Roy Schestowitz

• Security advisory: Improper validation of img tag size in Text component parser in Qt declarative module impacts Qt ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/security-advisory-improper-validation-of-img-tag-size-in-text-component-parser    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:18:13

• The built-in backdoored Windows security features you should be using ☞ https://www.pentestpartners.com/security-blog/the-built-in-windows-security-features-you-should-be-using/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:18:45

• US federal judge blocks warrantless immigration arrests ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/us-federal-judge-blocks-warrantless-immigration-arrests/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:19:10

• Tai Po fire: Beijing vows to pursue ‘hostile external forces’ who use 2019 protest ‘playbook’ against relief effort ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/04/tai-po-fire-beijing-vows-to-pursue-hostile-external-forces-who-use-2019-protest-playbook-against-relief-effort/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:19:24

• Hong Kong gov’t hits out at news agency AFP, says media mogul Jimmy Lai being cared for in prison ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/04/hong-kong-govt-hits-out-at-news-agency-afp-says-media-mogul-jimmy-lai-being-cared-for-in-prison/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:19:50

• Israel had opportunity to normalise with Arab world, beyond since Arab Peace Initiative 20 years ago ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251204-israel-had-opportunity-to-normalise-with-arab-world-beyond-since-arab-peace-initiative-20-years-ago    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:20:03

• Arizona Attorney General Sues Chinese Online Retailer Temu Over Data Theft Claims ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/arizona-attorney-general-sues-chinese-online-retailer-temu-over-data-theft-claims/ "stealing customers’ data."    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:21:10

• Critical King Addons Vulnerability Exploited to Hack WordPress Sites ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/critical-king-addons-vulnerability-exploited-to-hack-wordpress-sites/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:21:37

• React2Shell: In-the-Wild Exploitation Expected for Critical React Vulnerability ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/react2shell-in-the-wild-exploitation-expected-for-critical-react-vulnerability/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:22:02

• Marquis Data Breach Impacts Over 780,000 People ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/marquis-data-breach-impacts-over-780000-people/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:22:21

• Personal Information Compromised in Freedom Mobile Data Breach ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/personal-information-compromised-in-freedom-mobile-data-breach/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:22:48

• Inotiv Says Personal Information Stolen in Ransomware Attack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/inotiv-says-personal-information-stolen-in-ransomware-attack/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:23:31

• Lithuanian MP Žemaitaitis found guilty of antisemitic hate speech ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2765081/lithuanian-mp-zemaitaitis-found-guilty-of-antisemitic-hate-speech    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:24:32

• Fired EPA employees challenge agency, alleging free speech violations ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce-rightsgovernance/2025/12/fired-epa-employees-challenge-agency-alleging-free-speech-violations/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:24:55

• J.C. Jones: Reflecting on 10 years of Let’s Encrypt ☞ https://insufficient.coffee/2025/12/03/reflecting-on-lets-encrypt/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:26:05

• Django 6.0 released ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1049111/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:26:41

• Olimex LT8912B-based MIPI-HDMI adapter board adds HDMI output to the ESP32-P4-Devkit board ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/04/olimex-lt8912b-based-mipi-hdmi-adapter-board-adds-hdmi-output-to-the-esp32-p4-devkit-board/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:28:49

• Nordic nRF54LV10A is a tiny, low-voltage Bluetooth LE SoC for battery-powered medical devices ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/03/nordic-nrf54lv10a-tiny-low-voltage-bluetooth-le-soc-for-battery-powered-medical-devices/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:29:07

• A final stable kernel update for 5.4 ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1049059/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:29:42

• Announcing Istio 1.26.7 ☞ https://istio.io/latest/news/releases/1.26.x/announcing-1.26.7/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:30:57

• Announcing Istio 1.27.4 ☞ https://istio.io/latest/news/releases/1.27.x/announcing-1.27.4/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:31:05

• ISTIO-SECURITY-2025-003 ☞ https://istio.io/latest/news/security/istio-security-2025-003/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:31:16

• Guest Post: The Supreme Court Should Clarify How to Apply Loper Bright in the Patent Law Case of Lynk Labs, Inc. v. Samsung Co. Ltd. ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/12/hsieh-lynk-loper.html    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:31:49

• The Mythic Source of USPTO Institution Discretion? ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/12/mythic-institution-discretion.html    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:32:07

• $4,000 awarded for Key Patent Innovations entity, Malikie Innovations, video streaming patents prior art ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/12/3/4000-awarded-for-key-patent-innovations-entity-malikie-innovations-video-streaming-patents-prior-art    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:33:03

• $4,000 awarded for Adeia Technologies mixed media patents prior art ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2025/12/3/4000-awarded-for-adeia-technologies-mixed-media-patents-prior-art    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:33:48

• UPC is illegal, but JUVE was paid to promote and glamourise this illegality, in effect media complicity ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/juve-patent-discloses-nominees-for-upc-firm-of-the-year-2026/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:34:51

• InterDigital and Bird & Bird challenge UK High Court jurisdiction in Amazon case ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/interdigital-bird-challenge-uk-high-court-jurisdiction-in-amazon-case/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:35:15

• EPO granted fake patents again ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/epo-finally-revokes-stada-sunscreen-patent-in-battle-with-german-drugstores/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:35:48

• UPC is illegal, but JUVE does not care, as it gets paid to play along in/with it ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/jingao-and-astronergy-case-takes-a-turn-following-upc-decision/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:36:43

• State of the Word 2025: Innovation Shaped by Community ☞ https://wordpress.org/news/2025/12/sotw-2025/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:38:53

• Attempts to Bypass CDNs, (Wed, Dec 3rd) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32532    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:39:38

• Nation-State Attack or Compromised Government ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32536    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:40:44

• Inside Epstein’s island at the heart of sex abuse allegations ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251204-inside-epstein-s-island-at-the-heart-of-sex-abuse-allegations    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:41:05

• Displaced residents wish to return to Wang Fuk Court after fatal fire but face uncertain future ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/04/displaced-residents-wish-to-return-to-wang-fuk-court-after-fatal-fire-but-face-uncertain-future/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:41:46

• ChatGPT Encouraged a Violent Stalker, Court Documents Allege ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/chatgpt-encouraged-violent-stalker    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:42:17

• OpenAI ordered to share 20 million Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Chaffbot user logs with news publishers ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/media_law/openai-ordered-to-share-20-million-chatgpt-user-logs-with-news-publishers/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:42:48

• Power Bank ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/03/that-power-bank-isnt-quite-so-sweet/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:43:56

• CRTC Says No Regulatory Action Planned Against Meta For Blocking News Links ☞ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/12/crtc-says-no-regulatory-action-planned-against-meta-for-blocking-news-links/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:45:51

• Australia says the world will follow social control media ban as Meta starts blocking teens ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australia-says-the-world-will-follow-social-media-ban-as-meta-starts-blocking-teens    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:46:43

• Free Code Africa Takes Digital Skills, Coding, Robotics to Rural Zimbabwe ☞ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/12/free-code-africa-rural-chikomba-digital-skills/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:48:49

• On the value of old principles ☞ https://www.sicpers.info/2025/12/on-the-value-of-old-principles/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:48:57

• We’re big fans of open-source buildable code at Fairphone. Here’s why. ☞ https://www.fairphone.com/en/2025/12/04/were-big-fans-of-open-source-buildable-code-at-fairphone-heres-why/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:49:23

• Developers scramble as critical React flaw threatens major apps ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/react-server-vulnerability-critical-severity-security-update/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:50:00

• War profiteers: online ads and the machinery of propaganda for war ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/publication/online-ads-war-propaganda/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:50:46

• War profiteers: online ads, propaganda for war, and a call to reprioritize human rights ☞ https://www.accessnow.org/press-release/propaganda-of-war-and-call-to-reprioritize-rights/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:51:00

• Over time accessnow became more about politics and less about access/tech. This can become a problem. See ORG (UK) and EFF (US).    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:51:42

• Using up millions to get source code that quite likely nobody will use ☞ https://sfconservancy.org/news/2025/dec/04/tentative-vizio-ruling-in-favor-of-sfc/ http://techrights.org/n/2025/08/25/Software_Freedom_Conservancy_SFC_Inc_Lost_2_Million_Dollars_Las.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:53:31

• New Photos Show That Epstein’s Island Contained the Creepiest Dentist’s Facility We’ve Ever Seen ☞ https://futurism.com/future-society/new-photos-epsteins-island-dentists-office    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:54:12

• South Korea's nuclear submarine gamble raises prospect of underwater arms race in Asia ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-koreas-nuclear-submarine-gamble-raises-prospect-of-underwater-arms-race-in-asia    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:54:36

• Kamakura City to suspend Slam Dunk manga licence plates as measure to help combat overtourism ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/kamakura-city-to-suspend-slam-dunk-manga-licence-plates-as-measure-to-help-combat-overtourism    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:55:02

• Douglas Murray: Europe must step up it’s own defense spending and deter Putin, Russia from any more invasions ☞ https://nypost.com/2025/12/04/opinion/douglas-murray-europe-must-step-up-its-own-defense-spending-and-deter-putin-russia-from-any-more-invasions/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:58:00

• Amid Russian Sabotage, U.K. Points Finger at Putin Over Novichok Death ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/world/europe/putin-novichok-salisbury-skripal-poisoning.html    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:58:08

• Warily watching US-Russia talks, Ukrainians vow not to surrender ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2025/1204/ukraine-independence-russia-putin-war-diplomacy    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:58:19

• Putin questions US punishing India for buying Russian oil ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/russias-putin-arrives-in-india-for-summit-talks-with-pm-modi    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:58:29

• Russia's Putin to hold summit talks with India's Modimir in Delhi ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/russias-putin-to-hold-summit-talks-with-indias-modi-in-delhi    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:58:38

• Defence, oil and trade imbalances: Putin arrives in India to boost economic ties ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/business/20251204-defence-oil-and-trade-imbalances-putin-arrives-in-india-to-boost-economic-ties    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 05:59:08

• Ukrainian refugee child abuse allegations reach Turkish parliament ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/ukrainian-refugee-child-abuse-allegations-reach-turkish-parliament-314180    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 06:02:25

• Ukraine’s warning to the West: A bad peace will lead to a bigger war ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/ukraines-warning-to-the-west-a-bad-peace-will-lead-to-a-bigger-war/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 06:02:41

• Russia has learned from Ukraine and is now winning the drone war ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/russia-has-learned-from-ukraine-and-is-now-winning-the-drone-war/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 06:02:57

• US envoys to meet Ukrainian negotiators for peace talks in Florida ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251204-us-envoys-to-meet-ukrainian-negotiators-for-peace-talks-in-florida    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 06:03:15

• With shuttle diplomacy, Convicted Felon echoes Kissinger. Sort of. ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/2025/1204/trump-diplomacy-ukraine-gaza    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 06:03:27

• "Russian initiative turns stray dogs into WiFi hotspots to keep people online during blackouts" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/12/04/russian-initiative-turns-stray-dogs-into-wifi-hotspots-to-keep-people-online-during-blackouts | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 06:03:57

• "Russia blocks Snapchat, along with Roblox and FaceTime" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/news/2025/12/04/russia-blocks-snapchat-along-with-roblox-and-facetime | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 06:04:16

