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CS2 release announcement (nitter.net)

Linux Boot Failure! Debugging UEFI Boot Issues (tiffybelle.vivaldi.net)

In this blog I document my journey in learning the UEFI boot process and discover that not all laptop firmware implement the UEFI standard correctly or how you’d expect....

Reddit is going to let you turn gold into money (www.theverge.com)

Inside Apple’s Spectacular Failure to Build a Key Part for Its New iPhones (www.wsj.com)

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Under French-Backed Military Ruler Mahamat Deby, Chad is a "Pressure Cooker Waiting to Explode" (peoplesdispatch.org)

Philippines condemns Chinese 'floating barrier' in South China Sea (www.reuters.com)

India suspends visa services for Canadians in further decline in relations (www.theguardian.com)

Announcement of ‘security threats’ follows Justin Trudeau’s claims India was involved in Sikh activist’s killing...

Saturday Strike Meetings End With No Agrement, WGA & AMPTP To Reconvene On Sunday (www.wgacontract2023.org)

https://www.wgacontract2023.org/announcements/negotiations-update-9-23-23

Android to take an “upstream first” development model for the Linux kernel (arstechnica.com)

The Linux Plumbers Conference is this week, and since Android is one of the biggest distributors of the Linux kernel in the world, Google software engineer Todd Kjos stopped by for a progress report from the Android team. Android 12—which will be out any day now—promises to bring Android closer than ever to mainline Linux by...

How Cyberpunk 2077 clawed its way back from disaster to complete one of the greatest redemption arcs in gaming history (www.pcgamer.com)

A 3-year breakdown of Cyberpunk's bugs, lawsuits, and the many, many patches that brought it back.

Azerbaijan and Armenian forces reach cease-fire deal for breakaway Nagorno-Karabakh, officials say (apnews.com)

Nagorno-Karabakh: death toll rises as latest violence condemned by Russia and US (www.theguardian.com)

Russia, Ukraine Clash Over Genocide Charges at World Court (www.wsj.com)

International Court of Justice heard arguments on whether Russia’s invasion can be challenged under 1948 treaty....

Bill Maher Holds Off on ‘Real Time’ Return as Writers Guild Talks Set to Resume (www.hollywoodreporter.com)

The comedian says he'll delay the HBO show's return "for now" as negotiations between striking writers and media companies are set to begin again....

A great, fresh Reddit thread on users outgrowing Linux communities and Reddit itself, which applies to a lot of the internet. [archive.org Reddit thread] (web.archive.org)

I think many will love the summarisation of the Internet’s information value.

Western leaders defend slow progress to end global inequality as UN summit starts (www.theguardian.com)

Leaders insisted war in Ukraine had not distracted them from sustainable development goals

U.S. Helped Pakistan Get IMF Bailout With Secret Arms Deal For Ukraine, Leaked Documents Reveal (theintercept.com)

In April 2022, the Pakistani military, with the encouragement of the U.S., helped organize a no-confidence vote to remove Prime Minister Imran Khan. Ahead of the ouster, State Department diplomats privately expressed anger to their Pakistani counterparts over what they called Pakistan’s “aggressively neutral” stance on the...