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⦿ The Cost of Oversellling and Falsely Marketing a Chatbot (Also: Billions in Losses or Budget Deficit at ’Open’ HEY HI) | Techrights
⦿ When We Don’t Have Independent Media COVID-19, Nord Stream Etc. Become the ’Next JFK’ (a Mishmash of Theories, No Definitive Answers) | Techrights
⦿ Facebook/Fakebook in the Mass Layoffs Era: Fakes, Misinformation, and Global Outages | Techrights
⦿ Free Speech Rejected by Opponents of Free Software | Techrights
⦿ [Meme] Their Power is Your Wasted Time | Techrights
⦿ Many Fake Patents Are Still Being Squashed and Patent-Centric ’Media’ in Europe is Mostly Sockpuppets of the EPO | Techrights
⦿ Reddit is the Next Twitter, Going Down the Drain | Techrights
⦿ SpyHome: Enemy of Your Freedom | Techrights
⦿ Techrights Statement on State of the News Industry Online | Techrights
⦿ TikTok is a Chinese Weapon Controlled by a Dangerous Company (ByteDance) and We Must Treat It Like a Chinese Weapon for Our Own Sake | Techrights
⦿ Twitter is Still Very Deep in Debt, the Interest Payments on the Debt Are Massive ($300,000,000), and It’s Still Losing Money After Discarding Most Staff | Techrights
⦿ Judges of the Unified Patent Court (UPC) Are Resigning Before It Even Starts and Team UPC Sprinkles Candy on This Illegal and Unconstitutional ’Court’ (Rigged Kangaroo Court Designed to Authorise the EPO’s Abuses Against the EPC) | Techrights
䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login):
http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/budget-deficit/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/covid-19-blackout/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/facebook-global-outages/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/free-speech-rejected-by-freesw-haters/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/go-self-host/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/many-fake-patents-and-the-epo/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/reddit-going-down-the-drain/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/smarthomes-an-enemy-of-your-freedom/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/the-dying-news-industry-online/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/tiktok-dangerous/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/twitter-is-not-viable/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/upc-crisis/#comments
䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised):
http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/sparkylinux-7-0-is-out/#comments
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(ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/budget-deficit/#comments
Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/06/17/budget-deficit/
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✐ The_Cost_of_Oversellling_and_Falsely_Marketing_a_Chatbot_(Also:_Billions_in
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Posted in Microsoft at 8:40 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: Microsoft is in trouble, but Microsoft-funded media won’t say it like
that
THE XBox problems [1] (many layoffs there, even an_existential_crisis!) have
been mentioned in Daily Links already, as was the conflict between Microsoft
and its de facto subsidiary, ‘Open’ HEY HI.
‘Open’ HEY HI now says something to the effect of, our chatbot actually sucks,
don’t trust Microsoft-bribed media [2-3]. For those who don’t know, ‘Open’ HEY
HI is actually losing billions of dollars (this information is out there; it’s
not a secret, only a little suppressed!). Then there are the antitrust
obstacles [4], which are covered in the mainstream media [5-6]. So there are
growing tensions with ‘Open’ HEY HI [7] and with the US government [8] which
may have just doomed the ambitions of resurrecting the gaming business [9-12]
by buying another company.
Tough year for Microsoft, layoffs aside. █
Related/contextual items from the news:
One⠀⇛
unfinished_Bing_Chat_service:_report⠀⇛
Start⠀⇛
Deal:_What_to_Know_–_CNET⠀⇛
Activision⠀⇛
Microsoft’s_Acquisition_of_Activision_Blizzard⠀⇛
GPT-4_integration_into_Bing⠀⇛
Microsoft’s_Acquisition_of_Activision_Blizzard⠀⇛
of_Activision_Blizzard⠀⇛
Maker_Activision_Blizzard⠀⇛
Activision_Deal⠀⇛
video_game_history⠀⇛
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(ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/06/17/covid-19-blackout/#comments
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✐ When_We_Don’t_Have_Independent_Media_COVID-19,_Nord_Stream_Etc._Become_the
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Posted in Deception at 11:46 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Week_22_deaths⦈_
Total deaths in England and Wales, by week. Source: UK government (ONS).
Summary: A lack of proper, independent investigation means that loads_of_people
die_needlessly and our governments don’t even wish to acknowledge that this is
happening (instead they censor doctors in Social Control Media such as YouTube,
exercising_social_control_over_people_and_suppressing_factual_speech, under the
guise of protecting us from “racism” or “misinformation”)
YESTERDAY we saw “COVID-19′s ‘Patients Zero’ May Have Been Wuhan Lab
Scientists, Report Finds” [1] and a BSD geek from Sydney, who got infected with
COVID-19 some months ago (he’s about my age and took it very hard), wrote about
“coffee smells” [2]. It’s widely known that COVID-19 impacts the senses of
small and taste, which are very closely connected.
COVID-19 is generally not a a subject we approach from a medical point of view
(my Ph.D. is in Medical Biophysics, albeit COVID-19 has nothing to do with it),
but it seems interesting that ‘free’ press is too timid to explore the origin
and true impact of this virus. Only an hour ago we mention Free Speech (lack of
it) in China and minutes ago we said TikTok is effectively a weapon. COVID-19
has had a massive impact on tech workers — including EPO examiners — and
earlier today some independent media in Hong Kong (China?) said [3] that “the
Hong Kong government lifted our Covid-19 state of emergency” (despite COVID-19
still spreading rapidly, especially in China this summer, based on press
reports).
My wife and I have managed to avoid this virus so far. We’ve been COVID-free
and hope to stay this way until “it’s over” (we exercise great care/
precautions), but given the general attitude of people it might not be feasible
for another 4 years.
I planned to resign from my job in 2019, but then COVID-19 happened and I
stayed until 2022. I now do Techrights from home and I’ve not attempted to find
another job.
We need Free Speech. We need answers. We need a freedom-respecting Internet. █
Related/contextual items from the news:
Finds⠀⇛
Plus: Grand jury indicts Jack Teixeira, Congress pursues A.I.
regulation, and more…
I noticed something when I was making coffee yesterday in our
kitchen. I ran the beans through the electric grinder, took the
lid off, and the smell transported me back to 2020.
At the height of Covid, before we had vaccines and we were
confined to home for weeks at a time, I substituted my morning
coffee shop run with brewing it at home. In a world that was
somehow uncertain yet tedious, I liked that I at least had
control over this one part of my life. I’d brew the coffee,
take it out to the balcony, set up the laptop, and repeat the
same day I’d had for weeks.
independent_reviews_–_and_action⠀⇛
Last month, the Hong Kong government lifted our Covid-19 state
of emergency. A few weeks earlier, the World Health
Organization had declared the pandemic over as Covid becomes
endemic. These developments allow the government to focus on
urgent tasks of economic development and reengaging globally.
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✐ Facebook/Fakebook_in_the_Mass_Layoffs_Era:_Fakes,_Misinformation,_and_Global
Outages⠀✐
Posted in Finance at 8:13 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: Facebook/Fakebook, whose primary function is misleading a lot of
people, isn’t doing too well; now it goes offline, too
Social control media is collapsing this year (profit is a necessity; many
platforms operate at a loss and some always operated at a loss). Facebook/
Fakebook is no exception. We recently wrote about YouTube, Reddit, and Twitter.
Yesterday we wrote about Microsoft's_LinkedIn_shutting_down_entire_offices
(same as GitHub, which is proprietary social control media for code). We didn’t
forget Facebook/Fakebook. There’s also some clobbering at Facebook/Fakebook.
Don’t believe fake “valuations” (market cap) at Wall Street. Market
capitalisation of Spotify Technology, for instance, is said to be 30.94 billion
at the moment, but Spotify Technology is losing about a billion dollars per
year. Total debt on the balance sheet as of March 2023: $1.85_billion. Many
people “don’t think so” simply because they don’t know that and never bothered
checking. So they’re in debt, they’re losing a lot of money, and somehow
they’re “worth” over 30 billion dollars? Like Twitter was “worth” 44 billion
dollars despite having about 13 billion dollars in debt while operating at a
loss?
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Spotify_|_SPOT_-_Debt⦈_
“It’s hard to tell for sure that there will even be a thing called “Facebook” 5
years from now.”What also matters is inertia or trends. The Web was abuzz some
days ago with “Facebook fading” [1] and “Facebook Papers” [2]. Facebook is now
dishing out some cash to entice people not to leave [3] and there are attempts
to get children “hooked” [4] (yes, Facebook is like a drug dealer). A lot of
Facebook staff left in recent years, not just because of the layoffs. Many
people resigned. Outages were reported a couple of days ago [5] (brain drain
always leads to this) and it’s starting to look like a Twitter-type collapse.
Just like Twitter, Facebook is a prime source of misinformation (see “Pitt
Cheung was scrolling through Facebook one Friday evening when he saw a post by
a local media outlet” [6]; it was false). There are also fakes being spread in
Facebook, as noted this past Thursday [7].
Facebook/Fakebook has no viable plan. VR headsets aren’t it. They just cost the
company a fortune and it went nowhere. It’s hard to tell for sure that there
will even be a thing called “Facebook” 5 years from now. █
Related/contextual items from the news:
fading⠀⇛
Facebook remained the most important social network for news
despite the decline.
creators_for_Facebook_posts⠀⇛
Reality_With_Its_Quest_Headset⠀⇛
Kong_media’s_race_to_the_bottom⠀⇛
Pitt Cheung was scrolling through Facebook one Friday evening
when he saw a post by a local media outlet. “CCTV footage of
the stabbing at Plaza Hollywood,” it read, referring to an
incident at a Hong Kong shopping mall that had just taken
place.
Pictures of Baphomet statues on sale at the Christian craft
store vent Viral on Facebook as some called for a boycott.
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✐ Free_Speech_Rejected_by_Opponents_of_Free_Software⠀✐
Posted in Deception, Free/Libre_Software at 10:56 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: Free Speech needs to be protected, but people who attack the Free
Software Movement do not agree
YESTERDAY our long-timer (15 years!) Ryan Farmer wrote about Matthew Garrett
[1], berating him for attacking the American First Amendment after he had
become a naturalised US citizen. Mr. Farmer had accused him in IRC some days
ago of moreover committing perjury by doing so. While we don’t want to go into
all the gory details (it’s a rather long post that cites Techrights IRC a lot),
we thought it would be a suitable time to bring up Free Speech and cite some
examples from the past week.
Techrights not only believes in Free Speech (yes, capitalised!) but relies on
it. We criticise many powerful companies and if we were based in Russia or
China, we’d probably have been raided by now based on some false pretext (like
some drugs planted in the home or something related to taxes, “insulting the
leader”, “discrediting the state” etc.).
In this post I don’t want to berate Matthew Garrett (arrogant person, terrible
person by the way!) or interpret what his sick mind compels him to say. Instead
I’ll focus on new examples of what happens in countries that lack Free Speech.
Daniel Ellsberg has just died. It was expected because of a cancer diagnosis,
but I found out about his death only minutes after I said in IRC that he could
die any day, even “tomorrow” (I then checked what he was up to and found out he
had in fact died hours earlier!). Project Censored paid a tribute to him (we’ll
included many more in the next batch of Daily Links), citing [2] “part on an
interview with Project Censored’s Mickey Huff and Peter Phillips on KPFA,
Pacifica Free Speech Radio, The Project Censored Show, April 3, 2013.”
Ellsberg used Free Speech to stop a war. The general consensus in the US is
that he did the right thing, the moral thing, the necessary thing.
“Ellsberg used freedom of the press more than individual Free Speech,” an
associate has noten, “there was even a major court case as the result.”
Now fast-forward about half a century. Axios reported yesterday [3] that
“Department of Justice probe finds pattern of racist policing, excessive force
in Minneapolis”, stating: “Violated free speech rights of protestors and
members of the press, including by physically retaliating against people
engaging in protected speech.”
You see where this is going? So Matthew Garrett, who pretends to be against
police violence, is in fact enabling it. He’s attacking Free Speech. He regrets
Free Speech. He wants to take it away (see examples in Mr. Farmer’s post).
Yesterday there was also a new article [4] in the Journal of Free Speech Law.
There were many of those recently. Try to overcome the left/right wing barrier
and focus on the core issues. Many people are too infantile to do this. Even
voting machines’ integrity seems to have become a ‘wing’ thing [1, 2]. That
same journal published “Noisy Speech Externalities,” by Prof. Gus Hurwitz, just
3 days ago [5]. These aren’t a bunch of cranks but rather a professor or many
professors with a grasp of history and why Free Speech matters, even if it can
sometimes be misused as a shield by rather terrible people to say rather
terrible things. █
Related/contextual items from the news:
Court_Attacking_Homeless_Americans._Also_Blasts_US_Constitution.⠀⇛
Matthew Garrett, Says San Francisco People “Get it.” With the
City in Court Attacking Homeless Americans. Also Blasts US
Constitution. Matthew Garrett told me the other day on
TechRights IRC that it’s unfortunate that American citizens
can’t be arrested for talking about things he doesn’t agree
with.
Editor’s Note: The late Daniel Ellsberg’s article, “On Civil
Courage and its Punishments,” was originally published in
Censored 2014: Fearless Speech in Fateful Times, edited by
Mickey Huff, Andy Lee Roth, and Project Censored (New York:
Seven Stories Press, 2013), 208-13. The article was based in
part on an interview with Project Censored’s Mickey Huff and
Peter Phillips on KPFA, Pacifica Free Speech Radio, The Project
Censored Show, April 3, 2013.
force_in_Minneapolis⠀⇛
Violated free speech rights of protestors and members of the
press, including by physically retaliating against people
engaging in protected speech.
Great_Responsibility_Comes_Great_Power”⠀⇛
Just published as part of the symposium on Media and Society
After Technological Disruption, edited by Profs. Justin “Gus”
Hurwitz & Kyle Langvardt.
Hurwitz⠀⇛
Just published as part of the symposium on Media and Society
After Technological Disruption, edited by Profs. Justin “Gus”
Hurwitz & Kyle Langvardt.
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✐ [Meme]_Their_Power_is_Your_Wasted_Time⠀✐
Posted in Deception at 7:39 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Walk away. Your power is in walking away from them.
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Users⦈_
Summary: Social control media platforms are exploitative monsters. Stop
participating in them.
