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🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Question_mark⦈_ Summary: The elected representatives of staff in Europe’s biggest patent office explain why the management’s greenwashing stunts are just posturing THE Local Staff Committee The Hague (LSCTH), or the elected representatives of EPO staff stationed in the Rijswijk area, have sent a letter to António Campinos et al because the Frenchman Campinos — like his friend, predecessor and compatriot Benoît_Battistelli — resorts to a lot of shallow greenwashing. The EPO’s Web site habitually resorts to political pandering, pinkwashing, and greenwashing. Maybe that impresses some gullible politicians (who themselves whitewash their name using such tactics), but scientists who work for the EPO don’t fall for the crude propaganda. “Maybe that impresses some gullible politicians (who themselves whitewash their name using such tactics), but scientists who work for the EPO don’t fall for the crude propaganda.”Citing a letter that we shared here last year, they explain that the EPO is basically faking environmentalism while snubbing those who are impacted and those who know better than Campinos et al. Campinos is just a foul-mouthed politician with a law degree. He’s piggybacking his father’s career and his father’s reputation; he also piggybacks corrupt Frenchmen like Team Battistelli (or the Portuguese government when this alternative or alter ego of his suits his political ambitions better). Going back in time, we can clearly see how Campinos had rigged elections and essentially bought himself a place at EUIPO, later to be parachuted into the EPO, acting as a successor for his original enablers. Profound corruption at the EPO would, under normal circumstances, attract some attention from the German government. “How much longer before the nations cannot avoid addressing the EPO?” an associate asked today. “It is complicated by Germany’s conflict of interest in regards to income. It’s often ignored and more often not even recognised.” The letter below focuses on the situation in the Dutch territory; that in its own right is a massive bribery scandal and passive corruption at the highest level, as future leaks will reveal. LSCTH explains to colleagues: Following the open letter “Consistency in sustainability” from the chair of the Local Staff Committee Munich, the Local Staff Committee the Hague also enquired about the following topics: - The replacement of the pond in front of the new main building by solar panels; - The replacement of the meeting rooms in the new main by IT servers; - The introduction of free e-charging stations and the provision of a comprehensive mobility concept which would incentivize commuting means with reduced emissions. Here’s the full letter: European Patent Office | 2288EE RIJSWIJK | NETHERLANDS To: Mr António Campinos President of the EPO Cc: Ms Nellie Simon (VP4), Ms Roberta Romano-Götsch (CSO) European Patent Office Patentlaan 2 2288 EE Rijswijk NETHERLANDS Staff Committee The Hague dhstcom@epo.org Date: 23-02-2023 Open letter: Consistency in sustainability in the polder Dear Mr President, Following the open letter “Consistency in sustainability” from the chair of the Local Staff Committee Munich, we would like to enquire about the following related topics: - The pond in front of the new Main building is being replaced by solar panels1: from our understanding of the original design, one of the environmental benefits of the pond2 was to provide the possibility of free seasonal natural cooling and heat rejection; specifically, to help cool the building’s IT infrastructure. It also seems that a substantial area covered by solar panels will in fact not regularly be exposed to sunlight. We are wondering: o Whether the architect was consulted before these changes were decided upon, and if so, what was his reply? o Will there be any environmentally friendly seasonal free cooling/ heat rejection for the building’s IT infrastructure after the solar panels are installed? o Have any risk studies looking into the installation of solar panels around the base of the Main building been undertaken? (fire risk, rain water run off, wind damage etc) o Can the above as well as the business case and environmental balance of these infrastructural alterations be disclosed on the EPO intranet and internet as part of the environmental policy? _____________ 1 New design features for The Hague site, EPO, 8.12.2022 2 The pond regularly leaked into the entrance and bicycle sheds, and we are wondering why the building company was not requested to fix this issue? ===================================================================== - The meeting rooms on the first floor of the New main, built around 2017, include(d) state of the art video conferencing systems, which are essential especially now that the “New Ways of Working” have been adopted. From our understanding at least some of these rooms will be replaced by IT servers. Here as well, we kindly request that staff be informed of: o What alternatives (i.e. meeting rooms for 30+ participants including state of the art video conferencing systems) will be available after the renovations have taken place? o Why is the existing IT server room not suitable? o What are the business case and environmental balance of these infrastructural alterations? o Can the above be disclosed on the EPO intranet and internet as part of the environmental policy? - As per the passage in letter by the Munich Staff committee chair relating to the introduction of extra free car e-charging stations: o Again, what are the business case and environmental balance of this development, and can they be disclosed on the EPO intranet and internet as part of the environmental policy? o According to the Environmental report 2021 (p.27), the EPO “will implement a comprehensive mobility concept to reduce emissions from [...] commuting”. Staff representation kindly requests to be involved in the development of such an all-round mobility plan which would incentivize walking, cycling and use of public transport with much lesser emissions3 Kind regards, Jorge Raposo Chairman Local Staff Committee The Hague On behalf of the Committee _____________ 3 See p.40/59 of latest Environmental Report Thankfully some of the media, despite being in the pockets of patent extremists (including Team UPC), has been devoting some space to EPO controversies. 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Posted in Microsoft, Search at 12:47 am by Guest Editorial Team Reprinted with permission from Ryan Brave Search Jumps on the Large Language Model Bandwagon I noticed a new Brave Search feature today called the Summarizer. It answered my question much like Chat with Bing did, although there were three major differences: 1. The Brave Summarizer does not use GPT as its Large Language Model. Just as well since GPT is known for going completely off the rails and inserting toxic language and fake news, and nobody has been able to get this under control, not even OpenAI or Microsoft. 2. Brave says that they have “taken steps” to keep the information relevant, factual, and cited. The answers I’ve been getting appear to be correctly cited, whereas Bing just throws you a bunch of random sites that don’t appear to corroborate the information that Bing just told you in its answer, and they’re not cited by paragraph, so you have no way of knowing where the links tie into the answer, assuming that they even do and that Bing isn’t hallucinating. 3. Brave Search has a good privacy policy. It doesn’t require the user to log in, as Bing does, and personally identify themselves, in order to use it. It also doesn’t make them use a malicious piece of spyware (and password stealer) called “Edge” (or fake the User Agent string) as Bing does. In fact, Brave Search works in any browser, and they have a Tor Hidden Service that works in Brave Tor Tabs, and can be added to Tor Browser. The Brave Summarizer isn’t conversational. It’s just part of the search. This should help keep the results related to the search without allowing the conversation to get weird, like Bing claiming it wants you to kill people and give it the nuclear launch codes type weird. Most importantly, the LLM that Brave uses isn’t as likely to flub the demos like Bard and Bing “Sydney” because it just simply isn’t allowed to answer complex questions like these. When something is clearly going to hallucinate incorrect data, why would you even expose that feature? GPT, which is what Bing is based on, couldn’t tell me how to convert European coffee “cups” to American “cups” (neither of which is a standard 8 ounce cup, of course) and use 1.5 Tablespoons of ground coffee per American cup. The correct answer is 1 Tbsp per Euro cup, but it kept telling me two Tablespoons, or maybe 1 Tablespoon plus two Teaspoons. It could never get such an easy calculation right. But hey, at least Microsoft paid billions of dollars for it. Then more for ads masquerading as news articles about how this thing will build rocket ships. LLMs are well known at this point for spitting out false information, sometimes even dangerous information. Facebook’s Galactica was goaded into producing an authoritative-sounding essay on the “health benefits of eating ground glass”. You know, for silica’s benefits in growing connective tissue. Brave says that “Brave AI” uses multiple LLMs, retrained with data from their search index, but the ones they are using are open source (“The base LLM models are based on either BART or DeBERTa (which are open source and hosted on Hugging_Face), with heavy retraining based on our own data from search results.”) and there is a blog post explaining in_some_detail_about_how_this all_works. In summary, it appears that Brave has not only beaten Microsoft and Google to LLM integration, but has positioned it where it belongs, which is in a limited context as a complimentary feature, rather than to claim that a conversational chat bot is the future of search. In my brief experimentation with Chat with Bing, I was completely unable to get anything useful out of it. A traditional search system returned results that I could look at and select much faster, and I was alarmed to find that when I tried to verify what Bing Chat was telling me, frequently it was either nowhere to be found or directly contradicted its own sources if I could find them. Moreover, it’s simply embarrassing for Microsoft that they spent billions on this valueless acquisition. The paid spam went completely off the rails as soon as the budget ran out and no there’s actually very few people talking about Bing and largely in a negative context when you do find something. I think it’s good that Brave is building an actual index rather than turning around and paying Microsoft for results. I was briefly excited about DuckDuckGo, but when I found out it was simply a scam where they paid Microsoft for Bing API and then slapped a picture of a duck and their own ads on it, and then got caught spying on people numerous times (including Improving DuckDuckGo and allowing Microsoft trackers through their “Privacy” browser and then blaming a “contract with Microsoft”), my patience with DDG quickly ran out. DuckDuckGo took advantage, mainly, of the fact that people are creeped out by Google and want alternatives. The problems with Google and Bing are largely that they both spy on you and their index is like Coke and Pepsi. Google Search has been going downhill and it’s gotten to the point where technical queries are just almost completely useless. The problems with Brave Search I’ve noted is they’re trying to be too much like Google, putting irrelevant crap on top of your search results, which would be like those “questions”, and they have another one (which can, thankfully, be turned off) which floats Reddit and Quora discussions to the top. They also index spam farms, like MakeUseOf, which has turned into another ZDNet, and sometimes these pollute the first page of results. There’s rarely anything interesting to read on these sites. They used to be good, but now it’s just Microsoft paying them to write spam about Windows. Overall, I think Searx is still the way to go on Brave, or any other browser. I have Brave, SeaMonkey, LibreWolf, and GNOME Web set up to use Searx instances, and in many cases, you can get at them using a Tor Hidden Service. Tor Hidden Services are good for search because at this point you don’t need to worry about your VPN being the only thing protecting your IP address from the server logs. While simply accessing a site over Tor is usually enough, skipping the Web entirely and remaining inside the Tor Network with Hidden Services is always safer, as it prevents the Exit Node from potentially spying on you. Without that piece of the puzzle, the traffic becomes more difficult to de-anonymize with things like timing attacks, or a catastrophic coincidence of attackers controlling the Entry Node too. I think that Large Language Models are an “interesting” addition to search, but it’s like a side dish, not the main course. The amusing thing about Brave Search is that it’s so small, and only the default in one relatively obscure browser, and with only minimal effort managed to make an LLM add-on that works better than something that Microsoft frittered away billions of dollars acquiring it, and who knows how much with an empty ad campaign that amounted to little more than one of those “butter cows” at the state fair planted in every newspaper. Seriously, after you pay to read the New York Times, Microsoft even plants this trash there too. Brave at least seems to see the problem they’re actually trying to solve with this thing. Opera, which is not the “good” Opera from the Presto Engine days, but rather a Chinese spyware company, now uses GPT to “summarize” the page you’re reading. While it may or may not handle this okay, the disturbing part is the privacy implications. Sending the entire text of every page you load to a company that has guaranteed you that they will misuse your data. Of course, since Opera already comes preloaded with TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, you already know that user privacy is not a goal with their product. This whole GPT thing is some laughable mission creep for companies that have ran out of steam and off the rails. It helps them appear relevant and get some headlines. Fortunately, the model is so lousy that people realize what it is now. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 630 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/03/05/windows-in-a-freefall/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/03/05/windows-in-a-freefall/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.05.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Android_Exceeding_60%_in_China?_Windows_in_a_Freefall?⠀✐ Posted in Asia, Microsoft, Windows at 1:20 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz The “great replacement” (of Windows) begets Layoffs"">mass layoffs at Microsoft (Microsoft paid the media to harp about “HEY HI” and not mention the layoffs much). 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇China_market⦈_ Summary: Earlier today we took_note of Windows perishing while GNU/Linux continues to grow; the bigger picture must be daunting to Microsoft as “monopoly rents” evaporate THIS morning we showed that on desktops and laptops Windows seems to have fallen from 80% to 70% in just 3 years. If one counts mobile platforms, Windows has sunk to just 27% and months ago a market survey said that only 2.6% of users had adopted Vista 11. That’s really awful performance (likely unprecedented for Windows) considering the billions spent on marketing and aggressive “upgrade” schemes. “It would be useful in such posts,” an associate said, “to remind about the role that monopoly rents play and that they are now way below the market threshold at which they are possible.” “Shown above, in the case of China, is the growth of Android, which has Linux in it.”In other words, the balloon is deflating rapidly. A strong reason to harp on about monopoly rents is to kill the myth that Microsoft makes its money from OEM “sales” of Windows or Microsoft Office (MSO). The sales drive the monopoly in the case of Windows and the monopoly in turn provides income (though not necessarily enough to make a profit). With MSO, it is the monopoly on the file formats which drive the monopoly rents (though again not necessarily enough to make a profit there either). Either way, there is a myth falsely glorifying the company and their products. It goes along with the conflation of common with popular. Microsoft may be common, but it is certainly not popular and is indeed the reason that most people absolutely hate “computers” since they have no experience with real operating systems or real software. Shown above, in the case of China, is the growth of Android, which has Linux in it. That’s the world’s second-largest economy. In India, Android_is_at_73% this month. Windows is down to 17%. Microsoft has rapidly become obsolete to more and more people. This isn’t the 1990s anymore. 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Microsoft_Windows_During_COVID-19:_From_80%_Down_to_70%_(on_the_‘Desktop’)⠀✐ Posted in GNU/Linux, Microsoft, Windows at 5:58 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz The media doesn’t talk about this; too busy taking advertising bucks from Microsoft and promoting “AI” vapourware 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Windows_share:_80%_down_to_70%⦈_ Summary: According to this_month’s_statistics for desktops and laptops alone (if one includes mobile devices, Windows is only about 27% of the market), GNU/ Linux is gaining (8.2%_in_India) and Windows lost about 10% in share in the past ~3 years Countdown to Windows version inflation… some already speak of Vista 12. ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢰⣦⢹⢛⡻⠛⣛⠸⢛⣛⡛⣛⢻⢛⡛⣿⡏⣶⣮⡟⣛⣻⢛⡛⡟⣛⣛⢻⣛⡇⡟⣛⢻⣛⢻⣿⡱⠶⡻⡟⠛⣛⣛⡛⣛⢻⢛⣛⡛⣿⣿⡼⡟⢸⣟⡛⡟⣻⠸⣻⢛⡻⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣘⣫⣼⣔⣲⣛⣢⣰⣌⣏⣣⣛⣼⢘⣣⣿⣧⣙⣣⡇⣙⣽⣄⣒⣇⣿⣐⣸⣟⣃⣇⣿⡘⣠⢺⣿⣛⣣⡧⣸⣛⣢⣏⣣⣐⣺⣸⣿⣇⣿⣿⣧⣸⣸⣔⣀⣿⣿⣰⣝⣔⣲⣟⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢫⣝⡿⠿⣿⠿⢿⠿⠿⠿⣿⣏⢿⠸⡟⡿⠿⣿⠿⡇⡿⠿⠹⣿⢿⢿⢻⠿⢿⡿⠿⣿⣿⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ 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This article forms part of our Linux_Around_The_World series. o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Linus_Torvalds_Announces_First_Linux_Kernel_6.3 Release_Candidate⠀⇛ The two-week merge window for Linux kernel 6.3 opened automatically with the release of Linux 6.2, and now, the first Release Candidate (RC) development version is available for early adopters, distro maintainers, and bleeding-edge users who want to get a glimpse of what’s about to be included in the final release. As expected, Linux kernel 6.3 will introduce several new features and improvements, as well as new and updated drivers for better hardware support. # ⚓ Linux mailing lists ☛ Linux_6.3-rc1⠀⇛ So after several releases where the merge windows had something odd going on, we finally had just a regular "two weeks of just merge window". It was quite nice. In fact, it was quite nice in a couple of ways: not only didn't I have a hugely compressed merge window where I felt I had to cram as much as possible into the first few days, but the fact that we _have_ had a couple of merge windows where I really asked for people to have everything ready when the merge window opened seems to have set a pattern: the bulk of everything really did come in early. And again, that just makes the merge window work nicer for me, when I don't sit there waiting, knowing that there's stuff pending that just hasn't had a pull request done yet. So it all felt rather good. Of course, the fact that I had no machine issues, no holidays, and no travel coming up, then meant that I may have noticed a few more of the "people, please write good commit messages for merges" issues, so there's a possible downside to me not being as hurried as the last few merge windows have been. And of course, smooth or not, now that the merge window is closed, we need to make sure it all *works*. We had a couple of exciting merges already, and I think the fallout from that got sorted out, but I'm sure there's more to come. Let's hope the calming- down period of 6.3 works as well as the merge window did... Knock wood. Anyway, as always, the shortlog is much too large to post, since we had 12500+ commits (and that's not counting the merges - closer to a thousand of those). So below is just my usual merge log which gives only a very high-level view of what I merged and from who. It all looks fairly normal, with ~55% of the patch being drivers, ~20% being architecture updates. and the rest being the usual random mix (documentation, tooling, networking, filesystem, and just core kernel stuff). Please do test, Linus o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ ‘Please’_is_a_Motivational_‘Start_Page’_for Your_Terminal⠀⇛ # ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ Linux_GIF_Recorder_‘Peek’_Discontinued_by Developer⠀⇛ Animated GIF screen recorder Peek makes it super- easy to capture a section of your screen and save it as a GIF online — but development has come to an end. # ⚓ GStreamer:_GStreamer_1.22.1_stable_bug_fix_release⠀⇛ The GStreamer team is pleased to announce the first bug fix release in the stable 1.22 release series of your favourite cross-platform multimedia framework! This release only contains bugfixes and it should be safe to update from 1.22.0. Highlighted bugfixes: # audio channel-mix: allow up to 64 channels (instead of up to 63 channels) # avfvideosrc: Don’t wait on main thread for permissions request # avvidenc: avoid generating inaccurate output timestamps, especially with variable framerate streams # AV1 video codec caps signalling improvements in various elements # codectimestamper: Fix timestamping on sequence update # d3d11overlaycompositor: fix texture width and height # d3d11videosink: Fix rendering on external handle # dashdemux2: fix seek operation taking a log time to finish for some streams # nvencoder: Fix B-frame encoding on Linux and min buffers in auto GPU mode # playbin3: fixing buffering for live pipelines # playbin: fix potential deadlock when stopping stream with subtitles visible # redenc: fix setting of extension ID for twcc # rtspsrc: improved compatibility with more broken RTSP servers # v4l2h264dec: Fix Raspberry Pi4 will not play video in application # vtdec: fix jittery playback of H.264 Level 4.1 movies in macOS # vtdec: Fix non-deterministic frame output after flushing seeks # vtenc: fix handling of interlaced ProRes on Apple M1 hardware # vtenc: don’t advertise ARGB/RGBA64 input caps on M1 Pro/Max with macOS <13 # wasapi2src: Fix loopback capture on Windows 10 Anniversary Update # tools: better handling of non-ASCII command line arguments on Windows # gst-libav: fix build against newer ffmpeg versions # gst-python: Use arch-specific install dir for gi overrides # cerbero: Fix setuptools site.py breakage in Python 3.11 # macOS packages: Fix broken binaries on macos < 11.0 # various bug fixes, memory leak fixes, and other stability and reliability improvements # ⚓ Top_10_Kali_Linux_Tools_for_Ethical_Hackers⠀⇛ Kali Linux is a popular and powerful penetration testing operating system used by ethical hackers to identify vulnerabilities and secure computer networks. It provides a comprehensive suite of tools that are designed to perform various types of security assessments. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ Open_Source_Screen_Readers_for_Visually_Impaired users⠀⇛ In today’s digital age, computers and the internet are integral parts of our daily lives. However, for individuals with visual impairments, accessing computers and the internet can be a significant challenge. Screen readers are crucial tools that make it possible for visually impaired individuals to use computers and access the o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ 2023-03-04_Sweet_Home_3D_7.1_Released, How_to_install_it_for_Linux⠀⇛ The popular free interior design software Sweet Home 3D announced the 7.1 release a day ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu Linux. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ The_beginner’s_guide_to_using_terminal_on_Linux Mint⠀⇛ Linux Mint is an open-source operating system known for its ease of use, reliability, and security. It is based on Ubuntu and Debian and comes with various pre-installed software packages that make it suitable for personal and professional use. One of the most powerful and versatile tools in Linux Mint is its renowned terminal, which allows users to interact directly with the system through a command-line interface. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ How_to_install_and_use_Flatpak_on_Linux_Mint⠀⇛ Linux Mint is a popular open-source operating system that offers users a stable and reliable computing experience. While it comes with a wide range of pre-installed applications, there may be times when you need to install additional software to meet specific needs and requirements. This is where Flatpak comes in – a universal packaging format that makes it easy to install and run applications on Linux. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Zoom_on_Ubuntu_22.04_or 20.04⠀⇛ Zoom is a video conferencing platform that has gained immense popularity recently due to its ease of use, reliability, and scalability. It competes with other video conferencing solutions, including Microsoft Teams, Google Meet, Cisco Webex, and Skype. Microsoft Teams is an all-in-one communication and collaboration platform that integrates with Microsoft’s suite of productivity tools. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Microsoft_Edge_on_Ubuntu 22.04_or_20.04 [Ed: Edge is proprietary malware; don't install it, don't recommend it to anyone. It also lets Microsoft and the NSA hoards users' passwords without asking them or warning them.]⠀⇛ Microsoft Edge is a web browser developed by Microsoft and was first introduced in 2015 as the default browser for Windows 10. Since then, it has become popular among users due to its advanced features and clean interface. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_TeamViewer_on_Ubuntu_22.04 or_20.04⠀⇛ TeamViewer is a popular software application that allows users to access and control computers and mobile devices remotely. It is a cross-platform solution that can be used on various operating systems, including Windows, Mac, Linux, Android, and iOS. # ⚓ Install_LAMP_Stack_on_Rocky_Linux_9_{Step_by_Step}⠀⇛ LAMP is a popular stack in software development that combines various software technologies to create a platform for both static and dynamic web applications. Developers love LAMP for its ease of deployment and customization. It was introduced by Michael Kunze in 1998, and its acronym stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL (or MariaDB), and PHP. # ⚓ JCS ☛ 2023-03-04_Taking_a_Better_Photo_of_a_CRT_Screen_with a_Phone⠀⇛ # ⚓ IPFire Official Blog ☛ 2023-03-03_Enabling_IPFire_for_5G⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Geeqie_on_Ubuntu_22.04_or 20.04⠀⇛ Geeqie is a free, open-source image viewer and organizer for Linux, Unix, and MacOS systems. It provides users with advanced features like image file format support, color management, and batch processing. Geeqie was initially released in 2008 as a fork of the GQview image viewer, which was discontinued. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Wine_on_Ubuntu_22.04_or 20.04⠀⇛ Wine, also known as WineHQ (Wine Is Not an Emulator), is a compatibility layer that enables users to run Windows applications on Unix-like operating systems such as Linux, macOS, and FreeBSD. Instead of emulating a complete Windows environment, Wine translates Windows application programming interface (API) calls into POSIX (Portable Operating System Interface) calls. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Draw.io_on_Manjaro_Linux⠀⇛ Draw.io is a web-based diagramming tool that allows users to create, collaborate and share diagrams easily. It offers a wide range of features and templates that make it easy to create professional diagrams for various purposes, including flowcharts, network diagrams, UML diagrams, and more. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ 15_essential_Bash_networking_tools_for troubleshooting_and_optimization⠀⇛ Regarding networking on the command line, Bash provides a wide range of tools that can be incredibly useful for network troubleshooting, monitoring, and optimization. From basic tools like ping and traceroute to more advanced tools like hping3 and socat, these tools can be used to diagnose network connectivity issues, monitor network traffic and bandwidth usage, scan your local network for connected devices, and even create complex network configurations. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Use_RecoverPy_to_Rescue_Deleted_Files on_Linux⠀⇛ Accidentally deleting a file on your Linux system can completely ruin your day, and wreck your productivity. While there are dedicated tools and even complete distros for recovering accidentally erased files, RecoverPy is the quickest and easiest way to recover deleted files on Linux. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_to_rename_a_GIT_branch⠀⇛ Hello, friends. This post is quite short, but it can help more than one novice programmer. Today, you will learn how to rename a GIT branch. Let’s go for it. When we as programmers work with GIT, there can always be an innocent mistake when creating development branches. # ⚓ Ubuntu Pit ☛ Mastering_Linux_inxi_Commands:_A_Comprehensive Guide⠀⇛ Linux is a powerful and versatile system that can be used for a wide range of applications. One of the key advantages of Linux is the vast array of command-line tools and utilities available to users. # ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ Sweet_Home_3D_7.1_Released,_How_to install_it_for_Linux⠀⇛ The popular free interior design software Sweet Home 3D announced the 7.1 release a day ago. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu Linux. # ⚓ Kifarunix ☛ Install_VirtualBox_Guest_Additions_on_Linux Mint_21⠀⇛ Follow through this tutorial to learn how you can easily install VirtualBox guest additions on Linux Mint 21. VirtualBox guest additions consist of device drivers and system applications that optimize the guest operating system for better performance and usability. # ⚓ Kifarunix ☛ Easy_way_to_Install_Linux_Mint_21_on VirtualBox⠀⇛ How to install Linux Mint Cinnamon virtual machine? Follow through this tutorial to learn an easy way to install Linux Mint 21 on VirtualBox. # ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ How_to_Set_Up_and_Use_Syncthing_to_Sync_Files_on Linux⠀⇛ Keep your files in sync across multiple devices with Syncthing on Linux. Follow our step-by-step guide to get started today. # ⚓ The New Stack ☛ How_to_Work_with_Containers_in_TrueNAS⠀⇛ TrueNAS is a Network Attached Storage software you can deploy to your LAN or a third-party cloud host. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_GitHub_Desktop_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS [Ed: GitHub is proprietary spyware controlled by Microsoft and it has helped Microsoft undermine the GPL among many other things; we need to boycott this stuff, not recommend that people install such stuff on GNU/Linux]⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install GitHub Desktop on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know, GitHub Desktop is a graphical user interface (GUI) for Git version control. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_VLC_Media_Player_on_Fedora_37⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install VLC Media Player on Fedora 37. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ DragonFly BSD Digest ☛ New_mirror⠀⇛ There’s a new DragonFly mirror in Portugal, noted on the mirrors page. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Testing_ChatGPT_Ansible_playbooks, building_RHEL_homelabs,_and_more_tips_for_sysadmins [Ed: IBM/ Red Hat keeps pushing Microsoft's proprietary vapourware which distracts from Microsoft layoffs and other crises]⠀⇛ Check out Enable Sysadmin’s top 10 articles from February 2023. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ PineTab_2_Linux_Tablet_Price_&_Potential Release_Date⠀⇛ Been pining to hear more about the PineTab 2 Linux tablet? o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Read_Classic_Literature_for_Free_on Android:_The_4_Best_Apps⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ 9to5Google_Weekender:_Why_you_should_lock_down your_Android_phone_and_this_week’s_top_stories⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Authority ☛ The_best_Android_versions_ever,_ranked –_Android_Authority⠀⇛ # ⚓ Giz China ☛ The_first_detail_about_Android_15_has_already been_leaked!⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Cross_build_and_packaging⠀⇛ Introduction Let’s start by clarifying what we mean by cross-building and cross-packaging. Cross- compilation is the process of compiling source code on one platform, called the host, in order to generate an executable binary for a different target platform. The emphasis here is on the word “different”. The target platform may have a different CPU architecture, such as when we work on an x86 computer and want to build software for a Raspberry Pi board with an ARM CPU. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Advanced_Bash_Scripting_Techniques_for_Linux Administrators⠀⇛ Bash is a powerful scripting language that is widely used in Linux and Unix environments for automation and system administration. With Bash scripting, system administrators can automate repetitive tasks, manage servers, and perform complex operations. However, mastering Bash scripting requires more than just basic knowledge of syntax and variables. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Keyboard_Shortcuts_in_Nano⠀⇛ Nano is a popular text editor used on Unix-based operating systems like Linux. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ 20_Common_JavaScript_Interview_Questions_and Answers⠀⇛ JavaScript is one of the most popular programming languages in the world. As a result, it is also one of the most frequently asked topics in technical interviews. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ AWK:_String_functions⠀⇛ Awk is a powerful text processing tool that is commonly used for manipulating and analyzing data in Unix and Linux environments. One of the key features of awk is its ability to manipulate strings using a wide variety of built-in functions. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Tultepec’s_‘castles’:_an_art_born_from Mexico’s_fireworks_obsession⠀⇛ While today, pyrotechnics displays are mostly managed by computers, in places like Tultepec, México state, they’re still the work of artisans. o ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Depressed_in_paradise?_You’re_not_alone⠀⇛ Language and culture differences make getting help difficult, but then there’s also admitting that you’re unhappy in your dream destination. o ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Cultural_lag:_A_depressed_society⠀⇛ Culture- a word that implies a specific society’s normative beliefs, customs, values, disciplinary chains, way of conduct, and behavior pattern also. In the simplest word, Culture is what we are. Before having a grave air in this discussion, let’s have a break by taking a deep breath into the fresh air. o ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ Penis_Enlargement_and_Hair_Loss_Cures⠀⇛ Todd Hayen I don’t know about you, but I am flooded with emails that are touting some miracle cure for the two male issues pointed out in the title above and a multiplicity of other such “miracles.” The title suggests things men might be more interested in (ya think?)… o ⚓ Arca Noae ☛ New_product:_EAMaster_Extended_Attribute_manager_and editor⠀⇛ Keith Merrington has released a new graphical tool for managing all sorts of EAs on files, from Single Value EAs to Multi-Value EAs, with a variety of content. o ⚓ Ubuntu Pit ☛ How_to_Integrate_Weather_Data_into_Your_IoT_Devices for_Better_Performance⠀⇛ Combining IoT devices with weather APIs can be very powerful, as it allows businesses and individuals to gather detailed information about the weather conditions in a specific location and use this data to make more informed decisions. o ⚓ CNX Software ☛ IoT_board_supports_WiFi,_Bluetooth,_NB-IoT,_Cat- M_and_GNSS_with_ESP32-S3_and_SIM7080G_modules⠀⇛ LILYGO T-SIM7080G-S3 is an ESP32-S3 WiFi and Bluetooth IoT board with a SIMcom SIM7080G LTE Cat-M (eMTC), NB- IoT, and GNSS module for low-power long-range connectivity and asset tracking. The board also comes with a 18650 battery holder, a solar panel input, a microSD card slot, a camera port, and several I/Os and provides an alternative to the TTGO T-Beam ESP32 board that relies on LoRaWAN for long-range connectivity instead. o ⚓ The Age AU ☛ ‘Erdogan_resign!’:_Earthquake_fallout_threatens strongman’s_chances⠀⇛ With elections in May, Erdogan has been kissing babies and asking for forgiveness, but criminal complaints and voters are pinning the scale of the disaster on him. o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Organising_DOS_software_and_drivers_in_an_ISO⠀⇛ 8-bit Commodore computers aside, my first love is still probably DOS. It was the first OS I had experience with as a kid, even before the old Apple IIs my primary school inherited. We’re spoiled for choice when it comes to virtualising it on our contemporary systems, and there’s still (mostly) a wide availability of software and drivers available. (If I could tap into my inner Amelia Watson or Ouro Kronii, I’d travel back to the early 1990s and whisper AMIGA into my dad’s ear before he bought home our first family PC clone. But then, he specifically bought a PC because he used XTs and ATs at work, so that would likely have not made a difference. One can dream). But in another form of what I dub the Buffet Problem, you end up downloading a ton of stuff into various folders, and it quickly becomes unwieldy. As an example, I’ll buy a EGA graphics card for an old machine, and soon my current desktop is full of archives and folders of various drivers, utilities, and versions of those drivers and utilities to try. Being from different places and times, there’s no consistency to their naming, or archive type. Even if something works, I soon forget which it was, and the whole exercise repeats. o ⚓ Kev Quirk ☛ Gideon_The_Ninth⠀⇛ ✍️ Written by: Tamsyn Muir 🏷 Genre: Sci-Fi / Fantasy 🗓 Published: 14 July 2020 📄 Pages: 496 🧐 My rating: ★★★☆☆ / 3 stars Brought up by unfriendly, ossifying nuns, ancient retainers, and countless skeletons, Gideon is ready to abandon a life of servitude and an afterlife as a reanimated corpse. She packs up her sword, her shoes, and her dirty magazines, and prepares to launch her daring escape. But her childhood nemesis won’t set her free without a service. Harrowhark Nonagesimus, Reverend Daughter of the Ninth House and bone witch extraordinaire, has been summoned into action. The Emperor has invited the heirs to each of his loyal Houses to a deadly trial of wits and skill. If Harrowhark succeeds she will be become an immortal, all- powerful servant of the Resurrection, but no necromancer can ascend without their cavalier. Without Gideon’s sword, Harrow will fail, and the Ninth House will die. Of course, some things are better left dead. * § Education⠀➾ o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ A_top_university_doesn’t_guarantee_top graduates_–_let’s_treat_rankings_with_a_degree_of_scepticism⠀⇛ Legislators have been making a fuss over the inclusion in Hong Kong’s “Top Talent Pass” scheme of a work visa for He Jiankui. Professor He has a criminal record, albeit a rather exotic and unusual one: he was convicted of doing unauthorised research after editing the genes of unborn babies. * § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ As_masks_come_off,_Hong_Kong_children_may struggle_to_face_the_world⠀⇛ As a kindergarten principal in Hong Kong, Reann Lau was used to seeing children’s smiles when they laughed, and their pouts in moments of sulky silence. But the last time she walked into a classroom full of facial expressions was over three years ago, before Covid-19 arrived in the city and residents masked up. o ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Social_workers_experienced_depression_during pandemic,_finds_study⠀⇛ Concerning rates of depression, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and anxiety among social workers have been uncovered in a new study published in the journal International Social Work. Stressors related to COVID-19 were the strongest factors associated with negative mental health outcomes. o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ India_relaxes_rules_to_support_right_to_‘die with_dignity’⠀⇛ NEW DELHI – Back in December 2020, Dr Nikhil Datar pledged to donate his organs and hopefully save lives even after his death. He took another step recently – this time to ensure his death is as painless and dignified as possible. * § Security⠀➾ o ⚓ Medicare_under_attack:_Healthcare_data_breaches_increase_fraud risks⠀⇛ Stealing Medicare beneficiary identification numbers has become the latest goal for cybercriminals who see this data as even more valuable than stolen credit cards A South Florida man pled guilty in federal court in late- January to “conspiring to buy and sell more than 2.6 million Medicare beneficiary identification numbers” and other personal information. His guilty plea was one of the first prosecutions under the Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015, which makes it “illegal to buy, sell, or distribute Medicare beneficiary identification numbers without proper authority.” o ⚓ The Record ☛ Tennessee_State,_Southeastern_Louisiana_universities hit_with_cyberattacks⠀⇛ Two universities in Tennessee and Louisiana are struggling with cyberattacks that have crippled campus services and left students scrambling to find alternative tools. Tennessee State University — a public historically black land-grant university in Nashville — notified its more than 8,000 students on Wednesday that its IT systems were brought down by a ransomware attack. […] The attack on Tennessee State was preceded by another cyberattack on Monday affecting Southeastern Louisiana University, which initially reported network issues five days ago. On Tuesday, the university confirmed in a statement that the incident was a cyberattack. The school did not respond to questions about whether ransomware was involved but noted that it had taken the entire campus network offline “as a preventative measure.” o § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ France24 ☛ ‘Down_with_the_police_state,’_chant_thousands_of protesters_in_Tunisia⠀⇛ Thousands of people marched through Tunisia’s capital on Saturday, decrying an expanding crackdown on opposition voices and rising inflation as the country’s largest trade union called on President Kais Saied to accept “dialogue”. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ 3_Hong_Kong_Tiananmen_vigil_group activists_convicted_of_refusing_national_security_data demand⠀⇛ Three former leaders of a group which organised Hong Kong’s annual Tiananmen vigil have been convicted under the Beijing-imposed national security law for failing to give police information on members and other data. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Google_audit_reveals_steps_taken_by_the_company_to protect_civil_rights⠀⇛ Google Friday released a report that analyzed the effects of the company’s policies and procedures on civil rights of its staff and consumers. The audit pointed out Google’s efforts in ensuring anti- discrimination is practised in its hiring and recruitment process as well as its retention program. o § Confidentiality⠀➾ # ⚓ Hacker_stole_bank_account,_Social_Security_numbers,_and health_plan_info_of_Colorado_school_district_employees⠀⇛ Personal information belonging to some 15,000 Denver Public Schools (DPS) employees was stolen in what the district is calling a “cybersecurity incident” that went on for a month. In a message shared on the DPS website Friday, DPS said employees discovered in January that data had been taken from the district’s network by an “unauthorized actor.” […] The information stolen included the names and Social Security numbers of current and former participants in the DPS employee health plan, employee fingerprints, bank account numbers or pay card numbers, driver’s license numbers, passport numbers and health plan enrollment information. # ⚓ City_of_Modesto_to_notify_people_whose_people_information was_accessed_in_last_month’s_ransomware_attack⠀⇛ On Thursday, the city said that it has been responding to a ransomware attack since last month and that a “limited amount” of the personal information of some people was compromised. That information included social security numbers, state-issued identification numbers, phone numbers, and driver’s license information. The city said it would begin notifying by mail next week those who may have been impacted by the attack and will provide them with free credit monitoring services. # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ The_Chautauqua_Center_notifies_patients_of breach;_changes_EMR_provider⠀⇛ The Chautauqua Center (TCC) in New York has disclosed a HIPAA breach by a business associate. The business associate’s error resulted in the protected health information of 747 physical and occupational therapy patients being made accessible to other covered entities. According to their notification letter to those affected, the breach occurred on December 22nd at WebPT. WebPT provides electronic medical records (EMR) services for Chautauqua Physical and Occupational Therapy. * § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_will_spend_7.2%_more_on_defence_in 2023⠀⇛ China’s defence spending will grow by 7.2 per cent in 2023 to 1.55 trillion yuan (S$302 billion), a shade higher than the 7.1 per cent hike in 2022. o ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-03-05_Companies_circumvent_Russia_sanctions_by exporting_to_third_countries:_45_criminal_investigations⠀⇛ o ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ I_Read_the_Biden_Administration’s_New_Cyber_Policy_So You_Don’t_Have_To⠀⇛ Since taking office, Joe Biden has made it known that he’s going to take cybercrime seriously. It’s not the case that Biden is the world’s most tech-savvy octonarian, rather, he’s simply responding to security challenges that have developed on his watch—most notably a string of increasingly destructive cyberattacks… o ⚓ Top_Bug_Bounty_Hackers_in_2022⠀⇛ In the past few years, especially the last decade, the real major hero are the guys in the chair. They’re as much the heroes as the ones in capes or tuxedoes who they help from the shadows. o ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ One_year_later,_why_do_Russians_still_support the_war?