● 05.26.23

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● Links 26/05/2023: Qt 6.5.1 and Subsystems in GNUnet

Posted in News Roundup at 1:48 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

GNU/Linux

Audiocasts/Shows

• In our Innards section we talk about Pimiga

• In Vibrations from the Ether, Joe interacts with a listener via email about some hardware subjects and other stuffDownload

Instructionals/Technical

• In this tutorial, we will provide you with a step by step guide on how to install Helm on Kubernetes cluster. We are running a cluster created using kubeadm. So, what is helm? Helm is an opensource package manager for Kubernetes.

• MySQL is one of the most popular open-source relational database management systems, relied upon by countless developers and companies worldwide. At its core, it operates on a simple concept — storing data in tables. As the volume of data increases, it becomes essential to optimize these tables for efficient storage and faster retrieval.

• Setting up a local development environment that includes PHP, Apache, and MySQL can be a complex task. However, with the power of Docker and Docker Compose, this process becomes significantly easier and more efficient.

• With our easy steps, you can easily solve error 1698 (28000) Access denied for the user. This error is very common when you try to log in to your MySQL for the first time.

• In the realm of Linux, the head command holds immense potential for efficiently managing and extracting valuable information from files. We present a comprehensive guide to help you unleash the true power of the head command. From understanding its basic syntax to exploring advanced features, this article will equip you with the knowledge and techniques needed to become a proficient user.

• What is the head command?

• The head command is a powerful utility in Linux used to display the beginning section of a file or the standard input. It is particularly useful for analyzing large files and extracting relevant data efficiently.

• Syntax and Usage

• The syntax for the head command is as follows:

• head [OPTION]... [FILE]...

Distributions and Operating Systems

Fedora Family / IBM

• Immutable distros have become popular over the past few years, with NixOS and Vanilla OS taking the spotlight.

• Thanks to their immutability, these offer better security and reliability than the usual distros.

• And now, Fedora has approved a new variant into their immutable spin lineup to offer something different.

• Let’s take a brief look at it.

• RedHat announced the release of Podman Desktop 1.0 general availability (GA) on Tuesday. Here’s how to install it in all current Ubuntu releases. Podman Desktop is a container management tool.  It provides a simple and user friendly user interface to easily create, manage, and deploy Podman, Docker, Lima, Openshift Local, Kind, etc…

• IBM’s Red Hat business unit announces the expansion of its AI capabilities with the new Red Hat OpenShift AI technology.

Open Hardware/Modding

• The COVID-19 pandemic helped kick off a chip shortage that raged on for at least two years, with its effects beginning to wane by last year. That made it hard to buy a Rasberry Pi, among many other products, but availability of Pi devices might finally come back soon.

Free, Libre, and Open Source Software

• Station is a useful tool for people who want to simplify their web applications. It’s an open-source, intelligent browser that combines all of your web applications into one platform, making it simple to access all of your favorite apps and extensions. With 670+ apps and extensions available, Station is the best solution for people who want to increase productivity and achieve more in less time. Whether you’re a student, a professional, or someone who wants to stay organized and efficient, Station can help you meet your goals. Give it a try today and see how it can change the way you work and play online!

• For those new to software development, finding valuable resources to further your skills can be the most difficult challenge of all.

• Luckily, we’ve done the heavy lifting for you — gathered the 5 most important resources for an open-source developer of any experience level.

Programming/Development

• We have released Qt 6.5.1 today. As a patch release, Qt 6.5.1 does not introduce any new features but contains more than 350 bug fixes, security updates, and other improvements to the top of the Qt 6.5.0 release.

Python

• Public source code repositories, from Sourceforge to GitHub, from the Linux Kernel Archives to ReactOS.org, from PHP Packagist to the Python Package Index, better known as PyPI, are a fantastic source (sorry!) of free operating systems, applications, programming libraries, and developers’ toolkits that have done computer science and software engineering a world of good.

• Most software projects need “helper” code that isn’t a fundamental part of the problem that the project itself is trying to solve, such as utility functions for writing to the system log, producing colourful output, uploading status reports to a web service, creating backup archives of old data, and so on.

Standards/Consortia

• I was listening a podcast by Brian Kardell and Eric Meyer. Toward the end, they are mentioning the challenges of outreach in the context of broken Web sites.

