Roy Schestowitz

• Help the Microsoft group front FSFE to connect with representatives https://fsfe.org/news/2025/news-20250731-01.en.html    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 01:20:17

• DMA news https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202508.en.html    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 01:20:33

• Bad Map Projection: Interrupted Spheres https://xkcd.com/3122/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 01:20:56

• Canon https://xkcd.com/3123/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 01:21:10

• "Political violence in favor of bad things happen on the daily. The government we voted in and trust sell weapons to warring nations and invest in settler colonialism and wreck the planet with their gasoline. Tyranny in protection of wealth is endorsed and loved by them." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/political-violence    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 01:22:48

• oatmeal cookies gemini://8by3.net/~sbr/others/food/2025-08-08.oatmeal-cookies.gmi    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 01:23:27

• dream; wolverine gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/dream/wolverine    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 01:24:11

• "One annoyance: You can’t just ask an LLM to make one for you like you can, say, a bookmarklet. You can have an LLM make you the code bits of a Shortcut or Automator action, but I tried to make a Shortcut and ChatGPT couldn’t whip one up." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/scrawlspace/2025/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 01:25:01

• inside gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/inside    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 01:26:42

• "My daughter loves water painting. She dips her brush in water and traces abstract patterns on the brown craft paper. With a light touch the stroke fades right away, leaving a thin playful ribbon chasing after. With a heavy touch the soaked splotches last for a minute or so, blooming in reverse slowly back to nothing." gemini://hyena.smol.pub/water-painting    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 01:27:47

• "So I'm James, I'm 24, and I've had this site for maybe a year and a half now? I was so excited about having a place to put my thoughts and to talk about my hobbies and ideas and interests that I became kind of overwhelmed by that fact and became too terrified of openly sharing those things where somebody can read them" gemini://jamesisnotaduck.smol.pub/thefirstpost    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 01:28:58

• Red Hat. "A few white male middle managers got let go recently. The females got re-assigned to other positions." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k1s1fqkc    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 01:36:56

• Former Gears of War boss becomes former Diablo boss as Rod Fergusson leaves Microsoft https://www.gamesradar.com/games/diablo/former-gears-of-war-boss-becomes-former-diablo-boss-as-rod-fergusson-leaves-microsoft-a-third-time-sword-in-hand-after-5-years-overseeing-the-arpg-series-im-proud-of-what-weve-built/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 01:37:58

• "If you show up and get the free money and free drinks, why not? I can do it on the weekend too if they pay me double." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k20bjyxs    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 01:39:54

• Grounded https://xkcd.com/3124/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 01:46:48

• Snake-in-the-Box Problem https://xkcd.com/3125/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 01:48:21

• DragonOS Noble_R7 is out https://sourceforge.net/projects/dragonos-focal/ https://sourceforge.net/projects/dragonos-focal/files/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 02:02:53

• Distribution Release: PorteuX 2.2 is out https://distrowatch.com/12514    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 02:03:40

• catastrophic death tolls of the past https://theconversation.com/pacific-tsunami-modern-early-warning-systems-prevent-the-catastrophic-death-tolls-of-the-past-262283    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 02:10:06

• technology reduces the power of a relationship https://theconversation.com/love-in-the-age-of-whatsapp-a-philosopher-explains-how-technology-reduces-the-power-of-a-relationship-254342    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 02:10:30

• Can the media please step this "age of AI" BS? Hey Hi is not new and what it calls "AI" isn't even ML.    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 02:11:14

• Amazon Labor Union Leader Chris Smalls Released From Israeli Prison https://truthout.org/articles/us-activist-chris-smalls-released-from-israeli-prison-after-beating-by-officers/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 02:12:20

• "Value" or fake? https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/red-friday-chaos-dow-nosedives-trumps-tariff-blitz-rattles-wall-street-amazon-shares-crash-2-1740006    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 02:12:54

• Price Surge https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-08-04/brazil-dismisses-calls-to-relocate-cop30-amid-amazon-city-price-surge    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 02:13:08

• Why on Earth is the planet’s day getting shorter? https://theconversation.com/why-on-earth-is-the-planets-day-getting-shorter-260946    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 02:13:23

• Nature’s underground engineers: how plant roots could save harvests from drought https://theconversation.com/natures-underground-engineers-how-plant-roots-could-save-harvests-from-drought-257369    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 02:13:41

• "Discounts" the MS way, more like bribes for vendor lockin https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-08-07/amazon-web-services-to-provide-us-government-agencies-with-up-to-1-billion-in-discounts    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 02:14:29

• Intellectual Property misnomer ttp://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/07/book-review-food-philosophy-and.html    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 02:16:36

• CJEU upholds cancellation of plant variety rights for failure to pay fees on time http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/08/you-snooze-you-lose-cjeu-upholds.html    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 02:19:01

• UPC is totally illegal, yet the litigation profiteers who now run this blog keep boosting this illegality http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-upc-court-of-appeal-finds-no.html    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 02:19:51

• It can be forked https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/unix/XLibreIsExplicitlyPolitical    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 02:21:08

• Case for Sticking With F-35 Jets https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-08-07/exclusive-canada-defense-review-makes-case-for-sticking-with-f-35-jets-sources-say    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 02:24:36

• Ubuntu 24.04.3: Noble Numbat point release slips out quietly https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/08/ubuntu_24043_quietly_slips_out/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 02:29:44

• So don't use them? https://www.scworld.com/news/11-go-packages-hide-malicious-commands-targeting-linux-and-windows    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 02:31:40

• Maybe it does not "sound good" to say that, but MANY pieces of software out there are malicious. Don't blame the system that they can be run on.    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 02:32:44

• "This latest release notes it has full V/F curve editing for older AMD GPUs. As the developer said "The RDNA1, Vega and Polaris GPU generations now expose all of the voltage/frequency points in the UI, and not just the minimum and maximum values like previously"." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/linux-gpu-configuration-and-monitoring-tool-lact-gets-expanded-support-for-older-amd-gpus/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 02:32:50

• "It's an open-source Linux interface for iCUE LINK Hub and other Corsair AIOs and Hubs. You can manage RGB lighting, fan speeds, system metrics, as well as keyboards, mice and headsets via a web dashboard. The latest release 0.6.1 rolled out last week with expanded device support and other improvements." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/openlinkhub-for-managing-icue-link-hub-and-various-corsair-devices-on-linux-expands-device-support/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 02:33:06

• "It's an open-source Linux interface for iCUE LINK Hub and other Corsair AIOs and Hubs. You can manage RGB lighting, fan speeds, system metrics, as well as keyboards, mice and headsets via a web dashboard." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/openlinkhub-for-managing-icue-link-hub-and-various-corsair-devices-on-linux-expands-device-support/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 02:33:33

• "I'm hoping it's just another Hunt: Showdown 1896 situation, or the numerous times THE FINALS gets momentarily broken instead of being actively blocked like Apex Legends and many others. The bug has been logged on Valve's Proton GitHub page for it." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/farlight-84-is-now-broken-on-linux-steamos-steam-deck/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 02:33:49

• Key witness against Thagi https://nltimes.nl/2025/08/05/key-witness-thagi-released-security-place-report    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 02:35:06

• Ideas and insecurity https://jamesg.blog/2025/08/05/ideas-and-insecurity/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 02:35:14

• food insecurity in northern Nigeria https://www.dw.com/en/un-warns-of-food-insecurity-in-northern-nigeria/a-73522860    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 02:37:02

• State Legislation : Rhode Island Enacts New Financial Institutions Cybersecurity Law With Immediate Effect https://www.cooley.com/news/insight/2025/2025-07-30-rhode-island-enacts-new-financial-institutions-cybersecurity-law-with-immediate-effect    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 02:37:59

• Macao: Ex-Lawmaker Held on National Security Charge https://www.hrw.org/news/2025/08/06/macao-ex-lawmaker-held-on-national-security-charge    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 02:38:48

• Food Insecurity   

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 02:40:05

• Social Security Funds https://truthout.org/articles/chief-actuary-says-gop-budget-will-accelerate-depletion-of-social-security-funds/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 02:40:22

• Food Insecurity https://scheerpost.com/2025/08/06/how-city-owned-grocery-stores-can-tackle-food-insecurity/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 02:40:29

• Upcycling under EU copyright law: from infringement risks to protectability requirements http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/07/guest-post-upcycling-under-eu-copyright.html    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 02:44:59

• How to install the Chromium browser on Kubuntu 24.04 https://www.yewtu.be/watch?v=uqeX9DzYGG8 https://www.linuxmadesimple.info/2025/08/how-to-install-chromium-browser-on.html    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 02:46:01

• Avram Piltch is AGAIN promoting Microsoft LLMs. The Register MS is compromised.    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 03:03:01

• More spam there: "OpenAI's GPT-5 is here with up to 80% fewer hallucinations". Microsoft marketing, false claims.    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 03:03:49

• They even embed the MARKETING videos in the 'articles'    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 03:04:13

• Ex-White House cyber, counter-terrorism guru: Microsoft considers security an annoyance, not a necessity https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/08/exwhite_house_cyber_and_counterterrorism/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 04:32:27

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-08-09.gmi    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 04:33:21

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1377.jpg    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 04:34:18

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1727.jpg    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 04:34:23

• Kangaroo Courts of EPO http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/08/non-change-epos-guidance-to-examiners.html    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 05:51:49

• Tribunals without independence from corrupt EPO management http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-reproducibility-challenge-for.html    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 05:52:25

• CJEU: National trade name rights are not governed by the EU Trade Mark Directive http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/08/cjeu-national-trade-name-rights-are-not.html    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 05:53:22

• Was Mary lost in cyberspace? A domain name decision that aims to redefine the Oki Data criteria http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/08/guest-post-was-mary-lost-in-cyberspace.html    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 05:53:57

• Serialisation in Perl https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/serialisation-in-perl    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 05:55:03

• Caching in Perl https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/caching-in-perl    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 05:55:45

• DebConf25 closes in Brest and DebConf26 announced https://www.debian.org/News/2025/20250803    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 05:56:19

• earthquakes https://www.dw.com/en/learning-to-live-with-earthquakes-lessons-from-around-the-world/a-72375835    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 06:01:35

• Will Australia's youth social media ban work? https://www.dw.com/en/will-australia-s-youth-social-media-ban-work/a-73230182    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 06:01:59

• Why Qatar's gas lifeline to Germany is at risk https://www.dw.com/en/why-qatar-s-gas-lifeline-to-germany-is-at-risk/a-73460153    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 06:09:25

