Roy Schestowitz

• Tax the rich gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-11-15-tax    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 02:20:31

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1826.jpg    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 02:22:01

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1476.jpg    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 02:22:14

• Selling IBM. "Done, market is crashing anyway perfect time to sell. Only problem is that we're trapped into the stock purchase plan til the bitter end. Not sure about the final paycheck probably forced to still purchase shares for that too." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ka22q9dh    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 02:54:15

• "Yes only way to "escape" RA list is by leaving the entire Department before RA's are implemented. You have to look for the Red Flags and make your exit plan immediately. As soon as you see core people being let go, run for the hills and make it quick!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1k9zh4h2e    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 02:54:45

• "Meanwhile Alvind Slob Thomas Krabanaugh Joanne Wrong And the rest of those greedy pipmunks get a bigger bonus next year. What a classy company. :-/" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ka45m7at    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 02:55:21

• "hope they collectively fall into some giant incinerator at Christmas and are slowly roasted like nuts. Maybe AI can do that to these evil executives. :-) They can run but they cannot hide. Not forever. Especially the Blubber Walrus with the fake Scottish accent (or is it Liverpudlian perhaps ?) , the F&O Witch, Joanne Wrong." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ka45m7at    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 02:55:49

• "Spot on ! They are t-rds in the toilet bowl of life. They keep on circling and circling but the flush doesn't work. That's Karma for the lot of them, especially Alvind, Rob the Slob and Krabanaugh... And the putrid JoAnne Wrong" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ka2jwnym    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 02:56:24

• "Yes, IBMers of ALL races are being replaced by Indians. Even Indians are being replaced when they're not from the right caste or region or don't speak the right dialect. Or aren't the department leader's neighbor or relative or friend from back in the village." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ka0gxw0h    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 02:58:47

• "CORRECTION: This is suit was brought by a 26 year veteran of IBM, not a 26 year old employee of IBM" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ka0gxw0h    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 02:58:52

• WTF? Jimmy Wales is a narcassist. https://x.com/JoshWalkos/status/1989407445538804147    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 03:43:36

• "Following a two-year investigation, French journalists Nicolas Delage and Christophe Wilson have identified the creators of the iconic "You Wouldn't Steal a Car" PSA." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/new-investigation-unravels-you-wouldnt-steal-a-car-anti-piracy-psa/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 10:31:45

• "A complaint coordinated by anti-piracy group IBCAP and filed at a Seattle court by DISH Network in 2024" ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/dish-wins-42m-default-judgment-against-dmca-ignored-host-virtual-systems-251114/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 10:32:13

• "Vi bruger heller ikke: IP# fra resten af verden ? | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/vi-bruger-heller-ikke-ip-fra-resten-af-verden    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 10:34:20

• AI chatbots choose political parties for you and give incorrect advice ahead of the next parliamentary election | "AI-chattbotar väljer politiskt parti för dig och ger felaktiga råd inför nästa riksdagsval | Inrikes | Svenska Yle" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://yle.fi/a/7-10087906    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 10:34:47

• "FreeBSD: Reproducible Rootless Builds and Moving From Windows to This Linux Chaos Alternative" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/11/15/0341210    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 10:34:59

• "Pam Bondi Replaces Her Embarrassing Reading Comprehension Failure with a 4A Violation" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/11/15/pam-bondi-replaces-her-embarrassing-reading-comprehension-failure-with-a-4a-violation/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 10:35:15

• "Schumer Democrats Can’t Stop Trump. Mamdani Democrats Might." https://jacobin.com/2025/11/mamdani-schumer-trump-shutdown-democrats/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 10:35:27

• "Trump ran an 'America first' campaign. Now he views presidency as 'worldwide'" https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2025-11-15/trump-america-first-campaign-now-views-presidency-as-worldwide-situation    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 10:35:50

• pure corruption: "Economist Warns That Trump's Investments in the Tech Industry Could Crash the Whole Economy" https://futurism.com/future-society/economist-trump-economy-crash    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 10:36:11

• "Why BBC owes a bigger apology to women like JK Rowling than to Donald Trump" https://www.scotsman.com/news/opinion/columnists/why-bbc-owes-a-bigger-apology-to-women-like-jk-rowling-than-to-donald-trump-5402439    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 10:36:23

• "But under Biden, the trustbusters that had been chosen and fought for by the Warren-Sanders wing of the party proved themselves to be both a) incredibly principled; and b) incredibly skilled." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/15/unconscionability/#standalone-authority | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 10:50:53

• "The latest title in the Call of Duty franchise, Black Ops 7, just dropped, and players are complaining about its campaign mode. As reported by IGN," ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/call-of-duty-black-ops-7-campaign-requires-a-constant-online-connection-and-has-zero-checkpoints-mission-levels-are-designed-for-four-necessitating-repetitive-tasks-if-you-play-alone | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 10:51:16

• "Margaret Sullivan has long been one of our best, clearest media critics." ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-with-margaret-sullivan | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 10:52:05

• "This fight has distracted me from the work that I typically do on press freedom, whistleblowers, and government secrecy. Now, I am finally able to sit down and share this story with international readers of The Dissenter." ☛ https://thedissenter.org/censorship-battle-fighting-suburban-chicago-library/ | Source: The Dissenter    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 10:52:25

