A depressing video about the current state of printers that just ends with “fuck this, I’m gonna talk about my cat now”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bpHX_9fHNqE

Linux’s AMD Radeon Vulkan Driver Adds Experimental Support For The BC-250 Mining Board
The AMD BC-250 is a crypto mining GPU launched by AMD back during the Bitcoin mining craze when it was profitable using GPUs for mining. At its heart is a Navi “RDNA1” GPU similar to the APU found within the Sony PlayStation 5. The AMD BC-250 can be found used these days for $50~100 USD and with the latest open-source Mesa graphics driver code for Linux systems can now be used with the Vulkan API for graphics/gaming… ⌘ Read more

Direct3D Video Decode To Vulkan Video API Being Worked On For Wine
In addition to mapping the Direct3D graphics API to Vulkan, Wine developers are working on mapping the Direct3D video acceleration APIs to work atop the Vulkan Video API… ⌘ Read more

I’ve written before about the use of US cloud services within EU and how that goes against the GDPR, even with all the attempts to create exceptions. The latest exception was being challenged, but hinged on a few things that the new US administration is tearing down.

EuroActiv has a nice new article about all of this:

https://www.euractiv.com/section/tech/news/deafening-commission-silence-with-no-credible-eu-us-data-oversight-left/

The most important thing there, for me, is at the end:

“if the EU executive does scrap the deal, it will undoubtedly be seen as a political move against Washington. Better to say and do nothing in the meantime, seems to be the policy.

But silence can’t last forever.

On 5 February, 19 MEPs from across the political spectrum called on the Commission to address the question of whether the DPF is still viable. The Commission has until 19 March to respond in writing.

On 6 February, the chair of the Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) Committee wrote to Commissioner McGrath asking whether the DPF still meets the essential equivalence requirement established by the ECJ after the PCLOB shootings and whether this affects the validity of the DPF.

Schrems told Euractiv that the Commission’s silence could leave companies in the legal limbo of an invalidated DPF.

“My biggest worry… is that there is no fucking contingency plan,” he said.”

Intel Revises DRM Sharpness Property For Use With Lunar Lake Sharpening Capabilities
Going back nearly one year Intel has been working on Linux driver support for a new adaptive sharpening filter with Lunar Lake graphics. That’s culminated into working on a common DRM sharpness property for communicating sharpness preferences and this week the latest patch series for that property was posted… ⌘ Read more

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Lyse, the man with feet of steel. 🦾

@eapl.me@eapl.me Sounds like a great idea! 👍

[47°09′08″S, 126°43′45″W] Wind speed: 41kph

CISA Tags Windows, Cisco Vulnerabilities As Actively Exploited
CISA has warned U.S. federal agencies about active exploitation of vulnerabilities in Cisco VPN routers and Windows systems. “While the cybersecurity agency has tagged these flaws as actively exploited in the wild, it has yet to provide specific details regarding this malicious activity and who is behind it,” adds Bleeping Computer. From the report: The … ⌘ Read more

[47°09′34″S, 126°43′08″W] Working impossible due to blizzard

Private Lunar Lander Blue Ghost Aces Moon Touchdown
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost lander successfully touched down on the moon, making it the first private company to achieve a stable lunar landing without crashing. The craft is carrying various NASA-funded experiments, including a “vacuum to suck up moon dirt for analysis and a drill to measure temperature as deep as 10 feet (3 meters) below the surface,” reports the … ⌘ Read more

MayQueen Introduces a 2.13″ Four Color E-Paper Display for Embedded Applications
MayQueen has introduced the PIXPAPER-213-C, a 2.13-inch prototype electronic paper display developed with Triangle Alien Studio. Featuring a four-color display and an SPI interface, it is designed for low-power, high-contrast embedded applications. The PIXPAPER-213-C supports black, white, yellow, and red colors with a resolution of 250×122 pixels and a density of 130 DPI. The active … ⌘ Read more

