10 things you didn’t know you could do with GitHub Codespaces
Unlock the full potential of GitHub Codespaces with these 10 tips and tricks! From generating AI images to running self-guided coding workshops, discover how to optimize your software development workflow with this powerful tool. ⌘ Read more
RT by @mind_booster: Número 8 da #ColecçãoVampiro Vivenda Calamidade #Livros #Policiais https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/2023/02/28/numero-8-da-coleccaovampiro-vivenda-calamidade-livros-policiais/
Número 8 da #ColecçãoVampiro Vivenda Calamidade #Livros #Policiais [paulasimoesblog.wordpress.co…](https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/2023/02/28/numero-8-da-coleccaovampiro- … ⌘ Read more
Secret scanning alerts are now available (and free) for all public repositories
Secret scanning alerts are now generally available for all public repositories. Admins can now turn on the alert experience with one click. ⌘ Read more
Can We Make Bicycles Sustainable Again?
Cycling is the most sustainable form of transportation, but the bicycle is becoming increasingly damaging to the environment. The energy and material used for its production go up while its life expectancy decreases. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, Marathi Language Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/27/marathi.html #programming #project #devjournal
Vers une Europe de la défense ?
Kiev serait-elle la nouvelle destination diplomatique à la mode ? En tout cas, les dignitaires occidentaux s’y relaient avec application et après Biden ou Von Der Leyen, c’est au tour du Premier ministre espagnol de s’y rendre. Apparemment, la capitale ukrainienne serait l’endroit indispensable où se montrer pour espérer avoir droit à une photo dans les […] ⌘ Read more
The XMPP Standards Foundation: XMPP at Google Summer of Code 2023
XSF and Google Summer of Code 2023
The XSF has been accepted again as hosting organisation at the Google Summer of Code 2023!
Now both students and open-source newcomers are invited to consider and review a participation and
prepare for the application phase. We would like to invite you to review XMPP … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Five Phases of AI Grief https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/26/ai-grief.html #rant #technology
** week notes **
I’ve been experimenting. I’ve been concocting a recipe for vegan kugel, and rediscovering little features and edges of my website I’d forgotten I baked in. Like chocolate chips hidden in an oatmeal raisin cookie.
One chip most recently re-discovered: support for per-page custom styles?! All I gotta do is include an optional bit of meta data, bespoke-css, that points to a style sheet. I may play with this feature more. I do love myself some css. I can tell exactly when in my life I added this feature because th … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Life Blood, chapters 26 – 29 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/25/life-blood-9.html #freeculture #bookclub
Bourse : quelques leçons des retours de LVMH ou Monster Beverage
par Henry Bonner Je communique de temps à autre aux lecteurs de H16, avec son accord, sur les idées et opinions de mon équipe. Je commente parfois l’expansion des gouvernements… l’enlisement de l’Union Européenne dans une série de restrictions contre l’usage de l’énergie… ou encore la dette, la dévaluation, et subventions, mais aujourd’hui, je vous […] ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 02/20 to 02/24 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/24/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
3 ways to meet compliance needs without slowing down agility
Learn how to enable developer productivity and collaboration while staying secure and compliant. Stay compliant without slowing down your business. From security to CI/CD, automate every step of your software workflow—so your developers can stay focused on what matters most: building. ⌘ Read more
Encore une foirade gouvernementale : limiter le porno en fonction de l’âge
Horreur et consternation : nous sommes en 2023 et les mineurs peuvent, encore et toujours, accéder sans difficulté à des sites pornographiques sur internet. Vite, vite, il FAUT faire quelque chose ! Car oui, le constat ne souffre aucune remise en question : les enfants, dès leur plus jeune âge, sont livrés à eux-mêmes sur les intertubes les […] ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, The Icarus Factor https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/23/icarus-factor.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
Measuring government policy on open source with a new dataset
Policymakers around the world are developing policies that impact how software gets built and who gets to build it, see the latest now. ⌘ Read more
50% (24 out of 48) of the workouts of my first Freeletics “training journey” completed! 🤓💪 ⌘ Read more
[47°09′11″S, 126°43′02″W] Working impossible due to heavy rain
mox Mail Server
I currently use Purelymail for email. It’s very cheap and does everything I need (“purely email”). I’m also happy that I’m free of all the headaches of having a good IP reputation and setting everything up so that my mail doesn’t end up in junk folders. ⌘ Read more
The code that wasn’t there: Reading memory on an Android device by accident
CVE-2022-25664, a vulnerability in the Qualcomm Adreno GPU, can be used to leak large amounts of information to a malicious Android application. Learn more about how the vulnerability can be used to leak information in both the user space and kernel space level of pages, and how the GitHub Security Lab used the kernel space information leak to construct a KASLR bypass. ⌘ Read more
I do not write much, but I decided to write a post about our dog.
