Roy Schestowitz

• "This post is my entry for ROOPHLOCH 2025, a challenge to write a publish a blog/phlog/gemlog post outdoors and without being connected to any hard wire." gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2025/202509/20250928-roophloch-2025.gmi    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 01:29:33

• Cyberpunk Book gemini://hispagatos.org/post/hispagatos-2025-updates/index.gmi    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 01:30:08

• "’90s website vibe (think Geocities) but it aggressively uses P3-only colors in large solid blocks and not just in passing (like in photographs of flowers)" gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/adiabatic/words/computing/internet/weird-website-ideas/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 01:31:03

• "So I've been reading The Labor Wars by Sidney Lens, which is an overview of organized labor history in the US. Specifically things like the Molly Maguires, steel strikes, mining strikes, rail strikes." gemini://tilde.club/~stocktonsmith/gemlog/labor-wars.gmi    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 01:32:41

• alpaca 2025 workshop notes gemini://compudanzas.net/alpaca_2025_workshop_notes.gmi "notes about our workshop: Introduction to the qiudanz technique: computational transformation of minimalist movement sequences, for the Alpaca Conference (Algorithmic Patterns in the Creative Arts) sharing a workshop."    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 01:33:30

• "I got the urge to connect my Amiga 500 to our living room TV, with the goal of playing games together with my family from the couch." gemini://neongd.com/articles/a500tohdmi.gmi    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 01:34:42

• Making ALPA (Assembly Language Programming Aid) work on C64 gemini://neongd.com/articles/alpa.gmi    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 01:35:23

• Workbench 1.3 - Enhancements and programs gemini://neongd.com/articles/wb13enh.gmi    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 01:36:20

• "I had a rather baffling interaction with someone last week, that brought to mind a similarly baffling interaction with the same person, 27 years ago." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/jdd/phlog/20250928-otherpeople.txt    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 01:44:41

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1428.jpg    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 01:45:56

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1778.jpg    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 01:46:03

• "Over the past few years I’ve worked to close the gap between my values and my lifestyle. I finally gave up dairy, I deleted all those Big Tech accounts, I’m hardly flying and driving, I’m building connections and becoming friends with my neighbors and committing to my neighborhood." gemini://degrowther.smol.pub/20250928_chill_out    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 01:47:00

• "There are several upscalers and adapters on the market that make it possible to connect old computers and video game systems to modern TVs." gemini://neongd.com/articles/odvgbsc.gmi    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 01:48:57

• "Fred Fish collected and published a great collection of public domain, freeware and shareware Amiga software between 1986 and 1994. He made over 1000 disks. It's one of the best resources for older Amigas, like the A500, as most of these programs cannot be found on Aminet or elsewhere. This is the full catalog of the disks, to help with finding what you're looking for." gemini://neongd.com/articles/fredfish.gmi    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 01:49:27

• "Linus Torvalds could not afford a UNIX license ... So, he created Linux. BitKeeper revoked free license for Linux development ... So, he created Git. https://www.threads.com/@sysxplore/post/DPJaHExjG-f/linus-torvalds-could-not-afford-a-unix-licenseso-he-created-linuxbitkeeper-revok    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 02:23:18

• "What do you think is the real unemployment rate? Can next jobs report be negative added jobs? It appears (which may well be subjective and restricted to the ones I talk to) that the environment is quite worrisome for 90+% of people. What they tell me is that Q4 is going to be tough. Nobody blamed AI." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k631de61    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 02:30:01

• "Sadly, I do see a lot of people with technical experience / degrees out of work, and 6-8 months is quite common as a bare minimum. I even know one person with a PhD that has even out of work since mid-2024. He's been updating his skills, but a lot of the job postings he tried appear to be ghost jobs." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k631de61    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 02:31:40

• "noise,random noise is the technical to business problem quantum trying to simulate here. Prediction via noise." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k60vrf77    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 02:32:20

• "This release ships with the KDE Plasma 6.4.5 desktop environment, as well as KDE Gear 25.08.1 and KDE Frameworks 6.18 software suites." https://9to5linux.com/independent-distro-kaos-linux-2025-09-arrives-with-linux-6-16-kde-gear-25-08    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 02:36:29

• "This release also adds preliminary Nix support and improves Bluetooth support to no longer allow autopair with Nissan Connect devices." https://9to5linux.com/ubuntu-touch-ota-10-released-with-ubuntu-touch-upgrader-rabbit-r1-support    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 02:36:50

• The 6.17 kernel has been released https://lwn.net/Articles/1038266/#Comments    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 02:37:53

• iophk: "Moldova went well, for now, this time. Social control media is still present."    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 06:08:26

• Windows all-time low in India https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/india/#monthly-200902-202509    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 06:18:42

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-09-29.gmi    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 06:19:33

• "Anyone in the UK will have seen the announcement on Thursday that the government is proposing to bring in a digital ID system. Even usually apolitical people are talking about it." gemini://gemini.ucant.org/gemlog/2025-09-29_id-cards-are-back-no2id-will-be-back-too.gmi    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 06:20:42

• "There are perfectly good dialectic arguments for this, but, like the arguments for the other Blairite projects of European integration and euthanising the poor, they can't be uttered in polite society."    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 06:22:06

• "I have a BlueSCSI v2 external DB25 version and as the Commodore A590 sidecar hard drive for my Amiga 500 also has a DB25 port on it's back, I thought it would be good to use it as a backup of the internal SCSI drive and maybe as a means of file transfer too. It turned out to be very easy, even though not without some inconveniences." gemini://neongd.com/articles/bluescsia590.gmi    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 06:22:57

• "I found this absolute gem in my father's garage. I remember using this when I was like 6 or 7 years old. I thought it will be a fun project to make it work again, but then, I plugged it in and it works just fine!" gemini://neongd.com/articles/brgmk27.gmi    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 06:23:56

• "BRG stands for Budapesti Radiotechnikai Gyar (Budapest Radiotechnic Factory), one of the major radio equipment manufacturers on the Soviet market. The MK series was intended as a portable boombox for camping, weekend houses, etc"    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 06:24:14

• iophk: "Windows Recall" is not just spyware but is a vehicle for TPM deployment... it also pushes biometric surveillance    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 14:52:25

• The Cheeto Plan ☛ https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-housing-reforms-aid-hud-immigration-homelessness | Source: Pro Publica    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 14:54:02

