Earth may have breached seven of nine planetary boundaries, health check shows
Earth may have breached seven of nine planetary boundaries, health check shows
Ocean acidification close to critical threshold, say scientists, posing threat to marine ecosystems and global liveabilityDamien Gayle (The Guardian)
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Announcing: Frog Protocols for Wayland
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Unauthenticated RCE vs all GNU/Linux systems to be fully disclosed in 2 weeks with no working fix yet
https://nitter.poast.org/evilsocket/status/1838169889330135132
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A 9.9 is pretty bad no matter what. They wouldn't rank it almost a 10 if it was some obscure bug that is very hard to exploit.
With that being said it is hard to know without details
This link should be working.
Quoting from the OP tweet:
* Unauthenticated RCE vs all GNU/Linux systems (plus others) disclosed 3 weeks ago.
* Full disclosure happening in less than 2 weeks (as agreed with devs).
* Still no CVE assigned (there should be at least 3, possibly 4, ideally 6).
* Still no working fix.
* Canonical, RedHat and others have confirmed the severity, a 9.9, check screenshot.
* Devs are still arguing about whether or not some of the issues have a security impact.I've spent the last 3 weeks of my sabbatical working full time on this research, reporting, coordination and so on with the sole purpose of helping and pretty much only got patronized because the devs just can't accept that their code is crap - responsible disclosure: no more.
Since this affects Linux and others, I'm guessing this is about OpenSSH. But I'm not very certain. Just can't think of another candidate.
But holy sh, if your software has been running on everything for the last 20 years
This doesn't sound like glibc as someone in the thread guessed.
Could be quite a few different things.
Could be the kernel itself, gnupg, openSSH or even bash.
But we won't know for sure, until it's publically disclosed.
Could be the kernel itself
Wouldn't make sense to me because the thread says GNU/Linux and others, though this could relate to Android or distros not using any GNU.
gnupg
Usually not exposed to the network though, but it's generally a mess so wouldn't be too surprising
Another candidate I have in mind is ntpd, but again that is usually not easily accessible from outside and not used everywhere, as stuff like systemd-timesyncd exists.
Just want to stress that I'm not sure about it being OpenSSH, it was more supposed to be a fun guess than a certain prediction
I can't think of anything except the kernel that is genuinely obligatory on all Linux systems, including embedded. Not glibc (musl). Not udev (mdev). Not systemd (OpenRC/runit/etc). My guess is that this is another exploit of something the reporter hasn't realized isn't mandatory because they're not familiar with non-mainstream distros. I suppose it could be a kernel issue that Android has specifically patched, but if that's it it'll be fixed in short order.
In other words, not exactly holding my breath.
If it's only GNU Linux - and not regular Linux - then we know it's not the Linux where the issue occurs. 
(Just analyzing what's said. It's probably all linuxes if it's not a glibc issue)
It says GNU/Linux but also says "and others" which could mean anything. eg doesnt specify if something like Alpine would be affected—is that "and others"?
In any case, I'll wait 2 weeks and find out.
Looks like its out there now:
evilsocket.net/2024/09/26/Atta…
Short version (correct me if I'm wrong):
If you have CUPS service cups-browsed on your machine and you for some reason exposed that to the internet (port 631), you are about to get pwned.
EDIT: It also requires the user to print to the malicious fake printer.
Disappointment? Only if you mean the person that came up with FoomaticRIP.
For those who did not read the entire thing, it's a so called "filter" that converts the document before it's sent to certain nasty types of printers. Except it's not executed on the print server. The unauthenticated print server can just ask a client to run it on their side. And it's designed to be able to execute ANY command.
Getting very close?
At this point they should just have that announcement when they actually have the thing.
God idk what version I'm even using. I never update programs like this unless I have to. From breaking things, to confusing my workflow and moving things around; I've always been more frustrated than thankful. I haven't updated Reaper in ages too and I'm certain they're better about keeping continuity than anyone.
Edit: lol people are mad about my own software updating habits? why and how are .worlders this way? I can't imagine the realities they live in, and am glad so
Maybe some people just click dislike because it has lots of dislikes? Who knows :)
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This is expensive cgi, it screams it.
Not quite sure why they made it but someone needs to be convinced of something for sure.
(Just compare it to any footage of SpaceX landings, this video is far to clean, the sky alone is "perfect")
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I'm thinking of building a PC - any advice?
My laptop is running out of storage space and I don't have anything I can remove anymore to increase it by much, so I'm thinking about building a pc. I'd also like to find a better gpu for doing video editing.
It will be the first one I've built, so I don't really know what I need. Also, does it matter for compatibility for Linux whether I go with AMD or Intel?
The high end of what I want to use it for is video editing with Kdenlive or Davinci Resolve, some modeling and animation in Blender, and some light gaming, like Minecraft or TUNIC.
I figure one of these guides might be useful, but I don't really know which.
Is there anything else I should know for setting up a PC to run Linux?
Edit: Maybe these guides from Logical Increments can help actually.
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Just don’t bother with a 13th/14th gen intel right now. Either go 12th gen intel, or straight up AMD which is what I’d recommend.
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Uh… are you not aware of the catastrophically bad lithography issues Intel has had lately across both the 13th and 14th gen, and the subsequent ass-tier fashion in which they handled it?
Do not buy a 13th or 14th gen Intel CPU.
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Whatever you do, do not get an Nvidia GPU. I've only ever had problems with Nvidia drivers on Linux. Meanwhile, the AMD drivers (both the ones baked into the kernel and proprietary) work nearly flawlessly.
Intel's most recent generation of CPUs were also frying themselves and Intel (at least last I checked) were not accepting RMAs from affected customers. Something to consider for your CPU at least.
pcpartpicker.com is a good place to start and can help you know if specific parts are compatible but it's just a place to start and is often still missing important info.
So you still need to do due diligence and do things like check measurements to make sure, for example, your video card will actually fit inside your case, etc.
Also, since its your first time, you want to avoid any motherboards that require you to do a BIOS update to handle a newer processor, because that's just complicated stuff that you're going to want to skip as a beginner.
It's more expensive but go for a newer motherboard that is compatible with your processor out-of-the-box. BIOS updates are a pain and scary even for advanced users.
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High use Blender users tend to avoid AMD for the reasons you point out.
This leads to less updates due to amd users not being to interested in the community.
It is an issuw without any practicle solution. Because as I need a long overdue update. Again nvidia seems the only real choice.
Everyone is sorta forced to do that unless we can convince amd users to just try out blender and submit results.
So hi any AMD users who dont care about blender.
Give it a try and submit performance data please.
I'd avoid a 13th or 14th gen Intel processor right now because they've had a lot of problems with their manufacturing process. Otherwise, there's not really much difference between AMD and Intel in terms of like, OS compatibility or anything.
I've done some basic work with Davinci Resolve on linux and I haven't really had any issues with my Radeon 7800XT. I can't really speak for using the proprietary drivers for AMD, but with the open source drivers, as long as you install rocm-opencl through your package manager, Davinci Resolve should be fine. Overall, I'd recommend an AMD GPU.
