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  • The challenge of maintaining curl https://lwn.net/Articles/1034966/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:00:38


  • Changing GNOME technical governance? https://lwn.net/Articles/1034684/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:01:21


  • Removing Guix from Debian https://lwn.net/Articles/1035491/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:02:02


  • The future of 32-bit support in the kernel https://lwn.net/Articles/1035727/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:03:16


  • "Problem was, IBM forgot they needed a strong marketing presence to get noticed again. Not like the old days of "you never get fired for buying IBM." No sir. Now, "you never have a job for longer than 2 years if you work at IBM in the US." If they had paid attention to marketing and found a REAL CMO instead of Jhonny Ad Shack [who on day one said "I'm not a marketer," they might have had a chance." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4rkpm3q    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:13:32


  • "Problem was, IBM forgot they needed a strong marketing presence to get noticed again. Not like the old days of "you never get fired for buying IBM." No sir. Now, "you never have a job for longer than 2 years if you work at IBM in the US." If they had paid attention to marketing and found a REAL CMO instead of Jhonny Ad Shack [who on day one said "I'm not a marketer," they might have had a chance."    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:13:56


  • "But now it's too late. They're left to circle their mainframe customers like buzzards and send the rest of the work to India. Alvind, the Chief Curry Officer, once cared about people so I'm told. But now it's just bonuses, stock and Jim Cramer. Best o' luck to all at Busted Blue." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4rkpm3q    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:14:05


  • "One of our executives went to RH [Red Hat] rumors were that she and Joanne Wright often did not see eye to eye. She started her own group there and took about 20 people with her... Now she’s going to report to JW again"    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:14:42


  • "IBM has had 5 CMOs in 4 years. And none of them could measure up to Jon Iwata. -- Jonathan A back in the saddle in 2025 -- Clay C: departed in 2025 after 6 months -- Jonathan A: 2022 - 2024 -- Carla PS: 2022 after 11 months -- Michelle P: Departed in 2021"    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:15:03


  • "Consider also passing limits on how many foreign students can attend our universities" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4qk5q13    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:16:02


  • Salvaged shipwreck porcelain gets new life in Malaysia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/salvaged-shipwreck-porcelain-gets-new-life-in-malaysia    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:16:33


  • Malaysia recovers $11 million in assets linked to Jho Low in 1MDB case ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysia-recovers-s11-million-in-assets-linked-to-jho-low-in-1mdb-case    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:16:52


  • Hong Kong legislature rejects bill on same-sex partnerships ☞ https://rfa.org/english/china/2025/09/10/hong-kong-same-sex-unions/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:17:29


  • At IAA Mobility Car Show in Munich, the German Automakers Feel Optimistic ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/world/europe/germany-cars-china-evs-munich-auto-show.html    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:17:49


  • U.S. Deportation Sent Asylum Seeker Back Into China’s Grip ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/world/asia/china-deportation-us-asylum.html    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:18:11


  • U.S. Drugmakers Warn White House of Chaos as Convicted Felon Weighs Curbs on China ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/business/trump-medicines-china-biotech.html    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:19:37


  • North China posts longest rainy season since 1961; country faces hottest summer ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-china-posts-longest-rainy-season-since-1961-country-faces-hottest-summer    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:20:03


  • China doubles down on Brics to defend free trade but grouping’s divisions remain ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-doubles-down-on-brics-to-defend-free-trade-but-groupings-divisions-remain    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:20:26


  • Not ‘disgusting food’ anymore: China’s century, salted duck eggs finding fans in US ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/not-disgusting-food-any-more-chinas-century-salted-duck-eggs-finding-fans-in-us    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:20:56


  • China takes aim at car industry’s fraudulent advertising tactics ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-takes-aim-at-car-industrys-fraudulent-advertising-tactics    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:21:29


  • China to establish nature reserve in disputed Scarborough Shoal in South China Sea ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-to-establish-nature-reserve-in-disputed-scarborough-shoal-in-south-china-sea    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:21:49


  • Dell reportedly cutting staff from China operations — affected employees have until October 10 to apply for internal transfer ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/dell-reportedly-cutting-staff-from-china-operations-affected-employees-have-until-october-10-to-apply-for-internal-transfer    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:22:22


  • Lithuania’s government program pledges defence boost, tax stability and reset with China ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2670423/lithuania-s-government-program-pledges-defence-boost-tax-stability-and-reset-with-china    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:22:46


  • Patriotic National Day fireworks on Oct 1 to feature pandas, National Games and aerospace achievements ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/09/10/patriotic-national-day-fireworks-on-oct-1-to-feature-pandas-national-games-and-aerospace-achievements/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:23:26


  • Pacific Islands leaders to back ‘ocean of peace’ at summit clouded by China tensions ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/09/10/pacific-islands-leaders-to-back-ocean-of-peace-at-summit-clouded-by-china-tensions/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:23:46


  • Rising dragon, slumbering Sam ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/rising-dragon-slumbering-sam/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:30:08


  • Australia’s northern front in global resource war ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/australias-northern-front-in-global-resource-war/   

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:31:10


  • In contested region, Indonesia diversifies arms imports ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/in-contested-region-indonesia-diversifies-arms-imports/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:31:32


  • Shares of Synopsys crater after export restrictions derail China sales ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/09/09/shares-synopsys-crater-export-restrictions-derail-china-sales/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:32:33


  • This Asteroid Held Liquid Water Much More Recently Than We Thought ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-asteroid-held-liquid-water-much-more-recently-than-we-thought    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:33:21


  • Lifestyle brand Refinery29 closes UK office and lays off journalists ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/lifestyle-brand-refinery29-closes-uk-office-and-lays-off-journalists/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:33:50


  • Online polling start-up invests in freelance video reporters ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/online-polling-start-up-invests-in-freelance-video-reporters/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:34:15


  • City AM trumpets resurgence of print profitability ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/city-am-trumpets-resurgence-of-print-profitability/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:35:18


  • Ultra-Processed Food Is Harming Men's Health in Three Key Ways ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/ultra-processed-food-is-harming-mens-health-in-three-key-ways    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:35:59


  • Microbe That Can Eat Mars Dust And Make Oxygen Could Be a Great Space Pet ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/microbe-that-can-eat-mars-dust-and-make-oxygen-could-be-a-great-space-pet    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:36:31


  • Animals Are Evolving Along Two Opposite Paths For One Major Reason ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/animals-are-evolving-along-two-opposite-paths-for-one-major-reason    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:36:58


  • Your Own Mouth Bacteria Could Give You a Heart Attack, New Study Suggests ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/your-own-mouth-bacteria-could-give-you-a-heart-attack-new-study-suggests    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:37:21


  • Brain Scans Reveal When You'll Change Your Mind – Before You Do ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/brain-scans-reveal-when-youll-change-your-mind-before-you-do    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:37:40


  • $50 for Buffering? Why Zimbabwe’s Internet “Up To” Speeds Are Misleading, and What Potraz Should Do ☞ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/09/zimbabwe-internet-speeds-potraz-regulation/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:42:22


  • Red Sea undersea cable cuts that slowed internet over the weekend blamed on commercial shipping — sabotage seems unlikely, but repairs could take weeks ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/commercial-ships-blamed-for-red-sea-cable-cuts    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:42:43


  • The Data Dump Dilemma: Why Public Digital Platforms Risk Failing the People They Serve ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2025/09/the-data-dump-dilemma-why-public-digital-platforms-risk-failing-the-people-they-serve/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:43:37


  • Do Your Knees 'Click'? Here's What It Means, And When to See a Doctor ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/do-your-knees-click-heres-what-it-means-and-when-to-see-a-doctor    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:45:06


  • "uefi-shell-Disable-the-shell-when-UEFI-Secure-Boot-is-on" https://github.com/aws/uefi/blob/5c3ac896feea3923a96944dc23e808385939c0a1/edk2-stable202211/0032-edk2-stable202211-uefi-shell-Disable-the-shell-when-UEFI-Secure-Boot-is-on.patch    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:46:21


  • "Secure Boot" causes technical pains https://old.reddit.com/r/sysadmin/comments/1ndawwa/pxe_boot_with_grub_and_secure_boot_enabled/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:48:35


  • "Here in the screenshot you can see that the bios mode is outdated, and secure boot is not supported, I reread all the forums and watched all the videos, but nothing helps. I even updated the BIOS and still have an error, although everything worked until yesterday." https://old.reddit.com/r/FACEITcom/comments/1nd7r6d/tpm_20_and_secure_boot/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:49:22


  • "tried to update my tpm by enabling secure boot, but after being unable to do so, I gave up and decided to try it another day. My computer was laggy after I enabled secure boot so I went back into the HP UEFI menu to change it back from" https://old.reddit.com/r/pchelp/comments/1nd2c8n/can_someone_please_help_me_i_cant_get_past_secure/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:50:25


  • black screen when i turn on secure boot https://old.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/1ndhnxr/black_screen_when_i_turn_on_secure_boot/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:51:08


  • John Goerzen: ARM is great, ARM is terrible (and so is RISC-V) ☞ https://changelog.complete.org/archives/10858-arm-is-great-arm-is-terrible-and-so-is-risc-v    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:53:03


  • Anaconda WebUI: progress update and roadmap ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1037349/   

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:53:34


  • ASRock Industrial NUC BOX-255H Running Linux: GIMP Hey Hi (AI) Plugins ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/asrock-industrial-nuc-box-255h-running-linux-gimp-ai-plugins/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:55:20


  • Filestash – Dropbox-like file manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/filestash-dropbox-like-file-manager/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:55:31


  • chsrc – change source ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/chsrc-change-source/   

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:55:42


  • 17 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Comic Book Viewers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/comicbookviewers/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:55:53


  • Project Graph – next generation node graph drawing tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/project-graph-next-generation-node-graph-drawing-tool/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:56:05


  • “my access was revoked very quickly. My RSUs were due to vest in Feb, but now I’ll lose them.” https://americanbazaaronline.com/2025/09/10/oracle-layoffs-delivered-via-zoom-in-project-update-meetings-467449/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:57:40