• "Belgian-Russian dual citizen charged with treason" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/12/04/belgian-russian-dual-citizen-charged-with-treason-after-trying-to-visit-father-in-st-petersburg-following-a-heart-attack | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 06:04:34

• Turkey’s Pardus Shows What an EU GNU/Linux Could Be — If Brussels Really Means It ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/12/turkeys-pardus-shows-what-an-eu-linux-could-be-if-brussels-really-means-it/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 06:06:21

• India Rolls Back Order to Preinstall Cybersecurity App on Smartphones ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/india-rolls-back-order-to-preinstall-cybersecurity-app-on-smartphones/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 06:06:58

• DRC-Rwanda accord: 'Another episode of Convicted Felon comedy show disconnected from reality on the ground' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251204-drc-rwanda-accord-another-episode-of-trump-comedy-show-disconnected-from-reality-on-the-ground    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 06:07:38

• Federal judge blocks imminent State Dept layoffs, as unions seek to reverse RIFs at other agencies ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2025/12/unions-file-emergency-request-with-court-to-block-state-dept-layoffs-reverse-rifs-at-other-agencies/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 06:08:24

• We see something that works, and then we understand it ☞ https://lemire.me/blog/2025/12/04/we-see-something-that-works-and-then-we-understand-it/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 06:08:40

• AI chatbots can sway voters better than political advertisements ☞ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1128824/ai-chatbots-can-sway-voters-better-than-political-advertisements/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 06:13:59

• Stellantis Is in Default for Moving Jeep Production to U.S., Canada Says ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/world/canada/lawsuit-stellantis-us-jeep-production.html    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 06:14:17

• When Kids Adopt New Technologies, Hype Can Turn to Backlash ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/world/kids-and-tech-phone-bans-schools-eurovision.html    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 06:14:36

• The One With The Pretty Prototypes ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/04/keebin-with-kristina-the-one-with-the-pretty-protoypes/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 06:16:23

• "As a source of free energy it’s attractive, but making a biogas plant sounds difficult, doesn’t it? Along comes [My engines] with a well-thought-out biogas plant that seems within the reach of most of us." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/04/biogas-production-for-surprisingly-little-effort/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 06:17:08

• "He is a silly goose" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kbh5mm2p    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 06:26:42

• ("Alvind")    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 06:26:57

• HashiCorp RAs? https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/06/Like_With_Red_Hat_and_Other_IBM_Acquisitions_the_RAs_Layoffs_Se.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 06:35:13

• Randomly chosen images from Geminispace gemini://freeshell.de/picpages/2025-12-06.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 06:51:02

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1496.jpg    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 06:51:53

• [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D1846.jpg    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 06:51:59

• [japan] [photos] gemini://higeki.jp/nikki/2025-12-05.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 06:52:31

• Hope gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/agk/2025-12-06-hope.txt    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 06:53:31

• "I added a new feature to Oddμ: A `-shrink` option to the subcommand to generate a static web site from the working directory. Ordinarily, the static site is generated by translating all the Markdown files to HTML and linking all the other files." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2025-12-05-low-res-archive    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 06:54:29

• "Like some (many?) Canadians, I've been trying to buy Canadian (and if I can't, to at least not buy American) since earlier in the year." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2025/12-05.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 06:55:18

• "Most of my nostalgic memories from my childhood are always inside my house, either playing with my toys or watching TV, or playing with my computer when I grew a bit older. That's why I feel so nostalgic when I spend an afternoon at home with doors closed, just by myself." gemini://midnight.pub/posts/2752    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 06:56:11

• Now they lump in Louis https://old.reddit.com/r/LinuxCirclejerk/comments/1pfb1ug/here_is_my_take_on_linux_propaganda/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 08:54:19

• Reddit is generally a Linux-hostile site. It was always like this. They cull the people who are pro-Linux.    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 08:54:43

• FreeBSD 15 trims legacy fat and revamps how OS is built https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/05/freebsd_15/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 09:11:14

• Old: "Free software advocate Richard M. Stallman will deliver a lecture on Wednesday, April 18, at 3:30 p.m. in Room 112 of O'Neil Hall. Stallman's lecture, titled "The Free Software Movement and the GNU/Linux Operating System," is free and open to the public." https://magazine.holycross.edu/stories/richard-stallman-free-software-movement-holy-cross    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 09:12:17

• EU ramps up pressure on Shein over child-like sex dolls https://www.dw.com/en/eu-ramps-up-pressure-on-shein-over-child-like-sex-dolls/a-74910732    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 09:15:59

• 'Berlin Apartment' video game lets users live German history https://www.dw.com/en/berlin-apartment-video-game-lets-users-live-german-history/a-74906726    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 09:16:35

• excavators may be a tool of choice for some cash-seeking thieves https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/bank-theft-excavator-equipment-9.6993768    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 09:17:46

• whales https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/breath-samples-health-north-atlantic-right-whales-9.6984444    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 09:20:38

• New location feature on X sheds light on accounts — but also has errors https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/x-twitter-foreign-interference-9.6992278    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 09:21:16

• Why Using the Linux Terminal is Not As Good As It Sound https://www.maketecheasier.com/using-linux-terminal-not-as-good-as-gui/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 09:22:30

• US Group Sues Apple Over Congo Conflict Minerals https://www.usnews.com/news/top-news/articles/2025-11-26/us-group-sues-apple-over-congo-conflict-minerals    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 09:23:53

• My terminal feels like a full IDE after these changes https://www.makeuseof.com/my-terminal-feels-like-a-full-ide-after-these-changes/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 09:24:35

• Taylor Swift Hit With Second Copyright Lawsuit — Disney+ Eras Tour Docuseries Release in Jeopardy https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/taylor-swift-hit-second-copyright-lawsuit-disney-eras-tour-docuseries-release-jeopardy-1757986    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 09:26:15

• Blending character traits in a cauldron may not be copyright infringement, says US Court of Appeals http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/11/blending-character-traits-in-cauldron.html    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 09:26:26

• Two AI copyright cases, two very different outcomes – here’s why https://theconversation.com/two-ai-copyright-cases-two-very-different-outcomes-heres-why-270229    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 09:26:37

• Distribution Release: Tsurugi Linux 25.11 https://tsurugi-linux.org/documentation_tsurugi_linux_changelog.php    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 09:27:59

• RasPiOS 2025-11-24, Ultramarine 43, Pardus 25.0, MagOS 20251122, LinuxCNC 2.97, and AlmaLinux 10.1 are out    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 09:28:36

• Minister sounds alarm on food security https://www.dw.com/en/germany-news-minister-sounds-alarm-on-food-security/live-74957112    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 09:29:44

• "The attack on JLR, as well as a spate of ransomware incidents affecting grocery retailers, “highlighted not just the disruptive impact, but also the potential public costs, of increasingly frequent cyberattacks,” warned the committee’s report." https://therecord.media/software-companies-liable-britain-security    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 09:36:42

• Security fears over Chinese-made Brisbane buses dismissed as xenophobic https://www.theage.com.au/national/queensland/security-fears-over-chinese-made-brisbane-buses-dismissed-as-xenophobic-20251126-p5nil0.html    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 09:39:34

• Simplification https://labs.ripe.net/author/romain-bosc/simplification-proposals-cybersecurity-post-quantum-and-more-eu-regulation-update-november-2025/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 09:40:19

• 🔤SpellBinding — DEIUQTO Wordo: PETER gemini://spell.ddns.net/games/gemlog/2025-12-06.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 09:41:35

• Games: a GNU/Linux year next year but a win for DRM, not Freedom.    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:16:44

• Year of the DRM on GNU/Linux    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:17:02

• DRM cartel: Finally! We're managed to reach full acceptance of DRM on ALL platforms    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:17:31

• Alex Main on Honduran Election ☛ https://fair.org/home/alex-main-on-honduran-election/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:18:11

• NYT Covers Racism From the Point of View of the Racist ☛ https://fair.org/home/nyt-covers-racism-from-the-point-of-view-of-the-racist/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:18:26

• "Media coverage focuses on violence: “If it bleeds, it leads.” Yeah, but only some violence, sometimes. How much have you read, for example, about Amber Czech?" ☛ https://fair.org/home/media-reaction-to-a-woman-murdered-at-work-is-nothing-to-see-here/ | Source: FAIR    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:18:46

• Szijjártó ☛ https://insighthungary.444.hu/2025/12/05/szijjarto-i-dont-care-what-the-russians-think-about-hungarys-position | Source: Insight Hungary - MinceR    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:19:23

• Wildlife ☛ https://therevelator.org/new-wildlife-books-kids/ | Source: The Revelator    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:19:46

• TSA Confirm.ID: TSA... ☛ https://papersplease.org/wp/2025/12/05/tsa-confirm-id-tsa-plans-to-charge-air-travelers-3b-a-year-in-extra-fees-for-extra-questioning/ | Source: Papers Please    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:20:16

• iophk: Microsoft exploiting the vendor lock-in which 'cloud' service and proprietary file formats enable https://www.cnbc.com/2025/12/04/microsoft-will-raise-prices-of-commercial-office-bundles-in-july-.html    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:21:34

• "Microsoft announces Office suite price hikes for 2026" https://www.pcworld.com/article/3002122/microsoft-announces-office-suite-price-hikes-for-2026.html http://techrights.org/n/2024/09/15/Microsoft_and_the_Sunk_Cost_Fallacy.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:21:48

• "MAGA’s Affordability Crisis Will Soon Get Worse" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/magas-affordability-crisis-will-soon    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:21:59

• "The Performance: How Intellectual Cowardice Masquerades as Argument" https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-performance-how-intellectual    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:22:09

• "Long-term effects of the Covid vaccines" https://birchtree.me/blog/long-term-effects-of-the-covid-vaccines/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:22:22

• "What's Not Being Said about the Alleged Pipe Bomber" https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/04/whats-not-being-said-about-the-pipe-bomber/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:22:36

• "They asked for my name. I said no." https://odysee.com/@NaomiBrockwell:4/Buying-things-privately:c    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:22:51

• "Dotcom Survivor Syndrome – How Perl’s Early Success Created the Seeds of Its Downfall" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=25/12/03/178224    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:23:10

• "The Brussels Business Court has issued a new site-blocking order, targeting popular pirate sites including 1337x and Soap2day." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/belgiums-latest-pirate-site-blocking-order-spares-dns-providers/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:27:47

• "This could also mean that Apple will no longer license future Warner Bros content" ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/3002230/apple-biggest-loser-netflix-warner-bros-deal.html | Source: Macworld    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:28:11

• "If you live in America and have a garage and want smart home control of your garage door" ☛ https://512pixels.net/2025/12/chamberlain-garage-door-locked-down/ | Source: Stephen Hackett    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:28:20

• "That early lesson was not about Plato. It was about learning how to think. And it is why the unraveling of the global [Internet] feels so familiar." ☛ https://unmitigatedrisk.com/?p=1116 | Source: Unmitigated Risk    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:29:06

• "OpenShift Superheroes are made up of: [...]" ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/meet-latest-red-hat-openshift-superheroes | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:29:56

