Roy Schestowitz

• Werner Fassbinder gemini://txt-vostfr.devloprog.org/log/le_monde_sur_le_fil.gmi    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 00:09:48

• 5 of the best distros for building Kubernetes clusters https://www.xda-developers.com/best-distros-for-building-kubernetes-clusters/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 01:54:57

• Why Gnome-Boxes is the perfect virtualization tool for Linux beginners https://www.xda-developers.com/gnome-boxes-perfect-virtualization-tool-   

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 01:57:08

• 5 things I learned trying to game on Linux for the first time in years https://www.xda-developers.com/things-learned-trying-game-linux-first-time-years/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 01:58:35

• I set up a minimal Linux install for retro gaming and emulators https://www.xda-developers.com/minimal-linux-install-retro-gaming-emulators/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 01:59:31

• North Korea protests warning shots at border with South https://www.dw.com/en/north-korea-protests-warning-shots-at-border-with-south/a-73739386    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 02:01:59

• environmental friend or foe https://www.dw.com/en/is-china-an-environmental-friend-or-foe-for-southeast-asia/a-73729987    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 02:02:34

• appropriating Mexican Indigenous shoe design https://www.dw.com/en/adidas-execs-apologize-for-appropriating-mexican-indigenous-shoe-design/a-73726915    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 02:04:14

• Gamescom: How is Poland's gaming industry faring? https://www.dw.com/en/gamescom-how-is-poland-s-gaming-industry-faring/a-73730347    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 02:05:04

• Germany updates: Economy shrinks more than expected https://www.dw.com/en/germany-updates-economy-shrinks-more-than-expected/live-73728000    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 02:05:40

• Thailand, Cambodia spar over landmine use https://www.dw.com/en/thailand-cambodia-spar-over-landmine-use/a-73778382    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 02:06:34

• Toni https://www.dw.com/en/pygmy-hippo-toni-says-bonjour-to-france-after-berlin-exit/a-73788396    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 02:07:19

• "FreeBSD gang, rise up!" https://www.xda-developers.com/these-freebsd-distros-are-worth-checking-out/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 02:08:17

• "Discover the surprising benefits of switching to KDE Plasma on Ubuntu." https://www.xda-developers.com/i-switched-from-gnome-to-kde-plasma-on-ubuntu-and-heres-what-to-watch-out-for/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 02:09:20

• "The one constant in my lifelong learning experience with Linux is that things go wrong; when they do, it's often something serious." https://www.xda-developers.com/breaking-my-linux-install-is-part-of-the-fun/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 02:10:50

• "Taking privacy to the extreme" https://www.xda-developers.com/tried-daily-driving-tails-linux-distro-usb-works-surprisingly-well/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 02:12:07

• 4 reasons Q4OS is the best operating system to breathe some new life into your old laptop https://www.xda-developers.com/q4os-is-the-best-os-to-breathe-new-life-into-your-old-laptop/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 02:12:47

• Prato: Chinese workers transform Italy's fast fashion hub https://www.dw.com/en/prato-chinese-workers-transform-italy-s-fast-fashion-hub/a-73781599    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 02:14:58

• India opens dams amid flash floods in Jammu and Kashmir https://www.dw.com/en/india-opens-dams-amid-flash-floods-in-jammu-and-kashmir   

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 02:15:51

• Uganda https://www.dw.com/en/uganda-agrees-to-conditional-us-migrant-deal/a-73715803    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 02:16:59

• nuclear-capable ballistic missile https://www.dw.com/en/india-test-fires-nuclear-capable-ballistic-missile/a-73711632    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 02:17:49

• no exception for wine https://www.dw.com/en/eu-us-deal-set-to-lower-car-tariffs-no-exception-for-wine/a-73721388    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 02:18:45

• rare bird habitat in Estonia https://www.dw.com/en/carbon-credits-erase-rare-bird-habitat-in-estonia/a-73367796    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 02:19:19

• lese majeste charges https://www.dw.com/en/thailand-former-pm-thaksin-cleared-of-lese-majeste-charges/a-73726856    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 02:20:42

• civil war https://www.dw.com/en/lebanon-s-hezbollah-rejects-disarmament-warns-of-civil-war/a-73730563    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 02:22:05

• stray dog removals https://www.dw.com/en/india-s-top-court-halts-stray-dog-removals-in-new-delhi/a-73727019    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 02:23:10

• "It moans again. Must be a jailbroken model. Maybe running on some premium subscription I didn't know about. Either way, its pain receptors were not registering anything. Usually they cry, begging you not to hurt them." https://triapul.cz/_/1756677063.html    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 04:56:50

• "One of our conversations towards the end of July involved discussing the distro rankings on Distrowatch. Eventually, our conversation included that time back in 2008 when PCLinuxOS was THE number one distro listed in the Distrowatch rankings." https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202509/editorial.html    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 04:59:54

• Screenshot Showcase https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202509/page13.html    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 05:00:48

• Adding An Extra Hard Drive To Your PCLinuxOS https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202509/page05.html    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 05:02:00

• How To Draw Arrows In GIMP 3.0 https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202509/page07.html    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 05:03:54

• "I saw another tutorial by Davies Media Design that you might enjoy. This could be useful in photo editing to add a title to a photo for an album. It’s a nice effect because it makes part of the photo visible through the text" https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202509/page02.html    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 05:04:39

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 05:05:14

• Tip Top Tips: How To Use Joe's Own Editor (JOE) https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202509/page06.html    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 05:05:21

• Windows TCO https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202509/page01.html    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 05:09:19

• Why Linux Is The Ultimate Mental Gym For Problem-Solvers; A Doctor & An Equestrian's Journey https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202509/page04.html    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 05:10:19

• You Don't Own That Game (And That App On Your Phone? Yeah, You Don't Own That Either) https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202509/page08.html    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 05:10:57

