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Arch has implemented a large number of options and bugfixes in Arch's "Archinstall" installation routine, which will be included in v. 2.5.4, as shown on their Github site: Release v2.5.4 Ā· archlinux/archinstall Ā· GitHub and included in April's monthly ISO release.

I've used Archinstall to install Arch w/KDE Plasma several times since its inception, and it just keeps getting better and better. It's a very simple but powerfull ncurses installer, and much of it an easy checklist. And don't miss this, either; " :information_source: Next version planned after this is v2.6.0 and might contain breaking changes as we do a complete overhaul to the entire disk operation (See #1604). It also introduces dependencies to archinstall ."
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Today another disclosure was made by the folks with the Trend Micro Zero Day Initiative.

CVE-2023-1393 is a use-after-free vulnerability where it could lead to local privilege escalation if the xorg-server is still running as root and remote code execution for SSH X forwarding sessions.

If a client explicitly destroys the compositor overlay window, the X.Org Server leaves a dangling pointer to that window and will trigger a use-after-free later on.

The disclosure was made a few minutes ago on the mailing list.

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X.Org server was last updated 18 minutes ago in Arch: Arch Linux - xorg-server 21.1.8-1 (x86_64)

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There's no such thing as "AI", it's just a gimmick term. Computers don't have a consciousness component, they can't make decisions. They are fancy, dumb tools that just do what their human creators tell them to do. Just like how a paintbrush will never paint a painting. Software is software is software...

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I'd have to say I agree, but Microsoft is saying GPT-4 could be viewed as an early AGI. You also have to know they're heavily invested in OpenAI. However, the rate of progress in the field of AI is still a bit baffling. When you know simply how LLMs work(YT link), it eases a bit of the paranoia of SkyNet. Again, However, the reasoning abilities seem pretty incredible even in our early journey of all this.

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Key figures in artificial intelligence want training of powerful AI systems to be suspended amid fears of a threat to humanity.

They have signed an open letter warning of potential risks, and say the race to develop AI systems is out of control.

Twitter chief Elon Musk is among those who want training of AIs above a certain capacity to be halted for at least six months.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and some researchers at DeepMind also signed.

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LabPlot, KDE’s data analysis and visualization app, let’s you easily create meaningful graphs when you have several different sets of values, with different ranges and different orders of magnitude. Here’s a video tutorial on how to do it.

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Pixel 6 and 7

Sighs in Vault 6 and 7.

and vehicles

Rest in Peace, Michael Hastings…

How adorable.

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LOL, so I couldn’t wait another day or so for Arch’s April ISO release to try the new Archinstall 2.5.4. I went to its GitHub site and followed the instructions for installing Using a Live ISO to get the updated Archinstall, since I had booted into March’s ISO. From there it’s an easy step-by-step Python script, and I encountered no problems, other than a slowish mirror that Reflector had chosen. (I’m going to suggest an additional step to edit Reflector’s choices to the developer.)

So now I’m booted into a Garuda Dragonized ISO doing a little cleanup work, then it’s on to the unalterable joy of a newly installed KDE Plasma and the fun of making it mine. Mine, mine, mine
:smiley: :joy: :upside_down_face: :crazy_face:

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This is what I ordered from Amazon…

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and this is what arrived…

What the Frak…

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edit: it wasn't supposed to be a reply to anyone, I just clicked the wrong button again.

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More on "Sydney" antics (yes, pun intended)
https://inv.vern.cc/watch?v=jHwHPyWkShk

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It seems Invidious doesn't support timestamps, so I'll have to share a YT link :slight_smile:

Sounds like Windows 12 is coming sooner than any of us may have thought :laughing:

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Ooohhh more shit haha

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While this tool won’t make your wi-fi faster or coax signal into network dark spots it will allow you to see a whole host of information at a glance, including:

  • Link quality
  • Signal to noise
  • Packet statistics
  • Device config
  • Network info

MV2 support was supposed to end in January. Then Google planned experiments that would disable MV2 progressively to come by June 2023, with January 2024 bringing a purge of MV2 code from the Chrome Web Store. Now, who knows? The schedule is "under review," yet again

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You realise that snap one is April fools right?

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Oops.

It's after midday here.

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Lol fair enough. I was hoping it was real but remembered the day. Windscribe also tricked me at first with their quantum plane password manager bs​:joy: