Farmers call for rethink on Pacific worker scheme as union warns against ‘hysteria’
Fruit and vegetable growers say they’ll be forced to employ fewer workers from the Pacific when the Australian government introduces changes to its foreign labour scheme. ⌘ Read more
Coffee is consumed everywhere — even in space. How did it win over the world?
Discover what role curious goats, and religious figures trying to stay awake, have to play in the centuries’ long evolution of coffee. ⌘ Read more
NixOS 23.05 released
Hey everyone, we are Ryan Lahfa and Martin Weinelt,
the release managers for this stable release and we are very proud to announce the public availability of NixOS 23.05 “Stoat”.
This release will receive bugfixes and security updates for seven months (up until 2023-12-31).
… ⌘ Read more
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[47°09′36″S, 126°43′12″W] Dosimeter still failing
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The Lunduke Journal of Technology Podcast - May 12, 2023
Listen now (23 min) | Big Live Shows, Daily Podcast, & Move to Locals ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 05/08 to 05/12 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/05/12/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week
This month on The ReadME Podcast: Balancing openness and control
Open vs. control: the paradox of open source. We take a look at the expectations of open source, how the definition has evolved, and when ‘closed to contributions’ is the right move. Tune in to the latest episode of The ReadME Podcast for more. ⌘ Read more
How I used GitHub Copilot to build a browser extension
Here’s how, in seven steps, I built my first browser extension with GitHub Copilot—and my three major takeaways about learning and pair programming in the age of AI. ⌘ Read more
[47°09′38″S, 126°43′12″W] 3676 days without news from Herve
[47°09′12″S, 126°43′56″W] Not enough data – sampling finished
Les fines interventions étatiques dans le déploiement de la fibre
Depuis 2013, le fier et puissant gouvernement français et toute l’administration Hollande derrière a vigoureusement lancé un grand Plan Très Haut Débit qui vise à apporter le plus rapidement possible la fibre optique aux foyers français : les enfants, c’est décidé, d’ici 2025, tout le monde devra être sévèrement fibré ! Et force est de constater que, […] ⌘ Read more
Fruit and veg is driving northern Australia’s largest rural population to grow even bigger
Tucked into the lush highlands west of Cairns is northern Australia’s largest rural population, and it’s booming again with agriculture seemly the primary catalyst. ⌘ Read more
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@prologic omg yes! They are both ultra-right-wing assholes! The worst of the worst! Please tell me you don't listen to these guys' brain poison?
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Here I am, looking at my bookshelf, where the ‘12 rules for life’ book sits.
I found the way he had to be put in a coma to get off addiction to his medicine etc fascinating. It felt like the good old ‘do as I say, not as I do’ type of thing. But hey - regardless of who you are or how strong you portray yourself - there can always be hard issues to tackle in life.
All In for Students 2023 cohort: our biggest group of open source leaders yet!
The second cohort of All In for Students has graduated! With a cohort 12 times as large as the pilot, learn about how this group of college students is leaning into the future of technology. ⌘ Read more
[47°09′39″S, 126°43′12″W] Bad satellite signal – switching to analog communication
[47°09′12″S, 126°43′04″W] –bad checksum–
**In @SHIFTERpt’s latest magazine issue, dedicated to “the city” as its topic, last December’s “Buses Shouldn’t Be Free” comes up as a recommended reading…
…so I decided I should share the rebuttal article, “Yes, Buses Should Continue to be Free”:
https://ctnewsjunkie.com/2022/12/13/op-ed-yes-buses-should-continue-to-be-free/**
In @SHIFTERpt’s latest magazine issue, dedicated to “the city” as its topic, last December’s “Buses Shouldn’t Be Free” comes up as a recomm … ⌘ Read more
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GitHub Accelerator: our first cohort and what’s next
Meet the individuals that make up the first GitHub Accelerator cohort and learn about how GitHub is helping bring their visions to reality. ⌘ Read more
Cette surpopulation qui n’en finit pas de ne pas arriver