Edit: You mentioned blender in a comment. For AMD's open source drivers you'd need to install rocm-hip for Cycles to work
Edit 2: I hadn't tried blender in a bit and I realized apparently at least on Fedora 40, you also need rocm-hip-devel at least as of 09/24/24 for supported AMD GPUs to show up in Blender. Idk how that would translate to other distros
PC Part Picker is good cuz when you start a new build, you start with the CPU and then it'll only show you parts compatible with that CPU. As someone else mentioned tho, its not perfect and you still may want to check clearances between parts, like that your CPU cooler isnt too tall for your case, or that your Power Supply isnt too long (been there, lmao)
From my own personal experience with buying brand new RAM and it being bad a few times, I'd probably run memtest86+ for a few hours once the computer is together to make sure that the RAM actually works. You can download the linux ISO w/ GRUB option and make a bootable flash drive out of that and let it run. Afterwards, I usually install my OS. Might save you a few headaches down the road if you get into your new OS and things behave strangely, but its up to you.
Other than that, the setup shouldn't be too hard.
- Stay clear from nvidia. AMD if you buy a graphics card, if you just use integrated graphics both AMD and Intel are fine
- When picking a motherboard, look what wifi chipset is used and check Linux compatibility. Some wifi chipsets require to manually install drivers, and some just don't work at all
ebay, ebay, ebay (and also pcpartpicker).
Unless you want to frag people at 4k@140Hz in the latest AAA game, you probably don't need the latest generation components (and I'd say your requirement are quite low here, consider how the only thing you complain about is storage space).
Unless you really want to assemble everything by yourself, consider buying one of the second-hand, previous-gen gaming rigs on ebay (but watch out for scams!). Even if you do want to assemble the PC yourself, consider buying used parts on ebay (or buying a full PC to cannibalize reselling the excess).
What are the specs of your current rig?
Except for storage, are you satisfied with how it runs?
How much storage do you need for the projects you are working on? How much to archive things?
Do you want to do anything about backups?
Is a full size tower ok?
How good a video do you want?
What is your budget?
Here's a video with some good builds at different price points. That should be a decent starting point.
Some build advice:
- Be safe - don't wear socks, stand on a hard floor if possible, ground yourself if you have a wrist strap for that, and discharge any static by touching metal and/or the case before touching any components. And no matter what, DO NOT open the power supply, and definitely don't touch anything in it!
- The huge motherboard connector probably requires more force than comfortable.
- Watch through at least one build guide before starting. That way you know the process.
Hope that helps, and don't let it scare you away - it's really fun to do and if you're careful, chances are nothing major will go wrong.
I built my current PC using one of those PCPartPicker guides, and I'm very happy with it.
The only issue I had was the video driver. I use the Linux Mint Long Term Support version, and the kernel didn't have a recent enough driver for my card. I just needed to switch to the latest kernel and it was good to go. I actually had no idea how to troubleshoot it, and went to the LM forum to ask for help. I was reading through the guide on what info to supply with help requests and realised that the example fault and solution were the exact ones I was facing!
I've noticed that when I am specking out a new computer I typically fall into the trap of wanting the absolute best computer I can get for the money.
I've always been on the cheaper side, so I have found myself spending days or weeks researching various parts at various quality levels at various prices.
It becomes a huge drag.
Set the budget that you're comfortable with, find the motherboard that has the features that you want, then get a CPU that fits in that price range, a case that fits your use cases, and then if you're going to splurge on anything splurge on the power supply as a good power supply can last you through multiple computers.
If you have to save money somewhere, save money on RAM as you can always order more or upgrade the rim that you have relatively inexpensively. Maybe if you're going intel, purchase an i5 CPU and then consider upgrading if you max out its abilities or you find yourself frequently running at 100% utilization.
And don't overlook pre-builts. There are lots of refurbished computers that you can purchase for far less than the cost of the individual parts that have all of the minimum specs that you want in exchange for little things like only having a single stick of ram or having a low quality SSD.
There's nothing that stops you from upgrading later should your use case change.
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I've used Logical Increments in the past and found it very useful to meet a budget. Now I aim for "price to performance" sweet spots (since GPU prices have been crazy I'm now well overdue for a new GPU).
Both CPU manufactures are changing their naming schemes (to make it difficult to know what it is, I wish this was hyperbole). GPU manufactures also make some weird choice on naming GPUs (same-name GPU with different VRAM). Reading/watching reviews of specific parts will likely be the best way to know what you aught to buy.
If you're confident in your technical knowledge or want to then narrow down your choices then I would recommend watching videos from:
- (GPU, CPU, Case)
- (GPU, CPU, Case, Monitor) Hardware Unboxed and .
For a casual overview of CPUs/GPUs video review I'd recommend something like Linus Tech Tips (even with the prior controversy).
GPU go with AMD, I don't think I need to give much explanations here.
CPU you can do either, BUT AMD is usually better for multi-threaded applications (like video editing, modeling or animation), also an AM5 slot should last you years to come, AMD stayed with AM4 for a long time (I had most of the same PC for almost a decade thanks to that, it's still the same AM4, but I had to replace the MOBO since the old one broke). So I would also choose AMD here, although Intel is not bad either, and if you get it in a sale it might come out cheaper.
My first question is about your laptop; is the SSD removable, because if so, even a pretty large SSD is cheap these days.
Also, the GPU question is complicated. For most use cases, AMD is better on Linux. However, since you’re doing Resolve and Blender, that gets a bit murky. It depends on if ROCm support is less dismal on later AMD cards - I have an RX 580, which AMD quickly dropped support for and I am bitter about.
This is not to say I like NVidia, but for fast video encoding and rendering, as far as I know, it’s the easier option. Someone correct me if I am wrong, please.
As for actually building the thing, you’d start by look for what CPU you want, then find a compatible motherboard, then read the board’s compatibility list for RAM. They usually have compatibility lists for storage - those don’t matter, as it’s pretty universal. Then choose a graphics card, a case with the right form factor, a PSU, and a cooler. I tend to go with liquid cooling, as it’s not that expensive anymore.
Like others have said, check kernel support for your hardware, but also, it’s generally much easier on desktop. The main things to look out for are ethernet and WiFi controllers. By the way, what distro do you prefer, because that’s definitely a factor.
you are getting advice that will make a good gaming pc but not a good workstation for what you said you're gonna do.
do the opposite of what most everyone in this thread is saying:
intel over amd (this could actually go either way depending on the price point), nvidia over amd, start at 32gb of ram and go up from there. prioritize cores over threads, sneak a rotational hard disk in, spend more on your power supply than you planned to.
plan on not using wayland.
You mainly want to be able to do 3d and video editing right?
Those two, specifically with davinci resolve and blender, work best with nvenc and libcuda(?), the software libraries that let you take advantage of your nvidia cards encoders and cuda cores.
So if you were building for that workload, you’d have an nvidia card and many problems people encounter in Wayland come from using it with an nvidia card.
So yeah it’s the nvidia support. Most people will say “fuck nvidia, just don’t buy their hardware” but it’s the best choice for you and would be a huge help, so choosing between Wayland and nvidia is a no brainer.
It is a bummer that you’ll need to install x specially, but I’d be really surprised if there isn’t decent support for that.
There’s always the hope that Wayland will get better over time and you’ll be able to use it in a few years.
E: a word on encoding: both amd and intel CPU’s have video encode and decode support, but the intel qsv is more widely supported and tends to be faster most of the time. When people suggest intels arc gpus they’re saying it because those gpus use qsv and for a video editing workstation they’d be a good choice.
