𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Wednesday, November 09, 2022
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⦿ IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, November 08, 2022 | Techrights
⦿ Linux Foundation Dumps Open Source Software, Moves to Proprietary Software, Breaks RSS Feeds, Barely Publishes Anything Anymore | Techrights
䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login):
http://techrights.org/2022/11/09/irc-log-081122/#comments
http://techrights.org/2022/11/09/linux-foundation-dumps-open-software/#comments
䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised):
http://techrights.org/2022/11/09/clonezilla-live-3-0-2/#comments
http://techrights.org/2022/11/09/many-programming-picks/#comments
http://techrights.org/2022/11/09/rc-of-leap-micro/#comments
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(ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2022/11/09/irc-log-081122/#comments
Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/11/09/irc-log-081122/
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✐ IRC_Proceedings:_Tuesday,_November_08,_2022⠀✐
Posted in IRC_Logs at 2:40 am by Needs Sunlight
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* gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-081122.gmi
* gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-081122.gmi
* gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-social-081122.gmi
* gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techbytes-081122.gmi
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#techrights_log_as_HTML5 #boycottnovell_log_as_HTML5
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#boycottnovell-social_log_as_HTML5 #techbytes_log_as_HTML5
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§ Bulletin for Yesterday⠀➾
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(ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2022/11/09/linux-foundation-dumps-open-software/#comments
Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2022/11/09/linux-foundation-dumps-open-software/
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✐ Linux_Foundation_Dumps_Open_Source_Software,_Moves_to_Proprietary_Software,
Breaks_RSS_Feeds,_Barely_Publishes_Anything_Anymore⠀✐
Posted in Deception, Free/Libre_Software, GNU/Linux at 7:21 am by Dr. Roy
Schestowitz
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This is new
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Not even remotely Open Source
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This blog speaks of Open Source, but it also rejects it
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇LF_newsletter⦈_
They’ve hardly published anything lately; one or two posts in three weeks
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇LF_quiet⦈_
A lot of activity and then nothing
Summary: The Linux_Foundation seems to have at least partly abandoned WordPress
and Drupal (GPL) in favour of proprietary and outsourced “offerings”; there has
been a lot of outsourcing in recent years and this reaffirms the observation
that the Foundation is run by inadequate_management that fails to understand
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⠉⠀⠀⠈⠃⠀⠀⠂⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠘⠀⠃⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠈⠀⠁⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠂⠐⠺⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡤⢠⡤⣀⣤⢠⠢⢤⡔⠰⠀⠀⠀⠄⢠⠀⣴⣤⠄⣤⣤⡀⠀⠀⢤⠄⢄⠀⠀⢠⠠⢠⣤⢤⣤⠄⠀⠄⡤⡤⢠⢄⡤⣤⡄⢰⣤⣤⢤⣤⢠⠠⢠⣤⣴⣠⢤⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⡆⠠⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣭⠀⠀⠀⢸⡇⣶⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠤⠤⠤⠤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣤⣤⡄⣼⡇⠈⠉
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣶⠷⣮⢩⣭⣭⡍⠻⢟⣭⠭⢭⡿⢟⣭⠭⣭⡿⢿⣭⢭⢭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⠹⢟⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭
⢷⣦⢟⣸⣷⣿⣃⣡⣞⣳⣭⣟⣣⣞⣻⣤⣟⣣⣜⣻⣬⣾⣿⣷⣶⠮⠽⠷⠮⠷⠶⠮⠿⠦⠽⠷⠶⠿⠴⠦⠿⠿⠿⠿⠯⠿⠿⢾⣰⣞⣷⣾⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠛⠚⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠒⠀⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠀⠒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠒⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡏⠉⢹⢠⡀⢠⡄⣤⢠⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠓⠒⠘⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢲⠀⠐⣀⡆⡠⡀⢄⠀⡄⢰⠀⠀⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠈⠀⠀⠁⠁⠁⠀⠈⠀⠀⠈⠈⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠰⠆⡁⠱⡯⡃⠀⡇⡆⡴⢆⢴⠒⠀⠃⣰⢐⠰⠆⡒⠀⠶⢸⠢
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⡿⣿⢿⣿⣿⢿⡿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⢿⣿⠿⣿⢿⣿⣿⢿⡿⠿⣻⣿⢿⢿⢿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡿⣿⡟⢿⢿⢿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣜⣀⠀⢰⠟⢳⢰⣟⡃⣟⡃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣧⣿⣭⣷⣽⣽⣯⣽⣧⣿⣤⣯⣥⣿⣴⣷⣼⣿⣴⣴⣶⣶⣽⣬⣴⣶⣼⣵⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣧⣿⣤⣿⣷⣼⣯⣿⣷⣵⣯⣽⣿⣿⣿⠚⠘⠚⠀⠘⠓⠚⠘⠃⠀⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣽⣯⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣯⣽⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣽⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⡆⡤⢄⣤⢠⢤⢤⢠⣤⢤⡀⢠⣤⡤⡄⡤⡇⢰⢶⢠⢠⢠⢤⣤
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠉⠈⠉⠉⠈⠈⠈⠘⠁⠉⠀⠈⠉⠁⠁⠉⠁⠈⠉⠈⠉⠈⠈⠈
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⡙⡙⡉⠋⡏⡏⢙⣯⢩⠩⠋⢩⠋⢫⢩⣿⠙⠹⢩⢋⠋⠋⣿⡇
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣶⣷⣶⣷⣶⣿⣾⣾⣶⣶⣾⣾⣾⣿⣶⣾⣶⣾⣾⣶⣿⡇
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣿⣟⠛⣿⣿⣻⠻⣟⣿⣿⢻⢻⡿⢻⣿⠛⣟⢻⢛⢟⢛⢻⣿⡇
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣾⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣶⣷⣾⣶⣷⣶⣾⣿⡇
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣄⣤⢠⢤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠂⠀⠀⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠁⠁⠑⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠈⠀⠐⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶
⣟⢛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣻⡿⢻⣿⣿⡟⣛⣿⣟⣻⣛⣛⣿⣻⣻⣛⣟⣻⣟⣻⣻⣿⣟⣿⣻⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⡿⢻⣿⡟⣿⣟⣿⣿⡟⢿⣻⣿⢟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⣟⠹⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⡿
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⠀⢛⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠈⠀⠀⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣴⠡⢸⣙⢋⣛⣛⣙⣻⣙⣛⣙⣛⣛⣙⣉⣛⣛⣋⣛⣛⣋⣋⣛⣙⣉⣛⣛⣙⣛⡿⠝⠙⠉⠏
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⣾⣿⣿⠰⢸⣯⣭⣽⣭⣯⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣯⣭⣭⣭⣽⣭⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣽⣭⣯
⠀⠀⠀⠐⠀⠀⠀⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⣿⣿⠻⢬⢼⠤⠤⠬⣤⡧⠤⠤⣤⡤⡤⠤⠤⠤⡥⣼⠤⠤⠶⠤⣤⢤⣤⣤⠤⡤⠦⢦⣽⡧⢬⠤⡥
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⡿⠃⣿⠀⢚⢺⠖⢲⠒⠺⠖⠒⠒⠒⠒⠖⠓⠖⢲⠒⠒⠚⠒⠚⠳⠲⠞⠗⠒⠶⠳⠖⢺⣾⡗⠲⠒⠖
⠀⠠⠤⠤⠤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠶⠒⠒⢲⠀⠀⠀⡀⡀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣼⣿⡁⠀⡇⠀⢨⢸⣝⣹⣛⣛⣛⣿⣙⣟⣻⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣯⢛⣛⣟⣛⣛⢛⣏⣓⣛⣛⣿⣿⣿⣏⣻⣉⣏
⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣀⡀⣸⠀⠂⠀⠋⠃⠒⠀⠑⠀⠀⠀⠀⠻⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠇⠀⡇⠀⠐⢸⣬⣹⣊⣉⣍⣈⣉⣉⣍⣉⣍⣹⣍⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣈⣉⣩⣹⣯⣏⣝⣻⣇⣙⣁⣃
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⢙⢸⠬⢤⠦⢦⠤⠤⡤⠤⠤⠤⡾⠥⠦⠾⠤⠤⡤⠧⠴⠴⠤⣼⣦⣤⣤⣼⣥⣭⡧⢮⠤⡥
⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⡇⠀⣾⣾⣶⣾⣶⣾⣶⣶⣷⣶⣶⣶⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶
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⣿⣧⣧⣥⣯⣼⣤⣦⣵⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⡿⣿⠿⣿⡿⣿⣿⠿⢿⣿⢿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⢿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⢸⢾⢸⣿⡞⢣⣼⢸⢿⣼⢸⢵⢹⠙⡹⣽⣿⣿⡎⣋⣏⡊⡧⡏⡏⡏⣿⣿⡯⡊⣿⣾⡯⡎⣿⡇⡷⡇⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⡿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⡇⡞⡱⠷⠿⠿⠷⢏⠶⠱⣶⢹⡿⠿⢺⢶⢱⠈⡼⣴⢰⢹⢸⢱⢼⣶⣿⠷⠯⠖⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣧⣴⣥⣧⣤⣤⣬⣼⣿⣿⣼⣶⣾⣤⣤⣴⣼⣤⣤⣴⣤⣧⣤⣼⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣏⣩⣹⣏⣏⣌⣅⣯⣉⣿⣝⣏⣿⣭⣩⣫⣯⣋⣏⣬⣹⣿⣁⣸⣮⣍⣹⣬⣩⣿⣛⣉⣹⣩⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⣿⣏⣍⣓⣕⣉⣗⣉⣺⣉⣉⣽⣯⣅⣹⣁⣩⣉⣉⣍⣋⣹⣋⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
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* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾
# ⚓ Djalel Oukid ☛ Tuxedo_OS,_is_it_just_another_Ubuntu-based
distro?⠀⇛
TUXEDOComputers has announced the first version of
its new Ubuntu-based operating system that comes
pre-installed on their Linux devices under the name
Tuxedo OS 1. Of course, the new distro is an
addition to the Linux community, but what makes
Tuxedo OS different from Vanilla Ubuntu or other
popular distros? Is it the perfect expected distro?
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ Video ☛ Signal_Filed_DMCA_On_Their_Own_Snap_Package!?!?_–
Invidious⠀⇛
It’s not often you hear about DMCA being thrown
around in the FOSS space but it does happen every
so often and in this case the reasoning is
absolutely hilarious. They used it against the
signal snap of all things.
# ⚓ Video ☛ Most_Python_Coders_Get_This_Wrong_–_Invidious⠀⇛
# ⚓ Video ☛ Amarok_Linux_OS_22.09_Quick_overview_#shorts_–
Invidious⠀⇛
A Quick Overview of Amarok Linux OS 22.09.
# ⚓ Video ☛ How_to_install_Linux_Lite_6.2_–_Invidious⠀⇛
In this video, I am going to show how to install
Linux Lite 6.2.
# ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ Peppermint_OS_11-07-2022⠀⇛
Today we are looking at Peppermint OS 11-07-2022.
It is based on Devuan 11, Linux Kernel 5.10, XFCE
4.16, and uses about 700MB of ram when idling.
# ⚓ Video ☛ Peppermint_OS_11-07-2022_Run_Through_–_Invidious⠀⇛
In this video, we are looking at Peppermint OS 11-
07-2022.
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 8_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Graphical
Mastodon_Clients⠀⇛

Mastodon is a free and open source microblogging
platform similar to Twitter, but with user privacy
and decentralization in mind. It’s one of many
protocols that interacts with the Fediverse of
protocols like Pleroma, GNU Social, and others.
Unlike Twitter, Mastodon is not one social network.
Getting started with Mastodon can be confusing for
newcomers. Mastodon is a federated service. This
means its similar to email. You can create an email
account with many different providers. And that’s
the same with Mastodon. The service lets you sign
up to one of many sites that run Mastodon software,
called instances. A user can communicate with other
Mastodon users on different instances. The
instances are themed – many by country, city, or
interest.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Nightly ☛ Using_systemd_to_Manage_Services_on_Linux_–
Linux_Nightly⠀⇛
The majority of Linux distributions rely on Systemd
to manage all of the daemons and services running
on a system. Systemd allows users to manage and
administer system services, mainly through use of
the systemctl command. In this tutorial, you will
learn how to use systemd to manage and interact
with services on Linux.
# ⚓ The Anarcat ☛ Antoine_Beaupré:_Using_the_bell_as_modern
notification⠀⇛
Computer terminals have traditionally had an actual
bell that would ring when a certain control
character (the bell character, typically control-
g or \a in an C escape sequence) would come in the
input stream.
That feature actually predates computers
altogether, and was present in Baudot code, “an
early character encoding for telegraphy invented by
Émile Baudot in the 1870s”, itself superseding
Morse code.
# ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ GitLab:_Setup_and_Install_on_Ubuntu_18.04,
20.04,_and_22.04⠀⇛
This post is about Gitlab setup and install it.
GitLab, a web-based Git repository manager, and
code hosting application provides an integrated
platform to manage projects from planning to
development to deployment to the cloud. With
GitLab, you can host your Git server and manage
your entire development process under one roof,
from start to finish. Setting up GitLab on Ubuntu
18.04, 20.04, and 22.04 (Bionic Beaver) can be
tricky, but it’s worth it if you’re familiar with
the Linux command line and want to get the most out
of this powerful tool.
In this tutorial, I will explain how to set up and
configure GitLab on an Ubuntu 18.04, 20.04, and
22.04 server in five steps. Let’s get started!
# ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ Pandora_FMS_Monitoring_Tool_Installation_on
Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛
Pandora FMS is software for monitoring computer
networks. Pandora FMS allows the visual monitoring
of the status and performance of several parameters
from different operating systems, servers,
applications and hardware systems such as
firewalls, proxies, databases, web servers or
routers. Wikipedia
Designed to be modular, multi-platform and easy to
customize, Pandora FMS supports monitoring of
networks, servers, applications, databases, cloud
and virtualization, logs, user experience, and
business processes.
It uses powerful agents for all operating systems
to collect data from monitored systems and devices,
supports both local and remote network monitoring,
auto-monitoring where agents detect storage
devices, partitions or databases, and many other
things. Agents can control system components such
as services, execute processes or remove temporary
files and more.
It also features a flexible notification and alert
system, supports remote access via tools such as
eHorus and SSH, auto-discovery of networks, network
elements, network topology, etc. And has an
integrated reporting system with dozens of
different report templates and graphs for analysis.
Notably, it is fully compatible with most open-
source tools and experienced users can also create
custom integrations with the services of their
choice and so much more.
# ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_to_setup_Secure_GitLab_Registry⠀⇛
We demonstrated how to configure a GitLab instance
in our previous post so that you may manage the
projects for your company or yourself. We advised
using an FQDN and making the GitLab instance
accessible through HTTPS. Since most of the
applications are containerized, it makes sense to
configure a container registry where multiple
iterations of your programme and its many
components can be kept in Docker images.
Don’t worry if you don’t know what a container
registry is. Once you actually upload the first
container image to a GitLab instance, it will
become evident. Consider it like repositories for
your container images for the time being. These are
simply images, stored inside the remote GitLab
instance but are not running containers.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ 2_Easy_Methods_to_Install_Docker_on_Raspberry
Pi⠀⇛
Docker is an open-source platform to create, edit,
and run applications in the container. The
container is a lightweight, loosely created
environment where you have the freedom to package
and run an application. You can run multiple
containers at a single host without worrying about
utilizing the system resources and it contains
everything you need to run an application on the
system.
Thus, you can speed up the development process
through docker since it reduces the time for
writing and running code in production.
In this article, you will learn how to install
docker on your Raspberry Pi system through
different methods.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Install_Geany_on_Linux_Mint_21⠀⇛
Geany is the most popular, lightweight, fast, and
open-source text editor used for programming
purposes. It is a multi-platform software that runs
on several systems like NetBSD, Solaris, Windows,
and Linux.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Clear_Arduino_Serial_Buffer⠀⇛
Arduino is an electronic platform that takes
instructions from users in the form of code known
as sketch and generates output accordingly. To
collect the instructions and process them one by
one, the Arduino uses a serial buffer. The Arduino
serial buffer holds the incoming data until the
device is ready to process them. Sometimes we have
to clear the Arduino serial buffer to avoid
interference with incoming data. Let’s see this in
more detail.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Install_GNU_Debugger_GDB_on_Linux_Mint
21⠀⇛
GNU Debugger, commonly referred as GDB is a
powerful and open-source debugging tool that can
run on Linux and Unix-type operating systems. The
GDB tool was specifically designed for C and C++
languages; due to its wide range of supportive
languages, it can debug other languages as well
like Ada, Fortran, Go, Pascal, and many others. It
is used by developers to examine variables, calling
functions, debug preprocessor macros, server-client
debug architecture, and many other rich features
that one can think of it.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Install_Conky_System_Monitoring_Tool_on
Raspberry_Pi⠀⇛
Conky is a system monitoring application that
displays information on a desktop. Conky displays
information about the whole system like the battery
status, email notifications, storage, processor
information, and much more. It also displays the
calendar, time, and status of the weather. In this
article, we will show you how to install Conky
system monitoring tool on Raspberry Pi OS.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Install_and_Setup_Plex_Media_Server_on
Raspberry_Pi⠀⇛
Plex Media Server is a media streaming platform
that allows you to watch Live TV channels, TV
shows, and movies. You can even stream your media
files, such as audio, video, and pictures, from
your system and organize them according to your
choice.
This article is a detailed guide in installing and
setting up the Plex media server on your Raspberry
Pi system.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Install_Apache_Maven_on_Linux_Mint_21⠀⇛
Apache Maven is a popular, open-source project
management tool used to develop and manage Java
projects and documentation. It comes from the
concept of POM (project object model) with the
extensible feature. It has the ability to add
plugins and support other languages as well, such
as C#, Scala, and Ruby. It is a helpful
comprehension tool that gives bundles of details
about projects. This tool is also available for
Linux distribution also and in this tutorial, we
will learn how to install it on Linux Mint 21
system.
# ⚓ Linux Buzz ☛ How_to_enable_timestamp_in_history_command⠀⇛
In this post, we will describe how enable timestamp
in history command.
History command in Linux & UNIX systems keep tracks
all command which were executed by the users in the
past. By default, history command keeps the records
of last 1000 commands. This feature helps sysadmins
to recall the command’s syntax if it is executed in
the past and also helps in troubleshooting and
audit purpose.
However, in history command output, timestamp is
not enabled, so to enable it we must export
environment variable HISTTIMEFORMAT.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Install_GNOME_Screenshot_Utility_on
Raspberry_Pi⠀⇛
GNOME Screenshot is a lightweight tool used by
Linux users to take screenshots on their systems.
It’s one of the most valuable tools that allow you
to capture an entire window, desired window, and
selected area screenshots on your system.
If you are looking for a screenshot tool for your
Raspberry Pi system, you can easily install this
tool using this article’s guidelines.
How to Install GNOME Screenshot Utility on
Raspberry Pi
The GNOME Screenshot utility can easily be
installed on all Linux systems, including the
Raspberry Pi system and you can follow the below-
mentioned steps to install it on Raspberry Pi.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Install_Gradle_on_Linux_Mint_21⠀⇛
Gradle is an open-source, popular build automation
tool used to create applications based on Groovy
and Kotlin. It is a flexible tool and is famous
among Linux users because of its consistency.
Gradle supports many programming languages like
Java, Android, C/C++, Scala, etc. It doesn’t matter
how long the project is, Gradle will download
respective dependencies and repositories
automatically to create it. The structure it
follows to create applications is building
(compiling, linking, code packaging), automating,
and delivering the product with fast performance.
# ⚓ Kifarunix ☛ How_to_Integrate_TheHive_with_MISP⠀⇛
# ⚓ Network World ☛ Bash:_A_primer_for_more_effective_use_of
the_Linux_bash_shell_|_Network_World⠀⇛
There are lots of sides to bash and much to know
before you’re likely to feel comfortable snuggling
up to it. This post examines many aspects of this
very popular shell and recommends further reading.
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Run_Ubuntu_as_a_Docker_Container⠀⇛
Docker is the most-loved programming tool according
to Stack Overflow’s 2022 developer survey. It is
widely used in IT and has revolutionized the way we
deploy applications.
Docker containers are a bit similar to virtual
machines, but they are more lightweight and come
packed with only the basic required elements of an
operating system. To appreciate how minimal Docker
containers can be, let’s see how you can run Ubuntu
in Docker.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Symfony_Framework_on_Ubuntu_22.04
LTS_–_idroot⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
Symfony Framework on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. For those of
you who didn’t know, Symfony is a web application
framework written in PHP. It provides a set of
reusable PHP components. Symfony is easy to install
and configure on most platforms.
This article assumes you have at least basic
knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and
most importantly, you host your site on your own
VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes
you are running in the root account, if not you may
need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root
privileges. I will show you the step-by-step
installation of the Symfony Framework on Ubuntu
22.04 (Jammy Jellyfish). You can follow the same
instructions for Ubuntu 22.04 and any other Debian-
based distribution like Linux Mint, Elementary OS,
Pop!_OS, and more as well.
# ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ How_to_install_SSF2_Project_B_Patch_9
on_a_Chromebook⠀⇛
Today we are looking at how to install SSF2 Project
B Patch 9 on a Chromebook.
If you have any questions, please contact us via a
YouTube comment and we would be happy to assist
you!
This tutorial will only work on Chromebooks with an
Intel or AMD CPU (with Linux Apps Support) and not
those with an ARM64 architecture CPU.
# ⚓ Real Linux User ☛ How_to_create_a_Linux_Mint_bootable_USB
in_macOS_and_Windows_–_Linux_Mint_21_edition_–_Real_Linux
User⠀⇛
One of the many powerful features of Linux is the
ability to start a distribution directly from a USB
stick, without affecting your hard drive and the
operating system on it. It is therefore not
required to perform a complete installation to use
or try out Linux before actually installing it. But
even if you have made the decision to install Linux
individually or maybe next to your current Windows
or macOS installation, you need a bootable Linux
USB device. In this tutorial, I will explain how to
create a Linux Mint bootable USB in macOS and
Windows, from which Linux Mint 21 can be started to
try out or install.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § New Releases⠀➾
# ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Clonezilla_Live_3.0.2_Comes_with_UFW_Firewall_in
the_Live_System⠀⇛
Clonezilla is a free, open-source disk imaging and
cloning application that runs from a live CD or USB
drive. It is created for disk partition, imaging,
cloning tasks, bare metal backup, and recovery.
It is targeted any IT pro looking for a reliable,
cost-effective tool to enable them to image and
restore machines quickly and safely.
There are three Clonezilla variations: Clonezilla
Live, a small bootable Linux distribution for x86/
64-based computers, Clonezilla Lite Server, and
Clonezilla SE. Recently, the Clonezilla project
published the latest release of Clonezilla Live
3.0.2, so let’s look at what’s changed.
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Clonezilla_Live_3.0.2_Disk_Cloning/Imaging
Utility_Released_with_Linux_Kernel_6.0_–_9to5Linux⠀⇛
Clonezilla Live 3.0.2 disk cloning/imaging utility
is now available for download. This release is
powered by the latest Linux 6.0 kernel series and
synced with the Debian Sid repositories as of
November 3rd, 2022.