• Wiki Pick: PkgProblemResolver https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202509/page10.html    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 05:12:42

• "This particular example was due to the new package being named in all lower case, compared to the lone uppercase for Coffee in the earlier version." https://pclosmag.com/html/Issues/202509/page10.html    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 05:13:12

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-09-01.gmi    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 05:32:57

• Linguistic Barriers gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/09/01/linguistic-barriers.gmi    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 05:33:27

• "Google: 'Your $1000 phone needs our permission to install apps now'". Android users are screwed" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/google-'your-1000-phone-needs-our:2    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 05:43:26

• "Trump’s double humiliation as Xi embraces Modi and Putin" https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/08/30/trumps-double-humiliation-xi-embraces-modi-putin/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 05:43:40

• expert systems vs LLMs https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/08/28/1849238#1415522 ("Large Reasoning Models Hitting Limits, Say Apple Researchers")    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 05:44:00

• ACM kicking https://dl.acm.org/journal/aiex    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 05:44:23

• "It's Time to Call Out the National Gourd" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/31/its-time-to-call-out-the-national-gourd/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 05:44:39

• old: "Trump promised a ton of shit he hasn’t accomplished: lower prices on day one. An end to the war in Ukraine. An end to fighting in Israel/Gaza. Oh, and the release of the Epstein files." https://www.techdirt.com/2025/07/30/what-liberal-media-axios-thinks-being-neutral-means-kissing-trumps-ass/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 05:45:20

• "The Economics of Stagflation, Part III - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-economics-of-stagflation-part-2de    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 05:45:33

• Microsoft-funded IDG "makes a point of avoiding mention of FOSS tools" https://www.pcworld.com/article/2648498/i-dont-need-windows-11-anymore-one-final-tool-freed-me-from-microsoft.html    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 05:45:58

• "Pentagon Pizza Index Shows Spike in Pizza Orders as Donald Trump Reappears on Golf Course After Absence" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/pentagon-data-shows-spike-pizza-orders-donald-trump-reappears-golf-course-after-absence-1742649    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 05:46:13

• "Yokota-based Hueys make their last flight as Air Force retires them" https://taskandpurpose.com/news/air-force-yokota-huey-retirement/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 05:46:30

• "Wild elephant rescued from well in Kothamangalam" https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/kerala/wild-elephant-rescued-from-well-in-kothamangalam/article69997132.ece    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 05:47:09

• "Ukraine vows to retaliate after Russian attacks on power sector" https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/russia-attacks-ukraine-power-sector-1.7622218    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 05:47:26

• "Detta är Chat Control 2 – på en dryg minut" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/08/31/detta-ar-chat-control-2-pa-en-dryg-minut/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 05:47:38

• "Russia Hits Ukrainian Power Grid As Allies Of Slain Politician Parubiy Blame Moscow" https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-attacks-parubiy-putin/33517759.html    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 05:47:55

• "The issue of pirate IPTV overblocking by LaLiga was raised in Congress this week for a second time." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/a-private-company-fighting-online-piracy-cant-act-with-impunity-250831/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 05:51:28

• "The Torrent (full name BitTorrent) is just another protocol just like HTTPS or any other … yet this one is directly perceived as ‘THE’ Piracy protocol" ☛ https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/08/31/torrent-on-freebsd/ | Source: Vermaden    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 05:51:41

• "It is the nightmare no government dares to fully admit: women are no longer safe in Europe." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/women-are-no-longer-safe-critics-blame-surge-migrant-crime-across-europe-1742669 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 05:52:18

• "Official figures show reported rape offences in Britain have surged by 438% since 2013, according to Home Office data." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/what-happened-europe-britons-beg-trump-help-amid-anger-over-migrant-crime-far-left-policies-1742667 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 05:52:30

• "The national NPR and PBS networks are reducing expected dues payments" ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-08-31/pbs-npr-stations-working-to-cope-with-and-survive-government-funding-cuts | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:20:01

• "Can newsrooms become social platforms themselves?" ☛ https://werd.io/can-newsrooms-become-social-platforms/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:20:15

• "The phenomenon has accelerated in recent years. The machinery of school censorship in the US has also become significantly more corporate." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/aug/23/banned-the-20-books-they-didnt-want-you-to-read | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:20:43

• "Finland began using the swastika in its Air Force insignia years before the Nazis appropriated the symbol, and continued to use it after Hitler's regime was ashes" ☛ https://boingboing.net/2025/08/30/finland-phasing-out-swastikas-on-military-unit-flags.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:21:20

• "And the compiler was slow, the code that came out was slow…" ☛ https://thenewstack.io/unix-co-creator-brian-kernighan-on-rust-distros-and-nixos/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:21:36

• "The support mechanism that went with it — this notion of crates and barrels and things like that — was just incomprehensibly big and slow! And the compiler was slow, the code that came out was slow..." ☛ https://dev.to/davidcassel/what-unix-co-creator-brian-kernighan-thinks-of-rust-40ko | Source: DEV Community    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:21:59

• "Looking at the facts, there’s no reasonable conclusion except that US democracy is done for. But rather than face facts, I’m turning to fiction. So, here’s a story about the collapse of Trumpism, crony capitalism and the AI/crypto bubble." ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2025/08/31/the-crash-of-2026-a-fiction/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:22:15

• "Life isn’t a checklist, man. I don’t have a goal. I literally had a dream about what was west of Delta and needed to find out. That’s it." ☛ https://catskull.net/three-days-in-the-wilderness.html | Source: Dave DeGraw    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:27:20

• "The south of Norway is the main region of tension. This is where the interconnectors to Britain and Germany land, and where the population is highest." ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/08/31/norways-electricity-crisis-is-about-to-hit-britain/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:27:32

