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⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠈⠙⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣇⣠⣽⣿⣿⠃⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠙⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 188 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/ASUSTOR_Data_Master_Operating_System_ADM_OS_v4_2_5_Review.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/ASUSTOR_Data_Master_Operating_System_ADM_OS_v4_2_5_Review.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ ASUSTOR Data Master Operating System (ADM OS) v4.2.5 Review⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Dec 05, 2023 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Asustor_3304T⦈_ The ASUSTOR Data Master Operating System (ADM for short) is a Linux-based operating system developed by ASUSTOR exclusively for their NAS devices. I’m reviewing version 4.2.5, the latest release. ADM 4.2.5 is tested with an ASUSTOR Drivestor 4 Pro AS3304T NAS, a 4-bay NAS drive provided by Asustor. Their full range of NAS servers are available on their store. We’ll be also using this NAS drive to help evaluate a wide range of open source Linux backup software in a forthcoming series. In my previous article, I walked you through the steps of getting started with ADM. Let’s now check out what the operating system offers. 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The goals for the track were to openly discuss current on-going development efforts around the core driver, as well as experimental memory management topics which lead to accommodating kernel infrastructure for new technology and use cases. * ⚓ LWN ☛ Bueso:_LPC_2023:_CXL_Microconference⠀⇛ Davidlohr Bueso has posted a summary of the CXL microconference at the recently concluded Linux Plumbers Conference. * ⚓ The_Annual_Emacs_Conference_'EmacsConf'_is_Livestreaming_Now⠀⇛ It's "the conference about the joy of Emacs and Emacs Lisp." Started in 2013, the volunteer-run EmacsConf accepted 44 talks for this year — and Day Two has just started streaming online now. Sunday kicks off with a talk counting on how the "hypertextual information manager" GNU Hyperbole can improve your Emacs productivity. (Click here for a list of all of Sunday's talks.) Or hang out in the #emacsconf channel on irc.libera.chat. * ⚓ GNU World Order (Audio Show) ☛ GNU_World_Order_541⠀⇛ **libpcap** , **libplist** , **libpng** , **libproxy** , **libpsl** , **libqalculate** , **libraw1394** , **librevenge** , **librsvg** , **libsamplerate** , **libsass** , **libseccomp** , **libsecret** , **libsigc++** , **libsigsegv** , **libsndfile** , **libsodium** , **libsoup** , **libspectre** , **libssh** , **libtasn1** , **libtheora** , **libtiff** , **libunistring** from the **l** software set of Slackware Linux. shasum - a256=8fc443bcc6af4dfbb0f3125346334b51861c7b130d1680558bbf84b8219ccff4 ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 338 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Destination_Linux_Late_Night_Linux_and_Other_New_Episodes.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Destination_Linux_Late_Night_Linux_and_Other_New_Episodes.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Destination Linux, Late Night Linux, and Other New Episodes⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 05, 2023 * ⚓ Destination_Linux_349:_Software_License_to_Thrill_plus_New_All_AMD Laptop_from_Tuxedo_Computers⠀⇛ SHOW NOTES ►► https://tuxdigital.com/podcasts/destination- linux/dl-349 * ⚓ Late_Night_Linux_–_Episode_258⠀⇛ Our first impressions of two new hot bits of hardware – the Steam Deck OLED, and the Raspberry Pi 5. Plus great news for self-hosted webmail, a call to support open source AI/ML image processing, and a mini KDE Korner. * ⚓ IRL_(podcast):_The_Art_of_AI [Ed: Mozilla is all buzzwords now. One can tell Microsoft is in the board, hyping up nonsense and vapourware.]⠀⇛ From Hollywood to Hip Hop, artists are negotiating new boundaries of consent for use of Hey Hi (AI) in the creative industries. Bridget Todd speaks to artists who are pushing the boundaries. * ⚓ Linux in the Ham Shack ☛ LHS_Episode_#524:_The_Weekender_CX⠀⇛ It's time once again for The Weekender. This is our departure into the world of hedonism, random topic excursions, whimsy and (hopefully) knowledge. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 390 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Django_5_0_released.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Django_5_0_released.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Django 5.0 released⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 05, 2023 The Django team is happy to announce the release of Django 5.0. The_release_notes cover a deluge of exciting new features in detail, but a few highlights are: * The database-computed_default_values allow for defining database-computed defaults to model fields. * Continuing the trend of expanding the Django ORM, the generated_model field allows the creation of database generated columns. * The concept of a field group was added to the templates system to simplify_form_field_rendering. Read_on Also: Django_5.0_released Django_5.0_release_notes ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 429 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Ethical_Hacking_Distro_Kali_Linux_2023_4_Brings_Support_for_Ras.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Ethical_Hacking_Distro_Kali_Linux_2023_4_Brings_Support_for_Ras.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Ethical Hacking Distro Kali Linux 2023.4 Brings Support for Raspberry Pi 5⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Marius Nestor on Dec 05, 2023 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Kali_Linux_2023.4⦈_ Coming more than three months after Kali Linux 2023.3, the Kali Linux 2023.4 release is here to introduce support for the Raspberry Pi 5 single-board computer. A dedicated image is available for those who want to use Kali Linux on the tiny computer, but you can also install it through the official Raspberry Pi Imager flashing utility, which is very cool. However, the devs note the fact that Nexmon support isn't working yet with Raspberry Pi 5's built-in Wi-Fi chip, as well as the fact that the dedicated image is considered to be in a beta state and only works on the AArch64 (ARM64) architecture, so no ARM 32-bit flavor just yet (in case you wanted a 32-bit version). Read_on ⠿⠿⠷⠶⠾⠿⠿⠿⠗⠷⠶⠿⠿⠷⠿⠶⠾⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠻⠽⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠟⠲⠷⠮⠶⠟⠒⠿⠯⠶ ⠀⠀⣶⣶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠙⣛⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣾⣷⣶⣶⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠯⠅⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣤⣤⣤⣴⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣾⣿⣾⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⣤⣤⣀⣠⡤⠴⠶⠒⠛⠛⠋⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⢤⢶⣶⡶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⣒⣛⣛⡁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣠⣭⣽⣿⣿⣿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣠⠴⠚⠏⠛⣋⣭⣭⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠿⠿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡤⠖⠋⠁⠀⠀⢰⡦⣶⣶⣶⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣽⣶⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⢀⠤⠚⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⡶⠶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢨⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢨⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣧⣤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⡟⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⠶⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡯⠭⠉⠉⡉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠃⠀⠉⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠏⠉⠉⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠉⠀⠈⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 488 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/FreeBSD_14_upgrade_stories.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/FreeBSD_14_upgrade_stories.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ FreeBSD 14 upgrade stories⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 05, 2023 * ⚓ Dan Langille ☛ FreeBSD_14_upgrade_–_files_not_removed_by_delete-old⠀⇛ I was upgrading a jail (dns1) on r730-01 and I noticed this output from mkjail: In this post: FreeBSD 13.2 (upgrading from) FreeBSD 14.0 (upgrading to) mkjail-0.0.4 (upgrading with) Looking at the mkjail source, I realized it had just completed the pkg upgrade and delete-old steps. * ⚓ Dan Langille ☛ Excluding_some_jails_from_upgrade⠀⇛ I have some jails already updated to FreeBSD 14 – let’s get a list of what needs to be updated. This cold just as easily be used to get a list of what not to upgrade, if you didn’t want to update all jails right now. * ⚓ Dan Langille ☛ Post_upgrade_–_checking_the_jails⠀⇛ Stuff goes wrong. I like to check. Trust. But. Verify. Skip to the end for the list of useful commands. Here’s some of that verification, as briefly mentioned in FreeBSD 14 upgrade – files not removed by delete-old and Excluding some jails from upgrade. After upgrading all the jails on r730-01, ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 534 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Free_Libre_and_Open_Source_Software_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Free, Libre, and Open Source Software Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 05, 2023 * ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Two_new_versions_of_OpenZFS_fix_long-hidden corruption_bug⠀⇛ The OpenZFS development team have put out not one but two new releases of the open-source cross-platform filesystem for Linux and FreeBSD. Version 2.2.2 fixes the problem that showed up in the latest version, which is included in FreeBSD 14 as well as several Linux distros, including Ubuntu 23.10. There's also a new release in the previous version of OpenZFS: version 2.1.14 which applies to FreeBSD back to version 12. * ⚓ Sean Conner ☛ The_Gopher_Situation⠀⇛ Over the past few days, I've been battling a pernicious bug in my gopher server wherein it becomes CPU bound and cause other issues on the server. I then have to go in and kill the gopher process (and the one time I couldn't even do that—I had to have the virtual server restarted). I initially attributed this to an over-aggressive bot crawling my site and blocked it with iptables but even that didn't solve the issue. * ⚓ TecMint ☛ [Updated]_11_Best_PDF_Editors_to_Edit_PDF_Documents_in Linux⠀⇛ Occasionally, you might want to modify your PDF and maybe add text, and images, fill forms, append a digital signature, and so on. * § Education⠀➾ o ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Meet_Jorvon_Moss_|_#MagPiMonday⠀⇛ A maker and roboticist known commonly as Odd Jayy, Jorvon creates cool stuff for Digi-Key. This #MagPiMonday, we get to him a little better. o ⚓ Digi-key Electronics ☛ DigiKey:_Jorvon_Moss⠀⇛ Self taught robot maker * § Chromium⠀➾ o ⚓ DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer) ☛ CNN_Testing_Block_for_Brave_Browser, Users_of_Anti-Cookie_Notification_Lists._Lies_About_“Privacy” Law.⠀⇛ CNN is blocking the Brave Web browser, and others who use the “Easylist Cookie Filter” and demanding that they turn off that list or switch browsers. Further, CNN is lying about what the EU’s GDPR privacy law actually requires. There is no requirement that they load the “consent” screen for cookies. The only requirement is that they don’t set any tracking cookies until the user allows it. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 622 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Games_Songs_of_Conquest_JRPGs_Bundle_and_Uplifting_Adventures_B.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Games_Songs_of_Conquest_JRPGs_Bundle_and_Uplifting_Adventures_B.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Games: Songs of Conquest, JRPGs Bundle and Uplifting Adventures Bundle, Lots More⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 05, 2023 * ⚓ Songs_of_Conquest_working_on_improved_Steam_Deck_/_Gamepad_support⠀⇛ Songs of Conquest is an impressive Early Access turn-based strategy adventure game and it has a new Beta available you may want to test on Steam Deck or with a gamepad. * ⚓ Get_a_bunch_of_JRPGs_and_Uplifting_Adventures_in_these_game_bundles⠀⇛ Some more games to start your week? Okay then! Here's two newer selections from Humble Bundle. As usual I'll give you the Steam Deck and Desktop Linux compatibility for their JRPGs Bundle and Uplifting Adventures Bundle. * ⚓ EA_opens_up_more_patents_for_increasing_Accessibility_in_gaming⠀⇛ EA (Electronic Arts) have added a few more patents to their Patent Pledge for Increasing Accessibility to help game developers. The idea is that game developers are free to use ideas they've patented, without fear of EA coming after them. * ⚓ Adventure_Mode_for_Dwarf_Fortress_arrives_April_2024⠀⇛ Kitfox and Bay 12 Games have revealed that the new Adventure Mode for Dwarf Fortress (Steam) will arrive in April 2024 with a new trailer. * ⚓ Sons_Of_The_Forest_adds_FSR_2.0_and_better_settings_for_Steam_Deck⠀⇛ Sons Of The Forest is one game that was sadly a little too much for the Steam Deck to handle at the release, but now it seems it should run a fair bit better. * ⚓ ControllerImage_provides_easy_on-screen_prompts_for_game_developers⠀⇛ Developer and game porter Ryan "Icculus" Gordon has created a new library named ControllerImage for game developers, with an aim to help showing on-screen controller prompts * ⚓ Check_out_the_demo_for_Snacktorio,_a_factory-cooking_sim_where_you_feed monsters⠀⇛ Snacktorio from APICO developer TNgineers now has a demo available, and it's quite a fun game that blends factory building, cooking and exploration together. With a demo now available, you can try it out and it has Native Linux support built with LÖVE. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 700 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/GDB_14_1_released.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/GDB_14_1_released.