Roy Schestowitz

• Summer Update and Books gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~slugmax/phlog/2025-08-17-summer-update-and-books    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 01:33:11

• "For a long time I have wanted some way to see, at a glance, information about various different modes of public transport in my area, preferably alongside some other useful information like weather." gemini://gemini.bunburya.eu/gemlog/posts/2025-08-17-public-transport-terminal.gmi    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 01:34:32

• EVE Salvage Methods gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/08/17/salvage-methods.gmi    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 01:35:56

• "That's definitely true. I'd say it's more relevant to people who use Gemini for "blogging", rather than for "digital gardening". These are two of the biggest types of document on Gemini (the third being "rehosted" material from the Web and Gopher)" gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2025-08-17_re-stop-making-news-aggregators.gmi    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 01:36:51

• "Your goal would be having people to "subscribe" to your page, thus make your collection of articles easy to subscribe." gemini://omg.pebcak.club/~freezr/relog/2025-08-17-relog-stop-making-news-aggregators.gmi    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 01:37:49

• The Endless Escape from the WWW gemini://zahmbie1.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-08-06.gmi    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 01:39:44

• "For me, retro means that I control what I see. When I choose a song on a CD, that is my unaltered choice. When I choose a song on my phone, the distractions that come from my phone will eventually draw my attention away from my music." gemini://zahmbie1.flounder.online/gemlog/2025-08-09.gmi    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 01:41:14

• "Virtual machines can either run with or without a graphical desktop. For machines running without a graphical desktop we use SSH. The FreeBSD bhyve hypervisor provides VNC access to the virtual machines that boot with UEFI. Expose the VNC port to the network to allow for remote management." gopher://box.matto.nl/0/manage-vmbhyve-guests-with-os-x-mavericks-vnc-client.txt    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 01:43:43

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1386.jpg    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 01:44:52

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1736.jpg    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 01:45:01

• "I'm more radical than Stallman in this area. Stallman believes in and relies on copyright. I don't." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44920955    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 01:55:59

• "End of the Smartphone Era"... in pedo island, according to Bill Epsteingate https://gs.statcounter.com/platform-market-share/all/marshall-islands/#monthly-200903-202508    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 03:07:49

• Cheeto: I help Putin win, but at least people stopped talking about me and Jeffrey Epstein    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 03:24:14

• "How can IBM be a leader in any technology when their capacity for funding is much less than Microsoft, Google, AWS." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k272zh6x    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 03:35:41

• "it does not mean that IBMers should just keep quiet and play d-mb when the company lays off 8000+ people in a year, transfers their jobs to the CEO's birth country because it is considered "low cost" while at the same time giving the said CEO a bigger multi-million dollar bonus (every year) as a reward for his questionable achievements." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k2w5fhcn    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 03:36:28

• "JA is probably one of the worst human beings on planet earth." IBM layoffs carry on. https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k2cy6p6t    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 03:38:53

• "The “Think Again” propaganda campaign also wants you to know that “Your screen time is damaging the climate” and “There are no monsters under the bed… they’re on the bedside table, charging.”" https://lunduke.substack.com/p/uk-wifi-causes-climate-change-and    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 03:40:48

• Founder of Digg moves from Apple to GNU/Linux https://x.com/kevinrose/status/1957204471626506550    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 03:42:11

• "just purchased a framework 13, to run on there, I blame Jason" https://x.com/kevinrose/status/1957212449452740719    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 03:42:48

• "AI" in scare quotes but The Registers MS takes money to hype it up https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/16/uk_to_use_ai_to/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 05:27:04

• "In a recent entry on his blog, OpenBSD developer Ted Unangst (tedu@) asks, is OpenBSD 10x faster than Linux?. He explains, [...]" ☛ https://undeadly.org/cgi?action=article;sid=20250817075800 | Source: Undeadly    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 07:49:14

• "FreeBSD vm-bhyve is a great tool to create, install and manage virtual machines." ☛ https://box.matto.nl/manage-remote-vmbhyve-guests-with-os-x-mavericks-vnc-client.html | Source: MJ Fransen    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 07:49:30

• "Female travel influencers spark backlash after 'glamourising' Taliban-run Afghanistan where women live under a 'gender apartheid' | Daily Mail Online" https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-15006997/Female-travel-influencers-spark-backlash-glamourising-Taliban-run-Afghanistan.html    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 07:51:05

• "GDPR meant nothing: chat control ends privacy for the EU" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/gdpr-meant-nothing-chat-control-ends:8    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 07:51:17

• "Trump backs Putin’s land grab in Ukraine" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/08/15/trump-meet-putin-ukraine-summit-latest-news/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 07:51:30

• "Trump May Arm National Guard in the Capitol: Report" https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-arm-national-guard-troops-dc-1235410213/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 07:51:43

• "White House says National Guard members deployed to D.C. "may be armed"" https://www.cbsnews.com/news/white-house-says-national-guard-members-deployed-to-d-c-may-be-armed/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 07:51:55

• ""Putin cannot be trusted," Finland and Nordic-Baltic Eight nations warn" https://yle.fi/a/74-20177887    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 07:52:10

• "Suffering Ukrainians Dismayed by Outcome and Optics of Trump-Putin Summit" https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-08-16/suffering-ukrainians-dismayed-by-outcome-and-optics-of-trump-putin-summit    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 07:52:23

• iophk: so many distractions from the Epstein files... https://www.tmz.com/2025/08/17/vladimir-putin-legs-donald-trump-summit-alaska-anchorage/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 07:52:43

• "Fogerty is deeply unimpressed with AI music, even as the fake-band likes of Velvet Sundown attempt a vaguely Creedence-like sound. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/john-fogerty-creedence-interview-1235405254/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 07:53:53

• "“All of that is elevator music,” he says. “All of it. That elevator can go many more stories high than the Empire State Building, and it would just still be elevator music." https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/john-fogerty-creedence-interview-1235405254/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 07:54:16

• "It’s a machine. It’s created artificially and fake and for all the wrong reasons. There’s no actual angst. There’s no real experience in there, so of course I don’t like it.” https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/john-fogerty-creedence-interview-1235405254/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 07:54:26

• iophk: old school Anti-fascists https://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2025/08/16/john-cruickshank-last-surviving-vc-recipient-ww2/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 07:54:44

• "Trump Sparks Outrage Over 'Donbas Betrayal' in Peace Deal Handing Ukraine's Key Region to Russia" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-sparks-outrage-over-donbas-betrayal-peace-deal-handing-ukraines-key-region-russia-1741340    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 07:54:57

• "Sorry, this resource no longer exists." https://hengaw.net/en/rss-service removing from OPML file    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 07:57:02

