@bender@twtxt.net Based on my experience so far, as a user, I would be upset if my client dropped someone from my follower list, i.e. stopped fetching their feed, without me asking for that to happen.

MacOS Sequoia 15 Beta 7 Available for Testing
The 7th beta version of macOS Sequoia 15 has been released for testing to those in the developer beta testing program. The same build is available to public beta testers as public beta 5. Additionally, iOS 18 beta 7, iPadOS 18 beta 7, watchOS 11 beta 7, tvOS 18 beta 7, and visionOS 2 beta … Read More ⌘ Read more

Do you really know where the flowers you buy come from? You might be shocked
A bouquet of flowers is the go-to gift for many special occasions but the world is paying a high price for transporting our out-of-season blooms. ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net Yeah, I’ve noticed that as well when I hacked around. That’s a very good addition, ta! :-)

Getting to this view felt suprisingly difficult, though. I always expected my feeds I follow in the “Feeds” tab. You won’t believe how many times I clicked on “Feeds” yesterday evening. :-D Adding at least a link to my following list on the “Feeds” page would help my learning resistence. But that’s something different.

Also, turns out that “My Feeds” is the list of feeds that I author myself, not the ones I have subscribed to. The naming is alright, I can see that it makes sense. It just was an initial surprise that came up.

Bridging cultures: empowering Japanese contributions to the Kubernetes community
Community post by Xie Ziyi, Kubernetes Upstream Training Japan Organizer, Cloud Native Community Japan Organizer, and Software Engineer, NEC Solution Innovators, Ltd. What is Kubernetes Upstream Training Japan Kubernetes Upstream Training Japan is a training course held in… ⌘ Read more

Erlang Solutions: The Diversity & Inclusion Programme: Our Pledge
As technology becomes increasingly integrated into our lives, the minds behind it must come from diverse backgrounds. Different viewpoints lead to better solutions, ensuring that the tech we create addresses the needs of a global audience.

At Erlang Solutions, we believe that a diverse workforce is a catalyst for creativity and progress. By sponsoring the Diversity & Inclusion Programme for [Code BEAM events](https://codebeameurope … ⌘ Read more

PSA: There’s New Character Bug That Can Cause iPhones to Crash
There is a new character bug that can result in a respring on the iPhone or iPad, reports TechCrunch. Typing “”:: in the search field after swiping over to the App Library will cause the Springboard to reset, dropping you back at the ‌iPhone‌’s Lock Screen. A respring is not a full reset, and it only … ⌘ Read more

Fresh look at Indiana Jones and the Great Circle
New gameplay and story details have been revealed for the upcoming game Indiana Jones and the Great Circle, set to release on Xbox and PC in December. ⌘ Read more

UK Antitrust Watchdog Closes Apple App Store Investigation, Case to Be Reconsidered Under New Digital Rules Regime
The UK’s Competition and Market Authority (CMA) today announced it had closed an investigation into Apple’s App Store policies, as it expects to consider the concerns under a new digital markets competition re … ⌘ Read more

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org errors are already reported to users, but they’re only visible in the following list.

Once destined for the tip, these low-grade blueberries are being turned into wine
A food recycling charity has taken blueberries destined for the tip to create a zero-alcohol wine alternative, which is now being served in restaurants and ultimately helping feed more people. ⌘ Read more

AAEON’s UP Squared 7100 Updated with Intel Alder Lake-N Processors and Enhanced Memory Support
The UP Squared 7100 is the latest addition to the UP Squared series, featuring updates in performance, speed, and efficiency. This compact unit is equipped with Intel Alder Lake-N processors, designed to meet the needs of various industrial applications. Enhancements include better processing power, increased memory capacity, and improved graphics capabilit … ⌘ Read more

iOS 18 Beta 7 Available Now, Could Be Final Beta?
iOS 18 beta 7 and iPadOS 18 beta 7 are now available to users in the developer beta testing programs for iOS and iPadOS. Matching the 7th developer betas are the 5th public betas, which are available as well. And iOS 18 beta 7 might be the final beta version, other than features that are … Read More ⌘ Read more

@bender@twtxt.net I’m not a yarnd user, but automatically unfollowing on 404 doesn’t seem right. Besides @lyse@lyse.isobeef.org’s example, I could imagine just accidentally renaming my own twtxt file, or forgetting to push it when I point my DNS to a new web server. I’d rather not lose all my yarnd followers in a situation like that (and hopefully they feel the same).

