Roy Schestowitz

• Why are Russia and Belarus spared? https://www.dw.com/en/trump-s-tariffs-why-are-russia-and-belarus-spared/a-72150328    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 04:32:59

• What happened the last time the US went all-in on tariffs? https://www.vox.com/politics/407492/trump-tariff-formula-calculation-russia-economy-dow-sp    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 04:34:41

• World Press Photo accused of promoting Russian propaganda https://www.dw.com/en/world-press-photo-accused-of-promoting-russian-propaganda/a-72181359    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 04:36:32

• Four Journalists Accused of Extremism https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-10/russian-prosecutors-seek-nearly-six-years-in-jail-for-four-journalists-accused-of-extremism    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 04:37:03

• Germany suspects Russian cyber attack on research group https://www.dw.com/en/germany-suspects-russian-cyber-attack-on-research-group/a-72175406    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 04:38:13

• Congress and SCOTUS already ruled to ban; this is breaking the law in an ad hoc fashion https://www.dw.com/en/us-trump-extends-deadline-for-tiktok-sale-for-second-time/a-72146401    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 04:47:48

• In violation of law; this is like monarchy https://www.dw.com/en/tiktok-sale-chinese-video-app-gets-another-lease-on-life/a-72113757    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 04:48:14

• It was never allowed to "extend deadline" in the first place https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/04/trumps-extends-tiktok-second-time.html    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 04:48:56

• Senator Warner Says New Cheeto Mussolini TikTok Extension May Violate Law https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-04-07/senator-warner-says-new-trump-tiktok-extension-may-violates-law    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 04:49:16

• Ukraine's Railways Restore Half of IT Services Hit by Cyber Attack So Far https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-09/ukraines-railways-restore-half-of-it-services-hit-by-cyber-attack-so-far    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 04:50:58

• Latest TikTok Layoffs Contradict January Job Security Promises https://www.ccn.com/news/business/tiktok-layoffs-contradict-job-security-promise/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 04:55:23

• Microsoft “slowing or pausing” its early-stage datacentre projects https://htxt.co.za/2025/04/microsoft-slowing-or-pausing-its-early-stage-datacentre-projects/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/01/05/No_Microsoft_Does_Not_Invest_80B_in_Hey_Hi_AI_It_s_Just_Full_of.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 04:55:58

• Restrictions on our Freedom to Study Software https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250407-01.en.html    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 05:01:54

• "Digital sovereignty needs Free Software!" but you take bribes from Microsoft https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250409-01.en.html    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 05:02:19

• Stargazing 4 https://xkcd.com/3072/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 05:02:34

• Tariffs https://xkcd.com/3073/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 05:02:47

• Push Notifications https://xkcd.com/3074/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 05:03:00

• CRUX 3.8-rc5 is out https://crux.nu/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 05:07:16

• Ultimate (Ultimate Edition) 2025.04.08 is also out https://sourceforge.net/projects/ultimateedition/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 05:08:08

• AlmaLinux 9.6 Beta Now Available! https://almalinux.org/blog/2025-04-08-announcing-96-beta/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 05:11:53

• "Either DEI works or it doesn't. Should not be a lifelong approach to running a company. When it achieves its goals you shouldn't need it anymore. Having good employee performance was never part of the plan." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrgfam4v    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 05:17:02

• "The plan was to mix in people who fit the profile. Over-hiring during COVID is part of these layoffs for sure as well as a side note." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrgfam4v    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 05:17:08

• "Alvind and his pipmunks are awful evil greedy pigs." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrgn009t    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 05:17:30

• "uhh, he's middle management at IBM ... useless meetings, no technical skills, and buzzwords are basically their job requirement" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrjwva52    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 05:17:57

• "Not to derail OP - but while we are on the topic of managers…Does anyone have experience reporting a manager to HR for bullying?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrjwva52    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 05:18:25

• "suggest you speak to an HR lawyer...IBM never takes the side of employees even when there is proof of bullying, management protects their own." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrjwva52    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 05:18:51

• "The managers from at will countries such as the US and Canada, forget that countries in the EU have employment laws and they are legally required to create a safe work environment and demonstrate reasonable mitigation of issues. So if you’re based in UK and your manager is in San Jose, you’re almost guaranteed a bad time."    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 05:19:12

• "How do I deal with an Awful manager? I am based out of Austin and my manager has no technical skills. He is basically a glorified meeting organizer. I hate his stupid buzzwords. He is so annoying" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrjwva52    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 05:19:33

• "DOGE wouldn't recognize real waste and fraud if someone wrote it on a 2x4 and hit Elmo and his goons up the side of the head with it." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrj1pa99    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 05:20:19

• "Sigrblot is essentially "Victory Celebration", and for some, the start of the Summer half of the year, in opposition to Winter Nights, which is the start of the Winter half of the year" gemini://vigrey.com/journal/happy-sigrblot-oaths-update-2.gmi    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 05:29:48

• interlude: 1988 gopher://baud.baby:70/0/phlog/fs20250412.txt "I published this on my blog a little over 20 years ago"    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 05:30:52

• Stench Of Death gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/stug/phlog    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 05:31:46

• "I have not eaten meat for some 28 years or so" gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/stug/phlog/20250411.txt    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 05:32:31

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-04-12.gmi    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 05:32:59

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1262.jpg    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 05:33:25

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1612.jpg    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 05:33:33

• "A few years ago, a guest speaker from a Bible college visited our church. In Sunday School he gave an overview of the book of Mark. Afterward when he took questions, I took the opportunity to ask something that bothered me. Why, I asked him, in Mark 5, does Jesus say Jairus' daughter was sleeping?" gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/emily/20250411.gmi    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 05:41:46

• "...Fast-forward twenty years: my spouse and I lived in a little cabin on the edge of a woods. The nearest town was 20 minutes away and consisted of maybe 400 people. I communicated with my editors/clients entirely via phone and this newfangled "Internet" thing." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2025-04-11    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 05:43:18

• "Franklin D. Roosevelt was right y’know? On April 29th, 1938 he warned the American Public about what happens when monopolies go unchecked and consumerism runs rampant." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2577    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 05:44:05

• "university deadlines creeping. a lot of coursework, i have done already. i am so tired" gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2578    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 05:44:41

• Jamie Zawinski now blocks Falkon. Screw Jamie Zawinski. Screw this approach. OH U DO NOT USE A BROWSER THAT I KNOW, SO GO AWAY!    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 06:34:31

• Jamie Zawinski: Y U NO USE DE FIREFOX !! I made Mozilla , y'know...    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 06:36:05

• "World of Goo 2 from Tomorrow Corporation and 2DBOY has a Steam release date just revealed of April 25, which will include Native Linux support." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/world-of-goo-2-comes-to-steam-with-new-levels-on-april-25/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:07:16

• "shapez 2 is a fantastic factory building sim and on June 2nd it's going to level up in a big way with 3D platform building." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/shapez-2-big-dimension-update-arrives-june-2-with-3d-platform-building/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:07:35

• "Egosoft have revealed that their expansive space sim X4: Foundations is getting another major upgrade named Diplomacy, scheduled to arrive some time this year." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/egosoft-reveal-the-big-free-diplomacy-update-for-x4-foundations-due-out-in-2025/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:08:18

• "How it's going..." https://www.netmeister.org/blog/how-its-going.html    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:09:00

• Estonian Navy Detains Russian Shadow Fleet Ship | "Eesti merevägi pidas kinni Vene varilaevastiku laeva | Eesti | ERR" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=et&tl=en&u=https://www.err.ee/1609661978/eesti-merevagi-pidas-kinni-vene-varilaevastiku-laeva    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:10:17

• "Vampire Survivors just had two entirely free content drops! The first is a free DLC cross-over with Square Enix's SaGa series, along with a chicken-themed free update." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/vampire-survivors-free-square-enix-saga-cross-over-dlc-another-free-update-and-cross-save-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:10:39

• "The main portal about sponsors and supporters of the aggression" https://war-sanctions.gur.gov.ua/en    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:12:37

• iophk: dangerous levels of senility. "H.R. McMaster receives accidental call from President Trump" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/h-r-mcmaster-trump-accidental-call/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:13:03

• "Britain backs Nuremberg-style Russia trials despite Trump opposition" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2025/04/10/britain-backs-nuremberg-style-russia-trial-trump-opposition/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:13:14

• "Tech bro's "AI" was just Filipino workers" https://boingboing.net/2025/04/11/tech-bros-ai-was-just-filipino-workers.html    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:13:26

• "Greenland base commander fired for insufficient bootlicking" https://boingboing.net/2025/04/11/greenland-base-commander-fired-for-insufficient-bootlicking.html    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:14:14

• "Elon Musk Is Gleefully Destroying the Government for Donald Trump" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/elon-musk-trump-doge-destruction-1235314218/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:15:09

• "The Voluntary Surrender of U.S. Power" https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/04/america-global-influence-china-trade-war/682399/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:15:20

• NY Times participates in the PONZI SCHEME. It also recently admitted to using LLMs for some of its BS articles. Is this another? https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/business/tiktok-china-bytedance-ai.html ("How TikTok’s Parent, ByteDance, Became an A.I. Powerhouse")    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:16:03

• "Amid DOGE [sic]'s Failure to Find Fraud Committed by Entities Other than DOGE [sic], DOGE [sic] Automates Deportation" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/11/amid-doges-failure-to-find-fraud-committed-by-entities-other-than-doge-doge-automates-deportation/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:16:50

• "China raises duties on US goods to 125%, calls Trump tariff hikes a 'joke'" https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-increase-tariffs-us-goods-125-up-84-finance-ministry-says-2025-04-11/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:17:00

• "Chinese electronics company Anker starts raising prices on Amazon" https://www.reuters.com/technology/chinese-electronics-company-anker-starts-raising-prices-amazon-2025-04-11/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:17:16

• "Apple Services Are Abysmal" https://initialcharge.net/2025/04/abysmal-apple-services/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:17:25

