada-auditor-general-finds-ontario-failed-to-provide-adequate-mental-health-services-for-youth/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:06:17

• Petition to amend South Korea’s statutory rape law follows K-star Kim Soo-hyun press conference ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/petition-to-amend-statutory-rape-law-follows-k-star-kim-soo-hyun-press-conference    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:06:40

• 2024 was South Korea’s hottest year in half a century ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/2024-recorded-as-south-koreas-hottest-year-in-half-century    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:07:01

• South Korea’s former acting president Choi faces imminent impeachment threat ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-parliament-introduces-motion-to-impeach-finance-minister    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:07:15

• S. Korea mobilising ‘all resources’, closing tourist spots to curb violence after Yoon verdict ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-mobilising-all-resources-including-closure-of-tourist-spots-for-violence-free-yoon    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:07:35

• Latest North Korean ship can carry dozens of missiles, analysts say ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/latest-north-korean-ship-can-carry-dozens-of-missiles-analysts-say    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:07:52

• South Korea discovers one tonne of suspected cocaine on board ship ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-discovers-one-tonne-of-suspected-cocaine-on-board-ship    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:08:04

• North Korean IT warriors push to infiltrate European firms ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korean-it-warriors-push-to-infiltrate-european-firms    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:10:44

• South Korea's acting President orders emergency measures over US tariffs ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-acting-president-orders-emergency-measures-over-us-tariffs    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:11:07

• North Korea’s strategic drones ‘not as advanced as US aircraft’: think tank ☞ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2025/04/02/north-korea-uncrewed-aerial-vehicle/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:11:23

• ‘Their skin had peeled off’: Victims suffer serious burns from Malaysia gas pipeline fire ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/their-skins-had-peeled-off-victims-suffer-serious-burns-from-malaysia-gas-pipeline-fire    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:12:05

• China urges US to immediately lift tariffs, vows retaliation ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-urges-us-to-cancel-reciprocal-tariffs    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:13:08

• US reclaims spot as South-east Asia’s preferred superpower amid concerns of China’s sway: Survey ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/us-reclaims-spot-as-south-east-asias-preferred-superpower-amid-concerns-of-chinas-sway-survey    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:13:31

• China vows action against new Convicted Felon tariffs, calls it an act of ‘bullying’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-vows-action-against-new-trump-tariffs-calls-it-an-act-of-bullying    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:13:50

• China’s Military Exercises Around Taiwan Enter Second Day ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/world/asia/china-taiwan-military-drills.html    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:14:05

• Another Cheeto? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/world/europe/zou-zhenhao-women-rapist.html    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:14:37

• China’s New Barges Reveal How it Might Try to Seize Taiwan ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/01/world/asia/china-invasion-barges-taiwan.html    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:14:52

• I Just Saw the Future. It Was Not in America. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/opinion/trump-tariffs-china.html    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:15:09

• China holds live fire drills in East China Sea but Taiwan says none nearby ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-begins-code-named-military-exercises-in-taiwan-strait-xinhua-reports    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:15:28

• China’s war games around Taiwan over the years ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-war-games-around-taiwan-over-the-years    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:15:46

• China’s new barges could make a tough task easier - invading Taiwan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-new-barges-could-make-a-tough-task-easier-invading-taiwan    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:16:04

• Vietnam to host China, EU leaders in coming weeks amid US tariff risks: Sources ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/vietnam-to-host-china-eu-leaders-in-coming-weeks-amid-us-tariff-risks-sources-say    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:17:14

• Chinese tourists pine for Taiwan’s return as Beijing jets surround island ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-tourists-pine-for-taiwans-return-as-beijing-jets-surround-island    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:17:35

• China urges US to ‘immediately cancel’ new tariffs, calls for ‘dialogue’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-urges-us-to-cancel-reciprocal-tariffs    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:17:57

• US clears proposed sale of F-16 fighter jets to Philippines ☞ https://rfa.org/english/southchinasea/2025/04/02/philippines-us-f16-fighter-jets-hegseth/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:18:11

