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Deeplinks – Automated License Plate Readers Threaten Abortion Access. Here’s How Policymakers Can Mitigate the Risk

Sep 282022

Over the last decade, a vast number of law enforcement agencies around the country have adopted a mass surveillance technology that uses cameras to track the vehicles of every driver on the road, with little thought or respect given to the ways this technology might be abused. Now, in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court’s Dobbs ruling, that technology may soon be turned against people seeking abortions, the people who support them, and the workers who provide reproductive healthcare.
We’re talking about automated license plate readers (ALPRs). These are camera systems that capture license plate numbers and upload the times, dates, and locations where the plates were seen to massive searchable databases. Sometimes these scans…

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2022-09-28 Comments Off

Ars Technica – DART goes silent after hitting an asteroid [Update]

Sep 272022

Enlarge / One of the last images from DART. (credit: NASA/APL)

Update, 10:30: If this is an indication of the quality of the images we should expect over the next several days, we’re in for a treat.

ATLAS observations of the DART spacecraft impact at Didymos! pic.twitter.com/26IKwB9VSo

— ATLAS Project (@fallingstarIfA) September 27, 2022

Original article follows.

About 24 hours prior to its collision, NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirect Test (DART) probe performed its last course correction based on commands sent by ground controllers. “It’s pointed to within a football field of the central body,” said Bobby Braun of the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab (APL). “That last maneuver was spot-on.”

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2022-09-27 Comments Off

Ars Technica – 20-year-old Linux workaround is still slowing down AMD systems

Sep 272022

Enlarge / A second-generation Epyc server chip from AMD, one that may have been running 2002-era Linux code slowing it down. (credit: Getty Images)
AMD has come a long way since 2002, but the Linux kernel still treats modern Threadrippers like Athlon-era systems—at least in one potentially lag-inducing respect.
AMD engineer Prateek Nayak recently submitted a patch to Linux’s processor idle drivers that would “skip dummy wait for processors based on the Zen microarchitecture.” When ACPI support was added to the Linux kernel in 2002—written by Andy Grover, committed by Linus Torvalds—it included a “dummy wait op.” The system essentially read data with no purpose other than delaying the next instruction until the CPU could…

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2022-09-27 Comments Off

LWN.net – [$] Supporting CHERI capabilities in GCC and glibc

Sep 272022

The CHERI
architecture is the product of a research program to extend common
CPU architectures in a way that prevents many types of memory-related bugs (and
vulnerabilities). At the 2022 GNU Tools Cauldron,
Alex Coplan and Szabolcs Nagy described the work that has been done to
bring GCC and the GNU C Library (glibc) to this architecture. CHERI is a fundamentally
different approach to how memory is accessed, and supporting it properly is anything
but a trivial task.

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2022-09-27 Comments Off

Internet Archive Blogs – Public Library Lending: An Endangered Core Value of American Democracy?

Sep 262022

Since 18th century and pre-Constitution America, libraries have been a public space, a central repository where books could be borrowed, read and returned—a long defended democratic ideal of the public library. But new challenges like book bans and lawsuits against libraries threaten that historic role. Join Brewster Kahle for a discussion about the future of libraries at The Commonwealth Club of California, October 6 @ 5:30pm PT. Public Library Lending: An Endangered Core Value of American Democracy?October 6 @ 5:30pm PTThe Commonwealth Club of California110 The Embarcadero, Toni Rembe Rock AuditoriumRegister now for the in-person event (virtual attendance available)
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2022-09-26 Comments Off

Ars Technica – Were your teen years exhausting? School schedules may be why

Sep 252022

Enlarge (credit: Jetta Productions)
If you went to high school in the US, you may recall early morning extracurriculars, sleeping through first period algebra, or bleary-eyed late-night study sessions (as opposed to other wide-awake “study sessions” we told our parents we were having). As an adult, you might wonder if there’s a better time to explore Shakespeare than at 8 am, or expand a Taylor series right after you collapsed into your chair, half-asleep from your sunrise bus ride.
As it turns out, early school start times for US high schools are built on a shaky scientific foundation, as journalist and parent Lisa Lewis lays out in her new book, The Sleep-Deprived Teen. She…

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2022-09-25 Comments Off

TorrentFreak – YouTubers Lose Brains Over Night of The Living Dead Copyright Claims

