Roy Schestowitz

• LLM slop https://thenationaldesk.com/news/americas-news-now/microsoft-cuts-1900-jobs-in-gaming-division-after-video-game-maker-activision-blizzard-buyout-tech-giant-workforce-xbox-zenimax-us-federal-trade-commission-streaming-on-demand-tech-sector-layoffs?photo=6    

posted Tuesday, April 08, 2025 at 23:48:13

• Controversial layoffs at Microsoft after protests against military AI https://www.drivingeco.com/en/despidos-polemicos-microsoft-tras-protesta-contra-ia-militar/    

posted Tuesday, April 08, 2025 at 23:49:03

• Invaded by Microsoft https://www.pocketgamer.biz/the-igda-foundation-appoints-microsoft-vet-shannon-loftis-as-new-chair-of-the-board/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 00:02:15

• Helldivers 2 CEO slams the games industry layoff wave, saying that bosses are making "regular devs" pay for their screw-ups https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/helldivers-2-ceo-slams-the-games-industry-layoff-wave-saying-that-bosses-are-making-regular-devs-pay-for-their-screw-ups    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 00:03:45

• "If you look at those getting promotions, they are the ones that don’t focus on pleasing 1st line managers, but kiss-up to 2nd and primarily to 3rd line. All needed is to feed ideas to 3rd line about how growth / improvements can be achieved. Of course ego st-----g at the same time." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jr7kcc8c    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 00:06:14

• just ranting gemini://qwel.smol.pub/ranting    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 00:07:01

• "Interesting thoughts about an inter-community protocol. Coming from fediverse admin and moderation, I she's on the spot regarding the curating vs. automation. but it's either this or that, isn't it? The curating takes volunteer effort which is...not really paid for." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/discoveries/27862    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 00:07:41

• Oiligarchs are profiting from pollution https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/2009723/worlds-richest-oil-baron-Mukesh-Ambani    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 00:52:12

• KSA dictatorship, funded by the oil consumption https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/this-worlds-richest-family-surpassing-net-worth-of-billionaires-including-elon-musk-mukesh-ambani-gautam-adani-and-more/articleshow/113947353.cms    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 00:53:18

• House of Saud has net worth four times greater than Elon Musk and Bill Gates combined.    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 00:55:00

• And unlike oligarchs, they have their own armies with military jets and sometimes nukes https://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/celebrity/article/3180174/worlds-richest-royal-families-2022-revealed-net-worths    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 00:57:17

• "Dear New York Times: if you're wondering why I canceled my subscription, it's because you were charging me $20 a month for something worse than what Techdirt gives me for free." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2025-04-08    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 01:00:11

• "I'm semi-reviving my professional website. Which is to say that I moved my professional site URL to a Neocities site (I am not taking it back to Wordpress), which I am re-populating with some of my less-bad work examples."    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 01:01:30

• "I don't want to. It feels like selling out again. But I don't have to go back to social media; I just need a place to send potential clients that doesn't look like I wrote it in Notepad from my bathtub. I DID write it in Notepad from my bathtub, but I don't want it to LOOK like I did."    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 01:01:35

• "I have known about Tcl since the 1990s. I remember Stallman advising not use it. Maybe he did not like the license?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43588210    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 01:04:19

• "a language for extensions should... be a real programming language, designed for writing and maintaining substantial programs..." http://vanderburg.org/old_pages/Tcl/war/0000.html    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 01:04:47

• “The first seven or eight chapters you can read without knowing any math at all,” Walker said. “The second half of the book you can’t export overseas—it’s classified as munitions.” http://www.twincities.com/mld/pioneerpress/16041202.htm    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 01:09:10

• "best-selling author of 14 books" while using back-doored OS https://knightcolumbia.org/bios/view/bruce-schneier    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 01:10:27

• Glenn Greenwald and Edward Snowden have mostly vanished from sight since "Crossing to Russia" https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/03/bruce-schneier-glenn-greenwald-encryption-104705/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 01:11:37

• "All Systems Are Insecure Until Proven Otherwise"    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 01:13:01

• "If you think technology can solve your security problems, then you don't understand the problems and you don't understand the technology." Bruce Schneier    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 01:14:19

• Bruce Schneier Facts https://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond/archive/bruce-schneier-facts    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 01:15:01

• AMD RDNA 3.5 runs better on Linux than Windows in certain tasks https://www.club386.com/amd-rdna-3-5-runs-better-on-linux-than-windows-in-certain-tasks/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 01:55:37

• Adding Linux Support For The Apple M4 ‘Going To Be Painful’ https://www.webpronews.com/adding-linux-support-for-the-apple-m4-going-to-be-painful/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 01:58:22

• "Citronics, that is looking to turn old cellphones into single-board computers for embedded Linux applications" https://hackaday.com/2025/04/08/turning-old-cellphones-into-sbcs/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 01:59:57

• How to use the groupdel comand https://www.networkworld.com/video/3957452/how-to-use-the-groupdel-comand.html    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 02:01:03

• How to use the groupdel comand https://www.networkworld.com/video/3957452/how-to-use-the-groupdel-comand.html    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 02:01:30

• How to start using the new Linux terminal on your Android device https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-use-the-new-linux-terminal-on-android/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 02:01:57

• How I automate basic tasks on Linux with bash scripts - and why you should try it https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-i-automate-basic-tasks-on-linux-with-bash-scripts-and-why-you-should-try-it/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 02:02:18

• "It amounts to the usual slap in the face for every hard working IBM US employee except for Alvind and his Pi-p*unks who get their oversized and undeserved mega-bonuses for warming the chairs. But as the saying goes, all good things come to an end..." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrbs6y18    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 04:58:38

• "After taxes I got a few Pennie’s over $450 All that work I did and the amount I produced all on or before schedule. And still management complains that I need to do more. Especially from the top aka Krabanaugh. What does that big dumb baboon do beside fly on the corporate and cuts headcount ?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrbs6y18    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 04:59:19

• "IBM came to an end in the 2000s" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrbs6y18    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 04:59:38

• “disgusting” https://arstechnica.com/ai/2025/04/john-carmack-defends-ai-amid-backlash-over-microsofts-generative-quake-ii-demo/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 05:01:43

• Slop does not make games, it makes hype, it helps a Ponzi scheme https://medium.com/@alvarodmn39/baidus-ceo-believes-99-of-ai-companies-won-t-survive-after-the-bubble-bursts-595d7dc8bc6c    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 05:02:18

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1259.jpg    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 05:05:15

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1609.jpg    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 05:05:21

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-04-09.gmi    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 05:05:25

• "Since my return to the gemini space, one thing that I didn’t yet update is my tinylog. That is due to the fact I want to put more thoughts about its “future”. The future of Tinylogs, GTL, the workflow I want for my micro blogging (in general) and how I could help make tinylogs easier" gemini://gmi.bacardi55.io/gemlog/2025/04/09/tinylog-todo-list-brain-dump/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 05:06:19

• "I just enjoyed bacardi55's' "Tinylog todo list - brain dump". And I have to say that it's good to have him back into Gemini space. I really missed him and his innovations for the Gemini protocol." gemini://redterminal.org/gemlog/2025-04-09-Re_Tinylog_todo_list_-_brain_dump.gmi    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 05:07:25

• "A rather big release for CoolerControl is now available with version 2.1 bringing numerous major feature enhancements to the popular open source app." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/cooling-device-app-coolercontrol-v2-1-brings-zero-rpm-support-improved-amd-rdna-3-4-support-and-more/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 06:28:09

• "Jackbox Games just held their first Jackbox Direct event to detail what they're working on with Jackbox Party Pack 11 being announced with all-new games." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/the-jackbox-party-pack-11-is-on-the-way-and-trivia-murder-party-3-teased/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 06:28:35

• "Nice to see Valve getting more pre-release testing done for major games. SILENT HILL f has now been rated Steam Deck Playable. Be sure to also check out my Steam Deck Verified round-up for early April 25 with new and upcoming games." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/silent-hill-f-gets-rated-steam-deck-playable/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 06:28:48

• "Gravelord is an Early Access boomer shooter from Fatbot Games, creators of the dungeon crawler series Vaporum, and the latest update makes it more accessible with it now Steam Deck Verified thanks to the addition of controller support." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/boomer-shooter-gravelord-adds-controller-support-and-gets-steam-deck-verified/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 06:29:10

• "The Armor Games Humble Bundle brings 10 interesting looking highly-rated indie games for you, a nice chance to grab something new for the week." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/get-some-quality-highly-rated-indies-in-the-armor-games-humble-bundle/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 06:38:25

• "Attack of the Quack-Industrial Complex - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/attack-of-the-quack-industrial-complex    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 06:39:03

• "Here's Why Every Sip of Alcohol Increases Your Risk of Cancer" https://www.sciencealert.com/heres-why-every-sip-of-alcohol-increases-your-risk-of-cancer    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 06:39:11

• "Not Even America's Richest Live as Long as Some of Europe's Poorest" https://www.sciencealert.com/not-even-americas-richest-live-as-long-as-some-of-europes-poorest    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 06:39:22

• "Contributor: Republicans want to fool you into thinking a massive tax cut has zero costs" https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-04-07/republican-congress-budget-deficit-national-debt    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 06:39:34

• "China vows 'fight to the end' as Trump threatens 50% more tariffs" https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/08/china-vows-fight-to-the-end-as-trump-threatens-50-more-tariffs/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 06:41:30

• "US may pull thousands of troops from Eastern Europe – media" https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2531896/us-may-pull-thousands-of-troops-from-eastern-europe-media    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 06:41:47

• The trade war and freedom of expression in the EU | "Handelskriget och yttandefriheten i EU" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/04/08/handelskriget-och-yttandefriheten-i-eu/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 06:42:15

• "The tariff bomb wipes out $10 trillion in stock market value, half of the EU’s entire GDP" https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-04-08/the-tariff-bomb-wipes-out-10-trillion-in-stock-market-value-half-of-the-eus-entire-gdp.html    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 06:42:30