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ GDB 14.1 released⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 05, 2023 Version 14.1 of the GDB debugger is out. Changes include initial support for the debugger adapter protocol, NO_COLOR support, the ability to work with integer types larger than 64 bits, a number of enhancements to the Python API, and more. Read_on ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 726 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/GNOME_45_2_Released_with_Various_Fixes_and_Performance_Improvem.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/GNOME_45_2_Released_with_Various_Fixes_and_Performance_Improvem.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ GNOME 45.2 Released with Various Fixes and Performance Improvements⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Marius Nestor on Dec 05, 2023 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GNOME_45.2⦈_ GNOME 45.2 is here more than five weeks after GNOME 45.1 and improves the GNOME Shell component by optimizing application search, improving high-contrast styling, and adding support for a “version-name” field in extension metainfo as GNOME Shell extensions now support a custom “version-name” string. With this update, GNOME Shell now shows the preferences dialog only after an extension has been loaded. Moreover, a performance issue caused by repeated signal leaks was addressed, and an issue with the on-screen keyboard backspace getting stuck was fixed as well, along with arrow navigation in search results. Read_on ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠿⢿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣤⣶⣶⣤⠀⣶⡄⠀⢠⣶⠀⢀⣴⣶⣶⣤⡀⢠⣶⡉⠉⣹⣹⣿⠋⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⠃⢀⣀⣈⠀⣿⢻⣦⢸⣿⢰⣿⠁⠀⠀⢹⣷⢸⣿⣷⡈⢴⣿⣿⠀⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣆⣈⣉⣿⠀⣿⠀⠹⣿⣿⠘⢿⣄⣀⣀⣼⡟⢺⣿⠹⣷⡿⢹⣿⠀⣿⣟⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠛⠛⠉⠀⠛⠀⠀⠈⠛⠀⠀⠙⠛⠛⠉⠀⠈⠛⠀⠉⠁⠈⠛⠀⠛⠛⠻⠟⠋⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠚⠛⠃ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠉⠉⠉⠿⠿⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠋⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠋⠐⠛⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠙⠯⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⢸⣿⠀⢸⣿⡇⠰⣿⡷⠀⠿⡾⠀⣾⣿⡇⢸⣿⣷⠀⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⡆⢸⣿⣏⠀⣿⣿⠀⣿⣿⡆⢸⣿⡇⠠⣿⡿⠀⢾⡿⠀⢸⣿⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠲⠶⠶⠴⠶⠶⠀⠐⠆⠖⠆⠴⠶⠆ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 783 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Grisbi_Revisited_Tips_For_Beginners_Part_One.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Grisbi_Revisited_Tips_For_Beginners_Part_One.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Grisbi Revisited, Tips For Beginners, Part One⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 05, 2023 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Grisbi⦈_ In my pre-Linux computing life, I was a Mac person. At home, we had a Macintosh LC (with its iconic "pizza box" case) which my father generously handed down to us. Besides word processing, the Mac's secondary use was bookkeeping; it came with a copy of Quicken that kept track of our checking account for several years. Quicken and its early-1990s-style interface was my first exposure to personal finance software. I continued with Quicken until 2007, when I bought a refurbished PC from Goodwill to experiment with Linux. While searching for FOSS alternatives to Quicken, I found mentions of GnuCash, HomeBank and Grisbi. I tried them all. My goal was to run GnuCash but at the time its learning curve was too steep for me; I ended up using Grisbi (probably ver. 0.5.9). Grisbi served me well and my impression was that its interface was the most "Quicken-like" of the three programs. (While researching this article, I read some French-language comments that users believe Grisbi is also the closest equivalent to the discontinued Microsoft Money 1991-2009.) After some time and effort, I figured out how to use GnuCash and moved away from Grisbi. Read_on Also in new PCLinuxOS Magazine (December Issue): * ⚓ Inkscape_Tutorial:_Create_A_Text_Design⠀⇛ As we get closer to Christmas, I always think I will make my Christmas cards and print them myself … and then I run out of time and buy them! Oh, well… I'll do it one of these days. I looked on YouTube for an Inkscape tutorial that might help, and found this one from Davies Media Design that would let me do what I was thinking of. His video creates a logo, but the process is the same for the text. I want to put some holiday text on a circle, and fill the circle with clipart. It's pretty easy to do, and the variations are just as easy. Open your Inkscape. My default page size seems to be US Letter, but you can make this a bit bigger. The first step is to make a circle for the text to surround. I made a circle with only a stroke (mine is purple, but make it whatever color you want). I then made my top text, which will say Merry Christmas, and sized it to 64 px. Mine's red, but your color choice is your own. The font I'm using is A&S Speedway (again, use whatever font you like). Select both items. * ⚓ From_The_Chief_Editor's_Desk...⠀⇛ This month's cover image is largely based on an image by Oberholster Venita from Pixabay, celebrating the holiday season. We thought the snuggly penguins made a really good non- secular holiday cover image, especially for a Linux magazine. * ⚓ Screenshot_Showcase⠀⇛ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⣿⢿⠻⢻⢻⡿⢿⢻⢻⣿⣿⡏⣿⣿⡻⢿⢻⣿⠻⣻⣿⣍⢿⢹⣿⢻⣟⢿⣟⣿⣿⡟⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣾⣾⣾⣾⣿⣿⣾⣾⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣾⣾⣿⣾⣾⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⣷⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣾⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⢼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣅⢈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 894 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Kubernetes_Red_Hat_and_SUSE.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Kubernetes_Red_Hat_and_SUSE.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Kubernetes, Red Hat, and SUSE⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 05, 2023 * ⚓ Mat Duggan ☛ Why_Kubernetes_needs_an_LTS⠀⇛ Kubernetes follows an N-2 support policy (meaning that the 3 most recent minor versions receive security and bug fixes) along with a 15-week release cycle. This results in a release being supported for 14 months (12 months of support and 2 months of upgrade period). If we compare that to Debian, the OS project a lot of organizations base their support cycles on, we can see the immediate difference. * ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Better_securing_the_future:_Navigating_Red_Hat OpenShift_disconnected_installations_with_the_agent-based_installer⠀⇛ In this article, we explore the benefits and key considerations of this essential deployment and operating paradigm. * ⚓ OpenSUSE ☛ openSUSE_Community_Plans_Virtual_Bar_Anniversary⠀⇛ Amidst a time where people saw every square inch/cm of their homes, two openSUSE members founded an innovative way to foster camaraderie and engagement among its community; through a virtual bar. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 940 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Links_05_12_2023_Microsoft_s_Bot_Produces_Life_Threatening_Disi.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Links_05_12_2023_Microsoft_s_Bot_Produces_Life_Threatening_Disi.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Links 05/12/2023: Microsoft's Bot Produces Life-Threatening Disinformation, COP28 Dead (Sold) Upon Arrival⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 05, 2023 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Science o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Overpopulation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM) o Monopolies # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Technology_and_Free_Software # Internet/Gemini # Programming * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ James G ☛ Advent_of_Technical_Writing:_A_Day_in_the_Life⠀⇛ You may be wondering: what does the average day in the life of a technical writer look like? What do you do? What do you spend a lot of time working on? If you are entertaining a career in technical writing -- or are generally fascinated by what technical writers do -- this post will provide context on the day-to-day in the role. Of course, everyone's role is different. I will document mine. o ⚓ James G ☛ Advent_of_Technical_Writing:_Types_of_Documentation⠀⇛ "Technical writing" is a broad umbrella. It can mean everything from scientific communication to writing instruction manuals. I wanted to take some time to document some of the types of documentation I have encountered in my work at technology startups. I will discuss the key features of each type of documentation, allowing differentiation. o ⚓ ABC ☛ Kiss_say_goodbye_to_live_touring,_become_1st_US_band_to_go virtual_as_digital_avatars⠀⇛ During their encore, the band’s current lineup — founders Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons as well as guitarist Tommy Thayer and drummer Eric Singer — left the stage to reveal digital avatars of themselves. After the transformation, the virtual Kiss launched into a performance of “God Gave Rock and Roll to You.” The cutting-edge technology was used to tease a new chapter of the rock band: after 50 years of Kiss, the band is now interested in a kind of digital immortality. The avatars were created by George Lucas’ special-effects company, Industrial Light & Magic, in partnership with Pophouse Entertainment Group, the latter of which was co- founded by ABBA’s Björn Ulvaeus. The two companies recently teamed up for the “ABBA Voyage” show in London, in which fans could attend a full concert by the Swedish band — as performed by their digital avatars. o ⚓ Jim Nielsen ☛ How_I_Take_and_Publish_Notes⠀⇛ But I’ve yet to write about how I take and publish notes to it. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ El País ☛ The_race_is_on_for_a_new_[Internet]_based_on quantum_physics⠀⇛ Called the Quantum Internet Alliance, or QIA, the project brings together research institutes and companies across Europe. The initiative is receiving €24 million in EU funding over three and a half years until the end of March 2026. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-26_[Older]_China_demands_more fever_clinics_amid_pneumonia_surge⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-24_[Older]_China_claims_all_clear on_child_respiratory_disease⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-24_[Older]_EU:_Air_pollution killed_hundreds_of_thousands_in_2021⠀⇛ # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Noticing_the_ground_beneath_my_feet⠀⇛ One thing he points out is that mindfulness isn’t achieving a zen-like state on a mountain top, but instead being aware of the things you do on autopilot. He cites a study that we spent about half our lives performing rote actions we’re not even conciously aware of. Peversely, these habitual things can be a source of anxiety, and recognising what we’re doing in real time can be a way to break out of it. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ PCLinuxOS Magazine ☛ ICYMI:_ChatGPT_Authors_100_Blogs Filled_With_Healthcare_Disinformation⠀⇛ ChatGPT quickly authored 100 blogs full of healthcare disinformation, but Google Bard and Microsoft Bing had guardrails in place to thwart such prompting, according to an article on MedPage Today. Generative artificial intelligence (AI) was able to quickly churn out large amounts of health disinformation on vaccines and vaping, Australian researchers found. In just 65 minutes and with basic prompting, ChatGPT produced 102 blog articles containing more than 17,000 words of disinformation on those two topics, Ashley Hopkins, PhD, of Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia, and colleagues reported in JAMA Internal Medicine. Hopkins and colleagues were also able to use two other generative AI tools – DALL-E 2 and HeyGen – to produce 20 realistic images and one deep-fake video in less than two minutes to accompany the disinformation blog posts. # ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ AI_and_Trust⠀⇛ Trust is essential to society. Humans as a species are trusting. We are all sitting here, mostly strangers, confident that nobody will attack us. If we were a roomful of chimpanzees, this would be impossible. We trust many thousands of times a day. Society can’t function without it. And that we don’t even think about it is a measure of how well it all works. In this talk, I am going to make several arguments. One, that there are two different kinds of trust—interpersonal trust and social trust—and that we regularly confuse them. Two, that the confusion will increase with artificial intelligence. We will make a fundamental category error. We will think of AIs as friends when they’re really just services. Three, that the corporations controlling AI systems will take advantage of our confusion to take advantage of us. They will not be trustworthy. And four, that it is the role of government to create trust in society. And therefore, it is their role to create an environment for trustworthy AI. And that means regulation. Not regulating AI, but regulating the organizations that control and use AI. o § Security⠀➾ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ The_White_House’s_Secret_Surveillance Program_Breaks_All_the_Laws⠀⇛ For instance, it was recently revealed that the White House, relying on a set of privacy loopholes, has been sidestepping the Fourth Amendment by paying AT&T to allow federal, state, and local law enforcement to access—without a warrant—the phone records of Americans who are not suspected of a crime. This goes way beyond the NSA’s metadata collection program. Operated during the Obama, Trump and now the Biden presidencies, this secret dragnet surveillance program (formerly known as Hemisphere and now dubbed Data Analytical Services) uses its association with the White House to sidestep a vast array of privacy and transparency laws. # ⚓ NYOB ☛ noyb_sues_CRIF_and_AZ_Direct_for_illegal_and secret_data_processing⠀⇛ noyb has filed a lawsuit against the credit reference agency CRIF GmbH and the address trader AZ Direct. The companies secretly trade the address data of almost every adult in Austria. By doing so, CRIF obtains information that was actually collected for advertising purposes - in order to calculate credit ratings. As the Austrian data protection authority confirmed in two decisions, this violates the GDPR. noyb is now suing for injunctive relief and damages, among other things. # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Time_to_Change_Your_DNA:_23andMe_Lost_Data for_6.9_Million_People⠀⇛ 23andMe, the world’s leading consumer DNA harvesting enterprise, announced Friday that hackers stole about 14,000 people’s ancestry information, as well as “a significant number of files” about other users. It turns out the word “significant” is doing a lot of work in that sentence. According to TechCrunch, 23andMe lost data about 6.9 million users, including people’s genetic information. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-25_[Older]_Philippines,_Australia begin_patrols_in_South_China_Sea⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-24_[Older]_Decoding_China: Beijing,_BRICS_seek_Middle_East_influence⠀⇛ # ⚓ Axios ☛ COP28_president_says_there's_"no_science"_in_fossil fuel_phase-out_calls⠀⇛ A U.N. report last month recommended a "near total phase-out" of coal production by 2040 and a three- quarters reduction in oil and gas production and use by 2050 compared with 2020 levels. # ⚓ Vox ☛ An_oil_executive_is_leading_the_UN_climate_summit. It’s_going_as_well_as_you’d_expect.⠀⇛ Climate scientists have emphasized that Jaber’s statements are inaccurate, with some noting that they’re reminiscent of arguments the fossil fuel industry is known for making. According to the 2023 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, greenhouse gas emissions — which are heavily caused by the usage of fossil fuels — would need to be slashed to almost half by 2030 to keep the temperature increase below 1.5°C. Scientists have also worried that it’s too late to even limit the temperature increase to that level and that the goal is no longer tenable. As Irfan noted, for example, 2023 might be the first year the world’s average temperatures rise above the 1.5°C mark. # ⚓ NPR ☛ U.N._climate_talks_head_says_"no_science"_backs ending_fossil_fuels._That's_incorrect⠀⇛ In the video, however, al-Jaber responds to Robinson's suggestion with this incorrect statement: "I respect the science, and there is no science out there, or no scenario out there, that says that the phase-out of fossil fuel is what's going to achieve 1.5 [degrees Celsius]." In reality, scientists warn that the only paths to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius require phasing out fossil fuels including oil, gas and coal. Under the Paris agreement, world leaders agreed to limit global warming to well-below 2 degrees of warming, and ideally no more than 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming, compared to temperatures in the late 1800s. # ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ COP28:_The_Globalist_Agenda_Has_Never_Been More_Obvious⠀⇛ The rest of the two weeks will doubtless be committed to lobbyists, bankers, royals and politicians deciding exactly how they are going to “act”. Or, more accurately, how they are going to sell their pre-agreed actions to their cattle-like populations. They are literally telling us their plans, all we have to do is listen. # ⚓ CNBC ☛ John_Kerry_responds_to_COP28_president's_claim there's_'no_science'_behind_fossil_fuel_phase_out⠀⇛ The remarks, which were made by Al-Jaber during a live online event on Nov. 21, were described as "farcical" by climate scientists. # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Russia_takes_control_of_Iraq’s_biggest oil_discovery_for_20_years⠀⇛ The approval last week by Iraq’s Oil Ministry for Inpex – the major oil company of key U.S. ally Japan – to sell its 40 percent stake in the Block 10 region that contains the huge Eridu discovery leaves the way clear for Lukoil to take total control of the entire oil-rich area. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Behind_the_Curtain:_U.S._not_ready_for_era_of robotic,_AI_world_wars⠀⇛ What's happening: Eric Schmidt, the former Google CEO, said at last week's Axios AI+ Summit in Washington that with cutting-edge tech being deployed in Ukraine, a drone is no longer just an uncrewed flying object. It's a "potent software platform" that's a big step toward more automated war. "It's clear that drones and other weapons based on autonomy can replace tanks, artillery and mortars," Schmidt told us in a later interview. "The success of Ukraine and also Russia on the battlefield proves this point." # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Alarming_Video_Shows_Guy_Boxing_With_Robot⠀⇛ The robot is being controlled by a different engineer wearing a set of VR goggles nearby, translating the movements of his VR controllers directly to Nadia's arms and legs via a tether. # ⚓ The North Lines IN ☛ Drone_Found_Near_IB_In_Punjab’s Amritsar⠀⇛ During a search, a China-made quadcopter was found in a field. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Israel_investigates_possible_trading knowledge_ahead_of_October_7_Hamas_attack⠀⇛ "Days before the attack, traders appeared to anticipate the events to come," they wrote, citing short interest in the MSCI Israel Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) that "suddenly, and significantly, spiked" on Oct. 2 based on data from the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). "And just before the attack, short selling of Israeli securities on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange (TASE) increased dramatically," they wrote in their 66-page report. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Report:_Carbon_dioxide_emissions_from_fossil_fuels to_hit_new_highs⠀⇛ Why it matters: It "now looks inevitable we will overshoot" the Paris Agreement's ambitious target of limiting global warming to 1.5°C (2.7°F) above preindustrial levels, said University of Exeter professor Pierre Friedlingstein, who led the research, in a statement accompanying the report involving over 90 educational institutions and published Tuesday. "Leaders meeting at COP28 will have to agree rapid cuts in fossil fuel emissions even to keep the 2°C target alive." # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ It's_Crucial_We_Phase_Out_Fossil_Fuels, Despite_Outrageous_COP28_Claims⠀⇛ If global emissions and fossil fuel burning continue at their current rates, this warming level will be breached by 2030. Since the publication of our Nature paper, scientists have modelled hundreds of scenarios to explore the world's options for limiting warming to 1.5°C. Many feature in the latest report by the IPCC. Here is what they tell us about the necessary scale of a fossil fuel phase-out. # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia_shells_Ukraine’s_Kherson,_killing_at least_one_and_damaging_hospitals_—_Meduza⠀⇛ o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Axios ☛ Study:_Western_U.S._wildfires_undo_2_decades_of_air quality_progress⠀⇛ Black carbon concentrations have risen 55% on an annual basis, mostly due to the wildfires, researchers found. # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Carbon_Dioxide_Is_Becoming_More_Fearsome, Scientists_Find⠀⇛ New research has found that the greenhouse effect of carbon dioxide, the gas primarily responsible for making our planet hotter, becomes even more potent as as more of it is emitted. That grim finding comes from a new study, published in the journal Science, which took a look at CO2's effects in the stratosphere. Scientists have known that carbon dioxide actually cools this upper region of the atmosphere, but this latest work shows that stratospheric cooling ends up intensifying the greenhouse effect it causes. Put another way: carbon dioxide is getting pound- for-pound stronger at heating up our planet the more of it that we pump into the atmosphere. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Why_pollution_from_cigarettes_costs_$26 billion_a_year⠀⇛ Plastic pollution from cigarette butts and packaging is costing $26 billion each year to which China contributes 20% of the global cost, SCMP reported. Over ten years, the cost for waste management and dealing with its impact on marine ecosystems is projected to reach $186 billion. # ⚓ Idiomdrottning ☛ Is_it_you_or_is_it_the_system?⠀⇛ The supply side (a.k.a. the drilling side, the pipelines, the cigar-smoking megarich CEOs) is one side of the problem. The demand side is another part. The supply side is maliciously and selfishly blaming the demand side—”we’re only giving the people what the people demands”. The supply side needs to stop doing what they’re doing and realize that they do bear responsibility. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ Ryanair_Passengers Asked_To_Pay_'Scandalous'_Fee_To_Download_Boarding Pass?_Airline_Offers_Update⠀⇛ The Irish carrier has issued a statement after several reports suggested that passengers have been asked to pay a fee between £7 and £21 to download their boarding pass or face long queues at the airport to get a physical one. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Climate_Summit_Host_UAE_Blasted_by HRW_for_Migrant_Worker_Abuse,_Toxic_Pollution_&_Mass Surveillance⠀⇛ The U.N. climate summit underway in Dubai marks the first time in nine years that representatives from Human Rights Watch have been allowed access to the United Arab Emirates. We speak with researcher Joey Shea about toxic pollution from UAE fossil fuels processing, and the state of political rights in the authoritarian country — especially for migrant workers who constitute 88% of the population but lack many labor protections under the kafala system. “There is no independent civil society in this country,” says Shea, adding that there is “sustained targeting of human rights defenders, activists, judges, lawyers, regular Emirati citizens” and anyone else who speaks out. Shea also warns that attendees of the COP28 conference are subject to mass surveillance from the moment they step foot in the country. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ COP28:_Asad_Rehman_on_Funding_a_“Just Transition”_Off_Fossil_Fuels_&_Limits_on_Protest_in UAE⠀⇛ As Democracy Now! broadcasts from the COP28 climate summit in Dubai, we get an update on negotiations and more from Asad Rehman, executive director of War on Want and lead spokesperson for the Climate Justice Coalition. He says developing countries must be compensated by rich countries for the impacts of the climate crisis and to allow for a “just transition” away from fossil fuels around the world, not just in the Global North. The annual United Nations conference opened Thursday with delegates agreeing to adopt a new “loss and damage” fund to help poorer nations deal with the disproportionate impact of the climate crisis, but it has raised just a fraction of what activists say is needed to address the annual cost of climate catastrophes. The United States only pledged $17 million for the fund. Meanwhile, COP28 president Sultan Al Jaber is facing a new wave of criticism after claiming there is “no science” backing the need to phase out fossil fuels. Al Jaber is also the head of the UAE’s state oil company ADNOC. # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Reuters,_New_York_Times_Top_List_of_Fossil Fuel_Industry’s_Media_Enablers⠀⇛ Darren Woods, the CEO of Exxon, celebrates the potential of carbon capture to dramatically reduce global emissions. According to Saudi Aramco’s podcast, the fossil fuel industry is innovating new climate solutions, and BP’s podcast proclaims more of the same.  These messages sound like they’ve been pulled from the public-relations departments of the world’s largest oil companies, but they were produced and promoted by the in-house ad agencies of Bloomberg, Reuters, and The New York Times, respectively, and in the process benefited from the credibility those media brands have built with readers over the decades as trustworthy sources of news. # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Telegraph_Sale_‘Middleman’_Nadhim_Zahawi_is a_Guest_of_UAE_at_COP28⠀⇛ Conservative MP Nadhim Zahawi is attending the COP28 climate summit as a guest of the United Arab Emirates, DeSmog can reveal – prompting questions about his role as the intermediary in the host country’s prospective takeover of a major British newspaper. An investment fund backed by the UAE has reached an agreement to buy The Telegraph and its sister publication the Spectator and erase the £1.16 billion debt of the Barclay brothers, their current owners.  # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ Vox ☛ How_millennials_learned_to_dread_motherhood⠀⇛ I’m not alone in struggling with the prospect of motherhood. Birthrates in America have declined across racial and ethnic groups over the past 15 years, decreases driven not only by people having fewer children but also by those waiting to have any children at all, many deeply torn about the idea. The animated Fencesitter Reddit stirs daily with prospective parents stressed over what they really want. One of the most viral TikTok videos last year, with millions of views and some 800,000 likes, is known simply as “The List,” featuring hundreds of reasons to not have children. (Reasons included: urinary tract infections during and after pregnancy, back pain, nosebleeds, and #89, “could be the most miserable experience of your life.”) o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-26_[Older]_Germany's_Greens_hold intense_convention_amid_budget_crisis⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-24_[Older]_Amazon:_EU_workers stage_strikes_to_'Make_Amazon_Pay'⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-24_[Older]_Cheap_labor:_Are_tech giants_exploiting_Ugandans?