Notices by nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)

Microsoft invests heavily in OpenAI, scraps the whole internet, and builds one of the worst products, ignoring copyright issues.

Also, when someone tries to access their site from known VPN IP ranges, Microsoft provoes rules for thee but not for me:

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Job interviewer: Describe yourself in three words.

Me: A complete mess.

Why does Jenkins have a bad reputation around here? Why do you hate it?

Meanwhile, BBC reported that Google reacts angrily to report it will have to sell Chrome. Google has made clear it is a proposal it opposes.

"The DOJ continues to push a radical agenda that goes far beyond the legal issues in this case," said Google executive Lee-Anne Mulholland in a statement.

Full report here https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cy4g193qezno

If you want to hit OpenAI, sue all its investors, like Microsoft & others. Go after their cash cow business, such as Windows OS and MS-Office, and ban sales of those apps until everyone is compensated for these copyright infringements. Make sure until that time, all OpenAI APIs are blocked too. Hit everyone associated with monstrosity. These companies have sued kids for downloading MP3s. The same laws should apply to OpenAI & tech bros. You are not special because you are billionaire brat

Good. One of India’s largest news agencies, Asian News International (ANI), has sued OpenAI in a case that could set a precedent for how AI companies use copyrighted news content. Asian News International filed a 287-page lawsuit in the Delhi High Court on Monday, alleging the AI company illegally used its content to train its AI models and generated false information attributed to the news agency https://techcrunch.com/2024/11/18/indian-news-agency-sues-openai-alleging-copyright-infringement/

Here is how you list all physically installed network cards in #Linux connected to the PCI bus:

sudo hwinfo --short --netcard
sudo lshw -C network -short
sudo inxi -N
sudo lspci | grep -Ei 'eth|network|ethernet|wireless|wifi'

See https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-list-network-interfaces-names-command/ for more info and examples.

Want to print your #Linux and #Unix manual pages? Try

Save the PostScript version to a file:
man -t {command} {command}|.ps
man -t date date.ps
file date.ps
xdg-open date.ps

You send the PostScript directly to default printer:
man -t {command} | lp

This will send date manual page to the printer named hp0:
man -t date | lpr -Php0

I think I found a serverless data center that developers use to create serverless apps 😂🧑🏻💻 I knew it. 😏

There are three ways to edit text on a #Linux or #Unix like systems: 🫣

0. The vim or vi way
1. The emacs way
2. The wrong way

Which one are you? 🤔

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admin it. you love htop. i do.

#linux #unix #opensource

OpenWrt has made a major change. It now includes a new package manager called apk instead of the older opkg https://forum.openwrt.org/t/major-change-notice-new-package-manager/215682

PS: you can learn about apk command here https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/10-alpine-linux-apk-command-examples/

#linux #opensource

excuse me, could i get some assist with crossword?

Skip the BIOS hassle! Want to know if your Linux system can handle virtual machines with blazing speed using KVM? Run the kvm-ok command. It's the quickest way to check if your hardware has the virtualization support you need on Intel or AMD CPUs. No more digging through BIOS menus – get your answer instantly at the CLI! 🚀 See https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/installing-kvm-ok-command-on-debian-ubuntu-linux/ for more info.

#linux #opensource #sysadmin

Microsoft first violated your privacy and safety with its questionable privacy practices. Now, a Microsoft AI data center is draining water resources from a small Mexican town. After decades of battling water bottling and beer companies, rural communities in Mexico are now also having to compete with Big Tech for water. They are destroying our environment so that Openai and Microsoft can have more money https://www.context.news/ai/thirsty-data-centres-spring-up-in-water-poor-mexican-town

Thomas Kurtz, Co-Creator of Computer Language Basic, Dies at 96 https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/business/company-news/2024/11/14/thomas-kurtz-co-creator-of-computer-language-basic-dies-at-96/

What your coffee says about the average #Linux user ...

I recently had to explain to someone how Apple Intelligence (AI) completely differs from working on developing AI. They didn't understand what mathematics has to do with creating real AI apps without using APIs from scratch. We live in a time when people working in IT don't grasp these basic concepts. They just Google it to get work done. Kids turn to TikTok to understand stuff. I would like to see someone write a 2-page-long paper about dark matters or theoretical physics from a TikTok video.