Roy Schestowitz

• TPM pushes in Debian, tied to employer https://lwn.net/Articles/1032026/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 03:07:21

• "In the crypto currency space people say: not your keys, not your coins. As long as the firmware on your computer supports setting up your own keys or those you trust, there is no problem. The issue is: most people don't know this or check this, so there is a potential systemic problem with Microsoft having the root keys."    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 03:08:15

• "At the moment PC users seem to be safe, Microsoft hasn't caused problems (intentional or otherwise). When fwupd installs updates of the firmware on your machine (or dual boot and install Windows updates), that could change, in theory."    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 03:08:48

• "Very likely the option to disable Secure Boot will also remain (as I understand it, that is what these companies say they will do), so there is that. So it's very much theoretical, but also shows the Linux world is not in complete control."    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 03:09:04

• Comments thread already infested by Microsofters... again    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 03:09:45

• Python performance myths and fairy tales https://lwn.net/Articles/1031707/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 03:11:58

• Debian: we need more DRM and less free speech https://lwn.net/Articles/1031750/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 03:12:49

• The NNCPNET email network https://lwn.net/Articles/1031208/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 03:13:54

• [Linux] 6.17 Merge window, part 1 https://lwn.net/Articles/1031713/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 03:14:36

• Improving control over transparent huge page use https://lwn.net/Articles/1032199/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 03:15:13

• Oracle Stock Falls Below Key Level Amid Cloud Layoffs Report https://www.investors.com/news/technology/oracle-stock-layoffs-oci-orcl-news/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 03:25:30

• Former PlayStation CEO Says Xbox Game Pass and Other Subscription Services Turn Developers Into “Wage Slaves” and Are “Bad for the Business” https://thegamepost.com/former-playstation-ceo-xbox-game-pass-subscription-services-business/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 03:26:27

• "And that's why Microsoft will continue to su-k and cut employees. This isn't 1920 anymore where you have cheap wages and no automation. You are living in an AI robotics world where if you don't provide something extraordinary, you will be automated or be forced to take a low salary." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k223gsef    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 03:28:30

• "Because H1Bs will do the needful" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k2g33g1d    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 03:29:07

• The Family Across the Street gopher://uninformativ.de/0/phlog/2025/2025-08/2025-08-13--family-across-the-street.txt    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 03:30:24

• "And ChatGPT 5, recently released, doesn't seem to be a heckuva lot better on that front. In any case, around the end of June, I canceled my ChatGPT subscription. And it's still canceled." gemini://gem.sdf.org/beej/blog/2025-08-13-aifatigue2.gmi    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 03:31:52

• "In the past few decades we’ve rapidly seen corporations exploiting the network externality become the most powerful entities in the history of the Earth." gemini://idiomdrottning.org/network-freedom-act    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 03:32:32

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-08-14.gmi    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 03:32:55

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1732.jpg    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 03:33:33

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1382.jpg    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 03:33:40

• "Dementia, is an incurable Neurodegenerative disease, that goes through 7 stages. Usually, most people get diagnosed in the first, second or third stages when the disease begins to show. However, knowing that their life is going to end also puts strain on not just yourself, leading to denial, as seen in this year." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2684    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 03:34:30

• Food expiration dates: A great American scam (U.S.-specific) gemini://willowashmaple.smol.pub/2025-08-13-food-expiration-dates-great-american-scam    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 03:35:07

• "I am still getting over jetlag, which always takes around a week or so. One good thing about it is being awake very early in the morning. It is a wonderful feeling to wake up and remember that you have no obligations or set plans for the day." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/nm03/2025/AUG2025/entry-2    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 03:36:54

• "Basically, I am a speed reader, and I think I am quite good at reading quickly and holding onto information from what I read in the moment. But I quickly forget about things." gemini://rewind.smol.pub/why-a-reading-journal    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 03:39:51

• old air gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/old_air    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 03:40:33

• Friday August 15 protests https://www.stallman.org/protest-wells-fargo.html    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 03:53:20

• Many GNU sites still DDoSed to death, they blame LLM bots    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 03:58:03

• But he scale seems so immense that one must start to wonder, is this intentional and well targeted?    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 03:58:35

• Even mailing lists' archives, not dynamic pages but simple static pages, are not accessible    

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

• "As is tradition, a recent GE-Proton update had some issues so a hotfix version has released to fix up Windows games on Linux / SteamOS and Steam Deck." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/ge-proton-10-12-hotfix-adds-a-few-more-needed-tweaks-for-video-playback/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:39:07

• "The Nexus Mods team just put out a new version of their in-development cross-platform mod manager, the Nexus Mods app v0.15.2 is now available to test." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/nexus-mods-app-0-15-2-brings-updater-improvements-and-more-bug-fixes/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:39:29

• "In a world overrun by craft beer enthusiasts and their endless creative brews, one grumpy guy is still on a quest to find one thing: a regular, basic pilsner" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/go-on-the-hunt-for-or-a-simple-pilsner-in-a-world-full-of-craft-beer-in-dude-where-is-my-beer-a-new-hop/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:39:41

• "It was unfortunate what happened with Old School Rally when it was hit with a DMCA takedown, but thankfully the situation is solved now." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/after-the-dmca-takedown-debacle-old-school-rally-has-now-replaced-all-affected-car-models/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:40:28

• "In the ongoing saga of payment processors locking down payments, Steam has been hit by PayPal limiting purchases to only a select few currencies." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/valve-confirm-that-steam-purchases-with-paypal-have-been-limited-to-a-few-select-currencies/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:41:12

• "Valve seem confident enough in how Assassin’s Creed Shadows runs on Steam Deck, that it's now again Steam Deck Verified." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/assassins-creed-shadows-gets-bumped-up-back-to-steam-deck-verified/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:45:08

• iophk: the underlying problem is that dealers have full access to and control of all that brand of cars: https://odysee.com/@davidbombal:0/2-flaws-let-hackers-own-millions-of-cars:5    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:46:30

• "Stephen King Compares Donald Trump's Presidency to 'a Horror Story'" https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-news/stephen-king-donald-trump-horror-story-1235406509/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:46:44

• "Trump Confesses He Will Bankrupt the Country Unless SCOTUS Lets Him Break the Law" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/13/trump-confesses-he-will-bankrupt-the-country-unless-scotus-lets-him-break-the-law/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:46:58

• "Paintings of Dante’s Inferno: 3 In Limbo – The Eclectic Light Company" https://eclecticlight.co/2025/08/11/paintings-of-dantes-inferno-3-in-limbo/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:47:24

• "Lost Together - by Mike Brock - Notes From The Circus" https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/lost-together    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:47:38

• "Hackification - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/hackification    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:47:58

• IDG shilling Microsoft and antifeatures: "I'll never buy a laptop that doesn't have biometric hardware" https://www.pcworld.com/article/2865138/ill-never-buy-a-laptop-that-doesnt-have-biometric-hardware.html http://techrights.org/wiki/IDG/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:48:33

• iophk: see instead: Jami, Jisti-Meet, BigBlueButton, Mumble, Blink, etc https://icanblink.com/ etc https://thecyberexpress.com/microsoft-teams-cve-2025-53783-rce-flaw/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:48:57

• Microsoft as covered by The Register MS https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/13/debate_for_microsoft_in_public_sector/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/07/The_Register_MS_Does_More_Microsoft_Sez_or_GitHub_Sez_Says_Piec.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:49:43

• "Saudi Arabia bets on Red Sea tourism" https://www.semafor.com/article/08/13/2025/saudi-arabia-bets-on-red-sea-tourism    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:50:14

• "Rights groups raise alarm over surge in executions in Saudi Arabia" https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/08/rights-groups-raise-alarm-over-surge-in-executions-in-saudi-arabia/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:50:28

• "Estonia Expels Russian Diplomat Over Subversion Claims - The Moscow Times" https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/08/13/estonia-expels-russian-diplomat-over-subversion-claims-a90191    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:50:40

• "‘Trump is a horror story, isn’t he?’ Stephen King on villains, dark secrets and dreams" https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/13/trump-is-a-horror-story-isnt-he-stephen-king-on-villains-dark-secrets-and-dreams    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:50:52

• "Can Europe stop Trump selling out Ukraine?" https://www.newstatesman.com/politics/uk-politics/2025/08/can-europe-stop-trump-selling-out-ukraine    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:51:08

• "You’ll OWN NOTHING... and YOU pay the price!" https://odysee.com/@davidbombal:0/you%E2%80%99ll-own-nothing...-and-you-pay-the:2    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:51:21

• "Tom the Dancing Bug: "The Devil Went Down to HoundCo"" https://boingboing.net/2025/08/13/tom-the-dancing-bug-the-devil-went-down-to-houndco.html    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:51:36

• "Trump's Labor Statistics pick has painting of Nazi battleship behind his desk" https://boingboing.net/2025/08/13/trumps-labor-statistics-pick-has-giant-painting-of-nazi-battleship-in-his-office.html    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:51:51

• "'My Undesirable Friends' Director on Authoritarianism in Russia" https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/my-undesirable-friends-director-interview-1235406202/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:52:06

• "Kremlin Aims to Divide US and Europe Ahead of Alaska Summit on Ukraine Peace - Oj" https://odessa-journal.com/isw-kremlin-aims-to-split-us-and-europe-at-upcoming-alaska-summit-avoiding-genuine-peace-talks    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:52:20

• "This Law Could KILL Internet Freedom" https://odysee.com/@davidbombal:0/this-law-could-kill-internet-freedom:7    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:52:33

• "Security - David Revoy" https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1086/security    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:52:48

• "What Price Would Trump Demand to Sell Out Ukraine?" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/13/what-price-would-trump-demand-to-sell-out-ukraine/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:53:05

• "Tactical assault-sandwich-proof body armor." https://www.jwz.org/blog/2025/08/tactical-assault-sandwich-proof-body-armor/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:53:20

• "Why We Must Release the Epstein Files" https://www.thenation.com/article/society/epstein-files-trump-transparency-corruption/ http://techrights.org/o/2020/01/10/gates-sponsored-mit/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:53:41

• "How Trump’s Tariffs Shocked Wisconsin Farmers" https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-tariffs-wisconsin-farm-soybeans/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:53:59

• False dichotomy much? https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2025/08/its-not-rd-if-youre-running-it-like-production/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:54:27

