𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Sunday, August 06, 2023 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Mon 7 Aug 02:41:12 BST 2023 Created by Dr. Roy Schestowitz (𝚛𝚘𝚢 (at) 𝚜𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚝𝚣 (dot) 𝚌𝚘𝚖) Full hyperlinks for navigation omitted but are fully available in the originals The corresponding HTML versions are at 𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈 Latest in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕 and older bulletins can be found at 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒕𝒙𝒕-𝒂𝒓𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒗𝒆𝒔 Full IPFS index in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔 and as plain text in 𝒉𝒕𝒕𝒑://𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕𝒔.𝒐𝒓𝒈/𝒊𝒑𝒇𝒔/𝒕𝒙𝒕 Gemini index for the day: gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/06/ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐒 ════════════════════════════════════╕ Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): QmZ1gW9JnXmARx2an652WNYQTikdRSm4RPwXjtLwuS92H3 QmY9A43Qrrrgy55JExrQcHgQKFPQvDo2ETjuLPLWLWJrTw QmWUKfGSVN8rdKoVnXVHZdkxor1fetpRt4rCMCSPfFrXa6 QmSufCo8QxhkseXSz9A4DBqpvcx3j8ueXX8KsbMGXVbfDQ QmVrAjTH6aiVS9U95iPeqJh6iM6oMihHG4dBt7DeBE28QY QmQngnZVk1dzuJ18yPYbuJNMW22QWBLgQsasEQdYhFwWAT QmNrmAJhhmcXzfKhjUQosRyfvSTvwfMYVfjZ4MqkEn7eRL QmU6ifthPWpZXqt24VqzmCU36LYCSKm2pro7MYG2h3fW8r Qmbd6NSmac4tnVN29mZPRuPEMqfLuCqrSWtr7h11Sr4yZV QmeF5twvgzsyE9YptKQ4BCvd9PhGX4pH96vDvGxg1Xqbqb QmYfTomUhDqyRvYTU58bdbw2GSc1GR8WZYP782k6X1swT9 QmegDwUnvgnwipCDf5XAG7f4WpM7tz9ZGEZmfFHumn998K QmcF86aU48wkENPcvkMG3Uvpdn2Zh3Ww591VESr7YyFB1z QmcKPHU5NdTy1sxr6zGBobDe7GDZ5panELSpSzmu2S8xvU QmWef8vtcFeiv9B2BmB2WtBwMqLq2kDfzWm5aQkKdgkCHW QmSERS83Ghpc2tvtjtSx1QuX63sSxDgJ4UDR3Xx4DCBamw QmUE5jyXyq8QeUTZvMZG2nE2AuQzLwVopuJsLSXE8fWgpy Qmf3QVyPA8xsQqXgQeE5Tw2LE7vuKa1Y9spx36dsNNUSsB QmTcZH4zeE6SzC8S3Sqgx1X7NFfYGP2vprisQByQEW5nbx QmeHyPcfAoVduU1xVyTC25qhvMBYeDVfT7bjjzZhGC7E3k QmfXKhYcGYHZGufpdVU71ZTTo1cCovxR9GpF1HuxR4f1VH ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ AMD Sends Phoronix Lots of Very Expensive Gifts, Microsoft Gives Phoronix Free Access, Phoronix Writes Azure/AMD Puff Pieces | Techrights ⦿ GAFAM Trouble and Destruction of Their Own Products/Services | Techrights ⦿ IRC Proceedings: Saturday, August 05, 2023 | Techrights ⦿ Microsoft-Funded Attacks on Free Software Under the Guise of ’Open Source’ | Techrights ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): http://techrights.org/2023/08/06/amd-expensive-gifts/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/06/destruction-in-gafam/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/06/irc-log-050823/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/06/revisionism-again/#comments ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): http://techrights.org/2023/08/06/bram-moolenaar-passes-away/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/06/ibm-history-with-gnu-linux/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/06/import-ban-postponed/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/06/new-sim-and-a-goodbye/#comments ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 59 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/08/06/amd-expensive-gifts/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/06/amd-expensive-gifts/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.06.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ AMD_Sends_Phoronix_Lots_of_Very_Expensive_Gifts,_Microsoft_Gives_Phoronix Free_Access,_Phoronix_Writes_Azure/AMD_Puff_Pieces⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Hardware, Marketing, Microsoft at 1:56 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Related/context: Techrights_Statement_on_Phoronix Last year: Each of these processors costs about $10,000. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Phoronix_comment⦈_ Why brag about it? Just now: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Phoronix's_AMD_Microsoft_benchmark⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Phoronix's_AMD_Microsoft_benchmark:_Phoronix_thanksing Microsoft⦈_ This was on the last page (page 5). 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇The_way_it's_written_makes_the_article_sound_like_a_puff piece_for_Azure._Are_you_sure_you're_not_getting_paid_by_AMD_and/or_Microsoft for_this?_If_so_it_should_be_disclosed_somewhere_in_the_article.⦈_ But AMD, Microsoft’s Pluton partner, sends loads of gifts, so this_question could be asked better. This is also days ago: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇CBL_Phoronix⦈_ How many people or companies except Microsoft even bother with this thing? This is only promoted by Microsoft sites, ramming down our throats the “Microsoft loves Linux” narrative Summary: Not for the first time [1, 2], Phoronix is running something akin to Azure ‘ads’ and there are other Microsoft puff pieces 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Phoronix_on_Microsoft⦈_ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⢿⢿⡿⣿⢿⣿⣿⢿⣿⢿⣿⠿⢻⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠻⠛⠛⠛⠻⠛⠛⠛⠻⠛⠛⠛⠟⠛⠛⠛⠛⠛⠟⠛⠻⠛⠛⠛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⠀⢠⠿⠿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠰⣮⣴⣾⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣦⣤⡉⠉⠛⠻⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⡀⣀⠠⢨⣗⣚⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠟⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠉⠛⠛⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ 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http://techrights.org/videos/GAFAM-getting-worse.webm Summary: Monopolies lead to erosion; in the case of “GAFAM” (Google Apple Facebook Amazon Microsoft) we’ve been seeing products whose sole goal was to weed out competitors THE simple fact is, just because some service/product exists doesn’t mean it’s viable or profitable. Over the years Google and Microsoft shut down hundreds of their own; it’s hard to keep track of it all. As noted in the video above, Google started with search and then expanded to other things. But nowadays Google’s search is beyond useless; for a lot of terms it optimises for business objectives (of Google) rather than relevance. It wasn’t always this bad; it used to be useful in the scroogle.org days, but now they optimise for revenue and many other “search” engines (that just aggregate and present results from Google et al) inherit the same bias. It is a real and profound problem. “By selling rankings, they have killed the goose which laid the golden eggs.”One person recently told me that he’s not sure what they optimise for other than “sponsored” links both upfront and stealth. It’s too bad because search would have been about the only long-term profitable activity Google has been into. By selling rankings, they have killed the goose which laid the golden eggs. Aside from the discussion about profitability at Google (YouTube and “clown computing” lost a lot of money for Google) the above speaks about Microsoft killing_off_Cortana some more, having pretty much done the same to Surface. Apple boosters are_boasting about it. We should remember Alexa (10 billion in losses) also failed as there’s no real business model for such listening devices (which seem to mostly serve a political agenda, like putting microphones inside people’s homes, implanted by those who are spied on). We’ve already included this in our daily links and older coverage can be found here: * ⚓ Microsoft_is_shutting_down_Cortana_on_multiple_devices,_including_iOS and_Android_–_The_Verge⠀⇛ * ⚓ Microsoft_will_stop_supporting_Cortana_on_Windows_later_this_year_–_The Verge⠀⇛ * ⚓ Microsoft_shuts_down_Cortana,_Apple_should_do_the_same_with_Siri⠀⇛ * ⚓ Microsoft_reportedly_lays_off_team_focused_on_winning_back_consumers_– The_Verge⠀⇛ * ⚓ Microsoft_Cortana_Canceled_in_2023?_—_Acer_Corner⠀⇛ One can tie it to always-on surveillance and privacy violations, which are costly also to the ones doing the data collection. It’s only the standalone version which is being discontinued for now, but that’s usually the path or the trajectory towards complete shutdown. For instance, back in 2020 Microsoft “consolidated” about 50 stores (that it shut down), which it said would be a smashing success online. Now they have barely got any products. Peripherals and Surface, for instance, are kaput. Microsoft cannot sustain that anymore. “Peripherals and Surface, for instance, are kaput. Microsoft cannot sustain that anymore.”The above is also being euphemised as “consolidation of teams and programs”. Consolidation is the euphemism they have chosen. “Enshittification” at Google* and more shutdowns at Microsoft don’t bode too well, do they? Will Azure too shut down in the coming years given the mass layoffs and financial_fraud_there? Yes, Azure is a fraud. It’s financial fraud. It has been like this for years already. “The important thing to note is that the fraud has been going for at least that long, possibly longer.” one reader told us. “Investors should be showing up at HQ with torches and pitchforks.” █ _____ * As Cory Doctorow put_it_the_other_day: “Enshittification is the result of specific policy choices: encouraging monopolies; enabling high-speed, digital shell games; and blocking interoperability. 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The ‘Linux’ Foundation is not what it seems. But perhaps more glaringly we’ve started to see the Microsoft-controlled OSI attacking history and besieging minds. It’s helped by various familiar faces and Microsoft-funded staff. “How many Microsoft moles does it take to destroy an organisation? One. But Microsoft already has at least 3 inside OSI.”The people who brought Microsoft to the OSI now say that “Free Software” is just about people wanting something cheap and the OSI is promoting Microsoft’s proprietary prisons, saying they are “open” (openwashing). They want us to think that Microsoft violating the GPL is perfectly OK because “HEY HI” (AI) and they’re joined by Microsoft_moles_who are_bribed_by_both_Microsoft_and_GitHub_(i.e._Microsoft_twice_over), citing_Mat Asay_as_authority_on_“Open_Source”. Others do_the_same (people who called for removal of Richard Stallman from the FSF, which he had founded almost 40 years ago). Asay brought Microsoft to the OSI after he had attempted to work for Microsoft (job interview). Asay rejects Open Source (he uses Apple and works for proprietary software companies, he has no technical background) and should not be regarded as “authority” in this area, as the video above explains. Perhaps more disturbingly we see the Microsoft-sponsored_Nick_Vidal using the OSI’s bogus anniversary (the term “Open Source” predates OSI) to promote Microsoft’s lobbying agenda. Microsoft is attempting to dominate an event exploiting the “Open Source” brand, pushing GPL violations under the guise of “HEY HI”. OSI is, at this point, thoroughly infiltrated and bribed by Microsoft. How many Microsoft moles does it take to destroy an organisation? One. But Microsoft already has at least 3 inside OSI. We’ve named them before and the video provides some more background. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 551 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.06.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_06/08/2023:_Bram_Moolenaar_Passes_Away,_Bootlin_Toolchains_2023.08⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 3:43 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Kernel_Space o Graphics_Stack o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o SUSE/OpenSUSE o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Debian_Family o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Devices/Embedded * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Events o Programming/Development # Python o Standards/Consortia * Leftovers o Science o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Security o Environment o Civil_Rights/Policing * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Most_popular_‘real’_desktop_will_soon_be_the Linux_desktop_•_The_Register⠀⇛ Do you know who else won’t be following Apple or Microsoft to the cloud? People who care about privacy, folks who want control over their data on their machines, and PC power users. And where will these good people go? Three guesses, and the first two don’t count. Yes, it’s Linux. That’s why Linux will finally emerge as the top PC operating system. Mind you, it’s going to be a much smaller PC market than the one we have today. Those are the breaks. But for people who want a real desktop operating system, Linux will be their first and, indeed, almost their only choice. o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ Bootlin ☛ Bootlin_toolchains_2023.08_released⠀⇛ We are happy to announce that we have just published a new update of our freely available toolchains at toolchains.bootlin.com, version 2023.08. o § Graphics Stack⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Ekstrand:_NVK_Has_landed⠀⇛ Faith Ekstrand announces on the Collabora blog that NVK, an open-source Vulkan driver for NVIDIA GPUs, will be included in the Mesa 23.3 release. # ⚓ Collabora ☛ NVK_Has_landed!⠀⇛ As of today, NVK, the new Vulkan driver for Nvidia GPUs, has landed in the main Mesa branch and will be included as an experimental driver in the 23.3 release of Mesa. This is the culmination of over a year of work by myself (Faith Ekstrand) as well as Karol Herbst and Dave Airlie at Red Hat, and about a dozen community contributors. Special thanks also goes to Danilo Krummrich at Red Hat who has been hard at work building Nouveau kernel support for the new memory binding and execution API required by NVK. What follows is a little Q&A to hopefully answer the most pressing questions people may have about the new driver. If you have other questions, feel free to reach out to me on Mastodon! o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 3_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Linux_Graphical FTP_Clients⠀⇛ FTP is one of many different file transfer protocols that are used. Here’s our verdict of the best graphical FTP clients. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Machine_Learning_in_Linux:_Ollama_–_self- hosted_Llama_2⠀⇛ Ollama is software in an early stage of development that lets you run and chat with Llama 2 and other models. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ EVO_PTT:_Self-hosted_Free_Walkie_Talkie_Solution for_Businesses_and_Enterprise⠀⇛ EVO PTT is a comprehensive walkie talkie solution designed specifically for businesses, providing safe and reliable communication between users and supervisors. With the EVO PTT Android App, users can easily communicate with one another, ensuring that important messages are conveyed efficiently and effectively. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ PHPBU:_Open-source_Free_PHP_Database_Backup Utility⠀⇛ PHPBU is an essential PHP tool for anyone looking to create and encrypt backups, sync backups to other servers or cloud services and monitor backup creation with ease. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ split_Command_in_Linux_with_Examples⠀⇛ The split command in Linux stands out as a pivotal utility among the rich assortment of command-line tools. It’s primarily designed to divide large files into manageable segments, proving invaluable when handling substantial datasets, logs, or files requiring segmentation. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Audacious_on_Fedora_38/37 Linux⠀⇛ Audacious stands as a testament to the evolution of audio players, combining both a lightweight footprint with a robust feature set. # ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ How_to_fix_‘E_:_unable_to_locate_package’_error on_Ubuntu⠀⇛ Are you getting the error “E: Unable to locate package” when trying to install a package on Ubuntu? This error happens for various reasons. You will encounter this error, when trying to install a package that it’s not found on Ubuntu repositories. # ⚓ Mastering_File_Deletion_in_Linux:_Command-Line_and_GUI Methods_Explained⠀⇛ Are you new for Linux and even don’t know “how to delete file in Linux Ubuntu 20.04″? # ⚓ Step-by-Step:_Working_with_Mount_and_Umount_Commands_in Linux⠀⇛ I have two partitions on my hard disk, and Windows 10 operating system has been installed in the first partition. # ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ How_to_install_Discord_on_Ubuntu_23.04⠀⇛ Discord it’s not found on Ubuntu repositories. However, Discord supports Ubuntu, which means we can download the deb file manually and install it on our system. It’s worth mentioning that Discord is also available on snap store, so we can also install it by using snap. # ⚓ Yubikey_in_Crostini⠀⇛ Hello friend, long ago I have ditched Arch Linux for my main operating systems and switched to ChromeOS with Arch Linux in Crostini. For a long time this setup worked fine, until I encountered a few issues with Arch Linux and Yubikeys. In this article, I would like to show you how I setup my Yubikey on Arch Linux running in Crostini within ChromeOS. # ⚓ Mount_Block_Devices_in_ChromeOS⠀⇛ I am a big fan of LUKS encrypted USB sticks. They are easy to make and easy to handle on most Linux systems. ChromeOS is one of these systems, where I had trouble with LUKS encrypted USB sticks or block devices in general. Although ChromeOS is capable to mount a various number of filesystems, it has no idea what to do with a LUKS encrypted USB stick. The first idea most people have is launching a Crostini container and decrypting the USB stick via cryptsetup. # ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ How_to_install_Slack_on_Ubuntu_23.04⠀⇛ Slack is a messaging app, just like skype and microsoft teams. You can use slack to chat with with your teammates, or simply use it to communicate with people. On slack you can do pretty much everything you can do on skype or microsoft teams. However, each app has its # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Transmission_on_Fedora_38/37 Linux⠀⇛ In the digital age, the efficient sharing and downloading of data reign supreme, and Transmission has steadily emerged as a leading player in the torrent client landscape. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ How_to_Block_an_IP_Address_in_Linux_using_UFW⠀⇛ The Linux operating system is renowned for its flexibility, robustness, and security. One of the important aspects of maintaining a secure Linux system involves controlling inbound and outbound network traffic. This is typically achieved through the use of a firewall. # ⚓ Getting_Inside_Processes:_Exploring_the_ps_Command_in Linux⠀⇛ AS you know Linux is multitasking and multiuser systems… # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ How_to_Block_an_IP_Address_in_Linux_Using Iptables⠀⇛ Iptables is a powerful and flexible firewall tool built into the Linux operating system. It is used to establish, manage, and configure the tables of IP packet filter rules. One of the common uses of Iptables is to block or restrict access from a specific IP address or a range of IP addresses. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Run_Linux_Commands_in_Background⠀⇛ In the dynamic realm of Linux, the capability to run commands in the background stands as a cornerstone for efficient system management. This guide aims to provide a thorough understanding of how to adeptly run Linux commands in the background, ensuring optimal system performance and streamlined workflows. # ⚓ Setting_up_Laravel_10_on_DDEV_on_Ubuntu:_a_Comprehensive Step-by-Step_Guide⠀⇛ DDEV is a fantastic open-source tool that simplifies setting up PHP development environments using Docker. If you’re looking to set up Laravel, one of the most popular PHP frameworks, using DDEV, you’ve come to the right place. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_Brave_Browser_on_Debian_12⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Brave Browser on Debian 12. For those of you who didn’t know, Brave Browser is a fast, open-source web browser that prioritizes user privacy and security. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Change_Root_Password_in_Ubuntu Linux⠀⇛ For those familiar with the expansive world of Linux, the significance of Ubuntu Linux hardly needs an introduction. Admired for its robust security mechanisms, Ubuntu stands out in the Linux family. Central to these security features is the often-discussed root password. # ⚓ How_to_Find_Files_That_Have_Been_Modified_in_Last_24 Hours⠀⇛ As our digital lives become increasingly dynamic, managing files efficiently is crucial. # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Mastering_Nautilus_File_Search_in_Linux Desktop⠀⇛ Become a pro finder with these handy tips to improve your file search experience with GNOME’s Nautilus file search. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Alternatives_to_popular_CLI_tools:_Wget⠀⇛ We spotlight alternatives tools to Wget, a non- interactive network downloader. # ⚓ How_to_Install_Stable_Diffusion_on_Linux⠀⇛ When it comes to making the most out of your operating system, choosing the right applications is key. One such application is Stable Diffusion, a powerful tool powered by artificial intelligence (AI). Stable Diffusion is available on all operating systems. However, its optimal performance has been noted, particularly on Linux. # ⚓ AboutChromebooks ☛ How_to_use_Proton_VPN_on_a_Chromebook without_Android_or_Linux⠀⇛ Regular readers know that I’m on a journey to protect my online privacy and adopt open-source software. That’s partly why I use the Sidekick browser on my Chromebook as it adds privacy protection while making me more productive. And it’s why I switched from Gmail to the secure open- source ProtonMail service a few years back as well. I also use Proton VPN on a Chromebook but I don’t want to use the Android or Linux versions. Turns out there’s a simple solution that uses fewer of my Chromebook’s resources. # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Install_Qt_to_Develop_GUI_Apps_on Linux⠀⇛ Qt is a cross-platform application framework that allows developers to create and deploy software for multiple operating systems. Primarily used as a way of quickly developing GUIs, it also provides tools for networking, file handling, and database integration. Here’s how you can install QT on Linux. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Xbox_Cloud_Gaming_Improves_Streaming_Experience_for_Linux and_ChromeOS_Users [Ed: They can just use Steam Deck, not need for Microsoft 'clown' computing]⠀⇛ * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ elementaryOS:_New_Features_For_Mail,_A_More_Personal_Lock_Screen, And_System_Settings_Improvements⠀⇛ This should be the last monthly update before OS_7.1 and it’s a good one! We have new releases of our office productivity apps, including several new features in Mail, a much more personal Login & Lock Screen experience with improved accessibility, and a couple of large redesigns in System Settings. Plus, for our developers we have a big new release of Code with tons of bug fixes. And don’t forget to read the Early Access Preview to find out what last minute features might make it into the next big OS release. § Mail This release of Mail was really a labor of love from Leonhard and includes several new features and quality of life improvements. It now also uses the File Chooser Portal when selecting attachments and the Background & Autostart portal—as_previously_teased—so you can control its autostart behavior in System Settings → Applications → Startup. Mail also does a better job handling changes in your internet connection, and can check messages in the background even when not autostarted. o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ Python_in_openSUSE_Tumbleweed⠀⇛ openSUSE_Tumbleweed is a rolling release distribution, so it’s ideal for developers and users that like to have the bleeding edge It’s also really “stable” to be a rolling release, from time to time you can find a broken package because of one package is updated and another one is not compatible yet, but it’s something that doesn’t happen too often thanks to openqa_tests, so you don’t need to worry about a breaking system. You can find the Python_interpreter and a lot of python_modules in every Linux distribution, but Tumbleweed does an interesting thing for Python. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Ars Technica ☛ Asahi_Linux’s_new_“flagship”_distro_for_M- series_Macs_is_a_Fedora_Remix⠀⇛ Asahi Linux, the project aiming to bring a fully functional Linux system to Apple computers running on that company’s own M-series chips, has announced that its new “flagship distro” is Fedora Asahi Remix. As announced at Fedora’s Flock conference this week in Cork, Ireland, (and on Asahi Linux’s blog), the Fedora Asahi Remix should be officially released by the end of August 2023. You can try it out now, but you should “expect rough spots (or even complete breakage).” The new distro will be “upstream-first,” sending as many of its bespoke M-series tools back to Fedora’s mainline offerings as possible. Hector Martin, writing on Asahi Linux’s blog, notes that the existing project based on Arch Linux was “fully downstream.” Asahi added its own package repository with scripts, forked kernel and Mesa packages, bootloader parts, and userspace support, but with “no significant involvement with upstream Arch Linux ARM or Arch Linux.” Neal Gompa from Fedora reached out to talk about integrating Asahi with Fedora after the project’s debut, and work began in late 2021. Now it’s ready to spread a bit further. # ⚓ It’s FOSS ☛ Fedora_Asahi_Remix_to_Bring_Complete_Linux Experience_to_Apple_Silicon⠀⇛ The developers have officially announced a new Asahi Linux flagship distribution based on Fedora, called “Fedora Asahi Remix”. This brings them closer to their goal of bringing full Linux support for Apple Silicon machines than ever before. Let’s dive in and see what it’s all about. # ⚓ Unicorn Media ☛ FOSS_Week_In_Review:_‘Maddog’_on_Red_Hat, Cooking_With_Mint,_Linux’s_Big_Mac_Attack_&_more…⠀⇛ In this week’s news roundup, our Christine Hall tells you what she thinks has gone wrong at Red Hat, and again tries to wrestle Elon Musk to the floor. In between, she covers some more of this week’s FOSS news. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Bits_from_Debian:_Debian_Project_Bits_Volume_1,_Issue_1⠀⇛ Those remembering the Debian Weekly News (DwN) will recognize some of the sections here which served as our inspiration. Debian Project Bits posts will allow for a faster turnaround of some project news on a monthly basis. The Debian_Micronews service will continue to share shorter news items, the Debian_Project_News remains as our official newsletter which may move to a biannual archive format. § News § Debian Day The Debian Project was officially_founded by Ian Murdock on August 16, 1993. Since then we have celebrated our Anniversary of that date each year with events around the world. We would love it if you could join our revels this very special year as we have the honor of turning 30! Attend or organize a local Debian_Day celebration. You’re invited to plan your own event: from Bug Squashing parties to Key Signing parties, Meet-Ups, or any type of social event whether large or small. And be sure to check our Debian_reimbursement_How To if you need such resources. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Web Pro News ☛ Linux_Mint_Team_Outlines_Plan_for_LMDE_6, Wayland,_and_Ubuntu⠀⇛ The Linux Mint team has outlined their plans for the next version of Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE), as well as shed light on their Wayland and Ubuntu plans. Linux Mint is one of the most popular Linux desktop distros and WPN’s top recommendation for businesses and individuals looking to make the switch from Windows or macOS. The distro’s main edition is based on Ubuntu LTS releases, but the project has maintained a Debian-based edition as a fallback plan if basing off of Ubuntu ever becomes u# Linux Mint Team Outlines Plan for LMDE 6, Wayland, and Ubuntu The Linux Mint team have outlined their plans the next version of Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE), as well as shed light on their Wayland and Ubuntu plans. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Medevel ☛ Use_Raspberry_Pi_as_a_VoIP_Door-Intercom⠀⇛ The DoorPi project aims to provide a solution for controlling a door intercom system through the use of a single-board computer such as the Raspberry Pi and the VoIP communication protocol. This is an innovative and efficient method that can greatly enhance the security of a home or office. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ cam2ip:_Turn_any_Webcam_into_a_full-featured_IP Camera⠀⇛ This is a simple project that will help you turn any Webcam into an IP Camera that you can access from anywhere. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ AlarmPI:_Free_Home_Security_System_with_Raspberry Pi_and_Linux⠀⇛ AlarmPI is a highly efficient and effective home security system that has been specifically designed to cater to the security needs of your home. This security system is based on Raspberry Pi and it supports both wired sensors (PIR, Magnetic etc.) and wireless sensors through MQTT or Hikvision. # ⚓ Medevel ☛ VigilantPI:_Free_Libre_NVR_System_for_IP-Cameras on_RaspberryPi⠀⇛ Vigilant is an open source Network Video Recorder (NVR) system that focuses on supporting IP cameras, with Raspberry Pi being its primary target platform. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Joe Brockmeier ☛ Joe_Brockmeier:_:w_gnu_bram_moolenaar.md⠀⇛ Just learned this morning that Bram_Moolenaar, creator and maintainer of Vim, passed_away_recently_at_62. I’ve been a user of Vim since my 20s, so even though I’ve never met Bram his work has been an important part of my life. I’ve already written about how_I_got_started_with_Vim a while back, so I won’t rehash that here. Suffice to say that I’ve spent a lot of time in Vim since 1999 when I got started with it. At a conservative estimate, I’ve written more than 2.5 million words in Vim in my career. (Some of them about Vim, too.) That’s a conservative estimate, as Vim was my primary editor throughout my freelance writing and editing career. It’s also been my go-to for first drafts long after I switched to Google Docs for most of my collaborative work. o ⚓ LWN ☛ Mourning_Bram_Moolenaar⠀⇛ Bram Moolenaar, the creator of the vim editor, passed away on August 3. “Bram dedicated a large part of his life to VIM and he was very proud of the VIM community that you are all part of.” He will be missed. o § Events⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Plumbers Conference (LPC) ☛ Linux_Plumbers Conference:_Build_Systems_MC_CFP⠀⇛ In the Linux ecosystems, there are many ways to build all the software used to put together a running system. Whether it’s building all the binary packages for a binary Linux distribution, using a source-based distribution, or building an embedded system from scratch, there are a lot of shared challenges which each system solves in its own way. This microconference is a way to get people who work on disparate build systems to discuss common problems and possible shared solutions across the entire problem space. The kinds of topics we want to discuss are the following: [...] # ⚓ Cassidy_James_Blaede:_I’m_back_from_GUADEC_2023⠀⇛ I’m back from Rīga, Latvia where I attended GUADEC 2023—the annual GNOME conference. It was my first time attending since 2019 due to COVID-19 plus having had another child in 2022. It simultaneously felt like it had been ages since seeing everyone, and like we picked back up after no time at all. For me, attending GUADEC in person is exceptionally important: the face-to-face conversations, exploration of the host city, eating and drinking together, and spontaneous hacking all serve as powerful bonding experiences and help develop mutual understandings of the actual humans behind online usernames and avatars. We come away from GUADEC with fresh ideas, new perspectives, stronger friendships, and renewed energy to make GNOME and the open technologies we all care about better than before. You can get a small fraction of that from remote attendance—and remote participation is important to make the event as accessible and inclusive as possible—but I greatly prefer in- person participation if at all possible. While traveling from the US was as long and grueling as ever (and meant nearly two weeks away from my family), it was ultimately worth it to be in person. I just hope we can spread GUADEC out a bit more in coming years so it’s not this hard every year. 😅 More on that in a bit… # ⚓ Akshay_Warrier:_My_experience_at_GUADEC_2023_Riga,_Latvia⠀⇛ This was my first time ever traveling outside of my country. I remember landing in Riga, and on my way to the hotel just being in awe looking at the various buildings and roads, everything was so different from what I’m used to and even though I have seen stuff in movies, seeing it in person is a very different experience. I video-called my parents that day, showing them around the city and I found it very surprising that it was around 9 pm at that time but there was broad daylight everywhere. I’m pretty sure I slept at around 3 am that night because of my excitement for the event. The next day, I got late for the opening remarks and ended up missing the first talk because my smart ass went to the wrong venue and I had to quickly go back to the hotel and get a taxi to the actual venue. I first attended the talk given by Regina Nkemchor, where she talked about introducing Africans to the GNOME community and the kinds of challenges she faces. It was a very informative talk, and the insights she shared can be very useful for other people as well who are trying to take on a similar task. After the talk, we had a 10-minute coffee break where I finally got a chance to meet my GSoC mentor Sonny Piers. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ Medevel ☛ PyPhone:_Open-source_free_VoIP_System_with Python⠀⇛ PyPhone is a Python-based GUI VoIP calling app that enables free internet calling. It is fully open-sourced and uses ngrok for port forwarding, making it possible to call from anywhere in the world. With some minor changes, it can also be used as an off-grid calling service within a LAN. # ⚓ Understanding_Word_Boundaries_in_Python_Regular Expressions⠀⇛ Regular expressions are a powerful tool in programming that allow developers to search for and manipulate text patterns. A regular expression, commonly known as regex, is a sequence of characters that defines a search pattern. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ How_to_open_URL_in_python⠀⇛ By utilizing Python modules like webbrowser, developers can open URLs, specify and register the browsers of their choice. # ⚓ Linux Hint ☛ Pandas_Json_Normalize⠀⇛ In Python, the “pandas.json_normalzie()” method of the “pandas” module is utilized to normalize semi-structured JSON data into a flat table. # ⚓ Anchors_in_Python_Regular_Expressions:_A Comprehensive_Guide⠀⇛ Python regular expressions possess a powerful set of tools to enable efficient pattern searching. Anchors are one of the essential features that make them so effective. Proper use of anchors can ensure that a search engine looks for only specific patterns within an input string. # ⚓ Context_Managers_in_Python:_Handling_Resources Efficiently⠀⇛ Context managers are a programming construct in Python that help developers manage resources effectively. In Python, resources can be anything from files, sockets, or database connections to locks, memory allocation, or even hardware devices. A context manager essentially provides a wrapper around a resource and helps manage its state during execution. # ⚓ Deciphering_Python:_An_In-depth_Study_on_Regular Expressions⠀⇛ Python is a high-level, interpreted programming language that is widely used for scripting, automation, and web development. Its simple syntax and powerful libraries make it one of the most popular programming languages today. One of the key features of Python is its use of regular expressions. # ⚓ Character_Sets_in_Python:_A_Detailed_Overview⠀⇛ When it comes to programming languages, character sets play a crucial role. Character sets are nothing but collections of characters that computers use to display various symbols, letters, and numbers. # ⚓ Understanding_Iterators_in_Python:_The_Power_of Iteration⠀⇛ # ⚓ Iterators_vs._Iterables_in_Python:_The_Essential Differences⠀⇛ # ⚓ Unlocking_the_Power_of_Python’s_iter()_Function⠀⇛ # ⚓ Generator_Functions_in_Python:_An_Efficient_Approach to_Iteration⠀⇛ # ⚓ Python’s_Generator_Expressions:_Compact_and_Efficient Code⠀⇛ o § Standards/Consortia⠀➾ # ⚓ Matěj_Cepl:_Ebook_formats⠀⇛ This is just collection of alternatives to EPub for electronic books and similar stuff. # Why to have alternative to EPub: The publishing_industry_has_a_problem,_and_EPUB is_not_the_solution ? … the author (Jani Patokallio) has a bit of problem confusing EPub with DRM, but otherwise his point that ZIP archive of HTMLs would do at least as well as EPub is a valid one. Except of course there is absolutely no reader for such animal. * § Leftovers⠀➾ o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Axios ☛ Future_of_44-year-old_science_agreement_caught_in middle_of_U.S.