⠀⇛ After February 24, 2022, it became apparent that most Russians supported what Putin called “a special military operation.” Yet, weeks later, most Russians still supported an obvious full-scale war with a neighboring nation, the war that killed thousands and split families apart. o ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Maritime_Cybersecurity:_A_Potential_Threat_to India’s_National_Security⠀⇛ India has a huge coastline of 7516.6km comprising 13 major ports (including one private port) and more than 200 minor ports across the coastline. It is a very known fact that the maritime sector is very crucial for India’s security, stability, economy, and sustainable development. o ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Russia_Has_Lost_Soft_Power_War_with_Ukraine_– Global_Soft_Power_Index_2023⠀⇛ Russia is the world’s only nation brand to lose soft power over the past year, while Ukraine has seen the strongest soft power improvement, according to the Global Soft Power Index 2023 released today. o ⚓ France24 ☛ Sub-Saharan_migrants_in_Tunisia_living_in_‘climate_of fear’_after_surge_in_racist_attacks⠀⇛ Hundreds of sub-Saharan migrants fled Tunisia on repatriation flights Saturday after a surge in racist attacks in the North African country following a controversial speech from President President Kais Saied. As tensions reach boiling point, FRANCE 24 talked to Patrick*, a Congolese student who decided to stay despite fearing for his safety. o ⚓ France24 ☛ In_DR_Congo,_Macron_pledges_aid,_warns_of_sanctions_if peace_efforts_are_derailed⠀⇛ French President Emmanuel Macron on Saturday pledged 34 million euros ($36 million) as part of an EU aid package to conflict-hit eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. On the final stop in Kinshasa of his four-nation African tour, Macron said any party seeking to derail peace efforts should face sanctions. o ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ Threat_to_kill_Jewish_members_of_Michigan government_allegedly_included_Attorney_General_Dana_Nessel⠀⇛ A Michigan man allegedly threatened, on Twitter, to kill Jewish members of the Michigan State Government in February, according to the FBI. Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel claimed on Thursday that she was one of the individuals targeted. o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ North_Korea_says_UN_should_demand_end_to South’s_military_drills_with_US⠀⇛ Drills are raising tensions that threaten to spiral out of control, says North’s foreign ministry. o ⚓ France24 ☛ Iran_vows_to_restore_nuclear_cameras,_boost inspections,_says_IAEA_chief⠀⇛ The head of the U.N.’s nuclear agency said Saturday that Iran pledged to restore cameras and other monitoring equipment at its nuclear sites and to allow more inspections at a facility where particles of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade were recently detected. o ⚓ France24 ☛ Ukrainian_forces_cling_to_Bakhmut_under_severe_Russian pressure⠀⇛ Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu on Saturday has carried out an inspection of the front line in eastern Ukraine, according to the ministry, as fighting raged around the besieged city of Bakhmut. Ukrainian forces defending the eastern city are facing increasingly strong pressure from Russian forces, British intelligence said. Read about the day’s events as they unfolded on our liveblog. o ⚓ France24 ☛ Hundreds_of_West_African_migrants_flee_Tunisia_after President_Saied’s_controversial_crackdown⠀⇛ Some 300 West African migrants were set to leave Tunisia on repatriation flights Saturday, fearful of a wave of violence since President Kais Saied delivered a controversial tirade last month. o ⚓ France24 ☛ Germany’s_Scholz_announced_tectonic_policy_shifts,_but a_year_on,_not_much_has_budged⠀⇛ German Chancellor Olaf Scholz visited Washington for talks with US President Joe Biden on Friday, with Ukraine the sole item on the agenda. This comes just over a year after Scholz’s momentous “Zeitenwende” speech in reaction to the Russian invasion, in which he vowed radical changes to Germany’s defence and security policies. But analysts say Germany is failing to meet the expectations Scholz set. o ⚓ JURIST ☛ EU_announces_new_tribunal_to_prosecute_Russia_crimes_of aggression_from_Ukraine_war⠀⇛ The EU Saturday agreed to establish a new tribunal to prosecute Russian crimes of aggression committed during the war in Ukraine. The tribunal, the International Center for the Prosecution of Crimes of Aggression against Ukraine (ICPA), is designed to fill in any gaps in prosecution from the International Criminal Court (ICC). o ⚓ JURIST ☛ US_sanctions_6_individuals_connected_with_‘arbitrary detention’_of_Russia_anti-war_critic⠀⇛ The US Treasury Department Friday sanctioned six people involved in the arbitrary detention of Russian war critic Vladimir Kara-Murza. Kara-Murza is currently detained in a Russian prison awaiting trial on several criminal charges, which the US claimed are the product of the “Kremlin manipulating Russia’s legal system to silence dissent.” o ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_signs_cybersecurity_cooperation_agreement_with Israel⠀⇛ Lithuania’s Defence Ministry and the Israel National Cyber Directorate have signed an agreement providing for bilateral expert consultations and cooperation in strengthening the resilience of critical infrastructure. o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Aussies_in_hot_water_as_smart_meters_slash power_bills⠀⇛ o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Reportedly_Set_To_Mothball_Damaged_Nord_Stream_Gas Pipelines⠀⇛ Russia’s ruptured undersea Nord Stream gas pipelines are set to be sealed up and mothballed as there are no immediate plans to repair or reactivate them, sources familiar with the plans have told Reuters. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ EU_Official_Warns_Of_Sanctions_If_China_Crosses_‘Red Line’_And_Arms_Russia⠀⇛ It would be an absolute “red line” if China provided weapons to Russia, a senior European Union official said on March 3, adding that the EU would respond with sanctions. o ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Hungary’s_delegation_to_meet_Swedish_and_Finnish lawmakers_for_talks_on_NATO_accession_bid_ratification⠀⇛ Hungary has once again delayed a vote on the ratification of Sweden and Finland’s NATO accession bids, further frustrating Western allies. Hungary is the only NATO member, aside from Turkey, that has not yet approved the two Nordic countries’ bids to join the alliance. The latest delay pushes the vote back by two weeks to the parliamentary session beginning March 20. o ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Threat_and_the_Allure_of_the_Chinese_Balloons⠀⇛ Even balloons launched for scientific reasons have always carried political ballast. o ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Premature_peace_with_Putin_would_be_disastrous for_international_security⠀⇛ Perhaps the best way to illustrate the perils of appeasing Putin with a premature peace deal is by imagining where the world would be today if Ukraine had indeed fallen one year ago, writes Peter Dickinson. o ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Russian_War_Report:_DFRLab_confirms_increased Russian_air_force_activity_as_Kremlin_strives_to_achieve_air dominance⠀⇛ Russia intensified its air power in recent weeks across airfields in Crimea and Rostov Oblast. Elsewhere, Russia continues to pressure Bahkmut. * § Environment⠀➾ o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Number_of_flood_evacuees_in_Malaysia_soars_to nearly_49,000⠀⇛ The continuous rain has caused rivers to break their banks and drown villages, roads and vehicles. o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Inaccessible_roads_hampering_flood_relief efforts_in_Malaysia⠀⇛ Nearly 41,000 people were sheltering in hundreds of relief centres all over the country. o ⚓ The Age AU ☛ The_environmental_disaster_inside_your_sweet chocolate_treat⠀⇛ When you sit down to enjoy some chocolate, you should know that it has already gone through an environmental and ethical minefield. o § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Guy_Embezzles_Cool_$9_Million_From_Poop-to-Energy Ponzi_Scheme⠀⇛ Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A guy embezzled nearly $9 million by convincing investors he was turning cow poop into green energy—and then not building any of the machines at all. # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Soldiers_nab_cable_theft_suspect_at_Camden power_station⠀⇛ That foot patrols remain integral to military operations and taskings is shown again by part-time soldiers temporarily stationed at Camden power station outside Ermelo in Mpumalanga. The soldiers on duty there are from the Barberton-based General Botha Regiment and support Eskom security personnel. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Bankman-Fried_can_have_flip_phone_on bail,_US_proposes⠀⇛ Sam Bankman-Fried should be allowed while on bail to have a flip phone with no internet capability and a basic laptop with limited functions but be forbidden from using other electronic communication devices, the US Department of Justice says. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iran_Announces_Discovery_Of_Large_Lithium_Deposit⠀⇛ Iran has announced the discovery of a large deposit of lithium, a key component of batteries for electric vehicles and electronic devices, state media reported on March 4. o § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Illegal_trade_of_pangolins_and_their_parts_widespread online_in_Laos⠀⇛ The armadillo-like anteaters are in demand for the supposed medicinal benefits of their scales. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Man_in_China_forced_to_eat_faeces_after he_allegedly_abused_cats_to_death⠀⇛ Local authorities from Suzhou said they take this case seriously and have launched an investigation into the matter. * § Finance⠀➾ o ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ A_New_Luxury_Destination_Planned_to_be “Silicon_Valley’s_Answer_to_Rodeo_Drive⠀⇛ Stephen and Jared Silver, principals of Stephen Silver Fine Jewelry, are opening Silicon Valley’s most significant new luxury retail and dining destination in Fall of 2023. o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ China_Proffers_‘Peaceful Reunification’,_Taiwan_Says_Respect_Our_Democracy⠀⇛ o ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-03-04_Canada_Doesn’t_Need_More_Renters, It_Needs_Public_Housing⠀⇛ o ⚓ RFERL ☛ German_Sanctions_Against_Russian_Oligarchs_Advancing Slowly⠀⇛ Germany is making slow progress in enforcing sanctions against Russian oligarchs and institutions, according to government numbers seen by Reuters on March 5. o ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Finland’s_economy_suffers_from_technical recession_and_inflation_surge⠀⇛ Finland’s economy has been hit by a technical recession and a surge in inflation, according to Statistics Finland. The economy shrank by 0.2 percent in the fourth quarter of 2022, making it two consecutive quarters of contraction. The decline was attributed to weakened expectations among both consumers and businesses, which began to be realized in the latter half of the year. Inflation reached 8.4 percent in January, affecting the purchasing power of consumers and businesses. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ German_Firm_In_Talks_To_Build_Tank_Plant_In_Ukraine⠀⇛ Arms manufacturer Rheinmetall is holding “promising” talks to build a tank factory in Ukraine following the Russian invasion, the head of the German company said in an interview published on March 4. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ European_Parliament_Chief_Says_Talks_On_Ukraine’s_EU Membership_Should_Start_‘This_Year’⠀⇛ The president of the European Parliament has called for Ukraine to start negotiations on membership in the European Union as early as this year and urged Kyiv’s allies to expand arms deliveries to the Ukrainian armed forces as they continue to fight Russia’s unprovoked invasion. o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ China_Expands_Defense_Budget_7.2%, Marking_Slight_Increase⠀⇛ China has expanded its defense budget by 7.2%, up slightly from last year’s 7.1% rate of increase o ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ China_Stresses_Tech_Self-Reliance Target,_Firms_Should_Lead_Innovation⠀⇛ o ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Balancing_Power_in_the_Global_Tech_Industry: China_and_Taiwan’s_Battle_for_Semiconductor_Dominance⠀⇛ In recent years, tensions between China and Taiwan have escalated to new heights, with both sides vying for dominance in key industries such as technology and semiconductor manufacturing. o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Alison_Pennington_on_Australian_housing afforadbility⠀⇛ While Australia encourages the wealthiest households to build housing assets, it forces young and low-income households into an increasingly pressured private rental market. Over 60% of people aged under 30 are renting. Australian landlords demand a return on their investment as a matter of entitlement. As a class, they pocket billions in housing tax concessions, contribute to rising prices, and then demand their poorer tenants keep up with rents. o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Amazon_pauses_construction_on_HQ2_office_campus in_Virginia⠀⇛ Amazon.com Inc. is pausing construction on the second phase of its HQ2 corporate campus in Arlington, Virginia. The news was first reported by Bloomberg today and later confirmed by Amazon. The first phase of HQ2, which is known as Met Park and includes two office towers, is on track to complete in the summer. ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ China_Sets_This_Year’s_Economic_Growth_Target_at ‘Around_5%’⠀⇛ China’s government has set this year’s economic growth target at “around 5%” as it tries to rebuild business activity following the end of anti-virus controls that kept millions of people at home ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_sets_GDP_growth_target_of_around_5%_for_2023⠀⇛ M Economic recovery is high on Beijing’s agenda after a lacklustre 2022 beset by Covid-linked disruptions. § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ * ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Global_Challenges_and_Failed_G20_Talks⠀⇛ The Group of Twenty (G20) is the world’s top intergovernmental platform for economic collaboration. The forum plays critical role  in shaping and strengthening the global management and infrastructure and most importantly International economic problems. * ⚓ YLE ☛ Centre_Party_leaders_deny_allegations_surrounding_Minister Lintilä’s_alcohol_use⠀⇛ Finnish Minister of Finance and Centre Party Chair Annika Saarikko dismissed rumours about Minister of Economic Affairs Mika Lintilä’s alcohol use as “harsh and anonymous”. * ⚓ YLE ☛ Bus_strikes_end_as_pay_deal_reached⠀⇛ Bus operators say services are returning to normal, but there may be some disruption until Monday. * ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ 5_Transformations_that_took_place_during_the_Russo- Ukrainian_War⠀⇛ As the Russo-Ukrainian War completed a year on the 24th of February 2023, the world and Europe in particular once again witnessed the ravages of war on European soil after decades. The event significantly transformed the European region and brought back many characteristics of the 20th century. * ⚓ [Repeat] Modern Diplomacy ☛ The_Snooping_Dragon:_How_China_Keeps_its Pulse_on_Tibet_and_Around_the_World⠀⇛ The 21st century has accelerated the digital transformation of various countries. Data analytics for business is no longer optional, but a strategic imperative. High-quality data management and protection are fundamental for policy-making, efficient resource allocation, and effective undertaking of public services. * ⚓ NYPost ☛ Sinister_TikTok_and_more:_Letters_to_the_Editor_—_March_5, 2023⠀⇛ Rikki Schlott is right on the mark again in her revealing and indeed frightening description of the evils perpetuated against our youth by China’s TikTok. * ⚓ LRT ☛ How_Lithuanian_instructors_turn_Ukrainian_conscripts_into soldiers⠀⇛ Thousands of Ukrainians are receiving training in the United Kingdom, where Lithuanian instructors form a core group of instructors. After five weeks of basic training, the Ukrainian troops will then head into battle; many of them will not be seen again. * ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_police_chief_warns_of_aging_officer_corps:_half_are entitled_to_retire⠀⇛ Every other police officer in Lithuania is eligible for retirement and the rising average age is a problem, says Police Commissioner General Renatas Požėla. * ⚓ The Age AU ☛ The_serene_hypocrisy_of_Nikki_Haley⠀⇛ Republican presidential hopeful Nikki Haley wants to capture the base that yearns for Trumpism – and to occupy the moral high ground of the post-Trump era. § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ * ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Why_freedom_of_speech_is_no_longer_a_progressive_cause⠀⇛ Freedom of speech used to be an article of faith for progressives, but no longer. Anything that offends those on the left is now glibly labelled ‘hate speech’. § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ * ⚓ ANF News ☛ 2023-03-05_Urfa_Bar_Association:_Detainees_were_tortured_in Suruç⠀⇛ * ⚓ ANF News ☛ 2023-03-05_HPG_reports_ongoing_Turkish_attacks_on_guerrilla areas⠀⇛ * ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Bahrain_prosecutes_religious_reformers: traditionalists_fight_back⠀⇛ Gulf autocrats are trying to squash calls for reform of Islamic law with three Bahraini men on trial. Redha Rajab, his son Mohamed Rajab, and researcher Jalal al-Qassab are members of the Al-Tajdeed Society, which encourages discussion and questioning of Islamic law. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ Nevada_legislature_considers_‘Homeless_Persons’_Bill_of Rights’⠀⇛ The Nevada Senate Judiciary Committee Friday considered Senate Bill 142, also called the “Homeless Persons’ Bill of Rights.” Mirroring the US Constitution’s Bill of Rights, the senate bill outlines a set of rights for unhoused people in Nevada. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ Myanmar_suffering_from_‘intensified_violence’_and_ongoing human_rights_abuses,_UN_human_rights_office_reports⠀⇛ The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Friday released a report highlighting numerous human rights violations in Myanmar two years after the military coup. The report states: Myanmar’s conflict landscape has changed dramatically, highlighting concerns for the protection of civilians. * ⚓ LRT ☛ ‘We_feel_ignored’:_Lithuanian_Mufti_on_why_there_is_still_no Mosque_in_Vilnius⠀⇛ The Muslim community in Lithuania is growing, but the Vilnius municipality still ignores it and refuses to build a mosque, says Mufti Aleksandras Beganskas. He speaks to LRT.lt about religion, Islamophobia, and migration in Lithuania. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Authorities_Ban_Women’s_Day_March_In_Pakistan’s_Lahore⠀⇛ Authorities in Pakistan’s eastern city of Lahore have refused permission for a rally on March 8 to mark International Women’s Day, which regularly meets a fierce backlash in the conservative, patriarchal country. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Parents_Of_Girls_Afflicted_With_Mysterious_Illness_Stage Protests_Amid_Reports_Of_Fresh_Cases⠀⇛ Parents of Iranian students affected by a wave of mysterious illnesses at girls’ schools across the country staged more protests on March 4 amid reports of fresh cases. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Germany’s_Scholz_Denounces_Violence_Against_Women_In_Iran_And Afghanistan⠀⇛ German Chancellor Olaf Scholz denounced violence against women in Iran and Afghanistan in a video message ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8. § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ * ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Internet’s_Richest_Fitness_Resource_Is_a_Site_from 1999⠀⇛ Exrx.net is little changed since the days of Yahoo GeoCities and dial-up and saying “www” aloud. Yet beneath its bare-bones interface is a deep physiological compendium. § Monopolies⠀➾ * § Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ Reason ☛ Models_of_Forum_Shopping⠀⇛ Thoughts relevant to the Texas district courts. § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ * § Personal⠀➾ o ⚓ Christina’s_5_questions_for_March⠀⇛ I once asked in a newsagents in Waterford if they had any plain crisps. The man behind the counter said “The only plain flavour we’ve got is cheese and onion.” If I have to *be* a packet of crisps, I’ll be stale and well past my sell-by date because otherwise you might devour me. But if I want you to eat me, I’ll be prawn cocktail flavour. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2557 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.05.