Notices by ☆ Dmitri ☭ (yogthos@mastodon.social)

New Linux kernel bug lets you get root on most modern distros https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-linux-kernel-bug-lets-you-get-root-on-most-modern-distros/

Fluent: a localization system for natural-sounding translations https://projectfluent.org/

Let's Encrypt wil revoke many TLS/SSL certificates on March fourth due to CAA rechecking bug.

https://community.letsencrypt.org/t/revoking-certain-certificates-on-march-4/114864

EFF has confirmed that the Ring doorbell app on Android covertly shares personally identifiable information on its users with third-party companies, including Facebook. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/01/ring-doorbell-app-packed-third-party-trackers

Pinebook Pro review: this laptop is better than any $200 laptop should be.
https://www.jeremymorgan.com/blog/linux/pine64-pro-laptop-review/

zoom

hermit crabs evolved bubble sort for trading shells 🦀

Italian council is flooded immediately after rejecting measures on climate change

https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/14/europe/veneto-council-climate-change-floods-trnd-intl-scli/index.html

Google Begins Testing Extension Manifest V3 Which Kills Adblockers. If you're still not using Firefox, now's the time to start. https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/software/google-begins-testing-extension-manifest-v3-in-chrome-canary/

Deconstructed Special: The Noam Chomsky Interview https://theintercept.com/2019/10/31/deconstructed-special-the-noam-chomsky-interview/

Media Ignore Unmasking of Twitter Exec as British Psyops Officer https://fair.org/home/media-ignore-unmasking-of-twitter-exec-as-british-psyops-officer/

Leaked Audio Reveals How Coca-Cola Undermines Plastic Recycling Efforts https://theintercept.com/2019/10/18/coca-cola-recycling-plastics-pollution/

thinking outside the box

an epic one man band performance

https://twitter.com/BernieSanders/status/1167433945899835393

Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

noble gasses next to a Tesla coil

A 3D printed arrow by mathematician and sculptor Kokichi Sugihara uses curves and angles that the brain can't register to make it look like it always points right. https://www.livescience.com/62478-optical-illusion-arrow-mirror-symmetry.html

Critical 'Update Now' Warning Issued For VxWorks OS Inside 2 Billion IoT Devices https://www.forbes.com/sites/zakdoffman/2019/07/29/warning-as-2-billion-medical-industrial-and-enterprise-iot-devices-at-risk-of-attack/#70d60ed433af

Adding either a colorized grid or horizontal lines causes the brain to see a grayscale image as a colored one. This is known as the Munker illusion.