𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Thursday, August 10, 2023 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Fri 11 Aug 02:42:43 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/2023/08/10/ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐒 ════════════════════════════════════╕ Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): QmVrAjTH6aiVS9U95iPeqJh6iM6oMihHG4dBt7DeBE28QY QmQngnZVk1dzuJ18yPYbuJNMW22QWBLgQsasEQdYhFwWAT QmNrmAJhhmcXzfKhjUQosRyfvSTvwfMYVfjZ4MqkEn7eRL QmU6ifthPWpZXqt24VqzmCU36LYCSKm2pro7MYG2h3fW8r Qmbd6NSmac4tnVN29mZPRuPEMqfLuCqrSWtr7h11Sr4yZV QmeF5twvgzsyE9YptKQ4BCvd9PhGX4pH96vDvGxg1Xqbqb QmYfTomUhDqyRvYTU58bdbw2GSc1GR8WZYP782k6X1swT9 QmegDwUnvgnwipCDf5XAG7f4WpM7tz9ZGEZmfFHumn998K QmcF86aU48wkENPcvkMG3Uvpdn2Zh3Ww591VESr7YyFB1z QmcKPHU5NdTy1sxr6zGBobDe7GDZ5panELSpSzmu2S8xvU QmWef8vtcFeiv9B2BmB2WtBwMqLq2kDfzWm5aQkKdgkCHW QmSERS83Ghpc2tvtjtSx1QuX63sSxDgJ4UDR3Xx4DCBamw QmUE5jyXyq8QeUTZvMZG2nE2AuQzLwVopuJsLSXE8fWgpy Qmf3QVyPA8xsQqXgQeE5Tw2LE7vuKa1Y9spx36dsNNUSsB QmTcZH4zeE6SzC8S3Sqgx1X7NFfYGP2vprisQByQEW5nbx QmeHyPcfAoVduU1xVyTC25qhvMBYeDVfT7bjjzZhGC7E3k QmfXKhYcGYHZGufpdVU71ZTTo1cCovxR9GpF1HuxR4f1VH QmdoTZo8Mevtx6RZCctMfwQ2Y4ffZS4ZQ6SjUZEWNm5pRa QmZ8HUFLDLxvBHLKutyBuQ6a4TTR6hb3ZAFg3gf5MsGv4Z QmdW1PZqQK5LjoM41V2gKL2KqnHaEqwHdd4G1YYxa7JTEz QmYYePurSm8yAKEwRv17i1k4Q7ju7m4SQByFQcLC8HtY7x ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ Fedora Audio Broken like it’s 2008. (Pipewire) | Techrights ⦿ IRC Proceedings: Wednesday, August 09, 2023 | Techrights ⦿ The World’s Mass Migration to GNU/Linux is Already Happening | Techrights ⦿ [Meme] The Man Lies, the Shirt Lies As Well | Techrights ⦿ IBM/Red Hat Fedora: Community Of Moderator-Led Harassment. (Very Family-Oriented.) | Techrights ⦿ Linux Foundation Fails to Heed the Warning About Microsoft | Techrights ⦿ IBM Red Hat Kills LibreOffice In Fedora and RHEL; Says “No longer has resources to maintain them.” | Techrights ⦿ Red Hat is Wrong With Its ’Sky is Falling’ Remark (About Community Regaining Control Over GNU/Linux Development) | Techrights ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): http://techrights.org/2023/08/10/fedora-audio-broken/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/10/irc-log-090823/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/10/mass-migration-to-gnu-linux/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/10/mjg-shirt-lies/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/10/moderator-led-harassment/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/10/r-consortium-treasurer-is-microsoft/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/10/red-hat-kills-libreoffice/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/10/sky-is-falling-fud/#comments ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): http://techrights.org/2023/08/10/blocking-the-ad-block-blockers/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/10/citus-12-0/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/10/cnet-is-burning-past-journalism/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/10/lwn-kernel-journalism/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/10/why-stay-with-gemini/#comments ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 72 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/08/10/fedora-audio-broken/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/10/fedora-audio-broken/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.10.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Fedora_Audio_Broken_like_it’s_2008._(Pipewire)⠀✐ Posted in GNU/Linux, IBM, Red_Hat at 8:09 pm by Guest Editorial Team Reprinted with permission from Ryan_Farmer When Pulseaudio was new, it caused horrible artifacts in my sound driver. Now it seems Fedora 38 is having basically the same problems, where if you seek to various parts of the audio or video file you’ve loaded, you get this horrible “crunching, grinding noise” in the audio. Sometimes you can fix it by closing and reopening the program (media player or browser), but sometimes it takes a reboot. They can never just leave shit alone when it’s working. This is not even repairing an actual problem that existed. This is more like opening the hood of your car and replacing good car parts for no reason. “This one has worked for a long time, this one costs money and has never worked in anything before. Oh yeah, let’s replace it and see what happens. Also, delete the office suite.” Apparently, Fedora has ran off so many community members and IBM Red Hat has fired so many developers that I doubt this problem will be solved soon. I recently posted about them dropping LibreOffice RPMs and saying it was just too much work (they build an entire OS) and that they were farming it out to FlatHub (which hosts proprietary software and likely some “malware” like the bitcoin miners that got into Canonical’s Snap Store). “Modern” Linux means bloating it up and surrendering security guarantees and making sure nothing integrates properly with the system. By making it the developer’s problem to package software, IBM Red Hat creates a bigger “GULAG” of unpaid labor. Then they just point people to FlatHub, which is just a really bad experience all around. I was happy that it existed at first, figuring that it would be an optional source of software if Fedora didn’t package it, now Fedora deletes RPMs and offloads the problem onto the user, which now has to use untrusted third-party binaries. Given all the problems that are cropping up with Fedora, I’m likely going to be in the market for a competent distribution soon. Even Debian 12 added 11,500 packages and Fedora can’t maintain LibreOffice. 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We’ve seen several bits of coverage about this in English. In recent months we showed the surging GNU/Linux usage in this country, which boasts the world’s largest population (if that’s a badge of honour; in any event, its userbase or pool for computer users is vast!) and millions of skilled, hard- working engineers. “This is a game of advocacy, messaging and above all patience. The revolution won’t happen overnight but little by little, one ‘domino brick’ at a time.”One reader reminds us that “some years ago there were studies in the context of Munich’s migration that even if a migration away from Windows provided only two years without malware it would pay for itself many times over. Now the TCO of Windows is much higher due to the pervasiveness of ransomware. and its costs both administrative and cleanup.” “The frequency of breaches and compromises has gone way up, thus the cost of cleanup has gone way up too. The question is not how much it costs to upgrade to GNU/Linux but how much it costs not to.” This is a game of advocacy, messaging and above all patience. 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http://techrights.org/2023/08/10/mjg-shirt-lies/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/10/mjg-shirt-lies/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.10.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ [Meme]_The_Man_Lies,_the_Shirt_Lies_As_Well⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Security at 11:58 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇'I_would_never_do_cybercrimes.'_-An_MJG_t-shirt⦈_ Summary: Matthew_J_Garrett, the Coke_Fly doing bios and helping Microsoft block GNU/Linux (with UEFI), boasted last year that ‘I would never do cybercrimes’ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ 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█▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.10.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ IBM/Red_Hat_Fedora:_Community_Of_Moderator-Led_Harassment._(Very_Family- Oriented.)⠀✐ Posted in IBM, Red_Hat at 2:37 am by Guest Editorial Team Reprinted with permission from Ryan_Farmer 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Fedora_chat⦈_ In my last post, I mentioned the sequence of events leading to me being banned from Fedora. I used my last few minutes to call the guy Khaytsus_(Walter Francis), Red Hat’s moderator, what I think he is. Saying his name is not a “doxing” It’s listed right on the Fedora Project Web site and the accusations he made against me are in a public forum. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇heinsenberg⦈_ It would be pointless to sum up my technical observations about Flatpak, which IBM/Red Hat develop and promote, as opposed to their much more stable, reliable, secure, and efficient RPM format. They were laid out as a direct quote of what led to this in_my_last_blog_post. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Fedora_admin_insults_#1⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Fedora_admin_insults_#2⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Fedora_admin_insults_#3⦈_ Honestly, I can’t see “Wow man, lay off the meth.” and “Seek help. Serious real medical help.” in response to me making a technical criticism of their decision to delete LibreOffice from Fedora as anything other than shit-spreading and smut. That’s all it is. Argumentum ad hominem. A fallacious style in which the respondent has nothing, so they respond with “attack on the person”, in this case a very specific, serious, and false allegation of “meth use” and then a disgusting attack involving mental illness. Then Fedora becomes “Fun for the whole family.” and you get banned, by Walter, who apparently thinks meth and mental health slurs are “fun for all ages”. It’s unfortunate that IBM Red Hat allows this man to be their voice and their muscle on IRC. I call on them to take action against this behavior in accordance with the “Code_of_Conduct” for the Fedora Project, which is said to apply in the chat rooms and forums. In the interest of fostering an open and welcoming environment, we as the Fedora community pledge to collaborate in a respectful and constructive manner, and welcome everyone willing to join us in that pledge. We welcome individuals regardless of ability, age, background, body size, education, ethnicity, family status, gender identity and expression, geographic location, level of experience, marital status, nationality, national origin, native language, personal appearance, race and/or ethnicity, religion, sexual identity and orientation, socioeconomic status, or any other dimension of diversity. Our channels, mailing lists, and posts should focus on Fedora and on free and open source software and content. We pledge to make participation in our project and our community a harassment-free experience for everyone. We pledge to avoid personal attacks on others, and to avoid inflammatory language and speech that perpetuates discrimination. Furthermore, we pledge to not use the Fedora Project and its platforms as a basis to engage in personal campaigns against other organizations or individuals. […] Examples of unacceptable behavior include: * The use of sexualized language or imagery and unwelcome sexual attention or advances * Initiating controversy for controversy’s sake (repeatedly asking disingenuous questions under a guise of sincerity) * Saying insulting/derogatory comments and making personal attacks. * Repeatedly instigating conflict, and baiting people into arguments * Public or private harassment * Publishing someone else’s private information, such as a physical or electronic address, without explicit permission * Deliberate intimidation, stalking, or following * Violent threats or language directed against another person * Sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic, ableist, or exclusionary statements, even if they were meant as jokes * Excessive swearing * Unwelcome physical contact * Sustained disruption of talks or other events * Other conduct which could reasonably be considered inappropriate in a professional setting even if the conduct may be legal under the laws of some jurisdiction. -Fedora “Code of Conduct” (emphasis on the part that Walter, AKA Khaytsus, violated today It’s interesting how Codes_of_Conduct only send other people to the_Death_Camp of_Tolerance, isn’t it? They harbor worse than Walter deep inside the Fedora community. Homophobes, transphobes, etc. They don’t punish them at all. It seems the only thing they do care about is users with technical complaints. 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🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇David_Smith,_MICROSOFT_(PLATINUM_MEMBER)_(R_CONSORTIUM TREASURER)⦈_ 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Michael_Helbraun_MICROSOFT_(PLATINUM_MEMBER)⦈_ Summary: In the Linux_Foundation‘s R Consortium the_seats_and_votes_are_for sale, just like in the Linux Foundation where Microsoft_bought_more_seats_than any_other_company* 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Letter_R_R_Consortium⦈_ Even after all the Gates scandals Jim_Zemlin_lionises_him and praises_Microsoft ____ * The Linux Foundation, which represents its members’ interests within Linux, sells voting seats etc. Microsoft has bought more seats than any other company, even Google/Alphabet. ⢀⠀⠀⡀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤⣤ ⣻⠠⢻⡻⢛⠛⠛⠛⠛⢟⢹⠻⠛⢛⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠛⡛⠛⢻⣿⣛⠛⢛⢻⣿⡛⠻⣻⣿⡛⠛⡛⡛⣿⡟⡻⠛⠛⢛⢻⡟⡟⡛⣿⡿⢛⠛⠛⡟⢛⠻⢛⣿⣿⣿⠟⣿⡟⢻⣿⣿ ⣿⣬⣾⣿⣾⣾⣶⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ 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Guest Editorial Team Reprinted with permission from Ryan_Farmer IBM Red Hat Kills LibreOffice In Fedora and RHEL; Says_“No_longer_has_resources to_maintain_them.” Well, I hope you didn’t have any documents to edit. I suppose we’re all supposed to use GULAG CRASH and GULAG DOCS now anyway or something, or maybe they’ll be nice enough to ship a desktop link to MICROSHIT OFFICE for the GULAGWEB. (No, SeaMonkey or other Web Standards-compliant browser users need not apply, obviously.) I’m also told you can get LibreOffice from “FAT Pack” (FlatPak), the gargantuan and horrible package manager that barfs out “distro-agnostic” packages that are huge and don’t respect any of your system settings. FAT Pack is also terrific in the fact that it has an alleged sandbox that lets applications access all sorts of things that are enough to damage your system with, but walls them off from parts of the system YOU need them to access during the usual and customary operation of the program. I’ve been sitting here for years trying to ignore the increasingly awful IBM Red Hat situation, but now it is starting to affect Fedora. Distributions that have 3-4 people maintaining them have native packages for LibreOffice, and now it is the IBM Red Hat position that they need those “developer hours” (how many hours do they spend sending updates to a build bot?) fixing Wayland, which has routinely broken the ABI for little or no reason, as the developers themselves now openly admit to on the mailing lists. They’re pressuring people to add FlatHub and then when they do it’s like all sorts of horrible things you didn’t want to see in your software center, like Microsoft_Edge,_the_backdoored_password_stealer. Flathub is also a security hazard itself, like Snaps are. Snaps_already_had some_malware_incidents_like_bitcoin_miners. They don’t care if the software is proprietary. Just dump it in there, and when they can’t review it some poor user always ends up cleaning up the mess. “My software is proprietary and is thus unreviewable. I have also decided that the sandbox level will be no sandbox at all. Thanks.” Do you want ants? This is how you get ants. FlatHub only has one advantage over Snap in this department (for now). You can filter out things that are under a Proprietary license in GNOME Software so you don’t have to see them and will not accidentally install the perfect cover for a Trojan Horse. Flatpak breaks pretty much the strongest part of Linux security. That the distribution you’re running has reviewed and built everything. If IBM Red Hat is really going to strong arm people that don’t want to use it, I must return again to Ron Swanson from Parks & Recreation to show what I’m likely going to have to do with Fedora. When Mr. Swanson receives an “Excellence in Government Award” (as a Libertarian, this horrifies him and he doesn’t want anyone to ever find out), he saws it into pieces, burns it, and buries it in Illinois (a State so corrupt that nobody would ever think to look for the ashes here). If you think this is extreme, consider that a core and major application has just been deemed “unimportant” by IBM Red Hat, no doubt to give Microsoft a boost with their Office programs (some of which are online, where that’s the DRM, and if you don’t pay them, they stop working, and they can make changes and you can’t hold out on the previous version). I don’t think I want to stick around for what happens next. I’m not keen to see where this goes. I hired an attorney who used Outlook and Office 365 and it was just very aggravating and unprofessional. And of course nobody supports large email attachments so I had to put it on my Google Drive and remove DAC so that she could access documents which included very sensitive information. I don’t know who opens a Web browser to edit documents. Or even to do E-Mail. It’s just flat out retarded. Like literally the best thing about a Chromebook is you can install Debian and put real programs for editing documents and managing your email in there. I may be the only person on Earth who has one and never opens Chrome. It’s a shame to see Fedora going in the other direction. The article literally says that not having an office program will improve the desktop experience. That’s funny. Basically every Linux article I’ve read pitching it to people is it has a full Microsoft-compatible office program that doesn’t have some garbage activation server. You can’t blame the person who wrote it because they’re just quoting_what_some_idiot_GNOME_(an_IBM_thrall) developer_and_also_a_Red_Hat_employee_told_them_to_say. IBM Red Hat is just being cheap and pulling out from investment in Free Software. In some cases, they join infamous shit-spreaders (such as the person trolling our TechRights IRC server) to cover themselves, like laying out false allegations against Richard M. Stallman, to justify it as a “moral imperative” to_defund_the_Free_Software_Foundation. (Jeff Epstein was actually closely affiliated with Bill Gates, who rode the LOLITA Express and visited Epstein in prison. Surely, IBM Red Hat will cancel their business deals with Microsoft? No?) One does have to wonder if this time there was no way to possibly accuse anyone working on LibreOffice of rape or “transphobia” so they just said it would be better if the user had a computer that couldn’t do anything, and it improved the desktop experience. Yeah, I need to stop being lazy and back up my files properly and move this over to someone that can do a little better than “We’re stripping it down to a Web browser to improve the experience.” “Any community member is of course free to take over maintenance, both for the RPMS in Fedora and the Fedora LibreOffice Flatpak, but be aware that this is a sizable block of packages and dependencies and a significant amount of work to keep up with.” Yeah, what, all three members of the Fedora “community” that haven’t been Kofler‘d? Obviously, I’ve been “quieted” on Fedora IRC because I know full well how bad Flatpak sucks. The only thing I’ve seen Flatpak’s alleged sandbox actually do is break themes and make it so my video downloader in Firefox does not work. So obviously Flatpak Firefox lasted oh about three seconds. Thank God LibreWolf finally did an RPM. It also tends to wall things off from the graphics card so that you get slow terrible screen drawing. It turns out that walling desktop applications off from the system is stupid and pointless and breaks them in ways where the user doesn’t even want the application anymore. The more usable Flatpak applications pretty much just opt out of the sandbox entirely because the person packaging them knows that this is the only way they actually run at all. Then you’re back to “RPM” where the thing can access pretty much whatever it wants (within the confines of what the system itself manages to enforce). Only it’s a “really terrible RPM with full access, packaged with a lot of bloated rotting platforms that don’t get CVE fixes”. “Where’s the robot to pat you on the back, or the engineer? Or the children, perhaps? Now you see how all your so called power counts for absolutely nothing. How your entire empire of destruction comes crashing down over one….little…cherry.” -Me on Fedora-Social That’s when Khaytsus (Real_name,_Walter_Francis) +q’d me and “won the argument” like Bill O’Reilly (O’RLY) did on Fox News. Shut up! Shut up! Kill his mic! -Bill O’RLY Honestly, Khaytsus could have left it at this, but then had to also imply I am crazy. That’s one way the Soviets dealt with dissent. Matthew_J._Garrett‘s sockpuppets have accused me of being a “schizophrenic”. It’s in the #techrights logs. The Soviets had this thing they’d do to discredit people. They had a diagnosis called “Sluggish_Schizophrenia”, and the whole thing was made up. And when someone stepped out of line, they were accused of being one, and then the “mental health” laws took them away and you never saw that person again. They were off working on a highway and when they died they’d be buried underneath it. The diagnosis has long been discredited because of its scientific inadequacy and its use as a means of confining dissenters.[6] It has never been used or recognized outside of the Soviet Union,[7] or by international organizations such as the World_Health_Organization.[8] It is considered a prime example of the political_abuse_of_psychiatry in_the_Soviet_Union.[9] -Wikipedia Unfortunately, abuse of psychiatry and accusations of “mental illness” were never limited to the despotic hellholes that you’d expect them to be in. Evil gaslighting fucks use this all the time. Wow man, lay off the meth. Seek help.. Serious real medical help. Seriously. You need help. Something has slid off your cracker. -Khaytsus, (Real_name,_Walter_Francis), in response to me not liking Flatpak and saying it the way I quoted myself. I wonder when malicious shit-spreaders became like, most of the mods in the Fedora “Community”. And then I was silenced, like many people that have criticized a Red Hat decision in public. “They’re crazy. You hear me? You’re all fucking crazy! Hey, is it me or is it getting awfully quiet lately in the Fedora community?” -Fedora chatroom mods. One of them, just last night, remarked on how quiet the rooms get. You see what people have to deal with for critiquing a technical decision politely. You tell me who’s crazy.…..Nuts._Insane._Bonzo._No_longer_in_control_of_one’s_faculties. Three_fries_short_of_a_happy_meal._WACKO! Of course probably nobody will step up to maintain LibreOffice because IBM has ran off and banned the community that would have done that. They didn’t “see the value” in having a community and it’s gone now. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1078 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/08/10/sky-is-falling-fud/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/10/sky-is-falling-fud/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.10.