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Self-reproducing robots: Kinematic self-replication in reconfigurable organisms

https://www.pnas.org/content/118/49/e2112672118

Google Chromium, sans integration with Google

I think the site is new, I only know about the Woolys Ungoogled Chromium website, and his download page.

Website goes to Eleston, so I guess he created a new website for his binaries

https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium/blob/master/docs/platforms.md

#Microsoft explains XLOOKUP function in Excel 2021

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/xlookup-function-b7fd680e-6d10-43e6-84f9-88eae8bf5929

Winamp Source Code

https://web.archive.org/web/20210515031018/https://github.com/CONIGUERO/winamp

The paper gives an deep insight what could happen next.

I at some point support that the mining madness should be regulated. But legitimate stuff like payment systems should not be affected by this which seems not to be the case.

Regulation of #Cryptocurrency Around the World: November 2021 Update

Announce PDF, it is authentic.

https://tile.loc.gov/storage-services/service/ll/llglrd/2021687419/2021687419.pdf

#TPM Remote Attestation over #Bluetooth

Impressive post, I love the clean Blog or website.

https://gabriel.kerneis.info/2021/11/local_attestation/

Is this the legacy of Microsoft

- Cringemojis celebrated
- No new and fresh ideas
- No balls to go new paths and ways
- Bringing back old stuff without any reason why that has a benefit for users
- Security stuff that might be important like a good Firewall GUI gets ignored

Practical #Security Recommendations for #Startups with Limited Budgets

Not a fresh find but still a good article.

https://ajxchapman.github.io/security/2021/11/10/practical-security-recommendations-for-startups.html

Satya Nadella Sells Half of His Shares in Microsoft

Sell all and come to Linux, that would be progress, for you.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/microsofts-satya-nadella-sold-half-of-his-shares-in-the-company-11638214243

Sapphire GPRO X080 With AMD Navi 22 GPU

Source
https://elchapuzasinformatico.com/2021/11/sapphire-gpro-x080-y-gpro-x060-gpus-de-amd-exclusivas-para-la-mineria/

#Amazon EC2 M6a Instances Powered by 3rd Gen AMD EPYC Processors

Announce
https://aws.amazon.com/blogs/aws/new-amazon-ec2-m6a-instances-powered-by-3rd-gen-amd-epyc-processors/

The Xinjiang Papers

Paper
https://uyghurtribunal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/The-Xinjiang-Papers-An-Introduction-01.pdf

#Rust is not a good C replacement

I remember Linus said similar things when the tried it on the Linux Kernel. There are some things that C handles better without getting lots of runtime issues.

https://drewdevault.com/2019/03/25/Rust-is-not-a-good-C-replacement.html

I use it with Kate which now works really good.

FiraCode version 6 just got released

Announce + full changelog
https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode/releases/tag/6

Realtek HD Audio (UAD) Drivers Version R2.8x (9268.1) WHQL (Fujitsu)

Mirror
https://filetransfer.io/data-package/Uo30xRm4#link

Intel Management Engine Interface (MEI/AMT) Version 2141.15.0.2511 WHQL Repack, I screwed the last thing up and no one noticed 2 missing files.

Mirror
https://filetransfer.io/data-package/bmMS1SOU#link

Breakthrough, PhD student creates a simple, cost-effective laser on silicon

Give her an Award and two kisses from me.

https://brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/laser-on-silicon-khadijeh-miarabbas-kiani/