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✐ Many_Fake_Patents_Are_Still_Being_Squashed_and_Patent-Centric_‘Media’_in
Europe_is_Mostly_Sockpuppets_of_the_EPO⠀✐
Posted in America, Courtroom, Deception, Europe, Patents at 12:23 pm by Dr. Roy
Schestowitz
Summary: Team UPC (the illegal and unconstitutional kangaroo court, Unified
Patent Court) and EPO thugs are trying to “buy the narrative” — a false
narrative of course, but courts and tribunals not yet absorbed by these thugs
are throwing out patents in large quantities, even in 2023
Dennis Crouch says that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) is
“establishing satellite offices” and is planning to have another one [1] while
Crouch at al moan about fake US patents being squashed [2]. Obviousness is law
and fact, not either or…
The CCIA’s patent reformers meanwhile speak [3] of “non-practicing entity
(NPE)”, i.e. trolls, and Unified Patent continues squashing US patents, most of
them covering software [4-6]. There are financial rewards for those who help do
this [5] ($2,000). Unified Patent also has some good news [7] about a truly
monstrous troll, InterDigital, which we used to write a lot about.
A propaganda apparatus of the EPO dictators (Benoît_Battistelli, António
Campinos and their cronies), as well as a sponsored promoter of illegal agenda
(the Unified Patent Court, no connection to Unified Patent), has meanwhile
announced [8] that there’s “FRAND negotiation in Germany”. Like IAM (right now
at the top of the front page), they’re promoting monopolies under the false
guise of being “fair, “reasonable”, and anything but discriminatory. European
software_patents are often disguised under this blanket (or “thicket”) of
“FRAND. We certainly hope that EPO staff recognises JUVE for what_it_truly
became_in_recent_years — it’s just a ‘German IAM’, i.e. a mouthpiece of the EPO
with German connections. █
Related/contextual items from the news:
The USPTO began establishing satellite offices a decade ago to
expand beyond the traditional Alexandria (Washington DC)
headquarters. We now have offices in Detroit, Dallas, Denver,
and San Jose. Last year, Congress voted to further expand the
decentralization by at least one more. The Unleashing American
Innovators Act of 2022 (UAIA) mandates creation of a Southeast
Regional Office (SERO). The USPTO is now seeking comments on
where the office should be located — and the methodology it
should use in selecting a location. [Fed Reg].
The statute requires that it be located in Virginia, North
Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama,
Mississippi, Louisiana, or Arkansas. I would automatically
rule-out Virginia and North Carolina as too close to the PTO
HQ; and also rule-out Arkansas as too close to the Dallas
Office. In my mind, I quickly narrowed things down to four
potential cities: Atlanta, Jacksonville, Miami, and Nashville.
Roku’s recently filed en banc petition begins with an
intriguing statement: “What should have been a garden-variety
substantial-evidence appeal has produced a dangerous
obviousness precedent—one as far-reaching as it is misguided.”
[Roku, Inc. v. Universal Electronics, Inc., Docket No. 22-01058
(Fed. Cir.) (en banc petition)]
An every day part of patent practice is arguing about whether a
cited prior art reference teaches a particular claim
limitation. That analysis is not always an easy task because
prior art is often quite cryptic as are the patent claims being
evaluated. One way to look at the process is an interpreting
of the prior art to see if it teaches the claim. In that form,
the process is seen a question of fact that must be based upon
substantial evidence and reviewed with deference on appeal.
When my business was sued for patent infringement, I was caught
off guard. In my case, we happened to be the target of a
baseless lawsuit from a larger competitor, but for many
businesses in a similar situation, the lawsuit comes from a
non-practicing entity (NPE).
reexam_granted⠀⇛
On June 16, 2023, less than three weeks after Unified filed_an
ex_parte_reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of
patentability on the challenged claim of U.S._Patent_8,228,910,
owned by Entropic Communications, LLC, an NPE and a Fortress_IP
entity.
prior_art⠀⇛
A new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added
seeking prior art on at least claim 3 of U.S._Patent_9,807,564,
owned by Context Directions LLC, a Jeffrey M. Gross entity. The
‘564 patent generally relates to a method for detecting context
of a mobile device, and to a mobile device having a context
detection module, especially to detect that the mobile device
is located in a moving vehicle.
As part of an ongoing series examining the patent holders and
pools erroneously designating patents as essential, we
highlight U.S._Patent_9,277,243 titled “Methods and apparatus
for in-loop de-artifact filtering.” This patent is owned by
InterDigital_VC_Holdings,_Inc. InterDigital has designated the
’243 patent as essential to the AV1 standard as a part of
SISVEL’s_AV1_Patent_Pool. SeeAV1 Patent List, AV1 Family AV1-
056, available at https://www.sisvel.com/images/documents/
Video-Coding-Platform/PatentList_AV1.pdf.
On June 14, 2023, less than a month after Unified filed_an_ex
parte_reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU)
granted Unified’s request, finding substantial new questions of
patentability on the challenged claims of U.S._Patent
8,085,845, owned by InterDigital_VC_Holdings.
As reported by Chinese and US magazines, the state-funded
Japanese patent pool IP Bridge and Chinese electronics company
TCL have concluded a global licensing agreement. This ends all
current lawsuits around cellular, wireless communication and
HEVC technology. IP Bridge and TCL face off In Europe, the two
companies faced each other primarily in Germany.
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✐ Reddit_is_the_Next_Twitter,_Going_Down_the_Drain⠀✐
Posted in Deception, Microsoft at 10:36 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: It is becoming increasingly safe to predict the irreversible demise of
Reddit; give it a few weeks and watch how regulars of Reddit — not just
longtime moderators — become Web refugees, looking for a new place. Maybe a few
of them will explore self-hosting and even Gemini.
OVER the years we wrote a lot about bad sides of Reddit, seeing since 2006 or
since 2007 (Reddit was full of Novell shills) that it was dominated by
malicious corporations, moderated by liars, recklessly lying about its own
history, and even hiding sponsors like Microsoft. Reddit is a censorship site,
controlled by sponsors via volunteers, pretending to be a community. No wonder
Microsoft chatbots are trained on Reddit data; the “truth” there is already
curated by Microsoft and it omits Microsoft critics, among many other critics.
For those who’ve been living under a rock somewhere, Reddit is having a crisis
because its arrogant CEO refuses to acknowledge a mistake [1], he’s now
spamming countless journalists via NPR (yes, NPR spammed me by using their
Microsoft E-mail system!), and locking moderators out [2]. Even the mainstream
media covered this yesterday [3]. It’s no longer a one-day strike but something
vastly bigger. In Gemini, people_debate_alternatives_to_Reddit_(including
Gemini). The latest episode from Jupiter Broadcasting (Self-Hosted) covers it
[4]. It’s spinning out of control. Even 3 days ago it was already called
“Reddit Blackout” [5] and users, not just moderators, were impacted. There were
downtimes too.
Two days ago we saw reports that the “company won’t budge” [6] (they seem to
lack an understanding of who’s truly in control, not over the computer systems
but the fake community) and Jupiter Broadcasting’s Coder Radio said [7] three
days ago that “the ridiculous situation Reddit has created for itself and the
weak position of app developers.”
Ervin, a Free software developer, said [8]: “Another centralized tool for
communication going down the drain. I wonder what the IPO will look like in
this case.”
Yes, another. It seems like a trend. █
Related/contextual items from the news:
Enough_Money_From_Reddit_Users⠀⇛
Steve Huffman, the CEO of Reddit, has decided to just keep on
talking. After his disastrous AMA helped inspire more
subreddits to join a 48 hour blackout, and his dismissal of the
protesting subreddits as something not worth paying attention
to resulted in many subreddits extending their protests
indefinitely, Huffman apparently thought it would make sense to
go do a bunch of interviews and insult the protesting mods some
more. We’ll start with the interview he did with NPR which is
just dripping with entitlement.
Verge⠀⇛
Social platforms are entering a strange and uncertain future.
We dive into Lemmy, a self-hosted Reddit alternative. Plus, a
couple of easy-to-deploy tools that make life better.
Almost 8,000 subreddit forums calls for a Reddit Blackout to
protest against the latest pricing policy that will charge
third-party developers for accessing APIs [...]
access,_company_won’t_budge⠀⇛
Nobody cleans a house as quickly and as thoroughly as a
gentleman who has a ladyfriend coming over. Or something like
that, goes the saying. As the man cleans the house, he is
acknowledging that the state it was in was not acceptable and
yet he was okay with it.
We chew on the ridiculous situation Reddit has created for
itself and the weak position of app developers.
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✐ SpyHome:_Enemy_of_Your_Freedom⠀✐
Posted in Free/Libre_Software, Hardware at 1:21 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Video_download_link | md5sum 28f4f9d8fd0de8422327b6c0485a9a14
Smart People vs SpyHome
Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0
http://techrights.org/videos/renting-the-home-you-own.webm
Summary: There’s a renewed discussion or debate about so-called “smarthomes”
(SpyHomes) because some gullible Microsofter put ‘smart’ things all over his
own home and his own devices stopped working due to alleged racism
THE concept of a “smarthome” (SpyHome) was rarely covered here before, except
perhaps in passing. Due to this_story, however, the downsides were mentioned a
lot over the past few days. People now realise they don’t really control their
own homes if they are “smart”, i.e. remotely controlled by companies and
governments.
To quote The Register (two days ago):
“This wasn’t just a simple inconvenience, though,” he wrote. “I have
a smart home, and my primary means of interfacing with all the
devices and automations is through Amazon Echo devices via Alexa.
This incident left me with a house full of unresponsive devices, a
silent Alexa, and a lot of questions.”
Jackson’s smart home wasn’t entirely non-functional during this
period. Most of his smart home gear, he said, is self-hosted locally,
via Apple HomeKit, and not tied to an Amazon cloud service. He could
still interact with some devices through Apple’s Siri assistant
software.
Jackson attributes the suspension of his Amazon account – which
controls his Echo hardware and Alexa software – to an Amazon driver
misinterpreting an automated Eufy doorbell audio message.
“It is an object lesson in ownership,” an associate has told us about this,
“and if you don’t control the code you don’t control the machine. And, as RMS
has pointed out for decades, if you don’t control the machine, it controls you.
It’s a very important article in that way. Rossmann did a video about it, but
writing is 1000% more useful in documenting the problem and identifying the
solution (software freedom).”
So I’ve decided to do a video response to his video, followed by some text.
“I’d recommend listening to Rossmann’s pro-software freedom arguments in that
video,” the associate insists.
The video above is over half an hour long, but the gist of it is that companies
can take over all “smart” things in your home. Heck, not only “GAFAM” can do
this; the ISP can also sabotage your home, e.g. ahead of a home raid. Last year
we saw alarming stories about energy suppliers taking over (remotely) people’s
appliances and controlling thermostats.
As the video above points out, some “old” or “dumb” things give a lot more
control and freedom to the person who lives inside the home. Let’s make it a
trend to hold onto “traditional” appliances. Newer is not always better, except
perhaps to powerful people who want us to rent, not own, everything in our
lives. While mainstream media makes a lot of noise this year about buzzwords as
an existential crisis it seems to be missing or ignoring more immediate, not
hypothetical, threats. █
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Posted in Site_News at 2:56 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
We need some more Free software to help find the news which matters (or pages
that matter, e.g. release pages)
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R.R.R.R.R., one tool used for curation, developed earlier this year
Summary: Finding important and meaningful news on the World Wide Web (or even
Gemini) is hard and very time-consuming an activity; we need better tools for
the task and we’ve been developing some (even with graphical user interfaces)
Techrights put on pause some of its news curation activity this past Tuesday.
The reason? The signal-to-noise (s/n) ratio in the news (the rate of adequate
journalism rather than “filler”) is too low. In some cases, for some domains,
for every real news story there would be 5-10 SPAM items, either some sponsored
fodder or sales disguised as an ‘article’. Yet worse, a lot of deliberate
misinformation, i.e. disinformation, is being published. This can harm people’s
mental health and embolden extremist worldviews. The extent of this problem is
unprecedented. We’ve seen domains that, instead of going offline with some
dignity, simply became spamfarms (for money). Even some former “LINUX” sites
have become exclusively spam. A few of them actively promote the opposite of
Linux. The situation is barely tenable as it seems to be further aggravated
each week in every way. The deterioration is continuous and any prospects of
amelioration require a lot of manual work, such as filtering and curation. It’s
a lot of work. It’s more and more work each month if not every week. It’ll get
worse over time.
“It might take only 30 minutes per day to trot through every worthy coverage of
GNU/Linux issues on the World Wide Web.”This sentiment is shared among several
of us. Three months ago we_focused_on_developing_some_tools_for_curation, but
even those tools are now challenged by a really awful s/n ratio. Since the site
OpenSource.com was shut down (IBM made some face-saving excuses two months
later because we had chastised them for it), several more “LINUX” sites became
SPAM (or worse), and even finding an adequate number/quality of news about GNU/
Linux is no longer easy. It might take only 30 minutes per day to trot through
every worthy coverage of GNU/Linux issues on the World Wide Web. Gemini is
growing, but it’s still nowhere near the magnitude of the Web.
We must thus carefully reconsider how we curate and bring you Daily Links. The
Daily Links turned_15_not_too_long_ago (this past February) and we have no
intention of stopping them (we_recently_expanded_them_to_Gemini/Gopher). The
question is, how can we do this more effectively? Please feel free to contact
us via E-mail or IRC. Any suggestions can help us help you (with Daily Links).
We may spend the next few days focusing some more on deep thinking and coding.
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Posted in Asia, Deception at 11:20 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Fentanylware:_Who's_there?⦈_
Summary: Many people believe — or get paid to say — that TikTok is no worse
than social control media made by the West and controlled by the West; those
people clearly have no clue about TikTok (where_the_stated_aim_is_harm, it is
not merely a side effect)
TikTok is, bluntly speaking, a Chinese weapon disguised as an “app” or “site”.
Consider some recent examples such as [1] (some idiot “arrives at his own
funeral in helicopter after faking his death”). As we noted some days ago in
the series about YouTube, this imperils emergency services, can cause a
suicide, etc. What healthy-minded person does this? And what for? To teach
one’s family a “lesson”? See “Paramedics turn on premier in TikTok tirade” [2],
“The Battle for Control” [3] (yes, it’s about TikTok), and then witness
disturbing trends [4]. Even German media [5] has had its say.
