𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Sunday, February 05, 2023
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⦿ IRC Proceedings: Saturday, February 04, 2023 | Techrights
䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login):
http://techrights.org/2023/02/05/irc-log-040223/#comments
䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised):
http://techrights.org/2023/02/05/musharraf-dies/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/02/05/xvidtune-1-0-4/#comments
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
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o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
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o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Linux_Around_The_World:_USA_–_New_Jersey⠀⇛
We cover events and user groups that are running in
the US state of New Jersey. This article forms part
of our Linux Around The World series.
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ Going Linux ☛ Going_Linux_#436_·_Welcome_to_Linux!_Pt7_–
How_Can_Linux_Be_Free?⠀⇛
Question: I want to use Linux but it’s free and
I’ve heard, “‘Free’ is not a viable business
model.” How can I put my trust in a Linux operating
system if the developers don’t charge for it?
Answer: Offering substantial products and services
that provide value for free only becomes a
financial problem when the developer has no other
revenue source to support the free product. Here is
how Linux accomplishes that.
Episode_Time_Stamps
00:00 Going Linux #436 · Welcome to Linux! Pt7 –
How Can Linux Be Free?
02:16 The question: Free isn’t a valid business
model. How can open source software be provided at
no charge?
04:12 Microsoft’s business model
06:07 Google’s business model
06:32 The Killed By Google list
07:40 Add-ons and ‘crapware’ to provide some
missing features in Windows
11:14 Offering free software is not unusual
11:44 Examples of free Linux distributions backed
by businesses with solid revenue models
14:12 How open source software features are made
available for other open source software to adopt
17:13 Why Linux is not going away!
18:53 Linux provides significant value to its users
22:06 Not everything that’s free is bad
25:59 Switching to Linux is much like switching to
macOS, Windows, or ChromeOS
26:47 Linux fights planned hardware obsolescence
28:29 goinglinux.com, goinglinux@gmail.com, +1-904-
468-7889, @goinglinux, feedback, listen, subscribe
29:30 End
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ PC Linux ☛ Exploring_LXQt:_A_Basic_Guide,_Part_1⠀⇛
Last year, I dabbled with LXQt on our old laptop (a
secondary machine) but I had not taken an in-depth
look at it until recently. I read the announcement
about the release of LXQt version 1.2.0 — on Nov.
5, 2022. Shortly thereafter, forum member daniel
(Daniel Meiß-Wilhelm) created a Community LXQt
2022.11 .iso which incorporates the newest LXQt
release. My curiosity was piqued, so I downloaded
it, made a Live USB flash drive and installed the
.iso on a spare partition of our Lenovo ThinkCentre
M800 desktop computer. I would like to thank Daniel
for sharing his remastering skills with the
PCLinuxOS community.
My knowledge has expanded since I have been using
LXQt almost exclusively for the past month. Thus
far, I am impressed by LXQt; I find it comfortable
enough that it could become my sole daily driver.
It is a lightweight desktop environment that is
useful for older PCs with limited resources. LXQt
is visually appealing, feels responsive and strikes
a balance between lightness and usability. Another
advantage for “set-it-and-forget-it” users is that
LXQt lacks the sometimes confusing multitude of
configuration options in KDE Plasma.
If you are just starting with LXQt, I hope you will
find these tips helpful and that they will save you
some time as you explore the desktop environment.
# ⚓ PC Linux ☛ Repo_Review:_SSVNC-Viewer⠀⇛
Today I will talk about the lightweight and
versatile VNC client, SSVNC Viewer, which is in the
PCLinuxOS repos.
SSVNC Viewer is the work of Karl Runge. Karl Runge
worked on the LibVNCServer/LibVNCClient libraries
and implemented a VNC server (the x11vnc) and the
SSVNC-Viewer client.
The author, Karl Runge, however, disappeared around
2011, and there is currently no news about him.
# ⚓ PC Linux ☛ Repo_Review:_Koodo_Reader⠀⇛
Koodo Reader is a modern and feature-rich ebook
reader powered by Electron. It offers support for
Epub, Mobipocket, Kindle, PDF, HTML, and numerous
other common ebook and document formats. It is also
ideal for use in study work, as you can easily
highlight and annotate text in any document.
Sporting a modern and well designed user interface,
Koodo Reader is quick and easy to use. It also has
optional support for touchscreen gestures and
usage. A dark interface mode can be enabled for
reading books at night as well.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ 20_Basic_Linux_Commands_for_the_Beginners_
(Recommended)⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we’ll cover 20 of the most
essential Linux commands that every system
administrator should know. These commands are the
building blocks of many common tasks, and with a
good understanding of them, you’ll be able to
accomplish a lot on your Linux servers.
# ⚓ Kushal_Das:_Using_YubiKeys_for_your_linux_system⠀⇛
You can use your Yubikey 4 or 5 for the rest of the
tutorial.
✐ Why?⠀✐
If you mark your Yubikey presence is required to
unlock your computer, then one not only needs your
password, they will have to gain physical access to
your Yubikey.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_balenaEtcher_on_Fedora
Linux⠀⇛
balenaEtcher is a popular and open-source tool used
to create bootable USB drives. Its user-friendly
interface is a preferred tool for many Fedora
users. If you are new to Fedora, this guide will
help you understand how to install BalenaEtcher on
your system and get started with creating bootable
USB drives. W
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_WoeUSB_on_Ubuntu_22.04_or
20.04⠀⇛
WoeUSB is a free, open-source tool that allows you
to create bootable Windows USB sticks from ISO
images. This tool is handy for those who want to
install Windows on their Ubuntu machine or for
those who want to create a bootable Windows USB
stick for use on other devices.
# ⚓ Light Blue Touchpaper ☛ Security_economics_course⠀⇛
Back in 2015 I helped record a course in security
economics in a project driven by colleagues from
Delft. This was launched as an EDX MOOC as well as
becoming part of the Delft syllabus, and it has
been used in many other courses worldwide.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_GIMP_on_Rocky_Linux_EL9_or
EL8⠀⇛
GIMP, also known as the GNU Image Manipulation
Program, is a powerful and versatile open-source
image editing software. It offers a range of
features and capabilities that rival commercial
image editing software such as Adobe Photoshop,
making it a popular choice among graphic designers,
photographers, and digital artists.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_OnlyOffice_on_Rocky_Linux
EL9_or_EL8⠀⇛
OnlyOffice is a comprehensive online office suite
that offers a range of powerful tools for teams to
collaborate and work efficiently. Its history dates
back to 2010 when the development of OnlyOffice
started with the aim of providing a better
alternative to traditional office suites.
# ⚓ PC Linux ☛ Inkscape_Tutorial:_Design_A_Mandala⠀⇛
I go on YouTube regularly to try to learn more
about GIMP & Inkscape. Recently, I found another
channel called IronEcho Design, and he had a couple
of videos about creating a mandala. Mandalas are
symmetrical geometric designs and are getting a bit
more popular. They can be simple lines, or more
complicated. I got these first two from Pixabay.
# ⚓ PC Linux ☛ PDF_Part_3B:_Manipulating_PDF_Files,_Command
Line_Style⠀⇛
I began the series of articles about PDF files in
the October 2022 issue. In that article, we talked
about creating PDF files. Then, in the November
2022 issue, we talked about editing PDF files. In
the January 2023 issue, we talked about how to use
various GUI tools to manipulate PDF files.
This article represents what I plan to be the last
article in the series. In this one, we’ll look at
using some of the many command line tools available
for manipulating PDF files. While I know that there
are many users who avoid the command line like the
proverbial plague, these command line tools are
exceptionally easy to use. They are definitely the
fastest way to manipulate PDF files, too. These
tools follow the do-one-job-and-do-it-well
philosophy that is so common for so many Linux
utilities.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § Screenshots/Screencasts⠀➾
# ⚓ PC Linux ☛ Screenshot_Showcase⠀⇛
o § PCLinuxOS Magazine⠀➾
# ⚓ PC Linux ☛ A_78_RPM_Record_Treasure_Trove⠀⇛
We played them on a small child size phonograph
that was capable of playing records at 78, 45, and
33 1/3 rpms. We had a lot of these records. They
were very popular in the 1950s and 1960s. We’d save
up our allowance to be able to buy more of these
records periodically. One of the stores my parents
frequently shopped at had a large section of these
records, and we always visited it every time we
went to that particular store. From there, we would
purchase new ones for prices between 29 and 69
cents each.
It seems that these child focused phonograph
records have become quite the collector’s item. Of
course, this happens with all sorts of things once
they aren’t produced any more. Depending on
condition, the seller, the titles offered for sale,
and a host of other assorted criteria, they now
routinely sell for as much as $100 for a 29 item
lot. Others sell on eBay for mostly between $6 and
$12 per copy. The most expensive one I could find
is a super rare 12″ Vogue Picture Record (78rpm) –
A Trip To Slumberland, Part 1 & 2, that usually
sells for $2,200 to $2,500 whenever it does show up
for sale. The guy that had it listed for sale was
offering it at a bargain $1,800.
Meanwhile, when I visited the home of my childhood
best friend, his mom had an O-L-D crank-up Victrola
record player. It didn’t need to be plugged in. It
just needed to be cranked up. We’d spend afternoons
playing old 78 rpm records from the early 1900s.
Those old records looked way different than any
other records we were familiar with. They were 12
inches in diameter, and THICK. Some were as thick
as 1/4″. His mom had a “collection” of a few dozen
of those old records, stored in a cabinet below the
Victrola. Some of the songs were pretty good, while
others made us laugh hysterically because they were
just horribly bad. We’re talking about the mid
1960s here.
