𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Tuesday, August 15, 2023
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⦿ IBM Signals That Fedora is Basically Finished, as Work on Desktop Spins Collapses in a Matter of Days | Techrights
⦿ IBM’s Debt is Rapidly Growing (Despite Many Cuts) | Techrights
⦿ [Meme] IBM Has Rejoined the Likes of Microsoft (I₿M and M$) | Techrights
⦿ IBM is Killing Fedora (While It is Promoting Microsoft’s Proprietary Junk) | Techrights
⦿ IRC Proceedings: Sunday, August 13, 2023 | Techrights
⦿ My Favourite Part About Not Using GNOME Anymore: No More GNOME Software | Techrights
⦿ No Thanks, Red Hat | Techrights
⦿ Free Software Contributions and Real Threats | Techrights
⦿ William N. Braswell, Jr. (AKA Will the Chill) Talking About How Microsoft and ’The Cloud’ Ruined His Work, Saying ‘Open’ AI “Needs to Go Out of Business”; Media Says ‘Open’ AI Probably Faces Bankruptcy Next Year or Later This Year | Techrights
䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login):
http://techrights.org/2023/08/15/fedora-is-basically-finished/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/08/15/ibm-debt-growing/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/08/15/ibm-fud/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/08/15/ibm-killing-fedora/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/08/15/irc-log-130823-corrected/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/08/15/no-more-gnome-software/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/08/15/no-thanks-red-hat/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/08/15/to-build-or-not-to-build/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/08/15/william-n-braswell-openai/#comments
䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised):
http://techrights.org/2023/08/15/devuan-5-0-0/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/08/15/more-windows-breaches/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/08/15/openai-bankrupcy-expected-by-2024/#comments
http://techrights.org/2023/08/15/openmandriva-lx-23-08/#comments
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✐ IBM_Signals_That_Fedora_is_Basically_Finished,_as_Work_on_Desktop_Spins
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Posted in Free/Libre_Software, GNOME, GNU/Linux, IBM, OpenSUSE, Red_Hat at 7:50
pm by Guest Editorial Team
Reprinted with permission from Ryan_Farmer
Fedora Is Basically Finished, as Work on Desktop Basically_Collapses_in_a
Matter_of_Days.
I’ve been blogging about my recent switch to openSUSE Leap and the collapse of
Fedora due to “de-prioritization” by Red Hat, and Fedora basically falling into
a gradual state of abandonment and bitrot.
Here’s what an IBM Red Hat employee says will happen now that Red Hat has
divested itself from LibreOffice. As you can see, desktop Bluetooth and a lot
of other things are now effectively abandoned and nobody cares what they do on
your Fedora desktop anymore.
§ New responsibilities⠀➾
As part of the same process outlined in Matthias
Clasen’s “LibreOffice_packages”_email, my management chain has made
the decision to stop all upstream and downstream work on desktop
Bluetooth, multimedia applications (namely totem, rhythmbox and
sound-juicer) and libfprint/fprintd. The rest of my upstream and
downstream work will be reassigned depending on Red Hat’s own
priorities (see below), as I am transferred to another team that
deals with one of a list of Red Hat’s priority projects.
I’m very disappointed, because those particular projects were already
starved for resources: I spent less than 10% of my work time on them
in the past year, with other projects and responsibilities taking
most of my time.
This means that, in the medium-term at least, all those GNOME
projects will go without a maintainer, reviewer, or triager:
– gnome-bluetooth (including Settings panel and gnome-shell
integration)
– totem, totem-pl-parser, gom
– libgnome-volume-control
– libgudev
– geocode-glib
– gvfs AFC backend
Those freedesktop projects will be archived until further notice:
– power-profiles-daemon
– switcheroo-control
– iio-sensor-proxy
– low-memory-monitor
I will not be available for reviewing libfprint/fprintd, upower,
grilo/grilo-plugins, gnome-desktop thumbnailer sandboxing patches, or
any work related to XDG specifications.
Kernel work, reviews and maintenance, including recent work on
SteelSeries headset and Logitech devices kernel drivers, USB revoke
for Flatpak Portal support, or core USB is suspended until further
notice.
All my Fedora packages_were_orphaned about a month and a half ago,
it’s likely that there are still some that are orphaned, if there are
takers. RHEL packages were unassigned about 3 weeks ago, they’ve been
reassigned since then, so I cannot point to the new maintainer(s).
If you are a partner, or a customer, I would recommend that you get
in touch with your Red Hat contacts to figure out what the plan is
going forward for the projects you might be involved with.
If you are a colleague that will take on all or part of the 90% of
the work that’s not being stopped, or a community member that was
relying on my work to further advance your own projects, get in
touch, I’ll do my best to accommodate your queries, time permitting.
I’ll try to make sure to update this post, or create a new one if and
when any of the above changes.
-Bastien Nocera
Sounds like I made the right call to accelerate “Getting the Hell out of here.”
mode.
As you can see, some of this affects the overall “Linux OS stack” and some of
the damage is contained to GNOME, which I also abandoned as part of a migration
to KDE.
The problems in GNOME are not just technical, but political, including (but
hardly limited to) Molly “we_can_use_our_collective_power_to_push_others” de
Blanc, one of the chief_promoters_of_anti-Richard_M._Stallman_bullshit.
(The “petition” in question was totally false and fraudulent and was organized
by anti-Free Software trolls and hosted on Microsoft GitHub. Also, eventually
dozens_of_times_as_many_real_Free_Software_people_signed_a_support_letter_of
RMS.)
“I am a Debian Developer (non-uploading)”
Oh that’s cool. I don’t do shit for Debian either. Can I be a non-uploading
developer?
People like Molly “Shove people around.” (she’s hardly alone there) are just
another festering boil on GNOME.
Their Human Interface Guidelines (GNOME 3 threw out all of the money and time
Sun spent on studying how users interacted with computers and replaced it with
a paradigm that hardly works) and technical merits are laughable enough.
Their_GUI_skills are basically a blind ripoff of Apple at this point, and
especially “All of our users are too stupid to use a mouse and keyboard.” Not
even GNOME developers want to use it like it is, which is why it has “Tweaks”,
which pretty much flies in the face of Havoc Pennington’s essay on the topic
that “Preferences to make the program behave differently just mean your program
was broken to begin with.”
Most bullshitters find that their odious ideas are not received well, so then
they resort to becoming really nasty people and trying to use the “forces of
collectivism” to “push people around”.
(A raving sociopath doesn’t have time to stop and gain consensus for anything
they want to do, they just set fire to the Reichstag and declare an emergency.)
As for software, preferences aren’t intrinsically bad. But when you ship a user
interface as disastrous as GNOME and then hide the preferences to make it
functional again slightly, but which are there, you are just making it obvious
that you know what you’ve done.
openSUSE Leap has been quite stable so far, which is to be expected considering
the core OS is shared with SUSE Linux Enterprise, including the kernel.
However, at this point I would probably even recommend Oracle Linux over
anything from Red Hat. Why? Well, it all comes down to a few things, including
the fact that they state directly that they’re happy if you’re happy running
“without official support” or paying them. If you don’t think you need it, more
power to you. And you’ll get “the same bits” that their paying subscribers do,
and nothing to switch to if you decide you want to buy support later.
Oracle makes sources available for their “Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel”, which
IBM Red Hat has stopped doing, except for paying customers, which it is openly
threatening with canceled subscriptions if they tell you what’s in the RHEL
kernel.
IBM Red Hat is now behaving so badly that even Oracle openly trolls them on its
blog.
I know it’s Oracle we’re talking about here. The same company that sued Google
trying to extend copyrights to software APIs, and that’s bad, and that’s why I
settled down on SUSE instead. But the stench of Oracle is now overwhelmed by
IBM.
It’s like, “Who even smells the filthy cat box anymore when there’s weeks of
rotting garbage in the trash can?”
The termite infestation of IBM and the “Shove people around with the forces of
collectivism.” types have finally rotted out the foundation of almost every
house that allowed them in.
It’s become totally obvious to me in the last week or so that IBM sees no
future for Fedora and plans to divest itself of it gradually, and that they
seem to see the future of RHEL as some dying “Oracle Solaris-like thing”.
Of course their competitors are salivating. When IBM finally ruins RHEL where
will the customers go? █
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✐ IBM’s_Debt_is_Rapidly_Growing_(Despite_Many_Cuts)⠀✐
Posted in Finance, IBM at 8:33 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
As per the the_official-but-typically-suppressed-by-corporate-media numbers:
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇IBM_debt:_buying_RHT,_last_autumn,_this_summer⦈_
Summary: Despite claims to the contrary and totally fictional market valuations
(more like a Ponzi scheme waiting to unravel), IBM is having financial issues
and layoffs are expected to carry on (or causing many people to resign by
making unreasonable demands, e.g. coming back to the office for a job that does
not require that)
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⣿⡏⡯⡏⡏⣟⣽⢹⣫⢩⠀⢸⣿⢍⣙⠯⣩⡏⣿⢉⡇⠀⢭⣭⢹⡏⣹⣿⣿⣿⣹⢹⣏⡏⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀
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⣿⢛⣻⠻⡟⡟⣟⣿⢻⢻⣟⠟⢿⠛⠟⢻⠻⡟⠛⣻⣛⡟⣟⠛⡛⠟⣿⣟⠟⡟⣟⠛⠻⢛⢟⣟⡟⣿⡟⠛⡿⠛⠛⠟⠟⠻⡟⠟⠻⢿⠻⠛⠻⠛⢛⢻⡟⢛⣛⢻⣿⢛⠟⣟⠟⣿⢻⣻⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀
⣿⣾⣿⣾⣷⣶⣶⣷⣾⣾⣷⣷⣷⣶⣾⣿⣶⢶⣶⣿⣿⣷⣾⣶⡶⣶⣿⣿⣶⣷⣿⣶⣶⣶⣷⣿⣷⣷⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣷⣶⣶⣷⣶⣶⣶⣷⣶⣶⣶⣾⣾⣷⣷⣷⣶⣾⣶⣷⣷⣷⣿⣶⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀
⣿⣵⣽⣷⣴⣴⣬⣿⣿⣼⣧⣤⣿⣵⣥⣼⣿⣬⣿⣼⣯⣬⣼⣽⣿⣵⣥⣾⣯⣯⣤⣵⣯⣤⣧⣬⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀
⣿⡗⢈⣉⣉⣍⣉⣩⣇⣊⣉⣀⣉⠀⢰⣈⣩⣉⣁⣇⣊⣉⣩⡁⠀⣈⣉⣉⣁⣉⣧⣀⣿⣈⣉⣉⣩⣈⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀
⣿⡿⡿⡿⡿⣿⡿⡿⣿⡿⡿⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⡿⡿⣿⢿⢿⢿⡿⠇⠀⢿⢿⡿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡿⢿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀
⣿⣧⣯⣧⣧⣷⣯⣧⣶⣧⣮⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⣯⣧⣿⣽⣼⣽⣧⡄⠀⣼⣽⣧⣾⣤⣿⣿⣿⣷⣮⣬⣤⣵⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀
⣿⡯⡯⡫⡯⣟⣽⢽⡫⢩⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⡏⠙⠹⠩⣽⢽⡏⠁⠀⠉⣍⠯⣿⠉⣿⣿⣿⡟⠯⠹⠻⡙⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀
⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀
⣿⣯⣿⣮⣿⣯⣿⣽⣯⣤⣾⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⣧⣶⣿⣮⣵⣾⣿⡄⠀⣦⣦⣷⣿⣤⣿⣿⣿⣧⣥⣼⣴⣦⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀
⣿⡟⣟⣟⡟⡿⣟⡟⠿⡟⢟⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⠟⣟⣿⠻⣻⢻⡟⠃⠀⡛⡛⠟⣿⠛⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⢻⠛⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡿⢿⢻⢿⣿⢿⢿⢿⠿⠿⡿⠿⢿⠿⡿⣿⠀
⣿⣷⣷⣷⣶⣿⣷⣷⣿⣶⣷⣿⣿⠀⠘⠛⠓⠓⠓⠚⠚⠛⠓⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠀⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠛⠛⢻⣟⣿⣿⣰⣪⣷⣺⣜⣸⣇⣇⣿⣸⣰⣒⣿⣿⠀
⣿⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣃⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣐⣂⣀⣐⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣚⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣿⣿⣿⠀
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✐ [Meme]IBM_Has_Rejoined_the_Likes_of_Microsoft(I₿M_and_M$)⠀✐
Posted in Deception, FUD, GNU/Linux, IBM, Microsoft at 8:20 pm by Dr. Roy
Schestowitz
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇IBM_PC_5150:_Freedom_is_a_real_risk?⦈_
IBM has become a_source_of_anti-community_FUD
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Microsoft_ad⦈_
From Owen_Le_Blanc’s_Home_Page (he’s the creator of the world’s first-ever GNU/
Linux distro, called “MCC”)
Summary: Instead of helping the Free software community or computer users in
general replace Microsoft it certainly seems like greedy IBM sabotages
community-led efforts in order to push some monolithic, partly closed-sourced
system (RHEL)
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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⠛⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⢀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠹⡟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠿⠟⠛⠋⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠉⢈⣀⣀⣉⣉⣉⡉⠙⠛⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣠⣤⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣄⡈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡘⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠐⠐⠂⠐⠂⠒⠐⠒⠐⠂⢀⣠⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⡈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠁⣠⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⡋⠹⠀⠂⠾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⢁⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⣟⠉⠃⠀⠹⣷⡀⢻⠀⠄⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿
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✐ IBM_is_Killing_Fedora_(While_It_is_Promoting_Microsoft’s_Proprietary_Junk)⠀✐
Posted in IBM, Red_Hat at 6:53 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
This was published_this_week (it’s in Daily Links already but merits more
attention)
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽⦇As_part_of_the_same_process_outlined_in_Matthias_Clasen's
'LibreOffice_packages'_email,_my_management_chain_has_made_the_decision_to_stop
all_upstream_and_downstream_work_on_desktop_Bluetooth,multimedia_applications
(namely_totem,_rhythmbox_and_sound-juicer)_and_libfprint/fprintd._The_rest_of
my_upstream_and_downstream_work_will_be_reassigned_depending_on_Red_Hat's_own
priorities_(see_below),_as_I_am_transferred_to_another_team_that_deals_with_one
of_a_list_of_Red_Hat’s_priority_projects.⦈_
Summary: While carrying_water_for_Microsoft IBM/Red Hat is tactlessly and
shamelessly abandoning the Free software community, especially on the desktop.
It does this while moreover outsourcing_new_source_code_to_Microsoft's
proprietary_prison and besieging real communities, even defaming their leaders.
IBM is not an ally. It’s a greedy, dumb company. The Free Software Foundation
(FSF) needs_to_talk_about_this.
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GNOME Software will destroy your uptime.
I don’t know why nobody has fixed the memory leaks in GNOME Software or why it
thinks every update needs a reboot even if it doesn’t. Maybe it’s just because
nobody working at IBM Red Hat actually uses it themselves.
The fact that this usability disaster has gone on so long makes me wonder how
far back we need to go to determine a date at which the pullback from desktop
Linux actually started there.
If you use the package manager in the terminal and never touch GNOME Software,
you still need to remember to kill it every few days, to account for all of the
memory leaks they won’t fix.
When KDE in openSUSE Leap 15.5 told me there were updates, I grimaced, and then
when it didn’t demand a restart I exhaled calmly.
openSUSE has two ways to install software. KDE’s Discover, which is semi-
comparable to GNOME Software except it doesn’t seem to leak memory and throw a
tantrum if you don’t restart because of Firefox.
Also, YaST. YaST is better if you have an idea what you’re looking for because
it shows a lot of things that Discover doesn’t. (Discover is mostly focused on
desktop software with AppStream data.)
openSUSE gives the user the option to use Flatpaks, but I don’t feel like I’m
being pressured into doing that against my will.
Many of the packaged that IBM is divesting itself from are libraries that do
hardware enablement, which can’t be shipped as Flatpak, which was their excuse
for dropping LibreOffice RPMs.
So far I am quite pleased with openSUSE Leap and KDE. █
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Posted in IBM, Microsoft, Red_Hat at 11:32 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
Yesterday:
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Summary: Desperate for income, Red Hat helps Microsoft sell proprietary
software and spy on people
From the same author, Deepankar_Jain:
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✐ Free_Software_Contributions_and_Real_Threats⠀✐
Posted in Deception, Free/Libre_Software, GNU/Linux, IBM, Red_Hat, Ubuntu at 7:
32 pm by Guest Editorial Team
By Marcia_Wilbur
§ To build or not to build!⠀➾
Recently, there has been some discussion about “open source freeloaders”. It’s
completely laughable for companies calling others freeloaders, when in fact, we
are the contributors, developers, laborers of love and take ownership
volunteering our time to projects these companies use.
Often corporations use our projects without giving anything back to the
community.
This is true of many companies with “open source” projects. Often, there will
be use of projects in ways one might not even imagine such as curling Windows
repos, creating in-house projects based on all open source projects with no
redistribution, no sharing and resistance to share.
In one corporate case, the original developers shared with an open license to
GitHub. When confronted with this fact, I recommended placing the updated
project files to the original repo and was met with strong objection to the
point the product owner stated I was “stirring the pot” and demanded management
“remove that github project”. Management would not as this is not one of “our
company project repos” and we have no control over this public-facing project
abandoned several years prior.
“It’s not a violation of license to build new software based on different
packages and projects in-house and not share, but not in the spirit of our
community.”The original developers seemed to have best intentions but were let
go and the project developed internally from their original.
It’s not a violation of license to build new software based on different
packages and projects in-house and not share, but not in the spirit of our
community. Some development, testing or any contribution is appreciated but not
required. There is no monetary donation more often than not. Little to no
consulting opportunities are available to project developers who have an eye
toward community, at least from my perspective and experience.
From Red Hat’s commitment to open source: A response to the git.centos.org
changes
June 26, 2023, by Mike McGrath
“Finally, I’d like to address every open source company out there,
whether your code is open today or you’re considering moving to an
open source model. By any measure, Red Hat has “made it” and I hope
many open source companies can succeed as we have. You can decide for
yourself whether downstream rebuilds are valuable for you and it’s
your call to make it easy, or not.
Simply rebuilding code, without adding value or changing it in any
way, represents a real threat to open source companies everywhere.
This is a real threat to open source, and one that has the potential
to revert open source back into a hobbyist- and hackers-only
activity.
We don’t want that and I know our community members, customers and
partners don’t want that. Innovation happens in the upstream.
Building on the shoulders of others is what open source is about.
Let’s continue to drive innovation, support one another and keep
moving forward.”
Granted, most of us want the ability to modify and distribute and we do just
this.
There are a few use cases for simply building without adding features.
* We can pick up abandonware and there is value in supporting users and
maintaining a stable release. This does add value also.
* We can simply rebuild code, rename, redistribute (see your code license
(s) for proper threat leveling) and become the “REAL THREAT” to open
source companies.
* We can learn by simply building through evaluation.
* We can encourage contributions to software by including the built code in
our projects.
Companies are not likely to pick up abandonware and include this as a
dependency, even when they have the resources to do so. Instead, they will
search out an alternative.
Take for example an open source project I worked on recently using pandoc.
Rather than use @latest pandoc with xelatex for new features, the project used
wkhtml2pdf. The company hired an in-house dev to work on the features we wanted
when these were already available using @latest pandoc with xelatex!
