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⦿ IRC Proceedings: Saturday, April 15, 2023 | Techrights
⦿ Microsoft Bing Hides News Regarding Microsoft Stabber Joseph Cantrell | Techrights
⦿ Standing Up for Defrauded Members of Staff (GNU/Linux Engineers) in the Age of Pension Scams | Techrights
䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login):
http://techrights.org/2023/04/16/irc-log-150423/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/04/16/joseph-cantrell-censored-by-microsoft/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/04/16/standing-up-for-defrauded-members-of-staff-gnulinux-engineers-in-the-age-of-pension-scams/#comments
䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised):
http://techrights.org/2023/04/16/digikam-8-0-0/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/04/16/many-videos-and-releases/#comments
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✐ Microsoft_Bing_Hides_News_Regarding_Microsoft_Stabber_Joseph_Cantrell⠀✐
Posted in Deception, Microsoft at 7:14 pm by Guest Editorial Team
Reprinted with permission from Ryan
Microsoft has removed all references to Joseph Cantrell from Bing News, which
has made its way into DuckDuckGo as well.
Google News still returns results for the drug_addled_Nazi_that_Microsoft_hired
and now tries to hide. No doubt, having him stab another employee was very
embarrassing.
This is just one example of how Microsoft can run damage control. As his case
winds its way through the court system, people will increasingly wonder what
kind of company hires people who self-admit to extensive drug usage and Nazi
ideology, and then further admit that nobody on their team of 4, which costs
the company over a million bucks, can figure out bugs in Azure, and have to
resort to posting questions on Stack Exchange.
The drug diary, which I also previously reported on, also shows that Cantrell’s
behavior created an extremely toxic and harassing workplace. On numerous
occasions, Cantrell says that in company meetings, he said Indians shouldn’t be
allowed to work at Microsoft and that one person in particular “should have her
green card revoked” for being Indian, admitted to soliciting prostitutes and
getting STDs from them, and blogged extensively that tech companies who have
Indian CEOs don’t have good products anymore. “I wonder if Bill Gates even uses
Windows or if that Indian guy at Google even uses Google.”
Almost all of the worst of his admissions in the diary were on his public Web
site before the hiring.
But if Microsoft sets up a simple key word ban, nobody following Bing or
DuckDuckGo News will read about its dirty laundry. █
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Posted in Deception, Finance, Fraud, Free/Libre_Software, GNU/Linux at 8:20 pm
by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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Why the Pension Story is Relevant to Us
Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0
http://techrights.org/videos/pension-story-redux.webm
Summary: The crimes of Sirius_‘Open_Source’ will be the subject of many future
posts and today we explain why this is a subject of relevance to Techrights
THE pension situation where I worked for nearly 12 years impacts a lot of
people and it helps reveal rampant corruption in the pension ‘industry’. I’ve
been thinking about this deeply for days, also in light of several news items
about France and about the US pension promises being unsustainable. Are people
meant to ever retire? Are people living to work? Or they do work to eventually
live? (Hours after work or after they leave work altogether)
“Why did the accounting people allow pension fraud to carry on for so long?”We
have a lot more information in the pipeline, albeit we’re limited by what we
can say at any one time. The reasons are explained in the video above as well.
Why did the accounting people allow pension fraud to carry on for so long?
Could they not refrain from collaborating. In fact, who does the accounting
anyway? There might be an even more sinister scandal therein and we’re
investigating the matter.
Another question: can one actually withdraw a pension early? The state would
say that’s possible, but companies lie their way or simply hide when the
subject comes up (e..g. bank details specified or time for cheque to pick up
with paperwork signed). The outcome of any hypothetical investigations into
this turn out to be ugly. The pensions seem like a black hole. You can put
money in, or >think you put money in, but you can never take anything out.
“Everyone agrees that pension providers are very sensitive about their brand/
reputation (more so than banks).”Our approach here has been multifaceted; the
goals and methods are many. Since we deal with an actual criminal matter, we
cannot be ignored by pension providers, police etc. They cannot simply turn a
blind eye. Everyone agrees that pension providers are very sensitive about
their brand/reputation (more so than banks). There are several reasons for
this, but those are beyond the scope of this post.
As noted in the video above, many in the “tech” sector have a decent salary and
thus pensions. Employers typically enroll staff as means of lock-in or
“loyalty”. Millions of programmers and GNU/Linux engineers have been subjected
to this, so it is on topic and very much relevant now that the media starts
questioning the viability of pension systems (in the long run). Discussing the
matter can compel them to double-check these things and, in general, it’ll help
guard workers’ rights.
The coming week should be interesting as we investigate along several separate
lines. First, the accountancy. I wrote to them this weekend:
Hi,
I am writing to you as a person who recently resigned from your
client, Sirius Corporation.
You may or may not know this, but Sirius Corporation and a shell
called Sirius Open Source Ltd. changed their company address to your
address this past October. I confronted the company’s CEO in length
over it (40-minute phonecall). He supplies a false address. The
company claims to be based at your address. This CEO resigned only
weeks ago.
To make matter worse, the company committed serious pension fraud, as
confirmed to me and ex-colleagues on April 11. We have formal letters
from Standard Life to share with you. This is now a criminal matter
and a serious issue that may unfold in months to come. It represents
potential reputational harm to your firm.
We expect the the person you’re dealing with might face extradition
proceeding and prosecution for fraud, committed against many people
for years.
I can discuss this over the telephone with you. It’s an urgent
matter.
In addition, we’ll show what happens when you ask a pension provider to explain
lies from many employees, including a manager. We’ll then show what happens
when one asks for an “unauthorised” (but legal) withdrawal.
“The coming week should be interesting as we investigate along several separate
lines.”Finally, we can show what happens when trying to tackle criminals
directly. Imagine the “big boss” pretending that he does not even exist; while
he was stealing a lot of money from his staff in secret he worked out secret
deals, eventually one with Bill Gates under an NDA.
To be very clear, this is not about the money; this is not about “destroying
Sirius” either but about holding criminals fully accountable and doing justice
for the victims, of whom there are many (Standard Life actively obstructs
inquiry into how many).
The crime in this case was committed against GNU/Linux enthusiasts. It was
committed by people who do not even using Linux but are recommending the Linux
Foundation. Yes, that one! Remember that Linux Foundation is not for Linux.
Linux is for Linux Foundation, but Linux Foundation is not for Linux but for
Microsoft et al. It’s not a reciprocal relationship but an exploitative one.
The same is true in Sirius. The company has oppressed and exploited people who
actually use what the company uses in its marketing.
“The bottom line is, the company engaged in fraud (we only found out this year)
and its victims are many people who actually use GNU/Linux, unlike the
perpetrators of the fraud.”For comparison’s sake, to paraphrase a friend,
there’s the Linux Foundation, which has Microsoft staff on the BoD. In Sirius,
the management staff does not use Linux. Then we have the Linux Foundation,
whose director doesn’t even use Linux. Or Linux Foundation, which fails to
protect the kernel from hostile code. In the case of Sirius, money was taken
from Bill Gates in secret. We still cannot figure out what the NDA was meant to
hide and why there was a relocation to Washington. Then we have the Linux
Foundation, whose bureaucrats have higher salaries than key developers.
Remember that Sirius paid its technical staff like 3 or 4 times below market
standards (for this kind of job and working times).
Compare this to the Linux Foundation, which has Linux-hostile board members. In
Sirius, some managers just bullied the staff and oppressed people like it was a
hobby
The Linux Foundation, which advertises for its most hostile competitor, seems
like an apt analogy here for many reasons. The bottom line is, the company
engaged in fraud (we only found out this year) and its victims are many people
who actually use GNU/Linux, unlike the perpetrators of the fraud. █
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Audiocasts/Shows
o Graphics_Stack
o Instructionals/Technical
o WINE_or_Emulation
o Games
o Desktop_Environments/WMs
# K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o Debian_Family
o Devices/Embedded
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o SaaS/Back_End/Databases
o Programming/Development
# Python
* Leftovers
o Science
o Hardware
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Proprietary
o Security
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting
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 Digital_Restrictions_(DRM)
o Monopolies
# Copyrights
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal
o Technical
# Internet/Gemini
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Linux_Around_The_World:_USA_–_Hawaii⠀⇛
We cover user groups that are running in the US state of
Hawaii. This article forms part of our Linux Around The
World series.
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ The_very_first_interview_about_Linux_with
Linus_Torvalds_–_Oct_28,_1992⠀⇛
On October 28th, 1992, the first interview about
Linux — with Linus Torvalds — was published in a
small E-Mail newsletter.
That newsletter, the aptly named “Linux News”, was
written by Lars Wirzenius — a friend, colleague,
and fellow student of Linus Torvalds’ at the
University of Helsinki.
o § Graphics Stack⠀➾
# ⚓ Free Desktop ☛ mesa_23.1.0-rc1⠀⇛
Hello everyone,
I'm happy to announce the start of a new release
cycle with the first
release candidate, 23.1.0-rc1.
If you find any issues, please report them here:
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/mesa/mesa/-/issues/
new
The next release candidate is expected in one week,
on April 19th.
Cheers,
Eric
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Dan Langille ☛ What_runs_on_the_servers_at_home?⠀⇛
The last time I did this inventory was 2018. It is
time for a refresh.
# ⚓ Remy Van Elst ☛ OpenVMS_9.2_for_x86,_Getting_Started_part
2,_auto_boot,_licenses,_PAKs,_networking_and_SSH⠀⇛
This guide is a summarized / shorter version of the
official installation guide. It is tailored for
hobbyist usage using VirtualBox and helps you to
get set up quickly. Please refer to the official
documentation for any questions. The official
documentation is targeted at VMWare ESXi, this
guide is for VirtualBox.
This guide is a follow up on part 1 of my guide.
You should have an installed system in VirtualBox.
Make sure you also have the license files
(x86community-20240401.zip) from https://
sp.vmssoftware.com.
# ⚓ Disassemble_all_ACPI_tables_on_your_system⠀⇛
$ for i in /sys/firmware/acpi/tables/*; do sudo
iasl -p $PWD/$(echo $i | cut -d\/ -f6) $i && sudo
chown $USER $(echo $i | cut -d\/ -f6); done
The fact that Linux exposes the ACPI tables to the
user via sysfs makes them a gold mine of valuable
hardware information for low-level developers.
Looping through each of them and disassembling them
all makes them even more valuable.
⚓ Linux Cloud VPS ☛ How_to_Install_and_Secure_Redis_on_AlmaLinux_9⠀⇛
Redis (or remote dictionary server) is an open-source in-memory data
store, NoSQL database that can be used primarily as an application
cache or database.
⚓ Linux Host Support ☛ How_To_Install_Apache_Spark_on_AlmaLinux_9⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we are going to explain in step-by-step detail how
to install Apache Spark on AlmaLinux 9 OS. Apache Spark is an open-
source unified analytics engine used for data processing large
amounts of data.
⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ How_to_Install_a_LAMP_(Apache,_MySQL/MariaDB,_PHP)_Server_on
Ubuntu⠀⇛
Installing LAMP on Ubuntu is simpler than you might think. Check the
complete guide to know how you can easily install Apache, MySQL, and
PHP on your Ubuntu machine and start building web applications in no
time.
⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ How_to_fix_the_“Read-Only_File_System”_error_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛
If you’re an Ubuntu user and you’ve ever encountered the “Read-Only
File System” error, you know how frustrating it can be. This error
message usually occurs when the file system is set to read-only mode,
which means that you cannot make any changes to the files or
directories on your system. This can be a serious problem, especially
if you need to write or edit files frequently.
⚓ How_to_install_Android_Studio_on_Debian_12_|_11_Linux⠀⇛
Developers can install their favorite Android Studio Flamingo IDE on
Debian 12 Bookworm or 11 Bullseye using the terminal commands given
here. Google’s team is behind the development of a popular IDE i.e
Android Studio so that developers can create Android applications
easily.
⚓ Setup_Snap_Store_in_Debian_12_Bookworm_Linux⠀⇛
To easily get a wide range of free and open-source software using the
Snap Store GUI on Debian 12 Bookworm, here are the commands to
install it using the terminal.
⚓ Steps_to_Reset_your_Root_Password_in_Debian_12_bookworm_Linux⠀⇛
Handling multiple Linux systems or once in a while, there might be
chances of forgetting the root user password. If so, here is the
article to reset the root password on Debian 12 Linux (bookworm)
servers or desktops.
⚓ Linux Capable ☛ MySQL_IF_ELSE_with_Concepts_and_Examples⠀⇛
Are you looking to harness the power of conditional logic in your
MySQL queries? Look no further! In this article, we’ll explore the
concepts of IF ELSE statements in MySQL, learn how to write them and
dive into examples you can apply in your work.
⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Yarn_on_Fedora_Linux⠀⇛
Yarn is a fast, reliable, and secure package manager for JavaScript
designed to provide users with an efficient and seamless way to
manage their project dependencies. Created as a response to the
shortcomings of the npm package manager, Yarn has quickly gained
popularity among developers for its innovative approach to dependency
management.
⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Switch_Git_Branch⠀⇛
Git, a powerful version control system, allows developers to manage
their code effectively by creating and managing multiple branches
within a repository. Branches provide a way to work on different
features, bug fixes, or experimental code without affecting the main
codebase.
⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Node.js_on_Fedora_Linux⠀⇛
Node.js is a powerful, open-source, cross-platform JavaScript runtime
environment that allows developers to build server-side applications
using JavaScript. Initially released in 2009 by Ryan Dahl, Node.js
has become an essential tool for developers across the globe,
enabling them to create high-performance, scalable, and versatile
applications.
⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Calibre_on_Ubuntu_22.04_|_20.04⠀⇛
Calibre is a powerful and versatile open-source e-book management
software that has been a game-changer for avid readers and e-book
enthusiasts. Designed by Kovid Goyal, Calibre offers a one-stop
solution to all your e-book needs, making it an essential tool for
anyone with an extensive digital library.
⚓ Linux Cloud VPS ☛ How_to_Install_and_Secure_Redis_on_AlmaLinux_9⠀⇛
Redis (or remote dictionary server) is an open-source in-memory data
store, NoSQL database that can be used primarily as an application
cache or database. Redis stores its data in memory so that it can
deliver unparalleled speed, reliability, and performance.
⚓ Linux.org ☛ LFCS_–_Setting_up_a_DHCP_Server⠀⇛
Most people may not deal directly with a Dynamic Host Control
Protocol (DHCP) Server. Everyone will connect to the internet at
times and their device is assigned an IP Address. A DHCP Server
assigns the IP Addresses to devices connecting to the specific
network.
⚓ LinuxTechi ☛ How_to_Configure_FreeIPA_Client_on_Ubuntu_22.04_/_20.04⠀⇛
FreeIPA is a powerful open-source identity management system that
provides centralized authentication, authorization, and accounting
services. In this post, we will walk through the steps to configure
FreeIPA client on Ubuntu 22.04 / 20.04.
⚓ Docker_Management_Command_Cheat_Sheet⠀⇛
Docker management commands are used to manage Docker containers,
images, networks, volumes, and much more. Using these commands, you
can interact with the Docker daemon and run containers, build and
push images, manage networks and volumes, and perform many other
tasks.
⚓ Techtown ☛ Top_Keyboard_Shortcuts_for_Windows,_macOS,_and_Linux⠀⇛
Keyboard shortcuts can significantly increase your productivity by
reducing the time spent navigating your computer and performing
repetitive tasks. They allow you to access specific features,
commands, or functions with just a few keystrokes, streamlining your
workflow and enabling you to work more efficiently.
⚓ TecAdmin ☛ A_Step-by-Step_Guide_to_Secure_MySQL_Server_with_SSL/TLS⠀⇛
Ensuring secure connections to your MySQL databases is vital for
protecting sensitive data and maintaining privacy. In this
comprehensive guide, we will walk you through the process of
configuring MySQL secure connections using SSL (Secure Sockets
Layer), helping you establish encrypted communication between clients
and servers.
⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Pre-populate_SFS_.png_and_.specs_files⠀⇛
The first time that you run ‘SFSget’, there is a delay of several
minutes, while .png and .specs files are downloaded. These correspond
to each SFS file available online and provide image and information
in
the GUI.
A few people have asked if this delay could be shortened. Yes, it
can. Those files go into /mnt/wkg/sfs, and now the ’3buildeasydistro’
script in woofQ will pre-populate that path with the .png and .specs
files, so they don’t have to be downloaded.
§ WINE or Emulation⠀➾
* ⚓ Wine_development_release_8.6_is_now_available_for_Linux_FreeBSD_and
macOS⠀⇛
The Wine development release 8.6 is now available.
§ Games⠀➾
* ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ The_Last_of_Us_has_more_Steam_Deck_improvements_and
lots_of_other_fixes⠀⇛
Fires continue to be put out by Naughty Dog and Iron Galaxy as
they fix up The Last of Us, with a new patch landing with lots
of fixes.
* ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ MangoHud_performance_overlay_version_v0.6.9_is_out_now
as_a_nice_update⠀⇛
It’s been a while since the last release but a nice update to
the performance hud and benchmarking tool MangoHud is out now.
This is the tool used for the performance stats on Steam Deck.
* ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ Top_4_New_Games_You_Can_Play_on_Linux_with_Proton_–
April_2023_Edition⠀⇛
We are back with our usual monthly update! Boiling Steam looks
at the latest data dumps from ProtonDB to give you a quick list
of new games that work (pretty much? see ratings) perfectly
with Proton since they were released…
* ⚓ YLE ☛ WSJ:_Gaming_giant_Sega_to_buy_Angry_Birds_firm⠀⇛
Rovio confirmed on Saturday evening that it was in takeover
talks with Japanese video game giant Sega.
§ Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
* ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ LXQt_1.3_Desktop_Environment_Released_with_Wayland
Improvements,_Bug_Fixes⠀⇛
LXQt 1.3 desktop environment is now available with various
improvements to the file manager, panel, terminal, and image
viewer.
* § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾
o ⚓ digiKam_8.0.0_is_released⠀⇛
After two years of development and bugs triage, and
tests, the digiKam team is proud to present the new major
version 8.0.0 of its open source digital photo manager.
See below the list of most important features coming with
this release.
A huge Application as digiKam needs good documentation
for end users, and is well written with plenty of screen-
shots and screen-casts. We have been working many months
to migrate and proof-read the old digiKam documentation
based on DocBook format to a new architecture, more
simple, easy to maintain, and translatable. After 20
years, we left the DocBook manual for the modern Sphinx/
ReStructuredText framework. This one is really a pleasure
to use by documentation writers.
§ Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
* § Debian Family⠀➾
o ⚓ Daniel Pocock ☛ Modern_Slavery_&_Debian_Open_Source⠀⇛
This is analogous to what we see in Debian and other
large free software organizations, where the threat of
public humiliations, in place of dismissal, has become a
common way to exercise some form of coercive control over
individual volunteers.
[...]
If we consent to work in exchange for recognition and if
that recognition is deliberately and maliciously stolen
from us then it is a worse outcome than if we were simply
forced to work while being tied up in chains.
o ⚓ Khochu_Zhit⠀⇛
Our project currently supports Trisquel_GNU/Linux 10
(nabia) & 11 (aramo), PureOS 10 (byzantium), Gnuinos
chimaera, Ubuntu 20.04 (focal) & 22.04 (jammy), Debian 10
(buster) & 11 (bullseye), and Devuan GNU+Linux 4.0
(chimaera). Others can be supported to, please open an
issue about it, although my focus is on FSDG-compliant
distributions and their upstreams.
* § Devices/Embedded⠀➾
o ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ ESP_Terminal_is_equipped_with_3.5”_Capacitive
Touch_display_and_2MP_camera⠀⇛
The ESP Terminal from Elecrow is a handheld device based
on the ESP32-S3-WROOM Wi-Fi + Bluetooth LE
microcontroller. The compact device includes multiple
terminal connectors for sensors and LiPo battery support.
* § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
o ⚓ Winners_and_Losers:_Android_gets_a_space-saving_update_as_YouTube
locks_SharePlay_behind_a_paywall⠀⇛
o ⚓ India Times ☛ Irctc:_IRCTC_has_a_‘warning’_for_all_Android
smartphone_users_–_Times_of_India⠀⇛
o ⚓ Sportskeeda ☛ How_to_record_a_phone_call_on_Android_in_2023⠀⇛
o ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Indiedroid_Nova_is_a_Rockchip_RK3588S_SBC_with
full-body_heatsink,_fan,_and_a_swappable_eMMC_flash_–_CNX
Software⠀⇛
o ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ Android_13_starts_rolling_out_for_2020′s_LG_Wing;
it’s_the_last_system_update_for_LG’s_last_smartphone_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛
o ⚓ GSM Arena ☛ The_LG_Wing_is_finally_receiving_an_Android_13_update
–_GSMArena.com_news⠀⇛
§ Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
* ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ Some_thoughts_on_OpenSSH_versus_SSH⠀⇛
When I started to write yesterday’s entry on how OpenSSH
certificates aren’t X.509 certificates, I initially titled it
as being about ‘SSH certificates’. This wouldn’t be unusual;
Matthew Garrett’s article We need better support for SSH host
certificates also uses ‘SSH’ here. I changed my entry’s title
out of a sense of pickyness, because although OpenSSH is the
dominant SSH implementation, it’s not the only one. Or maybe it
is, depending on your perspective, or at least the only SSH
that matters and so we might as well talk about ‘SSH
certificates’.
* ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ Wike_is_a_Wikipedia_Reader_for_Linux_Desktops⠀⇛
Wike is a GTK4/libadwaita Wikipedia reader for Linux. It’s sort
of like a site-specific browser for Wikipedia but offers
additional features and better integration than a standard
browser tab can.
* ⚓ The New Stack ☛ Walkthrough:_Bitwarden’s_New_Secrets_Manager⠀⇛
It was only a matter of time before a popular password manager,
such as Bitwarden, would create a secrets manager…
* § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾
o ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ PGroonga_3.0.0_–_Multilingual_fast_full_text
search⠀⇛
Hi,
PGroonga 3.0.0 has been released!
NOTE: If you’re a PGroonga 1.Y.Z user, PGroonga 3.0.0 has
an incompatible change! If you’re a PGroonga 2.Y.Z user,
PGroonga 3.0.0 does NOT have an incompatible change.