Part of the reason I put intel and amd cpus on an even footing for you is because any cost savings you get from going amd would likely be offset by the performance decrease. Theres some good breakdowns of cpu encoder performance out there if you want to really dive in, it remember that you’re also in a good place to buy intel because of the crazy deals from sky is falling people.
That kinda ties into the cores over threads thing too. If your computers workload is a bunch of little stuff then you can really make hay of using a scheduler that is always switching stuff around. One of the things that makes amds 3d processors so good at that stuff is that they have a very big cache so they’re able to extend the benefit of multi threading schedulers up to larger processes. You’re looking at sending your computer a big ol’ chunk of work though, so you’re not usually gonna be multithreading with that powerful scheduler and instead just letting cores crunch away.
Part of the reason I didn’t suggest intels arc stuff is that you’re also doing 3d work and being able to take advantage of the very mature cuda toolchain is more important.
Plus nvidia encoding is also great and if you were to pair it with an intel cpu you could have the best of both worlds.
You’re really looking to build something different than most people and that’s why my advice was so against the grain. Hope you end up with a badass workstation.
For DaVinci Resolve, you will need an nvidia gpu, even their amd support is half-ar3ed, and intel doesn't work at all (they don't support it under linux, while they do on windows). So you need to decide if you're going to use resolve, or kdenlive (that works with everything, since it's not really accelerated -- it's slower (their acceleration is buggy)). However, if you're going with nvidia, you will probably experience problems on the everyday desktop. So I'd suggest an amd gpu and cpu possibly.
Alternatively, just get a refurbished Dell laptop, or an older Zenbook. These usually work great with Linux.
I am not going to fight you on if x is better than Wayland.
The ops use case involves operations, software and hardware that function best with x.
The op should avoid Wayland.
The op asked for help to make their experience as painless as possible and listed two primary use cases that not only are often related to the problems people encounter with Wayland but function best with hardware that is also related to the problems people encounter with Wayland.
If someone said they need to haul hay I wouldn’t say “try it in your Saturn first and see if it works!” I’d say “make sure you have a truck or a trailer.”
The harm is in setting a person up for failure when they asked for help.
ROCm is basically AMD’s GPU compute system, like CUDA but worse but better because the card is actually usable for desktop stuff.
However, they only support it on specific distros, and they’re really weird about what cards they support. This should be changing soon - Debian’s been working on packaging it natively, and I think so has Fedora.
Blender and DaVinci Resolve work better on Nvidia. AMD might work, but it will be a hassle and you'll likely need the proprietary AMD drivers anyway.
With Nvidia supporting Wayland and the open-source NVK continuing to get better, you could even switch to open source drivers for gaming at some point, if you prefer.
Edit: I've had enough issues with AMD GPU's clocking down while gaming, leading to micro stuttering. So don't buy AMD just because everyone tells you they work flawlessly.
For CPU and mainboard, everything works well — just don't buy a random unknown SSD from Amazon, then you're asking for data loss and random issues.
Not sure if this would help, but I found this channel helpful for understanding the basics and mostly avoiding wrong parts. Also he has some videos were he explains why you should choose one part over another.
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China Is Rapidly Becoming a Leading Innovator in Advanced Industries
China Is Rapidly Becoming a Leading Innovator in Advanced Industries
There may be no more important question for the West’s competitive position in advanced industries than whether China is becoming a rival innovator.Robert D. Atkinson (Information Technology and Innovation Foundation | ITIF)
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Foreigners from outside assaulted the wholly innocent local and German population? Please don't let the AFD* hear about that!!1 😱
(AFD is a far-right/right-wing populist political German party which try blame foreigners for all violence happening there and who proclaim that all "foreigners" are "Messermänner", i. e. men who violently attack everybody with their knifes who don't agree with them in all their views.)
PS Sorry, could not resist. But that indeed is quite an interesting article. Thanks!
- Cool story. I liked it, and the visual of the skullbone with an arrowhead in it was welcome, as well as sufficiently out of context not to feel gruesome.
- I think the headline of "Europe's Oldest Battlefield" is more likely to be accurate than the article's "world’s oldest battlefield," but there may be some nuance of meaning (oldest with war dead actually found in situ?) I'm missing. Neat thing to learn about either way.
- The iamverysmart contingent that refuses to read the entire articles is out in full force in the Gizmodo comments, with several people suggesting that the foreign arrow heads were from trade ("The foreign arrowheads have not been found in tombs in the Tollense area, indicating that the arrowheads from elsewhere didn’t simply make their way to the region through trade."), and several others musing on what the metal arrowheads might have been made of ("The arrowheads were flint and bronze.").
As the team noted in their paper, no helmets and breastplates typical of the time have shown up from archaeological excavations of the site, so more digs may be necessary to reveal more about the ancient combatants at Tollense, the remains of many of whom remain on the site.
Probably picked clean after the battle. I would think scavengers knew that this was a location that yielded scrap metal following the battle.
QMK (and Kanata)
I'm posting here because I have nowhere else to post. If you squint, this meets the community rules because my current keyboard is a Piantor/42, and my issue stems from a combination of 40% and QMK behavior. Although, to be honest, this is mostly about QMK, but using Discord is painful, and I'll go there only as a last resort.
For a long while, I used Kanata on my laptop, and desktop an ErgoDox, having replaced kmonad because of one certain feature: tap-hold key sequence behavior. It's best described here, but the tl;dr is that (press lsft) (press a) (release lsft) (release a) where a is a tap-hold key should output "A" and not "a" -- kmonad outputs "a".
A few months ago, when I got my Piantor, I discovered that this sequence outputs no character, and although there's an option that makes it output "a", I can't find a combination that makes it output "A". I'm asking whether, in the bewildering set of QMK variables, is there a way to configure QMK s.t. the sequence (press lsft) (press a) (release lsft) (release a) outputs "A"?
That's the main thrust of my question. As a sort of addendum, I think this behavior is behind another of my QMK irritations: I'm a reasonably fast typer, and often will be typing the next key before I've completely released the previous key. This means I have to set a large-ish time-out before tap-hold engages, which introduces an annoying delay whenever I want to chord a layer and get at, e.g. numbers. I do understand that this is may be an unsolvable issue, that it's just an unavoidable limitation on small keyboards in having so many common keys (numbers, punctuation, and arrows are the worst -- coding, nearly half the text are characters from layers). Either I have a long timeout and and live with an annoying delay when I want to type (many) punctuation characters or numbers; or I have a short timeout and frequently accidentally shifting layers. However, I feel as if this might be mitigated somewhat with the Kanata-style key sequence handling, because even though my Kanata configuration is nearly an exact mirror of my QMK layer configuration, I never have this problem with Kanata.
I suppose I could give up on using QMK for anything except the most fundamental mapping, and use Kanata instead. However, there's an appeal to the portability of having the programming in the keyboard itself; it makes me a little less dependent on the computer to which the keyboard is attached.
QMK (and Kanata)
I'm posting here because I have nowhere else to post. If you squint, this meets the community rules because my current keyboard is a Piantor/42, and my issue stems from a combination of 40% and QMK behavior. Although, to be honest, this is mostly about QMK, but using Discord is painful, and I'll go there only as a last resort.
For a long while, I used Kanata on my laptop, and desktop an ErgoDox, having replaced kmonad because of one certain feature: tap-hold key sequence behavior. It's best described here, but the tl;dr is that (press lsft) (press a) (release lsft) (release a) where a is a tap-hold key should output "A" and not "a" -- kmonad outputs "a".