• "Introduction To Series On Curtis Yarvin" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/07/introduction-to-series-on-curtis-yarvin/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 06:42:43

• "Dinosaur phones" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/04/dinosaur-phones/ IsambardPrince, see comments    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 06:43:05

• iophk: whose style or images are these models ripping off? https://www.raymondcamden.com/2025/04/08/comparing-googles-image-generation-models ("Comparing Google's Image Generation Models") https://techrights.org/n/2024/12/16/Image_Fusion_is_Not_AI_LLMs_Aren_t_Either.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 06:43:32

• iophk: time to keep promoting Jami, Jitsi-Meet, BigBlueButton, and Mumble. https://www.pcworld.com/article/2661665/microsoft-will-block-teams-access-if-you-dont-update-the-app-this-week.html ("Microsoft will block Teams access if you don't update the app this week") https://techrights.org/wiki/Skype_is_Spy_Campaign/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 06:43:56

• “Press freedom under pressure regarding Middle East reporting” | "Deutschland: „Pressefreiheit rund um Nahost-Berichterstattung unter Druck“" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2025/deutschland-pressefreiheit-rund-um-nahost-berichterstattung-unter-druck/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 06:44:22

• "Trump tariffs: What’s going on with the stock market, briefly explained" https://www.vox.com/the-logoff-newsletter-trump/407468/trump-tariff-market-crash-economy-recession    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 06:44:31

• "Valve have truly opened the floodgates for Team Fortress 2 mod teams when they added TF2 to the Source SDK, with Team Fortress 2 Legacy announced for a Steam release." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/team-fortress-2-legacy-not-to-be-confused-with-team-fortress-2-classic-is-coming-to-steam/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 06:47:09

• "FUMES is simply awesome. Bringing back retro fast-paced car combat that feels like the classic Interstate '76 and Twisted Metal meets Mad Max only more crazy with boss battles and all sorts." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/fast-paced-car-combat-game-fumes-has-an-awesome-demo-worth-playing/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 06:47:24

• "Trump Jan. 6 pardons demoralized cops across the nation, U.S. Capitol Police chief says"    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 06:48:01

• "Trump signs orders targeting revival of ‘beautiful, clean coal’" https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/04/08/repub/trump-signs-orders-targeting-revival-of-beautiful-clean-coal/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 06:48:11

• "A Michigan goodbye" https://www.michigandaily.com/statement/a-michigan-goodbye/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 06:48:32

• "Due process for me, not for thee" https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/04/trump-due-process-hypocrisy/682360/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 06:48:48

• "The Fortress of Dr. Radiaki originally released back in 1994 and it's getting a little revival thanks to ZOOM Platform Media / Lee Jacobson with a Steam release due out in May." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/retro-fps-classic-the-fortress-of-dr-radiaki-is-coming-to-steam-with-an-enhanced-edition/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 06:49:44

• "Out now and exclusive to the GOG store, Croc Legend of the Gobbos returns with a Remaster from Argonaut Games, bringing the classic back with many modern enhancements." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/croc-legend-of-the-gobbos-remaster-out-now-on-gog/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 06:49:51

• "Top general recommends US maintain current troop levels in Europe" https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-military/2025/04/08/top-general-recommends-us-maintain-current-troop-levels-in-europe/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 06:49:59

• "How Can Canada Tackle Foreign Interference Without U.S. Ally?" https://www.asiapacific.ca/publication/how-can-canada-tackle-foreign-interference-without-us-ally    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 06:50:09

• "Archives are refreshed every 15 minutes" but the messages sent can be delayed for weeks if not culled (censored) https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/libreplanet-discuss/2025-04/index.html    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 07:34:39

• slop (or LLM) bots are probably a nuisance and extra operating cost to statcounter and other sites that scan sites' logs    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 07:40:39

• LLM BS has no POSITIVE use!    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 07:40:55

• LLMs are a net loss to society... in every way. No LEGIT use case.    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 07:41:16

• "The Real History of U.S. Income Tax" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/history-income-tax-history-16th-amendment-trump-tariffs-great-depression | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 08:36:31

• Exclusive Tom Toro Cartoons ☛ https://therevelator.org/tom-toro-cartoons/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:22:34

• Microsoft has newer bug doors to add ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/04/patch-tuesday-april-2025-edition/ | Source: Krebs On Security http://techrights.org/wiki/Microsoft_and_the_NSA/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:23:19

• printer ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/08/dozens-of-solenoids-turn-vintage-typewriter-into-a-printer/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:24:00

• ASCII To Mainframe ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/08/ascii-to-mainframe/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:30:43

• OpenStack Services on OpenShift ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/building-scalable-virtual-private-cloud-red-hat-openstack-services-openshift | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:31:43

• Google Clown ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/powering-innovation-red-hat-enterprise-linux-google-cloud | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:31:56

• "A recent IDC paper, sponsored by Red Hat" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-enterprise-linux-catalyst-business-growth-and-innovation | Source: Red Hat Official ... sales for "Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)" powered by FUD http://techrights.org/wiki/IDC/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:32:38

• "The paper, based on interviews with organizations using RHEL, uncovers the real-world advantages of a unified Linux environment." IDC science = "based on interviews"    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:33:18

• Same as "Linux Foundation Research" http://techrights.org/o/2022/03/07/marketing-with-microsoft-npm/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:33:59

• For GenZ, "Research" means asking some questions, science is just marketing slogans    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:34:48

• "unidentified operators" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/dish-sues-pirate-iptv-services-lemo-and-kemo-in-u-s-court-250408/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:41:45

• "server test" ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tech/social-media/does-embedding-an-instagram-violate-copyright-a-photographer-wants-the-supreme-court-to-decide | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:42:10

• Trademarks ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/04/signal-3/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:42:28

• "That means that these companies end up with pricing power" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/07/it-matters-how-you-slice-it/#too-big-to-care | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:44:15

• "Google's change of tune was part of a settlement overseen by the National Labor Relations Board." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/google-says-employees-can-discuss-antitrust-case/articleshow/120080035.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:44:23

• "With many electronic books, you do not own them" ☛ https://www.michigandaily.com/statement/lets-get-physical-books/ | Source: University of Michigan    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:46:06

• Vizio ☛ https://baronhk.wordpress.com/2025/04/08/walmart-vizio-tvs-scream-at-immigrants-to-leave-america/ | Source: DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer)    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:46:18

• "Meatpacking and slaughterhouse workers, like Abrahame, are not only at risk of physical duress and injury, but also experience rates of depression that are four times higher than the national average." ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/usda-moves-to-make-meatpacking-more-dangerous/ | Source: Truthdig    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:47:06

• "God, help us not to turn back from the Constitution’s call to establish justice, promote the general welfare, provide for the common defense, and ensure domestics tranquility." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/reverend-william-barber-hands-off-speech/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:49:03

• "Millions of people in all 50 states and across the world participated in 1,400 Hands Off!" ☛ https://www.ecowatch.com/hands-off-protests-trump-musk.html | Source: EcoWatch    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:49:15

• "vacate a lower court’s order blocking use of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act to deport alleged gang members." ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/us-supreme-court-allows-trump-administration-to-resume-deportations-under-18th-century-law/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:49:32

• "malicious actors" ☛ https://therecord.media/ncsc-shares-details-on-spyware-targeting-uyghur-tiben-taiwanese-groups | Source: The Record    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:49:48

• "The administration has been dismantling or slashing the size of federal agencies, leading tens of thousands of government workers and contractors to be fired or put on leave." ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/04/foreign-journalists-at-us-backed-media-fear-being-sent-to-repressive-homelands-after-trumps-cuts/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:50:11

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:50:22

• "On March 7, Chooma was attacked by ruling United Party for National Development (UPND) supporters while covering a charity event in the southern town of Mazabuka" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/04/zambian-journalist-attacked-facing-criminal-charges-after-covering-ruling-party-supporters/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:50:27

• "Viv Ansanm, or Living Together in Creole, is an alliance of former rival gangs who joined forces in 2023 and took control of most of the capital Port-au-Prince." ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/04/journalists-kidnapped-threatened-with-lynching-as-chaos-worsens-in-haiti/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:50:54

• "The repeated denial of bail is yet another example of the injustice that Blessed Mhlanga has been forced to endure for simply doing his job as an independent journalist covering all sides of Zimbabwe’s political story" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/04/zimbabwean-journalist-blessed-mhlanga-denied-bail-for-third-time/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:51:15

• "District Judge Trevor McFadden for the District of Columbia granted the AP a preliminary injunction on the merits of the case." ☛ https://mainemorningstar.com/2025/04/08/repub/federal-judge-orders-white-house-to-restore-ap-access-to-oval-office-air-force-one/ | Source: Maine Morning Star    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:51:29

• "Rushdie referred to the Trump administration's threats to cut off funding for universities and drastic reductions in support for the arts and humanities and said that “the sphere of culture is under attack as never before" in his lifetime." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/new-york/articles/2025-04-07/robert-caro-salman-rushdie-and-sandra-cisneros-honored-by-authors-guild | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:51:51

• "Across all 50 states, people participated in the “Hands Off!” protest, with over 1,300 events on April 5 to express their frustrations and concerns regarding the recent actions of the Trump administration and Elon Musk." ☛ https://sundial.csun.edu/192291/news/thousands-gather-in-the-hands-off-protest/ | Source: California State University Northridge    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:52:01

• "Singaporean billionaire Lu Heng is suing us for the article we wrote criticising his attempt to seize control of the African internet registry AFRINIC. We will be fighting this." ☛ https://www.capeindependent.com/article/were-being-sued | Source: South Africa    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:52:10

• "President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has filed a civil lawsuit seeking 500,000 Turkish liras (~131,000 US dollars) in damages against Republican People’s Party (CHP) Chair Özgür Özel, citing his use of the term “junta leader” during a recent political speech." ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/erdogan-sues-chp-s-ozel-over-junta-leader-remarks-306259 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:52:24

