On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 03/24 to 03/28 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/03/28/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week

so much sun <3

Linux 6.15 Graphics Drivers: NOVA Core, Apple Touch Bar, Lots For AMD + Intel GPUs
The big pull request was sent out today of the numerous Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) updates for the in-development Linux 6.15 kernel. There are new drivers, a lot as usual for the AMD Radeon and Intel kernel graphics drivers, and a lot of other changes throughout for advancing these open-source kernel graphics/display drivers… ⌘ Read more

I’m a long-term mpd user (some 16+ years), but for $reasons I have to compile it myself now – and, boy, that is one heavy program. Takes several minutes to build. 😳

@kat@yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz Does … does that mean … that we’re “trending” on TikTok? 😅

GNOME 48 & KDE Plasma 6.3 Delivering Great Wayland Desktop Experience On Ubuntu 25.04 For Linux Gaming
While there were a few graphics benchmarks in yesterday’s Ubuntu 25.04 beta benchmarks, today’s article is looking more at the Ubuntu 25.04 Linux gaming performance for both the GNOME 48 and KDE Plasma 6.3 desktops that default to the Wayland-based session by default while also trying out the X11 session for both of these desktops. ⌘ Read more

Linux 6.15 Landing Backlight Driver For Various Apple iPhones & iPads
Back during the Linux 6.13 kernel cycle initial support for many (pre-M1) Apple devices were upstreamed including various iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch devices. That though was the very preliminary support and continuing to work their way upstream are various drivers/patches to further enhance the support. Now for the Linux 6.15 kernel is a new Apple backlight driver for controlling the backlight on various mobile Apple devices… ⌘ Read more

M5Stack Expands Offline LLM Lineup with Ethernet-Enabled Kit
M5Stack has launched the Module LLM Kit, combining the Module LLM and Module13.2 LLM Mate for offline AI inference and data communication. It supports applications like voice assistants, text-to-speech conversion, smart home control, and more. This module operates using the AiXin AX630C SoC processor, also found in other M5Stack products like the LLM630 Compute Kit […] ⌘ Read more

Linux 6.15 Networking Delivers Many Nice Performance Optimizations & New Hardware
The networking subsystem updates for the in-development Linux 6.15 kernel bring multiple nice performance optimizations to enhance Linux networking speeds. The Linux 6.15 networking pull also has support for a number of new wireless and wired network chipsets… ⌘ Read more

Linux Flips Around Its Behavior For Spectre-BHB Handling On ARM64
All of the ARM64 changes were merged this week to the Linux 6.15 kernel for enhancing the 64-bit ARM processor support… ⌘ Read more

Two Years In The Making, Intel Linux Driver Enables CPS Compression For Alchemist GPUs
A two year old Intel Mesa merge request was finally merged for Mesa 25.1 today for enabling functionality on DG2/Alchemist GPUs and newer… ⌘ Read more

Linux 6.15 Better Handles PS5 Controllers, AMD Human Presence Detection Off By Default
All of the HID subsystem updates have been merged for the ongoing Linux 6.15 merge window… ⌘ Read more

Hmm I think I can come up with some kind of heuristic.. Maybe if the feed is requested and hasn’t updated in the last few mins it adds to the queue. So the next time it will be fresh.

@am@yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz who are you

@gretahayes@yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz realest shit ever

Sorry Malala I hate this fucking class

athena was NOT making that night longer for ODYSSEUS to enjoy the sex get serious. she made that man see the gods above so clearly that he almost had a panic attack

greek myth is crazy bc there’s the misogny but also yeah she IS getting that man pregnant. penelope and odysseus obviously (he literally WAS the one that carried telemachus) and ofc andromeda and perseus & hektor and andromache but also like. you cannot tell me helen didn’t get menelaos pregnant bffr

I’m clearly doing so well

call me andromeda the way i want to get that man PREGNANT ‼️

perseus and andromeda DEFINITELY have insane wild sex i just KNOWWW she gets him pregnant & she has him screaming the entire time. their servants have to cover their ears and steer clear of their room every night they’re together their kid’s nursemaid makes sure the kid has an early bedtime just so they don’t hear this shit i just KNOW she makes him see stars i know she

Nova DRM Skeleton Patches Further Flesh Out This Open-Source NVIDIA Kernel Driver
Set to be merged for the Linux 6.15 kernel is the very initial NOVA driver core code that will be incrementally built up over time in succeeding kernel versions. For Linux 6.15, this open-source NVIDIA kernel driver isn’t of any use for end-users as it’s just the very preliminary pieces to begin crafting the foundation for the driver that is leveraging the NVIDIA GSP found with Turing and newer hardware. In preparation for fut … ⌘ Read more

@mana@yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz godspeed

@mana@yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz :D no problemmmm

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org THANK YOUUUU I AM BOOKMARKING THIS FOR THE FUTURE <3

alright, I guess I’m finally gonna work on fixing my website’s responsiveness issue, pray5me

@yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz@yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz it was FUCKING INSANE also HI MANA

@kat@yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz it’s mostly under control now but jesus christ i almost had a panic attack

hey friends guess who had tiktok teens flood a mostly abandoned site of hers that was meant for a small group of friends? and went from 15 to ~60 users in 20 minutes? ya girl

On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Lessons https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/03/27/lessons.html #scifi #startrek #closereading

Just flip it left to right

@movq@www.uninformativ.de ✅

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Commercial forest, I guess? (Are there any other forests?)