The post Clonezilla Live 3.0.2 Disk Cloning/Imaging
Utility Released with Linux Kernel 6.0 appeared
first on 9to5Linux – do not reproduce this article
without permission. This RSS feed is intended for
readers, not scrapers.
o § BSD⠀➾
# ⚓ APNIC ☛ A_few_more_of_my_favourite_things_about_the_OpenBSD
Packet_Filter_tools_|_APNIC_Blog⠀⇛
With PF, you can create a network that learns.
Fairly early in PF’s history, it occurred to the
developers that the network stack collects and
keeps track of information about the traffic it
sees, which could then be acted upon if the
software became able to actively monitor the data
and act on specified changes. So the state tracking
options entered the pf.conf repertoire in their
initial form with the OpenBSD 3.7 release.
A common use case is when you run an SSH service or
really any kind of listening service with the
option to log in, you will see some number of
failed authentication attempts that generate noise
in the logs. Password guessing, or as some of us
say, password groping, can turn out to be pretty
annoying even if the miscreants do not actually
manage to compromise any of your systems. So to
eliminate noise in our logs we turn to the data
that is anyway available in the state table, to
track the state of active connections, and to act
on limits you define such as the number of
connections from a single host over a set number of
seconds.
o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾
# ⚓ Ish Sookun ☛ openSUSE_Board_Election_2022_campaign_has
begun⠀⇛
openSUSE members can also ask questions to the
candidates on the project mailing list. Vojtěch
Zeisek asked the candidates about their plans and
what they want to achieve with the project.
Douglas had an interesting answer. He stated that
he would like to see that the openSUSE Project
adopts the blockchain technology. He cited the
election as an example where a smart contract could
facilitate the task of running elections and
maintaining an updated members list based on
whether members’ tokens have been used in (x)
number of years.
He also mentioned NFT as something that could be
explored to create a sort of badge system like the
Fedora project has and member contributions could
be rewarded with NFTs.
o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ Weekly_status_of_Packit_Team:_November_2022_|_Packit⠀⇛
Week 44 (November 1st – November 7th) # Fixed an
issue due to which the repository was never
searched for a specfile if specfile_path was not
specified, and specfile_path was always set to
<repo_name>.spec. (packit#1758) Packit is now able
to generate automatic Bodhi update notes including
a changelog diff since the latest stable build of a
package. (packit#1747) Description of Bodhi updates
now contains a changelog diff. (packit-
service#1713)
# ⚓ Red Hat ☛ .NET_7_now_available_for_RHEL_and_OpenShift [Ed:
Red Hat helps Microsoft's lock-in tactics]⠀⇛
This is a quick overview of what developers need to
know about this new major release. The .NET 7
release is now available, targeting Red Hat
Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 8.7, RHEL 9.1, and Red Hat
OpenShift.
o § Debian Family⠀➾
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ AXERA_AX620A_4K_AI_SoC_delivers_up_to_14.4
TOPS_for_computer_vision_applications_–_CNX_Software⠀⇛
AXERA AX620A is a high-performance, low-power AI
SoC with a quad-core Arm Cortex-A7 processor and a
14.4TOPs @ INT4 or 3.6TOPs @ INT8’s NPU that is
slightly inferior to the Amlogic A311D, and mainly
used for AI vision applications.
[...]
The AX620A SDK is based on Debian 11 Linux.
# ⚓ Aurélien_Jarno_–_riscv64_porterbox⠀⇛
For quite some time, many people asked for a
riscv64 porterbox. Now we’ve got one called debian-
riscv64-porterbox-01.debian.net.
A big thanks to SiFive for providing the HiFive
Unmatched board and OSUOSL for assembling the
hardware and hosting it.
# ⚓ Blisk⠀⇛
Blisk is the first developer-oriented browser with
built-in devices that runs on your desktop and is
available for Windows, macOS, and Linux. It
provides teams and freelancers with a workspace to
develop and test modern web applications twice
faster. You can use Blisk as a regular browser to
look for something across the web (Browsing mode)
or you can use a workspace for web development
(Developer Mode).
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Daniel Lange ☛ Your_software_stores_are_a_bad_idea_|_Daniel
Lange’s_blog⠀⇛
There is significant effort involved to get your
apt or dnf commands always have a consistent set of
servers to talk to.
[...]
That way more admins need to learn how to run high
availability services for dubious business
opportunities to “later” monetize services.
Services that nobody cares to pay for and thus
opportunities that never materialize. But every
company wants to find that out again. Because if
Apple could do it, why shouldn’t Canonical be able
to do it? $$$!1!!
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Takes_Star_Trek_UI_To_Red
Alert_|_Tom’s_Hardware⠀⇛
Not everyone has the luxury of making their way
onto a Starfleet-operated starship but if you’re
craving the experience, you’ll have to settle for
the next best thing. Today we’re sharing an
incredible LCARS interface project put together by
Rob, also known as meWho_System47 over at Twitter,
who worked with James Mitchell to make it run on
our favorite SBC, the Raspberry Pi.
LCARS is an acronym from the Star Trek universe
that stands for Library Computer Access/Retrieval
System. The user interface design was created by
Michael Okuda a a means to convey a complex
computer interfaces, using backlit plastic panels.
This interface can be seen on screens throughout
the series and is loved by fans for its unique
design. This custom LCARS UI project is packed full
of features for the modern Star Trek fan and can
even interact with real-world technology.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Enhance_Raspberry_Pi_Zero_Functionality_with
PoE_USB_HUB_HAT⠀⇛
Want to power up the Raspberry Pi Zero by ethernet
cable and need to add some extra USB ports to it
then PoE USB HUB HAT would be the best for you.
This HUB comes with two USB Type-A and one USB
Type-C ports along with the ethernet port. This HUB
can add extra functionality to the Raspberry Pi
Zero as one can connect the number of devices which
will increase the number of applications for which
it can be used.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Legally_Download_Free_ROMs_for
RetroPie⠀⇛
RetroPie is a gaming emulator that allows users to
play different emulator games like PlayStation,
NES, SNES, and so on. The aim of RetroPie is to
provide retro gaming support for Raspberry Pi
systems so that the user can use the device as a
gaming machine. However, to play games on RetroPie,
you should need a game ROM that needs to be put
inside the RetroPie directory so that you can then
play it on your device. To learn more about
RetroPie you can check this article.
If you are looking for help on how you can download
free ROMs for RetroPie, follow this article’s
guidelines.
But, before moving toward the process, let’s first
discuss ROMs.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Is_ESP32_Better_than_Arduino⠀⇛
Both Arduino and ESP32 are microcontroller-based
boards that can take inputs and generate output
accordingly. Both these boards are famous among
students and researchers because they don’t need
any extra hardware like CPU to process the
information, one just needs a tiny board that can
fit in your pocket and perform tasks easily. But a
question comes to everyone’s mind is ESP32 better
than Arduino.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Interfacing_MQ-2_Gas_Sensor_with_ESP32_Using
Arduino_IDE⠀⇛
Sensors are an important part of designing IoT
based projects as they feed the data to the system.
Microcontroller based IoT boards gained popularity
because of their ability to interface different
sensors and upload data to the cloud or generate an
emergency email.
The board we are talking about is ESP32 which due
to its limitless feature helps users to interface
multiple sensors. Gas sensor is among the widely
used sensors with ESP32 which can detect fire
eruption or gas leakage inside a room. Let’s find
out the possible way of interfacing MQ-2 gas sensor
with ESP32.
# ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ ESP32_ADC_–_Read_Analog_Values_with_Arduino
IDE⠀⇛
ADC (analog to digital converter) is an electronic
circuit that comes with different microcontroller
boards or integrated inside the microcontroller.
ADC is used to convert the analog voltage from
different sensors into digital form. Like Arduino,
ESP32 also has an ADC which can read analog data.
Let’s find out more about ESP32 ADC.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Giveaway_Week_2022_–_Pico:ed_Smart_Cutebot
Kit⠀⇛
The third prize of this year’s giveaway week comes
courtesy of ELECFREAKS which offers a Cutebot Pico:
ed kit based on the Pico:ed board with a Raspberry
Pi RP2040 microcontroller and following BBC Micro:
bit form factor. The kit also includes two high-
speed motors to drive two wheels, ultrasonic &
distance sensors, two RGB LED lights and clearance
lamps on the bottom, two line-tracking probes, and
an active buzzer used as a horn.
# ⚓ Arduino ☛ Increase_a_robot_arm’s_payload_capacity_by
relocating_its_wrist_motors_|_Arduino_Blog⠀⇛
o give an electric car more range, you need a
bigger battery pack. But that adds weight, so you
need bigger motors and more battery capacity to
compensate. This creates a vicious cycle and robot
arms are susceptible to a similar problem. A robot
arm needs to lift its own weight in addition to
whatever it picks up. Bigger motors to increase the
payload capacity also increase weight, thereby
decreasing the payload capacity. This video from
RoTechnic describes how to sidestep that cycle with
remote motors.
RoTechnic’s robot arm has six degrees of freedom
(DoF): a rotating base, a shoulder joint, an elbow
joint, a rotating wrist joint, a tilting wrist
joint, and a rotating end effector. If the robot
were a conventional design, all of those joints
(except the first two) would require a motor that
adds levered weight to lift. The weight of those
motors would subtract from the amount that the arm
could otherwise lift. But three of this robot’s
motors sit on the table nearby so that it doesn’t
need to lift them.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Android Authority ☛ All_Android_phones_should_have_on-
device_voice_typing_–_Android_Authority⠀⇛
# ⚓ Hindustan Times ☛ Search_by_image_on_your_Android_phone!
Learn_this_cool_Google_trick_|_How-to⠀⇛
# ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ Android_13_update_now_available_for_Sony
Xperia_1_IV_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛
# ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Android_13_November_security_patch_live,
download_Pixel_OTA⠀⇛
# ⚓ Notebook Check ☛ Infinix_Zero_5G_2023_launches_as_an
Android_12_smartphone_powered_by_the_new_Dimensity_1080
processor_–_NotebookCheck.net_News⠀⇛
# ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ If_you_didn’t_install_Android_12L_on_your
Surface_Duo_yet,_you_should_hold_off_for_now_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ What_Is_the_Best_Food_Delivery_App_for
Android?⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o § Content Management Systems (CMS)⠀➾
# ⚓ WordPress ☛ Introducing_Twenty_Twenty-Three⠀⇛
Twenty Twenty-Three is here, alongside WordPress
6.1! The new default theme offers a clean, blank
canvas bundled with a collection of style
variations.
Style variations are predefined design options that
give you the opportunity to alter the appearance of
your site without having to change your theme. This
means that you can keep your template structure but
change the visual details of your site with ease.
For a truly diverse collection, Twenty Twenty-
Three’s featured style variations were submitted by
members of the WordPress community, resulting in 38
submissions from 19 people in 8 different
countries. From those submissions, a curated
collection of ten was chosen and bundled with the
new theme.
o § FSF⠀➾
# ⚓ FSF ☛ FSD_meeting_recap_2022-11-04⠀⇛
Check out the great work our volunteers
accomplished at today’s Free Software Directory
(FSD) IRC meeting.
# ⚓ GNU ☛ poke_–_News:_Binary_Tools_devroom_@_FOSDEM_2023_
[Savannah]⠀⇛
GNU poke will be part of the Binary Tools devroom
at the next edition of FOSDEM, to be celebrated 4th
and 5th February 2023 in Brussels.
Below is the Call For Proposals for the devroom.
Hope to see you there, is gonna be fun! 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴
🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇:)⦈
o § Licensing / Legal⠀➾
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ GitHub_Users_File_a_Class-Action_Lawsuit
Against_Microsoft_for_Training_an_AI_Tool_With_Their_Code
[Ed: Microsoft keeps breaking thje law in an attempt to
injure the competition]⠀⇛
GitHub programmers have filed a class-action
lawsuit against GitHub, its parent Microsoft, and
its technology partner, OpenAI, for allegedly
violating their open-source licenses and using
their code to train Microsoft’s latest AI tool,
called Copilot.
GitHub Copilot, which was launched in June,
suggests code and functions to GitHub users in real
time. Copilot is powered by Codex, an AI system
that was created by OpenAI and licensed to
Microsoft. According to OpenAI, Codex was trained
on “millions of public repositories” and is “an
instance of transformative fair use.” However,
open-source programmers on GitHub disagree,
claiming that Codex has violated their open-source
licenses, which only allow non-commercial
redistribution and modification of the code and
often have restrictions including a requirement to
preserve the name of the authors.
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ escapewindow_|_blue_sky:_a_federation_of_automation
platforms⠀⇛
Once upon a time, an excited computer lab assistant
showed my class the world wide web. Left-aligned
black text with blue, underlined hypertext on a
grey background, interspersed with low-resolution
GIFs. Sites, hosted on other people’s computers
across the country, transferred across analog phone
lines at over a thousand baud. “This,” he said.
“This will change everything.”
Some two decades later, I blogged about blue sky,
next-gen Release Engineering infrastructure without
knowing how we’d get there. Stars aligned, and many
teams put in hard work. Today, most of our best
ideas made it into taskcluster, the massively
scalable, cloud-agnostic automation platform that
runs Mozilla’s CI and Release Pipelines.
# § Perl / Raku⠀➾
# ⚓ DEV Community ☛ SPVM::Math_–_Python/numpy_porting_to
Perl⠀⇛
SPVM is a static typed language that can be
used from Perl. SPVM is the essential part of
the Python/numpy porting to Perl. If you
haven’t heard of Perl’s SPVM, Please see also
SPVM Language Specification.
# ⚓ Perl ☛ Perl_Weekly_Challenge_190:_Capital_Detection
and_Decoded_List⠀⇛
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ IT Wire ☛ iTWire_–_Nvidia_makes_new_chip_for_China_to
bypass_updated_US_restrictions⠀⇛
US chip manufacturer Nvidia has created a new
advanced chip in China that meets the export
control rules laid down by the US administration in
October.
A company spokesperson told iTWire in response to a
query: “The Nvidia A800 GPU, which went into
production in Q3, is another alternative product to
the Nvidia A100 GPU for customers in China.
“The A800 meets the US Government’s clear test for
reduced export control and cannot be programmed to
exceed it.”
Reuters was the first to report about the new chip,
saying on Monday, “Chinese computer sellers are
advertising products with the new chip”.
# ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Some_US_Lexus_models_losing_connected_features
after_3G_shutdown⠀⇛
Some Toyota Lexus models manufactured between 2010
and 2018 and sold in the US will lose all Lexus
Enform features and services after shutdown of 3G
networks, a report says.
Apparently the only way to regain these features is
to upgrade to a new model. The features that are
lost relate to convenience and safety, the site
Jalopnik claimed. Lexus Enform is a telematics
program for the luxury brand.
Major US mobile networks are only now phasing out
3G services, something that happened a while ago in
Australia.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ Nicotine_use_&_Gen_Z⠀⇛
As I scroll through TikTok, a snippet catches my
attention. An indie sleaze song accompanies a video
of a beautiful person in a chic outfit, a cigarette
casually hanging between their fingers — which are
heavily decorated with rings. They take a pleasant
drag before blowing the smoke out, gazing
mysteriously into the distance through their thick
sunglasses as if in a Quentin Tarantino movie
scene. They scream “cool,” not only because of
their eclectic outfit or “it-girl” body, but also
because of the grungy and nonchalant way they
inhale a known carcinogen.
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ Hacker News ☛ Amadey_Bot_Spotted_Deploying_LockBit_3.0
Ransomware_on_Hacked_Machines [Ed: Microsoft Windows TCO]⠀⇛
The cybersecurity firm’s latest analysis is based
on a Microsoft Word file (“심시아.docx”) that was
uploaded to VirusTotal on October 28, 2022. The
document contains a malicious VBA macro that, when
enabled by the victim, runs a PowerShell command to
download and run Amadey.
# ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Microsoft_fixes_four_zero-days,_58_other_flaws_on
Patch_Tuesday [Ed: Microsoft already helped the NSA exploit
these, and for who knows how long....]⠀⇛
Microsoft has released patches for four zero-day
vulnerabilities among the 62 advisories which it
released on Wednesday AEDT, in its monthly Patch
Tuesday fixes. All of these zero-days have been
exploited in the wild.
Nine of the flaws detailed were in the critical
category, the security firm Tenable said in its
analysis, with 53 being in the next, important,
category.
Top of the list were two vulnerabilities that
affect Windows Mark of the Web, a security feature
used to tag files that are downloaded from the
Internet, and prevent them from carrying out
certain functions.
# ⚓ IT Wire ☛ iTWire_–_Ransomware_group_keeps_its_word,_posts
Medibank_data_on_dark_web⠀⇛
A ransomware group that on Tuesday threatened to
post data stolen from medical insurer Medibank
Group on the dark web has kept its word and
released a small sample of what it claims is the
data it appropriated.
The operator of this group, that hosts a copy of
the site formerly used by the REvil gang, said the
data was stored “in not very understandable format
(tables dumps) we’ll take some time to sort it out
and we posting (sic) a small part of the data, in
‘human readable format (sample in json file )’ also
we post all raw data.
[...]
The name of the ransomware used is not definite but
some refer to it as BlogXX. But it can attack only
systems running Microsoft’s Windows operating
system.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Tuesday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛
Security updates have been issued by Debian (pixman
and sudo), Fedora (mingw-binutils and mingw-gdb),
Red Hat (bind, bind9.16, container-tools:3.0,
container-tools:4.0, container-tools:rhel8,
dnsmasq, dotnet7.0, dovecot, e2fsprogs, flatpak-
builder, freetype, fribidi, gdisk, grafana,
grafana-pcp, gstreamer1-plugins-good, httpd:2.4,
kernel, kernel-rt, libldb, libreoffice, libtiff,
libxml2, mingw-expat, mingw-zlib, mutt, nodejs:14,
nodejs:18, openblas, openjpeg2, osbuild, pcs, php:
7.4, php:8.0, pki-core:10.6 and pki-deps:10.6,
poppler, protobuf, python27:2.7, python38:3.8 and
python38-devel:3.8, python39:3.9 and python39-
devel:3.9, qt5, redis:6, rsync, unbound, virt:rhel,
virt-devel:rhel, wavpack, webkit2gtk3, xmlrpc-c,
xorg-x11-server, xorg-x11-server-Xwayland, and
yajl), SUSE (exiv2, expat, rubygem-nokogiri, sudo,
and vsftpd), and Ubuntu (isc-dhcp, libraw, sqlite3,
and tiff).
# ⚓ Hacker News ☛ New_Laplas_Clipper_Malware_Targeting
Cryptocurrency_Users_via_SmokeLoader [Ed: Microsoft Windows
TCO]⠀⇛
Cryptocurrency users are being targeted with a new
clipper malware strain dubbed Laplas by means of
another malware known as SmokeLoader.
SmokeLoader, which is delivered by means of
weaponized documents sent through spear-phishing
emails, further acts as a conduit for other
commodity trojans like SystemBC and Raccoon Stealer
2.0, according to an analysis from Cyble.
[...]
Clippers, also called ClipBankers, fall under a
category of malware that Microsoft calls cryware,
which are designed to steal crypto by keeping close
tabs on a victim’s clipboard activity and swapping
the original wallet address, if present, with an
attacker-controlled address.
# ⚓ USCERT ☛ CISA_Adds_Seven_Known_Exploited_Vulnerabilities_to
Catalog [Ed: Most of these are Microsoft Windows, but CISA
fails to say so]⠀⇛
CISA has added seven vulnerabilities to its Known
Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on
evidence of active exploitation. These types of
vulnerabilities are a frequent attack vector for
malicious cyber actors and pose significant risk to
the federal enterprise. Note: to view the newly
added vulnerabilities in the catalog, click on the
arrow in the “Date Added to Catalog” column, which
will sort by descending dates.
# ⚓ XSAs_released_on_2022-11-08⠀⇛
The Xen Project has released one or more Xen
security advisories (XSAs). The security of Qubes
OS is affected. Therefore, user action is required.
# ⚓ QSB-086:_Speculative_security_issues_on_AMD_CPUs_(XSA-
422)⠀⇛
We have just published Qubes Security Bulletin
(QSB) 086: Speculative security issues on AMD CPUs
(XSA-422). The text of this QSB is reproduced
below. This QSB and its accompanying signatures
will always be available in the Qubes Security Pack
(qubes-secpack). More information about QSBs,
including a complete historical list, is available
here.
# ⚓ SANS ☛ Critical_OpenSSL_3.0_Update_Released._Patches_CVE-
2022-3786,_CVE-2022-3602,_(Tue,_Nov_1st) [Ed: This title is
still false.]⠀⇛
As preannounced, OpenSSL released version 3.0.7,
which patches two related vulnerabilities rated as
“High.” Initially, as part of a preannouncement,
the vulnerability was rated “Critical.” OpenSSL 3.0
was initially released in September of last year.
The update patches a buffer overrun vulnerability
that happens during the certificate verification.
The certificated needs to contain a malicious
Punycode encoded name, and the vulnerability is
only triggered AFTER the certificate chain is
verified. An attacker first needs to be able to
have a malicious certificate signed by a
certificate authority the client trusts. This does
not appear to be exploitable against servers. For
servers, this may be exploitable if the server
requests a certificate from the client (mTLS) [1] .
OpenSSL also published a blog post with details
here: https://www.openssl.org/blog/blog/2022/11/01/
email-address-overflows/
In short: While this is a potential remote code
execution vulnerability, the requirements to
trigger the vulnerability are not trivial, and I do
not see this as a “Heartbleed Emergency”. Patch
quickly as updated packages become available, but
beyond this, no immediate action is needed.
# ⚓ SANS ☛ InfoSec_Handlers_Diary_Blog_–_SANS_Internet_Storm
Center⠀⇛
I spotted a malicious RAR archive that contained a
VBS script. It was called “Unidad judicial citacion
pendiente Fiscalia.rar” and protected with a simple
4-numbers password to defeat automatic scanning.
Inside, the VBS script has the same name. Both are
unknown to VT.
# ⚓ SANS ☛ Microsoft_November_2022_Patch_Tuesday,_(Tue,_Nov
8th) [Ed: Microsoft left many known holes unpatched until it
was too late and those were widely exploited]⠀⇛
The previously disclosed (and exploited)
vulnerability is a security feature bypass on
Windows Mark of the Web (MOTW) (CVE-2022-41091).
According to the advisory, an attacker can craft a
malicious file that would evade MOTW defenses,
resulting in a limited loss of integrity and
availability of security features such as Protected
View in Microsoft Office, which rely on MOTW
tagging. The CVSS for this vulnerability is 5.4.
# ⚓ SANS ☛ Windows_Malware_with_VHD_Extension⠀⇛
Windows 10 supports various virtual drives natively
and can recognize and use ISO, VHD and VHDX files.
The file included as an attachment with this email,
when extracted appears in the email as a PDF but is
is in fact a VHD file.
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ ZDNet ☛ Why_Twitter_will_fail_shortly⠀⇛
Elon Musk has taken over Twitter, and it appears
he’s already failing on his promise not to turn
Twitter into a ‘free-for-all hellscape.’ But, I’m
not here to talk about his policy blunders. That’s
a story for another day. No, I’m here to predict
that Twitter, the site, will soon crash. And, once
it fails, it won’t be coming up for a while.