• "After the biggest anti-Trump protests since the 2017 Women’s March, many major media outlets seemed intent on downplaying the size and significance of the massive demonstration of opposition." ☛ https://fair.org/home/corporate-media-minimize-massive-hands-off-protests/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:52:44

• "The objective, according to the two media sources, is to look for “language in communications considered hostile” to Musk or President Donald Trump." ☛ https://thedissenter.org/elon-musks-doge-reportedly-installed-ai-to-root-out-disloyal-government-employees/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:52:57

• "While a simple cert denial may seem unremarkable, in today’s environment where foundational speech protections face relentless attack" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/08/supreme-court-not-ready-to-blow-up-free-speech-yet/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:53:19

• "Marek intended to release her book (for free) on April 3, 2025, a date that deliberately coincided with PTK’s national convention in Kansas City, Missouri." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/08/texas-judge-says-prior-restraint-is-cool-and-legal-while-silencing-a-critic-of-ptk-honor-society/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:53:44

• "In the absence of strong, trusted media institutions, social media has become the primary source of information [sic] for most Syrians—making the fight against disinformation even more urgent and complex." ☛ https://dawnmena.org/how-misinformation-has-helped-fuel-syrias-sectarian-violence/ | Source: Democracy for the Arab World Now    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:54:18

• "When we talk about “research integrity,” we’re talking fundamentally about truthfulness, and about the important and essential distinction between true and false claims." ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/04/08/how-should-we-think-about-the-problems-of-misinformation-and-disinformation-in-the-context-of-scholarly-publishing-research-and-libraries/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:54:30

• "spreading political unrest on Romania's internet" ☛ https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/russian-bots-hard-at-work-spreading-political-unrest-on-romanias-internet | Source: Bitdefender    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:54:46

• "Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 on electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions requires non-qualified trust service providers" ☛ https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/14614-eIDAS-Regulation-risk-management-procedures-for-non-qualified-trust-service-providers-implementing-act-_en | Source: European Commission    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:55:25

• "This time we are going to take a little look at an investment that Tim made earlier this year to a certain incoming president’s inaugural fund." ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/2660799/apples-bad-no-good-week.html | Source: Macworld    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:55:35

• Not just Tim Crook. ALL of GAFAM paid the criminal. http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/GAFAM_Kissing_the_Ring_of_the_Mafia_Don.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:56:39

• "Small tariffs are sometimes absorbed by the importing company, reducing its profits instead of raising prices for consumers." ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/2660512/president-trump-us-tariffs-impact-apple-products-price.html | Source: Macworld    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:56:43

• "Protecting children from online harm is a goal we all share, and there is no question that more needs to be done to keep them safe." ☛ https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/04/08/kids-online-safety-measures-can-do-more-harm-than-good/ | Source: Nebraska Examiner    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:57:02

• This Appears to Be Why Scam Altman Actually Got Fired by OpenAI ☛ https://futurism.com/sam-altman-firing-reason-book | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:57:25

• "According to the author's sources, the board members who'd voted on the ouster told Sutskever they were concerned he may have been acting as a loyalty-testing spy." http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/06/Meme_Don_t_Worry_They_Say_There_s_7_Trillion_Dollars_Waiting_at.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:58:12

• "I’ve previously written about common reasons that developing open source software is not funded" ☛ https://alexgaynor.net/2025/apr/08/putting-a-price-tag-on-open-source/ | Source: Alex Gaynor    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:58:28

• "it takes 10-15 years to get a new mine running, uranium firms warn, and reserves are concentrated." ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/04/08/2025/uranium-deposits-could-run-out-by-2080-industry-bodies-warn | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:59:17

• "cease cryptocurrency enforcement" ☛ https://www.citationneeded.news/issue-81/ | Source: Molly White http://techrights.org/o/2023/06/18/no-such-thing-as-cryptocurrency/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 09:59:56

• "All of those excuses are not available to Tesla this year." ☛ https://electrek.co/2025/04/01/tesla-is-sitting-on-200-million-worth-of-cybertruck-inventory/ | Source: Electrek    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 10:00:17

• "It's a harsh reality check. According to its latest — and eighth — recall issued last month, the carmaker has only sold around 46,000 of the divisive pickup trucks so far, despite a $7,500 tax credit." ☛ https://futurism.com/tesla-refusing-cybertrucks-trade-ins | Source: Futurism    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 10:00:39

• "As such, investors were able to see in real-time how poorly their coins were doing and sell them off accordingly." ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/bitcoin-crashing-hard-trump-tariffs | Source: Futurism http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/05/Just_Because_Common_Currencies_Including_the_US_Dollars_Are_Con.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 10:01:13

• "Europe in 2025 experienced its hottest March ever recorded by a significant margin" ☛ https://www.thelocal.se/20250408/europe-has-just-had-its-hottest-ever-march-scientists-confirm | Source: The Local SE    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 10:03:02

• "Visitors will find over 50 booths showcasing environmental organizations, food trucks and local vendors." ☛ https://www.lonestarlive.com/news/2025/04/el-paso-earth-day-celebration-offers-music-wrestling-runwalk-and-tips-on-saving-planet.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 10:03:28

• "Instead of answering that question, attorneys for DOGE [sic] filed a vague and evasive statement" ☛ https://americanoversight.org/american-oversight-slams-doge-for-evasive-response-to-courts-records-preservation-order/ | Source: American Oversight    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 10:04:58

• "The Department [sic] of Government Efficiency's claims that it's saving more than $140 billion by cancelling contracts is overstated." ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2025/04/is-doge-overstating-its-savings-claims/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 10:05:07

• "The creation of MCADT comes in response to the rapid proliferation of armed first-person view drone technology and tactics observed in modern conflicts, particularly in Eastern Europe." ☛ https://www.marines.mil/News/News-Display/Article/4139734/marine-corps-launches-attack-drone-team/ |    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:07:05

• "The team will focus on integrating first-person view drones — aerial vehicles that transmit a live feed of their bird’s-eye view to remote displays — into the Fleet Marine Force." ☛ https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/news/your-marine-corps/2025/04/07/marine-corps-introduces-drone-attack-team/ | Source: USMC    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:07:18

• "Deploying Marine units will be equipped with prototype systems designed to counter drones, said Lt. Gen. Eric Austin, deputy commandant for combat development and integration." ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marines-counter-drone-systems/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:07:37

• "ARX’s land drones have already undergone field tests with the British Army on Salisbury Plain to tailor them to UK-specific needs, although no contract has yet been signed to buy them." ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/08/hi-tech-battlefield-robotics-drones-britain-ai-defence/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:07:59

• "In a split ruling, the three-judge panel blocked a lower court decision that halted DOGE [sic] access at the Education Department, the Treasury Department and the Office of Personnel Management." ☛ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/04/appeals-court-restores-doge-access-to-sensitive-information-at-us-agencies/ | Source: Federal News Network    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:08:55

• "DOGE [sic] team of technologists is using artificial intelligence to surveil at least one federal agency’s communications for hostility" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-04-08/exclusive-musks-doge-using-ai-to-snoop-on-u-s-federal-workers-sources-say | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:09:32

• "As the main highlight" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/openssl-3-5-brings-major-cryptographic-shifts/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:10:47

• "Subject Salt Typhoon: Securing America’s Telecommunications from State-Sponsored Cyber Attacks" ☛ https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/salt-typhoon-securing-americas-telecommunications-from-state-sponsored-cyber-attacks/ |    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:12:16

• "At a Congressional hearing earlier this week, Matt Blaze made the point that CALEA, the 1994 law that forces telecoms to make phone calls wiretappable, is outdated in today’s threat environment and should be rethought" ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/arguing-against-calea.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:12:43

• "As Green notes, the EU and UK governments – particularly the latter – seem to believe that they must have the power to access people’s systems" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/08/if-ai-agents-catch-on-expect-the-legacy-copyright-industry-to-turn-them-against-you/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:13:15

• "Clause 80 of the DUA Bill weakens the safeguards for solely automated decisions in the law-enforcement context and dilutes crucial data protection safeguards." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/eff-civil-society-groups-academics-call-uk-home-secretary-address-flawed-data-bill | Source: EFF    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:13:50

• "We represent two unions of federal employees: the AFGE and the AALJ." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/our-privacy-act-lawsuit-against-doge-and-opm-why-judge-let-it-move-forward | Source: EFF    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:14:09

• "EPIC submitted comments in response to the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Privacy Working Group’s request for information" ☛ https://epic.org/epic-urges-federal-privacy-working-group-to-center-data-minimization-in-federal-privacy-law/ | Source: EPIC    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:14:31

• "The Tribunal’s judgment comes after a hearing on Friday 14 March 2025, at which the Government had requested that basic details of Apple’s own case" ☛ https://privacyinternational.org/press-release/5553/press-release-privacy-international-and-liberty-complaint-against-governments | Source: Privacy International    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:14:49

• South Korea fires warning shots at 10 North Korean troops crossing the DMZ ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/04/08/world-news/south-korea-fires-shots-at-north-korean-troops-crossing-dmz/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:18:33

• Introducing Lab Rax: A 3D Printable & Modular 10″ Rack System ☞ https://www.the-diy-life.com/introducing-lab-rax-a-3d-printable-modular-10-rack-system/    

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

• "The OrangePi RV2 offers impressive performance in a low-cost, power-efficient form factor." ☛ https://canonical.com/blog/ubuntu-developer-images-now-available-for-orangepi-rv2-a-low-cost-risc-v-sbc | Source: Canonical    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:21:14

• Introducing the Image Map widget: A smarter way to visualize your data ☞ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/04/08/introducing-the-image-map-widget-a-smarter-way-to-visualize-your-data/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:21:55

