Roy Schestowitz

• "Supporting, enabling, or platforming bigotry and harassment is just as bad as supporting or enabling other forms of censorship since they are threats to free speech." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/free-speech    

posted Monday, April 28, 2025 at 19:44:20

• "IBM CEO is all in on MIGA (Make India Great Again)" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jszdzp4x    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 05:21:16

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-04-29.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 05:44:57

• A week ago 3k active capsules, now 3010. gemini://gemini.bortzmeyer.org/software/lupa/stats.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 05:46:02

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1279.jpg    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 05:47:27

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1629.jpg    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 05:47:33

• [flowers] [japan] [cat] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-04-28.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 05:48:26

• Sharing our transient elpher menu gopher://box.matto.nl/0/sharing-our-transient-elpher-menu.txt    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 05:49:19

• openBSD on my work computer gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/openBSD    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 05:50:18

• "Perhaps the lesson is not that perfectionism is bad, but that perfectionism is only good after you have something to show." gemini://tilde.club/~sfelicio/gemlog/2025-04-28.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 05:51:40

• "recently i came across a series of video lectures by Robert Paul Wolff on immanuel kant's critique of pure reason. 8 videos, 1 hour each, 2016 youtube uploads. I was immediately charmed by Wolff's alternating balance of theory and anecdote." gemini://highstakesbingo.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-04-28%20on%20the%20hunt%20for%20grandparents.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 05:53:02

• "Your Sim has no real direction in life. One day, they make a grilled cheese sandwich and have a revelation. They immediately decide to quit their job and devote their life to spreading the gospel of Cheesus." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2025-04-28    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 05:55:31

• "I found a fully opened, dried-out spruce cone on the ground. I observed that the scales are arranged as a set of spirals stacked above each other. This stack is six spirals deep, not counting a small flower-like set of scales at the top, which are shaped similar to a rose." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20250428-2.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 05:57:05

• Tanana Ice Shard Forest gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20250428-1.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 05:57:45

• "Lots of pink, as well as some yellow pink and some dark-pink, on the bottoms of flat clouds over hills to the East. The "pink" has a hint of orange. The clouds are puffy but flat, and not very thick. I can see the silhouette of a radio tower against the sunrise." gemini://gem.librehacker.com/gemlog/starlog/20250428-0.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 05:58:24

• "It’s called AI (All Indians) strategy for a reason" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsty5m1k    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 06:01:40

• "It never stops, yep" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jszv0s0f    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 06:02:29

• "Ohio loses Microsoft plant, union leader worries Intel could be next" https://www.news5cleveland.com/news/politics/ohio-politics/with-intels-latest-layoffs-will-the-ohio-plant-ever-be-built    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 06:04:09

• Intel's New CEO Outlines Strategy Behind Layoff Policy https://en.tempo.co/read/2001465/intels-new-ceo-outlines-strategy-behind-layoff-policy    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 06:04:24

• Earning mone is hard. Losing money is easy. Losing OTHER people's money is EASIEST.    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 06:16:11

• Windows down in Costa Rica https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/costa-rica/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 07:13:25

• Czech Republic the same https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/czech-republic/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 07:15:35

• iOS now bigger than Windows in South Africa https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/south-africa/#monthly-200902-202504    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 07:18:49

• Looking for a 1990s photo from Switzerland, Google "search" is pushing LLM slop that is TOTALLY false. This is beta-grade nonsense!! Why does Google insist on foisting/imposing falsehoods on people? Even when they just look for an old PHOTO? Google is in the propaganda business.    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 07:47:18

• Sapling says it is 98% slop https://betanews.com/2025/04/28/overcome-depression-about-the-state-of-the-world-by-installing-4mlinux-48-0/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 07:51:20

• "It seems the same fate as empty TSMC Arizona. American wages are too high and nobody wants to work in manufacturing and data management jobs, so foreign facilities are still cheaper despite the crazy tariffs. We're tired of outdated 80s Trump economic ideas." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jszzqg1q    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 08:37:38

• Openwashing: Upgraded Open-Source EV Charging Software Stack Supports New and Legacy Apps https://www.electronicdesign.com/technologies/power/article/55286125/electronic-design-linux-foundations-upgraded-open-source-ev-charging-software-stack-supports-new-and-legacy-applications    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 08:38:12

• "he MINIX Elite EU715-AI is a compact mini PC based on Intel’s Meteor Lake-H processor architecture. It features integrated Intel Arc Graphics, Wi-Fi 6E, dual 2.5G Ethernet ports, and quad-screen display support." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/minix-elite-eu715-ai-mini-pc-combines-meteor-lake-performance-and-dual-2-5gbe-ports/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 10:52:44

• "At the heart of this journey is one critical decision: Which operating system should power our workloads?" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/it-modernization-red-hat-enterprise-linux-and-ansible-automation-platform-building-foundation-ready-future | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 10:53:09

• Buzzwords and hype in place of actual substance ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/rise-small-language-models-enterprise-ai | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 10:53:46

• "Regular backups are crucial for any website or application using a MySQL database." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/bash-script-for-mysql-backup/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 10:54:30

• "This tool wraps a terminal application (such as bash) and provides a simple" ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/ttyd-share-linux-terminal-over-web/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 10:54:37

• "And then the Russian Apologists Left, Complaining about TDS" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/28/and-then-the-russian-apologists-left-complaining-about-tds/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 10:55:43

• "Did Peter Navarro Save Democracy? - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/did-peter-navarro-save-democracy    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 10:55:55

• "Avoid a single PC with virtual machines if you can – it's another layer to distract your most precious asset, your attention, plus it will always feel like a slightly inferior option to dedicated hardware." https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/28/windows_opinion/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 10:56:37

• "Windows isn't an OS, it's a bad habit bordering on addiction" https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/28/windows_opinion/ iophk: that's a clear jab at WSL, like TheReg of old :)    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 10:56:44

• "Further | Marks of the Fascist, Tacky, Insatiable Beast | Opinion" https://www.commondreams.org/further/marks-of-the-fascist-tacky-insatiable-beast    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 10:57:13

• "Why the Right Fantasizes About Death and Destruction" https://www.thenation.com/article/culture/richard-seymour-disaster-nationalism/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 10:57:23

• "Signalgate, Trump, and The Atlantic" https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2025/06/signalgate-trump-atlantic-interview/682576/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 10:57:35

• "Recruited for the War in Ukraine: Meet the Chinese Soldiers Fighting in Russia's Army - DER SPIEGEL" https://www.spiegel.de/international/world/recruited-for-the-war-in-ukraine-meet-the-chinese-soldiers-fighting-in-russias-army-a-a513ea23-2e54-4601-a2a8-e9e79f2fb864#ref=rss    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 10:57:44

• "Irish woman living legally in the US detained after returning to America from Cork" https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-41621797.html    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 10:58:05

• "What’s Next?! – Biblioteket tar saka #librarycase" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://bibliotekettarsaka.com/2025/04/28/whats-next/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 10:58:24

• Fears that important research database will be closed. — It is a complete crisis | "Frykter at viktig forsknings­database legges ned. — Det er fullstendig krise" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=no&tl=en&u=https://www.khrono.no/frykter-at-viktig-forskningsdatabase-legges-ned-det-er-fullstendig-krise/963372    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 10:58:54

• Because who wants facts anyway? https://www.governing.com/policy/major-education-resource-set-to-shut-down-this-week iophk: blocked by gratuitous javascript    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 10:59:18

• Encryption: The National Police Chief demands the impossible | "Kryptering: Rikspolischefen kräver det omöjliga" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/04/28/kryptering-rikspolischefen-kraver-det-omojliga/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 10:59:47

• Porn platform Onlyfans wants to meet with Swedish ministers | "Porrplattformen Onlyfans vill träffa svenska ministrar – Sydsvenskan" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://www.sydsvenskan.se/artikel/porrplattformen-onlyfans-vill-traffa-svenska-ministrar/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:00:19

• "Fedora Considers Dropping GNOME X11 Session From Repositories" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/04/26/1713213    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:00:32

• "PewDiePie Made a Linux Ricing Video?!?" https://odysee.com/@BrodieRobertson:5/pewdiepie-made-a-linux-ricing-video-!:2    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:00:42

• "Don't be deceived: Putin is taking Trump for a fool" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/28/dont-be-deceived-putin-is-taking-trump-for-a-fool/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:00:55

• "What Trump has broken in 100 days, explained in 10 charts" https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-04-28/what-trump-has-broken-in-100-days-explained-in-10-charts.html    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:01:02

• "Trump Melts Down Over Poll Numbers, Calls for Investigations" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-melts-down-poll-numbers-investigations-1235326327/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:01:14

• "China's reef stunt seems minor. But we know from Crimea 2014 how this ends" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/28/china-reef-flag-stunt-normalising-illegality-colonising/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:01:26

• "People can change - annie's blog" https://anniemueller.com/posts/people-can-change    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:01:36

• iophk: straw man; # threats of violence and enticement of violence are not protected speech https://idiomdrottning.org/free-speech ("Free Speech")    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:02:04

• simon willison is pushing microsoft github https://simonwillison.net/2025/Apr/28/give-it-away-for-free/#atom-everything ("Giving software away for free"). GitHub is NOT free.    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:02:34

• "Senate report finds Musk's DOGE double dealing worth $2.4B" https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/28/musk_doge_help_companies/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:02:46

• Schweden will Bezahlung von Camshows kriminalisieren | "OnlyFans: Schweden will Bezahlung von Camshows kriminalisieren" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2025/onlyfans-schweden-will-bezahlung-von-camshows-kriminalisieren/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:03:29

• "Inside first Observer after title relaunched by Tortoise" https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/observer-relaunched-by-tortoise/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:03:41