• NYT already admitted openly that some NYT articles are LLM slop. Is this another? https://512pixels.net/2025/04/budget-constraints-blamed-for-apples-ai-woes/ ("NYT: Budget Constraints Blamed for Apple's AI Woes - 512 Pixels")    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:18:00

• "The Confrontation Between Trump and the Supreme Court Has Arrived" https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/04/supreme-court-confronts-donald-trump/682402/    

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

• "Elizabeth Warren Is Trying to Stop “The Dumbest Financial Crisis Ever”" https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-financial-page/elizabeth-warren-is-trying-to-stop-the-dumbest-financial-crisis-ever    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:18:20

• "Trump authorizes U.S. military to begin occupation of federal land along southern border" https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/04/11/repub/trump-authorizes-u-s-military-to-begin-occupation-of-federal-land-along-southern-border/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:18:39

• "Trump authorizes U.S. military to begin occupation of federal land along southern border • Michigan Advance" https://michiganadvance.com/2025/04/11/repub/trump-authorizes-u-s-military-to-begin-occupation-of-federal-land-along-southern-border/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:18:50

• "The accidental Word War II victory of a little PT boat that could" https://www.navytimes.com/veterans/military-history/2025/04/12/the-accidental-word-war-ii-victory-of-a-little-pt-boat-that-could/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:18:59

• "Paradigm Island developers End-all Entertainment are looking for Linux testers of their upcoming comedy narrative-driven isometric adventure." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/comedy-narrative-driven-isometric-adventure-paradigm-island-in-need-of-linux-testers/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:26:41

• "Here's the up to date list of games available on Amazon Prime Gaming for April 11th, and what compatibility you can expect for Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/everything-to-grab-from-prime-gaming-april-11th-edition-for-steam-deck-linux/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:27:05

• "Schedule I is high up on my wishlist to eventually play-through" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/smash-hit-drug-sim-schedule-i-plans-full-steam-deck-support-will-use-the-steam-deck-as-the-performance-benchmark/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:27:41

• "With funding from Outersloth, the publishing arm of the Among Us developer Innersloth, Neverway is a new reveal from Coldblood Inc." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/neverway-is-a-horror-rpg-that-blends-action-and-life-sim-elements-that-looks-incredible/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:28:06

• more LLM slop? ☛ https://linuxtechlab.com/mastering-remote-repository-and-collaboration-scenarios-top-git-interview-questions-part-3/ | Source: LinuxTechLab https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/08/Slopwatch_LinuxTechLab_linuxsecurity_com_Cyber_Security_News_an.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:29:11

• "There's a whole lot of space dwarf action going on lately." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/deep-rock-galactic-survivor-gets-a-release-date-and-deep-rock-galactic-rogue-core-gets-a-new-trailer/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:29:17

• "Marvel Rivals has been updated with Season 2 by NetEase Games which brings in a new experimental shader compiler mode and other new content." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/the-latest-marvel-rivals-update-is-causing-problems-on-linux-heres-a-quick-workaround/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:29:23

• Red Hat trying to propel mindless hype into a trend ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/vllm-roundup-march-2025 | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:30:47

• Mozilla is a company of layoffs; Mozilla didn't have to be this bad. ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/internet-culture/laid-off-newsletter/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:31:45

• "While downloading packages, you may face challenges such as unsteady network connections or unexpected power blackouts" ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/check-verify-md5sum-packages-files-in-linux/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:35:18

• retaliation ☛ https://insighthungary.444.hu/2025/04/11/hungary-breaks-eu-unity-on-trump-tariff-retaliation | Source: Insight Hungary    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:35:44

• "Criminalizing Immigrants" ☛ https://fair.org/home/dara-lind-on-criminalizing-immigrants/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:36:20

• Pangolin ☛ https://therevelator.org/save-sunda-pangolins/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:36:46

• "data matching" ☛ https://papersplease.org/wp/2025/04/11/doge-dhs-and-data-matching/ | Source: Papers Please    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:37:17

• "St. Lunatics, a group of high school friends from St. Louis, are credited with both performing and songwriting across Nelly’s debut album." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/10/copyright-infringement-case-against-nelly-voluntarily-dismissed/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:40:48

• "Kate Nash calls out Spotify for paltry payments, but Spotify responds by saying they sent her check to Universal — so it’s out of their hands." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/10/kate-nash-spotify-umg-paltry-payments/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:40:58

• "He’s passionate about his mission, knows exactly what needs to be done, and is as unmovable as he is uncompromising on how to get there." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/cdn77-isolates-laliga-iptv-pirates-in-15-mins-allegedly-blocked-anyway-250410/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 07:41:22

• "It's been more than a decade in the making, but Facebook – or, if you prefer, Meta – is going on trial for antitrust violations, with the highest possible stakes and the worst possible evidence (for Facebook)" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/04/11/it-is-better-to-buy/#than-to-compete | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 08:01:09

• How to Verify Debian and Ubuntu Packages Using MD5 Checksums ☞ https://www.tecmint.com/check-verify-md5sum-packages-files-in-linux/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 08:01:59

• "Confiscating Her Children's iPads" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/mum-spends-7-hours-cell-after-confiscating-her-childrens-ipads-that-were-then-reported-stolen-1732660 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 08:02:58

• "A new report from ProPublica published Thursday showed how the Louisiana government is using TIGER (Targeted Interventions to Greater Enhance Re-entry)" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/647405/louisiana-tiger-algorithm-parole | Source: The Verge    

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

• Facebook’s Kapo-berg oversaw censorship tool for China: whistleblower ☛ https://www.rfa.org/english/china/2025/04/11/china-meta/ | Source: RFA    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 08:04:12

• "They said if we ever come back to Dodger Stadium we will be arrested for trespassing" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-04-10/swaggy-wolfdog-cybertruck-dj-swagrman-dodger-stadium | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 08:04:24

• "There's a profound difference between disrupting an industry and disrupting the foundations of global order." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/an-open-letter-to-elon-musk | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 08:14:13

• "And they go on. After a long legal roller-coaster, hundreds of climate workers at NOAA just got re-fired" ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/further/gulf-of-willful-ignorance | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 08:14:45

• "What we witnessed was a false genuflection toward the notion of having “clean hands”—a moral posture that confuses inaction with innocence, that treats withdrawal from moral complexity as ethical superiority rather than abdication." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-theater-of-neutrality | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 08:15:10

• "Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg, and other tech leaders refrained from making public statements while their companies collectively lost trillions. Their silence was both deafening and strategic." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-tech-ceos-silent-trump-tariffs/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 08:15:36

• "If anything, this week is a reminder that the tech industry has grown so large and influential that its leading companies are tools for leverage between countries." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/command-line-newsletter/647519/big-tech-trump-tarrifs | Source: The Verge http://techrights.org/n/2024/12/18/GAFAM_Kissing_the_Ring_of_the_Mafia_Don.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 08:16:11

• "If you’re doing crowdfunding right now and everything imploded last week, know you’re not alone." ☛ https://mwl.io/archives/24061 | Source: MWL    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 08:16:32

• "Bob Smith, a Democrat who chairs the Environment and Energy Committee." ☛ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/power-grid/lawmakers-fear-ai-data-centers-will-drive-up-residents-power-bills/ | Source: Renewable Energy World    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 08:17:43

• "Turning a Blind Eye to [Cryptocurrency] Crimes" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/the-us-is-turning-a-blind-eye-to-crypto-crimes/ | Source: Wired http://techrights.org/n/2025/03/05/Just_Because_Common_Currencies_Including_the_US_Dollars_Are_Con.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 08:18:27

• "One notable shift is the decline of traditional car ownership. Instead, short-term leasing and subscription models have become more prevalent." ☛ https://www.eliseomartelli.it/blog/2025-04-11-carlostsoul | Source: Eliseo Martelli    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 08:18:40

• "Today, the ICT sector accounts for about 1–2% of global greenhouse gas emissions. That’s more than aviation, and the number is growing." ☛ https://hidde.blog/five-ways-green/ | Source: Hidde de Vries    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 08:19:02

• "Robblee, who assumed command of MSRON 4 in June 2024, previously served as deputy director of future operations" ☛ https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2025/04/11/navy-fires-leaders-of-maritime-expeditionary-security-squadron-4/ | Source: US Navy Times    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 08:26:33

• "The Navy has not said publicly exactly why Robblee and Phillips were fired" ☛ https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-fires-expeditionary-security-squadron/ | Source: Task And Purpose    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 08:26:42

• "a sensitive diplomatic “instruction”" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/04/world-war-i-accidental-leak/682393/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 08:31:34

• "CISA reportedly plans to cut agency staff by nearly 40%, or 1,300 people." ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/eric-swalwell-hill-briefing-planned-cisa-personnel-cuts/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 08:32:30

• "This creates a dangerous feedback loop where economic pain leads not to policy reconsideration" ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/beyond-the-narrartive | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 08:33:06

• "This is an outrageous abuse of power." ☛ https://www.commondreams.org/newswire/donald-trump-and-elon-musk-are-weaponizing-social-security | Source: Common Dreams    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 08:33:25

• "The president knows this, and that is why he has now turned his attention to the election system" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/04/trump-election-rules-changes/682394/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 08:33:53

• "Crazy Uncle Elon" ☛ https://futurism.com/elon-musk-lives-destroyed-respond-laugh-cry-emojis | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 08:34:34

• "Major news media organizations sanewashed Donald Trump all through the 2024 campaign" ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-third-worlding-of-america | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 08:35:06

• IBM Reportedly Walks Back Diversity Policies, Citing ‘Inherent Tensions’: Here Are All The Companies Rolling Back DEI Programs / All The Major Companies And Orgs Dumping Their DEI Programs (Full List) https://www.forbes.com/sites/conormurray/2025/04/11/ibm-reportedly-walks-back-diversity-policies-citing-inherent-tensions-here-are-all-the-companies-rolling-back-dei-programs/    