A few months ago, when I got my Piantor, I discovered that this sequence outputs no character, and although there's an option that makes it output "a", I can't find a combination that makes it output "A". I'm asking whether, in the bewildering set of QMK variables, is there a way to configure QMK s.t. the sequence (press lsft) (press a) (release lsft) (release a) outputs "A"?
That's the main thrust of my question. As a sort of addendum, I think this behavior is behind another of my QMK irritations: I'm a reasonably fast typer, and often will be typing the next key before I've completely released the previous key. This means I have to set a large-ish time-out before tap-hold engages, which introduces an annoying delay whenever I want to chord a layer and get at, e.g. numbers. I do understand that this is may be an unsolvable issue, that it's just an unavoidable limitation on small keyboards in having so many common keys (numbers, punctuation, and arrows are the worst -- coding, nearly half the text are characters from layers). Either I have a long timeout and and live with an annoying delay when I want to type (many) punctuation characters or numbers; or I have a short timeout and frequently accidentally shifting layers. However, I feel as if this might be mitigated somewhat with the Kanata-style key sequence handling, because even though my Kanata configuration is nearly an exact mirror of my QMK layer configuration, I never have this problem with Kanata.
I suppose I could give up on using QMK for anything except the most fundamental mapping, and use Kanata instead. However, there's an appeal to the portability of having the programming in the keyboard itself; it makes me a little less dependent on the computer to which the keyboard is attached.
It looks like the feature is called Auto Shift in QMK/VIAL (I had to open up VIAL to remember the term).
I'm not sure I have a good answer for quick typing, I was in the process of implementing urob's timeless homerow mods for ZMK when I fried my ZMK board. I know there are QMK implementations (maybe in userspace?), but my quick googling didn't come up with what I was thinking.
For QMK, my go-to hrm-embetterment came from Achordion. Not sure if that helps OP, but it made hrm amazing for me, and it does the sort of timing tweaks that might help here.
Otherwise, the HOLD_ON_OTHER_KEY_PRESS mode might help.
Thanks for the suggestions.
Auto Shift is a neat idea; I suspect adding yet another delay factor would be counter-productive, for me, though. The whole shift/press/release-shift/release-shift issue is more about typing faster than my brain actually works, such that I'm not always consistent in which order I release keys. Adding a lag to get caps would be, I think, infuriating.
However, the timeless homerow mod looks fantastic. Need to think a little more about their solution, but it's encouraging in that (a) they sound like they have exactly my problem, and (b) they found a solution for it. It's a great resource, thank you!
I... had not. The permissive hold option looks like it might address my second issue, that of the fact that the fixed timing is incongruent with my far less consistent human timing.
Someone else mentioned the timeless homerow mods, wherein positional hold-tap is used to address rolling issues, which is what I think I'm seeing with the shift-down/char-down/shift-up/char-up sequence not outputting the expected shifted character.
Thanks for pointing me back at the documentation. TBH, I'm a bit overwhelmed by the number of configurable options in QMK, and suffer information overload: pointers like that help me figure out where to start fiddling. Working with QMK, even through the incredibly convenient Vial application, makes me feel like sitting in front of a Moog synthesizer.
Open Source AI Definition – Weekly update September 23
The more maintainers are paid, the more improvements they make to their projects
In the second finding of the 2024 Tidelift state of the open source maintainer survey, we found that the more maintainers are paid, the more improvements they make to their projects.
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In the previous finding, we reported that 60% of maintainers describe themselves as unpaid hobbyists, and 36% of maintainers describe themselves as paid (professional or semi-professional) maintainers, earning some or all of their income from their open source work.
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When you break down the paid maintainers into professional (earning most or all of their income from their maintenance work) and semi-professional (earning some of their income from maintaining projects), it becomes clear that the amount of money a maintainer is making for their work has a large impact on the types of improvements they are able to make. Across nearly all major categories, professional maintainers are on average over 20 percentage points more likely to make key improvements to their projects than semi-professional maintainers.
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In the previous study, 81% percent of professional maintainers earning most or all of their income from maintaining projects spend more than 20 hours a week maintaining their projects. This year, the percentage was nearly identical (82%).Conversely, in last year’s survey, we found that the vast majority of unpaid hobbyists spend ten hours or less per week on their maintenance work (81%). This percentage also stayed consistent in this year’s survey, with 78% of unpaid hobbyist maintainers working ten hours or less per week.
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We’ve heard from many maintainers that how they are paid for their work also matters. For many maintainers there is a huge difference between getting a one-time “airdrop” of money, perhaps right after a high profile incident where people are paying attention to their projects, compared to ongoing recurring income that they can count on. So this year for the first time we asked maintainers to tell us whether they would prefer to get predictable monthly income or a one-time lump payment.An overwhelming majority of maintainers prefer to receive predictable monthly income, with 81% choosing that option.
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My first instinct is to say "No shit Sherlock", of course people who get paid more for their projects can afford to contribute more time to them...
but I do understand that having empirical documented evidence of something, even of it should be common sense, is really important, cause common sense isn't as common as people think it is (especially when a lot of people in power seem to quite intentionally lack it)
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Official Plasma 6 Breeze UI Refresh Mockups
cross-posted from: lemmy.world/post/20092494
GujjuGang7 on Reddit found this, saying:
Found this link while looking through the upcoming theming engine (Union) repository. It has mockups for several core apps (dolphin, Kate, konsole and more) and general components such as modals and titlebars.KDE contributor Manueljlin would like to remind you:
hey folks, it's really early still. we didn't even properly show it at Akademy. there's no design system to properly back it up yet - only some tokens and components that are definitely subject to change. please keep that in mind
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It’s so sad to hear that KDE died of figma.
(For real though I’m looking forward to seeing how this turns out, love Plasma a lot so hoping for the best from it)
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How expensive would it be to make similar spacecraft now?
Assuming it's relatively cheap, what could we learn from sending out thousands today?
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The voyager probes only got as far as they did because of their trajectory that got some massive (and rare) slingshots, it will take ages for the new horizons probe to get anywhere near as far.
We could probably spam missions to some other planets, who will pay for it though? We are not at the stage where an 'out of the box's mission can do that I think?
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- Billions.
- Little to Nothing. Because they wouldn't make it as far as fast as the Voyager probes because they got a massive gravitational assist from a rare alignment that only happens every 176 years. All the other planets needed to be aligned appropriately for this journey at this speed. New horizons may leave the solar system in 43 if we don't lose contact. And they already want to shut the program down. NH is about 10000 km/h slower than Voyager 1.
Best to use targeted probes to explore things we haven't before. Ask different questions and if they leave the solar system, good on them. But I'd prefer orbital data satellites around all the ocean moons in the outer solar system.
Maybe I could have been more explicit. Without the planetary alignment that made the voyager probes possible an equivalent mission would be ridiculously expensive/impossible due to the fuel requirements (and wouldn't be able to visit all of the planets)
If starship/new glen/the rocket lab one work, it might become more feasible.
Instead, sending smaller, simpler probes that just visit one planet/moon would be much more cost effective, but still expensive.
We have already got a lot of the low hanging planetary science fruit from existing missions. New missions would need new/novel sensors or need Landers/aircraft which make them much more expensive.