• US lawmakers seek to rename street for jailed Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/02/us-lawmakers-seek-to-rename-street-for-jailed-hong-kong-media-tycoon-jimmy-lai/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:18:50

• China military practises hitting key ports, energy sites in Taiwan drills ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/02/china-military-practises-hitting-key-ports-energy-sites-in-taiwan-drills/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:19:14

• Dihydroxyacetone Man orders end to duty-free relief for small parcels from China, in blow to Shein, Temu ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/03/trump-orders-end-to-duty-free-relief-for-small-parcels-from-china-in-blow-to-shein-temu/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:19:41

• Live: Convicted Felon tariffs are 'major blow to world economy', says EU chief ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250402-live-us-stocks-fall-ahead-of-trump-s-liberation-day-tariff-announcement    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:19:52

• It’s time to imagine how China would act as regional hegemon ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/its-time-to-imagine-how-china-would-act-as-regional-hegemon/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:20:42

• Bookshelf: ‘Vampire state: The rise and fall of the Chinese economy’ ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/bookshelf-vampire-state-the-rise-and-fall-of-the-chinese-economy/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:20:56

• How to connect VMs to user-defined networks in OpenShift ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/04/02/how-connect-vms-user-defined-networks-openshift    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:22:50

• Kremlin Says Putin's Key Investment Adviser May Visit Washington This Week ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/kremlin-putin-envoy-visit-trump-witkoff-washington/33368616.html    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:23:10

• ‘We are helpless’: How Convicted Felon’s tariffs are hitting one Chinese factory owner ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/how-trumps-tariffs-are-hitting-one-chinese-factory-owner-we-are-helpless    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:24:44

• Moscow vows to seek extradition of exiled Navalny associates charged in absentia ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/02/moscow-vows-to-take-all-measures-to-extradite-and-arrest-exiled-navalny-associates-calling-them-traitors-to-the-motherland | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:25:22

• "Russian authorities raid home of exiled Navalny ally Leonid Volkov’s father" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/03/russian-authorities-raid-home-of-exiled-navalny-ally-leonid-volkov-s-father | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:25:40

• Major Open-Source Boosts Kubernetes Security ☞ https://www.opensourceforu.com/2025/04/major-open-source-boosts-kubernetes-security/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:26:22

• “TiDB supports scaling to millions of queries per second” ☞ https://www.opensourceforu.com/2025/04/tidb-supports-scaling-to-millions-of-queries-per-second/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:26:57

• LILYGO T-Deck Pro – An ESP32-S3 LoRa messenger with e-paper touch display, keyboard, and 4G LTE or audio codec option ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/03/lilygo-t-deck-pro-esp32-s3-lora-messenger-e-paper-touch-display-keyboard-and-4g-lte-or-audio-codec-option/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:30:17

• P42 Pico2 M.2 – A Raspberry Pi RP2350 board in M.2 form factor ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/02/p42-pico2-m-2-raspberry-pi-rp2350-board-in-m2-form-factor/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:31:11

• 10-cent WCH CH570/CH572 RISC-V MCU features 2.4GHz wireless, Bluetooth LE 5.0, USB 2.0 ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/02/10-cents-wch-ch570-ch572-risc-v-mcu-features-2-4ghz-wireless-bluetooth-le-5-0-usb-2-0/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:32:00

• Seeing the NSWGR 3526 steam locomotive! ☞ https://rubenerd.com/seeing-the-3576-steam-train/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:32:32

• Surge in Scans for Juniper "t128" Default User, (Wed, Apr 2nd) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31824    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:33:17

• Exploring Statistical Measures to Predict URLs as Legitimate or Intrusive ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31822    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:34:00

• Merging Hong Kong’s public broadcaster and gov’t PR wing ‘counterproductive,’ commerce chief tells lawmaker ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/02/merging-hong-kongs-public-broadcaster-and-govt-pr-wing-counterproductive-commerce-chief-tells-lawmaker/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:34:39

