Daily Tech News 26 March 2023

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TikTok users are retarded and so is the tech press that reports on the issue. (Tech Crunch)

Still, TikTokers point to the distinction between sharing data with a private Chinese company and the Chinese government.
None. The difference is none. All Chinese internet companies are entirely under the thumb of the Chinese intelligence agencies.
For its part, TikTok has tried to appease U.S. officials with a plan called Project Texas, a $1.5 billion undertaking that will move U.S. users' data to Oracle servers.
Which simply proves that TikTok is acting in bad faith. The company has claimed for years that US user data is held separate from and inaccessible to Chinese operations, but all of TikTok's internal tools have backdoors to allow China to spy on foreign users. (BuzzFeed)

Look, if you want to be a pawn of a genocidal communist dictatorship, don't take half-measures, move to North Korea. It's a free country.

To enter, not to leave. You can only leave in a box.

Tech News

Proxmox VE might poop itself when daylight savings kicks in. (Proxmox)

This can't happen all the time or it would have been caught and fixed years ago, but several users from the UK reported it right as daylight savings started there.

Always configure Linux/Unix systems to run root as UTC. You can set timezones in individual user accounts and applications, but leave root alone.
A comparison of three hobbyist PCB services. (lcamtuf's thing)

I'd like to see a bigger review of these services; I'll see if I can find one. Basically you can send these companies a design and get back circuit boards - in as little as 24 hours if you're willing to pay. Some will also assemble the entire circuit for you, though again that costs money.
Panera Bread will use your palm print for membership verification and payment. (CBS)

Which means they have to have your palm print and your payment details on file.

I'd list all the ways in which this will go horribly wrong but then I'd need a bigger blog.
After a petition signed by 30,000 Amazon workers demanding the right to work from home, Amazon says it would be happy to lay them all off if they don't quit whining and get their lazy asses into the office. (NY Post)

I work from home, but that started because I was working twelve hours a day and couldn't continue doing that if I spent two hours commuting each day as well. It worked so well that the company eventually closed its physical office and set everyone to work from home.

But these people are just idiots.
"I'm collapsing here. I 'm sorry I feel like a total failure," one Amazon staffer wrote, according to Insider. "Come in and work. Do as you're told."

"I'm crying as my family prepares a meal."
On second thoughts, you're right. Don't bother coming into the office. We'll send you your severance details.
I nearly bought a Framework Laptop but the battery on the 1340P was 10% smaller than the one on the 1360P and a new battery would cost a whole $69. (The Verge)

Now there is a point here: There is almost no difference between the 1340P and 1360P (or the previous generation's 1240P and 1260P) and no reason to spend the extra $320, except that the 1360P Framework 13 comes with a slightly larger battery.

The reason for that is that Framework already has large orders for the smaller, older battery and needs to put them somewhere or pay a lot of money to cancel the order, and the 1340P as the latest low-end model is the obvious victim of choice.

But on the eleventh hand, just buy the AMD version. Better in every way and all AMD models come with the new battery.

I'm planning to plunk down $100 to pre-order it. Ships some time in Q3, and I doubt something better will show up before then.

Framework Video of the Day

Now that Linus has his channel back (one of his staff opened a PDF that wasn't a PDF) he's taken a look at the new Framework 16. A prototype, since it won't ship until late this year, but he was an early investor in Framework and has one of the biggest hardware review sites around, so he gets early access.

This video shows off the modular design: Six swappable I/O modules - they're all USB-C internally but can switch between USB, HDMI, DisplayPort, Ethernet, audio, micro SD, or storage - up to 1TB each. A swappable PCIe module for a graphics card or other device.
And six swappable input modules. The keyboard, trackpad, and the inch or so of empty space to either side of each are all removable and replaceable without even needing a screwdriver - they clip in place with magnets. (The screen bezel is also magnetic.)

Which is great but still leaves the model I want - the Framework 13 - without the Four Essential Keys.