• "Russia reiterates maximalist Ukraine ceasefire terms even as it announces three-day truce" https://www.semafor.com/article/04/28/2025/pressure-for-ukraine-deal-mounts    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:03:56

• "Pedro Almodóvar on Trump: You Will Go Down in History as a Catastrophe" https://variety.com/2025/film/news/pedro-almodovar-slams-trump-catastrophe-1236380848/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:04:17

• "Zelensky Calls Putin Truce Proposal 'Attempt at Manipulation' - The Moscow Times" https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/28/zelensky-calls-putin-truce-proposal-attempt-at-manipulation-a88897    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:04:30

• "Ukraine-Russia war live: Zelensky accuses Putin of ‘deceiving’ Trump with new 72-hour ceasefire" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-putin-ceasefire-zelensky-trump-latest-news-b2741220.html    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:04:40

• "Zelenskyy Says Putin's Cease-Fire Proposal Over Victory Day Would Only Provide 'Silence For His Parade'" https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-ceasefire-putin-trump-victory-day/33399346.html    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:04:59

• "The Election That Asks Canada What Country It Wants to Be | The Walrus" https://thewalrus.ca/the-election-that-asks-canada-what-country-it-wants-to-be/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:05:27

• Carney celebrates historic win in Canada, with Conservative rival Poilievre projected to lose seat https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cr5d13e4r2rt    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:06:24

• Swans: We Can't Kill Our Way Out of a Problem ☛ https://therevelator.org/invasive-swans/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:09:07

• "ISP Frontier has significantly altered the scope" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-site-blocking-demands-shelved-as-filmmakers-settle-with-u-s-isp-250428/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:12:50

• "One obvious concern with cancelling these deals is that this will bankrupt Mozilla" ☛ https://open-web-advocacy.org/blog/is-it-worth-killing-mozilla-to-shave-off-less-than-1-percent-from-googles-market-share/ | Source: Open Web Advocacy    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:13:21

• "Used by major video platforms including Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, and Hulu to name just a few" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/drm-free-onlyfans-downloads-see-widevine-project-nuked-from-github-250428/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:13:48

• "Meanwhile, streaming platforms including Spotify have considered charging extra money for early access" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/27/spotify-more-price-increases-not-us/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:15:33

• Speed of GNU/Linux (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Speed_of_GNU_Linux.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:16:27

• "I recently had a great discussion in a Kirby partners call. We talked about how important accessibility is, but also how there’s not always a big enough budget for it in projects." ☛ https://medienbaecker.com/articles/accessibility-no-brainers | Source: Thomas Günther    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:17:40

• "Mr. Tsering said the celebratory events, which would go on for a year from July 6, 2025" ☛ https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/intv-for-web-dalai-lama-could-make-a-decision-on-reincarnation-during-90th-birthday-events-in-july-sikyong-penpa-tsering/article69498365.ece | Source: The Hindu    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:17:58

• "But when you hire people stating you have principles, they may believe you." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/28/googles-military-ai-deals-get-deepmind-uk-staff-to-start-unionising/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:18:18

• "Nostalgia for a bygone gender regime is more than a weird social media trend." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/04/tradwives-hobbes-soviet-union-consumption/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:23:22

• "But when Lauzon turned up to the polls, she was told it was closing around 2:30 p.m. — seven hours before it was supposed to, as listed under the Canada Elections Act for districts in the Eastern time zone." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/planes-leave-nunavik-no-vote-1.7521042 | Source: CBC    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:24:05

• "The Pact: A Civil Rights Coalition Unity Commitment" ☛ https://ffrf.org/news/releases/ffrf-joins-civil-rights-coalition/ | Source: Freedom From Religion Foundation    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:24:28

• "The point is to protect our freedoms before the president starts having journalists and political activists assassinated. If we reach that point, it’s already too late." ☛ https://thenextmove.substack.com/p/keeping-the-conversation-moving | Source: Garry Kasparov    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:24:57

• "Sometimes you say what you think, and guess what happens? People get mad. People yell at you." ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/ideas-that-cannot-be-spoken | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:25:10

• "The New Leaf Journal launched exactly five years to the day on April 27, 2020." ☛ https://thenewleafjournal.com/50-things-i-learned-in-five-years-of-nlj-articles/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:25:21

• "In this sense, as much as the slashing of RFE/RL is a tragic event and part of a historic disjuncture in transatlantic relations, it is also an unprecedented opportunity for Europe to take responsibility and secure reliable information outlets" ☛ https://neweasterneurope.eu/2025/04/28/the-end-of-post-socialism-and-the-opportunity-for-a-european-public-service-media-house/ | Source: New Eastern Europe    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:25:55

• "Journalists whose channels were banned included Irshad Bhatti, Asma Shirazi, Umar Cheema, Muneeb Farooq and Rizwan Razi." ☛ https://www.dawn.com/news/1907114/16-pakistani-youtube-channels-banned-in-india-after-pahalgam-attack | Source: Dawn Media    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:27:31

• "The list of 16 banned channels included those operated by Dawn News, Samaa TV, ARY News, Geo News and more. As per the list shared by ANI, these channels have over 63 million subscribers." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/pakistan-youtube-channels-face-india-ban-after-pahalgam-terror-attack/articleshow/120685732.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:27:46

• "Jiang is one of hundreds of Chinese people living overseas that Chinese authorities have targeted directly, through hacking and surveillance — and indirectly, through interrogation of relatives, friends and even former teachers." ☛ https://english.elpais.com/international/2025-04-28/inside-chinas-machinery-of-repression-and-how-it-crushes-dissent-around-the-world.html | Source: El País    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:28:57

• "it’s one that critics fear will be used as a weapon against content the administration or its allies dislike." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/657632/take-it-down-act-passes-house-deepfakes | Source: The Verge    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:29:19

• Cheeto "himself has said that he would use the law to censor his critics. The bill passed the Senate in February, and it now heads to the president's desk. " ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/congress-passes-take-it-down-act-despite-major-flaws | Source: EFF    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:29:51

• "The bill started with the entirely reasonable goal of addressing non-consensual intimate imagery online" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/congress-moving-forward-on-unconstitutional-take-it-down-act/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:30:14

• "Most tellingly, Donald Trump — in endorsing the bill during his address to Congress — openly bragged about how he plans to abuse its provisions to censor content he personally dislikes. When the person championing your anti-abuse legislation is promising to use it for abuse, you might have a problem"    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:30:43

• "Harvard sued April 21 after getting letters from the Trump administration calling for broad changes to government and leadership and to the university's admissions policies." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2025-04-28/harvard-and-trump-administrations-battle-over-freeze-of-2b-in-grants-will-head-into-summer | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:30:59

• "spreading propaganda against the state." ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/women/woman-sentenced-to-16-years-in-prison-in-tehran-79092 | Source: ANF News    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:31:24

• "foreign agent" ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/04/28/russia-issues-arrest-warrant-for-tv-rain-journalist-yulia-taratuta-a88894 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:31:58

• "Video “exposés” like this—where a sales agent breaks down the material cost of luxury goods" ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/28/1115876/why-chinese-manufacturers-are-going-viral-on-tiktok/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:32:22

• "At the heart of the dispute — and the lead defendant in the case — was Ed Martin" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/the-untold-story-of-how-ed-martin-ghostwrote-online-attacks-against-a-judge-and-still-became-a-top-trump-prosecutor/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:33:46

• "Announcing the report's findings, Annemie Turtelboom, ECA member in charge of the audit" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/28/eu_chips_act_report/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:34:02

• "Indian" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/28/ibm/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:34:29

• "arrested in October" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/29/former_disney_employee_jailed/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:35:16

• "Comparing the bill to the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/04/28/congress-deepfake-revenge-porn-law/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:35:36

• "But their influence flows through X, Substack, and podcasts" ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/04/27/2025/the-group-chats-that-changed-america | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:35:52

• "Several aspects of this phenomenon demand serious reflection: [...]" ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/dark-matter | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:36:02

• "My very highest hope is that you, too, might be fortunate enough to one day have a similar experience." ☛ https://notes.neatnik.net/2025/04/crisis-communications-101-a-crash-course-for-privileged-guys-in-tech | Source: Adam Newbold    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:36:14

• "robo-mecca" ☛ https://futurism.com/china-robot-army-tariffs | Source: Futurism    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:36:30

• "This cliché is too simplistic." ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2025/04/28/policy-oriented-political-philosophy/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 11:36:46

• [Old] "I've decided to break this up in date order, so folks can immediately jump to more current information." ☛ https://web.archive.org/web/19990508012821/http://www.niestu.com/advocacy/win95-refund.html | Source: Internet Archive    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:14:39

• "As I have mentioned before, the “business model” of this site is a little unusual." ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/two-years-of-how-things-work | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:14:49

• "We are happy to announce the release of two new GNU Taler components: The Taler Directory (TalDir) and Mailbox services." ☛ https://www.taler.net/en/news/2025-03.html | Source: GNU Taler    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:15:06

• "The Spanish and Portuguese governments convened emergency cabinet meetings after the outage, which also briefly affected a part of France, which borders northeastern Spain." ☛ https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/parts-of-spain-france-and-portugal-hit-by-power-outage-flights-affected-8277907#pfrom=home-ndtv_topscroll | Source: NDTV    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:16:39

• "The company declined to speculate on the causes of the huge blackout. The Portuguese National Cybersecurity Center issued a statement saying there was no sign the outage was due to a cyberattack." ☛ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/news/major-power-outage-in-spain-and-portugal-knocks-out-subway-networks-traffic-lights-and-atm-machines/ | Source: Renewable Energy World    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:16:54

