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Submission + - Internet Archive Building a Digital Library of Amateur Radio (archive.org)

Submitted by savetz
savetz writes: Internet Archive has begun gathering content for the Digital Library of Amateur Radio and Communications (DLARC), which will be a massive online library of materials and collections related to amateur radio and early digital communications. The DLARC is funded by a significant grant from the Amateur Radio Digital Communications Foundation (ARDC) to create a digital library that documents, preserves, and provides open access to the history of this community.

The DLARC project is looking for partners and contributors with troves of ham radio, amateur radio, and early digital communications related books, magazines, documents, catalogs, manuals, videos, software, personal archives, and other historical records collections, no matter how big or small. In addition to physical material to digitize, we are looking for podcasts, newsletters, video channels, and other digital content that can enrich the DLARC collections.

Internet Archive will work directly with groups, publishers, clubs, individuals, and others to ensure the archiving and perpetual access of contributed collections, their physical preservation, their digitization, and their online availability and promotion for use in research, education, and historical documentation. All collections in this digital library will be universally accessible to any user and there will be a customized access and discovery portal with special features for research and educational uses.

Submission + - Ask Slashdot: What Was Your First Computer? 3

Submitted by destinyland
destinyland writes: Today GitHub's official Twitter account asked the ultimate geek-friendly question. "You never forget your first computer. What was yours?"

And within 10 hours they'd gotten 2,700 responses.

Commodore 64, TRS-80, Atari 800, Compaq Presario... People posted names you haven't heard in years, like sharing memories of old friends. Gateway 2000, Sony VAIO, Vic-20, Packard Bell... One person just remembered they'd had "some sort of PC that had an orange and black screen with text and QBasic. It couldn't do much more than store recipes and play text based games."

And other memories started to flow. ("Jammed on Commander Keen & Island of Dr. Brain" "Dammit that Doom game was amazing, can't forget Oregon Trail...")

Sharp PC-4500, Toshiba T3200, Timex Sinclair 1000, NEC PC-8801. Another's first computer was "A really really old HP laptop that has a broken battery!"

My first computer was an IBM PS/2. It had a 2400 baud internal modem. (Though in those long-ago days before local internet services, it was really only good for dialing up BBS's.) I played chess against a program on a floppy disk that I got from a guy from work.

What was your first computer?

Submission + - Why Craigslist Still Looks the Same After 25+ Years (pcmag.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Craigslist emerged in 1995 to connect strangers through a free, web-based platform that has endured as rivals services like Zillow, Facebook Marketplace, and countless dating apps emerged with advanced features and slick interfaces. These platforms survive on advertising and subscription revenue. Craigslist, of course, has none of that. Over the years, the OG online marketplace has all but refused to modernize; its mobile app only came out in 2019 after nearly 25 years in business. Why does the website still look the same after so many decades? That was the main question I had when I sat down for a video call with craigslist founder Craig Newmark, who joined me from the New York City apartment he shares with his wife, Eileen Whelpley.

Newmark stepped down as CEO of craigslist in 2000 after others told him he wasn’t cut out for management, he says. Jim Buckmaster has been at the helm since, though Newmark remains a partial owner. He now works on philanthropy full time, supporting groups like the Coalition Against Online Violence, which helps combat harassment against female journalists. Still, the 69-year-old entrepreneur is a billionaire (or near-billionaire since he’s given away millions). Our chat yielded much more than expected, from Costco hotdogs to Hello Kitty and his childhood Sunday School lessons. It’s clear that the website is the purest and most enduring expression of Craig Newmark, a humble tech mogul who marches to the beat of his own drum.

Submission + - Google Deepmind Researcher Co-Authors Paper Saying AI Will Eliminate Humanity (vice.com) 1

Submitted by TomGreenhaw
TomGreenhaw writes: Superintelligent AI is "likely" to cause an existential catastrophe for humanity, according to a new paper, but we don't have to wait to rein in algorithms.

This emphasizes the importance of setting goals. Making a profit should not be more important than rules like "An AI may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm".

Submission + - SPAM: Newly Discovered Molecule Fights Off Over 300 Kinds of Drug-Resistant Bacteria

Submitted by schwit1
schwit1 writes: “The molecule is called fabimycin, and further down the line it could be used to fight off some of the most stubborn infections that humans can get. The new potential treatment targets gram-negative bacteria, a group of hard-to-kill pathogens that are commonly behind infections of the urinary tract, lungs, and even the bloodstream.”
Link to Original Source

Submission + - Right to Repair Battle Heats Up with Rooting of John Deere Equipment

Submitted by drinkypoo
drinkypoo writes: John Deere, current and historic American producer of farming equipment, has long been maligned for their DRM-based lockdowns of said equipment which can make it impossible for farmers to perform their own service. Now a new security bypass has been discovered for some of their equipment, which has revealed that it is in general based on outdated versions of Linux and Windows CE.

