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We should improve libzfs somewhat, Accurate Effective Storage Performance Benchmark, Debugging aids for pf firewall rules on FreeBSD, OpenBSD and Thunderbolt issue on ThinkPad T480s, Signing Git Commits with an SSH key, Pgrep, LibreOffice downloads on the rise, and more NOTES This episode of BSDNow is brought to you by Tarsnap (https://www.tarsnap.com/bsdnow) and the BSDNow Patreon (https://www.patreon.com/bsdnow) Headlines We should improve libzfs somewhat (https://despairlabs.com/blog/posts/2025-03-12-we-should-improve-libzfs-somewhat/) Accurate Effective Storage Performance Benchmark (https://klarasystems.com/articles/accurate-effective-storage-performance-benchmark/?utm_source=BSD%20Now&utm_medium=Podcast) News Roundup Debugging aids for pf firewall rules on FreeBSD (https://dan.langille.org/2025/02/24/debugging-aids-for-pf-firewall-rules-on-freebsd/) OpenBSD and Thunderbolt issue on ThinkPad T480s (https://www.tumfatig.net/2025/openbsd-and-thunderbolt-issue-on-thinkpad-t480s/) Signing Git Commits with an SSH key (https://jpmens.net/2025/02/26/signing-git-commits-with-an-ssh-key/) Pgrep (https://www.c0t0d0s0.org/blog/pgrep-z-r.html) LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid subscription costs (https://www.computerworld.com/article/3840480/libreoffice-downloads-on-the-rise-as-users-look-to-avoid-subscription-costs.html) Tarsnap This weeks episode of BSDNow was sponsored by our friends at Tarsnap, the only secure online backup you can trust your data to. Even paranoids need backups. Feedback/Questions Felix - Bhyve and NVME (https://github.com/BSDNow/bsdnow.tv/blob/master/episodes/607/feedback/Felix%20-%20bhyve%20and%20nvme.md) Send questions, comments, show ideas/topics, or stories you want mentioned on the show to feedback@bsdnow.tv (mailto:feedback@bsdnow.tv) Join us and other BSD Fans in our BSD Now Telegram channel (https://t.me/bsdnow)

Bill distro hops. Larry considers a distro hop. Bill fixes his problem with Snap packages. Larry fixes his app probles. Is using AI cheating? We discuss what you get with these office suites: LibreOffice, WPS Offce, ONLYOffice, Calligra, and Microsoft 365 Online. Episode Time Stamps 00:00 Going Linux #466 · Using Linux to get things done in Work and School (Office Suites) 01:24 Life gets in the way. 02:34 Bill's MX Linux hop update 03:21 The return to Zorin 04:45 Larry considers a switch to Open SUSE 07:01 Using Linux to get things done 07:39 Bill updates snapd and solves his problem with Snap packages 08:39 Larry reinstalls an app to solve problems 09:31 AI disclaimer for this episode - a GPT4All and Deep Seek collaboration 12:24 Is using AI cheating? Let us know 14:03 Check your distribution's repositories for packages before downloading from the webpages for each office suite we mention 16:31 LibreOffice - Writer, Calc, Impress, Draw, Base, Math, Charts 21:26 WPS Office - WPS Writer, WPS Spreadsheet, WPS Presentation, WPS PDF Reader 25:11 ONLYOffice - Document Editor, Spreadsheet Editor, Presentation Editor, PDF Editor 34:40 Calligra - Words, Stage, Sheets, Karbon, KEXI, Plan 43:31 Microsoft 365 'Free' er uh 'Trial' er uh 'Subscription' Online - Documents, Presentations, Workbooks 56:18 App pick: GPT4All 59:36 End

AI crawlers are causing serious problems for open source projects, an example of disclosure by vagueposting, Zorin does something good and something bad, LibreOffice downloads are doing well, Thunderbird is planning new services, a quick KDE Korner, and more.   News Open source devs say AI crawlers dominate traffic, forcing blocks on entire countries Wikimedia... Read More

AI crawlers are causing serious problems for open source projects, an example of disclosure by vagueposting, Zorin does something good and something bad, LibreOffice downloads are doing well, Thunderbird is planning new services, a quick KDE Korner, and more.   News Open source devs say AI crawlers dominate traffic, forcing blocks on entire countries Wikimedia... Read More

Brought to you by TogetherLetters & Edgewise!In this episode: LibreOffice downloads on the rise as users look to avoid subscription costsHoney has now lost 4 million Chrome users after shady tactics were revealedYankees have an MIT Physicist that built them the Torpedo Bat…Say goodbye to chain crews: The NFL will use camera technology to measure 1st downsWaltz's team set up at least 20 Signal group chats for crises across the worldMozilla launching "Thundermail" email service to take on Gmail, Microsoft 365​​Mark Cuban backs Skylight, a TikTok alternative built on Bluesky's underlying technologyZelle is shutting down its app, but you probably don't need to worryWeird and Wacky: Warner Bros Completes Worldwide Sale Of ‘Coyote Vs. Acme'Tinder's new AI-powered game assesses your flirting skillsTech Rec:Sanjay - Shelly 1 Mini Gen3 Adam - LoomFind us here:sanjayparekh.com & adamjwalker.comTech Talk Y'all is a proud production of Edgewise.Media.

Hosana, Hosana, o Tiago está entre nós; no seu triunfal regresso falámos do abandono de VScodium e adopção de Zed; navegadores de Internet alérgicos a Javascript, terminais do século passado, protectores de ecrã e outros temas tão interessantes como legislação e autodeterminação digital Europeia; clínicas veterinárias de Linux, como o Libreoffice é prejudicado pelo Open Office e longas diatribes sobre ideias patetas pan-europeias e empresas que fazem «lobby» com garrafas de whisky e pequenos almoços com outras bebidas à escolha.

US Justice Department charges employees of Chinese IT contractor i-Soon. Silk Typhoon targets the IT supply chain for initial access. Chrome extensions that change shape. Attackers target airflow misconfigurations. LibreOffice vulnerability opens the door to script-based attacks. NSO group leaders face charges in spyware case. Today, our own Dave Bittner is our guest as he appeared on the Adopting Zero Trust podcast at ThreatLocker's Zero Trust World 2025 event with hosts Elliot Volkman and Neal Dennis and guest Dr. Chase Cunningham. And turning $1B into thin air. Remember to leave us a 5-star rating and review in your favorite podcast app. Miss an episode? Sign-up for our daily intelligence roundup, Daily Briefing, and you'll never miss a beat. And be sure to follow CyberWire Daily on LinkedIn. CyberWire Guest Today, our own Dave Bittner is in our guest spot as he appeared on the Adopting Zero Trust podcast at ThreatLocker's Zero Trust World 2025 event with hosts Elliot Volkman and Neal Dennis and guest Dr. Chase Cunningham aka Dr. Zero Trust. Adopting Zero Trust is an ongoing conversation about the people and organizations adopting Zero Trust. You can catch the full episode here where Dave and Dr. Zero Trust weigh the difference between delivering refined news and raw perspective, hitting critical mass for AI, and the current political environment. Selected Reading US charges Chinese nationals in cyberattacks on Treasury, dissidents and more (The Record) Silk Typhoon targeting IT supply chain (Microsoft) Malicious Chrome extensions can spoof password managers in new attack (Bleeping Computer)  Apache Airflow Misconfigurations Leak Login Credentials to Hackers (GB Hackers) LibreOffice Flaw Allows Attackers to Run Arbitrary Scripts via Macro URL (GB Hackers) Exploited VMware ESXi Flaws Put Many at Risk of Ransomware, Other Attacks (SecurityWeek) Catalan court says NSO Group executives can be charged in spyware investigation (TechCrunch) Former top NSA cyber official: Probationary firings ‘devastating' to cyber, national security (CyberScoop)  Financial Organizations Urge CISA to Revise Proposed CIRCIA Implementation (SecurityWeek) North Koreans finish initial laundering stage after more than $1 billion stolen from Bybit (The Record)  Share your feedback. We want to ensure that you are getting the most out of the podcast. Please take a few minutes to share your thoughts with us by completing our brief listener survey as we continually work to improve the show.  Want to hear your company in the show? You too can reach the most influential leaders and operators in the industry. Here's our media kit. Contact us at cyberwire@n2k.com to request more info. The CyberWire is a production of N2K Networks, your source for strategic workforce intelligence. © N2K Networks, Inc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What to say when Steve Jobs threatens to sue you. Original text by Jonathan Schwartz. More about Lighthouse Design's Concurrence courtesy of the Apple Wikia instance. Sun famously sued Microsoft over their incompatible Java implenentation variant in 1997. Microsoft settled by paying Sun a bunch of money. Please enjoy this Flash animation shown at JavaOne 2004 retelling the story. Steve Jobs quotes from Triumph of the Nerds, WWDC 1997 Q&A, and Macworld San Francisco 2003. In the mid-1990s, Sun Microsystems acquired StarDivision and its StarOffice product, which Sun open sourced and renamed OpenOffice. After some entirely predictable grief from Oracle, the community forked the project and delivered what we know today as LibreOffice. Apple adopted Sun's dynamic system-wide tracing and performance profiling framework DTrace, known as Instruments in Xcode's collection of tools. Apple announced Snow Leopard Server would ship with Sun's ZFS but that ultimately never happened for licensing and patent reasons. Whether Sun's soon-to-be-acquisition by Oracle and the Steve Jobs/Larry Ellison relationship would have helped or hindered this, we'll never know. Either way, Apple, I know you're reading this and I'd like APFS to checksum my data blocks too, not just the metadata. Thank you. Jonathan Schwartz and Scott McNealy quotes from Sun's NC03-Q3 (2003) keynote and JavaOne 2004. See Project Looking Glass in action.