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

• "I no longer use social media platforms owned by fascists or billionaires and neither should you. This means Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and yes also Blue Sky." https://www.jwz.org/contact.html    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 09:25:32

• "This builds on the “Memory” feature that was added to ChatGPT last year, which allowed limited information like queries, prompts, and customizations to be retained and used for future responses." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/646968/openai-chatgpt-long-term-memory-upgrade | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 09:31:45

• "Before you go taping over the microphone and camera on your phone or throwing it in a lake, there are a few less drastic things you can do to curb the potential eavesdropping." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2657861/is-your-phone-secretly-listening-to-you-heres-an-easy-way-to-find-out.html | Source: PC World    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 09:31:58

• "Over the past years, we have tried to shed light on algorithmic videosurveillance software." ☛ https://www.laquadrature.net/en/2025/04/11/algorithmic-videosurveillance-is-spreading-in-europe-lets-fight-back-together/ | Source: La Quadature Du Net    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 09:32:20

• "La Quadrature du Net has been documenting the deployment of algorithmic video surveillance since 2019." ☛ https://www.laquadrature.net/en/avs/ | Source: La Quadature Du Net    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 09:32:52

• "The coalition is increasingly focussing on biometric surveillance for investigation and prosecution measures." ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2025/04/11/grand-control-coalition-german-conservatives-and-social-democrats-call-for-zero-tolerance-on-internal-security/ | Source: Site36    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 09:33:44

• "look for shows using far more specific terms, including the subscriber’s mood, for example, the company said" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/647518/netflix-openai-search-beta-test-ios | Source: The Verge    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 09:34:09

• "The functionality was set to grow to allow you to rummage through that database, using AI, to pull up specific actions based on search terms" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/11/microsoft_windows_recall/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 09:34:32

• "Nineteen state attorneys general had sued to block Elon Musk’s government efficiency team from accessing Treasury systems that include Americans’ bank account and Social Security information." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/nyregion/doge-treasury-lawsuit.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 09:35:01

• "Trump administration officials have told some U.S. government employees that Elon Musk's DOGE [sic] team of technologists is using artificial intelligence to surveil at least one federal agency’s communications" ☛ https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/musks-doge-using-ai-snoop-us-federal-workers-sources-say-2025-04-08/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 09:35:17

• "yet another reported instance of Trump administration and DOGE [sic] officials evading federal record-preservation requirements and weaponizing the government against perceived political enemies" ☛ https://americanoversight.org/american-oversight-seeks-information-about-doge-loyalty-surveillance-and-newly-revealed-record-keeping-failures/ | Source: American Oversight    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 09:35:39

• "DOGE member granted access" ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/doge-member-granted-access/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 09:36:17

• "Using the Web Crypto API, it is easy to Generate TOTP Codes in JavaScript directly in the browser." ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/04/fobcam-25-all-my-mfa-tokens-on-one-page/ | Source: Terence Eden    

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

• "I've had enough of WSL and it's shoddy" ☛ https://soylentnews.org/~turgid/journal/19223 | Source: Soylent News    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 09:41:56

• "But some advocates argue a number of services, like child care and spouse employment programs" ☛ https://www.marinecorpstimes.com/pay-benefits/mil-money/2025/04/11/how-far-will-dod-take-privatization-on-military-bases/ | Source: USMC    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 09:43:25

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/ransomware-reaches-record-high-payouts-are-dwindling | Source: Tripwire    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 09:44:00

• Social Control Media ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2025/04/facebook-marketplace-craiglist-buy-sell/682420/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 09:44:20

• "During that time, I also started developing two R packages: simsam and spatialexplain." ☛ https://jakubnowosad.com/posts/2025-04-13-msca-bp2/ | Source: Jacob Nowosad    

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

• "Two officers tell us that they used the new system to help scour thousands of pieces of open-source intelligence—nonclassified articles, reports, images, videos—collected in the various countries where they operated" ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/11/1114914/generative-ai-is-learning-to-spy-for-the-us-military/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 09:45:15

• "That AI is a money pit shouldn't be surprising. It's been clear for some time now that generative AI's road to profitability will be a rocky one, if it even leads to that destination at all." ☛ https://futurism.com/amount-amazon-making-ai | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 09:45:48

• "The surprising bit is they actually busted the guy. Fake AI has been standard across Silicon Valley for a decade or more." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/11/meet-nate-the-agi-shopping-app-yeah-its-a-guy-instead/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 09:46:03

• "The manager refused to buy it until ChatGPT had promised him that the marker could be used on a marker board." ☛ https://www.baldurbjarnason.com/books/uncluttered-yellow/ | Source: Baldur Bjarnason    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 09:46:36

• "A new report from SentinelOne exposed the inner workings of AkiraBot, a program that bypassed CAPTCHAs and used AI-generated messages to target 420,000 websites." ☛ https://www.404media.co/scammers-used-openai-to-flood-the-web-with-seo-spam/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 09:47:33

• Microsoft Saturated E-mail with Junk (Windows Botnets Spew Out Lots of These) and Now It Does the Same to the World Wide Web http://techrights.org/n/2024/03/07/Microsoft_Saturated_E_mail_with_Junk_Windows_Botnets_Spew_Out_L.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 09:48:25

• "Netflix today is very different. It’s not a library—it’s an experience." ☛ https://rakhim.exotext.com/but-what-if-i-really-want-a-faster-horse |    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 09:48:41

• "The results are in, and it appears that – at least as far as The Register's most loquacious commenters are concerned – Windows Server 2000 was Microsoft's peak." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/11/windows_2000_best_microsoft/ | Source: The Register UK    

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

• "There is an element of this critique that feels very now and may become outdated" ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/a-faster-horse/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 09:49:34

• "My own personal Wayback Machine recently reminded me that as the first Covid lockdown got under way I was forced to address some prominent myths about sourbread baking being promulgated." ☛ https://www.jeremycherfas.net/blog/still-baking-sourdough-bread | Source: Jeremy Cherfas    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 09:50:10

• "But whereas these are typically controlled with an external interface like an EEG headset, chip implants are very much the new frontier." ☛ https://theconversation.com/from-brain-bluetooth-to-full-robocop-where-chip-implants-will-be-heading-soon-254376 | Source: The Conversation    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 09:50:24

• "The United States government intends to kill Mr. Mangione as a political stunt" ☛ https://www.ksl.com/article/51293601/mangione-lawyers-ask-judge-to-prevent-us-prosecutors-from-seeking-death-penalty | Source: Deseret Media    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 09:50:42

• "Back in the old days, it used to be reasonably routine to have 'multi-architecture' Unix environments with shared files (where here architecture was a combination of the process architecture and the Unix variant)." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/MultiArchOneSetup | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 09:51:24

• "Recently, two PC vendors, Framework and Puget Systems, have not only begun talking about how tariffs will affect the price of the products that they sell to you" ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2682973/when-pc-vendors-tell-you-whats-going-on-with-tariffs-pay-attention.html | Source: PC World    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 09:51:38

• "It’s been total chaos since President Trump announced tariffs last week." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/uncanny-valley-podcast-trump-tariffs-tech-industry/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 09:51:51

• "This document provides a minimum set of guidelines for Network Etiquette (Netiquette) which organizations may take and adapt for their own use." ☛ https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc1855.html | Source: RFC    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:02:40

• "So you run a college. And you tell prospective students that the quality of their education is your primary concern." ☛ https://lemire.me/blog/2025/04/11/how-can-really-smart-people-appear-totally-incompetent/ | Source: Daniel Lemire    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:02:51

• "Leading like a scientist begins with a fundamentally different relationship with uncertainty. While leaders traditionally view uncertainty as a threat, research shows that teams that openly acknowledge what they don’t know consistently outperform those projecting false confidence." ☛ https://nesslabs.com/lead-like-a-scientist | Source: Ness Labs    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:03:41

• "In this edition of Working Together for Free Software, Free Software Foundation (FSF) program manager Miriam Bastian interviews Mia Bajić, a software engineer with a passion for building communities. Mia is mainly active in the European Python community." ☛ https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/interview-with-mia-bajic | Source: FSF    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:03:58

• "OK, you’re coming from a business perspective. But even if you care only about money in and money out" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/why-the-government-should-support-useless-science/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:04:31

• "Quantum physics sometimes leads to very unconventional predictions." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-04-quantum-entanglement.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:04:39

• "Exhibit curators invited their colleagues to submit their favorite items" ☛ https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/04/harvard-archivists-favorite-finds/ | Source: Harvard University    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:07:26

• "During these years, Hoschedé-Monet trained as an artist under the tutelage of her stepfather." ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/monets-stepdaughter-painted-breathtaking-impressionist-masterpieces-theyre-finally-getting-the-attention-they-deserve-180986408/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:08:06

• "Some of Marconi’s first messages were received and transmitted using the Battle Harbour Marconi Towers" ☛ https://www.arrl.org/news/view/effort-to-save-marconi-towers-in-canada-public-invited-to-vote-on-project | Source: ARRL    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:08:24

• "I loved the idea of having a place of my own to put my (mostly) tech-related thoughts, learnings, notes…" ☛ https://hidde.blog/tagged/ | Source: Hidde de Vries    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:08:34

• "He's right. I mean, even putting aside the specific rating argument" ☛ https://brandons-journal.com/re-im-part-of-the-problem/ | Source: Brandon    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:09:06

• "Ouch. But accurate. I've found myself in a rut, writing the type of stuff I don't want to write." ☛ https://world.hey.com/jasonekratz/i-m-part-of-the-problem-d05fdb43 | Source: 37signals LLC    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:09:15

• "I'm going to the British Eastercon in Belfast next weekend" ☛ http://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/2025/04/meanwhile-in-real-life.html | Source: Antipope    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:09:59

• "Just put a little care into something, send it out into the world and let it find an audience." ☛ https://paulrobertlloyd.com/2025/101/a1/nerve/ | Source: Paul Robert Lloyd    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:10:42