# ⚓ PC Linux ☛ From_The_Chief_Editor’s_Desk…⠀⇛
Both of my kids just competed in the annual
Pinewood Derby race in their Cub Scout pack (Pack
4865, Heart of America Council, Independence, MO)
on January 21. This was their third Pinewood Derby
(even though my daughter wasn’t an official Cub
Scout for her first Derby, my son’s pack allowed
her to enter a car in the sibling category). This
meant that dad had not the customary one car to
build, but two cars. But, that’s been the way it
has been ever since we started racing in the
Pinewood Derby.
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ 5_Reasons_to_Switch_to_Linux_Mint⠀⇛
If you are looking for an easy-to-use, low learning
curve, compatible, reliable Ubuntu-based
distribution — Linux Mint is the ultimate choice.
Here are some reasons to switch to Linux Mint. Ever
considered that you are trapped in the vicious
cycle of paying for Windows that came with OEM pre-
installed on your desktop or laptop?
o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ PLC_modular_platform_based_on_NVIDIA_Jetson
Xavier_NX,_Orin_NX_and_TX2_NX⠀⇛
The Ultron is a PLC system based on the NVIDIA
Jetson designed for commercial and industrial AI
edge applications. The main unit includes an IMU,
dual RJ45 ports, CAN Bus and optional LTE, Wi-Fi
and 5G connectivity. The system can be expanded
with up to 7x additional I/O to suit diverse
applications.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ REDMAGIC_8_Pro:_This_Android_is_a_gaming_beast
[Video]⠀⇛
# ⚓ CNET ☛ Samsung_Galaxy_S23_vs._Google_Pixel_7:_Which_Android
Phone_Is_Better?_–_CNET⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Police ☛ Android_13_QPR2_now_prevents_you_from
screenshotting_your_Wi-Fi_credentials⠀⇛
# ⚓ Honor_60,_50_Series_and_X40_GT_starts_MagicOS_7_(Android
13)_beta_test_–_Huawei_Central⠀⇛
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ The_5_Best_3D_Scanner_Apps_for_Android:_Turn
Real_Objects_Into_Digital_Models⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Authority ☛ 5_Android_apps_you_shouldn’t_miss_this
week_–_Android_Apps_Weekly⠀⇛
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 7_Common_Android_Battery_Problems_and_How_to
Fix_Them⠀⇛
# ⚓ Notebook Check ☛ Fairphone_4:_Repairable_smartphone
receives_first_major_Android_OS_update_–_NotebookCheck.net
News⠀⇛
# ⚓ XDA ☛ Google_Chrome_update_could_deliver_‘quick_delete’
option_on_Android⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Geeks For Geeks ☛ Merge_Sort_Tree_with_point_update_using
Policy_Based_Data_Structure⠀⇛
A Merge Sort Tree (MST) is a data structure that
allows for efficient querying of the number of
elements less than or equal….
# ⚓ Andrew Helwer ☛ Two_C++_bugs_I_wrote⠀⇛
Here’s a short post about two bugs I wrote while
writing C++ code for the external scanner of my
TLA⁺ tree-sitter grammar. External scanners use
handwritten C or C++ code to parse the non-context-
free parts of your language. I’ll try not to dump
on C++ too hard but both of the bugs are highly
ridiculous and exemplify why I hope to write as
little of the language as possible for the rest of
my career.
# ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ Funny_Programming_Pictures_Part_XXII⠀⇛
Ok. Not ALL of them are about programming…
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Sixteen_killed,_dozens_injured_in_China
highway_pile-up⠀⇛
Nearly 50 vehicles were involved in multiple collisions
along a highway in Hunan province within the span of 10
minutes.
o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ South_Korea_searches_for_missing_crew_after
fishing_boat_capsizes⠀⇛
Nine people were missing while three crew members were
picked up by rescuers.
o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ The_Independent_Singapore’s_“friend_zone”
article⠀⇛
The Independent Singaporeposted_a_guest_articleby someone
offering advice for those caught in thefriend zone, a
mental space where someone’s unrequited feelings are a
source of resentment. Instead, it offers a cautionary
tale.
We hung out and things seemed to flow so
naturally that when she mentioned that she
needed a place to stay – I invited her in. I
was, as they say, a helpless romantic. But once
she moved into the flat, I got “friend-zoned.”
If he wasn’t upfront with his feelings, she saw a friend
offering help.
However, she was troubled and while she did
honour her two promises to me (This was back in
the Asian Financial crisis and I lent her 2,000
GBP for her school fees and got her to promise
that she would do well in her career. In
fairness, she paid back what she owed and if
the profile I saw was really her – she seems to
have done well), she had some funny ideas of
what friendship meant.
This exposes the fundamental mistake friend zoners
make.Love isn’t a transaction.
Being an honourable, caring person can surface feelings,
but they can’t magic them into existence. The truth comes
out with empathy: would you develop feelings for someone
you don’t feel that way about if they took you to dinner
or bought you a nice phone? Would you… want it to work
like that?
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ It’s_Possible_Neanderthals_Evolved_So_They
Wouldn’t_Smell_Their_Own_Stink,_Study_Finds⠀⇛
A real gift.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Astronomers_Studied_More_Than_5,000_Black
Holes_to_Figure_Out_Why_They_Twinkle⠀⇛
Not all that glitter are bright.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Australia_left_with_massive_stockpile
of_antigen_rapid_test_kits_as_expiry_looms⠀⇛
Most experts say the best solution is to simply
give away the kits or to recycle them.
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Meat-eating_taking_a_bite_out_of_Finland’s_climate
ambitions⠀⇛
Government parties disagree on how much meat you
should eat.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Orcas_Are_Contaminated_With_a_Forever
Chemical_Associated_With_an_Unlikely_Product⠀⇛
Just the tip of the iceberg.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Cepelinai,_a_not_so_traditional_staple_of_Lithuanian
cuisine⠀⇛
We celebrate the ninth World Cepelinai Day this
Sunday. Proposed by Lithuanian-American Jonas
Vaičiūnas, the holiday has been celebrated since
February 2014, with people around the world making
and devouring the hearty Lithuanian dish.
# ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Well,_It’s_bird_flu…again⠀⇛
Kit Knightly Hey remember last year? Remember the
spring “bird flu outbreak”? Remember how it was all
just a fear-porn story designed to discourage
people from eating real food, drive up the price of
poultry and eggs and sell more vaccines? Well,
guess what… It’s groundhog day again. And I mean
that quite literally since …
o § Proprietary⠀➾
# ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Software_discrepancies_delayed_the_Airbus
A380⠀⇛
I have to disambiguate A380 now, given Intel’s
foray into discrete GPUs. There’s something
entirely nonsensical but fun about buying an ARC
GPU for my next build so I can say it has an Airbus
inside. But I digress.
Next time you’re feeling inadequate about a
software incompatibility or miscalculation, spare a
thought for the various A380 development
teams.Simple_Flyingquoted a final assembly mechanic
as saying…
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Cloud_players_sound_a_cautious_tone_for
2023⠀⇛
The unraveling of market enthusiasm continued in
the fourth quarter of 2022 with the earnings
reports from the U.S. hyperscaler cloud providers
now all in.
§ Security⠀➾
* ⚓ PC Linux ☛ Short_Topix:_Major_Layoffs_Announced_Across_Tech_Industry⠀⇛
Last month it was LastPass, and the dust has hardly even
started to settle from that data breach. Now, it’s someone
else’s turn. Thousands of Norton LifeLock customers had their
accounts compromised in recent weeks, potentially allowing
criminal hackers access to customer password managers, the
company revealed in a recent data breach notice, according to
an article on TechCrunch. The information was also relayed on
Slashdot.
[...]
Bitwarden and other password managers are being targeted in
Google ads phishing campaigns to steal users’ password vault
credentials, according to an article on Bleeping Computer. User
beware. It’s vitally important to inspect links before you
click on them to make sure they aren’t a spoofed version just
looking to grab as much of your data as they can.
§ Defence/Aggression⠀➾
* ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ How_an_American_‘Mozart_Group’_imploded_in_Ukraine⠀⇛
The Mozart Group, one of the most prominent, private American
military organizations in Ukraine, has collapsed under a cloud
of accusations ranging from financial improprieties to alcohol-
addled misjudgments, writes Jeffrey Gettleman at ‘The New York
Times’.
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Canada_Imposes_Sanctions_on_38_Individuals_Linked_to_Russia⠀⇛
The measure affects 38 individuals and 16 entities, including
the Russian state-owned media group MIA Rossiya Segodyna.
* ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ The_U.S._raising_Engagement_in_South_Asia:_New
Battlefield_of_Sino-US_rivalry⠀⇛
With the new year 2023, the visits of top American diplomats to
South Asian countries have increased. These recent visits are
concluded as the counter steps of the US against the Chinese
influence in the region.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Pope_Francis_wraps_up_South_Sudan_trip_with_urge_to_end
‘blind_fury’_of_violence⠀⇛
Pope Francis wound up a peace mission to South Sudan on Sunday
urging the people to make themselves immune to the “venom of
hatred” to achieve the peace and prosperity that have eluded
them through years of bloody ethnic conflicts.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Beijing_threatens_to_‘respond’_after_US_shoot_downs_Chinese
spy_balloon⠀⇛
The Biden administration lauded the Pentagon for shooting down
an alleged Chinese spy balloon off the US Atlantic coast on
Saturday, but China angrily voiced its “strong dissatisfaction”
at the move and said it may make “necessary responses.”
* ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ China_balloon:_Many_questions_about_suspected
spy_in_the_sky⠀⇛
The massive white orb that drifted across U.S. airspace and was
shot down by the military has triggered a diplomatic maelstrom
and blown up on social media.
* ⚓ Reason ☛ Examining_America’s_War_in_Iraq_After_20_Years⠀⇛
It was a blunder. Worse than that, it was a crime.
* ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ US_downs_Chinese_balloon,_drawing_a_threat_from
China⠀⇛
China is threatening what it calls “further actions” after an
American fighter jet shot down a suspected spy balloon off the
East Coast of the United States on Saturday. The U.S. says the
massive balloon was a surveillance craft that spent days
crossing over sensitive military sites in North America.
* ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Eyes_on_the_sky_as_Chinese_balloon_shot_down
over_Atlantic⠀⇛
Eyes were locked on the Carolina skies Saturday as a suspected
Chinese spy balloon ended a weeklong traverse over the U.S.,
drifted over the Atlantic Ocean and was shot down by a fighter
jet. In Myrtle Beach, South Carolina people lined a boardwalk
and cheered as a missile from an F-22 fighter struck the
balloon and it plummeted into the water. As the balloon came
over Myrtle Beach, software consultant Haley Walsh says she saw
it floating in the clear blue sky. She felt and heard a boom
and ran outside where she saw the balloon tumbling down.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ Pakistan’s_former_military_ruler_Pervez_Musharraf_dies_in
Dubai⠀⇛
Pakistani former President Pervez Musharraf died on Sunday
following a prolonged illness at a hospital in Dubai, after
years in self-imposed exile.
* ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Pakistan’s_former_president_Pervez_Musharraf_dies
at_age_79_in_Dubai⠀⇛
He died after a prolonged illness at a hospital, Pakistani
media reported on Sunday.
* ⚓ CNN ☛ Pakistan’s_former_President_Pervez_Musharraf_dies_in_Dubai⠀⇛
Pakistan’s former President General Pervez Musharraf has died
in Dubai after a prolonged illness at Dubai American Hospital,
according to a statement from the Pakistani military.
* ⚓ CNN ☛ Bitter_harvest_of_freedom_and_victory_as_Kherson_suffers_Russian
bombardment⠀⇛
Gone are the acres of jubilant crowds that filled Freedom
Square with blue and yellow Ukrainian flags that swayed like
heads of wheat when the Russians were driven out. Now the
crack-crunch of Russian artillery eating into the city echoes
around the plaza.
* ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ US_moves_to_recover_suspected_Chinese_spy_balloon_after
shooting_it_down⠀⇛
The United States downed the Chinese balloon off the Carolina
coast after it became the latest flashpoint in tensions between
Washington and Beijing.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Pentagon_Saw_a_Warship_Boondoggle._Congress_Saw
Jobs.⠀⇛
After years of crippling problems and a changing mission, the
Navy pushed to retire nine of its newest ships. Then the
lobbying started.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia_Pushes_to_Take_Ukrainian_Town_Near_a_Vital
Supply_Line⠀⇛
Ukraine has used the strategic town of Vuhledar to launch
attacks disrupting transit on a critical rail link between the
war’s southern and eastern fronts.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Pervez_Musharraf,_Pakistani_Martial_Ruler_In_9/11_Wars,_Dies⠀⇛
General Pervez Musharraf, who seized power in a bloodless coup
and later led a reluctant Pakistan into aiding the U.S. war in
Afghanistan against the Taliban, has died at 79.
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Reaction_to_Death_of_Former_Pakistan
President_Musharraf⠀⇛
(Reuters) -Pakistani former President Pervez Musharraf died on
Sunday following a prolonged illness at a hospital in Dubai…
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Pakistani_Taliban_Commanders_Killed_In_Northwest⠀⇛
Pakistani police killed two commanders of the Pakistani Taliban
militant group in the country’s northwest, a local officer said
February 4.
* ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ China_Backdoors_US_Chip_Sanctions,_Buys_Used_Banned
Equipment⠀⇛
Chinese chipmakers accelerate wafer fab equipment purchases.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ Almost_200_prisoners_of_war_exchanged_between_Ukraine_and
Russia⠀⇛
The Ukrainian President’s Chief of Staff announced Saturday
that 116 Ukrainian prisoners of war have been released and
returned home.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ Ohio_officers_will_not_be_charged_in_fatal_shooting_of_Joe
Frasure,_Jr.⠀⇛
Hamilton County Prosecuting Attorney Melissa Powers announced
Friday that three officers involved in the fatal shooting of
Joe Frasure, Jr. will not face criminal charges because their
actions were justified. The shooting occurred after a 911
caller reported suspicious behavior outside an apartment
building in Wyoming, Ohio.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Strike_Hits_Kharkiv_As_Ukraine_Says_Still_Holding_Last
Part_Of_Luhansk_Region⠀⇛
Two Russian missiles hit the center of Kharkiv in Ukraine’s
northeast, with one of the missiles striking a residential
building, local officials said, as intense fighting continues
in the eastern Donbas region.
* ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ What_the_Chinese_Spy_Balloon_Has_to_Do_With_the
Pentagon’s_UFO_Obsession⠀⇛
UFO sightings are up across the country, but more stuff is also
moving through the sky than ever before.
* ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Sending_Help_Instead_of_the_Police_in_Albuquerque⠀⇛
A novel community-safety department has been taking calls off
the hands of a force with the country’s second-highest fatal-
shooting rate. Has it improved public safety?
* ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Aboard_the_Nimitz,_a_high-stakes_passage_on_the
high_seas⠀⇛
February 05, 2023 5:00 AM
USS NIMITZ, South China Sea –The first crossing of the Pacific
by the USS Nimitz in 1987 probably went unnoticed. The world’s
oldest serving aircraft carrier was then a strapping teenager;
China was just beginning to stir. The Asian giant was a decade
deep into its market reforms, immersed in building up its
private sector and climbing up the GDP ranks.
* ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Putin_‘gave_guarantee’_he_would_not_kill_Zelensky_at
secret_summit⠀⇛
The Russian president made the promise during a desperate
attempt to broker peace in the days after the invasion of
Ukraine.
* ⚓ The Age AU ☛ China_expresses_‘strong_dissatisfaction’_after_US_shoots
down_spy_balloon⠀⇛
Tensions between Washington and Beijing have intensified after
two suspected Chinese spy balloons were detected flying over
the US and Latin America.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Analysts:_Deal_on_Philippine_bases_gives_US_firmer_foothold_in
Asia⠀⇛
Washington to use Philippine sites to stage military response
to a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ At_Least_Two_Civilians_Wounded_In_Bomb_Blast_In_Kabul⠀⇛
At least two civilians were wounded in a bomb blast in Kabul
city on February 4, police said.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ WHO_Report_On_Ukraine_Health_Emergency_Sparks_U.S.-Russia
Dispute⠀⇛
The United States and Russia faced off on February 4 over a
World Health Organization report on the humanitarian crisis in
Ukraine, with Moscow saying it was politically motivated and
Washington calling for it to be swiftly updated.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S._Weighs_Sanctions_For_Chinese_Companies_Over_Iran
Surveillance_Buildup⠀⇛
The United States is considering new sanctions on Chinese
surveillance companies over sales to Iran’s security forces.
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Charges:_Instagram_Post_Shows_Teens_Flashing
Guns_in_School⠀⇛
Two 16-year-olds face juvenile charges after social media posts
showed them flashing handguns at their St. Paul charter school
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Russia’s_Medvedev_Says_More_U.S._Weapons
Supplies_Mean_‘All_of_Ukraine_Will_Burn’⠀⇛
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Germany_Has_Evidence_of_War_Crimes_in
Ukraine_‘In_Three-Digit_Range’_–_Prosecutor⠀⇛
Germany has collected evidence of war crimes in Ukraine, the
country’s prosecutor general said in a newspaper interview…
§ Environment⠀➾
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ At_Least_1_Dead_After_Frigid_Cold_and_Wind_Chills
Batter_Northeast_U.S.⠀⇛
The wind chill atop Mount Washington in New Hampshire
approached minus 110 degrees and an infant was killed when a
tree fell on a car in western Massachusetts.
* § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
o ⚓ H2 View ☛ Honda_aims_for_60,000_fuel_cell_sales_by_2030⠀⇛
Honda is accelerating its hydrogen strategy and aims to
produce 60,000 fuel cell units by 2030.
o ⚓ European Commission ☛ Ukraine:_EU_and_G7_partners_agree_price_cap
on_Russian_petroleum_products⠀⇛
European Commission Press release Brussels, 04 Feb 2023
This decision will hit Russia’s revenues even harder and
reduce its ability to wage war in Ukraine. It will also
help stabilise global energy markets, benefitting
countries across the world.
o ⚓ NYPost ☛ The_curious_case_of_FTX_VIPs⠀⇛
David Boies is no stranger to quandary or controversy. In
fact, over his long legal career he always seems to be
courting it. You might recall how the 81-year-old super
lawyer argued famously before the Supreme Court in Bush
v. Gore in the disputed 2000 election.
* § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
o ⚓ The Age AU ☛ ‘Most_of_the_animals_wouldn’t_survive’:_The_land
clearing_projects_set_to_benefit_private_school_and_Sydney
University⠀⇛
More than 80 hectares of bushland, including endangered
animal habitat, is slated for development at two popular
holiday spots near Jervis Bay on the NSW South Coast.
§ Finance⠀➾
* ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Consumer_complaints_in_Queensland_continue_to_eclipse_pre-
pandemic_levels⠀⇛
Dodgy personal and household goods drew the most complaints
last year, as supply issues and shortages continued to
frustrate the state.
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ UK’s_Shortest-Serving_PM_Liz_Truss_Blames
Economic_‘Orthodoxy’_for_Downfall⠀⇛
Former British prime minister Liz Truss blamed on Sunday the
economic “orthodoxy” in the country’s finance ministry…
* ⚓ NYPost ☛ UK’s_shortest-serving_PM_Liz_Truss_blames_economic_‘orthodoxy’
for_downfall⠀⇛
Former British prime minister Liz Truss blamed on Sunday the
economic “orthodoxy” in the country’s finance ministry, other
nations and in parts of the governing Conservative Party for
derailing her premiership and “plan for growth”.
* ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Finnair_to_discontinue_in-flight_sales_on_all_flights
at_end_of_February⠀⇛
FINNAIRon Wednesday announced it is discontinuing both in-
flight and pre-order retail sales on all of its flights this
spring.
* ⚓ France24 ☛ France’s_PM_Borne_offers_to_partially_change_pension_reform
for_conservative_backing⠀⇛
French Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne offered on Sunday to
soften a planned pension overhaul to let some people who
started work early also retire early in order to win
conservatives support for the reform in parliament.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ In_Pictures:_Hong_Kong_fabric_traders_face
material_losses_as_they_bid_farewell_to_decades-old_market⠀⇛
Tammy Ho put on a brave face for the farewell photograph. But
as the sign on her family’s fabric stall was taken down, she
was silent and tearful.
§ AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
* ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Cyprus_Heads_to_Polls_to_Pick_New_President
With_Runoff_Expected⠀⇛
* ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ New_Ohio_law_enacts_strict_voting_regulations_in_the
state⠀⇛
A law requiring photo identification in order to vote passed in
Ohio Jan. 6, tightening restrictions on voting in the state.
House Bill 458 was signed by Governor Mike DeWine, making Ohio
one of the strictest states in the country in terms of voting
regulations. Ohio joins just seven other states that strictly
require photo…
* ⚓ CNN ☛ They_eat_ice_cream_and_read_‘Harry_Potter,’_but_these_North
Korean_YouTubers_aren’t_what_they_seem⠀⇛
The young woman rifles through a fridge of popsicles, pulling
out several to show the camera.
* ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ PM_reveals_why_he_is_optimistic_for_referendum
success⠀⇛
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has faith in Australians to
ignore misinformation about the Indigenous voice to parliament
and instead support the proposal.
* § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
o ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Destroying_the_concept_of_truth:_Russian
propaganda_uncovered⠀⇛
Authors: Dr. Maria Alesina and Ivan Kolpakov* The world
has fully realised the power of the Russian propaganda
machine only after the 24th of February 2022. The full-
fledged invasion of Ukraine would have been impossible
without the popular support – or at least silent
toleration – of the Russians at home.
§ Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Pakistan_Blocks_Wikipedia_Over_‘Blasphemous_Content’⠀⇛
Wikipedia was blocked in Pakistan on February 4 after
authorities censored the website for hosting “blasphemous
content” in the latest blow to digital rights in the deeply
conservative country.
* ⚓ Netblocks ☛ Wikipedia_restricted_in_Pakistan_over_alleged
“sacrilegious”_content⠀⇛
Network data confirm the restriction of online encyclopedia
Wikipedia in Pakistan on multiple internet providers from
Friday 3 February 2023.
§ Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
* ⚓ Reason ☛ Today_in_Supreme_Court_History:_February_4,_1824⠀⇛
2/4/1824: Gibbons v. Ogden argued.
§ Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾
* ⚓ Quartz ☛ Netflix_accidentally_revealed_its_blueprint_to_stop_password
sharing⠀⇛
By now, it’s common knowledge that the days of sharing Netflix
passwords with friends and family across countries are
numbered.
§ Monopolies⠀➾
* § Patents⠀➾
o ⚓ YLE ☛ Finnish_patent_filings_drop⠀⇛
Finland has seen patent numbers decline over the past two
years.
§ Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
* § Personal⠀➾
o ⚓ I_Can_Smoke_Weed_Again!⠀⇛
I was an off-and-on cannabis user from my mid teens
through my early 30s. But then something changed. I
couldn’t smoke without becoming paranoid, jumpy, and
emotionally distraught. It’s possibly noteworthy that I
was also well into a decade+ of severe untreated
depression by then. So I quit. My body and psychology are
obviously saying “don’t do this”, so I wasn’t gonna do
it. I tried a few times between 2013 and 2023, but I
always had the same terrible experience.
o ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_YILNPSD_Wordo:_BLUES⠀⇛
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* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Linux Magazine Latest Issue⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Debian_opens_a_door_for_non-free
firmware⠀⇛
The topic of non-free firmware has caused some
turbulence within the Debian project, but now the
community has a new direction.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Reduce_PDF_file_sizes_with_Minuimus⠀⇛
The Minuimus Perl script helps you save disk space
by reducing the file size of PDF files with just a
few commands.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Zack’s_Kernel_News⠀⇛
This month in Kernel News: Bug Tracking
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Sparkling_gems_and_new_releases_from_the
world_of_Free_and_Open_Source_Software⠀⇛
Over the past couple of months, Graham’s ever-
versatile Steam Deck has synced books to an e-
reader, played movies on a television, joined
Mumble, recorded two podcast episodes, and even
played a few games.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ The_tool_isn’t_the_problem⠀⇛
Restricting uses for FOSS may seem appealing, but
it also might not be the solution some imagine.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ A_style_checker_for_LibreOffice_Writer⠀⇛
The Angry Reviewer style check can be used to
evaluate and improve any type of writing, including
academic articles and grant applications.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ On_the_DVD⠀⇛
MX Linux 21.3 and Puppy Linux FossaPup 9.5
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ I’ll_Be_Watching_You⠀⇛
The elite gathering known as Davos is not an
ordinary business convention. The annual conference
of the World Economic Forum is an uber-exclusive
event, not a meeting of governments but rather a
gathering of representatives from around 1,000
member companies – the biggest companies in the
world – along with a smattering of political
leaders and academics.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Predicting_the_productivity_of_a_solar
array_with_Perl⠀⇛
A forecast service and some Perl magic help predict
the solar power yield of a residential photovoltaic
array.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Cloning_a_Debian_system_with_apt-clone⠀⇛
In the right circumstances, apt-clone can be a
simple option for cloning your Debian system.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ In_the_news⠀⇛
In the news: Nobara Project; Gnome 44; Nitrux 2.6;
Vanilla OS; Critical Linux Vulnerability Found to
Impact SMB Servers; Linux Mint 21.1; Another
Attempt at a Linux Tablet; Designing with
LibreOffice 2nd Edition; and KaOS Linux 2022.12.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Remote_access_from_the_outside_with_DWS
Remote_Control⠀⇛
DWS Remote Control offers convenient browser access
to computers outside of your home network.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Request_Spotify_dossiers_and_evaluate_them
with_Go_and_R⠀⇛
Spotify, the Internet music service, collects data
about its users and their taste in music. Mike
Schilli requested a copy of his files to
investigate them with Go.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Build_LEGO_models_with_LDraw_and_LeoCAD⠀⇛
LDraw and LeoCAD help you become a virtual LEGO
architect.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Linux_Voice⠀⇛
This month in Linux Voice.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ TV_over_the_Internet_with_IPTVnator⠀⇛
Thanks to the IPTV standard and free software, you
can view your favorite channels on Linux without
any problems.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Customize_your_system_tray_with_YAD⠀⇛
YAD lets you customize your system tray with one-
line Bash tray scripts.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ An_inside_look_at_a_small_distro⠀⇛
Thierry Nuttens, the developer of NuTyX, shares a
behind-the-scenes look at a small Linux
distribution.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Swap_snaps_for_Flatpaks_with_unsnap⠀⇛
If you want to move away from Ubuntu’s Snap package
format, the unsnap script removes snaps from your
computer and replaces them with Flatpaks where
possible.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Enhanced_searches_with_fzf⠀⇛
Simplify your searches and get better results with
fzf, a modern search tool based on fuzzy logic.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Backdoors_in_Machine_Learning_Models⠀⇛
Machine learning can be maliciously manipulated –
we’ll show you how.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Raspberry_Pi_automated_fish_feeder⠀⇛
Whether at work or on vacation, every pet lover
worries about how to take care of their little
roommates in their absence. What aquarium owners
need is an automatic feeder.
# ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Use_Ubuntu_and_other_distributions_as
Docker_containers⠀⇛
Do you work with Ubuntu but want to test something
quickly on an openSUSE system? You don’t need a
second PC or a virtual machine to do it – a single
container is quite enough.
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ CubicleNate ☛ Linux_Saloon_|_News_Flight_Night_10⠀⇛
This night of Linux Saloon chat was some of my most
favorite I have had since this started. I would say
that the show went completely off the rails but
that would imply that it was a disaster.
# ⚓ GNU World Order (Audio Show) ☛ GNU_World_Order_498⠀⇛
**libkdepim** , **libkedevocdocument** ,
**libkexiv** , **libkgapi** , **libkipi** ,
**libkleo** , **libkmahjongg** ,
**libkomparediff2** , **libksane** , **libkscreen**
, **libksieve** , **libksysguard** ,
**libktorrent** , **lokalize** , **lskat** ,
**mailcommon** , **mailimporter** , **marble** ,
**markdownpart** , **mbox-importer** ,
**messagelib** , **milou** , **minuet** ,
**modemmanager** , **networkmanager-qt** from the
Slackware **kde** package set.
shasum -
a256=b54e187450d7502596b9b252b984e9b8e9f01e4cd6d5236ffaba49c6e66a60d1
o § Graphics⠀➾
# ⚓ Russell Coker ☛ Russell_Coker:_Wayland_in_Bookworm⠀⇛
We are getting towards the freeze for Debian/
Bookworm so the current state of packages isn’t
going to change much before the release. Bugs will
get fixed but missing features will mostly be
missing until the next release.
# ⚓ xvidtune_1.0.4⠀⇛
In honor of the ten year anniversary of the
xvidtune 1.0.3 release, here's
a new release to deliver everything accumulated in
git in the past decade.