In this week's episode, we continue our discuss about how seeking prestige can be dangerous for writers, specifically in the form of traditional publishing and the New York Times Bestseller list. This coupon code will get you 50% off the audiobook of Dragonskull: Shield of the Knight, Book #2 in the Dragonskull series (as excellently narrated by Brad Wills), at my Payhip store: DRAGONSHIELD50 The coupon code is valid through March 21, 2025. So if you need a new audiobook for spring, we've got you covered! TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00   Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 241 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is February 28th, 2025. Today we are continuing our discussion of how to escape the trap of prestige for writers, specifically traditional publishing and The New York Times Bestseller List. Before we get to our main topic, we will do Coupon of the Week, an update on my current writing and audiobook projects, and then Question of the Week.   This week's coupon code will get you 50% off the audiobook of Dragonskull: Shield of the Knight, Book Two in the Dragonskull series (as excellently narrated by Brad Wills), at my Payhip store. That coupon code is DRAGONSHIELD50. As always, I'll include the coupon code and the link to the store in the show notes. This coupon code is valid through March 21st, 2025. So if you need a new audiobook as we start to head into the spring months, we have got you covered. Now an update on my current writing projects. I'm pleased to report I am done with the rough draft of Ghost in the Assembly. I came in at 106,000 words, so it'll definitely be over a hundred thousand words when it's done. I'm about 20% of the way through the first round of edits, so I am confident in saying that if all goes well and nothing unexpected happens, I am on track to have it out in March. I am also 10,000 words into Shield of Battle, which will be the fifth of six books in the Shield War series and I'm hoping to have that out in April, if all goes well.   In audiobook news, recording for both Cloak of Dragonfire and Orc-Hoard is done. I'm just waiting for them to get through the processing on the various stores so they're available. There is also an audiobook edition of Half Elven Thief Omnibus One and Cloak Mage Omnibus Three that hopefully should be coming in March. More news with that to come.   00:01:55 Question of the Week   Now let's move on to Question of the Week. Question of the Week is intended to inspire interesting discussions of enjoyable topics. This week's question: what is your favorite subgenre of fantasy, high fantasy, epic fantasy, sword and sorcery, historical fantasy, urban fantasy, LitRPG, cultivation, or something else? No wrong answers, obviously.   Cindy says: Epic fantasy or those with a good history for that world. The Ghost Series are fantastic at this.   Thanks, Cindy.   Justin says: I enjoy all those sub-genres, if they are done well. In times past I would've said comic fantasy, but that is because Terry Pratchett at his best was just that good.   Mary says: High fantasy.   Surabhi says: I'd honestly read anything fantasy that's written well and has characters I'm attached to, given that it's not too gritty. Bonus points if there's humor! Also, I love your books so much and they're the perfect blend of fantasy, adventure, and characters. Your books were what really got me into Sword and Sorcery.   Thanks, Surabhi.     Matthew says: See, that's difficult. I love my sabers, both light and metal. I would say urban fantasy crosses the boundary the most. If it's a captivating story, it will be read.   John F says: I can't choose one- Lord of the Rings or LWW, The Inheritance Cycle, The Dresden Files, Caina, Ridmark, or Nadia. I think what draws me is great characters who grow. The setting/genre is just the device. That's why I keep coming back to your books. You create great characters.   Thanks, John F.   John K says: I think I'm partial to historical fantasy. I enjoy all genres, but when I think of my favorites, they tend to be derivations of historical settings. Think Guy Gavriel Kay or Miles Cameron. That said, I was weaned on Robert E. Howard, Fritz Lieber, Michael Moorcock, Karl Edward Wagner, Jack Vance, so a strong sword and sorcery second place.   Juana says: High fantasy. Belgariad, Tolkien, dragons, et cetera.   Jonathan says: Sword and sorcery in space! Prehistoric sword and sorcery, sword and sorcery always.   Quint: says Sword and sorcery!   Michael says: Sword and sorcery.   For myself, I think I would agree with our last couple of commenters and it would be sword and sorcery. My ideal fantasy novel has a barbarian hero wandering from corrupt city state to corrupt city state messing up the business of some evil wizards. I'm also very fond of what's called generic fantasy (if a fighter, a dwarf, an elf, and a wizard are going into a dungeon and fighting some orcs, I'm happy).   00:04:18 Main Topic of the Week: Escaping the Prestige Trap, Part 2   Now onto our main topic for the week, Escaping the Prestige Trap, Part 2, and we'll focus on traditional publishing and the New York Times Bestseller List this week. As we talked about last week, much of the idea of success, especially in the United States, is based on hitting certain milestones in a specific order. In the writing world, these measures of success have until fairly recently been getting an MFA, finding an agent, getting traditionally published, and hitting The New York Times Bestseller List. Last week we talked about the risks of an MFA and an agent. This week, we are going to talk about two more of those writing markers of prestige, getting traditionally published and having a book land on The New York Times Bestseller List. Why are they no longer as important? What should you devote your energy and focus to instead?   So let's start with looking at getting traditionally published. Most writers have dreamed of seeing their book for sale and traditional publishing for a long time has been the only route to this path. Until about 15 years ago, traditional publishing was the way that a majority of authors made their living. Now that big name authors like Hugh Howie, Andy Weir, and Colleen Hoover have had success starting as self-published authors (or in the case of authors Sarah J. Maas and Ali Hazelwood, fan fiction authors) and then are getting traditional publishing deals made for them for their self-published works. It's proof that self-publishing is no longer a sign that the author isn't good enough to be published traditionally. Previous to the rise of the Kindle, that was a common belief that if you were self-published, it was because you were not good enough to get traditionally published. That was sort of this pernicious belief that traditional publishing was a meritocracy, when in fact it tended to be based on who you knew. But that was all 15 years ago and now we are well into the age of self-publishing. Why do authors still want to be traditionally published when in my frank opinion, self-publishing is the better path? Well, I think there are three main reasons for that.   One of the main reasons is that the authors say they want to be traditionally published is to have someone else handle the marketing and the advertising. They don't realize how meager marketing budgets and staffing support are, especially for unknown authors. Many traditionally published authors are handling large portions of their own marketing and hiring publicists out of their own pocket because publishers are spending much less on marketing. The new reality is that traditional publishers aren't going to do much for you as a debut author unless you are already a public figure.   Even traditionally published authors are not exempt from having to do their own marketing now. James Patterson set up an entire company himself to handle his marketing. Though, to be fair to James Patterson, his background was in advertising before he came into publishing, so he wasn't exactly a neophyte in the field, but you see more and more traditionally published authors who you think would be successful just discontented with the system and starting to dabble in self-publishing or looking at alternative publishers like Aethon Books and different arrangements of publishing because the traditional system is just so bad for writers. The second main reason authors want to be traditionally published is that they want to avoid the financial burden of publishing. This is an outdated way of thinking. The barrier to publishing these days is not so much financial as it is knowledge. In fact, I published a book entirely using free open source software in 2017 just to prove that it could be done. It was Silent Order: Eclipse Hand, the fourth book in my science fiction series. I wrote it on Ubuntu using Libre Office and I edited it in Libre Office and I did the formatting on Ubuntu and I did the cover in the GIMP, which is a free and open source image editing program. This was all using free software and I didn't have to pay for the program. Obviously I had to pay for the computer I was using and the Internet connection, but in the modern era, having an internet connection is in many ways almost a requirement, so that's the cost you would be paying anyway.   The idea that you must spend tens of thousands of dollars in formatting, editing, cover, and marketing comes from scammy self-publishing services. Self-publishing, much like traditional publishing, has more than its fair share of scams or from people who aren't willing to take the time to learn these skills and just want to cut someone a check to solve the problem. There are many low cost and effective ways to learn these skills and resources designed specifically for authors. People like Joanna Penn have free videos online explaining how to do this, and as I've said, a lot of the software you can use to self-publish is either free or low cost, and you can get some very good programs like Atticus or Vellum or Jutoh for formatting eBooks for very low cost.   The third reason that writers want to be traditionally published is that many believe they will get paid more this way, which is, unless you are in the top 1% of traditionally published authors, very wrong. Every so often, there's a study bemoaning the fact that most publishers will only sell about $600 worth of any individual book, and that is true of a large percentage of traditionally published books. Traditional publishers typically pay a lump sum called advance, and then royalties based on sales. An average advance is about the same as two or three months of salary from an office job and so not a reflection of the amount of time it typically takes most authors to finish a book. Most books do not earn out their advance, which means the advance is likely to be the only money the author receives for the book. Even well-known traditionally published authors are not earning enough to support themselves as full-time authors. So as you can see, all three of these reasons are putting a lot of faith in traditional publishers, faith that seems increasingly unnecessary or downright misplaced. I think it is very healthy to get rid of the idea that good writing comes from traditional publishers and that the prestige of being traditionally published is the only way you'll be accepted as a writer or be able to earn a living as a full-time writer. I strongly recommend that people stop thinking that marketing is beneath you as an author or too difficult to learn. Whether you are indie or tradpub, you are producing a product that you want to sell, thus you are a businessperson. The idea that only indie authors have to sell their work is outdated. The sooner you accept this reality, the more options you will have. Self-publishing and indie publishing are admittedly more work. However, the benefits are significant. Here are five benefits of self-publishing versus traditional publishing.   The first advantage of self-publishing is you have complete creative control. You decide what the content of your book will be; you decide what the cover will be. If you don't want to make the covers yourself or you don't want to learn how to do that, you can very affordably hire someone to do it for you and they will make the cover exactly to your specifications. You also have more freedom to experiment with cross-genre books. As I've mentioned before, publishers really aren't a fan of cross genre books until they make a ton of money, like the new romantasy trend.   Traditional publishing is very trend driven and cautious. Back in the 2000s before I gave up on traditional publishing and discovered self-publishing, I would submit to agents a lot. Agents all had these guidelines for fantasy saying that they didn't want to see stories with elves and orcs and dwarves and other traditional fantasy creatures because they thought that was passe. Well, when I started self-publishing, I thought I'm going to write a traditional fantasy series with elves and orcs and dwarves and other traditional fantasy creatures just because I can and Frostborn has been my bestselling series of all time in the time I've been self-publishing, so you can see the advantages of having creative control.   The second advantage is you can control the marketing. Tradpub authors often sign a contract that they'll get their social media and website content approved by the publisher before posting. They may even be given boilerplate or pre-written things to post. In self-publishing, you have real time data to help you make decisions and adjust ads and overall strategy on the fly to maximize revenue. For example, if one of your books is selling strangely well on Google Play, it's time to adjust BookBub ads to focus on that platform instead of Amazon.   You can also easily change your cover, your blurb, and so forth after release. I've changed covers of some of my books many times trying to optimize them for increased sales and that is nearly impossible to do with traditional publishing. And in fact, Brandon Sanderson gave a recent interview where he talked about how the original cover of his Mistborn book was so unrelated to the content of the book that it almost sunk the book and hence his career.   You also have the ability to run ad campaigns as you see fit, not just an initial launch like tradpub does. For example, in February 2025, I've been heavily advertising my Demonsouled series even though I finished writing that series back in 2013, but I've been able to increase sales and derive a significant profit from those ads.   A third big advantage is that you get a far greater share of the profits. Most of the stores, if you price an ebook between $2.99 (prices are USD) and $9.99, you will get 70% of the sale price, which means if you sell an ebook for $4.99, you're probably going to get about $3.50 per sale (depending on currency fluctuations and so forth). That is vastly more than you would get from any publishing contract.   You also don't have to worry about the publisher trying to cheat you out of royalties. We talked about an agency stealing money last episode. Every platform you publish your book on, whether Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Kobo, Google Play, Smashwords and Apple will give you a monthly spreadsheet of your sales and then you can look at it for yourself, see exactly how many books you sold and exactly how much money you're going to get. I have only very rarely seen traditional publishing royalty statements that are as clear and have as much data in them as a spreadsheet from Google Play or Amazon. A fourth advantage is you don't have to worry about publishers abandoning you mid-series. In traditional publishing, there is what's called the Publishing Death Spiral where let's say an author is contracted to write a series of five books. The author writes the first book and it sells well. Then the author publishes the second book and it doesn't sell quite as well, but the publisher is annoyed enough by the decrease in sales that they drop the writer entirely and don't finish the series. This happens quite a bit in the traditional publishing world, and you don't have to worry about that in indie publishing because you can just publish as often as you want. If you're not happy with the sales of the first few books in the series, you can change the covers, try ad campaigns, and other strategies.   Finally, you can publish as often as you want and when you want. In traditional publishing, there is often a rule of thumb that an author should only publish one book a year under their name. Considering that last year I published 10 books under my name, that seems somewhat ridiculous, but that's a function of the fact that traditional publishing has only so much capacity and the pieces of the machine involved there are slow and not very responsive. Whereas with self-publishing, you have much more freedom and everything involved with it is much more responsive. There's no artificial deadlines, so you can take as long as you want to prepare it and if the book is ready, you don't have to wait a year to put it out because it would mess up the publisher's schedule.   So what to do instead of chasing traditional publishing? Learn about self-publishing, especially about scams and bad deals related to it. Publish your own works by a platform such as KDP, Barnes and Noble Press, Kobo Writing Life, Apple Books, Google Play, Smashwords, and possibly your own Payhip and/or Shopify store.   Conquer your fear of marketing and advertising. Even traditionally published authors are shouldering more of this work and paying out of their own pocket to hire someone to do it, and if you are paying your own marketing costs, you might as well self-publish and keep a greater share of the profits. The second half of our main topic, another potential risk of prestige, is getting on The New York Times Bestseller List. I should note that I suppose someone could accuse me of sour grapes here saying, oh, Jonathan Moeller, you've never been on The New York Times Bestseller List. You must just be bitter about it. That is not true. I do not want to be on The New York Times Bestseller List. What I would like to be is a number one Amazon bestseller. Admittedly though, that's unlikely, but a number one Amazon bestseller would make a lot more money than a number one New York Times Bestseller List, though because of the way it works, if you are a number one Amazon bestseller, you might be a New York Times Bestseller, but you might not. Let's get into that now.   Many writers have the dream of seeing their name on the New York Times Bestseller List. One self-help guru wrote about “manifesting” this milestone for herself by writing out the words “My book is number one on The New York Times Bestseller List” every day until it happened. Such is the mystique of this milestone that many authors crave it as a necessity. However, this list has seen challenges to its prestige in recent years. The one thing that shocks most people when they dig into the topic is that the list is not an objective list based on the raw number of books sold. The list is “editorial content” and The New York Times can exclude, include, or rank the books on the list however they choose.   What it does not capture is perennial sellers or classics. For example, the Bible and the Quran are obviously some of the bestselling books of all time, but you won't see editions of the Bible or the Quran on the New York Times Bestseller List. Textbooks and classroom materials, I guarantee there are some textbooks that are standards in their field that would be on the bestseller list every year, but they're not because The New York Times doesn't track them. Ebooks available only from a single vendor such as Kindle Unlimited books, ebook sales from not reporting vendors such as Shopify or Payhip. Reference Works including test prep guides (because I guarantee when test season comes around the ACT and SAT prep guides or the GRE prep guides sell a lot of copies) and coloring books or puzzle books.  It would be quite a blow to the authors on the list to realize that if these excluded works were included on the list, they would in all likelihood be consistently below To Kill a Mockingbird, SAT prep books, citation manuals, Bibles/other religious works, and coloring books about The Eras Tour.   Publishers, political figures, religious groups, and anyone with enough money can buy their way into the rank by purchasing their books in enormous quantities. In fact, it's widely acknowledged in the United States that this is essentially a legal form of bribery and a bit of money laundering too, where a publisher will give a truly enormous advance to a public figure or politician that they like, and that advance will essentially be a payment to that public figure in the totally legal form of an enormous book advance that isn't going to pay out. Because this is happening with such frequency, The New York Times gave into the pressure to acknowledge titles suspected of this strategy with a special mark next to it on the list. However, these books remain on the list and can still be called a New York Times Bestseller.   Since the list is not an objective marker of sales and certainly not some guarantee of quality, why focus on making it there? I think trying to get your book on The New York Times Bestseller List would be an enormous waste of time, since the list is fundamentally an artificial construction that doesn't reflect sales reality very well.   So what can you do instead? Focus on raw sales numbers and revenue, not lists. Even Amazon's bestseller category lists have a certain amount of non-quantitative factors. In the indie author community, there's a saying called Bank not Rank, which means you should focus on how much revenue your books are actually generating instead of whatever sales rank they are on whatever platform. I think that's a wiser approach to focus your efforts.   You can use lists like those from Publishers Weekly instead if you're interested in what's selling or trends in the industry, although that too can be manipulated and these use only a fairly small subset of data that favors retail booksellers, but it's still more objective in measuring than The New York Times.   I suppose in the end, you should try and focus on ebook and writing activities that'll bring you actual revenue or satisfaction rather than chasing the hollow prestige of things like traditional publishing, agents, MFAs, and The New York Times Bestseller List.   So that is it for this week. Thank you for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I hope you found the show useful. A reminder that you can listen to all back episodes at https://thepulpwritershow.com. If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave a review on your podcasting platform of choice. Stay safe and stay healthy and see you all next week.

We discuss an 0day that was dropped on Parallels after 7 months of no fix from the vendor, as well as ZDI's troubles with responses to researchers and reproducing bugs. Also included are a bunch of filesystem issues, and an insanely technical linux kernel exploit chain.Links and vulnerability summaries for this episode are available at: https://dayzerosec.com/podcast/274.html[00:00:00] Introduction[00:00:12] Training: Attacking Hypervisors[00:01:03] Dropping a 0 day: Parallels Desktop Repack Root Privilege Escalation[00:24:48] From Convenience to Contagion: The Half-Day Threat and Libarchive Vulnerabilities Lurking in Windows 11[00:30:19] Exploiting LibreOffice [CVE-2024-12425, CVE-2024-12426][00:46:47] Patch-Gapping the Google Container-Optimized OS for $0Podcast episodes are available on the usual podcast platforms: -- Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/id1484046063 -- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4NKCxk8aPEuEFuHsEQ9Tdt -- Google Podcasts: https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy9hMTIxYTI0L3BvZGNhc3QvcnNz -- Other audio platforms can be found at https://anchor.fm/dayzerosecYou can also join our discord: https://discord.gg/daTxTK9

This week Noah gives an update on EndlessOS and why it might be the default go-to operating system for new users. Ai scams are getting worse, and the Ashi lead dev stepped down. -- During The Show -- 00:50 EndlessOS Customized Gnome Installer Doesn't allow the user to hurt themselves Intuitive interface Remote Desktop RDP Reasonably Secure Last OS left on a computer 12:09 News Wire Thunderbird 135 - thunderbird.net (https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/thunderbird/135.0/releasenotes/) Firefox - mozilla.org (https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/135.0/releasenotes/) Curl 8.12 - curl.se (https://curl.se/ch/) Sysvinit 3.14 - github.com (https://github.com/slicer69/sysvinit/releases) MKVtoolNix v90 - bunkus.org (https://www.bunkus.org/2025/02/2025-02-08-mkvtoolnix-v90-0-released/) Calibre 7.25 - calibre-ebook.com (https://calibre-ebook.com/whats-new) LibreOffice 25.2 - wiki.documentfoundation.org (https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/25.2) Ardor 8.11 - ardour.org (https://ardour.org/whatsnew.html) Tails 6.12 - torproject.org (https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-6-12/) Porteux 1.9 - github.com (https://github.com/porteux/porteux/releases) Slackware based Porteux has released version 1.9 ELF/Sshdinjector.A!tr - csoonline.com (https://www.csoonline.com/article/3816998/new-trojan-hijacks-linux-and-iot-devices.html) CISA Orders Federal Agencies to Fix Flaw - bleepingcomputer.com (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/cisa-orders-agencies-to-patch-linux-kernel-bug-exploited-in-attacks/) Beelzebub - helpnetsecurity.com (https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2025/02/10/beelzebub-open-source-honeypot-framework/) OpenEuroLLM - infoq.com (https://www.infoq.com/news/2025/02/open-euro-llm/) Reasoning Model s1 - ceotodaymagazine.com (https://www.ceotodaymagazine.com/2025/02/open-source-ai-model-s1-developed-for-less-than-50-challenges-industry-norms/) 14:32 AI Makes Scams Worse AI being used to get hired, to steal information Video interviews are glitchy and odd Answers to questions are right out of OpenAI and ChatGPT Problem will get worse before it gets better Companies will respond by not hiring remotely The Register (https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/11/it_worker_scam/) 24:28 AI Safety Competition heating up Need to foster AI, not restrict it Open Source AI China isn't going to back down Are we out of our depth with AI? Can't put the gene back in the bottle 34:40 Microsoft Office 365 Co-Pilot Users must act or pay more 2025 version of Clippy Microsoft is getting more aggressive Imagine if everything was "opt out" Can only opt out by "canceling subscription" Misleading marketing Non-CoPilot plans only available for a limited time 43:07 Ashi Linux Dev Steps down Still plans to contribute Ashi Linux is important Apple removed barriers to run Linux Linux worked pretty well on Intel Macs T2 Chip T2Linux New Apple chip Phoronix (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Asahi-Linux-Lead-No-Upstream) 51:30 Lossless-cut Avidemux (https://avidemux.sourceforge.net/) Lossless-cut (https://github.com/mifi/lossless-cut) -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard (http://podcast.asknoahshow.com/427) Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah) Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix (https://element.linuxdelta.com/#/room/#geeklab:linuxdelta.com) -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard (http://www.asknoahshow.com) Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they're excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies (http://www.altispeed.com/) Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux (https://twitter.com/kernellinux) Ask Noah Show (https://twitter.com/asknoahshow) Altispeed Technologies (https://twitter.com/altispeed)

It's apparently not always safe to apply to Canonical, Nvidia pushes drivers to go with its new hardware, and apparently Linux now runs inside PDFs. Then there's a bit of a flame war to cover over Rust in the kernel, at least one maintainer leaves, and there's the normal churn of application updates to talk about. For tips, we have EasyCron so you don't have to use Google every time you write a cron job, dig for abusing DNS to check if your local Internet connection works, pw-dump to get excrutiating details on your local Pipewire environment, and rocm-smi to make sure nobody's mining bitcoin on your GPU. See the show notes at https://bit.ly/3CJ7LXy and enjoy the show! Host: Jonathan Bennett Co-Hosts: Rob Campbell, Jeff Massie, and Ken McDonald Download or subscribe to Untitled Linux Show at https://twit.tv/shows/untitled-linux-show Want access to the ad-free video and exclusive features? Become a member of Club TWiT today! https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

Podcast Episode Notes: The Fate of Closed LLMs and the Legacy of Proprietary Unix SystemsSummaryThe episode draws parallels between the decline of proprietary Unix systems (Solaris, SGI) and the potential challenges facing closed-source large language models (LLMs) like OpenAI. The discussion highlights historical examples of corporate stagnation, the rise of open-source alternatives, and the risks of vendor lock-in. Key themes include innovation dynamics, community-driven development, and predictions for the future of AI.Key Topics Discussed1. Historical Precedent: The Fall of Solaris and SGIProprietary Unix systems (Solaris, SGI) dominated IT infrastructure in the 2000s but declined due to:Corporate mergers (e.g., Oracle's acquisition of Sun) stifling innovation.High costs vs. affordable, open-source Linux alternatives.Example: Caltech's expensive SGI/Solaris systems were replaced by cheaper Linux machines.2. Parallels to Modern LLMsOpenAI's trajectory:Initial innovation, but risks of stagnation under corporate partnerships (e.g., Microsoft).Potential for “hippocratic” decision-making (highest-paid person's opinion) over user needs.Market dynamics:Open-source LLMs (e.g., DeepSeek) are gaining parity or surpassing closed systems.Commoditization of AI tools mirrors the shift from Unix to Linux.3. Challenges of Closed SystemsVendor lock-in: Aggressive pricing and opaque practices (e.g., Oracle, Microsoft).Trust issues: Data privacy concerns with proprietary systems vs. local, open alternatives.Innovation lag: Closed systems lack community input, leading to features users don't want.4. The Open-Source AdvantageCommunity-driven development often outperforms proprietary solutions (e.g., LibreOffice vs. Microsoft Office).Global momentum: Regions like Europe, China, and India may adopt open-source LLMs to avoid dependency on U.S. tech giants.5. Future Predictions“Sudden death” of closed LLMs: Similar to proprietary Unix, closed AI systems may collapse under high costs and low ROI.Rise of small, specialized models: Democratization of AI through open frameworks.Hype vs. reality: Corporate claims about AGI and AI capabilities should be met with skepticism (e.g., “divide by 10”).Notable QuotesOn innovation:“Open source starts to exceed the user experience of closed source because you don't have a community developing something.”On corporate practices:“Billionaires running corporations lie big because they want you to believe what they're doing.”On trust:“In a closed system, your data goes to some proprietary system you don't trust. In an open system, you do those queries locally.”ConclusionThe episode argues that closed LLMs like OpenAI risk following the path of Solaris and SGI: initial dominance followed by decline as open-source alternatives outpace them in innovation, cost, and trust. The future of AI may lie in decentralized, community-driven models, challenging the narrative that closed systems are the only way forward. Skepticism toward corporate hype and advocacy for open frameworks are key takeaways.