• [Older] US and Pakistan strike trade deal to develop oil reserves https://www.dw.com/en/us-and-pakistan-strike-trade-deal-to-develop-oil-reserves/a-73477192 https://www.dw.com/en/why-are-the-us-and-pakistan-making-an-oil-deal/a-73498835    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 06:09:36

• Microsoft sez. Was that really the cause? https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/08/sudden_spike_in_demand_azure_issues/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 07:08:57

• Old: 40 Years of GNU: What Did the Software Engineering Industry Learn from It? https://levelup.gitconnected.com/gnu-software-open-source-impact-2d1880fed07c    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 07:13:27

• No original article since March, almost 6 months ago https://opensourcewatch.beehiiv.com/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 07:14:07

• surveillance https://www.dw.com/en/stasi-how-the-gdr-kept-its-citizens-under-surveillance/a-73491436    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 07:14:23

• tariffs against Brazil https://www.dw.com/en/how-trump-s-high-tariffs-against-brazil-could-backfire/a-73500652    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 07:14:44

• Wolf numbers on rise in much of country https://www.dw.com/en/germany-updates-wolf-numbers-on-rise-in-much-of-country/live-73491953    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 07:15:13

• MElon "AI" https://www.dw.com/en/fact-check-grok-gets-it-wrong-on-gaza-s-malnourished-kids/a-73498004    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 07:15:39

• Sabotage suspected in major rail disruption https://www.dw.com/en/germany-updates-sabotage-suspected-in-major-rail-disruption/live-73477096 https://www.dw.com/en/germany-second-arson-attack-on-rail-line-in-two-days/a-73493886    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 07:16:11

• Fake medication https://www.dw.com/en/fake-medication-is-a-problem-across-the-world/a-73485009    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 07:24:55

• Telegram group sparks outrage over voyeur videos https://www.dw.com/en/china-telegram-group-sparks-outrage-over-voyeur-videos/a-73485119    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 07:25:19

• Will Germany raise retirement age beyond 67? https://www.dw.com/en/will-germany-raise-retirement-age-beyond-67/a-73472863 MSM chorus these days; people should work till death, the state cannot sustain them, nor can "pension"/ponzi (tied to stock market's fraudulent "evaluations" or "valuations")    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 07:25:39

• "The world is different from 1980's. Different license approaches are needed and Richard Stallman is not God." The world is different from 1980's. Different license approaches are needed and Richard Stallman is not God.    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 07:26:50

• liquid rules https://www.dw.com/en/europe-s-airports-prepare-to-ease-unpopular-liquid-rules/a-73496159    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 08:27:50

• "For August 7th Valve released a new update to Proton Experimental to get more Windows games working better on Linux, SteamOS / Steam Deck." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/proton-experimental-gets-fixes-for-dualsense-god-eater-resurrection-crysis-3-resident-evil-village-and-more/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 08:29:07

• "Big updates for id Software games DOOM Eternal and DOOM: The Dark Ages have landed and they both sound pretty great." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/doom-eternal-gets-modding-and-doom-the-dark-ages-gets-an-endless-arena-mode/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 08:29:21

• "Linux GPU Configuration And Monitoring Tool (LACT) version 0.8.1 has been released, giving you more options for getting the best performance out of your GPU. Since we have no proper GPU control panels on Linux, tools like LACT are a must-have." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/linux-gpu-configuration-and-monitoring-tool-lact-gets-expanded-support-for-older-amd-gpus/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 08:31:37

• "Managing your hardware fully on Linux can be a hassle since vendors don't support it directly usually, but OpenLinkHub makes Corsair devices a bit easier." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/openlinkhub-for-managing-icue-link-hub-and-various-corsair-devices-on-linux-expands-device-support/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 08:31:51

• "Scott Bessent Admits Americans Pay for Trump's Tariffs" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/scott-bessent-admits-americans-pay-trump-tariffs-1235403145/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 08:33:26

• "It’s Beginning to Smell a Lot Like Stagflation" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/its-beginning-to-smell-a-lot-like    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 08:33:39

• tomshardware revisionism. https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/40-years-of-windows-how-windows-xp-changed-everything "they couldn't even copy well / quickly" | "The problem with Microsoft is that they “simply have no taste.”" | oddly, all links to the 'look and feel' lawsuit are not to be found    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 08:34:29

• "Microsoft 365: EU-Kommission stellt Schutz sensibler Behördendaten auf dünnes Eis" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=de&tl=en&u=https://netzpolitik.org/2025/microsoft-365-eu-kommission-stellt-schutz-sensibler-behoerdendaten-auf-duennes-eis/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 08:34:43

• "At the end of the day, the three representatives threw their full support behind the most ruthless gutting of a public health care program in the nation’s history, and now — through performative resolutions — are attempting to reframe their actions as a heroic defense of the program they sought to kneecap." https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/vulnerable-republicans-praise-medicaid-voting-cuts-1235403578/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 08:35:31

• "At the end of the day, the three representatives threw their full support behind the most ruthless gutting of a public health care program in the nation’s history"    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 08:36:01

• "and now — through performative resolutions — are attempting to reframe their actions as a heroic defense of the program they sought to kneecap." https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/vulnerable-republicans-praise-medicaid-voting-cuts-1235403578/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 08:36:23

• "Ubuntu Replacing wget With wcurl" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/08/07/0255247 see also https://techrights.org/n/2025/07/29/The_OSI_Has_Been_Silent_for_Over_3_Weeks_It_Has_a_Severe_Trust_.shtml and http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/06/Ubuntu_Becomes_Microsoft_GitHub_Based_on_Decision_Made_by_Briti.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 08:37:18

• "yt-dlp" https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/08/yt-dlp/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 08:37:35

• "Saudi firm plans low-orbit satellite network" https://www.semafor.com/article/08/08/2025/saudi-firm-plans-low-orbit-satellite-network    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 08:37:48

• "They don't make them like they used to right? Caesar III is a classic and you can play it with plenty of enhancements with Julius." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/open-source-re-implementation-of-caesar-iii-levels-up-in-the-new-release/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 08:38:17

• "With a demo available, Cleaning Up! looks like pure joy if you love making things sparkle." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/cleaning-up-is-an-upcoming-wholesome-and-satisfying-game-about-tidying/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 08:38:34

• "Another one for the Google (and Valve) graveyard, this time it's Steam for Chromebooks as it's being killed off early next year." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/steam-for-chromeos-chromebooks-is-being-killed-off/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 08:39:22

• "The newly launched Humble Uncharted Realms Bundle has 9 games and a good few of them are really good, some cheap treats for the weekend." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/humbles-uncharted-realms-bundle-has-9-fun-picks-to-grab-for-the-weekend/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 08:40:40

• "Valve released a small update to the Steam Beta Client to continue working on the newer Performance Monitor." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/steams-performance-monitor-now-supports-showing-cpu-temperature/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 08:40:57

• "Ann Arbor congresswoman honored for support of scientific research amid federal cuts - mlive.com" https://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/2025/08/ann-arbor-congresswoman-honored-for-support-of-scientific-research-amid-federal-cuts.html    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 08:44:17

• "The fight to get a legendary Marine the Medal of Honor" https://taskandpurpose.com/news/marine-trump-medal-honor/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 08:47:03

• "As ceasefire deadline passes, no additional Russia sanctions announced by Trump" https://kyivindependent.com/as-ceasefire-deadline-passes-no-additional-russia-sanctions-announced-by-trump/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 08:47:18

• "Russian stuff blowing up: It's deadline day and Trump goes TACO again" https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/8/8/2337363/-Russian-stuff-blowing-up-It-s-deadline-day-and-Trump-goes-TACO-again    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 08:47:37

• apropos "meeting" in Alaska next week https://www.icc-cpi.int/news/situation-ukraine-icc-judges-issue-arrest-warrants-against-vladimir-vladimirovich-putin-and    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 08:52:09

• "Purra wants to close Finland's education agency following her party's accusations of 'woke ideology'" https://yle.fi/a/74-20176522?origin=rss    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 08:52:28

• "USA skärper tonen om yttrandefriheten i EU" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/08/08/usa-skarper-tonen-om-yttrandefriheten-i-eu/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 08:53:43

• "Microsoft killing its free highly rated document scanner app soon this year - Neowin" https://www.neowin.net/news/microsoft-killing-its-free-highly-rated-document-scanner-app-soon-this-year/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 08:53:58

• Frontier Airlines CEO Warning Predicts Fewer Local Flights: Is The Carrier In Financial Trouble? https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/frontier-airlines-ceo-warning-predicts-fewer-local-flights-carrier-financial-trouble-1740669    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 09:13:55

• "The news" in 2025 is a vast sea of buzzwords. Worse yet, a lot of it is slop. Get in losers, we need to leave the Web....    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 09:15:54

• DC Stadium ☛ https://fair.org/home/raeghn-draper-on-tipped-workers-pete-tucker-on-dc-stadium/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 09:21:01

• "Bad Breakfast" ☛ https://thedissenter.org/police-who-have-bad-breakfast-may-not-arrest-reporters-who-stand-too-close-appeals-court-rules/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 09:21:34

• "Anthropomorphize" ☛ https://therevelator.org/anthropomorphize-animals/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 09:22:22

• "Orbán blames Trump" ☛ https://insighthungary.444.hu/2025/08/08/orban-blames-trump-for-the-ukraine-war-dragging-on | Source: Insight Hungary    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 09:22:59

• "How does it know? Because it’s trained on all the ramen recipes that multiple recipe authors spent hours, weeks, years perfecting." ☛ https://localghost.dev/blog/this-website-is-for-humans/ | Source: Sophie Koonin    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 09:31:44

• "Generative AI is a blender chewing up other people’s hard work, outputting a sad mush that kind of resembles what you’re looking for, but without any of the credibility or soul. Magic."    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 09:32:03

• "Preservationists at the Video Game History Foundation purchased the rights to Computer Entertainer, the first video game magazine ever written and uploaded it for free." ☛ https://www.404media.co/computer-entertainer-magazine-archived-online-video-game-history-foundation/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 09:32:14

• "Reports that the Nigerian Copyright Commission had recently shut down a pirate site didn't sound especially interesting." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/moviebox-is-still-alive-and-preparing-to-fight-intellectual-property-thieves-250808/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 09:32:35

• "Neither plaintiff nor any of his representatives granted defendant Tyson permission to use the song title ‘Murdergram’ to promote his boxing match with Jake Paul" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/08/mike-tyson-sued-for-copyright-infringement/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 09:33:05

• "It alleges that the “best price” pledge on Booking.com was extracted from hotels under huge pressure not to offer rooms at lower prices on other platforms, including their own websites." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/aug/07/thousands-of-hotels-in-europe-to-sue-booking-com-over-abusive-practices | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 09:48:13

