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after the notorious “suicide wave” under Benoît_Battistelli it seems like António Campinos and his corrupt regime (he surrounded himself by unqualified friends of his, who barely understand patents but are eager to burn constitutions, laws, conventions etc. for a living) endanger the lives of examiners THE push by the EPO for an illegal UPC (promoted_by_Mafia-esque_elements,_eager to_blackmail_their_critics_and_exposers) was noted here many times before — in effect a kangaroo court that would authorise illegal EPO policies and even European_software_patents — a controversial_practice_of_granting_being_the subject_of_recent_leaks. “If the EU (or EC) fails to stop this, it too will suffer profoundly.”Nothing substantial has improved at the EPO and immaterial “progress” isn’t being made; they’re just flinging lots of crappy patents at the wall and hope some will stick (maybe with help from the impending — but illegally-promoted — kangaroo court). The Central Staff Committee now warns that “Search & Examination Practice[s]” lead to “Distress among DG1 examiners”. “In this [already-sent] open letter,” they’ve told colleagues, they said to “Steve Rowan [that] we note a worrying trend of distress among DG1 examiners currently confronted with radical changes in search and examination practice in their technical fields due to directives from their superiors, in several directorates. The work of these examiners has been supported and even praised by the Office for many years and their decisions have been generally upheld by the Boards of Appeals. They do not understand the sudden devaluation of their work nor the managerial interference. This results in a feeling of arbitrariness and a lack of self-esteem, which puts a growing number of them in a situation of psychological distress.” Here is the full letter from these staff representatives. European Patent Office 80298 Munich Germany Central Staff Committee Comité central du personnel Zentraler Personalausschuss centralSTCOM@epo.org Reference: sc23043cl Date:20/04/2023 European Patent Office | 80298 MUNICH | GERMANY Mr Steve Rowan Vice-president Patent Granting Process By email OPEN LETTER Distress among DG1 examiners Dear Mr Rowan, We note a worrying trend of distress among DG1 examiners currently confronted with radical changes in search and examination practice in their technical fields due to directives from their superiors, in several directorates. The managerial approach to enforce these changes entails the following: − examiners are suddenly reproached by their superiors that they have not followed the European Patent Convention, − examining divisions which did not provide the outcome hoped for are reshuffled, − those who do not comply with the instructions from their superiors are threatened of not being considered for steps and/or promotions. This is very badly experienced by those concerned. The work of these examiners has been supported and even praised by the Office for many years and their decisions have been generally upheld by the Boards of Appeals. They do not understand the sudden devaluation of their work nor the managerial interference. This results in a feeling of arbitrariness and a lack of self-esteem, which puts a growing number of them in a situation of psychological distress. We urge the Office to fulfil its duty of care and organise a meeting with us to discuss how to put an end to this dramatic situation. Sincerely yours Alain Dumont Chairman of the Central Staff Committee Where’s the media and where are the stakeholders? Why does “the media” (captured by bribes from Team UPC) parrot lies for Mr. Rowan and then shelter those_lies_behind_paywalls_so_that_only_patent_maximalists_can_see_and_rebut those? It’s time for accountability already. The EPO is a rogue institution and it is currently attacking the entire court system across the whole EU. If the EU (or EC) fails to stop this, it too will suffer profoundly. █ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⣤⡲⣄⠀⠀⠰⠦⠤⡴⠦⠴⠤⠄⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⣀⣲⣽⡼⡆⠀⢈⡙⠛⠛⠛⠙⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⡇⠀⠀⣼⢉⣧⣧⣧⡇⠀⠨⢭⣭⢯⢝⠷⠤⡄⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⡇⠀⠠⣬⡽⣿⡞⠿⠁⠀⠠⠶⠦⠤⠤⠤⠤⠦⠤⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣇⣀⣙⣛⣛⣁⣀⣀⣀⣀⣈⣛⣋⣉⣛⣛⣃⣀⣀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣷⣿⣯⣞⣝⣭⣻⣿⣇⣎⣫⣝⣿⣿⣭⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⢿⣟⣟⡿⣟⢟⢟⣟⣿⡛⢟⣟⣟⣿⣟⢟⣿⣻⢛⣿⣿⡿⢻⣻⣛⢻⣟⣟⢻⣿⡛⣟⢟⡿⣻⢻⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣾⣹⣧⣿⣿⣿⣤⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⣟⡿⡛⣿⣻⢻⢻⣿⣿⢻⣿⣿⣿⠟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣷⣿⣷⣿⣿⣾⣾⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⡿⡿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣧⣵⣤⣽⣧⣿⣦⣵⣿⣯⣤⣿⣤⣽⣧⣈⣿⣬⣦⣥⣧⣿⣤⣧⣯⣤⣼⣧⣼⣿⣦⣷⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⢟⠛⣟⣿⡏⣫⣿⣿⣟⡿⡿⣻⠟⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 249 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/04/25/input-unwelcomed/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/04/25/input-unwelcomed/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 04.25.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ The_Sirius_‘Open_Source’_Fantasy_—_Part_III_—_Staff_Input_(From_Technical Workers)_Not_Accepted⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Free/Libre_Software at 5:31 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Series parts: 1. The_Sirius_‘Open_Source’_Fantasy_—_Part_I_—_In_2022_the_Company_Was Already_Too_Deep_in_Debt 2. The_Sirius_‘Open_Source’_Fantasy_—_Part_II_—_Briefings_About_the_Company 3. YOU ARE HERE ☞ Staff Input (From Technical Workers) Not Accepted Video_download_link | md5sum e6d79ef1efc46c2747184e07504811b1 Sirius Plans That Never Materialised Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/sirius-fantasies-recalled.webm Summary: The gross mismanagement of Sirius_‘Open_Source’ is a longstanding issue; it goes back to 2019 and it culminated in growing levels of deceit, set aside fraud_aspects, so today we take a look back at another meeting from 2022 LISTENING to audio from almost a year ago (we have about 5 hours of audio from last summer; this was shared with staff), it now seems clear that Sirius ‘Open Source’ had a lot of fantasies while drifting further and further away from… well, ‘Open Source’. “…it now seems clear that Sirius ‘Open Source’ had a lot of fantasies while drifting further and further away from… well, ‘Open Source’.”In the start of summer (2022-06-01) we had a second meeting (out of 3 in total) about the future of the company and studying it in retrospect it’s easy to understand witch-hunts, scare tactics etc. Colleagues were subjected to threats and were isolated from their peers. They deemed this approach “evil” (direct quote). “Colleagues were subjected to threats and were isolated from their peers. They deemed this approach “evil” (direct quote).”Much of the ‘meat’ of the meeting starts a long time after the start with staff that’s actually technical (and actually doing all the work, even 24/7) raising questions while the others repeat the same talking points. Basically, managers (which at that point where like half of all the staff) were discussing many options and presenting each. They collected suggestions from staff and eventually threw all of them out. Staff was a bit surprised that after these consultations every suggestion from the staff was rejected. Every single one of them! “Staff was a bit surprised that after these consultations every suggestion from the staff was rejected. Every single one of them!”One of the self-appointed managers (no relevant skills whatsoever) was discussing the scoring criteria — e.g. what will be assessed in appraisals. She was only reading the script/ presentation. It’s highly probable she was fully aware of the pension fraud and she may have directly participated in that. An opportunistic career-climbing narcissist. The discussion continued about criteria e.g. sick leave (my wife and I never took even one day off for illness/feeling unwell) and one colleague was so uncomfortable about the meeting that he left his microphone on mute and turned off the camera for the entire meeting. 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However, most people use software today, yet have complaints and fears about it. Instead of merely waiting around for the conversation to turn into a discussion about software usage or technology woes and fears, it helps to come up with powerful questions that can turn conversations about anything into conversations about software and why it needs to have the four freedoms, yet still keeping it engaging for all participants so that it is relevant. This discussion will be about taking topics people like to discuss and turning them into freedom respecting software topics by relating them whatever people are currently talking about using audience supplied examples. These discussions can take place in forums or chat, online or in person.” Licence: CC_BY_SA_4.0 ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 504 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/04/25/loss-of-dominance/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/04/25/loss-of-dominance/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 04.25.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Microsoft’s_Share_in_China:_From_Web_Dominance_to_Almost_Nothing_in_Less_Than a_Decade⠀✐ Posted in Asia, Deception, Microsoft at 2:56 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Microsoft has lost a lot of its power (now it just huffs and puffs about “AI” with paid-for puff pieces) 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇Internet Explorer (% share, China)⦈ Summary: According to samples from 3 million sites (locally uploaded_data), Microsoft_is_down_from_almost_complete_dominance_of_the_browser_market_in_China (2010) to almost nothing; even Edge is hovering at around 5% — nowhere near the past levels ⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⡆⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠁⢸⠋⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⣟⣻⣻⠻⣟⣟⠿⠻⢛⣿⢽⡻⣟⣻⣟⣻⢛⠛⣟⣿⣛⠝⣿⡟⡋⡻⡟⡿⡛⢻⣿⢯⣽⡛⣿⣛⡟⢻⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⢸⠀⠸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣾⣷⣿⣿⣾⣷⣾⣿⣿⣶⣷⣾⣷⣿⣾⣾⣿⣿⣽⣾⣿⣿⣶⣷⣾⣷⣷⣿⣿⣷⣾⣷⣿⣿⣿⣾⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⢹⠁⠀⠀⠉⠛⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⢛⡿⠀⠀⠸⠀⠀⠸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠟⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠇⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⡟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⡇⡟⣿⡏⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⡇⡇⣿⡇⠈⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣩⣟⠀⠀⢘⠀⠀⢘⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡃⠀⡃⡃⣛⡃⠀⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⡃⣿ ⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⡇⡇⣿⡇⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⡇⡇⣿⠇⠀⢸⠋⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⡇⡇⠁⠀⠀⢸⠀⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⡇⡇⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⢸⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣤⣿⠀⠀⢨⠀⠀⢨⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡅⠀⡅⡅⠀⠀⠀⢨⠀⢨⢨⠘⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⡇⡇⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⢸⢸⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⡇⡇⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⢸⢸⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⡇⡇⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⢸⢸⠀⠀⠈⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⠿⣿⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⡇⡇⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⢸⢸⠀⠀⠀⠈⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⠀⠀⢰⠀⠀⢰⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡆⠀⡆⡆⠀⠀⠀⢰⠀⢰⢰⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⡇⡇⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⢸⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⡏⢿⡟⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⡇⡇⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⢸⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⡇⠀⡇⠀⠈⠛⢿⡿⣿⣿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⠀⡇⡇⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⢸⢸⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⡇⡇⠀⡇⠀⠀⠀⢸⠀⠀⢸⠛⠁⢻⠻⣿⢿⣿⡿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⡟⣿⠀⣀⣸⠀⣀⡸⣀⡀⢀⣀⡀⢀⣀⠇⣀⡇⣇⣀⠀⣀⡸⢀⣸⠸⣀⡀⢀⣀⠀⣀⡇⢇⣀⠇⣀⣀⢀⣸⠀⣀⡸⠀⣀⡸⣀⡇⢀⣀⡇⢀⣀⢇⣈⠙⣉⣹⠈⣉⡹⢉⣛⢻⣛⡛⢛⣛⠟⣛⡏⣟⣛⠃⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⢻⣻⠋⣻⡫⣻⠋⣻⡋⣹⡟⣹⡟⢹⣟⢝⡟⢙⢟⢉⢟⢙⣿⢋⣿⠫⣻⠋⣻⡫⡻⡋⡻⡏⣹⡟⢙⡟⢹⣟⢝⠟⢙⢿⢍⢟⢙⣿⢋⣿⠫⣻⠋⣻⡫⣻⡋⣻⡏⣹⡟⢙⡟⢽⣟⢝⠟⢙⢿⢍⣿⢫⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⡋⣤⡋⣠⡋⣠⡋⣪⡏⣤⣎⢡⣜⢁⣜⢙⣜⢑⣜⢑⣽⡡⣵⡋⣤⡋⣡⡋⣡⡋⣢⡋⣠⣎⢥⣞⢡⣜⢁⣜⢑⣜⢑⣼⠡⣽⡡⣴⡋⣤⡋⣠⡋⣢⡋⣠⡊⣠⣎⢤⣞⢡⣜⢑⣜⢑⣜⢑⣽⠡⣽⡃⣤⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 566 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/04/25/microsoft-losing-it/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/04/25/microsoft-losing-it/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 04.25.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ All_That_Microsoft_Has_Left_Now_is_Distraction_and_Destruction_(Layoffs_and Deflection_Aplenty)⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Microsoft at 6:33 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link | md5sum 3c1252ce2d09faaf2fc6f4a0ebd336b8 Week of Microsoft Chaff and Layoffs Creative Commons Attribution-No Derivative Works 4.0 http://techrights.org/videos/microsoft-report-and-layoffs.webm Summary: Microsoft is losing it; as a result, the media is being co-opted and trolling by Microsoft enablers appears to have gotten worse than usual (borderline illegal) WITH many_Microsoft_layoffs_every_month_this_year (no, it’s not just the alleged “10,000″ from January!) it’s worth looking back at and properly examining what we’ve published so far this week (quite a lot yesterday). It seems to have attracted particularly nasty and sometimes illegal trolling, basically vandalising the IRC network by all means available. It resulted in plenty of distraction and time-wasting. “It seems to have attracted particularly nasty and sometimes illegal trolling, basically vandalising the IRC network by all means available.”The video above focuses on what I studied this morning. I closely monitor the situation at Microsoft (with focus on layoffs) every 30 minutes or so/thereabouts. It looks like some truly nasty s*** is about to hit the fan, but endless fluff about s***GPT will be used to change the subject or distract from the substance. For this week we shall prioritise articles on this topic as we try to take a better glance, peering beyond the smokescreen and Microsoft’s paid-for spam (plenty of it this week, including the straw man that Microsoft means security and any confrontations to that claim are “sexism”; several British publishers played along and actively participated in this ludicrous PR). █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 621 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/04/25/office-space-microsoft/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/04/25/office-space-microsoft/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 04.25.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Microsoft,_Based_in_Redmond,_is_‘Exiting’_Redmond_Amid_Layoffs_and_Other Troubles_(Updatedx2)⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Finance, Microsoft at 11:18 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Recent: In_One_City_Alone_Microsoft_Fired_Almost_3,000_Workers_This_Year_(We’re Still_in_March) Published 48_minutes_ago 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Microsoft_(MSFT)_to_Downsize_Office_Space_With_Redmond_Exit⦈ Summary: Amid more_layoffs_this_week (Azure_is_in_trouble) and now that mainstream media is consistently predicting bad results for Microsoft (they will distract with “AI” smokescreen/vapourware*) it’s worth taking note of the new report (above) ______ * The pro-Microsoft “AI” trolls have infested our IRC network this week. Update: The key part: Microsoft currently occupies most of the space in Millennium Corporate Park. CBRE is marketing 497,193 square feet out of the 537,000 square-foot campus. This plan was followed by Microsoft’s earlier plans to reduce office space by 1.7 million square feet by not renewing leases in Bellevue and Issaquah. Microsoft has also put the development of campus expansion project on hold. “497,193 square feet out of the 537,000 square-foot campus” is about 93%. So it sounds like they’re almost shutting it all down. Update #2: Preview_again and it is negative with blame-shifting. Notice how they blame other companies for this “deceleration”. So now instead of insisting that “clown computing” was all along the future it’s just this nebulous thing they call “AI” (they mean chatbots). 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⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 770 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/04/25/rayner-lucas-and-tristan-miller-in-libreplanet/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/04/25/rayner-lucas-and-tristan-miller-in-libreplanet/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 04.25.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ LibrePlanet_Talk:_Rayner_Lucas_and_Tristan_Miller_on_USENET_and_How_It’s Moderated⠀✐ Posted in Free/Libre_Software, FSF, Videos at 1:54 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link https://media.libreplanet.org/mgoblin_media/media_entries/2819/lp2023-neptune- sunday-1335.webm Summary: The above LibrePlanet talk by Rayner Lucas and Tristan Miller is a remote (not physical presence) talk and it was_uploaded_by_the_FSF_a_week_ago (slides_here; PeerTube_link); From the official page: “Today’s social media users are locked into proprietary platforms, under the control of a few large corporations. Users are not customers, but a product to be sold to advertisers. These companies have little reason to care about fostering healthy discussion, only to keep advertisers happy. But there is another model for social media. Federated social networks began with Usenet, a distributed system of discussion forums invented a decade before the World Wide Web. Since then, projects such as Mastodon and Diaspora have used open standards and common communication protocols to give users power to choose their own social media experience. What lessons can we learn from Usenet? What does it get right, and what could it do better? And does Usenet still have a place on the modern Internet?” Licence: GFDL_1.3 ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 816 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/04/25/sfc-sells-thank-yous/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/04/25/sfc-sells-thank-yous/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 04.25.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Software_Freedom_Conservancy_is_Selling_Verbal_Thank-Yous_So_That_Its_Chief Can_Earn_a_Quarter_Million_Dollars_Per_Year,_Tax-Free⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Finance, Free/Libre_Software at 3:03 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz The people who give talks (i.e. actually work) do not get paid 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇SFC_sponsors⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇SFC_sells_thank-yous⦈_ Summary: Just advertised by the greedy_SFC is an upcoming event; the business model is rather telling (basically mimicking the Linux_Foundation, where even the “thanks” are just 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Roy Schestowitz Video_download_link https://media.libreplanet.org/mgoblin_media/media_entries/2813/lp2023-neptune- sunday-1155.webm Summary: The above LibrePlanet talk by Weiming Hu is a remote (not physical presence) talk and it was_uploaded_by_the_FSF last week (slides_here; PeerTube link); From the official page: ‘”Open science” is a movement that promotes the freedom to share knowledge and data in science. Its recent success largely depends on our ability to reproduce and then improve on existing research products. It is about ensuring that researchers have sufficient access to information and the necessary tools for analysis. This movement goes hand in hand with the free software movement, as it has the potential to revolutionize sciences by providing powerful tools for data analysis, modeling, and visualization. I would like to focus my talk on the connection and missing links between free software and open science, particularly in environmental and data sciences. The talk is devoted to raising awareness and promoting conversations on how we can better advance sciences with free software and knowledge sharing.’ Licence: CC_BY_SA_4.0 ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 976 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 04.25.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_25/04/2023:_More_Downtimes_and_Financial_Woes_at_Microsoft⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 12:27 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Kernel_Space o Instructionals/Technical o Games * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o SUSE/OpenSUSE o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Devices/Embedded o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers o SaaS/Back_End/Databases o Education o GNU_Projects o Programming/Development * Leftovers * Hardware * Health/Nutrition/Agriculture * Proprietary * Security * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Technical # Programming * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Linux_kernel_6.3_is_out_now_here’s_some quick_highlights⠀⇛ Linus Torvalds announced the full release of Linux kernel 6.3, and with it plenty of the usual improvements everywhere. # ⚓ MaskRay ☛ Linker_notes_on_AArch32⠀⇛ This article describes target-specific details about AArch32 in ELF linkers. I described AArch64 in a previous article. # ⚓ Matt Rickard ☛ The_ptrace_syscall⠀⇛ ptrace (“process trace”) is a system call in Unix and Unix-like operating systems that intercepts system calls. It’s a powerful tool that enables tools like debuggers (e.g., gdb), reverse engineering tools, tracing, code injection, and even simple sandboxing. (see proot for an example of a ptrace sandbox). The most interesting part of ptrace is that you can do all of these things completely in user space (even sandboxing!). # ⚓ Matt Rickard ☛ Tanenbaum–Torvalds_Debates,_Part_1⠀⇛ Their exchanged messages on Usenet would later be called the “Tanenbaum-Torvalds debates.” While sometimes veering off topic and into “flame war” territory, they touched on issues still relevant today in system design. In them, Tanenbaum makes three predictions: Microkernels are the future x86 will eventually lose to RISC Everyone will run a free GNU OS Breaking each down, what happened, why it happened, and the important lessons. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ QEMU_8.0_hatches_more_support_for_Arm_and RISC-V⠀⇛ Version 8.0, released last week, doesn’t alter any fundamentals but does add support for plenty of hardware and instructions. Some of the additions are simple, such as the ability to handle Intel’s Sapphire Rapids fourth- gen Xeon silicon, or emulate Arm’s Cortex-A55 and Cortex-R52 processors. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Carlos Becker ☛ Sharing_open,_pbcopy_and_pbpaste_over_SSH⠀⇛ I think I talked about this a couple of times before, but I usually work by SSH-ing from my mac into a Linux machine (a rather chunky one, might I add). While it allows me to work faster when I’m not home and with a poor internet connection, it has some drawbacks too. Two of them are the lack of clipboard integration and the fact that open (or xdg-open) won’t work. In this post I’ll show you how I got around that. It’s worth nothing that I’ll focus more on a macOS to Linux workflow, and will hereby refer to them as client and host. Enough said, let’s get to it! # ⚓ Terence Eden ☛ Using_Pandoc_to_format_a_Dissertation_from Markdown_to_HTML,_PDF,_and_ePub⠀⇛ Metawork is so much more fun than real work. Sharpening your pencils. Colour coordinating your filing system. Creating Gantt charts of what you intend to do. Marvellous! In that spirit, here’s how I used the venerable pandoc to convert my MSc dissertation from .md into a variety of more readable formats. # ⚓ TecMint ☛ NVM_–_Install_Multiple_Node.js_Versions_in Linux⠀⇛ Node Version Manager (NVM in short) is a simple bash script to manage multiple active node.js versions on your Linux system. It allows you to install multiple node.js versions, and view all versions available for installation and all installed versions on your system. Nvm also supports running of a specific node.js version and it can show the path to the executable to where it was installed, and much more. # ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Compile_and_Install_OpenSSH_from_Source_in Linux⠀⇛ OpenSSH is a free and open source, full implementation of the SSH protocol 2.0, which provides a number of tools for securely accessing and managing remote computer systems, and managing authentications keys, such as ssh (a secure replacement for telnet), scp, sftp (secure replacement for ftp), ssh-keygen, ssh-copy-id, ssh- add, and more. Recently OpenSSH 9.3 was released and ships with many new features and bug fixes; you can read the SSH release notes for more information. # ⚓ LinuxTechi ☛ How_to_Configure_DHCP_Server_on_RHEL_9_/_Rocky Linux_9⠀⇛ # ⚓ Linux Handbook ☛ Check_Running_Process_in_Linux⠀⇛ As a system administrator, you might need to check all the processes that are consuming your computer’s resources. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ HDR_and_Colour_Management_patches_for_Steam Deck_+_AMD_GPUs_under_review⠀⇛ Developer Melissa Wen recently sent in patches to improve HDR and Colour Management on Linux for Steam Deck and potentially other AMD GPUs. The work is being done by Melissa Wen, Joshua Ashton and collaboration with Harry Wentland. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Fanatical_team_up_with_JSAUX_again_and_you can_win_a_Steam_Deck⠀⇛ Feeling lucky? Fanatical and accessory brand JSAUX have teamed up for a bundle of games, and with it a chance to win a Steam Deck and a whole lot of extras. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Pixel-art_Sims_styled_game_Tiny_Life_hits Early_Access_on_May_3rd⠀⇛ Ellpeck Games have announced their pixel-art game inspired by The Sims, Tiny Life will be releasing with Linux support on May 3rd. From what I’ve played of some of the earlier builds, it showed a huge amount of promise. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Linux_and_Steam_Deck_compatibility_tool Luxtorpeda_gets_upgraded_in_v63⠀⇛ Luxtorpeda is a very interesting project. It’s a compatibility layer (like Proton) but designed to help you run Native Linux game engines for various Steam games. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Valve_moves_ELDEN_RING_back_to_Proton_7_as it_has_issues_with_newer_Proton⠀⇛ Certain games on Steam that you play across either Linux desktop or Steam Deck get a specific version of Proton set by Valve, and at times they don’t quite work right like ELDEN RING. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ HaikuOS ☛ Haiku’s_(Kernel)_Condition_Variables_API:_Design_& Implementation⠀⇛ A few months after my contract with Haiku, Inc. began, I rewrote the implementation of the Haiku kernel’s condition variables (as opposed to our userspace condition variables, which are from POSIX.) As this new implementation has run in Haiku for over a year and shipped in the latest release with no sign of any remaining issues, I figured it is high time for a deep- dive on the API, its implementation history, and the design of the new implementation I wrote. I expect this article will be of broader interest than just to Haiku’s community, because Haiku’s condition variables API has some notable (and powerful) features not found in those of other operating systems, and its implementation is thus likewise unique (at least, as far as I have been able to figure out.) o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ OpenSUSE ☛ Next_Version_of_Leap_Micro_Reaches_Release Candidate⠀⇛ The openSUSE Project is pleased to announce its modern lightweight host operating system Leap Micro 5.4 has reached its Release Candidate phase. The last beta introduced a new SELinux module for Cockpit. This release has the default setting of SELinux for new installations that have been changed from permissive to enforcing mode, which can be switched to permissive mode or disabled. Podman updates to version 4.3.1 in this host-OS release. This new version brings in many new features and several improvements like better support for containers in multiple networks, better IPv6 support and improved performance. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ Message_to_Red_Hat_associates_today⠀⇛ Editor’s note: Earlier today, president and chief executive officer of Red Hat, Matt Hicks, shared the following email with Red Hatters.  o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Stacey on IoT ☛ What_to_expect_with_6G_and_the_industrial IoT⠀⇛ It’s 2035 and you’re a plant manager inside a manufacturing line that produces electric vehicles. Or maybe it’s Twinkies. Either way, inside this factory setting a dozen years into the future someone needs to predict what types of things you might want to know. If this seems like a tough job, it is. But that’s exactly what the folks who are building the 6G cellular communications standard are trying to do today. Expected to launch in 2030 and extend through 2040, the 6G communications standard will be the improved version of 5G, but with a few new tricks up its sleeve for the industrial IoT, overall network infrastructure, and even consumer features. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ [Repeat] Mark Hansen ☛ Pram/Stroller_Camera_Mount⠀⇛ After the baby arrived, we had lots of family visits, leading to family photos. I wanted us all to be in the family photos, so something needs to hold the camera. The normal answer is “get a tripod”, but don’t we already have a rigid, stable, movable frame: our pram! Could I use that? # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ CinePI:_a_high-end_film_camera_built_on Raspberry_Pi⠀⇛ Whenever a new Camera Module, or updated software for existing camera hardware comes out, we dream of all the cool things we could do with it. While custom cinematography and automated processes are high on our list, making a cinematic-quality camera is where Csaba Nagy went with CinePI. # ⚓ Arduino ☛ Bendy_robotic_tank_steers_by_flexing⠀⇛ To test this idea, Burton 3D-printed almost the entirety of the vehicle. That includes the track itself, which is made of several rigid segments that link together. There is just enough movement in the connections to allow a segment to sit at an angle relative to its neighbors. Conventional motors in front and back units spin the track, and an Arduino Mega 2560 board controls them. Between the two units is a joint that pivots horizontally. A linear actuator arm controls the angle between the front and back units, forcing the track to bend. # ⚓ SparkFun Electronics ☛ Transmit_Sensor_Data_Over Bluetooth⠀⇛ SparkFun’s newest Bluetooth tutorial will teach you everything you need to know to get started with sending sensor data over Bluetooth. This tutorial covers how to send and display data from a triple axis accelerometer using the ESP32 Thing Plus C. We’ve covered sending sensor data over Wi-Fi before, but this time we’re doing things a little bit differently. Our Sending Sensor Data via Bluetooth tutorial will teach you the basics of utilizing Bluetooth technology in your IoT project. # ⚓ Andrew Hutchings ☛ Schneider_Euro_PC:_Restoration_Part_1⠀⇛ At the end of my keyboard PC blog post I mentioned that I really wanted a Schneider Euro PC. Finally, a couple of weeks ago, a Euro PC in a sorry state popped up on eBay at a reasonable price. So, I went ahead and bought it. Knowing it was a bit of gamble whether or not I could restore it, I went for it anyway. As it truly is a great part of history. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ 5_things_you_didn’t_know_you_can_do_on_an_Android_|_Fox News⠀⇛ # ⚓ SlashGear ☛ How_To_Fix_The_Most_Common_Android_Auto Problems⠀⇛ # ⚓ Pocket Lint ☛ How_to_fix_crashing_Android_apps_and_solve problems⠀⇛ # ⚓ Future Publishing Limited ☛ More_Nothing_Phone_(2)_concept renders_emerge,_showing_a_classy_Android_phone_|_T3⠀⇛ # ⚓ Notebook Check ☛ One_UI_6.0_based_on_Android_14_destined for_imminent_launch_in_2023_–_NotebookCheck.net_News⠀⇛ # ⚓ Pixel_6_freezing_when_typing_on_Android_13_QPR3_Beta_3⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gadgets Now ☛ Things_to_keep_in_mind_before_updating Android_smartphones_and_tablets⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ Your_Android_phone_might_be_making accidental_911_calls⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Verge ☛ BMW’s_Digital_Key_Plus_feature_is_finally supported_on_Android_devices_–_The_Verge⠀⇛ # ⚓ SlashGear ☛ How_To_Fix_The_Most_Common_Android_Auto Problems⠀⇛ # ⚓ Best_Medicine_Reminder_Apps_for_Android_–_Phandroid⠀⇛ # ⚓ Tom’s Guide ☛ Google_Pixel_Tablet_could_finally_make Android_tablets_exciting_again_|_Tom’s_Guide⠀⇛ # ⚓ Google_Pixel_6_units_reportedly_freezing_when_typing_on Android_13_QPR3_Beta_3⠀⇛ # ⚓ GSM Arena ☛ Nokia_G11_Plus_is_receiving_Android_13_update_– GSMArena.com_news⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ Audacity_3.3_Released_with_More_Real_Time_Effects⠀⇛ Building on last autumn’s release, Audacity 3.3.0 makes more of its built-in effects realtime capable. The Bass & Treble, Distortion, Phaser, Reverb and Wahwah effects can now be applied to “live” input. There’s also a beta version of Beats and Bars — though I couldn’t find it. o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Singapore_tells_its_people:_Go_forth_and block_those_ads⠀⇛ Of course, don’t forget these ad-blocking tools come with features to whitelist adverts on your favorite, trusted websites, cough. o § SaaS/Back End/Databases⠀➾ # ⚓ Peter Eisentraut ☛ CREATE_commands_in_PostgreSQL_releases⠀⇛ Here is a fun little view on the progress of PostgreSQL. Consider the number of “CREATE SOMETHING” commands each release contains. As more features are added over time, more such CREATE commands are added. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ MWL ☛ Ten_Years_of_Penguicon_Pop_Tarts⠀⇛ At the closing ceremony, the con chair asked the GoHs there was anything that went wrong. I said something along the lines of “you were magnificent. the only thing I could possibly say is that there was no toaster for the Pop Tarts.” o § GNU Projects⠀➾ # ⚓ Interview_about_Linux-libre_to_nixsanctuary.com⠀⇛ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ Interview about Linux-libre to nixsanctuary.com⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ First published here. # What is your key role in Linux- libre development at the moment? Would it be wrong to call you Mr Linus of Linux-libre? I’m a janitor, which is honorable and purposeful, requires some skill and sometimes intense labor, but is not comparable to the effort, responsibility and leadership positions of e.g. Mr Torvalds in the kernel Linux, or by Dr Stallman in the GNU Project. I am in charge of figuring out what needs to be cleaned up, and what can stay, and of not making too much of a mess in the process so that, once I take the garbage out, things remain functional. Of course I’m talking about things that don’t run on garbage. Those that do are fundamentally incompatible with my job, and with your freedom. Now, I’m a bit of a hi-tech janitor, so instead of just cleaning things up myself, I also teach some bots to do the cleaning, and to look for garbage, so I don’t have to do that over and over and over. So most of the time I, and more recently co-maintainer Jason Self, can just call the robots in when a new upstream release is out, and then check that they’ve done their job well, adjusting as needed. Mr Torvalds started the kernel Linux, wrote a huge amount of code for it, manages a large community of contributors, decides when it’s time to release and when it’s time to test a little more. I did not start Linux-libre (Jeff Moe did), there’s been little room for contributors (programming the bots doesn’t take so much effort), and we follow the upstream release schedule as closely as we can. More importantly, I care a lot about making sure Linux-libre is released in accordance with the values of Free Software. He, despite having identified with Free Software till around mid nineties, doesn’t seem to mind that bits and pieces of Linux don’t fit in with the values of our movement, or even with the definition adopted by the dissident community in which Linux is mistaken as an icon and a shining example of something that it actually isn’t. Here I’m not talking about people who refer to the GNU Operating System as Linux, I’m talking about there being parts of the kernel Linux for which no source code is available, and whose included binaries are distributed under obnoxious licenses that prohibit modification or even reverse engineering. These parts, and therefore the whole containing them, are not Free Software, and are not Open-Source Software either. I kid you not: the famous package distributed by Mr Torvalds, held as the canonical example of Open Source Software, does not meet the definition of Open Source Software. Open Source misses_the point, but it seems to do so with a vengeance and with intent. Its exploitation resembles some faith- based businesses (fake churches) in that they are about getting well- meaning, faithful people to contribute under false pretenses: freedom-loving people are misled into contributing their time, loyalty and effort to advance projects that try to be perceived as having a commitment to freedom, despite taking positions and making decisions that progressively drive users away from freedom. Like, Linux contains binary blobs, and it depends on a much larger collection of blobs, whose canonical (yet incomplete) distribution has grown to over half the size of the “source” distribution of the kernel Linux. The kernel grows fast, but the blobs grow so much faster! They used to be separate programs, now some of them are entire operating systems. There’s even one that contains a copy of the kernel Linux itself. So, you see, labeling the kernel Linux, as well as the GNU/Linux distributions that contain it and the blobs it demands, as Open Source Software, as aligned with the pursuit of Software Freedom… that’s a bit of a scam, if you ask me. And if they’re honest about the goal, their strategy to pursue it has been clearly self-defeating: the more they embrace blobs, the farther their users get from freedom, and the harder it becomes to achieve freedom. Me, I devote my time and energy for users and developers to not be fooled this way; for us to have freedom, or at least a path to it, within our reach. So, summing up the answer to the question, my role in GNU Linux- libre is very much unlike Mr Torvalds’ in Linux. # How is Linux-libre different from the Linux kernel? Is it all about the binary blobs? Or is there much more to it in terms of security, privacy and open hardware development? I generally prefer to write “kernel Linux”, because “Linux kernel” is often misunderstood and mistranslated as if it meant “kernel of Linux”. That makes no sense, given that Linux is a kernel, but a lot of people have been misled into believing it is more than a kernel. Linux-libre is a slightly modified version of the kernel Linux. We strive to make minimal changes to make Linux compliant with the GNU Free_System_Distribution Guidelines. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Nicholas Tietz-Sokolsky ☛ Rust_allows_redeclaring_local variables_to_great_benefit⠀⇛ A lot of programming languages allow variable shadowing in new scopes. Early on, you learn that it can cause errors and can be confusing, but is situationally appropriate sometimes. Something that’s less commonly allowed is redeclaring variables to shadow them locally. And when it is allowed, it’s often considered bad practice and confusing. # ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ Programming_on_Unix_and_automatic memory_management⠀⇛ This isn’t just an aspect of general Unix development after all sorts of people got their hands on it (and created things like Perl). In Bell Labs Research Unix and then Plan 9, I think pretty much every new language (or language) created for and on Unix was one with automatic memory management. One exception is Plan 9′s Alef, but no less a person than Rob Pike has said that one reason for Alef’s failure was its lack of automatic memory management. # ⚓ Michael Kohl ☛ Rails_quick_tips_#7:_Project-specific .irbrc⠀⇛ In a previous installment of this series, I wrote about adding a project-specific .pryrc to Ruby/ Rails projects. However, over the past couple of years, IRB gained some nice features and I don’t use Pry much anymore because it’s one less dependency I need to worry about. That doesn’t mean I want to give up on per-project configuration files though, which turned out to be slightly more complicated with IRB. # ⚓ Olaf Alders ☛ Autocorrecting_my_Git_Commands⠀⇛ I spend most of my day at the command line and, although I took a couple of years of typing classes in high school, typos are constantly tripping me up. With a lot of my time on the command line being spent using git, I like to take advantage of git’s ability to fix typos automatically. In my dot files I run this command as part of my git configuration: [...] # ⚓ [Old] Adrian Alic ☛ Measuring_the_Impact_of_False_Sharing⠀⇛ In this article, I would like to find out the concrete performance penalty of false sharing for my data structure. I’ll be measuring the effects on both ARM (Apple Silicon) and x86 (Intel/AMD) processors. # ⚓ TecMint ☛ The_27_Best_IDEs_and_Code_Editors_for_Linux⠀⇛ C is an excellent, powerful, and general-purpose programming language that offers modern and generic programming features for developing large-scale applications ranging from video games, search engines, and other computer software to operating systems. C language is usually considered the base for many other programming languages (C++, JavaScript, Java, PHP, Perl, Python, and more) due to its easy and efficient language design which includes a relatively small set of features that can be used to develop more complex systems and applications. # ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ C_vs._Go:_Comparing_programming languages⠀⇛ Go is a modern programming language that derives much of its history from the C programming language. As such, Go is likely to feel familiar to anyone who writes programs in C. Go makes it easy to write new programs while feeling familiar to C programmers but avoiding many of the common pitfalls of the C programming language. This article compares a simple C and Go program that adds the numbers from one to ten. Because this program uses only small values, the numbers won’t grow to be too big, so they only use plain integer variables. Loops like this are very common in programming, so this simple program makes it easy to compare C and Go. # ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ Retry_your_Python_code_until_it_fails⠀⇛ Sometimes, a function is called with bad inputs or in a bad program state, so it fails. In languages like Python, this usually results in an exception. But sometimes exceptions are caused by different issues or are transitory. Imagine code that must keep working in the face of caching data being cleaned up. In theory, the code and the cleaner could carefully agree on the clean-up methodology to prevent the code from trying to access a non- existing file or directory. Unfortunately, that approach is complicated and error-prone. However, most of these problems are transitory, as the cleaner will eventually create the correct structures. Even more frequently, the uncertain nature of network programming means that some functions that abstract a network call fail because packets were lost or corrupted. A common solution is to retry the failing code. This practice allows skipping past transitional problems while still (eventually) failing if the issue persists. Python has several libraries to make retrying easier. This is a common “finger exercise.” # ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ Learn_Tcl/Tk_and_Wish_with_this_simple game⠀⇛ Explore the basic language constructs of Tcl/Tk, which include user input, output, variables, conditional evaluation, simple functions, and basic event driven programming. My path to writing this article started with a desire to make advanced use of Expect which is based on Tcl. Those efforts resulted in these two articles: Learn Tcl by writing a simple game and Learn Expect by writing a simple game. I do a bit of Ansible automation and, over time have collected a number of local scripts. Some of them I use often enough that it becomes annoying to go through the cycle of: I use macOS on a daily basis. What I really wanted was a menu item or an icon to bring up a simple UI to accept parameters and run the thing I wanted to do, like in KDE on Linux. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Chatting_With_Local_AI_Moves_Directly_In-Browser, Thanks_To_Web_LLM⠀⇛ Large Language Models (LLM) are at the heart of natural- language AI tools like ChatGPT, and Web LLM shows it is now possible to run an LLM directly in a browser. Just to be clear, this is not a browser front end talking via API to some server-side application. This is a client-side LLM running entirely in the browser. o ⚓ The Nation ☛ What’s_Life_Like_for_the_Child_of_a_Psychoanalyst?⠀⇛ At the start of Milton Wexler’s career as a psychoanalyst, he devoted his practice to what was still uncharted territory for American practitioners in the 1930s: He attempted to treat schizophrenia through psychotherapy. After making a name for himself at the Menninger Foundation in Topeka, Kan., he moved to the Hollywood Hills in the 1950s, where he became the go-to therapist for troubled artists, a roster of patients that included the likes of Frank Gehry, John Altoon, and, on occasion, Marilyn Monroe. By the 1980s, Wexler was devoting his free time to hereditary diseases and brought needed funding to research for the genetic roots of Huntington’s disease—an affliction that upended the lives of his wife and her family. While Wexler’s contributions to science are undeniable, he was transgressive and unorthodox in achieving those ends, rendering him a contested figure: first in the world of psychoanalysis, for his use and defense of harsh therapeutic methods, and later in the media, for breaking doctor/patient protocols by getting too close with his patients and sometimes collaborating with them, as he did with the director Blake Edwards. o ⚓ The Drone Girl ☛ Seriously_huge_drones_headed_for_New_York_(like, up_to_300_pounds,_huge)⠀⇛ Drones as heavy as 300 pounds have found a home in New York. Most of the drones everyday folks think of (including the drones primarily covered on this website) weigh less than 55 pounds. But now, heavyweight drones (at least those up to 300 pounds) are welcome to the party. Yes, you read that right — 300 pounds. 55 pounds has largely been the maximum size of what people talk about in the commercial drone space. That’s largely because the Federal Aviation Administration’s Small Unmanned Aircraft System Rule (officially titled 14 CFR part 107) is only applicable to unmanned aircraft that weigh less than 55 pounds at takeoff. It’s relatively easy to get a drone pilot’s license to operate drones under 55 pounds and — save for what is relatively few exceptions like restricted airspace — drones under the 55-pound threshold can generally be legally flown in the U.S. o ⚓ Sound Matters ☛ Significantly_Different_Mono/Stereo_Mixes_on Records⠀⇛ In mild cases, the difference between the stereo and mono versions of a song or album can be summarised by the different mixing techniques used to give each instrument or part its own “space” in the mix. There are, though, examples where things are a little more extreme. It’s not uncommon for the stereo version of a record to feature entirely different takes or a radically different mix, as engineers experimented with the format. Here are just a few examples where the mono version of a recording is significantly different to the stereo release. o ⚓ Niels Provos ☛ What_is_Indie_Music?_Activ8te’s_Comprehensive Guide_for_New_Listeners_and_Musicians⠀⇛ Discover the world of indie music, its rich history, and its diverse sub-genres as we explore the evolution and impact of this boundary-pushing genre for new listeners and musicians alike. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Mark Dominus ☛ Math_SE_report_2023-04:_Simplest-possible examples,_pointy_regions,_and_nearly-orthogonal_vectors⠀⇛ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Warmer_Ice_Cream?⠀⇛ What if you could tweak the recipe on ice cream to keep it frozen at higher temperatures? The idea comes from massive conglomerate Unilever. Among other things, the brand owns a wide variety of ice cream brands, from Ben & Jerry’s to the Magnum and Cornetto lines. Instead of running freezers at the industry standard of -18 °C (0°F), the company is experimenting with upping the temperature to -12 °C (10 °F) instead. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ Washington_State_Legislature_Strengthens Oversight_of_Private_Special_Education_Schools⠀⇛ Washington lawmakers voted nearly unanimously Friday to strengthen oversight of private special education schools that serve some of the state’s most vulnerable public school students. These schools, called nonpublic agencies, received more than $50 million in public funding last school year to serve roughly 500 public school students with complex disabilities. But an investigation by The Seattle Times and ProPublica revealed that weak state oversight had allowed serious problems to fester for years at the largest of the schools in Washington state. # ⚓ Teens_still_reading_books_in_age_of_social_media⠀⇛ The research, which is part of the Health Behavior in School-aged Children (HBSC) program under the auspices of the World Health Organization, was conducted in the fall of 2022 with 6,250 students from grades 6, 8 and 10. It showed that 40.7% of adolescents in Greece aged 11, 13 and 15 years old were reading literature outside of school during the survey period. Girls were reading more (48.7%) compared to boys (31.8%), and 11-year-olds (51.6%) compared to 13-year-olds (39.8%) and 15-year-olds (32.6%). # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Orbán_praises_Hungarian_teachers_on_day of_nationwide_strike_–_but_fails_to_mention_the_strike⠀⇛ o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Testing_Part_Stiffness?_No_Need_To_Re-invent_The Bending_Rig⠀⇛ If one is serious about testing the stiffness of materials or parts, there’s nothing quite like doing your own tests. And thanks to [JanTec]’s 3- Point Bending Test rig, there’s no need to reinvent the wheel should one wish to do so. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Half_Crystal_Radio,_Half_Regenerative_Radio⠀⇛ A rite of passage in decades past for the electronics experimenter was the crystal radio. Using very few components and a long wire antenna, such a radio could pick up AM stations with no batteries needed, something important in the days when a zinc-carbon cell cost a lot of pocket money. The days of AM broadcasting may be on the wane, but it’s still possible to make a crystal set that will resolve stations on the FM band. [Andrea Console] has done just that, with a VHF crystal set that whose circuit also doubles as a regenerative receiver when power is applied. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Messing_With_A_Cassette_Player_Never_Sounded_So Good⠀⇛ Cassette players and tapes are fertile hacking ground. One reason is that their electromechanical and analog nature provides easy ways to fiddle with their operation. For example, slow down the motor and the playback speed changes accordingly. As long as the head is moving across the tape, sound will be produced. The hacking opportunities are nicely demonstrated by [Lara Grant]’s cassette player mod project. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ $60_Robot_Arm_Is_Compact⠀⇛ Thanks to 3D printing and inexpensive controllers, a robot arm doesn’t need to break the bank anymore. Case in point? [Build Some Stuff] did a good- looking compact arm with servos for under $60. The arm uses an interesting control mechanism, too. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Op_Amp_Contest:_Go_Down_An_Octave,_No_FFT,_No PLL,_No_Oscillator!⠀⇛ We like a project that makes us think, and that was certainly the case with [MS-BOSS]’s octave downshifter that’s an entry in our current op-amp contest. Instead of resorting to an FFT, or a PLL, it uses a technique best described as a custom analogue computer to implement the maths of octave downshifting. It’s an extremely clever approach, and we don’t mind admitting took us more than one read to understand how it works. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ GOP_Debt_Limit_Bill_Could_Put_Over_10 Million_at_Risk_of_Losing_Medicaid:_Analysis⠀⇛ The House GOP leadership’s newly released debt ceiling legislation would have potentially devastating impacts on Medicaid recipients across the United States, putting more than 10 million low-income people at risk of losing health coverage under the program. # ⚓ Antivaxxers_attack_scientific_consensus_as_a_“manufactured construct”⠀⇛ Recently, I wrote about the mistake that Neil deGrasse Tyson made by appearing on the podcast of antivaccine leader and influencer Del Bigtree. In brief, I argued that it is, with only rare exceptions, a very bad idea for a scientist, physician, or science communicator to agree to debate a science-denying crank like Del Bigtree. It doesn’t much matter what the specific variety of science denier is, either. They can be antivaxxers, cancer quacks, climate science deniers who deny the scientific consensus that human activity is causing major changes to earth’s climate, or creationists who deny the scientific consensus of evolution. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Can’t_Win,_So_They_Cheat’:_GOP_Tries_to Keep_Abortion_Rights_Off_Ballot_After_Big_Losses⠀⇛ Last year, after the U.S. Supreme Court ended the federal right to abortion, voters in Kansas, California, Michigan, Vermont, Kentucky, and Montana used the ballot initiative process to show their support for reproductive freedom, both by defeating GOP-backed anti-abortion measures and approving constitutional amendments aimed at preserving abortion access. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Democrats_Should_Make_Abortion_a_Cornerstone Issue⠀⇛ Ballot initiatives are the best electoral bellwether for where the abortion fight stands in the United States in the post-Dobbs era. There were ballot initiatives in six states in 2022 and they revealed a remarkable consensus that cut across the usual regional divides: The pro-choice side won not just in blue states like Vermont and California but also in purple states like Michigan—and even in very red states like Montana, Kansas, and Kentucky. In an otherwise polarized country, abortion has become the opposite of a wedge issue. It doesn’t matter if voters are Black or white, women or men, Democrats or Republicans, college-educated or high school dropouts: Overwhelming majorities of most major demographics support a woman’s right to control her own fertility as previously enshrined under Roe v. Wade. When given a chance to vote for it, they will vote for reproductive freedom. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ What’s_Next_in_Legal_Fight_over Mifepristone?_Supreme_Court_Protects_Access_to_Abortion_Pill for_Now⠀⇛ The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday halted a ban and other restrictions on the abortion medication mifepristone, keeping the nation’s most popular abortion method available for now as an appeal of the nationwide ban on the pill plays out. The ban was issued earlier this month by the Trump- appointed Texas Judge Matthew Kacsmaryk, who ruled the Food and Drug Administration’s 23-year-old approval of the drug was invalid. The case is likely to end up before the Supreme Court again after making its way through a lower appeals court. We speak with Mary Ziegler, law professor at the University of California, Davis, whose new piece for The Atlantic is headlined “The Justices Pass on an Abortion-Pill Ban…Until they hear a better case.” # ⚓ Greece ☛ Expert_warns_of_mental_toll_of_social_media⠀⇛ Is the addiction caused and fueled by social networks a new “drug”? How has the digital world changed our social and mental lives? Answers to these questions are sought by Dr James Davies, an associate professor of medical anthropology and psychology at the University of Roehampton in London. In his recent work “Sedated: How Modern Capitalism Created Our Mental Health Crisis,” Davies attempts to explain why, while the progress in all areas of health has been spectacular, in mental health things are stagnant, if not worse than 40 years ago. Davies spoke to Kathimerini about this and other issues. o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ Reuters ☛ Wall_St_dips,_dollar_gains_on_mixed_earnings, economic_worries_|_Reuters⠀⇛ “Investors are holding their breath for the earnings reports from Alphabet and Microsoft later in the day, and they’re worried that they may be disappointed,” Stovall added. # ⚓ Daniel Stenberg ☛ deleting_system32\curl.exe⠀⇛ I just want to emphasize that if you install and run Windows, your friendly provider is Microsoft. You need to contact Microsoft for support and help with Windows related issues. The curl.exe you have in System32 is only provided indirectly by the curl project and we cannot fix this problem for you. We in fact fixed the problem in the source code already back in December 2022. If you have removed curl.exe or otherwise tampered with your Windows installation, the curl project cannot help you. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Mojang_Continues_Crackdown_on_Minecraft ‘Pirates’ [Ed: Microsoft attacking anything that resembles what it overpaid for, even Free software clones]⠀⇛ Mojang is leaving no stone unturned in its efforts to wipe browser-based ‘clone’ Eaglercraft off the Internet. In addition to pursuing hosting services, Discord, and GitHub repositories, Mojang is also asking Google to disappear Eaglercraft from search results. While the original developer appears to have thrown in the towel, for now at least, others show no sign of stopping. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Where_are_we_now_–_Microsoft_363?_Cloud suite_suffers_another_outage⠀⇛ The outage is only the latest to hit Microsoft this year and comes just days after a problem causing high CPU utilization rates in some of its infrastructure tanked the use of various services for many users who were unable to sign into their Microsoft 365 accounts. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ EFF ☛ Your_Messaging_Service_Should_Not_Be_a_DEA Informant⠀⇛ The bill, named the Cooper Davis Act, is likely to result in a host of inaccurate reports and in companies sweeping up innocent conversations, including discussions about past drug use or treatment. While explicitly not required, it may also give internet companies incentive to conduct dragnet searches of private messages to find protected speech that is merely indicative of illegal behavior. Most troubling, this bill is a template for legislators to try to force internet companies to report their users to law enforcement for other unfavorable conduct or speech. This bill aims to cut down on the illegal sales of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and counterfeit narcotics. But what would prevent the next bill from targeting marijuana or the sale or purchase of abortion pills, if a new administration deemed those drugs unsafe or illegal for purely political reasons? As we’ve argued many times before, once the framework exists, it could easily be expanded. The law targets the “unlawful sale or distribution of fentanyl, methamphetamine” and “the unlawful sale, distribution or manufacture of a counterfeit controlled substance.” # ⚓ Axios ☛ Reverse_ATMs_take_bills,_dispense_cards_as stores_go_cashless [Ed: Terrible attack on people's rights. Do not promote this utter junk. Cashless is for the brainless. Look up "sheep".]⠀⇛ As stores and restaurants attempt to go cashless, they’re installing “reverse ATMs” that dispense stored-value cards in exchange for greenbacks. Why it matters: More businesses are eschewing cash — a trend accelerated_by_the_pandemic — but states and cities are passing_laws banning them from doing so, in deference to people who don’t have bank accounts or credit cards. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Senator_Durbin’s_‘STOP_CSAM_Act’_Has_Some Good_Ideas…_Mixed_In_With_Some_Very_Bad_Ideas_That_Will Do_More_Harm_Than_Good⠀⇛ It’s “protect the children” season in Congress with the return of KOSA and EARN IT, two terrible bills that attack the internet, and rely on people’s ignorance of how things actually work to pretend they’re making the internet safer, when they’re not. Added to this is Senator Dick Durbin’s STOP CSAM Act, which he’s been touting since February, but only now has officially put out a press release announcing the bill (though, he hasn’t released the actual language of the bill, because that would actually be helpful to people analyzing it). # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_EARN_IT_Bill_Is_Back,_Seeking_To Scan_Our_Messages_and_Photos⠀⇛ If EARN IT passes, we’re likely to see state lawmakers step in and mandate scanning of messages and other files similar to the plan that Apple wisely walked away from last year.  # ⚓ Washington’s_COVID-19_exposure_notification_app_to end_May_11⠀⇛ Washington’s COVID-19 exposure notification app is scheduled to conclude May 11 in tandem with the end of the Public Health Emergency. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Lasting_Devastation_of_Global_Atomic_War⠀⇛ It’s sure to be a blood-soaked spring in Ukraine. Russia’s winter offensive fell far short of Vladimir Putin’s objectives, leaving little doubt that the West’s conveyor belt of weaponry has aided Ukraine’s defenses. Cease-fire negotiations have never truly begun, while NATO has only strengthened its forces thanks to Finland’s new membership (with Sweden soon likely to follow). Still, tens of thousands of people have perished; whole villages, even cities, have been reduced to rubble; millions of Ukrainians have poured into Poland and elsewhere; while Russia’s brutish invasion rages on with no end in sight. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Global_Military_Spending_Hits_All-Time_High of_$2.24_Trillion:_Analysis⠀⇛ An annual analysis published Monday revealed that global military spending rose to an all-time high of over $2.2 trillion last year, driven largely by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the Western response, as well as the steadily increasing Pentagon budget in the United States. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ MaxBytes:_Former_U.K._Prime_Minister_Gordon Brown_Challenged_on_Ukraine⠀⇛ Max Jones attended a panel hosted by the University of Southern California’s Center for Political Future featuring former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Gordon Brown. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Drone_packed_with_explosives_found_in_Moscow region_—_Meduza⠀⇛ A drone stuffed with explosives has been found in the Moscow Region, TASS and Baza reported. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Head_of_annexed_Sevastopol_announces_nighttime drone_attack_on_city_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Mikhail Razvozhayev, governor of annexed Sevastopol, reported that on the night of Monday, April 24, the city was attacked by surface drones. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ War,_What_Is_It_Good_For?⠀⇛ The American experience of war since 1945 should have offered an all-too-obvious lesson for us, as well as for the planet’s other great powers, when it comes to the value of giant military establishments and the conflicts that go with them. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ When_Will_Great_Military_Powers_Ever Learn?⠀⇛ I was born on July 20, 1944, amid a vast global conflict already known as World War II. Though it ended with the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945 before I could say much more than “Mama” or “Dada,” in some strange fashion, I grew up at war. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Red_Cross_Continues_To_Want_To_Pretend_That Video_Game_Wars_Are_IRL_Wars⠀⇛ I think I can state the following without controversy: video games are, by and large, a path for escaping the real world for the sake of entertainment. The idea is that the real world can be a place that we want to get away from, diving into some fantasy world where the same rules don’t apply, our mundane tasks don’t exist, and we can do things digitally that we would never even consider doing in real life. I, for instance, have not even one single time stomped a turtle to death only to pick up its carcass-shell to be thrown at one of my enemies. And yet I’m a fan of the Super Mario Bros. series of games. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Sudan_Will_Be_“Nightmare_Beyond_Belief”_If Conflict_Grows,_Warns_Humanitarian_Leader_Jan_Egeland⠀⇛ As fighting continues in Sudan between the military and the paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces, we speak with Norwegian Refugee Council head Jan Egeland, who says humanitarian work in the country has been paralyzed as a result of the power struggle. “There is hardly any humanitarian work in large parts of Sudan,” says Egeland, who adds that the conflict has already devolved into a war that “will be impossible to stop if it lasts for much longer.” # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Sudan:_Death_Toll_Tops_420_as_Fear_Grows That_Fighting_Between_Rival_Generals_Could_Lead_to_Proxy War⠀⇛ The United States and other countries moved to evacuate diplomats and citizens from Sudan over the weekend amid fighting between rival military factions that’s killed at least 420 people and injured over 3,700 more, in a crisis that began on April 15 when the Sudanese military and the paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces began exchanging fire in the capital Khartoum, further dashing hopes of a return of civilian rule in the country. CNN reports the powerful Russian mercenary group Wagner has backed the RSF by providing the paramilitaries with surface-to-air missiles. Wagner founder Yevgeny Prigozhin has denied the report but offered on Friday to act as a mediator between the two warring factions. Meanwhile, many residents remain trapped in Khartoum with dwindling supplies of food, water, medicine and power. For more on the crisis, we speak with Khalid Mustafa Medani, associate professor of political science and Islamic studies who chairs the African Studies Program at McGill University. He says neither side has much support from the civilian population, which has shown an overwhelming commitment to a democratic transition. “It’s not so much a civil war, but essentially a fight to the death between two generals,” says Medani. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ May_9_Victory_Day_parade_in_St._Petersburg_will reportedly_lack_an_air_show_—_Meduza⠀⇛ In St. Petersburg, the annual May 9 Victory Day parade will take place this year with no air show, reports Petersburg publication Fontanka. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ TASS:_Vnukovo_International_Airport_closes airspace_following_drone_sighting_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The airspace above Moscow’s Vnukovo airport is closed after a drone was allegedly spotted in the area, reports TASS, citing emergency services. # ⚓ Turkey_remains_15th_largest_military_spender_in_world despite_drop_in_expenses⠀⇛ Despite the decrease over the past three years, Turkey remains the 15th largest spender on military in the world, and the seventh largest in Europe, according to a new SIPRI report. # ⚓ Defense_Ministers_of_Turkey,_Russia,_Syria_and_Iran_to_meet in_Moscow⠀⇛ Defense Minister of Turkey announced that the meeting where the defense ministers and heads of intelligence services of the four countries will meet is planned to take place in Moscow tomorrow. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Presidential_spox:_Putin_is_‘as_mega-active_as ever’_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Dmitry Peskov, spokesman for the Russian president, called rumors that Vladimir Putin has body doubles “a lie.” His remarks came during a speech at an educational marathon, where leaders in culture and business speak on topics like artificial intelligence and intercultural communication. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Former_prime_minister_of_Kazakhstan,_arrested during_last_year’s_uprising,_sentenced_to_18_years_in_prison —_Meduza⠀⇛ A court in Astana sentenced Karim Massimov, former prime minister and head of the National Security Committee of Kazakhstan to 18 years in prison, reports Interfax. Massimov was arrested during mass civil unrest in Kazakhstan in January 2022. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ New_York_Court_Rules_State_Police_Can’t_Keep Hiding_Its_Misconduct_Records_From_The_Public⠀⇛ In 2020, the New York State legislature finally took a tool of opacity out of law enforcement’s hands. For forty years, law enforcement agencies had the option of rejecting officer misconduct records requests by citing 50-a, the law that said these records could be considered exempt from the state’s Freedom of Information Law (FOIL). o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘This_Must_Stop,’_Say_Climate_Activists Targeting_US_Banks’_Fossil_Fuel_Financing⠀⇛ Demanding an end to fossil fuel financing amid a worsening planetary emergency, climate and environmental justice campaigners on Monday staged coordinated protests in three cities against a trio of the biggest U.S. banks a day ahead of their annual shareholder meetings. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Biden_Admin_Further_Endorses_Disastrous_MVP While_Claiming_Environmental_Justice_Support⠀⇛ Climate advocates on Monday denounced the “hypocrisy” of the Biden administration, which doubled down on the White House’s push for the completion of the Mountain Valley Pipeline late last week, just as President Joe Biden was pledging a renewed commitment to environmental justice. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Climate_Coalition_to_UK_Government:_‘You Had_Your_Chance—Now_We’re_Stepping_It_Up’⠀⇛ They gave British leaders until Monday to engage with their demands or face a renewed wave of civil disobedience, and as their deadline passed without a response, climate campaigners had a new message for the right-wing U.K. government: “You had your chance—now we’re stepping it up.” # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ A_Texas_Shrimper_Led_a_Fight_to_Stop_Plastic Pollution._Now_She’s_Won_the_“Green_Nobel_Prize”⠀⇛ Diane Wilson, a fourth-generation South Texas shrimper who took on a multi-billion dollar corporate polluter in court and won, has received a 2023 Goldman Prize for environmental activism. Wilson’s $50 million settlement with Formosa Plastics Corp. – for illegal pollution of the bays surrounding its Point Comfort, Texas plant – is the largest monetary settlement to date in a lawsuit brought by a private individual under the Clean Water Act, according to Texas RioGrande Aid, the legal aid agency that represented Wilson.  # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Goldman_Prize_Goes_to_Activists_Who_Scored Huge_Victories_Over_Corporate_Polluters⠀⇛ Activists from Zambia, Indonesia, Turkey, Finland, Brazil, and the United States were awarded the 2023 Goldman Environmental Prize on Monday for fighting destructive mining projects, working to protect imperiled marine ecosystems, shielding Indigenous land from corporate plunder, and holding a powerful plastics company accountable for dumping toxic waste on Texas’ Gulf Coast. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ The_Federal_Government_Accidentally_Burned Down_Their_Houses,_Then_Made_It_Hard_to_Come_Home⠀⇛ The wildfire had already burned 160 square miles of northern New Mexico forest last spring when it suddenly surged ahead, reducing to ash the cozy cabin David Martinez had built for himself more than two decades earlier. Martinez, now 64, had fled days before, one of 15,000 people ordered to leave as the fire spread. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ H2 View ☛ Netherlands_and_UK_expand_energy collaboration⠀⇛ The Netherlands is starting to join the renewables dots after announcing plans for a wind powered-connected electricity link to the UK. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ US_Supreme_Court’s_Blow_to_Big_Oil ‘Should_Open_the_Floodgates_for_More_Lawsuits’⠀⇛ Campaigners and frontline communities celebrated Monday after the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear five appeals from major fossil fuel companies hoping to shift climate liability cases from state to federal court, where polluters are more likely to prevail. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ The Revelator ☛ Busy_Cheetahs,_Critical_Lions, Surging_Tigers_and_Other_Big_Cat_News⠀⇛ o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Bloomberg ☛ Microsoft_Again_Beats_Challenge_to_401(k) Plan’s_BlackRock_Funds⠀⇛ The amended complaint against Microsoft includes new comparisons and metrics for judging the BlackRock funds, but these changes aren’t enough to state a viable claim for fiduciary imprudence under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, the court said. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ State_Duma_to_consider_bill_on_30-percent_income tax_withholding_for_Russians_working_from_abroad_—_Meduza⠀⇛ A new bill on taxing remote workers has been submitted for consideration by Russia’s State Duma. If passed, it’ll require employers to withhold 30 percent of the income earned by employees considered tax non-residents in Russia. Russians working abroad but maintaining their resident status will be taxed at the base rate of 13–15 percent. # ⚓ Cybernews ☛ Alphabet_CEO_took_home_$220m_in_2022:_nice_work if_you_can_get_it⠀⇛ Sundar Pichai, the chief executive of Alphabet, Google’s parent company, remains one of America’s best paid CEOs. He was compensated a total of $220 million in 2022 – and that doesn’t even include the vast sum spent on his security expenses. Filings published late last week show Pichai was awarded a big chunk of shares worth more than $218 million last year. His base annual salary of $2 million hasn’t moved since 2020, and besides that Alphabet allocated almost $6 million towards Pichai’s personal security. Other Alphabet executives, including Prabhakar Raghavan, senior vice president of Google’s knowledge and information, and chief business officer Philipp Schindler both made around $37 million. They’re also awarded shares every year. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Pity_about_the_corporate_treason;_PWC is_back_winning_juicy_government_contracts⠀⇛ PwC leaked secret tax data from its government work to foreign tax avoiders, potentially costing Australians billions. Like nothing ever happened, they are now picking up multimillion dollar public contracts again. Callum Foote reports. Three months on from revelations that consultancy firm PWC leaked confidential government briefings to its private clients, assisting them in creating tax avoidance structures, the global giant is back working for government agencies. Fact is, they never left. Just one partner copped a license ban and the firm agreed to – be slapped with a wet compliance lettuce – engage in an ethics program.  # ⚓ Forbes ☛ 2023_Layoff_Tracker:_3M_Lays_Off_6,000_While Disney_Cuts_4,000⠀⇛ 3M on Tuesday started implementing its second wave of layoffs in recent months, as part of a massive restructuring plan aimed at cutting annual costs by as much as $900 million, while Disney began its second wave of layoffs Monday as part of a massive restructuring plan announced earlier this year—as high inflation and economic instability continue to push major U.S. firms to reduce their head counts. # ⚓ NDTV ☛ “My_Heart_Goes_Out_To…”:_Meta_Employee_Writes Heartfelt_Note_On_Getting_Sacked⠀⇛ The information technology (IT) industry is experiencing employment losses in all areas, from large layoffs at Meta, Google, Amazon, and Microsoft to small companies and apps. An ex-Meta employee’s post on LinkedIn is going viral at a time when the corporate world is discussing the recent layoffs in the sector. The post was written by Micah Vono, who, according to his LinkedIn profile, worked at Meta as a content programme manager. # ⚓ People_Are_Getting_Laid_Off⠀⇛ There seems to be no apparent evidence to support layoffs in this lucrative industry, and there is plenty of money in the coffers of these firms to retain their staff. However, these companies continue to piggyback on each other, with Microsoft, Google, Meta ( Facebook ), IBM, Salesforce, and Amazon making sweeping cuts, according to UNSW Newsroom. # ⚓ Ocado_closes_centre_as_grocery_inflation_dips⠀⇛ o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Grandpa,_Tell_Me_About_the_Time_the_Supreme Court_Picked_a_Fight_with_the_Future⠀⇛ Major media outlets often describe the six justices who make up the far-right majority on the Supreme Court simply as conservatives, but they are much more than that. In a very real sense, they are revolutionaries, kindred spirits who are using their judicial power to remake America. And the fact a majority of Americans don’t approve isn’t slowing them down. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Why_Trump_Shouldn’t_Be_Allowed_to_Run_in 2024⠀⇛ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Elon_Seems_To_Think_The_Cruelest_Thing_He_Can_Do To_People…_Is_To_Pretend_They_Want_To_Associate_With_Him⠀⇛ Let’s start this post out by noting that a key reason Elon Musk said he was getting rid of the legacy Twitter verification system was that it was arbitrary and unfair and created a “lords and peasants” scenario. Keep that in mind, because you’re going to want to remember that by the end of this article. # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Is_the_Hungarian_government_training diplomats_in_a_crash_course?⠀⇛ # ⚓ Telex (Hungary) ☛ Hungarian_government_reaches_technical agreement_on_most_valuable_EU_reform⠀⇛ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Tucker_Carlson,_‘Purveyor_of_Hate,’_Out_at Fox⠀⇛ Less than a week after avoiding a trial regarding its election lies with a $787.5 million settlement, Fox News announced on Monday that its top-rated prime-time host, Tucker Carlson, is leaving the network effective immediately. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Small_Town_Libraries_Don’t_Want_Imported Book_Bans⠀⇛ Growing up in Milwaukee, the local branch of the public library was always just a bus ride away. But when my family moved to central Pennsylvania when I was entering high school, we lived in a rural region that didn’t even have a public library. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Former_Wagner_Group_commander,_who_described killing_children_in_Ukraine,_brought_in_for_questioning_in Saratov_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Vladimir Osechkin, founder of the anti-corruption project Gulagu.net, says that former Wagner Group commander Azamat Uldarov has been brought in for questioning in the Saratov region. Uldarov recently described killing children as well as fellow mercenaries who refused to obey orders in Ukraine. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘Does_that_make_me_Charon?’_In_her_fiction,_Polina Barskova_is_determined_to_see_through_‘the_endless_shimmer_of untruths,_half-truths,_and_pseudo-truths.’_Anna_Razumnaya reviews_her_new_book._—_Meduza⠀⇛ When talking about her birth city, the American scholar and Russian writer Polina Barskova prefers to speak of it as “Leningrad–Petersburg.” This is deliberate. The city’s composite identity, built up over time in layers, cannot, she intimates, be either embraced or disowned piecemeal. As a historian, she is conscious of the propaganda aims implicit in each of those names: the Soviet ambitions written into “Leningrad” and the older imperial claims etched into “St. Petersburg.” As a poet, she is sensitive to the clash between the intimate lives of real people and their monolithic representations in the so-called “historical memory.” In a recent interview, she described those narratives as an “endless shimmer of untruths, half-truths, and pseudo-truths.” Barskova’s Living Pictures is a collection of stories about learning to see through this shimmering web, which proves to stretch far beyond Russia and its peculiar problems. Set in places as diverse as San Francisco, small-town Massachusetts, Siberia, and (of course) Leningrad–Petersburg, these stories come forward as searchingly intimate and by turns tender, sensuous, macabre, absurd, ambivalent, yet always immensely and movingly vulnerable. Anna Razumnaya discusses Polina Barskova’s new book and what makes it such a superbly satisfying read. # ⚓ Police_prevent_Armenian_Genocide_commemoration_in İstanbul⠀⇛ The event that had taken place in Sultanahmet could not be held in the last for years due to the bans and the pandemic. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘“Nureyev”_will_live_on,_in_freedom’_Stage director_Kirill_Serebrennikov_on_the_Bolshoi-banished_ballet and_why_Rudolf_Nureyev’s_story_matters_today_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Last week, Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater dropped Kirill Serebrennikov’s “Nureyev,” a ballet production celebrating the Soviet-born star dancer and choreographer, from its repertoire. In a series of Telegram posts, Serebrennikov responded to the cancelation, objecting to the theater’s General Manager Vladimir Urin, who said that the decision to permanently cancel the show was “only natural” in view of Russia’s new law prohibiting so-called “LGBT propaganda.” It’s certainly true that Rudolf Nureyev’s life did not conform to the Putinist idea of “traditional values” any more than it fit the Soviet canons of virtue. The bisexual dancer defected from the Soviet Union in 1961 and never looked back. Today, “Nureyev” is once again leaving the Russian stage to “live in freedom.” In his director’s statement, Kirill Serebrennikov explains the new political significance of his ballet and why he believes in the production’s future. # ⚓ Why_are_April_24_remembrances_being_banned?⠀⇛ Eren Keskin, the Chairperson of Human Rights Association who speaks to bianet about the banning of Remembrance Days on April 24 says that the Justice and Development Party has become the implementer of the official ideology which they were once complaining about. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ 300_former_foreign_correspondents_in_Moscow_demand Lavrov_release_Evan_Gershkovich_—_Meduza⠀⇛ A group of foreign journalists who used to work in Moscow published an open letter to Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov, demanding the immediate release of The Wall Street Journal correspondent Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested in Russia on espionage charges. o ⚓ The Nation ☛ What_the_UK’s_Arrest_of_a_French_Publisher_Means_for Public_Intellectuals_the_World_Over⠀⇛ London—En route to the London Book Fair, the United Kingdom’s long-running annual book-publishing trade fair, a French publisher had an unusual run-in with British border officials last week. On April 17, Ernest Moret—who works as the foreign rights manager for France’s left- leaning Éditions la Fabrique and as agent for the acclaimed science fiction writer Alain Damasio—was pulled aside for questioning at Paris’s Gare du Nord long enough to miss his train to London. He and his colleague Stella Magliani-Belkacem were able to catch a later train, only to arrive at London’s St. Pancras station to yet another surprise: plainclothes British police officers were awaiting their arrival. Once on British soil, authorities detained Moret, citing Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 based on his alleged involvement in either past or future French protests regarding the wildly unpopular pension reforms President Emmanuel Macron’s government pushed through in mid-April. o ⚓ The Nation ☛ One_Runner’s_Journey_to_Freedom⠀⇛ Adam wakes up at dawn, before everyone else, and goes for a run, circling the house he shares in Libya with other migrants, most of whom, like him, are in their teens and from the Horn of Africa. The 14-year-old is always dressed in brightly colored sportswear. After his run—a time when you might catch a rare glimpse of his smile—he jumps rope a few times before returning to the house to do some cleaning. Once the others get up, they play foosball and table tennis. Adam is considered the best table tennis player in the house, having learned it in Ethiopia, where it’s popular. o ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ 3,000_Migrants_March_Through_Mexico_to_Protest Detention_Centers⠀⇛ As the Biden administration seeks to expand its anti- immigration policies at the U.S.-Mexico border, thousands of Central and South American asylum-seekers are taking part in a march that began Sunday in southern Mexico to protest the detention centers where migrants are being held in the country—some after being expelled from the United States. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ What_the_GOP_Is_Dying_to_Ban…⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Zombie_Populism_of_Today’s_GOP⠀⇛ For all the elite hand-wringing we’ve seen over the scourge of right-wing “populism” these past seven years, the awkward fact of the matter is that populism has never aligned very closely with the long-term goals of American conservatism. Originally an uprising among the self-styled producing classes of the early industrial age, Populism sought to broaden and deepen the fundamental precepts of American democracy via the direct election of senators, popular ballot initiatives, and a new system of currency designed to reward labor over the speculative accumulation of capital. # ⚓ EFF ☛ First_Appellate_Court_Finds_Geofence_Warrant Unconstitutional⠀⇛ Geofence warrants, which we have written about extensively before, are unlike typical warrants for electronic information because they don’t name a suspect and are not even targeted to specific individuals or accounts. Instead, they require a provider—almost always Google—to search its entire reserve of user location data to identify all users or devices located in a geographic area during a time period specified by law enforcement. In the Meza case, Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department deputies were investigating a homicide and had video footage suggesting the suspects followed the victim from one location to another before committing the crime. To try to identify the unknown suspects, they sought a warrant that would force Google to turn over identifying information for every device with a Google account that was within any of six locations over a five hour window. The warrant covered time periods where people were likely to be in sensitive places, like their homes, or driving along busy streets. In total, police requested data for geographic area equivalent to about 24 football fields (five to six city blocks), which included large apartment buildings, churches, barber shops, nail salons, medical centers, restaurants, a public library, and a union headquarters. Typically, as in this case, geofence warrants lay out a three-step process by which police are supposed to execute the warrant: first, Google provides anonymized identifiers for each device within the geofenced area; second, police identify a subset of those devices and ask Google for additional information on where those devices traveled over an expanded time period; and finally, police identify a further subset of the anonymized devices and ask Google to unmask them and provide detailed account information for those device owners. A judge is only involved in issuing the initial warrant, and police have little or no direction from the court on how they should narrow down the devices they ultimately ask Google to identify. This can allow the police to arbitrarily alter the process, as they did in this case, or attempt to unmask hundreds or even thousands of devices, as they have in other cases. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_Justice_Ministry_announces_plans_to_ban passport_gender_marker_changes_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The Russian Justice Ministry is planning to pass legislation that would ban people from changing the gender markers in their passports and other identification documents, the agency’s head, Konstantin Chuychenko, told state media on Monday. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ A_New_Bill_in_Oregon_Could_Target Environmental_Protesters_as_Terrorists⠀⇛ The blue state could become the 20th in the U.S. to enact a so-called critical infrastructure law. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ 10_Years_After_Rana_Plaza,_Fast_Fashion’s Complex_Supply_Chains_Still_Put_Workers_at_Risk⠀⇛ On April 24, 2013, a multistory garment factory complex in Bangladesh called Rana Plaza collapsed, killing more than 1,000 workers and injuring another 2,500. It remains the worst accident in the history of the apparel industry and one of the deadliest industrial accidents in the world. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ There_Is_No_Future_for_a_Labor_Movement_That Fails_to_Organize_at_Amazon⠀⇛ More than 1 million US workers are employed at Amazon today—the majority at its vast network of more than 1,300 warehouses and logistics centers, with tens of thousands in tech centers around the country. That’s more workers than UPS and FedEx combined, more than the entire US auto manufacturing industry. Another 600,000 work internationally for the company. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ ‘Historic_Victory’:_Amazon_Contractor Delivery_Drivers_Join_Teamsters⠀⇛ In what the International Brotherhood of Teamsters on Monday called a “historic victory,” 84 drivers and dispatchers in Palmdale, California have joined the union and reached a tentative deal with an Amazon “delivery service partner” that may be losing its contract with the online retail giant. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Stalin_Is_Dead,Tuckums_Is_Gone,_The_Masses Rejoice⠀⇛ In good news for America, “sentient white supremacist bow tie,” “angry barking walrus,” and “worst human being known to mankind” Tucker Carlson has been unceremoniously dumped by his overlords at Faux News, evidently not for being a racist POS whose toxic $787.5 million lies threatened democracy but for bad-mouthing said overlords. America’s response: “Don’t let the door hit you on your way out. Actually, let it.” He departed declaring, “Let them eat bugs,” and still lying. Thoughts and prayers. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Tucker_Carlson,_‘Purveyor_of_Hate,’_Out_at Fox⠀⇛ Less than a week after avoiding a trial regarding its election lies with a $787.5 million settlement, Fox News announced on Monday that its top-rated prime-time host, Tucker Carlson, is leaving the network effective immediately. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Workers_Fighting_Union-Busting_May_Have_a_New Legal_Tool_at_Their_Disposal⠀⇛ A class-action lawsuit against a California-based grocery retailer could set a new precedent against union-busters. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ US-Located_Chinese_Cop_Shops_Allegedly_Targeted People_For_Comparing_President_Xi_To_Winnie_The_Pooh⠀⇛ Perhaps you may have heard the DOJ recently arrested Chinese nationals and shuttered “Chinese police stations” located in New York following an investigation into the sort of foreign national work our government tends to find repulsive, even as it does the same thing elsewhere in the world. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ DEA’s_Fentanyl_Narrative_Clown_Car_Being Overseen_By_A_‘Reformer’_Who_Replaced_Old_Corruption_With_Her Own_Brand_Of_Corruption⠀⇛ The DEA has always been ridiculous when it comes to drugs. It overplays the downside, refuses to acknowledge any upside, and has been instrumental in ensuring people suffering from mental health issues are unable to access the drugs that might help them most. # ⚓ EFF ☛ EFF_and_ECNL’s_Comment_to_the_Meta_Oversight_Board_on the_Term_‘Shaheed’⠀⇛ EFF recently submitted comments in partnership with the European Center for Not-for-Profit Law (ECNL) in response to the Oversight Board’s request for input on the moderation of the Arabic word “shaheed.” The Oversight Board was created by Meta in 2020 as an appellate body and has 27 members from around the world who review contested content moderation decisions made by the platform. The Board opened public comment on the term after accepting Meta’s request for a policy advisory opinion on its approach to moderating the term “when used to refer to individuals it classifies as dangerous, including terrorists.” EFF and ECNL’s comments address the over-moderation of the word and other Arabic-language content, particularly through the use of automated content moderation tools. The comments also highlight the practical difficulties of moderating the term, and content written in the Arabic language generally speaking due to the complexities of translating high-context languages like Arabic. Additionally, the comments highlight that refraining from using automated content moderation tools for content removal with the word “shaheed” is “imperative for ensuring the free expression of Arabic-speaking users.” # ⚓ EFF ☛ California_Bill_to_Stop_Dragnet_Surveillance_of People_Seeking_Reproductive_and_Gender-Affirming_Care_Passes Key_Committees⠀⇛ EFF is a proud co-sponsor of A.B. 793, along with ACLU California Action and If/When/How. The bill targets a type of dragnet surveillance that can compel tech companies to search their records and reveal the identities of people who have driven down a certain street or looked up particular keywords online. These demands, known as “reverse demands”, “geofence warrants,” or “keyword warrants,” enable law enforcement in states across the country to request the names and identities of people whose digital data shows they’ve (for example) spent time near a California abortion clinic or searched for information about gender- affirming care online. EFF has long opposed the use of these unconstitutional warrants; following the Dobbs decision and an increase in laws criminalizing gender-affirming case, they pose an even greater threat.  So far, California lawmakers seem to understand these dangers. The bill passed on a bipartisan vote out of the Assembly Public Safety committee on April 11. Last week, it also passed the Assembly Judiciary committee. More than 50 civil liberties, reproductive justice, healthcare equity, and LGBTQ+ advocacy groups form the support coalition on the bill, including NARAL Pro-Choice California, Equality California, Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, and the American Nurses Association/California. The bill is now headed to the Assembly Appropriations Committee. # ⚓ Erdoğan_urges_young_people_to_stay_away_from_‘pro-LGBT’ opposition⠀⇛ As the elections near, the president has resorted to religious and anti-LGBTI+ rhetoric. # ⚓ Over_100_journalists,_lawyers,_politicians_detained_in raids_targeting_pro-Kurdish_groups⠀⇛ The police raided homes and offices across 21 cities. The charges are still unclear. # ⚓ Police_officers_accused_of_torturing_child_indicted_for ‘deprivation_of_liberty’⠀⇛ The indictment has been criticized by lawyers who argue that the prosecutors are trying to let the perpetrators get away with their crimes. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Former_law_enforcement_officer_sentenced_to_seven years_in_penal_colony_for_private_phone_conversations, qualified_as_‘public’_since_phone_line_was_tapped_—_Meduza⠀⇛ A Moscow court sentenced Semiel Vedel, a former captain of the Interior Ministry’s Internal Service, to seven years in prison for “spreading fakes” about the Russian military, Mediazona reports. # ⚓ Craig Murray ☛ Defence_Fund_Appeal_–_United_Nations_Human Rights_Committee⠀⇛ Now that precisely the same individuals who organised the conspiracy to frame Alex Salmond are under heavy police investigation for financial fraud, many people are now prepared to listen who refused to do so before. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Norwegian_Refugee_Council:_Violence, Climate_&_Poverty_Are_Fueling_Migration_from_Central America⠀⇛ We continue our conversation with Jan Egeland, secretary general of the Norwegian Refugee Council, who has just returned from Honduras. He calls on the international community to do more to help in Central America, where one in three people are in urgent need of humanitarian aid, and gangs, drug trafficking and violence are forcing many to flee north. North Americans, says Egeland, must “honor the legitimate asylum applications for protection of people” from their “own neighborhood.” o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Dumb_State_Laws_Blocking_Community_Broadband Could_Mar_Historic_Subsidy_Efforts⠀⇛ We’ve noted a few times how there’s an absolutely historic infusion of more than $60 billion in broadband subsidies on the way thanks to both COVID relief (American Rescue Plan Act) and the recent infrastructure bill (Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act). o § Monopolies⠀➾ # § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ Precedential_No._13:_TTAB_Allows Cancellation_Respondent_to_Correct_Registration Ownership⠀⇛ The underlying application for the registered mark FAT BEAR for motor scooters was filed in the name of Fatbear Scooters, LLC on December 19, 2019, but that entity did not exist as of the filing date. Petitioner Phat Scooters moved for partial summary judgment on its claim that the registration is void ab initio because the application was not filed by the rightful owner of the mark. The Board, however, allowed the respondent to correct the misidentification because the error was “inadvertent, made in good faith, and has been formalized through the filing of and issuance of the limited liability certificate.” Phat_Scooters,_Inc._v._Fatbear Scooters,_LLC,_Isaac_Ashkenazie_and_Isaac_D. Ashkenazie_d/b/a_Fatbear_Scooters, 2023 USPQ2d 486 (TTAB 2023) [precedential]. # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ EFF ☛ The_DMCA_Cannot_Protect_You_From_Your_Own Words⠀⇛ This is exactly what happened recently to a journalist who resurfaced an actor’s own words to raise concern about his actions. When David Choe came back into the public eye thanks to his role in a popular Netflix series, some people, including investigative journalist Aura Bogado, remembered a story he told in a 2014 podcast about sexually assaulting a masseuse. Bogado talked about it on Twitter and included a link to the video clip from the podcast (which she had obtained from fellow journalist Melissa Stetten, who broke the story in 2014). Choe responded to the controversy in at least two ways: by insisting he fabricated the story, and by using false copyright claims to try to get the video erased from the internet. His first strategy may be effective. The second should not be. The David Young Choe Foundation claims it owns the copyright in the podcast, which may or may not extend to the specific episode in question. But whether or not Choe owns the rights, Bogado’s posting of the short clip was an obviously lawful fair use – classic criticism and commentary, with receipts. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Leaked_EC_Plan_to_Combat_IPTV_Piracy Disappoints_Rightsholders⠀⇛ After informing rightsholders there would be no new legislation to tackle online piracy of live sports, the European Commission said it would come up with a “toolbox” to fight illegal streams – under existing law already dismissed by rightsholders as inadequate. The EC’s recommendations have already leaked online and according to reports, rightsholders are very disappointed. o § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ # § Personal⠀➾ # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_AGINUTQ_Wordo:_CALLA⠀⇛ # ⚓ Cars_and_Power_Demonstration⠀⇛ I have thought about cars a lot because ever since I was young I have amassed a large amount of miniatures, and here are some of them. Obviously, the first and foremost of cars is to get people from one place to another. I’m not going to discuss any aspect of this, because it’s not my focus, and anyway smarter people have already made enough comments about that. I’d like to instead discuss a more side-effect aspect, which is hinted at in the title above. # § Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ trademarks_patents_copyrights⠀⇛ Trademarks, patents, and copyrights are different types of intellectual property. And they are all annoying. So are licenses. And all of this. Wherever it’s a choice, MIT+Apache-2.0 dual- license. Same for documents if they are embedded. # ⚓ Here_we_go_round_the_tech_failure_bush⠀⇛ And now I can’t remember what URL I submitted that worked the first time. I think I also changed things on my end in a way possibly provoking trouble. I think when I first submitted my gemlog URL, I had no index.gmi file therein. But now I do. Regardless, I’ve tried submitting just the URL to the gemlog directory, then another to the index.gmi file therein… I’ve tried reuploading the new post file and the index.gmi file to force timestamp updates… but I’m still not seeing that new post hit Antenna. # § Programming⠀➾ # ⚓ Dabbling_in_Dart⠀⇛ I work at a big tech company on a programming language called Dart. So, naturally I use it for any hobby programming and will probably end up writing Dart code to interact with Gemini. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3660 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 04.25.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_25/04/2023:_RapidDisk_9.1.0_and_Microsoft_Revenue_Down_in_Many_Areas⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 4:36 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Audiocasts/Shows o Applications o Instructionals/Technical * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o New_Releases o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Debian_Family o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Devices/Embedded o Open_Hardware/Modding o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Programming/Development # Perl_/_Raku # Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh * Leftovers o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Monopolies # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Technical # Internet/Gemini * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Tux Digital ☛ Destination_Linux_320:_The_Chumby_on_Jill’s Treasure_Hunt!⠀⇛ This week’s episode of Destination Linux, we will be visiting Jill’s computer museum to check out The Chumby in Jill’s Treasure Hunt. Then we take a look at some new offering from Pine64. # ⚓ 320:_The_Chumby_on_Jill’s_Treasure_Hunt!⠀⇛ # ⚓ Late_Night_Linux_–_Episode_226⠀⇛ Great new releases of Fedora and Ubuntu, growing pains as Red Hat turns 30, Firefox continues to improve, old drive encryption can be cracked, and KDE Korner. # ⚓ WordPress ☛ WP_Briefing:_Episode_54:_A_Bill_of_Rights_for the_Open_Web⠀⇛ Join WordPress Executive Director Josepha Haden Chomphosy in the 54th episode of the WordPress Briefing as she explores the concept of the four freedoms of open source and likens it to today’s Bill of Rights for the open web. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Petros Koutoupis ☛ RapidDisk_9.1.0_now_available⠀⇛ RapidDisk is an advanced Linux RAM Disk which consists of a collection of modules and an administration tool. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Network World ☛ Understanding_Linux_file_system_types⠀⇛ You may not spend much time contemplating the characteristics of the file systems on your Linux system, but the differences between the various file system types can be both interesting and highly relevant. This article explains commands that you can use to verify your file system types and describes their differences. # ⚓ UNIX Cop ☛ How_to_install_CyberPanel_on_Ubuntu_22.04_/ 20.04⠀⇛ Hello, dear friends. In this post, you will learn how to install CyberPanel on Ubuntu 22.04 / 20.04. This is one of the best admin panels that we can find for all Linux and the installation of this is very easy. # ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ VirtualBox_7_on_Fedora_38:_A_Complete Installation_Guide⠀⇛ VirtualBox 7 + Fedora 38: The perfect combination for virtualization enthusiasts. Our installation guide has all the details. # ⚓ Linux Journal ☛ Installing_and_Using_Yarn_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛ Yarn is a powerful JavaScript package manager that is compatible with npm and helps automate the process of installing, updating, configuring, and removing npm packages. Yarn provides speed and reliability by caching downloaded packages and parallelizing operations. In this tutorial, we will cover how to install both the latest version and classic version of Yarn on Ubuntu, along with an overview of basic Yarn commands and options. # ⚓ How_to_install_XFCE_GUI_on_AWS_Ubuntu_EC2_Instance⠀⇛ Whether you are running Ubuntu 22.04 or 20.04 or any other version of this Linux, here we learn the commands to install XFCE GUI on Ubuntu Linux running on AWS EC2 Instance. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ Redis_Made_Easy:_A_Step-by-Step_Guide_to Installing_Redis_on_AlmaLinux_9⠀⇛ Redis is a popular and open-source in-memory key- value data store. It supports various data structures such as Hash, Lists, Sets, Strings, and many more. This tutorial will show you how to install and configure Redis on the AlmaLinux 9 server. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_Cacti_on_Rocky_Linux⠀⇛ Cacti is an open-source web-based monitoring tool based on PHP and MySQL. This guide will teach you how to install the cacti monitoring tool on the Rocky Linux system. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Customize_Ubuntu_23.04_to_Look_Like macOS⠀⇛ Ubuntu 23.04 Lunar Lobster, released in April 2023, brings forth many exciting features. Despite intense competition from OSes such as macOS and Windows, Ubuntu has still managed to create a niche for itself in the market. If you are an Ubuntu aficionado fascinated by macOS’s layout, you can imbibe the look and feel onto your Ubuntu 23.04 desktop. With these basic but effective methods, you can make Ubuntu look like macOS. So let’s start customizing your Ubuntu 23.04 desktop so it looks like macOS. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ Slashdot ☛ KaOS_Linux_Celebrates_10_Years_with_New_ISO Release_Featuring_Pre-Release_KDE_Plasma_6⠀⇛ o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Red Hat ☛ How_to_debug_OpenShift_operators_on_a_live cluster_using_dlv⠀⇛ Debugging operators can be tricky, especially if the operator needs to be debugged on a live cluster, which is useful for developing Red_Hat OpenShift cluster operators. Remotely running delve debugger inside the container helps in this case. This article is about debugging operators live in an OpenShift cluster on the fly by rebuilding the operator container image and using go dlv remotely through the oc port-forward. # ⚓ Red Hat ☛ Optimize_container_images_for_NGINX_and_Apache HTTPd⠀⇛ Container image size matters. Let’s look at an experiment that reduced Apache HTTP and NGINX servers to micro container images. This article walks through the process we used to achieve the final result, plus how many megabytes (MB) this approach saved. For this experiment, we used Fedora RPMs, but a similar approach should work in other operating systems or container images, as you see in the list of available images (there is an Apache HTTP server image that uses CentOS Stream 8 and 9 RPMs). A shortcut: If you are only interested in the result and want to try out the micro variant of Apache HTTP or NGINX server container images, check out the images in the following registries. # ⚓ Red Hat Official ☛ How_to_install_Red_Hat_OpenShift_Local on_your_laptop⠀⇛ Install Red Hat OpenShift Local on your own machine to test your applications and configurations before deployment. # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ GPT-4:_5_ways_it_can_help_your digital_transformation [Ed: Red Hat hyping up Microsoft. Who does this company exist to serve anyway?]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ Artificial_intelligence:_6_ways_it improves_decision-making [Ed: Did Red Hat outsource marketing to Microsoft?]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ 5_Harvard_Business_Review_articles that_will_resonate_with_CIOs_right_now⠀⇛ # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ 4_ways_CIOs_are_rethinking_digital transformation⠀⇛ # ⚓ Enterprisers Project ☛ Reimagining_employee_retention:_4 tips⠀⇛ o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Bits_from_Debian:_Debian_Project_Leader_Election_2023, Jonathan_Carter_re-elected⠀⇛ The voting period for the Debian Project Leader election has ended, with all of the votes tallied we announce the winner is: Jonathan Carter, who has been elected for the forth time. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Canonical_Releases_Ubuntu_23.04_with_Azure_Active_Directory Support [Ed: Canonical markets Ubuntu to Micrtosofters]⠀⇛ Last week, Canonical announced the release of Ubuntu 23.04. The latest version of its Linux distribution includes improved Azure Active Directory support, a new desktop installer, and other enterprise-focused features. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Electronics Weekly ☛ Ros_2_robotics_software_now_on_iWave single-board_computers_running_Ubuntu_20.04⠀⇛ ROS is a software run-time and communication protocol, intended to allow complex software to be designed without specific hardware knowledge. Also available on Windows and MacOS, ROS versions for Ubuntu are linked to the version of Ubuntu. “ROS is an open-source robot meta-operating system,” according to iWave. “It performs operating-system-like functions such as hardware abstraction, low-level device control, implementation of commonly-used functionality, message passing between processes, and package management. ROS also includes tools and libraries for acquiring, constructing, writing, and running code across multiple computers.” o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Arduino ☛ Detect_a_crying_baby_with_tinyML_and_synthetic data⠀⇛ When a baby cries, it is almost always due to something that is wrong, which could include, among other things, hunger, thirst, stomach pain, or too much noise. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Phone Arena ☛ Cops_ask_Android_users_to_disable_Emergency SOS_over_accidental_911_calls_–_PhoneArena⠀⇛ # ⚓ Giz China ☛ Delete_These_19_Malicious_Android_Apps_Now!_– Gizchina.com⠀⇛ # ⚓ SlashGear ☛ 10_Best_Drawing_Apps_For_Android_Phones⠀⇛ # ⚓ Lifewire ☛ Nokia_Welcomes_Android_13_and_the_April_Security Patch_to_the_G11_Plus⠀⇛ # ⚓ CNET ☛ At_$479,_OnePlus’_First_Android_Tablet_Looks_to Stand_Out_in_the_Crowd_–_CNET⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Medevel ☛ Open_Source_is_Striving_in_Latin_America,_Here_is Why!⠀⇛ Latin America is undoubtedly a thriving hub for open source software development. The region boasts a significant number of highly skilled open-source developers, and the community is consistently making remarkable strides towards creating innovative solutions that cater to various industries. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Medevel ☛ Blitz_Adds_Full-stack_Engine_To_Next.js⠀⇛ Next.js is a popular React-based framework for building scalable web apps. It can also be used to build desktop apps using Tauri or Nextron, or mobile apps using Iconic. Although it comes bare- bones, it has a vast ecosystem and strong community support. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ 13_Most_Used_Open-source_Free_Laravel_CMS_For Building_Scalable_Sites_In_2023⠀⇛ What is a Laravel? Laravel is a free, open-source PHP web application framework that has revolutionized the way web development is done. Created in 2011 by Taylor Otwell, Laravel has quickly become one of the most popular PHP frameworks in the world, and for good reason. # ⚓ Josef_Strzibny:_Reflections_on_my_24h_startup_challenge⠀⇛ I completed a first startup challenge I set for myself. 24 hours and 30 days to build an MVP and find people to try it. How it went and what’s next? # ⚓ Jonathan Dowland ☛ Jonathan_Dowland:_Separate_hledgers⠀⇛ In a_previous_blog_post I described the use of virtual postings to track accidental personal/ family expenses. I’ve always been uncomfortable with that, and in hledger_1yr I outlined a potential scheme for finally addressing the virtual posting problem. # ⚓ Drew DeVault ☛ Who_should_lead_us?⠀⇛ Consider these two people, each captured in the midst of delivering a technical talk. Based on appearances alone, what do you think of them? The person on the left is a woman. She’s also pretty young, one might infer something about her level of experience accordingly. I imagine that she has led a much different life than I have, and may have a much different perspective, worldview, identity, and politics than I. Does she complain about sexism and discrimination in her work? Is she a feminist? Does she lean left or right on the political spectrum? The person on the right looks like most of the hackers I’ve met. You’ve met someone who looks like this a thousand times. He is a man, white and middle-aged – that suggests a fair bit of experience. He probably doesn’t experience or concern himself with race or gender discrimination in the course of his work. He just focuses on the software. His life experiences probably map relatively well onto my own, and we may share a similar worldview and identity. Making these assumptions is a part of human nature – it’s a useful shortcut in many situations. But they are assumptions based only on appearances. What are the facts? # § Perl / Raku⠀➾ # ⚓ Rakulang ☛ rakudoweekly:_2023.17_ReleasePeriod⠀⇛ This week saw a number of remarkable releases: first of all a new version of Rakudo (2023.04), which was released by Justin DeVuyst (with the binary packages for various Linux distributions by Claudio Ramirez, including for the latest Ubuntu and Fedora). This was followed up by the release of Rakudo Star 2023.04 by Anton Oks. # § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾ # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Bash_Examples_for_“Press_any_key_to continue…”⠀⇛ In this article, we will explore the techniques for detecting keypresses in Bash scripts and how to make your script wait for user input before proceeding. This skill is essential when developing interactive shell applications that require user interaction or confirmation before executing specific actions. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ AMLO_tests_positive_for_COVID-19,_says it’s_‘not_serious’⠀⇛ President López Obrador has tested positive for COVID-19 for a third time, but he says he is fine and will return to work within the week. # ⚓ NYPost ☛ Carbon_monoxide_deaths_are_climbing,_putting families_in_peril:_‘My_son_is_lucky_to_be_alive’⠀⇛ Kristie Dusenberry, a mother and grandmother who lives with her family on a farm in American Falls, Idaho, knows all too well the devastating impacts of carbon monoxide poisoning. o § Proprietary⠀➾ # ⚓ Dow_Jones_Losses_Deepen_In_Afternoon_Trading_As_Google, Microsoft_Earnings_Loom⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Wall Street Journal ☛ Microsoft_Earnings_Growth_Likely Slowed_Last_Quarter_Amid_Economic_Concerns [Ed: Notice how they blame other companies for this "deceleration"]⠀⇛ # ⚓ Nasdaq ☛ Microsoft_(MSFT)_to_Downsize_Office_Space_With Redmond_Exit⠀⇛ Microsoft currently occupies most of the space in Millennium Corporate Park. CBRE is marketing 497,193 square feet out of the 537,000 square-foot campus. This plan was followed by Microsoft’s earlier plans to reduce office space by 1.7 million square feet by not renewing leases in Bellevue and Issaquah. Microsoft has also put the development of campus expansion project on hold. # ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Microsoft_365_search_outage_affects Outlook,_Teams,_and_SharePoint⠀⇛ Microsoft is investigating an ongoing issue preventing some customers from using the search functionality across multiple Microsoft 365 services. # ⚓ Engadget ☛ Microsoft_will_reportedly_unbundle_Teams_from Office_to_avoid_antitrust_concerns⠀⇛ Microsoft has agreed to stop bundling its Teams remote collaboration software with its Office productivity suite, according to Financial Times. # ⚓ Salesforce’s_Tableau_to_Sublease_212,000_SQFT_In_Seattle and_Kirkland [Ed: Proprietary monoliths perishing, leaving empty offices]⠀⇛ Salesforce, the tech giant that owns Seattle-based Tableau, is further contributing to the softening office market in the area by giving up significant amounts of office space in two Tableau buildings located in Seattle and Kirkland, according to a report in the Seattle Times. The company confirmed the news in April, revealing plans to sublease almost 120,000 square feet at the Data 1 building in Seattle’s Fremont neighborhood, close to Tableau’s headquarters, as well as an additional 92,000 square feet at Kirkland Urban, a mixed-use development. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ LinuxInsider ☛ Lazarus_Hackers’_Linux_Malware_Linked_to_3CX Supply-Chain_Attack [Ed: The issue here is 3CX, not "Linux"]⠀⇛ New cyber research connects the infamous North Korea-aligned Lazarus Group behind the Linux malware attack called Operation DreamJob to the 3CX supply-chain attack. # ⚓ Kubernetes Blog ☛ Blog:_Updates_to_the_Auto-refreshing Official_CVE_Feed⠀⇛ Since launching the Auto-refreshing_Official_CVE feed as an alpha feature in the 1.25 release, we have made significant improvements and updates. We are excited to announce the release of the beta version of the feed. This blog post will outline the feedback received, the changes made, and talk about how you can help as we prepare to make this a stable feature in a future Kubernetes Release. # ⚓ Golang_crypto/ecdh_and_the_TPM⠀⇛ I have lately been trying to learn more about the Trusted Platform Module (TPM) as they are capable of key creation and sealing secrets in a secure manner. They are common hardware these days and make for a reasonable ways to store secrets. # ⚓ Ghacks ☛ Mozilla_confirms_memory_leak_in_Firefox⠀⇛ Mozilla confirmed a rare memory leak in recent versions of its open source web browser Firefox that occurs under rare conditions. The organization released Firefox 112.0.1 a few days ago, the latest stable version of the web browser. The update addressed a issue related to cookies in Firefox. Affected Firefox versions would set the last used date of cookies thousands of years in the future, which had the result that users were logged out of web services. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ ACLU ☛ Is_the_Government_Tracking_Your_Social_Media Activity?⠀⇛ The Biden administration has been quietly deploying and expanding programs that surveil what people say on social media, using tools that allow agents and analysts to invisibly monitor the vast amount of protected speech that occurs online. For years, these kinds of tools have been increasingly used for a range of controversial law enforcement and intelligence purposes. But some of the most troubling programs continuously monitor the social media posts of non-citizens to decide who gets to live, study, or stay in the United States. # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Over_half_of_Finns_worried_about card_security,_yet_card_payments_remain_popular_for_app purchases [Ed: Use cash, it's a lot safer in most ways. Better for human rights, too. It can even save your life if mugging attempted. It's better to give away all your cash than to give away some "smart" phone, which typically means you lose far more than just the worth of the phone.]⠀⇛ A recent national survey conducted by Qvik, a Finnish mobile app development company, has found that over half (53%) of Finnish people are worried about the security of their bank or credit card information when saving their details on mobile apps for payments. However, despite these concerns, people of almost all ages still prefer to pay for applications on their smartphones or tablets using a bank or credit card. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Axios ☛ Susan_Rice_to_leave_White_House_domestic_policy post⠀⇛ Susan Rice, the director of the White House Domestic Policy Council, is stepping down from her post, President_Biden announced Monday. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine_Says_Russian_Troops_Are_Evacuating Civilians_From_Occupied_Areas_of_South⠀⇛ Russian troops are forcibly relocating residents near the southern city of Kherson as fighting there intensifies, Ukrainian officials said Sunday. # ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ No,_Saudi_Arabia_did_NOT_do_9/11⠀⇛ The bombshell 911 news this past week, is that a freshly-published court filing from Jul 2021, has revealed at least two of the 19 alleged “hijackers” may have been recruited by the CIA. o § Environment⠀➾ # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Senator_proposes_bill_to_create ‘national_plan’_for_green_hydrogen⠀⇛ If the bill passes Congress, it will mandate the nation’s energy ministry to research the feasibility of a state-owned hydrogen company. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Urban_sprawl_guarenteed_the_success_of online_retail⠀⇛ (This was originally written last week, but I didn’t get around to posting. I’ve set the publish date to today). A recent TV ad in Japan for the world’s largest online retailer was supposed to highlight its impressive automated warehouses and logistics, but instead it served to connect the dots for me on something I’ve been thinking about for years. # ⚓ CNN ☛ 2023_layoff_tracker:_The_latest_on_which_companies have_announced_job_cuts_|_CNN_Business⠀⇛ BuzzFeed, Lyft, Whole Foods and Deloitte all recently announced layoffs affecting thousands of US workers. They join a growing list of companies cutting back on their workforce this year amid concerns about economic uncertainty, as well as the need to rightsize after going on a hiring spree during the pandemic. # ⚓ ICIJ ☛ U.S._Treasury_faces_a_wave_of_criticism_over faltering_push_to_unmask_anonymous_companies_and_track_dirty money⠀⇛ # ⚓ Gap_Inc_to_cut_hundreds_of_jobs_in_another_round_of layoffs:_report⠀⇛ # ⚓ TechCrunch ☛ RapidAPI,_valued_at_$1_billion_last_year,_cuts staff_by_50%⠀⇛ Rapid (previously known as RapidAPI), a startup that built out an API marketplace valued at $1 billion last year, is cutting 50% of its staff TechCrunch has learned. According to an email to employees from CEO Marc Friend viewed by TechCrunch, the move is part of “a significant restructuring” in an effort to “right- size the company.” # ⚓ Axios ☛ Cable_news_in_chaos_after_3_major_departures⠀⇛ A slew of shocking media firings, all occurring in less than 24 hours for different reasons, has thrown the cable news industry into a tailspin. Why it matters: Cable news is already under extraordinary_pressure to survive. But the drama engulfing some of the industry’s top personnel is putting a spotlight on how chaotic the industry has become. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ With_14,600_millionaires,_Johannesburg_is_Africa’s wealthiest_city⠀⇛ South Africa’s commercial capital, Johannesburg, remains Africa’s wealthiest city. # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ At_6.24%,_inflation_drops_to_lowest level_in_18_months⠀⇛ According to government statistics released Monday, inflation hasn’t been lower since October 2021, although interest rates remain high. # ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ Pluralistic:_How_Goldman_Sachs’s_“tax-loss harvesting”_lets_the_ultra-rich_rake_in_billions_tax-free_(24 Apr_2023)⠀⇛ With the IRS Files, Propublica ripped away the veil of performative complexity disguising the scams that the ultra-rich use to amass billions and billions (and billions and billions) of dollars, paying next to no tax, or even no tax at all. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Elon_Musk_Just_Had_His_Most_Humiliating Weekend_at_Twitter_Yet⠀⇛ Musk trolled and punished people by forcing them to have blue checks, which were meant to be a sought- after status symbol that would drive revenue. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Fox_Replaces_Tucker_Carlson_with_Lying_Chatbot [Ed: Satire: sounds like a job for Microsoft. Bots that "lie" or spread falsehoods.]⠀⇛ Fox chairman Rupert Murdoch said that the former host had been “rendered obsolete by swift advances in lying technology.” # ⚓ Axios ☛ “This_changes_things_permanently”:_Tucker_Carlson firing_stuns_conservatives⠀⇛ Primetime host Tucker Carlson’s abrupt_firingfrom Fox News has sent shock waves throughout the political and media ecosystem, driving a wedge between the conservative movement and the biggest platform in cable news. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ On_theCUBE_Pod:_Elon_Musk’s_very_bad_week and_the_ban_on_TikTok_in_Montana⠀⇛ There’s no question that Elon Musk had a tough week. On April 20, the Space Exploration Technologies Corp.’s, known as SpaceX, Starship rocket blew up just minutes after launch.  Musk’s chaotic tenure at X Corp. (formerly Twitter Inc.) also entered an uncertain new phase as it removed “legacy” blue checkmarks from formerly verified accounts… § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ * ⚓ Quartz ☛ Rishi_Sunak_took_questions_on_LinkedIn—and_no_one_mentioned inflation,_strikes,_or_the_NHS [Ed: Microsoft controls (and censors for) the British government]⠀⇛ Ahead of Rishi Sunak’s first event on LinkedIn, the British prime minister invited members of the public to submit questions that he would answer live. § Monopolies⠀➾ * § Copyrights⠀➾ o ⚓ Quartz ☛ A_jury_is_weighing_up_Ed_Sheeran’s_“Thinking_Out_Loud” against_Marvin_Gaye’s_“Let’s_Get_It_On”⠀⇛ Was Ed Sheeran’s“Thinking Out Loud”a rip-off of Marvin Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On”? o ⚓ Public Knowledge ☛ Public_Knowledge_Responds_to_Ninth_Circuit_of Appeals_Epic_v._Apple_Decision⠀⇛ Today, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Apple’s favor in the ongoing Epic v. Apple litigation over Apple’s App Store rules that force developers like Epic to pay Apple up to 30% of the revenue they earn from digital transactions in apps. Its litigation against Google is ongoing. § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ * § Personal⠀➾ o ⚓ Strings_To_Numbers⠀⇛ Suppose we wish to convert strings to numbers. There are various reasons for this; a trivial one is to colorize IRC nicknames or by a hostname according to some algorithm. Lagrange apparently does this to colorize gemini capsules, so you might cheat and look at how it does that. Hostnames are already numbers, sequences of them, though we may want to color particular hosts in particular ways, maybe hosts under .com should be similar to one another. Another and more typical way would be to feed the sequence of numbers into a hash function, a digital equivalent of sausage. o ⚓ A_rub,_or_a_couple_rubs⠀⇛ Well, I’ve got a rub or two that I’d love to discuss. Not as dramatic as death, only as dramatic as taxes. The rubs in question have to do with sustainable living, and the so-called Green Movement. The former concept I really appreciate, the latter I view as a form of societal cancer. * § Technical⠀➾ o § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Exposed_Capsule_Directories⠀⇛ My capsule currently uses Jetforce, a Python-based Gemini server. I’ve been quite happy with its versatility and ease of setup, and I think it works well for anyone who wants a no-nonsense hosting solution. The invocation for Jetforce includes an “–index- file FILE” flag, which tells the server to check if a given directory contains a file named “FILE”, and if so, serve that file instead of listing the directory’s contents. I have enabled this flag on my server, as I suspect most others have. If the index file is not present, the server still lists the directory’s contents. I did not take this fact into mind–I simply assumed the server would give a resource-not-found error. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 4672 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 04.25.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_24/04/2023:_A_Focus_on_Red_Hat_and_Fedora⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 3:56 am 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 Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Events o Productivity_Software/LibreOffice/Calligra o Programming/Development * Leftovers o Proprietary o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy/Transportation o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Digital_Restrictions_(DRM) o Monopolies # Patents # Copyrights * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal o Technical # Internet/Gemini * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Kernel_Podcast:_S2E4_–_2023/04/24⠀⇛ Linus Torvalds announced the release of Linux 6.3, noting, “It’s been a calm release this time around, and the last week was really no different. So here we are, right on schedule”. As usual, the KernelNewbies website has a summary_of_Linux_6.3, including links to the appropriate LWN (Linux Weekly News) articles with deep dives for each new feature (if you like this podcast and want to support Linux Kernel journalism, please subscribe to_Linux_Weekly_News). Linux 6.3 includes additional support for the Rust programming language, a new red-black tree data structure for BPF programs, and the removal of a large number of legacy Arm systems.  With the release of Linux 6.3 comes the opening of the “merge window” (period of time during which disruptive changes are allowed to be merged into the kernel source code) for what will be Linux 6.4 in another couple of months. The next podcast release will include a full summary. o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ The_6.3_kernel_is_released⠀⇛ Significant changes in this release include the removal of a lot of obsolete Arm board files and drivers, ongoing improvements to the (still minimal) Rust language support, red-black trees for BPF programs, ID-mapped mounts for tmpfs filesystems, BIG TCP support for IPv4, support for non-executable memfds, the hwnoise jitter- measurement tool, and a lot more. See the LWN merge-window summaries (part 1, part 2) and the (in-progress) KernelNewbies 6.3 page for more information. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Machine_Learning_in_Linux:_Upscaler_–_upscale and_enhance_images [Ed: CEO quoted and positive spin]⠀⇛ Our Machine Learning in Linux series focuses on apps that make it easy to experiment with machine learning. Upscaler is GUI GTK4 software that uses sophisticated AI models to enhance your images by guessing what the details could be. It’s free and open source software. There’s a similar project we’ve reviewed called Upscayler. Upscaler is a different project, but both Upscaler and Upscayler are GUI frontends for Real-ESRGAN, software which creates practical algorithms for general image/video restoration. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Alternatives_to_popular_CLI_tools_for_Linux⠀⇛ One of the many strengths of Linux is that there are lots of choices. This series looks at alternatives to popular CLI tools. Many of them are classic commands that have been modernised in some way, such as written in a funky programming language with additional functionality added. The alternatives are not necessarily drop-in replacements. The vast majority of alternatives offer a CLI, but we don’t exclude GUI tools. This is a new series, so bear with us while we ramp up the compilation. All the software featured here is free and open source. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ How_to_Enable_AppImage_Support_in_Ubuntu 23.04⠀⇛ If you’re an avid user of AppImages wondering why they don’t appear to work in Ubuntu 23.04, I’ve got you covered. # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Optimise_your_ROS_snap_–_Part_5⠀⇛ Welcome to Part 5 of our “Optimise your ROS snap” blog series. Make sure to check Part 4. This fifth part is going to cover two different optimisations. The first one, covers the compression algorithm. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Set_Up_Linux_and_Linux_Apps_on_a Windows_PC⠀⇛ Virtual machines have been around for a while—since 1999, to be precise, when VMware first introduced the concept of virtualization. They have evolved multiple times over the years, but the primary purpose is still the same: to help you run a specific operating system on top of a ‘host’ computer that works on a different OS. Windows has a few options to choose from when it comes to picking a virtual machine. VirtualBox, VMware, and Bootcamp are some of the free options you can try out. And then there’s Parallels, Bluestacks, etc., on the proprietary side, too. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ Adriaan de Groot ☛ Akonadi_with_SQLite_on_FreeBSD⠀⇛ On FreeBSD, the default database for Akonadi is now SQLite3. Existing users of MySQL as the database are unaffected. “Unaffected” is perhaps not the whole truth. There’s an update to MySQL in the FreeBSD ports tree which bumps the default MySQL from 5.7 to 8.0, which happened to my workstation as well. After that, Akonadi would no longer start because MySQL wouldn’t accept the data directory. This is what I found in ~/.local/ share/akonadi/db_data/mysql.err: [..]. # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ OpenSource.com ☛ What’s_new_in_GNOME_44⠀⇛ I use GNOME as my primary desktop environment on my Linux PC at home. GNOME gives me an easy-to-use graphical desktop that provides the flexibility I need yet doesn’t get in my way when I focus on my work. GNOME recently released GNOME 44 with a bunch of new features. I reached out to the GNOME team to ask about the latest version and what was in it. Here’s what team members Caroline Henriksen (brand manager), Matthias Clasen (GNOME developer and release team member), and Allan Day (design team) had to share. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Xorg_back_to_old-school_without_libinput⠀⇛ The Easy Dunfell-series does not have ‘xf86-input- libinput’ nor ‘libinput’ packages. Doesn’t have ‘xf86-input-tslib’ nor ‘tslib’ packages either. For the Kirstone-series, decided to get more “with it” and added the above packages. However, ‘xf86-input-tslib’ crashes Xorg on my Acer Aspire 3 laptop. Which doesn’t have a touchscreen. o § New Releases⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Arch-based_blendOS_has_a_Cool_Trick_up_its Sleeve⠀⇛ Imagine being able to install apps from Arch, Fedora, Ubuntu, Android, and even the web onto a single distribution. That’s what blendOS does. Created by the same maintainer as Ubuntu Unity, blendOS allows you to use the native Arch package manager (pacman), as well as dnf (from Fedora) and apt (from Ubuntu). Both dnf and apt are made available as containers by way of the Podman container runtime engine (with a bit of help from Distrobox for init and NVIDIA driver support). Even though blendOS is based on Arch Linux, the developers have made it such that you can use any app from a supported distro. On top of that, you can choose between either the GNOME or KDE Plasma desktop. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Red_Hat_Layoffs_Help_Company_‘Compete_In_a_New Environment’⠀⇛ Early Monday morning, Matt Hicks, who has served as the company’s president and CEO for less than a year, sent a company-wide email announcing the Red Hat layoffs. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ IBM_pauses_counting_its_billions_to_trim Red_Hat_staff⠀⇛ On Monday, Matt Hicks, CEO of IBM-owned Red Hat, said the Linux distro maker plans to lay off just under four percent of its roughly 20,000 person workforce, which amounts to less than 800 people. In a published note, Hicks said the staff reductions will occur over the next few months. “Our reductions will focus on general and administrative and similar roles across all functions and represent a reduction of just under four percent in total,” he said. “We will not reduce roles directly selling to customers or building our products.” # ⚓ Fedora Magazine ☛ Fedora_Magazine:_The_Community_Platform Engineering_F2F_2023_Experience_–_Part_I⠀⇛ The Community_Platform_Engineering_team is a Red Hat-sponsored team dedicated to the Fedora_Project and CentOS_Project that contributes to developing limited-scoped projects called initiatives, maintaining the community infrastructure, and helping manage releases of our offerings. As a remote-only team, the members were unable to get many opportunities to strategize the next big thing as a team and to bond with their fellow teammates beyond the scope of the designated work. Owing to the fact that the last team face-to-face meeting took place in Waterford City, Ireland in 2019, it became necessary for the team to meet up again when the travel restrictions started loosening up. After all, the popular saying “absence makes the heart grow fonder” applies to everyone — even to community members and teammates, right? Barcelona, Spain was selected as the destination for the team face-to-face meeting and the duration was picked to be from 20th March 2023 to 23rd March 2023. As this was going to be one of the first times that people started embarking on travels again after a long spell of inactivity during COVID-19, the management made sure to begin the travel planning and event management well in advance to account for everyone in the team. This was no small feat to achieve considering the fact that the team had grown significantly since the last team face-to-face meeting; both in terms of member counts and scope diversity. The common accommodation point was chosen to be Hotel_Abba Balmoral,_Barcelona for the entire team, which is located at the very heart of the city and around a walking distance from the nearest Red_Hat_office. # ⚓ Fedora_Infrastructure_Status:_FMN_frontend_outage⠀⇛ FMN’s web interface will be inaccessible during the outage, but the backend service that sends notifications will keep running. No notification will be lost. # ⚓ NeuroFedora ☛ The_NeuroFedora_Blog:_Next_Open_NeuroFedora meeting:_24_April_1300_UTC⠀⇛ Please join us at the next regular Open NeuroFedora team meeting on Monday 24 April at 1300 UTC. The meeting is a public meeting, and open for everyone to attend. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Ubuntu Fridge ☛ The_Fridge:_Ubuntu_Weekly_Newsletter_Issue 784⠀⇛ Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 784 for the week of April 16 – 22, 2023. The full version of this issue is available here. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Attention_Android_Users_—_Activate_This_New_Privacy_Setting to_Help_Keep_Thieves_Out_of_Your_Phone_«_Android_::_Gadget Hacks⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ Billions_of_Android_users_warned_to_delete_19 apps_right_now_–_‘criminals’_may_be_hiding_on_your_phone_| The_US_Sun⠀⇛ # ⚓ Nokia Mob ☛ Nokia_G11_Plus_is_receiving_Android_13_| Nokiamob⠀⇛ # ⚓ Forbes ☛ Investors,_Take_Note:_GM,_Ford,_And_Volkswagen_Are All_Adopting_Android_Automotive⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Police ☛ BMW_drivers_can_start_unlocking_their_cars with_Android_phones⠀⇛ # ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ BMW_brings_digital_car_key_support_to Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ India Times ☛ Best_Android_Car_Stereos_For_Easy Connectivity_–_Times_of_India_(April,_2023)⠀⇛ # ⚓ SlashGear ☛ The_5_Best_Android_Apps_For_Editing_Videos_In 2023⠀⇛ # ⚓ Online Tech Tips ☛ Top_10_Ways_to_Turn_Flashlight_On_and Off_in_Android⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Central ☛ Android_users_in_India_may_soon_see_a_new alternative_to_Google_Play_Store_|_Android_Central⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Luis_Villa:_Notes_on_using_Freedom_to_block_digital distractions⠀⇛ I’ve been using freedom.to more or less since it launched. I was recently asked by someone howI use it, and since it didn’t fit in the text box on that platform, here’s a mid-ish-long set of notes on how I use it. o § Events⠀➾ # ⚓ Felipe_Borges:_Thanks_everyone_for_Linux_App_Summit_2023!⠀⇛ We just wrapped up the 2023 edition of Linux App Summit here in Brno, and the conference was a blast! I was delighted to see so many friends and new people. I feel the future of Desktop Linux and our ecosystem is in very good hands! # ⚓ Joe Brockmeier ☛ Joe_Brockmeier:_See_you_at_Open_Source Summit_North_America!⠀⇛ In just a few weeks I’m going to be dusting off the slide clicker and giving two talks at Open_Source Summit_North_America. I’ll be giving one talk on databases and containers, and another talk about working with text on Linux using Vim and other tools. Kind of a 101 for people who might want to delve into some command line magic for working with text. # ⚓ Linux Plumbers Conference (LPC) ☛ Linux_Plumbers Conference:_eBPF_&_Networking_Track⠀⇛ Linux Plumbers Conference 2023 is pleased to host the eBPF & Networking Track! For the fourth year in a row, the eBPF & Networking Track is going to bring together developers, maintainers, and other contributors from all around the globe to discuss improvements to the Linux kernel’s networking stack as well as BPF subsystem and their surrounding user space ecosystems such libraries, loaders, compiler backends, and other related system tooling. The gathering is designed to foster collaboration and face to face discussion of ongoing development topics as well as to encourage bringing new ideas into the development community for the advancement of both subsystems. o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ # ⚓ Annual_Report:_The_Document_Foundation_in_2022⠀⇛ In 2022 we had with elections for the foundation’s Membership Committee, along with regular Advisory Board calls, and support for other projects and activities (This is part of The Document Foundation’s Annual Report for 2022 — we’ll post the full version here soon.) o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Andy_Wingo:_structure_and_interpretation_of_nativescript⠀⇛ Greetings, hackers tall and hackers small! We’re only a few articles in to this series on mobile application development frameworks, but I feel like we are already well into our journey. We started our trip through the design space with a look at Ionic_/_Capacitor, which defines its user interface in terms of the web platform, and only calls out to iOS or Android native features as needed. We proceeded on to React_Native, which moves closer to native by rendering to platform- provided UI widgets, layering a cross-platform development interface on top. § Leftovers⠀➾ * § Proprietary⠀➾ o ⚓ DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer) ☛ What_Frightens_Me_the_Most_About_Stock Investing?_“AI”_(Microsoft,_Google,_Coca-Cola…..)_Bonus:_Crypto_and Samsung⠀⇛ No, not the thought of living in the Future War of The Terminator. [...] According to Gartner (which itself is Microsoft- affiliated), PC shipments have fallen more than 30% in the first quarter of 2023 vs. the comparable period last year, and so new PCs sales are not happening. Are people switching to Macs? Apple had the worst decline of a single OEM. Even worst than Lenovo. Microsoft has basically given up on demanding “TPM 2.0” or new PCs, and has unofficially started trying to cannibalize all the Windows 10 systems it can by waving them through. Figuring that they’ll at least make some extra money with all of the additional adware and spyware if they can’t sell you on a new PC? o ⚓ Yahoo News ☛ Microsoft_earnings:_AI_hype_could_take_backseat_to cloud_growth_troubles⠀⇛ * § Security⠀➾ o ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Monday⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (389-ds-base, chromium, connman, curl, redis, and thunderbird), Fedora (ceph, doctl, dr_libs, ffmpeg, freeimage, golang-github- digitalocean-godo, insight, libreswan, mingw-binutils, mingw-freeimage, mingw-freetype, openvswitch, rnp, suricata, webkitgtk, and wireshark), Mageia (dnsmasq, emacs, openimageio, php-smarty, redis, squirrel/supertux, and tcpdump), Red Hat (emacs), and SUSE (avahi, chromium, dmidecode, indent, jettison, openssl, openstack-cinder, openstack-nova, python-oslo.utils, and ovmf). o ⚓ ABC ☛ San_Bernardino_County_Sheriff’s_Department_shuts_down internet_systems_following_recent_cyberattack⠀⇛ More than two weeks after the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department was hit with a cyberattack, the department is still working to get all of its systems back online. Multiple sources have told Eyewitness News that the hack likely started after someone clicked a hyperlink that was malicious, and that suddenly encrypted many of the department’s systems. o ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Yellow_Pages_Canada_confirms_cyber_attack_as Black_Basta_leaks_data⠀⇛ Yellow Pages Group, a Canadian directory publisher has confirmed to BleepingComputer that it has been hit by a cyber attack. Black Basta ransomware and extortion gang claims responsibility for the attack and has posted sensitive documents and data over the weekend. Founded in 1908, the Yellow Pages Group today owns and operates the YP.ca and YellowPages.ca websites, along with Canada411 online service. o ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Naivas_Supermarket’s_System_Hacked,_Data_Stolen⠀⇛ Wycliffe Musalia reports that Kenya’s Naivas supermarket chain in Kenya has been the victim of a ransomware incident, but the chain assures customers that certain customer data such as payment card data was never at risk because it is not stored on their system. From the news report, it sounds like the company notified law enforcement, brought in CrowdStrike, and published a notice to consumers on Twitter on April 23. o § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ India Times ☛ Data_Bill_age­-gating_worries_edtech,_gaming, social_media_firms⠀⇛ With India retaining the age of children as below 18 in the upcoming Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2022, firms across several sectors such as edtech, gaming apart from social media are concerned about being significantly impacted. Experts pointed out that the international norms for age of consent is 16 and are arguing that a significant part of the population will have to go through many hoops to get Internet access. They argued that the poor’s access to videos, access to technology and access to platform information will get impacted further increasing the digital divide for them. # ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ UK_Threatens_End-to-End_Encryption⠀⇛ In an open letter, seven secure messaging apps—including Signal and WhatsApp—point out that the UK’s Online Safety Bill could destroy end-to- end encryption: [...] # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ WhatsApp_and_Signal_Threaten_to_End_Service_in_UK if_‘Online_Safety_Bill’_Passed⠀⇛ Meta’s WhatsApp is threatening to leave the UK if the government passes the Online Safety Bill, saying it will essentially eliminate its encryption methods. Alongside its rival company Signal and five other apps, the company said that, by passing the bill, users will no longer be protected by end- to-end encryption, which ensures no one but the recipient has access to sent messages. # ⚓ [Old] The Verge ☛ WhatsApp_says_it_will_leave_the_UK_rather than_weaken_encryption_under_Online_Safety_Bill⠀⇛ WhatsApp’s warning follows similar threats from another encrypted messaging app, Signal. The president of Signal, Meredith Whittaker, said last month that the company “would absolutely 100 percent walk [away from the UK] rather than ever undermine the trust that people place in us to provide a truly private means of communication.” * § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ o ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Protests_in_France_Are_About_to_Collide_With_the 2024_Paris_Olympics⠀⇛ “No withdrawal, no Olympics.” The slogan spread across social media after President Emmanuel Macron signed a law raising the retirement age from 62 to 64. Hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets in fiery protest. Macron, who undemocratically fast-tracked the legislation, has seen his popularity slump like a wet baguette. A recent poll showed that if last spring’s election between Macron and far-right candidate Marine Le Pen were replayed today, the neofascist would trounce the centrist president 55 percent to 45 percent. Activists even torched the awning of one his favorite brasseries. o ⚓ ANF News ☛ KNK:_The_genocide_at_the_hands_of_the_Ottoman_Empire in_1915_must_be_recognised_by_Turkey⠀⇛ “Beginning on the 24th April,1915, the Ottoman Empire and their allies began a major genocide against the local Christians, together with a large number of Yezidi Kurds, living in Mesopotamia and Anatolia. This genocide was led by Ittihad and Terakki Society (The Committee of Union and Progress), the gangs of the Special Organization called Teşkîlât-ı Mahsûsa (a paramilitary organisation), the The Hamidiye Regiments/Cavalries and the officers of the Ottoman Army. * § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ o ⚓ Project Censored ☛ Celebrating_Daniel_Ellsberg_Week:_A_Special Episode_of_the_Project_Censored_Show_with_Kevin_Gosztola_and_Daniel Ellsberg_–_The_Project_Censored_Show⠀⇛ NOTES: Kevin Gosztola is the managing editor of Shadowproof, and also writes at The Dissenter. He has covered the Julian Assange legal proceedings in the UK from their beginning, as well as other press-freedom and whistleblower cases. His new book on the Assange case, Guilty of Journalism is now available in bookstores. Daniel Ellsberg is best known for leaking classified Pentagon documents in 1971, which revealed covert operations against North Vietnam, as well as secret assessments that the war could not be won, and executive- branch lies to Congress and the US public. In the decades since then, Ellsberg has remained an antiwar activist, and an ally of whistleblowers. The news of his recent diagnosis of an inoperable cancer has prompted press- freedom advocates to declare a week of appreciation for Ellsberg, to begin Monday April 24. * § Environment⠀➾ o ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Supreme_Court_Rejects_Big_Oil’s_Bid_to_Derail_Climate Liability_Lawsuits⠀⇛ The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday denied requests from major oil companies to intervene in climate liability lawsuits aimed at holding fossil fuel producers accountable for climate damages and alleged disinformation campaigns. The court’s denial of the industry’s petitions means that the lawsuits can advance in state courts, where companies like ExxonMobil and Shell could be forced to face trial. “Big Oil companies have been desperate to avoid trials in state courts, where they will be forced to defend their climate lies in front of juries, and today the Supreme Court declined to bail them out,” Richard Wiles, president of the advocacy organization Center for Climate Integrity, said in a statement. o ⚓ Center for Clilmate Integrity ☛ Supreme_Court_Allows_Climate Lawsuits_Against_Big_Oil_to_Go_Forward_in_State_Courts⠀⇛ Justices Deny Fossil Fuel Companies’ Petition to Review Lower Court Rulings for Communities Across U.S., Removing a Major Hurdle for Dozens of Accountability Lawsuits Against Big Oil o § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Interesting Engineering ☛ E-fuels:_EU-based_automaker_is testing_‘low_carbon_fuels’_for_existing_cars⠀⇛ Amsterdam-headquartered automaker, Stellantis, is betting on synthetic fuels, also known as e-fuels, to keep combustion engines alive, even as the world looks to electrify transportation in the near future. Formed only in 2021, Stellantis is a merger of two legacy carmakers, the Italian Fiat Chrysler and French Peugeot S.A. Even as the merger has plans in place to comply with the European Union mandate to sell only battery electric vehicles by the end of the decade, Stellantis isn’t giving up on the combustion engine vehicles just yet. # ⚓ Stéphane Huc ☛ OpenBSD:_Managing_an_inverter/converter_with NUT⠀⇛ Having an Eaton Ellipse ECO UPS, I use the NUT project to manage it under OpenBSD. # ⚓ Interesting Engineering ☛ Stockholm_launches_world’s_first autonomous,_fully-electric_passenger_ferry⠀⇛ Stockholm has become the first city in the world to launch a self-driving, fully-electric commercial passenger ferry. The ferry, an electric catamaran with a capacity of 25 people, will operate between Kungsholmen and Søder Mellarstrand in Stockholm with 15 hours of continuous electric operation every day. The vessel is part of a project aimed at creating more sustainable urban mobility and attracting international interest due to its green profile. # ⚓ Cision News ☛ Premiere_of_the_world’s_first_self-driving ferry⠀⇛ Stockholm launches the world’s first self-driving commercial passenger ferry – entirely powered by electricity. The Norwegian shipping company Torghatten AS is behind the initiative and will operate the passenger ferry between the Stockholm islands of Kungsholmen and Södermalm. * § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Supreme_Court_to_hear_cases_involving_disputes over_public_officials_blocking_people_on_social_media⠀⇛ The two cases right now may not have the same spotlight appeal, but the question remains: Do officials have the right to block their critics, or is their doing that a breach of free speech considering they work for the public? The outcome of these cases could have profound ramifications down the line. o ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ Why_child_safety_bills_are_popping_up_all over_the_US⠀⇛ Bills ostensibly aimed at making the [Internet] safer for children and teens have been popping up all over the United States recently. Dozens of bills in states including Utah, Arkansas, Texas, Maryland, Connecticut, and New York have been introduced in the last few months. They are at least partly a response to concerns, especially among parents, over the potentially negative impact of social media on kids’ mental health. However, the content of these bills varies drastically from state to state. While some aim to protect privacy, others risk eroding it. Some could have a chilling effect on free speech online. There’s a decent chance that many of the measures will face legal challenges, and some aren’t necessarily even enforceable. And altogether, these bills will further fragment an already highly fractured regulatory landscape across the US. The situation is very messy and complex. But below the surface, there are some important arguments that will shape how tech is regulated in the US. Let me walk you through three of the most important debates. o ⚓ India Times ☛ Twitter_a_serious_danger_for_traditional_media’s ability_to_control_narrative:_Elon_Musk⠀⇛ Musk has always been at the loggerheads with traditional media. o ⚓ India Times ☛ Coding_is_the_only_global_language,_I_wish_more Indian_kids_learn_it:_Tim_Cook⠀⇛ In an interaction with IANS during his India visit last week, Cook said that coding is one thing schools worldwide including in India should embrace early in children’s lives. o ⚓ Arab News ☛ Tucker_Carlson_out_at_Fox_News,_network_confirms⠀⇛ Fox News said Monday it has “agreed to part ways” with Tucker Carlson, its popular and controversial host, less than a week after settling a lawsuit over the network’s 2020 election reporting. The network said in a press release that the last program of “Tucker Carlson Tonight” aired Friday. “We thank him for his service to the network as a host and prior to that as a contributor,” the press release from the network said. Carlson became Fox’s most popular personality after replacing Bill O’Reilly in Fox’s prime-time lineup in 2016. He’s also consistently drawn headline for controversial coverage, including most recently airing tapes from the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection to minimize the impact of the deadly attack. o ⚓ Tucker_Carlson_Out_At_Fox_News,_No_New_Shows_Or_Farewell_To Audience⠀⇛ Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News, RadarOnline.com can confirm, after the network confirmed his shocking departure in a statement. o ⚓ The Nation ☛ Don’t_Let_the_Door_Hit_You_in_the_Ass,_Tucker Carlson!