• "I think I started because everything I learned about building on the web came from reading other people’s blogs online" ☛ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/tag-youre-it/ | Source: Jim Nielsen    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:10:55

• "a company that makes Linux-focused laptops in Europe" ☛ https://manualdousuario.net/en/whats-on-your-desk-jonatas/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:11:14

• "Silent and powerful, Raspberry Pi 500 is a perfect recording studio computer." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/how-to-build-a-raspberry-pi-500-home-recording-studio-setting-up-your-space/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:11:49

• "cut “non-essential consulting contracts” with the top-10 highest-paid firms, including Deloitte, Accenture, IBM" https://www.hr-brew.com/stories/2025/04/11/what-layoffs-at-consultancies-like-deloitte-mean-for-recruiters    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:14:56

• "Not as approachable as your common distro" ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/ghostbsd-25.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:27:28

• This Week in GNOME: #195 Typed Weather ☞ https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/04/twig-195/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:27:50

• Tobias Bernard: GNOME STF 2024 Project Report ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/tbernard/2025/04/11/gnome-stf-2024/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:28:19

• CentOS Board Meeting Recap, April 2025 ☞ https://blog.centos.org/2025/04/centos-board-meeting-recap-april-2025/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:29:42

• DietPi – extremely lightweight Debian-based distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/dietpi-extremely-lightweight-debian-based-distribution/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:31:14

• 3 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Magnifying Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-linux-magnifying-tools/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:31:49

• Windows 10 is ending – Making the move to GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.reallinuxuser.com/windows-10-is-ending-making-the-move-to-linux/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:32:11

• Ubuntu Unity vs. GNOME: Choosing the Right Ubuntu Experience for Your Workflow ☞ https://www.linuxjournal.com/content/ubuntu-unity-vs-gnome-choosing-right-ubuntu-experience-your-workflow    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:32:39

• "Swap is a special area on your storage device—commonly a partition or a file—that the Linux kernel uses as virtual memory when the system’s RAM is full. You can think of it as an “emergency overflow” for memory." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/linux-swap-explained-do-you-need-it/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:33:22

• "Not anymore. NNCPNET is an email system that runs atop NNCP. I’ve written a lot about NNCP, including a less-ambitious article about point-to-point email over NNCP 5 years ago." ☛ https://changelog.complete.org/archives/10768-announcing-the-nncpnet-email-network | Source: John Goerzen    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:33:56

• "One of the primary skills I try to impart to people that I mentor is to "think before you type"." ☛ https://pid1.dev/posts/think-before-typing/ | Source: Malcom Coles    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:34:32

• "Recently Ines, another attendee and speaker at this conference wrote and spoke about the reasons why developers argue that much." ☛ https://sarajaksa.eu/2025/04/how-not-to-argue-on-pull-request-reviews-lightning-talk-presented-at-pycon-austria-2025/ | Source: Sara Jakša    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:34:48

• "Julia was designed to bridge the gap between ease of use for scientists and engineers and performance-intensive applications for developers." ☛ https://info.juliahub.com/blog/pid-autotuning-and-controls-with-juliasim | Source: Julia Programming Language    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:35:00

• Open Data ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/04/10/no-one-size-fits-all-the-case-for-taking-a-national-approach-to-pid-adoption/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:35:40

• fibre   

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:36:10

• "The four-day event included three days of training and a one-day conference for participants to share information on topics including fibre network design, BGP, and RPKI." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/04/10/event-wrap-mmnog-7/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:36:15

• "The event, organized by the APIGA alumni and volunteers from ISOC Chapters in India" ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/04/11/event-wrap-apiga-india-2025/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:36:35

• "This is the 85th edition of People and Blogs, the series where I ask interesting people to talk about themselves and their blogs." ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/pb-jedda | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:36:47

• "My little blogging CMS is becoming full-featured one. I have tags now!" ☛ https://michal.sapka.pl/2025/my-god-its-full-of-tags/ | Source: Michał Sapka    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:38:17

• "In this post, we'll have a look at what the incoming changes are, how to identify if it's an issue on your pages, and some hints for conformant and better-structured websites." ☛ https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/blog/h1-element-styles/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:41:27

• "These are the default styles being removed: [...]" ☛ https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/11/default-styles-for-h1/#atom-everything | Source: Simon Willison    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:42:23

• "Unlike some text-to-speech solutions that send your data to remote servers, this extension processes everything locally using Firefox’s trial ML capabilities and transformers.js." ☛ https://mattcool.tech/posts/testing-text-to-audio-with-firefoxs-experimental-web-extensions-api/ | Source: Matt Cool    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:42:44

• "There’s only one niggling issue with it: the default is to sort your stream by when a post was received, not when it was published." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/force-freshrss-to-sort-by-publishdate-with-nginx/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:49:56

• "This reading list is courtesy of Vivaldi browser, who pay me decent money to fight for a better web and don’t moan at me for reading all this stuff." ☛ https://brucelawson.co.uk/2025/reading-list-339/ |    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:50:08

• "easier to find information on pages" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/does-your-site-refresh-have-rss/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:50:39

• "I’m retiring my static blogroll, and instead directing people to the public feed of our blog aggregator instead." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/replacing-the-blogroll-with-an-aggregator/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:51:16

• "This, with improved tooling for your VPN needs, is another bit of the upcoming release shaping up. Enjoy!" ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250411084739 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:51:51

• "You could count the number of skilled electronics engineers on US soil" ☛ https://www.404media.co/how-a-2-000-made-in-the-usa-liberty-phone-phone-is-manufactured/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:52:52

• "The Gobo team took the idea of macOS's simple, stripped-out filesystem layout" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/11/new_gobolinux_lead_and_version/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:53:53

• "This report covers hrev58697 through hrev58787." ☛ https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/waddlesplash/2025-04-10-haiku_activity_contract_report_march_2025/ | Source: HaikuOS    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:54:45

• "Recently, I learned about numeric keywords. Since I was terrible in school" ☛ https://www.matuzo.at/blog/2025/never-lose-a-z-index-battle-again | Source: Manuel Matuzović    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:55:32

• "Our full GPU hierarchy using traditional rendering (aka, rasterization) comes first" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/gpu-hierarchy,4388.html | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 10:56:06

• "In this episode, Bruce chats with Miriam Suzanne" ☛ https://vivaldi.com/blog/8-miriam-suzanne-oddbird-for-a-better-web/ | Source: Vivaldi    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:02:42

• "Banana Pi has shared details of its upcoming BPI-CM6 module, built with the SpacemiT K1 octa-core RISC-V processor." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/banana-pi-teases-bpi-cm6-module-featuring-spacemit-k1-risc-v-processor/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:07:03

• "Zephyr Project has released version 4.1 of its RTOS, bringing notable improvements in kernel performance, toolchain support" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/zephyr-rtos-4-1-released-with-performance-boosts-iar-and-rust-support-and-broader-board-compatibility/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:07:13

• "The AS-DT1 is built on Sony’s proprietary Direct Time of Flight LiDAR technology." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/sony-introduces-as-dt1-described-as-the-worlds-smallest-and-lightest-precision-lidar-sensor/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:07:21

• "The NanoCluster is a compact computing platform designed for multi-SOM configurations" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/updated-sipeed-previews-compact-low-cost-nanocluster-for-multi-som-computing/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:07:29

• "We are happy to announce the release of IPFire 2.29 - Core Update 193. This is an important update that brings a number of significant improvements, including support for post-quantum cryptography in IPsec and a major update to the core toolchain." https://www.ipfire.org/blog/ipfire-2-29-core-update-193-released    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:11:18

• White House Plan Calls for NOAA Research Programs to Be Dismantled ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/climate/noaa-research-budget-cuts.html    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:12:21

• Children Seeking Cholera Care Die After U.S. Cuts Aid, Charity Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/world/africa/south-sudan-cholera-children-deaths.html    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:13:31

• Reproducible Builds (diffoscope): diffoscope 294 released ☞ https://diffoscope.org/news/diffoscope-294-released/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:14:21

• Bits from Debian: DebConf25 Registration and Call for Proposals are open ☞ https://bits.debian.org/2025/04/debconf25-registration-opens.html    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:15:00

• Microsoft's backdoored Windows 95 startup sound has been immortalized in the Library of Congress ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsofts-windows-95-startup-sound-has-been-immortalized-in-the-library-of-congress    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:16:49

• update: AAAAXY ☞ https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/AAAAXY    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:17:10

• Final Week Update – Season of KDE 2025 ☞ https://coosmos.github.io/posts/Week5/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:18:26

• Rapid7 Reveals RCE Path in Ivanti VPN Appliance After Silent Patch Debacle ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/rapid7-reveals-rce-path-in-ivanti-vpn-appliance-after-silent-patch-debacle/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:19:06

• Hackers Breach Morocco’s Social Security Database ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/hackers-breach-moroccos-social-security-database/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:19:28

• Vulnerability in OttoKit WordPress Plugin Exploited in the Wild ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/vulnerability-in-ottokit-wordpress-plugin-exploited-in-the-wild/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:19:51

• In Other News: Scattered Spider Still Active, EncryptHub Unmasked, Rydox Extraditions ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/in-other-news-scattered-spider-still-active-encrypthub-unmasked-rydox-extraditions/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:20:21

• SonicWall Patches High-Severity Vulnerability in NetExtender ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/sonicwall-patches-high-severity-vulnerability-in-netextender/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:20:51

• 1.6 Million People Impacted by Data Breach at Laboratory Services Cooperative ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/1-6-million-people-impacted-by-data-breach-at-laboratory-services-cooperative/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:21:18

• China Admitted to Volt Typhoon Cyberattacks on US Critical Infrastructure: Report ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/china-admitted-to-us-that-it-conducted-volt-typhoon-attacks-report/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:21:46