Disclaimer: You can't always get what you want, unless you have a Digi-Key account, a surface-mount reflow workstation, and a very steady hand.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at 04:00 AM

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1 BOING!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2023 03:59 AM (9cS6m)

2 G'Day everyone

Biden 's Dog if I knew you would be here I wouldn't have stayed up

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2023 04:01 AM (xhxe8)

3 Morning all.

Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 26, 2023 04:02 AM (BLOW1)

4 Which simply proves that TikTok is acting in bad faith. The company has claimed for years that US user data is held separate from and inaccessible to Chinese operations, but all of TikTok's internal tools have backdoors to allow China to spy on foreign users. (BuzzFeed)
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It's not about the data. It's about 10s of millions of useful idiots.

https://tinyurl.com/3w2jjrhy

(Nitter)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2023 04:02 AM (9cS6m)

5 Now that I know you two are here I can go back to bed.

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 26, 2023 04:02 AM (ju2Fy)

6 Biden 's Dog if I knew you would be here I wouldn't have stayed up
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2023 04:01 AM (xhxe

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Just after 11AM here in Israel.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2023 04:04 AM (9cS6m)

7 I did the twelve hour shifts with a 2+ hour commute for about a year and a half before it drove me to quit.

I am still doing 12s like tonight, but only on some days and I do not live 1-2 hours from the site.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 26, 2023 04:05 AM (zZu0s)

8 Morning all.
Posted by: Pixy Misa at March 26, 2023 04:02 AM (BLOW1)
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Top of the evening to you, Pixy!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2023 04:05 AM (9cS6m)

9 hiya

Posted by: JT at March 26, 2023 04:05 AM (T4tVD)

10 Morning Pixy.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 26, 2023 04:05 AM (zZu0s)

11 So about TikTok spying on us. How does that work? Do you have to install app on phone? I was reading that it can record keystrokes and steal passwords. Is that when using their app or any other app on your phone?

Posted by: olddog in mo at March 26, 2023 04:08 AM (ju2Fy)

12 I would argue no Chinese company runs without the Party permission or influence

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2023 04:09 AM (xhxe8)

13 12 I would argue no Chinese company runs without the Party permission or influence
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2023 04:09 AM (xhxe

I would say this is completely correct.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 26, 2023 04:10 AM (zZu0s)

14 Howdy, Pixy! Hope you are feeling well.

Thanks for techie-news, even if I'm unable to participate on-topic!

Posted by: JQ at March 26, 2023 04:11 AM (o0Fxd)

15 Do you have to install app on phone?
Posted by: olddog in mo at March 26, 2023 04:08 AM (ju2Fy)
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That's how they all work! Language warning:

https://tinyurl.com/44zdev9w

(Nitter)

McAfee was only half right. See my previous comment on TikTok.

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2023 04:12 AM (9cS6m)

16 Nighty-night, all. The ONT music discussion was fun!

Posted by: JQ at March 26, 2023 04:12 AM (o0Fxd)

17 Night JQ.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 26, 2023 04:13 AM (zZu0s)

18 Seen it stated every Chinese citizen's duty is to report information back to the China authorities.
There are a million spys here stealing information

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2023 04:15 AM (xhxe8)

19 I'm sure we can trust a sandwich shop with our biometric data.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at March 26, 2023 04:17 AM (KFhLj)

20 19 I'm sure we can trust a sandwich shop with our biometric data.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at March 26, 2023 04:17 AM (KFhLj)

Yeah, it is not creepy at all.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 26, 2023 04:18 AM (zZu0s)

21 There are a million spys here stealing information
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2023 04:15 AM (xhxe

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Count higher:

https://tinyurl.com/3a2z36nk

(Nitter)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2023 04:19 AM (9cS6m)

22 I'm sure we can trust a sandwich shop with our biometric data.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at March 26, 2023 04:17 AM (KFhLj)
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We're toast!

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2023 04:19 AM (9cS6m)

23 youtu.be/_XyuuDI_xPo

Posted by: JQ at March 26, 2023 04:22 AM (o0Fxd)

24 22 I'm sure we can trust a sandwich shop with our biometric data.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at March 26, 2023 04:17 AM (KFhLj)
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We're toast!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2023 04:19 AM (9cS6m)

Quiznos.

They still around?