  • Ozempic maker Novo Nordisk to lay off 9,000 employees worldwide to save $1.26 bn https://www.financialexpress.com/world-news/novo-nordisk-to-layoff-9000-employees-in-1-26-bn-restructuring-effort/3972656/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 03:58:38


  • Pakku – pacman wrapper with additional features ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pakku-pacman-wrapper/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:03:47


  • Periodic Table Tools: 6 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-periodic-table-tools/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:04:01


  • 4 Useful Free and Open Source systemd GUI Configuration Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/useful-free-open-source-systemd-gui-configuration-tools/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:04:22


  • copyparty – portable file server ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/copyparty-portable-file-server/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:04:36


  • Univention 5.2-3 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/univention    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:05:37


  • CentOS 10-20250908 released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/centos    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:05:57


  • Release of ATZ GNU/Linux 12.2.1 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/atz 铜豌豆 Linux 是基于 Debian 的 Linux 中文 开源操作系统。 https://www.atzlinux.com/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:06:58


  • Linux 6.17 Kernel Arrives in Ubuntu 25.10 Daily Builds ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/linux-6-17-kernel-update-ubuntu-25-10    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:07:45


  • Hyprland 0.51 Released with Reworked Gestures, New Options ☞ https://linuxiac.com/hyprland-0-51-released-with-reworked-gestures-new-options/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:08:40


  • KDE Plasma 6.4.5 Fixes Brightness Flickering Issues with AMD GPU Drivers ☞ https://9to5linux.com/kde-plasma-6-4-5-fixes-brightness-flickering-issues-with-amd-gpu-drivers    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:09:22


  • Steam Client Adds Advanced Options to the In-Game Overlay for AMD & NVIDIA GPUs ☞ https://9to5linux.com/steam-client-adds-advanced-options-to-the-in-game-overlay-for-amd-nvidia-gpus    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:09:43


  • pikaur – AUR helper with minimal dependencies ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pikaur-aur-helper-minimal-dependencies/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:10:19


  • KDE GNU/Linux Alpha Available for Daring Users ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/KDE-Linux-Alpha-Available-for-Daring-Users    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:10:50


  • A path toward removal of kernel high-memory support ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1037391/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:12:43


  • Clear NDR 1.0 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/clearndr    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:14:18


  • Security updates for Wednesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1037471/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:14:46


  • GNU Taler news: TalerBarr — v0.1.0 released ☞ https://taler.net/en/news/2025-09.html    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:16:13


  • unifont @ Savannah: Unifont 17.0.01 Released ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10809    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:16:38


  • SuperTuxKart 1.5 RC2 added GUI option to Choose Vulkan or DirectX 9 ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/09/supertuxkart-1-5-choose-vulkan-directx9/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:18:34


  • Voyager 13 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/voyager https://voyagerlive.org/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:19:43


  • Stop Wallpaper Moving When You Switch Workspace in GNOME ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/static-workspace-background-gnome-extension    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:20:04


  • MOAR SPAM: "In partnership with Hitachi Vantara" https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/09/1123083/adapting-to-new-threats-with-proactive-risk-management/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:20:58


  • Israel strikes Yemen's Sanaa, Houthi-run Al Masirah TV says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/israel-strikes-yemens-sanaa-houthi-run-al-masirah-tv-says    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:21:46


  • China condemns Israel strike in Doha, concerned about escalation ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-condemns-israel-strike-in-doha-concerned-about-escalation    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:22:01


  • Israel’s Attack on Qatari Soil Leads Gulf Powers to Question U.S. Protection ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/world/middleeast/israel-strike-qatar-us.html    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:22:16


  • Hamas Fighters Claim Responsibility for Bus Stop Shooting in Jerusalem ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/world/middleeast/hamas-responsibility-jerusalem-bus-shooting.html    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:22:36


  • Israel Attempts to Kill Hamas Leadership in Airstrike on Qatar, a Gaza War Mediator ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/world/middleeast/israel-hamas-doha-qatar-strike.html    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:22:52


  • Dihydroxyacetone Man says 'not thrilled' by Israel's strike on Qatar ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250910-trump-says-not-thrilled-by-israel-s-strike-on-qatar    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:23:07


  • BioNTech and Pfizer strike back against GSK in London ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/biontech-and-pfizer-strike-back-against-gsk-in-london/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:23:31


  • Australia to spend $1.4 billion on autonomous undersea vehicles ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-to-spend-1-4-billion-on-autonomous-undersea-vehicles    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:23:55


  • What Travelers Need to Know About the Upcoming Strike in France ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/travel/france-strike-what-to-know.html    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:24:15


  • Former WhatsApp security manager sues company for privacy violations, professional retaliation ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/meta-whatsapp-lawsuit-privacy-violations-relatiation/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:25:15


  • UK Online Safety Act sparks surge in VPN use and dark web activity ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/09/10/uk-online-safety-act-sparks-surge-vpn-use-dark-web-activity/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:26:49


  • Google to obey South Korean order to blur satellite images on maps ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/google-to-obey-south-korean-order-to-blur-satellite-images-on-maps    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:27:09


  • Keynotes at APNIC 60: Leslie Daigle and Vu The Binh ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/09/10/keynotes-at-apnic-60-leslie-daigle-and-vu-the-binh/  

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:27:28


  • Fedora Community Blog: Anaconda WebUI: Progress Update and Roadmap ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/anaconda-webui-progress-update-and-roadmap/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:27:51


  • Microsoft tries to distract from layoffs (two waves so far this month, France and Washington) with RTO. How is this RTO thing even "news"? This was already announced and widely covered months ago.    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:29:47


  • "How the mighty have fallen - Non-stop layoffs for months. Microsoft is turning into a joke." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4sfaprv    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:30:42


  • "it's across the board, every large company is laying off for months" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4sfaprv    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:31:03


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posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:31:54


  • "Does anybody buy this? Following mass layoffs, Microsoft exec insists return to office mandate is "not about reducing headcount" [...] While it may not be 100% about reducing headcount, I have no doubt that it's a big part of it." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4sjzgrt    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:32:01


  • Jon Chiappetta: Buffer Bloat Buster – Running a TCP VPN tunnel with large memory buffer sizes ☞ https://fossjon.wordpress.com/2025/09/07/buffer-bloat-buster-running-a-tcp-vpn-tunnel-with-large-memory-buffer-sizes/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:35:10


  • Measuring the OneWeb satellite network ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/09/10/measuring-the-oneweb-satellite-network/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:35:31


  • curl 8.16.0 ☞ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/09/10/curl-8-16-0/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 04:37:37


  • "Guys, this is driving me nuts! On my dualboot system, Linux and Windows 11, both installed on a dedicated physical disk, I'm trying to set up PXE boot with Secure Boot enabled." https://old.reddit.com/r/homelab/comments/1ndantl/pxe_boot_with_grub_and_secure_boot_enabled/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 06:04:40


  • 3 hours ago: "Hey everyone! I'm writing this post for anyone who suffered with a "semi bricked" Gigabyte motherboard, after the Battlefield 6 Beta fiasco." https://old.reddit.com/r/gigabyte/comments/1ndwib9/fix_for_gigabyte_secure_boot_issue_bricked_mobo/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 06:05:29


  • "Secure boot doesn’t read hardware which is why people are getting way with cheating by using DMA cards. Secure boot is software based."    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 06:06:10


  • "I know you have to disable secure boot to install/dualboot Steam OS. After you have it successfully installed, can you enable secure boot to play games that require it in windows, and then disable it before going back into Steam OS without breaking it?" https://old.reddit.com/r/LegionGo/comments/1nd6jng/question_for_steamos_dual_booting_and_secure_boot/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 06:36:31


  • Classy https://old.reddit.com/r/AlienwareTechsupport/comments/1nc4apn/aurora_10_not_letting_me_turn_secure_boot_on/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 07:25:47


  • "I disabled Secure Boot and Legacy USB Support in my MSI B550 Tomahawk BIOS - the BIOS is in UEFI only mode so no CSM." https://old.reddit.com/r/cachyos/comments/1ndfu18/unable_to_boot_install_usb/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 07:27:05


  • Also new https://old.reddit.com/r/pchelp/comments/1ne1dy1/help_i_cant_get_my_bios_to_secure_boot/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 07:28:26


  • "The latest update for Steam Desktop and Steam Deck is out now bringing a lot of bug fixes, along with a bunch of fun new features for all platforms." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/steam-update-gives-wider-store-pages-library-sorting-desktop-accessibility-controls-and-lots-more/ | Source: GamingOnLinux OpenAI bankrupt any moment now? https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/11/openai_reportedly_on_the_hook/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 07:55:38


  • A headsup: Microsoft lunduke picking on corydoctorow now... for merely QUOTING somebody.    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 08:04:16


  • Then again, this is what being "on" social control media does to a person. Even merely "liking" (pressing on) something can get you sacked/jailed.   