Parliamo un po' di come cambiano gli office e i cloud per introdurre la gestione documentale, non solo la redazione di documenti o tabelle.

This week is full, with chat about KDE's new, upcoming distro; the details on Kernel 6.12 and what's coming with 6.13; and the latest scoop on Microsoft's .NET. Then there's copy-on-write, Ubuntu 25.04 news, and Framework's RISC-V mainboard/ For tips we have unalias, ngspice, pw-link, and a github hack for removing offline runners. Catch the show notes at https://bit.ly/4fvweO2 and until next week! Host: Jonathan Bennett Co-Hosts: Rob Campbell, Jeff Massie, and Ken McDonald Want access to the video version and exclusive features? Become a member of Club TWiT today! https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

Tim Flink, a Senior Quality Engineer from Red Hat joins us to talk about AI on Fedora. This week Noah and Steve talk about their struggles with the Linux Desktop. -- During The Show -- 02:30 Helping a Non-techy friend - Sleuth The plan Locked down second hand Android device Ting Flex plan Tracar (https://www.traccar.org/) JMP.Chat Sim Plan Mint Mobile Steer people away from sms/calls Matrix Telegram etc 08:47 News Wire Calibre 7.21 - calibre-ebook.com (https://download.calibre-ebook.com/7.21.0/) Cmake 3.31 - cmake.org (https://cmake.org/cmake/help/latest/release/3.31.html) Curl 8.11 - curl.se (https://curl.se/ch/) Scraperr 1.0 - github.com (https://github.com/jaypyles/Scraperr) LXQT 2.1 - lxqt-project.org (https://lxqt-project.org/release/2024/11/05/release-lxqt-2-1-0/) Ubuntu Touch OTA-6 - ubports.com (https://ubports.com/en/blog/ubports-news-1/post/ubuntu-touch-ota-6-focal-release-3942) Debian 12.8 - debian.org (https://www.debian.org/News/2024/20241109) Torvalds 2.6% Performance Patch - theregister.com (https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/06/torvalds_patch_linux_performance/) 3800% Performance Improvement - phoronix.com (https://www.phoronix.com/news/Intel-Linux-3888.9-Performance) CRON#TRAP Malware - thehackernews.com (https://thehackernews.com/2024/11/new-crontrap-malware-infects-windows-by.html) AMD OLMo LLM - computerworld.com (https://www.computerworld.com/article/3600762/amd-rolls-out-open-source-olmo-llm-to-compete-with-ai-giants.html) 09:58 Tim Flink - Senior Quality Engineer - Red Hat Where should you start with AI? PyTorch (https://pytorch.org/) Orders of magnitude faster on a GPU VRAM is the biggest factor How is Fedora using AI? OpenQA (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OpenQA) RocM and PyTorch Efforts around packaging Why are you focusing on RocM? Where is a good place to help out? AI/ML SIG (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/AI-ML) Containers coming What does open source mean to you? 22:28 Kubuntu and Docker Broken - Michael Fisher Docker Compose Pastebin (https://pastebin.com/EHa4sHGQ) Docker Logs Pastebin (https://pastebin.com/UWE7Ss1a) Docker internal DNS having issues 24:36 What's the deal with Linux Desktop Environments? Steve's workflow Static vs Dynamic approach How close can I get to immutable with flatpaks Software KVM Synergy (proprietary) Barrior (abandoned) Input Leap (https://github.com/input-leap/input-leap) 3 Monitors, 2 horizontal and 1 vertical KDE hates Steve NVIDIA drivers Why is it so hard to put software in hardware? Ubuntu won't say its up to date because of Ubuntu Pro Can't install LibreOffice on Ubuntu because of Snap All operating systems have issues 45:20 MacOS vs EndlessOS vs Windows 10 Mac Book No working battery Disposable 3+ Hours just to install the OS ThinkPad with EndlessOS Flatpak for Office 365 Windows Can't upgrade to windows 11 Windows 11 requires online account Windows 11 requires TPM chip 2 People both chose the EndlessOS Endless OS No forced updates All the icons right there Open source Allows you to fix things Unix philosophy The answers are there -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! This Episode's Podcast Dashboard (http://podcast.asknoahshow.com/415) Phone Systems for Ask Noah provided by Voxtelesys (http://www.voxtelesys.com/asknoah) Join us in our dedicated chatroom #GeekLab:linuxdelta.com on Matrix (https://element.linuxdelta.com/#/room/#geeklab:linuxdelta.com) -- Stay In Touch -- Find all the resources for this show on the Ask Noah Dashboard Ask Noah Dashboard (http://www.asknoahshow.com) Need more help than a radio show can offer? Altispeed provides commercial IT services and they're excited to offer you a great deal for listening to the Ask Noah Show. Call today and ask about the discount for listeners of the Ask Noah Show! Altispeed Technologies (http://www.altispeed.com/) Contact Noah live [at] asknoahshow.com -- Twitter -- Noah - Kernellinux (https://twitter.com/kernellinux) Ask Noah Show (https://twitter.com/asknoahshow) Altispeed Technologies (https://twitter.com/altispeed) YouTube Show Notes & Podcast Download available at http://podcast.asknoahshow.com Support us on Patreon ------------- https://www.patreon.com/linuxdelta --- Connect with us! --- On Twitter ------------------------ https://twitter.com/asknoahshow On Facebook ----------------------- https://www.facebook.com/asknoahshow Email The Show -------------------- live@asknoahshow.com • Ask Noah Show © CC-BY-ND 2021 •

In this week's episode we take a look at a November Writing Challenge and offer tips for new writers to develop a sustainable writing habit. TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Updates Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 225 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is November the 1st 2024 and today we are discussing part one of our November Writing Challenge. Before we get into that, we will talk about my current writing projects- we'll see where I'm at with that and do Question of the Week (because we did have time for Question of the Week this week). First up, writing progress. I am 85,000 words into Cloak of Illusion, and I am hoping to finish the rough draft next week, if all goes well. I think we'll end up about in the neighborhood of 100,000 words for the rough draft (with possibly 5,000 words either way, see how it goes). I'm also 17,000 words into Orc Hoard.  That will be the 4th Rivah Half-Elven book, and I'm hoping to have that out in December before the end of the calendar year. In audiobook news, production on Shield of Conquest is done. It's all paid for and ready, and it's just working its way through processing on various platforms, so it should be available soon. And you get it on my Payhip store right now, if you don't want to wait for the other platforms. Audio for Cloak of Spears is almost done. I should have a file to proof soon, which is very exciting. And then Hollis McCarthy, who did Cloak of Spears, is also going to be working on Ghost in the Tombs and that should be out before too much longer and also Shield of Conquest was excellently narrated by Brad Wills. So that is where I'm at with my current writing projects. 00:01:30 Question of the Week Now let's move on to Question of the Week. Now it's time for Question of the Week, which is designed to inspire interesting discussions of enjoyable topics. This week's question: do you keep a record of the books you have read? Obviously Goodreads is a giant website designed to do just that, but there are other methods, obviously. This question was inspired by one of those other methods. I was at a Barnes and Noble the other day and was bemused by the giant wall of reading journals that you can use to keep track of the books you have read. This elicited quite a few responses, this Question of the Week. They tend to fall into one of two camps, as we shall soon see. Joaquim says: No. No time, at least not for the physical books, even an app supporting barcodes was not successful and was later discontinued. For ebooks it's different because all your books are available on a list in Kindle/Digital Editions/Calibre (depending on their type). Justin says: No, it would look like bragging. I am a speed reader and don't watch TV. Reading is my primary mode of leisure. JD says: I have never even considered making a reading log. Surely that would be time better used for reading. AM says: I use a dot grid journal to make my own reading log and enjoy customizing what I track and adding some artistic embellishments. It's just a fun offline project for me and it made me self-conscious of what I read when I tracked on Goodreads. Adeline says: not keeping track at all. Doing that at the rate I go through books would just be a loss of a lot of time which could be spent reading. Barbara says: No, I don't keep any record of the books I read. I've been a voracious reader since I figured out what the alphabet was for back in first grade, used to get in trouble in class for reading ahead. I read fiction and nonfiction, although not equally. I have favorite authors, some of whose books I reread regularly. My digital library contains over 2,000 books, most of which I've read and while I think I don't read all that fast, in reality I read something over 700 words per minute. What's worse, I retain most of what I read, but if someone wants to keep track of what he or she reads, that doesn't bother me at all. Different strokes for different folks, as the song says. Jesse says: If I pick one up I have already read and don't immediately recognize it within a paragraph or two, it is probably time for a reread. Roger says: I buy a book before I read it, so my record is either on my bookshelves or on the Kindle. Kim says: I used to note in each paper version when I read/reread the books. Since ebooks, I keep a spreadsheet of book title and series, author, date read, major characters, reading order, my own personal ranking. Helps me keep track of authors, their series, crossovers, same-universe stories, and when the next books are coming out. I track all of that. Brandy says: It's impossible for me to do so. I reread whole series each time the new book comes out (yes, from the beginning). I'll often proofread, read for review, read for pleasure, reference, and beta. I'm also a foreign language and capture reader for translation of books. It was recommended therapy to help with linear retention after seizures and was always my main hobby. Jenny says: I use Goodreads but wish there was a better alternative. Tracy says: I just use Goodreads. Becca says: Since I started reading so much on Kindle, I've been letting it keep track of which books I've read. Me by myself, never kept track except in grade school when we had reading achievements. So it looks like the common options were either nothing or Goodreads, but one other person did what I did, which is I've kept a spreadsheet of every book I've read since 2010, since it felt like I was reading less than I used to, and I wanted to keep track of it quantifiably, since hard data is better than feelings. So I think in the last 14 years, the most books I've read in a single year is around 110 and the lowest would be a little over 40, though I think this year I will probably end up around somewhere around 75. My spreadsheets are not as detailed as Kim's. I just keep track of the day I started, the day I finished the title, the author's name, the genre, and whether or not it is an ebook or a paperback book. 00:05:12 Main Topic: Week 1 of November Writing Challenge So on to our main topic of the week: week one of our November Writing Challenge. What do I mean by that? I talked a little bit about it last week, but what I mean is that I do get lots of questions about how to start writing or questions about whether or not National Novel Writing Month or NaNoWriMo is worth doing. The difficulty of that is NaNoWriMo the organization is currently experiencing troubles. They've had some problems with some of their volunteers and this year they had a big blow up where they endorsed artificial intelligence in writing in a way that offended most of their user base and as I mentioned last week, I'm wondering whether that sort of shock therapy of writing 50,000 words in 30 days is the best approach for everybody. I mean, for some people it's a good thing. I usually write more than 50,000 words every month, but that's my job. But for someone else who's starting out, that kind of shock approach might be a bit like yo-yo dieting. We talked about that last week, how it's better to lose 1 pound a month and have it stay off than it is to lose 5 pounds a month only for you to change habits and then gain 10 pounds back. I wonder for some people National Novel Writing Month might be the equivalent of that sort of yo-yo crash diet where you make this massive effort and that burns you out and you give up on it again. If it feels like you're missing out when others are working on a bigger writing challenge this month and you want to start writing but feel overwhelmed, how about a smaller, more manageable writing challenge for the absolute beginner? That is what our November Writing Challenge will be-maybe 300 words a day or some other small number of your choosing, whether 300 or 500 or 1,000 or some other number. The key should be that the key is that it should be something small and something that you can realistically manage daily based on your current schedule and responsibilities and health and so forth. The inspiration for this idea was, as you may know, for the last year I've had a transcriptionist working on my podcast, which has been very helpful because that's something I would never have had the time to do myself. She too wants to write a novel and has started writing one and has experienced challenges trying to start one. She often says she has felt overwhelmed at the idea of starting one, and so let's follow along with her progress this month as well. So let's start. #1: What do you need to begin? Number one is a common question, technology/equipment. Someone once came to be concerned that they couldn't start writing because they didn't have software that “real” writers used only to be surprised that I used Microsoft Word and have been using Microsoft Word pretty consistently for the last 10 years. However, you don't even need to use Scrivener, Microsoft Word, or some other fancy software. I wrote Ghost in the Storm and Soul of Serpents and a couple of other books entirely using LibreOffice on Ubuntu Linux, which is of course free. That was back in like 2012/2013/2014 and back then I was more enamored of writing on, you know, small 10 inch screen laptops that I would install Ubuntu on and then enjoy the portability of them, that I could write anywhere using these very small laptops. That, however, was 10 years ago, and both the writer in question (me) and my eyes are 10 years older. These days I prefer to write on the biggest screen possible whenever possible, and my preferred laptop has a 17 inch screen which is less portable but definitely easier on the eyes. But the point is you don't need to spend a lot of money on software. You can write in Word on a cheap Windows 11 laptop. You can write on LibreOffice, which is and remains 100% free. You could write on a Chromebook using Google Docs. All you actually need is a word processor and some way to back up your work. Don't just store it locally. If you are writing Google Docs, you could save to the cloud automatically. Many other cloud services offer free tiers, and you can even email it to yourself every day to keep a backup because that way, if your computer and your backup flash drive are lost or damaged or stolen, you don't lose all your work. Why can't you write using paper? You can if you want to. However, keeping track of progress would be tricky, because then you might have to do, ok, I'm going to write like, you know, a page a day instead of 300 words and then if you ever want to publish it, you will have to transcribe it to electronic format. So if you want to write on paper, go ahead and just to be aware that you are creating more work for yourself in the long term, if you are fine with that. #2: The second thing we need to do is make a plan. I would suggest writing at least a simple outline and then make a plan for your word count goal for the month of November, whether it's 300 words a day or something else. You can write without an outline. I find that it's for myself, it's easier to write with an outline, and if you're an absolute beginner, outlining in advance might help you work through some plotting problems you would have otherwise run into later on in the book. I would recommend blocking out time on your calendar for writing, even if it's only 5 minutes a day. Treat it like an appointment that you have to keep. You could churn out a few paragraphs on your lunch break or write a few sentences while on the bus or train ride home. I know of documented cases where people have written entire books on a commuter train using their phones and they thumb typed the entire rough draft. That might be a little extreme, though I imagine the younger generations who grew up with cell phones would be more comfortable with that, but it's certainly possible. This may be the most important part. Make a plan for what you will do if something happens and you can't write as planned, whether it's a family emergency, something with your kids, something medical, house problems, or just any of the other random stuff that can come up in the course of day-to-day life. Plan for this possibility and write out what you'll do if it can't happen on that day. It's very easy to skip writing when many other things take up your day, and in fact, if you're just starting out, pretty much everything else that happens in your life tends to be higher priority than writing. But if you only write when your day is perfect, you're not going to be writing much because perfect days are few and very far between in life. If you can make a plan for what to do if you have something come up and try to keep to your writing appointment, that will probably be the best way of making progress. #3: The third thing we have to do is to prepare your mindset for writing and this is a big one, because people very often talk themselves out of doing things even before they start, and writers in particular seem to be very prone to this because they will talk themselves out of starting or psych themselves out halfway through the book or fall into the trap of endlessly repolishing the first chapter over and over until it is perfect. So what are the most common mental mindset pitfalls that writers can encounter? The first one, of course, is perfectionism/fear of starting. The ways to combat this are to realize that it is hard to be a beginner, but everyone was a beginner once upon a time. You will get better with practice. Cloak of Illusion is going to be my 157th book but a long time ago, I just had one book or zero books that I was struggling to finish. It's also a bad idea to edit as you go. Just keep going. A metaphor I've used that people have told me has found is helpful (from a quote from Shannon Hale) is that writing is like building a sandcastle in an empty sandbox. The first job of course, is to drag the bag of sand into the sandbox and fill up the sandbox, and the second step is to then actually build the sandcastle, which is editing. Creating the rough draft is filling up the sandbox and then the editing process is building the sandcastle but it's a bad idea to start building the sandcastle before you fill up the sandbox because you might psych yourself out and not finish filling up the sandbox, which is what you really need to do. It doesn't matter if it's good at first, it just needs to get done. Get the words down for the day. It's also a good idea to find a way to silence your inner critic and the best way to do that is to not edit as you go. If you don't go back and constantly revise and tinker, then you are less likely to start doubting yourself. There's a time and place for revising and tinkering and editing, but that is after your rough draft is done. It is important to do things in their proper order. Another metaphor I use to explain this is once upon a time, I moved into an apartment that was on the third floor of a building with no elevator, and I have a lot of books. Naturally I had to carry all those books up three flights of stairs and into the new apartment. By the time I was done, I was probably in the best shape of my life. I've found that is a useful metaphor for writing, because writing the first draft is carrying all those books up to the third floor of the apartment, and the editing process is once you have all the books in the apartment, the editing process, is arranging them properly on the shelf. Now you could start rearranging the books into proper order while they're still in the truck, but I think we'd all agree that was a waste of time because the books aren't getting out of the truck. They're not even going to stay in that order once you get them up the stairs. If you waste too much time rearranging the books in the truck, eventually the police are going to come by and complain that you're taking up the fire lane (not that this ever personally happened to me, of course). So it's good to finish the rough draft first and then focus on the editing. Another mindset challenge is telling yourself that you don't have time. We've already talked about a few ways to get around this. Start by making your goal small. Even if you write only 300 words a day, if you do it every day in November, you will have about 9,000 words by the end of the month, which could be a chapter, several chapters, or even a short story. For myself when I started writing, I was still working a full-time job. So what I would do in my lunch hour (my lunch hour was literally an hour) was I would scarf down my food in the first 10 minutes and then spend the remaining 50 minutes typing as fast as I could on my laptop before it was time to get back to work. I wrote several different books that way. You'll also find if you look honestly at your day, there are probably spots of wasted time where you could squeeze in a few 100 words on a phone or laptop if you brought it with you. For example, there are times in the day when I find myself just looking at memes on the Internet and if I was squeezed for time and could carve out some time there, that would be a few hundred words. If you find yourself waiting in a car to pick someone up, that is an excellent time to squeeze out a few hundred words. I've done that many times. Waiting rooms are good for that too, and any situation where you find yourself with dead time, like you're on hold, you're in a waiting room. You're waiting to pick someone up, you're on some form of public transit. If you have a cheap laptop or you can type on your phone, that is an excellent time to squeeze out a few words. Another possible mindset trap is just the intimidation factor of starting, and it might be helpful to remember back to when being creative didn't intimidate you, when creative work was a sort of play, and if you can recapture some of the playfulness of that, that may remove some of the intimidation factor. My transcriptionist found a quote from a writer named George Saunders on Dua Lipa's podcast, and he said, “so much of being an artist is trying to trick your habitual nature, which likes safety and security and repetition and being sure, trying to trick that person out and go back to the kid you were at 13 or 14 who was just overjoyed to be making something.” There is definitely something to be said for that, too, you know, as a way to get past the intimidation factor and some self-doubt. So those are some of the mindset trip traps we might fall into, and hopefully some techniques for getting past them. And finally, in future episodes, we will check in with my transcriptionist and see how she's doing with her writing progress, whether she has any questions. Since I'm recording this literally on the morning of November 1st, there's not any progress to report yet, but there is a question. Why do you think so many people want to write books but never start? And I think we talked about that pretty well in the episode. There's a lot of activation energy and you have to get over perfectionism and the fear of being laughed at and the time problem and just overall the fear of starting, but as other wiser people than me have said, 80%, maybe even 90% of life is just showing up and doing the work. Like for example, I never knew how to replace front porch steps, but when the front porch steps started rotting, the alternative was trying to find a carpenter, which is difficult and expensive, or figuring it out how to do it myself. So I watched some YouTube videos and bought some lumber and paint and figured out how to do it myself. Would a professional carpenter have done it better? Probably. However, last night was Trick or Treating and I had about 80 kids and their parents come up and down the porch steps to get candy. The porch steps held and not a single person fell in. So sometimes showing up really is just good enough. So anyone who is participating in some sort of writing challenge in November, whether NaNoWriMo or writing challenge month, if you want send any questions about the writing process and if time permits, I will include them in future episodes. You can send me an e-mail at jmcontact@jonathanmoeller.com or leave a comment on my blog or Facebook page. Please don't send me your story ideas or actual writing excerpts because I do not have time to read those and can't read them for legal reasons anyway. So that is it for this week. Thank you for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I hope you found the show useful. A reminder that you that you can listen to all the back episodes with transcripts on https://thepulpwritershow.com. If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave a review on your podcasting platform of choice. Stay safe and stay healthy and see you all next week.    