On vous l’a dit, on vous l’a répété et c’est donc forcément vrai : la croissance démographique délirante de l’Afrique va entraîner la ruine de ce continent puis, inévitablement, celle de l’Europe, ce qui nous impose d’ores et déjà de rouler en vélo, de manger des insectes et de vivre chichement dans des appartements-boîtes. C’est donc […] ⌘ Read more
RT by @mind_booster: Número 12 da #ColecçãoVampiro O Mistério da Escada de Caracol https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/2023/04/11/numero-12-da-coleccaovampiro-o-misterio-da-escada-de-caracol/
Número 12 da #ColecçãoVampiro O Mistério da Escada de Caracol paulasimoesblog.wordpress.co…
 | You ask Tech questions! Lunduke answers! ⌘ Read more
The Lunduke Big Tech Show - Mar 12, 2023 - Hour 1
Listen now (53 min) | Tech News, Computer History, and Other Important Stuff. ⌘ Read more
RT by @mind_booster: If the publishers win, global readers lose 🌐 Find out what our digital lending library means to patrons all over the world, from a researcher in Romania to an educator in Pakistan: http://blog.archive.org/2022/01/12/international-patrons-speak-out/ href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=%23EmpoweringLibraries”>#EmpoweringLibraries**
If the publishers win, global readers lose 🌐 Find out what our digital lending library means to patrons all over the world, from a researcher in Romania to an educator in Pakistan: [blog.archive.org/2022/01/12/…](http: … ⌘ Read more
Lucy has barely bought fruit in 12 years. As rate hikes hit hard, here’s how she keeps her pantry full
As the cost of living soars, some people are growing their own fruit and vegetables as a community to help keep grocery bills down. ⌘ Read more
[47°09′12″S, 126°43′43″W] Raw reading: 0x64008FC1, offset +/-5
JMP: Cheogram Android: Stickers
One feature people ask about from time to time is stickers. Now, “stickers” isn’t really a feature, nor is it even universally agreed what it means, but we’ve been working on some improvements to Cheogram Android (and the Cheogram service) to make some sticker workflows better, released today in 2.12.1-3. This post will mostly talk about those changes and the technical implications; if you just want to see a demo of som … ⌘ Read more
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@prologic@twtxt.net @prologic@twtxt.net this description is applicable. As with PH.D so with this hyper focus.
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@prologic@twtxt.net @prologic@twtxt.net this description is applicable. As with PH.D so with this hyper focus.
Debian XMPP Team: XMPP What’s new in Debian 12 bookworm
On Tue 13 July 2021 there was a
blog post
of new XMPP related software releases which have been uploaded to Debian 11 (bullseye).
Today, we will inform you about updates for the upcoming Debian release bookworm.
A lot of new releases have been provided by the upstream projects. There were lot of changes
to the XMPP clients like Dino, Gajim, … ⌘ Read more
Farmers stripped of 12 months’ income by freak hailstorm want changes to disaster recovery arrangements
Some Queensland farmers lost 100 per cent of their crops during vicious weather last year but didn’t receive government support as no disaster was declared. As climate change gets worse, they fear for their futures. ⌘ Read more
[47°09′12″S, 126°43′05″W] Wind speed: 101kph – batteries low
Prosodical Thoughts: Prosody 0.12.3 released
We are pleased to announce a new minor release from our stable branch.
This is a bugfix release for our stable 0.12 series. Most notably, it fixes a
regression for SQL users introduced in 0.12.2, and a separate long-standing
compatibility issue with archive stores on certain MySQL/MariaDB versions.
It also fixes an issue with websockets discovered by the Jitsi team, some
issues with our internal HTTP client API, and we’ve improved the accuracy of
‘prosodyctl check dns’ in … ⌘ Read more
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[47°09′14″S, 126°43′12″W] Not enough data – sampling finished
お知らせ：JPCERT/CC Eyes「TSUBAMEレポート Overflow（2022年10～12月）」 ⌘ Read more
[47°09′19″S, 126°43′12″W] Transponder still failing – switching to analog communication
**RT by @mind_booster: Não se esqueçam! De 12 a 16 de Fevereiro há MiniDebConf em Lisboa!
https://pt2023.mini.debconf.org/
#Linux #Debian #SoftwareLivre #OpenSource**
Não se esqueçam! De 12 a 16 de Fevereiro há MiniDebConf em Lisboa!