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:13:00


  • "With the ongoing Nintendo and Pokemon versus Palworld lawsuit, another patent has been found recently that's rather problematic for the whole gaming industry." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/nintendo-get-another-problematic-patent-in-their-fight-against-palworld-for-summoning-characters/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:13:19


  • "Heroes of the Seven Islands is an intentionally badly drawn challenging tribute to classic role-playing video games and comic books" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/a-tribute-to-classic-90s-games-and-comic-books-the-rpg-adventure-heroes-of-the-seven-islands-is-out-now/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:13:53


  • iophk: "The Larry Elison pricing is more data showing that "cloud" is not cheap."    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:14:54


  • "Here's a free game that you should try out." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/use-a-mind-controlled-spork-in-psycutlery-a-wild-free-platformer-with-lots-of-gimmicks/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:15:16


  • "A library full of infected living books awaits you in Tomebound, an upcoming hexgrid tactics deckbuilder that plans full Linux support. This one sounds like it has a fun mixture of features and an interesting setting too." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/harness-the-power-of-living-books-in-the-upcoming-hexgrid-tactics-deckbuilder-tomebound/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:16:38


  • windows tco? https://yle.fi/a/74-20182162    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:21:57


  • ""He was accompanied by a beautiful date"" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/09/10/he-was-accompanied-by-a-beautiful-date/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:22:12


  • "What We Can Learn From Nordic Socialism" https://jacobin.com/2025/09/nordic-socialism-dragsted-poulantzas-reforms/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:22:34


  • "Just how much money is Trump making from [cryptocurrency]?" https://www.vox.com/politics/460757/trump-crypto-presidency-profits-corruption    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:22:48


  • "Into The Grid is a cyberpunk roguelike deckbuilder that looked very promising from the demo (that's still available to try), and now we have a release window for November." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/build-a-deck-of-powerful-programs-in-the-cyberpunk-deckbuilder-into-the-grid-in-november/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:23:15


  • "Ecto is a very fast-paced shooter playable in solo or online co-op up to 8 players, where you bunny hop around blasting robots with flower guns" ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/the-free-unusual-extreme-speed-shooter-ecto-added-linux-support/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:23:33


  • "Airborne Empire is an interesting hybrid that mixes city-building, with open-world exploration and the latest update should fix it up on Linux / Steam Deck." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/airborne-empire-an-open-world-city-building-rpg-gets-a-linux-steam-deck-freezing-fix/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:28:44


  • "Digimon Story Time Stranger is coming soon from Media.Vision Inc. and Bandai Namco Entertainment Inc. and it's now it has a Steam Deck and SteamOS rating." ☛ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/digimon-story-time-stranger-rated-steam-deck-playable-steamos-compatible-ahead-of-release/ | Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:29:02


  • "Rebecca Solnit on Trump, Books, and the Reincarnation of King George III" https://www.thenation.com/article/society/qa-rebecca-solnit-trump-books/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:33:14


  • "You Really Need to See Epstein’s Birthday Book for Yourself" https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/09/jeffrey-epstein-birthday-book-conspiracy-theories/684157/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:33:33


  • "Hamtramck can ban LGBTQ+ pride flags on public property, judge says" https://eu.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2025/09/09/detroit-area-city-can-ban-lgbtq-pride-flags-on-public-property-judge-says/86066017007/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:33:49


  • "“The Major left formation the evening of September 1st and completed his final mission to bluer skies,” a message on Luckadoo’s official website said." https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-military/2025/09/09/john-luckadoo-last-b-17-pilot-of-the-bloody-hundredth-dies-at-103/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:34:25


  • "David Bowie's archive opens to the public. Fans can see and touch 1000s of his items" https://www.independent.co.uk/news/david-bowie-music-london-victoria-and-albert-museum-alexander-mcqueen-b2823996.html    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:34:40


  • "How Russia is grooming Ukraine’s children to fight for it: ‘I understood it wasn’t just play’" https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/10/how-russia-is-grooming-ukraines-children-to-fight-for-it-i-understood-it-wasnt-just-play    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:34:58


  • Corrupt site bribed by HEY HI scam artists for hype https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/09/09/1123404/ai-grid-help/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:35:49


  • This did not age well https://www.newsweek.com/charlie-kirk-says-gun-deaths-worth-it-2nd-amendment-1793113    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:40:12


  • iophk: mike continues to spread disinfo and promote vehicles for disinfo; recall the final three dilbert strips, ones that most did not see, "he who controls tiktok controls the world" https://www.techdirt.com/2025/09/10/experts-universally-pan-jonathan-haidts-the-anxious-generation-as-unscientific-garbage-but-politicians-keep-buying-it-anyway/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:41:17


  • Chat Control https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2025/09/10/politiker-forstar-inte-riskerna-med-chat-control/   

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:41:40


  • "Politiker måste förstå säkerhetsriskerna med Chat control 2.0, skriver debattörer" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://www.svd.se/a/3MvM39/politiker-maste-forsta-sakerhetsriskerna-med-chat-control-2-0-skriver-debattorer paywall    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:42:03


  • "Trump or no Trump, Europe’s relationship with the US will never recover" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/sep/11/donald-trump-europe-transatlantic-alliance-never-recover    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:42:14


  • Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-09-11.gmi    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:45:14


  • "So after debating it with myself for a while now, I decided to just go ahead and purchase a Playdate console by Panic, that cute yellow handheld console with the hand-crank." gemini://vigrey.com/journal/i-ordered-a-playdate-console.gmi    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:46:09


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

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:47:02


  • 🔤SpellBinding — ADEYIWH Wordo: TUSKS gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-09-11.gmi    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:48:10


  • "There exists within my mind a dichotomy between that which is truly real and that what is digital. I cannot, I am afraid, put into words how much I like Reality (tm). What is real is that which is." gemini://beyond-mundanity.com/dichotomy.gmi    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:49:59


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

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:55:15


  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1760.jpg    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:56:28


  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1410.jpg    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:56:37


  • "I love Christina's questions. She asks us out of lonely diaries into asynchronous visits with each other." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/agk/2025-09-11-5q.txt    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 11:58:21


  • "Monkey Wrench Gang" ☛ https://therevelator.org/happy-50th-birthday-monkey-wrench-gang/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 12:01:26


  • "He Is an Anti-Vaccination Enthusiast" ☛ https://fair.org/home/kennedy-is-not-a-skeptic-he-is-an-anti-vaccination-enthusiast/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 12:02:17


  • "So yesterday i followed the bazzite documentation on how to enable secure boot." https://old.reddit.com/r/Bazzite/comments/1ne4a2t/secure_boot_question/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 12:14:52


  • "After a long time of trying to find how to enable secure boot we finally did it. Only for my screen to turn black every time it is enabled with factory default keys." https://old.reddit.com/r/computers/comments/1nc4ydu/issues_with_my_bios_secure_boot_and_mcs/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 12:15:56


  • "yea if anyone knows anything about pcs secure boot doesn't do a thing." https://x.com/official_wasd/status/1966057703924449658    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 12:25:09


  • "We agree with your point that terminating execution when Secure Boot is enabled is the only way to completely eliminate the attack surface introduced by a trusted UEFI shell. We've updated our blog post to reflect your feedback." https://x.com/pagabuc/status/1966098825405210830    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 12:26:10


  • new article: "Microsoft Secure Boot 2011 certificates expire" https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000347876/microsoft-2011-secure-boot-certificate-expiration   

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 12:27:46


  • "Apple’s “walled garden” is often framed as a virtue — a curated, tightly controlled environment where everything works together as long as you don’t leave Apple. But that curation comes at a cost: your ability to decide what runs on your device, how it runs, and who gets access to your data." ☛ https://puri.sm/posts/apples-latest-iphone-sleeker-walls-same-garden/ | Source: Purism    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 12:39:09


  • "A divided three-judge appeals court panel ruled on Wednesday that President Trump does not have the authority to fire and replace the director of the U.S. Copyright Office." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/10/appeals-court-reinstates-shira-perlmutter/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 12:39:53


  • "If there was ever a case where the Court should act cautiously before expanding the scope of copyright contributory liability, it’s this one." ☛ https://www.eff.org/files/2025/09/08/cox_v_sony_eff_amicus_brief_24-171_september_2025.pdf | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 12:40:08


  • "If the Supreme Court doesn’t reverse a lower court’s ruling" ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/09/eff-court-supreme-court-must-rein-expansive-secondary-copyright-liability | Source: EFF    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 12:40:30


  • "India’s Copyright Act 1957 only protects works created by humans, said Sudhir Raja Ravindran, attorney-at-law at Altacit Global." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/copyright-debate-erupts-as-ai-film-heads-to-cannes/articleshow/123813683.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 12:41:06


  • "They plan to do so by shooting sequences with live actors and then face-swapping their likenesses with AI recreations of the movie's original cast." ☛ https://futurism.com/orson-welles-estate-disgusted-amazon-ai-remake | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 12:42:30


  • "We saw the various articles on ‘Ambersons’ today. In general, the estate has embraced AI technology to create a voice model intended to be used for VO work with brands." ☛ https://variety.com/2025/film/news/orson-welles-estate-blasts-ai-magnificent-ambersons-ending-1236509523/ | Source: Variety    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 12:43:01


  • "Following U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s visit to Mexico last week, President Claudia Sheinbaum acknowledged that they will review the disagreements one by one." ☛ https://english.elpais.com/economy-and-business/2025-09-09/mexico-prepares-for-tough-usmca-treaty-negotiations-with-the-united-states.html | Source: El País    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 12:44:20


  • "TUXEDO Computers promises to keep the installation of Debian 13 as close as possible to the official installation when using the Debian ISO images." https://9to5linux.com/tuxedo-computers-now-supports-fully-automated-installations-of-debian-13    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 12:45:23


  • "Linux kernel 6.17 will be the default kernel shipping with the final Ubuntu 25.10 release on October 9th, 2025." https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-25-10-is-now-powered-by-linux-kernel-6-17-ahead-of-the-beta-release    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 12:45:56


  • "The number of paid subscriptions hit a historic milestone, surpassing 100 million accounts" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/09/riaa-mid-year-2025-report/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 12:46:36


  • "Carr’s primary focus has been in destroying whatever’s left of FCC corporate oversight and consumer protection authority" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/09/10/trumps-fcc-just-used-a-fake-investigation-to-shower-att-and-elon-musk-with-billions-in-valuable-spectrum/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 12:47:31


  • "In the past two decades, the Internet in Bangladesh has gotten out from under the shadow of its earlier dependence on costly satellite links for connectivity, growing from 0.1% to over 75% penetration." ☛ https://labs.ripe.net/author/mdkamruzzaman-khan-2/bangladeshs-internet-transformation-from-satellite-shadows-to-digital-highways/ | Source: RIPE    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 12:47:52


  • "U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) says election officials have used the tool to check the information of more than 33 million voters" ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5477367 | Source: NPR    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 12:48:36


  • [Old] "Today, Afghanistan stands out tragically as the only country in the world where secondary and higher education is strictly forbidden to girls and women." ☛ https://www.unesco.org/en/articles/afghanistan-four-years-22-million-girls-still-banned-school | Source: UNESCO    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 12:48:58