• "The quiet re-registration of Streameast.xyz marks a major symbolic win for the site, which continues to challenge the authorities who tried to shut it down." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/streameast-reclaimed-domain-name-previously-seized-by-the-u-s-government/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 14:55:28

• "Amazon, which brings in more than $150 billion in revenue per quarter, won’t have any problem paying the fine, and admitted no wrongdoing." ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/09/26/2025/former-ftc-chair-khan-questions-amazons-25b-settlement | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 14:57:01

• "Chaney, a disability advocate, told the Los Angeles Times." ☛ https://futurism.com/robots-and-machines/delivery-robot-torments-disabled-man | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 14:57:55

• "Asam is one of many businesses executives who’ve been startlingly candid about their intentions to displace human labor with AI tools or agents." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/sap-exec-fired-ai | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 14:58:08

• "Valtonen wrote on the National Coalition Party's Instagram account on Sunday that she does not change her attire based on whom she meets" ☛ https://yle.fi/a/74-20185434 | Source: YLE    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 14:58:18

• "Local TV stations used to be owned by small independent companies or by the networks themselves." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2025/09/kimmel-response-local-tv-stations-abc-conflict/684388/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 14:59:02

• "The saga, which made the rounds on late-night TV this week, did not stop there." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2025-09-25/trump-epstein-statue-removed-reinstalled-permit-denied | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 14:59:34

• Trump and Epstein statue reinstallation denied after its removal

  A 12-foot statue depicting President Trump holding hands with convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein appeared on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., Tuesday morning and was removed by the National Park Service less than 24 hours later.

  The saga, which made the rounds on late-night TV this week, did not stop there.

   

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 14:59:52

• "Transcript from a video from Chase Hughes: [...]" ☛ https://huijzer.xyz/posts/109/the-real-enemy-isnt-who-you-think-it-is | Source: Rik Huijzer    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:01:00

• "President Donald Trump demanded Microsoft fire Lisa Monaco. Monaco serves as the company's President of Global Affairs." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/trump-demands-microsoft-fire-ex-biden-doj-official-lisa-monaco-over-national-security-concerns/articleshow/124175539.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:01:10

• "Trolls would search for popular India-US flights and start the checkout process without paying." ☛ https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/whats-clog-the-toilet-campaign-that-blocked-flights-for-indian-h-1b-visa-holders-9358678#publisher=newsstand | Source: NDTV    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:01:16

• "All by organizational decisions made by leadership, with impressive professional profiles." ☛ https://blog.julik.nl/2025/09/the-boss-of-it-all | Source: Julik Tarkhanov    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:01:24

• "The CEO quickly visited the White House, after which Trump praised his leadership qualities" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/29/trump_wants_microsoft_exec_fired/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:01:33

• "For simplicity, the cost calculations include only compute usage and exclude storage, bandwidth, and other components." ☛ https://beuke.org/hetzner-aws/ | Source: Fabian Beuke    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:01:56

• "Google nixed plans for a gigantic $1 billion data center on more than 460 acres of land in Indiana after residents hotly protested the proposal due to concerns" ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/residents-shut-down-google-data-center | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:02:22

• "Europe remains a leader in tackling climate change but must step up efforts to protect the environment and adapt to warming, the EU’s environment agency warned on Monday." ☛ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250928-europe-environment-climate | Source: France24    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:02:42

• "People in Western countries are having fewer kids, making politicians worried about the future of their nations’ populations." ☛ https://backreaction.blogspot.com/2025/09/why-people-arent-having-kids-how-to-fix.html | Source: Sabine Hossenfelder    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:03:25

• "A 19th-century law, the Posse Comitatus Act, generally forbids military members from conducting domestic law enforcement." ☛ https://kansasreflector.com/2025/09/28/repub/oregon-sues-to-block-trump-from-sending-national-guard-to-portland/ | Source: Kansas Reflector    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:03:59

• "Republicans are bringing a case before the Supreme Court that has the potential to eviscerate what few remaining restrictions on campaign finance we have left." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/09/campaign-finance-supreme-court-roberts-kavanaugh/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:04:15

• "Eurojust" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/29/infosec_in_brief/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:04:31

• "Russia's interference will impact significantly our elections" ☛ https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/09/28/moldovans-vote-in-tense-polls-torn-between-eu-and-russia-a90647 | Source: The Moscow Times    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:04:55

• "That tsunami has grown dramatically over the last 40 years. It underlies the crisis of democracy. It is fueling polarization." ☛ https://www.truthdig.com/articles/corporate-influence-is-at-the-heart-of-political-polarization/ | Source: Truthdig    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:05:12

• "The vessel offers 3,000 nm range at 10 knots and extended self-deploying range of 10,000 nm." ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/military/unmanned-attack-boat-us-longer-range | Source: Interesting Engineering    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:05:40

• "Lithuania-based Whitebridge AI sells “reputation reports” on everyone with an online presence." ☛ https://noyb.eu/en/whitebridgeai-your-personal-data-sale-you-and-anyone | Source: NYOB    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:07:27

• "Last week, I described a gloomy situation: all public TLS certificate providers log your requests." ☛ https://blog.frankel.ch/privacy-subdomains/2/ | Source: Nicolas Fränkel    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:07:35

• Windows TCO: "The Metropolitan Police force said that inquiries about “a ransomware attack on a London-based organization” were ongoing and no arrests have been made." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/british-department-store-harrods-warns-customers-that-some-personal-details-taken-in-data-breach/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:08:01

• "The four social media companies called to testify are far less popular than Facebook and Instagram, which together boast more than five billion monthly active users." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/09/the-gop-is-refusing-to-interrogate-trumps-big-tech-allies/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:08:31

• "Anger had been simmering in Nepal for months, much of it driven by widespread corruption among politicians." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/how-a-travel-youtuber-captured-nepals-revolution-for-the-world/ | Source: Wired    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:08:39

• "The second is how we will have plenty of humanoid robots fifteen years from now, but they will look like neither today’s humanoid robots nor humans. [...]" ☛ https://rodneybrooks.com/why-todays-humanoids-wont-learn-dexterity/ |    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:09:10

• "In a new report, management consultants Bain & Company found that despite being “one of the first areas to deploy generative AI,” the “savings have been unremarkable” in programming." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/new-findings-ai-coding-overhyped | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:09:31

• "In practice, that can be dangerous. When people share paranoid or delusional beliefs with ChatGPT, the bot often agrees with the unbalanced thoughts, sending users into severe mental health crises that have led to involuntary commitment and even death." ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/humans-think-jerk-chatgpt-behaving | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:09:42

