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GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 28-Jan-2024 00:24:20 UTC GeniusMusing

Anybody good with really, really old systems?

Project Remote: Windows 3.11 Administrator m/f/d in 91058 Erlangen Projects at GULP
https://www.gulp.de/gulp2/g/projekte/agentur/C00929028

>Start Date: 01.02.2024
>Duration: Duration 30.09.2024
>Location: 91058 Erlangen

>The result of your work is high-quality display software whose interfaces to the vehicle control system function smoothly.
>
>The driver's cab display system on high-speed and regional trains shows the driver the most important technical data in real time.
>Project Description
>
> Updating drivers
> Maintenance of the old system
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1. No result found on File_thumbnail lookup.
  
  GULP
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 02-Dec-2023 22:27:11 UTC GeniusMusing
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- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
@lnxw48a1
According to USGS there have been 44 quakes just today, mostly in the same area and ranging from 4.5 to 7.6.

Latest Earthquakes
https://nu.federati.net/url/292642
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1. No result found on File_thumbnail lookup.
  
  Latest Earthquakes
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 02-Sep-2023 12:10:57 UTC GeniusMusing

Jimmy Buffett: Margaritaville singer dies aged 76 BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-66694147?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA

>US singer-songwriter Jimmy Buffett, best known for his 1970's hit Margaritaville, has died aged 76.
>
>"Jimmy passed away peacefully on the night of September 1 surrounded by his family, friends, music and dogs," said a statement on his website.
>
>"He lived his life like a song till the very last breath and will be missed beyond measure by so many."
>
>The cause of Buffett's death was not given but he had spent time in hospital in recent months.
>...

Jimmy Buffett Fins Music Video YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNrM7DnYz4Y

#RIP
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1. Jimmy Buffett: Margaritaville singer dies aged 76
  
  from https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews
  
  The Margaritaville musician is also remembered as a successful author and entrepreneur.
2. Jimmy Buffett Fins Music Video
  
  from rcmuir07
  
  Fins Video In Concert
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 26-Aug-2023 18:07:32 UTC GeniusMusing

Bob Barker, longtime Price is Right host and animal rights activist, dies aged 99 US news | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/aug/26/bob-barker-price-is-right-host-dead

>Bob Barker, the longtime television host of The Price Is Right, has reportedly died at the age of 99.
>
>“It is with profound sadness that we announce that the World’s Greatest MC who ever lived, Bob Barker has left us,” Barker’s publicist Roger Neal said in a statement, TODAY reports.
>...

Many a sick day was spent watching his shows…

RIP :(
In conversation Saturday, 26-Aug-2023 18:07:32 UTC from nu.federati.net permalink
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1. Bob Barker, longtime Price is Right host and animal rights activist, dies aged 99
  
  from https://www.theguardian.com/profile/maya-yang
  
  Television personality had iconic career spanning 50 years in which he garnered 19 Daytime Emmy awards
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 07-Aug-2023 15:56:14 UTC GeniusMusing
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- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
@lnxw48a1
Seems to have been updated, maybe for the better...

Zoom A.I. tools trained using some customer data, updated terms say
https://www.cnbc.com/2023/08/07/zoom-ai-tools-trained-using-some-customer-data.html

>Key Points
>
> Zoom’s terms of service update establishes the video platform’s right to use some customer data for training its AI models.
> Zoom clarified that “for AI, we do not use audio, video or chat content for training our models without customer consent.”
> But when a user enables Zoom’s generative AI features, released in June, the company has them sign a consent form allowing Zoom to train its AI models using their customer content.
>...
In conversation Monday, 07-Aug-2023 15:56:14 UTC from nu.federati.net permalink
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1. Zoom can now train its A.I. using some customer data, according to updated terms
  
  from https://www.facebook.com/CNBC
  
  Zoom's update comes amid growing public debate on the extent to which AI services should be trained on individuals' data.
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 30-May-2023 22:28:10 UTC GeniusMusing
in reply to
- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
- Ji Fu
@fu @lnxw48a1
I think what we are seeing play out is what George Carlin was talking about...

>Governments don’t want well informed, well-educated people capable of critical thinking. That is against their interests.
>They want obedient workers, people who are just smart enough to run the machines and do the paperwork. And just dumb enough to passively accept it.
– George Carlin

In conversation Tuesday, 30-May-2023 22:28:10 UTC from nu.federati.net permalink
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 08-May-2023 19:08:41 UTC GeniusMusing
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- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
@lnxw48a1
I have my own workaround for just this issue.
I raise my hand to the "Stop/Hold" position.
Get to a point where I can stop and leave myself a note on the next thing to do.
Then let them interrupt me.
I have even done this to my former boss and the owner. It wasn't long before they adopted it for the same reason.
YMMV

In conversation Monday, 08-May-2023 19:08:41 UTC from nu.federati.net permalink
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 08-May-2023 19:04:56 UTC GeniusMusing
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- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
@lnxw48a1
Related: More reasons to not use Win.

