Homeschooling Hits Record Numbers
An anonymous reader shares a report: “In the 2024-2025 school year, homeschooling continued to grow across the United States, increasing at an average rate of 5.4%,” Angela Watson of the Johns Hopkins University School of Education’s Homeschool Hub wrote earlier this month. “This is nearly three times the pre-pandemic homeschooling growth rate of around 2%.” She added that more than a third of the states fr … ⌘ Read more

Advocacy Groups Urge Parents To Avoid AI Toys This Holiday Season
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: They’re cute, even cuddly, and promise learning and companionship – but artificial intelligence toys are not safe for kids, according to children’s and consumer advocacy groups urging parents not to buy them during the holiday season. These toys, marketed to kids as young as 2 years old … ⌘ Read more

Fired Techie Admits Sabotaging Ex-Employer, Causing $862K In Damage
An Ohio IT contractor pleaded guilty to breaking into his former employer’s network after being fired, impersonating another worker and using a PowerShell script to reset 2,500 passwords – an act that locked out thousands of employees and caused more than $862,000 in damage. He faces up to 10 years in prison. The Register reports: Maxwell Schu … ⌘ Read more

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Jornalista insiste: mas se a NATO pedir para irmos lá? Gouveia e Melo insiste no evitar que peçam isso, em vez de responder.

Palavras finais: Cotrim insiste que tem independência. GMelo diz que ser militar não o desqualifica para Presidente.

Consideração pessoal final: odiaria uma segunda volta que me obrigasse a escolher entre um destes dois. Cotrim pareceu-me mais bem preparado - mas também mais perigoso.

João Cotrim Figueiredo estava bem a mostrar o quão fraco é o argumento de Gouveia e Melo de que quem tem partido não pode exercer como Presidente com independência.

Mas depois orgulha-se de ter apoiantes do Chega, enquanto acha preocupante que Gouveia e Melo ter apoiantes do PS que tiveram poder durante o Governo Sócrates…

Gouveia e Melo contra-ataca (fracamente) com um tema bem escolhido ao falar da Revisão Constitucional que Cotrim Figueiredo defende, Cotrim diz que defende mas se for Presidente como jura cumprir a constituição que temos, cumprirá.

O povo escolheu que há duas formas de governação possível, ou “de centro” ou “de centro-direita”, diz G.Melo, referindo-se a AD+CH ou AD+PS…

Cotrim acha que as buscas à TAP foram más porque prejudicam o negócio da privatização (então e a justiça?)

Greve Geral: Cotrim acha que o que está em cima da mesa neste momento já é favorável a ambos (trabalhadores e empresas), porque trickle-down economy. Cotrim promulgaria como está, Gouveia e Melo não quer dizer o que faria.

Defesa: enviar militantes para a guerra da Ucrânia, se a NATO disser para mandarmos, mandamos (diz Cotrim). G.Melo diz que em vez disso defenderemos o Atlântico.

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#ptpol #debates #presidenciais #CotrimFigueiredo #GouveiaEMelo

Nvidia Brings Ad-free Cloud Gaming To New Chromebooks
Nvidia and Google announced today a new cloud gaming plan called GeForce Now Fast Pass that is exclusive to Chromebooks. Anyone who purchases a new Chromebook will receive a year of the service included with their device at no additional charge. Fast Pass allows Chromebook owners to stream more than 2,000 games from their existing Steam, Epic or Xbox libraries.

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Updated Steam Runtime Switches To Debian 13 Libraries, SDL2 Using Compatibility Layer
An updated version of the Steam Linux Runtime 4 branch was rolled out that has now shifted from Debian 11 to Debian 13 libraries for some significant upgrades. In the process more libraries have gone x86_64 only in foregoing the i386 builds. In addition, the SDL 2 library support for the Steam Runtime is now provided by sdl2-compat as the compatibility layer for SDL2 atop SDL3… ⌘ Read more

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org @bender@twtxt.net Pfft, they want folks to relocate to Sydney. Fuck that 🤣 Sydney is a bit like San Francisco, I’m not actually sure which is worse. Fuck’n expensive as hell, the only palce you’d be able to afford to buy or rent is at least ~2hrs out of the city by public transport (i.e: train) and by that time you’ve just pissed your life down the toilet, because you’d be expected ot work a 9-10hr day + 2-3hrs of travel each way, buy the time you factor in having to wake up super early to get ready to travel in to work, you basically have zero time for anything else, let alone your ufamily,

Fuck that.

