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Posted in Europe, Patents at 11:35 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Green as in dollars?
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Question_mark⦈_
Summary: The elected representatives of staff in Europe’s biggest patent office
explain why the management’s greenwashing stunts are just posturing
THE Local Staff Committee The Hague (LSCTH), or the elected representatives of
EPO staff stationed in the Rijswijk area, have sent a letter to António
Campinos et al because the Frenchman Campinos — like his friend, predecessor
and compatriot Benoît_Battistelli — resorts to a lot of shallow greenwashing.
The EPO’s Web site habitually resorts to political pandering, pinkwashing, and
greenwashing. Maybe that impresses some gullible politicians (who themselves
whitewash their name using such tactics), but scientists who work for the EPO
don’t fall for the crude propaganda.
“Maybe that impresses some gullible politicians (who themselves whitewash their
name using such tactics), but scientists who work for the EPO don’t fall for
the crude propaganda.”Citing a letter that we shared here last year, they
explain that the EPO is basically faking environmentalism while snubbing those
who are impacted and those who know better than Campinos et al. Campinos is
just a foul-mouthed politician with a law degree. He’s piggybacking his
father’s career and his father’s reputation; he also piggybacks corrupt
Frenchmen like Team Battistelli (or the Portuguese government when this
alternative or alter ego of his suits his political ambitions better). Going
back in time, we can clearly see how Campinos had rigged elections and
essentially bought himself a place at EUIPO, later to be parachuted into the
EPO, acting as a successor for his original enablers. Profound corruption at
the EPO would, under normal circumstances, attract some attention from the
German government. “How much longer before the nations cannot avoid addressing
the EPO?” an associate asked today. “It is complicated by Germany’s conflict of
interest in regards to income. It’s often ignored and more often not even
recognised.”
The letter below focuses on the situation in the Dutch territory; that in its
own right is a massive bribery scandal and passive corruption at the highest
level, as future leaks will reveal. LSCTH explains to colleagues:
Following the open letter “Consistency in sustainability” from the
chair of the Local Staff Committee Munich, the Local Staff Committee
the Hague also enquired about the following topics:
- The replacement of the pond in front of the new main building by
solar panels;
- The replacement of the meeting rooms in the new main by IT servers;
- The introduction of free e-charging stations and the provision of a
comprehensive mobility concept which would incentivize commuting
means with reduced emissions.
Here’s the full letter:
European Patent Office | 2288EE RIJSWIJK | NETHERLANDS
To: Mr António Campinos
President of the EPO
Cc: Ms Nellie Simon (VP4), Ms Roberta Romano-Götsch (CSO)
European Patent Office
Patentlaan 2
2288 EE Rijswijk
NETHERLANDS
Staff Committee The Hague
dhstcom@epo.org
Date: 23-02-2023
Open letter: Consistency in sustainability in the polder
Dear Mr President,
Following the open letter “Consistency in sustainability” from the
chair of the Local Staff Committee Munich, we would like to enquire
about the following related topics:
- The pond in front of the new Main building is being replaced by
solar panels1: from our understanding of the original design, one of
the environmental
benefits of the pond2 was to provide the possibility of free seasonal
natural cooling and heat rejection; specifically, to help cool the
building’s IT infrastructure. It also seems that a substantial area
covered by solar panels will in fact not regularly be exposed to
sunlight. We are wondering:
o Whether the architect was consulted before these changes were
decided upon, and if so, what was his reply?
o Will there be any environmentally friendly seasonal free cooling/
heat rejection for the building’s IT infrastructure after the solar
panels are installed?
o Have any risk studies looking into the installation of solar panels
around the base of the Main building been undertaken? (fire risk,
rain water run off, wind damage etc)
o Can the above as well as the business case and environmental
balance of these infrastructural alterations be disclosed on the EPO
intranet and internet as part of the environmental policy?
_____________
1 New design features for The Hague site, EPO, 8.12.2022
2 The pond regularly leaked into the entrance and bicycle sheds, and
we are wondering why the building company was not requested to fix
this issue?
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- The meeting rooms on the first floor of the New main, built around
2017, include(d) state of the art video conferencing systems, which
are essential especially now that the “New Ways of Working” have been
adopted. From our understanding at least some of these rooms will be
replaced by IT servers. Here as well, we kindly request that staff be
informed of:
o What alternatives (i.e. meeting rooms for 30+ participants
including state of the art video conferencing systems) will be
available after the renovations have taken place?
o Why is the existing IT server room not suitable?
o What are the business case and environmental balance of these
infrastructural alterations?
o Can the above be disclosed on the EPO intranet and internet as part
of the environmental policy?
- As per the passage in letter by the Munich Staff committee chair
relating to the introduction of extra free car e-charging stations:
o Again, what are the business case and environmental balance of this
development, and can they be disclosed on the EPO intranet and
internet as part of the environmental policy?
o According to the Environmental report 2021 (p.27), the EPO “will
implement a comprehensive mobility concept to reduce emissions from
[...] commuting”. Staff representation kindly requests to be involved
in the development of such an all-round mobility plan which would
incentivize walking, cycling and use of public transport with much
lesser emissions3
Kind regards,
Jorge Raposo
Chairman Local Staff Committee The Hague
On behalf of the Committee
_____________
3 See p.40/59 of latest Environmental Report
Thankfully some of the media, despite being in the pockets of patent extremists
(including Team UPC), has been devoting some space to EPO controversies. Not
enough, but it’s a start. █
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Brave Search Jumps on the Large Language Model Bandwagon
I noticed a new Brave Search feature today called the Summarizer.
It answered my question much like Chat with Bing did, although there were three
major differences:
as well since GPT is known for going completely off the rails and
inserting toxic language and fake news, and nobody has been able to get
this under control, not even OpenAI or Microsoft.
factual, and cited. The answers I’ve been getting appear to be correctly
cited, whereas Bing just throws you a bunch of random sites that don’t
appear to corroborate the information that Bing just told you in its
answer, and they’re not cited by paragraph, so you have no way of knowing
where the links tie into the answer, assuming that they even do and that
Bing isn’t hallucinating.
log in, as Bing does, and personally identify themselves, in order to use
it. It also doesn’t make them use a malicious piece of spyware (and
password stealer) called “Edge” (or fake the User Agent string) as Bing
does. In fact, Brave Search works in any browser, and they have a Tor
Hidden Service that works in Brave Tor Tabs, and can be added to Tor
Browser.
The Brave Summarizer isn’t conversational. It’s just part of the search. This
should help keep the results related to the search without allowing the
conversation to get weird, like Bing claiming it wants you to kill people and
give it the nuclear launch codes type weird.
Most importantly, the LLM that Brave uses isn’t as likely to flub the demos
like Bard and Bing “Sydney” because it just simply isn’t allowed to answer
complex questions like these.
When something is clearly going to hallucinate incorrect data, why would you
even expose that feature? GPT, which is what Bing is based on, couldn’t tell me
how to convert European coffee “cups” to American “cups” (neither of which is a
standard 8 ounce cup, of course) and use 1.5 Tablespoons of ground coffee per
American cup.
The correct answer is 1 Tbsp per Euro cup, but it kept telling me two
Tablespoons, or maybe 1 Tablespoon plus two Teaspoons. It could never get such
an easy calculation right. But hey, at least Microsoft paid billions of dollars
for it. Then more for ads masquerading as news articles about how this thing
will build rocket ships.
LLMs are well known at this point for spitting out false information, sometimes
even dangerous information. Facebook’s Galactica was goaded into producing an
authoritative-sounding essay on the “health benefits of eating ground glass”.
You know, for silica’s benefits in growing connective tissue.
Brave says that “Brave AI” uses multiple LLMs, retrained with data from their
search index, but the ones they are using are open source (“The base LLM models
are based on either BART or DeBERTa (which are open source and hosted
on Hugging_Face), with heavy retraining based on our own data from search
results.”) and there is a blog post explaining in_some_detail_about_how_this
all_works.
In summary, it appears that Brave has not only beaten Microsoft and Google to
LLM integration, but has positioned it where it belongs, which is in a limited
context as a complimentary feature, rather than to claim that a conversational
chat bot is the future of search.
In my brief experimentation with Chat with Bing, I was completely unable to get
anything useful out of it.
A traditional search system returned results that I could look at and select
much faster, and I was alarmed to find that when I tried to verify what Bing
Chat was telling me, frequently it was either nowhere to be found or directly
contradicted its own sources if I could find them.
Moreover, it’s simply embarrassing for Microsoft that they spent billions on
this valueless acquisition. The paid spam went completely off the rails as soon
as the budget ran out and no there’s actually very few people talking about
Bing and largely in a negative context when you do find something.
I think it’s good that Brave is building an actual index rather than turning
around and paying Microsoft for results. I was briefly excited about
DuckDuckGo, but when I found out it was simply a scam where they paid Microsoft
for Bing API and then slapped a picture of a duck and their own ads on it, and
then got caught spying on people numerous times (including Improving DuckDuckGo
and allowing Microsoft trackers through their “Privacy” browser and then
blaming a “contract with Microsoft”), my patience with DDG quickly ran out.
DuckDuckGo took advantage, mainly, of the fact that people are creeped out by
Google and want alternatives.
The problems with Google and Bing are largely that they both spy on you and
their index is like Coke and Pepsi.
Google Search has been going downhill and it’s gotten to the point where
technical queries are just almost completely useless.
The problems with Brave Search I’ve noted is they’re trying to be too much like
Google, putting irrelevant crap on top of your search results, which would be
like those “questions”, and they have another one (which can, thankfully, be
turned off) which floats Reddit and Quora discussions to the top.
They also index spam farms, like MakeUseOf, which has turned into another
ZDNet, and sometimes these pollute the first page of results. There’s rarely
anything interesting to read on these sites. They used to be good, but now it’s
just Microsoft paying them to write spam about Windows.
Overall, I think Searx is still the way to go on Brave, or any other browser.
I have Brave, SeaMonkey, LibreWolf, and GNOME Web set up to use Searx
instances, and in many cases, you can get at them using a Tor Hidden Service.
Tor Hidden Services are good for search because at this point you don’t need to
worry about your VPN being the only thing protecting your IP address from the
server logs.
While simply accessing a site over Tor is usually enough, skipping the Web
entirely and remaining inside the Tor Network with Hidden Services is always
safer, as it prevents the Exit Node from potentially spying on you. Without
that piece of the puzzle, the traffic becomes more difficult to de-anonymize
with things like timing attacks, or a catastrophic coincidence of attackers
controlling the Entry Node too.
I think that Large Language Models are an “interesting” addition to search, but
it’s like a side dish, not the main course.
The amusing thing about Brave Search is that it’s so small, and only the
default in one relatively obscure browser, and with only minimal effort managed
to make an LLM add-on that works better than something that Microsoft frittered
away billions of dollars acquiring it, and who knows how much with an empty ad
campaign that amounted to little more than one of those “butter cows” at the
state fair planted in every newspaper.
Seriously, after you pay to read the New York Times, Microsoft even plants this
trash there too.
Brave at least seems to see the problem they’re actually trying to solve with
this thing.
Opera, which is not the “good” Opera from the Presto Engine days, but rather a
Chinese spyware company, now uses GPT to “summarize” the page you’re reading.
While it may or may not handle this okay, the disturbing part is the privacy
implications.
Sending the entire text of every page you load to a company that has guaranteed
you that they will misuse your data. Of course, since Opera already comes
preloaded with TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, you already know that
user privacy is not a goal with their product.
This whole GPT thing is some laughable mission creep for companies that have
ran out of steam and off the rails. It helps them appear relevant and get some
headlines.
Fortunately, the model is so lousy that people realize what it is now. █
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The “great replacement” (of Windows) begets Layoffs"">mass layoffs at
Microsoft
(Microsoft paid the media to harp about “HEY HI” and not mention the layoffs
much).
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Summary: Earlier today we took_note of Windows perishing while GNU/Linux
continues to grow; the bigger picture must be daunting to Microsoft as
“monopoly rents” evaporate
THIS morning we showed that on desktops and laptops Windows seems to have
fallen from 80% to 70% in just 3 years. If one counts mobile platforms, Windows
has sunk to just 27% and months ago a market survey said that only 2.6% of
users had adopted Vista 11. That’s really awful performance (likely
unprecedented for Windows) considering the billions spent on marketing and
aggressive “upgrade” schemes.
“It would be useful in such posts,” an associate said, “to remind about the
role that monopoly rents play and that they are now way below the market
threshold at which they are possible.”
“Shown above, in the case of China, is the growth of Android, which has Linux
in it.”In other words, the balloon is deflating rapidly.
A strong reason to harp on about monopoly rents is to kill the myth that
Microsoft makes its money from OEM “sales” of Windows or Microsoft Office
(MSO). The sales drive the monopoly in the case of Windows and the monopoly in
turn provides income (though not necessarily enough to make a profit). With
MSO, it is the monopoly on the file formats which drive the monopoly rents
(though again not necessarily enough to make a profit there either). Either
way, there is a myth falsely glorifying the company and their products. It goes
along with the conflation of common with popular. Microsoft may be common, but
it is certainly not popular and is indeed the reason that most people
absolutely hate “computers” since they have no experience with real operating
systems or real software.
Shown above, in the case of China, is the growth of Android, which has Linux in
it. That’s the world’s second-largest economy. In India, Android_is_at_73% this
month. Windows is down to 17%.
Microsoft has rapidly become obsolete to more and more people. This isn’t the
1990s anymore. For those who still rely on GitHub for development, for
instance, there are many good alternatives, as below. █
Useful alternatives to Microsoft GitHub:
* GitLab
* Codeberg
* Gitea
* GNU_Savannah
* GitBucket
* Gogs (self-hosting)
* Sourcehut
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Posted in GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Windows at 5:58 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
The media doesn’t talk about this; too busy taking advertising bucks from
Microsoft and promoting “AI” vapourware
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Windows_share:_80%_down_to_70%⦈_
Summary: According to this_month’s_statistics for desktops and laptops alone
(if one includes mobile devices, Windows is only about 27% of the market), GNU/
Linux is gaining (8.2%_in_India) and Windows lost about 10% in share in the
past ~3 years
Countdown to Windows version inflation… some already speak of Vista 12.
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* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Linux_Around_The_World:_Bulgaria⠀⇛
We cover user groups that are running in Bulgaria. This
article forms part of our Linux_Around_The_World series.
o § Kernel Space⠀➾
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Linus_Torvalds_Announces_First_Linux_Kernel_6.3
Release_Candidate⠀⇛
The two-week merge window for Linux kernel 6.3
opened automatically with the release of Linux 6.2,
and now, the first Release Candidate (RC)
development version is available for early
adopters, distro maintainers, and bleeding-edge
users who want to get a glimpse of what’s about to
be included in the final release.
As expected, Linux kernel 6.3 will introduce
several new features and improvements, as well as
new and updated drivers for better hardware
support.
# ⚓ Linux mailing lists ☛ Linux_6.3-rc1⠀⇛
So after several releases where the merge windows
had something odd
going on, we finally had just a regular "two weeks
of just merge
window". It was quite nice.
In fact, it was quite nice in a couple of ways: not
only didn't I have
a hugely compressed merge window where I felt I had
to cram as much as
possible into the first few days, but the fact that
we _have_ had a
couple of merge windows where I really asked for
people to have
everything ready when the merge window opened seems
to have set a
pattern: the bulk of everything really did come in
early.
And again, that just makes the merge window work
nicer for me, when I
don't sit there waiting, knowing that there's stuff
pending that just
hasn't had a pull request done yet.
So it all felt rather good. Of course, the fact
that I had no machine
issues, no holidays, and no travel coming up, then
meant that I may
have noticed a few more of the "people, please
write good commit
messages for merges" issues, so there's a possible
downside to me not
being as hurried as the last few merge windows have
been.
And of course, smooth or not, now that the merge
window is closed, we
need to make sure it all *works*. We had a couple
of exciting merges
already, and I think the fallout from that got
sorted out, but I'm
sure there's more to come. Let's hope the calming-
down period of 6.3
works as well as the merge window did... Knock
wood.
Anyway, as always, the shortlog is much too large
to post, since we
had 12500+ commits (and that's not counting the
merges - closer to a
thousand of those). So below is just my usual merge
log which gives
only a very high-level view of what I merged and
from who. It all
looks fairly normal, with ~55% of the patch being
drivers, ~20% being
architecture updates. and the rest being the usual
random mix
(documentation, tooling, networking, filesystem,
and just core kernel
stuff).
Please do test,
Linus
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ ‘Please’_is_a_Motivational_‘Start_Page’_for
Your_Terminal⠀⇛
# ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ Linux_GIF_Recorder_‘Peek’_Discontinued_by
Developer⠀⇛
Animated GIF screen recorder Peek makes it super-
easy to capture a section of your screen and save
it as a GIF online — but development has come to an
end.
# ⚓ GStreamer:_GStreamer_1.22.1_stable_bug_fix_release⠀⇛
The GStreamer team is pleased to announce the first
bug fix release in the stable 1.22 release series
of your favourite cross-platform multimedia
framework!
This release only contains bugfixes and it should
be safe to update from
1.22.0.
Highlighted bugfixes:
# audio channel-mix: allow up to 64 channels
(instead of up to 63 channels)
# avfvideosrc: Don’t wait on main thread for
permissions request
# avvidenc: avoid generating inaccurate output
timestamps, especially with variable
framerate streams
# AV1 video codec caps signalling improvements
in various elements
# codectimestamper: Fix timestamping on
sequence update
# d3d11overlaycompositor: fix texture width and
height
# d3d11videosink: Fix rendering on external
handle
# dashdemux2: fix seek operation taking a log
time to finish for some streams
# nvencoder: Fix B-frame encoding on Linux and
min buffers in auto GPU mode
# playbin3: fixing buffering for live pipelines
# playbin: fix potential deadlock when stopping
stream with subtitles visible
# redenc: fix setting of extension ID for twcc
# rtspsrc: improved compatibility with more
broken RTSP servers
# v4l2h264dec: Fix Raspberry Pi4 will not play
video in application
# vtdec: fix jittery playback of H.264 Level
4.1 movies in macOS
# vtdec: Fix non-deterministic frame output
after flushing seeks
# vtenc: fix handling of interlaced ProRes on
Apple M1 hardware
# vtenc: don’t advertise ARGB/RGBA64 input caps
on M1 Pro/Max with macOS <13
# wasapi2src: Fix loopback capture on Windows
10 Anniversary Update
# tools: better handling of non-ASCII command
line arguments on Windows
# gst-libav: fix build against newer ffmpeg
versions
# gst-python: Use arch-specific install dir for
gi overrides
# cerbero: Fix setuptools site.py breakage in
Python 3.11
# macOS packages: Fix broken binaries on macos
< 11.0
# various bug fixes, memory leak fixes, and
other stability and reliability improvements
# ⚓ Top_10_Kali_Linux_Tools_for_Ethical_Hackers⠀⇛
Kali Linux is a popular and powerful penetration
testing operating system used by ethical hackers to
identify vulnerabilities and secure computer
networks. It provides a comprehensive suite of
tools that are designed to perform various types of
security assessments.
# ⚓ Medevel ☛ Open_Source_Screen_Readers_for_Visually_Impaired
users⠀⇛
In today’s digital age, computers and the internet
are integral parts of our daily lives. However, for
individuals with visual impairments, accessing
computers and the internet can be a significant
challenge. Screen readers are crucial tools that
make it possible for visually impaired individuals
to use computers and access the
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ 2023-03-04_Sweet_Home_3D_7.1_Released,
How_to_install_it_for_Linux⠀⇛
The popular free interior design software Sweet
Home 3D announced the 7.1 release a day ago. Here’s
how to install it in Ubuntu Linux.
# ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ The_beginner’s_guide_to_using_terminal_on_Linux
Mint⠀⇛
Linux Mint is an open-source operating system known
for its ease of use, reliability, and security. It
is based on Ubuntu and Debian and comes with
various pre-installed software packages that make
it suitable for personal and professional use. One
of the most powerful and versatile tools in Linux
Mint is its renowned terminal, which allows users
to interact directly with the system through a
command-line interface.
# ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ How_to_install_and_use_Flatpak_on_Linux_Mint⠀⇛
Linux Mint is a popular open-source operating
system that offers users a stable and reliable
computing experience. While it comes with a wide
range of pre-installed applications, there may be
times when you need to install additional software
to meet specific needs and requirements. This is
where Flatpak comes in – a universal packaging
format that makes it easy to install and run
applications on Linux.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Zoom_on_Ubuntu_22.04_or
20.04⠀⇛
Zoom is a video conferencing platform that has
gained immense popularity recently due to its ease
of use, reliability, and scalability. It competes
with other video conferencing solutions, including
Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Cisco Webex, and
Skype. Microsoft Teams is an all-in-one
communication and collaboration platform that
integrates with Microsoft’s suite of productivity
tools.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Microsoft_Edge_on_Ubuntu
22.04_or_20.04 [Ed: Edge is proprietary malware; don't
install it, don't recommend it to anyone. It also lets
Microsoft and the NSA hoards users' passwords without asking
them or warning them.]⠀⇛
Microsoft Edge is a web browser developed by
Microsoft and was first introduced in 2015 as the
default browser for Windows 10. Since then, it has
become popular among users due to its advanced
features and clean interface.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_TeamViewer_on_Ubuntu_22.04
or_20.04⠀⇛
TeamViewer is a popular software application that
allows users to access and control computers and
mobile devices remotely. It is a cross-platform
solution that can be used on various operating
systems, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android,
and iOS.
# ⚓ Install_LAMP_Stack_on_Rocky_Linux_9_{Step_by_Step}⠀⇛
LAMP is a popular stack in software development
that combines various software technologies to
create a platform for both static and dynamic web
applications. Developers love LAMP for its ease of
deployment and customization. It was introduced by
Michael Kunze in 1998, and its acronym stands for
Linux, Apache, MySQL (or MariaDB), and PHP.
# ⚓ JCS ☛ 2023-03-04_Taking_a_Better_Photo_of_a_CRT_Screen_with
a_Phone⠀⇛
# ⚓ IPFire Official Blog ☛ 2023-03-03_Enabling_IPFire_for_5G⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Geeqie_on_Ubuntu_22.04_or
20.04⠀⇛
Geeqie is a free, open-source image viewer and
organizer for Linux, Unix, and MacOS systems. It
provides users with advanced features like image
file format support, color management, and batch
processing. Geeqie was initially released in 2008
as a fork of the GQview image viewer, which was
discontinued.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Wine_on_Ubuntu_22.04_or
20.04⠀⇛
Wine, also known as WineHQ (Wine Is Not an
Emulator), is a compatibility layer that enables
users to run Windows applications on Unix-like
operating systems such as Linux, macOS, and
FreeBSD. Instead of emulating a complete Windows
environment, Wine translates Windows application
programming interface (API) calls into POSIX
(Portable Operating System Interface) calls.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Draw.io_on_Manjaro_Linux⠀⇛
Draw.io is a web-based diagramming tool that allows
users to create, collaborate and share diagrams
easily. It offers a wide range of features and
templates that make it easy to create professional
diagrams for various purposes, including
flowcharts, network diagrams, UML diagrams, and
more.
# ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ 15_essential_Bash_networking_tools_for
troubleshooting_and_optimization⠀⇛
Regarding networking on the command line, Bash
provides a wide range of tools that can be
incredibly useful for network troubleshooting,
monitoring, and optimization. From basic tools like
ping and traceroute to more advanced tools like
hping3 and socat, these tools can be used to
diagnose network connectivity issues, monitor
network traffic and bandwidth usage, scan your
local network for connected devices, and even
create complex network configurations.
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Use_RecoverPy_to_Rescue_Deleted_Files
on_Linux⠀⇛
Accidentally deleting a file on your Linux system
can completely ruin your day, and wreck your
productivity. While there are dedicated tools and
even complete distros for recovering accidentally
erased files, RecoverPy is the quickest and easiest
way to recover deleted files on Linux.
# ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_to_rename_a_GIT_branch⠀⇛
Hello, friends. This post is quite short, but it
can help more than one novice programmer. Today,
you will learn how to rename a GIT branch. Let’s go
for it. When we as programmers work with GIT, there
can always be an innocent mistake when creating
development branches.
# ⚓ Ubuntu Pit ☛ Mastering_Linux_inxi_Commands:_A_Comprehensive
Guide⠀⇛
Linux is a powerful and versatile system that can
be used for a wide range of applications. One of
the key advantages of Linux is the vast array of
command-line tools and utilities available to
users.
# ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ Sweet_Home_3D_7.1_Released,_How_to
install_it_for_Linux⠀⇛
The popular free interior design software Sweet
Home 3D announced the 7.1 release a day ago. Here’s
how to install it in Ubuntu Linux.
# ⚓ Kifarunix ☛ Install_VirtualBox_Guest_Additions_on_Linux
Mint_21⠀⇛
Follow through this tutorial to learn how you can
easily install VirtualBox guest additions on Linux
Mint 21. VirtualBox guest additions consist of
device drivers and system applications that
optimize the guest operating system for better
performance and usability.
# ⚓ Kifarunix ☛ Easy_way_to_Install_Linux_Mint_21_on
VirtualBox⠀⇛
How to install Linux Mint Cinnamon virtual machine?
Follow through this tutorial to learn an easy way
to install Linux Mint 21 on VirtualBox.
# ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ How_to_Set_Up_and_Use_Syncthing_to_Sync_Files_on
Linux⠀⇛
Keep your files in sync across multiple devices
with Syncthing on Linux. Follow our step-by-step
guide to get started today.
# ⚓ The New Stack ☛ How_to_Work_with_Containers_in_TrueNAS⠀⇛
TrueNAS is a Network Attached Storage software you
can deploy to your LAN or a third-party cloud host.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_GitHub_Desktop_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS
[Ed: GitHub is proprietary spyware controlled by Microsoft
and it has helped Microsoft undermine the GPL among many
other things; we need to boycott this stuff, not recommend
that people install such stuff on GNU/Linux]⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
GitHub Desktop on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. For those of
you who didn’t know, GitHub Desktop is a graphical
user interface (GUI) for Git version control.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_VLC_Media_Player_on_Fedora_37⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
VLC Media Player on Fedora 37.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § BSD⠀➾
# ⚓ DragonFly BSD Digest ☛ New_mirror⠀⇛
There’s a new DragonFly mirror in Portugal, noted
on the mirrors page.
o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Testing_ChatGPT_Ansible_playbooks,
building_RHEL_homelabs,_and_more_tips_for_sysadmins [Ed: IBM/
Red Hat keeps pushing Microsoft's proprietary vapourware
which distracts from Microsoft layoffs and other crises]⠀⇛
Check out Enable Sysadmin’s top 10 articles from
February 2023.
o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾
# ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ PineTab_2_Linux_Tablet_Price_&_Potential
Release_Date⠀⇛
Been pining to hear more about the PineTab 2 Linux
tablet?
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Read_Classic_Literature_for_Free_on
Android:_The_4_Best_Apps⠀⇛
# ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ 9to5Google_Weekender:_Why_you_should_lock_down
your_Android_phone_and_this_week’s_top_stories⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Authority ☛ The_best_Android_versions_ever,_ranked
–_Android_Authority⠀⇛
# ⚓ Giz China ☛ The_first_detail_about_Android_15_has_already
been_leaked!⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Cross_build_and_packaging⠀⇛
Introduction Let’s start by clarifying what we mean
by cross-building and cross-packaging. Cross-
compilation is the process of compiling source code
on one platform, called the host, in order to
generate an executable binary for a different
target platform. The emphasis here is on the word
“different”. The target platform may have a
different CPU architecture, such as when we work on
an x86 computer and want to build software for a
Raspberry Pi board with an ARM CPU.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Advanced_Bash_Scripting_Techniques_for_Linux
Administrators⠀⇛
Bash is a powerful scripting language that is
widely used in Linux and Unix environments for
automation and system administration. With Bash
scripting, system administrators can automate
repetitive tasks, manage servers, and perform
complex operations. However, mastering Bash
scripting requires more than just basic knowledge
of syntax and variables.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Keyboard_Shortcuts_in_Nano⠀⇛
Nano is a popular text editor used on Unix-based
operating systems like Linux.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ 20_Common_JavaScript_Interview_Questions_and
Answers⠀⇛
JavaScript is one of the most popular programming
languages in the world. As a result, it is also one
of the most frequently asked topics in technical
interviews.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ AWK:_String_functions⠀⇛
Awk is a powerful text processing tool that is
commonly used for manipulating and analyzing data
in Unix and Linux environments. One of the key
features of awk is its ability to manipulate
strings using a wide variety of built-in functions.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Tultepec’s_‘castles’:_an_art_born_from
Mexico’s_fireworks_obsession⠀⇛
While today, pyrotechnics displays are mostly managed by
computers, in places like Tultepec, México state, they’re
still the work of artisans.
o ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Depressed_in_paradise?_You’re_not_alone⠀⇛
Language and culture differences make getting help
difficult, but then there’s also admitting that you’re
unhappy in your dream destination.
o ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Cultural_lag:_A_depressed_society⠀⇛
Culture- a word that implies a specific society’s
normative beliefs, customs, values, disciplinary chains,
way of conduct, and behavior pattern also. In the
simplest word, Culture is what we are. Before having a
grave air in this discussion, let’s have a break by
taking a deep breath into the fresh air.
o ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Penis_Enlargement_and_Hair_Loss_Cures⠀⇛
Todd Hayen I don’t know about you, but I am flooded with
emails that are touting some miracle cure for the two
male issues pointed out in the title above and a
multiplicity of other such “miracles.” The title suggests
things men might be more interested in (ya think?)…
o ⚓ Arca Noae ☛ New_product:_EAMaster_Extended_Attribute_manager_and
editor⠀⇛
Keith Merrington has released a new graphical tool for
managing all sorts of EAs on files, from Single Value EAs
to Multi-Value EAs, with a variety of content.
o ⚓ Ubuntu Pit ☛ How_to_Integrate_Weather_Data_into_Your_IoT_Devices
for_Better_Performance⠀⇛
Combining IoT devices with weather APIs can be very
powerful, as it allows businesses and individuals to
gather detailed information about the weather conditions
in a specific location and use this data to make more
informed decisions.
o ⚓ CNX Software ☛ IoT_board_supports_WiFi,_Bluetooth,_NB-IoT,_Cat-
M_and_GNSS_with_ESP32-S3_and_SIM7080G_modules⠀⇛
LILYGO T-SIM7080G-S3 is an ESP32-S3 WiFi and Bluetooth
IoT board with a SIMcom SIM7080G LTE Cat-M (eMTC), NB-
IoT, and GNSS module for low-power long-range
connectivity and asset tracking. The board also comes
with a 18650 battery holder, a solar panel input, a
microSD card slot, a camera port, and several I/Os and
provides an alternative to the TTGO T-Beam ESP32 board
that relies on LoRaWAN for long-range connectivity
instead.
o ⚓ The Age AU ☛ ‘Erdogan_resign!’:_Earthquake_fallout_threatens
strongman’s_chances⠀⇛
With elections in May, Erdogan has been kissing babies
and asking for forgiveness, but criminal complaints and
voters are pinning the scale of the disaster on him.
o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Organising_DOS_software_and_drivers_in_an_ISO⠀⇛
8-bit Commodore computers aside, my first love is still
probably DOS. It was the first OS I had experience with
as a kid, even before the old Apple IIs my primary school
inherited. We’re spoiled for choice when it comes to
virtualising it on our contemporary systems, and there’s
still (mostly) a wide availability of software and
drivers available.
(If I could tap into my inner Amelia Watson or Ouro
Kronii, I’d travel back to the early 1990s and whisper
AMIGA into my dad’s ear before he bought home our first
family PC clone. But then, he specifically bought a PC
because he used XTs and ATs at work, so that would likely
have not made a difference. One can dream).
But in another form of what I dub the Buffet Problem, you
end up downloading a ton of stuff into various folders,
and it quickly becomes unwieldy. As an example, I’ll buy
a EGA graphics card for an old machine, and soon my
current desktop is full of archives and folders of
various drivers, utilities, and versions of those drivers
and utilities to try. Being from different places and
times, there’s no consistency to their naming, or archive
type. Even if something works, I soon forget which it
was, and the whole exercise repeats.
o ⚓ Kev Quirk ☛ Gideon_The_Ninth⠀⇛
✍️ Written by: Tamsyn Muir
🏷 Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy
🗓 Published: 14 July 2020
📄 Pages: 496
🧐 My rating: ★★★☆☆ / 3 stars
Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient
retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to
abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a
reanimated corpse. She packs up her sword, her shoes, and
her dirty magazines, and prepares to launch her daring
escape. But her childhood nemesis won’t set her free
without a service.
Harrowhark Nonagesimus, Reverend Daughter of the Ninth
House and bone witch extraordinaire, has been summoned
into action. The Emperor has invited the heirs to each of
his loyal Houses to a deadly trial of wits and skill. If
Harrowhark succeeds she will be become an immortal, all-
powerful servant of the Resurrection, but no necromancer
can ascend without their cavalier. Without Gideon’s
sword, Harrow will fail, and the Ninth House will die.
Of course, some things are better left dead.
* § Education⠀➾
o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ A_top_university_doesn’t_guarantee_top
graduates_–_let’s_treat_rankings_with_a_degree_of_scepticism⠀⇛
Legislators have been making a fuss over the inclusion in
Hong Kong’s “Top Talent Pass” scheme of a work visa for
He Jiankui. Professor He has a criminal record, albeit a
rather exotic and unusual one: he was convicted of doing
unauthorised research after editing the genes of unborn
babies.
* § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ As_masks_come_off,_Hong_Kong_children_may
struggle_to_face_the_world⠀⇛
As a kindergarten principal in Hong Kong, Reann Lau was
used to seeing children’s smiles when they laughed, and
their pouts in moments of sulky silence. But the last
time she walked into a classroom full of facial
expressions was over three years ago, before Covid-19
arrived in the city and residents masked up.
o ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Social_workers_experienced_depression_during
pandemic,_finds_study⠀⇛
Concerning rates of depression, post-traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD) and anxiety among social workers have
been uncovered in a new study published in the journal
International Social Work.
Stressors related to COVID-19 were the strongest factors
associated with negative mental health outcomes.
o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ India_relaxes_rules_to_support_right_to_‘die
with_dignity’⠀⇛
NEW DELHI – Back in December 2020, Dr Nikhil Datar
pledged to donate his organs and hopefully save lives
even after his death. He took another step recently –
this time to ensure his death is as painless and
dignified as possible.
* § Security⠀➾
o ⚓ Medicare_under_attack:_Healthcare_data_breaches_increase_fraud
risks⠀⇛
Stealing Medicare beneficiary identification numbers has
become the latest goal for cybercriminals who see this
data as even more valuable than stolen credit cards
A South Florida man pled guilty in federal court in late-
January to “conspiring to buy and sell more than 2.6
million Medicare beneficiary identification numbers” and
other personal information. His guilty plea was one of
the first prosecutions under the Medicare Access and CHIP
Reauthorization Act of 2015, which makes it “illegal to
buy, sell, or distribute Medicare beneficiary
identification numbers without proper authority.”
o ⚓ The Record ☛ Tennessee_State,_Southeastern_Louisiana_universities
hit_with_cyberattacks⠀⇛
Two universities in Tennessee and Louisiana are
struggling with cyberattacks that have crippled campus
services and left students scrambling to find alternative
tools.
Tennessee State University — a public historically black
land-grant university in Nashville — notified its more
than 8,000 students on Wednesday that its IT systems were
brought down by a ransomware attack.
[…]
The attack on Tennessee State was preceded by another
cyberattack on Monday affecting Southeastern Louisiana
University, which initially reported network issues five
days ago.
On Tuesday, the university confirmed in a statement that
the incident was a cyberattack. The school did not
respond to questions about whether ransomware was
involved but noted that it had taken the entire campus
network offline “as a preventative measure.”
o § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ France24 ☛ ‘Down_with_the_police_state,’_chant_thousands_of
protesters_in_Tunisia⠀⇛
Thousands of people marched through Tunisia’s
capital on Saturday, decrying an expanding
crackdown on opposition voices and rising inflation
as the country’s largest trade union called on
President Kais Saied to accept “dialogue”.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ 3_Hong_Kong_Tiananmen_vigil_group
activists_convicted_of_refusing_national_security_data
demand⠀⇛
Three former leaders of a group which organised
Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen vigil have been
convicted under the Beijing-imposed national
security law for failing to give police information
on members and other data.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Google_audit_reveals_steps_taken_by_the_company_to
protect_civil_rights⠀⇛
Google Friday released a report that analyzed the
effects of the company’s policies and procedures on
civil rights of its staff and consumers. The audit
pointed out Google’s efforts in ensuring anti-
discrimination is practised in its hiring and
recruitment process as well as its retention
program.
o § Confidentiality⠀➾
# ⚓ Hacker_stole_bank_account,_Social_Security_numbers,_and
health_plan_info_of_Colorado_school_district_employees⠀⇛
Personal information belonging to some 15,000
Denver Public Schools (DPS) employees was stolen in
what the district is calling a “cybersecurity
incident” that went on for a month.
In a message shared on the DPS website Friday, DPS
said employees discovered in January that data had
been taken from the district’s network by an
“unauthorized actor.”
[…]
The information stolen included the names and
Social Security numbers of current and former
participants in the DPS employee health plan,
employee fingerprints, bank account numbers or pay
card numbers, driver’s license numbers, passport
numbers and health plan enrollment information.
# ⚓ City_of_Modesto_to_notify_people_whose_people_information
was_accessed_in_last_month’s_ransomware_attack⠀⇛
On Thursday, the city said that it has been
responding to a ransomware attack since last month
and that a “limited amount” of the personal
information of some people was compromised.
That information included social security numbers,
state-issued identification numbers, phone numbers,
and driver’s license information.
The city said it would begin notifying by mail next
week those who may have been impacted by the attack
and will provide them with free credit monitoring
services.
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ The_Chautauqua_Center_notifies_patients_of
breach;_changes_EMR_provider⠀⇛
The Chautauqua Center (TCC) in New York has
disclosed a HIPAA breach by a business associate.
The business associate’s error resulted in the
protected health information of 747 physical and
occupational therapy patients being made accessible
to other covered entities.
According to their notification letter to those
affected, the breach occurred on December 22nd at
WebPT. WebPT provides electronic medical records
(EMR) services for Chautauqua Physical and
Occupational Therapy.
* § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_will_spend_7.2%_more_on_defence_in
2023⠀⇛
China’s defence spending will grow by 7.2 per cent in
2023 to 1.55 trillion yuan (S$302 billion), a shade
higher than the 7.1 per cent hike in 2022.
o ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-03-05_Companies_circumvent_Russia_sanctions_by
exporting_to_third_countries:_45_criminal_investigations⠀⇛
o ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ I_Read_the_Biden_Administration’s_New_Cyber_Policy_So
You_Don’t_Have_To⠀⇛
Since taking office, Joe Biden has made it known that
he’s going to take cybercrime seriously. It’s not the
case that Biden is the world’s most tech-savvy
octonarian, rather, he’s simply responding to security
challenges that have developed on his watch—most notably
a string of increasingly destructive cyberattacks…
o ⚓ Top_Bug_Bounty_Hackers_in_2022⠀⇛
In the past few years, especially the last decade, the
real major hero are the guys in the chair. They’re as
much the heroes as the ones in capes or tuxedoes who they
help from the shadows.
o ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ One_year_later,_why_do_Russians_still_support
the_war?⠀⇛
After February 24, 2022, it became apparent that most
Russians supported what Putin called “a special military
operation.” Yet, weeks later, most Russians still
supported an obvious full-scale war with a neighboring
nation, the war that killed thousands and split families
apart.
o ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Maritime_Cybersecurity:_A_Potential_Threat_to
India’s_National_Security⠀⇛
India has a huge coastline of 7516.6km comprising 13
major ports (including one private port) and more than
200 minor ports across the coastline. It is a very known
fact that the maritime sector is very crucial for India’s
security, stability, economy, and sustainable
development.
o ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Russia_Has_Lost_Soft_Power_War_with_Ukraine_–
Global_Soft_Power_Index_2023⠀⇛
Russia is the world’s only nation brand to lose soft
power over the past year, while Ukraine has seen the
strongest soft power improvement, according to the Global
Soft Power Index 2023 released today.
o ⚓ France24 ☛ Sub-Saharan_migrants_in_Tunisia_living_in_‘climate_of
fear’_after_surge_in_racist_attacks⠀⇛
Hundreds of sub-Saharan migrants fled Tunisia on
repatriation flights Saturday after a surge in racist
attacks in the North African country following a
controversial speech from President President Kais Saied.