• "I’m not asking for anyone’s pity." ☛ https://kansasreflector.com/2025/11/14/hes-a-kansas-journalism-icon-hes-written-more-than-2000-stories-for-us-hes-tim-carpenter/ | Source: Kansas Reflector    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 10:52:34

• "The digital fitness check is the second stage of the Commission's plan to simplify the EU's digital rules, following the adjustments under the Digital Omnibus." ☛ https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15554-Digital-fitness-check-testing-the-cumulative-impact-of-the-EUs-digital-rules_en | Source: European Commission    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 10:53:28

• "When you have software out in the wild being used by lots of people, it's inevitable that there will be pretty large spread across the versions of your software being used." ☛ https://lgug2z.com/articles/exposing-git-information-in-rust-binaries-built-with-nix/ |    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 10:53:38

• "Why has durable progress remained so elusive?" ☛ https://queue.acm.org/detail.cfm?id=3773096 | Source: ACM    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 10:53:52

• "I do not doubt this story overall. It was published at an advantageous time for Apple, too, on a Friday after the stock market closed. The rumoured timeline is real weird, though." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/ft-cook-retirement/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 10:54:06

• "I try not to write anything even vaguely political on this blog because we have a variety of views on a variety of subjects and no one is here for that." ☛ https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2025/11/when-ups-charged-me-684-tariff-on-355.html | Source: Old VCR    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 10:54:46

• "In 2023, Torres and his colleague Timnit Gebru coined the acronym TESCREAL to describe a constellation of ideologies — Transhumanism, Extropianism, Singularitarianism, Cosmism, Rationalism, Effective Altruism, Longtermism" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2025/11/musk-thiel-altman-ai-tescrealism/ | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 10:54:54

• "It would make apps default to French, set quotas for French video and audio content, require smart TVs to spotlight French programming" ☛ https://montrealgazette.com/news/provincial_politics/apple-spotify-quebec-french-streaming-quota | Source: Montreal Gazette    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 10:55:32

• "As for where Bill 109 goes from here, the legislation has made its way to the Committee on Culture and Education for a “clause-by-clause consideration.”" ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/11/14/bill-109-criticism/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 10:56:37

• "e able to access free electricity for three hours every day" ☛ https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-03/energy-retailers-offer-free-power-three-hours-dmo/105965472 | Source: ABC    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 10:57:59

• "That’s their blood meal." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/a-disease-carrying-mosquito-has-landed-in-the-rocky-mountains-where-it-historically-couldnt-survive/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 10:58:35

• "Water mixes with the dust in the air and the weight of the liquid pulls the harmful dust down to the floor" ☛ https://thomasrigby.com/posts/til-dust-suppression/ | Source: Thomas Rigby    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 10:58:43

• "But also notable on Wednesday was Trump’s reaction." ☛ https://edition.cnn.com/2025/11/13/politics/donald-trump-epstein-political-danger | Source: CNN    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 10:59:07

• "For years, thousands of people have been urging Trump's government to share details about Trump's real relationship with the late Epstein. However, they have been mum about it all." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/donald-trump-looks-suspicious-potus-refuses-release-epsteins-files-declassifies-amelia-earharts-1755266 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 10:59:15

• "This wasn't casual praise. Epstein appeared to be managing Andrew's image, positioning him as a charismatic, relatable figure, rather than a distant royal." ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/jeffrey-epstein-pushes-elevate-prince-andrews-image-even-after-his-conviction-leaked-emails-1755269 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 10:59:26

• "After tracking down letters, photographs, and records, she verified the existence and lineage of 17 out of the 34 missing pieces." ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/culture/stone-of-scone-missing-pieces-recovered | Source: Interesting Engineering    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 10:59:59

• "Even where there is some disclosure, it is often fragmentary and confusing. Consider: [...]" ☛ https://goodjobsfirst.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Cloudy-Data-Costly-Deals-How-Poorly-States-Disclose-Data-Center-Subsidies.pdf | Source: Good Jobs First    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:00:23

• "Despite data centers’ significant energy requirements, states frequently compete heavily to land the projects, which invest millions or even billions into new construction." ☛ https://kansasreflector.com/2025/11/15/repub/most-states-dont-disclose-which-companies-get-data-center-incentives-report-finds/ | Source: Kansas Reflector    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:00:34

• "When I emailed Wolff yesterday, he was more forthright." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2025/11/michael-wolff-jeffrey-epstein-released-email-files/684937/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:00:59

• "No serious person disputes Maduro’s brutality. His regime has brutalized Venezuela for years, driving millions into exile and crushing democratic opposition." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/a-short-victorious-war | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:01:58

• "North Korean IT workers earn $2 million" ☛ https://therecord.media/multiple-us-nationals-guilty-pleas-north-korean-it-worker-scams | Source: The Record    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:02:31

• "Bankrupt" ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-modern-american-conservative | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:02:38

• "over 240 companies were victimized by the scam" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/five-convicted-for-helping-north-korean-it-workers-pose-as-americans-and-secure-jobs-at-u-s-firms-over-240-companies-were-victimized-by-the-scam | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:03:08