• Russia has a mole in the White House :( https://www.airforcetimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2025/08/13/trump-and-putin-will-meet-at-alaska-base-long-used-to-counter-russia/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:54:49

• In the EU decision-making process, no one can hear you scream | "I EU:s beslutsprocess kan ingen höra dig skrika" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/08/13/i-eus-beslutsprocess-kan-ingen-hora-dig-skrika/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:55:43

• "You've never played a farming sim like this before. Blending a few genres together where Stardew Valley collides with a Cuphead like style." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/super-farming-boy-is-a-bizarre-farming-sim-about-chain-reactions-with-a-cuphead-inspired-style/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:55:57

• "The demonic lovechild of Balatro and Buckshot Roulette, apparently. CloverPit looks like it will suck away all your time." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/rogue-lite-slot-machine-nightmare-cloverpit-launches-september-3/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:56:04

• Wildlife ☛ https://therevelator.org/summer-recharge/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 05:58:10

• "DC Is Paying Billions" ☛ https://fair.org/home/dcs-not-making-money-here-dc-is-paying-billions/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:00:27

• "Smokescreen for Trump Recession" ☛ https://fair.org/home/ai-job-loss-hype-could-serve-as-smokescreen-for-trump-recession/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:00:44

• "Folks, when you send your work to Elsevier journals, you are literally giving them away" ☛ https://svpow.com/2025/08/13/rights-of-papers-are-owned-by-the-publishers-hence-there-is-no-consent-needed-from-authors/ | Source: Matt Wedel    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:05:12

• Right of Publicity ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/briefs/bills-banning-deepfake-pornography-return-to-the-michigan-senate-floor/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:05:38

• "The thing I’ve learned about tech companies breaking down monopolies is that many of them just want to become the next monopoly rather than establish a genuinely different power dynamic." ☛ https://werd.io/perplexity-makes-longshot-34-5-billion-offer-for-chrome/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:06:12

• "AKA alternative search engines. Here's one for you. In 2025, you know that your online habits are being profiled. All the time, by almost everyone, a million times over" ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/internet-search-without-google-bing.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:06:34

• "Make it illegal. Network effect applications (whether it’s software, hardware, or services) can’t be proprietary." ☛ https://idiomdrottning.org/network-freedom-act | Source: Idiomdrottning    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:08:18

• "Federal Court Justice Jonathan Beach upheld key parts of Epic's claim that the tech giants breached Australian competition laws" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/epic-games-wins-partial-victory-in-australian-court-against-google-and-apple/articleshow/123269814.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:08:43

• "Technologies don’t die. They just slowly become so irrelevant that they might as well be dead" ☛ https://tedium.co/2025/08/11/aol-dial-up-ending-retrospective/ | Source: Tedium https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/13/Internet_Relay_Chat_and_Gemini_Protocol_Help_Us_Relive_the_Net_.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:10:42

• "The Taliban-led government has banned girls from school beyond the sixth grade" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/un-taliban-erasing-afghan-women-from-public-life/33501215.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:12:01

• "In a brief filed Tuesday last week, attorneys for the university cited a July memorandum from U.S. Attorney General" ☛ https://alabamareflector.com/2025/08/11/university-of-alabama-attorneys-claim-minority-focused-spaces-could-be-unlawful-segregation/ | Source: Alabama Reflector    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:13:35

• "With polls showing Doria and Quiroga in the lead, the vote stands to reshape Bolivia’s economic future and political landscape after 20 years of MAS in power." ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/08/journalists-fear-volatile-bolivia-elections-may-escalate-press-attacks/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:17:59

• "The UK’s largest commercial news publisher Reach is hiring an overnight team in Australia for the first time." ☛ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/reach-hiring-journalists-in-australia-to-cover-uk-overnight-hours/ | Source: Press Gazette    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:18:11

• "The breach, which happened in 2022, exposed the personal details of thousands of Afghans who had worked with British forces before the Taliban takeover in 2021." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/world/europe/uk-data-breach-afghan.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:18:36

• "These actions reveal a critical vulnerability in civil society’s constitutional armor." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/trump-civil-society-extortion/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:19:40

• "Human rights, such as freedom of expression, are under threat in Germany and other European countries, according to the 2024 Human Rights Report by the US State Department." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/germany-rejects-us-censorship-claims-in-human-rights-report/a-73618478 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:20:04

• "The ruling authority enforces a monolithic media policy" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/08/how-the-talibans-propaganda-empire-consumed-afghan-media/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:27:38

• "Here’s an assessment of some of their claims." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/us/politics/trump-dc-crime-data-fact-check.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:27:52

• [Old] "Publishing software fully owned by public bodies as Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS) could facilitate re-use, adaptation and modification of the software by other public organisations, as well as other actors." ☛ https://interoperable-europe.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/inline-files/PS-OSS%20Final%20report.pdf | Source: Interoperable Europe Portal    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:28:45

• [Old] "The main breakthrough of the study is the identification of open source as a public good." ☛ https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/library/study-about-impact-open-source-software-and-hardware-technological-independence-competitiveness-and | Source: European Commission    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:28:55

• [Old] "Look, this is no longer small." ☛ https://www.library.hbs.edu/working-knowledge/open-source-software-the-nine-trillion-resource-companies-take-for-granted |    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:29:13

• "A Linux Foundation project has published an Inclusive Language Guide to recommend replacements for common tech terms deemed potentially offensive to some users." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/12/inclusive_language_guide_gets_an/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:29:27

• "To start with giving credit where credit is due: Salve J. Nilsen has been instrumental in making me aware of the oncoming Cyber Resilience Act effects." ☛ https://dev.to/lizmat/cra-and-open-source-4ljm | Source: DEV Community    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:30:00

• "So, is the CRA a threat? Or an opportunity? I'd say it is an opportunity for Open Source projects in general, and the Raku Programming Language in particular, disguised as a threat." ☛ https://dev.to/lizmat/towards-more-accountability-of-raku-programs-3g2 | Source: DEV Community    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:30:31

• NOTHING to do with "AI spending" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/information-tech/oracle-layoffs-oracle-cuts-cloud-division-jobs-amid-surge-in-ai-spending/articleshow/123292720.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:30:53

• "the company states that the parent company VANLIER b.v. is not bankrupt, but bankruptcy has been declared for subsidiaries Van Lier b.v." ☛ https://nltimes.nl/2025/08/13/pieces-struggling-213-year-old-dutch-shoe-brand-declared-bankrupt | Source: NL Times    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:31:16

• "In 2018, Two Bear founded Indigenize Energy, a nonprofit organization that works with tribes to pursue energy sovereignty and economic development by kickstarting clean energy projects." ☛ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/energy-business/policy-and-regulation/tribal-nations-scramble-to-save-clean-energy-projects-as-federal-support-vanishes/ | Source: Renewable Energy World    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:31:54

• "TechCentral regularly publishes a list of all the battery-electric cars available for sale in South Africa, along with prices, performance figures and more." ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/every-electric-car-buy-in-south-africa/268477/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:32:06

• "At issue is a 2022 decision by state regulators to reduce by about 75% payments to solar panel owners for excess power." ☛ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/solar/residential/california-supreme-court-hands-victory-to-rooftop-solar-panel-owners/ | Source: Renewable Energy World    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:32:24

• "Chinese consumer electronics giant Xiaomi" ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/xiaomi-su7-electric-beast-south-africa/268529/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:32:48

• "The issue of political contributions is a bipartisan one, the league said, with DTE cutting $10,000 checks to the Republican and Democratic caucuses in the House and Senate in both the first and second quarter of the year." ☛ https://michiganadvance.com/2025/08/12/league-of-conservation-voters-blasts-michigans-largest-energy-companies-over-political-donations/ | Source: Michigan Advance    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:33:18

• "Portugal has always built houses to keep the heat outside. So much so, that Portugal has one of the highest number of deaths in the winter due to the cold inside, since houses are so poorly insulated." ☛ https://hacdias.com/2025/08/13/heat/ | Source: Henrique Dias    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:33:30

• "That’s why health and environmental advocates, as well as a coalition of governments" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/report/758868/plastic-air-pollution-treaty-negotiations | Source: The Verge    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:34:22

• "Askevold’s works often combined dramatic Norwegian scenery—fjords, mountains, and valleys—with tranquil rural life, creating a harmonious balance between grandeur and intimacy." ☛ https://www.vintag.es/2025/08/anders-askevold.html | Source: Vintage Everyday    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:34:37

• "Comparing our forecasts to our estimates of past rates of reductions in total and regional population sizes and distributional areas of Rangifer reveals that the magnitude of future rates of declines is likely to have occurred over the past 21,000 years" ☛ https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adu0175 | Source: AAAS    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:34:58

• "Over the last few decades, wild Arctic reindeer populations have declined by about two-thirds" ☛ https://www.vox.com/down-to-earth/457858/reindeer-caribou-climate-change-warming-decline | Source: Vox    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:36:06

• [Old] "SIGINT distribution in World War II is often criticized as too restrictive." ☛ https://media.defense.gov/2025/Jul/25/2003761271/-1/-1/0/SECRET_MESSENGERS.PDF | Source: US DOD    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:43:52

• "Their names appear together in flight logs, legal filings, phone messages—and in photo after photo in the moneyed world of Palm Beach and Manhattan." ☛ https://edition.cnn.com/2025/08/12/politics/trump-epstein-relationship-timeline-invs-vis | Source: CNN    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:44:04

• "This is the story of the British SLUs (Special Liaison Units) and the American SSOs (Special Security Officers)." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/08/sigint-during-world-war-ii.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:44:18

• "The 16B headline distils down to a much smaller number of unique values of actual impact" ☛ https://www.troyhunt.com/that-16-billion-password-story-aka-data-troll/ | Source: Troy Hunt    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 06:44:44

• "Burkas and niqabs — scarves and veils covering the face — are not suitable for school. Children should be allowed to be children and live freely in Finnish society" ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20177195 | Source: YLE    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:06:02

• "Trump and his team believe he can do whatever he wants, whenever he wants, including using the U.S. armed forces for domestic political purposes" ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-military-crackdown-get-worse-1235406382/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:06:28

• "Pro-Russian [Crackers]" ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/norwegian-police-say-pro-russian-hackers-were-likely-behind-suspected-sabotage-at-a-dam/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:06:57

