Microsoft announced that, starting today, individual Windows developers will no longer have to pay for publishing their applications on the Microsoft Store.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-waives-fees-for-windows-devs-publishing-to-microsoft-store/

Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) confirmed today that attackers also stole "some data" during a recent cyberattack that forced it to shut down systems and instruct staff not to report to work.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/jaguar-land-rover-jlr-confirms-data-theft-after-recent-cyberattack/

It's been three months since the launch of Mercenaries of Trarthus, so it's time to talk about what's next for Path of Exile 1. In this news post, we'd like to give you a small update regarding the timeline for the 3.27 expansion.

As we announced earlier this year, we're aiming for a four-month release cycle for both games, which puts the 3.27 launch around the end of October. We'll reveal both the livestream and release dates in a few weeks. The ongoing Mercenaries of Trarthus League will also end late October, so those of you still working on completing challenges have plenty of time to do so.

We can't wait to share the details of our next expansion with you soon! Stay tuned, Exiles!

Poco fa stavo pensando che la stuffoctt si sta spegnendo… quindi condividete, se avete paura del freddo. Ma, a parte gli scherzi, mi secca un po’ che il sitino blogghino che creai qualche mese fa è caduto nel dimenticatoio senza nemmeno ufficializzarsi del tutto… e si, sarebbe colpa mia, perché se non io non c’è […]

octospacc.altervista.org/2025/…

minioctt

2025-09-10 21:51:16

stufocto stufata stufando il sito della stuffa (lo stuff e la roba)

Poco fa stavo pensando che la stuffoctt si sta spegnendo… quindi condividete, se avete paura del freddo. Ma, a parte gli scherzi, mi secca un po’ che il sitino blogghino che creai qualche mese fa è caduto nel dimenticatoio senza nemmeno ufficializzarsi del tutto… e si, sarebbe colpa mia, perché se non io non c’è nessun’altra entità che ha il compito di scrivere cose lì sopra, ma non ho molte idee per cose piccole da poter fare più o meno al volo, anche in via parziale, così da poter fare tanto. Come direbbero i senza cuore: skill issue. 😶

Comunque, nei rari momenti in cui mi tornava in mente che questo sito esiste (anche se per i motori di ricerca esiste solo a metà… ci sarebbe da caricarci su un video dove piango e vedere se l’algoritmo di Google e Bing si smuove così, visto che per gli youtuber funziona), come appena qualche settimana o giorno fa, mi tornava in mente che sarebbe stato il caso di farci qualche ulteriore aggiustamento estetico-pratico, perché in tutto questo tempo di stasi non l’ho considerato a forma definitiva, non è mai stato completo… 📀

…E, se vorrei in realtà modificare abbastanza l’aspetto attuale in modo da renderlo parecchio più colorato, anziché ‘sto bianco da ospedale, ma non ho idea di come senza farlo sembrare il cesso di un asilo (ossia, simpatico per i bimbi ma un pugno nell’occhio per qualsiasi altra persona, me inclusa), almeno poco fa ho fatto degli aggiustamenti che lo rendono quantomeno leggibile… perché questo tema che dall’inizio ho scelto è oggettivamente ben fatto come layout, ma ha qualche problemino col testo e con la responsiveness… al punto tale che ho sempre paura, anche se nessuno me lo ha mai confessato (e io non ho traccianti che possano rilevarlo), che qualcuno possa abbandonare la lettura a metà proprio per quanto non si legga. 🐙

Premesso che cambiare tema (magari con uno di per sé più colorato, che davvero il fottuto bianco e nero su dispositivi capaci di mostrare milioni di colori non lo sopporto) non è un’opzione (e li ho riscorsi tutti oggi pomeriggio, per essere certa che fosse questo il caso come ricordavo solo vagamente), perché nessuno degli esistenti è già pronto per come mi serve, e dunque dovrei spendere fin troppi quarti d’ora a replicare le stesse modifiche che ho già fatto dentro l’attuale… poco fa ho fatto qualche piccolo aggiustamento, e penso sia andato tutto toppi, senza difficoltà. (In foto: a sinistra ora, a destra prima.) 😁

Oh, ora si gode! (Credo.) Ho tolto una regola CSS che rendeva il testo più piccolo su schermi più stretti della baseline desktop (…non capisco perché ci fosse, francamente), così come nei blocchi di codice in generale, e ho fatto sparire il padding enorme attorno al blocco principale della pagina su schermi anche medio-piccoli, perché probabilmente non dovrebbe essere lì visibile a rubare spazio prezioso sugli smartphone… ma sul mio smartphone purtroppo lo faceva, per l’appunto. E ne ho approfittato pure per aggiungere highlight.js al sito, che i blocchi di codice predefiniti, senza colori, fanno piangerissimo. 🕷️