• "In response multiple SEO experts have pointed out that many websites are seeing declines in traffic as documented by the Google Search Console measurement tool, and that there are various surveys showing a drop in clickthroughs." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/google-search-clicks-traffic-2025-ai-overviews/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 09:48:46

• "But all of that blinded people to Apple’s monopolistic ways. And I guarantee you there are still folks out there who’ll defend every single one of Apple’s vindictive decisions. For them, yes, the label sheep applies." ☛ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/08/japan-apple-browser-ban/ | Source: Zimbabwe    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 09:49:05

• Digital Restrictions (DRM) ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/physical-media-collectors-trend-viral-streamers-1235387314/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 09:50:23

• "The older I get, the more comfortable I become with complaining. Not merely moaning on social media, but writing a direct email to the perpetrator of some annoyance." ☛ https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/08/how-long-does-it-take-to-upgrade-an-ebook/ | Source: Terence Eden    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:17:56

• "DRC authorities should unconditionally release journalists Glody Ndaya and Espérant Kasongo and end the use of laws that have censorious roots in the colonial era" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/08/2-drc-journalists-jailed-following-defamation-complaints/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:19:20

• "While the amendments are being framed as a measure to protect individual privacy, the vague and overly broad language poses a serious threat to press freedom" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/08/qatar-cybercrime-law-amendments-raise-press-freedom-concerns/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:34:01

• "They span major legacy organizations, small community newspapers, digital start-ups and public broadcasters." ☛ https://localnewsinitiative.northwestern.edu/posts/2025/08/07/illinois-journalism-tax-credits-4-million/index.html | Source: Northwestern University    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:34:15

• "In June, journalists at Verstka and iStories published an investigation reporting that Deripaska is mentioned as a client in a criminal case against several men who involved underage girls in prostitution." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/08/billionaire-oleg-deripaska-sues-russian-journalist-after-court-ordered-on-air-retraction-and-a-cat-vomit-apology | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:34:30

• "India’s stand-up scene has evolved dramatically in the last decade, with Indian comics packing stadiums and raking in millions of views on platforms like YouTube." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2025/0808/india-comedy-free-speech | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:35:09

• "Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Friday (August 8, 2025) distanced himself from the recent ban on 25 books by the Lieutenant-Governor’s administration." ☛ https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/jammu-and-kashmir/have-never-banned-books-never-will-says-jk-cm-omar-abdullah/article69910927.ece | Source: The Hindu    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:35:44

• "The regime isn't just punishing dissent. It's trying actually to erase the memory of 2020." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/belarus-attacks-opposition-anniversary-protests/33497597.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:35:57

• "For the White House exhibit, PragerU created AI-generated videos of the Founding Fathers delivering patriotic accounts of the Revolution." ☛ https://www.vox.com/today-explained-podcast/422812/prageru-education-pbs-npr-cpb-defunding | Source: Vox    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:37:01

• "The report titled, ‘Bridging the Gap: Reimagining News for Gen Z’ was prepared from a survey of over 4,000 Gen Z respondents (ages 15-28) spread across 40 markets and eight language clusters on news consumption patterns and underlying trends." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/84-gen-z-consumers-rely-on-genai-for-news-interpretation-google-kantar-report/articleshow/123193009.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:37:15

• "Meta Platforms has acquired WaveForms AI, a startup using artificial intelligence (AI) to detect and mimic emotion in audio. Founded by former OpenAI and Google employees, WaveForms launched in December 2024." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/meta-acquires-ai-audio-startup-waveforms/articleshow/123180480.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:37:45

• "SoftBank Group is reportedly acquiring Foxconn’s Ohio EV plant to kickstart its $500 billion Stargate data center project with OpenAI and Oracle. The move signals SoftBank’s push into AI infrastructure." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/softbank-buys-foxconns-ohio-plant-to-jumpstart-stargate-ai-push-report/articleshow/123186918.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:38:00

• "That’s a linchpin scene from Terry Gilliam’s visionary 1985 masterpiece “Brazil,” a prophetic and bleakly satirical depiction of a society entombed in fascism. What’s amazing about “Brazil,” even after 40 years" ☛ https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2025-08-07/terry-gilliams-1985-masterpiece-brazil-foretold-our-drift-toward-fascism | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:38:18

• "Geist says the legislation was controversial for that reason and because of its narrow definition of what Canadian content actually is." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-online-streaming-act-trade-1.7604639 | Source: CBC    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:38:32

• "The first country to do so could potentially declare a keep-out zone." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/08/nasa_boss_calls_for_nuclear/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:39:27

• "NASA has set a 2030 deadline to build a 100-kilowatt nuclear reactor on the moon. It’s an ambitious but potentially achievable goal that could transform space exploration, experts tell WIRED." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/why-the-us-is-racing-to-build-a-nuclear-reactor-on-the-moon/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:39:56

• "There are two main types: the non-tornadic, which are more common and can even form without severe storms, and the tornadic, associated with more violent systems." ☛ https://en.cibercuba.com/noticias/2025-08-08-u1-e74-s27061-nid308616-impresionante-tromba-marina-causa-panico-malecon-habana |    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:40:30

• "As media outlets reveal new information about the Epstein case and his long-ago personal relationship with Trump, the U.S. president and his administration have tried to shift the narrative." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-epstein-timeline-1.7604277 | Source: CBC    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:41:37

• "A startup nonprofit is trying to make it easier for tech workers to blow the whistle by connecting them with others who have witnessed similar problems." ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/08/08/2025/nonprofit-psst-connects-tech-whistleblowers-to-improve-ai-oversight | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:41:47

• "Nagasaki is marking the U.S. atomic attack on the southern Japanese city 80 years ago and survivors of the attack are working to make their hometown the last place on earth hit by the bomb." ☛ https://www.deccanchronicle.com/world/asia/nagasaki-marks-80-years-since-atomic-bombing-survivors-urge-nuke-ban-1896424 | Source: Deccan Chronicle    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:42:34

• "The numbers are damning." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/08/doges-efficiency-theater-wasted-21-7-billion-while-destroying-life-saving-programs-based-on-conspiracy-theories/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:42:57

• "The incompetence of it all is—at some level—politically useful for those of us in the business of trying to fight for the survival of our democratic republic." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-emperors-nuclear-circus | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:43:22

• "According to three people familiar with the command, Musk told a senior engineer at the California offices of SpaceX, the Musk venture that controls Starlink" ☛ https://www.reuters.com/investigations/musk-ordered-shutdown-starlink-satellite-service-ukraine-retook-territory-russia-2025-07-25/ | Source: Reuters    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:43:42

• "Two ISIS members were captured by Internal Security Forces in Raqqa before they could carry out attack orders they had received from Turkey." ☛ https://anfenglishmobile.com/rojava-syria/confessions-of-isis-members-affiliated-with-turkey-80684 | Source: ANF News    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:44:20

• "But now the same researchers have found that at least one implementation of the end-to-end encryption solution endorsed by ETSI" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/encryption-made-for-police-and-military-radios-may-be-easily-cracked-researchers-find/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:44:58

• "MoneySavingExpert.com founder Martin Lewis welcomed the proposals as he said “likely one in five” smart meters are faulty." ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/compensation-smart-meters-faulty-installation-delays-ofgem-b2803928.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:45:35

• "California and 19 other states on Thursday asked a federal judge to issue a preliminary injunction to stop the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services from giving Homeland Security and its Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency unfettered access to private information of Medicaid recipients." ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/california-pushes-to-protect-private-medicaid-data-from-ice/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:45:50

• "But like the app it sought to emulate, TeaOnHer contains security flaws of its own." ☛ https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/06/a-rival-tea-app-for-men-is-leaking-its-users-personal-data-and-drivers-licenses/ | Source: TechCrunch    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:46:03

• "Unfortunately, TeaOnHer hasn't stopped at copying the functionality of the original Tea app (albeit skewed towards men rating women). It also appears to have carelessly mimicked the Tea app's recklessness when it comes to data security." ☛ https://www.bitdefender.com/en-us/blog/hotforsecurity/teaonher-copies-everything-from-tea-including-the-data-breaches | Source: Bitdefender    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:46:25

• "Age verification has officially arrived in the UK thanks to the Online Safety Act (OSA)" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/08/americans-be-warned-lessons-reddits-chaotic-uk-age-verification-rollout | Source: EFF    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:46:44

• Windows TCO ☛ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/08/krebsonsecurity-in-new-most-wanted-hbo-max-series/ | Source: Krebs On Security    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:47:54

• "Imagine my surprise when Nirav Patel, Framework's founder and CEO, was at Open Sauce a couple weeks ago, and wanted to talk!" ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/i-clustered-four-framework-mainboards-test-huge-llms | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:49:11

• "The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) didn’t publish a report detailing the exercise, which was finished toward the end of the Biden administration." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/inside-the-biden-administrations-unpublished-report-on-ai-safety/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:49:22

• "Another area impacted is online recipes, where the internet seems overwhelmed with websites offering thousands of recipes with accompanying AI food photos." ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/08/08/the-ai-slop-overload-does-not-taste-good/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:49:37

• "Sounds like a dream." ☛ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/08/whatsapp-ai-message-summaries-zimbabwe/ | Source: Zimbabwe    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:50:02

• "Agents remove that effort and ease that burden to let users do what makes them happier, like eating tacos." ☛ https://cendyne.dev/posts/2025-08-08-advertising-to-agents.html | Source: Cendyne Naga    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:50:19

• "Suspicious edits, and even entirely new articles, with errors, made-up citations and other hallmarks of AI-generated writing keep popping up on the free online encyclopedia." ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/08/08/wikipedia-ai-generated-mistakes-editors/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:50:31

• "Context is the necessarily retained history of the current conversation required to maintain a meaningful conversation with the user." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/red-teams-breach-gpt-5-with-ease-warn-its-nearly-unusable-for-enterprise/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:51:31

• "Buttercup is a fully automated, AI-driven system for discovering and patching vulnerabilities in open-source software. Buttercup has four main components: [...]" ☛ https://blog.trailofbits.com/2025/08/08/buttercup-is-now-open-source/ | Source: Trail of Bits    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:51:47

• "The paper, accepted at the upcoming Computer Vision in Advertising and Marketing (CVAM) workshop at the 2025 International Conference on Computer Vision" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/08/humans_outperform_ai_models_brand_safety/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:52:21

• "Of all the many famous Steve Jobs stories that tech industry folks like to share" ☛ https://www.vox.com/technology/438384/mark-zuckerberg-meta-ai-hiring-vision-personal-superintelligence | Source: Vox    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:52:39