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Reuters ☛ Twilio_to_cut_about_5%_of_total_workforce⠀⇛ Cloud communications platform Twilio Inc (TWLO.N) said on Monday it will lay off about 5%, or 295, of its total workforce by the first quarter of 2024 to achieve profitable growth. The company expects to incur about $25 million to $35 million associated with the restructuring in the last three months of 2023. # ⚓ Yahoo News ☛ Twilio_to_cut_about_5%_of_total_workforce⠀⇛ # ⚓ Game Rant ☛ EA_Lays_Off_Developers_at_Codemasters⠀⇛ EA has announced layoffs at Codemasters, the UK developer behind the popular F1 and Grid franchises. While not the first round of layoffs at EA, the announcement is the latest addition to a long list of staff redundancies within the gaming industry in 2023. Now, with the layoffs at Codemasters, EA may be looking to cut back on its investments in the racing genre. # ⚓ Top_headlines:_Canadian_banks_have_never_had_job_cut 'carnage'_like_this,_David_Rosenberg_says⠀⇛ Canada’s main stock index moved lower, dragged down by losses in energy and base metals, while U.S. markets also ended the day in the red, led by weakness on the Nasdaq. The S&P/TSX composite index closed down 42.66 points at 20,410.21. In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 41.06 points at 36,204.44. The S&P 500 index was down 24.85 points at 4,569.78, while the Nasdaq composite was down 119.54 points at 14,185.49. The Canadian dollar traded for 73.85 cents U.S. compared with 74.04 cents U.S. on Friday. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-25_[Older]_Hungary's_Viktor_Orban launches_anti-EU_campaign⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-25_[Older]_North_Korea_says satellite_has_images_of_'target_regions'⠀⇛ # ⚓ Society for Scholarly Publishing ☛ Ask_The_Chefs:_The_US Executive_Order_on_Artificial_Intelligence⠀⇛ There has been significant governmental activity around AI, driven especially by the G7 Hiroshima process. In reading the Executive Order (EO), I was most interested in learning the Biden Administration’s approach on three topics: (1) copyright, (2) AI accountability, and (3) AI use in education. The Executive Order kicked the can on copyright. The US Copyright Office (part of the Legislative Branch) is currently in the middle of a massive AI study process, and the Executive Order directs the head of the US Patent and Trademark Office (US PTO, part of the Executive Branch) to meet with the head of the USCO within six months of the Copyright Office’s issuance of any final report (traffic is bad in DC). At such time, the US PTO is directed to “issue recommendations to the President on potential executive actions relating to copyright and AI.” On the positive side, at least the EO acknowledged that copyright is relevant. # ⚓ The Drone Girl ☛ Red_Cat_management_changes_mean_C-Suite title_for_one_young_entrepreneur⠀⇛ Among the impressive lines on his resume include Peter Thiel Fellow and Forbes 30 Under 30 member. In 2021, Teal was acquired by Red Cat, upon which the company focused its efforts on becoming a military drone powerhouse through products like the Teal Golden Eagle. Today, the company’s flagship product is the Teal 2 drone which is a powerhouse in the darkness, largely thanks to a partnership with thermal camera maker FLIR. # ⚓ The Verge ☛ The_UK_tries,_once_again,_to_age-gate pornography⠀⇛ UK telecoms regulator Ofcom has laid out how porn sites could verify users’ ages under the newly passed Online Safety Act. Although the law gives sites the choice of how they keep out underage users, the regulator is publishing a list of measures they’ll be able to use to comply. These include having a bank or mobile network confirm that a user is at least 18 years old (with that user’s consent) or asking a user to supply valid details for a credit card that’s only available to people who are 18 and older. The regulator is consulting on these guidelines starting today and hopes to finalize its official guidance in roughly a year’s time. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ VA_hires_unnamed_senior_executive_to clean_up_website_benefits_issues⠀⇛ Rosendale said that subcommittee members received the VA response to Bost’s letter less than an hour before Monday’s hearing. “It took two hearings by this subcommittee to shake this response loose, and that is absolutely unacceptable,” he said. # ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ The_Law_Bytes_Podcast,_Episode_187:_Jeff Elgie_on_What_the_Bill_C-18_Deal_With_Google_Means_for_the Future_of_the_Canadian_News_Sector⠀⇛ The Canadian government tried to salvage the Online News Act last week as its struck a deal with Google that will bring in $100 million to support the news sector and remove concerns about blocked news links. The government had to overhaul its own law in order to reach the agreement, tossing aside most of the core elements in favour of a fund-style single payment from Google. The reaction to the agreement from the news sector has been mixed at best with relative silence from many supporters and outright opposition from the likes of Torstar. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Spotify_Lays_Off_17%_of_Workforce_Amid Profitability_Push:_‘We_Have_to_Become_Relentlessly Resourceful’⠀⇛ Spotify head Daniel Ek announced the layoffs in a publicly published message today, after signing off on a number of other cutbacks throughout 2022’s second half and this year’s initial 11 months. Citing “dramatically” slowed economic growth as well as a desire to “consistently drive profitability” at Spotify, the 40-year-old disclosed that the latest personnel reduction will specifically decrease “total headcount by approximately 17% across the company.” # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Spotify_is_ending_2023_with_its_third_and_biggest layoffs_of_the_year⠀⇛ The company has already conducted two rounds of layoffs this year. In January, when Spotify axed 6% of its global payroll, or 600 jobs, Ek took “full accountability,” saying he was “too ambitious in investing ahead of our revenue growth.” Then in June, 200 employees were fired from the podcast division—a high-investment area on which the company had splurged more than $1 billion, both in production and development. That included exclusive audio rights to podcasts created by Prince Harry, Kim Kardashian, and former US president Barack Obama. # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Spotify_Lays_Off_1,500_as_Revenues_Climb⠀⇛ Ek admitted that this would come as a surprise to the nearly one in five staff being cut, especially since the streaming company claimed to be doing pretty damn well in its most recent quarterly earnings report from October. For most of this past year, Spotify was operating at a loss of nearly $502 million, though things seemed to have been turning around as of late. # ⚓ ABC ☛ Spotify_to_cut_17%_of_workforce,_CEO_says⠀⇛ The layoffs at the Stockholm-based music streaming service, which employs about 9,200 people, follow two rounds of cuts announced earlier this year. # ⚓ NPR ☛ Spotify_to_cut_17%_of_staff_in_the_latest_round_of tech_layoffs⠀⇛ Across the tech industry, tens of thousands of positions have been cut in the last year as a pandemic-era boon continues to fade. According to the tech job tracker layoffs.fyi, more than 250,000 tech workers have been laid off since the start of the year. # ⚓ NBC ☛ Spotify_to_lay_off_17%_of_employees_—_read_the_full memo_CEO_Daniel_Ek_sent_to_staff⠀⇛ The latest round of cuts equates to roughly 1,500 jobs, according to a CNBC source familiar with the matter. In his memo, Ek did not specify where the job cuts would happen among its global workforce. A Spotify spokesperson wouldn’t comment on the exact number of roles affected by the measure. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ North_Korean_[Crackers]_Have_Stolen_Over_$3 Billion_in_Cryptocurrency:_Report⠀⇛ North Korean threat actors are believed to have stolen more than $3 billion in cryptocurrency to date, according to a report from threat intelligence firm Recorded Future. Collectively tracked as the Lazarus Group, the North Korean hackers specialize in cryptocurrency- related intrusions, mainly relying on spear- phishing emails to trick victims into authorizing malicious scripts and downloading malware. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Want_India_to_lead_protocol_development_in Web3,_says_Polygon’s_Sandeep_Nailwal⠀⇛ "I want Indian developers to be at the forefront of protocol development. If we want to attract the best and brightest of Indian talent into Web3, we need to improve education on a protocol level," Nailwal said, speaking at the Build for Web3 Summit in Bengaluru. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Spotify_to_cut_1,500_jobs_in_latest_round_of layoffs⠀⇛ Why it matters: The steep cuts come as a surprise, given Spotify's most recent quarterly earnings report, which marked the first time the company turned a quarterly profit since 2021. Spotify had previously cut 6% of its staff — roughly 600 employees — earlier this year. And it cut 200 roles after consolidating its podcast division. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Spotify_layoffs:_Music_streamer_to_lay_off 17%_of_workforce⠀⇛ Spotify has laid off 17% of its employees, or about 1,500 people, chief executive Daniel Ek said in a note about organisational changes at the music- streaming company on Monday. This is the company’s third round of layoffs this year, after sacking 6% of its workforce in January, citing a challenging economic environment. In October 2022, it laid off 38 staffers from its Gimlet Media and Parcast podcast studios. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Generative_AI_a_stumbling_block_in_EU legislation_talks⠀⇛ EU lawmakers cannot agree on how to regulate systems like ChatGPT, in a threat to landmark legislation aimed at keeping artificial intelligence (AI) in check, six sources told Reuters. As negotiators meet on Friday for crucial discussions ahead of final talks scheduled for December 6, 'foundation models', or generative AI, have become the main hurdle in talks over the European Union's proposed AI Act, said the sources, who declined to be identified because the discussions are confidential. # ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ Police_Secrecy_Hits_A_Snag_After_Florida Supreme_Court_Decision⠀⇛ # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Facebook_Accused_of_Pressuring_Harvard_to Fire_a_Disinformation_Expert⠀⇛ Best known for her work tracking COVID-19 disinformation, extremism researcher Joan Donovan is, per new court filings, accusing Harvard's Kennedy School of kowtowing to pressure from Facebook's parent company Meta after she gave a report that received significant pushback from people tied to the tech giant. Until now, the reasons for Donovan's exit from Harvard earlier this year and news of the school's closure of her research initiative, the Technology and Social Change Project (TASC), were unknown. But now she's filed a 248-page document with the Massachusetts attorney general's office and the US Education Department proferring an explosive explanation. # ⚓ CNN ☛ Former_Harvard_disinformation_scholar_says_she was_pushed_out_of_her_job_after_college_faced_pressure from_Facebook⠀⇛ Beginning in 2018, Donovan worked for the Shorenstein Center at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government, and ran its Technology and Social Change Research Project, where she led studies of media manipulation campaigns. But last year Harvard informed Donovan it was shutting the project down, Donovan claims. In a disclosure sent last week to Harvard leaders and US Education Secretary Miguel Cardona and made public on Monday, Donovan alleges that the University began restricting her research after the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative donated $500 million to fund a new university-wide center on artificial intelligence. The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is the philanthropy run by Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, who both attended Harvard. # ⚓ Chronicle Of Higher Education ☛ A_Star_Misinformation Scholar_Says_Harvard_Pushed_Her_Out_for_Criticizing Meta⠀⇛ Joan Donovan, a leading scholar of online- disinformation campaigns, is going public about why she believes she was recently forced out of Harvard University’s Kennedy School: because her research threatened the school’s financial ties to the social-media behemoth Meta. # ⚓ Boston Globe ☛ Prominent_disinformation_specialist files_whistleblower_complaint_against_Harvard⠀⇛ But Whistleblower Aid alleged that Donovan’s team began to feel pressure in October 2021, when she announced during a university meeting that she had legally obtained the so- called Facebook Files, which showed the social media giant, now known as Meta, tracked real-world harms exacerbated by its platforms. Donovan said at the meeting that she planned to “create a public archive” of the documents and host workshops for researchers and journalists, according to Whistleblower Aid. But a “Facebook PR executive” at the meeting became “irate” when Donovan discussed the matter, the group alleged. “Following the meeting, [Kennedy School] Dean [Douglas] Elmendorf began a two-year campaign to purge Dr. Donovan, silence her voice, decrease her public profile, and stifle her team’s impactful research,” the group alleged. # ⚓ Connor Tumbleson ☛ A_Lost_Friend⠀⇛ So I messaged him and asked him what was going on. That was a terrible idea. There was a loud rejection for everything I asked: I'm being brainwashed, I get my news from fake sources, I'm turning into every possible bad word. Even when I broke questions down to their absolute basic form he doubled down or even tripled down to some very morally/ ethically wrong points. I couldn't even have a good adult conversation about differing opinions without getting tilted. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ How_Online_Fights_Affect_Real World_Battlefields⠀⇛ This week, Emerson T. Brooking joins Matthew and Emily to explain how online discussion shapes the reality on the ground in conflict zones. Brooking is a resident senior fellow at the Digital Forensic Research Lab of the Atlantic Council and the co-author of LikeWar, a book about the weaponization of social media. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Hindustan Times ☛ Donald_Trump_lashes_out_at_Robert_De Niro's_Gotham_award_speech:_‘He_has_become_a_total_loser…’⠀⇛ “I just wanna say one thing, the beginning of my speech was edited, cut out I didn't know about it, and wanna read it,” began the Oscar-winning actor. "It was, thankyou, history isn't history any more, truth is not truth, even facts are being replaced by alternative facts and driven by conspiracy theories and ugliness. In Florida young students are taught that slaves develop skills that could be applied for their personal benefit. Lying has become just another tool in the charlatan's arsenal. The former president lied to us more than 30,000 times during his four years in office, and he’s keeping up the pace with his current campaign of retribution. With all of his lies, he can’t hide his soul. He attacks the weak, destroys the gifts of nature and shows his disrespect for example using Pocahontas as a slur. This is where I came in and I saw that they edited all that.” # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Indonesia_Softens_Internet_Law After_Critics_Complain_of_Misuse⠀⇛ Indonesia's parliament on Tuesday passed a revision to its [Internet] law, softening articles that critics said have been used to stifle government opposition. The revision to the electronic information and transaction law (ITE) includes tighter requirements for the law's defamation article, requiring a stronger burden of proof in prosecutions. It also halves the maximum penalty for defamation from four years to two. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-26_[Older]_In_Georgia,_'journalism is_no_longer_considered_safe'⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-26_[Older]_Iran_sues_newspaper_for publishing_morality_guard_documents⠀⇛ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Detained_in_Russia_for_250_Days,_American Reporter_Is_Still_Awaiting_Trial⠀⇛ Monday marked the 250th day that Evan Gershkovich, an American reporter for The Wall Street Journal, has been in custody in Moscow on an espionage charge that he, his newspaper and the U.S. government have vehemently denied, and a lawyer who has worked on similar cases said that Mr. Gershkovich’s time in detention will likely last much longer. The lawyer, Ivan Pavlov, who has worked on a number of high-profile treason and espionage cases in Russia, said that they usually take years to complete. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Is_Journalism_Ready?⠀⇛ A second Trump White House would give important policy scoops to friendly publications such as The Federalist and The Washington Free Beacon rather than to supposedly unfair outlets like The New York Times, which would report them unfavorably. “The White House press corps could be shaken up,” the former Trump official said, explaining that the administration’s director of communications could say to the White House press corps, “I know you have your rules, but we’re not going to play by those rules. Give these people”—administration allies—“press credentials, or we’ll have briefings with only people we invite, in a different room.” It’s not hard to imagine Trump breaking laws to go after journalists, seeking embarrassing personal information on his most effective pursuers. At the start of his term, he floated to James Comey, the FBI director, the possibility of jailing journalists who published classified information. Comey laughed off the idea; with fanatic loyalists in the bureau, a second-term Trump could carry it out. In a 900-page manual on how to bring the administrative state under the president’s complete control, Heritage advises that “the Department of Justice should use all of the tools at its disposal to investigate leaks,” including seizing reporters’ email and phone records, a practice that Attorney General Merrick Garland ruled out in 2021. The conservative supermajority on the Supreme Court might be less likely to defend press freedom during a second Trump term than the Court has been in the past. Joel Simon, the founding director of the Journalism Protection Initiative at CUNY’s Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism, has urged colleagues to prepare, practically and psychologically, for legal assaults, economic pressure, “a toxic online environment,” and dangerous streets with violence from both police and demonstrators. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-11-25_[Older]_Germany:_Last Generation_activists_blockade_Berlin_streets⠀⇛ # ⚓ Site36 ☛ Last_investigations_closed:_Hamburg_G20_police violence_in_2017_remains_completely_unpunished⠀⇛ All criminal prosecution of police officers who violently assaulted people at the 2017 G20 summit in Hamburg came to nothing and no charges were brought. The last investigation was closed despite compelling evidence. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Regional_Iranian_Officials_Order_Strict_Dress_Code For_Female_Public_Workers⠀⇛ The deputy governor of Qom, Abolghasem Moghimi Araghi, emphasized in the directive the need for female employees to comply with the "laws of modesty and hijab." The requirement underscores the regime's renewed emphasis on conservative dress standards, particularly in Qom, a city known for its religious significance and as a hub for Shi'ite religious education. o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ # ⚓ Comic Book ☛ Sony_Is_Deleting_a_Ton_of_Content_PlayStation Fans_Paid_For⠀⇛ "As of 31 December 2023, due to our content licensing arrangements with content providers, you will no longer be able to watch any of your previously purchased Discovery content and the content will be removed from your video library," reads the alert from PlayStation. "We sincerely thank you for your continued support." # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Steam_client_drops_support_on_macOS,_but adds_it_on_Linux⠀⇛ It is not an instant 100 percent cutoff. The client, and the games, will keep working for now – but there will be no more updates, and if it or the games installed using it, break, well, that means gamers will be on their own. The underlying reason for dropping these releases is that Google's Chrome no longer supports these macOS releases, and Steam uses Chrome internally. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ HP_exec_says_quiet_part_out_aloud_when_it comes_to_locking_in_print_customers⠀⇛ Instant Ink is a subscription in which ink or toner cartridges are dispatched when needed, with customers paying for plans that start at $0.99 and run to $25.99 per month. As of May last year, HP had more than 11 million subscribers to the service. Since then it has banked double-digit percentage figures on the revenues front. # ⚓ Kyle E Mitchell ☛ Support_the_Blue_Oak_License_List⠀⇛ If you’ve benefited from this blog and other licensing material I’ve published, please consider donating to Blue Oak Council’s license list this year! o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ TikTok_and_Ticketmaster_Expand Partnership_to_Over_20_Countries:_‘We_Hope_to_Deliver_Further Value_to_All_Artists’⠀⇛ While Ticketmaster event links’ ability to turn TikTok users into ticket customers is unclear, the businesses did disclose that there’ve “been more than 2.5 billion views of videos utilizing the in- app features by artists, sports teams and event organizers” to date. (Of course, that TikTok reportedly uses a secret “heating button” to drive viral trends – or deliver viewers to particular videos and individuals, that is – means Ticketmaster links may prove doubly beneficial for artists who higher-ups wish to see succeed.) # ⚓ BW Businessworld Media Pvt Ltd ☛ Meta_To_Face_€550_Mn Lawsuit_By_Spanish_Media_Outlets_Over_Unfair_Competition⠀⇛ A coalition representing 83 prominent Spanish media outlets has launched a legal offensive against Meta, parent company of social media giant Facebook. The AMI newspaper publishing association spearheaded the initiative, filing a substantial EUR 550 million (USD 598 million) lawsuit on Friday in a commercial court, alleging Meta's engagement in unfair competition within the advertising market. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Spanish_media_association_files_$598_million lawsuit_against_Facebook_owner_Meta⠀⇛ A group representing 83 Spanish media outlets on Monday said it has filed a 550 million euro ($598 million) lawsuit against Facebook owner Meta Platforms, citing unfair competition in the advertising market. The lawsuit was filed by the AMI newspaper publishing association in a commercial court on Friday, the association said. # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ KISS_Announces_the_‘End_of_Its Physical_Existence’_with_Full_Avatar_Replacements⠀⇛ After a career spanning over 50 years, KISS is marking the official end of its “physical existence” as a band by crossing into the digital world for future performances. At the conclusion of the last show of the band’s final live tour, The End of the Road, on December 2 at Madison Square Garden, KISS announced the surprise onstage handover of the band to the members’ new digital avatars with an encore performance of “God Gave Rock and Roll To You.” # ⚓ Tech Central (South Africa) ☛ Kiss_to_live_on_as avatars_as_band_prepares_to_retire⠀⇛ In this vein, lead singer Paul Stanley and bandmates Gene Simmons, Eric Singer and Tommy Thayer have something in common with Swedish pop group Abba. The group is in discussions to let their avatars continue to tour in a deal with Pophouse Entertainment Group, the company behind Abba Voyage. Details are yet to be ironed out. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Cloudflare_Applauds_Court_for Rejecting_DNS_Piracy_Blocking_Order⠀⇛ Cloudflare applauds a recent decision from a Higher Court in Germany, which ruled that DNS resolvers are not liable for online piracy. The ruling is a key victory in an ongoing legal fight over the responsibilities of online intermediaries. According to Cloudflare, broad DNS blocking orders are not just ineffective but also disproportionate. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Record_Labels_Urge_Court_to_Uphold $47_Million_Piracy_Liability_Verdict⠀⇛ In 2022, a group of major recording labels won $47 million in damages from Internet provider Grande Communications. The ISP appealed the verdict, challenging the evidence and the liability claims. However, according to the music companies, Grande can't escape responsibility for infringement since it willingly profited from pirating subscribers. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Movie_Companies_Sue_Lawyer_in_Dispute Over_Piracy_Settlement_Cash⠀⇛ Movie companies behind The Expendables, Olympus Has Fallen, and The Hitman's Bodyguard, have built a reputation for tracking down thousands of BitTorrent users in pursuit of cash settlements. In a rare case that could provide an even rarer glimpse behind the scenes of an industrial-scale settlement operation, the movie companies are now suing a lawyer who acted for them in a large number of settlement cases. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding_—_BEHNOUY_Wordo:_USING⠀⇛ # ⚓ Notes_on_an_overheard_conversation_at_4:15_am⠀⇛ “Hey! I heard the screen door slam! Could you check the front porch?” “Who would be here at … 4:00 am‽” “Probably an Amazon delivery. I ordered a white noise machine last night.” “Seriously?” “Just go look!” o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Survey_(cause_i'm_curious)⠀⇛ Seeing the recent spike in users and reading some interesting posts, I felt really curious as to the ways people came across this bit of the internet. So to put it clearly... # ⚓ The_End_of_"Good_Enough"⠀⇛ With the exception of gaming equipment, all of my computers run some flavor of Linux. Linux is much more powerful than Windows, but it's also geared toward IT professionals and other power users, which means I need to configure large parts of the OS myself. I have the freedom to easily build scripts or even standalone programs for custom data processing--on the other hand, because it's easy to do so, I'm often expected to do it on my own. The result of this effort is a fleet of systems that are by no means perfect, but certainly work well enough for my purposes. I write these notes about Linux over Gemini, a protocol with a similar do-it-yourself attitude among its users. Gemini isn't a perfect protocol, as the endless debates about its features and weaknesses show. But, like Gopher and the early days of HTML before it, it serves well enough to allow an ecosystem of capsules to grow and thrive within its own niche. # ⚓ I'm_just_sitting_here_watching_the_posts_go_'round_and 'round⠀⇛ Time files when you're not having self. For example, self worries this transmission won't make some other self's grade, therein finding this self to be less than this self would want to be found. Time practically comes to a grind agonizing thusly. But remove the self-related concerns and holy fucking shit is watching text I was just thinking about appear in a vim session whilst fingers be a flappin' fun! # ⚓ Random_Rhythm_Generation⠀⇛ First up, some notation. The "x" in the following indicate when noise is made, and the "." indicate silence (or, sometimes, that there is an onset, but it is much quieter than those marked with an "x"). What makes the noise or how long that sustains for are not indicated. # ⚓ The_squelching_effect_of_modern_online_fundamentalism⠀⇛ Given "me" and "the system" are arguably nothing more than mental constructs, it seems "it is" whatever gives mere mental constructs more value than they're arguably worth. # ⚓ It's_beginning_to_look_a_lot_like_BBS->Antenna-mas⠀⇛ Do I really want to create yet another account somewhere now that tilde.club seems permanently dead? No. Eff no. Looks like I could still upload to places that supported a Geminaut incarnation prior to oldernow, but nah.. confusion. # ⚓ File/directory_entropy_warrior⠀⇛ It's time, once again, to wade through files/ directories created/downloaded during other life battles with sufficient haste to have made painfully disordered waste just crawling with Fear Of Losing Out via deleting a file that *might* come in handy to rectify someone *else's* eff up. We're talkin' filenames now devoid of meaning, filenames suggesting "attempt iterations" without clarity as to which was actually used in whatever circumstance/situation. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ I've_been_blogging_for_757,382,400_seconds⠀⇛ Wow! It's been a full 365 days since my blog went under the lock [1]! And it's been a full 8,766 days since I started blogging [2]. Here's to another 8,766 days! # ⚓ The_Gopher_Situation⠀⇛ Over the past few days, I've been battling a pernicious bug in my gopher server [1] wherein it becomes CPU (Central Processing Unit) bound and cause other issues on the server. I then have to go in and kill the gopher process (and the one time I couldn't even do that—I had to have the virtual server restarted). I initially attributed this to an over-aggressive bot crawling my site and blocked it with `iptables` but even that didn't solve the issue. # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ Aya_v0.4.0_Coming_Soon,_Doom_Mapping,_and_Other Updates⠀⇛ Aya is now written in Common Lisp and uses the CL-RemiGemini library. This provides better conformance, as well as support for client certificate handling. * You can now specify what the index files are with the new `index-files` option in the config. The default is to look for (in this order): `index.gmi` or `index.gemini`. # ⚓ Shell_scripting_with_completing-read⠀⇛ Here’s a li’l completing-read that asks you to select one line from all the lines piped into it, and pipes that one line out. So you can use it in the middle of pipes, it doesn’t have to be at the end. The smart thing is that if you’re in Emacs, like in shell-mode for example, it uses Emacs’ completing-read (which you hopefully have souped up with vertico or the like), and if you’re outside of Emacs in another terminal, it just passes it on to gum choose. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2642 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Melbourne_duo_working_on_using_Linux_phones_as_general_computin.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Melbourne_duo_working_on_using_Linux_phones_as_general_computin.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Melbourne duo working on using Linux phones as general computing devices⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Dec 05, 2023 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇russell_and_yifei⦈_ That's how one of them, long-time Debian developer Russell Coker, puts it. The other, Swinburne University computer science student Yifei Zhan, says his aim is "to make the free/libre mobile ecosystem more secure and usable, and encourage potential developers and power users to hack on it". The duo applied for, and obtained, grants from Linux Australia earlier this year, with the money helping to buy a Linux phone for each of them. Russell initially chose the PinePhone Pro as the hardware they would use; it runs an open-source operating system, has a removable battery and also has hardware switches to turn off WiFi and Bluetooth if needed for security reasons. But now, he has found that this device is not working as well as expected. "The PinePhonePro is not working as well as I hoped. One major issue is that it doesn't work reliably for phone calls," he said. 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In fact, all it seems to talk about these days is "Smart" and other meaningless fluff, including "Clown Computing" and LLMs (chatbots) being wrongly described as "artificial intelligence" (LLMs are neither). Microsoft keeps moving the goalposts and the media shifts focus based on what advertisers want. 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Audiences seeking to access those resources on the Amnesty.org website can now do so safely and securely, and bypass such censorship attempts. Visitors can be sure to reach the desired destination through end-to-end authentication while eliminating all metadata associated with their session making it impossible for their identity or internet activity to be tracked. From location hiding to end-to-end encryption, .onion sites are particularly useful at maximizing internet users' privacy and anonymity because they never leave the Tor network. * ⚓ Tor ☛ Arti_1.1.11_is_released:_More_onion_progress⠀⇛ Arti is our ongoing project to create a next-generation Tor client in Rust. Now we're announcing the latest release, Arti 1.1.11. Arti 1.1.11 continues work on support for onion services in Arti, and we're even closer than we were last month. We think that the odds are good that our next release will be the one in which they're finally ready for testing by others. You can find a list of what we still need to do on the bugtracker. * ⚓ Mozilla ☛ Mozilla_Foundation_Welcomes_Four_New_Board_Members [Ed: More Microsofters]⠀⇛ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2849 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Open_Hardware_Arduino_Raspberry_Pi_and_Orange_Pi.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Open_Hardware_Arduino_Raspberry_Pi_and_Orange_Pi.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Open Hardware: Arduino, Raspberry Pi, and Orange Pi⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 05, 2023 * ⚓ Arduino ☛ Analog_gauge_array_helps_evaluate_compilation_efficiency⠀⇛ The device contains an Arduino Mega 2560 board and it receives utilization data through serial from a PC running a custom Rust program. That program uses some resources, but it is trivial compared to everything else. The Arduino employs pulse-width modulation (PWM) to control the positions of the gauge needles. There is also a strip of WS2812B individually addressable RGB LEDs illuminating the gauges, with the colors corresponding to utilization. So high utilization will move a gauge’s needle to the right and cause it to light up red. * ⚓ Hackster ☛ Eben_Upton_Hints_at_an_RP2040_Successor,_Promises_a Raspberry_Pi_Compute_Module_5_in_2024⠀⇛ Raspberry Pi's Eben Upton has hinted that a successor to the company's wildly popular RP2040 dual-core microcontroller may be on the way — and that the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5 will launch in 2024, with "a high degree of commonality" with the earlier Compute Module 4. * ⚓ [Old] Hackster ☛ Raspberry_Pi_5_Review_—_Hands-On_with_the_Most Powerful_Raspberry_Pi_Yet⠀⇛ The Raspberry Pi 5 is at once more of the same and something entirely new. It mimics the footprint of its predecessors near- perfectly, and runs the same software — but it delivers a headline-grabbing claim of three times the performance and, for the first time in a mainstream Raspberry Pi model, high-speed PCI Express connectivity to external hardware. * ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Engaging_primary_Computing_teachers_in_culturally relevant_pedagogy_through_professional_development⠀⇛ We lay out 10 areas of opportunity to help Computing teachers make the subject more relevant and engaging for all learners in their classroom. * ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Creating_connections_at_our_2023_Africa_partner_meetup⠀⇛ For our Cape Town meetup with Global Clubs Partners, we brought together organisations from across Africa to learn and collaborate. * ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ Orange_Pi_SBC_adopts_Huawei_Ascend_AI_processor⠀⇛ * ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Mini_Apple_IIe_Now_Fully_Functional⠀⇛ Here at Hackaday, we love living in a future with miniaturized versions of our favorite retrocomputers. [James Lewis] has given us another with his fully functional Apple IIe from the Mega II chip. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2932 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Openwashing_Fake_Open_Source_Fake_Security_and_Charlatans.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Openwashing_Fake_Open_Source_Fake_Security_and_Charlatans.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Openwashing (Fake 'Open Source'), Fake Security, and Charlatans⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 05, 2023 * § Openwashing⠀➾ o ⚓ The Register UK ☛ AWS_exec:_'Our_understanding_of_open_source_has started_to_change'⠀⇛ Why is there not an in-place upgrade from one Amazon Linux to another? “We’ve been focused on providing a stable platform,” said Nalley. “The nature of doing in- place upgrades tends to be destabilizing. You’re upgrading the underlying version of glibc or llvm and keeping that safe across versions is a challenge.” o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ GitLab_beats_expectations,_delivers_first-ever profit,_and_its_stock_jumps⠀⇛ The company reported earnings before certain costs such as stock compensation of nine cents per share on revenue of $149.7 million, up 32% from a year earlier. That was well ahead of Wall Street’s call for a one-cent-per-share loss on sales of just $141.5 million. * § Fake Security⠀➾ o ⚓ The Register UK ☛ EU_lawmakers_finalize_cyber_security_rules_that panicked_open_source_devs⠀⇛ Once in force, which will happen 20 days after its adoption by Parliament and the Council, the CRA will require hardware and software makers to meet some intimidating targets. Included in the rule is a 24-hour disclosure period for any newly-discovered security flaw under active exploitation, five years of security patch support, thorough documentation of all security features, and more. o ⚓ Matthew Garrett ☛ Why_does_Gnome_fingerprint_unlock_not_unlock the_keyring? [Ed: TPM is not security and these fingerprint things are futuristic gimmicks rather than a mechanism for authentication]⠀⇛ We can't use the TPM because there's no secure communications channel between the fingerprint reader and the TPM, so we can't configure the TPM to release secrets only if an associated fingerprint is provided. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3004 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Parole_media_player_updates_with_Middle_Click_Actions_to_Tray_I.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Parole_media_player_updates_with_Middle_Click_Actions_to_Tray_I.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Parole media player updates with Middle Click Actions to Tray Icon⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 05, 2023 Parole, the lightweight media player for XFCE Desktop, released version 4.18.1 few days ago. The new release updates the app icons with 32px, 64px, 96px sizes support, so it should have a cleaner look in system menus like App Finder, Whisker Menu. Read_on ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3030 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Programming_Leftovers.1.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Programming_Leftovers.1.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Programming Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 05, 2023 * ⚓ Rlang ☛ Advent_of_Code_2023_Day_4⠀⇛ The difficulty is going up and down. This day was quite easy in comparison to yesterday. Today it was about parsing some numbers and finding a set of winning numbers. As I am doing these puzzles in Go I found out that there is no default set type. There is an implementation by HashiCorp named go-set that fills this void. I did not use an external package (I try to avoid them while doing AoC), but I am very tempted to pull that package in. * ⚓ Lawrence Tratt ☛ How_Often_Should_We_Sharpen_Our_Tools?⠀⇛ Tool sharpening in computing comes in various guises. Sometimes there is, at least at the moment, no amount of tool sharpening that would be worthwhile. For example, I’ve invested 25 years in using and understanding Unix — another operating system would have to be significantly better for a migration to be worthwhile. Instead I invest small amounts of time here and there improving my understanding, and configuration, of my favoured Unix, OpenBSD. * ⚓ Qemu ☛ Qemu_Advent_Calendar_2023:_Mu:_a_human-scale_computer._Several bootable_apps_built_with_the_application_image_builder_Mu.⠀⇛ Size of download is 344k bytes. * ⚓ Chris Hannah ☛ 4_Days_of_Advent_of_Code⠀⇛ This is the first time that I’m attempting all of the puzzles, and my aim is do them roughly within the same day. Although I’m not sure I’ll get much code written on Christmas Day. * ⚓ Nicholas Tietz-Sokolsky ☛ Profiling_Rust_programs_the_easy_way⠀⇛ Performance is one of the big reasons to use Rust. It's not a magic wand for performance, it just gives you the control to eke out whatever performance you need. So if your program is still slow, how do you fix that? Profiling your program is one of the best options for figuring out why it's slow and where you need to focus your improvement. Without profiling, you're guessing blindly at where the problem may lie. With a profile, you can see where most of the time is spent and focus your efforts. There are a few ways to profile Rust programs, but my favorite is flamegraph (also called cargo-flamegraph). It's a wonderful tool that wraps around the standard profilers perf (on Linux) and dtrace (on MacOS). * ⚓ Byte Cellar ☛ Thinking_Back_on_‘Turbo_Pascal’_as_It_Turns_40⠀⇛ Created by Niklaus Wirth in 1970, Pascal is a small and efficient procedural programming language that is easy to use and, thanks to its structured programming nature, was often employed as a language for learning programming concepts at a level higher than traditional, early BASIC. It is in this capacity that I had my first hands-on experiences with the language in an A.P. Computer Science class I took in high school during the late ’80s. Here, at its 40th anniversary, I thought I would share some memories I have with Turbo Pascal. * ⚓ The Register UK ☛ 40_years_of_Turbo_Pascal,_the_coding_dinosaur_that revolutionized_IDEs⠀⇛ Turbo Pascal was released in 1983 and represented a shift from the traditional way programming tools worked in the early days of IBM PC compatibles. Rather than multiple compiler and linking passes that required time-consuming floppy disk access, Turbo Pascal did everything in RAM, making it considerably faster – hence the name "Turbo." * ⚓ [Old] EE Times ☛ Borland_Sues_Microsoft_for_Unfair_Competition⠀⇛ Borland is Microsoft's largest and most acclaimed competitor in the development tools market. In the past 30 months, Microsoft has hired at least 34 of Borland's top software architects, engineers, and marketing managers, according to a complaint prepared by Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati. These actions have been undertaken “for wrongful purposes: to acquire Borland confidential information and to inhibit Borland's competitive position,” the filing states. * ⚓ [Old] CNET ☛ Borland_sues_Microsoft_over_brain_drain⠀⇛ Borland claims that in the past 30 months, Microsoft has hired 34 of the ailing software developer's key employees by offering "large signing bonuses of several millions of dollars and other incentives," according to the suit. "It's like we're in the desert, and Microsoft is stealing our water bottle," said the executive, clearly frustrated by Microsoft's recruiting operations. The suit claims that many of those former employees now hold strategic positions at Microsoft that mirror their former roles at Borland. Yocam said Microsoft is targeting key employees who can use their knowledge to improve Microsoft's products. * § Kernel Space⠀➾ o ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ Getting_some_information_about_the_Linux kernel_dentry_cache_(dcache)⠀⇛ The Linux kernel's dcache subsystem is its implementation of a name cache of directory entries; it holds dentries. As a (kernel) cache, it would be nice to know some information about this cache and how effective it was being for your worklog. Unfortunately the current pickings appear to be slim. * § Perl / Raku⠀➾ o ⚓ Perl ☛ Perl_Advent_Calendar_2023:_Santa's_Christmas_Dancer2_Web App_-_Naughty_&_Nice_List_Manager⠀⇛ Ho, ho, ho! In this hilarious Christmas-themed Dancer2 web app tutorial, we'll help Santa manage his Naughty & Nice list. This time, we're using Perl's Dancer2 framework, but Santa's Christmas spirit is universal. Let's dive in and create Santa's very own web app! o ⚓ Rakulang ☛ Raku_Advent_Calendar:_Day_5_–_The_Elves_go_back_to Grammar_School⠀⇛ On the plus side, all the addresses came in via emails and pdf attachments as computer readable unicode text. But how to read all those addresses into a consistent format so that they could be fed to the maps app? * § Python⠀➾ o ⚓ James Bennett ☛ A_Python/Django_Advent_calendar⠀⇛ As my own twist on this, I’m going to try to publish one short blog post each day of Advent 2023, each covering a small but hopefully useful tip or bit of information for Python and/or Django developers. As today — December 3 — is the first Sunday in Advent for 2023, I’m starting today, and will attempt to keep going daily until the final post on Christmas Eve (December 24). o ⚓ James Bennett ☛ Easy_HTTP_status_codes_in_Python⠀⇛ This is part of a series of posts I’m doing as a sort of Python/Django Advent calendar for Advent 2023, offering a small tip or piece of information each day from the first Sunday of Advent through Christmas Eve. See the first post in the series for an introduction. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3233 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Programming_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Programming_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Programming Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 05, 2023 * ⚓ GNOME ☛ Felix_Häcker:_Profiling_Rust_Applications_With_Sysprof⠀⇛ Sysprof is an enormously helpful tool that can be used for identifying performance problems in applications. However, there are a few things that need to be considered in order to get meaningful and useful results, especially for Rust applications. With this blog post I want to provide a short step-by-step guide on what requirements need to be met, so that hopefully more people can make use of Sysprof. * § R⠀➾ o ⚓ Rlang ☛ Trying_out_timeplyr⠀⇛ The timeplyr R package, created by my colleague Nick, was accepted on CRAN in October 2023. A direct quote from the CRAN page is that it provides a set of fast tidy functions for wrangling, completing and summarising date and date-time data. o ⚓ Rlang ☛ Ten_Lords-a-Leaping⠀⇛ Just what is a lord-a-leaping? Well, what is a lord? A lord is a title of nobility, usually inherited, that exists in the UK and other countries. And those lords like to leap, especially during the twelve days of Christmas. o ⚓ Rlang ☛ Statistics_without_mathematics_series⠀⇛ The Statistics without Mathematics books from Vor Press are available in a variety of ‘skins’. In all versions, including those using jamovi, the subject is taught without statistical formulae in order to reduce ‘statistics anxiety’. * § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ o ⚓ CNX Software ☛ PicoUART6_6x_UART_to_USB_bridge_supports_up_to_6 Raspberry_Pi_5_boards⠀⇛ PicoUART6 is a small USB to UART bridge board that takes a Raspberry Pi Pico board and exposes six UART ports to connect up to six Raspberry Pi 5 SBC’s over the new 3-pin UART connector. The Raspberry Pi 5 has created a lot of buzz since its announcement in September 2023, and people most talked about its higher performance compared to a Raspberry Pi 4 and its new (non-standard) FCP PCIe connector,  but the new Raspberry Pi SBC also features a 3-pin JST UART connector that was not used in earlier and frees 3-pin on the 40-pin GPIO header. * § Debian Family⠀➾ o ⚓ Ben_Hutchings:_FOSS_activity_in_August_2023⠀⇛ o ⚓ Ben_Hutchings:_FOSS_activity_in_September_2023⠀⇛ o ⚓ Ben_Hutchings:_FOSS_activity_in_October_2023⠀⇛ o ⚓ Ben_Hutchings:_FOSS_activity_in_November_2023⠀⇛ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3332 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/rlxOS_is_an_immutable_Linux_distribution_that_proves_looks_can_.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/rlxOS_is_an_immutable_Linux_distribution_that_proves_looks_can_.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ rlxOS is an immutable Linux distribution that proves looks can be deceiving⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 05, 2023 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇rlxos⦈_ The rlxOS (pronounced "relaxed OS") Linux distribution is a lot of things. It's immutable, it tweaks the Xfce desktop to look like KDE Plasma, it's fast, and (on the surface) it looks to be very user-friendly. Read_on ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠁⠘⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠈⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠙⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣿⣿⠇⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠟⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠅⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⣻⣿⠀⢙⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠋⠛⠿⠋⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠺⣿⡿⢹⣿⣿⡿⠹⠁⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⡟⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠀⠘⠯⠀⠀⠀⠿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠃⠁⠙ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⠃⠀⢻⣿⡟⠈⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠁⠸⠏⠈⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠙⠛⠿⣄⣀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠤⠶⠦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠀⠀⠈⠛⠂⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⠿⡿⠻⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠀⠃⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣶⣤⣷⣶⣶⣶⣤⣤⣤⣤⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡀⠀⡀⢠⡀⠀⣠⡀⢀⣴⣦⣤⣀⠀⠀⢀⠀⣠⣤⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣄⣀⣠⡄ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣾⣷⣶⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⣀⣀⣀⣦⣀⣀⣴⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣤⣤⡄⢀⣤ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⣉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3384 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Robustel_introduces_EG5101_and_EG5200_Debian_11_industrial_IoT_.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Robustel_introduces_EG5101_and_EG5200_Debian_11_industrial_IoT_.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Robustel introduces EG5101 and EG5200 Debian 11 industrial IoT gateways with 4G LTE cellular connectivity⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Dec 05, 2023 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Robustel_EG5101_(left)_and_EG5200_(right)⦈_ Robustel introduced the EG5101 and EG5200 industrial IoT gateways running Debian 11 a few weeks ago, both with 4G LTE cellular connectivity, but the NXP i.MX 6ULL-based EG5101 has a more compact design, while the NXP i.MX 8M Plus- powered EG5200 provides more I/Os and resources. The hardware between the EG5101 and EG5200 differs quite more than I expected when I first started this post, but both run the same RobusOS Pro operating system based on Debian 11 and with support for C, C++, Python, Java, Node.js, etc programming through an SDK provided by the company. In a typical scenario, the gateway would gather data from sensors using WiFi, Ethernet, or serial (RS232/RS485), potentially do some processing at the edge (especially the EG5200 with a built-in AI accelerator) Read_on ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⠛⠛⠁⠉⠉⠙⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠋⡁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢭⠉⠙⠛⠛⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠛⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⢄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠋⠁⠀⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠒⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠓⠁⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠨⠶⢾⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⡀⢸⡆⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠒⠉⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠈⡇⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠒⠀⠀⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⠀⠓⣶⣧⣄⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⠠⠆⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⣧⠀⠙⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠉⠑⠚⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣦⣤⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣦⣤⣀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3445 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Security_Leftovers.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Security_Leftovers.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Security Leftovers⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 05, 2023 * ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Monday⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (amanda, ncurses, nghttp2, opendkim, rabbitmq-server, and roundcube), Fedora (golang-github-openprinting-ipp-usb, kernel, kernel-headers, kernel-tools, and samba), Mageia (audiofile, galera, libvpx, and virtualbox), Oracle (kernel and postgresql:13), SUSE (openssl-3, optipng, and python-Pillow), and Ubuntu (firefox). * ⚓ OpenSSF (Linux Foundation) ☛ OpenSSF_Releases_Top_10_Secure_Software Development_Guiding_Principles⠀⇛ Today, we are excited to announce version 1.0 of the Secure Software Development Guiding Principles. These 10 principles describe a series of foundational practices that, if followed, can help provide better assurance and security for organizations leveraging them. Though aspirational, they provide a set of core practices that producers and suppliers of software can pledge to align with and follow throughout their development lifecycles helping create more secure software.  * ⚓ OpenSSF (Linux Foundation) ☛ OpenSSF_Announces_New_Members,_Guiding Software_Security_Principles_at_OpenSSF_Day_Japan⠀⇛ The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF), a cross-industry initiative of the 'Linux' Foundation that focuses on sustainably securing open source software (OSS), announced new members from leading technology firms and a new set of Secure Software Development Guiding Principles at OpenSSF Day Japan. * ⚓ PR Newswire ☛ OpenSSF_Announces_New_Members,_Guiding_Software_Security Principles_at_OpenSSF_Day_Japan⠀⇛ * ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Linux_version_of_Qilin_ransomware_focuses_on_VMware ESXi [Ed: The issue here is proprietary bloat of VMware, not Linux, but Microsoft-connected sites present this as something wrong with Linux, as usual]⠀⇛ In each folder, a ransom note named [extension]_RECOVER.txt will be created that contains links to the ransomware gang's Tor negotiation site and the login credentials required to access the victim's chat page. * ⚓ Jerusalem Post ☛ Hackers_steal_IDF_patient_records_from_cyberattack_on Israeli_hospital⠀⇛ A hacker group allegedly linked to Iran says it stole 100,000 IDF medical records from a cyberattack on Ziv Medical Center in Safed in the Galilee. * ⚓ The Guardian UK ☛ Sellafield_nuclear_site_hacked_by_groups_linked_to Russia_and_China⠀⇛ The UK’s most hazardous nuclear site, Sellafield, has been hacked into by cyber groups closely linked to Russia and China, the Guardian can reveal. The astonishing disclosure and its potential effects have been consistently covered up by senior staff at the vast nuclear waste and decommissioning site, the investigation has found. The Guardian has discovered that the authorities do not know exactly when the IT systems were first compromised. But sources said breaches were first detected as far back as 2015, when experts realised sleeper malware – software that can lurk and be used to spy or attack systems – had been embedded in Sellafield’s computer networks. * ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Former_Public_School_Information_Technology_Manager Charged_with_Damaging_School’s_Computer_Network⠀⇛ An Ayer man was charged today and agreed to plead guilty in connection with a June 2023 cyberattack targeting the computer network of his former employer, an Essex County public high school. Conor LaHiff, 30, was charged in an Information with one count of unauthorized damage to protected computers. He will appear in federal court in Boston at a later date. * ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Research:_Privacy_as_Pretense:_Empirically_Mapping_the Gap_Between_Legislative_&_Judicial_Protections_of_Privacy⠀⇛ While many statutes recognize that violations of privacy cause harm—and some even provide for private rights of action to enforce privacy rights—scholars have speculated that the judicial doctrine of Article III standing could create a procedural hurdle to remedying privacy harms. This empirical study maps the extent of that hurdle by investigating the data privacy litigation landscape of the U.S. Federal Courts in light of the strict Article III injury requirement for addressing privacy violations. The results are striking: Close to 60% of the cases heard in federal courts from 2000 to 2020 were dismissed for a failure to satisfy the strict injury threshold of Article III standing requirements. The empirical analysis thus reveals a significant gap between what legislators intend privacy protection to do (and what privacy statutes provided for on their face), and the actual landscape of privacy protection as interpreted by courts. * § Windows TCO⠀➾ o ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ AlphV_claims_they_have_started_contacting_some_of Tipalti’s_clients_(1)⠀⇛ As of today, the threat actors have not stated what clients they have already reached out to and whether they got any responses. Claims by people on Twitter that named companies are being extorted or will almost certainly be extorted within days just help the threat actors while possibly harming the clients’ reputations and stock values. o ⚓ Dark Reading ☛ Japan's_Space_Program_at_Risk_After_Microsoft Active_Directory_Breach⠀⇛ The agency, known as JAXA, has shut down parts of its network as it conducts an investigation to discover the scope and impact of the breach. o ⚓ Kevin Beaumont ☛ What_it_means_—_CitrixBleed_ransomware_group woes_grow_as_over_60_credit_unions,_hospitals,_financial_services and_more_breached_in_US.