Here is an example of a StatsCan (Statistics Canada) tabular page of nasty UX. NB: in this case, you may d/l the csv, but you'd still have to do the same work. The point is to show a horrible UX case and how you can fix it in LibreOffice Calc

Firefox, Libre Office, GIMP... Le journaliste spécialisé Thierry Pigot recense, dans un livre, les nombreux logiciels libres disponibles sur le marché, souvent gratuitement.Adulés par les uns mais ignorés par de nombreux autres, les logiciels libres existent depuis plus de 30 ans. Ils couvrent un large spectre de besoin, de la bureautique au montage vidéo en passant par la publication de blogs. Dans son livre "Guide pratique des logiciels libres" (Editions du puits fleuri), le journaliste Thierry Pigot passe en revue ces nombreux outils qui peuvent rendre bien des services au quotidien. Même s'ils représentent une forme d'informatique personnelle aujourd'hui concurrencée par les applications en ligne, ces logiciels peuvent rendre de nombreux services au quotidien, selon l'auteur. Une plongée dans un univers parallèle qui continue de séduire de nombreux utilisateurs à travers le monde. Bonne écoute ! -----------♥️ Soutien : https://donorbox.org/monde-numerique

In today's show, I discuss the National Public Data (NPD) breach, which contains 2.7 billion records, including the social security numbers of US residents. I cover how to check if your SSN is part of the breach and emphasize the importance of setting up a credit freeze for yourself and your kids. I also explore some useful tools for searching large datasets and share my thoughts on a Reddit post.In this week's episode:On the brink of giving up!Using OnlyOffice as a Google Docs alternativeNational Public Data (NPD) breachRipgrep (rg) and Silver Searcher (ag) tools for searching massive datasetsCredit freezesBest efforts for Windows 11 privacyElevenTray, a useful utility to always show Windows 11 tray iconsShow Links:Simplewall - https://github.com/henrypp/simplewallElevenTray - https://github.com/locksec/eleventrayOnlyOffice - https://www.onlyoffice.com/LibreOffice - https://www.libreoffice.org/Credit Freeze Guide - https://inteltechniques.com/freeze.htmlCredit Freeze for Kids:Equifax - https://www.equifax.com/personal/education/identity-theft/articles/-/learn/freezing-your-childs-credit-report-faq/(800)685-1111Equifax Security Freeze, PO Box 105788, Atlanta, Georgia 30348Experian - https://www.experian.com/help/minor-request.html(888)397-3742Experian Security Freeze. PO Box 9554, Allen, TX 75013TransUnion - https://www.transunion.com/credit-freeze/credit-freeze-faq#freeze-other-minor-0(888)909-8872TransUnion, P.O. Box 380, Woodlyn, PA 19094https://www.transunion.com/credit-disputes/child-identity-theft-inquiry-form> I know why you're here, Neo. I know what you've been doing... why you hardly sleep, why you live alone, and why night after night, you sit by your computer. - Trinity (The Matrix)Podcast music: Recluse by Ray Heffer 

It's Week D. Do you know where your preview updates are? Windows 11 Windows 11 version 22H2/23H2 get the same update Windows 11 version 24H2 gets a different update, but at least it's on time Beta: Media controls on the Lock screen, more Windows security update borks small number of Linux bootloaders, is perfect example of misplaced and faux outrage Right-click doesn't work correctly with Windows and a touchpad. It's not you M$FT Microsoft took Paul's advice. Instead of just blaming the EU, it's holding a security summit with CrowdStrike and other partners to solve the problems highlighted by the botched update outage. (Which it said it would do back in July.) Microsoft shuffles the decks below its three primary business units Microsoft: It's all about transparency! Paul: Nope Hardware Lenovo ThinkPad T14s is the best business-class Snapdragon X Copilot+ PC yet ThinkPad X12 Detachable Gen 2 is the last gasp of the Surface Pro-alikes Paul got a Pixel 9 Pro XL - Eerily iPhone Pro-like design, crazy AI features - The combination of hardware and software here is nuts Pixel 9 series is shipping with Android 14. Google planned to ship Android 14 earlier than ever before this year. Users with Pixel 9 series phones can enroll in Android 15 Beta now. But Android 15 was quietly delayed to October, the normal release time frame Mark Gurman leaks all the iPhone 16 things Apple announces launch event Some navel-gazing about Apple's place in our lives Magic of Software Microsoft announces Loop 2.0 on Twitter, no one has it yet LibreOffice is now native on Windows on Arm! Google Essentials app will be bundled with some new PCs, starting with HP Proton Drive for Business now available standalone, and with sale pricing (and more storage) Brave gets major privacy updates on desktop and mobile Apple makes further DMA concessions, will let iPhone users change default apps for phone, messaging, more Threads is testing posts that are as ephemeral as your facts Paid version of Alexa will allegedly launch in October Google Meet gets auto PIP for all and AI meeting notes for some Xbox Xbox August Update starts rolling out with those new Discord features Raven labor union files complaint against Microsoft Microsoft brings Xbox Cloud Gaming to more Fire TV devices Tips and Picks Tip of the week: You can still upgrade to 24H2 right now App pick of the week: Win11Debloat RunAs Radio this week: The Security Risks of AI with Steve Poole Brown liquor pick of the week: Mosgaard Moscatel Single Malt Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: bigid.com/windowsweekly e-e.com/twit 1password.com/windowsweekly Melissa.com/twit

It's Week D. Do you know where your preview updates are? Windows 11 Windows 11 version 22H2/23H2 get the same update Windows 11 version 24H2 gets a different update, but at least it's on time Beta: Media controls on the Lock screen, more Windows security update borks small number of Linux bootloaders, is perfect example of misplaced and faux outrage Right-click doesn't work correctly with Windows and a touchpad. It's not you M$FT Microsoft took Paul's advice. Instead of just blaming the EU, it's holding a security summit with CrowdStrike and other partners to solve the problems highlighted by the botched update outage. (Which it said it would do back in July.) Microsoft shuffles the decks below its three primary business units Microsoft: It's all about transparency! Paul: Nope Hardware Lenovo ThinkPad T14s is the best business-class Snapdragon X Copilot+ PC yet ThinkPad X12 Detachable Gen 2 is the last gasp of the Surface Pro-alikes Paul got a Pixel 9 Pro XL - Eerily iPhone Pro-like design, crazy AI features - The combination of hardware and software here is nuts Pixel 9 series is shipping with Android 14. Google planned to ship Android 14 earlier than ever before this year. Users with Pixel 9 series phones can enroll in Android 15 Beta now. But Android 15 was quietly delayed to October, the normal release time frame Mark Gurman leaks all the iPhone 16 things Apple announces launch event Some navel-gazing about Apple's place in our lives Magic of Software Microsoft announces Loop 2.0 on Twitter, no one has it yet LibreOffice is now native on Windows on Arm! Google Essentials app will be bundled with some new PCs, starting with HP Proton Drive for Business now available standalone, and with sale pricing (and more storage) Brave gets major privacy updates on desktop and mobile Apple makes further DMA concessions, will let iPhone users change default apps for phone, messaging, more Threads is testing posts that are as ephemeral as your facts Paid version of Alexa will allegedly launch in October Google Meet gets auto PIP for all and AI meeting notes for some Xbox Xbox August Update starts rolling out with those new Discord features Raven labor union files complaint against Microsoft Microsoft brings Xbox Cloud Gaming to more Fire TV devices Tips and Picks Tip of the week: You can still upgrade to 24H2 right now App pick of the week: Win11Debloat RunAs Radio this week: The Security Risks of AI with Steve Poole Brown liquor pick of the week: Mosgaard Moscatel Single Malt Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: bigid.com/windowsweekly e-e.com/twit 1password.com/windowsweekly Melissa.com/twit

It's Week D. Do you know where your preview updates are? Windows 11 Windows 11 version 22H2/23H2 get the same update Windows 11 version 24H2 gets a different update, but at least it's on time Beta: Media controls on the Lock screen, more Windows security update borks small number of Linux bootloaders, is perfect example of misplaced and faux outrage Right-click doesn't work correctly with Windows and a touchpad. It's not you M$FT Microsoft took Paul's advice. Instead of just blaming the EU, it's holding a security summit with CrowdStrike and other partners to solve the problems highlighted by the botched update outage. (Which it said it would do back in July.) Microsoft shuffles the decks below its three primary business units Microsoft: It's all about transparency! Paul: Nope Hardware Lenovo ThinkPad T14s is the best business-class Snapdragon X Copilot+ PC yet ThinkPad X12 Detachable Gen 2 is the last gasp of the Surface Pro-alikes Paul got a Pixel 9 Pro XL - Eerily iPhone Pro-like design, crazy AI features - The combination of hardware and software here is nuts Pixel 9 series is shipping with Android 14. Google planned to ship Android 14 earlier than ever before this year. Users with Pixel 9 series phones can enroll in Android 15 Beta now. But Android 15 was quietly delayed to October, the normal release time frame Mark Gurman leaks all the iPhone 16 things Apple announces launch event Some navel-gazing about Apple's place in our lives Magic of Software Microsoft announces Loop 2.0 on Twitter, no one has it yet LibreOffice is now native on Windows on Arm! Google Essentials app will be bundled with some new PCs, starting with HP Proton Drive for Business now available standalone, and with sale pricing (and more storage) Brave gets major privacy updates on desktop and mobile Apple makes further DMA concessions, will let iPhone users change default apps for phone, messaging, more Threads is testing posts that are as ephemeral as your facts Paid version of Alexa will allegedly launch in October Google Meet gets auto PIP for all and AI meeting notes for some Xbox Xbox August Update starts rolling out with those new Discord features Raven labor union files complaint against Microsoft Microsoft brings Xbox Cloud Gaming to more Fire TV devices Tips and Picks Tip of the week: You can still upgrade to 24H2 right now App pick of the week: Win11Debloat RunAs Radio this week: The Security Risks of AI with Steve Poole Brown liquor pick of the week: Mosgaard Moscatel Single Malt Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: bigid.com/windowsweekly e-e.com/twit 1password.com/windowsweekly Melissa.com/twit

It's Week D. Do you know where your preview updates are? Windows 11 Windows 11 version 22H2/23H2 get the same update Windows 11 version 24H2 gets a different update, but at least it's on time Beta: Media controls on the Lock screen, more Windows security update borks small number of Linux bootloaders, is perfect example of misplaced and faux outrage Right-click doesn't work correctly with Windows and a touchpad. It's not you M$FT Microsoft took Paul's advice. Instead of just blaming the EU, it's holding a security summit with CrowdStrike and other partners to solve the problems highlighted by the botched update outage. (Which it said it would do back in July.) Microsoft shuffles the decks below its three primary business units Microsoft: It's all about transparency! Paul: Nope Hardware Lenovo ThinkPad T14s is the best business-class Snapdragon X Copilot+ PC yet ThinkPad X12 Detachable Gen 2 is the last gasp of the Surface Pro-alikes Paul got a Pixel 9 Pro XL - Eerily iPhone Pro-like design, crazy AI features - The combination of hardware and software here is nuts Pixel 9 series is shipping with Android 14. Google planned to ship Android 14 earlier than ever before this year. Users with Pixel 9 series phones can enroll in Android 15 Beta now. But Android 15 was quietly delayed to October, the normal release time frame Mark Gurman leaks all the iPhone 16 things Apple announces launch event Some navel-gazing about Apple's place in our lives Magic of Software Microsoft announces Loop 2.0 on Twitter, no one has it yet LibreOffice is now native on Windows on Arm! Google Essentials app will be bundled with some new PCs, starting with HP Proton Drive for Business now available standalone, and with sale pricing (and more storage) Brave gets major privacy updates on desktop and mobile Apple makes further DMA concessions, will let iPhone users change default apps for phone, messaging, more Threads is testing posts that are as ephemeral as your facts Paid version of Alexa will allegedly launch in October Google Meet gets auto PIP for all and AI meeting notes for some Xbox Xbox August Update starts rolling out with those new Discord features Raven labor union files complaint against Microsoft Microsoft brings Xbox Cloud Gaming to more Fire TV devices Tips and Picks Tip of the week: You can still upgrade to 24H2 right now App pick of the week: Win11Debloat RunAs Radio this week: The Security Risks of AI with Steve Poole Brown liquor pick of the week: Mosgaard Moscatel Single Malt Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: bigid.com/windowsweekly e-e.com/twit 1password.com/windowsweekly Melissa.com/twit

It's Week D. Do you know where your preview updates are? Windows 11 Windows 11 version 22H2/23H2 get the same update Windows 11 version 24H2 gets a different update, but at least it's on time Beta: Media controls on the Lock screen, more Windows security update borks small number of Linux bootloaders, is perfect example of misplaced and faux outrage Right-click doesn't work correctly with Windows and a touchpad. It's not you M$FT Microsoft took Paul's advice. Instead of just blaming the EU, it's holding a security summit with CrowdStrike and other partners to solve the problems highlighted by the botched update outage. (Which it said it would do back in July.) Microsoft shuffles the decks below its three primary business units Microsoft: It's all about transparency! Paul: Nope Hardware Lenovo ThinkPad T14s is the best business-class Snapdragon X Copilot+ PC yet ThinkPad X12 Detachable Gen 2 is the last gasp of the Surface Pro-alikes Paul got a Pixel 9 Pro XL - Eerily iPhone Pro-like design, crazy AI features - The combination of hardware and software here is nuts Pixel 9 series is shipping with Android 14. Google planned to ship Android 14 earlier than ever before this year. Users with Pixel 9 series phones can enroll in Android 15 Beta now. But Android 15 was quietly delayed to October, the normal release time frame Mark Gurman leaks all the iPhone 16 things Apple announces launch event Some navel-gazing about Apple's place in our lives Magic of Software Microsoft announces Loop 2.0 on Twitter, no one has it yet LibreOffice is now native on Windows on Arm! Google Essentials app will be bundled with some new PCs, starting with HP Proton Drive for Business now available standalone, and with sale pricing (and more storage) Brave gets major privacy updates on desktop and mobile Apple makes further DMA concessions, will let iPhone users change default apps for phone, messaging, more Threads is testing posts that are as ephemeral as your facts Paid version of Alexa will allegedly launch in October Google Meet gets auto PIP for all and AI meeting notes for some Xbox Xbox August Update starts rolling out with those new Discord features Raven labor union files complaint against Microsoft Microsoft brings Xbox Cloud Gaming to more Fire TV devices Tips and Picks Tip of the week: You can still upgrade to 24H2 right now App pick of the week: Win11Debloat RunAs Radio this week: The Security Risks of AI with Steve Poole Brown liquor pick of the week: Mosgaard Moscatel Single Malt Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: bigid.com/windowsweekly e-e.com/twit 1password.com/windowsweekly Melissa.com/twit

It's Week D. Do you know where your preview updates are? Windows 11 Windows 11 version 22H2/23H2 get the same update Windows 11 version 24H2 gets a different update, but at least it's on time Beta: Media controls on the Lock screen, more Windows security update borks small number of Linux bootloaders, is perfect example of misplaced and faux outrage Right-click doesn't work correctly with Windows and a touchpad. It's not you M$FT Microsoft took Paul's advice. Instead of just blaming the EU, it's holding a security summit with CrowdStrike and other partners to solve the problems highlighted by the botched update outage. (Which it said it would do back in July.) Microsoft shuffles the decks below its three primary business units Microsoft: It's all about transparency! Paul: Nope Hardware Lenovo ThinkPad T14s is the best business-class Snapdragon X Copilot+ PC yet ThinkPad X12 Detachable Gen 2 is the last gasp of the Surface Pro-alikes Paul got a Pixel 9 Pro XL - Eerily iPhone Pro-like design, crazy AI features - The combination of hardware and software here is nuts Pixel 9 series is shipping with Android 14. Google planned to ship Android 14 earlier than ever before this year. Users with Pixel 9 series phones can enroll in Android 15 Beta now. But Android 15 was quietly delayed to October, the normal release time frame Mark Gurman leaks all the iPhone 16 things Apple announces launch event Some navel-gazing about Apple's place in our lives Magic of Software Microsoft announces Loop 2.0 on Twitter, no one has it yet LibreOffice is now native on Windows on Arm! Google Essentials app will be bundled with some new PCs, starting with HP Proton Drive for Business now available standalone, and with sale pricing (and more storage) Brave gets major privacy updates on desktop and mobile Apple makes further DMA concessions, will let iPhone users change default apps for phone, messaging, more Threads is testing posts that are as ephemeral as your facts Paid version of Alexa will allegedly launch in October Google Meet gets auto PIP for all and AI meeting notes for some Xbox Xbox August Update starts rolling out with those new Discord features Raven labor union files complaint against Microsoft Microsoft brings Xbox Cloud Gaming to more Fire TV devices Tips and Picks Tip of the week: You can still upgrade to 24H2 right now App pick of the week: Win11Debloat RunAs Radio this week: The Security Risks of AI with Steve Poole Brown liquor pick of the week: Mosgaard Moscatel Single Malt Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsors: bigid.com/windowsweekly e-e.com/twit 1password.com/windowsweekly Melissa.com/twit

The gang is back, and the big, weird news is that Microsoft is fixing Grub, and it may break your Linux dual boot. Then Torvalds talks about kernel work, AI, Rust, and more. Ubuntu is late, but will be fresher; Libreoffice ships 24.8; and Winter is coming for GIMP 3. For tips we have no more secrets for fun movie-style faux decryption, ProtonUp-Qt for managing Proton versions, brew for installing isolated software stacks, and crtlaltdel for managing what exactly your machine does in response to the classic three-finger salute. You can find the show notes at https://bit.ly/3ADKZiu until next week! Host: Jonathan Bennett Co-Hosts: David Ruggles, Jeff Massie, and Rob Campbell Want access to the video version and exclusive features? Become a member of Club TWiT today! https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

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In this week's episode, we'll take a look at five tips for creating distinctive character voices and viewpoints within your novel. TRANSCRIPT 00:00:00 Introduction and Writing Update Hello, everyone. Welcome to Episode 209 of The Pulp Writer Show. My name is Jonathan Moeller. Today is July the 12th, 2024 and today we are discussing five tips for creating vivid characterizations. Before we get into that, we'll have some writing progress updates, a couple of questions from readers, Question of the Week, and then we'll get on to our main topic. So for my current writing projects, I'm pleased to report that Shield of Darkness is out and selling briskly, and you can get it at all the usual places: Amazon, Barnes, and Noble, Kobo, Google Play, Apple Books, Smashwords, and my Payhip store. It's had a very strong response so far and thank you for that. I'm glad you guys are enjoying the book. Now that Shield of Darkness is out, my next project is Half-Orc Paladin. I am pleased to report I'm currently on Chapter 10 of 16, which puts me at 60,000 words. Yesterday I had a 10,000 word day while I was working on it, my sixth one of 2024. Good progress has been made. I'm hoping to have that book out preferably in early August. In audiobook news, the audiobook of Wizard-Thief as narrated by Leanne Woodward is almost finished. We've just got to finish proofing it and that should take place next week and hopefully the audiobook will be out towards the end of July or early August. Once Half-Orc Paladin is done, I have not 100% decided what I'm going to write next. I'm 20,000 words into Ghost in the Tombs, so that could be next or I might write Shield of Conquest or Cloak of Illusion. We will see what I do when I get to the end of Half-Orc Paladin. But right now, I am focusing on Half-Orc Paladin and bringing that to completion. We have a reader question from BV, who asks: I saw an app called Scrivener, and I thought of what Jonathan uses. I'm an old mainframe COBOL/RPG developer and I know that the tech environment can really help. I tried Scrivener way back in 2014 and it was too complicated for me, too much. Granted, the app might have changed since then because 2014 feels to me at least like it was really recent, but it was in fact ten years ago. So for writing, I primarily use Microsoft Word for writing and editing and then I use Vellum on the Mac for the final ebook formatting. That's the way I do it right now. Nothing to say that it can't change. Maybe I might switch to LibreOffice again for writing as Microsoft continues to sort of circle the AI drain and adds more and more useless AI features to its products. 00:02:38 Question of the Week Now it's time for Question of the Week, which is designed to inspire interesting discussion of enjoyable topics. This week's question: what is your favorite kind of sandwich? This got a lot of responses, as you might expect. Grimlar says: buttered oven bottom muffin, slice of lamb, medium mature slice of cheese, and a coating of salad cream. Justin says: the current sandwich at my house is turkey with provolone, lettuce, and tomato with mayonnaise on homemade sourdough. That actually sounds pretty good right now. Kevin says: bit boring here. Grilled cheese and bacon or BLT with mayo. Easily pleased, Michael says: can't beat a toasted cheese sandwich, which seems to be called a grilled cheese in the US, which has always baffled me. Ham is a good addition as well. I agree with Michael. That is a very good sandwich. Brandy says: old school. Tie between cold Jif creamy peanut butter and Concord grape jam or warm grilled Gruyere and Colby Jack on a good homemade bread (pumpernickel, oatmeal, wheat, or sourdough). Barbara says: Kind of a plain girl: toasted cheese and tomato. Annie says: toasted sandwich: ham, cheese, red onions, and tomato with butter and mayo. Jesse says: Italian sub with hot peppers. Steve says: I'd add some cheese because I'm a cheesy kind of guy and my spicy mustard has a bit of horseradish, too. Bonnie says: Maine Amatoes roast beef Italian (RB, cheese, onion, green pepper, pickled tomato, black olives, mayo, not oil. Jenny says: rare roast beef slices, sharp cheddar, and sourdough bread. I don't lubricate my sandwiches and prefer simple. Otherwise grilled cheese (extra sharp cheddar and gouda) or really anything with ham in there. Nick says: this is just perfect. Just make the beef pastrami. Jonah says: Panini. Genoa salami, roasted red peppers, onions, Jack and mozzarella cheese, good olive oil, and maybe a pesto. Gary says: there are lots of good ones, but if I can only have one, it has to be PB&J (crunchy peanut butter and raspberry jam). Andrew says: An MLT, a nice mutton, lettuce, and tomato sandwich where the mutton is so lean. I have to admit I did not know that was an actual sandwich. Randy says: hot and juicy pastrami with melted pepperjack cheese, diced red onion, mayo, and horseradish mustard on a lightly toasted sourdough hoagie. Dang it. Now I'm hungry. Craig says: club. Stacy says: grilled cheese. David says PB and J. Judy says peanut butter and grape jelly or a Philly cheesesteak. John says: tie between a really good Reuben or really authentic Philly cheesesteak. Croque Monsieur is a close second. Venus says: funniest sandwich story I ever heard was when my brother ordered a BLT and the waitress asked if he wanted any condiments on it. He said no and received bacon between two slices of bread. When I was younger, I used to eat BLTs that way. Just bacon and bread, though now that I'm older and recognize the benefits of vegetables in many areas of life, I do have BLTS with the lettuce and tomato. Juana says: BLT. For myself, the answer would be I think a sub with roast beef, ham, lettuce, pickles, tomatoes, and a significant quantity of spicy mustard. The inspiration for this question was that I typed it up, it was almost lunch time and I'm hungry. It may have been a mistake to record this podcast before lunch because I am now quite hungry after reading all that, but onwards to our Main Topic of the Week. 00:06:02 Main Topic: How to Create Distinctive Characterizations and Character Voices in a Novel Now on to our Main Topic of the Week: how to create distinctive characterizations and character voices in a novel. We're going to go through five tips for that. I got to think about this because I just finished Shield of Darkness, which was quite a long book, and it had multiple point of views. My previous long series, the Dragonskull series, was mostly a single point of view throughout all nine books. Gareth Arban was the main character and though we started to have more point of view characters come in starting with the fifth book and especially in the final third of the series, Gareth was still the main character and had the most scenes. By contrast, Shield of Storms and the rest of the Shield War series is going to be multi point of view. As of right now, Ridmark Arban, Niara, Lika, and Nikomedes are going to be the main characters and we will have new point of view characters that start introducing in with the rest of the series. The point of view of the different chapters will rotate between them. I'm writing in in what's called limited third person, where you shift entirely to one person's perspective for a scene or chapter. For example, if I'm writing from Ridmark's perspective, we will see things from Ridmark's perspective and know what he's thinking. Omniscient third person, by contrast, is when the author jumps from person to person. For example, in a scene with both Ridmark and the Nikomedes, the author will let us know what they're both thinking and will see things through both their eyes. There is nothing wrong with this, as a skillful writer can do it quite well. I think Agatha Christie especially did it quite well, but it's generally easier and simpler to write in third person limited instead of third person omniscient. Of course, third person limited is only easier if you can make each point of view distinctive. You have to write a distinctive voice for each character and it can become a problem if all the characters all sound and think the same way. So how can you create a distinctive voice for each point of view character? There are a couple of different ways that you can do this. #1: Descriptions. When writing from a particular character's viewpoint in limited third person, obviously that character will see things through his or her own personal lens. This is a handy way to differentiate characters. For example, take the laptop I used to write this podcast script. I got it in the summer of 2023 where my previous laptop went to the big recycling bin in the sky and it's an HP Envy with a 17 inch screen, since I'm at a phase of life where I prefer to write with the Microsoft Word window maximized and the screen size zoomed way up. But someone who knows less about computers than I do wouldn't see an HP Envy, they'll just see a silver laptop with a big screen. Someone who only uses Mac laptops would just see it as a big chunky PC laptop and would think of it that way. Firearms are another good example of this. For example, according to the FBI website, the official side arm of an FBI agent is a Glock 19 M semi-automatic pistol, which holds 15 rounds of 9mm ammunition, but many people would not know this. They would see the weapon and think of it as just a black handgun or a black pistol, or may even describe it inaccurately, calling it a revolver or a machine gun. This variation in description would also extend to characters. Consider a woman who works as a school administrator. The school board chairman might think of her as the most reliable employee in the district and describe her that way. The students might describe her as the mean lady who works in the office. One of the teachers might think of her as my best friend. Another teacher might think of her as my cousin's nasty ex-wife. Which one of these characterizations of the woman are correct? Well, it depends on the particular point of view at the moment, and you can use that description to help differentiate your characters from one another. #2: Dialogue is another great way to differentiate characters from one another. No two people ever really have similar speech patterns. The school administrator in the previous example might always find a way to bring the conversation back around to her cats. A socially awkward computer programmer might start over sharing facts about topics that interest him. A taciturn electrician might only speak when necessary and prefer silence the rest of the time. A lawyer might talk in very precise sentences with every word exactly measured, especially a lawyer who is used to arguing in front of a judge. A common joke is that rather than asking why, the lawyer will always say on what basis? People will also talk about different things. They have favorite topics or are better or worse at handling emotionally sensitive discussions. People also have things they absolutely refuse to discuss under any circumstances and become angry if someone tries to force them to talk about these topics. Dialogue is also a place where it's best not to get too hung up on grammar, since you'll find that most people do not talk in grammatically perfect sentences. People often repeat themselves, respond to a question with another question or an irrelevant answer, and go off on tangents. The trick for writing dialogue is to try and catch a feeling of verisimilitude with the somewhat rambling nature of human conversation in general without getting too bogged down and trying to make it too realistic. You want to keep the story moving forward, after all. #3: Attitudes. Another good way to differentiate between point of view characters is attitude. How do they respond to things emotionally? This ties into both description and dialogue because the character's attitude will obviously influence how they describe things and how they talk. To return to the example of the school administrator above, a student with a cranky attitude might think of her as the mean lady in the office, while a teacher who is in a good mood and enjoys his or her work might think of her as Miss Jones from the school district. The character's mood will color how they describe their surroundings and how they relate to the characters around them. A character who is in a good mood would simply note a car braking in front of them in traffic and slow down. A character in a bad mood will likely rant about how the jerk in front brake checked them. This leads into the next aspect of character attitudes. How does a character react emotionally to events and other characters? One character might view having to stand in line for a while as a minor inconvenience and turn his or her thoughts elsewhere during the wait. Another character might fly into a rage with impatience and demand to speak to the manager over. The first character might dislike going to restaurants because he or she finds it embarrassing to be waited upon and will get through the experience with stiff politeness. The second character might love going to restaurants and makes all sorts of unreasonable demands upon the waiter. Character attitudes and how they emotionally react to situations and each other is an excellent way to differentiate characters and therefore create unique voice. #4: Knowledge. Another good way to distinguish between characters is their individual knowledge and can also help inform the descriptions. For example, during a recent road trip I was listening to the audiobook of Dark Angel by John Sanford and narrated by Robert Petkoff. In the book, two federal agents Letty Davenport and Rod Baxter are assigned to infiltrate a group of dangerous hackers. Letty is an expert on firearms and violence and very physically fit while Baxter is 60 pounds overweight but an expert in all aspects of hacking and computer crime. He doesn't know anything about guns, but he knows everything about breaking into a computer system whereas Letty has only a surface level grasp of computer crime. She knows what a ransomware attack is but nothing about how to actually execute one or repair one. This is a helpful way to distinguish between the character's point of view scenes like we talked about with description. As we said, one character might see a firearm and think it's a black rifle but a character with greater knowledge of guns would immediately identify it as an M16A2. Another character might see a van and just think of it as an old red van, but a character who works as a mechanic would identify it as a 1993 Ford Aerostar. #5: Subtext. Now we come to the great bane and hindrance of human communication, subtext. How characters react to subtext, whether they notice it, imagine it, or fail to detect it at all can help distinguish between character point of views and help create character voice. In this context, subtext refers to an additional implied meaning beyond the actual literal meaning of the spoken words. For example, a woman tells her boyfriend that she hears the Grand Canyon is nice in May. The subtext is that she wants him to plan a trip for them to the Grand Canyon, and the boyfriend may or may not pick up on this subtext. Communication failure of this sort is a common staple of sitcom plots, where many conflicts could be resolved if the participants were capable of communicating clearly. This is something of a cliched example, but we've all had examples in real life where we said something only to have our words totally misinterpreted. For example, say you say, “I don't like fish” and the person to whom you are speaking interprets that as “I hate your cooking.” That might not have been your meaning at all, but the comment was interpreted that way. Or an office manager observes that there are budget cuts. His employees immediately interpret that as impending layoffs when in fact, the manager simply meant that the budget for office supplies and computers has been cut. Subtext provides an excellent tool for distinguishing between characters. One character might completely miss subtext in conversation, while another might imagine subtexts that aren't there at all, like with the fish comment or another character who constantly speaks in subtext and gets annoyed when people don't pick up on their subtle meanings. Hopefully these five tips will help you craft characters with distinctive voices and viewpoints. So that's it for this week. After all that talk about sandwiches, I think I might go look for lunch myself. Thanks for listening to The Pulp Writer Show. I hope you found the show useful. A reminder that you can listen to all the back episodes on https://thepulpwritershow.com, often with transcripts. If you enjoyed the podcast, please leave a review on your podcasting platform of choice. Stay safe and stay healthy and see you all next week.