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇:-)⦈
See also release announce blog post: https://groonga.org/
en/blog/2023/04/13/pgroonga-3.0.0.html
§ About PGroonga
PGroonga is a PostgreSQL extension that makes PostgreSQL
fast full text search platform for all languages! It’s
released under PostgreSQL license.
o ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ DB_Doc_10.2_released⠀⇛
Yohz_Software has released DB_Doc_10.2, the PostgreSQL
schema documentation tool, and is available for immediate
download.
* § Programming/Development⠀➾
o ⚓ Wrlach ☛ Neural_networks_mystify_me⠀⇛
Neural networks (there really there is nothing “neural”
about them) are really not new: I remember hearing about
that as an undergraduate in the early 2000s (and I think
they were rather old hat even then). At the time, they
were pretty much dismissed as a warmed-over model of
behaviorism, unlikely to be useful anywhere except
perhaps in a few simplistic applications. Based on what I
saw at the time, I agreed and basically bought into the
idea that computers are mainly useful as an adjunct to
human processes, systems and intuition.
o ⚓ Jason Swett ☛ What_a_flaky_test_is_and_why_they’re_hard_to_fix⠀⇛
The fact that the flakiness usually can’t be reproduced
locally means that it’s harder to reproduce and diagnose
the buggy behavior of the flaky tests.
In addition to the fact that flaky tests often only flake
on CI, the fact that flaky tests don’t fail consistently
adds to the difficulty of fixing them.
Despite these difficulties, I’ve developed some tactics
and strategies for fixing flaky tests that consistently
lead to success. In this post I’ll give a detailed
account of how I fix flaky tests.
o ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ How_to_Validate_Date_String_in_PHP:_Exploring_Multiple
Options⠀⇛
Date validation is an essential part of many web
applications, as it ensures that users input correct and
meaningful dates. PHP, a popular server-side scripting
language, offers several functions to help developers
validate date strings with ease.
o ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ 12_Tips_to_Secure_Your_MySQL_Database_Server:_Best
Practices_and_Techniques⠀⇛
Securing your MySQL database is vital to protect
sensitive data and prevent unauthorized access.
o ⚓ Spidermonkey_Development_Blog:_SpiderMonkey_Newsletter_(Firefox
112-113)⠀⇛
SpiderMonkey is the JavaScript engine used in Mozilla
Firefox. This newsletter gives an overview of the
JavaScript and WebAssembly work we’ve done as part of the
Firefox 112 and 113 Nightly release cycles.
o § Python⠀➾
# ⚓ James G ☛ CS193p⠀⇛
Flash forward years later and I found myself in
love with programming, particularly Python and the
web. CS193p was both exactly for what I was looking
and not quite right for me at the same time: a
demonstration of what was possible with
programming, but that was missing the same allure
that I found in Python later in my coding journey.
§ Leftovers⠀➾
* ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Sufficiently_Advanced_Tech:_Has_Bugs⠀⇛
Arthur C. Clarke said that “Any sufficiently advanced
technology is indistinguishable from magic”. He was a sci-fi
writer, though, and not a security guy. Maybe it should read
“Any sufficiently advanced tech has security flaws”. Because
this is the story of breaking into a car through its headlight.
* ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Even_Making_Trivial_Decisions_Can_Be_Draining,_But_You
Can_Make_It_Easier⠀⇛
What to do?
* § Science⠀➾
o ⚓ Mark Dominus ☛ I_liked_this_simple_calculus_exercise⠀⇛
A recent Math SE question asked for help computing the
value of $$\int_0^{2000} e^{x/2-\left\lfloor x/
2\right\rfloor}\; dx.\tag{$\star$}$$
Often when I see someone’s homework problems I exclaim
“what blockhead TA assigned this?” But I think this is a
really good exercise. Here’s why.
o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ This_1,000-Year-Old_Stone_Tablet_May’ve_Been_a
Maya_Sports_‘Scoreboard’⠀⇛
Who’s winning?
* § Hardware⠀➾
o ⚓ Tedium ☛ Socket_To_Me:_Why_the_processor_socket,_an_important
part_of_most_desktop_computers,_lost_its_upgrade_path_as_computers
became_smaller_and_more_integrated.⠀⇛
The evidence is getting stronger by the day that our
computers are becoming less upgradable, with more things
soldered on, glued in, and screwed down than ever. Part
of this is a side effect of our computers getting
smaller, but part of it also is a direct result of the
companies that make our computing devices getting more
protective over who can open up a machine. One company,
whose name rhymes with “map pull,” has even gained a
reputation for removing once-common upgradability options
like RAM and storage. Because who needs a 512GB SSD
anyway? It’s with this in mind that I’d like to frame
today’s Tedium around the processor socket, an important
part of building a computer from scratch. Make sure you
have your pins all lined up. — Ernie @ Tedium
o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Tower_Records_in_Japan!⠀⇛
Seeing the No Music No Life merchandise and contemporary
English music interspersed with K-Pop and Japanese
virtual streamers… it was uncanny.
o ⚓ Ben Congdon ☛ The_Soul_of_an_Old_Machine⠀⇛
I strongly considered keeping the old MBP as a momento of
this now-closed chapter of my life, but ultimately
decided on recycling it. One less piece of old hardware
sitting around, and hopefully Apple actually is able to
salvage some materials from it.
o ⚓ Nelson Elhage ☛ Efficiency_trades_off_against_resiliency⠀⇛
What’s the “right” level of CPU utilization for a server?
If you look at a monitoring dashboard from a well-
designed and well-run service, what CPU utilization
should we hope to see, averaged over a day or two?
It’s a very general question, and it’s not clear it
should have a single answer. That said, for a long time,
I generally believed that higher is always better: we
should aim for as close to 100% utilization as we can.
Why? Well, anything less than 100% represents unused
hardware capacity, which means we’re wasting resources.
If a service isn’t maxing out its CPU, we could move it
onto a smaller instance or run some additional work on
that node.
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Better_Laser_Cuts:_Know_Your_Kerf⠀⇛
The recent crop of laser cutters are nothing short of
miraculous. For a few hundred dollars you can get a
machine that can easily engrave and — subject to
materials — cut well, too. [Nate] has been taking
advantage of a laser to make boxes that join together
using finger joinery. The problem is, the pieces have to
fit exactly to get a good box. While setting dimensions
in software is fine, you need to account for how much
material the laser removes — something traditional
woodworkers and machinists know as kerf.
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Noninvasive_Sensors_For_Brain–Machine_Interfaces_Based
On_Micropatterned_Epitaxial_Graphene⠀⇛
As fun as brain-computer interfaces (BCI) are, for the
best results they tend to come with the major asterisk of
requiring the cutting and lifting of a section of the
skull in order to implant a Utah array or similar
electrode system. A non-invasive alternative consists out
of electrodes which are placed on the skin, yet at a
reduced resolution. These electrodes are the subject of a
recent experiment by [Shaikh Nayeem Faisal] and
colleagues in ACS Applied NanoMaterials employing
graphene-coated electrodes in an attempt to optimize
their performance.
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ 3D_Printed_Tool_Lets_You_Measure_Component_Reels
Easily⠀⇛
Component reels are a highly-0ptimized packaging format.
They deliver components to pick and place machines for
effective high-speed assembly. As more of us get into
working with SMD components, we’re exposed to them as
well. [MG] wanted a way to easily measure tape from
component reels, which is difficult because they’re often
curled up. Thus, they whipped up a nifty little tool for
the job.
o ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ HDD_Sales_Crater,_Drop_35%_Year-over-Year⠀⇛
Unit shipments of nearline drives suffer the most in the
first quarter as exascalers remain cautious.
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Relive_The_Glory_Days_Of_Sun_Workstations⠀⇛
When the IBM PC first came out, it was little more than a
toy. The serious people had Sun or Apollo workstations.
These ran Unix, and had nice (for the day) displays and
network connections. They were also expensive, especially
considering what you got. But now, QEMU can let you
relive the glory days of the old Sun workstations by
booting SunOS 4 (AKA Solaris 1.1.2) on your PC today.
[John Millikin] shows you how in step-by-step detail.
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Real_Radar_Scope_CRT_Shows_Flights_Using_ADS-B⠀⇛
Real-time flight data used to be something that was only
available to air traffic controllers, hunched over radar
scopes in darkened rooms watching the comings and goings
of flights as glowing phosphor traces on their screens.
But that was then; now, flight tracking is as simple as
pulling up a web page. But where’s the fun in that?
* § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Supreme_Court_Temporarily_Blocks_Mifepristone
Restrictions_in_a_Rare_Win_for_Abortion_Rights⠀⇛
The decision, issued Friday, delays a ruling from a
federal appeals court and will allow abortion providers
to continue providing the drug as usual for now.
o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Thailand,_Indonesia_readying_for_holidays-
fuelled_spike_in_Covid-19_cases⠀⇛
Thailand is anticipating a spike following Songkran,
while Indonesia is set to witness the biggest wave of
travellers during Hari Raya Aidilfitri.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Boy’s_Suicide_in_Poland_Spurs_Backlash_Against
State_Media_Tactics⠀⇛
A public radio station in the city of Szczecin is under
fire for helping to identify a 15-year-old sex abuse
victim, the son of a local opposition politician, who
later killed himself.
o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Cold_Temperatures_Seem_to_Have_a_Mysterious
Effect_on_Longevity⠀⇛
This could be the secret.
o ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ What_exactly_is_ghee,_and_why_do_people_love
it?⠀⇛
Janet Blaser examines this ‘liquid gold’ that’s in Indian
cuisine for centuries and has recently become the newest
trendy health food.
o ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Weed,_water_and_welfare:_the_week_at_the
mañaneras⠀⇛
President López Obrador addressed marijuana licensing,
water shortages, hospital improvements and more at the
weekday morning pressers.
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ As_Paper_Shows_Benefits_of_Expanded_Child_Tax
Credit,_Sinema_Challenger_Gallego_Says_‘Bring_It_Back’⠀⇛
“Bring it back.”
o ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Kamala_Harris_rallies_as_high_court_eyes
abortion_pill_rules⠀⇛
Vice President Kamala Harris is urging Americans to take
action during “a critical point in our nation’s history”
as thousands of people protested new limits to abortion
rights in demonstrations across the country. The
nationwide rallies come after the U.S. Supreme Court
intervened Friday to delay rule changes that would have
limited the way the abortion drug mifepristone could be
used and dispensed, to give itself more time to review
the matter more thoroughly. Harris made a surprise stop
at a rally in Los Angeles on Saturday where she called
the latest upheaval over abortion rights a further
incursion by conservatives into myriad “fundamental
rights.”
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘He_Needs_to_Be_Investigated’:_Abortion_Case
Judge_Potentially_Hid_Law_Review_Article_From_Senate⠀⇛
Calls for an investigation into Judge Matthew J.
Kacsmaryk mounted Saturday after The Washington
Postrevealed that the U.S. judge behind a temporarily
blocked ruling against an abortion medication may have
taken his name off of a controversial law review article
as he sought a nomination to the federal bench from then-
President Donald Trump.
o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Australians_push_for_greater_flexibility_to
work_from_home_after_Covid-19_transforms_workplace⠀⇛
Nation’s 150,000 federal civil servants are demanding
unlimited work from home rights.
o ⚓ James G ☛ Loneliness⠀⇛
Note: This post discusses loneliness. I’m okay. Let me
say that again. I’m okay. I feel more connected than I
have in a long time. With that said, if it weren’t for my
friends being open about their experiences with
loneliness — and the encouragement I received to talk
about my feelings — I may not have written this essay. I
hope my experience below is helpful to someone and
conveys one key point: if you experience or have
experienced loneliness, you are not the only one. Let my
post below be a testament to that.
o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Eid_in_Indonesia:_E-commerce_businesses
continue_to_flourish_even_with_Covid-19_curbs_eased⠀⇛
But this year’s Lebaran shopping may be the last wave of
pent-up demand after economic reopening.
o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Blood_Test_For_a_Sugar_Molecule_May_Eventually
Help_Early_Detection_of_Alzheimer’s⠀⇛
A new warning system.