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Sonos Can’t Release Old App for Customers Unhappy With Design Changes
Sonos won’t be able to re-release its old app to appease customers that have been dissatisfied with the new version of the app, Sonos CEO Patrick Spence today said on Reddit (via The Verge).

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Survey: The AI wave continues to grow on software development teams
We surveyed 2,000 people on software development teams at enterprises in the U.S., Brazil, India, and Germany about the use, experience, and expectations around generative AI tools in software development.

The post Survey: The AI wave continues to grow on software development teams appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

@bender@twtxt.net 404 could be indeed a temporary error if the file resides on a mounted remote filesystem and then the mount point fails for some reason. With a symlink from the web root to the file on the mount, the web server probably will not recognize the mount point failure as such. Thus, it might not reply with a 503 Service Unavailable (or something like that), but 404 Not Found instead. (I could be wrong on that, though.)

The right™ way is to signal 410 Gone if the feed does not exist anymore and will not come back to life again. But that’s hard to come by in the wild. Somebody has to manually configure that in almost all situations.

But yes, as @falsifian@www.falsifian.org points out, exponential backoff looks like a good strategy. Probably even report a failure to users somehow, so they can check and potentially unsubscribe.

Apple’s Custom 5G Modem Could ‘Change the Way iPhone Looks and Works’ in the Long Term
Apple is investing billions of dollars into developing an in-house cellular modem, but the project is not expected to yield immediate improvements for users, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports.

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@prologic@twtxt.net @bender@twtxt.net Exponential backoff? Seems like the right thing to do when a server isn’t accepting your connections at all, and might also be a reasonable compromise if you consider 404 to be a temporary failure.

iPhone 16 Pro Models to Be Assembled in India for the First Time
Apple is making the iPhone 16 Pro and ‌iPhone 16 Pro‌ Max in India for the first time this year as it looks to diversify production beyond China, according to Bloomberg.

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i think maybe they got her to add a forward number for sms and used that to activate on another device..

i think maybe they got her to add a forward number for sms and used that to activate on another device..

Its supposed to be tied to your phone number.. but they managed to get it activated on a different device some how. /shrug

Its supposed to be tied to your phone number.. but they managed to get it activated on a different device some how. /shrug

[47°09′54″S, 126°43′49″W] Storm recedes – back to normal work

Inside the numbers: the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon selection process for North America 2024
As part of our commitment to transparency within the cloud native community, we are providing an inside look into the work that goes on behind the scenes to bring the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon schedule to life. Note that… ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net I think it was some mix of phish and social engineering. She didn’t have the multifactor enabled. But i think she had clicked a message that had a fake login. She talked to someone on a phone and they made her do some things.

I never got the whole story of how it happened.

@prologic@twtxt.net I think it was some mix of phish and social engineering. She didn’t have the multifactor enabled. But i think she had clicked a message that had a fake login. She talked to someone on a phone and they made her do some things.

I never got the whole story of how it happened.

@prologic@twtxt.net, does this rings a bell to you? 159-196-9-199.9fc409.mel.nbn.aussiebb.net

Bronze-Like iPhone 16 Pro Color Could Be Called ‘Desert Titanium’
The new bronze-like color rumored to be replacing Blue Titanium in Apple’s upcoming iPhone 16 Pro lineup may be called “Desert Titanium,” according to the leaker known as “Majin Bu.”

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Concept render of new iPhone 16 Pro color.

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** Evidently I’ve become a guy what that makes camera apps? **
I really like the unpredictable depth of field and color handling of single-use cameras. The day before we left for a little vacation to down east Maine I wrote another weird little camera app, lut cam. Lut cam attempts to simulate some of the aspects of a single-use camera by allowing you to apply color profiles to the raw image produced by a devic … ⌘ Read more

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think I need to update my page

think I need to update my page

Had a amazing bike ride with the dog today, the weather is a bit cold today (15c). Been wanting to find a gravel road that I can use, without meeting too many others. And today I found that. Got his pulling harness on, got my bike out of the basement, and headed out.