“Again, while completely legal, this culture of selfish dependence without give
back is more common in company culture than not. Freeloaders?!”The packages
included in this in-house “solution” included unsupported and deprecated
versions with of course, high security risk. The company created what I like to
refer to as a “frankenapp”. There was no effort to work with any of the open
source projects the company used, no effort to contribute to development. Some
of the projects included: ImageMagick, Graphviz, batik, pandoc, wkhtml2pdf
Again, while completely legal, this culture of selfish dependence without give
back is more common in company culture than not. Freeloaders?!
Ubuntu – fully supported example:
The packages for Edubuntu were divided and are currently divided by education
level.
Packages include:
ubuntu-edu-preschool
ubuntu-edu-primary
ubuntu-edu-secondary
ubuntu-edu-tertiary
The task at Kids on Computers was to evaluate which education projects or
packages were used in a previous distro, Ubermix, used by schools in Mexico
implemented by KOC.
The purpose of this was to sunset any Ubermix machine, but still offer the same
tools, utilities and applications to students. Ubermix was hosting the ISO on
the then Google plus platform.
“Does Canonical contribute to Scribus? So, what exactly is meant by “fully
support”?”“Who does that?!”
While there were some beneficial features to Ubermix, Kids on Computers wanted
to see if we could simply use the packages in a custom respin.
While evaluating the list of packages (dpkg –get-selections | grep install), I
noted the packages from Ubuntu.
The interesting thing about these packages was what was inside. There was no
indication *buntu had done anything but packaging.
This became more clear upon the realization a couple packages were no longer
maintained projects.
So, take for example, ubuntu-edu-tertiary with many recommended packages. The
packages listed include Scribus.
The control file for tertiary states:
Package: ubuntu-edu-tertiary
Source: edubuntu-meta
Version: 23.04.12
Architecture: amd64
Maintainer: Edubuntu Developers edubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com
Installed-Size: 10
Recommends: bijiben, calibre, cantor, chemtool, dia, drawing, fritzing,
gbrainy, gramps, inkscape, kalzium, klavaro, kmplot, ktouch, librecad,
libreoffice, lightspeed, arble-qt, melting, pdfmod, rocs, scribus, stellarium,
step, yorick
Section: metapackages
Priority: optional
Description: Tertiary Educational Application Bundle This package depends on
all of the educational software for Tertiary grade level education that is
fully supported by Canonical and the Edubuntu community.
How do they “FULLY” support?
So, I had questions.
I joined the Edubuntu devel mailing list and asked for the definition of “fully
supported”.
I went to the Scribus IRC and asked the question whether canonical contributed
to the project.
Does Canonical contribute to Scribus? So, what exactly is meant by “fully
support”?
Documentation, training, development or testing contribution? Forum, IRC?
Or, do they simply support the ubuntu-edu-tertiary package itself and separate
themselves from the projects/packages they “recommend”?
This was Sunday August 13 at approx 9pm EST when I went to Libera IRC. I
received a response of no from Scribus with regard to any spending cash
contributions. There may have been a few development contributions but no forum
support, no chat support for the project by Canonical.
I’m not saying what Canonical does is violating any license – these are
dependencies in a package, right.
The new package is theirs: ubuntu-edu-tertiary
As devs, of course, we have dependencies. For example, I use rsync for respin.
Nothing needs to be edited or changed, and my software depends on an existing
project. However, it does seem as these packages such as ubuntu-edu-tertiary
are just dependencies with no original education applications provided by
Canonical at all. There is no deliverable application depending on these other
projects. Honestly, these are just projects and software included in an
education flavor.
So, if the idea is to provide education software to the “masses”, why are there
no features added, user experience considerations developed, or well, any
development at all?
While not a violation of license – because nothing was forked, just included as
dependencies, the non-contributing development is definitely not community
minded and a real threat to hobbyists and hackers everywhere!
Unfortunately, having to support your primary project is key. However, small
projects are not a company with financial resources based on the packages or
projects developed for the community. Many projects run with just a few
contributors working on a labor of love.
We are not companies that charges in the six figures for licensing the
Operating System on an industrial IOT machine because the manufacturer is in a
certain country.
One company literally informed us of their intention to pay out half a million
dollars to Ubuntu for using the Operating system on 2 machine product lines.
The reason, the machines were manufactured in China.
“But we can just make a respin! Trust me, I know how! We don’t need to pay”.
“Some projects have had great contributions and have moved forward in
progression. Perhaps there is a benefit in companies using our projects.”There
was nothing I could do.
So, with that kind of payment from corporations, just how much does Ubuntu have
in their coffers to contribute? How much do they contribute or pay to projects?
I received messages from the Edubuntu dev mailing list.
Edubuntu is a “labor of love” for the 3 or 4 people involved in the
“resurrection” of the packages. Erich and his wife work on the product with
input from family members and evaluation of what packages may be useful for
educational purposes.
The job is to evaluate and include packages within the educational package that
are mostly stable or have longevity. While I applaud any educational effort,
the fully supported question needed to be answered!
“That control file was revived and largely unedited from its original form from
9+ years ago, and when it was originally written, all of the software may very
well have been fully supported by Canonical. Unfortunately, I wasn’t around at
that time, so I can’t speak to that. However, I can speak to where it is at
currently.”
“Edubuntu, however is not its own project as it is a flavor of Ubuntu and
doesn’t exist as a separate distribution from Ubuntu.”
“I’m sorry if the descriptions were confusing, we can definitely get that
cleared-up before 23-10.”
So, in conclusion, rather than to “fully support”, partially support or offer
any contributions whatsoever to the community projects used by Ubuntu, at least
in the case of ubuntu-edu-* packages, the solution here is to – change the
control file description.
Some projects have had great contributions and have moved forward in
progression. Perhaps there is a benefit in companies using our projects. While
contribution is not required, encouraging contributions to our projects,
especially by those companies using and depending on the tools/utilities/apps
for their project is definitely appreciated and considered at the very least,
good manners. The tools/utilities/apps these companies use can progress for
their benefit as well by contributing back to the project and community. There
are various ways to do so.
* Hire a dev
* Contributing to added features
* Contributing to bugs or defects
* Reporting defects and offering possible solutions
* Encouraging employees to contribute to projects used
* Financial contribution
* Forum or communication to address any next step features
* Release your project/framework/code based on open source projects. █
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✐ William_N._Braswell,Jr.(AKA_Will_the_Chill)_Talking_About_How_Microsoft_and
‘The_Cloud’_Ruined_His_Work,Saying‘Open’AI“Needs_to_Go_Out_of_Business”;
Media_Says_‘Open’_AI_Probably_Faces_Bankruptcy_Next_Year_or_Later_This_Year⠀✐
Posted in Deception, Microsoft at 11:21 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇William_N._Braswell,_Jr._(AKA_Will_the_Chill)⦈_
Summary: This morning’s talk by William N. Braswell explains that Microsoft
basically doomed ‘Open’ AI and its userbase; it’s meanwhile argued that it’ll
go out of business quite soon (there’s simply no viable business model)
MUCH of the hype about ‘Open’ AI was paid for. It was fake.
Last night we took_note_of_the_rapid_decline_of_'Open'_AI (yes, it is
measurable) and the following talk, which was delivered live about 8 hours ago,
has a portion on how “evil empire” Microsoft screwed people over. They also
affected him by deprecating the API, citing financial reasons. The summary of
the talk is here and we suggest watching 20:50_to_31:50_of_today’s_clip, hard-
linked as follows:
YouTube (Google) breaks almost every Invidious_instance_which_attempts_to_play
the_video.
Hours ago the media said that due to lackluster interest the entire company
might collapse within months (it publicly admitted the bills were too high).
d
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽⦇ChatGPT_Creator_OpenAI_Could_Go_Bankrupt_by_202:_With
declining_users_and_competitors_on_the_rise,_could_the_creator_of_ChatGPT
really_be_on_the_way_to_bankruptcy?⦈_
If the company goes out of business, taking into account that it just works for
Microsoft now, Mr. Braswell will be pleased. In his talk, pay careful attention
to what they did and how. Typical Microsoft. He learned the hard way never to
use their stuff and ended up building his own. █
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Posted in News_Roundup at 6:21 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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§ Contents⠀➾
* Gemini*_and_Gopher
o Personal/Opinions
o Politics_and_World_Events
o Technology_and_Free_Software
# Internet/Gemini
* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾
o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾
# ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_AILOPSU_Wordo:_TONED⠀⇛
# ⚓ Rel-Phil_–_Pol_–_Comsiderations_of_the_Hawaiian_Caste
System_as_Exemplar_of_Empire’s_Demonic_Aetiology⠀⇛
Snapshot of pre-KamehamehaIII caste system in
Hawai’i. The presentation of the high Hawaiian
system’s etiology is muddy because its generative
conditions aren’t readily appreciable by
Hellenistic Weltanschauung – the “modern secular”
dead-materialistic gaze has massive blind spots.
There was likely no external causus to yoke
communities to serfdom in Hawaii. No barbarians at
the gate, as the commenter notes.
# ⚓ The_Whole_World_is_Sleeping_On_Mr._Gnome⠀⇛
So much energy, so much heart, such a unique sound.
Their other album Madness in Miniature, is also
incredible.
Thank you for coming to my microblog.
# ⚓ Stretches⠀⇛
I was more physically active when I was a kid,
engaging in sports like basketball and going on
hiking trips with the Boy Scouts. I also did
gymnastics for a short time, but I didn’t have much
interest in the sport and I dropped out after one
season. In the aftermath I quickly lost much of my
flexibility.
Today, after working desk jobs for almost seven
years, I can barely reach my shins without having
to bend my knees. My legs in particular are very
stiff, with my back not far behind.
I was recently recommended a self-care app called
Finch. I love Finch–as I’ve been going through some
touch mental work lately, it’s been a big help for
me–and I’ll write a review of the app eventually.
But one of the self-care activities Finch can
prompt the user to do is stretching, and I’ve tried
to take advantage of it in recent weeks.
# ⚓ Twilight_at_the_Airport_(Fairbanks,_AK,_USA,_2023-08-15)⠀⇛
I realized today might be one of my last days to
catch the sunrise this season, before sunrise
starts overlapping with my shift schedule. After
reviewing direction and timing, I decided to try
the south side of the airport again. The skies were
too murky to capture a sunrise proper, but I got a
few nice twilight photos.
o § Politics and World Events⠀➾
# ⚓ I_Want_To_Wear_A_Dress!⠀⇛
So, I am a very ‘cis’ male, perfectly happy in my
body, without any alphabet leanings (not that
there’s anything wrong with that, as Seinfeld
said). I am sick of _everything_ being sexualized
(or genderized). My male toddlers were always
referred to as ‘she’ because of long hair or maybe
a doll-in-hand. One of my kids had to literally
escape a mob of children in the playground at 3, a
mob screaming “Get her, she has a penis”! My female
dog is always called ‘he’ because she’s big – and
well, she lifts her leg and pees on everything, so
maybe she is gender-queer, but anyway.
My neighbor came to our morning-coffee-ritual
wearing a simple yet fantastic Comme De Garcon
dress. He wore it well. I was extremely envious.
o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾
# ⚓ Toby’s_tinylog⠀⇛
I wanted to find out what the minimum hardware for
running a reasonably good Large Language Model at
home would be, so I bought a refurbished
ThinkCentre M715q with AMD Radeon 5 PRO 2400GE CPU.
It’s a 2018-era machine costing only around $200.
With no upgrades, I was able to run llama.cpp in
CPU-only mode on the smallest Llama 2 7b model
(q2_K) generating 5.2 tokens/sec! Very impressive!
I can also run Vicuna 13b (q4_1) at over 2 tokens/
sec after upgrading the RAM to 16Gb. All this while
consuming around 40W of power. One trick I had to
employ is to use “LLAMA_AVX2=1 make” to compile, as
it doesn’t detect AVX2 by default. Anwyay, I love
this ThinkCentre machine, it is amazing bang-for-
buck and will be my main dev machine for the
forseeable future.
# ⚓ Is_it_UTF-8?⠀⇛
Another method is to brute force the problem with a
Monte Carlo simulation, which at best will waste
lots of CPU. However, where Monte Carlo is
practical this may help confirm that a better
approach has not gone off the rails. Or, that both
the Monte Carlo and the better approach are wrong
in ways that produce the same results, which maybe
isn’t so likely? Richard Feynman said things about
actually verifying results in his 1974 commencement
address at Caltech.
# ⚓ Dotfiles:_You’re_doing_it_wrong⠀⇛
When it comes to managing dotfiles, people like to
come up with all kind of different and complicated
solutions: bare repositories, git submodules, self
grown bootstrap scripts, symlinks. Let me tell you:
you’re doing it wrong!
# ⚓ Some_explanations_about_OpenBSD_memory_usage⠀⇛
I regularly see people reporting high memory usage
on OpenBSD when looking at some monitoring program
output.
Those programs may be not reporting what you think.
The memory usage can be accounted in different
ways.
Most of the time, the file system cache stored in-
memory is added to memory usage, which lead to
think about a high memory consumption.
# § Internet/Gemini⠀➾
# ⚓ How_to_run_newsboat_over_SSH⠀⇛
RSS is dead, isn’t it?
Well, not at all, not for me. I’ve been an
rss user ever since I’ve made my first step
into the world wide web. When Google Reader
still has been a thing and the world has been
ok. I just like the idea to keep up to date
with all the things I’m interested in,
without any algorithm predicting what I’m
going to read.
After g’reader died, RSS feeds felt more
liken an on-off relationship. I tried
different alternatives and even stopped using
them altogether. But there was definitely
something missing. Someone told me about
ttrss then, while others moved to feedly, a
free as in pay-with-your-data software-as-a-
service solution.
# ⚓ Easing_back_into_gemspace⠀⇛
Hey, it’s been awhile. I’ve had a long, long
year and a lot has happened. The good thing
though is that I’m going to have some
stability soon for basically the first time
in my life.
=> =============================================================================
World Wide Web but a lot lighter.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* Leftovers
o Education
o Hardware
o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI)
o Security
# Privacy/Surveillance
o Defence/Aggression
o Environment
# Energy/Transportation
# Wildlife/Nature
# Overpopulation
o Finance
o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
o Censorship/Free_Speech
o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press
o Civil_Rights/Policing
o Monopolies
# Copyrights
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ Futurism ☛ People_in_San_Francisco_Are_Already_Having_Sex_in
Self-Driving_Taxis⠀⇛
Hilarity aside, it’s a fascinating glimpse at the future
of passenger vehicle transportation. Inside the
autonomous vehicles of tomorrow, drivers are no longer
stuck behind the wheel, allowing them to, well, do other
things.
o ⚓ The Nation ☛ Agóta_Kristóf_and_the_Agony_of_the_“Enemy”
Language⠀⇛
Agóta Kristóf’s The Notebook trilogy, which begins with
The Notebook, continues with The Proof, and ends with The
Third Lie, tells the story of two identical twin boys,
Klaus and Lucas, living in a small town with their
grandmother during a nameless war and successive
occupations. Throughout the first novel, the twins
perform “exercises” to strengthen and improve themselves:
They go hours without speaking or moving; they starve
themselves; they pretend to be deaf and dumb; and they
write down descriptions of their exercises in a big
notebook that they hide in their grandmother’s attic.
When writing in their notebook, they reject “adjectives
and things that are not real, that have their origin in
feelings.” This is because “the composition must be
true.” Words that denote subjective emotions like love
must be avoided in favor of “the faithful description of
the facts.” They strive for an objective writing,
something flat and scientific that reflects a direct,
unadorned relationship with the world as it is.
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ Addy Osmani ☛ Write_about_what_you_learn._It_pushes_you_to
understand_topics_better.⠀⇛
Write about what you learn. It pushes you to
understand topics better. Sometimes the gaps in our
knowledge only become clear when explaining things
to others.
Writing about what you learn is more than just a
method of documentation; it’s a powerful tool for
deepening understanding and revealing the gaps in
one’s knowledge. This practice pushes us to explore
topics more thoroughly and to articulate their
thoughts in a coherent and precise manner.
# ⚓ Tim Bray ☛ Unicode_Scalar_Value⠀⇛
Suppose you’re writing code (or defining a
protocol) that involves interchanging messages, and
those messages include text for humans to read. You
owe it to the world to make any such text Unicode,
so that the humans can use Korean or Arabic or
whatever else they live in. It turns out to be non-
obvious how to say “do Unicode right.” Today’s
ongoing piece exists to tell you how.
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ LibreBoot ☛ HP_EliteBook_8470p_and_Dell_Precision_T1650
support_added_to_Libreboot⠀⇛
I’ve ported and tested two new boards, and merged
them into the lbmk master branch. They will be
available in the next regular release: [...]
# ⚓ India Times ☛ IT_hardware_companies_may_get_more_time_for
local_manufacturing⠀⇛
The government is open to the idea of giving
foreign companies more time to set up manufacturing
units provided they submit a clear, detailed and
graded roadmap of their make-in-India plans for
specific products such as laptops, personal
computers and servers, a senior government official
said.
The companies have sought up to 12 months to set up
local factories.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ This_3D_Scanner_Uses_A_Sensor_You_Might_Not_Know
About⠀⇛
The huge diversity of sensors and other hardware
which our community now has access to seems
comprehensive, but there remain many parts which
have made little impact due to cost or scarcity.
It’s one of these which [Enginoor] has taken for
the sensor in a 3D scanner, an industrial laser
displacement sensor.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Black_Graphics_On_Your_TV,_For_A_Greener
World?⠀⇛
Can you really save energy by carefully choosing
the colors displayed on a TV screen? Under some
conditions, yes. Or at least that’s the conclusion
of a team at the BBC that looked at reducing the
energy consumption impact of their output by using
what they call Lower Carbon Graphics. In short,
they’re trying to ensure that OLED displays or
those with reactive backlights use less energy when
displaying BBC graphics, simply by using more
black.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_Digital_Camera_For_The_1984_Market⠀⇛
Digital cameras are a ubiquitous consumer and
professional product here in 2023, and because of
the wide availability of parts it’s relatively
straightforward to construct one for yourself. Four
decades ago though, film was king, but that hasn’t
stopped [Georg Lukas] from building a digital
camera for the 1984 market. The hardware is
definitely from recent years, the extremely
affordable ESP32-cam board that many of us will
have worked with already. Meanwhile the 1984 part
lies in the recording format, it makes EGA 16-
colour low-res pictures and stores them in the
archaic TGA file format.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Thin_Client_Wysens_Up_To_Become_OpenWrt_Router⠀⇛
For some of us, unused hardware lying around just
calls to be used. It seems like [Miles Goodhew]
heard the call, and wanted to put a Dell Wyse 3040
thin client to use — in this case as a wireless
router. It seems simple enough. OpenWrt supports
x64_64 targets, and the thin client has 2G of ram
and 8G of flash. It should make for a very capable
router.
# ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_Speaker_With_Dancing_Ferrofluid⠀⇛
A speaker project isn’t usually very different, but
we couldn’t help but notice [Electronoob’s] latest
speaker not for its audio performance but because
it features dancing ferrofluid and is an unusual
work of art. The housing is 3D printed and includes
some translucent portions for LEDs.You can see and
hear the speaker at work in the video below.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ Zach Flower ☛ Self-Care_Happens_Offline⠀⇛
For one thing, offline is where the world actually
happens. It’s where the thoughts and ideas of the
internet become reality. Where the distractions
fade away. Reading a paper book will always bring
me more joy than a digital one. Listening to a
cassette tape, or even an iPod, will always be more
pleasurable and intentional than a random Spotify
playlist. Writing in a notebook, or even a plan old
text editor with the wifi turned off will
inevitably be less distracting and drive more focus
than something in the browser like Google Docs.