• "Traditional RC cars relied on fairly rudimentary analog signals, but complete digital control is common today." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/04/08/using-a-racing-sim-rig-with-a-real-rc-car/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:22:05

• "It was alleged Huawei, after being banned from working with TSMC, passed its AI chip designs to Sophgo, which in turn gave the blueprints to TSMC manufacture to order as if they were Sophgo's designs." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/08/tsmc_blew_whistle_on_chinese/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:22:16

• Llama 4 Herd is here and already works with Red Bait OpenShift Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/llama-4-herd-here-and-already-available-openshift-ai    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:26:35

• Integrate predictive analytics and system notifications into your existing workflows ☞ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/integrate-predictive-analytics-and-system-notifications-your-existing-workflows    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:27:14

• Slopwatch: LinuxTechLab, linuxsecurity.com, "Cyber Security News" and More LLM Slopfarms ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/08/Slopwatch_LinuxTechLab_linuxsecurity_com_Cyber_Security_News_an.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:27:37

• Oman in 2025: GNU/Linux Growing to 5% ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/07/Oman_in_2025_GNU_Linux_Growing_to_5.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:27:48

• Plasma 6.3.4 Now Available ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Plasma-6.3.4-Now-Available    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:28:10

• "Make faster, more accessible, more environmentally friendly websites" ☛ https://getoutofmyhead.dev/ |    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:30:09

• "The 9th April is CSS Naked Day which is all about promoting web standards." ☛ https://harrycresswell.com/writing/css-naked-day/ | Source: Harry Cresswell    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:30:22

• "Don’t freak out. My website is observing CSS Naked Day." ☛ https://lmnt.me/blog/css-naked-day.html | Source: Louie Mantia    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:30:34

• "Worked like a charm! It probably won’t work in every scenario like a dedicated background-image-opacity might, but for my particular use case at that moment in time it was perfect!" ☛ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/background-image-opacity-css/ | Source: Jim Nielsen    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:31:24

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

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:32:59

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

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:33:09

• How To Install Actual Budget on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-actual-budget-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:33:36

• Atom is Microsoft and abandonware; why on Earth suggest this in 2025? ☞ https://idroot.us/install-atom-text-editor-fedora-41/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:34:42

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

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:34:57

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

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:35:08

• "If you’re copying files between systems over a network, the scp (secure copy) command is typically used instead of cp." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/force-cp-to-overwrite-without-confirmation/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:36:13

• "When this happens, you may encounter errors such as: [...]" ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/fix-full-root-partition-linux/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:36:37

• "Oh boy, Meta released their latest llama models this weekend" ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/meta-got-tricky-with-llm-benchmarks/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:38:42

• "The problem is, magnetic tapes are regarded by storage and archivist professionals as being a stable" ☛ https://www.404media.co/doge-gsa-magnetic-tape-archives-digital-storage/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:46:00

• Windows TCO: "The one that deserves most attention is CVE-2025-29824" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/08/patch_tuesday_microsoft/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:47:36

• Windows TCO: (CVE-2025-29824) "Mike Walters, president and co-founder at Action" ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/microsoft-patch-tuesday-april-2025/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:48:12

• Windows TCO: "The zero-day vulnerability, tagged as CVE-2025-29824" ☛ https://therecord.media/microsoft-zero-day-used-ransomware-attack-real-estate | Source: The Record    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:48:19

• "In 2024 and continuing into 2025, social media platforms were prime targets for cybercriminals" ☛ https://itwire.com/business-it-news/security/account-takeover-attacks-on-social-media-a-rising-threat-for-content-creators-and-influencers.html | Source: IT Wire    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:49:01

• "unblur nudity" ☛ https://www.twincities.com/2025/04/08/meta-teen-safety-livestream-restrictions/ | Source: TwinCities Pioneer Press    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:49:12

• "What I did not expect was Facebook changing my wife's status to single" ☛ https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/facebook-killed-my-marriage.html | Source: Chris O'Donnnell    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:49:20

• "The newly chartered AI Preferences (AIPREF) Working Group will work on standardizing building blocks that allow for the expression of preferences" ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/04/08/ietf-setting-standards-for-ai-preferences/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:50:12

• "These tumultuous times are of course being reported on everywhere you look, including on this very website" ☛ https://aftermath.site/ai-video-game-development-art-vibe-coding-midjourney | Source: Aftermath Site LLC    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:50:21

• "1X is not likely to send out millions of Norwegian techs to sit in your basement to run your robot. Maybe you can hire a remote servant in a poor country. It’ll still be AGI: A Guy Instead." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/08/your-humanoid-robot-servant-a-new-hope-for-agi-a-guy-instead/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:50:44

• "I see people who don’t know how LLMs are built treat them like all-knowing experts, trusting everything that comes out2. Well… Nearly everything." ☛ https://www.dbreunig.com/2025/04/08/on-ai-observational-comics.html | Source: Drew Breunig    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:51:13

• "A new report from Pew Research Center released last week shows a sharp divide in how artificial intelligence is perceived by the people building it versus the people living with it." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/644853/pew-gallup-data-americans-dont-trust-ai | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:51:58

• Quartz is DEAD ☛ https://futurism.com/quartz-fires-writers-ai-slop | Source: Futurism https://techrights.org/n/2025/03/26/LLM_Slopfarm_A_Site_s_Last_Incarnation_Before_Throwing_in_the_T.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:52:22

• "And so, everyone who bought Windows XP also (unknowingly) received a copy of the totally flopped Microsoft Bob." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2661663/microsofts-worst-software-flop-was-secretly-packed-with-windows-for-years.html | Source: PC World    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:53:39

• "The flightcrew may not be aware of uncommanded frequency changes and could fail to receive air traffic control communications." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/08/boeing_787_radio_software_patch/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:53:51

• "Paid parental leave leads to lower infant and child mortality, fewer re-hospitalizations for infants and mothers, improved maternal mental health" ☛ https://alabamareflector.com/2025/04/08/paid-parental-leave-is-good-for-children-too/ | Source: Alabama Reflector    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:55:03

• "But I have this feeling for a while that I really, really, really need to do something about my screen time, or I am doomed." ☛ https://blog.pcora.eu/2025/04/08/the-need-for-a-big.html | Source: Pedro    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:55:14

• "Last night, I was discussing the OJ Simpsons trial with my wife, after making a "If the glove don't fit" joke. I thought about how we took in the world during that time." ☛ https://brandons-journal.com/ignorance-is-bliss/ | Source: Brandon    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:55:27

• "When it came to determining whether and how severely newer PFAS were toxic, Trump-appointed officials have been accused of straight-up changing the science" ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/04/07/2025/how-trump-slowed-the-fight-against-forever-chemicals | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:55:44

• "Now Framework, which offers more modular and repairable laptop designs" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/08/small_hardware_firms_tariffs/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:56:07

• "Framework says it’s “temporarily pausing” US sales on some of its laptops due to the Trump administration’s tariffs that went into effect on April 5th, according to a post on X." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/644997/framework-stops-selling-some-of-its-cheapest-laptops-due-to-trump-tariffs | Source: The Verge    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:56:17

• "What wasn’t clear, however, was why Framework didn’t simply raise its prices to compensate" ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2660679/framework-pauses-some-laptop-sales-in-response-to-tariffs.html | Source: PC World    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:56:35

• "It seems that Framework does not have enough inventory to keep selling its base model units at the same price in the U.S. And while it could increase the prices of its laptops, doing so would likely upend its market strategy." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/framework-pauses-u-s-sales-of-base-laptop-13-models-due-to-tariffs-company-says-other-vendors-are-pausing-sales-too-but-not-making-announcements | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:56:53

• "Razer.com has mysteriously delisted all laptop products in the US, including the upcoming Razer Blade 16." ☛ https://uk.pcmag.com/laptops/157498/with-trump-tariffs-looming-razer-stops-accepting-new-laptop-orders | Source: PC Mag    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:57:23

• "These articles are good exercises but they are also total fantasy." ☛ https://www.404media.co/a-us-made-iphone-is-pure-fantasy/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:57:42

• "It seems that Framework does not have enough inventory to keep selling its base model units at the same price in the U.S. And while it could increase the prices of its laptops" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/laptops/framework-pauses-u-s-sales-of-base-laptop-13-models-due-to-tariffs-company-says-other-vendors-are-pausing-sales-too-but-not-making-announcements | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:58:48

• "to improve lives and grow the economy" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/08/ukri_funding_cuts/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:59:16

• "In the book, Ullman laments the bad parts of computers and the internet." ☛ https://evanhahn.com/life-in-code-book-notes/ | Source: Evan Hahn    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:59:36

• "I was pretty offended by this. I took pride in being professional and thorough. I didn't mind going the extra mile to help out my customers." ☛ https://louplummer.lol/belief-makes-it-real-or-does-it/ | Source: Lou Plummer    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 12:59:51

• "it does not engage in false positivity." ☛ https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/2025/doom-prepping-web-dev/ | Source: Baldur Bjarnason    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:00:05

• "Here's the video recording of my talk at the ARCtic iOS Conference in Oulu Finland, held in March 2025. " ☛ https://blog.viditb.com/action-centered-design-framework-talk/ | Source: Vidit Bhargava    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:00:18

• "I published 13 new New Leaf Journal articles in March, with one being our February review. While March did not rank highly in terms of word count" ☛ https://thenewleafjournal.com/march-2025-at-the-new-leaf-journal/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:00:55

• "I was going through my drafts this evening and I found that I had a number of them. Around 26 in total, created over the last year or so, many of them half-finished or almost finished thoughts." ☛ https://lmika.org/2025/04/07/airing-on-draft-microposts.html | Source: Leon Mika    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:01:09

• "In case you’re interested, here are the 20 most linked-to domains across all blogs in the directory: [...]" ☛ https://ooh.directory/blog/2025/most-linked-domains/ |    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:01:18

• "The scope showed a PPS output (Pulse Per Second)" ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/bps-gps-alternative-nobodys-heard | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:02:03

