I don't know how I did it but I finally got a new Windows 11 Home to show the I don't have internet link during setup so that local accounts can be created. Microsoft has decided that computers are useless without the Internet. Maybe that's the correct outlook to take especially since they're getting fewer people buying products.

If I thought the family could handle it, I would have put Ubuntu or something else on an older machine. Dell 16 Plus with an AMD Ryzen 5 is a decent machine.

It can be painful…

#JustinJones is a #Democrat who represents a state district in #Tennessee

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Jones_(Tennessee_politician)

#Elon #Musk #ElonMusk announced a project

In Jones' district

A *state hosted* event on the project, not a private or business gathering, prevented Jones from entering the event

While letting in #MAGA #GOP #Republican politicians from districts in other parts of the state

https://www.wsmv.com/2025/07/29/rep-justin-jones-denied-entry-into-music-city-loop-announcement-event/

This conversation made me laugh

Hey, I'm looking for a job as a (full stack) hardware/embedded engineer. My main focus is in electrical engineering & hardware design, DFM, full product integration (doing hardware design with respect to mechanical integration and user interaction), firmware and bringup. I have extensive knowledge in debugging and finding hardware issues.

So far I have worked a lot in medical engineering, both in clinical settings as well as in research & development of assistive technology and human-machine-interfaces, where I did the electrical engineering, ultra-low power hardware design, bringup and the integration with the mechanical and firmware aspects. I designed and brought to market an EV Charger, where I did high power electronics and firmware works. In my spare time I work on open source projects, such as the OtterCast, an open source audio streaming solution, ligra, an open source image projector and a multitude of smart home projects, such as custom lighting. These projects can be found on GitHub https://github.com/Jana-Marie and my personal page https://janamarie.dev/

By trade I am a trained medical engineer and a state certified technician in the field of electronics/medical engineering. I am studying Chemical Biology on the side.

Both, a permanent position and freelancing are interesting to me, although I would prefer the former. You can find my CV at https://cv.janamarie.dev/

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2025 Mangrove Photography Awards

A flock of Roseate Spoonbills glide over a lemon shark hunting mullet in the shallow, mangrove-lined waters of Florida Bay. Overall winner. | Mark Ian Cook

@photography
#photography
#mangroves

#DCI Competition at Wake Forest in Winston Salem

Stop it. Stop trying to visit America. I am an American living in one of the most virulent MAGA states, and I am begging you to cancel any and all plans to visit the US. There is nothing, and I mean absolutely NOTHING in this country worth your safety or your life. This is not the America you remember. It is a Nazi zombie running on hate and cruelty and you are risking your life to give it even more money.

https://www.nzz.ch/english/you-have-no-right-to-be-here-a-swiss-womans-harrowing-tale-of-arrest-and-detention-at-the-us-border-ld.1889535

Anyone sharing anything about phones always listening to your conversations and showing you adverts about that:

(a) Do you realise how incredibly easy it is to monitor all the traffic coming from your phone?
(b) Do you understand how giant a scandal it would be if that were demonstrated?
(c) Do you know how many people there are who would love to be at the confluence of (a) and (b) and yet have not been because it's not a thing that's happening?

TFW you realize that none of the people you’re debating even want democracy, equality, or the rule of law.

Open Sauce is a confoundingly brilliant Bay Area event #opensauce2025 https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2025/open-sauce-confoundingly-brilliant-bay-area-event

I don't care for the Jubilee format, but this is one of the most disturbing things that I've seen. I've interacted with people like this but to have just so in your face.....

https://youtu.be/2S-WJN3L5eo

“Encryption Backdoors and the Fourth Amendment”

Law journal article that looks at the Dual_EC_PRNG backdoor from a US constitutional perspect... https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2025/07/encryption-backdoors-and-the-fourth-amendment.html

#academicpapers #Uncategorized #encryption #backdoors #laws #NSA

Malcolm-Jamal Warner Dead After Drowning: 'Cosby Show' Star Was 54
https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/malcolm-jamal-warner-dead-drowning-cosby-show-1236466032/

ICYMI (I did) from the death-by-shite-security dept. For the next time you need a case study in how poor security can actually lead to human deaths, even executions:

"A recent audit from the U.S. Department of Justice has exposed severe vulnerabilities in the FBI's cybersecurity measures, highlighting how these weaknesses directly contributed to the deaths of key informants in the high-profile El Chapo investigation.

"According to the report, a hacker affiliated with the Sinaloa drug cartel in Mexico was able to access sensitive communications between FBI officials and law enforcement, ultimately leading to the tragic loss of life."

https://www.secureworld.io/industry-news/fbi-breach-deaths-el-chapo

When you're tired of duḥkha.

#buddha #buddhism #suffering #unsatisfactoriness #humor #humour #seeWhatIDidThere

Intel Enabling SR-IOV For Battlemage Graphics Cards With Linux 6.17

The upcoming Linux 6.17 kernel is going to be an especially nice release for users of modern Intel graphics hardware on Linux. The very latest feature being enabled for this next Linux kernel version is SR-IOV for Battlemage GPUs to vastly enhance the Intel Linux graphics experience in virtualized environments...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Enables-BMG-SR-IOV-Linux

And from the WTAF dept, quite a bombshell from ProPublica today:

"Microsoft is using engineers in China to help maintain the Defense Department’s computer systems — with minimal supervision by U.S. personnel — leaving some of the nation’s most sensitive data vulnerable to hacking from its leading cyber adversary, a ProPublica investigation has found."

"The arrangement, which was critical to Microsoft winning the federal government’s cloud computing business a decade ago, relies on U.S. citizens with security clearances to oversee the work and serve as a barrier against espionage and sabotage."

"But these workers, known as “digital escorts,” often lack the technical expertise to police foreign engineers with far more advanced skills, ProPublica found. Some are former military personnel with little coding experience who are paid barely more than minimum wage for the work."

https://www.propublica.org/article/microsoft-digital-escorts-pentagon-defense-department-china-hackers?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=propublica-bsky&utm_content=7-15

You wanted more on that Raspberry Pi laptop. Here's a sneak peek, and some notes on my deeply-procrastinated Open Sauce project... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fu2BGnJ4pkU