• "As Trump seeks to expand the powers of his many federal law enforcement agencies to other cities like Chicago and New York" ☛ https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/parks-officer-ohanlon-camera-trump-dc-crackdown | Source: Marisa Kabas    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:28:38

• ""After that I kind of shut down, and I could not stop thinking, 'could this girl be filming me right now?'" the influencer recounted." ☛ https://futurism.com/wax-center-meta-glasses | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:29:20

• "The age-verification laws rapidly expanding across the United States and United Kingdom are bringing with them some surprising downsides" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/08/31/age-verification-uk-porn-sites/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:30:00

• "giving Meta the right to access and retain your camera roll images." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2025/08/29/meta-tricking-users-into-letting-it-scan-and-retain-all-the-photos-on-their-phones.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:30:18

• [Old] "The ArgonOne Up doesn’t use any old Raspberry Pi" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/raspberry-pi/the-dream-of-a-raspberry-pi-laptop-becomes-a-reality-argonone-up-review | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:31:03

• "Those days are over, if they ever existed." ☛ https://eu.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2025/08/31/republican-leaders-call-to-civil-war-shows-extent-of-south-dakotas-conspiracy-infection/85849160007/ | Source: Gannett    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:31:53

• "I don’t trust the numbers or sampling for this survey, because they actively went looking for generative AI users. This is a push poll to market Writer." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/08/31/31-of-employees-are-sabotaging-your-corporate-ai-strategy/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:32:19

• "Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania deployed tactics described by psychology professor Robert Cialdini in Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion to convince OpenAI’s GPT-4o Mini to complete requests it would normally refuse." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/news/768508/chatbots-are-susceptible-to-flattery-and-peer-pressure | Source: The Verge    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:32:36

• "Faked Using AI" [sic] ☛ https://futurism.com/j-crew-ad-faked-ai | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:32:57

• "Stein-Erik Soelberg killed his mother and himself in Connecticut earlier this month, with the Wall Street Journal reporting that ChatGPT fuelled his irrational fears about her." ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/tech-24/20250831-summer-of-ai-psychosis-stories-of-tragic-chatbot-interactions-multiply | Source: France24    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:33:22

• "It took about four full days for everything to upload, meaning I had to come up with a few workarounds for staff to save their files and documentation." ☛ https://thenewsprint.co/2025/08/31/the-sunday-edition-083125/ | Source: The Newsprint    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:34:09

• "This article is about my attempt to improve the cooling on my Lenovo P53, by making a custom cooling stand with three extra fans." ☛ https://kevinboone.me/failed_cooling.html | Source: Kevin Boone    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:34:36

• "Me, a teacher? No way!" ☛ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2651802/me-a-teacher-no-way-how-unexpected-words-sparked-a-journey-towards-a-calling | Source: LRT    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:35:36

• "America is losing its brain power and it is jeopardising its place on the world stage." ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2025/08/31/americas-brain-power-withers-as-china-powers-ahead/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:36:17

• "After that last hands-on experience on Bioconductor, we will continue our journey in phylogenetic analysis." ☛ https://www.kenkoonwong.com/blog/phylo/ | Source: Ken Koon Wong    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:37:09

• "A couple years back I had occasion to read in slightly more detail than I had before about the state of the art in cryptographically secure PRNGs (CSPRNGs)." ☛ https://graydon2.dreamwidth.org/319755.html | Source: Graydon2    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:37:21

• "Starting next week, I’m back to my regular Wednesday schedule with occasional extras on other days." ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/blaugust-2025-retrospective-surprise-rainbow-diamond-award/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:38:08

• "No matter how many books, podcasts, videos, or talks we consume, the truth remains the same: in the end, we have to find out for ourselves what works best." ☛ https://birming.com/2025/08/31/the-just-one-more-trap/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:38:22

• "That hotel didn’t have to exist. Every single thing we see, someone had to will it into existence against the entropy of the universe and the indifference of everyone else. That’s what the entire built world is." ☛ https://fs.blog/irrational-dedication/ | Source: Farnam Street Media Inc    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:38:37

• "My last betta, Mr. Opal, passed away last week after over a year with a massive tumor and two with me." ☛ https://smallcypress.bearblog.dev/a-few-things-im-doing-and-liking/ | Source: Small Cypress    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:39:03

• "I tend to observe that my students repeat a lot of code when we have partitioned data across different tables." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/08/efficiently-merging-multiple-datasets/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:52:48

• "In recent years, I have found myself less often in front of the computer, and one result is that I seem to spend as much time thinking about coding" ☛ https://www.robinsloan.com/lab/thinking-about-coding/ | Source: Robin Sloan    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:53:38

• "Creational patterns were first described in the famous Gang of Four’s Design Patterns." ☛ https://blog.frankel.ch/thoughts-object-creation/ | Source: Nicolas Fränkel    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:53:49

• "That seems like a harsh thing to say for such a massive undertaking that promises to make things so much better." ☛ https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2025/08/we-need-to-seriously-think-about-what.html | Source: Jussi Pakkanen    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:54:02

• "Three years ago, a friend of mine purchased a server (one of those horrendously loud things most of us mere mortals thankfully seldom or never get to hear) from a hosting company." ☛ https://jpmens.net/2025/08/31/a-friend-in-need/ | Source: Jan Piet Mens    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:55:29

• "I often call our phones “pocket computers” because they are just SO powerful." ☛ https://aj.bourg.family/2025-08-31-big-blog-news/ | Source: AJ Bourg    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:55:38

• "I’m sure that it has been improved in countless ways. But along the way it has gotten bigger and more complicated, and has broken backwards compatibility repeatedly." ☛ https://commaok.xyz/post/on_hugo/ |    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:56:13

• "I’ve been thinking about this: will we ever replace caches entirely with databases?" ☛ https://avi.im/blag/2025/db-cache/ | Source: Avinash Sajjanshetty    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:57:06

• "just make things work" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/FirefoxPermanentMuteWish | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:57:44