  • "Prosecutors charged Sean Charles Dunn with a misdemeanor last week after a grand jury refused to indict him on a felony charge, a sign of a backlash against President Donald Trump’s law-enforcement surge in Washington." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2025-09-10/man-who-hurled-sandwich-at-federal-agent-pleads-not-guilty-to-assault-charge | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 12:54:22


  • "Her ‘crime’ was a bad cheque she signed for just $25 (€23) in 2015 and for which she reportedly made full restitution." ☛ https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-41703182.html | Source: Irish Examiner    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 12:54:53


  • "The basic activity of finding out and publishing true things has always sat uneasily in the context of business. Separate and apart from journalism is a business that we will call Media, which makes money by attracting audiences." ☛ https://www.hamiltonnolan.com/p/where-does-news-come-from | Source: Hamilton Nolan    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 12:55:20


  • "The spyware would give the operators silent, secret access to all sorts of private business and information about their journalism" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/09/spyware-installed-on-kenyan-filmmakers-phones-in-police-custody/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 12:57:30


  • "The CPB announced it was closing operations after Congress passed a rescissions bill this summer, clawing back nearly $1.1 billion in funding for public broadcasting." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2025/0909/corporation-for-public-broadcasting-npr-rural-stations | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 12:58:03


  • "The motivation for CBS wasn’t the money." ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/09/09/cbs-caves-again-will-no-longer-air-edited-interviews-after-noem-whined-about-cuts-to-hers/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 12:58:28


  • "The filmmakers Bryan Adagala and Nicholas Wambugu were arrested on May 2 and released a day later" ☛ https://therecord.media/researchers-spyware-kenya-filmmaker-phone | Source: The Record    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 12:59:01


  • "Against the background of extensive police violence against Georgian journalists covering the protests" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/09/in-georgia-6-journalists-attacked-robbed-while-covering-protests/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 12:59:48


  • "The continued detention of journalist El-Rashid Mohamed Haroun by the paramilitary group RSF highlights the grave risks journalists in Darfur are facing to simply do their work" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/09/sudanese-journalist-detained-by-paramilitary-group-since-july/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 13:00:06


  • "The International Press Institute (IPI) and the undersigned organisations strongly condemn the elongated pretrial detention of journalist Furkan Karabay" ☛ https://bianet.org/haber/international-call-for-release-of-detained-journalist-furkan-karabay-facing-up-to-15-years-in-prison-311322 | Source: BIA Net    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 13:00:31


  • So UK and US governments will also detain Bill Espteingate over connections to Epstein, right? Right? No? Is he too special?    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 13:05:22


  • They say there is a manhunt for a shooter, but the word "manhunt" contains a pronoun. Is that not too offensive?    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 13:08:28


  • "A leak of more than 100,000 documents shows that a little-known Chinese company has been quietly selling censorship systems seemingly modeled on the Great Firewall to governments around the world." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/geedge-networks-mass-censorship-leak/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 13:13:09


  • "Since seizing the Yemeni capital Sanaa in 2014" ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/09/yemens-houthi-rebels-block-access-to-independent-news-platform/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 13:13:34


  • "The National Park Service had until July 18 to flag “inappropriate” signs, exhibits and other material" ☛ https://www.lonestarlive.com/native-american-news/2025/09/from-slavery-to-pollution-national-park-employees-flagged-material-deemed-disparaging-to-us.html | Source: Advance Local Media LLC    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 13:14:00


  • "Fergus McIntosh, the head research editor at The New Yorker, joins Tyler Foggatt to discuss how the magazine is approaching fact checking in the second Trump era." ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/the-new-yorkers-head-of-fact-checking-on-our-post-truth-era | Source: New Yorker    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 13:14:47


  • "When DOGE [sic] Stormed Social Security" ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2025/09/10/the-untold-saga-of-what-happened-when-doge-stormed-social-security/ | Source: Techdirt    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 13:15:35


  • we bet cha that a worse than cohn (con) will take over EFF; the EFF has shown signs of takeover by total monkeys https://www.wired.com/story/eff-cindy-cohn-stepping-down/ https://techrights.org/n/2025/08/03/The_Electronic_Frontier_Foundation_EFF_is_a_Billionaires_Lobby.shtml    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 13:17:30


  • "Cohn tells WIRED she plans to remain active in the fight against mass surveillance and government secrecy." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/eff-cindy-cohn-stepping-down/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 13:17:40


  • "For Ed, these bosses (especially tech bosses) are the sociopaths who destroyed "the computer" (a stand-in for tech more generally)." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/09/10/say-their-names/#object-permanence | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 13:18:42


  • "Klarna, the Swedish fintech giant, commenced trading on the NYSE after a $1.37 billion IPO, signaling a resurgence in the U.S. IPO market." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/swedish-fintech-klarna-set-for-hotly-anticipated-nyse-debut-after-1-37-billion-ipo/articleshow/123807595.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 13:20:13


  • "Klarna said in a statement late Tuesday that the share price would be set at $40, valuing the company at over $15 billion. Last week the company said it was targeting a price between $35 and $37" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/swedish-fintech-klarna-raises-ipo-target-to-1-37-billion/articleshow/123806249.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 13:21:18


  • "This report spotlights emerging trends and priorities in the European open source software (OSS) ecosystem" ☛ https://pages.ubuntu.com/rs/066-EOV-335/images/Final%20report%20-%20WorldofOS_EUSpotlight_2025_081525.pdf |    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 13:23:55


  • "The fundraising, long in preparation, came with two last-minute twists. The total raised exceeded the $1 billion initially sought." ☛ https://cafetechinenglish.substack.com/p/europes-last-hope-in-ai | Source: Jérôme Marin    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 13:24:07


  • What’s the state of open source adoption in Europe? ☞ https://ubuntu.com//blog/state-of-open-source-adoption-in-europe "only 34% have a clear and visible open source strategy"    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 13:29:13


  • "TalerBarr is a Free Software module that brings GNU Taler to Dolibarr ERP & CRM." ☛ https://www.taler.net/en/news/2025-09.html | Source: GNU Taler    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 13:30:57


  • "The grid operator said the grid collapsed at 9.14 a.m. (1314 GMT) on the Caribbean island." ☛ https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2025-09-10/cubas-electrical-grid-collapses-national-power-company-says | Source: US News And World Report    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 13:31:26


  • "OpenAI will pay Oracle $300 billion over the course of five years to fuel Sam Altman's AI ambitions by providing five gigawatts of compute capacity." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/11/openai_reportedly_on_the_hook/ | Source: The Registe   

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 13:31:43


  • "The US software maker said it expected to get $144 billion per year by the end of this decade from AI companies using its cloud computing capabilities" ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/09/10/2025/oracle-shares-soar-on-ai-contracts | Source: Semafor In   

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 13:32:32


  • "In recent years it has been plagued by hours-long daily blackouts, recurring electricity system breakdowns and an acute shortage of fuel to keep producing power." ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20250911-cuba-suffers-fifth-nationwide-blackout-this-year-as-crisis-deepens | Source: France24    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 13:32:47


  • "The government has been promising a “great green leap” since 2021" ☛ https://www.ekathimerini.com/opinion/1280394/plastic-still-everywhere/ | Source: Greece    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:05:46


  • "Boris Johnson appears to have had a secret meeting with Peter Thiel, the billionaire co-founder of the controversial US data firm Palantir, the year before it was given a role at the heart of the UK’s pandemic response." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/sep/08/boris-johnson-dominic-cummings-secret-meeting-palantir-peter-thiel | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:06:41


  • "The meeting, which was kept from the official record, took place on August 28, 2019, months before the UK government began forming its response to the pandemic" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/10/johnson_cummings_thiel_meeting/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:07:14


  • "Jeffrey showing early talents with money + women! Sells ‘fully depreciated’ [female’s name redacted] to Donald Trump for $22,500." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-09-10/trump-alleged-epstein-doodle-is-everywhere-except-fox-news | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:07:41


  • "a long-time Mar-a-Lago member" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/usa/2025-09-09/whats-in-epsteins-birthday-book-lewd-jokes-revealing-photos-and-a-nude-sketch-linked-to-trump.html | Source: El País    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:12:26


  • "The documents were made public by the House Oversight Committee, after it subpoenaed Epstein’s estate last month, amid ongoing outcry over the Trump administration’s failure to keep a promise made by the president and release all the files related to the case." ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/epstein-birthday-book-trump-note-b2823328.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:13:16


  • "Like everyone else, I’ve been following the latest Trump-Epstein revelations. Or maybe we should call them confirmations: Unless you were deep in the cult, you already had a pretty good idea of who Trump was and were aware that he and Epstein went way back." ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/when-maga-prophecy-fails | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:13:43


  • "Today’s mainstream media, cursed with the historical consciousness of a goldfish, is already demonstrating that it has learned nothing from these past exercises in conservative-movement intimidation." ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/politics/epstein-birthday-book-trump-washington-post/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:14:12


  • "Our readers are well aware of the multitude of problems stemming from population growth, be they related to economy, societal well-being, biodiversity loss, or climate change." ☛ https://overpopulation-project.com/new-page-to-fight-myths-about-population/ | Source: Overpopulation    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:15:55


  • "The comprehensive model at the heart of the research was described in the Journal of Hydrology and is now being used to help inform water management decisions in the area." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-09-groundwater-tool-rural-colorado-community.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:16:39


  • "suspension of news platform" ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/09/human-rights-group-urges-tanzania-to-lift-suspension-of-news-platform-ahead-of-elections/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:17:39


  • Social control media did this ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20250911-nepal-deploys-army-as-protesters-look-for-interim-leader | Source: France24    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:18:17


  • "Despite the lifting of restrictions on Tuesday, unrest continued. On Wednesday, the army deployed patrols in the capital after demonstrators vandalised politicians’ homes, set government buildings ablaze and torched parliament." ☛ https://therecord.media/nepal-social-media-ban-lifted-after-deadly-protests | Source: The Record    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:19:31


