@slashdot@feeds.twtxt.net clever use of someone else’s app with an up density in stores in an area.

Whataburger App Becomes Unlikely Power Outage Map After Houston Hurricane
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Fast-food chain Whataburger’s app has gone viral in the wake of Hurricane Beryl, which left around 1.8 million utility customers in Houston, Texas without power. Hundreds of thousands of those people may remain without power for days as Houston anticipates a heat wave, wit … ⌘ Read more

@movq@www.uninformativ.de but surely it doesn’t just come down to an individuals understanding of a piece of software right? I mean, complexity comes from many different things for example, the number of components the number of sub-systems, lines of code, the number of abstractions, even the complexity of those abstractions., etc..

@shreyan@twtxt.net what’s this a picture of? 🤔

@slashdot@feeds.twtxt.net

The new report published Thursday dives into the many types of dark patterns like sneaking, obstruction, nagging, forced action, social proof and others. Sneaking was among the most common dark patterns encountered in the study, referring to the inability to turn off the auto-renewal of subscriptions during the sign-up and purchase process. Eighty-one percent of sites and apps studied used this technique to ensure their subscriptions were renewed automatically. In 70% of cases, the subscription providers didn’t provide information on how to cancel a subscription, and 67% failed to provide the date by which a consumer needed to cancel in order to not be charged again

@slashdot@feeds.twtxt.net this is a bit sad to see girls in tech shutdown and close its doors. 😢 did they run out of money? Or did something else drive this decision? 🤔

@prologic@twtxt.net This talk is pretty good, slightly tangential but I like it for this topic
https://youtu.be/F87PtAoJNtg

Whoohoo! My HTMX mugs arrived!

FTC Study Finds ‘Dark Patterns’ Used By a Majority of Subscription Apps and Websites
The U.S. FTC, along with two other international consumer protection networks, announced on Thursday the results of a study into the use of “dark patterns” – or manipulative design techniques – that can put users’ privacy at risk or push them to buy products or services or take other actions they otherwise … ⌘ Read more

‘Girls In Tech’ Closes Its Doors After 17 Years
An anonymous reader quotes a report from VentureBeat: The Girls in Tech nonprofit women’s tech community is closing its doors after 17 years, according to a newsletter from founder Adriana Gascoigne. Gascoigne said the decision was made with “sadness and devastation” and was not made lightly. “It is with a heavy heart that I share the news that Girls in Tech will be closing its doo … ⌘ Read more

I’ve been thinking about a new term I’ve come across whilst reading a book. It’s called “Complexity Budget” and I think it has relevant in lots of difficult fields. I specifically think it has a lot of relevant in the Software Industry and organizations in this field. When doing further research on this concept, I was only able find talks on complexity budget in the context of medical care, especially phychiratistic care. In this talk it was describe as, complexity:

• Complexity is confusing
  
• Complexity is costly
  
• Complexity kills
  

When we think of “complexity” in terms of software and software development, we have a sort-of intuitive about this right? We know when software has become too complex. We know when an organization has grown in complexity, or even a system. So we have a good intuition of the concept already.

My question to y’all is; how can we concretely think about “Complexity Budget” and define it in terms that can be leveraged and used to control the complexity of software dns ystems?

Recore A8: AllWinner-Based FDM 3D Printer Control Board with Linux Support
The Recore A8 delivers a comprehensive solution for desktop 3D printers, featuring standard JST PH connectors, an 8-layer PCB, expansion headers for additional stepper motor drives, and robust Armbian support. Similar to its predecessor, the Recore A5, which was discussed in 2021, this latest model continues to utilize the Allwinner A64 SoC—a quad-core CPU operating

Picked up Altered Carbon again on Netflix. Really need to read those books.

@slashdot@feeds.twtxt.net So.. What does this mean? Hmmm 🤔

Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Over GitHub Copilot AI Coding Assistant
A US District Court judge in San Francisco has largely dismissed a class-action lawsuit against GitHub, Microsoft, and OpenAI, which challenged the legality of using code samples to train GitHub Copilot. The judge ruled that the plaintiffs failed to establish a claim for restitution or unjust enrichment but allowed the claim for breach of open-sourc … ⌘ Read more

ein notiz.blog ⌘ https://notiz.blog/t/97y

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org I mean, if there was a standardize easier to read list somewhere we could potentially create a shed Go package that defines these constants, right?

@mckinley@twtxt.net yeah we already have this here in Australia, EV vehicles and your non-EV vehicles. And yes, it’s a pain in the arse as the car randomly breaks for things that a normal human driver wouldn’t break for just because the low eye detection races a false positive.

@slashdot@feeds.twtxt.net scary just had a little privacy that really is when you’re on the Internet, right?