• Lightmatter unveils high-performance photonic 'superchip', claims world's fastest Hey Hi (AI) interconnect ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/lightmatter-unveils-high-performance-photonic-superchip-claims-worlds-fastest-ai-interconnect    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:35:15

• Right-Wing Group Used Photos of Emily Ratajkowski and Male Model to Lure Voters to the Polls ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/style/right-wing-group-wisconsin-voting-thirst-traps.html    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:35:41

• From The Daily: In the face of DEI cuts, campus must mobilize ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/editorials/from-the-daily-in-the-face-of-dei-cuts-campus-must-mobilize/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:36:18

• Zelensky’s burning Kremlin painting ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/02/the-man-behind-the-burning-kremlin | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:36:51

• "I Killer the Tsar" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/02/yeltsin-center-cancels-i-killer-the-tsar-performance-in-yekaterinburg-amid-online-conservative-backlash | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:37:12

• Bezos covering the two Putins ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/03/top-kremlin-negotiator-in-washington-for-talks-with-trump-envoy-the-washington-post | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:37:35

• The Limits of A.I.-Generated Miyazaki ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/the-limits-of-ai-generated-miyazaki    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:38:11

• So it is NOT news, it is SLOP https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/regional-newspapers/newsquest-36-ai-assisted-reporters-non-canon-news-disintermediation/ see http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/26/The_UK_s_Press_Gazette_Has_No_Credibility_Anymore_It_Celebrates.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/11/Why_is_UK_Press_Gazette_Jingoistic_About_Plagiarists_and_LLM_Sl.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:38:59

• Also see https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/21/Paywalls_Bots_Spam_and_Spyware_is_Future_of_the_Media_According.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:39:16

• Blurble is a word guessing game ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/blurble-word-guessing-game/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:40:53

• 10 Best Free and Open Source Subtitle Editors ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/subtitleeditors/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:41:10

• ast-grep performs structural search, lint and rewriting ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ast-grep-performs-structural-search-lint-rewriting/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:41:27

• maim takes screenshots of your desktop ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/maim-screenshots-desktop/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:41:43

• arttime is an intriguing clock, timer, time manager with text art ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/arttime-clock-timer-time-manager/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:42:20

• Field Monitor is a remote desktop client designed for GNOME ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/field-monitor-remote-desktop-client-gnome/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:42:37

• Tabëla formats tables into HTML or Markdown ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/tabela-formats-tables-html-markdown/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:42:58

• Amid Secret Shut-downs and Mass Layoffs at Abusive Monopolist Microsoft (4 Waves of Layoffs in 3 Months of 2025) Some Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Staff Expected to Go On Strike ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/02/Amid_Secret_Shut_downs_and_Mass_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_4_Waves_of.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:43:53

• "Rethinking Body Art With LEDs" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/02/supercon-2024-rethinking-body-art-with-leds/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:44:53

• Parker Probe Repeats Record Brush With The Sun in Daredevil Dive ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/parker-probe-repeats-record-brush-with-the-sun-in-daredevil-dive    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:45:23

• Climate Change Could Wipe 40% Off Global Economy, Study Predicts ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/climate-change-could-wipe-40-off-global-economy-study-predicts    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:45:39

• 'City-Killer' Asteroid Impact Still a Possibility (Just Not With Earth) ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/city-killer-asteroid-impact-still-a-possibility-just-not-with-earth    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:45:56

• Exercise Is a Literal Headache For Some. Here's When to See a Doctor. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/exercise-is-a-literal-headache-for-some-heres-when-to-see-a-doctor    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:46:14

• Shingles Vaccine Guards Against Dementia, Study Reveals ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/shingles-vaccine-guards-against-dementia-study-reveals    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:46:40

• Once Lush Sahara Was Home to a Surprisingly Unique Group of Humans ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/once-lush-sahara-was-home-to-a-surprisingly-unique-group-of-humans    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:47:11

• World Autism Awareness Day: An Expert Explains Why Stimming Is Important ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/world-autism-awareness-day-an-expert-explains-why-stimming-is-important    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:47:27