(The original was played on a guitar with an octave pedal, not a bass.)

Not in the mood to deal with reality today, so here’s another one of those silly things: https://movq.de/v/68c61f8ecc/r2_session.ogg This time on electric bass, tuned down to B-standard because oomph. (Well, sounds okay on my headphones, but I’m obviously no sound engineer. 🤪)

This time, I brought my cam along. We checked out a piece of ex-forest they’ve cut down. It looks terrible now. :-( At least the spruce resin smell was nice. https://lyse.isobeef.org/waldspaziergang-2025-03-27/

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It’s time for an European @letsencrypt@letsencrypt :

@tdelmas@tdelmas https://mamot.fr/@tdelmas/114224564125819333

Linux 6.15 SoC/DT Additions: Arm Morello, Versal NET, Apple T2, MNT Reform 2 & More
The many SoC and DeviceTree updates have now been merged for the Linux 6.15 kernel merge window. There’s a lot on the ARM hardware side plus some additions for RISC-V and various interesting new device/board additions… ⌘ Read more

@eapl.me@eapl.me According to an update of the article, others have suggested the same.

Your explanation seems fitting. I just don’t get why people don’t use feed readers anymore. Anyway.

What has been the hardest bug you got to fix?
https://hackerweb.app/#/item/43461618

Hab’ ich einen Durst! Ist noch Lack da?

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org I had that as my avatar/userprofile pic at work for a few years. 😆

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Luckily, yeah. Happens every now and then. It’s usually not even worth reporting, they often fix it in 30-90 minutes anyway.

(Is this how we do “reactions” here on twtxt? 🤪)

@xuu @lyse@lyse.isobeef.org 💚

@xuu Yeah, it will be delayed. Oh well. That’s just the way it is. :-)

@movq@www.uninformativ.de Hahaha, that filename! :-D 100 times better than I could ever play.

thanks? 😆

Now I need the non-hacker friends 🥲

@xuu If the unread counter becomes negative, wouldn’t that mean I have that many more read messages? :-D

@bender@twtxt.net You’re spot on, it’s important to not introduce classical bugs!

Ubuntu 25.04 Beta Officially Released
The Ubuntu 25.04 “Plucky Puffin” beta is now available for testing ahead of the official release set for 17 April… ⌘ Read more

@movq@www.uninformativ.de Oh dear. :-( Have they fixed it?

@prologic@twtxt.net @movq@www.uninformativ.de I had a t-shirt with this one or the other decade ago. :-)

EXT4 Better Hardened Against Maliciously-Fuzzed File-Systems
Ted Ts’o at Google has sent out the EXT4 file-system updates for the in-development Linux 6.15 kernel… ⌘ Read more

LILYGO T-Deck Pro Offers E-Paper Display with Configurable 4G and Voice Options
LILYGO has introduced the T-Deck Pro, an open-source development board with a built-in keyboard and a 3.1-inch e-paper touchscreen. Combining sensor integration with touchscreen functionality, it can be applied to various projects in areas like IoT and portable devices. The board features the ESP32-S3FN16R8 dual-core LX7 microprocessor, similar to the T-Deck Plus released in December. … ⌘ Read more

it seems I don’t know how to do Markdown 😅

Firefly Automation Controller Adds Industrial Control Capabilities to Raspberry Pi Compute Module
CrowdSupply recently featured the Firefly Automation Controller, a platform combining Raspberry Pi Compute Module-compatible modules with the STM32H7 microcontroller for industrial applications. With IO-Link Class B channels, it supports communication and control of sensors and actuators. The STM32H7 microcontroller, running at up to 480 MHz, manages … ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net 🍴💣

@eapl.me@eapl.me this “directory” is actually named registry. You can see users at https://registry.twtxt.org/api/plain/users and his twts at https://registry.twtxt.org/api/plain/tweets

Raspberry Pi PoE+ Injector Leverages Power-Over-Ethernet for Remote Deployments
This month, Raspberry Pi launched a device capable of powering its single-board computers over Power-over-Ethernet. The Raspberry Pi PoE+ Injector enables both power and data to be transmitted through a single Ethernet cable, simplifying network infrastructure for projects deployed in remote or difficult-to-access locations. Compatible with devices conforming to IEEE 802.3af and 802.3at … ⌘ Read more