• Software patents trap, that's all it it. "the Television Academy honored the AV1 specification with a Technology & Engineering Emmy Award" ☛ https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/av1-video-codec-wins-emmy/ | Source: Mozilla    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:31:08

• "This year, we’re excited to show a demo that combines the strengths of both Anbox Cloud and Rightware’s Kanzi, the industry-leading software for creating rich, visually stunning infotainment interfaces." ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/future-of-infotainment-canonical-at-ces-2026 | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:31:45

• "Internal documents cited by media outlets suggest that in the rush to expand the workforce" ☛ https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/kristi-noem-allegedly-allows-unfit-underqualified-recruits-ice-due-hiring-surge-1760667 | Source: International Business Times    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:33:00

• "This is obvious, we have been talking about it for YEARS!" ☛ https://www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-life-is-a-lie?ref=werd.io |    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:33:09

• "Except it never fully disappeared. And since the block, I keep stumbling across Imgur links that just show “unavailable."" ☛ https://blog.tymscar.com/posts/imgurukproxy/ |    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:42:10

• "Musk-owned network's handling" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/05/eu_fines_x_dsa/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:43:00

• "verified mark" ☛ https://therecord.media/eu-fines-x-under-digital-services-act-disinformation-transparecy-rules | Source: The Record    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:43:13

• "I think we’ll have leverage there, I hope we do" ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/mark-kelly-ai-safety-guardrails-center-for-american-progress/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:43:52

• "At Meta Connect a few months ago, the company spent basically the entire time on augmented reality glasses, but it swore up and down it was all related to its metaverse initiatives: [...]" ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/meta-cuts-metaverse/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:44:08

• "A careful reader will notice Apple’s newsroom page currently has press releases for these departures and, from earlier this week, John Giannandrea’s, but there is nothing about Alan Dye’s." ☛ https://pxlnv.com/linklog/jackson-adams-out/ | Source: Nick Heer    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:44:32

• [Old] "the efforts of fellow billionaire philanthropist Michael Bloomberg to use his wealth to win the presidency foundered amid intense media criticism" ☛ https://www.thenation.com/article/society/bill-gates-foundation-philanthropy/ | Source: The Nation    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:44:55

• "The need for the grid to change and evolve on both a technical and fundamental level has been recognized by utilities across the nation." ☛ https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/power-grid/4-questions-utilities-need-to-ask-to-drive-grid-modernization-efforts/ | Source: Renewable Energy World    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:45:50

• "The adapter negotiates 15 volts with the USB power source: [...]" ☛ https://blog.didierstevens.com/2025/12/05/quickpost-usb-electric-razor/ | Source: Didier Stevens    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:45:58

• "The findings, detailed in a pair of studies published in the journals Nature and Scienc" ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/12/04/1128824/ai-chatbots-can-sway-voters-better-than-political-advertisements/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:46:43

• "The European Union has been cooperating with Ukraine on border issues since 2007." ☛ https://digit.site36.net/2025/12/05/eu-discusses-frontex-deployment-in-ukraine-kyiv-pushes-for-swift-agreement/ | Source: Site36    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:47:08

• "The app, called Mobile Identify, was launched in November, and lets local cops use facial recognition to hunt immigrants on behalf of ICE." ☛ https://www.404media.co/dhss-immigrant-hunting-app-removed-from-google-play-store/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:47:35

• "the platform’s public data." ☛ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2025/12/05/twitter-fined-under-digital-services-act/ | Source: Michael Tsai    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:47:47

• "Today, an Issue I made on a repository 11 years ago was closed. Eleven whole years!" ☛ https://cassidoo.co/post/eleven-year-issue/ | Source: Cassidy Williams    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:48:27

• Windows TCO ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/china-brickstorm-malware-cyber-espionage-campaign-cisa-dhs-alert/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:48:53

• Windows TCO ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/lockbit-returns-with-data-leak-site-victims/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:49:04

• "DOD IG has released the unclassified version of the report confirming what was clear months ago: Whiskey Pete Hegseth has no business leading DOD." ☛ https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/12/04/this-chats-kinda-dead/ | Source: Marcy Wheeler    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:49:26

• "You are on your own blog, your own corner of the web, powered by the platform you’re the CEO of, a blog that also serves content via RSS" ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/thoughts/come-on-john | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:49:39

• "then-Canadian Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge urged the CRTC to investigate Meta’s decision to block news links on its Facebook and Instagram platforms as its method of compliance." ☛ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/12/crtc-says-no-regulatory-action-planned-against-meta-for-blocking-news-links/ | Source: Michael Geist    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:49:53

• "Lacombe told the committee that it isn’t currently his intent to regulate social media users but that the Quebec government wants to leave open the door to potential regulation if services offer audio or video services." ☛ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/12/the-most-unworkable-internet-law-in-the-world-quebec-opens-the-door-to-mandating-minimum-french-content-quotas-for-user-generated-content-on-social-media/ | Source: Michael Geist    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:50:27

• "Lacombe told the committee that it isn’t currently his intent to regulate social media users but that the Quebec government wants to leave open the door to potential regulation" ☛ https://www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/12/the-most-unworkable-internet-law-in-the-world-quebec-opens-the-door-to-mandating-minimum-french-content-quotas-for-user-generated-content-on-social-media/ | Source: Michael Geist    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:51:08

• "Recently I posted about why reducing LLMs to “only predicting the next token” is a fallacy because if we ignore their emergent properties, we miss both their threats and opportunities." ☛ https://blog.alexewerlof.com/p/emergent-properties | Source: Alex Ewerlöf    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:51:34

• "A 1TB M.2 solid-state disk went from $100 to about $125." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2025/12/04/ai-screws-us-over-again-memory-shortages-crucial-shutting-down/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:52:03

• "But because I am finding I am spending more time here, we need to have some real talk: too many of you are using LLMs to generate content." ☛ https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2025/12/05/your-intellectual-fly-is-open/ | Source: Bryan Cantrill    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:52:41

• "If you use it to generate code that is outside your expertise, you are likely to think it’s all well and good, especially if it seems to work at first pop." ☛ https://chriscoyier.net/2025/12/04/the-jeopardy-phenomenon/ | Source: Chris Coyier    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:53:30

• "The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI" ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2025/12/05/pop-that-bubble/#u-washington | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:53:52

• "Despite the "have the peons already accepted their fate" tone, some people did try to have an earnest discussion. You can read the whole thread, but here's a few of Armin's replies that caught my eye: [...]" ☛ https://softwaremaniacs.org/blog/2025/12/05/have-you-accepted-ai-yet/en/ | Source: Ivan Sagalaev    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:54:13

• "But I think it’s worth thinking about what that arrow actually means. Like, what is the mechanism here?" ☛ https://interconnected.org/home/2025/12/05/training | Source: Matt Webb    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:54:53

• "Much ado is being made about AI being the root cause of the current memory price surge, but the reality is a bit more complex than that." ☛ https://taoofmac.com/space/links/2025/12/05/1330 | Source: Rui Carmo    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:55:16

• "While AI workloads do demand significant memory resources, the underlying issues stem from a combination of factors affecting the entire semiconductor industry–the fact that Micron is shutting down Crucial shocked many PC builders, but if you look at all the charts and ponder the situation, you quickly realize that: [...]"    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:55:33

• "I think these tools are both impressive and useful, and will likely get better. However, I am very worried about the general public overestimating how reliable they are. AI detection tools cannot prove that text is AI-generated." ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/ai-detection/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:56:04

• "The IT disruption at Edinburgh airport does not appear to be related to a separate [Internet] crash that caused problems at several popular websites this morning." ☛ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/12/05/edinburgh-airport-suspends-all-flights/ | Source: The Telegraph UK    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:56:56

• "It is understood the issue was not linked to the Cloudflare outage." ☛ https://www.eastlothiancourier.com/news/national/25675402.flights-resume-issue-hits-air-traffic-control-edinburgh-airport/ | Source: Newsquest Media Group Ltd    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:57:15

• "IT issue with its air traffic control provider" ☛ https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/news/edinburgh-airport-flights-resume-but-delayed-arrivals-expected-5430962 | Source: National World Publishing Ltd    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:57:38

• [Old] "There's been a lot of discussion about error handling since the Cloudflare incident this week, which took down significant parts of the internet." ☛ https://penberg.org/blog/assert.html | Source: Pekka Enberg    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:58:13

• "If you’re anything like me, you prefer using your own email client." ☛ https://ficd.sh/blog/outlook-school-email-ouath/ | Source: Daniel Fichtinger    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:58:41

• "The main subject of these posts is about Obsolete software and file formats." ☛ https://preservation.tylerthorsted.com/2025/12/05/more/ | Source: Tyler Thorsted    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:59:02

• "I’m not pinning all of Apple’s software woes on Dye." ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/3001046/apple-design-reset-alan-dye-departure-fix-the-iphone.html | Source: Macworld    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:59:30

• "Powered by compromised devices such as routers, CCTV cameras, and DVR systems, the botnet is offered under a DDoS-for-hire model." ☛ https://www.securityweek.com/aisuru-botnet-powers-record-ddos-attack-peaking-at-29-tbps/ | Source: Security Week    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 13:59:47

• "Google researchers partnered with CitizenLab in 2023 to capture and analyze the complete exploit chain after identifying attacks targeting individuals in Egypt." ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/ios-zero-day-exploit-chain-egypt/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:00:10

• "evidence linking Predator spyware to surveillance of prominent Egyptian political activist Ayman Nour and Greek investigative journalist Thanasis Koukakis, according to Amnesty." ☛ https://cyberscoop.com/intellexa-remotely-accessed-predator-spyware-customer-systems-investigation-finds/ | Source: Scoop News Group    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:00:31

• "The last increases came in 2022, and, according to Microsoft, were the first significant increase in a decade." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/05/microsoft_365_prices_up_2026/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:01:00

• [Old] "Intel's new CEO, Lip-Bu Tan, has made listening to customers a top priority, saying at Intel Vision earlier this year: "Please be brutally honest with us." ☛ https://www.brendangregg.com/blog/2025-11-22/intel-is-listening.html | Source: Brendan Gregg    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:02:23

• "HDMI ARC connection between my Yamaha ATS-1070 soundbar and TCL Roku TV (model 55S25S) working consistently in an article about purchasing an optical audio cable for a more old school connection." ☛ https://thenewleafjournal.com/finally-solving-my-hdmi-arc-problems/ | Source: The New Leaf Journal    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:02:39

• "Humans have long struggled with one of logistics’ most punishing jobs: unloading scorching trailers packed with heavy boxes." ☛ https://interestingengineering.com/ai-robotics/pickle-robot-mit-ai-truck-unloading-automation | Source: Interesting Engineering    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:04:28

• "Ignoring a whole big world of what's different and new and interesting just beyond." ☛ https://anniemueller.com/posts/fish-bowl | Source: Annie Mueller    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:05:58

• "This week on the People and Blogs series we have an interview with Stephanie Stimac, whose blog can be found at blog.stephaniestimac.com." ☛ https://manuelmoreale.com/interview/stephanie-stimac | Source: Manuel Moreale    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:06:09

• "I founded Moonshine back in 2022, together with Manjunath, another engineer and researcher." ☛ https://petewarden.com/2025/12/05/how-i-screwed-up-sales-hiring/ | Source: Pete Warden    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:06:23

