𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Saturday, February 04, 2023 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Sun 5 Feb 02:42:30 GMT 2023 Created by Dr. Roy Schestowitz (𝚛𝚘𝚢 (at) 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚣 (dot) 𝚌𝚘𝚖) Full hyperlinks for navigation omitted but are fully available in the originals The corresponding HTML versions are at 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈 Latest in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕 and older bulletins can be found at 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕-𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 Full IPFS index in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔 and as plain text in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔/𝒕𝒙𝒕 Gemini index for the day: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/02/04/ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐒 ════════════════════════════════════╕ Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): QmYwA15DJvceb5pYgucvtCx6GuFr8yN7evTrenHeXn7zaa QmNULmyq8QcsE4QJxL5yBQTXMrd1mVusn37zbv7JEoPMNr QmThRRMSiG4d7sdvoDHkbadXpGHRSSHkbwtsGvLPbspyur QmaDZvshtCDhP46R6pesPCQho7F8zSFcXbxsuDiaeB2TKS QmfUdRqNSCSboGLECVPE1C1hKCce8KKuEQUVnW4P3yMZTp QmVAMsNB9rDRDMd5dTdT7FWjucNPbV9Sf85GWD1sK6JS1s QmYZB5opwBt7v72uzq6K2EZ6sWM5oV79wVzFdq8kThb4wf QmZvsSxYDJgp5bsLr3MEwXHCgAm1aYMF8K8hPKiYkSAUX4 QmUDQpqfCd54yZUtVTP1MS4ftSbFYX5pxJd6EiK22w7vVD QmRheVwyBoWpNZy7SeG2521qpyibe47XJkYUj8i1DqEaBf QmTbEVdKr9BDpRERsQf4pzrxBWAxqYjWiz4D7tHPWP23Xr QmTzU5jib61mC1u41k5rv8ogSts3JaWyjewoajVPD5g57m QmVtrAasZaunyUmUK2Ux1CtNtbdMWCLBTYQzmeLrKKykBg QmYV3WS2gpVGuPpGL214RmMcjMk45cBmmXgM7VBxCDEv4H QmamtVaJ1jkVqwTRHeheoiVfr7r3ijZpHVWct6WE9FvhVN QmbFDooXZn997QjZY3cCKWM82PnZJjTTiaSSMufBXjiNXP QmXU8EhJFQRtv8o2V6scWUz5kebeKRmyZa6mEimNyZLPtm Qmb399zeJfbfeD2xUcMf2JDeQPEXQZXKB4r2KNpE2YN16j QmVaSG1ALmtpgw3bqUgN2o37FRRRvK92JA5SKGzkigi5Qg QmXe8bt58f7QFPCzPjfHLJEDufxCy9LYEr1x5WRuwvvwxd QmXCyRSEqZvXQpdJJgNTZ2SmscGBN8faNeNbNZcV8zoX6D ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ Dotcom Boom and Bust, Round 2 | Techrights ⦿ IRC Proceedings: Thursday, February 02, 2023 | Techrights ⦿ IRC Proceedings: Friday, February 03, 2023 | Techrights ⦿ Society Would Benefit From a Smartphoneshame Movement | Techrights ⦿ Getting Back to Productive Computer Systems Would Benefit Public Health and Not Just Boost Productivity | Techrights ⦿ 2023 is the Year Taxpayers’ Money Goes to War and Energy Subsidies, Not Tech | Techrights ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): http://techrights.org/2023/02/04/dotcom-call-for-arms/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/02/04/irc-log-020223/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/02/04/irc-log-030223/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/02/04/smartphoneshame/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/02/04/smartphoneshame-for-public-health/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/02/04/tech-subsidies-and-bailout/#comments ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): http://techrights.org/2023/02/04/ken-thompson-in-socal-linux-expo/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/02/04/this-week-in-kde/#comments ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 63 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/02/04/dotcom-call-for-arms/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/02/04/dotcom-call-for-arms/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 02.04.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Dotcom_Boom_and_Bust,_Round_2⠀✐ Posted in Apple, Finance, Google, Microsoft at 6:21 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇“Absolute_power_does_not_corrupt_absolutely,_absolute_power attracts_the_corruptible.”―_Frank_Herbert⦈_ Summary: The age of technology giants/monopolies devouring everything or military-funded (i.e. taxpayers-subsidised) surveillance/censorship tentacles, in effect privatised eyes of the state, may be ending; the United States can barely sustain that anymore and raising the debt ceiling won’t solve that (buying time isn’t the solution) THE past week was spent recovering from a severe hardware failure, but as soon as Monday we were able to post Daily Links as before (or even more often than before). The end of January was still dominated by bad news (lots about war), spiced up with layoffs. Before this weekend the corporate media tried to disguise or distract from all this by talking about a job report (which counts the wrong things, as usual). “The end of January was still dominated by bad news (lots about war), spiced up with layoffs.”The clown computing and ‘free’ hosting bubble has begun to truly burst. Many companies admit that they operate at a loss and see no turnaround or a turning point. The longer they operate, the more money they lose. The layoffs are actually a lot bigger than companies announce to (and via) the press. In the US they dodge the WARN Act by implementing many layoffs — additional ones — at a smaller scale (ripples and waves). They barely say which divisions are affected because it lets them get away with laying off far more people than they told shareholders (or the media) about. It’s hard to keep track, unless you’re an HR whistleblower of theirs. They don’t even count temps and contractors, who are nonchalantly let go (there are a few press reports about this in relation to YouTube/Google). Almost nobody in the media talks about Apple layoffs; they impact the ‘stores’ (sales have fallen). “Don’t expect media to be inquisitive enough to talk about the full extent of the impact…”It seems safe to predict that 2023 will be another gloomy year for the monopolistic “tech” sector, which is focused/centered around price-fixing, surveillance, and imperialistic censorship (done for political gain, funded or subsidised by “defence” contracts). The years 2000 and 2008 are memorable, but based on early predictions cited in the media we might be heading towards another such crisis (on par with those). Don’t expect media to be inquisitive enough to talk about the full extent of the impact; instead it’ll praise Biden for something about “jobs” (mostly_low-wage_jobs). █ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠠⣠⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣣⡤⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⢀⣄⣤⣤⣤⣴⣴⣶⣠⣶⡄⠀⢦⣾⣷⣶⣶⣾⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣻⣯⡟⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⢿⢻⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠽⠯⠽⠿⠿⠿⠋⠊⠁⠀⠐⠊⠀⠀⠀⠀⠤⠤⠷⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠬⠹⠅⠕⢀⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣷⣿⣿⣼⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⢀⠠⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢤⣦⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⡆⢸⣿⣿⡗⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢧⡍⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣷⣾⣿⠀⠀⠀⠋⠀⣠⣾⣰⣦⣤⣶⣴⣀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⡇⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠈⠃⢼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣤⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⡇⣿⣇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⡀⠸⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⠓⠒⠒⠒⠂⠀⣽⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣉⣍⣭⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣼⣿⣿⣇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠰⣶⠠⠀⠀⠀⢀⢀⣠⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⡍⢻⠿⠀⠐⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⢺⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⢀⣿⣠⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⢁⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣼⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⣛⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⢸⣿⣿⢄⠀⡇⠔⣠⣴⣶⣶⣴⣶⣶⣶⡆⠄⠀⠀⠜⠻⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠻⣿⣅⡀⠘⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠈⠛⠻⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠸⣿⣟⡫⠀⠀⠀⢽⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡯⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠹⣿⣿⠀⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣸⠛⠛⠛⣿⡿⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ 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Air Sweden Airbus A320 Pesonen. Created: 18 November 2010. Summary: In a society plagued by blackmail, surveillance and frivolous lawsuits it is important to reconsider the notion of “smart” phone ownership; these devices give potentially authoritarian companies and governments far too much power over people (in_the_EU_they_want_to_introduce_new_legislation_that_would, in_effect,_ban_Free_software_if_it_enables_true_privacy) The other day in Daily Links we included a link to this_article_from_The_New York_Times (paywall). Despite the use of seemingly offensive analogies (e.g. “teen-luddite” in the URL), the article does raise legitimate concerns. “Logan Lane gave up her smartphone,” the summary states. “That changed her life.” “The harms of “modern” “smart” phones are so many that it’s hard to enumerate them in full…”“Health matters,” noted an associate. we’ve meanwhile also included about half a dozen press report, including one from_The_New_York_Times, about “apps” that sell medical data about people “to Facebook and Google” (and thus a lot more down the chain of “data brokers”/ advertisers). Back in September I_recorded_a_long_video_about_why_so-called_"smart"_phones aren't_any_good. Only 2 days ago we got two new landlines (cordless, digital, intercom and speaker mode included) and they satisfy what constitutes an actual phone rather than a spying device. “A lot of the time face-to-face service (telephone, counter, bar) is also vastly better than anything an “app” was designed to do.”The harms of “modern” “smart” phones are so many that it’s hard to enumerate them in full and society may need a ‘flightshame’-like movement, which might start with young people, if only we can compel them to reject pseudo-novelty like “apps”, whose functionality is easily exceeded by proper applications that run on laptops with mice and keyboards. A lot of the time face-to-face service (telephone, counter, bar) is also vastly better than anything an “app” was designed to do. As readers of this site may recall, the introduction of so-called “smart” phones at Sirius_‘Open_Source’ led to escalations. It wasn’t the last straw (there had been far worse scandals and disputes), but it did contribute to the witch-hunt. At the moment we’re discussing even worse scandals with other victims of Sirius; there might even be a class action. █ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣴⣤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣄⣉⣛⡋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣾⣿⣿⡿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⣉⣥⣶⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣠⣧⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡀⢀⣤⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣶⣤⣶⣤⣤⣧⣄⣀⣀⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠐⠯⠭⠉⡍⠉⢛⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⣫⠿⢿⢩⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣢⣥⣤⣶⣷⣶⣤⣧⣬⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡗⣙⣿⢻⣷⣵⢯⣦⣊⣶⡷⣵⡞⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣄⠀⠀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣢⣤⣤⣤⣤⡤⠤⠶⠶⠒⠒⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⡄⣀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣾⣷⣼⣼⣼⣬⣯⣴⣽⣿⣿⣿⣟⣯⣷⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣟⣻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠟⠛⠛⠛⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⢀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣠⣤ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣿⣲⣉⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣶⣶⣶⡶⠶⣶⣿⣿⡟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣭⣛⣻⣿⣯⣭⣽⣷⣿⣿⣿⠟⠟⠛⠛⠉⠀⠈⠉⠉⠀⢠⣶⣶⣷⣿⣏⢛⠻⣿⡿⠋⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣄⠀⠀⣀⣦⣤⣆⠐⠀⠀⠀⠈⠙⣿⣿⣿⣿⣴⠏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⢹⣿⣛⡛⠛⠛⢛⢻⡿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⢿⠿⠛⠛⠙⠻⡿⠿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⠿⠏⠀⠀⡄⠛⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠋⠉⠉⠉⠀⠈⠉⠁⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⠏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠁⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣤⣿⠿⠛⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣄⣠⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣠⣄⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⡀⠀⣠⡄⠀⢴⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣬⣤⣤⣬⣥⣬⣭⣽⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⣾⣾⣾⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 504 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/02/04/smartphoneshame-for-public-health/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/02/04/smartphoneshame-for-public-health/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 02.04.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Getting_Back_to_Productive_Computer_Systems_Would_Benefit_Public_Health_and Not_Just_Boost_Productivity⠀✐ Posted in Hardware at 12:28 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum 6af08c0af06a111a2cf79a2c32afcaeb Changing a Culture of App Mindset Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/smartphoneshame.webm Summary: “Smartphoneshame” (shaming an unhealthy culture of obsession with “apps”) would potentially bring about a better, more sociable society with fewer mental health crises and higher productivity levels THE habit of being ‘glued’ to one’s so-called ‘smartphone’ all day long (sometimes all night long, too) is a very unhealthy habit. There has been extensive research in recent years, typically reaching those very same conclusions, focusing on physical health, mental health, or both. “Hopefully some of the younger people, who haven’t yet grown up with these gadgets, will find an enriching experience outside the “app-sphere” and pursue a fulfilling life without this always-on, always-connected, always-in-your- pocket tracking device.”The video above focuses on what was said_this_morning about_"Smartphoneshame". To maybe ‘coin’ a phrase or a word, “Smartphoneshame” (or “Smartphone shame”) is the habit of discouraging people acquiring or overusing a so-called ‘smart’ phone, usually to the detriment of real social life — an aspect of life that gives safety nets and may provide moral support, not just “likes” as a form of digitally “measurable” encouragement. Hopefully some of the younger people, who haven’t yet grown up with these gadgets, will find an enriching experience outside the “app-sphere” and pursue a fulfilling life without this always-on, always-connected, always-in-your- pocket tracking device. It has very little practical value. In the video I show my PDA, which still works well and is in relatively good condition. I’ve used PDAs since 2001 and even though I found them addictive (at times) they were never connected and they weren’t in control of the user. It was the other way around. With advanced calendaring functionality they helped simplify and otherwise-hectic life of multi-tasking and juggling between employment and education. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 572 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/02/04/tech-subsidies-and-bailout/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/02/04/tech-subsidies-and-bailout/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 02.04.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ 2023_is_the_Year_Taxpayers’_Money_Goes_to_War_and_Energy_Subsidies,_Not Tech⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Finance at 1:33 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum 4dc909480cb5db04f6d5475769eb9d0b Capital Running Out for Spy Monopolies Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/graft-era.webm Summary: Now that a lot of powerful and omnipresent ‘tech’ (spying and policing) companies are rotting away we have golden opportunities to bring about positive change and maybe even recruit technical people for good causes THE ‘tech bubble’ is imploding_again. Infinite growth was all along a delusion — a very dangerous one at that. People have grown tired of monopolies; politicians are increasingly responsive to this unrest and some take action through regulatory agencies (the latest rumour is that Amazon will be picked on very soon). “Ideally, if people participate in the pursuit for a solution, data will be controlled by individual people and computers will be governed by Free (as in freedom) software on devices with open schematics.”Money from the government helped float these surveillance and censorship giants, but amid conflicts and an actual, fast-escalating war, can this graft budget be justified? Many companies, including Microsoft, are laying off a lot of technical workers. They’re viewed as fiscal yokes with no prospects of becoming valuable — only useless — in the coming years. So what does this mean to the rest of us, who suffer a sort of fatigue? Will companies which control many of the world’s devices — and increasingly the world’s data too — actually implode? And if so, what will replace them? Ideally, if people participate in the pursuit for a solution, data will be controlled by individuals — i.e. actual people — and computers will be governed by Free (as in freedom) software on devices with open schematics. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 635 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 02.04.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_04/02/2023:_FOSDEM_Happening_and_Ken_Thompson_in_SoCal_Linux_Expo⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 9:40 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o WINE_or_Emulation * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Open_Hardware/Modding * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Events o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Chromium # Mozilla o Programming/Development # Python * Leftovers o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Privatisation/Privateering o Security # Integrity/Availability/Authenticity # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Overpopulation 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 Monopolies # Trademarks # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Technical # Internet/Gemini # Programming * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ Why_QtFM_Could_Become_My_Favorite_Linux_File Manager⠀⇛ The Qt file manager called QtFM has great features, such as storing custom commands so you don’t need to open a Linux terminal window to run them. The only drawback is getting it installed. Let’s look at what makes this file browser special and how you can (maybe) try it out. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 10_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Zsh Configuration_Frameworks⠀⇛ Zsh has many strengths such as interactive tab completion, regex integration, automated file searching, advanced shorthand for defining command scope, and a very rich theme engine. We highly recommend installing a framework with Zsh as it makes dealing with configuration, plugins and themes a lot more straightforward. Frameworks are essentially collections of plugins and themes, which you can enable very easily, without needing to manually configure and make everything work together. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ Linux_md5sum_Command_Tutorial_for_Beginners_ (5_Examples)⠀⇛ While we have already discussed the cksum command line utility, there’s another tool that you can use in scenarios where, say, you need to verify the integrity of files during transfers. The tool we’re talking about here is md5sum. In this tutorial, we will discuss the basics of this command using some easy to understand examples. # ⚓ H2S Media ☛ How_to_Install_Sourcetree_on_Ubuntu_22.04_or 20.04_Linux⠀⇛ Wine is the solution that we can use to install the SourceTree software on Linux systems including Ubuntu. Here is the tutorial to learn the steps we need to follow to get this free Git Client software. # ⚓ Ubuntubuzz ☛ How_To_Install_OnlyOffice_Desktop_Editors_7.3 on_Ubuntu⠀⇛ This tutorial will help you to add version 7.3 of OnlyOffice Desktop Editor to your Ubuntu computer. You can do it easily using Ubuntu Software or alternatively Terminal. Happy writing! # ⚓ Upgrading_system_Off-line_with_ISO_and_Yum⠀⇛ Upgrading a system can be a daunting task, especially if it is an off-line system. An off-line system is one that is not connected to the internet and cannot access online resources. The good news is that you can still upgrade your system even when it is not connected to the internet. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ Converting_MKV_to_MP4_on_Ubuntu:_A_Step-by-Step Guide⠀⇛ Learn how to convert MKV to MP4 on Ubuntu using Handbrake in this step-by-step guide. Convert high- quality MKV videos to widely supported MP4 format for use on various devices. # ⚓ Configuring_Yum⠀⇛ Introduction Yum (Yellowdog Updater, Modified) is a package manager for Red Hat based Linux distributions, including Fedora and CentOS. It helps in managing and updating the software packages on the system, including their dependencies and conflicts. In this article, we will learn how to configure Yum to manage packages on your Linux system. # ⚓ Net2 ☛ How_to_Install_Microsoft_Office_on_Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛ Are you tired of having to use different software just because you prefer using Ubuntu instead of Windows? Look no further, ’cause you can now have the best of both worlds! # ⚓ Yum_Commands_and_Options⠀⇛ Introduction Yum is a package manager used in Red Hat-based systems like Fedora, CentOS, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. With Yum, users can easily install, update, and remove packages from the terminal. In this article, we’ll explore the basic Yum commands and their options, with examples to help you get started. # ⚓ Setting_up_a_YUM_Repository⠀⇛ Introduction YUM (Yellowdog Updater, Modified) is a popular open-source package management system used to install, update, and remove packages in Linux distributions such as Fedora, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), and CentOS. YUM makes it easier to manage packages by resolving dependencies, downloading packages from a central repository, and installing them. # ⚓ C.J._Adams-Collier:_IPv6_with_CenturyLink_Fiber⠀⇛ In case you want to know how to configure IPv6 using CenturyLink’s 6rd tunneling service. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ tail_Command_in_Linux_with_Examples⠀⇛ The tail command in Linux is a powerful tool used for displaying the end of a file. By default, it displays the last 10 lines of a file, but this can be modified by specifying a different number of lines to display. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ What_is_a_Orphan_Process_in_Unix/Linux⠀⇛ An Orphan Process is a process that has lost its parent process, which normally takes care of cleaning up the process’s resources. In Unix/Linux, when a parent process terminates, its child processes become Orphan processes and are adopted by the init process, which becomes the new parent. # ⚓ The New Stack ☛ Install_Minikube_on_Ubuntu_Linux_for_Easy Kubernetes_Development⠀⇛ Not only is deploying pods and services to a cluster a o § WINE or Emulation⠀➾ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Proton_7.0-6_out_now_fixing_EA_App,_Ubisoft Connect_and_games_on_Steam_Deck_/_Linux⠀⇛ More weekend goodies from Valve have arrived! Proton 7.0-6 is officially out now, fixing up many bugs like with the EA App and Ubisoft Connect. Pulling over a bunch of changes from Proton Experimental, this is a smaller release mainly aimed at fixing up issues across a bunch of games that appeared over the last few months. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Use_Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_on_Oracle_Cloud_Infrastructure⠀⇛ VirtualBox 7 enables organizations, for the first time, to centrally manage their development and production VMs running on-premises and on OCI instances using any OS that supports VirtualBox, such as Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS. # ⚓ SJVN ☛ Rocky_Linux_offers_code_security_patches_and_info_in real-time._|_Open_Source_Watch⠀⇛ Last year, with the Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation (RESF)’s release of Rocky Linux 9, CentOS and Rocky Linux co-founder Gregory Kurtzer also released a completely cloud-native Linux distribution build stack called Peridot. Then, Kurtzer said, “anyone can create, build, enhance, and manage Rocky Linux, or other distros for that matter. Now, CIQ engineers have also released the Rocky Linux 9 errata subsystem as an open-source project, which is fully integrated with Peridot. What that means is you can now build and enhance your own take on Rocky Linux, the Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) clone with full access to the latest bug fixes, security patches, and feature enhancements. RESF will continue to maintain the project, providing users with more granular control over their systems. # ⚓ SJVN ☛ You_can_now_get_Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux_on_the Oracle_Cloud_|_Open_Source_Watch⠀⇛ Over the years, Red Hat and Oracle have gotten along like cats and dogs. The main reason for this was that in 2006, Oracle released its own version of Linux, Unbreakable Linux, which was little more than a copy and paste of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) with Red Hat’s name and Red Hat’s trademarks globally replaced with Oracle’s name and trademark. That went over like a lead brick in Red Hat circles. Now, RHEL is available on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI). o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ peppe8o ☛ Managing_the_Raspberry_PI_Undervoltage_Detected Warning⠀⇛ Similarly to all electronic computers, the Raspberry PI computer boards need a stable power supply in order to work correctly. # ⚓ Adafruit ☛ See_N_Say_Brain_Transplant⠀⇛ This project replaces the brains of a classic talking toy with a modern, CircuitPython-powered KB2040 microcontroller, with a collection of typical urban sounds and custom illustrations. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Scratch_Your_Itch_To_Program_A_Microcontroller⠀⇛ One of the fun things about “old school” computers is that it was fairly easy to get kids into programming them. The old Basic interpreters were pretty forgiving, and you could do some clever things easily with very little theory or setup. These days, you are more likely to sneak kids into programming via Scratch — a system for setting up programs via blocks in a GUI. Again, you can get simple results simply. With Scratch or Basic, complex things have a way of turning out complex, but that’s to be expected. If you want to try a Scratch-inspired take on microcontroller programming, check out MicroBlocks. It will work with several common boards, including the micro:bit and the Raspberry Pi Pico. You can use it in a browser or download versions for Linux, Windows, Mac, or even Chromebooks. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ SJVN ☛ The_Open_Source_Initiative_improves_its_licensing_rules_| Open_Source_Watch⠀⇛ Back on February 3rd, 1998, shortly after the Netscape web browser source code –Firefox’s ancestor–was released, a group of developers came together to label and define a pragmatic, business approach to sharing software code. Of course, there was already “free software,” but that term, then and now, came loaded with a particular business/ political take that not everyone cares for. So, it was that at the meeting Christine Peterson came up with the term “open source.” The group that would shepherd this idea going forward is the Open Source Initiative (OSI). o ⚓ OSI Blog ☛ Open_Source_Initiative_joins_the_Digital_Public_Goods Alliance⠀⇛ OSI to contribute to Digital Public Goods Alliance’s mission to address world’s most pressing economic challenges by furthering adoption of Open Source software. o ⚓ Jonathan Dowland ☛ Jonathan_Dowland:_FreedomBox⠀⇛ Moxie Marlinspike, former CEO of Signal, wrote a veryinteresting blog_post_about_“web3″, the crypto-scam1. It’s worth a read if you are interested in that stuff. o § Events⠀➾ # ⚓ SoCal Linux Expo ☛ SCALE_20x:_Keynote:_Ken_Thompson⠀⇛ Pasadena, CA. March 9-12, 2023 o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Chromium⠀➾ # ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Chromium_bumped,_more_pkgs_compiled_in OE⠀⇛ The upcoming Kirkstone-series had chromium 106.0.5249.119, have compiled a later version in OE, and some more packages: chromium-x11-109.0.5414.74 fbgrab-1.5 gmime-3.2.7 gtkperf-0.40 leptonica-1.82.0 libforms-1.2.3 libyui-4.1.1 pointercal-0.0 stalonetray-0.8.3 tesseract-4.1.3 tesseract-lang-4.1.0 tslib-1.22 xbindkeys-1.8.7 xf86-input-tslib-2_1.1.1 There was interest expressed in tesseract OCR package on the forum, so compiled that. No GUI though. One of the best-looking GUIs for tesseract seems to be gimagereader, but it has lots of dependencies. I could compile it if there is sufficient interest. # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Alex_Vincent:_Introducing_Motherhen:_Gecko-based applications_from_scratch⠀⇛ Mozilla‘s more than justFirefox. There’sThunderbirdfor e-mail,BlueGriffonfor creating web pages, and ye oldeSeaMonkey Application_Suite. Once upon a time, there was the ability to create custom front-ends on top of Firefox using the-appoption. (It’s still there but not really supported.) Mozilla’s source code provides a rich ecosystem to build atop of. # ⚓ David_Teller:_About_Safety,_Security_and_yes,_C++_and Rust⠀⇛ Recent publications byConsumer_Reportsand theNSAhave launched countless conversations in development circles aboutsafetyand its benefits. In these conversations, I’ve seen many misunderstandings about what safety means in programming and how programming languages can implement, help or hinder safety. Let’s clarify a few things. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Debugging_with_Git_Bisect⠀⇛ Git is a powerful version control system that helps developers manage and track changes in their codebase. # ⚓ Rlang ☛ Probot:_building_a_Mastodon_bot⠀⇛ I have long admired albums2hear, a Twitter bot that posts albums. You can read a bit more about it here. There was no mastodon equivalent and so I decided to build one. You can follow the bot – currently called Albums Albums Albums (or AlbumsX3) – here. # ⚓ Computing UK ☛ ‘Sheer_greed’:_Industry_reacts_to_Oracle’s new_Java_pricing⠀⇛ ‘Vendors have worked out a model where they can get more money out of you’ # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ Tim_Bielawa:_Querying_block_device_sizes_in_Python_on Linux_and_Mac_OS_X⠀⇛ I drafted this blog post in 2016 (at least), but held off publishing it until I could have it fact checked. Well, 6 years have passed… I am 99% sure the information in this blog post is correct. But if you find an error with my explanation of the userspace-kernel-device dataflow then please send me an email so I can understand it better and update this post. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ ‘Full_Time’:_Propulsive_film_turns_working_and parenting_into_a_thriller⠀⇛ Perseverance is something working parents demonstrate daily. “Full Time,” filmed like a thriller, offers a lens on that life – and on the strength people draw on to get through tough times. o ⚓ LRT ☛ Live_in_Lithuania,_work_in_the_UK?_Teleworking_survives_and thrives_post-pandemic⠀⇛ Skilled specialists from Lithuania are often recruited by companies operating in Western Europe that offer remote work. The arrangement is most common in IT companies, although telework is spreading to other fields too. o ⚓ The Nation ☛ Forced_Migration_Thanks_to_Industrialized_Nations⠀⇛ o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Candy_Blaster_Lets_You_Shoot_PEZ_At_Your Friends⠀⇛ Nerf Blasters are great fun to play with, but you really shouldn’t eat the foam darts. Conversely, Pez dispensers are fussy and kind of boring, but the candy is a tasty treat. [Soloprototype] has presented us the best of both worlds, in the form of a 3D-printed Pez blaster, with a firm note that this toy is for grown-ups only. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Building_A_Fake_Printer_To_Grab_Screenshots_Off The_Parallel_Port⠀⇛ [Tom Verbeure] recently found himself lamenting the need to take screen grabs from an Advantest R3273 spectrum analyzer with a phone camera, as the older gear requires you to either grab tables of data over an expensive GPIB interface card, or print them to paper. Then he realized, why not make a simple printer port add-on that looks like a printer, but sends the data over USB as a serial stream? # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Experimenting_With_20_Meters_Of_Outlet Adapters⠀⇛ You may have seen some of the EEVblog dumpster dive videos, where [Dave Jones] occasionally finds perfectly good equipment that’s been tossed out. But this time, rather than a large screen monitor, desktop computer, or a photocopier, he features a stash of 283 electrical outlet double adapters that he found last year. He decided to perform a test in the parking lot, connecting all 283 adapters in series. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Levitating_Banana_Is_An_Excellent_Conversation Starter⠀⇛ “I really like your floating banana.” If that’s something you’ve always wanted your guests to say when visiting your living room, this levitating banana project from [ElectroBing] is for you. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Mechanical_Keyboard_Is_Also_A_Mouse⠀⇛ The mechanical keyboard community is a vibrant, if not fanatical, group of enthusiasts determined to find as many possible ways of assembling, building, and using as many high-quality keyboards as possible. With so many dedicated participants, most things that can be done with a keyboard already have been done. So when something as unique as this split keyboard that also doubles as a mouse pops up, we take notice. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Anti-Abortion_Laws_Were_Written_to_Confuse_the Public_—_and_They’re_Working⠀⇛ # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Mississippi_Lawmakers_Trying_to_Take_Over Jackson_Water_Funds,_Federal_Manager_Warns⠀⇛ JACKSON, Miss. — The freeze of early 2021 wasn’t the origin of Jackson, Mississippi’s water system collapse. But the winter storm introduced the country to Jackson’s aging and improperly maintained pipes and water plants, which failed and left residents without clean water for over a month. The crisis surged back in the summer of 2022, leaving residents without clean water for two months and drawing comparisons to Flint, Michigan’s lead-poisoning scandal, another banner example of America’s ruinous infrastructure systems. Here, as in Flint, the federal government stepped in: In November, the Department of Justice appointed a federal manager to take control of the beleaguered utility, and less than a month later, Congress approved $600 million exclusively for the city’s water system. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Tackle_‘Abuse_of_Water’_by_Big_Ag_and_Big Oil,_Advocates_Say_Amid_Colorado_River_Fight⠀⇛ Since the seven Colorado River Basin states failed again this week to reach a consensus on a plan to conserve the region’s dwindling water resources, environmental justice campaigners have implored officials to prioritize combating the “overuse and abuse” of water by agribusiness and fossil fuel corporations. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Spread_of_Bird_Flu_to_Mammals_Could_Put Humans_in_Danger,_Scientists_Warn⠀⇛ As a deadly strain of avian influenza continues to decimate bird populations around the world and spread among other animals, some scientists are warning that mammal-to-mammal transmission has emerged as a real possibility with potentially catastrophic consequences for humans. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Australia_Becomes_First_Country_to_Legalize Therapeutic_Use_of_MDMA_and_Psilocybin⠀⇛ After decades of criminalization, Australia’s government said Friday that it will legalize the prescription of MDMA and psilocybin for the treatment of two medical conditions, a historic move hailed by researchers who have studied the therapeutic possibilities of the drugs. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ It’s_Possible_Neanderthals_Evolved_So_They Wouldn’t_Smell_Their_Own_Stink,_Study_Finds⠀⇛ A real gift. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ A_Splash_of_Milk_in_Coffee_May_Have_Health Benefits_We_Didn’t_Know_About⠀⇛ Not that we needed an excuse to drink it. # ⚓ Reason ☛ The_USDA_Can’t_Stop_Organic_Food_Fraud⠀⇛ It’s time to return oversight to industry groups and the states. o § Privatisation/Privateering⠀➾ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ A_Vital_Reason_to_Protect_the_Postal Service_From_Privatization⠀⇛ Postal jobs have long been a road to the middle class for Black Americans. The Postal Service began employing Black workers shortly after the Civil War and became a major source of good, middle-class jobs for this share of the workforce in the early 20th century. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Feds_Say_Cyberattack_Caused Suicide_Helpline’s_Outage⠀⇛ A cyberattack caused a nearly daylong outage of the nation’s new 988 mental health helpline late last year, federal officials tell The Associated Press # ⚓ Simo:_OpenSSL_3.0_Providers_and_PKCS#11⠀⇛ What triggered it is that I started a newprojectbecause I wanted to explore two things I have been putting off for a while, and I had some time on my hands on a long weekend. What’s interesting about this project is that, on paper, it is straightforward, we just wire up one API to another, and given both deal with simple cryptography primitives it should be pretty simple… or is it? Well of course it isn’t, first of all we are talking about cryptography, which is notoriously finicky in terms of API for various legitimate, and less so, reasons. But the actual calls that need to be made to implement the cryptography are the least problematic, for the most part. What really makes things hard are the lack of documentation about OpenSSL providers, and the impedance mismatch between the way OpenSSL goes about handling some of the operation and the way PKCS#11 envisions applications should handle the cryptography engine. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Microsoft:_Iran_Unit_Behind_Charlie_Hebdo Hack-and-Leak_Op [Ed: Microsoft is the cause of many security incidents, but the gullible, sometimes Microsoft-sponsored, media will try to pretend Microsoft is a security expert, leveraging political sentiments to shift the blame and deflect responsibility]⠀⇛ After French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo’s launched a cartoon contest to mock Iran, an Iranian cyber retaliated in January. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ AI_threats_and_open-source_vulnerabilities top_host_of_security_issues_facing_cloud-native_community [Ed: SiliconANGLE is spreading Microsoft talking points and outright spam. SiliconANGLE also bags bribes from them, hence it relays this kind of nonsense.]⠀⇛ It turns out that security concerns in the cloud- native world look a lot like what’s keeping practitioners up at night in the rest of the technology ecosystem. # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ The_FBI_tried_in_vain:_The_Russian_case against_REvil_turned_out_to_be_insignificant [Ed: Microsoft Windows TCO]⠀⇛ As it became known to “Kommersant”, the investigative department of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Russian Federation completed the investigation of the criminal case of the so-called international group of hackers REvil, information about which was provided to Russia by the FBI. According to its results, the investigation was able to accuse eight alleged intruders of only two remote thefts of funds, and even then committed in the United States by who knows where and for what amount: there are no victims, as well as damage, in the criminal case. Lawyers for the defendants say that two weeks would be enough for them to study the materials, but the procedure seems to be delayed. # § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾ # ⚓ WhichUK ☛ PayPal_‘money_request’_email_scam:_how_to spot_a_dodgy_message⠀⇛ Watch our video to see how the latest phishing scam works # ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Renters_targeted_by_scammers_on_SpareRoom and_Facebook⠀⇛ Fraudsters attempt to cash in on chaos in the rental market # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Colorado_Supreme_Court_To_Hear_Challenge Of_Reverse_Keyword_Warrant_Served_To_Google⠀⇛ Geofence warrants get all the hype. But Google also stores other data of interest to law enforcement: Google searches. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ACLU_Sues_CIA,_DOJ,_and_NSA_for Records_About_Warrantless_Spying_on_Americans⠀⇛ The ACLU on Friday filed a federal lawsuit against top U.S. intelligence agencies that have failed to respond to public records requests for information about a “sweeping law that authorizes the warrantless surveillance of international communications,” including those of Americans. # ⚓ FOSS Post ☛ Bypassing_Government_Censorship_Around NordVPN_on_Linux [Ed: VPN spam is a real problem, as it even invades otherwise good sites]⠀⇛ o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Security Week ☛ US_Downs_Chinese_Balloon_Off_Carolina Coast⠀⇛ U.S. fighter jets successfully shot down the high altitude spy balloon launched by and belonging to China. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Five_questions_(and_expert_answers) about_the_curious_case_of_the_Chinese_spy_balloon⠀⇛ US fighter jets have shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon, but the tensions linger in the world’s most important bilateral relationship. Our experts float their takes. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Russia_putting_‘more_and_more_forces’_into Donbas_battle,_says_Zelensky⠀⇛ Ukraine’s Volodymyr Zelensky said the situation on the front lines in the east of the country was getting tougher, with Russia throwing more and more troops into battle, hours after the two sides agreed to exchange dozens of prisoners of war. Earlier on Saturday, Ukrainian officials said a serious accident at a high-voltage substation had caused widespread power outages in and around the southern port city of Odesa, leaving half a million people without power. Follow our live blog to see how the day’s events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+1). # ⚓ France24 ☛ US_shoots_down_suspected_Chinese_spy_balloon over_Atlantic_Ocean⠀⇛ The United States on Saturday downed a suspected Chinese spy balloon off the Carolina coast on orders from President Joe Biden after it hovered over sensitive military sites across North America, becoming the latest flashpoint in tensions between Washington and Beijing. # ⚓ ACLU ☛ The_Death_Penalty_Doesn’t_Reflect_Our_National Values._Why_is_the_Biden_Administration_Still_Pursuing_It?