# ⚓ Video ☛ The_Absolute_State_Of_Twitter_–_Invidious⠀⇛
Twitter has become more popular than ever, it’s new
owner Elon Musk claims to value free speech more
than anything else yet he recently decided to add
further restrictions to parody accounts.
# ⚓ Daniel Aleksandersen ☛ Don’t_record_your_social_life_on_an
append-only_social_network_|_Ctrl_blog⠀⇛
Secure Scuttlebutt (SSB) is an alternative, self-
governed, distributed social network without
gatekeepers. You only see updates and mentions from
people you follow, so moderation isn’t as much of
an issue as on Twitter. However, the technology
that powers the platform is ill-suited for sharing
things with our ever-changing social circles.
[...]
All you need to get started is an SSB-compatible
client app; you don’t even need an internet
connection (except when pushing and pulling
updates). Every update you publish, whether public
or private, is stored in a local append-only
database (AOD). The database exists primarily on
your local device.
The network works by having its users synchronize
with each other’s account databases. The databases
get distributed through “pub” servers. Some SSB
client apps can also exchange updates using other
means, such as directly between devices using
distributed peer-to-peer (P2P) connectivity. Users
and pubs can pass along updates on behalf of mutual
connections, so everyone doesn’t need to be online
simultaneously for the network to function.
# ⚓ Vox ☛ Midterm_election_results_2022:_Gen_Z_candidate
Maxwell_Frost_is_elected_to_Congress,_plus_more_firsts_–
Vox⠀⇛
Maxwell Alejandro Frost, a 25-year-old community
organizer, has officially become the first Gen Z
member elected to Congress after winning a House
seat in Florida’s 10th Congressional District.
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# ⚓ Engadget ☛ European_Union_opens_‘in-depth’_investigation
into_Microsoft’s_purchase_of_Activision_Blizzard⠀⇛
As expected, the European Commission will carry out
a full-scale investigation into Microsoft’s $69
billion bid to buy Activision Blizzard. Following a
preliminary probe, the European Commission
announced Tuesday (via Reuters) it believes the
deal may “significantly reduce competition” in a
handful of areas, including the PC and console
gaming markets, as well as among cloud gaming
services.
According to the Commission’s antitrust officials,
Microsoft has the potential economic incentive to
prevent competitors from accessing Activision
Blizzard’s “high-profile and highly successful
games,” including new Call of Duty entries. The
body notes it’s also concerned the deal could
unfairly advantage Windows against competing PC
operating systems. On the surface, that seems like
a strange concern, but it’s worth pointing out that
the success of devices like the Steam Deck has made
Linux something of a viable gaming alternative to
Windows.
With today’s announcement, the European Commission
now has 90 working days to complete its probe, a
timeline that means a decision would arrive on
March 23rd, 2023 at the latest.
# ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ Cory_Doctorow_Wants_You_to_Fight_Big
Tech⠀⇛
In their new book, Chokepoint Capitalism: How Big
Tech and Big Content Captured Creative Labor
Markets and How We’ll Win Them Back (Beacon, 2022),
Rebecca Giblin and Cory Doctorow explain how big
market players squeeze creators and consumers
through monopoly and monopsony — and outline a way
to break free from their grasp.
Coauthor Cory Doctorow recently spoke to David
Moscrop for Jacobin and discussed Chokepoint
Capitalism, Doctorow’s anti-capitalist oeuvre, what
chokepoint capitalism means for creators and
consumers, its prevalence in the cultural
industries, and how to fight against it.
# § Patents⠀➾
# ⚓ AG_Mukasey_Winning_WSJ_Debate_Over_Fintiv_Denials_–
Patent_Progress⠀⇛
The recent back-and-forth in the Wall Street
Journal between former Attorney General
Michael Mukasey and former Federal Circuit
Chief Judge Paul Michel…
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ On_Christian_Nationalism⠀⇛
Fun fact: I was what could now be described as a
Christian nationalist in my younger years.
I thought (my romanticized version of) America was
God’s country and American culture was godly
culture, and Satan was out to destroy it through
Democrats and “politically correct” (PC) ideology.
I was thoroughly indoctrinated by Trinity
Broadcasting Network (TBN) and Christian radio
stations and regularly donated to Christian
Coalition, American Centers for Law and Justice,
and other similar entities. I believed that
America’s God-given destiny was to conquer the
nations and make them submit to the Gospel.
# ⚓ The_state_of_American_politics_on_this_election_day⠀⇛
I no longer write about politics a lot. After many
years of activism and community organizing, and
having witnessed the sorry state of U.S. politics,
I sort of lost interest. As conservatives used to
say, not everything in society is politics, and not
everything in society should be addressed in the
realm of politics.
Once again, today’s midterm elections are called
“the most consequential” of our times. I’ve heard
this two years ago, four years ago, six years ago,
and eight years ago. Most of my friends these days
are Democrats and left-leaning independents. They
feel that a Republican victory will bring an
existential crisis to the United States.
# ⚓ And_hopefully,_this_means_I_stop_getting_SMS_spam_from
politicians⠀⇛
It’s political season. Not to be confused with deer
season (or rabbit season, or duck season or even
gator season, much to the dismay of many). And it’s
the second Tuesday of November on an even year, so
it’s also Federal political season.
Lovely.
The sun was out, the weather was cool (for Florida,
which means the asphalt is only slightly soft from
the heat) and as usual [1], I walked to the polling
station. It wasn’t crowded at all and it only took
a few moments to fill out the ballot.
o § Technical⠀➾
# § Internet/Gemini⠀➾
# ⚓ Quick_updates_(Nov._8,_2022)⠀⇛
I have not been here for about half a year. I
have been also not as active on various
social media platforms as I used to be.
# § Programming⠀➾
# ⚓ Handling_Optional_Values_in_Rust_macro_rules⠀⇛
I couldn’t bear the amount of repetitive in
code in [one of my projects] that had to do
with the definition, identification and
representation of token types in the scanner
part of an interpreter. All of the token
string representations were defined as string
constants in one place and then I had created
an enumeration of the token types themselves
with one function for parsing a string into a
token type and one function to get the string
representation from a token type. This
problem seems like a perfect fit for [a Rust
macro], but as we’ll see it was a bit more
involved to implement than I initially
thought. However, once I grokked how to make
use of macro recursion over multiple match
arms the solution turned out to be quite
simple and elegant.
=> =============================================================================
World Wide Web but a lot lighter.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Desktop/Laptop
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
o WINE_or_Emulation
o Desktop_Environments/WMs
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o Red_Hat_/_IBM
o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Programming/Development
# R
o Standards/Consortia
* Leftovers
o Science
o Education
o Hardware
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Security
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting
o Environment
# Energy
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM)
o Monopolies
# Copyrights
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Technical
# Internet/Gemini
# Programming
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾
# ⚓ TecMint ☛ The_Most_Used_Operating_Systems_in_the_World [Ed:
Android/Linux most widely used, not Windows]⠀⇛
If you have ever used a PC, Macbook smartphone,
tablet or any smart device (which is likely the
case since you are reading this tutorial) chances
are you have interacted with an operating system.
An operating system is a program that handles all
the aspects of a device such as a PC or a
smartphone including managing all the software and
hardware functions. It handles key aspects such as
booting, device management, memory management,
process management, loading and executing of
programs, and many more.
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Ubuntubuzz ☛ Scrcpy:_Control_Your_Android_Phone_Screen_from
Ubuntu_Laptop⠀⇛
This tutorial will help you to use Scrcpy (screen
copy) program so you can remotely and visually
control your Android phone from Ubuntu laptop.
Fortunately, it is available on Ubuntu and does not
require root to work. This is useful for
surprisingly many purposes will be explained below,
including being helpful when your screen is
damaged. Now let’s try this excellent program!
# ⚓ PowerDNS ☛ Second_Beta_Release_of_PowerDNS_Recursor_4.8.0⠀⇛
We are proud to announce the second beta release of
PowerDNS Recursor 4.8.0.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Data Swamp ☛ Mirroring_sources_used_in_nixpkgs_(software
preservation)⠀⇛
This may appear like a very niche use case, in my
quest of software conservancy for nixpkgs I didn’t
encounter many people understanding why I was doing
this.
# ⚓ Automate_code_build_and_deployment_with_ansible_|_Pablo
Iranzo_Gómez_blog⠀⇛
Let’s say that we want to keep our system updated
with some code which is not distributed as a
regular package, but as a code in a repository
(which unfortunately, it’s a pretty common
situation).
# ⚓ Linux Handbook ☛ Using_Brace_Expansion_in_Bash_Shell⠀⇛
Brace expansion {..} is one of the most
underutilized but awesome shell features in Linux.
You can use it to print sequences of numbers and
letters. Add two integers or letters separated by
two dots in curly braces and see the magic.
# ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ How_to_Enable_Netflix_Full_HD_(1080p)_in
Ubuntu_and_Other_Linux⠀⇛
A simple tutorial for you to enable full HD 1080p
Netflix playback in Ubuntu and other Linux.
The steps are a little different in Firefox and
Chrome. Follow accordingly.
Netflix playback in Ubuntu and other Linux
distributions is in only HD 720p by default. It’s
from their current requirement, which is mentioned
here for its HTML5-based player in the browser.
# ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ How_to_Watch_Netflix_in_Linux_[Easy_Guide]⠀⇛
Here’s how you can watch Netflix in Ubuntu and
other Linux distributions in a super simple way.
Watching the popular streaming service Netflix
requires a small additional step besides simply
logging on and watching. Because you need to
specifically enable DRM (Digital Rights Management)
in your web browser. And modern HTML5-based
streaming uses CDM (Content Decryption Module).
DRM/CDM technology enforces certain audio and video
security requirements to play in your browser. The
movies, TV shows, and documentaries that you watch
are copyright protected and encrypted. And you need
an additional add-on or plugin in your web browser
to decrypt them first to play.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Apache_Maven_on_Rocky_Linux_9_–
idroot⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
Apache Maven on Rocky Linux 9. For those of you who
didn’t know, Apache Maven is an open-source
software project management and build a tool that
is tailored specifically for Java projects. It is
based on the Project Object Model and contains XML
files to define configuration details, project
dependencies, and other data. It is designed to
help Java developers build projects by proficiently
documenting and reporting important project-related
information.
This article assumes you have at least basic
knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and
most importantly, you host your site on your own
VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes
you are running in the root account, if not you may
need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root
privileges. I will show you the step-by-step
installation of Apache Maven on Rocky Linux. 9.
# ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ 31_Linux_Commands_Every_Ubuntu_User_Should
Know⠀⇛
What are the essential Ubuntu commands?
I have been asked this question several times by
regular readers, and I have tried to avoid
answering it.
Why? Don’t I know Ubuntu commands? Nope. That’s not
the reason. It is because it is difficult to
categorize them. What’s essential to me may not be
essential to you.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Google_Chrome_on_Fedora_37/
36/35⠀⇛
Most users of Linux know Firefox is, by default,
installed on most desktops. This is no exception
when it comes to Fedora. However, as good as
Firefox, desktop users may often prefer installing
another browser, in this case, Google Chrome. The
best method to install Google Chrome on a Fedora
desktop is to use the official repository, from
which you can instantly grab any new updates when
they surface.
Chrome is still the most prominent used browser
worldwide, so many updates do come along if a
security flaw is found. I do think having it direct
from the source instead of waiting for a maintainer
from a third party to push it is better. Also, as a
bonus, people who like testing edge software can
install the beta or unstable repository builds
using the same technique, with a bit of
modification in the following tutorial on your
Fedora desktop using the command line terminal.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Telegram_on_Fedora_37/36/
35⠀⇛
Cross-platform messaging apps are becoming
increasingly popular as they offer a convenient way
to stay in touch with friends and family no matter
where they are. Telegram is one such app that
offers several unique features that set it apart
from its competitors. Perhaps most notably,
Telegram provides end-to-end encryption for all
chats, meaning that only the sender and recipient
can read the messages. This makes Telegram an ideal
choice for those who value privacy and security.
In the following tutorial, you will learn how to
install the Telegram client on a Fedora Linux
desktop using the command line terminal with two
installation methods with cli: RPM Fusion and the
natively installed Flatpak package manager.
# ⚓ Linux Shell Tips ☛ How_to_Install_and_Secure_MySQL_on_Rocky
Linux⠀⇛
This article guide takes us through the
installation, configuration, and testing of MySQL
database server software on a Rocky Linux
distribution.
Independently, MySQL is an ideal open-source
database management software. Dependently, it
completes the LEMP stack by linking up with Linux,
Nginx, and PHP/Python/Pearl.
With MySQL, data query and management are achieved
via the implementation of SQL (Structured Query
Language) and relational models.
# ⚓ Red Hat ☛ How_static_application_security_testing_improves
software_security⠀⇛
Static application security testing (SAST) is one
of the most effective techniques to improve
application security. The term covers a variety of
testing techniques that analyze an application’s
source, bytecode, or binary code for security
vulnerabilities. Typically, developers complete
this analysis during the software development
lifecycle of an application. Many SAST tools are
mature, and the techniques have become central to
secure coding. Source code is the most common
target of SAST, but you can also utilize SAST on
bytecode and binary code.
Binary scanning analyzes the binary itself or the
result of disassembling or decompiling it. Scanning
binaries can add a benefit, unlike source code
scanning, which identifies vulnerabilities created
by the compiler. On the other hand, the reports
from scanning binaries have many more false
positives in some cases.
In general, SAST tools may generate many false
positives and require tuning. The Red Hat Security
Guide provides an overview of SAST.
o § WINE or Emulation⠀➾
# ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ The_86Box_PC_emulator⠀⇛
For someone who’s been using virtualisation tools
since Virtual PC on a 1999 iMac DV, and who makes
his living documenting and architecting systems on
Linux Xen, I had no idea of the existence of PCem,
and of the 86Box fork. ozzmosis sent me a
screenshot on Mastodon, and I’ve been hooked on it
ever since.
Compared to other virtualisation tools like QEMU
and DOSBox, 86Box aims to faithfully reproduce
original hardware going back to the first IBM PC.
It does this using original ROMs, coupled with
period accurate virtual drives, interfaces, sound
cards, GPUs, and NICs.
This is an important distinction. It can run on
non-PC hardware like Apple Silicon because it isn’t
a hypervisor. It also means vintage operating
systems receive hardware they expect, and for which
they have driver support. If you ever wanted to see
how Windows 3.0 or OS/2 looked with 256 colours on
a Tseng VGA card, this is how you do it.
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ Why_sysadmins_should_choose_Awesome_window
manager_on_Linux⠀⇛
Awesome is a window manager for the Linux desktop.
A “window manager” is a graphical interface that
primarily (if not literally) just manages the
drawing and arrangement of windows. In practice,
even the most rudimentary of window managers
actually provides a little more than just the
ability to draw a window. Most also provide a pop-
up menu so you can launch an application, some
provide a dock or panel so you can switch between
different applications you have running. They stop
short at providing desktop conveniences such as
drawing a wallpaper in the background of your
screen, mounting and unmounting devices, providing
a system tray, and so on. A window manager assumes
you can use other applications to build a desktop
experience to your own liking, and so it focuses on
managing windows. The Awesome window manager takes
a “tiling” approach, meaning that each window you
launch takes up a fraction of your desktop
according to the number of windows you have open.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § Red Hat / IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Automating_beyond_configuration
management⠀⇛
When Red Hatters discuss configuration management,
they’re usually applying the term to IT
infrastructure within an organization, such as
standing up computing resources, installing
applications or configuring specific applications
to function as intended for the end user.
Infrastructure-level configuration management is a
high-impact area of the business because without
proper infrastructure, an organization is not able
to leverage most or any technology. For this
reason, it’s important to view configuration
management only as a potential starting point on
your automation journey.
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ OpenSSL:_Email_address_buffer_overflow
security_flaws⠀⇛
The OpenSSL project published two important impact
security flaws on November 1, 2022. Since
Heartbleed was released, OpenSSL security flaws
grab the attention of customers, media, and the
community users of this software.
OpenSSL provided pre-notification days before the
issue was public, and they followed up with a blog
to explain why the CVE was later split into two
CVEs and downgraded. Due to the amount of material
on the internet, it becomes difficult to understand
everything going around this issue. The intent of
this blog is to put things into perspective for our
customers and community members to understand what
is happening, what the risks are, and how to
mitigate them.
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Considerations_when_implementing
developer_portals_in_regulated_enterprise_environments⠀⇛
There is a trend in the industry at present around
developer experience. At the center of this is the
developer portal. This concept is not new. Many
enterprise environments have created their own
platforms and tools that help streamline the
process of getting teams coding faster in
environments where everything is not easily
accessible.
There is also a large movement within the industry
to provide frameworks and tools that build
developer portals. The leading framework in this
arena, Backstage.io, states on its website that a
developer portal “restores order to your
infrastructure and enables your product teams to
ship high-quality code quickly.” These are very
noble goals, much needed in many environments.
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ 3_ways_SSSD_logging_improvements_make
sysadmins’_lives_easier_|_Enable_Sysadmin⠀⇛
New System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) features
in RHEL 8.6 and 9.0 make it easier to troubleshoot
identity management problems.
# ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ IT_leadership:_Lessons_from_the
military⠀⇛
Turbulent times can either paralyze you with fear
or energize you with unlimited opportunities – and
great leaders are often what make the difference.
In the midst of complexity and volatility, top
leaders anticipate and adapt. They build clarity
out of uncertainty. They communicate a vision that
inspires you to strive for more. They challenge and
elevate their teams, giving people the confidence
to not just persevere but step up to the big
moments and make bold things happen.
# ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ Digital_transformation_in_2023_and
beyond:_Trends_to_watch [Ed: When Red Hat speaks of "digital
transformation" it means more vendor lock-in (through newly-
introduced complexity)]⠀⇛
What’s at the top of your digital transformation
to-do list?
# ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ Using_Python_in_VS_Code_and_Codium [Ed:
Red Hat is pushing Microsoft's junk to developers instead of
proper Free software not means to attack Free software
developers]⠀⇛
Over the past couple of years, I have had the
privilege of working with middle school children to
introduce them to Python coding and the Raspberry
Pi 400. It’s been a lot of fun, and the Pi has been
a great platform for the students and me. We’ve
used Code with Mu and it’s been quite successful.
Our aptitude with Python has grown with experience,
and so recently I started looking for ways to offer
these students more.
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Ubuntu News ☛ Ubuntu_Fridge_|_Ubuntu_Weekly_Newsletter
Issue_760⠀⇛
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 760
for the week of October 30 – November 5, 2022.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ How_to_remove_FRP_lock_on_Android_device_using_iMobie’s
DroidKit⠀⇛
# ⚓ 9 to 5 Toys ☛ Philips’_new_Screeneo_U5_UST_Projector_comes
with_Android_TV_11⠀⇛
# ⚓ EIN Presswire ☛ FPT,_SEI_–_Amlogic_Co-Launch_the_Latest
Android_TV_Set-top-box_–_EIN_Presswire⠀⇛
# ⚓ SamMobile ☛ BREAKING:_Galaxy_A53_5G_starts_getting_stable
Android_13_(One_UI_5.0)_update_–_SamMobile⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Sun ☛ Millions_of_Android_phone_owners_urged_to_change
setting_as_soon_as_possible_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Qt ☛ Qt-Bridge_Metadata_format⠀⇛
Qt Design Studio has the capability to generate QML
based UI files from a json file. Qt Design Studio
expects a .metadata file for the import and the
contents define the DOM and the QML item’s
properties in the json format.
Qt-Bridge plugins for Photoshop and Sketch generate
such .metadata files. The .metadata files can be
imported in the Qt Design Studio to generate QML.
Similarly, other design tools can export the user
interface in the specified metadata format to
generate QML using Qt Design Studio.
# ⚓ Positech Games ☛ Optimization_for_fun!⠀⇛
I am well aware that my game Democracy 4 is not
exactly slow with huge framerate issues. However,
optimization is fun! or at least it should be, but
in practice, getting profiling to work on remote
PCs is not exactly easy. I have basically used
every profiling software imaginable and still have
not got one that I think really does the job well…
I have basically wasted about an hour today trying
to work out why I couldn’t get the intel vtune
amplifier stuff to work with event based profiling
and get rid of this pesky error that was clearly
nonsense about ‘not able to recognize processor…
until I finally realized that I actually have an
AMD chip in my (relatively) new PC so…yeah… That
drove me to try out the AMD uProf profiler, which
is something I had not used before.
# ⚓ Jim Nielsen ☛ Optimize_For_Nothing⠀⇛
Maybe that’s inevitable. If you want to run a
business, you have to optimize for something to
turn a profit? I’m no good at business, so don’t
ask me.
But for argument’s sake, what would push this piece
further is to hear a claim like: “We’re not
optimizing for anything. Rather than optimize
around metrics or feelings from our users, we are
building something based on our own sensibilities
and opinions of what makes the world more enjoyable
to us.”
What I find profound and universal about anyone’s
work is what they observe in themselves and, in
turn, reflect in their work to the world — not any
one optimization.
# ⚓ Hillel Wayne ☛ Notes_on_Every_Strangeloop_2022_Talk_I
Attended⠀⇛
This is my writeup of all the talks I saw at
Strangeloop, written on the train ride back, while
the talks were still fresh in my mind. Now that all
the talks are online I can share it!
# ⚓ Bozhidar Batsov ☛ OCaml_Tips:_Converting_a_String_to_a_List
of_Characters⠀⇛
While playing with OCaml I was surprised to learn
there’s no built-in function the convert a string
to a list of its characters. Admittedly, that’s not
something you need very often, but it does come
handy from time to time.
# § R⠀➾
# ⚓ R_XML:_How_to_Work_With_XML_Files_in_R_–_R
programming⠀⇛
R programming language can read all sorts of
data, and XML is no exception. There are many
ways to read, parse, and manipulate these
markup language files in R, and today we’ll
explore two. By the end of the article,
you’ll know how to use two R packages to work
with XML.
We’ll kick things off with an R XML
introduction – you’ll get a sense of what XML
is, and we’ll also write an XML dataset from
scratch. Then, you’ll learn how to access
individual elements, convert XML files to an
R tibble and a data.frame, and much more.
# ⚓ Rlang ☛ ‘CGAL’_meets_‘R6’:_the_‘cgalMeshes’_package⠀⇛
My new package cgalMeshes (not on CRAN yet)
deals with 3D meshes. All algorithms
implemented in this package are performed by
the C++ library CGAL.
# ⚓ Modeling_the_secular_trend_in_a_cluster_randomized
trial_using_very_flexible_models_–_ouR_data
generation⠀⇛
A key challenge – maybe the key challenge –
of a stepped wedge clinical trial design is
the threat of confounding by time. This is a
cross-over design where the unit of
randomization is a group or cluster, where
each cluster begins in the control state and
transitions to the intervention. It is the
transition point that is randomized. Since
outcomes could be changing over time
regardless of the intervention, it is
important to model the time trends when
conducting the efficacy analysis. The
question is how we choose to model time, and
I am going to suggest that we might want to
use a very flexible model, such as a cubic
spline or a generalized additive model (GAM).
