Pi-Star SD Card Tweaks
The things you forget. So I got around to putting the new Beta version of Pi-Star on my main digital hotspot after the recent upgrade. And with heavy disk reads and writes it was taking over the machine, and while…
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ArcoLinux Project Winds Down
A sad day, but I don’t think there were enough users to warrant all the effort. ArcoLinux was primarily Erik Dubois who had an educational distribution with the design for you to eventually be able to roll your own version…
Wyoming Man Who Says AI Driver Wrecked Train Settles With Union Pacific
This would seem to indicate some more AI trash. Though, being a Run 8 simulator fan, depending on hill and train layout, it’s not uncommon to fence your DPU units in the mid or rear so you can control them…
OpenSSH 10.0 Released To Better Fend Off Attacks By Quantum Computers
They’re hyping up quantum computers with it possibly being the next hype train after AI systems, but it’s still nice to know that they’re working on future proofing cryptography for the when dividing large numbers becomes much faster and a…
Kraken Partners with Mastercard to Bring Bitcoin Payments to Over 150 Million Merchants – UK and EU
The OCGFC’s megacorps keep embracing Bitcoin, so is this a good sign for their intentions regarding regulation? Or just an attempt to latch onto it and get their own fees. This could be positive as some of the layer 2…
OpenSSL 3.5 Brings Major Cryptographic Shifts
Some nice developments with OpenSSL. OpenSSL 3.5 introduces major crypto updates, including PQC support, server-side QUIC, and new TLS defaults. By Bobby Borisov Over five months after its previous 3.4 version, the team behind OpenSSL has just announced the…
APT 3.0 Debian Package Manager Released with Revamped Command-Line Interface
As I run Debian, Debian Testing and Debian Unstable, I’ve been using the new version on Testing and Unstable for a while, and it’s a nice improvement. There is also Nala which is a DNF style Python front end for…
Russian Army Received Another Batch Of Malva Wheeled Howitzers
Interesting Russian hardware being shipped to the war, and one of the ways the OCGFC enrich themselves by manufacturing and selling equipment for their proxy war of attrition in Ukraine and Russia. Being eugenicists, the loss of human life fits…
Honda’s $225 Million Mistake – Rune Review
They lost over $100k manufacturing each bike, but it is a work of art. Though worth a look for the engineering that went into making the motorcycle.
Crypto Fund Manager: This Is The ‘Single Largest Arbitrage In Human History’
What’s really funny, is that it looks like they base stablecoins partly off US debt already, keeping the spending party going (remember debt per US taxpayer is $323,048, total $36.6 trillion). Our fiat US dollar is pretty bad given the…
Tor, F-Droid, & Let’s Encrypt Lose Tax Payer Funding, Go To Court
More than just the DOGE effect which is fun as we keep learning how our tax dollars are being spent irresponsibly considering the US debt is $323,048 per taxpayer… But the more interesting bit is how the money is used…
Mullvad Android App Has Successfully Passed MASA, a Standardized Security Assessment, Conducted by NCC Group
Mullvad VPN continues to have their service tested in their commitment to security and privacy. Successful security assessment of our Android app March 27, 2025 External audits Our Android app (version 2024.9) has successfully passed MASA, a standardized security…