• "block minority communities from receiving aid and may collude with U.N. officials to seek kickbacks" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-08-13/taliban-use-force-to-divert-international-aid-us-watchdog-says | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:07:36

• "Harvest now, decrypt later" ☛ https://fedscoop.com/why-agencies-must-look-beyond-post-quantum-crypto-algorithms-to-secure-their-data/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:07:59

• "EFF sent complaints to attorneys general in eight states" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/08/fake-clinics-quietly-edit-their-websites-after-being-called-out-hipaa-claims | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:08:22

• "The "Chat Control" proposal would mandate scanning of all private digital communications, including encrypted messages and photos." ☛ https://fightchatcontrol.eu/ |    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:08:48

• "These use a separate device like a smartphone to authorise logins, relying on a pin code or biometric input such as a fingerprint reader or face recognition instead of a password." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/passwords-under-threat-as-tech-giants-seek-tougher-security/articleshow/123270672.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:09:19

• "One starting point I suppose is for me to think about how would I feel if one of my siblings, parents, or my children started writing or talking more publicly—blog, Instagram Stories, podcast episodes, etc." ☛ https://chrisenns.com/2025/08/whose-story-is-it-okay-to-tell/ | Source: Chris Enns    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:11:23

• "But now that we’re alive, still human, and stronger than ever, we want to lead the way toward curing the rest of online publishing from the curse of personal data vampirism. And we have a plan." ☛ https://doc.searls.com/2025/08/13/a-cure-for-corporate-addiction-to-personal-data/ | Source: Doc Searls    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:11:41

• "Hassan, the top Democrat on the Joint Economic Committee, put five of the top firms—IQVIA Digital, Comscore, Telesign Corporation, 6sense Insights, and Findem—on notice Wednesday, demanding that each explain why code on their sites appears designed to frustrate deletion requests." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/hassan-data-broker-opt-out-letter/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:11:58

• "I'm a long time advocate of using expendable email addresses any time you have to give someone an email add" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/spam/UseExpendableAddressesII | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:12:24

• Windows TCO: "Officials briefed on the matter said documents linked to criminal activity with overseas connections" ☛ https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/data-breach-russian-link-suspected-in-us-federal-court-hack-sensitive-information-compromised-in-yearlong-violation/articleshow/123270902.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:13:31

• Windows TCO: "Investigators have uncovered evidence that Russia is at least in part responsible for a recent [breach] of the computer system that manages U.S. federal court documents" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-08-12/russia-is-suspected-to-be-behind-hack-of-us-federal-court-filing-system-new-york-times-reports | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:13:47

• Windows TCO: "Some records related to criminal activity with international ties were also believed to have been targeted." ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/russia-federal-court-system-hack-b2806441.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:17:41

• Windows TCO: "Politico reported that the stolen data could include sealed criminal dockets and indictments, arrest warrants, and other documents not yet public, or may never actually be included in public dockets." ☛ https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/12/russian-government-hackers-said-to-be-behind-us-federal-court-filing-system-hack-report/ | Source: TechCrunch    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:17:59

• Windows TCO: "The Department of Justice—backed by the FBI, U.S. Secret Service, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), IRS Criminal Investigation" ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/blacksuit-ransomware-infrastructure-dismantled/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:18:36

• Windows TCO: "The listing on Interlock’s dark web leak site, seen by The Register, was published on August 11." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/13/ransomware_crew_spills_saint_pauls/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:19:17

• Windows TCO: "As Security Affairs reports, MedusaLocker has posted a job advert on its dark web leak site, which pointedly invites pentesters who already have direct access to corporate networks to make contact." ☛ https://www.fortra.com/blog/medusalocker-ransomware-gang-hiring-penetration-testers | Source: Fortra LLC    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:19:37

• "This impermanence makes it more meaningful." ☛ https://kristiedegaris.substack.com/p/wplace-is-exploding-online-amid-a-new-era-of-youth-protest |    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:20:17

• "This is a zero-click hack — the user doesn’t have to do anything. Many companies’ Copilot Studio agents are exposed on the public internet! That default’s been changed — but a lot are still wide open." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/12/prompt-inject-copilot-studio-ai-via-email-grab-a-companys-whole-salesforce/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:21:18

• "If you take one thing away from this post, make it that this study was not about LLMs. Still, there can be some good learnings in here, so let's keep going." ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/i-paid-35-for-this-study-about-ai-to-understand-what-the-hell-it-meant/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:21:38

• "The new science of “emergent misalignment” explores how PG-13 training data — insecure code, superstitious numbers or even extreme-sports advice — can open the door to AI’s dark side." ☛ https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-ai-was-fed-sloppy-code-it-turned-into-something-evil-20250813/ | Source: Quanta Magazine    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:21:59

• "despite years of development at a staggering cost, AI doesn't seem to be getting much better." ☛ https://futurism.com/scientists-worried-ai-pleateau | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:22:28

• "In the context of Microsoft Teams, this means a successful exploit could allow malicious actors to read private communications, alter message content, or delete messages altogether." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/microsoft-teams-cve-2025-53783-rce-flaw/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:23:55

• "The RIPE Atlas team is developing a new tool for traceroute visualisations that should make analysing large traceroute measurements much clearer and easier." ☛ https://labs.ripe.net/author/stephen_suess_1/khipu-prototype-ripe-atlas-traceroute-visualisation-tool/ | Source: RIPE    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:24:17

• "On Sunday, Russians across the country began reporting problems making voice and video calls via WhatsApp and Telegram." ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/08/13/roskomnadzor-says-it-is-restricting-whatsapp-telegram-calls-a90198 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:24:35

• "While it is true that sodium bromide can be a substitute for sodium chloride" ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/man-hospitalized-with-psychiatric-symptoms-following-ai-advice | Source: Science Alert    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:28:19

• "Users can thus get caught in alluring recursive loops with the AI, as the model doubles, triples, and quadruples down on delusional narratives" ☛ https://futurism.com/psychiatrist-warns-ai-psychosis | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:28:31

• "Researchers warned of a "deskilling" effect after noticing a 20 percent relative drop in the detection rate of adenomas" ☛ https://futurism.com/neoscope/doctors-ai-lose-ability-spot-cancer | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:28:53

• "Now there is growing concern that these particles, once inside plant cells, can interfere with photosynthesis — the process by which plants convert sunlight, water, and carbon dioxide into energy in the form of sugars." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/photosynthesis-under-attack-by-microplastics/a-73623861 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:29:08

• "If you put it in a novel – a ham-fisted satire of tech overlord hypocrisy" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/aug/13/mark-zuckerberg-underprivileged-children-pickleball-president | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:30:33

• "This is a decisive moment in academic knowledge production." ☛ https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/08/13/guest-post-who-controls-knowledge-in-the-age-of-ai-part-2-recommendations-for-stakeholders/ | Source: Society for Scholarly Publishing    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:30:42

• "The answer, published last month in Nature Communications, astonished even the researchers pursuing the question." ☛ https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2025/08/researchers-uncover-surprising-limit-on-human-imagination/ | Source: Harvard University    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:31:16

• "When you build your own thing, you have total control." ☛ https://johnnydecimal.com/20-29-communication/22-blog/22.00.0125-i-created-my-own-platform/ | Source: Johnny Decimal    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:32:40

• "Having to do extra work to find the right person to discuss a complex topic with is annoying" ☛ https://infrequently.org/2025/08/names-and-dates-on-docs-every-time/ | Source: Alex Russell    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:32:53

• "Digitally, computers record the dates of documents in the background." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2025/08/13/dates-in-notebooks | Source: James G    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:33:04

• "So how do we capture which images actually matter?" ☛ https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2025/08/total-pixel-space.html | Source: Computational Complexity    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:33:20

• "Most of my digital notes are also todo items." ☛ https://claytonerrington.com/blog/notetaking/ | Source: Clayton Errington    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:33:35

• Mozilla Firefox says join us in TikTok. That says so much about what Firefox became.    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:34:54

• Pluralistic: Maga's boss class think they are immune to American carnage (13 Aug 2025) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2025/08/13/then-they-came-for-me/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:35:56

• Strawberry Picking Is Thankless Work. That’s What Makes It Worth Watching. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/magazine/tiktok-livestream-manual-labor.html    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:36:30

• GitHub has been doomed for years. First they fired a worker for complaining about nazis. Then the company blamed HR. Then it replaced the "Jew" CEO with a German. now the whole "company" is imploding. How much money has it lost already?    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:42:12

• In ~15 years it's possible GitHub only ever lost about 20 billion dollars    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:42:37

• But GAFAM is all about bailouts, i.e. get the taxpayers to foot the bill for failing businesses    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:43:07

• "But with some work, you can make your tab-completions work on both shells" ☛ https://mill-build.org/blog/14-bash-zsh-completion.html |    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:44:01

• "This post is somewhat an update for my older post: Kate and Python language server" ☛ https://akselmo.dev/posts/kate-and-basedpyright/ | Source: Akseli Lahtinen    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:44:29

• "Writing tests can be difficult and repetitive." ☛ https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202508/starting_with_pytests_parametrize.html | Source: Ned Batchelder    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:44:45

• "Let’s talk about templates, constraints, and concepts. We’ll start with a quick reminder of why concepts are essential when working with templates." ☛ https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2025/08/13/use-concepts-with-remove_cvref | Source: Sandor Dargo    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:46:37

• "Many software projects take a long time to compile. Sometimes that’s just due to the sheer amount of code, like in the LLVM project." ☛ https://danielchasehooper.com/posts/syscall-build-snooping/ | Source: Daniel Hooper    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:46:50

• "The problem runs a little deeper." ☛ https://briancallahan.net/blog/20250813.html | Source: Brian Callahan    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:48:05

• "It is not due to lack of skill or care, but rather because their focus is the science, not the code that serves the science." ☛ https://mirawelner.com/posts/jupyter.html | Source: Mira Welner    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:48:35

• "The next step on the list is to acually alter the bastille config to adapt it to our needs." ☛ https://journal.bsd.cafe/2025/08/13/serving-a-simple-website-from-a-jail-with-bastille/ | Source: The BSD Cafe Journal    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:50:15

• "The bid lands in the middle of a fierce generative AI battle." ☛ https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/why-perplexity-made-a-34-5-billion-offer-for-google-chrome-9075675#publisher=newsstand | Source: NDTV    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:51:34

