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IRC: #techbytes @ Techrights IRC Network: Sunday, March 12, 2023

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beginning of new day, March 12

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9 AM, March 12

09:42 schestowitz[TR]; <li>

09:42 schestowitz[TR]; <h5><a href="https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2023/03/how-to-read-online-news-on-ubuntu.html">How To Read Online News on Ubuntu</a></h5>

↺ https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2023/03/how-to-read-online-news-on-ubuntu.html">How

09:42 schestowitz[TR]; <blockquote>

09:42 schestowitz[TR]; <p>In general, everything on the world wide web can be subscribed to as long as they provide special URL called 'RSS' or 'Atom' feed. Given the situation we are in today, this means you can subscribe to: [...]</p>

09:42 schestowitz[TR]; </blockquote>

09:42 schestowitz[TR]; </li>

09:42 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.ubuntubuzz.com | How To Read Online News on Ubuntu

09:48 schestowitz[TR]; <li>

09:48 schestowitz[TR]; <h5><a href="https://www.makeuseof.com/reasons-linux-mint-perfect-for-windows-users/">6 Reasons Why Linux Mint Is the Perfect Distro for Windows Users</a></h5>

↺ https://www.makeuseof.com/reasons-linux-mint-perfect-for-windows-users/">6

09:48 schestowitz[TR]; <blockquote>

09:48 schestowitz[TR]; <p>There are many versions of Linux that are good for newcomers, but Linux Mint is particularly geared toward people who are already familiar with Microsoft Windows.</p>

09:48 schestowitz[TR]; <p>Linux is a fundamentally different operating system, but Linux Mint reduces how many new things you will need to learn by keeping as much of the experience as similar as possible. Let's look at some of the ways Linux Mint makes it easier for Windows users to switch to Linux.</p>

09:48 schestowitz[TR]; </blockquote>

09:48 schestowitz[TR]; </li>

09:48 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-www.makeuseof.com | 6 Reasons Why Linux Mint Is the Perfect Distro for Windows Users


10 AM, March 12

10:07 schestowitz[TR]; <li>

10:07 schestowitz[TR]; <h5><a href="https://cyberscoop.com/north-korea-hackers-linkedin-phishing/">North Korean hackers used polished LinkedIn profiles to target security researchers</a></h5>

↺ https://cyberscoop.com/north-korea-hackers-linkedin-phishing/">North

10:07 schestowitz[TR]; <blockquote>

10:07 schestowitz[TR]; <p>By first constructing convincing profiles on the career-focused social media platform LinkedIn, reaching out to their victims with phony job offers and convincing them to move the conversation over to WhatsApp, where they would be targeted with malware, North Korean hackers have crafted a sophisticated method for targeting computer security researchers, according to a two-part report releas

10:07 schestowitz[TR]; ed by Googles Mandiant on Thursday.</p>

10:07 schestowitz[TR]; <p>Michael Barnhart, a principal analyst at Mandiant, describes this North Korean threat actor as one of the more skilled groups coming out of this closed off nation, and in targeting security researchers, the group deployed a range of new tools.</p>

10:07 schestowitz[TR]; </blockquote>

10:07 schestowitz[TR]; </li>

10:07 schestowitz[TR];

10:07 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes-North Korean hackers used polished LinkedIn profiles to target security researchers | CyberScoop

10:26 schestowitz[TR]; <li>

10:26 schestowitz[TR]; <h5><a href="https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/03/09/tiktok-hires-biden-connected-consulting-firm-as-federal-ban-looms/">TikTok Hires Biden-Connected Consulting Firm as Federal Ban Looms</a></h5>

↺ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/03/09/tiktok-hires-biden-connected-consulting-firm-as-federal-ban-looms/">TikTok

10:26 schestowitz[TR]; <blockquote>

10:26 schestowitz[TR]; <p>SKDK is viewed as the most well-connected Democratic firm in Washington, with former top employees in senior and mid-level roles in the Biden administration. Anita Dunn, a founding partner, returned to the White House in May last year.</p>

10:26 schestowitz[TR]; <p>She serves as a senior adviser following her work in the early part of the Biden administration and during Bidens 2020 campaign. Other former SKDK employees in the Biden administration include deputy White House communications directors Kate Berner and Herbie Ziskend, deputy Pentagon press secretary Sabrina Singh, and Interior Department press secretary Tyler Cherry.</p>

10:26 schestowitz[TR]; </blockquote>

10:26 schestowitz[TR]; </li>

10:26 -TechBytesBot/#techbytes- ( status 520 @ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/03/09/tiktok-hires-biden-connected-consulting-firm-as-federal-ban-looms/ )

↺ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2023/03/09/tiktok-hires-biden-connected-consulting-firm-as-federal-ban-looms/

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noon, March 12

12:43 schestowitz[TR]; > > Where are many examples where Microsoft is "exceptional", for instance

12:43 schestowitz[TR]; > > the SCO lawsuit that turned 20 a few days ago (Microsoft funded that

12:43 schestowitz[TR]; > > lawsuit) and all the patent attacks by Microsoft against GNU/Linux.

12:43 schestowitz[TR]; > > Those are just two examples among many more.

12:43 schestowitz[TR]; >

12:43 schestowitz[TR]; > My memory of past decades is not so clear, so I can't argue the question.

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