* § Proprietary⠀➾
o ⚓ Vox ☛ Is_Twitter_finally_dying?⠀⇛
So Twitter isn’t dead. But it’s getting there.
If you’re on Twitter today, you’re likely experiencing an
app that is more frequently broken, more random, and more
unhinged. The site has seen a sustained uptick in outages
and bugs. Many users are complaining about seeing more
content in the new For You feed that they don’t want to
see. There are active neo-Nazis on the platform. And just
this week, NPR and PBS, two major news outlets with over
10 million combined followers, stopped using the
platform, saying they had lost faith in Musk’s decision-
making after he slapped a “government-funded media” label
on the accounts.
o ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_brief,_eventful_history_of_Twitter_under_Elon_Musk⠀⇛
Yesterday (April 14) marks one year since Elon Musk
announced his offer to buy Twitter. And what an eventful
year it was. First came some backpedaling by Musk, and
legal challenges surrounding the acquisition. After the
Musk era officially began, there were mass layoffs and
changes to the platform…
o ⚓ The Hill ☛ New_Twitter_settings_could_hinder_timely_storm
warnings:_National_Weather_Service⠀⇛
The National Weather Service (NWS) is warning that
Twitter’s limit on automated tweets could hinder its
ability to post timely storm and other weather updates.
The NWS Tsunami Warning Center and several other local
NWS offices tweeted out posts alerting their followers
that the platform’s new restrictions could prevent them
from being able to post all updates about weather events
that they normally would.
o ⚓ Tom MacWright ☛ The_one_about_AI⠀⇛
I feel in the middle, as someone who writes prose and
code on a regular basis but also helps guide companies,
people, and do other sorts of founder stuff. All I’m
saying is, whichever way it turns out, spare me in the
revolution.
o ⚓ Xe’s Blog ☛ Automuse:_A_System_for_Generating_Fiction_Novels⠀⇛
If you know of any AI/Machine
Learning scientific journals or academic conferences, I
have an academic paper version of this post available
here. I would love to submit this paper to be formally
published, but I’m not sure where to send it.
o ⚓ Chris Ferris ☛ Pen_Testing_AWS⠀⇛
Thirteen pages later, I realized I didn’t write a blog
post but a white paper. I was going to post it over at
PrimeHarbor, along with a post on how to get an AWS
PenTest, but then Nick Jones penned an excellent blog
post On AWS Penetration Testing.
o ⚓ Greece ☛ Cyber_gang_blackmails_Cypriot_university_to_pay_$100K
[iophk: Windows TCO]⠀⇛
According to experts, the Medusa ransomware terminates
crucial services and processes for Windows operating
programs and penetrates file backup systems while
targeting mail servers, database servers, and security
software.
o ⚓ Eric Hameleers ☛ Update_available_for_Chromium_112_to_address
zero-day_exploit⠀⇛
Chromium, regular and un-googled. Two days ago on friday,
Google released an out-of-cycle stable update. This
112.0.5615.121 update addresses and fixes a zero-day
exploit (CVE-2023-2033) which is already actively abused.
* § Security⠀➾
o § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Russia-pushed_UN_Cybercrime_Treaty_may
rewrite_global_law._It’s_…_not_great⠀⇛
The UN Cybercrime Treaty, to the extent it gets
adopted, is expected to define global norms for
lawful surveillance and legal processes available
to investigate and prosecute cybercriminals. And
what has emerged so far contemplates [PDF] more
than 30 new cybercrime offenses, with few
concessions to free speech or human rights.
This fifth negotiating session involves
representatives from more than 100 member states
trying to come up with draft chapters covering
international cooperation, technical assistance,
cybercrime prevention, implementation details and
other provisions.
* § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ ‘Leave_As_Soon_As_Possible’:_New_Conscription_Law_Raises
Fresh_Fears_Of_Mobilization_At_Home_And_Abroad⠀⇛
The new April 14 law modifies Russia’s military service
rules that previously required the in-person delivery of
notices to conscripts and reservists who are called up
for duty. Now, the notices issued by local military
conscription offices will also be sent electronically and
be considered valid from the moment they are put on a
state portal for electronic services, known as Gosuslug.
The law will also set up an electronic registry of all
people required to serve and collect their personal data
while creating a public list of all those who have been
summoned for military service.
Unlike in September, however, fleeing abroad is not as
straightforward of a process as before, with the list of
possible countries to receive Russian citizens shrinking.
o ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Sudan’s_army_and_rival_force_battle,
killing_at_least_27⠀⇛
Sudan’s military and a powerful paramilitary force have
engaged in fierce fighting in the capital and elsewhere
in country. A Sudanese doctor’s group says at least 27
people were killed and more than 180 wounded as the two
forces battled Saturday with armored vehicles, machine
guns and airstrikes. The fighting delivered a new blow to
recent hopes of an eventual transition to democracy and
it raised fears of a wider conflict as fighting continued
into Saturday night. The clashes capped months of
heightened tensions between the armed forces and the
Rapid Support Forces group. Those tensions had delayed a
deal with political parties to get the country back to
its short-lived transition to democracy.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukrainian_Soldiers_Freeze_Sperm_as_a_Way_to_Defy
Russia⠀⇛
Some Ukrainian soldiers are trying to ensure that even if
they die in the war, their partner can still build a
family. They also want to send Russia a message of
defiance.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Death_Toll_From_Russian_Strike_in_Sloviansk,
Ukraine,_Climbs⠀⇛
Rescuers were searching through rubble a day after the
city of Sloviansk was struck as fighting raged in
Bakhmut.
o ⚓ France24 ☛ Death_toll_mounts_in_Sudan_as_army,_paramilitary_fight
for_power⠀⇛
Fighting in the Sudanese capital raged into the early
hours of Sunday after a day of deadly battles between
paramilitaries and the regular army that left at least 56
people dead and nearly 600 wounded.
o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China_rocket_launch_sends_debris_into_sea
near_Taiwan,_Taipei_authorities_report⠀⇛
China said Sunday it had launched a satellite into orbit,
with authorities in Taiwan saying rocket debris had
fallen into the sea where Beijing announced a no-sail
zone this week. Maritime authorities in China’s eastern
Fujian province this week banned ships from an area north
of Taiwan from 9:00 am (0100 GMT) to 3:00 pm
o ⚓ JURIST ☛ Human_rights_groups_criticize_Iraq_decision_making
Yazidi_sexual_violence_survivors_file_criminal_complaints_to
receive_reparations⠀⇛
A group of NGOs including Human Rights Watch (HRW) and
Amnesty International Friday released a joint statement
criticizing the Iraqi government’s decision to require
applicants for reparations under the Yazidi Survivors Law
to file a criminal complaint.
o ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_and_UK_target_Russian_oligarch_affiliates_in_latest
round_of_sanctions⠀⇛
The US and UK governments last week unveiled a batch of
sanctions against individuals and entities who have
allegedly enabled Russian oligarchs on the UK’s
designated sanctions list to access their external
assets.
o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ US_Arms_Industry_Planning_First_Taiwan_Trip_in_Four
Years⠀⇛
When asked about the prospect of US companies jointly
producing arms with Taiwan, a Biden administration
official expressed support for the idea.
o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ G-7_to_discuss_‘common_and_concerted’
approach_to_China,_US_official_says⠀⇛
Foreign ministers from the world’s wealthiest nations are
set to discuss China’s actions involving Taiwan.
o ⚓ Convict_who_started_the_fire_at_Madımak_Hotel_in_Sivas_may_be
released⠀⇛
The Constitutional Court ruled that Yunis Karataş who
started the fire that caused the Sivas Massacre in 1993
has “committed a terror crime” but cannot be evaluated as
a “terror convict” since the latter requires the presence
of a definite terrorist organization.
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ A_Path_to_Peace_in_Yemen⠀⇛
A delegation from Saudi Arabia has arrived in Yemen’s
capital Sana’a alongside Omani negotiators with the aim
of reaching a resolution to the protracted war in Yemen.
This marks a major turning point in a conflict that began
more than eight years ago and has been characterized as a
stalemate between Yemen’s Houthis and a coalition of
anti-Houthi forces backed and led by Saudi Arabia and the
United Arab Emirates (UAE).
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Zelensky_sanctions_Sergey_Shoigu’s_daughter,_several
famous_athletes,_and_Yandex_—_Meduza⠀⇛
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky signed two
orders, which put into effect the recommendations of
Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, to
sanction more than 400 individuals, as well as 241
companies, with connections to Russia.
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ What’s_Needed_for_True_Peace_in_Yemen⠀⇛
The news that Saudi officials, who have been leading a
bombing campaign in Yemen for eight years, met with the
Houthi officials who control much of the country on April
9 to possibly renew a truce that ended in October is
positive. But a renewed truce that does not address the
harm that warring parties have caused to Yemen’s
civilians will not be sustainable without accountability.
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Kazan_residents_report_audible_explosions_outside_city.
Emergency_services_say_there_have_been_no_reports._—_Meduza⠀⇛
Residents of Kazan posted on social media about audible
explosions in the area of a tank training ground, writes
local publication Inkazan. Journalists for the outlet
reported that a column of smoke was visible from the
southern part of the city as well as from surrounding
villages.
o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ War_would_bring_disaster_to_China_too,_says
Taiwan_presidential_contender_William_Lai⠀⇛
Mr Lai says a war would have no winners.
o ⚓ France24 ☛ Left_in_limbo:_Afghan_refugees_in_Albania⠀⇛
In August 2021, when the US hurriedly pulled out of
Afghanistan, it organised an airlift to evacuate those
who had worked with NATO forces and found themselves
threatened by the Taliban. These evacuations became
chaotic and not everyone made it out. Meanwhile,
Washington insisted on security checks for the Afghans
and asked third countries to take some of them in while
their visa requests were processed. Albania is one of 27
countries that are now home to Afghan refugees. FRANCE
24′s Nadia Bletry and Thierry Trelluyer went to meet some
of them and found that in many cases, their lives are
still in limbo a year and a half later.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Wagner_Group_Head_Urges_Moscow_To_Wind_Down_War_In
Ukraine⠀⇛
Yevgeny Prigozhin, the Kremlin-connected businessman who
controls the Wagner mercenary group that is playing a
leading role in the fighting in eastern Ukraine, has said
that a long conflict in Ukraine could lead to the
dissolution of Russia.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine,_Russia_Mark_Orthodox_Easter_With_Large_Prisoner
Exchange⠀⇛
Russia and Ukraine completed a prisoner exchange that
resulted in the return of 130 Ukrainian prisoners,
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s chief of staff,
Andriy Yermak, wrote on Telegram on April 16.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Zelenskiy_Calls_For_Immediate_‘Security_Guarantees’_For
Ukraine⠀⇛
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy has called for
“effective security guarantees for Ukraine” immediately,
even as rescue work continues following a Russian air
strike in the Donetsk region city of Slovyansk that left
at least 11 civilians dead.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Poland_Bans_Import_Of_Ukrainian_Grain,_Other_Produce_To
Protect_Local_Farmers⠀⇛
Poland has banned the import of grain and other food
items from Ukraine after farmers said their incomes were
cut by the duty-free movement of large quantities of
Ukrainian produce.