#musiquinta “Músicas sobre velocidade”?

Aqui fica a mais veloz música de todas.
Do primeiro e melhor (para mim) album dos Napalm Death, “Scum”, vem a “You Suffer”, uma música que ganhou um prémio Guiness… por ser a mais curta algumas vez gravada. Com pouco mais de um segundo de duração, isto é que é velocidade: ainda está a começar e já acabou…

A letra, na íntegra: “You Suffer, but Why?”

Não sei se concordo com a Rolling Stone que esta é uma das 100 melhores músicas de metal de todos os tempos (não é das minhas favoritas do disco, sequer), mas lá que é memorável não há questão: veio-me logo à mente quando vi a votação para escolher o tema desta musiquinta…

Seja como for, se já leu este texto até aqui, já perdeu a oportunidade de ouvir a música em questão umas dezenas de vezes, por isso vou postar e escrever sobre a música e deixar um link para você a poder ouvir (e ver, que mesmo com menos de 2 segundos ela teve direito a videoclip!) :-)

https://youtu.be/9Z1IGjr2cT0

Daily pill could offer alternative to weight-loss injections
Orforglipron, a GLP-1 drug taken as a pill, achieved positive results in people with obesity and type 2 diabetes, although it seems less effective than injectable drugs ⌘ Read more

Intel Preps Linux KVM For Diamond Rapids’ AVX10.2 & Expanded AMX
The latest feature enablement work happening by Intel for the Linux kernel with next-generation Diamond Rapids server processors are the adjustments to the Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) for readying the new CPU ISA capabilities for a virtualized world… ⌘ Read more

M5 Apple Vision Pro Launches in Korea and Taiwan on Nov 28
Apple has announced pre-orders are now open for the Vision Pro with M5 chip and Dual Knit Band in Korea and Taiwan, preceding a launch in both countries on Friday, November 28.

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Tokyo Court Finds Cloudflare Liable For Manga Piracy in Long-Running Lawsuit
A Tokyo court ruled that Cloudflare is liable for aiding manga piracy after failing to act on infringement notices and continuing to cache and serve content for major piracy sites, awarding about $3.2 million in damages. TorrentFreak says the decision sets a significant precedent in Japan, suggesting CDN providers can face … ⌘ Read more

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The Growing Problem With China’s Unreliable Numbers
Chinese economist Gao Shanwen told a Washington panel in December that China’s real GDP growth might be around 2% rather than the official figure near 5%. By January, Gao was no longer chief economist at SDIC Securities and went silent for almost a year.
As FT points out in a long piece, China does not publish quarterly GDP breakdowns showing consumption, investment and net exp … ⌘ Read more

CDC Data Confirms US is 2 Months Away From Losing Measles Elimination Status
An anonymous reader shares a report: Federal health officials have linked two massive US measles outbreaks, confirming that the country is about two months away from losing its measles elimination status, according to a report by The New York Times. The Times obtained a recording of a call during which officials from th … ⌘ Read more

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What do you do, when a recruiter throws you a PD or two and says the total compensation is ~2-3x what you’re on now?! 🤔

GCC 16 Compiler Now Ready For AVX10.2 & APX With Intel Nova Lake
Intel’s ISA documentation was updated last week to confirm Nova Lake processors will support AVX10.2 and APX extensions after they were not officially acknowledged in prior versions of the spec and the initial open-source compiler enablement with -march=novalake also left them without those prominent ISA capabilities. Following that documentation update, a few days ago LLVM Clang updated their Nova Lake compiler support for the new ISA capabilit … ⌘ Read more

Get Nomad’s Apple Watch Bands for Up to 30% Off in Black Friday Sale
Nomad kicked off its official Black Friday event this week with sitewide savings on its best gear, plus a deal of the day that will change every day in the lead-up to November 28. Today’s deal of the day is 30 percent off the Sport Band Glow 2.0 for Apple Watch Ultra.