  • "The protests are the latest sign of discontent among Nepal’s young generation, who have grown increasingly frustrated with corruption, poor governance, and shrinking opportunities at home." ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/09/gen-z-protests-in-nepal-result-in-19-deaths-prime-minister-resignation-and-social-media-ban-repeal/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:20:23


  • "But summits and sweatshirts won’t make Russia a superpower. Only a credible show of strength can do that." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/09/russia-ukraine-public-putin/684146/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:20:51


  • "Violence harms not only the target, but society at large." ☛ https://www.thenextmove.org/p/charlie-kirk-was-murdered-political | Source: Garry Kasparov    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:21:34


  • "Poland became the first NATO state to shoot down Russian drones" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-drones-poland-nato-response-peter-doran-interview/33527022.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:22:13


  • "The move was a response to an incursion by Russian drones into Polish airspace during an attack on Ukraine early Wednesday morning." ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/10/poland-invokes-nato-article-4-in-response-to-russian-drone-incursion | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:24:58


  • "This is the moment when the world finds out whether the United States remains committed to the defense of its allies." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/09/nato-russia-poland/684165/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:25:56


  • "She reiterated that she considers the incident an escalation." ☛ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2672705/nato-members-hold-consultations-over-drones-in-poland-lithuanian-defence-minister | Source: LRT    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:26:23


  • "Article 4 allows a NATO member to solicit consultations whenever it believes its security, territorial integrity, or political independence is threatened." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/poland-shoots-down-russian-drones/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:26:47


  • "The ban was lifted on Tuesday and Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli resigned following the deaths of 19 demonstrators. But the unrest has continued, with protestors setting ablaze government buildings and assaulting ministers." ☛ https://cpj.org/2025/09/nepal-protests-media-outlets-torched-and-journalists-injured-in-deadly-unrest/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:27:15


  • "In the report, 94 countries — or just over half of those surveyed — showed a decline in at least one of the key democracy indicators between 2019 and 2024, the report said. In comparison, only a third made progress." ☛ https://www.dw.com/en/democracy-falls-in-majority-of-countries-worldwide/a-73955759 | Source: Deutsche Welle    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:27:30


  • "holding companies, investors, suppliers, and partners to obfuscate their business operations, making it difficult for policymakers to curb the misuse and proliferation of these capabilities." ☛ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/issue-brief/mythical-beasts-diving-into-the-depths-of-the-global-spyware-market/ | Source: Atlantic Council    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:28:37


  • "danger to democracy" ☛ https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/danger-to-democracy-500-top-scientists-urge-eu-governments-to-reject-technically-infeasible-chat-control/ | Source: Patrick Breyer    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:29:01


  • "A new report warns that the number of US investors in powerful commercial spyware rose sharply in 2024 and names new countries linked to the dangerous technology." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/us-spyware-investment/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:29:25


  • "The U.S. is the largest investor in the spyware market, according to the nonprofit’s analysis. The next two largest spyware financial hubs are Israel with 26 investors and Italy, which has emerged as a major spyware center, with 12." ☛ https://therecord.media/us-investors-in-spyware-tripled-in-2024 | Source: The Record    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:29:50


  • "DMs and text messages can feel like private forms of communication — but it’s not always that simple." ☛ https://edition.cnn.com/audio/podcasts/terms-of-service-with-clare-duffy/episodes/563b9a5c-25e7-11f0-a31f-cb00ed6a8850 | Source: CNN    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:30:25


  • [Old] "So what's the difference?" ☛ https://cryptography.dog/blog/back-to-watering-holes/ |    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:31:25


  • Openwashing ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/uae-releases-a-tiny-but-powerful-reasoning-model/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:32:09


  • Windows TCO: "The United States has placed an $11 million bounty on Volodymyr Tymoshchuk, a Ukrainian man wanted for his involvement with a string of ransomware cybercrimes" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/u-s-places-usd11-million-bounty-on-ukrainian-ransomware-mastermind-tymoshchuk-allegedly-stole-usd18-billion-from-large-companies-over-3-years | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:34:49


  • Windows TCO: "Akira is also poking holes in SonicWall SSLVPN misconfigurations, abusing all of these security risks to gain access to vulnerable devices and conduct ransomware attacks" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/10/akira_ransomware_abusing_sonicwall/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:35:14


  • Windows TCO: "Wyden, whose staff interviewed or spoke with Ascension and Microsoft staff as part of the senator’s oversight" ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/ron-wyden-ftc-microsoft-default-security-flaws-rc4-kerberoasting-ascension-ransomware/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:35:42


  • Windows TCO: "I write to request that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) investigate and hold Microsoft responsible for its gross cybersecurity negligence" ☛ https://www.wyden.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/wyden_letter_to_ftc_on_microsoft_kerberoasting_ransomwarepdf.pdf | Source: US Senate    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:36:53


  • Windows TCO: "The decision is not yet legally binding, as it may still be appealed to an administrative court." ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20182162 | Source: YLE    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:37:15


  • Windows TCO: "A Ukrainian national faces serious federal charges and an $11 million bounty after allegedly orchestrating ransomware operations" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/10/us_nefilim_ransomware_indictment/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:37:32


  • "The US Department of Defense, up until this week, routinely left its social media accounts wide open to hijackers via stream keys - unique, confidential identifiers generated by streaming platforms for broadcasting content." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/09/us_dod_exposed_keys/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:39:16


  • ""For seven days, then, hundreds of thousands of people were made either happy or sad as a result of deliberate changes to their news feed. ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/searches-vauhini-vara-internet/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:39:37


  • "I suspect that left-leaning journalists and editors are migrating back to X not because of the ideological tenor of Bluesky but because they miss the attention arms race." ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/infinite-scroll/social-media-is-navigating-its-sectarian-phase | Source: New Yorker    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:39:57


  • Windows TCO https://yle.fi/a/74-20182408    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:45:13


  • "On em dashes" ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/on-em-dashes | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:45:41


  • "And then let’s say somebody directly links to a changeset like /r/vertigo/v/b5ea481ff167. The first visitor will probably hit a challenge, but then we record that URL as in use." ☛ https://flak.tedunangst.com/post/humanely-dealing-with-humungus-crawlers | Source: Ted Unangst    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:45:54


  • "What does Inception Point do? It generates AI spam podcasts! 3,000 podcast episodes a week, with iHeart Media ads on them." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/10/inception-point-ai-spam-podcasts-with-no-listeners/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:46:30


  • "The company is able to produce each episode for $1 or less, depending on length and complexity, and attach programmatic advertising to it." ☛ https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/digital/ai-podcast-start-up-plan-shows-1236361367/ | Source: Hollywood Reporter    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:46:53


  • "From a "black box" to "autocomplete on steroids", a "parrot", and even a pair of "sneakers", the goal is to make the understanding of a complex piece of technology accessible by grounding it in everyday experiences" ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/why-does-ai-feel-so-human-if-its-just-a-calculator-for-words | Source: Science Alert    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:47:24


  • "The Swedish society reached out with word of the framework – and its perceived long-term potential in the AI age – today." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/09/stim-ai-music-license/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:47:41


  • "That is the capitalist system." ☛ https://futurism.com/godfather-of-ai-unemployment | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:55:27


  • "I’ve been using PCs long enough to know that the widely adopted way of doing things isn’t always the best or most secure. Recently I’ve found that to be the case with my email accounts." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/2896829/i-switched-from-gmail-to-proton-mail-5-eye-opening-takeaways.html | Source: PC World    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:56:47


  • "I have a simple answer, which in fact I published on Mastodon as a reply. While I agree with Denny, I'd suggest to those people that a first step could be to STOP purchasing Apple's devices every year or so." ☛ https://minutestomidnight.co.uk/blog/herd-mentality/ | Source: Simone Silvestroni    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:57:01


  • "a critical failure to manage identity-based threats and bridge the internal expertise gap is among the risks, leaving them dangerously exposed to breaches." ☛ https://itwire.com/business-it-news/security/%e2%80%98widespread-failure-in-cloud-security-fundamentals%e2%80%99-leaves-organisations-exposed,-new-tenable-data-shows.html | Source: IT Wire    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:57:19


  • "U.S. officials, allied governments and threat researchers have identified Salt Typhoon as the group behind the massive telecommunications hack revealed last fall but that could have been ongoing for years." ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/chinas-typhoons-changing-the-way-fbi-hunts-sophisticated-threats/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:57:51


  • "open web is already in rapid decline" ☛ https://futurism.com/google-open-web-rapid-decline | Source: Futurism    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 15:58:16


  • "The only way for me to keep a handle on this is to not fall into the trap and make the apps as hard to get to as possible." ☛ https://ljpuk.net/2025/09/10/how-to-stop-social-media-from-affecting-your-mood/ | Source: Lee Peterson    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:01:15


  • "Meta has compromised their internal teams to manipulate research and straight-up erase data that they don’t like." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/08/meta-virtual-reality-whistleblowers | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:01:37


  • "The former employees, Jason Sattizahn and Cayce Savage, worked as researchers who specialized in studying the welfare of underage users of Meta VR products." ☛ https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/meta-whistleblower-research-kids-vr-former-employees-stock-rcna230131 | Source: NBC    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:01:56


  • "Examining Whistleblower Allegations that Meta Buried Child Safety Research" ☛ https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/committee-activity/hearings/hidden-harms-examining-whistleblower-allegations-that-meta-buried-child-safety-research | Source: US Senate    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:02:23


  • "Meta has chosen to ignore the problems they created and bury evidence of users' negative experiences" ☛ https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y8x3md05no | Source: BBC    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:03:23


  • "Only two weeks after the previous 2.0.14 release, fwupd, an open-source utility designed to simplify firmware updates on Linux-based systems, has rolled out its new 2.0.15 version." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/fwupd-2-0-15-update-adds-jabra-evolve2-support/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:03:54


  • "Arm has lifted the lid on its latest mobile platform, comprising new CPU and GPU designs plus rearchitected interconnect and memory management logic, all optimized with a coming wave of AI-enabled smartphones in mind." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/10/arm_goes_allin_for_ai/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:05:23