• "Fuentes targets not only Jewish people but anyone outside his narrow religious framework." ☛ https://ffrf.org/news/releases/carlson-fuentes-controversy-reveals-the-antisemitism-embedded-in-christian-nationalism/ | Source: Freedom From Religion Foundation    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:03:23

• "Post-quantum cryptography is coming to OpenPGP." ☛ https://sequoia-pgp.org/blog/2025/11/15/202511-post-quantum-cryptography/ | Source: SequoiaPGP    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:04:05

• "Amnesty International and the Surveillance Technology Oversight Project (STOP) released on Thursday more than 2,700 New York Police Department (NYPD) documents obtained after a five-year lawsuit." ☛ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/11/rights-groups-claims-2700-nypd-documents-disclosed-from-lawsuit-reveal-surveillance-abuses/ | Source: JURIST    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:04:25

• "The GUARD Act may look like a child-safety bill, but in practice it’s an age-gating mandate that could be imposed on nearly every public-facing AI chatbot—from customer-service bots to search-engine assistants." ☛ https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/11/surveillance-mandate-disguised-child-safety-why-guard-act-wont-keep-us-safe | Source: EFF    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:05:29

• "This implementing act sets out a list of reference standards for onboarding users to the European Digital Identity Wallets." ☛ https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/better-regulation/have-your-say/initiatives/15572-European-Digital-Identity-Wallets-user-onboarding_en | Source: European Commission    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:05:54

• "If you’re attentive to language, you might notice that the meaning of “brain rot” has shifted since 2024" ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/open-questions/is-six-seven-really-brain-rot | Source: New Yorker    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:08:23

• "Fedi is freedom, in the sense of “feel free to send a patch”, which is also hacker-speak for “go fuck yourself”." ☛ https://wingolog.org/archives/2024/09/24/fedi-is-for-losers | Source: Andy Wingo    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:08:41

• "In July, adult content producers Strike 3 Holdings and Counterlife Media filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Meta." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/tit-for-tat-porn-producers-counter-metas-personal-use-piracy-defense/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:09:12

• "Chess provides a useful analogy for this evolution. For most of history, humans were best." ☛ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/11/the-role-of-humans-in-an-ai-powered-world.html | Source: Bruce Schneier    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:09:49

• [Old] "More and more voters are using AI chatbots to decide which party to vote for in the general elections on 29 October." ☛ https://www.autoriteitpersoonsgegevens.nl/en/current/ap-warns-chatbots-give-biased-voting-advice |    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:10:04

• "Some people are frustrated over trying to quit Dropbox subscriptions. Why is fighting unwanted subscriptions such a pervasive problem?" ☛ https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2025/11/14/dropbox-cancel-subscription-complaints/ | Source: The Washington Post    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:11:23

• "I used to occasionally wonder what it was like to live through the fall of an empire." ☛ https://odonnellweb.com/pelican/npr.html | Source: Chris O'Donnnell    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:11:50

• "If you haven't noticed, DRAM memory has gotten a lot more expensive in recent weeks." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/14/samsung_price_jump/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:12:53

• "The sides of the FineWoven are flat and not overly comfortable." ☛ https://ljpuk.net/2025/11/15/techwoven-vs-finewoven/ | Source: Lee Peterson    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:13:11

• "Both have their place. iPhone for life as it happens. Camera for when photography is the point." ☛ https://gregmorris.co.uk/the-best-camera-has-a-habit/ | Source: Greg Morris    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:13:46

• "Record scratch; freeze frame…" ☛ https://loudpoet.com/2025/11/15/why-did-i-leave-the-publishing-industry-aka-my-villain-origin-story/ | Source: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:15:19

• "For the past few months, my hobby—or at least what I’ve elected to do with my scant spare time—has been so new, so fragile in its infancy, I’ve been reluctant to call it a “hobby” at all." ☛ https://seanvoisen.com/blog/not-a-hobby/ | Source: Sean Voisen    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:15:33

• "Their skill isn't something you can learn like a trick" ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/some-people-never-forget-a-face-and-now-we-know-their-secret | Source: Science Alert    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:16:00

• "The prevailing narrative in the media about SF is that it’s somehow “dead” and a crime-ridden hellhole" ☛ https://bentsukun.ch/posts/san-francisco-2025/ | Source: Benny Siegert    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:17:17

• "Each instinct, each behavioral tendency, gives you an advantage in one area and a disadvantage in another. Trying to force yourself into situations that don’t match how your mind works—competition, physical intensity" ☛ https://blog.ignaciobrasca.com/opinion/2025/11/14/accepting-who-you-are.html | Source: Ignacio Brasca    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:17:29

• "Having a place on the web that I’m 100% in control of, where I can share my own thoughts, feelings, and opinions is very powerful for me." ☛ https://kevquirk.com/blog/small-web-big-voice/ | Source: Kev Quirk    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:17:42

• Frontex ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2025/11/15/frontex-launches-aerial-surveillance-in-west-africa-its-fundamental-rights-officer-raises-concerns/ | Source: Site36    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:18:36

• Only in 2025. Primitive. Use KDE. https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNOME-Nautilus-Copy-Paste-Files    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:30:22