• "All India Council for Technical Education chairman T G Sitharam, who was honoured with the Shiksha Garima Award at the conference, said that technologies will come and go but their usage should always be in the right manner." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/technology-a-tool-not-teacher-experts-stress-the-need-to-be-vigilant-on-ai-usage-by-children/articleshow/124180751.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:14:33

• "I coded the world wide web on a single computer in a small room. But that small room didn’t belong to me, it was at [CERN]." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/sep/28/why-i-gave-the-world-wide-web-away-for-free | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:14:50

• "We’re finally seeing signs of the mainstream financial press admitting the AI bubble might not be robot heaven, and all the AI pumpers telling them everything was fine just might be full of it." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/09/28/the-finance-press-finally-starts-talking-about-the-ai-bubble/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:14:59

• "Things. There’s a thing I call “collapse” that’s like boredom. There’s also something akin to “meditation”." ☛ https://timkellogg.me/blog/2025/09/27/boredom | Source: Tim Kellogg    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:15:11

• "Over 40% of US-based full-time employees reported receiving “workslop” in the last month, defined as AI-generated content that "masquerades as good work but lacks the substance to meaningfully advance a given task."" ☛ https://www.pcmag.com/news/ai-workslop-is-plaguing-american-companies-says-stanford-research | Source: PC Mag    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:24:06

• "In light of this, the Fedora Project is taking a clear step toward defining how artificial intelligence should be utilized within its community, aiming to strike a balance between enabling contributors to benefit [sic] from AI tools and protecting the community’s core values." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/fedora-council-proposes-policy-on-ai-assisted-contributions/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:24:23

• "The videos all adhered to a general formula, according to 404: a photo-realistic depiction of a woman begging for her life while she was being held at gunpoint by a man who loomed over her in the foreground." ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/ai-slop-women-murdered | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:25:04

• "Adolescence is a crucial developmental stage during which people go through significant changes in their biology, cognition, and personalities." ☛ https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2024/jun/internet-addiction-affects-behaviour-and-development-adolescents | Source: uni College London    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:25:51

• [Old] "A new study has possibly captured that objectively, finding that for teens diagnosed with internet addiction, signaling between brain regions important for controlling attention, working memory and more was disrupted." ☛ https://edition.cnn.com/2024/06/04/health/internet-addiction-teen-brain-activity-wellness | Source: CNN    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:26:20

• [Old] "The research found that these changes resulted in addictive behaviours and tendencies in adolescents, as well as behavioural changes linked to mental health, development, intellectual ability and physical coordination." ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jun/04/internet-addiction-alters-brain-chemistry-in-young-people-study-finds | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:26:32

• [Old] "Scans show that the brains of teenagers who are addicted to the [Internet] undergo changes in the parts of the brain involved in active thinking." ☛ https://www.forbes.com/sites/nickmorrison/2024/06/04/too-much-internet-use-is-changing-teenage-brains-study-finds/ | Source: Forbes    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:26:58

• "I met a couple of CSC instructors that day and asked them about their Compassionate Schools Project. They explained that it was a syllabus for grade-school students, derived from a decade of working with public schools in Louisville, Kentucky." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/gen-z-anxiety-panic-tools-to-help-1235432490/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:27:26

• "Do you want the Internet to be an extension of your existing offline relationships, or to be separate from your offline life?" ☛ https://tracydurnell.com/2025/09/28/two-modes-of-internet-use/ | Source: Tracy Durnell    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:27:44

• "The fire struck on Friday night at a datacenter operated by South Korea’s National Information Resources Service." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/09/28/asia_tech_news_roundup/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:28:23

• "Leica, as most will know, started the 35mm revolution 100 years ago, back in 1925. But the digital revolution seemed to catch it off-guard." ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/cameras/film-cameras/the-flaw-that-nearly-killed-leicas-digital-dream-and-how-leica-fixed-it | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:28:34

• "It's the work of scientists from the California Institute of Technology, who used cesium atoms as their qubits, trapping them in place with a complex system of lasers that acted as tweezers to keep the atoms as stable as possible" ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/6100-qubit-processor-shatters-quantum-computing-record | Source: Science Alert    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:29:06

• "In a paper published in the journal Nature, the team demonstrated a system of more than 3,000 quantum bits (or qubits) that could run for more than two hours" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2025-09-physicists-quantum-bit-capable.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:29:22

• "Cody challenged me to prove that there are an infinitely many primes in Knuckledragger, saying it’s the minimum thing to do to demonstrate you have a proof assistant." ☛ https://www.philipzucker.com/knuckle_primes/ | Source: Philip Zucker    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:29:35

• "Now that I know what the issue is, I can solve it by renaming the files with a consistent scheme." ☛ https://sebastiano.tronto.net/blog/2025-09-28-alphabetic-order/ | Source: Sebastian Tronto    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:29:59

• "I am one of those someones. I was a teenager when I first started listening to Laboe in the 1970s." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2025-09-28/art-laboe-radio-dj-angel-baby-rodriguez | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:30:12

• "In fact, “Condor” holds the distinction of being the first Hollywood thriller to focus solely on the CIA." ☛ https://thedissenter.org/three-days-of-the-condor-at-50-a-classic-conspiracy-thriller-and-whistleblower-film/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:30:34

• "Unfortunately the meter is mounted in the basemet of my apartment building, too far for any WiFi signals. So I decided to try out LoRa to transmit the data, using two Heltec LoRa32 dev boards." ☛ https://www.xythobuz.de/lora_sml.html | Source: Thomas Buck    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:31:24

• [Old] "The good news when looking at this board, is that it provides access (on the back side, not pictured) to some kind of serial port — CN3 is marked with a 4-wires GND/+5 and RXD/TXD connectors." ☛ https://flameeyes.blog/2025/02/16/whirlpool-ap330w-its-a-trap/ | Source: Diego Elio Pettenò    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:31:30

• "Recently I learned about the CYD (cheap yellow display), a nice ESP32 dev board with a touchscreen. This seemed ideal to run a simple user interface to control everything via MQTT." ☛ https://www.xythobuz.de/cyd_ui.html | Source: Thomas Buck    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:31:51

• "Runit can be an entire init system (including PID 1), but that capability is beyond the scope of this document." ☛ https://troubleshooters.com/linux/init/normal_user_runit.htm | Source: Steve Litt    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:32:05

