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Wreck at Sirius ’Open Source’ | Techrights ⦿ [Meme] ISO Certification for Paying for Certificates on Time | Techrights ⦿ Report: The So-called ’Linux’ Foundation is Reducing Focus on Linux | Techrights ⦿ [Meme] Sirius is Not Open Source and Thugs Took Over the Company | Techrights ⦿ [Meme] ISO Selling ’Reputation’ to Small Businesses (for a Large Fee) | Techrights ⦿ Sirius Lying About ISO to Justify Giving the Technical Staff Some Classic ’Bullshit Jobs’ While Censoring/Covering Up Incompetence | Techrights ⦿ [Meme] Truth is Not Defamation | Techrights ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): http://techrights.org/2023/01/23/irc-log-220123/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/01/23/iso-just-paid-for-papers/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/01/23/iso-train-wreck/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/01/23/iso-waste/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/01/23/linux-foundation-is-not-linux/#comments 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🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇IPFS logo⦈ § Bulletin for Yesterday⠀➾ Local_copy | CID (IPFS): QmUDQpqfCd54yZUtVTP1MS4ftSbFYX5pxJd6EiK22w7vVD ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 200 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/01/23/iso-just-paid-for-papers/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/01/23/iso-just-paid-for-papers/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 01.23.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ ISO_Reality:_The_‘Security’_Certifications_Are_Meaningless_(Paid-for Papers)⠀✐ Posted in Deception, ISO at 12:07 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum 07a2f3b98615ee2d67a59e46c7ac4f8e ISO as Meaningless Certificates Mill Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/iso-facade.webm Summary: Sirius_‘Open_Source’ has used “ISO” as a catch-all talking point since 2019 in spite of doing illegal, unethical and truly dubious things while failing really badly at security IN OUR last_post we started the first part of several parts about ISO, commencing a separate (sub)series of posts that may take about a week to finish. “If ISO considers that to be “OK”, then that says a lot about ISO.”Sirius ‘Open Source’ disregards security advice, deems commentary that it lacks security staff to be “defamatory” (actually it’s perfectly factual), and moreover it is ignoring advice from technical people who do have a clue — all this while failing to do basic things like change passwords after a major breach. If ISO considers that to be “OK”, then that says a lot about ISO. █ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇ISO_perception;_ISO_reality⦈_ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣠⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣴⣤⣶⡾⠲⢶⣾⠿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣾⣿⣷⣶⣿⣿⣿⣧⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠛⠛⠉⠙⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠛⢿⠙⡽⠃⠀⠈⢙⠀⠉⠛⠛⡿⠟⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠘⢀⠇⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢈⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡇⠣⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⢀⡴⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠟⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠁⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣠⣤⣄⣄⣄⣠⣤⣤⣦⣤⣤⣄⣀⡀⠀⠀⠈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⢡⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠐⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠁⠀⠀⢦⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣄⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢠⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣄⠀⠈⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢡⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣂⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠉⠀⢠⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠨⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠈⢻⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠛⠋⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣾⡟⠄⠀⠀⠀⠸⠿⠛⠛⠻⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠉⠋⠁⠀⠈⠉⢏⢆⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠄⠀⣹⣿⣿⡿⠛⠋⠉⠉⠙⢿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⡄⣌⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⢠⠀⠀⣀⡤⠤⠶⠂⠀⠻⣿⣿⣿⠏⡀⢂⡝⠛⠛⠁⣀⣴⣶⠂⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀⣿⣿⣿⡿⠖⢀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⠀⠀⣼⣿⠀⠀⣠⣤⣦⢸⣿⣿⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⢺⣷⣯⣴⣶⣾⣶⣶⣷⣿⣸⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡀⣿⣿⣿⣥⣶⣿⣷⣄⣼⣿⣿⣿⡅⠐⣶⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⠹⣿⠁⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡆⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣺⣿⣿⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢺⢸⣿⣿⣿ ⠸⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀⠘⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⣿⠇⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡇⠀⠀⠹⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢻⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⢨⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠋⠁⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⢿⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠙⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⣀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣌⡁⠻⣿⣿⠟⢀⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣷⣶⣶⡄⠸⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠘⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⢺⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣴⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⢳⡀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣀⣤⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠻⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠋⠋⠉⠉⠁⠂⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠟⠛⣉⣉⣉⣉⣙⡛⠁⣡⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣋⣡⣤⣴⡴⠦⠀⠀⠀⠶⠂⠀⠀⠀⢠⠀⠀⢀⡤⣤⣤⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢀⣭⣽⣭⣽⣧⣄⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣄⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⠏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⣟⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠃⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⠿⣱⣿⠃⢀⣴⠇⣄⡄⠀⠈⠻ ⠈⠛⠛⢿⣿⠟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠟⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⠄⠀⠉⣻⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⢁⣴⡟⠁⣰⣿⣿⢠⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣯⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⣠⣦⡈⠢⡀⠐⢤⣀⣉⠉⠉⢉⣀⣤⣾⠟⢉⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣮⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⣤⢠⣦⡄⣠⢦⡄⠀⣤⢬⣫⣭⠍⣭⢥⣀⣤⣤⣠⣤⠄⣤⢤⡠⣤⠄⣤⢠⡴⣤⢠⡄⣤⠈⠛⣿⠛⠛⣿⠿⠋⠀⠀⠀⣶⢠⡶⣯⢫⣶⣌⣗⣶⢾⡍⣿⠿⢹⣿⡍⣶⠁⣿⠹⣿⠿⣿⣼⢻⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⢘⣷⣄⣿⢸⡇⠀⣿⠾⢻⡷⠆⣿⢾⣹⣿⣉⣹⡷⠆⣿⠾⠁⣿⠀⣿⢸⡇⣿⢸⣿⣿⠀⠀⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⢈⡻⣦⢸⣿⣿⡟⣿⢺⡅⣿⠒⣾⣻⡇⣿⠀⣿⠀⣿⢸⢹⡟⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠘⠛⠋⠙⠚⠃⠀⠛⠀⠘⣛⣂⣛⡘⠋⠛⠛⢙⣛⣂⡛⠀⠀⠛⠀⠛⠈⠓⠛⠘⠋⠛⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣛⣬⣓⣋⣜⣛⡋⠀⠛⠘⠃⠛⠛⢛⡙⢃⣛⣃⣛⣤⣛⣼⣜⣣⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⡟⠃⠀⠀⣰⣿⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢏⣾⣿⡄⢀⠂⠀⣠⣾⣿⣮⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 278 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/01/23/iso-train-wreck/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/01/23/iso-train-wreck/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 01.23.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ The_ISO_Train_Wreck_at_Sirius_‘Open_Source’⠀✐ Posted in Deception, ISO, Microsoft, Security, Standard at 8:33 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇International_Organization_for_Standardization_(ISO)_brag⦈_ Summary: Before we proceed to showing how Sirius_‘Open_Source’ blatantly ignored security and privacy we wish to show how ISO (see ISO_wiki) basically ‘sold’ a certificate to Sirius — this_is_like_a_"diploma_mill" but something that’s for_businesses,_not_individuals THIS is today’s second article on this topic. We’ve found some spare time for faster progression and in-depth coverage. As I noted yesterday, my wife had more direct and indirect experience (decades ago) with ISO being a bunch of meaningless_hooey. So did I (having stumbled upon classical ‘box tickers’ or worse). Sirius is just another reminder of that. Hence this series and its relevance. It seems like a lot of people in technical fields separately and independently reached the conclusion that ISO is overhyped, overvalued, and mostly a waste of time and money (unless you have a ‘bullshit job’ to justify). “This isn’t science. It’s like calling “economics” a science. It is not. It’s more like religion.”“My dad complained about the ISO in the 90s,” Ryan said in IRC an hour or so ago. “He constantly made fun of all of their “standards” for management of a company that didn’t mean anything but go on and on. It’s a sort of code so that managers sound smarter than they are. “We’re ISO-Whatever compliant with our handling of the TPS reports.” And the ISO standards can be wrong and never revised. Microsoft implemented the standard for MP3 and so did LAME, and then the result was they were both correct and Windows XP crashed. Part of the standard about what constituted the maximum size for a frame could be calculated one of two ways.Microsoft chose the more constrained way and it resulted in a buffer overflow with some files that crashed Windows Media Player. LAME had chosen the method that resulted in a slightly larger permissible frame size. The outcome was LAME had to be changed to use the Microsoft calculation to avoid crashing Windows, and that meant a reduction in audio quality under some circumstances, with padded bytes instead of data. Later, they changed to use the VBR bit allocator, even in a CBR file, and it mostly avoids the situation by its method of action. It can cleverly use the bit reservoir in ways that the former bit allocator that was only for CBR files couldn’t. Naturally, they never delete anything, so you can still demand the old model. It’s just an absolute nightmare of options switches. It’s the worst thing I’ve ever seen in a utility its size. ISO is kind of the stuff of Pointy Haired Bosses when it comes to Management Theory being standardized.” Well, this whole “Management Theory” is what we’re dealing with here. This isn’t science. It’s like calling “economics” a science. It is not. It’s more like religion. Here’s what happened in Sirius (in mostly logical/chronological order): Subject: ISO Date: Mon, 29 Jul 2019 15:47:43 +0100 From: xxxx To: xxxx Hey All, As you know we are going through the ISO processes – I have been asked to gather some information from everyone at Sirius to create a list of all assets used by employees of Sirius whether it belong to the company or the employee so if I can have the item name and serial number that would be great. They have also asked which anti virus you all use. Are you all able to send me the required information ASAP please? Thanks, xxxx Yes, because a bunch of serial numbers would mean so much! Of people devices at home… for the most part. “They would nag us to do the same ‘course’ every year, even though it is dumb and we ‘passed’ it already.”A month later came “You have been registered for a Training course – Information Security” (no, not really security but this_hoax instead). We’ll deal with that another day… They would nag us to do the same ‘course’ every year, even though it is dumb and we ‘passed’ it already. This is compliance??? 

”This is something that will be done annually for our ISO process,” I was told, “so please complete this on your next shift.” 

Way to waste people’s time, doing and passing a total hoax over and over again (details on why it’s a hoax were covered here before). 

Notice the threats being sent to ALL staff: Hi All, As you will all be aware we have been implementing new policies and procedures in order to become ISO 9001 and ISO 27001 compliant. Part of this entailed changing our HR company to xxxx who use the online portal Atlas to provide an easier method to roll out training. I have checked and there is still a substantial amount that has still not been completed. ALL training sent out by myself needs to be passed and completed by the _*25th November 2019*_. This is to ensure we meet our deadline for the final stage of ISO audits. Failure to comply with this request may result in disciplinary action. For those of you that have completed the training, please ignore this message and thank you. Kind Regards, xxxx “Failure to comply with this request may result in disciplinary action,” it says. They kept making veiled and explicit threats. Sometimes this culminated in actual bullying, false accusations, and blame-shifting witch-hunts. Of course the portals failed to even work properly. For instance: > ALL training sent out by myself needs to be passed and completed by the > _*25th November 2019*_. This is to ensure we meet our deadline for the > final stage of ISO audits. I was able to open all the documents and read them. The animated things, or training sessions, get stuck. I tried each one of them about 5 times (>each<) and they get stuck somewhere along the way. I tried this on multiple machines. Rianne told she too had some difficulties. I will try again on my next shift, but these technical issues do merit a mention. They also rely on plugins Adobe no longer supports, posing security risk (an issue aside from the bugs). Kind regards, [Roy] Her answer was: “Have you tried using a different web browser?” Of course she wasn’t using GNU/Linux or anything “Open Source”. This does not constitute an actual solution. In 2020 the following was sent: ——– Forwarded Message ——– Subject: xxxx – Things to do Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2020 11:38:01 +0000 From: xxxx To: xxxx CC: xxxx Hi All, In October I issued Linux Training via xxxx. Can you all please ‘acknowledge’ this on your portal to show that you have opened and read it. I also need you to ensure ALL training modules issued on xxxx i.e information security and documents issued i.e IMS Awareness presentation have been completed by the end of your next shift. It is essential these tasks are carried out prior to our ISO Audit next week. Kind Regards, Well, those training modules and ISO guidelines weren’t even followed by Sirius. We gave examples of this before. In some cases, there were efforts to meet standards only after a certificate had been granted. Sheesh. I’m not supposed to say this in public, am I? What did those audits mean anyway? What did the above “ISO Audit” actually check? That the cookie drawer is properly locked when Office staff goes to retrieve some hot chocolate milk from the machine? “In the next few parts we’ll show what Sirius did in practice, not in theory, and what it told staff, not ISO auditors.”Some other messages were banal. They indicated a certificate had been granted (in other words, Sirius basically bought one) after minimal so-called ‘audits’ and staff sending a bunch of numbers from the back of computers (as if that means anything at all). ISO is a joke. When it comes to this administrivia, ISO created just another ‘cash cow’ for itself. In the next few parts we’ll show what Sirius did in practice, not in theory, and what it told staff, not ISO auditors. It’s one heck of a clusterf**k with the company’s data scattered all over the place. 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[Meme]_ISO_Certification_for_Paying_for_Certificates_on_Time⠀✐ Posted in Deception, ISO at 9:19 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Achievement unlocked 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇CERTIFICATE_OF_ACHIEVEMENT:_Sirius_paying_us_on_time⦈_ Summary: ISO is a phony authority; it makes business by issuing mostly worthless paperwork that wastes people’s time and accomplishes nothing (except making ISO in rich Switzerland even richer) ⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠻⠟⠛⠻⠟⠻⠛⢻⠟⠙⠿⠟⠻⠛⢻⡛⠝⢿⠟⠻⠛⢿⠛⠙⢿⠛⠻⠛⠿⡛⠛⠿⠛⠟⠛⡿⠋⠛⡿⠛⠟⠛⡟⠫⠛⡟⠛⠟⠻⡿⠋⠻⡟⠛⠟⠻⡟⠛⠻⠟⠻⠛⢻⠛⠙⢻⠟⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣟⡀⠁⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡆⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠑⠆⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢱⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠐⢠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣻⣿⣿ ⣟⠁⠀⠀⠀⡴⠦⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠴⠶⠤⠦⠤⠤⠤⠴⠤⠤⠴⠤⠤⠤⠴⠤⠤⠴⠤⠤⠤⠴⠦⠴⠤⠤⠤⠤⠦⠤⠴⠦⠤⠤⠤⠦⠤⠤⠦⠤⠤⠤⠶⠤⠤⠦⠤⠤⠤⠥⠤⠶⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠤⠴⢤⠀⠀⠀⠉⣿⣿ ⡿⠉⢀⡀⠀⡇⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⠀⢀⡐⢙⢿⣿ ⣷⡄⠐⠀⠀⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⠟⠛⠿⣿⣿⠿⢿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⠀⠀⠒⢤⣿⣿ ⣿⠄⠀⠀⠀⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢛⣛⣿⠿⡿⠿⠟⢙⠃⡇⢐⠓⡟⢙⡟⠉⡏⢨⠋⢙⣿⡏⡉⢩⢨⣿⣇⠗⠴⠀⡏⢉⠃⡋⡏⢸⠋⠙⠘⡛⡟⠛⠟⢻⠻⠻⡿⠿⡿⢿⢿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⠀⠀⠀⠠⣿⣿ ⣷⢄⠀⠀⠀⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣏⠀⡀⣿⠇⠠⢾⠸⣇⠸⡄⣃⢘⣀⣃⣘⣄⣅⣡⣨⣄⣩⣿⣧⣁⣬⣬⣿⣏⣬⣩⣄⣥⣩⡄⢇⣇⣸⣀⣻⣀⣃⣇⢒⡇⢸⢸⠀⠇⠥⡆⡐⢰⠀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⠀⠠⠀⢤⣿⣿ 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http://techrights.org/2023/01/23/linux-foundation-is-not-linux/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/01/23/linux-foundation-is-not-linux/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 01.23.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Report:_The_So-called_‘Linux’_Foundation_is_Reducing_Focus_on_Linux⠀✐ Posted in Deception, GNU/Linux, Kernel at 5:29 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Linux_Foundation_decreased_Linux_spending_to_3.2%_in_2022.⦈_ Summary: The so-called ‘Linux’ Foundation is reducing its focus on Linux and is instead busy promoting Microsoft, Facebook, and other interests that GNU/Linux users strongly dislike AS per today’s puff_piece, as Facebook is failing it’s openwashing time at the so-called_‘Linux’_Foundation; recently, this corrupt organisation (whose leaders seem to be dying young and very frequently) set up a front for Microsoft and for Microsoft_ally Facebook, in order to help them compete with Google. Zemlin has auctioned Linux. He put the brand on sale. He sold several seats to Microsoft and several seats to Facebook. The Board (and the bosses of Linus Torvalds) now works_for_interests_that_aren't_Linux. Some are openly anti- Linux. Lunduke, a former Microsoft employee, isn’t happy about this. The other day he noted that “Linux_Foundation_decreased_Linux_spending_to_3.2%_in_2022.” “Need it be mentioned that this foundation is connected to securities fraud?”To quote: “I’m not going to sugar coat this… it is absolutely ridiculous. The highlight? Funding for the Linux kernel, in 2022, dropped to a measly 3.2% of the foundation’s total revenue of $243 Million dollars. Down from the — already absurdly low — 3.4% from 2021. Considering the name of the foundation… that is, needless to say, highly amusing. Or infuriating. Possibly concerning. Likely all three. Let’s dive into the details and try to figure out why this is happening.” In another_post_on_this_subject he said “Linux Foundation, bored with Linux, launches Open Metaverse Foundation” (some people came to IRC to tell us about this absurdity, which we had seen already). To quote: “In 2021, The Linux Foundation decided to branch out from their core business (“Linux”) to create an entire foundation focused on “Health” and, specifically, creating vaccine passports. Was it weird that The Linux Foundation was now in the vaccine business? Yes. Yes, it was. Well, it appears that someone has dared Jim Zemlin — the head of The Linux Foundation — to keep making new projects and sub-foundations that make absolutely no sense. Perhaps, even, double-dog dared him. Because yesterday — January 18th, 2023 — The Linux Foundation unveiled their latest attempt to do absolutely anything other than Linux. For that matter, will “The Linux Foundation” keep their name? How long before they re-brand… removing the word “Linux” entirely?” What’s noteworthy here is that more people speak about the corruption of the ‘Linux’ Foundation and along with it… the Linux brand. 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http://techrights.org/2023/01/23/reputation-for-a-hefty-fee/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/01/23/reputation-for-a-hefty-fee/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 01.23.