Tigers, gunfights and rare rambutans are part of life for the Indiana Jones of exotic fruits
Alan Carle was hunting otherworldly fruit with fluorescent tentacles and bubbly flesh that folks back home had never even heard about, much less tasted — and he was willing to risk his life to find it. ⌘ Read more

compiled and ran the desktop client on riscv tonight. my mangopi only has 512mb ram, but it was enough to compile and run it :)

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Hmm need to figure out a way to squelch the size of my pod’s data directory 🤔

On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 07/24 to 07/28 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/07/28/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week

Smarter, more efficient coding: GitHub Copilot goes beyond Codex with improved AI model
We’re thrilled to announce two major updates to GitHub Copilot Code Complete’s AI capabilities that will help developers work even more efficiently and effectively. ⌘ Read more

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it was amazing. we all went on a roadtrip with some friends. kids had a nice time, lots of stuff for them to do. about 7hrs driving, stopping all over the place to look at the scenery and eat food, swim etc. was really nice.

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Scaling merge-ort across GitHub
GitHub switched to performing merges and rebases using merge-ort. Come behind the scenes to see why and how we made this change. ⌘ Read more

Erlang Solutions: Ship RabbitMQ logs to Elasticsearch
RabbitMQ is a popular message broker that facilitates the exchange of data between applications. However, as with any system, it’s important to have visibility into the logs generated by RabbitMQ to identify issues and ensure smooth operation. In this blog post, we’ll walk you through the process of shipping RabbitMQ logs to Elasticsearch, a distributed search and analytics engine. By centralising and analysing RabbitMQ logs with Elasticsea … ⌘ Read more

Small-time fruit growers facing ‘death by paperwork’ amid expensive fruit fly protocols
Produce from small-time Riverland growers is disappearing from supermarket shelves as soaring treatment costs for the ongoing fruit fly outbreak risks allowing bigger businesses to muscle them out. ⌘ Read more

Mango-picking robot snaps up $1 million in venture capital
A robot designed to pick mangoes and hopefully ease worker shortage issues, expected to ”create ripples through the supply chain”, has landed $1 million in venture capital. ⌘ Read more

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I heard that people confuse what they want to do with what they want to become. 80+ Quotes | King The Land (2023) – KORB

How to get AI regulation right for open source
Sharing our coalition paper to inform the final negotiation of the EU AI Act. ⌘ Read more

Largest winery solar panel system in Australia switches on in the Barossa Valley
Almost 6,000 solar panels have been installed by Treasury Wine Estates, with the ability to generate more than 5,000 megawatt-hours of energy per year — the equivalent of powering around 900 homes. ⌘ Read more

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Why Artemis III Is Going To The Lunar South Pole | Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains… ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net Luckily my father has a van, so I was able to get rid of it all in two trips to the dump.

How to build a GPT-3 App with Nextjs, React, and GitHub Copilot
In this step-by-step tutorial, you will learn how to use GitHub Copilot to build an application with OpenAI’s gpt-3.5-turbo model. ⌘ Read more

How to responsibly adopt GitHub Copilot with the GitHub Copilot Trust Center
We’re launching the GitHub Copilot Trust Center to provide transparency about how GitHub Copilot works and help organizations innovate responsibly with generative AI. ⌘ Read more

Paul Schaub: PGPainless meets the Web-of-Trust
We are very proud to announce the release of PGPainless-WOT, an implementation of the OpenPGP Web of Trust specification using PGPainless.

The release is available on the Maven Central repository.

The work on this project begun a bit over a year ago as an [NLnet project which recei … ⌘ Read more

Tidying up the house, throwing away all the clutter. Going to feel good later today when we’re done.

I love radio! It the best way to discover new music. No algorithm can recommend music as well as a live human can

Supercharging AI/ML Development with JupyterLab and Docker
We show how to use Docker Desktop to containerize JupyterLab 4.0 and evaluate its features without affecting your existing environment. ⌘ Read more

Ignite Realtime Blog: Jabber Browsing Openfire Plugin 1.0.1 released
The Ignite Realtime community is happy to announce a new release of the Jabber Browsing plugin for Openfire.