-China_tensions⠀⇛ A 44-year-old agreement that established a framework for the U.S. and China to cooperate on scientific research is set to expire at the end of August — putting a longstanding pillar of relations between the two countries in question. Why it matters:Whether the agreement — the first signed between the U.S. and China when they normalized relations in the late 1970s — is renewed, reworked or left to expire will send a signal to Beijing. Politicians and practitioners are now debating what exactly that message should be. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ AI_May_Be_Able_to_Warn_Us_Before_The_Next Pandemic_Strikes⠀⇛ It’s only a matter of time. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Plenty_of_blame_to_go_around_in_Vietnam’s_COVID repatriation_flight_bribery_scandal⠀⇛ Vietnam’s repatriation flight corruption trial topples 54, but the ramifications will be more lasting. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Alarm_Raised_Over_Mozilla_VPN:_Wonky Authorization_Check_Lets_Users_Cause_Havoc⠀⇛ A security engineer at Linux distro maker SUSE has published an advisory for a flaw in the Mozilla VPN client for Linux that has yet to be addressed in a publicly released fix because the disclosure process went off the rails. # ⚓ Hacker News ☛ Reptile_Rootkit:_Advanced_Linux_Malware Targeting_South_Korean_Systems [Ed: This fails to explain how it gets installed in the first place; no flaws being exploited in Linux as far as this article goes]⠀⇛ Threat actors are using an open-source rootkit called Reptile to target Linux systems in South Korea. # ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Login_and_Security_Manager_overhauled⠀⇛ This has been a long time coming. Finally got around to doing it. The “Login and Security Manager” is in the “System” category of the menu. In your EasyOS you can see what it looks like; compare with now: [...] # ⚓ dwaves.de ☛ the_hardcore_security_challenge_any_app_store faces⠀⇛ # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Parathon_by_JDA_eHealth_Systems_hit_by Akira?_They_haven’t_responded_to_inquiries.⠀⇛ On August 1, Parathon by JDA eHealth Systems was added to Akira’s site with a note from Akira: “We’re almost ready to share the 560GB of data we’ve taken from their network. Contracts, employee personal information, and confidential documents will be posted shortly.” o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ France24 ☛ Dozens_dead_and_thousands_evacuated_over flooding_in_northern_China⠀⇛ At least 10 people were killed in floods in a city near Beijing, officials said Saturday, bringing the death toll from recent torrential rains in northern China to at least 30. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ Axios ☛ The_American_Dream_has_lost_its_hustle⠀⇛ News organizations can’t quit writing about “quiet quitting” and its close cousins — bare_minimum Mondays, lazy_girl_jobs, loud_quitting, grumpy staying, hush_tripping, “act_your_wage,” etc., etc. # ⚓ Axios ☛ “Lazy_girl_jobs”_reflects_Gen_Z’s_work_anxieties⠀⇛ Young people’s desire for flexible, low-stress office schedules has led to TikTok’s latest trend: “lazy girl jobs.” Why it matters:Like “quiet_quitting” and “bare minimum_Mondays,”the trend reflects younger employees’ changing attitudes about work. =================================================== # “It’s a rejection of hustle_culture. It’s a rejection of the toxic corporate_feminism,” Erin Grau, co-founder of Charter, a media and research firm focused on the future of work, told Axios. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1636 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.06.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_06/08/2023:_Games,_GNOME,_and_IBM_History_With_GNU/Linux⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:44 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Kernel_Space o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt # GNOME_Desktop/GTK * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva_Family o SUSE/OpenSUSE o Fedora_Family_/_IBM 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 # Python # Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ Dave Airlie ☛ Dave_Airlie:_nvk:_the_kernel_changes_needed⠀⇛ The initial NVK (nouveau vulkan) experimental driver has been merged into mesa master[1], and although there’s lots of work to be done before it’s application ready, the main reason it was merged was because the initial kernel work needed was merged into drm-misc-next[2] and will then go to drm-next for the 6.6 merge window. (This work is separate from the GSP firmware enablement required for reclocking, that is a parallel development, needed to make nvk useable). Faith at Collabora will have a blog post about the Mesa side, this is more about the kernel journey. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Alternatives_to_popular_CLI_tools:_cron⠀⇛ This article spotlights alternative tools to cron, a daemon to execute scheduled commands. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ Mastering_APT_Linux_Commands:_A_Comprehensive Guide_With_15_Practical_Examples⠀⇛ This tutorial provides a concise explanation of the Apt package manager and presents a curated list of useful Apt Linux command examples for efficient package management in Debian and its derivative distributions such as Ubuntu, Linux Mint, PoP!_OS, Elementary OS, Kubuntu, and more. At the end of this guide, we will present you a handy APT Linux command cheat sheet, so you can keep it nearby and use it as quick reference to learn how to use the APT package manager efficiently. # ⚓ nixCraft ☛ How_to_get_and_extract_filename_extension_in Bash⠀⇛ I have a valuable tip for you on extracting the filename and extension in Bash when using Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, or Unix-like systems. It’s quick and easy to follow. # ⚓ Step-by-Step_Guide:_Using_the_mv_Command_to_Move Directories_in_Linux⠀⇛ mv command is very basic command in linux [...] # ⚓ How_to_Find_Files_Ignoring_Case_Sensitivity_in_Linux⠀⇛ Being a Linux user, have you faced trouble in finding a specific file because its name had different letter cases? # ⚓ Ubuntu Handbook ☛ Replace_Startup_Animation_Screen_with Single_Image_in_Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛ Want to customize the startup, and shutdown animation screen with a single background image? Here’s how to do the trick in Ubuntu 22.04 and Ubuntu 23.04. # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Ubuntu_22.04_Users_Can_Now_Upgrade_to_Linux Kernel_6.2⠀⇛ Ubuntu 22.04 LTS users can now upgrade to Linux kernel 6.2 using the Software Updater tool. Ahead of the formal Ubuntu 22.04.3 point release due next week (August 10) Canonical has issued an updated kernel to existing LTS existing users to install. It back-ports the Linux 6.2 kernel used in Ubuntu 23.04 “Lunar Lobster”. Typically, HWE updates roll out once the formal point release itself is made. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_NFS_Server_and_Client_on Debian_12⠀⇛ NFS or Network File System is a network protocol that allows you to mount a remote file system over the network. In this guide, I will show you how to install an NFS server and client on Debian 12. # ⚓ OSNote ☛ How_to_Install_Drupal_on_Debian⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we’ll describe how to install and configure the latest version of the Drupal content management system on Debian to create dynamic websites in your organization. # ⚓ Mastering_SSLStrip_Analysis:_Uncovering_Hidden Vulnerabilities⠀⇛ What is SSL (secure socket layer)? SSL analysis (Secure Socket Layer) is a standard security technology used for establishing an encrypted channel… # ⚓ A_Deep_Dive_Into_Kubernetes_Operators⠀⇛ Operators provide an elegant way to extend Kubernetes’ native capabilities and automate complex application-specific tasks. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ Dave_the_Diver_Review_on_the_Steam_Deck⠀⇛ Dave the Diver was an Early Access game that just jumped to a 1.0 Release within the past month. It’s been doing very well since then and passed the million sales mark, which is awesome for an indie game. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ Akademy_2023⠀⇛ (German version of this post: https:// wordsmith.social/felixernst/akademy-2023) 37 °C were the average daily temperature heights during the Akademy week in Thessaloniki. When you walk outside at these temperatures, your first thought is that you would rather go back inside. This used to be a temperature that one would hardly ever see there. 38 °C has not been exceeded in Thessaloniki in the 5_year_span_1980_to_1984. But actually we were lucky, because the_real heat_wave_only_came_around_when_we_already left with around 44_°C_in_Thessaloniki_and forest_fires_everywhere. It is a shame that with the current global political landscape none of this seems likely to become any better (to put it mildly) within our lifetimes. The nature in Greece is very nice aside from that. # ⚓ Nate Graham ☛ KDE:_Bug_fixes_are_a_good_thing,_not_a bad_thing⠀⇛ Occasionally I see online comments saying things like, “more bugfixes week after week; KDE must be a real train wreck!” or “15 years of Wayland and it’s still needing bug fixes; it’ll never be ready!” It can be a bit funny to see people interpret normal code maintenance as evidence of critical bugginess. But this does make some sense; most objects and systems you’re familiar with around your house and in your life don’t require constant fixing to avoid collapsing, right? They have a bounded problem space; the scope of what they’re expected to do is fixed. Your coffee maker just needs to make coffee! Tomorrow you aren’t going to ask it to make juice, and the electrical outlet it plugs into isn’t going to morph overnight into something physically incompatible with the plug. So the people who built that coffee maker just have to make sure it brews coffee correctly and reliably given the current arrangement of the world around it. Its problem space is bounded. # ⚓ Harald Sitter ☛ Harald_Sitter:_Windows_Store_Crashes in_Sentry⠀⇛ At KDE we make software for many different platforms. One of them is Microsoft Windows. But what if an application crashes on Windows? New tech enables us to track crashes right in Sentry! Time to learn about it. When an application crashes on Windows the user can submit crash data to Microsoft. Later KDE, as publisher of the app, can retrieve the crashes from there. This is the standard crash handling for the platform and it works incredibly well. What’s more, it means we don’t need to engineer our own custom solution for the entire process. So, that is all lovely. Alas, since we are rolling out a KDE-wide crash tracking system called Sentry it would be even nicer if we had Windows crashes in there rather than third party service. That is just what I’ve built recently. Crashes for our Windows applications now get imported into Sentry! # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ This Week in GNOME ☛ This_Week_in_GNOME/Felix_Häcker: #107_Reduced_Overheads⠀⇛ Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from July 28 to August 04. # ⚓ GNOME ☛ Christian_Hergert:_More_Sysprof’ing⠀⇛ § GWeather Last_time_I_wrote we talked about a new search index for libgweather. In the end I decided to take another route so that we can improve application performance without any changes. Instead, I added a kdtree to do nearest neighbor search when deserializing GWeatherLocation. That code path was looking for the nearest city from a latitude/ longitude in degrees. The merge_request indexes some 10,000 lat/lon points in radians at startup into a kd-tree. When deserializing it can find nearest city without the need for a linear scan. Maybe this is enough to allow significantly more data into the database someday so my small hometown can be represented. § Nautilus I found a peculiarity in that I was seeing a lot of gtk_init() calls while profiling search. That means processes are being spawned. Since I have D-Bus session capture in Sysprof now, I was able to find this being caused by Nautilus sending an org.freedesktop.DBus.Peer.Ping() RPC to kgx and gnome-disks. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ Josh Justice ☛ Installing_Haiku_on_Apple_silicon_Using_UTM⠀⇛ Haiku is an open-source operating system that specifically targets personal computing. It’s inspired by BeOS. To learn about the history of BeOS and Haiku, check out the video The Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of BeOS. Haiku runs on Intel processors, but what are your options if you have an Apple silicon Mac? You can actually run Haiku in UTM, a virtual machine platform that supports emulating other processors. Let’s walk through the process of installing Haiku on UTM. You can go through the steps in this blog post or watch in video form: [...] o ⚓ HaikuOS ☛ [GSoC_2023]_VPN_Support_Project_Update_#5⠀⇛ § Tempered Optimism So great news everyone, OpenVPN and the TUN/TAP driver is working on Haiku! While this is great news for the development of the project, I need to temper it with some problems that the project has encountered now. So first thing that I had to change first was going from TUN to TAP since OpenVPN wanted a Point-to-Point connection for the TUN driver and Point-to-Point isn’t quite a thing on Haiku yet. I had a lot of trouble with routing with TUN, so I moved onto TAP, and that seems to work… sort of. The main thing is that Haiku can be a client fine but it has some trouble being a server as OpenVPN can set the server up, and have a client OpenVPN connect to it (let us say the client is running Linux), but the client cannot ping the Haiku server. When I try to ping the server, ping will just say Destination Host Unreachable. Looking further into it using tcpdump, I realized that the client is trying to send ARP request to try and find the server and the Haiku server isn’t responding. Checking the Haiku side of things, I noticed that it wasn’t receiving the ARP requests to begin with so I have a hunch it might be the VirtualBox NAT Network I am using but I am not ruling out the possibility of the TAP driver or the TAP interface. o ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Parcellite_and_Qlipper_clipboard_managers_compiled in_OE⠀⇛ Commits. Parcellite: https://github.com/bkauler/oe-qky-kirkstone/commit/ a1bca6f38dcfe5c21fa919ff46676a2363bb7b70 Qlipper: https://github.com/bkauler/oe-qky-kirkstone/commit/ 1a1c99f1bae70b1600b77c6fd083a7596c0fa24d I have removed Glipper-lite clipboard manager from the inbuilt package-list for EasyOS, as it is English-only. Have replaced it with Parcellite. o § PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva Family⠀➾ # ⚓ PCLOS Official ☛ PCLinuxOS:_Firefox_updated_to_116.0.1⠀⇛ Mozilla Firefox has been updated to 116.0.1 for PCLinuxOS. This is a bug fix update to the 116.x series. Now available in the software repository. o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ Dominique Leuenberger ☛ openSUSE_Tumbleweed_–_Review_of_the weeks_2023/30_&_31⠀⇛ Dear Tumbleweed users and hackers, As so often during the vacation season, I take some Fridays off and am punished for it by having to do reviews spanning more than one week. The same thing happened this time, so you had to wait an extra week again to find out what happened in Tumbleweed. A total of 10 snapshots have been published since my last review (0719, 0724, 0727..0731, 0801, 0802, and 0803). Between 0719 and 0724, there was a more significant gap due to SUSE moving some infrastructure between data centers. # ⚓ SUSE’s Corporate Blog ☛ CentOS_Alternatives:_Migrating Workloads_From_CentOS_To_OpenSUSE_Leap_–_Automating_With Ansible_Part_1⠀⇛ In this blog posts, we’ll dive into adapting your Ansible code made for CentOS to openSUSE Leap, ensuring seamless compatibility. In this first part, we’ll provide advice and a general introduction to ease your way into the process. o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ !_Avi_Alkalay_¡:_My_time_on_the_IBM_Linux_Impact_Team,_and legacy⠀⇛ In this_extensive_article, Jon “MadDog” delves into the behind-the-scenes narrative of how Linux and Open Source gained acceptance within the corporate sphere, eventually establishing itself as the dominant platform in today’s enterprise information technology. It has become the operating system powering contemporary cloud infrastructure and, most notably, has transformed into the primary methodology for driving software innovation. Interwoven throughout the article are accounts of my personal journey during my time at IBM, specifically during the unforgettable years as a member of the IBM Linux Impact Team. Our mission achieved remarkable success, evident today every time a non-desktop IT professional interacts with a computer system, which is now commonly built entirely on dependable, enterprise-ready Open Source software. While people tell success stories in specific projects, what we did between 2001 and 2008 changed the entire IT industry! Without that evangelism and adoption of Open Source work, you as an IT professional would probably be using only Windows and Solaris today. You wouldn’t have embraced the cloud, wouldn’t know what DevOps is, and would likely be completely 100% dependent on software licensing. My blog is full of stories from that time. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Incus_Project:_A_Breakaway_from_Canonical’s LXD⠀⇛ In the fast-paced world of technology, open-source projects often experience changes in leadership and direction. One such instance occurred when Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, recently took over LXD, a widely-used container and virtual machine manager, which was part of the Linux Containers Project for years. o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ Avalue_launches_3.5”_SBC_with_Hybrid design⠀⇛ Avalue launched this week a 3.5” Single Board Computer that supports both 12th Gen CPUs and Intel 13th Gen i5/i3 processors. The ECM-ADLS is also equipped with multiple peripherals including dual 2.5GbE ports and NVMe support.  