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ [Meme]_ISO_Selling_‘Reputation’_to_Small_Businesses_(for_a_Large_Fee)⠀✐ Posted in Deception, ISO, Standard at 9:24 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Receives_ISO's_blessings,_serves_clients'_passwords_and private_keys_on_a_silver_platter_to_crackers⦈_ Summary: As we’re hoping to demonstrate throughout the week, ISO certification is, in practice, worse than worthless (just a waste of small businesses’ resources, much like patents); call it the ‘ISO tax’, an artificial barrier to entry that boils down to money ⠆⠠⠀⠀⠀⣠⣤⣤⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⣿⡿⣿⣿⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⠜⠛⠘⠻⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣯⣤⠆⠀⣾⣿⡇⠀⣿⠆⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⢻⡆⣿⠓⣴⢲⣦⡶⠶⣶⢶⢠⡆⣶⢦⣠⣤⡀⢩⡍⣤⣍⢈⣿⡓⣀⣛⣀⢸⣿⣿⣿⢿⢿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 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Sirius_Lying_About_ISO_to_Justify_Giving_the_Technical_Staff_Some_Classic ‘Bullshit_Jobs’_While_Censoring/Covering_Up_Incompetence⠀✐ Posted in Deception, ISO, Patents at 7:07 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇ISO_perception;_ISO_reality⦈_ Summary: Sirius_‘Open_Source’ has long used “ISO” — and sometimes “GDPR” — as catch-all excuses for all sorts of nonsensical policies; does ISO realise the degree to which it is being_misused_by_incompetent_'box_tickers'? “The ISO will basically standardize anything they’re paid to even if it’s impossible for anyone else to implement the standard, for any reason,” Ryan said in IRC yesterday. “They’re a corrupt group that will do anything for money.” “Here’s one example from Sirius: Nothing to do with ISO, yet “ISO” gets mentioned all the time — the go-to excuse for everything.”To make matters worse, ISO facilitated epic Microsoft corruption. ISO still enables crime. It didn’t seem to mind it or worry about it. It only worried about the impact on its image/reputation. The EPO‘s management also habitually uses “ISO” to distract from the EPO’s crimes. We covered several examples several years ago. “The ISO hoards “standards” and won’t let you read them for free,” Ryan said moments ago. “So on top of patents, things only Microsoft can implement, etc. There’s this. Unless you tore apart LAME’s source code and tried to write new documentation for MP3, you can’t share high level documents with anyone. I doubt that the paywall is a huge cash cow for them. You still can’t share the official MP3 specification. The source code to LAME or Helix are the specification you can see without ponying up almost $300 iirc for a specification that describes it at a high level. By looking at source code, you can’t clearly understand every part of it unambiguously unless you’re a Mentat or something. The developers of LAME buy the PDFs but how much revenue is five people buying PDFs? Or maybe a dozen people even?” Here’s one example from Sirius: Nothing to do with ISO, yet “ISO” gets mentioned all the time — the go-to excuse for everything. Any terrible policy…. such as classic “bullshit jobs” (making lists of tickets aside from the ticketing system, for no actual purpose other than to keep us extra busy). Skip to the bold bits for the ‘short’ story or the gist: Ticket Review – This is priority and compulsory ——– Forwarded Message ——– Subject: Re: Ticket Review – This is priority and compulsory Date: Fri, 31 May 2019 12:45:09 +0100 From: xxxxx xxxx, Support is contracted to work 8 hours. This time should be used productively for the company’s requirements and business needs. And right now business needs this report from every shift to update the clients. We are also going through quality control for ISO purposes [Ed: emphasis ours]. This makes it even more important. This is how your shift should really go: 1. Start shift 2. Read Handover 3. Respond to any emails 4. Ticket review 5. As and when new tickets are added to xxxx – enter these onto the relevant ticket review reports on the fileserver for each customer – whilst doing the ticket review, update if status has changed to either open – ongoing OR closed.6. Work on tickets/check monitoring etc for rest of your shift 7. Write detailed handover and send 8. Finish shift It is not an unreasonable requirement from management. If you have anymore issues email me directly or xxxx and do not cc anyone else as I don’t want a long email thread which is going to take focus away from objective. Kind Regards, xxxx > xxxx wrote: > > I’m sorry you don’t want my input, but I think this is a very important point that needs making. The trouble is that I can’t see how this is going to improve the amount of tickets that we have open at the moment. What is needed is for each of us to actually work on the tickets. > > On 31-05-2019 11:35, xxxxx wrote: > >> Hi xxxx, >> The status box requires open/ ongoing or closed. It doesn’t require details. >> Please read my email again and follow instructions. >> This is compulsory and required from each of you. >> This really is not open for discussion. > > [...] > >> wrote: >> >> I understand. But it would be helpful for me if you would would >> clarify what exactly is required by a Ticket Review. For me, >> there’s no point writing largely irrelevant or obvious comments >> at the bottom of each ticket. What is needed is to actually work >> on each ticket and resolve it so it can be closed. Well, that stopped getting done when they decommissioned our last server. So that clearly had nothing to do with “ISO”. The management lied to us and misused the “ISO” straw man. Does ISO deserve to know this? Another unqualified “manager” did the same with “GDPR”. To provide some context (2020 E-mails): > Hi Roy, > > Why was this handover sent at 1:03 am – your shift is meant to be > finished at 1:30 am. > > What is the reason for this? Again, I think this is a misunderstanding. Check the past 8 years’ worth of handovers at 1-1:30am. Look at the time pattern. Did you send a similar message to all my NOC colleagues as well? Regards, She didn’t ‘get’ the message. I did nothing wrong at all. We all did the same thing even close to a decade earlier. She wrote: Hi Roy, Why did you leave your shift at 1:14 am (Tuesday 3rd March 2020)? Your shift is meant to be until 1:30 am. There was no prearranged time change request with management or request to leave 15 mins early in writing from you in our records. I am concerned with this issue. Would you kindly clarify? I responded again: > Hi Roy, > > Thanks for your email. > > I raised these questions yesterday as I noticed that you said bye on > your slack convo at 1:14 am (I have sent you a screen shot in previous > email) that made me investigate further and I came across your handover > times. Hence all these questions. > > We would request you to complete your full shift as prescribed and not > leave early in future. My handover times are not different from my colleagues’. Can you explain further please? Regards, I responded yet again: > Hi Roy, > > Why did you leave your shift at 1:14 am (Tuesday 3rd March 2020)? > Your shift is meant to be until 1:30 am. > There was no prearranged time change request with management or request > to leave 15 mins early in writing from you in our records. > > I am concerned with this issue. Would you kindly clarify? This is a very surprising message. For the 9+ years I’ve been in the company we all (always) handed over at 1 to 1:30am, often leaving before 1:30. The above is not at all out of the ordinary. For any of us… Regards, At this point, bearing in mind the previous year’s bullying by her, I kept a copy of the message as a reference (HR, hired by Sirius, advised me to keep copies of key correspondence due to perceived witch-hunts). To quote the Office Manager on “GDPR” (message redacted a little): Hi Roy, When on the 3rd shift (17:30 – 01:30) your shift finishes at 01:30 not beforehand. xxxx simply requested that you comply with your correct working hours as we could see on slack and your time tracker that you have not been working up until the end of your shift. This isn’t an unreasonable request and doesn’t need to be questioned, its quite simple, finish your shift on time. I understand the handover being sent over between 01:00 – 01:30 as that allows the colleague next on shift the opportunity to read the handover and discuss anything with you. On another note, if you can please keep these emails within the company – I can see you have responded/cc’d from your personal email. With GDPR being very important, I do not want any of our client/ Sirius data being available on your personal email so its essential to keep work-related correspondence to work emails. I hope this clears everything up for you. Kind Regards, xxxx I also said: >> Hi Roy, >> >> Thanks for your email. >> >> I raised these questions yesterday as I noticed that you said bye on >> your slack convo at 1:14 am (I have sent you a screen shot in previous >> email) that made me investigate further and I came across your handover >> times. Hence all these questions. >> >> We would request you to complete your full shift as prescribed and not >> leave early in future. > > My handover times are not different from my colleagues’. > > Can you explain further please? I have received no reply for a day. I am used to that. This is not the first time I get unwarranted bollocking and it’s the kind of thing that can drive away experienced and crucial colleagues over time. What I did wasn’t wrong; it doesn’t hurt to get an apology for trying to shame me in front of the CEO for something I did which was not wrong. Kind regards, Of course she never bothered to apologise. She just vanished. Her sidekick had to audacity to say that slang like “bollocking” was rude, ignoring how rude the bullying was and instead focusing on style and choice of words (that British slang isn’t even rude, unlike “bullocks”). It should be noted that the bullying did not start and stop in 2019; it carried on well into 2020. The above example is one of several. “Sirius has a culture of extreme secrecy, even for insiders.”In summary, what we deal with here is two people bullying staff. They’re not qualified for any management role, but they seem to enjoy the ‘thrill’ of pretending that they are. It would become a more persistent problem as new imposters would attempt to cover up the company’s gross understaffing, e.g. a person without knowledge and ill-equipped or unequipped on the beat, pretending to cover a NOC shift or offer a service (that’s the CEO). The company was lying to clients. Remember that this is a company where there’s no chance at progression except through nepotism (like family/kinship and sex). At the moment it’s very hard to know what happens in the company, but that’s hardly different from how it was before, as a cabal was working behind the scenes and behind our backs, scheming to do all sorts of illegal things while lying to us (about who left, who was becoming a client and so on) Sirius has a culture of extreme secrecy, even for insiders. Someone needs to show the ‘dirty laundry’. In closing, to quote Ryan again (as other than Microsoft’s OOXML crimes there’s the MPEG_cartel ISO controversy): “The ISO is still impeding LAME because someday they’ll lose all of the people who understand the code and then someone will have to fix it up to continue working. I’d argue that you almost can’t have standards with ISO. You have to publish them without ISO into the public domain to truly call them standards. People should get these Public Domain documents and decide whether it’s a standard themselves or not, like ZIP or Opus. You’ll notice they didn’t go to the ISO with Opus. They went to the IETF. The IETF standard, you can read. You can read every draft copy too so you know how it changed along the way if you care to. The ISO won’t give you drafts of a standard even if you pay so there’s no seeing how the process evolved. The ISO is probably even nasty in ways that I can’t fathom. But the ones that I know of are bad enough. FhG was not happy about LAME, I can tell you that much. Not happy at all. Even though it made MP3 hugely popular. They don’t acknowledge it even once on their Web site, even their little “MP3 History” museum, which I don’t even think mentions music piracy either. So that’s kind of like “Wikipedia-izing the History of MP3″. We’ll just gloss over Napster and LAME. Wasn’t important. Not gonna go how the format would have failed completely. We marketed it brilliantly and it was a hit out of the ballpark based on secret documents and patents, and ISO. Secret documents, patents, and ISO are in the way of progress, constantly, and the secret documents and ISO can be cut out of the process a lot easier than reforming the patent system.” How about “ISO” being leveraged to lie to staff? █ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣠⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣴⣤⣶⡾⠲⢶⣾⠿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣾⣿⣷⣶⣿⣿⣿⣧⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠛⠛⠉⠙⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠛⢿⠙⡽⠃⠀⠈⢙⠀⠉⠛⠛⡿⠟⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠘⢀⠇⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢈⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡇⠣⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⢀⡴⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠟⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠁⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣠⣤⣄⣄⣄⣠⣤⣤⣦⣤⣤⣄⣀⡀⠀⠀⠈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⢡⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠐⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⣿⣿⡿⠋⠁⠀⠀⢦⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣄⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢠⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣀⡀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣄⠀⠈⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢡⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠄⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣂⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠉⠀⢠⣷⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠃⠨⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠀⠈⢻⣧⠀⠀⠀⠀⠼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠛⠋⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣾⡟⠄⠀⠀⠀⠸⠿⠛⠛⠻⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠉⠋⠁⠀⠈⠉⢏⢆⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⠄⠀⣹⣿⣿⡿⠛⠋⠉⠉⠙⢿⣿⣿⠃⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⡄⣌⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⢠⠀⠀⣀⡤⠤⠶⠂⠀⠻⣿⣿⣿⠏⡀⢂⡝⠛⠛⠁⣀⣴⣶⠂⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡄⠀⣿⣿⣿⡿⠖⢀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⠀⠀⣼⣿⠀⠀⣠⣤⣦⢸⣿⣿⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⢺⣷⣯⣴⣶⣾⣶⣶⣷⣿⣸⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⡀⣿⣿⣿⣥⣶⣿⣷⣄⣼⣿⣿⣿⡅⠐⣶⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⠹⣿⠁⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡆⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣺⣿⣿⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢺⢸⣿⣿⣿ ⠸⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡀⠘⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⣿⠇⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⡇⠀⠀⠹⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢻⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⢨⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠿⠋⠁⠀⢀⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⢿⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠙⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⠀⠀⣀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣌⡁⠻⣿⣿⠟⢀⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣷⣶⣶⡄⠸⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⠘⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠇⠀⠀⢺⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣦⣴⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⢳⡀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⣀⣤⣄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠻⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠋⠋⠉⠉⠁⠂⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠟⠛⣉⣉⣉⣉⣙⡛⠁⣡⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣋⣡⣤⣴⡴⠦⠀⠀⠀⠶⠂⠀⠀⠀⢠⠀⠀⢀⡤⣤⣤⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢀⣭⣽⣭⣽⣧⣄⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⣄⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⠏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⣟⣿ ⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠸⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠃⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⠿⣱⣿⠃⢀⣴⠇⣄⡄⠀⠈⠻ ⠈⠛⠛⢿⣿⠟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠟⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⠄⠀⠉⣻⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⢁⣴⡟⠁⣰⣿⣿⢠⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢹⣿⣿⣿⣯⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠀⠀⠀⣠⣦⡈⠢⡀⠐⢤⣀⣉⠉⠉⢉⣀⣤⣾⠟⢉⣤⣾⣿⣿⣿⣮⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⣤⢠⣦⡄⣠⢦⡄⠀⣤⢬⣫⣭⠍⣭⢥⣀⣤⣤⣠⣤⠄⣤⢤⡠⣤⠄⣤⢠⡴⣤⢠⡄⣤⠈⠛⣿⠛⠛⣿⠿⠋⠀⠀⠀⣶⢠⡶⣯⢫⣶⣌⣗⣶⢾⡍⣿⠿⢹⣿⡍⣶⠁⣿⠹⣿⠿⣿⣼⢻⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⢘⣷⣄⣿⢸⡇⠀⣿⠾⢻⡷⠆⣿⢾⣹⣿⣉⣹⡷⠆⣿⠾⠁⣿⠀⣿⢸⡇⣿⢸⣿⣿⠀⠀⡿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⢈⡻⣦⢸⣿⣿⡟⣿⢺⡅⣿⠒⣾⣻⡇⣿⠀⣿⠀⣿⢸⢹⡟⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠛⠘⠛⠋⠙⠚⠃⠀⠛⠀⠘⣛⣂⣛⡘⠋⠛⠛⢙⣛⣂⡛⠀⠀⠛⠀⠛⠈⠓⠛⠘⠋⠛⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣛⣬⣓⣋⣜⣛⡋⠀⠛⠘⠃⠛⠛⢛⡙⢃⣛⣃⣛⣤⣛⣼⣜⣣⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠠⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⡟⠃⠀⠀⣰⣿⠟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢏⣾⣿⡄⢀⠂⠀⣠⣾⣿⣮⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1318 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/01/23/truth-is-truth/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/01/23/truth-is-truth/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 01.23.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ [Meme]_Truth_is_Not_Defamation⠀✐ Posted in Deception at 12:19 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Don’t become corporate flunkies or toadies 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Glum_bag:_You_can't_say_that._Saying_the_truth_is 'defamatory'.⦈_ Summary: The rogue employers like to frame everything that’s not convenient as “false” or even libelous/defamatory/slanderous; what’s actually libelous/ defamatory/slanderous is those employers making such accusations against staff that says the truth (verifiable facts) in an effort to discredit such staff ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣤⣤⣠⣤⣄⣔⣶⣶⣤⣀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⡀⠀⠄⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣤⣄⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⣠⣤⣤⠰⣾⣿⣿⣶⣰⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣴⣿⣭⣽⣛⣿⣋⠉⠸⣃⣤⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⠋⠠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣦⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⢴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠈⠉⠛⠻⠿⠿⠿⢱⣄⣀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣤⣦⣀⣦⣤⣤⣤⣄⣀⣀⠒⢸⣿⣿⣿⣧⣔⢠⣔⣂⠀⢀⡀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣩⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣺⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣱⡧⣶⣽⠂ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣿⠛⠈ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣮⣵⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⡻⠉ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣼⣿⣿⠿⣛⣯⣿⣿⣿⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⢙ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣠⣿⡿⢛⣵⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣰⡿⢋⣼⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢋⣴⠟⠁⠀⢨⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡠⠏⠀⠀⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⠹⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣴⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⡌⢲⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⢻⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣭⣿⣿⣿⣿⡆⢿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢠⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⡋⠀⢘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⡿⣴⣿⣿⣿⣧⠻⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢸⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⢿⣿⣽⣷⣆⡀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣀⣻⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⢿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣠⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣬⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠟⢰⣈⣿⣿⣞⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠅⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣋⢾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣏⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣒⣩⠭⢿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⠈⠁⣘⡛⠿⠿⣛⣵⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⠶⠼⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⢻⣿⣿⣝⣻⣿⣿⣿⣆⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⠖⣛⣩⣽⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⡙⠿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⠛⣿⣿⣴⣿⣿⣿⠻⣿⣿⣿⣫⣵⣿⣏⣩⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣆⣭⡥⠾⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣍⠉⢉⣿⣶⠛⣿⡄⣽⣿⣏⠙⢿⣷⠈⠛⢻⣧⠤⣾⣿⣿⡝⣿⣿⣿⡻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣮⡻⢿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⡘⣠⣧⣿⡟ ⢀⣀⢀⣀⢀⣀⣀⢀⣀⣀⣻⣭⣾⣟⣻⣯⣈⣿⣿⣀⣙⣻⣆⣀⣤⣶⣚⣿⣿⣧⣀⣉⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣠⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠁ ⢰⠀⠇⢰⠁⢠⠀⢻⠀⡇⠀⡇⢿⠀⡄⠈⡿⠀⠀⣿⠀⢹⠀⣇⡠⡄⠀⣼⣹⠁⢠⣀⣿⠀⡀⢹⡄⠉⢀⡏⢧⠀⢠⣼⠀⡇⠀⡿⠀⠀⣿⡄⠀⣼⣿⣿⡏⠠⣀⣹⠇⠀⢸⡇⠸⠀⡆⠀⡇⠀⠇⠀⡏⢠⠀⢹⠀⣠ ⠀⡇⠀⣿⠀⢸⠀⢸⠀⡇⠀⡧⣾⠀⡟⠓⡇⠠⠀⢸⠀⡀⠀⣯⣥⡇⠀⣿⣍⠷⢄⠈⠟⠀⠇⢸⣧⠀⣼⣿⣾⠀⢸⣿⠀⡄⠀⡇⠰⠀⢸⡇⠀⣿⣿⣏⡷⢤⡈⢹⠀⠀⠀⣿⠀⢸⡇⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⡇⢸⠉⢹⣼⡟ ⠀⠧⠤⠋⠦⣈⡠⠚⠤⣁⠤⠃⠙⠄⣁⠤⠧⠴⢦⣼⡤⠷⢤⠇⠈⠧⠤⠋⢹⣦⣈⣠⣦⣤⣦⣤⣿⣤⡟⠙⠻⢤⣼⣿⣤⣧⣤⠧⣴⣦⣼⣧⣤⢿⣤⣿⣧⣄⣡⣼⣤⣶⣤⣿⣤⣼⣧⣤⣧⣤⣧⣤⠧⣈⣤⣼⣿⠤ ⢰⠒⠒⠒⡖⢲⠒⢲⠒⠒⢢⢰⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⠒⣴⠚⡗⠒⡖⠒⠒⢲⠒⡖⠒⡏⡖⠒⡾⠛⠛⢪⠹⠛⡗⠒⠒⠺⡟⠒⢲⠚⠛⢳⠛⠛⢻⡟⠛⡿⠛⢳⡞⠛⢻⡟⠛⠛⢻⠛⡛⠻⡟⠛⠛⢿⠛⡶⠒⠒⣶⣿⣯⠍ ⠀⢹⠀⡏⡇⠘⠀⢸⠀⠘⠃⠈⡇⠀⡏⠀⠘⠀⣼⠀⡇⠀⡏⠀⢸⢹⠀⠃⠀⡇⠁⠀⣧⡀⠓⢞⠠⠓⡇⠀⡇⠀⡇⠘⢻⠀⠘⢻⠀⡄⢸⡇⠀⠀⠀⢸⠇⢠⠀⣿⡇⢸⡏⠀⡇⠀⡇⠀⠃⢸⡆⠀⡸⠓⠻⢿⣿⡇ ⠀⢸⠀⡇⡇⢸⠀⢸⠀⠘⢡⠀⡇⠀⡇⠀⢸⠀⢸⠀⠇⠀⡇⠀⢸⢸⠀⡇⠀⡇⠀⠀⣏⠉⠆⢸⠀⠀⡇⠀⠇⢀⡇⠘⠻⠀⢸⡝⠀⡁⠀⡇⢸⠀⡇⢸⠀⢈⠀⢿⡇⢸⢡⠀⠇⢀⡇⠀⡇⢸⢼⠀⡇⠀⡄⢠⠈⠁ ⠀⠈⠉⠁⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠀⠈⠉⠁⠉⠉⠉⠁⠉⠒⠉⠀⠉⠉⠈⠉⠉⠉⠀⠈⠉⠉⠁⠀⠁⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠙⠛⠋⠉⠉⠙⠉⠉⠉⠀⠉⠂⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⣸⣟⡃⠀⠉⠁⠀⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1381 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 01.23.