• Displaced Gazans Face More Misery as Torrential Rain Lashes Enclave ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/world/middleeast/gazan-winter-tent-camps.html    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:34:18

• YouTubers accused of swiping donations from West Virginia’s ‘inbred’ Whittaker clan ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/11/15/us-news/youtubers-accused-of-taking-inbred-whittaker-family-donations/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:35:17

• "Both devices are built around the RVC4 compute platform, incorporating an 8-core ARM CPU from Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 8-series, 8GB of RAM, and 128GB of onboard storage" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/oak-4-d-and-oak-4-s-standalone-edge-vision-cameras-with-poe-and-48mp-imaging/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:39:19

• "The BM1688 datasheet does not appear to be available on the SOPHGO website yet" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/banana-pi-previews-its-first-sophgo-bm1688-based-compute-module/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:39:50

• "The ESP32-C6 communicates with the ESP32-P4 over an SDIO interface and integrates an external antenna connector for wireless operation." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/waveshare-pairs-risc-v-esp32-p4-and-esp32-c6-for-wi-fi-6-bluetooth-5-le-and-poe-support/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:41:54

• "The thing is, just because GC hides memory management details from us doesn’t mean that they don’t happen under the hood." ☛ https://rugu.dev/en/blog/understanding-go-gc/ | Source: Uğur Erdem Seyfi    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:42:28

• "This guide presents 10 rigorously tested performance-enhancement strategies." ☛ https://blog.jetbrains.com/pycharm/2025/11/10-smart-performance-hacks-for-faster-python-code/ | Source: PHP    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:43:07

• "Where can you go in 10 minutes (by car) from Les Minutes?" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/11/10-minutes/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:43:58

• "This! I yo-yo’d between Mandrake and Red Hat, but I was even about his age and read the exact version of the Learning Perl book." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/eskild-hustvedts-joy-rediscovering-perl/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:44:15

• "As mentioned last time I talked about the implementation, extensible-match is a Scheme macro complex enough that it can be seen as a compiler unto itself." ☛ https://crumbles.blog/posts/2025-11-09-extensible-match-front-end.html |    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:47:08

• "In my post yesterday Thoughts on being a package registry maintainer, I discussed package registration moderation, exercise of power, and some historical moderation decisions." ☛ https://ericphanson.com/blog/2025/counting-short-package-names/ | Source: Eric P Hanson    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:47:22

• "Based on the question, it is from the Gini Index post." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/11/creating-a-london-population-map-with-d3po/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:47:50

• "It’s important to understand that, in the fields that power the technological frontier — computer science, engineering, math" ☛ https://www.vox.com/future-perfect/468769/united-states-universities-science-foreign-students-trump-immigration | Source: Vox    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:48:23

• "In September I had the opportunity to give a talk in person at posit::conf in Atlanta, and now the video recording" ☛ https://tshafer.com/blog/2025/11/recap-post-conf-2025 |    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:48:38

• "It seems like most blogs I read these days are built using a static site generator (SSG)." ☛ https://lgug2z.com/articles/version-control-external-content-referenced-in-your-blog/ |    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:48:58

• "As a reminder, this is what you have to do if you want to disable “AI” features in the current version of Firefox: [...]" ☛ https://rubenerd.com/mozillas-latest-quagmire/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:49:28

• "If you’ve been around, you might’ve noticed that our relationships with programs have changed. " ☛ https://tonsky.me/blog/needy-programs/ | Source: Nikita Prokopov    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:49:50

• "Canonical's announcement puts the main news right into the title: Canonical expands total coverage for Ubuntu LTS" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/14/canonical_ubuntu_extended_support/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:54:17

• "However, if you’ve been keeping your system updated through security.debian.org" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/debian-13-2-released-with-security-fixes-and-stability-updates/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 11:55:44

• "Ranting on software development aside, for my next steps on my FreeBSD/GhostBSD journey I’ll likely be giving approaches like this running of Linux" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/11/11/moving-from-windows-to-freebsd-as-the-linux-chaos-alternative/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:01:50

• "The KDE Plasma 6.6 desktop environment is taking shape" ☛ https://linuxiac.com/kde-plasma-6-6-to-bring-ocr-in-spectacle-screenshot-utility/ | Source: Linuxiac    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:03:24

• "Earlier this month I eluded to being humbled by an offer to contribute to something meaningful." ☛ https://rubenerd.com/im-your-new-bsdnow-cohost/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:04:11

• Franco-Algerian writer Boualem Sansal pardoned by Algeria on humanitarian grounds ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/a-week-in-france/20251115-franco-algerian-writer-boualem-sansal-pardoned-by-algeria-on-humanitarian-grounds    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:04:37

• Gallego Pitches Demoralized Democrats on a Midterm Message ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/us/politics/ruben-gallego-democrats-midterms.html    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:09:42

• Faith in the age of Gen Z: South Korea’s religions turn to avatars, acoustics and pop culture ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/faith-in-the-age-of-gen-z-south-koreas-religions-turn-to-avatars-acoustics-and-pop-culture    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:09:58

• South Korea halts flights and stock market as students take university admission test ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251115-south-korea-halts-flights-and-stock-market-as-students-take-university-admission-test    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:10:24