• Rising Tides: Bryson Bort on Cyber Entrepreneurship and the Needed Focus on Critical Infrastructure ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/rising-tides-bryson-bort-on-cyber-entrepreneurship-and-the-needed-focus-on-critical-infrastructure/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:22:41

• American Oversight Launches Investigation into Convicted Felon Administration’s Plan to Gut Social Security ☞ https://americanoversight.org/american-oversight-launches-investigation-into-trump-administrations-plan-to-gut-social-security/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:23:04

• It’s (past) time to get serious about funding Australia’s defence and security ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/its-past-time-to-get-serious-about-funding-australias-defence-and-security/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:23:43

• Whatever the CCP says, regimes don’t have the rights of nations ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/whatever-the-ccp-says-regimes-dont-have-the-rights-of-nations/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:24:12

• Cradle of violence: How criminal networks are winning Ecuador’s youth and threatening Latin America’s future ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/criminal-networks-are-winning-ecuadors-youth-and-threatening-latin-americas-future/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:25:10

• PSiRA rejects concerns over Firearms Regulation amendments ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/civil-security/psira-rejects-concerns-over-firearms-regulation-amendments/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:26:10

• Experts debunk calls for SANDF to fight crime ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence/sa-defence-sa-defence/experts-debunk-calls-for-sandf-to-fight-crime/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:26:48

• Illicit miners nabbed in Mpumalanga ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/security/civil-security/illicit-miners-nabbed-in-mpumalanga/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:28:07

• Library on US-Canadian border embodies growing divide over Convicted Felon's policies ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/focus/20250411-library-on-us-canadian-border-embodies-growing-divide-over-trump-s-policies    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:29:15

• Security advisory: A Heap-buffer-overflow issue in QTextMarkdownImporter impacts Qt ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/security-advisory-qtextmarkdownimporter-hbo    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:29:48

• South Korea’s ousted Yoon moves back to apartment with 11 pets, security ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-koreas-ousted-yoon-moves-back-to-apartment-with-11-pets-security    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:30:35

• Indonesia’s $63 billion social security fund eyes doubling of equities exposure ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesias-63-billion-social-security-fund-eyes-doubling-equities-exposure    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:31:26

• Hong Kong's rocky democratic road under Chinese rule ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/hong-kongs-rocky-democratic-road-under-chinese-rule    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:32:44

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Will End Temporary Protections for Afghans and Cameroonians ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/us/politics/trump-tps-afghanistan-cameroon.html    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:33:26

• Lawyers file amicus brief challenging Convicted Felon directives undermining rule of law ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/former-prominent-lawyers-submit-brief-denouncing-trump-executive-orders-targeting-law-firms/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:34:08

• 'Straupe' withdraws some products due to E. coli concerns ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/11.04.2025-straupe-withdraws-some-products-due-to-e-coli-concerns.a595144/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:35:33

• Jay-Z’s Countersuit Against Jane Doe Rape Accuser Intensifies — Defendant Attorney Moves to Dismiss the Case and Says Rapper Bullied His Client Into Dropping the Case ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/11/war-of-words-between-jay-z-and-jane-doe-lawyers-intensifies/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:36:46

• 300 Entertainment Co-Founder Kevin Liles and Universal Music Urge Dismissal of Jane Doe Sexual Assault Lawsuit: ‘Zero Factual Basis for Her Salacious Allegations’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/10/kevin-liles-sexual-assault-lawsuit-dismissal-push/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:37:39

• Soulja Boy Slapped With $4 Million Verdict In Civil Sexual Assault Trial ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/10/soulja-boy-sexual-assault-trial-verdict/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:38:29

• Dihydroxyacetone Man targets Houston law firm over 2020 election civil lawsuits and DEI practices ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/trump-targets-houston-law-firm-over-2020-election-civil-lawsuits-and-dei-practices/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:39:02

• ACLU of Michigan sues Convicted Felon for revoking UMich and Wayne State international student visas ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/news-briefs/aclu-of-michigan-sues-trump-for-revoking-umich-and-wayne-state-international-student-visas/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:39:52

• Australia’s Monash IVF admits ‘error’ after woman gives birth in embryo swop ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australias-monash-ivf-admits-error-after-woman-gives-birth-in-embryo-swap    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:41:09

• To speed deportations, Convicted Felon revives rarely used laws ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Justice/2025/0411/trump-alien-enemies-act-old-laws    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:42:10

• Andrew Tate Is Accused of Rape and Threatening a Woman With Gun in U.K. Lawsuit ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/10/world/europe/andrew-tate-uk-court.html    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:42:36

• Are claims that Hey Hi (AI) is accelerating climate change 'overstated'? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/tech-24/20250411-are-claims-that-ai-is-accelerating-climate-change-overstated    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:44:25

• China's new semiconductor rule spares Taiwan fabs, punishes Intel, GlobalFoundries & Texas Instruments ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/chinas-new-semiconductor-rule-spares-taiwan-fabs-punishes-intel-globalfoundries-and-texas-instruments    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:45:54

• Local Businesses Benefit from Burkina Faso’s Internet Development ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2025/04/local-businesses-benefit-from-burkina-fasos-internet-development/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:47:42

• Effort to Get Starlink in South Africa Collides With Tension Over MElon ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/world/africa/starlink-south-africa-elon-musk.html    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:47:54

• Qt Creator 16.0.1 released ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-creator-16.0.1-released    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:48:27

• Guardian investigation into Noel Clarke was ‘careful and thorough’, court told ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/guardian-noel-clarke-libel-trial-closing-arguments/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:49:07

• 'Bad Omen': Ancient Pyramid in Mexico Collapsed Into A Pile of Rubble ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/bad-omen-ancient-pyramid-in-mexico-collapsed-into-a-pile-of-rubble    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:50:11

• Hidden Abnormalities Discovered in The Brains of Elite Soldiers ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/hidden-abnormalities-discovered-in-the-brains-of-elite-soldiers    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:50:33

• Scientists Have Pinpointed The Best Diets to Boost Healthy Aging ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-have-pinpointed-the-best-diets-to-boost-healthy-aging    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:50:52

• Pet Dogs Are Great For Our Health But They Have a Dark Side Too ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/pet-dogs-are-great-for-our-health-but-they-have-a-dark-side-too    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:51:13

• Scientists Identified a Healthier Way to Cook Broccoli – But There's a Catch ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-identified-a-healthier-way-to-cook-broccoli-but-theres-a-catch    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:51:38

• Skin Injuries And Food Allergies May Have a Mysterious Connection ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/skin-injuries-and-food-allergies-may-have-a-mysterious-connection    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:51:55

• Awakening Black Hole's Wild Behavior Has Astronomers Stumped ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/awakening-black-holes-wild-behavior-has-astronomers-stumped    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:52:28

• Sleep And Anxiety Medication Is Having a Curious Effect on Salmon Behavior ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/sleep-and-anxiety-medication-is-having-a-curious-effect-on-salmon-behavior    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:53:06

• A Tiny Piece of Mouse Brain Has Finally Been Mapped in Mindblowing Detail ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-tiny-piece-of-mouse-brain-has-finally-been-mapped-in-mindblowing-detail    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:53:38

• "One of the delights in Bash, zsh, or whichever shell tickles your fancy in your OSS distribution of choice, is the ease of which you can use scripts." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/11/tracing-the-how-the-linux-kernel-handles-the-shebang/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:56:05

• Haiku Activity & Contract Report, March 2025 ☞ https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/waddlesplash/2025-04-10-haiku_activity_contract_report_march_2025/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:56:39

• gcl @ Savannah: Small release errata ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10755    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:58:03

• gcl @ Savannah: GCL 2.7.1 has been released ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10754    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:58:17

• GNUnet News: GNUnet 0.24.1 ☞ https://gnunet.org/en/news/2025-04-0.24.1.html    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 11:58:42

• 3rd Party Apps Might Refuse to install due to Ubuntu Pro [Quick Fix] ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/04/3rd-party-app-install-ubuntu-pro/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 12:02:21

• Using “Re:” in blog titles ☞ https://rubenerd.com/using-re-in-blog-titles/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 12:03:20

• Friday nights on the train ☞ https://rubenerd.com/friday-nights-on-the-train/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 12:04:27

• The functional equivalent of microservices? ☞ https://rubenerd.com/the-functional-equivalent-of-microservices/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 12:05:28

• Working with Apache SINGA, the Deep Learning Library ☞ https://www.opensourceforu.com/2025/04/working-with-apache-singa-the-deep-learning-library/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 12:07:49

• Mono Gateway – A 10GbE nano-ITX router board powered by NXP Layerscape LS1046A ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/11/mono-gateway-a-10gbe-nano-itx-router-board-powered-by-nxp-layerscape-ls1046a/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 12:08:22

• Hong Kong prison authorities make short films on jailed protesters to promote nat. sec. to young people ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/11/hong-kong-prison-authorities-make-short-films-on-jailed-protesters-to-promote-nat-sec-to-young-people/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 12:09:05

• American YouTube star IShowSpeed woos US consumers with futuristic China tech ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/american-youtube-star-ishowspeed-woos-us-consumers-with-futuristic-china-tech    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 12:09:34

• Down a Rabbit Hole with ARIMA Models ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/down-a-rabbit-hole-with-arima-models/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 12:10:57

• LHB GNU/Linux Digest #25.06: Networking, Pipes, Port Mapping, Log Viewing and More ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/newsletter/25-06/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 12:11:25

• Sharp spike in Lyme disease cases reported in Lithuania as tick season extends to winter ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2534730/sharp-spike-in-lyme-disease-cases-reported-in-lithuania-as-tick-season-extends-to-winter    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 13:29:14

• CDC officials plan for the agency’s splintering, but questions remain ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2025/04/cdc-officials-plan-for-the-agencys-splintering-but-questions-remain/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 13:29:34

• Federal benefits face possible cuts in House Republicans’ budget resolution ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/benefits/2025/04/federal-benefits-face-possible-cuts-in-house-republicans-budget-resolution/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 13:30:32