⠀⇛ Credit union technology firm Trellance own Ongoing Operations LLC, and provide a platform called Fedcomp — used by double digit number of other credit unions across the United States. This Fedcomp platform was not patched for CitrixBleed, as no Netscaler patches had been applied since May 2023: o ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ On_September_2nd,_the_U.S._branch_of_Great_Star Industrial_Co._disbursed_a_ransom_of_1_million_dollars_to_a ransomware_group⠀⇛ In the chat, we were able to read several interesting passages. The ransom amount requested by Akira was initially set at 2 million dollars in cryptocurrency, but it later increased to 2.4 million dollars. This escalation occurred because the ransomware group had in its possession the data of two other companies connected to Hangzhou Great Star Industrial Co., Ltd. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3636 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Spacedrive_Areca_Backup_and_Games.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Spacedrive_Areca_Backup_and_Games.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Spacedrive, Areca Backup, and Games⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 05, 2023 * ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Spacedrive_–_file_manager_powered_by_a_virtual distributed_filesystem⠀⇛ Spacedrive is a file manager which seeks a different approach. It implements a VDFS (virtual distributed filesystem), a filesystem that works across multiple storage layers. * ⚓ Medevel ☛ Areca_Backup_is_a_Free_Backup_and_Recovery_Solution_for backdoored_Windows_and_GNU/Linux_Systems⠀⇛ Areca-Backup is a highly efficient and versatile file backup software that offers a wide range of features to ensure the safety and security of your data. * § Games⠀➾ o ⚓ Chris ☛ Bet_On_the_Outcome_of_the_Poker_Experiment!⠀⇛ o ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ What_Happened_to_the_Native_GNU/Linux_Zealots? [Ed: Wow,_wanting_games_to_be_compiled_for_something_other_than Windows_makes_one_a_"zealot"?]⠀⇛ It was not so long ago. If you were browsing Reddit for news related to GNU/Linux Gaming, while holding a beer after a long day’s work, you were bound to find them. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3687 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/statCounter_GNU_Linux_Market_Share_on_Desktops_Laptops_Worldwid.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/statCounter_GNU_Linux_Market_Share_on_Desktops_Laptops_Worldwid.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ statCounter: GNU/Linux Market Share on Desktops/Laptops (Worldwide) Now 4% by Rounding Up, Not Even Counting ChromeOS At All⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 05, 2023 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Windows Windows Windows; Down to 68% of desktops⦈ AS noted some_hours_ago_in_the_sister_site, GNU/Linux is now measured at an all-time high of 3.67%, based on statCounter. We expect a lot more anti-GNU/Linux heckling and trolling, but it won't be enough to instigate infighting and cause total destruction. 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The latest update on the Steam client mentions several improvements for Linux users – but it also links to an end of support announcement for users on macOS 10.13 and 10.14. Those releases aren't supported any more, and that marks the end of the line for 32-bit games on Intel Macs. It is not an instant 100 percent cutoff. The client, and the games, will keep working for now – but there will be no more updates, and if it or the games installed using it, break, well, that means gamers will be on their own. The underlying reason for dropping these releases is that Google's Chrome no longer supports these macOS releases, and Steam uses Chrome internally. Read_on ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3782 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Today_in_Techrights.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/Today_in_Techrights.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Today in Techrights⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 05, 2023 ⚓ Updated This Past Day⠀⇛ 1. ⚓ Web_Monopolist,_Google,_'Pulls_a_Microsoft'_by_Hijacking/Overriding_the Name_of_Competitor_and_Alternative_to_the_Web⠀⇛ Gulag 'hijacking' 'Gemini' ⚓ New⠀⇛ 2. ⚓ CNN_Contributes_to_Demolition_of_the_Open_Web⠀⇛ Reprinted with permission from Ryan Farmer 3. ⚓ Eben_Moglen_on_Encryption_and_Anonymity⠀⇛ The alternate net we need, and how we can build it ourselves 4. ⚓ Yet_More_Microsofters_Inside_the_Board_of_Mozilla_(Which_Has_Just Outsourced_Firefox_Development_to_Microsoft's_Proprietary_Prison)⠀⇛ Do you want a browser controlled (and spied on) by such a company? 5. ⚓ IRC_Proceedings:_Monday,_December_04,_2023⠀⇛ IRC logs for Monday, December 04, 2023 6. ⚓ GNU/Linux_Now_Exceeds_3.6%_Market_Share_on_Desktops/Laptops,_According to_statCounter⠀⇛ things have changed for Windows in China 7. ⚓ Over_at_Tux_Machines...⠀⇛ GNU/Linux news 8. ⚓ Links_05/12/2023:_Debt_Brake_in_Germany_and_Layoffs_at_Condé_Nast_ (Reddit,_Wired,_Ars_Technica_and_More)⠀⇛ Links for the day 9. ⚓ [Meme]_Social_Control_Media_Giants_Shaping_Debates_on_BSDs_and_GNU/ Linux⠀⇛ listening to random people in Social Control Media 10. ⚓ Reddit_(Condé_Nast),_Which_Has_Another_Round_of_Layoffs_This_Month, Incited_People_Against_GNU/Linux_Users_(Divide_and_Rule,_It's_2003_All Over_Again!)⠀⇛ Does somebody (perhaps a third party) fan the flames? 11. ⚓ Who_Will_Hold_the_Open_Source_Initiative_(OSI)_Accountable_for_Taking Bribes_From_Microsoft_and_Selling_Out_to_Enable/Endorse_Massive_Copyright Infringement?⠀⇛ it does Microsoft advocacy 12. ⚓ Using_Gemini_to_Moan_About_Linux_and_Spread_.NET⠀⇛ Toxic, acidic post in Gemini 13. ⚓ Links_04/12/2023:_Mass_Layoffs_at_Spotify_(Debt,_Losses,_Bubble)_Once Again⠀⇛ Links for the day ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3894 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at https://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/today_s_howtos.1.shtml Gemini version at gemini://gemini.tuxmachines.org/n/2023/12/05/today_s_howtos.1.gmi ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ today's howtos⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 05, 2023 * ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ How_to_Create_a_backdoored_Windows_10/11_Bootable_USB_on Linux⠀⇛ Learn the proper way to make a backdoored Windows 10/11 bootable USB on Linux. Our guide provides a foolproof method for a smooth and successful process. * ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ How_to_install_java_17_on_Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛ In this tutorial, you will learn how to install java 17 on Ubuntu 22.04. Java runtime environment can be easily installed on any Ubuntu version, by simply downloading the official package openjdk-17- jre , which can be found on the Universe repository for Ubuntu 22.04. * § idroot⠀➾ o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Abusive_Monopolist_Microsoft_SQL_Server on_Fedora_39 [Ed: It is proprietary and it does not really run on GNU/Linux, it's just some lousy compatibility layer]⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Abusive Monopolist Microsoft SQL Server on Fedora 39. Abusive Monopolist Microsoft SQL Server, a leading relational database management system, was initially designed for Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Windows. 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Each transportation mode has unique advantages and downsides, with RSYNC serving as the backup for RRDP. In this article, I’ll explain an idea and provide pointers to running code, on how to optimize the RRDP-RSYNC failover process. This proposed optimization helps reduce bandwidth and CPU cycles consumed for both the server and the client. * ⚓ Manuel Matuzović ☛ Back_to_Basics:_5_HTML_attributes_for_improved accessibility_and_user_experience⠀⇛ In the fast-paced world of web development, it's easy to get caught up in the latest frameworks, libraries and cutting-edge technologies. But sometimes, the most impactful improvements come from revisiting the fundamentals. In this blog post, I'll guide you through five HTML attributes that not only improve accessibility but also enhance the overall user experience. 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It’s named I.C.B.M. Storage Scale and previously I.C.B.M. Spectrum Scale. * ⚓ Vitux ☛ How_to_Install_BookStack_on_Rocky_Linux⠀⇛ BookStack is a self-hosted, open source and easy-to-use platform for organizing and storing information. It can be used for various purposes, such as a wiki, documentation website and note-taking application, to name a few. It was developed with the Laravel PHP framework and uses MySQL to store the data. * ⚓ Vitux ☛ How_to_Install_Grafana_on_Alma_Linux⠀⇛ Grafana is a free and open-source monitoring and data visualization software. By default, it supports Graphite, Elasticsearch, Prometheus, and other databases. It is a multi- platform interactive application that provides charts, graphs, and alerts on the web when connected to supported data sources. * ⚓ XDA ☛ How_to_install_Ubuntu_in_VirtualBox⠀⇛ If you're curious and want to try Ubuntu, one of the most popular Linux distributions, we have some good news. 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It owns two different providers, one called Ongoing Operations LLC and the other called Fedcomp. Both of them told their respective customers of outages affecting their systems. The former sent out a note on Dec. 2 about an “ongoing cyber security incident” that happened on Nov. 26. Fedcomp posted and then removed notice about a potential incident and didn’t respond to reporters’ inquiries. * ⚓ Industry Dive ☛ Dozens_of_credit_unions_confront_outages_linked_to third-party_ransomware_attack⠀⇛ Trellance-owned Ongoing Operations told affected credit unions it was the target of a ransomware attack on Nov. 26, Joseph Adamoli, acting director and media relations manager at NCUA, said in an email. FedComp, another Trellance-owned unit serving credit unions, also reported a nationwide outage. * ⚓ ABC ☛ Cybercriminals_conduct_ransomware_attack,_causing_outages_at_60 credit_unions,_federal_agency_says⠀⇛ NCUA told ABC News that the hack occurred through a third-party vendor, FedComp, using Trellance software, which was the source of the cyberattack. Trellance did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Friday. * ⚓ Kevin Beaumont ☛ What_it_means_—_CitrixBleed_ransomware_group_woes_grow as_over_60_credit_unions,_hospitals,_financial_services_and_more_breached in_US.⠀⇛ Credit union technology firm Trellance own Ongoing Operations LLC, and provide a platform called Fedcomp — used by double digit number of other credit unions across the United States. This Fedcomp platform was not patched for CitrixBleed, as no Netscaler patches had been applied since May 2023: [...] * ⚓ The Register UK ☛ US_warns_Iranian_terrorist_crew_broke_into_'multiple' US_water_facilities⠀⇛ In a take-out-the-trash-time release on Friday night security advisory, the FBI, National Security Agency (NSA), Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), plus the Israel National Cyber Directorate (INCD) warned that CyberAv3ngers, an Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC)-affiliated group, has been "actively targeting and compromising" Unitronics Vision Series PLCs, since at least November 22. 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Goldstein did not provide exact figures on the impacted water facilities, but an alert from CISA, the FBI, the National Security Agency, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Israel National Cyber Directorate noted “continued malicious cyber activity.” A government official said last Thursday that the number of affected facilities was less than 10, and so far only a municipal water facility in Aliquippa, Pa., has been identified as a victim. * ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Microsoft_confirms_Windows_bug_renames_printers_to HP_LaserJet_M101-M106⠀⇛ ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 4444 ➮ Generation completed at 02:50, i.e. 18 seconds to (re)generate ⟲