• "Now that I can actually buy books instead of simply wishing for them and know what goes into earning the money I spend on them, the TBR is an important list that needs careful consideration." ☛ https://chavanniclass.wordpress.com/2025/11/19/refining-the-tbr/ |    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:06:36

• "The American Library Association (ALA) and its division, the American Association of School Librarians (AASL)" ☛ https://www.ala.org/news/2025/12/bicameral-right-read-act-would-boost-federal-investment-literacy-programs-ensure | Source: American Library Association    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:08:19

• "The call for proposals for the next International Open Repositories Conference (OR2026) has been released, and CNI is pleased to once again serve as a cooperating organization." ☛ https://www.cni.org/news/open-repositories-2026-cfp | Source: Coalition for Networked Information    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:08:35

• "solving general quadratic Diophantine equations" ☛ https://kirill.korins.ky/articles/kunerths-algorithm-for-modular-square-roots-a-forgotten-method/ | Source: Kirill A Korinsky    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:09:07

• "It doesn’t have to be. We can start with one key insight about what it takes to get your most important stories out into the world." ☛ https://www.anildash.com/2025/12/05/talk-about-us-without-us/ | Source: Anil Dash    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:09:30

• "As in guillotine..." ☛ https://loudpoet.com/2025/12/04/five-things-december-4-2025/ | Source: Guy LeCharles Gonzalez    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:09:45

• "I have been thinking about redesigning my website for a while. I wrote a bit about one of the design directions I explored recently." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2025/12/05/a-new-home-page | Source: James G    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:09:56

• "Some use it all the time, others consider it unnecessary. Let’s discuss the Oxford comma!" ☛ https://grammaticus.blog/2025/11/18/the-oxford-comma/ |    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:10:09

• "I’m hoping this post from 8 years ago helps." ☛ https://dan.langille.org/2025/12/04/adding-gmirror-swap-to-freebsd-14-3-r730-01/ | Source: Dan Langille    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:11:49

• "The latest release of FreeBSD contains a lot of crucial under-the-hood changes – and drops 32-bit support on both x86 and POWER, although ARM-v7 survives." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/05/freebsd_15/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:12:32

• "When your software team needs to pick a language today, you typically weigh two factors: language performance and developer velocity." ☛ https://avittig.medium.com/golangs-big-miss-on-memory-arenas-f1375524cc90 |    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:21:36

• "This is a chapter from my book on Go concurrency, which teaches the topic from the ground up through interactive examples." ☛ https://antonz.org/go-concurrency/internals/ | Source: Anton Zhiyanov    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:22:00

• "This is a chapter from my book on Go concurrency, which teaches the topic from the ground up through interactive examples." ☛ https://antonz.org/go-concurrency/internals/ | Source: Anton Zhiyanov    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:22:08

• "A database of openly available experience sampling datasets including R/Python interface" ☛ https://jonashaslbeck.com//OpenESM/ | Source: Jonas Haslbeck    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:22:39

• "This is a chapter from my book on Go concurrency, which teaches the topic from the ground up through interactive examples." ☛ https://antonz.org/go-concurrency/internals/ | Source: Anton Zhiyanov    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:22:49

• "I was in a live stream with Pachi Parra, talking a bit about my background, and about GoReleaser." ☛ https://carlosbecker.com/posts/oss-fridays-brasil-25/ | Source: Carlos Becker    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:23:14

• "Ok. That's easy. Back to our POST handler. $c->req is basically our incoming request, and Mojo has a really fast JSON parser built in that will give us the request body as a perl data structure..." ☛ https://perladvent.org/2025/2025-12-06.html | Source: Perl    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:23:49

• "You are given two array of strings, @str1 and @str2." ☛ https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/advent-calendar-2025-12-06/ | Source: The Weekly Challenge    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:24:05

• "This document (notebook) discusses different combinations of Grammar-Based Parser-Interpreters (GBPI) and Large Language Models (LLMs) to generate executable code from Natural Language Computational Specifications (NLCM)." ☛ https://raku-advent.blog/2025/12/06/day-6-robust-code-generation-combining-grammars-and-llms/ | Source: Rakulang    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:24:18

• "While the forklift breaks through the wall in the fifth day of Advent of Code, I feel like I need a break after a week's worth of 6 AM morning wake-up calls." ☛ https://yordi.me/advent-of-code-2025-day-5/ | Source: Yordi Verkroost    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:25:00

• "Luckily for me, today's 2D grid did not evolve into anything weird and remained as it was. Let's take a look." ☛ https://yordi.me/advent-of-code-2025-day-4/ | Source: Yordi Verkroost    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:25:59

• "Given how pervasive pattern languages have become, I was surprised to see such stinging criticism of it by Peter Coad, author of Object Models, Second Edition." ☛ https://kerrick.blog/posts/2025/peter-coad-slams-alexanders-pattern-theory-is-he-right/ | Source: Kerrick Long    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:26:11

• "I’ve been learning Haskell for a few years now and I am really liking a lot of the features, not least the strong typing and functional approach." ☛ https://jcarroll.com.au/2025/12/05/haskell-is-a-great-language-for-data-science/ | Source: Dr Jonathan Carroll    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:27:04

• "Recently, I saw a Go commit message with the interesting description of: [...]" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/LinuxZeroInodesExist | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:27:15

• [Old] "You can fit the whole language in your head because Go has so few features. For a long time, Go was notorious for not having generics." ☛ https://sinclairtarget.com/blog/2025/08/thoughts-on-go-vs.-rust-vs.-zig/ |    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:27:31

• "What is the smallest CSS we can write to produce the Fizz Buzz sequence? One could of course do this with no CSS at all, simply by placing the entire sequence as plain text in the HTML body." ☛ https://susam.net/fizz-buzz-in-css.html | Source: SusamPal    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:27:47

• "Here are my solutions for Dec 1–4." ☛ https://abhinavsarkar.net/notes/2025-aoc-1/?mtm_campaign=feed | Source: Abhinav Sarkar    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:28:03

• "Cephalopod math doesn't look that different from normal math." ☛ https://adventofcode.com/2025/day/6 | Source: AdventOfCode    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:33:44

• "The first thing to figure out is that a list of numbers is in a collection of ranges." ☛ https://arjenwiersma.nl/posts/20251205-aoc-2025-5/ | Source: Arjen Wiersma    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:34:00

• "You are given an array of integers, @ints." ☛ https://theweeklychallenge.org/blog/advent-calendar-2025-12-05/ | Source: The Weekly Challenge    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:34:15

• "On 18 November 2025, Cloudflare suffered a global outage that returned HTTP 5xx errors across much of the Internet for hours." ☛ https://dtornow.substack.com/p/assert-in-production |    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:34:30

• "This separation enables transfers to scale independently of general purpose master data (for example dealing with Black Friday events) and solves different security" ☛ https://tigerbeetle.com/blog/2025-11-06-the-write-last-read-first-rule/ | Source: TigerBeetle Inc    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:34:47

• "I’m currently doing grant work for the Japanese Ruby Association on UringMachine, a new Ruby gem that provides a low-level API for working with io_uring." ☛ https://noteflakes.com/articles/2025-12-05-friday-update | Source: Sharon Rosner    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:35:04

• "The tentative ruling is not a final decision, but it signals the judge's inclination to grant the SFC's motion for summary adjudication, at least in part." ☛ https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/05/vizio_gpl_source_code_ruling/ | Source: The Register UK    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:35:39

• "When we first launched the Ethical Tech Giving Guide, we did so recognizing how pervasive proprietary software and hardware advertising can be for users." ☛ https://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/why-buy-when-you-can-learn-and-repair-read-our-giving-guide | Source: FSF    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:36:02

• "This morning, I was prompted to upgrade WordPress to 6.9. Say what? Sure enough, the blog was running 6.8.3 again." ☛ https://baty.blog/2025/12/04/moving-batyblog-to-microblog.html | Source: Jack Baty    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:37:27

• "You can self-host Ghost for free or pay for Ghost(Pro), the fully managed hosting service." ☛ https://greycoder.com/ghost-a-simple-platform-for-blogs-with-paid-subscriptions/ | Source: GreyCoder    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:37:38

• "By default, SQLite tables have a special rowid column that uniquely identifies each row." ☛ https://benjamincongdon.me/blog/2025/12/05/TIL-SQLites-WITHOUT-ROWID/ | Source: Ben Congdon    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:38:00

• "It was just over two years ago that we introduced the 5th edition of The Official Raspberry Pi Beginner’s Guide" ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/the-6th-edition-of-our-beginners-guide-is-available-now/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:38:37

• "The core idea of the event is to get you up to speed on the most powerful web platform features that you can use right now." ☛ https://www.matuzo.at/blog/2025/web-day-out-2026 | Source: Manuel Matuzović    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:38:46

• [Old] "I built a portable step-sequencer synthesizer for my daughter’s third birthday." ☛ https://bitsnpieces.dev/posts/a-synth-for-my-daughter/ |    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:40:09

• "This post is part 15 of the "From the diary of AArch64 porter" series: [...]" ☛ https://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/2025/12/04/from-the-diary-of-aarch64-porter-risc-v/ | Source: Marcin Juszkiewicz    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:40:17

• "I recently took my old workstation out of storage, booted it and found it running Fedora 40 - so of course it was time to put NixOS on the machine and bring it into the fleet." ☛ https://joshblais.com/blog/setting-up-a-brand-new-nixos-machine/ | Source: Joshua Blais    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:40:51

• "Recently some discussions on the forum led to asking about the status of our Gerrit code review." ☛ https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/pulkomandy/2025-12-05-the_gerrit_pending_review_iceberg_2/ | Source: HaikuOS    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:41:00

• "In a previous episode of the Comfort Zone podcast, Nilean proposed a challenge: use AeroSpace for a week." ☛ https://alienlebarge.ch/articles/aerospace-config-qwertz | Source: Cédric    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:41:27

• "Here is a list of every game I played but didn't complete during 2025, categorised by the likelihood of me actually completing them." ☛ https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/ongoing-games-2025/ | Source: Joel Chrono    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:41:40

• "I have audited many sites and many frameworks in the past, I have noticed an alarming omission right from the outset when developers are building sites or applications." ☛ https://www.htmhell.dev/adventcalendar/2025/6/ | Source: Manuel Matuzović    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:41:59

• "Canvas-based rendering has become a prominent tool for building complex web UI interfaces." ☛ https://calendar.perfplanet.com/2025/non-blocking-image-canvas/ | Source: Web Performance Calendar    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:44:54

• "Many, many years ago, my department operated one of the university's secondary authoritative DNS servers, which was used by most everyone with a university subdomain and as a result was listed as one of their DNS NS records." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/DNSServerReferencesCanLinger | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:45:14

• "Popovers are floating UI elements you can show or hide by pressing a button." ☛ https://www.matuzo.at/blog/2025/deal-breaker-bugs-in-popovers | Source: Manuel Matuzović    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:45:27

• "Wire this up to a UDP node set to use 192.168.1.255:27036, and Steam servers started sending back replies." ☛ https://taoofmac.com/space/blog/2025/12/04/1900 | Source: Rui Carmo    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:45:50