• "Has the Online Safety Act Backfired?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ajs_oGpkO0    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 07:57:19

• "Will Europe rise to its strategic moment?" https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/inflection-points/will-europe-rise-to-its-strategic-moment/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 07:57:34

• "First seen last month, Radxa has officially launched the Cubie A7A, a credit card–sized SBC built on the Allwinner A733 SoC." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/cubie-a7a-with-allwinner-a733-lpddr5-ram-launches-starting-at-28-70/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:02:33

• ESP32-P4-EYE Vision Development Board with Camera, LCD, and Wireless Connectivity ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/esp32-p4-eye-vision-development-board-with-camera-lcd-and-wireless-connectivity/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:03:17

• ELM11 Microcontroller Board Runs Lua with Hardware Acceleration and Multi-Core Support ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/elm11-microcontroller-board-runs-lua-with-hardware-acceleration-and-multi-core-support/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:03:29

• 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: August 17th, 2025 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/9to5linux-weekly-roundup-august-17th-2025    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:03:45

• C.J. Adams-Collier: The Very Model of a Patriot Online ☞ https://wp.c9h.org/cj/?p=2081    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:04:51

• This Week in Linux 324: Secure Boot GNU/Linux issues, EU’s Chat Control law, GNU/Linux Mint 22.2, Ubuntu Touch, & more GNU/Linux news ☞ https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/this-week-in-linux/twil-324/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:05:36

• How can cities adapt to climate change? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250817-how-can-cities-adapt-to-climate-change    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:06:52

• "You got the publishing rights back to Creedence Clearwater Revival’s songs two years ago." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/john-fogerty-creedence-clearwater-revival-new-album-1235406318/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:07:33

• "a national campaign run by Sky and entertainment partners" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/skys-piracymalware-campaign-aims-for-holy-grail-of-behavioral-change-250817/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:07:41

• "As it turns out, he didn’t actually perform in any of the videos." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/business/tiktok-ai-avatars.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:18:13

• Patents ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/prusa-ceo-declares-that-open-hardware-desktop-3d-printing-is-dead-cites-rise-of-chinas-government-subsidies-countrys-permissive-patent-system | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:19:17

• "In a notice dated Aug. 9, the government announced proposed changes to Canada's Plant Breeders' Rights Regulations" ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canada-agriculture-seeds-rights-1.7610106 | Source: CBC    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:19:48

• "In return for granting exclusivity, the carriers received a share of the revenue Google generated from ads." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/18/asia_tech_news_in_brief/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:20:11

• "federal programs and institutions severely reduced or dismantled" ☛ https://kansasreflector.com/2025/08/17/repub/americorps-is-under-siege-what-happens-in-the-communities-it-serves/ | Source: Kansas Reflector    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:20:39

• "Nowadays, the majority of the people of Afghanistan, including the middle class, survive on bread and tea" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/kabul-young-people-taliban-afghanistan-women/33501191.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:20:53

• "Turner sounds like a great steward to carry on the MacSurfer legacy." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/schwarz-interview-macsurfer/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:21:32

• "Local 4 obtained more than 800 hours of city surveillance video through a Freedom of Information request." ☛ https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2025/08/15/video-appears-to-show-late-night-ballot-drop-off-by-hamtramck-council-member-under-investigation/ | Source: Click On Detroit    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:21:38

• "YouTube’s Channel 5" ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/08/17/2025/youtubes-channel-5-vs-the-new-york-times | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:22:02

• "The institutions in question are not feeble." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/trump-corporations-universities-executives-caving-fascism-1235409987/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:22:11

• "The effort, known as Storm-1679, creates websites that mimic real news outlets and uses those sites to push fake news stories." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/russia-pumping-out-disinformation-fake-news-1235410290/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:22:48

• "Current and former employees of OpenAI are looking to sell nearly $6 billion worth of the ChatGPT maker's shares to investors" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/openai-staff-looking-to-sell-6-billion-in-stock-to-softbank-others-source/articleshow/123335528.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:26:18

• "Elon Musk’s rocket company relies on federal contracts" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/15/technology/spacex-musk-government-contracts-taxes.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:26:39

• "In the meantime, China may have gotten a massive lead — by actively investing in its power grid" ☛ https://futurism.com/us-china-ai-race-energy | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:27:33

• "Maxine Mayhew, Biffa’s chief operating officer" ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/08/17/waste-giant-battles-plague-of-disposable-vape-fires/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:27:52

• "The documents appear to have been produced by federal government staff and were left behind." ☛ https://eu.freep.com/story/news/politics/2025/08/17/documents-trump-putin-alaska-summit-printer/85698749007/ | Source: Gannett    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:29:24

• "Putin cannot be trusted" ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20177887 | Source: YLE    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:31:01

• "The probe began after the city clerk noticed unusual patterns with absentee ballots — including identical handwriting on multiple envelopes and large bundles of ballots submitted at once." ☛ https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2025/08/11/2-hamtramck-city-council-members-charged-with-election-fraud/ | Source: Click On Detroit    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:31:13

• "I hate to say this, but it is incumbent upon local election officials to assume we don't have that partnership and act accordingly. Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/16/election_workers_fears_after_cisa_cuts/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:31:45

• "As Ukraine pushes for Europe to take part in negotiations over a settlement of the conflict, European leaders will accompany Zelenskyy to Washington on August 18." ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-war-europe-zelenskyy-trump/33505466.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:32:09

• "This latest development adds to the mounting legal troubles in Hamtramck, where two other councilmen were recently arraigned on fraud charges, including allegations of forging absentee ballot applications." ☛ https://www.wxyz.com/news/investigation-into-hamtramck-city-council-members-wrapping-up-soon-msp-says | Source: Scripps Media Inc    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:32:55

• "The charges against Muhtasin Sadman and Mohammed Hassan, first reported by The Detroit News, highlight a stubborn flaw in Michigan election law: As long as an absentee ballot envelope is signed by the correct voter" ☛ https://bridgemi.com/michigan-government/hamtramck-council-members-charged-with-forgery-in-michigan-election-fraud-case/ |    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:33:12

• "Sadman forged an absentee ballot application with the intent to defraud and aided or counselled two unqualified electors to vote in the 2023 election" ☛ https://eu.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2025/08/11/two-hamtramck-city-council-members-charged-with-election-fraud-mohammed-hassan-mahtasin-sadman/85610402007/ | Source: Digital First Media    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:33:31

• "Trump didn’t get what he wanted. But Putin? He sure did." ☛ https://kyivindependent.com/editorial-that-was-sickening-was-it-necessary/ | Source: The Kyiv Independent    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:33:47

• "In short, led by Denmark, many EU member states are arguing for forcing WhatsApp/Signal/etc to inspect all our photos and links, using AI." ☛ https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/chatcontrol-in-brief/ | Source: Bert Hubert    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:34:14