• China Coast Guard ship formation sails through Japan-administered Senkaku Islands ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-coast-guard-ship-formation-sails-through-japan-administered-senkaku-islands    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:10:42

• Japan protests against Chinese travel ban, presses for stable ties ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-urges-china-to-take-steps-after-it-discouraged-visits-to-japan-kyodo-reports    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:11:44

• Japan retailers, tourism sector wary after China warns against travel ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-retailers-tourism-sector-wary-after-china-warns-against-travel    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:12:08

• China readies Shenzhou-22 mission ahead of schedule after spacecraft damage ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/china-readies-shenzhou-mission-ahead-of-schedule-after-spacecraft-damage    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:12:39

• China urged to release journalist after Beijing court upholds espionage sentence ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/11/rights-group-urges-release-of-china-journalist-after-beijing-court-upholds-seven-year-espionage-sentence/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:13:07

• China tells citizens to avoid Japan travel as Taiwan row grows ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/11/15/china-tells-citizens-to-avoid-japan-travel-as-taiwan-row-grows/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:13:53

• China tells citizens not to visit Japan as Taiwan row grows ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251115-china-tells-citizens-not-to-visit-japan-as-taiwan-row-grows    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:14:09

• Guinea launches Simandou mine, hoping to extract 120M tons of iron ore per year ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251115-guinea-launches-simandou-mine-hoping-to-extract-120m-tons-of-iron-ore-per-year    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:14:36

• "I was looking over the week’s posts on Hackaday – it’s part of my job after all – and this gem caught my eye: a post about how to make your own RP2040 development board from scratch." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/11/15/the-value-of-a-worked-example/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:15:47

• "Vintage computer hardware can fail in a variety of fascinating ways, with [Bits und Bolts] dealing with an interesting failure mode, in the form of degraded MLCC capacitors on Voodoo 2 graphics cards" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/11/15/using-the-pyroelectric-effect-to-identify-broken-mlcc-capacitors/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:16:27

• "A PCB business card is a great way for electrical engineers to impress employers with their design skills, but the software they run can be just as impressive as the card itself" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/11/15/neural-networking-with-a-business-card/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:17:14

• This Week in Science: Awesome Auroras, Morse Code For Bees, And More! ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-week-in-science-awesome-auroras-morse-code-for-bees-and-more    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:18:42

• Some People Never Forget a Face, And Now We Know Their Secret ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/some-people-never-forget-a-face-and-now-we-know-their-secret    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:18:59

• Giant Stars Are Eating Planets, And We Finally Know Why ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/giant-stars-are-eating-planets-and-we-finally-know-why    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:19:13

• Scientists Discovered a Time Crystal That Reveals a New Way to Order Time ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discovered-a-time-crystal-that-reveals-a-new-way-to-order-time    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:19:26

• One of Our Biggest Hopes For Alzheimer's Treatment Doesn't Seem to Work ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/one-of-our-biggest-hopes-for-alzheimers-treatment-doesnt-seem-to-work    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:19:58

• A Radical New Kind of Particle Accelerator Could Transform Science ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-radical-new-kind-of-particle-accelerator-could-transform-science    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:20:24

• "Hyundai Paywalls Brake Pad Changes" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/11/15/hyundai-paywalls-brake-pad-changes/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:20:46

• "You know what’s not fun? Sorting LEGO" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/11/16/making-a-machine-to-sort-one-million-pounds-of-lego/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:21:19

• Mysterious plane carrying Gaza refugees lands in South Africa ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251115-mysterious-plane-carrying-gaza-refugees-lands-in-south-africa    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:22:06

• Company Run Almost Entirely by AI-Generated Employees Descends Into Chaos ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/company-run-entirely-ai-generated-employees-chaos    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:22:57

• AI-Powered Stuffed Animal Pulled From Market After Disturbing Interactions With Children ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-stuffed-animal-pulled-after-disturbing-interactions    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:23:23

• New Development Environment for Programmers Rewards Them With Brainrot When They Prompt the Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ycombinator-chad-brainrot-startup    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:24:37

• Rights group presses governments to strengthen protections for gig workers ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/11/rights-group-presses-governments-to-strengthen-protections-for-gig-workers/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:25:50

• Immigration enforcement has begun in Charlotte, federal officials said ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2025/1115/Immigration-enforcement-has-begun-in-Charlotte-federal-officials-said    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:26:05

• Rights group warns of serious rights violations amid post-election crackdown in Tanzania ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/11/hrw-warns-of-serious-rights-violations-amid-post-election-crackdown-in-tanzania/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:26:27

• Gambling ads target Indonesian Meta users despite ban ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/gambling-ads-target-indonesian-meta-users-despite-ban    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:30:28

• Indigenous groups in Brazil protest at COP30 ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/11/indigenous-groups-in-brazil-protest-at-cop30/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:31:32

• "The Fastest (68k) Macintosh Might Not Be An Amiga Anymore" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/11/15/the-fastest-68k-macintosh-might-not-be-an-amiga-anymore/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:31:53

• Eazeye Radiant 15.6-inch portable transflective LCD review ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/11/16/eazeye-radiant-15-6-inch-portable-transflective-lcd-review/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:35:03

