𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Monday, September 04, 2023

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⦿ Microsoft: Buy Microsoft | Techrights

⦿ IBM/Red Hat: You Cannot Criticise IBM/Red Hat and Their Decisions | Techrights

⦿ Microsoft’s Windows Vista 11 Has Failed. Be Wary and Careful of Media Distractions From That Failure. | Techrights

⦿ Linus Torvalds is Paid 32,502 Dollars a Week, He Said Microsoft Was Too Focused on Money | Techrights

⦿ Techrights Has Archived 30,000 New Gemini URLs/Pages Since Last Spring, Now We See How Many Get Captured Per Day (Over Time) | Techrights

⦿ System76 Gives ’Secure’ Boot the Boot | Techrights

⦿ In North America, GNU/Linux Already Flirts With 10% Market Share (Desktops/Laptops) | Techrights

⦿ Immutable Operating Systems Do Not Really Enhance Security | Techrights

⦿ IRC Proceedings: Sunday, September 03, 2023 | Techrights

⦿ Censorship and Surveillance in the United States’ Internet | Techrights

䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login):

	http://techrights.org/2023/09/04/buy-microsoft/#comments

	http://techrights.org/2023/09/04/cannot-criticise/#comments

	http://techrights.org/2023/09/04/flatlining-of-vista-11/#comments

	http://techrights.org/2023/09/04/focused-on-money/#comments

	http://techrights.org/2023/09/04/geminispace-number-of-links/#comments

	http://techrights.org/2023/09/04/giving-secure-boot-the-boot/#comments

	http://techrights.org/2023/09/04/gnu-linux-already-flirts-with-10-market/#comments

	http://techrights.org/2023/09/04/immutable-operating-systems-security/#comments

	http://techrights.org/2023/09/04/irc-log-030923/#comments

	http://techrights.org/2023/09/04/united-states-internet/#comments

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	http://techrights.org/2023/09/04/librearts-weekly-is-ready/#comments

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	http://techrights.org/2023/09/04/thoughts-on-gemini-in-cosmos/#comments

	http://techrights.org/2023/09/04/twitter-shot-in-the-foot/#comments

	http://techrights.org/2023/09/04/why-bbs/#comments

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✐ Microsoft:_Buy_Microsoft⠀✐

Posted in Deception, Finance, Marketing, Microsoft at 2:00 am by Dr. Roy

Schestowitz

This past day in national and local media across the United States:

🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽⦇Motley_Fool:Microsoft_a_giant_that’s_only_getting_bigger⦈

Actually, it’s getting a lot smaller. There are loads_of_layoffs and parts of

the company are being shut down fast.

This is what people see as “news”:

🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽⦇Motley_Fool:_There_are_many_reasons_to_like_Microsoft_stock⦈

Misinformation.

Are readers made aware of the conflict of interest?

This goes a very long way back:

            🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Microsoft_and_Motley_Fool⦈_

That never ended:

               🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇MSN_and_Motley_Fool⦈_

               🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇MSN_and_Motley_Fool⦈_

               🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇MSN_and_Motley_Fool⦈_

But facts don’t matter when you control and command the media, propping up your

“worth” based on lies:

🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽⦇Bill_Gates_recovery/Pulling_up_the_graph:_Doing_great,

                          thanks_for_asking⦈_

Summary: Without as much as a very basic disclosure, Motley Fool, part of MSN

(M for Microsoft) [1, 2, 3, 4], is trying to prop up the layoffs giant

Microsoft in a pump-and-dump-like move that has become so predictable in

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⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠈⠀⠊⠀⠀⠀⠀⠄⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⢀⢀⠀⠀⡀⠀⡀⠀⢀⡄⣀⢀⡀⣀⡄⠀⢠⠀⠀⣠⣀⢀⡄⡀⠀⢠⣀⢀⠀⠀⣀⣀⢀⡂⡤⡤⡄⣀⡀⠀⣀⣄⣠⣀⣄⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⢀⢠⢠⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣷⣾⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣼⣿⣿⣯⣯⣽⣭⣿⣽⣬⣭⣽⣦⣭⣿⣯⣭⣽⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉

⣿⣿⡗⠦⡯⢝⠭⡫⠁⡉⣿⣌⠈⠉⢋⠋⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⠟⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠻⠿⡿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠻⠟⠿⠿⠻⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⠿⠿⠿⠟⠁⠾⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠻⠿⢻⢟⠿⠿⠟⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠻⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⡟⡿⠿⠿⢻⣿⣿⣿

⠿⠿⠷⠶⠿⠷⠿⠿⠿⠷⠷⠾⠷⠶⠶⠿⠿⠿⠷⠷⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠿⠿⠿⠿⠷⠖⠒⠀⠴⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠶⠾⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠶⠷⠶⠶⠾⠷⠾⠶⠶⠶⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠶⠷⠾⠶⠿⠿⠿⠷⠶⠶⠶⠾⠿⠿⠿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⣀⣬⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣇⣣⣉⣍⣉⢍⣧⣌⣉⣉⣷⣆⣉⣉⣉⣏⣉⣉⣏⣩⣉⣩⢩⣯⣉⣉⣁⣉⣍⣹⣈⣹⣰⣉⣹⣘⣀⣉⣉⣉⣉⣁⣽⣉⣈⣉⣁⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⡯⡫⣏⡛⠛⡛⡛⠛⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤

⣿⣿⠀⢠⢸⡙⠉⠛⡛⠛⠻⢫⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⠙⠛⢿⡛⠛⣿⣿⠛⠟⡟⠻⡛⠛⠟⢿⡿⣿⡿⢻⣿⣿⠻⡛⠛⠛⠻⣻⣿⣿⠛⠻⠻⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢿⠛⠛⠛⠻⢛⣿⢿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣶⣾⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⣿⣿⡇⡻⣹⣾⣭⣯⣯⡝⡩⣯⡝⣭⢨⣿⣐⣯⣝⢍⠃⣯⣿⣗⣺⠙⣯⣽⣿⣿⡩⣿⡹⣭⣝⣿⢰⡎⢫⡽⡍⣿⣯⣽⣭⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢰⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶

⣿⣿⣷⣷⣿⣿⣶⣿⣷⣾⣶⣷⣾⣿⣶⣿⣶⣷⣾⣶⣶⣷⣿⣷⣶⣾⣷⣾⣷⣾⣶⣿⣷⡷⣶⣿⣶⣾⣷⣾⣶⣿⣿⣾⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⠿⢩⣝⢙⣽⣭⠋⠭⣽⣝⠍⠫⠉⠉⡏⡏⠉

⣿⣿⡇⡷⡉⣉⣿⣏⢯⢉⠉⣽⣿⢸⣯⣽⢉⣻⣧⡻⣽⢩⢽⢽⡏⡉⡹⣽⣿⣿⢭⢝⣭⡃⣿⢸⣿⢃⣹⢘⣼⡝⣿⣯⢫⣝⣭⠉⣭⠨⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⠛⠙⢻⠹⠉⢻⡛⠛⠛⠋⡯⠙⠉⢿⠭⠛⠛

⣿⣿⡿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⠿⡿⣿⢿⡿⣿⡿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⡻⠛⡻⡟⢟⣟⠟⠻⢻⢻⠟⠻⠟⢿⡻⠿⠻

⣿⣿⡇⡅⡳⢴⢾⣧⡎⡱⢾⣿⠶⡁⣶⣿⣷⣋⣾⠭⡇⣜⢸⡇⡜⡁⡳⢎⢰⣼⠶⣟⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⠟⠖⠾⡷⠿⠿⣶⡶⠾⠞⡷⢶⠶⠾⠾⢾⠾

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⣿⣷⣶⢶⣾⢶⣾⣾⢼⢶⣶⣷⢿⣾⣷⣿⣾⣶⣶

⣿⣿⣯⣌⣉⣇⣂⣗⣐⣅⣸⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣧⣤⣬⣬⣾⣤⣤⣬⣤⣿⣵⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⢿⠿⠿⠿⣿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠘⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛

⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠄⣿⠀⠴⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢠⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤

⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣾⣶⣶⣶⣿⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⣿⣟⠿⠿⡿⠿⠿⡟⠿⠿⡿⡿⢿⣿⡿⢿⡿⠿⠛

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⠷⠷⢷⠾⢶⢿⡶⢶⠶⡶⢷⢿⣾⡿⣷⢶⠶

⣿⣿⡟⠟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠻⡟⠛⠛⠛⢿⣿⣿⠛⢛⢿⠻⠻⡟⠛⢛⢻⣿⣿⢟⠟⠛⠛⢛⣻⠻⠻⡛⢿⢛⠛⡟⣟⢻⠻⠛⡛⢛⢿⡛⠟⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⣿⣷⣶⣶⣾⣶⣾⣷⣾⣴⡾⣮⣼⣶⣿⣿⣿⣾⣶

⣿⣿⡟⠛⠙⢛⡟⡛⡛⠳⢛⠛⠛⡟⠙⢻⠛⠛⠓⠛⠙⣟⡟⢻⢻⢛⢛⠛⠛⠛⢻⠋⡟⣟⠛⢻⢛⠟⢻⡛⠋⠛⢻⠹⡏⠹⡏⣻⠛⠛⡛⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⣿⣧⣥⣦⣤⣤⣼⣧⣴⣤⣧⣴⣤⣤⣤⣥⣷⣤⣴

⣿⣿⡟⡛⢻⠚⠛⡛⠋⠛⣿⠛⣛⠛⢹⡙⢻⠉⠛⡏⢿⢛⠙⣛⣏⢛⠋⢻⠭⡸⡉⡟⠛⠛⠛⣟⠋⢙⠛⡟⠛⣛⡛⢻⠛⠙⣻⢙⠛⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⣿⣷⣓⣇⣮⣀⣪⣇⣪⣐⣈⣾⣂⣗⣗⣕⣕⣵⣚

⣿⣿⣿⡋⡻⡻⠛⠏⠹⣻⡿⣿⣭⡟⣻⡋⢛⢟⠛⣏⡛⢟⡏⢍⢏⢉⡻⠛⣟⡉⣟⣿⠋⢟⡟⠛⣿⡿⠻⢯⣹⡛⡛⠛⠻⠻⡟⡻⡻⠟⣛⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⣿⣟⣉⣩⣹⣉⣿⣯⣉⣏⣹⣿⣉⣉⣁⣏⣉⣝⣉

⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⠶⠶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶

⣿⡿⠿⣿⣿⡿⡿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣀⢶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠟⠛⠛⢻⠛⠛⠛⢻⠛⠛⢻⣿⣿⢛⣟⢻⠛⠛⢻⣿⡟⣿⣿⣿⡟⣿⡟⣛⣛⣛⣿⣟⣻⣿⣿⣿⡟⠟⢛⡟

⣿⣿⣼⣦⣤⣧⣤⣤⣴⣤⣄⣾⣶⣤⣤⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣧⣬⣯⣭⣷⣭⣭⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⠉⡟⠻⡻⠛⢟⠛⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠹⠹⠻⠛⢻⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣶⣷⣶⣶⣶⣾⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣶⣶⣾⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⡿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⢿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣟⣿⣿⡿⠾⠿⢿⠻⢿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⠛⣛⡛⠛⣟⠛⠛⢻⠿⠻⠿⠿⣿⡻⢻⠿⡿⢿⡿⡿⡿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣾⣾⣶⣶⣷⣾⣾⣶⣷⣾⣶⣾⣾⣿⣶⣶⣷⣶⣶⣾⣶⣶⣶⣿⣾⣷⣾⣶⣶⣾⣷⣾⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣧⣧⣽⣭⣭⣭⣷⣧⣦⣿⣮⣭⣿⣼⣽⣭⣭⣽⣭⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣟⣟⡿⢿⣿⡛⠛⣿⢿⡟⢻⠛⠿⣻⢿⠻⠻⢻⡻⠻⢟⡿⠛⠟⡿⠟⡟⡻⢻⡻⠻⠛⣟⠟⢛⢟⠛⠻⠻⡛⣟⠿⠿⣻⣛⠟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠒⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡿⠿⠿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⠿⠿⡟⢿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⠿⢿⣿⠿⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣷⣶⣶⣷⣷⣶⣾⣶⣾⣽⣶⣷⣾⣶⣶⣶⣾⣶⣶⣾⣶⣾⣾⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣟⣛⣻⣿⣛⣛⣟⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⡟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⢛⡛⢻⣿⢛⡟⠛⣿⢻⣿⠛⠛⢛⣻⠛⣿⡿⠿⠿⢿⣿⠿⢿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⢨⡧⢤⣿⢸⣿⢠⣤⣌⣿⠀⣿⣟⡟⢻⡛⡚⡿⠟⠿⢻⢻⡟⡟⢛⢛⠛⢻⡛⠛⠛⡿⠛⢿⢿⠿⢿⢟⡿⠟⠿⠿⠿⣟⠿⣟⢿⡿⡟⠿⣟⠻⠿⠟⠿⠿⠟⠿⢿⢛⣿⣿⣿

⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠸⠂⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠘⠛⣿⢈⡁⠉⠉⠈⠉⠈⠉⠉⠉⠀⣿⣿⣷⣷⣾⣷⣿⣷⣾⣷⣿⣷⣷⣿⣾⣾⣾⣷⣷⣷⣷⣶⣾⣷⣷⣿⣷⣷⣶⣶⣾⣶⣷⣾⣷⣷⣷⣷⣶⣷⣶⣶⣷⣶⣶⣶⣷⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿

⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⢰⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡛⠚⡇⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣧⣧⣭⣭⣭⣭⣧⣦⣤⣿⣬⣭⣿⣬⣽⣭⣭⣽⣥⣭⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⡇⠀⠁⠀⠈⠀⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⢷⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⣿⡟⢛⡛⠛⡟⠛⢛⠛⠛⠛⣛⡛⡟⠛⢻⠛⢛⠛⡟⡟⣿⣿⣿⣿⠻⡟⠛⠛⠛⡛⠛⢻⠛⠛⣟⡛⢻⢟⠛⠟⣛⠟⡛⠻⣛⠛⡻⠛⢻⣿⣿

⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠎⠀⠀⡀⣿⡿⠿⠿⢿⠿⠿⣿⢿⠻⣾⣿⠿⡿⡿⠿⠟⠻⡿⠟⠻⢿⠿⠿⣿⠿⠿⢿⢻⠛⠿⡟⠿⡟⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⢠⠀⣿⣷⣶⣶⣷⣾⣶⣿⣾⣶⣿⣿⣶⣶⣿⣶⣶⣶⣷⣿⣶⣿⣶⣶⣷⣶⣶⣷⣾⣶⣶⣷⣾⣶⣷⣶⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⡀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠀⣿⣏⣻⣻⣿⣿⣛⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡧⣧⢢⣶⢲⡶⠀⠀⠀⠀⡼⣴⢲⡖⢴⡐⠂⢹⢹⢢⣶⠀⣧⢾⣖⢴⣧⠦⡴⠀⡯⢐⣦⢲⡇⠀⢸⠀⠨⠅⣲⡔⣼⢰⢉⢾⣶⡔⣸⣖⠰⣶⢰⠦⢦⠀⠀⡇⠀⢣⣷⠦⡴⣴⢆⣲⡰⣴⢢⣶

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⠀⠀⠀⡀⢀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⢀⢀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⠒⢲⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⢒⡒⡒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⢀⣀⡀⠀⢀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⠀⠣⠛⠜⠇⠸⠀⠇⠘⠇⠿⠨⠇⠽⠀⠀⠏⠷⠿⠁⠼⠣⠃⠇⠸⠇⠿⠦⠿⠠⠽⠆⠀⢸⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠸⠳⠟⠜⠇⠸⠏⡞⠀⠀⠀⠠⠛⠥⠜⠧⠄⠈⠾⠢⠻⠸⠿⢱⠁⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⢀⣀⣀⣀⠀⢀⠀⣀⢀⣀⢀⡀⣀⣀⣀⣀⢀⡀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⣀⠀⠀⢀⠀⣀⠀⢀⡀⠀⡀⡀⢀⡀⢀⡀⢀⡀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⠢⢀⠔⠁⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⡐⠐⡆⢲⠄⠶⠒⢰⢁⠐⡔⠐⡆⢐⡂⢢⠂⡰⣦⢲⡴⠐⡆⢐⡖⡐⢸⡖⣶⢴⢲⢲⣵⣲⢲⢆⢶⠀⣏

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⡀⡀⠀⠀⡀⢛⠃⠀⠀⠀⠘⠟⢿⣿⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⢀⢰⣿⣿⣷⣆⣤⣤⣧⣾⣿⣿⣷⠀⡜⠈⠍⠉⠁⠀⠘⠪⡂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀

⠘⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠌⠀⠀⠀⠢⠈⠀⠭⠅⠐⠒⠃⠘⠀⠀⠟⠑⠈⠂⠒⠐⠂⠐⠘⠃⠀⠛⠘⠛⠛⠛⠻⣿⣿⣿⡟⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣤⣠⣤⣦⣤⣈⠢⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠧⠀⠰⠠⠁⠀⠀⠘⠛

⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⡶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⢶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠉⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⡿⠋⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⠛⣿⠟⠛⠛⠛⠻⣿⣿⠿⠛⠛⠛⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠛⠛⠛⠛⢻⣿⣿⡟⠛⣿⡿⠛⠛⠛⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢁⣴⣶⣶⣦⠀⠈⠃⣠⣶⣶⣶⡄⠀⢹⣿⣿⠃⠀⣴⣶⣶⣶⣼⣿⣿⡇⠀⠋⣤⣶⣶⣶⣄⠀⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠘⣿⣿⡀⠀⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⣿⣿⣷⣤⣀⠀⠉⠛⢿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠉⠙⠳⢄⠀⠀⠀⢸⠃⠀⠀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⠀⠈⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⠏⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⣿⣿⠛⠿⠿⠿⠟⠀⢀⣿⣿⡇⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⡟⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣤⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣤⣿⣿⣦⣤⣤⣤⣤⣶⣿⣿⣿⣧⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣿⠁⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣄⣀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣇⣗⣗⣺⣰⣁⣞⣎⣱⣳⣾⣇⣇⣧⣺⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣟⡿⡻⢻⢿⠟⡟⣯⢻⢻⢿⣹⣿⢻⣻⣿⣿⢛⣟⡛⣏⣿⣻⠟⣻⢻⡿⢟⣿⢟⢋⣿⢻⣏⡿⣿⡿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⡿⣿⣿⢿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⡏⢭⢛⠏⡏⢟⢻⠟⢿⡏⣿⠙⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣷⣿⣶⣶⣷⣶⣾⣾⣾⣿⣶⣷⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⠉⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠋⠉⠉⠛⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⡀⠀⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣷⡀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣶⣤⡄⣸⠟⠉⠀⠈⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀⠘⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠻⢿⡇⣿⠘⡔⣼⣎⢕⢼⣿⢭⣭⣤⣥⣥⣤⣬⣼⢤⣬⣼⣤⢤⢤⣥⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣄⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⠀⢀⠀⣠⣿⣄⡀⠀⠀⣁⣾⣿⣾⣶⣷⣷⣾⣾⣿⣿⣾⣾⣿⣾⣾⣶⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠀⠀⠀⠆⢁⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠀⠀⣠⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⠷⠂⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠻⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠋⠀⠀⣠⣾⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡀⠀⠹⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠛⣉⡥⠤⣶⢶⡶⡶⠾⡿⢿⣧⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀⠀⠹⠃⠀⢸⡆⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⢋⣤⣶⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣶⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⡀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢁⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠶⡶⠶⡶⢶⠶⠶⠶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀⢀⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⠃⠟⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠂⠀⠄⠘⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡗⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣄⢸⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠈⣿⣿⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠛⠛⠓⠒⠒⠒⢲⣶⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀⠘⡇⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⡿⠿⢧⠤⡤⢤⠤⠤⠤⠴⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠹⢿⣿⣀⣀⣀⣇⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣸⣿⣿⡿⠛⠁⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⣷⡀⠀⠠⣉⠛⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠟⠛⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⢰⣿⣷⠀⠀⠉⠀⠰⠂⠀⢀⠀⠀⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⣾⣿⣿⣇⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣿⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠂⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⣇⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣶⣦⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠁⠀⢀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⡀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⣠⣴⣿⣿⣶⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣷⣦⣤⣤⣤⣴⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠐⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

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✐ IBM/Red_Hat:_You_Cannot_Criticise_IBM/Red_Hat_and_Their_Decisions⠀✐

Posted in Deception, GNU/Linux, IBM, Red_Hat at 2:40 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽⦇Loudest_sound_on_Earth:anti-community_trolling_by_I.C.B.M.

                              (Red_Hat)⦈_

Summary: After years of heckling_and_trolling_(or_humiliating)_the_Free

software_community it seems like IBM reaffirms the notorious_stigma associated

with a Code_of_Censorship; it’s mostly intended to guard the powerful companies

(the_enforcers_and/or_judges), in effect shielding them and their technical

decisions/work from criticism

The latest: 3_weeks_down_the_line it seems like Red Hat’s (or Fedora’s) people

are basically immune to or protected from the CoC. It seems like they’ve hidden

(marked as “private”) the complaint about an abusive #fedora moderator and have

not done anything.

Protected by IBM:

                     🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Khaytsus⦈_

“They’re crazy. You hear me? You’re all fucking crazy! Hey, is it me or is it

getting awfully quiet lately in the Fedora community?”

                    –Ryan’s joke about the attitude of Fedora chatroom mods

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⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡆⢰⡆⢈⠙⡟⠉⠻⣿⡇⢸⣿⡟⣉⠛⡏⣿⢹⠋⣉⢸⠋⠉⠟⠉⢙⡁⢸⣿⣅⠒⠠⡟⣉⠙⡏⣿⠙⡏⣉⢹⠋⡉⢸⠋⠉⣿⣿⠁⣶⡆⠙⢉⡙⣿⣿⠀⠒⢺⡋⠉⠛⢉⡁⢈⠀⡉⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣼⣧⣼⣄⣧⣈⣼⣿⣧⣈⣉⣧⣉⣴⣧⣩⣸⣦⣩⣸⣤⣡⣯⣅⣠⣧⣸⣿⣦⣉⣤⣧⣉⣤⣧⣩⣰⣇⣿⣸⣤⣡⣸⣅⣠⣾⣿⣦⣉⣥⣦⣸⣇⣿⣿⣀⣉⣹⣄⣥⣤⣸⣧⣨⣄⣿⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

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⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠛⣛⠻⠿⡿⢿⣿⡿⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

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⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠂⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠊⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

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⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡁⠀⠀⠀⠁⠊⠉⢽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠅⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣆⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⡄⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

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⣿⣿⡇⠉⠉⠉⠈⠉⠉⠁⠁⠁⠉⠁⠉⠈⠉⠉⠀⠈⠉⠉⠈⠉⠉⠉⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠈⠈⠈⠀⠀⠈⢉⣈⣁⣁⣀⣀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

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⣿⣿⡇⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⡄⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠛⠋⠁⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⡇⡀⡴⣰⢢⢠⡢⠆⡖⣄⣤⢴⣲⢲⢠⠴⢲⣦⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣭⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⠤⠶⠤⠤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⡇⣄⣛⢛⡚⢚⣛⣓⣘⣘⣘⣝⣋⣚⢚⣛⣽⣟⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣿⣿⣛⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣛⡿⠿⣿⣶⡖⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

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⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣧⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠻⠟⠛⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⡇⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⡀⢀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣑⠿⠛⠋⠉⠀⠀⠀⡀⢠⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢱⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

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⣿⡿⠛⡛⢿⣿⡿⣿⡿⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⡧⡺⠊⣸⣇⣱⣁⣇⣨⡸⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣼⣿⣿⣿⣭⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣴⣼⣯⣿⣿⣿⣾⣤⣤⣼⣯⣤⣧⣷⣿⣿⣿⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

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⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⡇⠀⠀⣅⣗⠀⠀⠀⡆⢸⣿⠿⠿⠟⢟⠿⠿⢿⡻⢛⡿⠿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⢻⠻⠿⢿⠿⠿⠿⡿⠿⠟⠾⠿⠿⠿⠟⡿⠿⠿⢿⠷⡿⠾⣿⣿

⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⠘⠃⢀⠀⣅⡏⠀⠀⠀⡇⢸⣿⡶⠶⡶⡷⠷⢶⠶⢶⠶⣷⠾⢷⠶⠾⢾⡾⣷⢾⠾⠶⠶⢶⠶⢶⣶⢷⢾⡶⡶⡶⣶⠶⡶⠷⡴⣶⠶⡶⢶⢿⣿⣿

⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢳⡆⢠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠊⠀⠀⠀⠁⢸⣿⣧⣶⡶⡷⣶⡶⣴⣵⣦⣾⣵⣶⣦⣦⣶⣶⢿⢷⣧⣶⣶⣼⣦⣾⣶⣶⣶⣦⣷⣮⣷⣦⣦⣤⣯⣧⡦⣦⣼⣾⣿⣿

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✐ Microsoft’s_Windows_Vista_11_Has_Failed._Be_Wary_and_Careful_of_Media

Distractions_From_That_Failure.⠀✐

Posted in GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Windows at 1:22 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Notice what happens with Vista 11 (it is flatlining):

                🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Vista_11_stagnant⦈_

Meanwhile Apple and GNU/Linux go up:

                 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇GNU/Linux_growth⦈_

Seems the Windows “growth” is among gamers who just buy very modern machines

(with Vista 11 preinstalled):

                🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Steam_on_Vista_11⦈_

Summary: After more than two years ‘out there’ Vista 11 is simply failing at

adoption; instead, users are moving away from Windows altogether

Also see: As_Microsoft_Collapses,_Their_Cottage_Industry_Based_on_Windows

Problems_Dies_Off._Malwarebytes_Fires_100.