⠀⇛ Last week, in a federal courtroom in New York City, a jury found Sayfullo Saipov guilty of intentionally driving a truck down a crowded lower Manhattan bike path, killing eight people and injuring several more. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Remorseful_in_court,_Jan._6_rioters_return_to defiant_support⠀⇛ Jan. 6 defendants who faced with jail time often professed remorse. Now, more are now backpedaling or even celebrating their actions in the Capitol riot. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Chinese_balloon_shot_down_over_Atlantic_Ocean_by U.S.⠀⇛ …the Department of Defenseannounced. The big picture:The balloon, which the Pentagon accused China of using to collect information on U.S. military sites, has heightened tensions between the two nations. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Everything_we_know_about_the_China_balloon⠀⇛ Secretary of StateAntony_Blinkenon Fridaypostponed his_planned_tripto Beijing, saying the surveillance balloon in U.S. airspace “is a clear violation of U.S. sovereignty and international law.” # ⚓ CNN ☛ Biden_wanted_balloon_shot_down_‘as_soon_as possible’⠀⇛ # ⚓ CNN ☛ Video_appears_to_show_Chinese_spy_balloon_being_shot down⠀⇛ The US military shot down the suspected Chinese surveillance balloon over the Atlantic Ocean off the Eastern Seaboard of the United States, a US official said. # ⚓ CNN ☛ Another_suspected_Chinese_balloon_spotted_over_Costa Rica⠀⇛ CNN’s Rafael Romo reports on a sighting of another suspected Chinese balloon in San José, Costa Rica. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ US_moves_to_recover_suspected_Chinese_spy balloon_after_shooting_it_down⠀⇛ The United States downed the Chinese balloon off the Carolina coast after it became the latest flashpoint in tensions between Washington and Beijing. # ⚓ RFA ☛ CIA_director:_China_readying_for_Taiwan_invasion_by 2027⠀⇛ Xi wants China’s military ready to invade within four years, CIA Director William Burns said. # ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ Museums_Round-Up:_Commencing_countdown, engines_on,_for_opening_of_new_Cold_War_museum⠀⇛ Bunker constructed in the 1960s, which lies 60 metres below ground level, is equipped with a special ashtray for Her Majesty # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ No_Immunity_For_Cops_Who_Shot_Man_Multiple Times,_Then_Searched_His_House_For_Evidence_Of_‘Assaulting_An Officer’⠀⇛ There are plenty of valid reasons to seek a search warrant. Investigating a crime you can’t punish anyone for (because you’ve killed them) isn’t one of them. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Dad_Builds_Frickin’_Tank_For_His_Son⠀⇛ We gotta love hacker Dads and Moms for being so awesome. Sooner or later, their kids get to play with some amazing toy that every other kid on the block is jealous of. [Meanwhile in the Garage aka MWiG] is one of those super hacker Dads who built a frickin’ Tank for his son (video, embedded below.). But it’s so much fun driving that beast around that we suspect Dad is going to be piloting it a lot more than the kid. The tank features metal tracks, differential steering, a rotating turret, periscopes and a functional paintball gun with camera targeting. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Court_of_Appeals_Rules_That_Domestic_Abusers_Can Own_Guns⠀⇛ # ⚓ Denmark_opposes_Russia_athletes_competing_at_Olympics_under neutral_flag⠀⇛ The Danish government said on Friday it opposed Russian athletes competing under a neutral flag at the 2024 Paris Olympics, which the International Olympic Committee is considering despite Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ US_Gov_Report_Shows_Why_Russia’s Hypersonic_Superweapon_Claims_Are_Fishy⠀⇛ The Congressional Budget Office has a new report highlighting some of the drawbacks of the much hyped hypersonic weapon. # ⚓ YLE ☛ PM:_Post-election_minority_government_possible_to speed_Nato_membership⠀⇛ Following the 2 April elections, Finland could see weeks or even months of political paralysis as parties seek to form the next coalition government. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Lula_Accuses_Bolsonaro_of_Planning_Jan._8 ‘Coup’_as_Lawmaker_Alleges_Involvement_in_Plot⠀⇛ New police raids across Brazil on Friday followed comments by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva about the alleged involvement of his right- wing predecessor, Jair Bolsonaro, in planning an attack on government buildings in Brasília last month. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Top_Bush_Lawyer_Admits_Guantánamo_Military Commissions_‘Doomed_From_the_Start’⠀⇛ Ted Olson—the former U.S. solicitor-general in the George W. Bush administration who argued against basic legal rights for Guantánamo Bay prisoners and defended their indefinite detention and torture—made a stunning admission Thursday: The Gitmo military commissions don’t work and should be shut down, and the government should strike plea deals with 9/11 defendants held at the prison. # ⚓ The Local SE ☛ INTERVIEW:_‘Everybody_in_Sweden_who_buys cocaine_should_know_the_money_is_used_to_buy_bullets’⠀⇛ The award-winning Swedish crime reporter and author Diamant Salihu features in this Saturday’s Sweden in Focus podcast, where he talks about Sweden’s shockingly high number of gang shootings, what’s behind them, and what to do about it. # ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ Unauthorized_Disclosure:_Medea_Benjamin_& Ann_Wright⠀⇛ # ⚓ FAIR ☛ Facebook_Protects_Nazis_to_Protect_Ukraine_Proxy War⠀⇛ Meta, the parent company of Facebook, announced on January 19 that the company no longer considers Ukraine’s Azov Regiment to be a “dangerous organization.” The far-right paramilitary group grew out of the street gangs that helped topple Ukraine’s president in the US-backed 2014 coup. Originally funded by the same Ukrainian oligarch that backed President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s rise to power, Azov was on the front lines of civil war in Eastern Ukraine, and was later fully integrated into the Ukrainian national guard. # ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ Open_source_video_captioning_on_Linux⠀⇛ In a perfect world, all videos would have transcripts, and live videos would have captioning. It’s not just a requirement for people without hearing to be able to participate in pop culture and video chats, it’s a luxury for people with hearing who just prefer to read what’s been said. Not all software has captioning built-in though, and some that does relies on third-party cloud services to function. Live Captions is an application for the Linux desktop that provides instant, local, and open source captioning for video. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ On_the_Media’s_Word_Choices_When_It_Comes to_Police_Murder⠀⇛ It’s hard to find words after yet another brutal police killing of a Black person, this time of 29- year-old Tyre Nichols in Memphis, Tennessee, captured in horrifying detail on video footage released last week. But the words we use—and in that “we,” the journalists who frame these stories figure critically—if we actually want to not just be sad about, but end state-sanctioned racist murders, those words must not downplay or soften the hard reality with euphemism and vaguery. # ⚓ The Gray Zone ☛ In_Douma_cover-up,_OPCW’s_new_smoking_gun backfires⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Gray Zone ☛ ‘The_Crazy_American’:_How_Col._Andy Milburn’s_drunken_antics_torpedoed_top_US_mercenary_group⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Crisis_Killing_Black_Women⠀⇛ For as long as the CDC and other health organizations have collected data on suicide, they’ve reported that suicide rates among Black people are the lowest among any racial category, and Black women and girls, more specifically, are least likely to end their lives of all demographic groups. It’s a statistical finding so counterintuitive that researchers dubbed it the racial/gender “suicide paradox”—that despite enduring more simultaneous marginalizing oppressions than any other group, Black women, instead of taking their lives at rates that surpass, or even equal, more privileged identities, just keep on keepin’ on. This idea—that suicide is correlated with whiteness, negatively correlated with Blackness, and irrelevant to Black femaleness—crept out of the sociology and mental health realms to establish itself within the broader American cultural psyche. Black women’s purported immunity to suicide has been regarded as such an open-and-shut case that studies on Black female suicidality are extremely scant. Corrections to that dangerous oversight have been slow to take hold, even in recent years, as Black teenage girls and young women have begun killing themselves at unprecedented rates. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘They’ll_just_wipe_me_out’:_A_former_prisoner_fled his_Wagner_unit,_but_now_fears_revenge_from_mercenaries_— Meduza⠀⇛ Since last summer, Kremlin-backed tycoon Evgeny Prigozhin has traveled around Russia’s penal colonies, recruiting inmates into the Wagner Group ranks, in exchange for pardons and cash payments. Witnesses claim, however, that the mercenary group has its own means of punishing fighters for desertion and other offenses, and that extrajudicial killings are a common practice. Mediazona spoke to a former prisoner who first signed up to go to war, and later escaped from his Wagner Group formation. Here’s his story, in brief. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Good_News!_We_Can_Bend_the_Corporations_to Our_Will⠀⇛ “We learned last week that certain fossil fuel producers were fully aware in the 1970s that their core product was baking our planet. And just like the tobacco industry, they rode rough-shod over their own science. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Here_are_some_of_the_record_temperatures set_across_the_Northeast.⠀⇛ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Days_after_an_ice_storm,_thousands_in_the capital_of_Texas_are_still_without_power.⠀⇛ # ⚓ Axios ☛ Arctic_cold_spawns_windchills_of_-100°F_in_New Hampshire⠀⇛ Extreme cold broke longstanding records Friday into Saturday as the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic U.S. continues dealing with temperatures in the single or negative digits, along with gusty winds. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ FAIR ☛ Oil_Lobby_Prompts_Right-Wing_Media_to_Save Whales—From_Wind_Power⠀⇛ Republicans and right-wing commentators suddenly want to save the whales—and much of the news media is buying it. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ The_Department_of_Energy_Is_Coming For_Your_Gas_Stove…To_Replace_It_With_A_More_Efficient One⠀⇛ Those damn bureaucrats in Washington are at it again. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Major_Accident_Causes Power_Outages_in_Ukraine’s_Odesa_PM⠀⇛ A serious accident at a high-voltage substation in Ukraine’s Odesa region has caused emergency power outages… # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘It’s_Just_Our_Way_of_Life’:_Manchin Brushes_Off_Question_About_Coal_Conflict_of_Interest⠀⇛ Sen. Joe Manchin on Thursday responded dismissively to a reporter’s question about the glaring conflict of interest posed by his family’s ownership of a business that is profiting from coal waste—a toxic energy source that the West Virginia Democrat is actively promoting in the Senate. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Latvia_and_Estonia_collaborate_to_test potential_of_green_hydrogen_in_transport_sector⠀⇛ Over the next three years, the Latvian Hydrogen Association, waste management company ZAAO, the Vidzeme Planning Region and partners from Estonia and the Netherlands will work together to plan, develop and test the potential of green hydrogen in the transport sector in smaller regions, using the cooperation between Estonia’s Tartu and Latvia’s Vidzeme region as an example. # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ A_Hidden_Food_Web_Exists_in_The Desert,_And_It_Thrives_on_Death⠀⇛ In the desert, life depends on death. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ PwC_and_the_Robodebt_Royal_Commission. What’s_the_scam?⠀⇛ PwC was commissioned to do a report on Robodebt in 2017 but but can’t recall if it was finalised, or not, or why. What’s the scam? # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Unemployment_Hits_New_Half-Century_Low_as_Job and_Hour_Growth_Soar_in_January⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Friday’s_Surprisingly_Positive_Jobs_Report Does_Not_Mean_Fed_Should_Keep_Raising_Rates⠀⇛ Surprising most analysts and forecasters, employers added a whopping 517,000 jobs in January, according to Friday morning’s monthly labor report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. This was almost twice the growth from December’s 260,000 jobs. The unemployment rate fell to 3.4 percent, the lowest since 1969. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Strikes_Work’:_REI_Agrees_to_March_3_Union Election_After_Ohio_Walkout⠀⇛ After REI employees in a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio walked off the job Friday morning, the recreational equipment retailer agreed to schedule a union election vote next month and stopped pushing to exclude certain workers. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Screen Rant ☛ Why_Nintendo,_Sony,_&_Xbox_Skipping_E3_2023 Is_Actually_Good⠀⇛ While it might be sad to see E3 2023 carry on without big announcements from Nintendo, Sony, or Xbox – as is being reported by IGN – this latest development might be for the better. Viewers might not see trailers for Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 or Starfield at E3, but these and many more first- party titles could show up at a designated PlayStation State of Play or Xbox Showcase later in the year. Microsoft is already planning such an event for June, right around the time that E3 2023 is set to take place. Likewise, Nintendo always has a new Nintendo Direct livestream just around the corner, and a Direct specifically for Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom is expected prior to the Breath of the Wild sequel’s May release. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Elon_Musk_Is_Running_Scared_From_Mastodon;_Cuts Off_The_Best_Tool_For_Finding_Your_Twitter_Followers_There⠀⇛ People keep claiming that Mastodon isn’t scaring Elon Musk, but it’s pretty clear that he’s worried about the exodus of people from Twitter. With his bizarrely short-sighted decision to end free access to the Twitter API, driving developers over to Mastodon, some people realized that the various tools that people use to find their Twitter followers on Mastodon are likely to be cut off. It’s unclear if this was part of the motivation for ending free access to the API, but it did create a surge in people checking out those tools. But then, last night, just hours after the API announcement, Elon’s Twitter cut off API access to Movetodon, which was the nicest, easiest to use tool for finding and following your Twitter followers on Mastodon. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ “Florida_Is_a_Laboratory_of_Fascism”:_Scholars Discuss_Fight_Over_Black_History⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ DeSantis_Impeded_Federal_Officials’_Ability_to Enforce_Voting_Law,_Watchdog_Says⠀⇛ # ⚓ Axios ☛ Ethics_complaint_filed_against_Sen._Kyrsten_Sinema over_staff_tasks⠀⇛ Thirteen advocacy groups filed a complaint with the Senate Ethics Committee this week, requesting an investigation into Sen.Kyrsten_Sinema(I-Ariz.) and allegations about tasks she requires of her staff. Driving the news:In a letter first reported byThe Hill, Sinema is accused of requiring her Senate staff to “conduct a wide variety of activities unrelated to their job responsibilities,” including personal errands, household tasks at her private residence and advancing their own money for her personal purchases. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Former_Arkansas_Lawmaker Sentenced_to_46_Months_in_Prison⠀⇛ A former Arkansas lawmaker who admitted to accepting thousands of dollars in bribes and filing a false income tax return has been sentenced to nearly four years in federal prison # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ A_New_Crossroads_for_Peru’s_Fragile Democracy⠀⇛ On 25 January, roughly six weeks after being sworn in following her predecessor’s removal, Peruvian president Dina Boluarte finally recognized that elections were the only way out of political crisis. Elections were rescheduled for April 2024, much earlier than the end of the presidential term she’s been tasked with completing, but not soon enough for thousands who’ve taken to the streets demanding her immediate resignation. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Minsk’s_new_pick_for_foreign_minister_shows Lukashenko_is_looking_for_plan_B⠀⇛ The Belarusian government’s pick for the new foreign minister indicates that Minsk is not shutting the door to engagement with the West, however fraught it is at the moment. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ THHWAAP!!⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ You_Cannot_Stop_Us_From_Proclaiming_“I,_Too, Am_America”⠀⇛ Tyre Nichols has gone home, as we say in the Black church tradition. But he was sent there violently and prematurely by police officers who broke his neck. Others that helped sign his death certificate with their silence or approval, including Emergency Medical Technicians who stood over his badly beaten body with what we would later learn was a broken neck, helped to send him there. Another funeral of a beloved family member sent home too soon and by the mean and the murderous. Tyre Nichols’s death hits home for so many of us, but it is personal for many of us who are Black in America. It was also a different kind of assault on the senses to open Black History Month. There is nothing historic about an unarmed Black person being killed by police for driving while Black. Even walking or jogging while Black is dangerous. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_GOP’s_Phony_Class_War⠀⇛ On Tuesday November 3, 2020—back when votes for the presidential election were still being counted—Republican Senator Josh Hawley tweeted out, “We are a working class party now. That’s the future.” Hawley’s tweet was based on early exit polls showing that Donald Trump was outperforming expectations and had won Florida. His claim has a basis in reality: Trump’s success in 2016 and his near-victory in 2020 (Joe Biden’s narrow triumph resting on fewer than 44,000 votes in three states) was due to the former reality-show star’s strong appeal to white non-college-educated voters. To be sure, the white working class was trending toward the GOP before Trump arrived on the scene. But in 2016 he solidified and intensified this trend through a shrewd message of economic populism: Trump eschewed traditional Republican calls for cuts to Medicare and Social Security, hinted that he’d replace Obamacare with his own better version of health care, criticized globalism in the form of trade agreements that led to the loss of manufacturing jobs, and called for immigration restrictions as a way to bolster wages.1 # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Today’s_GOP_Is_the_Totalitarian_Force_It Claims_to_Oppose⠀⇛ Gas stoves. M&Ms. Xboxes. There is no consumer product or domestic practice too banal to serve as fodder in the culture wars now raging on the American right. Indeed, the vigilantes sworn to stamp out wokeness across the nation’s dens and kitchens seem to serve as an Orwellian domestic makeover crew, commandeering the sort of hearth- themed authoritarianism normally reserved for reality TV franchises and self-help bestsellers. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Progressives:_House_Anti-Socialism_Resolution_Is Step_Toward_Slashing_Safety_Net⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘We_Will_Keep_Fighting,’_Says_Head_of Nevada_Democrats_as_DNC_Panel_Blocks_Dark_Money_Ban⠀⇛ Nevada Democratic Party Chair Judith Whitmer said Friday that progressives won’t stop working to stem the flow of untraceable cash into national primary contests after the DNC Resolutions Committee blocked a vote on her proposed dark money ban for the second time. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Beware_the_Trump-Aligned_Foreign_Policy Hawk,_Nikki_Haley⠀⇛ Nikki Haley will reportedly announce the start of her campaign for the Republican presidential nomination on February 15, becoming the first GOP 2024 candidate after Donald Trump. Since it’s likely that Haley will emphasize foreign policy issues in pitching her candidacy, it’s worth examining her public record more closely to see what kind of foreign policy she thinks the U.S. should pursue. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Sanders,_Warren_Condemn_GOP’s_“Disgusting”_Move to_Silence_Ilhan_Omar⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Ilhan_Omar_Will_Not_Be_Silenced⠀⇛ After Ilhan Omar was elected to Congress in 2018, she explained why one of her first priorities as a member of the US House of Representatives was to serve on the Committee on Foreign Affairs. While the Minnesota Democrat was intent on representing her constituents in Minneapolis, and on addressing all the pressing domestic policy concerns that tend to dominate coverage of Congress, she told me, “You can’t really speak to domestic policy without first having a conversation about our foreign policy.” # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘What_I_don’t_want_is_Western_triumphalism’_Slavoj Žižek_on_Putin’s_expansionism,_Western_complicity,_the_denial of_death,_and_preventing_a_global_ultra-conservative_turn_— Meduza⠀⇛ The Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek spoke with Meduza about the Russia-Ukraine war, framing it as part of a global ideological conflict, in which Vladimir Putin himself is befriending other authoritarian regimes to create a new, ultra- conservative axis of global power. A self-described pessimist, Žižek cautions the West against settling into a complacent sense of moral superiority. The Neo-Fascist ideological turn that now serves Putin’s imperialist ambitions is not, he says, a specifically Russian problem. Instead, it’s a case study in how things go wrong when political competition devolves into struggle among oligarchs. This is a condensed version of the philosopher’s interview first published by Meduza in Russian. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Recording_Shows_WI_Trump_Campaign_Official_Knew He_Didn’t_Lose_by_Fraud⠀⇛ # ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ REVIEW:_The_Psychology_of_Totalitarianism⠀⇛ Kevin Ryan Belgian psychologist Mattias Desmet published his book The Psychology of Totalitarianism in June 2022. The book brings attention to the need to understand our own psychology in this time of global crisis. It outlines the process of mass formation by which the masses find themselves to be hypnotized members of a totalitarian state. # ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Unconditional_Surrender⠀⇛ Todd Hayen I know I am beating a dead horse here, but I am still fuming about The Atlantic article from October 2022. How dare they?! I am also a bit perturbed by all the folks prematurely declaring victory over this totalitarian abomination. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Canada_Imposes_Fresh Russia_Sanctions,_Moscow_Vows_Retaliation⠀⇛ Canada on Friday imposed sanctions on 38 individuals and 16 entities it said were “complicit in peddling Russian disinformation…” o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ EFF ☛ Courts_Must_Not_Allow_Litigants_to_Plead_Around_The First_Amendment’s_Speech_Protections⠀⇛ California law protects people against lawsuits known as SLAPPs, or Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation. The state’s anti-SLAPP law allows for motions such as Winslow’s, which should allow for meritless defamation lawsuits to be dismissed quickly. “The district court’s decision encourages meritless lawsuits against online speakers by allowing plaintiffs to strip disputed statements of their context and evade California’s robust anti-SLAPP statute,” EFF’s brief argues. “Yet the First Amendment requires courts to examine the fuller context of any alleged actionable statement to protect hyperbole and avoid chilling speakers.” # ⚓ Engadget ☛ Pakistan_blocks_Wikipedia_over_‘sacrilegious’ content⠀⇛ The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) has blocked Wikipedia after slowing access to the website for 48 hours over content it considers “sacrilegious.” # ⚓ EFF ☛ Courts_Must_Not_Allow_Litigants_to_Plead_Around_The First_Amendment’s_Speech_Protections⠀⇛ That did not happen in a case on appeal to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, Amin v. Winslow, and EFF filed a friend-of-the-court brief last month describing the potential danger to speech when courts let these cases linger. A whistleblower alleges that the plaintiff, Dr. Mahendra Amin, performed unnecessary medical procedures on women at an Immigrations and Customs Enforcement detention facility. When news reports described the whistleblower’s allegations, author Don Winslow shared news stories about the allegations and criticized Amin over a series of tweets. Amin’s lawsuit focuses on a single Winslow tweet that he alleges is defamatory. But the First Amendment requires courts to analyze the broader context surrounding any statement. The federal district court hearing the case disregarded this long-standing principle when it denied Winslow’s motion to dismiss the case, according to EFF’s brief. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Police_complete_investigation_into_prominent_blogger in_Vietnam⠀⇛ Authorities recommend Nguyen Lan Thang be charged with spreading anti-state information. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong’s_largest_national security_trial_to_begin_Monday_as_47_democrats_face_up_to life_behind_bars⠀⇛ by Su Xinqi and Jerome Taylor The trial of 47 of Hong Kong’s most prominent pro-democracy figures begins on Monday, in the largest prosecution under a national security law that has crushed dissent in the city. The proceedings are expected to last more than four months, and the defendants face sentences of up to life […] # ⚓ Axios ☛ BDG_Media_suspending_operations_at_Gawker⠀⇛ BDG Media is suspending Gawker and will lay off 8% of full-time staff, according to an internal memo from CEO Bryan Goldberg that was obtained by Axios. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ YLE ☛ Business_leaders_criticise_Finns_Party’s_anti- immigration_rhetoric⠀⇛ As Finland seeks to attract more workers from abroad, prominent business people have highlighted the “irresponsible damage” caused by the Finns Party’s statements on work-based immigration. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ India_police_identify_over_4000_child_bride marriages_in_Assam_state,_leading_to_arrests_of_over_1800 men⠀⇛ Chief Minister Himata Biswa Sarma Friday reported more than 4000 cases of men marrying underage girls in the Indian state of Assam with over 1800 arrests. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Nearly_1,000_Migrant_Children_Separated From_Families_Under_Trump_Still_Not_Reunited⠀⇛ As some families seek restitution for the suffering caused by former President Donald Trump’s family separation policy, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security on Thursday acknowledged that nearly five years after the policy was first enforced, 998 children have yet to be reunited with their relatives. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Deadly_Violence_Against_Protesters_Is_the New_Normal⠀⇛ On the morning of January 18, agents from nine agencies, including the FBI and its local counterpart, the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, descended on a section of Atlanta’s South River Forest occupied by activists. For the past two years, hundreds had lived in the section of the Weelaunee forest, in tents and treehouses, in order to block its planned conversion into a police training facility—a “cop city” complete with a mock village, firing ranges, and a Black Hawk landing pad. That morning, the agents were under orders to “eliminate the future Atlanta Public Safety Training Center of criminal activity.