M5Stamp Fly and M5Atom Joystick: Affordable Quadcopter and Controller Solutions Based on the M5StampS3 Platform
Earlier this month, M5Stack introduced the M5Stamp Fly and M5Atom Joystick, both powered by the ESP32-S3 System-on-Chip. These open-source devices, comprising a quadcopter kit and a dual-joystick remote controller, are engineered to offer a comprehensive and programmable solution for a variety of applications, including dro … ⌘ Read more

[47°09′22″S, 126°43′50″W] Bad satellite signal – switching to analog communication

Get Up to $600 Off Apple’s M2 iPad Pro With New Record Low Prices
Best Buy is back this week with big discounts on the M2 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro, providing up to $600 off select models. A My Best Buy Plus/Total membership is not required to see these discounts.

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You’ll find both Wi-Fi and cellular tablets on sale at Best Buy, with a particular focus on the larger capacity 1TB and 2TB models. All … ⌘ Read more

This new LG TV puts many pricier models to shame
For the fifth consecutive year, LG’s C-series ticks every box despite coming in a lot cheaper than the highest-end models. ⌘ Read more

@movq@www.uninformativ.de pleas no.

My wifes mom nearly got her account fully taken over by some hacker. They were able to get control and change password but I was able to get it recovered before they could get the phone number reset. They sent messages to all her contacts to send cash.

@movq@www.uninformativ.de pleas no.

My wifes mom nearly got her account fully taken over by some hacker. They were able to get control and change password but I was able to get it recovered before they could get the phone number reset. They sent messages to all her contacts to send cash.

HTTP/2 differs from 1.x by becoming a binary protocol, it also multiplexes multiple channels over the same connection and has the ability to prefetch related content to the browser to lower the perceived latency.

HTTP/3 moves the binary protocol from HTTP/2 over to QUIC which is based on UDP instead of TCP. This makes it better suited to mobile or unstable networks where handling of transmission errors can be handled at a higher level.

HTTP/2 differs from 1.x by becoming a binary protocol, it also multiplexes multiple channels over the same connection and has the ability to prefetch related content to the browser to lower the perceived latency.

HTTP/3 moves the binary protocol from HTTP/2 over to QUIC which is based on UDP instead of TCP. This makes it better suited to mobile or unstable networks where handling of transmission errors can be handled at a higher level.

Inside the push to boost homegrown coffee in Australia
The Australian coffee industry is aiming to get bigger and better. Whether it can or not hinges on access to prime real estate and importing smaller coffee trees. ⌘ Read more

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Why your strawberries are unexpectedly rotting in your fridge
Finding spoiled fruit in your fridge is frustrating but research is underway to make strawberries last longer. ⌘ Read more

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Automatic Komoot export
While I like Komoot and use it to navigate and record all my tours, whether that are bike tours or hiking trips, it sucks that there’s no option to export all your data. There’s also no official API to easily implement such functionality. ⌘ Read more

[47°09′06″S, 126°43′49″W] Working impossible due to blizzard

Jetway JNUC-ADN1: NUC Board Featuring Intel N97 Processor and Dual 2.5GbE Ports
The JNUC-ADN1 is an embedded board with a NUC form-factor, powered by the Intel N97 low-power processor. This board is tailored for applications requiring efficient performance and compact size, such as digital signage and other commercial or industrial uses. The JNUC-ADN1 series is built around the Intel processor N97, which offers up to 3.60 GHz […] ⌘ Read more

Low-Cost R128-DevKit Features XuanTie RISC-V CPU, HiFi5 DSP, and Advanced Wireless Connectivity
DongshanPI recently featured the R128-DevKit, a compact development platform equipped with the XuanTie C906 RISC-V processor. This kit is designed for AI-based speech recognition and multimedia applications, featuring a suite of high-performance components. At the heart of the R128-DevKit is the XuanTie 64-bit RISC-V C906 CPU operating up to 600 MHz, paire … ⌘ Read more

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We took a boat to a teeny tiny island called Bean Island. We walked around the entire edge of the island’s rocky coastline.