Twtxt was made for nerds, by nerds.
I’d like to change that. It’s by nerds/hackers, for nerds/hackers and friends of these. It doesn’t have to be hacky all the time, as you don’t need to be a nerd to have a blog.
But, for that to happen, someone has to build the tools to improve UX.

by design there really is no way to easily discovers others
Yeah, I agree, and although there are directories of email addresses, usually you don’t want that, unless you are a ‘public figure’.
I couldn’t say that a microblogging is a “social network” by default, as a blog is not either. At the same time, people would expect to find new people and conversations, as you’d do in a forum.

I think of two features on top of the current spec:

• Clients showing a few posts of what your following are watching but you don’t, so perhaps you find something interesting to follow next. Or that feature of “Your ‘followings’ are following these accounts/people”. (Hard to explain in english, but I hope you get the idea)
  
• Sharing your .txt into some directory, saying “Hey, I have this twtxt URL, I want to be discovered”. I’m thinking of something like the Federated tab on Mastodon.

Hmm so looking at the swagger of the registry spec client it seems to just take a “page”.. That seems worse than doing an offset. Lol.

https://github.com/DracoBlue/twtxt-registry/blob/master/src/swagger.json

thanks andros!

instead of adding the new twt at the end of the feed, do it at the beginning
The PHP client did that originally, although I didn’t see a real benefit if you use… a client.
It could help if you read the .txt file through a browser or something. Also, not many clients are prepared to cut the request, and you can’t rely on the file being organized that way, so finally we dropped that feature.

An AI clock is correct twice a day.

Ubuntu 25.04 Beta Delivering Some Nice Performance Improvements Over Ubuntu 24.10
Ubuntu 25.04 beta is set to be released today and thus this week I’ve begun testing out the latest Ubuntu 25.04 builds on different systems for seeing how this six-month Ubuntu Linux update is looking compared to the prior Ubuntu 24.10 release. In this first Ubuntu 25.04 beta benchmarking article is a look at the performance using an AMD Ryzen 9000 series desktop and Radeon RX 7900 XTX graphics. ⌘ Read more

Aproveitando que descobri que já só há um (1!) CD em stock do album de tributo de onde esta música vem (e esse último CD pode ser teu!), para a #musquinta de hoje que tem como tema “rock nacional”, deixo-vos com uma banda de rock Português a fazer uma cover de outra banda de rock Português:

https://anti-demos-cracia.bandcamp.com/track/jh-lab-silver-jet

Akamai Now Providing The Hosting Infrastructure For Kernel.org
It’s not only FreeDesktop.org that has been transitioning to new infrastructure this month but separately, Kernel.org is now receiving hosting and CDN needs provided by Akamai… ⌘ Read more

Super stressful day at work and, once I got home: Internet outage.

I guess that’s a sign.

Zstd 1.5.7 Lands In Linux 6.15 For Better Performance & APIs For Intel QAT Acceleration
Linux 6.15 keeps getting more exciting… The big Zstd update has landed! The in-kernel Zstandard compression code is finally re-based against the newer upstream state that brings better performance as well as new APIs for allowing Intel QAT acceleration by Intel hardware offering QuickAssist Technology. This Zstd code is relied upon by Btrfs transparent file-system compression and other in-kernel users for compression/decompr … ⌘ Read more

Linux 6.15 To Gain New Option For Those Building The Kernel Without Virtual Terminal
The printk changes submitted for the Linux 6.15 kernel introduce a new “NULL_TTY_DEFAULT_CONSOLE” Kconfig build-time option for allowing the null TTY to be the default for those building the Linux kernel without virtual terminal (VT) support… ⌘ Read more

PostgreSQL Database Lands Initial Support For IO_uring: “Can Be Considerably Faster”
As a very exciting improvement for the open-source PostgreSQL database server, it has merged initial support for making use of IO_uring on Linux servers for asynchronous I/O and can provide for some nice performance improvements… ⌘ Read more

Linux 6.15 Brings Support For New Sound Hardware, Continued SoundWire Improvements
Linux sound subsystem maintainer Takashi Iwai of SUSE has submitted all the feature updates slated for Linux 6.15. There is a lot of new audio hardware support and other enhancements that are now merged for this next kernel release… ⌘ Read more

RadeonSI Goes Rusticl-Only, Clearing Out Support For Old Clover OpenCL
Earlier this month Mesa deprecated the Clover OpenCL driver in favor of the modern Rust-written Rusticl Gallium3D state tracker. Clover is expected to be removed in Q3’s Mesa 25.2 release while today the RadeonSI driver has decided to preemptively remove its Clover support… ⌘ Read more

É isto que me ocorre ao ver a notícia destaque de hoje - “Drone apanhado com telemóveis e cigarros”

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@bender@twtxt.net thinked about Gemini protocol. Why corporations shit this name with cryptocurrency and LLMs?