• "Since most RISC-V boards are quite slow, it is often useful to do initial development and testing on a fast x86-64 or ARM64 machine." ☛ https://danieldk.eu/Cross-compiling-for-RISC-V-with-Nix | Source: Daniël de Kok    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:46:22

• nature https://www.dw.com/en/when-human-frontiers-impact-nature/a-74823964    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:48:54

• Sudan https://www.dw.com/en/sudan-could-international-pressure-bring-about-a-ceasefire/a-74927549    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:50:57

• Poland-Belarus https://www.dw.com/en/poland-belarus-when-human-borders-harm-nature/a-74823964    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:51:15

• Taavi Väänänen: How to import a new Wikipedia language edition (in hard mode) ☞ https://taavi.wtf/posts/tokwiki/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:51:54

• Meta Expected to Cut Up to 30% of Metaverse Budget ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/04/meta-expected-to-cut-up-to-30-of-metaverse-budget/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:52:22

• Wine 11.0-rc1 Released    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:53:39

• Marcin 'hrw' Juszkiewicz: From the diary of AArch64 porter — RISC-V ☞ https://marcin.juszkiewicz.com.pl/2025/12/04/from-the-diary-of-aarch64-porter-risc-v/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:54:02

• "I agree with @xh. IBM will never find a proper business model." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kbdp23q1    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:55:24

• TUXEDO Gemini 17 Gen4 Debuts as Affordable GNU/Linux Desktop Replacement ☞ https://linuxiac.com/tuxedo-gemini-17-gen4-debuts-as-affordable-linux-desktop-replacement/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:55:53

• TUXEDO Gemini 17 Gen4 GNU/Linux Laptop Launches with NVIDIA RTX 5070 Ti GPU ☞ https://9to5linux.com/tuxedo-gemini-17-gen4-linux-laptop-nvidia-rtx-5070-ti-intel-core-i9-14900hx    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:56:48

• Security updates for Friday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1049417/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:57:09

• Someone Used Hey Hi (AI) to Make a Fake Avi Loeb on YouTube ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-fake-avi-loeb-youtube    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:57:46

• Valve's FEX-Emu Support Shows a Better Way to Fund Open Source ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/valve-shows-a-better-way-to-fund-open-source/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:58:13

• Ghostty Terminal Emulator Transitions to Non-Profit Status ☞ https://linuxiac.com/ghostty-terminal-emulator-transitions-to-non-profit-status/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:58:55

• The Rust Programming Language Blog: Updating Rust's GNU/Linux musl targets to 1.2.5 ☞ https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/12/05/Updating-musl-1.2.5/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 14:59:24

• Jolla Launches Community-Funded GNU/Linux Phone ☞ https://linuxiac.com/jolla-launches-community-funded-linux-phone/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:00:24

• "The only thing I came across was a few photos featuring Richard Stallman — a well-known figure in computer science and a key advocate of free and open-source software — using his laptop outdoors. A spot like this would actually suit that idea quite well. The photos come from a series published on Stallman’s personal website." https://www.instagram.com/p/DR4z_ChDO3M/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:01:27

• Tumbleweed – Review of the week 2025/49 ☞ https://dominique.leuenberger.net/blog/2025/12/tumbleweed-review-of-the-week-2025-49/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:02:23

• Fedora Community Blog: Important Update: Fedora GNU/Linux 43 Election Schedule Extended ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/f43-election-extended/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:02:41

• Fedora Community Blog: Community Update – Week 49 ☞ https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/community-update-week-49/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:03:27

• Remi Collet: 🎲 PHP version 8.3.29RC1, 8.4.16RC1 and 8.5.1RC1 ☞ https://blog.remirepo.net/post/2025/12/05/PHP-version-8.3.29RC1-8.4.16RC1-8.5.1RC1    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:03:56

• Checker Framework – pluggable type-checking for Java ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/checker-framework-pluggable-type-checking-java/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:04:49

• checkpac – fast package checker for Arch ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/checkpac-fast-package-checker-arch/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:04:59

• CEO of IBM: we are well into "AI" (slop, hype, pyradmic scheme); also CEO of IBM: it won't work https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/technology/tech-news/ibm-ceo-to-google-amazon-microsoft-and-other-tech-companies-does-not-make-sense-to-/articleshow/125804195.cms    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:08:37

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posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:09:04

• Jamiroquai performs in Manchester today, suddenly many people sell their tickets on resales    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:16:48

• data-peek – SQL client desktop application ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/data-peek-sql-client-desktop-application/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:23:00

• Clox – geeky clock for terminal enthusiasts ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/clox-geeky-clock-terminal-enthusiasts/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:23:13

• Darkwrite – eye-candy note taking and to-do app ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/darkwrite-eye-candy-note-taking/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:23:39

• EVTXtract – recovers and reconstructs fragments of EVTX log files ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/evtxtract-recovers-reconstructs-fragments-evtx-log-files/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:23:48

• This week at Linux.org (2025.E4) ☞ https://www.linux.org/threads/this-week-at-linux-org-2025-e4.59698/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:26:29

• Python Series Part 20: Binding Keys and Events - Part 2 ☞ https://www.linux.org/threads/python-series-part-20-binding-keys-and-events-part-2.57751/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:27:06

• Why Abusive Monopolist Microsoft is Panicking ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/05/Why_Microsoft_is_Panicking.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:27:40

• Slopwatch: Not Much Today, Same as in Recent Weeks ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/05/Slopwatch_Not_Much_Today_Same_as_in_Recent_Weeks.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:27:49

• NVIDIA 590.44.01 Beta Released! Removed GeForce 10 Series & Earlier Support ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2025/12/nvidia-590-44-01-beta-driver-released-for-next-new-feature-branch/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:28:36

• Rivet – terminal UI Discord client ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/rivet-terminal-ui-discord-client/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:30:23

• msuage – command line memory usage information tool ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/msuage-command-line-memory-usage-information-tool/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:30:31

• Flora Linux-libre – distribution using the Linux-libre kernel ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/flora-linux-libre-distribution-debian/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:30:41

• Useful Free and Open Source Security Testing Software ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/useful-free-open-source-security-testing-software/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:30:50

• Clownflare Outage Affects Major Websites ☞ https://www.datamation.com/networks/cloudflare-outage-dec-2025/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:31:04

• An defective chip maker Intel Fellow & Prominent Linux Performance Engineer Resigns From defective chip maker Intel ☞ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Brendan-Gregg-Leaves-Intel    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:31:26

• GParted 1.7.0-12 is out ☞ https://distrowatch.com/gparted    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:33:50

• ZimaOS 1.5.3 is out as well☞ https://distrowatch.com/zimaos    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:33:58

• Calibre 8.16 Open-Source E-Book Manager Adds More Hey Hi (AI) Features, Bug Fixes ☞ https://9to5linux.com/calibre-8-16-open-source-e-book-manager-adds-more-ai-features-bug-fixes    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:34:49

• New Jolla Phone Now Available for Pre-Order as an Independent GNU/Linux Phone ☞ https://9to5linux.com/new-jolla-phone-now-available-for-pre-order-as-an-independent-linux-phone    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:34:57

• Samaya – minimalist Pomodoro timer for your desktop ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/samaya-minimalist-pomodoro-timer/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:36:17

• FSF Blogs: Why buy when you can learn and repair? Read our Giving Guide ☞ http://www.fsf.org/blogs/community/why-buy-when-you-can-learn-and-repair-read-our-giving-guide    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:37:20

• GNU Guix: A Planet for Guix ☞ https://guix.gnu.org/blog/2025/planet-guix//    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:37:44

• Vex – Excel viewer ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/vex-excel-viewer/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:39:11

• rash – rudimentary shell ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/rash-rudimentary-shell/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:39:19

• TUIOS – Terminal UI Operating System ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/tuios-terminal-ui-operating-system/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:39:28

• lsx – improved ls command ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/lsx-improved-ls-command/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:39:35

• Proton Launches Encrypted Spreadsheets (Browser-Based) ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/proton-sheets-encrypted-online-spreadsheet    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:40:28

• This Add-On Brings Adaptive UI Colour to Firefox ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/12/firefox-dynamic-site-colour-theme-addon    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:40:55

• Stressed, Fearful and Excluded: New research exposes harms of digitalising immigration status ☞ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/press-releases/stressed-fearful-and-excluded-new-research-exposes-harms-of-digitalising-immigration-status/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:41:22

• Exclusion by Design: Digital Identification and the Hostile Environment for Migrants ☞ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/exclusion-by-design-digital-identification-and-the-hostile-environment-for-migrants/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:41:46

• ORG became immigration advocacy group. Used to be privacy group.    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:42:15

• Anon: "There seems to be a patter behind the corruption of privacy and tech advocacy groups in which they drop their charter work and promote islam instead"    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:44:44

• redumper – low-level byte-perfect CD disc dumper ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/redumper-low-level-byte-perfect-cd-disc-dumper/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:46:34

• xleak – Excel files in your terminal ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/xleak-excel-files-terminal/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:46:44

• Pragtical – practical and pragmatic code editor ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pragtical-practical-pragmatic-code-editor/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:46:57

• iophk: Yes, it'd probably be a good idea to queue something The "green" parties and environmental groups are another set which have been derailed pretty much universally, too.    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:47:34

• iophk: Yes, the "True Finns" party and related cranks have been at least partially financed by them in the past. The influence and control via social control media is without a doubt. The talking points match almost 1:1    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:47:41

• Anon: There are also muscovia's moles throughout the social infrastructure pushing Microsoft products at every level. AFAIK there may be no IT depts remaining in anything other than name, all having been replaced with Microsoft resellers starting around 25 years ago.    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:48:22

• Calibre 8.16 E-Book Manager Introduces Hey Hi (AI) Book Insights ☞ https://linuxiac.com/calibre-8-16-e-book-manager-introduces-ai-book-insights/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:50:09

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

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:51:13

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

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:51:43

• How To Install OpenVPN Server on Fedora 43 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-openvpn-server-fedora-43/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:51:54

• "Nobody is making money on AI. OK, technically, some are, but they are having to spend 100x more on capex to do that, so the net loss on AI is huge for the next several years. The only companies that are going to survive this insanity are the ones with piles of cash on hand and already huge incomes to fund it all. IBM is not even in this game." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kbt3ax7f    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:53:21

• "SSDD - all the other big AI companies are making money on AI, except perhaps decrepit and feeble IBM. This is the "sour grapes" talk from the guy who overpaid for Red Hat by many billions of dollars - IBM CEO, Alvind Krishna." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kbt3ax7f    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 15:53:48

• Qubes OS 4.3.0-rc4 is available for testing ☞ https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2025/12/06/qubes-os-4-3-0-rc4-available-for-testing/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 16:41:53

• How to Set Up and Manage SSH Keys on GNU/Linux ☞ https://www.linux.org/threads/how-to-set-up-and-manage-ssh-keys-on-linux.59673/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 16:42:55

• "Old Projects" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/05/reason-versus-sentimental-attachment-for-old-projects/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 16:43:25

• EU & UK's War on the USA's Privacy and Free Speech ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/eu-and-uks-war-on-the-usas-privacy    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 16:43:47

• Wikipedia Made $184 Million in 2025, Spent $3.4 Million on Hosting ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/wikipedia-made-184-million-in-2025    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 16:43:55