https://stigatle.no/posts/2023-07-02-husky/
I’m trying to write a bit more on my website, so it felt natural to write about this.
I also have some other posts I want to do later on about other things that I do.
Responsible AI pair programming with GitHub Copilot
GitHub Copilot boosts developer productivity, but using it responsibly still requires good developer and DevSecOps practices. ⌘ Read more
La ville de 2030 : une prison à ciel ouvert
Les prochains Jeux Olympiques se rapprochent à grands pas et la cérémonie d’ouverture paraît maintenant bien proche : tous les préparatifs sont lancés car tout doit être prêt pour l’été 2024, à commencer par le plan de circulation dans la capitale française. Avec Anne Hidalgo aux commandes, on respire déjà d’aise et de contentement. Point n’est […] ⌘ Read more
**RT by @mind_booster: Número 7 da #ColecçãoVampiro O Assassinato de Roger Ackroyd #livros
https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/2023/02/21/numero-7-da-coleccaovampiro-o-assassinato-de-roger-ackroyd-livros/**
Número 7 da #ColecçãoVampiro O Assassinato de Roger Ackroyd #livros
[paulasimoesblog.wordpress.co…](https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/2023/02/21/numero-7-da-coleccaovampiro-o-assassinato-de-roger-ackroyd-livros … ⌘ Read more
Update on the future stability of source code archives and hashes
A look at what happened on January 30, what measures we’re putting in place to prevent surprises, and how we’ll handle future changes. ⌘ Read more
/g/ [tomo] devlog 19410 ⌘ Read more
New professional website
I’m always programming on my blogging software, so today I decided to do something different. With the help of ChatGPT, which wrote the basic HTML and CSS template, I created a new resume website, which is basically a copy of everything I put on my LinkedIn profile. ⌘ Read more
** Ideas for making accessibility and equity a core part of the software development lifecycle **
In accessibility and the product person I said
we need to make accessibility a core part of our processes
Here, I want to talk about that in more detail. I want to briefly explore what making accessibility a part of core processes looks like, and how that is different from centering access … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, World Day of Social Justice https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/20/social-justice.html #programming #project #devjournal
Quand le méchant capitalisme enrichit les salariés
Décidément, il ne fait pas bon en France être salarié de grandes entreprises capitalistes : comme tous les syndicalistes, les collectivistes et les fines épées de la NUPES le répètent, ces groupes ne sont que les repaires de patrons exploiteurs et y travailler revient à s’asservir à des cadences infernales pour des salaires de misère. L’horreur, […] ⌘ Read more
[47°09′42″S, 126°43′02″W] Saalmi, retransmit, please
**RT by @mind_booster: Número 6 da #ColecçãoVampiro Os Crimes do Bispo #Livros #Leituras #Policiais
https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/2023/02/18/numero-6-da-coleccaovampiro-os-crimes-do-bispo-livros/**
Número 6 da #ColecçãoVampiro Os Crimes do Bispo #Livros #Leituras #Policiais
[paulasimoesblog.wordpress.co…](https://paulasimoesbl … ⌘ Read more
** Moon maker **
I recently re-read Peter Naur’s“Programming as theory building”. Afterwards I set out to write my own text editor. The paper posits that it’s really hard, if not impossible, to fully communicate about a program and sort of gestures at the futility of documentation…what spun around inside my head as I read was that our primary programming medium — text files — is silly. Like, some folks would totally 100% s … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Life Blood, chapters 23 – 25 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/18/life-blood-8.html #freeculture #bookclub
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 02/13 to 02/17 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/17/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
Maintenant, il va falloir du courage
Il faut du courage pour avoir une opinion différente, car cette différence entraîne une singularisation, pas toujours agréable et loin s’en faut. Or, de ce point de vue, les années qui viennent de passer auront indubitablement marqué nombre d’individus de traces que le temps aura beaucoup de mal à effacer. Une fois la poussière retombée, […] ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Time Squared https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/16/time-squared.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
** Accessibility and the product person **
This post is a slightly modified version of a talk I presented to the product practice at my work. It presents a few ways that product designers and managers can help to move accessibility forward. It is a little bit different than what I normally share, here, but, I thought it may be interesting to some folks.