• Breakthrough: World's Smallest Pacemaker Is The Size of a Rice Grain ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/breakthrough-worlds-smallest-pacemaker-is-the-size-of-a-rice-grain    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:47:48

• Earth's Crust Is Dripping Under Midwest US, Scientists Discover ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/earths-crust-is-dripping-under-midwest-us-scientists-discover    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:48:17

• Inkscape 1.4.1 is out! Initial Linearity Curve Import & Splash Screen ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/04/inkscape-1-4-1-is-out-initial-linearity-curve-import-splash-screen/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:49:07

• GNU Artanis: A secure design of crypto custody with TEE ☞ https://artanis.dev/blog/better-custody.html    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:50:51

• KDE Plasma 6.3.4 Is Out Today to Fix the Most Common Crashes and Other Bugs ☞ https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-3-4-is-out-today-to-fix-the-most-common-crashes-and-other-bugs    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:53:01

• Slackware-Based PorteuX 2.0 Distro Released with GNOME 48 and GNU/Linux Kernel 6.14 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/slackware-based-porteux-2-0-distro-released-with-gnome-48-and-linux-kernel-6-14    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:53:09

• Mozilla Thunderbird 137 Open-Source Email Client Released, Here’s What’s Changed ☞ https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-thunderbird-137-open-source-email-client-released-heres-whats-changed    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:53:18

• Riding the new Mariyung Sydney train ☞ https://rubenerd.com/riding-the-new-mariyung-sydney-trains/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:54:13

• Stefano Maffulli and His Microsoft-Funded OSI Staff Are Killing the OSI and Killing "Open Source" (All for Money!) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/01/Stefano_Maffulli_and_His_Microsoft_Funded_OSI_Staff_Are_Killing.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:54:50

• Why We're Reporting Brett Wilson LLP for Apparently Misusing Their Licence to Protect American Microsofters Who Attack Women ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/01/Why_We_re_Reporting_Brett_Wilson_LLP_for_Apparently_Misusing_Th.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:55:10

• My Motion Disbarring or “Striking Off” Brett Wilson LLP for Enabling Violent Americans Who Try to Crush Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Critics in the United Kingdom by Multiple SLAPPs ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/02/My_Motion_Disbarring_or_Striking_Off_Brett_Wilson_LLP_for_Enabl.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:55:20

• The Web Can Survive LLM Slop, But Only If We Collectively Shun and Discourage Serial Sloppers ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/02/The_Web_Can_Survive_LLM_Slop_But_Only_If_We_Collectively_Shun_a.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:55:32

• LLM Slop Helps Obscure and Distort News About Layoffs (IBM, GAFAM) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/02/LLM_Slop_Helps_Obscure_and_Distort_News_About_Layoffs_IBM_GAFAM.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:55:40

• One Book To Boot Them All ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/02/one-book-to-boot-them-all/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:56:19

• Rights group calls for accountability for Sudan atrocities amid ICC case 20th anniversary ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/rights-group-calls-for-accountability-for-sudan-atrocities-amid-icc-case-20th-anniversary/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:56:57

• ‘I’m Here! Can You Hear Me?’: One Family’s Story of Death in Gaza ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/world/middleeast/one-family-gaza-deaths.html    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:57:10

• Myanmar Military Declares Temporary Truce After Earthquake ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/world/asia/myanmar-quake-aid.html    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:57:22

• Hey Hi (AI) buzzword-slinging by Mozilla, as usual ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/netpolicy/2025/04/01/new-mozilla-research-civil-liability-along-the-ai-value-chain/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:58:38

• When data never dies: How better GDPR enforcement could minimise hate and harm ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/when-data-never-dies-how-better-gdpr-enforcement-could-minimise-hate-and-harm/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:59:05

• Building bridges for digital rights: The Civic Journalism Coalition ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/building-bridges-for-digital-rights-the-civic-journalism-coalition/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 17:59:57

• The Security Playbook ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/the-security-playbook/ "EDRi affiliate SUPERRR is challenging “Security Theater” as a societal maneuver."    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 18:00:30

