If you haven’t already noticed (though why would you?), I have finally merged my homepage into my blog. Why? Well, I believe it doesn’t make much sense to keep them separate. My homepage had only a few pages, and elements such as my “About Me” page and collections of things I use are well-maintained on my blog as well. Some pages were also deleted during this process, but I made an effort to preserve links where possible. ⌘ Read more

Good morning to you all! Just had the morning walk with the dog in the rain, it’s raining pretty bad today, all day.
But that also means I have some time for my computer later today. I just have to figure out what to do first :)
Probably code a bit, or reinstall one of my computers, I’ve been wanting to run #OpenBSD again, I tried it on one of my laptops, but wifi did not work for some reason, but I have some wifi dongles - so I’ll try with that, or install on one of my other laptops.
I have a #Thinkpad #x200 with #libreboot, I might give it a shot there - all though it takes some time to get it to work with libreboot, I did install it some years ago though, so I think that should work again now. Either way I’ll figure out something to tinker with today!

I’m working on a few things, one of which was to fix up oh.mg and some email stuff

Meet an Australian helping Afghan farmers find an alternative to opium poppies
With the Taliban banning poppy production, this agriculture consultant from Darwin helps farmers in Afghanistan find viable and legal alternative crops. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 08/14 to 08/18 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/08/18/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week

Electron Holes
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Thematic Book Series: How to Build a Low-tech Internet?

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Floodgap.com may be down to days? What are you missing now?

mTLS: When certificate authentication is done wrong
In this post, we’ll deep dive into some interesting attacks on mTLS authentication. We’ll have a look at implementation vulnerabilities and how developers can make their mTLS systems vulnerable to user impersonation, privilege escalation, and information leakages.

The post mTLS: When certificate authentication is done wrong appeared first on [The Gi … ⌘ Read more

Rosa’s been selling produce at the Queen Victoria Market for decades, but now she fears for its future
Traders at the Queen Victoria Market in Melbourne say they feel “blindsided” by management’s decision to raise licence fees and hand back the cost of utilities, waste disposal and utilities to stallholders. ⌘ Read more

Unleash Docker Desktop 4.22: The Featherweight Heavy-Hitter for Supercharged Rapid Development
Docker is committed to delivering the most efficient and high-performing container development toolset in the market, so we continue to advance our technology to exceed customer expectations. With the latest version 4.22 release, Docker Desktop has undergone significant optimizations, making it streamlined, lightweight, and faster than ever. Not only does this new version offer enhanced […] ⌘ Read more

PEP 725: Specifying external dependencies in pyproject.toml
This PEP specifies how to write a project’s external, or non-PyPI, build and runtime dependencies in a pyproject.toml file for packaging-related tools to consume. ⌘ Read more

[47°09′59″S, 126°43′14″W] Transponder still failing – switching to analog communication

Types of Solar Eclipse
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Profanity: Profanity 0.14.0
Apologies for the late blog post.
We have good news though! Two weeks ago we released Profanity 0.14.0!

13 people contributed to this release: Daniel Santos, @DebXWoody, @H3rnand3zzz, @ike08, @MarcoPolo-PasTonMolo, @mdosch, @pasis, @paulfertser, @shahab-vahedi, @sjaeckel, @techmetx11, @thexhr and @jubalh.

Also a big thanks to our sponsors: @mdosch, @LeSpocky, @jamesponddotco and one anonymous sponsor!

We introduced a new /privacy command which should make it easier to find all pri … ⌘ Read more

Build for today, transform for tomorrow at GitHub Universe 2023
Get tickets to our global developer and customer event for 30% off during our Super-Early Bird special, only for a limited time.

The post Build for today, transform for tomorrow at GitHub Universe 2023 appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

Release Radar · July 2023 Edition
After the last Release Radar, I promised the next one wouldn’t be far away, so here it is. This is the low down on some of the best open source projects that shipped major version updates in July. There’s lots of cool stuff from natural language processing, to APIs, money, and SDKs. I won’t spoil […]

The post Release Radar · July 2023 Edition appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

Hardening repositories against credential theft
Some best practices and important defenses to prevent common attacks against GitHub Actions that are enabled by stolen personal access tokens, compromised accounts, or compromised GitHub sessions.