• "Perplexity AI has made the $34.5 billion all-cash offer to acquire Google’s Chrome browser despite being valued at just $14 billion." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/perplexity-google-chrome-bid-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-34-5-billion-offer/articleshow/123272152.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:51:51

• "After a while, I realised that sometimes if I want to play something late at night, I want to play with different settings (mainly lower volume) so I added a “set volume to night mode” to a long press of brightness down." ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/i-really-like-home-assistants-triggers-and-actions-model-for-its-flexibility/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:52:30

• "Unreal Engine is perhaps best known as a development tool for video games, but Epic has been making a bigger push as of late for automakers to use Unreal Engine." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/759016/tesla-in-car-graphics-unreal-engine | Source: The Verge    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:53:38

• "There are multiple touchscreen technologies in use today and Sadaghdar explains three of them in the video" ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/08/14/learn-how-to-make-a-2d-capacitive-touch-sensor-with-electroboom/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:54:19

• "The Linux Mint team has published a new beta snapshot for the project's upcoming Linux Mint 22.2 release." ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12523 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:55:06

• "Exactly one year after Kaisen Linux's most recent release candidate" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12524 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:55:31

• "Designed as a “live” system that can run from a USB stick without installation, it includes utilities for disk management, data recovery, network analysis, system monitoring, and hardware testing, all preconfigured for immediate use, making it a niche but valuable resource in professional environments." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/kaisen-linux-releases-version-3-0-announces-project-shutdown/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 07:56:24

• "Robin Candau, a Linux system and DevOps engineer from France and Arch package maintainer, recently shared on Arch’s mailing list that the distro is taking a new approach to its package maintenance process by introducing Bumpbuddy, a new automation tool designed to keep track of upstream software releases." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/arch-new-bumpbuddy-tool-tracks-and-flags-out-of-date-packages/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 08:02:26

• "The final guideline is that everything is Arch-centric." ☛ https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1032604/73596e0c3ed1945a/ | Source: LWN    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 08:02:34

• "After reading the latest FreeBSD Journal “Netgraph for the Rest of Us” by Daniel J. Bell," ☛ https://www.subnetspider.com/2025/08/13/trying-out-netgraph-vnet-jails-with-ngbuddy.html | Source: Subnetspider    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 08:06:32

• "We can build UI components with accessibility in mind. We can also document accessibility specifics alongside them." ☛ https://hidde.blog/component-conformance/ | Source: Hidde de Vries    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 08:10:11

• "Debian 13 "Trixie" GNU/Linux operating system is finally released on Saturday," ☛ https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2025/08/download-debian-13-lts-trixie-full-editions-with-mirrors-torrents-and-checksums.html | Source: Ubuntubuzz    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 08:11:06

• "To remain competitive, organizations must embrace continuous..." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/6-ways-develop-talent-red-hat-and-maximize-your-subscriptions | LLM slop? https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/13/AI_Hype_or_LLM_Slop_is_Not_About_Efficiency_It_s_About_Lowering.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 08:13:24

• Mozilla's focus has gone mad: "As global political landscapes shift, mission-driven organizations face a critical challenge: creating resilient models" ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/responsible-tech/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 08:14:40

• "The DE25-Standard development kit for the Altera University Program features the Intel Agilex 5 SoC FPGA with 138K logic elements" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/de25-standard-development-kit-with-agilex-5-soc-fpga-and-ddr4-support/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 08:15:07

• How Scientists Use Drones to Tag Sperm Whales ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/science/whales-drones-acoustics-tagging.html    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 08:15:57

• UN decries targeted attacks on Gaza healthcare system ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/08/un-decries-targeted-attacks-on-gaza-healthcare-system/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 08:16:39

• Swine fever found in large pig farm in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/13.08.2025-swine-fever-found-in-large-pig-farm-in-latvia.a610185/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 08:17:22

• Latvian Cancer Centre presents 36 tumour treatment 'roadmaps' ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/13.08.2025-latvian-cancer-centre-presents-36-tumour-treatment-roadmaps.a610303/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 08:17:40

• The South Korean Collector Who Fell for Posters From Communist Poland ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/world/asia/polish-poster-collection-south-korea.html    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 08:17:59

• Diamonds, watches and shoes: Luxury items at heart of probe into South Korea’s former first lady ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/from-van-cleef-to-vacheron-luxury-gifts-at-center-of-probe-into-south-koreas-former-first-lady    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 08:18:23

• Solitary cell with mattress on floor for South Korea’s once powerful former first lady ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/solitary-cell-with-mattress-on-the-floor-for-south-koreas-once-powerful-ex-first-lady    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 08:19:09

• South Korean president to meet Japanese PM in Japan ahead of US visit ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-president-to-meet-japanese-pm-in-japan-ahead-of-us-visit    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 08:19:44

• North Korea says South Korea’s peace overtures a ‘pipe dream’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-says-south-koreas-peace-overtures-a-pipedream    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 08:19:55

• Malaysia has recovered $9b in funds linked to 1MDB ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-has-recovered-9b-in-funds-linked-to-1mdb    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 08:20:14

• Malaysia’s top court allows jailed ex-PM Najib to pursue legal bid for house arrest ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-top-court-dismisses-appeal-against-jailed-ex-pm-najibs-house-arrest-bid    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 08:20:33

• Malaysia’s anti-graft agency busts arms smuggling ring masterminded by senior military officers ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-anti-graft-agency-busts-arms-smuggling-ring-masterminded-by-senior-military-officers    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 08:20:47

• How to deploy an image mode update in offline and air-gapped environments ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/13/deploy-image-mode-update-offline-and-air-gapped-environments    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 08:26:07

• How to install Offline Knowledge Portal on a local system ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/13/how-install-offline-knowledge-portal-local-system    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 08:33:21

• New features in Bunsen ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/08/13/new-features-bunsen    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 08:34:31

• Study finds newer LLMs introduce more severe coding bugs despite higher benchmark scores ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/08/13/study-finds-newer-llms-introduce-severe-coding-bugs-despite-higher-benchmark-scores/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 08:36:20

• At the Kennedy Center, Convicted Felon Puts His Pop Culture Obsession on Display ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/us/politics/trump-kennedy-center-pop-culture.html    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 08:44:23

• The NYSE sped up its realtime streaming data 5X with Redpanda ☞ https://venturebeat.com/data-infrastructure/the-nyse-sped-up-its-realtime-streaming-data-5x-with-redpanda/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 08:44:44

• Go 1.25 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1033646/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 08:45:04

• Haiku Activity & Contract Report, July 2025 ☞ https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/waddlesplash/2025-08-13-haiku_activity_contract_report_july_2025/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 09:43:16

• Patent Damage Arguments Move to the Supreme Court: Built-In-Apportionment ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/08/arguments-supreme-apportionment.html    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 09:44:10

• Leaked Files Reveal Serbia's Secret Expansion Of Chinese-Made Surveillance ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/exclusive-safe-city-china-surveillance-huawei-facial-recognition/33501155.html    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 09:44:36

• Internet search without Surveillance Giant Google or Bing, sort of ☞ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/internet-search-without-google-bing.html    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 09:44:59

• Israeli air strikes rock Gaza as Hamas chief arrives in Cairo for ceasefire push ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250813-israeli-air-strikes-rock-gaza-as-hamas-chief-arrives-in-cairo-for-ceasefire-push    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 09:49:45

• 'Israel's domestic political struggle: Not a call to end war, not a call against ethnic cleansing' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250813-israel-s-domestic-political-struggle-not-a-call-to-end-war-not-a-call-against-ethnic-cleansing    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 09:50:08

• An Indo-Pacific role for Britain’s aircraft carriers: high-value escort ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/an-indo-pacific-role-for-britains-aircraft-carriers-high-value-escort/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 09:51:06

• Enterprising adversaries: Escalating cyber threats in the Indo-Pacific ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/enterprising-adversaries-escalating-cyber-threats-in-the-indo-pacific/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 09:51:58

• CrowdStrike lessons: Monoculture is bad, and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft monoculture is worse ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2025/08/crowdstrike-lessons-monoculture-is-bad-and-microsoft-monoculture-is-worse/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 09:53:00

• "this remote code execution affects Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Office and, more precisely, the good old "Equation Editor"." ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32196    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 09:57:43

• That 16 Billion Password Story (AKA "Data Troll") ☞ https://www.troyhunt.com/that-16-billion-password-story-aka-data-troll/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 09:58:18

• 'Linux' Foundation Says "Housekeeping", "Hung", "Normal", "Native Feature/Support" and "Girl/Girls" Are Offensive Words ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/12/Linux_Foundation_Says_Housekeeping_Hung_Normal_Native_Feature_S.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 09:58:51

• Slopfarms Slopping Away at "Linux" and Spreading Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Misinformation ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/12/Slopfarms_Slopping_Away_at_Linux_and_Spreading_Microsoft_Misinf.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 09:58:59

• Slopwatch: LinuxSecurity, Surveillance Giant Google News, and Serial Slopper (SS) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/13/Slopwatch_LinuxSecurity_Google_News_and_Serial_Slopper_SS.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 09:59:06

• Currys PCWorld Hates GNU/Linux Even Though It Runs the World (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/13/Currys_PCWorld_Hates_GNU_Linux_Even_Though_It_Runs_the_World.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:01:31

• NVIDIA 580.76.05 Released with Improved Wayland & VR Support ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/08/nvidia-580-76-05-released-with-improved-wayland-vr-support/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:02:35

• Linux Mint 22.2 Beta Available for Testing ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Linux-Mint-22.2-Beta-Available-for-Testing    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:03:26

• Intel's fabled Itanium refuses to die, but the end is probably near — deprecation of IA-64 support is back on the chopping block in GCC version 16 ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/intels-fabled-itanium-refuses-to-die-but-the-end-is-probably-near-deprecation-of-ia-64-support-is-back-on-the-chopping-block-in-gcc-version-16    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:03:51

• I use one simple tool to update my GNU/Linux OS and all of its software in minutes — Topgrade auto-detects and updates all of of my system via one command ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/i-use-one-simple-tool-to-update-my-linux-os-and-all-of-its-software-in-minutes-topgrade-auto-detects-and-updates-all-of-of-my-system-via-one-command    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:04:30

• 12 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Power Management Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-linux-power-management-tools/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:04:48

• Aeternum – simple and minimal image upscaler ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/aeternum-simple-minimal-image-upscaler/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:05:13

