I can’t really put it into words but it feels like this should be the job of the police and that someone should be able to hold ICE accountable for this, AND hand the case over to the police. But the polices does not seem to be much better, so potato, potahto?

ICE claimed that he rammed their vehicle, and that others threw stones and their car. So not a simple collision, from their official point of view. Though that does not justify what happened here.

I also wonder why this even is a case for ICE and not the police.

No article?

The title made me think 244 children (and not offenders) were arrested.

Haha! Could be it. 😂

“hands-on” graduation project

Does hand-on mean supervised?

One has to wonder. They have the equipment, someone saw fit to buy and and then use it.

It’s real! https://www.royalcaribbean.com/cruise-ships/icon-of-the-seas

The OS crasching before Firefox seems weird. The OS should kill the offending process to free up memory for its own use. I wonder what went wrong.

This link has more information that looks relevant: https://askubuntu.com/questions/89219/is-there-a-difference-between-swap-and-cache-memory

Disk Cache memory: This are chunks of the physical memory, the RAM, used to store files. That way when a program needs to read the file, it’s fetched from memory instead of the hard disk. This is done because memory is way faster.

Swap: This is a place on the hard disk (usually a dedicated partition) that is used to store programs or data that can’t fit in memory, like when a program grows more than the available memory. SWAP is way slower than RAM, so when you hit swap the computer gets slower, but at least the program can work. In linux swap is also used to hibernate, or to move low used program out of memory to allow more space to the disk cache.

https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/proc_meminfo.5.html

Cached %lu

In-memory cache for files read from the disk (the page cache). Doesn’t include SwapCached.

Cached should be memory stored on HDD and not RAM.

That sounds like a memory leak.

I’ve read people’s stories before were their number got listed somewhere and people just never stops calling even though it is the wrong number. It has never happened to me but it really sounds terrible. Sound of an block any unknown caller seems like the only option (but not so great if you are applaying for a job).

Can you do Leg Sheeran?

Nice!

You can also create a custom keyboard layout in Linux. From what I have written down, here is how to do it (can’t double check because work computer).

I suspect this could be X11 only because it is X keyboard extension, pop_OS! didn’t adopt Wayland as early Ubuntu.

• Start by navigating to /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/.
• Open the file that corresponds to your keyboard layout (I think it is us for American).
• Add a new layout:

partial alphanumeric_keys
xkb_symbols "custom" {
    include "us(basic)" // includes another configuration to build on, see current file you are editing.

    name[Group1]="US (custom)"; // will be the name of your configration/layout.

    key <LSGT>  { [ greater,        less,               bar,            brokenbar  ] }; // <
    key <SPCE>  { [ space,          space,              nobreakspace,   space      ] }; // Space
    // Add more key maps as you see fit.
};

• Go to /usr/share/X11/xkb/rules/
• Locate evdev.xml and base.xml
• Edit both and look for the following block

<layout>
  <configItem>
    <name>us</name>
   <!--- some comment --->

• Add the following to both files on the row after the comment:

<variant>
  <configItem>
    <name>custom</name>
    <description>US (custom)</description>
  </configItem>
</variant>

You might have to reboot afterwards.

Thanks! I hadn’t heard about agetty before. Will save this for later.

There is even a docker-compose.yml script.

https://store.steampowered.com/news/collection/steam?emclan=103582791457287600&emgid=533224478739530145

You may have seen reports of leaks of older text messages that had previously been sent to Steam customers. We have examined the leak sample and have determined this was NOT a breach of Steam systems.

We’re still digging into the source of the leak, which is compounded by the fact that any SMS messages are unencrypted in transit, and routed through multiple providers on the way to your phone.

The leak consisted of older text messages that included one-time codes that were only valid for 15-minute time frames and the phone numbers they were sent to. The leaked data did not associate the phone numbers with a Steam account, password information, payment information or other personal data. Old text messages cannot be used to breach the security of your Steam account, and whenever a code is used to change your Steam email or password using SMS, you will receive a confirmation via email and/or Steam secure messages.

You do not need to change your passwords or phone numbers as a result of this event. It is a good reminder to treat any account security messages that you have not explicitly requested as suspicious. We recommend regularly checking your Steam account security at any time at

https://store.steampowered.com/account/authorizeddevices

We also recommend setting up the Steam Mobile Authenticator if you haven’t already, as it gives us the best way to send secure messages about your account and your account’s safety.

Here is an AI summary in bullet point form: ^/s

• Title: The Impact of Generative AI on Critical Thinking: Self-Reported Reductions in Cognitive Effort and Confidence Effects From a Survey of Knowledge Workers
• The study surveyed 319 knowledge workers to explore how Generative AI (GenAI) impacts their critical thinking practices and the perceived effort involved in these tasks.
• Knowledge workers primarily engage in critical thinking when using GenAI tools to enhance work quality, avoid negative outcomes, and develop skills.
• Key barriers to critical thinking include lack of awareness, time pressure, limited motivation, and challenges in improving AI responses in unfamiliar domains.
• Higher confidence in GenAI reduces the perceived effort required for critical thinking tasks, while confidence in their own skills tends to increase perceived effort, especially during evaluation and application of AI outputs.
• Participants reported enacting critical thinking in about 60% of the examples shared, often involving goal and query formation, response inspection, and integration of AI outputs.
• Trust in GenAI can lead to over-reliance, diminishing independent problem-solving and critical engagement, particularly in routine tasks.
• The study identified motivators for critical thinking, including the desire for quality work and skill improvement, alongside inhibitors like perceived task importance and job scope.
• Knowledge workers often conflated reduced effort with reduced critical thinking when satisfied with AI-generated responses, indicating a potential risk of complacency.
• The findings suggest that GenAI tools should be designed to support critical thinking by addressing awareness, motivation, and ability barriers among users.
• The implications highlight the need for feedback mechanisms in GenAI tools to help users calibrate their trust and confidence, ensuring a balanced relationship between AI assistance and independent critical thinking.