There were some gloriously regal looking black backed gulls along the shore, as well as a pair of juvenile bald eagles who were making hilariously squeaky noises. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 08/12 to 08/16 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/08/16/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week

I’ve decided to try and get rid of as much stress as possible. Stupid things stress me out, some things are more important to fix then others. But today I got started, by fixing the xeon bulb on our car, been ignoring it for a year, because the car garage said it’ll cost me 350$ so get it changed (Because they had to remove the whole front).. So because of that I did not prioritize it. But today I went and bought a bulb for 50$ and I openened the hood of the car and saw I could just replace it my self by simply removing a cover to get access to the bulb. So I’ve been stressing over nothing for a year simply because I did not check and took their word for it. next thing to get fixed is a rotten board under a window outside, been bugging me for a long time, now I want to get that sorted next. All these small things adds up, and I want peace of mind.

SSO and RBAC: a secure access strategy for your Kubernetes
Member post originally published on the Devtron blog by Bhushan Nemade TL;DR In the dynamic world of cloud-native, Kubernetes stands as an undisputed leader in the space of container orchestration. This article explores how to secure your Kubernetes… ⌘ Read more

Using an iPad Pro to Create 1-Bit Pixel Art in a Macintosh Emulator
An ex-Apple employee put together a rather incredible way to create 1-bit pixel art on a modern iPad Pro with an Apple Pencil by using a Macintosh emulator, and the results are very impressive! This super creative approach is the work of Matt Sephton (the same guy who re-made the nifty Stapler app!), who used … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/08/16/using-an-ipad-pro-to-create-1-bit-pixel-art-i … ⌘ Read more

Apple is Opening Up the iPhone’s NFC Chip: What You Need to Know
With the launch of iOS 18.1 this fall, Apple will allow third-party developers to support NFC contactless transactions for payments and more. Right now, the NFC chip is locked down, and it’s primarily only used for Apple Pay, but a number of new capabilities will be coming when Apple expands access to NFC.

![](https://images.macrumors.com/article-new/2023/11/Apple-Tap-to-Pay-on-iPhone-avail-FR-trans … ⌘ Read more

Came across YTCH yesterday, and it is very addictive. Simple, and well done. You can host it yourself if you want. The trick I haven’t figure out yet is how to create the list.json that drives it.

[47°09′46″S, 126°43′37″W] Transponder still failing – switching to analog communication

How to level up your Git game with GitHub CLI
Using Git in the CLI can improve your development speed and power. Here are our top eight commands for using GitHub via your command line.

The post How to level up your Git game with GitHub CLI appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

ESP32-S3-Based WiCAN Pro: An OBD Scanner for Vehicle Diagnostics and Home Assistant Integration
Crowd Supply recently featured the WiCAN Pro, a diagnostic OBD scanner designed to support advanced automotive diagnostics. Built on the ESP32-S3 platform, it offers compatibility with all legislated OBD-II protocols, allowing it to interface with multiple CAN BUS protocols, including three standard CAN protocols and one Single Wire CAN. WiCAN Pro operate … ⌘ Read more

With that Heat and more energy to create preasure you can create Coal! The circle is now complete.

With that Heat and more energy to create preasure you can create Coal! The circle is now complete.

Automating open source: How Ersilia distributes AI models to advance global health equity
Discover how the Ersilia Open Source Initiative accelerates drug discovery by using GitHub Actions to disseminate AI/ML models.

The post [Automating open source: How Ersilia distributes AI models to advance global health equity](https://github.blog/open-source/social-impact/automating-open-source-how-ersilia-distributes-ai-models-to-advance-glo … ⌘ Read more

Olive trees bring new hope to wine grape growers facing another year of low prices
With some grape growers facing another year of prices below the cost of production, some grape growers are taking advantage of the global demand for olive oil. ⌘ Read more

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Q670M-EM-A: ASUS Micro ATX Motherboard with LGA1700 Socket for 14th, 13th, and 12th Gen CPUs
The ASUS Q670M-EM-A is a Micro ATX motherboard equipped with an LGA1700 socket, making it compatible with Intel’s 14th, 13th, and 12th Gen Core processors, as well as Pentium and Celeron CPUs. Designed for diverse applications, it features dual RJ45 ports, four SATA ports, and extensive expansion options, catering to both standard and advanced computing […] ⌘ Read more

