nerd7473 @nerd7473@librem.one

OTD 1971: Intel announces the 4004: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_4004 #ComputerHistory

Intel doesn't plan to bring 3D V-Cache-like tech to consumer CPUs for now — next-gen Clearwater Forest Xeon CPUs will feature "Local Cache" in the base tile akin to AMD's 3D V-Cache - Intel confirms that its Clearwater Forest CPUs will separat... - https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-doesnt-plan-to-bring-3d-v-cache-like-tech-to-consumer-cpus-for-now-next-gen-clearwater-forest-xeon-cpus-will-feature-local-cache-in-the-base-tile-akin-to-amds-3d-v-cache #pccomponents #cpus

Facebook is changing its primary metric to ‘views’ https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/15/24297255/facebook-metrics-views-instagram #news

HighPoint launches a 492TB external NVMe RAID storage solution smaller than a shoebox — five-inch devices come with eight Solidigm SSDs and 28 GB/s transfer speeds - HighPoint launched a storage drive smaller than a shoebox b... - https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/storage/highpoint-launches-a-492tb-external-nvme-raid-storage-solution-smaller-than-a-shoebox-five-inch-devices-come-with-eight-solidigm-ssds-and-28-gb-s-transfer-speeds #pccomponents #storage

Security updates for Friday https://lwn.net/Articles/998291/ #tech #linux

Bitfenix burglar bags 5 years behind bars for Bitcoin heist - A nervous wait for rapper wife who also faces a stint in the clink The US is sending the ... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/11/15/bitfenix_intruder_sentenced/

Republican States' Attorneys General Sue SEC, Gensler Over Crypto 'Overreach' - Eighteen Republican state attorneys general have sued the U.S. Securities and Exch... - https://news.slashdot.org/story/24/11/15/1324221/republican-states-attorneys-general-sue-sec-gensler-over-crypto-overreach?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #usa

Something weird is happening with LLMs and Chess https://dynomight.net/chess/

You don't want news. Want to waste time on gnarl. How about the 33 year old software package "James Gleick's Chaos: The Software," I wrote with Josh Gordon and John Walker at Autodesk. Free on Github, including manual. Runs on any platform inside free shell DOSBox. https://github.com/rudyrucker/chaos/

Bitfinex hacker receives five-year sentence for record-breaking crypto heist https://www.theverge.com/2024/11/15/24297157/bitfinex-hacker-sentenced-crypto-bitcoin-heist #news

A male emperor penguin, named Gus, stands on a scale after being discovered on a beach near the town of Denmark in southwestern Australia, thousands of kilometres from his home on Antarctica. An emperor penguin has never been reported in Australia before, and this is possibly the furthest north that the species has ever been seen

Photograph: Miles Brotherson/AP https://www.theguardian.com/environment/gallery/2024/nov/15/week-in-wildlife-in-pictures-a-very-lost-penguin-cloned-baby-lemurs-and-a-mystery-mollusc#img-1

6/ To follow up once more:

@tuxedocomputers relicensed all full inhouse code in their driver package to GPLv2+ : https://gitlab.com/tuxedocomputers/development/packages/tuxedo-drivers/-/commit/dd34594ab880ed477bb75725176c3fb9352a07eb 👍

They are working on doing the same for the remaining drivers.

They also submitted a updated version of the patchset making the #Linux #Kernel's module loader treat some of the modules as proprietary; the list of modules handled that way is much shorter now:

https://lore.kernel.org/all/20241115130139.1244786-1-wse@tuxedocomputers.com/

CC: @waldi

WebVM 2.0: A complete Linux Desktop Environment in the browser via WebAssembly https://labs.leaningtech.com/blog/webvm-20

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🎱🧱 Oxyd (1990, Dongleware) is a puzzle game with a unique gameplay mechanic. It was initially released for Atari ST, and later, DOS users could also enjoy it. It was followed by 3 sequels, and an open-source implementation called "Enigma."

#computermuseum #computerhistory #slovenia #ljubljana #softwareheritage #digitalheritage #nostalgia #retrogaming #dosgaming #retrocomputing #90s #vintagecomputer #vintagecomputing #vintagegaming

GUI64 (2024, WebFritzi) #c64 https://c64universe.wordpress.com/2024/11/14/gui64-2024-webfritzi/ #c64

mobile-config-firefox 4.4.0 is out!

* More space in the urlbar (no ➡️, trimHttps, etc.)
* More space for tabs
* Touch screen fixes
* Tab counter!
* xdg-desktop-portal file-picker
* Moving the navigation to the bottom / showing multiple tabs / tab counter is now optional via about:config options
* PPA is disabled

Big thanks to @linmob, @user0 from #FriendlyFox (counter is based on her amazing work!), @gnumdk from @droidian, @DrRac27, @sethi !

https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/mobile-config-firefox/-/tags/4.4.0

#linuxmobile

Red Hat to contribute container tech (Podman, bootc, ComposeFS...) to CNCF https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-contribute-comprehensive-container-tools-collection-cloud-native-computing-foundation

Congress ponders underwater alien civilizations, human hybrids, and other unexplained stuff https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/11/14/congress_uap_hearings/ #news

Australia plans social media ban for under-16s - The government says it wants to mitigate the "harm" social media is inflicting on childre... - https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gzd62g1r3o