The post Hardening repositories against credential theft appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

[47°09′55″S, 126°43′09″W] Automatic systems disengaged due to thunderstorm

[47°09′54″S, 126°43′53″W] Working impossible due to thunderstorm

Chinese tariffs, changing palates see Australian wine stockpile grow to 2.8m bottles
Australian grape growers have produced a stockpile of over 2 billion litres of wine that will take years to bring back into balance. ⌘ Read more

Nine years of the GitHub Security Bug Bounty program
It was another record year for our Security Bug Bounty program! We’re excited to highlight some achievements we’ve made together with the bounty community in 2022!

The post Nine years of the GitHub Security Bug Bounty program appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

5 Benefits of a Container-First Approach to Software Development
This post provides a quick introduction to the benefits of adopting a container-first model in your software development. Learn more by downloading our free Cracking the Code: Effectively Managing All of Those Applications whitepaper. ⌘ Read more

[47°09′51″S, 126°43′38″W] Storm recedes – back to normal work

Is there a better way to track UFO sightings? ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 08/07 to 08/11 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/08/11/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week

@bender@twtxt.net thank you! I just came back from a 5km bike trail run, it was great. first time on a trail with bike, super narrow gravel, and trails, trees and forest all over, went really nice, its so cool that he knows the commmands I need, left, right, easy, go etc. makes me really proud, this is exactly what I wanted when we got our husky, and its so nice to see him grow in that way.

I got ChatGPT to hallucinate a story based on the rough notes of my dream https://redacted.id/vB7t9

Could this native pollinator be an alternative solution to the under-threat European honey bee?
Australia’s agricultural industry is heavily reliant on European honey bees, but scientists say native species have shown promise as alternative pollinators. ⌘ Read more

Perseids Pronunciation
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The XMPP Standards Foundation: The XMPP Newsletter June & July 2023
Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again! This issue covers the month of June & July 2023.
Many thanks to all our readers and all contributors!

Like this newsletter, many projects and their efforts in the XMPP community are a result of people’s voluntary work. If you are happy with the services and software you may be using, please consider saying thanks or help these projects! Interested in supporting the Newsletter te … ⌘ Read more

Growers warn ‘unworkable’ Pacific Islander worker changes lack critical flexibility required for horticulture
Changes to the Pacific Islander labour scheme mean workers must be guaranteed a minimum of 30 hours of work each week, but the horticulture industry says the seasonal nature of the work and weather events make that unworkable. ⌘ Read more

Bought myself a mountain bike today, first time (as a adult) that I have a really nice bike. it was on sale, and cost 1\3rd of the kickbike I kinda wanted. So after some thinking I decided that a bike is better for the dog (and me) then a kickbike. I assembled the bike and then went out so that he could have a long run, was awesome. I especially like it when he knows the commands I give (for left\right etc). So awesome to see him instantly know what I want him to do. He also ignored all people who walked or biked, and kept the pace throughout.

Rewriting wipEout
The source code for the classic PSX launch title wipEout was leaked in 2022. A few month ago I finally sat down to take a look at it. The result is a (nearly) complete rewrite that compiles to Windows, Linux, macOS and WASM.

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I’m not the only one who embarked on a path to r … ⌘ Read more

Enhanced push protection features for developers and organizations
Introducing two new secret scanning push protection features that will enable individual developers to protect all their pushes and organizations to gain insights and trends across their repositories.

The post Enhanced push protection features for developers and organizations appeared first on [The GitH … ⌘ Read more

Yesterday and today Marlyn painted our kitchen, we have dark grey walls in the livingroom\kitchen, but our kitchen was high gloss white, but now she panted the kitchen the same color as the walls, turned out very nice! I really like it. And glad that she wanted to do that - I hate painting inside.
Cheap way to make the kitchen feel new.

Four tips to keep your GitHub Actions workflows secure
Researchers from Purdue and NCSU have found a large number of command injection vulnerabilities in the workflows of projects on GitHub. Follow these four tips to keep your GitHub Actions workflows secure.

The post Four tips to keep your GitHub Actions workflows secure appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

Container Security and Why It Matters
Container security is the process of using relevant toolings to protect your images from malware and vulnerabilities.