• "Power outages which today hit Spain, Portugal, and parts of France have severely impacted industrial and consumer operations and underlined the need for grid stability and more secure networks" ☛ https://www.h2-view.com/story/europe-blackout-exposes-grid-and-security-concerns/2125163.article/ | Source: H2 View    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:17:12

• "A cascade of infrastructure failures - from paralysed airports to darkened metro tunnels - followed Monday's unprecedented power outage across Spain and Portugal" ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/business-and-tech/a/2298204.html | Source: RTL    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:17:37

• "While Spain’s prime minister has said the cause of the blackout remains unknown" ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/spain-portugal-power-outage-cut-electricity-live-updates-b2740780.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:17:51

• "Still, the Unimark map is far closer to the feel of many other cities’ subway diagrams" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/28/nyc-new-york-subway-map | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:18:15

• "A study by the Atlantic Council , opens new tab, published shortly before Trump’s election win last year" ☛ https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/trump-could-spur-central-banks-adopt-digital-coins-peacock-2025-04-24/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:18:47

• "I enjoy debates but not abuse." ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/04/28/jeremy-vine-quits-sharing-cycling-videos-over-trolling/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:19:11

• "Across Vietnam, U.S. forces sprayed sprayed 72 million liters (19 million gallons) of defoliants during the war to strip the enemy's cover." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-04-27/the-vietnam-war-ended-50-years-ago-but-the-battle-with-agent-orange-continues | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:20:11

• "A pesticide sprayed on New Brunswick forests more than 55 years ago can still be found in some brook trout in the province, according to a new study." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/brook-trout-ddt-new-brunswick-1.7516615 | Source: CBC    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:20:34

• "one of the world’s most volatile" ☛ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/hydro-power/tensions-over-kashmir-and-a-warming-planet-have-placed-the-indus-waters-treaty-on-life-support/ | Source: Renewable Energy World    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:21:37

• "The Sunshine Coast is on the mainland of B.C." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/radio/whatonearth/drought-planning-1.7518702 | Source: CBC    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:21:51

• "Oligarchy" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/bernie-sanders-americans-arent-dumb-oligarchy-1235326101/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:22:38

• "House Republicans and Senate Democrats have introduced competing plans to limit smartphone use in Michigan’s K-12 public schools." ☛ https://www.mlive.com/politics/2025/04/should-michigan-ban-smartphones-in-k-12-classrooms-lawmakers-offer-competing-plans.html | Source: Michigan News    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:22:54

• "Drone tactics emerging from the war in Ukraine have inspired other European countries to intensify their military-experimentation campaigns" ☛ https://www.c4isrnet.com/global/europe/2025/04/28/european-drone-training-sites-mushroom-in-nod-to-ukraine-war-tactics/ | Source: C4ISRNET    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:23:22

• "The staff was ordered to terminate all ongoing voting rights cases including inquiries into election practices in Pennsylvania and Georgia." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2025/04/28/trump-officials-dismantle-federal-voting-rights-enforcement-team.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:23:38

• "part of a broader attack on the department’s civil rights division." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/28/trump-doj-voting-rights | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:24:01

• "A report by the Timbuktu Institute think tank has indicated that the jihadist activities mainly by the JNIM Jihadi group, have expanded into the region of Kayes between 2021 and 2024." ☛ https://www.telesurenglish.net/jihadist-activities-increase-sevenfold-in-kayes-region-near-east-of-senegal/ | Source: teleSUR    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:24:18

• "What I quickly came to realise was, it’s bad – like really bad." ☛ https://ljpuk.net/2025/04/28/siri-might-be-the-reason-i-stop-using-an-iphone/ | Source: Lee Peterson    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:24:50

• "connected cars" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/police-records-car-subscription-features-surveillance/ | Source: Wired    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:25:13

• "And even when they go out of business, the data we've handed over is out of our hands, being sold to the next highest bidder." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/sc25/ | Source: Tor    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:25:31

• "The company doesn’t keep logs, so couldn’t turn over data: [...]" ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/04/windscribe-acquitted-on-charges-of-not-collecting-users-data.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:25:49

• "The case centred around a Windscribe-owned server in Finland that was allegedly used to breach a system in Greece." ☛ https://hackread.com/court-dismisses-criminal-charges-against-vpn-executive-no-log-policy/ |    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:26:33

• "The attack started the old-fashioned way – with an email. WUC members received a spearphishing message posing as a partner organization." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/text-editor-used-in-targeted-uyghur-spying/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:26:59

• "That archive contained a Windows version of an open source Uyghur text editor called UyghurEditPP." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/29/citizen_lab_uyghur_phishing_malware/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:27:27

• "Although the malware itself was not particularly advanced" ☛ https://citizenlab.ca/2025/04/uyghur-language-software-hijacked-to-deliver-malware/ | Source: Citizen Lab    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:27:52

• "These are good updates, but they won't change the fact that Recall is an inherently invasive tool. And as Ars Technica notes" ☛ https://futurism.com/microsoft-ai-copying-messages | Source: Futurism    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:28:07

• Windows TCO ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/28/infosec_ceo_accused_of_installing_malware/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:29:09

• "I want to stress that this is my own opinion. This is in no way an official statement from Fosstodon, and I'm not speaking on behalf of Mike or the rest of the team here" ☛ https://kevquirk.com/blog/my-thoughts-on-the-fosstodon-drama | Source: Kev Quirk    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:29:38

• "The US tech giant profits from fraudulent adverts that steal the identities of high-profile individuals to exploit their reputations for honesty and financial expertise." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/facebook-allows-scam-ads-stealing-journalists-identities-to-proliferate/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:30:41

• "I have moved to another Mastodon instance. Now I am at tilde.zone. I was at Fosstodon, and before that I was at the now-defunct Emacs.ch. appeasement latched flatterers" ☛ https://macadie.info/2025/04/28/moving-to-a-third-mastodon-server/ | Source: Eric MacAdie    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:31:02

• "At least the data centres are paid for by private companies and not bank loans. This means the bubble pop won’t cause a banking crisis too." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/27/trump-tariffs-taking-out-ai-data-centres-too/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:31:34

• "But ubiquitous as the technology may seem, educators and students should rightfully be pushing back against discourses of inevitability." ☛ https://leonfurze.com/2025/04/28/the-myth-of-inevitable-ai/ |    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:31:52

• "In this essay, I will perform the logical fallacy of argument from authority (wikipedia.org) to attack the notion that large language model (LLM)-based generative "AI" systems are capable of doing the work of human programmers." ☛ https://ratfactor.com/cards/naur-vs-llms | Source: Dave Gauer    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:32:15

• "Earlier this year, CZI said it would move away from social advocacy and refocus on science research, namely research at the intersection of biology and AI." ☛ https://www.pcmag.com/news/mark-zuckerberg-funded-elementary-school-for-low-income-kids-to-shut-in | Source: PC Mag    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:32:29

• "information manipulation" ☛ https://www.pcmag.com/news/trump-appointed-attorney-accuses-wikipedia-of-allowing-foreign-actors-to | Source: PC Mag    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:32:47

• "This latest move follows Martin’s established pattern of constitutional violations, including investigating protected speech by Congress members, attacking the Associated Press, and probing medical journals over their editorial policies." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/government-actually-threatens-wikipedias-editorial-freedom-self-proclaimed-free-speech-warriors-suddenly-have-other-plans/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:33:11

• "nearly 30 defective citations" ☛ https://newrepublic.com/post/194427/mypillow-ceo-mike-lindell-ai-generated-legal-filing | Source: New Republic    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:34:17

• "Go figure: the brief was full of misquotes and miscited cases, sometimes referencing case law that simply didn't exist — AI had hallucinated them, as the tech is prone to do in order to "complete" its prompt." ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/mypillow-ai-court | Source: Futurism    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:35:00

• "According to Hinton, AI companies should dedicate significantly more resources to safety research — "like a third" of their computing power, compared to the much smaller fraction currently allocated." ☛ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/godfather-of-ai-geoffrey-hinton-ai-warning/ | Source: CBS http://techrights.org/n/2024/02/02/The_Great_LLM_Delusion_Part_VI_Hype_Agent_Geoff_Hinton_Would_Ne.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:35:35

• "I am worried that the overall consequence of this might be systems more intelligent than us that eventually take control." ☛ https://www.ndtv.com/science/godfather-of-ai-reveals-the-odds-of-humanity-being-overrun-by-machines-8278829#pfrom=home-ndtv_science | Source: NDTV    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:35:51

• "The email was posted on Duolingo’s LinkedIn account" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/657594/duolingo-ai-first-replace-contract-workers | Source: The Verge    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:36:27

• Another failing company with financial issues (Duolingo) distracting from mass layoffs by saying "AI" "AI" "AI" "AI" "AI" "AI"    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:37:09

• "Nobody talks much about Windows 12 because it doesn't matter, it's going to be even worse, it's going to hurt more. You may have more freedom to escape than you think, especially if you plan ahead." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/28/windows_opinion/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:37:27

• "It's easy to miss £125 million ($166 million). It could happen to anyone. Take Paul Patterson, for example." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/28/fujitsu_promised_not_to_bid_uk_public_sector/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:37:47

• "one language to rule them all" ☛ https://archive.ph/cvGwW |    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:38:33

• "They’re not about advocacy or lobbying; they don’t mistreat or sue anybody; and the only attention they want is from the industry they’re trying to help." ☛ https://loudpoet.com/2025/04/28/move-fast-and-fix-things-bisg-2025/ | Source: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:38:48

• "The Register also had an interview scheduled with NSA Director Dave Luber during the conference" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/28/nsa_cisa_bosses_notably_absent/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:39:24