# ⚓ DataGeeek ☛ Modeling_the_Extinction_of_Species_with
SVM-Kernel⠀⇛
In the last article, we analyzed carbon
emissions and the effects that created them.
This time I want to look into another
important environmental issue, animal
biodiversity; by animals, I mean mammals,
birds, fish, reptiles, and amphibians.
The metric we are going to be interested in
is the living planet index which measures the
change in the number of 31,831 populations
across 5,230 species relative to the year
1970. The explanatory variables we will take,
are annual carbon emissions per capita(co2),
annual gross domestic product per capita
(gdp), and regions(region).
# ⚓ Download_shapefiles_from_ESRI_ArcGIS_Online_Story
Maps_–_Jonathan_Chang⠀⇛
Recently, we needed to get out some
shapefiles from an ArcGIS Online map. It’s
immediately clear that there’s a lot of data,
and no obvious way to get it from a download
or share link anywhere on the app page. The
desired solution is anything but taking a
screenshot and tracing it in ImageJ, as
that’s an absolute last resort. In this post,
I’ll walk through how I managed to get those
shapefiles downloaded, and hopefully provide
some easy tips to do the same for other
ArcGIS online maps.
o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾
# ⚓ CNBC ☛ Web_inventor_Tim_Berners-Lee_wants_us_to_‘ignore’
Web3⠀⇛
Tim Berners-Lee, the computer scientist credited
with inventing the World Wide Web, said he doesn’t
view blockchain as a viable solution for building
the next iteration of the internet.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ “When_Franny_Stands_Up,”_Eden_Robins’_debut
novel⠀⇛
Of all the alternate history premises in fiction, the
McGuffin of Eden Robins’s debut, “When Franny Stands Up,”
is one of the most unlikely and – it turns out – rich.
Robins’ novel opens on Franny, a teenage Jewish girl from
the Chicago suburbs who’s snuck out on Christmas Eve to
hear the notorious comedian Boopsie Baxter do standup.
o ⚓ Michael Urspringer ☛ CQ_World_Wide_DX_Contest_SSB_–_Urs-o-Log⠀⇛
Yesterday I took part in one of he biggest radio amateur
contests “CQ World Wide DX Contest” which runs for 48h.
However I did not take part full time :-). There were
some times with high electromagnetic storms so the
conditions sometimes were not so good.
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Some_Recent_Developments_in_Mixture_Cure_Model_Methodology
for_Survival_Analysis_|_YoungStatS⠀⇛
The mixture cure model in survival analysis has
received large and growing attention in the last
few decades. Here we present an overview drawing
together early results and some recent new
developments, and pointing out areas where further
work is needed.
# ⚓ CityU_researchers_invent_smart_mask_to_track_respiratory
sounds_for_respiratory_disease_identification⠀⇛
Wearing face masks has been recognised as one of
the most effective ways to prevent the spread of
COVID-19, even in its coming endemic phase. Apart
from the conventional function of masks, the
potential for smart masks to monitor human
physiological signals is being increasingly
explored. A research team led by the City
University of Hong Kong (CityU) recently invented a
smart mask, integrating an ultrathin nanocomposite
sponge structure-based soundwave sensor, which is
capable of detecting respiratory sounds of
breathing, coughing and speaking.
# ⚓ Government Technology ☛ University_at_Buffalo’s_Robot_Dog
Contributes_to_AI_Research⠀⇛
A yellow quadrupedal robot nicknamed Yubie, branded
Spot the Agile Mobile Robot, is wandering around
campus helping researchers study robotics, computer
science, artificial intelligence and other high-
tech fields.
# ⚓ New Scientist ☛ AI-controlled_robotic_laser_can_target_and
kill_cockroaches_|_New_Scientist⠀⇛
A laser controlled by two cameras and a small
computer running an AI model can be trained to
target certain types of insect
Researchers have created a device that uses machine
vision to spot cockroaches and zap them with a
laser. They say the method could offer a cheaper
and more environmentally friendly alternative to
insecticides.
Ildar Rakhmatulin at Heriot-Watt University in
Edinburgh, UK, and his colleagues equipped a laser
with two cameras and a small computer running an AI
model that can be trained to target certain types
of insect.
# ⚓ The_Reproducibility_Crisis_in_Science_–_These_Researchers
Have_a_Fix_–_USC_Viterbi_|_School_of_Engineering⠀⇛
The scientific method – it’s the backbone of all
scientific research. Everyone from third grade
science students to Nobel Prize winners use the
problem-solving method. And one of the cornerstones
of the scientific method is that results must be
reproducible.
What does that mean? For our purposes,
“reproducibility” means being able to obtain
consistent results using the same input data;
computational steps, methods, and code; and
conditions of analysis.
So, if your experiment is to test X under Y
conditions and your result is Z, then if you repeat
the experiment, you should get Z again. And when
another researcher tries to test X under Y
conditions, they should also get the result Z.
That’s how science works!
Unfortunately, that is not always – or even often –
the case.
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Academics_strike_as_wage_theft
spreads,_uni_executive_salaries_soar_–_Michael_West⠀⇛
Academics at five Queensland universities walked
off the job last week and held a rally in Brisbane
to protest against casualisation, reduced work
security and dozens of cases of wage theft. Michael
Sainsbury reports as concerns rise in Australia’s
universities over the billowing schism between
academic and VC pay.
University staff were hit hard by the pandemic,
with more than 20,000 jobs lost. Now, two-thirds of
university staff are in insecure employment on
casual and fixed-term contracts, while many
universities are requiring teachers to undertake
work out of contracted hours. Meanwhile, university
executive salaries hover at record levels.
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ Full_control_of_a_six-qubit_quantum_processor_in_silicon_–
QuTech⠀⇛
Researchers at QuTech—a collaboration between the
Delft University of Technology and TNO—have
engineered a record number of six, silicon-based,
spin qubits in a fully interoperable array.
Importantly, the qubits can be operated with a low
error-rate that is achieved with a new chip design,
an automated calibration procedure, and new methods
for qubit initialization and readout. These
advances will contribute to a scalable quantum
computer based on silicon. The results are
published in Nature today.
# ⚓ New Scientist ☛ Unpiloted_military_helicopter_flies_134_km
in_simulated_mission [Ed: Solution in search of a problem]⠀⇛
A retrofitted Black Hawk helicopter flew
autonomously between mountains to deliver blood
supplies in a simulated mission. It also picked up
a simulated medical casualty
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ Nature ☛ AI_model_transferability_in_healthcare:_a
sociotechnical_perspective
⠀⇛
To deliver value in healthcare, artificial
intelligence and machine learning models must be
integrated not only into technology platforms but
also into local human and organizational ecosystems
and workflows. To realize the promised benefits of
applying these models at scale, a roadmap of the
challenges and potential solutions to
sociotechnical transferability is needed.
# ⚓ Didier Stevens ☛ Quickpost:_BruCON_Travel_Charger⠀⇛
I already have a similar travel adapter, but this
BruCON travel adapter has one extra important
feature for me: a USB C port.
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ Hacker News ☛ Install_Latest_Windows_Update_ASAP!_Patches
Issued_for_6_Actively_Exploited_Zero-Days [Ed: Delete
Windows. Microsoft knew about these flaws and did not patch
until it was too late and they were actively exploited a lot
(at least 4 such holes, based on CISA)]⠀⇛
Microsoft’s latest round of monthly security
updates has been released with fixes for 68
vulnerabilities spanning its software portfolio,
including patches for six actively exploited zero-
days. 12 of the issues are rated Critical, two are
rated High, and 55 are rated Important in severity.
# ⚓ Hacker News ☛ VMware_Warns_of_3_New_Critical_Flaws
Affecting_Workspace_ONE_Assist_Software [Ed: Proprietary
software again; VMware cannot keep blaming "FOSS" for its
shoddy software's holes]⠀⇛
VMware has patched five security flaws affecting
its Workspace ONE Assist solution, some of which
could be exploited to bypass authentication and
obtain elevated permissions.
Topping the list, are three critical
vulnerabilities tracked as CVE-2022-31685, CVE-
2022-31686, and CVE-2022-31687. All the
shortcomings are rated 9.8 on the CVSS
vulnerability scoring system.
# ⚓ Mandiant ☛ They_See_Me_Roaming:_Following_APT29_by_Taking_a
Deeper_Look_at_Windows_Credential_Roaming [Ed: Microsoft as
national security threat and a major liability]⠀⇛
In early 2022, Mandiant detected and responded to
an incident where APT29 successfully phished a
European diplomatic entity and ultimately abused
the Windows Credential Roaming feature. The
diplomatic-centric targeting is consistent with
Russian strategic priorities as well as historic
APT29 targeting. Mandiant has been tracking APT29—a
Russian espionage group that is sponsored by the
Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR)—since at least
2014. Some APT29 activity is also publicly referred
to as Nobelium by Microsoft.
# ⚓ Patches_for_6_zero-days_under_active_exploit_are_now
available_from_Microsoft [Ed: Microsoft and security are
opposites]⠀⇛
It’s the second Tuesday of the month, and that
means it’s Update Tuesday, the monthly release of
security patches available for nearly all software
Microsoft supports. This time around, the software
maker has fixed six zero-days under active exploit
in the wild, along with a wide range of other
vulnerabilities that pose a threat to end users.
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ Futurism ☛ US_Gov_to_Crack_Down_on_“Bossware”_That
Spies_On_Employees’_Computers [Ed: Will they crack down
on companies like Microsoft or only smaller ones with
fewer lawyers?]⠀⇛
Ever since the COVID-19 pandemic drove a wave
of working from home, companies have been
relentless in their efforts to digitally
police and spy on remote employees by using
what’s known as “bossware.” That’s the
pejorative name for software that tracks the
websites an employee visits, screenshots
their computer screens, and even records
their faces and voices.
And now, the National Labor Relations Board
(NLRB), an agency of the federal government,
is looking to intervene.
“Close, constant surveillance and management
through electronic means threaten employees’
basic ability to exercise their rights,” said
NLRB general counsel Jennifer Abruzzo, in a
Monday memo. “I plan to urge the Board to
apply the Act to protect employees, to the
greatest extent possible, from intrusive or
abusive electronic monitoring and automated
management practices.”
# ⚓ ACM ☛ AuraRing:_Precise_Electromagnetic_Finger
Tracking⠀⇛
Wearable computing platforms, such as
smartwatches and head-mounted mixed reality
displays, demand new input devices for high-
fidelity interaction. We present AuraRing, a
wearable magnetic tracking system designed
for tracking fine-grained finger movement.
The hardware consists of a ring with an
embedded electromagnetic transmitter coil and
a wristband with multiple sensor coils. By
measuring the magnetic fields at different
points around the wrist, AuraRing estimates
the five degree-of-freedom pose of the ring.
AuraRing is trained only on simulated data
and requires no runtime supervised training,
ensuring user and session independence. It
has a dynamic accuracy of 4.4 mm, as measured
through a user evaluation with optical ground
truth. The ring is completely self-contained
and consumes just 2.3 mW of power.
o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Crime_to_report_a_crime:_outrage_as
government_turns_screws_on_whistleblower_David_McBride⠀⇛
The rise of the Albanese government spared hopes of
a new deal for people blowing the lid on government
malfeasance. It isn’t working out that way for one
prominent whistleblower, writes Callum Foote who
interviewed David McBride. Says McBride, the
government is wrongly using national security to
stop the reporting of crime.
It wasn’t the first time David McBride, a soldier
and military lawyer, had experienced another defeat
at the hands of the government. But last week he
was dealt a bitter blow.
McBride is a whistleblower who is being prosecuted
after leaking details of alleged war crimes
committed by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan to
the ABC. These documents came to be known as “The
Afghan Files” and the release of this information
led to a police raid of the ABC headquarters in
June of 2019 and The “Brereton Report,” which
alleged that Australian Defence Force personnel had
killed 39 Afghan civilians.
o § Environment⠀➾
# § Energy⠀➾
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ A_new_state_power!_–_Michael
West⠀⇛
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews’ is bringing
back the government-owned State Electricity
Commission to reverse the decades-long
privatisation of Australia’s energy market.
Some media outlets are ramping faux outrage
whilst cooler heads know if done right, it
should prove wrong long espoused benefits of
neoliberal economics.
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Advance_Australia_Fair:_does_Budget
2022_cut_the_mustard_on_corporate_tax_crooks?_–_Michael
West⠀⇛
Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers still have a bit
of work to do to catch up with Tony Abbott and Joe
Hockey, but only when it comes to corporate tax
avoidance. Callum Foote reports on budget measures
to crack down on the biggest scam in town.
In sheer dollar terms it is the biggest rort in the
world. Multinational tax avoidance. Billions of
dollars a year siphoned out of Australia alone,
parked in tax havens, hidden on the hushed advice
of Big4 tax advisors and blue chip law firms.
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ Into_The_Fediverse!⠀⇛
This is more of a test post after enabling some new
Fediverse features on the server.
# ⚓ IT Wire ☛ iTWire_–_Grandstanding_about_Musk_and_Twitter_is
simply_a_waste_of_time⠀⇛
When politicians indulge in grandstanding on issues
over which they have no control, the normal
reaction is to ignore them and treat them with
derision.
But when government-appointed functionaries also
start indulging in the same kind of spin, in a bid
to draw attention to themselves and get their mugs
in the media, they need to be called out.
If one is wondering what this is all about, it
concerns the gratuitous statements made by the
eSafety Commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, about the
acquisition of Twitter by Tesla and SpaceX chief
executive Elon Musk.
Now if Inman Grant had vented on any topic under
the sun on some forum or the other in her capacity
as a private individual, one would have nothing to
say. [It is important to note here that she is an
external contributor to the defence industry lobby
group, the Australian Strategic Policy Institute.]
o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
# ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ The_Law_Bytes_Podcast,_Episode_145:_Why
Bill_C-18’s_Mandated_Payments_for_Links_is_a_Threat_to
Freedom_of_Expression_in_Canada_–_My_Appearance_Before_the
Heritage_Committee⠀⇛
The hearings on the Online News Act – Bill C-18 –
wrapped up last week with a final session in which
I had the unexpected opportunity to appear and
again raise concerns with the bill. My focus this
time was on how the bill mandates payments for
links and why that approach is a threat to freedom
of expression in Canada. This week’s Law Bytes
podcast takes you inside the hearing room as it
features my opening statement and clips from
exchanges with MPs from several parties that
touched on everything from innovation to copyright
reform to the rules for final offer arbitration. My
full opening statement is posted below.
o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾
# ⚓ Car_Feature_Subscriptions_Should_Be_Illegal_–_New_Jersey
Legislators_Say⠀⇛
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# ⚓ IT Wire ☛ iTWire_–_Europe_opens_probe_into_Microsoft_bid_to
buy_Activision_Blizzard⠀⇛
The European Commission, the executive arm of the
European Union, has begun an in-depth investigation
into Microsoft’s proposed acquisition of the gaming
company Activision Blizzard.
In a statement on Tuesday, the EC said it had
concerns whether the deal would lessen competition
in markets for distribution of console and personal
computer video games and for PC operating systems.
Microsoft announced its acquisition in January,
with the price paid being US$70 billion (A$107.8
billion) to become the globe’s third-largest gaming
firm.
# § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ Register_Your_TikTok_Videos_at_the
CRTC?!:_Commission_Encourages_TikTokers_To_Participate
in_Future_Process_on_Bill_C-11_Content_Registration⠀⇛
Even as Canadian Heritage Minister Pablo
Rodriguez continues to insist that user
content isn’t touched by Bill C-11, the CRTC
is sending a different message. In a recent
article on how digital creators are
contemplating leaving Canada as a result of
Bill C-11’s regulation of user content, the
CRTC stated:
We strongly encourage interested parties –
like TikTok users – to monitor our
announcements and participate in public
processes. Any decisions on who would have to
register and how would only follow those
processes, and people should make no
assumptions about how the Commission may rule
beforehand.
The CRTC and its chair Ian Scott
contradicting Rodriguez has been a regular
occurrence throughout the Bill C-11 process.
Scott has twice confirmed that the CRTC has
the power to regulate user content under the
bill (despite Rodriguez inaccurately saying
otherwise) and has also confirmed that it has
the power to encourage platforms to
prioritize certain content in a manner that
would entail algorithmic manipulation
(Rodriguez has denied that algorithms are
covered the bill). Now in the same article
that Rodriguez’s office says users are not
affected by the bill, the CRTC urges those
same users to participate in the process that
will establish the rules for content
registration.
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Technical⠀➾
# § Internet/Gemini⠀➾
# ⚓ I_made_a_gemsite_on_tilde⠀⇛
I made a little gemsite on tilde.team. I will
still post here regularly but my posts to my
own gemsite will be more organized
# § Programming⠀➾
# ⚓ Re:_Handling_Optional_Values_in_Rust_macro_rules⠀⇛
I love Rust, but there are certain things
which I don’t feel it does very well. One
thing that I think was a mistake in C was the
entire preprocessor, and most especially
macros. I’m not exactly a fan of macros in
Rust, either. I think this posts central
premise is a good example where I can
demonstrate a language which has a better
solution.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Audiocasts/Shows
o Graphics_Stack
o Instructionals/Technical
o Games
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o SUSE/OpenSUSE
o Debian_Family
o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family
o Open_Hardware/Modding
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o SaaS/Back_End/Databases
o Education
o Licensing_/_Legal
o Programming/Development
# Python
* Leftovers
o Education
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o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Proprietary
o Linux_Foundation
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# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting
o Environment
# Energy
# Wildlife/Nature
# Overpopulation
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press
o Civil_Rights/Policing
o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality
o Monopolies
# Trademarks
# Copyrights
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal
o Technical
# Programming
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ Video ☛ Millions_of_Twitter_Users_Leave_For_Mastodon_–
Invidious⠀⇛
Apparently, all we needed to make Mastodon more
popular was for Elon Musk to buy Twitter. But is
this a good thing? Are all these new Mastodon users
going to be happy on Mastodon? I have some thoughts
on this situation.
# ⚓ Tux Digital ☛ 38:_Crackin’_Passwords_–_Linux_Out_Loud_–
TuxDigital⠀⇛
This week, Linux Out Loud chats about how variety
is the spice of Linux.
Welcome to episode 38 of Linux Out Loud. We fired
up our mics, connected those headphones as we
searched the community for themes to expound upon.
We kept the banter friendly, the conversation
somewhat on topic, and had fun doing it.
# ⚓ Video ☛ Setup_a_Splunk_Lab_on_Ubuntu_Server_22.04_–
Invidious [Ed: Splunk is proprietary. Better use the Free/
libre alternatives.]⠀⇛
! In this video, we cover how to set up a Splunk
Lab on Ubuntu Server for people training to get in
the Cyber Security Field.
o § Graphics Stack⠀➾
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ NVIDIA_PhysX_5.1_SDK_goes_open_source⠀⇛
Available now under a BSD license, today NVIDIA put
up the NVIDIA PhysX 5.1 SDK as open source which is
great to see from team Green.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Earthly ☛ Containers_are_chroot_with_a_Marketing_Budget⠀⇛
But for me, containers are just chrooted processes.
Sure, they are more than that: Containers have a
nice developer experience, an open-source
foundation, and a whole ecosystem of cloud-native
companies pushing them forward. But, let me show
you why I think chroot1 is the key.
So, let’s build a container runtime using only the
chroot system call. Doing so, we can learn a little
about chroot, a little about container runtimes,
and it will also be fun!
# ⚓ Jaakko Keränen ☛ Capsule_Housekeeping⠀⇛
A quick note about some improvements to the
capsule, specifically regarding the version
accessible from the web: [...]
# ⚓ Manuel Matuzovic ☛ Day_32:_the_clamp()_function⠀⇛
The clamp() function defines a minimum value, a
preferred value, and a maximum value.
A quick recap of min() and max() before we talk
about clamp(): [...]
# ⚓ Klara ☛ Easily_Migrating_from_Linux_to_FreeBSD⠀⇛
If you are already experienced with Linux, FreeBSD
should feel very familiar. The operating systems
have a lot in common, due both to their Unix
heritage and many shared modern components. Much of
what may be unfamiliar to a Linux user adopting
FreeBSD is also inconsistent between Linux
distributions themselves.
In this article, we will cover some of the
conceptual differences between Linux and FreeBSD,
and go on to contrast some aspects of the basic
system utilities and the differing views of
hardware given by the two systems.
# ⚓ [Old] How_to_manage_a_mailing_list?⠀⇛
Asking for help to send by blog posts by email.
I’m currently in the process of moving my www blog
out of Worpdress and merging it with this Gemini
capsule. I’m quite excited by the progress I made
in this project and will soon talk more about it.
But there’s one bottleneck I’m currently facing :
migrating users subscribed to my mailing list.
# ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_LibreNMS_Monitoring_Solution
on_Rocky_Linux⠀⇛
LibreNMS is a monitoring tool that supports auto-
discovery with multiple protocols, including SNMP,
ARP, OSPF, and BGP.
# ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_Odoo_ERP_Software_(formerly
OpenERP)_on_Debian_11⠀⇛
Odoo (formerly OpenERP) is an open-source and
powerful business management software.
# ⚓ Vitux ☛ How_to_Remove_a_User_on_Debian_and_Ubuntu_Linux_–
VITUX⠀⇛
When using Debian or Ubuntu operating system on
your server or desktop, you sooner or later will
have to add or remove users from your system.
# ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ Install_NetData_Performance_Monitoring_Tool_In
Linux_–_OSTechNix⠀⇛
This guide explains what is Netdata, how to install
Netdata in Linux and how to analyze and monitor a
Linux system performance and resource usage with
Netdata.
# ⚓ H2S Media ☛ How_to_install_Mosquitto_in_Ubuntu_22.04_or
20.04_LTS⠀⇛
Tutorial to install the Mosquitto on Ubuntu 22.04
Jammy or 20.04 Focal LTS including Management Web
Graphical Interface Cedalo.
Eclipse Mosquitto is a lightweight message broker
published under an open-source license. It
implements MQTT protocol versions 5.0, 3.1.1, and
3.1. And because of its low power consumption, it
can be used on boards like Raspberry pi.
Whereas the MQTT protocol (MQ Telemetry Transport
or Message Queue Telemetry Transport) was developed
in 1999 for M2M (machine-to-machine) communication
as part of a joint oil pipeline[1] project between
IBM and Arcom Control Systems.
The Mosquitto project also provides a C library for
implementing MQTT clients, and the very popular
mosquitto_pub and mosquitto_sub command line MQTT
clients.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_VirtualBox_7.0_on_Ubuntu
22.04_|_20.04⠀⇛
Oracle VM VirtualBox 7.0, the latest free and open-
source hypervisor from Oracle has been released
with numerous new features and improvements. The
new version sees additions such as a recent utility
showing performance statistics for running guests,
secure boot support, Full VM encryption support
(via CLI), and a reworked virtual machine wizard.
Additionally, various bugs have been fixed in this
release. For more information, visit the VirtualBox
7.0 changelog.
In the following tutorial, you will learn how to
install VirtualBox 7.0 on your Ubuntu desktop or
server by importing the official virtual box
repository and installing the most up-to-date
version using the command line terminal. The extra
benefit for users using this method is that you
will receive them instantly from the VirtualBox
repository when updates drop.
# ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ How_to_Find_Systemd_or_Any_Other_init_System
in_Linux⠀⇛
Here’s how you can determine if you are running
systems or any other init system in your Linux
distribution.
The first process, which starts when you boot up
your Linux distribution, is called init (short for
initialization). It has the process identifier 1
(i.e. pid=1). All the processes and applications in
your Unix-based system are direct descendants of
this init process.
Based on functionality and features, different
types of init processes are present. For example,
systemd, Runit, OpenRC, sysVinit, etc. Among those,
the systemd is the most popular and modern one,
which is used and adopted by all the modern Linux
distributions, including Ubuntu and Fedora.
There are ongoing debates about Systemd and its
performance compared to the traditional Unix-based
init systems. But that’s a topic for another
article.
let’s find out how you can determine whether you
are running a systemd or any other init system in
your Linux distribution.
# ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_LOMP_Stack_(OpenLiteSpeed,
MariaDB,_and_PHP)_on_Debian_11⠀⇛
A simple tutorial that explains how to find out
what init system in your Linxu distributions –
systemd or any other init systems.
# ⚓ Linux Handbook ☛ LHB_Linux_Digest_#22.12:_Lesser_Known_Bash
Tips,_Block_Devices_and_More⠀⇛
# ⚓ How_to_Install_Wine_7.20_on_Ubuntu_/_Linux_Mint_–_Tips_On
Unix⠀⇛
This tutorial will be helpful for beginners to
install wine 7.20 on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, Ubuntu
20.04, and Linux Mint 21.
# ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ How_to_Find_Systemd_or_Any_Other_init_System
in_Linux⠀⇛
The first process, which starts when you boot up
your Linux distribution, is called init (short for
initialization). It has the process identifier 1
(i.e. pid=1). All the processes and applications in
your Unix-based system are direct descendants of
this init process.
Based on functionality and features, different
types of init processes are present. For example,
systemd, Runit, OpenRC, sysVinit, etc. Among those,
the systemd is the most popular and modern one,
which is used and adopted by all the modern Linux
distributions, including Ubuntu and Fedora.
let’s find out how you can determine whether you
are running a systemd or any other init system in
your Linux distribution.
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Steam_Client_Beta_adds_a_new_launch_option
for_Big_Picture_Mode⠀⇛
Valve are working fast to clean up this New Big
Picture Mode taken from the Steam Deck, with
another Steam Client Beta for desktops out now.
# ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ New_Steam_Games_with_Native_Linux_Clients_–
2022-11-09_Edition_–_Boiling_Steam⠀⇛
Between 2022-11-02 and 2022-11-09 there were 25 New
Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For
reference, during the same time, there were 268
games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux
versions represent about 9.3 % of total released
titles.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Steam_Deck_gets_a_few_extra_fixes_in_Beta⠀⇛
Valve released another small Beta update last
night, which pulls in a few useful sounding fixes
for the Steam Deck. This is available in Beta and
Preview. To change over you can find it in Settings
>System >Steam Update Channel.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Cities:_Skylines_‘World_Tour’_series_of
expansions_and_updates_announced⠀⇛
Paradox and Colossal Order are filling up Cities:
Skylines with more DLC and free updates as part of
their “World Tour” series starting this month.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Nebula_is_a_starship_colony_sim_with_RPG
adventures_styled_like_RimWorld⠀⇛
Seems that Stardeus is not the only RimWorld
inspired space colony sim around, with Nebula being
another that plans to release in 2023. It recently
finished crowdfunding on Kickstarter, with $87,290
from backers. You can support it still via their
SlackerBacker.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Sonic_Frontiers_works_on_Steam_Deck_and
Linux_desktop_although_it_has_issues⠀⇛
Sonic Frontiers is a big new release on Steam from
SEGA and it does work out of the box on Steam Deck,
although it has certain issues.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Dead_Cells_gets_a_free_indie_cross-over
update,_Terraria_1.4.5_will_see_Dead_Cells_content⠀⇛
Two games are doing an indie crossover, with a Dead
Cells update out now and the next Terraria update
will also include some Dead Cells content.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Steam_gets_a_whole_lot_of_improvements_for
the_new_Big_Picture_Mode⠀⇛
Still not quite ready yet it seems but Valve are
pushing out lots of changes for the new Big Picture
Mode, taken from the Steam Deck. Released in a new
Steam Client Beta, there’s quite a lot of
improvements and fixes this time.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Steam_Deck_Beta_update_now_always_shows_the
drive_picker_when_installing_games⠀⇛
Valve has pushed out another small but very useful
update to the Steam Deck Client Beta, here’s a run
over what has changed this time including how you
install games. This update is available in the Beta
and Preview branches. To change you can go
into Settings >System >Steam Update Channel.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Z80_Gets_New_OS⠀⇛
If you have a soft spot for a Z80 computer but want a new
operating system experience, try Zeal. You can watch a
demo of the open-source OS in the video below.
As you might expect, the whole system is written in Z80
assembly language. The features you expect are there:
files, directories, device drivers, a clock, and even
memory banking to support up to 16M of memory. The work
isn’t totally done, nor is the initial target computer —
Zeal — but it looks like a great piece of work so far and
will be of interest to anyone who has a Z80.
o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾
# ⚓ OpenSUSE ☛ Release_Candidate_of_Leap_Micro_Now_Available_–
openSUSE_News⠀⇛
The release candidate of openSUSE’s modern
lightweight host operating system Leap Micro 5.3 is
now available on get.opensuse.org.
The release made NetworkManager the default network
configuration tool; autoyast ensures this. Users
should be aware that firewalld is only installed
from the ISO if the firewall is enabled during an
installation.
A new SELinux module for Cockpit provides basic
functionality for users to troubleshoot
configurations.
A first-boot wizard gives users an alternative to
setting a password via combustion/ignition, which
allows for formatting partitions, configuring
users, and writing of regular files, systemd units,
and more.
The RC introduces newly generated QEMU Copy On
Write images for Leap Micro.
o § Debian Family⠀➾
# ⚓ dwaves.de ☛ -_GNU_Linux_Debian_vs_Ubuntu_–_is_Ubuntu
bloatware?_–_HOW_is_Ubuntu_derived/build_from_Debian?_–_Linux
overtakes_OSX_at_developers_–_kernel_live_patching_|
dwaves.de⠀⇛
Any other “policy” will also damage “GNU Linux”
reputation for being pretty solid piece of software
in general, as some users associate “GNU Linux =
Ubuntu”.
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Canonical_to_attend_Supercomputing_22_|_Ubuntu⠀⇛
With SC22 just around the corner, now is a great
time to get in touch with Canonical on all things
HPC.
SC22 or Supercomputing 2022 is one of the main
events on High-Performance Computing (HPC) and
Supercomputing. You can expect to hear about all
the relevant topics in the space, and even hear
more about workloads that run on High-performance
computing clusters, such as Complex computational
or numerical workloads or advanced simulations, or
even workloads such as High-Performance Data
Analytics (HPDA), Artificial Intelligence and
Machine Learning (AI/ML).
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Strong_support_for_Snap,_Ubuntu_Core_at
Canonical_conference_•_The_Register⠀⇛
Canonical remains committed to its Snap format as
the coverage at its first public gathering in a few
years shows.
Vulture Towers Central Europe are in Prague –
which, handily, is also the location for
Canonical’s 2022 Ubuntu Summit. A significant
amount of the coverage is devoted to the company’s
IoT offering, Ubuntu Core, and the Snap packaging
system that it’s built from. Indeed the second talk
of the event was by Oliver Grawert, one of the core
architects of the system, titled: “An Ubuntu for a
10 ton steel press and your window shades:
UbuntuCore at a glance.”
The Snap project emerged from Ubuntu’s 2014 effort
to build an Ubuntu-powered phone. When the phone
project proved “not to be commercially viable”, the
company looked at moving some tech from the phone
project into its nascent Ubuntu Core distribution,
its play for the internet of things market, aimed
at being “fail-safe, tinker-proof and reliable at a
higher level.”
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ Arduino ☛ Humidify_the_air_around_you_with_home_automation
|_Arduino_Blog⠀⇛
Keeping the air in your home in the right condition
is incredibly important. Your home is your safe
haven from the outside world, a place where you can
control your environment and enjoy the comfort and
peace of a secure space.
Humidifiers are an excellent way to keep the
atmosphere of your home in exactly the right
balance for your health and enjoyment. Traditional
humidifiers work well, but automated humidifiers
can work even better.
In this article, we’ll look at why humidifiers are
so useful and how you can use home automation to
create your own smart home humidifiers.
# ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ Hardkernel_debuts_new_Odroid_board_for
$69.00⠀⇛
Hardkernel just launched a new Odroid board based
on the S922X hexa-core SoC. The Odroid-N2L doesn’t
include ethernet support, but it comes with up to
4GB of LPDDR4, one … HDMI, 40 I/O pins via
expansion header and an eMMC connector.
# ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Replica_HP-16C_coding_calculator⠀⇛
Raspberry Pi Pico powers a tiny little 602 LCD
display and three keypads. A level shifter converts
the voltage between the Pico and the LCD display.
The maker is still working on the code. They built
this replica calculator to emulate the code testing
experience HP-16C gave coders, except they’re using
it to learn CircuitPython. Once they’ve a better
grip on the language, they hope this recreation
will have all of the original functions of Hewlett-
Packard’s bespoke handheld.
# ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ At_what_age_can_a_child_start_coding?⠀⇛
Coding, or computer programming, is a way of
writing instructions so that computers can complete
tasks. Those instructions can be as simple as ‘move
a toy robot forwards for three seconds and then
make a beep’, or more complicated instructions,
such as ‘check the weather in my local area and
then adjust the heating in my house accordingly’.
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Mini_PC_Beats_Commute
Boredom⠀⇛
There’s nothing like tinkering with a Raspberry Pi
but why wouldn’t you take it with you if you could?
That’s where maker, developer and 3D-artist Thor
Brigsted’s latest project comes into play. He’s
created an ultra-mobile PC (UMPC) with our favorite
SBC that spans just 5-inches across.
According to Brigsted, the need for the project was
devised from a need to fill some spare time spent
on public transport. This UMPC makes it possible
for Brigsted to program on the go while also
familiarizing with the intricacies of Linux. Not
only is he experimenting with programming on the
Pi, he’s using this system to develop a new game
from scratch.
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Paper_PCBs_Heralded_as_the_Future_of
Disposable_Electronics⠀⇛
A diagram accompanying the paper provides an
overview of the paper PCB creation process. In
brief, the steps are as follows: wax pattern
printing, paper ink infusion, and screen printing
of functional elements, laser cutting of through
holes, and adding conductive traces. The
aforementioned inks use a mix of conductive and
semi-conductive formulas, capable of forming
resistors, capacitors and transistors. The printed
‘wires’ and components are said to be as flexible
as the paper they are deposited on.
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o ⚓ Goodbye_Twitter,_Hello_Blog!⠀⇛
It’s quickly become clear that the acquisition of Twitter
by Elon Musk means the end of the site as I’ve known it
since 2008. Instead I’m going to collect all the stuff I
would have tweeted about & post it to this blog roughly
once a week. If you have an RSS reader you can follow
along there. I’ve also created a subreddit where I’ll
link to each post, so that folks can follow via Reddit if
they prefer, and also comment on what I’ve written. I’d
also appreciate comments over email!
My goal is to post fewer things, more thoughtfully, to a
smaller audience for a while, and see how that goes.
o § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾
# ⚓ AIM ☛ Top_9_Open_Source_Graph_Databases⠀⇛
Understanding most domains requires processing
large sets of connections along with individual
values. Along with financial services providers,
even social networks, payment networks or road
networks depend on understanding relationships
between individual values to establish
recommendation engines and detect fraud.
This is where the importance of graph databases is
highlighted as they utilise topographical data
models to store data. They store nodes and
relationships instead of documents or tables.
Traversing through nodes, joins, and relationships
is a lot faster than assessing individual values.
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ Daniel Janus ☛ Dutch_Clojure_Days_2022⠀⇛
It’s a tradition of this blog that I write down
impressions on my way back from Amsterdam
conferences (addendum a week later: unfortunately I
took a flight this time, too short to complete this
entry, and it had to wait until I caught up). This
time, it was Dutch Clojure Days 2022, my first
post-COVID full-size conference and the first DCD
I’ve ever been to. And, hopefully, not last. I know
I want to come back.
o § Licensing / Legal⠀➾
# ⚓ Joinup ☛ The_Africa_Legal_Innovation_Week⠀⇛
The Africa Legal Innovation Week is a hybrid,
annual conference that brings legal technologists
across the African Continent together to discuss
the role of technology in supporting access to
justice. The event that is taking place from 22 to
29 November 2022, will give the attendees a chance
to meet, interact and network with the leading
digital justice and legal innovation experts, as
well as engage with Africa’s disruptive justice and
legal innovations.
# ⚓ Joinup ☛ EUPL_in_Encyclopedia⠀⇛
The E – Scolarship Community Encyclopedia is a
user-generated content collection platform for
researchers with additional contributions published
on scientific websites by competent experts. It
focuses on scientific topics and concepts,
including Mathematics and Computer Science.
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Qt ☛ Qt_Installer_Framework_and_Online_Installer_4.5.0
released⠀⇛
We are happy to announce about the Qt Installer
Framework and Online Installer 4.5 releases today.
# ⚓ Qt ☛ Introducing_Qt_Insight_(Beta_Program)⠀⇛
Qt Insight is an analytics solution designed to
provide real customer insights on the usage of your
application or device. It was created for companies
utilizing embedded technology to shed light on an
application’s performance, usage, and user data
that may not be otherwise attainable.
# ⚓ DJ Adams ☛ Extracting_blog_post_dates_from_URLs_with_jq⠀⇛
I had a JSON array of objects from a list of GitHub
repo issues. Each object contained a blog post URL
and a title. The URL had the post date embedded in
the path, and I wanted to sort them all based on
the post date. Here’s how I did it.
I have a working list of blog posts, as issues in a
GitHub repo (as a sort of temporary data store).
Each issue has the blog post title as the issue
title, and just the blog post URL in the issue
body, like this: [...]
# ⚓ Chris ☛ Statistical_Process_Control:_A_Manager’s_Guide⠀⇛
There are two ways to present statistical process
control: one for the practitioner, and one for the
statistician. This is the practitioner’s version.
In this version, the reason behind some things will
be given as, People have relied on these tools to
increase quality and decrease costs for over 80
years. Trust me, it works.
That reason might not sit right with some of you,
so try to rest assured that there is sensible
statistical theory behind it, too. I just won’t go
through that now.
# § Python⠀➾
# ⚓ James Bennett ☛ A_Python_3.11_“gotcha”⠀⇛
Recently at work I’ve been doing a bit of
performance tuning on a service that’s
getting ready to launch. It’s been built
mostly on the tried-and-true principle of
“first make it correct, then make it fast”,
and really more like “then make it fast if
necessary“. This is important because you
generally want to have an idea of your
performance goals up-front, and if you’re
already hitting them then you should not
spend a bunch more time trying to micro-
optimize your way into being as fast as
possible.
The actual performance tuning part of this
wasn’t that exciting; there were just a
couple database columns that needed indexes,
and once they’d been added, the response
times were back to where I wanted them to be.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Outer_Limits_of_Painting⠀⇛
I was surprised when I saw that New York City’s Gagosian
gallery was going to show Rick Lowe’s work. As long as
I’ve been aware of him, Lowe has never made art that
could be sold. He’s known for what some call “socially
engaged practice,” and others refer to simply as
“activist art”—art that aims to transform people’s
perception of themselves, of others, and of society
through direct interventions in daily life, rather than
via images or objects. Such a mission, unlikely to yield
much in the way of merchandise, is probably anathema to a
gallery, let alone a market powerhouse like Gagosian.
o ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Hungarian_olympic_champion_Liu_brothers_to
change_countries⠀⇛
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Three_Norths_Align,_And_It’s_Not_Even_Up_North⠀⇛
Sometimes here at Hackaday we bring you stories from
slightly outside our world of tech, because they have an
interesting angle. Maybe they relate to science or
astronomy, or in the case of the UK’s Ordnance Survey
explaining how Britain’s three Norths will align,
geography.
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Clever_Control_Loop_Makes_This_Spinning_Drone_Fault-
Tolerant⠀⇛
Most multi-rotor aircraft are about as aerodynamic as a
brick. Unless all its motors are turning and the control
electronics are doing their thing, most UAVs are quickly
destined to become UGVs, and generally in spectacular
fashion. But by switching up things a bit, it’s possible
to make a multi-rotor drone that keeps on flying even
without two-thirds of its motors running.
o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Sound_and_Fury,_Signifying_Nothing⠀⇛
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ A_first:_teachers_from_church-maintained
schools_protest_untenable_state_of_Hungarian_education⠀⇛
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ 3D_Printed_Shelf_Connector⠀⇛
Sometimes, you really need a custom shelf. Whether
you have a weird-shaped space, weird-shaped stuff,
or just want something different, making your own
shelving can make your place more like home. The
Plus Shelf by [shurly] aims to make building your
own shelves a little easier with a 3D printed
bracket.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Keebin’_With_Kristina:_The_One_With_The_Pumpkin
Keyboard⠀⇛
Oh, the places plastic has taken us. One of the
arguably better inventions might be the fake carve-
able pumpkin, which is more or less guaranteed not
to shrivel up and rot on your porch, though it
might get smashed by wily teenagers along with its
organic brethren next door.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Slingbox_Getting_Bricked_–_You_Have_Less_Than_24
Hours⠀⇛
The Slingbox devices used to let you catch up with
the programming on your TV when you weren’t near
it, using your Internet-connected mobile device. As
cable TV became less popular, their business model
faded away, and in 2020, they scheduled a service
shutdown for November 9th, 2022. If you own a
Slingbox, it’s getting bricked tomorrow – for those
reading this in EU, that’ll be today, even. Do you
have a Slingbox? You might still be able to
repurpose it, let’s say, for local media streaming
– but only if you waste no time.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Cheap_Scope_Troubleshoots_Commodore⠀⇛
[Adrian] had a Commodore computer to fix and
decided to see how his latest tiny portable scope
would work. He paid $57 for the tiny little test
instrument although the current price seems higher.
It claims to have 120MHz bandwidth along with 500
megasamples per second. There are several versions
with different claimed specs, but we did find a
similar device for under $60. You can see the
unboxing and how it worked in the video below.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ [Old] AFR ☛ The_science_behind_those_apps_you_can’t_stop
using⠀⇛
In 1930, a psychologist at Harvard University
called B.F. Skinner made a box and placed a hungry
rat inside it.
The box had a lever on one side. As the rat moved
about it would accidentally knock the lever and,
when it did so, a food pellet would drop into the
box. After a rat had been put in the box a few
times, it learnt to go straight to the lever and
press it: the reward reinforced the behaviour.
Skinner proposed that the same principle applied to
any “operant”, rat or man. He called his device the
“operant conditioning chamber”. It became known as
the Skinner box.
# ⚓ Vintage Everyday ☛ A_“Slot_Machine_Doctor”,_1941⠀⇛
The slot machine manufacturers will never stop
until they have American life completely on a
“coin-in-slot” basis, apparently. And in 1941,
they’ve devised this machine. Strap your wrist to
it, drop in a dime, and read your blood pressure
level and pulse rate.
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Future_of_China’s_Green_Revolution⠀⇛
On the problem side, China is the largest emitter
of carbon dioxide in the world by a rather wide
margin. In 2020, China was responsible for a little
over 30 percent of annual carbon emissions. The
share of the number two emitter, the United States,
was about 13.5 percent. Factoring in all greenhouse
gasses doesn’t change the picture very much, with
China still number one at 26 percent and the United
States number two at approximately half that
figure. But if you look at historical emissions,
the picture reverses, with the United States
responsible for approximate 20 percent of all
carbon dioxide emissions since 1850 and China in
second place at 11 percent. Also, on a per-capita
basis, China slips to the number four position,
with approximately half the emissions today of
either the United States or Russia.
At the same time, China has been a global leader in
shifting from fossil fuels to renewable energy,
adding more renewable energy capacity than any
other country. By the end of 2022, China is on pace
to install an astounding 156 gigawatts of
additional capacity provided by wind turbines and
solar panels, which is 25 percent more than the
record it set in 2021. By comparison, the United
States is expected to install only about 30
gigawatts of solar and wind power this year.
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ No_Evidence_for_Psychiatry’s_Depression
Claims,_Report_Three_2022_Research_Reviews⠀⇛
The implications of these reviews are broken down
in the following sections: (1) What We Have Been
Told; (2) The Scientific Reality; (3) What Are the
Variables Associated with Depression? and (4) The
Stacked Deck against Scientific Realities Denting
Brain-Defect Mythology.
What We Have Been Told
o § Proprietary⠀➾
# ⚓ Trail Of Bits ☛ We_sign_code_now⠀⇛
Sigstore announced the general availability of its
free and ecosystem-agnostic software signing
service two weeks ago, giving developers a way to
sign, verify and protect their software projects
and the dependencies they rely on. Trail of Bits is
absolutely thrilled to be a part of the project,
and we spoke about our work at the inaugural
SigstoreCon.
# ⚓ BBC ☛ Medibank:_Data_stolen_from_Australia_health_insurance
available_online [iophk: Windows TCO]⠀⇛
Some health claims data – including medical
procedure history – was released, along with names,
addresses, birthdates and government ID numbers.
# ⚓ Indian Express ☛ Australian_health_insurer’s_customer_data
published_online_after_Medibank_refused_to_pay_ransom [iophk:
Windows TCO]⠀⇛
The release of information on the dark web appeared
to be a sample of the data that Medibank had
previously determined had been stolen last month, a
company said. Medibank expected the thief would
continue releasing data.
# ⚓ Reuters ☛ Australia’s_top_health_insurer_reels_after_data
breach [iophk: Windows TCO]⠀⇛
Medibank Private Ltd (MPL.AX), Australia’s biggest
health insurer, reported a massive data breach in
October that compromised personal and medical
information of its current and former customers,
and slashed its stock value by almost a fifth.
# ⚓ Krebs On Security ☛ Patch_Tuesday,_November_2022_Election
Edition_–_Krebs_on_Security⠀⇛
# ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ Here’s_how_a_Twitter_engineer_says
it_will_break_in_the_coming_weeks⠀⇛
On November 4, just hours after Elon Musk fired
half of the 7,500 employees previously working at
Twitter, some people began to see small signs that
something was wrong with everyone’s favorite
hellsite. And they saw it through retweets.
Twitter introduced retweets in 2009, turning an
organic thing people were already doing — pasting
someone else’s username and tweet preceded by the
letters RT — into a software function. In the years
since, the retweet and its distant cousin, the
quote tweet (which launched in April 2015) have
become two of the most common mechanics on Twitter.
o § Linux Foundation⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Foundation’s Site/Blog ☛ 10_MLflow_Features_to_10
Million_Downloads⠀⇛
This milestone, which few open source projects
achieve, was accomplished through contributions
from the MLflow community’s many open-source
developers and users. As we celebrate the
community’s success, we think it’s worth taking a
moment to reflect on how MLflow reached this level
of adoption in the emerging MLOps ecosystem. I’d
like to highlight ten design principles and
features that contributed to MLflow passing
10,000,000 monthly downloads by making users
successful with a wide variety of model development
and MLOps initiatives.