For those who do not know what ByteDance is, Wikipedia says this: “ByteDance
Ltd. (Chinese: 字节跳动; pinyin: Zìjié Tiàodòng) is a Chinese internet technology
company headquartered in Beijing and incorporated in the Cayman Islands.” Well,
“internet technology” is a typo (should be capitalised i, but Wikipedia is no
longer known for quality) and calling it “internet technology” is a gross
understatement. It’s a surveillance giant that farms behaviour. It’s like a
Chinese “profiling” or “scoring” system for the entire world, operated by
youths for the most part but aimed at adults.
Yesterday the New York Times wrote [6]: “On the short-form video app, long-
established facts about the 1912 disaster at sea are being newly litigated as
musty rumors merge with fresh misinformation and manipulated content.”
Yes, “misinformation and manipulated content” is very common there because it
is actively being encouraged and promoted (selected to go viral, by hostile
forces). It harms people’s safety, feelings, self-image, and education.
Techrights has been consistently_and_unapologetically_against_TikTok, more so
than any other social control media. If you know someone who uses TikTok, do
your best to wean them/him/her off it. █
Related/contextual items from the news:
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premier_in_TikTok_tirade⠀⇛
and_the_Rights_of_Children⠀⇛
TikTok_for_News,_Report_Says⠀⇛
On the short-form video app, long-established facts about the
1912 disaster at sea are being newly litigated as musty rumors
merge with fresh misinformation and manipulated content.
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✐ Twitter_is_Still_Very_Deep_in_Debt,_the_Interest_Payments_on_the_Debt_Are
Massive_($300,000,000),_and_It’s_Still_Losing_Money_After_Discarding_Most
Staff⠀✐
Posted in Servers at 7:31 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Summary: It is perfectly plausible that Twitter will declare bankruptcy not too
long from now; the company is not viable and things become very messy very fast
OUR position on Twitter has been all along very consistent. We’ve urged people
to quit the platform and not take anything found on that platform seriously (it
was a leading source of misinformation).
There’s some real news about Twitter these days. Below is a sample from the
past week.
Twitter is not a social network, nor is it a community. It’s an ego/vanity
project of Elon Musk, according to its CEO [1]. “Twitter’s Lawyers Admit
They’re Overwhelmed As Nearly 2000 Laid Off Employees File Arbitration Claims
[2] says a new article and now they need to worry about a lawsuit over
“copyright infringement to the tune of $250 million” [3]. The Twitter platform
of the present has a severe problem with fakes (changing what “verified” means
did not help) [4], which may lead to defamation lawsuits and accountability
lawsuits some down the line, and the founder of Twitter is trying to take
advantage of the chaos [5]. Musk seems to be thinking Twitter will become
another TikTok [6], but he’s late to the game and what’s left of Twitter is
being evicted for failing to pay bills [7-8]. Maybe soon the Web site and “app”
will go offline for failing to pay server bills [9]. No kidding here, this can
actually happen soon.
So what has Musk got in mind? Bringing in racists [10] and truly pissing off
LGBTQ users [11-12]? You just know this won’t end up very well. Openly
endorsing homophobic politicians in Twitter livestreams probably pisses off the
lion’s share of what’s left of the users in it, not to mention most US
politicians. “Jack Dorsey Says Indian Officials Raided Twitter Employees’
Homes,” said a recent article [13] and maybe some time soon it’ll be US
officials doing the same.
We’re not too sure what Twitter will look like by Christmas. Given all those
lawsuits and unpaid bills, the platform might as well be offline.
As noted in the title, the company still costs a huge amount of money to run.
The only way to put an end to these losses is to declare bankruptcy. █
Related/contextual items from the news:
Ship,_She’s_Just_Running_It⠀⇛
Employees_File_Arbitration_Claims⠀⇛
Back in college, I took an arbitration class, and it was one of
my favorite classes. The professor (James Gross, who just
retired last year after teaching for an astounding 56 years)
was amazing, and I became a little obsessed with the entire
idea and process of arbitration as an alternative to the costly
and much more time intensive court process. However, lots of
big businesses became obsessed with the concept as well, and,
as we’ve covered over the years, that’s resulted in them
spending much of the early 2000s turning the system to their
advantage.
Twitter⠀⇛
A group of music publishers is suing Elon Musk’s Twitter for
copyright infringement to the tune of $250 million. But the
group faces a recalcitrant Musk who isn’t paying rent—why would
he pay royalties?
cash⠀⇛
China Report is MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about
technology developments in China. Sign up to receive it in your
inbox every Tuesday. A growing number of Twitter accounts have
been impersonating outspoken Chinese intellectuals or
celebrities. Their posts, which frequently criticize the
Chinese government, often draw hundreds of thousands of
followers before the deception is publicly exposed.…
Decline_With_Custom_Algorithms⠀⇛
Business_Revamp_–_Investor_Presentation⠀⇛
Its_Colorado_Offices⠀⇛
unpaid_rent⠀⇛
Cloud_contract⠀⇛
Twitter_Show⠀⇛
But_Twitter_Is_the_Worst⠀⇛
comes_to_protecting_LGBTQ_users_from_hate:_GLAAD⠀⇛
Employees’_Homes⠀⇛
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✐ Judges_of_the_Unified_Patent_Court_(UPC)_Are_Resigning_Before_It_Even_Starts
and_Team_UPC_Sprinkles_Candy_on_This_Illegal_and_Unconstitutional_‘Court’_
(Rigged_Kangaroo_Court_Designed_to_Authorise_the_EPO’s_Abuses_Against_the
EPC)⠀✐
Posted in Courtroom, Deception, Europe, Patents at 1:28 pm by Dr. Roy
Schestowitz
Summary: The sordid ploy to construct a bunch of unlawful kangaroo courts for
patents (even in unauthorised sites, contrary to the Unified Patent Court
Agreement) will not only destroy the European Union’s (EU) credibility on “law
and order” or “the rule of law” (they’ve had the audacity to lecture Poland on
that; Poland seems like the only country which bothered doing an economic study
on the matter, resulting in rejection of the Unified Patent Court); it
discredits the patent system as a whole and no amount of bribed “publishers”
can correct this
THIS won’t end well. We’ve said it for years already. There are reportedly many
“unitary effect” opt-outs, perhaps because many parties expect it to be some
temporary charade.
Some time earlier this month a bribed mouthpiece of Team UPC did some hilarious
reputation laundering article for ‘judge’ Grabinski. They fell all over
themselves to say he had no biases. What a joke! He months earlier he did photo
ops with the EPO‘s António_Campinos, a friend of Benoît_Battistelli, and when I
shared those photo in this site core people of the “conspiracy” (Team UPC)
contacted me and threatened me with litigation. These are gangsters, not
judges. They’re like a mafia pushing European_software_patents for the sake of
money. Follow the money… even JUVE cannot deny where the money came from, not
too long before those Grabinski puff pieces.
If the EU (and EC) cannot rectify the matter, this corruption will spread so
deeply to the EU (and EUIPO) that they too will collapse, with staff exodus or
staff revolting, even engaging in long strikes.
“If the EU (and EC) cannot rectify the matter, this corruption will spread so
deeply to the EU (and EUIPO) that they too will collapse, with staff exodus or
staff revolting, even engaging in long strikes.”“Three technically qualified
judges (TQJ) have resigned prior to the start of operations of the Unified
Patent Court,” Team UPC now admits [1] while Team UPC is just parroting the
propaganda from gangsters at the EPO [2]. What on Earth is going on here? “Law”
firms openly promote illegal things, citing actual criminals who operate with
impunity! How on Earth will that help the EU?
In better news, Unified Patent (no connected to the UPC) awards money to disarm
a patent troll which attacked GNU/Linux some years ago (Leigh M. Rothschild)
[3] and it challenges some other ludicrous patents as well [4]. Well,
occasionally it targets European Patents, seeing that at the Patent Trial and
Appeal Board (PTAB) inter partes reviews (IPRs) may get harder to initiate due
to the Microsoft mole who currently acts as Director of the U.S. Patent and
Trademark Office (USPTO). We hope that Unified Patent will expand in Europe and
do a lot more to tackle the injustice here, especially the fake patents’
pandemic.
“It won’t shock us if more UPC judges do the right thing and resign.”In other
patent news/noise, the patent maximalists are again conflating patents with
“Innovation” [5]. Florian Müller is back_to_lobbying_for_Microsoft and other
nefarious entities [6-7], and Patent Docs seems to have devolved into a
marketing ‘spam’ site [8-11], with the occasional real ‘article’ [12], pushing
their usual agenda. As Techrights put it this morning in IRC: “Wow! A lot of
PATENT ‘news’ sites are LITERALLY dying. Completely. Some barely publish
anything. This is a graveyard.” The EPO’s mouthpiece, JUVE, keeps lobbying on
FRAND [13] (hardly journalism, it is sponsored agenda-pushing) and Müller is
almost certainly (I’d say definitely) back on Microsoft’s payroll again, based
on his latest junk [13-15].
News about patents has never been this pathetic and misleading. JUVE has become
a judge’s reputation laundering agency. It won’t shock us if more UPC judges do
the right thing and resign. Have some self respect and dignity. █
Related/contextual items from the news:
Patents⠀⇛
Three technically qualified judges (TQJ) have resigned prior to
the start of operations of the Unified Patent Court. According
to a UPC announcement, Roman Maksymiw (DE), Grégoire
Desrousseaux (FR) en Kirsikka Etuaho (FI) handed in their
resignations received prior to 31 May 2023. The reason is not
mentioned [...]
prior_art⠀⇛
A new PATROLL contest, with a $2,000 cash prize, was added
seeking prior art on at least claim 1 of U.S._Patent_8,651,369,
owned by Symbology Innovations, a Leigh M. Rothschild entity.
The ‘369 patent generally relates to enabling a portable
electronic device to retrieve information about an object when
the object’s symbology, e.g., a barcode, is detected. The
patent has been asserted over 100 times but most recently
against BrandsMart, Keurig_Dr._Pepper, and ADT.
The contest will expire on July 31, 2023. Please visit PATROLL
for more information and to submit an entry for this contest.
On June 13, 2023, Unified Patents filed an ex parte
reexamination proceeding against U.S._Patent_11,522,756, owned
and asserted by HyperX Networks, LLC. The ‘756 patent relates
to zero-touch provisioning systems and methods, and had been
asserted against Ciena.
View district_court_litigations_by_HyperX. Unified is
represented by Raghav_Bajaj at Haynes_Boone, and by in-house
counsel, Michelle_Aspen and Roshan_Mansinghani.
The patent system is a foundational part of the United States’
innovation ecosystem. The country created a national patent
system in 1789. While the patent system has evolved over 200
years, it has remained stagnant in one glaring way. The number
of inventors and patent professionals that are women or belong
to underrepresented racial and ethnic groups is alarmingly low
as compared to white men. While this disparity raises concerns
about inclusivity, it also raises the possibility that there
are untapped reservoirs of creativity and innovation within our
borders.
proposal_is_supported_by_absence_of_evidence_and_growing_chorus_of_voices
that_matter⠀⇛
patent_against_Nokia’s_opposition:_EPO_upholds_claims_based_on_minor
clarification;_Mannheim_trial_scheduled_for_6/27⠀⇛
Change_Innovation⠀⇛
USA,_Inc._(Fed._Cir._2023)⠀⇛
rate⠀⇛
The UK High Court has handed down its sixth judgment in the
dispute between Apple and Optis concerning standard essential
patents, in doing so cementing the terms of a FRAND licence
between the two companies. \
preliminary_injunction_against_Microsoft-ActivisionBlizzard_next_week,
merger_technically_can’t_close_in_June_but_on_track_for_July⠀⇛
ActivisionBlizzard_over_theory_rejected_by_regulators_in_charge_of_40
countries;_UK_appeal_progressing_fast⠀⇛
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universal_operating_system.⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-13_[Older]_How_to_install_GoLand_on_MX_Linux_21.3⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-13_[Older]_Canonical_Tried_To_Make_An_Ubuntu_Smart
TV⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-13_[Older]_Cults_Exposed_–_Arch_Linux⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-12_[Older]_The_4_reasons_you_don’t_actually_want
Linux-native_games_on_Steam_Deck⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-12_[Older]_How_to_install_Discord_on_MX_Linux
21.3⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-12_[Older]_A_Blind_Date_with_Debian_12_Bookworm⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-12_[Older]_Joining_The_Linux_Kernel_Community:_For
Dummies⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-11_[Older]_Fixing_Some_Major_Bugs_And_Minor
Annoyances_–_Configuring_Emacs_02⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-11_[Older]_Debian_12_“Net_Install”_Installation
Walkthrough⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-11_[Older]_Debian_12_–_The_First_12_Things_You
Should_Do_After_Installation!⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-11_[Older]_GNOME_Takes_Big_Step_Towards_Fractional
Scaling⠀⇛
# ⚓ 2023-06-11_[Older]_How_to_install_Gimp_on_MX_Linux_21.3⠀⇛
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 11_Best_Free_Linux_Graphical_Calculators_
(Updated_2023)⠀⇛
One of the basic utilities supplied with any
operating system is a desktop calculator. We cover
the best graphical tools.
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 20_Essential_LaTeX_Tools_–_typeset
beautifully_(Updated_2023)⠀⇛
LaTeX is a document preparation system and document
markup language for high-quality typesetting. We
feature the best LaTeX tools.
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 11_Best_Free_Linux_Bibliography_Tools⠀⇛
A common misconception is that bibliography tools
are really only useful for academics. However, this
type of software is a type of reference manager
offering the ability to collect large amounts of
metadata.
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ How_Does_Open-Source_and_Cloud_Storage
Synergy_Drive_Innovation?⠀⇛
Open source has been an alternative driving force
for transparency & good in computing for decades.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Kifarunix ☛ Install_ownCloud_Server_on_Debian_12⠀⇛
In this guide, we are going to learn how to install
ownCloud Server on Debian 12.
# ⚓ IT Tavern ☛ Create_tmux_layouts_using_bash_scripts⠀⇛
I am a big fan of tmux, but there is – without
adding plugins – a way to save and restore sessions
or layouts. For this reason, I’ve decided to work
on a bash script that restores and builds my
favorite tmux layout at the start of the session.