• Reporting on Crimes From the UK, in the UK, or About the UK ☞ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2025/11/15/reporting-on-crimes/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:35:12

• A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Cure Parkinson’s 2025 red carpet: Michael J. Fox, Kate Bosworth, Nikki Glaser and more ☞ https://pagesix.com/2025/11/15/photos/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-cure-parkinsons-2025-red-carpet-michael-j-fox-kate-bosworth-nikki-glaser-and-more/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:35:26

• Honeypot: FortiWeb CVE-2025-64446 Exploits, (Sat, Nov 15th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32486    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:35:49

• FireBeetle 2 ESP32-C5 IoT development board offers GDI display interface, LiPo battery support ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/11/15/firebeetle-2-esp32-c5-iot-development-board-offers-gdi-display-interface-lipo-battery-support/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:36:13

• Gunnar Wolf: 404 not found ☞ https://gwolf.org/2025/11/404-not-found.html    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:36:54

• Dihydroxyacetone Man to seek up to $5 billion from the BillBC over edited video ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251115-trump-to-seek-up-to-5-billion-from-the-bbc-over-edited-video    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:42:41

• Annus Horribilis at the European Patent Office (EPO) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/15/Annus_Horribilis_at_the_European_Patent_Office_EPO.shtml    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:49:09

• BILD is Apparently Covering Up Cocaine Use at Europe's Second-Largest Institution, the European Patent Office, as It's Based on Germany (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/15/BILD_is_Apparently_Covering_Up_Cocaine_Use_at_Europe_s_Second_L.shtml    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:49:20

• 11 dead, 12 missing after landslide in Central Java ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/3-dead-20-remain-missing-after-landslide-in-central-java    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:50:41

• Life of Lithuania’s women partisans – from resistance in schools to fighting underground ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2735186/life-of-lithuania-s-women-partisans-from-resistance-in-schools-to-fighting-underground    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:51:06

• Top UN rights body orders investigation into Sudan atrocities amid ongoing violence ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/11/top-un-rights-body-orders-investigation-into-sudan-atrocities-amid-ongoing-violence/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:51:52

• Colombia urged to reform military jurisdiction over human rights cases ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/11/colombia-urged-to-reform-military-jurisdiction-over-human-rights-cases/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:52:09

• IBM: Hiring, Then Disposing of, Unpaid or Low-Paid European Staff to Spread or Play Up Buzzwords and Hype ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/14/IBM_Hiring_Then_Disposing_of_Unpaid_or_Low_Paid_European_Staff_.shtml    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:54:22

• EU launches probe into Google’s anti-spam policy ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/11/eu-launches-probe-into-googles-anti-spam-policy/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:54:48

• US military kills four people in boat attack in the Caribbean ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251115-us-military-kills-four-people-in-boat-attack-in-the-caribbean    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:57:47

• Kevin Fenzi: infra weeksly recap: Early November 2025 ☞ https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2025/11/15/infra-weeksly-recap-early-november-2025/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:58:05

• The Servo Blog: October in Servo: better for the web, better for embedders, better for you ☞ https://servo.org/blog/2025/11/14/october-in-servo/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:58:51

• Conflicting IDs in /etc/passwd and group ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202511/conflicting-ids-in-etcpasswd-and-group.html    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 12:59:08

• RMS about to give his talk. People speak about him today, citing RT. Oh dear. https://www.reddit.com/r/indonesia/comments/qwkgn7/lagi_nonton_yt_gak_sengaja_ketemu_video_richard/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 13:00:18

• MAYBE it will be streamed here https://www.youtube.com/@Web3PrivacyNow/videos    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 13:00:59

• “Sharing is good, and with digital technology, sharing is easy.” – Richard Stallman    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 13:01:48

• Test post created with LibreOffice ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202511/test-post-created-with-libreoffice.html    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 13:03:08

• ShellCMS supports LibreOffice Writer ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202511/shellcms-supports-libreoffice-writer.html    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 13:04:07

• OSM Hack Weekends October and November 2025 ☞ https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2025/11/15/osm-hack-weekends-berlin-karlsruhe-october-november-2025.html    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 13:06:33

• Canonical Extended Ubuntu LTS Support to 15 Years ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/11/canonical-extended-ubuntu-lts-support-to-15-years/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 13:06:51

• GNUnet News: GNUnet 0.26.1 ☞ https://gnunet.org/en/news/2025-11-0.26.1.html    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 13:07:53

• Father of GNU Giving Keynote Talk Today, Father of GNU/Linux Collaborating With Linus Tech Tips (LTT) (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/16/Father_of_GNU_Giving_Keynote_Talk_Today_Father_of_Linux_Collabo.shtml    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 13:08:41

• Debian 13.2 “Trixie” Released with 123 Bug Fixes and 55 Security Updates ☞ https://9to5linux.com/debian-13-2-trixie-released-with-123-bug-fixes-and-55-security-updates    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 13:08:49

• Ufficio Zero 11_3 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/ufficiozero    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 13:08:59

• AOSC 20251115 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/aosc    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 13:11:37

• Debian 13.2.0 is out as well ☞ https://distrowatch.com/debian Debian Edu 13.2.0 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/debianedu    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 13:11:45