Carried out by Sick Codes, the complete attack involves attaching hardware to the PCB inside a touchscreen controller, and ultimately produces a root terminal.

In the bargain and as a result, the question is being raised about JD's GPL compliance.

Comment Re:Does not solve the problem (Score 1) 374

by jimmydevice (#62404393) Attached to: Canada Will Ban Sales of Combustion Engine Passenger Cars By 2035

You are fucking high. ICE engines? how about GAS engines,
Same number of letters and no ICEngines engines. Dumb fuck.
Who wants to live in a fucking filthy city and ride bikes or the shit
called public transportation? Walking, eat shit. I can barely make it to the can.
I live in a remote area, No chance to move to a "walkable (sic) area".
Fuck you and the other 30% bullshit you're selling.
Troll.

Submission + - VW autos worth $155 million lost in cargo ship fire fueled by EV batteries (msn.com)

Submitted by McGruber
McGruber writes: An update to Friday's story about the burning cargo ship adrift in the Mid-Atlantic (https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fnews.slashdot.org%2Fstory%2F22%2F02%2F18%2F1615256%2Fburning-cargo-ship-is-adrift-in-mid-atlantic-without-crew):

MSN is now reporting that the ship is aflame from bow to stern with a lithium-ion battery fire that can’t be put out with water alone. The fire has been burning since Wednesday (Feb. 16), as the ship drifts in the Atlantic about 200 miles southwest of Portugal’s Azores Islands. Its 22-person crew abandoned ship and was rescued on Thursday.

The ship left Germany on Feb. 10 and headed for the US with about 4,000 Porches, Bentleys and other luxury cars aboard, and some of those were electric vehicles. It’s not clear if the batteries contributed to the fire starting in the first place—a greasy rag in a lubricant-slicked engine room or a fuel leak are the usual suspects in ship fires—but the batteries are keeping the flames going now. A forensic investigation will take months to determine the cause.

Bloomberg adds (https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bloomberg.com%2Fnews%2Farticles%2F2022-02-21%2Fporsches-and-lamborghinis-lost-at-sea-may-be-worth-155-million) that the fire could cost Volkswagen at least $155 million based upon the Russell Group's estimate that there are $401 million worth of cars. VW group had Volkswagen, Porsche, Audi, Bentley and Lamborghini models on the vessel.

Submission + - Norton Anti-Virus can now hijack your computer for cryptomining (norton.com)

Submitted by JustAnotherOldGuy
JustAnotherOldGuy writes: The popular anti-virus software company Norton recently "added" a new "feature" which will "allow" the company to use your computer to mine for the Ethereum cryptocurrency whenever you're not using it. Yes, that's right: the anti-virus software wants you to let them remotely control your computer. Norton Crypto is included as part of Norton 360 subscriptions. However, there are coin mining fees as well as transaction costs to transfer Ethereum. The coin mining fee is currently 15% of the crypto allocated to the miner. Transfers of cryptocurrencies may result in transaction fees (also known as "gas" fees) paid to the users of the cryptocurrency blockchain network who process the transaction. In addition, if you choose to exchange crypto for another currency, you may be required to pay fees to an exchange facilitating the transaction. Transaction fees fluctuate due to cryptocurrency market conditions and other factors. These fees are not set by Norton.

Submission + - California approved dropping rodenticide on Farallon Islands (sfgate.com) 2

Submitted by votsalo
votsalo writes: The California Coastal Commission approved dropping rodenticide on Farallon Islands.

"The rocky outcrop of sea stacks and islands west of the Golden Gate is home to 300,000 breeding seabirds, as well as five species of seals and sea lions. That unique biodiversity, however, also includes more than 1,000 mice per acre, a population that has exploded in recent years. " The mice "were first introduced by sailors over a century ago."

Dr. Jane Goodall argued against the poison at the hearing, but the Commission decided 5-3 to airdrop 3000 pounds of poison by helicopters.

Submission + - Software Freedom Conservancy files GPL lawsuit against Visio (sfconservancy.org)

Submitted by Jeremy Allison - Sam
Jeremy Allison - Sam writes: Software Freedom Conservancy announced today it has filed a lawsuit against Vizio Inc. for what it calls repeated failures to fulfill even the basic requirements of the General Public License (GPL).

The lawsuit alleges that Vizio’s TV products, built on its SmartCast system, contain software that Vizio unfairly appropriated from a community of developers who intended consumers to have very specific rights to modify, improve, share, and reinstall modified versions of the software.

Submission + - Windows 11 works fine on a 2006 era Pentium 4 (notebookcheck.net) 4

Submitted by tlhIngan
tlhIngan writes: Windows 11 has odd specs and many recent processors are on the unsupported list. However @Carlos_SM1995 found that a Pentium 4 from 2006 is fully supported by Windows 11. Yes, Windows Update works fully and the processor is fully supported. So maybe if your first gen Ryzen or 7th gen Intel Core can't run Windows 11, it's time to dig out the old Pentium...

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