• "While privacy attacks may not be as sexy as pure security vulnerabilities like popping a shell, a large proportion of the web (not to mention revenue) is built on advertising technology." ☛ https://spaceraccoon.dev/client-side-deanonymization-attacks-privacy-sandbox-apis/ | Source: Spaceraccoon    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:34:27

• "According to Yubico, passwords are on their way out. In their place is a new form of login called passkeys that promises stronger security and less frustration." ☛ https://itwire.com/guest-articles/guest-opinion/passkeys-are-winning,-but-security-leaders-must-raise-the-bar-says-yubico.html | Source: IT Wire    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:34:38

• "The European Union is trying to prevent the United States from targeting the bloc's digital rules as both sides work through the final details of a delayed statement to formalise a trade deal reached last month, the Financial Times reported on Sunday." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/eu-push-to-protect-digital-rules-holds-up-trade-statement-with-us-report/articleshow/123342357.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:36:51

• "I log in and see constant posting that I can only describe as toxic mediocrity. A seemingly endless stream of posts that are over fluffed, over produced and ultimately say nothing." ☛ https://www.elliotcsmith.com/linkedin-toxic-mediocrity/ | Source: Elliot C Smith    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:37:34

• "A List Of Alternative Social Media Platforms" ☛ https://greycoder.com/a-list-of-twitter-x-replacements-alternative-social-media-platforms/ | Source: GreyCoder    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:38:38

• "The usage of AI, especially in the software industry, has increased a lot lately, but everything has a downside — and that, is, excess." ☛ https://syntackle.com/blog/vibe-coding/ | Source: Murtuzaali Surti    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:39:42

• "This website is a citizen's guide to opposing generative AI's harmful effects on our society." ☛ https://resist-ai.sh/ |    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:39:49

• "Bogus quotations on the [Internet] are not new, but AI chatbots and their hallucinations have multiplied the problem at scale, misleading many more people" ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/08/ai-inventing-quotes/683888/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:40:13

• "Commentators on YouTube were even less kind, calling the robot's rendition an "abomination."" ☛ https://futurism.com/scientists-robot-drummer-horrible | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:40:31

• "That partnership, which ended up including OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic, was announced last week." ☛ https://futurism.com/grok-mechahitler-meltdown-xai-government-contract | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:40:44

• "Look a bit deeper, however, and cracks start to show in that facade" ☛ https://futurism.com/ai-far-away-profit-experts-warn | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:42:07

• Elect clowns, expect a circus: "A new generation of economists talking to HS said the reasons are obvious: Finland hasn't been investing enough in quality education across the board. The share of young people with higher education in Finland has now fallen below the OECD average." https://yle.fi/a/74-20177944    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:42:52

• "The authors of the study, which was published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences" ☛ https://futurism.com/chatgpt-deep-anti-human-bias | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:43:05

• Anon: Underlying all that is the microsoftianism which has destroyed the schools' and especially the universities' abilities to actually perform. You can't teach without an ICT infrastructure and the kotiryssä in the basements have chosen M$ at the expense of Finland's education and national readiness."    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:43:40

• "I’m annoyed that this is important, because these guys are influential in Silicon Valley." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/17/ai-doomsday-and-ai-heaven-live-forever-in-ai-god/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:43:51

• "I feel like every­body knows this, but/and every­body (including me) is con­stantly for­get­ting it: AI is more than LLMs, and the really fun and weird stuff is tucked into that “more than”." ☛ https://www.robinsloan.com/lab/more-than-llms/ | Source: Robin Sloan    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:44:03

• "But ask it to do something real, like refactor a core service that orchestrates three different libraries, and a frustrating glass ceiling appears" ☛ https://blog.sshh.io/p/ai-cant-read-your-docs | Source: Shrivu Shankar    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:44:16

• "But nobody thought it would happen this quickly. Three years later, the AI transformation is just about complete." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/08/ai-college-class-of-2026/683901/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:44:40

• "The client receives cryptographic fingerprints proving the server runs genuine, unmodified SGX code. Users can verify this independently by compiling the open-source enclave code and checking hashes match production servers." ☛ https://greycoder.com/vp-net-is-a-vpn-service-you-can-verify-yourself/ | Source: GreyCoder    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:45:02

• "Science and Invention was an American popular science and technology magazine founded by Hugo Gernsback in 1920." ☛ https://www.vintag.es/2025/08/1920s-science-and-invention-covers.html | Source: Vintage Everyday    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:46:05

• "Neighbors discovered the school after observing parents dropping off and picking up children at the house." ☛ https://futurism.com/the-byte/mark-zuckerberg-school-ai-children-palo-alto | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:46:14

• "Let’s be clear about who it’s for and what it’s for." ☛ https://seths.blog/2025/08/what-sort-of-success/ | Source: Seth Godin    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:46:22

• "So one could definitely say writing is a hobby for me." ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/is-writing-a-hobby-for-me/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:46:31

• "Bernstein has conducted an analysis of the U.S. supply and demand balance in analog and discrete semiconductors" ☛ https://datageeek.com/2025/08/17/global-modeling-with-gluonts-deepar-future-of-semiconductors-in-the-u-s/ | Source: DataGeeek    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:46:49

• "The conversations appear to reflect a growing phenomenon of what has been dubbed AI psychosis" ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/08/17/chatgpt-is-driving-people-mad/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:47:01

• "In the wide wide world connected by the cyber highway, you never know who’s gonna read your writing and learn something new or get inspired by something you shared and that’s a wonderful thing to happen so I prefer to default to sharing openly." ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/questions-and-answers-about-blogging/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:48:07

• [Old] "There is so much information in the world that “post-scarcity” is a severe understatement of the scale of our information age." ☛ https://blog.clew.se/posts/secret-web/ |    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:48:21

• "The words are read in the local dialect, making it challenging for native Chinese speakers not from the region to learn it." ☛ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/16/a-sanctuary-for-us-chinas-gen-z-women-embrace-centuries-old-script/ | Source: Hong Kong Free Press    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:48:33

• "Fifty years after its initial release, Rocky Horror has amassed global adoration, particularly on the midnight movie circuit." ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/features/rocky-horror-picture-show-screenings-midnight-movie-b2808494.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:48:52

• "Such models were used by the X.25 protocol, and by DECNet in its Digital Data Communications Message Protocol (DDCMP)." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/08/18/congestion-control-at-ietf-123/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:49:18

• "As you may have noticed, all of us replying to each other (you included) post a link to the previous post we are replying to. This is a backlink. Obviously we do this for those reading our posts to know what conversations are going on and what we are replying to." gemini://gemini.sh0.xyz/log/2025-08-17_re_re_aggregators_backlinks.gmi    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:56:15