• Possible E. coli outbreak source found in dairy company ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/11.04.2025-possible-e-coli-outbreak-source-found-in-dairy-company.a595085/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 13:31:54

• Fears of future skills and labour shortages in Latvian healthcare sector ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/11.04.2025-fears-of-future-skills-and-labour-shortages-in-latvian-healthcare-sector.a595148/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 13:32:15

• Ousted South Korean president Yoon leaves official residence ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/ousted-south-korean-president-yoon-leaves-official-residence    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 13:33:02

• South Koreans’ support for liberal Lee Jae-myung rises ahead of election ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreans-support-for-liberal-lee-jae-myung-rises-ahead-of-election    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 13:33:19

• Korean taekwondo instructor jailed 30 years for fatal abuse of 5-year-old boy ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taekwondo-instructor-in-south-korea-jailed-30-years-for-fatal-abuse-of-5-year-old-boy    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 13:33:56

• Digital sex crime victims surpass 10,000 in South Korea, majority in teens, 20s ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/digital-sex-crime-victims-surpass-10000-in-south-korea-majority-in-teens-20s    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 13:34:11

• Seoul Mayor will not run for presidency, Yonhap reports ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/seoul-mayor-will-not-run-for-south-korean-presidency-yonhap-reports    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 13:34:35

• Hybe’s Deepfake Crackdown Is Ramping Up — Eight Arrested Over ‘Sexually Explicit’ Artist Videos ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/11/hybe-deepfakes-arrests/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 13:35:23

• How To Install Umami Analytics on Fedora 41 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-umami-analytics-fedora-41/    

POSTED sATURDAY, aPRIL 12, 2025 AT 13:40:31

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

POSTED sATURDAY, aPRIL 12, 2025 AT 13:40:43

• How To Disable IPv6 on Linux Mint 22 ☞ https://idroot.us/disable-ipv6-linux-mint-22/    

POSTED sATURDAY, aPRIL 12, 2025 AT 13:41:03

• Security updates for Friday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1017197/    

POSTED sATURDAY, aPRIL 12, 2025 AT 13:42:32

• Pluto – simple reactive notebooks for Julia ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pluto-simple-reactive-notebooks-julia/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 13:43:50

• Defold is a cross-platform game engine ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/defold-cross-platform-game-engine/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 13:43:58

• grim – screenshot utility for Wayland ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/grim-screenshot-utility-wayland/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 13:44:06

• 12 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Business Intelligence Software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/businessintelligence/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 13:44:51

• Bitwarden CLI – access and manage your vault ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/bitwarden-cli-access-manage-vault/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 13:45:31

• Tangram is an interesting GNU/Linux web browser ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/tangram-interesting-web-browser/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 13:45:39

• 16 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux CAD Software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/cad/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 13:46:27

• Datasette is a tool for exploring and publishing data ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/datasette-tool-exploring-publishing-data/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 13:46:36

• "Linux" Foundation, Besieged by Microsoft, Isn't About Science But Against Science and Against Facts (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/11/Linux_Foundation_Besieged_by_Microsoft_Isn_t_About_Science_But_.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 13:46:47

• IBM Pays IDG's IDC to Market Proprietary Red Bait Enterprise GNU/Linux (RHEL) Under the Guise of "Research" (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/11/IBM_Pays_IDG_s_IDC_to_Market_Proprietary_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Lin.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 13:46:55

• Microsoft's "Linux" Foundation Pays Writers to Publish Propaganda and Then LLM Slop Sites (Slopfarms) Repeat the Propaganda, Using Abusive Monopolist Microsoft LLMs ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/10/Microsoft_s_Linux_Foundation_Pays_Writers_to_Publish_Propaganda.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 13:47:08

• Quarto is a scientific and technical publishing system ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/quarto-scientific-technical-publishing-system/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 13:47:49

• Asahi GNU/Linux Runs into Issues with M4 Support ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Asahi-Linux-Runs-into-Issues-with-M4-Support    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 13:48:48

• Overclock / Downclock GPU & Limit Power in Ubuntu via LACT ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/04/overclock-gpu-ubuntu-lact/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 13:49:36

• 🔤SpellBinding — BCYSTUI Wordo: BILLY gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-04-12.gmi    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 14:25:08

• Micropelago Cross-Post: Isle Release 0.0.4 (Alpha) - Windows Support! gemini://micropelago.net/isle/releases/0.0.4/ "This release is backwards compatible with 0.0.3; you can safely upgrade without any migration steps or downtime."    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 14:28:17

• "Recently I have installed [textadept] text editor and added [elastic tabstops] [plugin] to it. Elastic tabstops is idea simillar to idea of gemtext tables that I [posted] about earlier, but extrapolated to all text" gemini://namno.duckdns.org/blog/2025-04-12.gmi    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 14:29:24

• ポケットモンスター (Pokemon) gopher://gopher.prismdragon.net:70/0/phlog/2025-04-12_pokemon.txt    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 14:30:37

• genetic engineering https://theconversation.com/return-of-the-dire-wolf-is-an-impressive-feat-of-genetic-engineering-not-a-reversal-of-extinction-254098    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 14:33:05

• speed of light https://theconversation.com/next-generation-computer-chips-could-process-data-at-the-speed-of-light-new-research-254104    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 14:33:26

• Amazon Shipping Route for Brazilian Soy Disrupted by Protests, Poor Roads https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-04/amazon-shipping-route-for-brazilian-soy-disrupted-by-protests-poor-roads    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 14:34:00

• ICE Director Envisions Amazon-Like Mass Deportation System https://www.truthdig.com/articles/ice-director-envisions-amazon-like-mass-deportation-system/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 14:34:36

• hi-tech lookalikes https://theconversation.com/can-we-really-resurrect-extinct-animals-or-are-we-just-creating-hi-tech-lookalikes-254245    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 14:35:09

• Too broad, too early? AI platform for cell analysis found to lack technical character and sufficiency (T 0660/22, Cell analysis/NIKON) http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/04/too-broad-too-early-ai-platform-for.html    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 14:36:17

• Earth’s oceans once turned green – and they could change again https://theconversation.com/earths-oceans-once-turned-green-and-they-could-change-again-253460    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 14:37:01

• medical research https://theconversation.com/lab-grown-meat-you-may-find-it-icky-but-it-could-drive-forward-medical-research-253565    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 14:37:24

• This week in PSC (185) https://blogs.perl.org/users/psc/2025/04/this-week-in-psc-185-2025-04-03.html    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 14:46:32

• Reaching 1.0 https://blogs.perl.org/users/lichtkind/2025/04/count-harmony-is-back.html    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 14:46:53

• German president criticizes US 'self-anointed elite' https://www.dw.com/en/german-president-criticizes-us-self-anointed-elite/a-72146208    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 14:47:57

• Reproducible Builds: Reproducible Builds in March 2025 ☞ https://reproducible-builds.org/reports/2025-03/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 14:53:05

• Strengthening South Korea’s national security by adopting the clown ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/strengthening-south-koreas-national-security-by-adopting-the-cloud/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 15:04:12

• 'Fundamental change is afoot in European defence': Political theorist Luuk van Middelaar ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20250411-fundamental-change-is-afoot-in-european-defence-political-theorist-luuk-van-middelaar    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 15:04:34

• Kubilius: Europe must ensure its own security and 'increase defence capabilities to deter Russia' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250411-kubilius-europe-must-ensure-its-own-security    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 15:04:45

• Europe pledges new military support for Ukraine as US envoy meets Putin ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250411-europe-pledges-new-military-support-for-ukraine-as-us-envoy-meets-putin    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 15:04:55

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Envoy Witkoff Holds Talks With Putin During Surprise Stop In Russia ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-envoy-witkoff-arrives-russia-talks-putin/33382066.html    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 15:05:09

• Dihydroxyacetone Man envoy flies into Russia, likely to meet Putin as Iran, China tensions flare ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/trump-envoy-flies-into-russia-likely-to-meet-putin-as-iran-china-tensions-flare    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 15:05:55

• "Trump envoy Steve Witkoff travels to Russia to meet with Putin" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/11/trump-envoy-steve-witkoff-travels-to-russia-to-meet-with-putin-axios | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 15:06:13

• "We are here. Join us." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/11/we-are-here-join-us | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 15:06:38

• EU sanctions against Russia following the invasion of Ukraine ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/fs_22_1402    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 15:07:35

• Around 9,000 Ukrainians in Latvia's workforce ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/employment/11.04.2025-around-9000-ukrainians-in-latvias-workforce.a595110/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 15:10:52

• EU weighs response to drastic US cuts in foreign aid: 'America First', developing world last? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20250411-eu-weighs-response-to-drastic-us-cuts-in-foreign-aid-america-first-developing-world-last    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:01:58

• ‘They’re different from us’: the Ukrainian teens forged by a decade of war ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250411-they-re-different-from-us-the-ukrainian-teens-forged-by-a-decade-of-war    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:02:18

• Poland queasy as US hints at pulling back from Eastern Europe ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2534965/poland-queasy-as-us-hints-at-pulling-back-from-eastern-europe    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:02:35

• Lithuanian doctors return from battlefield internship in Ukraine ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2534906/lithuanian-doctors-return-from-battlefield-internship-in-ukraine    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:02:46

• Lithuania to push forward €20m military aid for Ukraine: ‘Summer may be very difficult’ ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2534646/lithuania-to-push-forward-eur20m-military-aid-for-ukraine-summer-may-be-very-difficult    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:02:56

• Russian-American Ksenia Karelina Freed In Prisoner Swap Arrives Back In US ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/karelina-russia-ukraine-prisoner-swap-petrov/33381812.html    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:03:26

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Envoy Steve Witkoff Is in Russia, the Kremlin Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/world/europe/ukraine-trump-witkoff-talks.html    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:03:50

• U.S. and Ukraine Reopen Talks on Contentious Minerals Deal ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/world/europe/ukraine-minerals-deal.html    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:04:12

