EU quietly funded a "Thought Surveillance" project that scores citizens for 'radicalization' using LLM tools
The EU built a system called CounterR that essentially performs pre-crime thought surveillance. The TLDR is that an AI company, with direct input from half a dozen European police forces, built a tool that scrapes social media, forums, and other sources to assign citizens a score based on what they think as opposed to what they've actually done. The EC also has not released details of the project..
The report itself acknowledges that this sort of automated system "can trigger new fundamental rights risks that affect rights different than the protection of personal data and privacy."
The European Commission's White Paper on Al observes that Al-related processing of personal data can trigger new fundamental rights risks that affect rights different than the protection of personal data and privacy, such as the right to freedom of expression, and political freedoms - in particular when Al is used by online intermediaries to prioritise information and for content moderation.
The police were active co-developers, sitting in meetings to define the criteria and feeding real, anonymized data from their investigations to train the LLM. So now you have a feedback loop where police define the threat, the LLM learns it, and the police validate the results, with zero external oversight.
And of course, it's all shrouded in secrecy. The whole thing is confidential, the source code is proprietary so even partners can't audit it, and the ethics board is made up of the same people building the thing. There's no clear requirement to track false positives, so you could be flagged as a potential radical and never know why.
Regarding transparency of funded research, it must be noted that generally research proposals foresee
Confidentiality of some results is often necessary, especially in the realm of security.
The cherry on top? The core technology, developed with public funds, was recently acquired by a private company, Logically, who can now sell this dystopian scoring system to whoever they want.
The citizens of the EU literally paid to build our own panopticon. The whole project is about normalizing the idea that the state gets to algorithmically monitor and judge your political beliefs before you ever commit a crime.
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psa: snapd leads to massive slowdowns in boot time
i run debian 13 on my laptop. it runs on a 5200rpm hard disk, so some bootup slowdown is to be expected, but it got really bad for some reason. booting up could take up to 3 minutes just to get to the display manager
after running systemd-analyze blame i found the two main culprits: docker and snapd. i had snapd and flatpak installed so that i could have access to as many applications as i could, but it seems that snaps have a huge amount of overhead. i knew about the one million mountpoints caused by snaps, but the amount of services they have to start on boot surprised me. snapd alone took 30 seconds to start and then there were its dependencies
my boot time is now down to 1min 50s. i recommend anyone who still has snapd installed on a non-ubuntu distro to uninstall it
I don't have the exact numbers with me right now but according to systemd-analyze
before: ~3min
after removing snapd and docker: 1min 50s
Dutch chips star exec slams EU for overregulating AI
EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands — The European Union’s rules on artificial intelligence are driving tech workers and companies to Silicon Valley, a top executive from the Dutch chipmaking giant ASML has said.“Why is it so difficult to get AI done in Europe? Simply because we started with regulating, to keep AI under the thumb,” ASML’s Chief Financial Officer Roger Dassen told an event in Eindhoven on Monday evening.
“Someone who has a talent for artificial intelligence, the first thing they do with their hard-earned money … is buying a ticket to Silicon Valley,” Dassen said.
The comments — made during a campaign event for Dutch center-right party Christian Democratic Appeal ahead of national elections Oct. 29 — are another shot across the bow of the EU’s embattled artificial intelligence law.
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With friends who work in AI, I can tell you not all are motivated by money alone, some of them actually do want the scary potential (aka Flock, etc) regulated and are working from Europe.
Dutch chips star exec slams EU for overregulating AI
EU policies mean top artificial intelligence talent is ‘buying a ticket to Silicon Valley,’ says ASML chief financial officer.Pieter Haeck (POLITICO)
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With friends who work in AI, I can tell you not all are motivated by money alone, some of them actually do want the scary potential (aka Flock, etc) regulated and are working from Europe.
If they are in favor of the AI Act, they don't know the AI Act. But never mind... I'm curious what your friends are working on (and if it has a future in the EU). That's Flock.io, promising decentralization?