• Programmer’s Macro Pad Bangs Out Whole Functions ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/02/programmers-macro-pad-bangs-out-whole-functions/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 18:01:49

• "it’s a command-line interface (CLI) for power monitoring smart plugs." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/02/monitor-your-smart-plugs-on-the-command-line/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 18:03:11

• Dihydroxyacetone Man announces sweeping global tariffs, risking a trade war and inflation ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250402-trump-announces-sweeping-global-tariffs-risking-trade-war-and-inflation-economy-trade-european-union-china-us    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 18:03:36

• Live Nation CEO Praises Convicted Felon’s Anti-Scalping Order — “Big Thank You to Hell Toupée” ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/02/live-nation-ceo-praises-trump-anti-scalping-order/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 18:04:23

• İstanbul inflation rises 3.79 percent in March ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/istanbul-inflation-rises-3-79-percent-in-march-306073    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 18:04:41

• Thunderbird plans "Thundermail" email and other services ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1016219/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 18:05:43

• PGDay UK 2025, September 9th, London, England ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgday-uk-2025-september-9th-london-england-3049/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 18:07:08

• openHalo Project is now Released! ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/openhalo-project-is-now-released-3048/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 18:07:29

• Tech stocks slump after Convicted Felon announces ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/02/tech-stocks-slump-trump-announces-liberation-day-tariffs/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 18:08:20

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s New Tariffs Test Apple’s Global Supply Chain ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/technology/trump-tariffs-apple-iphones.html    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 18:08:30

• ZINE ABOUT SMALL WEB - 7 issue is out: "I present to your attention the 7th issue of the magazine" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2564    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 19:16:57

• LQ’s account of the end gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2565    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 19:17:25

• "Not all updates are so bad. The best and most important updates are ones companies hardly ever talk about: security updates. Vulnerabilities are found in software every day, some extremely serious, and it's important to fix those vulnerabilities." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2025/202504/20250403-decoupling-updates.gmi    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 19:18:53

• "Alvind will probably settle... He doesn’t want the bad press ... Alvind is beholden to his handlers on Wall Street ... On the Job and as CEO he walks around like an arrogant A Hole but to investors he’s their lapdog" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqybecq1    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 19:25:44

• The Magic Touch ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/02/the-magic-touch-a-555-touch-switch/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 19:28:11

• Handheld 18650 Analyzer Scopes Out Salvaged Cells ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/03/handheld-18650-analyzer-scopes-out-salvaged-cells/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 19:28:38

• Guardian journalist checked Noel Clarke allegations ‘again and again’ ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/guardian-journalist-checked-noel-clarke-allegations-again-and-again/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 19:29:22

• Guardian journalist defends putting Noel Clarke investigation sources in touch ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/guardian-journalist-defends-putting-noel-clarke-investigation-sources-in-touch/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 19:29:44

• Qt 6.9 Released ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-6.9-released    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 19:30:29

• Community Snapshot—March ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2025/04/community-snapshot-march/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 19:31:02

• Chinese tech giants boosted Nvidia GPU purchases by 4x to 6x during Q1 ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/chinese-tech-giants-boosted-nvidia-gpu-purchases-by-4x-to-6x-during-q1    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 19:31:33

• Thousands of websites created by AI: Unmasking the fake news generators ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/focus/20250402-thousands-of-websites-created-by-ai-unmasking-the-fake-news-generators    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 19:34:12

• Intelligence review is strong on workforce issues. Implementation may be harder ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/intelligence-review-is-strong-on-workforce-issues-implementation-may-be-harder/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 19:34:50

• Pillow Talk 5: When Two Sides Fight ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2025/04/01/pillow-talk-5-when-two-sides-fight/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 19:35:21

• intellectual property? you mean PATENTS? COPYRIGHTS? what exactly. too value. propaganda terms. ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/contracting/2025/04/the-government-confirms-its-rights-to-certain-contractor-intellectual-property/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 19:36:43

