𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Monday, March 13, 2023 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Tue 14 Mar 02:40:43 GMT 2023 Created by Dr. Roy Schestowitz (𝚛𝚘𝚢 (at) 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚣 (dot) 𝚌𝚘𝚖) Full hyperlinks for navigation omitted but are fully available in the originals The corresponding HTML versions are at 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈 Latest in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕 and older bulletins can be found at 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕-𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 Full IPFS index in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔 and as plain text in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔/𝒕𝒙𝒕 Gemini index for the day: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/03/13/ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐒 ════════════════════════════════════╕ Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): QmVFthGmR5Kh2aG2L3dgjZk4cCYoHhxwUKnwVSzKutqpZ9 Qmb1ifnMR1HKQVZSvpC4pPPzaFprCcVWkqqqznNJrvKGMT QmRmM7KSPSMNkJa65wrPNTYM2RSbSjrTUjyFydLzyeS74W QmcGKU7J3P2cV9jwQZBuJGz5uH9cKMjzpiF2ZKW9ZitXGr QmfG9Hg56mJpukz1EZw428rJ2z6dqsninonxMjQ6Hu8nDX 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Techrights ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): http://techrights.org/2023/03/13/irc-log-120323/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/03/13/sirius-deleted-entirely/#comments ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): http://techrights.org/2023/03/13/firefox-111/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/03/13/scrcpy-2-0/#comments ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 51 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/03/13/irc-log-120323/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/03/13/irc-log-120323/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.13.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ IRC_Proceedings:_Sunday,_March_12,_2023⠀✐ Posted in IRC_Logs at 2:13 am by Needs Sunlight Also available via the Gemini protocol at: * gemini://gemini.techrights.org/irc-gmi/irc-log-techrights-120323.gmi * 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𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 178 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/03/13/sirius-deleted-entirely/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/03/13/sirius-deleted-entirely/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.13.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Sirius_UK_CEO_Resigns_(or_Gets_Sacked)_and_Completely_Deletes_His_Whole_Past With_Sirius_‘Open_Source’⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Finance at 2:49 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Not a single mention of Sirius, which used to be all over his LinkedIn page only weeks ago 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Sirius_deleted⦈_ Summary: The above person was with Sirius since 2017 and CEO for about 2 years; he’s now hiding any connection to the company (it used to be all over his LinkedIn profile, from top to bottom); any attempts to send him E-mails bounce back from GMail, so he is eager to leave no paths open 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Linux Links ☛ Linux_Around_The_World:_USA_–_Minnesota⠀⇛ We cover user groups that are running in the US state of Minnesota. This article forms part of our Linux_Around The_World series. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Jupiter Broadcasting ☛ 501:_Fat_Stacks_for_Flatpaks⠀⇛ Robert McQueen shares the inside scoop on Flathub’s ambitious plans to create a universal app store for all distros—and we ask the hard questions. # ⚓ GNU World Order (Audio Show) ☛ GNU_World_Order_503⠀⇛ **plasma-workspace** ( **gmenudbusmenuproxy** , **kcminit** , **kcminit_startup** , **kcolorschemeeditor** , **kde-systemd-start-condition** , **kfontinst** , **kfontview** , **klipper** , and **krunner** ) from the Slackware **kde** package set. shasum - a256=e7a7aa1c09f84bab0cea90af701db2add339b8e0a66115d26ba5ea7dd9174552 o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Kernel_prepatch_6.3-rc2_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ The 6.3-rc2 kernel prepatch is out. # ⚓ Neowin ☛ New_Linux_kernel_patches_introduce_workaround_for system_stuttering_on_AMD_systems⠀⇛ Linux kernel maintainers have backported a workaround to Linux 6.1.19 and Linux 6.2.6 from Linux 6.3-rc2 to fix system stuttering on some AMD machines. According to Phoronix, the updates were backported to older Linux 6 releases on Monday morning following the release of workaround on Linux 6.3-rc2 on Sunday. The stuttering issue was noted by users with AMD Ryzen systems that were using outdated fTPM firmware. It only became an issue for Linux users after AMD’s fTPM hardware random number generator started being used by default. If you run a distro such as Ubuntu 22.04 LTS, you probably won’t be suffering from the issue because it uses the older Linux 5.19 kernel out-of-the-box. * § Graphics Stack⠀➾ o ⚓ Dave Airlie ☛ Dave_Airlie:_vulkan_video_vp9_decode_–_radv update⠀⇛ While going over the AV1 a few people commented on the lack of VP9 and a few people said it would be an easier place to start etc. Daniel Almeida at Collabora took a first pass at writing the spec up, and I decided to go ahead and take it to a working demo level. * § Applications⠀➾ o ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Machine_Learning_in_Linux:_scikit-learn_–_machine learning_library_for_Python⠀⇛ Scikit-learn is a machine learning library built on top of SciPy that supports supervised and unsupervised learning. It also provides various tools for model fitting, data preprocessing, model selection, model evaluation, and many other utilities. It’s accessible to everyone, and reusable in various contexts. This is free and open source software. o ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Albert:_The_Smart_and_Efficient_Linux_Launcher_for Your_Desktop⠀⇛ App launchers can be helpful for users who frequently use multiple applications or execute commands on their Linux system. They can save time and increase productivity by reducing the need for users to navigate through menus or type out long commands. Typically, app launchers provide a simple, searchable graphical user interface (GUI) where users can type the name of an application, and the launcher will present them with a list of matching apps. Once the user selects the desired application from the list, the launcher will launch the app. When it comes to Linux, one of the most well-known names is Ulauncher. Along with it, however, one other piece of software that we have been using daily for years also deserves to be mentioned. Please, meet Albert. o ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ Need_a_Simple_Reminder_App?_Try_Reminders_for Linux⠀⇛ Need help staying on top of your to-do items? The Reminders app for Linux might be able to help. * § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ o ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_to_extract_embedded_images_from_a_PDF⠀⇛ Hello, friends. In this simple post, you will learn how to extract embedded images from a PDF. Occasionally, it is necessary to extract the images that are inside a PDF file. This may seem difficult, but it is easier than you think. o ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ How_to_Install_and_Run_Node.js_on_All_Linux Distributions_(Ubuntu,_Fedora,_Arch)⠀⇛ Here you will find four different ways to install Node.js and the npm package manager. Which one will you choose? Node.js is not a programming language but a JavaScript runtime for backend development, and that was made in the Chrome v8 JavaScript engine. o ⚓ Citizix ☛ How_to_set_up_Wireguard_on_Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛ WireGuard is a communication protocol and free and open- source software that implements encrypted virtual private networks, and was designed with the goals of ease of use, high speed performance, and low attack surface. It is a lightweight Virtual Private Network (VPN) that supports IPv4 and IPv6 connections. o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Passbolt_Password_Manager_on_Ubuntu 22.04_LTS⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Passbolt Password Manager on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS. o ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_PlayOnLinux_on_Rocky_Linux_9⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install PlayOnLinux on Rocky Linux 9. o ⚓ H2S Media ☛ How_to_install_Brave_Browser_on_Debian_12_|_11 Linux⠀⇛ Looking for a Mozilla firefox alternative then try installing the free Brave Brwoser on Debian 12 Bookworm or Debian 11 Bullsye using the command terminal. Steps are given in this tutorial. o ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-03-12_How_to_install_ONLYOFFICE_on_Linux Lite_6.2⠀⇛ o ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ 2023-03-12_How_to_install_WPS_Office_on_a Chromebook_–_February_update⠀⇛ o ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ Enable_Fast_Open_in_Nginx_on_Linux_Server⠀⇛ This article will provide a step-by-step guide on enabling Fast Open in Nginx on a Linux server. Fast Open is a TCP feature that allows a client and a server to exchange data during the initial handshake, reducing the latency and improving the overall performance of the connection. o ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Kodi_on_Linux_Mint_21_or_20⠀⇛ Kodi is a free, open-source media player software that allows users to organize and play their media files on various devices, including movies, TV shows, music, photos, and more. Originally called XBMC (Xbox Media Center), Kodi was created in 2002 as a media center software for the original Xbox game console. o ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Golang_(Go)_on_Debian_12,_11_or 10⠀⇛ Go, also known as Golang, is a programming language developed by Google in 2007. It is an open-source language designed to build efficient, reliable, scalable software. Go is known for its simplicity, speed, and robustness. o ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Glances_on_Ubuntu_22.04_or_20.04⠀⇛ Glances is a powerful system monitoring tool that provides real-time information about system resources, including CPU, memory, disk, network usage, and more. o ⚓ 2023-03-07_Peter_Czanik:_Syslog-ng_101,_part_10:_Parsing⠀⇛ o ⚓ How_to_Create_a_Random_Quote_/_Fact_WordPress_Plugin⠀⇛ To create a WordPress plugin which shows a random value from an array, such as quote or fact, follow these steps. Open your editor and create a file called fun_facts.php (the name does not really matter). Then paste the following code: The above code creates a plugin for displaying Java fun facts. * § Games⠀➾ o ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ Best_Steam_Deck_Games_Released_in_the_Past_Week, with_Castlevania_Advance_Collection_and_Plan_B_Terraform_–_2023-03- 12_Edition⠀⇛ Between 2023-03-05 and 2023-03-12 there were 111 new games validated for the Steam Deck. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Kali_Linux_Celebrates_10th_Anniversary_with First_2023_Release⠀⇛ Kali Linux 2023.1 introduces a new Kali Linux flavor called Kali Purple, with a focus on defensive security and a reference architecture for the ultimate SOC In-A-Box designed for learning, practicing SOC analysis and threat hunting, security control design/testing, Kali spy vs. spy competitions, as well as the protection of small and medium-size environments. Kali Purple comes with more than 100 defensive tools like the Arkime full packet capture and analysis, CyberChef cyber swiss army knife, Elastic Security information and event management, GVM vulnerability scanner, TheHive incident response platform, Malcolm network traffic analysis tool suite, as well as Zeek and Suricata intrusion detection systems. o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ FreeBSD ☛ FreeBSD_13.2-RC2_Now_Available⠀⇛ The second RC build of the 13.2-RELEASE release cycle is now available. Installation images are available for: o 13.2-RC2 amd64 GENERIC o 13.2-RC2 i386 GENERIC o 13.2-RC2 powerpc GENERIC o 13.2-RC2 powerpc64 GENERIC64 o 13.2-RC2 powerpc64le GENERIC64LE o 13.2-RC2 powerpcspe MPC85XXSPE o 13.2-RC2 armv6 RPI-B o 13.2-RC2 armv7 GENERICSD o 13.2-RC2 aarch64 GENERIC o 13.2-RC2 aarch64 RPI o 13.2-RC2 aarch64 PINE64 o 13.2-RC2 aarch64 PINE64-LTS o 13.2-RC2 aarch64 PINEBOOK o 13.2-RC2 aarch64 ROCK64 o 13.2-RC2 aarch64 ROCKPRO64 o 13.2-RC2 riscv64 GENERIC o 13.2-RC2 riscv64 GENERICSD Note regarding arm SD card images: For convenience for those without console access to the system, a freebsd user with a password of freebsd is available by default for ssh(1) access. Additionally, the root user password is set to root. It is strongly recommended to change the password for both users after gaining access to the system. Installer images and memory stick images are available here: https://download.freebsd.org/releases/ISO-IMAGES/ 13.2/ The image checksums follow at the end of this e- mail. If you notice problems you can report them through the Bugzilla PR system or on the -stable mailing list. If you would like to use Git to do a source based update of an existing system, use the "releng/13.2" branch. A summary of changes since 13.2-RC1 includes: o Netgraph ATM routines are now marked as deprecated. o Panic fixes in KASAN(9) and iwlwifi(4). o The growfs_fstab startup script sets dumpdev to "AUTO" in /etc/rc.conf when creating a swap partition. A list of changes since 13.1 is available in the releng/13.2 release notes: https://www.freebsd.org/releases/13.2R/relnotes/ Please note, the release notes page is not yet complete, and will be updated on an ongoing basis as the 13.2-RELEASE cycle progresses. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Jonathan_Dieter:_Duct_tape_in_the_datacenter⠀⇛ When I was growing up, on Thursday nights we would watch the_Red_Green_Show, a comedy show set in very rural Canada. One of the regular segments on the show was the_Handyman_Corner, where Red Green would build something impressive out of the spare parts and garbage he had sitting around the shop, along with copious amounts of “the Handyman’s secret weapon,” duct tape, to hold everything together. To this day, whenever I see duct tape I think about the Red Green Show. Lately I’ve had cause to think about duct tape when looking into IT infrastructure issues, some that I’ve had to handle at work, and some that we’ve all gotten to see from the outside. I don’t think I’ve ever actually used physical duct tape on the job, but there’s more than one kind of duct tape. The thing about duct tape is that it is an incredibly useful tool for holding things together that perhaps were never intended to be connected (the Apollo_13_duct_tape_and_cardboard_scene comes to mind here). The problem is when duct tape is used as a core part of the design (as per most of Red Green’s builds). When working with infrastructure, we may not normally be using physical duct tape, but there are plenty of things we do that correspond with duct tape. At my day job, our infrastructure is built using a GitOps model where server deployments are managed using Ansible playbooks and, more recently, Terraform configuration, all stored in git repositories. We also have development environments where we can test infrastructure and code changes before pushing to production. The primary advantages of using the GitOps model are documentation and repeatability. Documentation in git comes pretty easily because when changes are made, it’s easy to see what was changed, and (assuming we’ve been disciplined when writing commit messages) why it was changed. Repeatability is there because, If we deploy one server with a specific configuration and need to re-deploy it at a later point, the second deployment will be identical to the first. We don’t need to worry about missing steps because it’s all automatically done when deploying the playbooks. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ The Anarcat ☛ Antoine_Beaupré:_Framework_12th_gen_laptop review⠀⇛ The Framework is a 13.5″ laptop body with swappable parts, which makes it somewhat future-proof and certainly easily repairable, scoring an “exceedingly rare” 10/10_score_from ifixit.com. There are two generations of the laptop’s main board (both compatible with the same body): the Intel 11th and 12th gen chipsets. I have received my Framework, 12th generation “DIY”, device in late September 2022 and will update this page as I go along in the process of ordering, burning-in, setting up and using the device over the years. [...] Conclusions: # USB-C cards take no extra power on suspend, possibly less than empty slots, more testing required # USB-A cards take a lot more power on suspend (300-500mW) than on regular idle (~10mW, almost negligible) # 1TB SSD and MicroSD cards seem to take a reasonable amount of power (260-290mW), compared to their runtime equivalents (1-6W!) # DisplayPort takes a surprising lot of power (620mW), almost double its average runtime usage (390mW) # HDMI cards take, surprisingly, less power (250mW) in standby than the DP card (620mW) # and oddly, a second card adds less power usage (70mW?!) than the first, maybe a circuit is used by both? o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Pi-Powered_Microcontroller_is_a_Lego Astronaut_with_an_RGB_Suit⠀⇛ FigPi runs on an RP2040 chip and has multiple Stemma connectors. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Aspinity_AB2_AML100_Arduino_Shield_supports ultra-low-power_analog_machine_learning⠀⇛ Aspinity AB2 AML100 is an Arduino Shield based on the company’s AML100 analog machine learning processor that reduces power consumption by 95 percent compared to equivalent digital ML processors, and the shield works with Renesas Quick-Connect IoT platform or other development platforms with Arduino Uno Rev3 headers. The AML100 analog machine learning processor is said to consume just 15µA for sensor interfacing, signal processing, and decision-making and operates completely within the analog domain offloading most of the work from the microcontroller side that can stay its lowest power state until an event/anomaly is detected. # ⚓ SparkFun Electronics ☛ 2023-03-09_How_to_Build_an_ML- powered_Doorbell_Notifier⠀⇛ o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ Billions_of_Android_owners_must_switch_on_free ‘FM’_setting_today_–_it’s_a_life-saver_with_long_list_of perks_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ Pocket Now ☛ Google’s_latest_Android_update_brings_lots_of new_features_to_older_Pixel_devices⠀⇛ # ⚓ BGR ☛ Google’s_Pixel_7a_will_be_the_Android_phone_to_beat in_2023_|_BGR⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ How_to_fix_stubborn_GPS_issues_in_Android_Auto with_Google_Maps⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ How_to_turn_off_Safe_Mode_on_your_Android device⠀⇛ # ⚓ Sportskeeda ☛ How_to_change_time_zone_on_your_Android phone⠀⇛ # ⚓ Future Publishing Limited ☛ This_Android_phone_sounds brilliant_–_but_you_may_not_be_able_to_get_one_|_T3⠀⇛ # ⚓ Your_Google_Pixel_Phone’s_March_Update_Arrived⠀⇛ # ⚓ Samsung’s_March_Android_Update_is_Hitting_All_These_Major Devices⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Android_TV_profiles_show_up_for_some_users⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gadget Bridge ☛ Best_Ways_To_Install_Fonts_On_an_Android Smartphone⠀⇛ # ⚓ 10_Ways_to_Fix_Nearby_Share_Not_Working_on_Android_[2023]_– TechPP⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Headlines ☛ OnePlus_11_will_get_4_major_Android updates,_5_years_of_security_support⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Pixel_7_gets_over_40_fixes_with_Android_13 QPR2_update⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmo China ☛ OPPO_Find_X6_Pro_With_16GB_RAM,_Android_13 Spotted_On_Geekbench⠀⇛ # ⚓ Geeky Gadgets ☛ iQOO_Z7i_android_smartphone_unveiled_– Geeky_Gadgets⠀⇛ # ⚓ How_to_Download_Android_Apps_Not_Available_in_Your_Country –_Guiding_Tech⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Central ☛ How_to_sideload_Android_apps_on Chromebooks_|_Android_Central⠀⇛ # ⚓ India Today ☛ Samsung_Galaxy_S23+_review:_Best_Android phone_to_buy_in_2023_–_India_Today⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Libre Arts ☛ LibreArts_Weekly_recap_—_12_March_2023⠀⇛ Week highlights: new features in GIMP and HDRview, new releases of Armory 3D, Blender BIM, VCV Rack, and plugdata. o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # ⚓ Kushal_Das:_Everything_Curl_from_Daniel⠀⇛ Everything_Curl is a book about everything related to Curl. I read the book before online. But, now I am proud to have a physical copy signed by the author 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇:)⦈ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Firefox_111_Web_Browser_Is_Now_Available for_Download,_This_Is_What’s_New⠀⇛ Firefox 111 doesn’t look like a big release and it only introduces the ability for Firefox Relay users to opt-in to create Relay email masks directly from the Firefox credential manager. Mozilla notes the fact that Firefox Relay users must be signed in with their Firefox Account for this new feature to work. This release also adds two new locales, namely Friulian (fur) and Sardinian (sc), adds support for the rel attribute on form elements to specify the relationship between the form target and the current document in a much simpler and cross-browser way, and enables origin private file system (OPFS) access to allow Web Apps to store and retrieve data from and to the file system in a sandbox. o § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾ # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Databricks_faces_critical_strategic decisions._Here’s_why.