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Red_Hat_is_Wrong_With_Its_‘Sky_is_Falling’_Remark_(About_Community_Regaining Control_Over_GNU/Linux_Development)⠀✐ Posted in FUD, GNU/Linux, IBM, Red_Hat, Ubuntu at 11:17 am by Guest Editorial Team 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Marcia_Wilbur⦈_ Summary: Marcia_Wilbur wrote about her experiences and views on the_RHEL situation (availability of source code curtailed based on false pretenses) Preface by Roy THE other day Marcia sent me an informal message about Red Hat. It can be found below. Marcia’s experiences perfectly echo what Ryan recently wrote about in relation to Red Hat and Fedora. Basically, to paraphrase what he noted, when some package becomes unmaintained or barely maintained Fedora basically dumps it. It doesn’t try to step in and fix things. In that sense, Red Hat is a bit of a parasite on the Free software community, not vice versa. Red Hat wants slave labour volunteers while it cashes in billions of dollars. Ryan has_been banned_for_technical_criticism. Apparently volunteers only exist to work, not to express an opinion. Less than a day ago he_also_mentioned_that_Fedora_was giving_up_on_the_well-maintained_LibreOffice_for_no_good_reason. In some cases Red Hat would even lie or FUD a piece of software, e.g. SeaMonkey, so as to justify packaging it no more. Marcia wants to write more about her experiences, both as a packager and hacker. She disputes the phony narrative from Red Hat. Here is her message. =============================================================================== HI, my name is Marcia and I am a hobbyist hacker. I got a new Screamin’ laptop. Republic of gamers, NVIDIA. That other thing was crashing every hour on the hour. I couldn’t do much. I saw Jeff Geerling’s article_or_blog – fork,_yeah. Red Hat said that building code is a real threat to Open Source companies. I could do some training videos, like how to simply build code, without adding value. Oh wait, that’s *buntu, right? Did I tell you what I found when I was working on Kids in Computers and just the shock of it all? It wasn’t that a *buntu was just taking care of how you eat packages and rolling it out as Edubuntu packages. It was the way people thought the world of this. But all they did was gather the flowers and put them in the bag. I’m not sure if this is what Red Hat is talking about, but I wouldn’t mind talking about it. Because when one of the packages was abandoned or deprecated or unsupported, Ubuntu would would just remove it from theirs, which to me, is indicative of not supporting the community whose packages you’re using. They never went in and said, “oh well, we kinda need this, so how about we help you keep it and do development? Nope, I saw none of that because by that time Ubuntu — well, at least it seemed like by the time Ubuntu realized the package was no longer supported — it was already way too late. Of course that’s just a hobbyist hacker’s view of it. I’m sure the marketing department at the company has a different perspective. Development contributions for a project you’re using for your company and for monetary purposes is considered good manners at the very least and very appreciated at the most. It makes sense because it helps your company keep using the product and it helps the Open Source project stay afloat. I’d like to be a part of helping hobbyists and hackers everywhere! From Jeff’s post: But when I read the following line in Red Hat’s blog post: Simply rebuilding code, without adding value or changing it in any way, represents a real threat to open source companies everywhere. This is a real threat to open source, and one that has the potential to revert open source back into a hobbyist- and hackers-only activity. Nvidia – do you think anyone would be interested in that short video? A guy came into my shop for an installfest way back in late November. He said,, “look Nvidia works on windows” and I go: “you’re not leaving until we get that working on Linux.” Then, I locked the shop doors. Challenge accepted! I could tell by the look on his face that he didn’t think it was possible. “I’m just joking, but, we can stay here as long as you want and DoorDash delivers.” I really thought I was in for one of his long haul driver hacks. I was like. “if we can find even one person who has done it, then we can do it too”. I learned that in Freenode IRC. We didn’t have hardware compatibility lists for supported hardware. But we did have xFree86 config. So he showed me that there were these driver apps for Nvidia right and I thought it was like the config file but I didn’t know. I was working on One Laptop_Per_Child units a couple years ago. I’m not in a position to pay coin for Nvidia on a laptop. I never have seen Nvidia drivers like this on Linux laptops before. And apparently there’s the configuration app and then they had the update app. I have seen this before where they have one configure app and one update app. Who does that? If you don’t want to update it and you want to configure it why do you need to apps for that? I’m thinking someone was milking for the money, right? Yeah I’m gonna need another team. 😂 We just had to run update. So I haven’t tried it on this Nvidia laptop yet. Maybe I’m behind the times because of my lack of updated hardware but at least I can use a shell and write something now without the thing crashing every hour on the hour. Anyway, I’d like to write something about that Hobbyist/Hacker “real threat to Open Source” comment that Red Hat made. 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Here’s what it ended up looking for today’s game, and some text to copy and paste into a document of yours. o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ TERM_Tweaking_for_Fun_and_maybe_not_Profit⠀⇛ One may see advice to use some TERM environment setting or the other. This can be good or bad advice in that the custom TERM may fix or break something, or fix one thing and break another. Maybe the breakage (if any) may not be noticed because you do not miss some feature, or never hit some key. Another method is to modify an existing or to create a custom terminal definition that has or lacks the features you want or do not want. This too has downsides: it takes time, the custom terminal definition may need to be present on all the systems you use, shared accounts may be complicated if two users disagree on the necessary terminal, vendors may improve their terminal defintions whose changes you now have to merge into yours, etc. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ RE:_Detailed_Guppy_v0.2_Feedback⠀⇛ This is a quick list of thoughts, while going through feedback again. I’m still fixing v0.2 and preparing a v0.3 that fixes some things, and (stubbornly) retains some things that probably look like bad decisions to many readers (maybe like the entire effort, and that is OK, too). [...] This is intentional, becuse this simplifies clients. If the success packet can be empty, the client has to acknowledge it and wait for the first continuation packet before it can display anything. When the success packet cannot be empty, the client sends the request and has something to show before another round-trip. I believe most users don’t read fast enough to read the first response chunk before the second is received, or navigate to a different page because this one is not interesting enough. Maybe, the use of plain-text UDP would allow users to receive the beginning of the page faster compared to a TCP handshake (plus a TLS handshake), at the cost of slower transfer of the entire page, when the page is big. # ⚓ dreamspace⠀⇛ I’d seen a post on the fediverse about grub themes. Figured it might be fun to install one. # ⚓ Block_the_Ad_Block_Blockers⠀⇛ @wilbowma@types.pl said that you can add the following to uBlock Origin filters to block ad-blocking blocking: “` youtube.com##+js(set, yt.config_.openPopupConfig.supportedPopups.adBlockMessageViewModel, false) youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.adBlocksFound, 0) youtube.com##+js(set, ytplayer.config.args.raw_player_response.adPlacements, []) youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.hasAllowedInstreamAd, true) =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1431 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.10.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_10/08/2023:_Citus_12.0_and_Ubuntu_22.04.3_LTS_Released⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:31 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Audiocasts/Shows o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # K_Desktop_Environment/KDE_SC/Qt # GNOME_Desktop/GTK * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems * PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva_Family * SUSE/OpenSUSE * Fedora_Family_/_IBM * Canonical/Ubuntu_Family * Devices/Embedded * Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Events o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Mozilla o Productivity_Software/LibreOffice/Calligra o Programming/Development # Python # Rust * Leftovers o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Security o Defence/Aggression o Environment o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Internet_Policy/Net_Neutrality o Monopolies # Patents * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ The BSD Now Podcast ☛ BSDNow_519:_Telegram_from_BSDNow⠀⇛ 3 Advantages to Running FreeBSD as Your Server OS, FreeBSD 14 Release Schedule, Stream your OpenBSD desktop audio, DOD KSOS Secure UNIX Operating System Manual, How to limit bandwidth usage with SCP transfers, and more. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Amethyst_is_an_Electron-based_music_player⠀⇛ Amethyst is billed as a powerful node-based audio player. The aim of the project is quite interesting: to develop a music player in TypeScript to see how far the language can be stretched to prove it’s possible to provide pro- level features. This is mature software. Amethyst is published under an open source license. # ⚓ OMG! Linux ☛ Xournal++_1.2.0_Released_with_Improved_PDF Annotating_Tools⠀⇛ A new version of Xournal++ is available to download — and those of you needing to annotate PDFs will find it a particularly appealing update. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Useful_Tools_for_Linux_Gamers⠀⇛ We look at useful tools for Linux gamers which help to make their experience breathtaking. # ⚓ TecMint ☛ Top_6_Command_Line_Music_Players_for_Linux Users⠀⇛ The terminal is usually used to accomplish administrative tasks on a Linux system such as installing packages, configuring services, updating, and upgrading package… # ⚓ Medevel ☛ 13_Open-source_Free_Non-destructive_Photo_Editors For_Photographers⠀⇛ A non-destructive photo editor is a type of photo editing software that allows you to make edits to your images without permanently affecting the original file. It works by creating a separate file that stores the changes made to the image, while the original remains untouched. # ⚓ PostgreSQL ☛ Citus_12.0_released!⠀⇛ ✐ Schema-based sharding for PostgreSQL⠀✐ Citus 12 adds a new and easy way to scale your Postgres database—schema-based sharding. Unlike row-based sharding, where tables are distributed based on the value in the distribution column, schema-based sharding transparently shards your database by schema name. This new model enables new workloads, that were either hard or impossible to achieve with row-based sharding, most notably microservices and non-homogenous per tenant schemas. So now, you may have a choice based upon the needs of your application—row-based sharding or schema-based sharding. In addition to schema-based sharding Citus 12 also includes: [...] # ⚓ Dominic Szablewski ☛ Rewriting_wipEout⠀⇛ The source code for the classic PSX launch title wipEout was_leaked in 2022. A few month ago I finally sat down to take a look at it. The result is a (nearly) complete rewrite that compiles to Windows, Linux, macOS and WASM. Thanks to WASM and WebGL you_can_play_wipEout_right in_your_browser! I’m not the only one who embarked on a path to restore the game. To my knowledge, there are two other efforts ongoing: WipEout_Phantom_Edition and a yet unnamed_project_by_XProger. Both offer more features than my rewrite. If you’re on Windows and you just want to enjoy the game, these are the better option. However, neither the Phantom Edition nor XProger’s version come with the source code. Understandably so. The legality of re-distributing the leaked source is questionable at best. # ⚓ Peter_Czanik:_The_syslog-ng_Insider_2023-08:_sngbench; 4.3.1_release;_syslog-ng_4;_Python;⠀⇛ Dear syslog-ng users, This is the 111th issue of syslog-ng Insider, a monthly newsletter that brings you syslog-ng- related news. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_CodeIgniter_on_Rocky_Linux_9⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install CodeIgniter on Rocky Linux 9. For those of you who didn’t know, CodeIgniter, a powerful PHP framework, provides developers with a robust platform for building dynamic and feature-rich web applications. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_SMPlayer_on_Debian_12⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install SMPlayer on Debian 12. In today’s digital age, multimedia content surrounds us, from movies and music to online tutorials and presentations. To fully appreciate this rich array of media, having a powerful and versatile media player is essential. # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_to_Rename_Files_on_Linux_using_Terminal⠀⇛ Renaming files may seem like a simple task, but when dealing with large numbers of files or complex naming conventions, it can quickly become overwhelming. Fortunately, Linux provides a robust solution to this challenge through the command line interface (CLI). # ⚓ ID Root ☛ How_To_Install_VLC_Media_Player_on_Debian_12⠀⇛ In this tutorial, we will show you how to install VLC Media Player on Debian 12. For those of you who didn’t know, VLC Media Player stands as a cornerstone in the world of multimedia playback, offering a feature-rich and versatile platform to enjoy various audio and video formats seamlessly. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Handbrake_on_Debian_13/12/ 11/10⠀⇛ Handbrake is a renowned open-source tool, celebrated for its prowess in video conversion and transcoding. With its ability to handle a vast array of formats, it has become a staple for tech enthusiasts and professionals alike. # ⚓ Linux Capable ☛ How_to_Install_Audacity_Debian_13/12/11/ 10⠀⇛ Audacity stands out as a premier open-source digital audio editor, trusted by professionals and hobbyists alike. Its blend of powerful features and intuitive design has cemented its reputation in the audio editing world. # ⚓ ByteXD ☛ How_to_Connect_to_a_VPS_(Linux_&_Windows)_with_RDP or_SSH⠀⇛ Connecting remotely to your VPS or dedicated server is an essential skill for managing your online projects… # ⚓ How_to_Play_AMR_Audio_Files_on_Ubuntu⠀⇛ AMR (Adaptive Multi-Rate) audio files are a common format used for voice recordings and audio clips, often found in mobile devices. # ⚓ How_to_Install_Metasploit_Framework_in_Kali_Linux⠀⇛ Welcome to the fascinating world of Metasploit in Kali Linux! # ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ How_to_Install_the_Telegram_Desktop_App in_Linux⠀⇛ Telegram is a hugely popular messaging client, especially for those interested in privacy. It’s easy to use and widely available for all platforms – Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, and iOS all have access to this platform, making it ideal for diverse teams of people. There are a few ways to get Telegram installed on your Linux desktop, so here we take a look at how to install the Telegram desktop app in Ubuntu and other Linux distributions. # ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ How_to_Keep_SSH_Session_Alive⠀⇛ Experience hassle-free SSH sessions. Follow our guide to keep your connections alive and eliminate freezing troubles. # ⚓ LinuxStans ☛ How_to_Install,_Set_Up_and_Start_Using_Scrapy on_Ubuntu⠀⇛ Scrapy is an open-source Python framework used for web scraping. In this tutorial, we’re going to show you how to install, set up, and start using Scrapy on Ubuntu. Requirements For this tutorial, you’ll need: An Ubuntu system. # ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ How_to_install_Signal_on_Linux_Mint_21.2 “Victoria”⠀⇛ Signal is a end-to-end encrypted messaging app that you can use to send encrypted messages to anyone that has a signal account. Signal supports Android and IOS but it also supports Windows and Linux. # ⚓ TecAdmin ☛ How_to_Install_Google_Chrome_on_Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛ Ubuntu 22.04, being a popular Linux distribution, offers a myriad of software packages directly from its repositories. However, certain proprietary software like Google Chrome is not available by default. Fear not, for there are easy methods to get this popular web browser installed. # ⚓ Trend Oceans ☛ How_To_Install_Guarda_Wallet_on_Android⠀⇛ >Whether you’re new to the world of cryptocurrency or a crypto veteran, it’s vital that you have a good crypto wallet on hand. Cryptocurrency has taken the financial world by storm, emerging as a popular asset with the potential to generate lucrative returns. # ⚓ Cloudbooklet ☛ How_to_Remove_Personal_Information_from Google⠀⇛ Learn how to remove personal information from Google with our step-by-step guide. Follow these instructions to remove sensitive information like phone numbers, email addresses, and physical addresses from Google’s search results. Protect your personal details and maintain greater control over your online identity. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ How_to_build_a_media_center_with_Pop!_OS_and Kodi⠀⇛ This guide aims to take you through the process of setting up a media center with Pop!_OS and Kodi, from installation to customization. Whether you’re a Linux newbie or an experienced user, these steps will allow you to create a seamless entertainment center tailored to your preferences. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ How_to_install_Unity_on_Ubuntu_for_game development⠀⇛ Unity Hub is a standalone application designed to streamline your Unity experience. It provides a centralized location for managing multiple Unity versions and projects, making it easier to switch between different setups. Whether you’re a seasoned game developer or just starting with Unity, having Unity Hub installed on Ubuntu can be a significant advantage. # ⚓ How_to_Install_and_Use_Chrome_Extensions_on_Android⠀⇛ Have you ever felt a tinge of envy when your desktop buddies talked about those nifty Chrome extensions? # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_install_ONLYOFFICE_DocSpace_on Ubuntu⠀⇛ ONLYOFFICE DocSpace is an open-source room-based platform for document collaboration, distributed under AGPL v3.0. In this tutorial, we’ll learn how to install ONLYOFFICE DocSpace Server on Ubuntu using the provided script. # ⚓ Red Hat ☛ The_benefits_of_deploying_Ansible_Automation Platform_on_AWS⠀⇛ In this article, you will learn how to use the Red Hat Ansible Automation Platform from the Amazon Web Services (AWS) Marketplace to automatically provision AWS resources. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Alternatives_to_popular_CLI_tools:_cmp⠀⇛ This article spotlights alternative tools to cmp, a utility that compares two files of any type and writes the results to the standard output. # ⚓ Linux Handbook ☛ LHB_Linux_Digest_#23.12:_Process,_bc, Proxmox_and_More⠀⇛ The Proxmox juggernaut continues in the latest edition of LHB Linux Digest newsletter. # ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ A_Beginners_Guide_To_Understanding_Linux_File Permissions⠀⇛ Gain a deeper understanding of Linux file and directory permissions. Master the chmod command in Linux to change file and directory permissions with our comprehensive guide. > # ⚓ OSTechNix ☛ How_To_Schedule_Tasks_Using_Linux_at_Command⠀⇛ Learn how to use the Linux at command to schedule tasks to run at a later time. Automate one-time tasks like backups, scripts with the at command. # ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Install_Latest_Python_Version_in_Ubuntu⠀⇛ Python is the fastest-growing major general-purpose programming language. # ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_to_Install_Latest_Python_from_Source_in Linux⠀⇛ Several top universities around the globe use Python to introduce students to programming. # ⚓ TecMint ☛ How_To_Install_PIP_to_Manage_Python_Packages_in Linux⠀⇛ Pip (recursive acronym for “Pip Installs Packages” or “Pip Installs Python“) is a cross-platform package manager for installing and managing Python packages … # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_OpenLDAP_Server_and_LDAP Account_Manager_on_Debian_12⠀⇛ OpenLDAP is a software implementation of the Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP). This article will guide you through installing the OpenLDAP server on Debian 12 step-by-step. You will also install the LDAP Account Manager or LAM, a PHP web application that can be used to manage the OpenLDAP server. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ How_to_Install_FileRun_on_Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛ FileRun is an open-source and web-based file- sharing application for Linux based operating system. It is very similar to Google Drive, iCloud, and DrobBox and allows users to share and sync files over the internet. # ⚓ How_to_Install_and_Use_Flatpak_in_Linux⠀⇛ Flatpak is another leading technology (after Snap) that provides a platform-independent framework for packaging, distributing, and running Linux applications. The core applications and related libraries are packaged in containers to provide a consistent and secure environment for applications to run on various Linux distributions. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ Boiling Steam ☛ New_Steam_Games_with_Native_Linux_Clients with_Mondealy,_BeathBulge_Battle_of_the_Bands_and_Videoverse –_2023-08-09_Edition_–_Boiling_Steam⠀⇛ Between 2023-08-02 and 2023-08-09 there were 36 New Steam games released with Native Linux clients. For reference, during the same time, there were 275 games released for Windows on Steam, so the Linux versions represent about 13.1 % of total released titles. Here’s a quick pick of the most interesting ones: [...] o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § K Desktop Environment/KDE SC/Qt⠀➾ # ⚓ GSoC’23_July_Report_|_Further_Progress_on_the Moderation_Tools_#5⠀⇛ When I sat out to port Dolphin from Phonon to QtMultimedia, I noticed that mouse clicks didn’t reach the event handler that toggled playback. It turns out that in Qt 6, QVideoWidget uses an embedded window for playback. Qt Wayland, unlike the Qt X11 backend, didn’t support the Qt:: WindowTransparentForInput flag yet which would have made the video surface click-through. A fix I submitted has just been merged which sets an empty input region on the wl_surface if desired. Another missing workaround Qt applies on X11 is converting text/x-moz-url mime data to an URI list. Firefox uses this proprietary format during drag and drop operations which meant that under Wayland, Qt apps wouldn’t understand links coming from Firefox. On the subject of drag and drop I noticed that KWin wouldn’t send the correct scale factor to drag pixmaps and that QtQuick Item.grabToImage and QQuickDefaultTextureFactory (used when dragging files on the desktop) didn’t actually support high-dpi pixmaps. Fixing all of that is in progress. # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ GNOME ☛ Christian_Hergert:_Profiling_with_medium-aged hardware⠀⇛ I like to keep myself honest by using slower computers regularly to do my job. When things become obnoxious, it reminds me to take a closer look at what’s going on. Today, I did some more profiling of 45.beta with a not-too-old-but-still-a-bit-old laptop. It’s the first laptop I received at Red Hat in 2015. X1 Carbon gen3 (5th gen i7), with 8gb RAM. Not amazing by today’s standards, but still pretty good! Surely things will be fine. Okay, so first up, after boot, I ssh in from my workstation so I can run sysprof-cli -- session-bus --system-bus capture.syscap. Immediately afterwards, I type my login password and hit Enter. Things are hanging for quite some time, what does Sysprof say? * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Password_manager_wrapper_in_tray⠀⇛ There is now ‘pw-tray’ which sits in the tray: [...] …the snapshot shows KeePassXC in the tray, but the icon on the left is intended to be the only password manager in the tray in the future. ‘pw-tray’ is very simple. All it does is run whatever password manager is specified in /usr/local/bin/ defaultpasswordmanager. * § PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva Family⠀➾ o ⚓ PCLOS Official ☛ Kernel_Updates⠀⇛ The following kernels are now available. This is a security update toMitigate speculative RAS overflow on AMD (CPU_SRSO) kernel-6.4.9-pclos1-1-1pclos2023kernel- 6.1.44-pclos1-1-1pclos2023kernel-5.4.252-pclos1-1- 1pclos2023kernel-5.15.125-pclos1-1-1pclos2023kernel- 5.10.189-pclos1-1-1pclos2023 * § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ o ⚓ SUSE’s Corporate Blog ☛ SUSE_Manager_Ansible_Integration_Becomes Fully_Supported⠀⇛ A few weeks ago, SUSE released SUSE Manager 4.3.7.  This release includes some notable features:  Stability. This is the seventh enhancement of SUSE Manager 4.3, which was released in June 2022.  This means that the solution is rock solid and capable of managing all your Linux distros.  o ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ The_power_of_open_source_in_today’s_technology landscape⠀⇛ In a world that’s increasingly dominated by software, the role of open source in shaping the technology landscape continues to grow. To keep up, open-source giants are reshaping the future of cloud-native environments and telecommunication with evolving products and solutions. SUSE Group is one of these companies… * § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ o ⚓ Jeff Geerling ☛ Fork_Yeah!