I’ve been testing it for the last couple of days,
and it works well and saved me a ton of time.
Everyone has different requirements. I explain the
commands so you can rebuild your favorite layout or
session. And please remember that there are
multiple ways to solve this.
The demo layout can be found at the bottom of this
post.
# ⚓ Manuel Matuzovic ☛ Day_101:_scoping⠀⇛
It’s time to get me up to speed with modern CSS.
There’s so much new in CSS that I know too little
about. To change that I’ve started
#100DaysOfMoreOrLessModernCSS. Why more or less
modern CSS? Because some topics will be about
cutting-edge features, while other stuff has been
around for quite a while already, but I just have
little to no experience with it.
# ⚓ Pi My Life Up ☛ Installing_Unbound_for_Pi-Hole_on_the
Raspberry_Pi⠀⇛
Unbound is what is called a recursive DNS server
and is a way of improving your privacy when
browsing the internet.
Simply put, a recursive DNS server such as Unbound
calls the DNS root servers directly and then
recursively follows the path until it resolves to
an IP address your Raspberry Pi can connect to.
This differs from a normal DNS service in which Pi-
Hole and your Raspberry Pi will send the entire
path to a service such as Cloudflare and then
accept the resolved IP Address it returns.
# ⚓ Data Swamp ☛ OpenKuBSD_progress_report⠀⇛
Here is a summary of my progress for writing
OpenKuBSD. So far, I’ve had a few blockers but I’ve
been able to find solutions, more or less simple
and nice, but overall I’m really excited about how
the project is turning out.
# ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ How_To_Upgrade_To_Debian_12_Bookworm_From
Debian_11_Bullseye⠀⇛
Debian 12, codenamed Bookworm, is released a few
days ago! This Step-by-Step guide explains how to
upgrade to Debian 12 bookworm from Debian 11
bullseye from command line. From updating
repositories to backing up your data, we’ll cover
all the necessary steps to ensure a successful
Debian 12 upgrade.
# ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-06-15_[Older]_How_to_install_Pinta
on_MX_Linux_21.3⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-06-14_[Older]_How_to_install_the
Brave_Beta_browser_on_MX_Linux_21.3⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-06-13_[Older]_How_to_install
GoLand_on_MX_Linux_21.3⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-06-12_[Older]_How_to_install
Discord_on_MX_Linux_21.3⠀⇛
# ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-06-11_[Older]_How_to_install_Gimp
on_MX_Linux_21.3⠀⇛
# ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ How_to_Use_the_Zip_Command_in_Linux_to
Compress_Files_and_Folders⠀⇛
The zip command in Linux is probably the simplest
and most intuitive way to work with ZIP files on
the command line. And not just that, the ZIP file
format is universal — almost every_OS_out_there_has
a_native_program that can work with it. Here’s all
the ways you can use this command in any Linux
command line.
# ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Yarn_on_Fedora_38⠀⇛
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install
Yarn on Fedora 38. If you’re a Fedora user and a
JavaScript developer, you might be interested in
using Yarn as your package manager.
# ⚓ Retrieving_Notes_from_Remote:_A_Guide_for_Git_Users⠀⇛
Git is a powerful tool that enables developers to
collaborate on code, manage versions, and track
changes. However, managing notes in Git can be a
bit tricky, especially when working with remote
repositories.
# ⚓ Identifying_Top_Contributors:_Data_Extraction_Techniques_in
Git⠀⇛
# ⚓ Discovering_Bottlenecks_in_Source_Tree_with_Git⠀⇛
# ⚓ Grepping_the_Commit_Messages:_A_Git_Tutorial⠀⇛
# ⚓ Extracting_Data_from_Your_Git_Repository:_An_Introduction⠀⇛
Git is a widely used version control system that
allows teams of developers to work on projects
collaboratively. It provides a centralized
repository where all members can access and make
changes to the codebase. This makes Git an
important tool for software development, enabling
distributed teams to work more efficiently and
effectively.
# ⚓ Decoding_the_Contents_of_Git_Releases⠀⇛
# ⚓ Repository_Recap:_What_Has_Been_Achieved_in_Your_Git
Repository_Lately?⠀⇛
# ⚓ Git_Hooks,_Aliases,_and_Scripts:_A_Comprehensive
Introduction⠀⇛
Git is a distributed version control system widely
used in software development to keep track of file
changes over time.
# ⚓ Pushing_Git_Notes_to_Remote_Repositories:_A_Practical
Approach⠀⇛
Git notes are a powerful tool that can enhance
collaboration and overall productivity among team
members. These notes allow developers to attach
additional information to a specific commit, such
as annotations, reminders, or even links to
external resources.
# ⚓ Commit_Tagging:_Enhancing_Repository_Management_in_Git⠀⇛
Git is an open-source distributed version control
system that has become the industry standard for
software development. It allows developers to work
collaboratively on projects, creating a centralized
repository for code changes.
# ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ How_to_Install_and_Use_Portainer_to_Manage
Docker_Containers⠀⇛
Learn how to install Portainer and take control of
your Docker containers with this step-by-step
guide. Simplify container management today!
# ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ 10_Linux_command-line_operators_every_user
should_know⠀⇛
In Linux, command-line operators can unlock a world
of possibilities, making your workflow more
efficient and powerful. From file management to
process control, these operators are the bedrock of
many operations. In this article, we’ll explore ten
essential command-line operators in Linux and
explain their functions. With a clear understanding
of these operators, you’ll be better equipped to
handle and manipulate your Linux environment.
# ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ Understanding_and_using_the_‘source’_command_in
Linux⠀⇛
The ‘source’ command, an integral part of Linux and
Unix-like systems, is a shell built-in that reads
and executes commands from a file in the current
shell environment. While it may seem a trivial part
of your command-line experience, ‘source’ is
instrumental in various critical tasks such as
setting environment variables, reloading shell
profiles, or running scripts. In this guide, we
will delve into the practical applications of the
‘source’ command, demonstrating its role in
enhancing your Linux shell interactions.
# ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Upgrade_to_Linux_Mint_21.2
Victoria⠀⇛
Welcoming a significant milestone in the Linux
distribution realm is the release of Linux Mint
21.2, endearingly known as “Victoria”. This latest
update underscores the steady progression of Linux
Mint, striking a balance between enhanced user
experiences and impeccable stability.
# ⚓ Gary_Benson:_Use_stdbuf_to_tee_without_buffering⠀⇛
Do you want to tee the output of a command to a
file, but see it in your terminal too, without
buffering? The stdbuf command can do this for you:
$ sudo stdbuf --output=L tcpdump -i any -tttt -
n 'udp port 5353' | tee -a tcpdump-mdns
...
# ⚓ ZDNet ☛ How_to_add_VirtualBox_VMs_from_a_previous
installation⠀⇛
If you’ve re-installed your operating system (or
moved to a new machine) and you have a collection
of VirtualBox virtual machines on a secondary
drive, you can easily add them one at a time.
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Upgrade_the_Linux_Kernel_in_Ubuntu⠀⇛
Upgrading the Linux kernel lets you experience some
of the latest cutting-edge technology on your PC.
No matter which Linux distro you use, chances are
you need to switch between or upgrade kernel
versions to gain the maximum possible benefits from
the OS.
If you are an avid Ubuntu user and want to upgrade
your kernel to the latest available version, here’s
how to manually achieve this simple yet valuable
task.
# ⚓ Beebom ☛ How_to_Switch_Users_in_Linux_Terminal⠀⇛
To secure the Linux kernel from unauthorized
access, the operating system provides the option of
creating different users with different privileges.
You can easily switch users in Linux using
commands. In this article, we will explore some
different methods on how to switch users right from
your Linux terminal, regardless of if you want to
perform administrative tasks or simply need to
execute commands as a super user.
o § Games⠀➾
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Removing_non-Steam_apps_now_cleans_up_on
Steam_Deck_and_Linux_desktop⠀⇛
A change that Valve missed in the big recent
upgrade of the Steam client, is that on Linux
systems either desktop or Steam Deck, removing non-
Steam apps should now be cleaner.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Factorio_adds_controller_support_in
experimental_update⠀⇛
Good news for Steam Deck and gamepad fans, as
official controller support is coming to Factorio
and you can try it out right now. Released in
experimental v1.1.83 they note you just need to
change over the input method in the settings -
> controls menu. Then you will get proper gamepad
controls and glyphs telling you what to do.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Soulstone_Survivors_a_great_Vampire
Survivor-like_has_a_huge_skill_tree_upgrade⠀⇛
Soulstone Survivors is one of my favourite games in
the spirit of Vampire Survivors, and it just got a
lot bigger with the new Path of Ascension upgrade.
While similar to VS in basic gameplay mechanics and
the loop, it expanded on the idea in a few ways
with more skill-based gameplay.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Get_PAYDAY_2_and_lots_of_DLC_in_this_Humble
Bundle⠀⇛
Here’s an easy chance to get PAYDAY 2 and a whole
bunch of DLC super cheap thanks to the latest
Humble Bundle so here’s the details. While they
recently removed the Native Linux version, they
have given a statement on their plans to support it
in Proton. In my own testing – it did work
perfectly with Proton!
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ New_Beta_for_Valheim_adds_in_world
modifiers_letting_you_customize_your_game⠀⇛
It’s here in Beta! A big upgrade for Valheim to let
you change how you can play it, so here’s a run
over what’s new and improved. This was teased
recently and comes after a stable update that
improved performance.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Steam_UI_scaling_should_work_even_better_in
the_latest_Beta⠀⇛
Having Steam UI scaling issues? You may want to
have a look at the Steam Client Beta that was
released June 15th and see how you get on. Valve
are constantly updating the Beta, and they only
just launched a major update with the new Steam
Overlay but they’re right back to it on the Beta
with fresh upgrades and fixes.
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾
# ⚓ Nate Graham ☛ This_week_in_KDE:_nicer_digital_signing
in_Okular⠀⇛
There’s some of interesting Plasma 6 news,
but I’m saving it for another post in a day
or two, so it doesn’t distract from all the
great work that KDE contributors landed on
other things this week! So let’s dig into
that…
Okular’s digital signature workflow has been
improved, and now offers you the opportunity
to add various pieces of metadata such as
“reason” and “location” to the signature, and
also to optionally add a background image
behind it…
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § BSD⠀➾
# ⚓ FreeBSD ☛ Celebrating_30_Years_of_FreeBSD_–_FreeBSD_Journal
Special_Edition⠀⇛
We’re so excited to announce that the online
version of the FreeBSD 30th Anniversary special
edition of the FreeBSD Journal will be available on
Monday, Jun 19, 2023 … Just in time to celebrate
FreeBSD’s 30th Anniversary! The content for the
issue is exceptional. The editorial board
definitely outdid themselves.
# ⚓ FreeBSD ☛ Celebrating_30_years_of_FreeBSD_–_FreeBSD
Timeline⠀⇛
This week, we’re celebrating 30 years of FreeBSD!
The Foundation took a look back through the
Project’s history and, with the collaboration of
the FreeBSD Journal team, created a new FreeBSD
timeline.
# ⚓ FreeBSD ☛ Celebrating_30_years_of_FreeBSD_–_30th
Anniversary_Merchandise⠀⇛
Want to celebrate 30 years of FreeBSD in style?
Check out some of the anniversary merchandise on
our brand new Shopify store. We unveiled our 30th
Anniversary design at the recent BSDCan 2023, but
if you weren’t able to make it, you can now order
them online.
# ⚓ FreeBSD ☛ June_2023_Fundraising_Update⠀⇛
It’s June and for many of us in North America,
we’re starting to see a glimmer of summer peaking
around the corner. I cherish all the seasons, even
the cold of winter, but summer is by far my
favorite season of the year.
# ⚓ FreeBSD ☛ FreeBSD_Day_–_Celebrating_30_Years_of_FreeBSD⠀⇛
30 Years! Can you believe it? June 19, 2023 marks
30 years since the FreeBSD operating system got its
name. As you may know, the anniversary of FreeBSD
has been named FreeBSD Day.
o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ Red Hat ☛ How_to_use_Ansible_to_create_a_VM_on_Azure_via
workflow [Ed: Instead of competing against Microsoft Red Hat
now helps Microsoft promote proprietary spyware]⠀⇛
o § Debian Family⠀➾
# ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ CrunchBang++_12.0_Released,_Based_on_Debian_12
(Still_Supports_32-bit)⠀⇛
CrunchBang++ 12.0 sees the Linux distro rebase atop
the recent Debian 12 release. This sees the distro
inherit all of the underlying benefits that the
release brings, including, notably, Linux kernel
6.1 LTS, newer graphics drivers, and an updated
package set.
# ⚓ Daniel Pocock ☛ Demoted_in_Death:_Debian_cabal’s_final
insult_to_Frans_Pop⠀⇛
Yet when Frans Pop died in August 2010, the now
infamous Debian Day Volunteer Suicide, they only
dedicated one component of the release to him, the
Debian installer, but only the beta version. He is
missing from the full release announcement. He is
missing from the subsequent announcements about the
Installer.
This feels like a snub. People actively discussed
it on the debian-private leaked gossip emails. Some
of their emails are copied below as evidence.
Nonetheless, when everybody else was getting a
system upgrade, Frans Pop received a downgrade.
# ⚓ Sparky GNU/Linux ☛ Sparky_7.0_Orion_Belt⠀⇛
# ⚓ Beta News ☛ Download_Debian_12_Bookworm-based_Sparky_7.0
‘Orion_Belt’_Linux_distro_now⠀⇛
If you are a fan of the Sparky Linux distribution,
I have some exciting news– version 7.0 is finally
available for download. This release is based on —
and fully compatible with — the Debian 12
“Bookworm” operating system. For users with ancient
hardware, Sparky 7.0 still provides support for x86
(32-bit) machines. But seriously, folks, just buy a
64-bit PC already…
By leveraging the stability and reliability of
Debian, Sparky 7.0 inherits a rock-solid base that
ensures a smooth and secure user experience. This
compatibility allows users to seamlessly access the
extensive Debian software repositories, opening up
a world of possibilities for software installations
and updates.
