Links 21/01/2024: Game Industry Layoffs, iRobot Shares Down 91% (Bubble Imploding)
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Leftovers
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-16 [Older] Austrians happiest in EU, while Germans grow glummer
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CBC ☛ 2024-01-16 [Older] E is for error: Telus bid to appeal property assessments foiled by email mishap
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-16 [Older] Hertha Berlin President Kay Bernstein dies aged 43
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Hardware
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Hackaday ☛ Hardware Should Lead Software, Right?
Once upon a time, about twenty years ago, there was a Linux-based router, the Linksys WRT54G. Back then, the number of useful devices running embedded Linux was rather small, and this was a standout. Back then, getting a hacker device that wasn’t a full-fledged computer onto a WiFi network was also fairly difficult. This one, relatively inexpensive WiFi router got you both in one box, so it was no surprise that we saw rovers with WRT54Gs as their brains, among other projects.
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Tom's Hardware ☛ SSD overclocking yields big performance gains — overclocked SSD controller and NAND may lead to premature degradation or data loss, though
Youtuber Gabriel Ferraz shows he can overclock an SSD by increasing the clock speed of the NAND and its controller with some tools. Despite certain limitations due to the interface, he achieved some exciting results, including power consumption and overall efficiency.
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Health/Nutrition/Agriculture
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Vox ☛ 2024-01-13 [Older] How political gridlock could kill the best global health program the US ever passed
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-12 [Older] Maternal mortality: Pregnancy is 'shockingly dangerous'
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-15 [Older] Malaria-free Cape Verde a 'beacon of hope'
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CBC ☛ 2024-01-15 [Older] Loblaws will no longer offer 50% discount on food nearing best-before date
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CBC ☛ 2024-01-15 [Older] 'Bread Mondays' bring volunteers together to bake for Fredericton food bank
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-18 [Older] Germany's farmers want to milk cows, not fill out forms
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Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)
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PIA ☛ 2024 Game Industry Layoffs: What Does It Mean for Games?
When my editor asked me if I could write a timely article about the recent Twitch layoffs, I told them there was no real rush. Yes, the Twitch layoffs are fairly fresh in everyone’s mind, and there’s certainly a lot I could say on the topic of Twitch and the way they do business. Sure, I could talk about how they’ve entirely stopped operating in South Korea, and how some of the things they do just don’t make anyone happy.
But Twitch is just one part of a much bigger issue. The games industry, including gaming-adjacent services, has seen a years-long escalating trend of layoffs that is going to change everything.
This statement raises a few questions of course: How is everything going to change for gaming? Why is this happening? Didn’t we just have a huge year for video games in 2023? Can things really be so bad if Timothée Chalamet was on the same stage as Hideo Kojima at the Game Awards?
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Wolfstreet ☛ When Consensual Hallucination Fades: iRobot Shares -91% from Peak Meme-Stock Mania
Amazon’s acquisition of iRobot for a ridiculous price of $61 a share – announced in August 2022 and now likely getting nixed by EU competition regulators, whew, Amazon sighs – was a deal made in heck from get-go.
iRobot had become a meme stock around 2017 with huge spikes and plunges that were driven to the next level during the meme-stock mania in 2020 and early 2021. On January 29, 2021, iRobot shares [IRBT] spiked to an intraday high of $197, giving it a market cap of $5.5 billion. Consensual hallucination is what we have come to call this phenomenon. Oh dear, to the moon!
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Security
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Defence/Aggression
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New York Times ☛ Widening Mideast Crisis: U.S. Troops in Iraq Injured in Attack Linked to Iran-Backed Militias
The attack in Iraq came hours after Iran accused Israel of launching an airstrike on the Syrian capital, the latest sign of the regional turmoil rippling out from Gaza.
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CS Monitor ☛ Missile attacks across Middle East raise Gaza escalation risks
Iran said five of its Revolutionary Guards were killed in a missile strike in Damascus which it blamed on Israel. Other missile attacks Saturday occurred in Lebanon, Iraq, and Yemen.