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_23/01/2023:_Fwupd_1.8.10⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:02 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Hardware * Health/Nutrition/Agriculture * Proprietary * Linux_Foundation * Security o Integrity/Availability/Authenticity o Privacy/Surveillance o Confidentiality * Defence/Aggression * Transparency/Investigative_Reporting * Environment o Energy/Transportation o Wildlife/Nature * Finance * AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics * Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press * Civil_Rights/Policing * Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality * Monopolies o Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Technical # Programming * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ 9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup:_January_22nd,_2023⠀⇛ This week was kinda slow in news and releases, most probably because of the long holidays and festivities this month. Despite that, we still got new Firefox and VirtualBox releases, a new major release of the GCompris educational suite, as well as a new production-ready NVIDIA graphics driver. On top of that, a new release of Netrunner OS arrived after two years with a new Debian base, and the upcoming KDE Plasma 5.27 desktop environment and Firefox 110 web browser have entered public beta testing. Below, you can enjoy these and much more in 9to5Linux’s Linux weekly roundup for January 22nd, 2023. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Fwupd_1.8.10_Adds_Support_for_StarBook_Mk_VI Laptop,_System76’s_Launch_Heavy_Keyboard⠀⇛ Fwupd 1.8.10 adds support for Star Labs’ StarBook Mk VI Linux laptop, System76’s Launch Heavy configurable keyboard, and the Quectel RM520 5G IoT module. This means that you’ll be able to update the firmware of these devices using the latest fwupd release. Some new features also landed in this update, such as a PE/COFF firmware parser that promises to allow reading of coSWID SBoM data, the ability to dump CFI SPI chips using devices like CH341a, as well as support for FDT data in the HWIDs functionality. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Essential_System_Utilities:_WTF_–_terminal dashboard ⠀⇛ Essential System Utilities is a series of articles highlighting essential system tools. These are small utilities, useful for system administrators as well as regular users of Linux based systems. The series examines both graphical and text based open source utilities. For details of all tools in this series, please check the table at the bottom. WTF (also known as ‘wtfutil’) is billed as “the personal information dashboard for your terminal”. The idea is that you’ve got easy access to important but infrequently-needed stats and data. WTF is published under an open source license. This tool is written in Go. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ How_Let’s_Encrypt_accounts_are linked_to_your_certificates_in_Certbot⠀⇛ In theory, starting from Certbot 1.23 you can find out information about your accounts with ‘certbot show_account’. In practice, Ubuntu 22.04 LTS still has Certbot 1.21, and show_account doesn’t show you one critical piece of information, namely Certbot’s local identifier for the account. So instead you have to look under /etc/letsencrypt, where in accounts/acme-v02.api.letsencrypt.org/directory/ you will find one subdirectory per production LE account you have. Each account (ie subdirectory) has a name that’s 32 hex digits, which is Certbot’s (internal) name for this account. In each account’s subdirectory, the meta.json will give you some basic information about the account, currently the creation date and hostname, although not necessarily the email address associated with it (which ‘certbot show_account’ can retrieve from Let’s Encrypt). # ⚓ Rlang ☛ Deploy_your_own_Shiny_app_server_with_debian⠀⇛ That work inspired me to set up my own home server and to write this guide. Although the sources I found are really helpful, they are lacking a few steps if you set up your own server from scratch, and they are also lacking some sources of where to find when the software gets up to date, providing only old links. Therefore, I decided to make this guide, covering all those topics and keeping a registry of the links, to help myself in the future and to help anybody who want to try it. # ⚓ Evan Hahn ☛ How_I_fixed_broken_Wi-Fi_on_my_2012_Mac_Mini running_Zorin_OS⠀⇛ I recently installed Zorin OS Lite on a 2012 Mac Mini. When I booted it up for the first time, the Wi-Fi didn’t work because I didn’t have the drivers. This is how I fixed it. These steps worked for me, and I hope they’re helpful for you. I suspect these instructions work on many old Macs with other Linux distros like Ubuntu. (In fact, these instructions were inspired by a similar guide, which was itself inspired by an old Ubuntu guide.) # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Free_up_space_on_your_Linux_system_with this_open_source_tool_|_Enable_Sysadmin⠀⇛ Try the Top Disk Consumer Report Generator to help find files, directories, and deleted files that are consuming unnecessary storage on your system. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_7-Zip_on_Debian_11_or_10_– LinuxCapable⠀⇛ 7-Zip is a popular open-source file archiving and compression software that allows users to compress and extract files in various formats. It is a versatile tool that can be used on desktop and server environments and is particularly useful for users of Debian Linux. This software can save disk space, reduce file transfer times, and increase security by encrypting and password-protecting files. # ⚓ Master_the_lsblk_Command:_Block_Devices_Information⠀⇛ The lsblk (pronounced “L-S-block”) command is commonly used to get the list of all the block devices in your system with their information, such as size, type, mount point, etc. If you are wondering, what are block devices? Then it’s basically files that represent the device connected to your system (except for ram disk). In this article, you will learn how to list out and get information about all the block devices using the lsblk command and its options (with practical examples). # ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Use_‘head’_Command_to_Manage_Files Effectively⠀⇛ In Linux, there are various commands available to display the contents of the text file. Some of the popular and most frequently used commands are cat, less, more, view, etc. However, all of these commands are more relevant when we want to display a large part of the file. # ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ SL_Command:_Board_with_me_on_the_Short_Train Journey_–_TREND_OCEANS⠀⇛ sl command does not have any practical use, but it can be used for fun or entertainment and to start the train simulation you can use the following command to make the train smoke # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Rubenerd:_FreeBSD_pipes_and_redirection,_via @klarainc⠀⇛ Pipes and redirection were one of those lightbulb moments I had with *nix, albeit on Red Hat Linux at the time. Years later I accidentally realised I could even use them on DOS, albeit in a more limited capacity. We take a lot of tooling for granted on these systems, because their use has become second nature. It’s a testament to those forward-thinking engineers. # ⚓ Learn_Linux_dd_Command_with_17_Examples⠀⇛ The dd command is a command-line utility that is abbreviated as “Data Definition“, “Data Duplicator“, or “Disk Dump” depending upon the usage, but it’s commonly known as a utility for copying and converting data in Linux. It can copy data from a file or block device (like a hard drive or USB flash drive) to another and perform various operations like creating backups, cloning hard drives, making bootable USB flash drives, data compression, and many more. Knowing all this might make you more attracted to this command, but before that, you should know that this command is able to overwrite or destroy data from the disk if used improperly. It is recommended that the user thoroughly understand the options and arguments of the command before using it. In this article, you’ll learn how to use the dd command and its options, as well as some common ways to use it as you learn more about Linux. # ⚓ Real Linux User ☛ How_to_set_up_and_use_Joplin_as_a Zettelkasten_application_–_Real_Linux_User⠀⇛ When I made the decision quite a few years ago to switch from macOS to Linux as my main operating system for all my personal and productive activities, an important step in this choice was to look for great replacement applications for those applications that I no longer could use from my macOS environment. I needed a good replacement for my note-taking activities, among other things. After a lot of searching, I came across what I consider to be a fantastic free and open-source application, named Joplin. Joplin is basically a hierarchically oriented note-taking application, which fits in well with my way of capturing and organizing notes. But more and more I see people switching from a hierarchical system to a Zettelkasten Personal Knowledge Management system in which notes are interconnected. The question is to what extent Joplin can support the Zettelkasten method. In this article, I want to explain how to set up and use Joplin as a Zettelkasten application. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § BSD⠀➾ # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ macOS_Alternative_helloSystem_0.8.0_Brings Massive_Improvements⠀⇛ A new release of helloSystem 0.8.0 arrives with Debian runtime, AppImage support and many more. FreeBSD-based helloSystem is a lightweight operating system designed from the ground up to provide you privacy and freedom. A small team of developers are trying to create a FreeBSD alternative with an easy-to-use installer and a look of macOS. The primary aim is to provide an easy-to-use BSD system which is user-friendly from installation to day-to-day usage. The macOS look comes with the “hellodesktop”, a homegrown desktop from the team developed in C++. # ⚓ Vermaden ☛ Keep_FreeBSD_Desktop_Updated⠀⇛ While its relatively easy (or brain dead easy with GhostBSD or NomadBSD distributions) to install and configure a FreeBSD Desktop – one have to keep in mind that its also important to keep that system updated and secure. There are many aspects about FreeBSD to keep it updates and secured. o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ openSUSE_Linux_Switches_to_4096_Bit_RSA_Key_for Its_Repositories⠀⇛ openSUSE’s Marcus Meissner announced today that the RPM and repository signing keys of openSUSE Linux are switching to using the stronger 4096-bit RSA key to provide users with better security. The new RSA key will be applied to the openSUSE Tumbleweed rolling release, as well as to the openSUSE Leap, the openSUSE Backports, and SLE (SUSE Linux Enterprise) repositories. # ⚓ OpenSUSE ☛ New_4096_bit_RSA_signing_key_for_Tumbleweed⠀⇛ This week’s openSUSE Tumbleweed snapshots will switch the RPM and repository signing key of Tumbleweed from 2048 bit RSA to a 4096 bit RSA key. This switchover was necessary to meet current security recommendations. If you are regulary updating your Tumbleweed installation, the key will already be imported to the RPM keyring, and also in the openSUSE-build-key package. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ Digital_transformation:_What’s changed_and_what_hasn’t⠀⇛ Every year, Red Hat sponsors a Global Tech Outlook survey asking IT leaders worldwide about their funding priorities, cloud strategies, and digital transformation efforts. The 2023 Global Tech Outlook, which surveyed over 1,700 IT leaders last May and June, is the most recent. With all the focus on digital transformation in a topsy-turvy global environment, we were especially interested to see what changed and what didn’t in this area. # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ IT_leadership:_10_essential_skills for_digital_transformation_success_|_The_Enterprisers Project⠀⇛ Do you want your organization to embrace digital transformation in 2023? Optimize the use of tech stacks? Create automated workflows that enhance both employee and customer experiences? # ⚓ Red Hat ☛ Cheers_to_10_years_of_the_Red_Hat_Developer_blog [Ed: But this blog was destroyed years ago: "Sorry, you need to enable JavaScript to visit this website."]⠀⇛ I was excited and amazed to learn that the Red Hat Developer blog is celebrating its tenth anniversary this month. It’s come so far, but let me share how it all started. [...] The good news was that I knew what a blog was (and could even spell it). Fortunately, Kimberly Craven had just joined Red Hat and was able to get the new blog set up. From there, the challenge was finding good content—and a lot of it. Around the same time, Langdon White (who’s now a Boston University lecturer) joined Red Hat and started writing articles while I recruited 28 other Red Hatters to contribute. The very first article was published on January 21, 2013, followed by another 90 or so that first year. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Web Pro News ☛ OpenSnitch_Application_Firewall_Coming_to Debian⠀⇛ Popular application firewall OpenSnitch is coming to Debian, one of the oldest and most popular Linux distributions (distros). OpenSnitch is an open source port of the popular macOS app Little Snitch. Little Snitch, and its open source counterpart, inform the user whenever an app tries to access the internet. It’s a useful feature to crack down on apps that try to ‘phone home.’ o § Open Hardware/PCBs⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ PCB_Pen_Holder_Is_Over_The_Top⠀⇛ Like most of us, [Arnov] used a spare coffee mug to hold pens on his desk. But there has to be a better way, right? Surely if you build a better mouse trap… or, in this case, a pen holder. He’d be the first to admit that he might have gotten a little carried away, but the result is an attractive pen holder made from PCB material, one of which is actually an active circuit board. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ The_6_Best_Android_Apps_for_Making_Origami⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Google’s_appeal_to_the_top_fails,_has_to break_up_how_it_licenses_Android_in_India⠀⇛ # ⚓ Giz China ☛ Google_TV_is_Slowly_Taking_Over_from_Android_TV –_Gizchina.com⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Mac ☛ iPhone_14_Pro_Max_loses_fastest_download_speed crown_–_9to5Mac⠀⇛ # ⚓ Digital Trends ☛ OnePlus_Buds_Pro_2_to_support_Android’s new_spatial_audio_feature_|_Digital_Trends⠀⇛ # ⚓ PR Newswire ☛ RT-RK_integrates_mARTini_Android_container solution_on_Telechips_Dolphin_3⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Mass_layoffs_hobble_Google’s_future- building_Fuchsia_and_Area_120_teams⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Central ☛ The_Nothing_phone_(1)_gets_a_new_Nothing OS_update_before_stable_Android_13_arrives_|_Android Central⠀⇛ # ⚓ Indian Express ☛ OnePlus_Buds_Pro_2_will_come_with_‘Spatial Audio’_for_Android_13:_Here’s_what_it_means_|_Technology News,The_Indian_Express⠀⇛ # ⚓ Tom’s Guide ☛ Android_now_lets_you_record_your_own_alarms_— here’s_how_|_Tom’s_Guide⠀⇛ # ⚓ Geeky Gadgets ☛ Razer_Kishi_V2_for_Android_phone_controller –_Geeky_Gadgets⠀⇛ # ⚓ India Today ☛ BharOS,_a_new_rival_to_Android?_Here_are_all your_question_answered_–_India_Today⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ 3_predictions_for_open_source_in_confidential computing⠀⇛ Open source is key in confidential computing. The Enarx project provides a runtime environment, based on WebAssembly. This allows deploying a workload into a TEE in an architecture- and language-indifferent way. With the general awareness trends I’ve described above, I expect more engineers to join the open source ecosystem of confidential computing projects. This year, more developers might contribute to all elements of the stack, including the kernel, WebAssembly, Rust crates and tools, and Enarx itself. Maybe one of those developers is you. If so, I look forward to collaborating with you. o ⚓ Jaakko Keränen ☛ A_Smörgåsbord_of_Problems⠀⇛ For the past several days, while combating another flu, I’ve been polishing Lagrange’s dev branch for the v1.15 release. Preparing for a release typically involves solving a series of small(ish) problems. Here’s a sampling of what I encountered this time. Operating systems have fundamental differences when it comes to windowing and event processing. I do most of my development on macOS, so a bunch of small issues typically pop up when testing on Windows, Linux, and *BSD. o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ The_writer_of_ahiru.pl_also_uses_desktop_email⠀⇛ This was the impetus I had for merging my personal email hosted in Alpine back into Thunderbird too. Having everything in one place makes life much easier, even if I still invoke some specific keybindings sometimes. o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ How_Prometheus_makes_good_use_of the_HTTP_Accept:_header⠀⇛ Prometheus metrics exporters are queried (‘scraped’) by Prometheus and respond with metrics in some format. Historically there has been more than one format, as sort of covered in Exposition Formats; currently there’s two text ones (Prometheus native and OpenMetrics) and one binary one (with some variations). The text based formats are easy to generate and serve by pretty much anything, while the binary format is necessary for some new things (and may have been seen as more efficient in the past). A normal metrics exporter (a ‘client’ in a lot of Prometheus jargon) that supports more than one format will choose which format to reply with based on the query’s HTTP Accept header, defaulting to the text based format. # ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ Create_your_own_website_with_Joomla!,_an open_source_CMS⠀⇛ Joomla! is among the leading open source content management systems (CMS) for publishing web content. It’s user friendly, accessible, extensible, responsive, and multilingual. What’s more, it’s also search engine optimized. No wonder Joomla! has a 3.5% share of the content management system market. In this article, I’ll introduce you to Joomla! and why I think it’s an excellent choice for your website or online application. o § Funding⠀➾ # ⚓ HaikuOS ☛ Haiku,_Inc._Financial_Report_for_2022_is_now available⠀⇛ The Haiku, Inc. financial report for 2022 is now available on the Haiku, Inc. Documents page. o § Licensing / Legal⠀➾ # ⚓ Ali Reza Hayati ☛ I’m_NOT_changing_my_license!⠀⇛ I’m a free software person. I care about software freedom and that’s why I advocate for GNU GPL family of licenses. GNU GPL license makes sure that you have freedom to do anything with your copy but you have to keep it free. If I truly advocate for freedom, I think I wouldn’t want my piece of software to become proprietary. And I thought the same argument goes for other forms of published work. o § Openness/Sharing/Collaboration⠀➾ # § Open Access/Content⠀➾ # ⚓ Times Higher Education ☛ Open_access_accord_‘to weaken_publishers’_negotiating_position’⠀⇛ Under a new commitment agreed by members of the N8 Research Partnership, whose institutions include the universities of Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield, researchers will be urged to retain their intellectual property (IP) rights, rather than sign them over to publishers. By doing so, scholars would be free to post final versions of research articles on institutional repositories, after obtaining a CC BY licence – a move that some publishers will not permit, or only allow after an embargo period, a route to publication known as green open access. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Factor ☛ Five_Questions⠀⇛ Many years ago, there was a blog post containing five programming problems every software engineer should be able to solve in less than 1 hour. I had bookmarked it at the time and didn’t notice the controversy it created on Reddit. The original link seems to be down, but there are various solutions posted online, including a solution in Python. I finally got around to looking at it and writing up some solutions to the problems listed. Apparently, instead of solving this in 1 hour in Factor, it took me almost 8 years: [...] # ⚓ The Gradient ☛ Do_Large_Language_Models_learn_world_models or_just_surface_statistics?