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-08-18.gmi    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:56:42

• “No, I'm the one that goes ‘woo-hoo’ when you push my stomache. Woo-hoo!” gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/08/15.1    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:57:45

• "While on the phone with my ISP (Internet Service Provider) [1], I was told I could just take the now cancelled “wireless service unit” to the closest UPS (United Parcel Service) [2] store, give them the account number and they would take care of returning it. No charge." gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/08/14.1    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:58:22

• A first world problem that is partially my own fault, but I must also lay some blame to the Monopolistic Phone Company who took untold billions from the government for infrastructure upgrades, failed to do so while at the same time driving out other DSL providers gemini://gemini.conman.org/boston/2025/08/13.1    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 08:58:55

• "…actually, looking back at the history for this part of the capsule, you can mostly expect permanence by this point, at least going forward. I used to rearrange things more often than I do now." gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/scrawlspace/2025/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 09:00:39

• "for one- i am addicted pretty intensely to fentanyl, and the man ive been living with has been providing it to me." gemini://voidrane.smol.pub/1755491685    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 09:01:47

• "In this document, we’ll take a tour of Python’s features suitable for implementing programs" ☛ https://docs.python.org/3/howto/functional.html | Source: Python    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:02:03

• "When deploying Django with gunicorn the request.META["REMOTE_IP"] value is not filled with the IP" ☛ https://www.vincentlammens.be/blog/2025-08-15-django-x-forwarded-for-middleware/ | Source: Vincent Lammens    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:02:19

• "The basic idea is to treat security issues like any other bug" ☛ https://socket.dev/blog/libxml2-maintainer-ends-embargoed-vulnerability-reports | Source: Socket Inc    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:02:46

• "I am building a little script to automagically bootstrap GCC with the two difficult to build languages: Ada and D." ☛ https://briancallahan.net/blog/20250817.html | Source: Brian Callahan    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:03:06

• "Noticing this friction, I have been working on a concept for a mobile-first HTML editor." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2025/08/17/designing-a-mobile-first-html-editor | Source: James G    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:03:21

• "In my previous post, LLVM integrated assembler: Improving expressions and relocations delved into enhancements made to LLVM's expression resolving and relocation generation." ☛ https://maskray.me/blog/2025-08-17-llvm-integrated-assembler-improving-sections-and-symbols | Source: MaskRay    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:03:40

• iophk: Siphoning off state funds for private profit: "Kela reimbursements for private doctor visits increase costs but fail to boost visits" https://yle.fi/a/74-20177993    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:04:12

• "There are 101 ways to do drafts with 11ty, along with scheduling." ☛ https://claytonerrington.com/blog/updated-drafts/ | Source: Clayton Errington    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:05:16

• "RSS is super rad way to consume internet content (“like a newspaper”)." ☛ https://sethmlarson.dev/how-many-rss-subscribers-do-i-have | Source: Seth Michael Larson    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:05:36

• "Shotcut, the popular open-source video editor, has released version 25.08, a maintenance update that focuses on fixing several recent issues while also introducing new color space support and export features." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/shotcut-25-08-video-editor-arrives-with-key-fixes/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:06:22

• [Old] "So, Nokia smartphones? Profitable? Not a chance." ☛ https://communities-dominate.blogs.com/brands/2013/01/nokia-final-q4-smartphones-as-expected-66m-total-means-market-share-now-3-from-29-exactly-2-years-ag.html | Source: Tomi Ahonen    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:06:59

• "I've been reverse-engineering the Intel 386 processor (from 1985), and I've come across some interesting circuits for the chip's input/output (I/O) pins." ☛ https://www.righto.com/2025/08/static-latchup-metastability-386.html | Source: Ken Shirriff    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:07:47

• Winner, Name that Ware July 2025 ☛ https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2025/winner-name-that-ware-july-2025/ | Source: Bunnie Huang    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:07:55

• Name that Ware, August 2025 ☛ https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/2025/name-that-ware-august-2025/ | Source: Bunnie Huang    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:08:00

• "In other words, instead of manually hunting down repository URLs, GPG keys, and configuration instructions" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/how-to-use-extrepo-in-debian-to-manage-third-party-repositories/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:08:37

• rch Famil   

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:09:01

• "Debian (and projects based on it) make up a huge portion of the Linux ecosystem - both in terms of the number of child distributions and the number of people using them." ☛ https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20250818 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:10:20

• "One of the most notable changes is a brand-new installation process. Historically, installing TrueNAS meant creating a custom USB stick and manually configuring everything from the console. However, 25.10 Goldeye takes a different approach, offering a guided, web-based installer backed by a free cloud service." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/what-to-expect-from-truenas-25-10-open-source-storage/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:10:33

• "So, suppose that you have a brand new nflog version of OpenBSD's pflog" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/NflogAndTcpdumpFilters | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:11:31

• "Inspired by this feature" ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2025/08/17/alt-text-button | Source: James G    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:11:44

• "I searched my email for rpz, because I’m sure I now this." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2025/08/17/cant-get-to-some-disney-links/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:11:58

• ‘Rats from the sky’: Urban India finds itself divided on pigeons ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/rats-from-the-sky-urban-india-finds-itself-divided-on-pigeons    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:12:13

• South Korean military hit by 9,200 cyber attacks in first half of 2025, up 45% from 2024 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korean-military-hit-by-9200-cyber-attacks-in-first-half-of-2025-up-44-from-2024    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:13:37

• China’s Biotech Is Cheaper and Faster Than America’s ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/opinion/china-biotech.html    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:14:05

• Northern China flash flood kills 9, Xinhua reports ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/northern-china-flash-flood-kills-8-xinhua-reports    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:14:25

• China urges Cambodia and Thailand to mend ties following recent border clashes in bid to stabilise regional dynamics ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/08/china-urges-cambodia-and-thailand-to-mend-ties-following-recent-border-clashes-in-bid-to-stabilise-regional-dynamics/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:14:41

• Australia grants asylum to ‘wanted’ Hong Kong democrat Ted Hui ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/17/australia-grants-asylum-to-wanted-hong-kong-democrat-ted-hui/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:14:51

• Gov’t partially halts HK$52.9m deal with firm supplying bottled water from mainland China, police launch probe ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/18/govt-partially-halts-hk52-9m-deal-with-firm-supplying-bottled-water-from-mainland-china-police-launch-probe/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:15:17

• Actually, China can’t put Australia over an economic barrel ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/actually-china-cant-put-australia-over-an-economic-barrel/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:15:34

• "Llama Habitat Continues To Expand" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/17/llama-habitat-continues-to-expand-now-includes-the-psp/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:16:18