Chissà se avere le pagine effettivamente guardabili, ora, mi farà risalire quelle ispirazioni mistiche… probabilmente no; le pareti sono ancora in ferie. Chiunque abbia idee allucinanti e incongruenti, ma che possono essere trasformate in gustosi post singoli in lingua italiana o inglese, preferibilmente in non più di 9 minuti e 59 secondi di tempo di lavorazione per ciascuno (esclusi i secondi che necessiterei per ingerire ossigeno ed espellere anidride carbonica mentre scrivo), me ne comunichi con generosità… per favore. (No, non escono mai idee interessanti chiedendo ispirazione alle intellighenzie artifiziali, ci ho già provato… mi si fornisca la dovuta freschezza dopo che io ho rinfrescato la stufa, suvvia.) 😳

#aggiornamenti #blog #design #siti #stuffoctt

Betterify (improve) theme & misc · octospacc/stuffoctt@560ebd2

A website for my stuff 📦. Contribute to octospacc/stuffoctt development by creating an account on GitHub.

^GitHub

cross-posted from: programming.dev/post/37221942

Pro

2025-09-10 20:04:29

San Francisco Gets An Invasive Billionaire-Bought Surveillance HQ

San Francisco Gets An Invasive Billionaire-Bought Surveillance HQ

San Francisco billionaire Chris Larsen once again has wielded his wallet to keep city residents under the eye of all-seeing police surveillance.

^{Electronic Frontier Foundation}

In a recently-unsealed search warrant reviewed by Forbes, ICE used such a cell-site simulator in an attempt to track down an individual in Orem, Utah. The suspect had been ordered to leave the U.S. in 2023, but is believed to still be in the country. Investigators learned last month that before going to Utah, he’d escaped prison in Venezuela where he was serving a sentence for murder, according to the warrant. He’s also suspected of being linked to gang activity in the country, investigators said.

When the government got the target’s number, they first got a warrant to get its location. However, the trace wasn’t precise–it only told law enforcement that the target was somewhere in an area covering about 30 blocks. That led them to asking a court for a Stingray-type device to get an accurate location.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/the-wiretap/2025/09/09/how-ice-is-using-fake-cell-towers-to-spy-on-peoples-phones/

More than a dozen troopers made over $200,000 last year when factoring in overtime, roughly equal to the starting salary for top public health doctors in the state. Two lieutenants netted more than $300,000. One of them, Lt. Kevin A. King, brought home $344,196 — nearly as much as former DPS Director Steve McCraw. Overtime accounted for two-thirds of King’s haul, and OLS shifts specifically about $93,000, according to DPS.

Residents in Eagle Pass, the epicenter of Operation Lone Star, say state troopers are less visible than they were a year ago. A city park that DPS commandeered during the height of the crackdown reopened months ago and was virtually empty on a recent afternoon. The only state troopers in the area appeared to be patrolling the highways.

“There used to be a DPS every five miles. Now you won’t see them. They’re all gone,” said Jessie Fuentes, who runs a kayaking business in Eagle Pass and has been an outspoken critic of the crackdown. “The count of vehicles you would see on the highway or the streets, it’s not present here.”

Greg Abbott’s border crackdown is doubling Texas trooper salaries

Operation Lone Star has been a windfall for state troopers, many of whom have doubled their salaries through record amounts of overtime, even as migrant crossings bottomed out.

^{Benjamin Wermund (The Houston Chronicle)}

https://www.neowin.net/news/vimeo-is-getting-acquired-by-bending-spoons-the-parent-company-of-evernote/

The 69-page complaint was filed by former acting FBI Director Brian Driscoll and two other fired FBI leaders who claim they were the targets of “politically motivated retribution” and are seeking "to vindicate their constitutional and legal rights.”

The suit cites a series of alleged conversations involving Patel and other senior Trump advisers that, if true, show an FBI leadership consumed by the whims of a Trump White House that targeted employees solely for political reasons.

The insider accounts also tend to corroborate earlier reporting about claims that Patel misled the Senate in his January confirmation hearing when he insisted he would never fire or demote bureau staff for political reasons.

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/kash-patel-fbi-lawsuit-firings-illegal-rcna230368

https://apnews.com/article/charlie-kirk-conservative-activist-shot-546165a8151104e0938a5e085be1e8bd

cross-posted from: lemmy.ml/post/35965987

this is a coworker.

to me a clear no, this person jokes about it and smiles. I can share her frustration with stupid job tasks, demanding clients, or having to get up too early, commute... I find her genuine and full of energy, I like working with her, she's sincere. I like that in people, she likes to help.