  • "Called Lumex, the new generation of ARM mobile designs come in four types, ranging from less powerful but more energy-efficient ones designed for watches and other smart wearable devices to a version designed to maximise the computing horsepower available." ☛ https://techcentral.co.za/arm-bets-on-3nm-lumex-chips-mobile-ai/269967/ | Source: Tech Central (South Africa)    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:05:58


  • "This is a window into the past... we have the opportunity for the first time in modern history of listening to a medieval sound which is a thousand years old" ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/a/2335720.html | Source: RTL    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:06:20


  • "Both your skills and mindset need to be compatible. It’s not enough to want to do good; you need to be able to slot into an organization and meet it where it’s at." ☛ https://werd.io/using-technology-skills-for-positive-change/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:07:06


  • "From dining halls to student records, private vendors now run many institutions’ most basic operations — atomizing workers and undermining the university’s public mission." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/09/universities-corporatization-neoliberalism-ai-outsourcing/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:07:40


  • "Instead, I applied to two industry research positions on a whim, and ended up getting an offer for one." ☛ https://juliette.zone/gemlog/leaving-academia.html |    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:08:11


  • "Computers allow us to do any number of things 'at once'. Of course you can only ever do one thing at a time, but it's nice to pretend." ☛ https://johnnydecimal.com/20-29-communication/22-blog/22.00.0131-your-computer-is-your-workshop/ | Source: Johnny Decimal    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:08:31


  • "Now, Pentz says the trinket is the first-known “portrait” of a Viking." ☛ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/curator-rediscovers-tenth-century-portrait-of-a-viking-man-with-an-unusual-ornate-hairstyle-180987283/ | Source: Smithsonian Magazine    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:09:11


  • "Three 1,200-year-old Viking ships that have stood the test of time are embarking on their final and possibly riskiest journey to their new forever home in Norway." ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/entertainment/news/a/2335586.html | Source: RTL    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:09:32


  • "We had promised that gravitational waves would open a new window into the universe, and that has materialized" ☛ https://www.404media.co/scientists-just-got-an-unprecedented-glimpse-into-the-nature-of-reality/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:10:39


  • "In cellular automata, simple rules create elaborate structures. Now researchers can start with the structures and reverse-engineer the rules." ☛ https://www.quantamagazine.org/self-assembly-gets-automated-in-reverse-of-game-of-life-20250910/ | Source: Quanta Magazine    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:10:55


  • "This has me thinking: what can we do on a website that involves both our selves and someone else? With that question in mind" ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2025/09/10/collaborative-web-activities | Source: James G    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:11:39


  • "Don’t get me wrong: it makes perfect sense." ☛ https://kedara.eu/more-multilingualism | Source: Ruben Verweij    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:11:52


  • KDE Gear 25.08.1 ☞ https://kde.org/announcements/gear/25.08.1/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:19:01


  • Kubernetes v1.34: Use An Init Container To Define App Environment Variables ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2025/09/10/kubernetes-v1-34-env-files/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:22:47


  • "The device comes in a PETG enclosure featuring a 4.3-inch touchscreen and a full QWERTY keyboard, giving it the appearance and usability of a pocket-sized Linux laptop." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/specfive-strike-handheld-linux-workstation-with-lora-mesh/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:23:59


  • "The good news is that gaming on Linux has improved dramatically in recent years." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/linux-distros-for-playing-windows-games/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:24:15


  • "Last year, Robb Knight figured out how Perplexity, an artificial intelligence search engine, was evading instructions not to crawl particular sites." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/blog/when-all-you-have-is-a-robots-hammer/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:25:06


  • "It is therefore my intention, through this article, to write a love letter to this data format, often criticized for the wrong reasons, even more so when it is somehow deemed "cool" to hate on it." ☛ https://medialab.sciencespo.fr/en/news/a-love-letter-to-the-csv-format/ |    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:25:19


  • "This one is named, yes, you guessed it, after Markov chains. 🙂 The babbler is there to connotate the simplicity of useless R function" ☛ https://tomaztsql.wordpress.com/2025/09/10/little-useless-useful-r-functions-markov-babbler/ |    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:26:11


  • "Write a script to find the highest row sum in the given matrix." ☛ https://raku-musings.com/row-distance.html | Source: Arne Sommer    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:26:44


  • "Welcome to the ‘ber months! If you don’t think the ‘ber months are the best time of the year, you are wrong." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/our-summer-travel-diary/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:27:25


  • "We’re excited to announce that the Arduino team is returning to Amsterdam as an ecosystem partner at The Things Conference 2025, the world’s leading LoRaWAN event, taking place September 23rd-24th." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2025/09/10/the-things-conference-2025-shape-the-future-of-iot-with-arduino/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:27:37


  • "After 20+ years of working with WordPress, building, optimizing, securing, scaling, and fixing sites others gave up on, I’ve finally put everything I know about performance into one course." ☛ https://remkusdevries.com/i-created-the-course-i-wish-existed-10-years-ago/ | Source: Remkus de Vries    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:27:50


  • "Now, I have a customized browser perfectly tuned to my workflow and habits, so switching back to anything else feels unthinkable." ☛ https://www.androidpolice.com/built-my-perfect-browser-with-firefox-extensions/ | Source: Android Police    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:29:25


  • "Remember, Debian's Sylvestre Ledru, who also works for Mozilla, published blogs promoting collaboration between Ubisoft and the open source software communities. Sylvestre was formerly a Debian administrator for the Google Summer of Code internships." ☛ https://danielpocock.com/en/harassment-evidence-franceinfo-clara-laine-report-ubisoft-prosecution/ | Source: Daniel Pocock    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:29:40


  • "In the summer of 2025, three senior Ubisoft executives were convicted and punished for harassment (real harassment)." ☛ https://danielpocock.com/en/culture-of-silence-ubisoft-harassment-convictions-mozilla-sylvestre-ledru-debian-no-comment/ | Source: Daniel Pocock    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:30:00


  • "The workday revolves around the browser. Employees use it to access Web and cloud applications, join virtual meetings, and for research purposes." ☛ https://www.darkreading.com/endpoint-security/browser-becoming-new-endpoint | Source: Dark Reading    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:31:15


  • "Welcome to one of the more feature-packed curl releases we have had in a while. Exactly eight weeks since we shipped 8.15.0." ☛ https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2025/09/10/curl-8-16-0/ | Source: Daniel Stenberg    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:31:28


  • "The fortieth anniversary celebration of the FSF will bring the international free software community together to celebrate forty years of activism, the free software movement, and its achievements." ☛ https://www.fsf.org/news/fsf40-foundation-panel | Source: FSF    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:33:17


  • "Over three months after the 7.2 release, PeerTube, a decentralized video hosting platform developed as a free and open-source alternative to centralized ones, rolled out the third update to its 7.0 series" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/peertube-7-3-brings-multilingual-emails-custom-branding-options/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:33:32


  • wallen promoting plagiarism... again ☞ https://thenewstack.io/how-to-work-with-local-ai-in-the-zed-ide/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:34:48


  • XigmaNAS 14.3.0.5 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/xigmanas    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 16:35:22


  • "Of course, I know how she handles her daily life like this, but instead of writing from my outside perspective, I wanted to give her the opportunity to say it herself. I asked for questions and she has now answered them." ☛ https://blog.avas.space/dumbphone-wife/ | Source: Ava    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 17:02:11


  • "Most handsets released in recent years are capable of working with eSIMs, although many still offer a physical SIM slot as well." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/apples-move-to-esim-only-strengthens-global-trend/articleshow/123797645.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 17:02:35


  • "It is great to see all the options of small SBCs with ARM and RISC-V processors, but at some point you’ve got to throw up your hands and go “this ecosystem has a lot of problems” and consider just going back to x86. I’m not sure if I’m quite there yet, but I’m getting close." ☛ https://changelog.complete.org/archives/10858-arm-is-great-arm-is-terrible-and-so-is-risc-v | Source: John Goerzen    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 17:03:04


  • "For readers who aren’t too tech-savvy, I will immediately clarify that the initramfs is the temporary root filesystem the Linux kernel uses at boot." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/ubuntu-25-10-switches-to-dracut-as-default-initramfs-tool/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 17:03:50


  • "As is always the case with the other point ISOs, this update isn’t a new major release but simply a refreshed snapshot." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/garuda-linux-releases-new-iso-with-mesa-fixes/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 17:04:15


  • "Agama, the new, still-in-development Linux installer from openSUSE, released version 17, unveiling various UI enhancements and practical new features." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/opensuse-agama-installer-17-released-with-ui-improvements/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 17:05:24


  • "Nearly two months after the previous 0.50 release, Hyprland, a favorite among fans of eye-pleasing tiling window compositors, has just rolled out version 0.51, bringing a rework of the gesture system, along with a wide range of improvements and bug fixes." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/hyprland-0-51-released-with-reworked-gestures-new-options/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 17:08:49


  • "You all know I’m not the biggest fan of K8s, and this scenario is one of the many reasons why I lose sleep about its deployment far in exceess of use cases where it makes sense (and I assert those cases are vanishingly small)." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/fastcode-on-open-source-software-shakedowns/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 17:10:30


  • "One visible place where ZFS updates the metadata of a snapshot is to maintain information about how much unique space the snapshot is using. Another is that when a ZFS snapshot is deleted" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/solaris/ZFSSnapshotsNotFullyImmutable | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 17:10:49


  • Spyware blasts: Strict liability for abnormally dangerous activities ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/in-depth-research-reports/report/spyware-blasts-strict-liability-for-abnormally-dangerous-activities/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 17:14:41


  • 92 gray whales have washed up dead in Baja California Sur, the worst die-off in decades ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/gray-whale-dying-malnutrition-mexico/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 17:15:31


  • "No, I'm not British (although sometimes I think I was meant to be). I'm referring to the Pink Floyd classic instrumental from Dark Side Of The Moon. It's also a segue of sorts to Alhena 5.3.2 which features the abilty to craft page styles using any color, font or font style for every gemtext line type." gemini://ultimatumlabs.com/gemlog/20250911.gmi    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 18:20:54