# ⚓ Futurism ☛ Scientists_Shocked_That_Middle_School_Is
Horrible_If_You’re_Ugly_and_Bad_at_Sports⠀⇛
Titled “The Perils of Not Being Attractive or
Athletic: Pathways to Adolescent Adjustment
Difficulties Through Escalating Unpopularity,” this
new paper published in the Journal of Youth and
Adolescence looks at the way middle school students
think about themselves and their peers. Spoiler
alert: in spite of reports that kids these days are
a little nicer, these tykes sound totally mean.
The longitudinal study focused on nearly 600 kids
from unidentified areas in both Florida and
Lithuania who were aged 10 to 13 at the beginning
of the research. Conducted over a 12-week academic
year, the adolescent participants were asked three
times per week to both identify which of their
classmates were unattractive, unpopular, and
unathletic and also to self-report their own
feelings of loneliness and instances of alcohol
misuse.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ RFK_Jr._Would_Back_National_Abortion_Ban_After
Three_Months_of_Pregnancy:_Report⠀⇛
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_New_Law_to_Protect_Pregnant_Workers_Is
Already_Changing_Lives⠀⇛
When Rebeca Macri became pregnant this past June,
she was terrified that her job would put her
pregnancy at risk. As a certified nursing
assistant, lifting patients and heavy loads in
nursing homes was part of her regular duties, and
she’d had two prior miscarriages while working in
the same role. So, right away, she asked her
employer if she could avoid heavy lifting while she
was pregnant. Her employer’s first response was to
tell her to go home without pay until she could
lift again and to apply for unemployment benefits
in the meantime. But she had a new law on her side:
the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which requires
employers to accommodate the needs of pregnant
workers. She informed her employer about the PWFA
and insisted on continuing to work without
endangering her pregnancy. Days later, the nursing
home reversed course and granted her request.
# ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ The_Hidden_Fee_Costing_Doctors_Millions_Every
Year⠀⇛
It was a multibillion-dollar strike, so stealthy
and precise that the only visible sign was a notice
that suddenly vanished from a government website.
In August 2017, a federal agency with sweeping
powers over the health care industry posted a
notice informing insurance companies that they
weren’t allowed to charge physicians a fee when the
companies paid the doctors for their work. Six
months later, that statement disappeared without
explanation.
o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾
# ⚓ Naked Capitalism ☛ Wolf_Richter:_Full_Commercialization_of
Robotaxis_Arrives_in_San_Francisco_|_naked_capitalism⠀⇛
After sinking billions of dollars into robotaxis,
these companies are under pressure to show
significant revenues.
# ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Data_centers_at_risk_due_to_flaws_in
power_management_software⠀⇛
The researchers found four vulnerabilities in an
infrastructure management platform from a company
called CyberPower and five in power distribution
units from Dataprobe that allowed for remote code
injection.
Quinn said that they were looking to find out how
an attacker can compromise complex data centers
that rely on many different types of software and
an intricate supply chain to provide services to
millions of clients.
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Tesla_Starts_Hiring_for_‘First_of_Its
Kind’_Datacenters⠀⇛
Tesla, Inc., the clean-energy company that’s about
more stuff than just some of the world’s most
desired electric cars, is seemingly on the lookout
to improve its datacenter infrastructure. According
to a new job listing on Tesla’s corporate website
(spotted by Elektrek), the company is looking to
hire a “Sr. Engineering Program Manager, Data
Centers.” That hire is usually a good step for any
company planning to operate datacenters built on
custom or proprietary silicon – perhaps Tesla is
looking to build a dojo for its Dojo AI
accelerators?
# ⚓ Futurism ☛ The_Most_Fearsome_Hackers_Just_Went_Ham_on
ChatGPT⠀⇛
So it isn’t exactly surprising that hackers at this
year’s Def Con in Las Vegas have turned their
sights on AI chatbots, a trend that’s taken the
world by storm, especially since OpenAI released
ChatGPT to the public late last year.
The convention hosted an entire contest, NBC News
reports, not to identify software vulnerabilities,
but to come up with new prompt injections that
force chatbots like Google’s Bard or ChatGPT to
spit out practically anything attackers want.
# § Windows TCO⠀➾
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Colorado_Health_Agency_Says_4_Million
Impacted_by_MOVEit_Hack⠀⇛
The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy
and Financing (HCPF) has revealed that the
personal information of millions of
individuals was compromised in a data breach
resulting from the recent MOVEit cyberattack.
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ The_4_Best_Network_Scanning_and_Enumeration
Tools⠀⇛
The scanning and enumeration phase is crucial to
every penetration tester’s methodology and process.
It is important to gather information about the
network you are carrying a pentest on before you
actually begin testing.
So what does this really mean? And whar are the
best tools to help you during the scanning and
enumeration phase of your pentest?
# ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ FBI_warns_of_increasing_cryptocurrency
recovery_scams⠀⇛
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Monday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛
Security updates have been issued by Debian (gst-
plugins-ugly1.0, libreoffice, linux-5.10, netatalk,
poppler, and sox), Fedora (chromium, ghostscript,
java-1.8.0-openjdk-portable, java-11-openjdk, java-
11-openjdk-portable, java-17-openjdk-portable,
java-latest-openjdk-portable, kernel, linux-
firmware, mingw-python-certifi, ntpsec, and php),
Oracle (.NET 6.0, .NET 7.0, 15, 18, bind, bind9.16,
buildah, cjose, curl, dbus, emacs, firefox, go-
toolset and golang, go-toolset:ol8, grafana,
iperf3, java-1.8.0-openjdk, java-11-openjdk, java-
17-openjdk, kernel, libcap, libeconf, libssh,
libtiff, libxml2, linux-firmware, mod_auth_openidc:
2.3, nodejs, nodejs:16, nodejs:18, open-vm-tools,
openssh, postgresql:12, postgresql:13, python-
requests, python27:2.7, python3, python38:3.8 and
python38-devel:3.8, python39:3.9 and python39-
devel:3.9, ruby:2.7, samba, sqlite, systemd,
thunderbird, virt:ol and virt-devel:rhel, and
webkit2gtk3), SUSE (docker, java-1_8_0-openj9,
kernel, kernel-firmware, libyajl, nodejs14,
openssl-1_0_0, poppler, and webkit2gtk3), and
Ubuntu (golang-yaml.v2, intel-microcode, linux,
linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.4,
linux-gkeop, linux-iot, linux-kvm, linux-oracle,
linux-oracle-5.4, linux-raspi, linux-raspi-5.4,
linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux-
ibm, linux-kvm, linux-lowlatency, linux-oracle,
linux-raspi, linux-oem-6.1, pygments, and pypdf2).
# ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Over_100K_hacking_forums_accounts
exposed_by_info-stealing_malware⠀⇛
Researchers discovered 120,000 infected systems
that contained credentials for cybercrime forums.
Many of the computers belong to hackers, the
researchers say.
Analyzing the data, threat researchers found that
the passwords used for logging into hacking forums
were generally stronger than those for government
websites.
After pouring through 100 cybercrime forums,
researchers at threat intelligence company Hudson
Rock found that some hackers had inadvertently
infected their computers and had their logins
stolen.
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Colorado_Department_of_Health_Care_Policy_&
Financing_reports_more_than_4_million_affected_by_MOVEit
breach⠀⇛
One of the MOVEit victims was the Colorado
Department of Health Care Policy & Financing, which
was notified by IBM of the data breach.
According to their notification, the information
types included full name, Social Security number,
Medicaid ID number, Medicare ID number, date of
birth, home address and other contact information,
demographic or income information, clinical and
medical information (such as diagnosis/condition,
lab results, medication, or other treatment
information), and health insurance information.
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ NYS_Comptroller_Audit:_Cyber_Incident
Response_Team_(Follow-Up)⠀⇛
To assess the extent of implementation of the two
recommendations included in our initial audit
report, Cyber Incident Response Team (Report 2020-
S-58).
# ⚓ Trend Micro ☛ Monti_Ransomware_Unleashes_a_New_Encryptor
for_Linux [Ed: This impacts Linux but isn't a Linux issue;
there's something else in the stack or a truly bad
password]⠀⇛
The Monti ransomware, which has both Windows and
Linux-based variants, gained attention from
cybersecurity organizations and researchers when it
was first discovered in June 2022 because of its
striking resemblance to the infamous Conti
ransomware — not just in name but also the tactics
that the threat actors used. The group, operating
under the moniker “Monti,” has also deliberately
emulated the widely recognized tactics, techniques,
and procedures (TTPs) of the Conti team,
incorporating a substantial number of their tools
and even using Conti’s leaked source code. Since
its discovery, the Monti group has been
continuously targeting companies, exposing them on
their leak site.
# ⚓ 10_people,_including_16-year-old_youth_arrested_for
suspected_involvement_in_malware_scams⠀⇛
They were later instructed by the scammers to
download Android Package Kit (APK) files from
third-party app stores in order to make purchases.
This would result in malware being installed on the
victims’ mobile devices.
The scammers then convinced the victims via phone
calls or text messages to turn on accessibility
services on their Android phones.
# ⚓ EXCLUSIVE:_Medusa_ransomware_group,_DDoS_attacks_against
Levare_International_Ltd.⠀⇛
The Medusa Group contacted us to inform them that
they have just stopped the DDoS attacks on the IT
infrastructure of Borets International Ltd.
(Levare). On the website of the Levare we did not
find any references regarding the loss of data
after the cyber attack of last July 25th.
We want to remind you that for some days we have
been in possession of a video prepared by Medusa
where the ransomware group shows an important part
of the exfiltrated documents, we have chosen not to
share it as much of the data seen in the video
could harm both the privacy of employees, but also
trade secrets.
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Everything_old_is_new_again?_Medusa
attempts_to_up_the_pressure_on_a_victim_with_a_DDoS_attack⠀⇛
uspect File reports that after negotiations broke
down between Medusa and Levare’s negotiators in
Texas, the threat actors knocked Levare offline
with DDoS attacks. They have also added them to
their dark web leak site with a price tag of
$500,000.00 and a countdown clock showing nine days
left. Proof of claims is also provided on the leak
site with screencaps of files.
# ⚓ TechCrunch ☛ Millions_of_Americans’_health_data_stolen
after_MOVEit_hackers_targeted_IBM_|_TechCrunch⠀⇛
At least 4 million Americans had health data stolen
after hackers raided a MOVEit file transfer server
operated by tech giant IBM.
# ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Linux_kernel_gets_an_AMD_Zenbleed_fix_for
the_Steam_Deck_APU⠀⇛
One security issue I somehow missed back in July
was Zenbleed, an issue with AMD CPUs that’s getting
patched up in the Linux kernel and now the Steam
Deck is getting a kernel fix for it too.
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ DOJ_Seized_Trump’s_Twitter_Data_—_Put
Gag_Order_on_Twitter⠀⇛
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ Project Censored ☛ Imperialism_and_Neocolonialism_Around
the_Globe:_US-China_Relations;_West_African_Nations_–_The
Project_Censored_Show⠀⇛
Notes: Danny Haiphong is an independent
international journalist. He’s the co-author of
“American Exceptionalism and American Innocence.”
His work can be found at dannyhaiphong.com.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Two_Months_in_Georgia:_How_Trump_Tried_to
Overturn_the_Vote⠀⇛
Mr. Trump has already been indicted three times
this year, most recently in a federal case brought
by the special prosecutor Jack Smith that is also
related to election interference. But the Georgia
case may prove the most expansive legal challenge
to Mr. Trump’s attempts to cling to power, with
nearly 20 people informed that they could face
charges.
It could also prove the most enduring: While Mr.
Trump could try to pardon himself from a federal
conviction if he were re-elected, presidents cannot
pardon state crimes.
# ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ Gradual_Measures_Won’t_Save_Us_From
Climate_Disaster⠀⇛
Rich countries are gradually cutting carbon
emissions — but that won’t be nearly enough to stop
climate disasters, like the heat wave now ravaging
the planet. We need drastic, state-led action to
rapidly decarbonize our economies.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Taliban_Fighters,_Unsettled_by_Peace,_Seek
New_Battles_Abroad⠀⇛
As a child studying in a madrasa in Afghanistan,
Mohammad Khalid Tahir dreamed of waging jihad. By
the time he was a teenager, he had joined the
Taliban and celebrated when they seized power from
the U.S.-backed government two years ago.
But the high from that victory did not last.
Reassigned as a soldier in the capital, he
frequently complained that he was bored and longed
to return to his life’s purpose, according to his
family.
So this spring, he did — but across the border in
Pakistan.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Why_a_free_election_‘seems_almost_impossible’
in_Pakistan⠀⇛
Many argue that the PTI crackdown robs voters of
free and fair elections and has also allowed the
army to reassert its control over the country’s
fragile democracy. But veteran journalist Zebunnisa
Burki finds hope in the awakening of PTI
supporters, who tend to be younger.
# § War in Ukraine⠀➾
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Private_military_company_created_by_Kremlin-
installed_Crimea_governor_reportedly_gets_funding_from
VTB_Bank_and_billionaire_Arkady_Rotenberg_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Convoy, the private military company created
by the Kremlin-appointed head of Crimea,
Sergey Aksyonov, is financed in part by
Russia’s VTB Bank and by a company owned by
businessman Arkady Rotenberg, according to a
new investigation from Dossier Center. The
mercenary group reportedly has received more
than 300 million rubles (or more than $5
million) from these sources.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘We_are_here’:_Two_Russian_nationals
detained_in_Poland_after_allegedly_hanging_Wagner
recruitment_posters_around_Krakow_and_Warsaw_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Poland’s Internal Security Agency has
detained two Russian nationals who had
allegedly been hanging recruitment posters
for Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner Group in
public places around Krakow and Warsaw.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Seven_civilians_reportedly_killed_by_Russian
shelling_in_Kherson_region_—_Meduza⠀⇛
Seven people, including two children, were
killed in a shelling attack in Ukraine’s
Kherson region on Sunday, Governor Oleksandr
Prokudin reported on Telegram. According to
Prokudin, Russian troops shelled the region
83 times, firing nearly 400 shells, including
23 on the city of Kherson. The Ukrainian
authorities declared August 14 a day of
mourning for the victims.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ US,_Finland_Negotiating_Defense
Agreement_That_Would_See_Deployment_of_American
Troops⠀⇛
Washington and Helsinki are in the process of
establishing a new defense cooperation
agreement that would see expended deployments
of American soldiers and Finland hosting war
games.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Jimmy_Dore_Questions_2024_Presidential
Candidate_Marianne_Williamson_on_Ukraine⠀⇛
During an appearance on The Jimmy Dore Show,
2024 presidential candidate Marianne
Williamson and host Jimmy Dore debated…
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ Vox ☛ 9_things_everyone_should_know_about_Maui’s_wildfire
disaster⠀⇛
The outbreak of wildfires last week in Maui, Hawaii
— a state known for its beaches and rainforests but
typically not fire — is now the nation’s deadliest
such event in more than 100 years. The fires burned
thousands of acres and killed nearly 100 people, a
greater death toll than any wildfire in California,
where summer blazes are common. Hundreds remain
missing in Maui, and the death toll is expected to
rise.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ Out_of_Time!⠀⇛
# ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ Montana_court_sides_with_young_people_in
climate_trial⠀⇛
During the two-week trial in June, attorneys for
the youths presented evidence that the increase in
carbon dioxide emissions was causing temperatures
to rise, droughts and wildfires to increase and
snowpack to slim down. Attorneys argued the changes
were harming the youths’ physical and mental
health.
Montana is a major producer of coal, oil and gas
that is shipped elsewhere. It is also home to
pipelines and other infrastructure needed to ship
those fuels.
# ⚓ Futurism ☛ The_Kids_Who_Sued_Montana_Over_Climate_Change
Just_Won⠀⇛
In an unprecedented ruling, a state judge has sided
with a group of youth climate activists who sued
the state of Montana over its promotion of fossil
fuels, which the young environmentalists said harms
their right to a “clean and healthful environment.”
The first-of-its-kind ruling in “Held v. Montana” —
which found that Montana’s fossil fuel boosting
violated the state constitutional rights of its 16
plaintiffs, aged five to 22 — could set an
important judicial precedent.
# ⚓ CBC ☛ Judge_sides_with_youth_climate_activists_in_first-of-
its-kind_U.S._lawsuit⠀⇛
A Montana judge on Monday sided with young
environmental activists who said state agencies
were violating their constitutional right to a
clean and healthful environment by permitting
fossil fuel development without considering its
effect on the climate.
The ruling in the first-of-its- kind trial in the
U.S. adds to a small number of legal decisions
around the world that have established a government
duty to protect citizens from climate change.
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Typhoon_Khanun_hits_Russia’s_Far_East_Heavy_rains
cause_dam_failure_and_drownings_in_Russia’s_Primorsky_region
—_Meduza⠀⇛
Typhoon Khanun brought heavy rains to the Primorsky
region, in Russia’s Far East, after it hit Japan
and North Korea late last week. Dozens of
settlements have been cut off from road access, a
number of municipalities have declared states of
emergency, and the water in rivers has reached
critical levels. According to regional emergency
services, on the morning of August 12, 543 private
homes, 1,393 household farm plots, and 40 sections
of roadway “remained flooded” across 17
municipalities. Problems with communications
systems have also arisen in the region. Rescue
workers began mass evacuations of residents of
affected areas. By the evening of August 12, the
regional government counted over 60 settlements
impacted by heavy rain and flooding.
# ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Montana_Youth_Activists_Win_Historic_Climate
Change_Lawsuit⠀⇛
A Montana court ruled in favor of 16 young people
who put their state government on trial in June in
the first constitutional climate trial in U.S.
history. In an order issued Monday, Judge Kathy
Seeley in the First Judicial District Court of
Montana found that the state had violated youth
plaintiffs’ constitutional rights, including the
right to a clean and healthful environment, because
of Montana’s pro-fossil fuel policies, which
require the state to disregard climate change and
greenhouse gas emissions in environmental reviews.
“As fires rage in the West, fueled by fossil fuel
pollution, today’s ruling in Montana is a game-
changer that marks a turning point in this
generation’s efforts to save the planet from the
devastating effects of human-caused climate chaos,”
Julia Olson, chief legal counsel and executive
director of Our Children’s Trust, a nonprofit law
firm that represented the youth plaintiffs, said in
a statement. “This is a huge win for Montana, for
youth, for democracy, and for our climate. More
rulings like this will certainly come.”
# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “This_Is_the_Climate_Crisis”:_Michael_Mann
on_Maui_Wildfires_&_Why_Disasters_Are_Becoming_Deadlier⠀⇛
We speak with leading climate scientist Michael
Mann about the devastating Maui wildfires and how
the climate crisis makes such disasters more
frequent and more intense. “This is the climate
crisis. It’s here and now,” says Mann, director of
the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the
Media at the University of Pennsylvania. Meanwhile,
pressure is mounting for President Biden to declare
an official climate emergency.
# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “War_Zone”:_Native_Hawaiian_Scholar_Says
Colonialism_Set_Stage_for_Destruction_as_Death_Toll_Soars⠀⇛
The death toll from the Maui wildfires is now about
100 and is expected to continue to climb in what is
now the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century and
the worst natural disaster in Hawaii’s history. As
recovery efforts continue, many residents are
asking why Hawaii’s early warning system, with
about 80 alarms on the island of Maui alone, did
not get activated to alert residents about the
approaching flames. We speak with Kaleikoa Kaeo,
professor of Hawaiian studies at the University of
Hawaii Maui College, who gives a history of
colonialism in Maui and how the transformation of
the island for mass tourism, such as changes to
agriculture and water management practices, helped
to turn the area into a tinderbox. “Our people who
have lived there since time immemorial are
suffering because of the consequences that have
been imposed really from outside foreign forces,”
says Kaeo.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_Ocean_Is_Shattering_Heat_Records._Here’s
What_That_Means_for_Fisheries.⠀⇛
Marine heatwaves can “inject a lot of chaos” as
they remake ecosystems and cost coastal economies
billions.