• [Old] "Code can be confusing but it can't lie, given enough time any developer can step through code and work out exactly what it does." ☛ https://www.jackfranklin.co.uk/blog/code-comments-why-not-how/ | Source: Jack Franklin    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:05:44

• "There’s a reason for that. We generally don’t use regexes in Haskell." ☛ https://entropicthoughts.com/parser-combinators-beat-regexes | Source: Chris    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:06:07

• "A monthly newsletter, mostly on julia internals, digestible for casual observers. A biased, incomplete, editorialized list of what I found interesting this month, with contributions from the community." ☛ https://julialang.org/blog/2025/04/this-month-in-julia-world/index.html | Source: Julia Programming Language    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:06:20

• "Although Linus Torvalds is often credited with the creation of Git, he hasn't been heavily involved in the project since June of 2005." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/git-turns-20-as-we-celebrate-decades-of-open-source-software-distribution | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:07:14

• "The BIST Technology index seems to have reached the upper band despite the ongoing political crisis in Turkey. But could it be continued?" ☛ https://datageeek.com/2025/04/07/ensembles-of-models/ | Source: DataGeeek    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:08:08

• "I'm certain this isn't a new idea, but surprisingly I couldn't find much after some digging around online." ☛ https://theorangeduck.com/page/debug-draw-text-lines | Source: Daniel Holden    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:08:30

• "In the new version (v0.18.0) of the ahead package, I have extended the forecast::thetaf function to support Generalized Linear Models (GLMs) and added an attention mechanism." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/extending-the-theta-forecasting-method-to-glms-and-attention/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:08:43

• "As of today, we are building our new internal standard table shells using the open source packages from this NEST framework." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/code-collaboration-in-nest/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:09:31

• "I have a lot in the works for the this month's Logic for Programmers release." ☛ https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/a48fce5b-8a05-4302-b620-9b26f057f145/ | Source: Buttondown LLC    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:10:44

• "Some things are just ugly and you have to live with it. Or even make some things ugly deliberately—to highlight the complexity behind the code." ☛ https://aartaka.me/ugly-things.html | Source: Artyom Bologov    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:11:05

• "OEMs must reinvent the wheel over and again. Each OEM implements home-grown solutions for standard features like OTA updates, user authentication, factory installation, machine gateways and IoT gateways." ☛ https://embeddeduse.com/2025/04/08/extracting-microservices-from-a-modular-monolith/ | Source: Burkhard Stubert    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:11:22

• "Yesterday (April 7) was a special one—not just for the open source community, but for software development worldwide." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/git-distributed-version-control-system-turned-20/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:11:55

• The Rust Programming Language Blog: March Project Goals Update ☞ https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/04/08/Project-Goals-2025-March-Update.html    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:12:32

• "What kind of sicko signs up for political fundraising emails from just about every committee?" ☛ https://thescoop.org/LLM-Extraction-Challenge/ |    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:13:40

• [Old] "That's exactly why you should plot your data before doing anything else. Not for decoration." ☛ https://briefer.cloud/blog/posts/look-the-data/ |    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:13:47

• "Now with macOS Sequoia, Apple has replaced rsync 2.6.9 with openrsync" ☛ https://derflounder.wordpress.com/2025/04/06/rsync-replaced-with-openrsync-on-macos-sequoia/ |    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:14:21

• "ShinyConf 2025 is almost here! From April 9 to 11, thousands of data scientists, developers, and Shiny fans will come together online to share ideas, build skills, and connect." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/a-quick-guide-to-getting-the-most-out-of-shinyconf-2025/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:15:29

• "We invite you to submit proposals to give a talk at JuliaCon Local Paris 2025. It will be an in-person conference held in Paris, France, on October 2nd and 3rd 2025." ☛ https://pretalx.com/juliacon-local-paris-2025/cfp |    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:15:47

• "Explore six in-depth talks, four lightning talks, and a bonus talk from Shiny in Production 2024… or binge-watch them all!" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/shiny-in-production-2024-videos/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:21:03

• "Mentoring is at the heart of what makes rOpenSci a community." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/supporting-ropensci-mentors-with-practical-tools/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:21:44

• "FOSDEM is arguably the largest open source conference in the world." ☛ https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/advocating-for-freebsd-a-fosdem-2025-trip-report/ | Source: FreeBSD    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:22:15

• "WordPress is switching from three major releases a year to just one." ☛ https://manualdousuario.net/en/wordpress-one-release-a-year/ |    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:24:43

• "Support for text-wrap: pretty just shipped in Safari Technology Preview" ☛ https://webkit.org/blog/16547/better-typography-with-text-wrap-pretty/ | Source: WebKit    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:25:03

• "Vicky and David will look back over their two decades with the LOCKSS Program." ☛ https://blog.dshr.org/2025/04/paul-evan-peters-award-lecture.html | Source: David Rosenthal    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:25:41

• "We (undeadly.org editors) had not noticed ourselves, but Will Backman wrote in about the news that some OpenBSD code" ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250408062403 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:25:52

• mise manages installations of programming language runtimes ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/mise-manages-installations-programming-language-runtimes/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:44:22

• PBXware is a GNU/Linux telephony platform distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pbxware-linux-telephony-platform-distribution/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:44:50

• Web Management Availability ☞ https://www.linuxschools.com/wordpress/2025/04/08/web-management-availability/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:46:04

• "One of the small issues with XFT fonts is that they don't really have canonical names." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/XFTApparentlyDropsEncoding | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:46:37

• "If you have ever been irked by having to enter a sequence of sysctl(8) commands" ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250408120131 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:46:54

• "The new version has several cool changes, including: [...]" ☛ https://freedos.org/download/announce.html |    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:47:11

• "We are thrilled to announce the release of Charmed Kubeflow 1.10" ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/announcing-charmed-kubeflow-1-10 | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 13:48:09

• Automation or computerisation or digitalisation saves NOTHING (or adds cost) when you factor in all the human time wasted each time the automation or computerisation or digitalisation can go wrong. But the real "Savings" are for the rich operating such business. They "steal time" for you, giving you hassle.    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 14:17:29

• What if the CUSTOMERS started to CHARGE the BUSINESSES for TIME WASTED? Suddenly customer services would improve a lot.    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 14:23:00

• A random thought: when you pay with cash not much can go wrong (the transaction won't be 100x/100 times or numbers/IDs leaked out for micro-thefts). So pay with cash, cards are too much of a risk and if things go wrong, then they can go VERY wrong and MUCH work needed to correct that, if possible AT ALL.    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 14:31:34

• Ideology May Not Be What You Think but How You’re Wired ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/science/ideology-neuroscience-politics-zmigord.html    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 14:33:07

• Romania facing growing barriers to reproduction rights amid legislative rollback, rights group says ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/romania-facing-growing-barriers-to-reproduction-rights-amid-legislative-rollback-rights-group-says/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 15:17:59

• Three government strategies for expanding and supporting behavioral healthcare workers ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2025/04/three-government-strategies-for-expanding-and-supporting-behavioral-healthcare-workers/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 15:18:23

• Latvia's E. coli outbreak had at least two sources ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/08.04.2025-latvias-e-coli-outbreak-had-at-least-two-sources.a594662/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 15:18:34

• With "Action Fraud UK" we reported (multiple victims at Sirius) obvious fraud, confirmed by the large pension firm, but without examining the evidence "Action Fraud" just said it would not deal with it. Upon escalation to the MP, a respected politician/authority which contacted them, they simple totally ignored her. We'll see if SRA is the same.    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 15:21:15

• North Korea says its status as a nuclear weapons state can never be reversed: KCNA ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-says-its-status-as-a-nuclear-weapons-state-can-never-be-reversed-kcna    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 15:21:44

• South Korea Sets New Presidential Election for June 3 ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/world/asia/south-korea-election.html    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 15:21:56

• Pilots Discussed Alternate Ways to Land Before Deadly Jeju Air Crash ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/world/asia/jeju-crash-communications.html the landing gear did not work    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 15:22:28

• South Korea sets snap presidential election for June 3, drawing out contenders ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-to-hold-snap-presidential-election-on-june-3    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 15:23:00

• South Korea says it fires shots after North Korean soldiers cross demarcation line ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-says-it-fires-shots-after-north-korean-soldiers-cross-demarcation-line    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 15:23:16

• North Korea says its status as a nuclear weapons state can never be reversed, KCNA says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/north-korea-says-its-status-as-a-nuclear-weapons-state-can-never-be-reversed-kcna-says    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 15:23:31

• Japan to extend trade sanctions against North Korea for 2 years ☞ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2025/04/08/north-korea-japan-trade-sancton-extension/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 15:23:47

• North Korean hospitals are posting price lists ☞ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2025/04/08/north-korea-health/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 15:24:09

• Asean to send officials to US to discuss tariffs, says Malaysia PM Anwar ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/tariff-discussions-held-between-asean-senior-officials-with-us-treasury-rep    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 15:26:02

• Malaysian lorry driver attacked by panther receives over 30 stitches to his head ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-lorry-driver-attacked-by-panther-receives-over-30-stitches-to-his-head    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 15:26:29

• "The child had likely fallen out through a rear window when the father stopped the vehicle to take a call." ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-man-drives-2km-not-knowing-3-year-old-son-had-fallen-out-of-car-window    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 15:27:48

• China criticises US V-P Vance for calling its people ‘peasants’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-criticises-us-v-p-vance-for-calling-it-people-peasants    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 15:28:11

• US, China clash as The Insurrectionist set to unleash 104% tariff ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/09/us-china-clash-as-donald-trump-set-to-unleash-104-tariff/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 15:28:32

• Put 104101849347837% tariff on China when your OWN economy is in MELTDOWN? Elect a demented bigot, watch the industry circling down the drain...    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 15:29:31