Leo and Mikah tackle a wide range of tech questions from viewers, covering everything from backup strategies to AI's impact on creativity. The hosts are joined by the Home Theater Geek Scott Wilkinson, who shares an impressive DIY home theater, and travel expert Johnny Jet with essential tips for renewing your passport online and staying cool while traveling in Europe. Don't miss Leo and Mikah's thought-provoking discussion on the future of AI and human creativity! Google research paper suggests AI "breaking reality" is a feature, not a bug. The team discusses the implications. Mathematicians discover the fifth "busy beaver" number after 40 years. Leo attempts to explain this computational math milestone. Cloudflare launches tool to block AI bots from scraping websites, as 85% of Cloudflare customers want to block AI. Saudi Arabia aims to be the eSports capital of the world with a $60 million prize pool. Martin asks for advice on replacing his Drobo Mini for backing up 8 family members' computers. Leo and Mikah recommend using a NAS for network backups, Time Machine for local backups, and cloud services like Backblaze for offsite backup. Richard wonders if he needs to convert his hard drives from NTFS to APFS when moving from Windows to Mac for his large video collection. The hosts explain NTFS works fine on Mac and recommend using a Synology NAS with Plex as a centralized media server. Jeremy wants to set up cloud backup with versioning for his daughter's MacBook before she heads to college. Mikah suggests using Time Machine locally and Backblaze for cloud backup. The Home Theater Geek Scott Wilkinson showcases an impressive DIY basement home theater built for under $24K. Jim, a movie sound professional, is looking for a Windows word processor that can handle his 2000+ page book with many illustrations. The hosts caution against trying to run macOS on a PC and recommend trying LibreOffice. Matthew asks if using the Google Photos app on iPhone will create duplicates. Mikah doesn't think so but suggests running a short test. Graham wants to play Apple Podcasts on his Google Nest speakers. Leo recommends using Spotify instead since it's supported by Google speakers. Hans, a multimedia artist, shares a fascinating discussion with Leo and Mikah about AI's impact on creative jobs. While some see AI as a threat, Hans embraces it as a tool to enhance creativity. Paul troubleshoots an issue where he's not getting play-by-play audio on certain sports streams through his TV speakers, but it works through his soundbar. The hosts suggest it's likely an encoding compatibility issue with his TV. Johnny Jet shares his unfortunate tale of catching hand, foot and mouth disease right before a big trip to Europe. He offers tips on travel insurance, the risks of posting your info publicly, and renewing your passport online. Vidak from Montenegro is experiencing audio cut-outs when using his Focusrite Scarlett audio interface with his M2 MacBook Pro. Mikah suspects a software conflict and suggests troubleshooting steps to isolate the issue. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent Guests: Scott Wilkinson and Johnny Jet Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/2032 Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys Sponsor: cachefly.com/twit

Leo and Mikah tackle a wide range of tech questions from viewers, covering everything from backup strategies to AI's impact on creativity. The hosts are joined by the Home Theater Geek Scott Wilkinson, who shares an impressive DIY home theater, and travel expert Johnny Jet with essential tips for renewing your passport online and staying cool while traveling in Europe. Don't miss Leo and Mikah's thought-provoking discussion on the future of AI and human creativity! Google research paper suggests AI "breaking reality" is a feature, not a bug. The team discusses the implications. Mathematicians discover the fifth "busy beaver" number after 40 years. Leo attempts to explain this computational math milestone. Cloudflare launches tool to block AI bots from scraping websites, as 85% of Cloudflare customers want to block AI. Saudi Arabia aims to be the eSports capital of the world with a $60 million prize pool. Martin asks for advice on replacing his Drobo Mini for backing up 8 family members' computers. Leo and Mikah recommend using a NAS for network backups, Time Machine for local backups, and cloud services like Backblaze for offsite backup. Richard wonders if he needs to convert his hard drives from NTFS to APFS when moving from Windows to Mac for his large video collection. The hosts explain NTFS works fine on Mac and recommend using a Synology NAS with Plex as a centralized media server. Jeremy wants to set up cloud backup with versioning for his daughter's MacBook before she heads to college. Mikah suggests using Time Machine locally and Backblaze for cloud backup. The Home Theater Geek Scott Wilkinson showcases an impressive DIY basement home theater built for under $24K. Jim, a movie sound professional, is looking for a Windows word processor that can handle his 2000+ page book with many illustrations. The hosts caution against trying to run macOS on a PC and recommend trying LibreOffice. Matthew asks if using the Google Photos app on iPhone will create duplicates. Mikah doesn't think so but suggests running a short test. Graham wants to play Apple Podcasts on his Google Nest speakers. Leo recommends using Spotify instead since it's supported by Google speakers. Hans, a multimedia artist, shares a fascinating discussion with Leo and Mikah about AI's impact on creative jobs. While some see AI as a threat, Hans embraces it as a tool to enhance creativity. Paul troubleshoots an issue where he's not getting play-by-play audio on certain sports streams through his TV speakers, but it works through his soundbar. The hosts suggest it's likely an encoding compatibility issue with his TV. Johnny Jet shares his unfortunate tale of catching hand, foot and mouth disease right before a big trip to Europe. He offers tips on travel insurance, the risks of posting your info publicly, and renewing your passport online. Vidak from Montenegro is experiencing audio cut-outs when using his Focusrite Scarlett audio interface with his M2 MacBook Pro. Mikah suspects a software conflict and suggests troubleshooting steps to isolate the issue. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent Guests: Scott Wilkinson and Johnny Jet Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/2032 Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys Sponsor: cachefly.com/twit

Leo and Mikah tackle a wide range of tech questions from viewers, covering everything from backup strategies to AI's impact on creativity. The hosts are joined by the Home Theater Geek Scott Wilkinson, who shares an impressive DIY home theater, and travel expert Johnny Jet with essential tips for renewing your passport online and staying cool while traveling in Europe. Don't miss Leo and Mikah's thought-provoking discussion on the future of AI and human creativity! Google research paper suggests AI "breaking reality" is a feature, not a bug. The team discusses the implications. Mathematicians discover the fifth "busy beaver" number after 40 years. Leo attempts to explain this computational math milestone. Cloudflare launches tool to block AI bots from scraping websites, as 85% of Cloudflare customers want to block AI. Saudi Arabia aims to be the eSports capital of the world with a $60 million prize pool. Martin asks for advice on replacing his Drobo Mini for backing up 8 family members' computers. Leo and Mikah recommend using a NAS for network backups, Time Machine for local backups, and cloud services like Backblaze for offsite backup. Richard wonders if he needs to convert his hard drives from NTFS to APFS when moving from Windows to Mac for his large video collection. The hosts explain NTFS works fine on Mac and recommend using a Synology NAS with Plex as a centralized media server. Jeremy wants to set up cloud backup with versioning for his daughter's MacBook before she heads to college. Mikah suggests using Time Machine locally and Backblaze for cloud backup. The Home Theater Geek Scott Wilkinson showcases an impressive DIY basement home theater built for under $24K. Jim, a movie sound professional, is looking for a Windows word processor that can handle his 2000+ page book with many illustrations. The hosts caution against trying to run macOS on a PC and recommend trying LibreOffice. Matthew asks if using the Google Photos app on iPhone will create duplicates. Mikah doesn't think so but suggests running a short test. Graham wants to play Apple Podcasts on his Google Nest speakers. Leo recommends using Spotify instead since it's supported by Google speakers. Hans, a multimedia artist, shares a fascinating discussion with Leo and Mikah about AI's impact on creative jobs. While some see AI as a threat, Hans embraces it as a tool to enhance creativity. Paul troubleshoots an issue where he's not getting play-by-play audio on certain sports streams through his TV speakers, but it works through his soundbar. The hosts suggest it's likely an encoding compatibility issue with his TV. Johnny Jet shares his unfortunate tale of catching hand, foot and mouth disease right before a big trip to Europe. He offers tips on travel insurance, the risks of posting your info publicly, and renewing your passport online. Vidak from Montenegro is experiencing audio cut-outs when using his Focusrite Scarlett audio interface with his M2 MacBook Pro. Mikah suspects a software conflict and suggests troubleshooting steps to isolate the issue. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent Guests: Scott Wilkinson and Johnny Jet Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/2032 Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys Sponsor: cachefly.com/twit

Leo and Mikah tackle a wide range of tech questions from viewers, covering everything from backup strategies to AI's impact on creativity. The hosts are joined by the Home Theater Geek Scott Wilkinson, who shares an impressive DIY home theater, and travel expert Johnny Jet with essential tips for renewing your passport online and staying cool while traveling in Europe. Don't miss Leo and Mikah's thought-provoking discussion on the future of AI and human creativity! Google research paper suggests AI "breaking reality" is a feature, not a bug. The team discusses the implications. Mathematicians discover the fifth "busy beaver" number after 40 years. Leo attempts to explain this computational math milestone. Cloudflare launches tool to block AI bots from scraping websites, as 85% of Cloudflare customers want to block AI. Saudi Arabia aims to be the eSports capital of the world with a $60 million prize pool. Martin asks for advice on replacing his Drobo Mini for backing up 8 family members' computers. Leo and Mikah recommend using a NAS for network backups, Time Machine for local backups, and cloud services like Backblaze for offsite backup. Richard wonders if he needs to convert his hard drives from NTFS to APFS when moving from Windows to Mac for his large video collection. The hosts explain NTFS works fine on Mac and recommend using a Synology NAS with Plex as a centralized media server. Jeremy wants to set up cloud backup with versioning for his daughter's MacBook before she heads to college. Mikah suggests using Time Machine locally and Backblaze for cloud backup. The Home Theater Geek Scott Wilkinson showcases an impressive DIY basement home theater built for under $24K. Jim, a movie sound professional, is looking for a Windows word processor that can handle his 2000+ page book with many illustrations. The hosts caution against trying to run macOS on a PC and recommend trying LibreOffice. Matthew asks if using the Google Photos app on iPhone will create duplicates. Mikah doesn't think so but suggests running a short test. Graham wants to play Apple Podcasts on his Google Nest speakers. Leo recommends using Spotify instead since it's supported by Google speakers. Hans, a multimedia artist, shares a fascinating discussion with Leo and Mikah about AI's impact on creative jobs. While some see AI as a threat, Hans embraces it as a tool to enhance creativity. Paul troubleshoots an issue where he's not getting play-by-play audio on certain sports streams through his TV speakers, but it works through his soundbar. The hosts suggest it's likely an encoding compatibility issue with his TV. Johnny Jet shares his unfortunate tale of catching hand, foot and mouth disease right before a big trip to Europe. He offers tips on travel insurance, the risks of posting your info publicly, and renewing your passport online. Vidak from Montenegro is experiencing audio cut-outs when using his Focusrite Scarlett audio interface with his M2 MacBook Pro. Mikah suspects a software conflict and suggests troubleshooting steps to isolate the issue. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent Guests: Scott Wilkinson and Johnny Jet Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/2032 Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys Sponsor: cachefly.com/twit

