IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Tuesday, April 02, 2024
beginning of new day, April 2
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04:23 schestowitz; "The next Cortana: Copilot on Windows is no reason to buy a new PC"
04:23 schestowitz; x https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/the-next-cortana-copilot-on-windows-is-no-reason-to-buy-a-new-pc
04:23 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.tomshardware.com | The next Cortana: Copilot on Windows is no reason to buy a new PC | Tom's Hardware
04:24 schestowitz; "Microsoft and OpenAI Reportedly Building $100 Billion Secret Supercomputer to Train Advanced AI"
04:24 schestowitz; x https://futurism.com/the-byte/microsoft-openai-supercomputer
04:24 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-futurism.com | Microsoft and OpenAI Reportedly Building $100 Billion Secret Supercomputer to Train Advanced AI
04:24 schestowitz; "Is Erdogans invite to the White House a diplomatic win?"
04:24 schestowitz; x https://www.ekathimerini.com/multimedia/podcasts/1235167/is-erdogans-invite-to-the-white-house-a-diplomatic-win/
04:24 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Is Erdogans invite to the White House a diplomatic win? | eKathimerini.com
04:24 schestowitz; "Give Saudi Arabia a chance to prove itself as chair of UN Womens Rights Forum"
04:24 schestowitz; x https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4564807-give-saudi-arabia-a-chance-to-prove-itself-as-chair-of-un-womens-rights-forum/
04:24 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 403 @ https://thehill.com/opinion/international/4564807-give-saudi-arabia-a-chance-to-prove-itself-as-chair-of-un-womens-rights-forum/ )
04:29 schestowitz; <li>
04:29 schestowitz; <h5><a href="https://pointieststick.com/2024/03/29/this-week-in-kde-looking-forward-towards-plasma-6-1/">This week in KDE: looking forward towards Plasma 6.1</a></h5>
04:29 schestowitz; <blockquote>
04:29 schestowitz; <p>This week Id like to highlight a very cool development: the automatic crash reporting facility in the Plasma 6 version of our venerable DrKonqi crash report wizard. Automatic reporting is opt-in, but so far lots of people are opting in, and were using this data to get a much better picture of the crashes that our users are actually experiencing than we ever could using Bugzilla! U
04:29 schestowitz; sing this system, at least three such important crashes were fixed this week, two by Fushan Wen (link 1 and link 2) and one by Vlad Zahorodnii (link)and possibly even more than I missed! </p>
04:29 schestowitz; <p> These reports make a difference; theyre not a black hole. So if something crashes, please do use the automatic crash reporting feature in DrKonqi! </p>
04:29 schestowitz; <p> In addition, quite a lot of technical and performance work was merged, especially for Discover and the Baloo file indexer. Finally, features and UI polishing are starting to land in Plasma 6.1. In addition to everything listed here, theres something big that I cant mention yet since its not 100% merged yet, but only 95%! Hopefully next week. So stay tuned for that! </p>
04:29 schestowitz; </blockquote>
04:29 schestowitz; </li>
04:29 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-pointieststick.com | This week in KDE: looking forward towards Plasma 6.1 Adventures in Linux and KDE
04:29 schestowitz; <li>
04:29 schestowitz; <h5><a href="https://akselmo.dev/posts/plasma-6-and-me/">Plasma 6 and me</a></h5>
04:29 schestowitz; <blockquote>
04:29 schestowitz; <p>I'm bit late to the train of Plasma 6 related posts... But anyway. I will go through some things I did. </p>
04:29 schestowitz; <p> For me working on Plasma 6 was pretty fun, I learned a lot of new things and fixed bunch of bugs and crashes. </p>
04:29 schestowitz; </blockquote>
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04:29 schestowitz;
04:29 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-akselmo.dev | Plasma 6 and me
04:30 schestowitz; <li>
04:30 schestowitz; <h5><a href="https://eerielinux.wordpress.com/2024/03/30/exploring-the-cbsd-virtual-environment-management-framework-part-7-updating-and-help/">Exploring the CBSD virtual environment management framework part 7: Updating and help eerielinux</a></h5>
04:30 schestowitz; <blockquote>
04:30 schestowitz; <p>This article was bi-posted to Gemini and the Web; Gemini version is here: gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/users/kraileth/neunix/2024/cbsd_pt7.gmi </p>
04:30 schestowitz; <p> Before I started diving into basic jail management with CBSD, I wrote two articles about the tool in general. This one is more in line with those as we are going to take a look at how to update CBSD (and doing a backup beforehand). We will also be exploring a bit of the pretty comprehensive help system. </p>
04:30 schestowitz; </blockquote>
04:30 schestowitz; </li>
04:30 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-eerielinux.wordpress.com | Exploring the CBSD virtual environment management framework part 7: Updating and help eerielinux
04:32 schestowitz; <li>
04:32 schestowitz; <h5><a href="https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2024/sipeeds-new-handheld-risc-v-cyberdeck">Sipeed's new handheld RISC-V Cyberdeck</a></h5>
04:32 schestowitz; <blockquote>