  • "That is, you might generate host cert (CA) with subjectAltName google.com, and create user cert cafefee7@google.com, and happily send misfin messages. obviously noone will be able to answer, as I doubt google will become misfin provider." gemini://gim.org.pl/gemlog/2025-09-11-misfin-sender-verification.gmi    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 18:21:39


  • 🖼️ xkcd #3140 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3140.gmi    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 18:22:33


  • Raspberry Pi Zero 2 gemini://tecnico-ligero.duckdns.org/gemlog/44--2025-09-11-Sumando-otra-Raspberry-Pi-Zero-2w-(esta-vez-2wh)-de-puro-vicio.gmi    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 18:23:13


  • "Alhena 5.3.2 just went live and features custom page styles and "drag to scroll" for touchscreen users." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/s/Alhena/32573    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 18:24:03


  • American Airlines flight strikes ‘multiple’ birds en route to San Fran from Philly ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/09/10/us-news/american-airlines-flight-strikes-multiple-birds-en-route-to-san-fran-from-philly/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 18:25:18


  • Why the Pentagon had been reluctant to combat narco-trafficking in the Western Hemisphere ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/why-the-pentagon-had-been-reluctant-to-combat-narco-trafficking-in-the-western-hemisphere/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 18:25:38


  • Lithuania tightens border security as Russian-Belarusian Zapad drills begin ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2670877/lithuania-tightens-border-security-as-russian-belarusian-zapad-drills-begin    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 18:34:25


  • China, Russia, Mongolia step up security ties with border exercise ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/china-russia-mongolia-step-up-security-ties-with-border-exercise    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 18:34:42


  • Elizabeth Tsurkov, Princeton Student, Is Released From Iraq, Convicted Felon Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/world/middleeast/elizabeth-tsurkov-hostage-released-iraq.html    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 18:35:06


  • Poland’s President Nawrocki: ‘We are responsible for the entire region’ – interview ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2670289/poland-s-president-nawrocki-we-are-responsible-for-the-entire-region-interview    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 18:35:34


  • Lithuanian forces monitor airspace, prep air raid alert system ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2672222/lithuanian-forces-monitor-airspace-prep-air-raid-alert-system    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 18:36:28


  • NATO members hold consultations over drones in Poland – Lithuanian defence minister ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2672705/nato-members-hold-consultations-over-drones-in-poland-lithuanian-defence-minister    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 18:36:39


  • Poland 'closest to open conflict since WWII', PM says after Russian drones shot down ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250910-poland-closest-to-open-conflict-since-wwii-pm-says-after-russian-drones-shot-down    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 18:36:56


  • Von der Leyen urges EU to fight for place in 'hostile' world ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250910-von-der-leyen-urges-eu-to-fight-for-place-in-hostile-world    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 18:38:12


  • NATO, EU condemn 'Russia's reckless behaviour' after Poland drone incursion ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250910-nato-eu-condemn-russia-s-reckless-behaviour-after-poland-drone-incursion    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 18:39:36


  • Iran and other nations aiming to take part in Exercise Mosi III ☞ https://www.defenceweb.co.za/sea/sea-sea/iran-and-other-nations-aiming-to-take-part-in-exercise-mosi-iii/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 18:41:25


  • Spencer in Eurasianet on Russia’s increasing restrictions on Central Asian migrants ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/insight-impact/in-the-news/spencer-in-eurasianet-on-russias-increasing-restrictions-on-central-asian-migrants/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 18:42:28


  • Defence Minister asks for possible temporary closure of Latvian airspace on eastern border ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/10.09.2025-defence-minister-asks-for-possible-temporary-closure-of-latvian-airspace-on-eastern-border.a613844/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 18:42:47


  • Was Russian drone incursion deliberate or accidental? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250910-was-russian-drone-incursion-deliberate-or-accidental    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 18:43:57


  • Nuclear Sites Dotted Across Ukraine Pose Threat of Radiation Disaster ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/world/europe/nuclear-sites-ukraine-russia-war.html    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 18:44:19


  • Russian Bomb Hits Crowd of Retirees, Killing at Least 23, Ukraine Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/09/world/europe/ukraine-bombing-donetsk-pensioners.html    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 18:44:40


  • Explosive Protests in Nepal ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/briefing/nepal-protests-qatar-israel-ukraine.html    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 18:45:31


  • What Is in the MAHA Report? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/briefing/maha-report-qatar-russia-ukraine.html    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 18:46:10


  • WW3? - step a) rocket over poland, b) drones over poland (cannot be labeled an error), c) GPS blocking, cable cuts, d) knocking on NO and FI door soon https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/world/europe/drones-russia-poland-violation.html    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 18:48:05


  • Drones Over Poland Are Latest Violation of Countries Near Ukraine ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/world/europe/drones-russia-poland-violation.html    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 18:48:17


  • NATO Says It Scrambled Fighter Jets to Shoot Down Russian Drones Over Poland ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/world/europe/poland-russia-drones-ukraine-attack.html    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 18:49:12


  • Poland Says It Shot Down Russian Drones In NATO Airspace, A First In Ukraine War ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/poland-ukraine-russia-airspace-drones-border-tusk/33526405.html    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 18:50:34


  • Whom will Ukrainians trust once the war ends? – opinion ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2669519/whom-will-ukrainians-trust-once-the-war-ends-opinion    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 18:52:48


  • UN seeks ways to reduce rights abuses at annual Human Rights Council meeting ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/09/un-spearheads-ways-to-reduce-human-rights-abuses-at-annual-human-rights-council/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 18:55:28


  • Poland: Russian drones shot down after violating airspace ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250910-poland-russian-drones-shot-down-after-violating-airspace    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 18:56:16


  • Poland says shot down Russian drones that violated its airspace ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250910-poland-says-shot-down-russian-drones-that-violated-its-airspace    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 18:56:31


  • Sebastien Lecornu, the loyal Macron ally set to become PM at 39 ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250910-sebastien-lecornu-the-loyal-macron-ally-set-to-become-pm-at-39    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 18:58:11


  • Microsoft Patch Tuesday, September 2025 Edition ☞ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/09/microsoft-patch-tuesday-september-2025-edition/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 18:58:36


  • GloRilla Seeks Dismissal in ‘All Naturale, No BBL’ Copyright Infringement Battle: ‘These Songs Are Not Substantially Similar’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/09/glorilla-lawsuit-dismissal-push/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 18:59:03


  • What is the Coalition of the Willing actually willing to do in Ukraine? ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/what-is-the-coalition-of-the-willing-actually-willing-to-do-in-ukraine/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 19:04:36


  • Psycho Charlotte train suspect slaughtered Ukrainian refugee Iryna Zarutska because he thought she was reading his mind, sister says ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/09/10/us-news/decarlos-brown-jr-stabbed-ukrainian-refugee-iryna-zarutska-because-he-believed-she-was-reading-his-mind-sister/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 19:04:56


  • Windows TCO ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/us-offers-10-million-reward-for-ukrainian-ransomware-operator/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 19:05:35


  • Also Windows TCO ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/nefilim-ransomware-indictment-volodymyr-tymoshchuk-department-of-justice/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 19:05:48


  • Latvian experts comment on Russian drones in Polish airspace ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/10.09.2025-latvian-experts-comment-on-russian-drones-in-polish-airspace.a613749/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 19:06:40


  • Latvia allocates 5 million euros to buy US weapons for Ukraine ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/10.09.2025-latvia-allocates-5-million-euros-to-buy-us-weapons-for-ukraine.a613760/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 19:07:11


  • Latvian President, Prime Minister support Poland amid Russian drone threat ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/10.09.2025-latvian-president-prime-minister-support-poland-amid-russian-drone-threat.a613810/   

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 19:07:31


  • Putin’s Message to Ukraine, Europe and Convicted Felon: I Won’t Back Down ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/10/world/europe/russia-ukraine-putin-trump-europe.html    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 19:08:13


  • How united is the 'autocratic alliance' challenging the West? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/how-united-is-the-autocratic-alliance-challenging-the-west    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 19:12:59


  • Zelenskyy Says 24 Dead In 'Brutal' Russian Strike On Ukraine's Donetsk Region ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-sanctions-europe-trump-putin-zelenskyy/33525377.html    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 19:13:24


  • Auction For $325-Million Russian-Owned Super Yacht Amadea Set To Conclude ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-yacht-amadea-corruption-legal-fight-putin/33525731.html    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 19:14:34


  • eBPF: The Silent Power Behind Cloud Native’s Next Phase ☞ https://cloudnativenow.com/features/ebpf-the-silent-power-behind-cloud-natives-next-phase/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 19:15:27


  • "CIA official’s son who died fighting for Moscow" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/10/russia-renames-school-in-occupied-ukraine-after-cia-official-s-son-who-died-fighting-for-moscow | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 19:16:17


  • "just cancel all visas, tax the heck out of the new ones and start over. Sc--w'm all. I've had it with the stealing, backstabbing, BS for the 1%." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4dtegja    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 19:39:19


  • "Omg when I was there, I felt like they were barely giving me work and yet I was still getting these crazy raises. I was like, what is going on? Now, I realize. They were fattening me up for a potential layoff. Good thing I left." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k4kn35br    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 19:41:01


  • "blame leftists and Ukraine supporters for conservative" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/09/11/senior-russian-officials-encourage-americans-to-blame-leftists-and-ukraine-supporters-for-conservative-activist-charlie-kirk-s-murder | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 19:44:23


  • "until mid-December" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/11/poland-restricts-flights-along-border-with-belarus-and-ukraine-until-mid-december | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 19:44:42


  • Russia waves away blame after its drone incursion in Poland ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2025/0910/russia-poland-drone-incursion-ukraine    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 19:45:03


  • Lithuania preps its bomb shelter network – what you should know ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2672539/lithuania-preps-its-bomb-shelter-network-what-you-should-know    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 19:45:40