• Humanoid Robots Have a Serious Design Flaw, And We Need to Fix It ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/humanoid-robots-have-a-serious-design-flaw-and-we-need-to-fix-it    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:16:41

• Billions of Sea Stars Are Wasting Away, And We Finally Know Why ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/billions-of-sea-stars-are-wasting-away-and-we-finally-know-why    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:16:55

• Ants Are 'Superefficient' at Teamwork, Scientists Discover ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/ants-are-superefficient-at-teamwork-scientists-discover    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:17:08

• Earth's Continents Are Drying Out at an Unprecedented Rate, Study Warns ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/earths-continents-are-drying-out-at-an-unprecedented-rate-study-warns    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:17:21

• First-Of-Its-Kind Cell Transplant Brings a Cure For Diabetes Closer ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/first-of-its-kind-cell-transplant-brings-a-cure-for-diabetes-closer    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:17:35

• Chatcontrol 2025: Resumen ☞ https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/chatcontrol-in-brief-es/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:18:04

• North Carolina Confederate Monument Goes Too Far, Lawsuit Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/us/trump-confederate-monuments-south-carolina.html    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:18:55

• Human Rights Watch condemns Qatar imprisonment of religious dignitary ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/08/human-rights-watch-condemns-qatar-imprisonment-of-religious-dignitary/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:19:32

• ASPI Defence Conference: Delivering national defence through whole-of-nation integration ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/aspi-defence-conference-delivering-national-defence-through-whole-of-nation-integration/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:19:56

• Timeline: Hong Kong civil society’s mysteriously axed venue bookings ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/17/timeline-hong-kong-civil-societys-mysteriously-axed-venue-bookings/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:20:38

• What is Reverse Proxy and Why You Need One for Security ☞ https://www.blackmoreops.com/what-is-reverse-proxy-explained/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:21:04

• Jonathan Dowland: Amiga redux ☞ https://jmtd.net/log/amiga/redux/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:22:02

• Global Modeling with GluonTS DeepAR: Future of Semiconductors in the U.S. ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/08/global-modeling-with-gluonts-deepar-future-of-semiconductors-in-the-u-s/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:22:42

• Learn Docker: Complete Beginner's Course ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/courses/docker/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:27:26

• Introduction to Flatpak ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/flatpak/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:28:12

• File Management Commands in GNU/Linux ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/file-management-commands/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:28:40

• SSH Fundamentals ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/courses/ssh/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:29:12

• What to Expect From TrueNAS 25.10 Open-Source Storage ☞ https://linuxiac.com/what-to-expect-from-truenas-25-10-open-source-storage/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:29:37

• Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 33 (Aug 11 – 17, 2025) ☞ https://linuxiac.com/linuxiac-weekly-wrap-up-week-33-aug-11-17-2025/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:29:47

• Valhalla's Things: rrdtool and Trixie ☞ https://blog.trueelena.org/blog/2025/08/17-rrdtool_and_trixie/index.html    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:30:24

• Sparky 9 code name and repos ☞ https://sparkylinux.org/sparky-9-code-name-and-repos/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:30:49

• Raspberry Pi Zero-sized XpressReal T3 SBC features Realtek RTD1619B SoC, runs FydeOS ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/18/raspberry-pi-zero-sized-xpressreal-t3-sbc-features-realtek-rtd1619b-soc-runs-fydeos/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:31:09

• Linux Format Archives ☞ https://linuxformat.com/linux-format-archives.html    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:31:34

• KomoDo is a todo manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/komodo-todo-manager/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:33:03

• 15 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Serial Terminals ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-linux-serial-terminals/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:33:12

• Sudoku – solve Sudoku puzzles ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/sudoku-solve-puzzles/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:33:37

• new release: ideal-linux-2025 based on GNU/Linux Debian 13: live usb ready to go gnu linux mate + super tux kart stick fits on 24GBytes usb stick ☞ https://dwaves.de/2025/08/17/new-release-ideal-linux-2025-based-on-gnu-linux-debian-13-live-usb-ready-to-go-gnu-linux-mate-super-tux-kart-stick-fits-on-24gbytes-usb-stick/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:34:32

• Flash floods devastate Buner, Pakistan after rare cloudburst kills hundreds ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/flash-floods-devastate-buner-pakistan-after-rare-cloudburst-kills-hundreds    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:35:02

• Threadbare – story-drive collaborative game ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/threadbare-story-drive-collaborative-game/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:35:37

• gofmt – formats Go programs ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/gofmt-formats-go-programs/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:35:57

• Otto Kekäläinen: Best Practices for Submitting and Reviewing Merge Requests in Debian ☞ https://optimizedbyotto.com/post/debian-salsa-merge-request-best-practices/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:47:28

• golangci-lint – fast Go linters runner ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/golangci-lint-fast-go-linters-runner/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:50:17

• Video: History of UNIX (2025) ☞ http://www.montanalinux.org/video-unix-history-2025.html    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:50:41

• Ghostty Terminal Rewrites GTK Build to Fix GNU/Linux Issues ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/ghostty-terminal-gtk-rewrite-linux "Ghostty terminal has undergone a GTK rewrite, embracing the GObject type system. The result: new features, better memory management, and improved stability."    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:52:46

• Default Wallpapers for Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka Revealed ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/08/default-wallpapers-of-ubuntu-25-10-questing-quokka-revealed/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:55:09

• Ubuntu devs plan “dangerous” daily builds – but what are they? ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/ubuntu-dangerous-daily-builds-snap-testing    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:55:55

• Ubuntu 25.10 Reveals New Wallpaper, Mascot Artwork ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/ubuntu-25-10-wallpaper-mascot-artwork    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:56:27

• Kiro (Agentic Hey Hi (AI) IDE) Tightens Free Access, Adds Paid Tiers ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/kiro-agentic-ai-usage-limits-arrive    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:57:04

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

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:58:46

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

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 14:58:55

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

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:00:32

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

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:00:43

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

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:00:49

• The meaning of “Lenovo” ☞ https://rubenerd.com/the-meaning-of-lenovo/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:05:08

• KDE Plasma removing third-party software icons ☞ https://rubenerd.com/kde-plasma-removing-third-party-software-icons/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:05:29

• SLOP extension: Stable Diffusion image generator for LibreOffice ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/08/17/ai-extension-stable-diffusion-image-generator-for-libreoffice/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:07:03

• After “Schedule A”: The Cross-Border IP Enforcement Gap ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/08/schedule-border-enforcement.html    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:08:07

• UN experts urge Belarus to stop ill-treatment of prisoners convicted under broad terrorism law ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/08/un-experts-urge-belarus-to-stop-ill-treatment-of-prisoners-convicted-under-broad-terrorism-law/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:08:49