Introducing the Certified Backstage Associate certification for developers and platform engineers
As platform engineering and service catalogs have moved to the forefront of the conversation around cloud native developer experience, IT professionals need to understand the open source tools underpinning these trends. That’s why Cloud Native Computing Foundation and… ⌘ Read more

Explain infrastructure as code (alternatives to IaC)
Member post originally published on AppCD’s blog by Kunal Dabir I was recently speaking with an SRE who, when asked for their opinion on Infrastructure as Code (IaC), shouted, “it’s terrible and our devs hate it!” Now we… ⌘ Read more

Threads Gaining Support for Analytics, Scheduling Posts, Multiple Drafts and More
Threads, Meta’s social network that’s meant to rival X, today announced several new features that are available or coming soon. For creators, Threads is launching analytics for performance measurement.

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Users can see view numbers, replies, reposts, an … ⌘ Read more

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Erlang Solutions: Elixir Blog Round-Up
Welcome to our first-ever Elixir blog round-up!

This is your guide to some of our most insightful articles on the Elixir programming language. Our experts have written several posts to further your knowledge, regardless of where you’re at in your Elixir journey.

So whether you’re a business leader looking to discover Elixir’s benefits, a seasoned developer looking for the latest Elixir updates, or just new to the language, we’ll have an article to keep you covered.

[47°09′25″S, 126°43′45″W] Automatic systems disengaged due to heavy rain

How to Get macOS Sequoia 15.1 Beta With Apple Intelligence
Apple has made available the second developer beta of macOS Sequoia 15.1, which includes the ability to test Apple Intelligence features. If you have an Apple silicon Mac and don’t live in China, you can try Apple Intelligence features for yourself, even if you’re not a developer. Keep reading to learn how.

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It seems silly to me that we humans create thermal energy with coal, convert the thermal energy to mechanical energy with steam turbines, convert the mechanical energy to electrical energy with generators, and convert the electrical energy back into thermal energy with glass-top stoves and electric heaters.

Launch All Apps & Documents Related to a Project with Stapler for Mac
Longtime Mac users may recall a handy old shareware application for the Classic Macintosh called Stapler, which essentially helped manage projects by grouping a series of apps and documents into a single document that when opened would then launch all of those documents and their respective programs. Much easier than digging around in your file … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/08/14/la … ⌘ Read more

Intel Assigns Jewish Israeli Employee to Manager Who Publicly Calls for His Murder
Intel then fires the Jew for complaining… replacing him with another person calling for the death of Jews. ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net The headline is interesting and sent me down a rabbit hole understanding what the paper (https://aclanthology.org/2024.acl-long.279/) actually says.

The result is interesting, but the Neuroscience News headline greatly overstates it. If I’ve understood right, they are arguing (with strong evidence) that the simple technique of making neural nets bigger and bigger isn’t quite as magically effective as people say — if you use it on its own. In particular, they evaluate LLMs without two common enhancements, in-context learning and instruction tuning. Both of those involve using a small number of examples of the particular task to improve the model’s performance, and they turn them off because they are not part of what is called “emergence”: “an ability to solve a task which is absent in smaller models, but present in LLMs”.

They show that these restricted LLMs only outperform smaller models (i.e demonstrate emergence) on certain tasks, and then (end of Section 4.1) discuss the nature of those few tasks that showed emergence.

I’d love to hear more from someone more familiar with this stuff. (I’ve done research that touches on ML, but neural nets and especially LLMs aren’t my area at all.) In particular, how compelling is this finding that zero-shot learning (i.e. without in-context learning or instruction tuning) remains hard as model size grows.

Go: string 和 bytes 四種轉換方式的性能比較
昨天公司羣中同事提到 Go 1.22 中 string 和 bytes 的互轉不需要再用 unsafe 那個包了，直接轉就可以。我翻看了 Go 1.22 的 release notes 沒找到相應的介紹，但是大家提到了 kubernetes 的 issue[1] 中有這個說法： As of go 1.22, for string to bytes conversion, we can repla ⌘ Read more

Helium Synthesis
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What are AI agents and why do they matter?
Learn how AI agents and agentic AI systems use generative AI models and large language models to autonomously perform tasks on behalf of end users.