• ‘We need not Hey Hi (AI) but technology that works for people’ ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/we-need-not-ai-but-technology-that-works-for-people-306076    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 19:37:15

• "AI-native" is one of the latest BS buzzwords. Adding adjectives to adjectives for hype.    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 19:37:59

• What Will MElon Learn From the Wisconsin Supreme Court Election? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/02/us/politics/musk-wisconsin-supreme-court.html    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 19:39:51

• China urges firms to follow local laws after Bangkok building collapsed during quake ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/china-urges-firms-to-follow-local-laws-after-bangkok-building-collapsed-during-quake    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 19:40:10

• Union sues Convicted Felon administration over executive order revoking federal departments collective bargaining rights ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/union-sues-trump-administration-over-executive-order-revoking-federal-departments-collective-bargaining-rights/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 19:40:34

• US Democratic Attorneys General file lawsuit against Department of Health and Human Services ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/us-democratic-attorneys-general-file-lawsuit-against-department-of-health-and-human-services/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 19:41:26

• Drake Scores Major Discovery Win in Universal Music Defamation Battle: ‘Time to See What UMG Was So Desperately Trying to Hide’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/02/drake-umg-lawsuit-discovery/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 19:41:53

• AI ambivalence ☞ https://nolanlawson.com/2025/04/02/ai-ambivalence/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 19:42:22

• Can the judicial branch handle all the new lawsuits stemming from the Convicted Felon administration’s actions? ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2025/04/can-the-judicial-branch-handle-all-the-new-lawsuits-stemming-from-the-trump-administrations-actions/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 19:42:52

• AMD pins Ryzen 9000 'failures' on compatibility issues — BIOS update recommended to avoid boot problems ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-pins-ryzen-9000-failures-on-compatibility-issues-bios-update-recommended-to-avoid-boot-problems    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 19:43:18

• Madagascar: GNU/Linux up again ... 4.1% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/madagascar/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 19:45:27

• Australia to ‘stand up for national interests’ on US tariffs, says PM Albanese ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-to-stand-up-for-national-interests-on-us-tariffs-says-pm-albanese    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 20:14:06

• South Korea’s acting president urges calm; tighter security ahead of Yoon impeachment ruling ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-acting-president-urges-calm-ahead-of-impeachment-ruling    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 20:14:20

• New Hong Kong police chief to increase security work despite US sanctions ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/new-hong-kong-police-chief-to-increase-security-work-despite-us-sanctions    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 20:14:43

• Federal judge blocks attempt to end temporary protected status for Venezuelans ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/federal-judge-blocks-attempt-to-end-temporary-protected-status-for-venezuelans/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 20:15:00

• Joe Chow takes helm at Hong Kong Police Force, as Raymond Siu – sanctioned by US – retires ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/02/joe-chow-takes-helm-at-hong-kong-police-force-as-raymond-siu-sanctioned-by-us-retires/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 20:15:31

• Man jailed for 10 months for sedition, criminal damage over graffiti on Taiwan independence, Chinese Communist Party ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/02/man-jailed-for-10-months-for-sedition-criminal-damage-over-graffiti-on-taiwan-independence-chinese-communist-party/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 20:16:09

• US report says human rights further curtailed in Hong Kong, as city slams ‘slanders and smears’ ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/02/us-report-says-human-rights-further-curtailed-in-hong-kong-as-city-slams-slanders-and-smears/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 20:16:45

• Israel’s Netanyahu announces new ‘Morag’ security corridor across Gaza ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250402-live-israel-seize-large-areas-gaza-strip-palestine-hamas-netanyahu-war    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 20:17:18

• Israel makes conditions in Gaza 'intolerable' in order to prompt involuntary migration ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250402-israel-makes-conditions-in-gaza-intolerable-in-order-to-prompt-involuntary-migration-campaigner-says    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 20:17:33

• Organised crime threatens Limpopo as border control said to be lacking ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/border-security/organised-crime-threatens-limpopo-as-border-control-said-to-be-lacking/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 20:18:31

• Sharing security interests, ASEAN’s big three step up cooperation ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/sharing-security-interests-aseans-big-three-step-up-cooperation/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 20:19:28

• American Oversight’s Lawsuit Forces Creation of New Records Retention Policy for DOGE ☞ https://americanoversight.org/american-oversights-lawsuit-forces-creation-of-new-records-retention-policy-for-doge/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 20:19:43

• NSA Mike Waltz Used Gmail for Government Work — Here’s Why That Matters ☞ https://americanoversight.org/nsa-mike-waltz-used-gmail-for-government-work-heres-why-that-matters/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 20:20:04

• NYPD boosts synagogue security ahead of Passover as anti-Jewish crimes ‘jump off the page’: ‘No one should feel afraid to worship’ ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/04/02/us-news/nypd-boosts-synagogue-security-ahead-of-passover-as-anti-jewish-crimes-jump-off-the-page/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 20:20:44

• Six months in, President Sheinbaum’s approval rating remains sky high ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/trade-security-tests-sheinbaum-strong-support/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 20:21:13

• Questions Remain Over Attacks Causing DrayTek Router Reboots ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/questions-remain-over-attacks-causing-draytek-router-reboots/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 20:21:37

• North Korea’s IT Operatives Are Exploiting Remote Work Globally ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/north-koreas-it-operatives-are-exploiting-remote-work-globally/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 20:22:00

• Uncommon Sense: Edward B. Foote’s Plain Home Talk (1896 edition) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/plain-home-talk    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 20:22:58

• KDE Plasma 6.3.4, Bugfix Release for April ☞ https://kde.org/announcements/plasma/6/6.3.4/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 20:23:26

• Dirk Eddelbuettel: nanotime 0.3.12 on CRAN: Maintenance ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2025/04/02#nanotime_0.3.12    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 20:39:26

• Junichi Uekawa: I was hoping to go to debconf but the frequent travel is painful for me right now that I probably won't make it. ☞ http://www.netfort.gr.jp/~dancer/diary/daily/2025-Apr-3.html.en#2025-Apr-3-10:29:07    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 20:40:06

• Vulnerabilities Expose Jan Hey Hi (AI) Systems to Remote Manipulation ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/vulnerabilities-expose-jan-ai-systems-to-remote-manipulation/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 20:40:50

• Converting from commerce to commerce with some trees around it https://themeteor.org/2019/09/19/proposal-to-develop-central-retail-park-into-a-car-park-represents-the-very-worst-of-urban-development-in-manchester/ https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/greater-manchester-news/how-central-retail-park-site-30649952    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 20:41:34

• With "trees" as just a "side dish" https://www.placenorthwest.co.uk/plans-in-for-new-manchester-park/ https://constructionwave.co.uk/2024/08/28/consultation-opens-for-manchester-central-retail-park-transformation/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 20:42:46

• Reforesting or rewilding would be vastly cheaper    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 20:43:12

• WordPress owner Automattic announces major layoffs https://www.techradar.com/pro/wordpress-com-owner-automattic-announces-major-layoffs    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 20:45:11

• "Trump tariffs live updates: Global stocks plunge as U.S. allies plan reaction"    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 20:47:25

• How are big tech layoffs influencing job markets in Asia? https://www.techinasia.com/question/how-are-big-tech-layoffs-influencing-job-markets-in-asia    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 20:56:02

• The issue here is bad passwords, not "Linux" or "SSH" https://thehackernews.com/2025/04/outlaw-group-uses-ssh-brute-force-to.html    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 21:00:21

• HEY HI nonsense. https://www.networkworld.com/article/3952538/linux-foundation-networking-shares-new-ai-projects-milestone-releases.html    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 21:01:00

• "This release also adds experimental Wayland sessions for the Cinnamon, LXQt, and Xfce editions." https://9to5linux.com/slackware-based-porteux-2-0-distro-released-with-gnome-48-and-linux-kernel-6-14    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 21:01:26

• Proprietary snake-oil? https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/adaptiva-expands-onesite-patch-to-mac-and-linux-delivering-cross-platform-patching-at-scale-302417745.html    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 21:02:08