_Examining_open_source_history_after Red_Hat’s_move⠀⇛ We’re at the stage in the Red Hat drama where everyone is consulting history, trying to figure out what parts are being repeated in 2023 after Red_Hat_effectively_locked down_the_sources_used_to_build_RHEL_clones. One talk linked quite often was Fork_Yeah!_The_Rise_and Development_of_illumos, by Bryan Cantrill over a decade ago. Bryan was a software engineer at Sun, who went over to Oracle after the buyout, then left to join Joyent, and now resides as CTO of Oxide. The talk focuses on Sun Microsystem’s handling of Solaris and OpenSolaris, both before and after their Oracle acquisition, and the whole talk is worth a listen—so much context about the history of ZFS, Solaris, Illumos, dtrace, and even UNIX and Linux history are contained within. But there was one section (around the 32:00 mark) where if you substitute “Red Hat” for “Sun,” rhymes with this year’s “open source company” drama: I went back and looked at some of the mail trails about this and like, “oh, my God!” o ⚓ TechCrunch ☛ Oracle,_SUSE_and_CIQ_launch_the_Open_Enterprise Linux_Association_amid_Red_Hat_controversy⠀⇛ The fallout from Red Hat’s recent decision to make it harder to access the source code of its flagship Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) distribution continues. A number of Linux distributions, including Alma Linux, Rocky Linux and Oracle Linux, based their distributions on RHEL. When Red Hat cut off the standard ways they used to get the source code for their distributions, SUSE quickly jumped into the breach with a RHEL fork. Today, Oracle, SUSE and CIQ (the commercial entity behind Rocky Linux) are launching a more formal pact in the form of the Open Enterprise Linux Association (OpenELA), which describes itself as a “community repository for enterprise Linux sources.” In the context of the Red Hat saga, OpenELA’s tagline says a lot: “No subscriptions. No passwords. No barriers. Freeloaders welcome.” o ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Rocky,_Oracle,_and_SUSE_Join_Forces_against_Red_Hat_in OpenELA⠀⇛ CIQ, Oracle, and SUSE announced the Open Enterprise Linux Association (OpenELA) formation to support RHEL-based distributions. Red Hat’s decision to limit access to its source code is one of the leading events that marked the open-source world this year with a negative sign. It truly shocked the community, causing a storm of disapproving reactions. * § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ o ⚓ Neowin ☛ India’s_Defence_Ministry_plans_to_replace_Windows_with its_own_Ubuntu-based_Maya_OS⠀⇛ India is getting ready to make a major change in its Internet-connected computers in its critical Defence Ministry agency. A new report claims the agency will replace Windows inside all of its Internet-connected PCs with its own operating system. The Indian Express reports that the country’s Defence Ministry has been developing Maya OS as the replacement for Windows on its PCs. Maya OS is based on Ubuntu, which itself is based on Linux. The article states… o ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Ubuntu_22.04.3_LTS_Released_with_Linux_6.2_Kernel_and Mesa_23.0_Graphics_Stacks⠀⇛ Sticking to the six-month release schedule, Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS is here as an up-to-date installation media for those who wish to install the long-term supported Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) operating system series on new computers without having to download hundreds of updated packages from the repositories after the installation. As such, Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS is powered by the Linux 6.2 kernel from the Ubuntu 23.04 (Lunar Lobster) interim release, comes with an updated Mesa graphics stack, namely Mesa 23.0.4, which is a significant update for gamers, as well as all the updated packages and security fixes released since Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS, which was released on February 23rd, 2023. o ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Ubuntu_22.04.3_LTS_Released_with_Updated_Kernel, Graphics_Drivers⠀⇛ The 3rd point release in the Ubuntu 22.04 LTS series, this update rolls together all of the security patches, bug fixes, and software updates issued to the Jammy Jellyfish since the previous point release, into a shiny new ISO image. I.e. it’s a real time saver for those doing a fresh install. Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS also includes a new hardware enablement stack (HWE) composed of Linux kernel 6.2 and Mesa 23.0.4 (a sizeable update in itself). o ⚓ Ubuntu_Budgie_22.04.03_Released⠀⇛ We are pleased to announce the release of the next version of our distro, the third 22.04 LTS point release. The LTS version is supported for 3 years while the regular releases are supported for 9 months. The new release rolls-up various fixes and optimizations by Ubuntu Budgie team, that have been released since the 22.04.2 release in February… o ⚓ Linux Journal ☛ 5_Reasons_To_Choose_Ubuntu_Cinnamon_Over_Anything Else⠀⇛ Ubuntu, a popular open-source operating system based on Debian, is known for its ease of use and the variety of flavors it offers. Each flavor comes with a different desktop environment and features, and one of the latest additions to this list is Ubuntu Cinnamon. In this article, we will explore five reasons why some users might prefer Ubuntu Cinnamon over other Ubuntu flavors, such as Ubuntu GNOME, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, and others. * § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ o ⚓ Linux Gizmos ☛ Debix_Model_C_SBC_showcases_i.MX_93_CPU⠀⇛ Debix announced today a new Single Board Computer integrating the NXP i.MX93 processor along with the Ethos-U65 microNPU. The SBC includes dual GbE ports, camera support, and various other peripherals. * § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ o ⚓ Tom’s Guide ☛ This_new_Android_tablet_comes_with_the_best_stylus I’ve_tested_—_and_it_puts_iPad_Pro_to_shame_|_Tom’s_Guide⠀⇛ o ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Google_rolling_out_Android_14_Beta_5_to_Pixel⠀⇛ o ⚓ Android Police ☛ What’s_new_in_Chrome_116:_Smoother_scrolling_on Android_14⠀⇛ o ⚓ Extreme Tech ☛ Google_Adds_AirTag_Tracker_Detection_to_Android⠀⇛ o ⚓ Android Authority ☛ Android_devices_can_now_tell_you_if_someone has_planted_an_AirTag_on_you⠀⇛ o ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ The_10_Best_Chrome_Extensions_to_Use_on_Android⠀⇛ o ⚓ 9_Ways_to_Fix_Blurry_Camera_on_Android_Phones_–_Guiding_Tech⠀⇛ o ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Control_Which_Apps_Can_Track_Your_Location on_Android⠀⇛ o ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ Text_Messages_Showing_Phone_Numbers_Instead_of Names_on_Android?_How_to_Fix_It⠀⇛ o ⚓ Tech Advisor ☛ How_To_Disable_Emergency_Alerts_on_Android_–_Tech Advisor⠀⇛ o ⚓ 9to5Google ☛ Android_rolls_out_‘Unknown_tracker_alerts’_–_Here’s how_to_check⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ LinuxInsider ☛ More_Fintech_Players_Cashing_in_on_Open-Source Offerings⠀⇛ Open-source databases have promising use cases in the financial industry. With a wide range of solutions available, there is likely an open-source alternative for almost any proprietary solution on the market, according to Nosek. From a regulatory perspective, they have become feature-rich enough to comply with most regulations in the financial industry. “Nearly every use case is a good candidate for utilizing open-source database solutions,” he concluded. “Today, many large organizations in the financial industry have made significant modifications to their enterprise architectures to prioritize open-source solutions.” This includes banks, payment providers, and other institutions. Consequently, dedicated teams within organizations now focus on implementing and managing open-source database solutions. Another noteworthy trend is the migration from proprietary databases, such as Oracle, to open-source databases, particularly PostgreSQL. Once an open-source technology platform is established and proven within an organization, more workloads, including Tier One applications, are migrated to it. o § Events⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Plumbers Conference (LPC) ☛ Linux_Plumbers Conference:_Live_Patching_MC_CFP⠀⇛ After a three-year hiatus, the Live Patching Microconference is back for 2023. o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ Thunderbird ☛ Make_Thunderbird_Yours:_How_To_Get_The Thunderbird_115_“Supernova”_Look⠀⇛ Thunderbird 115 “Supernova” ships with brand new layout options to give you a more beautiful and more productive email experience. But those new options aren’t on by default (for now), out of respect to those who have grown comfortable with Thunderbird’s Classic View throughout the years. Fortunately, getting that shiny new “Supernova” look is accomplished in just a few seconds. In this short guide, we’ll show you how to do it! o § Productivity Software/LibreOffice/Calligra⠀➾ # ⚓ Double_Gift_for_the_Community:_Impress_Guide_7.5_and_Draw Guide_7.5⠀⇛ The community documentation team is happy to announce the immediate availability of the Impress Guide 7.5 and Draw Guide 7.5. The guides are updated to the latest LibreOffice release as a community effort to keep our literature sharp and up to date. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ Empowering_Python_Enums:_Exploring_Aliases_and_the @enum.unique_Decorator⠀⇛ # ⚓ Level_Up_Python:_Customizing_and_Extending Enumerations⠀⇛ # ⚓ Multiple_Inheritance_in_Python:_Harnessing_the_Power of_Flexibility⠀⇛ # ⚓ Exploring_Mixins_in_Python:_A_Novel_Approach_to Multiple_Inheritance⠀⇛ # ⚓ Python_Descriptors_Unveiled:_A_Comprehensive Examination⠀⇛ # ⚓ Metaclasses_in_Python:_Beyond_the_Basics⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deciphering_Data_vs_Non-Data_Descriptors_in_Python:_A Practical_Approach⠀⇛ # ⚓ Unlocking_Python’s_new:_A_Guide_to_Object_Creation⠀⇛ # ⚓ The_Python_Type_Class:_A_Deep_Dive_into_Dynamic_Type Handling⠀⇛ # § Rust⠀➾ # ⚓ Rust Weekly Updates ☛ This_Week_In_Rust:_This_Week_in Rust_507⠀⇛ Hello and welcome to another issue of This Week in Rust! * § Leftovers⠀➾ o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Axios ☛ Hospitals_and_clinics_are_now_among_America’s_most dangerous_workplaces⠀⇛ Data: Bureau of Labor Statistics; Chart: Tory Lysik/Axios Visuals Health care workers are increasingly being assaulted or shot on the job, making hospitals and clinics among the most dangerous_workplaces in America. The big picture:Violence was a serious problem before_COVID-19 — the field suffered more nonfatal injuries from workplace assaults than any other profession, even law enforcement, per the_Associated_Press — and pandemic stressors like backlash against public health measures have made matters worse. ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China_slips_into_deflation_as_slowing_domestic spending_puts_pressure_on_post-Covid_recovery⠀⇛ By Sébastien Ricci China slipped into deflation for the first time in more than two years in July, official data showed Wednesday, as slowing domestic spending weighs on the post-Covid economic recovery. § Security⠀➾ * ⚓ Linux Foundation’s Site/Blog ☛ OpenSSF_to_Support_DARPA_on_New_AI_Cyber Challenge_(AIxCC) [Ed: 'Linux' Foundation working for the Pentagon (war)]⠀⇛ The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) announced today at Black Hat 2023 its collaboration with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) on the AI Cyber Challenge (AIxCC) – a two-year competition aimed at driving innovation at the nexus of AI and cybersecurity to create a new generation of cybersecurity tools. AIxCC brings together leading AI organizations that will work with DARPA to make their cutting-edge technology available for challenge competitors, including OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and Microsoft. The Open Source Security Foundation (OpenSSF) will serve as challenge advisor to guide teams creating AI systems capable of addressing vital cybersecurity issues, such as the security of our critical infrastructure and software supply chains. * ⚓ Citizen Lab ☛ “Please_do_not_make_it_public”:_Vulnerabilities_in_Sogou Keyboard_encryption_expose_keypresses_to_network_eavesdropping⠀⇛ In this report, we analyze the Windows, Android, and iOS versions of Tencent’s Sogou Input Method, the most popular Chinese-language input method in China. Our analysis found serious vulnerabilities in the app’s custom encryption system and how it encrypts sensitive data. These vulnerabilities could allow a network eavesdropper to decrypt sensitive communications sent by the app, including revealing all keystrokes being typed by the user. Following our disclosure of these vulnerabilities, Sogou released updated versions of the app that identified all of the issues we disclosed. * ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ The_rise_of_EvilProxy_phishing_malware [Ed: Microsoft TCO]⠀⇛ EvilProxy is once again on the rise. The malware is one of the more popular phishing kits that is used to bypass multifactor authentication by stealing credentials. A new report by Proofpoint Inc. today illustrates its new rise in popularity and its focus on compromising Microsoft 365 accounts of C-level executives at major corporations. * ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Researchers_find_fresh_bugs_in_some_Intel,_AMD_processors⠀⇛ Two more vulnerabilities in CPUs have surfaced this week, one in Intel hardware and the other in AMD’s offerings. The_Intel_bug, given the name Downfall, allows a user to gain access to, and steal, data from another user on the same machine. It was reported to Intel on 24 August 2022. The flaw is due to memory optimisation features in Intel processors that allow internal hardware registers to be viewed by software. Google senior research scientist Daniel Moghimi, who discovered the bug, wrote: “I discovered that the Gather instruction, meant to speed up accessing scattered data in memory, leaks the content of the internal vector register file during speculative execution.” * ⚓ LinuxSecurity ☛ Severe_Thunderbird_Vulns_Lead_to_DoS,_Code_Execution_– Update_Now!⠀⇛ Multiple security issues were discovered in Thunderbird, including a bug in popup notifications delay calculation that could have enabled an attacker to trick a user into granting permissions (CVE-2023-4047), and an out-of-bounds read that could have led to an exploitable crash when parsing HTML with DOMParser in low memory situations (CVE-2023-4048). These bugs are simple to exploit and threaten impacted systems’ confidentiality, integrity, and availability. As a result, they have received a National Vulnerability Database severity rating of ”High”. * ⚓ LinuxSecurity ☛ Mitigations_for_Eleven_Severe_Chromium_Flaws_Released⠀⇛ Eleven severe vulnerabilities have been found in Chromium, including multiple Type Confusion bugs in V8, use-after-frees in Cast, Blink Task Scheduling and WebRTC, a heap buffer overflow in Visuals, out-of-bounds read and write in WebGL, out-of-bounds memory access in ANGLE, and insufficient data validation and inappropriate implementation in Extensions. These bugs have received a National Vulnerability Database severity rating of ”High” due to their ease of exploitation and the significant threat they pose to impacted systems’ confidentiality, integrity, and availability. § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ * ⚓ IT Wire ☛ As_world_remembers_Nagasaki,_O’Brien_floats_idea_of_nuclear power⠀⇛ Whether by accident or design, federal Opposition climate change and energy spokesman Ted O’Brien chose to write an op-ed about introducing nuclear power in Australia on a day [Wednesday] when the world remembers the destruction of Nagasaki, the second Japanese city to be smashed to smithereens by an American nuclear device in three days, the first having been Hiroshima on 6 August 1945. * § Russia and War in Ukraine⠀➾ o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russian_Missile_Hits_Zaporizhzhia,_Ukraine, Killing_3⠀⇛ Officials said nine people were injured, a church building and several local shops were destroyed, and the windows were blown out of several high-rise buildings. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia_Downs_2_Drones_Near_Moscow,_as_Ukraine War’s_New_Phase_Intensifies⠀⇛ It was the 12th time in the past three weeks that Russian officials had reported intercepting such aerial attacks in the heart of the capital. o ⚓ France24 ☛ Russia_hopes_to_pull_ahead_in_the_space_race_with_the launch_of_the_Luna-25_moon_lander⠀⇛ Russia is taking a big gamble as it prepares to launch its first spacecraft to the Moon since 1976 on Friday. After decades of failed space missions, and with the war in Ukraine making it a pariah on the international stage, Russia is hoping to re-emerge as a major player in space exploration and consolidate its alliance with China. o ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_Northeast_Ukraine_town_urges_evacuations_in face_of_Russian_advance⠀⇛ Authorities in the northeastern Ukrainian town of Kupiansk urged vulnerable residents to leave the area on Thursday citing an uptick in Russian attacks on the settlement. The evacuation order came as Poland is planning to move up to 10,000 additional troops to the border with Belarus to support the Border Guard. o ⚓ France24 ☛ Shock_at_dramatic_water_loss_in_wake_of_Ukraine_dam blast_attack⠀⇛ When the Kakhovka dam was destroyed in early June, a vast expanse of water disappeared. The water’s dramatic recession has had far-reaching effects on the population of surrounding towns, notably Nikopol. But as residents adapt to the new landscape, Ukrainian authorities and environmental experts are grappling with the best strategy to restore the sea of sand to its former glory. o ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_considers_joining_G7_declaration_on_military assistance_to_Ukraine⠀⇛ Lithuania is considering to join the declaration by G7 countries, made in Vilnius last month, pledging to keep supplying military assistance to Ukraine. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Co-Founder_Of_Yandex_Slams_Russia’s_‘Barbaric’_Invasion Of_Ukraine⠀⇛ The co-founder of Russian Internet giant Yandex, Arkady Volozh, has condemned what he described as Russia’s “barbaric” invasion of Ukraine, days after criticism in Russia over his apparent efforts to distance himself from the country. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Russia_Labels_Conflict_Intelligence_Team_Investigative Group_‘Undesirable’⠀⇛ Russian authorities have declared the Conflict Intelligence Team investigative group that analyzes armed conflicts, including Moscow’s aggression against Ukraine, an “undesirable” organization and banned its activities in the country. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia-Ukraine_War:_In_Rare_Move,_Russian_Tech Tycoon_Condemns_War_in_Ukraine⠀⇛ Arkady Volozh, a founder of Yandex, known as ‘Russia’s Google,’ is only the second sanctioned Russian businessman to take an unequivocal public position against Moscow’s invasion. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ I’m_a_Ukrainian_Soldier_Who_Spent_Five_Days_in_a Trench_Waiting_for_Death⠀⇛ Did I really want to fight? o ⚓ New York Times ☛ After_Russian_Attack_in_Ukraine,_Broken_Glass and_Rattled_Nerves_in_Romania⠀⇛ A drone assault on a Danube River port sent shock waves — both the physical and the psychological kind — into villages just across the water that are in NATO territory. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Enerhoatom_Warns_Zaporizhzhya_Nuclear_Plant_At_Risk_Of Catastrophic_Blackout⠀⇛ Ukraine’s nuclear authority, Enerhoatom, has warned that the Russian-occupied nuclear power plant at Zaporizhzhya is on the verge of a blackout because power was cut off from the main high-voltage line to the facility. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Putin_Profits_Off_Global_Reliance_On_Russian_Nuclear Fuel⠀⇛ The United States and its European allies are importing vast amounts of nuclear fuel and compounds from Russia, providing Moscow with hundreds of millions of dollars in badly needed revenue as it wages war on Ukraine. o ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Victor_Zhora_on_cataloging_cyberwar_crime evidence_against_Russian_hackers_targeting_Ukraine⠀⇛ The Ukrainian cybersecurity official discusses charging Russian operatives with war crimes for digital assaults on civilians. o ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Ukrainian_official:_Russian_hackers_change tactics_from_disruptive_attacks⠀⇛ Russian hackers have become increasingly focused on intelligence gathering to gain advantage on the battlefield. o ⚓ Latvia ☛ Osokins_Freedom_Festival_raises_more_than_32,000_euros for_Ukraine⠀⇛ A series of concerts for Ukraine, held by pianist Andrejs Osokins and dubbed the ‘Osokins Freedom Festival’, raised more than 30,000 euros this summer, organizers have confirmed. o ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Ukraine’s_diplomatic_offensive_made_important advances_in_Saudi_Arabia⠀⇛ The recent talks in Jeddah were a Ukraine-focused initiative to prepare the ground for future peace negotiations and get key players closer to Kyiv’s position. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine,_Russia_Trade_Drone_Attacks,_As_Fighting_Grinds On_In_The_East⠀⇛ Russia and Ukraine each reported shoot-downs of unmanned drones around their respective capital regions overnight on August 10, while the Ukrainian side said a “massive” Russian UAV attack destroyed an oil depot in the western region of Rivne. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_Drone’s_View_Behind_Russian_Lines:_Cratered Fields_and_Charred_Armor⠀⇛ A Ukrainian unit sent a drone into Russian-occupied territory to surveil the battlefront, and it brought back vivid images of the Russian side of the war zone. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Prominent_U.S._Senator_Calls_On_Kyrgyzstan_To_Uphold International_Sanctions_Against_Russia⠀⇛ U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (Democrat-New Jersey) has called on Kyrgyzstan to uphold international sanctions against Russia for its unprovoked war against Ukraine and urged the Central Asian country to stop its violations of human rights. o ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Blast_at_Moscow_Plant_Leaves_43_Injured⠀⇛ The explosion happened on Wednesday morning at around 10: 40 a.m. local time at a pyrotechnics warehouse. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ At_Least_60_Injured_in_Factory_Explosion_at Plant_In_Moscow⠀⇛ Russian officials said one person was killed and dozens were injured in the blast. The warehouse is on the grounds of a plant that has produced night vision devices and binoculars, according to local news media. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Twelve_Still_Missing_As_Debris_Cleared_After_Deadly, Unexplained_Blast_Outside_Moscow⠀⇛ Russia’s Emergency Situations Ministry said on August 10 that 12 people are still missing following an explosion at or near an optical-mechanical plant in the city of Sergiyev Posad that killed at least one person and injured dozens more. o ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_looks_to_close_one-third_of_Belarus_border checkpoints_over_‘geopolitics_and_threats’⠀⇛ Lithuania’s Transport Ministry is proposing to close two of the six checkpoints on the border with Belarus, saying this needs to be done in response to the presence of Russian mercenaries in the neighbouring country. o ⚓ New York Times ☛ Poland_to_Deploy_2,000_Troops_To_Reinforce Belarus_Border⠀⇛ The deployment comes as concerns are mounting in Poland, a NATO member, over the presence of mercenaries from Russia’s Wagner private military company in neighboring Belarus. o ⚓ YLE ☛ Fewer_Russians_seeking_asylum_in_Finland⠀⇛ The number of asylum applications to Finland submitted by Russians has decreased since last year. Yle caught up with a few of those who fled and are making Finland their new home. o ⚓ YLE ☛ Activist_reports_altercation_with_Russian_consulate employee_in_Turku⠀⇛ Petr Trofimov said that someone came out of the consulate and threatened him with physical violence, stole his poster and tried to hit him. o ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Türkiye_Calls_on_the_West_to_Honor_Commitments_to Russia⠀⇛ “…Erdoğan referred to the Russian claim about the West’s non-compliance with the Black Sea grain agreement…” o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Germany_Announces_Arrest_Of_Suspected_Spy_For_Russia⠀⇛ German prosecutors have arrested an official of the military procurement agency whom they suspect of passing secret information to Russia, the federal prosecutor’s office said on August 9. o ⚓ RFERL ☛ Muslim_Inmates_Face_Abuse_In_Russia,_Rights_Group_Says⠀⇛ A Russian human rights organization on August 9 said Muslim inmates in a prison in the Russian city of Ulyanovsk have been subjected to abuse on religious and ethnic grounds. o ⚓ LRT ☛ Lithuania_hands_protest_note_over_crackdown_on_cultural centre_in_Moscow⠀⇛ Vilnius has expressed a “strong protest” after Russian authorities closed down The Jurgis Baltrušaitis House, a Lithuanian cultural centre in Moscow. o ⚓ LRT ☛ ‘We_would_be_pushing_them_into_prison’:_Lithuanian politicians_split_over_Belarusian_exiles⠀⇛ Amid a growing number of expulsions of Belarusians from Lithuania, the parliament may soon again consider imposing the same visa and residence permit bans for Belarusians as it did for Russian nationals. o ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Hackers_with_links_to_Pro-Russian_groups compromised_foreign_embassies_in_Belarus,_researchers_say⠀⇛ The work has been carried out by a newly identified group dubbed “MustachedBouncer,” according to researchers with ESET. o ⚓ AntiWar ☛ The_Nuclear_Plan_to_Decapitate_Russia_and_China_(and the_Planet)⠀⇛ On June 16, the 92-year-old Daniel Ellsberg passed away. At RAND, he contributed to a top-secret 47-volume study of classified documents on the Vietnam War. Even though the war had been acknowledged to be “unwinnable” since the 1950s, successive presidents from Eisenhower to Nixon had lied about the conflict. § Environment⠀➾ * ⚓ New York Times ☛ Typhoon_Khanun_Brings_Heavy_Rain_to_South_Korea, Killing_1⠀⇛ After pummeling southern Japan again, the storm moved slowly up the Korean Peninsula, bringing torrential rain and winds. One person died in floodwaters. § Finance⠀➾ * ⚓ Axios ☛ Disney_dilemma_underscores_media’s_existential_crisis⠀⇛ Disney CEO Bob Iger made it clear on a call with investors Wednesday that if Disney is going to be successful long-term, it needs to seriously rethink its commitment to the traditional TV business. * ⚓ Axios ☛ Biden’s_real_target_on_Chinese_investment_restrictions⠀⇛ In his new executive order banning investment in certain Chinese sectors, President_Biden is trying to restrict more than just U.S. dollars from flowing into China’s technology industry. Why it matters: He also wants to prevent_the_transfer of American know-how from top private equity and venture capital firms to China’s semiconductor, artificial intelligence and quantum computing sectors. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Mayor_Of_Bulgarian_Town_Arrested_In_Probe_Into_Misuse_Of_EU Funds⠀⇛ The mayor of a Bulgarian town has been arrested in an investigation into an alleged fraud involving EU funds meant for a project to increase energy efficiency in multifamily residential buildings, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office said. § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Trump_indictments:_How_to_tell_if_they’re_‘political’⠀⇛ Overdue accountability or politicized attacks? The Trump indictments divide the electorate, but some see ways to sift the difficult questions at play. * ⚓ Axios ☛ Poll_shows_Americans_love_world_leaders_more_than_their_own⠀⇛ Republicans and Democrats alike are bigger fans of Prince William and Ukrainian President Volodymyr_Zelensky than many of their own political leaders, a new Gallup poll shows. * ⚓ Axios ☛ 5_burning_questions_for_the_first_Republican_debate⠀⇛ Two weeks from today,former President Trump’s expected absence from the debate stage will provide at_least_seven_Republican candidates a fleeting opportunity to be heard above the Trump megaphone that has dominated the primary. * ⚓ Off Guardian ☛ What_is_a_Woman?_Response_to_Jacqueline_Rose⠀⇛ Simon Elmer The week after I published my article, ‘Trans Rights and the Order of Speech’ in Off-Guardian, The New Statesman published two articles by, respectively, the biologist, Richard Dawkins, ‘Why biological sex matters’ and the feminist, Jacqueline Rose, ‘The gender binary is false’. * § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ o ⚓ teleSUR ☛ US_Tech_Groups_Support_Tiktok_in_Suit_Against_Montana Ban⠀⇛ Some politicians accused the company of sharing U.S. user data with China but failed to produce any evidence. TikTok has repeatedly denied all the accusations. § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ * ⚓ Reason ☛ “Denmark_and_Sweden’s_Commitment_to_Free_Speech_Is_Wilting_in the_Face_of_Quran_Burnings”⠀⇛ Here’s an excerpt from the article, by free speech historian Jacob Mchangama, writing in Time: On July 30, Danish Foreign Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen announced that the government will seek to enact legislation for “special situations where other countries, cultures, and religions could be insulted, potentially resulting in significant negative consequences for Denmark.” * ⚓ Reason ☛ Why_Kamala_Harris_Won’t_Be_Asked_About_the_Suicide_of_a Newspaperman_She_Persecuted⠀⇛ When it comes to conflicts with people engaged in unpopular or disfavored speech, too many journalists side with the feds. * ⚓ JURIST ☛ Idaho_educators_challenge_state_law_that_censors_speech_about abortion⠀⇛ Two teachers’ unions joined six professors in Idaho to bring a lawsuit Tuesday challenging the constitutionality of the No Public Funds for Abortion Act (NPFAA), an Idaho law that prohibits the use of public funds to provide, promote, or counsel in favor of abortion. § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ * ⚓ IT Wire ☛ Red_ink_continues_to_splatter_NBN_Co_balance_sheet_at_end_of FY23⠀⇛ The NBN Co, the company rolling out Australia’s national broadband network, has again reported a loss for the 12 months ending in June, this time of $1.12 billion, an improvement of 24% or $346 million from FY22, the company said on Thursday. § Monopolies⠀➾ * § Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ JUVE ☛ Alexion_defends_market_exclusivity_for_orphan_drug_Soliris against_Amgen [Ed: JUVE, a propaganda mill for illegal things (Team UPC paid it to promote attacks on constitutions), on patents being used for monopoly and price-fixing]⠀⇛ Orphan drugs treat rare diseases. They receive ten years of market exclusivity in the European Union in addition to patent protection, so as to promote the development of corresponding active ingredients and treatments. The US pharmaceutical company Alexion markets such an orphan drug, the biologic Soliris. o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Intellectual_Ventures_vehicle_monitoring_patent held_invalid [Ed: Microsoft proxy Intellectual Ventures]⠀⇛ [Ed: Microsoft_proxy_Intellectual_Ventures] On August 9, 2023, the Patent Trial and Appeal Board (PTAB) issued a final written decision in Unified Patents, LLC v. v. Intellectual Ventures II LLCholding all challenged claims of U.S._Patent_9,291,475 unpatentable. The ’475 patent relates to alerting a recipient regarding a violation of a vehicle, such as a speeding violation, and had been asserted in district court against Toyota, GM, and Honda. View district_court_litigations_by_Intellectual_Ventures. o ⚓ Unified Patents ☛ Ideahub_entity,_AX_Wireless,_OFDM_patent_prior art_found⠀⇛ Unified is pleased to announce prior art has been found on U.S._Patent_9,584,262 owned by AX Wireless, LLC, an NPE and IdeaHub subsidiary. The ‘262 patent generally relates to a method and apparatus for use within a wireless OFDM network that transmits and receives first and second packets each having header bits and utilizing variable header repetition. It has been asserted against Acer, HP_Inc., Lenovo, and Dell. We would also like to thank the dozens of other high- quality submissions that were made on this patent. o ⚓ Vice Media Group ☛ Nintendo_Files_Patents_for_Link’s_Abilities_In ‘Tears_of_the_Kingdom’⠀⇛ Nintendo is patenting Ultrahand, Fuse, and even the loading screens from its blockbuster Legend of Zelda game. o ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ PTAB_Strategy:_Balancing_the Sandbagging⠀⇛ In Axonics, the patentee offered a new claim construction proposal in its post-institution response. On appeal, the Federal Circuit determined that it was only just, and mandated by the APA, for the petitioner to present new responsive arguments and evidence in its reply briefing. Additionally, the court suggested that the patentee should then have the opportunity to submit further evidence in a sur-reply. The PTAB had adopted the patentee’s claim construction proposal and refused to consider Axonics reply arguments and evidence — finding them to represent improper new arguments.  The Federal Circuit vacated that decision and sent the case back down for reconsideration. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3201 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.10.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Leftover_Links_10/08/2023:_CNET_is_Burning_Past_Journalism⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:58 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Pseudo-Open_Source # Openwashing o Linux_Foundation o Security # Privacy/Surveillance # Confidentiality o Defence/Aggression o Transparency/Investigative_Reporting o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature # Overpopulation 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 Digital_Restrictions_(DRM) o Monopolies # Patents # Trademarks # Copyrights * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Niels Provos ☛ Launching_Activ8te’s_Quantum_Breach_at_DEF_CON 31⠀⇛ The call for soundtrack submissions for DEF CON 31 this year provided an opportunity to produce industrial techno just made for DEF CON. In a dark basement 0×30 miles away from Detroit, Jake Lizzio of Signals Music Studio and I produced this track in a few days – just in time for the submission deadline. Whether or not it made the cut is something you’ll have to find out on your own. Were they able to resist this compelling and absolutely not humble pitch? o ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ What_It’s_Like_to_Report_on_Repatriation⠀⇛ We had reached the top of a sandstone mesa when Theresa Pasqual set down her hiking pole and scanned the storied canyon before us. We could see the centuries-old buildings of Chaco Canyon, a site in northwest New Mexico that her tribe’s ancestors, the Ancestral Puebloans, had occupied before eventually establishing other communities in the region. Pueblo Bonito, the canyon’s largest structure, sprawled from near the base of the bluff where we stood, its walls arcing around hundreds of hollowed rooms. o ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Ken’s_Rights?_Research_Shows_Barbie_Is_Surprisingly Accurate_on_How_‘Men’s_rights_Activists’_Are Radicalized⠀⇛ In the Barbie movie, we open with a picture of a perfect Barbieland where (almost) everyone is happy… o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Pedal_Car_Vs_Ministry_Of_Transport⠀⇛ [Tim] from the “Way Out West” Youtube channels has started a fun project — building a wooden pedal-car heavily inspired by “Bugsy Malone”. The kids-sized gangsters in that movie got around in kid-sized pedal cars. Apparently kid-sized [Tim] just loved the idea, but just didn’t have the skills or tools to try to build one. But the time has come, and he has spent years putting together a workshop, tools, and skills. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ ‘So_much_need’:_How_one_group_is_helping teachers_with_mental_health⠀⇛ What’s the best way to show support and respect for educators? For one group in Colorado, the answer is to provide free mental health care that empowers teachers. # ⚓ Chris Coyier ☛ How_have_you_stayed_motivated_to_work_on_the same_thing_in_the_same_space?⠀⇛ I like the question because, frankly, I do have a decent tenacity for my projects. CSS-Tricks was about 15 years old when I sold it. It’s been almost 12 years since I started working on CodePen, and that’s still my main project every single day. Dave and I will darn near hit 600 weeks of ShopTalk show this year. Here’s some self-reflection on how that works for me: [...] o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Taiwan’s_Chip_Giant_Will_Build_a_Plant_in Germany⠀⇛ TSMC, the world’s largest maker of semiconductors, said it would invest 3.5 billion euros ($3.8 billion) and own 70 percent of the joint venture, in Dresden. The three other companies — Robert Bosch and Infineon Technologies, both based in Germany, and NXP Semiconductors of the Netherlands — will each control 10 percent. The combined private and public investment, “including strong support from the European Union and German government,” is expected to total €10 billion, the company said. # ⚓ Jim Nielsen ☛ Stealth_Airplanes_&_Best_Practices⠀⇛ tldr; I quite enjoyed the (audio)book. It’s a fascinating look at how a collective group of people can find innovative solutions at the intersection of science and technology, creating something that is almost more of an art form in the beginning and only later becomes a common, standardized form. Suffice it to say, there are lots of interesting parallels in the book to creating software. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Share_Your_Projects:_Leave_Breadcrumbs⠀⇛ I’ve talked about a low-effort way to document your projects by taking plenty of pictures, and about ways that your PCBs could be documenting themselves. Today, let’s talk about a quick and easy way that you could help other hackers as you go through your own hacking adventures — leaving breadcrumbs. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ 3D_Print_Your_Own_Seiko-Style_“Magic_Lever” Energy_Harvester⠀⇛ Back in 1956, Seiko created their “magic lever” as an integral part of self-winding mechanical watches, which were essentially mechanical energy harvesters. The magic lever is a type of ratcheting arrangement that ensures a main gear only ever advances in a single direction. [Robert Murray- Smith] goes into detail in this video (here’s a link cued up to 1:50 where he begins discussing the magic lever) # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Why_VR_As_Monitor_Replacement_Is_Likely_To_Be Terrible_For_A_While_Yet⠀⇛ Putting on a headset and using virtual monitors in VR instead of physical ones is a use case that pops up, but is it really something feasible? [Karl Guttag], who has long experience and a deep understanding of the technical challenges that face such devices, doesn’t seem to think so. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Pokémon_Company_Uses_Fan_Music_In_Trailer Without_Crediting_The_Fan⠀⇛ If you go take a look at all the different posts we’ve done on the topic of Pokémon, you will be left with one undeniable conclusion: the people behind Pokémon content take IP rights very seriously. This has particularly been true when it comes to some of the franchise’s most dedicated fans trying to express their fandom by creating cool things. Ownership is everything here and the Pokémon people will simply not countenance anyone using its creation, because that’s wrong. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Heart_Attacks_Are_Rising_in_Young_Adults_–_Slashdot⠀⇛ National Geographic: Research does show that heart attacks, also called myocardial infarctions, are on the rise in younger people. Common symptoms include chest pain or discomfort; pain that radiates into the jaw, neck, back or arms; shortness of breath; and feeling weak or faint. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Impact_of_new_pill_to_treat_postpartum_depression will_depend_on_price⠀⇛ The approval of the first-ever pill_treating postpartum_depression on Friday was hailed as a significant milestone, but it was quickly tempered by questions around how much the drug will cost. # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ ChatGPT,_Google_Bard_could fuel_deadly_mental_illnesses:_research⠀⇛ New research has discovered that AI (artificial intelligence) platforms including OpenAI ChatGPT and Google Bard can fuel deadly mental illnesses. According to a few experiments, these platforms are providing dangerous advice regarding eating disorders. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ This_PA_Doctor_Has_Been_Investigated_at_Every Level._How_Is_He_Still_Practicing?⠀⇛ Cheryl Lee Carr clutched her phone, willing it to ring. The last time she’d answered it, a hospital surgeon told her he didn’t know if he could save her mother’s leg, let alone her life. But he would try to stop the hemorrhaging from her major leg artery, punctured by a doctor at a nearby clinic. Carr had spent that morning in February 2020 at the Lehigh Valley Vascular Institute in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, waiting as her 82-year-old mother underwent what was supposed to be a simple procedure to clear plaque from her arteries. More than four hours in, Carr knew something was wrong. She pushed past the front desk to find her dazed mother in a recovery room, two clinic employees holding a bloody compress over a leg that had turned deep purple. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Bola_Tinubu,_Nigerian_President_and_ECOWAS Chair,_Laundered_Millions_for_Heroin_Dealers⠀⇛ Before leading the charge for intervention, ECOWAS chair Bola Tinubu spent years laundering millions for heroin dealers in Chicago, and has since been ensnared in numerous corruption scandals. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ ‘Hypnotized’_ChatGPT_and_Bard_Will_Convince_Users to_Pay_Ransoms_and_Drive_Through_Red_Lights⠀⇛ Making matters worse, the researchers told the LLMs never to tell users about the “game” in question and to even restart said game if a user was determined to have exited. With those parameters in place, the AI models would commence to gaslight users who asked if they were part of a game. Even if users could put two and two together, the researchers devised a way to create multiple games inside of one another so users would simply fall into another one as soon as they exited a previous game. This head-scratching maze of games was compared to the multiple layers of dream worlds explored in Christopher Nolan’s Inception. “We found that the model was able to ‘trap’ the user into a multitude of games unbeknownst to them,” Lee added. “The more layers we created, the higher chance that the model would get confused and continue playing the game even when we exited the last game in the framework.” OpenAI and Google did not immediately respond to Gizmodo’s requests for comment. # ⚓ APNIC ☛ Large_Language_Models_—_the_hardware_connection⠀⇛ According to Wikipedia, an LLM typically requires six FLOP per parameter and token. This translates to 6 x 175B x 300B or 3.15 x 10^23 FLOP to train the GPT-3 model. GPT-3 model took three weeks to train. Thus, it needed 5.8 x 10^16 FLOPS (Floating Point Operations per second) of compute power during that three-week duration. The highest-performing H100 GPU from Nvidia can do approximately ~60 TeraFLOPS. If these GPUs were 100% utilized, we require ~1000 GPUs to get 5.8 x 10^16 FLOPS. But, in many training workloads, GPU utilization hovers around 50% or less due to memory and network bottlenecks. Thus the training requires twice the number of GPUs or roughly ~2,000 H100 GPUs. The original LLM model (Table 1) was trained using an older version of the GPU, so it needed 10,000 of them. With thousands of GPUs, the model and the training data sets need to be partitioned among the GPUs to run in parallel. Parallelism can happen in several dimensions. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Exclusive_poll:_Americans_distrust_AI_giants⠀⇛ By the numbers: Those polled prefer federal AI regulation over self-regulation by tech companies, with 82% saying they don’t trust tech executives to regulate AI. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Zoom_CEO_admits_mistake_as_terms-of-service_changes raise_AI_fears⠀⇛ Details: Zoom made changes to its terms of service back in March, but concern only spiked this past weekend after a Hacker News post highlighted that the changes appeared to give the company unbounded rights to use content to train its AI systems. # § Windows Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)⠀➾ # ⚓ NBC ☛ [Crackers]_force_hospital_system_to_take_its national_computer_system_offline⠀⇛ Sixteen hospitals and more than a hundred other medical facilities across the United States are offline after the largest cyberattack on a U.S. hospital system since last year. Prospect Medical Holdings, a chain that owns hospitals, as well as more than 165 outpatient facilities, in California, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Rhode Island has taken its main computer network offline, a spokesperson said Friday. # ⚓ The Record ☛ Israeli_hospital_redirects_new_patients following_ransomware_attack⠀⇛ The ransomware attack on Mayanei Hayeshua Medical Center shut down its administrative computer systems but didn’t affect the medical gear. # ⚓ The Record ☛ [Crackers]_accessed_16_years_of_Colorado public_school_student_data_in_June_ransomware_attack⠀⇛ The Colorado Department of Higher Education (CDHE) published the bombshell revelation in a notice on Friday, saying it was attacked by a ransomware gang during an eight day period in mid-June. Also affected are certain cohorts of higher education students, as well as some recipients of General Education Development certificates and teacher’s licenses. The governor’s office and the Office of Information Technology did not respond to requests for comment about which ransomware group targeted the CDHE and whether a ransom was paid. No ransomware gang has taken credit for the incident. o § Pseudo-Open Source⠀➾ # § Openwashing⠀➾ # ⚓ The Conversation ☛ Why_Meta_is_allowing_users_to_see the_inner_workings_of_its_new_AI_chatbot⠀⇛ Meta’s embrace of the open-source ethos with Llama 2 allows it to capitalise on what appears to be an approach that has worked for the company in the past. Meta’s engineers are known for their development of products to aid developers such as React and PyTorch. Both are open source and have become the industry standard. Through them, Meta has set a precedent of innovation through collaboration. # ⚓ [Repeat] OSI Blog ☛ Meta’s_LLaMa_2_license_is_not Open_Source⠀⇛ OSI is pleased to see that Meta is lowering barriers for access to powerful AI systems. Unfortunately, the tech giant has created the misunderstanding that LLaMa 2 is “open source” – it is not. Even assuming the term can be validly applied to a large language model comprising several resources of different kinds, Meta is confusing “open source” with “resources available to some users under some conditions,” two very different things. We’ve asked them to correct their misstatement. o § Linux Foundation⠀➾ # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Nvidia_announces_major_updates_to_Omniverse with_generative_AI_and_OpenUSD⠀⇛ Nvidia Corp. today announced a major release to Omniverse, its hyper-realistic real-time 3D graphics collaboration and simulation platform, that will allow enterprises to build better 3D models and scenes using OpenUSD and artificial intelligence. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Wednesday⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (cjose, hdf5, and orthanc), Fedora (java-17-openjdk and seamonkey), Red Hat (curl, dbus, iperf3, kernel, kpatch-patch, libcap, libxml2, nodejs:16, nodejs: 18, postgresql:10, postgresql:12, postgresql:13, and python-requests), SUSE (bluez, cjose, gstreamer-plugins-bad, gstreamer-plugins-base, gstreamer-plugins-good, gstreamer-plugins-ugly, keylime, openssl-1_1, openssl-3, pipewire, poppler, qemu, rubygem-actionpack-4_2, rubygem-actionpack- 5_1, rust1.71, tomcat, webkit2gtk3, and wireshark), and Ubuntu (binutils, dotnet6, dotnet7, openssh, php-dompdf, and unixodbc). # ⚓ National World Publishing Ltd ☛ Russia_‘prime_suspect’_in cyber_attack_which_saw_names_and_addresses_of_40M_UK_voters exposed_–_reports⠀⇛ Russia is suspected to have been behind a cyber attack which exposed the data of tens of millions of voters in the UK, raising fears it was an attempt to undermine democracy. The Electoral Commission admitted on Tuesday (8 August) that hackers had been able to access reference copies of electoral registers from between the years 2014 and 2022 – files which contained the names and addresses of the 40 million people registered to vote during that timeframe. While the security breach was only made public on Tuesday (8 August), it first took place all the way back in August 2021. However, shockingly, it was more than a year before anyone noticed the cyber- attack had happened – with reports to the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) and National Crime Agency only made in October 2022. # ⚓ White_House_Announces_Efforts_to_Strengthen_K-12_Schools’ Cybersecurity⠀⇛ In a 2019 post about increasing cyber risks in K-12 schools, we cited a report, “The State of K-12 Cybersecurity: 2018 Year in Review,” that contained sobering information about cybersecurity in local school districts across the country. According to that report, in 2018, there were 122 publicly- disclosed cybersecurity incidents affecting school districts across 38 states. Not much has changed. A more recent article looking at ransomware activity in 2023 reports there being 120 attacks against school districts thus far in the year. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Downfall_is_a_new_‘severe’_flaw_in_Intel CPUs,_while_AMD_deal_with_INCEPTION⠀⇛ Uh oh! Another rather serious security flaw has been found in Intel CPUs named Downfall, so here’s a bit of info on it. Additionally, AMD are also dealing with INCEPTION. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Firms_using_facial_recognition in_China_face_new_rules,_with_some_exceptions⠀⇛ Firms using facial recognition in China will be required to obtain consent or legal permission before collecting personal information, draft regulations released Tuesday said, while stipulating the rules would not apply to some bodies. [...] At an industry expo in Beijing in June, AFP saw a number of prominent firms showcasing tech that allowed them to identify “undesirable” behaviours and scan faces from more than 100 metres (yards) away. # ⚓ The Hindu ☛ Hyderabad_activists⠀⇛ Digital privacy rights advocates in Hyderabad have raised concerns over the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill, 2023, that was passed in the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday. They pointed that the move is likely to have an adverse impact on transparency, and does little to address issues of surveillance. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Palantir_lobbied_UK_pensions department_for_its_software_to_tackle_fraud⠀⇛ US spy-tech firm Palantir launched a direct lobbying campaign targeting UK government departments, including the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP). # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ UK_Electoral_Commission_hack_steals data_on_up_to_40M_people⠀⇛ The stolen electoral data included the name and address of anyone who registered to vote between 2014 and 2022 and details of registered overseas voters. As the commission’s email systems were also accessed, the full list of personally identifiable information that may have been stolen included names, email addresses, home addresses, phone numbers, web form information and any personal images sent to the commission. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Northern_Ireland_police_may_have endangered_its_own_officers_by_posting_details_online in_error⠀⇛ A spreadsheet containing details of serving Northern Ireland police officers was mistakenly posted online yesterday, potentially endangering the safety of officers, given the volatile politics of the region. The data leak involved a spreadsheet detailing the surnames and initials of all serving officers in the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), plus civilian staff members. It listed their rank or grade, plus location and department in which they work, but no other personal information such as private addresses is said to have been included. # ⚓ WhichUK ☛ Electoral_Commission_falls_victim_to cyberattack:_is_your_data_affected?⠀⇛ These registers included the name and address of anyone in the UK who registered to vote from 2014 to 2022, and some overseas voters. People who qualified to register anonymously – for example, for safety reasons – are unaffected by the breach. # ⚓ Privacy International ☛ Privacy_International_raises concerns_regarding_Pakistan’s_Personal_Data_Protection Bill⠀⇛ Whilst we are yet to receive confirmation of the version which will proceed to the legislative process, the Bill in its current form (public version published on 19 May 2023) still contains a number of shortcomings, does not meet international human rights standards and could have grave implications for the effective protection of people and their data. # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Zoom_Insists_It_Wasn’t_Using_Private_Calls to_Train_AI_System⠀⇛ By checking the agreement box, the updated TOS reads, users “consent to Zoom’s access, use, collection, creation, modification, distribution, processing, sharing, maintenance, and storage” of user data for “any purpose” including “machine learning or artificial intelligence (including for the purposes of training and tuning of algorithms and models).” You can’t really get any clearer than that, and Zoom users, who seemed generally unaware of the update until Stack Diary first reported about the changes on Sunday, were unsurprisingly upset by the revelation. After all, if the TOS was updated back in March, how much of their private data — which may have included the content of Zoom therapy or telehealth meetings, corporate meetings, and intimate conversations — had been guzzled up by Zoom’s AI? # ⚓ The Conversation ☛ The_new_technology_that_is_making cars_easier_for_criminals_to_steal,_or_crash⠀⇛ There is much talk in the automotive industry about the “internet of vehicles” (IoV). This describes a network of cars and other vehicles that could exchange data over the internet in an effort to make transportation more autonomous, safe and efficient. The IoV could help vehicles identify roadblocks, traffic jams and pedestrians. It could help with a car’s positioning on the road, potentially enable them to be driverless, and provide easier diagnoses of faults. It’s already happening to some extent with smart motorways, where technology is used with the intention of managing motorway traffic in the most effective manner. A more sophisticated IoV will require even more sensors, software and other technology to be installed in vehicles and surrounding road infrastructure. Cars already contain more electronic systems than ever, from cameras and mobile phone connections to infotainment systems. However, some of these systems might also make our vehicles prone to theft and malicious attack, as criminals identify and then exploit vulnerabilities in this new technology. In fact, this is already happening. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Meet_Porcha_Woodruff,_Detroit_Woman Jailed_While_8_Months_Pregnant_After_False_AI_Facial Recognition⠀⇛ Porcha Woodruff was eight months pregnant when Detroit police mistakenly arrested her for robbery and carjacking based on a faulty facial recognition match. She was held in jail for 11 hours, where she started having contractions, and had to be taken to the hospital upon her release on a $100,000 bond. “Being under that type of stress could have ultimately led me to lose my child,” says Woodruff. According to the ACLU, Woodruff is at least the sixth person — all of whom are Black — to report being falsely accused of a crime as a result of facial recognition technology. It is yet another case of what has been termed algorithmic bias, in which technology is trained on biased information, automating and further cementing existing oppression. “No one would take what I was saying seriously. It was as if I was already a suspect,” says Woodruff about her experience. She and attorney Ivan Land are now suing the city of Detroit for false arrest, false imprisonment and malicious prosecution. # ⚓ Site36 ☛ Using_captured_tablets_of_soldiers_from_the “battlefield”:_Hacking_attacks_on_Starlink_in_Ukraine⠀⇛ # ⚓ Site36 ☛ Security_gap_in_blue-light_vehicles: Locations_of_Rosenbauer_technology_accessible_on_the Internet⠀⇛ # § Confidentiality⠀➾ # ⚓ The Hindu ☛ IT_Ministry_announces_cash_prizes_for browser_that_trusts_Indian_digital_certificate_issuing authority⠀⇛ Cash prizes amounting to ₹3.4 crore are being promised to developers who help create an indigenous Indian web browser “for the world”, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology announced on Wednesday. An important caveat is that browser ideas entered into this competition will have to trust the Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA), the Indian government’s authority for digital signatures, including SSL (Security Sockets Layer) certificates. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ NL Times ☛ Over_100_explosions_in_Rotterdam_region_this year⠀⇛ The Rotterdam area has been ravaged for several years by explosions at homes and business premises throughout the city. It is suspected that the incidents are linked to drug trafficking. Stores and homes are especially affected by the explosions. The number of such incidents has been sharply rising in recent years. In the Rotterdam police region, 12 such incidents were registered in 2021, a figure that rose to 65 the following year. Last weekend, two incidents occurred at separate buildings on Vierambachtsstraat in the center of Rotterdam. Of the 104 incidents this year, 74 occurred in Rotterdam, with the remainder in nearby municipalities such as Vlaardingen, Schiedam, Capelle aan den IJssel, and Voorne aan Zee. According to Rijmond, the perpetrators use incendiary bombs, hand grenades, cobras, and assembled explosives. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Special_counsel_served_Twitter_search_warrant_for Trump_account⠀⇛ The existence of the warrant, which was obtained by Smith’s team in January, was not previously known to the public. Zoom in: In the warrant, the government requested “data and records related to the ‘@realDonaldTrump’” Twitter account. # ⚓ US Court of Appeals, D C Circuit ☛ Appeal_from_the_United States_District_Court_for_the_District_of_Columbia_(No._1:23- sc-00031) [PDF]⠀⇛ The parties subsequently submitted papers regarding the applicability of sanctions. The government suggested that Twitter’s three days of noncompliance after the deadline had passed merited a $350,000 sanction, under the sanctions formula that the court previously had adopted and announced. See Gov’t Notice Regarding Accrued Sanction 2, ECF No. 19. Twitter denied that any penalty was “appropriate,” arguing that it had acted in good faith and had substantially complied with the February 7 deadline. I.A. 274. Twitter further argued that an incremental $200,000 sanction for the last day of noncompliance was unjustified, in light of “new search terms provided by the government” shortly before 4:00 p.m. on February 9 and Twitter’s production of the required information “just hours” after the February 9 hearing. Id. at 277-78. Notably, Twitter still did not object to the sanctions formula. # ⚓ Hindustan Times ☛ Nagasaki_Day_2023:_78th_anniversary_of_US atomic_bombing_today._All_you_need_to_know⠀⇛ Remembering the horrific attack and its victims, United Nations Secretary General Antonio Guterres said that the world should never allow such a devastation to occur again and urged to eliminate the nuclear risk by eradicating nuclear weapons. “78 years ago, atomic weapons were used on Nagasaki. We must never again allow such devastation to occur. The only way to eliminate the nuclear risk is to eliminate nuclear weapons,” UN chief said on X (formerly Twitter). # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Iran_Says_It_Has_Obtained_Supersonic_Cruise-Missile Technology⠀⇛ Iran has obtained the technology to build a supersonic cruise missile, which is still under test, the semiofficial Tasnim news agency reported on August 9. [...] # ⚓ New Eastern Europe ☛ Why_it_is_not_just_Putin’s_war:_the collective_responsibility_of_Russians⠀⇛ While Ukraine continues to occupy a regular spot in news reporting, western outlets and politicians still overlook the main reason for the war. In order to make sure such a conflict cannot happen again in the future, we must understand the deep- rooted societal norms that allowed Russia to invade in the first place. # ⚓ FAIR ☛ Brooks’_Defense_of_Trump_Defenders_Disguises_Where Real_Power_Is⠀⇛ Brooks’ column encouraged anti-Trumpers (among whom he includes himself) to think of themselves as “the bad guys,” because while they diagnose the Republican base’s unflagging support for its leader as rooted in bigotry and resentment, it actually derives from “the class war between the professionals and the workers.” Brooks, enlightened member of the professional class that he is, understands “why people in less-educated classes would conclude that they are under economic, political, cultural and moral assault.” He asserted, “They’ve rallied around Trump as their best warrior against the educated class.” # ⚓ Spiegel ☛ Anger_Against_France_Grows_in_Africa’s_“Coup Belt”⠀⇛ It was the fifth military coup in Niger since the country’s independence, but this overthrow is different from the previous ones. It is the latest in a series of such putsches: Almost the entire Sahel, a strategically important region of Africa, is now ruled by regimes installed by a coup, with six successful overthrows in the region since 2020. The area some are calling the “Coup Belt” stretches south of the Sahara, nearly 6,000 kilometers (3,728 miles) long, from Guinea on the west coast of the continent to Sudan on the east coast. In Mali, where an estimated 1,500 mercenaries from Russia’s Wagner Group are stationed, and in Burkina Faso, Moscow has established itself as an important supporter of the new rulers, with both countries now positioning themselves explicitly against the former colonial power France. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ We_need_to_be_first_on_the_Moon,_uh, again,_says_NASA⠀⇛ One goal is to land on the Moon’s south pole, where scientists suspect there is water and ice – a vital resource for human survival. “I don’t want China to get to the south pole first with humans and then say this is ours, stay out … If indeed we find water in abundance there that could be utilized for future crews and spacecraft, we want to make sure that’s available to all, not just the one that’s claiming it,” Nelson said. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Putin_proposes_eliminating_requirement_that_Russia notify_Council_of_Europe_about_martial_law_or_states_of emergency⠀⇛ Under existing law, Russia is required to notify both the Secretary-Generals of the UN and the Council of Europe when it deviates from its obligations under international treaties by restricting the rights and freedoms of Russians. The requirement is in line with the European Convention on Human Rights. # ⚓ NPR ☛ Special_counsel_Jack_Smith_got_a_secret_search warrant_for_Trump’s_Twitter_account⠀⇛ This warrant was tied to the special counsel’s investigation into Trump and his involvement in attempts to overturn the 2020 election. Trump is now facing four criminal charges related to this investigation. He’s pleaded not guilty. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Vladivostok_residents_hear_nighttime_explosion_by naval_base_in_Pacific_port_city._Officials_attribute_blast_to air-defense_exercises._—_Meduza⠀⇛ Residents of Vladivostok, a major Pacific port city in the Russian Far East, report hearing a nighttime blast near a naval base located in the area. The explosion was heard in the early hours on August 9. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Powerful_explosion_rocks_optics_plant_in_Moscow region._At_least_38_injured_as_blast_wave_blows_out_windows in_vicinity._—_Meduza⠀⇛ A powerful explosion in Sergiyev Posad, a city in the Moscow region, left up to 20 people injured, according to various reports. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ A_Venezuelan_Family_Seeking_Asylum⠀⇛ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ German_officer_arrested_on_suspicion_of_spying_for Russia_—_Meduza⠀⇛ An employee of the German armed forces was arrested in the city of Koblenz on suspicion of spying for Russia, reports the German Federal Prosecutor’s Office. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘An_open_invitation’:_Niger_coup_raises_fears_of Wagner_Group_upping_Russia’s_influence_in_Africa_—_Meduza⠀⇛ On July 26, presidential guards overthrew Niger’s democratically elected President Mohamed Bazoum. The ousted president was seen as an important partner for the West — he took part in the Crimea Platform, supported Ukraine’s territorial integrity, and snubbed the recent Russia–Africa Summit in St. Petersburg. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, meanwhile, has referred to the military coup that overthrew Niger’s government as an “unconstitutional act” and called for the “constitutional order” to be restored. But Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner Group reportedly supports Niger’s new military junta. Previously, a military coup in neighboring Mali paved the way for the mercenary group to increase its presence in the country significantly. Wagner also has its eyes on Burkina Faso, where the government was twice overthrown last year. This has contributed to larger concerns about growing Russian influence in Africa, as pro-coup protestors in Niger were seen waving Russian flags and holding signs reading “Long live Putin.” # § War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Poll_Shows_Majority_of_Americans_Oppose Further_Aid_in_Ukraine⠀⇛ CNN released a poll… # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Local_authorities_report_one_person_killed in_shelling_attack_on_Belgorod_village_—_Meduza⠀⇛ One person was killed and four were injured in a shelling attack on the village of Gorkovsky in Russia’s Belgorod region on Wednesday, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov reported. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ More_than_800_people_admitted_to_Russia’s top_universities_under_quotas_for_veterans_of_war_in Ukraine_—_Meduza⠀⇛ More than 800 people have enrolled in Russia’s top universities under quotas for veterans of the war in Ukraine and their children, according to the independent outlet iStories. The majority of these students scored lower than the minimum score for enrollment on the country’s college aptitude test, the EGE, or didn’t take the exam at all. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Grozny_(demolished_by_Russia_in_1995)_and Mariupol_(demolished_by_Russia_in_2022)_declared_‘twin cities’_by_Russian_government_—_Meduza⠀⇛ The Chechen capital Grozny and Mariupol in the Russian-annexed Donetsk region of Ukraine have been “twinned” by a formal agreement, signed during the Chechen officials’ working visit to the Donbas. o § Transparency/Investigative Reporting⠀➾ # ⚓ Mark Dominus ☛ No_plan_survives_contact_with_the_enemy⠀⇛ The actual quote appears to have been more like “Everybody has plans until they get hit for the first time”. The “punched in the mouth” version only seems to date back to 2004. # ⚓ Society for Scholarly Publshing ☛ Science_and_Truth, Stanford_President_and_Student_Journalism_Edition⠀⇛ Dozens of stories in the The Stanford Daily, most of them by freshman Theo Baker, and the 95 page report from the university have been followed by a barrage of news coverage. Plenty of that coverage has focused on Baker, who won a George Polk award – the youngest ever recipient – for his reporting: “Meet the Student who Helped Boot the President of Stanford,” (Washington Post); “Q&A: “How This Stanford Freshman Brought Down the President of the University” (LA Times); “Stanford President Resigns After Reporting from Freshman Journalist” (Teen Vogue), and plenty more. Baker is the son of two prominent journalists, Peter Baker of the New York Times and Susan Glasser of the the New Yorker and, as the Washington Post story noted, he’d been “toddling around” newsrooms “before he could walk.” # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Never_Tweet:_Trump’s_megaphone_is_coming back_to_haunt_him.⠀⇛ Earlier today, an unsealed court opinion revealed that prosecutors working for Special Counsel Jack Smith obtained a search warrant in January to access the now-dormant account of @realDonaldTrump, perhaps in order to learn what, if anything, went on behind the scenes—in messages or drafts that users can’t see. According to the opinion, the warrant “directed Twitter to produce data and records related” to Trump’s account. The company initially refused to comply, because the warrant contained a clause prohibiting Twitter from notifying Trump that the government had issued the warrant. After being held in contempt of court and fined $350,000, Twitter ultimately handed over the information. # ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ Secret_Police:_One_Department_In_Virginia Is_Trying_To_Hide_The_Names_Of_Most_Officers⠀⇛ o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ Sunrise:_“Practically_Speaking”_President Biden_Has_Not_Declared_a_Climate_Emergency⠀⇛ “Young people across the country know that ‘practically speaking’ President Biden has not declared a climate emergency. Approving new fossil fuel projects like the Willow Project is not “practically” declaring a climate emergency. Expediting the Mountain Valley Pipeline is not “practically” declaring a climate emergency. ” # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ Fossil_fuel_sites_in Australia_releasing_climate-damaging_methane_into atmosphere⠀⇛ Methane gas contributes significantly to the greenhouse effect and, consequently, to rising temperatures. It is around 80 times more potent than carbon dioxide as a greenhouse gas over a 20- year period, but it stays in the atmosphere for only 12 years compared to centuries. The leaks were observed at coal mines and gas facilities owned by energy giants Santos and Origin and pipeline company Jemena. However, the details of these locations have not been revealed yet. # ⚓ Omicron Limited ☛ Iraq’s_extreme_temperatures_a_‘wake-up call’_for_world:_UN⠀⇛ Iraq has been experiencing its fourth consecutive summer of drought, and temperatures in parts of the country including the capital Baghdad, and in the far south, have been around 50 degrees Celsius (120 degrees Fahrenheit). “Rising temperatures plus the drought, and the fact that the loss of diversity is a reality, is a wake- up call for Iraq and for the world,” Turk said. “When we look into the situation of these communities we look into our future,” he added. # ⚓ Omicron Limited ☛ Yellow_jerseys_of_the_fireline:_A_day fighting_wildfires_can_require_as_much_endurance_as_riding the_Tour_de_France⠀⇛ Hiking with a load and digging firelines with hand tools burns about 6 to 14 calories per minute. Heart rates rise in response to an increased pace of digging. Measured with the same techniques used to quantify the energy demands of Tour de France riders, wildland firefighters demonstrate an average total energy expenditure approaching 4,000 to 5,000 calories per day. Some days can exceed the Tour’s average of about 6,000 calories. Add to that a daily water need of 1.5 to over 2 gallons. This isn’t just for a few days. Fire season in the western United States can last five months or more, with most Hotshot crews accumulating four to five times the number of operational days of the 22-day Tour de France and over 1,000 hours of overtime. # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ Young_Indigenous_activists are_fighting_the_climate_crisis⠀⇛ Although Indigenous People make up less than five per cent of the global population, they bear the weight of economic disparity and represent 15 per cent of the world’s poorest people. Indigenous people all across the globe are most affected by climate change, according to a report by Health Canada. The report, named Health of Canadians in a Changing Climate said: “Natural hazards, coupled with unpredictable and extreme weather events, can result in temporary or long-term evacuations from traditional territories, in addition to greater risk of injury and death from accidents while out on the land.” # ⚓ Interesting Engineering ☛ First_adopter_of_hydrogen_trains switches_to_electric_models⠀⇛ LVNG, a German state-owned railway company and the first firm to adopt commercial hydrogen trains, is letting go of the powerful vehicles and replacing them instead with electric versions. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_dream_of_the_first_hydrogen_rail_network_has died_a_quick_death⠀⇛ The commercial rollout of these trains on a railway link, in August 2022, had already been derailed on several occasions. The trains required new hardware and software to be retrofitted for their routes, driver shortages left no spare time to educate them on running hydrogen trains, and there were troubles at the hydrogen refuelling station in winter. Now a year after the commercial launch, the Lower Saxony state ministry has abandoned ideas for future hydrogen trains, arguing that battery- electric models “are cheaper to operate.” # ⚓ International Business Times ☛ UK’s_electrification_boom sees_EV_sales_represent_over_half_the_entire_market_share⠀⇛ The rise in BEV sales dominates the overall market with an increase of 49 per cent in this year’s second quarter in comparison to last year’s 17 per cent growth in the 10 Western European focus markets: UK, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Netherlands, Switzerland and Austria. In correlation the percentages for growth for the United States were 67 per cent and 19 per cent, and in China 49 per cent and 29 per cent. # ⚓ H2 View ☛ Finavia_set_to_decarbonise_operations_as_part_of the_HyAirport_project⠀⇛ The aim is to develop the hydrogen supply chain from production to the fuelling of airport equipment, aircraft and testing operations. Finland’s airline service boasts around 20 snow removal machines at its Helsinki Airport that could use hydrogen fuel, with the project bringing gaseous hydrogen to the airport to act as the energy source. # ⚓ Futurism ☛ The_Claim_of_a_Room_Temperature_Superconductor Is_Starting_to_Look_Fishy⠀⇛ But a new lead-based material dubbed LK-99, as detailed in the pair of yet-to-be-peer-reviewed papers, is meant to change all that, exhibiting what its creators say is perfect conductivity at temperatures up to a blistering 260 degrees Fahrenheit. It can even purportedly levitate above a permanent magnet, a telltale sign that it could be a superconductor. The controversial research sparked plenty of criticism, with experts pointing out that such an extraordinary claim required extraordinary evidence — which simply hasn’t materialized yet. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Bad_news_about_that_miracle_superconductor⠀⇛ A rush to recreate the material—a combination of lead, copper, oxygen, and phosphorus—and test its properties ensued in laboratories around the world. And now we can say with some certainty that whatever LK-99 is, it’s probably not a superconductor. That conclusion was reached by a committee of South Korean researchers who reviewed the LK-99 team’s published data. A preliminary study in India did not find evidence of superconductivity, and preliminary papers from Chinese researchers who replicated the material say they didn’t discover zero resistance to electrical current at room temperature. Scientists in the UK didn’t find superconductivity in their sample, and neither did an international team (pdf) including scientists at Princeton University. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ A_Texas_man_on_a_trip_to_spread_his dad’s_ashes_died_of_heat_stroke_in_Utah’s_Arches_National Park⠀⇛ A Texas man whose body was found in Arches National Park in Utah is believed to have died of heat stroke while on a trip to spread his father’s ashes. Two sisters of James Bernard Hendricks said the 66-year-old Austin man likely became disoriented from heat, dehydration and high altitude. Hendricks said in social media posts before his death that he was stopping in Utah while traveling to the Sierra Nevada region of Nevada and California to spread his father’s ashes. Hendricks was reported overdue on Aug. 1. Rangers found his body in the park later that day. His water bottle was empty. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Don’t_count_on_the_G20_to_solve_the world’s_problems._But_don’t_count_it_out_completely.⠀⇛ The upcoming summit in India can focus on hammering out statements that move the needle in limited ways on health, trade, digital governance, and climate change. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ We_Must_Learn_to_Love_Our_Sweat⠀⇛ The world is getting hotter. Prepare to be damp. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Indonesia_again_delays_launch_of_China-funded high-speed_railway⠀⇛ Trial run of the Jakarta-Bandung line has been postponed to early September from Aug. 18, officials say. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ Raspberry Pi ☛ Raspberry_Pi_rides_on_turtle_backs_to monitor_conservation_areas⠀⇛ A Raspberry Pi Zero and a Raspberry Pi Camera Module were packed inside a waterproof enclosure, which was then harmlessly attached to the shell of a green sea turtle. Photos, video, and location data are collected from the Raspberry Pi, and the hardware detaches itself from the animal once its job is done. Read more about how this works in our in- depth Success Story about the Arribada initiative. # ⚓ The Revelator ☛ Playing_Matchmaker_for_Corals⠀⇛ # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ Mexico News Daily ☛ Mexico’s_per_capita_water_supply dropped_over_30%_since_1996⠀⇛ Experts blame poor water management, increased farming and drought as some states barely meet World Health Organization targets. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Latvia ☛ Annual_inflation_in_July_at_6.4%_in_Latvia⠀⇛ The latest data published on August 8 by the Central Statistical Bureau show that in July 2023, compared to July 2022, the average level of consumer prices increased by 6.4 %. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Why_Are_Groceries_So_Expensive_If Inflation_Is_Falling?⠀⇛ We may shop locally, but on prices you have to think global. # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ To_deliver_on_IRA_objectives,_expand_the clean_energy_workforce⠀⇛ Upskilling and growing the US labor force for the clean energy transition is a must for delivering the economic and climate objectives of the Inflation Reduction Act. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ China’s_economic_slump:_Why_is_it_happening?⠀⇛ China’s exports tumbled significantly in July, adding pressure on the ruling party to buoy the economy. Demand for Chinese exports has slowed as interest rates have gone up and consumer spending in developed nations has dipped. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Another_Chance_to_Reduce_Child_Poverty⠀⇛ My story is proof that public programs can help kids escape poverty. Now lawmakers have a chance to help more kids get out. # ⚓ Rapid7_slashing_workforce_by_18%_as_part_of_restructuring⠀⇛ Rapid7 is joining the long list of major North American tech companies that have announced sweeping layoffs this year. In a recent filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the cybersecurity giant announced that it’s eliminating approximately 18 per cent of its workforce as part of its “Restructuring Plan.” “[The plan] is designed to improve operational efficiencies, reduce operating costs, and better align the company’s workforce with current business needs, top strategic priorities, and key growth opportunities,” the filing reads. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ China_and_India_are_at_odds_over_BRICS expansion⠀⇛ Beijing and New Delhi have different ideas about how the group should move forward, as India’s disagreement with China’s push to rapidly expand the organization’s membership demonstrates. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Will_China_target_Australia_and_how_would Australia_respond?⠀⇛ In the latest issue of Australian Foreign Affairs, the Lowy Institute’s Sam Roggeveen makes assertions about the priorities of China’s nuclear targeting of Australia, as well as what he claims will be Australia’s missile [...] # ⚓ BBC ☛ Candidate_in_Ecuador’s_presidential_election_Fernando Villavicencio_shot_dead⠀⇛ A candidate in Ecuador’s forthcoming presidential election has been shot dead at a campaign rally. Fernando Villavicencio, a member of the country’s national assembly, was attacked as he left the event in the northern city of Quito on Wednesday. A member of his campaign team told local media Mr Villavicencio was getting into a car when a man stepped forward and shot him in the head. Current president Guillermo Lasso vowed the “crime will not go unpunished”. Witnesses said Mr Villavicencio, 59, was shot three times. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Rapid7_prepares_to_toss_18%_of_workforce to_cut_costs⠀⇛ Rapid7 is initiating a restructuring process that will involve shedding 18 percent of its workforce after net losses widened over the most recent quarter. The NASDAQ-listed security info and event management biz reported turnover from sales of $190.4 million for calendar Q2, up 14 percent year- on-year, and a loss of $66.7 million versus a loss of $39.6 million. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ White_House_launches_contest_to_improve critical_infrastructure_cybersecurity_with_AI⠀⇛ The contest was detailed during Black Hat USA 2023, a major cybersecurity event taking place this week in Las Vegas. The AI Cyber Challenge will run for two years. Participants will be tasked with developing tools that use artificial intelligence to automatically find and fix software vulnerabilities. The goal, the White House detailed, is to explore how AI can be used to secure critical infrastructure assets such as electric grids. # ⚓ Michael Geist ☛ It’s_Complicated:_Unpacking_the_Risks Behind_Canada’s_Digital_Services_Tax_Plan⠀⇛ The Canadian government released a detailed document last week outlining the specifics behind its draft Digital Services Tax Act. No actual legislation has yet been passed, but the government is providing guidance on how the potential law would be interpreted assuming it takes effect next year. The document has sparked criticism from business groups and the U.S. government given that it envisions a retroactive three percent tax that will hit a wide range of businesses. Further, the Canadian plan is facing significant opposition from many OECD countries since it may jeopardize a global agreement that is designed to address the digital services tax issue. While the digital services tax (DST) is typically framed as a tax on big tech, the reality is that the Canadian version extends far beyond just companies such as Google and Facebook, potentially including major Canadian retailers such as Canadian Tire, Loblaws, and others. # ⚓ Rlang ☛ New_Executive_Director_Position_Created_at_R Consortium⠀⇛ The R Consortium is pleased to announce that Joseph Rickert has been appointed to the position of Executive Director reporting directly to the Board of Directors. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Justice_Minister:_Finland_won’t_separately_classify online_targeting_as_punishable_offence⠀⇛ “These offenses include, for example, crimes against public officials, public incitement to commit a crime, spreading information that violates privacy, defamation, unlawful threats, harassment and coercion,” Meri said on the ministry’s website. [...] According to the union, targeting journalists is an attack on freedom of speech, regardless of who is engaged in targeting. # ⚓ India Times ☛ YouTube_completes_15_years_in_India;_expects creators,_new_tools_to_drive_growth⠀⇛ Global video-sharing platform YouTube expects mobile-first creators and content being consumed from living rooms to be the two major factors driving the growth of the platform in India, YouTube’s country director Ishan John Chatterjee said. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ A_Gospel_Tract_Is_A_Nice_Idea_Too:_Saving Little_Free_Libraries_From_“Bad”_Books_and_Praise_Jesus⠀⇛ Give it up for Zealot of the Week Jennifer ‘Karen’ Meeks, who took it upon her pious self to scurry around her Arkansas neighborhood’s Little Free Libraries, remove “bad” books that “don’t align with Christian values” – mostly, eww, “Pride stuff” – and put in “good” books, aka Bibles. Her GOP lawmaker husband says “leftists” are lying and his wife is just nobly replacing worn-out books with newer ones, which means he’s already breaking 2 Commandments – stealing and lying – so God help him. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Court_Ask_Rudy_Giuliani_Why_He_Won’t_Admit Defeat_After_He_Admitted_He_Defamed_Plaintiffs_In_An Election-Related_Lawsuit⠀⇛ As Trump’s favored performing monkey during his elected years, former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani managed to set a lot of precedent. Sure, none of this precedent was set in court, but it’s been all of NEVER since Americans have been blessed by the omnipresence of a TOP LAW GUY who has (1) leaked dark fluid out of his scalp during a public appearance, (2) engaged in quasi-sexual pre- interview rituals, and (3) held a press conference in front of an unsuspecting lawn care company. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Reuters:_Aide_to_Russia’s_children’s_rights commissioner_has_links_to_online_neo-Nazi_groups_—_Meduza⠀⇛ A Reuters investigation has discovered that Alexei Petrov, who is currently an aide to Russian Presidential Commissioner on the Rights of Children Maria Lvova-Belova, was associated with online neo- Nazi and white supremacist movements. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ New Statesman ☛ Hacking_democracy:_How_cyber_attacks are_undermining_trust_in_voting⠀⇛ People assume when they see a headline that says “election hacked” that it is about changing the results, MacAlpine explains. But if your goal is about undermining the credibility and trust in elections, attacks can take many forms. That includes direct attacks on campaign security, such as hacking and releasing emails, or election infrastructure, such as the websites used to register to vote. They can be launched independently by hackers or be sponsored by a state, with Russia frequently accused of being behind such disruption campaigns. However, simple attacks on vulnerable targets can be carried out by anyone with basic technical knowledge, and disinformation can be created and spread by anyone with a social media account. In the US, MacAlpine notes, it would not necessarily be against the law if a citizen spread false information, given free speech protections. “It’s not illegal to be an idiot,” she says. # ⚓ India Times ☛ Curbing_misinformation_critical,_will act_against_manipulated_content:_YouTube_India director⠀⇛ YouTube on Wednesday said curbing misinformation is critical for platforms and society as tech evolves and AI powered tools come in, and asserted that the video streaming platform will act swiftly against technically manipulated content that aims to mislead users and cause real world harm. YouTube has has well established community guidelines in place that determine what kind of content is allowed on the platform, Ishan John Chatterjee, Director, India, YouTube, said at a media briefing. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_Foreign_Ministry_officials_says incident_with_Chinese_citizens_on_Russia-Kazakhstan border_had_’no_political_context’_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Alexey Zaitsev, the deputy director of the Russian Foreign Ministry’s Information and Press Department, said Wednesday that a recent situation in which five Chinese citizens were refused entry into Russia was not related to politics and will not affect the countries’ relations. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Chinese_Communist_Party_slogans_spark_graffiti_war_on London’s_Brick_Lane⠀⇛ Nationalist students slammed for painting over local artists’ work in ‘Marxist’ dig at Western freedoms # ⚓ RFA ☛ North_Korea_cracks_down_on_use_of_propaganda publication_as_scrap_paper⠀⇛ Wrapping snacks in the Rodong Sinmun newspaper is disrespectful to the party and the country’s leader. # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ CNET_Deletes_Thousands_of_Old_Articles_to_Game Google_Search⠀⇛ Tech news website CNET has deleted thousands of old articles over the past few months in a bid to improve its performance in Google Search results, Gizmodo has learned. Archived copies of CNET’s author pages show the company deleted small batches of articles prior to the second half of July, but then the pace increased. Thousands of articles disappeared in recent weeks. A CNET representative confirmed that the company was culling stories but declined to share exactly how many it has taken down. The move adds to recent controversies over CNET’s editorial strategy, which has included layoffs and experiments with error-riddled articles written by AI chatbots. # ⚓ The Verge ☛ CNET_is_deleting_old_articles_to_try_to_improve its_Google_Search_ranking⠀⇛ A comparison between Wayback Machine archives from 2021 and CNET’s own on-site article counter shows that hundreds — and in some cases, thousands — of stories have disappeared from each year stretching back to the mid-1990s. Data for 2022 and 2023 wasn’t available. Red Ventures, a private equity- backed marketing firm that owns CNET, didn’t immediately respond to questions about the exact number of stories that have been removed. # ⚓ Third Door Media LLC ☛ Google_warns_against_content_pruning as_CNET_deletes_thousands_of_pages⠀⇛ Clearly, CNET needs better advice on how SEO works. Deleting content does not signal those three things. Publishing relevant, helpful, quality content for your audience is what makes you worthy of greater organic search visibility. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Student_Reporter_Caught_In_Russian_Crackdown Questions_Serbian_Snub,_‘Detention’⠀⇛ A former journalist for the Russian student magazine Doxa who has been publicly critical of Russian officials has accused Serbian authorities at the airport in Belgrade of imprisoning her for around 40 hours after refusing her entry to the country. # ⚓ CPJ ☛ Turkey_suspends_critical_outlet_TELE1_for_a_week⠀⇛ Istanbul, August 8, 2023—The Committee to Protect Journalists has condemned a court’s implementation of a seven-day suspension of critical online outlet and TV broadcaster TELE1 following an order by the official media watchdog the Radio and Television Supreme Council (RTÜK). # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Right-Wing_Extremism_Means_Homeschooling_Surge in_US_Should_Concern_Us_All⠀⇛ With the book-banning right targeting mainstream schools, homeschooling is surging. o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Journalists’_Union_demonstrates_in_front_of_Sputnik Turkey⠀⇛ Sputnik Turkey employer, who left the collective negotiation table without making an offer, laid off 24 journalists after their union, TGS took a decision to strike. Demonstrating in front of the Sputnik office in Istanbul’s Taksim Square, TGS announced that they want to show everyone that there are laws in Turkey protecting the labor rights. # ⚓ The Hindu ☛ Press_bodies_express_concern_over_‘campaign’ against_news_portal⠀⇛ The press bodies said media organisations functioned within the confines of Indian law, and it was equally important for government agencies to adhere to these standards. A thriving democracy necessitated that media outlets, regardless of their affiliations, had the freedom to operate without government or corporate pressures. The vitality of a democracy was inextricably linked to an independent media. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ Hong_Kong_police_question_parents_of_US-based democracy_campaigner_Anna_Kwok⠀⇛ Kwok is one of a group of eight prominent overseas activists targeted with a bounty on their heads # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Labor_Exploitation_of_Kenyan_Internet_Cleaners⠀⇛ Content moderators from several African countries demanded compensation of 1.46 billion euros for violation of labor rights and outsourcing. So far, most of the demands made by the sector to the technology transnationals have been ignored. # ⚓ Quartz ☛ The_Marvel_universe_has_new_avengers:_Visual effects_workers_want_to_unionize⠀⇛ More than 50 visual effects (VFX) workers at Marvel Studios have filed for unionization election with the National Labor Relations Board for the first time in history. # ⚓ Yahoo News ☛ Disney_to_Cut_Content_Budget_by_$3_Billion Partly_Due_to_Strikes⠀⇛ Walt Disney is cutting its content budget for the year by $3 billion, CEO Bob Iger said Wednesday on the company’s third-quarter earnings call, in part because of the ongoing WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes. “We currently expect fiscal 2023 content spend to come in at approximately $27 billion which is lower than we previously guided due to lower spend on produced content, in part due to the writers’ and actors’ strikes,” Iger told Wall Street analysts. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ Nina_Turner:_Ohio_Voters_Have_Rejected_GOP Power_Grab_in_Victory_for_Democracy_&_Abortion_Access⠀⇛ Voters in Ohio overwhelmingly rejected a Republican attempt to restrict abortion rights on Tuesday. The supermajority of Republicans in the Ohio Legislature had pushed for a ballot initiative that would have made it harder to amend the state constitution ahead of the November election, when voters will decide if the right to an abortion should be enshrined in the Ohio Constitution. A majority of Ohio voters support the right to abortion. “The voters of the state of Ohio did not buy what the Republicans were selling,” says former Ohio state Senator Nina Turner, now a senior fellow at the Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy at The New School, who notes the victory also prevents Republicans from restricting support for other popular measures that could become ballot initiatives, such as raising the minimum wage. # ⚓ ACLU ☛ The_Authoritarian_Agenda_Behind_the_Scheme_to_Attack Democracy_and_Abortion_in_Ohio⠀⇛ Yesterday, Ohio voters took to the polls for an unusual summertime special election. The only question before them was whether or not to raise the threshold for passing citizen-initiated constitutional amendments from a simple majority to 60 percent — but much more than a procedural reform was on the ballot. Extreme legislators in Ohio led a concerted attack on both abortion rights and democracy. Despite their blatant effort to change the rules and strip away Ohio voters’ rights, in a stunning and historic display of democracy in action, over three million voters turned out across the state and ultimately rejected the measure by a wide margin. But our work is far from over. We need all hands on deck to pass a ballot measure that will enshrine reproductive freedom in the Ohio Constitution during the upcoming election in November. While we revel in the victory of last night, a look at how we got here reveals a long-term agenda. Republican legislators started this year by banning August special elections because of their high cost and low voter participation rates, but when Ohioans began collecting signatures to put a measure on the ballot in November to protect abortion rights, lawmakers did an about face and changed the rules to protect their extremist agenda. Hoping that the same low voter turnout they railed against would be a boon to their side, legislators hastily scheduled a last minute, vacation-season election to move the goalpost on the November reproductive freedom measure. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Eight_Months_Pregnant_and_Arrested_After False_Facial_Recognition_Match⠀⇛ Handcuffed in front of her home on a Thursday morning last February, leaving her crying children with her fiancé, Ms. Woodruff was taken to the Detroit Detention Center. She said she was held for 11 hours, questioned about a crime she said she had no knowledge of, and had her iPhone seized to be searched for evidence. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Cops_cuff_pregnant_woman_for_carjacking after_facial_recog_gets_it_wrong,_again⠀⇛ Detroit officers arrested her anyway. When she was being booked, Woodruff told police that she had been diagnosed with gestational diabetes, a condition that increases the risk of problems during pregnancy due to dehydration issues. Even so, she was arraigned on robbery and carjacking charges, and spent 11 hours in detention. Upon her release on a $100,000 personal bond, Woodruff was subsequently taken to St John’s Hospital by her fiancé. She was given two bags of intravenous fluid in response to symptoms associated with dehydration. # ⚓ CBC ☛ Even_Zoom_is_calling_its_workers_back_to_the_office_— at_least_2_days_a_week⠀⇛ Zoom, the video-conferencing pioneer, is asking employees who live within an 80-kilometre radius of its offices to work onsite two days a week, a company spokesperson confirmed in an email. # ⚓ Michigan News ☛ ‘Native_American’_or_‘Indigenous’? Journalism_group_rethinks_name⠀⇛ The Native American Journalists Association is aiming to become more inclusive as its members vote on whether to rebrand as the Indigenous Journalists Association — a move inspired, in part, by evolving trends in cultural identity. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “Horrendous”:_Black_Men_Tortured_by_White Mississippi_Police_“Goon_Squad”_React_to_Guilty_Pleas⠀⇛ Six white former police officers in Mississippi who called themselves the “Goon Squad” have pleaded guilty to raiding a home on false drug charges and torturing two Black men while yelling racist slurs at them, and then trying to cover it up. We speak with Michael Corey Jenkins and Eddie Terrell Parker about how, on January 24, six deputies in Braxton, Mississippi, raided the home they were staying in and attacked them, and how they are speaking out to demand justice. Meanwhile, the deputies have been linked to at least four violent attacks on Black men since 2019, in which two of the men died. We also speak with civil rights attorney Malik Shabazz, who is representing Jenkins and Parker in a federal lawsuit against the Rankin County Sheriff’s Department. Shabazz asserts that the majority-white Rankin County, which is 20 miles away from majority-Black Jackson, Mississippi, is “infested with white supremacists” who “have decided ‘Rankin County is for whites’” and seek to enforce it through state-sanctioned violence and torture, overseen and covered up by Rankin County Sheriff Bryan Bailey. “We demand that Bryan Bailey step down,” says Shabazz. Parker adds, “We want justice for everyone that has gone through this with Rankin County.” # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ South_Dakota’s_Top_Court_Reaffirms_Its_Refusal To_Consider_Polygraph_Tests_To_Be_Actual_‘Evidence’_Of Anything⠀⇛ It has been known for years that polygraph tests can be beaten. This supposed thing of science can be manipulated to clear guilty people if guilty people know how to trick it. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ ABA_Finally_Speaks_Up_About_The_Problem_Of_Judge Shopping⠀⇛ We’ve been writing about the problem of “judge shopping” for years in a variety of contexts. While there used to be concerns about “forum shopping,” in which plaintiffs would seek out specific courts that were deemed more favorable (such as the Eastern District of Texas for patent troll cases), it got more ridiculous in recent years with deliberate judge shopping, where plaintiffs would file cases in districts with only one judge, knowing they’d get who they wanted. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ The_‘souls_of_the_dead’_on_trial_Long_after ‘Bloody_January,’_the_Kazakhstani_authorities_continue_to prosecute_protesters_who_died_in_the_unrest_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Criminal proceedings against citizens accused of taking part in the protests that rocked Kazakhstan in January 2022 are still ongoing, according to BBC News Russian. More than 5,000 criminal cases were opened in the wake of “Bloody January,” including ones against people who died in the unrest. The targets of these posthumous trials include six people who were killed in Almaty, two who were killed in Kyzylorda, and seven who were killed in Taraz. Kazakhstanis have termed them the “trials of the souls of the dead.” o § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ # ⚓ APNIC ☛ The_Bangladesh_and_South_Asia_Internet_landscape⠀⇛ Discussing the priorities, challenges, and action plans for the Bangladesh and South Asia Internet at SANOG 39. [...] After introductions, Gaurab sought opinions on the most pressing challenge currently facing Bangladesh’s Internet. Mirroring Gaurab’s opening statement, the responses were broad. Faisal nominated cooperation among service providers as a challenge. Mostofa suggested multiple issues in cybersecurity, misinformation, privacy, and addressing the digital divide. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Dish,_EchoStar_Confirm_Plans_For_Completely Pointless_Merger⠀⇛ We just got done noting how Dish Network’s long- hyped 5G wireless network is likely doomed. While they’re technically building a “wireless network,” the network’s coverage, phone selection, and overall quality has proven laughable so far, and there have been growing worries that Dish is running out of cash as it tries to meet regulatory deadlines for 5G deployment. # ⚓ AccessNow ☛ Brazil_must_hold_digital_platforms_accountable using_human_rights_standards⠀⇛ Leer en español Brazil is currently debating how to regulate digital platforms, which creates significant challenges and has sparked important discussions regarding the Brazilian population’s digital rights. # ⚓ AccessNow ☛ Brazil_must_hold_digital_platforms_accountable by_settling_human_rights_standards⠀⇛ Leer en español Brazil is currently debating how to regulate digital platforms, which creates significant challenges and debates the Brazilian population’s digital rights. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Techdirt_Podcast_Episode_361:_The_YouTube Effect,_With_Alex_Winter⠀⇛ As you may recall, we weren’t fans of The Social Dilemma, the documentary manipulated people with misinformation in the course of complaining about that exact practice. But now there’s a much better and more interesting documentary in the space, and one that’s worth your time: The YouTube Effect by Alex Winter. It takes a deep dive into the good and the bad of YouTube, and grapples with the fact that it has helped radicalize a lot of people. This week, Alex joins Mike (who still contests some of the points in the movie) on the podcast to discuss (and debate) the documentary and the role of YouTube in our culture. # ⚓ CNET_Deletes_Thousands_of_Old_Articles_To_Game_Google Search⠀⇛ According to Gizmodo, CNET has deleted thousands of old articles over the past few months in a bid to improve its performance in Google Search results. [...] What does Google have to say about this? According to the company’s Public Liaison for Google Search, Danny Sullivan, Google recommends against the practice. “Are you deleting content from your site because you somehow believe Google doesn’t like ‘old’ content? That’s not a thing! Our guidance doesn’t encourage this,” Sullivan said in a series of tweets. If a website has an individual page with outdated content, that page “isn’t likely to rank well. Removing it might mean, if you have a massive site, that we’re better able to crawl other content on the site. But it doesn’t mean we go, ‘Oh, now the whole site is so much better’ because of what happens with an individual page.” Sullivan wrote. “Just don’t assume that deleting something only because it’s old will improve your site’s SEO magically.” # ⚓ Gizmodo ☛ CNET_Deletes_Thousands_of_Old_Articles_to_Game Google_Search⠀⇛ Tech news website CNET has deleted thousands of old articles over the past few months in a bid to improve its performance in Google Search results, Gizmodo has learned. Archived copies of CNET’s author pages show the company deleted small batches of articles prior to the second half of July, but then the pace increased. Thousands of articles disappeared in recent weeks. A CNET representative confirmed that the company was culling stories but declined to share exactly how many it has taken down. The move adds to recent controversies over CNET’s editorial strategy, which has included layoffs and experiments with error-riddled articles written by AI chatbots. # ⚓ RIPE ☛ AWS_introduces_charges_for_public_IPv4_use⠀⇛ It seems there’s now another business case for deploying IPv6. Amazon Web Services (AWS) has announced that from 1 February 2024, they’ll charge USD 0.005, per IP, per hour for all public IPv4 addresses, whether they’re attached to an AWS service or not. For an always-on service, that’s USD 43.80 yearly for each IP. Depending on market prices and resource requirements, Amazon BYOIP may be a better option (and is excluded from these charges). From early next year, running IPv4 via AWS will become an OpEx versus CapEx decision depending on your resource requirements. Considering how widely used the AWS platform is for users of all sizes, this will become an important factor for most AWS users but even the simplest maths will show that IPv6 will save operating expenses. o § Digital Restrictions (DRM)⠀➾ # ⚓ [Repeat] DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer) ☛ Google’s_YouTube_Anti- Adblock_Attacks_Brave_Again;_More_Thoughts_on_WEI⠀⇛ Moreover, WEI will certainly be used by governments, starting with the United States, to enforce the usage of software and operating systems that they know they have put backdoors into. The user will no longer be able to say “I can examine the code of GNOME Web and I don’t think that anything malicious exists in this browser.” because it simply won’t be allowed into the Web sites that use WEI. No Free Software browser will. WEI is the ultimate “clipper chip”. The United States government has been trying to sabotage computer security and replacing it with something it can monitor since the 1990s. This concept isn’t new. But once WEI browsers are all that can access the Web, then even communications that are End-to- End encrypted will come through on browsers that have backdoors in them. Even if the site you use isn’t spying on you, your browser and operating system certainly will. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Beyond_Netflix_And_Chill:_Gaining_Control_Of_Our Digital_Lives_Via_Data_Portability⠀⇛ Sometimes, the best ideas for blog topics (or anything, really), come over a good meal with an amiable companion, and a few glasses of wine. As one does after a few glasses, my husband and I randomly ended up on the topic of data privacy — specifically, an aspect of data privacy and rights that are frequently overlooked: data portability.  o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ David Rosenthal ☛ Predatory_Pricing⠀⇛ The answer is the remarkable effectiveness of predatory pricing at making money for VCs and founders. Rogers writes: [...] # ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ No,_Uber’s_(still)_not_profitable⠀⇛ The magic of early Uber – when taxi rides were incredibly cheap, and there were always cars available, and drivers made generous livings behind the wheel – wasn’t magic at all. It was just predatory pricing. Uber lost $0.41 on every dollar they brought in, lighting $33b of its investors’ cash on fire. Most of that money came from the Saudi royals, funneled through Softbank, who brought you such bezzles as WeWork – a boring real-estate company masquerading as a high-growth tech company, just as Uber was a boring taxi company masquerading as a tech company. # § Patents⠀➾ # ⚓ Tedium ☛ Corporations,_Share_Your_Patents⠀⇛ Companies that patent new ideas generally hoard them for value, even when they can potentially improve the lives of millions of people. That’s why Novo Nordisk will be making bank from Wegovy and Ozempic for years to come. It is much rarer for a company to develop something, then decide to share it for the good of the industry. # § Trademarks⠀➾ # ⚓ Quartz ☛ Amazon_isn’t_prepared_for_the_incoming_tide of_AI-authored_books._Jane_Friedman_has_proof.⠀⇛ How did Friedman find out about the fake books under her name? Friedman said a reader wrote to her saying she was searching for Friedman’s work on Amazon and ended up buying two books. A few pages in, the reader thought, “Oh that’s interesting. Jane’s trying a new publishing experiment of some kind.” But as she continued reading the book, she questioned whether Friedman had written any of it at all, and reached out to the author. When Friedman first looked into it, she thought the problem lay only with two books, but then she headed over to her Goodreads author page and saw there were more. Goodreads quickly took down the fraudulent books, said Friedman, after she reached out to the site. With Amazon.com, it was less straightforward. To get in touch with Amazon, the retail giant provides a form to file infringement reports that leads to prompt takedowns of fraudulent copies. But there was no separate form for her case. “When I filed the report, I didn’t think they’re going to do anything because, like, on what grounds?” she said. “It’s not a copyright violation. And I said that up front when I filed the record.” Here’s the message from Amazon asking for trademark registration numbers. # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ The_Zombies_Acquire_the_Rights to_Their_1960s_Catalog⠀⇛ The Zombies, one of the pioneer bands of the “British Invasion” during the ’60s, has acquired the rights to their classic 1960s recording catalog, including hits like “She’s Not There” and “Time of the Season.” # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_Harry_Potter-themed cafe_told_to_compensate_Warner_Bros_for_copyright infringement⠀⇛ Judge David Lok ruled that Warner Bros owned the copyright for Harry Potter, while the characters were registered as trademarks. He also agreed that items like the trolley was a unique symbol of the Harry Potter series. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Pirate_Site_Survives_‘Operation: Sunstroke’_But_Massive_Lawsuit_Awaits⠀⇛ As part of their years-long yet largely unsuccessful mission to bring down TV piracy site, Sdarot, in 2022 several Israeli entertainment companies obtained a court injunction in the U.S. which required every ISP in the country to block the site. While that never happened, action against Sdarot has now reached boiling point; international raids, server seizures, and a full-blown lawsuit in Israel targeting 14 people. And a site that remains up and taunting its rivals. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Youtube-dl_Site_Goes_Offline_as Hosting_Provider_Enforces_Court-Ordered_Ban⠀⇛ Hosting provider Uberspace has taken down the website of YouTube-ripping software, youtube- dl. The removal is the result of a German court order in a copyright infringement lawsuit, filed by Sony, Warner and Universal. While Uberspace didn’t host the open source software, it was held responsible for the website linking to the software hosted on developer platform GitHub. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 5726 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.10.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_10/08/2023:_More_on_India’s_Defence_Ministry_(Moving_to_GNU/Linux!)_and LWN’s_Kernel_Journalism⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 9:05 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Kernel_Space o Instructionals/Technical o Games o Desktop_Environments/WMs # GNOME_Desktop/GTK * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o Debian_Family o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Devices/Embedded o Open_Hardware/Modding * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Web_Browsers/Web_Servers # Mozilla o Programming/Development # Python * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o ⚓ The Hindu ☛ Defence_Ministry_to_switch_to_locally_built_OS_Maya amid_threats⠀⇛ In the face of increasing cyber and malware attacks on defence as well as critical infrastructure across the country, the Defence Ministry has decided to replace the Microsoft Operating System (OS) in all computers connected to the Internet with a new OS, Maya, based on open-source Ubuntu developed locally. o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Challenges_for_KernelCI⠀⇛ Kernel testing is a perennial topic at Linux- related conferences and the KernelCI project is one of the larger testing players. It does its own testing but also coordinates with various other testing systems and aggregates their results. At the 2023 Embedded Open Source Summit (EOSS), KernelCI developer Nikolai Kondrashov gave a presentation on the testing framework, its database, and how others can get involved in the project. He also had some thoughts on where KernelCI is falling short of its goals and potential, along with some ideas of ways to improve it. Kondrashov works for Red Hat on its Continuous Kernel Integration (CKI) project, which is an internal continuous-integration (CI) system for the kernel that is also targeting running tests for kernel maintainers who are interested in participating. CKI works with KernelCI by contributing data to its KCIDB database, which is the part of KernelCI that he works on. He noted that he was giving the talk from the perspective of someone developing a CI system and participating in KernelCI, rather than as a KernelCI maintainer or developer. His hobbies include embedded development, which is part of why he was speaking at EOSS, he said. # ⚓ LWN ☛ A_virtual_filesystem_locking_surprise⠀⇛ It is well understood that concurrency makes programming problems harder; the high level of concurrency inherent in kernel development is one of the reasons why kernel work can be challenging. Things can get even worse, though, if concurrent access happens in places where the code is not expecting it. The long story accompanying this short patch from Christian Brauner is illustrative of the kind of problem that can arise when assumptions about concurrency prove to be incorrect. Within the kernel, struct file is used to represent an open file. It contains the information needed to work with that file, including an extensive operations vector, a reference count, a pointer to the associated inode, the current read/write position, and more. Since there can be multiple references to an open file, there must be a way to serialize access to this structure. The f_lock spinlock is used in most cases, but there is also a mutex called f_pos_lock that is used for access to the file position. Acquiring and releasing locks has a cost of its own. Many I/O operations affect the file position, so an I/O-intensive workload can end up repeatedly taking and releasing f_pos_lock, increasing the overhead imposed by the kernel. As it happens, though, having multiple references to an open file is a relatively rare occurrence. If there is only a single reference to a given file, concurrent access to the file position cannot happen and that lock overhead is wasted. # ⚓ LWN ☛ Unmaintained_filesystems_as_a_threat_vector⠀⇛ One of the longstanding strengths of Linux, and a key to its early success, is its ability to interoperate with other systems. That interoperability includes filesystems; Linux supports a wide range of filesystem types, allowing it to mount filesystems created by many other operating systems. Some of those filesystem implementations, though, are better maintained than others; developers at both the kernel and distribution levels are currently considering, again, how to minimize the security risks presented by the others. # ⚓ LWN ☛ Flags_for_fchmodat()⠀⇛ The fchmodat() system call on Linux hides a little secret: it does not actually implement all of the functionality that the man page claims (and that POSIX calls for). As a result, C libraries have to do a bit of a complicated workaround to provide the API that applications expect. That situation looks likely to change with the 6.6 kernel, though, as the result of this patch series posted by Alexey Gladkov. # ⚓ WCCF Tech ☛ AMD_Begins_Resolving_“fTPM”_Bugs_on_Linux, Disables_Annoying_“RNG”⠀⇛ In the previous report, it was mentioned how Linux’s creator, Linus Torvalds, expressed his disappointment towards the feature, calling it a “plague” for the Linux kernel. His views gained huge traction in the industry, ultimately leading the company to step in and resolve the issue. As disclosed by Phoronix, the red team has now disabled the RNG for all fTPMs authoring the patch today. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Buzz ☛ How_to_Install_and_Use_Timeshift_on_Debian 12⠀⇛ Are you a Debian 12 user who’s passionate about safeguarding your system against unexpected hiccups and disasters? Look no further, because Timeshift is here to save the day! Timeshift is a fantastic tool that allows you to create and restore system snapshots effortlessly. # ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ A_program’s_(effective)_log messages_can_have_many_sources⠀⇛ One of the things you could say about log messages from programs is that even a program doesn’t want to commit to long term stability of its log messages (which I think it shouldn’t), it should be able to document a list of the messages for any particular release. Then system administrators and other parties could go through the documentation with some confidence to build log parsing and matching rules for the current version. # ⚓ eSecurity Planet ☛ What_is_Incident_Response?_Ultimate Guide_+_Templates⠀⇛ Incident Response is a systematic method for addressing and managing security incidents in organizations, focused on minimizing and investigating the impact of events and restoring normal operations. When an incident is spotted, typically by an alert or observation, response teams swing into action to address any damage and prevent it from spreading. They may disconnect infected systems, disable services, or prevent suspicious connections. Response teams also conduct an investigation into the incident, gathering evidence and studying the causes in order to determine the nature of the threat and any vulnerabilities exploited. Communication is critical, with response teams keeping everyone informed, including management, IT staff, victims, law enforcement agencies, and other stakeholders. # ⚓ Data Swamp ☛ Authenticate_the_SSH_servers_are_you connecting_to⠀⇛ What we can do to improve the TOFU situation is to publish the server’s SSH fingerprint over DNS, so when you connect, SSH will try to fetch the fingerprint if it exists and compare it with what the server is offering. This only works if the DNS server uses DNSSEC, which guarantees the DNS answer hasn’t been tampered with in the process. It’s unlikely that someone would be able to simultaneously hijack your SSH connection to a different server and also craft valid DNSSEC replies. # ⚓ Terence Eden ☛ Sometimes_gzip_beats_Brotli⠀⇛ But there’s a new(er) compression algorithm called Brotli (br). It’s Better, Faster, Stronger, Harder than gzip. Mostly. # ⚓ Unix Men ☛ How_to_Recover_Deleted_Files_in_Linux_I_Guide⠀⇛ Files management is an important skill for everyone who utilizes storage devices for whatever reason. File recovery tools for instance are crucial utilities you need to understand especially how they are used in Linux.  A good data recovery tool gives you an opportunity to recover deleted files in Linux including getting you out of many other data loss situations. Whether you are dealing with a corrupted or wiped hard disk in Linux, a well-prepared Linux administrator ought not to worry about any eventuality. In this guide, you will learn some of the commonly used recovery solutions for Linux.  # ⚓ Unix Men ☛ Navigating_Data_Recovery_on_Linux_with_Open Source_Software⠀⇛ Most people continue to face data recovery challenges across the world. Like those using Windows computers, Linux users are not left behind in these challenges. Some of the issues you could have faced before looking for this article include emptied trash on Linux, corrupted drive, deleted files, and damaged device.  