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Hungary_Joins_Poland_in_Banning_Grain_Imports
From_Ukraine⠀⇛
The move is a diplomatic setback for Kyiv, and further
raises the stakes of negotiations to renew a deal on
shipments via the Black Sea.
o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Polish_Ban_on_Ukrainian_Grain_and_Food
Imports_to_Apply_to_Transit,_Says_Minister⠀⇛
A Polish ban on imports of Ukrainian grain and other food
will also apply to the transit of these products through
the country…
o ⚓ France24 ☛ Poland_bans_Ukrainian_grain_imports_to_protect_local
farmers⠀⇛
Poland on Saturday banned imports of grain and other food
from Ukraine to protect local farmers, said the governing
party’s leader. Earlier in the day, Brazilian President
Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said the US should stop
“encouraging war” in Ukraine “and start talking about
peace” on the third day of his state visit to China.
Follow our blog to see how the day’s events unfolded. All
times are Paris time (GMT + 2).
o ⚓ RFA ☛ Grassroots_efforts_in_border_areas_address_mental_anguish
for_Myanmar_refugees⠀⇛
After escaping conflict, refugees face new anxieties in
border areas, including risk of arrest
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Azerbaijani_Weightlifters_To_Boycott_Armenia-Hosted
Championships_After_Flag_Incident⠀⇛
Officials in Baku say Azerbaijani athletes will boycott
the European Weightlifting Championships in the Armenian
capital of Yerevan and return home after an Azerbaijani
flag was set afire by an apparent intruder at an opening
ceremony late on April 14.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Fighting_Rages_In_Ukraine’s_Bakhmut_As_Death_Toll_In
Slovyansk_Climbs_To_11⠀⇛
Intense fighting between Ukrainian and Russian forces
raged in the devastated town of Bakhmut on April 15 as
the death toll from a Russian strike in nearby Slovyansk
climbed to 11.
o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ South_Korea_fires_warning_shots_after_North’s
boat_crosses_sea_border⠀⇛
The incursion came as tension flared over the North’s
stepped up military activities in recent weeks.
o ⚓ NYPost ☛ South_Korea_fires_warning_shots_after_North’s_boat
crosses_sea_border⠀⇛
South Korea fired warning shots toward a North Korean
vessel that crossed the maritime border on Saturday,
South Korea’s military said a day after the incident
which came amid recent tension over the North’s missile
tests.
o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_launches_weather_satellite,_flights
avoid_no-fly_zone_to_north_of_Taiwan⠀⇛
Taiwan’s defence ministry said some debris had fallen
into the ‘warning zone’, but they did not affect the
island’s territorial safety.
* § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾
o ⚓ Salon ☛ American_prophet:_Nearing_the_end_of_his_life,_Daniel
Ellsberg_can’t_be_confined_to_the_past⠀⇛
After working inside the U.S. war machinery as a military
analyst employed by the RAND Corporation, Ellsberg became
its highest-ranking operative to opt out, bravely
throwing sand in its gears by revealing the top-secret
Pentagon Papers, at risk of spending the rest of his life
in prison. That 7,000-page study, an internal Defense
Department history of U.S. involvement in Vietnam,
exposed lies about U.S. policies that had been told under
four successive presidents. During the 52 years since
then, Ellsberg has continually provided key information
and cogent analysis of the pretexts for U.S. wars, and
has also focused on what those wars have actually meant
in human terms.
* § Environment⠀➾
o § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ China_auto_show_highlights_intense
electric_car_competition⠀⇛
Global and Chinese automakers plan to unveil more
than a dozen new electric SUVs, sedans and muscle
cars this week at the Shanghai auto show, their
first full-scale sales event in four years in a
market that its developing its own EVs, self-
driving cars and other futuristic technology.
Global automakers are competing to roll out
appealing electric vehicles in the technology’s
biggest, most crowded market after the ruling
Communist Party invested billions of dollars in
subsidies to buy an early lead in an emerging
industry. They face intense competition from young
but aggressive Chinese brands with fast-developing
technology and lower prices.
o § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Why_to_Be_a_Capitol_Hill_Citizen⠀⇛
Spring, the season of renewal, is here. The ants
are diligently building their little symmetrical
ant hills. The robins are in their nests occupied
with posterity. And the anointed members of
Congress, after a long recess, aka vacation, return
to work on April 17th. The next day, April 18th is
the deadline for filing taxes.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Indian_tigers_may_one_day_roar_in
Cambodia’s_forests⠀⇛
India’s successful tiger conservation is leading it
to work on a relocation project with Cambodia.
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Fishing_nets_banned_to_protect_endangered_Saimaa_seal
pups_in_Finnish_lake_district⠀⇛
The Saimaa ringed seal, which is only found in
southeast Finland, is one of the world’s rarest
seal species, and “remains on the verge of
extinction” according to the WWF.
# ⚓ NYPost ☛ Archeologists_in_Italy_unearth_ancient_dolphin
statuette⠀⇛
Ancient Romans controlled the city by around 275
B.C., renaming it Paestum from the Greek
“Poseidonia,” in what had before been Magna
Graecia.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Ancient_Mega-Fish_Was_a_Giant_Swimming
Mouth_With_a_Tiny_Body⠀⇛
Terrifying.
* § Finance⠀➾
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Denmark_Distances_Itself_From_Adherence_to_ESG
Criteria_With_Israeli_Arms_Deal⠀⇛
Denmark has in recent years made efforts to enhance its
image as a champion of ESG and business ethics. In
certain sectors this has been successful, not least in
tech. But the country’s ongoing liaison with an Israeli
arms dealer has brought into question its approach to
ethics and human rights.
o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Be_a_Capitol_Hill_Citizen_on_Your_Congress⠀⇛
Congress should be viewed as a criminogenic enterprise.
o ⚓ France24 ☛ Will_Turkey’s_inflation_crisis_damage_Erdogan’s_re-
election_chances?⠀⇛
A month before Turkey goes to the polls on May 14, the
country’s inflation crisis is a major campaign theme as
the six main opposition parties rally around Kemal
Kilicdaroglu to create the strongest challenge yet to
President Recep Tayyip Erdogan. But analysts say
discontent with Erdogan’s economic management will not
automatically translate into votes for Kilicdaroglu –
especially given the prominence of cultural issues in
Turkish politics.
o ⚓ Axios ☛ America_is_not_ready_for_retirement⠀⇛
After a tumultuous year in the markets, America’s
preparedness for retirement has gotten shakier.
By the numbers: More than half — 52% — of Americans are
not on track to comfortably pay for their
retirement,according to a new_report from Fidelity, the
nation’s largest provider of 401(k) plans.
o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_releases_HK$3,000_in_first_phase
of_consumption_vouchers_scheme⠀⇛
Hong Kong has released the first phase of this year’s
consumption vouchers scheme, allowing residents to
collect HK$3,000 in their digital payment accounts.
o ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Fiscal_Insanity:_The_Government_Borrows_$6_Billion
a_Day,_and_We’re_Stuck_with_the_Bill⠀⇛
John whitehead We’re not living the American dream. We’re
living a financial nightmare. The US government is
funding its existence with a credit card.
o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Reserve_Bank’s_close_April_decision_on
show⠀⇛
The thinking behind the Reserve Bank of Australia’s
decision to hold interest rates steady after 10 hikes in
a row will be laid out in the board meeting minutes due
this week.
* § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Poland_temporarily_halts_Ukrainian_grain_imports_—
Meduza⠀⇛
The government of Poland has decided to temporarily limit
imports of grain and a variety of other food products
from Ukraine, according to the Cabinet of Ministers’
website.
o ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Problems_With_The_Standard_Story_Of_The
Revolutionary_War_And_The_Constitution⠀⇛
The standard story is wrong about the causes of the
Revolutionary War. The Founders Constitution doesn’t
protect individual rights.
o ⚓ France24 ☛ French_far-right_veteran_Jean-Marie_Le_Pen
hospitalised_after_‘mild’_heart_attack⠀⇛
Jean-Marie Le Pen, the veteran leader of the far-right in
France, suffered a “mild heart attack” and was taken to
hospital on Saturday, a close source said.
o ⚓ France24 ☛ Macron_signs_controversial_pension_reform_into_law_as
unions_accuse_him_of_‘contempt’⠀⇛
French President Emmanuel Macron signed his unpopular
pension reform into law on Saturday, prompting
accusations from unions and the left that he was showing
“contempt” for those behind a three-month protest
movement.
o ⚓ France24 ☛ Japanese_PM_Kishida_resumes_campaigning_following
‘smoke_bomb’_incident⠀⇛
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida resumed campaigning
on Saturday after being evacuated unharmed from the scene
of an apparent “smoke bomb” blast.
o ⚓ Meduza ☛ Saakashvili_answers_Navalny’s_letter_of_support,_calling
him_Russia’s_future_president_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Mikheil Saakashvili responded to Russian opposition
politician Alexey Navalny, who called on the authorities
of Georgia to release Saakashvili from prison for medical
treatment. Saakashvili published his statement on
Facebook.
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Is_Elon_Musk_the_Worst_Businessman_in_the
World?⠀⇛
Even billionaires get things wrong. But none more so than
Elon Musk, who, a year after announcing his bid to buy
Twitter, has squandered every opportunity he’s had to
make the social-media company a success.
o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Biden_Should_Prioritize_the_Climate_Emergency,
Not_LNG_Profits,_at_G7_Meeting⠀⇛
The G7 (Group of Seven) Ministers’ Meeting on Climate,
Energy and Environment is meeting today, bringing
together the world’s seven wealthiest nations. The cost
of the climate emergency that is once again tipping the
scales out of favor for BIPOC communities—and especially
women of color—should take precedence at the meeting, but
this is unlikely. Instead, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
lobbyists are making LNG a major trade priority to
increase their profits and prop up the fossil fuel
industry.
o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Chris_Hedges:_Taking_Back_Our_Universities_From
Corporate_Apparatchiks⠀⇛
American universities are appendages of the corporate
state. Educators are increasingly poorly paid, denied
benefits and job security while senior administrators pay
themselves obscene salaries.
o ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Jack_Teixeira:_Leak_Dumps_Don’t_Care_about_(the
Story_You_Tell_about)_Motive⠀⇛
The Discord Leaks are a leak dump. They may have more in
common with past leak dumps than a lot of past leak dump
journalists would like to admit.
o ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ OffG’s_Quick_Take:_The_Pentagon_“leaks”⠀⇛
The news the last few days so has been about the “leaked”
Pentagon documents concerning the “special military
operation” in Ukraine, and the apparent arrest of the
young man responsible.
o ⚓ Security Week ☛ Online_Gaming_Chats_Have_Long_Been_Spy_Risk_for
US_Military⠀⇛
Step into a U.S. military recreation hall at a base
almost anywhere in the world and you’re bound to see it:
young troops immersed in the world of online games, using
government-funded gaming machines or their own consoles.