Why most polls overstate support for political violence
A new poll from NPR, PBS, and Marist College published on Wednesday, Oct. 2, shows a “striking change in Americans’ views on political violence.” We have grown much more violent as a country over the last year, NPR reports, with the share of U.S. adults who agree with the statement “Americans may have to resort to violence to get the country back on track” growing from 20 to 30% over the last 18 months.This is scary data indeed. In NPR’s coverage of the poll, Cynthia Miller-Idriss, a professor at American University, says the data is “horrific”: “It’s just a horrific moment to see that people believe, honestly believe that there’s no other alternative at this point than to resort to political violence.” Where does America go from here?
But here’s the thing: The NPR/PBS/Marist poll did not ask people if they believed “there’s no other alternative at this point than to resort to political violence.” The survey asks adults whether or not they agree with the statement that people “may have to resort to violence in order to get the country back on track.” This is comparatively a much weaker statement and comes with a potentially heavy dose of measurement error. Respondents are asked to imagine a hypothetical scenario in which they’d have to commit acts of violence against a vague, unspecified victim. Maybe that means taking up arms against the government or their neighbors, or perhaps it just means throwing a rock at a cop or through a shop door.
The problem with polls and reports like this, in other words, is that they are not asking about the “political violence” we are imagining in our heads: An insurrection at the Capitol; driving a car through a crowd of protestors; shooting an activist you don’t like with a sniper rifle. The unfortunate reality (especially for those of us who care about democracy and what the people think) is that this survey does not ask whether Americans support certain acts of violence against their neighbors, even though that’s what the poll is being used as evidence for.
This disconnect between what is being polled and what is being talked about is part of a broader pattern I’ve pointed out in my recent coverage of political violence: Most polls overestimate mass support for political violence. I explain why this is the case, and why this is important for everyone from pollsters to elite journalists to casual news consumers to reckon with.
Why most polls overstate support for political violence
Misperceptions about the popularity of violence increase public support for it — but you can help change that.G. Elliott Morris (Strength In Numbers)
ICE violence caught on camera featured among evidence in new lawsuit
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Elected but Not Seated, Grijalva Waits to Sign Epstein Petition
The Democratic representative-elect won her Arizona seat overwhelmingly. But so far, the Republican speaker will not swear her in.
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Trump’s plan for Gaza rewards Israel’s genocide and punishes its victims
Two years on, complicit governments back a US plan to safeguard Jewish supremacy and mute global outrage, while Israel revives Nazi torture methods to force Palestinian surrender
Arduino (Italian Electronics Company) acquired by US-Based Qualcomm
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Today we’re sharing some truly exciting news: Arduino has entered into an agreement to join the Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. family! This is a huge step in our journey – one that allows us to keep growing, thriving, and making technology accessible to everyone, while bringing our values of openness, simplicity, and community spirit to an […]
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READ THE TOS! lol
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For every company where I have felt the need to read their terms of service and privacy policies beforehand, only once have I felt comfortable enough to go ahead and use their service.
The other twenty or so times? I have backed out. Usually I email the company first for clarity, which has always resulted in them dodging and dancing around their terrible terms and privacy practices.
It's great to be informed, but the real solutions needed are regulations and consumer protections. Being informed just results in me never using 99% of software or services.
If like me you are both lazy and not a lawyer, check ToS;DR tosdr.org/ but honestly it's like labels on food products.
You don't need the damn label to know that Coca Cola is not good but water is... so yes, don't use Facebook, great. You knew that already if you care just a bit about privacy.
Still, if you want to go there, please do check tosdr.org/ and if you can contribute back.
What I personally find more useful is F-Droid because if an app is not present on it, it's rarely because technically it can't, it's often because of anti-patterns. The app tries to go on F-Droid only to realize it's not "just" another store but they have rules, good rules IMHO, like no Google Analytics and whatever backends to track user behavior.