Alan Coopersmith (8):
configure: Drop AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
autogen.sh: Honor NOCONFIGURE=1
Update README for gitlab migration
Update configure.ac bug URL for gitlab
migration
gitlab CI: add a basic build test
Build xz tarballs instead of bzip2
gitlab CI: stop requiring Signed-off-by in
commits
xvidtune 1.0.4
Emil Velikov (1):
autogen.sh: use quoted string variables
Mihail Konev (1):
autogen: add default patch prefix
Peter Hutterer (1):
autogen.sh: use exec instead of waiting for
configure to finish
Stéphane Aulery (2):
Use real program name for help message
Ensure consistency between the manpage and
the output of the -h option
git tag: xvidtune-1.0.4
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 11_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Terminal-Based
Podcast_Tools⠀⇛
To provide an insight into the quality of software
that is available, we have compiled a list of 11
high quality open source podcast tools that let you
manage and download podcasts. The selection
includes terminal-based tools only. We feature GUI
podcast tools in this roundup.
Here’s our verdict captured in a LinuxLinks-style
ratings chart. We only feature free and open source
software here.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ 11_Practical_Example_of_cat_Command_in_Linux⠀⇛
The cat command in Linux is a simple yet powerful
tool that is used to view and manipulate text
files. It is short for “concatenate,” which means
to combine or link together.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ sleep_Command_in_Linux_with_Examples⠀⇛
The sleep command is a simple command-line utility
that pauses the execution of a script or process
for a specified amount of time. This can be useful
in a variety of scenarios, such as waiting for a
process to complete, or automating tasks that need
to be performed at regular intervals.
# ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ The_practical_appeal_of_a_mesh-
capable_VPN_solution⠀⇛
The traditional way to do a VPN is that your VPN
endpoint (‘server’) is the single point of entry
for all traffic from VPN clients. When a VPN client
talks to anything on your secured networks, it goes
through the endpoint. In what I’m calling a mesh-
capable VPN, you can have multiple VPN endpoints,
each of them providing access to a different
network area or service. Because it’s one VPN, you
still have a single unified client identity and
authentication and a single on/off button for the
VPN connection on clients.
# ⚓ Derek Sivers ☛ Want_anonymity?_Make_a_persona_not_a
mystery.⠀⇛
That’s a problem if you really want to be
anonymous. If you defiantly refuse to say who you
are, it can make people angry that you’re upsetting
social reciprocity. You know who they are, but they
don’t know who you are. It feels rude. An obsessive
personality might make it their damn mission to
figure out who you are! You don’t want that.
So for real anonymity, don’t create a mystery.
Create a believable persona. Then nobody will
wonder.
# ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ In_a_university,_people_want_to_use
our_IPs_even_for_external_traffic⠀⇛
Universities are not one of those places. In
universities, quite often you’ll find that people
actively need to use your VPN server for all of
their traffic, or otherwise things will break in
subtle ways. One culprit is the world of academic
publishing, or more exactly online electronic
access to academic publications. These days, many
of these online publications are provided to you
directly by the publisher’s website. This website
decides if you are allowed to access things by
seeing if your institution has purchased access,
and it often figures out your institution by
looking at your IP address. As a result, if a
researcher is working from home but wants to read
things, their traffic had better be coming from
your IP address space.
# ⚓ Ubuntubuzz ☛ How_To_Install_GoldenDict_with_English-
Indonesian_on_Ubuntu_for_Language_Education⠀⇛
# ⚓ dwaves.de ☛ LibreOffice_Calc_–_how_to_insert_muliple_new
empty_rows_ABOVE_(below_does_not_work)⠀⇛
# ⚓ How_to_Install_Wine_8.0_On_Ubuntu_/_Linux_Mint⠀⇛
WineHQ is a compatibility layer that allows users
to run Windows applications on Unix-like operating
systems, such as Linux, macOS, and BSD.
Its purpose is to provide a way for users to
continue using their favorite Windows applications
on a non-Windows platform without the need for a
virtual machine or dual-booting. WineHQ translates
Windows system calls into their equivalent POSIX
calls on the host system, allowing Windows
applications to run seamlessly on the host
operating system.
It is an open-source project and free software,
actively developed and maintained by a community of
developers and users.
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ Best_Steam_Deck_Games_Released_in_the_Past
Week_–_2023-02-05_Edition⠀⇛
Between 2023-01-29 and 2023-02-05 there were 103
new games validated for the Steam Deck.
# ⚓ Jon_Chiappetta:_A_History_Of_Console_Gaming⠀⇛
So I usually try to save my money where possible
and I don’t celebrate my birthday but I wanted get
an updated gaming console so that I could continue
to play Fortnite when I have some free down time.
Way back in the day, my grandpa gave me an original
Nintendo (which I sadly didn’t think of keeping
over time) and eventually I got the Nintendo 64
when it came out as well. I then purchased the
original Xbox (which had the Halo title on it) and
that was one of my first Microsoft products that I
enjoyed owning. After that, I switched over to the
Sony side and purchased the Playstation 2 – and
then the Playstation 3 – and then the Playstation 4
(so that I could keep playing the different GTA
versions).
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § BSD⠀➾
# ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ OpenSSH_9.2_Released,_Fixes_Three_Security
Issues⠀⇛
OpenSSH is a free, open-source software suite of
security-related network-level utilities based on
the Secure Shell (SSH) protocol, which provides
encrypted terminal connections between networked
computers. It is widely used for secure remote
login, file transfers (using the SCP protocol), and
creating secure tunnels for other network
connections.
The latest OpenSSH release, v9.2, fixes the
“PermitRemoteOpen” issue, which specifies the
destinations to which remote TCP port forwarding is
permitted when RemoteForward is used as a SOCKS
proxy.
# ⚓ MidnightBSD_Developer_Journal⠀⇛
The delay in the release has been due to issues
with several mports. We’re still working through
those problems, but one can’t ship a desktop OS
without a working desktop.
o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ Tim_Retout:_AlmaLinux_and_SBOMs⠀⇛
At CentOS Connect yesterday, Jack Aboutboul and
Javier Hernandez presented atalk_about_AlmaLinux
and_SBOMs[video], where they are exploring a novel
supply-chain security effort in the RHEL ecosystem.
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ [Repeat] Mark Hansen ☛ Short-Circuited_External_Disk
Recovery⠀⇛
The drive had some data from a relative who passed
away, so I was keen to read it. But the disk wasn’t
showing up on the computer any more. Why?
# ⚓ Arduino ☛ Add_gesture_recognition_and_environmental_sensing
to_your_hiking_jacket_with_the_Nicla_Sense_ME⠀⇛
As part of our ongoing collaboration with K-Way,
Justin Lutz set out to integrate intelligent
electronics into one of the company’s iconic
outdoor jackets. Due to the active lifestyle of the
brand, Lutz chose to use the Arduino Nicla Sense ME
board to detect gestures while hiking as well as
monitor the barometric pressure for potential
storms.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ MCM/70_Replica_Embodies_Proud_Canadian
Heritage⠀⇛
When a vintage computer is all but unobtanium,
software emulation is often all that remains.
Unless you are [Michael Gardi], who saw an
opportunity to reproduce Canada’s home-grown MCM/70
microcomputer using a combination of software
emulation and modern hardware.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ India_launches_home-grown_mobile_OS_to
rival_Android⠀⇛
BharOS is being pitched as the country’s answer to
Google-owned Android and Apple-owned iOS.
# ⚓ Android Police ☛ Famed_North_Korean_Android_tablet
auctioned_off_to_hardcore_devs⠀⇛
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ Use_This_Trick_to_Get_the_Android_Tablet
Taskbar_on_Your_Phone⠀⇛
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ What_Is_Android_System_Intelligence?⠀⇛
# ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ The_paradigm-shifting_potential_of_Android’s
Conversations_Widget⠀⇛
# ⚓ Giz China ☛ Android_14:_new_features,_release_date_and
compatible_devices!⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o ⚓ Reproducible_Builds:_Reproducible_Builds_in_January_2023⠀⇛
Welcome to the first report for 2023 from the
Reproducible_Buildsproject!
o ⚓ James_Valleroy:_A_look_back_at_FreedomBox_project_in_2022⠀⇛
This post is very late, but better late than never! I
want to take a look back at the work that was done on
FreedomBox during 2022.
Several apps were added to FreedomBox in 2022. The email
server app (that was developed by a Google Summer of Code
student back in 2021) was finally made available to the
general audience of FreedomBox users. You will find it
under the name “Postfix/Dovecot”, which are the main
services configured by this app.
o ⚓ Gavin Howard ☛ My_Code_Conquered_Another_OS!⠀⇛
From the Mac OSX release history, Mac OSX versions appear
to be supported for three years, so in three years, my bc
should be in the majority of Mac OSX installs, which
would make my bc the most widely-deployed bc in the
world!
o ⚓ Libre Arts ☛ [librearts]_Weekly_recap_—_5_February_2023⠀⇛
Week highlights: new features in GIMP, Inkscape, Penpot,
and Ardour, Mayo review, Paul Davis in the Bezos movie,
and more.
o § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾
# ⚓ 8_Major_Advantages_of_Using_MySQL⠀⇛
From its open-source nature and robust security
features to its flexibility and scalability, MySQL
has a lot to offer. Let’s take a closer look at
MySQL and the benefits it offers, so you can make
the right choice on determining whether to use it
in your technology stack.
o § GNU Projects⠀➾
# ⚓ GNU ☛ gpaint_@_Savannah:_version_0.3.4_released⠀⇛
Hi, a new release,.
Version 0.3.4 is now available as
https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/gpaint/gpaint-2-
0.3.4.tar.gz
This release combines existing patches from GNU/
Linux distributions into an official release. In
addition,
the build infrastructure is modernized to be based
on
current versions of the GNU Autotools
Changes in this version:
* adding guix.scm, development under GNU Guix
support
Debian patches from Goedson Teixeira Paixao
<goedson> incorporatd into main release
includng patches for
* fixing missing heds libs by <goedson>
* Fix toolbar behaviour so that gpaint follows the
style set in
the user preferences by <goedson>
* Fix foreground/background color selection by
<goedson>
* Fix crash when saving in unsupported format by
<goedson>
* Add accelerator keys to common functions by Matt
Wheeler <m@funkyhat.org>
* Ignore non-printable characters on text input by
Ying-Chun Liu (PaulLiu) <grandpaul@gmail.com>
* fix crash on fill button click by <goedson>
* Fix line width combo box by Thomas Viehmann
<tv@beamnet.de>
* Fixes rotation operations: Implement the rotation
in multiples of 90 degrees using the
gdk_pixbuf_rotate_simple function by <goedson>
* Avoids crash on font selection by <goedson>
* Fixes the gpaint.desktop file by <goedson>
* Removes reference to non-existent menu.h file by
<goedson>
* Fixes compiling with recent versions of libgtk by
<goedson>
This release represents gpaint is resuming active
development.