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ Vox ☛ The_LED_light_revolution_has_only_just_begun⠀⇛
Beyond mimicking its predecessor, LED
technology brings a whole new suite of
capabilities and could let us rethink our
entire relationship with light. LEDs are
inherently dimmable. They can integrate into
surfaces directly, turning walls and ceilings
into light sources. Their power consumption
can still fall further too.
But one of the LED’s most important traits is
its tunability, in both light and color.
Optimizing the shade and scope of light
rather than blanket illumination could
improve safety, productivity, comfort, and
health. We’re only beginning to grasp the
possibilities.
# ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Energy_Department_announces_$112
million_for_fusion_research⠀⇛
The 12 DOE projects will focus on
collaborations among fusion scientists,
applied mathematicians, and computer
scientists to maximize the use of high
performance computing, including exascale
computers.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Power-Line_Cut_Raises_Alarm_Over_Russian-Held
Nuclear_Plant_In_Ukraine,_But_Expert_Says_Little_Has
Changed⠀⇛
The fate of the massive nuclear power plant
in the crosshairs of Europe’s largest war in
decades has made for worrisome headlines
since Russia launched its large-scale
invasion of Ukraine nearly 18 months ago. As
fighting intensifies not far from the plant,
fears of a disaster have not abated.
On August 10, the main power line delivering
electricity to the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power
plant was disconnected twice, forcing it to
rely on its last remaining off-site power
line.
# ⚓ Omicron Limited ☛ New_book_describes_how_whaling
shaped_U.S._culture_even_after_petroleum_replaced_it⠀⇛
“As people try to decide how to disengage
from a fossil fuel-intensive life, looking at
that historical moment can teach us how we
might adapt,” she said. “We can’t look around
and say this is what the world looks like
after fossil fuels. We can say what the world
looks like without whale oil. There once were
generations of people who didn’t think they
could live without it. It offers the
opportunity to see how things look after
something has ended.”
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_authorities_propose_lifting
requirement_to_provide_transport_information_in_English
—_Meduza⠀⇛
Russia’s Transport Ministry has proposed
getting rid of the requirement for
transportation information such as bus stop
and metro station announcements to be
provided in English in addition to Russian.
According to a draft order published on the
site regulation.gov.ru, the change would
affect both “audio and visual” information
for passengers.
# § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
# ⚓ The Revelator ☛ Time_to_Dance_the_Salmon_Home⠀⇛
# § Overpopulation⠀➾
# ⚓ Meduza ☛ Water_supply_crisis_in_Dagestan_pushes
protesters_to_block_federal_highway⠀⇛
Dagestan’s ongoing utilities crisis saw
another major protest on Sunday night. The
residents of Karaman-2, a settlement outside
of the region’s capital Makhachkala, blocked
the federal Makhachkala–Astrakhan highway,
trying to draw attention to the dire water-
supply situation in the area.
According to some participants, their homes
had been without running water for the whole
summer. Around 200 people took part in the
protest according to the local police,
halting highway traffic and clashing with the
frustrated drivers.
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ Secureworks_cutting_15%_of_staff,_second_mass_layoff_in
months⠀⇛
After laying off around nine per cent of its
workforce in February, Secureworks is pulling out
the axe again.
In a filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC), the cybersecurity company said it
plans to reduce its headcount by approximately 15
per cent and “implement certain real estate‑related
cost optimization actions.”
“[We intend] to rebalance investments cross-
functionally in alignment with [our] current
strategy and growth opportunities,” the filing
reads.
# ⚓ More_than_50%_of_workers_open_to_pay_cuts_amid_layoffs,
study_reveals⠀⇛
With many companies scaling back their staffing
levels this year, a new study found that more than
half of employees would be willing to accept a pay
cut to avoid losing their jobs.
According to a survey conducted by the National
Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), 60 per cent of
workers who were recently laid off would have
accepted a wage reduction of five per cent.
If steeper cuts were necessary, around one-third of
respondents claimed that they would have been open
to their employer slashing their wages by as much
as 25 per cent.
# ⚓ Yahoo News ☛ Amazon’s_Leader_on_Alexa,_Echo_and_Other
Devices_Plans_to_Leave [Ed: Amazon, 200 billion dollars in
debt, must recognise that just having more and more products
does not mean having more profits]⠀⇛
Amazon.com Inc. devices chief Dave Limp plans to
retire — the latest senior leader to announce his
departure from the e-commerce and cloud computing
giant.
# ⚓ Krebs On Security ☛ Diligere,_Equity-Invest_Are_New_Firms
of_U.K._Con_Man⠀⇛
John Clifton Davies, a convicted fraudster
estimated to have bilked dozens of technology
startups out of more than $30 million through phony
investment schemes, has a brand new pair of scam
companies that are busy dashing startup dreams: A
fake investment firm called Equity-Invest[.]ch, and
Diligere[.]co.uk, a scam due diligence company that
Equity-Invest insists all investment partners use.
o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
# ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ After_Shocking_Assassination,_Ecuadorian_VP
Candidate_Decries_“Clear_Links”_Between_Gov’t_&_Cartels⠀⇛
Ecuador is reeling from the assassination of
presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, who
was shot dead Wednesday after a campaign rally in
the capital Quito less than two weeks before the
August 20 general election. Villavicencio was
running on a platform opposing corruption and
organized crime. Authorities have arrested six
Colombian nationals and say they are members of a
drug trafficking group, but many questions remain
about who was behind the murder. “We see that there
are clear links between the current government and
these mafia organizations,” says vice-presidential
candidate Andrés Arauz, who is running mate to
Luisa González of the Citizen Revolution Movement.
“We need to take care of our democracy. We are
really in a moment of great despair in Ecuador.”
Arauz ran for president in 2021 and previously
served as director of Ecuador’s central bank and a
minister in former leftist President Rafael
Correa’s government.
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Study:_Finnish_municipalities_should_post_in_English
to_maximise_social_media_potential⠀⇛
Albicker’s study looked into the communication and
language used by 164 Finnish municipalities on
social media platform Twitter, now known as X, and
found that posts in English received the most
visibility, reactions and retweets.
# ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Indian_armed_forces_gives_Windows_its
marching_orders,_but_only_for_desktop_warriors⠀⇛
Let’s stick to the practical for starters. We all
know what Windows is, what it does, and why it has
such a special place in our hearts – Maya OS is
new. It is also “developed by government agencies
within six months [and] is capable of preventing
cyber threats and malware attacks,” according to
reports. It’s actually Ubuntu with a Windows-like
front end and some extra endpoint security.
That doesn’t seem so bad. Although the system is
expected to roll out across the many parts of the
Ministry of Defence and armed forces, the migration
is staged, with each part going through its own
evaluation process. Sane so far. If you look at the
rolling news of new vulnerabilities and attacks,
then yes, Linux on the desktop is far less malware-
y than Redmond’s legacy-laden lash-up. If that’s
because there are fewer targets to attack with a
Linux desktop, it doesn’t make it not true. That’s
not the point.
# § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
# ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Problem_With_Fox_News_Goes_Way,
Way_Back⠀⇛
The cable-news industry that Americans know
today is a cautionary tale in what happens
when democracy collides with consumerism. For
years, CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News raked in
profits while amplifying partisan rancor in
varying ways. Starting in 2015, CNN pumped
its ratings by playing up Donald Trump, whose
presidency then buoyed all three cable-news
giants. But now CNN is in turmoil after a
recent change of ownership and the departure
of its president, Chris Licht, after 15
months. After the 2020 election, Fox News
amplified false claims about voting
irregularities rather than offend its
disproportionately pro-Trump audience—and
subsequently settled a defamation suit by
Dominion Voting Systems for more than $700
million. These cable-news networks have long
relied on receiving fees from cable companies
for each basic-cable subscriber. Now the
networks need to replace that income with
subscription dollars as more and more
Americans cut the cord, and the scramble for
money does not bode well for investment in
deep, factual reporting about the United
States and the rest of the world.
# ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Algeria_Bans_‘Barbie’
Movie,_Media_and_Official_Source_Say⠀⇛
Algeria has banned the movie “Barbie,” which
had been showing at some cinemas in the
country for several weeks, an official source
and the local 24H Algerie news site said on
Monday.
o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Wisconsin_Pushing_Bill_That_Requires_Websites_To
Treat_All_Users_As_If_They’re_Children⠀⇛
I’ve talked before about the utter stupidity (and
danger) of trying to turn the internet into
Disneyland: a safe space for little kids, where
they’ll never encounter any content that makes them
upset, but plenty of states (and many people in
Congress) are trying to do it anyway.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Book_Banners_and_I_Have_One_Thing_in
Common⠀⇛
I was as opposed to that war at the age of 17 as I
am at age 70. But there’s something I failed to see
in my youth that I recognize today: the one piece
of common ground between the book banners and me.
We both believe that books matter, that they have
the power to change a young person’s life. Like it
or not, we belong to the same minority, the
minority of those who believe in the power of
literature in a post-literate age.
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Cornell_Free_Speech_Alliance_Launches⠀⇛
Although motivated by the specific situation at
Cornell, the policy recommendations are not
specific to that university. The report makes for
useful reading and lays out a valuable agenda for
faculty across the country.
# ⚓ Cornell Free Speech Alliance ☛ Lifting_The_Fog_:_Restoring
Academic_Freedom_&_Free_Expression_At_Cornell_University⠀⇛
These principles are especially crucial today when
the prevailing culture tends to focus on free
speech as a right pertaining only to those topics
NOT in dispute and congratulating itself as a free
speech champion when everyone agrees, and when
speakers dutifully repeat the established viewpoint
as bestowed by the university and suppress those
views that are contrary to it, oftentimes under the
heading of misinformation or hate speech. Thus, not
all speech on all issues is suppressed, only that
which is most needed: speech that challenges the
established viewpoint. Such an approach of speech
suppression is not new, but rather seems to raise
its censorious head in every generation forcing
each new generation to say, “not on my watch.”
o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Kansas_Cops_Raid_Small_Town_Newspaper_In
Extremely_Questionable_‘Criminal_Investigation’⠀⇛
The free press is supposed to be free. That’s what
the First Amendment means. Journalists have a long-
acknowledged, supported-by-decades-of-precedent
right to publish information that may make the
government uncomfortable.
# ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ About_This_Talk_Of_A_Possible_Plea_Deal_For
Assange⠀⇛
# ⚓ Kansas Reflector ☛ Powerful_voices_speak_up_for_Kansas
paper_after_shocking_raid._Meanwhile,_where’s_the
affidavit?⠀⇛
Another day, another avalanche of news from the
flabbergasting raid on the Marion County Record.
If you’re just getting up to speed this morning,
law enforcement officials converged on a newspaper
in this small community on Friday and carted off
computers and cellphones. Such raids should not —
and mostly do not — happen in the United States.
For one thing, they’re almost always illegal. For
another, they strike at our fundamental First
Amendment rights.
Kansas Reflector’s first story covers most of the
basics. We added follow-ups on Saturday and Sunday.
Here’s a roundup of other news, commentary and
questions about the raid.
# ⚓ CPJ ☛ Two_years_into_Taliban_rule,_media_repression_worsens
in_Afghanistan⠀⇛
Two years later, the Taliban not only has reneged
on that pledge [sic[, but intensified its crackdown
on what was once a vibrant media landscape in
Afghanistan.
Here is a look of what happened to Afghan media and
journalists since the 2021 takeover: [...]
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Media_groups_demand_release_of_journalists_held_by
Taliban,_condemn_suppression_of_press_freedom⠀⇛
On Thursday, Haseeb Hassas, a correspondent
employed by Salam Watandar radio stationed in the
northern province of Kunduz, was taken into
custody. Simultaneously, Faqir Mohammad Faqirzai
and Jan Agha Saleh, who were affiliated with Kalid
Radio, an autonomous broadcasting entity, were
similarly detained by Taliban security personnel in
Jalalabad, the prominent city of the eastern
Nangarhar Province. Operatives of the Taliban’s spy
agency, the Islamic Emirate General Directorate of
Intelligence detained Faqirzai, Saleh, and Hassas
on allegations of contributing to exiled media
outlets. However, the authorities have refrained
from issuing an official statement on this matter.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Kansas_Paper_Warns_Police_Not_to_Review
Information_on_Seized_Devices⠀⇛
Search and seizure of the tools to produce
journalism are rare, and the editor of the paper,
Eric Meyer, said that the newspaper did nothing
wrong. First Amendment experts, press freedom
advocates and dozens of news organizations have
condemned the raid. The Society of Professional
Journalists said on Monday that it would cover up
to $20,000 in legal fees for The Marion County
Record.
Mr. Rhodes said in the letter to the police chief
that the devices seized contained information from
and the identities of confidential sources, which
was protected by federal and state laws. Mr. Rhodes
demanded that the department not review information
on the devices until a court hearing was scheduled.
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Owner_of_Kansas_Newspaper_Dies_Amid_‘Shock_and
Grief’_After_Police_Raid⠀⇛
On Friday, city and county police raided the
Record’s office, “forcing staff members to stay
outside the office for hours during a heat
advisory” and disallowing them from making any
phone calls, the paper reported. They seized the
newspaper’s file server as well as “personal cell
phones and computers” and “other equipment
unrelated to the scope of their search.”
# ⚓ CPJ ☛ Masked_men_threaten_to_kidnap_journalist_Sahiana
Maman_Hassan_in_Niger⠀⇛
On July 28, 2023, three masked men in a pickup
truck threatened to kidnap Sahiana Maman Hassan,
editor of the news magazine Le Témoin de
l’Histoire, in Niamey, Niger’s capital, according
to the journalist and Ibrahim Harouna, president of
the Press House, a local media association, who
both spoke to CPJ via messaging app.
Hassane, also known as Soufiane Hassane, said he
suspected the men targeted him because his media
outlet had supported President Mohamed Bazoum, who
was ousted in a coup on July 26. Bazoum’s 2021
election marked Niger’s first peaceful, democratic
transition since independence from France in 1960.
o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
# ⚓ El País ☛ The_Taliban_are_entrenched_in_Afghanistan_after
two_years_of_rule._Women_and_girls_pay_the_price⠀⇛
But it’s their slew of bans on Afghan girls and
women that dominated the Taliban’s second year in
charge. They barred them from parks, gyms,
universities, and jobs at nongovernmental groups
and the United Nations – all in the space of a few
months – allegedly because they weren’t wearing
proper hijab — the Islamic head covering — or
violated gender segregation rules. These orders
followed a previous ban, issued in the first year
of Taliban rule, on girls going to school beyond
sixth grade.
Here is a closer look at Taliban rule and where
they are headed.
# ⚓ Spiegel ☛ Young_Women_in_Afghanistan_on_the_Taliban:_“Your
Arrival_Transformed_My_Dreams_into_Nightmares”⠀⇛
Through email and video interviews, they spoke with
DER SPIEGEL about what has become of their lives in
the two years since the country’s new rulers have
pushed women out of public life. They speak of the
end of their dreams, depression, economic struggle,
disappointment with the West and their fury with
the Taliban. And they also write about what the
West and the security forces of the toppled
republic were unable to provide, but the Taliban
can: Security.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Draconian_Decrees:_The_Taliban’s_Restrictions_In
Afghanistan⠀⇛
But two years since it overran the country and
ousted the Western-backed Afghan government, the
hard-line Islamists have failed to live up to their
promises [sic] and have instead severely curbed
women’s freedoms, waged a brutal crackdown on
dissent, and reintroduced their brutal form of
justice.
The Taliban’s theocratic government has imposed
restrictions on every aspect of life in
Afghanistan, including people’s appearances,
freedom of movement, right to work or study, and
access to entertainment.
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Cops_Invented_a_Reason_To_Cite_Man_Who_Flipped
Them_Off⠀⇛
A Delaware man was ticketed after he flipped off
local police—and newly released body camera footage
appears to show that officers knew the citation was
unlawful but decided to punish him anyway.
# ⚓ EFF ☛ Jordan’s_King_Should_Reject_the_Country’s_Draft
Cybercrime_Law⠀⇛
The law has been issued hastily and without
sufficient examination of its legal aspects, social
implications, and its impact on human rights. More
specifically, it imposes penalties of imprisonment
and hefty fines for vague and unspecified crimes
such as ‘character assassination,’ ‘spreading false
news,’ and ‘blasphemy.’
The draft cybercrime law also grants unrestricted
authority to the public prosecutor and the
executive authority to block social media platforms
and issue orders to control their content without
the need for a judicial decision—limiting access to
specific platforms in Jordan. Additionally, the law
imposes restrictions on encryption and anonymity in
digital communications, preventing individuals from
safeguarding their right to freedom of opinion and
expression and their right to privacy.
We urge the King of Jordan to reject the 2023
Cybercrime Law until there is sufficient
consultation on its provisions with individuals,
civil society, and political parties to ensure its
compliance with human rights and address the
existing shortcomings.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Chris_Hedges:_Robert_F._Kennedy_Jr._–_The
Israel_Lobby’s_Useful_Idiot⠀⇛
The long nightmare of oppression of Palestinians is
not a tangential issue.
# ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ How_Palestinians_Started_Smuggling_Their_Sperm
Out_of_Israeli_Prisons⠀⇛
An entire generation of Palestinian children has
been born through sperm smuggled by Palestinian
prisoners behind bars. Israel refuses to recognize
these children.
# ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ To_Stand_Out_and_Be_Us:_We_Are_Done_Dying
In_Silence⠀⇛
Amidst an ugly rise in anti-LGBTQ hate – note to
right-wing bigots who missed the memo: words matter
– hundreds of New Yorkers have turned out to honor
O’Shae Sibley, a black queer dancer stabbed to
death by a white teenager as he and his friends
were joyfully dancing to Beyoncé at a Brooklyn gas
station. Asserting “the power of community” and
their right to exist – and dance – allies insist,
“No one should have to live in fear of violent
attacks (for) being themselves.”
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Indigenous_Roots_of_Robbie_Robertson’s
Rock_and_Roll_Revolution⠀⇛
In 1960, when he was only 16 years old, Robbie
Robertson had to lie to the border guard when he
made the most important journey of his life, which
took him from his native Toronto, Canada to
Fayetteville, Ark. Robertson was heading south on
the invitation of the swashbuckling rockabilly
singer Ronnie Hawkins, who was looking for a new
guitarist or bassist to join his backup band, the
Hawks. Robertson couldn’t tell American immigration
that he was entering the United States looking for
a job, so the teen rocker said he was going to
visit his brother in Arkansas. Robertson was an
only child.
# ⚓ The Nation ☛ NIH_Fellows_Win_Recognition_as_Workers_With
the_Right_to_Join_a_Union⠀⇛
On Wednesday, August 9, nearly 5,000 fellows at the
National Institutes of Health were informed that
the agency has accepted their petition to hold an
election to affiliate with the United Auto Workers
(UAW).
o § Monopolies⠀➾
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ The_Enshittification_Of_Streaming_Accelerates
With_Price_Hikes,_More_Password_Sharing_Crackdowns⠀⇛
If you hadn’t noticed, it’s not just good enough
for a publicly traded company to provide an
excellent, affordable product that people like.