Also Android app analysis like exodus-privacy.eu.org/ is quite good, same idea, finding anti-patterns but not in code (which isn't a good start if it's not FOSS anyway) but rather in how the app actually behaves.
TL;DR: yes, do read the ToS if you can, but if you can't don't just press "yes" or avoid and move on, rely on the work of others like ToS;DR, F-Droid or exodus-privacy!
Terms of Service; Didn't Read
'I have read and agree to the Terms' is the biggest lie on the web. Together, we can fix that.tosdr.org
I did not say it was always bad :
if an app is not present on it, it’s rarely because technically it can’t, it’s often because of anti-patterns.
So we agree. What sparked this reasoning though was github.com/Mentra-Community/Me… which as you can see squarely fits in that pattern, namely :
- interesting open-source project targeting Android
- not focusing on distributing via F-Droid
- upon checking how to do so, discover that beside their available bandwidth, their current choices is not compatible with F-Droid.
I think it's a great example because it shows that developers themselves might not be aware of the consequence of their choices on privacy. This very project is about augmented reality and the value they try to demonstrate is that, unlike Meta for example, they do care about privacy. Yet, in practice, they do rely on Google components that do share data back.
So sure, I didn't say nor do I think ALL projects missing from F-Droid are because they have anti patterns... but more often than not they do.
PS: also noticed WireGuard is like that too. They force upgrades via their own distribution system and AFAICT F-Droid insists that it's up to the user to upgrade if they want to. It's a hard stance and it has consequences, e.g. maybe some people on F-Droid do not get WireGuard official app, maybe they get a less secure one, maybe they get it out of F-Droid and side-step the anti-pattern ... but it's also understandable.
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MentraOS is open source which is great in terms of privacy. Unfortunately iOS and Android are not necessarily promoting open-source nor control by the user. F-Droid on the other hand does distribut...Utopiah (GitHub)
Denver, CO.
(I’m not actually in Denver anymore, I’m back home in Cascadia, but this was shot out that way a few days ago, and I’m trying to post only one work a day or less, so I don’t flood the community, and to give each of my works, and each of yours, greater appreciation. Thank you for understanding.)
This was shot in Union Station; I was completely new to Denver, having been there for less than thirty seconds, drinking in new architecture and taking the culture in. I think I took 120 exposures in this train station alone, and I think this is the one I liked the best. It’s such a simple image, and yet the color in it is delicious, almost food-like.
Thank you for seeing my work!
The second year of genocide was different
The second year of genocide was different
Israel got creative with new methods of mass torture and murder, giving us a choice of how we die.Qasem Waleed (Al Jazeera)
Forged KGB Documents Used to Smear Journalist in Parliament
Forged KGB Documents Used to Smear Journalist in Parliament
Ex-MP Chris Alexander accused David Pugliese of being a Russian spy. Forensic experts now say the evidence was fabricatedTaylor C. Noakes (The Walrus)
White House memo says furloughed federal workers aren't entitled to back pay
Furloughed federal workers aren't guaranteed compensation for their forced time off during the government shutdown, according to a draft White House memo described to Axios by three sources.Why it matters: If the White House acts on that legal analysis, it would dramatically escalate President Trump's pressure on Senate Democrats to end the week-old shutdown by denying back pay to as many as 750,000 federal workers after the shutdown.
https://www.axios.com/2025/10/07/trump-memo-furloughed-federal-workers-backpay
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MAGA-Lite: What “Bari Weiss Conservatism” Is, and Why It’s Dangerous
MAGA-Lite: What “Bari Weiss Conservatism” Is, and Why It’s Dangerous
The new CBS executive isn’t exactly MAGA. But her polite Trumpism will still help destroy America as we know it.The New Republic
Tip #758
Return to the top of the page on Vivaldi Social by clicking the feed header.
To see the latest posts on Vivaldi Social after having made your way down the feed, you need to scroll to the top of the page, where the newest posts are waiting for you automatically or require a simple click to load (aka slow mode). There are a few ways you can do it, so find what works for you.