• The US has ‘peasants’ who work 3-4 jobs and do the job on Prozac JUST TO GET BY....on 4 maxed up "credit" cards https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-criticises-us-v-p-vance-for-calling-it-people-peasants    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 15:30:17

• The Convicted Felon and his 'Himler' have just managed to make even many Americans take the side of China on "the economy". Self-harming actions lead to that. Monopolists helped this Convicted Felon wreck their "own" economy. http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/GAFAM_Kissing_the_Ring_of_the_Mafia_Don.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 15:32:00

• Putin and Popcorn both start with "P".    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 15:32:14

• China Accuses U.S. of Blackmail After Convicted Felon Threatens More Tariffs ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/world/asia/china-trump-tariffs.html    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 15:32:34

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Maintains 104% China Tariffs as U.S. Officials Signal Openness to Talks ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/us/politics/trump-tariffs-greer.html    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 15:32:46

• Stock Markets Slide Again as Convicted Felon Plans to Move Ahead With More China Tariffs ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/07/business/trump-tariffs-stock-markets.html    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 15:32:59

• " new opportunities to drive growth" ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-Pacific/2025/0408/china-tariffs-trump-fight    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 15:33:29

• Leader of the "FEE world". Slapping fees on everything, to the point where imports stop and there are critical shortages.    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 15:34:02

• "The Insurrectionist announced a 25 per cent reciprocal tariff rate for South Korea." ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-trade-minister-says-considering-measures-to-boost-us-imports    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 15:34:39

• From MAGA to MAHA to MAHAL (expensive). Making everything cost more hurts most those who vote for bigots.    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 15:35:33

• China vows to ‘fight to the end’ as Convicted Felon tariff war rages ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-says-it-will-never-accept-us-blackmail-in-escalated-tariff-threats    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 15:36:37

• China state firms vow to boost share purchases to calm markets roiled by tariff war ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-state-firms-vow-to-boost-share-purchases-to-calm-markets-roiled-by-tariff-war    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 15:54:33

• Taiwan says China using generative Hey Hi (AI) to ramp up disinformation and ‘divide’ the island ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/taiwan-says-china-using-generative-ai-to-ramp-up-disinformation-and-divide-the-island    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 15:54:43

• India overhauls teaching in Himalayan Buddhist monasteries to counter China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/india-overhauls-teaching-in-himalayan-buddhist-monasteries-to-counter-china    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 15:55:02

• Nato chief says China military expansion is ‘staggering’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/nato-chief-says-china-military-expansion-staggering    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 15:55:24

• ‘It’s like throwing darts blindfolded’: Tariffs take toll on Chinese exporters ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/its-like-throwing-darts-blindfolded-tariffs-take-toll-on-chinese-exporters    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 15:55:45

• Philippines adds speedy warship to maritime arsenal ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-adds-speedy-warship-to-maritime-arsenal    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 15:56:03

• 🔤SpellBinding — BINOXUS Wordo: DIARY gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-04-09.gmi    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 16:57:17

• "Some pictures from the balcony pointing south east, i.e. the sunny one. This is what it looks like: some breakfast ready to eat, with a newspaper on the table, the reeds with all the bees to the left (mostly Osmia), and potted plants all around." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-04-09-balconia    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 16:57:55

• "I think the recent US government Signal chat leak¹ creates a good opportunity to talk about personal cybersecurity and offer a few high-level tips." gemini://nicholasjohnson.ch/2025/04/05/on-personal-cybersecurity/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 16:59:18

• "So in my high-masking autistic experience, one of the most difficult decisions I have to make is when to mask. I've recently come to the conclusion that I've been masking too much, due to sheer number of times I've had the following happen: [...]" gemini://nicholasjohnson.ch/2025/04/05/to-mask-or-not-to-mask/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 17:00:11

• My Forgejo instance was attacked by LLM crawlers gemini://camelia.dev/posts/my-forgejo-instance-was-attacked-by-llm-crawlers.gmi    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 17:01:21

• [japan] [cat] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-04-09.gmi for Mincer    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 17:03:32

• iophk: microsofter have neither the skillset the mindset nor the integrity to retrofit and become IT staff or productive developers    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 17:08:36

• (in pseudo-Latin: "illegitimi non carborundum")    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 17:18:01

• iophk: Microsoft tries to isolate everyone even as they isolate their own people in a cult-like fashion in part through the use of odd, non-standard terminology and a total lack of a lexicon to translate between microsoftianism and computer science terminology    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 17:55:35

• "I have gotten so enraged by the amount of LLM crap that there's only a few sites I even pay attention to anymore." http://techrights.org/n/2025/04/09/People_Are_Sick_of_LLM_Slop_Offer_Them_Alternatives.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 18:29:02

• sites not valued by their own maintainer will go offline much sooner. -[enter-name] law    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 18:35:44

• "Reach into your pocket and let the height of technology take you far away from the world before you. Enjoy the distraction it gives you: a familiar feeling of warmth and comfort. But is this an act of freedom or the relinquishing of such? I’m referring, of course, to soma." https://www.cornellsun.com/article/2023/11/modern-soma    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 18:44:18

• "Mustapha Mond says, “People never are alone now…we make them hate solitude; and we arrange their lives so that it’s almost impossible for them ever to have it.” I fear this is what our technology is most likely pushing us toward. I think more concerning than escaping scenarios of discomfort is escaping those of boredom."    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 18:45:00

• Chinese Nationals Fighting For Russia Captured In Ukraine, Zelenskyy Claims ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-zelenskyy-russia-belgorod-kryviy-rih/33377214.html    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 18:56:10

• Ukraine Mourns Children Killed In Deadly Russian Attack On Zelenskyy's Hometown ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-kyiv-rih-brink-ambassador-macron-ceasefire/33375288.html    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 18:56:20

• Two Chinese Citizens Captured in Ukraine While Fighting for Russia, Zelensky Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/world/europe/zelensky-russia-chinese-belgorod.html    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 18:56:49

• "Zaluzhnyi confirms joint U.S.-Ukrainian command center in Germany" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/08/former-top-ukrainian-commander-valerii-zaluzhnyi-confirms-existence-of-joint-u-s-ukrainian-command-center-in-germany | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 18:57:04

• "two Chinese nationals fighting for Russia" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/08/zelensky-says-ukraine-captured-two-chinese-nationals-fighting-for-russia | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 18:57:16

• US may pull thousands of troops from Eastern Europe – media ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2531896/us-may-pull-thousands-of-troops-from-eastern-europe-media    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 18:57:37

• No, it’s not new. Russia and China have been best buddies for decades ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/no-its-not-new-russia-and-china-have-been-best-buddies-for-decades/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 18:57:54

• Michta in Lithuanian National Radio and Television on the necessity of US-European cooperation on defense ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/insight-impact/in-the-news/michta-in-lithuanian-national-radio-and-television-on-the-necessity-of-us-european-cooperation-on-defense/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 18:58:10

• Russian pop singer’s concert in Vilnius sparks outrage ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2531988/russian-pop-singer-s-concert-in-vilnius-sparks-outrage    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 18:58:26

• Lithuania moves to extend sanctions with additional penalties on Russians, Belarusians ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2531940/lithuania-moves-to-extend-sanctions-with-additional-penalties-on-russians-belarusians    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 18:58:50

• "That could be bad news for Russia’s state budget" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/08/the-ruble-has-been-surging-since-trump-returned-to-office-that-could-be-bad-news-for-russia-s-state-budget | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 19:02:07

• Istanbul.. always choosing dictatorships ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/08/russia-says-next-round-of-talks-with-u-s-planned-for-april-10-in-istanbul | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 19:02:38

• "Russian police are raiding gyms" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/08/russian-police-are-raiding-gyms-sweeping-up-men-for-conscription-and-deportation | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 19:03:16

• US Confirms Meeting With Russia On Restoring Embassy Operations ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-diplomacy-talks-istanbul-embassy-darchiyev/33377660.html    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 19:03:35

• UN experts call for an end to arbitrary indefinite detention in Syria ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/un-experts-call-for-an-end-to-arbitrary-indefinite-detention-in-syria/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 19:06:38

• Ukraine captures two Chinese nationals fighting for Russia in Donetsk, Zelensky says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250408-ukraine-captures-two-chinese-nationals-fighting-for-russia-in-donetsk-zelensky-says    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 19:06:57

• Russian independent media continues to find refuge in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/features/media/08.04.2025-russian-independent-media-continues-to-find-refuge-in-latvia.a594271/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 19:07:16

• Group accused of illegal cigarette production in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/08.04.2025-group-accused-of-illegal-cigarette-production-in-latvia.a594686/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 19:07:32

• M23 Resurgence in Eastern DRC About Power, History, Resources ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2025/04/m23-resurgence-in-eastern-drc-about-power-history-resources/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 19:08:23

• Russian court seizes majority stake in St. Petersburg Oil Terminal from family of founder ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/08/russian-court-seizes-majority-stake-in-st-petersburg-oil-terminal-from-family-of-founder-who-co-owned-facility-with-early-putin-associate | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 19:11:19

• Russia’s endless ceasefire excuses are proof that Putin does not want peace ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/russias-endless-ceasefire-excuses-are-proof-that-putin-does-not-want-peace/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 19:11:47

• "Her ex-husband and children just turned up in Belarus" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/08/belarusian-opposition-figure-angelika-melnikova-is-missing-her-ex-husband-and-children-just-turned-up-in-belarus | Source: Meduza    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 19:12:17

• Lithuania wants to limit return journeys of Belarusian migrants ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2528877/lithuania-wants-to-limit-return-journeys-of-belarusian-migrants    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 19:12:24

• Beware of scam e-mails as if from Latvian Television ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/08.04.2025-beware-of-scam-e-mails-as-if-from-latvian-television.a594596/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 19:12:34

• OFTC users up, but are they bots waiting to be culled again? https://netsplit.de/networks/statistics.php?net=OFTC    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 19:14:01