⠀⇛ When Apache Spark became a top-level project in 2014, and shortly thereafter burst onto the big data scene, it along with the public cloud disrupted the big data market. Databricks Inc. ⚓ Medevel ☛ 14_Open-source_Web-based_SQL_Database_Managers⠀⇛ SQL stands for Structured Query Language, and it is a standardized language used to manage relational databases. It is used to create, modify, and query databases, and is commonly used in web development and data analysis. SQL allows users to manage large amounts of data, and to interact with that § GNU Projects⠀➾ * ⚓ GNU ☛ a2ps_@_Savannah:_a2ps_4.15.1_released_[stable]⠀⇛ § Programming/Development⠀➾ * § Perl / Raku⠀➾ o ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-03-10_This_week_in_PSC_(100)⠀⇛ o ⚓ Perl ☛ 2023-03-08_Call_for_Papers._TPRC_2023⠀⇛ * § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾ o ⚓ Linux Handbook ☛ Enable_Syntax_Highlighting_in_Zsh⠀⇛ Improve your Zsh experience by enabling syntax highlighting. Here’s how to do that. o ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ How_to_write_efficient_Bash_scripts_with_control structures⠀⇛ Bash is a command-line shell and programming language widely used on Unix-based operating systems. It is an essential tool for system administrators and developers who need to automate tasks or perform complex operations. * § Java⠀➾ o ⚓ How_to_Install_and_Configure_Open_JDK_and_Oracle_JDK_on_Rocky Linux⠀⇛ Java is an object-oriented programming language developed by Sun Microsystems in the early 1990s and later owned by Oracle Corporation. It is commonly used for creating various applications, including web and mobile applications, desktop applications, games, and scientific applications. * § Rust⠀➾ o ⚓ Niko_Matsakis:_To_async_trait_or_just_to_trait⠀⇛ One interesting question about async fn in traits is whether or not we should label the trait itself as async. Until recently, I didn’t see any need for that. But as we discussed the question of how to enable “maybe async” code, we realized that there would be some advantages to distinguishing “async traits” (which could contain async functions) from sync traits (which could not). However, as I’ve thought about the idea more, I’m more and more of the mind that we should not take this step — at least not now. I wanted to write a blog post diving into the considerations as I see them now. § What is being proposed? The specific proposal I am discussing is to require that traits which include async functions are declared as async traits… § Standards/Consortia⠀➾ * ⚓ Tiger_Oakes:_Tricks_for_easier_right-to-left_CSS_styling⠀⇛ Using CSS custom properties for elements without logical properties. § Leftovers⠀➾ * ⚓ Copenhagen Post ☛ St_Patrick’s_Day_2023:_Life_of_Brian⠀⇛ Now he’s been at the helm of The Globe Irish Pub near Nørreport for over quarter of a century, it’s probably fair craic we can finally use the Monty Python reference * ⚓ 2023-03-13_Who_Was_Inside_The_‘Cocaine_Bear’_Suit_at_The_Oscars? Twitter_Has_Lots_of_Celebrity_Guesses [Ed: As if Twitter (Saudi Arabia and Musk commandeering people) decides about The Oscars]⠀⇛ * § Education⠀➾ o ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Readers_write:_Education_reform,_war_in_Somalia,_and texting⠀⇛ Letters to the editor published in the March 13 magazine. Readers reflect on war and famine in Somalia, and the pitfalls of modern communication. * § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ o ⚓ Behavior_Technician_Who_Allegedly_Defrauded_Florida_Medicaid_of More_Than_$119,000_Arrested⠀⇛ Attorney General Ashley Moody’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit today announced the arrest of a registered behavior technician. According to an investigation by the MFCU and the Hialeah Police Department, Greter Brito Acosta defrauded the Florida Medicaid program out of more than $119,000 for falsifying documentation and receiving money for services not rendered. Attorney General Ashley Moody said, “This defendant falsified service records and billed for services not provided to steal more than $100,000 from taxpayers. My Medicaid Fraud Control Unit put an end to this scheme, and now the defendant will have to answer for her crimes.” The investigation shows that Acosta claimed to provide care for two minors who received Medicaid. Instead of providing the registered behavior technician services though, Acosta would visit the homes of the recipients, log in via a cellphone application to verify the visit, turn off the GPS function of the cellphone and leave. Hours later, Acosta returned to the residence, turned the GPS function of the cellphone back on and logged out of the application, making it appear as though the defendant stayed at the residency for hours. o ⚓ YLE ☛ Meat,_milk_and_egg_production_dropped_in_Finland_last_year as_inflation_forced_farm_closures⠀⇛ Some of price pressures on farmers were related to the Ukraine war, but others began well before last year’s Russian attack, says the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke). o ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ Minnesota_Legislature_considers allowing_terminally_ill_adults_to_choose_medically_assisted_dying⠀⇛ The House version of the bill has 19 authors, including Rep. Andy Smith, DFL-Rochester. Sen. Liz Boldon, DFL- Rochester, is one of five Senate authors. o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Masks_can_now_come_off_in_Japan_as_government eases_Covid-19_guidelines⠀⇛ A rapid behavioral change is unlikely, given a long history of mask usage in Japan. o ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Exploring_the_Potential_Medical_Applications of_Brain-Computer_Interface_Technology⠀⇛ Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) technology is a rapidly growing field that has the potential to revolutionize the way we interact with technology and the world around us. From controlling prosthetic limbs to restoring movement and communication to patients with severe disabilities, BCI technology holds great promise for improving human health and quality of life. * § Security⠀➾ o ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Housing_Authority_of_the_City_of_Los_Angeles discloses_a_“complex_cyber-attack.”_We_call_it_a_ransomware_attack. [Ed: Windows TCO]⠀⇛ As many of us were waking up to a brand new year, DataBreaches reported that LockBit 3.0 had claimed an attack on the Housing Authority of the City of Los Angeles (HACLA). Screencaps of directories and some files were provided by LockBit as proof of claims. Numerous news outlets picked up the news of the attack, and HACLA quickly confirmed that they were investigating what they called a “cyber event” that was causing disruptions. o ⚓ Shopee,_Carousell_most_popular_platforms_used_by_phishing scammers_–_Focus_Taiwan⠀⇛ Shopee and Carousell, two online marketplaces based in Singapore, have been the two C2C platforms on which customers were most likely to fall victim to phishing scams in Taiwan over the past five weeks, the Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) said Sunday. After analyzing information reported by the public on the 165 anti-fraud hotline, it was found that hackers have recently carried out phishing attacks on C2C (“consumer to consumer” or “customer to customer”) online auction platforms such as Shopee and Carousell. o ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ A_joke_gone_too_far:_“thekilob”_falsely_accused of_being_responsible_for_DC_Links_breach⠀⇛ On March 6, a forum post appeared on BreachForums that listed data for sale from the Health Benefit Exchange Authority, DC.gov The seller, a respected forum user known as IntelBroker, claimed that the data had been hacked within the past hour and contained information on 170,000 users. o ⚓ SANS ☛ AsynRAT_Trojan_–_Bill_Payment_(Pago_de_la_factura),_(Sun, Mar_12th)⠀⇛ This week the mail server quarantined this file FautraPago392023.gz. I did find it a bit strange after I extracted (gunzip) the file, there was no .exe extension associated with this file. The source and destination addresses are both blank without an actual email address. o § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-03-10_TikTok_whistleblower_claims_US_data privacy_efforts_are_seriously_flawed⠀⇛ # ⚓ Engadget ☛ 2023-03-10_Elon_Musk_reportedly_wants_to_be_his employees’_landlord⠀⇛ o § Confidentiality⠀➾ # ⚓ India Times ☛ Company_accuses_former_exec_of_data_theft_| Gurgaon_News_–_Times_of_India⠀⇛ A company engaged in providing holistic care to children with special needs has accused one of its former executives of stealing confidential data and using the same to start a similar business with a rival firm. In its complaint, the company officials alleged that they hired Pankaj Kumar as deputy general manager (DGM) in April 2019. By the virtue of his job profile, the accused was privy to confidential data and strategies of the company. * § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ o ⚓ YLE ☛ US_B-52_bomber_flies_over_Gulf_of_Finland,_turns_near Russian_island⠀⇛ The bomber’s flight over the Gulf of Finland was a “clear message” to Russia, said the head of the Finnish Institute of International Affairs. o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Taiwan_soldier_suspected_of_deserting_post found_in_China⠀⇛ A Taiwan minister said the defence ministry has relevant mechanisms for identifying deserters. o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ US,_South_Korea_kick_off_largest_military drills_in_5_years⠀⇛ The exercises, called Freedom Shield, are scheduled to run for at least 10 days from March 13. o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ North_Korea_launches_missiles_from_submarine as_US-South_Korean_drills_begin⠀⇛ The move came hours before US and South Korea were to stage major joint military exercises. o ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Rights_experts_‘deeply_disturbed’_by_Russian Wagner_Group_recruitment_of_prisoners⠀⇛ UN-appointed independent human rights experts on Friday said they were “deeply disturbed” by reports of the systematic recruitment of prisoners across Russia by the private military contractor known as the Wagner Group, which is playing a major role in the fighting in Ukraine. o ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Georgia_in_a_New_World:_Between_Russia_and_the West⠀⇛ When Russia’s special military operation commenced in Ukraine a year ago, not too many countries have surprised Moscow to the upside by their attitudes to the global changes. However, this was the case with Georgia. o ⚓ ANF News ☛ 2023-03-11_Young_Baluchi_men_at_risk_of_execution⠀⇛ o ⚓ France24 ☛ Ukraine_readies_counteroffensive_as_Russia_advances_in Bakhmut⠀⇛ The Ukrainian military was preparing Sunday for a counterattack in Bakhmut after more than seven months of fighting in the region, a top commander has said. Ukraine’s foreign minister has urged Germany to speed up supplies of ammunition and to start training Ukrainian pilots on Western fighter jets. Read our live blog to see how all the day’s events unfolded. All times are Paris time (GMT+1). o ⚓ France24 ☛ North_Korea_launches_missiles_from_submarine,_state media_reports⠀⇛ Nuclear-armed North Korea test-fired two strategic cruise missiles from a submarine on Sunday, state news agency KCNA said on Monday just as US-South Korea military drills were due to begin. o ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Micronesia_president_accuses_China_of bribery,_‘political_warfare’⠀⇛ Micronesia’s president has accused China of bribery, harassment and “political warfare”, in an explosive letter to his country’s legislature obtained by AFP on Friday. “Simply put, we are witnessing political warfare in our country,” outgoing leader David Panuelo warned lawmakers, detailing allegations of Chinese espionage, coercion of government officials and “direct threats” against his personal […] o ⚓ JURIST ☛ Kharkiv_Human_Rights_Protection_Group:_Russia’s_‘sham trials’_should_be_considered_‘null_and_void’_for_international_law violations⠀⇛ The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group announced Saturday that Russia has again used its “proxy ‘Donbas republics’” to violate international law by staging the trials and sentences of three Ukrainian prisoners of war. o ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-03-11_Anonymous_tipoff_failed_to_stop shooting_in_Hamburg⠀⇛ o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia’s_Global_Arms_Exports_Suffer_As_War_Takes_Toll; Ukraine’s_Imports_Surge,_Says_New_Report⠀⇛ Russia’s share of global arms exports declined sharply in the most recent five-year period, as Western sanctions against Moscow and the Kremlin’s own need to conserve weaponry for its ongoing war effort in Ukraine limited sales abroad, new data from an influential research group showed. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukrainian_Investigators_Confirm_Identity_Of_POW_Slain_By Russians_After_Declaring_‘Glory_To_Ukraine’⠀⇛ Investigators for Ukraine’s Security Service (SBU) have confirmed the identity of a Ukrainian soldier who was captured by Russian forces and shot dead after declaring, “Glory to Ukraine” — action seen in a video that has circulated on social media. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Lukashenka_Travels_To_Iran_For_Meeting_With_Raisi_— Belarus_State_Media⠀⇛ Alyaksandr Lukashenka, the authoritarian ruler of Belarus, is traveling to Tehran for meetings with Iranian leaders, state news agency BelTA reported on March 12. * § Environment⠀➾ o ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Calls_to_extend_climate_reporting_to_private companies⠀⇛ A public policy think tank wants large private companies to report on climate risk alongside their public counterparts to stop climate-exposed businesses going private to dodge oversight. o § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia’s_War_In_Ukraine_Helps_Oil_Giant_Saudi Aramco_Post_Historic_$161_Billion_Profit_In_2022⠀⇛ Oil giant Saudi Aramco has reported that profits surged to $161 billion last year off higher crude prices, a record result for an energy firm crucial to the country’s economy. # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ $668m_a_day:_Oil_giant_posts_biggest_profit_by a_company_in_history⠀⇛ Saudi Aramco reported earning $244 billion last year, claiming the highest-ever recorded annual profit by a publicly listed company and drawing immediate criticism from activists. # ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ India’s_oil_deals_with_Russia_dent decades-old_dollar_dominance⠀⇛ US-led international sanctions on Russia have begun to erode the dollar’s decades-old dominance of international oil trade as most deals with India – Russia’s top outlet for seaborne crude – have been settled in other currencies, informs Reuters. # ⚓ Attorney_General_James_Continues_Crackdown_on_Unregistered Cryptocurrency_Platforms⠀⇛ New York Attorney General Letitia James today continued her efforts to crack down on unregistered cryptocurrency platforms by filing a lawsuit against KuCoin for failing to register as a securities and commodities broker-dealer and falsely representing itself as an exchange. The Office of the Attorney General (OAG) was able to buy and sell cryptocurrencies on KuCoin in New York even though the company is not registered in the state. Through this enforcement action, Attorney General James seeks to stop KuCoin from operating in New York and to block access to its website until it complies with the law. Today’s action is the latest in Attorney General James’ efforts to rein in cryptocurrency platforms. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Industry_touts_renewable_gas_to_rival electrification [Ed: Greenwashing with buzzwords like "renewable"]⠀⇛ >Turning off gas and rewiring Australia is a mistake because renewable gases are in the pipeline, industry advocates say. After pushing liquid petroleum gas (LPG) as a lower-carbon alternative to natural gas and less-polluting than diesel, the industry is ramping up the case for renewable LPG. o § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-03-07_WWF_worried_about_optics_of Last_Generation_protests⠀⇛ o § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Greens_push_for_abortions_in_all_NSW public_hospitals⠀⇛ The NSW Greens will push to make abortions available in all public hospitals under a reproductive health reform package. * § Finance⠀➾ o ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_will_have_to_redouble_efforts_to_hit its_2023_GDP_target,_says_new_Premier_Li_Qiang⠀⇛ China will continue to prioritise stability and focus on improving residents’ well-being in more practical aspects. o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Tamping_down_crisis,_feds_guarantee_Silicon Valley_Bank_depositor_funds,_which_customers_can_access_Monday⠀⇛ The U.S. government today interceded in the ongoing crisis caused by the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday by guaranteeing depositor funds and making them available to customers starting Monday. ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Rich_Chinese_clients_worry_about_their_money_in_Swiss banks⠀⇛ Swiss banks lose the image of reliable financial institutions. Executives at Switzerland’s biggest banks say rich Chinese clients have become much more worried about parking money in the country because of its tough approach to applying sanctions since Russian special military operation in Ukraine, notes “The Financial Times”. ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-03-10_Businesses_“on_their_knees”_due_to energy_prices,_inflation_and_wage_crisis⠀⇛ ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ 2023-03-11_There’s_a_Good_Chance_You’ll_Regret_Quitting_Your Job⠀⇛ ⚓ The Wrap ☛ 2023-03-11_Roku_Had_$487_Million_in_Silicon_Valley_Bank⠀⇛ ⚓ TwinCities Pioneer Press ☛ U.S._government_moves_to_stop_potential_banking crisis⠀⇛ The announcement came amid fears that the factors that caused a California-based bank to fail could spread, and only hours before trading began in Asia. ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Second_bank_fails_as_US_government_moves_to_protect_Silicon Valley_Bank_clients⠀⇛ The announcement came amid fears that the factors that caused the Santa Clara, California-based bank to fail could spread. ⚓ The Age AU ☛ ASX_down_0.6_per_cent_as_banks,_tech_stocks_sink⠀⇛ Shares in the nation’s most valuable companies have fallen as investors try to work out the effects of the second-largest bank collapse in US history. ⚓ France24 ☛ US_government_takes_steps_to_prevent_potential_banking_crisis⠀⇛ The US government took extraordinary steps Sunday to stop a potential banking crisis after the historic failure of Silicon Valley Bank, assuring all depositors at the failed institution that they could access all their money quickly, even as another major bank was shut down. ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Customers_to_access_deposits_as_US_stems_SVB_fallout⠀⇛ Silicon Valley Bank customers will have access to their deposits, US officials say, as the federal government announces actions to shore up deposits and stem any broader financial fallout from the sudden collapse of the tech startup-focused lender. ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Silicon_Valley_Bank_collapse_left_ASX_firms_scrambling⠀⇛ The failure of Silicon Valley Bank led to a difficult weekend for a number of Australian tech companies, with several scrambling for operational funds until it became clear that US regulators were stepping in with a bailout. ⚓ JURIST ☛ France_senate_approves_contentious_pension_reform_bill_raising retirement_age⠀⇛ The French Senate Saturday voted in favour of President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform. The reform bill, which will raise the legal age of retirement to 64, was passed by the French Parliament’s upper house with 195 votes for the reform and 112 against. ⚓ Financial Times ☛ 2023-03-11_The_Financial_Times,_Two_Weeks_Ago:_‘Silicon Valley_Bank_Profit_Squeeze_in_Tech_Downturn_Attracts_Short_Sellers’⠀⇛ ⚓ USDOJ ☛ 26-Year-Old_Fraudster_Sentenced_to_14_Years_in_Prison_Following Boasts_About_Criminal_Conduct⠀⇛ A young man who turned to fraud to fund the lavish lifestyle he craved was sentenced today to 14 years in federal prison, announced U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Leigha Simonton. J. Nicholas Bryant, 26, of Slaton, Texas, pleaded guilty to wire fraud in November 2022. He was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge James Wesley Hendrix, who handed down a sentence five years longer than the guideline range based on the defendant’s cavalier attitude and the egregious nature of the scheme. Mr. Bryant engaged in various wire fraud schemes to defraud at least 56 unsuspecting individuals and small businesses during an 18-month crime spree that spanned multiple states. ⚓ France24 ☛ French_Senate_advances_Macron’s_pension_reform_plan_as_strikes continue⠀⇛ France’s Senate voted late Saturday to approve a deeply unpopular reform to the country’s pension system, hours after demonstrators took to the streets to oppose the cornerstone policy of President Emmanuel Macron’s second term in office. ⚓ France24 ☛ Garbage_piles_up_in_France’s_‘City_of_Lights’_as_pension_strikes continue⠀⇛ Thousands of tonnes of garbage has piled up on streets across the French capital after a week of strike action by dustbin collectors against government pension reforms, city hall said Sunday. ⚓ France24 ☛ Yellen_rules_out_SVB_bailout_but_US_said_to_weigh_safeguarding deposits⠀⇛ Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Sunday the government wants to avoid financial “contagion” from Silicon Valley Bank’s implosion, but while the US rules out a bailout it reportedly is considering safeguarding all of the fallen institution’s deposits. ⚓ France24 ☛ French_protesters_take_to_the_streets_to_rally_against_Macron’s pension_plan⠀⇛ Demonstrators in France took to the streets Saturday for a seventh day of protest against President Emmanuel Macron’s pension reform plans, with police expecting up to a million people at rallies nationwide. ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ 2023-03-07_1_in_4_children_at_risk_of_poverty_in_Europe, report_says⠀⇛ ⚓ Axios ☛ Signature_Bank_shut_by_regulators,_noting_systemic_risk⠀⇛ New York-based Signature Bank, a key bank to the cryptocurrency industry, was shut down by regulators on Sunday, according to a joint statement from U.S. regulators. The statement also detailed actions aimed at stemming broader fallout from the failure of Silicon Valley Bank. State of play: All depositors at Signature, the third bank to shutter in a matter of days, will be made whole under the same systemic risk exception that allowed that_outcome_for_Silicon_Valley_Bank customers. ⚓ Axios ☛ U.S._regulators_will_protect_all_Silicon_Valley_Bank_depositors_to stem_fallout⠀⇛ Federal banking regulators took aggressive new actions aimed at preventing depositors in failed Silicon_Valley_Bank from losing money— and at trying to prevent its downfall from unleashing a nationwide run across the banking system. Why it matters:The extraordinary actions, using tools last deployed in the early days of the pandemic and in the 2008 global financial crisis, are an attempt to avert a broad banking crisis triggered by a run on the bank. ⚓ Axios ☛ J.P._Morgan,_PNC_among_suitors_for_SVB_holding_company⠀⇛ J.P. Morgan and PNC are among the potential suitors in talks about acquiring SVB_Financial_Group in a deal that would exclude the commercial bank currently under U.S. government control, according to sources familiar with the matter. ⚓ JURIST ☛ Australia-based_Hillsong_Church_to_conduct_independent_financial review_following_Parliament_criticism⠀⇛ Australia-based Hillsong Church Sunday announced that it will conduct an independent investigation into its financial structure following allegations of fraud and financial misappropriation. Global Senior Pastor Phil Dooley said that the church is making “significant operational changes” following criticism from Tasmanian MP Andrew Wilkie. ⚓ JURIST ☛ Thousands_protest_coalition_government_in_Czech_Republic_against inflation_rates_and_assistance_to_Ukraine⠀⇛ Thousands of civilians Saturday took part in anti-government protests in Prague, Czech Republic. A new political party, PRO, organised the rallies, as people protested against high inflation rates and the government’s assistance to Ukraine. § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ * ⚓ RFA ☛ COMMENTARY:_What’s_next_as_the_dust_settles_after_Vietnam’s leadership_turmoil?⠀⇛ Vo Van Thuong’s career has been within the Communist Party of Vietnam’s inner echelons, as a top ideologue. * ⚓ 2023-03-07_Phony_Stark_Stiffed_Amazon_on_Twitter’s_AWS_Bill,_So_Amazon Threatened_to_Pull_Its_Ads⠀⇛ * ⚓ LRT ☛ Why_is_the_EU_soft_on_Lukashenko?⠀⇛ Belarus is clearly a co-belligerent country in Vladimir Putin’s war against Ukraine. But why is the EU so soft on Aleksander Lukashenko, often labelled Europe’s “last dictator”? Georgi Gotev argues for EurActiv, partners of LRT English. * ⚓ LRT ☛ Decolonising_Russian_culture?_Lithuanian_writer_in_Brussels_looks for_way_forward⠀⇛ Isolated, marginalised, and turned into a propaganda tool. This is how Lithuanian writer Kristina Sabaliauskaitė described Russian culture at the European Parliament’s discussion. However, such comments were not welcomed by everyone. * ⚓ The Local SE ☛ What_a_new_report_tells_us_about_far-right_extremism_in Sweden⠀⇛ Sweden’s ‘racial ideology’ movement carried out more activities last year than in 2021, and viewed the Sweden Democrats as a party representing its interests to a greater degree, according to a new report from the Expo Foundation. * ⚓ The Local SE ☛ LISTEN:_How_the_Sweden_Democrats_are_flirting_with_the extreme_right⠀⇛ In this week’s episode: lay judges resign in ‘snippa’ case, tips for tax season, how to save money as food prices hit new highs, interview with Taiwan’s representative, how the Sweden Democrats have grown more radical. * ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Lessons_from_Blue_Parks_in_the_Mediterranean_for_Red Lines_in_the_South_China_Sea⠀⇛ Climate change is creating a marine conservation emergency, and the first signs of this happening can be seen in intricately linked oceans. Take for example the South China Sea, which is a third larger than the Mediterranean. * ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ G-20_schedule_in_Jammu_Kashmir_and_India’s_bluff game⠀⇛ After India’s diplomatic failure to bring out a joint declaration at the G20 meeting in Delhi, Kashmir is all set to host a G20 meeting in May 2023, at the summer capital Srinagar. * ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ WATCH:_Building_Community_–_#SolutionsWatch⠀⇛ The powers-that-shouldn’t-be are trying to keep us apart. Divided. Alone in the urban jungle. And so, building community is a way to fight back by constructing something new…But no one said building a community is easy. Join James Corbett for this episode of #SolutionsWatch, as he looks at The Conscious Agora and other examples of … * ⚓ Green Party UK ☛ 2023-03-11_Green_Party_vote_to_extend_family reunification_rights_for_all_migrants⠀⇛ * ⚓ Green Party UK ☛ 2023-03-11_Greens_back_plans_to_end_HIV_transmissions by_2030:_A_prize_within_our_grasp⠀⇛ * ⚓ Green Party UK ☛ 2023-03-11_Greens_call_for_end_to_all_shareholder payouts_until_water_companies_sort_their_sewage_out⠀⇛ * ⚓ Green Party UK ☛ 2023-03-11_Greens_call_for_trade_deal_suspension_to protect_whales_and_dolphins⠀⇛ * ⚓ Green Party UK ☛ 2023-03-11_Greens_repeat_call_to_re-join_EU_as_soon_as political_situation_favourable⠀⇛ * ⚓ Green Party UK ☛ 2023-03-11_Issue_of_desperate_refugees_should_not_be used_as_a_political_football,_say_Greens⠀⇛ * § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ o ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ Why_is_Rupert_Murdoch_associated_with_Stanford?_An open_letter_to_leadership⠀⇛ In an open letter to the the Director of the Hoover Institute, the President, the Provost and the Board of Trustees, 90 Stanford faculty members call for a public accounting of Rupert Murdoch’s appointment to the Hoover’s Board of Overseers. They write, “we wonder what kind of signal his presence sends to our students, who we are training to seek the truth, and to our colleagues on the faculty, who are constantly held to the highest standards of honesty, truth and responsible scholarship.” § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ * ⚓ International Business Times ☛ 2023-03-12_Gary_Lineker:_BBC’s_‘MOTD’ pundits,_commentators_refuse_to_work_in_support_of_suspended_presenter⠀⇛ * ⚓ France24 ☛ BBC_crisis_escalates_as_presenters,_players_support_football host_Lineker⠀⇛ The BBC was forced to scrap much of its weekend sports programming as the network scrambled to stem an escalating crisis over its suspension of soccer host Gary Lineker for comments criticizing the British government’s new asylum policy. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Spiraling_Dispute_With_Star_Host_Puts_BBC’s_Reputation on_the_Line⠀⇛ The British public broadcaster’s suspension of one of its highest-profile sports anchors has grown into a wider controversy that poses risks to its reputation for neutrality and independence. * ⚓ The Age AU ☛ He_sold_‘cute’_cartoon_duck_calendars._Now_he’s_fighting for_his_freedom⠀⇛ A young lawyer was found guilty last week of breaching Thailand’s notoriously harsh lèse-majesté law. In an exclusive interview, he denies the content is offensive. * ⚓ uni Stanford ☛ President,_law_school_dean_apologize_to_Judge_Kyle Duncan_for_‘disruption’_to_his_speech⠀⇛ In a letter co-signed by President Marc Tessier-Lavigne and SLS Dean Jenny Martinez, the University apologized to Duncan for the “disruption” to his Thursday speech at the Law School, calling the incident “inconsistent with [the University’s] policies on free speech.” * ⚓ France24 ☛ FRANCE_24_reaffirms_the_commitment_of_all_its_channels_to fight_against_all_forms_of_discrimination⠀⇛ After the publication of an article on the CAMERA website (Committee for Accuracy in Middle East Reporting in America), and taken up by the Simon Wiesenthal Center, implicating a journalist and three Arabic-language correspondents of France 24 regarding certain comments they allegedly posted on their personal pages on social networks, the channel’s management has immediately opened an audit on these alleged posts, as it communicated internally on March 10. * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ 2_arrested_after_allegedly_removing_evidence from_home_of_Hong_Kong_activist_accused_under_security_law⠀⇛ Two people have been arrested after allegedly removing evidence from the home of Elizabeth Tang, a Hong Kong labour rights’ activist who was arrested on Thursday under the Beijing-imposed national security law. § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ * ⚓ CPJ ☛ 2023-03-10_Belarusian_court_upholds_journalist_Ivan_Muravyou’s 2.5-year_prison_term⠀⇛ * ⚓ CPJ ☛ 2023-03-09_Chinese_journalist_held_for_reporting_on_Wuhan_COVID outbreak_wishes_he’d_done_more⠀⇛ * ⚓ CPJ ☛ 2023-03-08_How_You_Helped_Journalists_in_2022⠀⇛ * ⚓ CPJ ☛ 2023-03-10_Senegalese_journalist_Pape_Ndiaye_jailed_on_false_news charges⠀⇛ * ⚓ CPJ ☛ 2023-03-09_Two_South_African_journalists_assaulted_in_separate incidents⠀⇛ * ⚓ CPJ ☛ 2023-03-10_Ugandan_journalist_Andrew_Arinaitwe_detained_on criminal_trespass_charges⠀⇛ § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ * ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-13_Egypt:_Dissidents_Abroad_Denied_Identity_Documents⠀⇛ * ⚓ HRW ☛ 2023-03-13_Myanmar:_Concrete_UN_Security_Council_Action_Needed⠀⇛ * ⚓ Modern Diplomacy ☛ Lifting_Barriers_to_Women_Employment_Will_Benefit Everyone_in_Azerbaijan⠀⇛ Authors: Sarah Michael and Peter Michalko* Until recently, women in Azerbaijan were not permitted to work in as many as 674 jobs, across many sectors of the economy – from transport to energy to agriculture. § Monopolies⠀➾ * § Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Publicly_Traded_International_Patent Firms [Ed: "Patent Firms" are basically parasites; they create nothing and attack those who do. They also pass money for Dennis Crouch to promote them like he does here.]⠀⇛ In October 2022, Canada’s largest intellectual property firm became a publicly traded entity.  Smart & Biggar, a firm that includes 100+ Canadian patent attorneys and agents (most of whom are also registered with the USPTO) was purchased by the Australian company IPH Limited.  The holding company trades on the Australian stock exchange with a market valuation of $1.8 billion Australian dollars ($1.2 billion USD). § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ * § Personal⠀➾ o ⚓ “We_couldn’t_pause_TV_and_we_couldn’t_just_fast_forward_through the_commercials!_Gather_around_kids,_and_I_shall_tell_more_horror tales_of_the_past_…”⠀⇛ Over a week ago, I had to order some checks from my bank due to a new recurring expense. My last check I wrote from my checkbook was for some time in 2015. Then one check from 2014, and one from 2013. Needless to say, I haven’t had a need for a checkbook in years. So the new checkbook arrived (two of them, actually). I recall in the past, they would arrive in the mail in a box sized large enough to hold the checks. But today, they arrived in an unusual format—a flat package about 6½ × 10 × ½ inches (16.5 × 25.5 × 10 mm). Upon opening it, it looked like a book, and stuck to the inside cover were two checkbooks. I pulled them off, and beneath one of them was instructions on *how to write a check* (with a link to an instructional video [1])! o ⚓ Title:_Launching_on_Patreon⠀⇛ Let me share some breaking news, if you enjoy this blog and my open source work, now you can sponsor me through the service Patreon. o ⚓ Launching_on_Patreon⠀⇛ Why would you do that in the first place? Well, this would allow me to take time off my job, and spend it either writing on the blog, or by contributing to open source projects, mainly OpenBSD or a bit of nixpkgs. I’ve been publishing on the blog for almost 7 years now, for the most recent years, I’ve been writing a lot here, and I still enjoy doing so! However, I have a less free time now, and I’d prefer to continue writing here instead of working at my job full time. I’ve been ocasionaly receiving donation for my blog work, but one-shot gifts (I appreciate! 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇:-)⦈ ) won’t help me much against regular monthly incomes that I can expect, and help me to organize myself with my job. o ⚓ Dream_Morality⠀⇛ I had a very bizarre dream a few months back. I was in a room with Donald Trump and his daughter. They were asking me to promise something: either to take some action or not to take some action. I don’t remember the details, and I don’t really care to remember them. Suffice it to say, I promised whatever it was. At that point, a voice in my head told me to remember that “A promise made to a servant of darkness is null and void.” o ⚓ Doin’_Laundry⠀⇛ Our washing machine broke several months ago. I tore it apart to check some of the most common mechanical issues the model had, but I suspect it’s some sensor or other electronic component. It’s twelve years old, sadly about as long as one could ask a modern appliance to last, so I don’t think it’s worth spending the roughly $500 USD it would cost to repair. I went to a few local appliance stores to see what they had, and the answer was nothing. I was told, upfront, that eighty percent of what was shown on the floor was simply unavailable due to supply chain issues. Very low end and very high end machines were available in small quantities. o ⚓ but_what_about_my_feelings?⠀⇛ People are emotional and very irrational creatures that would take any chance they could get to ensure they have taken care of their emotions, but does that mean we should embrace it? o ⚓ notes_on_Hoshi_No_Umi_No_Amuri⠀⇛ Hoshi No Umi No Amuri (hereafter shortened to HosiAmu) English title “Amuri in Star Ocean”, is a 2008 3 episode OVA from studio Hibari. Hibari have brought us some strange things in the past, like the batshit “Fight Ippatsu! Juuden-chan!!”, so it’s not that surprising to find out they were involved here. It’s directed by Yoshitomo Yonetani, who we’ll be coming back to a little later. The synopsis reads: “The 3D modeled anime is set in Year 019 of the Insonity Progressive Revolution – a future era in which mankind has evolved into a new species called Adapters. Three very young Adapter girls from Japan, China and France set out on a space adventure that will affect the rest of their species.” * § Politics⠀➾ o ⚓ Reactionaries⠀⇛ I agree. Similarly, there are sometimes things being said and done in the name of intersectional feminism and in the social justice community that are counter-productive, contradictory, or otherwise not completely thought- through. (Sometimes by me.) I still think that intersectional feminism has a bigger kernel of truth than its enemies: anti-PC, gamergaters, anti-SJW, anti-woke… an old movement with many names that’s founded on misrepresentations and second-hand accounts. I’ve said before that the right wing don’t even see the problems (“whaddayamean racist? You had Obama, didn’t you?”), while we on the left has great analyses of how messed up everything is but we don’t always know the best way to make it better. * § Technical⠀➾ o ⚓ My_New_Tech_Stack⠀⇛ My new computer is a Dell Latitude 5320. I decided on the Latitude because my previous computer, which was a Dell Latitude from 2011, had such a long life, worked well with Linux, and was a “hardy” laptop. My new computer has 16gb RAM with an intel i5. It’s lightning quick compared to my previous machine and I’m loving it so far. I installed Debian Stable with KDE Plasma. I chose Debian Stable because I’m familiar with it, and with this being my primary machine, it didn’t want to have to “re-learn” too much right off the bat. However, I did switch from xfce to KDE Plasma. This is my first time using Plasma and I have to say it’s slick as hell. Super customizable, looks great, and is super accessible. KRunner is soooo good and so far I’ve had no issues with Konsole. o § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ ＡＳＣＩＩ⠀⇛ The observant may notice symbols not part of ASCII (ß, Ω, etc). A young human once asked me what the “S” was. They were not very advanced in their study of German at the time. If you call them on this usage, some will switch to defending “extended ASCII” by which they invariably mean the IBM PC character set. (Brogue uses Unicode.) One problem here is the many incompatible uses of the 8th bit, especially over in Eastern Europe, and regardless all of those extensions are not ASCII, just as rogue movement keys (hjklyubn) are not vi movement keys (hjkl). This gets into the complicated realm of identity; their logic may run along the lines of “(some flavor of) extended ASCII inherits from ASCII therefore (some flavor of) extended ASCII is-a-type-of ASCII just as white horse is-a-type-of horse”. By this logic, neovim can be called ed, because neovim extends vim extends vi extends ex extends ed. A strict view of ASCII limits the term to include only the following. # ⚓ Notes_on_optimizing_an_O(n)+C_algorithm_where_the_C_matters quite_a_bit⠀⇛ I was doing a bit of retro computing over the weekend, writing 6809 code and running it on a Color Computer emulator [1] (because the Color Computer was my first computer and the 6809 is a criminially underrated 8-bit CPU (Central Processing Unit) in my opinion). Part of the coding was enabling all 64K of RAM (Random Access Memory) in the machine. Normally, the Color Computer only sees the lower 32K of RAM, with the upper 32K being ROM (Read-Only Memory) (the BASIC (Beginners All- Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code) interpreter). To enable all 64K of RAM, all that’s needed is to stuff any value into memory location $FFDF, which can be done with “POKE &HFFDF,0”. The problem with that is once the ROM goes away, so does BASIC, and the CPU starts executing Lord knows what since the RAM isn’t initialized. So the actual procedure is to copy the ROM contents into RAM, which is simple enough: =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2331 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 03.13.