• "At the Columbia workshop last week, Andre Wibisono presented work related with a recent arXival on the exponentially fast convergence of both unadjusted Langevin and proximal sampler algorithms under strong [definitely strong] log-concavity assumptions. [...]" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/proximal-sampler/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:40:03

• "There are twelve recently closed and active submissions and 5 submissions on hold. Issues are at different stages: [...]" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/ropensci-news-digest-april-2025/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:40:15

• "Just for fun I thought I would share some of my favorite examples." ☛ https://blakewatson.com/journal/im-fascinated-by-the-scale-of-things-in-space/ | Source: Blake Watson    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:40:51

• "Driving the news: Collins said during his "60 Minutes" interview that "almost immediately" after President Trump's inauguration "there were statements made that you were not allowed, for instance, to start any new projects."" ☛ https://www.axios.com/2025/04/28/trump-rfk-nih-francis-collins-60-minutes | Source: Axios    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:41:44

• [Old] "Torvalds earnestly believes that if left to their own devices, most people will apply themselves to something, and that good things – wonderful, unpredictable things – will naturally come of it." ☛ https://knowledge.wharton.upenn.edu/article/how-linus-torvalds-found-fun-and-a-new-operating-system/ |    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:42:32

• "Now there is a new generation of tech-forward kids looking for places to call their own. We’re pointing them to Pika, Ghost, the Fediverse, and freaking Neocities!" ☛ https://daniel.industries/2025/04/27/culture-is-what-we-collectively-agree-upon/ | Source: Daniel Miller    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:42:51

• "In her memory, we promise to never stop practicing journalism" ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/journalist-ceren-kaynak-iskit-dies-at-38-306878 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:43:13

• "Therefore architecturally anubis wasn't an option for me. It can't really be that complex to make one of these? Well, no." ☛ https://dgl.cx/2025/04/using-haproxy-to-stop-scrapers |    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:43:53

• "Of possible interest" ☛ https://doc.searls.com/2025/04/28/of-possible-interest/ | Source: Doc Searls    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:44:28

• "I understand that these things are services and they need to "keep the lites on", but I’m tired of investing in things that have a policy of getting all the money they can make and then turning to poop when they try to squeeze out that last drop of profit." ☛ https://mandarismoore.com/2025/04/28/discordance.html | Source: Mandaris Moore    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:45:03

• "A few months ago, I was talking with a friend about my ergonomic setup and they asked if being vertical helps it with cooling." ☛ https://ntietz.com/blog/measuring-my-framework-laptops-performance-in-3-positions/ | Source: Nicholas Tietz-Sokolsky    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:45:58

• "The passage of a right to repair reform in Ohio would be an ideological win for the movement given the state’s highly conservative bent. It illustrates once again that support for these reforms is hugely bipartisan." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/ohio-could-be-the-latest-state-to-pass-right-to-repair-law-showcasing-broad-bipartisan-support/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:46:13

• "With this small project we will show how easy is to setup web server and control the ESP32-EVB relays with simple web interface." ☛ https://olimex.wordpress.com/2025/04/28/esp32-evb-relays-driven-by-web-interface-with-micropython-so-you-can-switch-on-and-off-loads-from-anywhere-with-internet-connection/ | Source: Olimex    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:46:23

• "A couple months ago my uncle made a beautiful tamo, or Japanese fish landing net, for me. And during my recent visit, I noticed that he and my cousin made leather belt holsters for their landing nets, so I resolved to make one for mine, too." ☛ https://cagrimmett.com/2025/04/28/leather-holster-for-a-landing-net/ | Source: Chuck Grimmett    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:46:43

• "This was the step I got stuck on for months. I was trying the "smart" route of attempting to reverse-engineer and reconstruct the packets by hand using URH and then broadcasting them with very cheap 868Mhz microcontroller boards." ☛ https://blog.videah.net/attacking-my-landlords-boiler/ |    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:47:09

• JBoss EAP 8.1 Beta: Modernizing enterprise Java applications ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/04/28/jboss-eap-8-1-beta-modernizing-enterprise-java    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:49:36

• Performance boosts in vLLM 0.8.1: Switching to the V1 engine ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/04/28/performance-boosts-vllm-081-switching-v1-engine    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:50:11

• Boost OpenShift database VM density with memory overcommit ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/04/28/boost-openshift-database-vm-density-memory-overcommit    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:50:41

• Announcing right-sizing for OpenShift Virtualization ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/04/28/announcing-right-sizing-openshift-virtualization    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:51:11

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

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:52:58

• How To Set Static IP Address on Fedora 42 ☞ https://idroot.us/set-static-ip-address-fedora-42/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:53:11

• How To Install R and Rstudio on CentOS Stream 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-r-and-rstudio-centos-stream-10/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:53:30

• How To Install Joplin on Fedora 42 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-joplin-fedora-42/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:53:58

• How to Install MySQL 8.4 on Ubuntu 24.04 ☞ https://www.linuxtuto.com/how-to-install-mysql-8-4-on-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:54:10

• How to install Tailscale on Ubuntu 22.04 ☞ https://owlhowto.com/how-to-install-tailscale-on-ubuntu-22-04/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:54:20

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

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:54:53

• How To Install PHP on Fedora 42 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-php-fedora-42/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:55:07

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

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:55:57

• Being a slave of Microsoft, working at one's own expense ☞ https://idroot.us/install-minecraft-server-debian-12/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:56:35

• Turntable is a Universal Scrobbler App for GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/turntable-is-a-universal-scrobbling-app-for-linux    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 12:56:58

• "The Domain Name System (DNS) is a cornerstone of the Internet." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/04/28/a-tree-in-a-tree-challenges-of-comprehensive-dns-tree-exploration/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:05:30

• "The USB Implementers Forum (USB-IF) introduced the USB 2.0 standard on April 27, 2000" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/peripherals/usb/usb-2-0-is-25-years-old-today-the-interface-standard-that-changed-the-world | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:05:37

• "we have mostly switched over to installing third-party Python programs" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/python/VenvsReplaceNotUpdate | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:05:57

• "I will examine the connections between technical debt, housework/carework" ☛ https://www.usenix.org/conference/srecon25americas/presentation/lam | Source: USENIX    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:06:33

• "One of the traditional divides in unit testing is whether you should write 'glass box' or 'opaque box' tests (like GeePawHill I think I prefer those terms to the traditional ones)" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/programming/UnitTestsAndStandards | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:06:47

• "Computer architects can’t agree on a way to find the average." ☛ https://dgsq.net/2025-04-27-averages/ |    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:06:56

• "According to Annex I Part II of the EU CRA, manufacturers must actively search for vulnerabilities in their embedded devices, fix them and publicly disclose them to their users and the cybersecurity authorities." ☛ https://embeddeduse.com/2025/04/28/eu-cra-essential-requirements-related-to-vulnerability-handling/ | Source: Burkhard Stubert    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:07:07

• "Fake news to cover up IBM losses to the tune of $150 Billion in the future....Krabanaugh needs reasons to provide to investors when he's just cooking the books. No real US jobs will be created, just a load of fake ones as was done under DEI@IBM." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jsy97hqr    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:08:14

• Open Data ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/announcing-schematic/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:12:05

• "Lenovo is quietly offering Linux pre-installed on some laptops in the US and Canada" ☛ https://www.fudzilla.com/news/pc-hardware/60940-lenovo-slashes-windows-tax-with-cheaper-linux-laptops | Source: Fudzilla    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:13:05

• [Old] "For those who hadn't heard the story, February 15th 1999 was windows refund day." ☛ https://marc.merlins.org/linux/refundday/ |    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:13:13

• "My soon-to-be-website uses Astro as its foundation" ☛ https://fantinel.dev/storybook-astro-svelte | Source: Matt Fantinel    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:14:08

• "It went on to loosely confirm the rumors that surrounded the initial April 14 incident" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/28/4chan_back_onlin/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:14:28

• "The release’s main highlight is security" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/firefox-138-now-available-for-download/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:14:56

• "one database per tenant" ☛ https://blog.julik.nl/2025/04/a-can-of-shardines |    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:15:58

• "combines [slop] with manual human review" ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2766210/brave-browsers-newest-tool-swats-away-those-annoying-cookie-pop-ups.html | Source: PC World    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:16:24

• "Okay, what happened? According to the Kali project" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/kali-linux-users-must-manually-install-new-repository-key/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:17:27

• "As we saw recently in the Graphed and measured: running TCP input in parallel story" ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250428084026 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:18:16

• "It’s been three years since our previous counting of lines" ☛ https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/Whats-in-OpenBSD-77 | Source: Ted Unangst    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:18:26

• "released and is ready to install" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/commodore-os-vision-3-0-linux-based-os-arrives-to-spruce-up-retro-builds | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:19:10

• "The 4MLinux project has released version 48.0 of its lightweight operating system for games" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12434 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:19:17

• "I made a website. It’s called One Million Chessboards." ☛ https://eieio.games/blog/one-million-chessboards/ | Source: Nolen Royalty    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:20:33

• "As system administrators, it’s important to be able to quickly locate and manage files on a Linux system." ☛ https://www.baeldung.com/linux/setup-search-indexing | Source: Tarnum Java SRL    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:21:40

• "Twelve years ago, I started a draft for an article. I never published it: there were a few cross-browser issues, and the idea was raw and unpolished." ☛ https://kizu.dev/svg-linked-parameters-workaround/ |    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:21:58

• "Here’s what I wrote in 2007. Revisiting some of the issues: [...]" ☛ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/04/28/revisiting-zfs-for-mac/ | Source: Michael Tsai    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:22:47

• "Some patrons asked for a podcast RSS feed — just the audio" ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/04/27/pivot-to-ai-the-podcast/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:23:52

