𝕿𝖊𝖈𝖍𝖗𝖎𝖌𝖍𝖙𝖘 Bulletin for Tuesday, August 15, 2023 ┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅┅ Generated Wed 16 Aug 02:40:46 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/2023/08/15/ ╒═══════════════════ 𝐑𝐄𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝐁𝐔𝐋𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐒 ════════════════════════════════════╕ Previous bulletins in IPFS (past 21 days, in chronological order): QmeF5twvgzsyE9YptKQ4BCvd9PhGX4pH96vDvGxg1Xqbqb QmYfTomUhDqyRvYTU58bdbw2GSc1GR8WZYP782k6X1swT9 QmegDwUnvgnwipCDf5XAG7f4WpM7tz9ZGEZmfFHumn998K QmcF86aU48wkENPcvkMG3Uvpdn2Zh3Ww591VESr7YyFB1z QmcKPHU5NdTy1sxr6zGBobDe7GDZ5panELSpSzmu2S8xvU QmWef8vtcFeiv9B2BmB2WtBwMqLq2kDfzWm5aQkKdgkCHW QmSERS83Ghpc2tvtjtSx1QuX63sSxDgJ4UDR3Xx4DCBamw QmUE5jyXyq8QeUTZvMZG2nE2AuQzLwVopuJsLSXE8fWgpy Qmf3QVyPA8xsQqXgQeE5Tw2LE7vuKa1Y9spx36dsNNUSsB QmTcZH4zeE6SzC8S3Sqgx1X7NFfYGP2vprisQByQEW5nbx QmeHyPcfAoVduU1xVyTC25qhvMBYeDVfT7bjjzZhGC7E3k QmfXKhYcGYHZGufpdVU71ZTTo1cCovxR9GpF1HuxR4f1VH QmdoTZo8Mevtx6RZCctMfwQ2Y4ffZS4ZQ6SjUZEWNm5pRa QmZ8HUFLDLxvBHLKutyBuQ6a4TTR6hb3ZAFg3gf5MsGv4Z QmdW1PZqQK5LjoM41V2gKL2KqnHaEqwHdd4G1YYxa7JTEz QmYYePurSm8yAKEwRv17i1k4Q7ju7m4SQByFQcLC8HtY7x QmaRubG8aC9J2F4D9dmkGvjTspm5HdnsTMqDuVHGcPc8k5 QmQRTBqrhT8MUXdVEwJShtA9dbvEtZNFjWkf2QjuuactPS QmRvPmuQj51W76zvbu8EJVsufNdff2k6sLwDW4kU1Umw72 QmVsL5SjB4i4sLymC3HBZkhwBhNY5MXy27LZs9QBCDgtZo QmNdfSVvGLKtGutRooKPbAq57B9AZoPeYGGSjhD1a2fVET ╒═══════════════════ 𝐈𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐗 ═══════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⦿ IBM Signals That Fedora is Basically Finished, as Work on Desktop Spins Collapses in a Matter of Days | Techrights ⦿ IBM’s Debt is Rapidly Growing (Despite Many Cuts) | Techrights ⦿ [Meme] IBM Has Rejoined the Likes of Microsoft (I₿M and M$) | Techrights ⦿ IBM is Killing Fedora (While It is Promoting Microsoft’s Proprietary Junk) | Techrights ⦿ IRC Proceedings: Sunday, August 13, 2023 | Techrights ⦿ My Favourite Part About Not Using GNOME Anymore: No More GNOME Software | Techrights ⦿ No Thanks, Red Hat | Techrights ⦿ Free Software Contributions and Real Threats | Techrights ⦿ William N. Braswell, Jr. (AKA Will the Chill) Talking About How Microsoft and ’The Cloud’ Ruined His Work, Saying ‘Open’ AI “Needs to Go Out of Business”; Media Says ‘Open’ AI Probably Faces Bankruptcy Next Year or Later This Year | Techrights ䷼ Bulletin articles (as HTML) to comment on (requires login): http://techrights.org/2023/08/15/fedora-is-basically-finished/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/15/ibm-debt-growing/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/15/ibm-fud/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/15/ibm-killing-fedora/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/15/irc-log-130823-corrected/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/15/no-more-gnome-software/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/15/no-thanks-red-hat/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/15/to-build-or-not-to-build/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/15/william-n-braswell-openai/#comments ䷞ Followed by Daily Links (assorted news picks curated and categorised): http://techrights.org/2023/08/15/devuan-5-0-0/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/15/more-windows-breaches/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/15/openai-bankrupcy-expected-by-2024/#comments http://techrights.org/2023/08/15/openmandriva-lx-23-08/#comments ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 74 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/08/15/fedora-is-basically-finished/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/15/fedora-is-basically-finished/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.15.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ IBM_Signals_That_Fedora_is_Basically_Finished,_as_Work_on_Desktop_Spins Collapses_in_a_Matter_of_Days⠀✐ Posted in Free/Libre_Software, GNOME, GNU/Linux, IBM, OpenSUSE, Red_Hat at 7:50 pm by Guest Editorial Team Reprinted with permission from Ryan_Farmer Fedora Is Basically Finished, as Work on Desktop Basically_Collapses_in_a Matter_of_Days. I’ve been blogging about my recent switch to openSUSE Leap and the collapse of Fedora due to “de-prioritization” by Red Hat, and Fedora basically falling into a gradual state of abandonment and bitrot. Here’s what an IBM Red Hat employee says will happen now that Red Hat has divested itself from LibreOffice. As you can see, desktop Bluetooth and a lot of other things are now effectively abandoned and nobody cares what they do on your Fedora desktop anymore. § New responsibilities⠀➾ As part of the same process outlined in Matthias Clasen’s “LibreOffice_packages”_email, my management chain has made the decision to stop all upstream and downstream work on desktop Bluetooth, multimedia applications (namely totem, rhythmbox and sound-juicer) and libfprint/fprintd. The rest of my upstream and downstream work will be reassigned depending on Red Hat’s own priorities (see below), as I am transferred to another team that deals with one of a list of Red Hat’s priority projects. I’m very disappointed, because those particular projects were already starved for resources: I spent less than 10% of my work time on them in the past year, with other projects and responsibilities taking most of my time. This means that, in the medium-term at least, all those GNOME projects will go without a maintainer, reviewer, or triager: – gnome-bluetooth (including Settings panel and gnome-shell integration) – totem, totem-pl-parser, gom – libgnome-volume-control – libgudev – geocode-glib – gvfs AFC backend Those freedesktop projects will be archived until further notice: – power-profiles-daemon – switcheroo-control – iio-sensor-proxy – low-memory-monitor I will not be available for reviewing libfprint/fprintd, upower, grilo/grilo-plugins, gnome-desktop thumbnailer sandboxing patches, or any work related to XDG specifications. Kernel work, reviews and maintenance, including recent work on SteelSeries headset and Logitech devices kernel drivers, USB revoke for Flatpak Portal support, or core USB is suspended until further notice. All my Fedora packages_were_orphaned about a month and a half ago, it’s likely that there are still some that are orphaned, if there are takers. RHEL packages were unassigned about 3 weeks ago, they’ve been reassigned since then, so I cannot point to the new maintainer(s). If you are a partner, or a customer, I would recommend that you get in touch with your Red Hat contacts to figure out what the plan is going forward for the projects you might be involved with. If you are a colleague that will take on all or part of the 90% of the work that’s not being stopped, or a community member that was relying on my work to further advance your own projects, get in touch, I’ll do my best to accommodate your queries, time permitting. I’ll try to make sure to update this post, or create a new one if and when any of the above changes. -Bastien Nocera Sounds like I made the right call to accelerate “Getting the Hell out of here.” mode. As you can see, some of this affects the overall “Linux OS stack” and some of the damage is contained to GNOME, which I also abandoned as part of a migration to KDE. The problems in GNOME are not just technical, but political, including (but hardly limited to) Molly “we_can_use_our_collective_power_to_push_others” de Blanc, one of the chief_promoters_of_anti-Richard_M._Stallman_bullshit. (The “petition” in question was totally false and fraudulent and was organized by anti-Free Software trolls and hosted on Microsoft GitHub. Also, eventually dozens_of_times_as_many_real_Free_Software_people_signed_a_support_letter_of RMS.) “I am a Debian Developer (non-uploading)” Oh that’s cool. I don’t do shit for Debian either. Can I be a non-uploading developer? People like Molly “Shove people around.” (she’s hardly alone there) are just another festering boil on GNOME. Their Human Interface Guidelines (GNOME 3 threw out all of the money and time Sun spent on studying how users interacted with computers and replaced it with a paradigm that hardly works) and technical merits are laughable enough. Their_GUI_skills are basically a blind ripoff of Apple at this point, and especially “All of our users are too stupid to use a mouse and keyboard.” Not even GNOME developers want to use it like it is, which is why it has “Tweaks”, which pretty much flies in the face of Havoc Pennington’s essay on the topic that “Preferences to make the program behave differently just mean your program was broken to begin with.” Most bullshitters find that their odious ideas are not received well, so then they resort to becoming really nasty people and trying to use the “forces of collectivism” to “push people around”. (A raving sociopath doesn’t have time to stop and gain consensus for anything they want to do, they just set fire to the Reichstag and declare an emergency.) As for software, preferences aren’t intrinsically bad. But when you ship a user interface as disastrous as GNOME and then hide the preferences to make it functional again slightly, but which are there, you are just making it obvious that you know what you’ve done. openSUSE Leap has been quite stable so far, which is to be expected considering the core OS is shared with SUSE Linux Enterprise, including the kernel. However, at this point I would probably even recommend Oracle Linux over anything from Red Hat. Why? Well, it all comes down to a few things, including the fact that they state directly that they’re happy if you’re happy running “without official support” or paying them. If you don’t think you need it, more power to you. And you’ll get “the same bits” that their paying subscribers do, and nothing to switch to if you decide you want to buy support later. Oracle makes sources available for their “Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel”, which IBM Red Hat has stopped doing, except for paying customers, which it is openly threatening with canceled subscriptions if they tell you what’s in the RHEL kernel. IBM Red Hat is now behaving so badly that even Oracle openly trolls them on its blog. I know it’s Oracle we’re talking about here. The same company that sued Google trying to extend copyrights to software APIs, and that’s bad, and that’s why I settled down on SUSE instead. But the stench of Oracle is now overwhelmed by IBM. It’s like, “Who even smells the filthy cat box anymore when there’s weeks of rotting garbage in the trash can?” The termite infestation of IBM and the “Shove people around with the forces of collectivism.” types have finally rotted out the foundation of almost every house that allowed them in. It’s become totally obvious to me in the last week or so that IBM sees no future for Fedora and plans to divest itself of it gradually, and that they seem to see the future of RHEL as some dying “Oracle Solaris-like thing”. Of course their competitors are salivating. When IBM finally ruins RHEL where will the customers go? █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 311 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/08/15/ibm-debt-growing/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/15/ibm-debt-growing/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.15.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ IBM’s_Debt_is_Rapidly_Growing_(Despite_Many_Cuts)⠀✐ Posted in Finance, IBM at 8:33 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz As per the the_official-but-typically-suppressed-by-corporate-media numbers: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇IBM_debt:_buying_RHT,_last_autumn,_this_summer⦈_ Summary: Despite claims to the contrary and totally fictional market valuations (more like a Ponzi scheme waiting to unravel), IBM is having financial issues and layoffs are expected to carry on (or causing many people to resign by making unreasonable demands, e.g. coming back to the office for a job that 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⣿⡟⣟⣟⡟⡿⣟⡟⠿⡟⢟⣿⣿⠀⢸⣿⠟⣟⣿⠻⣻⢻⡟⠃⠀⡛⡛⠟⣿⠛⣿⣿⣿⡿⠟⢻⠛⠻⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⡿⢿⢻⢿⣿⢿⢿⢿⠿⠿⡿⠿⢿⠿⡿⣿⠀ ⣿⣷⣷⣷⣶⣿⣷⣷⣿⣶⣷⣿⣿⠀⠘⠛⠓⠓⠓⠚⠚⠛⠓⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠉⠀⠉⠉⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠈⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠛⠛⢻⣟⣿⣿⣰⣪⣷⣺⣜⣸⣇⣇⣿⣸⣰⣒⣿⣿⠀ ⣿⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣃⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣀⣐⣂⣀⣐⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣒⣚⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣛⣿⣿⣿⠀ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 371 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/08/15/ibm-fud/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/15/ibm-fud/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.15.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ [Meme]_IBM_Has_Rejoined_the_Likes_of_Microsoft_(I₿M_and_M$)⠀✐ Posted in Deception, FUD, GNU/Linux, IBM, Microsoft at 8:20 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇IBM_PC_5150:_Freedom_is_a_real_risk?⦈_ IBM has become a_source_of_anti-community_FUD 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Microsoft_ad⦈_ From Owen_Le_Blanc’s_Home_Page (he’s the creator of the world’s first-ever GNU/ Linux distro, called “MCC”) Summary: Instead of helping the Free software community or computer users in general replace Microsoft it certainly seems like greedy IBM sabotages community-led efforts in order to push some monolithic, partly closed-sourced system (RHEL) ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠻⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠿⠛⠛⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣶⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⠛⠉⠉⠉⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣀⢀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣀⣀⠂⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⠹⡟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠠⠿⠟⠛⠋⠉⠉⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣼⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠀⢠⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠂⠀⠀⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢰⣿⡿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣀⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠘⠉⢈⣀⣀⣉⣉⣉⡉⠙⠛⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ 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═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/08/15/ibm-killing-fedora/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/15/ibm-killing-fedora/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.15.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ IBM_is_Killing_Fedora_(While_It_is_Promoting_Microsoft’s_Proprietary_Junk)⠀✐ Posted in IBM, Red_Hat at 6:53 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz This was published_this_week (it’s in Daily Links already but merits more attention) 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇As_part_of_the_same_process_outlined_in_Matthias_Clasen's 'LibreOffice_packages'_email,_my_management_chain_has_made_the_decision_to_stop all_upstream_and_downstream_work_on_desktop_Bluetooth,_multimedia_applications_ (namely_totem,_rhythmbox_and_sound-juicer)_and_libfprint/fprintd._The_rest_of my_upstream_and_downstream_work_will_be_reassigned_depending_on_Red_Hat's_own priorities_(see_below),_as_I_am_transferred_to_another_team_that_deals_with_one of_a_list_of_Red_Hat’s_priority_projects.⦈_ Summary: While carrying_water_for_Microsoft IBM/Red Hat is tactlessly and shamelessly abandoning the Free software community, especially on the desktop. It does this while moreover outsourcing_new_source_code_to_Microsoft's proprietary_prison and besieging real communities, even defaming their leaders. IBM is not an ally. It’s a greedy, dumb company. The Free Software Foundation (FSF) needs_to_talk_about_this. ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣷⣿⣷⣿⣾⣾⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣷⣷⣷⣿⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣷⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣽⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣭⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ 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I don’t know why nobody has fixed the memory leaks in GNOME Software or why it thinks every update needs a reboot even if it doesn’t. Maybe it’s just because nobody working at IBM Red Hat actually uses it themselves. The fact that this usability disaster has gone on so long makes me wonder how far back we need to go to determine a date at which the pullback from desktop Linux actually started there. If you use the package manager in the terminal and never touch GNOME Software, you still need to remember to kill it every few days, to account for all of the memory leaks they won’t fix. When KDE in openSUSE Leap 15.5 told me there were updates, I grimaced, and then when it didn’t demand a restart I exhaled calmly. openSUSE has two ways to install software. KDE’s Discover, which is semi- comparable to GNOME Software except it doesn’t seem to leak memory and throw a tantrum if you don’t restart because of Firefox. Also, YaST. YaST is better if you have an idea what you’re looking for because it shows a lot of things that Discover doesn’t. (Discover is mostly focused on desktop software with AppStream data.) openSUSE gives the user the option to use Flatpaks, but I don’t feel like I’m being pressured into doing that against my will. Many of the packaged that IBM is divesting itself from are libraries that do hardware enablement, which can’t be shipped as Flatpak, which was their excuse for dropping LibreOffice RPMs. So far I am quite pleased with openSUSE Leap and KDE. █ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⣀⣤⢤⡭⣭⢭⢠⢨⡍⣭⡝⣥⢤⣨⣍⠃⣬⠀⣯⢻⣯⢭⣿⡟⡝⢯⢣⢤⠄⡤⡄⣤⣤⡄⡤⡄⡄⡄⢠⢤⢠⡤⢠⡤⣤⣤⣄⣤⢤⡤⣠⣄⣤⡄⢠⢤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠋⠉⠀⠀⠀⣿⢸⢻⢸⣇⣿⡇⣿⡀⢭⣷⢰⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⡋⣿⢿⣇⣸⣿⢸⣃⡏⡇⣝⣾⡇⣇⡇⡿⡇⢸⣸⢸⡇⢸⡟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣻⡟⣿⡿⣿⣇⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣶⢠⣦⢰⣶⣶⣶⡆⢰⣶⣶⡇⣶⣶⣷⣷⣶⣾⣶⣷⣿⣷⡆⡀⠀⣐⣠⣄⡂⣤⣦⣠⣴⣆⣤⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⣤⣴⣶⡖⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡟⠀⠀⠀⠀⢸⣿⢸⣟⢸⣿⣿⣿⡇⢸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣟⢡⣰⣷⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣯⣴⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⣧⠤⠄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠀⠀⣴⣾⣿⢸⣿⣿⣥⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠻⠟⢉⣉⣹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡀⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠿⣷⣀⠀⠀⠂⢿⣿⣿⣿⠂⠀⠀⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣀⣠⣤⣿⣿⣿⣿⡿⠿⢟⣛⣋⣭⣴⡄⡾⠷⠿⠛⢹⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡃⢿⣿⣿⠿⠿⠏⠛⣯⠁⠉⠉⠀⠐⠠⣂⠀⠀⠀⢿⣿⣿⡀⠀⠀⠑⠇⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠛⠋⠉⠉⣥⣼⡆⢸⣿⣿⣿⡟⣿⡷⣶⡄⠀⠀⣸⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣇⣺⡿⠀⠀⢀⠀⡀⣻⠀⢤⣐⣲⣧⣶⣿⡄⠀⠀⣿⣿⣿⡏⠀⠙⡐⡄⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⢀⣾⠀⠀⠁ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⠀⠀⠀⠀⣿⣿⡇⣸⣿⣿⣿⣇⣿⡇⣿⣿⣸⣾⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣃⣿⣷⣾⣿⣷⣾⣜⢻⣇⠱⢾⡟⢿⣿⡟⠅⠀⣿⢺⣿⣿⣇⠀⠀⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠈⠙⣇⣀⣰ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡅⠀⣶⡄⣿⣿⡇⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡏⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⡹⣯⠝⠟⠛⠏⠐⠉⠉⠀⠈⢨⡁⠀⠀⠀⠀⡿⣽⣿⣿⣿⡀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠙⠉⠛ 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█▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.15.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ No_Thanks,_Red_Hat⠀✐ Posted in IBM, Microsoft, Red_Hat at 11:32 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz Yesterday: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇How_to_use_Ansible_Automation_Platform_from_Azure Marketplace_⦈_ Summary: Desperate for income, Red Hat helps Microsoft sell proprietary software and spy on people From the same author, Deepankar_Jain: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇Deepankar_Jain_shilling_Microsoft⦈_ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠶⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠐⠂⠀⠐⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠈⠀⠈⠀⠉⠉⠁⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣦⣤⣤⣤⣄⣒⣒⣒⡒⠶⠶⠶⠶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶⣶ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣶⣤⣭⣭⣭⣉⣛⣛⣛⠻⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ ⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣾⣿⣿⣻⣟⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣶⣶⣶⣶⣬⣭⣭⣍⣙⣛⣛⡛⠻⠿⠿⠿⢿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿⣿ 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in Deception, Free/Libre_Software, GNU/Linux, IBM, Red_Hat, Ubuntu at 7: 32 pm by Guest Editorial Team By Marcia_Wilbur § To build or not to build!