• The Russian Vision of Technology ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/17/The_Russian_Vision_of_Technology.shtml    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:10:43

• "almost immediately" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/08/18/trump-says-zelensky-could-end-war-almost-immediately-rules-out-return-of-crimea-or-ukraine-joining-nato | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:11:04

• What to Know About Russia-U.S.-Ukraine Peace Talks ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/world/europe/us-russia-ukraine-peace-talks.html    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:15:20

• Ukraine Weighs Convicted Felon’s Offer of Security Guarantees With Caution ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/world/europe/ukraine-security-guarantees-trump-russia.html    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:15:40

• Ukrainians Fleeing Russia’s Attacks Say the Alaska Summit Was an Insult ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/world/europe/ukraine-evacuation-donetsk.html    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:15:54

• European leaders will join Zelenskyy for Washington meeting ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2025/0817/european-leaders-trump-zelenskyy-meeting    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:19:35

• NATO-like protection for Ukraine in focus as Zelensky, European leaders head for Convicted Felon meeting ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250817-nato-like-protection-for-ukraine-in-focus-as-zelensky-european-leaders-head-for-trump-meeting    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:21:39

• Will Europe rise to its strategic moment? ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/content-series/inflection-points/will-europe-rise-to-its-strategic-moment/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:21:56

• Putin’s Ukraine Proposal Backed by Convicted Felon Centers on Donbas. Here’s Why. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/world/europe/russia-donbas-importance.html    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:22:59

• President’s Advisers Tout Progress in Summit With Putin ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/08/17/us/trump-news    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:23:10

• Putin Sees Ukraine Through a Lens of Grievance Over Lost Glory ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/world/europe/russia-ukraine-putin-alaska.html    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:26:17

• Dihydroxyacetone Man Officials Hint at Possible Concessions by Putin ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/us/politics/trump-witkoff-ukraine-putin-concessions.html    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:26:30

• Zelensky Brings Backup to the White House as Convicted Felon Aligns More Closely With Putin ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/us/politics/europe-trump-zelensky-putin.html    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:29:00

• Europe stands with Ukraine after Convicted Felon tilts toward Putin at summit ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2025/0817/trump-putin-summit-ukraine-zelenskyy-europe    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:29:09

• Ukraine Claims Battlefield Gains Ahead Of Zelenskyy's Crucial White House Visit ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/trump-zelenskyy-putin-sumy-russia-ukraine-alaska/33505068.html    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:33:34

• Europe-Backed Zelenskyy Seeks Security Guarantees As Convicted Felon Meeting Looms ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/zelenskyy-trump-putin-ukraine-russia-leyen/33505638.html    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:33:42

• Dihydroxyacetone Man drops ceasefire demand, echoing Putin’s position and jittering Ukraine ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250817-trump-drops-ceasefire-demand-echoing-putin-s-position-and-jittering-ukraine    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:35:41

• Von der Leyen, other EU leaders to join Zelensky in Washington on Monday. Follow our live coverage ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250817-europe-scrambles-for-response-after-trump-putin-talks-upend-ukraine-ceasefire-push    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:35:53

• Live: United front critical for 'durable’ peace in Ukraine, Macron says ahead of key White House meeting ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250817-europe-scrambles-for-response-after-trump-putin-talks-upend-ukraine-ceasefire-push    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:36:04

• How To Enable BBR on Debian 13 ☞ https://idroot.us/enable-bbr-debian-13/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:36:36

• Nordics and Baltics say they are 'steadfast' in support for Ukraine ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/politics/diplomacy/17.08.2025-nordics-and-baltics-say-they-are-steadfast-in-support-for-ukraine.a610667/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:36:45

• 15 Best CineHub Alternatives 2025: Working Sites Like CineHub Xtreme/Pro ☞ https://dekisoft.net/best-cinehub-alternatives-android-pc/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:37:11

• Don't Call it a Christro | LINUX Unplugged 628 ☞ https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/628/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:42:34

• Fedora Community Blog: Simplifying Package Submission Progress (15 July – 22 July) – GSoC ’25 ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/simplifying-package-submission-progress-15-july-22-july-gsoc-25/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:44:27

• Fedora Community Blog: Simplifying Package Submission, Progress (22 July – 29 July) – GSoC ’25 ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/simplifying-package-submission-progress-22-july-29-july-gsoc-25/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:46:19

• 324: Secure Boot Linux issues, EU's Chat Control law, GNU/Linux Mint 22.2, Ubuntu Touch, & more GNU/Linux news ☞ https://thisweekinlinux.com/324    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:47:37

• mintCast 466 – Print All The Things ☞ https://mintcast.org/466-print-all-the-things/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:48:58

• Kernel compiling now in woofQ2 ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202508/kernel-compiling-now-in-woofq2.html    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:50:41

• Simon Ser: Status update, August 2025 ☞ https://emersion.fr/blog/2025/status-update-79/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:51:36

• DRM ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/17/cracking-abandonware-drm-like-its-1999/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:51:59

• When It Comes to Technology, Mozilla and Firefox Are Illiberal (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/17/When_It_Comes_to_Technology_Mozilla_and_Firefox_Are_Illiberal.shtml    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:52:13

• Ninth Circuit Says Copyright Owner Can’t Subpoena Cox for Names of Users Showing Pirated Film ☞ https://ipwatchdog.com/2025/08/17/ninth-circuit-says-copyright-owner-cant-subpoena-cox-names-users-showing-pirated-film/id=191268/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:53:11

• "End of the Smartphone Era" According to Jeffrey Epstein's Key Enabler ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/17/End_of_the_Smartphone_Era_According_to_Jeffrey_Epstein_s_Key_En.shtml    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:53:29

• Here comes the sun! ☞ https://www.roguelazer.com/blog/2025-solar/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:54:14

• Air Canada flight attendants defy back-to-work order, continue strike ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250817-air-canada-flight-attendants-defy-back-to-work-order-continue-strike    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:55:24

• Nationwide protests over Gaza war, hostage deal sweep Israel ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250817-nationwide-protests-over-gaza-war-hostage-deal-sweep-israel    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:55:56

• Protesters go on strike in Israel demanding ceasefire ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250817-israelis-urge-mass-protest-over-gaza-war    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:56:05

• Air Canada to resume flights after government ends flight attendant strike ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250817-air-canada-to-resume-flights-after-government-ends-flight-attendant-strike    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 15:56:27

• Dozens injured after magnitude 6.0 quake strikes Sulawesi, Indonesia, official says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/dozens-injured-after-magnitude-6-0-quake-strikes-sulawesi-indonesia-official-says    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 16:00:08

• Israelis Join Nationwide Rallies to Call for Release of Hostages ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/world/middleeast/israel-rallies-labor-strike.html    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 16:00:42