⠀⇛ From various philosophical [1] and mathematical [2] perspectives, some researchers argue that it is fundamentally impossible for models trained with guess-the-next-word to learn the “meanings” of language and their performance is merely the result of memorizing “surface statistics”, i.e., a long list of correlations that do not reflect a causal model of the process generating the sequence. Without knowing if this is the case, it becomes difficult to align the model to human values and purge spurious correlations picked up by the model [3,4]. This issue is of practical concern since relying on spurious correlations may lead to problems on out-of-distribution data. The goal of our paper [5] (notable-top-5% at ICLR 2023) is to explore this question in a carefully controlled setting. As we will discuss, we find interesting evidence that simple sequence prediction can lead to the formation of a world model. But before we dive into technical details, we start with a parable. # ⚓ Salon ☛ AI_chatbots_learned_to_write_before_they_could learn_to_think⠀⇛ The internet can’t stop talking about an AI program that can write such artful prose that it seems to pass the Turing Test. College students are writing papers with it, internet marketers are using it to write marketing copy, and numerous others are just having earnest and fun conversations with it about the meaning of life. The AI chatbot in question is called GPT-3, and it’s the latest iteration of a long project from the company OpenAI. Short for “Generative Pre-trained Transformer 3,” GPT-3 is what is known to computer scientists as a large language model (LLM). # ⚓ Daniel Miessler ☛ OpenAI’s_Purpose_is_to_Build_AGI,_and What_That_Means⠀⇛ Anyway, the point of all this is to say that this isn’t something that might fall out of ChatGPT. It’s not a conspiracy that they’re trying to build AGI. It’s not a rumor. It’s their stated goal. # ⚓ Terence Eden ☛ Adding_restaurant_review_metadata_to WordPress⠀⇛ I’ve started adding Restaurant Reviews to this blog – with delicious semantic metadata. Previously I’d been posting all my reviews to HappyCow. It’s a great site for finding veggie-friendly food around the worlds, but I wanted to experiment more with the IndieWeb idea of POSSE. So now I can Post on my Own Site and Syndicate Elsewhere. # ⚓ Buttondown ☛ Funny_Programming_Languages_•_Buttondown⠀⇛ One of the weirdest and most wonderful things about people is that they can make a joke out of anything. For any human discipline there’s people making jokes about that discipline. In programming, that starts with memes like “how do I exit vim” (as typified in places like r/programmerhumor), or funny examples of awful code (such as from TheDailyWTF). # ⚓ Buttondown ☛ Use_the_Wrong_Tool_for_the_Job_•_Buttondown⠀⇛ I’ve recently been real fascinated by the topic of complexity and what keeps us from keeping software simple. The wider net likes to blame “lazy programmers” and “evil managers” for this, as if any software could, with sufficient time, be made as simple as “hello world”. I’ve instead been looking at how various factors create complexity “pressure”. Code that needs to satisfy a physical constraint is more likely to be complex than code that doesn’t, etc. One complexity pressure is “impedance”: when the problem you are solving isn’t well suited for the means you have to solve it. For example, if you need to write really fast software, then Python will be too slow. You can get around this by using foreign function interface, as scientific libraries do, or running multiple processes, as webdevs do, but these are solutions you might not need if you were using a faster language in the first place. In a sense impedance is complexity that comes from using “the wrong tool for the job.” * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Connor Tumbleson ☛ Dangling_domain_abuse.⠀⇛ On January 15, 2023 I deleted an old Linode as I helped migrate an old website I hosted to a new provider and webmaster. This went as seamless as possible with zero downtime – I asked all WordPress contributors to hold on writing – did an rsync of all contents and one quick export/import of database and I was done. The short TTL I had on the domain led folks to the new host extremely quickly and for those contributors who didn’t respect TTL – I had a draft blog in the old site titled – “This is old – do not write here.”. I kept the old site up for about a week for stragglers then deleted the Linode as mentioned on January 15. Five days later on January 20, 2023 I obtained an alert that a new owner was verified in the Google Search Console. I was pretty busy at work on that Friday, so I only started piecing together this mistake on the weekend. So this is the story. o ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ A_Poem_is_a_Secret_Shared_by_People:_5_x_5⠀⇛ A poem is a secret shared by peopleWho have never met each other* Out there wet January snow’s falling Stovetop homemade chicken broth simmering— Would you like to share a secret? I have been to the top of the mountain Before they lopped it off to pit-mine coal Here on Grant Street we pit-mine soul— The penny-ante pin-wheel the PoetPilfered from a Parkway lawn’s been warped by rain & drivenBy the drunk & dirty snow but’s it’s still spinning. Here’s a secret I shouldn’t oughta tell— Dylan says that then time will tell just who has fell &Who’s been left behind when you go your way & I go mine—So times not really on my side. Hit the brakes hard & gas her into a Rubber-burning four-wheel spin lovin’ theSpin we’re in under that ol’ Black Magic— Does life here have to be fucking tragic? We need some Steely-Dan pretzel- logic.A poem is a secret shared by peopleWho have never met each otherShare secrets w/ me Sisters & Brothers— Might we keep the aspidistra flying? Secrets are truth while all-else is lying. * Charle “Dusan” Simic 1938-2023 o ⚓ MWL ☛ Updates_to_Print_Bookstore_and_FAQ⠀⇛ I’ve made some updates for the pandemic age, updated and clarified a few Q&As, and puttered with the text. o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Using_PCI_slots_for_SSD_brackets⠀⇛ I’m spoiled in server land at work. The build quality of desktop cases has improved significantly over the last few years, but all the innovation is being poured into radiators, chintzy lighting, and vertical mount GPUs. Storage is relegated to awkward positions behind motherboards, in flimsy trays in the power supply shroud area, or eschewed (gesundheit) altogether. All together? English is weird. In what I dub a reverse-Tardis, cases are getting bigger, but their internal storage is shrinking. Some of this can be attributed to the introduction of NVMe and eMMC that cleanly mount directly to the motherboard without data or power cables. But their price, and limited board slots, make them ill-suited for bulk storage, scratch space, and redundancy. People often say that about me. o ⚓ Terence Eden ☛ [Repeat]_Lessons_learned_from_a_power-cut⠀⇛ The first indication I had that anything was wrong at home was my solar panels’s cloud service casually emailing me to say they hadn’t generated any electricity that day. We were on holiday – literally on the other side of the planet – and there were reports of snow at home, so I didn’t think anything of it. But the same thing happened the next day. And our alarm system app started complaining that it couldn’t reach our home network. Nor could our security camera app, heating app, and lighting app. Bother. At first, I thought the Internet had temporarily gone out. Our ISP’s fault page showed no disruption in the area and no problems with the line. Arse. I checked with the local power company – and there were no cuts reported in the area. So I checked our smart meter data. Our energy company gets reports every 30 minutes from the meter. That let me see that, at some point after 0930 one morning, the power had gone out and hadn’t come back. FUCK! The smart meter was sending back 0kWh every 30 minutes. So I was reasonably sure that the house hadn’t burned down. And, after a moment of panic, felt sure that if there had been a gas explosion, ram-raid, or meteor strike, someone would have found a way to contact me. So it was probably a fuse tripping which had knocked everything out. Wait! What about our UPS?!!? [...] I have a UPS. It has a USB port. It is connected to my server. My server can communicate with my UPS. Do I make use of any of this? NO! o ⚓ Seth Michael Larson ☛ Hi-Chew_Pokédex⠀⇛ I love the idea of having “personal Pokédexes”, a set of known things out there in the world that you want to collect. My current personal Pokédex is Hi-Chew flavors. Below I’ve listed ones I’ve either tried or aspire to try one day. What’s your personal Pokédex? o ⚓ Xe’s Blog ☛ Site_Update:_CSS_Fixes_–_Xe_Iaso⠀⇛ So yesterday my blog was on the front page of Hacker News. Twice. The comments were brutal, however some people politely pointed out some issues that I’ve brushed off in the past because it’s difficult to interpret comments like “ur website is gay furry trash because I can’t tell what is a conversation snippet lol” in a positive enough light to want to act on it. o ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ Eleanor_Janega’s_“Once_and_Future_Sex”⠀⇛ The Once and Future Sex is Eleanor Janega’s new history of gender and sex in the medieval age, describing the weird and horny ways of medieval Europeans, which are far gnarlier and more complicated than the story we get from “traditionalists” who want us to believe that their ideas about gender roles reflect a fixed part of human nature, and that modern attitudes are an attempt to rewrite history. [...] This extends in all directions: whether women did hard physical labor, whether beauty ideals are eternal, whether women went to war, or ruled, or engaged in scholarship. o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Rubenerd:_The_@cartron_on_blogging_regularity⠀⇛ I love that we’re the master of our own domain with blogging. If you want to post once every year, or a few smaller posts a day, or take a break for a few months, you absolutely can. You can write without titles, have a complicated or simple site design, include inline images or only post text, whatever you want. There aren’t any rules, beyond writing syntax a browser and RSS aggregator can interpret. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ ICP_Mini-ITX_board_runs_on_Intel_Alder_Lake- S/Raptor_Lake-S_processors⠀⇛ The KINO-ADL-H610 is a Single Board Computer compatible with various Intel 12th/13th Gen Core processors. The SBC is equipped with dual 2.5GbE LAN ports, dual 4K @60Hz displays, SATA 6GB/s and various I/O interfaces  # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Off-Grid_Van_Build_Uses_3D_Scanning_For_Smarter Planning⠀⇛ Folks who refurbish and rebuild vans into off-grid campers (especially with the ability to work in them remotely) put a fantastic amount of planning and work into their projects. [Rob] meticulously documented his finished van conversion and while he does a ton of clever work, we especially liked how he shows modern tools like photogrammetry can improve the process. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Minimalist_Homebrew_Hardware_Recreates_Arcade Classics⠀⇛ Classic video games might look primitive by today’s standards, but the addictive gameplay of Breakout or Pac-Man remains fun no matter what decade you were born in. Keeping the relevant hardware running becomes harder as the years pile up however, so when [Michal] decided to introduce his kids to classic video games, he didn’t dig up his old game consoles. Instead, he decided to recreate several games from scratch using the bare minimum amount of hardware needed. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Reading_Data_From_A_CD,_With_A_Microscope⠀⇛ There was a time when electronic engineering students studied the audio CD, for all its real- world examples of error correction and control systems. There’s something to be found in the system still for young and old though, and thus we were intrigued when we saw [Peter Monta] reading the data from a CD using a microscope. # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Thoughts_on_an_entirely_new_Commodore_64⠀⇛ Taking a step back though, you’d fall off a cliff. We’ve reached the point where serious technical enthusiasts, armed with off the shelf components, FPGAs, programming knowledge, and an understanding of electronics, are able to create socket- compatible components that a 1980s chip foundry Commodore literally had to buy could. Couple that with injection moulds, 3D printing, video creators with large audiences, and a community of interested fans offering feedback, views, and money, and it’s feasible in 2023 to recreate an entire 1980s computer. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Running_Cray_OS_And_UNICOS_On_Your_Own_Cray Simulator_Instance⠀⇛ The Cray series of super computers have been pretty much symbolic for high-powered computing since the 1970s, and to this day there’s a certain level of mysticism to them. Much of this is also helped by how rare these systems were and are today. Unlike Commodore, Apple and IBM PC systems which got sold by the truckload, Cray super computers and the much smaller workstation systems were and are significantly more rare. Despite or perhaps because of this [Andras Tantos] embarked on a decade-long quest to bring together what is left of the Cray legacy in the form of the Cray Files. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Designing_A_Simpler_Prosthetic_Finger⠀⇛ Prosthetic limb design is an area where desktop manufacturing has made huge strides, but there’s always room for improvement. For example, take a look at [Ian Davis] and his attempts to design a simpler prosthetic finger. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Video ☛ Vaccines_and_viral_variants⠀⇛ The use of antibiotics has promoted antibiotic resistance, which is a major global threat to the treatment of bacterial infections. The bacteria which survive are the ones which are resistance to an antibiotic. These are the bacteria which will survive to infect the next person. The situation is much the same with vaccines which act against viral infection. Vaccines which do not sterilise the body of a virus will leave some viral particles alive. It is these surviving viruses, which are not killed by vaccine induced antibodies, that survive to reproduce. This is why vaccines can lead to the evolution of new variants of a virus. In other words, the virus must evolve to avoid vaccine induced immunity. [...] It is also noted that repeated vaccination can stimulate the T suppressor lymphocytes that actually inhibit the immune response. [...] Fortunately, these genetic changes have so far led to covid viruses which cause less severe disease, while still being very transmissible. This has reduced serious illness and deaths, while promoting widespread natural immunity. o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ Times Higher Education ☛ University_‘will_never_pay ransoms’_despite_darknet_data_leak [iophk: Windows TCO]⠀⇛ Professor Albert said the November 2022 attack “created a complex situation with regard to the damage caused”, including the encryption of 1,200 virtual servers and takeover of a central system for controlling access. The scale of the attack means the university has had to reconstruct its IT infrastructure. Raimund Vogl, president of the European University Information Systems Organisation and chief information officer at the University of Münster, said replacement hardware and security consultants could cost around €100,000 (£88,000), but that this would typically be dwarfed by the labour costs of having tens of IT and administrative staff working around the clock on recovery for months. # ⚓ Qt ☛ Regarding_recent_reported_security_vulnerabilities from_Cisco_Talos⠀⇛ Back in October 2022, the Qt Project Security team was contacted by someone at Cisco Talos to report an issue with integer and buffer overflow issues in QML which they considered a vulnerability in Qt 6.3. This has recently been made public by Cisco Talos here. This has also resulted in two CVEs , CVE-2022-40983 and CVE-2022-43591. o § Linux Foundation⠀➾ # ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ Linux_Foundation_decreased_Linux_spending to_3.2%_in_2022.⠀⇛ I’m not going to sugar coat this… it is absolutely ridiculous. The highlight? Funding for the Linux kernel, in 2022, dropped to a measly 3.2% of the foundation’s total revenue of $243 Million dollars. Down from the — already absurdly low — 3.4% from 2021. Considering the name of the foundation… that is, needless to say, highly amusing. Or infuriating. Possibly concerning. Likely all three. Let’s dive into the details and try to figure out why this is happening. # ⚓ Bryan Lunduke ☛ Linux_Foundation,_bored_with_Linux, launches_Open_Metaverse_Foundation⠀⇛ In 2021, The Linux Foundation decided to branch out from their core business (“Linux”) to create an entire foundation focused on “Health” and, specifically, creating vaccine passports. Was it weird that The Linux Foundation was now in the vaccine business? Yes. Yes, it was. Well, it appears that someone has dared Jim Zemlin — the head of The Linux Foundation — to keep making new projects and sub-foundations that make absolutely no sense. Perhaps, even, double-dog dared him. Because yesterday — January 18th, 2023 — The Linux Foundation unveiled their latest attempt to do absolutely anything other than Linux. [...] For that matter, will “The Linux Foundation” keep their name? How long before they re-brand… removing the word “Linux” entirely? o § Security⠀➾ # § Integrity/Availability/Authenticity⠀➾ # ⚓ Ciprian Dorin Craciun ☛ [remark]_Memorable_password schemes_and_patterns?_—_Volution_Notes⠀⇛ Questions (without definitive answers) about memorable password schemes and patterns. # ⚓ Ciprian Dorin Craciun ☛ [remark]_Password_strength for_offline_storage?_—_Volution_Notes⠀⇛ Questions (without definitive answers) about password strength (i.e. entropy bits) for offline storage. # ⚓ Jan Piet Mens ☛ Jan-Piet_Mens_::_Notes_to_self: KeePassXC⠀⇛ More and more frequently, when I ask friends and family (people with a mainly non- computing background) how they manage their passwords their eyes cloud over, and I then feel the need to tell them that they ought to apply good password hygiene. (I tend to mensplain a bit.) As such I’ve been looking much more deeply into KeePassXC as a multi- platform, Open Source, and very decent password manager. I ran away from 1Password many years ago when, IIRC, forced cloud upon their users and also converted to a subscription model and settled for EnPass at the time. Aside from a number of UI quirks in EnPass I’ve been happy enough with it, and I got it at the time when they had a purchase model; I believe that has meanwhile also changed to a subscription model. I want to be able to recommend a program which has a fixed price (Open Source is fine) and a UI which will hopefully remain somewhat consistent. I think KeePassXC matches the requirement. # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Rubenerd:_The_“I_lost_my_phone”_scam⠀⇛ I’m seeing an uptick in spam messages claiming the sender lost their phone, and that they’re messaging from a friend’s device. They impart a sense of urgency by claiming they’re stranded, need money, and that their friend’s phone is also running short of battery. Or long, depending on the form factor. Thank you. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Rubenerd:_Joe_Biden’s_online_privacy op-ed⠀⇛ Mike Masnick asserts the devil is in the details. For example, he says it’d be infeasible and undesirable to to verify the age of web visitors. While true, it muddies the issue: it’d be easy to legislate against companies buying ads targeting children in the first place. We already do this with tobacco and gambling. # § Confidentiality⠀➾ # ⚓ Old VCR ☛ Bringing_TLS_to_the_Magic_Cap_DataRover⠀⇛ Today we’re adding TLS 1.3 to the one and only web browser on a 36MHz MIPS handheld running Magic Cap, the most unique mobile operating system from the most influential startup you never heard of. But before we do, a thank-you to Scott and Barbara Knaster: [...] o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ US_Veterans_Sail_Historic_Peace_Boat_to Cuba,_Demand_End_of_US_Blockade⠀⇛ The Golden Rule anti-nuclear sailboat, crewed by US veterans and friends, has successfully completed an historic voyage to Cuba. The 34-foot wooden ketch, which in 1958 was sailed toward the Marshall Islands to interfere with US nuclear testing, is owned by Veterans For Peace, and carries out an important part of its mission, “to end the arms race and to reduce and eventually eliminate nuclear weapons.” # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Border_Industrial_Complex_Goes_Big Time⠀⇛ In the commercial during the NFL playoff game, the camera focuses on aresearcher leaving her laboratory. Then on a dog. But the dog is not a dog. The dog is a robot. And the robot dog begins to wag its tail when it sees a robot hummingbird buzz in. From here it turns into an inspiring tale about how the robotic dog wants a pair of wings like the hummingbird, and another robot helps it achieve this. As all this is going on, I can’t help but think about one of the biggest border technology stories of 2022, which was also a robotic dog. You probably remember. DHS announced it in February, and we wrote about it at The Border Chronicle. It seemed to symbolize the Biden administration’s emphasis on enforcement technology. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Beyond_the_‘Border_Crisis’⠀⇛ Reducing a humanitarian crisis to an issue of “border security” puts real solutions out of reach. # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ What_may_be_behind_the_purge_in_Hungarian military_leadership⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia_downgrades_diplomatic_relations_with Estonia_and_expels_ambassador,_citing_‘Russophobia’_— Meduza⠀⇛ Russia is downgrading its diplomatic ties with Estonia, replacing the country’s ambassador with a ​​chargé d’affaires. The Estonian ambassador is required to leave Moscow by February 7. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ State_Duma_deputy_suggests_taking_Gulag Archipelago_off_Russian_school_curriculum_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Dmitry Vyatkin, a State Duma deputy and member of the conservative United Russia party, said that literary works that “have not stood the test of time and do not correspond to reality,” like Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s Gulag Archipelago, should be removed from school curricula.  # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Polish_authorities_prepare_to_help_Ukraine_‘with or_without_Germany’_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Poland is prepared to form a “small coalition” with other European countries for supporting Ukraine if Germany doesn’t agree to supply Ukraine with Leopard 2 tanks, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said in an interview with the Polish Press Agency. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ State_Duma_chairman_threatens_western_politicians with_war_‘that_will_destroy_their_countries’_for_supplying weapons_to_Ukraine_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Chairman of the Russian State Duma Vyacheslav Volodin warned western countries to “understand their responsibility to humanity” for actions that could lead to “global catastrophe.” The politician said that Russia would “retaliate with more powerful weapons” if the U.S. and NATO countries supply Ukraine with offensive weapons that can be used to capture territory and strike civilian cities. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Anti-aircraft_system_reportedly_installed_near Putin’s_official_residence_in_Valdai_—_Meduza⠀⇛ A Pantsir anti-aircraft system appears to have been installed just six kilometers (less than four miles) from Vladimir Putin’s official residence in Valdai, a town in Russia’s Novgorod region, a local resident told the independent news outlet Agentstvo. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ukrainian_deputy_infrastructure_minister_arrested, charged_with_taking_bribes_in_embezzlement_case_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Ukrainian law enforcement have arrested Vasily Lozinsky, Deputy Minister for Development of Communities, Territories, and Infrastructure. He’s suspected of taking a large bribe for arranging the purchase of generators at inflated prices. Ukrainska Pravda reported that the official’s home was searched on January 21. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Longtime_Russian_Presidential_Academy_head Vladimir_Mau_resigns_after_reportedly_going_to_Israel_— Meduza⠀⇛ Economist Vladimir Mau, who has served as the rector of the Russian Presidential Academy of National Economy and Public Administration (RANEPA) since its founding in 2010, has resigned from his post, the Russian government reported on Monday. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Global_Catastrophe’_Coming_If_West_Keeps Arming_Ukraine,_Top_Russia_Official_Says⠀⇛ Should the West continue to ship arms to Ukraine, Moscow will retaliate with “more powerful weapons,” a top Russian government official and close ally of President Vladimir Putin said Sunday, referring to the use of nuclear missiles. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Breaking_the_Addiction_to_Secrets_and Secrecy⠀⇛ The mainstream media has done their best to scramble the information on classified documents and the issue of secrecy.  Because the media treasures the idea of balance and equivalence, it has unnecessarily equated the criminal culpability of Donald Trump and the sloppiness of Joe Biden’s staff.  The former led to Trump’s intentionally keeping large amounts of classified material at Mar-a-Lago; the latter led to small amounts of intelligence at Biden’s former office and his home.  Since I held high-level security clearances for more than four decades while in the U.S. Army, the Central Intelligence Agency, the Department of State, and the Department of Defense, I have something to offer on the issue of secrets and secrecy. First, there is a simple fix to the problem of presidents being responsible for the closing of their White House offices and the boxing of sensitive materials.  This work is done at the final stages of a presidential term by members of the president’s staff, some of whom probably even lack the clearances to handle sensitive materials.  The closing down of these offices and the sorting of materials should be done by qualified members of the General Services Administration or, better yet, the National Archives and Records Administration, which can catalogue sensitive materials as well as package them.  In the case of Trump’s perfidy, the National Archives knew it was missing certain documents but had no idea about the rest of the items Trump was concealing.  This must be corrected. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Our_Planet_Versus_Plastic_Bags:_a_Tale_of Two_Cities⠀⇛ With oceans, countries, populations, and governments inundated by a plague of plastic worldwide, it may be useful to focus on the single- use plastic bag choices made by two cities, in the same U.S. state, located at a distance of only 64 miles (104 km) from each other. Both Santa Fe and Albuquerque share many qualities and conditions, foremost among them a distinctive cultural mix of American, Hispanic/Latino, and Native American citizens. But the two communities are also dissimilar, and this is reflected in the way they have dealt with the plastic bag dilemma. Santa Fe is the oldest capital city in the United States. It is the seat of the New Mexico government and is home to the country’s third-largest art market. It calls itself “the City Different” and has more than 250 art galleries and dealers, a dozen state and private museums, and a world-class opera, for its more than 88,000 residents. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ The_Blowback_From_Sanctions_Against Russia⠀⇛ Plenty of media focus on Ukrainian military success and Russian failure in the fighting in Ukraine but far too little attention is given to the way in which the Western economic war against Russia has boomeranged against the EU states. The bid to ensure that Russia went on exporting plenty of crude oil – 11.2 million barrels a day in December – while at the same time limiting its earnings from higher oil prices was always contradictory and bizarre. President Vladimir Putin was derisive about the economic impact of a Western price cap on the price of Russian crude that is above the Russian sales price. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ExxonMobil_and_the_Endless_Climate Lie⠀⇛ Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg is getting carried away. Literally. She joined thousands in the village of Lützerath, Germany, to oppose the expansion of an open- pit lignite mine, one of the dirtiest forms of coal. Police in riot gear hauled her away as the mass arrests progressed. Greta wrote on Twitter, “Yesterday I was part of a group that peacefully protested the expansion of a coal mine…We were kettled by police and then detained but were let go later that evening. Climate protection is not a crime.” # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Rubenerd:_Printers_and_wasted_tech potential⠀⇛ Last year I mentioned what a waste cryptocurrency and blockchain guff was. I didn’t just mean in terms of electricity and silicon, but also the wasted potential among thousands of engineers who could be directing their craft to solving real problems, helping their fellow human travellers, and making the world a more beautiful place. # ⚓ [Old] Network UPS Tools ☛ Network_UPS_Tools⠀⇛ The primary goal of the Network UPS Tools (NUT) project is to provide support for Power Devices, such as Uninterruptible Power Supplies, Power Distribution Units, Automatic Transfer Switches, Power Supply Units and Solar Controllers. NUT provides a common protocol and set of tools to monitor and manage such devices, and to consistently name equivalent features and data points, across a vast range of vendor-specific protocols and connection media types. NUT provides many control and monitoring features, with a uniform control and management interface. If you are just getting acquainted with NUT, that page also explains the technical design and some possible set- ups. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ What_to_Know_About_the_Risks_of_Gas Stoves_and_Appliances⠀⇛ As a climate reporter, I was well aware of the growing concern about the gas stoves in people’s homes leaking dangerous pollutants, like methane, a potent greenhouse gas and explosive hazard; nitrogen dioxide, which worsens asthma; and benzene, which causes cancer. But I was a renter who had no control over my appliances. So I mostly ignored it — until one day last fall when I smelled the rotten-egg odor of leaking natural gas while baking focaccia. I borrowed a $30 gas leak detector from a friend (a fellow climate reporter, of course). When I turned on the oven in my New York City apartment, the lights for a “significant” leak lit up. My kitchen was filling up with methane. According to the user manual, that meant I should “VENTILATE THE AREA IMMEDIATELY and move to a safe location” in case of an explosion. I opened the windows and ignored the evacuation advice (don’t follow my example), too intent on taking a video of the leak as proof for my landlord before turning off the oven. Then I vented my frustration by panic-texting friends and eating too much focaccia — after cutting it into pieces and baking it in my toaster oven. Luckily, my landlord replaced my faulty stove within days. I made sure to check the new stove (still gas, alas) for leaks after it was installed. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Peru’s_Natural_Resources:_CIA-Linked_US Ambassador_Meets_With_Mining_and_Energy_Ministers_to Talk_‘Investments’⠀⇛ Peru has large reserves of copper, gold, zinc, silver, lead, iron, and natural gas. After a coup overthrew left-wing President Pedro Castillo, the US ambassador, CIA veteran Lisa Kenna, met with mining and energy ministers to discuss “investments”. Europe is importing Peruvian LNG to replace Russian energy. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ A_Tyumen_resident_got_a_subsidy_for_utility bills_—_1_kopeck_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Authorities in the city of Ishim, in the Tyumen region, gave a resident a subsidy of 1 kopek (around 1/100 of a cent) to help pay utility bills. The resident, who wishes to remain anonymous, posted the official notice on Telegram. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ White_House_Refuses_to_Shield_Endangered Right_Whales_From_Lethal_Vessel_Strikes⠀⇛ o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Omitting_the_Evidence:_What_the_IMF_Gets Wrong_About_Venezuela⠀⇛ On December 5, 2022, the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) Western Hemisphere Department published a report titled “Regional Spillovers from the Venezuelan Crisis,” which assesses the causes of Venezuela’s economic crisis, the drivers of the country’s record emigration, and the impact that this influx of Venezuelan migrants has had on neighboring countries. While these are worthy topics of research, and there is much of value in the report, authors Alvarez et al. curiously omit a critical piece of the puzzle, and one of the single most important factors contributing to Venezuela’s current economic and humanitarian plight: US economic sanctions. In August 2017, the Trump administration issued Executive Order 13808, barring the government of Venezuela, including the state-owned oil company Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA) and its joint ventures, from accessing US financial markets. Though the United States had imposed sanctions on certain Venezuelan individuals and entities before this, including under the Obama administration’s E.O. 13692, which declared a US national emergency with respect to Venezuela, the August 2017 sanctions marked the beginning of a series of sweeping sanctions that would define the Trump administration’s approach to US-Venezuelan relations. Sanctions were escalated even further alongside the recognition of a parallel government beginning in 2019, most notably with the January 28 designation of PDVSA as a sanctioned entity, and the 2020 imposition of secondary sanctions against shipping companies involved in the transportation of Venezuelan oil. The vast majority of these sanctions remain in place today. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ 2022_Was_a_Bad_Year_for_Billionaires—But Not_Nearly_Bad_Enough⠀⇛ Sometimes the daily news about our billionaires just doesn’t seem to make any sense. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ A_Down_Year_for_Our_Deepest_Pockets?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_banks_to_release_stickers_to_replace_Apple Pay_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russian banks plan to start issuing stickers containing NFC chips to replace foreign contactless payment services such as Apple Pay and Google Pay, which were suspended in Russia soon after Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, RBC reported on Monday. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ We_Need_a_New_Approach_to_Debt—One_Borrowed From_the_Past⠀⇛ On Friday, Jan. 13, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen wrote to Congress that the U.S. government will hit its borrowing limit on Jan. 19, forcing the new Congress into negotiations over the debt limit much sooner than expected. She said she will use accounting maneuvers she called “extraordinary measures” to keep U.S. finances running for a few months, pushing the potential date for default to sometime in the summer. But she urged Congress to get to work on raising the debt ceiling. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ We_Need_Housing_for_People_to_Live_In,_Not for_Corporations_to_Invest_In⠀⇛ Anyone who is active in our communities knows that housing insecurity and homelessness are rising fast, due in part to an ever-shrinking lot of affordable rentals and homes. Housing should be the rallying cry right now. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Computer World ☛ UK_gov’t_amendments_to_Online_Safety_Bill include_criminal_liability⠀⇛ The bill was updated on Tuesday after Conservative back benchers threatened to vote against the legislation unless it included a provision that would allow regulators to prosecute social media executives who are found to have compromised the safety of children online. Earlier in the week, the Labour Party also signaled it would be willing to back the inclusion of criminal liability to the bill. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Is_SCOTUS_on_the_Verge_of_Dismantling_Labor and_the_Administrative_State_in_One_Blow?⠀⇛ By Nancy Snyder / CounterPunch On Tuesday, January 10,  the United States Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the matter of Glacier Northwest, Inc. v. International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local Union 174. If Glacier Northwest prevails, the Supreme Court ruling will make it far easier for alleged labor disputes that result in damage to company property, to […] o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ Kevin_Gosztola_On_‘The_Chris_Hedges Report’⠀⇛ # ⚓ Shadowproof ☛ Kevin_Gosztola_On_‘The_Chris_Hedges_Report’⠀⇛ Chris Hedges, longtime journalist and host of “The Chris Hedges Report,” had Shadowproof editor Kevin Gosztola on his show to discuss his book, Guilty of Journalism: The Political Case Against Julian Assange. The book can be pre-ordered from Seven Stories Press. It will be released on February 21.As Chris said in the introduction, “I think your book and Nils Melzer’s book are books I would recommend for people who don’t understand the case.”Chris and Kevin go issue by issue, like the book, which is not a chronology but a meticulously organized guide to all aspects of the United States government’s charges and allegations. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Chris_Hedges:_The_Plague_of_Social_Isolation⠀⇛ The rupture of social bonds and loss of community, caused by the decades-long assault on the poor and working class and the ravages of the pandemic, have resulted in a dangerous social isolation. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Greta_Thunberg’s_Arrest_Demonstrates_Why_Energy Charter_Treaty_Must_Be_Abolished⠀⇛ # ⚓ TruthOut ☛ Peet’s_Coffee_Baristas_Unionize_First_Cafe_With Help_from_Starbucks_Workers⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Baristas_Form_First_Unionized_Peet’s_Coffee in_US_With_Help_From_Starbucks_Workers⠀⇛ In a win for workplace democracy, employees at a Peet’s Coffee & Tea located in Davis, California formed the chain’s first unionized shop in the United States on Friday. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Thousands_Across_US_Demand_Reproductive Freedom_on_Roe’s_50th_Anniversary⠀⇛ Thousands of people called for reproductive freedom at rallies around the United States on Sunday—the 50th anniversary of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that made abortion a constitutional right until the Supreme Court’s reactionary majority overturned it last summer. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Thousands_of_Indian_IT_professionals_now jobless_scrambling_for_options_to_stay_in_the_US⠀⇛ According to The Washington Post, nearly 200,000 IT workers have been laid off since November last year, including some record numbers in companies like Google, Microsoft, Facebook and Amazon. As per some industry insiders, between 30 to 40 per cent of them are Indian IT professionals, a significant number of whom are on H-1B and L1 visas. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ Google’s_Stock_Climbed_After_It_Fired 12,000_Employees,_But_What_Did_They_Get_Out_of_It?⠀⇛ Alphabet, the parent company of Google, has announced it will lay off about 6 percent of its global workforce. Google CEO Sundar Pichai sent his employees a letter warning of imminent layoffs and saying how “deeply sorry” he was. He offered for workers to “feel free to work from home” for the day in order to process the tough news that about 12,000 of them would soon lose their jobs. This was roughly the same number of new employees that Alphabet lured to join its workforce last quarter. According to Investor’s Business Daily, the company “added 12,765 employees, which was above Wall Street estimates.” # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ DEA_Had_Evidence_on_García_Luna_Long_Before Bribery_Trial⠀⇛ When federal prosecutors walk into the United States Courthouse in Brooklyn on Monday to present their opening statements against Genaro García Luna, the highest-ranking Mexican official ever tried in the United States for drug corruption, they will unveil a complex case that took years to build. But the fuller story of the government’s investigation of García Luna — a former security minister who was arguably the United States’ most important Mexican partner in a long and failed effort to transform his country’s criminal justice system — is hardly a triumph of determined American law enforcement. # ⚓ Counter Punch ☛ A_Second_Civil_War?⠀⇛ The far-right love it, liberals dread it. Since the 2021 Capitol Attack a second American civil war has entered mainstream discussion. The far-right embraces it, an apocalypse that will birth a White ethno-state. Scared, liberals demand electoral and judicial reforms, or harken to the good ol’ days of Obama and Clinton, where neoliberal consensus kept politics civil. Socialists and Marxists dismiss the possibility of civil war. “They got you fighting a culture war to stop you fighting a class war” is a popular saying. Presumably, the culture wars are superficial, with no economic basis. What is forgotten is that class conflict is not only between classes, but within classes. In America, conflict is emerging between urban and rural capitalists, with the culture wars acting as a proxy to recruit the working-class. While it is in capitalists’ collective interest to fight the working class, it is in each capitalist’s individual interest to fight each other until monopoly is established. Usually this is done through the market. But when expansion in the market reaches its limit, war becomes another means towards capital accumulation. # ⚓ Craig Murray ☛ Ann_Gloag_and_Human_Traffic⠀⇛ Scotland has no shortage of dreadful right wing judges, but as the very epitome of reactionary conservatism, one gobsmacking judgment from Perth Sheriff Michael Fletcher stands out. o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Eesti Rahvusringhääling ☛ Agency_investigating_Estonia’s expensive_high-speed_internet_prices⠀⇛ In Estonia, 100 Mbit/s internet costs the same as 1 Gbit/s in Latvia and Lithuania, a situation the minister described as “incomprehensible”. To buy a 1 Gbit/s connection in Estonia costs €70, but €19 in Lithuania and €21 in Latvia. Estonia ranks 6th in the European Union in terms of the cost of 100 Mbps fixed connection. # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Rubenerd:_Making_mistakes_with_NICs⠀⇛ I spent twenty minutes today trying to figure out why I hadn’t been able to SSH into a VM. I verified I had the correct ports open on the firewall, that the OpenSSH service was running, and more embarrassing checks including making sure the VM was indeed running. I hadn’t attached an IP address. o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Under_a_New_EU-Focused_Copyright_Law, Musical_Artists_Currently_Earn_*Nothing*⠀⇛ With war raging over the border in Ukraine, a pro-Moscow separatist region to its east, and inflation at 35%, former soviet republic Moldova was granted EU candidate status last summer. New copyright law crafted to protect artists under strict EU standards is now mired in allegations of corruption and Russian interference. Meanwhile, local artists are currently being paid absolutely nothing. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ 10_Most_Popular_Torrent_Sites_of 2021⠀⇛ Continuing a long-standing annual tradition, today we publish our list of the most popular torrent sites at the start of 2023. Measured by traffic, we see that YTS takes the top spot, closely followed by 1337x. Anime torrent site NYAA, meanwhile, has entered the top three. o § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ # § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_EZILOSF_Wordo:_PURGE⠀⇛ # ⚓ Computers_are_still_bicycles_for_the_mind,_even though_people_use_them_for_pretty_much_everything else⠀⇛ Probably everyone in Geminispace has heard Sturgeon’s Law and most can probably recall most of it just from seeing the phrase “Sturgeon’s Law”. While “90% of everything is crap” is the part that everyone knows, what’s lesser known is that he’s claimed, rightfully in my view, that the remaining 10% makes science fiction a genre worth the time and attention that it gets. I think the same is true of computers and bicycle-for-the-mind computing. Most of the time, computers aren’t used for augmenting humans and instead are used for communication tasks of varying levels of importance. However, the times when I pull out the actual mind bicycle — oftentimes Excel, but not infrequently Ulysses (many people swear by Obsidian instead) — I’m struck by how these sorts of tasks would break my brain with their difficulty if I were thrown back into the technology level of the early 80s before spreadsheets and ⌘F became common technologies. # ⚓ mobile_gaming⠀⇛ The sun is out and most of the daylight hours is going gone. It makes me sad, but what can I do. I woke up at noon and did not make it to church. Oh well, I guess I needed the rest more. I do feel well rested but a little out of sorts since I am not used to getting that much rest. # ⚓ Heat⠀⇛ I live in the mountains. During the warmer months the power company regularly turns off our power to do “maintenance” upgrades on the system. They generally do this during the day… when it is 90*F (+/-) and generally for anywhere between 4 and 16 hours. In the years that I have lived up here they never did this during the winter… until this year. But now they have decided to only do it overnight. So from 8pm until 4am we will be without power. Our heating system is natural gas based, but requires power to function. It is 23*F out right now. It is 7:40p. So we will lose power in just a bit here. My wife is tucking my daughter in and we will bring her upstairs to sleep with us when we go to sleep (so that we know she is under blankets and warm enough). # ⚓ Capsule_of_the_day_–_2023-01-23⠀⇛ If some offensive capsules are listed here automatically, please alert me so I can manually remove them. # § Technical⠀➾ # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ Simple_spartan_client_and_server⠀⇛ `spartclient` and `sparline` are 2 simple spartan clients and `spartserv` is a simple spartan server written in C. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3634 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 01.23.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_23/01/2023:_mozilla.org’s_25th_Anniversary_and_IceWM_3.3.1_Released⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 5:38 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Audiocasts/Shows o Kernel_Space o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt # GNOME_Desktop/GTK * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o New_Releases o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Events o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Mozilla o Productivity_Software/LibreOffice/Calligra o GNU_Projects o Programming/Development # Perl_/_Raku # Python * Leftovers o Hardware o Pseudo-Open_Source # Openwashing o Security # Fear,_Uncertainty, Doubt/Fear-mongering/Dramatisation # Privacy/Surveillance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Politics o Technical # Programming * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Video ☛ Nobara_Project_37_overview_|_a_modified_version_of Fedora_Linux_with_user-friendly_fixes_added_to_it_– Invidious⠀⇛ In this video, I am going to show an overview of Nobara Project 37 and some of the applications pre- installed. # ⚓ Jupiter Broadcasting ☛ Updating_Our_Fiddly_Bits_|_LINUX Unplugged_494_|_Jupiter_Broadcasting⠀⇛ Today we are finally taking on a project months in the making, and we’re switching to an entirely new generation of Linux tech in the process. # ⚓ Video ☛ My_New_Desktop_–_Invidious⠀⇛ # ⚓ Video ☛ Amusing_Linux_Distros_to_Try_if_You’re_a_Distro Dynamic_Person⠀⇛ # ⚓ Video ☛ A_Brand_New_Cool_Latest_Linux_Distributions_For 2023_–_Invidious⠀⇛ # ⚓ Video ☛ Steam_Deck_could_upend_the_gaming_industry…_whether Valve_has_the_guts_is_another_story._–_Invidious⠀⇛ The Steam Deck is at a fork in the road and Valve needs to decide. Take the Bubsy path, you wake up in your bed and believe whatever it is you want to believe. Take the Mario 64 path, you stay in Wonderland and Valve shows you how deep the rabbit hole really goes. # ⚓ Video ☛ New_options_have_appeared_in_the_Steam_Deck’s_beta settings_menu!_–_Invidious⠀⇛ # ⚓ Video ☛ Init_Freedom_Campaign_Saves_Linux_From_Systemd?_– Invidious⠀⇛ Nowadays systemd is the defacto standard software suite for your init system with systemd-init, growing popularity with systemd-boot and much much more but in an alternate timeline that might not be the case # ⚓ CubicleNate ☛ Linux_Saloon_|_News_Flight_Night_9_– CubicleNate’s_Techpad⠀⇛ The second Linux Saloon Live was a News Flight Night with a flight of topics sourced from all around the internet from the Linux Saloon bunch. The main topic of the show revolved around a Strawpoll that Aris made asking, “Have you ever built a desktop.” A simple question that made for some incredibly interesting conversation about building a computer. o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ xloadimage_and_xserver-fb_added_to_Kirkstone build⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ The_return_of_the_Linux_Kernel_Podcast_[LWN.net] [Ed: See comment]⠀⇛ After a brief break of … a dozen years or so … Jon Masters has announced the return of his kernel podcast… o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 8_Meritorious_Free_and_Open_Source_Modelers⠀⇛  Linux offers a rich platform for anyone with an artistic inclination. With low cost hardware, quality open source software, and an ounce of talent, artists can produce professional-looking computer graphics. There is a relatively small range of open source software that offers the ability of rendering images with Linux. Rendering is the process of taking a 3D model and displaying it as a two- dimensional image. Unfortunately, some of the applications have not seen any development in recent years, abandoned by their developers with no one coming forward to step into their shoes. Nevertheless, there are still some high quality, open source Linux modelers which are worth investigating. # ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ Tangram_for_Linux_is_a_Browser_Built_for_Web Apps_–_OMG!_Linux⠀⇛ For an ordered way to use your favourite web apps on Linux check out Tangram, a GTK-based web browser. Oh, I know what you’re going to say: “Dude, I already have a web browser” — and for most people a regular web browser (like Firefox, Chrome, etc) is a solid way to use web apps on Linux desktops. But what if you want to keep your web apps separate apps from the rest of your browsing? Enter Tangram, an open-source GTK4/libadwaita app powered by the the same Webkit engine as GNOME Web (aka Epiphany). As such, pretty much all modern web content works in it. # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ HandBrake_1.6.1_Fixes_Intel_QSV_Hardware Detection_on_Linux,_Adds_Missing_Translations⠀⇛ HandBrake 1.6 was released about three weeks ago, but it looks like some bugs and crashes managed to squeeze into the final release. For Linux users, HandBrake 1.6.1 is here to address the detection of Intel QSV hardware, though the devs note the fact that this is only a partial fix, for now. Also for Linux, the HandBrake release addresses a potential crash that occurred when canceling an Intel QSV encode operation, adds missing format strings to allow you to build the software from sources with the -Werror=format-security option, and adds missing translations (Bulgarian, Corsican, Dutch, German, and Spanish). # ⚓ IceWM_3.3.1_Released⠀⇛ The latest released version is 3.3.1 (2023-01-23). o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Set_Up_a_Kubernetes_Cluster_Using Minicube_on_Debian_11⠀⇛ Minikube is a free and open-source tool that comes with a set of built-in add-ons that helps you to set up a Kubernetes cluster in your local system. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_Drupal_with_Docker_on_Ubuntu 22.04⠀⇛ Drupal is an open-source content management system (CMS) written in PHP. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_7-Zip_on_Debian_11_–_idroot⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install 7-Zip on Debian 11. For those of you who didn’t know, 7-Zip is a popular open-source file-archiving software that can be used to compress and decompress files on a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, and macOS. It supports a wide range of file formats, including .7z, .zip, .rar, and .tar, and offers both command-line and graphical user interface (GUI) options for interacting with compressed files. This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation of the 7-Zip archiving software on a Debian 11 (Bullseye). # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Getting_Started_with_Linux_Screen_Command:_A Beginner’s_Guide_–_TecAdmin⠀⇛ Have you ever heard of the Linux Screen Command? It’s an incredibly powerful tool that allows you to take control of multiple programs in a single terminal window. With the Linux Screen Command, you can easily manage multiple programs, even if they’re running in different directories. You can even switch between programs without having to close or restart them. It’s an incredibly efficient way to work in Linux. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Magento_on_Rocky_Linux_9_– idroot⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Magento on Rocky Linux 9. For those of you who didn’t know, Magento is a popular open-source e- commerce platform that offers a wide range of features and functionalities. One of the key features of Magento is its flexibility and scalability. It is designed to be highly customizable, allowing developers to create unique and customized online stores. It also supports multiple languages, currencies, and tax rates, making it suitable for businesses operating in different regions. This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you are running in the root account, if not you may need to add ‘sudo‘ to the commands to get root privileges. I will show you the step-by-step installation of Magento open-source e-commerce platforms on Rocky Linux. 9. # ⚓ Kifarunix ☛ How_to_Install_Docker_Resource_Usage_Extension –_kifarunix.com⠀⇛ How can you install Resource usage extension on Docker desktop? In this guide, you will learn how to install Docker Resource Usage extension. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Install_and_Use_HACS_in_Home Assistant⠀⇛ Home Assistant Community Store, or HACS, is a powerful integration for Home Assistant that allows users to download and install custom add-ons, integrations, themes, elements, etc. Discover how to install HACS on both the Supervised Home Assistant server running on a Raspberry Pi HASS OS and a non-supervised Home Assistant Server running in a Docker container on a Linux OS. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Remove_Docker_Images⠀⇛ Docker images contain instructions to manage and run Docker containers. Users can create as many docker images as they want. But these Docker images can take up most of the storage in the Docker engine. Therefore, developers are occasionally required to remove the unused Docker image to keep the Docker engine clean. # ⚓ Network World ☛ Working_with_image_files_on_the_Linux command_line_|_Network_World⠀⇛ There’s a lot to learn about image files on the command line, from verifying file format to finding out where and when photos were taken and maybe even getting an unusual view of what they look like. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ KDE Official ☛ Season_of_KDE_2023:_Mentees_and Projects_|_KDE.news⠀⇛ This year Season of KDE has several projects focusing on the accessibility and sustainability goals. There are three projects focused on accessibility, three on sustainability and three additional projects in other areas. The sustainability projects had fifteen excellent applicants for just three projects, so selecting mentees was challenging. The time mentee applicants invested in applying is much appreciated, and any applicants who have not been selected are encouraged to continue contributing to KDE and open source. It is possible to make smaller contributions to KDE projects that allow possible mentors to see your work and then mentor you informally. # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ GNOME ☛ Crosswords_0.3.7:_Adaptive_Layout, Animations,_and_Arrows_–_Jonathan_Blandford⠀⇛ It’s GNOME Crosswords release time again! This is a big release with a lot of changes. Most importantly, I was able to find some time over the holidays to do some long- overdue refactoring of the core game code. [...] Adaptive Layout and Animations In the previous release, I tried to make Crosswords adapt to different screen sizes. It wasn’t all that usable, so I worked more on it this cycle. First, the good news: I cleaned up a lot of the layout bugs, and (thanks to Carlos) got some form of touch screen keyboard input working. The end result is that I changed the appinfo file to indicate we supported all screen sizes and inputs, which means it should be available on all platforms. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Netrunner_23_“Vaporwave”_Release_Combines_the Stability_of_Debian_11_and_Linux_Kernel_5.10_LTS⠀⇛ Netrunner is a Debian-based Linux distro for PCs/ ARM-based computers that has been around since 2010 and has been getting a steady flow of updates. In a recent announcement, they released Netrunner 23 “Vaporwave” with a few improvements. # ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Netrunner_OS_23_is_Now_Available⠀⇛ The latest version of this Linux distribution is now based on Debian Bullseye and is ready for installation and finally hits the KDE 5.20 branch of the desktop. Netrunner “Vaporware” version 23 has been made available by Blue Systems, arriving some two years after the previous milestone release. Unlike Netrunner 21, version 23 migrates to Debian Bullseye, which means it also includes the 5.10.19 Linux kernel. As well, Netrunner 23 includes KDE Plasma 5.20, Qt 5.15.2, Firefox 102 ESR, LibreOffice 7.0.4, VLC 3.0.18, Audacious 4.0.5, Thunderbird 102.6.0, GIMP 2.10, and much more. But don’t think you’ll be getting a stock KDE desktop. The developers have added a number of customizations to the desktop, such as an overview- like main menu, a unique theme that helps to make it stand out, simplified System Settings with Plasma Tweaks, a unified look for both KDE and non- KDE applications, GTK apps with standard Kwin borders, Task Manager with expanding icons, Show Desktop hot-spot in the lower right corner, and more. # ⚓ ZDNet ☛ Netrunner_23_‘Vaporware’_is_a_Linux_distribution ready_for_productivity_and_gaming_|_ZDNET⠀⇛ I cannot even count the number of Debian-based Linux distributions there are on the market. But when you whittle that list down to those that are both productive and game-ready, the options are much fewer. One of those options is Netrunner. According to the official website, “Netrunner is a complete Linux Operating System for PCs, laptops/ netbooks and ARM microcomputers, that makes exclusive use of the KDE Plasma desktop environment.” I find that description quite lacking because the distribution isn’t just a complete Linux operating system, but a platform for fun and work. With plenty of applications pre-loaded, you can immediately start playing and working without having to install much in the way of third-party software. The only tools you might have to add would be the likes of Spotify and Slack. The caveat to that is you would need to first install either Snap or Flatpak. # ⚓ Happy_New_Year!_OSMC’s_January_update_is_here_–_OSMC⠀⇛ We hope that you had a good Christmas and New Year. Our first update of the year brings Kodi v19.5, which is the final version of Kodi 19.x (Matrix). We are now working on preparing Kodi v20 (Nexus) for OSMC users. This update brings the last stable version of Kodi v19 with a few improvements to improve the upgrade process. # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Freespire_9.0_Released_with_Xfce_4.18,_Based_on Xubuntu_22.04_LTS⠀⇛ Based on Canonical’s Xubuntu 22.04.1 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) operating system, the Freespire 9.0 release is here to offer users a rock-solid Ubuntu experience with the addition of the latest and greatest Xfce 4.18 desktop environment. Under the hood, Freespire 9.0 is powered by Xubuntu 22.04’s long-term supported Linux 5.15 kernel series, and, according to its developers, it does not include any proprietary codecs or software code that is not open source. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Ubuntu_Blog:_What_is_MLOps_going_to_look_like_in 2023?⠀⇛ While AI seems to be the topic of the moment, especially in the tech industry, the need to make it happen in a reliable way is becoming more obvious. MLOps, as a practice, finds itself in a place where it needs to keep growing and remain relevant in view of the latest trends. Solutions like ChatGPT or MidJourney dominated internet chatter last year, but the main question is…What do we foresee in the MLOps space this year and where is the community of MLOps practitioners focusing their energy? Let’s first look back at 2022 and then explore expectations for 2023. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Adafruit ☛ Composite_PAL_Video_on_an_RPi_Pico⠀⇛ The RaspberryPi Pico can deliver gorgeous composite video! # ⚓ Adafruit ☛ Circuit_Playground_Express_Lo-fi_Cap_Touch Nintendo_Controller_Tutorial⠀⇛ This excellent Physical Computing lesson series from the University of Washington includes a section on learning to use capacitive touch on Circuit Playground Express using MakeCode. The Making a Lo-fi Capacitive Touch Nintendo Controller project looks great, and includes instructions on building a large paper, cardboard, and conductive tape/foil NES controller. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ The Wire ☛ ‘BharOS’_vs_Android:_India_Needs_Not_Just_a Self-Reliant_but_Reliable_Operating_System⠀⇛ Although there is no publicly available documentation about BharOS and its features, it looks like a ‘fork‘ of the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) led by Google. It is also unclear which phones BharOS can run on, as the operating system has been announced independent of any specific phone that will run it. While being promoted as an indigenous operating system, BharOS, however, is not entirely a product of Indian origin as the operating system is based on AOSP, which is a global effort by people of multiple nationalities. In a highly globalised world, it is really hard to produce a truly domestic product from scratch. At present, there are several other operating systems like LineageOS, CalyxOS, GrapheneOS based on AOSP that are supported by independent free and open- source software groups to help people take control of their personal data and mobile phones. But why is there a need for using operating systems other than the default one supplied with the phone? This is for people who want privacy and don’t want to continuously feed Google with information. Google has abused its position as a promoter of the Android project by locking several features and apps to the Play Store and Google Play services. The default installation of Google apps and the Google search engine in the Android OS has always been a contentious issue with regulators. In the European Union and India, regulators are pushing back against Google’s dominance in the market. # ⚓ Linux On Mobile ☛ LINMOB.net_–_Weekly_GNU-like_Mobile_Linux Update_(3/2023):_Pinhole_photography⠀⇛ An unofficial PINE64 community update, a library to help Phosh deal with notches, bleak future for Cawbird and experiments with video recording on PinePhone. # ⚓ The Hindu ☛ Apple_iPhone_download_speeds_are_no_longer faster_than_Android:_report�_–_The_Hindu⠀⇛ # ⚓ Giz China ☛ iPhone_14_Pro_Max_Loses_Top_Spot:_These_Two Android_Phones_Took_Over_as_Speediest_Devices!