To jump to the top of the page:
- Click the feed header (Home, Trending, Notifications, etc.)
- Press “Home” on your keyboard.
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- Create a Keyboard Shortcut or Mouse Gesture for the action in the Vivaldi browser.
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How to manage configuration files
I'm trying to find a better solution to manage configuration files, both user's dotfiles and system files in /etc.
I'm running an ubuntu server where I have a bunch services with custom configurations, and systemd drop-in files, but on top of that I also have some scripts and user dotfiles that I need to track.
What I'm doing right now is that I have a folder full of symlinks in the admin user's directory (poor username choice, btw) and I'm using bindfs to mount this directory inside a git repository, this way git won't see them as symlinks, and will version them as regular files. The problem with doing this is that as git deletes and rewrites files, bindfs fails to track the changes and converts the symlink to regular files.
I looked into chezmoi, but that is only meant to track user dotfiles and will refuse to add a file from /etc, that is unless doing some extra work. But even so, chezmoi will not track the user:group of files, so I would still have to manage that manually.
I also looked into GNU Stow, and that would not complain about files from /etc or anywhere, but it similarly will not track permissions and I would have to manage that manually.
I see that some people are using ansible to manage dotfiles, but at that point, it would make sense to just migrate to ansible, except I don't want to rebuild my server from scratch to use ansible. Also it looks like a lot to learn.
Is there a better solution I'm not seeing? Maybe something using git hooks?
Edit:
I ended up using pre-commit and post-merge git hooks to launch a python script. The python script reads from a yaml file where I annotate the file paths and permissions, and then copies to or from the file location to the git repository.
I used the sudoers file to allow the admin user to run this specific script with specific arguments as root without password (because the git commands are run from VS Code and not manually), which is dangerous, be careful when doing that. I have taken special care to make this secure:
* I used absolute paths for everything, to avoid allowing running from a different pwd as a way to copy different files
* The script itself is installed in a root-owned location, so an unprevileged user cannot edit it
* The configuration yaml is root-owned, so an unprevileged user cannot modify which files are copied or their permissions
* Configuration files that can grant permission are not managed by this script (the yaml, /etc/passwd, /etc/groups, polkit rules, the sudoers file, ...)
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You could use aliases on your .bashrc for git (and a bare repo), that would let you manage your $HOME and /etc directly with git without using symlinks, only downside is having them separated in two aliases and two repos.
# user config repo
alias dotfiles='git --git-dir=$HOME/.dotfiles --work-tree=$HOME'
# system config repo
alias etcfiles='sudo git --git-dir=$HOME/.etcfiles --work-tree=/etc'It is also recommended that you run:
<alias> config --local status.showUntrackedFiles noin the terminal for both the
dotfiles and etcfiles aliases (you can pick the aliases and git-dir names you want)The aliases help you have a custom named folder instead of .git located in a custom path, and you can manage them without symlinks as you use git directly on the file's original location, this would solve your issue of other solutions that depend on symlinks
Note: you could technically have the root directory --work-tree=/ as a work tree to use only one command, but It is not recommended to give git the possibility to rewrite any file on the entire file system.
Some reference links:
How to Store Dotfiles - A Bare Git Repository | Atlassian Git Tutorial
It's time to find a better way to store your dotfiles. Learn why you should start using a bare Git repository instead.Atlassian
UK Age Verification Data Confirms What Critics Always Predicted: Mass Migration To Sketchier Sites
A month old now, but it's important on the unnecessary surveillance creep we keep having. First this, then digital ID.
Worrying levels of authoritarianism that solves nothing. Government are supposed to represent us, not ignore us and treat us like children. Who are they working for?