• LSA political science major named 2025 Truman Scholar ☞ https://record.umich.edu/articles/lsa-political-science-major-named-2025-truman-scholar/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:26:20

• Latvian researchers working on a freeze-dried future for food ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/food-drink/28.04.2025-latvian-researchers-working-on-a-freeze-dried-future-for-food.a596969/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:26:28

• The 'healthy' baby foods that are full of sugar ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/the-healthy-baby-foods-that-are-full-of-sugar-a7PpB5O2Mwwz    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:50:18

• Myanmar: Junta Assault on Health Care Hinders Quake Response ☞ https://phr.org/news/myanmar-junta-assault-on-health-care-hinders-quake-response/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:50:54

• Latvia's rate of fatal accidents at work among EU's highest ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/employment/28.04.2025-latvias-rate-of-fatal-accidents-at-work-among-eus-highest.a597022/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:51:16

• South Korea karaoke owner inflicts severe injuries to customer, reports victim as ‘drunk’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-karaoke-owner-inflicts-severe-injuries-to-customer-reports-victim-as-drunk    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:55:59

• Off-duty firefighter in South Korea contains flames at bowling alley ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/off-duty-firefighter-in-south-korea-contains-flames-at-bowling-alley    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:56:14

• South Korea rules out tariff deal with US before June 3 snap election ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-korea-rules-out-tariff-deal-with-us-before-june-3-snap-election    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:56:25

• South Korean city orders more than 1,200 residents to evacuate due to wildfire ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-korean-city-orders-more-than-1200-residents-to-evacuate-due-to-wildfire    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:56:40

• Scarlett Gately Moore: KDE Snaps and life. Spirits are up, but I need a little help please ☞ https://www.scarlettgatelymoore.dev/kde-snaps-and-life-spirits-are-up-but-i-need-a-little-help-please/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 13:58:16

• Ayutthaya police’s loft-style room Facebook (Farcebook) post goes viral ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/ayutthaya-polices-loft-style-room-facebook-post-goes-viral    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:00:50

• Raspberry Pi Weekly Issue #498 - More power, more books, and more sustainable practices ☞ https://newsletters.raspberrypi.com/w/Eu1Sq77GQRQaPyeY0sbxFg    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:01:22

• "Victory Day" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/28/kremlin-announces-ceasefire-from-may-8-10-to-mark-russia-s-victory-day-holiday | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:04:16

• "Once a coveted prize, Russia’s mayoral posts are now nearly impossible to fill" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/28/qualified-people-don-t-want-the-job | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:04:35

• "Can’t stop the signal" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/28/can-t-stop-the-signal | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:04:50

• "in the next eight to ten days" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/29/macron-promises-to-increase-pressure-on-russia-in-the-next-eight-to-ten-days | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:05:25

• "uphold traditional family values" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/29/russian-interior-ministry-proposes-granting-asylum-to-people-who-can-t-uphold-traditional-family-values-in-home-country-or-who-face-russophobia | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:05:47

• Four migrant smuggling cases caught in just over a week in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/29.04.2025-four-migrant-smuggling-cases-caught-in-just-over-a-week-in-latvia.a597111/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:05:59

• "Apparently everybody agrees that Ghibli style is not and has never been protected by copyright. Any person has always been free to create (and copy, publish, etc.) their own images/artwork/content in that style. What Studio Ghibli has is the copyright monopoly on their works and the trademark. Those rights are not diminished by AI." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/04/guest-post-ghiblification-and-moral.html    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:07:24

• GNOME Blog: "F**k Nazis, GNOME is Antifa" ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/gnome-blog-fk-nazis-gnome-is-antifa    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:07:49

• And then the Russian Apologists Left, Complaining about TDS ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/04/28/and-then-the-russian-apologists-left-complaining-about-tds/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:08:56

• ‘Time bomb’, threat to ‘world order’: Lithuanian leaders bemoan US moves over Crimea ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2547940/time-bomb-threat-to-world-order-lithuanian-leaders-bemoan-us-moves-over-crimea    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:09:33

• Tsichanouskaya: attacks against Belarusians in Lithuania show Lukashenko’s fear ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2547956/tsichanouskaya-attacks-against-belarusians-in-lithuania-show-lukashenko-s-fear    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:09:51

• Russia still dominates Latvia's alcohol exports ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/culture/food-drink/28.04.2025-russia-still-dominates-latvias-alcohol-exports.a597039/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:10:02

• gnu linux hardware review: benchmark SKC3000D2048G + PCIe riser card from icy box + how to minitor nvme temp ☞ https://dwaves.de/2025/04/27/gnu-linux-hardware-review-benchmark-skc3000d2048g-pcie-riser-card-from-icy-box-how-to-minitor-nvme-temp/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:10:49

• GNU/Linux bash (Debian) git how to always show current branch ☞ https://dwaves.de/2025/04/27/gnu-linux-bash-debian-git-how-to-always-show-current-branch/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:10:56

• "alongside Russia against Ukraine" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/28/north-korea-confirms-sending-troops-to-fight-alongside-russia-against-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:16:19

• "Trump says he 'thinks' Zelensky ready to give up Crimea" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/28/trump-says-he-thinks-zelensky-ready-to-give-up-crimea-despite-ukrainian-president-s-statements-otherwise | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:16:33

• "Ukraine sentences former President Viktor Yanukovych in absentia to 15 years in prison for fleeing to Russia in 2014" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/28/ukraine-sentences-former-president-viktor-yanukovych-in-absentia-to-15-years-in-prison-for-fleeing-to-russia-in-2014 | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:16:57

• "Trump is about to abandon peace talks" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/29/europe-and-ukraine-fear-trump-is-about-to-abandon-peace-talks-ft | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:17:21

• Ukraine Pinning War Hopes on Expanded Drone Program ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/world/europe/ukraine-russia-war-drones.html    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:17:39

• ‘We must hold on.’ Ukrainians steel themselves amid Russian barrage. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2025/0428/ukraine-missile-drone-attack-russia-trump    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:18:09

• Moscow, Pyongyang Confirm North Korean Troops Fighting Against Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-north-korean-troops-kursk/33398022.html    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:18:20

• Russia Charges Man With Car Bombing That Killed Top General ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-general-car-bomb-ukraine/33398750.html    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:18:32

• EU Says Budapest's Block Could Mean Moldova's Accession Moves Forward Without Ukraine ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/eu-hungary-block-moldova-membership-without-ukraine/33399333.html    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:18:55

• Rearming France: The race is on ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/france-in-focus/20250428-rearming-france-the-race-is-on "Faced with American uncertainty surrounding the war in Ukraine and the future of NATO, Europe is looking to wean itself off US defence"    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:19:22

• If Russian gas returns to Europe, it must go through Ukraine ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/energysource/if-russian-gas-returns-to-europe-it-must-go-through-ukraine/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:19:39

• Russia’s Putin Thanks Kim for North Korean Troops Fighting in Kursk ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/27/world/asia/north-korea-troops-russia-ukraine.html    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:20:38

• Russia’s Putin Orders Cease-Fire in Ukraine for May 8-10, Kremlin Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/world/europe/putin-ukraine-ceasefire.html    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:20:50

• How to combat digital exclusion among Lithuania’s seniors? ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2546522/how-to-combat-digital-exclusion-among-lithuania-s-seniors    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:21:34

• Kdenlive 25.04.0 released ☞ https://kdenlive.org/news/releases/25.04.0/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:22:25

• PCLinuxOS Recent Updates ☞ https://www.pclinuxos.com/?p=5956    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:25:29

• qBittorrent 5.1.0 Adds Web Seeds & Cookies Managing for WebUI / WebAPI ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/04/qbittorrent-510-web-seeds-cookies/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:25:57

• qBittorrent 5.1 Open-Source BitTorrent Client Released as a Major Update ☞ https://9to5linux.com/qbittorrent-5-1-open-source-bittorrent-client-released-as-a-major-update    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:26:14

• Sergio Talens-Oliag: ArgoCD Autopilot ☞ https://blogops.mixinet.net/posts/gitops/argocd-autopilot/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:27:57

• OSI publishes election retrospective ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1019215/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:28:42

• Revenue is NOT profit!! https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/04/28/youtube-ad-revenue-q1-2025/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/02/15/YouTube_Layoffs_Mean_That_YouTube_is_Still_Losing_a_Lot_of_Mone.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:30:46

• Mozilla Localization (L10N): Lost (and Found) in Translation: My Internship Story ☞ https://blog.mozilla.org/l10n/2025/04/28/lost-and-found-in-translation-my-internship-story/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:31:22

• Goodge debt grew some more since it invested in Trump    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:31:54

• Sid Tosh: MacStadium sponsors GNOME macOS CI infrastructure ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/sid/2025/04/27/macstadium-sponsors-gnome-macos-ci-infrastructure/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:32:12

• How the DSGE sausage is made ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/04/how-the-dsge-sausage-is-made/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:33:33

• Why Chinese manufacturers are going viral on Fentanylware (TikTok) ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/28/1115876/why-chinese-manufacturers-are-going-viral-on-tiktok/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:34:35

• RSF killed 31 civilians in Sudan’s Omdurman, report finds ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/eye-on-africa/20250428-rsf-killed-31-civilians-in-sudan-s-omdurman-report-finds    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:35:10

• Software Patent: $2,000 for FITE Technologies network patent monopoly prior art ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/4/28/2000-for-fite-technologies-network-patent-prior-art    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:35:32

• Job cuts delay Pentagon plans to expand work to prevent sex assaults and suicides ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/defense/2025/04/job-cuts-delay-pentagon-plans-to-expand-work-to-prevent-sex-assaults-and-suicides/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:36:02