_– Gizchina.com⠀⇛ # ⚓ Express ☛ Urgent_warning_issued_to_Samsung_Galaxy_users_– check_your_phone_now_|_Express.co.uk⠀⇛ # ⚓ India Times ☛ OnePlus_Buds_Pro_2_to_come_with_Google Android’s_Spatial_Audio_support_–_Times_of_India⠀⇛ # ⚓ GSM Arena ☛ OnePlus_Buds_Pro_2_are_among_the_first_to support_Android_13′s_Spatial_Audio_feature_–_GSMArena.com news⠀⇛ # ⚓ SamMobile ☛ Carrier-locked_Galaxy_A13_LTE_is_now_getting Android_13_in_the_USA_–_SamMobile⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Central ☛ Wear_OS_3_finally_fixes_the_problems Android_watches_have_had_for_years_|_Android_Central⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Android_Auto_8.7_rolling_out_without ‘Coolwalk’⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ You_Don’t_Trust_Open-Source_Software?_6_Reasons_Why You_Should⠀⇛ Open-source software is usually free. But is free software better than proprietary? Here are some reasons why you should trust open-source software. You might feel hesitant to use free and open-source software, especially since so much of the code comes from volunteers. In most areas of our lives, having a product come from a reputable company is a plus. It’s how you trust that something is well-made. Why trust code from some volunteers over the high-quality software from the experts at Microsoft, Apple, and Google? As the tech giants have shown us, their software may be reliable, but it often comes with all sorts of tracking and other forms of exploitation. Open-source software is actually much safer to use, and here’s why. o § Events⠀➾ # ⚓ FSFE ☛ Ready_for_FOSDEM_2023?⠀⇛ FOSDEM 2023 is taking place in Brussels the first weekend of February. The FSFE team will be participating at the main Free Software convention in Europe with a booth and giving some keynotes. Are you going to be there? Come to our booth and do not miss our talks! After two years without the chance to meet in person and spend time talking with other Free Software friends — and newcomers — around our booth, we are almost there: FOSDEM is back as an “in situ” event. FOSDEM brings together thousands of Free Software enthusiasts for one weekend in Brussels to discuss current topics and developments in the Free Software world. This year we are back at the Université Libre de Bruxelles with our booth and several talks to encourage and raise awareness on wider issues that impact our movement. Networking is equally important. We have prepared social gatherings to get to know each other a bit better during the evenings in some informal venues. o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Jamie Zawinski ☛ mozilla.org’s_25th_anniversary⠀⇛ Big Tech layoffs are in the news, you say? On January 20th, 1998, Netscape laid off a lot of people. One of them would have been me, as my “department”, such as it was, had been eliminated, but I ended up mometarily moving from “clienteng” over to the “website” division. For about 48 hours I thought that I might end up writing a webmail product or something. That, uh, didn’t happen. At 8am on January 22, 1998, Netscape put out a press release announcing that the source code to the web browser would be released to the public at the end of March. This was the first that I had heard that this was even being considered. # ⚓ LWN ☛ Zawinski:_mozilla.org’s_25th_anniversary_ [LWN.net]⠀⇛ Jamie Zawinski reminds us that the 25th anniversary of the Netscape open-source announcement — a crucial moment in free- software history — has just passed. # ⚓ Bleach_6.0.0_release_and_deprecation_|_Will’s_Blog⠀⇛ Bleach is a Python library for sanitizing and linkifying text from untrusted sources for safe usage in HTML. # ⚓ Mozilla ☛ Start_this_year_fresh_with_Mozilla’s_tech challenge⠀⇛ If you’ve already ditched your new year’s goals, we’re here to help. How about a refreshening of your online life with new habits and routines? Are there newsletters you don’t read anymore? Mobile apps you no longer use? Or social media platforms you’ve left (ahem, Twitter)? We want to help. We’ve put together a month-long challenge to refresh your online life. Each week, we’ll update this blog post with three easy tasks, all of which will take less than 10 minutes to complete. We want to help you build healthy online habits, so you can spend 2023 with fewer worries and more time to enjoy the best of what the internet has to offer. o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ # ⚓ Community_Member_Monday:_Afshin_Falatooni_–_The_Document Foundation_Blog⠀⇛ Today we’re talking to Afshin Falatooni, from the Persian-speaking LibreOffice community! [...] I write regularly on the Persian LibreOffice blog. My goal is to provide educational contents around LibreOffice there. Additionally, if I find a bug that is either directly or indirectly related to Persian language, in addition to reporting it to Bugzilla with the necessary screenshots and documents, I post it to the blog to make others aware of the important bugs. We also have a Persian-speaking group in Telegram, where I answer questions as far as I can, alongside the other admin of the group. Many years ago, I added a large collection of Persian words to OpenOffice.org project, which were likely to be written incorrectly. Using that word list, the Persian language was added as part of the OpenOffice.org auto-correction feature. The word bank continues to exist in LibreOffice, and is useful for the Persian speaking users. o § GNU Projects⠀➾ # ⚓ GNU ☛ texinfo_–_GNU_documentation_system_–_News:_Texinfo 7.0.2_released_[Savannah]⠀⇛ We have released version 7.0.2 of Texinfo, the GNU documentation format. This is a minor bug-fix release. It’s available via a mirror (xz is much smaller than gz, but gz is available too just in case): http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/texinfo/texinfo- 7.0.2.tar.xz http://ftpmirror.gnu.org/texinfo/texinfo- 7.0.2.tar.gz # ⚓ GNU ☛ Meet_Guix_at_FOSDEM⠀⇛ GNU Guix will be present at FOSDEM next week, February 4th and 5th. This is the first time since the pandemic that FOSDEM takes place again “in the flesh” in Brussels, which is exciting to those of us lucky enough to get there! Everything will be live-streamed and recorded thanks to the amazing FOSDEM crew, so everyone can enjoy wherever they are; some of the talks this year will be “remote” too: pre-recorded videos followed by live Q&A sessions with the speaker. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Razor_Agile_–_a_GIT_Integrated_Software_Development Solution_for_Windows_or_Linux⠀⇛ Razor uses GIT to store revisions of issues, files, and baseline history. MariaDB is used to store (settings, configuration, user information, encryption profile, license, etc.). Open-Source and Spawned from MySQL. Runs in a VMware Virtual Machine. # ⚓ Qt ☛ Product_Analytics_With_Qt_Insight_–_Make_Business Decisions_Based_on_Real_Usage_Data [Ed: Qt went proprietary; now it promotes telemetry (surveillance)]⠀⇛ How are critical product-related decisions made at your company? Whilst other areas of business may rely on years of experience, generic data gathered on the way, or even competitor analysis, digging deeper into how your products or digital solutions perform is required in order to optimize the product development lifecycle. Without an understanding of user flows, customer pain points, or the elements going unused, the product development lifecycle can’t be fully optimised, leading to wasted time and resources. Sure, you can always conduct endless feedback loops and research surveys, or even interview your customers to understand how they feel about your products, but the results may not be providing you with an unbiased view – not to mention the time it takes to commit to overseeing qualitative research. # § Perl / Raku⠀➾ # ⚓ Rakulang ☛ 2023.04_Thank_you,_JJ_–_Rakudo_Weekly News⠀⇛ JJ Merelo has been very active for the Perl and Raku communities for many years. Organizer of the YAPC::Europe in Granada, giving many Raku presentations, working on the Raku documentation, and a regular helper at FOSDEM. The past years, also as a Raku Steering Council member and the Raku Community Affairs Team. Earlier last year, JJ indicated that the Raku activities became too much, with all the other tasks JJ was performing. # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ Adafruit ☛ The_Python_on_Hardware_Newsletter:_join for_free⠀⇛ # ⚓ Adafruit ☛ 400_CircuitPython_Libraries!⠀⇛ The CircuitPython community reached a big milestone together! There are 400 CircuitPython Libraries! The CircuitPython Library Bundle and Community Library Bundle contain all the current libraries available for CircuitPython. CircuitPython libraries are separate files designed to work with CircuitPython code. CircuitPython programs require a lot of information to run. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Andrea_Corbellini:_What_time_is_it?_A_simple_question_with_a complex_answer._How_computers_synchronize_time⠀⇛ ver wondered how your computer or your phone displays the current date and time accurately? What keeps all the devices in the world (and in space) in agreement on what time it is? What makes applications that require precise timing possible? In this article, I will explain some of the challenges with time synchronization and explore two of the most popular protocols that devices use to keep their time in sync: the Network Time Protocol (NTP) and the Precision Time Protocol (PTP). o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Fanless_Alder_Lake_network_appliance_comes with_six_2.5GbE_interfaces_–_CNX_Software [Ed: “Windows 11 Pro apparently preinstalled on the system”, so why_does_CNX cover_this?]⠀⇛ The design looks very similar to another white brand fanless network appliance with six 2.5GbE ports and an Intel Gemini Lake processor that we covered last year. Besides the faster processor, the new system replaces i225-V controllers with i226-V controllers, some of the USB ports have been upgraded to “USB 3.2”, and DisplayPort output was added for dual display setups. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Storaxa_is_a_3-in-1_5-bay_NAS,_WiFi_6 router,_and_4K_media_center_(Crowdfunding)_–_CNX_Software⠀⇛ It’s unclear to me what are the advantages of having SSD drives in the Storaxa, as one of the advantages of SSD-based NAS like the QNAP TBS-464 and upcoming TBS-574X is their thin design, but it’s obviously not the case here. QNAP says the TBS-574X will also be suitable for real-time 4K video production and business IT applications, so maybe the SSDs may help here too although the Intel Celeron N6005 used in the Storaxa will not be quite as powerful as the Intel Core i3-1220P 10-core Alder Lake-P processor found in the QNAP NAS. o § Pseudo-Open Source⠀➾ # § Openwashing⠀➾ # ⚓ The_Linux_Foundation_May_Soon_Build_Its_Own_Open Source_Metaverse_Equivalent [Ed: Facebook is failing, so it’s openwashing time at Linux_Foundation]⠀⇛ o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Wladimir Palant ☛ Bitwarden_design_flaw:_Server_side iterations_|_Almost_Secure⠀⇛ In the aftermath of the LastPass breach it became increasingly clear that LastPass didn’t protect their users as well as they should have. When people started looking for alternatives, two favorites emerged: 1Password and Bitwarden. But do these do a better job at protecting sensitive data? For 1Password, this question could be answered fairly easily. The secret key functionality decreases usability, requiring the secret key to be moved to each new device used with the account. But the fact that this random value is required to decrypt the data means that the encrypted data on 1Password servers is almost useless to potential attackers. It cannot be decrypted even for weak master passwords. As to Bitwarden, the media mostly repeated their claim that the data is protected with 200,001 PBKDF2 iterations: 100,001 iterations on the client side and another 100,000 on the server. This being twice the default protection offered by LastPass, it doesn’t sound too bad. Except: as it turns out, the server-side iterations are designed in such a way that they don’t offer any security benefit. What remains are 100,000 iterations performed on the client side, essentially the same protection level as for LastPass. # ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ No-Fly_List_Exposed_–_Schneier_on Security⠀⇛ I can’t remember the last time I thought about the US no-fly list: the list of people so dangerous they should never be allowed to fly on an airplane, yet so innocent that we can’t arrest them. Back when I thought about it a lot, I realized that the TSA’s practice of giving it to every airline meant that it was not well protected, and it certainly ended up in the hands of every major government that wanted it. The list is back in the news today, having been left exposed on an insecure airline computer. (The airline is CommuteAir, a company so obscure that I’ve never heard of it before.) This is, of course, the problem with having to give a copy of your secret list to lots of people. # ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Monday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ # ⚓ USCERT ☛ CISA_Adds_One_Known_Exploited_Vulnerability_to Catalog_|_CISA [Ed: "Multiple Zoho ManageEngine products contain an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability due to the usage of an outdated third-party dependency, Apache Santuario."]⠀⇛ CISA has added one new vulnerability to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, based on evidence of active exploitation. This type of vulnerability is a frequent attack vector for malicious cyber actors and poses a significant risk to the federal enterprise. Note: To view the newly added vulnerabilities in the catalog, click on the arrow in the “Date Added to Catalog” column, which will sort by descending dates. # ⚓ LinuxSecurity ☛ How_to_Check_if_Your_Linux_System_is Infected_with_a_Virus_|_LinuxS…⠀⇛ Linux is undoubtedly the best open-source operating system, and is arguably the most secure OS by design. Most computers these days are Linux-based. Android OS, which is the most commonly used mobile operating system, is also Linux-based. The same goes for Chromebooks and a variety of tablets. # ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Hackers_now_use_Microsoft_OneNote attachments_to_spread_malware⠀⇛ # § Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt/Fear-mongering/Dramatisation⠀➾ # ⚓ Matthew Garrett ☛ Build_security_with_the_assumption it_will_be_used_against_your_friends [Ed: UEFI ‘secure’ boot is already used_against_us and we know who built this thing into Linux: the author of this post]⠀⇛ But most importantly: build security features as if they’ll be used against you. # ⚓ LinuxInsider ☛ Linux_Malware_Rates_Rise_to_Record Levels_Amid_Hacker_Inconsistency [Ed: Jack M. Germain at LinuxInsider relays anti-Linux talking points from a firm looking to sell itself using FUD tactics. Germain used to do vastly better work before he became LF parrot.]⠀⇛ … based on an analysis by researchers at Atlas VPN… # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Adafruit ☛ Home_security_drone [Ed: Surveillance gadgets for Bezos and the cops. And YOU PAY FOR IT.]⠀⇛ A couple weeks back at CES 2023 Ring showed off a prototype drone that would surveil your home. While the idea is super neat it doesn’t sound the most practical for security, maybe if you tie a sheet to it you could scare the burglars away o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Murdoch’s_wailing_old_white_man scribes_get_Jacinda_Ardern_dead_wrong,_again_–_Michael_West⠀⇛ As the world is thanking Jacinda Ardern profoundly for her 14 years in New Zealand’s Parliament and more than five as prime minister, a large number of white male scribes have joined in a frenzy of extraordinarily bitter attacks. Alan Austin reports on her economic performance. Jacinda Ardern announced on Thursday her intention to retire from the prime ministership in February and from the parliament at the October election. Condemnations from the conservative media are remarkably fact-free. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Notice_in_Lumen_reveals_Indian_Government’s_attempt_to remove_references_to_BBC’s_documentary_titled_‘India:_The Modi_Question’⠀⇛ A notice contributed to Lumen by Twitter as a part of Twitter’s transparency efforts revealed that on January 21, 2023, India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting sent Twitter an online content blocking order requiring the removal of fifty tweets that discuss ‘India: The Modi Question’, BBC’s recent documentary critical of PM Modi’s role in the 2002 Gujarat communal riots, where more than 1000 people were killed. Twitter has withheld the tweets in India in response to this request. The order includes tweets made by multiple members of the Indian Parliament, journalists and news channels. The legal justification for the blocking order is Rule 16 of the recently enacted Information Technology Rule, 2021. Under Rule 16, in situations where “no delay is acceptable”, an Authorised Officer can examine content and submit a written recommendation to the Secretary of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, who enjoys the unilateral power of providing mandates to online platforms to remove content. The Mumbai and Madras High Courts in India have in the past noted that parts of the IT Rules ‘threaten independence of media’ and violate freedom of speech. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ The_Limit_of_Compound_Interest⠀⇛ A common point of focus for analysis and finance students is the question of continual compound interest: how will a principal amount grow if an arbitrarily-small amount of compound interest in applied arbitrarily frequently? At the core of this question is the limit… o § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Hey,_hey,_2FA⠀⇛ In which I talk about the problems with suddenly not being able to do 2FA in the modern world. I woke up this morning and as usual, checked the time on my phone by the bedside. Blank – ah – didn’t take a charge overnight, perhaps. Unfortunately not so, the phone is dead. Either it won’t take a charge through a cable and the wireless charger, or the on/off button is broken, or the battery is kaput, or … let’s face it, it’s dead. # ⚓ Home_Automation_and_Zigbee⠀⇛ So I’ve been dabbling a little in home automation this week. Ever had to signal your SO by flashing on and off the sofa light because you’re stuck outside in the cold since you forgot your keys, and she’s not answering the phone? Until yesterday, this was not something I’d have had to do, but I’ve crossed this threshold now in the relationship and I expect full retribution sometime later when I’m seemingly home alone. # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ redo_(part_5)_version.h,_autogenerated⠀⇛ How about updating something like BUILDDATE or GITVERSION automatically in some generated version.h file? Wouldn’t that be nice? =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 4963 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 01.23.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_23/01/2023:_Many_Pgpool-II_Releases,_risiOS_37_Reviewed⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 1:45 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Audiocasts/Shows o Instructionals/Technical o WINE_or_Emulation o Games * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o Reviews o Open_Hardware/Modding * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o SaaS/Back_End/Databases o Programming/Development # R # Python o Standards/Consortia * Leftovers o Science o Security o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Pollution o Finance o Civil_Rights/Policing * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o ⚓ Linux Made Simple ☛ Linux_Weekly_Roundup_#219⠀⇛ Welcome to this week’s Linux Weekly Roundup. We had a good week in the world of Linux releases with the releases of SparkyLinux 2023.01 and Parrot OS 5.2 beta1. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Video ☛ Best_Linux_Distro_for_New_Users_is_…._#steamdeck #dark1_#linuxgaming_–_Invidious⠀⇛ # ⚓ Video ☛ Wait!_Don’t_throw_away_your_Stadia_Controller_just yet!