UK Age Verification Data Confirms What Critics Always Predicted: Mass Migration To Sketchier Sites
New data from the UK’s age verification rollout provides hard evidence of what internet governance experts have been warning about for years: these laws don’t protect children—they syst…Techdirt
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Factcheck: What the Climate Change Act does – and does not – mean for the UK
Factcheck: What the Climate Change Act does – and does not – mean for the UK - Carbon Brief
The UK’s Climate Change Act is a landmark piece of legislation that guides the nation’s response to global warming and has proved highly influential around the world.Carbon Brief Staff (Carbon Brief)
Many governments are astonishingly dumb. If I were in charge and wanted to make pro-Israel politics, I would let them demonstrate whatever they want. Just would keep completely ignoring those demonstrations and avoid the theme altogether.
Peaceful demonstrations are completely useless, no need to fight them.
Luckily, most governments are dumb.
Major US Midwest port [Cleveland] begins electrifying operations to reduce emissions
Major Midwest port begins electrifying operations to reduce emissions
The Port of Cleveland is adding charging ports, batteries, and solar to its main warehouse — work funded by a federal program that has so far survived…Canary Media
Microsoft makes it even harder to install Windows 11 without a Microsoft Account or internet
The company has already blocked the popular oobe\bypassnro command that people used to skip parts of the initial setup, and now, Microsoft is doubling down on its efforts. In the latest Windows 11 preview builds, the software giant makes it much harder to install Windows 11 without a Microsoft Account.
How Mark Carney is complicating Canada’s climate progress
From cancelling the carbon tax to pausing the electric vehicle mandate, the Carney government is making sweeping changes to the country’s environmental rules
How Mark Carney is complicating Canada’s climate progress | The Narwhal
From cancelling the ‘carbon tax’ to pausing the EV mandate, Mark Carney’s government is making sweeping changes to Canada’s environmental rulesCarl Meyer (The Narwhal)
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We kinda need both.
Oil isn’t just for cars and power plants. Oil is a chemical used in so many things, from asphalt to medicine.
But we should be transitioning to green energy, which is less centralized than a few big power plants, less polluting, and therefore more secure from threats. It’s also getting cheaper and cheaper by the month.
I want a strong Canada that can run our own critical supply chains, and I want a green Canada that doesn’t let our mines throw their tailings into our drinking water and our air is clean. And I want a secure Canada that can stand up to bullies without fear.
Solar and wind surge signals a turning point | Rapid solar and wind growth in the first half of 2025 signals that fossil fuel demand is nearing its peak.
Global Electricity Mid-Year Insights 2025 | Ember
Solar and wind outpaced demand growth in the first half of 2025, as renewables overtook coal’s share in the global electricity mix.Ember
Anyone else live somewhere that has had people joining in a WiFi naming joke?
My WiFi is ‘Secret Rebel Base’.
My neighbours have added ‘Java the Hub’, ‘Obi Lan Kenobi’, and ‘Red WiFi-ve Standing By’. This makes me happy.
Anyone else live in a neighbourhood that embraces this kind of WiFi silliness?
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Sadly in my apartment complex they seem to all use the default name given by the router (like Carrier-randomnumbers).
I have a friend who named his WiFi "Connecting..." which is diabolical
Pope Leo to visit Turkey and Lebanon on first overseas trip
Pope Leo to visit Turkey and Lebanon on first overseas trip
Pontiff expected to appeal for peace across the Middle East and speak about the persecution of Christians in regionAngela Giuffrida (The Guardian)
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A good person would be more concerned about some other kind of persecutions taking place right now.
Seems almost like Donald and Elon advocating against whites discrimination in South Africa.
CommunityHasNoFollowers error
2025-10-07T12:20:11.488023Z WARN Error encountered while processing the incoming HTTP request: lemmy_server::root_span_builder: CommunityHasNoFollowers: CommunityHasNoFollowers
0: lemmy_apub::activities::community::announce::receive
at crates/apub/src/activities/community/announce.rs:161
1: lemmy_server::root_span_builder::HTTP request
with http.method=POST http.scheme="http" http.host=lemmy.domain.ext http.target=/inbox otel.kind="server" request_id=02568c66-9ed6-4eb0-b533-77b19rcdef56 http.status_code=400 otel.status_code="OK"
at src/root_span_builder.rs:16Is there a way to determine which communities are throwing this error, and force the unsubscribe?