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Wednesday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛
Security updates have been issued by Debian (vim,
webkit2gtk, and wpewebkit), Fedora (mingw-python3,
vim, webkit2gtk3, webkitgtk, and xen), Mageia (389-
ds-base, bluez, ffmpeg, libtasn1, libtiff, libxml2,
and mbedtls), Red Hat (kpatch-patch and linux-
firmware), SUSE (conmon, containerized data
importer, exim, expat, ganglia-web, gstreamer-0_10-
plugins-base, gstreamer-0_10-plugins-good,
gstreamer-plugins-base, gstreamer-plugins-good,
kernel, kubevirt, protobuf, sendmail, and vsftpd),
and Ubuntu (libzstd, openjdk-8, openjdk-lts,
openjdk-17, openjdk-19, php7.2, php7.4, php8.1, and
pixman).
# ⚓ Hacker News ☛ New_IceXLoader_Malware_Loader_Variant
Infected_Thousands_of_Victims_Worldwide [Ed: Microsoft
Windows TCO]⠀⇛
IceXLoader is traditionally distributed through
phishing campaigns, with emails containing ZIP
archives functioning as a trigger to deploy the
malware. Infection chains have leveraged IceXLoader
to deliver DarkCrystal RAT and cryptocurrency
miners.
# ⚓ Hacker News ☛ Experts_Warn_of_Browser_Extensions_Spying_On
Users_via_Cloud9_Chrome_Botnet_Network⠀⇛
Called Cloud9 by security firm Zimperium, the
malicious browser add-on comes with a wide range of
features that enables it to siphon cookies, log
keystrokes, inject arbitrary JavaScript code, mine
crypto, and even enlist the host to carry out DDoS
attacks.
# ⚓ Hacker News ☛ Several_Cyber_Attacks_Observed_Leveraging
IPFS_Decentralized_Network [Ed: This foolishly blames the
media instead of the attacks; many terror attacks rely on
roads; ban roads?⠀⇛
In one malspam delivery chain detailed by Talos, an
email purporting to be from a Turkish financial
institution urged the recipient to open a ZIP file
attachment that, when launched, worked as a
downloader to retrieve an obfuscated version of
Agent Tesla hosted within the IPFS network.
# ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ Defeating_Phishing-Resistant_Multifactor
Authentication⠀⇛
CISA is now pushing phishing-resistant multifactor
authentication.
# ⚓ Hacker News ☛ Feature_to_Compromise_European_Diplomatic
Entity_Network [Ed: Microsoft Windows TCO]⠀⇛
The Russia-linked APT29 nation-state actor has been
found leveraging a “lesser-known” Windows feature
called Credential Roaming as part of its attack
against an unnamed European diplomatic entity.
“The diplomatic-centric targeting is consistent
with Russian strategic priorities as well as
historic APT29 targeting,” Mandiant researcher
Thibault Van Geluwe de Berlaere said in a technical
write-up.
# ⚓ LinuxInsider ☛ A_New_SBOM_Tool,_OpenSSL_Fixes,_GitHub_Flaw,
Software_Supply_Chain_Help⠀⇛
Troubles with software supply chain safety have
recently grabbed a chunk of negative headline
space. That might well set the stage for what to
expect in an upcoming State of Open Source Report.
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ ABC ☛ Lawmakers_say_EU_isn’t_tackling_phone
surveillance_scandal⠀⇛
The European Parliament’s inquiry committee
investigating the use of surveillance spyware
by the bloc’s governments said Tuesday the
EU’s executive arm and member countries are
failing to properly tackle a surveillance
scandal that has targeted opposition
politicians and journalists.
In a draft report published Tuesday, the
committee investigating Pegasus said the
European Council and national governments
“are practicing omertà” — or a code of
silence — and regretted that the European
Commission only shared “reluctantly and
piecemeal” information concerning spyware
attacks on its own employees.
# ⚓ International Business Times ☛ Woman_tracks_down
stolen_iPhone_on_her_own_after_police_refuse_to_help
her⠀⇛
Sabina has expressed utter disappointment
with the way police handled her case, she
said: “When they told me that they couldn’t
help me get my phone, I felt terrible and
awful. And when they told me that no one had
been assigned to the case I had to ask them
if they were serious.”
# ⚓ Patrick Breyer ☛ European_Health_Data_Space:_Threat
to_self-determination_and_privacy⠀⇛
This afternoon, the EU Commission will
present draft legislation to the Committee on
Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
(LIBE) to create a “European Health Data
Space” (EHDS). The proposal aims to connect
patients‘ health data across Europe. For
example, patients’ medical histories, test
results or prescriptions are to be shared
with hospitals and doctors treating a patient
throughout the EU, unless the patient
restricts access. Industry, research and
authorities would also be given access to
personal health data.
# ⚓ Jonathan Faber ☛ Absence_of_registrants_on_New_York’s
postmortem_Right_of_Publicity_registry_may_not_be_what
it_seems⠀⇛
[...] States considering right of publicity
legislation would be well-advised not to
include a registration system, particularly
if it is anything other than voluntary, or if
it creates a condition for damages.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Senator_Wyden_Asks_State_Dept._To_Explain
Why_It’s_Handing_Out_‘Unfettered’_Access_To_Americans’
Passport_Data⠀⇛
There are supposed to be limits on what the
federal government can do with all the data
it forces people to hand over in exchange for
government services. But much of the limiting
appears to be left up to the discretion of
federal agencies. Discretion is the better
part of valor, as they say. If these agencies
are ever going to become valorous, they’re
probably going to have to steal it.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Louisiana_Cops_Sued_After_Dash_Cam_Video
Showed_They_Lied_About_Why_They_Performed_A_Pretextual
Stop⠀⇛
Courts have continually said pretextual stops
are a cool way to engage in law enforcement
fishing expeditions. But there are a few
caveats.
# ⚓ Biometric Update ☛ Groups_and_motivations_advocating
for_digital_identity_principles_put_under_the
microscope⠀⇛
What is the underlying worldview of groups
proposing visions for “good” digital identity
systems? An attempt to answer this question
is offered up in a new study published by
Cambridge University Press.
‘On the sociopolitical configurations of
digital identity principles’ by Edgar A.
Whitley and Emrys Schoemaker attempts to
begin making clear where different groups are
coming from, and why.
Identity is a major part of the United
Nations Sustainable Development Goal 16.9,
but Whitley and Schoemaker suggest that the
prioritization of development differs between
groups promoting digital identity and
identification systems.
The World Bank explicitly focusses on the
development impact of identity, while the
World Economic Forum and ID2020 present
development as one among several motivations
for implementing identity systems, according
to the study.
The paper takes up a call from Elizabeth
Renieris in a 2021 paper on Ethiopia’s trial
of a blockchain-based digital ID system for
students. In the paper, Renieris argues that
evaluations of digital identity systems
should not be narrowly confined to their
technical aspects.
# ⚓ AccessNow ☛ EU_calls_for_spyware_moratorium,_but_no
ban_to_protect_human_rights_–_Access_Now⠀⇛
Today, the European Parliament’s Pegasus
committee is calling for an immediate
moratorium on the sale, acquisition,
transfer, and use of spyware. Access Now
reviewed an early copy of the committee’s
draft report via Politico — the preliminary
conclusions of its investigations — that
outlines detailed recommendations that would
significantly increase the protections
against the use of spyware and ensure further
accountability. Notably, however, it just
does not demand the prohibition of
technologies that are incompatible with human
rights. To right this wrong, Access Now is
calling on the special committee to recognise
a need for a ban to strengthen its stance on
these dangerous tools, and urges other EU
institutions to take the necessary steps to
implement the committee’s recommendations
both in law and practice.
“A call for prohibition would have been a key
indicator that the European Parliament has
the fortitude to stand up against the spyware
industry and abusive governments. Hungary and
other examples highlight the painful gaps the
EU still needs to fill to protect democracy,
rule of law, and fundamental rights”, said
Fanny Hidvegi, Europe Policy and Advocacy
Director at Access Now. “The special
committee’s report rightly shows that
national security is a political excuse not a
legal constraint, and EU institutions have
the means and obligations to fulfill their
role as the guardian of the EU treaties.”
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ Salon ☛ Ohio_man_killed_his_neighbor_because_“he_thought_he
was_a_Democrat,”_family_says⠀⇛
A southwest Ohio man shot and killed his neighbor
because he believed he was a Democrat, according to
the victim’s family.
Austin Gene Combs was taken into custody by Butler
County sheriff’s deputies just before noon Monday
after the shooting was reported in Okeana, and
investigators found Anthony Lee King dead from
multiple gunshot wounds, reported the Journal-News.
# ⚓ SCMP ☛ Indonesian_Islamic_group_eyes_‘soft_power’_with
Spanish_church_purchase⠀⇛
Indonesia’s second-largest Muslim organisation
Muhammadiyah plans to buy and convert a church in
Spain’s Alcala
# ⚓ Star Tribune ☛ Officials:_US_aid_worker_shot_dead_in
Baghdad_in_rare_attack⠀⇛
State Department spokesman Ned Price told reporters
the department is aware of the reports of the
killing of a U.S. aid worker in Baghdad and is
looking into them. But, he said the department was
not yet in a position to confirm the accounts of
the death or that the person was a U.S. citizen.
# ⚓ Jerusalem Post ☛ ‘Defeating_Israel_means_defeating_the_US,’
Canada,_EU_-Palestinian_activists⠀⇛
Terrorist paraphernalia was readily apparent in
previously released footage. Some marchers wore
headbands showing allegiance to Lions’ Den, a
terrorist group that has been responsible for
several recent terrorist attacks and battles with
IDF soldiers. One prominently displayed banner
depicted the launch of rockets, and another poster
depicted a gunman with a Carlo submachine pistol, a
firearm favored by Palestinian terrorists.
# ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Reforms_Falter_in_Police_Department_Under
Scrutiny_for_Killings⠀⇛
For more than a decade, the families of those
killed by police in Vallejo, California, have
pleaded for oversight of their city’s exceptionally
lethal police force.
When a series of fatal shootings attracted national
attention and the scrutiny of state officials in
2020, Vallejo’s leaders pledged to implement 45
reforms recommended by a private consulting group
and overseen by the California Department of
Justice. But officials have blown past deadlines
and failed to follow through on nearly all of the
promised reforms. Reporting by Open Vallejo and
ProPublica has found that the city has fully
implemented just two.
# ⚓ The Gray Zone ☛ Who’s_really_behind_Burkina_Faso’s_coup?⠀⇛
# ⚓ Site36 ☛ After_EU_recommendation:_Frontex_drone_allowed_to
fly_in_civilian_airspace_in_Greece⠀⇛
Two Israeli arms companies are offering their long-
range drones in Europe for border surveillance. In
addition to the military in Switzerland, the Greek
coast guard is also carrying out corresponding
missions.
# ⚓ Site36 ☛ Laws_for_„U-Spaces“:_More_airspace_for_commercial
drones⠀⇛
At an aviation trade fair in Cologne, Deutsche
Telekom’s business and the surveillance of
commercial drone flights are also on the agenda
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Why_the_US_Navy_Needs_Non-Nuclear
Submarines⠀⇛
Indeed, it is, but it only involves USN nuclear
submarines, which Admiral Houston says are the
“best in the world” (2), which is debatable, but
that is not the purpose of this article. He didn’t
say US submarine captains are the best in the
world, which is good, because as I pointed out in
my 2007 book, Lessons Not Learned: The U.S. Navy’s
Status Quo Culture, that is simply not true due to
the focus on engineering over war fighting, the
careerism and the risk averse culture of the USN
(3).
This conclusion was recently confirmed by a friend
named Commander Kerry Gentry who commanded an SSBN
and told me that even today only about 20% of USN
submarine captains stand a chance of defeating a
first class enemy submarine, especially those
commanded by captains who were trained by the
British or Dutch, and many countries can make that
claim, even though the Royal Navy no longer
operates diesel boats, which I think was a mistake.
He’s retired now, but he keeps track of these
things and it would be wise for the USN to actually
listen to constructive criticism from former senior
officers who have the experience to know what they
are talking about. Gentry was never a “yes man” so
he retired as an O-5. He was a highly effective
SSBN skipper, and might have made admiral if the
USN were more open-minded to thoughtful advice from
concerned officers that know that this organization
is too expensive, and does not live up to Tom
Clancy’s “we’re the best” propaganda. He even told
me that the silent service is more like a cult
still based on the domineering personality and pro-
nuclear brainwashing of Admiral Rickover, who
passed away decades ago, but remains a strong
influence nevertheless. He and his disciples
believed that real navies use only nuclear
submarines, but it is time to get past that.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Lukashenko’s_war_Desperate_to_avoid_direct
involvement_in_Ukraine,_Belarus_is_giving_up_more_sovereignty
to_Russia_—_Meduza⠀⇛
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Independent_surveys_find_Russians’_support_for_the
war_has_declined_—_Meduza⠀⇛
According to recent polls conducted by the
independent projects Russian Field and Chronicles,
the number of people in favor of continuing the war
in Ukraine has declined.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ U.S._basketball_star_Brittney_Griner_transferred
to_Russian_penal_colony_—_Meduza⠀⇛
U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner, who was
convicted on drug smuggling charges in August, has
been transferred to a penal colony, according to
her lawyers.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Putin_names_Russian_priest_who_died_in_Ukraine
while_doing_‘pastoral_duties’_Hero_of_Russia_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Russian Archpriest Mikhail Vasilyev, who died in
Ukraine while “carrying out pastoral duties” on
November 6, has been posthumously awarded the title
Hero of Russian by Vladimir Putin.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ An_‘incomprehensible’_offensive_in_Pavlivka
Russian_marines_allege_their_unit_lost_300_people_in_just
four_days._Their_commanders_deny,_deny,_deny._—_Meduza⠀⇛
In late October, near the village of Pavlivka in
the annexed part of Ukraine’s Donetsk region, heavy
fighting broke out between Russian and Ukrainian
forces. On November 5, the Russian Defense Ministry
reported that it had “defeated” Ukrainian forces on
the southern Donetsk front; the following day,
however, multiple Russian “war correspondents”
posted a message from marines in the 155th Brigade
of Russia’s Pacific Fleet who took part in the
offensive. The marines alleged that their unit had
lost approximately 300 people and half of their
equipment in just four days. They asked Oleg
Kozhemyako, governor of Russia’s Primorsky Krai, to
conduct an independent investigation into the
actions of the officers responsible for the failed
operation and for the heavy losses.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Zelensky_weighs_in_on_Russian_governor’s_denial_of
heavy_losses_in_Donetsk_region:_‘I_guess_he_can_see_better
from_Vladivostok’_—_Meduza⠀⇛
In an address on November 7, Ukrainian President
Volodymyr Zelensky commented on the reports from
marines in the 155th Brigade of Russia’s Pacific
Fleet that they lost hundreds of men in just four
days during an offensive in Ukraine’s Donetsk
region.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_draftees_reportedly_sent_to_fight_as_part
of_Wagner_Group_—_Meduza⠀⇛
The mother of a man from Russia’s Omsk region who
was conscripted in September claims that her son
and several other draftees from the region were
sent to join the Wagner private military company
(PMC), Soldiers’ Mothers Committee Executive
Secretary Valentina Melnikova told the news outlet
Agentstvo.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_Education_Ministry_developing_military
training_courses_for_high_schools_and_vocational_schools_—
Meduza⠀⇛
The Russian state news outlet TASS reported Tuesday
that Russia’s Education Ministry is developing a
basic military training course for secondary and
vocational schools, citing a response the ministry
provided to a inquiry from Sergey Mironov, the
leader of the party A Just Russia. The document
says that 35 hours over the course of five days
will be allotted for basic defense training.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ How_to_slay_a_dragon_—_and_avoid_creating_a_new
one_Mikhail_Khodorkovsky_on_his_new_book,_Russia_without
Putin,_checks_and_balances,_lustration,_and_building_a_new
civil_consensus_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Since the start of Russia’s war with Ukraine, not
only Ukraine’s, but also Russia’s own survival has
become a topic of heated discussion. Will Vladimir
Putin manage to stay in power? Will Russia itself
continue to exist in its present form? These are
just two of the many currently open questions that
Mikhail Khodorkovsky urges Russians to debate — in
order to develop a new social consensus in advance
of the inevitable regime change. Khodorkovsky’s new
book, “How Do You Slay a Dragon: A Manual for
Start-Up Revolutionaries,” is an attempt to jump-
start that public debate, and to propose some
solutions for reorganizing the Russian state in
such a way that would prevent future abuses of
power. The book’s central argument is that a
parliamentary republic, with a carefully calibrated
system of checks and balances, must replace the
current model of Russian statehood, in which the
president is vested with an extraordinary range of
powers — and way too many opportunities to make
unilateral decisions. This article is based on
Khodorkovsky’s extended interview with Margarita
Lyutova. Our free translation condenses his key
remarks on what would be a good outcome for Russia
from the viewpoint of a cautious optimist.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_military_commissariat_sends_draft_summons
for_missing_cook_who_served_on_sunken_Moskva_cruiser_—
Meduza⠀⇛
A military commissariat in St. Petersburg sent a
draft order to a ship’s cook from the Russian
cruiser Moskva whose family has been searching for
him since April.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ In_new_‘immersive’_Russian_play,_actors_wearing
Ukrainian_uniforms_take_audience_‘hostage’_and_fire_blanks_—
Meduza⠀⇛
A new play that premiered in Russia’s Kaluga region
on Tuesday purports to depict past stages of the
war in Ukraine’s Donbas region. The title of the
play is Polite People, a euphemism used to describe
the unmarked Russian soldiers who appeared in
Ukraine at the start of the war and seized the
Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine in 2014.
o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾
# ⚓ Salon ☛ How_fact-checking_Thoreau’s_observations_at_Walden
Pond_can_inform_modern_research⠀⇛
We recently published an article in the journal
Bioscience that lays out a three-step approach for
assessing the quality of historical observations.
Using this approach, we believe that scientists can
confidently use historical resources to inform
studies reaching back to times and places where
formal scientific data is not available.
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ Eesti Rahvusringhääling ☛ Environment_Agency_and_PÖFF_bring
environmental_films_to_cinema_screens⠀⇛
For the third year in a row, the Environment Agency
presents a special program of environmental films
at the Tallinn Dark Nights Film Festival (PÖFF),
bringing film enthusiasts the most recent nature
documentaries.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Report_Demands_‘Rapid_Transition’_to
Renewables_as_Climate_Calamities_Spread_Across_US⠀⇛
Emphasizing that mitigating the climate emergency
and planetary heating is within policymakers’
power, a new draft federal report released Monday
outlined the impacts the crisis has had on U.S.
communities so far and warned that extreme weather,
wildfires, and climate-linked public health crises
will only worsen without far-reaching action.
The finalized Fifth National Climate Assessment
(NCA5) is expected to be released in 2023, but
federal agencies including the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the National
Science Foundation, and NASA released the draft as
global leaders attend COP27, the United Nations’
annual climate conference.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ By_2030,_Poor_Nations_Will_Need_$2.4
Trillion_Per_Year_to_Fight_Climate_Crisis:_Report⠀⇛
By 2030, poor countries will need a combined total
of $2.4 trillion per year to slash greenhouse gas
pollution and respond to escalating extreme weather
disasters, according to a new report presented
Monday at the United Nations COP27 climate summit.
That amount of money (6.5% of annual world GDP)
would be enough for every developing country except
China to make the changes required to cap global
warming at 1.5°C above preindustrial levels, say
the report’s authors, but it dwarfs the level of
annual funding that has so far been provided to
help low-income nations mitigate and adapt to the
fossil fuel-driven climate emergency.
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Climate_Action_Will_Be_Stalled_or_Reversed_If
GOP_Takes_Congress,_Activists_Say⠀⇛
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Greenpeace_Dismisses_COP27_Deforestation
Pact_as_‘Carbon_Trickery’⠀⇛
Greenpeace on Tuesday denounced the so-called
Forest and Climate Leaders’ Partnership launched by
more than two dozen nations at the COP27 summit in
Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt, arguing that the pact is
unlikely to stop deforestation.
“A robust partnership could go a long way to
provide the necessary resources to protect,
conserve, and restore the world’s forests, but this
partnership is nothing but a green light for eight
more years of forest destruction, with little
respect for the rights of Indigenous peoples and
local communities,” Victorine Che Thōner of
Greenpeace International said in a statement.
# § Energy⠀➾
# ⚓ RTL ☛ 23%_of_new_car_registrations_are_electric_or
hybrid⠀⇛
By 30 September 2022, 7,513 new registrations
of electric or hybrid cars had been recorded
in Luxembourg. Of those, 4,589 were 100%
electric. The trend away from combustion
engines thereby continues with 23% of new
registrations being electric or hybrid cars.
# ⚓ Eesti Rahvusringhääling ☛ Sikkut:_Long-term_plan_for
Tallinn-Helsinki_tunnel_has_not_changed⠀⇛
Although plans for the Tallinn-Helsinki
tunnel were overshadowed by more pressing
issues during the Ukraine energy crisis, the
long-term plan and strategic importance of
the tunnel have not changed, Minister of
Economic Affairs and Infrastructure Riina
Sikkut said.
# ⚓ Fortune ☛ EU_warns_it_may_shut_down_Bitcoin_miners_to
steer_more_energy_to_households_and_factories⠀⇛
But Bitcoin bulls have consistently pushed
against the narrative that Bitcoin mining is
a waste of energy, frequently citing the stat
that global Bitcoin mining operations use
less power than all the clothes dryers of the
U.S. combined. The contention in the
[cryptocurrency] energy-use debate therefore
is whether mining Bitcoin provides as much
utility as consumer goods.
For policy makers, the answer is often no.
Even when Bitcoin mining runs on renewable
power, policy planners would rather save that
energy for industrial or consumer purposes
because renewable electricity is still a
limited resource.
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Bitcoin_energy_consumption_a
feature,_not_a_bug,_says_[cryptocurrency]-miner⠀⇛
Zach Bradford, chief executive of publicly
traded Bitcoin miner CleanSpark, waded into
the debate sparked by the Ethereum Merge, the
shift from proof of work to proof of stake,
which could see an order of magnitude
reduction in the power consumed by the rival
cryptocurrency network.
# ⚓ IEA ☛ Bitcoin_energy_use_estimates⠀⇛
# ⚓ [Old] Internet Archive ☛ Ask_the_Economist:_Should_a
Christian_Invest_in_Bitcoin?⠀⇛
With real assets, you earn a return because
you put money at risk and it is put to
productive use. When you buy a stock or a
corporate bond, on the other side of your
investment is a business that uses your money
to expand, to create new products, to employ
workers—one hopes, to serve the common good.
When a bank issues a mortgage, it makes a
loan to a homeowner who borrows money to buy
a house. The investor earns a return and the
borrower benefits as well.
Christians should be excited to invest in
ways that serve the common good, whether by
using their retirement funds to align values
and investments or by providing funding for a
car wash to provide jobs or in any number of
other ways. Investing creates and serves.