Roadmap is detailed in README file but suggestions
are welcome.
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Deno Land Inc ☛ The_Future_(and_the_Past)_of_the_Web_is
Server_Side_Rendering⠀⇛
This is the problem with being a frontend dev
today. What started out fun for frontend
developers, building shit-hot sites with all the
bells and whistles, has kinda turned into not fun.
We’re now fighting different browsers to support,
slow networks to ship code over, and intermittent,
mobile connections. Supporting all these
permutations is a giant headache.
How do we square this circle? By heading back to
the server (Swiss basement not required).
# ⚓ Federal Trade Commission ☛ Security_Principles:_Addressing
underlying_causes_of_risk_in_complex_systems⠀⇛
On December 14th, 2022, in collaboration with
technologists on team CTO and attorneys in BCP, I
gave a presentation at the Federal Trade
Commission’s December Open Commission meeting on
the systemic approach to security found in the
Commission’s orders.
The goal of this post is to first explain how the
FTC has worked to strengthen its remedies to
address the underlying causes of risk in complex
systems. The post then highlights some of the
Commission’s recent order provisions from data
security and privacy cases and explains how they
seek to systemically address risk.
o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾
# ⚓ Dominic Szablewski ☛ Time_Domain_Audio_Compression_at_3.2
bits_per_Sample⠀⇛
Audio formats typically fall into one of three
categories: “lossless”, “complicated” or “bad”.
After developing a simple image format last year, I
tried to come up with an audio format that fits
neither of these categories.
In other words: a format that is lossy, simple and
quite ok. Naturally, it’s called QOA — the Quite OK
Audio Format.
# ⚓ Enews Nigeria ☛ With_access_to_my_records,_I_took_my
business_elsewhere_–_The_Health_Care_Blog⠀⇛
It’ll be even better in the coming years because
data #interoperability via FHIR will let apps and
hospitals go GET the data … or, even better, let
consumers already have their data in their own app,
to do anything they want with it. True patient
autonomy.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Berlin’s_Pledge_to_Socialize_a_Quarter_Million
Apartments_Faces_Obstruction⠀⇛
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Reliving_A_Bitmapped_Past_With_A_Veritable_Hoard_Of
Bitmap_Fonts⠀⇛
The fonts seen with old computer systems such as those
from Apple and Commodore, as well as Microsoft Windows
3.1 and older, form an integral part of our interaction
with these systems. These days such bitmap fonts are a
rarity, with scalable vector-based fonts having taken
their place on modern-day systems. This unfortunately
also means that these fonts are at major risk of being
lost to the sands of time. This is where [Rob Hagemans]
seeks to maintain an archive of such bitmap fonts,
ranging from Acorn to MSX to Windows.
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ The_Effect_Of_Filament_Color_On_Print_Strength_And
More⠀⇛
What is an FDM filament coloring’s purpose but to be an
aesthetic choice? As it turns out, the additives that
create these changes in coloring and transparency also
affect the base properties of the polymer, whether it’s
PLA, PETG, or another material. This is where a recent
video by [CNC Kitchen] is rather illustrative, using a
collection of colored PLA filaments from a single
filament manufacturer.
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ This_Supposedly_Rare_Ancient_Fossil_Was
Actually_Made_by_Something_Much_More_Recent⠀⇛
History gets rewritten, again.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Scientists_Discover_a_Weird_New_Form_of_Ice
That_May_Change_How_We_Think_About_Water⠀⇛
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Super-Rare_Star_System_Is_a_Giant_Cosmic
Accident_Waiting_to_Happen⠀⇛
You can’t escape destiny.
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Students_and_Parents_Are_Fighting_to_Save_NYC’s
Imperiled_School_Libraries⠀⇛
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Universal_School_Meals_Programs_Are_Being_Cut
Despite_1_in_8_Kids_Going_Hungry⠀⇛
Federal funding lapsed in June 2022, forcing most
public schools to charge all but the poorest
students for food.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Teach_Black_History_—_Don’t_Ban_It⠀⇛
Politicians fire teachers and ban books, but more
and more Americans are standing up against this
effort to erase our history.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ ‘A_Colossal_Giveaway’:_A_Tax_Break_for_Big
Polluters_Is_Also_Starving_Public_Schools_in_Texas⠀⇛
In December, legislators killed a controversial
abatement program known as Chapter 313, but its
effects will last decades.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_Professional_Managerial_Class_Strikes
Back!⠀⇛
The increasing shift to remote work in higher
education has threatened the power and influence of
the professional managerial class (PMC). In
response, the PMC are throwing everything at the
wall from baseless claims about work productivity
to coercive policies to cement their power over
faculty. Coined by John and […]
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ How_Chicago_Teachers_Stopped_a_Toxic_Polluter
From_Poisoning_Their_Students⠀⇛
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Fulcrum_Foils_Finger_Fatigue⠀⇛
It turns out that typing all day just might be bad
for your hands and fingers. Repetitive Strain
Injury, RSI, was a real problem for [David
Schiller], particularly when coding. So, naturally,
he started designing his own keyboard. And bless
him, he’s shared the whole project on GitHub.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ The_WiC64_Brings_Classic_Commodores_Online,
Google_Maps_Included⠀⇛
A computing platform is never really dead unless
people stop developing new software for it. By that
measure, the Commodore 64 is alive and well: new
games, demos, and utilities are still being
released on a regular basis. Getting those new
programs onto an old computer was always a bit of a
hassle though, requiring either an SD card adapter
for the Commodore or a direct cable connection from
an internet-connected PC. Luckily, there’s now a
simpler way to get your latest software updates
thanks to a WiFi adapter called WiC64. This
adapter plugs into the expansion port of a classic
Commodore and lets you download programs directly
into memory. [Tommy Ovesen] over at [Arctic Retro]
bought one and explored its many features.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ 3_Ways_To_DIY_Custom_CNC_Dust_Covers⠀⇛
Home shop machinists know dust shields are
important for keeping swarf out of expensive linear
rails and ball screws. [Petteri Aimonen]
demonstrates three inexpensive ways to DIY some
bellows-style dust covers. Such things can of
course be purchased, but they’re priced at a
premium and not always available in the size one
needs.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Sundial_Collection_Is_2D_Printed⠀⇛
We see a lot of clocks, and many of the better ones
have some 3D printed elements to them. But [Carl
Sabanski] shows us his kits for making sundials for
either hemisphere using a conventional printer (you
know, one that puts ink on paper), some styrofoam,
and possibly some other materials like wire coat
hangers, threaded rods, thumbtacks, glue, and
different papers like transparencies or card stock.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China’s_power_in_Asia_diminished_by
Covid-zero,_study_shows⠀⇛
The power index shows China registered the greatest
decline out of 26 nations and territories.
# ⚓ Oxford_College_hosts_panel_on_mental_health,_counseling
myths⠀⇛
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology Andrew
Neff, with caution, expounded the benefits of
ketamine, psychedelic mushrooms and long walks in
the woods as ways to address serious mental health
issues during a Jan. 25 panel to an audience of 150
students.
o § Proprietary⠀➾
# ⚓ Project Censored ☛ STFU_about_ChatGPT:_–_Censored
Notebook⠀⇛
ChatGPT has sent shockwaves through higher
education, creating a moral panic about the threat
that artificial intelligence (AI) poses to the
classroom. As critical media literacy scholars, we
are not panicking, and we do not think any educator
should. Developed by OpenAI, ChatGPT is a chat bot
released in late 2022. Industry insiders were
amazed by the technology, with Microsoft quickly
moving to integrate OpenAI features into its
products.
# ⚓ The Verge ☛ Twitter_replaces_its_free_API_with_a_paid_tier
in_quest_to_make_more_money⠀⇛
Twitter will no longer provide free access to the
Twitter API from February 9th. As announced by the
official Twitter Developer account late Wednesday
night, Elon Musk’s social media hobby will stop
supporting free access to the Twitter API and will
instead provide a “paid basic tier.” Twitter hasn’t
provided any information regarding pricing, but
said that it will provide “more details on what you
can expect next week.”
# ⚓ India Times ☛ How_[attackers]_are_using_Google_ads_network
to⠀⇛
[Attackers] are spreading malicious installers by
leveraging KoiVM virtualisation technology that
enables malware to evade detection when installing
it. KoiVM is a plugin that obfuscates a program’s
operation codes so that the virtual machine (a
compute resource that uses software instead of a
physical computer to run programs and deploy apps)
only understands them.
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Heads_up:_Highmark_Health_will_be_notifying
300,000_patients_of_a_phishing_incident._Watch_for_your_mail
this_month.⠀⇛
Letters have not gone out yet and will not be going
out in the mail until February 13, but Highmark
Health will be notifying 300,000 patients of a data
security breach that occurred on December 13, 2022,
after an employee clicked on a link that they
should not have clicked on.
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Bigger_than_they_knew:_Diligent_Corp._sends
more_notifications_after_discovering_hacked_data_on_the
internet⠀⇛
Diligent Corp is a software as a service company,
headquartered in New York.