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France24 ☛ 🔴Live: Deadly Israeli strike on Damascus targets Iran's Revolutionary Guards
Iran's Revolutionary Guards said five of its members were killed by an Israeli strike in Damascus on Saturday, with the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights saying the missile targeted an area where Guard members and pro-Iran Palestinian factions were meeting and giving a death toll of at least 10 people. Fighting in the Gaza Strip overnight and early in the day was focused on Khan Younis, with reports of air strikes and tank shelling there.
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-17 [Older] Burundi-Rwanda tensions rise amid border reclosure
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teleSUR ☛ Israeli Attack Targets a Residential Building in Syria
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) said that four of its “military advisers” were killed in the Israeli air strike.
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RFERL ☛ High-Ranking Iranian Security Officials Killed In Reported Israeli Air Strike In Syria
An Israeli air strike on January 20 that targeted a building in Syria's capital, Damascus, used by Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) killed four Iranians, including two senior officials, Iranian media and the IRGC sid.
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-13 [Older] Germany seeks Cologne Cathedral attack suspect's deportation
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-13 [Older] Has Germany's diplomacy reached its limits in the Middle East?
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-13 [Older] Houthi attacks on ships disrupt global trade
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-16 [Older] Israel-Gaza: Why attacks on Houthis in Yemen offer the militant group 'golden opportunity'
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-14 [Older] Ecuador: All 178 prison staff held hostage freed
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New York Times ☛ Israeli Strike in Syria Kills Iranian Officials and U.S. Troops Injured in Iraq
A senior Iranian intelligence official was killed in an Israeli strike in Damascus as U.S. troops came under attack in Iraq.
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-15 [Older] Is North Korea preparing for war in 2024?
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-16 [Older] North Korea's Kim closes agencies aimed at reunification
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-17 [Older] More North Korean defectors say they are happy in the South
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-17 [Older] US redesignates Yemen's Houthi as terror group
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-17 [Older] Yemen's Houthis claim attack on US-owned ship
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-17 [Older] UK: House of Commons passes Rwanda migrant bill
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-16 [Older] Germany strikes balancing act in Southeast Asia
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Russia, Belarus, and War in Ukraine
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Environment
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-13 [Older] US: Winter storm brings 'life-threatening' cold
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CBC ☛ 2024-01-13 [Older] WestJet cancels more than 460 flights because of consecutive days of extreme cold
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-13 [Older] Colombia: Landslide covers busy road, deaths reported
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-14 [Older] Tanzania landslide after heavy rains leaves several dead
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-18 [Older] Heavy snowfall, black ice cause traffic chaos in Germany
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CBC ☛ 2024-01-14 [Older] Patients diverted from B.C. hospital ER after cold weather causes pipes to burst
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CBC ☛ 2024-01-15 [Older] Building Northern Ontario's critical winter roads comes with dangerous challenges
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CBC ☛ 2024-01-15 [Older] No litter for this cat! Meet the puppet teaching N.S. kids about the environment
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-18 [Older] Is Thailand's 'Clean Air Act' enough to end pollution?
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-17 [Older] Snow and ice warnings cripple Munich, Frankfurt airports
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-14 [Older] Iceland: Reykjanes volcano erupts for 2nd time in weeks [Ed: Connected to climate change because of the ice sheets weighing down magma barriers]
Connected to climate change because of the ice sheets weighing down magma barriers https://www.dw.com/en/iceland-reykjanes-volcano-erupts-for-2nd-time-in-weeks/a-67978221
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Energy/Transportation
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CBC ☛ 2024-01-18 [Older] Alberta pulled plug on changes to its electricity market in 2019 — would they have helped prevent grid risks?
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CBC ☛ 2024-01-17 [Older] Oil and gas sector CEO compensation jumps double-digits amid surging profits
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-13 [Older] Japan: Boeing 737-800 turns back after windshield crack
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-13 [Older] Channel Tunnel: Deutsche Bahn keen on trains to London
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-18 [Older] Nigeria: Shell's divestment plan sparks debate
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CBC ☛ 2024-01-16 [Older] Alberta oil output hits new record as producers ramp up for Trans Mountain completion
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-18 [Older] What is aviation fuel tax?