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Set Alarm-Style iPhone Reminders in iOS 26.2
In iOS 26.2, currently in beta, Apple has added a new optional feature that provides the Reminders app with a more urgent notification system. When you need to ensure you don’t miss an important task, you can now set an alarm that works just like your morning wake-up call, with a snooze and slide-to-stop slider.

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The feature distinguishes Reminder alarms from sta … ⌘ Read more

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#ptpol #debate #presidencial 2

Hoje o debate é na #SIC, e suponho que muito mais civilizado. Vamos ouvir…

1. ontem na #TVI o debate começou com atraso para termos de gramar com publicidade. Hoje não SIC é pior, temos de levar com vários minutos do #NunoRogeiro, personagem que não se percebe como ainda tem quem o deixe falar…

2. E começa o debate com a questão da greve geral. Marques Mendes diz que não há drama. Espera que haja acordo entre governo, entidades patronais e UGT (e o resto das centrais sindicais? A CGTP?) António Filipe diz que LMM está preocupado com a Greve Geral, ele está preocupado com o pacote laboral. (Com um o pacote passaria, o outro vetaria). LMM imita Seguro e diz que o António Filipe está na eleição errada, só que não se compara. E LMM aproveita para criticar a CGTP e a defender a UGT - o que vai contra a sua conversa que seria um presidente de diálogos e consensos.

3. 25 de Novembro, António Filipe não iria às celebrações enquanto Presidente - porque essa celebração é para menorizar o 25 de Abril. LMM diz que o 25 de Novembro é uma data “igualmente importante”, e que no 25 de Novembro “o PCP perdeu” (re-escrevendo ou tentando reescrever a história).

4. maior desafio e prioridade: LMM diz estabilidade (fazendo com que se aprovem OE)

#LMM x #AntónioFilipe

Klarna Says AI Drive Has Helped Halve Staff Numbers and Boost Pay
Klarna has claimed that AI-related savings have allowed the buy now, pay later company to increase staff salaries by nearly 60%, but hinted it could slash more jobs after nearly halving its workforce over the past three years. From a report: Chief executive Sebastian Siemiatkowski said headcount had dropped from 5,527 to 2,907 since 2022, mostly as … ⌘ Read more

Apple Releases Third macOS Tahoe 26.2 Public Beta
Apple today provided public beta testers with the third beta of an upcoming macOS Tahoe 26.2 update for testing purposes. The public beta comes a day after Apple provided the beta to developers.

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After signing up for beta testing on Apple’s beta site, public beta testers can download the updates using the Software Update section in the System Settings app.

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Apple Releases Second iOS 26.2 and iPadOS 26.2 Public Betas
Apple today provided public beta testers with the second releases of upcoming iOS 26.2, iPadOS 26.2, tvOS 26.2, and watchOS 26.2 updates for testing purposes. The second public betas come two weeks after Apple seeded the first betas, and a day after Apple provided developers with the third iOS 26.2 beta.

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OpenZFS 2.4 Squeezes In Some Last Minute Improvements
Following OpenZFS 2.4-rc3 from nearly one month ago is now a fourth release candidate for the upcoming OpenZFS 2.4. A few more features and improvements have been squeezed into this release in nearing the stable milestone… ⌘ Read more

GIMP 3.2 RC1 Brings More UI/UX Improvements, Proper SVG Export
Last year GIMP developers expressed a goal of releasing GIMP 3.2 within one year of GIMP 3.0. With GIMP 3.0 having released in March, it looks like their GIMP 3.2 release goal will become a reality with the GIMP 3.2-RC1 debuting today… ⌘ Read more

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3rd Beta of iOS 26.2, macOS Tahoe 26.2, and iPadOS 26.2 Available for Testing
Apple has issued the third beta versions of iOS 26.2, iPadOS 26.2, macOS Tahoe 26.2, to those engaging in the beta testing programs for Apple system software. With a new beta build coming every week, it’s fairly likely we will see a final version released in December before yearend. A handful of tweaks, changes, and … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/11/17/3rd-beta-of-ios-26-2 … ⌘ Read more