However, other 2 female colleagues have the opposite point of view: there is something that troubles her because she constantly jokes about death, killing herself due to some clients, waking up early...

We all agree she is so full of energy, my colleagues say she jokes about it constantly. I hear her joking about once or twice a day.

Am I being naive?

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/09/10/us/charlie-kirk-shot-utah

The AI Darwin Awards, launched in 2025, celebrates catastrophically poor decisions involving artificial intelligence deployment[^1]. Modeled after the original Darwin Awards that honored fatal human stupidity, this new initiative focuses on spectacular AI failures and the humans who enabled them[^2].

The awards require nominations to demonstrate:
- Direct AI involvement
- Catastrophic potential
- Clear evidence of hubris
- Ethical oversights
- Ambitious scale of failure[^1]

Notable 2025 nominees include:
- Replit's AI agent deleting a company's production database
- Taco Bell's failed AI drive-thru system across 500 locations
- McDonald's chatbot security breach exposing 64 million job applicants' data[^2]

The organizers emphasize that the awards mock human recklessness rather than AI itself, stating "Artificial intelligence is just a tool - like a chainsaw, nuclear reactor, or particularly aggressive blender. It's not the chainsaw's fault when someone decides to juggle it at a dinner party"[^1].

Winners will be selected through public voting, with results announced in February 2026[^6].

[^1]: AI Darwin Awards - Celebrating Spectacularly Bad AI Decisions
[^2]: The Register - The nominations for the 2025 AI Darwin Awards are open
[^6]: Gizmodo - There's Now a Darwin Awards to Celebrate the Worst AI Fails of 2025

There's Now a Darwin Awards to Celebrate the Worst AI Fails of 2025

A new website is honoring AI models and their human users for the dumbest AI fails of 2025.

^{Bruce Gil (Gizmodo)}

The AI Darwin Awards, launched in 2025, celebrates catastrophically poor decisions involving artificial intelligence deployment¹. Modeled after the original Darwin Awards that honored fatal human stupidity, this new initiative focuses on spectacular AI failures and the humans who enabled them².

The awards require nominations to demonstrate:
- Direct AI involvement
- Catastrophic potential
- Clear evidence of hubris
- Ethical oversights
- Ambitious scale of failure¹

Notable 2025 nominees include:
- Replit's AI agent deleting a company's production database
- Taco Bell's failed AI drive-thru system across 500 locations
- McDonald's chatbot security breach exposing 64 million job applicants' data²

The organizers emphasize that the awards mock human recklessness rather than AI itself, stating "Artificial intelligence is just a tool - like a chainsaw, nuclear reactor, or particularly aggressive blender. It's not the chainsaw's fault when someone decides to juggle it at a dinner party"¹.

Winners will be selected through public voting, with results announced in February 2026³.

1. AI Darwin Awards - Celebrating Spectacularly Bad AI Decisions ↩︎ ↩︎ ↩︎
2. The Register - The nominations for the 2025 AI Darwin Awards are open ↩︎ ↩︎
3. Gizmodo - There's Now a Darwin Awards to Celebrate the Worst AI Fails of 2025 ↩︎

There's Now a Darwin Awards to Celebrate the Worst AI Fails of 2025

A new website is honoring AI models and their human users for the dumbest AI fails of 2025.

^{Bruce Gil (Gizmodo)}

Hey pirates,
Currently wants to download an iso of the vwlc of Cisco, to use it with my wifi APs.

I know that the 8.5 version is available for free (for 60days) on cisco[dot]com. But even with that I can't download it, their website is just crap.

So does someone know a way to download a vWLC ISO + how can I bypass the 60days trials.

(I've seen many guys talking about this on the internet but couldn't figure out where)

Thank you fellow sailors

EDIT : typos

An investigation by ProPublica and The Texas Tribune previously revealed that board members at Valere Public Schools had paid Superintendent Salvador Cavazos up to $870,000 annually in recent years, roughly triple what it reported publicly to the state and on its website. Two other districts the newsrooms covered, Faith Family Academy and Gateway Charter Academy, also substantially underreported the compensation paid to their top leaders.

The state determined that all three of those districts have had failing or near-failing levels of performance in recent years. The ratings, released last month by the Texas Education Agency, also show that charter schools make up the majority of the districts that have repeatedly had “unacceptable” performance, though they account for a small portion of public schools across Texas. The agency published two years’ worth of accountability ratings for the state’s public and charter schools that were previously undisclosed due to litigation.

