Friday, June 07
Daily News Stuff 7 June 2019
How Is It June Already Edition
How Is It June Already Edition
Tech News
- In fairness to the calendar, last October seems like three years ago.
- Millions of Linux servers are exposed to local and potentially remote exploits due to a bug in the Exim mail server. (Bleeping Computer)
I had three servers with Exim installed. One had quietly installed a patch already, one wasn't actually receiving email anyway and has now been shut down and its duties redistributed, and one can't be updated right away due to configuration problems and has had Exim completely disabled in the meantime.
- Need a tablet? Need it cheap? Walmart's Onn 8" model is just $64 and basically works. (9to5Google)
Nothing fancy: 2GB RAM (adequate), 16GB flash (inadequate, but it has a microSD slot), 1280x800 screen (less than I'd like, but acceptable), Android 9. Unspecified 1.33GHz quad-core processor, probably a MediaTek MT8163 which is adequate and certainly faster than the Snapdragon S4 found in the Nexus 7 (which I still use).
A 10" model with the same general specs is available for $79, or $99 including a detachable keyboard which probably isn't very good but also isn't very expensive.
As long as it supports adoptable storage (and I doubt Walmart would have gone to the trouble of breaking it as Sony and Samsung have) you can add 64GB for about twelve bucks.
- Google doubles down on bad, Firefox doubles up on good. (TechDirt)
Google is an ad company, not a technology company.
- A backdoor in Optergy Proton (who what?) allows hackers to shut down entire office buildings. (Tech Crunch)
With, basically, a mouse click.
- Joyent is shutting down its public cloud.
Joyent was an early player in the cloud computing game, basing its infrastructure on Solaris, which had much better containerisation at the time than did Linux.
They are also the criminals responsible for Node.js.
- Crystal 0.29 is out.
Nothing major, but a number of bug fixes and quality-of-life enhancements. Crystal is like Ruby, only compiled, and without all the weirdness like packages that globally redefine true to false.
- Nim 0.20 is out.
This is effectively their 1.0 release candidate, so I will be taking a closer look. Nim is to Python as Crystal is to Ruby, but it compiles via C++ intermediate code rather than LLVM intermediate code. How much that matters I'm not sure.
- Lies, damned lies, and benchmarks: Who to believe in the NAMD benchmark result kerfuffle. (Serve the Home)
Quick answer: Nobody.
- Why is the base model Mac Pro so expensive? (ZDNet)
Because (a) Apple can get away with it and (b) no, that's all.
On the other hand, it is unabashedly a Pro machine, unlike most of Apple's other "Pro" products. (VodkaPundit)
The problem is it is aimed exclusively at video editing. Nothing else. You can see this in not just the price and the co-announced 6K monitor, but in the complete absence of storage options.
If you're a developer / designer / engineer or work in some other role where you need a powerful and flexible computer that isn't outrageously expensive, Apple have nothing for you. They still have nothing for you. And they have shown that they won't.
- Streamlab's YouTube channel was terminated. (One Angry Gamer)
- CNet's editor-in-chief is working tirelessly to demonetize small independent YouTube channels. (One Angry Gamer)
There comes a time where journalists might well be considered the enemy of the people.
- Xurious' electronic music channel was terminated. (One Angry Gamer)
Instrumental electronic music.
I found this list on Facebook showing the extent of the mess YouTube has created in a single day.
Banned
Varg (Thulean Perspective)
YouKipper
The Great Order
Cultured Thug
Xurious
Mr Allsop History
Patrick Slattery
NBU Media
FBIV
Cybεr Nazι
Nordic Frontier
Alτ-Rιght Tankιe
Hora Vero's Archive
Stay Woke
Demonetised
Steven Crowder
Iconoclast
Revenge Of The Cis
Martin Sellner
James Allsup
Red Ice TV
SinatraSays
Jesse Lee Peterson
Tailed Feature
Ford Fischer
Dan Dicks
Luke Ford
The Golden One
RetroRobotRadio
Dr Shaym
Mad Black
E. Michael Jones
Press For Truth
The Alternative Hypothesis
Tailed Feature
Know More News
Sandman
The Red Elephants
Andy Warski
Deep Fat Fried Podcast
Nightwave Radio
Videos Deleted
Owen Benjamin
Count Dankula
Milo
Gavin McInnes
Red Ice TV
Black Pigeon Speaks
American Krogan
Angelo John Gage
Drunken Peasants
Press For Truth
J.F Gariepy
Dire Wolf Media
E;R
American Renaissance
Iconoclast
Ryan Dawson
E Michael Jones
The Higherside Chats
Bre Faucheux
Mr Allsop History
NPI/Radix
TRS Radio
Semiogogue
WhiteRabbitRadioTV
Ryan Dawson
Zero Schizo
No Apologies
Uncle Chang
Some of these people are likely total jerks, but we're talking about YouTube, the original and still the number one don't read the comments! site on the internet.
Meanwhile Bitchute is opening the champagne. (Brickmuppet)
- Return of the Return of the Miniature Giant Space Hamster: Baldur's Gate III is on its way. (Ars Technica)
Disclaimer: Go for the eyes, Boo, go for the eyes! Raaarrgh!
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Ever feel sad you already switched away from Chrome, so you can't do it again?
Streamlabs: Tim Pool has been pointing out Maza is trying to burn down everyone to get at Steven Crowder. We can only hope there's a backlash. It doesn't help that mainstream outlets are lying about what happened (e.g., repeating Maza's claim about the figs shirt.)
Streamlabs: Tim Pool has been pointing out Maza is trying to burn down everyone to get at Steven Crowder. We can only hope there's a backlash. It doesn't help that mainstream outlets are lying about what happened (e.g., repeating Maza's claim about the figs shirt.)
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