⠀➾ Recently, there has been some discussion about “open source freeloaders”. It’s completely laughable for companies calling others freeloaders, when in fact, we are the contributors, developers, laborers of love and take ownership volunteering our time to projects these companies use. Often corporations use our projects without giving anything back to the community. This is true of many companies with “open source” projects. Often, there will be use of projects in ways one might not even imagine such as curling Windows repos, creating in-house projects based on all open source projects with no redistribution, no sharing and resistance to share. In one corporate case, the original developers shared with an open license to GitHub. When confronted with this fact, I recommended placing the updated project files to the original repo and was met with strong objection to the point the product owner stated I was “stirring the pot” and demanded management “remove that github project”. Management would not as this is not one of “our company project repos” and we have no control over this public-facing project abandoned several years prior. “It’s not a violation of license to build new software based on different packages and projects in-house and not share, but not in the spirit of our community.”The original developers seemed to have best intentions but were let go and the project developed internally from their original. It’s not a violation of license to build new software based on different packages and projects in-house and not share, but not in the spirit of our community. Some development, testing or any contribution is appreciated but not required. There is no monetary donation more often than not. Little to no consulting opportunities are available to project developers who have an eye toward community, at least from my perspective and experience. From Red Hat’s commitment to open source: A response to the git.centos.org changes June 26, 2023, by Mike McGrath “Finally, I’d like to address every open source company out there, whether your code is open today or you’re considering moving to an open source model. By any measure, Red Hat has “made it” and I hope many open source companies can succeed as we have. You can decide for yourself whether downstream rebuilds are valuable for you and it’s your call to make it easy, or not. 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. We don’t want that and I know our community members, customers and partners don’t want that. Innovation happens in the upstream. Building on the shoulders of others is what open source is about. Let’s continue to drive innovation, support one another and keep moving forward.” Granted, most of us want the ability to modify and distribute and we do just this. There are a few use cases for simply building without adding features. * We can pick up abandonware and there is value in supporting users and maintaining a stable release. This does add value also. * We can simply rebuild code, rename, redistribute (see your code license (s) for proper threat leveling) and become the “REAL THREAT” to open source companies. * We can learn by simply building through evaluation. * We can encourage contributions to software by including the built code in our projects. Companies are not likely to pick up abandonware and include this as a dependency, even when they have the resources to do so. Instead, they will search out an alternative. Take for example an open source project I worked on recently using pandoc. Rather than use @latest pandoc with xelatex for new features, the project used wkhtml2pdf. The company hired an in-house dev to work on the features we wanted when these were already available using @latest pandoc with xelatex! “Again, while completely legal, this culture of selfish dependence without give back is more common in company culture than not. Freeloaders?!”The packages included in this in-house “solution” included unsupported and deprecated versions with of course, high security risk. The company created what I like to refer to as a “frankenapp”. There was no effort to work with any of the open source projects the company used, no effort to contribute to development. Some of the projects included: ImageMagick, Graphviz, batik, pandoc, wkhtml2pdf Again, while completely legal, this culture of selfish dependence without give back is more common in company culture than not. Freeloaders?! Ubuntu – fully supported example: The packages for Edubuntu were divided and are currently divided by education level. Packages include: ubuntu-edu-preschool ubuntu-edu-primary ubuntu-edu-secondary ubuntu-edu-tertiary The task at Kids on Computers was to evaluate which education projects or packages were used in a previous distro, Ubermix, used by schools in Mexico implemented by KOC. The purpose of this was to sunset any Ubermix machine, but still offer the same tools, utilities and applications to students. Ubermix was hosting the ISO on the then Google plus platform. “Does Canonical contribute to Scribus? So, what exactly is meant by “fully support”?”“Who does that?!” While there were some beneficial features to Ubermix, Kids on Computers wanted to see if we could simply use the packages in a custom respin. While evaluating the list of packages (dpkg –get-selections | grep install), I noted the packages from Ubuntu. The interesting thing about these packages was what was inside. There was no indication *buntu had done anything but packaging. This became more clear upon the realization a couple packages were no longer maintained projects. So, take for example, ubuntu-edu-tertiary with many recommended packages. The packages listed include Scribus. The control file for tertiary states: Package: ubuntu-edu-tertiary Source: edubuntu-meta Version: 23.04.12 Architecture: amd64 Maintainer: Edubuntu Developers edubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com Installed-Size: 10 Recommends: bijiben, calibre, cantor, chemtool, dia, drawing, fritzing, gbrainy, gramps, inkscape, kalzium, klavaro, kmplot, ktouch, librecad, libreoffice, lightspeed, arble-qt, melting, pdfmod, rocs, scribus, stellarium, step, yorick Section: metapackages Priority: optional Description: Tertiary Educational Application Bundle This package depends on all of the educational software for Tertiary grade level education that is fully supported by Canonical and the Edubuntu community. How do they “FULLY” support? So, I had questions. I joined the Edubuntu devel mailing list and asked for the definition of “fully supported”. I went to the Scribus IRC and asked the question whether canonical contributed to the project. Does Canonical contribute to Scribus? So, what exactly is meant by “fully support”? Documentation, training, development or testing contribution? Forum, IRC? Or, do they simply support the ubuntu-edu-tertiary package itself and separate themselves from the projects/packages they “recommend”? This was Sunday August 13 at approx 9pm EST when I went to Libera IRC. I received a response of no from Scribus with regard to any spending cash contributions. There may have been a few development contributions but no forum support, no chat support for the project by Canonical. I’m not saying what Canonical does is violating any license – these are dependencies in a package, right. The new package is theirs: ubuntu-edu-tertiary As devs, of course, we have dependencies. For example, I use rsync for respin. Nothing needs to be edited or changed, and my software depends on an existing project. However, it does seem as these packages such as ubuntu-edu-tertiary are just dependencies with no original education applications provided by Canonical at all. There is no deliverable application depending on these other projects. Honestly, these are just projects and software included in an education flavor. So, if the idea is to provide education software to the “masses”, why are there no features added, user experience considerations developed, or well, any development at all? While not a violation of license – because nothing was forked, just included as dependencies, the non-contributing development is definitely not community minded and a real threat to hobbyists and hackers everywhere! Unfortunately, having to support your primary project is key. However, small projects are not a company with financial resources based on the packages or projects developed for the community. Many projects run with just a few contributors working on a labor of love. We are not companies that charges in the six figures for licensing the Operating System on an industrial IOT machine because the manufacturer is in a certain country. One company literally informed us of their intention to pay out half a million dollars to Ubuntu for using the Operating system on 2 machine product lines. The reason, the machines were manufactured in China. “But we can just make a respin! Trust me, I know how! We don’t need to pay”. “Some projects have had great contributions and have moved forward in progression. Perhaps there is a benefit in companies using our projects.”There was nothing I could do. So, with that kind of payment from corporations, just how much does Ubuntu have in their coffers to contribute? How much do they contribute or pay to projects? I received messages from the Edubuntu dev mailing list. Edubuntu is a “labor of love” for the 3 or 4 people involved in the “resurrection” of the packages. Erich and his wife work on the product with input from family members and evaluation of what packages may be useful for educational purposes. The job is to evaluate and include packages within the educational package that are mostly stable or have longevity. While I applaud any educational effort, the fully supported question needed to be answered! “That control file was revived and largely unedited from its original form from 9+ years ago, and when it was originally written, all of the software may very well have been fully supported by Canonical. Unfortunately, I wasn’t around at that time, so I can’t speak to that. However, I can speak to where it is at currently.” “Edubuntu, however is not its own project as it is a flavor of Ubuntu and doesn’t exist as a separate distribution from Ubuntu.” “I’m sorry if the descriptions were confusing, we can definitely get that cleared-up before 23-10.” So, in conclusion, rather than to “fully support”, partially support or offer any contributions whatsoever to the community projects used by Ubuntu, at least in the case of ubuntu-edu-* packages, the solution here is to – change the control file description. Some projects have had great contributions and have moved forward in progression. Perhaps there is a benefit in companies using our projects. While contribution is not required, encouraging contributions to our projects, especially by those companies using and depending on the tools/utilities/apps for their project is definitely appreciated and considered at the very least, good manners. The tools/utilities/apps these companies use can progress for their benefit as well by contributing back to the project and community. There are various ways to do so. * Hire a dev * Contributing to added features * Contributing to bugs or defects * Reporting defects and offering possible solutions * Encouraging employees to contribute to projects used * Financial contribution * Forum or communication to address any next step features * Release your project/framework/code based on open source projects. █ ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1197 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐈𝐂𝐋𝐄 ═════════════════════════════════════════════════╕ (ℹ) Images, hyperlinks and comments at http://techrights.org/2023/08/15/william-n-braswell-openai/#comments Gemini version at gemini://gemini.techrights.org/2023/08/15/william-n-braswell-openai/ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.15.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ William_N._Braswell,_Jr._(AKA_Will_the_Chill)_Talking_About_How_Microsoft_and ‘The_Cloud’_Ruined_His_Work,_Saying_‘Open’_AI_“Needs_to_Go_Out_of_Business”; Media_Says_‘Open’_AI_Probably_Faces_Bankruptcy_Next_Year_or_Later_This_Year⠀✐ Posted in Deception, Microsoft at 11:21 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇William_N._Braswell,_Jr._(AKA_Will_the_Chill)⦈_ Summary: This morning’s talk by William N. Braswell explains that Microsoft basically doomed ‘Open’ AI and its userbase; it’s meanwhile argued that it’ll go out of business quite soon (there’s simply no viable business model) MUCH of the hype about ‘Open’ AI was paid for. It was fake. Last night we took_note_of_the_rapid_decline_of_'Open'_AI (yes, it is measurable) and the following talk, which was delivered live about 8 hours ago, has a portion on how “evil empire” Microsoft screwed people over. They also affected him by deprecating the API, citing financial reasons. The summary of the talk is here and we suggest watching 20:50_to_31:50_of_today’s_clip, hard- linked as follows: YouTube (Google) breaks almost every Invidious_instance_which_attempts_to_play the_video. Hours ago the media said that due to lackluster interest the entire company might collapse within months (it publicly admitted the bills were too high). d 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴_🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽_⦇ChatGPT_Creator_OpenAI_Could_Go_Bankrupt_by_202:_With declining_users_and_competitors_on_the_rise,_could_the_creator_of_ChatGPT really_be_on_the_way_to_bankruptcy?⦈_ If the company goes out of business, taking into account that it just works for Microsoft now, Mr. Braswell will be pleased. In his talk, pay careful attention to what they did and how. Typical Microsoft. 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08.15.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Gemini_Links_15/08/2023:_UTF-8_and_Newsboat_Over_SSH_RSS⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 6:21 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Gemini*_and_Gopher o Personal/Opinions o Politics_and_World_Events o Technology_and_Free_Software # Internet/Gemini * § Gemini* and Gopher⠀➾ o § Personal/Opinions⠀➾ # ⚓ 🔤SpellBinding:_AILOPSU_Wordo:_TONED⠀⇛ # ⚓ Rel-Phil_–_Pol_–_Comsiderations_of_the_Hawaiian_Caste System_as_Exemplar_of_Empire’s_Demonic_Aetiology⠀⇛ Snapshot of pre-KamehamehaIII caste system in Hawai’i. The presentation of the high Hawaiian system’s etiology is muddy because its generative conditions aren’t readily appreciable by Hellenistic Weltanschauung – the “modern secular” dead-materialistic gaze has massive blind spots. There was likely no external causus to yoke communities to serfdom in Hawaii. No barbarians at the gate, as the commenter notes. # ⚓ The_Whole_World_is_Sleeping_On_Mr._Gnome⠀⇛ So much energy, so much heart, such a unique sound. Their other album Madness in Miniature, is also incredible. Thank you for coming to my microblog. # ⚓ Stretches⠀⇛ I was more physically active when I was a kid, engaging in sports like basketball and going on hiking trips with the Boy Scouts. I also did gymnastics for a short time, but I didn’t have much interest in the sport and I dropped out after one season. In the aftermath I quickly lost much of my flexibility. Today, after working desk jobs for almost seven years, I can barely reach my shins without having to bend my knees. My legs in particular are very stiff, with my back not far behind. I was recently recommended a self-care app called Finch. I love Finch–as I’ve been going through some touch mental work lately, it’s been a big help for me–and I’ll write a review of the app eventually. But one of the self-care activities Finch can prompt the user to do is stretching, and I’ve tried to take advantage of it in recent weeks. # ⚓ Twilight_at_the_Airport_(Fairbanks,_AK,_USA,_2023-08-15)⠀⇛ I realized today might be one of my last days to catch the sunrise this season, before sunrise starts overlapping with my shift schedule. After reviewing direction and timing, I decided to try the south side of the airport again. The skies were too murky to capture a sunrise proper, but I got a few nice twilight photos. o § Politics and World Events⠀➾ # ⚓ I_Want_To_Wear_A_Dress!⠀⇛ So, I am a very ‘cis’ male, perfectly happy in my body, without any alphabet leanings (not that there’s anything wrong with that, as Seinfeld said). I am sick of _everything_ being sexualized (or genderized). My male toddlers were always referred to as ‘she’ because of long hair or maybe a doll-in-hand. One of my kids had to literally escape a mob of children in the playground at 3, a mob screaming “Get her, she has a penis”! My female dog is always called ‘he’ because she’s big – and well, she lifts her leg and pees on everything, so maybe she is gender-queer, but anyway. My neighbor came to our morning-coffee-ritual wearing a simple yet fantastic Comme De Garcon dress. He wore it well. I was extremely envious. o § Technology and Free Software⠀➾ # ⚓ Toby’s_tinylog⠀⇛ I wanted to find out what the minimum hardware for running a reasonably good Large Language Model at home would be, so I bought a refurbished ThinkCentre M715q with AMD Radeon 5 PRO 2400GE CPU. It’s a 2018-era machine costing only around $200. With no upgrades, I was able to run llama.cpp in CPU-only mode on the smallest Llama 2 7b model (q2_K) generating 5.2 tokens/sec! Very impressive! I can also run Vicuna 13b (q4_1) at over 2 tokens/ sec after upgrading the RAM to 16Gb. All this while consuming around 40W of power. One trick I had to employ is to use “LLAMA_AVX2=1 make” to compile, as it doesn’t detect AVX2 by default. Anwyay, I love this ThinkCentre machine, it is amazing bang-for- buck and will be my main dev machine for the forseeable future. # ⚓ Is_it_UTF-8?⠀⇛ Another method is to brute force the problem with a Monte Carlo simulation, which at best will waste lots of CPU. However, where Monte Carlo is practical this may help confirm that a better approach has not gone off the rails. Or, that both the Monte Carlo and the better approach are wrong in ways that produce the same results, which maybe isn’t so likely? Richard Feynman said things about actually verifying results in his 1974 commencement address at Caltech. # ⚓ Dotfiles:_You’re_doing_it_wrong⠀⇛ When it comes to managing dotfiles, people like to come up with all kind of different and complicated solutions: bare repositories, git submodules, self grown bootstrap scripts, symlinks. Let me tell you: you’re doing it wrong! # ⚓ Some_explanations_about_OpenBSD_memory_usage⠀⇛ I regularly see people reporting high memory usage on OpenBSD when looking at some monitoring program output. Those programs may be not reporting what you think. The memory usage can be accounted in different ways. Most of the time, the file system cache stored in- memory is added to memory usage, which lead to think about a high memory consumption. # § Internet/Gemini⠀➾ # ⚓ How_to_run_newsboat_over_SSH⠀⇛ RSS is dead, isn’t it? Well, not at all, not for me. I’ve been an rss user ever since I’ve made my first step into the world wide web. When Google Reader still has been a thing and the world has been ok. I just like the idea to keep up to date with all the things I’m interested in, without any algorithm predicting what I’m going to read. After g’reader died, RSS feeds felt more liken an on-off relationship. I tried different alternatives and even stopped using them altogether. But there was definitely something missing. Someone told me about ttrss then, while others moved to feedly, a free as in pay-with-your-data software-as-a- service solution. # ⚓ Easing_back_into_gemspace⠀⇛ Hey, it’s been awhile. I’ve had a long, long year and a lot has happened. The good thing though is that I’m going to have some stability soon for basically the first time in my life. =============================================================================== * Gemini_(Primer) links can be opened using Gemini_software. It’s like the World Wide Web but a lot lighter. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 1552 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.15.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_Leftover_15/08/2023:_More_Windows_Breaches_and_Legal_Problems_for Internet_Archive⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 4:36 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers o Education o Hardware o Health/Nutrition/Agriculture o Proprietary/Artificial_Intelligence_(AI) o Security # Privacy/Surveillance o Defence/Aggression o Environment # Energy/Transportation # Wildlife/Nature # Overpopulation o Finance o AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics o Censorship/Free_Speech o Freedom_of_Information_/_Freedom_of_the_Press o Civil_Rights/Policing o Monopolies # Copyrights * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Futurism ☛ People_in_San_Francisco_Are_Already_Having_Sex_in Self-Driving_Taxis⠀⇛ Hilarity aside, it’s a fascinating glimpse at the future of passenger vehicle transportation. Inside the autonomous vehicles of tomorrow, drivers are no longer stuck behind the wheel, allowing them to, well, do other things. o ⚓ The Nation ☛ Agóta_Kristóf_and_the_Agony_of_the_“Enemy” Language⠀⇛ Agóta Kristóf’s The Notebook trilogy, which begins with The Notebook, continues with The Proof, and ends with The Third Lie, tells the story of two identical twin boys, Klaus and Lucas, living in a small town with their grandmother during a nameless war and successive occupations. Throughout the first novel, the twins perform “exercises” to strengthen and improve themselves: They go hours without speaking or moving; they starve themselves; they pretend to be deaf and dumb; and they write down descriptions of their exercises in a big notebook that they hide in their grandmother’s attic. When writing in their notebook, they reject “adjectives and things that are not real, that have their origin in feelings.” This is because “the composition must be true.” Words that denote subjective emotions like love must be avoided in favor of “the faithful description of the facts.” They strive for an objective writing, something flat and scientific that reflects a direct, unadorned relationship with the world as it is. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ Addy Osmani ☛ Write_about_what_you_learn._It_pushes_you_to understand_topics_better.