# ⚓ Taiwan News ☛ Taiwan_car_rental_platform_data_leak_exposed,
government_reacts⠀⇛
iRent service provider Hotai Motor accused of not
reacting to major cyber security loophole
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Taiwan_car_rental_platform_iRent_plans
compensation_for_data_leak_victims⠀⇛
Matthew Strong reports: Car rental and carshare
platform iRent will prepare a compensation package
for 400,000 clients deemed at risk from a recent
leakage of private data, reports said Saturday
(Feb. 4).
# ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Massive_ESXiArgs_ransomware_attack
targets_VMware_ESXi_servers_worldwide⠀⇛
Admins, hosting providers, and the French Computer
Emergency Response Team (CERT-FR) warn that
attackers actively target VMware ESXi servers
unpatched against a two-year-old remote code
execution vulnerability to deploy a new ESXiArgs
ransomware.
# ⚓ Open Source Security (Audio Show) ☛ Josh_Bressers:_Episode
361_–_GitHub_got_pwnt,_but_it_wasn’t_very_exciting⠀⇛
JoshandKurttalk about the recent GitHub breach. It
wasn’t terribly exciting, but there are some
interesting conversations to have around securing
certificates, source code, and hardware security
modules. In general GitHub did most things right on
this one.
# ⚓ Reuters ☛ Hackers_who_breached_ION_say_ransom_paid;_company
declines_comment⠀⇛
The ransomware outbreak that erupted at ION on
Tuesday has disrupted trading and clearing of
exchange-traded financial derivatives, causing
problems for scores of brokers, sources familiar
with the matter told Reuters this week.
# ⚓ APNIC ☛ Security_by_diversity:_The_business_of_security
through_diversity⠀⇛
How to work with quality uncertainty and scaling
different forms of security.
# § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾
# ⚓ [Repeat] Paul Heinlein ☛ Viewing_Remote_SSL
Certificate_Info⠀⇛
One of our duties at work is monitoring and
renewing SSL certificates for customer
services. Now that certificate issuers
regularly expire certificates after only one
year, renewals are a regular occurance. Plus,
we like to verify what protocols and
alternative hostnames are supported by a
specific service. This script helps.
The script requires that you have the openssl
and curl utilities available to your shell
environment. Versions of openssl newer than
1.1 provide superior output. OpenSSL 1.0 and
earlier have limited filtering options, so
the script is forced to send you way more
information than you need.
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Ukraine’s_Tank_Problem⠀⇛
…this is a war that will yield no victors and will,
in guaranteed fashion, make a mockery of victory.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Russia’s_Lavrov_Visits_Baghdad
to_Discuss_Bilateral_Relations,_Energy_Cooperation:_Iraqi
Statement⠀⇛
# ⚓ CNN ☛ Bitter_harvest_of_freedom_and_victory_as_Kherson
suffers_Russian_bombardment⠀⇛
Gone are the acres of jubilant crowds that filled
Freedom Square with blue and yellow Ukrainian flags
that swayed like heads of wheat when the Russians
were driven out. Now the crack-crunch of Russian
artillery eating into the city echoes around the
plaza.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ ‘Here,_It’s_Like_Paradise’:_Ukraine’s_Ski
Resorts_Offer_a_Respite_From_the_War⠀⇛
Ukrainians have flocked to resorts nestled in the
Carpathian Mountains, largely spared the worst of
the war, for a respite. One soldier recuperating
there explored what it means to heal.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Zelensky’s_Party_Says_It_Will_Move_to
Replace_Defense_Minister⠀⇛
The expected move against Oleksii Reznikov comes
amid a widening corruption scandal, although he was
not implicated in wrongdoing.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Ukraine_defense_minister_expects
help_from_Western_warplanes⠀⇛
Ukraine’s defense minister is expressing confidence
in securing Western allies’ agreement to his
country’s latest weapons request, warplanes to
fight off Russian forces that invaded nearly a year
ago. Oleksii Reznikov told a news conference in
Kyiv on Sunday that Ukraine has already received
everything from its “wish list to Santa,” except
planes. He predicted confidently: “There will be
planes, too.” So far, Ukraine has won support from
Baltic nations and Poland in its quest to obtain
Western fighter jets. But several Western leaders
have expressed concern that providing warplanes
could provoke the Kremlin and draw their countries
deeper into the conflict. German-made tanks are on
the way to Ukraine. Reznikov said his forces would
begin training on Leopard tanks on Monday.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Ukraine_Says_It_Will_Not_Strike
Russian_Territory_With_New_Missiles⠀⇛
# ⚓ VOA News ☛ US_Shoots_Down_Chinese_Spy_Balloon⠀⇛
The discovery of the spy balloon comes at a
sensitive time for China. It happened right before
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken was
scheduled to visit China and meet with Chinese
President Xi Jinping. Blinken canceled his trip
after the discovery of the spy balloon.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Court_of_Appeals_Rules_That_Domestic_Abusers
Can_Own_Guns⠀⇛
Abusers are five times more likely to kill their
female victims if they have access to guns,
according to one report.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Filipino_Movements_Protest_Decision_to_Further
Open_Up_to_US_Military⠀⇛
The decision to allow US to access more Philippine
military bases under the controversial EDCA deal
has been criticized by progressive groups and
activists.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ US_Military_Shoots_Down_China’s_Balloon_Off
Carolina_Coast⠀⇛
The United States military shot down a Chinese
balloon off the South Carolina coast on Saturday,
according to the Associated Press.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ China_Slams_Pentagon’s_Downing_of_Balloon
as_an_‘Excessive_Reaction’⠀⇛
“The Chinese side clearly requested that the U.S.
appropriately deal with this in a calm,
professional, and restrained manner,” the ministry
said, again dismissing the Pentagon’s claim that
the high-altitude balloon was part of a
surveillance operation aimed at monitoring
sensitive military sites.
# ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ The_98_Luftballoons⠀⇛
Alrighty then, as TV news is still consumed by the
Chinese balloon thing, I need to get a couple of
things in. Did the US shoot it down when over
Cheney’s sparse area of the country? Nope. Nor
before that.
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ The_Rise_of_Non-State_Actors_in
Afghanistan:_A_Consequence_of_Political_Vacuum⠀⇛
In recent years, Afghanistan has witnessed a surge
in the influence of non-state actors such as the
Taliban and Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). These
groups have exploited the political vacuum in the
country to carry out acts of violence and
terrorism, creating instability and insecurity for
the Afghan people and neighboring countries.
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Berlin_doesn’t_trust_Washington._Scholz
doesn’t_trust_the_U.S.⠀⇛
“If the U.S. is involved directly it’s more likely
to use military force to defend its allies in
Europe,” Carlo Masala, a German military expert
with strong ties to the country’s political
establishment, said on German public television.
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Ukraine_crisis:_Outlook_for_2023⠀⇛
“Now for the inconvenient truths that mainstream
media (MSM) refuse to present to their audiences
regarding the Ukraine war.”
# ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ OffG_on…the_Chinese_“Spy_Balloon”⠀⇛
Everyone is talking about the “Chinese spy balloon”
this week, for some reason. It’s apparently a big
deal, it even has its own Wikipedia page already.
After days of back-and-forth, the US finally got
tough with the dirigible and blew it out of the
sky. Boom. Take that, China. Now comes the post-
balloon drama.
# ⚓ Reason ☛ New_Israeli_Government’s_Judicial_Reforms_Are_not
Anti-Democratic—But_they_May_Create_a_Tyranny_of_the
Majority⠀⇛
By destroying judicial review, they would empower
the narrow right-wing majority to violate the
rights of minorities.
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Flood_alert_system_failed,_leaving_Maribyrnong
residents_to_flee_rising_water⠀⇛
Melbourne Water’s new alert system was supposed to
give early warning of impending danger but did not
give Melburnians much chance to escape a disastrous
flood.
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ Axios ☛ FTX_asks_for_its_political_donations_back⠀⇛
Bankrupt crypto exchangeFTXis sending notices
to former donor recipients asking for the
donated funds to be returned, the company
said in apress_releaseSunday.
Why it matters:Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-
Fried and FTX Digital Markets Co-CEO Ryan
Salame weretwo_of_the_largest_political
donorsduring the last election cycle. Now the
company’s debtors want the money back.
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_New_G.O.P._Takes_the_Country_Hostage_with
the_Debt_Ceiling⠀⇛
Why the Republicans’ routine threat to wreck the
economy, rather than raise the borrowing limit,
could end differently this time.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ It_Wasn’t_Me:_Ex-UK_PM_Truss
Blames_‘System’_for_Her_Failure⠀⇛
Former British Prime Minister Liz Truss says her
failure wasn’t her fault
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Tech_sector_gets_new_pay_deal⠀⇛
Sunday’s agreement is expected to speed up salary
negotiations in other sectors.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ White_House_Says_GOP_Bill_Would_Force_‘One
of_the_Biggest_Medicare_Benefit_Cuts’_in_US_History⠀⇛
The White House on Saturday condemned a newly
introduced Republican bill that would repeal the
Inflation Reduction Act, a law that includes a
number of changes aimed at lowering costs for
Medicare recipients.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Ralph_Nader:_The_Progenitor_of_Inequalities_–
Corporate_Personhood_vs._Human_Beings⠀⇛
By Ralph Nader The word “inequality” is everywhere
in the media. It usually refers either to race,
gender, rich vs. poor, or other differences between
human beings. Absent from the public debate is the
biggest perpetrator of “inequality” against human
beings – the corporate entity itself. Ever since
1886 when a U.S. Supreme Court reporter, […]
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ British_‘Mega_Strike’:_Half_a_Million_Workers
Bring_UK_to_a_Halt_and_Protest_Government⠀⇛
On Wednesday, over half a million workers in the
UK took part in a “mega strike,” the largest labor
protest in the country in over a decade.
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Massive_Inequality_Is_a_“Concerted_Elite_Class
Project,”_Says_Heather_Gautney⠀⇛
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Imran_Khan’s_Double_Game⠀⇛
Following an assassination attempt, Pakistan’s
former Prime Minister discusses his views on the
Taliban, his relationship with the military, and
why he’s more “evolved” than other people.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Joe_Manchin_faces_the_biggest_GOP_threat_in_his_12-
year_Senate_career⠀⇛
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Donald_Trump_denies_Chinese_surveillance_balloons
also_flew_over_U.S._during_his_administration⠀⇛
Former President Trump denied the Department of
Defense’s claims that suspectedChinese_surveillance
balloonshad also transited the U.S. during his
administration, tellingFox_News_DigitalSunday that
it “never happened.”
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ 109_Democrats_Join_GOP’s_Ridiculous_‘Horrors
Of_Socialism’_Vote⠀⇛
Emma Vigeland and Sam Seder look at the recent
House vote to denounce socialism and what that
means for the future of socialist policies like
M4A, with 109 Democrats joining the Right on the
vote.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Corporate_Media_Failing_to_Report
Shortcomings_of_Biden_Rental_Plan⠀⇛
Last month, the Biden administration unveiled a
slate of new agency-level actions it claimed would
“protect renters and promote rental affordability.”
The announcement followed nearly a year of public
pressure from Congressional Democrats and the
tenant-led Homes Guarantee campaign to get
President Biden to crack down on rent-gouging and
unjust evictions. In late January, the campaign
sent the White House a list of 11 essential policy
directives to include in its tenant protection
plan.
# ⚓ Maxim Tips ☛ Chatcontrol_is_getting_worse⠀⇛
The original proposal is already pretty bad, but
the changes by the Council of the European Union
make it much, much worse. I’ll assume you’ve some
familiarity with the original proposal. If you are
unfamiliar with the proposal, my introduction post
about chatcontrol might help a bit, however the
changes to the proposal are not as focused on
detection/scanning as the introduction post is.
# ⚓ EDRI ☛ Member_States_want_[Internet]_service_providers_to
do_the_impossible_in_the_fight_against_child_sexual_abuse⠀⇛
In May 2022, the European Commission presented its
proposal for a Regulation to combat child sexual
abuse (CSA) online. The proposal contains a number
of privacy intrusive provisions, including
obligations for platforms to indiscriminately scan
the private communications of all users (dubbed
”chat control”). There are also blocking
obligations for internet services providers (ISPs),
which is the focus of this article.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘They_Are_Afraid_of_the_People’:_Guatemala
Tribunal_Bars_Leftist_Presidential_Ticket_From_Ballot⠀⇛
Guatemala’s Supreme Electoral Tribunal ruled
earlier this week that a leftist presidential
ticket headed by Indigenous human rights defender
Thelma Cabrera should be barred from the June
ballot, prompting fury and vows of mass protests
from Cabrera’s supporters.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Writing_About_a_Joy_That_Invades_Jenin⠀⇛
[Netanyahu's] government is fiercely far-right,
although from the standpoint of the Palestinians
there is steady continuity in Zionist state policy,
whether the government is led by the far-right or
by less right-wing sections.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ George_Santos_accused_of_sexual_harassment_by
prospective_staffer⠀⇛
Rep.George_Santos(R-N.Y.) has been accused of
sexual harassment and ethics violations by a
prospective staffer who briefly worked in Santos’
office.
o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
# ⚓ BBC ☛ Pakistan_blocks_Wikipedia_for_‘blasphemous_content’⠀⇛
The move was announced on Saturday after the free
online encyclopaedia was given a 48-hour deadline
to remove some material.
The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) said
Wikipedia failed to comply with its ultimatum.
o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Chris_Hedges:_WikiLeaks_Exposed_the_Extent_of
US_Meddling_Abroad_and_Corruption_at_Home._Why_Have_We
Forgotten_It?⠀⇛
From backroom deals between Hillary Clinton and
Goldman Sachs to US covert operations in Haiti,
Tunisia, Italy and beyond, WikiLeaks revealed the
dark underbelly of US power.
# ⚓ The Verge ☛ CNET_pushed_reporters_to_be_more_favorable_to
advertisers,_staffers_say⠀⇛
CNET built a trusted brand for tech reporting over
two decades. After being acquired by Red Ventures,
staff say editorial firewalls have been repeatedly
breached.
# ⚓ VOA News ☛ Cameroon_Makes_Arrests_After_Journalist’s
Death⠀⇛
Martinez Zogo, 50, who spoke out against
embezzlement and cronyism in the central African
nation, was abducted on January 17 outside a police
station in the suburbs of the capital, Yaounde.
His heavily mutilated corpse was found five days
later.
o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Iran’s_Supreme_Leader_Issues
Pardon_for_‘Tens_of_Thousands’_of_Prisoners_–_IRNA⠀⇛
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Iran_Acknowledges_‘Tens_of
Thousands’_Detained_in_Protests⠀⇛
Iran’s supreme leader reportedly has ordered an
amnesty or reduction in prison sentences for “tens
of thousands” of people detained amid the
nationwide protests shaking the country
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Nearly_1,000_Migrant_Kids_Separated_From
Families_Under_Trump_Still_Not_Reunited⠀⇛
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Lebanon_Hopes_UNESCO_Danger
Listing_Could_Save_Crumbling_Modernist_Fairground⠀⇛
# ⚓ Papers Please ☛ A_blacklist_is_not_a_basis_for_search_or
seizure⠀⇛
A lawsuit filed last week in Federal court in
Oklahoma City by the Council on American-Islamic
Relations on behalf of Oklahoma native Saadiq Long
challenges unconstitutional searches and seizures
(sometimes at gunpoint) and interference with
freedom of movement on city streets and highways on
the unlawful basis of a combination of warrantless
dragnet surveillance and arbitrary extrajudicial
blacklists.
According to Mr. Long’s application for a temporary
restraining order and preliminary injunction to
protect his rights and his life while the case
proceeds…
Mr. Long’s mistreatment by the US government — the
government of the country where he was born and of
which he was and still is a citizen — began when,
while serving in the US Air Force from 1987-1998
and living in Turkey, he converted to Islam and
applied for discharge from the Air Force as a
conscientious objector on the basis of his new
beliefs.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Shattering_the_Myth_of_Rosa_Parks_Reveals_the
Civil_Rights_Movement’s_True_History⠀⇛
Sanitized histories of the Civil Rights Movement
have erased the long history of activism and
struggle that defined the life of Rosa Parks long
before she defied Jim Crow codes on a Montgomery
bus. Yet Rosa Parks’s dedication to the Black
freedom struggle preceded the Montgomery Bus
Boycott […]
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Pirate_Bay_Proxy_Defeats_Police’s
GitHub_Takedown_with_DMCA_Counternotice⠀⇛
Last month, GitHub disabled the website of a
Pirate Bay proxy information portal after
receiving a DMCA notice from City of London
Police. The operator protested the removal,
arguing that the site doesn’t link to any
copyright-infringing material. That challenge
was successful and as a result,
proxybay.github.io has been restored.
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal⠀➾
# ⚓ Fighting_is_a_form_of_intimacy⠀⇛
# ⚓ Vocab_Sunday⠀⇛
The only productive activity today was that I read
a passage of Latin
text and did the vocabulary in Anki.
To my horror, I realized that I had not left the
house the whole week!
That’s crazy. Once again I had some health issues
so on Monday I
decided to work from home, which I then extended
till Friday.
Wife took Friday off as she also felt some flu
symptoms.
# ⚓ Stop_with_the_ball⠀⇛
The chaos makes sense. The chaos means activity and
the activity means… something, I swear. I’m trying.
What story should I tell this time? I need to write
it down, do I? Do I pick the story based on the
story or do I pick it based on the reaction? Is
there even a difference? I tell myself that it is
because the cynicism will overpower my power of
will otherwise.
It’s like 3am and I’m fully awake. Where is the
Pilot 912? I woke up early, I stay up late. It’s a
new day? What happened to my hamsters? The I, the
II… Named as kings, treated as such, favorite
pastime was time passing. They were onto something
and I looked at them amazed by their simplicity,
their foolishness. Stop with the ball, Hamtaro.
o § Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Emulators_in_Debian_Buster_and_Bullseye⠀⇛
# ⚓ Bitwise_Harmony⠀⇛
Electronic music is perhaps my second favorite
hobby (programming being #1, of course). My
earliest memory in this field is from the C64,
where one of the tapes “borrowed” from a friend had
a piano simulator where you could play and record a
short song. It was slow, clunky and sounded
horrendous in every way, but the idea of using a
computer as a musical instrument really resonated
with me — there are endless possibilities for
creativity!
Over the years I played around with ProTracker on
the Amiga 500 and later did more serious work with
Scream Tracker on the PC. My skills growing,
eventually I moved on to MIDI trackers on Windows,
intent on composing some orchestral music using
Standard MIDI instruments. This was around the year
2000. My music was starting to gain some complexity
at that point, thanks to not being restricted to
keyboard and mouse input and using an actual
synthesizer keyboard for recording the notes. Later
on, after becoming a Mac user, I went all in on
Logic Pro and even recorded a couple of songs with
lyrics.
# ⚓ Wrapper_Script_Etiquette⠀⇛
A wrapper script is one that makes various changes
(flags, environment, logging, etc) and then runs
some other program. Variations are possible.
# ⚓ MNT_Reform_2_OS_Update⠀⇛
I have decided that I want the battery status in
the Waybar (a bar on
the top of the screen). It wasn’t that easy on the
MNT: the battery
status is controlled by the system controller (that
thing which also
communicates with you through the small OLED screen
at the top of
keyboard) and to be able to read the data inside
the operating system a
kernel driver is needed.
# § Programming⠀➾
# ⚓ Filtering_Lists_with_Dependent_Types⠀⇛
Filtering a list is a pretty fundamental
operation when programming and most modern
programming languages provide such a function
as part of their standard library.
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