Even just a 'standard' interplanetary mission isn't just an out of the box job like current earth satalites are becoming.
A drop in the bucket isn’t event close to a good understanding of how big space is. A satellite in the ocean is grossly misleading when it comes to the scope of space.
Maybe a single O2 molecule in the ocean might be closer but even then that’s not even close to the scope of space.
Space is big. So big that the light cone of our “pollution” can’t physically interact with most of it even if we did our best to “pollute” as much as we can and some alien species did their best to find that “pollution”. Space is so big that physics dictate the impossibility of our “pollution” interacting with most of space.
Fun fact this is why the chance of aliens visiting us here on earth is basically 0.
You can’t use earth scale thinking, that’s how big space is.
This all being said we should do our best to not pollute the earth. We should use earth scale thinking when it comes to earth.
There's about 4.6*10^46 molecules in the ocean. There are about 8.5*10^47 cubic meters in a cubic light-year
Surprisingly close orders of magnitude
For reference, the closest next star system is 4.25 light years away. The diameter of our Galaxy is about 105 700 light years, with a thickness of about 1000 light years (much less than the diameter, since our Galaxy lies on a plane)
Huh. That’s crazy. And that’s just one cubic light year.
Now if we multiply that cubic light year to match the volume of space we have a similar comparison. Infinite oceans to sift through for a single molecule.
Space is big. You just won't believe how vastly, hugely, mind-bogglingly big it is. I mean, you may think it's a long way down the road to the chemist's, but that's just peanuts to space.
Douglas Adams
I've always enjoyed this video to give a perspective on size
I usually increase playback speed, it's a bit slow at start.
Fun fact this is why the chance of aliens visiting us here on earth is basically 0.You can’t use earth scale thinking, that’s how big space is.
But that is earth scale thinking. You know, in a "things heavier than air can't fly" way.
That's what i meant. Even our civilization, with our limited understanding of physics, can think of theoretical workarounds.
Dunno if aliens are on earth. But that argument against it, is only guesstimating.
Fair. But that’s not really earth scale thinking in my book. It’s more our best understanding based on what we know.
I know of these theoretical work arounds. They’re more mathematical models that say if such a thing as negative mass exists, then we might be able to go faster than the speed of light. Issue is that the model does nothing to show that negative mass exists.
That and everything we know shows that it does not exist. If it did I would be incredibly happy. It’s just wishful hoping at this point though. We don’t even have a model or theory that shows how negative mass could exist. We only have theories that show what could happen if it did exist.
It’s like saying hm we know how F=m*a works. What could happen if we set m to a negative number? Yah in the math we can but that does not mean we can in reality.
The only thing we can realistically pollute is our immediate orbit
Everything beyond would be impossible for us to pollute effectively even if we tried. You might not know this, but space is very very very big LMAO
So comparing to New Horizons mission
- New Horizons mission cost is estimated to around 780mln in 2001-2017
- Voyager cost is estimated at 850mln in 1977, which is ~2.8bln in 2006 dollars
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Ohrožuje je sucho a kůrovec, mizí nám před očima, jsou v krizi – říká se o lesích. Jenže v krizi je možná spíše náš pohled na lesy v podobě, jakou jsme sami vytvořili. Tématu se věnujeme v aktuálním čísle časopisu A / Věda a výzkum. Většinou holá, vypleněná půda. Zůstalo jen pár stromů na těžko...
Switch to Linux: any suggestion on a virtual screen manager like DisplayFusion?
I want to switch from Windows to Linux for my office PC.
I will be using multiple Windows VM because in the office we use multiple software that runs only on Windows (maybe we'll switch to something else, but right now I need the VMs) and because i like to snapshots and go back in time when I test new software.
I thought about Ubuntu because it seems to be the most user friendly.
I always work with a tons of opened windows (mainly Firefox) and I like to have a place for each of them, Right now on Windows I use DisplayFusion that creates multiple virtual screens (7, 4 or the 32" horizontal monitor and 3 on the 28" vertical one, both 4K), I've attached the configuration.
So, the question: is there a software that works kinda like DisplayFusion? (virtual screen each with it's own taskbar, maximize in each of them, remember the position of each window, ...).
P.s. Can I pass only some USB port to a Windows VM using KVM?
Pp.s. Is it possible to use Premiere on a Windows VM? Would it run smooth?
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Most of the "software that runs only on Windows" runs perfectly on Linux with wine, including the installation software, and the integration into the app launcher on all of the Linux distribution that I know.
For a widow manager, I don't use one, i have many virtual desktop and as it's smoother than in Windows, I use only that (i don't remember how virtual desktop works on ubuntu)
Première run really badly in VM, and run it with wine is highly messy, do to poorly designed Windows install soft and plenty of missing dependencies, there are linux alternatives that do nearly the same job : KDEnLive, Shotcut and Openshot.
That all I can tell for now, I hope it will help you a bit.
Ps: try other linux distribution before doing an installation to find the desktop manager that you prefer.
I'll definitely try using Wine and the Premiere alternatives.
About the virtual screen, I mean...screen, not desktop. I've added a screenshot in the OP.
I know that there are tons of Linux distributions, but I don't have much time to try them. I've been using Ubuntu for my servers and I've seen that it's quite nice and user friendly in the desktop version, ...but I'll do some extra search!
As the other person said, what you're doing is pretty much emulating the behavior of tiling window managers. Edit while writing: I'm leaving the rest here because you might find it useful, but I've just realized that there's a tiling extension for GNOME (the desktop environment used by Ubuntu): Tiling Shell. That's definitely going to be the most painless way for you to try out tiling. There's also bound to be something similar available for KDE.
~~I think you will get a much better result than with virtual screens by configuring one to your taste, assuming you're willing to spend a few hours learning all the ins and outs (it's absolutely OK if you're not willing to do that).~~
Here's links to a few of them, you should be able to install them in whatever distro you prefer:
Hyprland - a tiling WM focused on good out of the box experience and animations (but it's still very configurable). If you want to get your feet wet with standalone tiling WMs as fast and painlessly as possible, this is IMHO the way
Sway - a more keyboard-centric tiling WM that leaves out the fancy stuff (for example I don't think there's any way to do window shadows or animations for all the window manipulation) and focuses on just being fast and efficient if you learn its concepts. This is the only one I've ever used for longer periods of time.
SwayFX - "Sway, but with eye candy!" - I don't think I can write a better description - has some graphics effects like window blurring or shadows.
For Wine: Microsoft 365 and anything Adobe notoriously doesn’t work with wine, any solution will most likely not be permanent.
For Premiere: Kdenlive is the best open source alternative IMO and there also DaVinci Resolve which has a free and a pro version. It is also more professional. Be aware DaVinci has problems with GNOME, which is the default environment of Ubuntu.
For distro: Nowadays Linux Mint is the best for user friendliness. If you will be going for a tilling window manager, the typical easy distros won’t make that much of a difference as you will be replacing a large part of it. You could probably do everything with KDE though with window rules and this, if you are going to use KDE then maybe use Kubuntu, it is a official version of Ubuntu with KDE. Ubuntu flavors
For a more professional tool, I’ve heard DaVinci Resolve also supports Linux.
I would be annoyed with how much Shotcut or OpenShot crashes, but I can’t say better of Premiere.
i think you can do this with xrandr. it usually works on "outputs" but i believe you can define virtual monitors as well.
also, you'd do well to look into tiling window managers like i3 or hyprland. that may be closer to what you actually want.
