Notices by nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social), page 30

@ramsey it is loading up for me without any paywall . I am on ios. Are you in EU zone? Are you using vpn? Not saying you are not facing problems but typically theses sites block vpn or eu users.

Learn PHP, it is getting some serious attention and funding. Open-source framework Laravel has raised a $57 million Series A from Accel https://fortune.com/2024/09/05/laravel-raises-57-million-series-a-from-accel/ #opensource #php

@ChartreuseK @Siph no it is mediawiki feature. No special congratulations required that is why i have articles like https://bash.cyberciti.biz/guide//etc/apt/sources.list_file it just works 😅

@Siph great example about assuming name or name validation. I am going to share this wiki page 👆

Porting systemd to musl libc-powered #Linux https://catfox.life/2024/09/05/porting-systemd-to-musl-libc-powered-linux/ #opensource

@vivideo Parents and teachers can guide students. Everyone should know basic math. I say teach them personal finance and cyber security, too. Kids are smart. All they need is proper guidance, a bit of discipline, and more time playing offline instead of sitting in front of mobile devices browsing TikTok or using ChatCPT. Of course, you can't ignore technology, but limited screen time is essential. I guess it now all comes down to personal parenting, and my opinion may not be popular. YMMV.

Imagine a scenario 10 or 20 years from now where many data centers go dark due to a cyberattack or a natural event like a solar flare or heavy flooding. How are these kids going to solve problems if they don't even know basic math formulas? Can they even write five sentences on paper? Technology is wonderful, but it has its own limitations. No wonder many professors reject papers or homework if they suspect students used LLM. These teachers know limitations very well.

Lmao. Does AI actually help students learn? A recent experiment in a high school provides a cautionary tale. Kids who use ChatGPT as a study assistant do worse on tests https://hechingerreport.org/kids-chatgpt-worse-on-tests/ Tell me again what ChatGPT is good for? It generated bad code. It doesn't give credit. It steals from artists. It uses a max amount of energy. It's causing job loss. I guess parents now need to block ChatGPT at the DNS level.

7 things all kids need to hear

1 I love you

2 I'm proud of you

3 I'm sorry

4 I forgive you

5 I'm listening

6 RAID is not backup. Make offsite backups. Verify backup. Find out restore time. Otherwise, you got what we call Schrödinger backup

7 You've got what it takes

@rustickey true. saw my doctor googling the medicine name that was prescribed by the old doctor and then logged into some sort of pro portal to check for medicine interaction. i giggled and moved on. lol.

Good. Greed knows no boundaries.
AT&T Sues Broadcom Over VMware Contracts ‘Bullying’ https://www.channelfutures.com/channel-business/att-sues-broadcom-over-vmware-contracts-bullying AT&T is suing Broadcom, alleging that the chipmaker seeks to breach its VMware contracts with the telco in a move that puts first responders, other critical government services and national security at risk.

If you're starting out in programming, sysadmin, or DevOps, don't feel bad if you're constantly Googling the basics.

Even seasoned pros like myself, with years under our belts, turn to Google every single day for the simplest things.

The human mind is great, but it forgets many things. It's basic human nature. So, don't feel bad about such stuff :)

The Internet Archive Loses Its Appeal of a Major Copyright Case https://www.wired.com/story/internet-archive-loses-hachette-books-case-appeal/ Next, all AI companies should also lose access to copyrighted books and art. Why are tech bros allowed to breach copyright? The law should be applied equally to all.

@hansvschoot haha, that is true. threat models and risk assessments are different for each person.

@dan_t No, you can't update firmware on those keys. You have to buy a new one.

Are you using YubiKey 5 Series with firmware version below 5.7 as FIDO hardware tokens (2FA)? There is a bad news for all users. YubiKeys are vulnerable to side channel attach and there is no firmware update possible to fix this issue. The attack is difficult to carry out as it requires physical access to your key and specialised equipment. https://ninjalab.io/eucleak/

@avoidthehack @walterburns and every Win11 update will enabled it back. that is how MSFT works. They have gone completely crazy now.

This feature is a wet dream for three letter agencies or bad actors. It can’t get better than this. What next turns off TLS? I don’t know a single security researcher who will recommend this feature.

Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11 users will not be able to uninstall the controversial “Recall” feature, despite earlier reports suggesting otherwise. Recall, part of the Copilot+ suite announced in May, automatically captures screenshots of user activity on the operating system including sensitive information such as passwords or financial data https://digitalmarketreports.com/news/25091/microsoft-recall-feature-on-windows-11-not-removable-after-all/ Do yourself a favor and get rid of Windows from your life—enough of these greedy companies. #privacy #security

These companies need to be fined for heating up plants, too. They are now using way too much energy to write poems and make pictures using LLM. I have never seen such short-sighted and entitled billionaire individuals. They don’t want to pay artists. They want to destroy the planet.