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Gold ring found in cabbage could be from ‘anywhere in the world’
A gold ring found in a cabbage plant by a West Australian farmer has been traced back to the Netherlands, but its true owner and origin remain a mystery. ⌘ Read more

4th Public Beta of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, macOS Sequoia, Available for Testing
The fourth public beta version of iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and MacOS Sequoia, is now available to beta testers. The 4th public beta builds match the 6th developer beta builds. Beta system software is intended for advanced users and is generally a buggier experience with less than optimal performance, but anyone can install iOS 18 … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/08/13/4th-public-beta-of … ⌘ Read more

I love shell scripts because they’re so pragmatic and often allow me to get jobs done really quickly.

But sadly they’re full of pitfalls. Pitfalls everywhere you look.

Today, a coworker – who’s highly skilled, not a newbie by any means – ran into this:

$ bash -c 'set -u; foo=bar; if [[ "$foo" -eq "bar" ]]; then echo it matches; fi'
bash: line 1: bar: unbound variable

Why’s that happening? I know the answer. Do you? 😂

Stuff like that made me stop using shell scripts at work, unless they’re just 4 or 5 lines of absolutely trivial code. It’s now Python instead, even though the code is often much longer and clunkier, but at least people will understand it more easily and not trip over it when they make a tiny change.

Google adds a foldable, smaller Pro model to its Pixel smartphone line-up
The Pixel 9 is joined by three Pro versions, as the web giant also unveils new watches and earbuds. ⌘ Read more

The ultimate guide to developer happiness
Five actionable tips and strategies to supercharge developer happiness—and a more innovative workplace.

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It is good to be off work and have time to spend on my personal projects.

From object transition to RCE in the Chrome renderer
In this post, I’ll exploit CVE-2024-5830, a type confusion in Chrome that allows remote code execution (RCE) in the renderer sandbox of Chrome by a single visit to a malicious site.

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The benefits of mentoring and the CNCF Mentorship Program
By Nate Waddington, Head of Mentorship & Documentation, CNCF Technical people have a world of opportunities available to them when it comes to boosting career skills. But I’m going to make the case for taking a somewhat old-fashioned… ⌘ Read more

Interview with Kubestronaut in Orbit: David Pech
Get to know David  David has more than 20 years of experience in SW development and infrastructure and hands-on experience in dozens of technologies and is the only Kubestronaut who has ALL of the CNCF certifications. He takes… ⌘ Read more

Apple Releases Fourth watchOS 11 Public Beta With Vitals App and More
Apple today released the fourth beta of watchOS 11 to public beta testers, allowing non-developers to give the new features a try ahead of when the software launches this fall. The fourth beta comes two weeks after the third beta.

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Go-between appointed to help Queensland farmers negotiate supermarket prices
Vegetable grower Carl Walker says farmers are worried the new commissioner’s powers won’t go far enough. He says farmers just want a “fair price for a fair day’s work”. ⌘ Read more

The billionaire-backed ‘people’s bid’ to buy TikTok is gaining steam
A move to buy TikTok’s US arm could radically reshape the controversial social media app and its mysterious algorithms. ⌘ Read more

PEP 752: Package repository namespaces
This PEP specifies a way for organizations to reserve package name prefixes for future uploads. ⌘ Read more

MacOS Sequoia 15 Beta 6 Available for Testing
Apple has issued the 6th beta version of MacOS Sequoia for users enrolled in the developer beta testing program. Usually a matching public beta build arrives soon after, which in this case dev beta 6 would be versioned as public beta 4. MacOS Sequoia brings some nice new features to the Mac, including iPhone Mirroring … Read More ⌘ Read more

After work bike tour
I admit it, I should rename the subtitle of my blog from “Thoughts of an IT expert” to “My bike tour log”. Even though it was 29° C outside today, I wanted to do another bike tour after work. 42 km through the surrounding area of my hometown. I discovered new places and noticed that it actually feels colder next to trees. It was much fun! ⌘ Read more

Beta 6 of iOS 18 & iPadOS Now Available for Testing
Apple has released iOS 18 beta 6 and iPadOS 18 beta 6 to users involved in the developer beta testing programs. Typically the developer beta arrives first and is soon followed by the same build for public beta testers, suggesting iOS 18 public beta 4 will be available soon too. The 5th betas for iOS … Read More ⌘ Read more

It is too hot to think. 🥵