_–_Invidious⠀⇛ # ⚓ David Revoy ☛ Various_hardware_reviews:_Photodon_overlays, Cintweak_keyboard_trays,_real_bugs,_and_Intuos_Pro._–_David Revoy⠀⇛ I made a new video about improvements, modifications, and tweaks I made to my tablets: overlay sheet (Photodon), keyboard tray (Cintweak), a real bug issue under the glasses, and a too- grainy overlay surface for the Intuos Pro Large. # ⚓ GNU World Order (Audio Show) ☛ GNU_World_Order_496⠀⇛ **kunitconversion** , **kwallet** , **kwallet-pam** , **kwalletmanager** , the **kwave** audio editor, **kwayland** , **kwayland-integration** , **kwayland- server** , **kwidgetsaddons** , **kwin** , **kwindowsystem** , **kwordquiz** flash card app, **kwrited** to receive **write** and **wall** notifications, **kxmlgui** , and **kxmlrpcclient** from the Slackware **kde** package set. $ kwin_wayland_wrapper $ QT_QPA_PLATFORM=wayland kwrite # ⚓ Video ☛ The_Division_2_is_now_playable_on_Steam_Deck!_– Invidious⠀⇛ o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_to_Install_the_PostGIS_Extension_for PostgreSQL⠀⇛ In this post, you will learn how to install PostGIS Extension for PostgreSQL using Ubuntu 22.04, but it is perfectly applicable to other systems. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_Install_Python_on_Ubuntu_22.04?⠀⇛ Python is a versatile programming language widely used for various purposes, i.e., scientific computing, data analysis, and web development. It is often considered one of the best programming languages for beginners, but also widely used by experienced developers due to its vast array of libraries and frameworks. Python is a primary scripting language for Ubuntu and many other Linux distributions, which makes it a catalyst for various operations on Ubuntu. # ⚓ Deploy_your_own_Shiny_app_server_with_debian_|_R_with_White Dwarf⠀⇛ A few weeks ago I opened an account on Digital Ocean to start my own cloud server. Not long after that I took a workshop on Shiny and, although it was too technical with nothing new for me, I learn a couple of things unrelated to R. The speaker was talking about the importance of making your portfolio showing your apps instead of sharing the link to your code as most of us do. I thought it makes sense since anybody who sees our GitHub account can take whatever they want from it, and at the end is only code, which many recruiters and managers are not familiar with. On the other hand if you show some apps you can definitely impress your audience. And so, since Digital Ocean gives you 200 USD of credit for the first 2 months, I decided to try and install my own Shiny server there. o § WINE or Emulation⠀➾ # ⚓ Wine_Reviews_:_Wine_development_release_8.0-rc5_is_now available_for_Linux_FreeBSD_and_macOS⠀⇛ The Wine development release 8.0-rc5 is now available. This is expected to be the last release candidate before the final 8.0. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ Best_Steam_Deck_Games_Released_in_the_Past Week_–_2023-01-22_Edition_–_Boiling_Steam⠀⇛ Between 2023-01-15 and 2023-01-22 there were 79 new games validated for the Steam Deck. We use numerous features to prepare that Best Steam Deck Games list, such as popularity, rankings, and more. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § Reviews⠀➾ # ⚓ Distro Watch ☛ Review:_risiOS_37⠀⇛ risiOS is a young distribution which is based on Fedora. As with its parent, risiOS uses the GNOME desktop by default. Unlike its parent, risiOS uses the zsh command line shell instead of bash. The project also introduces a few key features which set it apart from Fedora in an attempt to make it easier to set up. [...] At first, risiOS looks and acts very much like its parent. risiOS offers to perform a self-check of the install media, boots the GNOME desktop, and pops up a window asking if we want to try or install the distribution. Apart from the custom wallpaper, the experience feels exactly like Fedora at this point. Likewise, the Anaconda installer offers the same experience on risiOS as it does on Fedora. We’re asked to pick our language, then shown a hub screen where we can access modules to set our time zone and keyboard layout, and partition the disk. This stage is quite straight forward and, when taking automated partitioning, we can get through the installer’s steps in under a minute. The one odd aspect of installing the distribution came at the end when Anaconda finished and a notification popped up to tell me the desktop’s theme had been changed, though no visual change occurred. When a newly installed copy of risiOS first boots it starts up a graphical wizard which walks us through enabling location services, optionally enabling problem reporting, asks us if we want to set up third-party software repositories, and offers to connect us with on-line cloud accounts. The ultimate step asks us to make up a username and password for ourselves. So far, risiOS was acting just like Fedora. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Joe Brockmeier ☛ Something_I_should’ve_done_a_long_time ago:_Installing_Pi-hole_:_Dissociated_Press⠀⇛ Spent some quality Sunday time today refurbishing some older mini PCs that had been gathering dust so I could run a few personal projects. One of the projects I’ve had on my to-do list an embarrassingly long time is to set up Pi-hole for ad blocking / filtering. If I’d known it’d be that easy I’d have done it a long time ago! I installed Pi-hole on an ancient Core i3 NUC with 8GB of RAM running Debian. It took about two minutes, five if you count reading some documentation and maybe seven minutes if you count logging into the admin interface and quickly setting my laptop and phone to use Pi-hole for testing. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Camera_Module_3_review_–_HDR, autofocus,_wide_angle,_and_NoIR_camera_–_CNX_Software⠀⇛ A few days before launching the Raspberry Pi Camera Module 3 with HDR and autofocus, Raspberry Pi Trading asked me whether I would be interested in reviewing the new modules, and sent me three samples: the standard module, the Raspberry Pi Camera Module 3 Wide, as well as the NoIR version that lacks an IR filter and is better suited for night shots. It took a full week for DHL to send the package to my house, but I’ve now had time to review the new Raspberry Pi Camera Module 3, mostly with libcamera, but also Picamera2, focusing on the new features such as HDR, autofocus, and wide angle. I also had a quick try at the Raspberry Pi Camera Module 3 NoIR but without IR lights. # ⚓ SparkFun Electronics ☛ How_Cold_Is_It_Out_There?⠀⇛ Hello everyone, and welcome to another Friday Product Post here at SparkFun Electronics! This week, we have two new Qwiic Temperature Sensors for you in two form factors! Both of these boards feature the highly accurate STTS22H sensor from STMicroelectronics. These two boards are a great addition to the Qwiic Ecosystem and come in a Standard and Micro form-factor. Following that, we have an updated version of the classic SparkFun LiPo Fuel Gauge as well as a new SMA cable. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾ # ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ PostgreSQL:_Pgpool-II_4.4.2,_4.3.5,_4.2.12, 4.1.15_and_4.0.22_released.⠀⇛ Pgpool-II is a tool to add useful features to PostgreSQL… # ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ PostgreSQL:_Nordic_PGDay_2022_–_schedule announced_and_registration_open⠀⇛ Nordic PGDay 2023 will be held in Stockholm, Sweden, on March 21, 2023 at the Hilton Hotel Slussen. It features a full day with a track of PostgreSQL presentations from both Nordic and global PostgreSQL experts, covering a wide range of topics, and a sponsor track with presentations showcasing innovative products and services from our fantastic partners. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Bringing_back_run_GTK_apps_in_the_initrd⠀⇛ This is the latest post about gui_engine, the ongoing saga to run GUI apps in the initrd… # § R⠀➾ # ⚓ Finnstats ☛ How_to_Measure_Execution_Time_in_R_– finnstats⠀⇛ How to Measure Execution Time in R, To compare the execution times of different expressions, use R’s microbenchmark package. # ⚓ Fitting_robust_non-Gaussian_models_in_Stan_and_R-INLA |_YoungStatS⠀⇛ Traditionally the excitation noise of spatial and temporal models is Gaussian. Take, for instance, an AR1 (autoregressive of order 1) process, where the increments \(x_{i+1}-\rho x_i, \ \ |\rho|<1\) are assumed to follow a Gaussian distribution. However, it is easy to find datasets that contain inherently non- Gaussian features, such as sudden jumps or spikes, that adversely affect the inferences and predictions made from Gaussian models. In this post, we introduce a specific class of non-Gaussian models, their advantages over Gaussian models, and their Bayesian implementation in Stan and R-INLA, two well- established platforms for statistical modeling. # ⚓ Alone_R_package:_Datasets_from_the_survival_TV_series –_Dan_Oehm_|_Gradient_Descending⠀⇛ I have been watching the survival TV series ‘Alone,’ where 10 survivalists are dropped in an extremely remote area and must fend for themselves. I am super impressed by their skills, endurance, and mental fortitude. To last 100 days in the Arctic winter living off the land is truly impressive. True to form, I’ve collected the data and I am sharing it here in the {alone} R package. # ⚓ Jumping Rivers ☛ End-to-end_testing_with_shinytest2⠀⇛ This is the final part of a series of three blog posts about using the {shinytest2} package to develop automated tests for shiny applications. # ⚓ Seeing_double?_Building_the_same_app_in_Shiny_for_R and_Shiny_for_Python_|_Nicola_Rennie⠀⇛ Back in July 2022 at rstudio::conf(2022), Posit (formerly RStudio) announced the release of Shiny for Python. I wanted to see how the two compared – so I built the same Shiny app twice! This blog post highlights a few of the differences, and things that were a little tricky switching to Shiny for Python. # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ Trail Of Bits ☛ Announcing_a_stable_release_of sigstore-python [Ed: Microsoft/NSA dependency (GitHub) here invalidates the trust; this is about outsourcing, not security. Python isn't written in Python. Free software should not be build using proprietary software of NSA/Microsoft (GitHub Actions).]⠀⇛ o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾ # ⚓ Matt Rickard ☛ How_to_Version_an_API⠀⇛ Imagine you have a RESTful API that has been serving thousands of users. You’ve been maintaining the code, and now it’s time to add a critical new feature – versioning. Often overlooked, API versioning is probably the most important part of the API infrastructure. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ Pluralistic:_Deena_Mohamed’s_‘Shubiek_Lubiek’_(11 Jan_2023)_–_Pluralistic:_Daily_links_from_Cory_Doctorow⠀⇛ The world of Shubeik Lubeik is an intricate alternate history in which wishes are real, and must be refined from a kind of raw wish-stuff that has to be dug out of the earth. o ⚓ MWL ☛ Novel,_Story_Collection,_and_In-Print_Nonfiction_Index Pages⠀⇛ The problem with having written this many books is providing a catalog of them. One day I might do a print catalog just for giggles, but not today. o ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ Pluralistic:_Booklist_on_‘Red_Team_Blues’_(13_Jan 2023)_–_Pluralistic:_Daily_links_from_Cory_Doctorow⠀⇛ I’ve published more than 20 books, and I still get nervous in the few months leading up to a new book’s release. It’s one thing for my agent, my editor and my wife to like one of my novels – but what about the rest of the world? Will the book soar, or bomb? I’ve had books do both, and the latter is No Fun. Scarifying, even. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Popular Mechanics ☛ Scientists_Found_a_New_Way_To_Make Qubits_for_Quantum_Computers⠀⇛ Quantum states are incredibly delicate, and easily destroyed. But the perfect solution could lie in imperfect crystals. # ⚓ [Old]_Microlaser_Chip_Adds_New_Dimensions_to_Quantum Communication⠀⇛ Researchers at Penn Engineering have created a chip that outstrips the security and robustness of existing quantum communications hardware. Their technology communicates in “qudits,” doubling the quantum information space of any previous on-chip laser. Liang Feng, Professor in the Departments of Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) and Electrical Systems and Engineering (ESE), along with MSE postdoctoral fellow Zhifeng Zhang and ESE Ph.D. student Haoqi Zhao, debuted the technology in a recent study published in Nature. The group worked in collaboration with scientists from the Polytechnic University of Milan, the Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems, Duke University and the City University of New York (CUNY). # ⚓ IEEE ☛ Spray-on_Smart_Skin_Reads_Typing_and_Hand_Gestures_– IEEE_Spectrum⠀⇛ No cameras, keyboards, sensor gloves, or VR motion trackers required # ⚓ TechXplore ☛ Intelligent_computing:_Examining_the_state_of the_art⠀⇛ Human society is on the verge of transforming from an information society to an intelligent society, where optimized computing can autonomously solve practical, real-world problems. Critically, this transition is dependent on the continued development of advanced computing theories and algorithms that impart varying degrees of intelligence to computing systems through autonomous perception, information gathering, analysis and reasoning—functions once reserved only for living organisms. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ BBC ☛ Smart_appliances_could_stop_working_after_two_years, says_Which?⠀⇛ Smart appliances could stop working properly after just two years because manufacturers are failing to provide tech updates, according to Which?. Research by the consumer champion found products like expensive dishwashers, TVs, and washing machines – which might be expected to last more than a decade – are “being abandoned” by brands. A lack of software support from firms means devices do not get updated. The older they get, the risk of online hacking also increases, Which? says. It found that “hardly any brands even came close to matching their expected lifespan” with their smart update policies, while others failed to respond when they were asked to clarify the length of support. Products’ operating systems need updates, because if support ends, then their functionality cannot improve. The updates also include security patches, which can fix flaws if any come to light. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Chomsky:_Advanced_US_Weaponry_in_Ukraine_Is_Sustaining Battlefield_Stalemate⠀⇛ It’s now more than 300 days since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the conflict has intensified rather than subsided, with Ukrainian leaders expressing fears of impending mass infantry attacks from Russia and U.S. Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken announcing this week that the U.S. will send Ukraine $1.8 billion in military aid, including a Patriot missile battery. On December 21, in greeting Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House and considering his appeal for nearly $50 billion in additional aid for Ukraine, U.S. President Joe Biden made clear his intention to continue sending weaponry to Ukraine until Russia is defeated in the battlefield, saying, “The American people have been with you every step of the way, and we will stay with you.” # ⚓ On_Criticism_|_Norman_Finkelstein⠀⇛ In the misbegotten days of my youth when I was a flaming Maoist, one of the rituals was criticism/ self-criticism—or, among insiders, crit/self-crit. Each comrade was supposed to subject themselves to group criticism at meetings’ end and also to fess up to their own transgressions. # ⚓ Chomsky:_Wars_could_break_out_all_over_the_map⠀⇛ American linguist and philosopher Prof Noam Chomsky predicts a grim future for the world as the superpowers are at loggerheads over establishing supremacy centering on the Russia-Ukraine war. In April, soon after the outbreak of the Ukraine crisis, he had suggested that Kyiv should settle its disputes with Russia by making some concessions. “There have been possibilities for a settlement all the way along. They are diminishing. The prospects are grim…blame is widely shared,” Prof Chomsky, who teaches at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US, said in an interview with Dhaka Tribune on Wednesday. Russian President Vladimir Putin said in an interview aired on Sunday that he was ready to negotiate with all parties involved in the war in Ukraine but Kyiv’s Western backers, who have been providing military and diplomatic support, have refused to engage in talks. # ⚓ TomDispatch ☛ William_Hartung,_Going_Down_the_Military Drain⠀⇛ Think of the F-35 jet fighter as the nightmare of the Pentagon budget in miniature. Manufactured by Lockheed Martin, it was to be the next F-16, a workhorse for the Air Force, the Marines, and the Navy. It’s now believed that, over the decades to come, the F-35 will cost Americans at least $1.7 trillion to produce, which, by the way, is about $5,000 for every one of us o § Environment⠀➾ # § Energy/Pollution⠀➾ # ⚓ Climate_Collateral⠀⇛ How military spending accelerates climate breakdown # ⚓ Plastic_Trouble:_Packaging_Makes_up_Nearly_60%_of Plastic_Usage_in_India,_Says_Report_|_NewsClick⠀⇛ The total mass of plastic on our planet is now twice the mass of all living mammals, according to the report. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Project Syndicate ☛ The_Techno-Feudal_Method_to_Musk’s Twitter_Madness_by_Yanis_Varoufakis_–_Project_Syndicate⠀⇛ Yanis Varoufakis explains that the issue is neither vanity nor public service, but rather the need to acquire cloud capital. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ The Wire ☛ Every_11_Minutes,_a_Woman_or_Girl_Is_Killed_by Intimate_Partner_or_Family_Member:_UN_Chief⠀⇛ Asserting that a woman or a girl is killed every 11 minutes by an intimate partner or a family member, UN chief Antonio Guterres has said that violence against them is the most pervasive human rights violation in the world and called on governments to implement national action plans that tackle this scourge. Secretary-general Guterres made these remarks ahead of the International Day for the ‘Elimination of Violence Against Women’ which is observed on November 25. “Violence against women and girls is the most pervasive human rights violation in the world. Every 11 minutes, a woman or a girl is killed by an intimate partner or family member and we know that other stresses, from the COVID-19 pandemic to economic turmoil, inevitably lead to even more physical and verbal abuse,” Guterres said. * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ Train_trip_day_4_&_5⠀⇛ Yesterday (2022-01-20) I visited a museum of nuclear science. They had artifacts from WWII, replicas of the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and a MiG jet fighter from the Soviet Union. It was an absolutely incredible set of exhibits; I had no idea that the bombs were so large and that Los Alamos was a complete small town hidden by the government. There’d be no way to make a town like that now. After visiting the museum, I went on a hike through the foothills of the mountains nearby. It was an amazing view, and I was glad that I visited in the winter: it started to snow! I uploaded a photo of the view, please excuse the dithering. # ⚓ Album_#152:_If_I_Could_Only_Remember_My_Name⠀⇛ Some days make you wonder how random the picks really are. “A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector” on Christmas Day? Probably intentional. “The Queen Is Dead” after the Queen of England died? Well, the site is British. “If I Could Only Remember My Name” by David Crosby 4 days after he died? Probably a coincidence. Probably just a frequency illusion / “the Baader Meinhof phenomenon”. Anyway. I broke a rule I have of trying not to read up about albums before writing some thoughts down. From this I learned about the wide variety of guests on the album (The Grateful Dead! Most of the rest of CSNY! Santana). Career retrospectives also pick a few of these songs as highlights of his career. # ⚓ Inside_the_Pressure_Cooker⠀⇛ Shit. The anxiety is back. Took a train ride yesterday. The sound seemed so loud. Someone brought a screaming young human onboard. At the mall I could feel my skin sort of prickly, like having low electric current run through my arms. Today feeling deflated and out of breath. Been sleeping horribly and felt like my chest is being constricted when in bed. Also feeling itchy and my face feels hot. # ⚓ Techno-Conservative_Niche⠀⇛ Is it a tragedy to be niche? Being truly niche means you are interested in something that you can’t explain to people outside. If you could explain it, the niche would be absorbed into the mainstream. If your niche happens to be something the mainstream thinks “old” does this make your niche depressive? There are times something old is preserved in a niche to be later used for the good of the mainstream. # ⚓ Spoiled_by_Learning⠀⇛ Looking back on the past week, it occurred to me that right now we’re all extremely spoiled by how crazy little friction there is to learning almost any topic out there. If there’s a topic I’m struggling to grasp from lectures or textbooks, it’s so easy to find someone online who can explain it clearly and concisely. I learn best by studying others as they work through problems. Opportunities to do that don’t always come up in lectures and it’s rare to see a textbook replicate that experience. Looking up a video though? I can learn completely at my own pace and usually understand the concept in around 10 minutes. If I don’t like the way one person online teaches, there’s so many others I can turn to. 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