Adafruit Metro RP2350 is Available for $24.95 with Arduino Form Factor Compatibility
The Adafruit Metro RP2350 is designed for projects that require Arduino form-factor compatibility, multiple GPIO options, and debugging capabilities. Built around the Raspberry Pi RP2350 microcontroller, this board provides various connectivity features and programming support, making it a flexible choice for embedded development. As its name suggests, the Metro RP2350 feature … ⌘ Read more

ADLINK and LIPS Introduce 3D Perception DevKit for Autonomous Mobile Robots
ADLINK Technology and LIPS have introduced a perception solution for autonomous mobile robots. The LIPSAMR Perception DevKit integrates ADLINK’s DLAP-411-Orin platform with LIPSedge AE Active Stereo 3D cameras, providing enhanced 3D vision with a wider field of view and higher resolution than LiDAR. Built on NVIDIA Isaac Perceptor, it is designed for smart manufacturing and […] ⌘ Read more

[47°09′21″S, 126°43′38″W] Weather forecast alert – storm from NW

Researchers Find Less-Educated Areas Adopting AI Writing Tools Faster
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Since the launch of ChatGPT in late 2022, experts have debated how widely AI language models would impact the world. A few years later, the picture is getting clear. According to new Stanford University-led research examining over 300 million text samples across multiple sectors, AI … ⌘ Read more

@eapl.me@eapl.me@eapl.me@eapl.me That should be fine 🤞

NASA Photo Captures Sound Barrier Being Broken
NASA used specialized Schlieren photography to capture an image of Boom Supersonic’s XB-1 demonstrator aircraft breaking the sound barrier on February 10, 2025 and producing shock waves as it exceeded Mach 1. The flight produced no audible sonic boom, marking progress toward the goal of quiet supersonic travel. CNN reports: “This image makes the invisible visible,” said Blake Sc … ⌘ Read more

Rust-Written Redox OS Expands Use Of Dynamic Linking
The Redox OS open-source operating system written from scratch in the Rust programming language is continuing to enjoy nice progress in 2025 on its goals. The Redox OS project has published their February 2025 status update that highlights achievements made over the past month… ⌘ Read more

Google Play Is Going To Start Highlighting Apps With Widgets
Google Play on Android devices is being updated to include a new search filter for widgets, widget badges on app detail pages, and a curated editorial page dedicated to widgets. The Verge reports: With the search filter, users will be able to more easily search for apps with widgets. The badge “eliminates guesswork for users and highlights your widget … ⌘ Read more

US To Halt Offensive Cyber Operations Against Russia
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The United States has suspended its offensive cyber operations against Russia, according to reports, amid efforts by the Trump administration to grant Moscow concessions to end the war in Ukraine. The reported order to halt U.S.-launched hacking operations against Russia was authorized by U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Heg … ⌘ Read more

Taking a shortcut home

Driverless Race Car Sets a New Autonomous Speed Record
A fully driverless Maserati MC20 Coupe set a new autonomous land speed record, reaching 197.7 mph at the Kennedy Space Center. The Verge reports: The Maserati was running self-driving software developed by Politecnico di Milano, Italy’s largest scientific and technological university. The team also worked with the Indy Autonomous Challenge, which most recently ran a … ⌘ Read more

Microsoft Unveils New Voice-Activated AI Assistant For Doctors
Microsoft has introduced Dragon Copilot, a voice-activated AI assistant for doctors that integrates dictation and ambient listening tools to automate clinical documentation, including notes, referrals, and post-visit summaries. The tool is set to launch in May in the U.S. and Canada. CNBC reports: Microsoft acquired Nuance Communications, the company behin … ⌘ Read more