  • On The Front Line, Ukrainian Drone Crew Hunts Russian Troops ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-drone-reconnaissance-russia-dnipropetrovs/33525794.html    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 19:47:04


  • Some Ukrainians concerned Poland may hesitate to support Kyiv after drones shot down ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250910-some-ukrainians-concerned-poland-may-hesitate-to-support-kyiv-after-drones-shot-down    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 19:47:19


  • How authoritarian propaganda presents Indonesian protests as foreign-instigated ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/how-authoritarian-propaganda-presents-indonesian-protests-as-foreign-instigated/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 19:48:26


  • To counter Chinese and Russian influence in Africa, Turkey could be a decisive ally for the US and Europe ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/africasource/to-counter-chinese-and-russian-influence-in-africa-turkey-could-be-a-decisive-ally-for-the-us-and-europe/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 19:48:46


  • 'Success rate of air defenses not as good as NATO would want', analyst says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/a-propos/20250910-success-rate-of-air-defenses-not-as-good-as-nato-would-want-analyst-says    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 19:49:05


  • Russian drones, downed over Poland, prompt pushback from NATO alliance ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Military/2025/0910/nato-drones-russia-poland    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 19:49:30


  • "A clear message to the elites" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/09/10/a-clear-message-to-the-elites | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 19:50:04


  • Words are not violence https://world.hey.com/dhh/words-are-not-violence-c751f14f    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 20:09:15


  • Ubuntu 25.10 Outperforms Windows 11 25H2 in First CPU Benchmarks https://www.extremetech.com/computing/ubuntu-2510-outperforms-windows-11-25h2-in-first-cpu-benchmarks    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 21:25:58


  • "Since the upstream Linux kernel release schedule and Ubuntu’s own development plans don’t align exactly (and kernel releases can slip) there had been uncertainty as to which kernel version would ship on the Ubuntu 25.10 ISO on release day: Linux 6.16 or a 6.17 RC." https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/linux-6-17-kernel-update-ubuntu-25-10    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 21:26:29


  • Avnet and Canonical partner to deliver production-ready embedded Linux solutions with Ubuntu Pro https://timestech.in/avnet-and-canonical-partner-to-deliver-production-ready-embedded-linux-solutions-with-ubuntu-pro/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 21:26:56


  • Firefox to end support for 32-bit Linux in 2026 https://www.ghacks.net/2025/09/10/firefox-to-end-support-for-32-bit-linux-in-2026/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 21:27:33


  • Canonical is run by Microsofters now https://www.techradar.com/pro/ubuntu-users-faced-severe-update-delays-following-36-minute-canonical-server-downtime    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 21:29:42


  • "I did the unthinkable and installed an alpha release as my Linux daily driver. Here's how it's going." https://www.zdnet.com/article/i-swapped-my-favorite-linux-desktop-for-system76s-cosmic-alpha-and-i-have-zero-regrets/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 21:34:19


  • "The device comes in a PETG enclosure featuring a 4.3-inch touchscreen and a full QWERTY keyboard, giving it the appearance and usability of a pocket-sized Linux laptop. A 5000 mAh internal battery provides 3 to 6 hours of runtime, and charging is handled through a dedicated USB port." https://linuxgizmos.com/specfive-strike-handheld-linux-workstation-with-lora-mesh/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 21:35:16


  • "The device comes in a PETG enclosure featuring a 4.3-inch touchscreen and a full QWERTY keyboard, giving it the appearance and usability of a pocket-sized Linux laptop. A 5000 mAh internal battery provides 3 to 6 hours of runtime, and charging is handled through a dedicated USB port." https://linuxgizmos.com/specfive-strike-handheld-linux-workstation-with-lora-mesh/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 21:35:26


  • "Ecto is currently in Early Access and the developer considers it "pre-alpha" level. Eventually, once it's finished, they do plan to attach a price to it. But for now, it's free while they build it up." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/the-free-unusual-extreme-speed-shooter-ecto-added-linux-support/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 21:35:53


  • SpecFive Launches the Strike, a Meshtastic-Ready Raspberry Pi CM4 "Handheld Linux Workstation" https://www.hackster.io/news/specfive-launches-the-strike-a-meshtastic-ready-raspberry-pi-cm4-handheld-linux-workstation-ed9de719187f    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 21:36:44


  • "This release introduces AndroidMTP as an alternative to the PupMTP utility for transferring files from MTP devices." https://9to5linux.com/puppy-linux-bookwormpup64-10-0-12-is-out-based-on-debian-12-12-bookworm    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 21:37:32


  • Linux botnet ‘Luno’ unleashes advanced DDoS capabilities https://www.scworld.com/brief/cybersecurity-alert-linux-botnet-luno-unleashes-advanced-ddos-capabilities    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 21:38:13


  • "What if your next tablet wasn’t just another off-the-shelf device, but a fully customizable, Linux-powered powerhouse?" https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/raspberry-pi-5-tablet-2025/   

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 21:39:10


  • "The Northern hemisphere is moving into autumn and FOSS vendors are falling over themselves in their efforts to get new versions out for the season." https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/10/kde_linux_and_freebsd_hit/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 21:39:44


  • 9 Ways to Edit Text With the sed Command on Linux https://www.howtogeek.com/text-editing-uses-for-the-sed-command-on-linux/bsp;  

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 21:40:43


  • Need Linux help? My favorite forums, groups, and mailing lists when I need support https://www.zdnet.com/article/need-linux-help-my-favorite-forums-groups-and-mailing-lists-when-i-need-support/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 21:41:19


  • "Currently the game is rated SteamOS Compatible / Steam Deck Playable with Proton." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/airborne-empire-an-open-world-city-building-rpg-gets-a-linux-steam-deck-freezing-fix/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 21:42:08


  • 6 sudo tricks every Linux user needs to know - plus 1 just for fun https://www.zdnet.com/article/6-sudo-tricks-every-linux-user-needs-to-know-plus-1-just-for-fun/   

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 21:43:01


  • "Android Translation Layer (ATL) is still in very early days, and likely as not, remains unpackaged on your distro of choice." https://hackaday.com/2025/09/10/a-look-at-not-an-android-emulator/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 21:46:19


  • "I had the same case when I discovered that GNOME allowed the use of a compose key and it was available right from the keyboard settings. Eureka moment? Sort of." https://itsfoss.com/compose-key-gnome-linux/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 21:48:17


  • "In this overview by Explaining Computers of the new Commodore OS 3.0, you’ll uncover how it transforms the MATE desktop environment into a retro-inspired masterpiece, complete with customizable visual effects and a centralized settings hub." https://www.geeky-gadgets.com/commodore-os-3-0-retro-linux-gaming-distro/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 21:48:59


  • JPOST posting SPAM for VPN snakeoil https://www.jpost.com/consumerism/article-866897nbsp;  

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 21:49:46


  • "When it comes to making GUI (Graphical User Interface) applications with Python, we are truly spoilt for choice. We have Tkinter, PyGame, GUIZero, and my personal favourite, EasyGUI." https://www.tomshardware.com/software/python/how-to-make-graphical-python-apps-the-easygui-way    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 21:50:27


  • Hype pick-waving from RockyLinux https://insidehpc.com/2025/09/ciq-to-accelerate-ai-and-hpc-workloads-with-nvidia-cuda/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 21:51:46


  • Give root to Chinese companies... over your servers and PCs https://9to5linux.com/fwupd-2-0-15-adds-support-for-nvidia-connectx-6-connectx-7-and-connectx-8-nics    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 21:52:20


  • Mozilla Cuts 32-Bit Linux Support, Signalling Open Source Move to 64-Bit https://www.opensourceforu.com/2025/09/mozilla-cuts-32-bit-linux-support-signalling-open-source-move-to-64-bit/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 21:52:45


  • "Linux offers freedom and control that few other operating systems can match, but the learning curve can be steep for those new to it." https://www.xda-developers.com/avoid-common-linux-mistakes-beginners-make/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 21:53:57


  • LunoBotnet: A Self-Healing Linux Botnet with Modular DDoS and Cryptojacking Capabilities https://cyble.com/blog/lunobotnet-a-self-healing-linux-botnet/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 21:54:39


  • "Training is designed to be followed at the student’s own pace and at a lower cost than traditional in-person courses." https://linuxgizmos.com/hackabone-project-offers-beaglebone-based-embedded-linux-training-with-emulated-framework/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 21:55:30


  • "Here at Hackaday Central, we fancy that we know a little something about Linux. But if you’d tasked us to run any GUI program inside a Linux terminal, we’d have said that wasn’t possible. But, it turns out, you should have asked [mmulet] who put together term.everything." https://hackaday.com/2025/09/10/everything-in-a-linux-terminal/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 21:55:59


  • "These Linux distributions will let you revive your PC after Windows 10 ends, without the learning curve." https://www.zdnet.com/article/7-most-windows-like-linux-distros-if-youre-ready-to-ditch-microsoft/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 21:58:28


  • "With Windows 10 support ending, you might be looking for an alternative. If you like the idea of Fedora, but are afraid it isn't user-friendly enough, Nobara has your back." https://www.zdnet.com/article/this-fedora-spin-is-perfect-for-one-particular-kind-of-new-linux-user/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 21:59:21


  • "Haiku OS" https://www.xda-developers.com/operating-systems-i-use-with-vms-not-pcs/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 21:59:51


  • "A bunch of other improvements also came with the update including a photo mode and a bunch of bug fixes." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/wheel-world-adds-a-native-linux-version-for-steam-deck-with-a-significant-performance-improvement/    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 22:00:41


  • "Poland’s unwanted visitors" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/cards/poland-s-unwanted-visitors | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 22:20:27


  • "Russian drone incursion" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/11/poland-seeks-air-defense-support-from-allies-after-russian-drone-incursion | Source: Meduza    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 22:20:48


  • How Macron Failed to Curb the Far Right ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/briefing/macron-far-right-charlie-kick-killing-poland-russia-nato.html    

posted Thursday, September 11, 2025 at 22:21:08



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