• ZFS Deduplicaton: Save Disk Space ☞ https://linuxconfig.org/zfs-deduplicaton-save-disk-space    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 16:44:38

• JavaScript: The Ten-Day Hack That Became a Thirty-Year Trap ☞ https://jxself.org/ten-day-hack.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 16:45:41

• Right-sizing recommendations for OpenShift Virtualization ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2025/12/05/right-sizing-recommendations-openshift-virtualization    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 16:46:35

• The Gerrit code review iceberg, episode 2 ☞ https://www.haiku-os.org/blog/pulkomandy/2025-12-05-the_gerrit_pending_review_iceberg_2/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 16:50:14

• This Week in Plasma: Better hardware support ☞ https://blogs.kde.org/2025/12/06/this-week-in-plasma-better-hardware-support/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 16:51:05

• Brendan Gregg: Leaving defective chip maker Intel ☞ http://www.brendangregg.com/blog//2025-12-05/leaving-intel.html    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 16:52:38

• Putin Basks in Praise From Modimir on India Visit ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/world/asia/putin-india-modi-trade-praise.html    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 16:52:52

• Putin and Modimir discuss trade, peace in New Delhi summit ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/putin-and-modi-discuss-trade-peace-in-new-delhi-summit    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 16:53:02

• "is profanity nowadays in legal English - as I understand it as non-native speaker. Is it an influence of UK politics even after Brexit?" ☞ http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2025/12/guest-post-commissions-proposal-for.html?showComment=1764775015740#c7986734208191846191    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 16:53:26

• Modi, Putin push economic links to revitalise India-Russia ties in closely watched visit ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/modi-putin-push-economic-links-to-revitalise-india-russia-ties-in-closely-watched-visit    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 16:53:48

• Ukrainian startups to star at Latvia's TechChill ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/business/05.12.2025-ukrainian-startups-to-star-at-latvias-techchill.a625186/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 16:55:49

• The cost of an unjust peace in Ukraine? An emboldened China. ☞ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/the-cost-of-an-unjust-peace-in-ukraine-an-emboldened-china/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 16:58:14

• Liberty, equality, invincibility: Cultural highlights of France's Ukraine Season ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251205-liberty-equality-invincibility-the-highlights-of-the-ukraine-season-in-france    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 16:58:25

• Ukrainian, US Officials Meet In Florida For Peace Talks As Putin Doubles Down On Demands ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-ukraine-war-peace-witkoff-putin-talks/33612640.html    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 16:58:40

• Modi-Putin meeting 'symbolic': Agreements 'predictable and along familiar lines' ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251205-modi-putin-meeting-symbolic-agreements-predictable-and-along-familiar-lines    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 16:58:54

• 'You can't build peace just with Russia': Ex-EU Commissioner Moscovici on US-led Ukraine talks ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20251205-you-can-t-build-peace-just-with-russia-ex-eu-commissioner-moscovici-on-us-led-ukraine-talks    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 16:59:15

• Moscovici?    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 16:59:27

• Sounds like a slur    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 16:59:49

• Diplomacy to end Ukraine war gets bogged down: Europe's leadership vacuum? ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/talking-europe/20251205-diplomacy-to-end-ukraine-war-gets-bogged-down-europe-s-leadership-vacuum    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 16:59:59

• Former EU top diplomat accused in fraud scandal ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/former-eu-top-diplomat-accused-in-fraud-investigation/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 17:01:00

• Pandas and ping-pong: French leader Macron ending China visit on lighter note ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/05/pandas-and-ping-pong-french-leader-macron-ending-china-visit-on-lighter-note/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 17:01:16

• Ukraine Appears To Hit Russia's Grozny As Kyiv Seeks Answers From US On Kremlin Peace Talks ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/grozny-drone-explosions-follow-us-ukraine-efforts-on-russia-peace-proposal/33613712.html    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 17:01:36

• Chechen leader Kadyrov vows response after Ukrainian drone hits Grozny, no casualties ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/chechen-leader-kadyrov-vows-response-after-ukrainian-drone-hits-grozny-no-casualties    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 17:01:49

• Building a State of Fear in “Extremist” ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/news/screening-room/building-a-state-of-fear-in-extremist    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 17:02:01

• Zelensky’s Government Sabotaged Oversight, Allowing Corruption in Ukraine to Fester ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/world/europe/ukraine-corruption-zelensky.html    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 17:02:18

• "A Russian deserter recounts wounding himself" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/12/06/a-russian-deserter-recounts-wounding-himself-and-his-own-men-to-escape-the-ukraine-war | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 17:02:40

• "most difficult" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/12/06/anatomy-of-the-most-difficult-issue-in-the-russia-ukraine-peace-talks-territory | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 17:02:59

• Half of Europeans see high risk of war with Russia, poll finds ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2766332/half-of-europeans-see-high-risk-of-war-with-russia-poll-finds    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 17:03:12

• Wary of Russia, German Defense Minister Pistorius Is Growing His Army ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/world/europe/germany-military-boris-pistorius-defense-minister.html    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 17:03:24

• "Freed from prison in Belarus" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/12/05/freed-from-prison-in-belarus-exiled-opposition-leader-s-husband-accused-of-battling-her-instead-of-lukashenko | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 17:03:49

• Lithuania plans emergency declaration over Belarus smuggler balloons ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2766110/lithuania-plans-emergency-declaration-over-belarus-smuggler-balloons    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 17:04:06

• Hearings in absentia 'conceivable' for Putin and Netanyahu, ICC says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20251205-hearing-in-absentia-conceivable-for-putin-and-netanyahu-icc-says    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 17:10:24

• The Raspberry Pi becomes a mature Hey Hi (AI) platform for edge computing ☞ https://hackwarenews.com/the-raspberry-pi-becomes-a-mature-ai-platform-for-edge-computing/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 17:10:53

• Hackaday Podcast Episode 348 ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/05/hackaday-podcast-episode-348-50-grams-of-pla-hold-a-ton-phreaknic-badge-is-off-the-shelf-and-hackers-need-repair-manuals/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 17:11:20

• None. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/podcasts/hardfork-openai-code-red.html    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 17:11:44

• Adam Schiff on How the Convicted Felon Administration Targets Its Opponents ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/the-new-yorker-radio-hour/senator-adam-schiff-on-how-the-trump-administration-targets-its-opponents    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 17:12:02

• America’s “Bad Emperor” Problem ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/americas-bad-emperor-problem    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 17:12:12

• Judge Signals Win for Software Freedom Conservancy in Vizio GPL Case ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/12/judge-signals-win-for-software-freedom-conservancy-in-vizio-gpl-case/ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/06/Software_Freedom_Conservancy_SFC_Loses_Millions_of_Dollars_in_B.shtml http://techrights.org/n/2025/08/25/Software_Freedom_Conservancy_SFC_Inc_Lost_2_Million_Dollars_Las.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 17:12:52

• Like SLAPPMatt 'winning' by losing endless money... a destructive lunatic with ego that is self-destructive    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 17:13:24

• FOSS Force’s Top Five Articles — For the Week Ending December 5, 2025 ☞ https://fossforce.com/2025/12/foss-forces-top-five-articles-for-the-week-ending-december-5-2025/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 17:14:52

• New York Times Sues Hey Hi (AI) Start-Up Perplexity Over Use of Copyrighted Work ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/technology/new-york-times-perplexity-ai-lawsuit.html    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 17:45:53

• Three Years Later, Epidemic Sound Expands Its Meta Copyright Battle With a New Lawsuit Alleging ‘Willful, Intentional and Purposeful’ Infringement ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/04/epidemic-sound-meta-lawsuit/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 17:46:10

• Resisting Censorship: Why We Took a Stand at the FCBA Dinner ☞ https://publicknowledge.org/resisting-censorship-why-we-took-a-stand-at-the-fcba-dinner/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 17:47:48

• Dev snapshot: Godot 4.6 dev 6 ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/dev-snapshot-godot-4-6-dev-6/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 17:48:04

• LibreOffice Conference 2026 and 2027 ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2025/12/05/libreoffice-conference-2026-and-2027/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 17:48:50

• Bali ponders Airbnb ban in latest effort to curb tourism mess ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/bali-ponders-airbnb-ban-in-latest-effort-to-curb-tourism-mess    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 17:53:14

• Jolla Trying Again To Develop A New Sailfish OS GNU/Linux Smartphone ☞ https://www.phoronix.com/news/Jolla-Phone-2025    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 17:53:34

• TikTok to comply with ‘upsetting’ Australian under-16 ban ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/tiktok-to-comply-with-upsetting-australian-under-16-ban    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 17:54:29

• Latest Music Industry Hires: Oak View Group, Skyline Artists, TikTok, WMG, iHeartMedia, Atlantic Screen Group, CAA, A2IM, More ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/05/music-industry-hires-dec-5-2025/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 17:55:21

• Commission accepts TikTok's commitments on advertising transparency under the Digital Services Act ☞ https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_25_2940    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 17:56:07

• LHB GNU/Linux Digest #25.37: cgroup and other Namespaces, KubeTUI, xargs command, uncloud and more ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/newsletter/25-37/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 17:57:34

• Complete Beginner's Guide to GNU/Linux Namespaces ☞ https://linuxhandbook.com/namespaces/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 17:58:00

• OBS Studio 32.0.3 Fixes Crashes During Shutdown and Canvas Removal ☞ https://linuxiac.com/obs-studio-32-0-3-fixes-crashes-during-shutdown-and-canvas-removal/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 17:58:38

• MinIO Ends Active Development, Steers Users Toward Paid AIStor ☞ https://linuxiac.com/minio-ends-active-development/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 17:59:22

• In Other News: X Fined €120 Million, Array Flaw Exploited, New Iranian Backdoor ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/in-other-news-x-fined-e120-million-array-flaw-exploited-new-iranian-backdoor/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 18:05:51

• Clownflare Outage Caused by React2Shell Mitigations ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/cloudflare-outage-caused-by-react2shell-mitigations/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 18:06:28

• Chinese Hackers Exploiting React2Shell Vulnerability ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/chinese-hackers-exploiting-react2shell-vulnerability/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 18:06:54

• Recap: OpenSSF Community Day Korea 2025 ☞ https://openssf.org/blog/2025/12/05/recap-openssf-community-day-korea-2025/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 18:07:36

• Bipartisan health care cybersecurity legislation returns to address a cornucopia of issues ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/bipartisan-health-care-cybersecurity-legislation-returns-to-address-a-cornucopia-of-issues/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 18:08:06

• Taiwan says China deploys warships in ‘military operations’ ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/05/taiwan-says-china-deploys-warships-in-military-operations/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 18:09:29

• Hong Kong gov’t slams ‘biased’ Wall Street Journal editorial on Tai Po fire ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/05/hong-kong-govt-slams-biased-wall-street-journal-editorial-on-tai-po-fire/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 18:09:55

• Dihydroxyacetone Man unveils strategy to prevent China conflict over Taiwan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/trump-unveils-strategy-to-prevent-china-conflict-over-taiwan    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 18:10:09

• U.S. Warns of Europe’s ‘Civilizational Erasure’ Through Immigration ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/world/europe/trump-europe.html    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 18:11:45