• Air Canada Flight Attendants Say They Will Defy Back-to-Work Order ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/17/world/canada/air-canada-strike.html    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 16:00:57

• South Korean found dead in alleged Cambodian scam compound; signs of torture reported ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/south-korean-found-dead-in-alleged-cambodian-scam-compound-signs-of-torture-reported    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 16:01:26

• Ruby gems still broken after 15 years ☞ https://felipec.wordpress.com/2025/08/17/ruby-gems-still-broken/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 16:01:51

• Lazy Reading for 2025/08/17 ☞ https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2025/08/17/lazy-reading-for-2025-08-17/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 16:02:25

• Manage remote vm-bhyve guests with OS X Mavericks VNC client ☞ https://box.matto.nl/manage-remote-vmbhyve-guests-with-os-x-mavericks-vnc-client.html    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 16:02:51

• Programming ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/17/recto-in-case-programming-isnt-hard-enough/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 16:03:27

• How to Upgrade to Debian 13 from Debian 12 ☞ https://www.debugpoint.com/upgrade-debian-13-from-debian-12/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 16:03:45

• How to Install Kodi on FunOS ☞ https://funos.org/install-kodi-funos/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 16:04:03

• 'Open hardware desktop 3D printing is dead' — rise of China's government subsidies, country's permissive patent monopoly system cited by Prusa CEO ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/prusa-ceo-declares-that-open-hardware-desktop-3d-printing-is-dead-cites-rise-of-chinas-government-subsidies-countrys-permissive-patent-system    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 16:04:37

• Kernel prepatch 6.17-rc2 ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1034158/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 16:04:48

• We've Never Used Large Language Model (LLM) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/18/We_ve_Never_Used_Large_Language_Model_LLM.shtml    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 16:05:03

• GitHub Won't Last Much Longer ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/18/GitHub_Won_t_Last_Much_Longer.shtml    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 16:05:19

• End of Reliable Media ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/18/End_of_Reliable_Media.shtml    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 16:05:28

• New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Off and Deadzone: Rogue - 2025-08-16 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-playable-on-the-steam-deck-2025-08-16-edition/index.html    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 16:06:25

• The King is Watching: Review ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/the-king-is-watching-review/index.html    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 16:06:46

• "Secure Boot" is a Security Problem, Not a Solution (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/18/Secure_Boot_is_a_Security_Problem_Not_a_Solution.shtml    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 16:07:02

• Open Source Initiative (OSI), Wikipedia, Molly De Blanc, and Censorship/Reputation Laundering ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/17/Open_Source_Initiative_OSI_Wikipedia_Molly_De_Blanc_and_Censors.shtml    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 16:07:14

• The Open Source Initiative Has Many Scandals, We'll Try to Summarise Them All ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/17/The_Open_Source_Initiative_Has_Many_Scandals_We_ll_Try_to_Summa.shtml    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 16:07:24

• Reddit Funded by Abusive Monopolist Microsoft ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/17/Reddit_Funded_by_Microsoft.shtml    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 16:07:41

• Sooner or Later Almost Everyone Will Know "AI" is Just a Go-To, Misused, Misapplied, and Grossly Overused Term of Liars and Con Jobs Who Ride a Ponzi Scheme ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/17/Sooner_or_Later_Almost_Everyone_Will_Know_AI_is_Just_a_Go_To_Mi.shtml    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 16:07:52

• Growing Our Reach ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/17/Growing_Our_Reach.shtml    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 16:08:18

• Chatcontrol 2025 edition in Brief ☞ https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/chatcontrol-in-brief/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 16:09:05

• Microsoft's backdoored Windows in Gabon: Still Moving Down ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/17/Microsoft_s_Windows_in_Gabon_Still_Moving_Down.shtml    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 16:09:27

• The Next Version of backdoored Windows Will Always be the Best (for Microsoft) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/17/The_Next_Version_of_Windows_Will_Always_be_the_Best_for_Microso.shtml    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 16:09:44

• Working Whilst Away From Home ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/17/Working_Whilst_Away_From_Home.shtml    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 16:10:00

• The Register MS Has Begun Using Slop Images (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/17/The_Register_MS_Has_Begun_Using_Slop_Images.shtml    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 16:10:11

• Don't Talk to Bullies (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/16/Don_t_Talk_to_Bullies.shtml    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 16:10:20

• New URL: blog.slackware.nl ☞ https://blog.slackware.nl/new-url-blog-slackware-nl/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 16:35:27

• Testing a 30-meter fiber HDMI cable ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/08/17/testing-a-30-meter-fiber-hdmi-cable/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 16:37:55

• Microsoft Store change removes the ability to stop App updates — pausing automatic updates now limited to a 5-week duration ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/microsoft-store-change-removes-the-ability-to-stop-app-updates-pausing-automatic-updates-now-limited-to-a-5-week-duration    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 16:38:28

• A Slackware theme for your Grub ☞ https://blog.slackware.nl/a-slackware-theme-for-your-grub/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 16:38:47

• "When is a Raspberry Pi not a Raspberry Pi? Perhaps when it’s a Pi Pico-shaped board with an RP3A0 SoC from a Raspberry Pi Zero 2, made by [jonny12375]." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/17/its-a-pi-but-its-not-quite-a-raspberry-pi/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 16:41:36

• "Practical Guide To Pedal-Powered Electrical Generators" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/17/practical-guide-to-pedal-powered-electrical-generators/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 17:04:59

• "Candle clocks were once an easy way to build a clock without using complex mechanical devices: just observe how quickly a thin candle burns down, mark an identical candle with periodic gradations, and you had a simple timer." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/17/2025-one-hertz-challenge-a-flaming-oscillator-and-a-new-take-on-the-candle-clock/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 17:05:21

• "I recall attending a talk by Richard Stallman where he critiqued the use of the word "piracy" for file sharing. "Pirates" attack and destroy ships, kill innocents, and generally rape and plunder. How does that word fit what's basically sharing and trying to help your neighbor?" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44927847    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 17:39:34

• "I've been running Ubuntu Server for a while now, but every time a new Debian release drops, I get that itch to switch." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/debian-13-temptations/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 18:01:01

• "I had planned to write more often during my time off from work, but I severely underestimated how little interest in sitting in front of a computer I would have." gemini://melyanna.net/back-to-italy    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 18:01:45

• SMALL IS BEAUTIFUL gemini://8by3.net/~sbr/others/sib/2025-08-18.small-is-beautiful.gmi    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 18:03:36

• Subculture gemini://burtozwilson.smol.pub/1755509256    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 18:04:24

• Composition gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2025/8-18.gmi    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 18:05:12

