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Low-cost 45mm NanoPi R28S offers dual GbE and Wi-Fi 6

The NanoPi R28S is a compact networking-focused Linux board based on the Rockchip RK3528A from FriendlyELEC. The 45 × 45mm platform provides dual Gigabit Ethernet, Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.3, microSD storage, optional eMMC, and dual USB-C ports, with support for several Linux-based operating systems.

DietPi v10.6 Adds Orange Pi and Odroid Images

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City 2-1 Bournemouth: Brief Highlights

HE official highlights have just come out. Many chances. Many missed.

When Butterflies Come Visit

T is quite an ecstatic atmosphere here around the stadium, not just because it’s early (4PM still very bright in August) but also sunny and the dramatic win not too long ago resonates in the minds of people. I’ve just seen some butterflies coming by and Bottle sits on the door handle.

They Fought ‘Til the End

HE change of style of the local “Viking” (born here) might impact the looks or hairstyle of locals. I myself inadvertently imitated Haaland’s style, but I think I’ll stay with what I have. It’s not hard to manage.

I Never Claimed to be a Medical Doctor

think there are many people in society that are imposters and very well know they are imposters. So what bothers them most are critics and people who expose that they’re imposters, as those latter people represent a risk to them. Sometimes those are colleagues.

A “Pep” Deja Vu

he team without Bernardo, KDB, Rodri and others is still failing to deliver. It made a comeback against Atlético Madrid, then suffered a humiliating defeat to Arsenal. Both away from the local stadium.

Focusing More on GNU/Linux, as It Grows Fast This Summer

N the modest local market we buy almost everything. We pay with cash, we enjoy every moment of it unless it’s rainy, and we can return things if they’re faulty (provided we know the vendor and choose a reliable one based on reputation/pedigree/word of mouth).

Signal-to-Noise Ratio

HE term “s/n ratio” (shorthand for the above) is short, simple, and catchy. It implies we should strive for quality, not quantity, or at least for relevance.

10cc Still Active

‘ve just found this 15-year-old performance by 10cc. I particularly like how ~40 years later they still sound mostly the same (I assume they’re not smokers) and can play reasonably well, recreating their work from the mid-70s. The fact all of them are alive and mentally well (enough to go on stage) is a sign of good health and happiness.

Offline Birthdays

O tomorrow morning we leave for the day (or half-day) and enjoy the birthday, followed by a week of rest. We’re not getting younger, so we might as well make the most of life and making the most of it does not mean being online or wasting any moment in social control media garnering “likes” and digital greetings.

How Winning Happens

“He will win who, prepared himself, waits to take the enemy unprepared.” — Sun Tzu

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jul 30, 2026

Foot-Jaw of Broad-Claw

Updated This Past Day

  1. As Expected, Facebook Collapses, Microsoft Hides Massive Debt
    GAFAM is a giant mountain of debt
  2. Staff of EPO Cautions Against Unlawful Weaponisation of PIPs Against Industrial Actions That Protest Corruption
    PIP-like sanctions against anybody who does not toe the line of Cocaine King?
  3. IBM, Running Out of Things It Can Sell, is Selling Software Patents
    IBM is not just pathetic; it's actively harmful because it lobbies for software patents and spreads software patents around
  4. The 'Church' of Moglen/Stallman
    'reunion' with Eben Moglen
  5. Microsoft Has Fallen to #3 in Singapore
    There are many technically talented people in Singapore or overseas workers who lodge in Singapore