• Dihydroxyacetone Man’s Security Strategy Focuses on Profit, Not Spreading Democracy ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/us/politics/trump-national-security-strategy.html    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 18:11:54

• Manila’s turn towards Seoul to bolster defence versus China reflects shifting security framework ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/manilas-turn-to-seoul-to-bolster-defence-versus-china-reflects-shifting-security-framework    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 18:12:09

• Coupang leak outrage morphs into anti-Chinese hatred ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/coupang-leak-outrage-morphs-into-anti-chinese-hatred    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 18:12:32

• Hong Kong faces low election turnout as residents mourn deadly fire ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/hong-kong-faces-low-election-turnout-as-residents-mourn-deadly-fire    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 18:12:44

• On Remand, TTAB Again Denies Petition to Cancel BABIE'S MAGIC TEA Registration: Confusion Unlikely with BABY MAGIC for Skincare Products ☞ http://thettablog.blogspot.com/2025/12/on-remand-ttab-again-denies-petition-to.html    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 18:13:28

• Who’s suing Hey Hi (AI) and who’s signing: NYT and Chicago Tribune sue Perplexity, Meta signs licensing deals ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/platforms/news-publisher-ai-deals-lawsuits-openai-google/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 18:13:56

• Edgi-Talk machine learning development kit features Infineon PSOC Edge E84 Edge Hey Hi (AI) SoC (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/05/edgi-talk-machine-learning-platform-features-infineon-psoc-edge-e84-soc/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 18:14:31

• ExtrudeX machine recycles failed/old 3D prints into new filament (Crowdfunding) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/05/extrudex-machine-recycles-failed-old-3d-prints-into-new-filament/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 18:15:00

• Attackers hit React defect as researchers quibble over proof ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/attackers-exploit-react-server-vulnerability/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 18:17:21

• 500 Internal Server Error! Clownflare collapses and paralyzes (again) a large part of the Internet ☞ https://hackwarenews.com/500-internal-server-error-cloudflare-collapses-and-paralyzes-again-a-large-part-of-the-internet/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 18:17:32

• New Anonymous Phone Service ☞ https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/12/new-anonymous-phone-service.html    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 18:18:01

• Tai Po fire: Hong Kong gov’t urged to offer affected migrant workers multilingual aid, visa extensions ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/05/tai-po-fire-hong-kong-govt-urged-to-offer-affected-migrant-workers-multilingual-aid-visa-extensions/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 18:19:05

• Trae IDE Auto-Installs Python Libraries as You Code ☞ https://thenewstack.io/trae-ide-auto-installs-python-libraries-as-you-code/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 18:21:03

• 🖼️ xkcd — Chessboard Alignment #3177 gemini://8by3.net/~xkcd/3177.gmi    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 18:45:32

• "They're similar but not the same. Is your priority stability or ease of use? I recommend only one of these distributions to new Linux users." https://www.zdnet.com/article/debian-vs-ubuntu-which-linux-distro-is-right-for-you/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 18:49:47

• Canonical works for Microsoft https://www.howtogeek.com/windows-users-can-now-get-ubuntu-pro-for-free/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 18:50:19

• "Kernel 6.18 has already been designated the new LTS release – just as we predicted – and Alpine Linux 3.23 has arrived carrying it ahead of a flurry of other year-end distro updates." https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/05/new_lts_kernel_and_alpine/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 18:52:02

• Automotive Grade Linux Launches Open Source SoDeV Reference Platform to Accelerate Software Defined Vehicles https://finance.yahoo.com/news/automotive-grade-linux-launches-open-164200978.html    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 18:52:29

• RIP Windows: Linux GPU Gaming Benchmarks on Bazzite https://gamersnexus.net/gpus/rip-windows-linux-gpu-gaming-benchmarks-bazzite    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 18:53:03

• Linux developers can now use Intel AI chip without device meltdowns https://www.sdxcentral.com/news/linux-developers-can-now-use-intel-ai-chip-without-device-meltdowns/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 18:54:31

• "Linus Torvalds believes that Windows doesn't deserve jokes about the Blue Screen of Death. He argues that the reasons for the infamous BSOD often don't lie with Microsoft." https://www.pcworld.com/article/3002074/linux-founder-linus-torvalds-defends-windows-blue-screens-of-death.html http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2025/12/05/Windows_Blue_Screen_of_Death_is_a_Windows_Issue_Not_a_Hardware_.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 18:55:12

• "The laptop comes pre-installed with the Ubuntu-based TUXEDO OS featuring the KDE Plasma desktop environment or with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS." https://9to5linux.com/tuxedo-gemini-17-gen4-linux-laptop-nvidia-rtx-5070-ti-intel-core-i9-14900hx    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 18:55:32

• 3 useful Linux apps worth trying this weekend (December 5 - 7) https://www.howtogeek.com/linux-apps-to-install-this-weekend-december-5/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 18:56:00

• Most Linux users overlook Homebrew, but here’s why it’s worth trying https://www.howtogeek.com/most-linux-users-overlook-homebrew-but-heres-why-its-worth-trying/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 18:56:23

• New Linux malware merges Mirai botnet with fileless cryptominer https://www.scworld.com/brief/new-linux-malware-merges-mirai-botnet-with-fileless-cryptominer    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 18:58:39

• "A Linux distribution known for its security and stability, Alpine Linux, has released version 3.23 with several improvements and upgrades to its package base. It's the first major point release since May, and it carries on support a wide range of computer architectures." https://www.howtogeek.com/alpine-linux-3-23-released/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 18:59:03

• "Nvidia has released the first driver in the 590 branch for Linux, signaling an important shift in support for older GPUs." https://www.techradar.com/pro/nvidia-drops-linux-590-driver-support-for-gtx-900-and-10-series-signaling-the-end-of-game-ready-updates-for-older-gpus    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 19:01:47

• The godfather speaks - this is the device Linus Torvalds says would be his perfect Linux PC, but you'll never get one https://www.techradar.com/pro/the-godfather-speaks-this-is-the-device-linus-torvalds-says-would-be-his-perfect-linux-pc-but-youll-never-get-one    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 19:03:44

• Elon Musk is “too stupid to work in a tech company”, claims Linux founder https://www.notebookcheck.net/Elon-Musk-is-too-stupid-to-work-in-a-tech-company-claims-Linux-founder.1178775.0.html    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 19:06:00

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Boost AI Performance with AMD, Intel & NVIDIA AI Accelerators https://www.thefastmode.com/technology-solutions/46240-red-hat-enterprise-linux-boost-ai-performance-with-amd-intel-nvidia-ai-accelerators    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 19:39:55

• COLLEGE and computer science among most enrolled 2025 fall course ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2025/12/04/college-and-computer-science-among-most-enrolled-2025-fall-course/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 19:46:54

• C.D.C. Vaccine Committee Ends Recommendation That All Newborns Receive Hepatitis B Shots ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/health/kennedy-vaccine-committee-vote-hepatitisb.html    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 19:47:05

• Running Out of Time, Republicans in Congress Still Lack a Health Plan ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/us/politics/republicans-congress-health-care.html    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 19:47:29

• Dangerous levels of toxic chemicals found in blood of Indonesia’s waste workers ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/dangerous-levels-of-toxic-chemicals-found-in-blood-of-indonesias-waste-workers    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 19:47:38

• US dispatch, day 2: Pennsylvania police officer testifies Mangione gave false name, carried $7,000 during McDonald’s arrest ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/us-dispatch-day-2-pennsylvania-police-officer-testifies-mangione-gave-false-name-carried-7000-during-mcdonalds-arrest/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 19:48:10

• National Academy of Medicine elects three Stanford Medicine professors for membership ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2025/12/05/national-academy-of-medicine-elects-three-stanford-medicine-professors-for-membership/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 19:48:31

• Scientists Testing GLP-1s for Overweight Dogs and Cats ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/scientists-testing-ozempic-dogs-cats    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 19:49:18

• Survey: Many in Latvia concerned about pension age ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/society/05.12.2025-survey-many-in-latvia-concerned-about-pension-age.a625224/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 19:49:34

• US embassy in Seoul launches fast-track visa service for major South Korean firms and partners ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/us-embassy-in-seoul-launches-fast-track-visa-service-for-major-south-korean-firms-and-partners    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:26:53

• ‘Superbugs’ surge to record levels in South Korea, with infections near 45,000 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/superbugs-surge-to-record-levels-in-south-korea-with-infections-near-45000    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:27:06

• China’s Mad at Japan, and Pop Stars Are Paying for It ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/world/asia/china-japan-anime-taiwan-dispute.html    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:27:18

• Pandas and ping-pong: Macron ending China visit on lighter note ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/pandas-and-ping-pong-macron-to-end-china-visit-on-lighter-note    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:27:31

• Japan rebuts China’s second letter to UN as dispute simmers ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/japan-rebuts-chinas-second-letter-to-un-as-spat-keeps-simmering    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:27:44

• Japan issues safety advisory in China ahead of Nanjing Massacre anniversary ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/japan-issues-safety-advisory-in-china-ahead-of-nanjing-massacre-anniversary    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:27:53

• Trial durian plantation in Yunnan raises hopes for China’s plans to grow popular S-E Asian fruit ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/trial-durian-plantation-in-yunnan-raises-hopes-for-chinas-plans-to-grow-popular-s-e-asian-fruit    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:28:07

• China's three major airlines extend refunds and Japan flight changes to March 2026: Report ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinas-three-major-airlines-extend-refunds-and-japan-flight-changes-to-march-2026-report    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:28:27

• Advocacy group urges Macron to address human rights issues during China visit ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/advocacy-group-urges-macron-to-address-human-rights-issues-during-china-visit/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:29:03

• Loved ones fear for pro-Tibet student activist detained in China ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2025/12/06/loved-ones-fear-for-pro-tibet-student-activist-detained-in-china/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:29:15

• Xi holds his ground as Macron's visit to China only yields modest returns ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20251205-xi-holds-his-ground-as-macron-s-visit-to-china-only-yields-modest-returns    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:29:27

• Want an explanation for China’s nuclear build-up? It’s not in the new white paper ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/want-an-explanation-for-chinas-nuclear-expansion-its-not-in-the-new-white-paper/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:29:56

• "Poland’s migration debate" ☛ https://meduza.io/en/feature/2025/12/05/unpacking-the-paradoxes-of-poland-s-migration-debate | Source: Meduza    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:30:16

• "Garage Fridge Gets New DIY Controller" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/05/garage-fridge-gets-new-diy-controller/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:33:14

• Magic Magikarp Makes Moves ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/05/magic-magikarp-makes-moves/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:33:38

• Meta signs raft of Hey Hi (AI) content licensing deals ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/north-america/people-inc-signs-ai-licensing-deal-with-meta/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:34:23

• Australia enacts under-16 social control media ban, Time reveals Person of the Year and UK GDP estimate ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/news/news-diary-8-14-december-australia-enacts-under-16-social-media-ban-time-reveals-person-of-the-year-and-uk-gdp-estimate/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:34:52

• Scientists Discover The First Single Gene to Directly Cause Mental Illness ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-the-first-single-gene-to-directly-cause-mental-illness    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:35:21