Sep 232022

One can only imagine the crew’s screams of pain when they discovered that a clerical error had robbed ‘Night of the Living Dead’ of its copyright protections.
George A. Romero’s masterpiece opened in 1968 to audiences largely unprepared for its genius. If anything, movie distributor Walter Reade Organization was even more unprepared.
The company’s failure to file for a new copyright after the movie ditched its original title ‘Night of the Flesh Eaters’ was the reason that Night of the Living Dead (NOLD) was quickly pushed into the public domain.
History has since shown us that due to the subsequent effect on the greater good, no suffering was in vain. NOLD inspired a whole genre of horror that…

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2022-09-23 Comments Off

The Register – San Francisco cops can use private cameras to live-monitor ‘significant events’

Sep 222022

All eyes on you, and you, and you

San Francisco police are now set to use non-city-owned video cameras for real-time surveillance under a rule approved by the Board of Supervisors.…

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2022-09-22 Comments Off

Ars Technica – Fearing copyright issues, Getty Images bans AI-generated artwork

Sep 222022

Enlarge / A selection of Stable Diffusion images with a strikeout through them. (credit: Ars Technica)
Getty Images has banned the sale of AI generative artwork created using image synthesis models such as Stable Diffusion, DALL-E 2, and Midjourney through its service, The Verge reports.
To clarify the new policy, The Verge spoke with Getty Images CEO Craig Peters. “There are real concerns with respect to the copyright of outputs from these models and unaddressed rights issues with respect to the imagery, the image metadata and those individuals contained within the imagery,” Peters told the publication. Getty Images is a large repository of stock and archival photographs and illustrations, often used by publications (such…

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2022-09-22 Comments Off

Ars Technica – Set a calendar alert: NASA to broadcast first asteroid redirect on Monday

Sep 212022

Enlarge / An artist’s conception of DART’s electronics in the last moments before they suffer catastrophic failure. (credit: NASA)
This coming Monday, NASA will broadcast its first attempt to modify the orbit of an asteroid, a capability that will be essential if we detect an asteroid that poses a threat of colliding with Earth. The planetary defense effort is focused on a craft called DART, for Double Asteroid Redirection Test, which will target a small asteroid called Dimorphos that orbits the larger 65803 Didymos, forming a binary system. If all goes according to plan, DART will direct itself to a head-on collision that slows Dimorphos, altering its orbit around Didymos. NASA has repeatedly…

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2022-09-21 Comments Off

The Onion – Worm Feels Conflicted About Feasting On Monarch Who Symbolized So Much Oppression

Sep 212022

BERKSHIRE, ENGLAND—Troubled by the immense pleasure it derived from the flesh of such a polarizing figure, a local worm told reporters Tuesday that it felt conflicted about feasting on a monarch who symbolized so much oppression. “Granted, I’m not literally supporting her by burrowing into her decaying body and…

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2022-09-21 Comments Off

The Intercept – Israeli Forces Deliberately Killed Palestinian American Journalist, Report Shows

Sep 212022

Palestinian American journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed by Israeli forces in May while reporting from the occupied West Bank city of Jenin, was deliberately and repeatedly targeted, along with her colleagues, despite being clearly identified as a member of the press, a new report released Tuesday concludes.
The report, a collaboration between Palestinian human rights group Al-Haq and the U.K.-based research agency Forensic Architecture, confirms the findings of half a dozen earlier independent reviews of the incident, including by the United Nations, which have found that Israeli forces were responsible for Abu Akleh’s killing, with the U.N. noting that the bullet that killed her was “well aimed.” But the new report, which includes a detailed digital…

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2022-09-21 Comments Off

Motherboard – ‘Ring Nation’ Is a Terrible Idea That’s Unstoppable Because Amazon Owns Everything

Sep 212022

On Tuesday, 40 civil rights groups published an open letter calling on MGM Television executives to cancel the studio’s upcoming reality show Ring Nation, which will feature former NSA employee and comedian Wanda Sykes presenting humorous surveillance footage captured from Ring doorbell cameras. The groups say the studio is “normalizing and promoting Amazon Ring’s dangerous network of surveillance cameras,” which, along with the Neighbors app, “violate basic privacy rights, fuel surveillance-based policing that disproportionately targets people of color and threatens abortion seekers, and enables vigilantes to surveil their neighbors and racially profile bystanders.” There’s just one potential problem with the well-intentioned campaign: Amazon owns Ring, producer Big Fish Entertainment, and distributor MGM, and it also owns…

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2022-09-21 Comments Off

Ballot Access News – Over 200 Political Scientists Publish Statement in Favor of Multi-Member U.S. House Districts

Sep 212022

On September 19, over 200 U.S. political scientists published an open letter calling for Congress to pass a bill for multi-member U.S. House districts, combined with proportional representation. The group is organized under the name “Scholars for Redistricting Reform.” See the statement here.

