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Peloton's CEO Barry McCarthy steps down as the company lays off ~15% of workforce, or ~400 people, its fifth layoffs since 2021, when it had 8,600 staffers (The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/2/24146989/peloton-announces-n…

Peloton announces new round of layoffs as CEO quits
It’s the fifth time the company has announced workforce reductions since it peaked in 2021.

Jac Leirner, Os Cem (1985-87). Braziian banknotes and stainless steel. #art
https://www.sfmoma.org/artwork/2021.62/

Os Cem (Roda) / The One Hundreds (Wheel)
Explore the artists and artworks of our time at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.

Great Lakes Food Webs Science: WinterGrab II 2024
Great Lakes Food Webs Science: WinterGrab II 2024
“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” – John Steinbeck
This past week our lab once again sampled sites around Burlington Ontario in February for the WinterGrab II. In the Fall of 2021, a grass-roots group of US and Canadian Great Lakes scientists met to plan a set of standardized sam…

Great Lakes Food Webs Science: WinterGrab II 2024 - Great Lakes Food Webs
Great Lakes Food Webs Science: WinterGrab II 2024 “What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.” – John Steinbeck This past week our lab once again sampled sites around Burlington Ontario in February for the WinterGrab II. In the Fall of 2021, a grass-roots group of US and Canadian Great Lakes scientists met to plan a set of standardized sampling for mid-winter across all of the Great Lakes.

2021 retro-link! https://furbo.org/2021/08/25/jsc-my-new-best-friend/ - jsc: JavaScript on the macOS command line.

Does *this* Java SE runtime license (emphasis mine) mean *I* am prohibited from installing it on a *personal-use VM* in a commercial cloud? 🤔
"This version of the Java Runtime is licensed only for your personal (non-commercial) *desktop and laptop use*"
(IIUC running on local VM is OK because that'd be on my own desktop, laptop.)
PS: This part of Oracle license is not new; I just had not needed to question it.

What did Eagles ultimately receive in Carson Wentz trade from 2021? Cooper DeJean pick completes massive haul

https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/n…

What did Eagles ultimately receive in Carson Wentz trade from 2021? Cooper DeJean pick completes massive haul
The Eagles cleaned up in the Carson Wentz trade from three seasons ago

The underlings and stooges continue to be imprisoned while the crime boss roams free.
https://apnews.com/article/taylor-johnatakis-capitol-riot-sentencing-f97acd68b8860d36b212e408ac80abd4

Man who used megaphone to lead attack on police during Capitol riot gets more than 7 years in prison
A Washington state man who used a megaphone to orchestrate a mob’s attack on police officers guarding the U.S. Capitol has been sentenced to more than seven years in prison. U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth on Wednesday said videos captured Taylor James Johnatakis playing a leadership role during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack. The judge sentenced him to seven years and three months behind bars. Johnatakis represented himself with an attorney on standby. He has repeatedly expressed rhetoric that …

Does *this* Java SE runtime license (emphasis mine) mean *I* am prohibited from installing it on a *personal-use VM* in a commercial cloud? 🤔
"This version of the Java Runtime is licensed only for your personal (non-commercial) *desktop and laptop use*"
(IIUC running on local VM is OK because that'd be on my own desktop, laptop.)
PS: This part of Oracle license is not new; I just had not needed to question it.

WhatsApp told Delhi High Court last week that it will be forced to leave India if required to maintain "traceability" for messages as part of 2021's IT rules (Russell Brandom/Rest of World)
https://restofworld.org/2024/exporter-whatsapp-encryption-in…

WhatsApp gives India an ultimatum on encryption
Tracing the origins of messages is more complicated than it sounds.

A look at XZ Utils attacker "Jia Tan", a persona experts say was used by a nation state group and that left little trace after working on the project since 2021 (Wired)
https://www.wired.com/story/jia-tan-xz-backdoor/

The Mystery of ‘Jia Tan,’ the XZ Backdoor Mastermind
The thwarted XZ Utils supply chain attack was years in the making. Now, clues suggest nation-state hackers were behind the persona that inserted the malicious code.