⠀⇛ Write about what you learn. It pushes you to understand topics better. Sometimes the gaps in our knowledge only become clear when explaining things to others. Writing about what you learn is more than just a method of documentation; it’s a powerful tool for deepening understanding and revealing the gaps in one’s knowledge. This practice pushes us to explore topics more thoroughly and to articulate their thoughts in a coherent and precise manner. # ⚓ Tim Bray ☛ Unicode_Scalar_Value⠀⇛ Suppose you’re writing code (or defining a protocol) that involves interchanging messages, and those messages include text for humans to read. You owe it to the world to make any such text Unicode, so that the humans can use Korean or Arabic or whatever else they live in. It turns out to be non- obvious how to say “do Unicode right.” Today’s ongoing piece exists to tell you how. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ LibreBoot ☛ HP_EliteBook_8470p_and_Dell_Precision_T1650 support_added_to_Libreboot⠀⇛ I’ve ported and tested two new boards, and merged them into the lbmk master branch. They will be available in the next regular release: [...] # ⚓ India Times ☛ IT_hardware_companies_may_get_more_time_for local_manufacturing⠀⇛ The government is open to the idea of giving foreign companies more time to set up manufacturing units provided they submit a clear, detailed and graded roadmap of their make-in-India plans for specific products such as laptops, personal computers and servers, a senior government official said. The companies have sought up to 12 months to set up local factories. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ This_3D_Scanner_Uses_A_Sensor_You_Might_Not_Know About⠀⇛ The huge diversity of sensors and other hardware which our community now has access to seems comprehensive, but there remain many parts which have made little impact due to cost or scarcity. It’s one of these which [Enginoor] has taken for the sensor in a 3D scanner, an industrial laser displacement sensor. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Black_Graphics_On_Your_TV,_For_A_Greener World?⠀⇛ Can you really save energy by carefully choosing the colors displayed on a TV screen? Under some conditions, yes. Or at least that’s the conclusion of a team at the BBC that looked at reducing the energy consumption impact of their output by using what they call Lower Carbon Graphics. In short, they’re trying to ensure that OLED displays or those with reactive backlights use less energy when displaying BBC graphics, simply by using more black. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_Digital_Camera_For_The_1984_Market⠀⇛ Digital cameras are a ubiquitous consumer and professional product here in 2023, and because of the wide availability of parts it’s relatively straightforward to construct one for yourself. Four decades ago though, film was king, but that hasn’t stopped [Georg Lukas] from building a digital camera for the 1984 market. The hardware is definitely from recent years, the extremely affordable ESP32-cam board that many of us will have worked with already. Meanwhile the 1984 part lies in the recording format, it makes EGA 16- colour low-res pictures and stores them in the archaic TGA file format. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ Thin_Client_Wysens_Up_To_Become_OpenWrt_Router⠀⇛ For some of us, unused hardware lying around just calls to be used. It seems like [Miles Goodhew] heard the call, and wanted to put a Dell Wyse 3040 thin client to use — in this case as a wireless router. It seems simple enough. OpenWrt supports x64_64 targets, and the thin client has 2G of ram and 8G of flash. It should make for a very capable router. # ⚓ Hackaday ☛ A_Speaker_With_Dancing_Ferrofluid⠀⇛ A speaker project isn’t usually very different, but we couldn’t help but notice [Electronoob’s] latest speaker not for its audio performance but because it features dancing ferrofluid and is an unusual work of art. The housing is 3D printed and includes some translucent portions for LEDs.You can see and hear the speaker at work in the video below. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ Zach Flower ☛ Self-Care_Happens_Offline⠀⇛ For one thing, offline is where the world actually happens. It’s where the thoughts and ideas of the internet become reality. Where the distractions fade away. Reading a paper book will always bring me more joy than a digital one. Listening to a cassette tape, or even an iPod, will always be more pleasurable and intentional than a random Spotify playlist. Writing in a notebook, or even a plan old text editor with the wifi turned off will inevitably be less distracting and drive more focus than something in the browser like Google Docs. # ⚓ Futurism ☛ Scientists_Shocked_That_Middle_School_Is Horrible_If_You’re_Ugly_and_Bad_at_Sports⠀⇛ Titled “The Perils of Not Being Attractive or Athletic: Pathways to Adolescent Adjustment Difficulties Through Escalating Unpopularity,” this new paper published in the Journal of Youth and Adolescence looks at the way middle school students think about themselves and their peers. Spoiler alert: in spite of reports that kids these days are a little nicer, these tykes sound totally mean. The longitudinal study focused on nearly 600 kids from unidentified areas in both Florida and Lithuania who were aged 10 to 13 at the beginning of the research. Conducted over a 12-week academic year, the adolescent participants were asked three times per week to both identify which of their classmates were unattractive, unpopular, and unathletic and also to self-report their own feelings of loneliness and instances of alcohol misuse. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ RFK_Jr._Would_Back_National_Abortion_Ban_After Three_Months_of_Pregnancy:_Report⠀⇛ # ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_New_Law_to_Protect_Pregnant_Workers_Is Already_Changing_Lives⠀⇛ When Rebeca Macri became pregnant this past June, she was terrified that her job would put her pregnancy at risk. As a certified nursing assistant, lifting patients and heavy loads in nursing homes was part of her regular duties, and she’d had two prior miscarriages while working in the same role. So, right away, she asked her employer if she could avoid heavy lifting while she was pregnant. Her employer’s first response was to tell her to go home without pay until she could lift again and to apply for unemployment benefits in the meantime. But she had a new law on her side: the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act, which requires employers to accommodate the needs of pregnant workers. She informed her employer about the PWFA and insisted on continuing to work without endangering her pregnancy. Days later, the nursing home reversed course and granted her request. # ⚓ Pro Publica ☛ The_Hidden_Fee_Costing_Doctors_Millions_Every Year⠀⇛ It was a multibillion-dollar strike, so stealthy and precise that the only visible sign was a notice that suddenly vanished from a government website. In August 2017, a federal agency with sweeping powers over the health care industry posted a notice informing insurance companies that they weren’t allowed to charge physicians a fee when the companies paid the doctors for their work. Six months later, that statement disappeared without explanation. o § Proprietary/Artificial Intelligence (AI)⠀➾ # ⚓ Naked Capitalism ☛ Wolf_Richter:_Full_Commercialization_of Robotaxis_Arrives_in_San_Francisco_|_naked_capitalism⠀⇛ After sinking billions of dollars into robotaxis, these companies are under pressure to show significant revenues. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Data_centers_at_risk_due_to_flaws_in power_management_software⠀⇛ The researchers found four vulnerabilities in an infrastructure management platform from a company called CyberPower and five in power distribution units from Dataprobe that allowed for remote code injection. Quinn said that they were looking to find out how an attacker can compromise complex data centers that rely on many different types of software and an intricate supply chain to provide services to millions of clients. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Tesla_Starts_Hiring_for_‘First_of_Its Kind’_Datacenters⠀⇛ Tesla, Inc., the clean-energy company that’s about more stuff than just some of the world’s most desired electric cars, is seemingly on the lookout to improve its datacenter infrastructure. According to a new job listing on Tesla’s corporate website (spotted by Elektrek), the company is looking to hire a “Sr. Engineering Program Manager, Data Centers.” That hire is usually a good step for any company planning to operate datacenters built on custom or proprietary silicon – perhaps Tesla is looking to build a dojo for its Dojo AI accelerators? # ⚓ Futurism ☛ The_Most_Fearsome_Hackers_Just_Went_Ham_on ChatGPT⠀⇛ So it isn’t exactly surprising that hackers at this year’s Def Con in Las Vegas have turned their sights on AI chatbots, a trend that’s taken the world by storm, especially since OpenAI released ChatGPT to the public late last year. The convention hosted an entire contest, NBC News reports, not to identify software vulnerabilities, but to come up with new prompt injections that force chatbots like Google’s Bard or ChatGPT to spit out practically anything attackers want. # § Windows TCO⠀➾ # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Colorado_Health_Agency_Says_4_Million Impacted_by_MOVEit_Hack⠀⇛ The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing (HCPF) has revealed that the personal information of millions of individuals was compromised in a data breach resulting from the recent MOVEit cyberattack. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Make Use Of ☛ The_4_Best_Network_Scanning_and_Enumeration Tools⠀⇛ The scanning and enumeration phase is crucial to every penetration tester’s methodology and process. It is important to gather information about the network you are carrying a pentest on before you actually begin testing. So what does this really mean? And whar are the best tools to help you during the scanning and enumeration phase of your pentest? # ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ FBI_warns_of_increasing_cryptocurrency recovery_scams⠀⇛ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Monday_[LWN.net]⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (gst- plugins-ugly1.0, libreoffice, linux-5.10, netatalk, poppler, and sox), Fedora (chromium, ghostscript, java-1.8.0-openjdk-portable, java-11-openjdk, java- 11-openjdk-portable, java-17-openjdk-portable, java-latest-openjdk-portable, kernel, linux- firmware, mingw-python-certifi, ntpsec, and php), Oracle (.NET 6.0, .NET 7.0, 15, 18, bind, bind9.16, buildah, cjose, curl, dbus, emacs, firefox, go- toolset and golang, go-toolset:ol8, grafana, iperf3, java-1.8.0-openjdk, java-11-openjdk, java- 17-openjdk, kernel, libcap, libeconf, libssh, libtiff, libxml2, linux-firmware, mod_auth_openidc: 2.3, nodejs, nodejs:16, nodejs:18, open-vm-tools, openssh, postgresql:12, postgresql:13, python- requests, python27:2.7, python3, python38:3.8 and python38-devel:3.8, python39:3.9 and python39- devel:3.9, ruby:2.7, samba, sqlite, systemd, thunderbird, virt:ol and virt-devel:rhel, and webkit2gtk3), SUSE (docker, java-1_8_0-openj9, kernel, kernel-firmware, libyajl, nodejs14, openssl-1_0_0, poppler, and webkit2gtk3), and Ubuntu (golang-yaml.v2, intel-microcode, linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.4, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.4, linux-gkeop, linux-iot, linux-kvm, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-5.4, linux-raspi, linux-raspi-5.4, linux, linux-aws, linux-azure, linux-gcp, linux- ibm, linux-kvm, linux-lowlatency, linux-oracle, linux-raspi, linux-oem-6.1, pygments, and pypdf2). # ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Over_100K_hacking_forums_accounts exposed_by_info-stealing_malware⠀⇛ Researchers discovered 120,000 infected systems that contained credentials for cybercrime forums. Many of the computers belong to hackers, the researchers say. Analyzing the data, threat researchers found that the passwords used for logging into hacking forums were generally stronger than those for government websites. After pouring through 100 cybercrime forums, researchers at threat intelligence company Hudson Rock found that some hackers had inadvertently infected their computers and had their logins stolen. # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Colorado_Department_of_Health_Care_Policy_& Financing_reports_more_than_4_million_affected_by_MOVEit breach⠀⇛ One of the MOVEit victims was the Colorado Department of Health Care Policy & Financing, which was notified by IBM of the data breach. According to their notification, the information types included full name, Social Security number, Medicaid ID number, Medicare ID number, date of birth, home address and other contact information, demographic or income information, clinical and medical information (such as diagnosis/condition, lab results, medication, or other treatment information), and health insurance information. # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ NYS_Comptroller_Audit:_Cyber_Incident Response_Team_(Follow-Up)⠀⇛ To assess the extent of implementation of the two recommendations included in our initial audit report, Cyber Incident Response Team (Report 2020- S-58). # ⚓ Trend Micro ☛ Monti_Ransomware_Unleashes_a_New_Encryptor for_Linux [Ed: This impacts Linux but isn't a Linux issue; there's something else in the stack or a truly bad password]⠀⇛ The Monti ransomware, which has both Windows and Linux-based variants, gained attention from cybersecurity organizations and researchers when it was first discovered in June 2022 because of its striking resemblance to the infamous Conti ransomware — not just in name but also the tactics that the threat actors used. The group, operating under the moniker “Monti,” has also deliberately emulated the widely recognized tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) of the Conti team, incorporating a substantial number of their tools and even using Conti’s leaked source code. Since its discovery, the Monti group has been continuously targeting companies, exposing them on their leak site. # ⚓ 10_people,_including_16-year-old_youth_arrested_for suspected_involvement_in_malware_scams⠀⇛ They were later instructed by the scammers to download Android Package Kit (APK) files from third-party app stores in order to make purchases. This would result in malware being installed on the victims’ mobile devices. The scammers then convinced the victims via phone calls or text messages to turn on accessibility services on their Android phones. # ⚓ EXCLUSIVE:_Medusa_ransomware_group,_DDoS_attacks_against Levare_International_Ltd.⠀⇛ The Medusa Group contacted us to inform them that they have just stopped the DDoS attacks on the IT infrastructure of Borets International Ltd. (Levare). On the website of the Levare we did not find any references regarding the loss of data after the cyber attack of last July 25th. We want to remind you that for some days we have been in possession of a video prepared by Medusa where the ransomware group shows an important part of the exfiltrated documents, we have chosen not to share it as much of the data seen in the video could harm both the privacy of employees, but also trade secrets. # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Everything_old_is_new_again?_Medusa attempts_to_up_the_pressure_on_a_victim_with_a_DDoS_attack⠀⇛ uspect File reports that after negotiations broke down between Medusa and Levare’s negotiators in Texas, the threat actors knocked Levare offline with DDoS attacks. They have also added them to their dark web leak site with a price tag of $500,000.00 and a countdown clock showing nine days left. Proof of claims is also provided on the leak site with screencaps of files. # ⚓ TechCrunch ☛ Millions_of_Americans’_health_data_stolen after_MOVEit_hackers_targeted_IBM_|_TechCrunch⠀⇛ At least 4 million Americans had health data stolen after hackers raided a MOVEit file transfer server operated by tech giant IBM. # ⚓ GamingOnLinux ☛ Linux_kernel_gets_an_AMD_Zenbleed_fix_for the_Steam_Deck_APU⠀⇛ One security issue I somehow missed back in July was Zenbleed, an issue with AMD CPUs that’s getting patched up in the Linux kernel and now the Steam Deck is getting a kernel fix for it too. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ DOJ_Seized_Trump’s_Twitter_Data_—_Put Gag_Order_on_Twitter⠀⇛ o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ Project Censored ☛ Imperialism_and_Neocolonialism_Around the_Globe:_US-China_Relations;_West_African_Nations_–_The Project_Censored_Show⠀⇛ Notes: Danny Haiphong is an independent international journalist. He’s the co-author of “American Exceptionalism and American Innocence.” His work can be found at dannyhaiphong.com. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Two_Months_in_Georgia:_How_Trump_Tried_to Overturn_the_Vote⠀⇛ Mr. Trump has already been indicted three times this year, most recently in a federal case brought by the special prosecutor Jack Smith that is also related to election interference. But the Georgia case may prove the most expansive legal challenge to Mr. Trump’s attempts to cling to power, with nearly 20 people informed that they could face charges. It could also prove the most enduring: While Mr. Trump could try to pardon himself from a federal conviction if he were re-elected, presidents cannot pardon state crimes. # ⚓ Jacobin Magazine ☛ Gradual_Measures_Won’t_Save_Us_From Climate_Disaster⠀⇛ Rich countries are gradually cutting carbon emissions — but that won’t be nearly enough to stop climate disasters, like the heat wave now ravaging the planet. We need drastic, state-led action to rapidly decarbonize our economies. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Taliban_Fighters,_Unsettled_by_Peace,_Seek New_Battles_Abroad⠀⇛ As a child studying in a madrasa in Afghanistan, Mohammad Khalid Tahir dreamed of waging jihad. By the time he was a teenager, he had joined the Taliban and celebrated when they seized power from the U.S.-backed government two years ago. But the high from that victory did not last. Reassigned as a soldier in the capital, he frequently complained that he was bored and longed to return to his life’s purpose, according to his family. So this spring, he did — but across the border in Pakistan. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Why_a_free_election_‘seems_almost_impossible’ in_Pakistan⠀⇛ Many argue that the PTI crackdown robs voters of free and fair elections and has also allowed the army to reassert its control over the country’s fragile democracy. But veteran journalist Zebunnisa Burki finds hope in the awakening of PTI supporters, who tend to be younger. # § War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Private_military_company_created_by_Kremlin- installed_Crimea_governor_reportedly_gets_funding_from VTB_Bank_and_billionaire_Arkady_Rotenberg_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Convoy, the private military company created by the Kremlin-appointed head of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, is financed in part by Russia’s VTB Bank and by a company owned by businessman Arkady Rotenberg, according to a new investigation from Dossier Center. The mercenary group reportedly has received more than 300 million rubles (or more than $5 million) from these sources. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ ‘We_are_here’:_Two_Russian_nationals detained_in_Poland_after_allegedly_hanging_Wagner recruitment_posters_around_Krakow_and_Warsaw_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Poland’s Internal Security Agency has detained two Russian nationals who had allegedly been hanging recruitment posters for Yevgeny Prigozhin’s Wagner Group in public places around Krakow and Warsaw. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Seven_civilians_reportedly_killed_by_Russian shelling_in_Kherson_region_—_Meduza⠀⇛ Seven people, including two children, were killed in a shelling attack in Ukraine’s Kherson region on Sunday, Governor Oleksandr Prokudin reported on Telegram. According to Prokudin, Russian troops shelled the region 83 times, firing nearly 400 shells, including 23 on the city of Kherson. The Ukrainian authorities declared August 14 a day of mourning for the victims. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ US,_Finland_Negotiating_Defense Agreement_That_Would_See_Deployment_of_American Troops⠀⇛ Washington and Helsinki are in the process of establishing a new defense cooperation agreement that would see expended deployments of American soldiers and Finland hosting war games. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Jimmy_Dore_Questions_2024_Presidential Candidate_Marianne_Williamson_on_Ukraine⠀⇛ During an appearance on The Jimmy Dore Show, 2024 presidential candidate Marianne Williamson and host Jimmy Dore debated… o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ Vox ☛ 9_things_everyone_should_know_about_Maui’s_wildfire disaster⠀⇛ The outbreak of wildfires last week in Maui, Hawaii — a state known for its beaches and rainforests but typically not fire — is now the nation’s deadliest such event in more than 100 years. The fires burned thousands of acres and killed nearly 100 people, a greater death toll than any wildfire in California, where summer blazes are common. Hundreds remain missing in Maui, and the death toll is expected to rise. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ Out_of_Time!