• "And just like that... the temperature drops, the wind picks up and the sun starts its earlier descent." gemini://tiredof.technology/gemlog/2025-08-18-summer-its-gone.gmi    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 18:05:55

• "This has been because persistent ASB (anti-social behaviour) threatened to stop me and others selling up and leaving the neighbourhood. I had managed to get the problem contained enough to sell up, though I still live locally. However, the ASB started to pick up again." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2024-08-18_the-siege-has-lifted-now-100-days-to-unwind.gmi    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 18:06:56

• "On 18 August 2024 I tried the "#100DaysToOffload" challenge, wherein partipants attempt to write 100 blog posts over the next 365. I managed it exactly, with an hour or two to spare." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2025-08-18_that-100-days-to-offload-challenge.gmi    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 18:07:38

• "A few days ago, Jeff of sh0.xyz expressed frustration with the uptick of news articles being shared on Antenna, as well as on ActivityPub services like the Fediverse.^ Many others weighed in on the topic, expressing a range of opinions about automated and reposted content." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2025/202508/20250818-web-reposts-in-gemini.gmi    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 18:08:47

• "To my mind the issue is an unfortunate interaction between the implementations of these backlink services and how Antenna tracks users. Antenna doesn't use client certificates for tracking users, so its own "filter IDs" can leak out and confuse these other services." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2025-08-18_re-re-aggregatorsback-links.gmi    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 18:09:33

• Gemlog: Summer... It's Gone gemini://tiredof.technology/gemlog/2025-08-18-summer-its-done.gmi    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 18:11:02

• I'm Back! gemini://tiredof.technology/gemlog/2025-07-08.gmi    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 18:12:14

• "Accompanied my brother-in-law to the lake for some evening fishing. Around five young Great Crested Grebes were splashing around a shallower area of water with one or two common seagulls circling around the lake." gemini://tiredof.technology/gemlog/2025-07-15-pike-and-grebe.gmi    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 18:12:49

• "I spotted a strange creature trying his damnedest to enter the Baltic Sea on a beach in the Swedish archipelago yesterday. ObsIdentify came to the rescue as I had never seen nor heard of a Nepa cinerea or "water scorpion"." gemini://tiredof.technology/gemlog/2025-07-29-water-scorpion.gmi    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 18:13:33

• "Sat at a bench at the eastern end of Långsjön near the park. I can hear the hammering of a Great Spotted Woodpecker. Merlin later detects a White Wagtail." gemini://tiredof.technology/gemlog/2025-07-16-woodpeckers-and-bilberries.gmi    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 18:14:22

• The brain is anxious gemini://tiredof.technology/gemlog/2025-07-18-the-brain-is-anxious.gmi    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 18:14:58

• "It is a form of Debian, but only in a fairly loose sense that most Debian users are not aware even exists: Debian is not only a Linux distribution. As well as Debian GNU/Linux, there are also other flavors of Debian which use different kernels and so are not Linuxes at all." https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/18/debian_hurd_13/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 18:44:48

• Everyone Says Linux Is Better Than Windows, but I'm Not Buying It https://www.makeuseof.com/not-buying-that-linux-is-better-than-windows/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 18:46:52

• Linux top explained from scratch — clear & practical (2025) https://medium.datadriveninvestor.com/linux-top-explained-from-scratch-clear-practical-2025-160afa60a646    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 18:47:25

• "Are you torn between running macOS or Linux in your homelab? I completely understand your dilemma—and it’s not an easy one to solve." https://www.howtogeek.com/macos-vs-linux-which-is-best-for-your-homelab/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 18:48:15

• 6 Networking Uses for the Linux nc Command https://www.howtogeek.com/networking-uses-for-the-linux-nc-command/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 18:48:54

• This UNIX-based operating system looks like it's from the 90s, but it's still receiving updates https://www.xda-developers.com/unix-based-os-looks-from-90s-but-receiving-updates/    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 18:49:37

• "I've never, not once, felt good about working hard for IBM." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k2w5fhcn    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 18:54:51

• Microsoft killing morale now: "RTO is a quiet firing technique. That’s exactly the goal. You’ll soon find yourself coming to office to work with your colleagues in IST time zone wondering why you drove over an hour to sit in a cubicle to collaborate over the phone." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k2vw6zse    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 18:58:07

• "Strange that a company that fosters and facilitates on-line collaboration would mandate RTO. Then again, stranger things are surely happening." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k2vw6zse    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 18:58:38

• "That wealth will now be transferred to India … Corporate America still has not learned from Apple. They are creating competitors by shipping jobs and IP to other countries and weakening Americans position globally." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k2q2k5tt    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 19:00:45

• Chat Control, here we go again gemini://siiky.srht.site/words/chat-control.gmi    

posted Monday, August 18, 2025 at 19:29:58

• Intimità senza contatto gemini://omg.pebcak.club/~cage/archive/TW-Intimità-senza-contatto-di-lin-hsin-hui.gmi    

posted Tuesday, August 19, 2025 at 01:38:59

• A week with Elixir: what I understand now and what still don't gopher://hoi.st:70/1/posts/    

posted Tuesday, August 19, 2025 at 01:40:27

• the terms "industry-grade" and "pleasant to work with" gopher://hoi.st:70/0/posts/2025-08-18-a-week-with-elixir.txt    

posted Tuesday, August 19, 2025 at 01:41:10

• The Occupation - Day 41of60(?) gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/xiled/phlog/2025/20250818_occupied    

posted Tuesday, August 19, 2025 at 01:42:15

• "Morning spent outputting my 15+ year old blog to one large PDF file. Why? What sort of digital legacy do I want to leave behind when I'm gone? These thoughts have been inspired by my own father and grandfather's written notes that they left behind." gemini://elperronegro.pollux.casa/gemlog/2025-08-18-my-digital-legacy.gmi    

posted Tuesday, August 19, 2025 at 01:44:08

• fainter than a whisper gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/fainter_than_a_whisper    

posted Tuesday, August 19, 2025 at 01:45:16

• "AFAIU, this functionality in Bubble is to add additional cert while signing off with current user cert." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Bubble/31535    

posted Tuesday, August 19, 2025 at 01:46:36

• "I had a few free moments to revisit Bubble, thinking I wanted to comment in a specific thread, but soon noticed my Bubble id no longer seemed to be able to do much in Bubble, then noticed the domain seemed to have changed (prepending "bbs." to what it was before)." gemini://textmonger.pollux.casa/gemlog/2023-06-03-01-everythings-simple-until-it-arent.gmi    

posted Tuesday, August 19, 2025 at 01:47:27

• mothers and sons gemini://sdf.org/sessapinae/blog/mothers_and_sons.gmi    

posted Tuesday, August 19, 2025 at 01:48:39