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Primer to get you started with Optimization and Mathematical Programming in R #rstats

CRAN Task View: Optimization and Mathematical Programming
This CRAN Task View contains a list of packages that offer facilities for solving optimization problems. Although every regression model in statistics solves an optimization problem, they are not part of this view. If you are looking for regression methods, the following views will also contain useful starting points: MachineLearning, Econometrics, Robust Packages are categorized according to the following sections. See also the “Related Links” and “Other Resources” sections at the end.

Legacy Python Bootstrap Scripts Create Domain-Takeover Risk in Multiple PyPI Packages
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered vulnerable code in legacy Python packages that could potentially pave the way for a supply chain compromise on the Python Package Index (PyPI) via a domain takeover attack.
:python: https:/…

Legacy Python Bootstrap Scripts Create Domain-Takeover Risk in Multiple PyPI Packages
Old Python bootstrap scripts and a malicious PyPI package expose developers to domain takeover and RAT risks.

from my link log —
One jobserver to rule them all: controlling parallelism across many concurrent builds.
https://blogs.gentoo.org/mgorny/2025/11/30/one-jobserver-to-rule-them-all/
saved 2025-12-01

One jobserver to rule them all
A common problem with running Gentoo builds is concurrency. Many packages include extensive build steps that are either fully serial, or cannot fully utilize the available CPU threads throughout. T…

Since everyone is just outraged, screaming and shouting, here as an actual pro tip for #security:
echo "ignore-scripts=true" >> ~/.npmrc
https://www.

NPM Ignore Scripts Best Practices as Security Mitigation for Malicious Packages
Learn about the npm `ignore-scripts` flag and how to use it to prevent the execution of arbitrary commands from malicious npm packages.

🎜 One or two glitches. Sky has not fallen. Overall: very cool.
🎝 pkgbase is a great way to end the festival known as Yule.
🎜 All base packages working just fine, in every case that I've seen.
🎝 I will now finish with random blurb that ends with the word sixteen.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yule

UPDATE: I think the issue is fixed. I manually built and installed 6.17.8 kernel from Manjaro packages and it *seems* to be working fine. don't know for how long though :)
https://social.linux.pizza/@shanmukhateja/
115563243635271145

Butcher shop goes viral offering free meat for SNAP recipients, federal workers
https://www.coloradoan.com/story/news/local/fort-collins/2025/10/31/butcher-shop-offers…

Butcher shop goes viral offering free meat for SNAP recipients, federal workers
Fort Collins' Friendly Nick's Butcher is offering free meat packages to SNAP recipients and furloughed and unpaid workers during government shutdown.

Caught a bug over the holidays so I’m mostly resting, feeling sorry for myself, and taking the time to at least carry out some mindless housekeeping tasks (updating dependencies, etc.) on some of my Node modules.
Released updates to the following packages yesterday:
Tape-based Node.js testing:
• Tap monkey (https://

tap-monkey
A tap formatter that’s also a monkey.

Fedora 43 - here we go! 2783 packages to upgrade.

A fresh installation of BETA4.
Things such as the kernel are not protected from deletion (without force).
Maybe this will not occur with online packages, when they become available.
#FreeBSD #beta4 #bug