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  • Anybody else?

    07/20/2022 5:11:45 PM PDT · by loucon · 9 replies
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  • Breaking: Ron Paul moving to Rumble, ditches YouTube

    07/20/2022 9:59:46 AM PDT · by RandFan · 18 replies
    YouTube ^ | July 20 | Ron Paul
    Co-host McAdams says it was a tough decision but they were sick of the censorship and the idea that Dr. Paul could be kicked off at any moment therefore from August 2nd they will be live steaming only at Rumble.
  • Electrical engineers on the brink of extinction threaten entire tech ecosystems

    07/19/2022 10:23:31 AM PDT · by ShadowAce · 76 replies
    The Register ^ | 18 July 2022 | Rupert Goodwins
    Intel has produced some unbelievable graphs in its time: projected Itanium market share, next node power consumption, multicore performance boosts. The graph the company showed at the latest VLSI Symposium, however, was a real shocker.While computer science course take-up had gone up by over 90 percent in the past 50 years, electrical engineering (EE) had declined by the same amount. The electronics graduate has become rarer than an Intel-based smartphone.Engineering degree courses are a lot of work across a lot of disciplines, with electronic engineering being particularly diverse. The theoretical side covers signal, information, semiconductor devices, optical and electromagnetic theory,...
  • Reddit Has Banned The Term ‘Groomer.’

    07/18/2022 7:48:42 AM PDT · by servo1969 · 48 replies
    Instapundit.com ^ | 7-18-2022 | Glenn Reynolds
    The response will not please them: You’d think that Reddit, of all places, would understand the Streisand Effect, and the futility of censorship. But you’d think wrong. It’s sad, though, to see all the old bastions of Internet free speech taken over by officious woke pecksniffs.
  • GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger says it's 'quite crazy' for the US Secret Service to have deleted January 6-related text messages

    07/17/2022 2:48:34 PM PDT · by Libloather · 15 replies
    Business Insider ^ | 7/17/22 | John L. Dorman
    Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger on Sunday said it would be "quite crazy" if the Secret Service did indeed delete text messages related to the riot at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021. During an interview on the CBS News program "Face the Nation," the Illinois Republican - who along with Rep. Liz Cheney of Wyoming are the only GOP members of House committee probing the riot - told host Margaret Brennan that the full details of the situation have not yet been uncovered. "We're going to know more Tuesday," he said, adding that the panel has issued a subpoena...
  • Anti-LGBTQ+ ‘groomer’ slur banned on Reddit in bid to tackle hate speech: ‘Your move Twitter’

    07/17/2022 7:22:38 AM PDT · by Houserino · 34 replies
    PinkNews ^ | 7/15/2022 | EMILY CHUDY
    Reddit has banned the anti-LGBTQ+ slur “groomer” under its hate speech policy, as well as any other reference to LGBTQ+ people as “paedophiles”. The vile slur, which conflates LGBTQ+ identities with paedophilia, has been increasing in use online, and has now been banned by Reddit as hate speech. Journalist Alejandra Caraballo explained on Twitter that the social media platform will now “enforce their hate speech policy on content that utilizes the groomer libel”, which means that posts containing the slur will break Reddit policy and could be taken down. https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2022/07/15/groomer-reddit-lgbtq-ban/
  • Exclusive: Fulton County DA sends 'target' letters to Trump allies in Georgia investigation

    07/16/2022 1:26:19 AM PDT · by Libloather · 17 replies
    Yahoo ^ | 7/15/22 | Michael Isikoff, Daniel Klaidman
    ATLANTA - In the latest sign that she is moving rapidly in her investigation into Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, Fulton County, Ga., District Attorney Fani Willis has sent so-called target letters to prominent Georgia Republicans informing them they could be indicted for their role in a scheme to appoint alternate electors pledged to the former president despite Joe Biden’s victory in the state, according to legal sources familiar with the matter. The move by Willis, a Democrat, could have major political implications in a crucial battleground state with high-profile races for governor and the U.S. Senate...
  • Top 10 Linux Distros for Beginners in 2022 [Compared]