Keeping up with the latest developments in the
Linux ecosystem, Sparky 7.0 incorporates updated
packages from both the Debian “Bookworm” and Sparky
“Orion Belt” repositories as of June 15, 2023. This
commitment to package updates guarantees that users
have access to the most recent software versions,
bug fixes, and security patches, providing a secure
and up-to-date computing environment.
Sparky 7.0 comes equipped with the Linux kernel
6.1.27 LTS as the default option, ensuring
compatibility with a wide range of hardware
configurations. For users seeking bleeding-edge
features, kernel versions 6.3.8 and 5.15.117 LTS
are available in the Sparky unstable repositories.
This flexibility allows users to choose the kernel
that best suits their specific needs.
# ⚓ Thomas_Lange:_20.000_customized_images_created_by_the
FAI.me_build_service⠀⇛
The counter of the FAI.me_build_service has reached
20.000. This counter was added shortly after the
service was started in November 2017. Since then,
this service has built more than 21.000
installation images and more than 1300 cloud disk
images. In the last few month we had averaged 100
requests per week.
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Security_maintenance_vs_support:_what’s_the
difference?⠀⇛
One of the most frequent questions we get during
conversations with our customers is “What’s the
difference between security maintenance and
support?” The word “support” has a wide range of
meanings and can be interpreted in different ways
depending on where it is used.
Especially in the open source landscape, the terms
“security maintenance” and “support” are often used
interchangeably, even if they represent distinct
aspects of protecting an organisation’s assets.
In this blog post, we will delve into the
differences and the synergy between security
maintenance and support, highlighting their unique
roles and importance in safeguarding our digital
environments.
# ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Ubuntu_Blog:_Snapcraft_8.0_and_the_respectable_end
of_core18⠀⇛
‘E’s not pinin’! ‘E’s passed on! This base is no
more! He has ceased to be! ‘E’s expired and gone to
meet ‘is maker! ‘E’s a stiff! Bereft of life, ‘e
rests in peace! If you hadn’t nailed ‘im to the
perch ‘e’d be pushing up the daisies! ‘Is software
processes are now ‘istory! ‘E’s off the twig! ‘E’s
kicked the bucket (not S3), ‘e’s shuffled off ‘is
mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the
bleedin’ choir invisible!! THIS IS AN EX-BASE!!
Every few years, five to be more precise, an LTS
release of Ubuntu goes out of the main support and
into the extended support. Effectively, what this
means for developers using Snapcraft is that snaps
built using an older base may now be in a delicate
state. Core18 is a base aligned to Ubuntu 18.04
LTS, which has just recently met its Parrot Sketch
demise. In this blog post, we’d like to tell more
about what happens now.
# ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Simplifying_software-defined_vehicles_(SDVs)_with
EB_corbos_Linux_–_built_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛
Carmakers are facing numerous challenges on the
path towards software-defined vehicles (SDVs), such
as legacy vendor dependence, which is leading to a
lack of scalability, and high maintenance costs.
Adopting a software-centric approach should reduce
complexity and costs, accelerate time to market,
improve product quality, increase flexibility, and
provide more robust cybersecurity.
Carmakers need to fundamentally transform their
processes and organisational structures, focusing
on software development and services. Collaboration
between different departments, as well as external
entities, will be key in delivering exceptional
products and experiences to customers. This is what
highly competitive brands should be aiming for.
o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ i-Pi_SMARC_1200_(MediaTek_Genio_1200)_devkit
tested_with_a_Yocto_Linux_image⠀⇛
Last weekend I received ADLINK’s i-Pi SMARC 1200
development kit powered by MediaTek Genio 1200
Octa-core Cortex-A78/A55 AIoT processor, checked
out the hardware and wanted to install the Yocto
Linux image but stopped in my tracks because it
looked like I had to install Ubuntu 18.04 first in
a Virtual Machine or another computer. But finally,
the documentation has been updated to clarify
“Ubuntu 18.04 or greater” is required, and I had no
problem flashing the image from a Ubuntu 22.04
laptop after installing dependencies and tools as
follows
That’s it for the tools. Eventually, the
development kit will support three images: Yocto
Linux, Android 13 (July 2023), and Ubuntu 20.04 (Q3
2023). So that means only the Yocto Linux image is
available from the download page at this time, and
that’s what I’ll be using today. We’ll need to
connect the micro USB to USB cable between the host
and the board, as well as the 12V power supply,
before running the command to flash the image
# ⚓ Embedded.com ☛ RTOS_with_standard_POSIX_pthreads_API:_a
complement_to_embedded_Linux⠀⇛
PX5 RTOS with a native implementation of the
industry standard POSIX pthreads aims at developers
working on demanding embedded applications. What
makes this new RTOS so attractive – and why is test
driven development still the best approach to
create high-quality code?
# ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ ESP32_module_comes_with_Fisheye_camera⠀⇛
The ESP32CAM-PSRAM is a portable development board
featuring an ESP32 microcontroller and a 2
Megapixel camera. The new embedded device from
M5Stack is capable of supporting image transmission
via Wi-Fi and it can be debugged using a USB Type-
C port.
# ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ Station_P2S_mini-PC_offers_support_for_PoE
and_4G_LTE⠀⇛
The Station P2S, a compact and versatile mini PC
that runs on the 64-bit RK3568 SoC. Moreover, the
new mini PC offers flexible storage options and it
supports dual GbE LAN, dual-band Wi-Fi, and 4G LTE
network compatibility.
o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾
# ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Raspberry_Pi_in_the_natural_world⠀⇛
Because Raspberry Pi is small, affordable, and
hackable, we find ourselves popping up in the
wildest corners of the planet, monitoring the
natural world around us. We’re everywhere from the
rainforests of Borneo to the Antarctic home of
Adelie penguins. We’ve even been attached to the
backs of turtles. Yes, really.
# ⚓ Arduino ☛ Build_your_own_human_horse_race_arcade_game_using
Arduino_and_Strava⠀⇛
The game concept is similar to the horse race
arcade game, except players run to influence the
success of their respective racers. Those racers
are little 2D people figures instead of horses.
Everyone can run on their own schedule. Then, once
everyone completes their run, the game shows the
results by moving the figures across the track.
This links to Strava, which is an app for tracking
runs using popular devices like smartphones and
smartwatches. Each player just has to complete a
run as part of the group that Underwood set up for
this purpose.
# ⚓ Arduino ☛ Join_us_at_Sensors_Converge_in_Santa_Clara⠀⇛
At Arduino’s booth #1346, our experts will be on
hand to showcase the Pro line of products with a
few notable demonstrations. Our own Guneet Bedi to
keynote on the innovation open environments offer
to businesses, in addition to two other talks on
agtech and the CHIPS Act. We look forward to
sharing our business solutions for digital
transformation with Arduino’s ease of use and open-
source philosophy. We invite you to stop by the
booth during the show or join us for one of our
networking receptions.
# ⚓ Olimex ☛ OpenBLT_Bootloader_allow_OLIMEXINO-STM32F3_to
update_the_firmware_via_UART,_USB,_CAN_and_SD-card⠀⇛
Once the bootloader is programmed on OLIMEXINO-
STM32F3 it allows firmware updates via UART, USB,
CAN and SD-CARD
# ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ Jim_Keller_on_How_Risc-V_Will_Change_the
World⠀⇛
Jim Keller is an American microprocessor engineer
who is best known for his work at AMD and Apple. He
is credited with designing some of the most
important microprocessors in recent history,
including the Athlon K7, AMD K8, AMD K12, the
revolutionary AMD Zen architecture, the Apple A4,
and Apple A5 used in best-in-class mobile devices
at the time. He is also the co-author of the x86-64
instruction set and the HyperTransport
interconnect. Currently, he is working as the
president at TensTorrent, a company focused on
bringing innovative hardware solutions for AI
workloads – which most of it based on RISC-
V architecture.
He was recently interviewed by EE Times and he gave
many insightful comments that I decided to break
down the key quotes into smaller video chunks for
convenience. If you can afford to watch the whole
interview, it’s even better, but if you want the
TLDR, this article will probably cover most of it.
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o § Events⠀➾
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Registration_for_LPC_2023_is_open⠀⇛
The registration for this year’s Linux Plumbers
Conference (LPC) is now open. It will be held
November 13-15 in Richmond, Virginia in the US. The
attend page has all of the details. Meanwhile, some
of the calls for proposals are still open, though
the microconferences CFP is closed; this year’s
proposed microconference topics are listed here.
Those who want to attend should note: “”As usual we
expect to sell our rather quickly so don’t delay
your registration for too long!””
# ⚓ Business Wire ☛ Xen_Project_to_Host_Xen_Project_Developer
and_Design_Summit_2023⠀⇛
For those attending the Embedded Open Source
Summit, Xen Summit registration will be available
as an add-on, allowing participants to extend their
experience and dive deeper into the latest Xen
Project developments. Attendees can expect a range
of activities and opportunities to engage with the
very active Xen community. This includes face-to-
face interactions where developers share updates,
discuss architectural designs and tackle community
development issues. The event serves as a platform
for networking, knowledge sharing and receiving
valuable feedback on proposed changes for Xen.
o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾
# ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ CGIs_combine_well_with_Apache
location-based_access_control⠀⇛
One of the things that we do every so often is put
together some little ‘web application’ that has to
be under some sort of access control or access
restrictions. Even today, CGI scripts remain the
easiest way to write and deploy a simple web
application; you write a script in the language of
your choice and (with the right Apache
configuration) put it in an appropriate place with
an appropriate filename extension, and you’re done.
That leaves the access control.
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Earthly ☛ Using_CMake_and_GCC_to_Cross-Compile_Binaries⠀⇛
Cross-compilation is the process of compiling your
program on a different host than the target system.
This enables developers to build binaries for
different architectures without using those
specific architectures themselves. For example,
with cross-compilation, you can compile a binary
for ARM-based devices like a Raspberry Pi on your
standard x86-64 development machine.
When cross-compiling your software, CMake and the
GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) can be helpful. CMake
is a robust build system generator that uses
configuration files to create cross-compiled
binaries, and GCC is a toolchain that includes
compilers for various programming languages,
including C, C++, Objective C, and Fortran.
In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to build a
simple C++ program and then cross-compile it for
AArch64 or ARM64-based devices using CMake and GCC.
# ⚓ Sam_Thursfield:_Status_update,_16/06/2023⠀⇛
This blog is about what’s on my mind, and recently
I’ve been thinking about aeroplane flights, and
limiting how many I take every year.
I’m not trying to make anyone feel impressed or
ashamed here, or create rules that I insist
everyone needs to live by. And I am no expert in
climate science, but we need to start talking about
this stuff more – as you probably spotted, the
climate is uncomfortably hot now, caused mainly by
all the “greenhouse gases” that we keep producing
in our industrious human civilization.
# § Perl / Raku⠀➾
# ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-06-16_[Older]_Profiling_Perl_under
Apache⠀⇛
# ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-06-14_[Older]_Perl_Weekly_Challenge_221:
Arithmetic_Subsequence⠀⇛
# ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-06-14_[Older]_Perl_Weekly_Challenge_221:
Good_Strings⠀⇛
# ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-06-13_[Older]_“Let_Maintainers_Be
Maintainers”⠀⇛
# ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-06-12_[Older]_TWC_220:_Squared
Shoulders⠀⇛
# ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-06-11_[Older]_Perl_Weekly_Challenge_#220
–_I’ve_Seen_These_Characters_‘Round_These_Parts⠀⇛
# § Python⠀➾
# ⚓ LWN ☛ The_faster-cpython_plan_for_3.13⠀⇛
The developers working on improving the speed
of the CPython interpreter have posted a plan
describing their objectives for the Python
3.13 release. The biggest piece appears to be
the tier-2 optimizer, which will optimize
larger chunks of Python code
# § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾
# ⚓ SusamPal ☛ Control,_Escape,_and_Meta_Tricks⠀⇛
Open a Unix or Linux terminal emulator. If
you are using Terminal.app on macOS, ensure
that the “Use Option as Meta Key” option is
enabled in its “Preferences” section. Now
type foo bar baz followed by meta+b (alt+b or
option+b on modern keyboards). In a modern
shell like Bash, Zsh, etc., the cursor should
move backward by one word. Now type esc b.
The cursor should move back again by one
word. Finally type ctrl+[ b and the same
thing should happen again. How are we able to
perform the same operation in three different
ways?
# § Rust⠀➾
# ⚓ InfoWorld ☛ Rust_most_admired_language,_Stack
Overflow_survey_says⠀⇛
Stack Overflow 2023 Developer Survey finds
that JavaScript and Python are the most used
and most desired languages, but they fall far
short of Rust in satisfying their users.
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ Chris Coyier ☛ Getting_Communicated_At⠀⇛
The time comes when I need to communicate back. Ask a
question. Schedule an appointment. Request assistance.
Offer feedback. In that situation, the quality of
communication fell way off. A question goes unanswered,
or the answer is lackluster, or you feel shooed away.
They communicate to you in 5 different mediums but only
accept communication in 1 (and it’s something horrible
like the phone). You can tell they aren’t ready and
willing to meet you where you are and help you directly
however you need to be helped. Maybe they aren’t staffed
for it. They didn’t plan for it. They don’t empower
people well enough. Whatever the reason, it ends up being
a turn-off. It makes those great incoming communication
efforts feel like a barb.
o ⚓ Futurism ☛ Man_Solves_Rubik’s_Cube_in_Three_Seconds⠀⇛
In a YouTube video, “speedcuber” Max Park proudly
displayed his win at the Pride at Long Beach 2023 World
Cube Association Competition last weekend, finishing the
puzzle in a lightning-fast 3.13 seconds.
Park’s hands move almost too fast to follow in the video.
It’s over almost immediately, with an elated Pak slamming
his palms on the table to stop the clock.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ Sumana Harihareswara ☛ My_Current_Approach_To_Reducing_My
COVID_Risk⠀⇛
In this post, I detail those principles as well as
my specific protocols (masking, ventilation, self-
testing, and so on), including links to examples
and product vendors.
# ⚓ International Business Times ☛ A_reported_57%_of_school
girls_experienced_‘persistent_feelings_of_sadness_or
hopelessness’⠀⇛
The most recent survey carried out by the Centres
for Disease Control (CDC) found that nearly one in
three teenage girls considered suicide in 2021. The
report also showed that a staggering 13 per cent of
teenage girls had attempted suicide one or more
times in 2021.