The enthusiasm military personnel have for gaming — and
the risk that carries — is in the spotlight after Jack
Teixeira, a 21-year-old Massachusetts Air National
Guardsman, was charged with illegally taking and posting
highly classified material in a geopolitical chat room on
Discord, a social media platform that started as a
hangout for gamers.
o ⚓ NPR ☛ How_the_Boston_Marathon_bombings_changed_Twitter,_media_and
how_we_process_tragedy⠀⇛
“Once I saw the photo I took, I was like, ‘People need to
see this. People need to know what happened and what it
looked like firsthand,’” he told NPR. “The only reason I
chose Twitter was because I knew it would reach an
audience that was craving information.”
o ⚓ Salon ☛ “Fossil_fuels_are_natural_and_amazing,”_says_Rep.
Marjorie_Taylor_Greene_in_a_rant_on_Twitter⠀⇛
In addition to causing harm to the environment, studies
from Harvard University have proven that the use of
fossil can “lead to early death, heart attacks,
respiratory disorders, stroke and asthma.”
o § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ When_the_Mad_Lead_the_Blind⠀⇛
Lear, Murdoch, Trump and America’s gerontocracy.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Fox_News_Is_on_Trial,_and_So_Are
Falsehoods_About_2020⠀⇛
A jury in Delaware will be asked to weigh the
limits of the First Amendment. Another question in
the case is whether the network will pay a
financial penalty for disseminating election lies.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ America_braces_for_defamation_trial_between
Dominion_and_Fox_News⠀⇛
Dominion_Voting_Systems tomorrow will square off in
court against Fox_News, more than two years after
filing a $1.6 billion defamation_suit accusing the
network of knowingly airing disinformation about
election fraud in the 2020 presidential contest.
# ⚓ BBC ☛ The_‘ninjas’_fighting_climate_change_denial_on
Twitter⠀⇛
The “ninjas” spotted claims going viral and
responded to them with links to factual information
– academic papers or scientific reports.
“But after a couple of months, you realise you
don’t make an impact because, for most of these
people, facts are irrelevant,” Maria says.
It was time to come up with new tactics.
* § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Promising_Signs_for_Free_Speech_on_Campus⠀⇛
Universities are pushing back against attacks on academic
freedom.
* § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Blinken_Calls_On_Russia_To_Allow_Access_To_Detained_WSJ
Journalist_Gershkovich⠀⇛
On April 10, the U.S. State Department designated
Gershkovich as being “wrongfully detained” by Russia and
called for his immediate release, following earlier
appeals, including from U.S. President Joe Biden.
International journalist organizations have also demanded
Russia release Gershkovich.
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Blinken_Calls_On_Russia_To_Allow_Access_To_Detained_WSJ
Journalist_Gershkovich⠀⇛
U.S Secretary of State Antony Blinken says U.S. consular
officers have not been granted access to Wall Street
Journal (WSJ) reporter Evan Gershkovich, who is currently
detained in Russia.
o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Indian_gangster-turned-politician,_brother
shot_dead_live_on_TV⠀⇛
The killers were posing as journalists, with one even
carrying a television camera and another a microphone.
o ⚓ NYPost ☛ Former_Indian_lawmaker,_his_brother_fatally_shot_live_on
TV⠀⇛
Atiq Ahmad and his brother, Ashraf Ahmad, were under
police escort on their way to a medical checkup at a
hospital on Saturday night when three men posing as
journalists targeted the two brothers.
o ⚓ France24 ☛ Former_Indian_lawmaker_and_brother_shot_dead_on_live
TV⠀⇛
A former Indian lawmaker convicted of kidnapping and
facing murder and assault charges was shot dead along
with his brother in a dramatic attack that was caught
live on TV in northern India, officials said Sunday.
* § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iran_Vows_Crackdown_On_People_Who_Promote_Removing_The
Veil⠀⇛
People who encourage women to remove the hijab will be
prosecuted in criminal courts and will have no right of
appeal against any conviction, Iran’s deputy attorney
general was quoted as saying on April 15.
o ⚓ JURIST ☛ HRW:_Indonesian_authorities_should_drop_defamation
charges_against_human_rights_defenders⠀⇛
Human Rights Watch (HRW) Friday stated that Indonesian
authorities should not pursue criminal defamation charges
against Haris Azhar and Fatia Maulidiyanti, who are
significant human rights defenders in Jakarta. The
charges were brought against them based on a 2021 police
report filed by Luhur Binsar Pandjaitan, a minister in
the president’s cabinet.
o ⚓ VOA News ☛ Iran_to_Crack_Down_on_People_Who_Promote_Removing
Veil⠀⇛
Iranian police on Saturday installed cameras in public
places to identify and penalize unveiled women, Iranian
media reported. Police announced the plan last week.
“The crime of promoting unveiling will be dealt with in
the criminal court whose decisions are final and
unappealable,” the semi-official Mehr News quoted deputy
attorney general Ali Jamadi as saying.
o ⚓ NPR ☛ The_Rutgers_University_faculty_strike_is_over,_for_now,
after_a_deal_is_reached⠀⇛
The unions, representing some 9,000 staff and faculty
workers, called for the strike on April 9 in what they
said was a fight to secure equal pay, living wages, race
and gender equity and salary hikes.
o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Stop_Cop_City_Movement_Embraces_National_Strategy_as
Permit_Appeal_Is_Denied⠀⇛
Plaintiffs plan to appeal the decision to the DeKalb
County Georgia Superior Court as the movement expands
nationally.
* § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾
o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Internet_Of_Washing_Machines_Solves_An_Annoyance⠀⇛
[Laurence Tratt]’s washing machine blew up, so he sprung
for a brand new model with all the bells and whistles. Of
course, these days, that means it has an Internet
connection and an API. While we’re not quite convinced
our washing machine actually needs such a thing, at least
[Laurence] is making the most of it by creating an
interface to the washer’s API that provides a handy
countdown on the computer.
o ⚓ RIPE ☛ The_Resilience_of_the_Internet_in_Ukraine_–_One_Year_On⠀⇛
In our earlier analysis of Ukraine back in March 2022, we
looked at factors that contributed to the resilience of
the country’s Internet since the outbreak of the war. A
little over a year on, we draw on data from RIPE Atlas
and RIPE RIS to investigate what has changed.
o ⚓ Obligations_Hanging_Over_Me⠀⇛
It’s been a rather busy month since I last posted. Like
most good plots, the plans I had for the month have not
survived contact with the enemy. This will be the not
entirely happy post for some of it, but there are good
parts at the end.
* § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾
o ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Name-that-tune_game_Heardle_dropped_by
Spotify_after_a_year [Ed: If Spotify even profitable? This has been
a longstanding problem.]⠀⇛
Heardle, the name-that-tune game inspired by the Wordle
craze, is being dropped by Spotify less than a year after
the music-streaming giant acquired it. Spotify confirmed
the move in a statement Saturday. Similar to what the New
York Times-owned Wordle does with letters, Heardle plays
fleeting moments of a song from the Spotify catalog and
challenges users to see how quickly they can guess it.
Users can then play the song on Spotify. The company
acquired the game in July as a means of music discovery.
But it said Saturday that it is going to focus on other
ways of doing that.
* § Monopolies⠀➾
o § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Soundtrack_Loops_Teams_Up_with_Cherry
Audio_for_Charitable_‘Humble_Bundle’_Initiative⠀⇛
Soundtrack Loops produces royalty-free samples,
loops, and music for films, creative artists, beat
makers, producers, DJs, and music lovers. The
company recently announced a charitable partnership
with Cherry Audio to create a donation-focused
‘Humble Bundle’.
# ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ DMCA_Robocops_Give_20_Seconds_to_Comply,
But_Can’t_Muster_a_Reply⠀⇛
It’s not unusual for anti-piracy companies to
promote their takedown prowess based on their
ability to send out millions of takedown notices
every week. The problem, for some, is their
deployment of autonomous robocops that give
recipients 20 seconds to comply but can’t handle a
complaint or muster a basic reply.
§ Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
* § Personal⠀➾
o ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_FGTIORH_Wordo:_STOAT⠀⇛
* § Technical⠀➾
o § Internet/Gemini⠀➾
# ⚓ CAPCOM_changes⠀⇛
This month I am working on some substantial changes
to the way the public CAPCOM instance hosted at
gemini.circumlunar.space works. The “big picture”
whereby each month CAPCOM selects 100 random feeds
from all those it knows about to aggregate for that
month will not change. Therefore most of the
changes I’m about to describe will not become
visible until May. However, there are some details
worth knowing in advance because some people can
act upon them now. In approximate order of
excitingness…
[...]
I hope that in this way CAPCOM will start to
respond to the natural ebb and flow of activity in
Geminispace in an organic way without any manual
attention from either me or from capsule authors.
If a feed is permanently abandoned, CAPCOM won’t
beat its head against that bad URL forever (as it
no doubt has been for some dead feeds in recent
years), but the feed will be migrated to the
inactive list and stay there, so that it will not
decrease the odds of actively updated feeds being
sampled each month. Eventually, neither time nor
bytes will be wasted checking on that feed. If
somebody stops updating their capsule for somewhere
between six and twelve months for whatever reason
but then returns, CAPCOM will notice, set that feed
aside for a while to give others more of a chance
at exposure, but will then start regularly checking
in on the newly active feed again after a modest
delay. Even a hiatus of between one and two years
will be recovered from with a delay which, while
longer than some might consider ideal, is not
longer than the hiatus itself. It is not a big
problem that CAPCOM might take several months to
realise that a previously inactive feed has come
back to life; even if it noticed the return
immediately, it could easily still take a few
months before the feed happened to get sampled as
one of the monthly 100. Naturally, feeds which
maintain a regular and consistent posting schedule
for years on end will remain in the active list for
years on end and are likely to get sampled many
times. Such a regular feed can still drop off the
network for a month or so due to hardware failure
or network outages without any lasting consequence.
