News gathered 2024-11-07

(date: 2024-11-07 08:22:01)


Vincent Ramos, CEO of Encrypted Phone Company That Sold to Sinaloa Cartel, Freed From Prison

date: 2024-11-07, from: 404 Media Group

Phantom Secure started legitimate before turning into a tech company for organized crime. Its owner, Vincent Ramos, is now out of prison.


https://www.404media.co/vincent-ramos-ceo-of-encrypted-phone-company-that-sold-to-sinaloa-cartel-freed-from-prison/


Edward Allen Carter Jr., Soldier of Many Continents

date: 2024-11-07, from: National Archives, Pieces of History blog

November 11 is Veterans Day. Visit the National Archives website to learn more about our Veterans Day holdings. Today’s post comes from Thomas Richardson, an expert archives technician at the National Personnel Records Center (NPRC) in St. Louis, Missouri. The early 20th century was a time of intense upheaval and paradigm shift change across the … Continue reading Edward Allen Carter Jr., Soldier of Many Continents 


https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2024/11/07/edward-allen-carter-jr-soldier-of-many-continents/


Raspberry Pi USB 3 Hub on sale now at $12

date: 2024-11-07, from: Raspberry Pi News (.com)

Our new Raspberry Pi USB 3 Hub provides extra connectivity for your devices by turning one USB-A port into four, and is priced at just $12.

The post Raspberry Pi USB 3 Hub on sale now at $12 appeared first on Raspberry Pi.


https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-usb-3-hub-on-sale-now-at-12/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-07, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

I missed this piece by Dan Gillmor in October about the 30th anniversary of Scripting News. Dan was the first journalist we showed our Edit This Page innovation to in 1999, and in turn he was the first blogger in journalism. Thanks for the callout Dan.


https://dangillmor.com/2024/10/15/dave-winers-30-years-of-blogging-and-much-more/


Launching a new podcast on climate solutions

date: 2024-11-07, from: Hannah Richie at Substack

If you’re into solutions-focused conversations, you might like it.


https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/solving-for-climate


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-07, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Kamala Harris Was Dukakis-ed. 


https://www.thebulwark.com/p/kamala-harris-michael-dukakis-lee-atwater


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-07, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Pluralistic: How to have cancer


https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/05/carcinoma-angels/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-06, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Amazing how quickly my blogroll is turning over. Bloggers are busy.


https://blogroll.social/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-06, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

With Trump elected, expect his trials, N.Y. sentence to vanish for now.


https://wapo.st/3NY9KJs


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-06, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Jack Smith's cases against Trump are winding down.


https://www.npr.org/2024/11/06/nx-s1-5181939/jack-smiths-cases-against-trump-are-winding-down


Swift Format in Xcode 16

date: 2024-11-06, from: Michael Tsai

Sarah Reichelt (Mastodon): In Xcode 16, Apple quietly introduced the ability to format your Swift files using Swift Format. I’m a long-time user of SwiftLint, but having such a tool built into Xcode would be a great convenience, so I decided to give it a try. Here is my description of why I use such […]


https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/06/swift-format-in-xcode-16/


Data Tracking and Notifications in Core Data and SwiftData

date: 2024-11-06, from: Michael Tsai

Fatbobman (Mastodon): [prepareForDeletion is called] when the managed object is about to be deleted, typically used for cleaning up resources or manually managing relationships. Note that this method is triggered before validateForDelete. If the deletion operation fails due to validation failure, changes made in this method may be rolled back.[…]However, because these operations are extensions […]


https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/06/data-tracking-and-notifications-in-core-data-and-swiftdata/


Swift Proposal: Integer Generic Parameters

date: 2024-11-06, from: Michael Tsai

SE-0452 (via Steve Canon): Swift does not currently support fixed-size or fixed-capacity collections with inline storage. (Or at least, it doesn’t do so well, not without forming a struct with some specific number of elements and doing horrible things with withUnsafePointer to handle indexing.) Most of the implementation of something like a fixed-size array, or […]


https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/06/swift-proposal-integer-generic-parameters/