TSMC Pledges To Spend $100 Billion On US Chip Facilities
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Chipmaker TSMC said that it aims to invest “at least” $100 billion in chip manufacturing plants in the U.S. over the next four years as part of an effort to expand the company’s network of semiconductor factories. President Donald Trump announced the news during a press conference Monday. TSMC’s cash infusion w … ⌘ Read more

it’s been while since I’d stopped #window-manager hopping and just settled with #Herbstluftwm but I’m NGL, the River #Wayland compositor is starting to grow on me… I’m still not sure if it’s just me but something about it feels clean and snappy. The shortcuts in the vanilla/example configuration feel a bit clunky, but then again, it’s just me being used to the same old ones I keep adopting and replicating across WMs. I’ve got 0 energy for ricing so I’ll just roll with the vanilla config as is (maybe add in a short-cut for a launcher but that will be it).

Former Intel CEO Barrett Calls for Board Dismissal and Gelsinger’s Return
Former Intel CEO Craig Barrett urged the rehiring of Pat Gelsinger, who was abruptly fired two months ago, arguing he should “finish the job he has aptly handled over the past few years.”

“Pat Gelsinger did a great job resuscitating the technology development team,” Barrett wrote, criticizing the company’s current leadership under “a … ⌘ Read more

And I just added a video clip of the woodpecker. As you can easily see from the shaking, it hammers so dang hard that the whole ground around the tree vibrates.

Call Centers Using AI To ‘Whiten’ Indian Accents
The world’s biggest call center company is using artificial intelligence to “neutralise” Indian accents for Western customers. From a report: Teleperformance said it was applying real-time AI software on phone calls in order to increase “human empathy” between two people on the phone. The French company’s customers in the UK include parts of the Government, the NHS, Vodafone and eBay. … ⌘ Read more

I went on a 5:30 hours long hike to my second backyard mountain. About 12km to get there and roughly 9km on the way back. It was super nice, sunny all day long, 12°C and luckily just a little bit of wind. Great scenery. I managed to capture one great spotted woodpecker hammering along. There was also a kestrel hovering over a meadow and then landing on a sports field light pole. At the castle ruin I could watch 10-12 gliding red kites (with the V-shaped tail) and other raptors, maybe bussards, I don’t know, for about five minutes. That was fascinating. Unfortunately, my camera doesn’t too well with moving targets.

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86 more photos: https://lyse.isobeef.org/wanderung-auf-den-hohenrechberg-2025-03-03/

The US Cities Whose Workers Are Most Exposed to AI
Silicon Valley, the place that did more than any other to pioneer artificial intelligence, is the most exposed to its ability to automate work. That’s according to an analysis by researchers at the Brookings Institution, a think tank, which matched the tasks that OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4 could do with the jobs that are most common in different US cities. From a report: The result … ⌘ Read more

[47°09′28″S, 126°43′03″W] –white noise–

How the British Broke Their Own Economy
Britain, the birthplace of the Industrial Revolution, now suffers from its opposite: profound energy shortages and deep affordability crises [non-paywalled link]. A new report titled “Foundations” identifies the root cause – “it is difficult to build almost anything, anywhere” in the UK.

Housing exemplifies this malaise. Since the 1990s, homeownership among young British workers has halved wh … ⌘ Read more

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org i appreciate you updating this with that info. been in the weeds at work so haven’t been tracking the conversation here much. let me sit on this for a bit because often times the edits are within seconds of first post so maybe maybe i just allow them within a certain time frame or do away with them all together. i really only do it because it bugs me once i notice the typo :)

Waiting For the Paperback? Good Luck.
U.S. publishers are increasingly abandoning paperback editions of nonfiction books, eliminating a traditional second chance for authors to reach readers with lower-priced versions of their work. New adult nonfiction paperback titles plummeted 42% between 2019 and 2024 [non-paywalled source] to under 40,000, while hardcover titles fell just 9% during the same period, according to Bowker Books in Prin … ⌘ Read more

Graduates From Top MBA Programs Are Struggling To Land Jobs
Job placement rates have declined at all top U.S. business schools [non-paywalled source] since 2021, leaving MBA graduates anxious about their expensive degrees’ return on investment. Harvard Business School, which produced Wall Street titans like Bill Ackman and Ray Dalio, saw the percentage of graduates without job offers three months post-graduation … ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net sure thing!
What about discussing it in https://git.mills.io/yarnsocial/twtxt.dev ?
The only con I see is that everyone would need to create an account there to participate.

a few async ideas for later

The editing process needs a lot of consideration and compromises.