• She Worked in a Harvard Lab to Reverse Aging, Until ICE Jailed Her ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/science/russian-scientist-ice-detained-harvard.html "a scientist who fled Russia after protesting its invasion of Ukraine. She fears arrest if she is deported there."    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:04:44

• Prince Harry Meets War Victims in Surprise Visit to Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/world/europe/prince-harry-ukraine-visit.html    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:04:58

• Hegseth Attends Ukraine Defense Group Only Virtually ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/us/politics/hegseth-ukraine-defense-group.html    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:05:16

• "RFE/RL’s Ukrainian service says it’s cutting back on staff and broadcasts" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/11/facing-a-funding-freeze-rfe-rl-s-ukrainian-service-says-it-s-cutting-back-on-staff-and-broadcasts | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:05:58

• "countries willing to send troops to Ukraine" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/11/only-six-european-countries-are-currently-willing-to-send-troops-to-ukraine-afp | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:06:34

• "Prince Harry makes unannounced visit to Ukraine" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/11/prince-harry-makes-unannounced-visit-to-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:07:24

• "Russia to release 72-year-old American citizen jailed for fighting for Ukraine" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/11/u-s-calls-on-russia-to-release-72-year-old-american-citizen-jailed-for-fighting-for-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:07:44

• ‘voluntary’ ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/11/prosecutors-seek-16-year-sentence-in-russia-s-first-ever-case-against-soldier-for-voluntary-surrender-to-ukrainian-forces | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:08:13

• Lithuania prepares for possibility of EU failing to extend Russia sanctions ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2534772/lithuania-prepares-for-possibility-of-eu-failing-to-extend-russia-sanctions    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:27:17

• Vilnius University apologises for controversial Russian studies poster ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2534565/vilnius-university-apologises-for-controversial-russian-studies-poster    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:27:28

• Boeing Helped Power Russia’s Economy. Could It Return? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/world/europe/russia-boeing-aviation-airlines.html    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:27:50

• "Russian soldiers’ graves defaced with swastikas" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/11/a-pattern-of-desecration | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:28:12

• "shadow fleet" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/11/estonia-says-it-detained-a-ship-from-russia-s-shadow-fleet | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:28:31

• "military recruitment" = peace? ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/11/it-felt-like-she-was-trying-to-sell-me-a-contract | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:28:54

• "foreign agent" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/11/russia-blacklists-yeltsin-era-chief-diplomat-as-foreign-agent | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:29:08

• Smuggler van caught masked as Daugavpils public transport minibus ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/11.04.2025-smuggler-van-caught-masked-as-daugavpils-public-transport-minibus.a595158/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:30:09

• Lukashenko Invites 150,000 Pakistanis To Work In Belarus Amid Labor Shortage ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/lukashenka-belarus-pakistan-migrants-eu/33382244.html    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:33:40

• No, it's not because of "Lunduke" either; many companies dropped DEI in recent months due to fear to loss of US government contracts ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/anti-dei-influencer-robby-starbuck    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:36:14

• NOAA Scientists Double as Janitors ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/noaa-contracts-seattle-lab | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:36:52

• This Is What a Digital Coup Looks Like | Carole Cadwalladr | TED https://yewtu.be/watch?v=TZOoT8AbkNE    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:38:18

• Eyeing Billions in Trump’s Deportation Plans ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-deportations-deployed-resources-tent-company | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:41:53

• "Why You Should Also Worry About Whooping Cough Amid Measles Outbreak" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/whooping-cough-measles-outbreak-vaccine-hesitancy-trump | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:42:30

• "Trump’s Plan to Kill Showerhead" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-showerheads-appliances-led-lights-regulation-energy-department-chaos | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:42:53

• Publishers delete and amend stories based on dubious experts ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/digital-journalism/fake-experts-delete/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:45:58

• Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2025/15 ☞ https://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2025/04/tumbleweed-review-of-the-week-2025-15/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:47:16

• The Iran nuclear talks are Convicted Felon’s decisive moment on military strikes ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/menasource/the-iran-nuclear-talks-are-trumps-decisive-moment-on-military-strikes/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:47:50

• Your future Hey Hi (AI) Assistant still needs to earn your trust ☞ http://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5555/your-future-ai-assistant-still-needs-earn-your-trust    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:48:29

• Open Source Initiative (OSI) Privacy Fiasco in Detail: More on the Complaint, Which Also Points the Finger at Stefano Mafulli and Deb Nicholson (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/11/Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Privacy_Fiasco_in_Detail_More_on_the.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:48:39

• Open Source Initiative (OSI) Privacy Fiasco in Detail: More on the Complaint, Which Also Points the Finger at Stefano Mafulli and Deb Nicholson (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/11/Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Privacy_Fiasco_in_Detail_More_on_the.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:48:46

• Formatting Text in Logseq ☞ https://itsfoss.com/logseq-format-text/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:49:28

• Want to understand the US-China trade war? Start with soybeans and batteries. ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/want-to-understand-the-us-china-trade-war-start-with-soybeans-and-batteries/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:50:23

• Trade war: China urges EU to unite with against US "coercion" ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250411-trade-war-china-urges-eu-to-unite-with-against-us-coercion    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:50:45

• China lifts tariffs on US goods to 125% as trade war escalates ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250411-china-lifts-tariffs-on-us-goods-to-125-as-trade-war-escalates    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 17:50:57

• China lifts tariffs on US goods to 125% as trade war escalates ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/11/china-slaps-125-tariffs-on-us-goods-but-to-ignore-further-hikes/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 19:08:08

• Hong Kong gov’t vows to lead logistics, shipping and aviation sectors amid trade war uncertainties ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/11/hong-kong-govt-vows-to-lead-logistics-shipping-and-aviation-sectors-amid-trade-war-uncertainties/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 19:11:14

• Vigil, prayer and protest demand probe into death of Tibetan Buddhist leader ☞ https://rfa.org/english/tibet/2025/04/12/tibet-buddhist-leader-tulku-hungkar-dorje-china-vietnam/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 19:11:31

• As UN appeals for $275M for quake-hit Myanmar, China weighs in with major donation ☞ https://rfa.org/english/myanmar/2025/04/11/china-aid-myanmar-earthquake/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 19:12:09

• US House committee passes Uyghur Policy Act, again ☞ https://rfa.org/english/uyghur/2025/04/11/uyghur-china-us-legislation/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 19:12:23

• EXPLAINED: Four key questions about the US-China tariff war ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/04/11/trump-tariff-explained-china-trade-economy/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 19:13:14

• China’s Pooh-tin hikes US tariffs, seeks to bolster relations with Southeast Asian nations ☞ https://rfa.org/english/vietnam/2025/04/11/china-xi-jinping-to-lam-trade-cambodia-malaysia/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 19:13:28

• What Mao and the Korean War tell us about Chinese psyche in fight against Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/what-mao-and-the-korean-war-tell-us-about-chinese-psyche-in-fight-against-trump    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 19:13:46

• China’s rare earth exports grind to a halt as trade war controls bite ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-rare-earth-exports-grind-to-a-halt-as-trade-war-controls-bite    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 19:13:58

• In trade crisis, China courts the EU as a hedge against Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/in-trade-crisis-china-courts-the-eu-as-a-hedge-against-trump    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 19:15:57

• Tesla stops taking orders in China for models imported from US ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/tesla-stops-taking-orders-in-china-for-models-imported-from-us    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 19:16:17

• China raises duties on US goods to 125%, calls Convicted Felon tariff hikes a 'joke' ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-raises-duties-on-us-goods-to-125-calls-trump-tariff-hikes-a-joke    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 19:16:43

• China hits back at Convicted Felon tariff hike, US stands its ground ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-to-increase-tariffs-on-us-goods-to-125-up-from-84-finance-ministry-says    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 19:16:55

• China has told Hong Kong’s last major opposition party to disband, members say ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-has-told-hong-kongs-last-major-opposition-party-to-disband-members-say    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 19:17:13

• Northern China on alert for typhoon-like winds from Mongolia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/northern-china-on-alert-for-typhoon-like-winds-from-mongolia    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 19:17:36

• China pledges $137 million for Myanmar earthquake relief ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-pledges-137-million-for-myanmar-earthquake-relief    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 19:17:50

• In a first, Taiwan charges Chinese ship captain with damaging undersea cables ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/in-a-first-taiwan-charges-chinese-ship-captain-with-damaging-undersea-cables    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 19:18:06

• China hits back at Convicted Felon tariff hike, turmoil rings recession alarm ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-hits-back-at-trump-tariff-hike-turmoil-rings-recession-alarm    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 19:18:43

• China’s Pooh-tin to visit South-east Asia as trade conflict with US widens ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/chinas-xi-to-visit-southeast-asia-as-trade-conflict-with-us-widens    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 19:19:40

• In U.S.- China Tariffs Standoff, Convicted Felon Showed Pooh-tin He Has Limits ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/business/us-china-tariffs-trump-xi.html    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 19:20:00

• Stocks Post Gains, but Bond Market Signals Investors Are Anxious ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/11/business/trump-tariffs-stocks-china    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 19:20:23

• China fires back at Convicted Felon’s tariff increases with 125% levies on U.S. goods ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/china-fires-back-at-trumps-tariff-increases-with-125-percent-levies-on-u-s-goods    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 19:20:32

• Spidermonkey Development Blog: Shipping Temporal ☞ https://spidermonkey.dev/blog/2025/04/11/shipping-temporal.html    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 19:21:17

• schneier as microsoft PR https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/ai-vulnerability-finding.html also boosting the ponzi "ai" scheme    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 19:22:17

• Seems like marketing for sponsors, not journalism ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/from-courtroom-to-boardroom-young-litigators-seize-in-house-opportunities/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 19:58:13

• Tariff chaos tests the status of Treasury bonds as a haven of safety ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2025/0411/treasury-bonds-trump-tariffs    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 19:58:40