お知らせ：JPCERT/CC インターネット定点観測レポート［2022年10月1日～2022年12月31日］ ⌘ Read more
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[47°09′12″S, 126°43′01″W] Raw reading: 0x63C7A701, offset +/-1
The War on Physical Media
Listen now (31 min) | The Lunduke Journal Podcast - January 12, 2023 ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, A Matter of Honor https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/01/12/matter-honor.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
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A smarter, quieter Dependabot
Dependabot is getting a little smarter—and, a little quieter—by reducing bot-based noise from repositories based on your interaction with Dependabot. ⌘ Read more
[47°09′27″S, 126°43′12″W] Wind speed: 62kph
**RT by @mind_booster: MiniDebConf Lisbon 12 - 16 February 2023
#Debian #Linux #FOSS
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2023/01/msg00001.html**
MiniDebConf Lisbon 12 - 16 February 2023
[47°09′12″S, 126°43′33″W] Transponder fixed
On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Life Blood, chapters 1 – 3 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2022/12/31/life-blood-1.html #freeculture #bookclub
On my blog: Tweets from 12/26 to 12/30 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2022/12/30/week.html #twitter #week #socialmedia #linkdump
GitHub and the Ekoparty 2022 Capture the Flag
Learn about the design behind, and solutions to, several of GitHub’s CTF challenge for Ekoparty’s 2022 event! ⌘ Read more
** I read some books in 2022, and have some thoughts about computer science writing **
At the start of this year I set out to revive my long dead reading habit. After having kids it fell by the wayside. I’ve read 41 books so far this year. Mostly a mix of science fiction and nonfiction computer science books. Here’s the complete list of everything I’ve read. I’ve got mixed feelings about keeping track and sharing cou … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, The Schizoid Man https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2022/12/29/schizoid-man.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
GitHub’s top 10 blog posts of 2022
As the year winds down, we’re highlighting some of the incredible work from GitHub’s engineers, product teams, and security researchers. ⌘ Read more
[47°09′37″S, 126°43′12″W] –white noise–
Bitwarden Unified
Bitwarden (my favorite and recommended password manager) is offering a “new deployment option”. This new option combines all microservices into a single Docker container and doesn’t require 11 different containers anymore. And it supports PostgreSQL and MariaDB in addition to MS SQL. ⌘ Read more
Achievement for today: I can finally correctly reply to Mastodon/Fediverse/ActivityPub posts. 🥳 ⌘ Read more
Achievement for today: I can finally correctly reply to Mastodon/Fediverse/ActivityPub posts. 🥳 ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Journal, Boxing Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2022/12/26/boxing.html #programming #project #devjournal
お知らせ：JPCERT/CC Eyes「世界のCSIRTから ～エチオピア、ルワンダ～」 ⌘ Read more
Just setting up a quick Mastodon instance to test some compatibility is a pain. Using test accounts on public instances is also unreliable, because many instances are already overloaded and I don’t want to create spam. So I got a new DigitalOcean account with a $200 starter credit… ⌘ Read more
On my blog: 🔭 Looking Back on 2022 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2022/12/25/review-2022.html #retrospective #newyear
On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Quantum Flux https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2022/12/24/quantum-flux.html #freeculture #bookclub
[47°09′12″S, 126°43′38″W] Wind speed: N/A – Cannot comunicate
On my blog: Tweets from 12/19 to 12/23 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2022/12/23/week.html #twitter #week #socialmedia #linkdump
What’s with all the ducks?
What in the world do rubber ducks have to do with programming? And why were they everywhere at GitHub Universe? A lot of you asked, so I’m here to help explain. ⌘ Read more
A Modest Robot Levy Could Help Combat Effects of Automation On Income Inequality In US, Study Suggests
An anonymous reader quotes a report from MIT News: What if the U.S. placed a tax on robots? The concept has been publicly discussed by policy analysts, scholars, and Bill Gates (who favors the notion). Because robots can replace jobs, the idea goes, a stiff tax on them … ⌘ Read more
Oof, LastPass suffered a major breach
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Loud As A Whisper https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2022/12/22/loud-as-whisper.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
How to create a keyboard shortcut to export the current slide in Keynote
Lately I’ve been using Apple Keynote to create graphics for using in videos and blog posts. It’s a quick way to arrange things on a page, copying and pasting most things just works, and there are enough built in shapes and tools to get the point across. However, after spending a full day creating graphics for a video, I found myself frustrated by the number of clicks required to export a single slide at a time. ⌘ Read more
[47°09′34″S, 126°43′12″W] Wind speed: 96kph – batteries low
GitHub Gives 2022: Creating positive, lasting contributions in our communities
This year, we took GitHub Gives, our company-wide giving campaign, to new heights and wanted to share our learnings to provide best practices in programming a successful hybrid giving campaign for employees. ⌘ Read more
お知らせ：JPCERT/CC Eyes「LogonTracer v1.6 リリース」 ⌘ Read more
WordPress implemented SQLite support! 😱 (Not merged into Core yet, but you’re able to test it.) ⌘ Read more
WordPress implemented SQLite support! 😱 (Not merged into Core yet, but you’re able to test it.) ⌘ Read more
Increase developer productivity, save time on developer onboarding, and drive ROI in 2023
Forrester’s Total Economic Impact™ study dives into how GitHub Enterprise Cloud and GitHub Advanced Security help businesses drive ROI, increase developer productivity, and save time on developer onboarding. ⌘ Read more
How we use GitHub to be more productive, collaborative, and secure
Our engineering and security teams have done some incredible work in 2022. Let’s take a look at how we use GitHub to be more productive, build collaboratively, and shift security left. ⌘ Read more
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