From one side, editing and deleting it’s necessary IMO. People will do it anyway, and personally I like to edit my texts, so I’d put some effort on make it work.
Should we keep a history of edits? Should we hash every edit to avoid abuse? Should we mark internally a twt as deleted, but keeping the replies?

I think that’s part of a more complete ‘thread’ extension, although I’d say it’s worth to agree on something reflecting the real usage in the wild, along with what people usually do on other platforms.

yep! Enjoy your rest, let’s discuss it later

Nvidia and Broadcom Testing Chips on Intel Manufacturing Process
Nvidia and Broadcom are conducting manufacturing tests using Intel’s advanced 18A chip production process, according to Reuters, signaling potential confidence in the struggling chipmaker’s contract manufacturing ambitions. The previously unreported tests could lead to significant manufacturing contracts for Intel, whose foundry business has suffered d … ⌘ Read more

Apple’s Software Quality Crisis
Article URL: https://www.eliseomartelli.it/blog/2025-03-02-apple-quality

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43243075

Points: 501

# Comments: 593 ⌘ Read more

[47°09′53″S, 126°43′36″W] –interrupted–

This seems to be capable of supporting edits as you noted. But I need to think a bit more (~2am here now) of whether this can be abused in any way… The advantage of Content-based Addressing (hashing the content) is that the hash is then immutable, meaning that we can have integrity that the hash actually represents that content from that author at that time.

@eapl.me@eapl.me@eapl.me@eapl.me I kind of like the idea of 96473B4F_1 – That is SHA256SUM(feed_url)_<monotomic_feed_post_id>

Lenovo’s ThinkBook Flip Puts an Extra-Tall Folding Display On a Laptop
Lenovo unveiled its ThinkBook “codename Flip” AI PC Concept at Mobile World Congress on Monday, featuring a flexible 18.1-inch OLED display that can transform between three configurations: a traditional 13.1-inch clamshell, a folded 12.9-inch tablet, or a laptop with an extra-tall vertical screen.

Unlike the motorized ThinkBook Plus G … ⌘ Read more

looks good to me!

About alice’s hash, using SHA256, I get 96473b4f or 96473B4F for the last 8 characters. I’ll add it as an implementation example.
The idea of including it besides the follow URL is to avoid calculating it every time we load the file (assuming the client did that correctly), and helps to track replies across the file with a simple search.

Also, watching your example I’m thinking now that instead of {url=96473B4F,id=1} which is ambiguous of which URL we are referring to, it could be something like:
{reply_to=[URL_HASH]_[TWT_ID]} / {reply_to=96473B4F_1}
That way, the ‘full twt ID’ could be 96473B4F_1.

How Many Episodes Should You Watch Before Quitting a TV Show? A Statistical Analysis
Daniel Parris: Some TV shows take a while to “get good.” Modern classics like Breaking Bad, The Wire, Community, and Bojack Horseman are notorious for “starting slow” and are often recommended with a disclaimer like “Give it a few episodes; I promise it gets good!”