• "Last year, a young Russian conscript was found hanged in the forest." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/28/they-tried-to-break-him-but-they-went-too-far | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:36:41

• TDF’s Annual Report 2024 – LibreOffice Conference ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/04/28/tdfs-annual-report-2024-libreoffice-conference/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:56:51

• What the EU Can Learn From India About Digital Policies ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/04/what-the-eu-can-learn-from-india-about-digital-policies/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:57:22

• 417: Review of Ubuntu 25.04, Plucky Puffin ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/destination-linux/dl-417/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 14:58:43

• 25 Years of LinuxFest Northwest | LINUX Unplugged 612 ☞ https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/612/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:02:36

• Late Night Linux – Episode 331 ☞ https://latenightlinux.com/late-night-linux-episode-331/    

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

• Jetway B420PADN1 – A compact, fanless embedded box PC with defective chip maker Intel N97/N200 SoC, M.2 sockets, COM ports ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/28/jetway-b420padn1-a-compact-fanless-embedded-box-pc-with-intel-n97-n200-socs-m-2-sockets-com-ports/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:04:51

• Zalmotek RA6M1, RA8M1, and RZ/A3U SoMs follow Adafruit Feather form factor, support carrier board for robotics and industrial control ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/28/zalmotek-ra6m1-ra8m1-and-rz-a3u-soms-follow-adafruit-feather-form-factor-support-carrier-board-for-robotics-and-industrial-control/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:05:11

• War in Ukraine: Putin orders unexpected 3-day truce ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250428-war-in-ukraine-putin-orders-unexpected-3-day-truce    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:05:23

• Putin orders three-day truce in May but Ukraine asks 'Why wait?' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250428-putin-orders-three-day-truce-in-may-but-ukraine-asks-why-wait    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:05:31

• Russia declares a 72-hour ceasefire to mark Victory Day in World War II ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250428-russia-declares-a-72-hour-ceasefire-in-ukraine-for-next-week-to-mark-victory-day-in-world-war-ii    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:05:39

• North Korea confirms the open secret of its troop deployment to Russia ☞ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2025/04/28/north-korea-confirm-troop-russia/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:05:59

• Zelenskyy Says Putin's Cease-Fire Proposal Over Victory Day Would Only Provide 'Silence For His Parade' ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-ceasefire-putin-trump-victory-day/33399346.html    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:06:10

• Putin Calls For 3-Day Cease-Fire With Ukraine Over WWII Victory Day ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-putin-russia-ukraine-zelenskyy-crimea-ceasefiire/33398270.html    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:06:22

• "If you’ve dealt with reactance, you surely know the two equations for computing inductive and capacitive reactance." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/28/deriving-the-reactance-formulas/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:07:42

• Kursk ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/28/we-will-always-honor-the-korean-heroes-who-gave-their-lives-for-russia-putin-thanks-kim-jong-un-for-north-korea-s-help-in-battle-for-kursk | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:08:11

• "We value human lives, not parades" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/04/29/we-value-human-lives-not-parades-zelensky-calls-for-immediate-ceasefire-after-putin-proposes-victory-day-holiday-truce | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:08:26

• Valgrind-3.25.0 is available ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1019227/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:08:48

• Security updates for Monday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1019212/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:09:06

• 22 Best Free and Paid Webinar Software for GNU/Linux ☞ https://linux.how2shout.com/best-webinar-software-linux/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:10:02

• A New Kali GNU/Linux Archive Signing Key ☞ https://www.kali.org/blog/new-kali-archive-signing-key/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:11:19

• Pasaffe is an easy to use password manager for GNOME ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pasaffe-password-managerr-gnome/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:11:43

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

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:12:04

• VictoriaMetrics is a scalable solution for monitoring and managing time series data ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/victoriametric-monitoring-managing-time-series-data/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:12:29

• Free42 is an HP-42S calculator simulator ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/free42-hp-42s-calculator-simulator/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:12:52

• Activepieces is business automation software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/activepieces-business-automation-software/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:13:12

• "It was already baked in for the last few years of "fall planning" Just attempts to grab headlines and try and garner some Trump effect goodwill. SMH." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1jszw0nag    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:14:54

• Infosys Layoffs: Indian IT Major Lays Off More 195 Trainees for Failing Internal Assessments, Marking 3rd Round of Trainee Job Cuts This Year https://www.latestly.com/technology/infosys-layoffs-indian-it-major-lays-off-more-195-trainees-for-failing-internal-assessments-marking-3rd-round-of-trainee-job-cuts-this-year-6817387.html    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:16:16

• Kali issues warning to users about update failures due to lost repository signing key ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/kali-issues-warning-to-users-about-update-failures-due-to-lost-repository-signing-key/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:17:41

• DebLight OS is a lightweight and fast GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/deblight-os-lightweight-fast-linux-distribution/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:19:58

• Proprietary backdoored Windows Versus "Linux" News (Trying to Keep People on Windows, Never Exploring GNU/Linux) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Proprietary_Windows_Versus_Linux_News_Trying_to_Keep_People_on_.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:20:06

• The "Telephone Operating System in the Vatican" is 95 Years Old, Vatican Moved to GNU/Linux ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/The_Telephone_Operating_System_in_the_Vatican_is_95_Years_Old_V.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:20:15

• BSD and GNU/Linux Replaced Abusive Monopolist Microsoft in Secure Servers, All Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Has Left is LLM Slop for Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt (FUD) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/BSD_and_GNU_Linux_Replaced_Microsoft_in_Secure_Servers_All_Micr.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:20:22

• GNU/Linux 9% in Cuba, Vista 11 Waning, Android Dominant ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/GNU_Linux_9_in_Cuba_Vista_11_Waning_Android_Dominant.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:20:30

• Michael Catanzaro: WebKitGTK API Versions Demystified ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2025/04/28/webkitgtk-api-versions/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:22:09

• NixOS Logo and Branding Update ☞ https://nixos.org/blog/announcements/2025/nixos-logo-branding-updates/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:22:54

• Plasma Sprint 2025 – A Recap ☞ https://anditosan.wordpress.com/2025/04/28/plasma-sprint-2025-a-recap/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:23:30

• Small (45x43mm) system-on-module packs Rockchip RK3562 AIoT SoC, 16GB eMMC, 2GB RAM, and PMIC ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/29/small-45x43mm-system-on-module-packs-rockchip-rk3562-aiot-soc-16gb-emmc-2gb-ram-and-pmic/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:24:28

• Medicaid Work Requirements Don’t Work — They Harm People with Disabilities ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/disability-rights/medicaid-work-requirements-dont-work-they-harm-people-with-disabilities    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:33:52

• Software Patent: $2,000 for Adaptive Avenue website patent monopoly prior art ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/4/28/2000-for-adaptive-avenue-website-patent-prior-art    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:34:19

• Clear The Way – Don’t Jump the Gun: English Court of Appeal grants an Interim Injunction to AstraZeneca in Glenmark Dapagliflozin Case ☞ https://patentblog.kluweriplaw.com/2025/04/28/clear-the-way-dont-jump-the-gun-english-court-of-appeal-grants-an-interim-injunction-to-astrazeneca-in-glenmark-dapagliflozin-case/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:34:40

• Software Patents in HEY HI CLOTHING ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/04/inventorship-guidance-problematic.html    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:35:23

• 64GB DDR5 memory modules shown to work on ODROID-H4 Alder Lake-N SBC ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/28/64gb-ddr5-memory-modules-shown-to-work-on-odroid-h4-alder-lake-n-sbc/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:36:00

• Coming Soon: Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Fake Results, Mass Layoffs, and Silence About All the People Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Pressured to "Quit" (So That They Don't Get Counted as Layoffs) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Coming_Soon_Microsoft_Fake_Results_Mass_Layoffs_and_Silence_Abo.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:36:12

• Microsoft is Already Laying Off Lots of Contractors ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/29/Microsoft_is_Already_Laying_Off_Lots_of_Contractors.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:36:46

• "A few years passed since my last attempt to get on Mastodon without it negatively impacting my life. There are much more interesting people on Mastodon now. And I haven’t stopped lurking on various fedi instances looking for news from the FLOSS world, which usually ends with doomscrolling." gemini://aelspire.info/posts/2025-04-29-mastodon/post.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:38:42

• 🔤SpellBinding: SCEIPRB Wordo: COOKS gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-04-29.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:40:11

• Hey-Hi (AI) Isn't Your Friend or Lover or Partner in Crime gemini://the-brannons.com/hey-hi/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:41:26

• The skyrocketing space travel, a (not-so) fictional story gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2599    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:44:03

• "After my previous post about Tenstorrent programming, I am curious about how exactly am I supposed to write my own LLK (programming the vector engine/SFPU)." gemini://gemini.clehaxze.tw/gemlog/2025/04-27-adventuring-into-tenstorrent-sfpu-programming-mandelbrot-rendering.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:44:53

• "Shit like this is my kryptonite. \ wait, how does kryptonite actually work? it makes superman weaker, right? not like that. is there an arc where superman gets addicted to kryptonite because he just loves the way it makes him feel? superman thinks about it...often." gemini://highstakesbingo.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-04-25%20kryptowrite.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:46:00

• What Fake News Looks Like (IBM) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/29/What_Fake_News_Looks_Like_IBM.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:48:35

• What Happened to the Open Source Initiative (OSI) Elections: The Purge, the Cover-up, and the Witch-hunts ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/27/What_Happened_to_the_Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Elections_The_P.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:48:43

• LibreWolf is now in my Slackware repository ☞ https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/librewolf-is-now-in-my-slackware-repository/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:48:56

• Phone Adoption Very Low in Vatican, backdoored Windows Usage Fell Nonetheless ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Phone_Adoption_Very_Low_in_Vatican_Windows_Usage_Fell_Nonethele.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:49:05