[![Picture of a slide with the title “Why though?” It also includes a quote from Kat Holmes’ book Mismatch. The quote reads: “There are many challeng … ⌘ Read more
ICYMI: CodeQL enhancements
Learn about CodeQL’s improved user experience and enhancements that let you scan new languages, detect new types of CWEs, and perform deeper analyses of your applications. ⌘ Read more
お知らせ：JPCERT/CC Eyes「CWE（Common Weakness Enumeration）のView「CWE-1003」日本語訳の公開」 ⌘ Read more
2022 Transparency Report
Looking back over a year’s worth of developer-first content moderation and, new in this report, making our data more accessible to researchers. ⌘ Read more
L’Etat macronien, en même temps, veut refaire du nucléaire avec votre argent
Rappelez-vous, c’était il y a quelques années : en tant que citoyen français, vous pouviez quasiment faire ce que vous vouliez de vos finances après les indispensables ponctions fiscales et sociales qui permettaient au pays de disposer d’un système social que le monde entier nous enviait (sans nous copier, pas fou). Mais ça, c’était il y […] ⌘ Read more
[47°09′00″S, 126°43′02″W] Dosimeter still failing
Git security vulnerabilities announced
Git users are encouraged to upgrade to the latest version, especially if they use `git apply` or `git clone` against untrusted patches or repositories. ⌘ Read more
GitHub Copilot now has a better AI model and new capabilities
We’re launching new improvements to GitHub Copilot to make it more powerful and more responsive for developers. ⌘ Read more
GitHub Copilot for Business is now available
GitHub Copilot is the world’s first at-scale AI developer tool and we’re now offering it to every developer, team, organization, and enterprise. ⌘ Read more
Microsoft Office and OneDrive for free?
I’m a bit of an indecisive (and frugal) person sometimes. ⌘ Read more
Nice, the number of GoBlog users is growing! 🤓 The next step is a growing number of GoBlog developers. It would be great to have more people giving advice on how to improve the code. 😅 Any senior Go devs out there? ⌘ Read more
Yout amicus: fighting for developers’ right to innovate
Our mission to accelerate human progress through developer collaboration requires us, from time to time, to fight against legal developments that would needlessly impair developers’ right to innovate. That’s why GitHub has filed an amicus brief in the appeal of Yout LLC v. Recording Industry of America, Inc. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, World Radio Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/13/radio.html #programming #project #devjournal
RT by @mind_booster: Número 5 da #ColecçãoVampiro Knock-Out https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/2023/02/13/numero-5-da-coleccaovampiro-knock-out/
Número 5 da #ColecçãoVampiro Knock-Out paulasimoesblog.wordpress.co…
The impending first era of AI
There’s an article in WSJ about the imminent ‘AI Boom’ and how a couple of companies, the ones that have already been both enabling and controlling our existence, to a large extent, are bound to become even more powerful. It’s interesting to ‘see’ the interplay if you’ve been working in computing technology for the past decade or so. Christopher Mims, the author of the WSJ article, posits that the computing requirements of large language models, latent text-to-image diffus … ⌘ Read more
Menaces et arbitraire macronien : les tentatives de censure de la ministre de la Culture
Alors que la réforme des retraites déclenche une opposition de plus en plus farouche que Macron et sa clique ne pensaient pas devoir affronter, la nervosité gouvernementale grimpe à mesure que les langues se délient sur les plateaux télé et que les “éléments de langage” officiels ne passent plus sans critique sur certaines chaînes. Zut […] ⌘ Read more
[47°09′02″S, 126°43′17″W] Storm recedes – back to normal work
** Accessibility updates **
I’m feeling pretty chuffed! Last week I wrote about my intention to make this website more accessible. My motivations were many-fold, but, primarily, mostly shame. I’ve worked as an accessibility specialist in the past, and now spend a bunch of my days at work looking for ways to make public infrastructure online more accessible. It seemed fitting to at least make sure the little bit I contribute to the web here is also accessible.