Wall Street demands improved quarterly returns at
any cost, which, sooner or later, causes any
successful company to begin cannibalizing itself to
feed the “growth for growth’s sake” gods. Mergers,
price hikes, offshored labor, whatever it takes.
# § Copyrights⠀➾
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Dream_Was_Universal_Access_to
Knowledge._The_Result_Was_a_Fiasco.⠀⇛
In the middle of this mess are writers, whose
job is to produce the books that contain much
of the world’s best information. Despite that
central role, they are largely powerless — a
familiar position for most writers. Emotions
are running high.
Six thousand writers signed a petition
supporting the lawsuit, and a thousand names
are on a petition denouncing it. The Romance
Writers of America and the Western Writers of
America joined a brief in favor of the
publishers, while Authors Alliance, a group
of 2,300 academics whose mission is to serve
the public good by widely sharing their
creations, submitted a brief for the archive.
# ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ The_Internet_Archive_Faces_$400
Million+_Major_Label_Infringement_Suit_Over_the
‘Wholesale_Theft_of_Generations_of_Music’⠀⇛
Universal Music, Sony Music, and others are
officially suing the Internet Archive for
allegedly infringing upon a substantial
number of works via its “Great 78 Project.”
The mentioned major labels (as well as
Universal’s Capitol Records and Sony’s Arista
Music), Concord Bicycle Assets, and CMGI
Recorded Music Assets only recently submitted
the more than 50-page copyright infringement
action to a New York federal court.
Besides the non-profit Internet Archive, the
rightsholder plaintiffs named as defendants
Internet Archive founder and chief executive
Brewster Kahle, the Kahle/Austin Foundation
(allegedly Kahle’s “preferred vehicle for
funding his favored projects”), and audio
engineer George Blood as well as his namesake
company.
# ⚓ Techdirt ☛ RIAA_Piles_On_In_The_Effort_To_Kill_The
World’s_Greatest_Library:_Sues_Internet_Archive_For
Making_It_Possible_To_Hear_Old_78s⠀⇛
On Friday, the Internet Archive put up a blog
post noting that its digital book lending
program was likely to change as it continues
to fight the book publishers’ efforts to kill
the Internet Archive. As you’ll recall, all
the big book publishers teamed up to sue the
Internet Archive over its Open Library
project, which was created based on a
detailed approach, backed by librarians and
copyright lawyers, to recreate an online
digital library that matches a physical
library. Unfortunately, back in March, the
judge decided (just days after oral
arguments) that everything about the Open
Library infringes on copyrights. There were
many, many problems with this ruling, and the
Archive is appealing.
# ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ BREIN_Wraps_Up_IPTV_Piracy_Battle_by
Seizing_.EU_Domain_Names⠀⇛
BREIN is systematically taking down pirate
IPTV services, especially those that cater to
Dutch consumers. The anti-piracy group
recently closed the books on a multi-year
case against the once-largest IPTV service in
the Netherlands. While the matter had a
successful outcome, it took multiple trips to
court to wrap things up neatly.
# ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Lux_Vide_Wins_$1.86m_Judgment_Against
Operator_of_File-Hosting_Site_EasyBytez⠀⇛
After a four-year legal process that began
before the coronavirus pandemic, Italian film
production company Lux Vide has emerged with
a $1.86m judgment against the operator of
file-hosting platform Easybytez. A Michigan
district court found Sven Hansche liable for
748 violations of copyright law and was
guided on damages awarded in lawsuits against
IPTV providers Nitro TV and Area 51.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* Leftovers
* Monopolies
o Patents
o Trademarks
o Copyrights
* § Leftovers⠀➾
o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Memories_of_Lotus_Organizer⠀⇛
The transition of this blog into a FreeBSD and
retrocomputing site was mostly an accident! But in
keeping with this theme, I’ve decided to start a new
series dedicated to showcasing some of my favourite
software from the past. I still think there’s a lot we
can learn from these tools.
o ⚓ Axios ☛ Early_holiday_shopping_has_arrived_for_avid_Christmas
decorators⠀⇛
Be prepared to find Christmas decor near the school
supplies this year: The holiday shopping season is
creeping earlier and earlier.
Why it matters:The traditional holiday shopping season
ended with COVID, which pushed more deals online and
caused retailers to spread out demand.
o § Science⠀➾
# ⚓ Google_Doodle_pays_tribute_to_Turkey’s_first_woman
astronomer_on_her_birthday⠀⇛
Born on August 14, 1910, Prof. Nüzhet Gökdoğan was
one of the country’s first woman scientists.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Did_China_publish_more_research_in_top_scientific
journals_than_US_in_2022?⠀⇛
Verdict: Partly true
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Laos’_top_university_to_offer_master’s_degree_in
Chinese_language_teaching⠀⇛
China’s increasing investment in Laos in recent
years has led to a Mandarin learning boom.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Missing_Laos-based_activist_Qiao_Xinxin_resurfaces_in
a_Chinese_detention_center⠀⇛
Qiao’s repatriation highlights the Chinese
Communist Party’s ‘long-arm’ cross-border law
enforcement operations.
o § Education⠀➾
# ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ SCOTUS_shutdown_of_Biden’s_student_loan
forgiveness_plan_shows_Supreme_Court_does_not_prioritize
education⠀⇛
The Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Biden’s
student loan forgiveness plan is often framed as a
question of presidential powers and what a
president’s authority truly entails.
# ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ The_true_nature_of_the_court’s_strike
down_of_Affirmative_Action⠀⇛
With every new decision of the Supreme Court, the
idea of the institution not being impartial, along
with it going against the voice of the people, is
cemented deeper and deeper.
o § Hardware⠀➾
# ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ The_ASUS_Media_Bus⠀⇛
Remember my letter-salad post talking about the
various PC hardware bus interfaces between ISA and
PCI?
Between_ISA_and_PCI,_PCs_had_EISA_and_VLB
I’m surprised I didn’t make a comment about TLAs
and ETLAs there; ETLAs being extended three-letter
abbreviations. Technically they’re only acronyms if
you pronounce them as words, like laser or COVID.
Otherwise, they’re initialisms. TL;DR, etc.
# ⚓ CNX Software ☛ [Repeat]_ALFA_Network_HaLow-U_–_An_802.11ah
WiFi_HaLow_USB_adapter_supporting_AP_and_STA_mode⠀⇛
ALFA Network HaLow-U is an 802.11ah WiFi HaLow USB
adapter based on the Newracom NRC7292 chipset and
NXP i.MX 6 processor that works both in access
point (AP) and client (STA) modes. It delivers
long-range WiFi up to one kilometer in the 900 MHz
frequency ISM bands and is mostly useful for IP
cameras and high-end sensors. The ecosystem around
WiFi HaLow (802.11ah) is expanding slowly, but
surely, and we previously covered a mini PCIe card,
a WiFi HaLow development board, and a gateway kit
to extend the range of IP cameras, and also ALFA
Network’s AHPI7292S Raspberry Pi HAT that found its
way into RAKWireless WisGate Connect gateway.
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Intel_CEO_Says_It_Should_Get_More_CHIPS
Act_Money_Than_TSMC,_Samsung⠀⇛
Intel should get the biggest slice of CHIPS Act
funding as it conducts its R&D in the US, reckons
CEO Pat Gelsinger.
# ⚓ IT Wire ☛ India_ranks_second_among_countries_making_mobile
phones:_Counterpoint⠀⇛
In a_statement, the firm said the growth had been
achieved under initiatives pushed by the current
government which has been in power since 2014.
The rate of growth has put India second in the
ranks of countries where mobiles are made, the
first being China.
o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Study:_More_nurses_thought_about_quitting_profession
after_Covid⠀⇛
Around 16 percent of Finland’s nurses considered a
change of profession during the coronavirus
pandemic, a recent university study shows.
# ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Treasury_seeks_greater_data_sharing
in_interagency_plan_to_curb_improper_payments⠀⇛
Agencies saw a governmentwide decrease in improper
payments last year, after a surge of them at the
height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ China’s_medical_sector_faces_unprecedented_anti-
corruption_crackdown⠀⇛
Nationwide probe is expected to go on for one year
and may extend back to offenses committed over 20-
years.
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Finnish_health_authorities_plan_to_inspect_all_fur
farms_for_bird_flu_infections⠀⇛
The inspection of over 400 fur farms will begin
next month.
# ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Drinking_Water_Is_Easy⠀⇛
Just add stuff to it.
# ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ China_is_escalating_its_war_on
kids’_screen_time⠀⇛
This story first appeared in China Report, MIT
Technology Review’s newsletter about technology
developments in China. Sign up to receive it in
your inbox every Tuesday. Two years ago, parents
around the world likely looked at China with a bit
of jealousy: the country had instituted a strict
three-hour-per-week limit for children playing
video games.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Malaysia_blocks_live_cattle_imports
from_Australia_after_skin_disease_scare⠀⇛
This comes after Indonesia paused some imports when
lumpy skin disease was detected in some cattle.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Korea_activists_protest_Japan_plans_to_dump
radioactive_water_into_Pacific⠀⇛
Hundreds of South Korean activists gathered on
Saturday in Seoul, South Korea, in public protest
following reports earlier this week that Japan will
begin releasing radioactive water into the Pacific
Ocean.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ South_Koreans_Protest_Against_Fukushima_Nuclear
Water_Release⠀⇛
On Friday, Tokyo Electric Power Company found leaks
in a hose used at the Fukushima nuclear power plant
to transfer nuclear-contaminated wastewater.
o § Pseudo-Open Source⠀➾
# § Openwashing⠀➾
# ⚓ WinBuzzer ☛ Microsoft_SQL_Server_2022_Now_Available
in_Preview_for_RHEL_9_and_Ubuntu_22.04_Linux
Distributions [Ed: Microsoft propaganda sites still
spreading the "Microsoft loves Linux" lies when SQL
Server was never really ported to GNU/Linux, it's just
some shoddy proprietary software running on
Drawbridge]⠀⇛
# ⚓ TechRepublic ☛ At_Black_Hat,_Splunk,_AWS,_IBM
Security_and_Others_Launch_Open_Source_Cybersecurity
Framework [Ed: But those are proprietary software
companies]⠀⇛
With security schema, Splunk and
collaborators aim to transform alert
telemetry from cacophony to chorus with one
taxonomy across vendors and tools.
o § Security⠀➾
# ⚓ Trail Of Bits ☛ Can_you_pass_the_Rekt_test?⠀⇛
One of the biggest challenges for blockchain
developers is objectively assessing their security
posture and measuring how it progresses. To address
this issue, a working group of Web3 security
experts, led by Trail of Bits CEO Dan Guido, met
earlier this year to create a simple test for
profiling the security of blockchain teams.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ US_Cyber_Safety_Board_to_Review_Cloud
Attacks⠀⇛
The US government’s CSRB will conduct a review of
cloud security to provide recommendations on
improving identity management and authentication.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Power_Management_Product_Flaws_Can_Expose
Data_Centers_to_Damaging_Attacks,_Spying⠀⇛
Vulnerabilities in CyberPower and Dataprobe power
management products could be exploited in data
center attacks, including to cause damage and for
spying.
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Steam_Deck_Gets_Belated_Zenbleed_Patch_For
AMD’s_Vulnerability⠀⇛
The Linux community patched Zenbleed for all AMD
Ryzen processors with Zen 2 cores last month, but
the Steam Deck and its custom Zen 2 SoC were
forgotten until this weekend.
# ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ AMD_Zen_1_Vulnerability_Not_Properly
Fixed,_Second_Pass_Issued⠀⇛
AMD Linux security engineer Borislav Petkov issued
a new patch towards fixing the Zen 1-exclusive
“Divide by zero” bug, showcasing both the
willingness to revisit “explored” issues and the
difficulty in security mitigation.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Hackers_explore_ways_to_misuse_AI_in_major_security
test⠀⇛
Generative AI’s_security_vulnerabilities — and how
we get ahead of them — are about to become the tech
and policy world’s top priorities after this past
weekend’s largest security test of large language
models revealed just how diverse the problems
already are.
# ⚓ Forbes ☛ CrowdStrike:_Microsoft_Is_Failing_At_Security [Ed:
This is a Microsoft-connected firm run also by "former"
Microsoft staff, so this is a big deal]⠀⇛
In the wake of recent vulnerabilities and high-
profile attacks, there is growing concern regarding
vulnerabilities present in Microsoft’s software and
increasing intensity focused on the question of
Microsoft’s culpability.
# ⚓ LinuxSecurity ☛ Preventing_Linux_DDoS_Attacks_with_Minimal
Cybersecurity_Knowledge⠀⇛
Since the beginning of the modern internet,
distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks have
been a scourge. The first known example of a major
DDoS attack happened in 1996 when prominent New
York commercial internet provider Panix suffered an
attack that knocked its servers offline for several
days. In the years since then, the size and scope
of DDoS attacks have grown, alongside a significant
increase in their frequency.
# ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ China_[Cracked]_Japan’s_Military
Networks⠀⇛
The NSA discovered the intrusion in 2020—we don’t
know how—and alerted the Japanese. The Washington
Post has the story:
The hackers had deep, persistent access
and appeared to be after anything they
could get their hands on—plans,
capabilities, assessments of military
shortcomings, according to three former
senior U.S. officials, who were among a
dozen current and former U.S. and
Japanese officials interviewed, who spoke
on the condition of anonymity because of
the matter’s sensitivity.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ US_Shuts_Down_Bulletproof_Hosting_Service
LolekHosted,_Charges_Its_Polish_Operator⠀⇛
US authorities have announced charges against a
Polish national who allegedly operated the
LolekHosted.net bulletproof hosting service.
# ⚓ Pen Test Partners ☛ Scorpion_CBS_show._Plane_hack⠀⇛
Having got on a bit of a roll with dismantling
plane hacking in the media with the MH370
documentary critique…
# ⚓ Pen Test Partners ☛ Die_Hard_2._Or_how_not_to_hack
airplanes⠀⇛
How could I criticise possibly the best action
movie series of all time? Well, it’s to help dispel
myths about hacking planes.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Ford_Says_Wi-Fi_Vulnerability_Not_a_Safety
Risk_to_Vehicles⠀⇛
Ford says a critical vulnerability in the TI Wi-Fi
driver of the SYNC 3 infotainment system on certain
vehicle models does not pose a safety risk.
# ⚓ Security Week ☛ Iagona_ScrutisWeb_Vulnerabilities_Could
Expose_ATMs_to_Remote_Hacking⠀⇛
Several vulnerabilities discovered in Iagona
ScrutisWeb ATM fleet monitoring software could be
exploited to remotely hack ATMs.
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Cybersecurity_provider_Secureworks_to_let
go_15%_of_its_workforce⠀⇛
Secureworks Inc. is laying off 15% of its workforce
in a bid to improve profitability and redirect more
resources to its flagship cybersecurity product
suite. The company disclosed the move in a
regulatory filing released today.
# ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Mitigating_the_latest_processor_attacks
will_be_a_chore_on_many_levels⠀⇛
The names Downfall, Inception, Meltdown and Spectre
might evoke the names of Bond villains, but they
describe something almost as insidious: They are
all central processing unit-based security
vulnerabilities that have been uncovered in the
past several years.
# ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Getting_regulation_right_to_improve
Australia’s_cybersecurity⠀⇛
Poor cybersecurity is a risk to the interconnected
digital systems on which we all increasingly rely,
while improved security is an opportunity to build
trust and advantage by enabling further digital
transformation.
# ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Monti_ransomware_targets_VMware_ESXi
servers_with_new_Linux_locker⠀⇛
In September 2022, an Intel471 report highlighted
the increased likelihood of Monti being a rebrand
of Conti based on their identical initial network
access methods.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Tuesday⠀⇛
Security updates have been issued by Debian
(samba), Red Hat (.NET 6.0, .NET 7.0, rh-dotnet60-
dotnet, rust, rust-toolset-1.66-rust, and rust-
toolset:rhel8), and SUSE (kernel and opensuse-
welcome).
# ⚓ 134K_Massachusetts_residents_impacted_by_‘global_security
incident’ [Ed: Microsoft Windows TCO]⠀⇛
Massachusetts health officials are warning over
134,000 individuals who are currently or were
previously enrolled in certain state programs that
their personal information has been involved in a
recent third-party data security breach. The breach
is part of a worldwide incident that involves a
file-transfer software program called “MOVEit.”
UMass Chan Medical School first became aware of the
vulnerability in MOVEit on June 1. On July 27,
UMass Chan discovered that some of the files
contained information belonging to individuals who
received services from the Executive Office of
Health and Human Services. This includes programs
such as MassHealth, the State Supplement Program,
Family Resource Centers, the Executive Office of
Elder Affairs, and Aging Services Access Points.
The affected individuals are a subset of current or
recent participants in these programs.
# ⚓ Hackers_may_have_stolen_SSNs,_other_info_from_Coastal
Orthopedics⠀⇛
Sensitive information — including Social Security
numbers, birthdays and addresses — for current and
former patients at Coastal Orthopedics may have
been compromised after an attacker hacked into the
company’s system. The company detected suspicious
activity on its network around June 11, prompting
an investigation, according to a press release.
Although the investigation is ongoing, Coastal
Orthopedics determined that “certain files and
folders within the network were taken without
authorization.”
# ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Prince_George’s_County_Public_Schools
responding_to_cyberattack⠀⇛
Fox5 in D.C. reports Prince George’s County Public
Schools revealed Monday its network experienced a
cyber attack.
[...]
As of yesterday, then, there was no mention of
whether this might be a ransomware incident or if
there has been any ransom demand received.
# ⚓ PGCPS_network_hit_by_cyber_attack:_4,500_accounts
affected⠀⇛
Prince George’s County Public Schools revealed
Monday its network experienced a cyber attack.
The school district says an estimated 4,500 user
accounts were impacted out of 180,000.
# ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Discord.io_confirms_breach_after_hacker
steals_data_of_760K_users⠀⇛
The Discord.io custom invite service has
temporarily shut down after suffering a data breach
exposing the information of 760,000 members.
Discord.io is not an official Discord site but a
third-party service allowing server owners to
create custom invites to their channels. Most of
the community was built around the service’s
Discord server, with over 14,000 members.
Yesterday, a person known as ‘Akhirah’ began
offering the Discord.io database for sale on the
new Breached hacking forums. As proof of the theft,
the threat actor shared four user records from the
database.
# ⚓ Three_managers_picked_up;_2_others_invited_for_breaching
Ghana_data_protection_law⠀⇛
Three managers were arrested on Monday by the Data
Protection Commission (DPC) and the Criminal
Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police
Service for breaching the Data Protection Act, 2012
(Act 843).
The three institutions are Hisense, an electronic
goods dealership, Marwako Fast Foods and Agyabeng
Akrasi and Co Limited, a law firm.
Two others – Quick Credit and Investment Micro-
Credit and Bemuah Royal Hospital, were asked to
report to the CID by Tuesday morning at the latest
for further interrogation.
# ⚓ Press_notice_regarding_data_breach_at_Norfolk_and_Suffolk
police⠀⇛
Norfolk and Suffolk constabularies have identified
an issue relating to a very small percentage of
responses to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests
for crime statistics, issued between April 2021 and
March 2022.
A technical issue has led to some raw data
belonging to the constabularies being included
within the files produced in response to the FOI
requests in question. The data was hidden from
anyone opening the files, but it should not have
been included.