• Glue Inside Your Pizza (or Why People Will Get Fed Up With Slop) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Glue_Inside_Your_Pizza_or_Why_People_Will_Get_Fed_Up_With_Slop.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:49:12

• Central African Republic (CAR): Vista 11 is Only ~0.2% Market Share ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Central_African_Republic_CAR_Vista_11_is_Only_0_2_Market_Share.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:49:20

• New Leaks Coming Soon, We Maintain 100% Record of Successful Resistance to Censorship ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/New_Leaks_Coming_Soon_We_Maintain_100_Record_of_Successful_Resi.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:51:51

• Leak: The EPO's General Consultative Committee (GCC) Does Not Consult Staff on Crucial Matters and Bypasses the Administrative Council (AC) to Do Illegal Things ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Leak_The_EPO_s_General_Consultative_Committee_GCC_Does_Not_Cons.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:51:58

• No, I.C.B.M. is Not Investing $150 Billion in the US and It Doesn't Even Have That Kind of Money ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/No_IBM_is_Not_Investing_150_Billion_in_the_US_and_It_Doesn_t_Ev.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:52:06

• Chromebooks' Adoption in Sweden No Longer Depends on Schools ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/Chromebooks_Adoption_in_Sweden_No_Longer_Depends_on_Schools.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:52:14

• If Tesla Shares (and Alleged Value) Fell 55% (From $489 to $222) in a Few Months Maybe It's Not Worth Anything At All (It's Just Gambling) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/If_Tesla_Shares_and_Alleged_Value_Fell_55_From_489_to_222_in_a_.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:52:21

• China is Already Culling GAFAM (Not Just Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Windows) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/04/28/China_is_Already_Culling_GAFAM_Not_Just_Microsoft_Windows.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:52:28

• Kubernetes v1.33: HorizontalPodAutoscaler Configurable Tolerance ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/04/28/kubernetes-v1-33-hpa-configurable-tolerance/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:53:08

• Doom slithers and dithers its way with a 16-color Atari ST port ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/doom-slithers-and-dithers-its-way-with-a-16-color-atari-st-port    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:54:17

• Philippines raises alert level at volcano after eruption sees Bulusan spew ash 4.5km into the sky ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-raises-alert-level-at-volcano-after-eruption-sees-bulusan-spew-ash-4-5km-into-the-sky    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:55:16

• Malaysia court allows A-G’s application to appeal in jailed ex-PM Najib’s legal case ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-court-allows-a-gs-application-to-appeal-in-jailed-ex-pms-legal-case    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:55:40

• Malaysia to delay new taxes as manufacturers fear tariff hit ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-to-delay-new-taxes-as-manufacturers-fear-tariff-hit    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:55:58

• The Latest Standoff in the South China Sea ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/world/asia/south-china-philippine-sandy.html    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:56:12

• China experience was once a plus. In Canada’s election, it’s a liability. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/04/28/world/canada-election/china-experience-was-once-a-plus-in-canadas-election-its-a-liability    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:56:39

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s Tariffs Put China’s E-Commerce Superpowers to the Test ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/29/world/asia/trump-tariffs-china.html    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:56:56

• China says it handled Philippine ‘infringement’ at disputed reef ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/china-says-handled-philippine-infringement-at-disputed-reef    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:57:16

• India, Pakistan exchange small arms fire, China urges restraint ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/india-pakistan-exchange-small-arms-fire-china-urges-restraint    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:57:37

• Philippine official says China trying to influence its elections ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippine-official-says-china-trying-to-influence-its-elections    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:57:49

• Japan, Vietnam pledge to support free trade as PM Ishiba visits Hanoi ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/japan-vietnam-pledge-to-support-free-trade-as-pm-ishiba-visits-hanoi    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:58:12

• China, Philippines raise rival flags on disputed South China Sea sandbank ☞ https://rfa.org/english/southchinasea/2025/04/28/china-philippines-south-china-sea-flag/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:58:36

• Chinese man who displayed pro-democracy banners in detention: sources ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/04/28/china-prodemocracy-banner-arrest/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:59:03

• Beijing says handled Philippine ‘infringement’ at disputed reef in South China Sea ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/28/beijing-says-handled-philippine-infringement-at-disputed-reef-in-south-china-sea/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 15:59:31

• Beijing finally slices off Sandy Cay ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/beijing-finally-slices-off-sandy-cay/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:00:08

• Closest to Palawan, not far from Malaysia and Vietnam, definitely not part of China. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Cay_Reef so China is already "doing a Crimea" https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/beijing-finally-slices-off-sandy-cay/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:02:33

• Dual Booting CachyOS and backdoored Windows ☞ https://itsfoss.com/dual-boot-cachyos-windows/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:02:54

• "Meduza’s ‘No’ exhibition in Berlin" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/04/28/highlights-from-the-opening-ceremony-of-meduza-s-no-exhibition-in-berlin | Source: Meduza    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:03:18

• Skype Shutdown Next Monday! https://techrights.org/wiki/Skype_is_Spy_Campaign/ a lesson for any company taken over by Microsoft    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:06:09

• Skype will be remembered as something that MANY years ago MANY people used. Then Microsoft ruined the whole thing.    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:06:50

• "We know how to tune our CNC mill for the minimum chatter when its chewing through aluminium." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/28/supercon-2024-sketching-with-machines/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:20:21

• "Custom Filament Colors" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/28/paint-mixing-theory-for-custom-filament-colors/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:21:05

• Tinycorder ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/28/tinycorder-isnt-quite-a-tricorder-but/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:22:18

• Cancer-campaign journalist among winners at new Reach awards ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/reach-journalism-awards/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:23:12

• Censorship weapons "to Hell Toupée’s desk." ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/04/28/congress-passes-take-act-combat-elicit-deepfakes/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:24:17

• Wild Chimps Caught on Camera Sharing Alcoholic Fruit ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/wild-chimps-caught-on-camera-sharing-alcoholic-fruit    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:24:52

• Giant Prehistoric Kangaroos in Australia Were Doomed, And Now We Know Why ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/giant-prehistoric-kangaroos-in-australia-were-doomed-and-now-we-know-why    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:25:05

• NASA Reveals First-of-Its-Kind Image of Mars Rover Seen From Space ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/nasa-reveals-first-of-its-kind-image-of-mars-rover-seen-from-space    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:25:47

• Something in The Back of Your Eye Could Reveal Whether You Have ADHD ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/something-in-the-back-of-your-eye-could-reveal-whether-you-have-adhd    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:26:07

• The Modern Cat May Have Emerged From Ancient Egyptian Ritual Sacrifice ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-modern-cat-may-have-emerged-from-ancient-egyptian-ritual-sacrifice    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:26:23

• "Roughly the size of a Tic Tac container, this project packs a punch in a compact package. [Matt] sent in this beautifully documented pocket device that brings back great memories of texting on early cellphones." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/28/eclairm0-the-pocket-notepad/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:26:51

• Pi Pico ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/28/pi-pico-throws-us-for-a-midi-loop/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:27:27

• "All In One Place" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/04/29/weird-and-wonderful-vr-mr-text-entry-methods-all-in-one-place/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:28:12

• 'Popcorn Lung': Vapers at Risk of Irreversible Disease, Experts Warn ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/popcorn-lung-vapers-at-risk-of-irreversible-disease-experts-warn    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:28:51

• One Cancer Is Rising Rapidly in Younger People, And Bacteria Could Be Why ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/one-cancer-is-rising-rapidly-in-younger-people-and-bacteria-could-be-why    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:29:06

• This Severe Brain Disorder Is Common But Often Goes Undiagnosed ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-severe-brain-disorder-is-common-but-often-goes-undiagnosed    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:29:18

• Sausage Dog Rescued After Surviving Solo For 529 Days on Remote Island ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/sausage-dog-rescued-after-surviving-solo-for-529-days-on-remote-island    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:44:58

• America’s architectural legacy deserves better: Opposing mandated styles for federal buildings ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2025/04/americas-architectural-legacy-deserves-better-opposing-mandated-styles-for-federal-buildings/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:45:30

• Some recent changes to choice of translation ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/some-recent-changes-to-choice-of-translation    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:46:42

• Efficiently Create Leading-Edge Aerospace and Defense Software with Qt ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/efficiently-create-leading-edge-ad-software-with-qt    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:46:49

• Chen Reiss sheds light on forgotten composers of Vienna's golden age ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/arts24/20250428-chen-reiss-sheds-light-on-forgotten-composers-of-vienna-s-golden-age    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:47:26

• From bombs to Starbucks, US veteran remembers end of Vietnam War 50 years on ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/from-bombs-to-starbucks-us-veteran-remembers-end-of-vietnam-war-50-years-on    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:47:58

• Israeli Spy Chief to Step Down After Clash With Netanyahu ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/world/middleeast/israeli-spy-chief-netanyahu-ronen-bar-clash.html    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:48:16

• More than 700 ‘Big Law’ partners file brief supporting firm Susman Godfrey in suit against Convicted Felon administration ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/more-than-700-big-law-partners-file-brief-supporting-firm-susman-godfrey-in-suit-against-trump-administration/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:49:53

• Proposed smoking laws will not affect Hong Kong tourism, lawmaker says ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/28/proposed-smoking-laws-will-not-affect-hong-kong-tourism-lawmaker-says/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:50:25

• From the Community | The death of authentic reading culture ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2025/04/27/from-the-community-the-death-of-authentic-reading-culture/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:51:06

• Thailand security beefed up as Pattaya police take Chinese suspect to re-enact LGBTQ murder ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thailand-security-beefed-up-as-pattaya-police-take-chinese-suspect-to-re-enact-lgbtq-murder    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:51:46