• UPC is illegal and its very existence is a clear violation of conventions and constitutions ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/milan-asserts-jurisdiction-over-spanish-part-of-ep-in-dainese-vs-alpinestar/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:00:15

• One more piece of marketing spam disguised as journalism ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/ones-to-watch-uk-2025-bryce-matthewson/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:01:03

• T-Pico-2350 is a fully integrated devkit with Raspberry Pi RP2350, ESP32-C6, 2.33-inch color touchscreen display, and HDMI video output ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/11/t-pico-2350-is-a-fully-integrated-devkit-with-raspberry-pi-rp2350-esp32-c6-2-33-inch-color-touchscreen-display-and-hdmi-video-output/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:01:31

• The Rust Programming Language Blog: crates.io security incident: improperly stored session cookies ☞ https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/04/11/crates-io-security-session-cookies.html    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:02:43

• At the Root of the SLAPPs There Are Matters of Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub Corruption and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Competition Crimes (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/11/At_the_Root_of_the_SLAPPs_There_Are_Matters_of_GitHub_Corruptio.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:03:04

• The Rumours Were Likely True: Sixth Wave of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Mass Layoffs in 2025 (Days After "50" Anniversary and About 5,000 Layoffs) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/09/The_Rumours_Were_Likely_True_Sixth_Wave_of_Microsoft_Mass_Layof.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:03:16

• Alleged Layoffs at I.C.B.M. Consulting in Australia ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/10/Alleged_Layoffs_at_IBM_Consulting_in_Australia.shtml    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:03:24

• TTABlog Test: Which of These Three Section 2(e)(1) Mere Descriptiveness/Disclaimer Refusals Was/Were Reversed? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/04/ttablog-test-which-of-these-three_11.html    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:03:59

• RESTful Provisioning Protocol: From vision to IETF Working Group ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/04/11/restful-provisioning-protocol-from-vision-to-ietf-working-group/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:04:26

• Gary Benson: Python antipattern: Close in finally ☞ https://gbenson.net/python-antipattern-try-finally-close/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:05:08

• GNOME becoming Microsoft? https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-2nd-Core-App-TypeScript see https://www.theregister.com/2021/10/18/net_foundation_gnome/ https://www.theregister.com/2002/02/01/gnome_to_be_based/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:06:27

• Fedora Community Blog: Infra and RelEng Update – Week 15 ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/infra-and-releng-update-week-15/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:06:57

• Bonobo Communication Reveals a Stunning Kinship to Human Speech ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/bonobo-communication-reveals-a-stunning-kinship-to-human-speech    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:08:00

• Levin affirms University’s commitment to academic freedom, announces expanded undergraduate class ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2025/04/11/levin-affirms-universitys-commitment-to-academic-freedom-announces-expanded-undergraduate-class/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:08:28

• Warnings of 'unprecedented' threat to student speech in US ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/scoop/20250411-warnings-of-unprecedented-threat-to-student-speech-in-us    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:08:52

• Mozilla Thunderbird: VIDEO: The New Account Hub ☞ https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/04/video-the-new-account-hub/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:09:29

• Why a $4 bicycle repair signals hope for Syria’s postwar economy ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2025/0411/syria-economy-inflation-sanctions    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:11:22

• How to Use Raspberry PI with Hugging Face Hey Hi (AI) Models ☞ https://peppe8o.com/raspberry-pi-hugging-face-ai-models/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:11:53

• Prosecutor seeks prison terms for journalists who covered İmamoğlu protests ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/prosecutor-seeks-prison-terms-for-journalists-who-covered-imamoglu-protests-306363    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:12:15

• Topaz Tz170b FPGA devkit features hardened LPDDR4 controller, hardened MIPI D-PHY up to 2 Gbps per lane ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/11/topaz-tz170b-fpga-devkit-features-hardened-lpddr4-controllers-hardened-mipi-d-phy-up-to-2-gbps-per-lane/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:13:05

• Radxa Dual 2.5G Router HAT adds 2.5GbE networking and M.2 NVMe storage support to Raspberry Pi 5-compatible SBCs ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/11/radxa-dual-2-5g-router-hat-adds-2-5gbe-networking-nvme-ssdraspberry-pi-5/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:13:21

• "If you are a visual thinker, you might enjoy [AIHVHIA’s] recent video, which shows the effect of applying audio processing to text displayed on an oscilloscope. The video is below." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/11/audio-effects-applied-to-text/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:14:06

• GPS ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/11/gps-broken-try-tv/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:24:25

• Creating A Somatosensory Pathway From Human Stem Cells ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/11/creating-a-somatosensory-pathway-from-human-stem-cells/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:24:50

• "It’s a computer mouse for foot operation, but it’s not just a functional block. Instead it’s an ornate inlaid-wood-and-brass affair in the style of a very fancy piece of antique footwear." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/11/a-mouse-no-hands/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:25:17

• Defense Department scraps $5.1B worth of technology and consulting contracts ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/11/defense-department-scraps-5-1b-worth-technology-consulting-contracts/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:26:53

• A Judge Ordered the U.S. to Detail Its Efforts to Return a Deported Man ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/briefing/court-hearing-deportation-bond-markets-tariffs.html    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:27:57

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Tariffs Add to Apple’s Long-Standing Innovation Woes ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/technology/apple-issues-trump-tariffs.html    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:28:11

• Apple’s iPhone 16 hits Indonesia stores after months-long ban ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/apples-iphone-16-hits-indonesia-stores-after-months-long-ban    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:28:22

• Silicon Valley Judicial Ties: The Cellspin Recusal Case ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/04/silicon-judicial-cellspin.html    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:29:29

• Malaysian police chief says opposition leader Samsuri not under surveillance as claimed ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-opposition-leader-says-he-faces-state-surveillance    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:29:53

• Algorithmic videosurveillance is spreading in Europe, let’s fight back together! ☞ https://www.laquadrature.net/en/2025/04/11/algorithmic-videosurveillance-is-spreading-in-europe-lets-fight-back-together/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:30:17

• My advice on SELinux container labeling ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/04/11/my-advice-selinux-container-labeling    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:31:09

• Sam Thursfield: Status update, 11/04/2025 ☞ https://samthursfield.wordpress.com/2025/04/11/status-update-11-04-2025/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:32:58

• Steeling China for a Tariff Fight, Pooh-tin Faces His Biggest Test Since Covid ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/world/asia/trump-china-tariffs-xi.html    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:33:56

• "Linux The Hard Way," ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/11/hackaday-podcast-episode-316-soft-robots-linux-the-hard-way-cellphones-into-sbcs-and-the-circuit-graver/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:34:21

• "I'm the big fan of the Silent Service II (1990) DOS game. The game is sentimental to me, it reminds me of playing it when I was about 10. Whenever I wanted to launch a virtual torpedo, I played it." gemini://szczezuja.space/tinylog.gmi    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:35:24

• Tokyo Express gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/stug/phlog/20250412.txt    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:36:11

• "Let's face it, sometimes you just want your screen to look like you're getting some serious work done, even if you're just deciding which theme to choose. Meet rust-stakeholder, a tool that makes your terminal look impossibly busy while achieving nothing in the process." https://www.howtogeek.com/rust-stakeholder-shows-how-productive-you-are/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:43:35

• "Any Fedora user will tell you that the operating system is great out of the box. That, however, doesn't mean we can't tweak a few things to make it even better. Follow along and I'll show you how to supercharge your new Fedora installation." https://www.howtogeek.com/things-you-should-do-right-after-installing-fedora-linux/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:43:55

• Microsoft EEE? "A Linux distro from systemd? Sounds interesting, right?" https://news.itsfoss.com/systemd-particle-os/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:44:22

• "Hisham has now stepped down and passed the torch to a new maintainer, Philip "nuc1eon" Pok, who was already maintaining the project wiki." https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/11/new_gobolinux_lead_and_version/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:44:45

• "Perhaps the most significant flaw of smartphones, though, [...] for the tip!" https://hackaday.com/2025/04/09/self-hosting-a-cluster-on-old-phones/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:45:20

• "Tested across Proton 9.0-4, Proton Experimental and GE-Proton 9-27 nothing appears. For now, you can work around it. What you need to do is tell the game you're running a Steam Deck." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/the-latest-marvel-rivals-update-is-causing-problems-on-linux-heres-a-quick-workaround/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:45:46

• Mono is trouble. This is Microsoftism. https://securityboulevard.com/2025/04/how-to-install-networkminer-in-linux/ https://techrights.org/o/2019/09/09/attacking-foss-by-proxy/    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 20:47:59

• Microsoft's AI Quake Demo Is A Slap In The Face To Game Developers https://www.thegamer.com/microsofts-ai-quake-demo-is-a-slap-in-the-face-to-game-developers/ "I gave it a shot myself, and yeah, it’s not a particularly good game."    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 21:00:37

• "I thought the RA in Markham was dont on March 27. Another round two weeks after?!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrfg3sn5    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 21:05:30

• "Golden Age of Stupid. Canadians are calling our current times with the tariff policy and current White Administration, “The Golden Age of Stupid”. This also sums up Arvind’s and Ginni’s tenure at IBM." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrn9p8w5    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 21:06:29

• "The managers from at will countries such as the US and Canada, forget that countries in the EU have employment laws and they are legally required to create a safe work environment and demonstrate reasonable mitigation of issues. So if you’re based in UK and your manager is in San Jose, you’re almost guaranteed a bad time." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrjwva52    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 21:29:33

• "My manager isn’t a bully. He just doesn’t know what to do and he wants everyone to get more education. Everyone here in Austin who knows him calls him an overpaid pitch man" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrjwva52    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 21:30:21

• "Things definitely got out of hand and a bit one-sided in regard to DEI, but it wasn’t all bad. It just needs better balance. There’s a whole wave of employees who were hired during a certain period that have been completely sc--wed over by this system system—almost like they’re paying and being punished for the mistakes and sins of those who came before them." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jrgfam4v    

posted Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 21:30:52