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 26, 2023 04:23 AM (zZu0s)

25 Yes, according to the internet.

Posted by: Aetius451AD Work Laptop at March 26, 2023 04:23 AM (zZu0s)

26
⚠️ Disclaimer status: Returned

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 26, 2023 04:24 AM (enJYY)

27
I watched the first half hour of Trumps speech last night, fell asleep for a few minutes, then watched the final hour. He can be accused of a lot of things (and has been whether true or not) but no one can call him low energy.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 26, 2023 04:30 AM (enJYY)

28 Watched many Trump speeches, not sure but wouldn't think but the outline of them is on the teleprompter. He seems to riff away on any tangent that pops into his head.
Barky seems to me to been obvious every word was on the Teleprompter. And you can tell when Sundowner is off his lines.

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2023 04:39 AM (xhxe8)

29 I've been doing 12 hour shifts for years. Mostly mids. The commute is about 20 minutes whether I take the subway or drive.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 26, 2023 04:43 AM (LQjWA)

30 Mornin', all

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at March 26, 2023 04:49 AM (ZM73m)

31 And you can tell when Sundowner is off his lines.
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2023 04:39 AM (xhxe

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Even when he's on his lines, he's off. Reminder of a classic example:

https://youtu.be/1SH4PB2RDuI

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2023 04:50 AM (9cS6m)

32 MLii how you been?

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2023 04:53 AM (xhxe8)

33 Obama's arrogance came through big time in his speeches. Watching Biden speak makes me cringe.

Trump goes off on tangents, but he is entertaining to watch. He feeds off the crowd's energy.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at March 26, 2023 04:54 AM (ZM73m)

34 And you can tell when Sundowner is off his ~~lines~~ meds.

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2023 04:39 AM (xhxe

For historical accuracy. One affects the other.

Posted by: RickZ at March 26, 2023 04:56 AM (emlEe)

35 Hey, Skip.

Finally (hopefully!) getting over a really stubborn sinus infection. It really kicked my butt.
Done with round of antibiotics today.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at March 26, 2023 04:58 AM (ZM73m)

36 Dug out from about 10" of heavy wet snow yesterday. Looked beautiful. Had to keep reminding myself that spring in WI could never be counted on to start March 20!

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at March 26, 2023 05:00 AM (ZM73m)

37 Dug out from about 10" of heavy wet snow yesterday. Looked beautiful. Had to keep reminding myself that spring in WI could never be counted on to start March 20!
Posted by: My Life is Insanity

Morning!

They warned us that we were going to get all that snow. Luckily, it came down as rain until the final 2 hours. So we got an inch instead

Posted by: Bruce at March 26, 2023 05:02 AM (vd8XM)

38 Life above the Artic circle, been saying I think this was my first no snow winter ever. Don't think ever happened here and last place lived out of state in Virginia and England it snowed

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2023 05:04 AM (xhxe8)

39
It ain't over till May, Skip. I remember an overnight snowfall in April one year of 22" of light power. By the afternoon it was all melted.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 26, 2023 05:08 AM (enJYY)

40 Lucky you, Bruce!

I was driving in it about 4 a.m.when it started gettting bad. I was 1st on some roads that were covered so you couldn't see the lines, with white-out conditions. Coming down at rate of 2" per hour. Looked like driving into hyper-space!

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at March 26, 2023 05:09 AM (ZM73m)

41 29 I've been doing 12 hour shifts for years. Mostly mids. The commute is about 20 minutes whether I take the subway or drive.
Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 26, 2023 04:43 AM (LQjWA)

I am so glad I do not have to ride public transport after a 12. Not the most sociable at the best of times.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 26, 2023 05:11 AM (kGtj5)

42 Coming down at rate of 2" per hour. Looked like driving into hyper-space!
Posted by: My Life is Insanity

Wow!! Yeah, we were lucky. I don't think the plows bothered to come out and salt.