Not exactly what you're asking for but you should look into tiling window managers, if I'm understanding correctly they do almost exactly what you want
For example on my laptop if I open Firefox it opens in full screen, if I open a terminal it resizes Firefox to half the screen and opens the terminal in the other half, a third and it splits whichever window I'm focused on vertically etc etc
You could achieve what you want by having the VMs in windowed mode and just using a tiling wm
You get the added bonus of virtual desktops that you can flick through with mouse buttons/keybinds/3 finger swipe if you want multiple layouts of different windows
Also I've not used it but I'm pretty sure hyprland has something called fake full screen where it tricks windows into thinking they're full screen while actually being windowed
For example on my laptop if I open Firefox it opens in full screen, if I open a terminal it resizes Firefox to half the screen and opens the terminal in the other half, a third and it splits whichever window I’m focused on vertically etc etc
Interesting!!! I'll definitely give it a try!
Thanks!
I don't know if I correctly understood but I think that KDE plasma has this functions you need from DisplayFusion. You need to use Virtual Desktops + Activities, both inhetit to KDE
Maybe I didnt undertand correctly, but I think this may do the job for you
Not exactly like DisplayFusion, but virtual desktops have been a thing forever on Linux. There's a ton of options in that department. They don't work the same in each DE, so if it doesn't work in yours try another. I believe COSMIC supports this already, otherwise in the tiling department you might like Sway or Hyprland. KDE and Gnome are a bit weird with per-monitor virtual desktops, and KDE at least is working on it.
USB Passthrough: yes, either the device node itself or the entire controller via PCIe passthrough.
Premiere, I believe so but you will need GPU passthrough for that to work to any degree of smooth. GPU passthrough is super nice when it's all set up, worth the spend for a second GPU. Performance is near identical to native, it's really great. Been gaming in a VM for years... out of convenience.
Try to use the standard virtual desktop functionality. It's not going to behave the exact same way but you might find a workable adaptation.
You can pass through USB to VMs.
You can use Premiere in a VM. Depending on what you want to do and how fast your CPU is, you might be able to use it without any special config. If you need to pass through a GPU, you can buy the config isn't trivial. Definitely doable though.
Generally you'd want to use KVM (with virt-manager) for virtualization but it doesn't support any 3D acceleration in Windows yet. The result is that the Windows UI in a VM is not "smooth." It's usable but not smooth. If you need acceleration you'd have to do GPU passthrough. There's some ongoing work to get basic acceleration without passthrough but it isn't done yet. Both VirtualBox and VMware have basic 3D acceleration for Windows VMs. They have other pros and cons but if you find that one of them works better than KVM for your use case, go ahead and use that. We use both VirtualBox and VMware for different purposes at work. I know of people who use all sorts of engineering CAD software in VMware.
VFIO GPU Passthrough for Premiere is a must. While not trivial to set up, it’s not too bad if you know what to do. It took me some trial and error but didn’t spend too much time on it. Main issue is making sure your PC has enough PCIe lanes.
ETA: look into LookingGlass for capturing the framebuffer from a GPU accelerated VM into your Linux host. I haven’t tried getting this to work personally but I have used Moonlight which adapts Nvidia game streaming tech for your desktop apps.
Like others have said, most of this is possible but might take a bit of work to set up. In other words, you’re doing somewhat complex things on Windows, so it’s going to get a bit complex on Linux.
I’ve done GPU passthrough using 2 graphics cards (RX 580 going to VM and RX 550 staying connected to host) for VMs on my desktop, and it mostly works. I’d recommend this tutorial for getting it set up. I had to adapt it a bit to get my AMD card working, but it got me started. I now pass through my RX 580 to 3 VMs (obviously not at the same time): Windows 10, Windows 7, and a Hackintosh VM. Although you can technically use just 1 card (leaving Linux without graphics as Windows is using the card), I recommend using dual cards. Just make sure you:
1. Have a free PCIe slot for a second graphics card that stays connected to a monitor while your better card goes to the VM. (The secondary card can be a cheap card - I’d say the 1030 might be good for you. There are ways to use the better GPU to get better performance in Linux native applications when a GPU passthrough VM isn’t running.)
2. Be sure that slot is in a different IOMMU group from the GPU you pass through to the VM as well as any important system peripherals like network cards or SSDs. (Just Google something like “Linux check IOMMU groups” and you’ll find a way.)
Note that GPU passthrough invites a few bugs. You can’t always return the GPU to Linux after turning off the VM, depending on the GPU. (For a while, I got this fixed and could use my card after VM shutdown, but I’ve experienced a regression and haven’t been able to figure out what happened yet). Also, after I’ve run a VM and try to turn off the host, Linux doesn’t shut down clean sometimes and I have to manually press the power button.
As for distros, I actually don’t recommend Ubuntu anymore. I’ve found a severe decline in its performance compared to other distros and its privacy standards. I personally use Debian, but would recommend Pop OS as an easier distro. OpenSUSE and Fedora are good ones as well.
I’m sorry if I dropped a bunch of new terms without explaining them well. Ask me any questions. In return, may I ask what kind of desktop this is? Is it an ATX or ITX form factor or some sort of proprietary small form factor computer by HP or Dell or something that’s going to be miserable to upgrade?
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In June 2024, the International Women’s Alliance hosted its third international assembly in Penang, Malaysia, drawing hundreds of women involved in grassroots, anti-imperialist and national liberation movements around the world, including a delegation from Samidoun Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network that included women from multiple chapters, including occupied Palestine. The convening brought together organizations and activists for panels, cultural events and presentations, as well as planning for the Alliance’s next steps.
As part of the Assembly, four awards were presented to Women of Valor, to women whose contributions advance liberation struggles around the world. This year, the awards were presented to: Evelyn Calugay, advocate for the labor rights of Filipino migrant women; Wilma Tiamzon, a consultant of the National Democratic Front of the Philippines, brutally killed under Marcos Jr. regime in 2022; the late Anuradha Ghandi, revolutionary leader, writer and founder of the Communist Party of India; and Etaf Alayan, Palestinian former prisoner, lifelong struggler and revolutionary, whose involvement in Palestinian resistance and organizing at all levels has in many ways mirrored the trajectory of the Palestinian cause itself.
As Etaf Alayan has been subjected for years to a travel ban, a Palestinian woman from Samidoun spoke about her contributions, the situation of Palestinian women and prisoners today, and presented a video greeting from Etaf to the IWA assembly. Watch Etaf’s video below:
Text of Etaf Alayan’s comments:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful,
“Permission [to fight] has been given to those who are being fought because they were wronged, and indeed, Allah is able to grant them victory.”
Allah the Almighty has spoken the truth.
To the esteemed sisters and brothers present, to the dear and hospitable country of Malaysia, my greetings to you.
Greetings to you, and Um Yusuf is still searching for her curly-haired son.
Greetings to you, and the girl is still searching for her mother, whom she recognizes by her hair among the martyrs.
Greetings to you, and the fighters are still defending their land.
Greetings to you, and a mother in Jenin buries her four martyred sons and is shy in her mourning in front of the catastrophe in Gaza.
Greetings to you, and the nails of the people of the West Bank have been clipped under Oslo, in protection of the settler herds that roam and corrupt our land.