• [Old] "just like TunnelBear, which at least makes it very obvious in their name and marketing copy, though they also insist on you gaining some type of browsing privacy by using their service." ☛ https://flameeyes.blog/2024/09/29/stop-calling-them-vpns/ | Source: Diego Elio Pettenò    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 15:32:42

• "Olivier Cochard-Labbé has announced the release of BSD Router Project (BSDRP) 2.0, a major update of the free and open-source software router distribution based on embedded FreeBSD." ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12574 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:18:40

• "What they discovered was just normal criminal enterprise, banks of thousands of cell “phones” (sic) used to send spam or forward international calls using local phone numbers." ☛ https://cybersect.substack.com/p/that-secret-service-sim-farm-story |    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:19:02

• "Additionally, Kitty introduces a brand-new protocol for multiple cursors within the terminal. That means applications can directly take advantage of multi-cursor editing workflows." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/kitty-terminal-0-43-brings-session-management/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:19:23

• "Initially I followed only several sites over RSS – but more has come over time – and as I get closer to 40 of additional sources" ☛ https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2025/09/29/rss-on-freebsd/ | Source: Vermaden    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:21:16

• "Beyond that, most other browsers are not nearly as secure." ☛ https://thenewstack.io/tor-the-easiest-way-to-securely-browse-the-web-on-linux/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:21:37

• "Writing out C++ module files and importing them is awfully complicated." ☛ https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2025/09/in-c-modules-globally-unique-module.html | Source: Jussi Pakkanen    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:22:54

• "This idea allows us to create automated build systems that resolve to an artifact whose dependencies have never existed before in that given combination — let alone tested and executed together in that combination." ☛ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2025/run-software-on-software-youve-never-run/ | Source: Jim Nielsen    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:23:38

• "SFrame employs a unified indexed format across both relocatable files (linking view) and executable files (execution view)." ☛ https://maskray.me/blog/2025-09-28-remarks-on-sframe | Source: MaskRay    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:23:48

• "Here are some indicators of software taste: [...]" ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/taste/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:24:13

• "What can be done to prevent this?" ☛ https://archaeologist.dev/artifacts/priorities | Source: Adam Thalhammer    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:24:29

• "SIMD (Single Instruction, Multiple Data) is like having 64 workers all performing the exact same task simultaneously, rather than one worker doing 64 tasks sequentially." ☛ https://sanixdk.xyz/blogs/how-i-accidentally-created-the-fastest-csv-parser-ever-made |    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:24:42

• "garbage code." ☛ https://giodicanio.com/2025/08/27/linus-torvalds-and-the-supposedly-garbage-code/ |    

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

• "Fish shell, a modern Unix shell designed to be user-friendly and easy to use, has announced version 4.1" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/fish-shell-4-1-released-with-brace-syntax-transient-prompts/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:26:18

• "The ComparableHasher type is the default hasher implementation for comparable types, like numbers, strings, and structs with comparable fields" ☛ https://antonz.org/accepted/maphash-hasher/ | Source: Anton Zhiyanov    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:27:03

• "He asked: How should he react to the AI-generated code now appearing at the businesses where he consults?" ☛ https://thenewstack.io/go-experts-i-dont-want-to-maintain-ai-generated-code/ | Source: The New Stack    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:27:12

• "This is known as the Year 2038 problem (Y2K38)." ☛ https://anagogistis.com/posts/y2k38/ | Source: Andreas    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:27:38

• "(Unfortunately this may not fit well with feed reader code structures, data storage, or uses of low-level HTTP request libraries that hide things like HTTP redirects from you.)" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/FeedFetchersRedirectsAndCondGet | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:27:52

• "In this blog, we discuss our efforts to analyse the feasibility and impact of such a transition period by investigating edge cases in DNSSEC validation with multiple algorithms." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2025/09/29/edge-cases-in-dnssec-validation-with-multiple-algorithms/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:28:07

• "[...] Answers column talks about the state of Linux distributions on phones." ☛ https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20250929 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:28:37

• "Linux kernel 6.17 has been officially released, introducing new file system updates, security enhancements, and expanded hardware support." ☛ https://linuxiac.com/linux-kernel-6-17-released/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:29:02

• "It's a window manager, like many others, but with tons of shortcut keys which facilitate the day to day use." ☛ https://www.vincentdelft.be/post/post_20250928 | Source: Vincent Delft    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:29:31

• "Ariana Grande Calls Out Trump Supporters in Fiery Instagram Post" https://www.tmz.com/2025/09/28/ariana-grande-calls-out-trump-supporters-fiery-instagram-post/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:30:25

• "Trump says he will send troops to Portland" https://www.armytimes.com/news/your-military/2025/09/28/trump-says-he-will-send-troops-to-portland/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:30:39

• "Michigan Church Shooter Identified By Law Enforcement" https://www.tmz.com/2025/09/28/michigan-church-shooter-identified/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:30:48

• "2nd person dies after shooting at Michigan church, police say - mlive.com" https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2025/09/2nd-person-dies-after-shooting-at-michigan-church-police-say.html    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:31:02

• iophk: microsoft fears platform independent packages and a universal file format for productivity software https://www.pcworld.com/article/2920337/stop-struggling-with-free-apps-get-a-lifetime-of-ms-office-2021-for-50.html    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:31:36

• iophk: wishful thinking https://blakewatson.com/journal/understanding-not-slop-is-whats-interesting-about-llms/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:32:18

• "Danish Armed Forces report detecting more drones over military facilities" https://kyivindependent.com/danish-armed-forces-report-detecting-more-drones-at-military-facilities/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:33:27

• "Denmark: New drone sightings over military infrastructure" https://www.dw.com/en/denmark-new-drone-sightings-over-military-infrastructure/a-74156361    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:33:40

• "Most Army and Marine Corps vehicles are not ready for combat" https://taskandpurpose.com/news/army-marines-vehicles-delays-maintenance/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:33:52

• "Notes on Europe’s Economy - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/notes-on-europes-economy    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:34:09

• "They’ll have to BAN EVERYTHING and it STILL WON'T WORK!" https://odysee.com/@Shadiversity:d/they%E2%80%99ll-have-to-ban-everything-and-it:5    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:34:22

• "Moldova’s pro-EU party wins pivotal election with more than 50% of vote" https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250928-live-moldova-s-pro-eu-party-on-course-to-win-pivotal-election-mired-in-claims-of-russian-meddling    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:34:49

• "Kubuntu Default Audio Player" ☛ https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2025/09/elisa-intro-to-kubuntu-default-audio-player.html | Source: Ubuntubuzz    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:37:38

• How to Install Debian 13 Step by Step https://www.linuxtechi.com/how-to-install-debian-13-step-by-step/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:38:38

• Moldova ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/29/moldova-s-ruling-pro-e-u-party-wins-parliamentary-majority | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:41:32

• "There are no such things as sanctuaries" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/29/there-are-no-such-things-as-sanctuaries-u-s-envoy-says-ukraine-can-strike-deep-inside-russian-territory | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:42:12

• "Russia arrests Crimean chef" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/09/29/russia-arrests-crimean-chef-for-allegedly-working-with-ukrainian-intelligence-and-plotting-to-poison-soldiers | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:42:45

• "Weekend of destruction Deadly Russian barrage across Ukraine hits civilian homes and Kyiv’s Institute of Cardiology" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/09/29/weekend-of-destruction | Source: Meduza    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:42:52

• Linux Kernel 6.17 Released, This Is What’s New ☞ https://linuxiac.com/linux-kernel-6-17-released/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:46:26

• Kitty Terminal 0.43 Brings Session Management ☞ https://linuxiac.com/kitty-terminal-0-43-brings-session-management/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:48:31

• Tor: The Easiest Way to Securely Browse the Web on GNU/Linux ☞ https://thenewstack.io/tor-the-easiest-way-to-securely-browse-the-web-on-linux/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:49:07

• Jussi Pakkanen: In C++ modules globally unique module names seem to be unavoidable, so let's use that fact for good instead of complexshittification ☞ https://nibblestew.blogspot.com/2025/09/in-c-modules-globally-unique-module.html    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:49:24

• Fish Shell 4.1 Released with Brace Syntax, Transient Prompts ☞ https://linuxiac.com/fish-shell-4-1-released-with-brace-syntax-transient-prompts/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:49:56

• Fedora Council Proposes Policy on AI-Assisted Contributions ☞ https://linuxiac.com/fedora-council-proposes-policy-on-ai-assisted-contributions/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:51:33

• British Department Store Harrods Warns Customers That Some Personal Details Taken in Data Breach ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/british-department-store-harrods-warns-customers-that-some-personal-details-taken-in-data-breach/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:52:42

• mintCast 469 – Bill Loves backdoored Windows ☞ https://mintcast.org/469-bill-loves-windows/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:56:33

• LibreOffice turns 15: a celebration of freedom, collaboration and open technologies and standards ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/09/28/libreoffice-turns-15/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:58:01

• Moldova’s pro-EU party wins pivotal election mired in claims of Russian meddling ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20250928-live-moldova-s-pro-eu-party-on-course-to-win-pivotal-election-mired-in-claims-of-russian-meddling    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:58:23

• Bordering Ukraine and Romania, Moldova is a strategic hotspot in Europe ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250928-bordering-ukraine-and-romania-moldova-is-a-strategic-hotspot-in-europe    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:58:37

• Ukraine: Massive Russian missile and drone barrage kills at least four in Kyiv ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250928-ukraine-massive-russian-missile-and-drone-barrage-kills-at-least-four-in-kyiv    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:58:49

• Ukraine: Kyiv hit by massive Russian drone and missile attack ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250928-ukraine-kyiv-hit-by-massive-russian-drone-and-missile-attack    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:59:00

• Russia Kills 4, Including Child, In 'Vile' Air Attack On Ukraine, Zelenskyy Says ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-kills-4-young-girl-air-attack-ukraine/33543074.html    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:59:08

• Venezuela, America and the Specter of Regime Change ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/world/venezuela-trump-comey-russia-ukraine-drones.html    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:59:18

• For Many Moldovans, Their Election Is a Choice Between Russia and the E.U. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/world/europe/moldova-election-russia-eu.html    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:59:28

• Russia Hammers Kyiv in 12-Hour Drone and Missile Assault ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/world/europe/ukraine-kyiv-russia-strikes.html    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:59:36

• Denmark bans civilian drone flights for EU summit after new sightings ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20250928-denmark-bans-civilian-drone-flights-for-eu-summit-after-new-sightings    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 16:59:51

• Moldova: bomb threats in polling stations abroad amid tense election ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250928-moldova-bomb-threats-in-polling-stations-abroad-amid-tense-election    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:00:15

• Moldovans vote in a tense election plagued by Russian interference claims ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250928-moldovans-vote-in-a-tense-election-plagued-by-russian-interference-claims    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:00:28

• Moldovans choose between pro-EU and pro-Russia camps in tense election ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250928-moldovans-choose-between-pro-eu-and-pro-russia-camps-in-tense-election    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:00:49

• The week in pictures: Convicted Felon berates the world at the UN, Sarkozy sentenced and the Ballon d'Or ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/culture/20250928-the-week-in-pictures-trump-berates-the-world-at-the-un-drones-over-denmark-and-sarkozy-sentenced    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:01:10

• "Moldova's European democratic future is dependent on having a pro-European government" ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250928-moldova-s-european-democratic-future-is-dependent-on-having-a-pro-european-government    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:01:22

• Moldovans begin voting in tense election, torn between EU and Russia ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250928-moldovans-begin-voting-in-tense-election-torn-between-eu-and-russia    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:01:34

• Moldova Edges Toward Pro-Europe Government In Crucial Parliamentary Election ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/moldova-parliament-election-pas-russia-meddlng-sandu/33543307.html    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:01:44

• Moldova On Knife Edge In Election Marred By Russian Disinformation Claims ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/moldova-parliamentary-election-eu-russia/33543218.html    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:02:03

• Moldovans Vote In Choice Between EU Integration And Russian Influence ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/moldova-election-russian-disinformation-sandu-dodon/33542617.html    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:02:14

• Moldova’s Pivotal Election Projected to End in Victory for Pro-Europeans ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/world/europe/moldova-election-russia.html    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:02:44

• MagOS 20250926 is released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/magos    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:02:56

• How To Enable Wayland on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/enable-wayland-ubuntu-24-04/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:04:31

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

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:04:43

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

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:05:24

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

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:05:39

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

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:06:06

• How To Install Apache Spark on AlmaLinux 10 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-apache-spark-almalinux-10/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:06:12