“Unlike with factory work,” one associate explains, Microsoft_layoffs “are a

good thing except for one aspect: Microsofters are technically and ethically

unsuitable for further employment and risk spreading their problems into real

businesses.”

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⣿⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⠛⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣻⣿

⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⣴⣶⡄⠀⠀⠀⣾⡟⠉⡃⣙⡋⠙⠁⡹⢋⡹⢋⡙⠋⡏⠛⢉⢙⠀⡛⠉⠛⢉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿

⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠀⠀⠛⠟⠁⠀⢀⣄⣿⣧⣤⣧⣤⣤⣤⣦⣥⣬⣽⣬⣤⣦⣥⣤⣼⣼⣤⣤⣬⣤⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿

⣧⣤⡄⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿

⣿⣿⡇⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⣛⣛⣛⣓⣒⣒⣒⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⡛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠃⣿

⣿⠿⠇⠷⠄⠘⠻⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠇⣿

⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣬⣙⠛⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿

⣿⣿⣇⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠶⠤⠉⠛⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠇⣿

⣿⣉⣁⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣁⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⡀⢀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⣰⣿⣶⣤⣍⡛⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢁⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢅⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠛⢛⣋⣉⡉⢠⣤⣴⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠏⣰⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣍⡛⢿⣿⣿⣅⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠟⠛⣂⣋⣉⣭⣥⣤⣴⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣴⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣭⣭⣭⣽⣯⣿⣭⣭⣯⣥⣴⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠛⠀⠀⠉⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣯⣭⣯⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣽⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⢠⣾⣷⡄⠀⠀⠀⣿⡏⠩⡅⣽⠍⢹⠀⡝⢩⡝⢩⠉⠉⡏⡏⡉⢩⢨⡏⠉⡋⢩⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿

⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⠙⠋⠀⠀⢠⣤⣿⣧⣴⣧⣴⣤⣶⣦⣶⣦⣾⣦⣶⣦⣦⣷⣷⣾⣦⣶⣤⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿

⣷⣶⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣦⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⡆⣿

⣿⣿⡿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠻⠟⠛⠛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣁⣀⣩⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣉⣉⣉⣉⣉⣙⣛⣋⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣋⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⡁⣿

⡟⠛⠶⠄⠀⠲⠶⠶⠾⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣤⣐⠲⢶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣬⣭⣙⣛⠻⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿

⣿⣿⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠒⠈⠉⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠒⠒⠈⠉⠙⠛⠛⠟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠃⣿

⣿⣭⣍⣩⣉⣍⣩⣩⣍⣭⣩⣅⣤⣠⣀⣄⡀⠀⠄⣠⣈⣍⣩⣩⣍⣭⣩⣍⣍⣩⣉⡍⢩⣉⣍⣩⣉⣍⣩⣩⣍⣭⣩⣉⣍⣩⡉⢍⣩⣉⣍⣩⣉⣍⣩⣩⣍⣭⣩⣉⣍⠩⣉⠍⠩⠉⢉⣉⠉⠍⠀⢀⣀⣨⣀⣀⠅⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⣼⣷⣦⣍⡛⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠛⣛⣋⣩⡅⠠⠖⢒⣋⣩⣥⣴⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠣⣴⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣌⣙⠻⢿⣿⣿⣥⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡦⠟⠛⣛⣉⣭⣥⣴⠶⠖⢛⣋⣩⣥⣴⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣴⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⣬⣤⣤⣾⣵⣥⣤⣭⣭⣽⣧⣼⣮⣭⣭⣷⣼⣯⣮⣤⣭⣽⣴⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡿⠿⣿⡿⠿⣿⢿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⢿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⠀⠀⠀⣤⣤⣭⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣬⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣬⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⡇⠠⠤⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠤⠤⠠⠤⠤⠠⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠤⠄⠤⠤⠤⠄⠤⠤⠤⠄⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⡇⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢸⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠶⠦⠦⠤⠖⠶⠶⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⠴⠶⠄⠰⠴⠶⠄⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣶⣶⣶⣶⣦⣶⣤⣶⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣰⣴⣶⣄⣐⣴⣶⣄⣀⣀⢸⠀⠀

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⠀⠀⠀⠀⣬⣯⣭⣭⣭⣭⣼⣭⣭⣭⣥⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣭⣭⣥⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣬⣥⣭⣭⣤⣭⣬⣭⣥⣤⣤⠀⠀⠀

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⠀⠀⠀⠀⣬⣭⣭⣭⣭⣽⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣧⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣭⣬⣭⣭⣬⣭⣬⣭⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣬⣥⣭⣭⣤⣭⣬⣭⣥⣤⣤⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⣽⣿⣿⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣿⣿⣧⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣼⣿⣿⣿⣤⣼⣿⣽⣤⣤⣤⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⣬⣭⣭⣥⣭⣭⣯⣭⣭⣯⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣧⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣿⣬⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣥⣭⣭⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣭⣭⣭⣤⣭⣥⣭⣤⣤⣤⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⣬⣭⣭⣥⣭⣭⣯⣭⣭⣯⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣧⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣿⣬⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣥⣭⣭⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣭⣭⣭⣤⣭⣥⣭⣤⣤⣤⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⣬⣭⣭⣥⣭⣭⣯⣭⣭⣯⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣽⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣿⣬⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣥⣭⣭⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣭⣭⣭⣤⣭⣥⣭⣤⣤⣤⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⣬⣭⣭⣥⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣥⣭⣭⣭⣭⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣿⣬⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣬⣭⣭⣭⣤⣭⣭⣭⣤⣤⣤⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⣬⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣯⣭⣼⣭⣭⣭⣽⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣿⣬⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣥⣭⣭⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣭⣭⣭⣤⣭⣭⣭⣤⣤⣤⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⣬⣭⣭⣽⣭⣭⣽⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣯⣭⣭⣭⣧⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣭⣭⣥⣭⣭⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣬⣭⣭⣭⣤⣭⣭⣭⣤⣤⣤⠀⠀⠀

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⠀⠀⠀⠀⣬⣭⣥⣭⣭⣭⣭⣭⣯⣭⣼⣭⣭⣭⣭⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣭⣭⣭⣭⣬⣭⣭⣥⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣬⣭⣭⣭⣤⣭⣬⣭⣥⣤⣤⠀⠀⠀

⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠙⠁⠋⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠉⠀⠁⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀

                ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 568

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✐ Linus_Torvalds_is_Paid_32,502_Dollars_a_Week,_He_Said_Microsoft_Was_Too

Focused_on_Money⠀✐

Posted in GNU/Linux, Interview, Kernel, Microsoft at 10:02 am by Dr. Roy

Schestowitz

Form 990 documents for the financial year ending in 2021 are not available yet,

but raw_data_from_only_months_ago showed that his salary had increased.

          🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Linus_Torvalds_salary_in_2021⦈_

This is what he told the media decades ago:

http://techrights.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Linus-Microsoft.webm

Summary: At the Linux_Foundation it’s all about the money — to point of selling

many_seats_(i.e._influence)_to_Microsoft; should Linux focus on technical

aspects rather than impulsive commercial interests?

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⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠶⡚⠷⠷⡶⡖⡶⠿⠾⡖⠶⢾⣶⣶⡾⠶⢶⡿⣾⢲⠾⠶⢿⢲⠶⠾⢶⣷⣾⣾⣶⣾⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡶⡷⣿⡶⡶⣷⡷⡷⣷⢶⢷⣿⠷⢷⠶⢷⠾⠶⠼⡾⡶⠶⠶⠾⣶⢾⠶⡿⠿⢿⣿⠿⠿⢿⡿⠿⡿⢿⡿⡿⣿⠿⡿⡿⠿⡿⠿⠿⢿⢿⢿⢿⠿⢿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⠴⢥⣦⡧⢤⣤⣦⡯⣴⣵⣥⣼⢼⣼⡴⣼⡴⢦⣦⠦⠤⣮⣼⠶⣦⣴⡥⣦⣶⣮⣷⡴⣦⣤⢧⣤⣤⣤⣧⣤⣦⣥⣤⣴⣦⣼⣶⣴⣴⣤⣬⣤⣯⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣮⠤⣥⣄⣦⣤⡤⣅⢤⡤⣢⠤⣤⣬⣤⣤⠵⣦⣴⣮⣦⠬⣴⣬⡬⣤⣄⢤⣤⡄⡦⡤⡤⡤⠤⣬⣾⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⡿⡿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⠤⣤⣄⣤⣤⣦⣥⣥⡤⣤⡬⣤⣤⣤⣠⠤⣤⣤⣤⣤⠤⢤⣀⢵⢥⣤⣬⣴⣤⣥⣥⣮⢮⣧⡷⠤⣥⣤⣄⣤⣤⣤⢤⢥⣤⠤⣬⣥⣤⣤⠠⣥⣦⣤⡤⢤⢬⣦⡀⢵⣥⣤⢤⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣼⣤⣄⣤⣤⣦⣥⣧⣤⣤⣼⣥⣤⣤⣠⣴⣶⣤⣤⣼⣤⣤⣤⣤⣧⣴⣀⣤⣦⣦⣤⣬⣤⣥⣷⣤⣥⣀⣥⣤⣦⣤⣤⣬⣤⣬⣤⣤⣴⣠⣴⣴⣤⣤⣼⣤⣤⣵⣤⣵⣄⣨⣬⣤⣴⣤⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣵⣼⣤⣧⣥⣅⣴⣬⣤⣤⣗⣥⣅⣠⣤⣥⣮⣬⣀⣥⣧⣄⣼⣬⣿⣤⣅⣅⣴⣦⣅⣯⣆⣼⣤⣦⣥⣅⣴⣤⣤⣤⣄⣥⣥⣠⣤⣥⣮⣬⣀⣥⣧⣬⣴⣬⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣿⣭⣢⣨⣉⣙⣉⣁⣨⣠⣀⣠⣉⣋⣘⣠⣘⣀⣨⣩⣣⣃⣉⣉⣣⣁⣩⣩⣩⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

⣿⣿⣭⣭⣃⣌⣉⣍⣉⣀⣅⣅⣀⣌⣉⣁⣂⣄⣂⣀⣉⣙⣘⣈⣉⣙⣜⣀⣋⢉⣉⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿

                ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 619

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✐ Techrights_Has_Archived_30,000_New_Gemini_URLs/Pages_Since_Last_Spring,_Now

We_See_How_Many_Get_Captured_Per_Day_(Over_Time)⠀✐

Posted in Protocol at 12:07 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Number of gemini:// and gopher:// links captured per day:

           🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Geminispace:_number_of_links⦈_

 Data as plain_text_(CSV) or OpenDocument_Format_(ODF) available too.

Summary: With nearly 30k links in our database, we can now plot the growth in

the number of links captured per day (outliers are downtimes or various

unhandled exceptions)

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                ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 676

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Reprinted with permission from Ryan_Farmer.

System76 Ditches UEFI Firmware Trash, Ships_Coreboot_Firmware_on_Linux_Laptops.

I noticed today while looking around, that System76 has gotten_rid_of_the_UEFI

trash on most of their products.

UEF is designed_heavily_around_Windows and is full_of_bugs (here’s the list of

them on my Lenovo ThinkBook 15 ITL Gen2) and promotes Microsoft’s lock-in,

Security_Theater_Boot. I’ve had nothing but problems out of UEFI and even_had

to_take_legal_action_against_Lenovo for abusing the customers and violating

American laws with it.

Coreboot is the firmware that people deserve to have.

“Coreboot is the firmware that people deserve to have.”It’s actually designed

to “Just boot the computer and get the Hell out of there.”, which is what Linus

Torvalds said he missed about “PC BIOS”.

It’s up to the user, really, what they want to run and so I congratulate

System76 for taking strong and decisive action on behalf of their customers and

recommend that people who need an x86 PC with Linux take their business to

System76 as I will do next time I need a laptop.

Good behavior deserves to be rewarded!

UEFI is so bad that it should never have been released.

Lenovo should be ashamed of shipping this garbage on their computers.

Many times it doesn’t even work right on Windows.

They’re constantly patching it, and sometimes when you apply the patch it

screws up Windows and your bootloader isn’t recognized, or “Bitlocker” won’t

let you in unless you know your recovery key.

It’s even worse than the worst “Legacy BIOS” implementation I had ever

encountered on dozens of PCs I owned over the years that it was shipped.

“You can pretty much expect ACPI issues and potentially dead hardware with

UEFI, just from the operating system using its documented interfaces.”The very

worst problem I ever encountered on “Legacy BIOS” was an ACPI problem, but at

least the computer worked and I raised Hell with the vendor and it got fixed.

You can pretty much expect ACPI issues and potentially dead hardware with UEFI,

just from the operating system using its documented interfaces.

A system firmware that is well-designed should never risk being “bricked”

because you loaded an OS.

UEFI implementations were poorly designed and went out without any testing.

Lots of the worst BIOS code (ACPI) was lifted straight out of Legacy BIOS, and

then they went and created new disasters.

More than 10 years later, UEFI has only barely gotten better, in general.

In some ways, worse. (Depending on hardware vendor.)

Malware “in the boot path” is not an actual problem Linux users are having.

Even on the Windows side, Microsoft mostly threw “Secure Boot” in because

people were using programs running before Windows started to trick the Product

Activator. But those aren’t “malware”. They’re illegal, sure. (At least in the

US.)

Also, why would you even run Windows for free? Eww.

But they are not threatening the user.

“Now that we have affordable alternatives to UEFI, even on the PC, don’t buy

UEFI!”The only sane thing to do about UEFI “Secure Boot” is turn it off and

just use the computer, but that’s in no way guaranteed to work forever.

Microsoft could change the Windows license program and remove the part about

the user being allowed to turn it off, and they probably will at some point.

After Ubuntu screwed me on the “Boothole” patch by incompetently updating the

“dbx” ahead of other Linux vendors, rendering me unable to boot into Fedora, I

reset Secure Boot on the Yoga and then turned it off.

I’ve never used “Secure Boot On” on the ThinkBook since removing Windows.

It doesn’t provide any actual security, it’s just one more thing in the way of

running your PC the way you want.

And your OS vendor shouldn’t have to buy a “hall pass” from Microsoft, which is

basically the way “Secure Boot” works on Linux now. The way Lenovo ships their

laptops, the only way to control Secure Boot is turn it on or off. That’s

pretty much it. If they let you have any control over it, it defies being

documented (on purpose).

Even Theo de Raadt, the person behind OpenBSD rolls his eyes at “Secure Boot”.

It’s better to just buy a firmware that doesn’t_do_this_to_you as it certainly

doesn’t solve any actual problem Linux users have.

Now that we have affordable alternatives to UEFI, even on the PC, don’t buy

UEFI!

Not only is UEFI system firmware code objectively horrific now, unless we want

to live in a future where Microsoft controls the PC, we should support computer

makers that provide us with alternatives where Free Software will continue to

be allowed. Otherwise, we will eventually run out of time and Microsoft will

disallow operating system choice from the moment you press the power button. █

 EFI is this other Intel brain-damage (the first one being ACPI). It’s

 totally different from a normal BIOS, and was brought on by ia64,

 which never had a BIOS, of course.

 […]

 Sadly, EFI people (a) think that their stinking mess is better than a

 BIOS and (b) are historically ia64-only, so they didn’t do that, but

 went the “we’ll just duplicate everything using our inferior EFI

 interfaces” way.

 –Linus_Torvalds (before UEFI made it to PCs in an even worse state

 than it was in on ia64 and Macs)

                ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 853

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Posted in America, GNU/Linux at 10:51 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

What a difference 12 years make:

🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽⦇%_market_share,_north_America,for_ChromeOS_and_GNU/Linux⦈

Summary: In North America, as per this_month’s_data_from_statCounter (original

source), ChromeOS and GNU/Linux make up about 10% of the market share for

desktops and laptops

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Posted in GNU/Linux, Red_Hat at 12:20 am by Guest Editorial Team

Reprinted with permission from Ryan_Farmer.

Immutable Operating Systems Won’t Make Your Data Secure.

(But they will annoy you.)

Immutable operating systems seem to be what all of the “cool kids” are talking

about lately, but what are they?

Essentially, an example of the concept is Fedora Silverblue.

The file system root is mounted read-only, and operating systems become a

“giant image” where the thousands of packages brought to you now through your

distribution in a native packaging format such as RPM or DEB packages, are

replaced with a modified packaging tool like “rpm-ostree”.

The issues brought about by this sort of a change are that the user can’t hold

back particular updates, install only critical security updates (like Fedora

users today can with dnf update –security), or update a few packages that need

to go in right now, like a new Web browser, and keep everything else back for a

while, or selectively back out a kernel that’s doing something odd until later

on, but keep all the other updates.

Updates using rpm-ostree are transactional, in that they either fully succeed

or entirely fail, but that doesn’t guarantee you have a perfectly functional

system. It only means that the packages installed successfully. I can’t

remember in decades of mostly using RPM distributions, when an RPM last jammed

up and wouldn’t go in.

With rpm-ostree on Silverblue, you can still get buggy components, and the only

thing you can really do to revert them is roll back the entire OS image,

complete with other updates, which may be for security issues.

Needless to say, this is not a long-term solution any more than holding back a

kernel, but now it covers your entire operating system!

Fedora has so much update churn, that if you use a system like this, then to

put any updates into actual effect, you will be constantly interrupting your

computer to reboot.

rpm-ostree supports “package overlays”, so yes, you can install RPMs and even

RPM repositories, and the new packages get overlaid onto the image of the OS in

the “RPM layer”, however, every time you install a package this way, you will

need to reboot.

Red Hat’s answer to this is “You’re supposed to be using Flatpaks.”, which at

this point, are not really fully available from Fedora Flatpaks, and not

actually ultimately trustworthy as an authoritative source of software from

Flathub.

Fedora has a feature proposal coming that will provide the user with full

access to an “Unfiltered Flathub”, and they are dropping support for some RPMs,

like LibreOffice, entirely.

So it seems to me like they’re gearing up to force everyone to nuke their

Workstation install and go “Atomic Workstation” (the former name of

Silverblue).

This will behighly disruptiveto Fedora users, and since they’re going to have

to reformat anyway, I think it’s a good time to just leave if you’re no longer

interested in a distribution that doesn’t take usability and desktop users

seriously (because IBM doesn’t).

Some Flatpaks do indeed work fine, most “appear” to work fine initially and

then you find out later that the “Sandbox” actually breaks things. Sometimes

the breakage is just annoying, sometimes it puts a real crimp on what you want

the program to do.

For example, with OpenRA, you can’t install community mods into the games, so

you’re going to need the AppImage files (a different universal program format

for Linux I’ll get to later).

With GNOME Web (Epiphany), I tried to use the Flatpak on KDE because I think

WebkitGTK is a pretty good rendering engine.

It makes pages look fantastic, but the Flatpak was completely broken and

wouldn’t connect to Firefox Sync, which is also unfortunately the only way to

bring in bookmarks and passwords without importing your bookmarks as an HTML

file and the passwords one at a time. I currently have about 450 passwords in

my browsers. I can share them between each browser in a CSV file. Web can’t

import in this format.

They chose to depend on Firefox Sync, which doesn’t even work at all in the

Flatpak.

When I installed GNOME Web through Flatpak in my Chromebook, it had the same

issue with Firefox Sync. Apparently, it just needs something from GNOME, I

believe, that they’re not putting in the Flatpak.

With Firefox in Flatpaks, sometimes the font rendering is broken.

Mozilla still hasn’t looked into this, four_years_after_the_bug_was_filed.

I gave up. But if that wasn’t enough, the “Sandbox”, which lets the browser

download and execute files, but only in “Downloads” (So don’t worry, the

malware can use that, but the rest of the file system is supposedly safe, so

hooray!?), breaks Video Download Helper.

Video Download Helper requires a “CoApp” program to deal with HTTP Live

Streaming sites. It probably also breaks other things that need a Native Helper

like the extension to put Gopher support back into Firefox. (I didn’t check.)

When I tried to remove the file system “Sandbox” so the Firefox flatpak could

fine the CoApp, the application stopped paying attention to its folder in

~/.var/app and wrote into my /home folder where non-Flatpak Firefox usually

stores new profiles, caches, and settings. Ugh.

Using Flatpaks is aggravating because the “Something something security!”

people have amazingly left almost all the attack surface, yet declared there’s

a “Sandbox”, and because of the “Sandbox”, many applications come close to

working, but no cigar, unless they don’t actually have to do very much.

Even Debian’s_Wiki_page_about_Flatpak has a section on Security concerns about

the format, which leads to Flatkill.org.

Flatkill was last updated in 2020, and very little had changed. Most of the

platform Flatpaks have old libraries that don’t get security patches, sometimes

for nearly a year after a security hole is found.

Debian says that one reason to prefer Debian packages is because the system

library will be patched centrally by the Debian Security Team, but if you use

Flatpaks, then none of your Flatpaks pick up the fix unless it’s fixed by

Flathub’s copy of the library.

If you use many Flatpaks, Debian loses their ability to protect you from slobs

at Flathub who ignore security patches for their code libraries. Debian can

only fix Debian’s libraries.

It’s fundamentally the same with every distribution, but when you use Fedora

Silverblue or another immutable OS, and everything is a Flatpak, all your

applications become vulnerable to Flathub’s slovenly security practices.

So you can imagine how horrible it must be to try to administer “Silverblue” or

anything going down that path, like SUSE ALP probably will.

So this is why I said “Screw it!” and installed Debian. I don’t know if they’ll

go down this particular path of errors, but if they do, I’ll use something

else. We’ll cross that bridge when we get there.

This “immutable” file system garbage forces the user to run “containerized

applications” which only causes a different disaster to actually happen.

Unpatched libraries piling up. Lots of them. Like Windows.

While I was initially supportive and enthusiastic about Flatpak, the more I’ve

learned, seen, and experienced has shown me that it should really only be a

supplemental source of software for when your distribution refuses to package

something you want, or you need a later version than they have.

I myself have never had more than about 10-12 Flatpaks on the entire system,

and that’s with thousands of RPMs or DEBs.

Another issue I’m seeing with Flatpak is that it seems to be an outlet for IBM/

Red Hat’s anti-X11 propaganda.

They’ve already declared it a “Legacy Window System” even though Wayland_is

unstable and not_feature-complete_enough to use for any desktop other than

GNOME.

In IBM’s world, everything except GNOME (which is sort of their corporate

sewer), doesn’t exist.

KWin is a fantastic window manager. It also supports X11 better than Wayland.

The IBM propaganda and troll army has already declared Wayland to be everything

you need, even though in the background they quietly do thousands of patches to

XWayland which have no relevance to Xorg Server running as the windowing system

natively.

It’s very important to them to get XWayland into better shape because most

software developers have assigned little to no priority to actually supporting

Wayland itself, and using Wayland directly will destabilize many window

managers, and make X11 applications fail to work properly. (Even_on_GNOME.)

So, since Wayland is making everything I do function worse, also having this

propaganda about X11 in Flatpak is just making me cringe about Flatpak more.

But isn’t some “security” better than none?

If it doesn’t get in the user’s way and if they actually fix it when it does,

hey, I’m all for it.

But creating a problem by solving another, smaller, problem, is not “security”.

It just changes the type of danger the user is now in.

Discretionary Access Controls are something so fundamental and basic, that

Microsoft basically made them unworkable until Windows 7, and broken from

Windows 7 onward.

But we are supposed to let them have a pass and complain about every local

privilege escalation bug in Linux?

Just fix them! Fix them as they are discovered.

Making the file system root read-only on a general purpose OS will piss off

administrators, but it won’t substantially add any real security to a desktop

system.