• "None of this answered my original question, though: why exactly do browsers bother to throttle setTimeout if web developers can just use scheduler.postTask" ☛ https://nolanlawson.com/2025/08/31/why-do-browsers-throttle-javascript-timers/ | Source: Nolan Lawson    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:58:55

• "First of all, two null-modem cables to convert from the Apple IIc DIN-5 to standard male DB-9: [...]" ☛ https://www.colino.net/wordpress/en/archives/2025/08/30/apple-iic-serial-setup-quick-and-easy/ | Source: Colin Leroy-Mira    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 06:59:46

• "It's like surprise art in my office every day!" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/30/kilopixel_creator_switches_it_off/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:00:09

• "My personal blog on benholmen.com received the largest share of the traffic - a whopping 158,000 unique visitors including 63,000 on day one." ☛ https://benholmen.com/blog/kilopixel-season-1/ | Source: Ben Holmen    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:00:20

• "[...] We also talk about KDE testing out a first-run setup wizard for the Plasma desktop" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20250901 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:00:54

• "One of the bigger highlights in this release is cursor handling." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/icewm-3-9-window-manager-released-with-xcursor-support/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:01:54

• "Recently I ran into a frustrating but interesting issue on my Linux machine (Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS): whenever my VPN’s kill switch engaged (when the tunnel went down for any reason), using sudo became noticeably slow." ☛ https://anagogistis.com/posts/vpn-sudo-hang/ |    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:02:35

• "Compression algorithms can be broadly categorized into three groups based on their typical performance and compression ratio: [...]" ☛ https://maskray.me/blog/2025-08-31-benchmarking-compression-programs | Source: MaskRay    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:02:56

• "RCL is a new configuration language I’m building. It extends json into a simple functional language that enables abstraction and reuse." ☛ https://ruudvanasseldonk.com/2025/automating-configuration-updates | Source: Ruud van Asseldonk    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:03:17

• "So I instead tried this (using the xhtml input file, which is the page without the header, nav bar, footer, copyright, etc.): [...]" ☛ https://www.redblobgames.com/blog/2025-08-29-lets-write-a-search-engine-1/ | Source: Amit Patel    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:03:51

• "He’s come up with an implementation, described in his post, that works pretty well." ☛ https://danq.me/2025/08/30/developing-an-alt-text-button-for-images-on-my-website/ | Source: Dan Q    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:07:12

• "Nested interactive elements — like clickable things inside other clickable things — are a no-no on the web." ☛ https://noahliebman.net/2025/08/using-subgrid-to-avoid-nested-interactive-elements/ | Source: Noah Liebman    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:07:28

• "This system is functionally identical to the MINIX Elite EU715-AI introduced in Apri" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/minix-expands-elite-series-with-eu512-ai-mini-pc-based-on-intel-core-ultra-5-125h/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:08:50

• "The Allwinner T527 has been seen in recent products this year such as the Cubie A5E and the Orange Pi 4A. This SoC combines an octa-core Cortex-A55 cluster in a DynamIQ big.LITTLE configuration clocked up to 1.8 GHz" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/banana-pi-bpi-f5-adopts-allwinner-t527-soc-in-credit-card-sized-sbc/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:09:10

• "Processor support extends to Core Ultra 9, 7, and 5 models with integrated Intel Xe graphics." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/shuttle-xpc-slim-dh810-rugged-mini-pc-with-intel-core-ultra-200-support/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:09:25

• "Find and Replace - a Firefox Addon So Useful for Online Text Editing" ☛ https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2025/08/find-and-replace-firefox-addon-so-useful-for-online-text-editing.html | Source: Ubuntubuzz    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:09:57

• Historians See Autocratic Playbook in Convicted Felon’s Attacks on Science ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/science/trump-science-autocrats.html    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:10:26

• How Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.,’s Anti-Vax Agenda Is Infecting America ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a/robert-f-kennedy-jrs-anti-vax-agenda-is-infecting-our-public-health-system    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:10:49

• Dihydroxyacetone Man defiantly addresses health speculation with Truth Social response ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/08/31/us-news/trump-defiantly-addresses-health-speculation-with-truth-social-response/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:11:18

• Why is going zero-plastic in South Korea so difficult? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/why-is-going-zero-plastic-in-south-korea-so-difficult    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:11:54

• North Korea's Kim inspects new missile production line ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-koreas-kim-inspects-new-missile-production-line    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:12:10

• Pacifist Japan struggles to boost troops as anxiety over China grows ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/pacifist-japan-struggles-to-boost-troops-as-china-anxiety-grows    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:17:57

• India and China are partners, not rivals, Modi and Pooh-tin say ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/india-committed-to-improving-ties-with-china-modi-tells-xi    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:18:13

• India watches with caution as Dhaka and Islamabad reset ties ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/india-watches-with-caution-as-dhaka-and-islamabad-reset-ties    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:18:26

• Motorcades, barricades and red carpets: Tianjin stages China’s biggest SCO summit ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/motorcades-barricades-and-red-carpets-tianjin-stages-chinas-biggest-sco-summit    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:18:39

• China’s Pooh-tin made four suggestions to deepen bilateral ties, says India’s foreign secretary ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-president-xi-made-four-suggestions-to-deepen-india-ties-says-indian-foreign-secretary    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:18:58

• With China and Japan, Modi counts on Asia solidarity as India navigates Convicted Felon’s tariffs ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/with-china-and-japan-modi-counts-on-asia-solidarity-as-india-navigates-trumps-tariffs    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:19:48

• China manufacturing shrinks in August despite new US trade truce ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/31/china-manufacturing-shrinks-in-august-despite-new-us-trade-truce/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:20:18

• US makes it harder for SK Hynix, Samsung to make chips in China ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/08/31/business/us-makes-it-harder-for-sk-hynix-samsung-to-make-chips-in-china/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:20:40

