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5 days ago
Analysis sjvnHow Parler's Data Was Harvested
Donk_enby had earlier reversed engineered part of the Parler iOS client, which had been written in Python. Using its API, a jail-broken iPad, and Ghidra, a National Security Agency (NSA) open-source reverse-engineering tool, donk_enby exploited weaknesses in Parler's design.
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6 days ago
Current Event sjvn
What must be done to bring Linux to the Apple M1 chip
Linus Torvalds would love to run Linux on an M1-powered Mac, and a crowd-sourced project is trying to port Linux to Apple's newest, but top Linux kernel developer Greg Kroah-Hartman warns that it won't be easy.
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6 days ago
Current Event sjvn
The Linux Foundation offers a suite of open-source management classes
Managing open-source projects is an art just as difficult as developing open-source programs, and now, there is a set of classes to help you master it.
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6 days ago
Comment sjvn
I see Greenwald is continuing to lobby Trump for a pardon for his buddy Julian Assange
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7 days ago
Expression sjvn
Not another Windows interface!
It appears Microsoft wants to give the Windows interface a major overhaul in late 2021. No, for the love of God, no!
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7 days ago
Analysis sjvn
Why Parler's revival on public cloud is complicated and unlikely
Even if the right-wing social network Parler wasn't being rejected by every major public cloud and hosting company, it would find it almost impossible to move to another site.
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7 days ago
Comment sjvn
Censoring to stop censorship. OK! <Rolls eyes>
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8 days ago
Analysis sjvn
What businesses will--and won't--give their work from home employees in 2021
The work world has changed. Regardless of how quickly we conquer Covid-19, many of us will not be returning to the office. Here's what that new work from home world will look like.
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12 days ago
Expression sjvn
Twitter should immediately and permanently ban Trump
Opinion: As should Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and all other responsible social media sites. The right to free speech doesn't give you the right to right to shout fraud in a fractured country.
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12 days ago
Comment sjvn
Bye-bye WhatsApp. Hello Signal.
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2 weeks ago
Current Event sjvn
Open-source developer and manager David Recordon named White House Director of Technology
With a background in open source, open standards, and security, Recordon may be ideal for President Joe Biden's White House.
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2 weeks ago
Comment sjvn
Certainly not when it comes to the Trump males.
Posted in: There's no such thing as an alpha male
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2 weeks ago
Current Event sjvn
Linus Torvalds tears into Intel, favors AMD
Torvalds, Linux's creator, finds AMD's processors deliver a much bigger bang for the buck than Intel's CPUs.
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2 weeks ago
Analysis sjvn
SolarWinds: The more we learn, the worse it looks
While you've been distracted by the holidays, coronavirus, and politics, the more we learn about the SolarWinds security fiasco, the worse it looks.
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3 weeks ago
Expression sjvn
Internet 2021: Here's what the new year will (and won't) bring
Now more than ever we depend on the internet for work, school, and fun. Will the internet providers rise to the challenge? Probably not.
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1 month ago
Current Event sjvn
Star Wars Novelists Seek Years of Missing Royalty Payments From Disney
Authors of books tied to big film franchises such as Star Wars stopped receiving checks after Disney acquired Lucasfilm and Twentieth Century Fox.
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1 month ago
Analysis sjvn
Why Red Hat dumped CentOS for CentOS Stream
No, it wasn't IBM calling the shots. This decision was made inside Red Hat for business reasons and it had been a long time coming.
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1 month ago
Analysis sjvn
Where Fedora fits in the new Red Hat/CentOS Stream Linux world
With CentOS Stream now "tracking ahead" of Red Hat Enterprise Linux, where exactly does that leave Fedora, Red Hat's community Linux distro, and long-time RHEL test release?
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1 month ago
Comment sjvn
I knew he was popular. My grandsons Love him. But this? This!!? Wow. Just wow!
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1 month ago
Current Event sjvn
Linux Mint 20.1 beta arrives
The next long-term support version of Linux Mint is getting close to release.
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1 month ago
Review sjvn
Where CentOS Linux users can go from here
Upset about what's happened with CentOS Linux? Here are your best alternative operating systems.
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1 month ago
Current Event sjvn
Goodbye CentOS, hello Rocky Linux
Red Hat is transforming CentOS into a DevOps-friendly, leading-edge rolling release. Many people liked it just the way it was. Now, CentOS's founder is working on giving them what they want.
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1 month ago
Analysis sjvn
Endangered Firefox: The state of Mozilla
Firefox web browser share keeps going down, while The Mozilla Foundation continues to make staff cuts and gives up its Mountain View California offices.
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1 month ago
Analysis sjvn
Fast, faster, fastest: a history of supercomputers from the CDC 6600 to Fugaku
How fast is fast? Taking a trip with supercomputers from 1964 until today.
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1 month ago
Current Event sjvn
For the love of open source: Why developers work on Linux and open-source software
The Linux Foundation and Harvard find it's not money that drives programmers to work on open source but the love of solving problems and creation.
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