• Pluralistic: Zorhan Mamdani's world-class photocopier-kicker (15 Nov 2025) ☞ https://pluralistic.net/2025/11/15/unconscionability/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 13:13:08

• How To Install Steam on Fedora 43 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-steam-fedora-43/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 13:15:01

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

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 13:15:35

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

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 13:15:50

• No, hype mostly ☞ https://itsfoss.com/rust-alternative-cli-tools/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 13:16:44

• Jonathan Dowland: Zoom R8 ☞ https://jmtd.net/log/zoom_r8/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 13:17:51

• Andrew Cater: 2025-11-15 17:16 UTC Debian media testing for point release 13.2 of Trixie ☞ http://flosslinuxblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/2025-11-15-1716-utc-debian-media.html    

POSTED sUNDAY, nOVEMBER 16, 2025 AT 13:23:23

• Bayes vs. the Invaders (Redivivus) ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/11/bayes-vs-the-invaders-redivivus/    

POSTED sUNDAY, nOVEMBER 16, 2025 AT 13:24:30

• FOSS Force’s Top Five Articles — For the Week Ending November 14, 2025 ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/11/foss-forces-top-five-articles-for-the-week-ending-november-14-2025/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 13:31:12

• 'One's own room': Afghan women's current reality ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/arts24/20251115-one-s-own-room-afghan-women-s-current-reality    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 13:32:37

• Is the Epstein Scandal Convicted Felon’s Kryptonite? ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/is-the-epstein-scandal-trumps-kryptonite    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 13:33:05

• Exton 251115 "OpSuS" is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/exton    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 13:33:31

• Ex-CIA chief Petraeus: ‘Real opportunity to help Ukraine and crush Russia’s war economy’ ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251115-ex-cia-chief-petraeus-real-opportunity-to-help-ukraine-and-crush-russia-s-war-economy    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 13:33:57

• Zelenskyy Vows Sweeping Energy Sector Overhaul Amid Corruption Scandal ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-zelenskyy-energy-sector-scandal-mindich/33592648.html    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 13:34:25

• Russia Hits Ukraine With Overnight Attack As Fighting Intensifies in Pokrovsk ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/pokrovsk-ukraine-russia-war-drone-missile-battlefield/33592483.html    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 13:34:40

• Russia Tried to Cut Ukraine’s Lights. Now It’s Aiming for the Heat. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/15/world/europe/ukraine-russia-energy-winter-cold-gas.html    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 13:34:51

• Emily Thornberry: In a world of disinformation, the BillBC remains a 'source of truth and reliability' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251115-emily-thornberry-in-a-world-of-disinformation-the-bbc-remains-a-source-of-truth-and-reliability    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 13:35:54

• Melawy GNU/Linux – Russian Arch-based GNU/Linux distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/melawy-linux-russian-arch-based-linux-distribution/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 13:36:18

• Do Latvians know how to be proud of themselves? ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/features/commentary/15.11.2025-do-latvians-know-how-to-be-proud-of-themselves.a622507/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 13:36:43

• How to deploy a Shiny app for production ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2025/11/how-to-deploy-a-shiny-app-for-production/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 13:37:03

• How to install Jenkins on Debian 13 ☞ https://linuxhostsupport.com/blog/how-to-install-jenkins-on-debian-13/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 13:37:31

• A new online accounts system? ☞ https://nicolasfella.de/posts/a-new-online-accounts-system/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 13:37:56

• "Valve’s new Steam Frame is what all the well-connected YouTubers are talking about, but most of them are talking about what it’s like to game on it." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/11/15/the-engineering-behind-valves-new-vr-headset/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 13:39:16

• Photographer captures skydiver silhouetted against sun in stunning image ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/11/15/us-news/astrophotographer-captures-skydiver-silhouetted-against-sun/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 13:39:32

• "I would feel bad for the incinerator" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ka45m7at    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 14:26:15

• Several contiguous presidencies faked their "collaterals" by letting so-called 'tech' companies defraud shareholders while media played along with false economics, hoping to kick the can down the road for their offspring or later presidencies https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/10/Ponzi_Economics_and_the_Media_s_Role_in_Defending_Ponzi_Economi.shtml https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/11/With_Net_Income_of_One_Billion_Dollars_Tesla_Claims_It_Can_Pay_.shtml    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 14:29:41

• Several contiguous presidencies faked their "collaterals" by letting so-called 'tech' companies defraud shareholders while media played along with false economics, hoping to kick the can down the road for their offspring or later presidencies https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/10/Ponzi_Economics_and_the_Media_s_Role_in_Defending_Ponzi_Economi.shtml    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 14:29:53

• Money that does not exist! https://techrights.org/n/2025/11/11/With_Net_Income_of_One_Billion_Dollars_Tesla_Claims_It_Can_Pay_.shtml    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 14:30:07

• pulsemixer – CLI and curses mixer for PulseAudio ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pulsemixer-cli-curses-mixer-pulseaudio/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 14:42:45

• 6 Best Free and Open Source CNC Software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-cnc-software/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 14:42:58

• process-map – visualize the virtual memory of a process ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/process-map-visualize-virtual-memory-process/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 14:43:05