⠀⇛ # ⚓ Deutsche Welle ☛ Montana_court_sides_with_young_people_in climate_trial⠀⇛ During the two-week trial in June, attorneys for the youths presented evidence that the increase in carbon dioxide emissions was causing temperatures to rise, droughts and wildfires to increase and snowpack to slim down. Attorneys argued the changes were harming the youths’ physical and mental health. Montana is a major producer of coal, oil and gas that is shipped elsewhere. It is also home to pipelines and other infrastructure needed to ship those fuels. # ⚓ Futurism ☛ The_Kids_Who_Sued_Montana_Over_Climate_Change Just_Won⠀⇛ In an unprecedented ruling, a state judge has sided with a group of youth climate activists who sued the state of Montana over its promotion of fossil fuels, which the young environmentalists said harms their right to a “clean and healthful environment.” The first-of-its-kind ruling in “Held v. Montana” — which found that Montana’s fossil fuel boosting violated the state constitutional rights of its 16 plaintiffs, aged five to 22 — could set an important judicial precedent. # ⚓ CBC ☛ Judge_sides_with_youth_climate_activists_in_first-of- its-kind_U.S._lawsuit⠀⇛ A Montana judge on Monday sided with young environmental activists who said state agencies were violating their constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment by permitting fossil fuel development without considering its effect on the climate. The ruling in the first-of-its- kind trial in the U.S. adds to a small number of legal decisions around the world that have established a government duty to protect citizens from climate change. # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Typhoon_Khanun_hits_Russia’s_Far_East_Heavy_rains cause_dam_failure_and_drownings_in_Russia’s_Primorsky_region —_Meduza⠀⇛ Typhoon Khanun brought heavy rains to the Primorsky region, in Russia’s Far East, after it hit Japan and North Korea late last week. Dozens of settlements have been cut off from road access, a number of municipalities have declared states of emergency, and the water in rivers has reached critical levels. According to regional emergency services, on the morning of August 12, 543 private homes, 1,393 household farm plots, and 40 sections of roadway “remained flooded” across 17 municipalities. Problems with communications systems have also arisen in the region. Rescue workers began mass evacuations of residents of affected areas. By the evening of August 12, the regional government counted over 60 settlements impacted by heavy rain and flooding. # ⚓ DeSmog ☛ Montana_Youth_Activists_Win_Historic_Climate Change_Lawsuit⠀⇛ A Montana court ruled in favor of 16 young people who put their state government on trial in June in the first constitutional climate trial in U.S. history. In an order issued Monday, Judge Kathy Seeley in the First Judicial District Court of Montana found that the state had violated youth plaintiffs’ constitutional rights, including the right to a clean and healthful environment, because of Montana’s pro-fossil fuel policies, which require the state to disregard climate change and greenhouse gas emissions in environmental reviews. “As fires rage in the West, fueled by fossil fuel pollution, today’s ruling in Montana is a game- changer that marks a turning point in this generation’s efforts to save the planet from the devastating effects of human-caused climate chaos,” Julia Olson, chief legal counsel and executive director of Our Children’s Trust, a nonprofit law firm that represented the youth plaintiffs, said in a statement. “This is a huge win for Montana, for youth, for democracy, and for our climate. More rulings like this will certainly come.” # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “This_Is_the_Climate_Crisis”:_Michael_Mann on_Maui_Wildfires_&_Why_Disasters_Are_Becoming_Deadlier⠀⇛ We speak with leading climate scientist Michael Mann about the devastating Maui wildfires and how the climate crisis makes such disasters more frequent and more intense. “This is the climate crisis. It’s here and now,” says Mann, director of the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability and the Media at the University of Pennsylvania. Meanwhile, pressure is mounting for President Biden to declare an official climate emergency. # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ “War_Zone”:_Native_Hawaiian_Scholar_Says Colonialism_Set_Stage_for_Destruction_as_Death_Toll_Soars⠀⇛ The death toll from the Maui wildfires is now about 100 and is expected to continue to climb in what is now the deadliest U.S. wildfire in a century and the worst natural disaster in Hawaii’s history. As recovery efforts continue, many residents are asking why Hawaii’s early warning system, with about 80 alarms on the island of Maui alone, did not get activated to alert residents about the approaching flames. We speak with Kaleikoa Kaeo, professor of Hawaiian studies at the University of Hawaii Maui College, who gives a history of colonialism in Maui and how the transformation of the island for mass tourism, such as changes to agriculture and water management practices, helped to turn the area into a tinderbox. “Our people who have lived there since time immemorial are suffering because of the consequences that have been imposed really from outside foreign forces,” says Kaeo. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ The_Ocean_Is_Shattering_Heat_Records._Here’s What_That_Means_for_Fisheries.⠀⇛ Marine heatwaves can “inject a lot of chaos” as they remake ecosystems and cost coastal economies billions. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Vox ☛ The_LED_light_revolution_has_only_just_begun⠀⇛ Beyond mimicking its predecessor, LED technology brings a whole new suite of capabilities and could let us rethink our entire relationship with light. LEDs are inherently dimmable. They can integrate into surfaces directly, turning walls and ceilings into light sources. Their power consumption can still fall further too. But one of the LED’s most important traits is its tunability, in both light and color. Optimizing the shade and scope of light rather than blanket illumination could improve safety, productivity, comfort, and health. We’re only beginning to grasp the possibilities. # ⚓ Scoop News Group ☛ Energy_Department_announces_$112 million_for_fusion_research⠀⇛ The 12 DOE projects will focus on collaborations among fusion scientists, applied mathematicians, and computer scientists to maximize the use of high performance computing, including exascale computers. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Power-Line_Cut_Raises_Alarm_Over_Russian-Held Nuclear_Plant_In_Ukraine,_But_Expert_Says_Little_Has Changed⠀⇛ The fate of the massive nuclear power plant in the crosshairs of Europe’s largest war in decades has made for worrisome headlines since Russia launched its large-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly 18 months ago. As fighting intensifies not far from the plant, fears of a disaster have not abated. On August 10, the main power line delivering electricity to the Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plant was disconnected twice, forcing it to rely on its last remaining off-site power line. # ⚓ Omicron Limited ☛ New_book_describes_how_whaling shaped_U.S._culture_even_after_petroleum_replaced_it⠀⇛ “As people try to decide how to disengage from a fossil fuel-intensive life, looking at that historical moment can teach us how we might adapt,” she said. “We can’t look around and say this is what the world looks like after fossil fuels. We can say what the world looks like without whale oil. There once were generations of people who didn’t think they could live without it. It offers the opportunity to see how things look after something has ended.” # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Russian_authorities_propose_lifting requirement_to_provide_transport_information_in_English —_Meduza⠀⇛ Russia’s Transport Ministry has proposed getting rid of the requirement for transportation information such as bus stop and metro station announcements to be provided in English in addition to Russian. According to a draft order published on the site regulation.gov.ru, the change would affect both “audio and visual” information for passengers. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ The Revelator ☛ Time_to_Dance_the_Salmon_Home⠀⇛ # § Overpopulation⠀➾ # ⚓ Meduza ☛ Water_supply_crisis_in_Dagestan_pushes protesters_to_block_federal_highway⠀⇛ Dagestan’s ongoing utilities crisis saw another major protest on Sunday night. The residents of Karaman-2, a settlement outside of the region’s capital Makhachkala, blocked the federal Makhachkala–Astrakhan highway, trying to draw attention to the dire water- supply situation in the area. According to some participants, their homes had been without running water for the whole summer. Around 200 people took part in the protest according to the local police, halting highway traffic and clashing with the frustrated drivers. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Secureworks_cutting_15%_of_staff,_second_mass_layoff_in months⠀⇛ After laying off around nine per cent of its workforce in February, Secureworks is pulling out the axe again. In a filing to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the cybersecurity company said it plans to reduce its headcount by approximately 15 per cent and “implement certain real estate‑related cost optimization actions.” “[We intend] to rebalance investments cross- functionally in alignment with [our] current strategy and growth opportunities,” the filing reads. # ⚓ More_than_50%_of_workers_open_to_pay_cuts_amid_layoffs, study_reveals⠀⇛ With many companies scaling back their staffing levels this year, a new study found that more than half of employees would be willing to accept a pay cut to avoid losing their jobs. According to a survey conducted by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER), 60 per cent of workers who were recently laid off would have accepted a wage reduction of five per cent. If steeper cuts were necessary, around one-third of respondents claimed that they would have been open to their employer slashing their wages by as much as 25 per cent. # ⚓ Yahoo News ☛ Amazon’s_Leader_on_Alexa,_Echo_and_Other Devices_Plans_to_Leave [Ed: Amazon, 200 billion dollars in debt, must recognise that just having more and more products does not mean having more profits]⠀⇛ Amazon.com Inc. devices chief Dave Limp plans to retire — the latest senior leader to announce his departure from the e-commerce and cloud computing giant. # ⚓ Krebs On Security ☛ Diligere,_Equity-Invest_Are_New_Firms of_U.K._Con_Man⠀⇛ John Clifton Davies, a convicted fraudster estimated to have bilked dozens of technology startups out of more than $30 million through phony investment schemes, has a brand new pair of scam companies that are busy dashing startup dreams: A fake investment firm called Equity-Invest[.]ch, and Diligere[.]co.uk, a scam due diligence company that Equity-Invest insists all investment partners use. o § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ # ⚓ Democracy Now ☛ After_Shocking_Assassination,_Ecuadorian_VP Candidate_Decries_“Clear_Links”_Between_Gov’t_&_Cartels⠀⇛ Ecuador is reeling from the assassination of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio, who was shot dead Wednesday after a campaign rally in the capital Quito less than two weeks before the August 20 general election. Villavicencio was running on a platform opposing corruption and organized crime. Authorities have arrested six Colombian nationals and say they are members of a drug trafficking group, but many questions remain about who was behind the murder. “We see that there are clear links between the current government and these mafia organizations,” says vice-presidential candidate Andrés Arauz, who is running mate to Luisa González of the Citizen Revolution Movement. “We need to take care of our democracy. We are really in a moment of great despair in Ecuador.” Arauz ran for president in 2021 and previously served as director of Ecuador’s central bank and a minister in former leftist President Rafael Correa’s government. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Study:_Finnish_municipalities_should_post_in_English to_maximise_social_media_potential⠀⇛ Albicker’s study looked into the communication and language used by 164 Finnish municipalities on social media platform Twitter, now known as X, and found that posts in English received the most visibility, reactions and retweets. # ⚓ The Register UK ☛ Indian_armed_forces_gives_Windows_its marching_orders,_but_only_for_desktop_warriors⠀⇛ Let’s stick to the practical for starters. We all know what Windows is, what it does, and why it has such a special place in our hearts – Maya OS is new. It is also “developed by government agencies within six months [and] is capable of preventing cyber threats and malware attacks,” according to reports. It’s actually Ubuntu with a Windows-like front end and some extra endpoint security. That doesn’t seem so bad. Although the system is expected to roll out across the many parts of the Ministry of Defence and armed forces, the migration is staged, with each part going through its own evaluation process. Sane so far. If you look at the rolling news of new vulnerabilities and attacks, then yes, Linux on the desktop is far less malware- y than Redmond’s legacy-laden lash-up. If that’s because there are fewer targets to attack with a Linux desktop, it doesn’t make it not true. That’s not the point. # § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ The_Problem_With_Fox_News_Goes_Way, Way_Back⠀⇛ The cable-news industry that Americans know today is a cautionary tale in what happens when democracy collides with consumerism. For years, CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News raked in profits while amplifying partisan rancor in varying ways. Starting in 2015, CNN pumped its ratings by playing up Donald Trump, whose presidency then buoyed all three cable-news giants. But now CNN is in turmoil after a recent change of ownership and the departure of its president, Chris Licht, after 15 months. After the 2020 election, Fox News amplified false claims about voting irregularities rather than offend its disproportionately pro-Trump audience—and subsequently settled a defamation suit by Dominion Voting Systems for more than $700 million. These cable-news networks have long relied on receiving fees from cable companies for each basic-cable subscriber. Now the networks need to replace that income with subscription dollars as more and more Americans cut the cord, and the scramble for money does not bode well for investment in deep, factual reporting about the United States and the rest of the world. # ⚓ US News And World Report ☛ Algeria_Bans_‘Barbie’ Movie,_Media_and_Official_Source_Say⠀⇛ Algeria has banned the movie “Barbie,” which had been showing at some cinemas in the country for several weeks, an official source and the local 24H Algerie news site said on Monday. o § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Wisconsin_Pushing_Bill_That_Requires_Websites_To Treat_All_Users_As_If_They’re_Children⠀⇛ I’ve talked before about the utter stupidity (and danger) of trying to turn the internet into Disneyland: a safe space for little kids, where they’ll never encounter any content that makes them upset, but plenty of states (and many people in Congress) are trying to do it anyway. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Book_Banners_and_I_Have_One_Thing_in Common⠀⇛ I was as opposed to that war at the age of 17 as I am at age 70. But there’s something I failed to see in my youth that I recognize today: the one piece of common ground between the book banners and me. We both believe that books matter, that they have the power to change a young person’s life. Like it or not, we belong to the same minority, the minority of those who believe in the power of literature in a post-literate age. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Cornell_Free_Speech_Alliance_Launches⠀⇛ Although motivated by the specific situation at Cornell, the policy recommendations are not specific to that university. The report makes for useful reading and lays out a valuable agenda for faculty across the country. # ⚓ Cornell Free Speech Alliance ☛ Lifting_The_Fog_:_Restoring Academic_Freedom_&_Free_Expression_At_Cornell_University⠀⇛ These principles are especially crucial today when the prevailing culture tends to focus on free speech as a right pertaining only to those topics NOT in dispute and congratulating itself as a free speech champion when everyone agrees, and when speakers dutifully repeat the established viewpoint as bestowed by the university and suppress those views that are contrary to it, oftentimes under the heading of misinformation or hate speech. Thus, not all speech on all issues is suppressed, only that which is most needed: speech that challenges the established viewpoint. Such an approach of speech suppression is not new, but rather seems to raise its censorious head in every generation forcing each new generation to say, “not on my watch.” o § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ Kansas_Cops_Raid_Small_Town_Newspaper_In Extremely_Questionable_‘Criminal_Investigation’⠀⇛ The free press is supposed to be free. That’s what the First Amendment means. Journalists have a long- acknowledged, supported-by-decades-of-precedent right to publish information that may make the government uncomfortable. # ⚓ The Dissenter ☛ About_This_Talk_Of_A_Possible_Plea_Deal_For Assange⠀⇛ # ⚓ Kansas Reflector ☛ Powerful_voices_speak_up_for_Kansas paper_after_shocking_raid._Meanwhile,_where’s_the affidavit?⠀⇛ Another day, another avalanche of news from the flabbergasting raid on the Marion County Record. If you’re just getting up to speed this morning, law enforcement officials converged on a newspaper in this small community on Friday and carted off computers and cellphones. Such raids should not — and mostly do not — happen in the United States. For one thing, they’re almost always illegal. For another, they strike at our fundamental First Amendment rights. Kansas Reflector’s first story covers most of the basics. We added follow-ups on Saturday and Sunday. Here’s a roundup of other news, commentary and questions about the raid. # ⚓ CPJ ☛ Two_years_into_Taliban_rule,_media_repression_worsens in_Afghanistan⠀⇛ Two years later, the Taliban not only has reneged on that pledge [sic[, but intensified its crackdown on what was once a vibrant media landscape in Afghanistan. Here is a look of what happened to Afghan media and journalists since the 2021 takeover: [...] # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Media_groups_demand_release_of_journalists_held_by Taliban,_condemn_suppression_of_press_freedom⠀⇛ On Thursday, Haseeb Hassas, a correspondent employed by Salam Watandar radio stationed in the northern province of Kunduz, was taken into custody. Simultaneously, Faqir Mohammad Faqirzai and Jan Agha Saleh, who were affiliated with Kalid Radio, an autonomous broadcasting entity, were similarly detained by Taliban security personnel in Jalalabad, the prominent city of the eastern Nangarhar Province. Operatives of the Taliban’s spy agency, the Islamic Emirate General Directorate of Intelligence detained Faqirzai, Saleh, and Hassas on allegations of contributing to exiled media outlets. However, the authorities have refrained from issuing an official statement on this matter. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Kansas_Paper_Warns_Police_Not_to_Review Information_on_Seized_Devices⠀⇛ Search and seizure of the tools to produce journalism are rare, and the editor of the paper, Eric Meyer, said that the newspaper did nothing wrong. First Amendment experts, press freedom advocates and dozens of news organizations have condemned the raid. The Society of Professional Journalists said on Monday that it would cover up to $20,000 in legal fees for The Marion County Record. Mr. Rhodes said in the letter to the police chief that the devices seized contained information from and the identities of confidential sources, which was protected by federal and state laws. Mr. Rhodes demanded that the department not review information on the devices until a court hearing was scheduled. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Owner_of_Kansas_Newspaper_Dies_Amid_‘Shock_and Grief’_After_Police_Raid⠀⇛ On Friday, city and county police raided the Record’s office, “forcing staff members to stay outside the office for hours during a heat advisory” and disallowing them from making any phone calls, the paper reported. They seized the newspaper’s file server as well as “personal cell phones and computers” and “other equipment unrelated to the scope of their search.” # ⚓ CPJ ☛ Masked_men_threaten_to_kidnap_journalist_Sahiana Maman_Hassan_in_Niger⠀⇛ On July 28, 2023, three masked men in a pickup truck threatened to kidnap Sahiana Maman Hassan, editor of the news magazine Le Témoin de l’Histoire, in Niamey, Niger’s capital, according to the journalist and Ibrahim Harouna, president of the Press House, a local media association, who both spoke to CPJ via messaging app. Hassane, also known as Soufiane Hassane, said he suspected the men targeted him because his media outlet had supported President Mohamed Bazoum, who was ousted in a coup on July 26. Bazoum’s 2021 election marked Niger’s first peaceful, democratic transition since independence from France in 1960. o § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ # ⚓ El País ☛ The_Taliban_are_entrenched_in_Afghanistan_after two_years_of_rule._Women_and_girls_pay_the_price⠀⇛ But it’s their slew of bans on Afghan girls and women that dominated the Taliban’s second year in charge. They barred them from parks, gyms, universities, and jobs at nongovernmental groups and the United Nations – all in the space of a few months – allegedly because they weren’t wearing proper hijab — the Islamic head covering — or violated gender segregation rules. These orders followed a previous ban, issued in the first year of Taliban rule, on girls going to school beyond sixth grade. Here is a closer look at Taliban rule and where they are headed. # ⚓ Spiegel ☛ Young_Women_in_Afghanistan_on_the_Taliban:_“Your Arrival_Transformed_My_Dreams_into_Nightmares”⠀⇛ Through email and video interviews, they spoke with DER SPIEGEL about what has become of their lives in the two years since the country’s new rulers have pushed women out of public life. They speak of the end of their dreams, depression, economic struggle, disappointment with the West and their fury with the Taliban. And they also write about what the West and the security forces of the toppled republic were unable to provide, but the Taliban can: Security. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Draconian_Decrees:_The_Taliban’s_Restrictions_In Afghanistan⠀⇛ But two years since it overran the country and ousted the Western-backed Afghan government, the hard-line Islamists have failed to live up to their promises [sic] and have instead severely curbed women’s freedoms, waged a brutal crackdown on dissent, and reintroduced their brutal form of justice. The Taliban’s theocratic government has imposed restrictions on every aspect of life in Afghanistan, including people’s appearances, freedom of movement, right to work or study, and access to entertainment. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Cops_Invented_a_Reason_To_Cite_Man_Who_Flipped Them_Off⠀⇛ A Delaware man was ticketed after he flipped off local police—and newly released body camera footage appears to show that officers knew the citation was unlawful but decided to punish him anyway. # ⚓ EFF ☛ Jordan’s_King_Should_Reject_the_Country’s_Draft Cybercrime_Law⠀⇛ The law has been issued hastily and without sufficient examination of its legal aspects, social implications, and its impact on human rights. More specifically, it imposes penalties of imprisonment and hefty fines for vague and unspecified crimes such as ‘character assassination,’ ‘spreading false news,’ and ‘blasphemy.’  The draft cybercrime law also grants unrestricted authority to the public prosecutor and the executive authority to block social media platforms and issue orders to control their content without the need for a judicial decision—limiting access to specific platforms in Jordan. Additionally, the law imposes restrictions on encryption and anonymity in digital communications, preventing individuals from safeguarding their right to freedom of opinion and expression and their right to privacy. We urge the King of Jordan to reject the 2023 Cybercrime Law until there is sufficient consultation on its provisions with individuals, civil society, and political parties to ensure its compliance with human rights and address the existing shortcomings. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ Chris_Hedges:_Robert_F._Kennedy_Jr._–_The Israel_Lobby’s_Useful_Idiot⠀⇛ The long nightmare of oppression of Palestinians is not a tangential issue. # ⚓ Scheerpost ☛ How_Palestinians_Started_Smuggling_Their_Sperm Out_of_Israeli_Prisons⠀⇛ An entire generation of Palestinian children has been born through sperm smuggled by Palestinian prisoners behind bars. Israel refuses to recognize these children. # ⚓ Common Dreams ☛ To_Stand_Out_and_Be_Us:_We_Are_Done_Dying In_Silence⠀⇛ Amidst an ugly rise in anti-LGBTQ hate – note to right-wing bigots who missed the memo: words matter – hundreds of New Yorkers have turned out to honor O’Shae Sibley, a black queer dancer stabbed to death by a white teenager as he and his friends were joyfully dancing to Beyoncé at a Brooklyn gas station. Asserting “the power of community” and their right to exist – and dance – allies insist, “No one should have to live in fear of violent attacks (for) being themselves.” # ⚓ The Nation ☛ The_Indigenous_Roots_of_Robbie_Robertson’s Rock_and_Roll_Revolution⠀⇛ In 1960, when he was only 16 years old, Robbie Robertson had to lie to the border guard when he made the most important journey of his life, which took him from his native Toronto, Canada to Fayetteville, Ark. Robertson was heading south on the invitation of the swashbuckling rockabilly singer Ronnie Hawkins, who was looking for a new guitarist or bassist to join his backup band, the Hawks. Robertson couldn’t tell American immigration that he was entering the United States looking for a job, so the teen rocker said he was going to visit his brother in Arkansas. Robertson was an only child. # ⚓ The Nation ☛ NIH_Fellows_Win_Recognition_as_Workers_With the_Right_to_Join_a_Union⠀⇛ On Wednesday, August 9, nearly 5,000 fellows at the National Institutes of Health were informed that the agency has accepted their petition to hold an election to affiliate with the United Auto Workers (UAW). o § Monopolies⠀➾ # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ The_Enshittification_Of_Streaming_Accelerates With_Price_Hikes,_More_Password_Sharing_Crackdowns⠀⇛ If you hadn’t noticed, it’s not just good enough for a publicly traded company to provide an excellent, affordable product that people like. Wall Street demands improved quarterly returns at any cost, which, sooner or later, causes any successful company to begin cannibalizing itself to feed the “growth for growth’s sake” gods. Mergers, price hikes, offshored labor, whatever it takes. # § Copyrights⠀➾ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ The_Dream_Was_Universal_Access_to Knowledge._The_Result_Was_a_Fiasco.⠀⇛ In the middle of this mess are writers, whose job is to produce the books that contain much of the world’s best information. Despite that central role, they are largely powerless — a familiar position for most writers. Emotions are running high. Six thousand writers signed a petition supporting the lawsuit, and a thousand names are on a petition denouncing it. The Romance Writers of America and the Western Writers of America joined a brief in favor of the publishers, while Authors Alliance, a group of 2,300 academics whose mission is to serve the public good by widely sharing their creations, submitted a brief for the archive. # ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ The_Internet_Archive_Faces_$400 Million+_Major_Label_Infringement_Suit_Over_the ‘Wholesale_Theft_of_Generations_of_Music’⠀⇛ Universal Music, Sony Music, and others are officially suing the Internet Archive for allegedly infringing upon a substantial number of works via its “Great 78 Project.” The mentioned major labels (as well as Universal’s Capitol Records and Sony’s Arista Music), Concord Bicycle Assets, and CMGI Recorded Music Assets only recently submitted the more than 50-page copyright infringement action to a New York federal court. Besides the non-profit Internet Archive, the rightsholder plaintiffs named as defendants Internet Archive founder and chief executive Brewster Kahle, the Kahle/Austin Foundation (allegedly Kahle’s “preferred vehicle for funding his favored projects”), and audio engineer George Blood as well as his namesake company. # ⚓ Techdirt ☛ RIAA_Piles_On_In_The_Effort_To_Kill_The World’s_Greatest_Library:_Sues_Internet_Archive_For Making_It_Possible_To_Hear_Old_78s⠀⇛ On Friday, the Internet Archive put up a blog post noting that its digital book lending program was likely to change as it continues to fight the book publishers’ efforts to kill the Internet Archive. As you’ll recall, all the big book publishers teamed up to sue the Internet Archive over its Open Library project, which was created based on a detailed approach, backed by librarians and copyright lawyers, to recreate an online digital library that matches a physical library. Unfortunately, back in March, the judge decided (just days after oral arguments) that everything about the Open Library infringes on copyrights. There were many, many problems with this ruling, and the Archive is appealing. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ BREIN_Wraps_Up_IPTV_Piracy_Battle_by Seizing_.EU_Domain_Names⠀⇛ BREIN is systematically taking down pirate IPTV services, especially those that cater to Dutch consumers. The anti-piracy group recently closed the books on a multi-year case against the once-largest IPTV service in the Netherlands. While the matter had a successful outcome, it took multiple trips to court to wrap things up neatly. # ⚓ Torrent Freak ☛ Lux_Vide_Wins_$1.86m_Judgment_Against Operator_of_File-Hosting_Site_EasyBytez⠀⇛ After a four-year legal process that began before the coronavirus pandemic, Italian film production company Lux Vide has emerged with a $1.86m judgment against the operator of file-hosting platform Easybytez. A Michigan district court found Sven Hansche liable for 748 violations of copyright law and was guided on damages awarded in lawsuits against IPTV providers Nitro TV and Area 51. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 3271 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.15.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Leftover_Links_15/08/2023:_Chinese_Sanctions,_OpenAI_Bankrupcy_Expected_by 2024⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 6:28 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * Leftovers * Monopolies o Patents o Trademarks o Copyrights * § Leftovers⠀➾ o ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ Memories_of_Lotus_Organizer⠀⇛ The transition of this blog into a FreeBSD and retrocomputing site was mostly an accident! But in keeping with this theme, I’ve decided to start a new series dedicated to showcasing some of my favourite software from the past. I still think there’s a lot we can learn from these tools. o ⚓ Axios ☛ Early_holiday_shopping_has_arrived_for_avid_Christmas decorators⠀⇛ Be prepared to find Christmas decor near the school supplies this year: The holiday shopping season is creeping earlier and earlier. Why it matters:The traditional holiday shopping season ended with COVID, which pushed more deals online and caused retailers to spread out demand. o § Science⠀➾ # ⚓ Google_Doodle_pays_tribute_to_Turkey’s_first_woman astronomer_on_her_birthday⠀⇛ Born on August 14, 1910, Prof. Nüzhet Gökdoğan was one of the country’s first woman scientists. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Did_China_publish_more_research_in_top_scientific journals_than_US_in_2022?⠀⇛ Verdict: Partly true # ⚓ RFA ☛ Laos’_top_university_to_offer_master’s_degree_in Chinese_language_teaching⠀⇛ China’s increasing investment in Laos in recent years has led to a Mandarin learning boom. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Missing_Laos-based_activist_Qiao_Xinxin_resurfaces_in a_Chinese_detention_center⠀⇛ Qiao’s repatriation highlights the Chinese Communist Party’s ‘long-arm’ cross-border law enforcement operations. o § Education⠀➾ # ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ SCOTUS_shutdown_of_Biden’s_student_loan forgiveness_plan_shows_Supreme_Court_does_not_prioritize education⠀⇛ The Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan is often framed as a question of presidential powers and what a president’s authority truly entails. # ⚓ The Kent Stater ☛ The_true_nature_of_the_court’s_strike down_of_Affirmative_Action⠀⇛ With every new decision of the Supreme Court, the idea of the institution not being impartial, along with it going against the voice of the people, is cemented deeper and deeper. o § Hardware⠀➾ # ⚓ Ruben Schade ☛ The_ASUS_Media_Bus⠀⇛ Remember my letter-salad post talking about the various PC hardware bus interfaces between ISA and PCI? Between_ISA_and_PCI,_PCs_had_EISA_and_VLB I’m surprised I didn’t make a comment about TLAs and ETLAs there; ETLAs being extended three-letter abbreviations. Technically they’re only acronyms if you pronounce them as words, like laser or COVID. Otherwise, they’re initialisms. TL;DR, etc. # ⚓ CNX Software ☛ [Repeat]_ALFA_Network_HaLow-U_–_An_802.11ah WiFi_HaLow_USB_adapter_supporting_AP_and_STA_mode⠀⇛ ALFA Network HaLow-U is an 802.11ah WiFi HaLow USB adapter based on the Newracom NRC7292 chipset and NXP i.MX 6 processor that works both in access point (AP) and client (STA) modes. It delivers long-range WiFi up to one kilometer in the 900 MHz frequency ISM bands and is mostly useful for IP cameras and high-end sensors. The ecosystem around WiFi HaLow (802.11ah) is expanding slowly, but surely, and we previously covered a mini PCIe card, a WiFi HaLow development board, and a gateway kit to extend the range of IP cameras, and also ALFA Network’s AHPI7292S Raspberry Pi HAT that found its way into RAKWireless WisGate Connect gateway. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Intel_CEO_Says_It_Should_Get_More_CHIPS Act_Money_Than_TSMC,_Samsung⠀⇛ Intel should get the biggest slice of CHIPS Act funding as it conducts its R&D in the US, reckons CEO Pat Gelsinger. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ India_ranks_second_among_countries_making_mobile phones:_Counterpoint⠀⇛ In a_statement, the firm said the growth had been achieved under initiatives pushed by the current government which has been in power since 2014. The rate of growth has put India second in the ranks of countries where mobiles are made, the first being China. o § Health/Nutrition/Agriculture⠀➾ # ⚓ YLE ☛ Study:_More_nurses_thought_about_quitting_profession after_Covid⠀⇛ Around 16 percent of Finland’s nurses considered a change of profession during the coronavirus pandemic, a recent university study shows. # ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ Treasury_seeks_greater_data_sharing in_interagency_plan_to_curb_improper_payments⠀⇛ Agencies saw a governmentwide decrease in improper payments last year, after a surge of them at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. # ⚓ RFA ☛ China’s_medical_sector_faces_unprecedented_anti- corruption_crackdown⠀⇛ Nationwide probe is expected to go on for one year and may extend back to offenses committed over 20- years. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Finnish_health_authorities_plan_to_inspect_all_fur farms_for_bird_flu_infections⠀⇛ The inspection of over 400 fur farms will begin next month. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Drinking_Water_Is_Easy⠀⇛ Just add stuff to it. # ⚓ MIT Technology Review ☛ China_is_escalating_its_war_on kids’_screen_time⠀⇛ This story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology developments in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. Two years ago, parents around the world likely looked at China with a bit of jealousy: the country had instituted a strict three-hour-per-week limit for children playing video games. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Malaysia_blocks_live_cattle_imports from_Australia_after_skin_disease_scare⠀⇛ This comes after Indonesia paused some imports when lumpy skin disease was detected in some cattle. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Korea_activists_protest_Japan_plans_to_dump radioactive_water_into_Pacific⠀⇛ Hundreds of South Korean activists gathered on Saturday in Seoul, South Korea, in public protest following reports earlier this week that Japan will begin releasing radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ South_Koreans_Protest_Against_Fukushima_Nuclear Water_Release⠀⇛ On Friday, Tokyo Electric Power Company found leaks in a hose used at the Fukushima nuclear power plant to transfer nuclear-contaminated wastewater. o § Pseudo-Open Source⠀➾ # § Openwashing⠀➾ # ⚓ WinBuzzer ☛ Microsoft_SQL_Server_2022_Now_Available in_Preview_for_RHEL_9_and_Ubuntu_22.04_Linux Distributions [Ed: Microsoft propaganda sites still spreading the "Microsoft loves Linux" lies when SQL Server was never really ported to GNU/Linux, it's just some shoddy proprietary software running on Drawbridge]⠀⇛ # ⚓ TechRepublic ☛ At_Black_Hat,_Splunk,_AWS,_IBM Security_and_Others_Launch_Open_Source_Cybersecurity Framework [Ed: But those are proprietary software companies]⠀⇛ With security schema, Splunk and collaborators aim to transform alert telemetry from cacophony to chorus with one taxonomy across vendors and tools. o § Security⠀➾ # ⚓ Trail Of Bits ☛ Can_you_pass_the_Rekt_test?⠀⇛ One of the biggest challenges for blockchain developers is objectively assessing their security posture and measuring how it progresses. To address this issue, a working group of Web3 security experts, led by Trail of Bits CEO Dan Guido, met earlier this year to create a simple test for profiling the security of blockchain teams. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ US_Cyber_Safety_Board_to_Review_Cloud Attacks⠀⇛ The US government’s CSRB will conduct a review of cloud security to provide recommendations on improving identity management and authentication. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Power_Management_Product_Flaws_Can_Expose Data_Centers_to_Damaging_Attacks,_Spying⠀⇛ Vulnerabilities in CyberPower and Dataprobe power management products could be exploited in data center attacks, including to cause damage and for spying. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ Steam_Deck_Gets_Belated_Zenbleed_Patch_For AMD’s_Vulnerability⠀⇛ The Linux community patched Zenbleed for all AMD Ryzen processors with Zen 2 cores last month, but the Steam Deck and its custom Zen 2 SoC were forgotten until this weekend. # ⚓ Tom’s Hardware ☛ AMD_Zen_1_Vulnerability_Not_Properly Fixed,_Second_Pass_Issued⠀⇛ AMD Linux security engineer Borislav Petkov issued a new patch towards fixing the Zen 1-exclusive “Divide by zero” bug, showcasing both the willingness to revisit “explored” issues and the difficulty in security mitigation. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Hackers_explore_ways_to_misuse_AI_in_major_security test⠀⇛ Generative AI’s_security_vulnerabilities — and how we get ahead of them — are about to become the tech and policy world’s top priorities after this past weekend’s largest security test of large language models revealed just how diverse the problems already are. # ⚓ Forbes ☛ CrowdStrike:_Microsoft_Is_Failing_At_Security [Ed: This is a Microsoft-connected firm run also by "former" Microsoft staff, so this is a big deal]⠀⇛ In the wake of recent vulnerabilities and high- profile attacks, there is growing concern regarding vulnerabilities present in Microsoft’s software and increasing intensity focused on the question of Microsoft’s culpability. # ⚓ LinuxSecurity ☛ Preventing_Linux_DDoS_Attacks_with_Minimal Cybersecurity_Knowledge⠀⇛ Since the beginning of the modern internet, distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks have been a scourge. The first known example of a major DDoS attack happened in 1996 when prominent New York commercial internet provider Panix suffered an attack that knocked its servers offline for several days. In the years since then, the size and scope of DDoS attacks have grown, alongside a significant increase in their frequency. # ⚓ Bruce Schneier ☛ China_[Cracked]_Japan’s_Military Networks⠀⇛ The NSA discovered the intrusion in 2020—we don’t know how—and alerted the Japanese. The Washington Post has the story: The hackers had deep, persistent access and appeared to be after anything they could get their hands on—plans, capabilities, assessments of military shortcomings, according to three former senior U.S. officials, who were among a dozen current and former U.S. and Japanese officials interviewed, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the matter’s sensitivity. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ US_Shuts_Down_Bulletproof_Hosting_Service LolekHosted,_Charges_Its_Polish_Operator⠀⇛ US authorities have announced charges against a Polish national who allegedly operated the LolekHosted.net bulletproof hosting service. # ⚓ Pen Test Partners ☛ Scorpion_CBS_show._Plane_hack⠀⇛ Having got on a bit of a roll with dismantling plane hacking in the media with the MH370 documentary critique… # ⚓ Pen Test Partners ☛ Die_Hard_2._Or_how_not_to_hack airplanes⠀⇛ How could I criticise possibly the best action movie series of all time? Well, it’s to help dispel myths about hacking planes. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Ford_Says_Wi-Fi_Vulnerability_Not_a_Safety Risk_to_Vehicles⠀⇛ Ford says a critical vulnerability in the TI Wi-Fi driver of the SYNC 3 infotainment system on certain vehicle models does not pose a safety risk. # ⚓ Security Week ☛ Iagona_ScrutisWeb_Vulnerabilities_Could Expose_ATMs_to_Remote_Hacking⠀⇛ Several vulnerabilities discovered in Iagona ScrutisWeb ATM fleet monitoring software could be exploited to remotely hack ATMs. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Cybersecurity_provider_Secureworks_to_let go_15%_of_its_workforce⠀⇛ Secureworks Inc. is laying off 15% of its workforce in a bid to improve profitability and redirect more resources to its flagship cybersecurity product suite. The company disclosed the move in a regulatory filing released today. # ⚓ Silicon Angle ☛ Mitigating_the_latest_processor_attacks will_be_a_chore_on_many_levels⠀⇛ The names Downfall, Inception, Meltdown and Spectre might evoke the names of Bond villains, but they describe something almost as insidious: They are all central processing unit-based security vulnerabilities that have been uncovered in the past several years. # ⚓ The Strategist ☛ Getting_regulation_right_to_improve Australia’s_cybersecurity⠀⇛ Poor cybersecurity is a risk to the interconnected digital systems on which we all increasingly rely, while improved security is an opportunity to build trust and advantage by enabling further digital transformation. # ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Monti_ransomware_targets_VMware_ESXi servers_with_new_Linux_locker⠀⇛ In September 2022, an Intel471 report highlighted the increased likelihood of Monti being a rebrand of Conti based on their identical initial network access methods. # ⚓ LWN ☛ Security_updates_for_Tuesday⠀⇛ Security updates have been issued by Debian (samba), Red Hat (.NET 6.0, .NET 7.0, rh-dotnet60- dotnet, rust, rust-toolset-1.66-rust, and rust- toolset:rhel8), and SUSE (kernel and opensuse- welcome). # ⚓ 134K_Massachusetts_residents_impacted_by_‘global_security incident’ [Ed: Microsoft Windows TCO]⠀⇛ Massachusetts health officials are warning over 134,000 individuals who are currently or were previously enrolled in certain state programs that their personal information has been involved in a recent third-party data security breach. The breach is part of a worldwide incident that involves a file-transfer software program called “MOVEit.” UMass Chan Medical School first became aware of the vulnerability in MOVEit on June 1. On July 27, UMass Chan discovered that some of the files contained information belonging to individuals who received services from the Executive Office of Health and Human Services. This includes programs such as MassHealth, the State Supplement Program, Family Resource Centers, the Executive Office of Elder Affairs, and Aging Services Access Points. The affected individuals are a subset of current or recent participants in these programs. # ⚓ Hackers_may_have_stolen_SSNs,_other_info_from_Coastal Orthopedics⠀⇛ Sensitive information — including Social Security numbers, birthdays and addresses — for current and former patients at Coastal Orthopedics may have been compromised after an attacker hacked into the company’s system. The company detected suspicious activity on its network around June 11, prompting an investigation, according to a press release. Although the investigation is ongoing, Coastal Orthopedics determined that “certain files and folders within the network were taken without authorization.” # ⚓ Data Breaches ☛ Prince_George’s_County_Public_Schools responding_to_cyberattack⠀⇛ Fox5 in D.C. reports Prince George’s County Public Schools revealed Monday its network experienced a cyber attack. [...] As of yesterday, then, there was no mention of whether this might be a ransomware incident or if there has been any ransom demand received. # ⚓ PGCPS_network_hit_by_cyber_attack:_4,500_accounts affected⠀⇛ Prince George’s County Public Schools revealed Monday its network experienced a cyber attack. The school district says an estimated 4,500 user accounts were impacted out of 180,000. # ⚓ Bleeping Computer ☛ Discord.io_confirms_breach_after_hacker steals_data_of_760K_users⠀⇛ The Discord.io custom invite service has temporarily shut down after suffering a data breach exposing the information of 760,000 members. Discord.io is not an official Discord site but a third-party service allowing server owners to create custom invites to their channels. Most of the community was built around the service’s Discord server, with over 14,000 members. Yesterday, a person known as ‘Akhirah’ began offering the Discord.io database for sale on the new Breached hacking forums. As proof of the theft, the threat actor shared four user records from the database. # ⚓ Three_managers_picked_up;_2_others_invited_for_breaching Ghana_data_protection_law⠀⇛ Three managers were arrested on Monday by the Data Protection Commission (DPC) and the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service for breaching the Data Protection Act, 2012 (Act 843). The three institutions are Hisense, an electronic goods dealership, Marwako Fast Foods and Agyabeng Akrasi and Co Limited, a law firm. Two others – Quick Credit and Investment Micro- Credit and Bemuah Royal Hospital, were asked to report to the CID by Tuesday morning at the latest for further interrogation. # ⚓ Press_notice_regarding_data_breach_at_Norfolk_and_Suffolk police⠀⇛ Norfolk and Suffolk constabularies have identified an issue relating to a very small percentage of responses to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests for crime statistics, issued between April 2021 and March 2022. A technical issue has led to some raw data belonging to the constabularies being included within the files produced in response to the FOI requests in question. The data was hidden from anyone opening the files, but it should not have been included. # ⚓ United_Bank_Notifies_Individuals_of_MOVEit_Breach_Involving Camden-Clark_Physician_Corporation_and_Camden-Clark_Memorial Hospital_Corporation⠀⇛ United Bank, a financial services institution which provides banking services to Camden-Clark Physician Corporation, a physicians’ group practice located in Parkersburg, W.V. and Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital Corporation (collectively “Camden-Clark”), suffered a data security incident. This data security incident involved the compromise of a software product called MOVEit that is used by thousands of organizations around the world to transfer electronic data files. # § Privacy/Surveillance⠀➾ # ⚓ Atlantic Council ☛ Protecting_point-to-point messaging_apps:_Understanding_Telegram,_WeChat,_and WhatsApp_in_the_United_States⠀⇛ A year-long project on protecting users’ data and privacy that analyzes the growing use of point-to-point messaging platforms in the United States and the implications their design and governing policies have for user privacy and free speech. o § Defence/Aggression⠀➾ # ⚓ RFA ☛ China_slams_US_tech_restrictions⠀⇛ But is so far holding back on any immediate retaliatory moves such as restricting key technology exports. # ⚓ IT Wire ☛ US_spies_claimed_to_be_messing_with_China earthquake_data⠀⇛ Prior to these reports, only twice has a Chinese research team publicly released details about malware emanating from American spy agencies; one instance was when 360 Core Security (Qihoo Security) named former CIA employee Joshua Adam Schulte as being the person who leaked material to WikiLeaks which the latter published under the name Vault 7. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Chinese_spying,_infiltration_‘notable’_security threat_to_New_Zealand:_Report⠀⇛ Secret service report heralds a more mature approach to bilateral ties with China, expert says. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ As_gangs_overwhelm_Haiti,_rights_group_urges world_to_send_help_‘now’⠀⇛ Human Rights Watch’s call to intervene to end spiraling violence by gangs in Haiti comes as the country awaits a response from the U.N. Security Council to its request for an international armed force to step in. # ⚓ 30_years_on:_The_Digor_Massacre⠀⇛ During the intense conflict in the country’s Kurdish regions in the 1990s, villagers in Kars who protested against the practices of the security forces were confronted with gunfire, leading to the loss of 17 lives, including children. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Fast_Living_and_Foreign_Dealings:_An F.B.I._Spy_Hunter’s_Rise_and_Fall⠀⇛ Charles McGonigal had a family, a house in the suburbs and an influential job as a counterintelligence leader in New York. Federal prosecutors suggest it wasn’t enough for him. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Biden_to_broker_new_crisis_hotline_with_Japan, South_Korea⠀⇛ President Biden will host Japan‘s prime minister and South_Korea‘s president this week for his first-ever leaders summit at Camp David, with plans to announce joint military exercises — and a possible new crisis hotline between the three allies. # ⚓ RFA ☛ In_NY,_Taiwan’s_deputy_leader_vows_no_retreat⠀⇛ Amid protests from Beijing, State Department official says there’s no need to ‘over torque’ the US visit. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Taiwan_presidential_front_runner William_Lai_says_no_plans_to_change_island’s_formal_name⠀⇛ He reiterated that Taiwan is “not subordinate” to China. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Lai_Ching-te_of_Taiwan’s_Visit_to_U.S. Will_Be_Closely_Watched⠀⇛ An outspoken critic of Beijing, Lai Ching-te aims to reassure voters and Washington that he will be a safe pair of hands if elected. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Taiwan_deputy_leader’s_trip_tests_US-China_thaw⠀⇛ Lai Ching-te, a frontrunner in January’s Taiwanese presidential election, arrives in New York on Saturday. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ China’s_Military,_‘Chasing_the_Dream,’ Probes_Taiwan’s_Defenses⠀⇛ Day by day, the People’s Liberation Army is turning up the pressure, deploying an ever-wider array of planes and ships. # ⚓ France24 ☛ China vows_‘forceful’_response_over_Taiwan_VP’s USA_visit⠀⇛ China on Sunday vowed “resolute and forceful measures” over a weekend trip by Taiwan Vice President William Lai to the United States it said it was closely monitoring. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Taiwan_will_not_back_down_amid_China_threat,_VP says_on_US_visit⠀⇛ Taiwan will not be afraid nor back down in the face of authoritarian threats, the island’s vice president told supporters on a US visit that Beijing has condemned, while reiterating a willingness to talk to China. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Taiwan_will_not_back_down_to_threats, V-P_William_Lai_says_on_US_trip⠀⇛ He has also reiterated a willingness to talk to China. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ As_Taiwan_Vice_President_William_Lai makes_brief_US_visit,_China_vows_strong_response⠀⇛ China on Sunday vowed “resolute and forceful measures” over a weekend trip by Taiwan Vice President William Lai to the United States it said it was closely monitoring. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Activist_Qiao_Xinxin_arrested_for_subversion_in_China after_Laos_‘disappearance’⠀⇛ A group calls on Laos to give details of repatriation of detained lawyer Lu Siwei, who may face the same fate. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ US_Indo-Pacific_Strategy_Sparks_Concerns_of Confrontation⠀⇛ Washington is trying to instill a doctrine in its allies to jointly assume that China is a threat to the region. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ North_Korea’s_Kim_Jong_Un_orders boosting_missile_production_to_prepare_for_war⠀⇛ He gave the order as he visited key munitions factories on Friday and Saturday. # ⚓ France24 ☛ Kim_Jong_Un_calls_for_North_Korea_to_boost missile_production⠀⇛ North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for a “drastic boost” in missile production during visits to key weapons factories, state media said Monday, as South Korea and the United States prepared for joint drills next week. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ North_Korea_developing_nuclear_weapons, evading_sanctions_in_2023:_UN_report⠀⇛ N. Korean hackers reportedly continued to successfully target financial exchanges globally. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ North_Korea’s_Kim_Jong_Un_dismisses_top general,_calls_for_war_preparations⠀⇛ Mr Kim also visited weapons factories where he called for more weapons to be built. # ⚓ France24 ☛ North_Korean_leader_Kim_dismisses_top_general, calls_for_war_preparations⠀⇛ North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dismissed his top general and called for stepping up war preparations “in an offensive way”, including boosting weapons production and conducting more drills, state media reported Thursday. # § Russia and War in Ukraine⠀➾ # ⚓ France24 ☛ 🔴_Live:_At_least_12_killed_in_explosion_at gas_station_in_Dagestan_in_Russia⠀⇛ At least 12 people were killed and dozens injured in an explosion and fire at a petrol station in Russia’s Caucasus republic of Dagestan, the emergency situations ministry said Tuesday. “More than 60 people were injured in the fire in Makhachkala, and 12 of them died,” the ministry wrote on Telegram. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Romania,_a_NATO_neighbor_of_Ukraine, lies_all_too_close_to_Russia’s_strikes_on_Danube ports.⠀⇛ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia_is_replicating_Iranian_drones and_using_them_to_attack_Ukraine.⠀⇛ # ⚓ New York Times ☛ For_Ukraine,_Many_Antiwar_Activists in_the_U.S._Make_an_Exception⠀⇛ Several reasons might explain the differing response, including the fact that no American troops have been committed to the fight. # ⚓ New Yorker ☛ The_Ukrainians_Forced_to_Flee_to Russia⠀⇛ Some are brought against their will. Others are encouraged in subtler ways. But the over- all efforts seem aimed at the erasure of the Ukrainian people. # ⚓ teleSUR ☛ Russia_Denounces_Ukrainian_Drone_Attack_on Belgorod⠀⇛ On Sunday, Russia also reported the downing of Ukrainian unmanned aerial vehicles in Kursk. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russian_Forces_Board_Civilian_Ship in_Black_Sea⠀⇛ The Russian defense ministry confirmed that it had intercepted a commercial vessel, an escalation that Russia had promised would happen after backing out of a trade deal with Ukraine. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Leading_Ukrainian_Diplomat_Drowns_in Armenia⠀⇛ Ukraine’s charge d’affaires in Armenia, Oleksandr Senchenko, has died in an apparent drowning incident at the high-altitude Lake Sevan in the country’s east on August 13, Armenian officials said. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Romania_Sends_Navy_Divers,_Helicopter_After Suspected_Mine_Explodes_At_Black_Sea_Resort_Area⠀⇛ Romanian officials said the NATO member nation’s navy had sent a team of specialized divers and a helicopter to search for stray mines along the Black Sea coast after an explosion shook the embankment near the resort town of Costinesti. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russia_Fires_Warning_Shots_and Boards_a_Freighter_in_the_Black_Sea⠀⇛ Russia’s military made good on its threats to enforce its blockade of Ukraine, adding to the tensions in an increasingly active theater of war. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ A_Convict’s_Life_in_Russia’s_Army: ‘We_Are_Not_Human_to_Them’⠀⇛ In an account provided to The Times, a Russian soldier describes his commanders’ casual disregard for the lives of inmates like him, and how they are pressured to re- enlist. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ China’s_defence_minister_Li Shangfu_to_visit_Russia_and_Belarus_this_week⠀⇛ By Peter Catterall Chinese Defence Minister Li Shangfu will visit Russia and Belarus this week, his ministry said on Monday, as relations between Beijing and Moscow flourish with high-level visits and phone calls. Ties have remained warm in recent years, with China refusing to speak out against Russia’s widely condemned invasion of neighbouring Ukraine. # ⚓ LRT ☛ Russian_lieutenant_applies_for_asylum_in Lithuania⠀⇛ Ivan Korolyov, a 26-year-old Russian army lieutenant who took part in the war in Ukraine, has applied for asylum in Lithuania after being detained at Vilnius bus station, TV3 News reported on Friday. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Ukraine’s_Zelenskiy_Meets_With_Commanders_In Donetsk_Frontline_Positions⠀⇛ Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy on August 14 said he visited troops in the Donetsk region on the front line of the war against Russia. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S._Announces_Additional_$200_Million_In Security_Assistance_To_Ukraine⠀⇛ The U.S. Defense Department on August 14 announced a new package of security assistance for Ukraine as it continues to battle against Russia’s full-scale invasion. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Imprisoned_Crimean_Activist_Transferred_To Penal_Colony_In_Russia⠀⇛ A citizen journalist and nurse, Iryna Danylovych, who in 2021 was sentenced to seven years in prison by Russian-installed authorities in Ukraine’s Moscow-annexed Crimea, has been transferred to a penal colony in the Russian region of Stavropol Krai. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ As_Russian_forces_mount_an offensive,_Ukrainians_in_Kupiansk_fear_a_second occupation.⠀⇛ The torture rooms in the battered Ukrainian city of Kupiansk have been empty for months. But Moscow’s advancing forces are just five miles away. # ⚓ Neritam ☛ US_war_lobby_fuels_conflict_in_Russia, Ukraine,_and_Syria⠀⇛ Col. Doug Macgregor, an ex-Pentagon advisor # ⚓ France24 ☛ Zelensky_visits_troops_as_Ukraine recaptures_frontline_territory_near_Bakhmut⠀⇛ Ukraine’s deputy defence minister said Monday that the Ukrainian military pushed Russian forces out of pockets of territory along front lines in the east and south of the country. The news came as President Volodymyr Zelensky paid a visit to troops near the eastern front. # ⚓ AntiWar ☛ Endless_Ukraine_Funding_Is_Further_Proof_US Politicians_Don’t_Care_What_Voters_Think⠀⇛ Less than a week after a CNN poll found a majority of Americans oppose sending more money to Ukraine, the Biden administration announced that it will be seeking another $24 billion in funding. If approved, the total amount spent by the US since 2022 on its proxy war against Russia will reach about $137 billion. # ⚓ YLE ☛ Medvedev_tweets_in_Finnish_about_Finland_Nato threats⠀⇛ The current deputy head of the Russian Security Council imagined a conversation between two fictional Finns about the country’s decision to join Nato. # ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ North_Korea’s_Kim,_Russia’s_Putin exchange_letters,_vow_stronger_ties⠀⇛ Mr Kim calls it a “longstanding strategic relationship”. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Fugitive_Russian_Lawmaker_Announces_Movement For_Independence_Of_Smolensk⠀⇛ Fugitive Russian lawmaker Vladislav Zhivitsa announced at a press conference in Warsaw on August 13 the launch of a movement for the independence of his native Smolensk region from the Russian Federation. # ⚓ RFERL ☛ Forty-Five_Members_Of_Russian_Embassy_Staff Leave_Moldova_On_Chisinau’s_Orders⠀⇛ Forty-five diplomats and employees of the Russian Embassy in Chisinau left Moldova on August 14 after the Moldovan government last month ordered the drastic reduction of Moscow’s diplomatic presence there. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Poland_arrests_2_Russians_for_distributing Wagner_Group_propaganda⠀⇛ Polish Interior Minister Mariusz Kaminski announced Monday that the Internal Security Agency arrested two Russians on espionage charges. The Internal Security Agency alleges that the Russians distributed Wagner Group propaganda in Krakow and Warsaw. o § Environment⠀➾ # ⚓ France24 ☛ Torrential_downpours_leave_scores_dead_in northern_India⠀⇛ At least 58 people were killed, nine of them in a temple collapse, and many more were feared missing after intense rains caused floods and landslides in India, officials said Monday. # ⚓ Axios ☛ Amid_record_global_heat,_scientists_seek_other contributors_to_recent_warming⠀⇛ A climate science debate is simmering over how much of 2023′s_record_warmth is due to human-caused factors, chiefly the burning of fossil fuels, and the role of other influences. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ EU_dispatch:_Poland’s_challenges_to_EU environmental_laws_complicate_policy_in_run-up_to_2024_EU elections⠀⇛ Law students from the European Union are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting the European Union and its member states. Jacky- Long Mouthuy is a law student at Maastricht University. He files this dispatch from Maastricht, Netherlands. # ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ I_Turned_My_House_into_a_Zero-Carbon Utopia⠀⇛ The Inflation Reduction Act let me break up with fossil fuels. # ⚓ JURIST ☛ Montana_court_rules_in_favor_of_youth_plaintiffs in_landmark_climate_trial⠀⇛ A Montana state judge ruled Monday that a provision of state law is unconstitutional because it violates “the right to a clean and healthful environment,” a fundamental right enshrined in Montana’s Constitution. # ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ In_landmark_ruling,_Montana_judge_sides_with ‘climate_kids’⠀⇛ A Montana judge sided with young environmental activists who said state agencies violated their constitutional right to a clean and healthful environment by permitting fossil fuel development. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Judge_Rules_in_Favor_of_Montana_Youths_in a_Landmark_Climate_Case⠀⇛ The court found that young people have a constitutional right to a healthful environment and that the state must consider potential climate damage when approving projects. # § Energy/Transportation⠀➾ # ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Milo_tin_for_alcohol_stove_project⠀⇛ Continuing the alcohol stove project: https://bkhome.org/news/202308/experiments- with-an-alcohol-stove.html Well well, I found a tin exactly the right size, at the local Coles supermarket. It is 700g “Milo Pro”: 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇img1⦈ I used to drink Milo as a child. Have transferred it into a jar, now looks like will have to get into drinking it again. As a hot drink in the evening will be nice. The Milo tin dimensions are perfect. The tin is slightly higher than the aluminium construction, but that is exactly what I want. Serendipitous! # ⚓ France24 ☛ Mexico:_Taxi_drivers_in_Cancun_smash_car windows,_thinking_it’s_an_Uber⠀⇛ Armed with stones, two taxi drivers smashed the windows of a vehicle on July 27 in Cancun, the famous Mexican seaside resort, because they thought its driver worked for Uber. This is not an isolated incident: in Cancun, taxi drivers regularly attack alleged Uber drivers or their customers, even though the ride-sharing service has been legal for several months. In their view, Uber is a threat to their business. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Dozens_Reported_Dead_in_Fire_at_Gas Station_in_Southern_Russia⠀⇛ Reports from news agencies said at least 25 people were killed and 66 injured. The fire in the Dagestan region caused multiple explosions, one report said. # ⚓ US_affiliate_of_crypto_giant_Binance_fires_employees following_SEC_allegations_–_Reuters⠀⇛ The US affiliate of crypto giant Binance has launched a spate of layoffs since regulators last week accused it of violating securities laws and sought asset freezes, dismissals and suspensions. Two people with knowledge of the employees said the social media post. # § Wildlife/Nature⠀➾ # ⚓ 2023_Capture_the_Dark_winners⠀⇛ Photos can say a million words. In terms of light pollution, they can speak on how dark skies can change lives. It astounds us to think about how just one snapshot can power a movement for conservation efforts by showing how practical and awe-inspiring dark sky- friendly lighting can be. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Environmentalists_praise_suspension_of_Chinese reclamation_projects_in_Manila_Bay⠀⇛ The Marcos administration has suspended the projects, pending an environmental review. o § Finance⠀➾ # ⚓ Reason ☛ Caitlin_Long_on_Why_Politics_Should_Stay_Out_of Banking⠀⇛ The founder of Custodia Bank discusses the future of bitcoin and banking. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Russian_Ruble_Slides_Past_100_Against_the Dollar,_Its_Weakest_Level_Since_March_2022⠀⇛ The currency weakened as far as 102 to the dollar, adding to concerns of inflation and prompting the Russian Central Bank to move quickly to consider raising rates. # ⚓ Fortune ☛ Polling_wizard_Nate_Silver_went_from_blogger_to Disney-backed_media_mogul._Now_he’s_out,_most_of_his_staff are_laid_off—and_he_has_some_thoughts⠀⇛ Nate Silver isn’t just the polling guru who famously forecasted the states that would elect—and reelect—Barack Obama as president in 2008 and 2012 with stunning accuracy. (He called each of the 50 states in 2012 and 49 of them four years earlier.) He’s also a founder who sold his media business, only to leave a decade later as more than half of his team got the boot. Now that he’s regrouping for the next challenge, he has some advice to share to founders considering whether to sell their own startups. FiveThirtyEight.com, named after the number of votes in the Electoral College, was founded in 2008 by Silver as a data-driven news site that covered politics, economics, and sports—or, in other words, a blog. It grew out of Silver’s election forecasting, initially anonymously, as a blogger for the progressive site Daily Kos. With a background in sports data, inspired by the groundbreaking work of analyst Bill James, Silver’s political prognostications earned him a reputation as a digital oracle of sorts. Bill Simmons, the former ESPN writer and podcaster who founded The Ringer and later sold it to Spotify, used to refer to Silver as a “witch” when he had him on as a guest. # ⚓ Reason ☛ Biden_Escalates_Trade_War_With_China⠀⇛ A new national emergency declaration will allow for the creation of an outbound investment screening system targeting Americans’ investments in China. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ US_President_Joe_Biden_moves_to restrict_US_investment_in_China_tech⠀⇛ By Aurélia End President Joe Biden on Wednesday moved to restrict US investment in Chinese technology during a multi-state tour of the Southwest to tout his push to revive American manufacturing after decades of decline. # ⚓ RFA ☛ China’s_last_property_giant_left_standing_delays_debt repayments⠀⇛ ‘Model’ real estate developer Country Garden misses interest payments on US$ bonds, causing its stock to plummet. # ⚓ RFA ☛ Biden_issues_order_regulating_investment_in_China⠀⇛ The executive order will ban some American investments in China’s microchip, A.I. and quantum technology sectors. # ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden_Orders_Ban_on_New_Investments_in China’s_Sensitive_High-Tech_Industries⠀⇛ The new limits, aimed at preventing American help to Beijing as it modernizes its military, escalate a conflict between the world’s two largest economies. # ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Beijing_accuses_US_of_disrupting global_supply_chains_with_new_policy_to_restrict_investment in_China_tech⠀⇛ Beijing on Thursday vowed to “safeguard” its interests against a new US policy to restrict investment in Chinese technology, accusing Washington of disrupting global supply chains. # ⚓ Axios ☛ US_banks_pull_back_on_credit⠀⇛ Data: Evercore ISI; Chart: Will Chase/Axios America’s banks have become more_reluctant_to_lend_money to businesses and households — an intended side effect of the Fed’s rate-hiking campaign. Why it matters: New research shows that phenomenon playing out to an extraordinary degree. Making credit more expensive and harder to get will weigh on economic activity and quell inflation. ⚓ NCC_Group_confirms_layoffs_in_the_UK⠀⇛ Cybersecurity firm NCC Group is making job layoffs for the second time in six months. Headquartered in Manchester, with more than 35 offices across the globe, NCC Group employs more than 2,000 people, according to its website. The cuts are affecting its UK workforce as well as staff in North America, the group confirmed to CRN. “As set out earlier this year, we have a renewed global strategy in response to changing market dynamics and client demands,” said an NCC Group spokesperson. ⚓ ChatGPT_Creator_OpenAI_Could_Go_Bankrupt_by_2024⠀⇛ With declining users and competitors on the rise, could the creator of ChatGPT really be on the way to bankruptcy? ⚓ YLE ☛ Monday’s_papers:_Prices_nudge_up,_Finns’_love_of_wfh_and_oligarch assets⠀⇛ Mortgage interest rates are fuelling inflation. ⚓ New Yorker ☛ China’s_Economic_Miracle_Is_Turning_Into_a_Long_Slog⠀⇛ As consumer prices fall and other signs of weakness emerge, fears are growing that the world’s second-largest economy could be heading toward an extended slump. ⚓ New York Times ☛ China’s_Economy_Battles_Debt,_Slowing_Trade_and_Specter_of Deflation⠀⇛ As China’s economy flashes indications of decline, the consequences pose perils for countries around the globe. ⚓ Quartz ☛ Biden_called_China’s_economy_a_“ticking_time_bomb.”_Which_countries will_suffer?⠀⇛ Last week, US President Joe Biden called China a “ticking time bomb” after consumer prices fell there for the first time in two years, and gave an ominous warning about the potential for China to do “bad things” during difficult economic times. ⚓ New York Times ☛ Biden_Describes_China_as_a_Time_Bomb_Over_Economic Problems⠀⇛ The sharply worded comments are the latest example of the president’s willingness to criticize China even as he tries to ease tensions. ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ What_is_happening_with_Country_Garden,_China’s_under- pressure_property_giant?⠀⇛ By Sébastien Ricci Concerns are mounting in China around Country Garden, a major property developer whose colossal debt raises fear of a bankruptcy that could spell wider economic turbulence, two years after the unravelling of its competitor Evergrande. Country Garden shares plunged by more than 16 percent in Hong Kong on Monday… ⚓ Tech_companies_laid_off_226,000_employees_to_date,_40%_more_than_in_2022⠀⇛ Tech companies have laid off 226,000 employees so far this year, almost 40 per cent more than in 2022, a report showed on Tuesday. Although the tech industry has seen a shocking number of job cuts last year, 2023 has been much worse. ⚓ Mercury News ☛ Tech_companies,_bank_chop_hundreds_of_Bay_Area_jobs_in_fresh layoffs⠀⇛ Despite latest cutbacks, tech layoff pace slows dramatically ⚓ Ross_Video_slashing_workforce_by_9%_as_tech_layoffs_mount:_sources⠀⇛ Samfiru Tumarkin LLP is investigating reports that Ross Video is eliminating approximately nine per cent of its workforce. Several employees at the Ottawa-based supplier of live production solutions have contacted the firm — claiming that they were just notified of the layoff. Our experienced employment lawyers are following up with affected staff to better understand the situation. The company claims on its website that it employs a total workforce of more than 1,300 people. § AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics⠀➾ * ⚓ Axios ☛ Georgia_witness:_Republicans_should_“take_our_medicine_and realize_the_election_wasn’t_rigged”⠀⇛ Former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff_Duncan (R) said Monday the Fulton County grand_jury_investigation into alleged efforts to overturn the state’s 2020 election results was a “pivot point” for the U.S. and Republicans. * ⚓ Axios ☛ Why_Georgia’s_case_against_Trump_could_be_so_damaging⠀⇛ A legal tool normally reserved for the Mafia and organized crime could make former_President_Trump’s next potential indictment his most damaging. Why it matters: Georgia’s expansive racketeering law — known as RICO — gives prosecutors a powerful tool to pursue charges in their investigation into Trump’s attempt to overturn the 2020 election. * ⚓ Federal News Network ☛ China’s_plans_to_build_a_new_embassy_near_the Tower_of_London_stall_amid_local_opposition⠀⇛ China’s plans to build a new embassy near the Tower of London have stalled following local opposition to what would be the biggest diplomatic compound in Britain. The borough of Tower Hamlets, the local government council responsible for the area, blocked the project in February, citing concerns about the increased risk of terror attacks, protests and traffic in an area visited by millions of tourists each year. Tower Hamlets says Chinese authorities had until Thursday to appeal the decision to the U.K. government but did not. * ⚓ The Strategist ☛ China’s_dangerous_secrets⠀⇛ It’s well known that China has the world’s largest navy and coastguard—the result of a tenfold increase in military spending since 1995—which it uses to advance its pugnacious revisionism. * § Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda⠀➾ o ⚓ RFA ☛ China_pumps_up_narrative_of_happy_Uyghurs_in_Xinjiang_among Pakistanis⠀⇛ A media star with ties to the Chinese Embassy wears traditional dresses, sings folk songs and cooks Uyghur dishes. o ⚓ RFA ☛ Foreign_diplomats_in_China_treated_to_tour_of_Xinjiang_and ‘happy’_Uyghurs⠀⇛ Beijing promotes alternative vision of Uyghur life amid international condemnation of rights abuses. § Censorship/Free Speech⠀➾ * ⚓ JURIST ☛ King_of_Jordan_approves_online_speech_legislation_despite rights_concerns⠀⇛ King Abdullah II of Jordan approved a bill Saturday to penalise a variety of online speech, including posts that contain content ‘promoting, instigating, aiding, or inciting immorality.” Such posts are punishable with fines or months in prison. Posts that demonstrate ‘contempt for religion’ or ‘undermining national unity’ are also prohibited. * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ Hong_Kong_47:_Ex-district_councillor_ordered pro-democracy_political_group_not_to_use_protest_slogan,_court_hears⠀⇛ One of the 47 pro-democracy figures charged with conspiring to commit subversion had once ordered his social media managers not to use a popular protest slogan or to include messages of support for Hong Kong independence, his assistant has told a national security trial. * ⚓ RFA ☛ Rainbow_symbols,_LGBTQ+_anthem_banned_from_Taiwan_singer_A-Mei’s Beijing_gig⠀⇛ Fans hoping to show solidarity and sing along to ‘Rainbow’ in ongoing crackdown on community under Xi Jinping. * ⚓ The Atlantic ☛ Why_You_Should_Worry_About_China’s_Missing_Minister⠀⇛ If the world’s best China experts can’t figure out what happened to one of the country’s most internationally recognizable officials, then imagine what else remains hidden behind the regime’s closed doors. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ ‘They_disappeared’:_China_flood_victims_criticise government_response⠀⇛ Residents in Zhuozhou, which bore the brunt of the floods, say the authorities did not do enough. § Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press⠀➾ * ⚓ New York Times ☛ U.S._Ambassador_Meets_Evan_Gershkovich,_Detained_WSJ Reporter,_in_Russia⠀⇛ American officials have said that their Russian counterparts are blocking them from getting regular consular access to Mr. Gershkovich. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ U.S._Ambassador_To_Russia_Visits_WSJ_Journalist_Gershkovich_In Jail⠀⇛ U.S. Ambassador to Russia Lynne Tracy met with jailed Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich on August 14, a State Department spokesperson said, in her third such visit since his March detention on espionage charges he denies. * ⚓ Axios ☛ Kansas_newspaper_plans_to_sue_over_police_raids_that_raised First_Amendment_concerns⠀⇛ A police department in Marion, Kansas, was accused Sunday of violating First_Amendment protections after officers raided a local paper and the home of its owners. * ⚓ Hong Kong Free Press ☛ ‘I_miss_the_sun’:_Australian_journalist_detained in_China_marks_3_years_since_arrest_with_rare_public_letter⠀⇛ Jailed Australian journalist Cheng Lei yearns for her children and the country’s “psychedelic sunsets”, she said in a rare public letter marking three years since her mysterious arrest in China. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ ‘I_miss_the_sun’:_Journalist_detained_in_China issues_rare_message⠀⇛ Poignant message released ahead of the third anniversary of her imprisonment by Beijing. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ Australian_PM_urges_China_to_free_jailed journalist⠀⇛ Australian journalist Cheng Lei has been detained in China since August 2020. § Civil Rights/Policing⠀➾ * ⚓ Press Gazette ☛ DMGT_and_National_World_each_consider_bid_for_Telegraph Media_Group⠀⇛ The two publishers are the only prospective bidders to so far confirm an interest. * ⚓ CS Monitor ☛ Hollywood’s_summer_of_strikes:_Three_questions⠀⇛ Hollywood’s twin strikes have so far cost California’s economy an estimated $3 billion. What would it take for the sides to reach agreement? * ⚓ Villagers_detained_in_Tatvan_give_their_statements_at_gendarme station⠀⇛ One of the eight was tortured, as his photographs revealed. Two villagers are missing in Söğütlü village following an operation in the village by the soldiers, which followed an air bombardment in the rural areas. The detained villagers are expected to appear in court tomorrow. * ⚓ ACLU ☛ Hotel_Accessibility_Reaches_the_Supreme_Court⠀⇛ As a wheelchair user with multiple disabilities, travel is unpredictable at best and completely inaccessible at worst. In order to book my trips, I have to trust the accuracy of the websites run by hotels, airlines, car rental companies, and more to learn whether I can use their services (i.e., have the honor of paying them my hard-earned money.) The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requires hotels to include enough of their accessibility features on their website that a person with a disability can judge whether their hotel would be safe and usable. Unfortunately, the features they include are often incomplete or inaccurate. * ⚓ Quartz ☛ A_judge_dismissed_a_conservative_lawsuit_targeting_Starbucks’ diversity_efforts⠀⇛ A recent Starbucks win suggests conservatives may be fighting a losing war in dismantling America Inc.’s diversity, inclusion, and equity initiatives. * ⚓ RFERL ☛ Kazakh_Miners_On_Strike_For_Better_Working_Conditions⠀⇛ The protesters put forward a list of 15 demands, including the improvement of working conditions, the modernization of mining equipment, the hiring of extra workers, and enhanced vacations, disability, and financial benefits. * ⚓ No_Ubuntu_for_the_dead…Mayhem_in_SA’s_state_mortuaries⠀⇛ Missing bodies, missing body parts, bodies piling up, bodies being handled by unqualified personnel, bribes to view bodies…These are just come of the ways in which the rights of deceased people and their families have been violated in South Africa’s State mortuaries. * ⚓ RFA ☛ In_blow_to_‘run’_movement,_Shanghai_police_arrest_head_of immigration_consultancy⠀⇛ The move prompts warnings that the authorities are about to ‘shut the door’ on mass emigration, capital flight. * ⚓ RFA ☛ Hong_Kong_police_arrest_10_for_‘collusion_with_foreign_forces’ over_protest_fund⠀⇛ Four men and six women are held in connection with the now- disbanded 612 Humanitarian Relief Fund for arrestees. * ⚓ The Straits Times ☛ China_uncovers_alleged_CIA_spy,_a_Chinese_national recruited_in_Italy⠀⇛ China has been stepping up its oversight on what it deems espionage activities. § Internet Policy/Net Neutrality⠀➾ * ⚓ APNIC ☛ E-gov_DNS:_Is_there_enough_redundancy?⠀⇛ Guest Post: Measuring the structure of e-gov domain names. ⚓ New Yorker ☛ Confessions_of_a_Twitter_Poet⠀⇛ Your Internet friends don’t know you at all, even if they think they do. ⚓ JURIST ☛ Manipur_High_Court_orders_India_state_government_to_whitelist_phone numbers_for_mobile_internet_access_following_ban⠀⇛ The Manipur High Court on Friday directed the government of that Indian state to selectively enable mobile internet services based on whitelisted phone numbers, addressing a controversial ban on internet access amid ethnic violence in the state. The court also urged the government to ensure mobile internet access for the public. § Monopolies⠀➾ * § Patents⠀➾ o ⚓ JUVE ☛ BAT_hires_new_senior_counsel_for_patent_litigation_from Sandoz [Ed: This is classic example of SPAM disguised as article/ journalism. JUVE takes bribes not just to promote illegal agenda (using deliberate lies) but also to do these ads.]⠀⇛ Sara Burghart (45) began her career in 2006 at McDermott Will & Emery, where she initially worked in IT contract drafting. She first gained experience in patent disputes in an infringement case between McDermott client Document Security Systems (DSSI) and the European Central Bank. o ⚓ Dennis Crouch/Patently-O ☛ Meta_Claim_Construction:_Finding Meaning_in_the_Meaning⠀⇛ One-E-Way, Inc. v. Apple Inc., 22-2020 (Fed. Cir. Aug. 14, 2023) (nonprecedential) (Opinion by Chief Judge Moore, joined by Judges Lourie and Stoll). The district court sided with Apple on summary judgment, finding no infringement. On appeal, the Federal Circuit has affirmed, holding that Apple’s accused Bluetooth products do not infringe One-E-Way’s patents.  Although the parties had agreed to the construction of the “unique user code” term, they disagreed over the construction-of- the-construction.  On appeal, the court treated this meta-construction effectively as a form of claim construction — looking for the ordinary meaning rather than a contract-like interpretation that would have looked more toward discerning the intent of the parties. o ⚓ Kluwer Patent Blog ☛ Brazil_implements_changes_to_facilitate_the recordal_of_IP_agreements⠀⇛ In what will be seen as a welcome development to IP owners, the Brazilian Patent Office (BRPTO) is improving the system to record IP agreements. More specifically, on 11 July 2023, the BRPTO published Ordinances 26 and 27/ 2023, improving the guidelines for registration of technology transfer and franchise agreements. * § Trademarks⠀➾ o ⚓ TTAB Blog ☛ Precedential_No._21:_TTAB_Rules_That_Sur-Sur-Rebuttal Expert_Reports_Are_Never_Permitted⠀⇛ In this consolidated opposition proceeding involving, inter alia, Applicant Coulter Venture’s mark MONSTER LITE for weight lifting equipment, the parties served four expert reports: an initial report by Monster (“MEC”), a rebuttal report by Coulter, a sur-rebuttal report by MEC, and then a sur-sur-rebuttal report by Coulter. The Board granted MEC leave to serve its sur-rebuttal repor, but limited it to a critique of Coulter’s report. The Board then nixed Coulter’s sur-sur-rebuttal report, ruling that sur-sur-rebuttal reports are never permitted. Monster Energy_Company_v._Coulter_Ventures,_LLC, Oppositions Nos. 91233515 (parent), 91233516, 91233517, 91242202, and 91252191 (August 7, 2023) (Order by Katie Bukrinsky, Interlocutory Attorney). * § Copyrights⠀➾ o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ 13_Months_Later,_the_CRB_Has_Officially Finalized_Its_Phonorecords_III_Determination⠀⇛ Back in April, songwriter organizations called on the Copyright Royalty Board to accelerate the finalization of the Phonorecords III ruling that it had handed down in July of 2022. Now, the three-judge CRB has officially issued its final determination for the five-year stretch at hand. o ⚓ Digital Music News ☛ Companies_Controlled_By_Post_Malone,_Chris Brown,_Steve_Aoki_Received_Millions_in_COVID_Relief_Funds_Intended for_Struggling_Venues,_Investigation_Reveals⠀⇛ A new report has uncovered how some of the biggest names in music applied for funding intended for small venues during the COVID pandemic. Here’s the latest. The Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) was a grant intended to keep independent venues afloat during one of the worst downturns in recent history. ䷩ 𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚎 5251 ╒═══════════════════ 𝐃𝐀𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐊𝐒 ═════════════════════════════════════════════╕ ⠀⌧ █▇▆▅▄▃▂▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁ 08.15.23⠀▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▁▂▃▄▅▆▇█ ⌧ Gemini_version_available_♊︎ ✐ Links_15/08/2023:_Devuan_5.0.0_and_OpenMandriva_Lx_23.08⠀✐ Posted in News_Roundup at 6:25 pm by Dr. Roy Schestowitz 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇GNOME bluefish⦈ § Contents⠀➾ * GNU/Linux o Audiocasts/Shows o Kernel_Space o Applications o Instructionals/Technical o Desktop_Environments/WMs * Distributions_and_Operating_Systems o PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva_Family o SUSE/OpenSUSE o Fedora_Family_/_IBM o Devuan_Family o Debian_Family o Canonical/Ubuntu_Family o Devices/Embedded o Mobile_Systems/Mobile_Applications * Free,_Libre,_and_Open_Source_Software o Events o GNU_Projects o Programming/Development # Rust * § GNU/Linux⠀➾ o ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ 9to5Linux_Weekly_Roundup:_August_13th,_2023⠀⇛ The 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for August 13th, 2023, brings news about Ubuntu 22.04.3 LTS, Rhino Linux, GNOME Asia 2023, NetworkManager 1.44, NVIDIA 535.98, and as well as all the latest distro and software releases. o § Audiocasts/Shows⠀➾ # ⚓ Late_Night_Linux_–_Episode_242⠀⇛ Rare praise for Mozilla as more extensions come to Firefox on Android, Fedora is coming to Arm Macs, a rolling version of “Ubuntu” appears, an unwise solution to the problem of funding open source, SUSE might be the baddies, LXD is forked, and more. With guest host popey from Linux Matters. o § Kernel Space⠀➾ # ⚓ LWN ☛ Maintainers_Summit_call_for_topics⠀⇛ The 2023 Maintainers Summit will be held on November 16 in Richmond, VA, immediately after the Linux Plumbers Conference. o § Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 8_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Web_Hosting Control_Panels⠀⇛ Web hosting control panels offer an attractive solution to developers and designers that host multiple web sites on virtual private servers and dedicated servers. This type of server management software simplifies the process of managing servers. By offering an easy to user interface, the control panels avoid the need to have expert knowledge of server administration. Two of the most popular control panels are Plesk and cPanel. These are web-based graphical control panels that allow you to easily and intuitively administer websites, DNS, e-mail accounts, SSL certificates and databases. However, they are both proprietary software. Hosting providers will charge a monthly fee for these control panels to be installed on a server. Fortunately, there is a wide range of open source software available to download at no cost that offers a real alternative to these proprietary solutions. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 11_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Linux_Data Mining_Software⠀⇛ Data mining (also known as knowledge discovery) is the process of gathering large amounts of valid information, analyzing that information and condensing it into meaningful data. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ Alternatives_to_popular_CLI_tools:_talk⠀⇛ This article spotlights alternative tools to talk, a venerable talk client. # ⚓ Linux Links ☛ 5_Best_Free_and_Open_Source_Configuration Frameworks_for_Emacs⠀⇛ Emacs configuration frameworks take the vanilla Emacs and add their own configuration. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ Essential_tips_for_using_Ubuntu’s_file_system effectively⠀⇛ The Ubuntu File Manager, often known as Nautilus, is a powerful tool that acts as the gateway to your files, folders, and documents on Ubuntu. Offering a user-friendly interface paired with robust functionality, it’s an essential tool for both new and experienced users. o § Instructionals/Technical⠀➾ # ⚓ Dan Langille ☛ Changing_how_I_use_IP_address_with_FreeBSD’s vnet_–_so_IPv6_works⠀⇛ The vnet (network subsystem virtualization infrastructure) on FreeBSD is both a blessing and a curse. For me, it isn’t working well with IPv6. I’ve hit issues with pf (since solved, I’m sure). It’s a useful feature but can be confusing. It helps to have lots of time to think about it and what you’re doing. # ⚓ FOSSLinux ☛ Upgrading_from_a_previous_version_of_Pop!_OS⠀⇛ Pop!_OS, developed by System76, is renowned for its user-friendliness and constant improvements, making upgrades a welcome event for its users. As with any operating system, keeping up-to-date ensures not only new features and smoother performance but also better security. # ⚓ Net2 ☛ 20_Essential_Linux_interview_questions⠀⇛ If you’re gearing up for a journey into the realm of Linux interviews, you’ve come to the right place. In this guide, we’ll be delving into the essential Linux interview questions that are your key to unlocking success. # ⚓ Complete_Guide:_Installing_R_and_RStudio_on_Linux_for_Data Analysis⠀⇛ R is a versatile programming language and environment designed specifically for data analysis and statistical computing, making it an incredible choice for data-driven work. # ⚓ LinuxTuto ☛ How_to_Install_AWStats_with_Apache_on_Debian 12⠀⇛ AWStats (Advanced Web Statistics) is an open-source web analytics tool that analyzes and generates comprehensive reports about web server log files. # ⚓ Directory_Deletion_in_Linux:_Command-Line_and_GUI_Methods Explained⠀⇛ Are you a new user of Linux OR You are trying to delete a directory in Linux… # ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ How_to_fix_“tasksel:_apt-get_failed_(100)” error_on_Debian_12⠀⇛ Tasksel is a command line app that you can use to install different packages on Debian 12, such as : web server, ssh server, Desktop environments and more. # ⚓ Own HowTo ☛ How_to_install_Sublime_Text_on_Ubuntu_23.04⠀⇛ Sublime Text is a text editor app that you can use to code. Sublime Text, supports multiple programming languages, which means you can use it to code in any coding language that you are familiar with. # ⚓ Dan Langille ☛ Testing_two_12TB_drives_to_a_Dell_R730_on FreeBSD⠀⇛ I’m ready to downsize. I’m going to replace knew with r730-03. The former has 20 5TB drives. I don’t need all that space now. I’ll settle for 12TB instead. # ⚓ How_to_Use_lsblk_Command_in_Linux_–_Beginner’s_Guide⠀⇛ The lsblk command in Linux is a useful command for administrators, which is used to list information about all available block devices. # ⚓ Diziet ☛ Ian_Jackson:_DKIM:_rotate_and_publish_your_keys⠀⇛ If you are an email system administrator, you are probably using DKIM to sign your outgoing emails. You should be rotating the key regularly and automatically, and publishing old private keys. I have just released dkim-rotate_1.0; dkim-rotate is tool to do this key rotation and publication. If you are an email user, your email provider ought to be doing this. If this is not done, your emails are “non-repudiable”, meaning that if they are leaked, anyone (eg, journalists, haters) can verify that they are authentic, and prove that it to others. This is not desirable (for you). # ⚓ dwaves.de ☛ Debian_11_to_Debian_12_upgrade_problems_– Apache2_not_running_PHP(8.2)_but_output_text_of_code⠀⇛ # ⚓ Table_Activity_Insights:_Determining_Usage_of_Specific Tables_in_PostgreSQL⠀⇛ # ⚓ The_Last_Touch:_Knowing_When_a_PostgreSQL_Table_Was_Last Used⠀⇛ # ⚓ Assessing_Disk_Space_Consumption:_Temporary_Data_Usage_in PostgreSQL⠀⇛ # ⚓ The_Speed_Factor:_Understanding_Why_Queries_Slow_Down_in PostgreSQL⠀⇛ # ⚓ Real-Time_Query_Performance:_Deep-Dive_Analysis_for PostgreSQL⠀⇛ # ⚓ Bug_Discovery_and_Reporting_in_PostgreSQL:_A_Comprehensive Guide⠀⇛ # ⚓ Mastering_Automatic_Database_Maintenance_in_PostgreSQL:_A Detailed_Guide⠀⇛ # ⚓ Dealing_with_Database_Bloat:_How_to_Address_Common PostgreSQL_Issues⠀⇛ # ⚓ A_Guide_to_Clearing_Outdated_Prepared_Transactions_in PostgreSQL⠀⇛ # ⚓ Preventing_Auto-Freezing_and_Page_Corruption_in_PostgreSQL: Effective_Measures⠀⇛ # ⚓ Network World ☛ Hiding_from_history_on_Linux⠀⇛ Linux shells like bash have a convenient way of remembering commands that you type, making it easy to run them again without having to retype them. Just use the history command (which is a bash built-in) and then use an exclamation point followed by the number shown in front of the command in the history command output that you want to rerun. Alternatively, you can back up to that command by pressing the up arrow key as many times as needed to reach that command and then press return. Don’t forget, though, that you can also set up commands you are likely to use often as aliases by adding a line like this to your ~/.bashrc file so that you don’t need to search for them in your command history. o § Desktop Environments/WMs⠀➾ # ⚓ ZDNet ☛ Window_Maker_Live_is_a_throwback_to_the_exciting days_of_early_Linux⠀⇛ Linux has come a very long way. Not only is the kernel far more sophisticated and capable than during the 1990s, but the GUIs make everything so easy that working with the operating system is almost boring. Back in the early years, running Linux on the desktop meant doing a lot of configuration via text files. And even though every window manager did things differently, it was almost an inevitability that a user would have to open a terminal window and work with the command line. * § Distributions and Operating Systems⠀➾ o § PCLinuxOS/Mageia/Mandriva/OpenMandriva Family⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ OpenMandriva_Lx_23.08_Released_with_Linux Kernel_6.4,_Mesa_23.2,_and_More⠀⇛ Coming nearly five months after OpenMandriva Lx 23.03, the OpenMandriva Lx 23.08 release is powered by the latest Linux 6.4 kernel series (6.4.8 is the default kernel shipped with the ISO images), as well as the latest Mesa 23.2 open-source graphics stack series for Linux gaming. The devs note the fact that OpenMandriva Lx’s kernel comes with HT/SMT NICE enabled by default for better responsiveness and real-time behavior on PCs with HT (Hyper-Threading), which improves the performance of foreground apps at the expense of background apps. o § SUSE/OpenSUSE⠀➾ # ⚓ Mosaic Media Ventures Pvt Ltd ☛ Explained:_Amid_Red_Hat controversy,_rivals_join_hands_to_offer_open_and_free enterprise_Linux_source_code⠀⇛ Last week, companies like SUSE, Oracle, and CIQ formed a non-profit called the Open Enterprise Linux Association (OpenELA). The founding companies are Linux entities that make Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). This collaboration seeks to develop distributions that are compatible with RHEL by offering open and free enterprise Linux source code. # ⚓ insideHPC ☛ HPC_News_Bytes_20230814:_Linux_Wars,_China_and Chips,_Intel_AVX,_Gordon_Bell_Prize_Finalists⠀⇛ Linux Wars continue: Oracle, SUSE, and CIQ form Open Enterprise Linux Association (watch for upcoming episodes on @HPCpodcast on this) o § Fedora Family / IBM⠀➾ # ⚓ Unicorn Media ☛ The_AlmaLinux_Dilemma:_When_Upstream Suddenly_Disappears⠀⇛ AlmaLinux had been on something of a three-year roll, when suddenly a move by Red Hat upset the apple cart. I wondered what it felt like to have an open-source project that was young but essential, getting lots of uptake from both home users, but especially from the enterprise, and to suddenly have the upstream open-source project that was your source rip the rug out from underneath you by denying you access to your source. # ⚓ Bastien_Nocera:_New_responsibilities⠀⇛ As part of the same process outlined in Matthias Clasen’s “LibreOffice_packages”_email, my management chain has made the decision to stop all upstream and downstream work on desktop Bluetooth, multimedia applications (namely totem, rhythmbox and sound-juicer) and libfprint/fprintd. The rest of my upstream and downstream work will be reassigned depending on Red Hat’s own priorities (see below), as I am transferred to another team that deals with one of a list of Red Hat’s priority projects. # ⚓ Tomas_Tomecek:_Flock_2023_trip_report⠀⇛ My first conference outside of Brno after the pandemic. I forgot how stressed I am from the travelling. Didn’t have to wait long to realize why: [...] # ⚓ Fedora_Infrastructure_Status:_Server_updates/reboots⠀⇛ We will be updating/rebooting various servers. Services may be up and down in this outage window. o § Devuan Family⠀➾ # ⚓ 9to5Linux ☛ Devuan_GNU+Linux_5_Is_Here_for_Software_Freedom Lovers_Based_on_Debian_12⠀⇛ Based on the latest Debian GNU/Linux 12 “Bookworm” operating system series, Devuan GNU+Linux 5 is powered by the long-term supported Linux 6.1 LTS kernel series. New features in this release include the use of the libseat1 library for rootless startx and access to input and video devices, which removes the DBus dependency from xserver-xorg-core, and the enablement of a true Wayland desktop without elogind. # ⚓ LWN ☛ Devuan_5.0.0_Daedalus_release⠀⇛ Dear Friends and Software Freedom Lovers, Devuan Developers are delighted to announce the release of Devuan Daedalus 5.0.0 as the project’s new stable release. This is the result of many months of painstaking work by the Team and detailed testing by the wider Devuan community. # ⚓ Linuxiac ☛ Devuan_5_(Daedalus)_Released_for_the_Purist_GNU/ Linux_Users⠀⇛ Devuan Linux is a Debian fork, built by self- described Veteran Unix Admins, that aims to provide a free and open-source operating system without the controversial systemd init system. First announced in November 2014, with the initial Devuan Jessie release in May 2017, the distro emerged in response to concerns and debates within the Linux community about Systemd’s design, complexity, and its potential to centralize too much control over system processes. # ⚓ LWN ☛ Devuan_5.0.0_released⠀⇛ Version 5.0 (“Daedalus”) of the Debian-based Devuan distribution has been released. “”This is the result of many months of painstaking work by the Team and detailed testing by the wider Devuan community.”” The announcement lists a couple of new features but mostly defers to the Debian 12 (“bookworm”) release notes. o § Debian Family⠀➾ # ⚓ Daniel Pocock ☛ Daniel_Pocock:_Chris_Rutter,_Winchester College,_Clare_College_choir,_Arm_Ltd,_underage_workers_& Debian_accidental_deaths⠀⇛ Later this year, Softbank hopes to spin off Arm Ltd in an_IPO_worth_up_to_$70_billion. We’ve previously looked at two Debian-related deaths having connections to Arm (Frans_Pop’s_experience_with_an Arm_Netbook and then Lucy_Wayland) and now it is time to look at a third, Chris Rutter, who was hit by a car in 2001, age 19. There are significant connections between Arm Ltd & Debian. The former Debian leader Steve_McIntyre was an Arm Ltd employee for many years. There is an annual MiniDebConf organized_in_Arm’s_offices_in Cambridge. Various other Arm-affiliated volunteers hold senior positions in the Debian_hierarchy. [...] Dr Falder admitted blackmailing his victims to eat dog poo, among other things. We can see that Dr Preining was blackmailed to write_a_self- deprecating_forced_confession,_thanking_the_DAMs for_blackmailing_him: [...] # ⚓ Gunnar Wolf ☛ Debian’s_Gunnar_Wolf:_Back_to_online teaching⠀⇛ Mexico’s education sector had one of the longest lockdowns due to COVID: As everybody, we “went virtual” in March 2020, and it was only by late February 2022 that I went back to teach presentially at the University. o § Canonical/Ubuntu Family⠀➾ # ⚓ LinuxInsider ☛ Rhino_Linux_Unleashes_First_Rolling_Release Ubuntu_Stable_Edition⠀⇛ Three editions are available — a generic ISO for x86_64/ARM64, an ISO for the experimental PinePhone, and the Raspberry Pi ISO. Most likely, you should select the generic ISO, then click the download button for your computer’s architecture type. PinePhone is an interesting concept but not necessary for desktop or laptop use. This version for the PinePhone is a Rhino Linux port for PinePhone devices based on the latest version of Ubuntu Touch (20.04); it is the first Xfce-based mobile environment. One major drawback to Rhino Linux version 2023.1 is its Arch Linux-like sparsity of included software. No doubt, this was an effort to make the download as minimal as possible. Regardless, rather than leave it up to new users to track down productive software, the developers should provide some fancy scripting to allow pre- bundled applications to download after system installation completes. The default installation only includes Firefox 116 Web Browser, Mousepad 0.6.1 Simple Text Editor, mpv 0.36 Media Player, and VSCodium 1.80.1 integrated development environment (IDE). However, the installation also includes nearly two full screens of tools. # ⚓ Ubuntu News ☛ Ubuntu_Weekly_Newsletter_Issue_800⠀⇛ Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 800 for the week of August 6 – 12, 2023. The full version of this issue is available here. # ⚓ Ubuntu Fridge ☛ The_Fridge:_Ubuntu_Weekly_Newsletter_Issue 800⠀⇛ o § Devices/Embedded⠀➾ # ⚓ Medium ☛ Raspberry_Pi_4_+_Kali_Linux_Part_1⠀⇛ In the year that I have been kicking around here on Medium, I got back into the technical side of me. For those that don’t know, in addition to photography and arts, I also have a background in computers and technology. I spent over 15 years of my life in fact in various companies doing everything from technical support to coding. Along the way, my interests grew into building robots for personal projects more than anything. I was fascinated how one could take something so small such as a Raspberry Pi 4 (note: Affiliate links here if you would be so kind to help me out while I share knowledge with you also), and create so many different functions for it. o § Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications⠀➾ # ⚓ TechRadar ☛ Android_14_will_give_you_the_power_to_fight back_against_annoying_ads_|_TechRadar⠀⇛ # ⚓ Make Tech Easier ☛ How_to_Add_the_Settings_App_or_a Shortcut_to_the_Android_Home_Screen_–_Make_Tech_Easier⠀⇛ # ⚓ SlashGear ☛ 5_Must-Have_Karaoke_Apps_For_Android_Users⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Central ☛ It’s_time_for_Android_to_finally_get satellite_connectivity_|_Android_Central⠀⇛ # ⚓ HowTo Geek ☛ Dolphin_Emulator_Adds_WiiConnect24_Support, Improves_Android_Performance⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Central ☛ Next_year’s_flagship_Android_phones_may opt_for_a_Snapdragon_8_Gen_2_chipset_|_Android_Central⠀⇛ # ⚓ Android Authority ☛ Google_could_borrow_Samsung’s_ideas_for the_Android_taskbar⠀⇛ # ⚓ SamMobile ☛ Google_aims_to_improve_the_quality_of_all Android_foldable_phones_–_SamMobile⠀⇛ * § Free, Libre, and Open Source Software⠀➾ o § Events⠀➾ # ⚓ Xe’s Blog ☛ I_had_a_great_time_at_DEF_CON_31⠀⇛ I’ve always admired DEF_CON from a distance. I’ve watched DEF CON talks for years, but I’ve never been able to go. This year I was able to go, and I had a great time. This post is gonna be about my experiences there and what I learned. In short: I had a great time. I got to meet up with people that have only been small avatars and text on my screen. I got to see talks about topics that I would have never sought out myself. I’m gonna go again next year if the cards allow it. # ⚓ CoryDoctorow ☛ Pluralistic:_Open_Circuits_(14_August 2023)⠀⇛ Every trip to Defcon – the massive annual hacker- con in Las Vegas – is a delight. Partly it’s the familiar – seeing old friends, getting updates on hacks of years gone by. But mostly, it’s the surprises, the things you never anticipated. Defcon never fails to surprise. I got back from Vegas yesterday and I’ve just unpacking my suitcase, and with it, the tangible evidence of Defcon’s cave of wonders. o § GNU Projects⠀➾ # ⚓ GNU ☛ www-zh-cn_@_Savannah:_Welcome_our_new_member_–_Jing Luo⠀⇛ Hi, all I am very glad that we have a new member. [...] Jing Luo will show his/her passion in Free Software, and try to let more people know about GNU. I wish Jing Luo a pleasant journey to a better world. Let’s welcome Jing Luo in this big family. wxie o § Programming/Development⠀➾ # ⚓ Jonathan_McDowell:_listadmin3:_An_imperfect_replacement_for listadmin_on_Mailman_3⠀⇛ One of the annoyances I had when I upgraded from Buster to Bullseye (yes, I’m talking about an upgrade I did at the end of 2021) is that I ended up moving from Mailman 2 to Mailman 3. Which is fine, I guess, but it meant I could no longer use listadmin to deal with messages held for moderation. At the time I looked around, couldn’t find anything, shrugged, and became incredibly bad at performing my list moderation duties. Last week I finally accepted what I should have done at least a year ago and wrote some hopefully not too bad Python to web scrape the Mailman 3 admin interface. It then presents a list of subscribers and held messages that might need approved or discarded. It’s heavily inspired by listadmin, but not a faithful copy (partly because it’s been so long since I used it that I’m no longer familiar with its interface). Despite that I’ve called it listadmin3. It currently meets the bar of “extremely useful to me” so I’ve tagged v0.1. You can get it on Github. I’d be interested in knowing if it actually works for / is useful to anyone else (I suspect it won’t be happy with interfaces configured to not be in English, but that should be solvable). Comment here or reply to my Fediverse_announcement. # ⚓ Steinar H Gunderson ☛ Steinar_H._Gunderson:_Encoding_“The Legend_of_Sisyphus”⠀⇛ I watched this year’s Assembly democompo live, as I usually do—or more precisely, I watched it on stream. I had heard that ASD would return with a demo for the first time in five years, and The legend_of_Sisyphus did not disappoint. At all. (No, it’s not written in assembly; Assembly is the name of the party. 🄸🄼🄰🄶🄴 🄳🄴🅂🄲🅁🄸🄿🅃🄸🄾🄽 ⦇:-)⦈ ) I do fear that this is the last time we will see such a “blockbuster” demo (meaning, roughly: a demo that is a likely candidate for best high-end demo of the year) at Assembly, or even any non- demoscene-specific party; the scene is slowly retracting into itself, choosing to clump together in their (our?) own places and seeing the presence others mainly as an annoyance. But I digress. # ⚓ Gentoo ☛ Week_11_report_on_porting_Gentoo_packages_to modern_C⠀⇛ Hello all, hope you’re doing well. This is my week 11 report for my Similar to last two weeks I took up bugs from the tracker randomly and patched them, sending patch upstream whenever possible. Unfortunately, nothing new or interesting. I’ve some open PRs at ::gentoo that I would like to work on and get reviews on from mentor/s. This coming week is going to be the last week, so I would like to few more bugs and start working on wrapping things up. However, I don’t plan on abandoning my patching work for this week (not even after GSoC) as there is still lots interesting packages in the tracker. Till then see yah! # ⚓ Qt ☛ Qt_Creator_11.0.2_released⠀⇛ We are happy to announce the release of Qt Creator 11.0.2! # ⚓ Barry Kauler ☛ Argon2_illegal_instruction_problem_again⠀⇛ I posted about this problem, and a fix, about a month ago: https://bkhome.org/news/202307/argon2-illegal- instruction.html Easy 5.4.10 is built with the argon2 PET package that I compiled in the Compaq Presario. 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