Posted by: Bruce at March 26, 2023 05:11 AM (vd8XM)

43 We've had little snow this winter. I should check the totals but I'm guessing less than 50 ". A few storms with 8 + and a few dustings is all I remember

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at March 26, 2023 05:12 AM (ZM73m)

44 El Nino years we have had 3 foot snow storms in spring but not happening this year

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2023 05:12 AM (xhxe8)

45 110 years old. Double respect!

https://tinyurl.com/49sbxv5c

(Nitter)

Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2023 05:19 AM (9cS6m)

46 Coming back from central Illinois on Friday, we went past the Meta/Facebook 2.4 million square feet of data center.

Supposedly powered 100% renewable energy due to their investments in wind farms in 2 neighboring counties. (HA!)
One of 14 data centers across the US.
How much data are they storing?

Seems like a waste of prime farmland to me.

Posted by: Bruce at March 26, 2023 05:27 AM (vd8XM)

47 41: Aetius451AD

I've been doing that for over 20 years now so I'm used to it. Nobody is social. They just get on, read the phone, or listen to music. Hardly anybody talks. They just want to get home or get to work.

Posted by: Puddleglum at work at March 26, 2023 05:33 AM (HTCOy)

48 Heading out for the weekly walk to breakfast with #1 son. We've been walking a roundabout way there and an extra long way home to make a total of 5 miles. Not bad for an old lady! Lol.

See you from the diner.

Posted by: My Life is Insanity at March 26, 2023 05:40 AM (ZM73m)

49 Decided to have a healthy breakfast this morning. It even includes vegetables.

My SIL makes a great carrot cake.

Posted by: Bruce at March 26, 2023 05:47 AM (vd8XM)

50 Boker Tov Patriots

Pray for America

As for tic toc, it is not just the data they steal on Americans, but even more so their ability to push propaganda into the minds of gullible Americans ( read that as democrats ) especially the Yoots of America

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2023 05:49 AM (Irn0L)

51 5 miles there and back? I wouldn't make it

Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2023 05:51 AM (xhxe8)

52 Meanwhile Snapchat is just awful because it's awful.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 26, 2023 05:53 AM (9UlRk)

53 5 miles there and back? I wouldn't make it
Posted by: Skip at March 26, 2023 05:51 AM (xhxe

Why? Gas tank empty? LOL

Posted by: Nevergiveup at March 26, 2023 05:55 AM (Irn0L)

54 I'm gonna make a nano-video sharing platform. Video clips limited to a tenth of a second. All the danger hair tards and daytime television watchers can post their clips of them going "HURRRR" and "REEEEEE" to their heart's content, and I'll save a fortune on data hosting.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 26, 2023 05:57 AM (9UlRk)

55 And some chick with fat legs will use it to get famous.

Posted by: Warai-otoko at March 26, 2023 05:58 AM (9UlRk)

56 Extra Early EMT

Noooood

Posted by: Bruce at March 26, 2023 06:00 AM (vd8XM)

57
I walk between 3 and 7 miles a day. Weight is right where I want it and waist size is 32. Same as when I graduated HS.

Don't h8.

Posted by: Divide by Zero at March 26, 2023 06:00 AM (enJYY)

58 Remembering back in my army days I had a 31 inch waste and weighted 155 pounds. I still have some of my army shirts and its only a dream to think I could ever wear them again. Considering I was a tanker and could load the big shells (2 in a box) from a big truck and display them on a tarp before loading them into all the storage spots on the tank, great to be 20, mostly fit, and only the young fight the wars. Old people would rather sit and watch TV than go shot someone.

Posted by: Colin at March 26, 2023 06:26 AM (8p0Zk)

59 I'm willing to admit that I don't know. What are the four essential keys. Thanks

Posted by: Terry at March 26, 2023 06:59 AM (Zz1H1)

60 You can be a hero if you want to, but when the chips are down, realize you're breaking bread with China!

Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 26, 2023 07:00 AM (Jg7EG)

61 60 You can be a hero if you want to, but when the chips are down
Posted by: Dr. Bone at March 26, 2023 07:00 AM (Jg7EG)

"when the chips are down": a little tech humor there

Posted by: m at March 26, 2023 07:10 AM (CQE5S)

62 Page up, page down, home, end.
I think.

Posted by: Beelzabubba at March 26, 2023 07:10 AM (taqHk)

63 Solution for tiktok: ban it, confiscate the north American offices, interrogate the execs.

As for Amazon demanding everyone work at the office. What evidence does it have objectively demonstrating commuting to the downtown, then working in cubicles increases productivity and profits.
Or is it just middle management flexing for relevance?