We look at security for containers in a scalable environment and how Docker can help. ⌘ Read more

Snikket: State of Snikket 2023: The Apps
As promised in our introduction to the series, welcome to the first of our ‘State of Snikket’ update posts! This installment features all the app development news you could wish for.

So what’s new in the world of Snikket apps?

If you’ve been following Snikket development for a while, you might remember that we were receiving UX advice on making our apps easier and more fun to use, thanks to the team at … ⌘ Read more

Snikket: State of Snikket 2023
This is our first blog post for quite a while, and the last few have all been technical updates of various kinds about the Snikket software. In fact it’s been almost two years since the last post that gave a general progress update on the Snikket project itself, so let’s fix that!

You’ll be pleased to hear that Snikket is very much alive, and although there hasn’t been much of a show to see here, a bunch of stuff has been going on backstage.

We plan to catch you up with our progres … ⌘ Read more

Sentiment Analysis and Insights on Cryptocurrencies Using Docker and Containerized AI/ML Models
Learn how Prometeo.ai leverages Docker to deploy and manage its AI/ML models for sentiment analysis of cryptocurrencies. ⌘ Read more

Docker Desktop 4.22: Resource Saver, Compose ‘include’, and Enhanced RBAC Functionality
Docker Desktop 4.22 is now available, with improved memory & CPU management, support for Compose subprojects, and improvements to role-based access control. ⌘ Read more

[47°09′29″S, 126°43′44″W] Bad satellite signal – switching to analog communication

What To Do
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A guide to designing and shipping AI developer tools
GitHub’s design experts share 10 tips and lessons for designing magical user experiences for AI applications and AI coding tools. ⌘ Read more

I need to get influxdb up on my router. But I do about .5TB per week. So seems pretty on par to you with all that streaming the family does.

I need to get influxdb up on my router. But I do about .5TB per week. So seems pretty on par to you with all that streaming the family does.

Could tax perks for donating ‘ugly’ or excess produce help solve Australia’s food waste woes?
Australia’s largest food relief charity wants the federal government to change its tax arrangements to make donating unwanted produce less costly for businesses. ⌘ Read more

Spinach industry rebuilds reputation for producing ‘very safe food’ after contamination event
Dino Borrato lost close to $1 million and continues to plough some of his crop into the ground as the spinach industry recovers from last year’s contamination event. ⌘ Read more

[47°09′21″S, 126°43′12″W] Storm recedes – back to normal work

@prologic@twtxt.net Yup! :) Was really nice. I was my kids age when I was on that train last time, so nice to bring back some memories, they had a really nice time.

Anyways, I’ve been putting off walking in to the forest again (and going to the cheaper hypermarché at the same time). Should probably get around to that before the hookening

I’m having a life crisis, I’m not happy with any of my internet presence (again). I don’t know what I want or how I want it to be. I let a lot of my domains expire (lol poor) but I still have my special core ones and I want them to all be loved equally

[47°09′53″S, 126°43′34″W] Automatic systems disengaged due to heavy rain

[47°09′43″S, 126°43′56″W] Working impossible due to blizzard

Are you missing out on the best bit of a broccoli?
Fruit Nerd Thanh Truong gives you his tips on how to choose, store and eat the most humble of winter vegetables – the broccoli. ⌘ Read more

Solar Panel Placement
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@prologic@twtxt.net was this in reply to a different thread? Or maybe a hash collision?

@prologic@twtxt.net was this in reply to a different thread? Or maybe a hash collision?

Glad to see people still using this gopher hole.

I’d love to read the original source code of this:

https://ecsoft2.org/t-tiny-editor

This was our standard editor back in the day, not an “emergency tool”. And it’s only 9kB in size … which feels absurd in 2023. 😅 The entire hex dump fits on one of today’s screens.

Being so small meant it had no config file. Instead, it came with TKEY.EXE, a little tool to binary-patch T.EXE to your likings.

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Leading chef calls on Aussies to buy locally grown olives as a ‘fresher and better’ option
Chef Mark Best says Australian table olives offer better quality for consumers, truth in labelling and help reduce the impact of food miles on the environment. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 07/31 to 08/04 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/08/04/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week

Today we went on another roadtrip! Was really nice, we also spent 2 hours in a crowded resturant (table outside), with our dog Nanook, went great! Kids could eat a whole pizza, and he just sat there next to the table taking in the view, dogs walked by, people walked by, crowded street etc, was awesome to see that all the training we have done gives very positive results :) Been a fantastic day. And was nice to spend it all with my family, I love having time off work.