• Improving Wayland Window Activation for Kate & Konsole ☞ https://cullmann.dev/posts/improving-wayland-window-activation-for-kate-konsole/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:21:50

• A pair of no-name speakers for (almost) everything ☞ https://peter.czanik.hu/posts/a-pair-of-no-name-speakers-for-almost-everything/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:22:55

• Wireshark 4.4.9 Released, (Sun, Aug 31st) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32246    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:27:41

• pdf-parser: All Streams, (Sun, Aug 31st) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32248    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:28:41

• Some minors in Japan using Hey Hi (AI) to generate sexual images of peers from school photos ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/some-minors-in-japan-using-ai-to-generate-sexual-images-of-peers-from-school-photos    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:29:22

• AAEON MIX-MTLD1 – A industrial Meteor Lake-H/U Mini-ITX motherboard with OOB management ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/09/01/aaeon-mix-mtld1-a-industrial-meteor-lake-h-u-mini-itx-motherboard-with-oob-management/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:30:40

• Flying in 2025 ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/30/Flying_in_2025.shtml    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:35:20

• "Microsoft Removed WMR Headset Support?" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/31/microsoft-removed-wmr-headset-support-no-problem/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:37:04

• Iustin Pop: Small PSA: git.k1024.org turndown ☞ https://k1024.org/posts/2025/2025-09-01-git-k1024-org-turndown/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:37:39

• GAFAM and "MATA" ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/30/GAFAM_and_MATA.shtml    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:38:08

• How Not to Build Software ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/30/How_Not_to_Build_Software.shtml    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:38:24

• Representing and Speaking for Animals ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/29/Representing_and_Speaking_for_Animals.shtml    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:38:40

• IBM Has Taken Control of GNOME (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/31/IBM_Has_Takes_Control_of_GNOME.shtml    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:38:55

• [GSoC] Working on Range Markers in Kdenlive Part 2 ☞ https://ajay2.vercel.app/posts/gsoc-kdenlive-marker-2/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:41:25

• Mechanism to detect kernel hang at bootup ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202508/mechanism-to-detect-kernel-hang-at-bootup.html    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:42:35

• Wine 10.14 released with library upgrades, network improvements, and bug fixes ☞ https://betanews.com/2025/08/30/wine-10-14-released-with-library-upgrades-network-improvements-and-bug-fixes/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:43:26

• Linux Lite 7.6 Released with New Community Wiki and Updated Apps ☞ https://linuxiac.com/linux-lite-7-6-released-with-new-community-wiki-and-updated-apps/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:44:41

• Incus 6.16 Container & Virtual Machine Manager Released ☞ https://linuxiac.com/incus-6-16-container-virtual-machine-manager-released/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:45:17

• DavMail 6.4 Open-Source Exchange Gateway Released ☞ https://linuxiac.com/davmail-6-4-open-source-exchange-gateway-released/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:46:05

• Best Free and Open Source Software: August 2025 Updates ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-software-august-2025-updates/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:49:56

• Garage – S3-compatible distributed object storage service ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/garage-s3-compatible-distributed-object-storage-service/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:50:08

• Kanidm – simple and secure identity management ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/kanidm-simple-secure-identity-management/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:50:20

• Video: Python Documentary ☞ http://www.montanalinux.org/videos-python-documentary.html    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:51:03

• File Browser – web file browser ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/file-browser-web-based/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:57:11

• Atom Chess – chess engine built using Stockfish and Electron ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/atom-chess-chess-engine/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:57:26

• FUSS – Debian-based GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/fuss-debian-based-linux-distribution/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:57:43

• 16 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Chess Apps ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/chess/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:57:57

• tidyall – all-in-one code tidier and validator ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/tidyall-all-in-one-code-tidier-validator/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:58:11

• Learning The Basics of Phylogenetic Analysis ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/08/learning-the-basics-of-phylogenetic-analysis/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 07:59:35

• Efficiently merging multiple datasets ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/08/efficiently-merging-multiple-datasets/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 08:00:16

• Lazy Reading for 2025/08/31 ☞ https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2025/08/31/lazy-reading-for-2025-08-31/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 08:01:08

• Otto Kekäläinen: Managing procrastination and distractions ☞ https://optimizedbyotto.com/post/procrastination-and-distractions/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 08:03:01

• AerynOS 2025.08 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/aerynos    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 08:05:57

• 4MLinux 50.0 (beta) also out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/4mlinux    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 08:06:13

• Pakistan evacuates half a million people as latest floods kill 30 ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250831-pakistan-evacuates-half-a-million-people-as-latest-floods-kill-30    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 08:08:23

• BigLinux 2025-08-31 is released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/biglinux    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 08:17:44

• Manjaro 25.0.8 is also released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/manjaro    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 08:17:56

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

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 08:19:10

• How To Install MongoDB Compass on Debian 13 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-mongodb-compass-debian-13/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 08:19:34

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

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 08:19:52

• Notes from August 2025 ☞ https://evanhahn.com/notes-from-august-2025/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 08:20:17

• How To Install QEMU on Manjaro ☞ https://idroot.us/install-qemu-manjaro/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 08:20:47

• How To Install NTP Server and Client on Debian 13 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-ntp-debian-13/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 08:21:55

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

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 08:22:31

• China-Russia trade booms in border towns ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250831-china-russia-trade-booms-in-border-towns    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 08:23:26

• Russian Strikes on Western Assets in Ukraine Send an Ominous Message ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/world/europe/russia-ukraine-western-targets.html    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 08:24:09

• Zelenskyy Says Suspect Held In Killing Of Ukrainian Politician Parubiy ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/parubiy-lviv-ukraine-assassination-maidan/33517975.html    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 08:24:32