At the same time, some shows neve … ⌘ Read more

Example feed I guess? ☝️

# default_lang = en
# discovery_url = https://example.com/discovery/
# follow = alice https://example.com/alice.txt ABCDEF12
# follow = alice gemini://example.com/alice.txt
# avatar = https://example.com/avatar/alice.png
# avatar = gemini://example.com/avatar/alice.png

1	2025-03-03T15:00:00-04:00	{lang=en} Hello, world! Welcome to my twtxt feed. UTF-8 check: é, ö, ü.
2	2025-03-03T15:05:00-04:00	{lang=es} ¡Hola, mundo! This tweet is in Spanish.
3	2025-03-03T15:10:00-04:00	{url=ABCDEF12,id=1} Replying to tweet 1 using its URL hash.
4	2025-03-03T15:15:00-04:00	{edited=1} This tweet has been edited once.
5	2025-03-03T15:20:00-04:00	{lang=fr} Bonjour le monde! A French twt overriding the default language.
6	2025-03-03T15:25:00-04:00	Regular twt without metadata defaults to en.

China May Be Ready To Use Nuclear Fusion for Power by 2050
China aims to commercialize nuclear fusion technology for use in emissions-free power generation by 2050, according to the countryâ™s state-owned atomic company. From a report: China National Nuclear Corp., which runs an experimental device dubbed the ‘artificial sun,’ could start commercial operation of its first power generation project about five years afte … ⌘ Read more

hi! I hope you can see this message

As in https://eapl.me/timeline/post/s7gv6zq
I changed my URL to experiment on this exact situation, and deleted the symlink on my server, so now tw.txt is the only way to get the file, although I could bring it back, what does everyone say?

@eapl.me@eapl.me Some really good idea in this post of yours 👌👌

@xuu Oh 🤔

@andros@twtxt.andros.dev Reading… 👀

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org I meant “detect” lol 😂

‘Why Can’t We Screenshot Frames From DRM-Protected Video on Apple Devices?’
Apple users noticed a change in 2023, “when streaming platforms like Netflix, HBO Max, Amazon Prime, and the Criterion Channel imposed a quiet embargo on the screenshot,” noted the film blog Screen Slate:

At first, there were workarounds: users could continue to screenshot by using the browser Brave or by downloading extension … ⌘ Read more

[47°09′08″S, 126°43′31″W] Raw reading: 0x67C599C2, offset +/-4

That’s pretty darn neat, the little indie movie (‘Flow’) made in Blender beat out some Disney/Pixar heavyweights. I actually watched it a month or so ago, nice little movie. It’s not the highest detailed animation or anything, but it has a style that it makes work.

Can TrapC Fix C and C++ Memory Safety Issues?
“TrapC, a fork of the C language, is being developed as a potential solution for memory safety issues that have hindered the C and C++ languages,” reports InfoWorld.
But also being developed is a compiler named trapc “intended to be implemented as a cybersecurity compiler for C and C++ code, said developer Robin Rowe…”

Due by the end of this year, trapc will be a free, open so … ⌘ Read more

@eapl.me@eapl.me There are several points that I like, but I want to highlight number 7. https://text.eapl.mx/a-few-ideas-for-a-next-twtxt-version #twtxt

@prologic@twtxt.net No edits anymore! \o/

[47°09′12″S, 126°43′48″W] Reading: 0.25 Sv

I really like the proposal and your ideas. I have been reading your articles and several points seem very interesting to me.

I show you the website of Baldo, my little black cat (the pocket panther).
Website: https://baldo.cat/
Twtxt: https://baldo.cat/twtxt.txt
#catsoftwtxt

Blender-Rendered Movie ‘Flow’ Wins Oscar for Best Animated Feature, Beating Pixar
It’s a feature-length film “rendered on a free and open-source software platform called Blender,” reports Reuters. And it just won the Oscar for best animated feature film, beating movies from major studios like Disney/Pixar and Dreamworks.