• YouTube Removes Disturbing Hey Hi (AI) Slop YouTube Channel Filled With Videos of Women Being Murdered ☞ https://futurism.com/future-society/ai-slop-women-murdered    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:07:14

• New Steam Games with Native GNU/Linux Clients, including It Has My Face and Granvir - 2025-09-24 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-with-native-linux-clients-2025-09-24-edition/index.html    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:07:33

• I have an SGI Indigo2! ☞ https://rubenerd.com/i-have-an-sgi-indigo2/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:08:23

• Olimex RP2350-PICO2 open hardware boards expose all 48 GPIOs for breadboard prototyping ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/09/29/olimex-rp2350-pico2-open-hardware-boards-expose-all-48-gpios-for-breadboard-prototyping/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:08:48

• Bootlin engineer Louis Chauvet talks at XDC 2025 in Vienna ☞ https://bootlin.com/blog/bootlin-engineer-louis-chauvet-talks-at-xdc-2025-vienna/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:09:19

• The 6.17 kernel has been released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1038266/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:10:32

• Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 39 (Sep 22 – 28, 2025) ☞ https://linuxiac.com/linuxiac-weekly-wrap-up-week-39-sep-22-28-2025/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:10:40

• Rayhunter Tutorial: Convert a Verizon Orbic Speed RC400L into a Stingray Detector ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/rayhunter-tutorial-convert-a-verizon-orbic-speed-rc400l-into-a-stingray-detector    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:12:44

• The Myths of "Linux" and of "Intelligence" ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/28/The_Myths_of_Linux_and_of_Intelligence.shtml    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:14:34

• T-Crisis 4 – Tetris-like falling blocks puzzle game ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/t-crisis-4-tetris-like-falling-blocks-puzzle-game/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:14:43

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

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:14:52

• BPM Detect – automatic BPM detection tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/bpm-detect-automatic-bpm-detection-tool/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:14:59

• sshPilot – lightweight SSH connection manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/sshpilot-lightweight-ssh-connection-manager/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:15:08

• RapidRAW – non-destructive, and GPU-accelerated RAW image editor ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/rapidraw-non-destructive-gpu-accelerated-raw-image-editor/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:15:15

• SSH-Studio – edit SSH configuration files ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/ssh-studio-edit-ssh-configuration-files/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:15:22

• N.C. Stabbing Suspect Had Many Interactions With Police and Little Treatment ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/us/nc-stabbing-suspect-police-mental-health-history.html    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:24:29

• South Korea restores some services after data centre fire ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-restores-some-services-after-data-centre-fire    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:25:14

• Brake failure cause of fatal lorry crash at Bukit Kajang Toll Plaza in Malaysia, say cops ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/brake-failure-cause-of-fatal-lorry-crash-at-bukit-kajang-toll-plaza-in-malaysia-says-cops    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:25:48

• North Korean, Chinese foreign ministers meet in Beijing ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-koreas-foreign-minister-had-talks-with-china-kcna-says    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:26:17

• China’s former agriculture minister Tang Renjian sentenced to death with reprieve for bribery ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-former-agriculture-minister-tang-renjian-sentenced-to-death-with-reprieve-for-bribery    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:26:41

• China calls on North Korea to oppose ‘hegemony’ as foreign ministers meet ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-calls-on-north-korea-to-oppose-hegemony-as-foreign-ministers-meet    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:26:52

• North Korea, China’s foreign ministers meet in Beijing ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-koreas-foreign-minister-had-talks-with-china-kcna-says    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:27:11

• Judge rules that drone maker DJI is affiliated with China’s defense industry — company to stay on Pentagon’s list of Chinese military companies ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/judge-rules-that-drone-maker-dji-is-affiliated-with-chinas-defense-industry-company-to-stay-on-pentagons-list-of-chinese-military-companies    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:27:21

• US Commerce head notes China 'isn't even shy' about its goal to 'take' Taiwan, says US-Taiwan tariff deal coming soon — goal is to have 40% of chips made in America ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/lutnick-says-taiwan-deal-coming-pretty-soon    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:27:34

• China's premier memory-maker YMTC struggles amid chokehold of US sanctions — outdated chipmaking tools and lack of new tools have hampered production and development of new tech ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/ssds/chinas-premier-memory-maker-ymtc-struggles-amid-chokehold-of-us-sanctions-outdated-chipmaking-tools-and-lack-of-new-tools-has-hampered-production-and-development-of-new-tech    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:27:58

• ‘They cough every 3 seconds’: Italian tennis player Lorenzo Musetti apologises for outburst at China Open fans ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/09/28/they-cough-every-3-seconds-italian-tennis-player-lorenzo-musetti-apologises-for-outburst-at-china-open-fans/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:29:23

• World’s highest bridge opens to traffic in China’s Guizhou province ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/09/28/worlds-highest-bridge-opens-to-traffic-in-chinas-guizhou-province/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:29:47

• World’s highest bridge opens to traffic in Guizhou, China ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/worlds-highest-bridge-opens-to-traffic-in-china    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:30:00

• Amazon Settles FTC Prime-Cancellation Investigation for $2.5 Billion — With $1.5 Billion In Customer Refunds ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/09/26/amazon-music-prime-ftc-settlement/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:30:42

• Hamas urges Israel to halt strikes on Gaza City as it searches for two hostages ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20250928-hamas-urges-israel-to-halt-strikes-on-gaza-city-as-it-searches-for-two-hostages    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:32:10

• Israel, Iran — and the Family Killed in the Crossfire ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/middleeast/100000010416859/an-israeli-strike-on-iran-killed-her-family-she-wants-answers.html    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:32:24

• Inside Venezuela After U.S. Strikes Boats ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/americas/100000010416376/inside-venezuela-after-us-strikes-boats.html    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:32:35

• Residents Shut Down Surveillance Giant Google Data Center Before It Can Be Built ☞ https://futurism.com/future-society/residents-shut-down-google-data-center    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:56:21

• What Salt Typhoon Shows About the Cyber Power of China’s Spy Agency ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/28/world/asia/how-chinas-secretive-spy-agency-became-a-cyber-powerhouse.html http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/05/Credit_to_Jessica_Lyons_at_The_Register_for_Covering_the_Commun.shtml    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 17:58:26

• BSDRP 2.0 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/bsdrp    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 18:16:58

• 🔤SpellBinding — AHINVSR Wordo: UNTIL gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-09-29.gmi    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 18:37:21

• A nex server written in C gemini://gmi.noulin.net/2025-09-29-a-nex-server-written-in-c.gmi    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 18:38:54