• Vomiting Syndrome Linked to Cannabis Is on The Rise in The US ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/vomiting-syndrome-linked-to-cannabis-is-on-the-rise-in-the-us    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:35:33

• This Prehistoric Bird Choked to Death on 800 Rocks, And No One Knows Why ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-prehistoric-bird-choked-to-death-on-800-rocks-and-no-one-knows-why    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:35:42

• Complex Life May Be a Billion Years Older Than We Thought ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/complex-life-may-be-a-billion-years-older-than-we-thought    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:35:58

• A Rare Cancer Is Surging in Young People, And Experts Are Puzzled ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-rare-cancer-is-surging-in-young-people-and-experts-are-puzzled    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:36:13

• Supercomputer Creates One of The Most Realistic Virtual Brains Ever Seen ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/supercomputer-creates-one-of-the-most-realistic-virtual-brains-ever-seen    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:36:33

• Oral Health And Diabetes Have a Crucial Link, Expert Reveals ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/oral-health-and-diabetes-have-a-crucial-link-expert-reveals    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:36:44

• Organizing ID-Based Translations with Labels in Qt Linguist ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/organizing-id-based-translations-with-labels-in-qt-linguist    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:37:24

• Oprah Winfrey praises Australia’s social control media ban for children ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/oprah-winfrey-praises-australias-social-media-ban-for-children    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:37:45

• Clownflare says it has fended off 416 billion Hey Hi (AI) bot scrape requests in five months ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/big-tech/cloudflare-says-it-has-fended-off-416-billion-ai-bot-scrape-requests-in-five-months-ceo-warns-of-dramatic-shift-for-internet-business-model    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:38:13

• Community Snapshot—November ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2025/12/community-snapshot-november/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:38:35

• AI gadget makers are chasing problems that don't exist, Logitech CEO says — also details supply chain and pricing strategy ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/logitech-ceo-says-ai-gadget-makers-are-chasing-problems-that-dont-exist    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:39:05

• Kenya accuses UK soldiers of human rights violations and sexual misconduct ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2025/12/kenya-accuses-uk-soldiers-of-human-rights-violations-and-sexual-misconduct/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:42:14

• IBM CEO Says the Math Just Doesn’t Add Up on Its Competitors’ Hey Hi (AI) Spending ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ibm-ceo-math-ai    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:42:49

• OpenAI Is Suddenly in Major Trouble ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-is-suddenly-in-major-trouble    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:43:08

• Anti-AI Activist on the Run as Police Warn That He’s Armed and Dangerous ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/anti-ai-activist-danger    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:43:32

• Good news about IBM is recycled news from 30 years ago https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/ibm-unveiled-its-deep-blue-chess-supercomputer-prototype-30-years-ago-today-two-years-later-in-its-second-attempt-it-defeated-grandmaster-garry-kasparov    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:45:19

• strategy   

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:46:32

• "The mumbling 1d1ot has been barking about AI, watsoxx during his useless office hours for last 2 years. Now, that he is assured of his $100 millions pillaging, he is turning to sp-t on AI strategy. Useless m0r0n." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kbt3ax7f    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:46:38

• India withdraws pilot rest policy after IndiGo chaos ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/indias-regulator-withdraws-pilot-rest-policy-after-indigo-chaos    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:47:30

• Adidas Defeats Angry Shareholder Appeal Over Kanye Deal Implosion — Athletic Giant Accused of Concealing Antisemitic Outbursts, Meltdowns ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/04/adidas-beats-shareholder-lawsuit-kanye-deal/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:48:05

• "Despite this, [Viktor Takacs] apparently enjoys it, which motivated him to build a thoroughly modernized, LED-based, WiFi-enabled game board for it (GitHub repository)." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/05/adding-electronics-to-a-classic-game/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:48:28

• "Can Sonic Run On Amiga?" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/05/blue-hedgehog-meet-boing-ball-can-sonic-run-on-amiga/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:48:54

• "Sudo Clean Up My Workbench" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2025/12/06/sudo-clean-up-my-workbench/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:49:18

• Live Nation, Ticketmaster Stare Down Possible Class Certification — And ‘Millions’ of Potential Members — In Multiyear Antitrust Suit ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/05/ticketmaster-class-action-lawsuit-2/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:50:10

• Federal employees who left ‘DEI’ roles still fired under Convicted Felon administration purge, lawsuit claims ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-report/2025/12/federal-employees-who-left-dei-roles-still-fired-under-trump-administration-purge-lawsuit-claims/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:51:29

• But she profits from selling this "Hey Hi" crap, a false promise to fake "demand" with☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/lisa-su-rejects-talk-of-an-ai-bubble-at-wired-event    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:52:49

• Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/senators-lobby-for-safe-chips-act-which-would-curb-leading-edge-ai-chip-exports-to-china-proposed-bill-would-restrict-amd-and-nvidia-to-h20-mi308-class-accelerator-sales-until-2028    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:53:07

• Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) Hey Hi (AI) ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/senators-lobby-for-safe-chips-act-which-would-curb-leading-edge-ai-chip-exports-to-china-proposed-bill-would-restrict-amd-and-nvidia-to-h20-mi308-class-accelerator-sales-until-2028    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:53:22

• The Rust Programming Language Blog: crates.io: Malicious crates finch-rust and sha-rust ☞ https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/12/05/crates.io-malicious-crates-finch-rust-and-sha-rust/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:54:10

• Upgrading the Site ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/05/Upgrading_the_Site.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:54:40

• “Networking for System Administrators, 2nd ed” is out, except on Amazon’s Kindle store ☞ https://mwl.io/archives/24497    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:55:12

• SPAM disguised as news; this is the JUVE business model ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/mewburn-ellis-takes-on-experienced-litigator-in-life-sciences/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:56:08

• And also pretending that the hiring of one young person is "newsworthy"; follow the money... (sponsors) ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/hoffmann-eitle-continues-expansion-of-litigation-practice-with-bird-bird-counsel/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:56:53

• UPC is illegal; JUVE knows this, but it is paid to pretend otherwise and lend credibility to this monstrosity ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/cases/hoffmann-la-roche-lands-pi-against-menarini-diagnostics-from-upc/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:57:51

• Subject Matter Eligibility Declarations (SMEDs) to Overcome Eligibility Rejections ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2025/12/eligibility-declarations-rejections.html    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:58:03

• The Administrative Council of the European Patent Organisation Has More Reasons Than Cocainegate to Vote for Real Change in the European Patent Office (updated) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/05/The_Administrative_Council_of_the_European_Patent_Organisation_.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:58:28

• RAGging my brain ☞ https://timojyrinki.gitlab.io/hugo/post/2025-12-05-ragging-my-brain/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:59:12

• More evidence your Hey Hi (AI) agents can be turned against you ☞ https://cyberscoop.com/ai-coding-tools-can-be-turned-against-you-aikido-github-prompt-injection/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 20:59:26

• Taiwan opposition says ban of China's Xiaohongshu app is censorship ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-opposition-says-ban-of-chinas-rednote-app-is-censorship    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 21:00:04

• Redmine RAG system ☞ https://bzoltan1.github.io/redmine-rag-system/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 21:00:35

• ESP32-C6-Devkit-Lipo – A small, open-source hardware ESP32-C6 board with battery support, UEXT connector ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/06/esp32-c6-devkit-lipo-small-open-source-hardware-esp32-c6-board-with-battery-support-uext-connector/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 21:01:34

• How Kit Kat Was Killed: Video Shows What a Waymo Couldn’t See ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/us/waymo-kit-kat-san-francisco.html    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 21:01:55

• Beyond the Hype: Almost Nobody Uses Chatbots, Not Even 1% of Activity Online ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/05/Beyond_the_Hype_Almost_Nobody_Uses_Chatbots_Not_Even_1_of_Activ.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 21:02:23

• To "Take Back Control" Start With Actions Against 'Tech' (Mass Surveillance, Mass Censorship, Mass Control) Monopolies ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2025/12/05/To_Take_Back_Control_Start_With_Actions_Against_Tech_Mass_Surve.shtml    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 21:02:32

• Billboard Owner Penske Media Steps Up Surveillance Giant Google Antitrust Attack in Amended Suit, Alleges a Choice Between Permitting ‘Underpayment or Suffering Existential Search Traffic Declines’ ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/05/penske-google-lawsuit-amended/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 21:03:18

• Police Admit Hey Hi (AI) Surveillance Panopticon Still Has Issues With “Some Demographic Groups” ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/police-uk-surveillance-ai    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 21:03:45

• India weighs greater phone-location surveillance; Apple, Surveillance Giant Google and Samsung protest ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/india-weighs-greater-phone-location-surveillance-apple-google-and-samsung-protest    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 21:04:12

• A Call for Class Action: how people are reclaiming control over their health data ☞ http://privacyinternational.org/long-read/5711/call-class-action-how-people-are-reclaiming-control-over-their-health-data    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 21:04:32

• AutoIT3 Compiled Scripts Dropping Shellcodes, (Fri, Dec 5th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32542 "applications for backdoored Windows environments"    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 21:05:26

• US Organizations Warned of Chinese Malware Used for Long-Term Persistence ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/us-organizations-warned-of-chinese-malware-used-for-long-term-persistence/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 21:05:43

• Rikomagic DS08 – A Rockchip RK3588-powered 8K digital signage player with RTC and watchdog support ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2025/12/05/rikomagic-ds08-rockchip-rk3588-powered-8k-digital-signage-player-with-rtc-and-watchdog/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 21:06:22

• This Open Source Android App Fights Brainrot With Basic Math Problems ☞ https://itsfoss.com/mental-math/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 21:06:43

• Netflix Changes Course Again With Warner Bros. Deal ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/business/media/netflix-movie-theaters-warner-bros.html    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 21:07:14

• Netflix to Buy Warner Bros in $83 Billion Deal ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/business/warner-brothers-discovery-netflix.html    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 21:07:29

• Netflix Just Won the Streaming Wars with $82.7 Billion Warner Bros. Takeover ☞ https://www.techzim.co.zw/2025/12/netflix-just-won-the-streaming-wars-with-82-7-billion-warner-bros-takeover/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 21:07:53

• Netflix to acquire Warner Bros studio, HBO Max for $72 billion ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/business/20251205-netflix-to-acquire-warner-bros-studio-dc-studios-streaming-business-hbo-max-for-72-billion    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 21:08:06

• 50 Cent Expands Litigation Against ‘Skillhouse’ Director Over ‘Brazen and Unauthorized’ Use of NIL Rights ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/04/50-cent-litigation-skillhouse-director/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 21:08:29

• Netflix to Acquire Warner Bros. Studio and Streaming Business, Including HBO and HBO Max, In $83 Billion Mega-Deal—Industry Groups Vehemently Oppose ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2025/12/05/netflix-warner-bros-deal/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 21:09:05

• Netflix to acquire key Warner Bros. assets in blockbuster $72B deal ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2025/12/05/netflix-acquire-key-warner-bros-assets-blockbuster-72b-deal/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 21:09:12

• Rust is NOT security!!! It's Microsoft NSA. https://blog.rust-lang.org/2025/12/05/crates.io-malicious-crates-finch-rust-and-sha-rust/    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 21:14:17

• The "S" in NSA is Snake    

posted Saturday, December 06, 2025 at 21:14:43