I thought it was going t … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Life Blood, chapters 20 – 22 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/11/life-blood-7.html #freeculture #bookclub
RT by @mind_booster: Número 4 da #ColecçãoVampiro O Barco da Morte https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/2023/02/11/numero-4-da-coleccaovampiro-o-barco-da-morte/
Número 4 da #ColecçãoVampiro O Barco da Morte paulasimoesblog.wordpress.co…
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 02/06 to 02/10 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/10/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
**RT by @mind_booster: 🗓️ 10/02/2023
📝 Projeto de Resolução (PAN) ➡️ Recomenda ao Governo que cumpra o disposto na Lei de Bases do Clima
✅ PSD, BE, PAN, L
❌
⚪️ PS, CH, IL, PCP
Aprovado 🟢**
🗓️ 10/02/2023
📝 Projeto de Resolução (PAN) ➡️ Recomenda ao Governo que cumpra o disposto na Lei de Bases do Clima
✅ PSD, BE, PAN, L
❌
⚪️ PS, CH, IL, PCP
Aprovado 🟢 ⌘ Read more
**RT by @mind_booster: Diário dos #Metadados
Fevereiro 2023 - Os deputados finalmente perceberam que o problema é complicado, europeu, e não adianta alterar a Constituição.
Estamos assim em condições de nos juntarmos ao debate que acontece um pouco por toda a UE desde 2016.
https://www.publico.pt/2023/02/08/politica/noticia/deputados-consideram-cenario-europeu-desanimador-encontrar-solucao-metadados-2038196**
Diário dos #Metadados
Fevereiro 2023 - Os deputados final … ⌘ Read more
**RT by @mind_booster: 🗓️ 10/02/2023
📝 Projeto de Resolução (BE) ➡️ Recomenda ao Governo o fim dos apoios e lucros perversos no âmbito do comércio de carbono
✅ BE, PAN, L
❌ PS, PSD, CH, IL
⚪️ PCP
Rejeitado 🔴**
🗓️ 10/02/2023
📝 Projeto de Resolução (BE) ➡️ Recomenda ao Governo o fim dos apoios e lucros perversos no âmbito do comércio de carbono
✅ BE, PAN, L
❌ PS, PSD, CH, IL
⚪️ PCP
Rejeitado 🔴 ⌘ Read more
How I archive my favorite TV show to get rid of Amazon Prime
I’m a fan of the German TV series “Notruf Hafenkante”, which is shown on the public broadcaster ZDF and is also available on their website. New episodes are released weekly, and older episodes are also made available on a regular basis. After a few months, however, they are no longer available for free. At the moment I have to buy an extra subscription for a Prime Video Channel to be able to watch all the old episodes. But that makes me dependent on Amazon, and I d … ⌘ Read more
R to @mind_booster: Sobre o projecto do PSD:
https://rr.sapo.pt/noticia/politica/2023/02/10/psd-quer-alterar-lei-eleitoral-e-um-projeto-piloto-de-voto-eletronico/319576/
Sobre o projecto do PSD:
ChatGPT, le wokisme à portée des caniches numériques
Décidément, depuis le 30 novembre dernier, date à laquelle le produit a été proposé pour tous, la “révolution” ChatGPT chamboule le paysage informatique en donnant une petite idée de l’état des lieux en matière d’intelligence artificielle, et le paysage sociétal en remettant en cause certaines habitudes pourtant bien ancrées… ChatGPT, évoqué récemment dans ces colonnes, […] ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, The Royale https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/02/09/royale.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
Release Radar, Festive Edition · December 2022 – January 2023