• Over a decade later, AMD Radeon HD 7000 GPUs still receive Linux updates from one Valve developer https://videocardz.com/newz/over-a-decade-later-amd-radeon-hd-7000-gpus-still-receive-linux-updates-from-one-valve-developer    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 18:45:03

• "Secure browsing is necessary due to widespread privacy and security issues with modern web browsers. Try Tor for enhanced anonymity." https://thenewstack.io/tor-the-easiest-way-to-securely-browse-the-web-on-linux/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 18:45:31

• The Smoothest Way to Send Clipboard Text and Files Between Your Android and PC https://www.howtogeek.com/the-smoothest-way-to-send-clipboard-text-and-files-between-your-android-and-pc/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 18:46:25

• I Replaced Notepad++ on Linux With This Text Editor https://www.howtogeek.com/i-replaced-notepad-plus-plus-on-linux-with-this-text-editor/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 18:46:54

• A Walk Down PC Video Card Memory Lane ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/09/28/a-walk-down-pc-video-card-memory-lane/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 18:49:19

• "Starting off with what might be the simplest option. You can install OpenMW via Flathub, which is available via the Discover app for KDE Plasma / SteamOS. Or Software on GNOME." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/guides/view/how-to-setup-openmw-for-modern-morrowind-on-linux-steamos-and-steam-deck/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 18:54:05

• "Nice to see the developer continuing to make it better after release. With the update landing Friday 26th, they noted in the announcement they "Fixed an issue where linux version had problems with enabling HDR"." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/09/cronos-the-new-dawn-gets-performance-improvements-and-a-linux-hdr-fix/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 18:54:32

• "Introduces support for ARM’s “Branch Record Buffer Extension” (BRBE), support for AMD’s hardware feedback interface (HFI), and Intel Wildcat Lake support." https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-6-17-officially-released-this-is-whats-new    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 18:54:48

• Bits from Debian: New Debian Developers and Maintainers (July and August 2025) ☞ https://bits.debian.org/2025/09/new-developers-2025-09.html    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 18:57:45

• Asztropapucs debut single ☞ https://peter.czanik.hu/posts/asztropapucs-debut/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 18:58:32

• 4Chan-Obsessed ICE Shooter Was Gaming on Steam Right Up Until the End ☞ https://futurism.com/future-society/shooter-ice-steam-video-games-4chan    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:00:25

• Session save in lockdown-mode fixed and improved ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202509/session-save-in-lockdown-mode-fixed-and-improved.html    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:02:29

• EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.0.17 released ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202509/easyos-excalibur-series-version-7017-released.html    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:02:45

• Nextcloud Hub 25 Autumn Ups the Ante for Open Source Clouds ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/09/nextcloud-hub-25-autumn-ups-the-ante-for-open-source-clouds/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:03:31

• Pop!_OS 24.04 is Available for Beta Testing! ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/09/pop_os-24-04-is-available-for-beta-testing/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:04:10

• John Walker summarises gen-“AI”, and some feedback ☞ https://rubenerd.com/john-walker-summarises-gen-ai/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:05:02

• If Only Someone Warned Us About This... ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/28/If_Only_Someone_Warned_Us_About_This.shtml    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:05:23

• Omarchy 3.0.2 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/omarchy    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:07:03

• Linux Kernel 6.17 Released, This is What’s New ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/09/linux-kernel-6-17-new-features    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:07:30

• Slopwatch: Fake Articles About GNU/Linux 6.17 and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Meddling in GNU/Linux Development ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/09/29/Slopwatch_Fake_Articles_About_Linux_6_17_and_Microsoft_Meddling.shtml    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:09:02

• Independent Distro KaOS GNU/Linux 2025.09 Arrives with GNU/Linux 6.16, KDE Gear 25.08 ☞ https://9to5linux.com/independent-distro-kaos-linux-2025-09-arrives-with-linux-6-16-kde-gear-25-08    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:09:15

• Linux Kernel 6.17 Officially Released, This Is What’s New ☞ https://9to5linux.com/linux-kernel-6-17-officially-released-this-is-whats-new    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:09:23

• Voyager 25.10-beta2 is released ☞ https://distrowatch.com/voyager    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:09:45

• #SciArtSeptember: Tessellation ☞ https://rubenerd.com/sciartseptember-tessellation/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:10:19

• New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Sonic Racing Crossworlds, Mars First Logistics and Silent Hill f - 2025-09-27 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-playable-on-the-steam-deck-2025-09-27-edition/index.html    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:10:43

• Can You Guess Which Star Wars Character This Coral Is Named After? ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/can-you-guess-which-star-wars-character-this-coral-is-named-after    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:11:07

• "Fully-Local AI Agent Runs On Raspberry Pi" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/09/28/fully-local-ai-agent-runs-on-raspberry-pi-with-a-little-patience/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:11:34

• Central Asia’s complex water-security diplomacy with the Taliban ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/central-asias-complex-water-security-diplomacy-with-the-taliban/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:12:07

• NATO defence chiefs wind up Rīga meeting ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/28.09.2025-nato-defence-chiefs-wind-up-riga-meeting.a616101/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:12:39

• Protesters gather again in Madagascar after chronic blackouts and water cuts ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250928-protesters-gather-again-in-madagascar-after-chronic-blackouts-and-water-cuts    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:13:15

• False bomb threats, security incidents cloud Moldova’s parliamentary vote ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250928-false-bomb-threats-security-incidents-cloud-moldova-s-parliamentary-vote    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:13:33

• Disinformation efforts intensified ahead of Sunday’s vote: Moldova’s cybersecurity agency chief ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20250928-disinformation-efforts-intensified-ahead-of-sunday-s-vote-moldova-s-cybersecurity-agency-chief    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:13:42

• UN Security Council revives Iran sanctions after breaches of nuclear non-proliferation treaty ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/09/un-security-council-revives-iran-sanctions-after-breaches-of-nuclear-non-proliferation-treaty/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:13:59

• HRW warns Convicted Felon memo on political violence poses risk to democracy ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/09/hrw-warns-trump-memo-on-political-violence-poses-risk-to-democracy/    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:20:11

• Lithuanian Riflemen’s Union struggles to keep up with surge in membership requests ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2689724/lithuanian-riflemen-s-union-struggles-to-keep-up-with-surge-in-membership-requests    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:20:44