• "The answers to those rarely-asked questions have become increasingly clear in recent months, as the looming threat of AI automation appears to be taking a concrete toll on the workforce." ☛ https://futurism.com/ai-impossible-find-job | Source: Futurism    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:52:52

• "This isn't the only echo of Macs past in the operating system. The Spacebar also noticed that Apple Symbols still has many old, nay, "obsolete" icons that are only of use to people who still use web browsers on Power Macs." ☛ https://tenfourfox.blogspot.com/2025/08/mac-history-echoes-in-mac-operating.html | Source: Ten Four Fox    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:53:39

• [Old] "Microsoft Office and Windows 8 encourage people to save documents and pictures to Microsoft’s OneDrive (formerly SkyDrive) service. Some Office mobile apps only work with documents saved to OneDrive." ☛ https://office-watch.com/2014/microsoft-can-read-your-office-documents-legally/ |    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:53:59

• "The compromised information includes contact details, Social Security numbers, demographic information, academic history, financial aid information, insurance information, and some health information." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/columbia-university-data-breach-impacts-860000/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:54:08

• "The AWS agreement announced on Thursday is the latest deal under the OneGov purchasing strategy, which the GSA announced in April." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/07/gsa_signs_1b_deal_with_aws/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:54:41

• "How is it possible that there's this physical security product, and somebody else has the keys to the kingdom?" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/securam-prologic-safe-lock-backdoor-exploits/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:55:02

• "the ESU program will not offer a lifetime of security updates to your old Windows 10 device. Instead, it just delays the inevitable and gives you a one-year extension until October 13, 2026." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-no-longer-permits-local-windows-10-accounts-if-you-want-consumer-extended-security-updates-support-beyond-eol-requires-a-microsoft-account-link-up-even-if-you-pay-usd30 | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:56:31

• "the ESU program will not offer a lifetime of security updates to your old Windows 10 device." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-no-longer-permits-local-windows-10-accounts-if-you-want-consumer-extended-security-updates-support-beyond-eol-requires-a-microsoft-account-link-up-even-if-you-pay-usd30 | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:58:30

• "4 Years $22,000 saved 43,000+ cigarettes not smoked" ☛ https://levlaz.org/4-years/ | Source: Lev Lazinskiy    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:58:43

• "But the most interesting part of the report to me comes at the end." ☛ https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/422598/congress-budget-dynamic-scoring-longevity | Source: Vox    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:58:59

• "Silent Spring" ☛ https://www.michigandaily.com/opinion/columns/the-pesticide-liability-shield-is-a-public-health-crisis/ | Source: University of Michigan    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:59:13

• "For decades, Intel approached the industry as if its champion. It strove to further PCs overall—it wasn’t content merely to pioneer new processor innovations." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2872044/intel-defined-the-pcs-past-im-sad-that-might-be-over.html | Source: PC World    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 10:59:53

• "For the past few months, when I really needed to get something done, I put on a special pair of headphones that could read my mind." ☛ https://www.vox.com/science/422610/oura-ring-neurable-apple-airpods-brain-health | Source: Vox    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:00:06

• "Contrary to popular belief, most property crimes—including burglaries and package theft—happen during the day, not under cover of darkness." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2862368/seeing-in-the-dark-how-home-security-camera-night-vision-works.html | Source: PC World    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:00:18

• "Like many, I've always romanticized the idea of traveling long-term, all while earning my living solely through my laptop and my phone." ☛ https://chuck.is/nomad/ | Source: Chuck Carroll    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:00:54

• "To help cut through the clutter, the SecurityWeek team is publishing a digest summarizing some of the announcements made by vendors at Black Hat USA 2025, including new products and services, updates to existing offerings, reports, and other initiatives." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/black-hat-usa-2025-summary-of-vendor-announcements-part-4/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:01:18

• "Summary of Vendor Announcements (Part 3)" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/black-hat-usa-2025-summary-of-vendor-announcements-part-3/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:01:36

• "I moved to Chicago to start graduate school at the University of Chicago almost 34 years ago." ☛ https://ambersettle.wordpress.com/2025/08/08/moving-on-from-the-past/ | Source: Amber Settle    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:01:52

• "We really cannot fathom how much we are impacting our patrons' lives by helping their find leisure reads." ☛ https://raforall.blogspot.com/2025/08/the-power-of-local-public-library-what.html | Source: Becky Spratford    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:02:09

• "This is the 102nd edition of People and Blogs, the series where I ask interesting people to talk about themselves and their blogs. Today we have Alexandra and her blog, xandra.cc" ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/pb-alexandra | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:02:34

• "Anyway, Professor Bell’s thesis is that our current AI chatbots contradict and undermine the original Enlightenment values." ☛ https://maggieappleton.com/ai-enlightenment/ | Source: Maggie Appleton    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:02:50

• "There is no federal definition of a microschool, and with the Trump administration’s plans to shutter the U.S. Department of Education, the onus is on states to figure them out." ☛ https://nebraskaexaminer.com/2025/08/08/microschools-are-growing-in-popularity-but-state-regulations-havent-caught-up/ | Source: Nebraska Examiner    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:03:02

• "Deep linear networks (DLNs) are one attempt at that: the models that keep depth, nonconvexity, and hierarchical representation formation while remaining analytically tractable." ☛ https://danmackinlay.name/notebook/nn_deep_linear.html | Source: Dan MacKinlay    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:03:39

• "After a long hiatus, I’m back to doing the CTM bookclub. It’s been quite busy at work, but we (Terrateam) delivered GitLab support, are working on Bitbucket, and we’ve delivered a host of other changes" ☛ https://pid1.dev/posts/ctm-chapter-3/ | Source: Malcom Coles    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:03:57

• "In the face of budget cuts, NASA has issued a new directive on how it will procure replacements for the International Space Station." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/nasas-new-chief-has-radically-rewritten-the-rules-for-private-space-stations/ | Source: Wired    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:04:19

• "In this episode of The Joy of Why, Stanford computer scientist Mary Wootters joins co-host Steven Strogatz to explain how these codes work, and why they matter more than ever." ☛ https://www.quantamagazine.org/how-can-math-protect-our-data-20250807/ | Source: Quanta Magazine    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:04:44

• "A retired Navy captain known for his calm demeanour, Lovell told a NASA historian that his brush with death did affect him." ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250808-legendary-apollo-13-astronaut-jim-lovell-dies-at-age-97 | Source: France24    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:05:14

• "Jim Lovell, the commander of Apollo 13 and one of three men to have gone around the moon twice, died on Thursday: [...]" ☛ https://sixcolors.com/link/2025/08/apollo-13-astronaut-jim-lovell-dies-at-97/ | Source: Six Colors    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:05:46

• "He flew to space four times as a NASA astronaut, including as the commander of the Apollo 13 mission that made a heroic return to Earth following an explosion on the spacecraft." ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/jim-lovell-famed-astronaut-from-apollo-missions-who-thrived-under-pressure-dies-180983150/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:05:58

• "Lovell went to space on four different missions ... first going up on Gemini VII in 1965. He followed it up with the Gemini XII flight the year after." ☛ https://www.tmz.com/2025/08/08/apollo-13-astronaut-jim-lovell-dead/ | Source: TMZ    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:06:11

• "Service Level Indicator (SLIs) is a fundamental concept in reliability engineering. Done right, it quantifies the level of service from the consumer’s point of view in line with the business objectives." ☛ https://blog.alexewerlof.com/p/sli-compass | Source: Alex Ewerlöf    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:06:59

• "Ninety-eight percent of organizations use open source software (OSS) regularly, according to the Linux Foundation. Open source is pervasive." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/what-to-do-when-critical-open-source-projects-go-end-of-life/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:07:19

• "Before purchasing the domain name, I had made various personal homepage sites using free hosting and free subdomains of other services. But this represented the first step I took to take ownership of my web stuff." ☛ https://blakewatson.com/journal/blakewatson-com-turns-twenty/ | Source: Blake Watson    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:07:44

• "I decided to leave the titles of mine a bit open ended, so you can, if you want, try and fill it with your own random facts too." ☛ https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/some-facts-about-me/ | Source: Joel Chrono    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:08:21

• "The old approach to localisation assumes neat boundaries. You sell in a country, so you translate your site. You want to rank there, so you create localised content and generate local coverage." ☛ https://www.jonoalderson.com/conjecture/localisation-without-borders/ | Source: Jono Alderson    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:08:40

• "Let’s all give this a go to build our content, share our thoughts whilst also taking a break from social media." ☛ https://ljpuk.net/2025/08/08/a-30-days-blogging-first-challenge/ | Source: Lee Peterson    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:08:57

• "We often only notice the value when it’s gone." ☛ https://birming.com/2025/08/08/you-have-me/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:09:18

• "A somewhat famous thing about Python is that more or less all of the official ways to install packages put them into somewhere on the filesystem" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/python/PythonVersionPathProblem | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:11:28

• KDE Ships Frameworks 6.17.0 ☞ https://kde.org/announcements/frameworks/6/6.17.0/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:15:19

• Non-Free JavaScript Programs in Banks Aren't Even the Biggest Problem ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/07/Non_Free_JavaScript_Programs_in_Banks_Aren_t_Even_the_Biggest_P.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:16:18

• Fake 'Linux' Articles, Written by Bots to Take Traffic Away From Real Articles ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/08/Fake_Linux_Articles_Written_by_Bots_to_Take_Traffic_Away_From_R.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:18:28

• Slopwatch: LLM Sloppers in Surveillance Giant Google News, LinuxSecurity, and More ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/08/Slopwatch_LLM_Sloppers_in_Google_News_LinuxSecurity_and_More.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:18:39

• "I think it's perfectly fine and maybe even praiseworthy when email abuse handling systems (and people) are willing to accept these literal plaintext format forwarded spam messages." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/spam/EmailAbuseAcceptMIMEForwarding | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:35:15

• "At the Black Hat cybersecurity conference in Las Vegas, two leaders from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) were asked about the CVE Program’s future" ☛ https://therecord.media/cisa-pledges-support-cve-program-black-hat | Source: The Record    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:35:25

• "The EU Radio Equipment Directive (2014/53/EU) ensures that all radio-enabled equipment sold in Europe meets essential requirements for safety, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC), and spectrum usage" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/navigating-the-eus-new-radio-equipment-directive-how-raspberry-pi-provides-an-industrial-advantage/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:35:33

• "Let me elaborate on some aspects of the HTTP/1 protocol that make me say it is not simple." ☛ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/08/08/http-is-not-simple/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:35:57

• "Three days after the FAA unveiled its long-awaited proposed rule to enable routine Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) drone operations, industry stakeholders are offering both praise and caution." ☛ https://www.thedronegirl.com/2025/08/07/proposed-bvlos-drone-rule/ | Source: The Drone Girl    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:36:42