A checklist and guide to get your repository collaboration-ready
In the world of software development, collaboration can make the difference between a brittle last-minute release and a reliable, maintainable, pain-free project. Whether you’ve been coding for a day or a decade, your colleagues are there to help strengthen your work. But they can only help if you’ve given them the tools to do so. ⌘ Read more

Memgraph Docker Extension: Empowering Real-Time Analytics with High Performance
Learn how using Memgraph as a Docker Extension offers a powerful and efficient way to leverage real-time analytics from a graph database. ⌘ Read more

The XMPP Standards Foundation: Elbe-Sprint Hamburg 2023: Post-Sprint Summary

In June the Elbe-Sprint 2023 took place in Hamburg and it was a great first experience after all the pandemic in the past years for many participants.
In this blog post we want to summarize progress we’ve made during the sprint.

First of all, many thanks to the CCCHH and their members for offerin … ⌘ Read more

PEP 723: Embedding pyproject.toml in single-file scripts
This PEP specifies a metadata format that can be embedded in single-file Python scripts to assist launchers, IDEs and other external tools which may need to interact with such scripts. ⌘ Read more

So, not unexpected - but the guy was a scammer. And he took his time trying to lure in.
There where several red flags early on, but I went along with it because I wanted to know what the final way of scamming would be. So in the end he pretended that he had a ~5000USD transaction, and sent a screenshot from the same website as my NFT’s are on (to try to look legitimate), but there was obviously no notification on the legit site about this. He then sent another QR code (which I extracted the url from in a isolated VM), and that was the phishing site, a kinda similar url to the main legit site - that forwards you there.
So at least now his account is nuked and did not get anything from me at least.

Introducing code referencing for GitHub Copilot
Today, we’re announcing a private beta of GitHub Copilot with code referencing that includes a filter to detect code suggestions matching public code on GitHub. ⌘ Read more

Protecting Secrets with Docker
Keeping your secrets secret is an ongoing process, but it’s worth the effort. Learn about Docker features you can use to help prevent leaking secrets. ⌘ Read more

Erlang Solutions: Blockchain in Sustainable Programming
The benefits of blockchain implementation across multiple sectors are well-documented, but how can this decentralised solution be used to achieve more sustainable programming?

As the effects of the ongoing climate crisis continue to impact weather patterns and living conditions across the planet, we must continue to make every aspect of our lives, from transport and energy usage to all of our technology, greener and more sustain … ⌘ Read more

[47°09′26″S, 126°43′06″W] Bad satellite signal – switching to analog communication

I hung up a older tv in our bedroom today, a dumb tv without any smart features, bought one of those new chromecast’s, works very well, pleased with this setup. Gonna be nice to watch some TV in bed, or listen to podcasts etc.

Best practices for organizations and teams using GitHub Enterprise Cloud
Learn how you can structure your enterprise to get the most value out of GitHub and provide the best experience for your developers! ⌘ Read more

Got contacted on instagram from someone who wanted to buy some of my images (NFT), I have been putting the images I liked the most into a collection (and add new ones when I take Images I think is good enough) into the collection. Just letting it sit there to see if I can make a sale one day.
Not sure yet if the person is serious or not - but If I could make a sale - then I’m all for it.
It’s much easier to put things up for sale as NFT then other ways.
I sell them as a 1 item thing. And put a price that I think is fair (Fixed price on all, but based on the amount of time I actually spend getting to all these locations).
One thing I have not liked about NFT is all the crap art stuff that there that takes 0 effort, but I do at least spend time picking out where we go. And each image has a memory attached to it, a trip with my family to that exact place..