In January Blender.org called Flow “the manifestation of Blender’s mission, … ⌘ Read more

[47°09′29″S, 126°43′01″W] Transfer aborted

interesting.. my pod was looking for him as https://eapl.me/twtxt.txt but the correct path is https://eapl.me/tw.txt

Linux’s Marketshare Drops in Monthly Steam Survey
What’s Linux’s marketshare on Steam? The Steam Survey numbers tell this story:

11/24: 2.03%
12/24: 2.29%
01/25: 2.06%
02:25: 1.45%

“The February numbers show a staggering 0.61% drop to Linux use…” reports Phoronix. But they attribute this to an sampling error:
According to the survey, it shows 50% of Steam users using the Simplified Chinese language pack [a 20% increase … ⌘ Read more

@xuu Is this why threads are getting a bit messed up lately? 🧐

@xuu redirects to https://text.eapl.mx/main-en for me?

I think @movq@www.uninformativ.de removed support for it in jenny. 🫠

@prologic@twtxt.net eapl.me comes up not found for me.

2025-03-02T13:20:00-07:00 (#<fmgas3a https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt?t=2025-03-02T10:12:13Z>) @<prologic https://twtxt.net/user/prologic/twtxt.txt> its hard to change by consensus. Some things are won in implementation.

Blender-made movie Flow takes Oscar
Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/lifestyle/flow-wins-best-animated-feature-film-oscar-2025-03-03/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43237273

Points: 506

# Comments: 74 ⌘ Read more

True. Though if the idea turns out to be better.. then community will adopt it.

if you look at the subject for that twt you will see that it uses the extended hash format to include a URL address.

A SMART TOILET ON THE ROOF!

@xuu Um sorry?! A “smart” toilet?! 🤦‍♂️

@eapl.me@eapl.me@eapl.me@eapl.me This sounds great! 🙌 Will you coordinate this activity? 🙏

Hey everyone!

About the idea of improving the “thread” extension, what if we set aside March 2025 to gather proposals and thoughts from everyone? We could then vote on them at the end of the month to see if the change and migration are worth it.

The voting could include client maintainers (and maybe even users too). That way, we get a good mix of perspectives before taking a decision in a decent timelapse.

What do you think? If this sounds good, we can start agreeing on this. Let me know your thoughts!

Lenovo Teases Solar-Powered and Foldable-Screen Laptops in Latest Concepts
Lenovo demonstrated “a laptop with a foldable screen and one that can get extra battery life from solar power,” reports CNBC, emphasizing that “These laptops are just concepts, meaning they are not commercially available.”
But “Lenovo, the world’s biggest PC maker, has a history of showing off imaginative concepts with some … ⌘ Read more

@xuu What do you mean by this? 🧐 If we implement and other clients don’t, Then we end up forking the community no? 🤔

Trump Names Cryptocurrencies for ‘Digital Asset Stockpile’ in Social Media Post
Despite a January announcement that America would explore the idea of a national digital asset stockpile, the exact cryptocurrecies weren’t specified. Today on social media the president posted that it would include bitcoin, ether, XRP, Solana’s SOL token and Cardano’s ADA, reports CNBC — prompting a Sunday rally in cr … ⌘ Read more

‘Exponential Spin-up’ In Geothermal Energy Projects Brings Hope for Green Power
Earth’s core “burns with an estimated forty-four trillion watts of power,” the New Yorker reminds us — enough to “satisfy the entire world’s energy needs” with a power source that’s carbon-free, ubiquitous — and unlimited. (Besides running 24 hours a day, one of geothermal energy’s key advantages is “it can be used … ⌘ Read more

I hate to say it .. but we as a species have peaked at this moment. It’s all down hill from here.

@prologic@twtxt.net its hard to change by consensus. Some things are won in implementation.

How Buildings Are Staying Cool and Saving Money - with Batteries Made of Ice
“Thousands of buildings across the United States are staying cool with the help of cutting-edge batteries made from one of the world’s simplest materials,” reports the Washington Post — ice.