    New

  6. At The Register MS "PARTNER CONTENT" Means Company Writing Fake Articles About Itself and Its Own Products
    At The Register MS, content-farming has become a thing
  7. Gemini Links 29/07/2026: Star Trek, Retirement, and ODEs in GNU Octave
    Links for the day
  8. Links 29/07/2026: "BuzzFeed Lays Off 33 Percent of Remaining Staff" (Trying LLM Slop Some More), Scam Altman Mocked by the Media
    Links for the day
  9. GNOME Curated and Censored by IBM (Under the Guise of "Code of Conduct")
    Felipe Borges (IBM) has just posted a follow-up
  10. Digital Mass Surveillance as a Hallmark of Failed Societies
    "small leap forward in tech ethics"
  11. I Found a Typo, Don't Vote!
    Social control media isn't good at adding any meaningful signal
  12. Jeremy Sands Explained the Harms of Codes of Conduct
    next week the 500th show milestone [is reached]
  13. Tonight's Earnings Report From Microsoft and Facebook ('Meta') Will be Faked Because They Hide Almost a Trillion Dollars in Debt
    The US economic system is only as honest as the people who govern it
  14. The Vacuum Syndrome
    Parables help
  15. The Only Old People Who Can Survive IBM Are the CEO and His Circle of Enablers
    very similar to what's happening at the EPO
  16. Microsoft Layoffs Aren't Done Ahead of the Need to Tell Shareholders About "Efficiency" (Tonight)
    Microsoft layoffs won't be "Done" until what's left of Microsoft is "None"
  17. Microsoft Lacks Growth. Ahead of 'Results' The UK's Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) Finds Merit in Allegations Slop is Microsoft's Excuse for Price Hikes (Piggybacking Vendor Lock-in).
    At this stage it's not hard to see why many nations gravitate away from Microsoft
  18. Parliament leaks confidential cult inquiry witness contact list (COFG Victoria)
    Reprinted with permission from Daniel Pocock
  19. Troll-Feeding is Time-Wasting
    in social control media
  20. WordPress is Technical Debt
    There are a number of technical tasks underway and maybe some testing (this coming weekend or later)
  21. Will Red Hat Still Exist in 2027 or Just Become a "Brand" at IBM?
    Whistleblowers told us IBM was laying off about 500 Red Hat engineers earlier this year
  22. Call for IBM Whistleblowers
    If you work for IBM and have something material (like balance sheets) to prove financial misconduct, please try to 'touch base' and establish a secure communication channel we can both use
  23. EPO Series on EU and Pan-European Corruption, Vote-Rigging, Extending Beyond the EPO Itself
    By Saturday it will be August already, so we'll start preparing for Rianne's birthday
  24. SLAPP Censorship - Part 133 Out of 200: Lies by Omission
    As usual, the other side wants people to ignore how much they lost
  25. European Patent Office (EPO) Series: Streamlining the Decision-Making Process
    Negrão was one of 17 applicants for the position but he somehow managed to end up as the sole candidate on the shortlist prepared by the Management Board in June 2020
  26. Links 29/07/2026: "Hugging Face Has a Deepfake Nudes Problem" and "$1.5B Anthropic Copyright Infringement Ruling" (Plagiarism is Not "Training")
    Links for the day
  27. Comments on Today's Judgment
    It hopefully helps clarify what actually happened
  28. Thank You, Andy
    Burnham and "Tech Rights"
  29. Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) Inaction and Incompetence - Part II - 77 Messages Sent, Did Not Even Investigate or Examine Any of the Actual Evidence (British Taxpayers' Money Wasted)
    SRA has become known (even notorious) for inaction
  30. Inevitable Politics
    In technology, provided the work you do has growing impact (we served almost 2 million requests yesterday), things will inevitably become more political - whether you like it or not does not matter
  31. Not Only "Loonies Take on Farage"
    pretending that the opposition to the right wing is "Loonies"
  32. Brigading Against Women - Part I - Bypassing the Legal System by Threatening Companies in Another Continent
    In the next part we'll begin to connect Lozza's online activities (and court activities) to those of Garrett
  33. IBM is Trying to Turn Debt (Borrowed Money) Into Fake Growth and It'll Worsen Matters
    they put in their balance sheets a fake "growth" in something that does not even exist
  34. Microsoft Relies on Misleading Narrative of Studios Going 'Independent'; in Reality There Are Mass Layoffs in Them
    This is not a good narrative for Microsoft
  35. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  36. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, July 28, 2026
    IRC logs for Tuesday, July 28, 2026
  37. Gemini Links 29/07/2026: Arosa, Tired Tuesday, and Constellation Browser
    Links for the day

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