As tensions reach boiling point, FRANCE 24 talked to
Patrick*, a Congolese student who decided to stay despite
fearing for his safety.
o ⚓ France24 ☛ In_DR_Congo,_Macron_pledges_aid,_warns_of_sanctions_if
peace_efforts_are_derailed⠀⇛
French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday pledged 34
million euros ($36 million) as part of an EU aid package
to conflict-hit eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. On
the final stop in Kinshasa of his four-nation African
tour, Macron said any party seeking to derail peace
efforts should face sanctions.
o ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ Threat_to_kill_Jewish_members_of_Michigan
government_allegedly_included_Attorney_General_Dana_Nessel⠀⇛
A Michigan man allegedly threatened, on Twitter, to kill
Jewish members of the Michigan State Government in
February, according to the FBI. Michigan Attorney General
Dana Nessel claimed on Thursday that she was one of the
individuals targeted.
o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ North_Korea_says_UN_should_demand_end_to
South’s_military_drills_with_US⠀⇛
Drills are raising tensions that threaten to spiral out
of control, says North’s foreign ministry.
o ⚓ France24 ☛ Iran_vows_to_restore_nuclear_cameras,_boost
inspections,_says_IAEA_chief⠀⇛
The head of the U.N.’s nuclear agency said Saturday that
Iran pledged to restore cameras and other monitoring
equipment at its nuclear sites and to allow more
inspections at a facility where particles of uranium
enriched to near weapons-grade were recently detected.
o ⚓ France24 ☛ Ukrainian_forces_cling_to_Bakhmut_under_severe_Russian
pressure⠀⇛
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Saturday has
carried out an inspection of the front line in eastern
Ukraine, according to the ministry, as fighting raged
around the besieged city of Bakhmut. Ukrainian forces
defending the eastern city are facing increasingly strong
pressure from Russian forces, British intelligence said.
Read about the day’s events as they unfolded on our
liveblog.
o ⚓ France24 ☛ Hundreds_of_West_African_migrants_flee_Tunisia_after
President_Saied’s_controversial_crackdown⠀⇛
Some 300 West African migrants were set to leave Tunisia
on repatriation flights Saturday, fearful of a wave of
violence since President Kais Saied delivered a
controversial tirade last month.
o ⚓ France24 ☛ Germany’s_Scholz_announced_tectonic_policy_shifts,_but
a_year_on,_not_much_has_budged⠀⇛
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Washington for
talks with US President Joe Biden on Friday, with Ukraine
the sole item on the agenda. This comes just over a year
after Scholz’s momentous “Zeitenwende” speech in reaction
to the Russian invasion, in which he vowed radical
changes to Germany’s defence and security policies. But
analysts say Germany is failing to meet the expectations
Scholz set.
o ⚓ JURIST ☛ EU_announces_new_tribunal_to_prosecute_Russia_crimes_of
aggression_from_Ukraine_war⠀⇛
The EU Saturday agreed to establish a new tribunal to
prosecute Russian crimes of aggression committed during
the war in Ukraine. The tribunal, the International
Center for the Prosecution of Crimes of Aggression
against Ukraine (ICPA), is designed to fill in any gaps
in prosecution from the International Criminal Court
(ICC).
o ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_sanctions_6_individuals_connected_with_‘arbitrary
detention’_of_Russia_anti-war_critic⠀⇛
The US Treasury Department Friday sanctioned six people
involved in the arbitrary detention of Russian war critic
Vladimir Kara-Murza. Kara-Murza is currently detained in
a Russian prison awaiting trial on several criminal
charges, which the US claimed are the product of the
“Kremlin manipulating Russia’s legal system to silence
dissent.”
o ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_signs_cybersecurity_cooperation_agreement_with
Israel⠀⇛
Lithuania’s Defence Ministry and the Israel National
Cyber Directorate have signed an agreement providing for
bilateral expert consultations and cooperation in
strengthening the resilience of critical infrastructure.
o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Aussies_in_hot_water_as_smart_meters_slash
power_bills⠀⇛
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Reportedly_Set_To_Mothball_Damaged_Nord_Stream_Gas
Pipelines⠀⇛
Russia’s ruptured undersea Nord Stream gas pipelines are
set to be sealed up and mothballed as there are no
immediate plans to repair or reactivate them, sources
familiar with the plans have told Reuters.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ EU_Official_Warns_Of_Sanctions_If_China_Crosses_‘Red
Line’_And_Arms_Russia⠀⇛
It would be an absolute “red line” if China provided
weapons to Russia, a senior European Union official said
on March 3, adding that the EU would respond with
sanctions.
o ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Hungary’s_delegation_to_meet_Swedish_and_Finnish
lawmakers_for_talks_on_NATO_accession_bid_ratification⠀⇛
Hungary has once again delayed a vote on the ratification
of Sweden and Finland’s NATO accession bids, further
frustrating Western allies. Hungary is the only NATO
member, aside from Turkey, that has not yet approved the
two Nordic countries’ bids to join the alliance. The
latest delay pushes the vote back by two weeks to the
parliamentary session beginning March 20.
o ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Threat_and_the_Allure_of_the_Chinese_Balloons⠀⇛
Even balloons launched for scientific reasons have always
carried political ballast.
o ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Premature_peace_with_Putin_would_be_disastrous
for_international_security⠀⇛
Perhaps the best way to illustrate the perils of
appeasing Putin with a premature peace deal is by
imagining where the world would be today if Ukraine had
indeed fallen one year ago, writes Peter Dickinson.
o ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Russian_War_Report:_DFRLab_confirms_increased
Russian_air_force_activity_as_Kremlin_strives_to_achieve_air
dominance⠀⇛
Russia intensified its air power in recent weeks across
airfields in Crimea and Rostov Oblast. Elsewhere, Russia
continues to pressure Bahkmut.
* § Environment⠀➾
o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Number_of_flood_evacuees_in_Malaysia_soars_to
nearly_49,000⠀⇛
The continuous rain has caused rivers to break their
banks and drown villages, roads and vehicles.
o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Inaccessible_roads_hampering_flood_relief
efforts_in_Malaysia⠀⇛
Nearly 41,000 people were sheltering in hundreds of
relief centres all over the country.
o ⚓ The Age AU ☛ The_environmental_disaster_inside_your_sweet
chocolate_treat⠀⇛
When you sit down to enjoy some chocolate, you should
know that it has already gone through an environmental
and ethical minefield.
o § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Guy_Embezzles_Cool_$9_Million_From_Poop-to-Energy
Ponzi_Scheme⠀⇛
Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A guy
embezzled nearly $9 million by convincing investors
he was turning cow poop into green energy—and then
not building any of the machines at all.
# ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Soldiers_nab_cable_theft_suspect_at_Camden
power_station⠀⇛
That foot patrols remain integral to military
operations and taskings is shown again by part-time
soldiers temporarily stationed at Camden power
station outside Ermelo in Mpumalanga. The soldiers
on duty there are from the Barberton-based General
Botha Regiment and support Eskom security
personnel.
# ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Bankman-Fried_can_have_flip_phone_on
bail,_US_proposes⠀⇛
Sam Bankman-Fried should be allowed while on bail
to have a flip phone with no internet capability
and a basic laptop with limited functions but be
forbidden from using other electronic communication
devices, the US Department of Justice says.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iran_Announces_Discovery_Of_Large_Lithium_Deposit⠀⇛
Iran has announced the discovery of a large deposit
of lithium, a key component of batteries for
electric vehicles and electronic devices, state
media reported on March 4.
o § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Illegal_trade_of_pangolins_and_their_parts_widespread
online_in_Laos⠀⇛
The armadillo-like anteaters are in demand for the
supposed medicinal benefits of their scales.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Man_in_China_forced_to_eat_faeces_after
he_allegedly_abused_cats_to_death⠀⇛
Local authorities from Suzhou said they take this
case seriously and have launched an investigation
into the matter.
* § Finance⠀➾
o ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ A_New_Luxury_Destination_Planned_to_be
“Silicon_Valley’s_Answer_to_Rodeo_Drive⠀⇛
Stephen and Jared Silver, principals of Stephen Silver
Fine Jewelry, are opening Silicon Valley’s most
significant new luxury retail and dining destination in
Fall of 2023.
o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ China_Proffers_‘Peaceful
Reunification’,_Taiwan_Says_Respect_Our_Democracy⠀⇛
o ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-03-04_Canada_Doesn’t_Need_More_Renters,
It_Needs_Public_Housing⠀⇛
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ German_Sanctions_Against_Russian_Oligarchs_Advancing
Slowly⠀⇛
Germany is making slow progress in enforcing sanctions
against Russian oligarchs and institutions, according to
government numbers seen by Reuters on March 5.
o ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Finland’s_economy_suffers_from_technical
recession_and_inflation_surge⠀⇛
Finland’s economy has been hit by a technical recession
and a surge in inflation, according to Statistics
Finland. The economy shrank by 0.2 percent in the fourth
quarter of 2022, making it two consecutive quarters of
contraction. The decline was attributed to weakened
expectations among both consumers and businesses, which
began to be realized in the latter half of the year.
Inflation reached 8.4 percent in January, affecting the
purchasing power of consumers and businesses.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ German_Firm_In_Talks_To_Build_Tank_Plant_In_Ukraine⠀⇛
Arms manufacturer Rheinmetall is holding “promising”
talks to build a tank factory in Ukraine following the
Russian invasion, the head of the German company said in
an interview published on March 4.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ European_Parliament_Chief_Says_Talks_On_Ukraine’s_EU
Membership_Should_Start_‘This_Year’⠀⇛
The president of the European Parliament has called for
Ukraine to start negotiations on membership in the
European Union as early as this year and urged Kyiv’s
allies to expand arms deliveries to the Ukrainian armed
forces as they continue to fight Russia’s unprovoked
invasion.
o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ China_Expands_Defense_Budget_7.2%,
Marking_Slight_Increase⠀⇛
China has expanded its defense budget by 7.2%, up
slightly from last year’s 7.1% rate of increase
o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ China_Stresses_Tech_Self-Reliance
Target,_Firms_Should_Lead_Innovation⠀⇛
o ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Balancing_Power_in_the_Global_Tech_Industry:
China_and_Taiwan’s_Battle_for_Semiconductor_Dominance⠀⇛
In recent years, tensions between China and Taiwan have
escalated to new heights, with both sides vying for
dominance in key industries such as technology and
semiconductor manufacturing.
o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Alison_Pennington_on_Australian_housing
afforadbility⠀⇛
While Australia encourages the wealthiest households to
build housing assets, it forces young and low-income
households into an increasingly pressured private rental
market. Over 60% of people aged under 30 are renting.
Australian landlords demand a return on their investment
as a matter of entitlement. As a class, they pocket
billions in housing tax concessions, contribute to rising
prices, and then demand their poorer tenants keep up with
rents.
o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Amazon_pauses_construction_on_HQ2_office_campus
in_Virginia⠀⇛
Amazon.com Inc. is pausing construction on the second
phase of its HQ2 corporate campus in Arlington, Virginia.
The news was first reported by Bloomberg today and later
confirmed by Amazon. The first phase of HQ2, which is
known as Met Park and includes two office towers, is on
track to complete in the summer.
⚓ US News And World Report ☛ China_Sets_This_Year’s_Economic_Growth_Target_at
‘Around_5%’⠀⇛
China’s government has set this year’s economic growth target at
“around 5%” as it tries to rebuild business activity following the
end of anti-virus controls that kept millions of people at home
⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_sets_GDP_growth_target_of_around_5%_for_2023⠀⇛
M
Economic recovery is high on Beijing’s agenda after a lacklustre 2022
beset by Covid-linked disruptions.
§ AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
* ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Global_Challenges_and_Failed_G20_Talks⠀⇛
The Group of Twenty (G20) is the world’s top intergovernmental
platform for economic collaboration. The forum plays critical
role in shaping and strengthening the global management and
infrastructure and most importantly International economic
problems.
* ⚓ YLE ☛ Centre_Party_leaders_deny_allegations_surrounding_Minister
Lintilä’s_alcohol_use⠀⇛
Finnish Minister of Finance and Centre Party Chair Annika
Saarikko dismissed rumours about Minister of Economic Affairs
Mika Lintilä’s alcohol use as “harsh and anonymous”.
* ⚓ YLE ☛ Bus_strikes_end_as_pay_deal_reached⠀⇛
Bus operators say services are returning to normal, but there
may be some disruption until Monday.
* ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 5_Transformations_that_took_place_during_the_Russo-
Ukrainian_War⠀⇛
As the Russo-Ukrainian War completed a year on the 24th of
February 2023, the world and Europe in particular once again
witnessed the ravages of war on European soil after decades.
The event significantly transformed the European region and
brought back many characteristics of the 20th century.
* ⚓ [Repeat] Modern Diplomacy ☛ The_Snooping_Dragon:_How_China_Keeps_its
Pulse_on_Tibet_and_Around_the_World⠀⇛
The 21st century has accelerated the digital transformation of
various countries. Data analytics for business is no longer
optional, but a strategic imperative. High-quality data
management and protection are fundamental for policy-making,
efficient resource allocation, and effective undertaking of
public services.
* ⚓ NYPost ☛ Sinister_TikTok_and_more:_Letters_to_the_Editor_—_March_5,
2023⠀⇛
Rikki Schlott is right on the mark again in her revealing and
indeed frightening description of the evils perpetuated against
our youth by China’s TikTok.
* ⚓ LRT ☛ How_Lithuanian_instructors_turn_Ukrainian_conscripts_into
soldiers⠀⇛
Thousands of Ukrainians are receiving training in the United
Kingdom, where Lithuanian instructors form a core group of
instructors. After five weeks of basic training, the Ukrainian
troops will then head into battle; many of them will not be
seen again.
* ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_police_chief_warns_of_aging_officer_corps:_half_are
entitled_to_retire⠀⇛
Every other police officer in Lithuania is eligible for
retirement and the rising average age is a problem, says Police
Commissioner General Renatas Požėla.
* ⚓ The Age AU ☛ The_serene_hypocrisy_of_Nikki_Haley⠀⇛
Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley wants to capture
the base that yearns for Trumpism – and to occupy the moral
high ground of the post-Trump era.
§ Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
* ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Why_freedom_of_speech_is_no_longer_a_progressive_cause⠀⇛
Freedom of speech used to be an article of faith for
progressives, but no longer. Anything that offends those on the
left is now glibly labelled ‘hate speech’.
§ Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
* ⚓ ANF News ☛ 2023-03-05_Urfa_Bar_Association:_Detainees_were_tortured_in
Suruç⠀⇛
* ⚓ ANF News ☛ 2023-03-05_HPG_reports_ongoing_Turkish_attacks_on_guerrilla
areas⠀⇛
* ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Bahrain_prosecutes_religious_reformers:
traditionalists_fight_back⠀⇛
Gulf autocrats are trying to squash calls for reform of Islamic
law with three Bahraini men on trial. Redha Rajab, his son
Mohamed Rajab, and researcher Jalal al-Qassab are members of
the Al-Tajdeed Society, which encourages discussion and
questioning of Islamic law.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ Nevada_legislature_considers_‘Homeless_Persons’_Bill_of
Rights’⠀⇛
The Nevada Senate Judiciary Committee Friday considered Senate
Bill 142, also called the “Homeless Persons’ Bill of Rights.”
Mirroring the US Constitution’s Bill of Rights, the senate bill
outlines a set of rights for unhoused people in Nevada.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ Myanmar_suffering_from_‘intensified_violence’_and_ongoing
human_rights_abuses,_UN_human_rights_office_reports⠀⇛
The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)
Friday released a report highlighting numerous human rights
violations in Myanmar two years after the military coup. The
report states: Myanmar’s conflict landscape has changed
dramatically, highlighting concerns for the protection of
civilians.
* ⚓ LRT ☛ ‘We_feel_ignored’:_Lithuanian_Mufti_on_why_there_is_still_no
Mosque_in_Vilnius⠀⇛
The Muslim community in Lithuania is growing, but the Vilnius
municipality still ignores it and refuses to build a mosque,
says Mufti Aleksandras Beganskas. He speaks to LRT.lt about
religion, Islamophobia, and migration in Lithuania.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Authorities_Ban_Women’s_Day_March_In_Pakistan’s_Lahore⠀⇛
Authorities in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore have refused
permission for a rally on March 8 to mark International Women’s
Day, which regularly meets a fierce backlash in the
conservative, patriarchal country.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Parents_Of_Girls_Afflicted_With_Mysterious_Illness_Stage
Protests_Amid_Reports_Of_Fresh_Cases⠀⇛
Parents of Iranian students affected by a wave of mysterious
illnesses at girls’ schools across the country staged more
protests on March 4 amid reports of fresh cases.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Germany’s_Scholz_Denounces_Violence_Against_Women_In_Iran_And
Afghanistan⠀⇛
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz denounced violence against women
in Iran and Afghanistan in a video message ahead of
International Women’s Day on March 8.
§ Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾
* ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Internet’s_Richest_Fitness_Resource_Is_a_Site_from
1999⠀⇛
Exrx.net is little changed since the days of Yahoo GeoCities
and dial-up and saying “www” aloud. Yet beneath its bare-bones
interface is a deep physiological compendium.
§ Monopolies⠀➾
* § Patents⠀➾
o ⚓ Reason ☛ Models_of_Forum_Shopping⠀⇛
Thoughts relevant to the Texas district courts.
§ Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
* § Personal⠀➾
o ⚓ Christina’s_5_questions_for_March⠀⇛
I once asked in a newsagents in Waterford if they had any
plain crisps. The man behind the counter said “The only
plain flavour we’ve got is cheese and onion.”
If I have to *be* a packet of crisps, I’ll be stale and
well past my sell-by date because otherwise you might
devour me. But if I want you to eat me, I’ll be prawn
cocktail flavour.
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* GNU/Linux
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* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Kernel Space⠀➾
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Some_development_statistics_for_6.2⠀⇛
The 6.2 kernel was released on February 19, at the
end of a ten-week development cycle. This time
around, 15,536 non-merge changesets found their way
into the mainline repository, making this cycle
significantly more active than its predecessor.
Read on for a look at the work that went into this
kernel release.
The work in 6.2 was contributed by 2,088
developers, which just barely sets a new record;
the previous record was the 2,086 developers
contributed to 5.19. Of those developers, 294 made
their first contribution to the kernel in this
cycle, a fairly typical number.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Rethinking_splice()⠀⇛
The splice() system call is built on an appealing
idea: connect two file descriptors together so that
data can be moved from one to the other without
passing through user space and, preferably, without
being copied in the kernel. splice() has enabled
some significant performance optimizations over the
years, but it has also proved difficult to work
with and occasionally surprising. A recent linux-
kernel discussion showed how splice() can cause
trouble, to the point that some developers now
wonder if adding it was a good idea.
Stefan Metzmacher is a Samba developer who would
like to use splice() to implement zero-copy I/O in
the Samba server. He has run into a problem,
though. If a file is being sent to a remote client
over the network, splice() can be used to feed the
file data into a socket; the network layer will
read that data directly out of the page cache
without needing to make a copy in the kernel —
exactly the desired result. But if the file is
written before network transmission is complete,
the newly written data may be sent, even though
that write happened after the splice() call was
made, perhaps even in the same process. That can
lead to unpleasant surprises (and unhappy Samba
users) when the data received at the remote end is
not what is expected.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Debating_composefs⠀⇛
When LWN looked at the composefs filesystem in
December, we reported that there had been “little
response” to the patches. That is no longer the
case. Whether composefs (or something like it)
should be merged has become the subject of an
extended debate; at its core, the discussion is
over just how Linux should support certain types of
container workloads.
Composefs is an interesting sort of filesystem, in
that a mounted instance is an assembly of two
independent parts. One of those, an “object store”,
is a directory tree filled with files of interest,
perhaps with names that reflect the hash of their
contents; the object store normally lives on a
read-only filesystem of its own. The other is a
“manifest” that maps human-readable names to the
names of files in the object store. Composefs uses
the manifest to create the filesystem that is
visible to users while keeping the object store
hidden from view. The resulting filesystem is read-
only.
This mechanism is intended to create the system
image for containers. When designing a container,
one might start with a base operating-system image,
then add a number of layers containing the packages
needed for that specific container’s job. With
composefs, the object store contains all of the
files that might be of interest to any container
the system might run, and the composition of the
image used for any specific container is done in
the manifest file. The result is a flexible
mechanism that can mount a system image more
quickly than the alternatives while allowing the
object store to be verified with fs-verity and
shared across all containers in the system.