• Libera.Chat steadily down this year year. It soon turns 4. https://netsplit.de/networks/statistics.php?net=Libera.Chat    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 19:15:02

• TTABlog Test: Is UNITED STATES COAST GUARD Merely Descriptive of Employment Counseling and Recruiting Services? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/04/ttablog-test-is-united-states-coast.html    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 19:16:05

• Dev snapshot: Godot 4.5 dev 2 ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-5-dev-2/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 19:16:20

• “The attack is broader, it didn’t start with Budapest nor with the Antifa Ost case” ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2025/04/08/the-attack-is-broader-it-didnt-start-with-budapest-nor-with-the-antifa-ost-case/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 19:17:06

• Probation for planned bomb plot: Berlin court rules in leftist “Easter surprise” from 30 years ago ☞ https://digit.site36.net/2025/04/08/probation-for-planned-bomb-plot-berlin-court-rules-in-leftist-easter-surprise-from-30-years-ago/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 19:17:19

• Leaked Email from IBM Red Bait CEO: DEI, Supplier Diversity Requirements Removed ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/leaked-email-from-red-hat-ceo-dei    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 19:18:48

• Non-Woke Software List (For April, 2025) ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/non-woke-software-list-for-april    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 19:19:02

• [SLOP] Article on How to Tell If the Article You’re Reading Is [SLOP] ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/humor/shouts-murmurs/an-ai-generated-article-on-how-to-tell-if-the-article-youre-reading-is-ai-generated    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 19:20:19

• Scamscriptions: how to stop a dodgy recurring payment ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/scamscriptions-how-to-stop-a-dodgy-recurring-payment-aS1Uv3v1TfvB    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 19:20:40

• linuxhint.com Died 12 Months Ago (After Adopting Image Slop) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/08/linuxhint_com_Died_12_Months_Ago_After_Adopting_Image_Slop.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 19:20:56

• Many slop 'articles' are ABOUT slop. It's so terrible on many levels.    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 19:21:19

• Like a virus fertilising itself    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 19:21:32

• Notes from "Life in Code: A Personal History of Technology" ☞ https://evanhahn.com/life-in-code-book-notes/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 19:22:16

• "Thoughts and prayers to Alvind and Krabanaugh. Hard times — they might have to settle for domestic truffle butter with their remaining tens of millions. How will they manage? Stay strong, kings." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jr8nsdyr    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 19:37:40

• "Alvind only cares about his greedy self and that fcukin Country that birthed him. This country made that arrogant S-B a wealthy man but he Cr@ps on it and his thanks is to ruin lives and send their jobs to people making low wages. Krabanaugh is basically a f@t inarticulate d0pe."    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 19:38:31

• "What does that even buy you? A wheelbarrow to haul your cash to the store to fight someone for a dozen eggs? Meanwhile, Alvind and Krabanaugh are probably feeding eggs benedict to their dogs." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrbs6y18    

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

• Under Krishna debt skyrocketed while IBM salaries sank (by shifting to low-paid labour) https://finbox.com/NYSE:IBM/explorer/total_debt/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 19:40:22

• "Oh wow, the #FreeBSD #Linuxulator is just magic! I setup an Ubuntu #LinuxJail as described in the linked wiki and was able to compile and flash #Arduino code to my Uno using #PlatformIO" gemini://tobykurien.com/microblog.gmi    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:12:52

• "[...] , which is absolutely mind blowing because the tools for compiling are not available for "freebsd_amd64", yet in this Linux environment (not emulated, not a VM, just a translation layer), the Linux binaries were able to compile and then flash to the USB device (using the FreeBSD kernel and drivers). 🤯" gemini://tobykurien.com/microblog.gmi    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:12:56

• Releasing version 13 ☞ https://agama-project.github.io/blog/2025/04/08/agama-13    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:14:25

• "Linux" Foundation junk is now boosting a non-technical Microsoft employee (PR person doing openwashing, first from Edelman), who casually spreads security FUD about Linux, while having zero grasp of computer security. "Linux" Foundation and OpenSSF are captured by Microsoft. ☞ https://openssf.org/podcast/2025/04/08/whats-in-the-soss-podcast-26-s2e03-javascripts-big-footprint-robin-bender-ginn-on-leading-openjs-and-open-source-at-scale/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:16:44

• "Linux" Foundation junk is now boosting a non-technical Microsoft employee (PR person doing openwashing, first from Edelman), who casually spreads security FUD about Linux, while having zero grasp of computer security. ☞ https://openssf.org/podcast/2025/04/08/whats-in-the-soss-podcast-26-s2e03-javascripts-big-footprint-robin-bender-ginn-on-leading-openjs-and-open-source-at-scale/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:17:09

• "Linux" Foundation junk is now boosting a non-technical Microsoft employee (PR person doing openwashing, first from Edelman), who casually spreads security FUD about Linux, while having zero grasp of computer security. ☞ https://openssf.org/podcast/2025/04/08/whats-in-the-soss-podcast-26-s2e03-javascripts-big-footprint-robin-bender-ginn-on-leading-openjs-and-open-source-at-scale/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:17:16

• See http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/ "Linux" Foundation and OpenSSF are captured by Microsoft.    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:17:57

• Destination Linux 414: Zorin through an Hey Hi (AI) Labyrinth on a Thunderbird ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/destination-linux/dl-414/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:22:25

• Microsoft junk ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/cardo-gui-podcast-client-typescript/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:23:41

• KOL458 | Patent and Copyright versus Innovation, Competition, and Property Rights (APEE 2025) ☞ https://stephankinsella.com/as_paf_podcast/kol458-patent-copyright-innovation-competition-property-apee-2025/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:24:22

• Michael Meeks: 2025-04-08 Tuesday ☞ https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2025-04-08.html "partner sales call"    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:24:38

• Destination Linux 414: Zorin through an Hey Hi (AI) Labyrinth on a Thunderbird ☞ https://destinationlinux.net/414    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:25:51

• Adam Young: How big a matrix can we fit ☞ https://adam.younglogic.com/2025/04/how-big-a-matrix-can-we-fit/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:26:41

• Windows "Market Share" Down to 1% in Sudan, Based on statCounter ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/08/Windows_Market_Share_Down_to_1_in_Sudan_Based_on_statCounter.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:27:27

• Nearly 5,000 Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Layoffs Disclosed on Week of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft 'Anniversary' (Media Noise), The HR Digest Says More Layoffs Coming ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/08/Nearly_5_000_Microsoft_Layoffs_Disclosed_on_Week_of_Microsoft_A.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:27:35

• Microsoft Shares Collapse Again (Down $101), Fifth Round of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Mass Layoffs in Less Than 100 Days in 2025 ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/07/Microsoft_Shares_Collapse_Again_Down_101_Fifth_Round_of_Microso.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:27:42

• Microsoft Problems in Europe Even Before the Cheeto Tariffs ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/07/Microsoft_Problems_in_Europe_Even_Before_the_Cheeto_Tariffs.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:27:52

• Courage is Contagious ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/08/Courage_is_Contagious.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:27:59

• LLM Slop Will Eventually Stop Due to High Costs, Worse Training Sets (Polluted Models Ingesting Their Own Junk), and No Real Returns ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/08/LLM_Slop_Will_Eventually_Stop_Due_to_High_Costs_Worse_Training_.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:28:05

• At 50, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Has Over 100 Billion Dollars in Debt and Less Than 25% "Market Share" (Windows) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/08/At_50_Microsoft_Has_Over_100_Billion_Dollars_in_Debt_and_Less_T.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:28:13

• Michael Meeks: 2025-04-07 Monday ☞ https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2025-04-07.html "Intermittent patch review"    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:28:45

• Stolen Credit Card and LinkedIn. DHS Spies on Immigrant Social Media. ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/08/Stolen_Credit_Card_and_LinkedIn_DHS_Spies_on_Immigrant_Social_M.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:28:57

• People Who Facilitate Truth Will Always Win at the End ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/08/People_Who_Facilitate_Truth_Will_Always_Win_at_the_End.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:29:06

• On Shutdowns and 2,000 More Layoffs at Abusive Monopolist Microsoft (10,000 Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Staff May Have Already Been Laid Off in 2025) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/08/On_Shutdowns_and_2_000_More_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_10_000_Microso.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:29:14

• Urgent Need for SLAPP Litigation Transparency (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/08/Urgent_Need_for_SLAPP_Litigation_Transparency.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:29:22

• Wikipedia Can Lower Its Hosting Bill by Going More Static, Not Just by Caching, But It Would Not Solve Its Biggest Problems (Bribes and AstroTurfing) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/08/Wikipedia_Can_Lower_Its_Hosting_Bill_by_Going_More_Static_Not_J.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:29:31

• How Corporations Such as Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Try to Crush Critics and Dissolve Activism (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/08/How_Corporations_Such_as_Microsoft_Try_to_Crush_Critics_and_Dis.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:29:37

• Walmart Vizio TVs Scream At Immigrants to Leave America (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/08/Walmart_Vizio_TVs_Scream_At_Immigrants_to_Leave_America.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:29:46

• Microsoft April 2025 Patch Tuesday, (Tue, Apr 8th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/31838 still full of bug doors http://techrights.org/wiki/Microsoft_and_the_NSA/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:30:55

• IPSO decides not to launch Jewish Chronicle standards investigation ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/ipso-decides-not-to-launch-jewish-chronicle-standards-investigation/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:31:45

• FreeDOS 1.4 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1016849/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:32:14

• Inflation eased slightly during March in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/economy/08.04.2025-inflation-eased-slightly-during-march-in-latvia.a594444/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:33:11

• Shock Link Found Between Marriage And Risk of Developing Dementia ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/shock-link-found-between-marriage-and-risk-of-developing-dementia    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:33:29

• ESA Report Says There's Too Much Junk in Earth Orbit Trunk ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/esa-report-says-theres-too-much-junk-in-earth-orbit-trunk    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:33:44