Given the choice between investing in a
bubble that enables illicit black-market
transactions, or investing in real assets
that one hopes serve the common good—the
choice should be obvious for Christians.
# ⚓ David Rosenthal ☛ Matt_Levine’s_“The_[Cryptocurrency]
Story”:_Part_1⠀⇛
Even if you’re not a Bloomberg subscriber you
can read Matt Levine’s The [Cryptocurency]
Story with a free registration, or here, and
I urge you to do so. It is long, about 40K
words, but well worth the effort. It is
remarkably good – lucid, comprehensive,
balanced, accurate. It even has footnotes
expanding on the details where he is
oversimplifying for clarity of exposition.
Levine’s magnum opus is in four parts: [...]
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Fossil_Fuel_Firms_Spent_Millions_in_Bid_to
Defeat_Democrats_in_the_Midterms⠀⇛
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Big_Oil_Spent_$13_Million_to_Boost
Republicans_in_These_3_Toss-Up_Senate_Races⠀⇛
As voters across the United States headed to
the polls Tuesday, a Greenpeace analysis
found that the powerful oil and gas industry
has spent nearly $13 million—averaging
roughly $4.3 million per race—to boost
Republicans vying for Senate seats in
Pennsylvania, Georgia, and Nevada, key
battleground states that could tip the
balance of power in Congress.
According to Greenpeace’s breakdown of
campaign finance data, Big Oil has donated
more than $5.4 million to party committees
and super PACs backing Dr. Mehmet Oz in
Pennsylvania, $5.3 million to bolster
Herschel Walker in Georgia, and $2 million to
support Adam Laxalt in Nevada, each of whom
has signaled they would oppose climate action
if elected. During his tenure as Nevada’s
attorney general, Laxalt—who has ties to the
Koch network—worked with other GOP officials
to shield ExxonMobil from a fraud
investigation.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Climate_Defenders_Urge_‘Zero
Tolerance_for_Net-Zero_Greenwashing’_as_UN_Publishes
New_Report⠀⇛
Nongovernmental actors who continue to invest
in fossil fuels, deforestation, and other
activities that exacerbate the climate
emergency cannot claim to be net-zero, a
report published Tuesday during the United
Nations’ COP27 climate conference asserted.
“Using bogus ‘net-zero’ pledges to cover up
massive fossil fuel expansion is
reprehensible. It is rank deception.”
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Tuvalu_Proposes_Fossil_Fuel
Nonproliferation_Treaty_at_COP27⠀⇛
Campaigners on Tuesday applauded leaders in
the Global South for continuing to lead the
way in the fight for far-reaching climate
action as the island nation of Tuvalu brought
a proposal for a fossil fuel nonproliferation
treaty to the United Nations’ annual climate
change conference.
“We all know that the leading cause of
climate crisis is fossil fuels,” Kausea
Natano, prime minister of Tuvalu, told global
leaders at COP27 in Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
“It’s getting too hot and there is very
[little] time to slow and reverse the
increasing temperature. Therefore, it is
essential to prioritize fast-acting
strategies.”
# § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ We_Know_How_to_Stop_the_Decimation_of
Grizzlies,_We_Just_Need_the_Will_to_Act⠀⇛
Grizzly bears are protected under the
Endangered Species Act, but their mortality
rate is exploding mainly from human
conflicts. Bears are expanding their range,
largely due to food shortages in places like
the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. Grizzlies
are confronted by armed people at cattle
ranches and locations of unsecured foods and
garbage.
Range expansion by bear populations is
important for their long-term survival for
two main reasons. One is a change in their
food base due to climate warming. As plants
and animals adapt, often by moving north,
individual bears must explore new areas to
survive. When they appear, people often
respond with fear and alarm. If we hope to
have them avoid extinction, changes in our
daily routines are needed.
# § Overpopulation⠀➾
# ⚓ ADF ☛ With_Fish_Stocks_Depleted,_China_Casts_Nets
Around_Globe⠀⇛
From the coasts of Africa to South America,
around the Indian Ocean and the South
Pacific, China’s distant-water fleet (DWF) is
steadily decimating fish stocks worldwide.
China’s bottom trawl fleet catches an
estimated 2.35 million tons of fish per year
around the African continent worth more than
$5 billion, according to the Environmental
Justice Foundation (EJF).
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ ‘That’s_Oligarchy’:_Sanders_Rips_Billionaires
for_Trying_to_Buy_Midterm_Victories⠀⇛
Jake Johnson summarizes a fiery speech by the
Vermont senator regarding the billionaires
undermining American democracy.,
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ What’s_the_Problem_with_3.9_Percent_Annual
Wage_Growth?⠀⇛
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_electronics_companies_ask_federal
regulators_to_increase_tariffs_on_foreign_products_—_Meduza⠀⇛
The Russian electronics manufacturers Aquarius and
KEAZ (Kursk Electrical Equipment Plant) are
lobbying for the Russian government to impose new
import duties, or increase existing ones, on
imported electronics.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_alcohol_suppliers_warn_of_coming_holiday
liquor_shortage_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Russian wholesalers and retailers have begun seeing
a shortage of popular brands of alcoholic beverages
that they used to import from abroad, the news
outlet RBC reported on Wednesday, citing multiple
market participants.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Across_the_US,_Citizen_Action
Puts_the_Housing_Crisis_on_the_Ballot⠀⇛
Today, voters will cast ballots in one of the most
critical elections in recent history. Conspicuously
absent from coverage despite its priority for many
voters is housing. Half of Americans struggle with
housing insecurity, unable to find affordable
housing for their families, cover rent increases,
or protect themselves from illegal harassment and
evictions. In major cities like Los Angeles, the
housing and homelessness crises consistently rank
as the top issue on voters’ minds.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_Inflated_Rhetoric:_The_GOP
Doesn’t_Care_About_Inflation_or_Working_People⠀⇛
After four decades of low and stable inflation,
prices in the US have risen by more than eight
percent over the past year. This, without a doubt,
is cause for concern.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Two_thirds_of_Russian_employers_will_not_give
holiday_bonuses_—_twice_as_many_as_last_year_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Roughly two-thirds (63 percent) of Russian
employers are not planning to issue holiday bonuses
to their employees this year, Russian news agency
RBC reported on Tuesday, citing a recent survey
conducted by Russian employment agencies. The
pollsters spoke to 1,100 employers throughout
Russia in September.
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ How_Tennessee_Disenfranchised_21%_of_Its
Black_Citizens⠀⇛
Leola Scott recently decided to become a more
active citizen. The 55-year-old resident of
Dyersburg, Tennessee, was driven to action after
her son was stabbed to death and nobody was
charged.
In August, Scott tried to register to vote. That’s
when she learned she’s not allowed to cast a ballot
because she was convicted of nonviolent felonies
nearly 20 years ago.
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ 1_in_5_Black_Voters_in_Tennessee_Have_Been
Disenfranchised_by_State_Policies⠀⇛
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Twice-Impeached_Trump_Wants_to_Know_“How_Many”
Times_GOP_Will_Impeach_Biden⠀⇛
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Hope_for_Progressive_Victories_May_Lie_in_Races
You_Haven’t_Heard_About_Yet⠀⇛
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Arizona’s_Rollback_of_Indigenous_Voting_Rights
Could_Swing_the_State_for_the_GOP⠀⇛
# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Indigenous_Voters_Helped_Democrats_Carry
Arizona_in_2020._Now_Their_Voting_Rights_Are_Under_Attack⠀⇛
Indigenous voters in Arizona who played a key role
in catapulting Joe Biden to victory in 2020 are
facing a sweeping rollback of their voting rights
that may swing the state back to Republicans in
Tuesday’s midterms. “In 2020, Native voters
understood that the election of Donald Trump was an
existential problem,” says New Yorker staff writer
Sue Halpern, whose latest piece explores how voters
on Arizona’s Navajo, Apache and Hopi reservations
are navigating the 2021 Supreme Court ruling that
banned a common method of voting collection used by
Indigenous voters. We also speak with Lydia Dosela,
who is running efforts to get out the vote on
Indigenous reservations in Arizona to make sure
“all Native American voices are heard loud and
clear.”
# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Sunrise_Movement_on_Midterm_Election:_If
GOP_Takes_Congress,_Climate_Action_Will_Be_Stalled,
Reversed⠀⇛
The climate movement warns the midterm elections
will either advance or torpedo climate initiatives
in the U.S. This comes as climate activists and
scientists at the U.N. climate summit in Egypt
cautioned that the world is heading toward climate
disaster without deeper cuts in planet-heating
emissions. “We are up against a ticking time bomb
of an unrelenting climate crisis and an economic
crisis that is bearing down on working people,”
says Varshini Prakash of the Sunrise Movement,
which has reached 3 million young voters to get out
the vote in the midterms. Prakash also explains how
parts of President Biden’s climate legislation
passed this year could be stalled or reversed if
Republicans take back control of Congress in 2023.
# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Election_Protection_Force_Fights_Voter
Suppression:_Racist_Poll_Workers,_Vigilantes,_Missing
Ballots⠀⇛
We speak to Damon Hewitt, the head of the Lawyers’
Committee for Civil Rights Under Law, which is
spearheading nationwide efforts to protect the vote
in Tuesday’s midterm elections. Republicans at the
national and state levels have tried to disqualify
thousands of absentee and mail-in ballots in an
effort to swing close races in battleground states
like Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Hewitt describes
how litigation has become a major part of the
election process, given the increased number of
election deniers and white supremacists who now
hold positions as election officials. “When the
casualness of racism is weaponized in the electoral
process, that leads to voter suppression if we
don’t stand up,” says Hewitt, who cautions that the
final election results in Tuesday’s midterms may
take a couple of days. He suggests people report
problems to the Election Protection hotline: 866-
OUR-VOTE.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Future_of_Democracy_Requires_an_Electorate
Free_From_Fear⠀⇛
On Tuesday, the United States holds its first
midterm elections since the January 6, 2021, attack
on the US Capitol. Since then, it has become
increasingly clear that the grave threat to
American democracy posed on that day was no
aberration; it was a prelude to a broader right-
wing movement to undermine our electoral process.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Buckle_Up:_This_Could_Be_a_Month-Long_Election
Night⠀⇛
For Americans who were on edge about whether voters
would turn against President Donald Trump and his
Republican allies, election night 2018 was a nerve-
wracking exercise in mixed signals, conflicting
indicators, and extended uncertainty. Early on, it
still looked like Republicans were holding on in
key congressional and statehouse races. It was
almost midnight when the results finally confirmed
that Democrats had taken control of the House, and
hours more passed before it became clear that
Republican “superstars,” like Wisconsin Governor
Scott Walker, were going down to defeat. Only as
the days passed did it become clear that Democrats
had enjoyed a strikingly successful night
nationwide—enjoying a net gain of 41 seats in the
US House, gaining seven governorships, picking up
multiple statewide posts, adding roughly 350 state
legislative seats, and taking charge of six
legislative chambers that had previously been
controlled by the GOP.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Georgia_Democrats_Are_Holding_Their_Breath⠀⇛
Beverly Glover was right. The 66-year-old lifelong
East Macon resident shooed me away from Senator
Raphael Warnock’s Monday rally immediately, once
she learned I wanted to get back to Atlanta in time
for a late-afternoon Stacey Abrams event. I had
best be going. It was only 1:45.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ A_Libertarian_Candidate_Shares_Her_Abortion
Story_to_Push_Back_on_the_Party’s_Right-Wing_Shift⠀⇛
Kelly Halldorson is not going to be the next
governor of New Hampshire—which may be why, when
she shares her abortion story publicly for the
first time—it doesn’t sound like a campaign ad.
# ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Deutsch_on_sanctions:_We_were_able_to
protect_ourselves_from_a_disaster,_but_couldn’t_protect
ourselves_from_negative_consequences⠀⇛
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Our_Challenge_is_the_Future,_Not_the_Past⠀⇛
When the election is over and the votes are
counted, the winners will crow and the losers will
cry. Nothing new there. But once the celebration
and wailing is over, the job of running Montana
will remain – and that’s going to take the best
abilities of all of us.
Many of those challenges are eternal — we still
have to educate our children, provide police and
fire protection, ensure our citizens have access to
health care, and allow our senior citizens to live
out their lives in dignity.
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ What_is_to_be_Done? _Burning_Questions_for
the_Democratic_Party⠀⇛
The 2022 midterm elections were never going to
favor the Democrats. Statistically the president’s
party loses 26 seats in the House and four seats in
the Senate. With a five-vote house margin and a
50-50 senate the odds were against the Democrats.
Couple that with low presidential approval ratings
and a souring economy, classic political science
analysis six months ago would tell you that the
Democrats were going to have a bad year. The
Supreme Court overturning Roe v Wade changed the
political tide for a few months, but in the last
few weeks the midterm cycle reverted back to what
normally one would have predicted.
Thus for Democrats looking for solace, they might
simply dismiss the losses as beyond their control,
doomed by a structural cycle of American politics.
But to think that is to miss the underlying causes
of the problems for the Democratic Party.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Election_Night_2022_Coverage_with_Democracy
Now!⠀⇛
By Democracy Now! On Tuesday, Nov. 8, Democracy
Now! will air a 3-hour election night special from
9 p.m. to midnight ET. Democracy Now! will be
covering the key congressional races which will
determine the balance of power in Congress, as well
as gubernatorial races and ballot initiatives from
around the country. Join them to […]
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘I_Won’t_Let_You_Down’:_Fetterman_Defeats
Dr._Oz,_Flipping_Key_Senate_Seat⠀⇛
Pennsylvania Lt. Gov. John Fetterman narrowly
defeated Dr. Mehmet Oz on Tuesday, flipping a
crucial Republican-held Senate seat as Democrats
look to maintain control of the upper chamber.
Speaking to supporters after the race was called in
the early hours of Wednesday morning, Fetterman
said his dedicated campaign strategy of reaching
every Pennsylvania county, regardless of past
hostility to Democratic candidates, was key to his
victory.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Fetterman_Campaign_Joins_Lawsuit_Against
GOP_“Attack_on_Americans’_Democratic_Rights”⠀⇛
John Fetterman’s U.S. Senate campaign joined
Democratic groups on Monday in suing to override a
recent Pennsylvania Supreme Court decision barring
state election officials from counting absentee and
mail-in ballots that lack a correct date on the
outer envelope, a technicality with potentially
huge implications for the battleground’s razor-
close midterm races.
Filed in federal court on the eve of Election Day,
the lawsuit argues that a Pennsylvania state law
requiring voters to date the outer envelopes of
absentee ballots “has no relevance to determining
whether an individual is qualified to vote, in
violation of the Civil Rights Act, and serves no
purpose other than to erect barriers to qualified
voters exercising their fundamental constitutional
right.”
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Fetterman_Sues_to_Get_Thousands_of_Ballots_Set
Aside_by_GOP_Lawsuit_Counted⠀⇛
# ⚓ America’s_Quack_Dr._Oz_and_the_failure_of_medical_academia,
revisited⠀⇛
Election Day is finally here. By tonight or
tomorrow, it’s quite possible that something I
never would have dreamed of a decade ago (or even a
couple of years ago) will have come to pass.
America’s Quack Dr. Mehmet Oz might well be
Senator-Elect Oz from Pennsylvania, because the
polling as of today for his race against the
Democrat John Letterman is too close to call. Never
mind that Oz has spent his life since the 1980s in
New Jersey and run his practice and The Dr. Oz Show
from Manhattan, only moving to his in-laws’ house
in Pennsylvania when his ambition led him to think
that he could be a U.S. Senator. If Dr. Oz wins, he
will join Rand Paul as the a quack turned Senator.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_Security_Council_Secretary_meets_with
Iranian_counterpart_in_Tehran_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Russian National Security Council Secretary Nikolai
Patrushev has arrived in Tehran for a meeting with
Iranian Supreme National Security Council Secretary
Ali Shamkhani, according to the Iranian news outlet
IRNA.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Journalist_Dmitry_Kolezev_declared_wanted_by
Russian_authorities_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Dmitry Kolezev, editor-in-chief of the Russian news
outlet Republic, has been declared wanted by the
Russian Interior Ministry. According to the
ministry’s official website, a criminal case has
been opened against Kolezev, though the exact
charges are unclear.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_police_search_home_of_neo-Nazi_activist
and_politician_Dmitry_Demushkin_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Russian nationalist and neo-Nazi Dmitry Demushkin
reported on Telegram that police had come to his
apartment and begun “banging on his door” at 6:00
am Tuesday morning. He said he didn’t know the
reason for their visit.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ AOC_Says_‘Don’t_Fall_For_It’_as_GOP_Revives
‘Red_Mirage’_Conspiracy⠀⇛
As Americans head to the polls to vote in Tuesday’s
midterm elections, U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-
Cortez and other Democrats warned that, as they
tried to do in 2020, Republican candidates may
attempt to prematurely declare victory or even
claim fraud in contests in which they’re initially
ahead but they ultimately lose once all outstanding
ballots are counted.
“It takes time to count every vote accurately and
that’s why Election Day is not results day.”
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Ocasio-Cortez_Cautions:_“Don’t_Fall_for”_GOP
Lies_About_Mail-In_Ballot_Counting⠀⇛
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ DeSantis_Wants_to_Bar_Federal_Election_Monitors
From_Florida’s_Bluest_Counties⠀⇛
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_The_Very_Best_Response_to_GOP
Election_Denial?_Vote.⠀⇛
There’s only one message this morning: get out and
vote.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Progressives_Say_Massive_Voter_Turnout_Is
the_Best_Counter_to_the_‘Big_Lie’⠀⇛
With Republicans doing all they can to suppress the
vote and sow doubt about the election process with
brazen lies, progressive campaigners, lawmakers,
and watchdogs said Tuesday that the most effective
counter to the GOP and its corporate backers is
large-scale turnout, particularly among young and
working-class voters.
“Record-breaking youth voter turnout gets you
historic gun safety legislation, it gets you
student debt cancellation, it gets you the largest
investment by any country on the planet to tackle
the climate crisis, and it’s getting us long-
overdue marijuana reform,” Cristina Tzintzún
Ramirez, the president of NextGen America, said in
an MSNBC appearance Tuesday morning, pointing to
recent policy moves spurred by the 2020 youth
turnout surge, which helped deny former President
Donald Trump a second term and gave Democrats
narrow control of Congress.
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Black_Lives_Matter_—_They_Can’t_Be_Up_for_Debate
Each_Election_Season⠀⇛
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_If_the_GOP_Gets_Its_Way,_Today
Could_Be_the_Beginning_of_the_End_for_US_Democracy⠀⇛
There are only two ways that independent nations
can be governed: by the people themselves through
free and fair elections with maximum participation,
or by an elite group that is only acting for its
own benefit.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_The_GOP_Is_Terrified_of_You,
Because_Democracy_Scares_the_Hell_Out_of_Them⠀⇛
Obviously, I can’t tell you how today’s elections
will turn out. But I do want to reassure you about
one thing: Over the long term, we are winning.
# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Report_from_NH:_Could_GOP_Conspiracy
Theorist_General_Don_Bolduc_Defeat_Sen._Maggie_Hassan?⠀⇛
We speak with New Yorker staff writer Sue Halpern
about the Senate race in New Hampshire, where she
says far-right Republican nominee Donald Bolduc is
running a “vigorous campaign” against the incumbent
Democratic Senator Maggie Hassan and spreading
conspiracy theories that some schoolchildren were
using litter boxes. “If Maggie Hassan loses, the
Democrats might well lose the Senate,” says
Halpert, adding that New Hampshire is “a very
swingy state” and the midterm outcomes there could
surprise many people.
# ⚓ NBC ☛ Elon_Musk_sells_at_least_$3.95B_of_Tesla_shares_after
Twitter_takeover⠀⇛
According to filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission published Tuesday, Musk sold
19.5 million more shares of Tesla.
Musk sold almost $22 billion worth of Tesla shares
in 2021, a year when the stock jumped over 50%.
This year, he sold over $8 billion worth of Tesla
stock in April and another roughly $7 billion worth
in August.
# ⚓ India Times ☛ Twitter_engineer_says_he_was_fired_for
helping_coworkers_who_faced_layoffs⠀⇛
A former Twitter Inc engineer has accused the
company of firing him days after it was acquired by
Elon Musk because he developed a tool to allow
workers to save important documents in anticipation
of mass layoffs.
The engineer, Emmanuel Cornet, filed a complaint
with the U.S. National Labor Relations Board on
Monday claiming he was engaged in protected
activity when he shared the software on an internal
Twitter messaging channel.
# ⚓ AIM ☛ TikTok_Parent_ByteDance_Reveals_its_SOTA
Recommendation_Engine⠀⇛
Earlier this week, we released a story on how
TikTok has revolutionised the short-video industry
through its recommendation system. In just five
years, the platform acquired about 1.2 billion
monthly active users (as per Q4 2021) and is
estimated to reach 1.8 billion users by the end of
year.
Today, tech giant ByteDance revealed the main
structure of ‘Monolith’, TikTok’s recommendation
system’s algorithm. TikTok has undoubtedly taken
over the internet by basically reading your mind to
get personalised content.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ ‘Chief_Twit’:_Will_toxic_Twitter_discourse
change_under_Musk?⠀⇛
In the chaos that has enveloped Twitter the
platform – and Twitter the company – since Elon
Musk took over, it has become clear this isn’t
changing anytime soon. In fact, it’s likely to get
much worse before it gets better – if it gets
better at all.
# ⚓ MWL ☛ Why_Mastodon/the_Fediverse_kind_of_sucks_right_now⠀⇛
The truth is, nobody can prepare for a stupid
billionaire.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ I_Still_Hope_Twitter_Succeeds⠀⇛
The last few weeks of Elon craziness regarding
Twitter has been kind of shocking in all sorts of
ways. We knew, going in, that he didn’t appear to
understand the challenges of running a social media
website. His statements regarding free speech
suggested that he really didn’t understand that
concept either. But, every time I point this stuff
out, people (often on Twitter) start yelling at me
that I’m being unfair to him, not giving him a
chance, or they say I’m “jealous” (of what?!?) and
that we just needed to let him do his thing.
# § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
# ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Elon_Musk_Is_No_Aberration⠀⇛
And yet, in the days since Elon Musk took
control of the site, users have taken to
blaming this problem and the platform’s other
long-standing issues on him. When a doctored
video of former President Barack Obama being
mocked at a Wisconsin rally went viral, the
writer James Surowiecki rightly lamented,
“Account posts totally fake video of Obama,
presenting it as real, and it’s retweeted and
replied to by thousands of people who think
it’s real.” But he prefaced this observation
with the words “New Twitter,” as though this
didn’t routinely happen on the Old Twitter.
“Is this what we are to expect on Twitter
moving forward: zero content moderation or
fact checking?” asked one Democratic
political consultant, seemingly without
irony. (In fact, Twitter’s nascent
crowdsourced fact-checking system, Birdwatch,
quickly labeled the video in question as
misleading, though as usual, this did not
stop it from spreading.)