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-18 [Older] EU cracks down on crypto [sic], expands dirty money watchlist [Ed: fakecoins are not crypto
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CBC ☛ 2024-01-14 [Older] Cubans face soaring fuel prices as Canadian tourists swoop in for winter getaways
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International Business Times ☛ 2024-01-15 [Older] Air Canada Passenger Falls Out Of Plane After Opening Cabin Door, Sustains Injuries
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Wildlife/Nature
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CBC ☛ 2024-01-18 [Older] Man charged over devastating Nova Scotia wildfire
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-13 [Older] Western Australia: Locals told to evacuate as bushfires rage
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-16 [Older] Cloned rhesus monkeys: Gene tech breakthrough in China?
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CBC ☛ 2024-01-16 [Older] Penguins at Calgary Zoo kick off their annual royal waddles
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Overpopulation
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-13 [Older] Canada, Facing Housing Shortage, to Consider Cap on International Students - Minister
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CBC ☛ 2024-01-16 [Older] 'Demand is bigger than what we can produce by miles': How immigrants play role in housing crisis
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-17 [Older] Canada Minister Says Study Permits to Students From India Drop Due to Dispute
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CBC ☛ 2024-01-15 [Older] Number of non-permanent residents in Alberta soared to 180,000 at the end of 2023
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-17 [Older] China: Population drops for 2nd straight year
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Finance
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-18 [Older] Gender pay gap in Germany: Women earn 18% less than men
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-18 [Older] Germany's Bayer prepares for painful restructuring
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-15 [Older] World's richest five men double wealth — Oxfam
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-15 [Older] Germany's economy shrank by 0.3% in 2023, latest data shows
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-15 [Older] Germany: Citizens' group backs national free-lunch program
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-17 [Older] Senegal's gold rush: More wealth, but at what cost?
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-16 [Older] Europe's commercial property sector braces for 'big reset'
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-15 [Older] China, Switzerland agree to strengthen trade ties
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CBC ☛ 2024-01-17 [Older] Cash for keys: Some tenants who face eviction demand thousands from landlords amid tribunal delays
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AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-18 [Older] Blinken's Latest Diplomatic Trip Will Take Him to Africa as Crises Continue to Vex US Foreign Policy
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Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2024-01-17 [Older] Air Afrique Was a Powerful Symbol of African Liberation
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Counter Punch ☛ 2024-01-16 [Older] Beckenbauer, Rest in Shame:South African Memories of German Corruption
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Engadget ☛ 2024-01-18 [Older] Facebook and Instagram's algorithms facilitated child sexual harassment, state lawsuit claims
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-16 [Older] Ethiopia's difficult start as a BRICS member
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-14 [Older] Africa's crises fall out of focus as global attention drifts
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Modern Diplomacy ☛ 2024-01-14 [Older] Sudan government rejects East African mediation move
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-14 [Older] Africa: Comoros goes to the polls, incumbent expected to win
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Defence Web ☛ 2024-01-15 [Older] Ethiopia’s deal with Somaliland upends regional dynamics, risking strife across the Horn of Africa
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-14 [Older] How will Taiwan's new leader shape cross-Strait relations?