Unless you have a very narrow use case, like an embedded or server operation,

or something like Tails where the user is supposed to be in a live environment

that gets cleared from main memory and wiped anyway, and shouldn’t be going

around installing things, and making the thing tamper-resilient is the use case

because it won’t harm the appliance anyway, immutable file systems and

containers are somewhat overrated.

This is an example of “Justify your use case.” being ignored by the people who

tend to say it all the time themselves.

Most malicious software is more than happy getting to a place where it can spy

on the users or encrypt their data and make demands for payment to get it back.

Like what’s so common on Microsoft Windows.

You can do a lot of that damage even with the Flatpak “Sandbox” (which the

author and the user both control, so there may not even be any Sandboxing to

speak of), and a read-only file system root.

About half of the most popular applications don’t even have the “Sandbox” on to

a meaningful degree, on top of the rotting libraries issue.

Most “cross-platform” malware is actually a malicious browser extension that

gets overlooked by Google.

They’ve let the Chrome Web Store turn into a malware author’s paradise. They

remove some every now and then, but there’s always more.

You shouldn’t “install all kinds of extensions”, especially ones under a

proprietary license, where the author cannot be verified to have put it there,

or things you don’t absolutely need.

Most attackers aren’t really trying to screw up your computer.

In the 1980s and 1990s, when you got a computer virus, it was something some

bored asshole did to mess up your machine. They were just malicious and

laughing to themselves about being able to trash a lot of people’s computers

because they stuck in a floppy disk and ran the wrong program. Sometimes the

goal was to just make the computer do something really annoying.

Now, they’re trying to make money, through adware, keyloggers to steal bank

info, etc., which they can do through Chrome extensions.

None of this “Silverblue” stuff will protect you from that. You have to use

your brain and limit your exposure.

Putting the Web in a position where it has become so overgrown that “visit

page, get pwned” is even possible, is the doing of Google, Apple, Microsoft,

and Mozilla.

Recognizing malware in a browser’s extension store faster, and pulling it out,

is where Google and other browser makers could really do some setbacks.

Crippling an operating system to deal with those threats is inappropriate.

Immutable operating systems also don’t do anything about potential ransomware

that may want to run in the area of the file system the user controls, because

that’s where their files are.

You know, call me old fashioned. One of the things I like about updates being

deployed through individual packages is, as the owner of the computer, I like

to have some say in what gets pulled in, and when is a convenient time for a

reboot.

Not offering the user individual updates and letting them apply “only

security”, or “security plus this issue I’m having”, is partly how Windows got

to be as much of a mess as it is now.

Where every month Microsoft craps out an update several hundred MB big, and

then breaks things, and “uses telemetry” to see how it went for whoever was

unlucky enough to get it first.

I really don’t like to be pissed on and told it’s raining.

If you want to do an immutable OS with Flatpaks because it’s easier for you as

an OS vendor to point me to semi-trusted packages that all don’t work to some

degree and have rotting libraries and partial-sandboxing, and give me mega-

updates that are all or nothing, and “Don’t worry about what’s in them, you’ll

find out…”, then just say that.

Please don’t tell me you’re “Securing” my PC.

Real security is “trench work”. It means fixing bugs and immediately rolling

out patches.

Flatpaks can never be part of a concept like this as long as the people behind

it don’t want to package new libraries quickly, and nobody is willing to tell

application developers “fix your program”.

I’ve had an amazingly long 25 year malware-free Linux experience.

I have a difficult time believing I’ll suddenly run into something tomorrow if

I don’t deploy an “immutable” OS with Flatpaks-only.

However, what Fedora Silverblue users will find staring them in their face when

they open “unfiltered Flathub” in GNOME Software, among other things, is a

gigantic piece of trash, and keylogger, packaged by free (to Microsoft) labor,

called Microsoft_Edge_for_Linux along with 600 other pieces of really dodgy

proprietary software, like Zoom.

Have fun with that.

Or you can join me in moving to whichever operating system doesn’t seem to be

showing interest in going in this direction.

For what it’s worth, I don’t think there’s any strong community interest in

containers, Flatpak, or immutable distributions. All of the immutable

distributions I know of that are purported to be of general purpose use are

maintained by corporations.

I think they might sound better on a “whitepaper” on the desk at an IBM

boardroom meeting than they perform in practice.

In a Chromebook, all_of_Debian_is_in_a_container, but Debian itself is not an

immutable OS or trying to restrain what the user can accomplish in the

container.

Google has also bridged the container to the main OS so that the user can share

files and other resources with the Debian system. Perhaps Google’s model is the

best example of a containerized product on the market for average users, but

they don’t have it set up the way that Silverblue and other “immutable Linux

distributions” are trying to go.

I believe that, contrasted with IBM debauching the Linux experience, Google has

provided a successful example of how containerized operating systems actually

can add an incredible amount of value to a product.

When I bought my first Chromebook, it was just a Web browser. It couldn’t do

anything else, couldn’t even print with it.

A “Google Cloud Print” thing came up and told me my printer was useless and I’d

have to buy a “Google Cloud Print” printer and hook it up to my network, so I

was stuck printing to PDFs and sticking them on a thumbdrive for the library’s

copying machine.

Microsoft, of all companies, even made an advertisement mocking them for being

“basically a brick” without an Internet connection. (With the cast of Pawn

Stars.)

With support for CUPS and Debian, Google has made the Chromebook a Windows PC-

killer.

Even my spouse, who has no interest in administering a computer, is a Debian

user now thanks to the Chromebook.

We don’t even use Chrome on it. I set it up so it has other browsers by the way

of Android and Linux.

I think it’s kind of neat that Google realized people were walking away, but

you can get OEMs the marketshare they crave if you just sell the customer an

entire computer.

After it reaches end of life in a couple years, I’m_going_to_perform_some

surgery_and_put_Chrome_OS_Flex_on_it. █

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Reprinted with permission from Ryan_Farmer.

The United States’ Internet Faces Growing Resemblance to China’s Great Firewall

as the Crooked New York Times Acts as the Party’s Mouthpiece.

When Edward_Snowden revealed that the United States government basically_spies

on_everyone and logs_their_Internet_activity in case they ever become

interesting, it should have been a Five Alarm Fire wake-up call to Americans

everywhere to do more to safeguard their privacy.

 You could read anyone’s email in the world, anybody you’ve got an

 email address for. Any website: You can watch traffic to and from it.

 Any computer that an individual sits at: You can watch it. Any laptop

 that you’re tracking: you can follow it as it moves from place to

 place throughout the world. It’s a one-stop-shop for access to the

 NSA’s information. … You can tag individuals … Let’s say you work at

 a major German corporation and I want access to that network, I can

 track your username on a website on a forum somewhere, I can track

 your real name, I can track associations with your friends and I can

 build what’s called a fingerprint, which is network activity unique

 to you, which means anywhere you go in the world, anywhere you try to

 sort of hide your online presence, your identity.

 -Edward Snowden answers “What could you do if you would use

 XKeyscore?”

However, even as these shocking revelations became public information, the

response was just like the RIAA v. The Internet era, where copyright lawyers

working for filthy rich executives and multi-millionaires like Metallica, sued

poverty-stricken single mothers over some MP3 files they found on KaZaa, and

extracted millions of theoretical dollars, (due to driving someone who was

already too poor to pay the damages into bankruptcy).

Americans hit the Snooze button yet again. “Remind me Later.” What did they do

to increase their privacy? Nothing.

Now, the_corrupt_New_York_Times is backing_Apple_and_Arkansas in their War on

the Internet.

Apple is trying to use threats of being booted out of the App Store against

Reddit, to force them to clean up the porn.

Even though Reddit’s porn content is not enough to make them covered by the

Arkansas “card people to use this site” law (it has to be like 51% or

something), Apple’s threats of booting them from the App Store carry serious

weight behind them, as useds of the iPhone have no Freedom to simply go around

Apple and install Reddit themselves, like Android users can with things that

are not allowed in the Play Store, or when we want Free and Open Source

Software from F-Droid.

Reddit’s business is advertising, so they will balance the threat of being

booted from the App Store (where they can spy on people’s iPhones and gather

tons of useful information about them for selling ads) with how many ads they

can plaster everywhere around the pornography, and try to figure out which is

the least damaging route for Reddit.

If they cave, which they are starting to, and delete the porn or make it

difficult to casually access, then they’ll go the way of Tumblr, which gave

into Apple’s threats and deleted the porn, and that’s the last anyone ever

heard of Tumblr.

On top of Apple, which has this sick, almost clinical, fascination and disgust

about porn on the Internet, the “Republicans of Gilead” in States like Arkansas

have implemented laws that make porn sites (defined by arbitrary amounts of

content) demand to see government ID to get in.

Only a few sites are even complying with the Arkansas law, but one of the ones

that is, is PornHub, which detects if you have an Arkansas-based IP address and

blocks you if you do.

Laws like this are stupid easy to bypass. If the person gets a VPN and uses a

VPN server that’s not in Arkansas, they can see the site again.

If they don’t have $4-5 a month in their pocket for a VPN, they can just

install the Brave Web browser, and open a Private Window with Tor, and load the

site in the Tor Window.

Or even use the Tor Browser itself.

These laws are comically ineffective, because Tor is doing what it was designed

to do.

“Route the victim of an oppressive regime around the censorship.”

Once these people “go dark”, the government will actually have a harder time

monitoring them at all, and so will the sites that are tracking them all over

the Web.

So the government doesn’t “clean up the Web”.

It just makes it so everyone who wants to do another legal thing on the

Internet, without forking over their ID, goes encrypted and routes their

traffic through something else.

The people using Tor and VPNs to get around the Arkansas law aren’t committing

any crime.

The law doesn’t claim to make it a crime for the user to bypass the ID check.

It just lays out penalties for sites that should know that a person is in

Arkansas, who don’t check for IDs.

There’s really no strong incentive for the site to figure out if a Tor or VPN

user is in Arkansas. The only thing they could do is ask the user.

For my part, I usually browse the Web through a VPN server in Sweden,

Switzerland, or the Netherlands, where there are laws regarding privacy. It’s

horrible, sometimes, trying to access American Web sites, because there’s no

privacy laws to protect Americans, so they just shut out anyone with an EU IP

address and say they don’t comply with the GDPR.

It also causes a lot of cookie screens, that I have my browsers configured to

swat back down with the ad blockers, so that I can never consent. And then,

just in case, my browsers toss the cookies and local site data, with limited

exceptions for half a dozen sites or so, on exit.

Google kind of messes with you if you do that, but I don’t use Google search.

I_use_Searx_Belgium,_and_here’s_why.

Google does a lot of annoying things to lean on VPN and Tor users to “log in”

and identify themselves for searches. (Never log in to a search engine.) Then

they’ll know it was you and record it, even if they can’t currently see your

real IP address.

With Searx Belgium I can go to the Settings and persistently prefer United

States -English results.

I also benefit from the VPN server in Europe because sites will tend to comply

with the GDPR. It causes a lot of “cookie notice” pop-ups, but my browsers slap

them back down again with ad blocking rules, so I never see them, and therefore

can’t consent anyway.

And then I expire my cookies at the end of the session anyway, except for Searx

Belgium and a few other sites.

The United States Internet is basically becoming unusable.

I don’t own any Apple devices. I certainly never consented that Apple could

decide what I can see on my browser on my computer, because I’ve never agreed

to any Apple licenses for any Apple software.

(Except for that one time I agreed not to make any atomic bombs with Safari on

Windows, a long time ago. Seriously, this was in the license file.)

However, their corrupting influence is affecting what sites feel free to host.

Not that any of this is in defense of Reddit. They’re_bad_too. They have every

reason to pressure people to sign in so they can track them. They’re an ad

company.

If you sign into Reddit, you should put Reddit in a container where it can’t

see your Web activity outside of this, or use Private Mode with Tor in Brave or

browse over a VPN, give them a fake email you don’t use for anything else.

That way they don’t know who they watch.

For now, you can get around the “log in or get the app” nonsense with Old

Reddit Redirect, but who knows how much longer they’ll let users opt out of the

New Reddit mess.

Increasingly, the way to deal with the US Internet is “Don’t browse without a

VPN or Tor.”

Bill Gates has lobbied for the end of encryption and privacy for everyone

except_rich_criminals.

They’re finding it hard to control and monitor people when they disappear from

the radar.

The government doesn’t belong in people’s homes. Especially not to decide what

(otherwise legal) things they are doing or watching.

If parents really have a problem with things on the Internet, they need to step

up, be a parent, and take control of the devices in their own home.

But increasingly, this issue is just a distraction to legitimize government

spying, like the programs that Snowden revealed.

This is because they know nobody will dare say anything about it if they say

it’s to protect kids.

Protect kids? Which kids and what are the government protecting, and from what?

In Illinois, where I live, kids tend to be habitual offenders by the time

they’re 14 or 15.

There’s no career prospects in the State and only 70% of the kids where I live

can even graduate high school. It’s almost like something out of Somalia.

In the news, every day, they’re shooting people, dealing dope, stealing cars,

and mugging people.

Gangs in Chicago use kids as soon as they’re old enough to hold a gun and reach

the gas pedal in the car they stole from you.

Maybe the government should focus on this.

I strongly believe they should bring back the electric chair, find the adults

who are putting kids up to this crap, and have the adults ride the lightning

for it. You turned the kids into monsters, you pay the price.

But no, the government isn’t worried about this or they would do something

about it.

Instead, they have crooked Apple, “Conde Nasty” (Reddit), the corrupt New York

Times egging on a moral panic about pornography.

When I was a teenager, I saw porn on the Internet. I think everyone I know did.

We’re in charge of the world now. I mean, my parents’ generation is thinning

out and can’t be blamed for everything.

We should never allow the government to become so tyrannical that they start

mandating laws against privacy, encryption, and what software we are allowed to

run, and I believe it’s sick that we’re allowing them to use children as props

while they’re not cleaning up the mess in Chicago.

What the Crooked New York Times proposes is far worse than what we have now.

The article suggests not one, but two Supreme Court decisions (Reno v. A.C.L.U

and Ashcroft v. American Civil Liberties Union) should be reversed, and that

instead of the essentially open access to the Web we have today, we would have

something even more restrictive than the Arkansas law imposed on every

American.

Under this proposal, any person who wants to access legal material would be

forced to provide their driver’s license or credit card information,

essentially allowing porn sites, credit card companies, banks, and advertisers

to track exactly who is viewing what content.

In Russia, such information is frequently used for blackmail (they call it

“Kompromat”), where they compile a list of a person’s online activities and use

it to portray them as a demented pervert, even though a majority of the country

views such content every day.

The fact that this idea is being discussed in The New York Times suggests that

it’s on the Democrat Party’s agenda, although the Republicans may have arrived

at similar proposals earlier.

The proposal by the New York Times is even worse than it sounds in yet another

way.

Because part of the Child Online Protection Act that the US Supreme Court took

issue with in their Ashcroft verdict, was that the law tried to censor things

that could be considered by reasonable and logical people to have serious

literary, artistic, or scientific merit.

If Ashcroft were to be reversed fully, then the entire law would go back into

effect, having a chilling effect on our First Amendment rights. Far beyond what

most normal people would agree is pornographic.

So you can also consider this another attempt by the Radical Left to gather

around a bonfire of books.

Perhaps the liberals are hoping for what Darth Vader asserted, “There will be

nobody to stop us this time!“ █

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Posted in News_Roundup at 3:44 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

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* Gemini*_and_Gopher

      o Personal/Opinions

      o Technology_and_Free_Software

            # Internet/Gemini

            # Programming

* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾

      o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾

            # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_ACEHYTI_Wordo:_RANKS⠀⇛

            # ⚓ One_Particular_Harbour⠀⇛

                   I grew up on that big peninsula in Wisconsin that

                   sticks out into Lake Michigan. Nearly every weekend

                   during the summer I could be found on the family

                   boat, jet skiing with friends or just hanging out

                   on the beach. The radio was always playing oldies

                   and boat rock. About half of the CD’s we owned were

                   Jimmy Buffett. We all knew the words to every song,

                   the classics, the deep cuts. His music was the

                   soundtrack to my childhood.

                   I saw Jimmy Buffett in concert half a dozen times

                   over the years. The first time I was probably 12 or

                   13. Pre-show tailgating at Alpine Valley was a mix

                   of celebrating music and a lot of drinking, drugs

                   and sex. Went every other year well into college.

                   Grass seats, singing the same songs, it was always

                   an amazing time.

      o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾

            # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾

                  # ⚓ Web_Environment_Integrity⠀⇛

                         So, on the off-chance it does happen, I feel

                         that some of the hackers and hobbyists on the

                         fediverse, gopherspace, and geminispace could

                         start looking into spoofing the PrivateToken

                         challenge that the system is based around.

                         You see, unless I’m talking shit, the second-

                         worst case scenario would result in the

                         entire internet splintering, and so a multi-

                         web browser would be quite handy.

                         That’s not to say that splintering would

                         necessarily be Google’s fault. The idea of

                         the so-called “splinternet” has been tossed

                         around for years; but that’s a subject for

                         Wired to cover.

                  # ⚓ How_to_strengthen_the_Small_net⠀⇛

                         So probably without those interpersonal ties,

                         this place will be like any other place on

                         the Internet. It’s a common way of thinking

                         that we must be doing our best. So we are

                         pushing Geminispace to be superior to

                         everything else. But it shouldn’t be.

                  # ⚓ This_week_—_Going_Through_My_Blog_Task_List⠀⇛

                         TL;DR: I had another long weekend, so I

                         drafted up some pages that I’ve been wanting

                         to create. I also decided to scrap some past

                         plans for this blog.

                         Work has been busy as usual: I juggled

                         different tasks during the workweek, but

                         thankfully none were urgent. Unfortunately,

                         we experienced rough weather here in the

                         city, which culminated in Friday work being

                         suspended thanks to the developing typhoon.

                         Thus, I had another long weekend.

                         Hence, I took the opportunity to work more on

                         my blog, and cross off some tasks that I

                         wanted to accomplish.

                  # ⚓ What_was_Inbox_Zero?⠀⇛

                         Inbox Zero was the philosophy that there

                         should be super clear edges between “email

                         you’ve never even seen before”, “email you

                         still need to reply to but you don’t need to

                         do anything else first”, “email that’s

                         waiting for you or someone else to do

                         something external”, and “email you’re done

                         with but might wanna look up things in

                         later”, and using folders to do that.

                         I’m not sure if people are still using

                         folders and stuff to organize email, but

                         yeah, in general, fishing out “I need to do

                         something” things from your notes or emails

                         or RSS or socials or phone calls or meetings,

                         and then making yourself aware of what are

                         the practical and concrete actions I need to

                         take and what context I need to be in,

                         practicing that is pretty clutch.

            # § Programming⠀➾

                  # ⚓ Address_Randomization_Tribulations⠀⇛

                         So, I have a tiny 32-bit application (a

                         Forth) taking up about 4K, written in fasm.

                         Pure minimalism, including an iffy elf header

                         that fasm creates, with a fixed load address.

                         More on that later.

                         It’s been unstable, and I tracked the

                         instability down to the initial memory

                         allocation. Right at the start I add my

                         desired memory size to the code base (the top

                         label in asm code), and invoke `brk` system

                         call. This worked as long as I allocated a

                         largish amount, but failed on anything

                         smaller than 16MB or so. Furthermore, it

                         failed intermittently.

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Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the

World Wide Web but a lot lighter.

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Weekly_is_Ready⠀✐

Posted in News_Roundup at 4:13 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

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§ Contents⠀➾

* GNU/Linux

      o Audiocasts/Shows

      o Instructionals/Technical

      o Desktop_Environments/WMs

            # GNOME_Desktop/GTK

* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems

      o Reviews

      o New_Releases

      o BSD

      o Open_Hardware/Modding

* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software

      o Productivity_Software/LibreOffice/Calligra

      o Programming/Development

* § GNU/Linux⠀➾

      o ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ 9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup:_September_3rd,_2023⠀⇛

             This week was a bit slow in news and releases, but we got

             a new stable Firefox update, new major Nitrux, Emmabuntüs

             Debian Edition, and Armbian releases, as well as a new

             GNU Linux-libre release for software freedom lovers.

             On top of that, I show you how to install the latest

             Linux 6.5 kernel on Ubuntu and how to enable thumbnails

             for AVIF images in Nautilus. Below, you can read this

             week’s hottest news and access all the distro and package

             downloads in 9to5Linux’s Linux weekly roundup for

             September 3rd, 2023.

      o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾

            # ⚓ JupiterMedia ☛ Canonical_Wins_by_Default_|_LINUX_Unplugged

              526⠀⇛

                   While chaos is brewing in SUSE and Red Hat land,

                   Canonical stays the course and doubles down on the

                   Linux desktop. Plus, our thoughts on the kernel

                   team GPL-blocking NVIDIA.

            # ⚓ GNU World Order (Audio Show) ☛ GNU_World_Order_528⠀⇛

                   **harfbuzz** , **hicolor-icon-theme** ,

                   **hunspell** , **hyphen** from the

                   **l** software series of Slackware.

                   shasum -

                   a256=ca1910a612e77798c323df8ee64aed22dd2179d92a71ea65d8c00511c59b203c

      o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾

            # ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ How_to_install_Steam_on_Ubuntu_23.04_Desktop⠀⇛

                   If you’ve switched to Linux, and you are wondering

                   if you can run Steam and play Steam games on your

                   Linux machine..yes you can!

                   All you have to do is Install Steam, download the

                   game you like, and play it.

            # ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ Wine_Dev_8.15_Released,_How_to_Install_it

              in_Ubuntu⠀⇛

                   Wine, the popular software library to running

                   Windows apps on Linux and macOS, announced a new

                   development release one day ago.

            # ⚓ RoseHosting ☛ How_to_Install_RPM_Packages_On_Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛

                   RPM or Red Hat Package Manager is a free, open-

                   source package management system.

                   The RPM package management system is written in C

                   and Perl programming languages for Linux operating

                   systems.

                   It is used in many other distributions, such as

                   Fedora, AlmaLinux, CentOS, and OracleLinux. The Red

                   Hat distributions are Debian and Ubuntu.

                   Installing RPM packages on Ubuntu 22.04 can be done

                   in two different ways. It is a very easy process

                   that may take a couple of minutes. Let’s get

                   started!

      o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾

            # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾

                  # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Linux_Users_Beware!_GNOME_45_is_Bad_News

                    for_Extensions⠀⇛

                         With every GNOME upgrade, some extensions

                         break; that’s not new. But, with GNOME 45,

                         every extension will break

                         And why is that? Let me tell you more about

it.

                         With every upgrade, there is always a

                         technical improvement or change.

                         And, GNOME 45 comes with pretty exciting

                         changes, except this one.

                  # ⚓ Alan Pope ☛ Updated_‘Must-Have’_GNOME_extensions

                    list⠀⇛

                         Back in December 2020 I wrote up my personal

                         Must-Have GNOME extensions. It’s been nearly

                         three years, two job changes, and a few

                         Ubuntu upgrades, so I thought I’d take

                         another look.

                         This used to crash a lot for me, to the point

                         I’d go and look for it in the panel and it

                         was missing. I figured if I don’t realise

                         it’s gone, I probably don’t need it that

                         much. Also, GNOME shell volume control has

                         changed a bit over the last few years. It’s

                         pretty easy to switch device now in the menu.

                  # ⚓ GNOME ☛ Jonathan_Blandford:_Crosswords_0.3.11:

                    Acrostic_Panels⠀⇛

                         Long time, no release.

                         When I last_blogged about GNOME Crosswords, I

                         had a design plan to improve the editing API.

                         It’s been a busy summer since then. The

                         crosswords team rewrote large chunks of code

                         to implement and use this new API: [...]

                  # ⚓ Andy_Holmes:_Mentoring_in_Open_Source⠀⇛

                         This year, I was invited by Sonny Piers to be

                         a co-mentor for the GNOME Foundation, working

                         on platform demos for Workbench. I already

                         contribute a lot of entry-level documentation

                         and help a lot of contributors, so this felt

                         like a good step in a direction I’ve been

                         heading for a while.

* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾

      o § Reviews⠀➾

            # ⚓ Distro Watch ☛ Review:_Debian_GNU/Hurd_2023_and_PCLinuxOS

              2023.07_“KDE”⠀⇛

                   While many rolling release distributions constantly

                   chase after the latest technologies, themes, and

                   cutting edge packages, PCLinuxOS is unusual in that

                   it has a strongly conservative approach. The

                   distribution does provide up to date packages, but

                   it feels like a lot of effort has been put into

                   keeping the distribution stable and running

                   smoothly via older approaches. PCLinuxOS doesn’t

                   move with the latest trends. This is a project

                   which doesn’t enable a lot of visual effects,

                   doesn’t leap on newer technologies, doesn’t attempt

                   to package every new desktop that comes along. It’s

                   still running SysV init (instead of systemd), it’s

                   still using an X11 session for Plasma instead of

                   Wayland, it still offers MATE over GNOME, and it is

                   still using the Synaptic package manager over more

                   modern software centres like Discover.

                   In short, despite the regular flow of updated

                   packages flowing into the distribution’s

                   repositories, not much seems to be changing with

                   PCLinuxOS. It’s reluctant to adopt new ways of

                   doing things, like portable packages and welcome

                   windows, and advanced filesystems. Most of the

                   tools, approaches, and system administration

                   modules still look and behave the same way they did

                   ten years ago.

                   This might appeal to a lot of users, particularly

                   ones who were getting started with Linux around the

                   time PCLinuxOS reached the top of the DistroWatch

                   page hit ranking charts, nearly 20 years ago.

                   People who have been comfortable with Linux for a

                   long time and don’t feel the urge to roll with the

                   times will probably enjoy this distribution a lot.

                   There is a strong sense when using PCLinuxOS that

                   if something isn’t broke, then they don’t fix it.

                   However, on the other side of that coin, there are

                   some tools and approaches which have become so

                   commonplace these days that it feels odd to not see

                   them included in this distribution. It feels odd to

                   be missing so many manual pages (though not all of

                   them), it feels a bit strange to be manually adding

                   and troubleshooting Flatpak at this point, it feels

                   a bit alien to not have access to sudo (or doas) on

                   a modern Linux distribution. PCLinuxOS is unusually

                   static for a rolling release, to the point I was

                   able to copy/paste some of the paragraphs in this

                   review from a previous article I wrote about the

                   distribution over four years ago.

                   Basically, for the past decade, PCLinuxOS has been

                   upgrading its packages to keep up with upstream,

                   but it doesn’t appear to have tried anything new or

                   introduced any custom tools. This probably appeals

                   to existing PCLinuxOS users as they can continue to

                   feel comfortable, but it is a project unlikely to

                   draw new users who expect to have access to certain

                   modern tools or resources.

      o § New Releases⠀➾

            # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ antiX_23:_Debian_12-Powered_Linux_Distro_for

              Aging_Hardware⠀⇛

                   antiX, renowned for being a lightweight, systemd-

                   free desktop Linux distribution tailored for aging

                   hardware, has just unveiled antiX 23, the latest

                   iteration of its impressive distro.

                   The key highlight? It’s now based on Debian 12

                   “Bookworm”.

      o § BSD⠀➾

            # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ NetBSD’s_Endurance:_A_Decade-Long_Server

              Uptime_Record⠀⇛

                   Software upgrades have become the norm today for

                   all desktops and servers. Updates to consumer

                   operating systems (Linux or Windows or Mac) are

                   very frequent due to ever-evolving CVEs and fixes.

                   Thus, it’s rare to find a server that has been

                   running continuously for a decade.

                   Yet, such a remarkable feat has recently come to

                   light, and it involves an unexpected champion:

                   NetBSD.

      o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾

            # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Uses_AI_for_Virtual

              Painting⠀⇛

                   The team at the Sparklers: We Are The Makers

                   YouTube channel uses a Raspberry Pi for their

                   virtual painting program.

            # ⚓ Daniel Lemire ☛ Locating_‘identifiers’_quickly_(ARM_NEON

              edition)⠀⇛

                   A common problem in parsing is that you want to

                   find all identifiers (e.g., variable names,

                   function names) in a document quickly. There are

                   typically some fixed rules. For example, it is

                   common to allow ASCII letters and digits as well as

                   characters like ‘_’ in the identifier, but to

                   forbid some characters at the beginning of the

                   identifier (such as digits). E.g., ab123 is an

                   identifier but 123ab might not be.

            # ⚓ Old VCR ☛ Refurb_weekend:_PowerBook_Duo_2300c⠀⇛

                   With the Dock, your little, relatively underpowered

                   laptop was hoovered up into a beige plastic maw to

                   make it into an average-sized, somewhat less

                   underpowered desktop. But you got slots and ports

                   and the ability to use it like a desktop computer —

                   two computers in one! — and that was crucial

                   because without any Dock, even the smaller Mini and

                   MicroDocks, you had hardly any ports at all

                   (MacBook Air has entered the chat). Docking was so

                   important that Apple even intentionally gimped the

                   2300 by keeping the 100MHz 603e on a 32-bit bus to

                   maintain Dock compatibility. Yet because Duos were

                   irrepressibly cute, they turned up in many other TV

                   shows and even movies, most notoriously Hackers:

                   [...]

            # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ GOWIN_&_Andes_Technologies_collaborate_and

              reveal_22nm_SoC_FPGA⠀⇛

            # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Growing_Oxides_On_Silicon_On_The_Road_To_DIY

              Semiconductors⠀⇛

                   Doing anything that requires measurements in

                   nanometers is pretty difficult, and seems like it

                   would require some pretty sophisticated equipment.

                   But when the task at hand is growing oxide layers

                   on silicon chips in preparation for making your own

                   integrated circuits, it turns out that the old Mark

                   1 eyeball is all you need.

            # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Bare_PCB_Makes_A_Decent_Homemade_Smart_Watch⠀⇛

                   These days, we live in a post-Dick Tracy world,

                   where you can make a phone call with your fancy

                   wristwatch, and lots more besides. [akashv44] has

                   gone a simpler route, designing their own from

                   scratch with a bare PCB design.

* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾

      o ⚓ Libre Arts ☛ LibreArts_Weekly_recap_—_3_September_2023⠀⇛

             This is a comparatively short recap, because there

             haven’t been all that many changes and releases.

             Highlights: new features in Inkscape and FreeCAD, new

             releases of BlenderBIM and libwacom, cool new stuff in

             Ardour.

             The Swatches dock UI has been recently updated by Mike

             Kowalski.

      o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾

            # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Papirus_Icon_Pack_Updated_with_New-Look

              LibreOffice_Icons⠀⇛

                   A major update to the phenomenally popular Paprius

                   icon set for Linux desktops is now available.

                   Papirus’ September 2023 update adds a bunch of new

                   and updated glyphs, including redesigned icons for

                   LibreOffice that riff on the suite’s own recent

                   icon revamp. Among the newly added apps supported

                   in Paprius v20230901: Additional file/document

                   types are catered for as of this update, with .hwp,

                   .Julia, and .vue among them.

      o § Programming/Development⠀➾

            # ⚓ 10_years_of_rio⠀⇛

                   rio was the first R package I uploaded to CRAN. And

                   actually, I had my first experience with the back

                   then not-so-friendly CRAN team. I was accused by a

                   CRAN team member for wasting his time 1. But after

                   many back-and-forth e-mails and uploads, the first

                   version of rio, v0.1.1, was released on CRAN on

                   2013-08-28 at 14:02 CEST. That’s right: that was

                   exactly ten years ago today.

                   I used rio in my own PhD research for quickly save

                   and load data. But I did not find rio to be widely

                   used in 2013-2014. There was no development for

                   almost a year (as there was no need, rio worked

                   well enough for my research), until I received an

                   e-mail from Dr Thomas J. Leeper (now research

                   scientist at Facebook Meta) in 2015 saying he

                   updated the package to support more formats (excel,

                   json, etc.) and asking how should he proceed with

                   contributing to the package. At the time, I was

                   busy with my own PhD research (plus million other

                   research projects and services). He even offered to

                   me to uptake the maintainership of rio. I agreed

                   and then the rest is history.

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Posted in News_Roundup at 11:25 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

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§ Contents⠀➾

* GNU/Linux

      o Graphics_Stack

      o Applications

      o Instructionals/Technical

      o Desktop_Environments/WMs

            # GNOME_Desktop/GTK

* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems

      o New_Releases

      o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family

      o Devices/Embedded

      o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications

* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software

* Leftovers

      o Hardware

      o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

      o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI)

      o Security/SANS

            # Privacy/Surveillance

      o Defence/Aggression

      o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting

      o Environment

            # Energy/Transportation

            # Wildlife/Nature

      o Finance

      o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

      o Censorship/Free_Speech

      o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press

      o Civil_Rights/Policing

      o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality

      o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM)

* § GNU/Linux⠀➾

      o § Graphics Stack⠀➾

            # ⚓ Jamie Zawinski ☛ Wayland_and_screen_savers⠀⇛

                   Wayland does not support screen savers: it does not

                   have any provision that allows screen savers to

                   even exist in any meaningful way. If you value

                   screen savers, that’s kind of a problem.

      o § Applications⠀➾

            # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ fwupd_1.9.5_Released_with_Support_for_More

              Devices,_Optional_Passim_Support⠀⇛

                   This release enables firmware upgrading on the

                   System76 Launch 3, Launch Heavy 3, and Thelio IO 2

                   devices, HP Rata/Remi BLE mice, Genesys GL3525S USB

                   hub, Luxshare Quad USB4 dock, as well as EPOS ADAPT

                   1×5, Fibocom FM101, and Foxconn T99W373 devices.

                   A couple of new features have been introduced in

                   this update, namely optional support for the Passim

                   local caching server and support for using the

                   fwupdtool get-devices –json command.

            # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 10_Excellent_Free_and_Open_Source_Java

              Natural_Language_Processing_Tools⠀⇛

                   Many challenges in NLP involve natural language

                   understanding. In other words, computers learn how

                   to determine meaning from human or natural language

                   input, and others involve natural language

                   generation.

                   Java is one of the most widely used programming

                   languages owing part of its popularity to its

                   extensive ecosystem. Programming in Java provides

                   the access to this ecosystem that consists of

                   several libraries, frameworks, and APIs.

                   Java runs Python and R close when it comes to NLP.

                   Our recommendations are captured in this ratings

                   chart. Only free and open source software is

                   eligible for inclusion.

      o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾

            # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ How_to_Unzip_or_Open_Gz_File_in_Linux⠀⇛

                   Gzip is a widely used algorithm that compresses

                   files while retaining original properties, commonly

                   applied to speed up web page loading.

                   Files those compressed with gzip ends with

                   extension .gz or .z.

      o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾

            # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾

                  # ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ GNOME_45_Breaks_Extensions’

                    Compatibility⠀⇛

                         The GNOME desktop environment has long been a

                         choice for Linux users. It is known for its

                         elegant design, user-friendly interface, and

                         vibrant ecosystem of extensions that allow

                         users to customize their desktop experience.

                         However, as technology evolves, so must the

                         software that relies on it.

                         In a significant shift, the upcoming release

                         of GNOME 45, slated for release on September

                         20, is set to bring a substantial change that

                         will affect the compatibility of extensions

                         with earlier versions of GNOME.

* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾

      o ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Nitrux_3.0_Release_Improves_its_Update_Tool_and

        More⠀⇛

             Being one of the best-looking Linux distros around,

             Nitrux is a very intriguing offering that features a

             beautiful user interface coupled with the power of

             immutability.

             It’s been some time since we last took a look at Nitrux.

             With a recent announcement, Nitrux 3.0 has added many

             improvements under the hood.

             Let’s take a brief look at the release.

      o ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Linux_Lite_6.6_Arrives_with_Support_for_22_New

        Languages,_New_AI_Helper_Tool⠀⇛

             Coming five months after Linux Lite 6.4, the Linux Lite

             6.6 release is derived from Canonical’s recently released

             Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) operating system and

             it’s powered by the long-term supported Linux 5.15 LTS

             kernel series. However, users will also be able to

             upgrade to the latest Linux 6.5 kernel series.

             The biggest change in this release is support for 22 new

             languages, including Afrikaans, Arabic, Chinese

             Simplified, Croatian, Dutch, Finnish, French, German,

             Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Persian,

             Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese Brazilian, Russian,

             Serbian, Spanish, Sweden, and Ukrainian.

      o § New Releases⠀➾

            # ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Linux_Lite_6.6_Is_Here_but_Still_Relies_on_Xfce

              4.16⠀⇛

                   As the name suggests, Linux Lite is a lightweight,

                   user-friendly Linux distribution based on Ubuntu.

                   It is designed to be a beginner-friendly operating

                   system that provides a familiar and easy-to-use

                   environment for users transitioning from Windows or

                   other operating systems.

                   Today, five months after the previous 6.4 release,

                   the team behind the distro announced Linux Lite 6.6

                   as a continuation of the 6.x series. So, let’s have

                   a look at what has changed.

            # ⚓ Beta News ☛ Microsoft_Windows_11_users_should_switch_to

              Ubuntu-based_Linux_Lite_6.6_now⠀⇛

                   You know, it’s often hard to get people to leave

                   their comfort zones. But, sometimes, staying where

                   you’re comfortable is the biggest impediment to

                   progress. This is especially true when it comes to

                   operating systems. While Windows 11 has been

                   generating buzz with its new features and revamped

                   UI, let’s not forget the other contenders that are

                   pushing boundaries. Linux Lite 6.6 is one such

                   alternative, and dare I say, it’s one of the most

                   inviting Linux distributions out there for those

                   looking to make a switch.

      o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾

            # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ GNOME_45_Arrives_in_Daily_Builds_of_Ubuntu

              23.10⠀⇛

                   The next stable update to the world’s most-used

                   Linux desktop environment isn’t due to be released

                   until later this month, so what’s made it in Mantic

                   shouldn’t be considered final, finished, or

                   forgone.

                   But Ubuntu 23.10 isn’t due to be released until

                   October anyway, so it all jives nicely.

                   Improvements to libadwaita aimed at enhancing

                   consistency and adaptability bring new full-height

                   sidebars to many of GNOME’s core apps, including

                   Nautilus, Settings, and Calendar…

      o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾

            # ⚓ Liliputing ☛ Milk-V_Mars_CM_is_a_quad-core_RISC-V_compute

              module_with_a_Raspberry_Pi_CM4_form_factor⠀⇛

                   The Milk-V Mars CM is a 55 x 40mm (2.2″ x 1.6″)

                   computer-on-a-module that looks a lot like a

                   Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4, and features the

                   same dual 100-pin connectors, which should make it

                   usable with carrier boards designed for the CM4.

                   But while Raspberry Pi’s compute module features an

                   ARM-based Broadcomm processor, the Milk-V Mars CM

                   packs a 1.5 GHz StarFive JH7110 quad-core chip

                   based on RISC-V architecture.

                   Software support for RISC-V is still very much a

                   work in progress, but Milk-V says that the board

                   should work with GNU/Linux distributions including

                   Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, and openSUSE.

      o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾

            # ⚓ SlashGear ☛ Google_Maps_Vs_TomTom:_Which_App_Is_Better_For

              Android_Auto⠀⇛

            # ⚓ Fake_Signal_and_Telegram_apps_unleash_China-backed_spyware

              on_Android_devices_|_Technology_News_–_India_TV⠀⇛

            # ⚓ SlashGear ☛ How_To_Stop_Android_Apps_From_Using_Data_In_The

              Background⠀⇛

            # ⚓ SlashGear ☛ 5_Common_Ways_To_Fix_Android’s_USB_Tethering

              Issues⠀⇛

* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾

* § Leftovers⠀➾

      o § Hardware⠀➾

            # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ GlobalFoundries_Criticizes_German

              Subsidies_to_Rival_TSMC⠀⇛

                   GlobalFoundries also wants some government money.

            # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ China_Chipmaker_Says_it_Is_Replacing

              Sanctioned_Tools_Rapidly⠀⇛

                   According to the CEO China’s Advanced Micro-

                   Fabrication Equipment (AMEC), the Chinese market

                   for semiconductor manufacturing tools is relatively

                   unscratched by US sanctions, with aims of replacing

                   as many as 80% of the restricted tools by the end

                   of 2023 and recovering a full 100% operational

                   capability by the second half of 2024.

            # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ All-Mechanical_Coil_Winder_Is_A_Scrap-Bin

              Delight⠀⇛

                   If there’s something more tedious than winding

                   coils, we’re not sure what it is — possibly rolling

                   and wrapping coins; that’s really a bother. But

                   luckily, just like there are mechanical ways to

                   count coins, there are tools to make coil

                   production a little less of a chore, but perhaps

                   none that have as much charm as this all-mechanical

                   coil winder.

      o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾

            # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Doctors_‘Prescribed’_Free_Fruit_&_Veg_to

              Thousands_in_an_Experiment⠀⇛

                   Food really is medicine.

      o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾

            # ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ 14_Free_Alternatives_to_Microsoft_Visio

              [Ed: Free Software like LibreOffice demoted to #7?]⠀⇛

                   While Microsoft Visio is a powerful piece of

                   diagramming software, its price point is well

                   beyond what the average home user is willing to

                   spend at $180 per year. Even the online version

                   starts at $5/month.

            # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Gannett_Stops_Using_AI_To_Write_Articles_For_Now

              Because_They_Were_Hilariously_Terrible⠀⇛

                   There may come a time when journalists around the

                   world are left to point at massive datacenters

                   housing AI journo-bots that have perfectly

                   replicated what human journalists can do, screaming

                   “Dey took ‘er jerbs!” like a South Park episode,

                   but today is not that day. And frankly, it doesn’t

                   feel particularly close to being that day. Over the

                   past few months, as AI platforms have exploded in

                   number and notoriety, as have genuinely interesting

                   ways for using those tools exploded, so too have we

                   written a number of posts on attempts to have bots

                   write journalistic articles only to find them to be

                   sub-par in the extreme.

            # ⚓ Hitman_Makers_IO_Interactive_Comes_to_Rescue_With_a_Hiring

              Alert_After_the_Recent_Layoffs_in_the_Industry⠀⇛

                   Despite starting 2023 well, tech companies are

                   right now on the verge of a big wave of layoffs.

                   The layoff surge is affecting the gaming industry

                   the most. Big names in the world of gaming like

                   Ubisoft, Take-Two, Riot Games, and CD Project Red

                   have joined this wave by laying off their employees

                   to a massive extent.

            # ⚓ Microsoft_Cloud_Tools_Vendor_SkyKick_Lays_Off_140_Employees

              [Ed: Microsoft’s_implosion is followed by its partners’]⠀⇛

                   SkyKick, recognised for its migration and backup

                   products for Microsoft 365, has announced a global

                   workforce reduction of over 100 people.

                   Todd Schwartz, one of SkyKick’s co-CEOs based in

                   Seattle, described the layoff as a difficult

                   decision made in reaction to market conditions in a

                   statement given to CRN.

                   “We are well positioned and remain steadfastly

                   committed to ensuring our partners’ success in the

                   cloud over the long-term,” Schwartz said.

                   While the statement did not identify the specific

                   percentage of employees affected by the layoffs or

                   provide a post-layoff headcount, it did reveal that

                   140 people were released globally, with 98 of these

                   workers situated in the United States.

      o § Security/SANS⠀➾

            # ⚓ SANS ☛ Analysis_of_a_Defective_Phishing_PDF,_(Sun,_Sep

              3rd)⠀⇛

                   A reader submitted a suspicious_PDF_file. TLDR:

                   it&#;x26;#;39;s a defective phishing PDF.

            # ⚓ Didier Stevens ☛ Overview_of_Content_Published_in_August⠀⇛

                   Here is an overview of content I published in

                   August: Blog posts: Update: sortcanon.py Version

                   0.0.3 Update: emldump.py Version 0.0.12 Quickpost:

                   Analysis of PDF/ActiveMime Polyglot Maldocs

                   Quickpost: PDF/ActiveMime Maldocs YARA Rule SANS

                   ISC Diary entries: PDFiD: False Positives Revisited

                   Analysis of RAR Exploit Files (CVE-2023-38831)

            # ⚓ Didier Stevens ☛ Update:_emldump.py_Version_0.0.12⠀⇛

                   This update to emldump.py adds a new feature to fix

                   (-F) some obfuscations. For the moment, only one

                   obfuscation method is fixed (many are already

                   ignored with option -f –filter), used in polyglot

                   PDF/Word files. emldump_V0_0_12.zip (http)MD5:

                   3847B92460C0485E1238C47C29EF9DE1SHA256:

                   AFDFB8E78AE7DE56F50EA73D69705B6DACB425FFBD40D6997D64C7C75E3D8A0D

            # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾

                  # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Apple_explains_why_it_ended_work_on_feature

                    to_block_abuse_images⠀⇛

                         The company offered the explanation to Heat

                         Initiative, a group that focuses on child

                         safety, after it requested that the tech

                         giant create a tool to find, notify and

                         delete such material from iCloud.

                  # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Despite_Everyone_Knowing_Cellebrite

                    Devices_Can_Be_Used_To_Break_Into_Locked_Phones,

                    Cellebrite_Tells_Cops_Not_To_Tell_Anyone_Its_Tech_Can

                    Used_To_Break_Into_Locked_Phones⠀⇛

                         Cops and cop tech providers like to pretend

                         the things they use and the things they do

                         are so black ops the public should not be

                         allowed to discuss them with anyone, much

                         less the defendants, judges, and juries being

                         asked to weigh evidence and render verdicts

                         in criminal trials.

                  # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Of_Course_Bank_Execs_Communicated_Via

                    Encrypted_Messaging,_But_That’s_Not_The_Fault_Of

                    Encryption⠀⇛

                         I don’t think this is a surprise to anyone,

                         but the SEC and the CFTC combined to issue

                         fines on a bunch of Wall Street firms for

                         execs communicating across encrypted

                         messaging in a manner that wasn’t recorded

                         and preserved as required. Being in a

                         regulated industry means having to deal with

                         all sorts of compliance requirements, that

                         includes preservation of communications. But,

                         of course, that freaks people out, so… they

                         do what everyone does, and figure out ways to

                         communicate outside of “official” channels

                         such that it’s not recorded.

                  # ⚓ Tor ☛ Introducing_Proof-of-Work_Defense_for_Onion

                    Services⠀⇛

                         Today, we are officially introducing a proof-

                         of-work (PoW) defense for onion services

                         designed to prioritize verified network

                         traffic as a deterrent against denial of

                         service (DoS) attacks with the release of Tor

                         0.4.8.

                         Tor’s PoW defense is a dynamic and reactive

                         mechanism, remaining dormant under normal use

                         conditions to ensure a seamless user

                         experience, but when an onion service is

                         under stress, the mechanism will prompt

                         incoming client connections to perform a

                         number of successively more complex

                         operations. The onion service will then

                         prioritize these connections based on the

                         effort level demonstrated by the client. We

                         believe that the introduction of a proof-of-

                         work mechanism will disincentivize attackers

                         by making large-scale attacks costly and

                         impractical while giving priority to

                         legitimate traffic. Onion Services are

                         encouraged to update to version 0.4.8.

                  # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ UK’s_Oldest_Daily_Newspaper_Apparently

                    First_Stop_On_Clearview’s_Reputational_Rehab_Tour⠀⇛

                         Clearview has suffered tons of self-inflicted

                         damage during its relatively short life as a

                         viable, if execrable, product.

                  # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Two_independent_Novosibirsk_lawmakers_say

                    hidden_cameras_were_installed_in_their_offices_—

                    Meduza⠀⇛

                         In the last four days, two independent

                         Novosibirsk City Council deputies have

                         reported discovering that hidden cameras were

                         installed in their offices.

      o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾

            # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ [Old]_International_NGOs_Alert_of_Humanitarian

              Situation_in_Congo⠀⇛

                   The United Nations Office for the Coordination of

                   Humanitarian Affairs warned of “outbreaks of

                   violence” and “increased humanitarian needs” in

                   eastern DRC.

            # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ [Old]_New_UN_network_wants_DRC_brothels

              closed⠀⇛

                   Twenty-four United Nations (UN) entities combined

                   to form a strong front calling for immediate action

                   to protect women and girls and prevent the use of

                   sexual violence in and around internally displaced

                   persons (IDPs) camps in eastern Democratic Republic

                   of Congo (DRC).

            # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ [Old]_Third_DR_Congo_provincial_transition

              team_up_and_running⠀⇛

                   Now in its thirteenth year of existence, the United

                   Nations (UN) mission in Democratic Republic of

                   Congo (DRC) has for the past three years worked at

                   “transformation” of the world body’s presence

                   rather than a handover.

            # ⚓ Five-year-old_playing_with_the_rifle_at_home_kills_two-

              year-old_sister⠀⇛

                   Despite medical intervention at the hospital, D.Ç.

                   could not be saved.

            # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Gabon_Coup:_Military_Officers_Seize_Power

              From_Ali_Bongo⠀⇛

                   The coup was announced hours after President Ali

                   Bongo Ondimba, whose family has controlled the

                   country for a half-century, was declared to have

                   been re-elected for a third term in a disputed

                   election.

            # ⚓ France24 ☛ Gabon_opposition_urges_military_junta_to_hand

              power_back_to_civilians⠀⇛

                   Pressure mounted on coup leaders in Gabon to hand

                   back power to a civilian government on Friday, two

                   days after they overthrew President Ali Bongo and

                   announced their own head of state.

            # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Taiwan_hopes_Pope’s_China_engagement

              helps_‘worsening’_religious_freedom⠀⇛

                   The Vatican is one of only 13 countries to maintain

                   formal diplomatic ties with Taiwan.

            # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Why_Japan_and_South_Korea_care_about

              Taiwan⠀⇛

                   A piece missing from Australian conversations on

                   the China–US tangle over Taiwan is the island’s

                   growing strategic importance to other countries in

                   the region.

            # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ US_approves_first_arms_to_Taiwan

              under_foreign_aid_program⠀⇛

                   President Joe Biden’s administration has for the

                   first time approved direct US military aid to

                   Taiwan under an assistance program aimed at foreign

                   governments, officials said Wednesday, as worries

                   grow over China.

            # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Lawyer_For_Mahsa_Amini’s_Family_Faces_‘Propaganda

              Against_The_System’_Trial_In_Tehran⠀⇛

                   The trial has begun in Tehran’s Islamic

                   Revolutionary Court of Mohammad Saleh Nikbakht —

                   the famed lawyer for the family of the 22-year-old

                   Iranian woman whose death in police custody has led

                   to months of mass protests, local media reported on

                   August 30.

            # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ US_to_Build_Robot_Army_to_Counter_China’s

              Growing_Power⠀⇛

                   “The age of warfighting robots is upon us.”

            # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾

                  # ⚓ Meduza ☛ New_video_appears_to_show_Yevgeny_Prigozhin

                    in_Africa_days_before_his_death_—_Meduza⠀⇛

      o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾

            # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ FBI_Joins_Investigation_Of_LAPD_Gang_Unit

              Officers_Who_Did_Their_Own_Selective_Editing_Of_Body_Cam

              Recordings⠀⇛

                   If you’ve done nothing wrong, you have nothing to

                   hide, right? That’s what law enforcement and

                   surveillance agencies tell us, coaxing us into

                   letting our guard down so they can dig into our

                   stuff without worrying about little things like

                   probable cause.

      o § Environment⠀➾

            # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Typhoon_Saola_weakens_but_still_a

              threat_in_southern_China⠀⇛

                   Tens of millions of people in the densely populated

                   coastal areas of southern China had sheltered

                   indoors on Friday.

            # ⚓ France24 ☛ Hong_Kong_hunkers_down_as_Super_Typhoon_Saola

              barrels_toward_southern_China⠀⇛

                   Tens of millions of people in Hong Kong, Shenzhen

                   and other southern Chinese megacities sheltered

                   indoors Friday as Super Typhoon Saola threatened to

                   become the strongest storm to hit the region in

                   decades.

            # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾

                  # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ EU_trade_balance_rebounds_to_€1

                    billion_surplus_as_energy_prices_decline⠀⇛

                         The European Union’s trade balance has made a

                         noteworthy turnaround in the second quarter

                         of 2023, transitioning from six consecutive

                         quarters of deficit to a surplus, primarily

                         attributed to a reduction in energy costs.

                         The latest report released by Eurostat, the

                         statistical office of the European Union,

                         revealed this promising shift in trade

                         dynamics.

                         Trade data from the second quarter of 2023

                         indicated a decline of 2.0 percent in exports

                         and 3.5 percent in imports, resulting in a

                         modest trade surplus of €1 billion.

                  # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Two-Thirds_of_Conservative_Endowment_Fund

                    Directors_Are_Linked_to_Fossil_Fuels_and_Polluting

                    Industries⠀⇛

                         Two-thirds of the directors who run the

                         Conservative Party’s multi-million-pound

                         endowment fund have interests in fossil fuel

                         firms or polluting industries, DeSmog can

                         reveal.

                         The Conservative Party Foundation Limited was

                         founded in 2009 with the purpose of raising

                         and managing “legacy funds to support the

                         long term finance of the Conservative Party”.

                  # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Converting_Wind_To_Electricity_Or:_The

                    Doubly-Fed_Induction_Generator⠀⇛

                         Humanity has been harvesting energy from the

                         wind for centuries. The practice goes back at

                         least to 8th century Persia where the first

                         known historical records of windmills came,

                         but likely extends even further back than

                         that. Compared to the vast history of using

                         wind energy directly to do things like mill

                         grain, pump water, saw wood, or produce

                         fabrics, the production of electricity is

                         still relatively new. Despite that, there are

                         some intriguing ways of using wind to produce

                         electricity. Due to the unpredictable nature

                         of wind from moment to moment, using it to

                         turn a large grid-tied generator is not as

                         straightforward as it might seem. Let’s take

                         a look at four types of wind turbine

                         configurations and how each deal with sudden

                         changes in wind speeds.

                  # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Despite_green_energy_boom,_dash

                    for_coal_clouds_China’s_climate_goals⠀⇛

                         China’s energy policies have a huge impact on

                         the pace of global climate change.

                  # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Enbridge_Is_the_Guilty_Party,_Not_Me:

                    Meet_the_Pipeline_Protester_Facing_5_Years_for_Peaceful

                    Action⠀⇛

                         We speak with climate activist and water

                         protector Mylene Vialard, whose trial for

                         peacefully protesting the Enbridge Line 3

                         pipeline began this week in Minnesota.

                         Vialard faces up to five years in prison for

                         her 2021 protest, when she attached herself

                         to a 25-foot bamboo tower erected to block a

                         pumping station in Aitkin County. Vialard,

                         who lives in Colorado, had come to Minnesota

                         to take part in a wave of Indigenous-led acts

                         of civil disobedience to stop the pipeline.

                         Between December 2020 and September 2021,

                         police in Minnesota made more than 1,000

                         arrests. Mylene Vialard is just the second

                         water protector facing felony charges to go

                         to trial. “We’re destroying our planet. We’re

                         destroying our way of life,” says Vialard. We

                         also speak with Indigenous lawyer and

                         activist Tara Houska, who was also arrested

                         in 2021 for participating in a nonviolent

                         action against Line 3. She says police

                         violence against environmental and Indigenous

                         activists has gotten “exponentially worse”

                         since the 2016 Dakota Access protests at

                         Standing Rock. “The crackdown on

                         environmental protests is nationwide,” says

                         Houska.

                  # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Friday_Briefing:_A_Deadly_Fire_in

                    South_Africa⠀⇛

                         Also, the U.S. resists engaging with the

                         Taliban.

            # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾

                  # ⚓ The Revelator ☛ What_Can_We_Learn_From_Jaguar_Poop?_A

                    Lot⠀⇛

                  # ⚓ The Revelator ☛ Species_Spotlight:_The_Chinese_Three-

                    Striped_Box_Turtle⠀⇛

                  # ⚓ Meduza ☛ We_didn’t_start_the_fire_After_Kazakhstan’s

                    deadliest_wildfires_in_years,_locals_blame_corruption_—

                    but_not_climate_change_—_Meduza⠀⇛

      o § Finance⠀➾

            # ⚓ Second_offer_from_the_government_to_civil_servants_for_pay

              rise⠀⇛

                   The government had presented the first offer for

                   the pay rise concerning 4 million civil servants

                   and 2.5 million retired civil servants on August

15.

            # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Business_climate_in_Germany’s_automotive

              industry_faces_continuing_decline⠀⇛

                   The business climate in Germany’s renowned

                   automotive industry has taken a hit as companies

                   report a worsening situation, as per the latest ifo

                   Business Survey. The key indicator dropped to 12.7

                   points in August, a significant decline from the

                   22.1 points recorded in July. Analysts have noted

                   that this decline has been most pronounced among

                   automakers, while suppliers, in contrast, have

                   remained relatively content with their present

                   circumstances.

            # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Johor’s_Forest_City_teeters_over_China

              property_giant’s_woes⠀⇛

                   The project’s future is in doubt because of

                   financial problems.

            # ⚓ RFA ☛ Safe-as-houses_Country_Garden_posts_record_loss⠀⇛

                   In a further blow for China’s property market,

                   Evergrande’s bigger rival feels the pinch.

            # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_will_widen_market_access_for_the

              service_industry:_President_Xi⠀⇛

                   Mr Xi said China would also focus on reforming the

                   country’s basic data system.

            # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Is_China’s_economy_about_to_go_bust?⠀⇛

                   Australia is more exposed to a downturn in the

                   Chinese economy than any other advanced country. So

                   far, however, commodity markets provide no evidence

                   of a Chinese recession around the corner.

            # ⚓ Reason ☛ China_Is_No_Economic_Model_for_America⠀⇛

                   The country’s current struggles show the problems

                   of the Beijing way—and make the case for freedom.

      o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾

            # ⚓ YLE ☛ Parliament_supports_minister_after_far-right

              scandal⠀⇛

                   Three opposition parties called for the vote over

                   the Finns Party minister’s links to far-right

                   groups and past statements.

            # ⚓ RFA ☛ China’s_Xi_to_pass_on_Delhi_G20_Summit_–_reports⠀⇛

                   In wake of a new China map and friction with India,

                   Xi turns his back on leaders of world’s leading

                   economies.

            # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China’s_Premier_Li_Qiang_will_attend

              ASEAN_summit_–_foreign_ministry⠀⇛

                   China’s Premier Li Qiang will attend a summit of

                   the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)

                   being held Sept. 5-8, the Chinese foreign ministry

                   said on Friday.

            # ⚓ RFA ☛ China’s_neighbors_reject_new_territorial_map⠀⇛

                   Manila slams ‘latest attempt to legitimize China’s

                   purported sovereignty’ in the South China Sea.

            # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Philippines_court_disbars_Marcos

              adviser_over_‘misogynistic’_outburst⠀⇛

                   The court cited a video where he “cursed and

                   uttered profane remarks” at a woman journalist.

            # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Chicago_Prosecutors_Drop_Cases_Linked_to_Ex-

              Cop_Accused_of_Perjury⠀⇛

                   Prosecutors in Illinois have dropped at least 15

                   court cases that hinged on the word of a former

                   Chicago police officer who’s now charged with

                   perjury and forgery after he got dozens of traffic

                   tickets dismissed by testifying each time that his

                   girlfriend had stolen his car.

                   Jeffrey Kriv is accused of lying under oath 44

                   times to get out of speeding, parking and red light

                   camera tickets involving his personal vehicles.

            # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾

                  # ⚓ New York Times ☛ China’s_Disinformation_Fuels_Anger

                    Over_Fukushima_Water_Release⠀⇛

                         By exaggerating the risks from Japan’s

                         discharge of treated wastewater, Beijing

                         hopes to cast Japan and its allies as

                         conspirators in malfeasance, analysts say.

      o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾

            # ⚓ The Gray Zone ☛ Gofundme_freezes_Grayzone_fundraiser_‘due

              to_some_external_concerns’⠀⇛

            # ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ GoFundMe_Stops_Grayzone_News_Website_From

              Using_Service⠀⇛

            # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Techdirt_Has_Again_Been_Removed_From_Bing_And_

              (Mostly)_DuckDuckGo [Ed: Same thing. DuckDuckGo_is_just_a

              Microsoft_front_end. Deceptive and corrupt. News sites need

              to depend on stuff like RSS feeds, not search engines and

              social control media. The latter are out of control of both

              the readers and the publishers. They are, in other words,

              sources of interference.]⠀⇛

                   Welp, here we go again. Last month I wrote about

                   how Techdirt had been deleted from both Bing and

                   DuckDuckGo. Over on the discussion at HackerNews,

                   DDG’s CEO and founder, Gabriel Weinberg, jumped in

                   to the conversation to note that this wasn’t

                   intentional (which we never suspected it was). The

                   resulting conversation on HackerNews is actually

                   pretty interesting, as it appears there was some

                   level of misunderstanding among many users about

                   how much DuckDuckGo relies on Bing for its

                   underlying web search.

      o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾

            # ⚓ Axios ☛ Former_NYT,_BBC_executive_Mark_Thompson_to_lead_CNN

              [Ed: The man who outsourced BillBC to Microsoft]⠀⇛

                   Warner_Bros._Discovery (WBD) on Wednesday announced

                   that former New York Times and BBC executive Mark

                   Thompson will lead CNN as the network’s new

                   worldwide chairman and CEO.

                   Why it matters: The appointment ends a period of

                   uncertainty and brings new leadership to the

                   network at a critical time.

            # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Jailed_playwright_Svetlana_Petriychuk_and_director

              Zhenya_Berkovich_receive_prestigious_Kamerton_award_for

              excellence_in_journalism_—_Meduza⠀⇛

            # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Free_Buryatia_Foundation_declared_‘undesirable’_—

              Meduza⠀⇛

            # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Push_To_Strip_Fox’s_Broadcast_License_Over

              Election_Lies_Gains_New_Momentum⠀⇛

                   Last July, we noted how media reform activists had

                   petitioned the FCC to revoke Fox News’ local

                   broadcast license in Philadelphia. More

                   specifically, the group argued that Fox News’

                   rampant election fraud propaganda technically

                   violated the “character clause” embedded in the

                   Communications Act the FCC is supposed to use to

                   determine whether an organization should hold a

                   broadcast license.

            # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ The_Fallout_Continues_For_Cops_Who_Decided_It

              Was_A_Good_Idea_To_Raid_The_Office_Of_A_Small_Kansas

              Newspaper⠀⇛

                   One can only assume the Marion, Kansas police

                   department felt this would never be this big.

                   Overconfidence is a killer, as the MPD can surely

                   attest, albeit after the fact.

            # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ County_Attorney_Rejects_Warrant_Used_In_Raid_Of

              Small_Kansas_Newspaper,_Asks_Court_To_Force_Cops_To_Return

              Seized_Devices⠀⇛

                   Last week, cops in a small Kansas town decided

                   they’d just toss aside the First Amendment and raid

                   a local newspaper.

      o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾

            # ⚓ YLE ☛ SDP_chair:_“Racism_now_has_a_face”⠀⇛

                   In his first policy speech as SDP leader, Antti

                   Lindtman criticised the government for its racism

                   scandals.

            # ⚓ JURIST ☛ China’s_biggest_city_Chongqing_introduces

              localized_Anti-Espionage_Regulation⠀⇛

                   Chongqing, recognized as China’s largest city with

                   32.12 million residents, has taken a monumental

                   step in bolstering national security by introducing

                   on Friday a localized Anti-Espionage Regulation.

                   With its population outstripping even that of

                   Shanghai’s 24.89 million and Beijing’s 21.88

                   million, Chongqing’s move sets an impactful

                   precedent for other major Chinese cities.

            # ⚓ Reason ☛ Saudi_Sentenced_to_Death_for_Tweets_Criticizing

              Government⠀⇛

                   From a Thursday article by CNN (Hande Atay Alam &

                   Celine Alkhaldi): Muhammad al-Ghamdi, a 54-year-old

                   retired Saudi teacher, was sentenced “following 5

                   tweets criticizing corruption and human rights

                   violations,” his brother Saeed bin Nasser al-Ghamdi

                   tweeted last week.

            # ⚓ Craig Murray ☛ Submission_to_the_United_Nations⠀⇛

                   The complaint to the United Nations against my

                   imprisonment for contempt of court has now been

                   submitted. This is the first time I have been able

                   to state the case without the compulsory use of

                   Scottish counsel, who were astonishingly timid of

                   criticising Lady Dorrian or detailing Sturgeon’s

                   conspiracy, its personnel, and how it worked.

            # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Court_Tosses_Arkansas_Age_Verification_Law_For

              Violating_The_1st_Amendment⠀⇛

                   Just after a judge granted an injunction against

                   Texas’ adult content age verification law on 1st

                   Amendment grounds, a judge in Arkansas did the same

                   to that state’s social media age verification law.

                   Trade organization NetChoice had challenged the

                   law, and the court basically gave them a complete

                   and total victory.

            # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ UK_Government_Serves_Up_Possibly-Illegal

              Amendments_To_The_Investigatory_Powers_Act⠀⇛

                   For years, the UK government has sought to expand

                   its surveillance powers. And, for years, it has

                   rarely been prevented from doing so. Sure, there’s

                   been a bunch of bureaucratic inactivity and

                   unforced errors (like Brexit) that make it a bit

                   more difficult to push legislation through, but the

                   UK government’s thirst for more power has never

                   been slaked.

            # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Ohio_Court_Tells_Cops_They_Need_To_Know_The_Law

              If_They’re_Going_To_Engage_In_Pretextual_Stops⠀⇛

                   Pretextual stops are law enforcement’s favorite way

                   to fish for larger catches. Any minor moving

                   violation can predicate a stop. That leads to

                   conversations — often non-consensual — with drivers

                   and passengers. Any number of factors can be

                   opportunistically read by officers to add up to

                   “reasonable suspicion.”

            # ⚓ Site36 ☛ Radical_thoughts:_“Ask_the_State”_publishes_court

              investigation_files_on_the_Last_Generation⠀⇛

            # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ My_Homeland_Is_Being_Ruled_by_Terror._The

              World_Must_Pay_Attention.⠀⇛

                   Myanmar’s military junta is committing

                   indiscriminate atrocities. We shouldn’t look away.

            # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Connecticut_State_Police_Now_Being_Investigated

              By_The_DOJ_For_Falsifying_Traffic_Stop_Demographic_Data⠀⇛

                   Late last month, a report was released showing

                   Connecticut State troopers were routinely faking

                   stop data to avoid further scrutiny over biased

                   policing efforts. According to the state governor’s

                   own statements, it appeared clear “hundreds” of

                   troopers faked “tens of thousands” of traffic stops

                   in order to make it look like they weren’t just

                   targeting minorities with pretextual stops.

            # ⚓ RFA ☛ Rights_groups_blast_UN_for_inaction_on_China’s

              repression_in_Xinjiang⠀⇛

                   China’s clout at the UN makes it hard to press

                   Beijing, analysts say a year after the damning

                   report was released.

            # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ UN_says_pushing_for_action_on_alleged

              abuses_in_China’s_Xinjiang⠀⇛

                   UN’s 2022 report detailed alleged violations

                   against Uighurs, other Muslim minorities in

                   Xinjiang.

            # ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.S._Officials_Have_Visited_China._Will

              Beijing_Send_Anyone?⠀⇛

                   Such visits could help convey Beijing’s interest in

                   stabilizing ties with Washington. But China has

                   been noncommittal.

      o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾

            # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Techno_Moral_Panics_Are_Making_Senators

              Desperately_Ridiculous⠀⇛

                   Senator Chris Murphy from Connecticut wrote an NY

                   Times op-ed piece a few weeks ago (there’s so much

                   nonsense all the time that it takes a little while

                   to find the time to respond to all of it), claiming

                   that “Algorithms are Making Kids Desperately

                   Unhappy.” He wrote this in support of his “The

                   Protecting Kids on Social Media Act” (a ridiculous

                   unconstitutional monstrosity we discussed earlier

                   this year).

            # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Comcast,_AT&T_Try_To_Kill_New_Requirements_To_Be

              Transparent_About_Their_Shitty_Pricing⠀⇛

                   The 2021 infrastructure bill did some very good

                   things for broadband. Not only did it include a

                   massive, $42 billion investment in broadband

                   deployment and require better mapping, it demanded

                   that the FCC impose a new “nutrition label for

                   broadband,” requiring that ISPs be transparent

                   about all of the weird restrictions, caps, fees,

                   and limitations of modern broadband connections.

      o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾

            # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ The_McDonald’s_Ice_Cream_Machine_Saga_And_Calls

              For_Right_To_Repair⠀⇛

                   Raising a likely somewhat contentious topic, iFixit

                   and Public Knowledge have challenged the

                   manufacturer behind McDonald’s ice cream machines

                   to make them easy to diagnose and repair . This is

                   a subject that’s probably familiar to anyone who is

                   vaguely familiar with US news and the importance of

                   ice cream at McDonald’s locations to the point that

                   a live tracker was set up so that furtive customers

                   can catch a glimpse at said tracker before finding

                   themselves staring in dismay at an ‘Out of Order’

                   sign on one of these Taylor ice cream machines.

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§ Contents⠀➾

* GNU/Linux

      o Audiocasts/Shows

      o Applications

      o Instructionals/Technical

      o WINE_or_Emulation

      o Desktop_Environments/WMs

            # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt

* Distributions_and_Operating_Systems

      o New_Releases

      o PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva_Family

      o SUSE/OpenSUSE

      o Fedora_Family_/_IBM

      o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family

      o Devices/Embedded

      o Open_Hardware/Modding

      o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications

* Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software

      o SaaS/Back_End/Databases

      o Productivity_Software/LibreOffice/Calligra

* Leftovers

      o Hardware

      o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

      o Security

            # Privacy/Surveillance

      o Defence/Aggression

* Environment

      o Energy/Transportation

* Finance

* AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

* Censorship/Free_Speech

* Civil_Rights/Policing

* Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality

* Monopolies

      o Patents

      o Copyrights

* § GNU/Linux⠀➾

      o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾

            # ⚓ Tux Digital ☛ This_Week_in_Linux_232:_Linux_6.5,_Valve

              Proton,_Future_of_Ubuntu,_CIQ_Sued_&_more_Linux_news!⠀⇛

                   Welcome to This Week in Linux (232). This episode

                   is jam-packed with stuff. It’s actually kind of

                   ridiculous how much there’s in this episode.

            # ⚓ WordPress ☛ WP_Briefing:_Episode_61:_Community,_Summit,_all

              at_Washington_D.C.⠀⇛

                   Join WordPress Executive Director Josepha Haden

                   Chomphosy as she discusses the latest from the

                   Community Summit and her takeaways from the 2023

                   event in Washington, DC.

      o § Applications⠀➾

            # ⚓ TecMint ☛ 9_Best_Linux_Console_File_Managers⠀⇛

            # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 7_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Linux_Web

              Caches⠀⇛

                   Web caches have become a vital mechanism for

                   optimizing the amount of data that is delivered in

                   a given period of time. Good web caches also help

                   to minimise latency, serving pages as quickly as

                   possible.

            # ⚓ Lazy_Docker:_A_User-Friendly_CLI_Tool_for_Docker

              Management⠀⇛

                   Quick Overview If you need a lightweight

                   alternative to Portainer, consider Lazy Docker.

                   It’s a CLI Docker front-end that displays the list

                   of running/stopped containers, images, volumes, and

                   networks and allows you to check their logs, stats,

                   env, config, and top.

      o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾

            # ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ How_to_Fix_Unmet_dependencies_Error_During

              Package_Installation_or_Upgrade⠀⇛

                   While upgrading or installing any package, if you

                   are getting an unmet dependencies error, you can

                   resolve it with the given steps.

            # ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Install_NFS_Server_and_Client_on_RHEL-

              based_Distributions⠀⇛

            # ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Install_NFS_Server_and_Client_on_Ubuntu

              22.04⠀⇛

            # ⚓ Linux Handbook ☛ Run_a_Bash_Shell_Script_in_Linux_Command

              Line_[Beginner's_Tip]⠀⇛

                   Running a bash shell script is quite simple. But

                   you also get to learn about running them in the

                   shell instead of subshell in this tutorial.

            # ⚓ Net2 ☛ A_Beginner’s_Guide_to_Symbolic_Links_in_Linux⠀⇛

                   Symbolic links, also known as symlinks or soft

                   links, are special files that point to another file

                   or directory on your system. They are like

                   shortcuts that allow you to access the target file

                   or directory without having to specify the full

                   path.

            # ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ Command-not-found:_Suggest_Package_Installation

              For_Unavailable_Commands_In_Linux⠀⇛

                   The command-not-found utility is an useful utility

                   that suggests you installation of packages when

                   running an unavailable command in Linux.

            # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ How_to_Use_FreeCAD_for_3D_Printing⠀⇛

                   Create 3D models, edit and repair meshes, and even

                   generate G-code using FreeCAD.

            # ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ Wine_Dev_8.15_Released,_How_to_Install_it

              in_Ubuntu⠀⇛

                   Wine, the popular software library to running

                   Windows apps on Linux and macOS, announced a new

                   development release one day ago. It’s Wine 8.15

                   that features TEXT print processor support, cycle

                   collection support in MSHTML, and cross-process

                   memory notifications in Wow64.