• "A non-profit international trade group called Access 4 Learning publishes a form contract for school districts and service providers like e-learning platforms" ☛ https://writing.kemitchell.com/2025/08/08/Access-4-Learning-Form | Source: Kyle E Mitchell    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:36:54

• "Hello and welcome to DistroWatch! Chances are if you are reading this page then you might be wondering a few things." ☛ https://distrowatch.com/dwres.php?resource=beginners-intro | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:37:35

• "MariaDB 12.0, the latest stable release of the popular open-source database, is now available—packed with critical bug fixes, optimizations, and expanded platform support" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/mariadb-12-0-lands-with-innodb-fixes-and-expanded-platform-support/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:37:51

• "The Browser Company is best known for its Arc browser, which aims to both innovate and simplify, with a keen focus on usability." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2872767/arcs-sister-browser-dia-launches-paid-plan-for-unlimited-ai-access.html | Source: PC World    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:38:41

• "This doesn’t mean I’ll resist browsers powered by AI assistants to the end." ☛ https://manualdousuario.net/en/web-browsers-ai-assistants/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:38:54

• "Three weeks after its previous 8.7 update, Calibre, the beloved open-source e-book management software, has rolled out version 8.8, which brings some useful tweaks, much-needed fixes" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/calibre-8-8-update-adds-kobo-tolino-support-refines-google-lookup/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:40:15

• "In the last decade, Amazon has established S3 - Simple Storage Service - as the de facto standard for object storage." ☛ https://aumont.fr/posts/garage-s3/ | Source: Mathieu Aumont    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:40:33

• "Press reviews of Framework Desktop are now live, and we’re starting shipments of Batch 1 pre-orders next week!" ☛ https://frame.work/fi/en/blog/framework-desktop-press-reviews-are-live | Source: Framework Computer BV    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:42:02

• "So if you just want the best, small computer that runs Linux superbly well out of the box, you should buy the Framework Desktop. It's completely quiet, fantastically fast, and super fun to look at." ☛ https://world.hey.com/dhh/the-framework-desktop-is-a-beast-636fb4ff | Source: 37signals LLC    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:42:15

• "It's not wrong, but it will likely make the system less appealing for many potential buyers who aren’t specifically interested in AI." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/desktops/gaming-pcs/framework-desktop-review | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:42:27

• "According to the company's own statement, about 95 per cent of Ubuntu users stick to the LTS releases." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/08/ubuntu_24043_quietly_slips_out/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:43:26

• "It's been quite a while since I tested any version of Mint. Overall, it's still a nice distro, and the flagship Cinnamon desktop does its work reasonably well." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/linux-mint-xia-cinnamon.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:44:32

• "The Tails project, which builds a Debian-based live Linux distribution with focus on online anonymity, has announced the availability of the initial release candidate for Tails 7.0." ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12520 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:46:29

• "We plan to release Tails 7.0 officially on October 16. You can help us by testing this release candidate already." ☛ https://blog.torproject.org/tails-7_0-rc1-testing/ | Source: Tor    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:46:37

• "Since I saw some posts calling out the old (now deprecated) way to increase GTT memory allocations for the iGPU on AMD APUs (like the AI Max+ 395" ☛ https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/increasing-vram-allocation-on-amd-ai-apus-under-linux | Source: Jeff Geerling    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:48:58

• "Back on August 3, 2005, while SUSE was still under Novell’s wing (Novell had acquired the company in 2003)" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/opensuse-linux-20-years-strong/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:49:49

• "A new opportunity for you to help improve the upcoming OpenBSD 7.8 release has turned up." ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250808083341 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:50:23

• "Almost a month after its previous 6.16 release, KDE announced the launch of Frameworks 6.17" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/kde-frameworks-6-17-is-out-heres-whats-new/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 11:51:06

• "Canonical has added Noetic to its ROS ESM service, which delivers ongoing security updates and critical fixes for ROS packages." ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/ros-noetic-is-eol-take-action-to-maintain-fleet-security | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:01:59

• Forrester takes bribes for fake "recommendations" https://www.sdxcentral.com/news/forrester-splashes-glory-on-red-hat-suse-nutanix-multicloud-container-management/ as does this "news" site http://techrights.org/wiki/Forrester/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:03:55

• Linux in space https://issnationallab.org/press-releases/nasa-spacex-crew-11-science/ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/friday-five-august-8-2025-red-hat    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:05:49

• Paid-for fake awards https://www.redhat.com/en/about/press-releases/red-hat-recognized-leader-second-consecutive-year-2025-gartnerr-magic-quadranttm-cloud-native-application-platforms http://techrights.org/wiki/Gartner_Group/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:07:04

• global economy https://www.dw.com/en/trump-tariffs-send-shock-waves-through-global-economy/live-73491121    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:08:18

• Richard Hughes: LVFS Sustainability Plan ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/hughsie/2025/08/08/lvfs-sustainability-plan/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:08:48

• Will IBM/Red Hat lay off (this Monday) Richard Hughes? he speaks like that.    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:09:45

• GNOME OS 887659 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/gnomeos    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:09:51

• "Look at the travel budget and you will see the problem. There are so many managers who travel to meetings it’s not funny anymore. Most of these managers and managers of managers and associate directors can attend by zoom." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k20cxks9    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:11:51

• "LOL ! IBM could never keep any controls on travel expenses - they used to insist that consultants must travel so they could bill the clients even when travel was unnecessary. Same for the id--ts in other divisions, particularly F&O. When you have remote tools which work, why do you need to travel?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k20cxks9    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:12:16

• "The IBM Travel Policy is Penny wise, Pound foolish. Made up by Indians for Americans. Total and utter incompetence." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k20cxks9    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:12:22

• Simplicity gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20250808-simplicity.txt    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:15:38

• Posting on Gopher vs. the Web gopher://gopher.unixlore.net:70/0/glog/posting-on-gopher-vs-web.md    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:16:16

• "I had an earlier note about using fzf for searching my notes. I keep forgetting the aliases, so I’m going to bundle them with a justfile and create just one alias with a bunch of arguments." gemini://thatit.be/2025-08-08-19-32-31.gmi    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:17:29

• "Toru Takemitsu, Something that Awakens Music (1985). I wonder what Takemitsu would think about the developments in `omnipresent communications` that have taken place during the 40 years following this statement. Sadly I feel that it is not only my ears that have become overloaded and unable to take in anything new." gemini://goyangi.au/gemlog/2025-08-09-fat-ears.gmi    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:18:12

• 🔤SpellBinding: BEFTMNL Wordo: LEONE gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-08-09.gmi    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:19:19

• "Super short post, which I am writing because I mentioned the quote I wrote later in this post to a coworker in the last day... I sometimes do electronics, although very simple electronics where the worst that will happen is that one of the components blow out and release the "Magic Smoke"." gemini://vigrey.com/journal/the-magic-that-scares-me.gmi    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:20:09

• "It's recently come to my attention that there's a housing development in North London whose Residents Management Company (RMCs) seems to have slipped out of control of the residents themselves. As nearly half of RMCs are not member-controlled at some point in their existence, this isn't earth shattering. What makes this case interesting is: [...]" gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2025-08-09_taking-back-control-of-a-residents-management-company-a-case-study.gmi    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:21:17

• "It's recently come to my attention that there's a housing development in North London whose Residents Management Company (RMCs) seems to have slipped out of control of the residents themselves. As nearly half of RMCs are not member-controlled at some point in their existence, this isn't earth shattering. [...]" gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2025-08-09_taking-back-control-of-a-residents-management-company-a-case-study.gmi    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:21:32

• 🖼️ xkcd: Disclaimer #3126 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3126.gmi    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:22:10

• "When this phlog started in 2012, I used to write entries in groff with the mm macros (with a tiny bit of my own macros on top). Then I switched to plain Markdown in 2018. Starting now, the phlog is back on groff. I just want to do more (g)roff stuff again and this is a good opportunity. :-) It's not really required and Markdown does the job just fine, to be honest. But it's fun!" gopher://uninformativ.de/0/phlog/2025/2025-08/2025-08-07--back-to-groff.txt    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:22:49

• "When this phlog started in 2012, I used to write entries in groff with the mm macros (with a tiny bit of my own macros on top). Then I switched to plain Markdown in 2018. Starting now, the phlog is back on groff. I just want to do more (g)roff stuff again and this is a good opportunity. :-) It's not really required and Markdown does the job just fine, to be honest." gopher://uninformativ.de/0/phlog/2025/2025-08/2025-08-07--back-to-groff.txt    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:22:59

• "When this phlog started in 2012, I used to write entries in groff with the mm macros (with a tiny bit of my own macros on top). Then I switched to plain Markdown in 2018. Starting now, the phlog is back on groff. I just want to do more (g)roff stuff again and this is a good opportunity. :-)" gopher://uninformativ.de/0/phlog/2025/2025-08/2025-08-07--back-to-groff.txt    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:23:10

• "antibiotics kicking in and therefore i'm a bit depressed and anxious despite all of my good habits." gemini://xavi4u.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-08-09.gmi    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:25:20

• "I was a bit miffed when shells started saving history to disk (and even moreso when I discovered BSD process accounting). It turns out several people here on Gemini are getting into shell history techniques and sharing tips: [...]" gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2025-08-07_no-shell-history-at-all.gmi    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:26:01

• The Fridge: Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS released ☞ https://fridge.ubuntu.com/2025/08/08/ubuntu-24-04-3-lts-released/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:30:07

• Calibre 8.8 Open-Source E-Book Manager Improves Support for Kobo Devices ☞ https://9to5linux.com/calibre-8-8-open-source-e-book-manager-improves-support-for-kobo-devices    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:31:44

• GStreamer 1.26.5 Adds JPEG XS Support Videorate and Imagefreeze ☞ https://9to5linux.com/gstreamer-1-26-5-adds-jpeg-xs-support-videorate-and-imagefreeze    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:31:55

• Tails 7.0 Now Available for Testing, Based on Debian 13 “Trixie” and GNOME 48 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/tails-7-0-now-available-for-testing-based-on-debian-13-trixie-and-gnome-48    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:32:04

• KDE Frameworks 6.17 Is Out to Improve Performance of All QtQuick-Based KDE Apps ☞ https://9to5linux.com/kde-frameworks-6-17-is-out-to-improve-performance-of-all-qtquick-based-kde-apps    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:32:14

• Filelight Speed on backdoored Windows ☞ https://kde.haraldsitter.eu/posts/filelight-speed-windows/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:32:48

• Sounds like Red Hat will lay him off on Monday https://www.phoronix.com/news/LVFS-Fair-Use-Quota    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:33:28