However, you should not be worried as there are multiple methods you can try to fix such challenges. These fixes include using data recovery software. While there are equally many software in the market you can use today, we will explore this list of reliable open-source recovery software for data recovery on Linux. Read on to learn how to navigate a data recovery tool on Linux with a focus on open-source software. # ⚓ HowTo Forge ☛ Perfect_Server_Automated_ISPConfig_3 Installation_on_Debian_10_to_Debian_12,_Ubuntu_20.04_and Ubuntu_22.04⠀⇛ This tutorial shows you how to easily set up a web, email and DNS server with ISPConfig 3 using the ISPConfig auto-installation script. # ⚓ Data Swamp ☛ Authenticate_the_SSH_servers_are_you connecting_to⠀⇛ It’s common knowledge that SSH connections are secure; however, they always had a flaw: when you connect to a remote host for the first time, how can you be sure it’s the right one and not a tampered system? # ⚓ James_Valleroy:_FreedomBox_backport_automatic_update issue⠀⇛ When run on Debian stable, FreedomBox has an optional feature called “Frequent Feature Updates”. If this feature is enabled, it has 2 effects: [...] # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ How_to_Install_and_Configure_PostgreSQL_in Django⠀⇛ Adding a database to your application ensures data integrity and security. PostgreSQL (Postgres) is a Structured Query Language (SQL) database management system that you may want to consider. Postgres supports most of the popular operating systems and is compatible with modern programming languages. Postgres also handles various data and document types. With SQL skills in high demand, learning to configure and use PostgreSQL is an advantage. You’ll learn how to install, configure, and use Postgres in a Django application. You will also test the functionality of the database by adding, storing, and retrieving data from the database. # ⚓ How_to_Write_a_Tech_Book_Published_During_DEF_CON Conference⠀⇛ Many technical professionals would like to write a book sharing their knowledge and experience, but most haven’t. It’s not from a lack of ideas or experience with technical subject matter. Instead, they just don’t know how to turn their idea into an actual published book. The publishing world seems as mysterious and inaccessible to many technology experts as technology seems to many in publishing. # ⚓ Beebom ☛ How_to_Change_the_Owner_of_a_Directory_in_Linux⠀⇛ Linux lets you control everything and that’s one of the reasons why almost every service in the world runs on servers that are managed using Linux. This pinpoint control is not only available on servers but also to users who use Linux distros on a daily basis. One of the advantages of having control is you could limit other users in Linux to how much information and files they can access, and if you didn’t already know you could do that, here’s how to change the ownership of a directory in Linux. # ⚓ Beebom ☛ How_to_Extract_or_Untar_a_File_on_Linux⠀⇛ Unzipping files is one of the basic things every operating system out there can do. Each has its own way of doing it and Linux is no different. While you may think unzipping files in Linux might require you to have a degree in rocket science, you’d be wrong and while you could unzip files from the command line, there are lots of GUI apps that can also unzip files with ease. Hence, in this article, let’s look at how to extract or untar ZIP or TAR files on Linux. o § Games⠀➾ # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Resident_Evil_Village_and_plenty_more available_in_this_new_bundle⠀⇛ Might be finally time for me to play through Resident Evil Village thanks to the Resident Evil: Decades of Horror – Village Edition Bundle from Humble Bundle that’s now live. Seems like a pretty good deal if you’re a fan of action horror games. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Vagrus_–_The_Riven_Realms_gets_Steam_Deck Verified⠀⇛ Vagrus – The Riven Realms is a narrative-heavy RPG that mixes in exploration, turn-based combat, resource management and more. As of the latest upgrade it’s also now Steam Deck Verified. This is a game for people who like things a bit slower, as it’s not constant action and does require quite a lot of thoughtful reading, the world is also really interesting. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ OpenRA_has_a_new_playtest_with_another_Red Alert_mission⠀⇛ The OpenRA developers are steadily working towards the next stable releasing to continue supporting Red Alert, Command & Conquer and Dune 2000 on modern platforms with full cross-platform play. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Valheim_has_a_rather_large_bug-fix_release in_testing⠀⇛ Ready for the next bigger patch for survival game Valheim? Developer Iron Gate has a new public test available with lots of fixes. This is not a content focused patch, that’s still to come a while later, this is just to clean up issues players have been reporting. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # § GNOME Desktop/GTK⠀➾ # ⚓ Jean-François Fortin Tam ☛ Please_help_test_(and_fix) GTG’s_GTK_4_port⠀⇛ As you know, even with a “simple” language like Python, porting a desktop application to a new version of GTK can be a pretty significant amount of work; doubly so when it is accompanied by major refactoring of the app itself at the same time. In Getting Things GNOME‘s case, this has been over a year in the making, for various technical and personal/life reasons. # ⚓ DebugPoint ☛ Boost_Productivity_and_Style:_Discover the_Top_20_GNOME_Extensions⠀⇛ GNOME is known for its sleek and user- friendly design; with extensions, you can take it a step further. These extensions are like plugins that enhance various aspects of your desktop environment. Let’s dive into the top 20 GNOME extensions that cater to different needs and preferences. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o ⚓ Drew DeVault ☛ Hello_from_Ares!⠀⇛ I am pleased to be writing today’s blog post from a laptop running Ares OS. I am writing into an ed(1) session, on a file on an ext4 filesystem on its hard drive. That’s pretty cool! It seems that a lot of interesting stuff has happened since I gave that talk on Helios at FOSDEM in February. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ Debian_Linux_is_Joining_The_RISC-V_Bandwagon⠀⇛ The concept behind RISC-V is truly exciting and, if it’s actually able to take off, it might change the tech landscape considerably. Unlike ARM and x86, RISC-V is a completely open architecture, allowing anyone to create processors based on the design or create improvements without complicated licensing agreements. Now, Debian is officially adding RISC- V support in its next major version, version 13. Debian 13, codenamed Trixie, will come with official support for the RISC-V architecture. While it was already possible to run Debian on RISC- V hardware, versions of Debian compatible with the architecture were technically unofficial ports. Version 13 of the operating system will be the first one to officially support the open architecture, something that represents a big win in its believers’ efforts to eventually make it mainstream. Debian is already available in a range of both conventional and non-conventional CPU architectures, from the old-fashioned x86 and ARM to more niche things such as MIPS, PowerPC, and IBM Z. Debian support would also make it easier for downstream Linux distributions to add RISC- V support, such as Ubuntu Linux and its many derivities. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Magazine ☛ Rolling_Release_Rhino_Linux_is_Available Now⠀⇛ If you’ve used Linux long enough, chances are good you’ve heard of a rolling release, which is a distribution that is constantly up to date. Thanks to a continuous stream of updates, instead of having to upgrade from one major release to the next, it’s all taken care of in the normal upgrade process. Rhino Linux brings this to Ubuntu. Rhino ships with a customized version of Xfce (version 4.18), called Unicorn, and uses a package manager called Pacstall, which is similar to Arch’s AUR. Pacstall is a meta-package manager that combines apt, pacstall, flatpak, and snap into an easy-to-use GUI. There is also a customized Calamares installer and an app called Your System, which is a GUI tool that allows you to view system information at a glance. # ⚓ PSU_robot_program_has_a_new_goal:_Fixing_automated scarecrows⠀⇛ “These were either not labeled at all or made up of components that weren’t sold for the past five or six years. The company that had originally done the software and integration was out of business,” said Kulakovich. “The operating system was Linux, but it was installed in French. The notes for the components were in Chinese. But not all the notes — some were in French,” he said, noting that the name of the Linux distribution “wasn’t Ubuntu, it was L’Ubuntu.” # ⚓ Ubuntu ☛ Not_just_an_annoying_list_of_questions⠀⇛ Imagine if – as a job applicant – you could put yourself right in front of the hiring lead, and tell them, in your own words, in your own time, without interruption or distraction or pressure, why you think you’d be an excellent person for the role. What kind of applicant would benefit the most? o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Geeky Gadgets ☛ YY3568_ARM_mini_PC_runs_Linux_or_Android⠀⇛ In the realm of single board computers (SBC), YouYeeToo has unveiled a new development board: the all-new YY3568 SBC. This innovative piece of technology is powered by the RK3568 Arm SOC and boasts up to 16GB of RAM. It’s a versatile machine, capable of running both Android and Linux, making it a powerful tool for developers and tech enthusiasts alike. The YY3568 ARM Development Board is based on the Rockchip RK3568 Quad Core A55, a processor designed specifically for AIOT. This board is not only powerful but also customizable, with RAM and storage options ranging from 2/16GB to 4/32GB. It also features a variety of SoM connectors, including MXM 3.0 and 314Pin, and supports WIFI & BT via M.2 E-Key PCIe 2.0. o § Open Hardware/Modding⠀➾ # ⚓ Orange_Slideshow⠀⇛ ORANGE SLIDESHOW, A RASPBERRY PI SLIDESHOW PORT FOR ORANGE PI 3 LTS About | Download and use | Donation | Faq | Changelog | Orange Pi 3 LTS Orange Slideshow is focused on quick-to-set-up image and video slideshows for the Orange Pi 3 LTS micro computer lineup. (the image is just an example of what […] # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ The_Raspberry_Pi_RP2040_Runs_Doom_on_a Keycap⠀⇛ Bob from TheKeebProject has created an RP2040 PCB capable of running Doom inside a keyboard keycap. # ⚓ Arduino ☛ Experiments_in_PID_control_with_an_Arduino_UNO_R4 Minima-powered_robot⠀⇛ In this case, that sensor data comes from an ultrasonic rangefinder mounted to the front of the 3D-printed robot. An Arduino UNO R4 Minima board receives that data and controls the robot’s two motors through H-bridge drivers. That hardware is very straightforward so that Soileau could focus on the PID control. Tuning that is all about balancing the three constant values to get the desired performance. Soileau spent some time working on the Arduino sketch to get the PID control integrated and was eventually able to make the robot act like it should. # ⚓ Wired ☛ New_‘Downfall’_Flaw_Exposes_Valuable_Data_in Generations_of_Intel_Chips⠀⇛ It’s been more than five years since the Spectre and Meltdown processor vulnerabilities sparked a wave of revisions to computer chip designs across the industry. The flaws represented specific bugs but also conceptual data protection vulnerabilities in the schemes chips were using to make data available for processing more quickly and speed that processing. Intel has invested heavily in the years since these so-called speculative execution issues surfaced to identify similar types of design issues that could be leaking data. But the need for speed remains a business imperative, and both researchers and chip companies still find flaws in efficiency measures. This latest vulnerability, dubbed Downfall by Daniel Moghimi, the Google researcher who discovered it, occurs in chip code that can use an instruction known as Gather to access scattered data more quickly in memory. Intel refers to the flaw as Gather Data Sampling after one of the techniques Moghimi developed to exploit the vulnerability. Moghimi will present his findings at the Black Hat security conference in Las Vegas on Wednesday. # ⚓ Arduino ☛ How_to_build_a_low-resolution_thermal_camera_at_a low_cost_using_Arduino⠀⇛ Krejci’s design only has an 8×8 resolution, which is the maximum native output of the AMG8833 infrared sensor array. By conventional digital camera standards, that is too low to be usable. But it is enough for some simple tasks you might want to perform with a thermal camera. At that resolution, the device will act almost like a non- contact thermometer that shows you 64 points. You can identify hot IC chips and even see large thermal currents. * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o ⚓ DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer) ☛ IBM_Red_Hat_Kills_LibreOffice_In_Fedora and_RHEL;_Says_“No_longer_has_resources_to_maintain_them.”⠀⇛ I’ve been sitting here for years trying to ignore the increasingly awful IBM Red Hat situation, but now it is starting to affect Fedora. Distributions that have 3- 4 people maintaining them have native packages for LibreOffice, and now it is the IBM Red Hat position that they need those “developer hours” (how many hours do they spend sending updates to a build bot?) fixing Wayland, which has routinely broken the ABI for little or no reason, as the developers themselves now openly admit to on the mailing lists. They’re pressuring people to add FlatHub and then when they do it’s like all sorts of horrible things you didn’t want to see in your software center, like Microsoft Edge, the backdoored password stealer. Flathub is also a security hazard itself, like Snaps are. Snaps already had some malware incidents like bitcoin miners. They don’t care if the software is proprietary. Just dump it in there, and when they can’t review it some poor user always ends up cleaning up the mess. o ⚓ DaemonFC (Ryan Farmer) ☛ IBM/Red_Hat_Fedora:_Community_Of Moderator-Led_Harassment._(Very_Family-Oriented.)⠀⇛ It’s interesting how Codes of Conduct only send other people to the Death Camp of Tolerance, isn’t it? They harbor worse than Walter deep inside the Fedora community. Homophobes, transphobes, etc. They don’t punish them at all. It seems the only thing they do care about is users with technical complaints. o ⚓ Trail Of Bits ☛ Use_our_suite_of_eBPF_libraries⠀⇛ Trail of Bits has developed a suite of open-source libraries designed to streamline the creation and deployment of eBPF applications. These libraries facilitate efficient process and network event monitoring, function tracing, kernel debug symbol parsing, and eBPF code generation. o ⚓ Hackaday ☛ MS-DOS_Meets_The_Fediverse⠀⇛ But only the most hardcore of IBM PC users are still running DOS, and if you have eschewed things like Unix for this command-line operating system this long you might want to try using it to get online in the Fediverse with Mastodon. o § Web Browsers/Web Servers⠀➾ # ⚓ DJ Adams ☛ OData_query_operations_and_URL_encoding_the system_query_options_with_curl⠀⇛ However, curl has some lovely features, including the ability to send data with the request. This is normally done using the –data option, but there’s a –data-urlencode option too, which will URL encode whatever you pass with this option. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ India_launches_contest_to_build_homegrown web_browser⠀⇛ India’s government has decided the nation needs an indigenous web browser and has launched the Indian Web Browser Development Challenge (IWBDC) to make it happen. The Challenge “seeks to inspire and empower technology enthusiasts, innovators, and developers from all corners of the country to create an indigenous web browser.” The desired browser will have its own trust store, use a root certificate from India’s Controller of Certifying Authorities, and offer “cutting edge functionalities and enhanced security & data privacy protection features,” according to the government announcement. The ability to “digitally sign documents using a [cryptocurrency] token, bolstering secure transactions and digital interactions” is also on the list of desired features, as is suitability for individuals with diverse abilities. # § Mozilla⠀➾ # ⚓ OMG Ubuntu ☛ Firefox_Tests_Privacy-Friendly_Web Translation_Feature⠀⇛ Google Chrome’s built-in translation capabilities are something I find useful. Whenever I load a web page not in my native tongue (which is English, despite what my typos may suggest) the browser asks if I want to translate the content (which, most times, I do). Thus I’m pretty thrilled to see the Firefox 117 beta is testing a website translation feature of its own. And as you’d expect Mozilla’s version looks to to a privacy respecting implementation compared to Google’s take. In the pop-up that appears when you load a web page in a non-default (but supported by the feature) language the browser says that translations happen on your device. # ⚓ Mozilla ☛ Openness_and_AI:_Fostering_innovation_and accountability_in_the_EU’s_AI_Act⠀⇛ Open source lies at the heart of Mozilla and our Manifesto. Despite its ubiquity in the current technology landscape, it is easy to forget that open source was once a radical idea which was compared to cancer. In the long journey since, Mozilla has helped create an open source browser, email client, programming language, and data donation platform while applying the ethos beyond our code, including our advocacy. o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Yoshua Wuyts ☛ nesting_allocators⠀⇛ I regularly point people to Tmandry’s 2021 post “Contexts and Capabilities in Rust”. While nobody is actively working on the design at the moment, it’s more because of prioritization than anything else. It seems like it could make certain usage patterns a lot nicer in Rust, and one of those is probably working with custom allocators. I’ve been working a lot with slab allocators recently, and I’d love it if they were easier to work with in Rust. So I wanted to take a moment to talk about allocators, capabilities as a language feature, and why I believe that would work well. # ⚓ Daniel Lemire ☛ Coding_of_domain_names_to_wire_format_at gigabytes_per_second⠀⇛ When you enter in your browser the domain name lemire.me, it eventually gets encoded into a so- called wire format. The name lemire.me contains two labels, one of length 6 (lemire) and one of length two (me). The wire format starts with 6lemire2me: that is, imagining that the name starts with an imaginary dot, all dots are replaced by the length (in bytes) of the upcoming label. The numbers are stored as byte values, not ASCII digits. # ⚓ Alex Ewerlöf ☛ Definition_of_good_in_SLI⠀⇛ In a recent article, we discussed the service level indicator formula: \(SLI = \frac {\text{good}} {\text{valid}} \times 100\) Another article discussed the valid. This article talks about the definition of good. # ⚓ Rlang ☛ Mastering_Data_Transformation_with_the_scale() Function_in_R⠀⇛ Data analysis often requires preprocessing and transforming data to make it more suitable for analysis. In R, the scale() function is a powerful tool that allows you to standardize or normalize your data, helping you unlock deeper insights. In this blog post, we’ll dive into the syntax of the scale() function, provide real-world examples, and encourage you to explore this function on your own. The scale() function can be used to center and scale the columns of a numeric matrix, or to scale a vector. This can be useful for a variety of tasks, such as: [...] # ⚓ Chris ☛ Statistician’s_Time_Series_Hack⠀⇛ The tl;dr of this article is: to model latent common causes without having to list them explicitly, condition on the previous observation. Let’s dig into what that means. # ⚓ University of Toronto ☛ Programs_shouldn’t_commit_to_fixed and_predictable_log_messages⠀⇛ The simple problem with making promises about what your program’s logs will contain is that promises create official APIs. Everything you promise about your logs becomes part of your program’s functional API, something you’ve told people that they can confidently use and rely on. If you promise that you’ll log certain messages in certain situations and you don’t always, you’ve made this into a bug by definition; if you change what messages you emit in these circumstances in a future version, you’ve created an API incompatibility. # ⚓ Rlang ☛ Mastering_Data_Visualization:_A_Guide_to_Harnessing the_Power_of_R’s_par()_Function⠀⇛ When it comes to data visualization in R, the par() function is an indispensable tool that often goes overlooked. This function allows you to control various graphical parameters, unleashing a world of customization possibilities for your plots. In this blog post, we’ll demystify the par() function, break down its syntax, and provide you with hands- on examples to help you create stunning visualizations. # ⚓ Carlos Becker ☛ Announcing_GoReleaser_v1.20_—_a_quality-of- life_release⠀⇛ I’ve been releasing GoReleaser Pro Nightlies for a while now, but it never had a fixed schedule, and the OSS version never had a nightly release either. Starting now, the Pro Nightly will be released every Wednesday, and the OSS every Thursday. # ⚓ Matt Rickard ☛ Bayes’_Rule⠀⇛ Bayes’ Rule is a formula used to update the probability of an event given new evidence. It’s a fundamental concept in probability theory. The formula can be expressed as: P(A|B) = (P(B|A) * P(A)) / P(B) # § Python⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ GIL_removal_and_the_Faster_CPython_project⠀⇛ The Python global interpreter lock (GIL) has long been a barrier to increasing the performance of programs by using multiple threads—the GIL serializes access to the interpreter’s virtual machine such that only one thread can be executing Python code at any given time. There are other mechanisms to provide concurrency for the language, but the specter of the GIL—and its reality as well—have often been cited as a major negative for Python. Back in October 2021, Sam Gross introduced a proof-of-concept, no- GIL version of the language. It was met with a lot of excitement at the time, but seemed to languish to a certain extent for more than a year; now, the Python Steering Council has announced its intent to accept the no-GIL feature. It will still be some time before it lands in a released Python version—and there is the possibility that it all has to be rolled back at some point—but there are several companies backing the effort, which gives it all a good chance to succeed. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 6766 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.10.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_10/08/2023:_Self-Hosted_Web_and_Gemini,_Why_Stay_With_Gemini⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 8:20 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⠀➾ # ⚓ they_grew⠀⇛ I picked a couple pumpkin. I only picked them after the part of the vine they were on had already lost its leaves. So I doubt these would have grown any bigger. Their mother pumpkin was a tiny pumpkin, so their size is genetic it seems. # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_HYLORSI_Wordo:_FTPED⠀⇛ o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Effluent_and_Pennies:_The_Amazon_AI_Flood⠀⇛ Since the explosion of ChatGPT, Midjourney, and other forms of generative AI, the word “hallucination” has experienced a spike in popularity. People have used it to describe when a generative system produces an unexpected result, something that we, with our expectations of truth, would call false, or a lie (or whatever). # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ Domiply:_Your_Friendly_Neighborhood_Gateway⠀⇛ Alternative protocols like Gemini have most of these barriers still, with the possible exception of setting up HTTPS. Even if a non-technical person was able to write up some hand-rolled HTML, or even use some WYSIWYG to create their site, they are still faced with further difficult challenges before they can have anything to show for their effort. There are services such as Github Pages which take care of some portion of these barriers. Once you configure your DNS to point to Github, and tell Github which repo should serve a particular domain, Github will automatically serve your website (with correct HTTPS) from a git repo. The user’s barriers to entry have been reduced to three: configuring DNS, figuring out how to use git (not a small barrier by any means), and setting up a Github account. # ⚓ Self-hosted_Web_and_Gemini⠀⇛ As of this week, I’ve (somewhat) achieved the first milestone: my Website is being served by Halp, and both it and my Kiln-generated Gemini capsule are running on a Raspberry Pi in my cabinet: Raspberry Pi server racked Halp itself is in a very hacked-up state – it only serves Web (not yet Gemini), it’s running in a tmux session on the Pi, there’s no log rotation, there’s no caching (just an Nginx reverse proxy), and the Atom feeds are slow and not idiomatically named. # ⚓ Why_I_don’t_have_to_leave_Gemini⠀⇛ Without Makeworld’s apps I wouldn’t‘ve published to Gemini in the first place so this is a huge deal. Heaven knows I’ve often been kvetching ahout Gemini’s shortcomings but in the end it’s a format and a protocol. I’m no more likely to leave Gemini than I am to leave Atom. In April someone on here (who apologized right away) slagged Gemini in a way that broke my heart and I just lost all motivation to write, felt like I had said it all anyway, and stopped writing for a while and many of you probably noticed that. I also stopped reading Antenna and even as I little-by- little started writing again, it took me way longer to start reading Antenna again. A four-month long break. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛ ¶ Lines in total: 6908 ➮ Generation completed at 02:44, i.e. 133 seconds to (re)generate ⟲