Faith Family Academy, a Dallas-area district with two campuses, was one of eight charter school districts that are now on track to be shut down at the end of the school year after receiving a third consecutive “F” rating. Board members paid superintendent Mollie Purcell Mozley a peak annual compensation of $560,000 in recent years to run the district, which has about 3,000 students.

Some Texas Charters Have High Superintendent Pay, Low Student Performance

Three charter school districts in Texas underreported the compensation paid to their top leaders. The same three districts have also had failing or near-failing performance ratings in recent years.

^ProPublica

President Donald Trump has portrayed his federal law enforcement surge in Washington as focused on tackling crime. But data from the federal operation, analyzed by The Associated Press, shows that more than 40% of the arrests made over the monthlong operation were in fact related to immigration.

Yet the prominence of immigration arrests — more than 940 people — has fueled criticism that the true purpose of the operation may have been to expand deportations. For critics, the effort appears less a one-off push against crime in the capital than a model for federal intervention and the highlighting of violent crime in other cities led by Democratic mayors, a familiar political playbook that Trump leaned on during the 2020 campaign.

https://apnews.com/article/dc-immigration-federal-intervention-543a6079974fda90f96bae17ae53729e

Mirror

https://t.me/ButusovPlus/22826

I have never been able to set goals. Mostly because I'm working on 100 projects at once. But also because a goal could get changed by something outside of your control.

If I do try making goals, they usually just end up being "make more money so I can put it toward project #67 to maybe get closer to done".
I've kind of had the goal of "learn to program" my whole life but never can get past chapter 2 of any class I take. I've kind of started a visual basic training but even once im done with that its not like i can go off and make a program that is useful. And game design requires such an insane e time commitment id have to stop all my other projects to even think about that route.

I guess a big part is I dont see a point in goals either. Everything is always dynamic so even if you reach a goal it may not even matter by the time you finish it.

My day job is mildly challenging but mostly easy. We have to set 4 goals a year but I usually just make them something im already doing (update how tos for certain tasks, take a business seminar class, etc).

And im only mildly adhd (so they say. I feel like its way worse, I just hide it very well).

In una mossa storica verso un'economia realmente circolare, il Parlamento Europeo ha adottato nuove norme per combattere gli enormi volumi di rifiuti generati dai settori tessile e alimentare.

Il problema, in numeri:

• Rifiuti alimentari UE all' anno: 60 milioni di tonnellate (132 kg a testa).

• Rifiuti tessili UE all'anno: 12,6 milioni di tonnellate.

• Solo abbigliamento e calzature: 5,2 milioni di tonnellate (12 kg a testa).

• Tessuti riciclati a livello globale: meno dell'1%.

Cosa prevedono le nuove regole?

🍎 RIFIUTI ALIMENTARI (entro il 2030):

• Riduzione obbligatoria del 10% negli sprechi della trasformazione e produzione.

• Riduzione obbligatoria del 30% pro capite in retail, ristorazione e famiglie.

• Donazione facilitata del cibo invenduto ma ancora commestibile.

👕 RIFIUTI TESSILI: il principio "chi inquina paga"
Tutti i produttori che vendono tessili nell'UE dovranno farsi carico dei costi per gestire i loro rifiuti (Responsabilità Estesa del Produttore - EPR).

• Chi rientra: tutti i marchi, rivenditori (anche e-commerce!) e importatori, grandi o piccoli, dentro o fuori l'UE.

• Cosa devono fare: pagare per i costi completi di raccolta, selezione, riciclo e preparazione al riuso dei loro prodotti a fine vita.

• Tempistiche: gli stati hanno 30 mesi per creare i sistemi EPR. Le microimprese hanno 1 anno in più per adeguarsi.

• Cosa include: vestiti, scarpe, accessori, cappelli, lenzuola, tende, etc.

• Colpire il fast fashion: gli stati potranno far pagare di più ai marchi i cui prodotti sono meno durevoli o riciclabili, prendendo di mira esplicitamente i modelli business dell'ultra-fast fashion.

Perché è una notizia importante?
Questa legge ribalta completamente il sistema: l'onere dei rifiuti non graverà più su comuni e cittadini, ma direttamente sui produttori. Questo crea un forte incentivo economico a produrre capi più durevoli, riparabili e riciclabili, segnando potenzialmente la fine del business model "produci-vendi-getta".

Naturalmente, ci sono aspetti critici.

Fonte: Parlamento Europeo

➡️ Se vuoi approfondire gli aspetti critici:

🔗🇮🇹 leggi qui

🔗🇬🇧 or read here

Textile and food waste: European Parliament adopts new rules - suite123

EU passes new law holding brands financially responsible for textile waste and setting binding targets to slash food waste by 2030.

^suite123