• Imagine what will happen when the same happens to RUST! https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-More-Orphans-Maintainers    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:50:57

• Federal courts to ramp up filing system security after ‘recent escalated cyberattacks’ ☞ https://fedscoop.com/federal-courts-ramp-up-filing-system-security-after-recent-escalated-cyberattacks/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 21:08:47

• Friends to all: Tonga values independence while being reliable security partner ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/friends-to-all-tonga-values-independence-while-being-reliable-security-partner/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 21:08:56

• "I’ve had my Framework 13 for 2.5 years, and it’s performed like a champ, throughout. I don’t use it every day – I work from home, and have a rig – but it’s done everything I’ve wanted from it when I’m on the road." gemini://republic.circumlunar.space/users/korruptor/blog/2025-08-09-FrameworkLaptopUpgrade.gmi    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 21:10:34

• "a case linked to social control media posts" ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/08/hong-kong-mans-incitement-to-subversion-case-under-nat-security-law-transferred-to-district-court/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 21:11:39

• "He is currently serving an almost five-year jail sentence under the Beijing-imposed" ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/08/hong-kong-activist-joshua-wongs-second-nat-security-case-to-be-transferred-to-high-court/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 21:12:09

• Arrest of former Macao lawmaker under national security law sparks international concern ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/08/group-demands-release-of-former-macao-lawmaker-after-arrest-under-chinese-national-security-law/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 21:12:35

• Thumbnail forensics. DFIR techniques for analysing backdoored Windows Thumbcache ☞ https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/thumbnail-forensics-dfir-techniques-for-analysing-windows-thumbcache/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 21:13:00

• Australia urges Israel not to take military control of Gaza ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australia-urges-israel-not-to-take-military-control-of-gaza    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 21:13:20

• Israeli security Cabinet expands the war in Gaza ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Middle-East/2025/0808/israel-gaza-expands-war    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 21:13:33

• Israeli Security Cabinet Approves Military Takeover of Gaza ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/07/world/middleeast/israel-gaza-military-offensive.html    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 21:13:48

• What to Know About the Israeli Hostages Still Held in Gaza ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/world/middleeast/israel-hostages-gaza-hamas.html    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 21:14:00

• Israel cabinet approves plan to take over Gaza despite army misgivings ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250808-israel-cabinet-approves-plan-to-take-over-gaza-despite-army-misgivings    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 21:14:11

• What's Israeli PM's plan to control Gaza and end the war? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250808-what-s-israeli-pm-s-plan-to-control-gaza-and-end-the-war    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 21:14:28

• New Hardware Fun ☞ https://blog.broulik.de/2025/08/new-hardware-fun/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 21:15:33

• Every US tech company is an "Intel", except many use "Artificial Intelligence" (a LIE) to delay the inevitable realisation that "intel" is a fraud    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:52:15

• Audacity Released 3.7.5 with backdoored Windows 11 on ARM Support ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/08/audacity-released-3-7-5-with-windows-11-on-arm-support/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:53:09

• Ubuntu 24.04.3 is Available with Tons of Updates ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/08/ubuntu-24-04-3-is-available-with-tons-of-updates/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:53:20

• Ubuntu Studio: Ubuntu Studio 24.04.3 LTS Released ☞ https://ubuntustudio.org/2025/08/ubuntu-studio-24-04-3-released/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:53:41

• Overheard coffee shop chatter, week 32 2025 ☞ https://rubenerd.com/overheard-coffee-shop-chatter-week-32-2025/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:54:29

• Rainbow D-sub and ribbon cables ☞ https://rubenerd.com/rainbow-d-sub-cables/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:54:49

• First Look at RapidRAW: A Promising RAW Photo Editor for GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.reallinuxuser.com/first-look-at-rapidraw-a-promising-raw-photo-editor-for-linux/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:55:51

• Breathing – guides your breathing pattern ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/breathing-guides-breathing-pattern/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:57:15

• 11 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Digital Forensics Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/digitalforensics/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:57:25

• Spectral – flexible JSON/YAML linter ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/spectral-flexible-json-yaml-linter/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:57:35

• Redocly CLI – lint OpenAPI ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/redocly-cli-lint-openapi/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:58:58

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

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:59:10

• empress – MPRIS media controls made simple ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/empress-mpris-media-controls-made-simple/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:59:22

• Ten Forward – control a NAT-PMP gateway ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ten-forward-control-nat-pmp-gateway-2/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:59:32

• Buffer – embrace ephemeral text ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/buffer-embrace-ephemeral-text/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 14:59:42

• Add two 10 Gbps SFP+ cages to your system with a USB4 to dual 10GbE adapter ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/08/add-two-10-gbps-sfp-cages-to-your-system-with-a-usb4-to-dual-10gbe-adapter/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:02:53

• Security updates for Friday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1033009/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:03:24

• LHB GNU/Linux Digest #25.21: firewalld, fail2ban, find command, self-hosted file management ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/newsletter/25-21/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:06:32

• From Chrome renderer code exec to kernel with MSG_OOB ☞ https://googleprojectzero.blogspot.com/2025/08/from-chrome-renderer-code-exec-to-kernel.html    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:06:57

• What's new with Himitsu 0.9? ☞ https://drewdevault.com/2025/08/08/2025-08-08-Whats-new-with-himitsu.html https://dmpwn.info/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:07:38

• "Doctors and Nurses Reject VA Jobs Under Trump" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/veterans-affairs-hospital-shortages-trump | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:09:41

• Another hang at bootup fixed ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202508/another-hang-at-bootup-fixed.html    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:10:20

• This is What Happens When You Fold and Unfold Galaxy Z Fold 7 Phone 200,000 Times ☞ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/08/galaxy-fold-7-folded-unfolded-200000-times/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:11:43

• Some turbulence at CalyxOS ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1033042/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:12:27

• Research reveals possible privacy gaps in Fashion Company Apple Intelligence’s data handling ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/apple-intelligence-privacy-siri-whatsapp-lumia-security-black-hat-2025/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:12:50

• Using the Qt Logger in Rust with CXX-Qt ☞ https://www.kdab.com/using-the-qt-logger-in-rust-with-cxx-qt/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:13:51

• David Bremner: Using git-annex for email and notmuch metadata ☞ https://www.cs.unb.ca/~bremner//blog/posts/notmuch+git-annex/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:14:21

• DARPA’s Hey Hi (AI) Cyber Challenge reveals winning models for automated vulnerability discovery and patching ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/darpa-ai-cyber-challenge-winners-def-con-2025/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:15:48

• From Beginner to Builder: Understanding OpenSSF Community and Working Groups ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2025/08/08/from-beginner-to-builder-understanding-openssf-community-and-working-groups/ http://techrights.org/o/2020/10/30/openssf-microsoft/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:16:05

• More policy proposals to discuss at APNIC 60 ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/08/06/more-policy-proposals-to-discuss-at-apnic-60/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:16:28

• Event Wrap: LKNOG 9 ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/08/08/event-wrap-lknog-9/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:16:38

• Sebastian Wick: GNOME 49 Backlight Changes ☞ https://blog.sebastianwick.net/posts/gnome-49-backlight-changes/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:17:24

• IBM is Obliterating Fedora ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/07/IBM_is_Obliterating_Fedora.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:23:01

• Tomas Tomecek: More reliable agents ☞ https://blog.tomecek.net/post/more-reliable-agents/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:23:32

• South Korea delays decision on Google’s request for map data exports ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-delays-decision-on-googles-request-for-map-data-exports "Seoul said it postponed the decision for 60 days so Surveillance Giant Google can address its security concerns."    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:24:23

• Google to kill Steam for Chromebook beta in 2026 — Installed games will 'no longer be available to play' ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/chromeos/google-to-kill-steam-for-chromebook-beta-in-2026-installed-games-will-no-longer-be-available-to-play    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:24:50

• Google Project Zero Changes Its Disclosure Policy ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/08/google-project-zero-changes-its-disclosure-policy.html    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:25:30

• InterDigital video codec patent monopoly challenge instituted ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/8/8/interdigital-video-codec-patent-challenge-instituted    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:26:34

• Ollama vs. vLLM: A deep dive into performance benchmarking ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/08/ollama-vs-vllm-deep-dive-performance-benchmarking    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:30:23

• Court blocks access to detained journalist Fatih Altaylı's YouTube channel ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/court-blocks-access-to-detained-journalist-fatih-altayli-s-youtube-channel-310235    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:32:20

• For the First Time in a Month OSI's "OpenSource.org" Blogs and It's Basically a Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Blog Post (Microsoft Controls OSI) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/07/For_the_First_Time_in_a_Month_OSI_s_OpenSource_org_Blogs_and_It.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:32:40

• weather prediction has been done FOR DECADES (!!) using Machine Learning, so the people who push this RIDICULOUS "HEY HI" nonsense are clueless https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/08/hong-kong-observatory-looks-to-expand-use-of-ai-forecasting-models-for-extreme-weather-prediction/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:33:46

• Fedora Community Blog: Infra and RelEng Update – Week 32 ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/infra-and-releng-update-week-32/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:34:12

• Steven Deobald: 2025-08-08 GNOME Foundation Update ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/steven/2025/08/08/2025-08-08-foundation-update/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:35:28

• Tumbleweed – Review of the weeks 2025/31 & 32 ☞ https://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2025/08/tumbleweed-review-of-the-weeks-2025-31-32/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:35:53

• Is it game over for the high street bank branch? ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/is-it-game-over-for-the-high-street-bank-branch-aWKyd5q6e5BF https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2025/07/21/nationwide-bank-enshittification/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:37:49

• China banks on hot summer nights to heat up spending ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/hot-nights-cool-wallets-china-bets-on-night-economy-to-boost-spending    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:38:18

• Seems like marketing spam wrapped up as "news" ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/eip-expands-scandinavian-practice/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:39:07

• H2 Intellect geofencing patent monopoly challenge instituted ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/8/8/h2-intellect-geofencing-patent-challenge-instituted    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:39:43

• Route Guidance Systems vehicle guidance patent monopoly confirmed invalid by PTAB ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/8/8/route-guidance-systems-vehicle-guidance-patent-confirmed-invalid-by-ptab    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:40:11

• Announcing Istio 1.25.4 ☞ https://istio.io/latest/news/releases/1.25.x/announcing-1.25.4/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:41:52

• It's a Lot Easier to Participate in the Unethical System Than to Oppose Injustices in It (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/08/It_s_a_Lot_Easier_to_Participate_in_the_Unethical_System_Than_t.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:42:14

• Red Hat's Latest Talent Hunt, Day Ahead of Mass Layoffs, is Yet Another Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Executive ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/08/Red_Hat_s_Latest_Talent_Hunt_Day_Ahead_of_Mass_Layoffs_is_Yet_A.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:42:23

