The XZ Linux Backdoor Is Incredibly BAD!!
Of all the times for a massive vulnerability to come out did it have to be over the Easter Weekend, I just wanted to take a break and here we are talking abo...YouTube
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Somewhere today, a builder is finishing work on a beautiful handcrafted home that has taken them a year of labor to complete. A baker is putting the final touches on an amazing cake, their finest...www.facebook.com
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OpenAI unveils its Voice Engine tool that can replicate people’s voices
OpenAI says it only needs 15 seconds of a human voice to replicate its sound and tone in an AI-generated one using the company’s Voice Engine tool.NBCNews.com (NBC News)
It might in some respects be superior to humans, and is driven by factors we can only partially know.
A Microcosm of the interactions in Open Source projects
Originally a thread on Twitter about the xz/liblzma vulnerability, when I finished typing it, I realized I had a real world slice of Open Source interaction that deserved more attention.robmensching.com
This passage in #GovernableSpaces was just highlighted to me—as was the fact that it should have included Nextdoor, perhaps the most feudal thing of all.
Find it in chapter one: ntnsndr.in/govbook
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, VINNIE! 💛 🌻
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I liked the song even when I didn't know it was about van Gogh, and from the few words of English I understood at that time, I thought it was about a handicapped boy called Vincent...
and loved it more than the other McLean song they played on the radio all the time 😀
Language fixes:
Why is a group of squid called a shoal when it should be called a squad?
Jet ski. Dumb name. Obviously it is a Boatercycle.
"Randomized Double Blind Trial" should be "Trick or Treatment".
Bee Hotels - lil wooden structure that solitary bees can nest in from time to time.
That's great - support local wildlife etc. But seriously, who was the marketing genius that decided NOT to call them all "Bee & Bee"s?
Narwhals should be renamed tunacorns.
Hemorrhoids should be assteroids.
(from Bored Panda)
People Suggest New Names For Badly Named Things And These 50 Make So Much More Sense
When you sit down for a while and really start thinking about language objectively, you realize that a lot of things don’t really make much sense. There are inconsistencies and irregularities to account for.Ieva Pečiulytė (Bored Panda)
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Lucian's True History, Comic adapted by Spearhafoc.
Hoo--HA!
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"A Voyage to the Moon" by Cyrano de Bergerac.
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Ryan Williams Mindbreaking BMX Free Willy
Ryan Williams is an Australian scooter and BMX rider who does wild tricks that make me nervous. In 2013 he perfected a back flip wkottke.org
My thoughts on this xz/liblzma stuff[0] is that we're reaching a boiling point where no one checks anything. Until we make simpler systems with less moving parts this will continue to happen.
Since Plasma 6 dropped recently and there's been the whole KDE Global Theme situation I thought it'd be a good idea to bring the one and only David Edmundson back on to the show to talk about the responce from the project along with plans into the future
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Recently Plasma 6 dropped so it was time to bring some KDE people back on but then there was also the Global Theme situation and who better to discuss that t...YouTube
XZ tools and libraries compromised with a critical issue gamingonlinux.com/2024/03/xz-t…
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XZ tools and libraries compromised with a critical issue
There's been an urgent security bulletin sent out in a few places today in the Linux sphere that relates to the XZ tools and libraries with liblzma, as certain version have been compromised.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Proton Experimental updated for The Finals, Red Alert 2, deals with high core count CPU issues for some games gamingonlinux.com/2024/03/prot…
Proton Experimental updated for The Finals, Red Alert 2, deals with high core count CPUs
Valve has released a new Proton Experimental update that pulls in some nice fixes for Linux Desktop and Steam Deck gamers, and this update should improve quite a few games!Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
"LIke spam" and (nearly) empty profile
As I said earlier, I very rarely recommend #FediBlock distinct accounts, not for a different view on things (that would be personal) but for malicious behavior, like spammers do.
Here is the account, I recommend considering blocking:emilyii99@diaspora-fr.org
The account itself has only an avatar image and #watch #my #secret #video written as a profile bio. That is very typical for spammers. Also it doesn't post or comment anything.