            # ⚓ SUSE’s Corporate Blog ☛ What_is_Linux?⠀⇛

                   From humble origins to future aspirations, we

                   spotlight the challenges and milestones that define

                   Linux’s legacy, rooted firmly in the ethos of open-

                   source collaboration.

            # ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ How_to_install_Steam_on_Ubuntu_23.04_Desktop⠀⇛

                   If you’ve switched to Linux, and you are wondering

                   if you can run Steam and play Steam games on your

                   Linux machine..yes you can!

                   All you have to do is Install Steam, download the

                   game you like, and play it.

            # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Boot_From_a_USB_Drive_in_VirtualBox_in_Linux⠀⇛

                   You can use a live Linux USB with virtual machines

                   in VirtualBox. It saves you the annoyance of

                   rebooting your host machine.

            # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Where_are_the_PostgreSQL_Configuration_Files⠀⇛

                   When it comes to configuring and optimizing

                   PostgreSQL, understanding the location and purpose

                   of its configuration files is paramount. These

                   files dictate how the PostgreSQL server operates,

                   how it connects with client applications, and many

                   other aspects of database behavior.

            # ⚓ Red Hat ☛ How_to_use_dynamic_inventories_in_Ansible

              Automation⠀⇛

                   Dynamic inventories in the Red Hat Ansible

                   Automation Platform revolutionize the way to manage

                   infrastructure in the cloud. Instead of relying on

                   static inventories that require manual updates when

                   virtual machines (VMs) are launched, terminated, or

                   replaced, dynamic inventories automatically

                   discover and run VMs across any cloud provider.

                   This means that when you delete an old VM and

                   launch a new one, Ansible Automation

                   Platform seamlessly adapts and performs actions on

                   the updated infrastructure without requiring manual

                   intervention.

                   By harnessing dynamic inventories, the Ansible

                   Automation Platform empowers cloud administrators

                   and DevOps teams to effortlessly manage and

                   orchestrate on-demand cloud resources. This article

                   explores the power of dynamic inventories, focusing

                   on their utilization with AWS as the cloud

                   provider. While applicable to any cloud provider,

                   we showcase seamless AWS infrastructure management

                   using dynamic inventories. We will demonstrate how

                   to create EC2 instances, fetching details with

                   dynamic inventory and running scripts for system

                   health insights. By following these examples,

                   you’ll gain hands-on experience in effectively

                   managing and monitoring your cloud infrastructure

                   using dynamic inventories within the Ansible

                   Automation Platform.

            # ⚓ Kevin Norman ☛ Getting_the_mutant_home_server_gaming_in_a

              VM⠀⇛

                   This post is the second part in a series I am

                   working on. See the first part here: Home_Lab

                   Upgrades:_Why_This_Mutant_Motherboard/CPU_Combo

                   Could_Be_the_Perfect_Solution)

                   The biggest most exciting use case for me with my

                   new home server was a virtualised gaming

                   environment. I’ve always wanted a living room

                   gaming PC, but didn’t want to have a PC just for

                   that purpose. I’ve had a home server of some sort

                   for the last couple years, usually running some

                   Docker containers, and I always wondered if one

                   day, I could run Windows in a VM, with a graphics

                   card. I can confirm that, yes, it is possible, and

                   it works absolutely great. Before I discuss how to

                   set this up, Let’s discuss what it’s like.

            # ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ How_to_fix_bash:_curl:_command_not_found_on

              Linux⠀⇛

                   curl is a command line app that allows you to

                   transfer data from your terminal. You can use curl

                   for example to download an app.

            # ⚓ LinuxTechi ☛ How_to_Assign_Static_IP_Address_on_Debian_12⠀⇛

                   In this blog post, we will show you how to assign

                   static ip address on Debian 12. In the world of

                   Linux, Debian remains one of the most popular

                   distributions, known for its stability and

                   versatility.

            # § idroot⠀➾

                  # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Ntopng_on_Debian_12⠀⇛

                         In this tutorial, we will show you how to

                         install Ntopng on Debian 12. In today’s

                         digitally interconnected world, network

                         monitoring has become an indispensable part

                         of managing and securing your systems.

                         Ntopng, a powerful open-source network

                         monitoring tool, provides deep insights into

                         your network traffic and helps you make

                         informed decisions.

                  # ⚓ ID Root ☛ Differences_Between_Oracle_JDK_and

                    OpenJDK⠀⇛

                         Java, an omnipresent programming language in

                         the software industry, has entrenched itself

                         in countless applications and systems. When

                         developing Java applications on Linux, one

                         critical decision emerges: the choice of a

                         Java Development Kit (JDK). Two prominent

                         options stand before developers—Oracle JDK

                         and OpenJDK.

      o § WINE or Emulation⠀➾

            # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ DXVK_2.3_Improves_Performance_in_Tomb_Raider

              Anniversary_and_Fixes_Many_Bugs⠀⇛

                   DXVK 2.3 is here almost four months after DXVK 2.2

                   to improve the presentation functionality by

                   signaling frame latency events when an image is

                   actually being presented, but only if the

                   VK_KHR_present_wait Vulkan extension is supported

                   and vertical synchronization is enabled. On Linux,

                   this requires Gamescope.

                   According to the release notes, this functionality

                   is also used to more accurately report the number

                   of frames that are actually being presented via

                   DXGI frame statistics. Additionally, on systems

                   where the VK_EXT_swapchain_maintenance1 Vulkan

                   extension is supported, there’s no longer a need

                   for recreating the Vulkan swap chain to enable and

                   disable vertical synchronization.

      o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾

            # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾

                  # ⚓ Harald Sitter ☛ Debugging_App_Crashes_on_Windows [Ed:

                    KDE wasting time and resources working for Microsoft]⠀⇛

                         The other week the question came up how one

                         can debug an application crash when the

                         Windows Store crash tracking system is unable

                         to produce a usable stack trace.

* § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾

      o § New Releases⠀➾

            # ⚓ Qubes_OS_4.2.0-rc3_is_available_for_testing⠀⇛

                   We’re pleased to announce that the third release

                   candidate_(RC) for Qubes OS 4.2.0 is now available

                   for testing. The ISO and associated verification

                   files are available on the downloads page.

                   § Explanation for the early RC

                   We announced_RC2 approximately one week ago.

                   Normally, RC2 would have been tested for

                   approximately_five_weeks before we announced RC3.

                   However, RC2 contained several bugs (listed below),

                   some of which prevented certain users from testing

                   it. These bugs have been fixed in RC3. We’ve

                   decided to release RC3 early, as an exception to

                   our usual policy, in order to get these fixes out

                   as quickly as possible so that more users can test

                   4.2 for longer before the eventual stable release.

                   § Main changes from RC2 to RC3

      o § PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva Family⠀➾

            # ⚓ PCLOS Official ☛ New_Web_Browser_Updates_Available⠀⇛

                   chromium-ungoogled-browser-116.0.5845.110-

                   1pclos2023.x86_64.rpmmicrosoft-edge-browser-

                   116.0.1938.69-1pclos2023.x86_64.rpmvivaldi-browser-

                   6.2.3105.45-1pclos2023.x86_64.rpmbrave-browser-

                   1.57.57-1pclos2023.x86_64.rpmopera-browser-

                   102.0.4880.29-1pclos2023.x86_64.rpmfirefox-117.0-

                   1pclos2023.x86_64.rpmwaterfox-G-browser-5.1.12-

                   1pclos2023.x86_64.rpm

      o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾

            # ⚓ SUSE’s Corporate Blog ☛ SUSE_Linux_Enterprise_Micro_5.5

              Public_Beta_is_out!⠀⇛

                   We are thrilled to announce the Public Beta of SUSE

                   Linux Enterprise Micro 5.5! SLE Micro is an ultra-

                   reliable, lightweight operating system purpose

                   built for edge computing. Please check out our

                   Product page to learn more, but for the beta

                   program, please refer to our dedicated beta page.

      o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾

            # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Fedora_Linux_KDE_Spin_Is_Switching_to_the

              Calamares_Graphical_Installer⠀⇛

                   Fedora Asahi Remix is using Fedora Project’s KDE

                   Spin as a base, featuring the KDE Plasma desktop

                   environment. Right now, the Fedora KDE Spin is

                   using the Anaconda installer, just like all the

                   other Fedora Linux editions.

                   According to the release notes, this functionality

                   is also used to more accurately report the number

                   of frames that are actually being presented via

                   DXGI frame statistics. Additionally, on systems

                   where the VK_EXT_swapchain_maintenance1 Vulkan

                   extension is supported, there’s no longer a need

                   for recreating the Vulkan swap chain to enable and

                   disable vertical synchronization.

            # ⚓ Fedora Project ☛ Fedora_Community_Blog:_CPE_Weekly_update_–

              Week_35_2023⠀⇛

                   This is a weekly report from the CPE (Community

                   Platform Engineering) Team. If you have any

                   questions or feedback, please respond to this

                   report or contact us on #redhat-cpe channel on

                   libera.chat.

            # ⚓ Fedora Magazine ☛ Fedora_Magazine:_Fedora_libostree_Post-

              Installation_Setup,_Modifications,_and_Tips_and_Tricks⠀⇛

                   ✐ What is Fedora libostree (Silverblue/Kinoite/

                   Sericia)?⠀✐

                   Fedora Linux’s libostree variants such as Fedora

                   Silverblue (GNOME desktop environment) and Fedora

                   Kinoite (KDE desktop environment) as well as Fedora

                   Sericia (Sway window manager) are new variants of

                   Fedora Linux that use the rpm-ostree command to

                   perform atomic upgrades.

                   Consider a normal Fedora Linux installation. During

                   an upgrade, a package manager such as DNF grabs the

                   packages, combines them then installs them on your

                   system. A libostree or “image-based” OS, on the

                   other hand, is an immutable system. It fetches the

                   image and “layers” it on top of the current one

                   during an upgrade, providing more robust and

                   reliable system upgrades.

      o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾

            # ⚓ Sean_Davis:_Xubuntu_Development_Update_September_2023⠀⇛

                   September has arrived and cooler days are finally

                   ahead of us in the northern hemisphere. Development

                   on the 23.10 release, “Mantic Minotaur”, has been

                   progressing nicely with numerous updates to report.

                   ✐ Color Emoji Have Arrived⠀✐

                   Font updates made to the desktop-common seed on

                   August_21 added the fonts-noto-color-emoji package

                   to all Ubuntu flavors, including Xubuntu. This

                   enables color emoji in any application using GTK 3

                   or 4. I&aposve written_about_color_emoji in Xubuntu

                   previously, in case you want to learn more.

            # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Ubuntu_Blog:_Efficiency_redefined:_Discover_the

              power_of_software_operators_during_Operator_Day,_co-located

              at_KubeCon_North_America_2023⠀⇛

                   § Learn to build, deploy, operate and scale

                   applications with software operators⠀➾

                   As a devops engineer or SRE, you’re used to

                   spending hours of your time making sure the

                   applications you manage keep running as smoothly as

                   when they were first deployed. What if you could

                   codify all your operational knowledge so software

                   can run it for you? That’s exactly what software

                   operators are about.

                   Software operators encapsulate business logic in

                   reusable software packages that automate every

                   aspect of an application’s lifecycle. Today, they

                   are crucial in the Kubernetes landscape, and an

                   indispensable tool in every SRE / Devops engineer’s

                   toolbox.  Canonical offers a toolkit to build

                   software operators or charms, and an orchestration

                   engine that enables their deployment, integration

                   and lifecycle management, called Juju.

      o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾

            # ⚓ 8_Unbelievable_Single_Board_Computer_Linux_for_2023⠀⇛

                   Introducing the mind-blowing world of single board

                   computers and Linux operating systems for the year

                   2023. Get ready to be amazed by the incredible

                   potential and performance of these 8 unbelievable

                   single board computer Linux variants. Whether you

                   are a tech enthusiast, a hobbyist, or a

                   professional seeking cutting-edge innovation, these

                   remarkable devices are set to redefine the

                   boundaries of what is possible. Discover the latest

                   advancements in computing technology and explore

                   the limitless possibilities that await in the realm

                   of single board computer Linux. Don’t miss out on

                   the chance to elevate your projects and experience

                   the future of computing today. Welcome to the 8

                   Unbelievable Single Board Computer Linux for 2023.

      o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾

            # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Best_Raspberry_Pi_HATs_2023:_Expansion

              Boards_for_Every_Project⠀⇛

                   The Raspberry Pi HATs (Hardware Attached on Top)

                   bring tons of extra functionality to your Pi. The

                   best HATs allow you to build a retro gaming

                   machine, develop an A.I., power a robot or just

                   learn about programming.

            # ⚓ Andrew Hutchings ☛ Amiga_1200:_Fixing_Boot_Loop⠀⇛

                   Over the weekend, the Amiga 1200 I restored picked

                   up an interesting symptom. It started randomly

                   rebooting, sometimes rebooting many times a minute.

                   This is the diagnosis and repair.

            # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Best_Stemma_QT,_Grove_Add-Ons_for

              Raspberry_Pi_and_Arduino⠀⇛

                   Stemma QT and Grove are solderless connections to

                   connect a plethora of different sensors, displays

                   and components to your Raspberry Pi, Arduino or

                   ESP32. We show you the best that we have personally

                   used in projects.

            # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Pico_Solar_Flower_Follows_The

              Light⠀⇛

                   Hannu Hell has created a Raspberry Pi Pico-powered

                   flower with solar panels that follows light sources

                   using servo motors.

      o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾

            # ⚓ Red Pixels Ventures Ltd ☛ Google_Photos_to_Get_Support_for

              Ultra_HDR_Image_Format_With_Android_14:_Report_|_Technology

              News⠀⇛

            # ⚓ The Sun ☛ Android_owners_are_about_to_snag_a_free_upgrade

              that_can_help_them_avoid_a_£200_fine_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛

            # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Enable_Grayscale_Mode_on_Your_Android

              Phone⠀⇛

            # ⚓ Notebook Check ☛ Redmi_K70:_Upcoming_Android_flagship

              smartphone_series_backed_to_launch_with_upgraded_rear_cameras

              –_NotebookCheck.net_News⠀⇛

* § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾

      o § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾

            # ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ pg_ivm_1.6_released⠀⇛

                   IVM Development Group is pleased to announce the

                   release of pg_ivm_1.6.

                   Changes since the v1.5.1 release include:

                   § New feature

                   Add EXISTS clause support in IVM (Takuma Hoshiai)

                   Correlated subqueries using EXISTS in WHERE clause

                   are supported.

            # ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ pgvector_0.5.0_Released!⠀⇛

                   pgvector, an open-source PostgreSQL extension that

                   provides vector similarity search capabilities, has

                   released v0.5.0. This latest version of pgvector

                   adds a new index type, hnsw, builds using parallel

                   workers for ivfflat index type, improves

                   performance for distance operations, and more. For

                   more information, please see the CHANGELOG_for

                   0.5.0: [...]

      o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾

            # ⚓ LibreOffice_project_and_community_recap:_August_2023⠀⇛

                   Here’s our summary of updates, events and

                   activities in the LibreOffice project in the last

                   four weeks – click the links to learn more… We

                   started August by posting the full version of TDF’s

                   Annual Report 2022.

* § Leftovers⠀➾

      o § Hardware⠀➾

            # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ ASRock_Industrial’s_present_4×4_BOX_7040

              Series_mini_PCs⠀⇛

                   ASRock Industrial unveiled today two new fanned

                   mini PCs powered by AMD Ryzen 7040U Series APU.

      o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾

            # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ 4_Hong_Kong_democrats’_bid_for_final

              appeal_against_Covid-related_convictions_rejected_by_top

              court⠀⇛

                   Hong Kong’s top court has rejected four pro-

                   democracy figures’ attempt to launch a final appeal

                   against convictions linked to breaching Covid-19

                   social distancing rules during a Labour Day protest

                   in 2020.

      o § Security⠀➾

            # ⚓ Hacker News ☛ PoC_Exploit_Released_for_Critical_VMware

              Aria’s_SSH_Auth_Bypass_Vulnerability [Ed: The issue here is

              not SSH but VMware (proprietary)]⠀⇛

                   The flaw, tracked as CVE-2023-34039, is rated 9.8

                   out of a maximum of 10 for severity and has been

                   described as a case of authentication bypass due to

                   a lack of unique cryptographic key generation.

            # ⚓ North_Korean_Malware_Targets_Windows,_MacOS_and_Linux [Ed:

              They do not target the OS; they target gullible admins who

              install malware.]⠀⇛

                   The VMConnect campaign, spotted in early August,

                   consists of two dozen “malicious Python packages”

                   posted on the openly accessible PyPI software

                   repository, and after observing it for a few weeks

                   ReversingLabs detected three more packages that

                   belong to the VMConnect family.

            # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_DEB_Packages_Are_Backdoored_and_How_to

              Detect_It [Ed: Misleading title; the issue is malware, not

              how it is packaged]⠀⇛

                   Did you know attackers can modify the scripts

                   packaged in a DEB file to gain unauthorized access

                   to your PC? Here’s how DEB packages are backdoored.

            # ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Monday⠀⇛

                   Security updates have been issued by Debian

                   (thunderbird), Fedora (firefox, kernel, kubernetes,

                   and mediawiki), Mageia (openldap), SUSE

                   (terraform), and Ubuntu (atftp, busybox, and

                   thunderbird).

            # ⚓ 3,20,000+_Patient_Records_From_Ayush_Jharkhand_Gov._In

              Shared_On_Dark_Web_Hacking_Forums⠀⇛

                   - More than 3 lakh 20 thousand patient records

                   containing their PII information and medical

                   diagnosis.

                   - 500 login credentials with multiple cleartext

                   passwords as well.

                   - Contact information of 737 people who used the

                   contact us form

                   - 472 records containing PII information of doctors

                   - Database also has the PII information of 91

                   Doctors along with the information about where they

                   are posted.

‍

            # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Intel_Launches_‘Emergency’_Driver_Update

              To_Improve_Stability_In_Starfield⠀⇛

                   Intel has launched a new beta driver update for Arc

                   Alchemist GPUs that fixes several stability issues

                   with Starfield.

            # ⚓ SANS ☛ Creating_a_YARA_Rule_to_Detect_Obfuscated_Strings,_

              (Mon,_Sep_4th)⠀⇛

                   I wrote a blog post “Quickpost:_Analysis_of_PDF/

                   ActiveMime_Polyglot_Maldocs” on how to analyse PDF/

                   ActiveMime polyglot malicious document files and

                   also developed a YARA_rule to detect them.

            # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾

                  # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Northern_Ireland_police_chief

                    resigns_after_controversies_including_huge_data

                    breach⠀⇛

                         Northern Ireland’s top police officer has

                         resigned following a series of controversies

                         that plagued the police force, including what

                         he described as an “industrial scale” data

                         breach. The Northern Ireland Policing Board

                         confirmed that Simon Byrne has resigned as

                         chief constable. Bryne has faced growing

                         pressure to step down since personal data on

                         all serving members of the police force were

                         mistakenly published last month in response

                         to a freedom of information request. The

                         incident was particularly sensitive given the

                         delicate security situation in Northern

                         Ireland. In a statement Monday, Byrne said it

                         was “time for someone new” to lead the force.

      o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾

            # ⚓ RFA ☛ Solomon_Islands_says_Australia_to_enlarge,_extend

              security_deployment⠀⇛

                   Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare said “huge”

                   security support is needed for the Pacific Games,

                   national elections.

            # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ The_GOP_Declares_War_on_Mexico⠀⇛

                   The 8 candidates for the Republican presidential

                   nomination featured in the August 23 televised

                   debate feuded on several issues, including U.S. aid

                   to Ukraine and the future role of former president

                   Donald Trump.

            # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Protesters_in_southern_Syria_smash

              statue_as_they_mark_2015_assassination_of_anti-government

              leader⠀⇛

                   Hundreds of angry protesters in southern Syrian

                   have destroyed the statue of the country’s late

                   president as they marked the 2015 assassination of

                   a prominent anti-government Druze leader. The

                   protests in the province of Sweida, where the Druze

                   community represents the majority of the

                   population, entered their third week on Monday.

                   They were initially driven by surging inflation and

                   the war-torn country’s spiraling economy but

                   quickly shifted focus, with marchers calling for

                   the fall of President Bashar Assad’s government.

                   Sweida has largely stayed out of the fighting in

                   Syria’s 12-year civil war, a conflict that has

                   killed half a million people, wounded hundreds of

                   thousands and left parts of the country destroyed.

            # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾

                  # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Belarus_court_delivers_prison_sentence_to

                    journalist_accused_of_facilitating_‘extremist

                    activities’⠀⇛

                         A court in Gomel, a southeastern city in

                         Belarus, sentenced journalist Larysa

                         Schchyrakova to 3.5 years in prison and a

                         fine of 3,700 rubles (US$1465) on Thursday.

                  # ⚓ France24 ☛ Zelensky_discusses⠀⇛

                  # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Big_tunnel_under_Latvian-Belarusian_railway

                    put_into_service⠀⇛

                         In August, the first major infrastructure

                         facility on the Latvian–Belarusian border –

                         the 30-meter, 30-tonne metal tunnel – was

                         commissioned, which will significantly

                         facilitate border guarding along the

                         Daugavpils-Polotsk railway line, said

                         Renārs Griškevics, Chairman of the Board of

                         State Real Estate (VNĪ) on September 4.

                    ‘functioning’ of Black Sea grain corridor with Macron

                         Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and

                         French President Emmanuel Macron spoke

                         Sunday, discussing the “functioning” of a

                         Black Sea corridor set up by Kyiv for the

                         safe navigation of ships after Moscow exited

                         a landmark grain deal. The news comes after

                         Romania’s defence ministry strongly condemned

                         repeated Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Danube

                         River infrastructure close to its border.

            # ⚓ LRT ☛ After_Kyiv_sacks_MoD,_his_successor_will_have_to

              rebuild_contacts_–_Lithuania’s_Anušauskas⠀⇛

                   Ukraine’s new defence minister will need to make

                   efforts to build relations with Western leaders,

                   says Lithuanian Defence Minister Arvydas Anušauskas

                   commenting on Ukrainian President Volodymyr

                   Zelensky’s decision to replace his Ukrainian

                   counterpart Oleksiy Reznikov.

            # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Romania_‘Categorically’_Denies_Russian_Drones

              Detonated_on_Romanian_Territory⠀⇛

                   Romania’s Defense Ministry “categorically” denies

                   reports that Russian drones fell and detonated on

                   Romanian territory early on September 4.

            # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukrainian_Defense_Minister_Reznikov_Submits

              Resignation_Letter⠀⇛

                   Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov has submitted his

                   resignation, paving the way for Rustem Umerov, a

                   Ukrainian politician of Crimean Tatar origin, to

                   take his place.

            # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Graft_in_Ukraine_Military_Spending_Becomes

              a_Headache⠀⇛

                   The removal of the defense minister highlights the

                   enduring challenge of corruption in Ukraine, which

                   has emerged as a rare area of criticism of

                   President Volodymyr Zelensky’s leadership.

            # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine_Arrests_Oligarch_Ihor_Kolomoisky

              Amid_Corruption_Inquiry⠀⇛

                   The detention of Ihor Kolomoisky came as Ukraine

                   steps up efforts to punish graft and make its case

                   for closer integration with the European Union.

            # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Ukraine_claims_Russian_kamikaze_drones_exploded_in

              NATO_member_Romania⠀⇛

                   Romania “categorically” denied the Russian drone

                   strike inside its territory.

            # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Russia’s_Putin_says_there_will_be_no

              new_grain_deal_until_the_West_meets_his_demands⠀⇛

                   Russian President Vladimir Putin says a landmark

                   deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain safely

                   through the Black Sea amid the war won’t be

                   restored until the West meets Moscow’s demands on

                   its own agricultural exports. Putin’s remarks

                   dashed hopes that his talks Monday with Turkish

                   President Recep Tayyip Erdogan could revive the

                   agreement.

            # ⚓ Neritam ☛ Did_Putin_Have_A_Reasonable_Choice_To_Invade

              Ukraine?⠀⇛

                   Cornel West promise to ussr, nato will not expand.

                   now 14 soviet countries are in nato. 2014 coup in

                   ukraine. 14k people died to put a puppet government

                   in keiv. 8 years of killing russians in Donbas .

            # ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_No_new_grain_deal_until_West_meets

              Russia’s_demands,_says_Putin⠀⇛

                   Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Monday

                   that the deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain

                   safely through the Black Sea won’t be restored

                   until the West meets Moscow’s demands to facilitate

                   Russian agricultural exports. Putin made the

                   statement after talks with Turkish President Recep

                   Tayyip Erdogan in the Russian port city of Sochi.

            # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Erdogan_Dismisses_Alternatives_To_Grain_Deal_After

              Putin_Meeting_As_Russian_Drones_Target_Ukrainian_Port⠀⇛

                   Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said after a

                   meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin that

                   Ankara is against alternative proposals to the

                   Black Sea Grain Initiative that it brokered last

                   year with the United Nations to ensure Ukrainian

                   grain exports to countries that need them.

            # ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Putin_says_he_won’t_renew_the

              grain_deal_until_the_West_meets_his_demands._The_West_says_it

              has⠀⇛

                   Ukraine and its Western allies have dismissed the

                   Kremlin’s demands as a ploy to advance its own

                   interests.

            # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Putin_dashes_hopes_of_new_Ukraine_grain_deal

              after_talks_with_Erdoğan⠀⇛

                   The Russian president says a deal that allowed

                   Ukraine to export grain amid the war won’t be

                   restored until the West meets Moscow’s demands on

                   its own agricultural exports.

            # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia-Ukraine_War:_Putin_and_Erdogan

              Meet,_Showcasing_Cooperation_but_Little_Progress_on_Grain

              Deal⠀⇛

                   Hours before the Russian and Turkish leaders met,

                   Moscow’s forces attacked Ukraine’s southern Odesa

                   region with drones, damaging grain infrastructure.

            # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Ukraine_replaces_defense_minister_as_Zelensky_vows

              crackdown_on_wartime_corruption⠀⇛

                   Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky announced

                   plans to replace his defense minister — a major

                   administration shake-up coming just over a month

                   after he vowed to crack down on wartime corruption.

            # ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_Zelensky_discusses_‘functioning’_of

              Black_Sea_grain_corridor_with_Macron⠀⇛

                   Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and French

                   President Emmanuel Macron spoke Sunday, discussing

                   the “functioning” of a Black Sea corridor set up by

                   Kyiv for the safe navigation of ships after Moscow

                   exited a landmark grain deal.

            # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Ukraine_tycoon_arrested_for_fraud_and_money

              laundering_during_anti-corruption_investigation⠀⇛

                   Ukraine’s main security agency, the Security

                   Service of Ukraine (SBU), published a statement on

                   Saturday handing criminal charges to Ihor

                   Kolomoisky related to money laundering and fraud in

                   his oil and gas holdings. Local news reported that

                   the Shevchenkivskyi District Court of Kyiv ordered

                   Kolomoisky to be held until the end of October.

            # ⚓ RFERL ☛ ‘New_Approaches_Needed’:_Zelenskiy_To_Replace

              Ukraine’s_Defense_Minister_In_Surprise_Move⠀⇛

                   Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said late

                   on September 3 that he has decided to replace

                   Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov with Rustem

                   Umerov, a Ukrainian politician of Crimean Tatar

                   origin, in a surprising move as Kyiv’s forces press

                   on with their counteroffensive against Russia’s

                   invasion.

            # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Who_Is_Rustem_Umerov,_Zelensky’s_Nominee

              for_Ukraine’s_Defense_Minister?⠀⇛

                   Though a member of an opposition political party,

                   Mr. Umerov has taken on several critical roles for

                   the Zelensky government since the Russian invasion

                   last year.

            # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvian_alphabet_series_offered_to_Russian-

              speakers⠀⇛

                   Our colleagues at the LSM Russian-language service

                   have a new offering for Russian-speakers: a guide

                   to Latvia old via the 33 letters of the Latvian

                   alphabet.

            # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Russia-backed_hackers_attack_Latvian_cyberspace⠀⇛

                   Latvia’s national cyber-security agency, CERT.LV,

                   said September 4 that “today several hacktivist

                   groups supported by Russia are carrying out large-

                   scale cyber attacks against institutions in the

                   state, financial and healthcare sectors.”

            # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Businesses_claim_lack_of_state_support_in_exiting

              Russian_market⠀⇛

                   “Come get state aid and we will help you exit the

                   Russian and Belarusian market” – such calls to

                   entrepreneurs have publicly been heard from the

                   Ministry of Economics. Entrepreneurs, on the other

                   hand, are frustrated that the previous export

                   refocusing aid program is already closing, but the

                   new one has still not started, and the process of

                   coordination is too slow, according to a Latvian

                   Television report September 2.

            # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Swedish_citizen_goes_on_trial_on

              charges_of_collecting_information_for_Russia⠀⇛

                   The trial has opened in Stockholm of a Russia-born

                   Swedish citizen charged with collecting information

                   for the Russian military intelligence service GRU

                   for almost a decade. Sergey Skvortsov is accused of

                   “gross illegal intelligence activities against

                   Sweden and against a foreign power,” according to

                   prosecutor Henrik Olin. He identified the foreign

                   power as the United States. The 60-year-old

                   Skvortsov appeared Monday before the Stockholm

                   District Court. Skvortsov was arrested in November

                   together with his wife in a predawn operation in

                   Nacka, outside Stockholm. She was later released

                   without charge. Skvortsov denies any wrongdoing. It

                   is the second trial in recent years of people

                   accused of spying on Sweden for Russia.

            # ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_Badminton_Federation_opposes_return_of

              Russian,_Belarusian_athletes⠀⇛

                   The Lithuanian Badminton Federation (LBF) has said

                   it does not approve of the Badminton World

                   Federation’s decision to allow Russian and

                   Belarusian athletes to return to international

                   competitions from next February.

            # ⚓ RFA ☛ Russia_proposes_joint_naval_drill_with_China,_North

              Korea⠀⇛

                   Defense chief raised the idea to the North in his

                   recent visit, said South Korean spies.

            # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Former_Navalny_Associate_Says_Family_Attacked_In

              Argentina,_Warned_To_‘Stay_Away’_From_Russia⠀⇛

                   Russian opposition economist Maksim Mironov, a

                   former associate of imprisoned opposition leader

                   Aleksei Navalny, said his family was attacked in

                   Buenos Aires when an unidentified man hit his wife

                   in the face while she was walking their 10-month-

                   old son and told her to “stay away” from Russia.

            # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Court_In_Novosibirsk_Sentences_Five

              Soldiers_For_Leaving_Unit⠀⇛

                   A Russian court in the Siberian city of Novosibirsk

                   sentenced five soldiers to prison time for leaving

                   their military units after being mobilized.

            # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian-Swede_On_Trial_Suspected_Of_Spying_For

              Russia⠀⇛

                   A Russian-Swede arrested last year in a dramatic

                   dawn raid on his quiet suburban home goes on trial

                   in Stockholm on September 4 accused of passing

                   Western technology to Russia’s military.

* § Environment⠀➾

      o § Energy/Transportation⠀➾

            # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Energy_Security_Platform_is_Presented_at_ASEAN

              Business_Summit⠀⇛

                   It could provide Russian energy companies with

                   access to an additional US$170 billion economically

                   orientated market⁠.

            # ⚓ YLE ☛ Finland_not_planning_to_limit_operations_of_Russia-

              based_taxi_firm_Yango⠀⇛

                   Finland’s Data Protection Ombudsman has temporarily

                   ordered Yango to stop the transfer and processing

                   of personal data of customer data from Finland to

                   Russia.

            # ⚓ Alan Pope ☛ Alan_Pope:_Using_bimmer_connected_with_my

              Mini⠀⇛

                   tl;dr I own an BEV (Battery Electric Vehicle) BMW

                   Mini. I previously wrote and talked about getting a

                   ’takeout’ of my car charging data from BMW, and

                   putting it into Axiom to answer some common

                   questions from the ‘EV Curious’. I’m now getting

                   ongoing data from the car, but I had to use 3rd

                   party tools to do it.

* § Finance⠀➾

      o ⚓ Latvia ☛ Wage_rise_in_Latvia_not_enough_to_cover_price_hikes,_say

        economists⠀⇛

             Average wages in Latvia rose to EUR 1,114 net in Q2 of

             this year, but it still does not compensate for inflation

             and increases in various tariffs and prices, according to

             experts surveyed by Latvian Radio on September 4.

      o ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Türkiye’s_Annual_Inflation_Rate_Climbs_to_58.94_Pct_in

        August⠀⇛

             Previously, the central bank announced an interest rate

             hike from 17.5 percent to 25 percent to control

             inflation.

      o ⚓ Turkey’s_official_inflation_rate_rises_over_10_points_in_a_month

        in_August⠀⇛

             The Central Bank had raised its year-end inflation

             forecast to 58% in July. Inflation has already exceeded

             this rate, having surged by 20 points in the past two

             months.

      o ⚓ Forbes ☛ Big_Companies—From_CVS_To_Yellow_Corp.—Laid_Off_More

        Than_65,000_This_Summer⠀⇛

             More than 65,000 U.S. employees lost their jobs in major

             job cuts this summer, according to Forbes’ layoff

             tracker, as recession fears and economic uncertainty

             continued to prompt employers to re-adjust their head

             counts after more than 136,000 Americans were laid off in

             major layoffs over the first three months of the year

             (Forbes has been tracking the biggest layoffs this year).

      o ⚓ HT Digital Streams Ltd ☛ ‘Return_to_Office’:_Stark_differences

        emerge_across_continents_and_cultures⠀⇛

             Companies, employees, and governments are still grappling

             with the changes to corporate life brought about by the

             Covid-19 pandemic. While Asian and European workers have

             largely returned to offices at a faster pace, their

             American counterparts are facing a range of policies.

      o ⚓ Workers_are_Resisting_Calls_to_Return_to_Offices⠀⇛

      o ⚓ Consumer_transaction_volume_fell_70%_on_Coinbase,_troubling

        crypto_–_Business_Insider⠀⇛

             Coinbase, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency

             exchange by volume, released its second-quarter earnings

             report on Thursday — and the results are less than

             favorable for crypto enthusiasts.

             Transaction volumes for consumers and institutions are

             down 70% and 54%, respectively, compared to Q2 2022.

* § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾

      o ⚓ YLE ☛ Finns_Party_councillor_resigns_from_party_group_following

        racist_Facebook_post⠀⇛

             Anna Koskela says she will continue to serve as an

             independent councillor, but will remain a member of the

             Finns Party.

      o ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Anti-racism_demonstration_draws_11,000_people_to

        central_Helsinki⠀⇛

             AROUND 11,000 PEOPLE expressed their opposition to racism

             at a demonstration held in downtown Helsinki on Sunday,

             according to a joint estimate by police and the

             organisers.

             End the Silence!, the organiser of the demonstration,

             stated in a press release that the demonstration is an

             attempt to prompt the government and parliament to move

             from words to action in the fight against racism.

* § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾

      o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Professor_Dismissed_Amid_Purge_Ahead_Of_Amini’s

        Death_Anniversary⠀⇛

             Behrouz Chamanara, a professor at Kurdistan University in

             western Iran, has been dismissed following a directive

             from the Ministry of Intelligence as officials continue

             to attack academics for their support of protests over

             the death of a young woman in police custody.

* § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾

      o ⚓ OpenRightsGroup ☛ UK_Online_Safety_Bill_will_mandate_dangerous

        age_verification_for_much_of_the_web⠀⇛

             Under new age verification rules in the UK’s massive

             Online Safety Bill, all internet platforms with UK users

             will have to stop minors from accessing ‘harmful’

             content, as defined by the UK Parliament.

      o ⚓ France24 ☛ Far-right_militants_in_Greece_illegally_‘arrest’

        migrants_they_blame_for_fires⠀⇛

             Two videos posted online on August 23 show Greek members

             of the extreme right illegally “arresting” migrants in

             Evros, a Greek region bordering Turkey. The footage shows

             the militants forcing one group of men to sit in the

             dirt. Another group of terrified migrants have been

             crammed into a trailer. While members of the far right

             have carried out this type of illegal arrest of migrants

             before, it is rare to have footage of it. The attackers

             accuse the migrants of being responsible for the

             widespread fires in the region. These militiamen feel

             empowered by the political context hostile to migrants,

             say our Observers.

      o ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ UAW’s_clash_with_Big_3_automakers_shows

        off_a_more_confrontational_union_as_strike_deadline_looms⠀⇛

             A 46% pay raise. A 32-hour week with 40 hours of pay. A

             restoration of traditional pensions. The demands that a

             more combative United Auto Workers union has pressed on

             General Motors, Stellantis and Ford are edging it closer

             to a strike when its contract ends Sept. 14. The

             automakers, which are making billions in profits, have

             dismissed the UAW’s wish list. They argue that its

             demands are unrealistic at a time of fierce competition

             as the world shifts from internal combustion engines to

             electric vehicles. The wide gulf between the sides could

             mean a strike against one or more of the automakers,

             which could send already-inflated vehicle prices even

             higher.

      o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Afghan_Women_On_Hunger_Strike_In_Germany_To_Protest

        Taliban’s_‘Gender_Apartheid’⠀⇛

             A group of Afghan women’s rights activists have launched

             a hunger strike in Germany to protest against the

             policies of the ruling Taliban that limit the rights and

             freedoms of Afghan women.

      o ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_History_of_Labor_Day⠀⇛

             President Grover Cleveland made it a national holiday in

             1894, during a crisis over federal efforts to end a

             strike by railroad workers.

* § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾

      o ⚓ APNIC ☛ The_Internet_Landscape_of_Japan⠀⇛

             Guest Post: An overview of current Internet operations in

             Japan.

* § Monopolies⠀➾

      o § Patents⠀➾

            # ⚓ JUVE ☛ Panel_preview:_The_judges_behind_the_UPC’s_first

              major_hearing [Ed: UPC is illegal and unconstitutional, but

              JUVE has received bribes to legitimise this crime and keep

              pushing this utterly absurd agency that shames the EU and

              helps the EPO spread its corruption]⠀⇛

                   Tomorrow, US-based biotechnology company 10x

                   Genomics is seeking a PI against NanoString’s CosMx

                   Spatial Molecular Imager (SMI) instruments and

                   CosMx reagents for RNA detection, over EP 4 108 782

                   B1. The PI was one of the first ever filed at the

                   UPC (case ID: ACT_459746/2023 UPC_CFI_2/2023).

      o § Copyrights⠀➾

            # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Folk_Implosion_Returns_With_‘Music_for

              Kids’⠀⇛

                   Lou Barlow and John Davis made tracks for the 1995

                   cultural flashpoint. They split after a 1999 LP,

                   but reunited during the pandemic, and made plans to

                   release more songs.

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* Gemini*_and_Gopher

      o Personal/Opinions

      o Technology_and_Free_Software

            # Internet/Gemini

* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾

      o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾

            # ⚓ Vacation_Canceled⠀⇛

                   My wife and I planned to go out of town this week.

                   We were to travel with another couple, good friends

                   of ours that we’ve known for many years. We were to

                   take an early flight this morning, and they live

                   much close to the airport than we do, so we

                   arranged to stay at their house last night in order

                   to cut down on driving time. We met up with them

                   the two of them and the husband’s parents, had

                   dinner, and got ready to retire for the evening.

                   Ten minutes a later, a knock on the bedroom door.

                   The wife received a message from one of her

                   coworkers informing her that the person had tested

                   positive for COVID-19. She’d been suffering from a

                   stuffy nose and fatigue herself, so she took a home

                   rapid test. The result was clear and immediate:

                   positive. Of course the rest of us had been exposed

                   to her for several hours by now, so we had to

                   cancel the entire trip.

            # ⚓ Updates⠀⇛

                   I’ve done a pretty lousy job keeping this thing

                   active over the summer.

                   This last week was my first week at university,

                   California State University Sacramento, home of the

                   hornets! I’ve really enjoyed my first week there,

                   just walking around, checking out what all is there

                   to do, since we haven’t had a ton of homework

                   fortunately. I like all my professors so far and my

                   schedule, although starting a bit earlier than I’d

                   prefer, fits really well with my work schedule

                   while giving me a couple hours each day to work on

                   things there, without distractions.

                   Yesterday I went to Lake Berryessa with my high

                   school friends and had a blast. Chad’s parents are

                   wealthy and have a boat and two jet-skis, though we

                   only used the latter which was absolutely

                   phenomenal. Going 50 mph on an open body of water,

                   the wind whipping your face, shooting into the air,

                   there’s nothing quite like it. I should buy a jet-

                   ski. It was my first time using one but I got the

                   hang of it pretty much immediately. I do wish I

                   wore more sunscreen though, I’m as red as a tomato

                   today and my skin hurts.

            # ⚓ Back_to_classics:_The_Picture_of_Dorian_Gray⠀⇛

                   Every once in a while I like to pull out an old

                   classic book.

                   (I only really read a book “every once in a while”

                   though, so this is a pretty large portion of my

                   overall reading).

                   I’m also rather excited to start tracking my

                   reading here, and hopeful I’ll read more as a

                   result. Readability has been dead to me for a long

                   time, and lately bookwyrm wasn’t cutting it either.

                   The old masters of English literature are

                   considered so for a reason, and I’m always

                   pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoy them.

      o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾

            # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾

                  # ⚓ Gopher_item_types:_A_Gemini_miss?⠀⇛

                         Hardly new, I know – a geminaut questions a

                         design decision in the protocol.

                         I came to the small web a little backwards. I

                         discovered Gemini via the tildeverse a little

                         over a year ago, quickly created this ~/

                         public_gemini directory and got posting,

                         responding to others’ posts, and finding

                         their responses on Cosmos.

                  # ⚓ Slowing⠀⇛

                         Since 2005, I have calculated that I have

                         written about one blog post every4 days.

                         Remember that I had a break between august

                         1st August and .. August 20 (I’m talking

                         about my French blog, cheziceman.fr). Oh no

                         !! The reality is that I haven’t written any

                         article since February. All the articles

                         published on my old blog were written months

                         or weeks before. I’m like that, I love to

                         write and have lots of ideas for posts.

                         That’s why I was an editor in a french

                         webzine for 3 years. It’s not the same one

                         anymore…But after 15 years, a break of 6

                         month was a good thing. I decided to do

                         something different, a challenge (I’m a

                         challenge guy :p ) but I see I’m in the same

                         rhythm as before. I’m always writing drafts

                         with some ideas for a future post and you

                         can’t imagine what a mess it is. …Maybe 6

                         months of posts (on two sites) if I slow

                         down. Yes the idea was to slow down (a

                         fantastic song by Morcheeba, by the way…)

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§ Contents⠀➾

* Leftovers

      o Hardware

      o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

      o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI)

      o Security

            # Privacy/Surveillance

      o Defence/Aggression

      o Environment

      o Finance

      o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

      o Censorship/Free_Speech

      o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press

      o Civil_Rights/Policing

      o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM)

      o Monopolies

            # Patents

            # Copyrights

* § Leftovers⠀➾

      o ⚓ Nicolas Fränkel ☛ Offering_my_blog_to_new_authors⠀⇛

             However, while I still have enough of both, I start to

             miss good post ideas. There are several reasons for this.

             I’ve always told that working on real-world projects is a

             vast source of ideas. Moving to Developer Advocacy, I’ve

             widened the list of topics I’m familiar with but cut

             myself from this source. However, I would prefer to

             reduce the pace of the weekly post.

      o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Trapped_by_Rain_and_Mud,_Attendees_at_Burning

        Man_Fest_Bear_Down,_and_Many_Party_On⠀⇛

             Thousands of people at the Burning Man festival, an

             annual carefree celebration of art, music and

             counterculture vibes in a remote patch of Nevada desert,

             remained stranded there Sunday after torrential rains

             turned roads and grounds into muck, cutting off access.

             It was an unusual turn of events that tested the resolve

             of participants, who were told to conserve food and

             water, at the more than three-decade-old festival that

             prides itself on grit and self-reliance and normally

             battles excessive heat and, sometimes, excessive

             partying.

      o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ If_You_Aren’t_Making_Your_Own_Relays…⠀⇛

             We’ve all been there. Someone will say something like, “I

             remember when we had to put our programs on a floppy

             disk…” Then someone will interrupt: “Floppy disk? We

             would have killed for floppy disks. We used paper tape…”

             After a few rounds, someone is talking about punching

             cards with a hand stylus or something. Next time someone

             is telling you about their relay computer, maybe ask them

             if they are buying their relays already built. They will

             almost surely say yes, and then you can refer them to

             [DiodeGoneWild], who shows how he is making his own

             relays.

      o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Modding_A_Nerf_Blaster_The_Old_Fashioned_Way⠀⇛

             The Pistol Splat was a very weak blaster built for

             children, designed to shoot toy-grade paintball-like

             ammunition. [Matt Yuan] recognised the potential of the

             single-shot design, though, and repurposed it as a

             powerful Nerf blaster.

      o § Hardware⠀➾

            # ⚓ WhichUK ☛ 5_ways_to_make_the_most_of_a_computer_monitor⠀⇛

                   See how computer monitors can be good for

                   productivity, the planet, your pocket and your

                   health

            # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Allwinner_2023-2024_roadmap_reveals_A736/

              A737_Arm_Cortex-A78/A76_processors⠀⇛

                   Allwinner should launch new Cortex-A78/A55 and

                   Cortex-A78/A55 processors in 2024 according to the

                   company’s roadmap including the Allwinner A736/A737

                   for tablets and the T736/T737 designed for

                   automotive and industrial applications. In recent

                   years, we’ve seen Rockchip and Amlogic introduce

                   more powerful processors with the Rockchip RK3588

                   octa-core Cortex-A76/A55 processor and Amlogic

                   A311D2 octa-core Cortex-A73/A55 or the more recent

                   Amlogic S928X Cortex-A76/A55 for 8K TV boxes. But

                   we’re still seeing some recent boards based on

                   Allwinner Cortex-A7 32-bit processors, although

                   recently we covered the Allwinner A523 octa-core

                   Cortex-A55 processor for tablets. So today, I

                   decided to go on a quest to find out whether

                   Allwinner plans to use 64-bit Arm “big” cores in

                   their future design.

            # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Tiny_Drone_Racing_Gate_Records_Your_Best_Laps⠀⇛

                   Professional drone racing is now an elite sport,

                   with all the high-end tech, coverage, and equipment

                   that goes along with it. If you’re just practicing

                   with tiny drones in your home though, you might not

                   be so well equipped. You might want to build

                   something like this tiny FPV drone racing gate from

                   [ProfessorBoots] to help keep track of laptimes

                   while you’re training.

            # ⚓ Interesting Engineering ☛ FAA_warns_of_possible_defect_in

              Boeing_777_engines⠀⇛

                   The US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has

                   issued a new proposal to address a potential defect

                   in some of the engines that power Boeing 777

                   aircraft. The defect is related to a substance

                   called ‘iron inclusion’ that could affect the

                   quality and durability of certain compressor

                   components.

            # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Samsung_teases_1TB_DDR5_modules_with

              launch_of_32Gb_die⠀⇛

                   The Korean giant has mass-produced 16Gb DRAM since

                   May 2023, and claimed its new and denser product

                   “paves way to DRAM modules of up to 1TB capacity”

                   without offering any hint of a roadmap or timeframe

                   for those colosso-modules to debut.

            # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Intel_To_Spend_$9.7_Billion_On_TSMC

              Outsourcing_In_2025:_Goldman_Sachs⠀⇛

                   The analysis from Goldman Sachs indicates that the

                   overall market potential for Intel’s outsourcing

                   orders in 2024 and 2025 is projected to be $18.6

                   billion and $19.4 billion, respectively. This means

                   a hypothetical situation in which Intel outsources

                   all of its products, which is hardly a possible

                   scenario. According to Goldman Sachs, in a more

                   realistic turn of events, TSMC might land $5.6

                   billion and $9.7 billion of orders from Intel in

                   2024 – 2025.

      o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾

            # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Long_Covid_Poses_Special_Challenges_for

              Seniors⠀⇛

                   Older people are less likely to be diagnosed but

                   more likely to experience certain kinds of

                   illnesses, research suggests.

            # ⚓ India Times ☛ Toxic_is_toxic:_Your_lungs_at_threat,_no

              amount_of_air_pollution_is_less⠀⇛

                   Pulmonologists across the city have warned that no

                   amount of air pollution is safe and prolonged

                   exposure to it can exacerbate asthma and bronchitis

                   and reduce lung function over time.