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_13/03/2023:_GNU_Octave_8.1.0_and_Scrcpy_2.0⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:53 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Audiocasts/Shows o Kernel_Space o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o WINE_or_Emulation o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt # GNOME_Desktop/GTK * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o Reviews o BSD o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Chromium o GNU_Projects o Programming/Development # Python # Java # Rust o Standards/Consortia * Leftovers o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Security # Fear,_Uncertainty,_Doubt/Fear-mongering/Dramatisation # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Monopolies # Patents # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Technical # Internet/Gemini # Programming * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ 9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup:_March_12th,_2023⠀⇛ This week wasn’t so bad but it could have been better. We got new releases of LibreELEC, Audacious, SparkyLinux, EndeavourOS, LibreOffice, siduction GNU/Linux, and KDE Frameworks with lots of interesting goodies for your to experience and enjoy on your personal computers. On top of that, the Flatpak vs Snap controversy continues with a new Ubuntu Flatpak Remix and Flathub announces their plans for 2023. Check out the hottest news of this week and access all the distro and package downloads in 9to5Linux’s Linux weekly roundup for March 12th, 2023, below. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ YouTube ☛ 2023-03-11_Snaps,_Flatpaks_and_AppImages_Do_Very Different_Things!_(Each_Has_Its_Purpose)⠀⇛ # ⚓ YouTube ☛ 2023-03-12_Meta_in_the_Fediverse,_Duck_Duck_Go’s AI,_Flathub_roadmap:_Linux_&_Open_Source_News⠀⇛ # ⚓ YouTube ☛ 2023-03-11_GNOME_Shell_&_Mutter_Finally_Drop GTK3!!⠀⇛ # ⚓ YouTube ☛ 2023-03-13_Running_linux_commands_from_the_watch : 🤩⠀⇛ # ⚓ YouTube ☛ 2023-03-12_11_Documents_Showing_Microsoft_Tried To_Destroy_Linux⠀⇛ # ⚓ YouTube ☛ 2023-03-12_How_to_install_ONLYOFFICE_on_Linux Lite_6.2⠀⇛ o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux mailing lists ☛ Linux_6.3-rc2⠀⇛ It's another Sunday afternoon. which must mean another rc release. This one looks fairly normal, although if you look at the diffs, they are dominated by the removal of a staging driver (r8188eu) that has been superceded by a proper driver. That removal itself is 90% of the diffs. But if you filter that out, it all looks normal. Still more than two thirds in drivers, but hey, that's pretty normal. It's mostly gpu and networking as usual, but there's various other driver fixes in there too. Outside of that regular driver noise (and the unusual driver removal noise) it's a little bit of everything: core networking, arch fixes, documentation, filesystems (btrfs, xfs, and ext4, but also some core vfs fixes). And io_uring and some tooling. The full shortlog is appended, for the adventurous souls that want to get that kind of details. The release feels fairly normal so far, but it's early days. Please keep testing and reporting any issues, Linus # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_6.2.6⠀⇛ I'm announcing the release of the 6.2.6 kernel. All users of the 6.2 kernel series must upgrade. The updated 6.2.y git tree can be found at: git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/ git/stable/linux-stable.git linux-6.2.y and can be browsed at the normal kernel.org git web browser: https://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/ linux-s... thanks, greg k-h # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_6.1.19⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.15.102⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.10.174⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_5.4.236⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_4.19.277⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Linux_4.14.309⠀⇛ o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Scrcpy_2.0_Released_with_Audio_Forwarding_from Android_to_PC⠀⇛ Scrcpy, a free and open-source tool that allows users to control their Android devices from their computer. It has released its latest version, Scrcpy 2.0. With this newest update, users can now mirror their Android screens on not only their computer but also forward audio from their device to their computer. Learn more on this release coverage. # ⚓ 2023-03-12_scrcpy_2.0_Adds_Audio_Forwarding,_H265_And_AV1 Codec_Support⠀⇛ # ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ Scrcpy_2.0_is_out!_How_to_Install_&_Use this_Android_Remote_Control_App⠀⇛ The free open-source Android screen mirroring and remote control application, Scrcpy, released version 2.0 today! The new release feature audio forwarding support! Meaning it’s not only mirroring your Android screen, but also sending the sound from Android to your PC speaker. The new feature supports Android 11 and higher. # ⚓ Liliputing ☛ Scrcpy_2.0_adds_audio_support_to_the_Android screen_mirroring_utility_for_PCs_–_Liliputing⠀⇛ # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Open-Source_Android_Mirroring_App_Scrcpy_2.0 Adds_Audio_Support⠀⇛ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Scrcpy_2.0_Android_screen_mirroring_and control_utility_for_PCs_released_with_audio_forwarding support_–_CNX_Software⠀⇛ o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ What_are_Maven_Profiles_and_How_to_Use_Them⠀⇛ Maven profiles are a way to define a set of configuration options for a Maven build. Profiles are used to specify different build configurations for different environments or situations. For example, you may have a development profile that uses a local database for testing and a production profile that uses a remote database. # ⚓ Czech_translation_of_LibreOffice_Base_Guide_–_and_more news⠀⇛ Zdeněk Crhonek (aka “raal”) from the Czech LibreOffice community writes: The Czech team translated the LibreOffice Base Guide 7.3 – and it’s now available on the documentation page. Our team consists of three translators: Petr Kuběj, Radomír Strnad and Zdeněk Crhonek, along with localized screenshot maker Roman Toman, and Miloš Šrámek, who prepared machine translations. # ⚓ Linux Handbook ☛ How_to_Use_the_gzip_Command_in_Linux⠀⇛ If you want to share multiple files, compressing them all into one is the best solution you can opt for. # ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Install_Puppet_Master_and_Agent_in_RHEL- Based_Systems⠀⇛ Developed by Puppet Lans, Puppet is an open-source configuration management tool used for automating and centralizing the configuration of infrastructure such as servers just like Ansible and Chef. It helps the simple execution of repetitive tasks which would otherwise be cumbersome and time-consuming. Puppet adopts a client-server architecture and comprises the following salient aspects. # ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ Some_bits_on_Linux_NFS(v3)_server filesystem_IDs_(and_on_filehandles)⠀⇛ Based on a comment from Arnaud Gomes on yesterday’s entry, the answer to where you can observe the fsid of existing NFS exports turns out to be /proc/net/ nfsd/exports. Filesystems only show up here once someone actually mounts them, but when they do you’ll get lines like this (on Ubuntu 22.04): [...] # ⚓ LinuxTechi ☛ How_to_Install_Kubernetes_Cluster_Using Kubespray⠀⇛ # ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ Monitor_Kubernetes_cloud_costs_with_open source_tools⠀⇛ Kubernetes is a powerful platform for managing dynamic containerized applications in the cloud, but it may be difficult to understand where costs are incurred. Managing the cost efficiency of Kubernetes resources can be a challenge. That’s where OpenCost comes in. OpenCost is a cloud cost monitoring tool that integrates seamlessly with Kubernetes, allowing you to track your cloud spend in real-time so you can optimize your resources accordingly. OpenCost is an open source CNCF Sandbox project and specification for the real-time monitoring of cloud costs associated with Kubernetes deployments. The specification models current and historical Kubernetes cloud spend and resource allocation by service, deployment, namespace, labels, and much more. This data is essential for understanding and optimizing Kubernetes for both cost and performance from the applications down through the infrastructure. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 2023-03-12_How_to_Install_Inkscape_to_Design Vector_Graphics_on_Linux⠀⇛ # ⚓ 2023-03-12_How_to_Start_Podman_Containers_on_Boot⠀⇛ # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ A_Guide_to_Find_the_Right_Debian_ISO_for Download⠀⇛ Installing Debian can be a difficult experience for beginner Debian users. The official download page contains several links, and it’s a little confusing as to which one to download. Keeping that in mind, I have prepared this guide to help you to pick up the right Debian ISO file directly from this page. # ⚓ [Old] Marco Cetica ☛ How_To_Set_Up_a_Wireguard_VPN_Server with_Unbound_on_OpenBSD⠀⇛ Some months ago, I published an article on how to set up a Wireguard server with adblocking capabilities on GNU/Linux systems, focusing Debian and PiHole specifically. Recently I wanted to reproduce the same setup on an OpenBSD server(since the Wireguard protocol is available on *BSD systems as well) and, while PiHole is not currently available for *BSD systems, I managed to accomplish the same result using the DNS resolver unbound(8) and unbound-adblock to fetch updated blocklists every day. In this guide, I will show you how to achieve the same result. o § WINE or Emulation⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Efficient_X86_64_Emulation_With_Box86⠀⇛ Running applications on a different architecture than the one for which they were compiled is a common occurrence, not in the least with Apple’s architectural migration every decade or so. It’s also commonly used with for example ARM, OpenRISC, and RISC-V systems to run applications that are only available for x86 or x86_64. While QEMU and kin are often used here, they’re pretty resource heavy, which is where an option like Box86 and its 64-bit sibling Box64 are attractive options. Unlike QEMU, both offer dynamic recompilation and redirection of dynamic library calls to native libraries, including those for SDL and OpenGL. # ⚓ ScummVM ☛ People_say_Syberia_doesn’t_exist._But_people_are so_wrong.⠀⇛ The first two installments of Syberia are now ready for testing in ScummVM! The acclaimed series from Benoît Sokal follows Kate Walker, a lawyer from New York as she initially tries to complete the sale of the Voralberg toy factory. But quickly Kate is drawn into a search for the owner which takes her on a journey of discovery. Join her as she uncovers the owner’s fascination with mammoths, the secrets of Syberia, and a love for adventure. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Gaming_Console_on_a_Stick_to_Feature_Dual Raspberry_Pi_Chips⠀⇛ The Pimoroni DV Stick will plug into an HDMI port, sport dual RP2040 chips. It’s due in a few weeks. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 5_Reasons_SteamOS_Is_a_Good_Way_to Learn_Linux⠀⇛ The Steam Deck’s Desktop Mode has served as many people’s first introduction to Linux. People are getting to encounter desktop Linux without needing to pick a distro, download an ISO, or wipe their hard drives. But is SteamOS a good introduction to Linux, or is it too different? Here are some of your experiences with SteamOS that can completely carry over to other Linux desktops. # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ digiKam_7.10_Photo_Management_App_Adds Support_for_New_Cameras,_Bug_Fixes⠀⇛ Coming more than three months after digiKam 7.9, the digiKam 7.10 release is here to add support for new cameras, including Canon EOS R3, Canon EOS R7, Canon EOS R10, Fujifilm X- H2S, Fujifilm X-T30 II, OM System OM-1, Leica M11, and Sony A7-IV. This release also adds support for new formats, including the Phase One/Leaf IIQ- S v2 format, Canon CR3 film rolls/raw burst format, as well as Canon CRM movie format. All of these are possible thanks to the update to the libraw 0.21.1 library. # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ GNOME_44_Release_Candidate_Is_Out_Now Ahead_of_March_22nd_Final_Release⠀⇛ GNOME 44 Release Candidate is here to reimplement elementary OS support and revert the “add preference to set new tab page” change in the Epiphany (GNOME Web) web browser, allow the creation of virtual machines without selecting an Osinfo operating system entry in GNOME Boxes, and improve the state of switchers throughout the GNOME Control Center app. It also improves Flatpak support for the GNOME Disks app, updates the About You page in the GNOME Initial Setup app to make it clear that you can choose a different avatar, add nightly builds for AArch64 (ARM64) for the GNOME Maps app, and cleans up the Shortcuts menu and decreases memory usage in Songs View in the GNOME Music app. # ⚓ Marcus_Lundblad:_Maps_and_GNOME_44⠀⇛ So it’s that time that occurs twice a year when we’re approaching a new GNOME release, this time 44. [...] Unfortunately an issue has come to our attention with the way the „go to“ animations works, resulting some times when covering large distances (for example when selecting a search result far away) that results in throttling from the tile server (HTTP 429, „too many requests”). This results in empty tiles showing up at the destination (and one needs to sometimes wait a while before Maps gets the view refreshed with new tiles (after restarting to force re-trying).  As this results in a really bad user experience as a work-around we have disabled the animations for now (the animations when zooming is still in place, and of course panning the map view still works as usual). I also cherry-picked this for the 43 branch, and will probably also cut a 43.4 with this change (versions prior to 43.0 is not affected, as the animations in libchamplain uses another algorithm, first zooming out „high“ (a low zoom level) before moving, resulting in less intermediate tiles compared to the “fly to“-like animations now used in libshumate.  We will try to come up with a better solution in libshumate soon. Either reverting to an approach like that in libchamplain, or try to implement our own rate limiting of some sort during animations to avoid firing off too many requests.  Meanwhile at the libshumate side James Westman has been busy working on the vector tile support implementing label support among other things. He is also working on a vector tile style using the GNOME color palette in light and dark variants. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ EasyOS_4.5.5_does_not_work_with_Ventoy_either⠀⇛ Earlier today I tested EasyOS 5.0 with Ventoy: https://bkhome.org/news/202303/ventoy-does-not-work-with- easyos.html Forum member jaje mentioned “EasyOS 4″ working, and I do recall some other people reporting success awhile back. So I decided to test the last of the Dunfell-series, version 4.5.5. No, also fails: o ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Ventoy_does_not_work_with_EasyOS⠀⇛ Forum member jaje reported unable to get EasyOS 5.0 to work with Ventoy USB-stick multiple-boot manager: https://forum.puppylinux.com/viewtopic.php?t=8131 As jaje reported, Easy used to work. See my post in that thread; I did attempt it, and there were lots of errors. I took a snapshot but wasn’t able to capture the earlier error messages: o ⚓ HaikuOS ☛ Haiku_Activity_&_Contract_Report,_February_2023⠀⇛ As is the usual way of things, the monthly Activity Report is hereby combined with my Contract Report. This report covers hrev56748 through hrev56803. o § Reviews⠀➾ # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ Our_hands-on_review_of_AlmaLinux_9_Minimal Edition⠀⇛ AlmaLinux is a reliable and stable Linux distribution that is suitable for enterprise use. The distribution is built from the source code of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, which is known for its stability and reliability. AlmaLinux provides regular security updates and includes various security tools to ensure a secure operating system. While AlmaLinux is server-focused and does not come with a pre-installed desktop environment, users can easily install a desktop environment of their choice. The distribution also provides access to a vast repository of software packages through the yum package manager, which is widely used in enterprise Linux distributions. Overall, AlmaLinux is a viable option for enterprises looking for a reliable and stable Linux distribution. It is also a good option for users who are familiar with Red Hat Enterprise Linux and want to switch to a community-driven project. The active community support, compatibility with RHEL, and focus on security make AlmaLinux a solid choice for enterprise use. # ⚓ Distro Watch ☛ Review:_blendOS_2023.01.26⠀⇛ When I’m reviewing a distribution there are two questions floating in the back of my mind. First, do I find this project useful or interesting? Second, does the project accomplish what it sets out to do, does it meet its own goals? I want to discuss these two queries and my responses to them after running blendOS. Is blendOS doing something interesting? It’s starting to. This is a young project and it seems to be trying to match features with Vanilla OS, which got a lot of hype in the second half of 2022. This project feels like an attempt to basically: “Be Vanilla OS, but with an Arch base.” And, if that is the case, it’s a worthwhile goal. The idea of being able to pull in software from multiple sources, multiple distributions, and run them all together on one, relatively minimal host operating system has a lot of merit. o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ Adriaan de Groot ☛ FreeBSD_12.3_EoL⠀⇛ FreeBSD 12 is the “previous” series of releases. FreeBSD 13 is the “stable” series as of today (march 2023) and FreeBSD 14 is “current”, e.g. upcoming somewhen. The major versions of FreeBSD tend to bring larger changes – such as a newer base compiler, or a sudden improvement in system header- file compatibility. The previous series releases use clang 13, for instance, while stable uses clang 14. FreeBSD 12 is poorly supported by the KDE- FreeBSD team, and that’s on purpose. Chasing compiler versions, and more importantly, C++ standard library versions, is frustrating work. Maintaining backwards compatibility has real costs – especially when most of KDE development is done with some recent gcc on Linux. # ⚓ Undeadly ☛ Bug_fixing_in_wscons⠀⇛ Crystal Kolipe has written up more of her work on the console. This time, it regards bugs in the handling of UTF-8: ExoticSilicon.com – fixing cringeworthy bugs in the OpenBSD console code. # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Researching_a_new_FreeBSD_or_NetBSD_laptop⠀⇛ The problem is, Panasonic and Apple have spoiled me with their 2× HiDPI displays. I love how images look, the higher fidelity of fonts in documents, and the ability to crank text down to smaller sizes when tailing logs. People saying these are silly luxuries were writing into PC Magazine saying 8-bit colour was sufficient in the 1990s, and that you don’t need double-density floppy disks because in my day we used punch card libraries, dagnabit! o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ GNOME_44.rc_released! [Ed: With stuff such as Flathub (not to mention Wayland, systemd etc.) GNOME is increasingly a purveyor of IBM lock-in]⠀⇛ Sorry for the slight delay, we discovered a problem in the GNOME OS startup but that should be fixed now with the patch for mutter here: [1] (thanks Carlos for helping with the investigation and the fix). You can see all the tests passing now in our openQA instance at openQA: gnomeos-master-iso- x86_64-gnomeos@qemu_x86_64 test results 25 We remind you we are string frozen, no string changes may be made without confirmation from the l10n team. Hard code freeze is also in place, no source code changes can be made without approval from the release-team. If you need to request any of the above, see ReleasePlanning/RequestingFreezeBreaks – GNOME Wiki! 17 Also remember you can use the 44beta branch of the flatpak runtimes, which is now available on Flathub beta. # ⚓ Fedora Magazine ☛ Fedora_Magazine:_The_Fedora_Project FOSDEM_23_Experience⠀⇛ A measure of growth is most apparent when scaled across a span of different times and situations. That applies to folks getting to see you after a long time, to vegetation left alone to spread and of course, to communities having their first meetup after a prolonged spell of online-bound interactions. FOSDEM 23 happened to be one of the first times after around three years that community members from across the world met in person with each other in Brussels, Belgium. With new and old faces alike, their time was well spent representing the community, exhibiting to the wider free and open-source communities the good stuff that they have been keeping themselves busy with and most importantly, bonding with their Fedora friends. This year FOSDEM took place on 4th February ’23 and 5th February ’23 at Université Libre de Bruxelles, Campus du Solbosch, Avenue F. D. Roosevelt 50, 1050 Bruxelles, Belgium. This free event was participated by over 8000 software engineering enthusiasts from across the world, had around 36 lightning talks and around 771 talks spanning 55 designated devrooms. Contributors from our community did not restrict their participation in the event as just attendees but they also enthusiastically volunteered to be stand keepers in the Fedora Project booth, speakers for a variety of talks and lectures, organizers for a set of devrooms and even as ground staff for making FOSDEM 23 a grand success. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ PALPi:_handheld_Raspberry_Pi_games_console⠀⇛ PALPi doesn’t have a built-in speaker to output audio, but Raspberry Pi Zero W’s Bluetooth capability means you can connect a Bluetooth speaker and blast all the retro games’ original audio while you’re playing. # ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ Keep_the_solar_system_in_your_pocket_with a_Raspberry_Pi⠀⇛ In my previous article, I talked about Stellarium in a web browser. This stellar software allows for a 3D view of your local sky, with amazing telescopic and scripting features. In this article, I’ll show you how to put those stars in your pocket using a Raspberry Pi 4, along with scripting some animations for fun. If you remember my Halloween- themed article, I covered using a Raspberry Pi to make a festive Halloween jack-o-lantern. I’ve repurposed this same Raspberry Pi to create a traveling galaxy box. That’s what I’ll be calling it today. So let’s get packed for a galactic trip. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ 4_Cheap_Raspberry_Pi_Alternatives_You_Can_Buy for_Under_$50⠀⇛ The Raspberry Pi is a staple in the toolbox of electronics tinkerers everywhere. But supply issues have meant that they’re in short supply, and you’re likely to pay a premium when you do find one. Raspberry Pi isn’t the only cheap single-board computer out there, however: if you open yourself to alternatives, you’ll find a cornucopia of fruit and veg themed hardware for under $50. Bear in mind that the issues affecting the Raspberry Pi supply chain also caused problems for other manufacturers and retailers. In some cases, these alternatives are being sold at above their original price point. # ⚓ Ken Shirriff ☛ 2023-03-11_Reverse-engineering_the_register codes_for_the_8086_processor’s_microcode⠀⇛ o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ SlashGear ☛ The_Strange_Dual_Screen_Android_Phone_That_Died Too_Soon⠀⇛ # ⚓ Ghacks ☛ Android_vs_iOS:_A_Comparison_of_Volume_Control Features⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gizmo China ☛ FiiO_BTR7_Portable_Wireless_Bluetooth Amplifier_Android_Version_Unveiled_in_China⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Weekend_poll:_Are_you_interested_in ‘budget_flagship’_Android_phones?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Android_14_will_bring_us_‘back’_to_the future,_the_Android_Police_podcast_predicts⠀⇛ # ⚓ Giz China ☛ AnTuTu:_Here_are_the_fastest_Android smartphones_in_the_market⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gadgets Now ☛ google:_Google_Android_13_QPR3_Beta_1_update: When_is_it_coming,_what’s_new_and_more⠀⇛ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ These_Android_14_Security_and_Privacy Features_May_Just_Make_Your_Device_More_Secure⠀⇛ # ⚓ Geeky Gadgets ☛ How_to_find_downloads_on_your_Android_Phone –_Geeky_Gadgets⠀⇛ # ⚓ Ghacks ☛ How_to_display_and_control_your_Android_device_on your_desktop_computer⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Guardian UK ☛ Nokia_G22_review:_a_budget_Android_phone you_can_repair_yourself_|_Nokia_|_The_Guardian⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Central ☛ OPPO_Find_N2_Flip_review:_My_new_favorite flip_phone_|_Android_Central⠀⇛ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ $85+_NanoPi_R6C_2.5GbE_router_and_SBC_gets M.2_NVMe_SSD_socket_–_CNX_Software⠀⇛ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Rockchip_showcases_RK3528_TV_box_SoC_and RK3562_tablet_SoC_–_CNX_Software⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ 7_questions_for_the_OSI_board_candidates [Ed: The opening sentence here is misleading. Today’s OSI is shilling Microsoft GitHub (proprietary) and assists massive GPL violations by Microsoft. It_undermines_its_own_mission.]⠀⇛ The Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a non-profit organization that promotes open source that maintains and evaluates compliance with the Open Source Definition. Every year the OSI holds elections for its board of directors. It has become somewhat of a tradition for me to write questions for OSI board candidates. In past years, I’ve asked questions about the focus of the organization and how the board should work with staff. The board has since acted decisively by hiring its first executive director, Stefano Maffuli. It has also expanded staffing in other ways, like hiring a policy director. To me, this is a huge success, and so I didn’t pose those questions again this year.  o ⚓ Abin Simon ☛ Releasing_scopeline.el⠀⇛ What is does is something pretty simple, but IMO pretty useful. It shows you what every closing delimiter is actually closing. When you have a large file and you are the end of a function, you might have a lot of closing brackets, one for the function, one for a loop, one for that conditional you started and one for that switch statement. Also, which function is this closing bracket for again? Answers for all of these question is provided by scopeline.el. It uses tree-sitter under the hood to parse the code and figure out what we are looking at and makes use of overlays to display it. It works with elisp- tree-sitter as well as builtin treesit package. o ⚓ Bozhidar Batsov ☛ clojure-mode_meets_tree-sitter⠀⇛ Emacs 29 aims to change this with the introduction of a built-in support Tree-sitter. Tree-sitter is a parser generator tool and an incremental parsing library. It can build a concrete syntax tree for a source file and efficiently update the syntax tree as the source file is edited. Sounds great, right? o ⚓ Jussi Pakkanen ☛ First_A4PDF_release,_version_0.1.0 “embarrasment”⠀⇛ The time has come to make the first technical preview release of A4PDF, nicknamed embarrasment. The name stems from this statement. If you’re not embarrassed by the first version of your product, you’ve launched too late. o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Chromium⠀➾ # ⚓ Eric Hameleers ☛ Chromium_(-ungoogled)_111_packaged for_Slackware_15.0_and_-current⠀⇛ You’ll have noticed – as indicated earlier, the Chromium packages for Slackware 14.2 are no longer being updated. Today I made available the Slackware packages available for Chromium 111.0.5563.64, and they are accompanied by the un-googled version. This latest release squashes a massive 40 vulnerabilities, none labeled critical, but it’s wise to keep your systems […] o § GNU Projects⠀➾ # ⚓ GNU_Octave_8.1.0_Released⠀⇛ GNU Octave version 8.1.0 has been released and is now available for download. An official Windows binary installer is available. For macOS see the installation instructions in the wiki. This major release improves the graphics backend, compatibility with Matlab and contains many new and improved functions. A list of important user- visible changes is available by selecting the Release Notes item in the News menu of the GUI or by typing news at the Octave command prompt. Thanks to the many people who contributed to this release! o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Franz Dill ☛ Optical_Algorithm_Simplifies_Analog_AI Training⠀⇛ Researchers have developed a range of analog and other unconventional machine learning systems in the expectation that they will prove vastly more energy efficient than today’s computers. But training these AIs to do their tasks has been a big stumbling block. Researchers at NTT Device Technology Labs and the University of Tokyo now say they’ve come up with a training algorithm (announced by NTT last month) that goes a long way toward letting these systems meet their promise. # ⚓ Rlang ☛ Data_transformation_and_standardization_in_r⠀⇛ Often economic and other Machine Learning data are of different units or sizes making either estimation, interpretation or visualization difficult. The solution to these issues can be handled if the data can be transformed to unitless or data of similar magnitude. When the need to transform thus arises, then one finds it difficult to get handy function to achieve that. # ⚓ Connor Tumbleson ☛ Letting_Dependabot_merge⠀⇛ About a year ago I hit 100% code coverage on an open source project known as Leaf. I blogged about this when I hit that coverage marker and after a year its worked out quite well. Adding new large features is a pain from all the requirements, but little changes here and there I’ve now got full confidence in whether they regress or break the site. # ⚓ Daniel Miessler ☛ SPQA:_The_AI-based_Architecture_That’ll Replace_Most_Existing_Software⠀⇛ AI is going to do a lot of interesting things in the coming months and years, thanks to the detonations following GPTs. But one of the most important changes will be the replacement of our existing software. # ⚓ Want_an_unfair_advantage_in_your_tech_career?_Consume content_meant_for_other_roles⠀⇛ In my opinion, one of the greatest tools to gain competitive advantage in a tech career is hidden in plain sight: it’s the wealth of information out there made for people in roles you work with. # ⚓ Jussi Pakkanen ☛ Jussi_Pakkanen:_My_book_is_finally available_for_purchase⠀⇛ A major difference between software and book projects is that the latter have a point when they can be considered complete and finished. For my debut novel, that time has come. [...] The text block has been created with a “mini-LaTeX” DTP_program that I wrote basically from scratch. This caused “fun” things to happen. For example I got an email from the printing house some four days before the unveiling event that the book contains words that were not hyphenated according to recommended style guides. I was aware of said style guides, had added handling for those and even had unit tests to ensure that they work. And yet in production they did not work. This lead to a very stressful debugging session where you know that the only person in the world that can fix it is you, and that there is a very strict and personal deadline. The actual PDF generation was done with Cairo and Pango. Surprisingly there were zero issues with them, the printer accepted them just fine and the printout looks great. The cover was made with Scribus and it did have several issues none of which had anything to do with Scribus itself, just that doing a full color managed print job is to this day a bit tricky. did have to postprocess Cairo’s output with Ghostscript because Cairo only produces PDFs in the RGB colorspace whereas printers require grayscale PDFs. # ⚓ How_to_hire_engineering_talent_without_the_BS⠀⇛ As a candidate in my early career, I experienced all sorts of technical interviews, ranging from being asked to write an algorithm on a piece of paper with an ink pen (not kidding) to doing leet coding in an IDE. Looking back, the best experiences were when the interviewer wanted me to succeed, was empathetic, and presented me with a problem that reflected how I would solve problems in the real world without gotchas. Since then, I’ve been on both sides of the table hundreds of times and reflected a lot about the problem that plagues technical hiring: how to assess whether a candidate is both technically proficient and has the right mindsets and behaviors to succeed in your organization. Most organizations have a technical interview process that attempts to evaluate both qualities to varying degrees of success. They may also use platforms like HackerRank or Karat to assess technical strength. But all too often, these approaches can lead to suboptimal outcomes, filtering out great talent or, worse, providing a poor candidate experience that hurts the company’s reputation. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Flipper_Zero_Mayhem_Hat_Adds_Camera,_More Radios⠀⇛ For a device advertised as the “Multi-tool Device for Hackers”, the Flipper Zero already offers a considerable list of onboard capabilities. But some hard decisions had to be made to get the retail price down, so features like WiFi and Bluetooth had to be left off. Luckily, there’s an expansion interface along the top of the device which makes it possible to plug in additional hardware. # ⚓ Relative_line_number_in_Neovim_(Lua)⠀⇛ To enable relative line number, add the following line to your init.lua. Save this file by doing a : w or Shift + z repeat z. The next time you open Neovim, you should see the relative line number enabled. # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ Getting_a_Python_2_virtual environment_(in_2023′s_twilight_of_Python_2)⠀⇛ Suppose, not entirely hypothetically, that you need to create a new Python 2 virtual environment today; perhaps you need to install some package to see how its old Python 2 version behaves. With Python 3, creating a virtual environment is really easy; it’s just ‘python3 -m venv /tmp/ pytest’. With Python 2 today, you have two complications. First, Python 2 doesn’t have a venv module (instead it uses a ‘virtualenv’ command), and second, your installed Python 2 environment may not have all of the necessary infrastructure already set up since people are deprecating Python 2 and cutting down any OS provided version of it to the bare minimum. # § Java⠀➾ # ⚓ Java_Performance_on_Linux_vs_Windows⠀⇛ Java is a cross-platform language, which means that Java applications can run on a variety of operating systems, including Linux and Windows. The performance of Java applications can depend on a variety of factors, including the specific implementation, the hardware and software environment, and the workload of the application. # ⚓ Php_Vs_Java_In_Regards_to_Performance⠀⇛ The performance of PHP and Java can depend on a variety of factors, including the specific implementation, the hardware and software environment, and the workload of the application. In general, Java is considered to be a faster and more efficient language than PHP. # ⚓ How_to_Develop_Securely_In_Java⠀⇛ There are several good security practices to follow when developing Java applications. Here are some of the most important ones: By following these best practices, you can help ensure the security of your Java applications and protect against common security threats. # ⚓ How_to_Rewrite_JSP_Pages_In_Java⠀⇛ SP (JavaServer Pages) pages are essentially HTML files with embedded Java code. To rewrite JSP pages in Java, you will need to extract the Java code from the JSP pages and refactor it into Java code files that can be compiled and run independently. # ⚓ New_Features_in_Java_17_and_Comparison_to_Java_11⠀⇛ Orcacle releases new Java versions quite often and the current one is 19. However, plenty of production code is still running on older Java versions as even Java 8 is still supported. # ⚓ Quick_Win_Hints_for_Refactoring_Java_code⠀⇛ There are several quick wins that can be achieved through refactoring Java code: Overall, refactoring can help improve the quality of Java code, make it easier to maintain, and reduce the risk of introducing bugs. # ⚓ Useful_Mockito_withSettings()_Methods_For_Testing⠀⇛ In one of our previous articles How to Mock Variables for Interfaces and Casts in Java we described how to use the method withSettings ().extraInterfaces() in order to add more interfaces / implementations to mocked objects. # § Rust⠀➾ # ⚓ Safety_and_Soundness_in_Rust⠀⇛ Rust is designed around safety and soundness. Roughly speaking, safe code is code that doesn’t use the unsafe keyword,What we mean by “safe” depends on context, which is partly what this post is about. o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾ # ⚓ Axios ☛ Daylight_saving_starts_Sunday_with_“spring_forward” as_Congress_considers_permenant_change⠀⇛ The bi-annual_changing_of_the_clocks takes place this Sunday, but some federal lawmakers hope it’s the last time we “spring forward” as they push to make daylight_saving_time_permanent. # ⚓ Idiomdrottning ☛ XMPP!⠀⇛ XMPP peeps: Email is a lost cause, a dead horse, it’s unpossible Also XMPP peeps: Everyone needs to get on OMEMO, all old jabber clients are obsolete and need to be thrown away Not sure why one of them can be improved and the other can’t… * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Xe’s Blog ☛ 2023-03-10_A_weapon_to_surpass_Metal_Gear⠀⇛ o ⚓ Why_You_Should_Send_a_Weekly_Summary_Email⠀⇛ Since I joined RevenueCat a year and a half ago, I have without fail sent a weekly email summary to my manager and my team, and I am asking all product managers in my team to do the same. It’s not something I invented, and it’s deceptively simple. However, this weekly ritual has many benefits that I want to talk about in the following. At its core, the weekly email has two headings with 3–5 short bullet points each: achievements this week and priorities next week. Under the former, you list the 3–5 most important things you got done this week, under the latter, the 3–5 most important things you want to get done the following week. o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Ghost_of_Hugo_Grotius:_The_UN_High_Seas Treaty⠀⇛ Ever so rarely, the human species can reach accord and agreement on some topic seemingly contentious and divergent. Such occasions tend to be rarer than hen’s teeth, but the UN High Seas Treaty was one of them.  It took over two decades of agonising, stuttering negotiations to draft an agreement and went someway to suggest that the “common heritage of mankind”, a concept pioneered in the 1960s, has retained some force. Debates about the sea have rarely lost their sting.  The Dutch legal scholar Hugo Grotius, in his 1609 work Mare Liberum (The Free Sea), laboured over such concepts as freedom of navigation and trade (commeandi commercandique libertas), terms that have come to mean as much assertions of power as affirmations of international legal relations. o ⚓ Terence Eden ☛ Zero_Interfaces⠀⇛ The best gadget I got in lockdown was a set of motion activated lights. They have no user interface. I walk by them in the dark and they turn on. Midnight piss? No fumbling for a light switch, no shouting to a digital assistant, no logging in to an app. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Jay Little ☛ Code_Monkey_Mid-Life_Crisis⠀⇛ Nevertheless, I have spent a lot of time over the last few years debating my future in this profession. There are a lot of reasons for this but it probably started with my disdain for everything shifting to the cloud. This is more than just a trend, its a complete re-imagining of how tech works and operates. As a slight aside, its also an ice pick shoved squarely into the eye of the vision of decentralization and resiliency that inspired the creation of ARPANET (aka the Internet), but I digress. This has created a situation in which I’ve gone from being a well-rounded tech professional that could juggle coding and systems tasks to one that is deficient in what is now a very important area. Sure I’ve done some basic Azure integration using Azure AD authentication and posting messages to Teams and I host this website on a VM I have at Linode, but beyond that, my cloud experience is exceptionally lacking at the moment. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Building_The_Sanni_Cartridge_Reader_To_Back_Up And_Restore_Games_And_Saves⠀⇛ Game cartridges are generally seen as a read-only medium with the contents as immutable as text chiseled into a granite slab, and with accompanying save files on the cartridge surviving for generations. The unfortunate truth is that as with any media storage, cartridges can and do fail, and save files are often just ethereal bits in battery- backed SRAM. This makes being able to copy not only the game data but also the save files off these cartridges essential. Projects like the Open Source Cartridge Reader by [sanni] make this something that everyone can do. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Immersive_Virtual_Reality_From_The_Humble Webcam⠀⇛ [Russ Maschmeyer] and Spatial Commerce Projects developed WonkaVision to demonstrate how 3D eye tracking from a single webcam can support rendering a graphical virtual reality (VR) display with realistic depth and space. Spatial Commerce Projects is a Shopify lab working to provide concepts, prototypes, and tools to explore the crossroads of spatial computing and commerce. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Large_E-Paper_Slow_Movie_Player_Offers_Great Docs⠀⇛ Over the last couple of years we’ve seen several iterations of the “slow movie player” concept, where a film is broken up into individual frames which are displayed on an e-paper display for a few minutes at a time. This turns your favorite movie into a constantly changing piece of long-term art. Unfortunately, due to the relatively high cost of e-paper panels, most of the examples we’ve seen have only been a few inches across. # ⚓ Andrew Hutchings ☛ How_to_use_the_SSD1351_OLED_display⠀⇛ In my previous post, I mentioned that I managed to get the SSD1351 working with a Raspberry Pi Pico. I figured I would write a few blog posts going into detail about how this is done. In this first post, I’ll talk about how to talk to the SSD1351 OLED display. You’ll find that many OLED and LCD displays are very similar in this regard so it can be an excellent introduction to talking about displays in general. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ Student_anxiety,_depression_—_and_care efforts_—_higher_than_ever⠀⇛ While rates of anxiety, depression and suicidal thoughts are at all-time highs, more college students than ever report receiving therapy or counseling, according to a new report. # ⚓ Axios ☛ 3_Texas_women_sued_for_allegedly_helping_friend access_abortion_pills⠀⇛ Three women are facing a lawsuit for wrongful death after a man accused them of helping his ex-wife obtain medication_for_an_abortion. # ⚓ uni Michigan ☛ 2023-03-09_From_The_Daily:_UMich_needs_to capitalize_on_mental_health_resource_improvements⠀⇛ # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ It’s_Still_Incredibly_Common_for Americans_to_Be_Uninsured⠀⇛ People who write about health insurance in the United States frequently cite statistics about what percent of the population has insurance. These statistics typically use point-in-time (PIT) measurements that report what percent of the population is insured at any given moment. These PIT measures are useful but can also mislead people into thinking that health uninsurance is a much less common experience than it really is. # ⚓ European Commission ☛ Mr_Janusz_Wojciechowski_in_Warsaw, Poland;_meets_with_representatives_of_the_Polish_pig_farming and_breeding_sector_(Polsus_and_Polpig).⠀⇛ European Commission Event Warsaw, 10 Mar 2023 Mr Janusz Wojciechowski in Warsaw, Poland; meets with representatives of the Polish pig farming and breeding sector (Polsus and Polpig). # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Fear_And_Disgust_Could_Be_Making_Your Stomach_Acid_More_Potent⠀⇛ Gut-wrenching. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Wildfire_Smoke_Stands_to_Deplete_The_Ozone Layer,_Scientists_Warn⠀⇛ This isn’t over yet. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ The_FDA_Just_Approved_The_First_Fast-Acting Nasal_Spray_For_Migraines⠀⇛ Relief for millions. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Over_170_trillion_plastic_particles_are_now floating_in_the_ocean⠀⇛ A newly_released_study published in the science journal PLOS ONE reveals the average number of plastic particles in the world’s oceans may have reached over 170 trillion as of 2019. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Open Source Security (Audio Show) ☛ Episode_366_–_Software liability_is coming⠀⇛ Josh and Kurt talk about the number of dependencies that is now normal. Keeping track of thousands of dependencies used to be impressive, now it’s normal. In what instances should we know everything about our open source? The days of being able to ignore your software liability is looking like it’s coming to an end. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Apple_removes_VTB_Bank_app_posing_as_restaurant coupon_tracker_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Apple has removed an app from its App Store that appeared to be a restaurant guide but was actually an online banking app for customers of Russia’s majority state-owned VTB Bank, according to the Russian business magazine Inc.Russia. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_Parts_Bin_Cyberdeck_Built_For_Satellite Hacking⠀⇛ While there’s little in the way of hard rules dictating what constitutes a cyberdeck, one popular opinion is that it should be a piecemeal affair — a custom rig built up of whatever high-tech detritus the intrepid hacker can get their hands on, whether it be through trades or the time-honored tradition of dumpster diving. It should also be functional, and ideally, capable of some feats which would be difficult to accomplish with a garden variety laptop. # § Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt/Fear-mongering/Dramatisation⠀➾ # ⚓ 2023-03-11_Does_IceFire_Ransomware_Portend_a_Broader Shift_From_Windows_to_Linux? [Ed: Slashdot is helping Microsoft sites promote the idea that issues in IBM's proprietary software are somehow "Linux"]⠀⇛ # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Facebook-parent_Meta_planning_to launch_Twitter_rival⠀⇛ Elon Musk’s Twitter could soon face new competition from Facebook-owned Meta. Meta Platforms Inc is considering launching a new Twitter-like social network. “We’re exploring a standalone, decentralized social network for sharing text updates,” a Meta spokesperson said in a statement to Variety. # ⚓ Data Swamp ☛ Linux_$HOME_encryption_with_ecryptfs⠀⇛ In this article, I’d like to share with you about the Linux specific feature ecryptfs, which allows users to have encrypted directories. While disk encryption done with cryptsetup/ LUKS is very performant and secure, there are some edge cases in which you may want to use ecryptfs, whether the disk is LUKS encrypted or not. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ US_Navy_Wants_to_Turn_Australia_Into_a_Full- Service_Submarine_Hub⠀⇛ The US Navy wants a full-service submarine hub in Australia that can oversee all underwater activity in the Asia Pacific, including production and repairs, Defense News reported Thursday. The report cited comments from Navy Secretary Carlos del Toro, whose vision will be possible under AUKUS, the military pact signed between the US, […] # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ We_Must_Abolish_Nuclear_Weapons_Before_They Abolish_Us⠀⇛ # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Finnish_leaders_unanimously_refute_PM’s suggestion_of_sending_Hornets_to_Ukraine⠀⇛ During her visit to Kyiv on March 10th, Finnish Prime MinisterSanna Marin suggested that Finland could consider providing Ukraine with its ageing Hornet fighter jets. The statement has caused controversy in Finland, with some government officials denying any discussion of such an action. Speaking to reporters in Ukraine, Marin said, “there will certainly be a discussion about fighter jets.” # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Finnish_president_and_ministers_met_on Sunday_to_talk_Nato⠀⇛ PRESIDENT Sauli Niinistö and the Ministerial Committee on Foreign and Security Policy met yesterday to discuss the Finnish accession to Nato. Piritta Asunmaa, a director at the Ministry for Foreign Affairs, told YLE that the meeting was held exceptionally on a Sunday because the calendars of ministers are packed with campaign-related events this week. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Tehran_Reaches_Deal_To_Buy_SU-35_Fighter_Jets_From Russia,_Says_Iranian_State_Media⠀⇛ Iranian state media reported on March 11 that Tehran has reached a deal to buy advanced SU-35 fighter planes from Russia, citing Iran’s UN mission in New York. # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Finnish_MPs_criticize_Prime_Minister’s announcement_on_Hornet_fighter_jets_in_Ukraine [Ed: But she never said that. Media misconduct.]⠀⇛ < In her second visit to Kyiv, which her critics see as a photo opportunity before Finnish elections, prime minister Sanna Marin has raised some eyebrows and received criticism for offering Finnish fighter jets to Ukraine. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Finnish_leaders_taken_aback_by_Marin’s_Hornet_fighter jet_comment⠀⇛ Prime Minister Sanna Marin (SDP) said in Kyiv that Finland should discuss whether its old Hornet fighters could be sent to Ukraine. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ 2023-03-11_Gunman_Kills_6_in_Shooting_at Jehovah’s_Witness_Hall_in_Germany⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Gray Zone ☛ ‘Rigorous’_Maidan_massacre_exposé suppressed_by_top_academic_journal⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Belgorod_governor_reports_four_missiles_shot_down and_one_resident_injured_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Vyacheslav Gladkov, the governor of Russia’s Belgorod region, reported that air defense systems shot down four missiles in the city of Belgorod and its outskirts on Monday morning. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ These_Men_Fought_White_Supremacists_and_Got Sentenced_to_Over_200_Years⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ 100_Organizations_Ask_for_Yemen Resolution⠀⇛ We have seen much recently about the Ukraine war anniversary. But March also marks the eighth anniversary of the war on Yemen and the 20th on Iraq. Members of Congress should introduce a Yemen War Powers Resolution before this war enters a ninth year. In the past few weeks, activists in 17 cities across the United States protested at congressional offices and beyond, calling on lawmakers to bring the harmful U.S. role in the Yemen war to an end. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Colonialism_Created_Food_Insecurity_in_Haiti, Now_Climate_Change_Compounds_It⠀⇛ The U.S. must end its unfair trade practices and stop flooding Haiti’s markets with food that can be grown locally. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ China-Led_Iran-Saudi_Arabia_Diplomatic_Deal Shows_Alternative_to_US_Hegemony⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Pushing_for_Regime_Change_in_Russia_Implies an_Embrace_of_Endless_War_in_Ukraine⠀⇛ Is it Russian imperialism or great-power politics that explains Putin’s invasion of Ukraine? And how likely is it that we could see regime change in Moscow? Moreover, do ideological labels matter in today’s political climate? C. J. Polychroniou tackles these questions in an interview with the French-Greek journalist Alexandra Boutri. He contends that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is a major war crime but that the ongoing war is rooted in NATO’s eastward expansion and associated with the game of great-power politics. As for those who compare Putin to Hitler and call for regime change in Russia, Polychroniou argues that such claims and demands are both absurd and dangerous. # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ NATO_talks,_elections_and_exciting_summer plans:_Finland_in_the_world_press⠀⇛ The trilateral meeting between Finland, Sweden and Turkey about the NATO membership of the former two countries was covered in an article by Politico on March 10. The article provides details of the meeting – first time since November 2022, emphasising on Turkey’s continued blockade of Helsinki and Stockholm for NATO. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Pope_Francis_Says_He’s_Willing_To_Visit_Ukraine_And Russia,_But_‘Both’_Or_‘Neither’⠀⇛ Pope Francis says he is willing to travel to Ukraine, which is under attack from Russia, but only on the condition that he can also travel to Moscow # ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.K._Urges_Olympic_Sponsors_To_Back_Ban_On_Russian Athletes⠀⇛ Britain has called on Olympic sponsors, including Coca-Cola and Samsung, to support a ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes competing at next year’s summer games in Paris. # ⚓ The Age AU ☛ Hundreds_of_enemy_troops_killed_in_battle_for Bakhmut,_say_Ukraine_and_Russia⠀⇛ Ukraine insisted that it was holding on in Bakhmut and was giving a “decent rebuff” to Russian forces. # ⚓ NPR ☛ A_year_after_plea_talks_began,_the_9/11_case_is_still in_limbo,_frustrating_families⠀⇛ The goal was for the defendants, including alleged ringleader Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, to plead guilty and spend up to life in prison. They would avoid a death penalty trial, but the problem-plagued case would finally end. The 9/11 judge backed the effort, canceling all public hearings for the past 12 months so lawyers could focus on negotiating. Yet the talks are in limbo. And that has family members of 9/11 victims — who have been waiting more than two decades for the case to go to trial — in a familiar state of frustration. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Islamic_State_Claims_Responsibility_For_Afghanistan Blast⠀⇛ [...] The blast at a cultural center during an event for journalists in northern Afghanistan killed at least one person and wounded eight, according to authorities and journalists. [...] # ⚓ Associated Press ☛ Moldova_police_say_they_foiled_Russia- backed_unrest_plot⠀⇛ The head of Moldova’s police, Viorel Cernauteanu, said in a news conference that an undercover agent had infiltrated groups of “diversionists,” some Russian citizens, who allegedly were promised $10,000 to organize “mass disorder” during the protest in the capital, Chisinau. Seven people were detained, he said. # ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ March_To_Iraq_War,_20_Years_Later:_March 12,_2003⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ An_American_B-52_bomber_capable_of_carrying nuclear_weapons_conducted_planned_maneuvers_over_the_Baltic Sea_—_Meduza⠀⇛ An American B-52 Stratofortress strategic bomber with the call sign NOBLE61 conducted a maneuver over the Baltic Sea, 200 kilometers (around 125 miles) from St. Petersburg, reports Russian state broadcaster RBC, citing data from FlightRadar24. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Relatives_of_mobilized_soldiers_ask_Putin_to recall_them_from_assault_units_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Relatives of men mobilized from outside of Moscow sent a video appeal to President Vladimir Putin and Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu, asking that their sons and husbands be returned from assault units. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ Gannett ☛ Fox_News_lied_to_you._Here_are_some_ways_to_move forward.⠀⇛ It’s clear from court filings in the Dominion Voting Systems $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox news that the network cares only about making money, and knows its money comes from telling viewers exactly what they want to hear. Supporting former President Donald Trump and parroting his lies about the 2020 election being rigged was good for the bottom line, so the network and hosts like Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham and Tucker Carlson responded in kind. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Rupert_Murdoch_Lies_at_the_Heart_of Democracy’s_Destruction_Worldwide⠀⇛ What country in its right mind would allow a foreign entity to come into their country, set up a major propaganda operation, and then use it to so polarize that nation that its very government suffers a violent assault and its democracy finds itself at a crossroads? # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Academy_of_Science,_ANU_compromised_by government_secrecy_over_damning_emissions_report⠀⇛ Science and secrecy are two words that rarely go well together. Yet remarkably, our peak scientific institution, the Australian Academy of Science is deliberately engaging in secrecy, aided and abetted by the Australian National University. Transparency Warrior Rex Patrick tells the story. Back in January, knowing the Safeguard Mechanism legislation that underpins Labor’s key climate change policy (which we now know, flawed) would be debated in the upcoming parliamentary sitting, I FOI’ed a paper written by Australian National University Associate Professor, Cris Brack, on ‘the “science” of measuring carbon credits for human- induced regeneration’. # ⚓ EFF ☛ The_Foilies_2023⠀⇛ It seems like these days, everyone is finding classified documents in places they shouldn’t be: their homes, their offices, their storage lockers, their garages, their guitar cases, between the cracks of their couches, under some withered celery in the vegetable drawer … OK, we’re exaggerating—but it is getting ridiculous. While the pundits continue to speculate whether President Donald Trump, Vice President Mike Pence and President Joe Biden put national security at risk by hoarding these secrets, that ultimately might not be the biggest problem. What we know for sure is that these episodes illustrate overlapping problems for government transparency. It reveals an epidemic of over- aggressive classification of documents that could easily be made public. It means that an untold number of documents that belong to the public went missing—even though we may not get to see them for at least 25 years, when the law requires a mandatory declassification review. And then there’s the big, troubling transparency question: If these officials pocketed national secrets, what other troves of non-secret but nonetheless important documents did they hold on to, potentially frustrating the public’s ability to ever see them? # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Chris_Hedges:_Ukraine’s_Death_by_Proxy⠀⇛ Ukraine is a pawn for militarists intent on degrading Russia and ultimately China in a self- defeating quest to ensure U.S. global hegemony. The end of this war, like most proxy wars, will be ugly. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ ‘Snowden,’_‘Assange’_&_‘Manning’_Arrive_in Sydney_[VIDEO]⠀⇛ The three bronze statues that have been touring the world have arrived in Assange’s home country, where John Shipton, John Pilger, David McBride and other speakers demanded the prime minister tell Joe Biden to release the WikiLeaks publisher. o § Environment⠀➾ # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital First Media ☛ Mackinac_Island_ferry converting_to_electric_power_with_automaker_aid⠀⇛ The Mackinac Island Ferry Co., formerly known as Star Line, will replace two 1988 diesel engines on its Chippewa ferry vessel with electric propulsion motors. Ferry Company owns the former Arnold Line Ferry fleet and Mackinac Marine Services shipyard. The company plans to upgrade all of its seven steel vessels with electricity after the Chippewa is converted. EGLE plans to electrify all 28 Mackinac Island ferries and help develop a full-time, year-round shipbuilding industry in the straits region. # ⚓ Renewable Energy World ☛ Data:_The_energy transition’s_next_big_thing⠀⇛ Fundamentally, Bhatraju said he believes that distribution utilities should focus on distributing power, not generating it, and take on a “coordinator” role to manage DERs. That transition won’t take place now, or ever, without incentives for distribution utilities. The economics support that business model, too. Transmission and distribution costs are going up, while generation costs continue to dive thanks to new technology. Plus, the monopolistic piece of the business involves poles and wires, not power plants. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Shocking’:_Saudi_Aramco_Posts Largest-Ever_Annual_Profit_for_a_Fossil_Fuel_Company⠀⇛ Saudi Aramco, an oil giant almost entirely owned by the government of Saudi Arabia, announced Sunday that it brought in a staggering $161.1 billion in profits last year as it joined other fossil fuel companies in capitalizing on energy market turmoil sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ The North Lines IN ☛ ‘The_Elephant_Whisperers’ Triumphs_At_Oscars_2023,_Director_Dedicates_Award_To ‘Motherland_India’⠀⇛ Tamil documentary “The Elephant Whisperers” emerged as the winner at the 95th Academy Awards making it a maiden victory for India in the Documentary Short Subject category. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Why_is_the_Forest_Service_is Destroying_Critical_Mule_Deer_Habitat?⠀⇛ These are the facts. Almost half of the Ashland Ranger District of the Custer- Gallatin National Forest in southeastern Montana has burned in recent wildfires. This has severely impacted mule deer habitat, resulting in a declining mule deer population which will continue to fall if the Forest Service goes forward with its proposed South Otter logging and burning project on 292,000 acres (456 sq. miles) of public lands. The 1990 Ashland Deer Guidelines were developed jointly between the Forest Service and the Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks to limit logging impacts on what they note is “the most stable and important population of mule deer in southeastern Montana.” Yet, by ignoring its own scientists and arbitrarily changing existing standards, the South Otter project will destroy even more of what’s left of this vitally important mule deer habitat. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ Local_food_pantries_brace_for_increased demand_as_SNAP_benefits_come_to_an_end⠀⇛ Local food pantries may soon see a surge in demand for their services after pandemic-era SNAP benefits come to an end. A temporary boost to SNAP benefits, also known as food stamps, was put in place to help low-income individuals and families during the COVID-19 pandemic. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ In_Defense_of_Taxing_Stock_Buybacks⠀⇛ The Biden administration is getting a lot of grief over its proposal to tax share buybacks at a 4.0 percent rate. They are being denounced as economic illiterates, and worse. I’m going to side with the economic illiterates, and say Biden is very much on the mark with this proposal. To be clear, I have written before that I don’t agree with most of the complaints directed against buybacks. It makes little difference as a practical matter whether companies pay out money to shareholders as buybacks or dividends. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ French_pension_reform_protests_flare up_again⠀⇛ Protests against pension reforms in France have flared up again, with large rallies being held in major cities such as Paris, Nice and Toulouse. The authorities reportedly expected up to one million protesters across the country. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Poll:_Voters_support_cutting_business_subsidies; otherwise_split_on_balancing_public_finances⠀⇛ Among the current governing parties, the views of the supporters of the Centre and Swedish People’s Party were often closer to those of the NCP than of their cabinet partners. # ⚓ CNN ☛ World’s_most_expensive_housing_market_faces_a critical_question⠀⇛ Behind the gleaming skyscrapers and multimillion- dollar homes that have made this city the world’s most expensive property market lies a far less attractive parallel reality: one of the world’s seemingly most intractable housing crises. # ⚓ CNN ☛ How_does_a_bank_collapse_in_48_hours?_A_timeline_of the_SVB_fall⠀⇛ # ⚓ Axios ☛ SVB:_A_startup_bank’s_rise_and_fall⠀⇛ Given how deeply and widely its roots run across the industry, Silicon Valley Bank — dramatically seized_on_Friday by the federal government amid a crippling bank run and a swooning stock — couldn’t have a more apt name. # ⚓ Axios ☛ This_weekend_is_everything_for_Silicon_Valley_Bank and_its_customers⠀⇛ The U.S. government on Friday assumed_control of Silicon_Valley_Bank and its billions of dollars in customer_deposits, temporarily shutting all branches and freezing withdrawals. # ⚓ Axios ☛ U.S._government_takes_control_of_Silicon_Valley Bank⠀⇛ U.S. banking regulators on Friday assumed control of Silicon_Valley_Bank, the country’s 16th largest bank and a top financial institution for technology and life sciences companies. # ⚓ Axios ☛ SVB_doled_out_bonuses_ahead_of_FDIC_seizure⠀⇛ Silicon Valley Bank on Friday paid out annual bonuses to eligible U.S. employees, just hours before the bank_was_seized by the U.S. government, Axios has learned from multiple sources. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ 3_Lessons_From_Silicon_Valley_Bank’s Failure⠀⇛ Here’s one takeaway: The bank’s extremely online clientele may have contributed to its downfall. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Silicon_Valley_Bank’s_Collapse_Causes Strain_for_Young_Companies⠀⇛ Young companies raced to get their money out of the bank, which was central to the start-up industry. Some said they could not make payroll. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Silicon_Valley_Bank_Collapse_Sets_Off Blame_Game_Between_Crypto_and_Tech⠀⇛ The implosion of the Silicon Valley bank led to finger-pointing, as executives and investors jumped on the crisis for their own messaging. # ⚓ 2023-03-11_Marc_Rubinstein:_‘The_Demise_of_Silicon_Valley Bank’⠀⇛ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Ellen_Brown:_The_Looming_Quadrillion_Dollar Derivatives_Tsunami⠀⇛ On Friday, March 10, Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) collapsed and was taken over by federal regulators. SVB was the 16th largest bank in the country and its bankruptcy was the second largest in U.S. history, following Washington Mutual in 2008. Despite its size, SVB was not a “systemically […] # ⚓ Quartz ☛ With_SVB_and_Signature,_the_US_is_making_a “systemic_risk_exception”_for_systemically_unimportant banks⠀⇛ With a resoluteness befitting a response to the threat of an all-out banking crisis, US banking regulators issued a joint statement on the evening of March 12, declaring that all depositors in the failed Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) will have full access to their funds starting March 13. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ SVB_staff_‘offered_45_days_of_work_at 1.5_times_salary’⠀⇛ Employees of Silicon Valley Bank have been offered 45 days of employment at 1.5 times their salary by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, the regulator that has taken control of the collapsed lender, according to an email sent to staff. # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Survey_finds_strong_support_for_universal income_and_social_security_reform_among_Finnish_workers⠀⇛ A recent survey conducted by Kantar Public Oy on behalf of Suomen Yrittäjät (Finnish Entrepreneurs) has found strong support for universal income security and social security reform in the Finnish workforce. The survey, called the Työelämägallup, was conducted among 1,511 respondents, including employees, entrepreneurs, furloughed workers, and the unemployed. The results of the survey indicate that 42% of those surveyed view a universal income security model favorably. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Private_jets,_Cartier_watch:_Hillsong under_probe_in_Australia_after_claims_of_misuse_of_church funds⠀⇛ An Australian MP accused the church’s founder Brian Houston of spending lavishly using church funds. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Graft_charges_give_me_sleepless_nights, says_Malaysia’s_ex-PM_Muhyiddin⠀⇛ The Bersatu leadership has rallied around Muhyiddin, urging him to remain in command of the party. # ⚓ BW Businessworld Media Pvt Ltd ☛ US_Bails_Out_SVB Depositors,_Says_Will_Get_All_Their_Money_Back_From_Today⠀⇛ In a joint statement released by Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen, Federal Reserve Board Chair Jerome H Powell, and FDIC Chairman Martin J Gruenberg announced they would “fully protect” all depositors who had funds in Silicon Valley Bank, just days after regulators took control of the institution. # ⚓ India Times ☛ [Cryptoxxurreny]_firm_Circle_says_$3.3 billion_USDC_reserves_to_be_fully_available_on_Monday⠀⇛ Cryptocurrency firm Circle said all its depositors with the collapsed Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank will be made whole and the $3.3- billion USDC reserve deposit held at Silicon Valley Bank will be fully available when banks open on Monday. Circle’s announcement comes after the US administration on Sunday stepped in with a series of emergency measures to shore up confidence after the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and New York- based Signature Bank threatened to trigger a systemic crisis. # ⚓ Monday Note ☛ No_Atheists_In_Foxholes._Or_Libertarians_In Bank_Runs⠀⇛ Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) made and lost chancy bets on long-term bonds. This concerned depositors who in turn worried other depositors, starting a chain reaction, a massive exit of funds. SVB didn’t have enough liquidities, became insolvent and is now in the hands of the FDIC (Federal Deposits Insurance Corporation). # ⚓ Pete Warden ☛ Notes_from_a_bank_run⠀⇛ To start with, Useful is not at risk of shutting down. The worst case scenario, as far as I can tell, is that we only have access to the insured amount of $250k in our SVB account on Monday. This will be plenty for payroll on Wednesday, and from what I’ve seen there are enough liquid assets that sales of the government bonds that triggered the whole process should be enough to return a good portion of the remaining balance within a week or so. If I need to, I’ll dip into my personal savings to keep the lights on. I know this isn’t true for many other startups though, so if they don’t get full access to their funds there will be job losses and closures. # ⚓ The North Lines IN ☛ Collapse_Of_Silicon_Valley_Bank_To Impact_Indian_Startup_Ecosystem,_Feel_Experts⠀⇛ The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, the largest vendor in the startup ecosystem, is likely to adversely impact the Indian startup scenario as well as it has injected a lot of uncertainty in the sector overnight, industry experts say. “Hopefully the matter will get resolved, but I think it is a big hit for Indian startups,” Ashu Garg, a prominent Silicon Valley-based venture capitalist and early-stage investor for over two decades, said in an interview. California-based Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), the 16th largest bank in the United States, was closed on Friday by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation which later appointed the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) as its receiver. [...] # ⚓ Axios ☛ Biden_on_brink_of_banking_crisis⠀⇛ How it works: Banks don’t keep deposits in a vault — they lend them out to businesses and individuals. So if depositors ask for all their money back at once, as they did at SVB, the bank is likely to fail. Corporate America just got a stark reminder that none of their deposits are insured above $250,000 by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC). # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Why_the_Banking_System_is_Breaking_Up⠀⇛ The collapses of Silvergate and Silicon Valley Bank are like icebergs calving off from the Antarctic glacier. The financial analogy to the global warming causing this collapse is the rising temperature of interest rates, which spiked last Thursday and Friday to close at 4.60 percent for the U.S. Treasury’s two-year bonds. Bank depositors meanwhile were still being paid only 0.2 percent on their deposits. That has led to a steady withdrawal of funds from banks – and a corresponding decline in commercial bank balances with the Federal Reserve. Most media reports reflect a prayer that the bank runs will be localized, as if there is no context or environmental cause. There is general embarrassment to explain how the breakup of banks that is now gaining momentum is the result of the way that the Obama Administration bailed out the banks in 2008. Fifteen years of Quantitative Easing has re-inflated prices for packaged bank mortgages – and with them, housing prices, stock and bond prices. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ The_Really_Great_February_Jobs_Report⠀⇛ The failure of Silicon Valley Bank on Friday overtook the really big event of the day, the February jobs report. The 311,000 jobs were far more than I had expected. I thought the huge January number was a fluke of seasonal adjustments and unusually good winter weather. For that reason, I expected the February number to be very weak, not because I thought the labor market had crashed, but just as a correction to the high number in January. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ New_York_shuts_down_[cryptocurrency]-heavy Signature_Bank_to_protect_depositors⠀⇛ The New York Department of Financial Services took control of Signature Bank pursuant to Section 606 of New York Banking Law in order to protect depositors. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. was appointed as the receiver of the bank. Signature Bank had total assets of $110.36 billion and total deposits of $88.59 billion as of Dec. 31. It’s unclear what the figure is today. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Matt_Taibbi_Declares_John_Podesta’s_Risotto Recipe_Was_“True” [Ed: Matt Taibbi targeted by fanatics of HRC, using straw man arguments]⠀⇛ Matt Taibbi does not know the difference between “true” and “authentic,” and it shows in his propaganda.  # ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Jan._6_seditious_conspiracy_comes_into focus_at_Proud_Boys_trial_as_classified_‘spill’_roils proceedings⠀⇛ Details on how sending the defense attorneys the wrong “Jencks” file has roiled the Proud Boys trial. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Homelessness_politics_and_voter_frustration_drives local_elections_nationwide⠀⇛ Homelessness is emerging as a potent political issue in local elections this year, particularly when coupled with related concerns about crime. # ⚓ Marcy Wheeler ☛ Conclusion_To_Series_On_The_Dawn_Of Everything⠀⇛ A few thoughts from a fascinating book. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ In_World_Cup_Run-Up,_Qatar_Pressed_U.N. Agency_Not_to_Investigate_Abuses⠀⇛ Lobbying at the International Labor Organization dovetailed with an influence campaign that set off a corruption scandal at the European Parliament. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ “Let’s_drop_this_now”:_calls_rise_for Albo_to_ask_Joe_Biden_for_release_of_Assange_in_tonight’s AUKUS_talks⠀⇛ There will be no better opportunity than now for Anthony Albanese to ask US President Joe Biden for the release of Julian Assange. Michael West reports on the Belmarsh Tribunal and calls for the release of Australia’s number one political prisoner.  Prime Minister Anthony Albanese meets with US President Joe Biden today, US time. He is in San Diego with AUKUS partners Biden and British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak to strike a deal to spend billions of dollars of Australia’s public money with the US and UK on nuclear submarines. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Psycho_Political_Dimensions_of_Being_a Stranger_in_a_Strange_Land⠀⇛ The 21 st C. New Normal – Psycho Political Dimensions of Being a Stranger in a Strange Land Measuring a Weaponized Infrastructure (Telecommunications) # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Trump-Era_Deregulation_Deemed_a_Key_Culprit in_Failure_of_Silicon_Valley_Bank⠀⇛ In 2018, ignoring the vocal warnings of experts and advocacy groups, the then-Republican-controlled Congress passed legislation that weakened post- financial crisis regulations for banks with between $50 billion and $250 billion in assets, sparking fears of systemically risky failures and more taxpayer bailouts. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Indict_Trump?_Sure,_But_Don’t_Forget_That’s Exactly_What_He_Wants⠀⇛ Former Arkansas governor Asa Hutchinson tells USA Today that former president Donald Trump should abandon his 2024 campaign to re-take the White House if he’s indicted: “It doesn’t mean that he’s guilty of it or he should be charged, but it’s just such a distraction that would be unnecessary for somebody who’s seeking the highest office in the land.” Is Hutchinson right? Maybe. Does Hutchinson — who’s been talked up for years as a possible presidential candidate — have ambitions that Trump’s departure from the field would serve, or is he just doing the “elder statesman” thing out of concern for his party’s prospects? Either could be true. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ What_Kevin_Alexander_Gray_Taught_Me⠀⇛ In July 2015, when two Black Lives Matter activists challenged liberal candidates running for the 2016 Democratic presidential nomination, the late Kevin Alexander Gray told me in an interview, “all candidates ought to have an agenda that deals with the issues that the Black community are grappling with right now, to include police violence, to include economics, to include all the issues that the Black Lives Matter activists raised.” Gray didn’t let anyone off the hook, including Vermont’s independent Senator Bernie Sanders, who had launched his first presidential campaign, and was considered the most left-leaning candidate. “They ought to hire Black people to advise them in their campaigns,” he said, “instead of just organizing a group of white men, which Bernie Sanders is guilty of doing too, and letting those people try to filter what it is that the candidates get.” # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Disinformation_Is_Not_the_Real Problem_With_Democracy⠀⇛ Americans increasingly lack the information they need to participate in the political process. # ⚓ New Statesman ☛ How_Russian_propaganda_works,_with Jade_McGlynn⠀⇛ One year into Russia’s war against Ukraine, Katie Stallard speaks to Jade McGlynn, an expert on Russian propaganda and memory politics, about how the Kremlin has framed the conflict at home. McGlynn is an academic researcher at King’s College London and the author of two forthcoming books, Russia’s War and Memory Makers: The Politics of the Past in Putin’s Russia. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ CNN ☛ Gary_Lineker_pauses_presenting_‘Match_of_the_Day’ after_immigration_tweets⠀⇛ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ BBC_in_Turmoil_as_Revolt_Over_Gary Lineker’s_‘Match_of_the_Day’_Suspension_Spreads⠀⇛ One of England’s best-known sports personalities, he was taken off the air after criticizing a British government immigration proposal on social media. His ouster set off a staff boycott. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iran_Confirms_Death_Sentence_Against_Swedish- Iranian_Dissident_Lured_To_Turkey⠀⇛ Iran’s hard-line judiciary says its Supreme Court has upheld a death sentence against a Swedish- Iranian dissident who went missing from a Turkish airport two years ago before turning up in Iranian custody accused of terrorism. The defendant, Habib Chaab, a founder and former leader of a separatist group called the Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahwaz (ASMLA), lived in Sweden for 14 years until he was apparently lured to Turkey by Iranian intelligence agents. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Blasphemy_Forever:_Schoolboys_scuffed_a Quran._Why_did_the_police_care?⠀⇛ But the moralists never left, and English authorities have stumbled when trying to figure out how to mediate between them and those they accuse. Last month, in the West Yorkshire town of Wakefield, a 14-year-old bought a bargain-basement English translation of the Quran on Amazon. (Known as the “Pink Qur’an,” it costs about $13.) He gave it to his buddies at school, and by the end of the day it was smudged and slightly torn. The school suspended the kids, and police investigated the incident as a possible hate crime—which, given that it was his own book, and that police don’t generally conduct investigations of creased covers and smudged pages, would be hard to distinguish from a charge of blasphemy. They did not, in the end, prosecute. And when the owner was threatened with death, police took the menacing seriously. But the incident illustrates how society’s defenses, like a watchman dozing off on a late shift, tend to slip. (Last year’s attempted murder of Salman Rushdie roused many advocates of free speech from a similar slumber.) Only one good thing has come from this incident: It has forced authorities, and civil society, to wipe the crust from their eyes and recall how best to respond to incidents, or non-incidents, like this one. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Frankfurt_Attacks_Human_Rights_of Palestinians_by_Canceling_Roger_Waters’_Concert⠀⇛ After a highly acclaimed run in North America, Roger Waters will take his “This Is Not a Drill” tour across Europe. The long journey includes shows in Germany, with the final concert in the country originally planned to take place in Frankfurt on May 28. On February 24, however, Frankfurt’s city council and the Hessian state government announced the cancellation of the Frankfurt concert, for “persistent anti-Israel behavior,” and called Waters an antisemite. [...] The conflation of criticism of Israel and antisemitism is dangerous and perpetuates the common antisemitic perspective that all Jews monolithically support Israel. Because antisemitism is a real issue, its weaponization and distortion to stifle legitimate criticism of Israel is reckless, and undermines the fight against antisemitism. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Frankfurt_Undermines_Human_Rights_by Canceling_a_Concert_by_Roger_Waters⠀⇛ o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Journalist_Fırat_Bulut_detained_for_‘spreading_false information’_over_earthquake_coverage⠀⇛ The journalist said he had been reporting from the quake-hit regions for a month. Spending the night in custody, Bulut was later released. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Uyghur_actor_portraying_‘black-hearted_drug_dealer’ in_video_plays_to_racist_tropes⠀⇛ “This video fails completely” if China really wants to integrate Uyghurs into society, researcher says # ⚓ Vox ☛ 2023-03-12_Child_labor_protections_are_the_latest Republican_target⠀⇛ # ⚓ CNN ☛ Women_can_now_swim_topless_in_Berlin’s_swimming pools._The_move_reflects_Germany’s_tradition_of_nudity⠀⇛ Berlin’s authorities took action after a female swimmer said she was prevented from attending one of the city’s pools without covering her chest in December 2022. The woman lodged a complaint with the city’s ombudsman’s office at the Senate Department for Justice, Diversity and Anti- Discrimination. Authorities agreed that the woman had been a victim of discrimination and this week said that all visitors to Berlin’s pools, including women and those who identify as non-binary, are permitted to go topless. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ What_Union-Buster_Howard_Schultz_Owes Starbucks_Workers⠀⇛ At long last, Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz is being held to account for his company’s union-busting tactics. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ US_Corporations_Are_Bringing_Back_Child_Labor, With_Help_From_GOP_Lawmakers⠀⇛ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_Rights_of_Asylum-Seekers_are_Under_Attack by_Biden_Administration⠀⇛ Don’t let cruelty win. Rush support to protect migrant rights. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_Global_Vigils_for_the_Closure_of Guantánamo_on_International_Women’s_Day⠀⇛ Campaigners at the global vigils for the closure of Guantánamo on March 8, 2023. Clockwise from top left: London, Washington, D.C., New York and Mexico City. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_authorities_seek_to_restrict_the_parental rights_of_Alexey_Moskalev,_whose_daughter_drew_an_anti-war picture_in_school_—_Meduza⠀⇛ A regional court in the Tula region is seeking to restrict the parental rights of Alexey Moskalev, whose daughter, Masha, drew an anti-war picture during school art class. Telegram channels supporting the Moskalevs report that a hearing related to the case has been scheduled for March 15. # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Chicago_Grocery_Teamsters_Face_Retaliation_for Exercising_Their_Rights⠀⇛ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Haass’s_Ten_Civic_Obligations_Need Facilities_to_Address_Abuses_of_Power⠀⇛ A friend just gave me a book by Richard N. Haass with the intriguing title, The Bill of Obligations: The Ten Habits of Good Citizens. Mr. Haass is a self-described member of the establishment – in his words “people and institutions that have often been vilified and blamed for the failures of democracy.” Having worked in the Pentagon, State Department and White House under four presidents, Democrat and Republican alike, followed by his present leadership of the Council on Foreign Relations, may explain why there is nothing in the index of his book under “law” or “corporation” or “unions” or “consumer cooperatives.” Credit him, however, with the recognition of “the mounting evidence that this rights-based democracy is failing.” He discusses “ten obligations, that if adopted by a preponderance of citizens, would go a long way toward fixing American democracy.” He calls these “habits of citizenship” (Danielle Allen’s phrase) that “should happen but that the law cannot require.” … “Putting these obligations into practice is up to us.” # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Texas_Women_Sued_for_Wrongful_Death_for Allegedly_Helping_Friend_Obtain_Abortion⠀⇛ # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Expanding_Battle_Over_the_Abortion_Pill⠀⇛ Republican state attorneys general are threatening action against pharmacies that dispense it, as a federal lawsuit challenges the F.D.A.’s authority to approve it. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Jan Schaumann ☛ 2023-03-10_Who_reads_your_email?⠀⇛ o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ Spirit_warned_investors_that_merging_with Jetblue_would_be_illegal⠀⇛ That’s great news if you’re an airline shareholder. It’s terrible news if you’re hunting for your lost bags, or if you’re a flight attendant or pilot being squeezed, or if you’re being hit for billions in covid bailouts – or if you’re one of one million Americans who were stranded during Christmas week by the failure of Southwest Airlines’ IT systems, which use duct-tape and wishful thinking to hold together the IT systems of all the airlines SWA bought: [...] # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ Intellectual_[sic]_Property_[sic]_Killed the_Movie_Star⠀⇛ The lead actors in today’s blockbuster films are celebrities, not movie stars. That’s not their fault: the industry has reduced actors to stewards of profitable intellectual property, robbing them of the opportunity to connect with audiences and shine. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Following_Loud_and_Lousy_Exit,_FTC_Better Off_Without_Christine_Wilson⠀⇛ Commissioner Christine Wilson’s “noisy exit” from the Federal Trade Commission officially has an end date. On March 2, she submitted her official resignation to President Biden announcing she will step down on the last day of the month, and she couldn’t help but take some final shots at her apparent nemesis, Chair Lina Khan. Evidently, Wilson still has a bad case of “Lina Khan Derangement Syndrome.” # § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Massive_Public_Investment_Made_COVID- 19_Vaccines_Possible⠀⇛ In a new study published in the BMJ, Dr. Hussain Lalani and a team of six other medical researchers document the massive extent to which the US public (through the federal government) financed the development, production, and purchase of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines. Through March 2022, the US government spent at least $2.7 billion to develop and produce these vaccines. As the researchers note this is a conservative estimate. In addition to these investments in research and development, the US government spent $29.2 billion through March 2022 to purchase the COVID-19 vaccines—at about $20.69 per dose on average, far in excess of estimated manufacturing costs of $1 to $3 per dose—bringing total public investment to $31.9 billion. # ⚓ Florian Müller ☛ 2023-03-08_Nokia’s_string_of Indonesian_losses_continues_in_Vivo_dispute:_Jakarta court_declares_patent_infringement_complaint inadmissible⠀⇛ # ⚓ Florian Müller ☛ 2023-03-10_WiFi_router_maker_AVM deemed_unwilling_licensee_of_standard-essential patents–but_more_WiFi_6_patent_assertions_by_Huawei_may be_needed_to_force_settlement⠀⇛ # ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ Agreement_on_Milan_as_seat central_division_UPC,_competencies_under_debate [Ed: This is illegal. This is a crime. Team UPC is discrediting the EU by suggestion clear violations of the law.]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ Strictly_Confidential:_Trade Secrets_in_German_Patent_Litigation [Ed: Companies making it "illegal" for people to say what they know or exercise knowledge/skills they have]⠀⇛ It is now almost a year since the new confidentiality regime for patent disputes in Germany entered into force. Since then, confidentiality requests have become a standard procedure in German patent litigation. Courts and counsel have translated the legal requirements into manageable routines. # ⚓ 2023-03-12_Webinar_on_Unified_Patent_Court [Ed: Unified Patent Court is illegal, unconstitutional, and thus untenable, but so-called "law" firms try to make a euro by promoting it and "shilling" such training]⠀⇛ # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ SFist ☛ SF-Based_‘Weird_Al’_Yankovic-Themed_Burlesque Group_Is_Making_a_Documentary,_Will_‘Bare_To_Be Stupid’⠀⇛ The crowdfunding campaign is making big ask of $115,000, though in the final stretch, they’re already close to $100,000. Why so much money? “Al doesn’t own the rights to a lot of his early parodies so it really complicates the matter,” Kintaro explains. “The story can’t be told without the music of ‘Weird Al’ and music rights are expensive. He doesn’t own the rights to his early songs,” according to Odessa Lil. “The Kickstarter is to help fund that process and finish off the movie so it can be considered for distribution or streaming.” # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Why_Would_‘OpenAI’_Send_ChatGPT Takedown_Notices_to_Google?⠀⇛ Google’s transparency report shows that ‘OpenAI’ has asked the search engine to remove several ChatGPT-related search results. These include links to apps and articles that allegedly infringe on OpenAI’s rights. While we can’t confirm the legitimacy of these requests, ChatGPT informs us that they could be legitimate. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ Success_does_not_guarantee_happiness⠀⇛ So, don’t optimize on your success but on your personal well-being. # ⚓ Disgust_and_Disappointment⠀⇛ Last Friday I received a phone call from a fellow Scout leader which has spent my head spinning between disgust and disappointment. Turns out that a Scout leader in the local area had appeared on a paedophile hunter Facebook page. It appears he had been sending messages to a 15 year old boy about meeting up. This particular person was someone who I have worked with professionaly and as a volunteer with. I looked up to him and thought he was a sensible voice to get advice from. This news has shocked me. I am surprised he could do or contemplate something so disgusting and debased. My mind has been spinning ever since. This has filled my mind and destroyed any spare thoughts. The video from the paedophile hunters is a hard watch. It shows a group confronting him on his doorstep. His wife comes out eventually and doesn’t appear shocked. She is also heavily involved in local Scouting and another reason for the mind spinning. What if she knew and wasn’t reporting? How could someone do that? I occasionally hope it is some sort of mix up. It probably isn’t. The good news is that the police have been presented with evidence and are investigating. I have no idea if he has been arrested. # ⚓ Day_1_Haru_2023⠀⇛ Sumo is back for another tournament. We are back in Osaka for this one. I must admit, this one creeped up on me and I was not feeling the excitement in the build up. However, there is much to be excited about. Terunofuji remains kyujo and so is not fighting. This is expected although he has been training again. There has been lots of noise around him taking part in the Jungyo (travelling show case) after the basho. Sounds promising and hopefully he is not suffering too much. The disgraced former Ozeki, Asanoyama is back fighting in Makuuchi after dropping down a fair few divisions. Oh wait, he is just visiting. Yes, his previous efforts to get out of Juryo last basho had failed. However, he did get a win today so hopefully he will be back into the top division. # ⚓ Morality_in_dream_content⠀⇛ The dreams that I can remember the next day are rarely concrete enough to describe in words, but last night I had an odd one. It’s amusing how, as far as I can recall, the dreams just, like, seamlessly place you into a certain context that makes sense in the dream. # ⚓ aphantasia⠀⇛ I am thinking about the limitations my aphantasia imposes on me at times. The topic has been getting more attention the past few years, but honestly, I do not keep up with any of it, so I don’t know if they made any progress in what causes it, if it’s even “real”, how to treat it, and so on. I just know that most of the time, I do not have a mental image. At all. Just knowledge. Internally visualizing stuff largely does not work for me. I never got the joke about “not thinking about the pink elephant” because of it. I read books and I don’t see anything. I play pen and paper roleplay and I don’t see anything. Not being able to see anything in front of my mental eye has shaped the way I understand 3D space, math, and art. When I do art, I work on it until it looks right for me. I sadly cannot imagine something and then bring it to the medium like it is in my head. I would love to have a finished product in my head and then following along my mental image until it looks like it does in my head. # ⚓ Music_Finds_(March_2023)⠀⇛ Some notes on new bands I’ve been getting into, plus some comments on music discovery. # ⚓ Their_grate⠀⇛ Polyseme: Spelled the same, pronounced the same, same etymology Homonym: Spelled the same, pronounced the same, different etymology Homograph: Spelled the same, pronounced differently, regardless of etymology Homophone: Spelled differently, pronounced the same, regardless of etymology [...] Polysemes are not homonyms, nor vice versa. Polyseme means “many meanings”, homonym means “same name”, homograph means “same writing”, homophone means “same sound”. # ⚓ Cultural_appropriation⠀⇛ I feel that the left’s reaction against cultural appropriation is good but some are missing that the flipside is cultural imperialism and we might need to walk the tightrope between the two of them (sometimes erring on one side, sometimes the other) instead of diving headfirst into compulsive white normativity. Clarification needed before I mention the word “radfem” just to make it explicit that it’s inherently queer inclusive, and you’ll see why as I get into the essay proper. The deluded TERF cult is a snake’s nest of inconsistencies, illogic, propaganda and alliances with the far right. They prop up what they claim to fight: oppressive, suffocating gender normative limitations. They claim to be “gender critical” while being 24/ 7 complicit in the performance of gender. They deny the existence of wall while being the wall. They have forgotten the fight for pants. # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_DEIKOSV_Wordo:_LINTS⠀⇛ o § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Obsidian⠀⇛ I’ve been using Obsdian as a means for visualizing my notes as well as a way to package up some of my notes for sharing and collaborating with others. It makes for a really nice way for mortals to view my markdown content. I’ve already added support for most of the same features Obsidian has in my own process, well before discovering Obsidian, but the thing that has me going back to Obsidian is that oh-so-nice ~murder wall~ *Infinite Canvas*. I like dropping original source materials into a canvas and then starting to write markdown notes off to the sides where I’m contextualizing the new information. I’ve also used it to map out my capsule hierarchy from the perspective of user workflow. And I’ve made use of the excellent Excalidraw plugin to convert some hand drawn diagrams into SVGs. It’s **really** nice. # ⚓ Linux_$HOME_encryption_with_ecryptfs⠀⇛ In this article, I’d like to share with you about the Linux specific feature ecryptfs, which allows users to have encrypted directories. While disk encryption done with cryptsetup/LUKS is very performant and secure, there are some edge cases in which you may want to use ecryptfs, whether the disk is LUKS encrypted or not. # ⚓ DST_Hot_Takes⠀⇛ So as a US American most* of us transitioned into Daylight Savings time last night (well “this morning”)… overnight… We jumped forward and hour cutting into our precious sleep time. This is always controversial because, it sucks. It throws off sleep schedules, messes up your internal clock, etc. But it’s great because as the days lengthen it shifts the social clock to be inline with solar time over the spring and summer months, allotting more “daylight hours” to social time. # ⚓ Re:_Feature_Poor_sudo_Replacement⠀⇛ Ordinarily I’d say Unix, not Linux. This time I said Linux intentionally, because if you’re using another form of Unix then you are already not the average user. When I first started using Linux very few distributions shipped with sudo. If you needed to do sysadmin type things then you used su in a terminal and became root until you were done. The thing is, people are lazy, and a lot of people would just leave that root terminal running because typing a password is so much work. The first distro I personally saw that provided sudo by default was Ubuntu. They also discouraged the use of su to have a long running terminal by providing a default configuration that did not add your own personal user to the `wheel` group and disallowed logging in as root graphically. Now, they may very well not have been the first to go down this route. They were the first that I personally noticed. Over time, most Linux distros have followed a similar path. # ⚓ Re:_Ham_Radio,_Silent_Key_Archive⠀⇛ As a moderately new ham, got my ticket back in 2011, I have had the same thoughts wholesomedonut has. Such a wonderful hobby that is filled with aging hobbyists and dying knowledge. Discussions online from younger generations tend to drift off into annoyance with topics being had on the radio and older operators getting annoyed that computers are getting in the way with the bands being filled with the sound of modems rather than voice and Morse Code (CW). There is a good YouTube community of operators trying to revive the hobby, though revive may be the wrong word as numbers of new licensees has increased over the past few decades. While they all have been talking about why they get annoyed with others in the hobby, I have been thinking for quite some time why the hobby itself may not last. # ⚓ Going_Postel⠀⇛ A short summary of the above is to “reduce ambiguity over time and create a healthy ecosystem”. Nuance has been gained; various downsides of “being liberal in what you accept” have been noted. Old implementations were expected to be conservative in what they sent, and to silently discard unexpected inputs unless the specification required an error message. The draft instead recommends “active maintenance” instead of an accumulation of tolerances for whatever wacky things the other end might do. # ⚓ quick_review:_isekai_nonbiri_nouka_and_tamayura: hitotose.⠀⇛ A quick note before we start, this is an experimental first post and does not represent what this gemlog may look like in the future. I hope to do more in depth analysis of more interesting shows, or at least something better than this. So consider sticking around for that. anyway, on with the show. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ More_Running_Multiple_Servers⠀⇛ To continue my progress of replacing my simple web pages with Gemini proxied capsules I needed to get Kineto[1] to run multiple instances pointing to different pages and served on different ports. Only problem, kineto doesn’t support config files and systemd unit files kind of suck with a dynamic layout. I’ve never been a big fan of systemd. When possible I’ve actively worked at not running it. Making a monolith isn’t great but that it the design that shows unseasoned developers. A purely configuration based init system is create when you have nothing special going on but that is rarely the case. # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ Note_to_Self:_Git_Aliases⠀⇛ # ⚓ Sleep_deprived_musings_on_the_history_of_the_SCP Wiki,_creative_writing,_community_contribution,_and happiness,_and_coffee⠀⇛ An interesting set of essays about one of my favorite collaborative fiction projects from its earliest conceptions as a loose set of 4chan threads to a proper wiki akin to what it is today. Also some juicy drama in there if you have a taste for the flavor of petty human interactions. Oh and also noticed skylar’s capsule was down, she has an excellent scp article – to – gemtext converter service hosted on her capsule which I like using every now and then. Gemtext in Lagrange remains my favorite way to read. 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