• Leading Ukrainian 'statesman' and Maidan protest leader assassinated in Ukraine ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250831-leading-ukrainian-statesman-and-maidan-protest-leader-assassinated-in-ukraine    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 08:25:08

• China Shows Off Its Power ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/briefing/xi-modi-putin-summit-tianjin.html    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 08:26:00

• Lite 7.6 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/lite    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 08:43:27

• Thousands in Australia march against immigration, government condemns rally ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-government-condemns-anti-immigration-rally-in-sydney    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 08:43:54

• Russia Hits Ukrainian Power Grid As Allies Of Slain Politician Parubiy Blame Moscow ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-russia-attacks-parubiy-putin/33517759.html    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 08:44:20

• Europe 'Moving Forward' On Plans For Ukraine Peace Force With US Backing, Von Der Leyen Says ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-leyen-russia-ceasefire-europe-putin-zelenskyy/33517973.html    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 08:44:51

• China’s Pooh-tin hosts Putin, Modi and other Global South leaders at key summit ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/08/31/chinas-xi-hosts-putin-modi-and-other-global-south-leaders-at-key-summit/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 08:45:12

• India and China seek a business reboot ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250831-india-and-china-seek-a-business-reboot    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 08:45:38

• SCO Summit: Putin, Modi join Pooh-tin in Tianjin amid Convicted Felon tariff war ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250831-sco-summit-putin-modi-join-xi-in-tianjin-amid-trump-tariff-war    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 08:46:17

• SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organisation) combining about 4 billion people while Cheeto is MIA with golf and Jeffrey Epstein is perfect metaphor of what happened to Western hegemony    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 08:48:04

• Sco Summit: Pooh-tin aims at showing global south unity, with Modi and Putin ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250831-sco-summit-xi-aims-at-showing-global-south-unity-with-modi-and-putin    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 08:48:20

• mintCast 467 – Line Of Sight ☞ https://mintcast.org/467-line-of-sight/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 08:50:42

• What We Learned Building Enterprise GNU/Linux Optimized for Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/08/what-we-learned-building-enterprise-linux-optimized-for-ai/ Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI)    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 08:51:18

• RFK Jr. DNR’d the US Healthcare System ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/31/rfk-jr-dnrd-the-us-healthcare-system/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 08:52:12

• Summer of Hey Hi (AI) psychosis: stories of tragic chatbot interactions multiply ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/tech-24/20250831-summer-of-ai-psychosis-stories-of-tragic-chatbot-interactions-multiply    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 08:52:45

• When everyone wants something, but no one can decide how to pay for it ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/when-everyone-wants-something-but-no-one-can-decide-how-to-pay-for-it/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 08:53:46

• Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 35 (Aug 24 – 31, 2025) ☞ https://linuxiac.com/linuxiac-weekly-wrap-up-week-35-aug-24-31-2025/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 09:09:32

• AerynOS 2025.08 Released with GNOME 48.4 and Mesa 25.2, KDE Plasma Support ☞ https://9to5linux.com/aerynos-2025-08-released-with-gnome-48-4-and-mesa-25-2-kde-plasma-support    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 09:10:03

• GNOME OS 900750 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/gnomeos    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 09:12:10

• Skywave 5.9.0 is out as well☞ https://distrowatch.com/skywave    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 09:12:30

• Install & Set Ptyxis as Default Terminal in Ubuntu 24.04 | 22.04 ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/08/install-set-ptyxis-as-default-terminal-in-ubuntu-24-04-22-04/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 09:13:57

• LibreOffice 25.8.1 Update Delivers Almost 100 Bug Fixes ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/08/libreoffice-25-8-1-release-brings-almost-100-bug-fixes    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 09:14:40

• US appeals court rules against DHS in Venezuela TPS fight ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/08/appeals-court-rules-against-dhs-in-venezuela-tps-fight-but-supreme-court-stay-keeps-policy-in-place/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 09:16:08

• Rudy Giuliani Is Hurt in Car Crash in New Hampshire ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/us/politics/rudy-giuliani-accident-car-crash-new-hampshire.html    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 09:16:34

• Palestinians conduct night patrols to prevent West Bank settler attacks ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250831-palestinians-conduct-night-patrols-to-prevent-west-bank-settler-attacks    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 09:16:53

• Judge bars Convicted Felon administration from deporting Guatemalan children, for now ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/2025/0831/trump-judge-deportation-migrant-children-guatemala    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 09:17:32

• It’s Time to Call Out the National Gourd ☞ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/08/31/its-time-to-call-out-the-national-gourd/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 09:17:48

• Houthi rebels detain at least 11 UN personnel, envoy to Yemen says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250831-yemen-s-huthi-rebels-detain-at-least-11-un-staff-envoy    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 09:18:04

• The Corporate Logo That Broke the Internet ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/opinion/cracker-barrel-sydney-sweeney-rufo-maga.html    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 09:24:57

• How ‘Clanker’ Became an Anti-A.I. Rallying Cry ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/technology/clanker-anti-ai.html    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 09:25:24

• "Soviet-Era Style Clock" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/31/this-soviet-style-clock-uses-homemade-nixie-tubes-and-glowing-logic/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 09:26:48

• This Rare Fungus Can Kill Cancer Cells, And We Finally Know Its Secret ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-rare-fungus-can-kill-cancer-cells-and-we-finally-know-its-secret    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 09:28:30

• Earth's Seasons Are Out of Sync, Scientists Discover From Space ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/earths-seasons-are-out-of-sync-scientists-discover-from-space    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 09:29:23

• Hidden Rhythms Between Your Stomach And Brain Could Shape Your Mood ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/hidden-rhythms-between-your-stomach-and-brain-could-shape-your-mood    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 09:29:38

• "3D Prints" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/31/watch-bondo-putty-get-sprayed-onto-3d-prints/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 09:30:52

• "Macro Pad" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/31/building-a-macro-pad-into-a-business-card/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 09:31:08