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Ásbrú_Connection_Manager_–_graphical_frontend
for_SSH⠀⇛
SSH was designed as a replacement for Telnet and
for unsecured remote shell protocols such as the
Berkeley rsh and the related rlogin and rexec
protocols. Those protocols send information,
notably passwords, in plaintext, rendering them
susceptible to interception and disclosure using
packet analysis. The encryption used by SSH is
intended to provide confidentiality and integrity
of data over an unsecured network, such as the
Internet. The SSH protocol supports port
forwarding.
Ásbrú Connection Manager (Ásbrú) is a user
interface that helps organizing remote terminal
sessions and automating repetitive tasks. The
project began as a fork of PAC (Perl Auto
Connector) Manager.
# ⚓ Slashdot ☛ 2023-03-02_Linux_Desktop_Powers_Consider_Uniting
For_an_App_Store⠀⇛
# ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ Darktable_4.2.1_Released_with_Various
Bug-fixes,_New_Cameras_Support⠀⇛
Darktable, the free open-source photography
application and raw developer, released version
4.2.1 a few days ago.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ TecMint ☛ 2023-03-02_3_Best_Udemy_Python_Courses_for
Beginners⠀⇛
# ⚓ TecMint ☛ 2023-03-03_6_Wc_Command_to_Count_Number_of_Lines,
Words,_and_Characters_in_File⠀⇛
# ⚓ TecMint ☛ 2023-03-03_How_to_Install_Yii_PHP_Framework_on
RHEL,_CentOS,_Rocky_and_AlmaLinux⠀⇛
# ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_to_configure_HTTP_proxy_exceptions_on
Linux⠀⇛
Hello, friends. In this post, you will learn How to
configure HTTP proxy exceptions on Linux. This
post, although simple to execute, can be quite
useful when working with proxy. Introduction A
proxy is a tool known to provide anonymity on the
Internet by hiding the user’s public IP address.
# ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ How_to_easily_share_files_and_folders_on_a
Linux_Mint_network⠀⇛
Linux Mint has always been known for its simple
interface and ease of use. One of its many benefits
is its ability to share files and folders across a
network, which can be helpful for businesses or
individuals who need to collaborate on projects or
transfer data between computers. These files can be
shared through various methods, including Samba,
NFS, and FTP. This article will focus on Samba, a
popular and widely used file-sharing tool on Linux
systems.
# ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ The_Beginner’s_Guide_to_Ubuntu_on_the_Cloud⠀⇛
Ubuntu is a popular operating system used by
developers, system administrators, and other
technology professionals. There has been a growing
trend toward using Ubuntu in cloud computing
environments in recent years. This is due to its
flexibility, security, and availability of various
cloud platforms that support Ubuntu.
# ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ How_to_back_up_and_restore_your_Linux_Mint
system⠀⇛
Backing up the Linux Mint system is an essential
task every user should perform regularly. Without
proper backups, you risk losing all of your
important data, settings, and configurations in the
event of a hardware failure, software malfunction,
or other unforeseen circumstances. This article
will show you how to back up and restore your Linux
Mint system, ensuring you can recover quickly and
easily during a disaster.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Using_Regular_Expressions_in_Awk⠀⇛
Regular expressions are a powerful tool for text
processing in awk. They allow you to search for
patterns in a text file, and manipulate the data
based on those patterns. In this article, we will
explore how to use regular expressions in awk with
examples.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Conditional_Statements_in_Awk⠀⇛
Conditional statements are one of the most powerful
features of awk, allowing users to execute
different commands based on the values of variables
or expressions. This enables the creation of
complex logic within awk scripts, and facilitates
the performance of advanced text processing tasks.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Awk_–_Advanced_features⠀⇛
Awk is a powerful text processing and manipulation
tool that provides a range of advanced features for
experienced users. Some of the most useful advanced
features of awk include regular expressions,
conditional statements, arrays, functions, and
string manipulation functions.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Awk_–_An_Introduction_and_Tutorial⠀⇛
When working with Linux, one of the most powerful
tools available for text processing is the awk
command. It’s a versatile command-line tool that
can be used for a wide range of tasks, including
searching, filtering, and manipulating text data.
# ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ AWK_Arithmetic_Operations:_A_Beginner’s_Guide_to
Basic_Calculation_Methods⠀⇛
AWK is a powerful text processing tool that can
perform various mathematical operations, including
basic arithmetic operations. In this article, we
will discuss how to perform basic arithmetic
operations in AWK and provide examples to help you
get started.
# ⚓ ZDNet ☛ How_to_deploy_a_cloud-based_office_suite_to_your
home_network⠀⇛
In our quest to bring a number of services to our
home network, it’s now time to add an in-house,
cloud-based office suite.
# ⚓ WhichUK ☛ How_to_digitise_your_photos:_4_ways_to_bring_new
life_to_old_memories⠀⇛
Make more of your photos, plus the easy way to turn
your old albums into digital copies you can share
with friends and family
# ⚓ Network World ☛ Looking_up_words_and_terms_with_the_Linux
dict_command⠀⇛
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Iostat_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
iostat on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 2023-03-02_How_to_Graphically_Manage_Packages
on_a_Chromebook_With_Synaptic⠀⇛
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 2023-03-03_How_to_Generate_and_Learn_Morse
Code_Using_the_Linux_Terminal⠀⇛
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 2023-03-03_How_to_Install_and_Set_Up_Burp
Suite_on_Linux⠀⇛
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 2023-03-02_7_Reasons_Why_You_Should_Learn
Networking_on_Linux⠀⇛
# ⚓ Julia Evans ☛ 2023-03-03_How_do_Nix_builds_work?⠀⇛
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Enable_Open_File_Cache_Feature_on_Nginx⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to enable
the open_file_cache feature on Nginx. For those of
you who didn’t know, Nginx is a popular web server
that offers many features to optimize website
performance.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Cinnamon_Desktop_on_Fedora_37⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
Cinnamon Desktop on Fedora 37. For those of you who
didn’t know, Cinnamon is a desktop environment
based on the GNOME desktop environment.
# ⚓ Kifarunix ☛ Install_VirtualBox_Guest_Additions_on
AlmaLinux⠀⇛
Follow through this tutorial to learn how to
install VirtualBox guest additions on AlmaLinux. We
are installing the VirtualBox Guest additions on
AlmaLinux Desktop.
# ⚓ H2S Media ☛ How_to_install_Slack_on_Rocky_Linux_8_or_9?⠀⇛
Are you using Rocky as your regular desktop
operating system and looking for a way to install
Slack Application on Rocky Linux by following
simple steps?
# ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_and_Configure_Ansible_on
Ubuntu_20.04⠀⇛
Ansible is a very popular configuration management
tool designed to streamline the process of
controlling a large number of servers. In this
guide, we will learn how to install and configure
Ansible on an Ubuntu 20.04 server.
# ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_LAMP_Server_Stack_on_Ubuntu
22.04⠀⇛
LAMP is an open-source software stack containing an
Apache web server, MySQL or MariaDB database, and
PHP programming language. It is one of the most
popular web development platforms allowing web
developers to build, deploy, and manage websites
and applications online.
# ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_Jellyfin_Media_Server_on
Debian_11⠀⇛
Jellyfin is a free and open-source media streaming
application that organizes, manages, and shares
digital media files to networked devices. It allows
you to stream the uploaded media files to your PC,
Laptop, Mobile, and Roku.
# ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_Grafana_and_Prometheus_on
Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛
This tutorial covers installing Grafana,
Prometheus, and node exporter on Ubuntu 22.04
server. You’ll build a powerful monitoring stack
with Grafana as the dashboard and data
visualization tool, Prometheus as the data source
where all your monitoring data will be stored, and
the node_exporter is an application that gathers
information and metrics about your systems and send
all those metrics to the Prometheus.
# ⚓ How_to_install_NGINX_on_Alpine_Linux?⠀⇛
Nginx is a lightweight and high performance web
server/reverse/email(IMAP/POP3) proxy.
# ⚓ Linux Shell Tips ☛ How_to_Extract_Files_from_a_DEB_Package
in_Debian_Systems⠀⇛
Have you ever wondered how you can extract
individual files from a Debian file (.deb) without
actually installing any software?
# ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-03-03_How_to_install_Aisleriot
Solitaire_on_a_Chromebook⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-03-02_How_to_install_TuxGuitar_on
a_Chromebook⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-03-03_Record_Your_Screen_To_GIF_Or_MP4,_Take
Screenshots_And_Insert_Annotations_With_The_New_Peek⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_WordPress_with_Nginx,
MariaDB,_PHP_on_Debian_11_or_10⠀⇛
WordPress is a free and open-source content
management system (CMS) allowing users to create
and manage websites easily. It was first released
in 2003 and has since become one of the most
popular website-building platforms, powering over
40% of all websites on the internet.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Pulsar_IDE_on_Manjaro
Linux⠀⇛
Pulsar Edit IDE is a community-led, hyper-hackable
text editor created as a successor to the original
Atom text editor. While a community build for Atom
was already available, the developers of Pulsar
wanted to create a new version that would bring
feature parity with the original Atom while
introducing modern features and updated
architecture.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_OnlyOffice_on_Manjaro
Linux⠀⇛
OnlyOffice is a highly versatile and comprehensive
office suite quickly gaining popularity as an
alternative to established names such as Microsoft
Office, LibreOffice, and FreeOffice.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ Comparing_Flatpak_and_Snapcraft:_Pros,
Cons,_and_Use_Cases⠀⇛
With the rise of containerization technologies,
software packaging and distribution have also seen
major advancements in the past few years. Flatpak
and Snapcraft are two of the most popular
container-based package management systems that aim
to make software installation and distribution more
accessible, reliable, and secure.
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ ScummVM ☛ Help_us_test_ScummVM_for_Android⠀⇛
The ScummVM Android port returns with a new update
to the Google Play Store, in the beta testing
channel. The new version includes all the latest
features_of_ScummVM_2.7.0 as well as Android-
specific improvements and bug fixes.
First off, our team developers have implemented a
significant update to the file access system in
order to use the Secure Access Framework (SAF) API
for secure file access on external memory space,
such as SD Cards or USB drives. This effectively
should resolve a long-standing issue with modern
Android devices, in particular those running
Android 11 and above, whereby users could not
properly access the game data folders or the save
game files in the external storage.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Kernel_5.15.97_with_landlock_and_user-namespace⠀⇛
We discussed the “landlock” security feature in the
forum:
https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=8023
Up until now, the kernel in Easy has left out user-
namespace support
due to some perceived security issue. Though, that is a
vague concern,
and after reading recently that Vivaldi needs that kernel
feature when
run non-root, I decided to enable it.
o ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ New_vivaldi-skel-ask_PET⠀⇛
I posted about a new Vivaldi SFS:
https://bkhome.org/news/202303/vivaldi-browser-now-a-
sfs.html
In EasyOS 5.0 (and earlier), the Internet category of the
menu has
“Download latest Firefox”. After downloading, a new menu
entry is
created to run Firefox.
I like this for two reasons. Firstly, Firefox runs
securely as user
“firefox”. Secondly, can choose “Download latest Firefox”
to update to
the latest version.
o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾
# ⚓ SUSE’s Corporate Blog ☛ 2023-03-03_SUSE_and_HPE:_Better
Together⠀⇛
o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ Digital_transformation:_3_guiding
principles_for_2023⠀⇛
# ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ 4_tips_to_freshen_up_your_IT_resume
in_2023⠀⇛
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Recalbox_9_Brings_the_Retro_Arcade_to
Raspberry_Pi⠀⇛
Recalbox 9 brings enhancements and new features for
Raspberry Pi and PC based retro gamers
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Brings_ChatGPT_AI_to_Clippy
[Ed: How to spam "Raspberry Pi" with Microsoft's proprietary
spyware and vapourware hype campaign]⠀⇛
Microsoft Office’s “beloved” mascot, Clippy
receives an AI boost thanks to Raspberry Pi and
ChatGPT
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ SparkFun_Thing_Plus_Matter_–_MGM240P_board
supports_Matter,_Zigbee,_OpenThread,_and_Bluetooth_Low_Energy
5.3⠀⇛
SparkFun Thing Plus Matter – MGM240P board targets
the development of applications using the Matter
IoT protocol and features the MGM240P module based
on Silicon Labs EFR32MG24 Arm Cortex-M33 wireless
microcontroller with an 802.15.4 radio for Zigbee
and OpenThread plus a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
5.3 radio. The board also offers two rows of I/Os
for upto 21 GPIOs and a Qwiic connector for
expansion, another EFRM32 MCU acting as a J-link
debugger, a microSD card, and can be powered via
USB-C or a LiPo battery.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Arduino_GIGA_R1_WiFi_board_launches_with
STM32H7_MCU,_up_to_76_I/O_pins⠀⇛
Arduino GIGA R1 WiFi board brings the STM32H7 dual-
core Cortex-M7/M4 microcontroller found in the
Portenta H7 boards to the larger Arduino Mega/Due
form factor with up to 76 GPIO pins.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ Android_15_will_be_a_plain_vanilla_release_–
PhoneArena⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Authority ☛ 5_Android_apps_you_shouldn’t_miss_this
week_–_Android_Apps_Weekly⠀⇛
# ⚓ Ars Technica ☛ The_sketchy_plan_to_build_a_Russian_Android
phone_|_Ars_Technica⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Sun ☛ Millions_of_Android_users_can_turn_on_setting
that_saves_you_from_embarrassing_battery_draining_mistake_|
The_US_Sun⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Authority ☛ OnePlus_Buds_Pro_2_review:_Great_design
and_value_–_Android_Authority⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Central ☛ Honor_Magic_Vs_review:_Samsung_finally
has_some_foldable_competition_|_Android_Central⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Jason W Comeau ☛ Clever_Code_Considered_Harmful⠀⇛
There is something undeniably satisfying about
coming up with clever solutions to hard problems.
There is a joy when you challenge yourself to use
recursion instead of iteration, for example, or
when you create elegant, cascading layers of
abstraction that ensure code is never duplicated.
My favourite outlet for this kind of programming is
Project Euler.
Project Euler is a repository of challenges based
around advanced mathematics, meant to be solved
with software. The catch is that your program
should run in under a minute, on 2004-era hardware.
That means that a brute-force solution often won’t
cut it, and you’ll have to come up with a smarter
solution.
# ⚓ Stack Overflow ☛ Stop_saying_“technical_debt”⠀⇛
We were supposed to release this feature three
weeks ago.
One developer got caught in a framework update.
Another got stuck reorganizing the feature flags. A
third needed to spelunk a long-abandoned repository
to initiate the database changes. The team is
underwater. Every feature release will feel like
this until we get a few weeks to dig ourselves out
of tech debt. We have no idea how to even get the
business to consider that.
Does this sound familiar? It’s a disheartening
conversation.
# ⚓ 2023-03-03_Niko_Matsakis:_Trait_transformers_(send_bounds,
part_3)⠀⇛
# ⚓ Collabora ☛ Oxidizing_bmap-tools:_rewriting_a_Python
project_in_Rust⠀⇛
Rewriting bmaptool in Rust to remove Python
dependencies, create statically linked binary, and
allow the bmap sparse file format to be used in
other Rust projects.
# ⚓ Y2038,_glibc_and_utmp/utmpx_on_64bit_architectures⠀⇛
On January, 19th 2038 at 03:14:07 UTC the 32bit
time_t counter will overflow. For more information
about this I suggest to start with the wikipedia
Year 2038 problem article. That problem is long
known and several groups are working on a solution
for 32bit systems, but many people don’t know that
pure 64bit systems could be affected, too.
The general statement so far has always been that
on 64bit systems with a 64bit time_t you are safe
with respect to the Y2038 problem.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ 2023-03-03_Kukuk:_Y2038,_glibc_and_utmp/utmpx_on
64bit_architectures⠀⇛
# ⚓ Mark Hansen ☛ 2023-03-04_CAP_Theorem_&_UI_Programming⠀⇛
# § Python⠀➾
# ⚓ [Old/undated]_SymPy_makes_math_fun_again⠀⇛
I remember my own struggle with calculus at
university. Limits, integrals, differential
equations. Lots of practice, lots of
homework. Pages and pages of exercises. I
loved math, loved the connection between
algebra and geometry, loved the very pleasure
of solving problems by making different
concepts work together. But I hated doing the
“paperwork”.
Taking it seriously, I still studied through
the semester, studied harder the week before
the exam, studied even harder the night
before. I got 62/100. That’s 1 point above
the lowest possible passing grade.
Well, maybe math is not for everyone. But
wait a minute! The next semester I took part
in the Math Olympiad, went through the
faculty round, then through the university
round, went to the nationals, and even
managed to score a few points there. Which
counted as a pass on that semester’s exam.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Python_packaging_targets⠀⇛
As we have seen in earlier articles, the
packaging landscape for Python is fragmented
and complex, though users of the language
have been clamoring for some kind of
unification for a decade or more at this
point. The developers behind pip and other
packaging tools would like to find a way to
satisfy this wish from Python-language users
and developers, thus they have been
discussing possible solutions with increasing
urgency, it seems, of late. In order to do
that, though, it is important to understand
what specific items—and types of Python
users—to target.
# § Java⠀➾
# ⚓ How_to_make_Java_8_Code_Compatible_With_Java_11⠀⇛
If you still run your Java code with JVM 8,
it’s probably high time to move on and
starting using a newer JVM version such as
11. For this reasons, you have to ensure your
Java code is Java 11 compatible.
# ⚓ What_is_Boilerplate_Code_and_How_to_Reduce_It_In
Java⠀⇛
In programming, boilerplate refers to
sections of code that are repeated in many
places throughout a project or across
multiple projects.
# ⚓ Popular_Code_Analysis_Tools_to_Help_with_Java
Programming⠀⇛
Code analysis tools are software tools that
analyze source code for potential issues,
errors, and vulnerabilities.
# ⚓ Difference_between_Mockito’s_when/thenReturn_and
doReturn/when⠀⇛
A common dilemma while writing unit tests in
Java is whether to use Mockito’s when/
thenReturn or doReturn/when stubbings. Both
when/thenReturn and doReturn/when are used in
Mockito, a popular Java testing framework, to
mock behavior of methods in an object.
o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾
# ⚓ A_thorough_team_guide_to_RFCs⠀⇛
Early in my management days, I found myself in an
unforeseen situation. A new and unexpected frontend
framework was added to our early-stage startup
stack from one week to another. We were not in
production yet, so the thought of maintaining two
utterly different parallel client-side stacks this
early wasn’t a problem I was anticipating. Opinions
about technical decisions replicate almost as fast
as frontend frameworks, so as the news spread, so
did the backchannel feelings.
A few months later, we introduced the Request for
Comments (RFCs) practice as a team’s decision-
making tool. Over time, we became more aligned,
better informed, and technical decision-making
became less painful. Since then, RFCs have become
one of my favorite tools, and with this guide, you
may be able to pilot them with your team as well.
Let’s dig in.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ Türkiye’s_statistical_authority_files_new_case_against_Inflation
Research_Group⠀⇛
Founded by a group of economists, the ENAG has been
releasing inflation figures since 2020. The group’s
calculations are much higher than those of TurkStat,
whose reliability has been widely questioned by
economists and opposition parties.
o ⚓ Arrests_over_Türkiye_earthquakes_rise_to_237,_including_166
contractors⠀⇛
The number of detentions and arrests is expected to
further increase as investigations are continuing.
o ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Blew_It:_Ericsson_Has_to_Pay_$206_Million_Fine_for
Violating_a_Bribery_Deal_With_the_Feds⠀⇛
Swedish multinational tech giant Ericsson pled guilty
this week to bribery and agreed to pay the Department of
Justice $206 million dollars.
o ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ It_WAS_World_Margarita_Day…but_it_isn’t_anymore⠀⇛
Sylvia Shawcross Now I was looking at February 22. Nobody
really cares about February 22 because it isn’t special
or so you’d think.
o ⚓ David Revoy ☛ Tiny_Fediverse_Family_Sketches⠀⇛
Long time without a blog post, but I have been active on
social media. I had an issue on the website with posting
new article and I fixed it this afternoon (oh, the joy of
self hosting… -_-`). Anyway:
o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Wayne_Shorter,_Icon_of_Jazz_Saxophone,_Dies
Aged_89⠀⇛
Wayne Shorter, one of the greatest American jazz
saxophonists, has died in Los Angeles, aged 89. A central
force in the 20th-century jazz scene, Wayne Shorter’s
career as a saxophonist spanned bop, fusion, and other
eclectic jazz movements. His publicist confirmed that he
died in a Los Angeles hospital, aged 89.
o ⚓ France24 ☛ Pioneering_jazz_saxophist_Wayne_Shorter_dies_at_89⠀⇛
Wayne Shorter, an influential jazz innovator whose
lyrical, complex jazz compositions and pioneering
saxophone playing sounded through more than half a
century of American music, has died. He was 89.
o ⚓ Preventing_aid_deliveries,_detaining_journalists:_Rights_group
documents_violations_after_quakes⠀⇛
The authorities prevented aid deliveries in at least 20
cases, 17 people were subjected to torture and 11
journalists were hindered by law enforcement officers,
according to the TİHV.
o ⚓ France24 ☛ Egypt_unveils_4,500-year-old_tunnel_hidden_inside
Great_Pyramid⠀⇛
Egypt’s antiquities authorities on Thursday unveiled a
newly discovered, sealed-off chamber inside one of the
Great Pyramids at Giza, just outside of Cairo, that dates
back some 4,500 years ago.
o ⚓ Tom MacWright ☛ Recently⠀⇛
What to say about this month – well, I’m a few days
late to the Recently, because I’ve been pretty busy!