• Benchmarking the ASRock Industrial NUC BOX-255H ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/benchmarking-asrock-nuc-box-255h/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:10:12

• gohttpserver – HTTP static file server ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/gohttpserver-http-static-file-server/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:10:26

• Pyrefly – Python type checker ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pyrefly-python-type-checker/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:10:43

• Security updates for Wednesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1033588/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:11:13

• Web Scrobbler – scrobble playback history ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/web-scrobbler-scrobble-playback-history/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:11:24

• mpris-scrobbler – minimalistic user daemon ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/mpris-scrobbler-minimalistic-user-daemon/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:11:48

• Don't let them call Windows "Linux" https://www.phoronix.com/news/WSL2-CVE-2025-53788 http://techrights.org/n/2025/05/22/The_Evolution_of_Microsoft_s_War_on_GNU_Linux.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:14:07

• PakOS 2025-08-13 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/pakos    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:14:27

• Linux Firmware Service Calls on Hardware Makers to Help Fund It ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/lvfs-sustainability-plan-vendor-funding    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:17:20

• Orion Browser for GNU/Linux Gets Exciting Progress Update ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/orion-browser-linux-milestone-2-webkit-alternative-chromium    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:17:43

• KStars v3.7.8 is Released ☞ http://knro.blogspot.com/2025/08/kstars-v378-is-released.html    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:19:09

• Easy Excalibur version 6.124 7.0-RC2 ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202508/easy-excalibur-version-6124-70-rc2.html    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:19:43

• Linux Mint 22.2 'Zara' beta now ready to download -- here's what's new ☞ https://betanews.com/2025/08/12/linux-mint-22-2-zara-beta-now-ready-to-download-heres-whats-new/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:20:07

• CloudNativePG 1.27.0 Released! ☞ https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/cloudnativepg-1270-released-3117/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:22:50

• Improvements to Mesa video decoding for Panfrost ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/improvements-to-mesa-video-decoding-for-panfrost.html    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:25:18

• Skill level required to work at Microsoft same as Chipotle ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/10/technology/coding-ai-jobs-students.html    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:35:51

• Behind Wall Street’s Abrupt Flip on Crypto ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/business/wall-street-banks-crypto-stablecoins.html    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:36:51

• China sanctions two Lithuanian banks in retaliation for EU measures ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2642371/china-sanctions-two-lithuanian-banks-in-retaliation-for-eu-measures    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:37:03

• German tech firm sues Nvidia for patent monopoly infringement, seeks to block Nvidia across 18 European countries — ParTec lawsuit alleges DGX Hey Hi (AI) supercomputer design theft ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/german-tech-firm-sues-nvidia-for-patent-infringement-seeks-to-block-nvidia-across-18-european-countries-partec-lawsuit-alleges-dgx-ai-supercomputer-design-theft    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:37:41

• If Free/Libre Software is Adding Trillions in Value to the European Economy, Then the European Commission Must Crush Software Patents (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/13/If_Free_Libre_Software_is_Adding_Trillions_in_Value_to_the_Euro.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:37:58

• WAVEGO Pro 12-DOF bionic robot dog supports ESP-NOW and Hey Hi (AI) vision through Raspberry Pi 4/5 SBC ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/13/wavego-pro-12-dof-bionic-robot-dog-supports-esp-now-and-ai-vision-through-raspberry-pi-4-5-sbc/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:38:48

• Battlefield 6 open beta won't run if you have Valorant installed, thanks to Riot's anti-cheat — uninstall if you plan to joint the second open beta this weekend ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/pc-gaming/battlefield-6-open-beta-wont-run-if-you-have-valorant-installed-thanks-to-riots-anti-cheat-uninstall-if-you-plan-to-joint-the-second-open-beta-this-weekend    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:40:14

• Hopping From One Set of Buzzwords to the Next (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/13/Hopping_From_One_Buzzwords_to_the_Next.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:45:39

• The Register MS Takes More Money to Boost Slop Hype, This Time From Snyk, a Notorious FUD Source (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/13/The_Register_MS_Takes_More_Money_to_Boost_Slop_Hype_This_Time_F.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:45:53

• "AI" Hype or LLM Slop is Not About Efficiency, It's About Lowering Standards (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/13/AI_Hype_or_LLM_Slop_is_Not_About_Efficiency_It_s_About_Lowering.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:46:14

• "GPT-5" is Another Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Dead Cat Trying to Bounce ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/13/GPT_5_is_Another_Microsoft_Dead_Cat_Trying_to_Bounce.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:46:30

• Microsoft Swallows Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub Losses ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/13/Microsoft_Swallows_GitHub_Losses.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:46:45

• The Register MS Lowered MS Focus This Week ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/13/The_Register_MS_Lowered_MS_Focus_This_Week.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 10:47:03

• Learning Ethics From Jeffrey Epstein's Enabler/Client/Ally, Coca-Cola, and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Accenture ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/13/Learning_Ethics_From_Jeffrey_Epstein_s_Enabler_Client_Ally_Coca.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 11:21:51

• Personal Attacks From Rust People Serve to Confirm They Have Lost the Argument ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/13/Personal_Attacks_From_Rust_People_Serve_to_Confirm_They_Have_Lo.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 11:22:01

• Physical Meters and Purely Mechanical Meters Aren't Dumb; It's Dumb to Mock or Dismiss Them as Antiquated ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/13/Physical_Meters_and_Purely_Mechanical_Meters_Aren_t_Dumb_It_s_D.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 11:22:18

• GitHub the Company Has, in Effect, Just Died (Time to Look for Alternatives) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/12/GitHub_the_Company_Has_in_Effect_Just_Died_Time_to_Look_for_Alt.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 11:22:39

• It Looks More Like Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Microsoft's proprietary prison GitHub Layoffs ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/12/It_Looks_More_Like_Microsoft_GitHub_Layoffs.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 11:22:53

• Feels Like The Register MS is Trying to Diversify a Bit ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/14/Feels_Like_The_Register_MS_is_Trying_to_Diversify_a_Bit.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 11:23:06

• Android VOLUME_DOWN ☞ http://www.commandlinefu.com/commands/view/41891/android-volume_down    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 11:23:50

• How To Install Pyenv on Linux Mint 22 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-pyenv-linux-mint-22/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 11:24:39

• How To Install Nvidia Drivers on Debian 13 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-nvidia-drivers-debian-13/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 11:24:55

• How to Install Docker on Debian 13 (Trixie): A Step-by-Step Guide ☞ https://linuxiac.com/how-to-install-docker-on-debian-13-trixie/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 11:25:08

• Hijacked? https://lunduke.substack.com/p/nixos-now-celebrates-pride-month-e64    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 11:25:40

• Blunt & Rude? Perfet description of Microsoft Lunduke ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/bcachefs-dev-might-be-banned-from https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/12/Stones_Thrown_in_Glass_Houses.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 11:26:32

• When people upload everything without common sense https://lunduke.substack.com/p/tea-app-clone-exposes-drivers-licenses    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 11:27:03

• How To Install Pyenv on Debian 13 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-pyenv-debian-13/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 11:27:41

• How To Install SNMP on Debian 13 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-snmp-debian-13/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 11:47:12

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

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 11:48:49

• How To Install ManageEngine OpManager on Fedora 42 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-manageengine-opmanager-fedora-42/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 11:49:13

• US SPACE FORCE Applicant Files Certiorari Petition Seeking Reversal of Section 2(a) False Connection Refusal ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/08/us-space-force-applicant-files.html    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 11:49:52

• Attacking both the name and the concept of Gemini Protocol for useless gimmicks http://sven.stormbind.net/blog/posts/gcp_hookup_gemini_chrome/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 11:50:45

• FSF Events: Workshop on evaluating a program’s free software licensing ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/hope-16-workshop    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 11:51:27

• FSF Events: Meet up with FSF staff and free software supporters at HOPE_16 ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/hope-16-meetup    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 11:51:39

• Major Music Publishers Seek to Dramatically Expand Their Anthropic Lawsuit Based on Damning New Evidence ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/12/music-publishers-expand-anthropic-lawsuit/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 11:56:40

• Suspicious drones over Lithuania: what to do if you spot one? ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2640527/suspicious-drones-over-lithuania-what-to-do-if-you-spot-one    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 11:59:59

• "Russia suspected in hack of U.S. federal court filing system" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/13/russia-suspected-in-hack-of-u-s-federal-court-filing-system-nyt | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:00:21

• Internet Relay Chat and Gemini Protocol Help Us Relive the Net of the Dial-Up Era ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/13/Internet_Relay_Chat_and_Gemini_Protocol_Help_Us_Relive_the_Net_.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:00:46

• Malaysia’s ex-economy minister says his son was jabbed with syringe in planned attack ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysias-ex-economy-minister-says-his-son-was-jabbed-with-syringe-in-planned-attack    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:01:59

• Pakistan Is in Convicted Felon’s Good Graces, but for How Long? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/world/asia/pakistan-trump-munir.html    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:02:15

• Typhoon Podul Heads Toward China After Lashing Taiwan ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/world/asia/typhoon-podul-taiwan-china.html    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:02:38

• What’s next for US-China trade deal after Convicted Felon extends deadline ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2025/0813/trump-china-tariff-trade-talks    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:02:55

• China, US trade barbs over destroyer passage near disputed shoal ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/chinas-military-says-it-drove-away-us-destroyer-near-scarborough-shoal    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:03:07

• Unwed mother denied childcare subsidies sparks debate in China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/unwed-moms-childcare-subsidy-rejection-sparks-debate-in-china    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:04:08

• Chinese fighter ‘intercepts’ Philippine plane over disputed shoal, says Manila ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/chinese-fighter-intercepts-philippine-plane-over-disputed-shoal-manila-says    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:04:39

• Tropical storm Podul drenches southern China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/tropical-storm-podul-drenches-southern-china    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:05:06

• Canada says ‘disappointed’ at China’s new canola duties ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/13/canada-says-disappointed-at-chinas-new-canola-duties/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:06:06

• NGOs urge UK to probe Telegraph newspaper sale over ‘China’ ties ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/13/ngos-urge-uk-to-probe-telegraph-newspaper-sale-over-china-ties/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:06:32

• China will keep the Quad together. Let’s get through this rough patch quickly ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/china-will-keep-the-quad-together-lets-get-through-this-rough-patch-quickly/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:06:57