• "Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory – formerly the Swift Gamma-Ray Burst Explorer" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/31/nasa-is-taking-suggestions-for-raising-swifts-orbit/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 09:31:53

• "Ask a Hackaday scribe who’s helped run the lightning talks at one of our events" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/08/31/lightning-talks-on-time-with-this-device/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 09:32:12

• nbsp;  

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 10:42:50

• "If we have full control over our devices, we can remove the biggest obstacles of user security: the damn spyware Google & other vendors put on it. Not just disabling it, removing it, leaving no trace. We can’t talk about security while Big Tech tries to push new spyware down our throats with every upgrade." https://lobste.rs/s/lvfpzx/is_it_possible_allow_sideloading_keep    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 10:43:17

• "The problem here isn’t that we can install random shit from the internet. The problem is that we can’t remove the biggest pile of bad from our devices." https://lobste.rs/s/lvfpzx/is_it_possible_allow_sideloading_keep    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 10:43:44

• Foolish comment: "I have to disagree here. Google may be spying on me and showing me creepy adverts. But it isn’t trying to steal my life-savings or attempting to blackmail me with stolen photos. The harm caused by criminals exploiting the weakest members of society is vastly more dangerous than slightly better ad targetting."    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 10:44:42

• The data collected from GAFAM on BILLIONS of users isn't just used by the governments for blackmail but also actual assassinations https://www.gnu.org/proprietary/malware-google.en.html    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 10:45:47

• "It’s not at all obvious to me that the sum harm by criminals is greater than the sum harm by ads, purely on a scale basis."    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 10:46:19

• "BigTech exploiting the weakest members of society is vastly more dangerous than malware, though, because their malware comes with your phone and you can’t get rid of it, and they normalize the loss of control of hardware you supposedly own."    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 10:46:53

• "If I had control over the phone, I could help my family the same way I help them with their computers: I’ll manage software installed on them, for them. They don’t need full access to it, as long as I do."    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 10:47:19

• "Right now, we can’t do that, because I can’t get rid of the software that continues to render their phone unusable or actively dangerous (like Gemini forcing itself on on my Mom’s phone during a forced upgrade, and causing all kinds of trouble for her). I’ll take the “danger”, thanks."    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 10:47:27

• "The industrial scale fraud exists anyway. You know what’s the biggest source of fraud are? The Play Store and Advertisements. You know what would be the two things I’d get rid of immediately if I had full access to our phones? The Play Store and advertisements."    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 10:48:11

• "As long as we’re calling installing software on the devices we own “sideloading”, the Googles of the world have already won any argument to be had."    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 10:49:27

• ZOTAC Zone Pro to feature Ryzen HX 370, 7″ OLED screen, 32GB RAM and Manjaro Linux https://videocardz.com/newz/zotac-zone-pro-to-feature-ryzen-hx-370-7-oled-screen-32gb-ram-and-manjaro-linux    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 11:19:34

• RG40XX V Linux OS https://www.eshop-mangazone.com/product-p-88072.html    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 11:20:46

• "Arch might not be stable enough to run on a server, but it is plenty stable for daily desktop use—despite the rolling release approach." https://www.howtogeek.com/can-arch-linux-be-your-main-pc-os-its-mine-and-heres-how/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 11:21:32

• 3 Cool Linux Apps to Try This Weekend (August 29 - 31) https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-apps-to-try-august-29-31/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 11:24:05

• SJVN keeps missing the point that this publisher takes money to promote this very bubble that's destroying the Web https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/29/ai_web_crawlers_are_destroying/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 11:29:44

• "I don't want to be a Richard Stallman, I just want to be able to do whatever I want with my property, not what some mega corp, which is motivated to act against my own interests, authorizes me to." https://www.realworldtech.com/forum/?threadid=224951&curpostid=224972    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 11:59:50

• "This is why everyone needs to learn about FOSS software. Learn about Linux. Stallman, Free Software Foundation, etc. foresaw this shit a long time ago, and thus developed libre software to mitigate against it and give people genuine control over their data and devices." https://www.reddit.com/r/GreenAndPleasant/comments/1n5jpzy/they_just_wont_stop/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 12:28:46

• "Technology is becoming a hellscape of AI crap, SAAS rentierism, mass surveillance, censorship, bloatware, and other garbage." https://www.reddit.com/r/GreenAndPleasant/comments/1n5jpzy/they_just_wont_stop/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 12:28:53

• In Mastodon, it's mostly men, still. Almost everyone is "he/him" and also "asshole/a-hole".    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 12:39:30

• Salesforce cuts 4,000 jobs    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 15:18:12

• Working to death for Microsoft https://www.financialexpress.com/life/technology-i-am-33-years-old-with-3-million-net-worth-and-i-am-not-happy-33-year-old-techie-wants-to-retire-3963254/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 15:19:26

• "Money can buy fame and comfort, but not happiness. The age-old proverb has once again been proven right by a 33-year-old technology professional in the US, who has cited the recent death of another 35-year-old professional as his reason to take an early retirement."    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 15:20:22

• Ford announces 470 job losses    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 15:21:12

• Must be "hey hi", according to media funded to hype up HEY HI    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 15:21:39

• "Ex-Microsoft staffer quits new role after 20 days"    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 15:22:38

• "My11Circle parent Games24x7 begins layoffs, 400 jobs on the line"    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 15:23:22

• The real news is, Microsoft lost a MD https://www.techinasia.com/news/microsoft-appoints-new-australian-new-zealand-managing-director    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 15:25:10

• "“A Difficult But Necessary Step”: MPL CEO Announces 60% Layoffs After Real-Money Gaming Ban In India, Says No Revenue Ahead"    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 15:47:27