Welcome to our special edition of the Release Radar 🎄. Between Christmas festivities, end of the year parties, Chinese New Year, or simply enjoying some time off, almost everyone has been celebrating – us too! Now we’re taking a moment to celebrate these awesome open source projects that shipped major version releases during December and […] ⌘ Read more
RT by @mind_booster: Número 3 da #Colecção Vampiro O Caso das Garras de Veludo #Livros https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/2023/02/08/numero-3-da-coleccao-vampiro-o-caso-das-garras-de-veludo-livros/
Número 3 da #Colecção Vampiro O Caso das Garras de Veludo #Livros paulasimoesblog.wordpress.co…
…” http://www.fosspatents.com/2023/02/nokia-gets-preliminary-opinions-from.html
UPC ainst started yet, UPCA will be litigated first: “Should this dispute not be settled in the coming months, then both parties may file complaints with the Unified Patent Court (UPC)…” [fosspatents.com/2023/02/noki…](http://www … ⌘ Read more
Des radars comme s’il en pleuvait : le nœud se resserre sur le cou de l’automobiliste
On le dit, on le répète partout : d’ici 2030, les automobiles thermiques devront peu ou prou disparaître. Cela fait partie de l’Agenda, et non, ce n’est pas ouvert à discussion, enfin voyons ; arrêtez de faire votre enfant. Ceci posé, d’ici là, d’autres jalons seront posés pour continuer l’âpre combat contre les méchants bouseux et autres […] ⌘ Read more
Dino: Dino 0.4 Release
Dino is a secure and open-source messaging application.
It uses the XMPP (Jabber) protocol for decentralized communication.
We aim to provide an intuitive and enjoyable user interface.
The 0.4 release adds support for message reactions and replies. We also switched from GTK3 to GTK4 and make use of libadwaita now.
Reactions and RepliesReactions give you a quick and light-weight way to respond to a message with an emoji.
They … ⌘ Read more
In reply to: Oatmeal - week notes
The worst kind of blogging is blogging about blogging, so, I’ll keep this blogging about blogging short!
I’ve made some minor updates to the design of the website that have improved it’s usability a wee bit, and are a step in the right direction toward upping my accessibility game. The major remaining accessibility issues are around color contrast and some structura … ⌘ Read more
**RT by @mind_booster: Anniversary: Charles Dickens Books to Download #PublicDomain♥
https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/2014/02/07/anniversary-charles-dickens-books-to-download-publicdomain-%e2%99%a5/**
Anniversary: Charles Dickens Books to Download #PublicDomain ♥
![](https://nitter.net/pic/card_img%2F16229117 … ⌘ Read more
お知らせ：JPCERT/CC Eyes「TSUBAMEレポート Overflow（2022年10～12月）」 ⌘ Read more
The technology behind GitHub’s new code search
A look at what went into building the world’s largest public code search index. ⌘ Read more
How to mitigate OWASP vulnerabilities while staying in the flow
Explore how GitHub Advanced Security can help address several of the OWASP Top 10 vulnerabilities ⌘ Read more
**RT by @mind_booster: “Se a abstracção é a expressão da virtualidade da natureza, o hack é a concretização do processo de diferenciação inerente à expressão humana.”
Publicamos hoje o prefácio da edição portuguesa de Um Manifesto Hacker de @mckenziewark:
https://shifter.pt/2023/02/phantasmagoria-hacker-breves-notas-sobre-a-classe-maldita/**
“Se a abstracção é a expressão da virtualidade da natureza, o hack é a concretização do processo de diferenciação inerente à expressão humana.”
Publicamos hoje o prefácio … ⌘ Read more