Comment Makes sense (Score 1) 101
A struggle to watch, I bailed midway through the S3 finale. Pretty much sums up the series. It could have been good, even great, in the right hands.
Comment Re:Given the quality of MS's code as of late (Score 1) 130
This.
Comment Re:That library file limit (Score 1) 7
Nope. That's why I changed all my players to BlueOS.
Comment SubUrbia (Score 1) 62
SubUrbia, wow, that was hard to find a copy of, back when that was a thing. Cool.
Comment Re:F-Sonos (Score 1) 38
I replaced all my SONOS connects with BlueSound node Nano devices. A pricey replacement, but worth it.
As a bonus I was now able to turn off SMB1 on my home Samba server !
Comment Re:Oh no, EM and hums... (Score 1) 124
Mod up.
Comment WTAF (Score 1) 210
No wonder Intel is struggling.
Comment Son of a Depression era farmer? (Score 1) 221
But he was born before the Great Depression started...
Comment Re:Why Samba? (Score 1) 33
> Every large NAS vendor (Synology, QNAP, etc) has their own SMB server they wrote themserlves
That's untrue. Both Synology and QNAP use Samba. QNAP contributes code and bugfixes back to samba.org (Hi Jones !).
Submission + - Samba gets funding from the German Sovereign Tech Fund.
Jeremy Allison - Sam writes: The Samba project has secured significant funding (€688,800.00) from the German
Sovereign Tech Fund (STF) to advance the project. The investment was
successfully applied for by SerNet. Over the next 18 months, Samba developers
from SerNet will tackle 17 key development subprojects aimed at enhancing
Samba’s security, scalability, and functionality.
The Sovereign Tech Fund is a German federal government funding program that
supports the development, improvement, and maintenance of open digital
infrastructure. Their goal is to sustainably strengthen the open source
ecosystem.
The project's focus is on areas like SMB3 Transparent Failover, SMB3 UNIX
extensions, SMB-Direct, Performance and modern security protocols such as SMB
over QUIC. These improvements are designed to ensure that Samba remains a
robust and secure solution for organizations that rely on a sovereign IT
infrastructure. Development work began as early as September the 1st and is
expected to be completed by the end of February 2026 for all sub-projects.
All development will be done in the open following the existing Samba
development process. First gitlab CI pipelines have already been running [4]
and gitlab MRs will appear soon!
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsamba.plus%2Fblog%2Fdetail...
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sovereigntechfund....
Sovereign Tech Fund (STF) to advance the project. The investment was
successfully applied for by SerNet. Over the next 18 months, Samba developers
from SerNet will tackle 17 key development subprojects aimed at enhancing
Samba’s security, scalability, and functionality.
The Sovereign Tech Fund is a German federal government funding program that
supports the development, improvement, and maintenance of open digital
infrastructure. Their goal is to sustainably strengthen the open source
ecosystem.
The project's focus is on areas like SMB3 Transparent Failover, SMB3 UNIX
extensions, SMB-Direct, Performance and modern security protocols such as SMB
over QUIC. These improvements are designed to ensure that Samba remains a
robust and secure solution for organizations that rely on a sovereign IT
infrastructure. Development work began as early as September the 1st and is
expected to be completed by the end of February 2026 for all sub-projects.
All development will be done in the open following the existing Samba
development process. First gitlab CI pipelines have already been running [4]
and gitlab MRs will appear soon!
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsamba.plus%2Fblog%2Fdetail...
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.sovereigntechfund....
Google Updates Its Search Algorithm To Tackle AI Deepfakes (pcmag.com) 8
Google is updating its search algorithm and removal request process to make it easier for victims to combat unwanted sexually explicit AI deepfakes. "When reported AI deepfakes are identified, Google Search will automatically filter out related search results that might pop up in the future so users won't have to repeatedly report similar images or duplicates of an image to Google," reports PCMag. Additionally, Google will demote sites repeatedly hosting non-consensual deepfakes and aims to differentiate between consensual and non-consensual explicit content. From the report: Google says its Search algorithm update will lower the chances of explicit deepfakes appearing in Search. The search engine will also attempt to differentiate between real sexually explicit content made consensually (such as adult film stars' work, for example) and AI-generated media made without the person's consent. But Google says doing this is a "technical challenge," so these efforts may not be entirely accurate or effective. Regardless, Google claims that the changes it's already made to Search have reduced the resurfacing of such deepfakes by more than 70%. "With these changes, people can read about the impact deepfakes are having on society, rather than see pages with actual non-consensual fake images," Google said.
Comment Best Picture (Score 1) 77
Filmmaker Mode yields the best picture for me, but it is also the dimmest mode.
Comment Re:meaningless (Score 2) 54
Agreed. "Packard Motors buys Studebaker," and all that.
Comment This should be entertaining (Score 2) 19
I hope they overlay a microsoft logo too, so when it (inevitably) goes hilariously wrong, we'll know who to thank.
Comment Re:Maybe (Score 1) 104
The upstream Linux kernel doesn't differentiate between security bugs and "normal" bug fixes. So the new kernel.org CNA just assigns CVE's to all fixes. They don't score them.
Look at the numbers from the whitepaper:
"In March 2024 there were 270 new CVEs created for the stable Linux kernel. So far in April 2024 there are 342 new CVEs:"
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