                   They have advocated the immediate need to mitigate

                   the impact of air pollution on life expectancy by

                   implementing environmental regulations, improving

                   fuel quality, promoting electric vehicles and

                   raising awareness about the health risks associated

                   with air pollution.

            # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Viral_Origins_of_Chronic_Fatigue_Syndrome

              May_Be_Hiding_in_Plain_Sight⠀⇛

                   But people might be buoyed by the efforts of

                   researchers like Maureen Hanson, a molecular

                   biologist at Cornell University who has revisited

                   the viral origins of chronic fatigue syndrome (also

                   known as myalgic encephalomyelitis, or ME/CFS) in a

                   new paper.

                   Historical evidence suggests large numbers of ME/

                   CFS cases are likely to have been triggered by

                   viral infections. The question is which virus is

                   the likely culprit.

            # ⚓ Substack Inc ☛ I_Had_a_Helicopter_Mom._I_Found_Pornhub

              Anyway.⠀⇛

                   There is no porn that’s okay for children and

                   teens. Not even “feminist” porn. Here’s why:

                   A recent Cambridge University study shows that

                   porn’s effects on the brain are neurochemically

                   identical to drug addiction. It’s as much a

                   dangerous substance as illicit drugs.

                   When someone consumes an addictive drug, a hit of

                   dopamine, the pleasure hormone, releases into the

                   bloodstream. The brain loves dopamine and wants to

                   repeat the feeling, leading to cravings and

                   eventually addiction. This “gratification

                   hypothesis,” according to a University of

                   Duisburg–Essen study, is why cybersex addiction

                   occurs.

                   But some, including Nadine Strossen, the former

                   national president of the ACLU, argue that minors’

                   access to porn content is a “free speech” issue,

                   noting young people have a constitutional right to

                   information about sexual health.

                   They are wrong. Porn is not about sexual health.

                   Nor is it “content.” It’s a substance.

      o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾

            # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Patient_dies_after_Cruise_vehicles

              allegedly_block_ambulance_in_San_Francisco⠀⇛

                   Two autonomous vehicles belonging to Cruise LLC, a

                   unit of General Motors Co., are alleged to have

                   delayed an ambulance in San Francisco on Aug. 14,

                   with the patient later dying in hospital.

                   The incident, which Cruise disputes, allegedly

                   involved two Cruise autonomous vehicles that were

                   stopped in two right-hand lanes on a four-lane,

                   one-way street where the victim was found after an

                   apparent collision by another car, according to a

                   San Francisco Fire Department report reported

                   Saturday by the New York Times. It’s alleged that a

                   police vehicle in another lane then had to be moved

                   to allow the ambulance to leave.

            # ⚓ Microsoft_Cloud_tools_vendor_Skykick_streamlines

              operations,_lays_off_140_staff⠀⇛

                   While the statement did not specify the exact

                   percentage of employees affected by the layoffs or

                   provide a final headcount post-layoff, it did

                   disclose that a total of 140 employees were

                   released globally, with 98 of these individuals

                   located in the United States.

                   SkyKick’s LinkedIn profile indicates an employee

                   count of approximately 320. However, it remains

                   unclear whether this figure represents the

                   workforce before or after the recent reduction.

                   In 2021, the company secured $130 million in a

                   financing round and had approximately 250 employees

                   at that time. This suggests that there has been

                   notable growth and changes in the company’s

                   staffing levels over recent years, culminating in

                   the recent workforce reduction.

                   According to its website, the vendor boasts a

                   global network of over 30,000 partners.

                   The information provided by an online database from

                   the state of Washington suggests that 181 employees

                   were let go, but this figure has been deemed

                   inaccurate according to the statement from SkyKick.

                   Additionally, it has been reported that the vendor

                   conducted layoffs in March of an undisclosed number

                   of employees, as reported by the Puget Sound

                   Business Journal.

      o § Security⠀➾

            # ⚓ Open Source Security (Audio Show) ☛ Free_Software_Security

              Podcast_Episode_391_–_The_WordPress_100_year_disaster

              recovery_problem⠀⇛

                   Josh and Kurt talk about wordpress selling web

                   services with a 100 year lifespan. Will WordPress

                   still be around in 100 years? What would 100 years

                   of disaster recovery look like? Most of us will

                   never need to think about 100 years of disaster

                   recovery.

            # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾

                  # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ban_Online_Porn_for_Kids⠀⇛

                         This is not a partisan issue. In Louisiana,

                         for example, a legislator named Laurie

                         Schlegel introduced an age verification bill

                         that, as Politico reported, “sailed through”

                         the State House 96 to 1 and the State Senate

                         34 to 0. I’ve never met any parents, no

                         matter how conservative or how progressive,

                         how religious or how secular, who wanted

                         their children to be able to view graphic

                         porn. Moreover, even the judge who blocked

                         the Texas law observed, “It is uncontested

                         that pornography is generally inappropriate

                         for children, and the state may regulate a

                         minor’s access to pornography.”

                         Thus, our nation’s challenge is more

                         technical than constitutional. The best way

                         to understand the court’s old precedents

                         regarding online age verification to get

                         access to pornography is not that it said

                         “no” but rather that it said “not yet.” But

                         now is the time, the need is clear, and the

                         technology is ready. Congress should try once

                         again to clean up the internet the way cities

                         cleaned up their red-light districts. The law

                         must do what it can to restrict access to

                         pornography for children online.

                  # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Maker_of_‘smart’_chastity_cage_left

                    users’_emails,_passwords,_and_locations_exposed⠀⇛

                         Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai reports on yet

                         another incident in which responsible

                         disclosure by a researcher and follow-up by

                         media failed to get a company to address

                         vulnerabilities that left the personal

                         information of customers exposed: [...]

                  # ⚓ Futurism ☛ The_NYPD_Says_It’s_Going_to_Spy_on_Labor

                    Day_Parties_Using_Drones⠀⇛

                         As the Associated Press reports, the NYPD

                         plans to use its drone fleet to surveil large

                         crowds this weekend, including those

                         congregating at private backyard events. Per

                         the AP, the news was announced during a press

                         conference regarding safety at the Caribbean

                         J’Ouvert celebration and the West Indian

                         American Day parade, two converging events

                         taking place in Brooklyn over the holiday

                         weekend.

      o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾

            # ⚓ France24 ☛ Dozens_of_civilians_killed_in_past_two_days_in

              Sudan’s_Khartoum⠀⇛

                   Five civilians were killed by bombs that “fell on

                   their homes” in Khartoum, a Sudanese medical source

                   told AFP, a day after an air strike in the city’s

                   south killed at least 20 civilians.

            # ⚓ France24 ☛ France’s_public_schools_will_enforce_dress_code

              banning_Islamic_abayas,_says_Macron⠀⇛

                   French students won’t get past the door if they

                   show up for school wearing long robes, President

                   Emmanuel Macron made clear Friday, saying

                   authorities would be “intractable” in enforcing a

                   new rule when classes resume next week.

            # § Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine⠀➾

                  # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Ukraine_replaces_defense_minister_as

                    Zelensky_vows_crackdown_on_wartime_corruption⠀⇛

                         Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky

                         announced plans to replace his defense

                         minister — a major administration shake-up

                         coming just over a month after he vowed to

                         crack down on wartime corruption. Zelensky

                         said during his nightly address to the nation

                         Sunday that he was dismissing Defense

                         Minister Oleksii Reznikov and would appoint

                         Ukraine’s State Property Fund…

                  # ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_Zelensky_discusses_‘functioning’

                    of_Black_Sea_grain_corridor_with_Macron⠀⇛

                         Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and

                         French President Emmanuel Macron spoke

                         Sunday, discussing the “functioning” of a

                         Black Sea corridor set up by Kyiv for the

                         safe navigation of ships after Moscow exited

                         a landmark grain deal. The news comes after

                         Romania’s defence ministry strongly condemned

                         repeated Russian attacks on Ukraine’s Danube

                         River infrastructure close to its border.

                  # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Ukraine_tycoon_arrested_for_fraud_and_money

                    laundering_during_anti-corruption_investigation⠀⇛

                         Ukraine’s main security agency, the Security

                         Service of Ukraine (SBU), published a

                         statement on Saturday handing criminal

                         charges to Ihor Kolomoisky related to money

                         laundering and fraud in his oil and gas

                         holdings.

                  # ⚓ RFERL ☛ ‘New_Approaches_Needed’:_Zelenskiy_To_Replace

                    Ukraine’s_Defense_Minister_In_Surprise_Move⠀⇛

                         Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said

                         late on September 3 that he has decided to

                         replace Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov

                         with Rustem Umerov, a Ukrainian politician of

                         Crimean Tatar origin, in a surprising move as

                         Kyiv’s forces press on with their

                         counteroffensive against Russia’s invasion.

                  # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Zelensky_Says_He’ll_Replace_Oleksii

                    Reznikov_as_Ukraine’s_Defense_Minister⠀⇛

                         The fate of the defense minister, Oleksii

                         Reznikov, had been the subject of increasing

                         speculation in Ukraine. It was the biggest

                         shake-up in Ukraine’s government since

                         Russia’s full-scale invasion.

                  # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine_Claims_Landing_Craft_In_Black_Sea

                    Destroyed,_Six_Russians_Killed⠀⇛

                         The Ukrainian Navy claimed its forces had

                         blasted a Russian landing craft in the Black

                         Sea, killing six soldiers, hours after Kyiv

                         said its air-defense systems had shot down 22

                         of the 25 Iranian-made Shahed drones that

                         Moscowa launched on the southern Odesa region

                         near the Romanian border.

                  # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Zelenskiy,_Macron_Discuss_Grain,_Odesa

                    Security_In_Phone_Call⠀⇛

                         Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy’s

                         office said he discussed the transport of

                         Ukrainian grain exports and the security of

                         the Odesa region in a phone call with French

                         leader Emmanuel Macron on September 3.

                  # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine_Says_It’s_Received_$100_Billion_In

                    Military_Aid_From_Western_Backers⠀⇛

                         Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksiy Reznikov

                         said in an interview published on September 3

                         that since the Russian invasion, Kyiv has

                         received about $100 billion in military aid

                         from Western backers, including more than $50

                         billion from the United States.

                  # ⚓ New York Times ☛ South_African_Inquiry_Rebuts_U.S.

                    Charge_on_Russian_Arms⠀⇛

                         A government investigation about a Russian

                         ship contradicts U.S. accusations that South

                         Africa provided arms to fight Ukraine,

                         President Cyril Ramaphosa said. But a

                         government report won’t be released, he

                         added.

                  # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Russia_labels_Nobel_Prize-winning_journalist

                    a_‘foreign_agent’⠀⇛

                         The Russian Ministry of Justice designated

                         Dmitry Muratov, a Nobel Peace Prize winner

                         and reputed journalist, as a ‘foreign agent‘

                         on Friday. This classification was justified

                         on the grounds that Muratov “used foreign

                         platforms to disseminate opinions aimed at

                         forming a negative attitude towards the

                         foreign and domestic policy of the Russian

                         Federation.”

                  # ⚓ RFERL ☛ South_Africa_Says_Inquiry_Found_No_Evidence

                    Of_Arms_Shipment_To_Russia⠀⇛

                         South African President Cyril Ramaphosa on

                         September 3 said an inquiry into a U.S.

                         allegation that a Russian ship had picked up

                         weapons in South Africa late last year found

                         no evidence the vessel had transported

                         weapons to Russia.

                  # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Armenian_PM_Says_Depending_Solely_On_Russia

                    For_Security_Was_‘Strategic_Mistake’⠀⇛

                         Armenia’s prime minister has said his

                         country’s policy of solely relying on Russia

                         to guarantee its security was a strategic

                         mistake because Moscow has been unable to

                         deliver and is in the process of winding down

                         its role in the wider region.

                  # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Moldovan_President_Says_Audit_Disproves_$800

                    Million_Gazprom_Debt_Claim⠀⇛

                         An audit carried out by an international firm

                         has disproved Russian gas giant Gazprom’s

                         claim that the Moldovan government owes it

                         $800 million, Moldovan President Maia Sandu

                         was quoted as saying on September 3.

                  # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Belarus_court_delivers_prison_sentence_to

                    journalist_accused_of_facilitating_‘extremist

                    activities’⠀⇛

                         A court in Gomel, a southeastern city in

                         Belarus, sentenced journalist Larysa

                         Schchyrakova to 3.5 years in prison and a

                         fine of 3,700 rubles (US$1465) on Thursday.

                  # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Just_an_ordinary_guy’:_How_a_young_Russian

                    man_fled_violence_in_Syria,_faced_political_charges_in

                    Moscow,_won_asylum_in_Estonia,_and_joined_the_war_on

                    the_side_of_Ukraine_—_Meduza⠀⇛

                  # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_authorities_report_attempted_drone

                    attacks_on_Kursk_and_Belgorod_regions_—_Meduza⠀⇛

                  # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ukraine_shoots_down_22_drones_launched_by

                    Russia_in_overnight_attack_on_Odesa_region_—_Meduza⠀⇛

                  # ⚓ Meduza ☛ U.K._Defense_Ministry:_Russia_recruits

                    foreign_nationals_and_migrants_from_Central_Asia_to

                    avoid_domestic_mobilization_before_upcoming_elections_—

                    Meduza⠀⇛

                  # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ukrainian_general_says_troops_have_breached

                    Russia’s_first_line_of_defense_on_southern_front_—

                    Meduza⠀⇛

      o § Environment⠀➾

            # ⚓ Omicron Limited ☛ After_studying_more_than_1,500_coastal

              ecosystems,_researchers_say_they_will_drown_if_we_let_the

              world_warm_above_2C⠀⇛

                   While the resilience of these ecosystems is

                   impressive, it is not without limits. Defining the

                   upper limits to mangrove and marsh resilience under

                   accelerating sea level rise is a topic of great

                   interest and considerable debate.

                   Our new research, published in the journal Nature,

                   analyzes the vulnerability and exposure of

                   mangroves, marshes and coral islands to sea level

                   rise. The results underscore the critical

                   importance of keeping global warming within 2

                   degrees of the pre-industrial baseline.

            # ⚓ France24 ☛ Madrid_residents_advised_to_stay_home_as

              torrential_rain_sweeps_across_Spain⠀⇛

                   Madrid’s mayor on Sunday advised all residents to

                   stay at home as the capital braced itself for

                   torrential rain and storms affecting parts of

                   Spain.

      o § Finance⠀➾

            # ⚓ Computers Are Bad ☛ plastic_money⠀⇛

                   First, bit of history of the smart card. One of the

                   reasons that smart cards have made relatively

                   little inroads in the US is their European origin.

                   Nearly all of the development of smart card

                   technology happens in European companies companies

                   like Gemplus (Netherlands) and Axalto (France),

                   today merged into Gemalto, part of French defense

                   conglomerate Thales. Not to be understated either

                   is the German company Giesecke+Devriant. Many early

                   developments happened within the French Bull group

                   as well, which through merger into Honeywell

                   continues to make related products. Identity

                   technology vendor Morpho, later Safran Morphotrust,

                   today Idemia, forms the backbone of the TSA and

                   Border Patrol’s ubiquitous travel surveillance from

                   their headquarters in the suburbs of Paris. They

                   are further accused of providing identification

                   technology to Chinese government agencies for

                   purposes of oppression. Identity is a sticky

                   business.

      o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾

            # ⚓ Terence Eden ☛ What_will_the_Web_be_like_in_20_years?⠀⇛

                   Well… fuck! Bang on the money there. The web is

                   faster than it was on dial-up. But I can’t say that

                   it’s noticeably better since I got ADSL. Sure, it’s

                   faster to download big files and stream 4K video.

                   But for day-to-day browsing? Between the

                   unoptimised “hero” images, multi-megabytes of JS,

                   and thousands of trackers, it sometimes feels like

                   we’ve taken a step backwards in speed.

                   We all know that bloat expands to fill available

                   bandwidth. But perhaps we could rein it in a

                   little? Please?

            # ⚓ The Scotsman ☛ Independence_is_Scotland’s_only_route_back

              into_the_European_Union_–_Alyn_Smith⠀⇛

                   Rejoining the EU will necessitate a real-world,

                   hard-edged discussion about where the UK is, and

                   what it needs to trade off in order to accept

                   shared sovereignty. I just don’t see the political

                   maturity in the UK to have that discussion.

            # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾

                  # ⚓ Forbes ☛ No,_There’s_Not_An_Ebola_Outbreak_At_Burning

                    Man⠀⇛

                         The rumors about an Ebola outbreak started

                         Saturday on X, the social media platform

                         formerly known as Twitter. X has a

                         crowdsourced method of fact-checking

                         misinformation on the site known as Community

                         Notes, but none of the tweets I’ve seen so

                         far on Saturday have received notes.

                         At least two accounts have shared a fake

                         screenshot from the CDC about the fake Ebola

                         outbreak at Burning Man, with one verified

                         user claiming the CDC sent and deleted the

                         tweet below. However, there’s no evidence

                         that the CDC tweeted out anything about Ebola

                         at Black Rock City.

      o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾

            # ⚓ The Daily Beast ☛ Elon_Musk_Ponders_Twitter_Poll_on_Banning

              ADL_From_‘Free_Speech’_Site_After_#BanTheADL_Trends⠀⇛

                   The supposed free-speech warrior, who has reversed

                   the Twitter bans of racist and antisemitic

                   accounts, is now considering booting the civil

                   rights group from the site.

            # ⚓ RFA ☛ China_bans_book_about_the_early_history_of_the

              Mongolian_people⠀⇛

                   The banned book, published in 2004, was previously

                   lauded for its work in “connecting the history of

                   Mongolia from ancient times to the medieval period,

                   making the history of Mongolia more complete,”

                   according to a Baidupedia entry still available on

                   Friday.

            # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Saudi_Dissident’s_Brother_Is_Sentenced_to

              Death_in_Social_Media_Case⠀⇛

                   A court in Saudi Arabia has sentenced to death the

                   brother of an exiled dissident, convicting him of

                   disloyalty to the kingdom’s rulers in a case built

                   around anonymous social media accounts where he

                   shared criticism of the government.

      o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾

            # ⚓ France24 ☛ Iran_sentences_two_more_women_journalists_to

              jail_time_as_anniversary_of_Mahsa_Amini’s_death_nears⠀⇛

                   Two female Iranian journalists will spend around a

                   month behind bars as part of a three-year partly

                   suspended prison sentence for “conspiracy and

                   “collusion”, local media reported on Sunday.

      o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾

            # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Florida_judge_strikes_down_congressional_district

              map_for_disenfranchising_Black_voters⠀⇛

                   Florida Circuit Judge J. Lee Marsh declared

                   Florida’s most recent congressional map

                   unconstitutional on Saturday because it weakens

                   Black voters’ ability to elect representatives of

                   their choice.

            # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Auto_Strike_Looms,_Threatening_to_Shut

              Detroit’s_Big_3⠀⇛

                   With their contract expiring Sept. 14, the United

                   Auto Workers and the companies are far apart in

                   talks. A walkout could take a big economic toll.

            # ⚓ The_boiling_frog_of_digital_freedom⠀⇛

                   Note: the dates of past events are only

                   approximate. The other half of the timeline is

                   wildly speculative and hypothetical.

      o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾

            # ⚓ Apple_already_shipped_attestation_on_the_web,_and_we_barely

              noticed⠀⇛

                   This feature is largely bad for the web and the

                   industry generally, like all attestation (see

                   below).

                   That said, it’s not as dangerous as the Google

                   proposal, simply because Safari isn’t the dominant

                   browser. Right now, Safari has around 20% market

                   share in browsers (25% on mobile, and 15% on

                   desktop), while Chrome is comfortably above 60%

                   everywhere, with Chromium more generally (Brave,

                   Edge, Opera, Samsung Internet, etc) about 10% above

                   that.

                   With Safari providing this, it can be used by some

                   providers, but nobody can block or behave

                   differently with unattested clients. Similarly,

                   Safari can’t usefully use this to tighten the

                   screws on users – while they could refuse to attest

                   old OS versions or browsers, it wouldn’t make a

                   significant impact on users (they might see

                   statistically more CAPTCHAs, but little else).

                   Chrome’s usage is a larger concern. With 70+% of

                   web clients using Chromium, this would become a

                   major part of the web very quickly. With both Web

                   Environment Integrity & Private Access Tokens, 90%

                   of web clients would potentially be attested, and

                   the “oh, you’re not attested, let’s treat you

                   suspiciously” pressure could ramp up quickly.

      o § Monopolies⠀➾

            # ⚓ Canada’s_Big_Tech_Bill_Compels_Google,_Facebook_to

              Compensate_Media_Houses⠀⇛

                   Under a legislative mandate demanding big tech

                   corporations remunerate media houses for Canadian

                   journalism, the federals intend for Google and

                   Facebook to shell out $172 million and $62 million

                   respectively in annual compensation. This proposal

                   forms a part of the Online News Act, a policy

                   approved during the recent summer, that mandates

                   tech firms to negotiate agreements with media

                   houses whose work they link or repurpose.

                   For the first time, the government has outlined

                   draft regulations on Friday, aiming to establish

                   equilibrium between Big Tech and Canadian news

                   media sector, and indicating which businesses will

                   be included. Newly appointed Heritage Minister

                   Pascale St-Onge remarked in a post-proposal

                   interview that the Act aims to ensure businesses

                   benefitting most from the Canadian market, are

                   included in the bill.

            # § Patents⠀➾

                  # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Microsoft_Patents_Bizarre_AI-Powered

                    Backpack,_Bristling_With_Sensors⠀⇛

                         First flagged by the MSPowerUser blog, the

                         backpack patent, which was approved by the US

                         Patent and Trademark Office last week,

                         includes some very strange specs, including

                         that the would-be wearable may be able to

                         detect user speech and make suggestions Siri-

                         style and also, for some reason, have the

                         ability to record and store audio.

            # § Copyrights⠀➾

                  # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Google_Preemptively_Banned_Hundreds

                    of_Millions_of_‘Pirate’_URLs_Last_Year⠀⇛

                         Google remains committed to tackling online

                         piracy. In a recent letter to the US Patent

                         and Trademark Office, the company says that

                         it blocked hundreds of millions of URLs

                         before they appeared in the search engine.

                         These preemptive takedowns are part of a

                         broader strategy that also deals with

                         advertisements for streaming piracy that

                         hasn’t happened yet.

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§ Contents⠀➾

* Gemini*_and_Gopher

      o Personal/Opinions

      o Technology_and_Free_Software

            # Internet/Gemini

* § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾

      o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾

            # ⚓ 04_September_2023⠀⇛

                   I started working more from home over the last

                   couple of weeks and i must admit: I am beginning to

                   like it. During covid and the various lockdowns i

                   have also worked from home but back then i really

                   hated it. Perhaps it was just that being “confined”

                   to the same four walls for 24 hours a day was a bit

                   too much for my mind, but who knows. Being more at

                   home has also the benefit of being able to help my

                   wife with junior, and as the company i work for has

                   no problems with me having a baby in the arm while

                   being in a zoom meeting everyone is happy.

      o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾

            # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾

                  # ⚓ Feed_Subscriptions_on_the_Small_and_Not_So_Small

                    Net⠀⇛

                         The Small Net thrives to create a human-sized

                         net devoid of any big-tech gravity.

                         Subscribing to feeds allows for a non-

                         infrastructural semi-network. People are

                         somewhat connected and receive updates

                         automatically.

                         But currently, at least like most feed

                         readers are setup by default and most people

                         use it, there’s constant traffic. Requesting

                         feeds, even though they didn’t change. The

                         web has a HTTP 304 “Not Modified” return

                         code, which limits the downloads somewhat,

                         but the requests are still being sent. Gemini

                         doesn’t have anything like that. A feed will

                         always be downloaded.

                  # ⚓ What_was_Inbox_Zero?⠀⇛

                         Of course, most of the time you can go from

                         first-look to done immediately, by either

                         replying right away or just ignoring/blocking

                         the email, and that’s great, that’s healthy,

                         but that only makes it more tricky when you

                         do need that intermediate step for some

                         emails.

                  # ⚓ Re:_Why_you_no_BBS?⠀⇛

                         I’ve had a few Reddit accounts, and accounts

                         on Discourse or Vanilla sites like Story-

                         Games, and the big bad evil elephant in the

                         room called BoardGameGeek, but I’m not happy

                         about it.

                         Antenna is also centralized, but since it

                         could easily be changed to a decentralized

                         system if Gemini space ever becomes too big,

                         I was like “enh, it’s fine”. I follow a

                         couple of other aggregators as well.

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