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This is chillingly scary: Genetic Data From Over 20,000 U.S. Children Misused for ‘Race Science’ – The New York Times

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/26

I’m speechless: [Wayback/Archive] https://archive.is/2026.01.24-201053/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/us/children-genetics-race-science.html

Via [Wayback/Archive] Kevin Bird on Skyview: An excellent, bone-chilling story about a cadre of online racists who stole genetic data from studies on children so they could make specious arguments for the innate inferiority of non-white people, it’s embrace by Elon Musk/twitter & how the Trump administration might make it easier to do again.

Starting skeet for which you need a BSKY account: Post by @stairwaytokevin.bsky.social — Bluesky

--jeroen

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SearX: a privacy-respecting, open metasearch engine

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/26

Experimenting with [Wayback/Archive] SearX: a privacy-respecting, open metasearch engine

Links (including repository):

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Some notes on remote desktop access to MacOS

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/23

Reminder: only do this over a trusted network (use VPN!)

Apple uses very different terminology than Microsoft, and even they went from Microsoft Terminal Services (and its client mstsc.exe) via Remote Desktop Services (often abbreviated to RDP) and since 2024 – from non-Windows clients – “Windows App“.

For Apple, there are various terms:

So below are some links so I have an overview somewhere.

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Identify virtual NICs in Hyper-V virtual machines – 4sysops

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/23

For my link archive: [Wayback/Archive] Identify virtual NICs in Hyper-V virtual machines – 4sysops

There are three simple steps to follow to make your VM’s NICs easy to identify. Here is an overview, before we discuss each step in more detail.

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Posted in Hyper-V, Power User, Virtualization, Windows, Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server 2019, Windows Server 2022 | Leave a Comment »

NEW Universal USB Type C Mod to Restore your older devices! – YouTube

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/22

Nice videos about  USB-C receptacles replacement that might fit old mini-USB and sometimes micro-USB ones.

Before applying, check out the tables in USB hardware: Compatibilities – Wikipedia and the table I copied from USB hardware: connector dimensions – Wikipedia to ensure there is enough space to fit the USB-C receptacle in:

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Posted in Development, Hardware, Hardware Development, Power User, Soldering, USB, USB, USB-C | Leave a Comment »

Testing Raspberry Pi’s new Debug Probe | Jeff Geerling

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/22

For my link archive in case I need hardware debugging tools: [Wayback/Archive] Testing Raspberry Pi’s new Debug Probe | Jeff Geerling (pictures below from his site, he has way ore and a much better description than the tiny notes below:

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The Intel’s Management Engine Backdoor Nobody Can Remove – via YouTube

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/21

Interesting video explaining on Intel’s Management Engine which has been the Intel Inside part of about every Intel Chipset since 2008: [Wayback/Archive] The Intel Nobody Can Remove (Not Even You) – YouTube

This is very relevant as it runs on a lightweight operating system called Minix, and there is a move from attacks on end-user operating systems personal computers and mobile phones towards edge devices running lightweight operating systems (not limited to Citrix, Ivanti, Fortinet, Palo Alto, Cisco, SonicWall and Juniper – for a potential OS list see Category:Lightweight Unix-like systems – Wikipedia).

More sources have started warning for this, see for instance [Wayback/Archive] Network security devices endanger orgs with ’90s era flaws | CSO Online and [Wayback/Archive] Security Appliance Vulnerability Bingo 2025 – Google Regneark.

Hopefully [Wayback/Archive] Dr. Christopher Kunz | heise online will have created a cku.gt/appbingo26 this year.

--jeroen

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Posted in CPU, Cyber, Hardware, Infosec (Information Security), Intel CPUs, Power User, Security | Leave a Comment »

A WireGuard Docker Linux Container

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/21

This should stau stays pretty up to date over time:

–jeroen

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NOS.nl – NOS Teletekst: Kamer:houd DigiD uit handen van VS

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/21

Nu al?

#sarcasme

https://archive.is/2026.01.21-081245/https://nos.nl/teletekst/104

https://web.archive.org/web/20260121081309/https://nos.nl/teletekst/104

https://nos.nl/teletekst/104

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GitHub – valyentdev/valyent: A developers-first cloud platform.

Posted by jpluimers on 2026/01/20

In my list of tools to try out: [Wayback/Archive] GitHub – valyentdev/valyent: A developers-first cloud platform.

I will likely start with the cloud version, but the local version looks promising too.

More links:

Via: [Wayback/Archive] Valyent.cloud: “📢 Valyent.cloud is getting fully open-source, and its UI dashboard is getting more features day after day. It allows developers to deploy Docker images at scale — made fast-booting and secure microVMs, taking inspiration from Fly.io.” — Bluesky

--jeroen

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