# ⚓ United_Bank_Notifies_Individuals_of_MOVEit_Breach_Involving
Camden-Clark_Physician_Corporation_and_Camden-Clark_Memorial
Hospital_Corporation⠀⇛
United Bank, a financial services institution which
provides banking services to Camden-Clark Physician
Corporation, a physicians’ group practice located
in Parkersburg, W.V. and Camden-Clark Memorial
Hospital Corporation (collectively “Camden-Clark”),
suffered a data security incident. This data
security incident involved the compromise of a
software product called MOVEit that is used by
thousands of organizations around the world to
transfer electronic data files.
# § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾
# ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Protecting_point-to-point
messaging_apps:_Understanding_Telegram,_WeChat,_and
WhatsApp_in_the_United_States⠀⇛
A year-long project on protecting users’ data
and privacy that analyzes the growing use of
point-to-point messaging platforms in the
United States and the implications their
design and governing policies have for user
privacy and free speech.
o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾
# ⚓ RFA ☛ China_slams_US_tech_restrictions⠀⇛
But is so far holding back on any immediate
retaliatory moves such as restricting key
technology exports.
# ⚓ IT Wire ☛ US_spies_claimed_to_be_messing_with_China
earthquake_data⠀⇛
Prior to these reports, only twice has a Chinese
research team publicly released details about
malware emanating from American spy agencies;
one instance was when 360 Core Security (Qihoo
Security) named former CIA employee Joshua Adam
Schulte as being the person who leaked material to
WikiLeaks which the latter published under the name
Vault 7.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Chinese_spying,_infiltration_‘notable’_security
threat_to_New_Zealand:_Report⠀⇛
Secret service report heralds a more mature
approach to bilateral ties with China, expert says.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ As_gangs_overwhelm_Haiti,_rights_group_urges
world_to_send_help_‘now’⠀⇛
Human Rights Watch’s call to intervene to end
spiraling violence by gangs in Haiti comes as the
country awaits a response from the U.N. Security
Council to its request for an international armed
force to step in.
# ⚓ 30_years_on:_The_Digor_Massacre⠀⇛
During the intense conflict in the country’s
Kurdish regions in the 1990s, villagers in Kars who
protested against the practices of the security
forces were confronted with gunfire, leading to the
loss of 17 lives, including children.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Fast_Living_and_Foreign_Dealings:_An
F.B.I._Spy_Hunter’s_Rise_and_Fall⠀⇛
Charles McGonigal had a family, a house in the
suburbs and an influential job as a
counterintelligence leader in New York. Federal
prosecutors suggest it wasn’t enough for him.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Biden_to_broker_new_crisis_hotline_with_Japan,
South_Korea⠀⇛
President Biden will host Japan‘s prime minister
and South_Korea‘s president this week for his
first-ever leaders summit at Camp David, with plans
to announce joint military exercises — and a
possible new crisis hotline between the three
allies.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ In_NY,_Taiwan’s_deputy_leader_vows_no_retreat⠀⇛
Amid protests from Beijing, State Department
official says there’s no need to ‘over torque’ the
US visit.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Taiwan_presidential_front_runner
William_Lai_says_no_plans_to_change_island’s_formal_name⠀⇛
He reiterated that Taiwan is “not subordinate” to
China.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Lai_Ching-te_of_Taiwan’s_Visit_to_U.S.
Will_Be_Closely_Watched⠀⇛
An outspoken critic of Beijing, Lai Ching-te aims
to reassure voters and Washington that he will be a
safe pair of hands if elected.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Taiwan_deputy_leader’s_trip_tests_US-China_thaw⠀⇛
Lai Ching-te, a frontrunner in January’s Taiwanese
presidential election, arrives in New York on
Saturday.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ China’s_Military,_‘Chasing_the_Dream,’
Probes_Taiwan’s_Defenses⠀⇛
Day by day, the People’s Liberation Army is turning
up the pressure, deploying an ever-wider array of
planes and ships.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ China vows_‘forceful’_response_over_Taiwan_VP’s
USA_visit⠀⇛
China on Sunday vowed “resolute and forceful
measures” over a weekend trip by Taiwan Vice
President William Lai to the United States it said
it was closely monitoring.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Taiwan_will_not_back_down_amid_China_threat,_VP
says_on_US_visit⠀⇛
Taiwan will not be afraid nor back down in the face
of authoritarian threats, the island’s vice
president told supporters on a US visit that
Beijing has condemned, while reiterating a
willingness to talk to China.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Taiwan_will_not_back_down_to_threats,
V-P_William_Lai_says_on_US_trip⠀⇛
He has also reiterated a willingness to talk to
China.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ As_Taiwan_Vice_President_William_Lai
makes_brief_US_visit,_China_vows_strong_response⠀⇛
China on Sunday vowed “resolute and forceful
measures” over a weekend trip by Taiwan Vice
President William Lai to the United States it said
it was closely monitoring.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Activist_Qiao_Xinxin_arrested_for_subversion_in_China
after_Laos_‘disappearance’⠀⇛
A group calls on Laos to give details of
repatriation of detained lawyer Lu Siwei, who may
face the same fate.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ US_Indo-Pacific_Strategy_Sparks_Concerns_of
Confrontation⠀⇛
Washington is trying to instill a doctrine in its
allies to jointly assume that China is a threat to
the region.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ North_Korea’s_Kim_Jong_Un_orders
boosting_missile_production_to_prepare_for_war⠀⇛
He gave the order as he visited key munitions
factories on Friday and Saturday.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Kim_Jong_Un_calls_for_North_Korea_to_boost
missile_production⠀⇛
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for a
“drastic boost” in missile production during visits
to key weapons factories, state media said Monday,
as South Korea and the United States prepared for
joint drills next week.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ North_Korea_developing_nuclear_weapons,
evading_sanctions_in_2023:_UN_report⠀⇛
N. Korean hackers reportedly continued to
successfully target financial exchanges globally.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ North_Korea’s_Kim_Jong_Un_dismisses_top
general,_calls_for_war_preparations⠀⇛
Mr Kim also visited weapons factories where he
called for more weapons to be built.
# ⚓ France24 ☛ North_Korean_leader_Kim_dismisses_top_general,
calls_for_war_preparations⠀⇛
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dismissed his
top general and called for stepping up war
preparations “in an offensive way”, including
boosting weapons production and conducting more
drills, state media reported Thursday.
# § Russia and War in Ukraine⠀➾
# ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_At_least_12_killed_in_explosion_at
gas_station_in_Dagestan_in_Russia⠀⇛
At least 12 people were killed and dozens
injured in an explosion and fire at a petrol
station in Russia’s Caucasus republic of
Dagestan, the emergency situations ministry
said Tuesday. “More than 60 people were
injured in the fire in Makhachkala, and 12 of
them died,” the ministry wrote on Telegram.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Romania,_a_NATO_neighbor_of_Ukraine,
lies_all_too_close_to_Russia’s_strikes_on_Danube
ports.⠀⇛
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia_is_replicating_Iranian_drones
and_using_them_to_attack_Ukraine.⠀⇛
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ For_Ukraine,_Many_Antiwar_Activists
in_the_U.S._Make_an_Exception⠀⇛
Several reasons might explain the differing
response, including the fact that no American
troops have been committed to the fight.
# ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Ukrainians_Forced_to_Flee_to
Russia⠀⇛
Some are brought against their will. Others
are encouraged in subtler ways. But the over-
all efforts seem aimed at the erasure of the
Ukrainian people.
# ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Russia_Denounces_Ukrainian_Drone_Attack_on
Belgorod⠀⇛
On Sunday, Russia also reported the downing
of Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in
Kursk.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russian_Forces_Board_Civilian_Ship
in_Black_Sea⠀⇛
The Russian defense ministry confirmed that
it had intercepted a commercial vessel, an
escalation that Russia had promised would
happen after backing out of a trade deal with
Ukraine.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Leading_Ukrainian_Diplomat_Drowns_in
Armenia⠀⇛
Ukraine’s charge d’affaires in Armenia,
Oleksandr Senchenko, has died in an apparent
drowning incident at the high-altitude Lake
Sevan in the country’s east on August 13,
Armenian officials said.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Romania_Sends_Navy_Divers,_Helicopter_After
Suspected_Mine_Explodes_At_Black_Sea_Resort_Area⠀⇛
Romanian officials said the NATO member
nation’s navy had sent a team of specialized
divers and a helicopter to search for stray
mines along the Black Sea coast after an
explosion shook the embankment near the
resort town of Costinesti.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia_Fires_Warning_Shots_and
Boards_a_Freighter_in_the_Black_Sea⠀⇛
Russia’s military made good on its threats to
enforce its blockade of Ukraine, adding to
the tensions in an increasingly active
theater of war.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_Convict’s_Life_in_Russia’s_Army:
‘We_Are_Not_Human_to_Them’⠀⇛
In an account provided to The Times, a
Russian soldier describes his commanders’
casual disregard for the lives of inmates
like him, and how they are pressured to re-
enlist.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China’s_defence_minister_Li
Shangfu_to_visit_Russia_and_Belarus_this_week⠀⇛
By Peter Catterall Chinese Defence Minister
Li Shangfu will visit Russia and Belarus this
week, his ministry said on Monday, as
relations between Beijing and Moscow flourish
with high-level visits and phone calls. Ties
have remained warm in recent years, with
China refusing to speak out against Russia’s
widely condemned invasion of neighbouring
Ukraine.
# ⚓ LRT ☛ Russian_lieutenant_applies_for_asylum_in
Lithuania⠀⇛
Ivan Korolyov, a 26-year-old Russian army
lieutenant who took part in the war in
Ukraine, has applied for asylum in Lithuania
after being detained at Vilnius bus station,
TV3 News reported on Friday.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine’s_Zelenskiy_Meets_With_Commanders_In
Donetsk_Frontline_Positions⠀⇛
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on
August 14 said he visited troops in the
Donetsk region on the front line of the war
against Russia.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S._Announces_Additional_$200_Million_In
Security_Assistance_To_Ukraine⠀⇛
The U.S. Defense Department on August 14
announced a new package of security
assistance for Ukraine as it continues to
battle against Russia’s full-scale invasion.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Imprisoned_Crimean_Activist_Transferred_To
Penal_Colony_In_Russia⠀⇛
A citizen journalist and nurse, Iryna
Danylovych, who in 2021 was sentenced to
seven years in prison by Russian-installed
authorities in Ukraine’s Moscow-annexed
Crimea, has been transferred to a penal
colony in the Russian region of Stavropol
Krai.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ As_Russian_forces_mount_an
offensive,_Ukrainians_in_Kupiansk_fear_a_second
occupation.⠀⇛
The torture rooms in the battered Ukrainian
city of Kupiansk have been empty for months.
But Moscow’s advancing forces are just five
miles away.
# ⚓ Neritam ☛ US_war_lobby_fuels_conflict_in_Russia,
Ukraine,_and_Syria⠀⇛
Col. Doug Macgregor, an ex-Pentagon advisor
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Zelensky_visits_troops_as_Ukraine
recaptures_frontline_territory_near_Bakhmut⠀⇛
Ukraine’s deputy defence minister said Monday
that the Ukrainian military pushed Russian
forces out of pockets of territory along
front lines in the east and south of the
country. The news came as President Volodymyr
Zelensky paid a visit to troops near the
eastern front.
# ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Endless_Ukraine_Funding_Is_Further_Proof_US
Politicians_Don’t_Care_What_Voters_Think⠀⇛
Less than a week after a CNN poll found a
majority of Americans oppose sending more
money to Ukraine, the Biden administration
announced that it will be seeking another $24
billion in funding. If approved, the total
amount spent by the US since 2022 on its
proxy war against Russia will reach about
$137 billion.
# ⚓ YLE ☛ Medvedev_tweets_in_Finnish_about_Finland_Nato
threats⠀⇛
The current deputy head of the Russian
Security Council imagined a conversation
between two fictional Finns about the
country’s decision to join Nato.
# ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ North_Korea’s_Kim,_Russia’s_Putin
exchange_letters,_vow_stronger_ties⠀⇛
Mr Kim calls it a “longstanding strategic
relationship”.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Fugitive_Russian_Lawmaker_Announces_Movement
For_Independence_Of_Smolensk⠀⇛
Fugitive Russian lawmaker Vladislav Zhivitsa
announced at a press conference in Warsaw on
August 13 the launch of a movement for the
independence of his native Smolensk region
from the Russian Federation.
# ⚓ RFERL ☛ Forty-Five_Members_Of_Russian_Embassy_Staff
Leave_Moldova_On_Chisinau’s_Orders⠀⇛
Forty-five diplomats and employees of the
Russian Embassy in Chisinau left Moldova on
August 14 after the Moldovan government last
month ordered the drastic reduction of
Moscow’s diplomatic presence there.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Poland_arrests_2_Russians_for_distributing
Wagner_Group_propaganda⠀⇛
Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski
announced Monday that the Internal Security
Agency arrested two Russians on espionage
charges. The Internal Security Agency alleges
that the Russians distributed Wagner Group
propaganda in Krakow and Warsaw.
o § Environment⠀➾
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Torrential_downpours_leave_scores_dead_in
northern_India⠀⇛
At least 58 people were killed, nine of them in a
temple collapse, and many more were feared missing
after intense rains caused floods and landslides in
India, officials said Monday.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ Amid_record_global_heat,_scientists_seek_other
contributors_to_recent_warming⠀⇛
A climate science debate is simmering over how much
of 2023′s_record_warmth is due to human-caused
factors, chiefly the burning of fossil fuels, and
the role of other influences.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ EU_dispatch:_Poland’s_challenges_to_EU
environmental_laws_complicate_policy_in_run-up_to_2024_EU
elections⠀⇛
Law students from the European Union are reporting
for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting
the European Union and its member states. Jacky-
Long Mouthuy is a law student at Maastricht
University. He files this dispatch from Maastricht,
Netherlands.
# ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ I_Turned_My_House_into_a_Zero-Carbon
Utopia⠀⇛
The Inflation Reduction Act let me break up with
fossil fuels.
# ⚓ JURIST ☛ Montana_court_rules_in_favor_of_youth_plaintiffs
in_landmark_climate_trial⠀⇛
A Montana state judge ruled Monday that a provision
of state law is unconstitutional because it
violates “the right to a clean and healthful
environment,” a fundamental right enshrined in
Montana’s Constitution.
# ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ In_landmark_ruling,_Montana_judge_sides_with
‘climate_kids’⠀⇛
A Montana judge sided with young environmental
activists who said state agencies violated their
constitutional right to a clean and healthful
environment by permitting fossil fuel development.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Judge_Rules_in_Favor_of_Montana_Youths_in
a_Landmark_Climate_Case⠀⇛
The court found that young people have a
constitutional right to a healthful environment and
that the state must consider potential climate
damage when approving projects.
# § Energy/Transportation⠀➾
# ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Milo_tin_for_alcohol_stove_project⠀⇛
Continuing the alcohol stove project:
https://bkhome.org/news/202308/experiments-
with-an-alcohol-stove.html
Well well, I found a tin exactly the right
size, at the local Coles supermarket. It is
700g “Milo Pro”:
🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇img1⦈
I used to drink Milo as a child. Have
transferred it into a jar, now looks like
will have to get into drinking it again. As a
hot drink in the evening will be nice.
The Milo tin dimensions are perfect. The tin
is slightly higher than the aluminium
construction, but that is exactly what I
want. Serendipitous!
# ⚓ France24 ☛ Mexico:_Taxi_drivers_in_Cancun_smash_car
windows,_thinking_it’s_an_Uber⠀⇛
Armed with stones, two taxi drivers smashed
the windows of a vehicle on July 27 in
Cancun, the famous Mexican seaside resort,
because they thought its driver worked for
Uber. This is not an isolated incident: in
Cancun, taxi drivers regularly attack alleged
Uber drivers or their customers, even though
the ride-sharing service has been legal for
several months. In their view, Uber is a
threat to their business.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Dozens_Reported_Dead_in_Fire_at_Gas
Station_in_Southern_Russia⠀⇛
Reports from news agencies said at least 25
people were killed and 66 injured. The fire
in the Dagestan region caused multiple
explosions, one report said.
# ⚓ US_affiliate_of_crypto_giant_Binance_fires_employees
following_SEC_allegations_–_Reuters⠀⇛
The US affiliate of crypto giant Binance has
launched a spate of layoffs since regulators
last week accused it of violating securities
laws and sought asset freezes, dismissals and
suspensions. Two people with knowledge of the
employees said the social media post.
# § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾
# ⚓ 2023_Capture_the_Dark_winners⠀⇛
Photos can say a million words. In terms of
light pollution, they can speak on how dark
skies can change lives. It astounds us to
think about how just one snapshot can power a
movement for conservation efforts by showing
how practical and awe-inspiring dark sky-
friendly lighting can be.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Environmentalists_praise_suspension_of_Chinese
reclamation_projects_in_Manila_Bay⠀⇛
The Marcos administration has suspended the
projects, pending an environmental review.
o § Finance⠀➾
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Caitlin_Long_on_Why_Politics_Should_Stay_Out_of
Banking⠀⇛
The founder of Custodia Bank discusses the future
of bitcoin and banking.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russian_Ruble_Slides_Past_100_Against_the
Dollar,_Its_Weakest_Level_Since_March_2022⠀⇛
The currency weakened as far as 102 to the dollar,
adding to concerns of inflation and prompting the
Russian Central Bank to move quickly to consider
raising rates.
# ⚓ Fortune ☛ Polling_wizard_Nate_Silver_went_from_blogger_to
Disney-backed_media_mogul._Now_he’s_out,_most_of_his_staff
are_laid_off—and_he_has_some_thoughts⠀⇛
Nate Silver isn’t just the polling guru who
famously forecasted the states that would elect—and
reelect—Barack Obama as president in 2008 and 2012
with stunning accuracy. (He called each of the 50
states in 2012 and 49 of them four years earlier.)
He’s also a founder who sold his media business,
only to leave a decade later as more than half of
his team got the boot. Now that he’s regrouping for
the next challenge, he has some advice to share to
founders considering whether to sell their own
startups.
FiveThirtyEight.com, named after the number of
votes in the Electoral College, was founded in 2008
by Silver as a data-driven news site that covered
politics, economics, and sports—or, in other words,
a blog. It grew out of Silver’s election
forecasting, initially anonymously, as a blogger
for the progressive site Daily Kos. With a
background in sports data, inspired by the
groundbreaking work of analyst Bill James, Silver’s
political prognostications earned him a reputation
as a digital oracle of sorts. Bill Simmons, the
former ESPN writer and podcaster who founded The
Ringer and later sold it to Spotify, used to refer
to Silver as a “witch” when he had him on as a
guest.
# ⚓ Reason ☛ Biden_Escalates_Trade_War_With_China⠀⇛
A new national emergency declaration will allow for
the creation of an outbound investment screening
system targeting Americans’ investments in China.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ US_President_Joe_Biden_moves_to
restrict_US_investment_in_China_tech⠀⇛
By Aurélia End President Joe Biden on Wednesday
moved to restrict US investment in Chinese
technology during a multi-state tour of the
Southwest to tout his push to revive American
manufacturing after decades of decline.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ China’s_last_property_giant_left_standing_delays_debt
repayments⠀⇛
‘Model’ real estate developer Country Garden misses
interest payments on US$ bonds, causing its stock
to plummet.
# ⚓ RFA ☛ Biden_issues_order_regulating_investment_in_China⠀⇛
The executive order will ban some American
investments in China’s microchip, A.I. and quantum
technology sectors.
# ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden_Orders_Ban_on_New_Investments_in
China’s_Sensitive_High-Tech_Industries⠀⇛
The new limits, aimed at preventing American help
to Beijing as it modernizes its military, escalate
a conflict between the world’s two largest
economies.
# ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Beijing_accuses_US_of_disrupting
global_supply_chains_with_new_policy_to_restrict_investment
in_China_tech⠀⇛
Beijing on Thursday vowed to “safeguard” its
interests against a new US policy to restrict
investment in Chinese technology, accusing
Washington of disrupting global supply chains.
# ⚓ Axios ☛ US_banks_pull_back_on_credit⠀⇛
Data: Evercore ISI; Chart: Will Chase/Axios
America’s banks have become more_reluctant_to_lend_money to businesses and
households — an intended side effect of the Fed’s rate-hiking campaign.
Why it matters: New research shows that phenomenon playing out to an
extraordinary degree. Making credit more expensive and harder to get will weigh
on economic activity and quell inflation.
⚓ NCC_Group_confirms_layoffs_in_the_UK⠀⇛
Cybersecurity firm NCC Group is making job layoffs for the second
time in six months.
Headquartered in Manchester, with more than 35 offices across the
globe, NCC Group employs more than 2,000 people, according to its
website.
The cuts are affecting its UK workforce as well as staff in North
America, the group confirmed to CRN.
“As set out earlier this year, we have a renewed global strategy in
response to changing market dynamics and client demands,” said an NCC
Group spokesperson.
⚓ ChatGPT_Creator_OpenAI_Could_Go_Bankrupt_by_2024⠀⇛
With declining users and competitors on the rise, could the creator
of ChatGPT really be on the way to bankruptcy?
⚓ YLE ☛ Monday’s_papers:_Prices_nudge_up,_Finns’_love_of_wfh_and_oligarch
assets⠀⇛
Mortgage interest rates are fuelling inflation.
⚓ New Yorker ☛ China’s_Economic_Miracle_Is_Turning_Into_a_Long_Slog⠀⇛
As consumer prices fall and other signs of weakness emerge, fears are
growing that the world’s second-largest economy could be heading
toward an extended slump.
⚓ New York Times ☛ China’s_Economy_Battles_Debt,_Slowing_Trade_and_Specter_of
Deflation⠀⇛
As China’s economy flashes indications of decline, the consequences
pose perils for countries around the globe.
⚓ Quartz ☛ Biden_called_China’s_economy_a_“ticking_time_bomb.”_Which_countries
will_suffer?⠀⇛
Last week, US President Joe Biden called China a “ticking time bomb”
after consumer prices fell there for the first time in two years, and
gave an ominous warning about the potential for China to do “bad
things” during difficult economic times.
⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden_Describes_China_as_a_Time_Bomb_Over_Economic
Problems⠀⇛
The sharply worded comments are the latest example of the president’s
willingness to criticize China even as he tries to ease tensions.
⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ What_is_happening_with_Country_Garden,_China’s_under-
pressure_property_giant?⠀⇛
By Sébastien Ricci Concerns are mounting in China around Country
Garden, a major property developer whose colossal debt raises fear of
a bankruptcy that could spell wider economic turbulence, two years
after the unravelling of its competitor Evergrande. Country Garden
shares plunged by more than 16 percent in Hong Kong on Monday…
⚓ Tech_companies_laid_off_226,000_employees_to_date,_40%_more_than_in_2022⠀⇛
Tech companies have laid off 226,000 employees so far this year,
almost 40 per cent more than in 2022, a report showed on Tuesday.
Although the tech industry has seen a shocking number of job cuts
last year, 2023 has been much worse.
⚓ Mercury News ☛ Tech_companies,_bank_chop_hundreds_of_Bay_Area_jobs_in_fresh
layoffs⠀⇛
Despite latest cutbacks, tech layoff pace slows dramatically
⚓ Ross_Video_slashing_workforce_by_9%_as_tech_layoffs_mount:_sources⠀⇛
Samfiru Tumarkin LLP is investigating reports that Ross Video is
eliminating approximately nine per cent of its workforce.
Several employees at the Ottawa-based supplier of live production
solutions have contacted the firm — claiming that they were just
notified of the layoff.
Our experienced employment lawyers are following up with affected
staff to better understand the situation.
The company claims on its website that it employs a total workforce
of more than 1,300 people.
§ AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾
* ⚓ Axios ☛ Georgia_witness:_Republicans_should_“take_our_medicine_and
realize_the_election_wasn’t_rigged”⠀⇛
Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff_Duncan (R) said Monday the Fulton
County grand_jury_investigation into alleged efforts to
overturn the state’s 2020 election results was a “pivot point”
for the U.S. and Republicans.
* ⚓ Axios ☛ Why_Georgia’s_case_against_Trump_could_be_so_damaging⠀⇛
A legal tool normally reserved for the Mafia and organized
crime could make former_President_Trump’s next potential
indictment his most damaging.
Why it matters: Georgia’s expansive racketeering law — known as
RICO — gives prosecutors a powerful tool to pursue charges in
their investigation into Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020
election.
* ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ China’s_plans_to_build_a_new_embassy_near_the
Tower_of_London_stall_amid_local_opposition⠀⇛
China’s plans to build a new embassy near the Tower of London
have stalled following local opposition to what would be the
biggest diplomatic compound in Britain. The borough of Tower
Hamlets, the local government council responsible for the area,
blocked the project in February, citing concerns about the
increased risk of terror attacks, protests and traffic in an
area visited by millions of tourists each year. Tower Hamlets
says Chinese authorities had until Thursday to appeal the
decision to the U.K. government but did not.
* ⚓ The Strategist ☛ China’s_dangerous_secrets⠀⇛
It’s well known that China has the world’s largest navy and
coastguard—the result of a tenfold increase in military
spending since 1995—which it uses to advance its pugnacious
revisionism.
* § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾
o ⚓ RFA ☛ China_pumps_up_narrative_of_happy_Uyghurs_in_Xinjiang_among
Pakistanis⠀⇛
A media star with ties to the Chinese Embassy wears
traditional dresses, sings folk songs and cooks Uyghur
dishes.
o ⚓ RFA ☛ Foreign_diplomats_in_China_treated_to_tour_of_Xinjiang_and
‘happy’_Uyghurs⠀⇛
Beijing promotes alternative vision of Uyghur life amid
international condemnation of rights abuses.
§ Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾
* ⚓ JURIST ☛ King_of_Jordan_approves_online_speech_legislation_despite
rights_concerns⠀⇛
King Abdullah II of Jordan approved a bill Saturday to penalise
a variety of online speech, including posts that contain
content ‘promoting, instigating, aiding, or inciting
immorality.” Such posts are punishable with fines or months in
prison. Posts that demonstrate ‘contempt for religion’ or
‘undermining national unity’ are also prohibited.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_47:_Ex-district_councillor_ordered
pro-democracy_political_group_not_to_use_protest_slogan,_court_hears⠀⇛
One of the 47 pro-democracy figures charged with conspiring to
commit subversion had once ordered his social media managers
not to use a popular protest slogan or to include messages of
support for Hong Kong independence, his assistant has told a
national security trial.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Rainbow_symbols,_LGBTQ+_anthem_banned_from_Taiwan_singer_A-Mei’s
Beijing_gig⠀⇛
Fans hoping to show solidarity and sing along to ‘Rainbow’ in
ongoing crackdown on community under Xi Jinping.
* ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Why_You_Should_Worry_About_China’s_Missing_Minister⠀⇛
If the world’s best China experts can’t figure out what
happened to one of the country’s most internationally
recognizable officials, then imagine what else remains hidden
behind the regime’s closed doors.
* ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ ‘They_disappeared’:_China_flood_victims_criticise
government_response⠀⇛
Residents in Zhuozhou, which bore the brunt of the floods, say
the authorities did not do enough.
§ Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾
* ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.S._Ambassador_Meets_Evan_Gershkovich,_Detained_WSJ
Reporter,_in_Russia⠀⇛
American officials have said that their Russian counterparts
are blocking them from getting regular consular access to Mr.
Gershkovich.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S._Ambassador_To_Russia_Visits_WSJ_Journalist_Gershkovich_In
Jail⠀⇛
U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy met with jailed Wall
Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on August 14, a State
Department spokesperson said, in her third such visit since his
March detention on espionage charges he denies.
* ⚓ Axios ☛ Kansas_newspaper_plans_to_sue_over_police_raids_that_raised
First_Amendment_concerns⠀⇛
A police department in Marion, Kansas, was accused Sunday of
violating First_Amendment protections after officers raided a
local paper and the home of its owners.
* ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ ‘I_miss_the_sun’:_Australian_journalist_detained
in_China_marks_3_years_since_arrest_with_rare_public_letter⠀⇛
Jailed Australian journalist Cheng Lei yearns for her children
and the country’s “psychedelic sunsets”, she said in a rare
public letter marking three years since her mysterious arrest
in China.
* ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ ‘I_miss_the_sun’:_Journalist_detained_in_China
issues_rare_message⠀⇛
Poignant message released ahead of the third anniversary of her
imprisonment by Beijing.
* ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Australian_PM_urges_China_to_free_jailed
journalist⠀⇛
Australian journalist Cheng Lei has been detained in China
since August 2020.
§ Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾
* ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ DMGT_and_National_World_each_consider_bid_for_Telegraph
Media_Group⠀⇛
The two publishers are the only prospective bidders to so far
confirm an interest.
* ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Hollywood’s_summer_of_strikes:_Three_questions⠀⇛
Hollywood’s twin strikes have so far cost California’s economy
an estimated $3 billion. What would it take for the sides to
reach agreement?
* ⚓ Villagers_detained_in_Tatvan_give_their_statements_at_gendarme
station⠀⇛
One of the eight was tortured, as his photographs revealed. Two
villagers are missing in Söğütlü village following an operation
in the village by the soldiers, which followed an air
bombardment in the rural areas. The detained villagers are
expected to appear in court tomorrow.
* ⚓ ACLU ☛ Hotel_Accessibility_Reaches_the_Supreme_Court⠀⇛
As a wheelchair user with multiple disabilities, travel is
unpredictable at best and completely inaccessible at worst. In
order to book my trips, I have to trust the accuracy of the
websites run by hotels, airlines, car rental companies, and
more to learn whether I can use their services (i.e., have the
honor of paying them my hard-earned money.) The Americans with
Disabilities Act (ADA) requires hotels to include enough of
their accessibility features on their website that a person
with a disability can judge whether their hotel would be safe
and usable. Unfortunately, the features they include are often
incomplete or inaccurate.
* ⚓ Quartz ☛ A_judge_dismissed_a_conservative_lawsuit_targeting_Starbucks’
diversity_efforts⠀⇛
A recent Starbucks win suggests conservatives may be fighting a
losing war in dismantling America Inc.’s diversity, inclusion,
and equity initiatives.
* ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kazakh_Miners_On_Strike_For_Better_Working_Conditions⠀⇛
The protesters put forward a list of 15 demands, including the
improvement of working conditions, the modernization of mining
equipment, the hiring of extra workers, and enhanced vacations,
disability, and financial benefits.
* ⚓ No_Ubuntu_for_the_dead…Mayhem_in_SA’s_state_mortuaries⠀⇛
Missing bodies, missing body parts, bodies piling up, bodies
being handled by unqualified personnel, bribes to view
bodies…These are just come of the ways in which the rights of
deceased people and their families have been violated in South
Africa’s State mortuaries.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ In_blow_to_‘run’_movement,_Shanghai_police_arrest_head_of
immigration_consultancy⠀⇛
The move prompts warnings that the authorities are about to
‘shut the door’ on mass emigration, capital flight.
* ⚓ RFA ☛ Hong_Kong_police_arrest_10_for_‘collusion_with_foreign_forces’
over_protest_fund⠀⇛
Four men and six women are held in connection with the now-
disbanded 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund for arrestees.
* ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_uncovers_alleged_CIA_spy,_a_Chinese_national
recruited_in_Italy⠀⇛
China has been stepping up its oversight on what it deems
espionage activities.
§ Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾
* ⚓ APNIC ☛ E-gov_DNS:_Is_there_enough_redundancy?⠀⇛
Guest Post: Measuring the structure of e-gov domain names.
⚓ New Yorker ☛ Confessions_of_a_Twitter_Poet⠀⇛
Your Internet friends don’t know you at all, even if they think they
do.
⚓ JURIST ☛ Manipur_High_Court_orders_India_state_government_to_whitelist_phone
numbers_for_mobile_internet_access_following_ban⠀⇛
The Manipur High Court on Friday directed the government of that
Indian state to selectively enable mobile internet services based on
whitelisted phone numbers, addressing a controversial ban on internet
access amid ethnic violence in the state. The court also urged the
government to ensure mobile internet access for the public.
§ Monopolies⠀➾
* § Patents⠀➾
o ⚓ JUVE ☛ BAT_hires_new_senior_counsel_for_patent_litigation_from
Sandoz [Ed: This is classic example of SPAM disguised as article/
journalism. JUVE takes bribes not just to promote illegal agenda
(using deliberate lies) but also to do these ads.]⠀⇛
Sara Burghart (45) began her career in 2006 at McDermott
Will & Emery, where she initially worked in IT contract
drafting. She first gained experience in patent disputes
in an infringement case between McDermott client Document
Security Systems (DSSI) and the European Central Bank.
o ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Meta_Claim_Construction:_Finding
Meaning_in_the_Meaning⠀⇛
One-E-Way, Inc. v. Apple Inc., 22-2020 (Fed. Cir. Aug.
14, 2023) (nonprecedential) (Opinion by Chief Judge
Moore, joined by Judges Lourie and Stoll).
The district court sided with Apple on summary judgment,
finding no infringement. On appeal, the Federal Circuit
has affirmed, holding that Apple’s accused Bluetooth
products do not infringe One-E-Way’s patents. Although
the parties had agreed to the construction of the “unique
user code” term, they disagreed over the construction-of-
the-construction. On appeal, the court treated this
meta-construction effectively as a form of claim
construction — looking for the ordinary meaning rather
than a contract-like interpretation that would have
looked more toward discerning the intent of the parties.
o ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ Brazil_implements_changes_to_facilitate_the
recordal_of_IP_agreements⠀⇛
In what will be seen as a welcome development to IP
owners, the Brazilian Patent Office (BRPTO) is improving
the system to record IP agreements. More specifically, on
11 July 2023, the BRPTO published Ordinances 26 and 27/
2023, improving the guidelines for registration of
technology transfer and franchise agreements.
* § Trademarks⠀➾
o ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ Precedential_No._21:_TTAB_Rules_That_Sur-Sur-Rebuttal
Expert_Reports_Are_Never_Permitted⠀⇛
In this consolidated opposition proceeding involving,
inter alia, Applicant Coulter Venture’s mark MONSTER LITE
for weight lifting equipment, the parties served four
expert reports: an initial report by Monster (“MEC”), a
rebuttal report by Coulter, a sur-rebuttal report by MEC,
and then a sur-sur-rebuttal report by Coulter. The Board
granted MEC leave to serve its sur-rebuttal repor, but
limited it to a critique of Coulter’s report. The Board
then nixed Coulter’s sur-sur-rebuttal report, ruling that
sur-sur-rebuttal reports are never permitted. Monster
Energy_Company_v._Coulter_Ventures,_LLC, Oppositions Nos.
91233515 (parent), 91233516, 91233517, 91242202, and
91252191 (August 7, 2023) (Order by Katie Bukrinsky,
Interlocutory Attorney).
* § Copyrights⠀➾
o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ 13_Months_Later,_the_CRB_Has_Officially
Finalized_Its_Phonorecords_III_Determination⠀⇛
Back in April, songwriter organizations called on the
Copyright Royalty Board to accelerate the finalization of
the Phonorecords III ruling that it had handed down in
July of 2022. Now, the three-judge CRB has officially
issued its final determination for the five-year stretch
at hand.
o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Companies_Controlled_By_Post_Malone,_Chris
Brown,_Steve_Aoki_Received_Millions_in_COVID_Relief_Funds_Intended
for_Struggling_Venues,_Investigation_Reveals⠀⇛
A new report has uncovered how some of the biggest names
in music applied for funding intended for small venues
during the COVID pandemic. Here’s the latest. The
Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) was a grant
intended to keep independent venues afloat during one of
the worst downturns in recent history.
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§ Contents⠀➾
* GNU/Linux
o Audiocasts/Shows
o Kernel_Space
o Applications
o Instructionals/Technical
o Desktop_Environments/WMs
* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems
o PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva_Family
o SUSE/OpenSUSE
o Fedora_Family_/_IBM
o Devuan_Family
o Debian_Family
o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family
o Devices/Embedded
o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications
* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software
o Events
o GNU_Projects
o Programming/Development
# Rust
* § GNU/Linux⠀➾
o ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ 9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup:_August_13th,_2023⠀⇛
The 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for August 13th, 2023,
brings news about Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS, Rhino Linux, GNOME
Asia 2023, NetworkManager 1.44, NVIDIA 535.98, and as
well as all the latest distro and software releases.
o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾
# ⚓ Late_Night_Linux_–_Episode_242⠀⇛
Rare praise for Mozilla as more extensions come to
Firefox on Android, Fedora is coming to Arm Macs, a
rolling version of “Ubuntu” appears, an unwise
solution to the problem of funding open source,
SUSE might be the baddies, LXD is forked, and more.
With guest host popey from Linux Matters.
o § Kernel Space⠀➾
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Maintainers_Summit_call_for_topics⠀⇛
The 2023 Maintainers Summit will be held on
November 16 in Richmond, VA, immediately after the
Linux Plumbers Conference.
o § Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 8_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Web_Hosting
Control_Panels⠀⇛
Web hosting control panels offer an attractive
solution to developers and designers that host
multiple web sites on virtual private servers and
dedicated servers. This type of server management
software simplifies the process of managing
servers. By offering an easy to user interface, the
control panels avoid the need to have expert
knowledge of server administration.
Two of the most popular control panels are Plesk
and cPanel. These are web-based graphical control
panels that allow you to easily and intuitively
administer websites, DNS, e-mail accounts, SSL
certificates and databases. However, they are both
proprietary software. Hosting providers will charge
a monthly fee for these control panels to be
installed on a server. Fortunately, there is a wide
range of open source software available to download
at no cost that offers a real alternative to these
proprietary solutions.
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 11_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Linux_Data
Mining_Software⠀⇛
Data mining (also known as knowledge discovery) is
the process of gathering large amounts of valid
information, analyzing that information and
condensing it into meaningful data.
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Alternatives_to_popular_CLI_tools:_talk⠀⇛
This article spotlights alternative tools to talk,
a venerable talk client.
# ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 5_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Configuration
Frameworks_for_Emacs⠀⇛
Emacs configuration frameworks take the vanilla
Emacs and add their own configuration.
# ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ Essential_tips_for_using_Ubuntu’s_file_system
effectively⠀⇛
The Ubuntu File Manager, often known as Nautilus,
is a powerful tool that acts as the gateway to your
files, folders, and documents on Ubuntu. Offering a
user-friendly interface paired with robust
functionality, it’s an essential tool for both new
and experienced users.
o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾
# ⚓ Dan Langille ☛ Changing_how_I_use_IP_address_with_FreeBSD’s
vnet_–_so_IPv6_works⠀⇛
The vnet (network subsystem virtualization
infrastructure) on FreeBSD is both a blessing and a
curse. For me, it isn’t working well with IPv6.
I’ve hit issues with pf (since solved, I’m sure).
It’s a useful feature but can be confusing. It
helps to have lots of time to think about it and
what you’re doing.
# ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ Upgrading_from_a_previous_version_of_Pop!_OS⠀⇛
Pop!_OS, developed by System76, is renowned for its
user-friendliness and constant improvements, making
upgrades a welcome event for its users. As with any
operating system, keeping up-to-date ensures not
only new features and smoother performance but also
better security.
# ⚓ Net2 ☛ 20_Essential_Linux_interview_questions⠀⇛
If you’re gearing up for a journey into the realm
of Linux interviews, you’ve come to the right
place. In this guide, we’ll be delving into the
essential Linux interview questions that are your
key to unlocking success.
# ⚓ Complete_Guide:_Installing_R_and_RStudio_on_Linux_for_Data
Analysis⠀⇛
R is a versatile programming language and
environment designed specifically for data analysis
and statistical computing, making it an incredible
choice for data-driven work.
# ⚓ LinuxTuto ☛ How_to_Install_AWStats_with_Apache_on_Debian
12⠀⇛
AWStats (Advanced Web Statistics) is an open-source
web analytics tool that analyzes and generates
comprehensive reports about web server log files.
# ⚓ Directory_Deletion_in_Linux:_Command-Line_and_GUI_Methods
Explained⠀⇛
Are you a new user of Linux OR You are trying to
delete a directory in Linux…
# ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ How_to_fix_“tasksel:_apt-get_failed_(100)”
error_on_Debian_12⠀⇛
Tasksel is a command line app that you can use to
install different packages on Debian 12, such as :
web server, ssh server, Desktop environments and
more.
# ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ How_to_install_Sublime_Text_on_Ubuntu_23.04⠀⇛
Sublime Text is a text editor app that you can use
to code. Sublime Text, supports multiple
programming languages, which means you can use it
to code in any coding language that you are
familiar with.
# ⚓ Dan Langille ☛ Testing_two_12TB_drives_to_a_Dell_R730_on
FreeBSD⠀⇛
I’m ready to downsize. I’m going to replace knew
with r730-03. The former has 20 5TB drives. I don’t
need all that space now. I’ll settle for 12TB
instead.
# ⚓ How_to_Use_lsblk_Command_in_Linux_–_Beginner’s_Guide⠀⇛
The lsblk command in Linux is a useful command for
administrators, which is used to list information
about all available block devices.
# ⚓ Diziet ☛ Ian_Jackson:_DKIM:_rotate_and_publish_your_keys⠀⇛
If you are an email system administrator, you are
probably using DKIM to sign your outgoing emails.
You should be rotating the key regularly and
automatically, and publishing old private keys. I
have just released dkim-rotate_1.0; dkim-rotate is
tool to do this key rotation and publication.
If you are an email user, your email provider ought
to be doing this. If this is not done, your emails
are “non-repudiable”, meaning that if they are
leaked, anyone (eg, journalists, haters) can verify
that they are authentic, and prove that it to
others. This is not desirable (for you).
# ⚓ dwaves.de ☛ Debian_11_to_Debian_12_upgrade_problems_–
Apache2_not_running_PHP(8.2)_but_output_text_of_code⠀⇛
# ⚓ Table_Activity_Insights:_Determining_Usage_of_Specific
Tables_in_PostgreSQL⠀⇛
# ⚓ The_Last_Touch:_Knowing_When_a_PostgreSQL_Table_Was_Last
Used⠀⇛
# ⚓ Assessing_Disk_Space_Consumption:_Temporary_Data_Usage_in
PostgreSQL⠀⇛
# ⚓ The_Speed_Factor:_Understanding_Why_Queries_Slow_Down_in
PostgreSQL⠀⇛
# ⚓ Real-Time_Query_Performance:_Deep-Dive_Analysis_for
PostgreSQL⠀⇛
# ⚓ Bug_Discovery_and_Reporting_in_PostgreSQL:_A_Comprehensive
Guide⠀⇛
# ⚓ Mastering_Automatic_Database_Maintenance_in_PostgreSQL:_A
Detailed_Guide⠀⇛
# ⚓ Dealing_with_Database_Bloat:_How_to_Address_Common
PostgreSQL_Issues⠀⇛
# ⚓ A_Guide_to_Clearing_Outdated_Prepared_Transactions_in
PostgreSQL⠀⇛
# ⚓ Preventing_Auto-Freezing_and_Page_Corruption_in_PostgreSQL:
Effective_Measures⠀⇛
# ⚓ Network World ☛ Hiding_from_history_on_Linux⠀⇛
Linux shells like bash have a convenient way of
remembering commands that you type, making it easy
to run them again without having to retype them.
Just use the history command (which is a bash
built-in) and then use an exclamation point
followed by the number shown in front of the
command in the history command output that you want
to rerun. Alternatively, you can back up to that
command by pressing the up arrow key as many times
as needed to reach that command and then press
return. Don’t forget, though, that you can also set
up commands you are likely to use often as aliases
by adding a line like this to your ~/.bashrc file
so that you don’t need to search for them in your
command history.
o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾
# ⚓ ZDNet ☛ Window_Maker_Live_is_a_throwback_to_the_exciting
days_of_early_Linux⠀⇛
Linux has come a very long way. Not only is the
kernel far more sophisticated and capable than
during the 1990s, but the GUIs make everything so
easy that working with the operating system is
almost boring.
Back in the early years, running Linux on the
desktop meant doing a lot of configuration via text
files. And even though every window manager did
things differently, it was almost an inevitability
that a user would have to open a terminal window
and work with the command line.
* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾
o § PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva Family⠀➾
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ OpenMandriva_Lx_23.08_Released_with_Linux
Kernel_6.4,_Mesa_23.2,_and_More⠀⇛
Coming nearly five months after OpenMandriva Lx
23.03, the OpenMandriva Lx 23.08 release is powered
by the latest Linux 6.4 kernel series (6.4.8 is the
default kernel shipped with the ISO images), as
well as the latest Mesa 23.2 open-source graphics
stack series for Linux gaming.
The devs note the fact that OpenMandriva Lx’s
kernel comes with HT/SMT NICE enabled by default
for better responsiveness and real-time behavior on
PCs with HT (Hyper-Threading), which improves the
performance of foreground apps at the expense of
background apps.
o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾
# ⚓ Mosaic Media Ventures Pvt Ltd ☛ Explained:_Amid_Red_Hat
controversy,_rivals_join_hands_to_offer_open_and_free
enterprise_Linux_source_code⠀⇛
Last week, companies like SUSE, Oracle, and CIQ
formed a non-profit called the Open Enterprise
Linux Association (OpenELA). The founding companies
are Linux entities that make Red Hat Enterprise
Linux (RHEL). This collaboration seeks to develop
distributions that are compatible with RHEL by
offering open and free enterprise Linux source
code.
# ⚓ insideHPC ☛ HPC_News_Bytes_20230814:_Linux_Wars,_China_and
Chips,_Intel_AVX,_Gordon_Bell_Prize_Finalists⠀⇛
Linux Wars continue: Oracle, SUSE, and CIQ form
Open Enterprise Linux Association (watch for
upcoming episodes on @HPCpodcast on this)
o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾
# ⚓ Unicorn Media ☛ The_AlmaLinux_Dilemma:_When_Upstream
Suddenly_Disappears⠀⇛
AlmaLinux had been on something of a three-year
roll, when suddenly a move by Red Hat upset the
apple cart.
I wondered what it felt like to have an open-source
project that was young but essential, getting lots
of uptake from both home users, but especially from
the enterprise, and to suddenly have the upstream
open-source project that was your source rip the
rug out from underneath you by denying you access
to your source.
# ⚓ Bastien_Nocera:_New_responsibilities⠀⇛
As part of the same process outlined in Matthias
Clasen’s “LibreOffice_packages”_email, my
management chain has made the decision to stop all
upstream and downstream work on desktop Bluetooth,
multimedia applications (namely totem, rhythmbox
and sound-juicer) and libfprint/fprintd. The rest
of my upstream and downstream work will be
reassigned depending on Red Hat’s own priorities
(see below), as I am transferred to another team
that deals with one of a list of Red Hat’s priority
projects.
# ⚓ Tomas_Tomecek:_Flock_2023_trip_report⠀⇛
My first conference outside of Brno after the
pandemic. I forgot how stressed I am from the
travelling. Didn’t have to wait long to realize
why: [...]
# ⚓ Fedora_Infrastructure_Status:_Server_updates/reboots⠀⇛
We will be updating/rebooting various servers.
Services may be up and down in this outage window.
o § Devuan Family⠀➾
# ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Devuan_GNU+Linux_5_Is_Here_for_Software_Freedom
Lovers_Based_on_Debian_12⠀⇛
Based on the latest Debian GNU/Linux 12 “Bookworm”
operating system series, Devuan GNU+Linux 5 is
powered by the long-term supported Linux 6.1 LTS
kernel series.
New features in this release include the use of the
libseat1 library for rootless startx and access to
input and video devices, which removes the DBus
dependency from xserver-xorg-core, and the
enablement of a true Wayland desktop without
elogind.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Devuan_5.0.0_Daedalus_release⠀⇛
Dear Friends and Software Freedom Lovers,
Devuan Developers are delighted to announce the
release of Devuan Daedalus 5.0.0 as the project’s
new stable release. This is the result of many
months of painstaking work by the Team and detailed
testing by the wider Devuan community.
# ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Devuan_5_(Daedalus)_Released_for_the_Purist_GNU/
Linux_Users⠀⇛
Devuan Linux is a Debian fork, built by self-
described Veteran Unix Admins, that aims to provide
a free and open-source operating system without the
controversial systemd init system.
First announced in November 2014, with the initial
Devuan Jessie release in May 2017, the distro
emerged in response to concerns and debates within
the Linux community about Systemd’s design,
complexity, and its potential to centralize too
much control over system processes.
# ⚓ LWN ☛ Devuan_5.0.0_released⠀⇛
Version 5.0 (“Daedalus”) of the Debian-based Devuan
distribution has been released. “”This is the
result of many months of painstaking work by the
Team and detailed testing by the wider Devuan
community.”” The announcement lists a couple of new
features but mostly defers to the Debian 12
(“bookworm”) release notes.
o § Debian Family⠀➾
# ⚓ Daniel Pocock ☛ Daniel_Pocock:_Chris_Rutter,_Winchester
College,_Clare_College_choir,_Arm_Ltd,_underage_workers_&
Debian_accidental_deaths⠀⇛
Later this year, Softbank hopes to spin off Arm Ltd
in an_IPO_worth_up_to_$70_billion. We’ve previously
looked at two Debian-related deaths having
connections to Arm (Frans_Pop’s_experience_with_an
Arm_Netbook and then Lucy_Wayland) and now it is
time to look at a third, Chris Rutter, who was hit
by a car in 2001, age 19.
There are significant connections between Arm Ltd &
Debian. The former Debian leader Steve_McIntyre was
an Arm Ltd employee for many years. There is an
annual MiniDebConf organized_in_Arm’s_offices_in
Cambridge. Various other Arm-affiliated volunteers
hold senior positions in the Debian_hierarchy.
[...]
Dr Falder admitted blackmailing his victims to eat
dog poo, among other things. We can see that Dr
Preining was blackmailed to write_a_self-
deprecating_forced_confession,_thanking_the_DAMs
for_blackmailing_him: [...]
# ⚓ Gunnar Wolf ☛ Debian’s_Gunnar_Wolf:_Back_to_online
teaching⠀⇛
Mexico’s education sector had one of the longest
lockdowns due to COVID: As everybody, we “went
virtual” in March 2020, and it was only by late
February 2022 that I went back to teach
presentially at the University.
o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾
# ⚓ LinuxInsider ☛ Rhino_Linux_Unleashes_First_Rolling_Release
Ubuntu_Stable_Edition⠀⇛
Three editions are available — a generic ISO for
x86_64/ARM64, an ISO for the experimental
PinePhone, and the Raspberry Pi ISO. Most likely,
you should select the generic ISO, then click the
download button for your computer’s architecture
type.
PinePhone is an interesting concept but not
necessary for desktop or laptop use. This version
for the PinePhone is a Rhino Linux port for
PinePhone devices based on the latest version of
Ubuntu Touch (20.04); it is the first Xfce-based
mobile environment.
One major drawback to Rhino Linux version 2023.1 is
its Arch Linux-like sparsity of included software.
No doubt, this was an effort to make the download
as minimal as possible.
Regardless, rather than leave it up to new users to
track down productive software, the developers
should provide some fancy scripting to allow pre-
bundled applications to download after system
installation completes.
The default installation only includes Firefox 116
Web Browser, Mousepad 0.6.1 Simple Text Editor, mpv
0.36 Media Player, and VSCodium 1.80.1 integrated
development environment (IDE). However, the
installation also includes nearly two full screens
of tools.
# ⚓ Ubuntu News ☛ Ubuntu_Weekly_Newsletter_Issue_800⠀⇛
Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 800
for the week of August 6 – 12, 2023. The full
version of this issue is available here.
# ⚓ Ubuntu Fridge ☛ The_Fridge:_Ubuntu_Weekly_Newsletter_Issue
800⠀⇛
o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾
# ⚓ Medium ☛ Raspberry_Pi_4_+_Kali_Linux_Part_1⠀⇛
In the year that I have been kicking around here on
Medium, I got back into the technical side of me.
For those that don’t know, in addition to
photography and arts, I also have a background in
computers and technology. I spent over 15 years of
my life in fact in various companies doing
everything from technical support to coding.
Along the way, my interests grew into building
robots for personal projects more than anything. I
was fascinated how one could take something so
small such as a Raspberry Pi 4 (note: Affiliate
links here if you would be so kind to help me out
while I share knowledge with you also), and create
so many different functions for it.
o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾
# ⚓ TechRadar ☛ Android_14_will_give_you_the_power_to_fight
back_against_annoying_ads_|_TechRadar⠀⇛
# ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ How_to_Add_the_Settings_App_or_a
Shortcut_to_the_Android_Home_Screen_–_Make_Tech_Easier⠀⇛
# ⚓ SlashGear ☛ 5_Must-Have_Karaoke_Apps_For_Android_Users⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Central ☛ It’s_time_for_Android_to_finally_get
satellite_connectivity_|_Android_Central⠀⇛
# ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ Dolphin_Emulator_Adds_WiiConnect24_Support,
Improves_Android_Performance⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Central ☛ Next_year’s_flagship_Android_phones_may
opt_for_a_Snapdragon_8_Gen_2_chipset_|_Android_Central⠀⇛
# ⚓ Android Authority ☛ Google_could_borrow_Samsung’s_ideas_for
the_Android_taskbar⠀⇛
# ⚓ SamMobile ☛ Google_aims_to_improve_the_quality_of_all
Android_foldable_phones_–_SamMobile⠀⇛
* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾
o § Events⠀➾
# ⚓ Xe’s Blog ☛ I_had_a_great_time_at_DEF_CON_31⠀⇛
I’ve always admired DEF_CON from a distance. I’ve
watched DEF CON talks for years, but I’ve never
been able to go. This year I was able to go, and I
had a great time. This post is gonna be about my
experiences there and what I learned.
In short: I had a great time. I got to meet up with
people that have only been small avatars and text
on my screen. I got to see talks about topics that
I would have never sought out myself. I’m gonna go
again next year if the cards allow it.
# ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ Pluralistic:_Open_Circuits_(14_August
2023)⠀⇛
Every trip to Defcon – the massive annual hacker-
con in Las Vegas – is a delight. Partly it’s the
familiar – seeing old friends, getting updates on
hacks of years gone by. But mostly, it’s the
surprises, the things you never anticipated. Defcon
never fails to surprise. I got back from Vegas
yesterday and I’ve just unpacking my suitcase, and
with it, the tangible evidence of Defcon’s cave of
wonders.
o § GNU Projects⠀➾
# ⚓ GNU ☛ www-zh-cn_@_Savannah:_Welcome_our_new_member_–_Jing
Luo⠀⇛
Hi, all
I am very glad that we have a new member.
[...]
Jing Luo will show his/her passion in Free
Software, and try to let more people know about
GNU.
I wish Jing Luo a pleasant journey to a better
world.
Let’s welcome Jing Luo in this big family.
wxie
o § Programming/Development⠀➾
# ⚓ Jonathan_McDowell:_listadmin3:_An_imperfect_replacement_for
listadmin_on_Mailman_3⠀⇛
One of the annoyances I had when I upgraded from
Buster to Bullseye (yes, I’m talking about an
upgrade I did at the end of 2021) is that I ended
up moving from Mailman 2 to Mailman 3. Which is
fine, I guess, but it meant I could no longer use
listadmin to deal with messages held for
moderation. At the time I looked around, couldn’t
find anything, shrugged, and became incredibly bad
at performing my list moderation duties.
Last week I finally accepted what I should have
done at least a year ago and wrote some hopefully
not too bad Python to web scrape the Mailman 3
admin interface. It then presents a list of
subscribers and held messages that might need
approved or discarded. It’s heavily inspired by
listadmin, but not a faithful copy (partly because
it’s been so long since I used it that I’m no
longer familiar with its interface). Despite that
I’ve called it listadmin3.
It currently meets the bar of “extremely useful to
me” so I’ve tagged v0.1. You can get it on Github.
I’d be interested in knowing if it actually works
for / is useful to anyone else (I suspect it won’t
be happy with interfaces configured to not be in
English, but that should be solvable). Comment here
or reply to my Fediverse_announcement.
# ⚓ Steinar H Gunderson ☛ Steinar_H._Gunderson:_Encoding_“The
Legend_of_Sisyphus”⠀⇛
I watched this year’s Assembly democompo live,
as I usually do—or more precisely, I watched it on
stream. I had heard that ASD would return with a
demo for the first time in five years, and The
legend_of_Sisyphus did not disappoint. At all. (No,
it’s not written in assembly; Assembly is the name
of the party. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇:-)⦈ )
I do fear that this is the last time we will see
such a “blockbuster” demo (meaning, roughly: a demo
that is a likely candidate for best high-end demo
of the year) at Assembly, or even any non-
demoscene-specific party; the scene is slowly
retracting into itself, choosing to clump together
in their (our?) own places and seeing the presence
others mainly as an annoyance. But I digress.
# ⚓ Gentoo ☛ Week_11_report_on_porting_Gentoo_packages_to
modern_C⠀⇛
Hello all, hope you’re doing well. This is my week
11 report for my
Similar to last two weeks I took up bugs from the
tracker randomly and
patched them, sending patch upstream whenever
possible. Unfortunately,
nothing new or interesting.
I’ve some open PRs at ::gentoo that I would like to
work on and get
reviews on from mentor/s.
This coming week is going to be the last week, so I
would like to few more bugs and
start working on wrapping things up. However, I
don’t plan on abandoning
my patching work for this week (not even after
GSoC) as there is still
lots interesting packages in the tracker.
Till then see yah!
# ⚓ Qt ☛ Qt_Creator_11.0.2_released⠀⇛
We are happy to announce the release of Qt Creator
11.0.2!
# ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Argon2_illegal_instruction_problem_again⠀⇛
I posted about this problem, and a fix, about a
month ago:
https://bkhome.org/news/202307/argon2-illegal-
instruction.html
Easy 5.4.10 is built with the argon2 PET package
that I compiled in the Compaq Presario. OK, this
has a very old CPU, an Intel Core2, and I did test
the ‘argon2′ binary in the Compaq and it worked.
# § Rust⠀➾
# ⚓ Librsvg_is_available_from_crates.io_now⠀⇛
Since last Friday, librsvg_is_available_from
crates.io. You can add this line to your
dependencies in Cargo.toml: [...]
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