@movq@www.uninformativ.de do you think alcohol and intoxication has something to do with the last time between seeing the gold land and the cheering? 🤣

hello fediverse

US Nuke Agency Buys Internet Backbone Data
A U.S. government agency tasked with supporting the nation’s nuclear deterrence capability has bought access to a data tool that claims to cover more than 90 percent of the world’s internet traffic, and can in some cases let users trace activity through virtual private networks, according to documents obtained by 404 Media. From the report: The documents provide more insight into the use c … ⌘ Read more

@slashdot@feeds.twtxt.net Great, now your car can slam the brakes randomly in addition to jerking the steering wheel randomly, i.e. lane keep assist. All these “safety features” add a fun new challenge to driving. You need to constantly be aware of your car’s computer misinterpreting something and respond to its reaction or you’re going to end up in a ditch or in the front of a 10 car pileup.

Speed Limiters Now Mandatory In All New EU Cars
An anonymous reader shares a report: Cars have been able to figure out when they’re speeding for a while, thanks to GPS as well as traffic sign recognition, and they’ve also been able to pump the brakes automatically when needed. Having a computer automatically slow down a car in response to posted speed limits, therefore, was not really a question of technical feasibility for so … ⌘ Read more

@thiegui@twtxt.net Ooor, sorry, don’t do PHP, haven’t done PHP in some 20+ years 😅

@movq@www.uninformativ.de That’s my experience too. But it’s good to know there’s a standard. Is there a definitive link to this anywhere? 🤔

Looking for a good library to parse xml feeds with PHP

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Oh man I completely missed that in the book 🤦‍♂️ No I wasn’t aware! 😢

Had totally forgotten how cool Apocalyptica’s “Nothing Else Matters” is.

Fixed Solar Panels for Camping 👈 Looks like good option for buying fixed solar panels, mounting brackets and other parts for mounting solar panels to your car’s roof rack 👌

ASRock Unveils New Mini-ITX Motherboards with AMD Ryzen Embedded 8000/7000 Processors
ASRock Industrial has recently introduced the IMB-A8000 and IMB-A1002 industrial motherboards, equipped with AMD Ryzen Embedded 8000/7000 series processors. These motherboards are engineered to enhance performance and reliability for edge AI applications across various sectors, including smart manufacturing, robotic control, machine vision, and smart retail. The IMB-A8000 m … ⌘ Read more

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Yeah looks like that 😢 Last time it was a bug that got introduced in Bleve.

@slashdot@feeds.twtxt.net Disn’t we try this decades ago and it was a miserable failure? 🤣

@bender@twtxt.net Bahahahahaha 🤣🤣🤣

Perhaps it was me. I was just testing finger clients for Windows before uploading.

Google Maps Tests New Pop-up Ads That Give Users an Unnecessary Detour
An anonymous reader writes: Google Maps is testing a new ad format that could cause distractions while driving. It brings up a pop-up notification during navigation that covers the bottom half of the screen with an unnecessary detour suggestion.

Anthony Higman on X (formerly Twitter) recently spotted the new ad format during their co … ⌘ Read more

more gopher holes should use Finger

HatDrive! Nano: Affordable €9.00 M.2 HAT for Raspberry Pi 5
The Pineboards HatDrive! Nano is a compact 2230/2242 M-Key M.2 HAT for the Raspberry Pi, measuring 55 x 34mm. It offers an affordable upgrade from a microSD card to M.2 storage, supporting NVMe SSDs, AI accelerators, and other M-Key devices. It is compatible with the official Raspberry Pi case lid and the Active Cooler. Unlike

On my blog: Developer Diary, Emancipation Day (observed) https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/07/08/emancipation.html #programming #project #devjournal

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org But of course 🤣

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Agaim?! 🤔

@bender@twtxt.net Nissan Navara ST Dual Cab 4WD 2.5P diesel. 2010 model. Can’t find the original specs or owners manual from Nissan on this one 🤔 Can only find bits and pieces (mostly not from Nissan directly 🤦‍♂️)

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Very cool! 👌

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Cool! 👌

@mckinley@twtxt.net This is precisely the problem: Chrome copies the URL incorrectly – I wonder what other browsers do this wrong? 🤔

Compact Edge AI Systems with NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX for Robotics Applications
Compact Edge AI Systems with NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX for Robotics Applications
ICP Deutschland recently featured the NRU-150-FT series, comprising the NRU-154PoE-FT and NRU-156U3-FT models. These represent a robust line of fanless edge AI computers powered by the NVIDIA Jetson Orin NX, designed specifically for demanding applications such as robotics, embedded systems, and other industrial app … ⌘ Read more

mitmproxy is not un-escaping for readability:

I swear I copied a URL from an address bar one time and I noticed it was percent encoded on the clipboard when the text in the box wasn’t. It was showing me something easy to read, but when I was going to use that URL for something else it was properly encoded so it wouldn’t cause exactly this type of problem.