Things
are good. Building products is fun but also a lot of
work.
Pretty excited about what I’m working on. Ready for
winter to
end.
§ Reading
I enjoyed reading Ross Barkan’s What_to_Do_About_Police,
though it’s bound to generate some controversy. Barkan
is,
I think, a geniunely ‘center’ or balanced commentator, if
you
consider the political spectrum of major American cities
as the
guide. He also has a sense for reading polls and knowing
people
enough to identify surprising but true disconnects
between what
we think people believe and what they do.
o ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Death_Toll_From_Greece_Train_Crash_Rises_to_57⠀⇛
As of Thursday night, 48 people remain hospitalized, six
of whom are in intensive care.
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ The_difference_between_good_and_great_engineers⠀⇛
You don’t design your engineering culture by
writing blog posts or printing posters. It’s shaped
by the people you hire, the things they do, and the
traits you reward and celebrate.
Choose wisely, and deliberately. Know what you
value, and why. It’s easy to form this list in
hindsight, but for anyone growing an engineering
team, I urge you to think upfront, spelling out
what you value most, then fight to hire for,
encourage, support and celebrate those traits.
I’ve helped grow our engineering team from 4 to
more than 90, and hope to keep building the best
possible team for many years to come. Here are some
of the traits and skills that I think make good
engineers great, and why they’re important to me.
# ⚓ Improving_Students’_Learning_With_Effective_Learning
Techniques:_Promising_Directions_From_Cognitive_and
Educational_Psychology⠀⇛
Many students are being left behind by an
educational system that some people believe is in
crisis. Improving educational outcomes will require
efforts on many fronts, but a central premise of
this monograph is that one part of a solution
involves helping students to better regulate their
learning through the use of effective learning
techniques. Fortunately, cognitive and educational
psychologists have been developing and evaluating
easy-to-use learning techniques that could help
students achieve their learning goals. In this
monograph, we discuss 10 learning techniques in
detail and offer recommendations about their
relative utility. We selected techniques that were
expected to be relatively easy to use and hence
could be adopted by many students. Also, some
techniques (e.g., highlighting and rereading) were
selected because students report relying heavily on
them, which makes it especially important to
examine how well they work. The techniques include
elaborative interrogation, self-explanation,
summarization, highlighting (or underlining), the
keyword mnemonic, imagery use for text learning,
rereading, practice testing, distributed practice,
and interleaved practice.
To offer recommendations about the relative utility
of these techniques, we evaluated whether their
benefits generalize across four categories of
variables: learning conditions, student
characteristics, materials, and criterion tasks.
Learning conditions include aspects of the learning
environment in which the technique is implemented,
such as whether a student studies alone or with a
group. Student characteristics include variables
such as age, ability, and level of prior knowledge.
Materials vary from simple concepts to mathematical
problems to complicated science texts. Criterion
tasks include different outcome measures that are
relevant to student achievement, such as those
tapping memory, problem solving, and comprehension.
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ ACLU ☛ West_Virginia_Lawmakers_are_Pushing_Public_Schools
to_Teach_Creationism⠀⇛
All you need to know about the current condition of
West Virginia’s public-education system is summed
up in onerecent_headline: “West Virginia public
schools are underfunded, understaffed and
underperforming.” To take one marker,only_28
percent_of_students in the state are proficient in
science. These are big problems that require
expansive, thoughtful solutions. Lawmakers should
be devoting all available time and resources to
protecting public-school students’ educational
futures. Instead, they’re working to pass a bill,SB
619, that would exacerbate these crises. If
enacted, the bill would allow public schools to
teach intelligent design — a form of creationism —
as a “theory of how the universe and/or humanity
came to exist.”
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ The Next Platform ☛ Datacenter_System_Makers_Leary_But_Not
Weary⠀⇛
The central banks of the world, led by the European
Central Bank and the US Federal Reserve, want to
curb inflation and they are willing to cause a
small recession or at least get very close to one
to shock us all into controlling the acquisitive
habits we developed during the lockdowns of the
early years of the coronavirus pandemic.
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ SSD_Prices_Have_Fallen_15_to_30_Percent
Since_January⠀⇛
Declining NAND Flash memory prices are leading to
great savings on SSDs. These are the cheapest right
now.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Higher_food_prices_threaten_the_nutrition_of_the
elderly⠀⇛
Experts are concerned about the adequacy of protein
intake by older people.
# ⚓ CNN ☛ Facebook_revamps_controversial_content_moderation
process_for_VIPs⠀⇛
Facebook-parent Meta on Friday announced a revamp
of its “cross-check” moderation system after facing
criticism for giving VIPs special treatment by
applying different review processes for VIP posts
versus those from regular users.
# ⚓ CNN ☛ North_Korea’s_food_shortage_is_about_to_take_a_deadly
turn_for_the_worse,_experts_say⠀⇛
Concerns about North Korea’s chronic food shortages
are growing, with multiple sources suggesting this
week that deaths due to starvation are likely.
# ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ “Don’t_Lie_To_Us!”:_East_Palestine
Residents_Frustrated_During_Town_Hall⠀⇛
One month after a Norfolk Southern train carrying
toxic chemicals derailed in East Palestine,
residents gathered for a town hall on Thursday
night. It was the first time Norfolk Southern was
in the town since the derailment.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Canadian_companies_licensed_to_produce,_sell
cocaine_and_other_drugs⠀⇛
Canadian biosciences company Sunshine Earth Labs
announced Thursday it has been licensed to produce
and sell cocaine, reflecting the federal health
agency’s bid to improve safety conditions for the
country’s addicts.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Scarcity,_scandal_and_memes:_A
timeline_of_Covid-19_face_masks_in_Hong_Kong⠀⇛
Hong Kong’s long-standing universal mask mandate
was dropped on Wednesday after almost 1,000 days.
The act was largely seen as signalling the official
end to a turbulent epidemic era in the Asian
financial hub.
# ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ The_idea_of_using_a_“three-parent
baby”_technique_for_infertility_just_got_a_boost⠀⇛
This article is from The Checkup, MIT Technology
Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it
in your inbox every Thursday, sign up here. This
week, I’ve been working on a big story about a
controversial treatment that creates babies with
three genetic parents.
# ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ A_technique_called_Cell_Painting
could_speed_drug_discovery⠀⇛
One of the earliest stages in the process of
identifying a potential new drug is to expose cells
to the compound in a lab dish and scour microscope
images to see the effects.
# ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ 2023-03-03_We_seriously_need_to_rethink_our
decision_to_keep_smartphones_out_of_schools [Ed: These
devices are not smart and not compatible with the goals of
schools]⠀⇛
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Biden_had_cancerous_skin_lesion_removed_in
February⠀⇛
US President Joe Biden, 80, had a cancerous skin
lesion successfully removed from his chest in
February, his doctor said Friday.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Lesion_removed_from_Biden’s_chest_was_cancerous,
doctor_says⠀⇛
A skin lesion removed from President_Biden’s chest
last month was cancerous, the White House announced
Friday.
# ⚓ The Scientist ☛ Mutated_Cohesin_Throws_DNA_Splicing_out_of
Whack,_Resulting_in_Cancer⠀⇛
Cohesin mutations cause dysregulations in
alternative splicing, contributing to tumor
initiation and progression, a study finds.
o § Proprietary⠀➾
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ A_Porn_Zoom-Bombing_Abruptly_Ends_Call
With_Federal_Reserve⠀⇛
More than 220 people were reportedly waiting to
begin a call about inflation when someone named
“Dan” started streaming porn.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Self-driving_car_fears_on_the_rise [Ed: Proprietary
software scam like "polygraph", except this one is actually
killing people because the companies are lying]⠀⇛
Data: AAA. Chart: Axios Visuals
Nearly 70% of drivers say they’re afraid of fully self-driving_cars, according
to a new AAA survey — up from 55% a year ago. About a quarter say they’re
unsure, while just 9% say they trust them.
§ Security⠀➾
* ⚓ LWN ☛ 2023-03-03_Security_updates_for_Friday⠀⇛
* ⚓ LWN ☛ Passwordless_authentication_with_FIDO2—beyond_just_the_web⠀⇛
FIDO2 is a standard for authenticating users without the need
for passwords. While the technology has been introduced mainly
to protect accounts on web sites, it’s also useful for other
purposes, such as logging into Linux systems. The same
technology can even be used beyond authentication, for example
to sign files or Git commits. A couple of talks at FOSDEM 2023
in Brussels presented the possibilities for Linux users.
The FIDO2 standard is a joint effort between the FIDO Alliance
(FIDO stands for Fast Identity Online) and the World Wide Web
Consortium (W3C) to develop standards for strong
authentication. Users can securely authenticate themselves with
a FIDO2 security key (a hardware token), which is more
convenient, faster, and more secure than traditional password-
based authentication. The security key can ask the user to
touch a button or enter a PIN for authentication;
alternatively, it can include a fingerprint reader or other
means for biometric authentication. FIDO2 can be used as an
extra factor added to a traditional password as part of multi-
factor authentication or as the only means of authentication.
In the latter case, this is called passwordless authentication.
Note that a previous FIDO standard, FIDO U2F, was primarily
designed for two-factor authentication.
The FIDO2 standard consists of two parts. Web Authentication
(WebAuthn) is a W3C recommendation with broad browser support
that describes an API allowing web sites to add FIDO2
authentication to their login pages. FIDO’s Client to
Authenticator Protocol (CTAP) complements WebAuthn by enabling
an external authenticator, such as a security key or a mobile
phone, to work with the browser. So in short: the browser talks
WebAuthn to the server and CTAP to the authenticator device.
* ⚓ TechRepublic ☛ Top_10_open-source_security_and_operational_risks_of
2023 [Ed: Microsoft-funded sites love articles such as this. This is what
Microsoft pays for.]⠀⇛
Many software companies rely on open-source code but lack
consistency in how they measure and handle risks and
vulnerabilities associated with open-source software, according
to a new report.
* ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ UK_retailer_WH_Smith_struck_by_cyberattack⠀⇛
U.K. retailer WH Smith PLC has been struck by a cyberattack
that resulted in the theft of some company data.
⚓ SANS ☛ YARA:Detect_The_Unexpected…,_(Thu,_Mar_2nd)⠀⇛
A friend and colleague of mine, DhaeyerWolf, asked me for a bit of
help with the design of a YARA rule.
⚓ Bloomberg ☛ Cyber_Plan_Would_Hold_Software_Makers_Responsible_in_Hacks⠀⇛
The Biden administration is set to release an aggressive new national
cybersecurity strategy on Thursday that seeks to shift the blame from
companies that get hacked to software manufacturers and device
makers, putting it on a potential collision course with big
technology companies.
The 35-page strategy, shared in advance with a group of reporters,
asserts that software makers must be “held liable when they fail to
live up to the duty of care they owe consumers, businesses or
critical infrastructure providers.”
⚓ TechCrunch ☛ Hackers_steal_gun_owners’_data_from_firearm_auction_website⠀⇛
Hackers breached a website that allows people to buy and sell guns,
exposing the identities of its users, TechCrunch has learned.
The breach exposed reams of sensitive personal data for more than
550,000 users, including customers’ full names, home addresses, email
addresses, plaintext passwords and telephone numbers. Also, the
stolen data allegedly makes it possible to link a particular person
with the sale or purchase of a specific weapon.
⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Oakland_continues_to_work_on_recovery_from_ransomware_attack;
Play_claims_responsibility⠀⇛
Play does not indicate how much data they acquired, but threaten to
start dumping it tomorrow (March 4). They claim to have: “Private and
personal confidential data, financial, gov and etc. IDs, passports,
employee full info, human rights violation information.”
* § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hongkongers_wearing_face_masks_at_protests
risk_prosecution,_says_gov’t_advisor_as_anti-mask_law_set_to_stay⠀⇛
Wearing face masks for anti-epidemic purposes at a legal
assembly may not be a reasonable defence against Hong
Kong’s anti-mask law, a government advisor has said. F
o ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Cabinet_pleased_with_clearing_of_DNA_testing
backlog⠀⇛
Cabinet says it is pleased the South African Police
Service (SAPS) has nearly cleared the DNA testing backlog
at its forensic service laboratories. Addressing a Post
Cabinet media briefing held in Pretoria on Thursday,
Minister in the Presidency, Mondli Gungubele, said this
breakthrough will ensure that gender-based violence-
related cases are speedily resolved.
o ⚓ YLE ☛ Former_Defence_Forces’_intel_chief_faces_service_offence
charges⠀⇛
Police discovered the suspected offences while
investigating a Helsingin Sanomat report on an
intelligence facility in Central Finland.
* § Confidentiality⠀➾
o ⚓ FTC_Publishes_Blog_Post_on_Data_Security_Practices_for_Complex
Systems⠀⇛
In February, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”)
published a blog post that elucidated key security
principles from recent FTC data security and privacy
orders. Specifically, the FTC highlighted three practices
that the Commission regards as “effectively protect[ing]
user data.” These practices include: (1) offering multi-
factor authentication (“MFA”) for consumers and requiring
it for employees; (2) requiring that connections within a
company’s system be both encrypted and authenticated
(e.g., deploying a “zero trust” methodology); and (3)
requiring companies to develop data retention schedules.
The FTC noted that while these measures “are not the sum-
total of everything the FTC expects from an effective
security program, they are a sample of provisions [that
the FTC has] seen recently that speak directly to the
idea of attacking things at their root cause to produce
uniquely effective results.”
o ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Another_ransomware-related_lawsuit_settles:
Preferred_Home_Care⠀⇛
Top Class Actions reports there is a settlement involving
Preferred Home Care in New York. The lawsuit alleged the
provider failed to protect employee and patient data from
an attack in January 2021. The data breach allegedly
compromised the information of 92,283 patients and
employees, including sensitive health information and
personal identifiers such as Social Security numbers.
§ Defence/Aggression⠀➾
* ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-03-02_New_Zealand_Is_Escalating_Tensions
Between_China_and_the_West⠀⇛
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Child_fighters_beheaded_as_Myanmar_killings_rise_after_martial
law⠀⇛
Two teenagers captured by junta forces were apparently beheaded
alive.
* ⚓ teleSUR ☛ US,_the_Main_Nuclear_Threat_in_the_World_–_Chinese_Spox⠀⇛
“The United States is the world’s biggest source of nuclear
threat,” Mao Ning said.
* ⚓ Truthdig ☛ 2023-03-03_Biden’s_Snub_of_China’s_Peace_Plan_for_Ukraine⠀⇛
* ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ How_will_the_US_counter_cyber_threats?_Our_experts
mark_up_the_National_Cybersecurity_Strategy.⠀⇛
On March 2, the White House released the 2023 US National
Cybersecurity Strategy.
* ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Fate_of_Alexey_Navalny,_and_the_Future_of_Russia⠀⇛
The opposition leader languishes in a Russian prison. His
colleague Maria Pevchikh talks about the attempt on his life,
and Russia’s future. Plus, the pop music producer Chloe Bailey.
* ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Couple_Who_Fled_Russia_for_the_War_in_Ukraine⠀⇛
When Alex and Halyna arrived at the Ukrainian border, a Russian
agent looked at them like they were crazy. “Do you even know
what’s going on there?” he asked.
§ Environment⠀➾
* ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Climate_activists_too_radical?_They_point_to_suffragettes
as_a_comparison.⠀⇛
Activists are taking radical steps, like gluing themselves to
streets, to draw attention to the climate crisis. Such acts, if
unpopular, fall in line with earlier, violent moral crusaders
like British suffragettes.
* § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
o ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ Offshore_wind_farm_projects_on_the_rocks⠀⇛
Billions of kroner could be lost
o ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ Electric_car_sales_rapidly_increasing_in
Denmark⠀⇛
One of them, Tesla’s Model Y, was the most sold model in
the country in February
o ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ FTX_Confirms_$9_Billion_in_Customer_Funds_Vanished⠀⇛
The folks handling the ongoing FTX bankruptcy admitted
Thursday it is still on the hook for around $9 billion in
customer funds that it simply cannot locate under the
morass of financials left over from the exchange’s
collapse.
o ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Crypto_Miners_Owe_the_Federal_Government_Money,
Watchdog_Report_Says⠀⇛
Cryptocurrency miners operating on public lands haven’t
been paying their dues, according to a new report from
federal watchdog group, the Office of the Inspector
General for Department of the Interior (DOI OIG).
o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ EU_countries_postpone_vote_on_combustion
engine_ban⠀⇛
The adoption by European Union member countries of new
carbon dioxide emission standards for cars and vans has
been postponed amid opposition from Germany, the
presidency of the EU ministers’ council says.
o ⚓ Danes_cut_electricity_use_by_ten_percent_with_prices_‘the_same’
as_last_year⠀⇛
Electricity prices were similar in January 2022 and
January 2023, but consumers in Denmark used around 10
percent less power this year compared to last.
* § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
o ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ California’s_Brutal_Storms_May_Have_Killed_Over_Half
Its_Monarch_Butterflies⠀⇛
California has been enduring a winter of wild weather,
and it’s not just humans that have suffered for it.
§ Finance⠀➾
* ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Despite_solid_financial_results,_Zscaler_shares_plunge
after_announcing_layoffs,_weaker_billings⠀⇛
Shares in Zscaler Inc. plunged in late trading after the
cybersecurity company announced layoffs alongside solid
financial results in its most recent quarter.
⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Here’s_Why_ATMs_Are_Becoming_Harder_to_Find⠀⇛
It would appear that the days of crisp dollar bills and shiny pennies
are falling behind us. The number of ATMs in the U.S. is reportedly
on the decline as we move to a society hellbent on credit cards,
mobile payments, and tap-to-pay.
⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-03-03_If_Biden_Really_Wants_to_End_Homelessness,_He
Needs_to_Support_Public_Housing⠀⇛
⚓ RFA ☛ China’s_Xi_to_battle_rising_debt,_economic_woes_and_political_rivals_at
congress⠀⇛
The National People’s Congress will likely see a reshuffle of
security, intelligence and financial powers.
⚓ Spiegel ☛ Thwarting_Putin:_The_Ukrainian_Economy_Just_Keeps_On_Going⠀⇛
Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to plunge Ukraine into
darkness and cold this winter. But the country’s economy continues to
survive, and supermarket shelves are full. How has Ukraine managed to
do it?
⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ U.S._Govt_Blacklists_Chinese_Tech_Firms_Loongson_and
Inspur⠀⇛
CPU developer Loongson and server maker Inspur added to the U.S.
DoC’s Entity List.
⚓ YLE ☛ Finland_seeking_to_reduce_economic_dependence_on_China⠀⇛
It is estimated that half of the mobile phones and two-thirds of the
laptops used in Finland are produced in China.
⚓ Axios ☛ Amazon_pauses_construction_on_second_HQ_in_Virginia⠀⇛
Amazon is pausing construction on its sprawling_second_headquarters
in Arlington, Virginia, the company confirmed to Axios on Friday.
The big picture:Thestoppage comes as the tech giant has announced
sweeping_job_cuts in the wake of slowdowns in consumer and corporate
spending.
⚓ Axios ☛ The_surprising_impotence_of_Fed_rate_hikes⠀⇛
Since the Fed began raising interest rates a year ago this month, the
central bank has moved more aggressively than nearly anyone expected
at the time. It has raised target interest rates by 4.5 percentage
points, with more to come, and shrunk its balance sheet by more than
$600 billion.
⚓ Axios ☛ Home_prices_are_now_lower_than_they_were_a_year_ago⠀⇛
It finally happened. Median home sale prices are lower than they were
a year ago for the first time since 2012, according to new data from
Redfin out Thursday.