When electricity is cheap, the batteries freeze water. When energy costs go up, building managers turn off their pricey chillers … ⌘ Read more

[47°09′36″S, 126°43′57″W] Transfer 25% complete…

What Happened When Conspiracy Theorists Talked to OpenAI’s GPT-4 Turbo?
A “decision science partner” at a seed-stage venture fund (who is also a cognitive-behavioral decision science author and professional poker player) explored what happens when GPT-4 Turbo converses with conspiracy theorists:

Researchers have struggled for decades to develop techniques to weaken the grip of conspiracy theories and cult ideo … ⌘ Read more

Ask Slashdot: Would You Accept a Free Ride Into Space?
How confident are we about the safety of commercial space tourism? Long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes:
It’s one thing for Microsoft to boast that they dare to use Outlook instead of Gmail. But it took a whole other level of commitment for Jeff Bezos to join his brother Mark aboard Blue Origin’s first passenger-carrying mission in July 2021.

So, while Bezos i … ⌘ Read more

Executive wealth as a factor in return-to-office
Article URL: https://twitter.com/EthanEvansVP/status/1895845734177452369

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43232255

Points: 500

# Comments: 355 ⌘ Read more

Fast New 3D Printing Technique Shines Holograms into Resin
Can a new 3D-printing technique shorten 3D printing times to just seconds? A team of researchers in Europe has modified Tomographic Volumetric Additive Manufacturing, which can “create entire objects in one shot by shining light patterns into liquid resin,” according to the 3D Printing Industry blog. (The liquid resin then solidifies when the light inten … ⌘ Read more

[47°09′45″S, 126°43′30″W] Carrier too weak

First Petawatt Electron Beam Arrives, Ready To Rip Apart Matter and Space
Petawatt lasers have already allowed scientists to “manipulate materials in new ways, emulate the conditions inside planets, and even split atoms,” reports Science magazine. “Now, accelerator physicists have matched that feat, producing petawatt pulses of electrons that could also have spectacular applications…”

Described … ⌘ Read more

It has been interesting to see so many reflecting at the same time about the current state and the possible future of web browsers - even if it was fired up by some bad news from @mozillaofficial@mozillaofficial.

Still, it is important to acknowledge what is and has been going on - how a web browser currently became a lot more than just a piece of software implementing a number of open standards, how they are all basically based over one of two existing browser agents (Gecko and Webkit) with the emergence of two upcoming ones (Servo and LibWeb); the difficulties of creating or maintaining a new web browser, or how dependent are all firefox forks (or older, harder derivatives like SeaMonkey) of Mozilla (both Firefox and Gecko).

I’m not trying to get to any point with this text, but rather to highlight that now is the time to have a few conversations around open standards, and in particular web standards. And as it happens, the “annual day” to have discussions of that sort is around the corner: @dff@dff’s Document Freedom Day 2025 is already in the 26th of this month. So why aren’t there more events on the map? How is your community, user group, etc. going to mark and celebrate this day?

Organize something, and put it on the events map, right this way: https://digitalfreedoms.org/en/dfd

Malicious PyPI Package Exploited Deezer’s API, Orchestrates a Distributed Piracy Operation
A malicious PyPi package effectively turned its users’ systems “into an illicit network for facilitating bulk music downloads,” writes The Hacker News.

Though the package has been removed from PyPI, researchers at security platform Socket.dev say it enabled “coordinated, unauthorized music download … ⌘ Read more

[47°09′56″S, 126°43′04″W] Waiting for carrier

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Pros/Cons. I’m not so Vince’s that switching to location based addressing will be better.

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Clients could detest edits 🤞

@movq@www.uninformativ.de Yeah, the ground was wet here, too. Some sections of esp. smaller paths had turned into mud holes. There are a few notorious spots. Oh well, you just have to press on. :-)

Forest animals also have to do the laundry, they even have a proper clotheshorse! See: https://lyse.isobeef.org/wanderung-zu-den-schurrenhoffuechsen-2021-05-15/07.jpg :-D

@movq@www.uninformativ.de Hahaha, stimmt! :-D