• "Ore Formation" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/13/ore-formation-introduction-and-magmatic-processes/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:07:29

• France's Largest Nuclear Plant Was Brought to a Halt … by Jellyfish ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/frances-largest-nuclear-plant-was-brought-to-a-halt-by-jellyfish    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:08:00

• Supermassive Black Hole Caught in The Act of Switching on ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/supermassive-black-hole-caught-in-the-act-of-switching-on    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:08:21

• Press freedom groups flag China links of new Telegraph owners ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/press-freedom-flag-china-links-of-new-telegraph-owners/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:08:42

• Australian Parrots Perform 30 Dance Moves, With 17 New to Science ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/australian-parrots-perform-30-dance-moves-with-17-new-to-science    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:14:57

• Vegetarian Diets Can Slash Cancer Risk by Up to 45%, Large Study Finds ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/vegetarian-diets-can-slash-cancer-risk-by-up-to-45-large-study-finds    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:15:13

• 18 Year Study Reveals Truth of Where Giant Rogue Waves Come From ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/18-year-study-reveals-truth-of-where-giant-rogue-waves-come-from    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:16:15

• Ancient Teeth Suggest Our Ancestors Lived Side by Side With a Mysterious Hominin ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-teeth-suggest-our-ancestors-lived-side-by-side-with-a-mysterious-hominin    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:16:31

• Star Trying to Swallow a Black Hole May Have Triggered a New Type of Supernova ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/star-trying-to-swallow-a-black-hole-may-have-triggered-a-new-type-of-supernova    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:16:47

• "PCB Business Card Plays Pong, Attracts Employer" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/13/pcb-business-card-plays-pong-attracts-employer/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:17:12

• "The 2025 One Hertz Challenge asks you to build a project that does something once every second." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/13/2025-one-hertz-challenge-a-game-of-life/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:17:37

• It's Official: 'Ghost Particle' That Smashed Into Earth Breaks Records ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/its-official-ghost-particle-that-smashed-into-earth-breaks-records    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:18:03

• "The Etch-A-Sketch has been a popular toy for decades. It can be fun to draw on, but you have to get things right the first time, because there’s no undo button." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/13/digital-etch-a-sketch-also-plays-snake/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:18:37

• News UK staff union blames NI increase on below-inflation pay deal ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/news-uk-staff-union-blames-ni-increase-on-below-inflation-pay-deal/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:19:08

• Syncthing 2.0 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1033634/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:19:44

• NGINX adds native support for ACME protocol ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1033657/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:20:15

• Proprietary software now with more buzzwords and nonsense ☞ https://thenewstack.io/docker-desktop-now-includes-its-own-ai-tool-ask-gordon/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:21:11

• Proprietary Qt for MCUs 2.11 LTS Released ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-for-mcus-2.11-lts-released    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:21:46

• Companies Are Pouring Billions Into Hey Hi (AI) It Has Yet to Pay Off. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/business/ai-business-payoff-lags.html http://techrights.org/n/2024/11/15/OpenAI_If_OpenAI_Survives_Another_2_Years_It_ll_be_About_30_Bil.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/03/Definitely_Not_a_Ponzi_Scheme.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:26:34

• Huawei releases new tool to get Chinese firms around crushing HBM export blacklist ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/huawei-releases-new-tool-to-get-chinese-firms-around-crushing-hbm-export-blacklist-new-ucm-software-claims-up-to-22x-throughput-gain-and-90-percent-latency-reduction-for-traditional-cache-hierarchies-in-ai-workloads    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:27:14

• Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan has become a lightning rod of controversy amid US and China geopolitical tensions — here's why ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/intel-ceo-lip-bu-tan-has-become-a-lightning-rod-of-controversy-in-the-semiconductor-market-amid-geopolitical-tensions-heres-why    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:27:41

• Priscilla Presley Slapped with $50 Million Lawsuit — And a Stunning Claim Relating to Lisa Marie’s Death ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/08/13/priscilla-presley-lawsuit/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:29:06

• Beijing Evacuated Thousands Before Deadly Floods, but Not a Nursing Home ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/world/asia/china-floods-nursing-home.html    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:29:39

• US federal judge orders improved conditions for ICE detainees in Manhattan ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/08/us-federal-judge-orders-improved-conditions-for-ice-detainees-in-manhattan/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:30:16

• Some Democrats Panicked Over Mamdani. Obama Called Him. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/opinion/mamdani-obama-democrats.html    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:30:47

• How to Install and Use the Local Kanri Kanban App on GNU/Linux ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/08/how-to-install-and-use-the-local-kanri-kanban-app-on-linux/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:32:36

• US federal court opens door for employees’ religious accommodation vaccination suit ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/08/us-federal-court-opens-door-for-employees-religious-accommodation-vaccination-suit/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:33:12

• Cheap Drones Multiply Terrorist Threats in Sahel ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2025/08/cheap-drones-multiply-terrorist-threats-in-sahel/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:34:04

• What Happens After Someone Is Arrested by ICE? ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/what-happens-after-someone-is-arrested-by-ice    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:39:47

• This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 612 ☞ https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2025/08/13/this-week-in-rust-612/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:40:39

• "FLOSS Weekly Episode 842" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/13/floss-weekly-episode-842-will-the-real-jq-please-stand-up/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:43:51

• "Surprisingly, the service lasted until 1944, although after 1925, it was rebroadcasting a radio station’s programming." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/13/the-worlds-first-podcaster/ "People in Budapest", MinceR | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:44:35

• 'Wariness' in Ukraine ahead of Convicted Felon-Putin talks in Alaska ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250813-wariness-in-ukraine-ahead-of-trump-putin-talks-in-alaska    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:45:40

• Europe's leaders, Zelensky to hold online talks with Convicted Felon ahead of US-Russia meeting ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250813-europe-s-leaders-zelensky-to-hold-online-talks-with-trump-ahead-of-us-russia-meeting    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:45:52

• Russia makes biggest 24-hour advance in eastern Ukraine ahead of Alaska summit ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250813-russia-makes-biggest-24-hour-advance-in-eastern-ukraine-ahead-of-alaska-summit    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:46:05

• Zelensky calls for trilateral meeting with Putin and Convicted Felon following Alaska talks ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250813-zelensky-calls-for-trilateral-meeting-with-putin-and-trump-following-alaska-talks    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:46:19

• REPLAY – Zelensky and Merz meet in Berlin for US/EU virtual summit ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250813-replay-%E2%80%93-zelensky-and-merz-meet-in-berlin-for-us-eu-virtual-summit    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:46:33

• Europe in diplomatic push for Ukraine as Zelensky arrives in Berlin ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250813-europe-in-diplomatic-push-for-ukraine-as-zelensky-arrives-in-berlin    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:46:44

• President Zelensky arrives in Berlin ahead of virtual meeting with Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250813-president-zelensky-arrives-in-berlin-ahead-of-virtual-meeting-with-trump    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:46:58

• North Korea’s Kim, Putin vow cooperation in phone call ☞ https://rfa.org/english/korea/2025/08/13/north-korea-russia-ukraine-call/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:47:14

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Warns Russia Of 'Very Severe Consequences' If No End To Ukraine War ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-zelenskyy-eu-urge-pressure-russia-peace-talks-merz-macron/33502289.html    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:47:30

• Putin holds call with North Korea’s Kim ahead of Convicted Felon meeting ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/putin-holds-call-with-north-koreas-kim-discusses-us-russia-talks-kremlin-says    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:47:53

• What Price Would Convicted Felon Demand to Sell Out Ukraine? ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/13/what-price-would-trump-demand-to-sell-out-ukraine/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:48:14

• Ukraine’s big powers at big-power talks ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/the-monitors-view/2025/0813/Ukraine-s-big-powers-at-big-power-talks    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:48:23

• After Reassuring Europe, Convicted Felon Strikes a Different Tone About Russian Threats ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/us/politics/trump-putin-russian-threats.html    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:48:42

• Zelensky and Other European Leaders Work With Convicted Felon on Russia-Ukraine Strategy ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/world/europe/trump-europe-ukraine-talks-putin.html    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:48:55

• "Kabul could soon run out of water." ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/briefing/trump-putin-meeting-water-kabul-bodega-ramps.html    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:49:22

• Dihydroxyacetone Man and Putin Could Decide Others’ Fates, Echoing Yalta Summit ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/world/europe/yalta-trump-putin-meeting-alaska.html    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:49:36

• Dihydroxyacetone Man to Meet Putin at U.S. Military Base in Anchorage ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/12/us/politics/trump-putin-summit-alaska.html    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:49:52

• "Satellite images show 12 air defense systems near Putin’s Valdai residence" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/13/satellite-images-show-12-air-defense-systems-near-putin-s-valdai-residence | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:50:14

• "U.S. working on location for meeting with Putin and Zelensky as soon as next week" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/13/u-s-working-on-location-for-meeting-with-putin-and-zelensky-as-soon-as-next-week-cbs-news | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:50:31

• 'A disaster': Russia’s Africa Corps suffers its first defeat in Mali ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20250813-mali-russia-africa-corps-defeat    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:50:43

• Ukraine will be in 'a situation similar to that of Germany in the Cold War' after ceasefire ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250813-ukraine-will-be-in-a-situation-similar-to-that-of-germany-in-the-cold-war-after-ceasefire    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:50:55

• A Desperate Flight as Russia Closes In ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/card/2025/08/13/world/europe/ukraine-war-evacuation-dobropillia    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:51:14

• Wednesday Briefing: Russian Forces Advance in Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/briefing/ukraine-russia-zakaria-zubeidi-europe-wildfires.html    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:51:26

• African Nations Warn Students of Russian Education Scams ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2025/08/african-nations-warn-students-of-russian-education-scams/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:52:03

• "Foreign agents and local idiots" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/08/14/foreign-agents-and-local-idiots | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:52:36

• "on aerial attacks" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/13/zelensky-administration-says-ukraine-is-ready-to-discuss-a-ceasefire-with-russia-on-aerial-attacks | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:52:57

• Donetsk ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/08/13/the-situation-is-difficult-and-fluid | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 12:53:22

• ISWAP Assaults Target Military Bases in Lake Chad Region ☞ https://adf-magazine.com/2025/08/iswap-assaults-target-military-bases-in-lake-chad-region/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:17:39

• Top Iranian Official Visits Lebanon as Hezbollah Bucks Calls to Disarm ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/world/europe/iran-lebanon-hezbollah-disarm.html    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:18:01