• Cutting Back on One Amino Acid Increased Lifespan in Middle-Aged Mice Up to 33% ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/cutting-back-on-one-amino-acid-increased-lifespan-in-middle-aged-mice-up-to-33    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:33:54

• Qt Gradle Plugin 1.2 Released! ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-gradle-plugin-1.2-released    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:34:32

• Your Pee Isn't a Health Tonic, No Matter What Ancient Wisdom Claims ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/your-pee-isnt-a-health-tonic-no-matter-what-ancient-wisdom-claims    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:35:01

• Did Dire Wolves Just Come Back From Extinction? Here's The Truth. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/did-dire-wolves-just-come-back-from-extinction-heres-the-truth    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:35:18

• Dan Wootton accused of ‘catfishing’ former colleague, court hears ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/dan-wootton-accused-of-catfishing-former-colleague-court-hears/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:36:55

• PR industry alarmed at rise of fake commenters exposed by Press Gazette ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/pr-industry-alarmed-rise-fake-commenters-exposed-press-gazette/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:37:19

• Here is how this publisher dooms itself and its reputation ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/marketing/independent-guardian-music-advertising/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:38:04

• "Our articles are just 'bait' for us to spy on you and sell your data...."    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:38:52

• Mozilla Thunderbird: Thunderbird Monthly Development Digest – March 2025 ☞ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/04/thunderbird-monthly-development-digest-march-2025/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:39:29

• HYPE: Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/china-deepseek-export-controls-congress-i/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:40:09

• WordPress 6.8 Release Candidate 3 ☞ https://wordpress.org/news/2025/04/wordpress-6-8-release-candidate-3/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:40:22

• ADLINK COM-HPC-mMTL – A COM-HPC Mini Computer-on-Module with up to 16-core defective chip maker Intel Core Ultra 7 165H processor ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/08/adlink-com-hpc-mmtl-a-com-hpc-mini-computer-on-module-with-up-to-16-core-intel-core-ultra-7-165h-processor/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:40:54

• Aerium Lumen – An NVIDIA Jetson carrier board for drones and robots ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/08/aerium-lumen-an-nvidia-jetson-carrier-board-for-drones-and-robots/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:41:12

• PGConf.BE : Preliminary schedule and speakers online ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgconfbe-preliminary-schedule-and-speakers-online-3053/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:41:49

• "full-fat Linux or BSD installation would be patently ridiculous." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/08/freedos-1-4-released/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:43:52

• FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, April 11, starting at 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC) ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/fsd-2025-04-11    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:45:13

• Video: MiSTer FPGA work-in-progress 3DO core progress ☞ http://www.montanalinux.org/video-mister-fpga-3do-core-wip-20250408.html    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:45:50

• The "Linux Foundation" isn't about Linux; it's run by some people who actively work to undermine Linux and whose salary is paid 100% to advance Microsoft's agenda from within "Linux". Even a blind person can follow the very simple evidence.    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:50:27

• Sort of like Musk (MElon) and Cheeto working to undermine the US economy for personal gain. In MElon's case there aren't even elections. The seats are for sale, just like in "Linux" (for sale) Foundation https://techrights.org/n/2024/10/23/A_Severe_Linux_Foundation_Conflict_of_Interest_Microsoft_Staff_.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/30/New_IRS_Filing_Shows_That_the_Most_Dominant_Company_in_the_Linu.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 20:52:10

• Old: Why There Has Been a Campaign of Defamation Against Richard Stallman (RMS), Professor Moglen, Linus Torvalds, Theodore Ts'o, Bruce Perens and Many Others https://techrights.org/n/2024/06/05/Why_There_Has_Been_a_Campaign_of_Defamation_Against_Richard_Sta.shtml    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 21:04:04

• AMD EPYC 9005 'Turin' CPUs see 14% higher performance on average with Ubuntu 25.04 beta release ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-epyc-9005-turin-cpus-see-14-percent-higher-performance-on-average-with-ubuntu-25-04-beta-release    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 21:21:02

• The Fridge: Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 886 ☞ https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2025/04/07/ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-issue-886/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 21:22:14

• A (potential) git whoopsie ☞ https://rubenerd.com/a-git-whoopsie/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 21:22:39

• Feedback regarding my “what’s the point?” post ☞ https://rubenerd.com/feedback-regarding-my-whats-the-point-post/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 21:23:21

• Linux Kernel 6.15 First Release Candidate Now Available ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Linux-Kernel-6.15-First-Release-Candidate-Now-Available    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 21:24:00

• 17 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux MySQL Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/mysqltools/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 21:25:15

• Kst is a real-time large dataset viewing and plotting tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/kst-real-time-large-dataset-viewing-plotting-tool/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 21:25:30

• Ringdove is an EDA suite of multiple software components ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ringdove-eda-suite/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 21:25:45

• 20 Best Free and Open Source Shells ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-shells/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 21:26:12

• OpenRefine – desktop program for data cleanup and transformation ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/openrefine-desktop-program-data-cleanup-transformation/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 21:26:28

• 9 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux CLI File Encryption Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-linux-cli-file-encryption-tools/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 21:26:42

• Druid is a column-oriented distributed data store ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/druid-column-oriented-distributed-data-store/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 21:26:58

• Fedora Community Blog: Fedora at Chemnitzer Linux-Tage 2025 ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/fedora-at-chemnitzer-linux-tage-2025/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 21:27:19

• "I arrived in the United States in 2018 to pursue a postdoctoral research fellowship at Washington University in Saint Louis (WashU). Having already lived in the UK and traveled around Europe during my PhD, moving to the USA wasn’t a major cultural shock." gemini://rohitfarmer.com/gemlog/2025/2025-04-09-life-in-the-usa.gmi    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 21:39:24

• like a comic skit wherein each time you give qn honest answer they yell at you, "wrong answer"    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 21:41:24

• "Often, their expectations are shaped by social media, which tends to show only the glamorous side. It’s difficult to grasp the reality of day-to-day life in another country unless you’ve lived there." gemini://rohitfarmer.com/gemlog/2025/2025-04-09-life-in-the-usa.gmi    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 21:41:51

• "my understanding of the country was largely based on what I had seen in American movies."    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 21:42:26

• Microsoft Weighs Layoffs of Managers, Non-Coders https://www.theinformation.com/briefings/microsoft-weighs-layoffs-managers-non-coders    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 21:45:32

• Petter Reinholdtsen: Some notes on GNU/Linux LUKS cracking ☞ http://www.hungry.com/~pere/blog/Some_notes_on_Linux_LUKS_cracking.html    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 21:48:36

• Security updates for Tuesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1016774/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 21:49:14

• Port Mapping in Docker: When and How to Use it? ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/docker-port-mapping/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 21:50:39

• LibreArts Weekly recap — 6 April 2025 ☞ https://librearts.org/2025/04/week-recap-6-apr-2025/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 21:51:40

• computo on the go ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/computo-on-the-go/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 21:52:25

• Microsoft's Nick Vidal is back with openwashing nonsense for "AI" - the Microsoft Ponzi scheme that OSI gets bribed to prop up ☞ https://opensource.org/blog/there-are-no-degrees-of-open-why-openness-is-binary    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 21:53:44

• It is not "Summarisation"; it's "Shortening" for plagiarism's sake ☞ https://www.opensourceforu.com/2025/04/nlp-text-summarisation-with-python/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 21:54:52

• OpenSSL 3.5 Released with Support for PQC Algorithms, Server-Side QUIC ☞ https://9to5linux.com/openssl-3-5-released-with-support-for-pqc-algorithms-server-side-quic    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 21:55:58

• OpenSSL 3.5.0 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1016851/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 21:56:43

• Death Row Case Exposes Failures to Protect Childhood Trauma Survivors ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/capital-punishment/death-row-case-exposes-failures-to-protect-childhood-trauma-survivors    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 21:57:57

• Beijing can curb imports of US films and chicken if US hikes tariffs, say influential Chinese bloggers ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/beijing-can-curb-imports-of-us-films-and-chicken-if-us-hikes-tariffs-say-influential-chinese    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 22:05:06

• Hong Kong to ‘fully seize’ opportunities in China amid uncertainties caused by ‘ruthless’ US tariffs, chief exec. says ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/08/hong-kong-to-fully-seize-opportunities-in-china-amid-uncertainties-caused-by-ruthless-us-tariffs-chief-exec-says/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 22:06:12

• China vows ‘fight to the end’ as Convicted Felon threatens 50% more tariffs ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/08/china-vows-fight-to-the-end-as-trump-threatens-50-more-tariffs/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 22:06:22

• Chinese press: 'Arrogant' Convicted Felon's threats will not intimidate China ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/press-review/20250408-chinese-press-arrogant-trump-s-threats-will-not-intimidate-china    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 22:06:35

• Did fictional character Ron Vara ‘craft’ Convicted Felon’s tariff policies? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20250408-did-fictional-character-ron-vara-craft-trump-s-tariff-policies    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 22:06:59

• US's 104% tariffs on China to take effect on Wednesday ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/business/20250408-us-s-104-tariffs-on-china-to-take-effect-on-wednesday    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 22:07:12

• Read-out of the phone call between President von der Leyen and Chinese Premier Li Qiang ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/read_25_1004    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 22:07:34

• Event Wrap: Convergence India Expo 2025 ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/04/09/event-wrap-convergence-india-expo-2025/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 22:08:40

• Event Wrap: IETF 122 ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/04/08/event-wrap-ietf-122/    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 22:08:49

• "The business world is upended. Companies are bracing for survival. Jobs are being cut." https://mwl.io/archives/24056    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 22:09:19

• Sheet Mewsic: Moritz von Schwind’s Katzensymphonie (1868) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/katzensymphonie    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 22:11:04

• Coastal erosion: Brazil battles rising sea levels due to climate change ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/focus/20250408-coastal-erosion-brazil-battles-rising-sea-levels-due-to-climate-change    

posted Wednesday, April 09, 2025 at 22:11:20