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Notices by lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net), page 98

  1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 18-Mar-2023 20:41:28 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    in reply to
    • Ji Fu
    @fu I'm willing to submit issues if the project has a non-GitHub mirror. I've even created accounts on small code-hosting platforms or project-only platforms to submit issues. But if I have to log into GitHub in order to submit an issue, I'm more likely to look for a replacement than submit an issue.

    Even though I still have a GH account, it's been empty and unused for a decade. ( We should have learned from our previous experience, when almost every FOSS project's repo and issues were on #SourceForge. Or even from the mad scrambles when Google Code & Gitorious closed. )
    In conversation Saturday, 18-Mar-2023 20:41:28 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
  2. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 18-Mar-2023 20:28:51 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    https://nu.federati.net/url/289940 [www bleepingcomputer com]

    Article claims that official #Microsoft support technicians used a crack to activate a recalcitrant copy of #Windows. If the report is accurate, that's a big deal and they'll be trying to find and fire that person.
    In conversation Saturday, 18-Mar-2023 20:28:51 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink

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      Microsoft support 'cracks' Windows for customer after activation fails
      from BleepingComputer
      In an unexpected twist, a Microsoft support engineer resorted to running an unofficial 'crack' on a customer's Windows PCΒ after aΒ genuine copy of the operating system failed to activate normally. It seems, this isn't the first time either that a Microsoft support professional has employed such workarounds.
  3. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 18-Mar-2023 20:24:49 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    When #GS3 turned 4 years old recently, he received a gift from me. I didn't actually choose it or pay for it, because I was still struggling with the bank. Anyway, it is a hook-and-loop ball and target set. The target is a felt rectangle with a depiction of various planets on it.

    So on the video, he said "Grandpa sent me something about planets", and his brother #GS4 (almost 2 years old) started asking whether they were going to have a videochat with "ganpa".

    Anyway, I'm going to try to order some clothing for both of them. The 4 year old is too tall for most of this clothes, but the next size up are too wide for him. This has been the case for about a year, so it isn't a change, except he's moved up another size. But now, the 2 year old has outgrown almost all his clothes height-wise, but width-wise, he can still fit clothes from a year ago.

    Likewise, I couldn't get anything for their cousin #A1 around the time of his birthday, but I've picked something that I will try to order soon. I'm waiting to hear back from #Daddy_A that this is something the 10 year old will like ... and that someone will be involved with exploring it with him.
    In conversation Saturday, 18-Mar-2023 20:24:49 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
  4. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 18-Mar-2023 20:07:56 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    in reply to
    • lnxw48a1
    https://krebsonsecurity.com/2023/03/microsoft-patch-tuesday-march-2023-edition/ [krebsonsecurity com] I forgot the link!
    In conversation Saturday, 18-Mar-2023 20:07:56 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
  5. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 18-Mar-2023 20:07:23 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    The March 2023 #Patch_Tuesday updates cover 74 different bugs, including a couple that are being exploited in the wild. As always, any updates to #MSEdge try to steal http protocol, HTML and PDF file types from your preferred applications. There's also other annoying, irritating garbage slapped onto your toolbar.
    In conversation Saturday, 18-Mar-2023 20:07:23 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
  6. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 18-Mar-2023 15:29:51 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    The close by chicken sandwich place was way over capacity, so I went to the one on the other side of town and found the same there.
    In conversation Saturday, 18-Mar-2023 15:29:51 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
  7. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 18-Mar-2023 15:25:58 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    https://www.mx.com/blog/screen-scraping-vs-bank-apis-whats-the-difference/ [www mx com]

    Discusses bank APIs versus screen scraping, but leaves off a major issue, IMO. Under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, a person can be prosecuted for giving their login info to someone else when a site's ToS forbids it. (Hint: almost all sites forbid it.)