Leo and Mikah tackle a wide range of tech questions from viewers, covering everything from backup strategies to AI's impact on creativity. The hosts are joined by the Home Theater Geek Scott Wilkinson, who shares an impressive DIY home theater, and travel expert Johnny Jet with essential tips for renewing your passport online and staying cool while traveling in Europe. Don't miss Leo and Mikah's thought-provoking discussion on the future of AI and human creativity! Google research paper suggests AI "breaking reality" is a feature, not a bug. The team discusses the implications. Mathematicians discover the fifth "busy beaver" number after 40 years. Leo attempts to explain this computational math milestone. Cloudflare launches tool to block AI bots from scraping websites, as 85% of Cloudflare customers want to block AI. Saudi Arabia aims to be the eSports capital of the world with a $60 million prize pool. Martin asks for advice on replacing his Drobo Mini for backing up 8 family members' computers. Leo and Mikah recommend using a NAS for network backups, Time Machine for local backups, and cloud services like Backblaze for offsite backup. Richard wonders if he needs to convert his hard drives from NTFS to APFS when moving from Windows to Mac for his large video collection. The hosts explain NTFS works fine on Mac and recommend using a Synology NAS with Plex as a centralized media server. Jeremy wants to set up cloud backup with versioning for his daughter's MacBook before she heads to college. Mikah suggests using Time Machine locally and Backblaze for cloud backup. The Home Theater Geek Scott Wilkinson showcases an impressive DIY basement home theater built for under $24K. Jim, a movie sound professional, is looking for a Windows word processor that can handle his 2000+ page book with many illustrations. The hosts caution against trying to run macOS on a PC and recommend trying LibreOffice. Matthew asks if using the Google Photos app on iPhone will create duplicates. Mikah doesn't think so but suggests running a short test. Graham wants to play Apple Podcasts on his Google Nest speakers. Leo recommends using Spotify instead since it's supported by Google speakers. Hans, a multimedia artist, shares a fascinating discussion with Leo and Mikah about AI's impact on creative jobs. While some see AI as a threat, Hans embraces it as a tool to enhance creativity. Paul troubleshoots an issue where he's not getting play-by-play audio on certain sports streams through his TV speakers, but it works through his soundbar. The hosts suggest it's likely an encoding compatibility issue with his TV. Johnny Jet shares his unfortunate tale of catching hand, foot and mouth disease right before a big trip to Europe. He offers tips on travel insurance, the risks of posting your info publicly, and renewing your passport online. Vidak from Montenegro is experiencing audio cut-outs when using his Focusrite Scarlett audio interface with his M2 MacBook Pro. Mikah suspects a software conflict and suggests troubleshooting steps to isolate the issue. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent Guests: Scott Wilkinson and Johnny Jet Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/2032 Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys Sponsor: cachefly.com/twit

Leo and Mikah tackle a wide range of tech questions from viewers, covering everything from backup strategies to AI's impact on creativity. The hosts are joined by the Home Theater Geek Scott Wilkinson, who shares an impressive DIY home theater, and travel expert Johnny Jet with essential tips for renewing your passport online and staying cool while traveling in Europe. Don't miss Leo and Mikah's thought-provoking discussion on the future of AI and human creativity! Google research paper suggests AI "breaking reality" is a feature, not a bug. The team discusses the implications. Mathematicians discover the fifth "busy beaver" number after 40 years. Leo attempts to explain this computational math milestone. Cloudflare launches tool to block AI bots from scraping websites, as 85% of Cloudflare customers want to block AI. Saudi Arabia aims to be the eSports capital of the world with a $60 million prize pool. Martin asks for advice on replacing his Drobo Mini for backing up 8 family members' computers. Leo and Mikah recommend using a NAS for network backups, Time Machine for local backups, and cloud services like Backblaze for offsite backup. Richard wonders if he needs to convert his hard drives from NTFS to APFS when moving from Windows to Mac for his large video collection. The hosts explain NTFS works fine on Mac and recommend using a Synology NAS with Plex as a centralized media server. Jeremy wants to set up cloud backup with versioning for his daughter's MacBook before she heads to college. Mikah suggests using Time Machine locally and Backblaze for cloud backup. The Home Theater Geek Scott Wilkinson showcases an impressive DIY basement home theater built for under $24K. Jim, a movie sound professional, is looking for a Windows word processor that can handle his 2000+ page book with many illustrations. The hosts caution against trying to run macOS on a PC and recommend trying LibreOffice. Matthew asks if using the Google Photos app on iPhone will create duplicates. Mikah doesn't think so but suggests running a short test. Graham wants to play Apple Podcasts on his Google Nest speakers. Leo recommends using Spotify instead since it's supported by Google speakers. Hans, a multimedia artist, shares a fascinating discussion with Leo and Mikah about AI's impact on creative jobs. While some see AI as a threat, Hans embraces it as a tool to enhance creativity. Paul troubleshoots an issue where he's not getting play-by-play audio on certain sports streams through his TV speakers, but it works through his soundbar. The hosts suggest it's likely an encoding compatibility issue with his TV. Johnny Jet shares his unfortunate tale of catching hand, foot and mouth disease right before a big trip to Europe. He offers tips on travel insurance, the risks of posting your info publicly, and renewing your passport online. Vidak from Montenegro is experiencing audio cut-outs when using his Focusrite Scarlett audio interface with his M2 MacBook Pro. Mikah suspects a software conflict and suggests troubleshooting steps to isolate the issue. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent Guests: Scott Wilkinson and Johnny Jet Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/2032 Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/all-twittv-shows Sponsor: cachefly.com/twit

Leo and Mikah tackle a wide range of tech questions from viewers, covering everything from backup strategies to AI's impact on creativity. The hosts are joined by the Home Theater Geek Scott Wilkinson, who shares an impressive DIY home theater, and travel expert Johnny Jet with essential tips for renewing your passport online and staying cool while traveling in Europe. Don't miss Leo and Mikah's thought-provoking discussion on the future of AI and human creativity! Google research paper suggests AI "breaking reality" is a feature, not a bug. The team discusses the implications. Mathematicians discover the fifth "busy beaver" number after 40 years. Leo attempts to explain this computational math milestone. Cloudflare launches tool to block AI bots from scraping websites, as 85% of Cloudflare customers want to block AI. Saudi Arabia aims to be the eSports capital of the world with a $60 million prize pool. Martin asks for advice on replacing his Drobo Mini for backing up 8 family members' computers. Leo and Mikah recommend using a NAS for network backups, Time Machine for local backups, and cloud services like Backblaze for offsite backup. Richard wonders if he needs to convert his hard drives from NTFS to APFS when moving from Windows to Mac for his large video collection. The hosts explain NTFS works fine on Mac and recommend using a Synology NAS with Plex as a centralized media server. Jeremy wants to set up cloud backup with versioning for his daughter's MacBook before she heads to college. Mikah suggests using Time Machine locally and Backblaze for cloud backup. The Home Theater Geek Scott Wilkinson showcases an impressive DIY basement home theater built for under $24K. Jim, a movie sound professional, is looking for a Windows word processor that can handle his 2000+ page book with many illustrations. The hosts caution against trying to run macOS on a PC and recommend trying LibreOffice. Matthew asks if using the Google Photos app on iPhone will create duplicates. Mikah doesn't think so but suggests running a short test. Graham wants to play Apple Podcasts on his Google Nest speakers. Leo recommends using Spotify instead since it's supported by Google speakers. Hans, a multimedia artist, shares a fascinating discussion with Leo and Mikah about AI's impact on creative jobs. While some see AI as a threat, Hans embraces it as a tool to enhance creativity. Paul troubleshoots an issue where he's not getting play-by-play audio on certain sports streams through his TV speakers, but it works through his soundbar. The hosts suggest it's likely an encoding compatibility issue with his TV. Johnny Jet shares his unfortunate tale of catching hand, foot and mouth disease right before a big trip to Europe. He offers tips on travel insurance, the risks of posting your info publicly, and renewing your passport online. Vidak from Montenegro is experiencing audio cut-outs when using his Focusrite Scarlett audio interface with his M2 MacBook Pro. Mikah suspects a software conflict and suggests troubleshooting steps to isolate the issue. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent Guests: Scott Wilkinson and Johnny Jet Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/2032 Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo Sponsor: cachefly.com/twit

Leo and Mikah tackle a wide range of tech questions from viewers, covering everything from backup strategies to AI's impact on creativity. The hosts are joined by the Home Theater Geek Scott Wilkinson, who shares an impressive DIY home theater, and travel expert Johnny Jet with essential tips for renewing your passport online and staying cool while traveling in Europe. Don't miss Leo and Mikah's thought-provoking discussion on the future of AI and human creativity! Google research paper suggests AI "breaking reality" is a feature, not a bug. The team discusses the implications. Mathematicians discover the fifth "busy beaver" number after 40 years. Leo attempts to explain this computational math milestone. Cloudflare launches tool to block AI bots from scraping websites, as 85% of Cloudflare customers want to block AI. Saudi Arabia aims to be the eSports capital of the world with a $60 million prize pool. Martin asks for advice on replacing his Drobo Mini for backing up 8 family members' computers. Leo and Mikah recommend using a NAS for network backups, Time Machine for local backups, and cloud services like Backblaze for offsite backup. Richard wonders if he needs to convert his hard drives from NTFS to APFS when moving from Windows to Mac for his large video collection. The hosts explain NTFS works fine on Mac and recommend using a Synology NAS with Plex as a centralized media server. Jeremy wants to set up cloud backup with versioning for his daughter's MacBook before she heads to college. Mikah suggests using Time Machine locally and Backblaze for cloud backup. The Home Theater Geek Scott Wilkinson showcases an impressive DIY basement home theater built for under $24K. Jim, a movie sound professional, is looking for a Windows word processor that can handle his 2000+ page book with many illustrations. The hosts caution against trying to run macOS on a PC and recommend trying LibreOffice. Matthew asks if using the Google Photos app on iPhone will create duplicates. Mikah doesn't think so but suggests running a short test. Graham wants to play Apple Podcasts on his Google Nest speakers. Leo recommends using Spotify instead since it's supported by Google speakers. Hans, a multimedia artist, shares a fascinating discussion with Leo and Mikah about AI's impact on creative jobs. While some see AI as a threat, Hans embraces it as a tool to enhance creativity. Paul troubleshoots an issue where he's not getting play-by-play audio on certain sports streams through his TV speakers, but it works through his soundbar. The hosts suggest it's likely an encoding compatibility issue with his TV. Johnny Jet shares his unfortunate tale of catching hand, foot and mouth disease right before a big trip to Europe. He offers tips on travel insurance, the risks of posting your info publicly, and renewing your passport online. Vidak from Montenegro is experiencing audio cut-outs when using his Focusrite Scarlett audio interface with his M2 MacBook Pro. Mikah suspects a software conflict and suggests troubleshooting steps to isolate the issue. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent Guests: Scott Wilkinson and Johnny Jet Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/2032 Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/all-twittv-shows Sponsor: cachefly.com/twit

Leo and Mikah tackle a wide range of tech questions from viewers, covering everything from backup strategies to AI's impact on creativity. The hosts are joined by the Home Theater Geek Scott Wilkinson, who shares an impressive DIY home theater, and travel expert Johnny Jet with essential tips for renewing your passport online and staying cool while traveling in Europe. Don't miss Leo and Mikah's thought-provoking discussion on the future of AI and human creativity! Google research paper suggests AI "breaking reality" is a feature, not a bug. The team discusses the implications. Mathematicians discover the fifth "busy beaver" number after 40 years. Leo attempts to explain this computational math milestone. Cloudflare launches tool to block AI bots from scraping websites, as 85% of Cloudflare customers want to block AI. Saudi Arabia aims to be the eSports capital of the world with a $60 million prize pool. Martin asks for advice on replacing his Drobo Mini for backing up 8 family members' computers. Leo and Mikah recommend using a NAS for network backups, Time Machine for local backups, and cloud services like Backblaze for offsite backup. Richard wonders if he needs to convert his hard drives from NTFS to APFS when moving from Windows to Mac for his large video collection. The hosts explain NTFS works fine on Mac and recommend using a Synology NAS with Plex as a centralized media server. Jeremy wants to set up cloud backup with versioning for his daughter's MacBook before she heads to college. Mikah suggests using Time Machine locally and Backblaze for cloud backup. The Home Theater Geek Scott Wilkinson showcases an impressive DIY basement home theater built for under $24K. Jim, a movie sound professional, is looking for a Windows word processor that can handle his 2000+ page book with many illustrations. The hosts caution against trying to run macOS on a PC and recommend trying LibreOffice. Matthew asks if using the Google Photos app on iPhone will create duplicates. Mikah doesn't think so but suggests running a short test. Graham wants to play Apple Podcasts on his Google Nest speakers. Leo recommends using Spotify instead since it's supported by Google speakers. Hans, a multimedia artist, shares a fascinating discussion with Leo and Mikah about AI's impact on creative jobs. While some see AI as a threat, Hans embraces it as a tool to enhance creativity. Paul troubleshoots an issue where he's not getting play-by-play audio on certain sports streams through his TV speakers, but it works through his soundbar. The hosts suggest it's likely an encoding compatibility issue with his TV. Johnny Jet shares his unfortunate tale of catching hand, foot and mouth disease right before a big trip to Europe. He offers tips on travel insurance, the risks of posting your info publicly, and renewing your passport online. Vidak from Montenegro is experiencing audio cut-outs when using his Focusrite Scarlett audio interface with his M2 MacBook Pro. Mikah suspects a software conflict and suggests troubleshooting steps to isolate the issue. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent Guests: Scott Wilkinson and Johnny Jet Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/2032 Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-mikah Sponsor: cachefly.com/twit

Leo and Mikah tackle a wide range of tech questions from viewers, covering everything from backup strategies to AI's impact on creativity. The hosts are joined by the Home Theater Geek Scott Wilkinson, who shares an impressive DIY home theater, and travel expert Johnny Jet with essential tips for renewing your passport online and staying cool while traveling in Europe. Don't miss Leo and Mikah's thought-provoking discussion on the future of AI and human creativity! Google research paper suggests AI "breaking reality" is a feature, not a bug. The team discusses the implications. Mathematicians discover the fifth "busy beaver" number after 40 years. Leo attempts to explain this computational math milestone. Cloudflare launches tool to block AI bots from scraping websites, as 85% of Cloudflare customers want to block AI. Saudi Arabia aims to be the eSports capital of the world with a $60 million prize pool. Martin asks for advice on replacing his Drobo Mini for backing up 8 family members' computers. Leo and Mikah recommend using a NAS for network backups, Time Machine for local backups, and cloud services like Backblaze for offsite backup. Richard wonders if he needs to convert his hard drives from NTFS to APFS when moving from Windows to Mac for his large video collection. The hosts explain NTFS works fine on Mac and recommend using a Synology NAS with Plex as a centralized media server. Jeremy wants to set up cloud backup with versioning for his daughter's MacBook before she heads to college. Mikah suggests using Time Machine locally and Backblaze for cloud backup. The Home Theater Geek Scott Wilkinson showcases an impressive DIY basement home theater built for under $24K. Jim, a movie sound professional, is looking for a Windows word processor that can handle his 2000+ page book with many illustrations. The hosts caution against trying to run macOS on a PC and recommend trying LibreOffice. Matthew asks if using the Google Photos app on iPhone will create duplicates. Mikah doesn't think so but suggests running a short test. Graham wants to play Apple Podcasts on his Google Nest speakers. Leo recommends using Spotify instead since it's supported by Google speakers. Hans, a multimedia artist, shares a fascinating discussion with Leo and Mikah about AI's impact on creative jobs. While some see AI as a threat, Hans embraces it as a tool to enhance creativity. Paul troubleshoots an issue where he's not getting play-by-play audio on certain sports streams through his TV speakers, but it works through his soundbar. The hosts suggest it's likely an encoding compatibility issue with his TV. Johnny Jet shares his unfortunate tale of catching hand, foot and mouth disease right before a big trip to Europe. He offers tips on travel insurance, the risks of posting your info publicly, and renewing your passport online. Vidak from Montenegro is experiencing audio cut-outs when using his Focusrite Scarlett audio interface with his M2 MacBook Pro. Mikah suspects a software conflict and suggests troubleshooting steps to isolate the issue. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent Guests: Scott Wilkinson and Johnny Jet Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/2032 Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-leo Sponsor: cachefly.com/twit