Microsoft could cram more ads into Windows 11 – this time in the Settings app TechRadar
https://nu.federati.net/url/290342
In conversation Monday, 08-May-2023 19:04:56 UTC from nu.federati.net permalink
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1. Microsoft could cram more ads into Windows 11 – this time in the Settings app
  
  Recent moves with the Start menu are now being echoed within the Settings panel in testing
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 13-Apr-2023 17:58:17 UTC GeniusMusing
- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
- simsa04
@lnxw48a1 @simsa04
Pentagon leaks: US air national guardsman, 21, identified as suspect US military | The Guardian
https://nu.federati.net/url/290128

>The man believed to be responsible for the leak of hundreds of US defence documents that have laid bare military secrets and upset Washington’s relations with key allies is reported to be a 21-year-old air national guardsman based in Massachusetts.
>
>Jack Teixeira was the leader of an online chat group who uploaded hundreds of photographs of secret and top secret documents, according to the New York Times. The online group called itself Thug Shaker Central, made up of 20 to 30 young men and teenagers who shared their love of guns, racist memes and video games.
>...
In conversation Thursday, 13-Apr-2023 17:58:17 UTC from nu.federati.net permalink
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1. Pentagon leaks: US air national guardsman, 21, identified as suspect
  
  from https://www.theguardian.com/profile/julianborger,https://www.theguardian.com/profile/manisha-ganguly
  
  Jack Teixeira led Thug Shaker Central online group and is facing arrest in Massachusetts, say reports
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 25-Mar-2023 18:07:46 UTC GeniusMusing
in reply to
- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
@lnxw48a1
>Format-shifting of items purchased is legitimate.

For media (video/audio), for personal use, as long as DRM is not present, in the US.

Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_Corp._of_America_v._Universal_City_Studios,_Inc.

When it comes to sharing, we know how that ended.

A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc. Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%26M_Records,_Inc._v._Napster,_Inc.

MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd. Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MGM_Studios,_Inc._v._Grokster,_Ltd.

As is the custom, follow the money.
In conversation Saturday, 25-Mar-2023 18:07:46 UTC from nu.federati.net permalink
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1. Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.
  
  Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc., 464 U.S. 417 (1984), also known as the “Betamax case”, is a decision by the Supreme Court of the United States which ruled that the making of individual copies of complete television shows for purposes of time shifting does not constitute copyright infringement, but is fair use. The Court also ruled that the manufacturers of home video recording devices, such as Betamax or other VCRs (referred to as VTRs in the case), cannot be liable for contributory infringement. The case was a boon to the home video market, as it created a legal safe haven for the technology.The broader legal consequence of the Supreme Court's decision was its establishment of a general test for determining whether a device with copying or recording capabilities ran afoul of copyright law. This test has created some interpretative challenges to courts in applying the case to more recent file sharing technologies available for use on home computers and over the Internet. Background In the 1970s, Sony developed the Betamax video tape recording format. Universal Studios and the Walt Disney...
2. A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc.
  
  A&M Records, Inc. v. Napster, Inc., 239 F.3d 1004 (9th. Cir., 2001) was a landmark intellectual property case in which the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit affirmed the a district court ruling that the defendant, peer-to-peer file sharing service Napster, could be held liable for contributory infringement and vicarious infringement of copyright. This was the first major case to address the application of copyright laws to peer-to-peer file sharing.While A&M Records served as the lead plaintiff, Napster was sued by 18 different record companies, all of which were members of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Additionally, songwriters Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller were included on the Circuit Court appeal, representing the interests of "all others similarly situated." Background Napster was started in 1999 by 18 year-old Shawn Fanning. Napster provided a platform for users to download compressed digital music files, specifically MP3s, from other users' music libraries. Unlike many peer-to-peer services, however, Napster included a central server that indexed connected...
3. MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd.
  
