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SSD-Probleme unter Windows: Alte Firmware soll schuld sein
SSD-Probleme unter Windows 11 sollen dann aufgetreten sein, wenn der Hersteller eine nicht finale Firmware-Version aufgespielt hat.
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Paraphrase of my #IOT hardware rant on slack (unsurprising, since I maintain https://github.com/unixorn/internet-of-trash/)
In a perfect world IOT hardware companies should:
- Have to escrow the firmware. And escrow the source code, not just the binary blob
- The firmware isn't allowed to use binary blobs as device drivers. Chip manufacturers will have to suck it up and document their chips or hardware companies won't be able to use them
- Have to escrow any keys required to update the firmware
- To be sold, have to have a local API, with at a minimum, functionality to update the firmware once the hardware company stops support. No "You have to use our crapware that only works on a phone/computer OS two major versions old, and it has to download firmware from our servers that got turned off when we went out of business / dropped the product's support
- Eighteen months with no updates causes release of the escrowed firmware and update keys. There are bound to be at least some security updates required in that time
- Have to have clearly labeled pads on the board for updating firmware and running diagnostics.
- Not be allowed to lock consumers out of reflashing the firmware. If someone flashes custom firmware before the escrowed firmware is released, and the custom firmware bricks the device, that's on the person who reflashed it, not the company.
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President TACO to announce $12 billion tariff relief for farmers
Farmers nationwide have been grappling with low crop prices and challenging TARIFFS that have pushed many into bankruptcy.
Some 181 farmers filed for bankruptcy protection in the first half of the year,
a 60 percent increase from the previous year
and the highest six-month reading since 2020, according to U.S. court records.

The new assistance package is expected to particularly help soybean farm…

Trump to announce $12 billion tariff relief for farmers
Farmers — particularly those who produce soybeans — have felt the impact of the president’s tariff policies.

📷 Two-stage framework reconstructs sharp 4D scenes from blurry handheld videos
#imaging

Two-stage framework reconstructs sharp 4D scenes from blurry handheld videos
Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF) is a fascinating technique that creates three-dimensional (3D) representations of a scene from a set of two-dimensional (2D) images, captured from different angles. It works by training a deep neural network to predict the color and density at any point in 3D space.

Titans waive former 1st-round pick Burks from IR https://www.espn.com/nfl/story/_/id/46523095/titans-waive-treylon-burks-former-1st-round-pick-ir

Farmers' Almanac, first printed in 1818, says its 2026 edition will be its last, citing financial challenges; access to the online version will end in December (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/farmers-almanac-ceases-publication-…

Farmers' Almanac to cease publication after 2 centuries of predicting weather
A 208-year-old publication that farmers, gardeners and others keen to predict the weather have relied on for guidance will be publishing for the final time. Farmers’ Almanac said Thursday that its 2026 edition will be its last, citing the growing financial challenges of producing and distributing the book in today’s “chaotic media environment.” Access to the online version will cease next month. The Maine-based publication was first printed in 1818. It's distinct from the Old Farmer’s…

Australian Farmers: Telling Our Story
Telling Our Story is hosted by television presenter and journalist, Angie Asimus...
Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/australian-farmers-telling-our-story/

Oh no! The Farmer's Almanac is going out of business. I'll be forced to rely on The Old Farmer's Almanac for all my weather forecasts from now on. I actually didn't know that there were 2 Farmer's Almanacs until one of them announced it was closing down operations.
#WeatherForecast
https://www.ctvnews.ca/lifestyle/article/farmers-almanac-says-it-will-cease-publication-after-208-years-citing-financial-challenges/

https://www.nextgov.com/cybersecurity/2025/09/suspected-chinese-operation-aims-recruit-former-feds-job-postings-research-shows/407970/
Suspected Chinese operation aims to recruit former feds wi…

Six former U.S. surgeons general have published an op-ed in The Washington Post,
warning Americans that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is using his role as head of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to endanger the health of the nation.
The authors of the op-ed, which was published on Monday, represent “former U.S. surgeons general appointed by every Republican and Democratic president since George H.W. Bush”
— including Jerome Adams, Richard Carmona, Joycelyn Elders,…

6 Former Surgeons General Say RFK Jr. Is Endangering the Health of the Nation
The bipartisan group of surgeons general included Democratic and Republican appointees dating back to the early 1990s.