o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Arduino ☛ Project_Hub_highlights:_There’s_something_for everyone!⠀⇛ The three great projects selected in May for our Arduino Project of the Month competition are a reminder that making allows anyone to work (or play!) with technology – regardless of their goal, skill level, budget or inspiration. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Unihiker_Single-Board_Computer_Review:_Fun for_Beginners,_Less-so_for_Makers⠀⇛ Another Raspberry Pi alternative but this time the form factor is all about the screen. # ⚓ peppe8o ☛ Raspberry_PI_Pico_W_Weather_Monitor_with_e- Paper⠀⇛ This tutorial will show you how to create a cool Raspberry PI Pico Weather Display with an e-Paper (e-Ink) monitor showing the weather status… # ⚓ James Stanley ☛ The_Egyptian_coin_box⠀⇛ I have invented a new magic trick. It involves a very thin wooden box with 5 locations for coins inside, each labelled with one of the 5 bodily senses. A spectator places a coin inside, without telling the magician where it is. The magician then makes a show of listening to the box, sniffing the box, etc., and successfully determines where the coin was placed. # ⚓ Ken Shirriff ☛ A_close_look_at_the_8086_processor’s_bus hold_circuitry⠀⇛ This blog post explains in detail how the bus hold feature is implemented in the processor’s logic. (Be warned that this post is a detailed look at a somewhat obscure feature.) I’ve also found some apparently undocumented characteristics of the 8086′s hold acknowledge circuitry, designed to make signal transition faster on the shared control lines. # ⚓ Andrew Hutchings ☛ Amiga_4000_Restoration_x2:_Part_2⠀⇛ Both Amiga 4000s are missing covers for the bottom drive bay. There are STL files to 3D print for these readily available, so the question is, what colour? # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Raspberry_Pi_Lightsaber_Puts_the_Force_in Your_Hands⠀⇛ The housing for the project is available for anyone to download and 3D print at home. You can find them on the project page over at the Adafruit website. In addition, you’ll need an Adafruit RP2040 Prop- Maker Feather with I2S Audio Amplifier, a push button, an LED strip, a slide switch, a speaker module and in this case, they recommend a 3.7V Lithium-Ion cylindrical battery. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Android Authority ☛ 5_Android_apps_you_shouldn’t_miss_this week_–_Android_Apps_Weekly⠀⇛ # ⚓ SlashGear ☛ How_To_Use_Apple_Music_On_Android_Auto⠀⇛ # ⚓ Notebook Check ☛ AGM_Pad_P1_launches_as_brand-first waterproof_Android_tablet_with_optional_4G/LTE_– NotebookCheck.net_News⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Sun ☛ People_are_just_realizing_Android_phones_have_8 killer_signs_you’re_a_victim_of_criminal_attack_including ‘battery_clue’_|_The_US_Sun⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ Medevel ☛ 15_Open-source_Free_Self-hosted_Survey_Poll_and_Vote Generator_Solutions⠀⇛ A survey generator is a tool that allows users to create and distribute surveys to collect data from a specific audience. These generators can be built into a website or hosted separately, and offer various features such as customizable questions and templates, skip logic, and data analysis tools. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Balthazar Rouberol ☛ How_to_profile_a_FastAPI_asynchronous request⠀⇛ I have been experimenting with FastAPI recently, a Python API framework self-describing as “high performance, easy to learn, fast to code, ready for production”. One of the features I wanted my project to have is to be fully asynchronous, from the app server to the SQL requests. As the API is mostly I/O bound, this would allow it to handle many concurrent requests with a single server process, instead of starting a thread per request, as one commony seen with Flask/Gunicorn. However, this poses a challenge when it comes to profiling the code and interpreting the results. # ⚓ Gilles Chehade ☛ Plakar:_vfs_importer_interface⠀⇛ I reworked the virtual filesystem layer in plakar, making it possible to write custom importers of data: use plakar to backup an s3 bucket, for instance. # ⚓ Qt ☛ Qt_Creator_11.0.1_released⠀⇛ We are happy to announce the release of Qt Creator 11.0.1! # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ Changing_default_Host_and_Port_in_React.JS⠀⇛ React.js, a powerful JavaScript library developed by Facebook, is used to build user interfaces, especially for single-page applications. You’ll often use it to build complex UIs out of small, reusable pieces called “components”. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ MicroLisp:_Lisp_For_Microcontrollers_Now_Has Lisp-Based_ARM_Assembler⠀⇛ In a way it feels somewhat silly to market a version of Lisp as targeting resource-constrained platforms, considering the systems it ran on back in the 1960s, but as time goes on, what would have given 1970s Big Iron a run for its money is now a sub-$5 microcontroller that you can run uLisp (MicroLisp) on. This particular project now even has an ARM assembler that is written in Lisp whose source code (GitHub) fits on a mere two A4-sized pages. # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ Non-Capturing_Groups_in_Python:_An_Unveiling_of_RegEx Secrets⠀⇛ Explaining the Regular Expressions (RegEx) Regular expressions, also known as regex or regexp, are a powerful tool used to manipulate and match strings of text in programming languages. Regex is a sequence of characters that define a search pattern. # ⚓ Lookahead_in_Python_Regular_Expressions:_A Comprehensive_Exploration⠀⇛ Regular expressions (regex) are powerful tools for text processing and pattern matching. In Python, regex is implemented through the re module, which provides a vast array of functions for matching and manipulating patterns in text data. # ⚓ The_Art_of_Lookbehind_in_Python_Regular_Expressions⠀⇛ Regular expressions are one of the most important tools for data processing and text manipulation. They are used in various fields such as web development, data analysis, and natural language processing. One of the most powerful features of regular expressions is the ability to perform lookbehind assertions. # ⚓ Unlocking_Python’s_findall():_A_Guide_to_Regular Expressions⠀⇛ Regular expressions are a powerful tool in programming that allow you to match patterns in strings. They are a language unto themselves with their own syntax and rules, but they can be incredibly useful when working with text data. # ⚓ Exploring_fullmatch()_in_Python:_A_Deep_Dive_into Regular_Expressions⠀⇛ Regular expressions are a powerful tool in programming that allow developers to search for and manipulate text with extreme precision. They are essentially a set of rules and patterns that programming languages can use to match and process text data. # ⚓ The_Power_of_Python’s_finditer():_A_Comprehensive Guide⠀⇛ Python is one of the most popular programming languages in use today, and for good reason. It is versatile, relatively easy to learn, and has a vast ecosystem of libraries and tools. # ⚓ Mastering_match()_in_Python:_A_Guide_to_RegEx Functions⠀⇛ Regular expressions (RegEx) are a sequence of characters that define a search pattern. It is widely used in computer programming to find and match patterns in text strings. Regular expressions have become an essential tool for developers, especially when working with large amounts of data and text parsing tasks. # ⚓ Unraveling_Python’s_search()_Function:_A_Deep_Dive into_Regular_Expressions⠀⇛ Introduction Regular expressions are an important part of programming, allowing developers to manipulate and analyze text data with ease. # § Shell/Bash/Zsh/Ksh⠀➾ # ⚓ Carl Schwan ☛ Reuse_annotate_automation⠀⇛ Someone pointed out that it would be great to automate the addition of the metadata inside the files based on the git repository. So here is a small script that does exactly that. It goes over all your .cpp and .h file and will add the header based on the list of authors as well as the first commit on that particular file. # ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ How_the_rc_shell_handles whitespace_in_various_contexts⠀⇛ I recently read Mark Jason Dominus’s The shell and its crappy handling of whitespace, which is about the Bourne shell and its many issues with whitespace in various places. I’m a long time user of (a version of) Tom Duff’s rc shell (here’s why I switched), which was written for Research Unix Version 10 and then Plan 9 to (in part) fix various issues with the Bourne shell. You might ask if rc solves these whitespace issues; my answer is that it about half solves them, and the remaining half is a hard to deal with problem area (although the version of rc I use doesn’t support some things that would help). ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 2498 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.06.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Leftover_Links_06/08/2023:_India’s_Laptop_and_Tablet_Import_Ban_Postponed⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:37 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Science o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Monopolies # Patents # Software_Patents # Copyrights * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Normal_Life_Far_From_Reach_After_Earthquakes_in Türkiye:_IFRC⠀⇛ Over 50 percent of families supported by the IFRC and Turkish Red Crescent are taking on new debts after the earthquakes as the country battles inflation. o ⚓ El País ☛ From_Vinyl_to_USB:_The_evolution_of_Mexico_City’s ‘sonideros’⠀⇛ The sonidero scene of the Mexican capital came into conflict in February, when Sandra Cuevas, the mayor of the borough of Cuauhtemoc, banned the small pop-up “dance clubs” that for years had brought together the residents of the Santa Maria la Ribera neighborhood. The politician stated that her decision had been motivated by “many noise complaints from neighbors,” and proposed that they be relocated to enclosed spaces. Meanwhile, the complaints that the Legal Department of Mexico City received for “noise” between January and December 2022 amounted to three. One month later, Cuevas turned the situation around by recognizing the sonideros as “cultural heritage” and sharing a photo of her with 20 of their representatives holding the title. Afterwards, the secretary of culture of Mexico City, Claudia Curiel, stated that the declaration of heritage required a long process that involved authorities and specialists, and that it could only be offered by the head of government. “It’s not just handing out a diploma,” said Curiel. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Browser-Based_Robot_Dog_Simulator_In_~800_Lines_Of Code⠀⇛ [Sergii] has been learning about robot simulation and wrote up a basic simulator for a robodog platform: the Unitree A1. It only took about 800 lines of code to do so, which probably makes it a good place to start if one is headed in a similar direction. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ How_2_Teens_Accidentally_Solved_Charles Darwin’s_Most_Vexing_Problem⠀⇛ It is now clear that complex plants once flourished before the Cambrian explosion. And yet it’s still unknown why diversity suddenly exploded more than 500 million years ago. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Making_A_Kid-Scale_Apollo_11_Lunar_Lander⠀⇛ If you’d like to see what goes into making a 1/3- scale Apollo 11 Lunar Module, [Plasanator]’s photos and build details will show off how he constructed one for a kid’s event that was a hit! o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ El País ☛ ‘Young_people_don’t_read_because_the_phone_is_a much_more_affordable_form_of_leisure’⠀⇛ Q. In the book, you are very critical of social networks. A. My students’ concentration has dropped tremendously with smartphones. We touch the mobile close to a thousand times a day and communicate with others about 150 times. With the mobile on the table, you act like a person with a much lower IQ. Many children who shine academically practice ballet or music, which require a lot of concentration. Kids are often very aware that they don’t remember short videos they’ve watched or that they get nervous if there’s no change in activity. They watch shows, and even listen to music, at 1.5x speed, because they are unable to keep up. No one listens to an entire song, they always hit the little button first. That shreds their attention spans. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Supporting_(very!)_legacy_systems⠀⇛ (I’m AFK today, so I tidied up a half-baked blog post from perennial drafts folder. It’s still not really fleshed out the way I’d usually like, but maybe there’s something there). When a tired IT worker suggests someone turns it off, then on again, it’s because it’s shocking how often this works. Any functional programmer worth her salt will tell you how bad state is, and sometimes things enter a weird, unknown, or unplanned state that a simple reboot can clear and fix. > # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ After_protests,_India_delays_laptop,_tablet import_ban_by_three_months⠀⇛ The Indian Government has delayed its move on immediately banning importers of laptops, tablets and some kinds of PCs, giving the industry three months to wind up these practices, following a backlash against an order on Thursday that said the ban would take immediate effect. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Intel_Plans_Massive_Fab_Expansion_in Oregon⠀⇛ Intel has submitted a permit application outlining plans to build a fourth model of its D1X R&D facility and rebuild its decades-old D1A R&D fab. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Chip_Titan_Whose_Life’s_Work_Is_at_the Center_of_a_Tech_Cold_War⠀⇛ The insight that Mr. Chang gained from the textbook was deceptively simple: the idea that microchips, which act as the brains of computers, could be designed in one place but manufactured somewhere else. The notion went against the semiconductor industry’s standard practice at the time. So at the age of 54, when many people begin thinking more about retirement, Mr. Chang instead put himself on a path to turn his insight into a reality. The engineer left his adopted country, the United States, and moved to Taiwan where he founded Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, or TSMC. The company does not design chips, but it has become the world’s biggest manufacturer of cutting- edge microprocessors for customers including Apple and Nvidia. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Apple_Finishes_Dumping_Intel_Entirely, Touts_Results⠀⇛ The launch of Apple’s Mac Pro based on its M2 Ultra processor formally marked the completion of the company’s transition from Intel’s CPUs to its own system-on-chips, which took about three years. The transition spurred users of Macs to upgrade and encouraged users of Windows to switch to Macs. Roughly half of Apple’s PCs bought in Q2 were purchased by new users. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ DIY_Eye_Tracking_For_VR_Headsets,_From_A_To_Z⠀⇛ Eye tracking is a useful feature in social virtual reality (VR) spaces because it really enhances presence and communication when one’s avatar has a realistic gaze. Most headsets lack this feature, but EyeTrackVR has a completely open source solution ready for anyone willing to put it together. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Prepare_To_Brake:_Quick_Intro_To_Metal_Bending⠀⇛ If you want to bend metal to make shapes, you might use equipment like a brake. But if you don’t have one, no worries. You can still do a lot with common tools like a vise and torches. [Bwrussell] shows you how. He welds together a die to use as a bending jig and makes a set of table legs. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ LK-99:_Diamagnetc_Semiconductor,_Not Superconductor?⠀⇛ Every so often, along comes a story which, like [Fox Mulder] with his unexplained phenomena, we want to believe. EM drives and cold fusion for example would be the coolest of the cool if they worked, but sadly they crumbled when subjected to scientific inquiry outside the labs of their originators. The jury’s still out on the latest example, a claimed room-temperature superconductor, but it’s starting to seem that it might instead be a diamagnetic semiconductor. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Scientists_race_to_replicate_high-stakes_claim_of_a new_superconductor⠀⇛ A team of scientists claimed to develop a material that could act as a superconductor at room temperature — a holy grail of physics that researchers around the world are now trying to replicate. Why it matters:Superconductors that can operate at room temperature and ambient pressure hold promise for quantum_computing, a more efficient_energy grid, producing energy_from_fusionand more innovation. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ China_is_proposing_a_two-hour_limit_on_children’s smartphone_use⠀⇛ The Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC) proposed a rule that would limit smartphone use for people under the age of 18 on Wednesday (August 2), the latest step by Chinese regulators to curb young people’s internet use. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Under_18s_in_China_to_have smartphone,_internet_use_curbed_every_evening⠀⇛ Chinese children and teens will be cut off from accessing the internet at night and have their smartphone use curbed under new rules unveiled Wednesday aimed at fighting internet addiction. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_looks_to_limit_children_to_two hours_a_day_on_their_phones⠀⇛ Providers of smart devices will be required to bar users under 18 from accessing the internet from 10pm to 6am. # ⚓ India Times ☛ China_wants_children_to_spend_less_time_on smartphones,_might_mandate_“minor_mode”⠀⇛ The country’s internet regulator this week proposed regulations that if adopted as written would require smartphones, apps and app stores to build a “minor mode” into their products. The aim is to restrict how long children can spend on their phones and what content they can read or watch. The proposal, which is open for public comment, would expand the Chinese government’s efforts to regulate aspects of children’s online activity that it has deemed to be negative influences, experts said. # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ The_Company_Whose_Chemicals_Poisoned East_Palestine_Still_Opposes_Rail_Safety_Legislation⠀⇛ In February, a train derailment exposed the town of East Palestine, Ohio, to toxic vinyl chloride. Since then, the company that made the chemicals has spent millions to stop railway legislation that could help prevent another disaster. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Sex_Toys_Shed_Hormone-Disrupting_Chemicals With_Unknown_Effects⠀⇛ While it is too early to say how dangerous these chemicals are, the fact that they haven’t been safety tested for our most intimate body parts is worrisome. “Some of the phthalates identified in our experiments have been observed concurrently with serious fertility complications or loss of fertility in rodents at high concentrations,” the authors of the study write, “though causation may not have been demonstrated, the correlation is concerning enough to warrant further investigation.” # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Hidden_Harms_of_CPR⠀⇛ For decades, physicians have debated whether CPR should be offered to people who suffer from the final blows of incurable illness, be it heart failure, advanced cancer, or dementia. Although CPR has become synonymous with medical heroism, nearly eighty-five per cent of those who receive it in a hospital die, their last moments marked by pain and chaos. The pandemic only deepened the risks: every chest compression spewed contagious particles into the air, and intubation, which often follows compressions, exposed doctors to virus-laden saliva. Hospitals in Michigan and Georgia reported that no COVID patient survived the procedure. An old question acquired new urgency: Why was CPR a default treatment, even for people as sick as Ernesto? o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ So_What_Do_We_Call_Twitter_Now_Anyway?⠀⇛ Some people have wondered if the X name will stick, especially with the word tweets still appearing on the site. The app’s home button is also still shaped like a birdhouse, and the company’s website — at least for now — remains Twitter.com. So is the Twitter name retired? And do we now call a tweet a “xeet” or “xcerpt”? # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Break_Free_From_Proprietary_Digital_Radio⠀⇛ Digital modes are all the rage these days in amateur radio — hams are using protocols like WSPR to check propagation patterns, FT8 to get quick contacts on many bands with relatively low power, and MSK144 to quickly bounce a signal off of a meteor. There’s also digital voice, which has a number of perks over analog including improved audio quality. However, the major downside of most digital voice modes, at least those in use on UHF and VHF, is that they are proprietary with various radio brands having competing digital standards. To get above the noise a more open standard can be used instead. # § Windows TCO⠀➾ # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Microsoft_Criticized_Over_Handling_of Critical_Power_Platform_Vulnerability⠀⇛ In March, researchers at vulnerability management company Tenable discovered a critical vulnerability in Microsoft’s Power Platform. The platform, which can be connected to Microsoft 365, Azure and other apps, enables organizations to analyze data, build applications and automate processes. The security hole was caused by “insufficient access control to Azure Function hosts, which are launched as part of the creation and operation of custom connectors in Microsoft’s Power Platform”. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ LinuxSecurity ☛ Vim_Code_Execution,_DoS_Vulns_Fixed⠀⇛ Several denial of service (DoS) and code execution vulnerabilities have been discovered in the Vim enhanced vi editor. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Microsoft_Criticized_Over_Handling_of Critical_Power_Platform_Vulnerability⠀⇛ A critical Microsoft Power Platform vulnerability exposed authentication data and other secrets, but the tech giant has been accused of handling it poorly. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Google_Awards_Over_$60,000_for_V8 Vulnerabilities_Patched_With_Chrome_115_Update [Ed: Better headline: Chrome is full of holes, so Google changes the news cycle to make it sound serious about security and very generous]⠀⇛ Google has paid out over $60,000 for three high- severity type confusion vulnerabilities in Chrome’s V8 engine. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Points.com_Vulnerabilities_Allowed_Customer Data_Theft,_Rewards_Program_Hacking⠀⇛ Multiple vulnerabilities in the airline and hotel rewards platform points.com could have led to personal information theft and unauthorized administrative access. # ⚓ Pen Test Partners ☛ n00b’s_guide_to_DEF_CON._Surviving_the Matrix_of_the_underground⠀⇛ Ah, DEF CON, the world’s largest hacker convention, a beacon for the diverse spectrum of cybersecurity enthusiasts. # ⚓ Pen Test Partners ☛ PTP_at_DEF_CON_31_2023⠀⇛ Come and see us at the Aerospace Village, at Caesars Forum. Aerospace Village Fri 11th to Sun 13th Activity Take off in an A320 with hacked engine performance calculator. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Decommissioned_Medical_Infusion_Pumps Expose_Wi-Fi_Configuration_Data⠀⇛ Medical infusion pumps available via secondary market sources contain Wi-Fi configuration settings from the original organization. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Dozens_of_RCE_Vulnerabilities_Impact Milesight_Industrial_Router⠀⇛ Cisco Talos researchers warn of dozens of critical- and high-severity vulnerabilities in the Milesight UR32L industrial router leading to code execution. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Jailbreaking_Tesla_Infotainment_Systems⠀⇛ With newer cars being computers on wheels, some manufacturers are using software to put features behind a paywall or thwarting DIY repairs. Industrious hackers security researchers have taken it upon themselves to set these features free by hacking a Tesla infotainment system. (via Electrek) # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Unpatchable_AMD_Chip_Flaw_Unlocks_Paid Tesla_Feature_Upgrades⠀⇛ Researchers have uncovered a way to unlock Tesla’s paid upgrades. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Threat_Actors_Abuse_Cloudflare_Tunnel_for Persistent_Access,_Data_Theft⠀⇛ Threat actors have been observed abusing the open source Cloudflare Tunnel tool Cloudflared to maintain stealthy, persistent access to compromised systems. > # ⚓ LinuxSecurity ☛ Critical_OpenSSH_RCE_Bugs_Fixed⠀⇛ Two critical remote code execution (RCE) vulnerabilities have been found in OpenSSH (CVE- 2023-28531 and CVE-2023-38408). Because these bugs are simple to exploit and pose a severe threat to impacted systems’ confidentiality, integrity, and availability, they have received a National Vulnerability Database base score of 9.8 out of 10 (”Critical” severity). # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_right_to_pay_anonymously_has_become_part of_an_EU_culture_war⠀⇛ Karl Nehammer, Austria’s chancellor, announced plans to enshrine the right to pay with cash into the country’s constitution on Friday (August 4), as card contactless payments become more popular in Europe. # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Cory_Doctorow_on_privacy⠀⇛ Posted_this_morning They’re disguising a demand as an observation. # ⚓ Stacey on IoT ☛ Smart_home_startup_Tuo_is_betting_on Matter._Should_it?⠀⇛ This story originally ran on Friday, July 28, 2023 in my weekly IoT newsletter. You can sign up for the newsletter here.  This week, I’ve been testing an attractive smart button from a new company called Tuo. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Children’s_online_safety_bills clear_Senate_hurdle_despite_strong_civil_liberties pushback⠀⇛ Critics say the bills will make the internet less safe for kids by increasing digital surveillance and reducing access to encrypted services. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Large_EU_Internet_Retailer_Whines_That_It Shouldn’t_Have_To_Comply_With_The_DSA’s_Most_Stringent Rules⠀⇛ A few months ago, when the EU designated 17 companies as “VLOPs” — Very Large Online Providers — subject to the most stringent regulations, one name that I heard lots of folks in the US be confused about was Zalando, which is a large EU-focused online retailer. It was also one of only two companies actually based in the EU to be designated as such (Booking.com was the other). And it seems that Zalando was just as surprised as everyone else, as it has now sued to challenge that designation. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ DC_Circuit_Says_FOSTA_Is_Perfectly Constitutional,_Nothing_To_See_Here⠀⇛ Back in January there was some hope that the panel of judges hearing the latest version of the challenge to FOSTA’s constitutionality had recognized the problems with the law. That’s because during oral arguments they seemed to express skepticism about its constitutionality, noting that it appeared to criminalize any efforts to legalize prostitution. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_right_to_pay_anonymously_has_become_part of_an_EU_culture_war⠀⇛ Karl Nehammer, Austria’s chancellor, announced plans to enshrine the right to pay with cash into the country’s constitution on Friday (August 4), as card contactless payments become more popular in Europe. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Online_Privacy_at_Risk_from_Awful_U.K. Internet_Regulation_Bill⠀⇛ “The Online Safety Bill, now at the final stage before passage in the House of Lords, gives the British government the ability to force backdoors into messaging services, which will destroy end-to-end encryption,” the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) warned last week. “If it passes, the Online Safety Bill will be a huge step backwards for global privacy, and democracy itself. Requiring government-approved software in peoples’ messaging services is an awful precedent. If the Online Safety Bill becomes British law, the damage it causes won’t stop at the borders of the U.K.” # ⚓ The Verge ☛ Kenya_suspends_Sam_Altman’s_eyeball- scanning_[cryptocurrency]_project⠀⇛ Kenya isn’t the only country looking into the potential risks associated with Worldcoin. Regulators in France, Germany, and the UK are also evaluating the project and whether it may violate privacy protections. Despite this, Worldcoin maintains that “biometric data never leaves the orb” and is “permanently deleted” after you sign up. The company instead saves your IrisCode — a unique set of numbers that represents your identity. # ⚓ Interesting Engineering ☛ China’s_top_SUV_maker_to add_ChatGPT-like_bot_into_cars⠀⇛ Marking the entry of AI systems into mass- market cars, Chinese automaker Great Wall Motor (GWM) is set to integrate Baidu’s ChatGPT-like AI system, which enables conversation between driver and car. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Google_offers_to_alert_netizens when_their_personal_info_shows_up_in_Search⠀⇛ In the interest of privacy – something of an issue at the Mountain View, California-based ad giant – the Chocolate Factory has upgraded its Results About You tool, introduced last year as a way to help people remove personally identifiable information from Google Search results. Essentially, you can get alerted when your personal contact information turns up in search results, and tell Google to not show that. # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ We_noticed_a_new_login_to_your_…!⠀⇛ Alert fatigue is a well-understood psychological phenomena where we discount, tune out, or ignore information when we’re overwhelmed by it, thereby defeating the entire point of the alerts. I’d say IT security professionals forget the human element at their peril, though its the rest of us that pay the price. # ⚓ El País ☛ Why_Sam_Altman_wants_to_scan_two_billion eyes⠀⇛ There’s another problem. The consent form (that nobody reads) says that the spheres also take high-resolution images of the user’s face, eyes and body, in addition to recording vital signs, such as heart rate and breathing. The French and German data protection authorities see signs of infringement of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and have jointly launched an investigation. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Hindustan Times ☛ Hiroshima_attack:_78th_anniversary_of_US atomic_bombing_today._All_you_need_to_know⠀⇛ The Japanese city of Hiroshima, the victim of the searing heat of the world’s first nuclear attack, observed the 78th anniversary of the US atomic bombing on Sunday. Marking the day, Hiroshima mayor urged the abolition of nuclear weapons while the country’s Prime Minister Fumio Kishida warned that the road to a world without nuclear weapons was getting steeper amid looming threats due to growing geopolitical differences. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Hiroshima_Marks_A-Bomb Anniversary,_Calls_Nuclear_Deterrence_‘Folly’⠀⇛ The bomb dropped on Hiroshima on Aug. 6, nicknamed “Little Boy”, killed thousands instantly and about 140,000 by the end of the year. Japan surrendered on Aug. 15. # ⚓ Gannett ☛ The_world_inches_closer_to_feared_global_warming ‘tipping_points’:_5_disastrous_scenarios⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Two_US_Navy_sailors_charged_with_giving Chinese_spies_secret_military_info⠀⇛ Two US Navy service members appeared in federal court Thursday accused of espionage and stealing sensitive military information for China in separate cases. Jinchao Wei, aka Patrick Wei, and Wenheng Zhao, aka Thomas Zhao, each pleaded not guilty. According to US prosecutors at his hearing in southern California, Wei allegedly told a fellow sailor he was being recruited by Beijing for what he described as “quite obviously fucking espionage.” # ⚓ India Times ☛ TikTok_unveils_new_measures_ahead_of_EU Digital_Services_Act⠀⇛ Under the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA), TikTok’s owner ByteDance, Alphabet unit Google, other large online platforms will be required to police illegal content on their platforms, prohibit certain advertising practices, and share data with authorities. But after TikTok agreed to a voluntary “stress test” last month, EU industry chief Thierry Breton said “more work” was needed for the firm to be fully compliant. # ⚓ El País ☛ Social_media_influencer_Kai_Cenat_faces_charges of_inciting_riot_after_thousands_cause_mayhem_in_NYC⠀⇛ Social media influencer Kai Cenat is facing charges of inciting a riot and promoting an unlawful gathering in New York City, after the online streamer drew thousands of his followers, many of them teenagers, with promises of giving away electronics, including a new PlayStation. The event produced chaos, with dozens of people arrested — some jumping atop vehicles, hurling bottles and throwing punches. Cenat was released early Saturday from police custody after being issued a desk appearance ticket, which is issued by police to require a suspect to appear in court to answer charges. A police spokesperson said he is to appear in court on Aug. 18. # ⚓ New Statesman ☛ Putin’s_secret_navy:_A_small_group_of Western_businesses_holds_back_EU_sanctions,_and_keeps_money flowing_into_Russia’s_war_machine.⠀⇛ The uncomfortable fact, Brooks tells me, is that “Russia depends on Western transport infrastructure to keep its war going”. # ⚓ Digital First Media ☛ Another_Michigan_clerk_says_he_was asked_to_provide_access_to_voting_equipment⠀⇛ Vorva, a former GOP state lawmaker, told The Detroit News that he received multiple calls from former state Sen. Patrick Colbeck, a Republican from Canton Township, in late 2020 or early 2021 about analyzing Plymouth Township’s election equipment. Under Michigan law and guidance from the Secretary of State’s office, only certain authorized individuals are allowed to obtain tabulators, policies that are meant to keep the technology secure. # ⚓ The Gray Zone ☛ From_Chi-Town_bagman_to_ECOWAS_chairman: meet_the_former_money_launderer_leading_the_push_to_invade Niger⠀⇛ # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ AUKUS_Nuclear_Submarine_Deal_Poses_Risk_to_Global Security⠀⇛ Rooted in a U.S. model of “great power competition,” the AUKUS deal prompts a nuclear submarine arms race. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Three_Alleged_Members_Of_Ultra-Nationalist_Group Arrested_In_Kyrgyzstan⠀⇛ Kyrgyzstan’s State Committee of National Security (UKMK) said on August 3 that three alleged members of an ultra-nationalist group had been placed in pretrial detention for at least two months on hatred charges. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ US_raises_security,_environmental concerns_over_Chinese_reclamation_in_Manila_Bay⠀⇛ US diplomats have raised security and environmental concerns with the Philippines over the involvement of a Chinese company in a land reclamation project in Manila Bay, a US embassy spokesman said Wednesday. A subsidiary of China Communications Construction Co, which was blacklisted by Washington in 2020, has been contracted to reclaim 318 hectares (786 acres) […] # § War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ LRT ☛ Matter_of_time_until_Lithuania_closes_Belarus border,_says_MP⠀⇛ It’s “a matter of time” until Lithuania closes its border with Belarus, said Laurynas Kasčiūnas, head of the parliamentary Committee on National Security and Defense (NSGK). # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Ukraine_declares_waters_of_Russia’s_Black Sea_ports_as_military_threat_zones_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Ukraine has declared the waters of six Russian ports on the Black Sea to be zones of military threat, according to a warning issued on August 4, writes Economichna Pravda. This warning applies to the internal and external waters of the Russian ports of Anapa, Novorossiysk, Gelendzhik, Tuapse, Sochi, and Taman. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_tanker_damaged_in_overnight_naval drone_attack_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The Russian tanker SIG was damaged by a naval drone attack while approaching the Kerch Strait, according to Russia’s Federal Agency for Maritime and River Transportation. The agency said the attack occurred on August 4 at 11:20 p.m. local time. The ship’s crew was not injured in the attack and the ship remains afloat, says the agency. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russia_says_fighter_jet_dispatched_in response_to_U.S._reconnaissance_drone_detected_near border_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Russia’s Defense Ministry reported that it dispatched a Su-30 fighter jet after detecting a drone flying over the Black Sea approaching the Russian border. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Saudi_Arabia_hosts_Ukraine_peace_talks, Russia_not_invited_—_Meduza⠀⇛ On August 5, Saudi Arabia began hosting two- day peace talks on Russia’s war against Ukraine, reports Reuters. The Saudi government channel Al-Ekhbariya also announced the beginning of the talks. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Seymour_Hersh:_The_Senate_Armed_Services Committee_Bombs⠀⇛ A hearing for the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff exposes a bipartisan consensus: culture war is a higher priority than debate about the war in Ukraine. # ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_Ukraine_says_it_downed_scores_of cruise_missiles,_drones_overnight⠀⇛ Ukraine’s air force said Sunday it shot down 30 out of the 40 cruise missiles and all the Iranian-made Shahed drones that Russia launched overnight in several waves of attacks. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Saudi_Arabia_hosts_peace_talks_on_Ukraine war_excluding_Russia⠀⇛ Saudi Arabia hosted talks on the Ukraine war Saturday in the latest flexing of its diplomatic muscle, a session that Kyiv had predicted would “not be easy” given the wide range of countries represented. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Deadly_Russian_strike_hits_blood transfusion_centre,_says_Zelensky⠀⇛ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Saturday said Russian forces struck a blood transfusion centre in northeast Ukraine. The news came shortly after a Russian missile attack reportedly hit an aeronautics manufacturing facility in western Ukraine. Earlier, Ukrainian drones in the Kerch Strait hit a Russian tanker, briefly halting traffic on the strategic bridge linking Crimea to Russia’s mainland. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Slovakia_Allows_Nine_Citizens_To_Join Ukrainian_Military⠀⇛ Slovak President Zuzana Caputova has granted permission for nine Slovak citizens to serve in the Ukrainian armed forces fighting off an invasion from neighboring Russia. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Moscow_Again_Closes_Major_Airport,_As_Ukraine Reports_Massive_Overnight_Air_Strikes⠀⇛ For the second time in the last week, Moscow’s Vnukovo airport was temporarily closed on August 6 after Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin reported that a drone strike on the Russian capital had been parried. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Zelenskiy_Urges_Saudi_Summit_Attendees_To Ensure_‘Rules-Based’_International_Order⠀⇛ From afar, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy in his nightly video address called on global representatives gathered in Saudi Araba for a summit on the Ukraine war to ensure that rules-based international order be maintained, even in the face of disagreements over other world affairs. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russian_Forces_Hit_Ukrainian_Blood_Center, Aeronautics_Firm,_After_Second_Russian_Ship_Damaged⠀⇛ Russian forces struck a blood-transfusion center in eastern Ukraine and other missiles blasted aerospace firm Motor Sich’s facility in western Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, hours after two Russian ships were damaged in explosions in apparent drone attacks in the Kerch Strait. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Hiroshima_marks_atomic_bombing anniversary,_calls_nuclear_deterrence_‘folly’⠀⇛ Russia has raised the spectre of using nuclear weapons in its war with Ukraine. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Putin’s_Forever_War⠀⇛ Vladimir Putin wants to lead Russians into a civilizational conflict with the West far larger than Ukraine. Will they follow him? # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Ukraine_War_Expands_Beyond_Old Battlefields⠀⇛ Russia has turned to regular attacks on the Black Sea, a vital economic hub, while Ukraine has grown bolder, with strikes hitting Moscow and Russian ships. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Pope_Francis_Declines_to_Condemn Russia_at_Fatima_Shrine_in_Portugal⠀⇛ “It’s not enough just to listen — he has to do something,” said Dmytro Bohak, one of about 500 young Ukrainian pilgrims who attended the event and staged a demonstration. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Battle_at_Sea_Intensifies_as_Ukraine Drone_Hits_2nd_Russian_Ship_in_2_Days⠀⇛ In addition to the strike on an oil tanker, Ukraine issued a warning that commercial ships using any of six Russian Black Sea ports would be considered military targets. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Pilgrims_brave_scorching_heat for_pope’s_vigil_in_Lisbon_after_Francis_ditches_Fatima peace_prayer⠀⇛ An estimated 1.5 million young people filled a field in the Portuguese capital for Pope Francis’ World Youth Day vigil. They’ve braved scorching heat to secure a spot for the evening prayer and to camp out overnight so they can be in place for his final farewell Mass on Sunday morning. Temperatures soared to 38 degrees Celsius on Saturday (95 F) in Lisbon and were forecast to top 40 C (104 F) on Sunday. The heat forced the pilgrims to shelter under umbrellas and makeshift shades of plastic canvas sheets tied between trash bins in the otherwise exposed field. Francis was presiding over the evening vigil, after spending the morning at the Catholic shrine in Fatima. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Russian_court_sentences_opposition_figure Navalny_to_19_more_years_in_prison⠀⇛ A Russian court convicted imprisoned opposition leader Alexei Navalny of extremism charges and sentenced him to 19 years in prison Friday. Navalny is already serving a nine-year term on a variety of charges that he says were politically motivated. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Navalny_Prison_Term_To_Total_19_Years, Mediazona_Analysis_Of_Court_Audio_Indicates⠀⇛ Independent Russian media outlet Mediazona says the latest sentence handed down to jailed opposition leader Aleksei Navalny will include his previous sentence, meaning he is scheduled to serve a total of 19 years in Russia’s harshest prison regime after being found guilty on charges of extremism. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.K._Says_G7_Oil-Price_Cap_Is_Hurting_Russian Revenue⠀⇛ The price cap on Russian oil imposed by the G7 and other countries continues to eat away at Moscow’s energy revenues, according to the British government. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ China’s_Embassy_Criticizes_Treatment_Of Citizens_At_Russian_Border⠀⇛ China’s embassy in Moscow has criticized the treatment of five Chinese citizens who were refused entry into Russia, calling the treatment inconsistent with the overall friendly relations between the two countries. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Jolted_by_a_Mutiny,_Putin_Works_the Crowds⠀⇛ His contained interactions with crowds this summer are a noticeable change for the Russian leader, who disdains retail politics and operated in extreme seclusion during the pandemic. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Futurism ☛ It’s_So_Hot_That_Decades-Old_Cactuses_Are Toppling_Over_in_Defeat⠀⇛ “Since 2020, we have had elevated mortality in our population of saguaros compared to mortality rates pre-2020,” Kimberlie McCue, chief science officer at the Desert Botanical Garden, told the AP. “So part of our thinking is that there are still saguaros today that were compromised from what they went through in 2020. And that this could be sending them over the edge.” # ⚓ Omicron Limited ☛ Net_zero:_Direct_costs_of_climate policies_aren’t_a_major_barrier_to_public_support,_research reveals⠀⇛ Our research also shows that the UK public is broadly on board with net zero, including measures that would involve lifestyle changes. With the market research company Ipsos, we polled more than 5,000 people across the UK on their attitudes to a range of net zero policies. Our findings indicated high levels of public support (in both 2021 and 2022) for most of them, with support strongest for frequent flyer levies, changing product prices to reflect environmental impacts, phasing out gas boilers, and electric vehicle subsidies. # ⚓ Science Alert ☛ Nuclear_War_Would_Be_Worse_For_Our_Climate Than_Predicted_in_The_Cold_War⠀⇛ Climate modelling shows the reduced sunlight would plunge global temperatures by up to 10˚C for nearly a decade. These freezing conditions, combined with less sunlight for plants to photosynthesize, would have catastrophic consequences for global food production and lead to mass starvation worldwide. Modern climate models are much more sophisticated than those used in the 1980s. And while there are fewer nukes in working order today, more recent results from computer simulations suggest that the grim prophecy delivered by scientists 40 years ago may actually have been an underestimate. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Natural_disasters_in_China_caused 147_deaths_or_disappearances_in_July⠀⇛ China said Friday that natural disasters had caused 147 deaths or disappearances in July, after the heaviest rains since records began hit the country’s capital at the end of the month. China has been hit hard by extreme weather in recent months, from record-breaking heatwaves to deadly rain. # ⚓ RFA ☛ China_plan_to_flood_villages_to_spare_Beijing_sparks clashes_in_Hebei_province⠀⇛ Residents guard local levees for fear officials will inundate their homes in the middle of the night. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Would_You_Drive_an_Extra_Five_Minutes to_Save_the_Planet? [Ed: How much energy does it take to manufacture and run those gadgets?]⠀⇛ Google Maps’ eco-routing feature wants to help me conserve two teaspoons of gas. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Rishi_Sunak_Home_Scaled_by Greenpeace_Protesters_in_Britain⠀⇛ The incursion by opponents of oil drilling raised concerns about the security of the British leader and his family. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ New_York_Couple_Plead_Guilty_to Bitcoin_Laundering⠀⇛ A married couple from New York dubbed “Bitcoin Bonnie and Crypto Clyde” pleaded guilty to laundering billions of dollars in stolen bitcoin. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ India’s_changes_to_forest conservation_laws_could_be_more_harmful_than_helpful, experts_warn⠀⇛ The amendments meant to aid the country in tackling climate change could instead drastically increase deforestation. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Chinese_Zoo:_This_Is_a_Real_Sun Bear,_Not_a_Costume⠀⇛ “Some people think I look too human when I stand up,” the Hangzhou Zoo’s statement said, after a video prompted internet conspiracy theories. “I am a Malayan sun bear!” # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_vows_to_review conservation_laws_as_official_rejects_claim_gov’t_was slow_to_respond_to_whale_sighting⠀⇛ The Hong Kong government has vowed to review existing laws to grant greater powers to the conservation department in managing rare animal sightings. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Tiny_‘window’_in_Shanghai_attic_space put_up_for_rent_draws_ridicule,_debate_over_accommodation cost⠀⇛ The window is about the size of a hand, and is part of an 8 sq m room. # ⚓ Michael West Media ☛ Huge_fines_on_table_as_tax_avoidance crackdown_ramps_up⠀⇛ Tax advisors who help their clients avoid Australian laws could be subject to hundreds of millions of dollars in penalties as part of the biggest crackdown on misconduct in the nation’s history.  Strengthening regulator powers and integrity in the tax system will also be part of a Commonwealth push to restore public confidence. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Doctors_say_insurers_are_ignoring_orders_to_pay surprise_billing_disputes⠀⇛ Insurers are sometimes ignoring rulings to pay providers, or failing to pay them in full, under the_arbitration_system established by the new federal_surprise_billing_law,providers tell Axios. Why it matters:The No_Surprises_Act, a bipartisan effort to limit unexpected out-of-network medical bills, required that insurers and providers undergo an independent arbitration process to settle their differences without involving patients. The complaints from providers are the latest snag with the arbitration system that launched last year. =================================================== # Providers have previously complained the system_has_been_so_bogged_down_by_disputes that they have to wait months to get through the arbitration process to get reimbursed. # Now, some providers say the feds need to better enforce the law to make sure insurers honor arbitrator rulings. # ⚓ A_timeline_of_some_of_the_major_layoffs_to_hit_Canadians_in the_past_year⠀⇛ While Canada has not officially entered a recession, thousands of workers who have been laid off in the last year might say they feel differently. On Friday, Telus became the latest corporation to announce plans that it will slash its workforce. The news adds to an eventful year for workers as Canadians grapple with a high cost of living. Workers across sectors — including the federal government and B.C. ports — have gone on strike to demand better wages and better pay. Here’s a look back at some of the biggest layoffs that have hit Canadians over the last year. # ⚓ Discord_cutting_4%_of_staff_as_part_of_restructuring⠀⇛ Discord is trimming its headcount as the voice, video, and text app reorganizes some of its business units. According to news outlets, including Business Insider, the company has laid off nearly 40 employees, or four per cent of its total workforce. The cuts have affected staff on Discord’s marketing, design, and entertainment partnership teams. “[We] are ensuring that those impacted are being supported,” a company spokesperson told the publication. # ⚓ The Sunday Times UK ☛ Accenture:_tech’s_silent_partner_cuts deep_in_Ireland⠀⇛ The tech sector slowdown has led Accenture to axe 900 staff. How did the former Andersen Consulting become such a significant employer in Ireland? # ⚓ Increase_in_expenses_of_state_institutions_outpaces inflation_rate_in_Turkey⠀⇛ The expenditures of ministries and other state institutions more than doubled in the first half of the year compared to the same period in 2022, shows an official report. # ⚓ Helsinki Times ☛ Inflation_picked_up_pace_in_Finland_in July⠀⇛ Statistics Finland on Monday reported that its harmonised consumer price index crept up by 0.3 per cent between June and July, translating to a year- on-year increase of 4.2 per cent in July. Prices rose last month particularly for culture and recreation-related products and services, by 8.6 per cent from the previous year. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Hollywood_strikes_cost_cities_and_states_billions⠀⇛ As Hollywood_writers andactors_strikes stretch on, states and local businesses are suffering billions of dollars’ worth of losses amid the halt in production. Why it matters: Film and TV production hubs like California, New York and Georgia now face massive budget losses even as they content with the problems of high inflation and rising cost_of living. =================================================== State of play:California Gov. Gavin Newsom last month signed a $310.8 billion state budget that covered a nearly $32_billion deficit while extending tax credits for film and TV productions. # ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ What’s_next_for_China’s_digital currency?⠀⇛ China’s digital yuan was seemingly born out of a desire to centralize a payment system dominated by the tech companies Alibaba and Tencent. According to its central bank, the digital currency, also known as the e-CNY, is both a risk-free alternative to these commercial platforms and a replacement for physical cash, which is becoming obsolete. Almost three years into the pilot, though, it seems the government is still struggling to find compelling applications for it, and adoption has been minimal. Now the goal may be shifting, or at least broadening. China appears to be charging ahead with plans to use the e-CNY outside its borders, for international trade. # ⚓ Increase_in_expenditures_of_state_institutions_outpaces inflation_rate⠀⇛ The expenditures of ministries and other state institutions more than doubled in the first half of the year compared to the same period in 2022, shows an official report. # ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Life_insurance:_is_your_cover_still_enough_after two_years_of_high_inflation?⠀⇛ NFU Mutual warns that a £100,000 policy bought 20 years ago is worth less than half that today # ⚓ Axios ☛ The_heat_wave_is_driving_up_gas_prices⠀⇛ Data: AAA; Chart: Axios Visuals Gas prices ticked up 15 cents in just the past week, as the heat_wave hitting Texas and Louisiana slowed oil refineries down. /blockquote> ⚓ İstanbul_sees_highest_monthly_surge_in_retail_prices_since_April_2022⠀⇛ The price increase was nearly 10 percent in July, with the city’s annual inflation rate exceeding 63 percent, according to the İstanbul Chamber of Commerce. ⚓ Latvia ☛ Health_insurance_quality_in_Latvia_decreases_with_inflation⠀⇛ Despite rising prices, demand for health-insurance policies is stable and even with slightly upward rates. However, policy coverage is falling, so either there are fewer services paid for, or customers’ co-payments increase, Latvian Radio reported on July 31. ⚓ teleSUR ☛ US_Dollar_Falls_After_Federal_Reserve_Rate_Hike_Decision⠀⇛ Nevertheless, the U.S. inflation remains well above the central bank’s target of two percent. ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Inflation_battle:_Federal_Reserve_hikes_interest_rate_for_11th time⠀⇛ For the 11th time in the past 17 months, the Federal Reserve has hiked its benchmark interest rate – this time from 5.1% to 5.3% – in an effort to curb inflation. The Fed gave no clear signs, however, of when or whether there will be further increases. ⚓ Turkey’s_Central_Bank_raises_year-end_inflation_forecast_from_22%_to_58%⠀⇛ The inflation rate for food prices is projected to reach 61 at the end of the year, according to the governor of the bank. § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ * ⚓ India Times ☛ Former_Microsoft_India_president_Anant_Maheshwari_to_lead Honeywell’s_high_growth_region_portfolio⠀⇛ US-based technology conglomerate Honeywell said on Friday that former Microsoft India president Anant Maheshwari has been appointed president and CEO of Honeywell’s high growth region portfolio, effective September 4, 2023. He will succeed Ben Driggs, who will be taking another leadership role in the company. Maheshwari will be a corporate officer of the company, reporting directly to Honeywell CEO Vimal Kapur and will be located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Sextape_scandal_reveals_the_‘double_life’_of_Iran’s_ultra- conservative_authorities⠀⇛ Social networks in Iran have been flooded with compromising footage featuring several known ultra-conservative officials engaging in homosexual activities. While homosexuality is punishable by death in Iran, the Iranian regime has attempted to deny the videos and cover up the scandals. We spoke to a former religious authority who says authorities are trying to “save face” by refuting the wave of videos. Homosexuality is illegal in Iran, and punishable by imprisonment, abuse, fines, or execution. * ⚓ CBC ☛ Telus_slashing_6,000_jobs_amid_drop_in_2nd_quarter_profits⠀⇛ The cuts involve 4,000 positions at its main Telus business and 2,000 at Telus International and include offers of early retirement and voluntary departure packages, the Vancouver- based company said Friday. * ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Trump_boasts_at_Alabama_fundraiser_that_he_needs ‘one_more_indictment_to_close_out_this_election’⠀⇛ Former President Donald Trump has delivered a speech full of defiance and bluster just a day after his third appearance in court as a criminal defendant. At an Alabama Republican Party dinner Friday night, he insulted prosecutors and declared that the charges he faces only help his 2024 presidential campaign. Trump says, “Any time they file an indictment, we go way up in the polls.” He says one more indictment will help him “close out this election.” Trump pleaded not guilty on Thursday to crimes related to his efforts to overturn the results of his 2020 election loss. * ⚓ NYPost ☛ Trump_calls_indictments_poll-boosting_‘badges_of_honor’_in first_speech_since_Jan._6_charges⠀⇛ Former President Donald Trump declared Friday that the growing list of charges he faces have only helped his campaign and said he considers each indictment a “truly great badge of honor.” Trump, 77, appeared unphased about his legal troubles as he delivered a speech at the annual Alabama GOP dinner in Montgomery, just one day… * ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuanian_PM_voices_confidence_in_defence_minister⠀⇛ Lithuanian Prime Minister Ingrida Šimonytė has voiced her confidence in Defence Minister Arvydas Anusauskas after he came under fire for publishing allegedly restricted-use information on Facebook. * ⚓ Breach Media ☛ A_Meta_alternative_could_serve_the_public_instead_of private_interests⠀⇛ As Mark Zuckerberg’s platforms block Canadian news, it’s time to consider how to build alternative platforms that serve the public interest * ⚓ LRT ☛ Sovereigns_–_what’s_behind_the_anti-state_movement_in Lithuania?⠀⇛ In July, two parents took their children from a care home and attempted to flee to Belarus before they were arrested on August 1. According to Lithuania’s intelligence service, the State Security Department (VSD), the family had identified themselves as “the so-called sovereigns”. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Texas_Judge_Says_Doctors_Can_Use_‘Good_Faith_Judgment’ in_Providing_Abortions⠀⇛ The ruling sought to clarify the medical exceptions in the state’s bans, and was in a response to a lawsuit from women who were denied abortions despite medical emergencies. * ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Global_China_Newsletter:_Don’t_believe_the_ (friendshoring/derisking)_hype⠀⇛ The August 2023 edition of the Global China newsletter. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ How_Jack_Smith_Structured_the_Trump_Election Indictment_to_Reduce_Risks⠀⇛ The special counsel layered varied charges atop the same facts, while sidestepping a free-speech question by not charging incitement. * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Foreign_forces_helped_inspire_Hong_Kong’s_mass protests_starting_20_years_ago,_says_security_chief⠀⇛ Foreign forces helped fuel a mass protest in Hong Kong back in 2003 as a “trial run” and have continued to threaten national security on several occasions over the past two decades, according to the city’s security chief. * ⚓ RFA ☛ Hong_Kong_police_question_family_of_Elmer_Yuen_amid_plan_for parliament-in-exile⠀⇛ Yuen’s ex-wife, son and daughter are taken in for questioning by national security police, reports say. * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_national_security_police_question_more family_members_of_exiled_democrat_Elmer_Yuen_–_reports⠀⇛ Hong Kong national security police have taken away for questioning the ex-wife, daughter and son of one of the eight overseas-based activists for whom HK$1 million bounties have been offered, local media reported citing sources on Thursday. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ Hong_Kong_police_investigate_family_of_pro-democracy_activist wanted_for_National_Security_Law_violations⠀⇛ Hong Kong’s national security police reportedly took away and questioned the ex-wife and two children of Elmer Yuan Gong-yi on Thursday. Yuan, who has fled Hong Kong, is a pro-democracy activist wanted by Hong Kong authorities as a fugitive accused of violating the National Security Law. * ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ CISA’s_strategic_plan_adheres_to_overall_Biden administration_direction_on_cybersecurity⠀⇛ The plan outlines major goals and nine objectives the agency has for the next three years to make improvements to U.S. digital defenses. * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_national_security_police_question exiled_democrat_Elmer_Yuen’s_ex-wife_and_son_–_reports⠀⇛ Hong Kong national security police have taken away for questioning the ex-wife and son of one of the eight overseas- based activists for whom HK$1 million bounties have been offered, local media reported citing sources on Thursday. * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Chinese_security_ministry_attempts_to_mobilise the_masses_to_fight_espionage_with_new_social_media_account⠀⇛ The entire Chinese nation should join the country’s anti- espionage campaign, to build a “line of civil defence against espionage,” and to safeguard national security, the Ministry of State Security has said on a newly launched social media account. * § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ o ⚓ El País ☛ Russia’s_war_with_Ukraine_has_generated_its_own disinformation_fog⠀⇛ Disinformation, misinformation and absent information all cloud civilians’ understanding. Officials from each side denounce devious plots being prepared by the enemy, which never materialize. They claim victories that can’t be confirmed — and stay quiet about defeats. None of this is unique to the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Any nation at war bends the truth — to boost morale on the home front, to rally support from its allies, to try to persuade its detractors to change their stance. § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ * ⚓ RFA ☛ Two_years_after_prison_release,_Hoa_Hao_follower_arrested_again in_Vietnam⠀⇛ Nguyen Hoang Nam is accused of Facebook posts that oppose the government and undermine religious unity. * ⚓ RFA ☛ Hong_Kong_police_plan_to_arrest_Danish_artist,_hold_trial_in mainland_China:_report⠀⇛ Police decline to confirm if Tiananmen massacre sculptor Jens Galschiøt is wanted by national security department. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ India_state_under_curfew_and_internet_access_suspension_after religious_violence⠀⇛ People living in parts of the northern Indian state of Haryana remained under a government-imposed curfew with suspended mobile internet services on Tuesday because of ongoing violence between members of the local Hindu and Muslim communities. * ⚓ Futurism ☛ Facebook_AI_Accuses_AI_Researcher_of_Being_a_Terrorist⠀⇛ At this point, AI chatbots tendency to hallucinate — in other words, completely make up — facts and citations is well- established. And to be clear, these hallucinations are never a benign thing. They’re often convincing, even when they couldn’t be further from the truth. But while some AI lies are relatively minor, others are awfully serious, especially when it comes to accusing people of doing very bad things that they definitely didn’t do. Case in point: Meta’s Blenderbot3 accusing Stanford AI researcher Marietje Schaake of being a terrorist. * ⚓ Meduza ☛ Apple_has_removed_Meduza’s_flagship_news_podcast_‘What Happened’_from_Apple_Podcasts,_without_explaining_the_reason:_Earlier this_summer,_the_Russian_state_censorship_authority_had_asked_Apple_to block_the_show⠀⇛ Although the notice says nothing about the reasons for removing “What Happened,” earlier this summer Meduza learned about a complaint submitted to Apple by the Russian state censorship authority Roskomnadzor (RKN). Claiming that Meduza had violated the law, RKN demanded that Apple remove “What Happened” from its servers. * ⚓ El País ☛ Censorship_just_isn’t_what_it_used_to_be⠀⇛ This was in my mind during a recent trip through the southern United States, as I saw the forces of censorship blossom all around once more. It seems different, though; censorship is not what it used to be. The United States, which for many years took freedom of expression further than any other modern democracy, is today a contradictory society, mired in implausible culture wars, where forms of censorship that not long ago would have seemed impossible, or that we would have deemed impossible under the much bragged about First Amendment, appear to be in better shape than ever. I heard that in South Carolina a student complained about the memoir of Ta-Nehisi Coates on the grounds that it made him feel ashamed of being Caucasian: the school’s response was to ban the book. A Tennessee college banned Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel Maus, accusing it of including sexually explicit material, because there is a panel showing a drawing of a naked woman in the bathtub. The fact that the woman had just killed herself didn’t help. § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ * ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ Mail_on_Sunday_set_for_libel_trial_showdown_with_mother of_boxer_Nicola_Adams⠀⇛ Denver Adams is suing Associated Newspapers over an interview with her Olympic boxer daughter. * ⚓ CPJ ☛ Ukrainian_journalist_Volodymyr_Sedov_assaulted_after investigating_crime⠀⇛ Sedov, editor-in-chief of the newspaper Visti Ananivshchyna, told CPJ that unidentified people attacked him from behind in a park near his home in the southern city of Ananiv on July 12, knocked him unconscious and trampled on his right hand, breaking two of his fingers. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Two_Iranian_Journalists_Covering_Women’s_World_Cup_In_Australia Seek_Asylum⠀⇛ Two Iranian journalists covering the women’s soccer World Cup in Australia do not plan to return to their home country and will seek asylum abroad, Iran-based online portal Eslahat News reported on August 5. [...] § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ * ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ A_Strike_Scripted_by_Netflix⠀⇛ The writers are trying to roll back changes that the streaming service already made a new normal. * ⚓ France24 ☛ Arrests_highlight_the_growing_‘criminalisation’_of_LGBT+ people_in_Venezuela⠀⇛ Thirty-three men were arrested in a popular spot among the LGBT+ community in Valencia, Venezuela on July 23. After the arrest, the men’s names, photos and ID cards were shared in the media and online. Since released, the men are still awaiting legal proceedings. Venezuelan associations have denounced what they see as a growing trend of “criminalisation” of LGBT+ individuals and institutionalised homophobia in Venezuela. * ⚓ RFA ☛ Malaysian_investigators_seek_public’s_help_finding_missing Myanmar_activist,_family⠀⇛ Police circulated photos of Thuzar Maung, husband and children via Facebook. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ ACLU_challenges_constitutionality_of_first_US_religious charter_school_in_new_lawsuit⠀⇛ The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed suit Monday attempting to block the Oklahoma from opening the US’s first religious charter school. The proposed charter school, St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School, would be run by the Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City. * ⚓ ACLU ☛ A_Religious_Public_Charter_School_in_Oklahoma?_Not_on_Our Watch.⠀⇛ A religious school can’t be a public school, and a public school can’t be religious. These fundamental legal tenets have long protected both the integrity of our public-education system, which serves all students, and the right of private religious schools to indoctrinate students in accordance with a particular faith. In approving a Catholic public charter school, however, Oklahoma officials are not just blurring these lines separating church and state; they’re attempting to completely eviscerate them. * ⚓ Reason ☛ Police_Watched_as_a_Man_Drowned_and_Discouraged_Bystanders From_Helping,_Lawsuit_Claims⠀⇛ When a bystander offered to give the officers flotation devices and a small boat, they refused. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Bosnian_Serb_Officials_Hit_With_U.S._Sanctions_For_Laws Undermining_Dayton_Peace_Accords⠀⇛ The United States has designated four top Bosnian Serb officials, including the Serb member of the country’s presidency, for sanctions for undermining the Dayton accords that ended the Bosnian War in the 1990s. * ⚓ RFA ☛ ‘He_told_me_that_if_I_ran_away_he_would_report_me_to_the_Chinese police’⠀⇛ North Korean escapees recount their experiences as trafficking victims in China * ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ Baseball_Fans_Are_Starting_to_Realize_That_the Owners_Are_Not_Their_Friends⠀⇛ If Swanson’s research dates back over one hundred years ago, the themes still resonate today. In recent years, the ownership of the Oakland A’s sought to squeeze a multibillion-dollar ballpark out of the city. When they met opposition, ownership turned to MLB commissioner Rob Manfred, who has enthusiastically paved the way for the team to flee to Las Vegas. Oakland fans have been holding “reverse boycott” nights at the stadium this summer, calling out Manfred and demanding that owner John Fisher sell the team. Swanson sees a parallel between the John Fishers of the world and the owners of yesteryear who fought tooth and nail to maintain strict control over the players that fans paid to see. Jacobin contributor Michael Arria spoke to Swanson about baseball’s early labor fights, the rise of the MLB players union, and how the opinions of fans have changed over time. * ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ Today’s_Hollywood_Strikes_Are_Fights_for_Workplace Democracy⠀⇛ WGA and SAG-AFTRA are doing that, too, in fighting for contract provisions that shape the nature of the work process. Writers are demanding that studios increase the minimum size of writers’ rooms on TV shows and agree to prohibitions on the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the writing process. Actors, meanwhile, want protections against the use of artificial intelligence (AI)-generated likenesses and limits on the use of self-taped auditions. Explaining the union’s position on AI, SAG-AFTRA president Fran Drescher told PBS News Hour, “When [the studios] offer us a deal, and they say that a background person will get paid for one day’s work — we will scan their bodies, and then we can use their likeness in perpetuity — what is going to happen to that background person? He’s out of work. He’s been replaced by AI. That’s unacceptable.” * ⚓ Futurism ☛ Background_Actor_Describes_When_Marvel_Made_Her_Go_to_a Strange_Trailer_to_Be_Scanned⠀⇛ Alarmingly, Rubalcaba alleges that she and others were never told how or when their 3D likenesses would be used. In fact, the only thing she’s sure of is that she wouldn’t get paid for it, even though she says she never gave permission in the first place. For roughly the past twenty years, Hollywood projects have made use of techniques such as crowd tiling to duplicate a few actors to create enormous group scenes. Computer simulations are often used in tandem — or on their own — to create believable, variable behavior in these generated actors, which may be based on motion capture work like in “The Lord of the Rings” trilogy. So while this practice isn’t necessarily totally novel, it is now being cast in a much more foreboding light with the pernicious rise of AI in filmmaking, and indeed at large. * ⚓ NPR ☛ Movie_extras_worry_they’ll_be_replaced_by_AI._Hollywood_is already_doing_body_scans⠀⇛ Rubalcaba said the actors had their faces and bodies scanned for about 15 minutes each. Then their digital replicas were created. But here’s the rub: She was never told how or if this digital avatar of herself would ever be used on screen. If it’s used, she might never know. No matter what happens with it, she’ll never see any payment for it. Disney did not return a request for comment. * ⚓ El País ☛ In_Kenya_labor_dispute,_workers_who_clean_up_toxic_content_on Facebook,_TikTok_and_ChatGPT_for_$3_an_hour_go_to_court⠀⇛ In addition to the harshness of the content, moderators had to face working conditions that aggravated the situation. “You couldn’t talk to anyone about it, because there was a confidentiality clause. You couldn’t even share with your partner what you were going through… the nature of the job [is that it] destroys your personal life. It was frustrating,” he laments. To this was added the pressure of productivity: “If, in one week, you didn’t reach the required metrics, the next [week] you would receive an email warning you that you weren’t meeting the objectives. The programs controlled how much time you spent on each piece of content. You couldn’t take your eyes off the screen all day. It took two or three seconds from the moment you clicked on a publication until the machine placed another one for you to review. It didn’t give you a moment of calm… even taking a minute to go to the bathroom meant a problem with your supervisor.” * ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ New_Illinois_Law_Gives_Tribal_Nations_Repatriation_and Reburial_Power⠀⇛ Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed into law Friday sweeping reforms that for the first time will give tribal nations — not state agencies, universities or museums — final say over how and when the remains of their ancestors and sacred items are returned to them. “With the Governor signing these bills into law, Illinois is proving that a government is capable of reflecting on its past injustices and planning for a future that respects and celebrates our interconnectedness,” Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation Chairperson Joseph “Zeke” Rupnick said. * ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Caitlin_Johnstone:_Disrupt_The_Culture_Wars⠀⇛ One of the great challenges faced by westerners who oppose the political status quo today is the way the narrative managers of both mainstream factions continuously … * ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Solitary_Confinement_Survivors_Rally_Support_for_Proposed Federal_Ban⠀⇛ With over 122,000 people in solitary nationwide, lawmakers are seeking to end the practice in federal facilities. * ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ ‘Unconstitutionally_Vague’_Texas_Drag_Ban_Challenged_By ACLU⠀⇛ The Texas drag ban is the subject of a new lawsuit filed by the ACLU of Texas on Wednesday… * ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Judge_Orders_Former_Fox_News_Reporter_To_Reveal Confidential_Source⠀⇛ * ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Federal_Court_Strikes_Down_Mississippi’s_‘Jim_Crow’_Felon Disenfranchisement_Law⠀⇛ “Mississippi stands as an outlier among its sister states, bucking a clear national trend in our nation against permanent disenfranchisement.” § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ * ⚓ Latvia ☛ Internet_connections_fairly_affordable_in_Latvia⠀⇛ In 2022, 2.4% of the EU population were unable to afford an internet connection, according to Eurostat data published August 1 to mark World Wide Web day. * ⚓ Reason ☛ Nevada_Magistrate_Judge_Recommends_Rejecting_Internet Preservation_Challenge—And_Why_It’s_Wrong⠀⇛ The first opinion on Westlaw in response to a motion to suppress based on my model motion. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ An_Internet_Veteran’s_Guide_to_Not_Being_Scared_of Technology⠀⇛ Mike Masnick, who founded Techdirt in 1998, writes for an influential audience of lawmakers, C.E.O.s and activists. Somehow, he’s still an optimist about the promise of technology. * ⚓ Reason ☛ Elizabeth_Warren_and_Lindsey_Graham_Will_Break_the_Internet⠀⇛ The senators say they’re creating an “independent, bipartisan regulator charged with licensing and policing the nation’s biggest tech companies.” What could go wrong? § Monopolies⠀➾ * ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Judge_gives_go-ahead_for_anti-trust_suit_against_Google_over search⠀⇛ A federal judge in Washington has cleared the way for a government lawsuit against Google over alleged blocking of competition in the search market to proceed from 12 September. * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Judge_Narrows_Scope_of_Google_Search_Antitrust_Case⠀⇛ The ruling did not affect some central parts of the antitrust cases about Google search, which are scheduled to go to trial next month. * ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ Backdown_or_Bailout?:_What_Comes_Next_for_the Government’s_Epic_Bill_C-18_Miscalculation⠀⇛ Meta’s announcement this week that it has started_to_block_news links in Canada on both Facebook and Instagram due to Bill C- 18’s mandated payments for links approach has sparked a flurry of commentary and coverage. News outlets such as Le_Devoir have joined the Globe_and_Mail in expressing doubt about the government’s approach, news coverage has examined why the Meta ad_boycott_hasn’t_taken_off (hint: the government’s own party is still launching new ads) or why the Australian_experience hasn’t_been_replicated in Canada (hint: different law, different time). Meanwhile, the political response has been discouraging with the government pretending to forget the Conservatives’ actual vote against Bill C-18 in the House of Commons, while the Conservatives insist on calling Bill C-18 a censorship bill when_it_isn’t. * ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ America’s_largest_hospital_chain_has_an_algorithmic death_panel⠀⇛ Businesspeople understand the risks of competition, which is why they seek to extinguish it. The harder it is for your customers to leave – because of a lack of competitors or because of lock-in – the worse you can treat them without risking their departure. This is the core of enshittification: a company that is neither disciplined by competition nor regulation can abuse its customers and suppliers over long timescales without losing either: https://pluralistic.net/2023/01/21/potemkin-ai/#hey-guys It’s not that public institutions can’t betray they public interest. It’s just that public institutions can be made democratically accountable, rather than financially accountable. When a company betrays you, you can only punish it by “voting with your wallet.” In that system, the people with the fattest wallets get the most votes. * § Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Route_Guidance_Systems_vehicle_guidance_patent found_invalid⠀⇛ On August 3, 2023, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) entered a final rejection of all claims of U.S._Patent 6,917,876, owned by Route Guidance Systems LLC, an NPE. The ’876 patent is directed to route guidance systems for vehicles where the calculated route is transmitted from a central computer to a vehicle over a channel of communication in a short burst and is then closed, so that transmission to the vehicle ceases, unless and until a need for further transmission arises. o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ VDPP_video_codec_patent_reexam_granted⠀⇛ On July 26, 2023, less than two months after Unified filed_an_ex_parte_reexamination, the Central Reexamination Unit (CRU) granted Unified’s request, finding a substantial new question of patentability on the challenged claims of U.S._Patent_9,699,444, owned and asserted by VDPP LLC, an NPE. o ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Special_Committee:_Newman_Should_be Suspended_for_1_Year_based_upon_Refusal_to_Undergo_Medical Examinations⠀⇛ The Federal Circuit Special Committee has released a 100+ page report that recommends Judge Pauline Newman be suspended for her refusal to comply with the committee’s order that would permit an independent doctor conduct a mental or physical examination.   The proposed suspension for “one year or until she complies.”  This report will be delivered to the Judicial Council that will make its own decision.  I expect that the Judicial Council will agree with the sanction. o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ $2,000_awarded_for_Dominion_Harbor_entity, Monument_Peak_Ventures,_color_editing_patent_prior_art⠀⇛ Unified is pleased to announce PATROLL crowdsourcing contest winner, Poonam Rani, was awarded $2,000 for his prior art submission on U.S._Patent_6,396,599, owned by Monument_Peak_Ventures, an NPE and Dominion_Harbor entity. * § Software Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Read_lips?_Siri_wants_to_feel_them,_according to_fresh_Apple_patent⠀⇛ Motion sensors in devices “may detect muscle movement, vibrations, head motions, and the like and output a stream of data representing the specific force, angular rate, and/or orientation created by said motions,” Apple boffins wrote in their patent filing. These sensors could be embedded in wearable devices like a pair of AirPods, “smart glasses, or the like.” * § Copyrights⠀➾ o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Meta_Removes_News_From_Platform_in_Canada⠀⇛ A Canadian law that will require tech companies to compensate domestic publishers has led Meta to start blocking news articles on its social networks. o ⚓ New Yorker ☛ World_Wide_Gecs⠀⇛ Laura Les and Dylan Brady, the duo behind the hyperpop band 100 gecs, are children of the Internet, which has offered them a seemingly divisionless array of musical influences. o ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Disney_Deletes_Months_Old_Film_From_Disney_Plus, Ostensibly_For_More_Tax_Benefits⠀⇛ Here we go again. It was only a month ago that Karl Bode wrote about Disney’s absolutely and totally cool process of removing a bunch of content from its Disney Plus streaming platform not because the content sucks and nobody liked it, but because it gets to play accounting tricks as to its assets in order to receive giant tax breaks. To some extent, a big media company prioritizing quarterly profit reports over providing customers value in its streaming platform is very much “Dog Bites Man” territory. However, it appears Disney isn’t particularly shy about taking this practice to absurd levels. o ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Spain’s_Pirate_Site_Blocking_Machine:_Domains Blocked_2012_–_2023⠀⇛ The Second Section of the Intellectual Property Commission (S2CPI) is the body responsible for Spain’s administrative pirate site blocking program. Since its launch in 2012, S2CPI has received almost 843 applications and issued instructions for local ISPs to block hundreds of ‘pirate’ domains. One site in particular has kept the authorities disproportionately busy. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 4894 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.06.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_05/08/2023:_New_SIM_and_a_Goodbye⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 7:19 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Technology_and_Free_Software # Internet/Gemini * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ Mass_Air_Flow_Senso⠀⇛ I have two vehicles, one is 17 years old, the other is 23 years old. I’ve always driven older cars, and I try to work on them myself, when the repair is something I can tackle–when it’s not, the car is usually ready to get rid of. # ⚓ Brakes!_What_brakes?⠀⇛ At Wednesday I was on a bicycle trip. Some 130 km in relatively flat terrain (the middle parts was in Nizky Jesenik mountain so ther e were some hills). A very nice trip except the strong headwind. # ⚓ Working_late⠀⇛ Well,it’s summer and I am not able to do any creative work in my office where the lowest temperature is over 30 C. So I am working now at 22:00. # ⚓ Menuet_in_F⠀⇛ except for the modulation (if you could call it that) to the dominant, and another to the dominant of that dominant, or F to C and then C to G Major (but not for very long). In theory you’re supposed to go back to the original key, I guess. Minuets are also supposed to be dancable, though music has something of a tradition of turning danceable music into that which is not. There was even a diet of worms edict when church music got itself too fancy, or you can find chorus music from the 1500s that used chromaticism not seen again until some while later: # ⚓ Cycling⠀⇛ I purchased a bicycle in 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic and a time when most gyms and swimming pools in my area were closed. Though I had Ring Fit Adventure and a Pump It Up arcade machine at home, I get cabin fever very quickly, and I needed something to do outside the house. As the region began to reopen in 2022, I found myself cycling less and less. This was primarily because I could satisfy my itch to go outside in other ways, but as I began cycling regularly before then, I found that it wasn’t easy to use my bike as anything other than a dedicated exercise machine. # ⚓ Chair⠀⇛ I feel like I am broken. On the surface I might seem ok but under-neath, it feels like something is seriously wrong here, mission control. There is now a cast on my leg where I tore my achilles, which has further impeded my mobility. This injury has put the brakes on, or even halted many things that could be going on had it not manifested. I think this was not happenstance, rather, this needed to happen. My trajectory has not been sustainable, Recently, I have been reacquainted with an old chair. It is a chair that I was gifted by my friend, Sandy, when he was moving out of his studio, almost 30 years ago (I feel so old now.) The chair is old, metal, and heavy for its size. Not sure how old it really is, but it was made during a time when things were built to last and made to be repaired by the owner of the chair with common parts found at a local hardware store. Over the years I have replaced various parts, even re- riveting a couple broken rivets on the hinge that attaches the back of the chair to the back post and also adding a tie-on seat cushion since the original chair padding has long since flattened over the course of use and time. # ⚓ AEILSTZ_Wordo:_MILES⠀⇛ # ⚓ Universes_Beyond⠀⇛ Just a heads up: gonna be some spoilers for the Lord of the Rings novels down below. Magic has started making cards from other games, books, or shows like The Walking Dead, Street Fighter, Arcane, Fortnite, Warhammer 40000, Doctor Who, and The Lord of the Rings. That’s called “Universes Beyond”. I’ve been all for that, with one exception—I don’t ever want to see “brands”, like “I tap your 3/ 3 Pepsi with my Tide pod”. I get that an IP is a brand but I hope the line between what’s a cultural artifact, like a novel, versus a product with a logo, is clear enough even for Hasbro. # ⚓ Metagaming,_part_one—D&D⠀⇛ My players are pretty strict with meta information. I had three parties step into the same trap and die and I was like “guys, what’s going on!” and they were like “our new chars don’t know what our old chars knew!” I was satisfied with that. In the end made PCs quick-witted enough to deal with the situation without meta knowledge. I’ve said they are free to meta as much and as little as they want, it’s a lever they’re completely on their own for, I don’t mind it at all but to the extent that it takes away from their experience, they don’t do it o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Modern_WWW_browsing_on_IRIX⠀⇛ You know, the SGI IRIX is dead at last from 2006 so there are almost no new apps. Definitely there is no “current” WWW browser (people have been trying hard but it seems to be impossible). The latest one is the Firefox 3.0.19 with ages old SSL suppurt (so almsot no https://). # ⚓ Forgot_to_replace_batteries⠀⇛ Some devices have very long battery live. So long so I usually forget that they are batteries at all. This time it was the PSION MC600. The main battery is just an 8xAA block and there is a backup battery. But the backup can work for days and not for the whole month. These old PSIONs use RAM cards as storage. They are also backed up by batteries (all backup batteries are the CR1620). This time one of them don’t survive so I lost the whole G: drive (about 2 MB of data and programs). # ⚓ Speed_of_computers⠀⇛ I was in the Prague last week. I had only the GPD Pocket with me (an Item Atom-based machine). I did some light computing here (some FEA) and found that speed on my unoptimised software is still rather acceptable here. After return I tried to do the same on the MNT Reform. As expected the MNT was about 2 times slower (it has an industrial ARM CPU which is wasn’t the fastest even when it was new). # ⚓ New_SIM,_new_phone⠀⇛ My Palm Centro decided to die. So I have had to replace it. Things have not been so easy because my old full-sized SIM (trimmed to the microSIM format anyway) do not fit any modern (or semi-modern) phone. Thus I visited my phone provider’s shop today. It was a story for itself: the Sturmey-Archer hub on my Brompton bike have started work incorrectly. Then was a heavy rainfall. But I ahve got a new SIM. # ⚓ Living_with_a_7″_laptop⠀⇛ I’m in the process of renovating my office so as my desktop computer is stashed away, I’ve been using my travel laptop, i.e. my only laptop, as my main computer for nearly a week now. I’ve been aware of all of its pitfalls since day one but using that computer for that long, has made them harder to bear. I bought a GPD Pocket 2 a few years ago, as a replacement for a slightly bigger netbook, which in turn came in replacement of my beloved first generation eeePC that perished in battle. It’s insanely practical, and portable. It will fit into any bag, and probably into cargo pant or spacious coat pockets. It’s also much beefier than most currently sold sub-12″ laptop on the market. The screen is however 7″. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Bye,_Gemini⠀⇛ This will be my last post on Gemini, as I just don’t have a good reason to use it anymore. You can read more about my thoughts in my latest blog post, linked below. # ⚓ Magic:_the_Gathering’s_announcement_day,_2023⠀⇛ So Magic had an announcement day where they laid out their plans for the next three years. I’ve sorted everything that they announced by how much I’m into it, and a short thought on each. So this is not the order they’re gonna come out in. Instead, I’ve placed them from “aww yeah” gradually down to “Not into it”. For me personally. And not having seen the sets. # ⚓ Hyperion_online_music_store_download_helper bookmarklet⠀⇛ I sometimes buy classical music from Hyperion Records, because they are one of few classical labels to provide downloadable lossless audio files. However, their site is rather outdated and they push you to use a ‘downloader’ application (for Windows or Mac only) to download your purchases. That doesn’t work for me. They do provide a webpage with all your purchases to download regularly, but with individual links per track! That quickly gets annoying. # ⚓ I_started_a_literary_magazine⠀⇛ So, it seems that I have started a literary magazine[1]! I have thought about it on and off for a few years, but nothing seemed to really come together. The idea that finally did it as something that came about after reading one of my wife’s recent stories. It just felt so comfortable and nice and I felt like I wanted more stories like that in my life. So, Hearth Stories was born. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. 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