=> =============================================================================
World Wide Web but a lot lighter.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Audiocasts/Shows
o Instructionals/Technical
o Desktop_Environments/WMs
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o New_Releases
o Devices/Embedded
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o GNU_Projects
* Leftovers
o Science
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Security
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Environment
# 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 TikTok_(Fentanylware)
o Monopolies
# Patents
# Copyrights
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ 2023-04-15_Top_5_Best_Hyprland_Linux_Features⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-04-14_Kubuntu_23.04_overview_|_making_your_PC
friendly⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-04-14_Microsoft’s_about_to_muscle_their_way_into_the
handheld_PC_space_|_Steam_Deck_News_№_78⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-04-14_A_HUGE_Percentage_Of_The_Arch_Repos_Was_Packaged
By_One_Man!⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-04-14_Ranking_Linux_Distributions_for_2023:_not_your
average_tier_list!⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-04-14_How_to_install_Steam_on_Linux_Lite_6.2⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-04-13_[Older]_Rust_Foundation_Has_A_Serious_Trademark
Problem⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-04-13_[Older]_Ubuntu_23.04_Lunar_Lobster:_12_EXCITING
Improvements_and_Features_You_Can’t_Miss!_(+BONUS)⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-04-13_[Older]_How_to_install_Obsidian_on_Linux_Lite
6.2⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-04-12_[Older]_How_to_install_Krita_on_Linux_Lite_6.2⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-04-12_[Older]_How_to_install_Xubuntu_23.04.⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-04-12_[Older]_Kali_Linux_KDE_2023.1_Quick_Overview
#shorts⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-04-12_[Older]_Hilarious_GNOME_Archive_Bug_Finally_Gets
Addressed⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-04-12_[Older]_Peropesis_is_a_Linux_Distro_for_Living
in_the_Command_Line⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-04-11_[Older]_PopOS_New_COSMIC_Desktop_Has_Me_Excited
Again!⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-04-11_[Older]_Linux_Crash_Course_–_The_cut_Command⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-04-11_[Older]_Xubuntu_23.04_overview_|_elegance_and
ease_of_use.⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-04-11_[Older]_How_to_install_LeoCAD_on_Linux_Lite
6.2⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-04-10_[Older]_Regata_OS_22.1.3_Quick_Overview
#shorts⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-04-10_[Older]_Xenocara:_That_X11_Server_That_Isn’t
Xorg⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-04-10_[Older]_Is_Solus_Dead?_(If_you_have_to_ask,_the
answer’s_probably_YES!)⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-04-10_[Older]_How_to_install_Godot_game_engine_on
Linux_Lite_6.2⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-04-10_[Older]_How_to_install_OpenMandriva_Lx_ROME
23.03.⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-04-09_[Older]_KDE_App_Theming_On_Other_Desktops_Is_A
Mess⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-04-09_[Older]_Nintendo_eyeing_Denuvo_for_Zelda:_Tears
of_the_Kingdom_as_they_crack_down_on_emulation⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-04-08_[Older]_Fedora_Linux_And_It’s_Bizarre_Release
Names⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-04-08_[Older]_Why_Did_Fedora_Linux_Drop_Its_Wacky
Release_Names?⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-04-08_[Older]_PopOS_COSMIC_progress,_Linux_Mint_theme
changes,_System76_in_house_design:_Linux_&_Open_Source_News⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-04-08_[Older]_Three_Amazingly_Useful_Linux_Commands_
(cmp,_diff,_tput)⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-04-08_[Older]_Paper_Mario_on_Steam_Deck!_Friday_Night
Livestream_with_Gardiner_and_Emily!⠀⇛
# ⚓ The TLLTS Podcast ☛ The_Linux_Link_Tech_Show_Episode_1000⠀⇛
Joel is dead to us.
# ⚓ 2023-04-13_[Older]_Enterprise_Linux_Security_Episode_62_–
Operation:_Cookie_Monster⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-04-12_[Older]_APPS_&_TOOLS_to_improve_LINUX_PRIVACY_&
SECURITY⠀⇛
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_Sentry_with_Docker_on_Ubuntu
22.04⠀⇛
Sentry is a free and open-source error-tracking
platform that monitors and fixes crashes in real-
time. It allows software developers to see what
matters, solve quicker, and learn continuously
about their applications.
# ⚓ Installing_Discord_App_on_Debian_12_BookWorm_Linux⠀⇛
Let’s discuss the commands that we can use on our
Terminal to install the Discord app on Debian Linux
such as Bookworm 12. Discord which was launched in
2015 is now used by millions of people to connect
similar interest communities and share thoughts.
# ⚓ Steps_to_Reset_your_Root_Password_in_Debian_12_Linux⠀⇛
Handling multiple Linux systems or once in a while,
there might be chances of forgetting the root user
password. If so, here is the article to reset the
root password on Debian 12 Linux (bookworm) servers
or desktops.
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 2023-04-13_[Older]_How_to_Extract_a_Single
File_or_Directory_From_TAR_or_TAR.GZ⠀⇛
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ LXQt_1.3_Desktop_Environment_Released,_Here’s
What’s_New⠀⇛
LXQt is a highly lightweight, modular, fast desktop
environment designed to be user-friendly and easy
to use. It relies on the Qt toolkit and provides a
highly customizable interface that allows users to
tweak the look and feel of their desktop
environment to their liking.
One of the main advantages of LXQt is its meager
system requirements. Because of this, it is
suitable for older or low-specification computers,
so it is an excellent choice for users looking to
bring new life to their old machines.
Just over five months after its previous LXQt 1.2
release, this lightweight desktop environment has
pleased its users with the release of the brand-new
LXQt 1.3. So, let’s see what’s new.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 2023-04-15_8_Linux_Distros_That_Still_Support_32-
Bit_Architecture⠀⇛
Want a reliable Linux distribution for your 32-bit
system? These distros with 32-bit support will empower
your older machine.
o § New Releases⠀➾
# ⚓ 4MLinux Blog ☛ 4MLinux_Releases:_4MLinux_42.0_STABLE
released.⠀⇛
The status of the 4MLinux 42.0 series has been
changed to STABLE. Edit your documents with
LibreOffice 7.5.2 and GNOME Office (AbiWord 3.0.5,
GIMP 2.10.34, Gnumeric 1.12.55), surf the Internet
with Firefox 111.0 and Chromium 106.0.5249.91, send
emails via Thunderbird 102.8.0, enjoy your music
collection with Audacious 4.3, watch your favorite
videos with VLC 3.0.18 and SMPlayer 22.7.0, play
games powered by Mesa 22.2.3 and Wine 8.3. You can
also setup the 4MLinux LAMP Server (Linux 6.1.10,
Apache 2.4.56, MariaDB 10.6.12, PHP 5.6.40, PHP
7.4.33, and PHP 8.1.17.). Perl 5.36.0, Python
2.7.18, Python 3.10.8, and Ruby 3.1.3 are also
available.
# ⚓ EuroLinux ☛ EuroLinux_8.8_beta_released_|_EuroLinux⠀⇛
On April 13, we released EuroLinux version 8.8
beta. It is compatible with the latest version of
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux® 8.8 beta. It allows you
to test technical innovations and compatibility
with the upcoming EuroLinux 8.8. Version 8.8 beta
includes new versions of developer software (LLVM
15, Rust 1.66, Go 1.19), SELinux policies update,
kernel version 4.18.0-477, updates to
containerization and virtualization tools.
EuroLinux 8.8 beta also provides new software – the
modules postgresql:15, nginx:1.22, jaxb:4 or swig:
4.1. It also includes packages for Python 3.11.
# ⚓ Tiny_Core_Linux_14.0_released⠀⇛
Core v14.0 updates the linux kernel version to
6.1.2 glibc updated to 2.36, gcc updated to 12.2.0
See System Announcement in the support forum for
detailed change log and update notes.
# ⚓ TrueNAS ☛ [TrueNAS]_SCALE_22.12_Bluefin_Release_Notes⠀⇛
To download an .iso file for installing SCALE
Bluefin, go to https://www.truenas.com/truenas-
scale/ and click Download. Manual update files are
also available at this location.
o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ CM4_based_computer_supports_PoE_and_RTC⠀⇛
EDATEC revealed yesterday a small embedded device
with support for the Raspberry Pi CM4. The ED-
IPC2010 comes in an aluminum alloy case and it
includes an onboard encryption chip. The EDATEC is
another industrial-grade device based on the
Raspberry Pi CM4 similar to the IGN800 from Onlogic
seen last year.
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o § GNU Projects⠀➾
# ⚓ Taler ☛ GNU_Taler_news:_GNU_Taler_v0.9.2_released⠀⇛
We are happy to announce the release of GNU Taler
v0.9.2.
# ⚓ GNU ☛ gnulib_@_Savannah:_Gnulib_helps_you_porting_to
Android⠀⇛
An Android app has a UI written in Java, not on top
of a C/C++ based GUI toolkit (GNOME, Qt, KDE,
wxWidgets, …). Gnulib cannot help you porting this
part of an application to Android.
But when an application has a large part written in
C, and you want to reuse this part in the Android
app, Gnulib is useful. Recently, Android has been
added to the list of portability targets of Gnulib.
This means that most of the POSIX functionality
that you might use in your application will compile
and work fine also on Android.
In particular, the work-in-progress port of GNU
Emacs to Android uses Gnulib to its best.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ George Hosu ☛ The_Evolutionary_Narrative⠀⇛
It’s been noted many times before that suffering, from an
evolutionary perspective, is a necessity of existing.
It comes about as a result of our having expectations,
narratives of ourselves and the world which we can’t
break out of. These narratives are necessary, of course,
because in an adaptive environment, once you stop having
a narrative you die.
We can even “validate” this hypothesis of sorts, there is
a genetic condition that leads to humans being born
without internal narratives. We know this from a few
people that survive it into adulthood, usually in a very
sheltered environment due to helicopter parents, because
most humans born this way die within a few months or, at
most, years.
What we now refer to as “Hinduism” is an amalgamation of
traditions that share a dichotomous past.
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Rare_Glimpse_of_Alien_World_Revealed_in
Planet-Hunting_Breakthrough⠀⇛
A new way to see exoplanets.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Experimental_Probiotic_May_Prevent_Organ
Damage_From_Alcohol,_Scientists_Say⠀⇛
But it hasn’t been tested in humans yet.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Wonder_Material_Graphene_Just_Broke_Another
Major_Record_in_Physics⠀⇛
This stuff is special.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Behold:_The_62,000-Mile-High_‘Plasma
Waterfall’_That_Erupted_From_The_Sun⠀⇛
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Lightning_Bolt_Deposits_a_Strange_Mineral
Never_Seen_on_Earth_Before⠀⇛
“We’ve never seen this exact material anywhere.”
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ Sébastien Wilmet ☛ Sébastien_Wilmet:_Addictions⠀⇛
If we don’t say NO to all harmful things that
surround us now, we’re going to
enter what I call a New Middle-Age (a dystopia).
Take care, don’t be afraid
to be different (If you want to be someone, be
yourself).
If you want people to do something the healthy way,
you must make the healthy
way the easy way.Me – Corollary to a Traditional
saying (replace “healthy way” by
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ 2023-04-14_[Older]_This_Week_in_Security:
QueueJumper,_JS_VM2_Escape,_and_CAN_Hacking⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-04-13_[Older]_Juniper_Networks_Releases
Security_Updates⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-04-13_[Older]_Shifting_the_Balance_of
Cybersecurity_Risk:_Security-by-Design_and_Default_Principles
[Ed: CISA does not value true security though, it has been
working with the NSA for ages]⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-04-11_[Older]_FTX’s_Cybersecurity_Was
Hilariously_Bad⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-04-11_[Older]_Adobe_Releases_Security_Updates
for_Multiple_Products⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-04-11_[Older]_Apple_Releases_Security_Updates
for_Multiple_Products⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-04-11_[Older]_Microsoft_Releases_April_2023
Security_Updates⠀⇛
# ⚓ CISA ☛ 2023-04-11_[Older]_Mozilla_Releases_Security
Advisories_for_Multiple_Products⠀⇛
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ How_to_Use_IR_Blaster_as_TV_Remote_With_Alexa_and
Google_Assistant_Controls [Ed: "Alexa and Google
Assistant Controls" are basically listening devices or
bugs or spy machines; don't let these things inside
homes and, in fact, it's astounding no regulations were
made to prohibit this]⠀⇛
An infra-red (IR) blaster (or universal smart
remote) is an small device that helps you
control any remote-operated device at your
home. We will demonstrate how you can use an
IR blaster to replace the physical remote
that came with your TV/set-top box.