• Web development has become an integral part of building modern websites and applications. To streamline the development process, enhance productivity, and ensure high-quality output, developers rely on a range of web development tools. In this article, we’ll explore ten essential web development tools that every developer should know about. These tools are designed to simplify various aspects of web development, from coding and testing to performance optimization and collaboration.

• Web development tools refer to software applications or utilities that aid developers in designing, coding, testing, and maintaining websites and web applications. These tools offer features that automate repetitive tasks, provide debugging capabilities, optimize code performance, and enhance collaboration among team members. By leveraging the right web development tools, developers can streamline their workflow, save time, and deliver high-quality web projects.

Leftovers

Science

• What if black holes aren’t holes?

Education

• It aims to prohibit teachers from giving homework to elementary and high school students on weekends.

Hardware

• Three user reports of the RTX 4090′s 16-pin power connector melting have surfaced on Reddit months after the first incident occurred.

• The LTO Program, a collection of companies specializing in tape storage media, today announced a YoY increase in shipments, showcasing an increasing demand momentum that runs counter to the general computing market.

Health/Nutrition/Agriculture

• Viewers said he drank at least seven bottles of a popular baijiu.

• “…Numerous junior physicians have organized two rounds of walkouts this year…”

• Commercial-scale corn cultivation is one culprit, Greenpeace exhibition shows.

• Woolworths is recalling one of its ice-creams after metal was found inside the product.

• A new study using radioactive psychedelics suggests infants who die of SIDS have abnormal serotonin receptors

Security

• You’re not alone if your Surface Pro X cameras invoked an error message on Tuesday — an expired security certificate appears to be responsible for the widespread camera failure.

• There’s a physical search FISA order released with the FISA 702 one that sounds like it pertains to a cybersecurity application.

• A Chinese state-sponsored group has hacked into critical American infrastructure, including in the U.S. territory of Guam, Microsoft and the “Five Eyes” intelligence alliance warns.

• The US government has announced sanctions against four entities and one individual engaging in cyber activities on behalf of the North Korean government.

• The AhRat trojan was injected in a screen recording application that had amassed more than 50,000 downloads via Google Play.

• Learn the crucial aspects of privacy and security for Google Photos that will keep your data safe.

• Almost all commercial airlines now use electronic flight bags (EFBs) to drive efficiency and safety in their operations.

• OAuth vulnerabilities found in the widely used Expo application development platform could have been exploited for account takeovers.

• Honeywell announces the launch of Cyber Insights, a solution designed to help organizations identify vulnerabilities and threats in their OT environments.

Privacy/Surveillance

• If you are a migrant in the UK, asylum seeker, refugee or working on this issue, you should read this carefully. The new Data Protection and Digital Information Bill (DPDI Bill) is going through parliament and is expected to be passed into law later this year.

• If you are a migrant in the UK, asylum seeker, refugee or working on this issue, you must read this carefully.

• The Faculty Senate broke from a 102-year precedent of shared governance at Stanford last month by passing a motion to allow exam proctoring. The Undergraduate Senate will vote on Tuesday on a set of proposals by the Committee of 12, which could supersede the Faculty Senate’s motion while temporarily permitting proctoring strictly for research purposes; if these proposals fail, the Faculty Senate’s proctoring motion will be enacted in the fall.

Defence/Aggression

• A criminal investigation in Texas over the hesitant police response to the Robb Elementary School shooting is still ongoing as Wednesday marks one year since a gunman killed 19 children and two teachers inside a fourth-grade classroom in Uvalde.

• “Beyond official announcements, Sudan is still pounded and bombarded, with millions of civilian lives at risk,” said Karl Schembri, a member of the Norwegian Refugee Council.

• The far-right Alternative for Germany party is polling better than it has in several years. With elections approaching next year in a trio of eastern German states, the AfD is seeking to find its way even closer to the political mainstream.

• When the junta can’t arrest someone ‘it seizes the properties of family members.’

• The new USS Canberra will be the first American navy warship to be commissioned in an allied country, with the combat vessel set to join the US fleet.

• Lithuania’s parliament has allowed domestic and foreign defence firms to set up in the country’s Free Economic Zones from 2024, entitling them to tax breaks.

• Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced Monday that Colombia is suspending a truce with the Estado Mayor Central (EMC) rebel group in flashpoint regions–including Meta, Guaviare, Putumayo and Caqueta–after the group killed four indigenous children. EMC is an offshoot of the now-disbanded Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC).

• Thousands of individuals displaced by the conflict in Tigray, Ethiopia Tuesday took to the streets in demonstrations, demanding a prompt return to their homes and the withdrawal of what they perceive as invading forces.

• The video of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Papua New Guinean Prime Minister James Marape warmly embracing, followed by Marape attempting to touch Modi’s feet—a demonstration of respect in Indian culture—was a reminder…

• Experts at the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security went through the Department of Homeland Security’s capstone strategy document and handed out their grades.

• While the AUKUS agreement and the defence strategic review have focused strong interest on the massive task of building, crewing and operating Australia’s future nuclear-powered submarines, the government has also agreed in principle…

• The Pakistani Taliban on May 24 claimed responsibility for an attack earlier in the week on an oil field run by the Hungarian company MOL that left at least six security guards dead and forced the suspension of operations.

• The Department of Homeland Security criticized the lawsuit, pointing out that President Biden’s policies have reduced illegal immigration by over 70 percent.

• In Peru, investigations into the killing of protesters by security forces are often closed without any charges, undermining people’s faith in their government.

Environment

• “Mawar is a real threat and a possible direct hit to our island”

• The north-central region was lashed by over six months’ worth of rain in a 36-hour span last week, leaving at least 14 dead in its wake.

• “Other top priorities are shelter and relocation of survivors…”

Finance

• Bad things happen to good people! Find out if the economy is to blame with this handy test.

• Thousands of individuals in Finland are missing out on their entitlement to a national pension, according to a recent press release by Kela, the Social Insurance Institution of Finland.

• Economic sanctions, a commonly used tool in international diplomacy, inflict significant economic damage on target countries, with the poorest segments of their populations bearing the brunt of the consequences. Recent studies reveal that sanctions imposed by the United Nations result in an annual decline of 2 percentage points in the growth rate of sanctioned nations. Extrapolated over a decade, this amounts to a staggering 25 percent reduction in per capita economic output.

• Uber drivers expressed outrage on social media after a glitch prevented them from receiving surge pay. The company says it will compensate drivers.

• “…The Florida Attorney General’s office did not provide an immediate response…”

• Recently, Old Mutual Zimbabwe launched a fintech business, Old Mutual Digital Services.

• Begrudgingly, I’ve had to sit through many financial advice talks with my grandparents since entering college, usually with the theme of, “Back in my day, I paid my way through college by working,” followed almost always with a conclusion like “you should too!”

• While the job market booms in country Australia, workers are hard to find amid chronic shortages of housing and childcare. The Regional Australia Institute think tank warns the bush is falling further behind as supply of workers, particularly medical professionals and carers, does not keep up with a surge in demand.

• Fancy a life by the sea on the NSW north coast, near the sandy white shores of South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula or on the vast plains of the Wimmera in rural Victoria?

• The affordability of housing in Lithuania has been declining, reaching the levels last seen in 2010 in the wake of the financial crisis.

• The employment minister says new rules to raise the bar for protections for gig workers will not apply to contractors and tradies in construction.

• Australia is staring down the barrel of lacklustre economic growth throughout this year and next. A collection of data points that indicate the likely pathway for economic activity continue to signal below-trend growth that’s now tipped to drag into early 2024.

• Asian stocks have extended a global sell-off as US debt ceiling negotiations dragged on without resolution, while the New Zealand dollar tumbled after the central bank caught markets off-guard by flagging that its tightening cycle is over.

• Silicon Valley Bank employees had been hearing layoff rumors for weeks. When the pink slips actually hit yesterday, it was even messier than they had feared.

• Driving the news: First Citizens Bancshares, which bought the failed lender two months ago, laid off nearly 500 SVB employees, as Axios was first to report.

AstroTurf/Lobbying/Politics

• The graft case is one of dozens registered against Khan in the past year.

• The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party’s Senior Vice President, Shireen Mazari, announced on Tuesday that she is leaving the PTI hours after the party claimed that she was arrested for the fifth time.