A bill has been pending in Congress to make that change. It is HR 3863, by Congressman Don Beyer (D-Virginia). He has introduced it for several sessions of congress now.

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2022-09-21 Comments Off

jwz – Fix it with eyes, Unicode edition

Sep 192022

Proposal to revise the glyph of CYRILLIC LETTER MULTIOCULAR O:Doc Type: Working Group Document Title: Proposal to revise the glyph of CYRILLIC LETTER MULTIOCULAR O Source: Michael Everson Status: Individual Contribution Action: For consideration by JTC1/SC2/WG2 and UTC Date: 2022-01-09 Refer to: N3194R (L2/07-003R)This document requests the replacement of the glyph of U+A66E CYRILLIC LETTER MULTIOCULAR O. A tweet by Étienne FD @etiennefd brought to my attention an old error on my part. Taken from his tweet: The multiocular O is a rare form of the Cyrillic letter О. How rare?Rare enough to occur in a single phrase, in a single text written in an extinct language, Old Church…

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2022-09-19 Comments Off

Richard Stallman’s Political Notes – (satire) Apple Announces New iPhones Will No Longer Be Compatible With Human Hand.

Sep 192022

(satire) *Apple Announces New iPhones Will No Longer Be Compatible
With Human Hand.*

They have always been incompatible with natural human society.

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2022-09-19 Comments Off

World Socialist Web Site (en) – UAW presidential candidate Will Lehman launches new campaign website: “Put rank-and-file workers in power!”

Sep 132022

Collected on the new site are a wide range of statements that Lehman has issued since launching his campaign in June which elaborate his program and perspective.

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2022-09-13 Comments Off

jwz – BART HO

Sep 092022

I am shocked to learn that, after 50 years, this is the first time that an HO scale BART train has been available. $749!

This complete train set features two powered “A” cab cars, and two unpowered “B” middle cars, which can operate on any conventional HO scale track (18″ curve radius required, 22″ radius preferred). This is the DCC/Sound version of the train, which uses DCC track and features sound effects and smells recorded from real BART trains. Full underbody detail, including accurate electrical systems, conduits, and equipment boxes.

Previously, previously, previously, previously, previously, previously, previously, previously.

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2022-09-09 Comments Off

Internet Archive Blogs – Internet Archive Opposes Publishers in Federal Lawsuit

Sep 032022

On Friday, September 2, we filed a brief in opposition to the four publishers that sued Internet Archive in June 2020: Hachette Book Group, Harper Collins Publishers, John Wiley & Sons, and Penguin Random House. This is the second of three briefs from us that will help the Court decide the case. Read: Hachette v. Internet Archive – Internet Archive’s Opposition to Motion for Summary Judgment As many of you know, these four publishers sued the Internet Archive to try to shut down our digital lending program. The lawsuit has been ongoing for over two years now. In addition to the papers that have gone in so far, there will be one more opportunity, later…

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2022-09-03 Comments Off

jwz – Today in “Google broke email”.

Sep 012022

Dear Lazyweb, how do I forward my employees’ email to their gmail accounts and have it get there?To recap, my domain hosts its own SMTP server running Postfix, and /etc/postfix/virtual contains a bunch of entries forwarding “employee_name@dnalounge.com” to whatever their actual email address is, usually gmail.This has been mostly working fine for a decade or so, but lately there have been more bounces due to “strict SPF”. For example, jksound.com’s SPF record includes “-all” (dash instead of tilde) which means that when example@jksound.com tries to mail example@dnalounge.com, we forward that along to example@gmail.com, and then Google rejects it with 550 “SPF hard fail”.So, I don’t know whether it has recently become more common for people to…

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2022-09-01 Comments Off

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