Posted by: Xavier Basora at March 26, 2023 07:45 AM (HZCl6)

64 I saw that MyPillow is clearing out the slippers so I decided to order a couple of pairs last night. While on the order page, I noticed that there were 12 scripts being blocked by Brave. For giggles, I decided to see where my data would've gone. In addition to the usual bad actors (e.g., Goolag, Fuckerberg), right at the very top of the list was TikTok and its "Pixel" per the story a couple of days back. Yup, apparently Mike Lindells's company sells your data to the CCP. Ain't that grand?

Posted by: antisocial justice beatnik at March 26, 2023 08:17 AM (DTX3h)

65 Disclaimer: You can't always get what you want, unless you have a Digi-Key account, a surface-mount reflow workstation, and a very steady hand.

What a coincidence!

Posted by: Cybersmythe at March 26, 2023 09:58 AM (iZEhM)

66 You leave in a box, idiot. Retarded enough to think America hasn't become a genocidal communist dictatorship.

Posted by: Vylydymyr Cocainskyy at March 26, 2023 10:26 AM (YIVgp)

67 I used to be able to desolder and replace surface mount components with a plain soldering iron, but I can't do it any more.

Posted by: AshevilleRobert at March 26, 2023 10:52 AM (fv27Y)

68 Pixy, one bit of caution on the Framework 13''

I had one of the early release 11th gens, and while the laptop is nice, I hope they've fixed some of these issues since.

1- Internal CMOS battery drain. If you have this thing on charging every day or other day, you'll never hit this. If you leave it off for two weeks or more the internal CMOS battery completely drains and the thing won't boot until you plug it in. In some cases for other users, they can't even boot into the OS. They claim its a very rare combination of a 11 gen intel bug and the battery size they picked causing faster than normal drain, but who knows. All I know is it's a pain in the ass to use at first when you start it up after a long time off. Supposedly, this is fixed in their 12th gen Intel board but who knows.

Posted by: Gaff at March 26, 2023 11:21 AM (59Hbh)

69 2- Audio jack grounding issues. They changed which parts they used due to sourcing early on for the audio daughterboard, from some other company to Realtek. Mine has a grounding issue introducing hiss into the audio 3.5mm jack. It's very annoying. There's a long series of posts on their forums about people trying to root cause it. There seems to be multiple issues around it also involving audio drivers. I never found a software fix for it.

Posted by: Gaff at March 26, 2023 11:21 AM (59Hbh)

70 3- The screen. The non-matte screen is too reflective. At least they're finally coming out with a matte alternative.

All in all, it's a nice laptop, and the repair-ability is a huge plus. But there's some real issues with it that can be dealbreakers. I hope 3 years on, they've cleaned up some of them.

Posted by: Gaff at March 26, 2023 11:23 AM (59Hbh)

71 http://smilies.mee.nu/

Site is not accessible. Displays the following:
No site matching http://smilies.mee.nu

I haven't tried it in quite a while so maybe it just isn't available anymore.

Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 26, 2023 12:28 PM (gv7Yb)

72 22 I'm sure we can trust a sandwich shop with our biometric data.
Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls - an election is simply a festival for the majority at March 26, 2023 04:17 AM (KFhLj)
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We're toast!
Posted by: Biden's Dog sniffs a whole lotta malarkey, at March 26, 2023 04:19 AM (9cS6m)

Ha!

Posted by: m at March 26, 2023 02:58 PM (CQE5S)

73 71 http://smilies.mee.nu/

Site is not accessible. Displays the following:
No site matching http://smilies.mee.nu

I haven't tried it in quite a while so maybe it just isn't available anymore.
Posted by: Anon Y. Mous at March 26, 2023 12:28 PM (gv7Yb)

Add the "s" to http:

https://smilies.mee.nu

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