The number of adolescent girls that had
contemplated suicide in 2021 had increased by 60
per cent since 2011.
The CDC’s report, which was released in 2023,
stated that 57 per cent of high school girls
reported experiencing “persistent feelings of
sadness or hopelessness in the past year”.
# ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ Forest_Bathing⠀⇛
When you do have the opportunity to get in touch
with nature, there is a relatively new take on an
established concept call Forest Bathing that can
literally take you a step further by not taking
steps. A Japanese tradition called shinrin-yoku,
which means “forest bath”, is not about a
destination nor miles afoot on the trail. And even
though it implies one needs to be in the forest,
all that is required is a step outside your door.
One critical ingredient to Forest Bathing, however,
is a tree. And the more, the merrier.
# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-06-12_[Older]_Minecraft_YouTuber_Dream_Says
He’s_Going_Back_to_Wearing_a_Mask_Because_of_Online_Hate⠀⇛
o § Proprietary⠀➾
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ What_Reddit_Got_Wrong⠀⇛
After weeks of burning through users’ goodwill,
Reddit is facing a moderator strike and an exodus
of its most important users. It’s the latest
example of a social media site making a critical
mistake: users aren’t there for the services,
they’re there for the community. Building barriers
to access is a war of attrition.
# ⚓ Futurism ☛ Reddit_CEO_Flies_Into_a_Rage,_Threatens
Protesting_Moderators⠀⇛
As moderators take their subreddits dark in protest
of the social network’s plan to charge for access
to its API, Reddit CEO Steve Huffman has gone on a
media blitz in an apparent effort to save face
before the company’s upcoming IPO — and, it seems,
send a warning to those who’ve dared defy him.
In one such interview with NBC News, Huffman
bizarrely compared mods to, uh, “landed gentry”
before threatening their power.
# ⚓ India Times ☛ Gannett_tiptoes_into_generative_AI,_giving
humans_the_last_word⠀⇛
Publisher Gannett plans to include generative
artificial intelligence in the system it uses to
publish stories as it and other news organizations
begin to roll out the popular technology that may
help save money and improve efficiency.
But the largest U.S. newspaper publisher with over
200 daily outlets said it will include humans in
the process so that the technology can’t be
deployed automatically, without oversight.
Generative AI is a way to create efficiencies and
eliminate some tedious tasks for journalists, Renn
Turiano, senior vice president and head of product
at Gannett said in a recent interview with Reuters.
# ⚓ Fortune ☛ Why_we_can’t_open-source_a_solution_to_A.I.’s
ethical_issues⠀⇛
Licenses are increasingly heralded as a solution to
this problem. However, not only does restricting
the use of open-source code with additional
licenses contradict the core principle of the open-
source community that code should be accessible to
everyone, but it could also damage the
collaborative environment that’s been fundamental
to the open-source community’s ability to speed up
technological development.
There’s also a lot of doubt as to whether ethical
licenses will actually reduce the risk of code
being used for nefarious purposes. Many countries
already have human rights laws, and individuals or
organizations violating those laws should be
prosecuted accordingly, regardless of the method or
technology used to perpetrate the abuse. If such
laws do not deter these violators, then it’s
unlikely that a licensing agreement would have any
impact on the course of their actions.
# ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Google_Domains_shutting_down,_assets_sold_and
being_migrated_to_Squarespace⠀⇛
Google cited “efforts to sharpen our focus” in
selling the Google Domains registrar business,
which launched in 2014 as a big proponent of HTTPS
and top-level domains (TLDs) as of late. The
service exited beta in 2022.
# ⚓ I Cringely ☛ Apple’s_Vision_Pro_headset_is_a_hobby._Why
won’t_Tim_Cook_say_that?⠀⇛
I’ve been following the press and social media
coverage of Apple’s pricey new Vision Pro Augmented
Reality headset, which now totals hundreds of
stories and thousands of comments and I’ve noticed
one idea missing from all of them: what would Steve
(Jobs) say? Steve would call the Vision Pro a
“hobby,” just as he did with the original Apple TV.
You know I’m correct about this.
# ⚓ New Statesman ☛ Lindy_Cameron:_“You_can’t_retrofit_security
into_AI_–_it_needs_to_be_built_in_at_the_start”⠀⇛
Better preparation for cyberattacks might include
limiting employees’ access to certain devices, apps
or software that are deemed risky. For instance,
the government recently banned TikTok – the
Chinese-owned social media app – from all
government devices over concerns around the sharing
of sensitive information. It is still permitted for
use on personal devices, although the app is
blocked if used on parliament wi-fi on any device.
# § Windows TCO⠀➾
# ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Two_Energy_Department_entities
breached_as_part_of_massive_MOVEit_compromise⠀⇛
The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security
Agency said it’s working with “several
federal agencies” affected by a flaw in the
file transfer software.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Chinese_hackers_‘breached_hundreds_of
public,_private_networks’_globally⠀⇛
Suspected state-backed Chinese hackers used a
security hole in a popular email security
appliance to break into the networks of
hundreds of public and private sector
organisations globally, nearly a third of
them government agencies including foreign
ministries, the cybersecurity firm Mandiant
said Thursday.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Cyber_spying_campaign_linked
to_China_targeting_agencies_in_Hong_Kong_and_Taiwan,
report_finds⠀⇛
Online attackers with clear links to China
are behind a vast cyber espionage campaign
targeting government agencies of interest to
Beijing, Google subsidiary Mandiant said on
Thursday.
# ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Cl0p_gang_claimed_to_have_hit_many_US
agencies_through_MOVEit_flaw⠀⇛
As iTWire reported on 6 June, the Cl0p
ransomware group was claimed to have been
carrying out attacks, using this
vulnerability to gain access, from 27 May
onwards.
The vulnerability was announced by the
company that makes the software, Progress
Software Corporation, on 31 May, according to
a post from the Google-owned Mandiant
security firm.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Russian_National_Arrested,_Charged_in
US_Over_Role_in_LockBit_Ransomware_Attacks⠀⇛
The man, Ruslan Magomedovich Astamirov, 20,
of Chechen Republic, Russia, who was arrested
in Arizona, allegedly owned, controlled, and
used multiple IP addresses, email addresses,
and other online accounts to deploy the
LockBit ransomware and communicate with
victims.
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ LockBit_suspect’s_arrest_sheds_more
light_on_‘trustworthy’_gang⠀⇛
FBI agents have arrested a Russian man
suspected of being part of the Lockbit
ransomware gang. An unsealed complaint
alleges the 20-year-old was an Apple fanboy,
an online gambler, and scored 80 percent of
at least one ransom payment given to the
criminals.
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Friday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛
Security updates have been issued by Debian
(chromium, openjdk-17, and wireshark), Fedora
(iniparser, mariadb, mingw-glib2, perl-HTML-
StripScripts, php, python3.7, and syncthing),
Oracle (.NET 6.0, c-ares, kernel, nodejs, and
python3.9), Slackware (libX11), SUSE (amazon-ssm-
agent and chromium), and Ubuntu (gsasl, libx11, and
sssd).
# ⚓ SEC_Delays_Cybersecurity_Rules⠀⇛
Earlier this week, the Securities and Exchange
Commission (“SEC”) published an update to its
rulemaking agenda indicating that it does not plan
to approve two proposed cyber rules until at least
October 2023 (the agenda’s timeframe is an
estimate). The proposed rules in question address
disclosure requirements regarding cybersecurity
governance and cybersecurity incidents at publicly
traded companies and registered investment advisers
and funds.
# ⚓ Becker’s Hospital Review ☛ Rural_hospital_cybersecurity
protection_bill_moves_forward⠀⇛
The Rural Hospital Cybersecurity Enhancement Act
made it out of committee and will now head to the
Senate floor.
The bipartisan legislation sponsored by Republican
Sen. Josh Hawley and Democratic Sens. Josh Ossof
and Gary Peters would require the Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Agency to develop workforce
recruitment and cybersecurity training materials
for rural hospitals.
# ⚓ Global News CA ☛ PRHC_reaches_$988K_proposed_settlement_for
patient_privacy_breaches_in_2011-2012_–_Peterborough_|
Globalnews.ca⠀⇛
A proposed settlement of $988,550 has been reached
in a class-action lawsuit relating to patient
health records being wrongfully accessed by former
employees at the Peterborough Regional Health
Centre more than a decade ago.
On Thursday the hospital announced the proposed
settlement, noting a court hearing is scheduled on
Aug. 30 at 8:30 a.m. to determine whether the
settlement will be approved.
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Detained_for_DDoS_attacks_as_part_of_the
next_edition_of_the_international_“Power_Off”_operation⠀⇛
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Oregon_DMV,_Louisiana_OMV_warn_residents_of
MOVEit_data_breach⠀⇛
Under Oregon law, some driver information is
actually a public record — like an Oregonian’s
name, address, phone number, and driver’s record.
And under Oregon law, the state can, and actually
does, sell that information to certain types of
entities. So could criminals set up a fake private
investigation service to buy data from the state
that could be used in conjunction with the data
that has been hacked? Yes, and hopefully the states
will be extra diligent about checking the
credentials of any entities that apply to purchase
public records data, but even without that data,
this is a breach where data may be misused.
# ⚓ A_Russian_ransomware_gang_breaches_the_Energy_Department
and_other_federal_agencies⠀⇛
The Department of Energy and several other federal
agencies were compromised in a Russian cyber-
extortion gang’s global hack of a file-transfer
program popular with corporations and governments,
but the impact was not expected to be great,
Homeland Security officials said Thursday.
But for others among what could be hundreds of
victims from industry to higher education —
including patrons of at least two state motor
vehicle agencies — the hack was beginning to show
some serious impacts.
Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and
Infrastructure Security Agency, told reporters that
unlike the meticulous, stealthy SolarWinds hacking
campaign attributed to state-backed Russian
intelligence agents that was months in the making,
this campaign was short, relatively superficial and
caught quickly.
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Senior_Iranian_Official_Says_President
Approves_Adding_More_Surveillance_Cameras⠀⇛
The authorities have intensified efforts to
enforce the Islamic dress code as more women
flout the law. They have been emboldened by
nationwide antiestablishment protests that
erupted in September 2022 following the death
of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini soon after she was
arrested by the morality police for allegedly
violating the hijab law.
During the demonstrations, women and girls
have removed and burned their head scarves,
while students, who have also been at the
forefront of the demonstrations, have flouted
the law on campuses, sparking a crackdown by
school security.
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ No-no_cop:_Illinois_bans_drones
from_using_facial_recognition_or_weapons⠀⇛
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker on Friday
signed HB 3902, which allows the US state’s
law enforcement agencies to use drones at
some public events – but prohibits equipping
them with facial recognition software or
weaponry, with some exceptions.
The new state law, dubbed the Drones as First
Responders Act, takes effect immediately.
Pitched as a public safety measure, it has
the support of the Illinois Association of
Police Chiefs and other state public safety
officials.
# ⚓ Futurism ☛ If_You_Googled_Anything_During_the_Years
“30_Rock”_Was_on_TV,_You_Can_Get_Free_Money_Right_Now⠀⇛
The lawsuit, filed just over a decade ago,
accused Google of “storing and intentionally,
systematically and repeatedly divulging”
users’ search results and histories to third
parties, a violation of privacy laws.
These queries contained sensitive data, the
lawsuit argued, including names, addresses,
phone numbers, and even social security
numbers, something that “increases the risk
of identity theft.”
# § Confidentiality⠀➾
# ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Are_federal_agencies’_post-quantum
cryptography_preparations_on_track?⠀⇛
Put simply, quantum computers — with the
ability to factor extremely large prime
numbers — could one day break into these
algorithms, helping adversaries access all
sorts of critical information, including
personal data about U.S. citizens and
critical scientific and military secrets.
“If we can build large-scale quantum
computers that run exactly as physics
predicts that they should,” explains Ryan
O’Donnell, a computer science professor at
Carnegie Mellon, “then they will be able to
break most of the cryptography that was in
use up until now.”
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ Al Jazeera ☛ Daniel_Ellsberg,_Pentagon_Papers_whistleblower
dies_at_92⠀⇛
Daniel Ellsberg, a whistleblower famed for exposing
government deception over the United States’s war
in Vietnam and an outspoken opponent of nuclear
weapons, has died at the age of 92 from pancreatic
cancer.
The Washington Post was the first to report that
Ellsberg died on Friday, citing a statement from
his family.
# ⚓ No_green_light_to_Sweden’s_NATO_membership_from_Erdoğan⠀⇛
The Permanent Joint Mechanism between Finland,
Sweden, Turkey, and NATO established after the NATO
bids of the two Nordic countries in 2022 met again
in Ankara.
# ⚓ NBC ☛ Chinese_spy_balloon_gathered_intelligence_from
sensitive_U.S._military_sites,_despite_U.S._efforts_to_block
it⠀⇛
China was able to control the balloon so it could
make multiple passes over some of the sites (at
times flying figure-eight formations) and transmit
the information it collected back to Beijing in
real time, the three officials said. The
intelligence China collected was mostly from
electronic signals, which can be picked up from
weapons systems or include communications from base
personnel, rather than images, the officials said.
The three officials said China could have gathered
much more intelligence from sensitive sites if not
for the administration’s efforts to move around
potential targets and obscure the balloon’s ability
to pick up their electronic signals by stopping
them from broadcasting or emitting signals.
# § War in Ukraine⠀➾
# ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Test_Flying_Academy_of_SA_disappointed
by_US_sanctions⠀⇛
The Test Flying Academy of South Africa
(TFASA) has said it is disappointed that the
United States has, without consultation, put
it on a sanctions list for “activities
contrary to the national security or foreign
policy interests of the United States” as the
TFASA trains Chinese fighter pilots.
o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ ‘Pentagon_Papers’_whistleblower_Daniel
Ellsberg_dies_aged_92⠀⇛
Ellsberg angered the Nixon White House in 1971 when
he handed over documents from a top-secret report
about US involvement in Vietnam, from 1945 to 1967,
to the press.
He had worked on the report after being sent to
Saigon for the State Department. His Harvard
education as well as serving in the Marine Corps
and working at the Pentagon made him a top
candidate for the job.
But he had also become disillusioned by the war and
realized that the US could not win.