Do browsers not percent-encode URLs automatically? They did in the past, right? For some reason I thought they still did, but they showed the original URL in the bar for readability.

I just used mitmproxy and pasted that URL and it didn’t escape it at all.

@bender@twtxt.net When you are trying to determine towing weights and maximums it becomes important to understand the specifications of the engine and chassis. Things like Tow Ball Weight and Gross Mass Vehicle Weight become important factors.

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Haha 🤣 That’s the way! 😅

@thiegui@twtxt.net Awesome sauce! 🥳

Finding the technical specifications of older vehicles, say >10 years is rally hard 🤦‍♂️

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Haha! 🤣 Give it a go and we’ll see 🤔

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org no picies? 🤔😅

Hey @thiegui@twtxt.net 👋 Welcome back! 🤗

@slashdot@feeds.twtxt.net ChatGPT’s success rate for me is about what I expect:

ChatGPT has an extremely broad range of success when it comes to producing functional code — with a success rate ranging from anywhere as poor as 0.66 percent and as good as 89 percent

@bender@twtxt.net It’s all a money grabbing scam if you ask me 🤣

I find it interesting too, this is obviously such a problem that Wikipedia have two URLs for this page:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tories_(British_political_party)

and

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tories_(British_political_party

@bender@twtxt.net I think @xuu@txt.sour.is ’s point is that somehow the URL(s) are wrong in the first place? I went to the Wikipedia page, and copied the URL out of the browser to link to here – Let’s see 👈 Already as I’m typing this I see a problem :/ [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tories_(British_political_party))

‘How Good Is ChatGPT at Coding, Really?’
IEEE Spectrum (the IEEE’s official publication) asks the question. “How does an AI code generator compare to a human programmer?”

A study published in the June issue of IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering evaluated the code produced by OpenAI’s ChatGPT in terms of functionality, complexity and security. The results show that ChatGPT has an extremely broad range of success when it come … ⌘ Read more

it works fine if you properly escape your urls!

 URIs include components and subcomponents that are delimited by
   characters in the "reserved" set.  These characters are called
   "reserved" because they may (or may not) be defined as delimiters by
   the generic syntax, by each scheme-specific syntax, or by the
   implementation-specific syntax of a URI's dereferencing algorithm.
   If data for a URI component would conflict with a reserved
   character's purpose as a delimiter, then the conflicting data must be
   percent-encoded before the URI is formed.

      reserved    = gen-delims / sub-delims
      gen-delims  = ":" / "/" / "?" / "#" / "[" / "]" / "@"
      sub-delims  = "!" / "$" / "&" / "'" / "(" / ")"
                  / "*" / "+" / "," / ";" / "="

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tories_(British_political_party%29

ESP32-CAN-X2 Dev Board with Dual CAN Bus Support and Automotive Grade
The Autosport Labs ESP32-CAN-X2 is a development board designed to facilitate CAN bus communications for automotive and industrial applications. This device supports up to 40V DC input and offers voltage surge protection. The ESP32-S3-WROOM-1-N8R8 microcontroller powers the board, featuring a dual-core Xtensa LX6 CPU capable of running at up to 240 MHz. The board includes

Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4S with 8GB RAM + 32GB eMMC Now Available for Ordering
The distributor Waveshare recently featured the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4S (CM4S), a System on Module based on the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B, intended for industrial applications. It retains the form factor of the older Compute Module 3 and 3+, offering multiple standard peripherals. The CM4S is equipped with a Broadcom BCM2711 quad-core 64-bit

On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Nevada, part 5 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/07/06/nevada-5.html #freeculture #bookclub

I just blocked the following ASN(s) from being able to hit twtxt.net or mills.io:

16509 - AMAZON-02
32934 - FACEBOOK

Why? Because the Claude Bot web crawler from facebookexternalhit and Meta’s facebookexternalhit web crawler are both behaving badly for pages that have no cache headers. Not sure if this is malicious, an oversight, a bug or me just being stupid and not ensuring every web resource or page had appropriate Cache headers? 🤔 In any case, until I hear back from at least facebookexternalhit (whom I’ve reached out to), these ASN(s) will remain entirely blocked.

That is the entirety of Amazon Web Services and Facebook.

RAKwireless Unveils WisGate Soho Pro RAK7267: A Compact LoRaWAN Gateway Solution
RAKwireless has introduced the WisGate Soho Pro RAK7267, the latest addition to its LoRaWAN gateway lineup. Designed for both indoor and outdoor deployments, this compact and cost-effective device is ideal for smart agriculture, smart cities, industrial IoT, and remote monitoring solutions, combining essential features of RAK gateways in a robust enclosure. The WisGate Soho Pro

Good tip!

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On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 07/01 to 07/05 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/07/05/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week

The British voting out the Tories on July 4th seems very symbolic…