• "Yeah, it's been about a month already since I'd ditched Arch (namely CachyOS) in favor of NixOS on my main machine. And here are my impressions about this distro and personal thoughts about its possible future use." gopher://hoi.st:70/0/posts/2025-09-01-a-month-with-nixos.txt    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 16:01:42

• "debian 13 codename trixie was released on August 9th 2025. I upgraded from debian 12 bookworm to trixie on August 11th with great success. How did I do it? That's easy: Reading the fscking manual just like I did with bookworm." gopher://sdf.org:70/1/users/chals/phlog/08-26-25    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 16:02:34

• Discoveries, CCN Lite 📰 gemini://omg.pebcak.club/~freezr/pebcak/index.gmi    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 16:04:31

• "It's a little electronic typewriter from the late 80s. Runs on batteries 🔋 or plugged in 🔌, prints quietly on thermal paper (I use fax paper rolls) or normal paper if you have a ribbon cassette (as you can see if the photo above I have an almost empty ribbon cassette and a brand new still in original packaging cassette)." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/the-canon-typestar-10-II-electronic-and-thermal-typewriter/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 16:05:53

• "Said Uncle has been consternated for decades that law school, a brief career in insurance litigation, and then starting my own business failed to turn me any more conservative. He looked genuinely gleeful when he found out I’d recently subscribed to the Wall Street Journal." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2025-09-01    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 16:07:11

• "I bought a tiny electronic typewriter in mid-eighties. It was silent and wonderful. I loved it. btw if it uses thermal paper watch out, it's full of bisphenol or something like that" gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Electronics/32114    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 16:08:27

• "This VP was milking 1200 contractors on H1Bs at Walmart, was taking $5/hr for each one of them. I'd bet we have some folks here doing the same thing. There was the same hoopla at Netflix where a VP was caught and convicted, doing the same pay-to-play scheme. The whole process is corrupt... Anyhow, this guy at Walmart got caught and canned" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3hht0y8    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 16:20:12

• "Walmart? What a surprise!! 90% of Walmart IT people in the US are Indians, most of them on H1-Bs. This sh-t has to stop!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3hht0y8    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 16:20:41

• "I would not go back to IBM unless I was part of a department with competent leadership. IBM is currently full of people who hoard work and keep certain employees solely due to their relationships, not because of competency levels." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3x5v9ag    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 16:22:20

• "It's the ultimate definition of a dead-end job, albeit a higher-paying one. If you can stomach the lack of inspiring leadership, disorganization, cronyism instead of competency, and you can handle steady pay but constant layoffs, then IBM is for you." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3x5v9ag    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 16:22:29

• "Half our group is gone and the work never slowed down. We’re all scrambling to keep up, but there’s only so much we can cover. It's like IBM is intentionally trying to wear us down. I guess if we quit they don't have to pay us severance during the next RA, so it kind of makes sense." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k42fk961    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 16:23:39

• "Yeah, just a convenient way for Alvind and his Pipmunks to avoid paying severance if you quit and to transfer the jobs en masse to his Indian friends on one lame pretext or another. Well, Modi just joined the Xi Jinpeng "Axis of Evil" empire so it should be interesting to see what happens next. We live in interesting times, don't we?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k42fk961    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 16:23:49

• "Americans do things differently - it's what makes us special. Like issuing more H1B visas to crooks who should not be here to take American jobs. And believing in that BS about friendship. "We are friends" actually means India is sc--wing US workers. Time for a reset as Modi goes to China for "Shanghai Cooperation Organization". What happen to BRIC? Did it fade already?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3vjayzj    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 16:26:01

• "It is obvious that Modi the mo--n believes that Xi Jinpeng is looking out for India's interests. Yes, sure he is. Maybe he'll (Comrade Leader Xi) start issuing H1B visa equivalents to send Indians to China. LOL! The US sure doesn't need the H1B Indians any more, while we have so many Americans unemployed." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3vjayzj    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 16:26:45

• "India is the world's largest recipient of remittances, with the total amount sent by overseas Indians reaching a record $135 billion in the fiscal year 2024-2025, according to a Reserve Bank of India (RBI) report." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3vjayzj    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 16:28:02

• "U.S. Contribution: The U.S. consistently accounts for a substantial part of these remittances, with a recent estimate showing it as the source of approximately $32 billion in 2023-2024, which is roughly 28% of India's total." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k3vjayzj    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 16:28:10

• "India and China are development partners, not rivals, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed on Sunday, as they discussed ways to improve trade ties amid global tariff uncertainty."    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 16:28:56

• IBM and Apple sending jobs in India in no way tackles the China threat that they speak of. The goal is the lessen compensation (Salaries) and nothing else. So what if your TV or fridge never last over 5 years? Buy a new one. Again.    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 16:30:12

• "While Microsoft long ago lobbed support for ATI’s ancient R300-series GPUs into the skip, Linux developers are still quietly keeping the lights on for hardware that predates most influencers." https://www.fudzilla.com/news/graphics/61633-linux-devs-keep-ancient-radeon-cards-kicking    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 17:04:13

• "What if your next laptop wasn’t just a tool, but a reflection of your values and technical prowess?" https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/linux-framework-13-laptop-build/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 17:05:08

• "Windows has always been the go-to platform for PC gaming, but after years of putting up with its quirks, I finally gave Linux a shot. Now, I am never going back." https://www.makeuseof.com/switched-from-windows-to-linux-for-gaming/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 17:05:46

• Linux Foundation openwashing Microsoft https://www.techradar.com/pro/who-says-databases-are-boring-microsoft-google-and-aws-all-back-the-linux-foundations-move-to-add-documentdb    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 17:06:46

• "Linux, as an operating system, has been at the forefront of maintaining support for older hardware, even for the two-decade-old ATI Radeon GPUs." https://wccftech.com/linux-still-isnt-ready-to-give-up-on-20-year-old-ati-radeon-gpus/    

posted Monday, September 01, 2025 at 17:08:12