Greetings to you, and the free women of Palestine are still being tortured in prisons but remain unsilenced.
Greetings to you, and the doors of Al-Aqsa are closed to its lovers and devotees, but open to the herds of settlers who desecrate it
Greetings to you, and the rulers of the so-called super powers bury their heads like ostriches, deaf to the truth and seeing only what the occupying entity shows them, repeating its claim of “Israel’s right to defend itself.”
Greetings to you, and the Arab rulers were castrated, with their voice nowhere to be heard.
Greetings to you, and the Islamic countries still do not see their duty towards the land that Allah has blessed and claimed to himself those who defend it, as He said: “We sent against you servants of Ours of great might.”
Greetings to you, and to the living consciences that refused to be like a herd behind their rulers, those shouting no to injustice, and demanding freedom for Palestine. These consciences will be the safety valve to their countries,
for those who cry out against injustice.. are alive.
Greetings to the unity of the fields, the happy Yemen with its decision, the proud Iraq, Iran the supporter, and the great Hezbollah, victorious by the will of Allah.
Greetings to the resistance fighters from all backgrounds in Gaza the proud, Jenin the steadfast, Tulkarem the dignified, Qabatiya the heroic, Nablus the mountain of fire, and to everyone who broke their silence to defend their land and protect their honor.
Despite all the pain and wounds that have afflicted the entire Palestinian body, our cause is not just a humanitarian issue; it is a matter of an occupied homeland, a lost right.
“And Allah is predominant over His affair, but most of the people do not know.”
We trust in Allah’s victory.
Greetings to the wounded Sudan, the injured Syria, and to the Philippines to Vietnam, greetings to all the oppressed peoples from the north to the south of the earth, and from east to west.
Greetings to you, and peace be upon the people of Gaza for their patience. They have indeed been afflicted as Allah said: “And We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives
and livelihood, but give good tidings to the patient.”
So rejoice, O patient ones, in Allah’s victory.
Greetings to you, and peace be upon you.
Text of Samidoun’s speech at the IWA assembly in honour of Etaf Alayan:
Thank you, International Women’s Alliance, for this invitation. There are no words to express how proud I am to be here among you comrades. I’m thankful for your trust and for the chance to speak to you today.
It is an honor to stand here with you, to meet all of you and to learn from fellow fighters from all around the world. My heart aches for my people, for the children, youth, and women who are suffering immensely. The world cannot contain the rage I hold within me for the resilient Gaza, the wounded Sudan, the fighting Philippines, the joyful Yemen, South Lebanon, who answered the call, and of the rest of the free world, confronting death, colonialism, and imperialism and resisting them with a bravery and heroism that must compel us all to action.
Dear comrades and friends, my greetings come from the occupied land, a land steeped in the struggle of the Palestinian people, who prove to the world every day that Palestine, from its sea to its river, is the cause for which we live and die. My greetings also emanate from the hearts of the people who stand against imperialism, who confront capitalist and neoliberal governments that plunder our resources and our land. We are here today united in the struggle of all peoples. Calling out loud for joint struggle. My salutations go to the courageous women everywhere, raising the flags of freedom and struggle, standing for the revolutionary rebirth of their people.
Our wounds run deep today. Genocide has ravaged our people in Gaza, and the rest of the country faces a systematic silencing of its voice. They attempt to end our struggle, to eradicate our resistance, and impose an even greater siege on our prisoners, our first line of defense in the Zionist prisons. All of this under the patronage of the United States, Western imperialist governments, and complicit, reactionary Arab regimes.
We are not deterred by these crimes. We are the inheritors of a legacy of resilience, of a history etched with the blood of martyrs who have paved the way for our liberation. We are the torchbearers of hope, the embodiment of the unwavering spirit and practice of resistance. The Palestinian people will not be silenced. Our voices will echo through the corridors of power, demanding justice and accountability. We will continue to fight for our freedom, for the liberation of all oppressed people, and for a world free from imperialism, colonialism, and exploitation.
Palestine has always been central to the global struggle against imperialism, because of the political depth of the Palestinian cause, and what it represents. The Zionist movement, a product of imperialist ideology that has been supported by Western powers from its inception, a movement that adopted the tool of settler colonialism to oppress and seize Palestine, was able to transform Palestine into the central imperialist base in the heart of the Arab nation. It seeks to erase Palestinian existence, expel Palestinians from their land, and expand its economic and political relations to dominate the region, which aligns completely with western imperialist interests.
Since the establishment of their colonial state. the colonial project of erasing Palestinian existence has been ongoing, their systematic expulsion, followed by the theft of Palestinian Arab heritage and culture, all while maintaining a controlled presence of Palestinians on the land to exploit them and boast at the same time in front of the world a blood-stained, false democracy. Palestinians in occupied Palestine live today in what cannot be described as anything but ghettos, a system well-known to imperialism: unwanted people must be completely controlled, policed, and isolated.
Starting with the resilient Gaza, its people, and its heroic resistance that has proven to the world that our right to our land will not be lost, Gaza today has changed the world. It has contributed to redefining the concept of solidarity and has exposed the depth of the crime of the Zionist project funded by the United States and the West. It has restored the balance of the struggle to its natural state, affirming the right of peoples to freedom from the clutches of colonialism and imperialism.
In Gaza today, the number of known martyrs has approached 38,000, including more than 10,000 women. Over two million people are displaced and living in tents, and more than 2,500 are prisoners: to those we only know of their estimate number, we have no names or knowledge of their situation, prison conditions, locations or the prisons they are held in. In Gaza, schools and universities have been wiped out, hospitals bombed, people buried under the rubble, and lately it was revealed that the barbaric Zionist enemy has been burying people in mass graves after subjecting them to brutal torture. For more than nine months, the sounds of bombs and destruction have been continuous. For nine months, no one in Gaza has been able to sleep, and women are suffering indescribable conditions, from displacement in tents to a lack of basic health supplies, and a complete absence of healthcare for 60,000 pregnant women. Diseases are spreading uncontrollably due to the targeting of the health sector and placing it under constant fire. All of this is happening amidst killing, torture, bombing, and destruction.
The story of Gaza did not begin in October. Gaza has been under siege for over 17 years, enduring continuous wars in 2008, 2012, 2014, and 2021. It has been economically and socially besieged, with its people imprisoned in their own land, deprived of life and dreams. The dream of the martyr journalist Yaser Murtaja was to capture an aerial picture of Gaza. The paramedic Razan al-Najjar, a flower who loved flowers, was martyred while treating injuries, shot down by a sniper’s bullet. Thousands of faces and names each have their own stories, lives, and dreams. Today, in just nine months, more than 38,000 stories have been buried, each with dreams, names, and lives that could not withstand the Zionist killing machine, while human rights organizations and the international community stand by as spectators. And we will not forgive.
In the West Bank, there has been 544 martyrs since October, preceded by hundreds in recent years, along with a suffocating economic blockade. This is in addition to the targeting of the refugee camps in Jenin, Tulkarm, Aqabat Jabr, and the siege of the old city in Nablus, and the repeated military aggressions against Tubas, mirroring the same scenes of total destruction of homes and streets, the erasure of neighborhoods, and the pursuit and assassination of resistance fighters. Settlers are armed and roam the streets, killing everything that is alive. Meanwhile, settlement activity, which has plundered the West Bank, has increased undeterred at an unprecedented rate.