• DHS restores international student records, U-M continues to monitor ☞ https://record.umich.edu/articles/dhs-restores-international-student-records-u-m-continues-to-monitor/ "The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has reinstated SEVIS records for 14 enrolled U-M students and 11 graduates whose records had previously been terminated"    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:52:36

• China, Philippines trade barbs over disputed South China Sea reef ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/philippines-says-china-has-not-seized-disputed-south-china-sea-reef    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:52:55

• Japan policy chief warns of Convicted Felon tariff impact on Asian security ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-policy-chief-warns-of-trump-tariff-impact-on-asian-security "Asean countries “may become more distant” from the US."    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:53:27

• First batch of Hong Kong democrats freed after 4 years' jail for subversion ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/first-batch-of-hong-kong-democrats-freed-after-4-years-jail-for-subversion    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:53:42

• As India-Pakistan Tensions Soar, Dozens Of Afghan Insurgents Killed Crossing Border ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/pakistan-india-afghanistan-kashmir-taliban-insurgents/33398266.html    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:54:19

• Leaders of Japan, Vietnam talk free trade in the face of tariff tensions ☞ https://rfa.org/english/vietnam/2025/04/28/japan-ishiba-philippines-trip/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:54:33

• UN Syria envoy warns of ‘fragile’ moment in transitional process ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/un-syria-envoy-warns-of-potential-grave-consequences-for-countrys-future/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:56:36

• Netanyahu accuses security agency chief of lying to Israel’s top court ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/04/netanyahu-accuses-security-agency-chief-of-lying-to-israels-top-court/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:57:07

• Beijing, Manila trade barbs over disputed South China Sea reef ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/28/beijing-manila-trade-barbs-over-disputed-south-china-sea-reef/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:57:56

• Israel's domestic security chief says he will step down in June, defusing battle with Netanyahu ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250428-israel-s-domestic-security-chief-says-he-will-step-down-in-june-defusing-battle-with-netanyahu    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:59:11

• Cybersecurity vendors are themselves under attack by hackers, SentinelOne says ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/cybersecurity-vendors-are-under-attack-sentinelone-says/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 16:59:46

• Cybersecurity experts issue response to Convicted Felon order targeting Chris Krebs, SentinelOne ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/eff-letter-chris-krebs-donald-trump-executive-order/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 17:00:13

• House passes bill to study routers’ national security risks ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/routers-act-commerce-study-modems-chinese-hackers/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 17:00:25

• Announcing the Release of “The Memory Safety Continuum” ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2025/04/28/announcing-the-release-of-the-memory-safety-continuum/ Hype http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/04/What_Would_Dennis_Ritchie_Say_About_the_Memory_Safe_Hype_or_Car.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 17:01:09

• Modernizing the tools of economic statecraft to meet the challenges of today ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/issue-brief/modernizing-the-tools-of-economic-statecraft-to-meet-the-challenges-of-today/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 17:01:36

• Weak tax revenue is a national security issue ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/weak-tax-revenue-is-a-national-security-issue/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 17:01:55

• Headline containing "AI" = immediate skipping article unless it is a critique    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 17:03:25

• "Agentic" is just the new "advanced" and "generative"... a meaningless adjective for hype    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 17:03:50

• African Telecom Giant MTN Group Discloses Data Breach ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/african-telecom-giant-mtn-group-discloses-data-breach/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 17:04:31

• Critical Vulnerabilities Found in Planet Technology Industrial Networking Products ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/critical-vulnerabilities-found-in-planet-technology-industrial-networking-products/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 17:05:47

• 4 Million Affected by VeriSource Data Breach ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/4-million-affected-by-data-breach-at-verisource-services/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 17:06:00

• Craft CMS Zero-Day Exploited to Compromise Hundreds of Websites ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/craft-cms-zero-day-exploited-to-compromise-hundreds-of-websites/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 17:06:15

• Only 35% Americans support Musk's work for Trump, says poll https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/world/musk-s-work-for-donald-trump-is-very-unpopular-says-poll/story    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 17:08:24

• Privileged Conversations | May 2025 ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/privileged-conversations-may-2025/ Conversations partly controlled by Microsoft https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/At_Microsoft_Promoting_Back_Doors_Proprietary_Lock_in_and_Mass_.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 17:10:18

• But that does relate to corporate objectives of Microsoft? ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/public-knowledge-applauds-fcc-vote-to-modernize-satellite-spectrum-sharing-to-help-close-digital-divide/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/At_Microsoft_Promoting_Back_Doors_Proprietary_Lock_in_and_Mass_.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 17:11:10

• Compex Introduces Innovative Wi-Fi 7 Quad-Band Bundle Solution: WLE7002E26 & WLE7002E55 (Sponsored) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/29/compex-introduces-innovative-wi-fi-7-quad-band-bundle-solution-wle7002e26-wle7002e55/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 17:14:52

• ‘The opposite of what Hitler would do’ on better paper: Observer relaunched by Tortoise ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/nationals/observer-relaunched-by-tortoise/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 17:15:46

• Waveshare 8-channel RS485 to Ethernet industrial serial servers work as a Modbus & MQTT gateways, RS485-to-JSON converters ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/04/28/waveshare-8-channel-rs485-to-ethernet-industrial-serial-servers-work-as-a-modbus-mqtt-gateways-rs485-to-json-converters/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 17:16:29

• Power Outages in Spain and Portugal: Photos ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/world/europe/spain-power-outage-photos.html    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 17:17:53

• Washtenaw County Community Action Network loses federal AmeriCorps funding ☞ https://www.michigandaily.com/news/news-briefs/washtenaw-county-community-action-network-loses-federal-americorps-funding/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 17:19:13

• Ex-warden at Hong Kong care home for people with mental disabilities faces another rape charge ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/04/29/ex-warden-at-hong-kong-care-home-for-people-with-mental-disabilities-faces-another-rape-charge/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 17:19:32

• How to Install Darktable on FunOS ☞ https://funos.org/install-darktable-funos/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 17:20:21

• Nobel Peace Prize laureate Nadia Murad: 'I never wanted to be an activist' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/perspective/20250428-nobel-peace-prize-laureate-nadia-murad-i-never-wanted-to-be-an-activist    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 17:21:43

• Weaponized Words: Uyghur Language Software Hijacked to Deliver Malware ☞ https://citizenlab.ca/2025/04/uyghur-language-software-hijacked-to-deliver-malware/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 17:22:20

• Software Patents: Leigh M. Rothschild entity, Touchpoint Projection, cybersecurity patent monopoly challenge instituted ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/4/25/leigh-m-rothschild-entity-touchpoint-projection-cybersecurity-patent-challenge-instituted    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 17:22:58

• China's foreign ministry says Pooh-tin and Convicted Felon did not have a call recently ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/chinas-foreign-ministry-says-xi-and-trump-did-not-have-a-call-recently    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 17:23:25

• Attack on Migrant Facility in Yemen Kills Dozens, Houthis and Aid Officials Say ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/world/middleeast/yemen-houthis-saada-migrants.html    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 17:23:46

• Pakistan’s Detention of Indian Border Guard Adds to Tensions ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/04/28/world/asia/pakistan-india-border-guard-detained.html    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 17:24:04

• Public Knowledge Cautions Take It Down Act Could Jeopardize Privacy, Free Speech ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/public-knowledge-cautions-take-it-down-act-could-jeopardize-privacy-free-speech/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/At_Microsoft_Promoting_Back_Doors_Proprietary_Lock_in_and_Mass_.shtml    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 17:24:47

• Industry’s Secret Sharing of Data ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/gun-owners-group-secret-data-sharing | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 17:31:50

• D.C. U.S. Attorney ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/who-is-ed-martin-career-dc-us-attorney | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 17:32:05

• Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter Issue 889 ☞ https://ubuntu-news.org/2025/04/28/ubuntu-weekly-newsletter-issue-889/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 17:44:48

• Fix Dependency Issue for Grub-Customizer in Ubuntu 25.04 ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/04/fix-dependency-grub-customizer-ubuntu-2504/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 17:45:07

• Mixxx 2.5.1 Added Several More MIDI Controllers Support ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/04/mixxx-2-5-1-more-midi-controllers/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 17:45:37

• GNU Taler news: Taler Mailbox and Directory service released ☞ https://taler.net/en/news/2025-03.html    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 18:14:49

• Resize Panes in Tmux ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/resize-panes-tmux/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 18:15:14

• Mozilla Firefox 138 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New ☞ https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-firefox-138-is-now-available-for-download-heres-whats-new    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 18:17:55

• Trinity Desktop Environment R14.1.4 Released with Support for Ubuntu 25.04 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/trinity-desktop-environment-r14-1-4-released-with-support-for-ubuntu-25-04    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 18:18:02

• 4MLinux 48.0 Is Now Available for Download, Powered by GNU/Linux Kernel 6.12 LTS ☞ https://9to5linux.com/4mlinux-48-0-is-now-available-for-download-powered-by-linux-kernel-6-12-lts    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 18:18:08

• LabPlot 2.12 released ☞ https://labplot.org/2025/04/28/labplot-2-12-released/    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 18:20:35

• libsigsegv @ Savannah: GNU libsigsegv 2.15 is released ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10761    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 18:21:03

• FSF Events: Community meetup in Witzenhausen, Germany ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/community-meetup-witzenhausen-germany    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 18:21:59

• TTABlog Test: Is HEELS Generic for Medicated Skin Care Cream? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/04/ttablog-test-is-heels-generic-for_28.html    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 18:23:34

• [cat] [japan] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-04-29.gmi    

posted Tuesday, April 29, 2025 at 19:14:11