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ Zuckerberg’s_plan_to_open_Meta’s_Horizon
Worlds_to_minors_is_facing_opposition⠀⇛
Pressure is mounting on Meta CEO Mark
Zuckerberg to abandon plans to open Horizon
Worlds, the tech giant’s flagship virtual
reality platform, to children aged between 13
and 17.
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ China_Says_It_Won’t_To_Sell_Arms_To_Any_Party_In
Ukraine_War⠀⇛
China won’t sell weapons to either side in the war
in Ukraine, the country’s foreign minister said,
responding to Western concerns that Beijing could
provide military assistance to Russia.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Chechen_Court_Sentences_Man_To_Life_In_Prison_For
Deadly_Attack_On_Russian_Riot_Police_In_2000⠀⇛
A man has been sentenced to life in prison in
Chechnya for taking part in an attack in 2000 on
Russian riot police in the North Caucasus region
that left at least 40 law enforcement officers
dead.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Reports:_Finnish_Embassy_in_Moscow_Receives_Letter
Containing_Powder⠀⇛
Finland’s embassy in Moscow has received a letter
containing an unknown powder and has reported the
matter to the Russian authorities, Russian news
agencies reported on April 14.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia’s_Pacific_Fleet_Put_On_High_Alert_For_Snap
Drills⠀⇛
The entire Russian Pacific Fleet was put on high
alert on April 14 for snap drills that will involve
practice missile launches in a massive show of
force amid the tensions with the West over the
fighting in Ukraine.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-04-14_[Older]_Trudeau’s_Top
Aide_Tight-Lipped_on_Chinese_Election_Meddling_in_Canada,
Citing_Security⠀⇛
# ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-04-13_[Older]_Schiphol:_Security_lines_will
be_more_manageable_in_April_&_May_compared_to_last_year⠀⇛
o § Environment⠀➾
# § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
# ⚓ France24 ☛ ‘Horrific’_explosion_and_fire_kill_18,000
cows_at_Texas_dairy_farm⠀⇛
A “horrific” explosion and fire at a dairy
farm in the southern US state of Texas killed
about 18,000 head of cattle and injured one
agricultural worker, authorities said on
Thursday.
# ⚓ Science Alert ☛ We’ve_Been_Eating_a_Mighty_Prey_For
170,000_Years,_Says_New_Study:_Giant_Land_Snails⠀⇛
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Green_group_slams_Hong_Kong
gov’t_plan_to_reclassify_New_Territories_sites_for
easier_brownfield_development⠀⇛
The Hong Kong government’s plan to reclassify
16 farmland or greenbelt sites in the New
Territories to allow open storage and other
uses has been slammed by a green group.
Greenpeace have criticised the spread of
brownfield sites, which often refers to
farmland polluted by industrial activity.
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Oil_Workers_In_Restive_Kazakh_Town_Resume_Rallies
Demanding_Jobs⠀⇛
About 100 oil workers have resumed protests in
Kazakhstan’s volatile town of Zhanaozen to demand
jobs after a similar protest they held in Astana
was forcibly dispersed earlier this week and the
demonstrators were sent home.
# ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ 2023-04-15_[Older]_The_Problem_With_the
Retirement_Age_Is_That_It’s_Too_High⠀⇛
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_share_of_VC_deals_that_are_done_in_Silicon
Valley_is_at_an_all-time_low⠀⇛
The San Francisco Bay Area is the home of Apple,
Google, and Meta, but its grip on the technology
sector’s future is arguably weakening.
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ Hollywood_has_two_weeks_to_reach_a_union_deal_if
it_wants_to_avoid_a_writers’_strike⠀⇛
Come May 1, film and TV scribes could put their
pens down indefinitely.
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ It’s_never_been_this_expensive_to_rent_in
Manhattan⠀⇛
Spring has sprung in Manhattan, and so have rental
prices.
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_47:_‘Anti-gov’t’_tendency
emerged_in_unofficial_primary_election,_democrat_admits⠀⇛
A former Hong Kong politician testifying against
dozens of fellow democrats during the city’s
largest national security case has admitted to a
judge that an “anti-government” tendency emerged
during the course of organising an unofficial
primary election in 2020.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Half_of_Hongkongers_unable_to_name
any_serving_lawmaker,_poll_finds⠀⇛
Half of Hongkongers have trouble naming even one
member of the current term “patriots-only”
Legislative Council, 15 months into their tenure, a
poll has found. Hong Kong’s first “patriots-only”
LegCo election took place in December following a
Beijing-mandated overhaul of the electoral system
that minimised the role of democrats.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Brazil’s_Lula_meets_Xi_in_Beijing
after_lashing_out_at_US_dollar,_IMF⠀⇛
By Peter Catterall Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio
Lula da Silva is set to forge closer ties with
Chinese President Xi Jinping during a meeting in
Beijing on Friday, a day after he lashed out at the
power of the US dollar and the IMF.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Morocco_appeals_court_raises_jail_terms_in_child
rape_case_after_uproar⠀⇛
A Moroccan court has sharply increased the jail
sentences handed down against three men convicted
of “indecent assault” for the repeated rape of an
11-year-old girl in a case that sparked public
outrage.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Religious_Scholar_Challenges_Khamenei_Over
Hijab_Law⠀⇛
Iranian religious scholar Sedigheh Vasmaghi has
challenged Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei
over the Islamic republic’s mandatory hijab law,
holding him responsible for the “financial,
physical, social, moral, psychological, and
political” consequences of confronting opponents to
the law.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Another_Former_Parliamentary_Candidate_Detained_In
Kazakhstan_Amid_Crackdown⠀⇛
Opposition activist Madina Koketaeva, who
unsuccessfully took part in March 19 parliamentary
elections, has been detained in Kazakhstan’s
largest city, Almaty, amid an ongoing crackdown
over dissent following the balloting.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Sources_Say_U.S._Weighing_Sanctions_Targeting_Orban
Allies_Amid_Worsening_Ties⠀⇛
Allies of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban,
including current and former officials, could soon
face fresh U.S. sanctions for alleged corruption,
sources told RFE/RL’s Hungarian Service, a possible
further sign of worsening ties between Washington
and Budapest.
o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Prominent_Iranian_Rights_Activist_Sentenced_To
Seven_Years_For_Actions_‘Against_The_Regime’⠀⇛
Golrokh Ebrahimi Iraee, a prominent Iranian civil
rights activist, has been sentenced to seven years
in prison and handed “additional punishments” by
the Tehran Islamic Revolutionary Court for actions
going “against the regime.”
o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Belarusian_Journalist_Pratasevich_Faces_New
Charge⠀⇛
Raman Pratasevich, a Belarusian journalist who was
detained in Belarus in 2021 after the commercial
flight he was on was forced to land in Minsk, has
been handed a new felony charge and now faces up to
25 years in prison if convicted.
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ India_has_intensified_scrutiny_of_the_BBC
following_its_Modi_documentary⠀⇛
India has brought a new case against the BBC for
alleged violation of foreign exchange rules.
o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Albania_Won’t_Extradite_Russian_Woman_Detained_On
Spying_Charges⠀⇛
A Russian woman arrested last August in Albania on
spying charges will not be extradited to Russia, a
court in Albania ruled on April 14.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_Supreme_Court_allows_challenges_against_two
federal_agencies’_structure_to_proceed_in_federal_court⠀⇛
The US Supreme Court Friday issued a 9-0 opinion
in Axon Enterprise, Inc. v. Federal
Trade Commission, holding that separate legal
challenges to the structure of the Security and
Exchange Commission (SEC) and the Federal Trade
Commission (FTC) may proceed in federal court.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_Supreme_Court_temporarily_extends_the
availability_of_abortion_drug_mifepristone⠀⇛
US Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito Friday issued
an order extending a temporary block on a lower
Texas federal judge’s decision to suspend the US
Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) approval of
the abortion drug mifepristone.
o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾
# ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ Bill_C-11_Estimates_Revealed:_Internal
Government_Documents_Show_No_Impact_on_Net_Employment,_Admit
Streamers_Already_Invest_Millions_in_“Unofficial_Cancon”⠀⇛
The government’s support for Bill C-11 has often
been framed on economic terms with Canadian
Heritage Minister Pablo Rodriguez arguing that the
bill will “create good jobs for Canadians in the
cultural sector”. I’ve long maintained the
government’s claims that the bill will generate
billions of dollars in new money was massively
exaggerated and that a far more likely scenario
would be that the bill would simply lead to a
reshuffling of existing expenditures.
o § TikTok (Fentanylware)⠀➾
# ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-04-15_Montana_lawmakers_approve_ban_on
Fentanylware_from_operating_within_state⠀⇛
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ 2023-04-14_Montana_close_to_becoming
1st_state_to_completely_ban_TikTok⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-04-14_Montana_Just_Passed_the_First_State
TikTok_Ban⠀⇛
# ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-04-14_Dutch_PM_Rutte’s_VVD_quits_TikTok
over_espionage_concerns⠀⇛
# ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-04-14_Montana_is_about_to_become_the_first
state_to_ban_TikTok⠀⇛
# ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-04-14_Influencer
objects_to_potential_US_TikTok_ban_amidst_China_links_and
data_security_concerns⠀⇛
# ⚓ New Yorker ☛ 2023-04-14_What’s_Behind_the_Bipartisan_Attack
on_TikTok?⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ 2023-04-14_TikTok_Is_Too_Popular_to_Ban⠀⇛
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-04-14_TikTok_Ban_Gets_Final
Approval_by_Montana’s_GOP_Legislature⠀⇛
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ 2023-04-14_Montana_Lawmakers
Vote_to_Ban_TikTok_in_the_State⠀⇛
# ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-04-11_[Older]_The_TikTok_Ban_Isn’t
About_National_Security._It’s_About_the_Global_Dominance_of
US_Tech.⠀⇛
# ⚓ NYPost ☛ 2023-04-10_[Older]_‘Squad’_member_Jamaal_Bowman
hit_with_ethics_complaint_over_TikTok_use⠀⇛
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-04-08_[Older]_These_9_Members_of_Congress
Are_Defending_TikTok_on_TikTok⠀⇛
# ⚓ France24 ☛ 2023-04-08_[Older]_How_to_check_images_on
TikTok?⠀⇛
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# § Patents⠀➾
# ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Overlapping_Ranges_in
Claims_and_Prior_Art_Result_in_Invalidation_of_Patent
on_Transdermal_Patch_for_Parkinson’s_Disease⠀⇛
UCB, Inc. v. Actavis Lab’ys UT, Inc., 2023 WL
2904757, — 4th — (Fed. Cir. Apr. 12, 2023)
Rotigotine is a drug used to treat
Parkinson’s disease. People with Parkinson’s
disease experience significant
gastrointestinal dysfunction, such as
difficulty swallowing, which can frustrate
the oral administration of drugs. However,
the complications associated with oral
treatment can be avoided by means of a
transdermal patch that delivers the drug
through the patient’s skin. In order to
cross the skin barrier, however, the drug
must be in an “amorphous,” i.e., non-
crystalline, form. If the drug crystallizes
in the patch, it will generally not be able
to cross the skin barrier.
# § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ 2023-04-14_[Older]_Snapchat_Inks
UnitedMasters,_Buma/Stemra_Licensing_Deals,_Ends_SUISA
Copyright_Dispute⠀⇛
# ⚓ IP Kat ☛ 2023-04-10_[Older]_US_Copyright_Office
issues_guidance_on_the_protection_of_AI-generated
works⠀⇛
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