Here is a screenshot:
EDIT: Looks like her real name is Jessica Albos: tineye.com/search/?url=https%3…
This is typical for "nude avatar spammers", who grab a model's or leaked pictures of an attractive looking woman and then abuse it for attracting clicks to them. The last step doesn't actively happen here, but her watch my secret video should lure horny young men to her profile outside Diaspora.
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Virtual Realities: Mystery & Mayhem
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I am allowing myself this post during spring break only because it is from the section on "Democratic Play" at the end of chapter 3 in #GovernableSpaces.
Read the whole book free online: nathanschneider.info/govbook
Maniac is classic GTA meets Vampire Survivors - out now on Steam gamingonlinux.com/2024/03/mani…
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Maniac is classic GTA meets Vampire Survivors - out now on Steam
From Transhuman Design we have the next survivor-like game with Maniac, that puts it into a classic GTA setting while you go on a bit of a frenzy.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
Multiplayer comes to Cassette Beasts on May 20th gamingonlinux.com/2024/03/mult…
Multiplayer comes to Cassette Beasts on May 20th
The fantastic monster collection game Cassette Beasts is adding in online multiplayer, with a Beta available now with the full update due out on May 20th.Liam Dawe (GamingOnLinux)
#News: The #NYC government’s #AI #chatbot is telling businesses to break labor and housing #law.
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The Microsoft-powered bot says bosses can take workers’ tips and that landlords can discriminate based on source of incomethemarkup.org
Women are hard to read?
Try reading the instructions to women!!
I'm sorry, did I cut you off?
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Suicide Mission
What Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build a planeMaureen Tkacik (The American Prospect)
Simplifying The Configuration Of Immutable Distros
A lot of people have this assumption that immutable distros can not be configured but that's not exactly the case, in fact they can be it's just done at a ve...YouTube
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I'm putting this here to read later.
How do we halt the next pandemic? Be kind to critters like bats, says a new paper
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HAHAHAHA!! @Bob Lai I am sure you have stories related to what happens here!
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THE ELEVATOR - A Star Wars short film made with Unreal Engine 5.1
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Oh, yeah. We get downright silly when we have our buckets on and no one can see our faces.
Though the best one was a convention where we (our 501 garrison) were doing 'line patrol' outside the main doors, and some smart-ass quipped, 'Aren't you a little short for a stormtrooper?'
I stopped, tilted my head and said, 'Princess? I'M HERE TO RESCUE YOU!' and started running towards him. He backpedaled away from me and his buddies were all laughing.
Urban Freeride Fabio Wibmer
Well, Fabio Wibmer is very, very fast on his bicycle. Just about the first trick in here is Fabio successfully jumping the Lyon 25kottke.org
【GoW 2】Stay Safe Over Easter!!
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Sometimes I just desperately need to watch this scene from Mauvais Sang, an indescribably brilliant artwork wrapped inside a wonderful film. Merci, Leos Carax.
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in reply to Brodie Robertson • • •I'm honestly surprised at how many distributions build off a tarball instead of the actual source code, especially given how one of the main benefits of using distro repos is that the distro supposedly audits the code.
I mean I guess they probably do review the code itself but what's the point if they don't build off the code they're reviewing and instead use a tarball someone else built
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in reply to Brodie Robertson • • •I think "fixing their own backdoors" is the way how we get more development on Linux Software!
Change my mind.
Panderito
in reply to Brodie Robertson • • •Brodie Robertson
in reply to Panderito • • •Panderito
in reply to Brodie Robertson • • •Cool, I'll improve in a language that is not my native tongue. Appreciate the suggestion, honestly, no sarcasm involved.
But of course that's the main point in my message, right?
Panderito
in reply to Brodie Robertson • • •Long version: Look, I find you knowledgable and I enjoy reading you most of the time. Cool.
Also, I lived through the whole SCO thing and I KNOW how the term came to be something.
So, if you'd rather have me not using FUD outside of a very specific context, ok! But I've been reading about this xz thing because my work needs me to, and I find it unnecessary to have a board saying UPDATE NOW when most distros are not using the backdoored library other than rolling releases.
NiceMicro
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