• A suicide car bomber targeted a security checkpoint in northwestern Pakistan on May 24, killing two soldiers, a policeman, and a civilian, the military said. It was the second militant attack to hit Pakistan in as many days.

• A judge for the Superior Court of Arizona in Maricopa County dismissed a lawsuit by former Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake on Monday, denying Lake’s final claims of election misconduct in the 2022 Arizona general election.

• Mr Xie Feng most recently served as a vice-foreign minister charged with overseeing policy towards the US.

• The flight attendants allegedly made fun of others for asking for a carpet instead of a blanket in English.

• Think back to what campus looked like in the weeks before the 2022 midterms: volunteers on every street corner registering new students to vote, lawn signs and flyers to vote wherever there was space. Remember how it felt, too.

• Continuing his visits to NATO capitals in the run-up to the alliance’s summit in Vilnius in July, Lithuanian President Gitanas Nausėda will travel to France on Wednesday to meet with President Emmanuel Macron.

• France is committed to the security of Lithuania and the entire Baltic region, President Emmanuel Macron said as he met with his Lithuanian counterpart Gitanas Nausėda in Paris on Wednesday.

• A mandatory referendum on multiple citizenships will be held in Lithuania on May 12, 2024, according to the resolution Lithuania’s Seimas approved on Tuesday with 111 votes in favour, no votes against, and five abstentions.

Misinformation/Disinformation/Propaganda

• European sources have revealed that Twitter is planning to withdraw from the European Union’s (EU) disinformation code, a voluntary agreement that brings together major social platforms. The decision by Twitter, which is owned by US billionaire Elon Musk, has been communicated to the European Commission, but formal notification to Brussels is still pending.

• The EU’s code of practice on disinformation was established in 2018 and has nearly three dozen signatories, including industry giants like Meta, Google, Twitter, Microsoft, and TikTok. It encompasses not only major platforms but also advertisers, fact-checkers, and non-governmental organisations. The code, drafted by the industry players themselves, includes over three dozen commitments, such as improved collaboration with fact-checkers and a commitment not to promote actors spreading disinformation.

Censorship/Free Speech

• The ruling against a Georgia school district is a response to book bans across the country, which have targeted titles about race and LGBTQ topics.

• Wai Hin Aung said last week that international assistance will be needed in Cyclone Mocha recovery effort.

• Just a quick update on our story yesterday regarding the prosecution of Dr Sucharit Bhakdi: BREAKING: Verdict for Dr. Sucharit Bhakdi in Process – Here’s What We Know So Far Germany – As Dr. Bhakdi faced court for his charges of “incitement of the masses” and “trivialization of the Holocaust” …

• Secretary for Justice Paul Lam has said he will not answer hypothetical questions about the legality of mourning victims of the 1989 Tiananmen crackdown.

Freedom of Information / Freedom of the Press

• Alex Mahon said research “backs up” that 16 to 24-year-olds “care about the same world issues as we do”.

• The survey found almost half of people feel negative after watching or reading the news.

• Belarusian state news outlet Belta reported Monday that journalist and former opposition figure Roman Protasevich was pardoned by President of Belarus Aleksandr Lukashenko weeks after being sentenced to eight years in prison.

Civil Rights/Policing

• STRIKES will hit 5 privately owned kindergarten chains and 26 around-the-clock care housing units for the elderly as of today after a failed attempt to reach an agreement on the terms and conditions of employment for employees in the private social care sector.

• The strikes in kindergartens will last two days and those in care housing units until Saturday.

• South Carolina is among the last bastions in the region for those seeking legal abortions, but that status likely will end soon.

• A total of 11 Hong Kong police officers were arrested in the first quarter of 2023, the Security Bureau has revealed. The public should not let individual cases “obliterate” police efforts and contributions, the bureau said.

• Aslan Otepov, the leader of the People Against Corruption group in Kazakhstan’s northwestern city of Oral, has been sentenced to eight years in prison on charges of fraud and bribe-taking that he and his supporters have rejected as politically motivated.

• The chairman of Kazakhstan’s unregistered Algha Kazakhstan (Forward Kazakhstan) party, Marat Zhylanbaev, was not released on May 23 despite serving out a 20-day jail term.