    07/15/2022 7:12:57 AM PDT · by ShadowAce · 38 replies
    DebugPoint ^ | 14 July 2022 | Arindam
    We give you the ten best Linux distro(s) for beginners, which can be the perfect starting point and help you to pick the best of the lot. IntroductionIf you are manifesting joining the Linux clan and thinking about it, it’s time. It’s time to ditch Windows for good and save some money by doing so. Also, keep your sanity from monthly Windows updates that are gigabytes in size, save on your internet bill, save precious time watching a dumb blue screen (like below) and so on. The blessing of ditching the Windows list is pretty long.And you are in a...
  • Get over it: Microsoft is a Linux and open source company these days (Opinion column)

    07/13/2022 9:43:14 PM PDT · by dayglored · 45 replies
    The Register ^ | Jul 13, 2022 | Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols
    Get over it: Microsoft is a Linux and open source company these days 'The Evil Empire' hasn't been evil for about eight years now Opinion In the beginning, Microsoft was The Evil Empire.In 2001 then CEO Steve Ballmer declared: "Linux is a cancer." Later, Microsoft sponsored SCO's copyright attack on Linux; claimed that Linux violated unnamed Microsoft patents; and forced Linux-based Android vendors to pay for dubious patent claims. Bill Gates and Ballmer's Microsoft wanted to see Linux and open-source software (OSS) dead and buried.They did it because, as Microsoft's Halloween documents show, they believed "OSS poses a direct, short-term...
  • Four For Friday - Over The Top Reader Blinds - Was the First blind about Rittenhouse?

    07/11/2022 9:24:24 PM PDT · by Jonty30 · 21 replies
    #1 - What you are seeing isn’t what was supposed to happen. The reason he was alone in a dangerous area was he was supposed to be offered up as a sacrificial lamb. This is also why drones were everywhere to capture it on film. This was supposed to be a warning to any others who chose to defend themselves or their property. However, he turned out to be a lot capable than what was thought when they had singled him out. Kyle Rittenhouse
  • Revealing the Disturbing Roots of Transgender Ideology | Guest: Genevieve Gluck | Ep 636

    07/11/2022 9:18:24 AM PDT · by Morgana · 7 replies
    Allie Beth Stuckey ^ | July 9, 2022 | Allie Beth Stuckey
    Today we've got a fascinating interview to share, but just be aware that much of what we discuss is sexual in nature and not suitable for kids. That being said, we're happy to welcome Genevieve Gluck, co-founder and chief investigative journalist for Reduxx, a feminist news and opinion website. We're discussing Genevieve's findings regarding the origin of the transgender movement and how it is inextricably linked to sexual deviancy and perversion. This is made clear by how the movement came to be and the key figures who advocated for early transgender ideology. Genevieve takes us down a dark rabbit hole...
  • Millennials May Start Having “Digital Babies” So They Aren’t “Burdened” by Children

    07/11/2022 8:00:01 AM PDT · by Morgana · 60 replies
    Life News ^ | July 11, 2022 | Scott Zipperle
    “Could the future of parenthood be having virtual children in the metaverse?” An article featured in British newspaper The Guardian forecasts a world in which it is commonplace for young adults and would-be parents to opt toward raising “digital babies” over having real children of their own. Powered by virtual reality and artificial intelligence, these “programmable and highly realistic children” would simulate play, emotional feedback, and the tactile feel of caring for offspring. Cute, right? Not at all. What it says about us is deeply unsettling: that we are a culture of lifestyle as opposed to a culture of life...
  • WATCH: Pro-Abortion Protestors Scream “We Love Killing Babies”

    07/11/2022 7:06:23 AM PDT · by Morgana · 35 replies
    Life News ^ | July 11, 2022 | Douglas Bair
    Protests around the nation continue in the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and return the issue of abortion to the American people. On Saturday, feminist organization Women’s March marched their way from a park to the fence in front of the White House, buffeted by rain all the while. The protesters began by gathering at Franklin Square 10 minutes away from the White House. They listened to a series of speeches by protest leaders before eventually leaving the park. The protesters made their way through the streets of Washington D.C., chanting and yelling all...
  • Russia-aligned hackers attack Congress's website

    07/10/2022 1:29:00 PM PDT · by Libloather · 17 replies
    Washington Examiner ^ | 7/08/22 | Brady Knox
    Congress's website was hacked for around an hour Thursday evening as a Russia-aligned hacktivist group took credit for turning the text of the site entirely into Russian. The pro-Russian hacker group Killnet claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement on its Telegram channel. In its message announcing the action, translated by Polina Tyntareva, a Russian university student, the hacker group gave an encyclopedic definition of Congress before it said, "So they have money for weapons for the whole world, but not for their own defense." As seen in a video posted along with the message, Congress's homepage was changed...
  • WashPost 'Fact Checker' MILDLY Chides Biden, Press on 10-Year-Old Rape Victim Tale