@prologic@twtxt.net Yeah, I got some cash that I will put aside for a rainy day. I initially wanted to buy a kickbike for the dog with that, but he should not be pulling too much until next year’s fall, so I decided not to buy that now.
I’ll put the money aside for next year.
Other then that I got a new harness for me that I use for the dog, we’ve had one but this one is more solid and fits better to my size. That is super useful - and will last for many many years.
Also got a new hiking jacket, cotton jacket, green, outdoor type jacket, that is also something I really wanted, since I do not like those synthetic jackets (sweat too much in that). Also got some chocolate from my kids (Which I love). So I’m very pleased with the gifts :)

Think about Ismail, the City at the river Donau or Danuvia. You can help the Ukrainians to ship their weet and defend them from russian terror..

Its possible, if you are a refugee. But be sure, you will meet your enemies here to.

[47°09′45″S, 126°43′26″W] Storm recedes – back to normal work

I want to visit Germany one day. I’ve never been outside of the continental USA.

How to brew the perfect cup of tea
While Melbourne might be considered the coffee capital of the world, there’s still a lot of debate about how to make the perfect cup of tea. ⌘ Read more

How to Coil a Cable
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European heatwave, poor growing conditions set to drive olive oil price even higher
Domestic olive oil yields have been on the conservative side this year, which could result in a further rise to the record prices for consumers. ⌘ Read more

Thanks to all of you :))) Been a really nice day today!

[47°09′02″S, 126°43′26″W] Automatic systems disengaged due to thunderstorm

[47°09′23″S, 126°43′40″W] Automatic systems disengaged due to heavy rain

❤️ 🎶: Ticket To Heaven by Dire Straits

[47°09′40″S, 126°43′17″W] Automatic systems disengaged due to blizzard

> when you finally encounter aliens but they believe in quantum suicide so they strangelet-bomb their home planet in order to reroll odds

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Build and Deploy a LangChain-Powered Chat App with Docker and Streamlit
We are happy to have another great AI/ML story to share from our community. In this blog post, MA Raza, Ph.D., provides a guide to building and deploying a LangChain-powered chat app with Docker and Streamlit. This article reinforces the value that Docker brings to AI/ML projects — the speed and consistency of deployment, the […] ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net thanks! I have not had time to look into it myself either. been busy days.

@stigatle@yarn.stigatle.no Btw… I haven’t forgotten your ask of documenting the “Upload Media” API. I’m actually trying to work out how da fuq it even works myself 🤦‍♂️

Tonnes of ‘beautiful’ oranges, mandarins dropped in paddocks as stockfeed
Citrus growers are struggling to produce fruit that meets market specifications and truckloads of rejected but “quality” oranges, tangelos and mandarins are being sent to feed cattle and sheep. ⌘ Read more

@eapl.me@eapl.me I invest in crypto, I use it to pay for various services too, I focus mainly on monero due to it’s privacy features - which I like. For me it’s a way of saving and investing. I do not have much in there - but more saved there then in the bank. Cryptocurrencies are definitely useful, in many ways.
Crypto is here to stay. What I dislike is the whole web3 ‘pay to play’ kinda thing..

@rrraksamam@twtxt.net I honestly dislike web3 platforms, and especially blockchain social media.
It’s just filled with people trying to make a dollar. That is always the focus on those blockchain based social media sites. I like what I can host my self, no money or tokens \ crypto involved etc.
Tried nostr for a while, but I cannot get into that either. Only reason it’s popular is because of jack (that’s just my opinion), and they are always pushing bitcoin lightning network there - and I get tired of that pretty fast.

I’m curious. How many people truly believe blockchain social networks are the future?

NFTs, tokens, monetization, revenue…

I’m sorry, but how are your random social media blabbers worth any money?
Unless you’re Shakespeare or Einstein or some philosophical or scientific genius, I don’t see why anyone would want to read your posts, let alone cash out some “crypto” from some “wallet”.

And that applies to most people. Sure, your lifestyle and your thoughts may be interesting. But who’s going to start paying to view what’s going on in your life?

As if likes, upvotes, hearts, and subscriptions weren’t narcissistic enough, let’s make people think someone wants to pay them with crypto to view their random posts online.

@prologic@twtxt.net I have to admit it was not useable in any way, since it (along with the OS) used almost all the ram, and the mangopi is not a powerfull device, works fine for terminal and file browsing \ editing etc, but not much more. Still waiting to get my hands on some better riscv hardware.

[47°09′27″S, 126°43′27″W] Storm recedes – back to normal work