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Markey_Demands_Answers_From_AGU_About Scientists_Punished_Over_Climate_Protest⠀⇛ U.S. Sen. Ed Markey on Friday joined thousands of scientists from across the globe in demanding that the American Geophysical Union answer for its decision in December to expel two climate researchers from its Fall Meeting after they staged a brief, peaceful protest urging their colleagues to engage in climate activism. # ⚓ Reason ☛ The_Continuing_Relevance_of_Frederick_Douglass⠀⇛ Douglass is best-known for his role in the abolitionist movement that helped end slavery. But much of his thought is also relevant to contemporary issues. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Utah_Lawmakers_Rushing_Through_Bills_To_Destroy The_Internet…_‘For_The_Children’⠀⇛ The evidence-free moral panic over social media keeps getting stupider, and when things get particularly stupid about the internet, you can pretty much rely on Utah politicians being there to proudly embrace the terrible ideas. The latest are a pair of bills that seem to be on the fast track, even in Utah’s short legislative session. The bills are HB311 from Rep. Jordan Teuscher and SB152 from Senator Michael McKell (author of a number of previous bad bills about the internet). o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Google_Tells_Court_That_GOP_Should_Look_At_Its Own_Email_Practices_Rather_Than_Blaming_Gmail⠀⇛ As we noted recently in reporting on the FEC dismissing the Republican’s laughably ridiculous complaint that Google was dumping their fundraising emails into the spam folder as an “in-kind contribution” to Democrats, there was still the GOP’s even more ridiculous lawsuit. Last week, Google filed its response, and it’s… worth reading to see how thoroughly and completely it dismantles the GOP’s silly complaint. Most of the news coverage of the complaint has been about how Google mentions in passing that it’s ending the “pilot program” it set up to allow politicians to avoid the spam folder. However, I think this is a misread of what’s in the filing. It just notes that “The Pilot Program is scheduled to run through January 31, 2023,” which is the nature of a “pilot program.” It’s unclear if Google will look to continue it or bring it back during the next election season. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Belarus_Follows_Russia’s_Lead_&_Creates Unfriendly_Countries_List_For_Legalized_Piracy⠀⇛ Roughly a year ago, we discussed Russia’s response to some of the sanctions the West was placing upon it, including its plan to simply legalize copyright infringement, so as to keep the country running despite the crippling sanctions. That blanket legalization plan morphed somewhat months later, when Russia instead pivoted to a plan to create a “unfriendly countries” list for which all kinds of copyright infringement would be legalized. Not surprisingly, that list of unfriendlies mostly amounted to any country that had sanctioned or criticized Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. While these laws have yet to be implemented, none of the announcements by Russia created even the mildest surprise to the West. # § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ Precedential_No._6:_TTAB_Requires Explanation_of_Cancellation_Respondent’s_Deletion_of Goods⠀⇛ After the commencement of this proceeding for cancellation of a registration for the markDISOfor various electronic devices, on the grounds of fraud and abandonment, the registration was subject to a USPTO audit regarding respondent’s Section 8 Declaration of Use, which resulted in deletion of many of the identified goods, leaving only “earphones and headphones; portable media players, namely MP3 players.” Observing that a registrant may not, by deleting goods from a registration, moot a proceeding to avoid a judgment as to the deleted goods, the Board allowed respondent twenty days to explain the reason for its deletions. # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Yout.com_Reignites_RIAA_Stream- Ripping_Dispute_at_Court_of_Appeal⠀⇛ Popular stream-ripping site Yout.com has filed its appeal brief at the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. The service aims to reverse a district court ruling that dismissed Yout’s claims against the RIAA. Yout seeks a declaration that it doesn’t violate the DMCA and accuses the music industry group of defamation and business disparagement. # ⚓ Creative Commons ☛ Training:_Open_Licenses_for Artists,_Musicians_and_Creators⠀⇛ Join us for this introduction to CC licenses and tools to get your basic questions answered and practice sharing content to the commons: 10 February 2023, 2–7pm UTC (see the schedule in your local timezone). # ⚓ One_Song,_Many_Writers⠀⇛ How modern songwriting evolved into a game of aggressive credit—even for the people who didn’t technically do the composing. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ Rubber_Soul_–_moving_out/procrastinating⠀⇛ I’m not sure if I could fully tell you why, but I’ve had this compulson in my mind that I need to purchase The Beatles – Rubber Soul on vinyl – but specifically around the time that I’m moving in with my partner (next weekend). I guess I’ve been listening to this album a fair bit recently, and maybe it’s just that it reminds me of this moment – and I want to have something material as a kind-of calendar item to mark the moment. # ⚓ After_the_session⠀⇛ I seem to have settled in a nice “one page a day” routine with Knives. I’m not sure how many more pages there will be. Something about players gaining a talents. Something about them making plans. Something about finding campaign goals. # ⚓ Tilting_at_the_Belltower⠀⇛ Robotic lies are spread across the room. My modem howls in silent disbelief. Machines are parrots. Maybe so are we, as chafing bones are slouching to be born in fire, as I draw my final breath and sleep. Perchance to dream. Perchance to scream. So gently whispered is this lifelong scream while ghostly passing through my inner room. A chalkboard’s nail. A raspy smoker’s breath. A regent clad in finest disbelief. A crawling insect hatches to get born, and in the skylit evening, so were we. # ⚓ Notes_about_an_overheard_conversation_while_driving_home⠀⇛ o § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ A_Tale_Of_Two_Times⠀⇛ The claim is that “time” disagrees with the documentation for time(1) on OpenBSD, and the evidence for this may look pretty solid # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Silence,_please!⠀⇛ One of those protection rackets, properly known as a performance rights organisation, recently sent out a news letter. There was a short paragraph that caught my attention. Since their business model is to rake in money for their members from all sorts of venues that play their music, they are in fact interested in increasing the number of such venues, including restaurants and shops. Studies, they claimed, have shown that customers enjoy the _right kind_ of music being played in the stores. So, what a win- win situation: entice the venues to play more music, make their customers buy more, and collect larger royalties for the composers. # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ systemd_and_my_bot⠀⇛ I wrote a bot that connects to Discord last year. It’s a nice bot. It keeps facts for channel, it keeps timestamped notes per channel, it also connects to IRC (all of which we don’t use) and it rolls dice (which is what we use). =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2698 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 02.04.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_04/02/2023:_This_Week_in_KDE_and_Many_More_Tech_Layoffs⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 9:10 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Instructionals/Technical o WINE_or_Emulation o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Content_Management_Systems_(CMS) o Education o Programming/Development * Leftovers o Science o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature # Overpopulation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM) o Monopolies # Patents * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Technical * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_PHPUnit_10_on_Fedora_Linux⠀⇛ PHPUnit is a widely used and well-established testing framework for PHP developers. It was created in 2002 by Sebastian Bergmann and has since become an integral part of the PHP development community. # ⚓ [Repeat] Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Linux_Kernel_6.1_on Ubuntu_22.04_or_20.04⠀⇛ This guide will walk you through installing Linux Kernel 6.1 on your Ubuntu 22.04 or 20.04 desktop or server using the TuxInvader Launchpad PPA. The PPA contains the latest generic kernels, and the guide will show you how to use the command line terminal to import the PPA and install the latest Linux Kernel. # ⚓ IPv4_addresses_and_subnet_masks⠀⇛ Introduction Have you ever wondered how your computer connects to the internet and what makes it possible for you to access websites and services? Well, this is all made possible with the use of IP addresses. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ How_To_Display_Warning_Message_to_Unauthorized SSH_Access⠀⇛ Secure Shell (SSH) is a protocol used to remotely log into a Linux system and execute commands on it. It provides a secure encrypted connection between two untrusted hosts over an insecure network. System administrators often use SSH to remotely manage servers. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ How_to_Set_a_Custom_SSH_Login_Banner_and_MOTD⠀⇛ Secure Shell (SSH) is a protocol used to remotely log into a Linux system and execute commands on it. SSH provides a secure encrypted connection between two untrusted hosts over an insecure network. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Understanding_Reverse_DNS:_What_it_is_and_Why_it Matters?⠀⇛ Reverse DNS, also known as rDNS, is a system that maps an IP address to a hostname. Unlike traditional DNS (Domain Name System), which maps a hostname to an IP address, rDNS performs the reverse process, providing an extra layer of information about the owner and location of a particular IP address. # ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ Nala:_A_Beautiful_and_Structured_Frontend for_the_APT_Command⠀⇛ Do you still ignore the required dependencies when you install or remove an application on Linux? If so, you might be doing yourself a disservice. First, you look at the packages and applications that will be installed or removed from your system. B # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Okular_on_Fedora_Linux⠀⇛ Okular is a popular open-source document viewer and annotator for Linux, Unix, and Windows platforms. It was first released in 2005 and became a widely- used software for viewing and annotating PDF, Postscript, and other document formats. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_To_Install_Git_on_CentOS_9_Stream_/_Fedora 37⠀⇛ Hello, friends. In this short post, you will learn how to install Git on CentOS 9 Stream / Fedora 37. Introduction Git is an open source, cross-platform distributed version control system (DVCS) that was initially developed by Linus Torvalds in 2005. # ⚓ OSNote ☛ How_to_Install_Ubuntu_22.04_from_USB⠀⇛ This tutorial will show you step-by-step how to install Ubuntu on a desktop, notebook, or server from USB from a Windows system. So let’s start installing Ubuntu from USB. Prerequistes Install Ubuntu from USB Follow these steps to prepare the USB stick and to install Ubuntu. # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Hiding_MediaWiki_meta_generator_version⠀⇛ # ⚓ How_to_Install_Rust_on_Ubuntu_22.4⠀⇛ Rust is an open-source programming language that is designed to be safe, concurrent, and fast. It is a statically-typed language with a rich type system and ownership model that focuses on memory safety and performance. Rust has been a popular choice for developers working on embedded systems and scalable web applications. # ⚓ Paul Heinlein ☛ Viewing_Remote_SSL_Certificate_Info⠀⇛ One of our duties at work is monitoring and renewing SSL certificates for customer services. Now that certificate issuers regularly expire certificates after only one year, renewals are a regular occurance. Plus, we like to verify what protocols and alternative hostnames are supported by a specific service. This script helps. o § WINE or Emulation⠀➾ # ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ Proton_7.0-6_is_Here_Get_Your_Hands_on_the New_Release_Today!⠀⇛ Proton 7.0-6 is a new version that adds a lot of improvements and new Windows-compatible game support to Linux, making the gaming experience even better than it was before. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ Nate Graham ☛ This_week_in_KDE:_Plasma_6_starts_to take_shape⠀⇛ While we hammer away at polishing up Plasma 5.27, features and user interface changes are starting to land for Plasma 6! We took a big bite out of the 15-minute bugs, too. Goodies for everyone! System Settings’ Default Applications page now lets you choose your preferred application for a much wider variety of file types! * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Net2 ☛ Best_20_features_of_Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛ Ubuntu 22.04 is a feature-packed operating system that has everything you need and more. From a sleek design to advanced tools, this latest version of Ubuntu jammy jellyfish has it all.  Ubuntu 22 Download Link Get your hands on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS! Head to the official Ubuntu website and you’ll be able to download it. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ How_to_Prevent_Breaking_Your_Arduino_by_Mistake⠀⇛ Removable microcontroller chip? 5V logic support? Your Arduino may be sturdy and repairable, but it also has its limits. Here are five ways to keep yourself from committing robot murder! # ⚓ Purism ☛ FOSDEM_2023_coming_up_in_Brussels⠀⇛ FOSDEM is a conference for the the free and open source software community. It is about take place this weekend on the 4th and 5th of February in Brussels, in person! We look forward to a fully- packed schedule. # ⚓ Purism ☛ Design_2022_in_Retrospect⠀⇛ As you probably know, software work at Purism follows upstream-first principles. This means we contribute to projects directly to make them better for everyone rather than just applying custom changes for ourselves downstream. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Best_Raspberry_Pi_Projects:_February 2023⠀⇛ Check out our list of best Raspberry Pi projects of the month for February 2023 and find something you’ll love. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Coral_Dev_Board_Micro_combines_NXP_i.MX RT1176_MCU_with_Edge_TPU_in_Pi_Zero_form_factor⠀⇛ Coral Dev Board Micro is the latest iteration [...] about the size of a Raspberry Pi Zero SBC. The new board follows the original NXP i.MX 8M-based Coral Dev board that was introduced in 2019, and Coral Dev Board mini based on MediaTek MT8167S processor launched in 2020, and keeps with the trend of providing more compact solutions with lower-end host processors for edge AI. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ India Times ☛ Google_Chrome_may_soon_add_this_browser history-related_feature_for_Android_users_–_Times_of_India⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Samsung_rejects_seamless_Android_updates on_the_Galaxy_S23_because_of_course_it_would⠀⇛ # ⚓ Lifewire ☛ 4_Ways_to_Update_the_Emojis_on_an_Android Phone⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Central ☛ Google_Pixel_2_devices_can_now_run Android_13_with_LineageOS_20_|_Android_Central⠀⇛ # ⚓ Forbes ☛ Android_Circuit:_Galaxy_Unpacked_Headlines,_Oppo’s Foldable_Future,_Xiaomi_13_Pro_Leaks⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ Open_source_video_captioning_on_Linux⠀⇛ In a perfect world, all videos would have transcripts, and live videos would have captioning. It’s not just a requirement for people without hearing to be able to participate in pop culture and video chats, it’s a luxury for people with hearing who just prefer to read what’s been said. Not all software has captioning built-in though, and some that does relies on third-party cloud services to function. Live Captions is an application for the Linux desktop that provides instant, local, and open source captioning for video. o § Content Management Systems (CMS)⠀➾ # ⚓ WordPress ☛ The_Month_in_WordPress_–_January_2023⠀⇛ Welcome to the first 2023 edition of The Month in WordPress! January kicked off with an overview of WordPress’ big goals for 2023 and new projects beginning to take shape. Moreover, work on the next major release, WordPress 6.2, continues with Beta 1 scheduled for next week. Read on for the latest news. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Reason ☛ Children_Lost_One-Third_of_a_Year_of_Learning During_the_Pandemic,_Analysis_Finds⠀⇛ “The COVID-19 learning deficit is likely to affect children’s life chances through their education and labour market prospects,” the analysis’ authors argue. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Undefined_behavior,_and_the_Sledgehammer_Principle_|_The Pasture⠀⇛ Previously, an article made the rounds concerning Undefined behavior that made the usual Rust crowd go nuts and the usual C and C++ people get grumpy that someone Did Not Understand the Finer Points and Nuance of Their Brilliant Language. So, as usual, it’s time for me to do what I do best # ⚓ Filippo Valsorda ☛ I’m_Now_a_Full-Time_Professional_Open Source_Maintainer⠀⇛ It works! I am now a full-time independent open- source maintainer. I’m announcing my first cohort of six clients, and sharing some details of how the model works. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Japan’s_conveyor_belt_sushi_chains_act quickly_against_alarming_stunts⠀⇛ Sushiro said on Friday that it will only serve orders placed by customers as an interim measure. o ⚓ Science Alert ☛ How_a_Dead_Girl_in_Paris_Wound_Up_With_The_Most- Kissed_Lips_in_All_of_History⠀⇛ An incredible story. o ⚓ Thomas_Vander_Stichele:_How_Not_to_Say_the_Wrong_Thing⠀⇛ “if you’re going to open your mouth, ask yourself if what you are about to say is likely to provide comfort and support. If it isn’t, don’t say it. Don’t, for example, give advice.” Susan Silk’sRing_Theoryis a helpful model to navigate what not to say during times of grief and traumatic events. o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Man_Rescued_by_Coast_Guard_Wanted_in ‘Goonies’_Fish_Incident⠀⇛ A man who was saved by a Coast Guard rescue swimmer at the mouth of the Columbia River on Friday was wanted by police for a bizarre fish dumping incident at the home featured in the classic film, “The Goonies.” o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ The Scientist ☛ Human_Brain_Organoids_Transplanted_Into Rats_Respond_to_Visual_Stimuli⠀⇛ The organoids could one day be used to treat brain injuries in humans. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ We_Can_Now_Hear_The_‘Sound’_of_One_of_The Most_Beautiful_Stars⠀⇛ A new perspective on a beloved friend. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Māori_Voyaged_to_Antarctica_at_Least_1,000 Years_Before_Europeans,_Study_Finds⠀⇛ An ancient connection. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ The_First_Stars_May_Have_Been_Heavier_Than 100,000_Suns⠀⇛ Supermassive monsters! # ⚓ The Scientist ☛ Q&A:_What_if_Immune_Cells_Don’t_Actually Detect_Viruses_and_Bacteria?⠀⇛ The Scientist spoke with Jonathan Kagan about his idea that immune cells respond to “errors” made by unsuccessful pathogens, not the pathogens themselves. # ⚓ Estimating_Square_Roots_in_Your_Head⠀⇛ o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Mark Hansen ☛ Short-Circuited_External_Disk_Recovery⠀⇛ How I tried (and failed) to recover an external hard drive that failed after a lightning storm. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ California_won’t_require_COVID vaccine_to_attend_schools⠀⇛ California won’t make children get the coronavirus vaccine to attend schools. The California Department of Public Health said Friday it is not exploring emergency rules to add the COVID-19 vaccine to the list of required school vaccinations. That’s a reversal from Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s 2021 announcement that the state would add the COVID-19 vaccine to its list of mandated vaccinations for kids to attend school. Last year, state officials delayed that requirement until at least the summer of 2023. Now public health officials say they are no longer moving ahead with the effort as the state prepares to end its coronavirus emergency on Feb. 28. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ No_One_Likes_Commutes,_But_They_May Actually_Be_Good_For_Mental_Health,_Study_Finds⠀⇛ A chance to reset. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Canada_to_delay_extended_assisted_dying_laws_until 2024⠀⇛ The Canadian government has introduced a law delaying the extension of medically-assisted dying laws for people with mental illness. In a news release Thursday, the Department of Justice announced Bill C-39, which proposes that the broadened medical assistance in dying laws (MAID) be delayed until March 2024. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Latest_Scientific_Breakthrough_on_Aging⠀⇛ Courtesy of the humble mouse. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Schools_close_in_Bangkok_as_Thailand’s air_pollution_worsens⠀⇛ Fourty-three provinces, including Bangkok and its suburbs, remained blanketed in smog. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China’s_Covid-19_testing_booths_get second_life_as_libraries_and_food_stalls⠀⇛ The build-out cost around 200 billion yuan (S$39 billion) to set up – about equal to the GDP of Estonia. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ U.S._House_Plans_Vote_to_End Foreign_Air_Traveler_COVID_Vaccine_Mandate⠀⇛ The U.S. House of Representatives plans to vote next week on a bill that would end a requirement… # ⚓ CNN ☛ Cancer_is_striking_more_people_in_their_30s_and_40s. Here’s_what_you_need_to_know⠀⇛ It’s World Cancer Day, and the outlook for winning the war against this deadly disease is both good and bad. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Port Swigger ☛ Serious_security_hole_plugged_in_infosec tool_binwalk⠀⇛ Path traversals could ‘void reverse engineering efforts and tamper with evidence collected’ # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Practitioners_assess_latest_risks_and enterprise_vulnerabilities_at_inaugural CloudNativeSecurityCon [Ed: Lack of disclosure; this publication bags money to relay PR for this front group of Microsoft and friends]⠀⇛ The tone was set for the opening day of CloudNativeSecurityCon in Seattle this week when Priyanka Sharma, executive director and general manager of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation, told attendees that “practitioners are leading the way, having conversations that you need to have. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ eBPF_enhances_cloud-native_security_through a_kernel_approach⠀⇛ The evolution taking place in the enterprise technology space has made security emerge as a standalone discussion topic. The current state of security architecture is creating a whack-a-mole approach, but extended Berkeley Packet Filter, or eBPF, programs seek to be a game-changer in cloud- native security by incorporating observability, networking and security tools into the kernel, # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Apple_takes_down_anonymous_social_media_app Damus_from_China_App_Store⠀⇛ The app was banned over ‘illegal content’ and for failing a government security assessment, developers are told # ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_appeals_court_affirms_order_for_more surveillance_in_California_prisons_to_protect_disabled prisoners’_rights⠀⇛ Judge Michelle Friedland of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit Thursday affirmed a district court decision as part of a nearly 30-year-long case regarding the rights of disabled prisoners. # ⚓ Bloomberg ☛ Meta_Was_Scraping_Sites_for_Years_While Fighting_the_Practice_–_Bloomberg⠀⇛ # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Alphabet_Touts_YouTube Subscription_‘Momentum’_as_Broader_Revenues_Sag⠀⇛ Alphabet has posted disappointing Q4 2022 results that missed analysts’ expectations as YouTube ad revenue declines again. Alphabet posted quarterly revenues of $76.05 billion, up just 1%, with net income of $13.62 billion (down 34% in Q4 2021). o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Big_China_Spy_Balloon_Moving_East_Over_US, Pentagon_Says⠀⇛ The Pentagon said a Chinese spy balloon was over the central United States, and that the U.S. rejected China’s claims that it was not being used for surveillance. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_says_‘spy’_balloon_incident ‘hyped_up’⠀⇛ But it also adopted a mollifying tone, calling for communication at all levels to be maintained. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Egypt_just_seized_part_of_Libya’s maritime_zone._What’s_the_story_behind_the_Egyptian_decree_no one_is_talking_about?⠀⇛ On December 13, 2022, Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi issued a presidential decree demarcating the country’s maritime borders with Libya. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ In_London’s_Poor‌_‌Areas,_Budget_Cuts‌_and Youth_Violence_Collide⠀⇛ Poor neighborhoods that have been hit hardest by austerity have also seen violence among young people surge or remain stubbornly high. Residents say that’s no coincidence. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Man_Convicted_of_Treason_Over_Threat_to Kill_Queen_With_Crossbow⠀⇛ The conviction, the first on such a charge in Britain in more than 40 years, came after officers stopped a man at a gate leading to the monarch’s private quarters on Christmas Day in 2021. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ For_Pakistan,_dealing_with_its_Taliban problem_is_a_walk_on_eggshells⠀⇛ Islamabad faces a lose-lose scenario against the Pakistani Taliban. But it is not too late for Pakistan to stop peeling the banana from the wrong end. # ⚓ CNN ☛ Kherson_city_was_liberated_12_weeks_ago._See_why_it’s become_a_ghost_town⠀⇛ The Ukrainian city of Kherson that was liberated 12 weeks ago is now almost a ghost town as Russians continue to bombard it. The emergency services live in fear of being targeted. CNN’s Sam Kiley met some civilians seeking help. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Cloud_reader_or_spy_balloon?_China_downplays ‘civilian_airship’_in_US.⠀⇛ China officials claim that a balloon seen in American airspace over Montana, a state with a nuclear missile silo, was launched for weather studies and got blown off course. U.S. officials are still investigating if the balloon had espionage purposes. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Why_diversity_hasn’t_changed_policing⠀⇛ The Memphis police killing shows that hiring Black officers is not a cure-all for violence against Black communities. Culture needs to change. # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Ukraine’s_battle_to_block_Russia_from_2024 Paris_Olympics_warms_up,_finds_allies⠀⇛ By citing human rights arguments the IOC has seemed ready to punish the protesting parties rather than the aggressors in the war. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Myanmar_junta_declares_martial_law_in_37_townships across_the_country⠀⇛ Move allows the military to issue harsh sentences and will lead to intensifying conflict, analysts say. # ⚓ RFA ☛ INTERVIEW:_‘China’s_strategy_is_to_seduce_with_money, reinforce_with_intimidation’⠀⇛ Former US Under-Secretary of State Keith Krach discusses the Uyghur genocide and what the US should do. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iranian_Protesters_Burn_Government_Propaganda Banners⠀⇛ Protesters in several Iranian cities, including the capital, Tehran, have set fire to government banners commemorating the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in a continued show of defiance amid unrest over the death of a young woman while in police custody. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ New_U.S._Aid_Package_For_Ukraine_Includes_Rockets With_Longer_Striking_Range⠀⇛ A new package of U.S. military aid for Ukraine announced on February 3 includes rockets with a range twice the distance of the rockets Ukraine now has. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S._Targets_Executives_Of_Iranian_Drone_Maker_In Latest_Sanctions_Designation⠀⇛ The United States has imposed new sanctions on a previously designated Iranian drone maker, Paravar Pars, this time targeting the board of directors. # ⚓ Mint Press News ☛ Elon_Musk’s_Cozy_Ties_With_The_Military Industrial_Complex,_With_Alan_MacLeod⠀⇛ On this episode of The Watchdog, Alan Macleod exposes Elon Musk’s ties to intelligence agencies and special interest groups, highlighting SpaceX’s ties to the CIA and the use of Starlink in advancing US foreign policy. # ⚓ Mint Press News ☛ We’re_Trying_To_Crush_The_Happiest Country_On_Earth_–_Lee_Camp_on_Nicaragua⠀⇛ Nicaragua ranks first among countries whose citizens feel at peace. Despite this, US media demonizes its Sandinista government, has sponsored violent coup attempts and has hit the country with crippling sanctions. # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Drone_attacks_on_Iran_may_lead_to_severe consequences⠀⇛ Iran’s foreign minister, Hossein Amir Abdollahian, said at a news conference in Tehran on Sunday that “a cowardly drone attack on a military site in central Iran will not impede Iran’s progress on its peaceful nuclear program.” # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Another_Chinese_spy_balloon_spotted_over_Latin America,_Pentagon_says⠀⇛ Another Chinese spy balloon is currently making its way across Latin America, Pentagon officials said Friday night. # ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ The_Patrushev_Oversight⠀⇛ Iain Davis In a recent interview with Russian media, Nikolay Patrushev, an intelligence officer who is the former director of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and the current secretary of the Russian Federation Security Council, spoke about the nature of power in the West. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Guantanamo_Bay_detainee_released_after_16_years imprisonment⠀⇛ The US Department of Defense (DoD) Thursday confirmed the release from Guantanamo Bay of Majid Khan, a former money courier for al-Qaeda. The release follows a transfer agreement between the US and Belize. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ 998_migrant_children_separated_under_Trump administration_yet_to_be_reunited_with_their_families⠀⇛ On the two year anniversary of President Biden establishing the Interagency Task Force on the Reunification of Families, the US Department of Homeland Security Thursday released a factsheet about the efforts that have been made to identify and reunite children with their families, who were separated under the Trump administration. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Axios ☛ Coldest_air_in_the_Northern_Hemisphere_is_pouring into_New_England⠀⇛ A potentcold_snapdescending on New England Friday morning that’s expected to last into early Sunday threatens to bring wind chills approaching record low levels. # ⚓ CNN ☛ Extreme_cold_snaps:_Why_temperatures_still_plummet_to dangerous_levels_even_as_the_planet_warms⠀⇛ Even as the world smashes through one all-time heat record after another and speeds towards critical warming thresholds, brutal waves of deadly cold can still arrive in bomb cyclones that bring icy weather and deep snow — and add fuel for those who deny the climate crisis is real or significant. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ How_to_Stay_Safe_in_Extreme_Cold_Weather⠀⇛ Experts offer tips to protect against common health hazards as temperatures plummet. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Environmental_protesters_rally against_illegal_concrete_plant_in_Hong_Kong_amid_heavy_police presence⠀⇛ Hong Kong saw one of its first protests on Saturday since Covid-19 restrictions were eased, as a group of environmental activists protesting against the illegal operation of a concrete plant in Yau Tong. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Shell_is_more_serious_about_share_buybacks than_renewables⠀⇛ Shell’s profits hit a record high of $42.3 billion in 2022—double what it made in 2021, and perhaps the highest profits posted by any British company in history. H # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Puerto_Peñasco_solar_power_plant will_begin_operations_in_April⠀⇛ The first 129 megawatts of the project will be operational by April 29, CFE’s Strategic Planning Director Juan Antonio Fernández announced. # ⚓ Renewable Energy World ☛ Minnesota_to_require_100% carbon-free_electricity_by_2040⠀⇛ Minnesota utilities would be obligated to transition to 100% carbon-free electricity by 2040 under a bill passed by the Legislature. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ What’s_the_Correct_Color_of_Bees?_In Austria,_It’s_a_Toxic_Topic.⠀⇛ In the Austrian state of Carinthia, where the law favors light-colored local bees, those honey producers judged “too dark” risk eradication. # ⚓ NYPost ☛ US_may_lift_protections_for_Yellowstone, Glacier_grizzlies⠀⇛ The Biden administration took a first step Friday toward ending federal protections for grizzly bears in the northern Rocky Mountains, which would open the door to future hunting in Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho. # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ The_Irony_of_Indonesian_Media Disaster_Communication⠀⇛ Indonesia occupies the fourth position as the most populous country in the world, with a projected population that will continue to increase every year, according to data from the  Central Statistics  Agency  (BPS). Indonesia’s population in 2021 will reach 272.68 million people, and in 2022 it will reach 275.77 million. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ The_suffocating_economy_of_Iran⠀⇛ Iran’s economy is on a roller coaster. The past year saw a dramatic rise in inflation rates and a historic fall in the value of the rial. The protests which followed the death of a 22-yar old Kurdish woman Mahsa Amini have magnified the creaks in the country’s economy. # ⚓ CNN ☛ The_Asian_country_where_workers_haven’t_had_a_raise in_30_years⠀⇛ # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Wall_Street_sinks_after_strong_jobs growth⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Local SE ☛ Strange_but_true:_North_Korea_owes_Sweden millions_for_Volvos_from_the_1970s⠀⇛ Sweden is no stranger to odd stories, but the tale of how North Korea owes the Scandinavian nation millions in unpaid bills for items including a thousand Volvos from the 1970s is definitely one of the weirdest of all. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Inequality_in_decline?_Tech_jobs_fade, waitstaff_jobs_boom.⠀⇛ Tech-firm layoffs, coupled with hiring in lower- wage industries like restaurants, signal a shift back toward pre-pandemic job patterns. But for the first time in 40 years, the wage gap is declining. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Alphabet’s_Profit_Falls_34%_Amid_Ads Slowdown⠀⇛ Google’s parent company reported its fourth consecutive drop in quarterly profit, weeks after culling 6 percent of its work force to cut costs. # ⚓ Los Angeles Times ☛ Merchant:_Big_Tech_is_using_layoffs_to crush_worker_power_–_Los_Angeles_Times⠀⇛ Wildly profitable tech companies are citing an as- yet notional recession to make deep workforce cuts. They may have another agenda. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Elon_Musk_killed_the_good_bots⠀⇛ # ⚓ CNN ☛ Rishi_Sunak_has_had_a_torrid_first_100_days_as Britain’s_leader._But_the_Conservatives_might_not_be_doomed⠀⇛ Earlier this week, Rishi Sunak celebrated his first 100 days as prime minister of the United Kingdom. # ⚓ Reason ☛ The_GOP’s_Pitchfork_Populism_Is_Older_Than_Trump⠀⇛ But it doesn’t have to be the future of the GOP or the country. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Peru_Congress_rejects_advanced_general_election timeline_amid_anti-government_protests⠀⇛ A plenary session of the Peruvian Congress Thursday rejected a proposal to move the date of the general election forward to July 2023 from the current April 2024 date. # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Mexico_loses_ground_on_2022_Democracy Index⠀⇛ For a second consecutive year, the U.K.-based Economist Intelligence Unit classified Mexico as a “hybrid regime” on its Democracy Index. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Advisory_Firm_Sues_Elon_Musk’s_Twitter, Saying_It_Hasn’t_Been_Paid⠀⇛ Innisfree M&A says Twitter, which Elon Musk bought last year, has not paid it $1.9 million for services it rendered for the deal. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ At_Twitter,_Elon_Musk_is_tilting_at_his_own windmills⠀⇛ Elon Musk locked his Twitter account this week, having convinced himself that something was awry within the website’s all-powerful algorithm. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_national_opera_house_staff_revolt_against new_director_appointment⠀⇛ The staff of the Lithuanian National Opera and Ballet Theatre (LNOBT) criticise the decision to appoint Laima Vilimienė as director, saying they fear she will be disastrous for the theatre. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ ‘More_than_half’_of_Danes_want_embassy_Quran_burnings banned⠀⇛ More than half of Danes responding to a survey said they were in favour of banning far-right activist Rasmus Paludan’s Quran-burning demonstrations in front of the Turkish Embassy in Copenhagen, due to national security concerns. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ France24 ☛ Tijuana,_where_the_news_kills:_Mexican journalists_under_threat⠀⇛ In early 2022, in the Mexican city of Tijuana, two journalists were murdered less than a week apart. The killings of Margarito Martínez and Lourdes Maldonado represent the multiple dangers facing media professionals in Mexico, one of the most dangerous countries in the world for journalists. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ CNN ☛ Activision_Blizzard_settles_SEC_charges_for_$35 million⠀⇛ Activision Blizzard will pay $35 million to settle US government allegations that the video game giant violated a whistleblower protection rule and lacked processes to collect workplace misconduct complaints, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission. # ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ Justice_for_Stolen_Lives_Protest_connects with_Kent’s_historical_activism⠀⇛ Students for a Democratic Society connect with Kent State’s historical activism with a march protesting police brutality. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Can_Hong_Kong’s_‘patriots-only’ legislature_hold_itself_to_account?⠀⇛ Our constitutional structure requires that the chief executive be accountable to the Legislative Council (LegCo). This presumes that LegCo has sufficient autonomy to hold the chief executive and the Hong Kong government to account. # ⚓ Reason ☛ A_Galveston_SWAT_Team_Wrecked_an_Innocent_Family’s Home._Then_They_Kept_It_From_the_City.⠀⇛ Police went silent on city officials following the botched raid that caused $5,000 in damages. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Cop_Orders_Reporter_To_Leave_a_Park_for_Daring_To Interview_a_Child⠀⇛ Normal human interaction should not automatically be considered creepy or criminal. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Homeland_Security_Wants_To_Protect_Us_From_Foreign Bands⠀⇛ A new proposal to more than triple visa entry fees for performers will harm American audiences and culture. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Activision_Blizzard_was_fined_$35_million_for neglecting_employee_complaints⠀⇛ Activision Blizzard agreed to pay a settlement worth $35 million after the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accused the popular video game developer of failing to properly address complaints of workplace misconduct. o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ # ⚓ My_critique_of_“the_Spotify_Model”:_Part_1_|_by_Jason_Yip_| Jan,_2023_|_Medium⠀⇛ NOTE: Although I was at Spotify for around 8 years, I’€˜m not familiar with how every area worked and I have my own biases, preferences, etc. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Upcoming_Supreme_Court_Oral Arguments_in_IP_&_Tech_Cases⠀⇛ The Supreme Court will be handling some significant cases over the next few months that may have a major impact for folks working in IP & Tech fields. The following is brief list sorted by the date of oral arguments. # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ YouTube_Contract_Workers_Are_Going_on Strike⠀⇛ Over 40 YouTube Music contract workers are protesting a return-to-office policy they say is unfair to remote workers. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Report:_FTC_could_file_antitrust_lawsuit against_Amazon⠀⇛ The U.S. Federal Trade Commission may soon launch an antitrust lawsuit against Amazon.com Inc., according to a new report. The Wall Street Journal today cited sources as saying that the lawsuit could be filed within months. * § Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ $3,000_awarded_for_IP_Investment_entity,_Alto Dynamics,_authentication_patents_prior_art⠀⇛ Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Ekta Aswal, who was awarded $3,000 for her prior art submissions on two patents, U.S._Patent 7,657,531 and U.S._Patent_8,051,098, owned by Alto Dynamics, LLC, an IP_Investment_Group subsidiary. The patents generally relate to state-less authentication and have been asserted against Redfin_Corp., Wayfair,Stockx, and others. § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ * § Personal⠀➾ o ⚓ The_Indian_Restaurant_at_the_End_of_the_World⠀⇛ I’m drinking remotely for the Midnight tonight, instead writing in from an Indian restaurant in Fairbanks, Alaska. Its two degrees south of the Arctic Circle. There’s a mural on the walls that depicts the restaurant as a lone cabin in the Arctic tundra, in the shadow of Denali under the northern lights. Big letters in the corner say “Farthest North Indian Restaurant”. I haven’t fact checked it, but I think it’s reasonably accurate if you’re willing to assume it’s limited to the United States. Maybe even North America. o ⚓ Non-player_characters⠀⇛ Claudia says, “Adalric and Brunhilde are climbing the winding trail that leads up to the tower of Ulrike the Beautiful. It’s a hot day in spring and the crickets are loud. A crow seems to be watching you, always retreating uphill as you approach.” o ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_ACEUPSI_Wordo:_SIRES⠀⇛ * § Technical⠀➾ o ⚓ Find_OpenBSD_install_date⠀⇛ As suggested on twtxt, one may look at filesystem creation time to get a good approximation of system install date. Here how I did it. There may be better methods, so let me know 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇:)⦈ I use /usr/src slice as reference, probably unused, or reboot in single mode with “> boot -s” to use another slice. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 4058 ➮ Generation completed at 02:43, i.e. 59 seconds to (re)generate ⟲