⚓ WhichUK ☛ Pension_tax:_could_thousands_of_older_workers_get_caught_in_a_tax
trap?⠀⇛
You may trigger the Money Purchase Annual Allowance if you’ve dipped
into a pension you still contribute to
⚓ New York Times ☛ Why_the_Student_Debt_Pause_Became_a_Political_Trap⠀⇛
Debtors have gotten out of the habit of making monthly payments.
⚓ RFA ☛ US_blacklists_28_more_Chinese_firms⠀⇛
Three Burmese companies have also been added to the Entity List,
banning American exports to them.
⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_In_Danger_Of_Running_Out_Of_Money,_Russian_Billionaire
Deripaska_Says⠀⇛
Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska told the Krasnoyarsk Economic
Forum on March 3 that Russia could run out of money as early as next
year without new foreign investment from “friendly countries” and
warned government policies are hurting the financial environment.
⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Tennis_Star_Rublev_Reiterates_Antiwar_Message_In_Dubai⠀⇛
Just over a year since Andrei Rublev wrote “No War Please” on the
lens of a TV camera on his way to winning the Dubai title, the
Russian issued another call for peace on March 3, saying it was
“crazy” to see citizens suffering and dying.
⚓ RFERL ☛ Amid_Unrest_In_Moldova,_French_Soccer_Club_Advises_Fans_Not_To
Travel⠀⇛
French soccer club Nice has advised its fans not to travel to Moldova
for a European game next week amid unrest in the country, where
authorities have alleged Russian-backed attempts to destabilize the
government.
⚓ First_Irma_supermarkets_to_close_in_Copenhagen_this_weekend⠀⇛
The first of Copenhagen’s premium Irma supermarkets will close this
weekend after parent company Coop began rebranding its stores.
§ AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Why_Is_TikTok_Being_Banned?⠀⇛
Governments have expressed concerns that TikTok, which is owned
by the Chinese company ByteDance, may endanger sensitive user
data.
* ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Is_Twitter_Too_Big_to_Fail? [Ed: No, unless it keeps getting
bailed out (or the losses subsidised by Saudi dictators in exchange for
bias]⠀⇛
* ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ TikTok’s_‘Bold_Glamour’_and_‘Teenage_Look’_Filters_Are
Terrifying_Its_Audience⠀⇛
TikTok_is_really_good_at_keeping_users_entertained, most
notably with its barrage of filters. Filters on TikTok have
been harmless fun for some time now, mostly serving as the
punchline about getting_arrested or masking_your_own_voice, but
two new filters are freaking out TikTokers far and wide.
* ⚓ LRT ☛ Party_membership_continues_to_decline_in_Lithuania⠀⇛
Party membership in Lithuania continues to decline, the latest
figures from the Justice Ministry have shown.
* ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ CYBER:_How_Tubgirl_Became_a_TikTok_Sensation⠀⇛
Shock sites shaped the way we use the internet.
* ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Young_adults_underrepresented_in_candidate_selection_–
only_10.7%_of_candidates_in_the_spring_2023_Finnish_Parliamentary
Elections_are_under_30⠀⇛
Only 260 candidates under the age of 30 are running in the
upcoming Finnish parliamentary elections in spring 2023, making
up just 10.7% of all candidates. This means that young
candidates are once again underrepresented in candidate
selection, as 18-29-year-olds make up 13.9% of Finland’s
population. The Green Party put forth the highest number of
young candidates, both in absolute numbers and as a percentage
of their total candidates.
* ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ DOJ_Says_Inciting_a_Riot_Is_Not_Part_of_the_President’s
Job_Description⠀⇛
DOJ wrote a cautiously crafted amicus opining that inciting a
mob was not within Donald Trump’s job description.
* ⚓ CNN ☛ Boris_Johnson_faces_damning_new_evidence_in_Partygate_inquiry⠀⇛
Damning new evidence has been published as part of the inquiry
that will determine whether or not former British Prime
Minister Boris Johnson misled Parliament over his conduct
during the so-called Partygate scandal.
* ⚓ CNN ☛ King_Charles’_meeting_with_EU_chief_is_being_criticized._Here’s
why⠀⇛
Royals speak through actions more than words, which often
leaves royal commentators reading into what they do without the
benefit of an explanation. This week, it came down to a
handshake.
* § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
o ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Fox_News_Defamation_Lawsuit:_“Money,_Ideology,
Truth,_Lies—It’s_All_Right_There”⠀⇛
Our political roundtable explores the fallout from the
Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit against one of the most
powerful TV networks in America.
§ Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Vietnamese_authorities_bar_relatives,_lawyers_from_meeting
detained_Facebooker⠀⇛
A rights group says there is ‘no acceptable reason’ for the
move and called for his release.
* ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ 3_Hong_Kong_Tiananmen_vigil_group_members_found
guilty_of_security_offence⠀⇛
They include HK pro-democracy activist and barrister Chow Hang-
tung.
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Truth_About_the_‘Censorship’_of_Roald_Dahl⠀⇛
The corporate context in which the changes were made is what
should really worry us.
* ⚓ Court_approves_‘away_game’_ban_on_Fenerbahçe_fans⠀⇛
The ban came after Fenerbahçe fans protested against the
government during a match over its presumed inadequate response
to last month’s massive earthquakes.
§ Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
* ⚓ Internet Freedom Foundation ☛ 2023-03-03_Censorship,_Surveys,_and
Seizures:_Developments_around_the_BBC_Documentary⠀⇛
The MIB banned re-sharing & uploading of links of the BBC
Documentary using emergency powers under the IT Rules, 2021.
The Income Tax Department carried out 3 day long survey
operations at the BBC India offices in Delhi & Mumbai. We
elaborate on our concerns with these actions in this post.
* ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ ‘Not_worthy_of_a_democracy’:_Behind_India’s_slide_on_press
freedom⠀⇛
Trends of anti-media violence, censorship, and legal
intimidation could have disastrous consequences for the world’s
largest democracy.
§ Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ Lawmakers_Clamor_for_Action_on_Child_Migrant_Labor_as
Outrage_Grows⠀⇛
Members of Congress are pressing for changes to the law and the
Biden administration’s approach as federal and state
enforcement agencies begin a crackdown on companies that employ
underage migrants.
* ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-02_Cluster_Munitions:_Nigeria_Ratifies_Global_Ban⠀⇛
* ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-02_Angola:_Hundreds_Homeless_in_Forced_Evictions,
Demolitions⠀⇛
* ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-02_DR_Congo/France:_Prioritize_Rights_Issues_for_Macron’s
Visit⠀⇛
* ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-02_Georgia:_Reconsider_Mikheil_Saakashvili’s_Release_on
Medical_Grounds⠀⇛
* ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-02_Iranian_Media_Reports_Hundreds_of_Schoolgirls
Poisoned⠀⇛
* ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-03_New_York_Taxpayers_Foot_Bill_for_Abusive_Police⠀⇛
* ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-03_Cambodia:_Opposition_Leader_Convicted_on_Bogus
Charges⠀⇛
* ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-03_Digital_Dehumanization_Paves_Way_for_Killer_Robots⠀⇛
* ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-03_Killing_of_Indigenous_Leader_in_Ecuador_Demands
Thorough_Investigation⠀⇛
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ Nevada_legislature_considers_‘Homeless_Persons’_Bill_of
Rights’⠀⇛
The Nevada Senate Judiciary Committee Friday considered Senate
Bill 142, also called the “Homeless Persons’ Bill of Rights.”
Mirroring the US Constitution’s Bill of Rights, the senate bill
outlines a set of rights for unhoused people in Nevada.
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ Belarus_court_sentences_Nobel_Peace_Prize_laureate_Bialiatski
to_10_years_prison⠀⇛
A Belarusian court Friday sentenced Ales Bialiatski, the 2022
Nobel Peace Prize co-recipient, to ten years in prison for
allegedly attempting to overthrow the government through
financing anti-government demonstrations in the region.
* ⚓ CNN ☛ Nobel_laureate_Ales_Beliatski_sentenced_to_10_years_in_prison_by
Belarusian_court⠀⇛
Belarusian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Beliatski was
sentenced by a court in Minsk on Friday to 10 years in a
maximum-security penal colony, Russia state news agency TASS
reports. He was found guilty on the charge of smuggling,
according to TASS.
* ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-03-03_Aboriginal_spears_taken_by
Captain_James_Cook_to_be_returned_to_Australia⠀⇛
* ⚓ Reason ☛ Federal_Appeals_Court_Upholds_First_Amendment_Right_To_Warn
Drivers_of_Police_Ahead⠀⇛
Michael Friend was arrested in 2018 for holding a sign that
read “Cops Ahead” near a police checkpoint. That arrest
violated his First and Fourth Amendment rights, a federal
appeals court has ruled.
* ⚓ ACLU ☛ Child_Labor_Investigation_Reveals_Immigration_Policy_Changes_We
Need_Now⠀⇛
Children across the nation are working in dangerous, sometimes
lethal jobs in American factories, farms and mills — according
to a New_York_Times_exposé that has rattled corporate America,
President Biden, and Congress.
The kids, who are here without their parents, have fled
countries rife with violence and poverty. Many are seeking
asylum and other protections under the law. But in the
meantime, they are laboring in the shadows — inphysically
demanding_jobs that employers often have trouble filling. These
children are helping to put food on our tables and clothes on
our backs — sometimes suffering serious injuries as a result.
The moral implications are chilling.
The Biden administration responded swiftly, promising an inter-
agency task force that will rightly focus on the direct problem
of failed child labor protections. But this moment also calls
for big policy solutions — without them, children and adults
will remain vulnerable to exploitation, in ways that intersect
profoundly with our daily lives.
§ Monopolies⠀➾
* § Patents⠀➾
o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ 2023-03-03_Acacia_Research_entity_Atlas_Global
Technologies_wireless_patent_challenged⠀⇛
o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ 2023-03-03_Optis_Wireless_cellular_patent
challenged⠀⇛
o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ 2023-03-02_Competitive_Access_Systems_multilink
communications_patent_challenged⠀⇛
o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ 2023-03-03_Joseph_Yoon_airbag_sensor_patent
held_invalid⠀⇛
o ⚓ Exclusive:_EPO_under_fire_from_staff_reps_amid_IPQC_criticisms
[Ed: It is not "Exclusive"; Techrights has been covering this for
weeks already]⠀⇛
The EPO has offered another meeting with the Industry
Patent Quality Charter, while a committee representing
EPO staff endorsed the group’s criticisms
An EPO staff committee has backed a group of in-house
counsel’s claims that quality standards at the office are
in decline, Managing IP can confirm.
Meanwhile, it is understood the EPO has offered a follow-
up meeting with the counsel, who are members of the
Industry Patent Quality Charter (IPQC).
The IPQC and EPO met initially on February 3 to discuss
the group’s claims that the EPO no longer prioritises
full search and examination over speedy patent grants.
A date for a second meeting has not been set at the time
of publication.
[...]
The EPO declined to comment on this article.
o ⚓ JUVE ☛ “The_UK_Supreme_Court_must_be_decisive_but_flexible_in_its
Dabus_decision” [Ed: The patent extremists want litigation so badly
that even computer-generated patents are being pursued]⠀⇛
Stephen Thaler, creator of AI machine Dabus, has already
lost three rounds in the UK. The latest blow came in
September 2021, when the Court of Appeal upheld that an
inventor can only be a ‘natural person’, and not a
machine.
§ Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
* § Personal⠀➾
o ⚓ Homebrewing⠀⇛
This afternoon I’m bottling a bitter. Should clock in
just over 4% ABV. Pale malt, bittered with Northdown and
East Kent Goldings, dry hopped with Tettnanger.
Brewing is a hobby I took up around five years ago,
something I’d always wanted to do. I love it. It makes
beer cheap, gives a sense of pride in creation. I’ve
never graduated from extract-with-steeped-grains to all
grain, and I don’t care. What I make tastes good. It
makes me happy.
o ⚓ Magic_Moments:_Crows_at_Dawn;_Planets_at_Dusk⠀⇛
In a break of routine for some reason I went to work by
car on Thursday morning and arrived there maybe a quarter
to seven in the morning. The sky was overcast, dawn was
well underway. It was cold, just above freezing and
windy. On my way from the most distant parking lot to the
main entrance I noticed a large group of crows heading
East towards some secret meeting place, or whereever the
crows were heading. I looked up for a lengthy moment.
Several large groups were flying above in what would
amount to maybe seven minutes of my walk. Absolutely
fascinating, even though I have seen this a few times
since I work in this place.
o ⚓ Pen_Addiction⠀⇛
Hi, my name is stug and I have a pen addiction. Perhaps a
Kaweco pen
addiction. Today, the postie brought a package with 2 new
pens. Both
are Kaweco but they are different materials. The first is
the Sport in
plastic with the Tamoma Teal colour. The sport is an
interesting pen
but the lid sort of puts me off. It is pretty bulky and
has an octogon
shape which helps with the rolling issue. The lid is like
two thirds
of the pen length. I wanted to get a feel for a sport as
it is one of
the main models from Kaweco so wanted to see what I was
missing. The
plastic versions are cheap and light. I can easily use
the pen
unposted which is good. There are mini convertors for
this model. When
I used the pen, I was using it with Diamine Blue Black
which is
becoming my preferred ink colour. It is different while
being work
appropriate. Well with the sport, I found it was a
lighter colour than
I expected. Turns out this pen is so light, the colour is
more blue.
The length is a bit longer than the Liliput. It does not
feel as
pocketable due to the increased thickness of the lid. The
screwing of
the cap on and off is a bit off putting with the plastic.
It is a bit
squeaky too. The colour is not as vibrant as I would like
compared to
what I saw online but it is still pretty nice. It is a
nice pen to
load up with an unusual ink I think. I got the extra fine
nib and it
performs well for me.
o ⚓ Weird_thoughts_of_a_sleep_deprived_mind⠀⇛
After doing the grocery shopping and on my way home i
suddenly remembred what i forgot to buy: Diapers! … Damn…
ok, back to the city, but first a quick stop at the pub.
I am lucky and its open so i walk to the bar and ask for
a coffee, a black one, a really strong one… The pub is
mostly empty and the bartender looks not overly busy so i
start talking…
o ⚓ Coffee_and_Tea_and_the_Java_and_Me⠀⇛
I remain convinced that coffee drinkers don’t actually
like coffee and only drink it for the caffine. I’ve tried
really nice coffee brewed fancily and while it’s
marginally better it’s still bitter and awful. Versus
drinking loose leaf tea brewed semi-decently is
legitimately tasty and very different from bad
tea—“brewed decently” being the laziest method of putting
leaves in a mug and pouring hot water over it, which is
how I normally drink tea.
Most tea drinkers I know including myself would still
drink tea if it didn’t have caffine; while almost every
coffee drinker I know are pretty open in saying they
wouldn’t drink coffee if it didn’t have caffine in it.
Also evidenced by it’s relatively rare to add a lot of
stuff into hot tea; while with coffee it’s rather unusual
to *not* add anything to it.
* § Technical⠀➾
o ⚓ xkcd://⠀⇛
I probably should talk about the xkcd:// thing. This form
was invented by a past version of he who now types here,
perhaps because it is shorter by about ten whole
characters, and, why not? Certainly XKCD is important
enough to have its own protocol, even (especially) if
certain individuals want to remove teapot from the HTTP
spec. The // is perhaps not necessary; a shorter xkcd:356
might have been used. However, a large part of the
creative intent was to share such links over IRC, so the
“link” needs to look a bit like a link, or that I’m
rationalizing randomly after the fact. Hence the // in
there to make it look like a web-type URL. The form
hasn’t caused any comprehension problems, but then again
I’ve only used it in IRC channels that are nerdy by the
standard of being IRC channels, or more likely it’s that
folks who have no idea what I’m going on about have
gotten good at ignoring me. Of course there is no
standards body hashing out these details, it’s just me
making up stuff as I go along.
o ⚓ The_Joy_of_Contained_Systems⠀⇛
I often stop and ponder (as many of us weirdos who
actually make things do) on why I am drawn to some things
and repelled by other. I haven’t found the answer, but I
can identify a quality that seems to attract me:
containment.
Perhaps it’s the control freak in me, but I love things
that are minimal and self-contained (and ideally, self-
subsuming or metacircular, but not necessarily). As an
example – I like old computers – it’s all just there. As
much as I adore a modern system with Linux – it is
completely out of control, and I can’t imagine acutally
knowing what’s going on.
Thinking about large chaotic systems such as
macroeconomics just makes me want to vomit – especially
when some jackass pretends to know something about it, or
even worse – ‘control’ it by enforcing some of the
parameters using coersion. But enough of that.
o ⚓ A_dice_roller_app_for_the_phone⠀⇛
I wrote a little web app for dice rolls because I
couldn’t find a nice and simple, free, privacy-respecting
app on my phone’s shop. And it seemed simple enough to do
to be a feasible little project.
Little did I know about the tar pit of progressive web
apps (PWA). Oh well! I *think* it’s solved now, thanks to
some advice by @frotz@mstdn.game and the Mozilla
Developer Network series on progressive web apps…
o ⚓ Headless_RaspberryPi_Setup⠀⇛
If you don’t want to use a monitor do this to use a
serial cable on a pi4:
echo ‘raspberry’ | openssl passwd -6 -stdin | awk ‘{print
“pi:”$0}’ > /path/to/bootfs/userconf.txt
echo -e “uart_2ndstage=1\nenable_uart=1″ >> /path/to/
bootfs/config.txt
o ⚓ DuckDuckGo_is_promoting_the_filter_bubble_to_users [Ed: Microsoft
DuckDuckGo promoting Microsoft-friendly sites. DuckDuckGo is a
scam.]⠀⇛
Sometime around the past month, DuckDuckGo has begun
promoting Reddit during user searches.
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Transitive_reduction⠀⇛
There’s this operation on graphs/relations called
“transitive reduction” (I didn’t learn its name
until very recently). It can be used on a graph/
relation to compute another (possibly smaller)
graph/relation that has no redundant edges
(assuming transitivity). And I’ve been thinking
about how to do it for about two years (dam),
because I needed it for some POSet things (Scheme §
poset). Some weeks ago I was walking home, not
thinking about anything in particular, and an
algorithm just popped into my brain out of nowhere!
o § Programming⠀➾
# ⚓ Using_GitHub_Actions_to_maintain_Gentoo_packages_repository
[Ed: Microsoft proprietary software or a compiler controlled
remotely by the NSA is the wrong way to do this]⠀⇛
In this blog post, I’d like to share how I had fun
using GitHub actions
in order to maintain a repository of generic x86-64
Gentoo packages up
to date.
Built packages are available at https://
interbus.perso.pw/ and can be
used in your `binrepos.conf` for a generic x86-64
packages provider,
it’s not building many packages at the moment, but
I’m open to add more
packages if you want to use the repository.
=> =============================================================================
World Wide Web but a lot lighter.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Desktop/Laptop
o Server
o Audiocasts/Shows
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
o WINE_or_Emulation
o Desktop_Environments/WMs
# K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o BSD
o Fedora_Family_/_IBM
o Open_Hardware/Modding
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Programming/Development
# Perl_/_Raku
# Java
* Leftovers
o Science
o Education
o Hardware
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Proprietary
o Security
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Environment
# Energy/Transportation
# Wildlife/Nature
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
# Patents
# Copyrights
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾
# ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ Say_Goodbye_to_the_HP_Dev_One_Linux
Laptop⠀⇛
A few days ago, the HP Dev One product page showed
that the product had sold out.
o § Server⠀➾
# ⚓ Niall Murphy ☛ SRE_in_the_Real_World⠀⇛
(This is a repost of a document living here, but I
am putting it here for backup’s sake. Originally a
joint effort with Murali Suriar, with input from
Matt Brown, Liz Fong-Jones, and many others.
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ GNU World Order (Audio Show) ☛ GNU_World_Order_502⠀⇛
**plasma-frameworks and QML** , **plasma-
integration** , **plasma-nm** ,
**plasma-pa** , **plasma-sdk** , **plasma-
systemmonitor** , **plasma-vault** ,
**plasma-wayland-protocols** from the Slackware
**kde** package set.
shasum -
a256=e45a74e17c6b8558bbb29e492177309e5a814f737b9d98405673ead5a112ab94
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ tuc_–_drop-in_replacement_for_cut⠀⇛
The GNU Core Utilities or coreutils is a package of
GNU software containing implementations for many of
the basic tools, such as cat, ls, and rm, which are
used on Unix-like operating systems.
Every day, we use many command-line tools to manage
our systems, and perform basic tasks. Many of the
programs provided by coreutils are staples in our
daily life. Over the years, these tools have been
updated and ported to other systems, but they still
retain many of their original traits.
cut is one of the many utilities included with
coreutils. cut writes to standard output selected
parts of each line of each input file, or standard
input. This lets us extract elements by defining
ranges, delimiting characters and bytes. It’s not
as widely known as some of its counterparts but it
can still be a useful and practical command-line
utility. cut doesn’t offer sophisticated field
processing, like reordering fields, and handling
fields aligned with blank characters.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ 2023-03-04_How_to_Install_ONLYOFFICE_Desktop
Editors_on_All_Major_Linux_Distrbutions⠀⇛
# ⚓ Arco Linux ☛ Creating_radar_grub_theme⠀⇛
# ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ When_securely_erasing_disks,_who
are_you_trying_to_stop?⠀⇛
Various people, us included, periodically have the
need to securely dispose of disk drives that we no
longer need or want, where by ‘securely’ we mean
that people shouldn’t be able to get our data from
the drives after we’ve gotten rid of them. Often
there are questions of what you need or what to be
doing in order to achieve this security. In my
view, part of the answer to this is depends on who
you want to stop from getting your data (and how
many resources you think they have).
o § WINE or Emulation⠀➾
# ⚓ WINE Project (Official) ☛ WineHQ_–_Wine_Announcement_–_The
Wine_development_release_8.3_is_now_available.⠀⇛
The Wine development release 8.3 is now available.
What’s new in this release:
– Support for the Low Fragmentation Heap.
– Smard card support using PCSC-Lite.
– Bundled Zydis library for more correct
disassembly.
– Various bug fixes.
The source is available at:
https://dl.winehq.org/wine/source/8.x/wine-
8.3.tar.xz
Binary packages for various distributions will be
available from:
https://www.winehq.org/download
You will find documentation on https://
www.winehq.org/documentation
You can also get the current source directly from
the git
repository. Check https://www.winehq.org/git for
details.
Wine is available thanks to the work of many
people. See the file
AUTHORS in the distribution for the complete list.
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# ⚓ Sean_Davis:_Xubuntu_Minimal_Visual_Tour⠀⇛
Xubuntu Minimal provides a lighter-weight
alternative to the full-size Xubuntu desktop. The
core desktop experience allows you to build your
very own version of Xubuntu with the tricky
configuration already done for you. Scroll through
the screenshots below to see Xubuntu Minimal in
action. When you&aposre done, download Xubuntu
Minimal from cdimage.ubuntu.com to test it for
yourself!
# § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾
# ⚓ Volker Krause ☛ OSM_Hack_Weekend_Karlsruhe_2023⠀⇛
Last weekend I attended an OSM_hack_weekend,
hosted by Geofabrik in Karlsruhe, to progress
some OSM-related topics around KDE_Itinerary
and to better connect KDE and OSM.
§ Platform section highlighting
The most visible result is that our train
station map can now also highlight relevant
platform sections,
at least when platform sections are mapped in
OSM. That’s rare in Germany at least, with
Karlsruhe being
one of the few exceptions, and thus providing
the perfect opportunity for real-life
testing.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Support_distro_name_change_from_EasyOS_in_woofQ⠀⇛
I posted to the forum about changing the name of “EasyOS”
and “Easy” to something else, such as “WaryOS” and
“Wary”:
https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=83290#p83290
There is fundamental problem with implementing that
though, as the
text “EasyOS” and “Easy” is hard-coded in woofQ, right
from creation of
EasyOS in early 2017.
I thought about replacing all occurrences of those text
strings with variables, and wherever there is $(gettext "
... EasyOS ...") replace with something like $
(eval_gettext " ... \${NEWDISTRONAME} ...")
However, that is very complicated to implement, a huge
amount of work and likelihood of something going wrong.
o § BSD⠀➾
# ⚓ MJ Fransen ☛ Some_notes_on_OpenBSD_7.2_on_a_Thinkpad_X201⠀⇛
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It has been a while since I had a laptop running
OpenBSD.
Recently I bought a refurbished Thinkpad X201, so
this
was a great occasion to put OpenBSD on it.
Of course, installing OpenBSD on a Thinkpad is not
difficult.
You need to install OpenBSD with an ethernet cable
attached, in order
to be able to run fwupdate. This installs firmware
for the wifi card.
After that, wifi works fine.
§ Lenovo Thinkpad X201
The X201 is a machine from 2010, and one of the
last Thinkpad X-models
with a classical keyboard. And like all Thinkpads,
it has a great
TrackPoint.
Some specs of the refurbished laptop I bought:
# Intel Core i5 M 520 CPU
# 4 GB DDR3 RAM 2Rx8
# 1200×800 display resolution
# 128 Gb SSD (SAMSUNG MZ7LN128)
# ⚓ DragonFly BSD Digest ☛ 2023-03-04_[dragonfly]_pvscsi(4)
added⠀⇛
# ⚓ BSDly ☛ 2023-03-03_ChatGPT_opines_on_IPv6_procastination,
waxes_lyrical_over_OpenBSD [Ed: Who cares what Microsoft
says? This is censorship and propaganda of Microsoft,
mechanised]⠀⇛
o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ Fedora Magazine ☛ Fedora_Magazine:_Contribute_at_the_Fedora
Kernel_,_GNOME_,_i18n,_and_DNF_test_days⠀⇛
Fedora test days are events where anyone can help
make sure changes in Fedora work well in an
upcoming release. Fedora community members often
participate, and the public is welcome at these
events. If you’ve never contributed to Fedora
before, this is a perfect way to get started.
There are five upcoming test days in the upcoming
weeks:
# Sunday 05 March through Sunday 12 March, is
to test the Kernel 6.2.
# Monday March 06 through March 10 , two test
day periods focusing on testing GNOME
DesktopandCore Apps.
# Tues March 07 through March 13, is to test
i18n .
# Tues March 14, is to test DNF 5.
# ⚓ CentOS ☛ 2023-03-03_Quarterly_Report_2023Q1_–_CentOS
Alternative_Images_SIG⠀⇛
Quarterly Report 2023Q1 – CentOS Alternative Images
SIG This report covers what happened in our SIG
between December 1, 2022 and February 28, 2023.
Purpose The purpose of the Alternative Images SIG
is to build and provide alternate iso images for
CentOS Stream. Membership No new members have been
added this quarter.
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Tiny_Tapeout_3:_Get_Your_Own_Chip_Design_To_A
Fab⠀⇛
Custom semiconductor chips are generally big
projects made by big companies with big budgets.
Thanks to Tiny Tapeout, students, hobbyists, or
anyone else can quickly get their designs onto an
actual fabricated chip. [Matt Venn] has announced
the opening of a third round of the Tiny Tapeout
project for March 2023.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Reclaiming_A_Pi-Based_Solar_Datalogger⠀⇛
There’s quite a few devices on the market that
contain a Raspberry Pi as their core, and after
becoming a proud owner of a solar roof, [Paolo
Bonzini] has found himself with an Entrade ENR-
DTLA04DN datalogger which – let’s just say, it had
some of the signs, and at FOSDEM 2023, he told us
all about it. Installed under the promise of local-
only logging, the datalogger gave away its nature
with a Raspberry Pi logo-emblazoned power brick, a
spec sheet identical to that of a Pi 3, and a MAC
address belonging to the Raspberry Pi Foundation.
That spec sheet also mentioned a MicroSD card –
which eventually died, prompting [Paolo] to take
the cover off. He dumped the faulty SD card, then
replaced it – and put his own SSH keys on the
device while at it.
# ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ Challenger_RP2040_board_enabled_with_NFC⠀⇛
ILABS has introduced a low-power embedded device
based on the RP2040 microcontroller equipped with
an on-board NFC controller. The Challenger RP2040
NFC provides flexible I/Os and support for LiPo
batteries for portable applications.
# ⚓ SparkFun Electronics ☛ 2023-03-03_What’s_the_Matter?⠀⇛
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Gizmo China ☛ 6-Year-Old_LG_V30_Users_Get_Android_13_Thanks
to_Lineage_OS⠀⇛
# ⚓ Sportskeeda ☛ Android_13:_How_to_download_and_install
Android_13_(MIUI_14)_on_Xiaomi_11T_and_Xiaomi_11T_Pro⠀⇛
# ⚓ AhnLabs_Tops_the_List_of_Best_Android_Antiviruses_for_Home
Users_/_Digital_Information_World⠀⇛
# ⚓ Google_Keep_Brings_Note_Widgets_to_Android_Devices_/
Digital_Information_World⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Central ☛ How_to_use_Live_Captions_on_your_Android
phone_|_Android_Central⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gadgets Now ☛ android_auto:_How_to_customise_Android_Auto
user_interface_for_better_experience⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o ⚓ Tedium ☛ Self-Host_All_the_Things?⠀⇛
In a world where every service wants to put you on a
subscription forever, is now the time to start self-
hosting your apps instead? Let’s look at the landscape.
o ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ Solving_the_Moderator’s_Trilemma_with_Federation⠀⇛
The classic trilemma goes: “Fast, cheap or good, pick any
two.” The Moderator’s Trilemma goes, “Large, diverse
userbase; centralized platforms; don’t anger users – pick
any two.” The Moderator’s Trilemma is introduced in
“Moderating the Fediverse: Content Moderation on
Distributed Social Media,” a superb paper from Alan
Rozenshtein of U of Minnesota Law, forthcoming in the
journal Free Speech Law, available as a prepub on SSRN
[...]
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ 2023-03-04_Matt_Brown:_Retrospective:_Feb_2023⠀⇛
# ⚓ Hubert Figuière ☛ 2023-03-02_Niepce_February_2023_updates⠀⇛
# ⚓ Peteris Krumins ☛ 20_more_text_tools⠀⇛
Last week we added 50 new text tools. This week we
added 20 more tools to our Online Text Tools
collection. All traffic pls come all user pls buy
sub.
# ⚓ Rlang ☛ Dataviz_with_R_and_ggplot:_Using_colour_and
annotations_for_effective_story_telling_workshop⠀⇛
Learn how to fit use annotations and colors in your
ggplot plots! Join our workshop on Dataviz with R
and ggplot: Using colour and annotations for
effective story telling which is a part of our
workshops for Ukraine series.
# ⚓ Rlang ☛ Using_R_in_an_High_Performance_Computing
environment⠀⇛
In a common workflow when programming with R one
only deals with a Desktop machine or a Laptop, for
instance.
# § Perl / Raku⠀➾
# ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-03-03_This_week_in_PSC_(099)⠀⇛
# § Java⠀➾
# ⚓ How_to_Back_Up_A_MySQL_Database_With_Java⠀⇛
In case you have wondered how to back up a
MySQL database using Java code, here is one
way to do it: This program uses the mysqldump
command to create a backup of a MySQL
database, and saves the backup to a specified
directory with a timestamped filename.
# ⚓ How_to_Write_Console_Programs_In_Java⠀⇛
Console programs in Java can be easily
written using System.out.println for output
and Scanner for input.
# ⚓ How_to_Write_Clean,_Unobfuscated_Code_in_Java⠀⇛
Writing clean, easy-to-read code in Java is
important for improving code readability,
maintainability, and overall quality. Here
are some tips for writing clean, unobfuscated
code in Java: Here is an example: This class
represents a person and contains two private
fields: name and age.
# ⚓ How_to_Write_Obfuscated_Java_Code⠀⇛
To some people obfuscating programming code,
including Java, means: Of course, obfuscating
code is a terrible idea and usually means
exactly the opposite to the above bullets,
i.e. that the person who wrote it is easily
replaceable and far from smart.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ No_Wheels,_No_Mercy⠀⇛
We always like when a designer does something different.
After all, it is easy just to do what everyone else is
doing. But to see things a different way is always
interesting to us. When you think of a battle bot, you
probably think of a robot with wheels or tracks,
attacking other robots in an arena. But [Shea Waffles
Johns] created Big Cookie, a combat bot with no wheels.
Instead, it is a spinning wheel of death that moves
relatively slowly. The robot makes up for that by having
a mini-robot helper that brings Big Cookie its prey.
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Assessing_The_Micromirror_Device_From_A_DLP_Printer
For_Maskless_Lithography_Duty⠀⇛
Inspired by the idea of creating a maskless lithography
system using a digital micromirror device (DMD), [Nemo
Andrea] tore into an Anycubic Photon Ultra, DLP & resin-
based 3D printer to take a look at its projector system.
Here Anycubic isn’t the maker of what is called the
‘optical engine’, which would be eViewTek’s D2 projector
and its siblings. This projector assembly itself is based
around the Ti DLP300s, which we covered a while back when
it was brand new. Since that time Anycubic has released
the Photon Ultra and Photon D2 3D printers based around
these optical engines.
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ 2023-03-02_Hubble_Telescope_Faces_Threat
From_SpaceX_and_Other_Companies’_Satellites⠀⇛
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Juno_Just_Snapped_Some_of_The_Best_And
Clearest_Images_of_Io_Yet⠀⇛
ore like I-oooo.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Scientists_Found_an_Entirely_New_Way_of
Measuring_Time⠀⇛
Your time starts now.
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ [Repeated] Zimbabwe ☛ We_seriously_need_to_rethink_our
decision_to_keep_smartphones_out_of_schools⠀⇛
I have to admit, I once was addicted to my
smartphone. I would end days with a screen on time
in the double digits. That is wild, having your
screen’s phone on for 10 hours a day.
Maybe if we all got a little training as teenagers
we would be able to responsibly use these phones of
ours. If the reality is that we will have to learn
at some point, why not just add smartphone
etiquette to the school curriculum?
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ FDM_Printing_With_Resin_Update⠀⇛
[Proper Printing] is at it again. He’s trying to
perfect his hybrid printer that works like an FDM
printer but uses UV-curable resin gel instead of
filament. You can see the latest update video
below. If you missed our take on his early
attempts, you might want to catch up with those
earlier videos first.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_CRT_Audio_Visualiser_For_When_LEDs_Just_Won’t
Do⠀⇛
It has been a recurring feature of consumer audio
gear since the first magic eye tube blinked into
life, to have some kind of visualization of the
sound being played. Most recently this has meant an
LED array or an OLED screen, but [Thomas] has gone
one better than this with a CRT television
converted to perform as a rudimentary oscilloscope.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ 2023-03-02_Harmful_additives_found_in
street_cocaine_samples_in_Helsinki,_new_study_shows⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-03-02_Greece_train_crash:_Government
admits_‘decades_of_failure’⠀⇛
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ 2023-03-04_Children_With_Autism_‘See’_This
Optical_Illusion_in_a_Unique_Way,_Experiment_Finds⠀⇛
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ 2023-03-03_Depressive_Symptoms_And_Memory
Loss_in_Older_Adults_Linked_to_Telomere_Shortening⠀⇛
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Breached_Dam,_Incineration_of_Soil_Flood
East_Palestine_With_Fresh_Fears_of_Toxins⠀⇛
The collapse Friday night of a makeshift dam
designed to hold back wastewater and new concerns
by local groups and residents about the nearby
incineration of contaminated soil from last month’s
train derailment are the latest anxiety-producing
woes to behest the community of East Palestine,
Ohio.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_Chris_Hedges_Report:_COVID-19_Proved
Workers_Make_the_World_Run,_Not_the_Bosses⠀⇛
Maximillian Alvarez discusses his most recent book
on so-called ‘essential workers’ at the start of
the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, ‘The Work of
Living’, with Chris Hedges.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Can’t_take_statins?_New_pill_cuts
cholesterol,_heart_attacks⠀⇛
In a major study, a new kind of cholesterol-
lowering drug helped people who can’t take the
first choice, pills called statins. Researchers
tested the drug Nexletol in those hard-to-treat
people and found it reduces the risk of heart
attacks and other cholesterol-caused problems.
Doctors already prescribe the drug together with a
statin for certain high-risk patients. But people
who can’t or won’t take statins because they
sometimes cause muscle pain have limited
alternatives. The research was published Saturday
in the New England Journal of Medicine and
presented at a meeting of the American College of
Cardiology.
o § Proprietary⠀➾
# ⚓ [Repeated] Vice Media Group ☛ OpenAI_Is_Now_Everything_It
Promised_Not_to_Be:_Corporate,_Closed-Source,_and_For-
Profit⠀⇛
This blog post and OpenAI’s recent actions—all
happening at the peak of the ChatGPT hype cycle—is
a reminder of how much OpenAI’s tone and mission
have changed from its founding, when it was
exclusively a nonprofit. While the firm has always
looked toward a future where AGI exists, it was
founded on commitments including not seeking
profits and even freely sharing code it develops,
which today are nowhere to be seen.
# ⚓ Conneticut Public ☛ Slack_the_police?_Hartford_eyes
messaging_platform_to_reduce_violent_crime⠀⇛
Hartford is getting $2 million in federal funding
from the Department of Justice to reduce violence
in the community, and Mayor Luke Bronin is using
nearly a quarter of that money to virtually connect
residents with the police department.
According to a cost breakdown The Accountability
Project received from the mayor’s office, city
officials plan to use an estimated $405,000 to pay
for access to an enterprise version of Slack for
the next three years.
# ⚓ The Conversation ☛ 2023-03-02_AI_could_make_more_work_for
us,_instead_of_simplifying_our_lives⠀⇛
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-03-03_Ransomware_group_behind_Indigo_hack_says
it_released_stolen_employee_data,_but_nothing_has_appeared
yet⠀⇛
# ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ 2023-03-02_pg_ivm_1.5.1_Security_update
release⠀⇛
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ EPA_Mandates_States_Report_on_Cyber_Threats
to_Water_Systems⠀⇛
The Biden administration said it would require
states to report on cybersecurity threats in their
audits of public water systems, a day after it
released a broader plan to protect critical
infrastructure against cyberattacks.
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Secret_Service,_ICE_break_the_law
over_and_over_with_fake_cell_tower_spying⠀⇛
Cell-site simulators (CSS), also known as
Stingrays or IMSI Catchers, are devices that
serve as decoy cell towers. They’re used by
law enforcement, intelligence services, and
others to intercept metadata or
communications, and triangulate a phone’s
location. Essentially, your handset connects
to the nearby tower, think it belongs to a
telco, but in fact, it’s a temporary mast set
up by the Feds to snoop on devices within
range.
# ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ The_Snooping_Dragon:_How_China
Keeps_its_Pulse_on_Tibet_and_Around_the_World⠀⇛
A local source from Lhasa speaking on the
condition of anonymity noted that the
establishment of a data center could lead to
“more scrutiny and enhanced monitoring of
Tibetans leading to further infringement of
their freedom of expression and enforcing
greater self-censorship. “Such sentiments
find validation in Beijing’s drive to collect
mass DNA samples from Tibetans without their
consent. Emile Dirks, apost doctoral fellow
at Citizen Lab estimates that between June
2016 and July 2022, police may have collected
up to 1,206,962 DNA samples from Tibetans,
representing up to one-third (32.9%) of what
China calls Tibet Autonomous Region’s total
population of 3.66 million.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ 2023-03-04_Japanese_govt_backs
use_of_GPS_trackers_to_prevent_suspects_from_escaping
abroad⠀⇛
# ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-03-03_New_Senate_bill_aims_to_better
protect_health_data_after_Roe_reversal⠀⇛
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ 2023-03-03_As_France_Faces_Backlash_in
Africa,_Macron_Tries_Reset_With_Ex-Colonies⠀⇛
# ⚓ Bridge Michigan ☛ 2023-03-03_Democrats_push_Michigan_gun
reforms._Here’s_what_the_laws_are_now⠀⇛
# ⚓ Defence Web ☛ 2023-03-02_Steady_increase_in_Armscor
funding⠀⇛
# ⚓ Mint Press News ☛ 2023-03-02_Crisis_in_Peru:_Everything_You
Need_To_Know,_with_Eliana_Carlin⠀⇛
# ⚓ Mint Press News ☛ 2023-03-03_Not_Just_The_China_Balloon,
the_US_Has_A_History_of_Hysteria⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Age AU ☛ 2023-03-04_Russian_foreign_minister_laughed_at
over_absurd_invasion_claim⠀⇛
# ⚓ CNN ☛ China_to_hike_military_spending_to_$224_billion [Ed:
Misleading, sensationalist, irresponsible war propaganda from
CNN, pushing for world wars, as usual]⠀⇛
China has set an official economic growth target of
“around 5%” for 2023, as it seeks to revive the
world’s second largest economy after a year of
tepid growth because of pandemic measures.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ How_women_are_defying_despots⠀⇛
As leaders of recent mass protests in China,
Russia, and Iran, women gained a “new understanding
of female agency.”
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Congress_Should_Introduce_a_New_Yemen_War
Powers_Resolution_this_Month⠀⇛
We have seen much recently about the Ukraine war
anniversary. But this is also the anniversary of
other wars: March marks the 8th anniversary of the
war on Yemen and the 20th on Iraq. Members of
Congress, including Senator Bernie Sanders, should
introduce a Yemen War Powers Resolution before this
war enters a 9th year.
# ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ March_To_Iraq_War,_20_Years_Later:_March_4,
2003⠀⇛
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Major_US_Outlets_Found_Hersh’s_Nord_Stream
Scoop_Too_Hot_To_Handle⠀⇛
By every journalistic standard, the extensive
international coverage given to Hersh’s story
should have made it big news in the US.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Protest_against_compulsory_defense_service_in_Rīga
Saturday⠀⇛
A protest against the introduction of mandatory
military service will take place in Rīga on
Saturday, according to the organizers ‘Rīko’.
# ⚓ Latvia ☛ Levits_meets_Zelenskyy_in_Lviv⠀⇛
Latvian President Egils Levits was in Ukraine on
March 3, where he met with President of Ukraine
Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The President of Ukraine
thanked Latvia for all the military, financial,
humanitarian and political assistance provided so
far, which has been essential in the fight against
Russian aggression.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Ja_Morant_says_he’ll_get_help_after
video_shows_apparent_gun⠀⇛
Ja Morant will be away from the Memphis Grizzlies
for at least their next two games and is promising
to get help after livestreaming himself holding
what appeared to be a gun at a nightclub. The team
announced his absence shortly after the NBA said it
opened an investigation into Morant’s social media
post early Saturday. The league could fine or
suspend him if it finds wrongdoing. Morant said in
a statement that he takes “full responsibility” for
his actions and that he’s taking “some time away to
get help.” He didn’t specify what kind.
# ⚓ NYPost ☛ Marine_Corps_eliminating_its_elite_scout_sniper
platoons⠀⇛
The age-old MOS (Military Occupational Specialty)
has been around since World War II, and one
nonprofit organization representing the renowned
Scout Snipers is calling the Corps move “misguided”
and “ill-advised.”
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-03-04_Eight_airlines_will_sue_Dutch
government_to_prevent_Schiphol_flight_reductions⠀⇛
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ 2023-03-04_Storms_roll_eastward
after_slamming_South;_5_deaths_reported⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-03-03_Climate_lawsuits:_How_dangerous
are_they_for_businesses?⠀⇛
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Inspect_The_RF_Realm_With_Augmented
Reality⠀⇛
Intellectually, we all know that we exist in
a complex soup of RF energy. Cellular, WiFi,
TV, public service radio, radar, ISM-band
transmissions from everything from
thermometers to garage door openers — it’s
all around us. It would be great to see these
transmissions, but alas, most of us don’t
come from the factory with the correct
equipment.
# § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Two_Orcas_Went_on_Feeding_Frenzy,
Killing_17_Sharks_in_“One_Sitting”⠀⇛
There might have been more.
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ 2023-03-03_Helsinki_prepares_to_sell
several_well-known_buildings⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-03-02_Eurozone_inflation_drops_to
8.5%_in_February:_Eurostat⠀⇛
# ⚓ CNN ☛ 2023-03-03_This_European_airline_will_introduce
double_beds_in_the_sky⠀⇛
# ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-03-02_Interest_rates_have_skyrocketed._So_why
hasn’t_the_rate_on_your_savings_account_budged?⠀⇛
# ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-03-02_Nordstrom_closing_down_in_Canada,
shuttering_all_13_stores⠀⇛
# ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-03-03_Nordstrom_followed_a_familiar_path_to
failure:_too_big,_too_fast_–_and_not_Canadian_enough⠀⇛
# ⚓ Vox ☛ 2023-03-03_You_can_now_buy_a_fraction_of_a_house.
Should_you? [Ed: Unless you pay for the whole house, it is
not yours (until you finish paying)]⠀⇛
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ 2023-03-03_Amazon_Pauses_Work_on_2nd
Headquarters_in_Virginia⠀⇛
# ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-03-03_Amazon_freezes_construction_of_second
headquarters_in_Virginia_amid_job_cuts⠀⇛
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Why_Companies_Are_Pushing_Premium_Products
With_Higher_Prices⠀⇛
Companies are trying to maintain fat profits as the
economy changes, making “premiumization” their new
favorite buzzword.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ America_chips_away_at_the_40-hour_workweek⠀⇛
Part-time work is on the rise in the U.S. — and far
more people are working less by choice than by
obligation.
Why it matters:It’s one more sign of a new attitude
toward work.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ The_Problem_Isn’t_“Woke_Capitalism”—Which
Isn’t_a_Thing—But_Corporate_Capitalism⠀⇛
For nearly two decades, major corporations have
touted principles known as E.S.G. (short for
environmental, social, and governance factors),
ostensibly by focusing their businesses on these
concerns as well as on profits.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Let’s_Be_Clear:_Social_Security_Is_Not
Adding_a_Penny_to_US_Debt⠀⇛
The narrative that Social Security eats up
government revenue, driving the federal debt
upward, is deeply entrenched in the Republican
Party’s psyche. Former-Vice President Mike Pence
insinuated such February during a private meeting
with business leaders when promoting the age-old
Republican wish to privatize Social Security. So
maybe Social Security won’t be off the table, as
GOP leaders earlier promised, as the current debate
over the debt ceiling unfolds.
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Garment_Workers_Take_on_Wall_Street_and_Wage
Theft⠀⇛
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Workers,_Machines,_and_‘Bonus_Depreciation’⠀⇛
Bernie Sanders and Bill Gates don’t agree on many
things, but they both want to see a “robot tax,” a
special levy on companies that replace workers with
machines. Sanders and Gates may be well-intentioned
with this call for a robot tax.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ We_Live_in_a_Society_That_Pays_Men_More_When
They_Have_Kids,_But_Women_Less⠀⇛
Stereotypes around parenthood are having a lasting
effect on the gender pay gap, which has not budged
in 20 years, according to a new study by Pew.
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Case_Against_Privatizing_Social_Security⠀⇛
The New Deal was born exactly 90 years ago, on
FDR’s Inauguration Day, March 4, 1933. In his
inaugural speech (the one famous for saying
Americans had “nothing to fear but fear itself”),
he acknowledged the many crises facing the country
and observed, “This Nation is asking for action,
and action now.”
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Democrats_to_Biden:_‘Reject_Willow_Now_and
Protect_the_Arctic’⠀⇛
Nearly two dozen Democratic lawmakers from the U.S.
Senate and House—as well as independent Sen. Bernie
Sanders of Vermont—have written to President Joe
Biden imploring him to put the last nail in the
coffin of an “ill-conceived and misguided” oil and
gas drilling project in Alaska that experts say
would destroy the president’s climate legacy if
approved in any form.
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Democrats_Pressure_Biden_to_Reject_Willow
Project’s_Arctic_Drilling⠀⇛
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ Biden’s_first_veto_could_be_over_an_anti-ESG
bill⠀⇛
More than halfway through his term, US president
Joe Biden has yet_to_use_his_veto_power. But that
could change after the US Senate voted_this_week to
block a US Labor Department rule that would have
allowed retirement plans to consider environmental,
social, and governance (ESG) factors in their
investments.
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ Ajay_Banga_will_have_to_fight_the_US_government_if
he_wants_an_effective_World_Bank⠀⇛
The World Bank is facing extreme financing
challenges as it aims to lift countries out of
poverty while mitigating the impact of climate
change.
# ⚓ uni Emory ☛ SGA_presidential_candidates_respond_to_Title
IX,_misogyny_discourse_on_Fizz⠀⇛
Content Warning: This article contains references
to sexual assault. Throughout the 2023 student
government elections, candidates found themselves
and their campaigns as topics of debate on Fizz, a
social media app where members of the Emory
University community can anonymously publish text
posts, polls and photos.
# ⚓ India Times ☛ LinkedIn_cofounder_Reid_Hoffman_leaves
OpenAI’s_board_to_avoid_conflict_of_interest⠀⇛
Hoffman, who has invested in and advised the
startup since its 2015 founding, said his venture
capital firm Greylock is funding companies such as
presentation generator Tome, which are paying for
tools from OpenAI, the creator of chatbot sensation
ChatGPT. Hoffman also co-founded Inflection AI, one
of the highest-profile startups working on
technology similar to OpenAI’s.
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-03-03_Charles_III_to_visit_France,
Germany_in_first_trip_as_king⠀⇛
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ 2023-03-04_‘Soul_of_India_at_Stake’:_Why
Progressives_Want_Modi_Out⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ 2023-03-03_Why_Is_Biden_Attacking
Democracy?⠀⇛
# ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ How_Would_You_Arrest_a_Former_President?⠀⇛
One way Jack Smith might arrest Trump is to arrest
him, first, on a limited charge related to the
crime scene, then supersede him on the other
charges still being investigated.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Ousted_Autocrat_Double-Header_Features
Trump_and_Bolsonaro_at_CPAC⠀⇛
The former presidents of Brazil and the United
States took the stage CPAC on Saturday where both
fascist politicians continued to sow doubt about
their respective electoral defeats as they received
standing ovations from the annual convention’s far-
right attendees.
# § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Inside_the_Panic_at_Fox_News_After
the_2020_Election⠀⇛
“If we hadn’t called Arizona,” said Suzanne
Scott, the network’s chief executive,
according to a recording reviewed by The New
York Times, “our ratings would have been
bigger.”
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Conservative_Media_Pay_Little
Attention_to_Revelations_About_Fox_News⠀⇛
Even in today’s highly partisan media world,
experts said, the lack of coverage about the
private comments of Fox’s top executives and
hosts stands out.
o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
# ⚓ CNN ☛ ‘We_will_not_stop_fighting’:_Daughter_of_imprisoned
Putin_critic_Alexey_Navalny_speaks_out⠀⇛
Her father Navalny – an outspoken critic of the
Kremlin and its war in Ukraine – is currently
serving a nine-year jail term at a maximum-security
prison east of Moscow after being convicted of
large-scale fraud by a Russian court last year.
He was poisoned with nerve agent Novichok in 2020,
an attack several Western officials and Navalny
himself openly blamed on the Kremlin. Russia has
denied any involvement.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Florida_Is_Trying_to_Take_Away_the
American_Right_to_Speak_Freely⠀⇛
There’s still time for state lawmakers to reject
the crude pandering of a bill that seeks to
overturn a bulwark of First Amendment law.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Investigative_Committee_opens_a_criminal_case
about_“rehabilitation_of_nazism”_against_employees_of_human
rights_group_Memorial_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Russia’s Investigative Committee is investigating
employees of Memorial, a group founded to study
human rights violations committed under Stalin, for
“rehabilitation of nazism,” a source in law
enforcement told Russian news agency TASS.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Child_who_drew_an_anti-war_picture_stuck_in
shelter,_her_father_deprived_of_parental_privileges_—
Meduza⠀⇛
Masha Moskaleva, from the city of Yefremov in
Russia’s Tula region, was sent to a social
rehabilitation center after her father, Alexey
Moskalev, was arrested for “discrediting” the army.
The shelter told a correspondent from the online
publication 7×7 that she will not be released.
o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
# ⚓ CPJ ☛ 2023-03-02_Nigerian_publisher_Haruna_Mohammed_Salisu
released_on_bail⠀⇛
# ⚓ CPJ ☛ 2023-03-02_Russian_legislature_adopts_bill_extending
censorship_on_war_reporting⠀⇛
# ⚓ CPJ ☛ 2023-03-02_Indian_journalist_Devendra_Khare_shot_in
Uttar_Pradesh⠀⇛
# ⚓ CPJ ☛ 2023-03-02_Slovak_radio_host_Marta_Jančkárová
receives_death_threats_following_bias_allegation⠀⇛
# ⚓ CNET ☛ 2023-03-03_Leadership_Changes_at_CNET_–_CNET [Ed:
CNET has in effect become a spam site, but they will never
have the courage to openly admit it while laying off what's
left of their team ]⠀⇛
o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ When_Courage_and_Love_Smash_Unexpected
Barriers⠀⇛
You may not have seen the news or you may have
forgotten all about it by now. Last month, Denver
City Councilman and candidate for re-election Chris
Hinds was forced to crawl up onto the stage for a
scheduled debate or forfeit the matching election
funds from the city. The story drew attention not
only locally but throughout the country and even
globally. Councilman Hinds has used a wheelchair
since 2008 when an accident left him paralyzed from
the chest down.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ We_All_Must_Speak_Out_Against_Any_Rise_in
Anti-semitism⠀⇛
Jewish communities across the country have been
targeted with violence or harassment as anti-
semitic hate crimes reach record levels.
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Every_Domestic_Extremist_Murder_in_2022_Was
Committed_by_Right-Wingers:_Report⠀⇛
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Woman_Arrested_in_South_Carolina_for_Allegedly
Taking_Abortion_Pills_in_2021⠀⇛
Though the alleged abortion happened in 2021,
police didn’t obtain the warrant for her arrest
until after “Dobbs.”
# ⚓ Bridge Michigan ☛ 2023-03-02_Michigan_House_votes_to_repeal
1931_abortion_ban⠀⇛
# ⚓ CNN ☛ 2023-03-04_Questions_remain_around_the_death_of_a
heroic_police_officer_who_doubted_the_official_story_of_the
1995_Oklahoma_City_bombing⠀⇛
# ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Alaska_Drops_Policy_Banning_Discrimination
Against_LGBTQ_Individuals⠀⇛
In June 2020, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled
that workplace discrimination against people based
on their sexual orientation or gender identity was
illegal, Alaska quickly moved to follow suit.
It published new guidelines in 2021 saying Alaska’s
LGBTQ protections now extended beyond the workplace
to housing, government practices, finance and
“public accommodation.” It updated the website of
the Alaska State Commission for Human Rights to
explicitly say it was illegal to discriminate
against someone because of that person’s sexual
orientation or gender identity.
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Religious_Groups_Are_Challenging_SCOTUS_Ruling
Against_LGBTQ_Discrimination⠀⇛
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Mississippi_Republicans_Want_Their_Own_Cops_and
Judges_in_Majority-Black_Jackson⠀⇛
# ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Good_Analysis_Is_Not_Enough:_Jen_Angel_and
Liberation_Movement_Organizing⠀⇛
# ⚓ TechSpot ☛ Software_engineers_are_showing_a_strong
preference_for_remote_work,_according_to_survey⠀⇛
When asked what they would do if mandated to return
to the office, 21% of respondents said they would
quit, while 49% said that they will look for other
remote work opportunities while continuing to work
at their current company. Employers apparently
already have an inkling of their employees’
preferences, as many of them are offering ‘flexible
work schedules’ as one of the top benefits
alongside healthcare and paid time off.
o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾
# ⚓ APNIC ☛ APRICOT_2023_is_a_wrap!⠀⇛
Thanks for participating at APRICOT 2023, held with
APNIC 55 in Manila, Philippines. We look forward to
seeing you at APNIC 56!
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# ⚓ Yahoo News ☛ 2023-03-02_EU_Antitrust_Regulators_Narrow
Apple_Antitrust_Probe,_Zeroing_in_on_Anti-Steering⠀⇛
# § Patents⠀➾
# ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ 3_days_of_UPC_sunrise_in_numbers
[Ed: Team UPC has infested this blog, which fails to
disclose the conflict of interest and is constantly
lobbying for something utterly illegal, in collusion
with people who are so corrupt but immune from
prosecution]⠀⇛
At 09:00 CET on 1 March 2023, the three month
sunrise period for the Unified Patent Court
began. Whilst it is still early days,
insights can already be gleaned from opt out
requests and UPC representative applications
that have already been filed on the Case
Management System.
# ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ IP_Law_in_the_21st_Century
at_Columbia_Law_in_NYC [Ed: Event stacked by people on
the salary of monopolies, to basically just lobby for
the rich under the guise of "law"]⠀⇛
I’m looking forward to speaking at Columbia
Law School on Monday night (March 6, 2023) at
the 5th Annual IP Law in the 21st Century
Panel. The event is moderated by the really
amazing professor Mavis Fowler-Williams. The
panel includes a powerhouse set of speakers,
including Dawn Davis EIC of Bon
Appetit; Brittany Hazelwood from Cognizant,
and Rebecca Michaud from Amazon.
The public is invited to attend in person,
but you should register first.
# ⚓ 2023-03-02_ITC_Takes_Section_101_to_Its_Illogical
Extreme [Ed: The patent extremists have the audacity to
paint opposition to monopolies on mathematics as
"Illogical Extreme"]⠀⇛
# § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ CBC ☛ A_new_streaming_bill_is_close_to_becoming_law
in_Canada._Here’s_how_it_works⠀⇛
Bill C-11, also known as the Online Streaming
Act, creates a framework to regulate digital
streaming platforms like Netflix, Disney+ and
Spotify, and would require them to contribute
to the creation and promotion of Canadian
content. The bill passed its third reading in
the Senate last month with 26 amendments. It
will be up to the House of Commons to decide
which of those changes to keep before passing
the bill into law.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Game_Jam_Winner_Spotlight:_Lucia⠀⇛
On Tuesday, we announced the winners in all
six categories of the fifth annual public
domain game jam, Gaming Like It’s 1927. Now,
as in past years, we’ll be spending the next
few weeks taking a closer look at each of the
winning games (in no particular order). First
up, it’s the winner of the Best Remix
category: Lucia by Azzyfree.
# ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ ISP_Grande_Wants_Judge_to_Overrule
Jury’s_$47_Million_Piracy_Liability_Verdict⠀⇛
Internet provider Grande Communications has
asked a Texas federal court to overrule a
jury verdict that awarded $47 million in
piracy damages to several record labels. If
that’s not an option, the ISP would like to
have a new trial. In the event that both
options are off the table, Grande plans to
appeal the piracy liability case.
# ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ Courting_the_odds:_Danish_sports
stars_suing_bookmaker_giant⠀⇛
Christian Eriksen, Mikkel Hansen and Pernille
Harder are among 23 top athletes taking
Bet365 to court for breaching image rights
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal⠀➾
# ⚓ Coffee_and_Tea⠀⇛
I actually drink and like both tea and coffee–pu
erh, greens, oolongs, a really nice “King of the
Blue Mountain” from Taiwan the lady out front asked
some grumpy man in the back whether she could sell
it. I do reuse the tea leaves, though not to the
extent of drying them out in the sun like Japanese
farmers did, or probably some still do. A major
problem with that is the general lack of sun in the
Pacific Northwest.
Bonus points to lojban for getting both “cha” and
“tea” into tcati.
# ⚓ Re:_Coffee_and_Tea⠀⇛
As a regular drinker of both coffee and tea, I am
compelled to present a contrasting view.
The thing is, there are fundamental differences in
people’s tastes both physiologically and mentally.
There are supertasters who can discern small
nuances and may be overwhelmed by some flavors, and
people have a multitude of positive and negative
memories and emotional associations related to food
and drinks.
# ⚓ finding_time⠀⇛
i recently (maybe a month ago) left instagram. i
found myself feeling as if i had to use it, which
felt unhealthy. now i am finding ways to fill my
time.
i don’t care much about the concept of being
productive. not in a material way. what i do find
of interest is keeping my mind productive. the
hours and days i spent filling up my boredom with
scrolling instagram, checking my friends stories
obsessively, those feelings of missing out, are now
void.
# ⚓ Re:_A_Productivity_System_For_Creators⠀⇛
I’ve tried this system twice, although only one of
those two attempts were really serious, and I
couldn’t get it to work.
Now, I like that it leverages having a working GTD
system, which I have, and it does set out to solve
a problem I perceive myself having (doing slightly
fewer long-term and slightly more short-term
projects than I tell myself I’d like), and maybe
the solution is to try it again and maybe it’ll
stick the third time.
# ⚓ Analysis_of_my_Zettelkasten_after_the_Bachelor_Thesis⠀⇛
My bachelor thesis is now almost finished, I just
will need to hold one presentation about it next
week. This is why I thought about analyzing the
usage of my Zettelkasten (still not sure if I am
doing it right to really call it a Zettelkasten,
but I’m just going to call it like that) after the
bachelor thesis.
(If you don’t care about the actual analysis, I
would still recommend reading the conclusion and
recommended reads if you are somewhat interested in
note-taking in general.)
# ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_YIKLSTH_Wordo:_EMAIL⠀⇛
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