• August's Full Sturgeon Moon Is Here: What It Is And How to See It ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/augusts-full-sturgeon-moon-is-here-what-it-is-and-how-to-see-it    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:43:32

• GNU GNU/Linux Ubuntu 24 Ubuntu 24 how to disable time consuming wait-online.service and nerve wrecking dong system sounds (when in terminal and hitting tab) + how to disable automatic screensaver screen lock + how to install NVIDIA GPU drivers ☞ https://dwaves.de/2025/08/08/gnu-linux-ubuntu-24-ubuntu-24-how-to-disable-time-consuming-wait-online-service-and-nerve-wrecking-dong-system-sounds-when-in-terminal-and-hitting-tab-how-to-disable-automatic-screensaver-screen-l/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:43:57

• GNU GNU/Linux Ubuntu 24 Ubuntu 24 how to disable time consuming wait-online.service and nerve wrecking dong system sounds (when in terminal and hitting tab) ☞ https://dwaves.de/2025/08/08/gnu-linux-ubuntu-24-ubuntu-24-how-to-disable-time-consuming-wait-online-service-and-nerve-wrecking-dong-system-sounds-when-in-terminal-and-hitting-tab-how-to-disable-automatic-screensaver-screen-l/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:44:14

• When Google's Googlebombing of "Gemini" Was Not Enough; They Now Also Googlebomb "Gemini Space"? ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/08/When_Google_s_Googlebombing_of_Gemini_Was_Not_Enough_They_Now_A.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:45:29

• Why Gemini Protocol Has a Bright Future ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/08/Why_Gemini_Protocol_Has_a_Bright_Future.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:45:39

• Aenikkaeng: The forgotten story of Mexico’s Korean migrants ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/culture/forgotten-story-of-mexicos-korean-migrants/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:46:35

• This Week in GNOME: #211 Handling Brightness ☞ https://thisweek.gnome.org/posts/2025/08/twig-211/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:47:16

• Michael Meeks: 2025-08-07 Thursday ☞ https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2025-08-07.html Wednesday ☞ https://meeksfamily.uk/~michael/blog/2025-08-06.html "Final windsurfing in the afternoon, a somewhat exhausing [sic] time of gusts of wind then none, repeated clambering up the board, good practice I guess."    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:48:25

• Besieged by Plagiarists Who Play With LLMs and Image Fusions ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/09/Besieged_by_Plagiarists_Who_Play_With_LLMs_and_Image_Fusions.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:48:37

• They Want Activists to Just Barely Walk and Eat, Not Do Activism Anymore ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/07/They_Want_Activists_to_Just_Barely_Walk_and_Eat_Not_Do_Activism.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:48:57

• Microsoft, Already Borrowing 3 Billion Dollars a Month, is Trying to Cause Many People to Resign ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/07/Microsoft_Already_Borrowing_3_Billion_Dollars_a_Month_is_Trying.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:49:09

• Struggling to Cut Costs, Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Continues Shutting Down and Cancelling Stuff This Month ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/08/Struggling_to_Cut_Costs_Microsoft_Continues_Shutting_Down_and_C.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:49:27

• Censorship Regarding Red Bait Layoffs ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/08/Censorship_Regarding_Red_Hat_Layoffs.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:49:37

• Microsofters Filed Two SLAPPs Against Us, Now They Cannot Keep Up With Judges' Orders ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/08/Microsofters_Filed_Two_SLAPPs_Against_Us_Now_They_Cannot_Keep_U.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:49:48

• Good Morning, Readers of The Register MS ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/08/Good_Morning_Readers_of_The_Register_MS.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:49:59

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

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:50:39

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

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:50:54

• How To Install Steam on AlmaLinux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-steam-almalinux-10/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:51:15

• YaST System Management openSUSE ☞ https://idroot.us/yast-system-management/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:51:42

• How To Install Nextcloud on Rocky GNU/Linux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-nextcloud-rocky-linux-10/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:51:59

• The U.S. Says Britain Is Chilling Free Speech. Many Britons Point the Finger Back. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/world/europe/uk-free-speech-vance-starmer.html    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:55:18

• Hold My Beer No More ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/08/hold-my-beer-no-more/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:56:11

• Human Bones Reveal Evidence of One Horrifying Cannibalistic Feast ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/human-bones-reveal-evidence-of-one-horrifying-cannibalistic-feast    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 15:59:01

• "trend of uniformed members posting obscene photos and videos on their personal social control media accounts while wearing military uniforms." ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/sa-defence/sa-defence-sa-defence/sandf-expresses-concern-over-the-sharing-of-obscene-material/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:00:07

• Hong Kong Ghost Signs project launches interactive map, invites public to contribute ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/09/hong-kong-ghost-signs-project-launches-interactive-map-invites-public-to-contribute/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:00:41

• ‘Very nerdy’ hobby of doujinshi self-publishing is a growing billion-dollar market in Japan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/very-nerdy-hobby-of-doujinshi-self-publishing-is-a-growing-billion-dollar-market-in-japan    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:01:19

• Should Soccer Star Son Heung-min Have Held an Umbrella for a Female Reporter? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/world/asia/son-heung-min-lafc-tottenham-umbrella.html    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:01:32

• Friday Squid Blogging: New Vulnerability in Squid HTTP Proxy Server ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/08/friday-squid-blogging-new-vulnerability-in-squid-http-proxy-server.html    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:02:00

• Geniatech XPI-3576 – A Rockchip RK3576 SBC with “extended credit card” form factor ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/08/geniatech-xpi-3576-a-rockchip-rk3576-sbc-with-extended-credit-card-form-factor/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:05:28

• Murata IRS-0D200ST00R1 tiny, low-profile SMD PIR motion sensor measures just 6 x 6 x 2.6 mm ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/08/murata-irs-0d200st00r1-tiny-low-profile-smd-pir-motion-sensor/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:05:51

• PGDay UK 2025: Check out the schedule and register now! ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/pgday-uk-2025-check-out-the-schedule-and-register-now-3113/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:06:12

• Japan Could Finally Force Fashion Company Apple to Allow Real Browsers like Chrome on iPhones ☞ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/08/japan-apple-browser-ban/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:06:35

• Microsoft SEZ is NOT reporting. Microsoft is the PROBLEM, it is NOT the expert! https://cyberscoop.com/microsoft-threat-intel-response-tips/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:07:19

• Best practices for creating and editing OpenDocument Format (ODF) files ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/08/08/best-practices-for-odf-files/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:07:51

• Mike Tyson Sued for Copyright Infringement During Jake Paul Fight ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/08/mike-tyson-sued-for-copyright-infringement/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:09:15

• ‘Get out of Lithuania’: about 50 protest against Tsikhanouskaya's office in Vilnius ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2637463/get-out-of-lithuania-about-50-protest-against-tsikhanouskaya-s-office-in-vilnius    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:09:38

• TTABlog Test: Is "LEFT RIGHT MIDDLE" Confusable with "LEFT CENTER RIGHT & Design" for Dice Games? ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/08/ttablog-test-is-left-right-middle.html    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:10:56

• Public Interest Groups Decline To Seek Supreme Court Review of FCC Open Internet Rules ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/public-interest-groups-decline-to-seek-supreme-court-review-of-fcc-open-internet-rules/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:11:34

• Buy or Bury: Meta’s Reckoning for Market Dominance ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/buy-or-bury-metas-reckoning-for-market-dominance/ conflict of interest: https://techrights.org/n/2025/02/03/At_Microsoft_Promoting_Back_Doors_Proprietary_Lock_in_and_Mass_.shtml    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:12:28

• Homeless Malaysian man who was given leftover chicken bones says he bears no ill will ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/homeless-malaysian-man-who-was-given-chicken-bones-says-he-bears-no-ill-will    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:13:26

• Malaysia minister to seek clarity from Myanmar on election, state media reports ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-minister-to-seek-clarity-from-myanmar-on-election-state-media-reports    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:14:07

• India’s Modi Left Soul-Searching After Failed Courtships of Pooh-tin and Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/world/asia/modi-india-trump-china-tariffs.html    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:14:30

• China accuses Philippines of ‘playing with fire’ over Taiwan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-accuses-philippines-of-playing-with-fire-on-taiwan    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:14:44

• Metaphor for what society is becoming after Occupy Wall Street got crushed and all ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/adult-pacifiers-trending-in-china-south-korea-but-experts-caution-about-their-potential-harm    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:16:26

• Thai gallery removes China-focused artworks after ‘pressure’ from Beijing ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/thai-gallery-removes-china-focused-artworks-after-pressure-from-beijing    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:16:50

• 10 dead, 33 missing in north-west China floods: State media ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/10-dead-33-missing-in-northwest-china-floods-state-media    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:17:12

• Asia and the world think Convicted Felon’s US ‘has lost its mind’: John Bolton ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/asia-and-the-world-thinks-trumps-us-has-lost-its-mind-john-bolton    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:17:49

• Xi orders 'all-out' rescue as floods kill 10 in northwest China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/xi-orders-all-out-rescue-as-floods-kill-10-in-northwest-china    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:18:23

• Baidu robotaxi with passenger falls into construction pit in China, raising safety concerns ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/baidu-robotaxi-falls-into-construction-pit-in-china-raising-safety-concerns    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:18:39

• Chinese villagers hit by worst floods in generations say they had no warning ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-villagers-hit-by-worst-floods-in-generations-say-they-had-no-warning    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:18:54

• China the world’s biggest plastic producer, study says ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/08/china-the-worlds-biggest-plastic-producer-study-says/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:19:11

• 10 dead, 33 missing in northwest China floods: state media ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/08/10-dead-33-missing-in-northwest-china-floods-state-media/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:19:36

• China’s Sungrow Hydrogen plans electrolyser production in Oman ☞ https://www.h2-view.com/story/chinas-sungrow-hydrogen-plans-electrolyser-production-in-oman/2130635.article/?utm_source=gw&utm_medium=rss_feed&utm_campaign=rss    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:19:51

• "Central Asian Wikipedians are closing the local-language knowledge gap" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/08/08/an-unusual-hobby | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:20:23

• "to stop all fighting forever" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/08/with-u-s-mediation-azerbaijan-and-armenia-sign-peace-deal-to-stop-all-fighting-forever | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:20:42

• "Talking Robot" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/08/talking-robot-uses-typewriter-tech-for-mouth/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:21:12

• The Register MS looks like it is using LLM slop to compose those PAID-FOR (it admits this) 'articles' https://www.theregister.com/2025/05/13/nutanix_cloud_native_ai_apps/?td=rt-9bq    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:27:30