  MGM Studios, Inc. v. Grokster, Ltd., 545 U.S. 913 (2005), is a United States Supreme Court decision in which the Court ruled unanimously that the defendants, peer-to-peer file sharing companies Grokster and Streamcast (maker of Morpheus), could be held liable for inducing copyright infringement by users of their file sharing software. The plaintiffs were a consortium of 28 entertainment companies, led by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios. Background Entertainment industry lawsuits against new technologies that enable the copying of copyrighted content date back to the 1980s, when the movie industry sought court injunctions against the sale and use of VCRs. In Sony Corp. v. Universal City Studios, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a technology manufacturer cannot be held liable for its users' copyright infringement if widespread unauthorized copying is unlikely, and if the technology enables significant non-infringing uses as well.The advent of file sharing via the Internet in the late 1990s, and its enabling of easy and more widespread copying of copyrighted materials, inspired new arguments from the entertainment...
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 12-Mar-2023 14:35:13 UTC GeniusMusing
in reply to
- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
@lnxw48a1
Strangely missing from the timeline are a couple of items that should be of interest...

SVB CEO sold $3.6 million in stock days before bank failure; removed from San Francisco Fed Board of Directors TechStory
https://nu.federati.net/url/289878

Silicon Valley Bank employees received bonuses hours before takeover
https://nu.federati.net/url/289879
In conversation Sunday, 12-Mar-2023 14:35:13 UTC from nu.federati.net permalink
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1. SVB CEO sold $3.6 million in stock days before bank failure; removed from San Francisco Fed Board of Directors - TechStory
  
  from Tanishqua Ghura
  
  CEO Greg Becker of Silicon Valley Financial institution sold $3.6 million of equity securities underneath a trading platform less than two weeks first before enterprise disclosed huge losses which led towards its breakdown
2. Silicon Valley Bank employees received bonuses hours before government takeover
  
  from https://www.facebook.com/CNBC
  
  The SVB employee bonuses were for work done in 2022 and had been in process days before the company's collapse, sources said.
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Friday, 10-Mar-2023 00:38:13 UTC GeniusMusing
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- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
@lnxw48a1
One other thing that people forget/don't know is that most everything medical related can be traced back to the raw materials and everybody that was involved along the way.

A standard LHR (Lot History Record) from former $EMPLOYER for a "simple" part run of 100 parts could be 50-60 pages between all the tracking of "raw" materials (materials purchased for the product), incoming inspection reports for raw materials, who did what in the process's to get to the final part, who did in process inspections and who did final inspections, usually a sterilization report and final packaging inspection report, labeling report and final quality sign off. This is all before the product gets sent to the customer or distributor with a copy included as well as a pdf emailed. I have seen LHR's get up to 100-200 mb in size as a pdf for large lots of complex parts.

I am not saying this is an excuse for high prices but the $8 aspirin at the hospital has a long paper/history trail that is required to be kept.

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GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 07-Mar-2023 21:13:33 UTC GeniusMusing
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- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
@lnxw48a1
Reboots in Spaaaaace.

15-Year-Old NASA Probe Back in Action After Systems Reset
https://gizmodo.com/nasa-ibex-probe-operational-after-systems-reset-1850198754
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1. 15-Year-Old NASA Probe Back in Action After Systems Reset
  
  The IBEX spacecraft, in space since 2008, stopped responding to commands last month, requiring the reset.
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 12-Jan-2023 23:49:28 UTC GeniusMusing
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- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
@lnxw48a1
Take a look here, there are source tarballs available and links that might be in archive.org wayback machine.

Mustard F-Droid Free and Open Source Android App Repository
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.mustard.android/

Mustard {MOD} F-Droid Free and Open Source Android App Repository
https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.mumod.android/
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1. Mustard | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
  
  Microblogging via StatusNet
2. Mustard {MOD} | F-Droid - Free and Open Source Android App Repository
  
  Microblogging client
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Sunday, 11-Dec-2022 23:21:03 UTC GeniusMusing
- simsa04
@simsa04
I have found that when I work, usually code or design stuff, I can't listen to podcasts because they take too much attention to what I am working on. Music is no problem.

In conversation Sunday, 11-Dec-2022 23:21:03 UTC from nu.federati.net permalink
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 26-Nov-2022 16:57:41 UTC GeniusMusing

Tenacity is back! · Discussion 740 · tenacityteam/tenacity-legacy · GitHub
https://github.com/tenacityteam/tenacity-legacy/discussions/740

>Today marks another point in the project history of Tenacity: development has officially restarted and is now on Codeberg!
>
>It all started when @FrostKnight made a comment here. They noticed that Saucedacity was still being maintained and had activity. Long story short, discussions between I and the now previous maintainers of Tenacity had occurred, merges happened, and now we're restarting development with a new codebase (Saucedacity's) on Codeberg, which you can now visit here at https://codeberg.org/tenacityteam/tenacity!
>...

