overview for nivenkos

More security issues in X.Org and Xwayland revealed and new releases live in c/[email protected]

[–] nivenkos 9 points 9 months ago

Only CVE-2024-31083 is relevant for non-remote server use-cases.

What is something the world would be better without? in c/[email protected]

[–] nivenkos 51 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Religion

Why aren't more people creating new operating systems, considering that macOS, Windows, and Linux were developed by individuals with computer science and programming skills? in c/[email protected]

[–] nivenkos 13 points 9 months ago

Because now you can just use Linux or BSD. That wasn't the case when Linux was developed.

So it only really makes sense for special cases - like Huawei's new OS for phones (they cannot use Android), or Google's attempt at a new kernel for Android too (they want to escape the GPL).

E-waste is growing 5x faster than it's recycled, says UN in c/technology

[–] nivenkos 74 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They should really mandate open firmware and bootloaders, and even spec sheets, etc. for deprecated hardware.

National Court orders blocking of Telegram in Spain in c/[email protected]

[–] nivenkos 1 points 9 months ago

Mullvad was already forced to stop port forwarding though.

It sucks as my shitty ISP doesn't allow port forwarding, so I literally used it for hosting video games.

National Court orders blocking of Telegram in Spain in c/[email protected]

[–] nivenkos 12 points 9 months ago (1 children)

They blocked Github before - https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-50232902

So it's not surprising.

It's gonna be rough when they come for the VPNs like Italy has though.

US urged Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries in c/[email protected]

[–] nivenkos -3 points 9 months ago

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/06/nord-stream-pipeline-explosion-ukraine-russia/

US embassy warns of imminent attack in Moscow by 'extremists' [March 8th] in c/[email protected]

US urged Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries in c/[email protected]

[–] nivenkos -2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

https://www.lngindustry.com/liquid-natural-gas/10062022/us-lng-exports-to-europe-increased-during-the-first-4-months-of-2022/

And that was before Nord Stream...

EU top court upholds ruling on fingerprints for ID cards in c/[email protected]

US urged Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries in c/[email protected]

[–] nivenkos 5 points 9 months ago

Ukraine still allows Russia to send gas through some of their pipelines. Trade is important.

But yeah, the US should really help and pay back some of the huge benefits they've received. Biden could send US troops to Kyiv and Lviv tomorrow if he cared.

US urged Ukraine to halt strikes on Russian oil refineries in c/[email protected]