@xuu like feeds+bridgy.fed? Will be happy anyway

@bender@twtxt.net I taught the whole ecosystem 😁
@prologic@twtxt.net @eapl.me@eapl.me The question I was asked the most was: How do I discover people?
Someone came up with a fantastic idea, instead of adding the new twt at the end of the feed, do it at the beginning. So you can paginate by cutting the request every few lines.

I’m not much a fan of registry limit/offset paging. I think I prefer the cursor/count method. And starting at zero for first and max for latest.

So smooth. love it!

@doesnm@doesnm.p.psf.lt haha its not coming back. he talked of a stand alone thing like feeds. but not in yarnd

2 is a great idea, you should suggest it in that blog post.

About 1, well, I think anyone has an email address and only about 5% use a Feed, so it makes sense to offer what most people use 🤔

NVIDIA Vulkan Beta Driver Introduces BFloat16 Support
NVIDIA has published new Vulkan beta driver builds for Windows and Linux that introduce VK_KHR_shader_bfloat16 for BFloat16 “BF16” support within shaders… ⌘ Read more

hmm @prologic@twtxt.net how did replying to lyse double up here?

if it hasn’t updated in a while so i put the request rate to once a week it will take some time before i see an update if it happens today.

I need to figure out a way to back off requests to feeds that don’t update often.

Começam as reacções esperadas:
https://masto.pt/@BlocodeEsquerda/114230110603256114

“Unread messages: -1”: Well, classic off by one error. I gotta have to hunt that down.

Guilty pleasure, blasphemy, shitty audio, … something like that. Seven Nation Army on double bass. 🤪 https://movq.de/v/e3a4dcff2e/sad-nation-army.ogg

Linux 6.15 Adds Support For The New AMD Versal NET SoC
Submitted today for upstreaming into the Linux 6.15 kernel is support for the Versal NET SoC, an addition to the AMD/Xilinx Versal family that doesn’t appear to have been talked about much publicly yet but should be an interesting addition to their product line-up… ⌘ Read more

@movq@www.uninformativ.de That’s not very retrocomputing!

If you’ve played Grim Fandango back in the day, you’ll enjoy this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iNc58NznIUM

@bender@twtxt.net 🙈🙈🙈

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org I remember WebKit having a similar list, but I can’t find it right now … 🙈

@eapl.me@eapl.me Interesting! Two points stood right out to me:

1. Why the hell are e-mail newsletters considered a valid option in the first place? Just offer an Atom feed and be done with it! Especially for a blog of this very type. This doesn’t even involve a third party service. Although, in addition he also links to Feedburner, what the fuck!? No e-mail address or the like is needed and subject to being disclosed.

2. When these spam mailers want to prevent resubscribing, then for fuck’s sake, why don’t they use a hash of the e-mail address (I saw that in yarnd) for that purpose? Storing the e-mail address in clear text after unsubscribing is illegal in my book.

@prologic@twtxt.net In all seriousness: Don’t worry, I’m not going to host some Fediverse thingy at the moment, probably never will. 😅

But I do use it quite a lot. Although, I don’t really use it as a social network (as in: following people). I follow some tags like #retrocomputing, which fills my timeline with interesting content. If there was a traditional web forum or mailing list or even a usenet group that covered this topic, I’d use that instead. But that’s all (mostly) dead by now. ☹️

@movq@www.uninformativ.de I see, fair point, yeah.

Microsoft Announces Open-Source “Hyperlight Wasm” Project
Microsoft last year announced the open-source Hyperlight project as an embedded VMM for use as a micro-VM manager of sorts that can be run within Windows and Linux applications. This VM-based security for small embedded functions now has its scope expanded with the open-source release today of Hyperlight Wasm for bringing in WebAssembly to the party… ⌘ Read more

Linux 6.15 Adds AMD Zen 5 SRSO Mitigation For KVM, Preps For Attack Vector Controls
While there is a lot of exciting new x86_64 CPU features coming with Linux 6.15, there is also some of the not so fun changes too: namely the “x86/bugs” pull request to bring the latest CPU security mitigation work to the mainline kernel… ⌘ Read more

@movq@www.uninformativ.de Yikes! I didn’t know about about:compat. Crazy!

@xuu Wow, that’s a giant graveyard. In my new database I have 16,428 messages as of now. Archive feed support is not yet available, so it’s just the sum of all the 36 main feeds.

@david@collantes.us Ah shit, sorry, you’re right! :-D