• "Air travel is increasingly a target for cyber-attacks because it is safety-critical. Rob Demain CEO of E2E Assure talks about continuity of operations at airports and why backing up technology with paper and pen processes saves the day." https://cybershow.uk/episodes.php?id=55    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 15:20:55

• dblab – interactive client for PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite3, Oracle and SQL Server ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/dblab-interactive-client/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 15:24:51

• 19 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux MySQL Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/mysqltools/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 15:25:01

• Resonance – clean and minimal API client ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/resonance-clean-minimal-api-client/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 15:25:10

• Omarchy uses Discord, so it is not about Free software    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 15:28:32

• "Because it's not valued that much. It's only up because of the fake AI scam. Once they realize IBM has nothing to sell, the stock and company will crash." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ka6g0njx    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 15:30:22

• "IBM shouldn’t be anywhere near $300 a share. The market is pricing hype, not performance. Years of flat revenue, shrinking relevance, and bloated, debt-loaded acquisitions don’t magically become “innovation” because leadership says the word AI 40 times on an earnings call." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ka6g0njx    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 15:30:45

• "Before chasing a premium valuation, IBM needs consistent growth, modernized leadership, and real execution — not stock-price fantasies that ignore the company’s actual fundamentals." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1ka6g0njx    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 15:30:50

• Best Free and Open Source Secrets Management Software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-secrets-management-software/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 15:31:24

• Clear NDR – Debian-based live distribution ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/clear-ndr-debian-based-live-distribution/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 15:31:31

• reflector-cacheserver – retrieve up-to-date Arch GNU/Linux mirror data ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/reflector-cacheserver-retrieve-up-to-date-arch-linux-mirror-data/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 15:31:39

• "When you're new to Linux, everything can feel a bit unfamiliar at first, especially if you're coming from Windows or even macOS. Things look and work differently, and it can take a little time to get used to how the system is set up." https://www.makeuseof.com/ive-reinstalled-linux-countless-times-these-5-tweaks-are-non-negotiable/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 15:32:50

• "The announcement links back to the lifetime increase that the company announced in March 2024, when it increased its extended support period from a decade to 12 years – as we reported at the time." https://www.theregister.com/2025/11/14/canonical_ubuntu_extended_support/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 15:33:14

• "Ubuntu is Canonical's flagship Linux distribution that powers a significant portion of the information technology infrastructure today. It has two major versions: an interim release that comes with nine months of support and a long-term support release that comes with five years of standard support that is extensible via Ubuntu Pro." https://itsfoss.com/news/ubuntu-15-year-support-commitment/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 15:33:34

• Enroute Flight Navigation – flight navigation app ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/enroute-flight-navigation-flight-navigation-app/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 15:33:42

• paclog – Pacman log parser ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/paclog-pacman-log-parser/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 15:33:52

• Tarot Caster – view and explore tarot decks ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/tarot-caster-view-explore-tarot-decks/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 15:34:04

• "You can't properly, safely store passwords without a password manager, and my choice for that on Linux is KeePassXC. There are many out there, but there's a reason I've stuck with this free and open source option for five years." https://www.howtogeek.com/why-keepassxc-is-the-only-password-manager-i-trust-on-linux/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 15:36:45

• "This is the recommended ISO release for those who want to install the latest Debian GNU/Linux 13 “Trixie” operating system." https://9to5linux.com/debian-13-2-trixie-released-with-123-bug-fixes-and-55-security-updates    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 15:37:05

• Is A Chromebook Good Enough For Programming https://www.aboutchromebooks.com/is-a-chromebook-good-enough-for-programming/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 15:37:28

• Red Hat rides a financial Ponzi scheme https://www.infoworld.com/article/4090500/red-hat-linux-bolsters-ai-assistance.html    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 15:38:17

• Rootkits https://www.pcguide.com/news/valve-hopes-the-steam-machine-will-make-devs-pay-more-attention-to-linux-anti-cheat-support/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 15:38:57

• Proprietary blobs are not security, even if it's not Russia in control https://www.techradar.com/pro/security/guess-whos-back-kaspersky-launches-new-linux-antivirus-for-usd59-99    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 15:40:03

• I turned my Linux terminal into a shareable web session in less than 30 seconds https://www.makeuseof.com/turned-linux-terminal-into-shareable-web-session/    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 15:41:56

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-11-16.gmi    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 15:43:53

• 🔤SpellBinding — BCHYORI Wordo: MULEY gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-11-16.gmi    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 15:44:30

• "There has been a standard way to make OS calls for a long time, it used to be called POSIX.5. More officially, the ISO/IEC 14519:2001 standard, which a friend told me is on some service called libgen but I wouldn't know about that (if you're interested for $DAYJOB, just get your company to buy the standard)." gemini://republic.circumlunar.space/users/dbane/gemlog/2025-11-16.gmi    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 15:45:21

• "Name your price, so, $10 USD. Albums, like games, and like so many other creative outputs over the past twenty years, have been devalued by the way the internet and its predatory services shape expectations. Bandcamp isn't bad, but think of things like Spotify, Steam, etc." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2025/11-16.gmi    

posted Sunday, November 16, 2025 at 15:46:24