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-12 [Older] Taiwan's economy 'facing a turning point' amid election
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-18 [Older] Bangladesh seeks careful balance between China and India
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-14 [Older] India-Maldives row: Muizzu says Maldives won't be bullied
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-16 [Older] Trump in court for second E. Jean Carroll sexual abuse trial
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-15 [Older] Across the world, kings and queens continue to reign
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-16 [Older] Pakistan: PTI supporters decry pre-election crackdown
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-16 [Older] Pakistan says Iran airstrikes killed 2 children
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Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda
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Engadget ☛ 2024-01-13 [Older] Facebook was inundated with deepfaked ads impersonating UK's Prime Minister
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International Business Times ☛ 2024-01-15 [Older] Australian Watchdog Slams Elon Musk-Owned X (Twitter) For Axing Safety Team
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Truthdig ☛ 2024-01-18 [Older] How Twitter Turned Journalism Into a High School Cafeteria
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Censorship/Free Speech
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Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press
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Civil Rights/Policing
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-14 [Older] Why Germany has gone into protest mode
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-15 [Older] German tractors clog Berlin as farmer protests reach climax
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CBC ☛ 2024-01-13 [Older] Vancouver college becomes first B.C. school to sign pledge banning NDAs in abuse cases
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-15 [Older] Worries for rule of law in Slovakia as Fico targets courts
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-18 [Older] Czech Republic debates firearm ownership after mass shooting in Prague
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CBC ☛ 2024-01-18 [Older] Extortions targeting South Asian home builders in Edmonton orchestrated from India, police say
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-12 [Older] Digital death threats in sport: 'There's no space to run'
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-16 [Older] Could a 'fascist' soon head a German state government?
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-17 [Older] Germany: Scholz praises protests against far-right
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-14 [Older] Germany: Scholz, Baerbock attend 'defend democracy' rally
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Deutsche Welle ☛ 2024-01-17 [Older] EU court rules gender-based violence ground for asylum
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The Verge ☛ 2024-01-16 [Older] Supreme Court Rejects Petitions in Epic v. Apple Antitrust Case, Largely a Win for Apple
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Engadget ☛ 2024-01-16 [Older] Supreme Court declines appeals from Apple and Epic Games in App Store case
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Engadget ☛ 2024-01-16 [Older] Apple updates US App Store guidelines allowing developers to link to third-party payments
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Gizmodo ☛ 2024-01-18 [Older] A Change to Apple's App Store Is Pissing Off Developers
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Patents
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Software Patents
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Gizmodo ☛ 2024-01-17 [Older] You No Longer Can Buy the Apple Watch Series 9 or the Ultra 2 Yet Again
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-15 [Older] Redesigned Apple Watches Not Subject to Import Ban, US Customs Says
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Engadget ☛ 2024-01-15 [Older] Apple will remove Blood Oxygen app from Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 to evade US import ban
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US News And World Report ☛ 2024-01-16 [Older] Apple Plans to Remove Sensor From Some Watch Models Depending on How a Court Rules in Patent Dispute
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Gizmodo ☛ 2024-01-16 [Older] Apple Ditches Blood Oxygen Feature on Its Watches to Escape Import Ban
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Engadget ☛ 2024-01-18 [Older] Apple is now selling Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 with disabled blood oxygen monitor
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Ars Technica ☛ 2024-01-17 [Older] Apple’s Workaround for the ITC’s Import Ban on Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2: Disabling the Blood-Oxygen Sensor in Software
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9to5Mac ☛ 2024-01-18 [Older] Apple Will Begin Selling Series 9 and Ultra Watches With Blood Oxygen Sensors Disabled Tomorrow
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Gizmodo ☛ 2024-01-18 [Older] Apple Managed to Avoid Its Watch Ban For Now
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Gemini* and Gopher
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Personal/Opinions
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Technology and Free Software
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Debug symbols for all
When running Linux software and encountering a crash, and you make a bug report about it (thank you!), you may be asked for backtraces and debug symbols.
And if you're not developer you may wonder what in the heck are those?
I wanted to open up this topic a bit, but if you want more technical in-depth look into these things, internet is full of info. :)
This is more a **guide for any common user** who encounters this situation and what they can do to get these mystical backtraces and symbols and magic to the devs.
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Programming
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Doom & Game Preservation
Last year I decided to read Doom's source code to learn how to organize big C projects. Even though my exploration of doom's source code was short I learned a lot from that experience and also made me realize some things that I never thought about Video Game preservation.
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Monopolies/Monopsonies
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* Gemini (Primer) links can be opened using Gemini software. It's like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter.