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Millions of fruit flies will be dropped on Los Angeles (thehill.com)

WeWork plans to file for bankruptcy as early as next week, source says (www.reuters.com)

WeWork plans to file for bankruptcy as early as next week, source says::WeWork’s filing for bankruptcy would mark a stunning reversal of fortune for the New York-based company that was privately valued at $47 billion in 2019 and a black spot for investor SoftBank that sunk billions.

The EV transition trips over its own cord (www.theverge.com)

25 years since The Halloween Documents, the Microsoft vs. Linux and Open Source memos (www.catb.org)

“In the last week of October 1998, a confidential Microsoft memorandum on Redmond’s strategy against Linux and Open Source software was leaked to me by a source who shall remain nameless. I annotated this memorandum with explanation and commentary over Halloween Weekend and released it to the national press. Microsoft was...

Whats the best budget friendly way to transfer vhs tapes

Hiya, pretty much the title. I have a dozen tapes I want to backup before age takes its toll. My basic idea after watching some videos online is to buy a hardware based upscaler that can interface with my vcr then throw that signal to a video capture card and record on my computer. I’ll go with name brands to avoid problems...

Ubisoft closes London studio (twitter.com)

MRW my wife walks in the room and she's been dead for 4 years. (startrek.website)

Spoooooky

One of the MANY reasons to love Strange New Worlds [Minor S2 Finale Spoilers] (startrek.website)

Rubiales given three-year ban by Fifa (www.bbc.co.uk)

Former Spanish Football Association president Luis Rubiales is banned from all football-related activities for three years.

A mostly paper replacement for single-use RFID tags (hackaday.com)

Israeli defense minister says the Gaza war has entered a new stage with an expanded ground operation (apnews.com)

As Gazans Scrounge for Food and Water, Hamas Sits on a Rich Trove of Supplies (www.nytimes.com)

Post uses a gift link so everyone can access it....

A new accessibility architecture for modern free desktops – GNOME Accessibility (blogs.gnome.org)

[OC] Landing at Arlanda (i.imgur.com)

China Calls for Complete Lifting of US Empire’s Illegal Sanctions Against Venezuela (orinocotribune.com)

How the Biden administration tried to slow Israel’s invasion of Gaza (www.washingtonpost.com)

rip bozo (hexbear.net)

Snapdragon 8 Gen 3’s Adreno 750 GPU Rumored To See A 14.7 Percent Frequency Downgrade, Qualcomm Likely Targeting Better Efficiency - wccftech (wccftech.com)

Linux tablet 5g support and small enough to lend itself to everyday portability

Something ive been wanting for a while is a highly portable linux device like a phone or small tablet but obviously running fully flegde linux....

What are some "cool" "tricks" to "teach your cat?

For example, I like to train mine to accept me providing scritches (petting) with my feet and for them to be equally comfortable with using foot as hand

Question about Proton

I am buying a friend’s PC for games. I want to avoid windows if at all possible, and I’m wondering what people’s experience using Proton in Linux for gaming has been. Are there certain publishers who use libraries Proton doesn’t handle well? Are there distros to avoid using with proton? Any other notes I should be aware...

Jim Jordan will back empowering interim speaker Patrick McHenry temporarily (www.nbcnews.com)

The resolution to empower McHenry, appointed as speaker pro tempore after Kevin McCarthy was ousted as speaker on Oct. 3, may also not have the votes, according to this source.

How can I find the reason my PC crashes?

Lately my PC has started crashing while it plays videos. It freezes completely, screen frozen and not responding to any input (keyboard, mouse), I mean I cannot change TTY (alt + ctrl + F(1-2-…)), and it cannot even respond to alt + PrntScr + REISUB. I have to force power off by holding down the power button....