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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramWhy are mountains so high? It doesn't add up

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramNine words to ruin your Monday: Emergency Internet Explorer patch amid in-the-wild attacks

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49800181(Note: emphasis in original.)

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for Fnord666Diamonds are forever: New foundation for nanostructures: Scientists combine glass and synthetic diamond as a basis for tiny structures

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramWestern Digital: We're just about DDN with these data centre systems

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Anonymous Coward writes:Thomas Bushnell, former maintainer of GNU Hurd until his dismissal by Richard Stallman, has opined in a biased blog post that the forced resignation of Stallman from MIT and the Free Software Foundation is deserved.https://medium.com/@thomas.bushnell/a-reflection-on-the-departure-of-rms-18e6a835fd84

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chewbacon writes:Engadget and others are reporting that contrary to the very spirit of the set-top box DVR, TiVo says all subscribers with select devices will see ads prior to playing recorded shows after a software update rolls out. TiVo says subscribers will be able to skip the ads coming in the next 90 days, but did not elaborate on this as a user says they had to fast forward through the ads. Many subscribers are angry and threatening to cancel, calling the ads a feature that devalues the service as they pay for the ability to skip ads altogether.This prompts the question: will cable companies, losing subscribers and looking to replace that revenue, do the same with their DVRs?Original article: https://www.engadget.com/2019/09/21/tivo-pre-roll-dvr-ads-for-all-users/.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramGeorgia's entire voter file potentially compromised after machine thefts

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mechanicjay writes:A developer of some Ruby Gems pulled the code as a statement against certain entities (Department of Homeland Security — DHS) ultimately using the code. Chef gets owned in the process.ZDNet has a good rundown of the incident:https://www.zdnet.com/article/developer-takes-down-ruby-library-after-he-finds-out-ice-was-using-it/It seems that developers at chef may have used an old copy of the dev's code to get things back up and running again, which seems like exactly the wrong approach.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

SemperOSS writes:At the All Systems Go conference in Berlin 20-22 September, Lennart Poettering proposed a new extension to systemd, systemd-homed.service. A video of his session can be downloaded from media.ccc.de with accompanying slides [PDF].In his presentation, Poettering outlines a number of problems he sees with the current system, like /etc needs to be writeable, UIDs need to be consistent across systems, and lack of encryption and resource management.His goals with the proposed solution are migrateable and self-contained, UID-independent home directories with extensible user records that unify the user's password and encryption key; LUKS locking on system suspend; and Yubikey support.He identifies a number of problems this new idea could cause with SSH logins, disk space assignments, UID assignments, and LUKS locking.He plans to introduce JSON user records that can be queried via a Varlink interface and to a certain extent are convertible to and from existing formats. The home directories will be stored as LUKS-encrypted files that will be managed by the proposed new service, systemd-homed.service. The system integration will be supported by pam_systemd and systemd-logind.service.It will be interesting to see how the world responds to this new take on systemd's ever-increasing encroachment of Linux.... and lastly, this story is brought to you from a systemd-free laptop.Original SubmissionRead more of this story at SoylentNews.

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramThe '$4.4m a year' bug: Chipotle online orders swallowed by JavaScript credit-card form blunder

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://techcrunch.com/2019/09/19/twitter-launches-its-controversial-hide-replies-feature-in-the-u-s-and-japan/

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for Bytram'Worse Than Anyone Expected': Air Travel Emissions Vastly Outpace Predictions

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramSacklers threaten to scrap opioid deal if they aren't shielded from lawsuits

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramFacebook suspended tens of thousands of apps from 400 developers

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramMicrosoft: Free Windows 7 security updates for 2020 election

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramMysterious magnetic pulses discovered on Mars

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://gizmodo.com/google-says-its-achieved-quantum-supremacy-a-world-fir-1838299829

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://arstechnica.com/science/2019/09/some-nasa-contractors-appear-to-be-trying-to-kill-the-lunar-gateway/

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-49770369

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-ryzen-9-3950x-delay-launch-third-gen-threadripper,40442.html

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://kdvr.com/2019/09/05/fort-collins-agrees-to-remove-topless-ban-from-public-code/

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for Fnord666SFO: The typo that almost crashed a plane

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramResearchers alter mouse gut microbiomes by feeding good bacteria their preferred fibers

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.npr.org/2019/09/19/760317486/the-mysterious-death-of-the-hacker-who-turned-in-chelsea-manning

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for BytramAlcohol-producing gut bacteria could cause liver damage even in people who don't drink

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow2718TFlower Ransomware - The Latest Attack Targeting Businesses

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for SoyCow2718Investigating the self-attention mechanism behind BERT-based architectures

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.theverge.com/2019/9/19/20869271/impossible-burger-foods-gelsons-markets-southern-california-meat-free-plant-based

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An Anonymous Coward writes:https://www.crn.com/news/components-peripherals/amd-exec-tsmc-has-capacity-to-meet-epyc-rome-demand

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upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for Fnord666Hulu hackathon leads to eye-tracking controls for Roku

upstart writes:Submitted via IRC for Fnord666Moog brings back its legendary Model 10 'compact' modular synth

An Anonymous Coward writes:https://spacenews.com/lunar-lander-failures-offer-a-warning-to-commercial-missions/