RUST_LOG=warn,extism=info,lemmy_server=debug,lemmy_api=debug,lemmy_api_common=debug,lemmy_api_crud=debug,lemmy_apub=debug,lemmy_db_schema=debug,lemmy_db_views=debug,lemmy_routes=debug,lemmy_utils=debug,lemmy_websocket=debugAny idea which one I should set to trace?
RIAA: Telegram & Discord Are Notorious Hubs For Pre-Release Music Piracy * TorrentFreak
RIAA: Telegram & Discord Are Notorious Hubs For Pre-Release Music Piracy * TorrentFreak
The RIAA has submitted its latest overview of "notorious markets" to the U.S. Government, flagging Telegram & Discord for pre-release piracy.Ernesto Van der Sar (TF Publishing)
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If you lose your memories, are "you" dead? If a close relative/friend lose their memories, are they still "your relative/friend"? What the hell even is memory? How sentimental are you about memories?
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I’m an amnesiac and one of the first things I learned is that memories don’t really matter. The past is over, what matters is what you choose to do and not what you did. Obviously people do terrible and sometimes unforgivable things. I can sympathize with people who can’t let stuff go, but I personally just can’t be bothered by it anymore though. I have and will offer support to even my abusers.
To me, a person is how they act and what they want in the present. Lived experience affects everything a person does, the parts of a person’s past that are relevant reveal themselves in the present through how a person is.
Anime su mangaka: Jun Fukuyama nel cast di Egao no Taenai Shokuba Desu; è Masayuki Todo, ex editor di Futami
Nuovo ingresso d’autore per l’anime Egao no Taenai Shokuba Desu (Un posto di lavoro stranamente meraviglioso per mangaka): Jun Fukuyama si unisce al cast nel ruolo di Masayuki Todo, ex editor della protagonista Nana Futami. L’aggiunta rafforza un ensemble vocale già ricco e conferma l’attenzione della produzione verso interpreti di primo piano.
TUTTI I DETTAGLI E DOVE VEDERLO IN STREAMING: Anime su mangaka: Jun Fukuyama nel cast di Egao no Taenai Shokuba Desu; è Masayuki Todo, ex editor di Futami
Jun Fukuyama nel cast di Egao no Taenai Shokuba Desu: sarà Masayuki Todo
Jun Fukuyama si unisce all’anime su mangaka Egao no Taenai Shokuba Desu come Masayuki Todo, ex editor di Futami. Dove vederlo in streaming.Redazione (Atom Heart Magazine)
Blanca 3, anticipazioni terza puntata del 13 ottobre 2025: Blanca si riavvicina a Liguori, Eva è gelosa di Domenico
La terza puntata di Blanca 3 andrà in onda lunedì 13 ottobre 2025 in prima serata su Rai 1. L’episodio “Il Delfino” intreccia il caso di puntata con i nodi sentimentali: Blanca e Liguori tornano a indagare fianco a fianco, mentre Eva Faraldi fatica a nascondere la gelosia per il legame tra Blanca e Domenico.
LEGGI LE ANTICIPAZIONI: Blanca 3, anticipazioni terza puntata del 13 ottobre 2025: Blanca si riavvicina a Liguori, Eva è gelosa di Domenico
Blanca 3, anticipazioni terza puntata del 13 ottobre 2025: Blanca si riavvicina a Liguori, Eva è gelosa di Domenico
Blanca 3, anticipazioni 13 ottobre 2025 “Il Delfino”: tentato omicidio al Centro Recupero Animali Marini. Blanca e Liguori di nuovo vicini.Redazione (Atom Heart Magazine)
Dell Latitude Touchpad Deadzone and Fingerprint
I recently got my hands on a Dell Latitude E7470 and installed Fedora Workstation. Even though I enabled two finger scroll (and disabled touchpad edge scroll), the right side of the touchpad still has a dead zone of considerable size. So, when I start a mouse movement too far on the right side, it wont register.
I tried a few things, like adding quirk configs, but the zone is still there. Bios had no option to disable. (I reinstalled with UEFI, prior installation was legacy uefi / bios, so I have to give it a look again).
Does someone have a way to disable the dead zone?
Also, the fingerprint sensor doesn't work. From what I could research, it is a broadcom device with officials drivers for MS and Ubuntu. I tried some stuff to get this thing running, but it didn't work out. I still have to try a bios update after the reinstall. Is there a way to get this thing running under Fedora? It's not a crucial feature, but a nice to have for sure.
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So it looks like the touchpad problem is a known issue with that particular model. A web search turned up an Arch Linux forum post from 2017 with the same issue. Unfortunately, there was no solution posted.
Your touchpad shows up as a PS/2 device, right? I have a ThinkPad A475 with a PS/2 trackpad that won’t function at all in Linux unless I add i8042.reset as a GRUB argument.
Maybe see if that helps?
Your touchpad shows up as a PS/2 device, right?
Yes.
I am not an expert with GRUB at all. For some reason, this sounds very aggressive and with a high chance of side effects. Theres nothing of worth on the device though, so I guess I'll give it a try.
Autoproduzione sementi ortaggi
Qualcuno di voi si autoproduce le sementi per l'orto?
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Give to every human being every right that you claim for yourself.
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Eurovision 2026: All The Countries That Have Spoken Out About Israel's Involvement
Eurovision 2026: All The Countries That Have Spoken Out About Israel's Involvement
A vote is due to take place later this year to decide whether Israel should remain part of the Eurovision Song Contest, with some countries threatening to withdraw if they stay.Daniel Welsh (HuffPost UK)
Can we update the wiki? Most streaming sites no longer work.
Clearly the feds are onto us. They actively monitor this place and will put forth as much effort as possible to shut sites down.
Hold on, let me update this. Why are you stupid people/mods ok with such a shit list of garbage that doesn't work? Why do you condone giving free media a bad name? Holy shit, have some fucking standards. Don't just accept everything that's shoved into your idiot face.
This is disgusting. You all make me sick.
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The Rachel Maddow Show 10/6/25
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Brajla skribo jubileas kaj evoluas
En la jaro 2025 oni festas la 200-jariĝon de brajlo, skribsistemo inventita por blinduloj en 1825 de la tiam 16-jara franco Louis Braille. Versio de brajlo kun esperantaj literoj estis proponita de la sveda pioniro Harald Thilander ĉirkaŭ la jaro 1900, kaj ekde 1904 daŭre aperadas la brajla revuo Esperanta Ligilo. Otto Prytz en detala artikolo speciale verkita por Libera Folio rakontas pri la estiĝo kaj evoluo de la brajla skribo por diversaj lingvoj.
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Jon Stewart Makes the Case for Dems Holding the Line in Trump's Shutdown Warfare
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Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without an online account
Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use Windows 11 without an online account
Microsoft is making changes to crack down on local Windows 11 accounts. You’ll need an internet connection and a Microsoft account to setup a new Windows PC.Tom Warren (The Verge)
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I have a terminal app in my phone, but I don't normally use it from the touch keyboard..
The main reason I have it is because from it I can install an ssh server (and a few other services, like privoxy and so) and then connect to the phone through ssh and access that CLI from other locations, even places where the internet is restricted/monitored or there isn't a wifi access point (I can create a hotspot from the phone instead). If you are using a work laptop with restricted access, or are traveling and using a computer in your remote location, carrying around with you, in your pocket, a set of CLI / TUI tools and apps that you are familiar with can come in handy.
Also, nowadays you can plug a keyboard directly to your phone (a monitor too) and have it work as a portable terminal device. Of course it would be better if you were able to have a Desktop-grade OS in your phone for this.. but things like termux work if you are a "terminal junkie".