    Typically, this is not prosecuted unless the account gets used for nefarious purposes, but the potential is there. Likewise for Facebook's "give us access to your e-mail account so we can find all your contacts' FB accounts".
    In conversation Saturday, 18-Mar-2023 15:25:58 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink

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      Understanding Screen Scraping vs. Bank APIs | MX
      What’s the difference between screen scraping and APIs? And how does the evolution from one to other lead the industry to open banking?
  8. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 17-Mar-2023 22:32:52 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    Isn't it suspicious that none of the leading #conspiracy_theorists are sharing #conspiracy_theories about the #asparagubbians' plot to fill our plates with awful tasting #asparagus?
    In conversation Friday, 17-Mar-2023 22:32:52 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
  9. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 17-Mar-2023 22:30:27 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    in reply to
    • lnxw48a1
    • clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡­πŸ‡°πŸ’™πŸ’›
    @clacke I know the link is laughing at the #conspiracy_theorists; I just wanted to ask the question of somebody and this was a convenient time and place.
    In conversation Friday, 17-Mar-2023 22:30:27 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
  10. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 17-Mar-2023 22:18:18 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    in reply to
    • clacke: inhibited exhausted pixie dream boy πŸ‡ΈπŸ‡ͺπŸ‡­πŸ‡°πŸ’™πŸ’›
    @clacke Is it that such conspiracy theorists believe people won't be allowed / able to travel more than 15 minutes' walk from their homes? Or that they know the polluting factories will still pollute when the employees live within the aerial and groundwater waste plumes?
    In conversation Friday, 17-Mar-2023 22:18:18 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
  11. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 17-Mar-2023 21:58:16 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    I should give http://kmeleonbrowser.org/ another whirl. I want a low resource use browser for Windows. (Hint: nothing made with Chromium--Chrome, Edge, Brave, Opera, Vivaldi, etc--conserves resources; if anything, they use a lot more RAM.)
    In conversation Friday, 17-Mar-2023 21:58:16 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
  12. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 17-Mar-2023 21:38:03 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    So #MSEdge now has a gigantic "Bing" icon and a slide-out sidebar full of unwanted junk. It appears that the way to get rid of it all is registry-twiddling. Messing with the registry is undesirable (something that #GNOME hasn't learned during their decades long fascination with whatever Microsoft and Apple were going to do next).
    In conversation Friday, 17-Mar-2023 21:38:03 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
  13. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 17-Mar-2023 21:33:34 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    in reply to
    • lnxw48a1
    And, yes, the new crop seem to be a lot less deep in their background ... which would be fine if they were willing to explore on their own. When I came to $EMPLOYER, most of my IT peer group had much more experience than I did. But they all had extablished limits and rarely went beyond them.

    A lot of the new staff seem to have established limits without any background upon which to base them. They just don't do any extra training ... not self-directed training, anyway.
    In conversation Friday, 17-Mar-2023 21:33:34 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
  14. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 17-Mar-2023 21:13:00 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    in reply to
    • lnxw48a1
    Apparently, most of them are complaining that the agency is changing. But IMO, not all the changes are negative. For example, there is a much greater awareness of the legacy of internal racism. A few years ago, unless you had dark skin, you'd swear that there was no racism in work assignments or promotions. Now, the agency acknowledges that we need to do better.

    On the other hand, they are taking all the interesting work away from field IT and concentrating it in headquarters, so the best and brightest IT folks _have_ to leave, lest they stagnate.

    The other complaints I can see. New employees trying to jockey their way to the top, so there is considerably less information sharing than there was before.
    In conversation Friday, 17-Mar-2023 21:13:00 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
  15. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 17-Mar-2023 21:06:42 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    I wouldn't buy a Ford Mustang or similar car simply because they don't reflect where I am in my life. Such cars are for speed (street racers might use such cars, but I'm sure they'd have to disable some things first ... no automaker wants to be sued for imagined manufacturing defects because some street racer collided with another vehicle), for show (look at me! I drive a car that costs as much as your house), or for fun ( okay, you got me; I used to drive a stick shift and it was actually quite enjoyable most of the time ).

    But for me, if I were buying a vehicle, I would want a low purchase price, low operating cost, low pollution, ample passenger(1) and cargo(2) capacity, and no need for special licenses or permits.

    (1) Room for 3 grandkids in car seats plus another passenger in the front.
    (2) Room for weekly grocery purchases or the occasional large item ... bags of compost / bundles of firewood / a piece of furniture, etc
    In conversation Friday, 17-Mar-2023 21:06:42 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
  16. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 17-Mar-2023 20:50:46 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    I've read elsewhere that international estimates show #China's population in decline for years already, but now it appears even their official numbers reflect it. https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-64897827 [www bbc co uk]

    This could be bad news for peace and stability. A nation where the revered and respected elders are too numerous for their workforce to support? In other lands, raising the retirement age and reducing benefits to force able-bodied retirees back into the workforce have been tried. Can China do this?
    In conversation Friday, 17-Mar-2023 20:50:46 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink

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      What China’s baby woes mean for its economic ambitions
      from BBC News
      The country's ageing population and shrinking workforce are a threat to its economic growth.
  17. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 17-Mar-2023 19:47:49 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    This week has had me sitting here half asleep and not going to bed until midnight. Today I was sleepy all day and by day's end I had a headache. I'm better now, but I'll definitely try to go to bed early.
    In conversation Friday, 17-Mar-2023 19:47:49 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
  18. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 17-Mar-2023 19:13:05 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    in reply to
    • Economics of the US Economy
    • lnxw48a1
    Forgot to tag !econusa https://nu.federati.net/notice/3422929
    In conversation Friday, 17-Mar-2023 19:13:05 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink

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      LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 17-Mar-2023 23:11:40 UTC
      By LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864} (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net) from Federati Nu: Federated N-series GNU Social
      Think the banking system is stable and your money stored in banks is safe? https://bikeshed.party/objects/cddd15e5-9f73-44c1-989e-2d1a01b6a139 says that #WSJ stated 186 banks are in similar condition to recently seized #SVB. (No link included and I don't feel like trying to dodge their paywall while searching Wall Street Journal for one specific article.) Fears of #contagion have a real basis ... it remains to be seen whether we weather this without a 2008-2011 style financial panic.

      Also, the follow-up post says that more than 20 private jets flew to Omaha #NE yesterday ... speculation being that regional bank CEOs are coming to see Warren Buffett for some sort of bailout. I don't necessarily hold to that view, simply because with so many publicly traded entities, someone would have said something that required a disclosure filing with the #SEC (the real one, not the South Eastern Conference of college football, but the Securities and Exchange Commission). They may or may not have filed such a filing, but for sure, those CXOs would go out of their ways to avoid the appearance of needing to file.

      Note also that most recent problems in the #cryptocurrency space have been caused by entanglements with traditionally regulated commercial #banks, #exchanges, and other regulated #financial companies. I don't think people should consider cryptocurrency an "investment" so much as a secondary channel for transactions that may offer continued access when your bank is inaccessible.

      I recently experienced a bank being inaccessible, as the bank I'd been using since the 1990s sold the branch where my account was located and I've spent the last couple of months dealing with a bungled transition. Coming on top of six months without income, it has been highly stressful. Just yesterday, they notified me that they think they've cleared the last obstacle.
  19. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 17-Mar-2023 19:11:40 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    Think the banking system is stable and your money stored in banks is safe? https://bikeshed.party/objects/cddd15e5-9f73-44c1-989e-2d1a01b6a139 says that #WSJ stated 186 banks are in similar condition to recently seized #SVB. (No link included and I don't feel like trying to dodge their paywall while searching Wall Street Journal for one specific article.) Fears of #contagion have a real basis ... it remains to be seen whether we weather this without a 2008-2011 style financial panic.

    Also, the follow-up post says that more than 20 private jets flew to Omaha #NE yesterday ... speculation being that regional bank CEOs are coming to see Warren Buffett for some sort of bailout. I don't necessarily hold to that view, simply because with so many publicly traded entities, someone would have said something that required a disclosure filing with the #SEC (the real one, not the South Eastern Conference of college football, but the Securities and Exchange Commission). They may or may not have filed such a filing, but for sure, those CXOs would go out of their ways to avoid the appearance of needing to file.

    Note also that most recent problems in the #cryptocurrency space have been caused by entanglements with traditionally regulated commercial #banks, #exchanges, and other regulated #financial companies. I don't think people should consider cryptocurrency an "investment" so much as a secondary channel for transactions that may offer continued access when your bank is inaccessible.

    I recently experienced a bank being inaccessible, as the bank I'd been using since the 1990s sold the branch where my account was located and I've spent the last couple of months dealing with a bungled transition. Coming on top of six months without income, it has been highly stressful. Just yesterday, they notified me that they think they've cleared the last obstacle.
    In conversation Friday, 17-Mar-2023 19:11:40 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
  20. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 17-Mar-2023 16:52:13 EDT lnxw48a1 lnxw48a1
    https://wwv.mcodes.org/

    I used to drive my parents and siblings crazy by listening to WWV and WWVH for hours at a time.
    In conversation Friday, 17-Mar-2023 16:52:13 EDT from nu.federati.net permalink
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