• Frame gen tool for Linux gets up to 4x performance boost with new feature, “mainly” on AMD graphics cards https://www.pcguide.com/news/frame-gen-tool-for-linux-gets-up-to-4x-performance-boost-with-new-feature-mainly-on-amd-graphics-cards/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:47:29

• Intel Is Reportedly Preparing Arc B380; Adds New Battlemage PCI ID to Linux Kernel https://wccftech.com/intel-is-reportedly-preparing-arc-b380-adds-new-battlemage-pci-id-to-linux-kernel/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:48:02

• "A recent IBM X-Force study found that 95% of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) deployments were vulnerable to at least one CVE with a known exploit. Even worse, 65% of those systems had at least three known exploitable vulnerabilities." https://www.morphisec.com/blog/5-hidden-weaknesses-in-your-linux-stack-and-how-attackers-exploit-them/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:49:13

• GIMP and more https://www.zdnet.com/article/my-4-favorite-image-editing-apps-on-linux-and-two-are-free-photoshop-alternatives/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:50:27

• "You might think that booting a Linux live USB is the only way to test a distro out on your computer. There are actually several ways to try out a new Linux distro that are easier than booting to a USB. Here are three methods you can use to trial various Linux distros on your current computer." https://www.howtogeek.com/ways-to-test-a-linux-distro-without-a-usb-drive/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:53:00

• Microsoft in gaming studios? https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/battlefield-6-requires-secure-boot-to-run-and-its-coming-to-more-games-soon-including-call-of-duty-black-ops-7-heres-what-it-is-why-linux-gamers-are-mad-about-it-and-how-to-enable-it/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:55:45

• "It's a Windows thing."    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:56:20

• [Inside LBS Ⅱ] Dividing and Conquering Linux High-Capacity SSD Support with LBS https://semiconductor.samsung.com/news-events/tech-blog/dividing-and-conquering-linux-high-capacity-ssd-support-with-lbs-ep2/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 16:56:45

• Asking crooks to behave nicely won't work. All the LLM bros are CROOKS and cheaters, so this page made them laugh and spit out their coffee at the monitor. "HECK, I AM NOT GOING TO OBEY THAT" https://llmstxt.org/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 17:01:14

• "The Real-Time Clock The VIC-20 Never Had" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/08/2025-one-hertz-challenge-the-real-time-clock-the-vic-20-never-had/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 17:07:11

• "Leap 16.0 is using the latest Agama for both online and offline installation aside." https://news.opensuse.org/2025/08/04/leap-16-rc/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 17:07:40

• Proxmox Virtual Environment 9.0 released! https://forum.proxmox.com/threads/proxmox-virtual-environment-9-0-released.169257/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 17:08:19

• AxOS 25.08 is out ttps://distrowatch.com/axos    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 17:09:21

• Upgrade from RHEL 9 to RHEL 10 with Red Bait Satellite 6.17 ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/08/upgrade-rhel-9-rhel-10-red-hat-satellite-617    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 17:11:25

• US President The Insurrectionist says to meet Russia's Vladimir Putin in Alaska on August 15 ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250808-us-president-donald-trump-says-to-meet-russia-s-vladimir-putin-in-alaska-on-august-15    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 17:21:45

• Is the mere announcement of a Convicted Felon-Putin meeting enough to delay sanctions on Russia? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250808-is-the-mere-announcement-of-a-trump-putin-meeting-enough-to-delay-sanctions-on-russia    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 17:21:58

• Until Putin faces greater pressure from West, he has little incentive to pursue peace negotiations ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250808-until-putin-faces-greater-pressure-from-west-he-has-little-incentive-to-pursue-peace-negotiations    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 17:22:14

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s ultimatums to Putin have the opposite effect: ‘It undermines deterrence’ – experts ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2637167/trump-s-ultimatums-to-putin-have-the-opposite-effect-it-undermines-deterrence-experts    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 17:22:33

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Says He Will Meet Putin On August 15 In Alaska ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-putin-russia-ukraine-zelenskyy-war-alaska/33498190.html    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 17:22:49

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Says He Will Meet With Putin in Alaska Next Week ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/us/politics/trump-russia-ukraine-deal.html    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 17:23:02

• What Putin Hopes to Gain From a Summit With Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/world/europe/putin-trump-summit-ukraine.html    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 17:23:17

• Putin Briefs Leaders of China and India on Talks With U.S. on Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/world/asia/putin-trump-ukraine-china-india.html    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 17:23:31

• Russian Strikes Kill 3 in Ukraine, Which May Be Left Out of Peace Talks ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/world/europe/ukraine-russia-trump-putin.html    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 17:23:53

• HKFP Monitor August 9, 2025: Ex-protester drops case against ban on overseas study; HK$233-million by-elections largely uncontested ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/09/hkfp-monitor-august-9-2025-ex-protester-drops-case-against-ban-on-overseas-study-hk233-million-by-elections-largely-uncontested/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 17:24:55

• "Putin’s lengthy monologues" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/08/trump-putin-calls-lasted-hours-due-to-putin-s-lengthy-monologues-wsj | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 17:25:47

• Russian territory then? ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/09/trump-will-meet-putin-in-alaska-on-august-15-one-week-from-today | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 17:26:06

• ‘Just a trickle’: Residents in Russian-occupied Ukraine face severe water shortage ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250808-residents-russian-occupied-ukraine-water-shortage    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 17:26:23

• Hundreds honour Ukrainian journalist who died in Russian captivity ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250808-ukraine-buries-journalist-who-died-in-russian-custody-calls-for-release-of-all-detained    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 17:44:39

• Lithuanian FM urges learning from Ukraine on air defence, boosting regional coordination ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2637484/lithuanian-fm-urges-learning-from-ukraine-on-air-defence-boosting-regional-coordination    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 17:45:14

• Ukrainian NGO Accuses Russia-Controlled Luhansk Of Operating 'Child Trafficking' Database ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukrainian-ngo-accuses-russia-luhansk-child-trafficking-database/33498167.html    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 17:45:40

• Kyiv Mourns Journalist Tortured Before Dying In Russian Detention ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/kyiv-ceremony-journalist-tortured-russian-detention-roshchyna/33498000.html    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 17:46:02

• Can Russia’s Economy Withstand Convicted Felon’s Threats to Impose Sanctions? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/world/europe/russia-economy-oil-trump-us-sanctions-tariffs.html    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 17:46:20

• "Russian occupation authorities publish database of Ukrainian children for adoption" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/08/08/russian-occupation-authorities-publish-database-of-ukrainian-children-for-adoption-sortable-by-hair-and-eye-color | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 17:50:23

• "Kyiv’s Kursk miscalculation Looking back at a daring but failed incursion into Russia and what it cost Ukraine" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/08/08/kyiv-s-kursk-miscalculation | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 17:50:56

• "150 awards and decoration" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/08/chechnya-s-strongman-and-his-family-have-amassed-150-awards-and-decorations-since-russia-s-invasion-of-ukraine | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 17:52:10

• SA Navy meets Smolny crew during Cape Town stop ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/sa-navy-meets-smolny-crew-during-cape-town-stop/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 17:53:54

• India pauses plans to buy US arms after Convicted Felon’s tariffs ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/india-pauses-plans-to-buy-us-arms-after-trumps-tariffs    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 17:54:05

• Russia breaks ground for Kazakhstan’s first nuclear power plant ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/russia-breaks-ground-for-kazakhstans-first-nuclear-power-plant    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 17:54:25

• ALT 11.1 "Workstation K" ia out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/alt    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 17:57:28

• The SVR Fabrication Necessitates Reconceiving the 2016 Russian Influence Operation ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/08/the-svr-fabrication-necessitates-reconceiving-the-2016-russian-attack/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 17:57:53

• "Russia refuses passport to opposition politician freed in last year’s prisoner exchange" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/08/russia-refuses-passport-to-opposition-politician-freed-in-last-year-s-prisoner-exchange | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 18:01:13

• "No water, no toilets" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/08/08/no-water-no-toilets | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 18:01:39

• "Russia poised for Arctic nuclear-powered cruise missile test within days" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/08/russia-poised-for-arctic-nuclear-powered-cruise-missile-test-within-days-the-barents-observer | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 18:02:50

• The Russia Russia Russia Grievance Was Built Into Russian Attack from the Start ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/08/the-russia-russia-russia-grievance-was-built-into-russian-attack-from-the-start/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 18:03:10

• Rights groups call for total break-up of Kenya police in response to widespread corruption ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/08/rights-groups-call-for-total-break-up-of-kenya-police-in-response-to-widespread-corruption/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 18:03:53

• War of Words Erupts Between Colombia and Peru Over Island in Amazon ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/08/world/americas/colombia-peru-amazon-island.html    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 18:04:25

• Tails 7.0-rc1 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/tails    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 18:05:16

• "Hackaday Podcast Episode 332" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/08/hackaday-podcast-episode-332-5-axes-are-better-than-3-hacking-your-behavior-and-the-man-who-made-models/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 18:05:54

• "x86 virtualization is about basically placing another nearly full kernel, full of new bugs, on top of a nasty x86 architecture which barely has correct page protection. Then running your operating system on the other side of this brand new pile of shit." https://marc.info/?l=openbsd-misc&m=119318909016582    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 18:20:06

• In Other News: Nvidia Says No to Backdoors, Satellite Hacking, Energy Sector Assessment ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/in-other-news-nvidia-says-no-to-backdoors-satellite-hacking-energy-sector-assessment/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 18:53:27

• Help Desk at Risk: Scattered Spider Shines Light on Overlook Threat Vector ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/help-desk-at-risk-scattered-spider-shines-light-on-overlook-threat-vector/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 18:53:55

• French Telecom Firm Bouygues Says Data Breach Affects 6.4M Customers ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/french-telecom-firm-bouygues-says-data-breach-affects-6-4m-customers/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 19:07:41

• CodeSecCon 2025: Where Software Security’s Next Chapter Unfolds ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/codeseccon-2025-where-software-securitys-next-chapter-unfolds/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 19:08:02

• Your Questions Answered: Convicted Felon vs. the Rule of Law ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/your-questions-answered-trump-vs-the-rule-of-law    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 19:08:46

• excision gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/excision    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 19:09:54

• controlados gemini://deivisdiaz.flounder.online/controlados.gmi    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 19:10:28

• KDE in Geminispace :) "I made a todo.txt application for KomoDo and wrote about it in my gemlog." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/KDE/31138    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 19:10:59

• https://lists.gnu.org/ down again :/    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 19:46:53

• FSF under de facto DDoS attacks all week long    

posted Saturday, August 09, 2025 at 19:47:14