At the same time, the Palestinian Authority acts as a partner to the occupation and a diligent worker for it, suppressing and killing protesters, filling its prisons with political prisoners, performing its duties in service to Zionist and imperialist domination in the best possible way, and dedicating all its capabilities to ending any form of resistance against the occupation in exchange for financial interests obtained from the occupation for its services.
In the territories occupied in 1948, since the start of the war on Gaza, the occupation has instilled terror, disrupting the lives of Palestinians through widespread prosecutions and mass arrests, with several years long prison sentences for anyone who tries to speak up against the war and death in Gaza. This is in addition to pursuing them at their workplaces, expelling students from universities, and threatening and inciting against the Palestinian population.
As for the prison battle, it is unprecedented. Today, the number of prisoners exceeds 9,500 from the West Bank and the occupied territories, while only 2,500 prisoners from Gaza are known. Since October 7, the occupation has hidden their status, numbers, names, and locations, and we know only a little from the horrifying testimonies of released prisoners. They recounted barbaric torture, abuse, and murder, with mass graves discovered containing the bodies of martyrs returned from detention, handcuffed, with no part of their bodies free from torture marks. Some survived by a miracle after having their limbs amputated due to the chains that bound them. Testimonies of prisoners who were forced to choose between their right or left feet for amputation. Others witnessed the killing of their families in front of them. In secret prisons, some images were leaked showing the atrocities committed by the Zionist enemy against Palestinian prisoners from Gaza, including multiple daily headcounts, chaining them day and night in desert rooms devoid of any basic necessities, some half-naked and others wearing the same clothes since their arrest months ago. Moreover, diseases are rampant among them, and they are deprived of food and water, causing some to emerge as skeletal figures covered in bruises.
What does it mean to be in Zionist prisons today? It means no food, no medicine, no water, no blankets, no clothes, and no books. The occupation has stripped the prisoner movement of all its possessions and isolated them completely from the outside world. There are no radios in most prisons, no family visits in any prisons, and they are also deprived of lawyer visits for many months. Families do not know what is happening with their sons and daughters, and the prisoners do not know what is happening with their families except through new prisoners being brought in. Those who are released emerge in a state barely recognizable to their families. They describe repeated raids on their rooms, with smoke and sound bombs thrown at them, and being beaten up by hundreds of soldiers in their closed, cramped rooms. They are piled on top of each other in cells, unable to sleep on the floor because the occupation has taken away their mattresses and blankets. Today, the number of administrative detainees has reached approximately 3,500 under the pretext of having secret files against them. And despite all of this, they are not broken; it has only increased their determination to resist and revolt.
The Palestinian prisoners’ movement and the heroic armed resistance of Palestine, together with the forces of resistance throughout the region, stretching from Yemen to Lebanon to Syria, Iraq, Iran and beyond, are exposing, humiliating and bringing down Zionism and imperialism. Despite the torture and the genocide, they remain charting a dignified path of victory.
From the struggles of the prisoner movement, the idea was born to establish Samidoun, Palestinian Prisoner Solidarity Network, to be their voice in the world, to tell their stories of struggle and heroism. Their sacrifices for the Palestinian revolution and national liberation are the reason the Palestinian struggle is alive to this day. Because of their blood and sacrifices behind bars, we are now present in 14 countries with 20 branches around the world, united with the struggle of the prisoners movement to convey their message to the world. They, along with the Palestinian resistance, are the first line of defense for our just national cause, and our duty is to free them from captivity. This is not just our duty alone; it is a mission that falls on all the free people of the world. There is no freedom from imperialism without the liberation of Palestine from the river to the sea and the return of the refugees.
Today, our friends are imprisoned in Damon Prison in the Carmel Mountains of Haifa, a city we dream of seeing its sea and breathing the fresh air of its mountains without restrictions. The occupation has taken from us Layan Kayed, Layan Nasser, Yara Abu Hashish, Diala Ayesh, Doha Maadi, Amal Shujaiya, Shahd Owaida, comrade Khalida Jarrar, and our mother Hanan Barghouti, among others — there are today over 74 female prisoners from the West Bank and the occupied land in 1948. We do not know how many women from Gaza are in the enemy’s prisons. Today, they are one of many stories of Palestinian women and heroines of the Palestinian prisoner movement. We salute them from here and promise them that imprisonment will end. Their resilience gives us the strength to continue, and the prison bars only increase their determination and longing for freedom.
We are here today to honor a liberated Palestinian prisoner whose history is a lesson in dignity, and whose life is a book from which we learn steadfastness and resilience: Etaf Alayan, a refugee from the village of Khulda in the Ramle district. Etaf joined the Palestinian revolution in her early youth and received military training in the use of weapons and explosives in the training camps in Beirut. She was active on national, social, and institutional levels, chairing the Al-Nuqaa Islamic Women’s Association between 1997 and 2020, where she opened a kindergarten and school in 2002, and a center for daily surgical operations during the second Intifada. She visited the families of martyrs and prisoners, was a member of the Association of Women Imprisoned for Freedom, and a member of the Jerusalem Center for Literature. Her life in struggle has mirrored the development of the Palestinian national liberation struggle, from her days in the Fateh movement to her role as one of the earliest fighters of the Islamic Jihad Movement in Palestine, through the prisoners’ movement and an unending commitment to the liberation of Palestine, its people and its land.
As for her life journey, she was arrested a week before the planned execution of her operation, and a few days after the arrest of the person responsible for preparing the car bomb in August 1987, which was intended to target the Zionist Prime Minister’s office in occupied Jerusalem. She underwent severe interrogation for over forty days at the Moskobiya interrogation center in occupied Jerusalem. She started her first hunger, thirst, and speech strike for 12 days to protest the mistreatment by Zionist interrogators and the threats she faced. The occupation courts sentenced her to five years in prison, with an additional ten years added for her involvement in confronting a Zionist prison guard in Ramla prison. She went on a hunger strike again to demand her transfer from Abu Kabir prison to Ramla prison. The Zionist Prison Authority isolated her for four years, during which she faced harassment related to family visits and the confiscation of her belongings. She went on a 34-day hunger strike to break her isolation, managed to return to the general sections, and joined the prisoner’s movement strike in 1992. She was released in February 1997.
The occupation re-arrested her in October 1997, placing her under administrative detention. She immediately went on a hunger strike in protest and won her freedom. She was re-arrested for her activities in the Al-Nuqaa Charitable Association for nine months in 2002 and again at the end of 2005 for opening a surgical operations center and providing services to those wanted by the occupation and injured during the Al-Aqsa Intifada. She remained in prison until 2008, spending one year in administrative detention. She declared a hunger strike to have her infant daughter admitted to her in 2006, managing to embrace her daughter inside the prison for a year and a half. The occupation has banned her from traveling since her very first arrest in 1987. Since her liberation, she has continued to struggle ceaselessly for the liberation of Palestine and of the prisoners, including for the liberation of the bodies of the martyrs, the hundreds held captive by the Zionist regime even after death.
This rich history teaches us that the liberation of Palestine from the river to the sea is the inevitable end. This history gives us a glimpse into the lives and sacrifices of Palestinian women. We wish Etaf could be with us today, but the continuous pursuit by the Zionist enemy prevents her from leaving the country. Therefore, I leave you with some words and a special message from her.
source: Samidoun
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