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Washington turns its back on US citizens detained with the Global Sumud Flotilla
On October 6, after several US citizens had been detained for days by Israeli forces after attempting to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza, US ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee took to X to accuse these activists of taking “a carbon-spewing Hamas-funded boat ride in violation of [international] law intruding into war zone to stand [with] terrorists.”
Last week, Israeli forces detained over 435 activists who were taking part in the Global Sumud Flotilla, the largest civilian-led humanitarian mission of its kind. While dozens are still being held by Israel, those who have been deported and released, allege mistreatment by Israeli forces.
The flotilla saw participation from delegates from 57 countries – but following the seizing of ships by Israeli forces, the US government has taken a unique position in both ignoring the plight of its own citizens and open condemnation of its own citizens by diplomatic personnel.
British parliamentarian Zarah Sultana demanded the United Kingdom call for the freedom of detained US citizen and activist David Adler, writing, “the US won’t act so it’s on us to demand justice.”
According to Laura Colston, mother of detained activist and journalist Alex Colston who alleges her son is being mistreated by Israeli forces, “calls/messages to US Gov’t officials are ignored.”
“When else has a US journalist been unlawfully detained abroad and the State Department has done essentially nothing about it?” wrote Freedom of the Press Foundation on X, in relation to Colston’s detention.
Progressive lawmakers pressure executive branch
Some US lawmakers have challenged the indifference of the executive branch.
Lawmakers have urged Secretary of State Marco Rubio to protect the US citizens aboard the flotilla even before they were detained. In a letter sent on September 29, a group of congressional representatives, led by Representative Rashida Tlaib, argued that “the 24 American citizens on board these ships cannot afford another failure of American leadership.”
On Monday, California representative Ro Khanna said he plans to put pressure on Rubio and Huckabee for Adler’s release, writing, “Our government must stand up for an American citizen’s fair treatment and release.”
Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen posted a video of him speaking directly with the relatives of US flotilla activists detained by Israel, and called on Huckabee to “do his job.”
“The siege on Gaza is breaking”
The 24 US citizens aboard the flotilla who were captured by Israel include Adler, Colston, anti-imperialist veteran activist Greg Stoker, musicians Leila Hegazy and Carsie Blanton, and others.
“My sister is a New Yorker,” said Hegazy’s twin sister, Omnia, in an October 1 press conference after the flotilla was terrorized by Israeli attacks. “She is being openly threatened by the Israeli government, while our senators are sending money to Israel,” Hegazy said, denouncing her Senators Chuck Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand for not speaking out for her sister.
The day after songwriter Carsie Blanton was detained by Israeli forces, her brother, Elijah, spoke at a pro-Palestine rally. Blanton said, that, although he does not know his sister’s current whereabouts, or where she is being detained, he knows that she is “not afraid,” because “they can see what we can see,” that “the siege on Gaza is breaking.”
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'The Entire World Is Watching': US Lawmakers Demand Protection for Gaza Flotilla From Israeli Attacks
"The 24 American citizens on board these ships cannot afford another failure of American leadership," the Democratic lawmakers emphasized.brad-reed (Common Dreams)
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in reply to HiddenLayer555 • • •hello yes liberal here. netanyahu sucks, georgism rules, and the state should ideally be replaced with some kind of peer-to-peer distributed coordination system.
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in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ • • •Now this is certainly a worrying sight. It was deployed covertly where minimal sources of information existing apart from the obvious bootlicking employed on the official sites and the odd article.
All that is provided is a painting full of roses, no substance. It essentially translates to "just trust me bro" and we all must gulp it down just like the good citizens we are.
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in reply to ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆ • • •Isn't this similar to what Google and the Pentagon are trying to accomplish with Project Maven? I believe Palantir, Amazon and Microsoft are also part of it.
Meredith Whittaker (president of Signal) talks about one aspect of it, Signature Strikes
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