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20 Years Since Finishing My Thesis

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Goodbye BST (and DST is Dumb, We Should Dump It Already)

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Rockchip RK3668 Targets Edge AI with 44 TOPS NPU and PCIe 5.0

Rockchip’s upcoming RK3668 is a 6nm octa-core processor featuring six Arm Cortex-A725 cores, two Cortex-A520 cores, and a Mali-G2 Pro MC4 GPU. The SoC integrates a 44 TOPS NPU, LPDDR6 memory support, and high-speed interfaces including PCIe 5.0, SATA 3.1, and 10 Gigabit Ethernet, targeting edge AI, networking, industrial automation, and multimedia systems.

Panther Lake Linux-ready SBC delivers 180 TOPS AI and 64GB RAM

LattePanda has announced the Sigma 2, an x86 single-board computer based on Intel’s Core Ultra X7 358H Panther Lake processor. The compact system combines up to 180 TOPS of AI performance with 64GB of LPDDR5X memory, dual 10GbE networking, and multiple expansion interfaces for local AI inference, robotics, and embedded computing applications.

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Transmission 4.1.4 Open-Source BitTorrent Client Released with Various Fixes

Coming almost four months after Transmission 4.1.3, which was a small update fixing a CORS bug that leaked the anti-CSRF nonce, a use-after-free bug in peer code, and a build error when compiling with fmt 12.2.0, the Transmission 4.1.4 release hardens the torrent-add RPC method against malformed requests.

OBS Studio 33 Officially Released with Many New Features and Improvements

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Fwupd 2.1.9 Linux Firmware Updater Released with New Features

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Calibre 9.17 E-Book Manager Adds JPEG XL Support and Performance Improvements

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Shelly 3.1.9 GUI Package Manager for Arch Linux Improves AUR Support

Shelly is a modern alternative to Arch Linux’s default package manager, supporting third-party app stores like AUR (Arch User Repository) and Flathub, as well as Flatpak, AppImage, and native Arch Linux packages. Shelly comes with both graphical and command-line interfaces.

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posted by Roy Schestowitz on Sep 08, 2026

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Updated This Past Day

  1. Freedom, Not Fame, is His Goal
    pursuit of money can be not only tiring but also involve abandoning one's freedom
  2. Getting Better After 20 Years
    Exactly two months from now this site is turning 20

    New

  3. Alleged Manager at IBM Says "[t]here are likely to be a lot (and I meant, A LOT) of RAs before December."
    "We’re getting pressure from above to put some team members on PIPs."
  4. Links 07/09/2026: Amazon Cargo Plane Crash, .org/.net/.com Domains Considered Risky
    Links for the day
  5. Gemini Links 07/09/2026: Cheese, Text-based Life, and Icons in Swaybar
    Links for the day
  6. Links 07/09/2026: Slop Trashes Memory of Parton, Flock Surveillance Infuriates Everyone
    Links for the day
  7. EPO Hiding Cocainegate and Abandoning Transparency (Even Access to Very Basic Information is Denied)
    The EPO isn't just becoming like a private for-profit corporation. It's also becoming more secretive.
  8. Richard Stallman Has Resurrected Lost Updates
    We didn't ask about it
  9. SLAPP Censorship - Part 174 Out of 200: Cascading Scandals and a Path Towards Much-Needed, Long-Awaited Reform
    Reform the UK's law, not "Reform UK"
  10. EPO's Gema Requena Sempere (PD People) Contacted Regarding Children With Disabilities
    In the coming week we may be in fruitful contact with some media regarding EPO scandals
  11. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  12. Gemini Links 07/09/2026: Music Composition, Free Stuff, and Self-hosting Git Repos
    Links for the day
  13. IRC Proceedings: Sunday, September 06, 2026
    IRC logs for Sunday, September 06, 2026
    The corresponding text-only bulletin for Monday contains all the text.

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