• How China’s secretive spy agency became a cyber powerhouse ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/how-chinas-secretive-spy-agency-became-a-cyber-powerhouse    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:21:03

• South Korea's Lee calls for improving security at national data centre after fire ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/South-Koreas-Lee-calls-for-improving-security-at-national-data-centre-after-fire    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:21:28

• South Korea data centre fire started during safety work; President Lee calls for improved security ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-data-centre-fires-ripple-effects-felt-nationwide    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:21:53

• InfinityTerminal ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/09/29/infinityterminal-brings-infinite-horizontal-scrolling/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:23:21

• Hey Hi (AI) as excuse for failing businesses ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/sap-exec-fired-ai    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:24:23

• MElon Is Fuming That Workers Keep Ditching His Company for Proprietary Chaffbot Company ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/elon-musk-fuming-workers-leave-for-openai    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:24:34

• "Scam Altman Says" ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-new-data-centers-more-power-new-york-city http://techrights.org/n/2025/01/06/TRILLIONS_And_TRILLIONS_and_TRILLIONS_and_TRILLIONS_Invest_toda.shtml    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:25:22

• U.S. gov't mulls tariffing devices based on the number of chips used and their estimated value — policy would impact nearly every type of electronic device ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/semiconductors/u-s-govt-mulls-tariffing-devices-based-on-the-number-of-chips-used-and-their-estimated-value-policy-would-impact-nearly-every-type-of-electronic-device    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:31:07

• This Popular Diet Seems to Reduce Gum Disease, Scientists Say ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-popular-diet-seems-to-reduce-gum-disease-scientists-say    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:33:40

• Largest Study of Its Kind Reveals The Genes Behind Dyslexia ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/largest-study-of-its-kind-reveals-the-genes-behind-dyslexia    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:33:52

• Mysterious Signature in Greenland's Ice Might Not Be From Space After All ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/mysterious-signature-in-greenlands-ice-might-not-be-from-space-after-all    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:34:18

• The Sound of Earth's Flipping Magnetic Field Is an Unnerving Horror ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-sound-of-earths-flipping-magnetic-field-is-an-unnerving-horror    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:34:39

• "Can you play DOOM in Discord? At first glance, that may seem rather nonsensical, as Discord is a proprietary chat service and neither a hardware device nor something else that may seem like an obvious target for being (ab)used for demon-shooting points." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/09/28/playing-doom-in-discord-with-a-special-image-url/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:36:19

• "Over the years, we’ve brought you many stories of the creative artwork behind electronic event badges, but today we may have a first for you. [Spencer] thinks nobody before him has made a badge powered by a Z80, and we believe he may be right." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/09/28/decorate-your-neck-with-the-first-z80-badge/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:36:42

• "Do you remember the movie WALL-E? Apparently, [Leviathan engineering] did, and he wasn’t as struck by the title character, or Eva, or even the Captain. He was captivated by BURN-E. His working model shows up in the video below." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/09/28/wall-es-forgotten-sibling-rebuilt/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:36:58

• "IBM not only has become incompetent; it has become evil in the way it hires and fires and promotes. It truly is about who you know, getting the best accounts that would buy from Bozo the clown and most importantly if you are NOT a male, NOT experienced, NOT white, NOT over 35." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k6abyvjm    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:40:02

• "Unfortunately no. Even if the RA is not performance driven, the usual setup includes one or more “growth opportunities” and sometimes a “Low performance identification” . This is done with legal involvement to minimize the risk of a labor dispute (at least in Canada)."    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:40:39

• "I was a first line manager that was forced to do this several times, I did pushed back as much as I could, and as a result, I got exactly the same treatment: After 5 years of “exceeding expectations” especially on “business outcomes”, I got a BS growth opportunity and got RAed 1 month later. (March 2025). 7 months before my RA, I got one of those outstanding technical awards."    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:41:16

• "Managers are given a script to read during an RA to avoid legal issues. Also, let me guess, your manager is Indian, the replacement is Indian, and you're not Indian."    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:41:40

• "Former RA here...the simple answer to your question is "NO!". If you're willing to search through the archives of this forum, you can find many threads describing the RA process and how it works. The bottom line for you is that the "RA decision" was made with the approval of several different managers, and is driven by financial reasons (you cost too much for what you can provide the company)."    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:42:12

• "Don't take it personally. It's easy to feel slighted when it happens, but mass firings (RAs) are how IBM has conducted its business for a long time. It doesn't matter what band you're in, what your job is, or even what your performance is like. If your number comes up, you're booted out the door and that's that. By the way...I too had great performance reviews and e-mails before RA. Welcome to the club!"    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:42:31

• "Has anyone been able to successfully reverse RA because manager gave false and misleading reasons for RA (non performances based) and instead onboarding a new replacement from a vendor he has known for a while. had several good performance reviews and emails before RA. I don’t get the motivation to do this as there were no complaints against my work . How likely is this to happen" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k6abyvjm    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:43:06

• IBM layoffs (RAs): "RE: OCT RA. Anyone know what days this might be coming up?" "Almost always the last Thursday" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k6b7d7xw    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:44:00

• "The bad news is that in order for the tech cycle to continue contributing to GDP growth, capital investment needs to remain parabolic. This is highly unlikely" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k68gzwn7    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:45:06

• "Deutsche Bank highlights that much of this growth comes from new facilities being built by human workers, while the AI technology and services sector has yet to make a meaningful contribution to the GDP. Around half of the market gains captured by the S&P 500 index have been driven by tech-related stocks, Deutsche Bank warns." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k68gzwn7    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:45:40

• "I made a new Oddμ release. I added feed pagination. This happened after I started thinking about feeds as archives." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-09-29-oddmu-release    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:50:25

• "What's a quote post, and why would feature parity be a good thing? Micro.blog indicates they omit "like, boosts, and trending tags" to try to cut down on outage and popularity contests." gemini://thrig.me/blog/2025/09/29/fedfrag.gmi    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:51:21

• Finding reason, finding belonging https://gotplt.org/posts/finding-reason-finding-belonging.html "So yeah, I almost decided to not go to Porto for Cauldron, because for the past year or so, I didn’t feel like I did anything of consequence in the GNU toolchain community." ping lxo    

posted Monday, September 29, 2025 at 19:53:53

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-09-30.gmi    

posted Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at 03:59:14

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1779.jpg    

posted Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at 03:59:36

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1429.jpg    

posted Tuesday, September 30, 2025 at 03:59:41