Hypertextual Writing and Social Media

date: 2024-11-06, from: Michael Tsai

John Gruber (Mastodon): It also brought to mind how social media has largely kneecapped true hypertextual writing by not enabling it. You can, of course, add links to web pages in social media posts on any of the various basically-the-same-concept-as-Twitter platforms like X, Threads, Bluesky, or Mastodon, but you do so by pasting raw URLs […]


https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/06/hypertextual-writing-and-social-media/


Lilbits: EU probes Corning Gorilla Glass for antitrust violations, Android TV and Google TV hardware requirement updates, and Mozilla Foundation layoffs

date: 2024-11-06, from: Liliputing

Google is lowering the minimum amount of memory required for new Android TV devices… but increasing the amount needed for Google TV. The Mozilla Foundation is laying off a significant portion of its team. Microsoft plans to launch a preview of its controversial Recall feature for Copilot+ PCs by December. And the European Union is […]

The post Lilbits: EU probes Corning Gorilla Glass for antitrust violations, Android TV and Google TV hardware requirement updates, and Mozilla Foundation layoffs appeared first on Liliputing.


https://liliputing.com/lilbits-eu-probes-corning-gorilla-glass-for-antitrust-violations-android-tv-and-google-tv-hardware-requirement-updates-and-mozilla-foundation-layoffs/


MINISFORUM V3 SE is a cheaper 3-in-1 tablet with an older AMD Ryzen processor

date: 2024-11-06, from: Liliputing

The MINISFORUM V3 that launched earlier this year is a 14 inch tablet with a 2560 x 1600 pixel, 165 Hz, 500 nit display and an AMD Ryzen 7 8840U processor. It was one of the first tablets with an AMD “Hawk Point” processor. But it’s not exactly cheap: it still sells for $889 and up even […]

The post MINISFORUM V3 SE is a cheaper 3-in-1 tablet with an older AMD Ryzen processor appeared first on Liliputing.


https://liliputing.com/minisforum-v3-se-is-a-cheaper-3-in-1-tablet-with-an-older-amd-ryzen-processor/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-06, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

The Internet is More Real than Real Life.


https://www.infinitescroll.us/p/the-internet-is-more-real-than-real


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-06, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Jeff Jarvis: How Fucked Are We? Very.


https://buzzmachine.com/2024/11/06/how-fucked-are-we-very/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-06, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Jeff Bezos congratulates Trump on 'extraordinary' comeback, wishes him success in uniting America.


https://www.geekwire.com/2024/jeff-bezos-congratulates-trump-on-extraordinary-comeback-wishes-him-success-in-uniting-america/


Freedom of Choice vs. Oppression of Big Tech

date: 2024-11-06, from: Purism News and Events

The modern smartphone landscape is dominated by a handful of technology giants, whose influence extends far beyond their own ecosystems. Unlike in the heyday of the PC revolution where multiple companies fought tooth and nail for market share by differentiating on feature functionality as well as price – offering a plethora of alternatives – today’s smartphone landscape is dominated by two main players: Apple’s IOS and Google’s Android.

The post Freedom of Choice vs. Oppression of Big Tech appeared first on Purism.


https://puri.sm/posts/freedom-of-choice-vs-oppression-of-big-tech/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-06, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Apple Intelligence’s Transcriptions Are Very Good.


https://om.co/2024/11/04/apple-intelligences-transcriptions-are-very-good/


Know What You Control

date: 2024-11-06, from: Tedium site

If you’re stuck dealing with a bug that you can’t seem to fix, there’s nothing wrong with getting some white space from it. No harm in that.


https://feed.tedium.co/link/15204/16877071/know-what-you-control


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-06, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

My notes from just after the election. I think we're ready to learn the lessons, and there are some things we must do now, to preserve and build the electorate we have.


http://scripting.com/2024/11/06.html


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-06, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Dow Jones jumps over 1,300 points after Trump wins the election.


https://www.npr.org/2024/11/06/nx-s1-5181315/stocks-bitcoin-crypto-truth-social-trump-election


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-06, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

"Richest man in the world" doesn't begin to cover Musk's ambition. He wants "all the money in the world."


http://scripting.com/2024/10/31.html#a140612


At a Loss

date: 2024-11-06, updated: 2024-11-06, from: One Foot Tsunami


https://onefoottsunami.com/2024/11/06/at-a-loss/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-06, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Trump Won. Now What?


https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/11/trump-wins-second-term-presidency/680546/?utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share


Voted in America? This Site Doxed You

date: 2024-11-06, from: 404 Media Group

Voting rolls are technically public records but can be laborious to get hold of. A right-wing site weaponizes that information by allowing anyone, anywhere, to search for a voter’s physical address and party affiliation.


https://www.404media.co/voted-in-america-this-site-doxed-you/


‘Scared the Life Out of Me’: Here Are the FCC Complaints After Texas ‘Blue Alert’ Blast

date: 2024-11-06, from: 404 Media Group

After getting hit with a 4 a.m. emergency alert about a shooting hundreds of miles away from where they were sleeping, a lot of Texans were very pissed.


https://www.404media.co/texas-blue-alert-emergency-notification/


We’re not in Lake Wobegon any more, Toto

date: 2024-11-06, from: Status-Q blog

For those struggling to understand the US election results, I can only offer the following statistical observations: Roughly half of the world are of below-average intelligence. Roughly half of the world are of above-average gullibility. More than half of the world are on social media. Sometimes these combine in unfortunate ways. For those not familiar Continue Reading


https://statusq.org/archives/2024/11/06/12270/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-06, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Donald Trump wins the 2024 presidential election.


https://www.npr.org/2024/11/06/nx-s1-5180057/donald-trump-wins-2024-election


What the future looks like from here.

date: 2024-11-06, from: Dave Karpf’s blog

Trumpism won’t last forever. But people are going to suffer, and it will take decades to recover.


https://davekarpf.substack.com/p/what-the-future-looks-like-from-here


Podcast: The Plan to Use AI to Purge Voter Rolls

date: 2024-11-06, from: 404 Media Group

This week we have Jason on EagleAI, Sam on Microsoft’s gender AI mistake, and Joseph on the infostealer industry.


https://www.404media.co/podcast-the-plan-to-use-ai-to-purge-voter-rolls/


Meet Kari Lawler: Classic computer and retro gaming enthusiast

date: 2024-11-06, from: Raspberry Pi News (.com)

Meet Kari Lawler, a YouTuber with a passion for collecting and fixing classic computers, as well as retro gaming.

The post Meet Kari Lawler: Classic computer and retro gaming enthusiast appeared first on Raspberry Pi.


https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/meet-kari-lawler-classic-computer-and-retro-gaming-enthusiast/


Community update 2024-11-07: 1400 ARK organizations

date: 2024-11-06, updated: 2024-11-06, from: Arks Alliance blog

The ARK Alliance surpasses 1400 ARK organizations and reveals a promising new ARK minting and resolving tool.


https://arks.org/news/2024-11-07-community-update-1400-ark-organizations/


A glooming light this morning with it brings

date: 2024-11-06, from: Status-Q blog

A sombre mood here in our half-American household. The phrase that keeps running through my head is… Elect me once, shame on me. Elect me twice…


https://statusq.org/archives/2024/11/06/12268/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-06, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

What I wrote at this point in 2016 before taking a pill and trying to sleep through it.


http://scripting.com/2016/11/09/whyTrump.html


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-06, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Knicks’ Towns Trade Fuels Speculation of Imminent Superstar Arrival.


https://fanrecap.com/knicks-towns-trade-fuels-speculation-of-imminent-superstar-arrival-2/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-06, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Mozilla Foundation lays off 30% staff, drops advocacy division.


https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/05/mozilla-foundation-lays-off-30-staff-drops-advocacy-division/


Rust tools for Web Work

date: 2024-11-06, from: Robert’s Ramblings

A quick review of a PageFind and FlatLake by Cloud Cannon. A brief description of how I use them.


https://rsdoiel.github.io/blog/2024/11/06/rust-tools-for-web-work.html