Git 2.52 Released With More Preparations Toward Git 3.0
Git 2.52 is out today as the newest feature release of this distributed revision control system and in working toward Git 3.0 that will hopefully release by the end of 2026… ⌘ Read more

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Updated LLVM/Clang Compiler Enables AVX 10.2 & APX For Intel Nova Lake
Last month when the LLVM/Clang 22 compiler merged support for Intel Nova Lake with the “-march=novalake” target there was no mentions of AVX10 or Advanced Performance Extensions (APX) support. But last week Intel published a new programming reference manual where they confirmed AVX 10.2 and APX for Nova Lake. Now that it’s official, Intel compiler engineers are updating the LLVM/Clang (and GCC) compiler support to reflect these ISA addition … ⌘ Read more

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Bezos Returns To CEO Role With AI Startup Project Prometheus
Jeff Bezos has founded an AI startup called Project Prometheus and will serve as its co-chief executive. This is his first formal operational role since stepping down as chief executive of Amazon in July 2021. The company has raised $6.2 billion in funding, The New York Times reports, partly from Bezos. The funding makes Project Prometheus one of the most wel … ⌘ Read more

iPadOS 26.2 Beta 3 Adds New Drag and Drop Multitasking Functionality
In the initial version of iOS 26, Apple removed Slide Over and Split View multitasking in favor of a new window-based multitasking system. A replacement for Split View was available in an added tiled mode, but Slide Over was entirely gone.

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Ukraine to import gas from Greece as Zelenskiy seeks €2 billion to cover winter energy needs ⌘ Read more

FTR, I see one (two) issues with PyQt6, sadly:

1. The PyQt6 docs appear to be mostly auto-generated from the C++ docs. And they contain many errors or broken examples (due to the auto-conversion). I found this relatively unpleasent to work with.
   
2. (Until Python finally gets rid of the Global Interpreter Lock properly, it’s not really suited for GUI programs anyway – in my opinion. You can’t offload anything to a second thread, because the whole program is still single-threaded. This would have made my fractal rendering program impossible, for example.)

Mac Pro Reportedly on ‘Back Burner’ and ‘Largely Written Off’ at Apple
Apple’s high-end Mac Pro desktop computer is currently “on the back burner,” according to the latest word from Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.

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In his [Power On newsletter today](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-11-16/apple-s-iphone-road-map-iphone-air-2-iphone-18-mac-pro-future-tes … ⌘ Read more

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Servo 0.0.2 Released For Those Wanting To Try Out This Example Rust Web Browser
Released minutes ago was the Servo 0.0.2 web browser engine update. Along with this new Rust-based web engine release is also the “servoshell” in tow for the example implementation built around this open-source codebase… ⌘ Read more

Japan PM raises eyebrows after saying she sleeps for 2 to 4 hours a night ⌘ Read more

Debian 13.2 Released With Dozens Of Fixes
Debian 13.2 is out today as the latest maintenance update to this current stable version of Debian GNU/Linux… ⌘ Read more

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I wound up running 2 out of 3 of the one-shots, both Halloween games based on Ravenloft / Curse of Strahd, and both rousing successes (for the players, not so much for Strahd).

Since I’m on something of a gaming kick, I think I’m going to try and finish plotting out the rest of the fae adventure I’m running for my kids, while also (hopefully) finishing my super secret astral gaming project.

Can I do it? Stay tuned and find out!

For those curious, the new Twtxt <-> ActivityPub bridge I’m building (bidirectional) simply requires three things:

1. You register your Twtxt feed to the bridge: https://bridge.twtxt.net
   
2. You verify that you in fact own/control the feed by putting the verification code somewhere on/in your feed (doesn’t matter where or how)
   
3. You proxy/forward requests for /.well-known/webfinger to the Bridge bridge.twtxt.net.
   

I’m still testing through and ironing out bugs 🐛 Please be patient! 🙏

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Only Half the Homes in America Have Cable TV Anymore
Pay television penetration in American households fell to 50.2% in the third quarter and is projected to drop to 50% or lower by December, according to Madison and Wall, a technology and media advisory firm. Fifteen years ago, nearly nine in ten households subscribed to pay television services.

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