04:32 schestowitz; <p>Sipeed introduced the Lichee Pi 4A line of computers, offering a slightly newer T-Head TH1520 SoC, which is also 4-core, but uses faster C910 cores than the JH7110. </p>
04:32 schestowitz; <p> So how does it compare? Well, overall, it may be a pretty good RISC-V SoC, but in practice, at least underclocked as it is in the Lichee Console 4A, it's underwhelming (see my benchmarks later in the post). </p>
04:32 schestowitz; </blockquote>
04:32 schestowitz; </li>
04:32 schestowitz;
04:32 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.jeffgeerling.com | Sipeed's new handheld RISC-V Cyberdeck | Jeff Geerling
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04:40 schestowitz; <h5><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/generate-learn-morse-code-using-linux-terminal/">How to Generate and Learn Morse Code Using the Linux Terminal</a></h5>
04:40 schestowitz; <blockquote>
04:40 schestowitz; <p> Morse code may be less important these days for communication, but it's worth learning for some applications. One of the best ways to learn Morse code is to hear it. </p>
04:40 schestowitz; <p> If you use Linux, there's a command-line program that can help you do just that. It's called morse. This program translates any text into the audio dots and dashes of Morse code. </p>
04:40 schestowitz; </blockquote>
04:40 schestowitz; </li>
04:40 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.makeuseof.com | How to Generate and Learn Morse Code Using the Linux Terminal
6 AM, April 2
06:19 schestowitz; dweird.
06:32 schestowitz; <li><h5><a href="https://linuxiac.com/tumbleweed-users-face-urgent-2000-package-updates/">Tumbleweed Users Face Urgent 2000+ Package Updates</a></h5><blockquote><p></p>openSUSE rebuilds the entire codebase of Tumbleweed after a backdoor discovery in the xz library. Immediate update required!</blockquote></li>
06:32 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-linuxiac.com | Tumbleweed Users Face Urgent 2000+ Package Updates
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7 AM, April 2
07:32 schestowitz; > thanks for the tip
07:32 schestowitz; >
07:32 schestowitz; > Ross Anderson passed away this weekend. A big blow for digital rights
07:32 schestowitz; > and sanity in cybersecurity! We've chatted for years by email. Quite a
07:32 schestowitz; > shock.We too were shocked by that:
07:32 schestowitz; http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2024/03/30/RIP_Ross_Anderson.shtml
07:32 schestowitz; only days earlier a friend was recommending his books
07:32 schestowitz; then he died
07:32 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-news.tuxmachines.org | Tux Machines RIP Ross Anderson
11 AM, April 2
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noon, April 2
12:09 schestowitz; "Microsoft brings Power BI licenses in line with Fabric"
12:09 schestowitz; x https://www.theregister.com/2024/04/01/microsoft_power_bi_licenses/
12:09 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.theregister.com | Microsoft brings Power BI licenses in line with Fabric The Register
12:12 schestowitz; "New Tanium-Microsoft partnership provides endpoint data to Copilot for Security"
12:12 schestowitz; x https://siliconangle.com/2024/04/01/new-tanium-microsoft-partnership-provides-endpoint-data-copilot-security/
12:12 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-New Tanium-Microsoft partnership provides endpoint data to Copilot for Security - SiliconANGLE
12:14 schestowitz; "Now you can use ChatGPT without an account: Anyone curious should"
12:14 schestowitz; x https://www.hindustantimes.com/business/now-you-can-use-chatgpt-without-an-account-anyone-curious-should-101712023232572.html
12:14 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.hindustantimes.com | Now you can use ChatGPT without an account: Anyone curious should - Hindustan Times
12:15 schestowitz; "Microsoft-backed data security firm Rubrik announces IPO plans"
12:15 schestowitz; x https://siliconangle.com/2024/04/01/microsoft-backed-data-security-firm-rubrik-announces-ipo-plans/
12:15 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-Microsoft-backed data security firm Rubrik announces IPO plans - SiliconANGLE
1 PM, April 2
13:38 schestowitz; <li><h5><a href="https://blog.josefsson.org/2024/04/01/towards-reproducible-minimal-source-code-tarballs-please-welcome-src-tar-gz/"> Towards reproducible minimal source code tarballs? On *-src.tar.gz </a></h5>
13:38 schestowitz; <blockquote>
13:38 schestowitz; <p>While the work to analyze the xz backdoor is in progress, several ideas have been suggested to improve the entire software supply chain ecosystem. Some of those ideas are good, some of the ideas are at best irrelevant and harmless, and some suggestions are plain bad. Id like to attempt to formalize one idea (remains to be see in which category it belongs), which have been discussed before, but the context in which the idea can be
13:38 schestowitz; appreciated have not been as clear as it is today.
13:38 schestowitz; </p>
13:38 schestowitz; </blockquote></li>
13:38 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-blog.josefsson.org | Towards reproducible minimal source code tarballs? On *-src.tar.gz Simon Josefsson's blog
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