⠀⇛ I hate to find happiness in the misfortune of others… oh, screw that. The news that Fox fired racist misognyist authoritarian Tucker Carlson, its top-rated host, makes me very happy indeed. I know they’ll replace him with someone comparably monstrous. But Carlson is a uniquely awful monster, and his departure is good news for truth, democracy—and women. o § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ El País ☛ Be_careful_when_using_plant_identifying_apps,_as they_can_be_quite_imprecise⠀⇛ A study published in the journal Plos One shows that some of the most famous apps for identifying plants can have accuracy as low as 4%. The researchers used Google Lens, iNaturalist, Leaf Snap, PlantNet, Plant Snap and Seek, with the aim of identifying 38 species of herbaceous plants in their natural habitats in Ireland. What they found was that most of them yielded unreliable results; even the best one did not exceed 88% accuracy. # ⚓ [Old] PLOS ☛ A_repeatable_scoring_system_for_assessing Smartphone_applications_ability_to_identify_herbaceous plants⠀⇛ The ubiquity of Smartphone applications that aim to identify organisms, including plants, make them potentially useful for increasing people’s engagement with the natural world. However, how well such applications actually identify plants has not been compressively investigated nor has an easily repeatable scoring system to compare across plant groups been developed. This study investigated the ability of six common Smartphone applications (Google Lens, iNaturalist, Leaf Snap, Plant Net, Plant Snap, Seek) to identify herbaceous plants and developed a repeatable scoring system to assess their success. Thirty-eight species of plant were photographed in their natural habitats using a standard Smartphone (Samsung Galaxy A50) and assessed in each app without image enhancement. All apps showed considerable variation across plant species and were better able to identify flowers than leaves. Plant Net and Leaf Snap outperformed the other apps. Even the higher preforming apps did not have an accuracy above ~88% and lower scoring apps were considerably below this. Smartphone apps present a clear opportunity to encourage people to engage more with plants. Their accuracy can be good, but should not be considered excellent or assumed to be correct, particularly if the species in question may be toxic or otherwise problematic. * § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ o ⚓ Wired ☛ Facebook_Made_BuzzFeed,_Then_Killed_It⠀⇛ In his memo announcing the closure of BuzzFeed’s news operations, CEO Jonah Peretti acknowledged a grave mistake: He hadn’t worked out that Facebook wasn’t his friend. o ⚓ CPJ ☛ Journalist_Kayvan_Samimi_rearrested_in_Iran,_held_in undisclosed_location⠀⇛ On April 20, authorities in Tehran arrested Samimi, the editor-in-chief of the state-run Iran-e Farda magazine, and took him to an undisclosed location, according to news reports. Samimi was due to speak on April 21 on a panel organized by a group of Iranian journalists and university professors, according to those reports and a person familiar with the situation who spoke to CPJ on the condition of anonymity, for fear of government reprisal. o ⚓ CPJ ☛ Chinese_journalist_Dong_Yuyu_held_since_February_2022, facing_espionage_charges⠀⇛ On March 23, 2023, Dong’s family was notified that he would face trial for espionage, according to that statement and a statement by the U.S. National Press Club. Dong’s family said they had kept his detention private in hopes that the charges could be reduced or dropped, but went public after they were informed that his case would be sent to trial. * § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ o ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ A_Group_of_Amazon_Drivers_Just_Joined_One_of the_Biggest_Unions_in_the_US⠀⇛ Amazon drivers and dispatchers in California have joined the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, one of the oldest, largest, and most powerful unions in the U.S., to organize for better working conditions, according to an announcement by the Teamsters on Monday. On the same day, workers marched on Amazon’s management offices at the warehouse to demand that the company respect their right to unionize. This is the first time the Teamsters have successfully organized an Amazon- related facility. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S.,_EU,_Britain_Tighten_Sanctions_On_Iran_For_Rights Abuses,_With_Focus_On_IRGC⠀⇛ The European Council on April 24 said it was placing sanctions on eight individuals, with most linked to the IRGC and its financial arm and on telecom company Ariantel, which it said plays a key role in government efforts to “quash dissent and critical voices in Iran.” * § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ o ⚓ New Indian Express ☛ Boosting_connectivity_in_border_villages: 254_4G_mobile_network_towers_launched_in_Arunachal⠀⇛ The towers will connect around 70,000 people with the fast [Internet], and among them are many villages that have remained unconnected since independence. These towers will provide connectivity to 336 villages, mostly in border areas. The government has already approved the installation of altogether 2,605 4G mobile towers which will cater to 3,721 villages in this frontier state. o ⚓ APNIC ☛ The_Philippines_Internet_landscape⠀⇛ The Philippines is an archipelago comprising three major island groups: Luzon, Visayas, and Mindanao with 7,641 islands at high tide and a population of 113 million spread across roughly 2,000 of those islands. The Philippines has 10 international subsea cable systems, nine International Cable Landing Stations (CLS), 678 Autonomous System Numbers (ASNs), 10 local Internet Exchange Points (IXPs), and 14 data centres currently. o ⚓ RIPE ☛ All_We_Saw_at_SEE_11⠀⇛ On 4-5 April, the South East Europe (SEE) Internet community gathered in the coastal town of Split, Croatia – the same country where we held the first SEE meeting over a decade ago. Over 100 participants from 19 countries joined to discuss developments in IPv6, BGP security, DNS, peering, IXPs, and the local telecommunications market. * § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ o ⚓ Unmitigated Risk ☛ The_Evolution_and_Limitations_of_Hardware Security_Modules⠀⇛ Hardware Security Modules (HSMs) have not substantially evolved in the last two decades. The advent of enclave technology, such as Intel SGX and AMD SEV, despite their weaknesses [1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9], has enabled some to build mildly re-envisioned versions of these devices [10]. However, the solutions currently available on the market today are far from meeting the needs of the market. In this paper, we will explore what some of the shortcomings of these devices look like and discuss how the market for them has evolved. o ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Switch_hacker_Gary_Bowser_released_from_jail, will_pay_Nintendo_25-30%_income_‘for_the_rest_of_his_life’⠀⇛ Bowser was sentenced in February 2022 to 40 months in prison for his part as a member of a hacking group called Team-Xecuter, which in 2013 began creating and selling circumvention devices enabling users to play illegal ROMs on consoles, including Switch and 3DS. o ⚓ 1981 Media Ltd ☛ Switch_hacker_Gary_Bowser_released_from_jail, will_pay_Nintendo_25-30%_income_‘for_the_rest_of_his_life’⠀⇛ In order to pay off Nintendo fully under this agreement, Bowser would have to earn at least $40 million before taxes. Given that Bowser is 53 years old, TorrentFreak suggests this will mean Bowser is unlikely to ever fully clear his debt and will likely be paying Nintendo for the rest of his life. o ⚓ India Times ☛ Netflix_to_invest_$2.5_billion_in_South_Korean content⠀⇛ “Netflix is delighted to confirm that we will invest USD 2.5 billion in Korea including the creation of Korean series, films, and unscripted shows over the next four years,” Sarandos said in a statement given to AFP Tuesday. * § Monopolies⠀➾ o ⚓ CNBC ☛ Apple_declares_‘resounding_victory’_after_decision_reached in_Epic_Games_appeal⠀⇛ An appeals court on Monday mostly sided with Apple over its App Store rules in a suit with Epic Games. The decision signals that Apple’s control over the App Store and the fees it charges likely won’t significantly change as a result of an ongoing legal challenge by Epic Games. o ⚓ India Times ☛ Apple_cannot_ban_links_to_outside_App_Store payments,_US_appeals_court_says⠀⇛ Apple said it may appeal the decision. The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeal upheld a 2021 order in an antitrust case brought by “Fortnite” creator Epic Games that could require Apple to allow developers to provide links and buttons for third-party in-app payment options and avoid paying sales commissions to the iPhone maker. Apple shares ended the day up slightly at $165.33. The appeals court sided with Apple on nine other matters in the case, agreeing with the trial court that Apple’s App Store rules do not violate antitrust laws and allowing its commissions of up 30% for in-app payments to stand. o § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ Double_patenting_and_the_Brazilian patent_practice⠀⇛ The Brazilian Patent Statute (Law #9,279/96) does not explicitly prohibit double patenting per se.  However, as shown in the statistics set out below, the BRPTO regularly considers double patenting.  This is based on the BRPTO’s interpretation of Article 6 of the Patent Statute (as set out below). # ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ AI_Inventor_and_the_Ethics_Trap for_US_Patent_Attorneys⠀⇛ The Supreme Court denied certiorari in Thaler v. Vidal, a case involving inventor Dr. Stephen Thaler’s attempt to patent an invention created by his artificial intelligence (AI) system, DABUS. Thaler argued that DABUS, not himself or any other human, conceived the invention and identified its significance. However, both the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit  (CAFC) maintained that US patent laws require a human inventor, and as a result, they refused to consider Thaler’s patent application. In his petition to the Supreme Court, Thaler asked if the Patent Act restricts the statutory term “inventor” solely to human beings. The current legal stance in the US remains that the answer to this question is “yes,” human inventors and only human inventors. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Intel’s_Patent_Details_Meteor_Lake’s ‘Adamantine’_L4_Cache⠀⇛ While the patent itself does not mention Meteor Lake, images supplied with it clearly demonstrate a processor with two high-performance Redwood Cove and eight energy-efficient Crestmont cores on one tile produced on Intel 4 fabrication process, a graphics chiplet based on Intel’s Gen 12.7 architecture (Xe-LPG), an SoC tile containing two more Crestmont cores, and an I/O chiplet interconnected using Intel’s Foveros 3D technology. The description corresponds to that of Intel’s Meteor Lake processor. Meanwhile, the Adamantine L4 cache can be used for a wide array of applications beyond Meteor Lake. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ US_Supreme_Court_snubs_that_guy_who_wants AI_recognized_as_patent_inventors⠀⇛ This all stems from Stephen Thaler, a computer scientist and founder of Imagination Engines, who sued the head of the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) in 2020 after his patent applications were rejected. Thaler had filed them on behalf of his AI system named DABUS, claiming the software came up with the idea of a fractal food container and a unique pattern for an emergency light beacon that he wished to patent. Thaler put DABUS down as the inventor in the submissions. The USPTO, however, didn’t accept Thaler’s paperwork since it could only consider inventions from “natural persons” and not machines. In an attempt to challenge the decision, Thaler and his lawyer Ryan Abbott sued Andrei Iancu, who was the director of the patent office at the time, in federal court in eastern Virginia. The lawsuit was later directed against Katherine Vidal, who took over to lead the office in 2022. o § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ CTV News ☛ Ed_Sheeran_hit,_Marvin_Gaye_classic_soul_of copyright_trial⠀⇛ While the jury will hear the recordings of both songs, probably many times, their lyrics — and vibes — are legally insignificant. Jurors are supposed to only consider the raw elements of melody, harmony and rhythm that make up the composition of “Let’s Get It On,” as documented on sheet music filed with the United States Patent and Trademark Office. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ed_Sheeran_Trial:_Did_He_Copy_Marvin_Gaye? Here’s_What_to_Know.⠀⇛ Sheeran is expected to testify at the trial, which is getting underway less than two weeks before he plans to release a new album and begin an extensive North American stadium tour. The case, originally filed in 2017, has been delayed multiple times. The music industry is keenly interested in the outcome. Over the last decade, the business has been rocked by a series of infringement suits that have involved questions of just how much or how little of the work of pop songwriters can be protected by copyright, and how vulnerable they are to legal challenges. # ⚓ ABC ☛ Ed_Sheeran_to_face_trial_over_copyright_claim involving_Marvin_Gaye’s_Let’s_Get_it_On⠀⇛ The heirs of Ed Townsend, who co-wrote the 1973 soul classic, are suing Sheeran, alleging the English pop star’s hit 2014 tune Thinking Out Loud has “striking similarities” to Let’s Get It On and “overt common elements”. # ⚓ The Washington Post ☛ Did_Ed_Sheeran_hit_pilfer_Marvin_Gaye classic?_Trial_to_tell⠀⇛ The lawsuit filed in 2017 has finally made it to a trial that is expected to last a week in the Manhattan federal courtroom of 95-year-old Judge Louis L. Stanton. § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ * § Personal⠀➾ o ⚓ Armchair_Philosopher_on_Definition_of_Creativity⠀⇛ Recently, I got into a debate with a friend of mine about whether AI art is.. art and whether is should be allowed in commercial projects. He is on the position that it is not as it can only mix and replicate existing works. Thus not art. While I’m on the team calming that it can be and we don’t know yet due to the lack of understanding of the what even art **exactly** means. Also that when we advance enough to create a special kind of AI – a full brain simulation – it should be treated as an actual person and thus be allowed to create art. o ⚓ Sunrise_+_More_Birds_2023-04-24_(Fairbanks,_AK,_USA)⠀⇛ I caught this nice sunrise on the way into work, about 6am. o ⚓ Album_#244:_B.B._King_–_Live_at_the_Regal⠀⇛ Generally speaking, I’m not a big fan of live albums. This is a good one, but it’s still a live album. I’ve also yet to find a way in to the blues generally, so.. this was never going to be a huge hit for me. What does work is the energy of the whole thing. The whole band are working together amazingly, there is just the right amount of crowd noise – no background chatter, but enthusiastic whoops and cheers, giving you some of the feeling off being there. And the charisma of B. B. is inspirational. But the songs aren’t for me, so while it was a pleasure to listen to, I won’t be back soon. o ⚓ Album_#243:_George_Michael_–_Faith⠀⇛ The good songs are great. There just aren’t that many great songs on here. By the end it really starts tailing off. It’s a quintessential solo effort after a band breaks up: some good ideas, but too much filler. o ⚓ When_Seemingly_Infinite_Becomes_Suddenly_Finite⠀⇛ … or, we’re buying a house! We’ve been renting our current apartment for 4yr now, and yesterday our bid was accepted on a house. Needless to say, it’s been a whirlwind of a day. Shopping for mortgages, emailing attorneys, organizing pay stubs, etc. But what struck me most has been the sensation that the small routines of my life will be changed. The little things, like the dishwasher door needing an extra shove or the lamp chord working 25% of the time. In our four years here I’ve come to accept them as part of life; seemingly infinite in nature. And then just like that, they’re finite. As I loaded the dishwasher tonight, I thought about how it was one of the last dozen times I would run it. * § Technical⠀➾ o ⚓ thoughts_on_nosurf⠀⇛ I thought back on my time when I was really active in the nosurf subreddit. I used to be one of the three taking care of the project around 2018/19; I helped moderate the subreddit, build the site, write articles for the blog, make informative threads on the forum and so on (as anthymnx) I left at some point because of differing opinions about the project and personal issues. Right now I think the sub is leaderless, accounts deleted, website is no more, forum and blog are also gone, last time I checked. o ⚓ On_So-Called_AI⠀⇛ The marketers are at it again, whipping up a public frenzy with generative AI. To be fair, it’s pretty amazing, but once again it is not what it looks like, and the backlash will inevitably come, bringing yet another AI winter. History rhymes, and in case of AI it rhymes like clockwork, in 30-year cycles. Long enough for a new generation to come and be excited by the mass media frenzy before forgetting all about it. o ⚓ New_Technological_Frontiers_Pt._2⠀⇛ It was I guess “technically” the first chatbot to use GPT-4, and I would say it is still the best one currently on the market. Initially rolled on February 7th, it was memed at launch. Not only did it make errors, it made headlines when it seemingly tried to convince people it wanted to be human, along with flirting with people. o ⚓ Error_mounting_/dev/sdb2_wrong_fs_type,_bad_option,_bad superblock_on_/dev/sdb2,_missing_codepage_or_helper_program,_or other_error⠀⇛ o ⚓ Online_Gambling⠀⇛ Or maybe it should just be called gambling? I don’t know. Regardless, the ads are everywhere. I’ve been a baseball fan since I was a teenager. I watch the Blue Jays, and catch most games. Previously, when the games were available via MLB.tv, there were no ads. It was glorious: just baseball and a wavering image during commercial breaks. Then, a couple of years ago, Rogers (the corporate owners of the Jays) decided to black out the Jays on MLB.tv. If you were living in Canada, you had to either pay up for Sportsnet Now, or, you know, sail the high seas. o ⚓ ESP32⠀⇛ Surprisingly, I am really fond of this device — even though it is pretty much an undocumented hodgepodge of weird crap. However, it is _a lot_ of weird crap in there, and the CPU is interesting. o ⚓ darkmode..⠀⇛ I found that about:config option privacy.resistFingerprinting has a feature that breaks light and dark mode css styling. so if you’re scratching your head why websites stay stuck in light mode even if about:config’s style changes, it is probably this. o ⚓ notes_about_Firefox⠀⇛ /I/ prefer to not use DNS over HTTPS because I run my own DNS servers and would prefer for everything on my network to use them. o ⚓ Dating_Apps_Suck_2:_Electric_Boogaloo⠀⇛ Tomorrow will be the year anniversary of the first post I made to Gemini [...] I’ve come to realize that many of the things I described are just part of the game of online dating. Being left without a response is par for the course, along with unprompted unmatching. I’ve even done it myself a few times. Each time it would happen to me I would feel so hurt, thinking “why couldn’t they have just let me down easy with a simple no”, but after some time I’ve realized how much worse that would feel. Likewise it’s not easy to say no to someone. Some time after June of last year I stopped getting completely infatuated with each person I matched with, and after those dates with Jade in August, I’ve stopped liking anyone I’ve matched with all together. Sure there will be aspects that I may find attractive, either in their appearance or something interesting in their bio, but I come at them with a neutral attitude, looking for things to be weary of, not solely aspects to admire. o ⚓ Postfix_SASL_Configuration⠀⇛ Thanks to the Free Thinker and his recent post on postfix configuration [0]. While I was aware of port 587 and its use, I have been using the same postfix config for years and have always used port 25 for SASL authentication from remote email clients without much thought. I also use fail2ban on the server because of the non-stop SASL login attempts. o § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Splitting_French_and_English_capsules⠀⇛ I was posting both french and english posts on this capsule, but since I created a new one, I will only post english posts here. # ⚓ A_comic,_a_cameo_and_an_extraction_of_the_incorrect essence⠀⇛ So a few years ago I was in a Discord chat for /r/ worldbuilding. I was talking to one of the mods, who happened to be running a web comic at the time. As it turned out, the comic is mostly horror- themed, which is /entirely/ not my cup of tea, so I don’t actually read it. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 6300 ➮ Generation completed at 02:42, i.e. 96 seconds to (re)generate ⟲