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Fueled_by_Falsehoods,_a_Michigan
Group_Is_Ready_to_Challenge_the_Vote⠀⇛
The New York Times reviewed more than 20
hours of recordings of Michigan Fair
Elections meetings, along with training
sessions and organizing calls from closely
linked groups. What emerged was a picture of
an organization fueled by falsehoods, bent on
trying to influence the 2022 midterms and
determined to change the voting system in
ways that would benefit Republicans.
# ⚓ VOA News ☛ After_Election,_Disinformation_Battle
Continues⠀⇛
Those claims gained new life early Tuesday
after officials in New Jersey and in Arizona
reported problems with some of their ballot
scanners.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘What_the_Heck_Is_Going_On!?’_Bowman
Says_of_Twitter_Issues_on_Election_Day⠀⇛
As Twitter’s new owner, billionaire Elon
Musk, faces intense criticism for his
handling of the social media giant and
encouraging voters to support GOP
congressional candidates, U.S. Rep. Jamaal
Bowman on Tuesday revealed that he spent
hours trying to post an Election Day video
from his campaign account.
“Twitter not letting me post videos. This is
crazy. Never happened before. What’s Elon
doing?”
o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
# ⚓ WSWS ☛ Facebook_censors_Australians_Against_Covid
spokesperson_Craig_Wallace_and_a_Sydney_health_worker⠀⇛
The censorship of Wallace is one of many examples
highlighting the suppression on social media of
those who share scientifically backed information
in opposition to the “Let it Rip” policies of
governments internationally and their false claim
that the pandemic is over.
# ⚓ AIM ☛ Content_Moderation_on_Social_Media_Platforms_is_a
Slippery_Slope⠀⇛
This has sparked a debate over whether content
moderation is actually possible, and how to ensure
a fair trade-off between curbing harmful content
and allowing free speech. For example, this tweet
by Ben Lang, co-founder & executive editor of Road
to VR, that expresses disdain over any form of
content moderation on social media platforms: [...]
# ⚓ As_a_Christian_I’m_worried_that_Islam_is_above_criticism⠀⇛
Pressure to adopt a formal definition first mounted
in 2018 with the publication of a report by the All
Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) entitled
Islamophobia Defined. They proposed the following
definition: “Islamophobia is rooted in racism and
is a type of racism that targets expressions of
Muslimness or perceived Muslimness.”
As I pointed out at the time, this definition is
hopelessly vague and highly problematic. Islam is
not a race. Criticising Islamic culture, beliefs or
practices is not racism. According to this
definition, saying that UK law is preferable to
sharia law would be Islamophobic, since sharia law
is an expression of Muslimness.
# ⚓ India Today ☛ Kerala_Muslim_women_burn_hijab_in_solidarity
with_Iranian_movement⠀⇛
People from various religions, including Muslim
women who are part of the organisation, took part
in the event. The hijab burning, inspired by
similar incidents in Iran, took place on Sunday in
Kerala’s Kozhikode.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Father_Says_Son_Killed_For_Honking_His_Car_Horn_In
Support_Of_Iranian_Protests⠀⇛
Activists said Rahimi was targeted by plainclothes
security agents on October 8 because he had honked
his car horn in solidarity with anti-government
protests in the northwestern city of Sanandaj, the
provincial capital of Iran’s Kurdistan Province.
o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
# ⚓ VOA News ☛ Journalists_Charged_With_Propaganda_Over_Iran
Protest_Coverage⠀⇛
Iran on Tuesday charged two female journalists with
“propaganda against the state” over their coverage
of mass protests.
The judiciary announced that the journalists —
Niloufar Hamedi and Elaheh Mohammadi — are
“remanded in custody for propaganda against the
system and conspiring against national security.”
Both women have been in custody already for more
than a month.
# ⚓ Reuters ☛ U.S._appeals_court_to_reconsider_if_citizen
journalist_can_sue_over_arrest⠀⇛
A federal appeals court on Friday said it would
reconsider whether a citizen journalist in Texas
can sue over her arrest for asking police
questions, marking the latest twist in a case that
has already divided parts the court’s conservative
faction.
The full New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court
of Appeals said it would revisit its 2-1 decision
reviving Priscilla Villarreal’s lawsuit against
Laredo, Texas, police officers, county prosecutors
and the city over her 2017 arrest.
# ⚓ Reason ☛ This_Court_Case_Could_Make_It_a_Crime_To_Be_a
Journalist_in_Texas⠀⇛
It has been five years since police in Laredo,
Texas, mocked and jeered at Priscilla Villarreal, a
local journalist often critical of cops, as she
stood in the Webb County Jail while they booked her
on felony charges. Her crime: asking the government
questions.
That may seem like a relatively obvious violation
of the First Amendment. Yet perhaps more fraught is
that, after all this time, the federal courts have
still not been able to reach a consensus on that
question. Over the years, judges in the 5th Circuit
have ping-ponged back and forth over whether
jailing a journalist for doing journalism does, in
fact, plainly infringe on her free speech rights.
# ⚓ Court House News ☛ Appeals_court_sides_with_citizen
journalist_jailed_for_asking_questions⠀⇛
At oral arguments in February, lawyers for the city
said officials were simply enforcing a statute and
that Villarreal should not have sought the names of
the deceased before they were made public, or
published them on Facebook.
But in finding for Villarreal, the panel concluded
that it was “hard to imagine a more textbook
violation of the First Amendment.”
# ⚓ Rolling Stone ☛ Trump_Keeps_Musing_About_Journalists_Being
Raped_in_Prison_—_He’s_Not_Joking⠀⇛
The rally on Monday wasn’t the first time Trump
imagined journalists being raped in prison. He laid
out the same fantasy at a rally in Texas last
month, saying the reporter would give up the
identity of the leaker as soon as they realize they
are “going to be the bride of another prisoner very
shortly.” The audience burst out in laughter, just
as they did Monday night in Ohio.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Trump_Reportedly_Seeking_Tips_for
Imprisoning_Journalists_If_Reelected_in_2024⠀⇛
Amid speculation that former U.S. President Donald
Trump will announce his 2024 run next week, Rolling
Stone reported Tuesday that the Republican leader
has sought advice about how he could ramp up his
war with the news media by jailing journalists if
he regains control of the White House.
Trump’s first presidential campaign and four years
in office featured constant attacks on reporters,
outlets, and the industry in general, from his
frequent declarations of “fake news” to going after
journalists for reporting on leaked information.
o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
# ⚓ RFA ☛ China_imprisons_2_Tibetan_monks_for_sending_donations
to_Dalai_Lama⠀⇛
Chinese authorities in Tibet have sentenced two
monks from the Kirti monastery in Sichuan province
to prison for sending prayer offerings to the Dalai
Lama and the abbot of their monastery, both living
in exile in India, Radio Free Asia has learned.
The two monks, Rachung Gendun and Sonam Gyatso, had
both sent the donations to Tibet’s foremost
spiritual leader and Kirti Rinpoche, sources said.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ US_has_fraught_history_with_Native_adoption.
Enter_the_Supreme_Court.⠀⇛
The law has faced many legal challenges, but none
quite like the one the U.S. Supreme Court will hear
on Wednesday. As election results begin to trickle
in across the country, the justices will hear oral
arguments in a quartet of cases challenging ICWA on
a variety of constitutional and doctrinal grounds.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ In_Iran’s_protests,_a_hidden_message_made
clear⠀⇛
Amazingly, the protests in Iran, now the longest-
running against one-man rule by a cleric, have been
largely leaderless. Demonstrators have united
around anger (over dress codes), slogans (“Woman,
Life, Freedom”), and shared agony over poverty and
inflation. The leaderless quality, however, points
to a largely unspoken theme: a desire for equality.
# ⚓ Thank_you_rawtext.club_(and_the_whole_Gemini_sphere)!⠀⇛
The moment when I realised that I should not make
my weblog available through Gemini. No, I needed to
make my gemlog available on the web and migrate all
my old content into my gemlog.
And that’s what I did. I started a python script
generating my index.gmi. And to convert my posts to
html. And to do all the things you never think
about when you start writing software. Until it
works.
# ⚓ APNIC ☛ System_administration_work_during_the_COVID-19
lockdown:_Insights_and_practical_recommendations⠀⇛
On 11 March 2020, the World Health Organization
officially declared the COVID-19 outbreak as a
pandemic. Office workers worldwide began to adjust
to a ‘new normal’ of working from home wherever
possible and the IT infrastructure supporting their
work had to keep up with these changes.
While these changes were disruptive for most, for
system administrators (sysadmins) the effects were
compounded. This is because sysadmins are generally
those running and adapting the digital
infrastructure for users and clients. Therefore,
not only did sysadmins have to adjust their own
work to the remote working conditions but they also
had to help others in adjusting, both technically
and socially.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ In_Pakistan,_Hindu_culture_perseveres_despite
discrimination⠀⇛
Pakistan’s Sindh province has a rich Hindu history
and tradition – an outlier in the Muslim-majority
country. Discrimination, however, is on the rise
though the landscape of Pakistan, and Sindh in
particular, retains a Hindu imprint.
# ⚓ Gatestone Institute ☛ “You_Think_You_Can_Run_Away?”:_The
Persecution_of_Christians,_September_2022⠀⇛
“There is still no breathing space for Christian
communities in southern Kaduna, as terrorists,
jihadists, bandits and armed herdsmen have
continued to plunder and wreck Christian
communities in the southern part of Kaduna state.”
— Statement from the Southern Kaduna Peoples Union
on extensive murders, saharareporters.com,
September 19, 2022.
# ⚓ CBS ☛ Report:_Dad_won’t_let_drowning_daughter_be_saved_by
“strange”_rescuer⠀⇛
“The father was a tall and strong man. He started
pulling and preventing the rescue men and got
violent with them. He told them that he prefers his
daughter being dead than being touched by a strange
man,” Burqibah said.
# ⚓ Hindu Post ☛ 2_minor_Hindu_cousins,_Nisha_(11)_&_Heena_
(13),_abducted_by_armed_men:_Pakistan⠀⇛
Two minor Hindu cousin sisters aged 11 and 13 were
abducted from their home in Pakistan in the pre-
dawn hours of September 24. Nisha (11) d/o Mavji
Ashok Kohli & Heena (13) d/o Ramji Ashok Kohli were
abducted by 8 Muslim men – Hajan Abdullah, Ejhas,
Sanaullah, Mustafa, Ayub Khaskeli & others – from
Tando Ghulam Ali, Badin district of Sindh province
as per human rights activist Mahesh Vasu.
# ⚓ VOA News ☛ Saudis_Detain_American_Woman_Seeking_to_Leave
With_Daughter⠀⇛
U.S. officials said Saudi authorities had confirmed
the detention of Morris, whose efforts to leave the
kingdom with her now-8-year-old daughter have been
made more difficult by Saudi Arabia’s strict male
guardianship laws. Morris in recent months had
spoken to reporters and tweeted about her
circumstances.
# ⚓ EFF ☛ EFF_Award_Winner:_Digital_Defense_Fund⠀⇛
The EFF Awards is a new ceremony dedicated to the
growing digital rights communities whose technical,
social, economic, and cultural contributions are
changing the world. We can feel the impact of their
work in diverse fields such as journalism, art,
digital access, legislation, tech development, and
law.
All are invited to attend the EFF Awards ceremony!
The celebration will begin at 6 pm. PT, Thursday,
November 10 at The Regency Lodge, 1290 Van Ness
Ave. in San Francisco. Register today to attend in
person. At 7 pm PT, the awards ceremony will stream
live and free on Twitch, YouTube, Facebook, and
Twitter.
We are honored to present our three winners of this
year’s EFF Awards: Alaa Abd El-Fattah, Digital
Defense Fund, and Kyle Wiens. But before
the ceremony kick off, we want to take a closer
look at each of our honorees. Up next, Digital
Defense Fund, EFF Award for Civil Rights Technology
:
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ German_Chancellor,_Greta_Thunberg_Call_for
Release_Hunger_Striker_Alaa_Abd_El_Fattah⠀⇛
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Swedish climate
campaigner Greta Thunberg on Tuesday joined the
growing chorus of calls demanding that United
Nations Climate Change Conference host Egypt
release hunger-striking political prisoner Alaa Abd
El Fattah.
“Human rights and climate movements are stronger
when we stand in solidarity together.”
# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Alaa_Abd_El-Fattah’s_Sister_Speaks_Out_at
U.N._Climate_Summit_as_Pressure_Grows_on_Egypt_to_Free_Him⠀⇛
The family of the imprisoned Egyptian dissident
Alaa Abd El-Fattah says they no longer know if he
is still alive or if he is being force-fed, more
than 50 hours after he stopped drinking water in an
intensification of a six-month hunger strike. We
feature an address by Alaa’s sister Sanaa Seif at
the U.N. climate summit in Sharm el-Sheikh. “The
symbolic battle has been won by your show of
support,” says Seif. “I just hope his body and he
is not sacrificed for it.”
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Immigration_Hypocrisy_on_the_Border⠀⇛
I speak from personal experience. I grew up in a
border town — Laredo, Texas and lived there for 33
years. I don’t know whether the situation with
respect to maids, nannies, and gardeners is the
same as it was when I was living along the border,
but I suspect it is.
The Border Patrol was an integral part of life in
Laredo. Border Patrol agents wore uniforms and you
saw them in their ugly pea-green vehicles
everywhere — in town having coffee at Denny’s,
stopping cars on roads and highways outside of
town, manning fixed checkpoints on the highway, and
conducting warrantless trespasses and searches of
nearby farms and ranches. We were living under an
immigration police state.
# ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ How_the_Islamic_Revolution_Gave_Rise_to_a
Massive_Women’s_Movement_in_Iran⠀⇛
This indeed is true that the Islamic Republic
instituted draconian patriarchal policies after the
revolution on 1979 that stripped the very basic
formal rights that women had been granted under the
ancien régime. These measures formally reduced
women to second-class citizens in matters of
marriage, custody, inheritance, crime and
judiciary, dress code, segregation, and many other
spheres of social life. Yet, despite all this,
women’s social mobility and presence in public
sphere grew exponentially in the past four
decades. Ironically, this is in part an effect of
the unintended consequences of these policies.
Women learned very quickly how to navigate the new
terrain, push the boundaries of the new
institutions, and in practice gain access to rights
and privileges from which the Islamic Republic
deprived them. The recent revolt could not
materialize without the remarkable agentive
presence and mobility of women who carved out a
space for ceaseless social and political engagement
during the past four decades. Women are revolting
because they refuse to continue the struggle in a
field the boundaries of which are drawn in the
dilapidated spirits of patriarchy. Their gains
have reached a hard as well as a glass ceiling that
needs to be overcome.
The Iranian revolution succeeded in ending the
monarchy on February 11, 1979. On February 26, only
two weeks after the victory of the revolution,
Ayatollah Khomeini annulled the Family Protection
Law of 1967 and its 1975 amended version, which had
given women more rights in divorce and matters of
custody under the Shah. Since its inception, the
clergy by and large had opposed the law’s basic
premises, which they believed violated the Islamic
views on women’s role in family. Khomeini knew
that the unity and uniformity that his leadership
afforded the revolutionary movement would not
remain uncontested for long after the triumph of
the revolution. He knew that the spirit of Islam
and the symbolic revolutionary language with which
it inspired millions of Iranians of many creeds and
classes needed to be translated into a body of
institutional projects of postrevolutionary state-
building. So, he seized the opportunity to put
women under the control of their menfolk.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ India_Spellman_Was_Wrongfully_Convicted_When
She_Was_Just_17⠀⇛
On October 6, India Spellman was supposed to have
an evidentiary hearing for a potential retrial. In
Philadelphia, a crowd of supporters passed through
the courthouse’s metal detectors to fill the
benches. Many wore T-shirts declaring Spellman’s
innocence. The courtroom was so crowded that some
were forced to stand. There was just one person
missing: India Spellman.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Meet_the_Woman_Leading_the_Charge_Against_Bail
Reform_in_New_York⠀⇛
On a cool spring morning outside a Dunkin’ Donuts
in the Bronx, Madeline Brame stood before a pair of
TV news microphones and cleared her throat. “This
is my son, Sergeant Hason Correa,” she said,
directing the cameras’ attention to the large
poster she held of a man in military fatigues, a
photo from when he served in the war in
Afghanistan. The rally of around 25 people was made
up mostly of friends and collaborators who stood
behind her. Four years ago, she said, when her son
was 35, “Hason was kicked, punched, stomped, and
stabbed nine times by four people he did not know,
nor had he done any harm.” The knife stroke that
killed him plunged straight through his chest,
piercing his heart.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ How_to_Survive_Our_Apocalyptic_Future⠀⇛
When I was growing up, there was a parody of an
old-fashioned public announcement tacked to the
wall of our kitchen that I vividly remember. It had
step-by-step instructions for what to do “in case
of a nuclear bomb attack.” Step 6 was “bend over
and place your head firmly between your legs”; step
7, “kiss your ass goodbye.”
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Opinion_|_How_to_Survive_in_a_World_of
Tipping_Points⠀⇛
When I was growing up, there was a parody of an
old-fashioned public announcement tacked to the
wall of our kitchen that I vividly remember. It had
step-by-step instructions for what to do “in case
of a nuclear bomb attack.” Step 6 was “bend over
and place your head firmly between your legs”; step
7, “kiss your ass goodbye.”
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ EAT_ME⠀⇛
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Appeals_Court_Says_St._Louis_County’s
Warrantless_Arrests_Are_Likely_Unconstitutional…_But_Somehow
Still_Pretty_Much_OK⠀⇛
Law enforcement needs probable cause to effect
arrests and engage in searches. In most cases, a
warrant is also required. It’s a bit of paperwork
that allows the government to bypass Fourth
Amendment protections to serve the greater good,
i.e., the invasion of privacy (a search) or the
removal of personal freedom (an arrest).
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ St._Petersburg_police_raid_homes_of_50_bar_workers
and_owners_in_investigation_of_alleged_scheme_to_defraud
drunk_customers_—_Meduza⠀⇛
St. Petersburg police raided the homes of 50
employees and owners of bars on the city’s
Rubinstein Street, according to the Russian news
site 47news.
o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ The_FCC_Ponders_The_Creation_Of_A_Space
Division⠀⇛
For years we’ve been firing no shortage of low-
Earth orbit satellites into space without the
federal government showing much concern about the
the impact of these new technologies at scale.
Like, the navigational hazards of unchecked space
junk, or the way scientists warned that Starlink
causes significant light pollution that seriously
harms scientific research and can’t be fully
mitigated.
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# § Trademarks⠀➾
# ⚓ Hollywood Reporter ☛ Drake_and_21_Savage_Sued_by
Condé_Nast_Over_Fake_Vogue_Cover⠀⇛
The publisher accuses the artists of
trademark infringement for rolling out a
“deliberately deceptive” campaign “built
entirely on the use of the VOGUE marks,”
according to a lawsuit filed on Monday in New
York federal court. “That Defendants would
knowingly violate Condé Nast’s rights in this
manner underscores the tremendous value that
a cover feature in Vogue magazine carries to
amplify sales of an album that was to be
released days after Defendants commenced
their deceptive campaign,” reads the
complaint. “This of course was Defendants’
aim.”
# § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Russia_Considers_Creating_A_List_Of
‘Unfriendly’_Copyright_Holders_To_Infringe_On⠀⇛
Fascist kleptocrats sure do love their lists,
don’t they? Way back in March, when Vladimir
Putin decided to invade a sovereign neighbor,
we discussed how Russia was contemplating
simply legalizing software piracy in the wake
of crippling sanctions to try to keep the
Russian economy as stable as possible. That
Russia would take such a step came to the
surprise of exactly nobody, of course, but
there were questions as to how such a thing
would work with parties that are not
sanctioning Russia, such as China.
# ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Pirate_IPTV_Service_Must_Pay_$15.7m
But_Court_Rejects_‘Overbroad’_Injunction⠀⇛
DISH Network and the International
Broadcaster Coalition Against Piracy have won
a $15.7m judgment against iStar, a pirate
IPTV provider found directly liable for
infringing DISH copyrights. The court
authorized domain seizures and restrained
hosting companies in the U.S. and EU, but a
DISH proposal for an injunction against
unknown third parties was completely
rejected.
# ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Filmmakers_Win_$4.2m_Piracy_Damages
from_Defunct_VPN_Hosting_Company⠀⇛
A group of filmmakers has won over $4.2
million in damages from the defunct hosting
company MICFO. The order is tied to a default
judgment that finds the company liable for
contributory copyright infringement through
its VPN customers. It also opens the door to
follow-up liability claims against these VPN
providers.
# ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Fewer_Rightsholders_Use_YouTube
Content_ID,_But_They_Flag_More_Content⠀⇛
YouTube’s latest Transparency Report shows
that fewer copyright holders used the Content
ID system to protect their works. Despite the
modest decline, more content was flagged
overall, with over 750 million claims during
the first half of 2022. Traditional DMCA
takedown notices are on the rise as well,
with an increase of more than 30% year-over-
year.
# ⚓ EFF ☛ The_Filter_Mandate_Bill_Is_a_Privacy_and
Security_Mess⠀⇛
Since 1998, the Digital Millennium Copyright
Act (DMCA) has required services to
accommodate “standard technical measures” to
reduce infringement. The DMCA’s definition of
standard technical measures (STMs) requires
them to be developed by a broad consensus in
an open, fair, multi-industry, and perhaps
most importantly voluntary process. In other
words, current law reflects an understanding
that most technologies shouldn’t be adopted
as standards because standards affect many,
many stakeholders who all deserve a say.
But the filter mandate bill is clearly
designed to undermine the measured provisions
of the DMCA. It changes the definition of
standard technical measures to also include
technologies supported by only a small number
of rightsholders and technology companies.
It also adds a new category of filters called
“designated technical measures” (DTMs), which
must be “accommodated” by online services.
“Accommodating” is broadly defined as
“adapting, implementing, integrating,
adjusting, and conforming” to the designated
technical measure. A failure to do so could
mean losing the DMCA’s safe harbors and
thereby risking crushing liability for the
actions of your users.
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal⠀➾
# ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_DEFLOUY_Wordo:_WESTS⠀⇛
# ⚓ Pagat_Archive⠀⇛
Sent an email asking for permission to make a
mirror/archive. This time it was for Pagat, a site
with tons and tons of card games. And like last
time, permission was given provided that I don’t
make any archives/mirrors public. Fair enough!
o § Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Does_vim_have_an_issue_with_movement?⠀⇛
Probably all [neo]vim (in the following just
abbreviated to vim) users know that hjkl is
superior to the arrow-keys, but it seems like many
vim users are still not satisfied with these and
other methods of movement present in vim. That is
why some of them created plugins like easymotion to
jump to anywhere on the currently visible window
with just two keys pressed.
# ⚓ Evolution_of_the_Web.⠀⇛
A website is an online place where you can tell
people to follow you on different social media so
they might have a chance, if the algorithm allows
it, to read what you hope to write in the future.
A social media is a platform where you can create
an account, get an audience and ask them to follow
you on another social media platform.
# § Programming⠀➾
# ⚓ bphflog_improvements⠀⇛
Finally got around to actually reading the
Gemini subscription specification, which
turns out to be pretty simple, assuming I
read it aright. Also now with a RSS feed as
integrating XML::RSS was pretty simple so I
did that.
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