    07/10/2022 1:06:24 PM PDT · by Morgana · 8 replies
    mrc NewsBusters ^ | July 10, 2022 | Tim Graham
    This story was "too good to check" for the liberal media -- a ten-year-old rape victim in Ohio having to travel to Indiana to get an abortion. On Saturday, Washington Post fact-checker Glenn Kessler noticed it when Joe Biden used it. "This is the account of a one-source story that quickly went viral around the world — and into the talking points of the president." On Friday the president claimed: “This isn’t some imagined horror. It is already happening. Just last week, it was reported that a 10-year-old girl was a rape victim — 10 years old — and she...
  • Canada's internet outage caused by 'maintenance'

    07/10/2022 10:37:59 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 29 replies
    BBC ^ | 07/10/2022 | Malu Cursino
    CEO Tony Staffieri said the failure followed "a maintenance update in our core network". Transport, banking and emergency services were all hit by Friday's blackout, with 911 hotlines and bank ATMs left unavailable. Canadians flocked to coffee shops and libraries to find a connection. The service outage began at 04:30 local time (08:30 GMT) on Friday and lasted for more than 15 hours, but most services have now been restored. Mr Staffieri said the maintenance work "caused some of our routers to malfunction early Friday morning". The outage had a huge effect on a wide range of services across Canada,...
  • Louisiana woman is arrested after trying to hire killer on RentAHitman.com to take out her love rival

    07/10/2022 1:41:09 AM PDT · by Morgana · 34 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | July 10, 2022 | Paul Farrell
    A New Orleans woman is facing murder-for-hire charges after she inadvertently tried to book a hitman to take out a love rival on a website that is linked to the FBI. Zandra Ellis, 33, was taken into custody by the feds this week in the parking lot of a Waffle House in Louisiana after discussing the hit with an undercover agent, according to the criminal complaint in the case. Ellis made contact with Rent-A-Hitman.com on June 30 using a fake name, Jasmine D. Brown, the documents state. In her inquiry, Ellis said that she wanted a woman identified only as...
  • Introducing The Amazing Compact Disc | 1982 | Retro vintage 80s technology

    07/09/2022 10:14:03 PM PDT · by DallasBiff · 64 replies
    ABC Science ^ | 6.10/15 | ABC Science
    When the first compact discs arrived on the Australian market in 1983, they ranged in price from $900-$1800. The price didn’t hold back the rapid adoption of the technology
  • Fake Instagram profile links Illinois shooting suspect to far-left antifa

    07/09/2022 3:54:04 AM PDT · by Libloather · 49 replies
    AFP via MSN ^ | 7/07/22 | Daniel Funke
    **SNIP** "Bobby Crimo aka 'Awake The Rapper' the Highland Park shooter was an Antifa Far Left extremist," says a July 4, 2022 tweet with hundreds of likes and shares. The post includes two photos. One appears to depict 21-year-old Robert Crimo wearing a hat sporting the letter "A," while the other purportedly shows his Instagram profile featuring an anti-fascist logo. Screenshot of a tweet taken July 6, 2022 "Antifa" is short for anti-fascist, a term that describes a broad, loosely affiliated coalition of left-wing activists. AFP has previously reported on how the movement has been falsely blamed for everything from...
  • Fury as left-wing activists ShutDownDC offer $200 bounties for intel on locations of SCOTUS judges who overturned Roe v Wade after targeting Brett Kavanaugh during steakhouse dinner

    07/09/2022 2:00:55 AM PDT · by Morgana · 61 replies
    Daily Mail UK ^ | July 9, 2022 | James Gordon
    A left-wing activist group is encouraging users on social media to tweet the location of any of the conservative Supreme Court Justices in exchange for money. The justices were the majority who voted to overturn the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade decision last month. Since then, pro-abortion activists have repeatedly protested outside the justices' homes and, in some cases, confronted them in public. ShutDownDC is promising a bounty of $50 for anyone who shares a 'confirmed sighting' and a further $200 if they are still in that location half an hour later. 'DC Service Industry Workers... If you see Kavanaugh,...