• Uzbekistan Airways barred Kazakh human rights activist Ghalym Agheleuov from boarding a plane from the Kyrgyz capital, Bishkek, to Uzbekistan’s capital, Tashkent, on May 23 without giving any reason.

• They’re the latest developments in the shifting landscape of law since the U.S. Supreme Court last year overturned Roe v. Wade and the nationwide right to abortion.

• Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul released a comprehensive report Tuesday naming over 450 child sex abusers within Catholic Church leadership in the state. The report follows a five-year investigation, which occurred following the large-scale revelations of child sexual abuse in Pennsylvania in 2018.

• Pope Francis dispatched Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu, a top Vatican sex crime investigator, to Bolivia on Monday as victims of alleged sexual abuse at the hands of priests continue to come forward. Bertomeu, a leading member of the Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF), previously led investigations of abuses committed by priests against minors…

• Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov and translator Angela Rodel won the International Booker Prize on May 23 for Time Shelter, a darkly comic novel about the dangerous appeal of nostalgia.

• He seemed to be referring to a top US diplomat’s 2021 visit to the home of a detained opposition leader.

• More than 20 people were accused of being People’s Defense Force members or funding guerilla groups.

• The final version of the question set to be put to the public at the referendum on the Indigenous voice will be back up for debate in federal parliament. MPs face another late-night session of parliament on Wednesday as talks on the Indigenous voice continue.

Digital Restrictions (DRM)

• The era of free Netflix password sharing in the US is coming to an end. The streaming giant on Tuesday began emailing US users who share passwords that either they or their non-household members will need to pay up.

• Secure Repairs members celebrate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s signing of the Digital Fair Repair Act and call on the state’s Attorney General to clarify the meaning of vague language in the law regarding cybersecurity and critical infrastructure.

Monopolies

• As the annual shareholder meeting approaches, Meta shareholders ask leadership to review the company’s targeted advertising business model and protect human rights.

Patents

• EPO launches new platform to make innovation in this field more accessible to all

Software Patents

• The news that the European Commission’s competition directorate (DG COMP) has decided not to conduct a full antitrust investigation into the Alliance for Open Media’s (AOM) licensing policy is to be welcomed.

Copyrights

• In case you don’t have enough to worry about, someone has built a credible handwriting machine:

• The heart of this book is the sharp and disjointed accounts of survivors, their experience not yet shorn of its surprise.

• On May 4, 2023, Ed Sheeran was cleared of copyright infringement in a lawsuit posed against him by Kathryn Townsend Griffin. The case began in 2017 when Griffin, daughter of Marvin Gaye’s co-songwriter, Ed Townsend, claimed that Sheeran’s hit song “Thinking Out Loud” stole elements of Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On,” including its melody…

Gemini* and Gopher

Technical

• GNUnet is GNU’s (yes, that GNU in GNU/Linux) framework for p2p applications. CADET (Confidential Ad-hoc Decentralized End-to-end Transport) is GNUnet’s transport layer protocol. Think it like a replacement of TCP/IP.

• I’m back working on GNUnet++ after months of not knowing what to do with it! Now I’ve a fun project that I’m working on. In the mean time I have fixed and added a lot of things to GNUnet++. I think it’s a good time to write a blog post about what each GNUnet subsystem does and how to use it in GNUnet++. Fire-hose style.

• This post also assumes you are going to use the coroutine API mainly. Since 1) it’s what I use and 2) callbacks are not fun to layer on top each other. Also I’ll be explaining the more commonly used parts. There’s a lot of stuff GNUnet offers that I don’t know about or don’t use.

• My forum history began when I was about 10 years old. I used to subscribe to a monthly horse themed surprise box and it came with a forum that could only be accessed through the subscriber credentials. It shut down some years later, but it taught me a lot and was a really important space for my early internet days. The space was moderated by the company, not viewable without logging in, and intended for children and teens. I am grateful that we were able to have fun and be our cringey child selves without this being public or still available, or sold to anyone. I am also thankful for the “elders” in that community who explored difficult topics in a child-friendly way. We were able to have talks about death, domestic violence, mental health, sexual assault or the ethics of eating animals without everything imploding, being inappropriate, or taking up much of the space.

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