tenacityteam/tenacity: Tenacity is an easy-to-use, privacy-friendly, FLOSS, cross-platform multi-track audio editor for Windows, macOS, Linux, and other operating systems tenacity - Codeberg.org
https://codeberg.org/tenacityteam/tenacity
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1. Tenacity is back! · Discussion #740 · tenacityteam/tenacity-legacy
  
  Today marks another point in the project history of Tenacity: development has officially restarted and is now on Codeberg! It all started when @FrostKnight made a comment here. They noticed that Sa...
2. tenacity
  
  from tenacityteam
  
  Tenacity is an easy-to-use, privacy-friendly, FLOSS, cross-platform multi-track audio editor for Windows, macOS, Linux, and other operating systems
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Saturday, 26-Nov-2022 00:15:11 UTC GeniusMusing
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- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
@lnxw48a1
Some more details to read, TLDR: They were in trouble already.

Update: Details emerge on Lane's termination of all employees Furniture Today
https://www.furnituretoday.com/financial/report-lane-shuts-down-all-employees-terminated/

snip

>In June of this year, the company terminated its CEO, CFO and executive vice president of sales, and named former Standard Furniture President Todd Evans as CEO. The company subsequently restructured its sales organization and named Ruff Thomas and Keith News to sales leadership roles, with Thomas named president, sales for Lane’s domestic division and News named to the role of president, sales for Lane’s import division.
>
>One month later, the company laid off 300 employees and closed or repurposed several facilities. This included closing its metal stamping facility in High Point; transitioning a manufacturing factory in Amory, Miss., to a warehousing-only facility; and transitioning a Winston-Salem, N.C., operation to an East Coast distribution center.
>...
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1. Update: Details emerge on Lane's termination of all employees - Furniture Today
  
  from Bill McLoughlin
  
  United Furniture Inds. has terminated all employees.
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jun-2022 23:03:44 UTC GeniusMusing

Google Asks for Permission to Flood Inboxes With Campaign Spam
https://gizmodo.com/google-gmail-permission-campaign-email-spam-republicans-1849118953

>After years of grumbling from Republicans in Congress, Google has requested that the Federal Election Commission allow a pilot program in which political campaign emails would be exempt from spam filtering.
>...

NO! JUST NO!
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1. Google Asks Feds for Permission to Flood Inboxes With Campaign Spam
  
  The GOP complained that too many conservative fundraising emails were going to spam. Now, Google wants to make political emails exempt from filtering.
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Monday, 13-Jun-2022 13:30:34 UTC GeniusMusing

Not what I was expecting...

Revealed: Our Plans For Thunderbird On Android
https://blog.thunderbird.net/2022/06/revealed-thunderbird-on-android-plans-k9/

snip

>K-9 Mail Joins The Thunderbird Family
>
>To that end, we’re thrilled to announce that today, K-9 Mail officially joins the Thunderbird family. And cketti has already joined the full-time Thunderbird staff, bringing along his valuable expertise and experience with mobile platforms.
>
>Ultimately, K-9 Mail will transform into Thunderbird on Android.
>
>That means the name itself will change and adopt Thunderbird branding. Before that happens, we need to reach certain development milestones that will bring K-9 Mail into alignment with Thunderbird’s feature set and visual appearance.
>
>To accomplish that, we’ll devote finances and development time to continually improving K-9 Mail. We’ll be adding brand new features and introducing quality-of-life enhancements.
>...
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1. Revealed: Our Plans For Thunderbird On Android
  
  from Jason Evangelho
  
  We're thrilled to announce our first steps on the road to delivering an outstanding Thunderbird on Android experience.
GeniusMusing (geniusmusing@nu.federati.net)'s status on Thursday, 12-May-2022 17:14:32 UTC GeniusMusing
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- LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}
- Bob Jonkman
@lnxw48a1
@bobjonkman

They are still not ready or someone had interfered with their learning... :P

Cars With Active Driving Assistance Tech Crash During AAA Test
https://gizmodo.com/tesla-active-driving-assistance-autonomous-cars-aaa-1848916830

>Despite lofty performance promises from carmakers seeking an autonomous future, recent testing from AAA revealed “inconsistent performance” with more basic active driving assistance (ADA) that resulted in vehicles crashing repeatedly into cars and a bicycles.
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1. Vehicles Equipped With Active Driving Assistance Tech Slammed Into Cyclists During AAA Test
  
  Head-on collisions occurred during each and every one of AAA's 15 tests, sending test dummies hurling through the air.

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