• Proprietary all the way https://news.itsfoss.com/proton-drive-docs-update/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 21:03:08

• Working for Microsoft and its Ponzi scheme again, by proxy https://cio.eletsonline.com/news/infosys-joins-forces-with-linux-foundation-to-promote-ethical-ai-in-networking/74400/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 21:03:58

• How to Use Your Pixel's Hidden Linux Terminal (and Should You?) https://www.howtogeek.com/how-to-use-pixel-hidden-linux-terminal/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 21:04:23

• Linux Foundation launches NeoNephos for digital sovereignty in Europe https://www.techzine.eu/news/infrastructure/130075/linux-foundation-launches-neonephos-for-digital-sovereignty-in-europe/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 21:07:31

• They say this https://tech.eu/2025/03/31/linux-foundation-europe-launches-neonephos-for-eu-digital-sovereignty/ but do this: http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/New_IRS_Filing_Shows_That_the_Most_Dominant_Company_in_the_Linu.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 21:08:28

• "Nitrux developer Uri Herrera announced today the release and general availability of Nitrux 3.9.1 as the latest ISO snapshot of this Debian-based immutable and systemd-free GNU/Linux distribution using a highly customized KDE Plasma desktop environment by default." https://9to5linux.com/immutable-distro-nitrux-3-9-1-brings-new-convergent-web-browser-linux-6-13    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 21:08:58

• "Linux" Foundation = the primacy of greed    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 21:09:45

• "An iconic desktop weather app from Linux’s past has just blown in — yes, Typhoon is back!" https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/developer-revives-iconic-desktop-weather-app-for-linux    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 21:10:11

• "This release also fixes a rare issue on Linux where non-steam Protons could get assigned an incorrect compatibility tool." https://9to5linux.com/valves-latest-steam-client-release-brings-faster-download-of-updates-on-linux    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 21:10:34

• "March was another stellar month for Linux software updates, with big improvements to essential privacy tools like KeePassXC, creative apps such as Shotcut and DigiKam, and many more — updates that didn’t warrant dedicated articles on this blog." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/linux-app-release-roundup-march-2025    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 21:10:55

• "Secure Boot causes issues" https://www.xda-developers.com/why-i-stopped-dual-booting-windows-and-linux-on-my-pc/ Microsoft is sabotaging Linux http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/08/21/Good_Reason_to_Delete_Windows_Not_Dual_Boot_and_Call_Out_the_Mi.shtml    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 21:12:30

• Zorin OS 17.3 takes the Brave step of changing its default browser from Firefox http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2024/06/is-microsoft-trying-to-commit-.html    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 21:17:25

• "Foxconn 2.0. Wisconsin likes to be taken advantage of." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jqx4hp6e    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 21:22:06

• France court convicts far-right figurehead Le Pen of embezzlement ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/french-far-right-figurehead-le-pen-convicted-of-embezzlement-barred-from-2027-presidential-election/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 21:22:37

• UI/UX Improvements For the Redesigned Request Page ☞ https://openbuildservice.org/2025/04/02/ui-ux-improvements-for-redesigned-request-page//    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 21:22:54

• █████ https://www.straitstimes.com/news/asia/rss.xml ██████████████████████ Thu, 03 Apr 2025 05:00:00 +0800 ███████ ST Picks: Taiwan’s dilemma - Freedom of speech or national security?    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 21:23:17

• ST Picks: Taiwan’s dilemma - Freedom of speech or national security? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/st-picks-taiwans-dilemma-freedom-of-speech-or-national-security    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 21:23:24

• New, Illegal, Guidance Means More Arbitrary Denials, Less Accountability at USPTO ☞ https://patentprogress.org/2025/04/new-illegal-guidance-means-more-arbitrary-denials-less-accountability-at-uspto/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 21:25:51

• Event Wrap: ICANN 82 ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/04/03/event-wrap-icann-82/    

posted Thursday, April 03, 2025 at 21:26:45