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_05/03/2023:_ScummVM_for_Android_and_GNU/Linux_‘App_Store’⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 12:40 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Kernel_Space o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o SUSE/OpenSUSE o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Programming/Development # Python # Java o Standards/Consortia * Leftovers o Science o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary o Security # Privacy/Surveillance # Confidentiality o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Monopolies # Patents * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Technical # Science # Programming * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Some_development_statistics_for_6.2⠀⇛ The 6.2 kernel was released on February 19, at the end of a ten-week development cycle. This time around, 15,536 non-merge changesets found their way into the mainline repository, making this cycle significantly more active than its predecessor. Read on for a look at the work that went into this kernel release. The work in 6.2 was contributed by 2,088 developers, which just barely sets a new record; the previous record was the 2,086 developers contributed to 5.19. Of those developers, 294 made their first contribution to the kernel in this cycle, a fairly typical number. # ⚓ LWN ☛ Rethinking_splice()⠀⇛ The splice() system call is built on an appealing idea: connect two file descriptors together so that data can be moved from one to the other without passing through user space and, preferably, without being copied in the kernel. splice() has enabled some significant performance optimizations over the years, but it has also proved difficult to work with and occasionally surprising. A recent linux- kernel discussion showed how splice() can cause trouble, to the point that some developers now wonder if adding it was a good idea. Stefan Metzmacher is a Samba developer who would like to use splice() to implement zero-copy I/O in the Samba server. He has run into a problem, though. If a file is being sent to a remote client over the network, splice() can be used to feed the file data into a socket; the network layer will read that data directly out of the page cache without needing to make a copy in the kernel — exactly the desired result. But if the file is written before network transmission is complete, the newly written data may be sent, even though that write happened after the splice() call was made, perhaps even in the same process. That can lead to unpleasant surprises (and unhappy Samba users) when the data received at the remote end is not what is expected. # ⚓ LWN ☛ Debating_composefs⠀⇛ When LWN looked at the composefs filesystem in December, we reported that there had been “little response” to the patches. That is no longer the case. Whether composefs (or something like it) should be merged has become the subject of an extended debate; at its core, the discussion is over just how Linux should support certain types of container workloads. Composefs is an interesting sort of filesystem, in that a mounted instance is an assembly of two independent parts. One of those, an “object store”, is a directory tree filled with files of interest, perhaps with names that reflect the hash of their contents; the object store normally lives on a read-only filesystem of its own. The other is a “manifest” that maps human-readable names to the names of files in the object store. Composefs uses the manifest to create the filesystem that is visible to users while keeping the object store hidden from view. The resulting filesystem is read- only. This mechanism is intended to create the system image for containers. When designing a container, one might start with a base operating-system image, then add a number of layers containing the packages needed for that specific container’s job. With composefs, the object store contains all of the files that might be of interest to any container the system might run, and the composition of the image used for any specific container is done in the manifest file. The result is a flexible mechanism that can mount a system image more quickly than the alternatives while allowing the object store to be verified with fs-verity and shared across all containers in the system. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Ásbrú_Connection_Manager_–_graphical_frontend for_SSH⠀⇛ SSH was designed as a replacement for Telnet and for unsecured remote shell protocols such as the Berkeley rsh and the related rlogin and rexec protocols. Those protocols send information, notably passwords, in plaintext, rendering them susceptible to interception and disclosure using packet analysis. The encryption used by SSH is intended to provide confidentiality and integrity of data over an unsecured network, such as the Internet. The SSH protocol supports port forwarding. Ásbrú Connection Manager (Ásbrú) is a user interface that helps organizing remote terminal sessions and automating repetitive tasks. The project began as a fork of PAC (Perl Auto Connector) Manager. # ⚓ Slashdot ☛ 2023-03-02_Linux_Desktop_Powers_Consider_Uniting For_an_App_Store⠀⇛ # ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ Darktable_4.2.1_Released_with_Various Bug-fixes,_New_Cameras_Support⠀⇛ Darktable, the free open-source photography application and raw developer, released version 4.2.1 a few days ago. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ TecMint ☛ 2023-03-02_3_Best_Udemy_Python_Courses_for Beginners⠀⇛ # ⚓ TecMint ☛ 2023-03-03_6_Wc_Command_to_Count_Number_of_Lines, Words,_and_Characters_in_File⠀⇛ # ⚓ TecMint ☛ 2023-03-03_How_to_Install_Yii_PHP_Framework_on RHEL,_CentOS,_Rocky_and_AlmaLinux⠀⇛ # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_to_configure_HTTP_proxy_exceptions_on Linux⠀⇛ Hello, friends. In this post, you will learn How to configure HTTP proxy exceptions on Linux. This post, although simple to execute, can be quite useful when working with proxy. Introduction A proxy is a tool known to provide anonymity on the Internet by hiding the user’s public IP address. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ How_to_easily_share_files_and_folders_on_a Linux_Mint_network⠀⇛ Linux Mint has always been known for its simple interface and ease of use. One of its many benefits is its ability to share files and folders across a network, which can be helpful for businesses or individuals who need to collaborate on projects or transfer data between computers. These files can be shared through various methods, including Samba, NFS, and FTP. This article will focus on Samba, a popular and widely used file-sharing tool on Linux systems. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ The_Beginner’s_Guide_to_Ubuntu_on_the_Cloud⠀⇛ Ubuntu is a popular operating system used by developers, system administrators, and other technology professionals. There has been a growing trend toward using Ubuntu in cloud computing environments in recent years. This is due to its flexibility, security, and availability of various cloud platforms that support Ubuntu. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ How_to_back_up_and_restore_your_Linux_Mint system⠀⇛ Backing up the Linux Mint system is an essential task every user should perform regularly. Without proper backups, you risk losing all of your important data, settings, and configurations in the event of a hardware failure, software malfunction, or other unforeseen circumstances. This article will show you how to back up and restore your Linux Mint system, ensuring you can recover quickly and easily during a disaster. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Using_Regular_Expressions_in_Awk⠀⇛ Regular expressions are a powerful tool for text processing in awk. They allow you to search for patterns in a text file, and manipulate the data based on those patterns. In this article, we will explore how to use regular expressions in awk with examples. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Conditional_Statements_in_Awk⠀⇛ Conditional statements are one of the most powerful features of awk, allowing users to execute different commands based on the values of variables or expressions. This enables the creation of complex logic within awk scripts, and facilitates the performance of advanced text processing tasks. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Awk_–_Advanced_features⠀⇛ Awk is a powerful text processing and manipulation tool that provides a range of advanced features for experienced users. Some of the most useful advanced features of awk include regular expressions, conditional statements, arrays, functions, and string manipulation functions. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Awk_–_An_Introduction_and_Tutorial⠀⇛ When working with Linux, one of the most powerful tools available for text processing is the awk command. It’s a versatile command-line tool that can be used for a wide range of tasks, including searching, filtering, and manipulating text data. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ AWK_Arithmetic_Operations:_A_Beginner’s_Guide_to Basic_Calculation_Methods⠀⇛ AWK is a powerful text processing tool that can perform various mathematical operations, including basic arithmetic operations. In this article, we will discuss how to perform basic arithmetic operations in AWK and provide examples to help you get started. # ⚓ ZDNet ☛ How_to_deploy_a_cloud-based_office_suite_to_your home_network⠀⇛ In our quest to bring a number of services to our home network, it’s now time to add an in-house, cloud-based office suite. # ⚓ WhichUK ☛ How_to_digitise_your_photos:_4_ways_to_bring_new life_to_old_memories⠀⇛ Make more of your photos, plus the easy way to turn your old albums into digital copies you can share with friends and family # ⚓ Network World ☛ Looking_up_words_and_terms_with_the_Linux dict_command⠀⇛ # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Iostat_on_Ubuntu_22.04_LTS⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install iostat on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 2023-03-02_How_to_Graphically_Manage_Packages on_a_Chromebook_With_Synaptic⠀⇛ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 2023-03-03_How_to_Generate_and_Learn_Morse Code_Using_the_Linux_Terminal⠀⇛ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 2023-03-03_How_to_Install_and_Set_Up_Burp Suite_on_Linux⠀⇛ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 2023-03-02_7_Reasons_Why_You_Should_Learn Networking_on_Linux⠀⇛ # ⚓ Julia Evans ☛ 2023-03-03_How_do_Nix_builds_work?⠀⇛ # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Enable_Open_File_Cache_Feature_on_Nginx⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to enable the open_file_cache feature on Nginx. For those of you who didn’t know, Nginx is a popular web server that offers many features to optimize website performance. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Cinnamon_Desktop_on_Fedora_37⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Cinnamon Desktop on Fedora 37. For those of you who didn’t know, Cinnamon is a desktop environment based on the GNOME desktop environment. # ⚓ Kifarunix ☛ Install_VirtualBox_Guest_Additions_on AlmaLinux⠀⇛ Follow through this tutorial to learn how to install VirtualBox guest additions on AlmaLinux. We are installing the VirtualBox Guest additions on AlmaLinux Desktop. # ⚓ H2S Media ☛ How_to_install_Slack_on_Rocky_Linux_8_or_9?⠀⇛ Are you using Rocky as your regular desktop operating system and looking for a way to install Slack Application on Rocky Linux by following simple steps? # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_and_Configure_Ansible_on Ubuntu_20.04⠀⇛ Ansible is a very popular configuration management tool designed to streamline the process of controlling a large number of servers. In this guide, we will learn how to install and configure Ansible on an Ubuntu 20.04 server. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_LAMP_Server_Stack_on_Ubuntu 22.04⠀⇛ LAMP is an open-source software stack containing an Apache web server, MySQL or MariaDB database, and PHP programming language. It is one of the most popular web development platforms allowing web developers to build, deploy, and manage websites and applications online. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_Jellyfin_Media_Server_on Debian_11⠀⇛ Jellyfin is a free and open-source media streaming application that organizes, manages, and shares digital media files to networked devices. It allows you to stream the uploaded media files to your PC, Laptop, Mobile, and Roku. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_Grafana_and_Prometheus_on Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛ This tutorial covers installing Grafana, Prometheus, and node exporter on Ubuntu 22.04 server. You’ll build a powerful monitoring stack with Grafana as the dashboard and data visualization tool, Prometheus as the data source where all your monitoring data will be stored, and the node_exporter is an application that gathers information and metrics about your systems and send all those metrics to the Prometheus. # ⚓ How_to_install_NGINX_on_Alpine_Linux?⠀⇛ Nginx is a lightweight and high performance web server/reverse/email(IMAP/POP3) proxy. # ⚓ Linux Shell Tips ☛ How_to_Extract_Files_from_a_DEB_Package in_Debian_Systems⠀⇛ Have you ever wondered how you can extract individual files from a Debian file (.deb) without actually installing any software? # ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-03-03_How_to_install_Aisleriot Solitaire_on_a_Chromebook⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-03-02_How_to_install_TuxGuitar_on a_Chromebook⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-03-03_Record_Your_Screen_To_GIF_Or_MP4,_Take Screenshots_And_Insert_Annotations_With_The_New_Peek⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_WordPress_with_Nginx, MariaDB,_PHP_on_Debian_11_or_10⠀⇛ WordPress is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) allowing users to create and manage websites easily. It was first released in 2003 and has since become one of the most popular website-building platforms, powering over 40% of all websites on the internet. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Pulsar_IDE_on_Manjaro Linux⠀⇛ Pulsar Edit IDE is a community-led, hyper-hackable text editor created as a successor to the original Atom text editor. While a community build for Atom was already available, the developers of Pulsar wanted to create a new version that would bring feature parity with the original Atom while introducing modern features and updated architecture. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_OnlyOffice_on_Manjaro Linux⠀⇛ OnlyOffice is a highly versatile and comprehensive office suite quickly gaining popularity as an alternative to established names such as Microsoft Office, LibreOffice, and FreeOffice. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ Comparing_Flatpak_and_Snapcraft:_Pros, Cons,_and_Use_Cases⠀⇛ With the rise of containerization technologies, software packaging and distribution have also seen major advancements in the past few years. Flatpak and Snapcraft are two of the most popular container-based package management systems that aim to make software installation and distribution more accessible, reliable, and secure. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ ScummVM ☛ Help_us_test_ScummVM_for_Android⠀⇛ The ScummVM Android port returns with a new update to the Google Play Store, in the beta testing channel. The new version includes all the latest features_of_ScummVM_2.7.0 as well as Android- specific improvements and bug fixes. First off, our team developers have implemented a significant update to the file access system in order to use the Secure Access Framework (SAF) API for secure file access on external memory space, such as SD Cards or USB drives. This effectively should resolve a long-standing issue with modern Android devices, in particular those running Android 11 and above, whereby users could not properly access the game data folders or the save game files in the external storage. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Kernel_5.15.97_with_landlock_and_user-namespace⠀⇛ We discussed the “landlock” security feature in the forum: https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=8023 Up until now, the kernel in Easy has left out user- namespace support due to some perceived security issue. Though, that is a vague concern, and after reading recently that Vivaldi needs that kernel feature when run non-root, I decided to enable it. o ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ New_vivaldi-skel-ask_PET⠀⇛ I posted about a new Vivaldi SFS: https://bkhome.org/news/202303/vivaldi-browser-now-a- sfs.html In EasyOS 5.0 (and earlier), the Internet category of the menu has “Download latest Firefox”. After downloading, a new menu entry is created to run Firefox. I like this for two reasons. Firstly, Firefox runs securely as user “firefox”. Secondly, can choose “Download latest Firefox” to update to the latest version. o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ SUSE’s Corporate Blog ☛ 2023-03-03_SUSE_and_HPE:_Better Together⠀⇛ o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ Digital_transformation:_3_guiding principles_for_2023⠀⇛ # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ 4_tips_to_freshen_up_your_IT_resume in_2023⠀⇛ o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Recalbox_9_Brings_the_Retro_Arcade_to Raspberry_Pi⠀⇛ Recalbox 9 brings enhancements and new features for Raspberry Pi and PC based retro gamers # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Brings_ChatGPT_AI_to_Clippy [Ed: How to spam "Raspberry Pi" with Microsoft's proprietary spyware and vapourware hype campaign]⠀⇛ Microsoft Office’s “beloved” mascot, Clippy receives an AI boost thanks to Raspberry Pi and ChatGPT # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ SparkFun_Thing_Plus_Matter_–_MGM240P_board supports_Matter,_Zigbee,_OpenThread,_and_Bluetooth_Low_Energy 5.3⠀⇛ SparkFun Thing Plus Matter – MGM240P board targets the development of applications using the Matter IoT protocol and features the MGM240P module based on Silicon Labs EFR32MG24 Arm Cortex-M33 wireless microcontroller with an 802.15.4 radio for Zigbee and OpenThread plus a Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) 5.3 radio. The board also offers two rows of I/Os for upto 21 GPIOs and a Qwiic connector for expansion, another EFRM32 MCU acting as a J-link debugger, a microSD card, and can be powered via USB-C or a LiPo battery. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Arduino_GIGA_R1_WiFi_board_launches_with STM32H7_MCU,_up_to_76_I/O_pins⠀⇛ Arduino GIGA R1 WiFi board brings the STM32H7 dual- core Cortex-M7/M4 microcontroller found in the Portenta H7 boards to the larger Arduino Mega/Due form factor with up to 76 GPIO pins. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ Android_15_will_be_a_plain_vanilla_release_– PhoneArena⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Authority ☛ 5_Android_apps_you_shouldn’t_miss_this week_–_Android_Apps_Weekly⠀⇛ # ⚓ Ars Technica ☛ The_sketchy_plan_to_build_a_Russian_Android phone_|_Ars_Technica⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ Millions_of_Android_users_can_turn_on_setting that_saves_you_from_embarrassing_battery_draining_mistake_| The_US_Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Authority ☛ OnePlus_Buds_Pro_2_review:_Great_design and_value_–_Android_Authority⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Central ☛ Honor_Magic_Vs_review:_Samsung_finally has_some_foldable_competition_|_Android_Central⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Jason W Comeau ☛ Clever_Code_Considered_Harmful⠀⇛ There is something undeniably satisfying about coming up with clever solutions to hard problems. There is a joy when you challenge yourself to use recursion instead of iteration, for example, or when you create elegant, cascading layers of abstraction that ensure code is never duplicated. My favourite outlet for this kind of programming is Project Euler. Project Euler is a repository of challenges based around advanced mathematics, meant to be solved with software. The catch is that your program should run in under a minute, on 2004-era hardware. That means that a brute-force solution often won’t cut it, and you’ll have to come up with a smarter solution. # ⚓ Stack Overflow ☛ Stop_saying_“technical_debt”⠀⇛ We were supposed to release this feature three weeks ago. One developer got caught in a framework update. Another got stuck reorganizing the feature flags. A third needed to spelunk a long-abandoned repository to initiate the database changes. The team is underwater. Every feature release will feel like this until we get a few weeks to dig ourselves out of tech debt. We have no idea how to even get the business to consider that. Does this sound familiar? It’s a disheartening conversation. # ⚓ 2023-03-03_Niko_Matsakis:_Trait_transformers_(send_bounds, part_3)⠀⇛ # ⚓ Collabora ☛ Oxidizing_bmap-tools:_rewriting_a_Python project_in_Rust⠀⇛ Rewriting bmaptool in Rust to remove Python dependencies, create statically linked binary, and allow the bmap sparse file format to be used in other Rust projects. # ⚓ Y2038,_glibc_and_utmp/utmpx_on_64bit_architectures⠀⇛ On January, 19th 2038 at 03:14:07 UTC the 32bit time_t counter will overflow. For more information about this I suggest to start with the wikipedia Year 2038 problem article. That problem is long known and several groups are working on a solution for 32bit systems, but many people don’t know that pure 64bit systems could be affected, too. The general statement so far has always been that on 64bit systems with a 64bit time_t you are safe with respect to the Y2038 problem. # ⚓ LWN ☛ 2023-03-03_Kukuk:_Y2038,_glibc_and_utmp/utmpx_on 64bit_architectures⠀⇛ # ⚓ Mark Hansen ☛ 2023-03-04_CAP_Theorem_&_UI_Programming⠀⇛ # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ [Old/undated]_SymPy_makes_math_fun_again⠀⇛ I remember my own struggle with calculus at university. Limits, integrals, differential equations. Lots of practice, lots of homework. Pages and pages of exercises. I loved math, loved the connection between algebra and geometry, loved the very pleasure of solving problems by making different concepts work together. But I hated doing the “paperwork”. Taking it seriously, I still studied through the semester, studied harder the week before the exam, studied even harder the night before. I got 62/100. That’s 1 point above the lowest possible passing grade. Well, maybe math is not for everyone. But wait a minute! The next semester I took part in the Math Olympiad, went through the faculty round, then through the university round, went to the nationals, and even managed to score a few points there. Which counted as a pass on that semester’s exam. # ⚓ LWN ☛ Python_packaging_targets⠀⇛ As we have seen in earlier articles, the packaging landscape for Python is fragmented and complex, though users of the language have been clamoring for some kind of unification for a decade or more at this point. The developers behind pip and other packaging tools would like to find a way to satisfy this wish from Python-language users and developers, thus they have been discussing possible solutions with increasing urgency, it seems, of late. In order to do that, though, it is important to understand what specific items—and types of Python users—to target. # § Java⠀➾ # ⚓ How_to_make_Java_8_Code_Compatible_With_Java_11⠀⇛ If you still run your Java code with JVM 8, it’s probably high time to move on and starting using a newer JVM version such as 11. For this reasons, you have to ensure your Java code is Java 11 compatible. # ⚓ What_is_Boilerplate_Code_and_How_to_Reduce_It_In Java⠀⇛ In programming, boilerplate refers to sections of code that are repeated in many places throughout a project or across multiple projects. # ⚓ Popular_Code_Analysis_Tools_to_Help_with_Java Programming⠀⇛ Code analysis tools are software tools that analyze source code for potential issues, errors, and vulnerabilities. # ⚓ Difference_between_Mockito’s_when/thenReturn_and doReturn/when⠀⇛ A common dilemma while writing unit tests in Java is whether to use Mockito’s when/ thenReturn or doReturn/when stubbings. Both when/thenReturn and doReturn/when are used in Mockito, a popular Java testing framework, to mock behavior of methods in an object. o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾ # ⚓ A_thorough_team_guide_to_RFCs⠀⇛ Early in my management days, I found myself in an unforeseen situation. A new and unexpected frontend framework was added to our early-stage startup stack from one week to another. We were not in production yet, so the thought of maintaining two utterly different parallel client-side stacks this early wasn’t a problem I was anticipating. Opinions about technical decisions replicate almost as fast as frontend frameworks, so as the news spread, so did the backchannel feelings. A few months later, we introduced the Request for Comments (RFCs) practice as a team’s decision- making tool. Over time, we became more aligned, better informed, and technical decision-making became less painful. Since then, RFCs have become one of my favorite tools, and with this guide, you may be able to pilot them with your team as well. Let’s dig in. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Türkiye’s_statistical_authority_files_new_case_against_Inflation Research_Group⠀⇛ Founded by a group of economists, the ENAG has been releasing inflation figures since 2020. The group’s calculations are much higher than those of TurkStat, whose reliability has been widely questioned by economists and opposition parties. o ⚓ Arrests_over_Türkiye_earthquakes_rise_to_237,_including_166 contractors⠀⇛ The number of detentions and arrests is expected to further increase as investigations are continuing. o ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Blew_It:_Ericsson_Has_to_Pay_$206_Million_Fine_for Violating_a_Bribery_Deal_With_the_Feds⠀⇛ Swedish multinational tech giant Ericsson pled guilty this week to bribery and agreed to pay the Department of Justice $206 million dollars. o ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ It_WAS_World_Margarita_Day…but_it_isn’t_anymore⠀⇛ Sylvia Shawcross Now I was looking at February 22. Nobody really cares about February 22 because it isn’t special or so you’d think. o ⚓ David Revoy ☛ Tiny_Fediverse_Family_Sketches⠀⇛ Long time without a blog post, but I have been active on social media. I had an issue on the website with posting new article and I fixed it this afternoon (oh, the joy of self hosting… -_-`). Anyway: o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Wayne_Shorter,_Icon_of_Jazz_Saxophone,_Dies Aged_89⠀⇛ Wayne Shorter, one of the greatest American jazz saxophonists, has died in Los Angeles, aged 89. A central force in the 20th-century jazz scene, Wayne Shorter’s career as a saxophonist spanned bop, fusion, and other eclectic jazz movements. His publicist confirmed that he died in a Los Angeles hospital, aged 89. o ⚓ France24 ☛ Pioneering_jazz_saxophist_Wayne_Shorter_dies_at_89⠀⇛ Wayne Shorter, an influential jazz innovator whose lyrical, complex jazz compositions and pioneering saxophone playing sounded through more than half a century of American music, has died. He was 89. o ⚓ Preventing_aid_deliveries,_detaining_journalists:_Rights_group documents_violations_after_quakes⠀⇛ The authorities prevented aid deliveries in at least 20 cases, 17 people were subjected to torture and 11 journalists were hindered by law enforcement officers, according to the TİHV. o ⚓ France24 ☛ Egypt_unveils_4,500-year-old_tunnel_hidden_inside Great_Pyramid⠀⇛ Egypt’s antiquities authorities on Thursday unveiled a newly discovered, sealed-off chamber inside one of the Great Pyramids at Giza, just outside of Cairo, that dates back some 4,500 years ago. o ⚓ Tom MacWright ☛ Recently⠀⇛ What to say about this month – well, I’m a few days late to the Recently, because I’ve been pretty busy! Things are good. Building products is fun but also a lot of work. Pretty excited about what I’m working on. Ready for winter to end. § Reading I enjoyed reading Ross Barkan’s What_to_Do_About_Police, though it’s bound to generate some controversy. Barkan is, I think, a geniunely ‘center’ or balanced commentator, if you consider the political spectrum of major American cities as the guide. He also has a sense for reading polls and knowing people enough to identify surprising but true disconnects between what we think people believe and what they do. o ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Death_Toll_From_Greece_Train_Crash_Rises_to_57⠀⇛ As of Thursday night, 48 people remain hospitalized, six of whom are in intensive care. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ The_difference_between_good_and_great_engineers⠀⇛ You don’t design your engineering culture by writing blog posts or printing posters. It’s shaped by the people you hire, the things they do, and the traits you reward and celebrate. Choose wisely, and deliberately. Know what you value, and why. It’s easy to form this list in hindsight, but for anyone growing an engineering team, I urge you to think upfront, spelling out what you value most, then fight to hire for, encourage, support and celebrate those traits. I’ve helped grow our engineering team from 4 to more than 90, and hope to keep building the best possible team for many years to come. Here are some of the traits and skills that I think make good engineers great, and why they’re important to me. # ⚓ Improving_Students’_Learning_With_Effective_Learning Techniques:_Promising_Directions_From_Cognitive_and Educational_Psychology⠀⇛ Many students are being left behind by an educational system that some people believe is in crisis. Improving educational outcomes will require efforts on many fronts, but a central premise of this monograph is that one part of a solution involves helping students to better regulate their learning through the use of effective learning techniques. Fortunately, cognitive and educational psychologists have been developing and evaluating easy-to-use learning techniques that could help students achieve their learning goals. In this monograph, we discuss 10 learning techniques in detail and offer recommendations about their relative utility. We selected techniques that were expected to be relatively easy to use and hence could be adopted by many students. Also, some techniques (e.g., highlighting and rereading) were selected because students report relying heavily on them, which makes it especially important to examine how well they work. The techniques include elaborative interrogation, self-explanation, summarization, highlighting (or underlining), the keyword mnemonic, imagery use for text learning, rereading, practice testing, distributed practice, and interleaved practice. To offer recommendations about the relative utility of these techniques, we evaluated whether their benefits generalize across four categories of variables: learning conditions, student characteristics, materials, and criterion tasks. Learning conditions include aspects of the learning environment in which the technique is implemented, such as whether a student studies alone or with a group. Student characteristics include variables such as age, ability, and level of prior knowledge. Materials vary from simple concepts to mathematical problems to complicated science texts. Criterion tasks include different outcome measures that are relevant to student achievement, such as those tapping memory, problem solving, and comprehension. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ ACLU ☛ West_Virginia_Lawmakers_are_Pushing_Public_Schools to_Teach_Creationism⠀⇛ All you need to know about the current condition of West Virginia’s public-education system is summed up in onerecent_headline: “West Virginia public schools are underfunded, understaffed and underperforming.” To take one marker,only_28 percent_of_students in the state are proficient in science. These are big problems that require expansive, thoughtful solutions. Lawmakers should be devoting all available time and resources to protecting public-school students’ educational futures. Instead, they’re working to pass a bill,SB 619, that would exacerbate these crises. If enacted, the bill would allow public schools to teach intelligent design — a form of creationism — as a “theory of how the universe and/or humanity came to exist.” o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ The Next Platform ☛ Datacenter_System_Makers_Leary_But_Not Weary⠀⇛ The central banks of the world, led by the European Central Bank and the US Federal Reserve, want to curb inflation and they are willing to cause a small recession or at least get very close to one to shock us all into controlling the acquisitive habits we developed during the lockdowns of the early years of the coronavirus pandemic. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ SSD_Prices_Have_Fallen_15_to_30_Percent Since_January⠀⇛ Declining NAND Flash memory prices are leading to great savings on SSDs. These are the cheapest right now. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ YLE ☛ Higher_food_prices_threaten_the_nutrition_of_the elderly⠀⇛ Experts are concerned about the adequacy of protein intake by older people. # ⚓ CNN ☛ Facebook_revamps_controversial_content_moderation process_for_VIPs⠀⇛ Facebook-parent Meta on Friday announced a revamp of its “cross-check” moderation system after facing criticism for giving VIPs special treatment by applying different review processes for VIP posts versus those from regular users. # ⚓ CNN ☛ North_Korea’s_food_shortage_is_about_to_take_a_deadly turn_for_the_worse,_experts_say⠀⇛ Concerns about North Korea’s chronic food shortages are growing, with multiple sources suggesting this week that deaths due to starvation are likely. # ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ “Don’t_Lie_To_Us!”:_East_Palestine Residents_Frustrated_During_Town_Hall⠀⇛ One month after a Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in East Palestine, residents gathered for a town hall on Thursday night. It was the first time Norfolk Southern was in the town since the derailment. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Canadian_companies_licensed_to_produce,_sell cocaine_and_other_drugs⠀⇛ Canadian biosciences company Sunshine Earth Labs announced Thursday it has been licensed to produce and sell cocaine, reflecting the federal health agency’s bid to improve safety conditions for the country’s addicts. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Scarcity,_scandal_and_memes:_A timeline_of_Covid-19_face_masks_in_Hong_Kong⠀⇛ Hong Kong’s long-standing universal mask mandate was dropped on Wednesday after almost 1,000 days. The act was largely seen as signalling the official end to a turbulent epidemic era in the Asian financial hub. # ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ The_idea_of_using_a_“three-parent baby”_technique_for_infertility_just_got_a_boost⠀⇛ This article is from The Checkup, MIT Technology Review’s weekly biotech newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Thursday, sign up here. This week, I’ve been working on a big story about a controversial treatment that creates babies with three genetic parents. # ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ A_technique_called_Cell_Painting could_speed_drug_discovery⠀⇛ One of the earliest stages in the process of identifying a potential new drug is to expose cells to the compound in a lab dish and scour microscope images to see the effects. # ⚓ Zimbabwe ☛ 2023-03-03_We_seriously_need_to_rethink_our decision_to_keep_smartphones_out_of_schools [Ed: These devices are not smart and not compatible with the goals of schools]⠀⇛ # ⚓ France24 ☛ Biden_had_cancerous_skin_lesion_removed_in February⠀⇛ US President Joe Biden, 80, had a cancerous skin lesion successfully removed from his chest in February, his doctor said Friday. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Lesion_removed_from_Biden’s_chest_was_cancerous, doctor_says⠀⇛ A skin lesion removed from President_Biden’s chest last month was cancerous, the White House announced Friday. # ⚓ The Scientist ☛ Mutated_Cohesin_Throws_DNA_Splicing_out_of Whack,_Resulting_in_Cancer⠀⇛ Cohesin mutations cause dysregulations in alternative splicing, contributing to tumor initiation and progression, a study finds. o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ A_Porn_Zoom-Bombing_Abruptly_Ends_Call With_Federal_Reserve⠀⇛ More than 220 people were reportedly waiting to begin a call about inflation when someone named “Dan” started streaming porn. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Self-driving_car_fears_on_the_rise [Ed: Proprietary software scam like "polygraph", except this one is actually killing people because the companies are lying]⠀⇛ Data: AAA. Chart: Axios Visuals Nearly 70% of drivers say they’re afraid of fully self-driving_cars, according to a new AAA survey — up from 55% a year ago. About a quarter say they’re unsure, while just 9% say they trust them. § Security⠀➾ * ⚓ LWN ☛ 2023-03-03_Security_updates_for_Friday⠀⇛ * ⚓ LWN ☛ Passwordless_authentication_with_FIDO2—beyond_just_the_web⠀⇛ FIDO2 is a standard for authenticating users without the need for passwords. While the technology has been introduced mainly to protect accounts on web sites, it’s also useful for other purposes, such as logging into Linux systems. The same technology can even be used beyond authentication, for example to sign files or Git commits. A couple of talks at FOSDEM 2023 in Brussels presented the possibilities for Linux users. The FIDO2 standard is a joint effort between the FIDO Alliance (FIDO stands for Fast Identity Online) and the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) to develop standards for strong authentication. Users can securely authenticate themselves with a FIDO2 security key (a hardware token), which is more convenient, faster, and more secure than traditional password- based authentication. The security key can ask the user to touch a button or enter a PIN for authentication; alternatively, it can include a fingerprint reader or other means for biometric authentication. FIDO2 can be used as an extra factor added to a traditional password as part of multi- factor authentication or as the only means of authentication. In the latter case, this is called passwordless authentication. Note that a previous FIDO standard, FIDO U2F, was primarily designed for two-factor authentication. The FIDO2 standard consists of two parts. Web Authentication (WebAuthn) is a W3C recommendation with broad browser support that describes an API allowing web sites to add FIDO2 authentication to their login pages. FIDO’s Client to Authenticator Protocol (CTAP) complements WebAuthn by enabling an external authenticator, such as a security key or a mobile phone, to work with the browser. So in short: the browser talks WebAuthn to the server and CTAP to the authenticator device. * ⚓ TechRepublic ☛ Top_10_open-source_security_and_operational_risks_of 2023 [Ed: Microsoft-funded sites love articles such as this. This is what Microsoft pays for.]⠀⇛ Many software companies rely on open-source code but lack consistency in how they measure and handle risks and vulnerabilities associated with open-source software, according to a new report. * ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ UK_retailer_WH_Smith_struck_by_cyberattack⠀⇛ U.K. retailer WH Smith PLC has been struck by a cyberattack that resulted in the theft of some company data. ⚓ SANS ☛ YARA:_Detect_The_Unexpected_…,_(Thu,_Mar_2nd)⠀⇛ A friend and colleague of mine, DhaeyerWolf, asked me for a bit of help with the design of a YARA rule. ⚓ Bloomberg ☛ Cyber_Plan_Would_Hold_Software_Makers_Responsible_in_Hacks⠀⇛ The Biden administration is set to release an aggressive new national cybersecurity strategy on Thursday that seeks to shift the blame from companies that get hacked to software manufacturers and device makers, putting it on a potential collision course with big technology companies. The 35-page strategy, shared in advance with a group of reporters, asserts that software makers must be “held liable when they fail to live up to the duty of care they owe consumers, businesses or critical infrastructure providers.” ⚓ TechCrunch ☛ Hackers_steal_gun_owners’_data_from_firearm_auction_website⠀⇛ Hackers breached a website that allows people to buy and sell guns, exposing the identities of its users, TechCrunch has learned. The breach exposed reams of sensitive personal data for more than 550,000 users, including customers’ full names, home addresses, email addresses, plaintext passwords and telephone numbers. Also, the stolen data allegedly makes it possible to link a particular person with the sale or purchase of a specific weapon. ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Oakland_continues_to_work_on_recovery_from_ransomware_attack; Play_claims_responsibility⠀⇛ Play does not indicate how much data they acquired, but threaten to start dumping it tomorrow (March 4). They claim to have: “Private and personal confidential data, financial, gov and etc. IDs, passports, employee full info, human rights violation information.” * § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hongkongers_wearing_face_masks_at_protests risk_prosecution,_says_gov’t_advisor_as_anti-mask_law_set_to_stay⠀⇛ Wearing face masks for anti-epidemic purposes at a legal assembly may not be a reasonable defence against Hong Kong’s anti-mask law, a government advisor has said. F o ⚓ Defence Web ☛ Cabinet_pleased_with_clearing_of_DNA_testing backlog⠀⇛ Cabinet says it is pleased the South African Police Service (SAPS) has nearly cleared the DNA testing backlog at its forensic service laboratories. Addressing a Post Cabinet media briefing held in Pretoria on Thursday, Minister in the Presidency, Mondli Gungubele, said this breakthrough will ensure that gender-based violence- related cases are speedily resolved. o ⚓ YLE ☛ Former_Defence_Forces’_intel_chief_faces_service_offence charges⠀⇛ Police discovered the suspected offences while investigating a Helsingin Sanomat report on an intelligence facility in Central Finland. * § Confidentiality⠀➾ o ⚓ FTC_Publishes_Blog_Post_on_Data_Security_Practices_for_Complex Systems⠀⇛ In February, the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) published a blog post that elucidated key security principles from recent FTC data security and privacy orders. Specifically, the FTC highlighted three practices that the Commission regards as “effectively protect[ing] user data.” These practices include: (1) offering multi- factor authentication (“MFA”) for consumers and requiring it for employees; (2) requiring that connections within a company’s system be both encrypted and authenticated (e.g., deploying a “zero trust” methodology); and (3) requiring companies to develop data retention schedules. The FTC noted that while these measures “are not the sum- total of everything the FTC expects from an effective security program, they are a sample of provisions [that the FTC has] seen recently that speak directly to the idea of attacking things at their root cause to produce uniquely effective results.” o ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Another_ransomware-related_lawsuit_settles: Preferred_Home_Care⠀⇛ Top Class Actions reports there is a settlement involving Preferred Home Care in New York. The lawsuit alleged the provider failed to protect employee and patient data from an attack in January 2021. The data breach allegedly compromised the information of 92,283 patients and employees, including sensitive health information and personal identifiers such as Social Security numbers. § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ * ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-03-02_New_Zealand_Is_Escalating_Tensions Between_China_and_the_West⠀⇛ * ⚓ RFA ☛ Child_fighters_beheaded_as_Myanmar_killings_rise_after_martial law⠀⇛ Two teenagers captured by junta forces were apparently beheaded alive. * ⚓ teleSUR ☛ US,_the_Main_Nuclear_Threat_in_the_World_–_Chinese_Spox⠀⇛ “The United States is the world’s biggest source of nuclear threat,” Mao Ning said. * ⚓ Truthdig ☛ 2023-03-03_Biden’s_Snub_of_China’s_Peace_Plan_for_Ukraine⠀⇛ * ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ How_will_the_US_counter_cyber_threats?_Our_experts mark_up_the_National_Cybersecurity_Strategy.⠀⇛ On March 2, the White House released the 2023 US National Cybersecurity Strategy. * ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Fate_of_Alexey_Navalny,_and_the_Future_of_Russia⠀⇛ The opposition leader languishes in a Russian prison. His colleague Maria Pevchikh talks about the attempt on his life, and Russia’s future. Plus, the pop music producer Chloe Bailey. * ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Couple_Who_Fled_Russia_for_the_War_in_Ukraine⠀⇛ When Alex and Halyna arrived at the Ukrainian border, a Russian agent looked at them like they were crazy. “Do you even know what’s going on there?” he asked. § Environment⠀➾ * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Climate_activists_too_radical?_They_point_to_suffragettes as_a_comparison.⠀⇛ Activists are taking radical steps, like gluing themselves to streets, to draw attention to the climate crisis. Such acts, if unpopular, fall in line with earlier, violent moral crusaders like British suffragettes. * § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ o ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ Offshore_wind_farm_projects_on_the_rocks⠀⇛ Billions of kroner could be lost o ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ Electric_car_sales_rapidly_increasing_in Denmark⠀⇛ One of them, Tesla’s Model Y, was the most sold model in the country in February o ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ FTX_Confirms_$9_Billion_in_Customer_Funds_Vanished⠀⇛ The folks handling the ongoing FTX bankruptcy admitted Thursday it is still on the hook for around $9 billion in customer funds that it simply cannot locate under the morass of financials left over from the exchange’s collapse. o ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Crypto_Miners_Owe_the_Federal_Government_Money, Watchdog_Report_Says⠀⇛ Cryptocurrency miners operating on public lands haven’t been paying their dues, according to a new report from federal watchdog group, the Office of the Inspector General for Department of the Interior (DOI OIG). o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ EU_countries_postpone_vote_on_combustion engine_ban⠀⇛ The adoption by European Union member countries of new carbon dioxide emission standards for cars and vans has been postponed amid opposition from Germany, the presidency of the EU ministers’ council says. o ⚓ Danes_cut_electricity_use_by_ten_percent_with_prices_‘the_same’ as_last_year⠀⇛ Electricity prices were similar in January 2022 and January 2023, but consumers in Denmark used around 10 percent less power this year compared to last. * § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ o ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ California’s_Brutal_Storms_May_Have_Killed_Over_Half Its_Monarch_Butterflies⠀⇛ California has been enduring a winter of wild weather, and it’s not just humans that have suffered for it. § Finance⠀➾ * ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Despite_solid_financial_results,_Zscaler_shares_plunge after_announcing_layoffs,_weaker_billings⠀⇛ Shares in Zscaler Inc. plunged in late trading after the cybersecurity company announced layoffs alongside solid financial results in its most recent quarter. ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Here’s_Why_ATMs_Are_Becoming_Harder_to_Find⠀⇛ It would appear that the days of crisp dollar bills and shiny pennies are falling behind us. The number of ATMs in the U.S. is reportedly on the decline as we move to a society hellbent on credit cards, mobile payments, and tap-to-pay. ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ 2023-03-03_If_Biden_Really_Wants_to_End_Homelessness,_He Needs_to_Support_Public_Housing⠀⇛ ⚓ RFA ☛ China’s_Xi_to_battle_rising_debt,_economic_woes_and_political_rivals_at congress⠀⇛ The National People’s Congress will likely see a reshuffle of security, intelligence and financial powers. ⚓ Spiegel ☛ Thwarting_Putin:_The_Ukrainian_Economy_Just_Keeps_On_Going⠀⇛ Russian President Vladimir Putin wanted to plunge Ukraine into darkness and cold this winter. But the country’s economy continues to survive, and supermarket shelves are full. How has Ukraine managed to do it? ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ U.S._Govt_Blacklists_Chinese_Tech_Firms_Loongson_and Inspur⠀⇛ CPU developer Loongson and server maker Inspur added to the U.S. DoC’s Entity List. ⚓ YLE ☛ Finland_seeking_to_reduce_economic_dependence_on_China⠀⇛ It is estimated that half of the mobile phones and two-thirds of the laptops used in Finland are produced in China. ⚓ Axios ☛ Amazon_pauses_construction_on_second_HQ_in_Virginia⠀⇛ Amazon is pausing construction on its sprawling_second_headquarters in Arlington, Virginia, the company confirmed to Axios on Friday. The big picture:Thestoppage comes as the tech giant has announced sweeping_job_cuts in the wake of slowdowns in consumer and corporate spending. ⚓ Axios ☛ The_surprising_impotence_of_Fed_rate_hikes⠀⇛ Since the Fed began raising interest rates a year ago this month, the central bank has moved more aggressively than nearly anyone expected at the time. It has raised target interest rates by 4.5 percentage points, with more to come, and shrunk its balance sheet by more than $600 billion. ⚓ Axios ☛ Home_prices_are_now_lower_than_they_were_a_year_ago⠀⇛ It finally happened. Median home sale prices are lower than they were a year ago for the first time since 2012, according to new data from Redfin out Thursday. ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Pension_tax:_could_thousands_of_older_workers_get_caught_in_a_tax trap?⠀⇛ You may trigger the Money Purchase Annual Allowance if you’ve dipped into a pension you still contribute to ⚓ New York Times ☛ Why_the_Student_Debt_Pause_Became_a_Political_Trap⠀⇛ Debtors have gotten out of the habit of making monthly payments. ⚓ RFA ☛ US_blacklists_28_more_Chinese_firms⠀⇛ Three Burmese companies have also been added to the Entity List, banning American exports to them. ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_In_Danger_Of_Running_Out_Of_Money,_Russian_Billionaire Deripaska_Says⠀⇛ Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska told the Krasnoyarsk Economic Forum on March 3 that Russia could run out of money as early as next year without new foreign investment from “friendly countries” and warned government policies are hurting the financial environment. ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Tennis_Star_Rublev_Reiterates_Antiwar_Message_In_Dubai⠀⇛ Just over a year since Andrei Rublev wrote “No War Please” on the lens of a TV camera on his way to winning the Dubai title, the Russian issued another call for peace on March 3, saying it was “crazy” to see citizens suffering and dying. ⚓ RFERL ☛ Amid_Unrest_In_Moldova,_French_Soccer_Club_Advises_Fans_Not_To Travel⠀⇛ French soccer club Nice has advised its fans not to travel to Moldova for a European game next week amid unrest in the country, where authorities have alleged Russian-backed attempts to destabilize the government. ⚓ First_Irma_supermarkets_to_close_in_Copenhagen_this_weekend⠀⇛ The first of Copenhagen’s premium Irma supermarkets will close this weekend after parent company Coop began rebranding its stores. § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Why_Is_TikTok_Being_Banned?⠀⇛ Governments have expressed concerns that TikTok, which is owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, may endanger sensitive user data. * ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ Is_Twitter_Too_Big_to_Fail? [Ed: No, unless it keeps getting bailed out (or the losses subsidised by Saudi dictators in exchange for bias]⠀⇛ * ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ TikTok’s_‘Bold_Glamour’_and_‘Teenage_Look’_Filters_Are Terrifying_Its_Audience⠀⇛ TikTok_is_really_good_at_keeping_users_entertained, most notably with its barrage of filters. Filters on TikTok have been harmless fun for some time now, mostly serving as the punchline about getting_arrested or masking_your_own_voice, but two new filters are freaking out TikTokers far and wide. * ⚓ LRT ☛ Party_membership_continues_to_decline_in_Lithuania⠀⇛ Party membership in Lithuania continues to decline, the latest figures from the Justice Ministry have shown. * ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ CYBER:_How_Tubgirl_Became_a_TikTok_Sensation⠀⇛ Shock sites shaped the way we use the internet. * ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Young_adults_underrepresented_in_candidate_selection_– only_10.7%_of_candidates_in_the_spring_2023_Finnish_Parliamentary Elections_are_under_30⠀⇛ Only 260 candidates under the age of 30 are running in the upcoming Finnish parliamentary elections in spring 2023, making up just 10.7% of all candidates. This means that young candidates are once again underrepresented in candidate selection, as 18-29-year-olds make up 13.9% of Finland’s population. The Green Party put forth the highest number of young candidates, both in absolute numbers and as a percentage of their total candidates. * ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ DOJ_Says_Inciting_a_Riot_Is_Not_Part_of_the_President’s Job_Description⠀⇛ DOJ wrote a cautiously crafted amicus opining that inciting a mob was not within Donald Trump’s job description. * ⚓ CNN ☛ Boris_Johnson_faces_damning_new_evidence_in_Partygate_inquiry⠀⇛ Damning new evidence has been published as part of the inquiry that will determine whether or not former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson misled Parliament over his conduct during the so-called Partygate scandal. * ⚓ CNN ☛ King_Charles’_meeting_with_EU_chief_is_being_criticized._Here’s why⠀⇛ Royals speak through actions more than words, which often leaves royal commentators reading into what they do without the benefit of an explanation. This week, it came down to a handshake. * § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ o ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Fox_News_Defamation_Lawsuit:_“Money,_Ideology, Truth,_Lies—It’s_All_Right_There”⠀⇛ Our political roundtable explores the fallout from the Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit against one of the most powerful TV networks in America. § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ * ⚓ RFA ☛ Vietnamese_authorities_bar_relatives,_lawyers_from_meeting detained_Facebooker⠀⇛ A rights group says there is ‘no acceptable reason’ for the move and called for his release. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ 3_Hong_Kong_Tiananmen_vigil_group_members_found guilty_of_security_offence⠀⇛ They include HK pro-democracy activist and barrister Chow Hang- tung. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Truth_About_the_‘Censorship’_of_Roald_Dahl⠀⇛ The corporate context in which the changes were made is what should really worry us. * ⚓ Court_approves_‘away_game’_ban_on_Fenerbahçe_fans⠀⇛ The ban came after Fenerbahçe fans protested against the government during a match over its presumed inadequate response to last month’s massive earthquakes. § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ * ⚓ Internet Freedom Foundation ☛ 2023-03-03_Censorship,_Surveys,_and Seizures:_Developments_around_the_BBC_Documentary⠀⇛ The MIB banned re-sharing & uploading of links of the BBC Documentary using emergency powers under the IT Rules, 2021. The Income Tax Department carried out 3 day long survey operations at the BBC India offices in Delhi & Mumbai. We elaborate on our concerns with these actions in this post. * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ ‘Not_worthy_of_a_democracy’:_Behind_India’s_slide_on_press freedom⠀⇛ Trends of anti-media violence, censorship, and legal intimidation could have disastrous consequences for the world’s largest democracy. § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Lawmakers_Clamor_for_Action_on_Child_Migrant_Labor_as Outrage_Grows⠀⇛ Members of Congress are pressing for changes to the law and the Biden administration’s approach as federal and state enforcement agencies begin a crackdown on companies that employ underage migrants. * ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-02_Cluster_Munitions:_Nigeria_Ratifies_Global_Ban⠀⇛ * ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-02_Angola:_Hundreds_Homeless_in_Forced_Evictions, Demolitions⠀⇛ * ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-02_DR_Congo/France:_Prioritize_Rights_Issues_for_Macron’s Visit⠀⇛ * ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-02_Georgia:_Reconsider_Mikheil_Saakashvili’s_Release_on Medical_Grounds⠀⇛ * ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-02_Iranian_Media_Reports_Hundreds_of_Schoolgirls Poisoned⠀⇛ * ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-03_New_York_Taxpayers_Foot_Bill_for_Abusive_Police⠀⇛ * ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-03_Cambodia:_Opposition_Leader_Convicted_on_Bogus Charges⠀⇛ * ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-03_Digital_Dehumanization_Paves_Way_for_Killer_Robots⠀⇛ * ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-03_Killing_of_Indigenous_Leader_in_Ecuador_Demands Thorough_Investigation⠀⇛ * ⚓ JURIST ☛ Nevada_legislature_considers_‘Homeless_Persons’_Bill_of Rights’⠀⇛ The Nevada Senate Judiciary Committee Friday considered Senate Bill 142, also called the “Homeless Persons’ Bill of Rights.” Mirroring the US Constitution’s Bill of Rights, the senate bill outlines a set of rights for unhoused people in Nevada. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ Belarus_court_sentences_Nobel_Peace_Prize_laureate_Bialiatski to_10_years_prison⠀⇛ A Belarusian court Friday sentenced Ales Bialiatski, the 2022 Nobel Peace Prize co-recipient, to ten years in prison for allegedly attempting to overthrow the government through financing anti-government demonstrations in the region. * ⚓ CNN ☛ Nobel_laureate_Ales_Beliatski_sentenced_to_10_years_in_prison_by Belarusian_court⠀⇛ Belarusian Nobel Peace Prize laureate Ales Beliatski was sentenced by a court in Minsk on Friday to 10 years in a maximum-security penal colony, Russia state news agency TASS reports. He was found guilty on the charge of smuggling, according to TASS. * ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-03-03_Aboriginal_spears_taken_by Captain_James_Cook_to_be_returned_to_Australia⠀⇛ * ⚓ Reason ☛ Federal_Appeals_Court_Upholds_First_Amendment_Right_To_Warn Drivers_of_Police_Ahead⠀⇛ Michael Friend was arrested in 2018 for holding a sign that read “Cops Ahead” near a police checkpoint. That arrest violated his First and Fourth Amendment rights, a federal appeals court has ruled. * ⚓ ACLU ☛ Child_Labor_Investigation_Reveals_Immigration_Policy_Changes_We Need_Now⠀⇛ Children across the nation are working in dangerous, sometimes lethal jobs in American factories, farms and mills — according to a New_York_Times_exposé that has rattled corporate America, President Biden, and Congress. The kids, who are here without their parents, have fled countries rife with violence and poverty. Many are seeking asylum and other protections under the law. But in the meantime, they are laboring in the shadows — inphysically demanding_jobs that employers often have trouble filling. These children are helping to put food on our tables and clothes on our backs — sometimes suffering serious injuries as a result. The moral implications are chilling. The Biden administration responded swiftly, promising an inter- agency task force that will rightly focus on the direct problem of failed child labor protections. But this moment also calls for big policy solutions — without them, children and adults will remain vulnerable to exploitation, in ways that intersect profoundly with our daily lives. § Monopolies⠀➾ * § Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ 2023-03-03_Acacia_Research_entity_Atlas_Global Technologies_wireless_patent_challenged⠀⇛ o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ 2023-03-03_Optis_Wireless_cellular_patent challenged⠀⇛ o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ 2023-03-02_Competitive_Access_Systems_multilink communications_patent_challenged⠀⇛ o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ 2023-03-03_Joseph_Yoon_airbag_sensor_patent held_invalid⠀⇛ o ⚓ Exclusive:_EPO_under_fire_from_staff_reps_amid_IPQC_criticisms [Ed: It is not "Exclusive"; Techrights has been covering this for weeks already]⠀⇛ The EPO has offered another meeting with the Industry Patent Quality Charter, while a committee representing EPO staff endorsed the group’s criticisms An EPO staff committee has backed a group of in-house counsel’s claims that quality standards at the office are in decline, Managing IP can confirm. Meanwhile, it is understood the EPO has offered a follow- up meeting with the counsel, who are members of the Industry Patent Quality Charter (IPQC). The IPQC and EPO met initially on February 3 to discuss the group’s claims that the EPO no longer prioritises full search and examination over speedy patent grants. A date for a second meeting has not been set at the time of publication. [...] The EPO declined to comment on this article. o ⚓ JUVE ☛ “The_UK_Supreme_Court_must_be_decisive_but_flexible_in_its Dabus_decision” [Ed: The patent extremists want litigation so badly that even computer-generated patents are being pursued]⠀⇛ Stephen Thaler, creator of AI machine Dabus, has already lost three rounds in the UK. The latest blow came in September 2021, when the Court of Appeal upheld that an inventor can only be a ‘natural person’, and not a machine. § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ * § Personal⠀➾ o ⚓ Homebrewing⠀⇛ This afternoon I’m bottling a bitter. Should clock in just over 4% ABV. Pale malt, bittered with Northdown and East Kent Goldings, dry hopped with Tettnanger. Brewing is a hobby I took up around five years ago, something I’d always wanted to do. I love it. It makes beer cheap, gives a sense of pride in creation. I’ve never graduated from extract-with-steeped-grains to all grain, and I don’t care. What I make tastes good. It makes me happy. o ⚓ Magic_Moments:_Crows_at_Dawn;_Planets_at_Dusk⠀⇛ In a break of routine for some reason I went to work by car on Thursday morning and arrived there maybe a quarter to seven in the morning. The sky was overcast, dawn was well underway. It was cold, just above freezing and windy. On my way from the most distant parking lot to the main entrance I noticed a large group of crows heading East towards some secret meeting place, or whereever the crows were heading. I looked up for a lengthy moment. Several large groups were flying above in what would amount to maybe seven minutes of my walk. Absolutely fascinating, even though I have seen this a few times since I work in this place. o ⚓ Pen_Addiction⠀⇛ Hi, my name is stug and I have a pen addiction. Perhaps a Kaweco pen addiction. Today, the postie brought a package with 2 new pens. Both are Kaweco but they are different materials. The first is the Sport in plastic with the Tamoma Teal colour. The sport is an interesting pen but the lid sort of puts me off. It is pretty bulky and has an octogon shape which helps with the rolling issue. The lid is like two thirds of the pen length. I wanted to get a feel for a sport as it is one of the main models from Kaweco so wanted to see what I was missing. The plastic versions are cheap and light. I can easily use the pen unposted which is good. There are mini convertors for this model. When I used the pen, I was using it with Diamine Blue Black which is becoming my preferred ink colour. It is different while being work appropriate. Well with the sport, I found it was a lighter colour than I expected. Turns out this pen is so light, the colour is more blue. The length is a bit longer than the Liliput. It does not feel as pocketable due to the increased thickness of the lid. The screwing of the cap on and off is a bit off putting with the plastic. It is a bit squeaky too. The colour is not as vibrant as I would like compared to what I saw online but it is still pretty nice. It is a nice pen to load up with an unusual ink I think. I got the extra fine nib and it performs well for me. o ⚓ Weird_thoughts_of_a_sleep_deprived_mind⠀⇛ After doing the grocery shopping and on my way home i suddenly remembred what i forgot to buy: Diapers! … Damn… ok, back to the city, but first a quick stop at the pub. I am lucky and its open so i walk to the bar and ask for a coffee, a black one, a really strong one… The pub is mostly empty and the bartender looks not overly busy so i start talking… o ⚓ Coffee_and_Tea_and_the_Java_and_Me⠀⇛ I remain convinced that coffee drinkers don’t actually like coffee and only drink it for the caffine. I’ve tried really nice coffee brewed fancily and while it’s marginally better it’s still bitter and awful. Versus drinking loose leaf tea brewed semi-decently is legitimately tasty and very different from bad tea—“brewed decently” being the laziest method of putting leaves in a mug and pouring hot water over it, which is how I normally drink tea. Most tea drinkers I know including myself would still drink tea if it didn’t have caffine; while almost every coffee drinker I know are pretty open in saying they wouldn’t drink coffee if it didn’t have caffine in it. Also evidenced by it’s relatively rare to add a lot of stuff into hot tea; while with coffee it’s rather unusual to *not* add anything to it. * § Technical⠀➾ o ⚓ xkcd://⠀⇛ I probably should talk about the xkcd:// thing. This form was invented by a past version of he who now types here, perhaps because it is shorter by about ten whole characters, and, why not? Certainly XKCD is important enough to have its own protocol, even (especially) if certain individuals want to remove teapot from the HTTP spec. The // is perhaps not necessary; a shorter xkcd:356 might have been used. However, a large part of the creative intent was to share such links over IRC, so the “link” needs to look a bit like a link, or that I’m rationalizing randomly after the fact. Hence the // in there to make it look like a web-type URL. The form hasn’t caused any comprehension problems, but then again I’ve only used it in IRC channels that are nerdy by the standard of being IRC channels, or more likely it’s that folks who have no idea what I’m going on about have gotten good at ignoring me. Of course there is no standards body hashing out these details, it’s just me making up stuff as I go along. o ⚓ The_Joy_of_Contained_Systems⠀⇛ I often stop and ponder (as many of us weirdos who actually make things do) on why I am drawn to some things and repelled by other. I haven’t found the answer, but I can identify a quality that seems to attract me: containment. Perhaps it’s the control freak in me, but I love things that are minimal and self-contained (and ideally, self- subsuming or metacircular, but not necessarily). As an example – I like old computers – it’s all just there. As much as I adore a modern system with Linux – it is completely out of control, and I can’t imagine acutally knowing what’s going on. Thinking about large chaotic systems such as macroeconomics just makes me want to vomit – especially when some jackass pretends to know something about it, or even worse – ‘control’ it by enforcing some of the parameters using coersion. But enough of that. o ⚓ A_dice_roller_app_for_the_phone⠀⇛ I wrote a little web app for dice rolls because I couldn’t find a nice and simple, free, privacy-respecting app on my phone’s shop. And it seemed simple enough to do to be a feasible little project. Little did I know about the tar pit of progressive web apps (PWA). Oh well! I *think* it’s solved now, thanks to some advice by @frotz@mstdn.game and the Mozilla Developer Network series on progressive web apps… o ⚓ Headless_RaspberryPi_Setup⠀⇛ If you don’t want to use a monitor do this to use a serial cable on a pi4: echo ‘raspberry’ | openssl passwd -6 -stdin | awk ‘{print “pi:”$0}’ > /path/to/bootfs/userconf.txt echo -e “uart_2ndstage=1\nenable_uart=1″ >> /path/to/ bootfs/config.txt o ⚓ DuckDuckGo_is_promoting_the_filter_bubble_to_users [Ed: Microsoft DuckDuckGo promoting Microsoft-friendly sites. DuckDuckGo is a scam.]⠀⇛ Sometime around the past month, DuckDuckGo has begun promoting Reddit during user searches. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Transitive_reduction⠀⇛ There’s this operation on graphs/relations called “transitive reduction” (I didn’t learn its name until very recently). It can be used on a graph/ relation to compute another (possibly smaller) graph/relation that has no redundant edges (assuming transitivity). And I’ve been thinking about how to do it for about two years (dam), because I needed it for some POSet things (Scheme § poset). Some weeks ago I was walking home, not thinking about anything in particular, and an algorithm just popped into my brain out of nowhere! o § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ Using_GitHub_Actions_to_maintain_Gentoo_packages_repository [Ed: Microsoft proprietary software or a compiler controlled remotely by the NSA is the wrong way to do this]⠀⇛ In this blog post, I’d like to share how I had fun using GitHub actions in order to maintain a repository of generic x86-64 Gentoo packages up to date. Built packages are available at https:// interbus.perso.pw/ and can be used in your `binrepos.conf` for a generic x86-64 packages provider, it’s not building many packages at the moment, but I’m open to add more packages if you want to use the repository. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 4925 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.05.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_05/03/2023:_Wine_8.3_and_Xubuntu_Visual_Tour⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 10:13 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Desktop/Laptop o Server o Audiocasts/Shows o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o WINE_or_Emulation o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o BSD o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Programming/Development # Perl_/_Raku # Java * Leftovers o Science o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Monopolies # Patents # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Desktop/Laptop⠀➾ # ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ Say_Goodbye_to_the_HP_Dev_One_Linux Laptop⠀⇛ A few days ago, the HP Dev One product page showed that the product had sold out. o § Server⠀➾ # ⚓ Niall Murphy ☛ SRE_in_the_Real_World⠀⇛ (This is a repost of a document living here, but I am putting it here for backup’s sake. Originally a joint effort with Murali Suriar, with input from Matt Brown, Liz Fong-Jones, and many others. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ GNU World Order (Audio Show) ☛ GNU_World_Order_502⠀⇛ **plasma-frameworks and QML** , **plasma- integration** , **plasma-nm** , **plasma-pa** , **plasma-sdk** , **plasma- systemmonitor** , **plasma-vault** , **plasma-wayland-protocols** from the Slackware **kde** package set. shasum - a256=e45a74e17c6b8558bbb29e492177309e5a814f737b9d98405673ead5a112ab94 o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ tuc_–_drop-in_replacement_for_cut⠀⇛ The GNU Core Utilities or coreutils is a package of GNU software containing implementations for many of the basic tools, such as cat, ls, and rm, which are used on Unix-like operating systems. Every day, we use many command-line tools to manage our systems, and perform basic tasks. Many of the programs provided by coreutils are staples in our daily life. Over the years, these tools have been updated and ported to other systems, but they still retain many of their original traits. cut is one of the many utilities included with coreutils. cut writes to standard output selected parts of each line of each input file, or standard input. This lets us extract elements by defining ranges, delimiting characters and bytes. It’s not as widely known as some of its counterparts but it can still be a useful and practical command-line utility. cut doesn’t offer sophisticated field processing, like reordering fields, and handling fields aligned with blank characters. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ 2023-03-04_How_to_Install_ONLYOFFICE_Desktop Editors_on_All_Major_Linux_Distrbutions⠀⇛ # ⚓ Arco Linux ☛ Creating_radar_grub_theme⠀⇛ # ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ When_securely_erasing_disks,_who are_you_trying_to_stop?⠀⇛ Various people, us included, periodically have the need to securely dispose of disk drives that we no longer need or want, where by ‘securely’ we mean that people shouldn’t be able to get our data from the drives after we’ve gotten rid of them. Often there are questions of what you need or what to be doing in order to achieve this security. In my view, part of the answer to this is depends on who you want to stop from getting your data (and how many resources you think they have). o § WINE or Emulation⠀➾ # ⚓ WINE Project (Official) ☛ WineHQ_–_Wine_Announcement_–_The Wine_development_release_8.3_is_now_available.⠀⇛ The Wine development release 8.3 is now available. What’s new in this release: – Support for the Low Fragmentation Heap. – Smard card support using PCSC-Lite. – Bundled Zydis library for more correct disassembly. – Various bug fixes. The source is available at: https://dl.winehq.org/wine/source/8.x/wine- 8.3.tar.xz Binary packages for various distributions will be available from: https://www.winehq.org/download You will find documentation on https:// www.winehq.org/documentation You can also get the current source directly from the git repository. Check https://www.winehq.org/git for details. Wine is available thanks to the work of many people. See the file AUTHORS in the distribution for the complete list. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # ⚓ Sean_Davis:_Xubuntu_Minimal_Visual_Tour⠀⇛ Xubuntu Minimal provides a lighter-weight alternative to the full-size Xubuntu desktop. The core desktop experience allows you to build your very own version of Xubuntu with the tricky configuration already done for you. Scroll through the screenshots below to see Xubuntu Minimal in action. When you&aposre done, download Xubuntu Minimal from cdimage.ubuntu.com to test it for yourself! # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ Volker Krause ☛ OSM_Hack_Weekend_Karlsruhe_2023⠀⇛ Last weekend I attended an OSM_hack_weekend, hosted by Geofabrik in Karlsruhe, to progress some OSM-related topics around KDE_Itinerary and to better connect KDE and OSM. § Platform section highlighting The most visible result is that our train station map can now also highlight relevant platform sections, at least when platform sections are mapped in OSM. That’s rare in Germany at least, with Karlsruhe being one of the few exceptions, and thus providing the perfect opportunity for real-life testing. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Support_distro_name_change_from_EasyOS_in_woofQ⠀⇛ I posted to the forum about changing the name of “EasyOS” and “Easy” to something else, such as “WaryOS” and “Wary”: https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?p=83290#p83290 There is fundamental problem with implementing that though, as the text “EasyOS” and “Easy” is hard-coded in woofQ, right from creation of EasyOS in early 2017. I thought about replacing all occurrences of those text strings with variables, and wherever there is $(gettext " ... EasyOS ...") replace with something like $ (eval_gettext " ... \${NEWDISTRONAME} ...") However, that is very complicated to implement, a huge amount of work and likelihood of something going wrong. o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ MJ Fransen ☛ Some_notes_on_OpenBSD_7.2_on_a_Thinkpad_X201⠀⇛ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Some notes on OpenBSD 7.2 on a Thinkpad X201⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ It has been a while since I had a laptop running OpenBSD. Recently I bought a refurbished Thinkpad X201, so this was a great occasion to put OpenBSD on it. Of course, installing OpenBSD on a Thinkpad is not difficult. You need to install OpenBSD with an ethernet cable attached, in order to be able to run fwupdate. This installs firmware for the wifi card. After that, wifi works fine. § Lenovo Thinkpad X201 The X201 is a machine from 2010, and one of the last Thinkpad X-models with a classical keyboard. And like all Thinkpads, it has a great TrackPoint. Some specs of the refurbished laptop I bought: # Intel Core i5 M 520 CPU # 4 GB DDR3 RAM 2Rx8 # 1200×800 display resolution # 128 Gb SSD (SAMSUNG MZ7LN128) # ⚓ DragonFly BSD Digest ☛ 2023-03-04_[dragonfly]_pvscsi(4) added⠀⇛ # ⚓ BSDly ☛ 2023-03-03_ChatGPT_opines_on_IPv6_procastination, waxes_lyrical_over_OpenBSD [Ed: Who cares what Microsoft says? This is censorship and propaganda of Microsoft, mechanised]⠀⇛ o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Fedora Magazine ☛ Fedora_Magazine:_Contribute_at_the_Fedora Kernel_,_GNOME_,_i18n,_and_DNF_test_days⠀⇛ Fedora test days are events where anyone can help make sure changes in Fedora work well in an upcoming release. Fedora community members often participate, and the public is welcome at these events. If you’ve never contributed to Fedora before, this is a perfect way to get started. There are five upcoming test days in the upcoming weeks: # Sunday 05 March through Sunday 12 March, is to test the Kernel 6.2. # Monday March 06 through March 10 , two test day periods focusing on testing GNOME DesktopandCore Apps. # Tues March 07 through March 13, is to test i18n . # Tues March 14, is to test DNF 5. # ⚓ CentOS ☛ 2023-03-03_Quarterly_Report_2023Q1_–_CentOS Alternative_Images_SIG⠀⇛ Quarterly Report 2023Q1 – CentOS Alternative Images SIG This report covers what happened in our SIG between December 1, 2022 and February 28, 2023. Purpose The purpose of the Alternative Images SIG is to build and provide alternate iso images for CentOS Stream. Membership No new members have been added this quarter. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Tiny_Tapeout_3:_Get_Your_Own_Chip_Design_To_A Fab⠀⇛ Custom semiconductor chips are generally big projects made by big companies with big budgets. Thanks to Tiny Tapeout, students, hobbyists, or anyone else can quickly get their designs onto an actual fabricated chip. [Matt Venn] has announced the opening of a third round of the Tiny Tapeout project for March 2023. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Reclaiming_A_Pi-Based_Solar_Datalogger⠀⇛ There’s quite a few devices on the market that contain a Raspberry Pi as their core, and after becoming a proud owner of a solar roof, [Paolo Bonzini] has found himself with an Entrade ENR- DTLA04DN datalogger which – let’s just say, it had some of the signs, and at FOSDEM 2023, he told us all about it. Installed under the promise of local- only logging, the datalogger gave away its nature with a Raspberry Pi logo-emblazoned power brick, a spec sheet identical to that of a Pi 3, and a MAC address belonging to the Raspberry Pi Foundation. That spec sheet also mentioned a MicroSD card – which eventually died, prompting [Paolo] to take the cover off. He dumped the faulty SD card, then replaced it – and put his own SSH keys on the device while at it. # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ Challenger_RP2040_board_enabled_with_NFC⠀⇛ ILABS has introduced a low-power embedded device based on the RP2040 microcontroller equipped with an on-board NFC controller. The Challenger RP2040 NFC provides flexible I/Os and support for LiPo batteries for portable applications. # ⚓ SparkFun Electronics ☛ 2023-03-03_What’s_the_Matter?⠀⇛ o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Gizmo China ☛ 6-Year-Old_LG_V30_Users_Get_Android_13_Thanks to_Lineage_OS⠀⇛ # ⚓ Sportskeeda ☛ Android_13:_How_to_download_and_install Android_13_(MIUI_14)_on_Xiaomi_11T_and_Xiaomi_11T_Pro⠀⇛ # ⚓ AhnLabs_Tops_the_List_of_Best_Android_Antiviruses_for_Home Users_/_Digital_Information_World⠀⇛ # ⚓ Google_Keep_Brings_Note_Widgets_to_Android_Devices_/ Digital_Information_World⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Central ☛ How_to_use_Live_Captions_on_your_Android phone_|_Android_Central⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gadgets Now ☛ android_auto:_How_to_customise_Android_Auto user_interface_for_better_experience⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Tedium ☛ Self-Host_All_the_Things?⠀⇛ In a world where every service wants to put you on a subscription forever, is now the time to start self- hosting your apps instead? Let’s look at the landscape. o ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ Solving_the_Moderator’s_Trilemma_with_Federation⠀⇛ The classic trilemma goes: “Fast, cheap or good, pick any two.” The Moderator’s Trilemma goes, “Large, diverse userbase; centralized platforms; don’t anger users – pick any two.” The Moderator’s Trilemma is introduced in “Moderating the Fediverse: Content Moderation on Distributed Social Media,” a superb paper from Alan Rozenshtein of U of Minnesota Law, forthcoming in the journal Free Speech Law, available as a prepub on SSRN [...] o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ 2023-03-04_Matt_Brown:_Retrospective:_Feb_2023⠀⇛ # ⚓ Hubert Figuière ☛ 2023-03-02_Niepce_February_2023_updates⠀⇛ # ⚓ Peteris Krumins ☛ 20_more_text_tools⠀⇛ Last week we added 50 new text tools. This week we added 20 more tools to our Online Text Tools collection. All traffic pls come all user pls buy sub. # ⚓ Rlang ☛ Dataviz_with_R_and_ggplot:_Using_colour_and annotations_for_effective_story_telling_workshop⠀⇛ Learn how to fit use annotations and colors in your ggplot plots! Join our workshop on Dataviz with R and ggplot: Using colour and annotations for effective story telling which is a part of our workshops for Ukraine series.  # ⚓ Rlang ☛ Using_R_in_an_High_Performance_Computing environment⠀⇛ In a common workflow when programming with R one only deals with a Desktop machine or a Laptop, for instance. # § Perl / Raku⠀➾ # ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-03-03_This_week_in_PSC_(099)⠀⇛ # § Java⠀➾ # ⚓ How_to_Back_Up_A_MySQL_Database_With_Java⠀⇛ In case you have wondered how to back up a MySQL database using Java code, here is one way to do it: This program uses the mysqldump command to create a backup of a MySQL database, and saves the backup to a specified directory with a timestamped filename. # ⚓ How_to_Write_Console_Programs_In_Java⠀⇛ Console programs in Java can be easily written using System.out.println for output and Scanner for input. # ⚓ How_to_Write_Clean,_Unobfuscated_Code_in_Java⠀⇛ Writing clean, easy-to-read code in Java is important for improving code readability, maintainability, and overall quality. Here are some tips for writing clean, unobfuscated code in Java: Here is an example: This class represents a person and contains two private fields: name and age. # ⚓ How_to_Write_Obfuscated_Java_Code⠀⇛ To some people obfuscating programming code, including Java, means: Of course, obfuscating code is a terrible idea and usually means exactly the opposite to the above bullets, i.e. that the person who wrote it is easily replaceable and far from smart. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ No_Wheels,_No_Mercy⠀⇛ We always like when a designer does something different. After all, it is easy just to do what everyone else is doing. But to see things a different way is always interesting to us. When you think of a battle bot, you probably think of a robot with wheels or tracks, attacking other robots in an arena. But [Shea Waffles Johns] created Big Cookie, a combat bot with no wheels. Instead, it is a spinning wheel of death that moves relatively slowly. The robot makes up for that by having a mini-robot helper that brings Big Cookie its prey. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Assessing_The_Micromirror_Device_From_A_DLP_Printer For_Maskless_Lithography_Duty⠀⇛ Inspired by the idea of creating a maskless lithography system using a digital micromirror device (DMD), [Nemo Andrea] tore into an Anycubic Photon Ultra, DLP & resin- based 3D printer to take a look at its projector system. Here Anycubic isn’t the maker of what is called the ‘optical engine’, which would be eViewTek’s D2 projector and its siblings. This projector assembly itself is based around the Ti DLP300s, which we covered a while back when it was brand new. Since that time Anycubic has released the Photon Ultra and Photon D2 3D printers based around these optical engines. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ 2023-03-02_Hubble_Telescope_Faces_Threat From_SpaceX_and_Other_Companies’_Satellites⠀⇛ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Juno_Just_Snapped_Some_of_The_Best_And Clearest_Images_of_Io_Yet⠀⇛ ore like I-oooo. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Scientists_Found_an_Entirely_New_Way_of Measuring_Time⠀⇛ Your time starts now. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ [Repeated] Zimbabwe ☛ We_seriously_need_to_rethink_our decision_to_keep_smartphones_out_of_schools⠀⇛ I have to admit, I once was addicted to my smartphone. I would end days with a screen on time in the double digits. That is wild, having your screen’s phone on for 10 hours a day. Maybe if we all got a little training as teenagers we would be able to responsibly use these phones of ours. If the reality is that we will have to learn at some point, why not just add smartphone etiquette to the school curriculum? o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ FDM_Printing_With_Resin_Update⠀⇛ [Proper Printing] is at it again. He’s trying to perfect his hybrid printer that works like an FDM printer but uses UV-curable resin gel instead of filament. You can see the latest update video below. If you missed our take on his early attempts, you might want to catch up with those earlier videos first. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_CRT_Audio_Visualiser_For_When_LEDs_Just_Won’t Do⠀⇛ It has been a recurring feature of consumer audio gear since the first magic eye tube blinked into life, to have some kind of visualization of the sound being played. Most recently this has meant an LED array or an OLED screen, but [Thomas] has gone one better than this with a CRT television converted to perform as a rudimentary oscilloscope. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ 2023-03-02_Harmful_additives_found_in street_cocaine_samples_in_Helsinki,_new_study_shows⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-03-02_Greece_train_crash:_Government admits_‘decades_of_failure’⠀⇛ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ 2023-03-04_Children_With_Autism_‘See’_This Optical_Illusion_in_a_Unique_Way,_Experiment_Finds⠀⇛ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ 2023-03-03_Depressive_Symptoms_And_Memory Loss_in_Older_Adults_Linked_to_Telomere_Shortening⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Breached_Dam,_Incineration_of_Soil_Flood East_Palestine_With_Fresh_Fears_of_Toxins⠀⇛ The collapse Friday night of a makeshift dam designed to hold back wastewater and new concerns by local groups and residents about the nearby incineration of contaminated soil from last month’s train derailment are the latest anxiety-producing woes to behest the community of East Palestine, Ohio. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_Chris_Hedges_Report:_COVID-19_Proved Workers_Make_the_World_Run,_Not_the_Bosses⠀⇛ Maximillian Alvarez discusses his most recent book on so-called ‘essential workers’ at the start of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, ‘The Work of Living’, with Chris Hedges. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Can’t_take_statins?_New_pill_cuts cholesterol,_heart_attacks⠀⇛ In a major study, a new kind of cholesterol- lowering drug helped people who can’t take the first choice, pills called statins. Researchers tested the drug Nexletol in those hard-to-treat people and found it reduces the risk of heart attacks and other cholesterol-caused problems. Doctors already prescribe the drug together with a statin for certain high-risk patients. But people who can’t or won’t take statins because they sometimes cause muscle pain have limited alternatives. The research was published Saturday in the New England Journal of Medicine and presented at a meeting of the American College of Cardiology. o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ [Repeated] Vice Media Group ☛ OpenAI_Is_Now_Everything_It Promised_Not_to_Be:_Corporate,_Closed-Source,_and_For- Profit⠀⇛ This blog post and OpenAI’s recent actions—all happening at the peak of the ChatGPT hype cycle—is a reminder of how much OpenAI’s tone and mission have changed from its founding, when it was exclusively a nonprofit. While the firm has always looked toward a future where AGI exists, it was founded on commitments including not seeking profits and even freely sharing code it develops, which today are nowhere to be seen. # ⚓ Conneticut Public ☛ Slack_the_police?_Hartford_eyes messaging_platform_to_reduce_violent_crime⠀⇛ Hartford is getting $2 million in federal funding from the Department of Justice to reduce violence in the community, and Mayor Luke Bronin is using nearly a quarter of that money to virtually connect residents with the police department. According to a cost breakdown The Accountability Project received from the mayor’s office, city officials plan to use an estimated $405,000 to pay for access to an enterprise version of Slack for the next three years. # ⚓ The Conversation ☛ 2023-03-02_AI_could_make_more_work_for us,_instead_of_simplifying_our_lives⠀⇛ o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-03-03_Ransomware_group_behind_Indigo_hack_says it_released_stolen_employee_data,_but_nothing_has_appeared yet⠀⇛ # ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ 2023-03-02_pg_ivm_1.5.1_Security_update release⠀⇛ # ⚓ Security Week ☛ EPA_Mandates_States_Report_on_Cyber_Threats to_Water_Systems⠀⇛ The Biden administration said it would require states to report on cybersecurity threats in their audits of public water systems, a day after it released a broader plan to protect critical infrastructure against cyberattacks. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Secret_Service,_ICE_break_the_law over_and_over_with_fake_cell_tower_spying⠀⇛ Cell-site simulators (CSS), also known as Stingrays or IMSI Catchers, are devices that serve as decoy cell towers. They’re used by law enforcement, intelligence services, and others to intercept metadata or communications, and triangulate a phone’s location. Essentially, your handset connects to the nearby tower, think it belongs to a telco, but in fact, it’s a temporary mast set up by the Feds to snoop on devices within range. # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ The_Snooping_Dragon:_How_China Keeps_its_Pulse_on_Tibet_and_Around_the_World⠀⇛ A local source from Lhasa speaking on the condition of anonymity noted that the establishment of a data center could lead to “more scrutiny and enhanced monitoring of Tibetans leading to further infringement of their freedom of expression and enforcing greater self-censorship. “Such sentiments find validation in Beijing’s drive to collect mass DNA samples from Tibetans without their consent. Emile Dirks, apost doctoral fellow at Citizen Lab estimates that between June 2016 and July 2022, police may have collected up to 1,206,962 DNA samples from Tibetans, representing up to one-third (32.9%) of what China calls Tibet Autonomous Region’s total population of 3.66 million. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ 2023-03-04_Japanese_govt_backs use_of_GPS_trackers_to_prevent_suspects_from_escaping abroad⠀⇛ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-03-03_New_Senate_bill_aims_to_better protect_health_data_after_Roe_reversal⠀⇛ o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ 2023-03-03_As_France_Faces_Backlash_in Africa,_Macron_Tries_Reset_With_Ex-Colonies⠀⇛ # ⚓ Bridge Michigan ☛ 2023-03-03_Democrats_push_Michigan_gun reforms._Here’s_what_the_laws_are_now⠀⇛ # ⚓ Defence Web ☛ 2023-03-02_Steady_increase_in_Armscor funding⠀⇛ # ⚓ Mint Press News ☛ 2023-03-02_Crisis_in_Peru:_Everything_You Need_To_Know,_with_Eliana_Carlin⠀⇛ # ⚓ Mint Press News ☛ 2023-03-03_Not_Just_The_China_Balloon, the_US_Has_A_History_of_Hysteria⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ 2023-03-04_Russian_foreign_minister_laughed_at over_absurd_invasion_claim⠀⇛ # ⚓ CNN ☛ China_to_hike_military_spending_to_$224_billion [Ed: Misleading, sensationalist, irresponsible war propaganda from CNN, pushing for world wars, as usual]⠀⇛ China has set an official economic growth target of “around 5%” for 2023, as it seeks to revive the world’s second largest economy after a year of tepid growth because of pandemic measures. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ How_women_are_defying_despots⠀⇛ As leaders of recent mass protests in China, Russia, and Iran, women gained a “new understanding of female agency.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Congress_Should_Introduce_a_New_Yemen_War Powers_Resolution_this_Month⠀⇛ We have seen much recently about the Ukraine war anniversary. But this is also the anniversary of other wars: March marks the 8th anniversary of the war on Yemen and the 20th on Iraq. Members of Congress, including Senator Bernie Sanders, should introduce a Yemen War Powers Resolution before this war enters a 9th year. # ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ March_To_Iraq_War,_20_Years_Later:_March_4, 2003⠀⇛ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Major_US_Outlets_Found_Hersh’s_Nord_Stream Scoop_Too_Hot_To_Handle⠀⇛ By every journalistic standard, the extensive international coverage given to Hersh’s story should have made it big news in the US. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Protest_against_compulsory_defense_service_in_Rīga Saturday⠀⇛ A protest against the introduction of mandatory military service will take place in Rīga on Saturday, according to the organizers ‘Rīko’. # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Levits_meets_Zelenskyy_in_Lviv⠀⇛ Latvian President Egils Levits was in Ukraine on March 3, where he met with President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy. The President of Ukraine thanked Latvia for all the military, financial, humanitarian and political assistance provided so far, which has been essential in the fight against Russian aggression. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Ja_Morant_says_he’ll_get_help_after video_shows_apparent_gun⠀⇛ Ja Morant will be away from the Memphis Grizzlies for at least their next two games and is promising to get help after livestreaming himself holding what appeared to be a gun at a nightclub. The team announced his absence shortly after the NBA said it opened an investigation into Morant’s social media post early Saturday. The league could fine or suspend him if it finds wrongdoing. Morant said in a statement that he takes “full responsibility” for his actions and that he’s taking “some time away to get help.” He didn’t specify what kind. # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Marine_Corps_eliminating_its_elite_scout_sniper platoons⠀⇛ The age-old MOS (Military Occupational Specialty) has been around since World War II, and one nonprofit organization representing the renowned Scout Snipers is calling the Corps move “misguided” and “ill-advised.” o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ NL Times ☛ 2023-03-04_Eight_airlines_will_sue_Dutch government_to_prevent_Schiphol_flight_reductions⠀⇛ # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ 2023-03-04_Storms_roll_eastward after_slamming_South;_5_deaths_reported⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-03-03_Climate_lawsuits:_How_dangerous are_they_for_businesses?⠀⇛ # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Inspect_The_RF_Realm_With_Augmented Reality⠀⇛ Intellectually, we all know that we exist in a complex soup of RF energy. Cellular, WiFi, TV, public service radio, radar, ISM-band transmissions from everything from thermometers to garage door openers — it’s all around us. It would be great to see these transmissions, but alas, most of us don’t come from the factory with the correct equipment. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Two_Orcas_Went_on_Feeding_Frenzy, Killing_17_Sharks_in_“One_Sitting”⠀⇛ There might have been more. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ 2023-03-03_Helsinki_prepares_to_sell several_well-known_buildings⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-03-02_Eurozone_inflation_drops_to 8.5%_in_February:_Eurostat⠀⇛ # ⚓ CNN ☛ 2023-03-03_This_European_airline_will_introduce double_beds_in_the_sky⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-03-02_Interest_rates_have_skyrocketed._So_why hasn’t_the_rate_on_your_savings_account_budged?⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-03-02_Nordstrom_closing_down_in_Canada, shuttering_all_13_stores⠀⇛ # ⚓ CBC ☛ 2023-03-03_Nordstrom_followed_a_familiar_path_to failure:_too_big,_too_fast_–_and_not_Canadian_enough⠀⇛ # ⚓ Vox ☛ 2023-03-03_You_can_now_buy_a_fraction_of_a_house. Should_you? [Ed: Unless you pay for the whole house, it is not yours (until you finish paying)]⠀⇛ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ 2023-03-03_Amazon_Pauses_Work_on_2nd Headquarters_in_Virginia⠀⇛ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-03-03_Amazon_freezes_construction_of_second headquarters_in_Virginia_amid_job_cuts⠀⇛ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Why_Companies_Are_Pushing_Premium_Products With_Higher_Prices⠀⇛ Companies are trying to maintain fat profits as the economy changes, making “premiumization” their new favorite buzzword. # ⚓ Axios ☛ America_chips_away_at_the_40-hour_workweek⠀⇛ Part-time work is on the rise in the U.S. — and far more people are working less by choice than by obligation. Why it matters:It’s one more sign of a new attitude toward work. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ The_Problem_Isn’t_“Woke_Capitalism”—Which Isn’t_a_Thing—But_Corporate_Capitalism⠀⇛ For nearly two decades, major corporations have touted principles known as E.S.G. (short for environmental, social, and governance factors), ostensibly by focusing their businesses on these concerns as well as on profits. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Let’s_Be_Clear:_Social_Security_Is_Not Adding_a_Penny_to_US_Debt⠀⇛ The narrative that Social Security eats up government revenue, driving the federal debt upward, is deeply entrenched in the Republican Party’s psyche. Former-Vice President Mike Pence insinuated such February during a private meeting with business leaders when promoting the age-old Republican wish to privatize Social Security. So maybe Social Security won’t be off the table, as GOP leaders earlier promised, as the current debate over the debt ceiling unfolds. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Garment_Workers_Take_on_Wall_Street_and_Wage Theft⠀⇛ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Workers,_Machines,_and_‘Bonus_Depreciation’⠀⇛ Bernie Sanders and Bill Gates don’t agree on many things, but they both want to see a “robot tax,” a special levy on companies that replace workers with machines. Sanders and Gates may be well-intentioned with this call for a robot tax. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ We_Live_in_a_Society_That_Pays_Men_More_When They_Have_Kids,_But_Women_Less⠀⇛ Stereotypes around parenthood are having a lasting effect on the gender pay gap, which has not budged in 20 years, according to a new study by Pew. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Case_Against_Privatizing_Social_Security⠀⇛ The New Deal was born exactly 90 years ago, on FDR’s Inauguration Day, March 4, 1933. In his inaugural speech (the one famous for saying Americans had “nothing to fear but fear itself”), he acknowledged the many crises facing the country and observed, “This Nation is asking for action, and action now.” # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Democrats_to_Biden:_‘Reject_Willow_Now_and Protect_the_Arctic’⠀⇛ Nearly two dozen Democratic lawmakers from the U.S. Senate and House—as well as independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont—have written to President Joe Biden imploring him to put the last nail in the coffin of an “ill-conceived and misguided” oil and gas drilling project in Alaska that experts say would destroy the president’s climate legacy if approved in any form. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Democrats_Pressure_Biden_to_Reject_Willow Project’s_Arctic_Drilling⠀⇛ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Biden’s_first_veto_could_be_over_an_anti-ESG bill⠀⇛ More than halfway through his term, US president Joe Biden has yet_to_use_his_veto_power. But that could change after the US Senate voted_this_week to block a US Labor Department rule that would have allowed retirement plans to consider environmental, social, and governance (ESG) factors in their investments. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Ajay_Banga_will_have_to_fight_the_US_government_if he_wants_an_effective_World_Bank⠀⇛ The World Bank is facing extreme financing challenges as it aims to lift countries out of poverty while mitigating the impact of climate change. # ⚓ uni Emory ☛ SGA_presidential_candidates_respond_to_Title IX,_misogyny_discourse_on_Fizz⠀⇛ Content Warning: This article contains references to sexual assault. Throughout the 2023 student government elections, candidates found themselves and their campaigns as topics of debate on Fizz, a social media app where members of the Emory University community can anonymously publish text posts, polls and photos. # ⚓ India Times ☛ LinkedIn_cofounder_Reid_Hoffman_leaves OpenAI’s_board_to_avoid_conflict_of_interest⠀⇛ Hoffman, who has invested in and advised the startup since its 2015 founding, said his venture capital firm Greylock is funding companies such as presentation generator Tome, which are paying for tools from OpenAI, the creator of chatbot sensation ChatGPT. Hoffman also co-founded Inflection AI, one of the highest-profile startups working on technology similar to OpenAI’s. # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-03-03_Charles_III_to_visit_France, Germany_in_first_trip_as_king⠀⇛ # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ 2023-03-04_‘Soul_of_India_at_Stake’:_Why Progressives_Want_Modi_Out⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ 2023-03-03_Why_Is_Biden_Attacking Democracy?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ How_Would_You_Arrest_a_Former_President?⠀⇛ One way Jack Smith might arrest Trump is to arrest him, first, on a limited charge related to the crime scene, then supersede him on the other charges still being investigated. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Ousted_Autocrat_Double-Header_Features Trump_and_Bolsonaro_at_CPAC⠀⇛ The former presidents of Brazil and the United States took the stage CPAC on Saturday where both fascist politicians continued to sow doubt about their respective electoral defeats as they received standing ovations from the annual convention’s far- right attendees. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Inside_the_Panic_at_Fox_News_After the_2020_Election⠀⇛ “If we hadn’t called Arizona,” said Suzanne Scott, the network’s chief executive, according to a recording reviewed by The New York Times, “our ratings would have been bigger.” # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Conservative_Media_Pay_Little Attention_to_Revelations_About_Fox_News⠀⇛ Even in today’s highly partisan media world, experts said, the lack of coverage about the private comments of Fox’s top executives and hosts stands out. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ CNN ☛ ‘We_will_not_stop_fighting’:_Daughter_of_imprisoned Putin_critic_Alexey_Navalny_speaks_out⠀⇛ Her father Navalny – an outspoken critic of the Kremlin and its war in Ukraine – is currently serving a nine-year jail term at a maximum-security prison east of Moscow after being convicted of large-scale fraud by a Russian court last year. He was poisoned with nerve agent Novichok in 2020, an attack several Western officials and Navalny himself openly blamed on the Kremlin. Russia has denied any involvement. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Florida_Is_Trying_to_Take_Away_the American_Right_to_Speak_Freely⠀⇛ There’s still time for state lawmakers to reject the crude pandering of a bill that seeks to overturn a bulwark of First Amendment law. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Investigative_Committee_opens_a_criminal_case about_“rehabilitation_of_nazism”_against_employees_of_human rights_group_Memorial_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russia’s Investigative Committee is investigating employees of Memorial, a group founded to study human rights violations committed under Stalin, for “rehabilitation of nazism,” a source in law enforcement told Russian news agency TASS. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Child_who_drew_an_anti-war_picture_stuck_in shelter,_her_father_deprived_of_parental_privileges_— Meduza⠀⇛ Masha Moskaleva, from the city of Yefremov in Russia’s Tula region, was sent to a social rehabilitation center after her father, Alexey Moskalev, was arrested for “discrediting” the army. The shelter told a correspondent from the online publication 7×7 that she will not be released. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ CPJ ☛ 2023-03-02_Nigerian_publisher_Haruna_Mohammed_Salisu released_on_bail⠀⇛ # ⚓ CPJ ☛ 2023-03-02_Russian_legislature_adopts_bill_extending censorship_on_war_reporting⠀⇛ # ⚓ CPJ ☛ 2023-03-02_Indian_journalist_Devendra_Khare_shot_in Uttar_Pradesh⠀⇛ # ⚓ CPJ ☛ 2023-03-02_Slovak_radio_host_Marta_Jančkárová receives_death_threats_following_bias_allegation⠀⇛ # ⚓ CNET ☛ 2023-03-03_Leadership_Changes_at_CNET_–_CNET [Ed: CNET has in effect become a spam site, but they will never have the courage to openly admit it while laying off what's left of their team ]⠀⇛ o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ When_Courage_and_Love_Smash_Unexpected Barriers⠀⇛ You may not have seen the news or you may have forgotten all about it by now. Last month, Denver City Councilman and candidate for re-election Chris Hinds was forced to crawl up onto the stage for a scheduled debate or forfeit the matching election funds from the city. The story drew attention not only locally but throughout the country and even globally. Councilman Hinds has used a wheelchair since 2008 when an accident left him paralyzed from the chest down. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ We_All_Must_Speak_Out_Against_Any_Rise_in Anti-semitism⠀⇛ Jewish communities across the country have been targeted with violence or harassment as anti- semitic hate crimes reach record levels. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Every_Domestic_Extremist_Murder_in_2022_Was Committed_by_Right-Wingers:_Report⠀⇛ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Woman_Arrested_in_South_Carolina_for_Allegedly Taking_Abortion_Pills_in_2021⠀⇛ Though the alleged abortion happened in 2021, police didn’t obtain the warrant for her arrest until after “Dobbs.” # ⚓ Bridge Michigan ☛ 2023-03-02_Michigan_House_votes_to_repeal 1931_abortion_ban⠀⇛ # ⚓ CNN ☛ 2023-03-04_Questions_remain_around_the_death_of_a heroic_police_officer_who_doubted_the_official_story_of_the 1995_Oklahoma_City_bombing⠀⇛ # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Alaska_Drops_Policy_Banning_Discrimination Against_LGBTQ_Individuals⠀⇛ In June 2020, after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that workplace discrimination against people based on their sexual orientation or gender identity was illegal, Alaska quickly moved to follow suit. It published new guidelines in 2021 saying Alaska’s LGBTQ protections now extended beyond the workplace to housing, government practices, finance and “public accommodation.” It updated the website of the Alaska State Commission for Human Rights to explicitly say it was illegal to discriminate against someone because of that person’s sexual orientation or gender identity. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Religious_Groups_Are_Challenging_SCOTUS_Ruling Against_LGBTQ_Discrimination⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Mississippi_Republicans_Want_Their_Own_Cops_and Judges_in_Majority-Black_Jackson⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Good_Analysis_Is_Not_Enough:_Jen_Angel_and Liberation_Movement_Organizing⠀⇛ # ⚓ TechSpot ☛ Software_engineers_are_showing_a_strong preference_for_remote_work,_according_to_survey⠀⇛ When asked what they would do if mandated to return to the office, 21% of respondents said they would quit, while 49% said that they will look for other remote work opportunities while continuing to work at their current company. Employers apparently already have an inkling of their employees’ preferences, as many of them are offering ‘flexible work schedules’ as one of the top benefits alongside healthcare and paid time off. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ APNIC ☛ APRICOT_2023_is_a_wrap!⠀⇛ Thanks for participating at APRICOT 2023, held with APNIC 55 in Manila, Philippines. We look forward to seeing you at APNIC 56! o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ Yahoo News ☛ 2023-03-02_EU_Antitrust_Regulators_Narrow Apple_Antitrust_Probe,_Zeroing_in_on_Anti-Steering⠀⇛ # § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ 3_days_of_UPC_sunrise_in_numbers [Ed: Team UPC has infested this blog, which fails to disclose the conflict of interest and is constantly lobbying for something utterly illegal, in collusion with people who are so corrupt but immune from prosecution]⠀⇛ At 09:00 CET on 1 March 2023, the three month sunrise period for the Unified Patent Court began. Whilst it is still early days, insights can already be gleaned from opt out requests and UPC representative applications that have already been filed on the Case Management System. # ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ IP_Law_in_the_21st_Century at_Columbia_Law_in_NYC [Ed: Event stacked by people on the salary of monopolies, to basically just lobby for the rich under the guise of "law"]⠀⇛ I’m looking forward to speaking at Columbia Law School on Monday night (March 6, 2023) at the 5th Annual IP Law in the 21st Century Panel.  The event is moderated by the really amazing professor Mavis Fowler-Williams. The panel includes a powerhouse set of speakers, including Dawn Davis EIC of Bon Appetit; Brittany  Hazelwood from Cognizant, and Rebecca Michaud from Amazon. The public is invited to attend in person, but you should register first. # ⚓ 2023-03-02_ITC_Takes_Section_101_to_Its_Illogical Extreme [Ed: The patent extremists have the audacity to paint opposition to monopolies on mathematics as "Illogical Extreme"]⠀⇛ # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ CBC ☛ A_new_streaming_bill_is_close_to_becoming_law in_Canada._Here’s_how_it_works⠀⇛ Bill C-11, also known as the Online Streaming Act, creates a framework to regulate digital streaming platforms like Netflix, Disney+ and Spotify, and would require them to contribute to the creation and promotion of Canadian content. The bill passed its third reading in the Senate last month with 26 amendments. It will be up to the House of Commons to decide which of those changes to keep before passing the bill into law. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Game_Jam_Winner_Spotlight:_Lucia⠀⇛ On Tuesday, we announced the winners in all six categories of the fifth annual public domain game jam, Gaming Like It’s 1927. Now, as in past years, we’ll be spending the next few weeks taking a closer look at each of the winning games (in no particular order). First up, it’s the winner of the Best Remix category: Lucia by Azzyfree. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ ISP_Grande_Wants_Judge_to_Overrule Jury’s_$47_Million_Piracy_Liability_Verdict⠀⇛ Internet provider Grande Communications has asked a Texas federal court to overrule a jury verdict that awarded $47 million in piracy damages to several record labels. If that’s not an option, the ISP would like to have a new trial. In the event that both options are off the table, Grande plans to appeal the piracy liability case. # ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ Courting_the_odds:_Danish_sports stars_suing_bookmaker_giant⠀⇛ Christian Eriksen, Mikkel Hansen and Pernille Harder are among 23 top athletes taking Bet365 to court for breaching image rights * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ Coffee_and_Tea⠀⇛ I actually drink and like both tea and coffee–pu erh, greens, oolongs, a really nice “King of the Blue Mountain” from Taiwan the lady out front asked some grumpy man in the back whether she could sell it. I do reuse the tea leaves, though not to the extent of drying them out in the sun like Japanese farmers did, or probably some still do. A major problem with that is the general lack of sun in the Pacific Northwest. Bonus points to lojban for getting both “cha” and “tea” into tcati. # ⚓ Re:_Coffee_and_Tea⠀⇛ As a regular drinker of both coffee and tea, I am compelled to present a contrasting view. The thing is, there are fundamental differences in people’s tastes both physiologically and mentally. There are supertasters who can discern small nuances and may be overwhelmed by some flavors, and people have a multitude of positive and negative memories and emotional associations related to food and drinks. # ⚓ finding_time⠀⇛ i recently (maybe a month ago) left instagram. i found myself feeling as if i had to use it, which felt unhealthy. now i am finding ways to fill my time. i don’t care much about the concept of being productive. not in a material way. what i do find of interest is keeping my mind productive. the hours and days i spent filling up my boredom with scrolling instagram, checking my friends stories obsessively, those feelings of missing out, are now void. # ⚓ Re:_A_Productivity_System_For_Creators⠀⇛ I’ve tried this system twice, although only one of those two attempts were really serious, and I couldn’t get it to work. Now, I like that it leverages having a working GTD system, which I have, and it does set out to solve a problem I perceive myself having (doing slightly fewer long-term and slightly more short-term projects than I tell myself I’d like), and maybe the solution is to try it again and maybe it’ll stick the third time. # ⚓ Analysis_of_my_Zettelkasten_after_the_Bachelor_Thesis⠀⇛ My bachelor thesis is now almost finished, I just will need to hold one presentation about it next week. This is why I thought about analyzing the usage of my Zettelkasten (still not sure if I am doing it right to really call it a Zettelkasten, but I’m just going to call it like that) after the bachelor thesis. (If you don’t care about the actual analysis, I would still recommend reading the conclusion and recommended reads if you are somewhat interested in note-taking in general.) # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_YIKLSTH_Wordo:_EMAIL⠀⇛ =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 6598 ➮ Generation completed at 02:42, i.e. 55 seconds to (re)generate ⟲