• Australia and Vanuatu agree $325 million security and economic pact amid China competition ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australia-and-vanuatu-agree-325-million-security-and-economic-pact-amid-china-competition    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:18:32

• Myanmar military chief calls for heightened security ahead of election ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/myanmar-military-chief-calls-for-heightened-security-ahead-of-election    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:18:54

• Indonesia boosts role of military in food security initiative ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/indonesia-boosts-role-of-military-in-food-security-initiative    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:19:10

• Lithuanian PM nominee outlines priorities on budget, social policy ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2642318/lithuanian-pm-nominee-outlines-priorities-on-budget-social-policy    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:20:01

• Nigeria criticized for failing to address human rights abuses in South East region ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/08/nigeria-criticized-for-failing-to-address-human-rights-abuses-in-south-east-region/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:20:39

• Israel military says approved plan for new Gaza offensive ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250813-israel-military-says-approved-plan-for-new-gaza-offensive    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:21:02

• Patch the vulnerability: Confirm Sean Plankey as CISA director ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/sean-plankey-cisa-confirmation-op-ed/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:21:44

• The overlooked changes that two Convicted Felon executive orders could bring to cybersecurity ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/trump-administration-cybersecurity-executive-orders-policy-changes-2025/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:22:17

• Fortinet SIEM issue coincides with spike in brute-force traffic against company’s SSL VPNs ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/fortinet-fortisiem-critical-vulnerability-ssl-vpn-brute-force-traffic/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:22:39

• iophk: "To make matters worse, there have been severe miscalcuations and the global population is likely over 10 billion. As before, the planet's carrying capacity is under 4 billion and shrinking (due to abuse and misuse)."    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:24:16

• "Overpopulation ---> climate collapse ---> Societal collapse There were some articles about that the other week. And Jared Diamond discussed it decades ago, the slow motion train wreck continues." https://futurism.com/collapse-human-civilization-likely-scenario    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:24:29

• Adobe Patches Over 60 Vulnerabilities Across 13 Products ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/adobe-patches-over-60-vulnerabilities-across-13-products/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:25:12

• Fortinet, Ivanti Release August 2025 Security Patches ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/fortinet-ivanti-release-august-2025-security-patches/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:25:48

• Manpower Says Data Breach Stemming From Ransomware Attack Impacts 140,000 ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/manpower-says-data-breach-stemming-from-ransomware-attack-impacts-140000/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:26:21

• Chipmaker Patch Tuesday: Many Vulnerabilities Addressed by Intel, AMD, Nvidia ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/chipmaker-patch-tuesday-many-vulnerabilities-addressed-by-intel-amd-nvidia/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:26:39

• Scandinavian Astor Group's purchase of Ammunity okayed ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/13.08.2025-scandinavian-astor-groups-purchase-of-ammunity-okayed.a610186/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:27:21

• 2025 One Hertz Challenge ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/13/2025-one-hertz-challenge-digital-clock-built-with-analog-timer/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:27:44

• ChatGPT users revolt over GPT-5 release — Proprietary Chaffbot Company battles claims that the new model's accuracy and abilities fall short ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-users-revolt-over-gpt-5-release-openai-battles-claims-that-the-new-models-accuracy-and-abilities-fall-short    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:30:23

• OpenAI restores GPT-4o access in Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot after user complaints ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/08/13/openai-restores-gpt-4o-access-chatgpt-user-complaints/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:30:49

• Microsoft Patches Over 100 Vulnerabilities ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-patches-over-100-vulnerabilities/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:31:14

• Alif Ensemble E4, E6, and E8 Cortex-M55/A32 MCUs and MPUs feature Ethos-U85 NPU for small language models (SLM) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/13/alif-ensemble-e4-e6-and-e8-cortex-m55-a32-mcus-and-mpus-feature-ethos-u85-npu-for-small-language-models-slm/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:32:06

• Arm neural technology to add Hey Hi (AI) acceleration to Arm GPUs, enable “Neural Super Sampling” for lower bandwidth/higher FPS ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/13/arm-neural-technology-ai-acceleration-to-arm-gpus-enables-neural-super-sampling-for-lower-bandwidth-higher-fps/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:36:29

• Jetway MTX-TWL1 – An Industrial-grade, fanless defective chip maker Intel Processor N250 or N150 Mini-ITX motherboard ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/14/jetway-mtx-twl1-an-industrial-grade-fanless-intel-processor-n250-or-n150-mini-itx-motherboard/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:36:42

• Heads-up: I am migrating slackware.nl to a different host on 14-aug ☞ https://alien.slackbook.org/blog/heads-up-i-am-migrating-slackware-nl-to-a-different-host-on-14-aug/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:37:14

• U.S. authorities allegedly placed secret tracking devices in Hey Hi (AI) chip shipments to China ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/u-s-authorities-allegedly-placed-secret-tracking-devices-in-ai-chip-shipments-to-china-report-claims-targeted-shipments-from-dell-and-super-micro-containing-nvidia-and-amd-chips-had-trackers-in-packaging-and-servers-themselves    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:37:43

• I'm building a media server out of leftover PC parts and a 3D printed case ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/news/live/3d-printed-media-server    

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

• Report: US government placing trackers in Hey Hi (AI) server shipments to enforce chip export controls ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/08/13/report-u-s-government-placing-trackers-ai-server-shipments-enforce-chip-export-controls/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:38:44

• SIGINT During World War II ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/08/sigint-during-world-war-ii.html    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:39:11

• ICS Patch Tuesday: Major Vendors Address Code Execution Vulnerabilities ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/ics-patch-tuesday-major-vendors-address-code-execution-vulnerabilities/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:39:41

• Photos: A look back at jailed Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/08/13/hong-kong-jimmy-lai-national-security-law-trial/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:45:13

• Sri Lanka urged to halt harassment of photojournalist following government probe ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/08/sri-lanka-urged-to-halt-harassment-of-photojournalist-kanapathipillai-kumanan-following-government-probe/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:45:28

• Etomidate to be included in schools’ voluntary drug testing in 2025-26 academic year ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/13/etomidate-to-be-included-in-schools-voluntary-drug-testing-in-2025-26-academic-year/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:46:13

• Hong Kong court to hear closing submissions in Jimmy Lai trial ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/14/hong-kong-court-to-hear-closing-submissions-in-jimmy-lai-trial/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:46:34

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Administration Plan to Oversee Smithsonian Exhibits Draws Criticism From Historians ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/13/arts/design/trump-smithsonian-exhibits-review-historians-alarmed.html    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:48:09

• I’m a Columbia Student Journalist. I Watched Censorship Unfold on My Own Campus. ☞ https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/im-a-columbia-student-journalist-i-watched-censorship-unfold-on-my-own-campus    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:49:44

• Nearly 3 in 10 Mexicans say freedom of speech cannot be fully exercised in Mexico ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/three-in-10-mexicans-believe-free-speech-is-limited/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:50:30

• "Guardianship" ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/new-york-guardianship-reforms-funding-oversight-hochul | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:52:43

• "Over 200 miles away, two private schools in Dallas have awarded more than $7 million in combined contracts to their board members." ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/texas-vouchers-private-schools-conflicts-of-interest | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:53:12

• Getting a cheap and cheerful second-hand ThinkPad ☞ https://rubenerd.com/getting-a-secondhand-thinkpad/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:53:52

• Cyclists on footpaths ☞ https://rubenerd.com/cyclists-on-footpaths/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:54:26

• Golang 1.25 Released with New Garbage Collector & New Packages ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/08/golang-1-25-released-with-new-garbage-collector-new-packages/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:54:48

• X.Org not dead at all. https://www.phoronix.com/news/xf86-input-mouse-2.0    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:56:04

• 2025-08-13: The GNU D compiler has been broken on FreeBSD 14 for over a year and no one noticed, or, why operating system package maintainers matter ☞ https://briancallahan.net/blog/20250813.html    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:56:41

• "I think we agreed on making ia64 obsolete, what about the other 3?" https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc/2025-August/246502.html    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:57:16

• Aryan Kaushik: GUADEC 2025 Experience ☞ https://www.aryank.in/posts/2025-08-13-guadec-2025-experience/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:57:51

• Firefox Add-on Reviews: YouTube your way — browser extensions put you in charge of your video experience ☞ https://addons.mozilla.org/blog/youtube-your-way-browser-extensions-put-you-in-charge-of-your-video-experience/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:58:32

• Migrating Signal Desktop keyring backend ☞ https://yingtongli.me/blog/2025/08/13/signal-secrets.html    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:59:07

• "Deliberately priming teachers" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/08/13/deliberately-priming-teachers | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:59:37

• "Russian authorities announce ‘partial restriction’ on WhatsApp and Telegram calls" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/13/russian-authorities-announce-partial-restriction-on-whatsapp-and-telegram-calls | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 14:59:55

• "December 2024 oil spill in Black Sea" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/13/russian-courts-order-shipping-companies-to-pay-nearly-50-billion-rubles-629-3-million-for-december-2024-oil-spill-in-black-sea | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 15:00:18

• Microsoft backdoored Windows Losing Its Grip Near Turkey and Russia ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/13/Microsoft_Windows_Losing_Its_Grip_Near_Turkey_and_Russia.shtml    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 15:00:40

• Crew of Russian 'shadow fleet' tanker charged with intentionally sabotaging undersea cables ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/networking/crew-of-russian-shadow-fleet-tanker-charged-with-intentionally-sabotaging-undersea-cables-finnish-authorities-claim-ship-dragged-its-anchor-56-miles-along-the-sea-floor-causing-usd70-million-in-damage-to-five-cables    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 15:01:05

• Russia restricts WhatsApp, Telegram calls, alleging criminal, terrorist activity ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/russia-restricts-whatsapp-telegram-calls-alleging-criminal-terrorist-activity/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 15:01:33

• Latvia plans to ban tours to Russia, Belarus ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/transport/13.08.2025-latvia-plans-to-ban-tours-to-russia-belarus.a610220/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 15:01:49

• Two arrested over attempt to get banned Russian off Latvia's entry blacklist ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/crime/13.08.2025-two-arrested-over-attempt-to-get-banned-russian-off-latvias-entry-blacklist.a610305/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 15:02:34

• "With some light setup, you too can run full desktop Linux apps like GIMP and LibreOffice on a Pixel phone" https://www.androidauthority.com/run-desktop-linux-apps-on-android-how-to-3586539/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 15:12:21

• "The maverick in the IT department" https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/i-use-one-simple-tool-to-update-my-linux-os-and-all-of-its-software-in-minutes-topgrade-auto-detects-and-updates-all-of-of-my-system-via-one-command    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 15:12:49

• Spam disguised as "review". Microsoft Windows junk. https://www.zdnet.com/article/i-converted-this-windows-11-mini-pc-into-a-linux-work-station-and-didnt-regret-it/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 15:13:49

• "Linux Backdoor" is the wrong thing to call it, this boils down to malware. https://latesthackingnews.com/2025/08/13/newly-discovered-plague-linux-backdoor-malware-remained-undetected-for-a-year/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 15:15:27

• I customized my Linux desktop in minutes with this free app - here's how https://www.zdnet.com/article/i-customized-my-linux-desktop-in-minutes-with-this-free-app-heres-how/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 15:16:26

• Intel's fabled Itanium refuses to die, but the end is probably near — deprecation of IA-64 support is back on the chopping block in GCC version 16 https://www.tomshardware.com/software/linux/intels-fabled-itanium-refuses-to-die-but-the-end-is-probably-near-deprecation-of-ia-64-support-is-back-on-the-chopping-block-in-gcc-version-16    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 15:17:25

• Reminder that containers have severe limitations and contain unstable software, too https://cybernews.com/security/xz-utils-backdoor-lurking-on-dockerhub/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 15:18:40

• Quartet Brings Retro JRPG Magic to PC, Mac, and Linux August 26 https://monstervine.com/2025/08/quartet-jrpg-august-26-release/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 15:19:15

• "Be sure to see my explainer on the different Proton versions and my guide to install GE-Proton to get started with it. Usually, you don't need GE-Proton unless it has some specific fix not available in Valve's official Proton." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/ge-proton-10-12-hotfix-adds-a-few-more-needed-tweaks-for-video-playback/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 15:19:50

• "Inertia v3 now works on for Mac, Windows and Linux." https://sonicstate.com/news/2025/08/13/new-version-of-envelope-sequencer-plugin    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 15:20:39

• "Binarly reported the images to Debian, one of the maintainers still offering backdoored images, who decided not to take them offline, citing low risk and importance of archiving continuity." https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/docker-hub-still-hosts-dozens-of-linux-images-with-the-xz-backdoor/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 15:23:10

• "Pine64, the creator of the PinePhone line of Linux-focused smartphones, is apparently killing off the Pro edition of the PinePhone. You can still get the original PinePhone though." https://www.howtogeek.com/pinephone-pro-is-discontinued/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 15:23:41

• "With Windows 10's end-of-life date fast approaching, it's time we made a choice as to what to do with our older machines (that is, unless that one guy's lawsuit manages to win). If you're like me, you've decided that you want to ditch Windows 10 and go with Linux instead." https://www.xda-developers.com/i-recommend-linux-plasma-kde-windows-escapees/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 15:24:10

• "Implements a feature that reduces the time spent in the interrupt top half for low-latency display interrupts by deferring the work until later." https://9to5linux.com/nvidia-580-linux-graphics-driver-released-promises-better-wayland-support    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 15:24:46

• "Interestingly, they only bumped up NVIDIA driver 570.181 as the recommended driver less than a week ago, which contained the vague "Minor bug fixes and improvements", so I'm still sort-of expecting more driver security issues to be revealed soon." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/08/nvidia-580-76-05-released-for-linux-as-the-new-recommended-stable-driver/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 15:32:07

• 🖼️ xkcd — Thread Meeting #3128 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3128.gmi    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 16:10:43

• "We wrote `mfgames-conventional-commits` to solve a small itch of wanting to be able to calculate version numbers based on Conventional Commits[1] but only for commits that touch specific directories." gemini://mfgames.com/blog/2025/08/12/making-it-useful/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 16:11:41

• "Now that I am setting up my own business, I need (or want) to get some of the formalities out of the way. One of which was getting a little logo together, to use on third party sites, apps etc, to create some sense of visual consistency." gemini://8by3.net/~sbr/log/2025-08-11.8by3-logo.gmi    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 16:13:02

• "went out with some friends i haven't seen in a while & took an evening run after - my cup is full again. i did drink coffee today and did not regret it (yet)." gemini://xavi4u.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-08-12.gmi    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 16:13:43

• "ut there's another line of attack: that ingesting text into the datasets used to train the AI models is a breach of copyright, and outside the "fair use" protections of the United States' Bill of Rights." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2025-08-01_how-much-of-the-ai--fair-use-concern-is-about-academic-fraud.gmi    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 16:15:16

• "I do think one place it really shines is with the "unGoogleable" content that's out there. If the name of the product is a common noun, you're going to get tons of bad hits, and ChatGPT is better at getting to the point." gemini://gem.sdf.org/beej/blog/2025-06-11-aifatigue.gmi    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 16:16:30

• 🔤SpellBinding — AEHURSQ Wordo: TACET gemini://tilde.team/~stack/gemlog/2025-08-14.gmi    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 16:18:40

• "Over the summer my rate of exercise dropped, and my consumption of food went up. Naturally, that caused my weight to rise from my recent low of about 216 pounds to, at its highest, almost 229 pounds. In response, starting in early July, I began to cycle more often." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2025/202508/20250813-cycling-progress.gmi    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 16:19:32

• "Ahead of tariffs, I got a long knife I have been wanting for a while. It has a fine wooden handle. It's kind of sad that we don't all wear short daggers or long knives at our waists as marks of citizenry. There is something symbolic in it that is minor, but not nothing." gemini://lagrange-point.space/log/knife.gmi    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 16:20:22

• "AI slop's been filling up the web, YouTube, Amazon product listings, so maybe it was only a matter of time before it hit Spotify, too. I've been listening to more and more "modern" (electric guitar, rock music, effects reviews, etc) stuff on YouTube" gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2025/8-13.gmi    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 16:21:22

• "The effect of this kind of thing is that the potential value of the building increases. If the owners of the existing flats in a building want to buy it, they might now have to pay the owner of the building for the value of the flats that could be built on top in the future" gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2025-08-13_commonhold-and-airspace-development.gmi    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 16:22:11

• "There are new builds of Lagrange available. This release contains bug fixes" gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Lagrange/31330    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 16:39:42

• "I haven't posted in here in a while, and I ought to change that. This is a thought I have all too often, and it's not like I don't have stuff that I want to talk about, I just don't feel very confident about it." gemini://detritus.smol.pub/1755140459    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 16:40:43

• "Basically, I am a speed reader, and I think I am quite good at reading quickly and holding onto information from what I read in the moment. But I quickly forget about things. And I have trouble expressing my thoughts about these things in any meaningful way." gemini://rewind.smol.pub/2025-08-14-why-a-reading-journal    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 16:41:38

• "Surely I'm not alone in that I will go for months or even years without a thing, only to one day, without warning, find my thoughts wafting towards its perimeters. Thus so with the overly sweet, MSG-laden delights served in restaurants across the the US" gemini://lagrange-point.space/log/meal.gmi    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 16:42:52

• "Wells are drying up all over the place when something like 42% of the province relies on well water." gemini://taichara.smol.pub/drought    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 16:45:14

• "As a climate expert, I consider these environmental manipulation techniques extremely risky. And as an African climate expert, I strongly object to the idea that Africa should be turned into a testing ground for their use." gemini://gemini.autonomy.earth/posts/14605757ab84b4450e8b9cc9e401ce49-Opinion_My_Continent_Is_Not_Your_Giant_Climate_Laboratory-The_New_York_Times.gmi    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 16:48:02

• "Funding does not seem to be a problem for geoengineering researchers, however, particularly those in the United States. The Harvard Solar Geoengineering Research Program has been expanding rapidly, supported by Bill Gates"    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 16:49:35

• "The very existence of even one single billionaire or, for that matter, millionaire, is a direct failure of society. Pretty much everyone knows that. The problem is that some are nonetheless ok with it." -Anon    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 16:52:09

• "The present essay, written by friends in Chile, argues that the new fascisms of our day are not only generated by crises of capital, but must be understood as dynamically evolving reactions to its shifting needs." gemini://gemini.autonomy.earth/posts/dd849f895b62e703cc0098f604a46ccb-New_Fascisms_and_the_Reconfiguration_of_the_Global_Counterrevolution_Ill_Will.gmi    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 16:54:30

• "Poland wants to combat what it sees as the wholly incorrect practice of referring to Auschwitz as a Polish-run camp. The names of Nazi SS commanders and guards at the Auschwitz death camp in German-occupied Poland have been put online" gemini://gemini.autonomy.earth/posts/8abc11c0e053ddc3052e32d4eebe75ac-Auschwitz_death_camp_Poland_puts_database_of_prison_guards_online-BBC_News.gmi    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 16:55:34

• https://lists.gnu.org still offline    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 17:29:51

• Possibly delayed by a week or more (as the word got out): Rumor layoffs coming on 08/11 https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k1s1fqkc    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 18:37:35

• New video about Richard Stallman (but in Spanish) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhhHG4LWN6Y    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 20:09:13

• Back to being FOSS, Redis delivers a new, faster version https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/14/redis_redux/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 20:10:41

• [cat] [japan] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-08-14.gmi    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 20:16:53

• Lawsuit underway against Microsoft over end of Windows 10 support https://www.notebookcheck.net/Lawsuit-underway-against-Microsoft-over-end-of-Windows-10-support.1086849.0.html    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 20:35:27

• "A DEI hire for software development PM once asked on a company LOB wide call: ”Let me ax you guys… what is that thing called Java?” Total silence." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k139h48h    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 20:42:57

• "This website refutes many of the invalid accusations against Richard Stallman that were used to cancel him. It's the result of careful research from a rational and objective standpoint. It shows the truth, backed by the testimony of conscientious and thoughtful people." https://stallmansupport.org/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 21:01:33

• "We invite you to explore it and join our efforts to give Stallman's visionary voice in the free software movement the space it deserves." https://stallmansupport.org/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 21:01:43

• VirtualBox 7.2 Lands with ARM Windows Virtualization, Linux Video Acceleration https://linuxiac.com/virtualbox-7-2-lands-with-arm-windows-virtualization/    

posted Thursday, August 14, 2025 at 21:08:35