Leo and Mikah tackle a wide range of tech questions from viewers, covering everything from backup strategies to AI's impact on creativity. The hosts are joined by the Home Theater Geek Scott Wilkinson, who shares an impressive DIY home theater, and travel expert Johnny Jet with essential tips for renewing your passport online and staying cool while traveling in Europe. Don't miss Leo and Mikah's thought-provoking discussion on the future of AI and human creativity! Google research paper suggests AI "breaking reality" is a feature, not a bug. The team discusses the implications. Mathematicians discover the fifth "busy beaver" number after 40 years. Leo attempts to explain this computational math milestone. Cloudflare launches tool to block AI bots from scraping websites, as 85% of Cloudflare customers want to block AI. Saudi Arabia aims to be the eSports capital of the world with a $60 million prize pool. Martin asks for advice on replacing his Drobo Mini for backing up 8 family members' computers. Leo and Mikah recommend using a NAS for network backups, Time Machine for local backups, and cloud services like Backblaze for offsite backup. Richard wonders if he needs to convert his hard drives from NTFS to APFS when moving from Windows to Mac for his large video collection. The hosts explain NTFS works fine on Mac and recommend using a Synology NAS with Plex as a centralized media server. Jeremy wants to set up cloud backup with versioning for his daughter's MacBook before she heads to college. Mikah suggests using Time Machine locally and Backblaze for cloud backup. The Home Theater Geek Scott Wilkinson showcases an impressive DIY basement home theater built for under $24K. Jim, a movie sound professional, is looking for a Windows word processor that can handle his 2000+ page book with many illustrations. The hosts caution against trying to run macOS on a PC and recommend trying LibreOffice. Matthew asks if using the Google Photos app on iPhone will create duplicates. Mikah doesn't think so but suggests running a short test. Graham wants to play Apple Podcasts on his Google Nest speakers. Leo recommends using Spotify instead since it's supported by Google speakers. Hans, a multimedia artist, shares a fascinating discussion with Leo and Mikah about AI's impact on creative jobs. While some see AI as a threat, Hans embraces it as a tool to enhance creativity. Paul troubleshoots an issue where he's not getting play-by-play audio on certain sports streams through his TV speakers, but it works through his soundbar. The hosts suggest it's likely an encoding compatibility issue with his TV. Johnny Jet shares his unfortunate tale of catching hand, foot and mouth disease right before a big trip to Europe. He offers tips on travel insurance, the risks of posting your info publicly, and renewing your passport online. Vidak from Montenegro is experiencing audio cut-outs when using his Focusrite Scarlett audio interface with his M2 MacBook Pro. Mikah suspects a software conflict and suggests troubleshooting steps to isolate the issue. Hosts: Leo Laporte and Mikah Sargent Guests: Scott Wilkinson and Johnny Jet Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Show notes and links for this episode are available at: https://twit.tv/shows/ask-the-tech-guys/episodes/2032 Download or subscribe to this show at: https://twit.tv/shows/total-mikah Sponsor: cachefly.com/twit

The team discusses growing security concerns over Microsoft's new Windows Recall feature, a storm in a toothmug over Oral B's discontinued smart bathroom products, and Intel and AMD's latest salvoes in the unfolding TOPS war. As sometimes happens, our Hot Hardware candidate is actually a piece of software, namely the latest release of the free LibreOffice suite.

It's an exciting week, as Ubuntu 24.04 is in Beta, Gentoo is moving, and Explicit Sync is landing. Now what about x86-64_v5? And why does Mesa support CPU raytracing rendering? Then for tips we have CPU Controller, Turbostat, and dnf and apt spring cleaning. See the show notes at https://bit.ly/3xIbNMQ And happy Linuxing! Host: Jonathan Bennett Co-Hosts: Rob Campbell, Ken McDonald, and Jeff Massie Want access to the video version and exclusive features? Become a member of Club TWiT today! https://twit.tv/clubtwit Club TWiT members can discuss this episode and leave feedback in the Club TWiT Discord.

CISCA Slammed for lax security culture, Update your Pixel phone!,  FCC to vote on reinstating Net Neutrality….again, Jeff from SC asks about laptops for Vets services, German state ditches Microsoft for LibreOffice, What do I do to cut the cable? Crypto Scams are the kings of scams.

This week, Paul, Richard, and Leo unpack the twice-delayed unveiling of Moment 5 for Windows 11 and the long list of small features it brings to users, alongside whispers of new Surface devices on the horizon. Plus, they dissect the implications of Elon Musk's critical eye on OpenAI and the captivating prospect of upscaling classic adventure games via DirectSR. "Moment 5" Moment 5 is here. Sort of. In preview. Well, some features This was supposed to happen before last week's Windows Weekly, but the announcement was delayed twice Windows 11 Microsoft quietly reveals that it is killing the Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA), triggering two reactions: "Who cares?" and "Why?" Beta: Controversial new mouse hover experience for Copilot Dell had double-digit revenue declines in Q4, all of 2024 HP revenues fell 4.8 percent in Q1 Surface Rumor: Microsoft to launch Surface Pro 10 and Laptop 6 soon, with both Intel Core Ultra and Snapdragon X Elite variants AI Microsoft engineer continues to raise disturbing issues with Copilot Microsoft Edge picks up two new AI features: Video highlights and screenshot integration Copilot is coming to OneDrive (commercial) and Microsoft 365 mobile app Microsoft announces Copilot for Finance Microsoft files motion to dismiss parts of the NYT's copyright suite, compares AI to a Betamax machine. Maybe not the smartest comparison Elon Musk sues OpenAI because something something ChatGPT picks up a Read Aloud feature. Is there anything AI can't do?? Anthropic announces a three-tier Claude 3 family of LLMs with the usual claims Apple releases the M3-based MacBook Air. Or should we call it the MacBook AIr? Brave brings Leo AI to Android app Xbox Microsoft comes clean on DirectSR, will say more soon Xbox Partner Preview event today - Final Fantasy XIV, STALKER Original Trilogy, more announced MLB The Show 24, more come to Xbox Game Pass in March Linux exceeds 4 percent usage share for the first time. Is this the "SteamDeck" effect? Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Twitter user? Disable this new feature immediately App picks of the week: LibreOffice, Vivaldi, Anytype RunAs Radio this week: Upgrading TLS with Scott Helme Brown liquor pick of the week: Hornitos Black Barrel Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsor: kolide.com/ww

This week, Paul, Richard, and Leo unpack the twice-delayed unveiling of Moment 5 for Windows 11 and the long list of small features it brings to users, alongside whispers of new Surface devices on the horizon. Plus, they dissect the implications of Elon Musk's critical eye on OpenAI and the captivating prospect of upscaling classic adventure games via DirectSR. "Moment 5" Moment 5 is here. Sort of. In preview. Well, some features This was supposed to happen before last week's Windows Weekly, but the announcement was delayed twice Windows 11 Microsoft quietly reveals that it is killing the Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA), triggering two reactions: "Who cares?" and "Why?" Beta: Controversial new mouse hover experience for Copilot Dell had double-digit revenue declines in Q4, all of 2024 HP revenues fell 4.8 percent in Q1 Surface Rumor: Microsoft to launch Surface Pro 10 and Laptop 6 soon, with both Intel Core Ultra and Snapdragon X Elite variants AI Microsoft engineer continues to raise disturbing issues with Copilot Microsoft Edge picks up two new AI features: Video highlights and screenshot integration Copilot is coming to OneDrive (commercial) and Microsoft 365 mobile app Microsoft announces Copilot for Finance Microsoft files motion to dismiss parts of the NYT's copyright suite, compares AI to a Betamax machine. Maybe not the smartest comparison Elon Musk sues OpenAI because something something ChatGPT picks up a Read Aloud feature. Is there anything AI can't do?? Anthropic announces a three-tier Claude 3 family of LLMs with the usual claims Apple releases the M3-based MacBook Air. Or should we call it the MacBook AIr? Brave brings Leo AI to Android app Xbox Microsoft comes clean on DirectSR, will say more soon Xbox Partner Preview event today - Final Fantasy XIV, STALKER Original Trilogy, more announced MLB The Show 24, more come to Xbox Game Pass in March Linux exceeds 4 percent usage share for the first time. Is this the "SteamDeck" effect? Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Twitter user? Disable this new feature immediately App picks of the week: LibreOffice, Vivaldi, Anytype RunAs Radio this week: Upgrading TLS with Scott Helme Brown liquor pick of the week: Hornitos Black Barrel Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsor: kolide.com/ww

This week, Paul, Richard, and Leo unpack the twice-delayed unveiling of Moment 5 for Windows 11 and the long list of small features it brings to users, alongside whispers of new Surface devices on the horizon. Plus, they dissect the implications of Elon Musk's critical eye on OpenAI and the captivating prospect of upscaling classic adventure games via DirectSR. "Moment 5" Moment 5 is here. Sort of. In preview. Well, some features This was supposed to happen before last week's Windows Weekly, but the announcement was delayed twice Windows 11 Microsoft quietly reveals that it is killing the Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA), triggering two reactions: "Who cares?" and "Why?" Beta: Controversial new mouse hover experience for Copilot Dell had double-digit revenue declines in Q4, all of 2024 HP revenues fell 4.8 percent in Q1 Surface Rumor: Microsoft to launch Surface Pro 10 and Laptop 6 soon, with both Intel Core Ultra and Snapdragon X Elite variants AI Microsoft engineer continues to raise disturbing issues with Copilot Microsoft Edge picks up two new AI features: Video highlights and screenshot integration Copilot is coming to OneDrive (commercial) and Microsoft 365 mobile app Microsoft announces Copilot for Finance Microsoft files motion to dismiss parts of the NYT's copyright suite, compares AI to a Betamax machine. Maybe not the smartest comparison Elon Musk sues OpenAI because something something ChatGPT picks up a Read Aloud feature. Is there anything AI can't do?? Anthropic announces a three-tier Claude 3 family of LLMs with the usual claims Apple releases the M3-based MacBook Air. Or should we call it the MacBook AIr? Brave brings Leo AI to Android app Xbox Microsoft comes clean on DirectSR, will say more soon Xbox Partner Preview event today - Final Fantasy XIV, STALKER Original Trilogy, more announced MLB The Show 24, more come to Xbox Game Pass in March Linux exceeds 4 percent usage share for the first time. Is this the "SteamDeck" effect? Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Twitter user? Disable this new feature immediately App picks of the week: LibreOffice, Vivaldi, Anytype RunAs Radio this week: Upgrading TLS with Scott Helme Brown liquor pick of the week: Hornitos Black Barrel Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsor: kolide.com/ww

This week, Paul, Richard, and Leo unpack the twice-delayed unveiling of Moment 5 for Windows 11 and the long list of small features it brings to users, alongside whispers of new Surface devices on the horizon. Plus, they dissect the implications of Elon Musk's critical eye on OpenAI and the captivating prospect of upscaling classic adventure games via DirectSR. "Moment 5" Moment 5 is here. Sort of. In preview. Well, some features This was supposed to happen before last week's Windows Weekly, but the announcement was delayed twice Windows 11 Microsoft quietly reveals that it is killing the Windows Subsystem for Android (WSA), triggering two reactions: "Who cares?" and "Why?" Beta: Controversial new mouse hover experience for Copilot Dell had double-digit revenue declines in Q4, all of 2024 HP revenues fell 4.8 percent in Q1 Surface Rumor: Microsoft to launch Surface Pro 10 and Laptop 6 soon, with both Intel Core Ultra and Snapdragon X Elite variants AI Microsoft engineer continues to raise disturbing issues with Copilot Microsoft Edge picks up two new AI features: Video highlights and screenshot integration Copilot is coming to OneDrive (commercial) and Microsoft 365 mobile app Microsoft announces Copilot for Finance Microsoft files motion to dismiss parts of the NYT's copyright suite, compares AI to a Betamax machine. Maybe not the smartest comparison Elon Musk sues OpenAI because something something ChatGPT picks up a Read Aloud feature. Is there anything AI can't do?? Anthropic announces a three-tier Claude 3 family of LLMs with the usual claims Apple releases the M3-based MacBook Air. Or should we call it the MacBook AIr? Brave brings Leo AI to Android app Xbox Microsoft comes clean on DirectSR, will say more soon Xbox Partner Preview event today - Final Fantasy XIV, STALKER Original Trilogy, more announced MLB The Show 24, more come to Xbox Game Pass in March Linux exceeds 4 percent usage share for the first time. Is this the "SteamDeck" effect? Tips and Picks Tip of the week: Twitter user? Disable this new feature immediately App picks of the week: LibreOffice, Vivaldi, Anytype RunAs Radio this week: Upgrading TLS with Scott Helme Brown liquor pick of the week: Hornitos Black Barrel Hosts: Leo Laporte, Paul Thurrott, and Richard Campbell Download or subscribe to this show at https://twit.tv/shows/windows-weekly Get episodes ad-free with Club TWiT at https://twit.tv/clubtwit Check out Paul's blog at thurrott.com The Windows Weekly theme music is courtesy of Carl Franklin. Sponsor: kolide.com/ww

Ajit Pai, the former Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission joins Noah and Steve to discuss regulation at the federal level and how we best frame our laws to promote innovation and the freedom of the internet. -- During The Show -- 00:58 Noah Helps Son's Friend Buys bits at a time Went Linux vs $200 Windows Walked him through all the steps Made a recovery script 03:20 Glenn From The Geek Lab Switched away from Mail in a Box Went to Mailcow Your experience with blacklists? 04:48 Penguin From The Geek Lab Bunny CDN? Open Source going strong Open source friendly options Why you may need a CDN 06:27 Mobile Operating Systems Many devices still need android drivers Sailfish OS Incremental improvements still being made 07:50 Inventree Inventree (https://inventree.org/) Divides purchasing and selling Manage Suppliers BOM Management 08:58 News Wire GNU C Library 2.39 - Source Ware (https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/2024-January/154363.html) Helium OS Public Alpha - Helium OS (https://www.heliumos.org/blog/post/the-first-alpha-version-of-heliumos-10-is-publicly/) OnlyOffice - Only Office (https://www.onlyoffice.com/blog/2024/01/onlyoffice-docs-8-0-released) LibreOffice 24.2 - Document Foundation (https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/24.2) Scribus 1.6 - Scribus (https://www.scribus.net/scribus-1-6-0-released/) Mesa 24.0 - Freedesktop.org (https://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/mesa-dev/2024-February/226138.html) Ubuntu 24.04 & Linux 6.8 - OMG Ubuntu (https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/02/ubuntu-24-04-linux-kernel-6-8-likely) KaOS Linux 2024.01 - 9 to 5 Linux (https://9to5linux.com/kaos-linux-2024-01-released-with-a-pure-kde-plasma-6-based-environment) Nitrux 3.3 - NXOS (https://nxos.org/changelog/release-announcement-nitrux-3-3-0/) SUDO on Windows Server - Bleeping Computer (https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-is-bringing-the-linux-sudo-command-to-windows-server/) PKL Programing Language - Tech Radar (https://www.techradar.com/pro/apple-just-launched-a-new-open-source-programming-language) Glibc Flaw - The Hacker News (https://thehackernews.com/2024/01/new-glibc-flaw-grants-attackers-root.html) GNU C v2.39 - Source Ware (https://sourceware.org/pipermail/libc-alpha/2024-January/154363.html) AI2 Full Open Source LLM - Axios.com (https://www.axios.com/2024/02/01/allen-institute-for-ai-fully-open-source-large-language-model-olmo-7b) Protect AI Integrates LLM Guard - csoonline.com (https://www.csoonline.com/article/1303232/protect-ai-adds-llm-support-with-open-source-acquisition.html) Hugging Face AI Assistant Maker - Venture Beat (https://venturebeat.com/ai/hugging-face-launches-open-source-ai-assistant-maker-to-rival-openais-custom-gpts/) Mistral CEO Confirms Leak - Venture Beat (https://venturebeat.com/ai/mistral-ceo-confirms-leak-of-new-open-source-ai-model-nearing-gpt-4-performance/) 10:50 Ajit Pai Interview What was your big picture of the FCC when you were appointed? Why advocate for less regulations and what were the results? Where does the line fall between FCC and elected officials? Does regulation stifle innovation? What are you views on net neutrality? Where is the line between giving authority to state and local government vs the FCC? Internet/last mile providers and internet backbone ICS in prisons Is there any reason why internet couldn't facilitate low cost communications in prisons? Can you see a time where the federal government puts in internet infrastructure? AI and robo calls and texts What can you speculate about the FCC and frameworks for licensing space stations engaged in in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing (ISAM) Where do you see the future of ham radio? FCC.gov (https://www.fcc.gov/news-events/notes/2024/01/24/february-2024-open-meeting-agenda) NY Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/14/technology/net-neutrality-repeal-vote.html) Ars Technica (https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2017/11/ajit-pai-blames-cher-and-hulk-actor-for-ginning-up-net-neutrality-support/) FCC PDF (https://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2013/db0809/DOC-322749A4.pdf) Events coming up Texas Linux Fest Linux Fest North West Scale SELF -- The Extra Credit Section -- For links to the articles and material referenced in this week's episode check out this week's page from our podcast dashboard! 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