He began copying pages from the 7,000-page report
and eventually leaked it to The New York Times,
which published a first installment in 1971. This
unleashed the fury of the Nixon administration
which tried to block further publication.
This eventually resulted in a freedom-of-the-press
showdown at the Supreme Court that Nixon lost,
marking a turning point for the role of the media
in US life and politics.
# ⚓ El País ☛ Daniel_Ellsberg,_who_leaked_Pentagon_Papers
exposing_Vietnam_War_secrets,_dies_at_92⠀⇛
The Pentagon Papers had been commissioned in 1967
by then-Defense Secretary Robert S. McNamara, a
leading public advocate of the war who wanted to
leave behind a comprehensive history of the U.S.
and Vietnam and to help his successors avoid the
kinds of mistakes he would only admit to long
after. The papers covered more than 20 years, from
France’s failed efforts at colonization in the
1940s and 1950s to the growing involvement of the
U.S., including the bombing raids and deployment of
hundreds of thousands of ground troops during
Lyndon Johnson’s administration. Ellsberg was among
those asked to work on the study, focusing on 1961,
when the newly-elected President John F. Kennedy
began adding advisers and support units.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Daniel_Ellsberg,_Pentagon_Papers_whistleblower
who_exposed_Vietnam_War_secrets,_dies_at_92⠀⇛
Long before Edward Snowden and Wikileaks were
revealing government secrets in the name of
transparency, Ellsberg let Americans know that
their government was capable of misleading and even
lying to them. In his later years Ellsberg would
become an advocate for whistleblowers and leakers
and his “Pentagon Papers” leak was portrayed in the
2017 movie “The Post.”
Ellsberg secretly went to the media in 1971 in
hopes of expediting the end of the Vietnam War. It
made him the target of a smear campaign by the
Nixon White House. Henry Kissinger, who was then
the president’s national security adviser, referred
to him as “the most dangerous man in America who
must be stopped at all costs.”
When he went to Saigon for the State Department in
the mid-1960s, Ellsberg had an impressive resume.
He had earned three degrees from Harvard, served in
the Marine Corps and worked at the Pentagon and the
RAND Corporation, the influential policy research
think tank.
# ⚓ BBC ☛ Daniel_Ellsberg:_Pentagon_Papers_whistleblower_dies
aged_92⠀⇛
But espionage charges against Ellsberg were
ultimately dismissed. “Daniel was a seeker of truth
and a patriotic truth-teller, an anti-war activist,
a beloved husband, father, grandfather, and great-
grandfather, a dear friend to many, and an
inspiration to countless more. He will be dearly
missed by all of us,” Ellsberg’s family said in a
statement obtained by NPR.
For decades, Ellsberg was a tireless critic of
government overreach and military interventions.
# ⚓ NDTV ☛ Who_Was_Daniel_Ellsberg,_The_“Most_Dangerous_Man_In
America”⠀⇛
Here are five facts about Daniel Ellsberg: [...]
# ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ Daniel_Ellsberg,_American_Hero⠀⇛
Few people can say their actions helped to
strengthen press freedom, end a war, and bring down
a presidency. Daniel Ellsberg, who died today at
the age of ninety-two, did just that.
Ellsberg came to public prominence in 1971 when he
photocopied a secret history of US involvement in
the Vietnam War, what became known as the “Pentagon
Papers,” and gave a copy to the New York Times. The
New York Times’ decision to publish the papers set
off a landmark press freedom battle that went all
the way to the Supreme Court.
Ellsberg became the first whistleblower indicted
under the Espionage Act. In addition to seeking an
indictment, Richard Nixon also set up a “White
House Plumbers” unit to gather dirt on Ellsberg.
This unit would later be at the heart of the
Watergate scandal that resulted in Nixon’s
downfall.
# ⚓ Reason ☛ RIP_Daniel_Ellsberg,_Who_Told_the_World_the_Truth
About_the_Vietnam_War⠀⇛
“The only thing that I could personally hope to
achieve by my own efforts was to make these
documents available to the American public for them
to read and to learn from,” Ellsberg told Reason.
But he had a “very important secondary objective”:
halting what he saw as a dangerous trend of
“executive secrecy” that had allowed successive
presidents to “steal away so much power from the
Congress and the public and to free itself from the
kinds of checks and balances that were intended in
the Constitution.”
By giving those 7,000 pages to The New York Times
two years earlier, Ellsberg changed the course of a
war and shifted the American public’s view of the
presidency. He may not have succeeded in the larger
project of containing executive power, but he
earned a place in the whistleblower hall of fame:
one of a select few who, when entrusted with
damning secrets, recognized that his patriotic duty
was to tell the American people a difficult truth
their leaders would rather have kept hidden.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Activist_Video_Archive:_Daniel_Ellsberg⠀⇛
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Remembering_The_Legend:_Indispensable_Truth
Seeker_Daniel_Ellsberg⠀⇛
It is with great sadness that ScheerPost has
learned of the death of legendary American figure
Daniel Ellsberg. His work as a whistleblower,
activist and advocate for government transparency
is irreplaceable and without him, the country would
be missing a crucial part of its history. His
courage, conviction and commitment to challenging
government secrecy and ensuring accountability
ushered in a lasting dialogue in American politics
that led to the revelations of people like Julian
Assange and Edward Snowden. We send our condolences
and best wishes to Daniel’s family and friends.
# ⚓ [Old] Scheerpost ☛ Daniel_Ellsberg:_Confessions_of_a
Nuclear_War_Planner⠀⇛
The former military analyst talks about why he
leaked the Pentagon Papers and why there aren’t
more whistleblowers today.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Daniel_Ellsberg’s_Heroism_Began_With_Listening
to_the_Anti-War_Left⠀⇛
It’s tempting to view Ellsberg’s life, now that he
has passed away, as a glide path to the actions he
took. But the power of his memoir lies in its
recognition of how contingent his decisions were.
Ellsberg easily could have let others sacrifice to
end the war, convincing himself that he was more
valuable as an internal wrench in the war machine.
Enjoying continued respectability, bureaucratic
power, and technocratic prestige, Ellsberg could
have reconciled his opposition to Vietnam with the
broader thrust of US foreign policy, making it his
mission to temper the excesses of the Cold War.
After the Cold War, he might have made his peace
with American primacy, as did so many liberals of
Ellsberg’s generation, and reaped the luxuries that
go with graybeard status.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Daniel_Ellsberg,_Who_Leaked_the_Pentagon
Papers,_Is_Dead_at_92⠀⇛
The disclosure of the Pentagon Papers — 7,000
government pages of damning revelations about
deceptions by successive presidents who exceeded
their authority, bypassed Congress and misled the
American people — plunged a nation that was already
wounded and divided by the war deeper into angry
controversy.
It led to illegal countermeasures by the White
House to discredit Mr. Ellsberg, halt leaks of
government information and attack perceived
political enemies, forming a constellation of
crimes known as the Watergate scandal that led to
the disgrace and resignation of President Richard
M. Nixon.
And it set up a First Amendment confrontation
between the Nixon administration and The New York
Times, whose publication of the papers was
denounced by the government as an act of espionage
that jeopardized national security. The U.S.
Supreme Court upheld the freedom of the press.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Like_Daniel_Ellsberg,_Others_Who
Leaked_US_Government_Secrets_Have_Been_Seen_as_Traitors_and
Heroes⠀⇛
That’s been true of others who released top-secret
information that they felt was evidence of official
wrongdoing. While Ellsberg, who died Friday, will
be remembered in a largely positive light, the
reputations of more recent figures are still
contested.
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_World_Bank_has_spent_$37_billion_since_2020_on
“climate_mitigation”_projects._Most_have_little_to_do_with
climate⠀⇛
Climate change is arguably the most pressing issue
of our time, so it is probably good practice to
look at how some of the most important things in
life relate to it. How will health, education, or
food change because of climate issues, or how
should they change to make things better?
# ⚓ France24 ☛ UN_climate_talks_in_Bonn_stymied_by_standoff
over_carbon_cuts,_climate_financing⠀⇛
Pressure to speed cuts in carbon pollution took a
back seat at UN climate talks that ended late
Thursday night, as emerging economies, including
China, demanded that rich ones vastly scale up
climate financing.
# ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Quest_to_Save_Chili_Peppers_from_Climate
Change⠀⇛
A seed bank in Taiwan is home to more chili
varieties than anywhere else on earth. In a warming
world, we’re going to need them.
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ NY_Attorney_General_James_Recovers
$1.7_Million_from_Cryptocurrency_Platform_for_Operating
Illegally⠀⇛
New York Attorney General Letitia James today
recovered more than $1.7 million from COINEX
(CoinEx) for failing to register as a
securities and commodities broker-dealer and
for falsely representing itself as a crypto
exchange. Today’s agreement resolves Attorney
General James’ lawsuit against CoinEx and
requires the company to refund thousands of
New York investors more than $1.1 million and
pay more than $600,000 in penalties to the
state. As part of today’s consent order,
CoinEx is banned from offering, selling, or
purchasing securities and commodities in New
York and is prohibited from making its
platform available in the state. In response
to Attorney General James’ lawsuit, CoinEx
publicly announced that it would withdraw its
platform and services from the United States.
Attorney General James has worked to increase
oversight and regulation of cryptocurrency
companies to protect New York investors, and
has recovered more than $500 million from the
cryptocurrency industry.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Canada_Highway_Crash:_At_Least_15
Killed_in_Manitoba_Collision⠀⇛
A bus and a semitruck collided on a rural
stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway in
Manitoba on Thursday, the police said.
# § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
# ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Beyond_vanilla:_Mexico_home_to
1,200_species_of_orchids⠀⇛
Mexico has an enormously diverse number of
orchid species — although many of these are
now under threat from poaching and habitat
loss.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Pollinator_protectors:_How_a_Mexico_City
group_is_saving_its_bees⠀⇛
Hundreds of hives – and thousands of bees –
are in danger in the heart of bustling Mexico
City. But a group formed in 2018 called Abeja
Negra SOS is relocating hives out of the city
to ensure bees continue to pollinate
ecosystems.
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Collective_consistency_is_the_answer_to
Beijing’s_trade_coercion⠀⇛
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s empowerment of
his foreign and defence ministers, and the
balancing of constructive diplomacy with military
deterrence policy, have helped the government
deliver a highly effective first year in
international security [...]
# ⚓ The Strategist ☛ The_threat_spectrum⠀⇛
Planet A Bangladesh has secured US$500 million from
the World Bank to strengthen climate-resilient
agricultural practices and enhance food security.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Canada_freezes_ties_with_China_development_bank⠀⇛
Communication chief accuses Asian Infrastructure
Investment Bank of being run by Communist Party
‘hacks’.
# ⚓ HT Digital Streams Ltd ☛ Remittances_to_India_fall_in_2023
on_US_tech_layoffs⠀⇛
The ramifications of the tech sector layoffs extend
to remittance flows, considering that 36% of
India’s remittances can be attributed to highly
skilled migrants primarily in three high-income
destinations: the US, UK, and Singapore
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Tech_vendors_have_been_hiking_prices_by
up_to_24%_amid_inflation⠀⇛
Research from The ITAM Review – an independent
global community for worldwide IT asset management,
software asset management, and licensing
professionals – has found the ongoing effects of
COVID-19, rising inflation, soaring energy costs,
and geopolitical instability have fueled price
increases from software publishers across on-
premises and SaaS product lines during the 2022/
2023 financial year.
# ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Why_It_Matters_Who_Caused_Inflation⠀⇛
Trying to understand the factors that fueled
inflation is important, because whom we blame for
inflation also shapes what we do about it. If
inflation is caused primarily by overheated
consumer demand, then it makes sense for the Fed to
quell spending by hiking interest rates. But if
corporations, rather than consumers, are driving
inflation by raising their prices, then other tools
may make more sense.
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Asian_Infrastructure_Investment_Bank
serves_China’s_Communist_Party,_says_Canadian_ex-exec._as
bank_says_claims_‘baseless’⠀⇛
China’s ruling Communist Party dominates the Asian
Infrastructure Investment Bank and uses it to
further its interests, a former executive has
alleged in claims that prompted Canada to suspend
participation in the institution.
# ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Boris_Johnson_joins_Daily_Mail_as_weekly
columnist⠀⇛
The Mail says there is no evidence Boris Johnson
lied to parliament.
# ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ The_Bill_C-11_Fallout_Continues:_Disney+
Pauses_Original_Commissions_in_Canada⠀⇛
The fallout from Bill C-11 has been the subject of
several posts this week, including the demands from
a wide range of services for exceptions to the law
and warnings from streaming services such as PBS
and AMC that they may block the Canadian market due
to the regulatory burden imposed by the law. While
those stories focus on the availability of services
and content in Canada, a new Variety report points
to another negative impact from the bill: less film
and television production in Canada, at least in
the short term. Throughout the Bill C-11 debate,
there were concerns that the large streamers might
pause their productions in Canada given the
uncertainty over whether they would “count” for the
purposes of new CRTC imposed contribution
requirements. In other words, the bill could
initially lead to less investment in Canada.
# ⚓ Computer World ☛ EU_Parliament_approves_AI_Act,_moving_it
closer_to_becoming_law⠀⇛
The European Parliament has approved a draft of the
EU’s AI Act, taking a major step toward what could
be the first comprehensive set of regulations for
AI in the West.
However, the legislation did not pass unanimously,
with the final vote at 499 in favor, 28 against,
and 93 abstentions. While today’s vote marks a huge
step forward in the regulation of AI technology,
the draft legislation is still subject to change,
with each EU country needing to agree on the bill
before it becomes law.
# ⚓ Quartz ☛ Elon_Musk_is_starting_to_face_the_consequences_of
not_paying_Twitter’s_bills⠀⇛
Ever since Elon Musk took over last October, the
company has been skipping various payments, from
real estate rents to vendor bills. It now looks
like the company is starting to face the
consequences of its unfulfilled obligation.
# ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ Conservatives_are_fringe_outliers_–_and
leftists_could_learn_from_them⠀⇛
There’s an important lesson there for Dems, whose
establishment is volubly proud of its independence
from its voters. The Biden administration is a
weirdly perfect illustration of this
“independence.” The Biden admin is a kind of
referee, doling out policies and appointments to
its competing wings, without any coherence or
consistency.
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ The_world’s_regulatory_superpower_is
taking_on_a_regulatory_nightmare:_artificial_intelligence⠀⇛
The humans are still in charge—for now. The
European Parliament, the legislative branch of the
European Union (EU), passed a draft law on
Wednesday intended to restrict and add transparency
requirements to the use of artificial intelligence
(AI) in the twenty-seven-member bloc. In the AI
Act, lawmakers zeroed in on concerns about
biometric surveillance and disclosures for
generative AI such as ChatGPT. The legislation is
not final. But it could have far-reaching
implications since the EU’s large size and single
market can affect business decisions for companies
based elsewhere—a phenomenon known as “the Brussels
effect.”
Below, Atlantic Council experts share their genuine
intelligence by answering the pressing questions
about what’s in the legislation and what’s next.
[...]
# § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
# ⚓ The Hill ☛ Google_hosts,_profits_from_fake_abortion
clinic_ads:_report⠀⇛
The report from the Center for Countering
Digital Hate (CCDH), a nonprofit that aims to
counter online misinformation, found that
Google earned an estimated $10.2 million from
ads for fake abortion clinics in the past two
years.
# ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ John_Durham’s_Disinformation
Problem⠀⇛
The only person whose ties to the creator of
the dossier that led the FBI to adopt false
claims against Trump aides that Durham didn’t
pursue was the guy, on whose behalf, Trump’s
campaign regularly sent out internal polling
data starting in May 2016, the guy, on whose
behalf, Trump’s campaign manager briefed
Russian agent Konstantin Kilimnik on the
campaign’s plan to win swing states. The 2021
Treasury filing that stated, as fact, that
Kilimnik is a, “known Russian Intelligence
Services agent implementing influence
operations on their behalf,” also stated, as
fact, that in 2016, “Kilimnik provided the
Russian Intelligence Services with sensitive
information on polling and campaign
strategy,” the very same polling data and
campaign strategy he obtained from Trump’s
campaign manager on Oleg Deripaska’s behalf.
As I’ve laid out, John Durham never mentioned
Kilimnik in his report, not once, to say
nothing of how Kilimnik obtained internal
polling data and a campaign strategy briefing
and delivered it to Russian spies.
# ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Spotify_Has_Stopped_Even_Sort_of
Trying_to_Stem_Joe_Rogan’s_Vaccine_Misinformation⠀⇛
A broad swath of the anti-vaccine universe
celebrated Thursday, when Joe Rogan, the
biggest podcaster in the country, hosted a
three-hour conversation with Robert F.
Kennedy Jr., the anti-vax luminary turned
presidential candidate. The conversation was
an orgy of unchecked vaccine misinformation,
some conspiracy-mongering about 5G technology
and wifi, and, of course, Rogan once again
praising ivermectin, an ineffective faux
COVID treatment. As RFK began his campaign by
downplaying his anti-vaccine activism, the
conversation represented a bit of a return to
form. But the episode also conclusively
demonstrates that Spotify, the platform that
reportedly paid more than $200 million to
host Rogan’s show, has completely given up on
addressing his relentless torrent of medical
misinformation, except in the most pallid and
surface-level ways.
o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
# ⚓ DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer) ☛ Matthew_Garrett_Says_San_Francisco
People_“Get_it.”_With_the_City_in_Court_Attacking_Homeless
Americans._Also_Blasts_US_Constitution.⠀⇛
Matthew Garrett told me the other day on TechRights
IRC that it’s unfortunate that American citizens
can’t be arrested for talking about things he
doesn’t agree with.
[...]
The United States can’t do much about people who
blast the Freedom of Speech because they have the
right to Freedom of Speech here.
And yes, that is the same Freedom of Speech that
allowed the Nazis to march in Skokie, but 40+ years
later the Nazis are not well liked and don’t have a
single member in the State or local governments in
Illinois, even though they won their court case and
were able to march in Skokie.
Letting them march is the lesser evil. It reminds
people that they’re there and they need to be
vigilant to make sure they don’t come to power.
Of course there are repercussions in the United
States for being a Nazi, even though there is no
law against it. If you openly admit it, you’re
going to have a very hard time professionally.
Nobody is going to elect you to anything.
In Germany, where there’s no strong freedom of
speech, they outlawed Nazi symbols, and parties,
and ideologies, outlawed it, and there are Nazis in
their legislature that just don’t wear swastikas
and call themselves that. So big difference.
They’re in the legislature introducing bills and
voting on things, where they can actually do a lot
of harm, as long as they don’t use symbols.
This is my opinion of Matt, but I can’t figure out
what else to call it when you say you support the
Constitution and then go down the line saying that
foundational pieces of it shouldn’t exist.
If you didn’t agree to live under it, then I don’t
believe for a minute that you should have filed an
N-400.
# ⚓ Hindustan Times ☛ Spidey_stuck_in_censorship_web._Here’s
why_‘Spider-Man:_Across_the_Spider-Verse’_is_blocked_from
release_in_the_UAE⠀⇛
Scheduled to debut on June 22, just in time for the
upcoming Eid al-Adha holiday, the film’s release
has been thwarted due to its failure to comply with
the country’s strict censorship guidelines. One of
the reasons cited for the ban is a blink-and-you-
miss-it poster in the background of one frame,
highlighting the importance of protecting trans
lives. It seems this brief depiction clashed with
the “local customs and values” that content in the
region must adhere to, especially when targeted at
younger audiences, as most animated films are.
# ⚓ CPJ ☛ Bangladeshi_journalist_Golam_Rabbani_Nadim_beaten_to
death_after_reporting_on_local_politician⠀⇛
Nadim’s family believes he was targeted in
retaliation for his May 2023 series of reports for
Banglanews24 about Mahmudul Alam Babu, chair of a
local government unit and member of the ruling
Awami League party, according to those reports.
Babu denied any involvement in the attack.
# ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ GitHub_Takes_Down_Cloudstream_APK_Code_Repo
Following_MPA_Complaint⠀⇛
The Motion Picture Association sees the open-source
Android app Cloudstream as a gateway to pirated
streams. This week, the anti-piracy group
successfully removed two ‘infringing’ code
repositories from GitHub but a stripped-down
version of the application remains unscathed.
o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
# ⚓ CPJ ☛ Pakistani_journalists_abroad_face_terrorism
investigations_at_home⠀⇛
The allegations were brought against the accused in
relation to unspecified social media posts and
videos by the journalists, according to copies of
the first information reports, which cite sections
of the penal code including criminal conspiracy and
abetting mutiny, and the Anti-Terrorism Act, 1997,
which carries a maximum punishment of death or life
imprisonment.
# ⚓ VOA News ☛ EU_Urges_Release_of_Jailed_Hong_Kong_Newspaper
Founder_Lai⠀⇛
Hong Kong authorities have targeted the pro-
democracy advocate and China critic since 2020 —
partially in retaliation for the newspaper’s
criticism of the Chinese government. Lai, 75, has
been detained in a maximum-security prison since
December 2020.
His son Sebastien Lai said the resolution “sends a
powerful message to Hong Kong that the targeting
and imprisonment of my father and other prominent
pro-democracy figures, in an attempt to silence
them, is not going unnoticed by the international
community.”
# ⚓ VOA News ☛ Iranian_Journalist_Says_Newspaper_Fired_Her
After_She_Alleged_Special_Forces_Officer_Misconduct⠀⇛
An Iranian journalist who was jailed last year for
conducting an interview with Mahsa Amini’s father
said Thursday that she has been “terminated” from
her position at the newspaper where she had just
started working.
Nazila Maroufian said the move came days after she
shared on her public Twitter account allegations
that a Special Forces officer made derogatory
comments about her when she refused to comply with
the mandatory hijab requirement.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Joe_Lauria:_Assange’s_Most_Critical_Moment⠀⇛
A London High Court judge rejected Wikileaks editor
Julian Assange’s appeal against his extradition to
the United States. He now faces up to 175 years in
prison — despite public opinion around the world
and in his home country, Australia. The UN has
declared his detention “arbitrary,” which usually
results in the release of the detainee, but not so
far. The fate of the man who revealed so many of
the hidden crimes of the US empire hangs in the
balance. Brian Becker is joined by Joe Lauria,
editor in chief of Consortium News.
o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Woman_accused_by_Hong_Kong_national
security_police of_perverting_justice_denied_bail⠀⇛
A 64-year old woman accused by Hong Kong national
security police of perverting the course of justice
has appeared in court and been denied bail.
# ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ One_Tech_Subcontractor’s_Road_to
Unionization⠀⇛
But from the first day on the job, Gwin began to
realize that he had made a mistake. HCL falls under
Google’s Temp, Vendor, Contractor (TVC) umbrella;
TVCs make up more than half of Google’s workforce,
and the arrangement means that the tech giant is
not legally responsible for either Gwin’s
compensation or his working conditions.
Nancy, the operations manager and team lead of
Catalogs, the team Gwin was joining, rattles off a
list of rules. Don’t tell anyone you work for
Google — you work for HCL. Don’t eat the dinner
offered to workers too often, and if you do, don’t
eat too much. Aside from four hours of annual
online training, you can’t work from home under any
circumstances. Don’t ask your Google program
manager for anything. Don’t ever talk to your
Google supervisors. Don’t talk to Google employees.
Don’t walk too fast past Googlers. Don’t talk too
loud near Googlers.
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# ⚓ Computer World ☛ US_judge_temporarily_blocks_Microsoft’s
Activision_deal_at_request_of_FTC⠀⇛
An evidentiary hearing will be held on June 22 for
the judge to hear oral arguments about whether the
injunction should remain in force until the FTC’s
antitrust case is resolved. The ruling on the FTC’s
request for an injunction comes six months after
the FTC filed its initial antitrust case against
the acquisition, arguing that if the deal were to
go ahead, Microsoft would have an “increased
incentive to withhold or degrade Activision’s
content in ways that substantially lessen
competition — including competition on product
quality, price, and innovation.”
# § Patents⠀➾
# ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Justservice_cloud_patent_affirmed
invalid_by_Federal_Circuit⠀⇛
On June 14, 2023, the Federal Circuit
affirmed the Patent Office’s final decision,
in a summary Rule 36 affirmance, confirming
that claims of U.S._Patent_10,476,868 was
unpatentable. Owned by JustService Net
LLC,the ’868 patent is related to cloud and
data-storage technology and was asserted
against Dropbox.
# ⚓ Federal_Circuit_Affirms_PTAB_Finding_that_Claims_for
Blood_Pressure_Treatment_are_Obvious⠀⇛
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal
Circuit (CAFC) ruled in a precedential
decision Wednesday that the Patent Trial and
Appeal Board (PTAB) was correct to affirm a
United States Patent and Trademark Office
(USPTO) examiner’s finding that the claims of
U.S. Patent Application 15/131,442 were
obvious in view of the prior art.
# § Software Patents⠀➾
# ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Checking_Essentiality_within
SISVEL’s_AV1_Pool_–_InterDigital’s_U.S._9,227,243⠀⇛
As part of an ongoing series examining the
patent holders and pools erroneously
designating patents as essential, we
highlight U.S._Patent_9,277,243 titled
“Methods and apparatus for in-loop de-
artifact filtering.” This patent is owned by
InterDigital_VC_Holdings,_Inc. InterDigital
has designated the ’243 patent as essential
to the AV1 standard as a part of SISVEL’s_AV1
Patent_Pool. SeeAV1 Patent List, AV1 Family
AV1-056, available at https://www.sisvel.com/
images/documents/Video-Coding-Platform/
PatentList_AV1.pdf.
# § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ AEG_Officially_Rebrands_LA
Live’s_‘Microsoft_Theater’_to_‘Peacock_Theater’⠀⇛
AEG officially rebrands LA Live’s ‘Microsoft
Theater’ to ‘Peacock Theater’ in a multi-year
agreement that sees Peacock becoming the
exclusive streaming partner of the downtown
LA sports and entertainment district. /
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# ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ 2023-06-15_[Older]_Music_Labels_Sue_Twitter
for_$250_Million_as_Its_Reputation_Circles_the_Drain⠀⇛
# ⚓ Walled Culture ☛ Digital_business_models_are
changing:_what_are_artists’_thoughts,_hopes_and_fears
in_this_new_world?⠀⇛
Against that background, it’s disappointing
that the report doesn’t make the crucial
connection between many of the problems and
challenges that it identifies for future
development, and the outdated and harmful
nature of copyright in a digital world.
Although the word “copyright” is mentioned
eight times, it seems throughout to be
accepted as an inevitable part of the future
artistic landscape. As readers of Walled
Culture the book well know, that’s certainly
not the case. Not only is creativity possible
without copyright, but it is able to flourish
far better without the legal and economic
constraints born of copyright’s forlorn
obsession with controlling digital copies.
# ⚓ India Times ☛ Grammys_bans_AI-only_music,_allows
‘only_human_creators’⠀⇛
AI-only work is banned, but some music
created with AI help may qualify in certain
categories, the academy’s updated rulebook
reads. “A work that contains no human
authorship is not eligible in any
categories.”
Music creators must now contribute to at
least 20% of an album to earn a nomination.
In the past, any producer, songwriter,
engineer or featured artist on an album could
earn a nomination for album of the year, even
if the person had a small input.
# ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ IBCAP/DISH_Prevail_in_Jadoo_TV_Piracy
Lawsuit,_CEO_Held_Personally_Liable⠀⇛
The International Broadcaster Coalition
Against Piracy and member DISH Network have
emerged victorious in a long-running lawsuit
against pirate set-top box distributor Jadoo
TV. This week a California court granted
summary judgment, finding Jadoo TV and CEO
Sajid Sohail liable for direct, contributory,
and vicarious infringement. Personal
liability for Sohail is significant given
Jadoo TV’s ongoing bankruptcy proceedings.
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾
# ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_AYELQUB_Wordo:_BEDIM⠀⇛
o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾
# § Internet/Gemini⠀➾
# ⚓ Re:_degrowth_and_its_discontents⠀⇛
Gemini is similar to the way the web was,
around 1993. Gemini feels to him as though it
is “devoid of human contact”. In this
connection he mentions measures such as
IndieAuth, feed aggregators and ActivityPub,
which complement the basic web stack, and
which afford some means of connection with
other users.
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World Wide Web but a lot lighter.
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