This is a plugin for the Openfire Real-time Communications server. It provides an implementation for service discovery using the jabber:iq:browse namespace, as specified in XEP-0011: Jabber Browsing. Note that this feature is considered obsolete! The plug … ⌘ Read more

Russia attacks 200m from Nato border, you think Nato would react if the attack went 1 meter over the border?.. Or would they just come with excuses on why not to intervene?

GitHub Repository Rules are now generally available
Repository rules provide an easy, flexible way to define branch protections and ensure consistency in code across repositories. ⌘ Read more

we just came home from a weekend of fun! we’re all tired now, time to relax a bit :) hope you all had a great weekend too!

Ignite Realtime Blog: Agent Information plugin for Openfire release 1.0.1
The Ignite Realtime community is happy to announce a new release of the Agent Information plugin for Openfire.

This plugin implements the XEP-0094 ‘Agent Information’ specification for service discovery using the jabber:iq:agents namespace. Note that this feature is considered obsolete! The plugin should only be used by people that seek backwards compatibility with very old and very specific IM … ⌘ Read more

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org quite long, boat pulled us up to over 1000m, then we disconnected the rope and glided along the mountain ridges. was really nice. the view was amazing. the boat was on the lake I posted earlier.

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I’m still on vacation. It’s hot most days, but it’s interesting to get to know a new country and visit some places from my mother’s youth. I will write a more detailed report when I return. 😊 ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 07/17 to 07/21 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/07/21/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week

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Global Atmospheric Circulation
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@prologic@twtxt.net Thanks :) Looking forward to get that feature in, since I like to share images that I take, will be a nice feature to have in the client as well. :)

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Ignite Realtime Blog: Certificate Manager plugin for Openfire release 1.1.1
The Ignite Realtime community is happy to announce a new release of the Certificate Manager plugin for Openfire.

This plugin allows you to automate TLS certificate management tasks. This is particularly helpful when your certificates are short-lived, like the ones issued by Let’s Encrypt.

This release is a maintenance release. It adds translations. More details are available in the [changelog] … ⌘ Read more

Ignite Realtime Blog: JmxWeb plugin for Openfire 0.9.1 release
The Ignite Realtime community is happy to announce a new release of the JmxWeb plugin for Openfire.

This plugin provides a web based platform for managing and monitoring Openfire via JMX

This release is a maintenance release. It adds translations and fixes one bug. More details are available in the changelog.

Your instance of Openf … ⌘ Read more

Ignite Realtime Blog: Push Notification Openfire plugin 0.9.2 released
The Ignite Realtime community is happy to announce a new release of the Push Notification plugin for Openfire.

This plugin enables clients to register for push notifications.

This release is a maintenance release. It adds translations and a configuration page. More details are available in the changelog

Yo … ⌘ Read more

Ignite Realtime Blog: Search Openfire plugin 0.7.4 release!
The Ignite Realtime community is happy to announce a new release of the Search plugin for Openfire.

This plugin adds features to Openfire that makes it easier for users to find each-other.

This release is a maintenance release. It adds translations. More details are available in the changelog

Your instance of Openfire should automatically … ⌘ Read more

Ignite Realtime Blog: Candy plugin for Openfire 2.2.0 Release 4 now available!
The Ignite Realtime community is happy to announce a new release of the Openfire plugin for Candy.

Candy is a third-party chat client. The Openfire plugin makes deploying it a one-click affair!

This release is a maintenance release. It adds translations and updates dependencies on third-party libraries. More details are available in the [changelog](ht … ⌘ Read more

GitHub Copilot Chat beta now available for every organization
All GitHub Copilot for Business users now have access to a limited GitHub Copilot Chat beta, bringing the power of conversational coding right to the IDE. ⌘ Read more

4 Reasons I’m Excited to Attend DockerCon 2023
Get insider details about DockerCon 2023 from Dockerhand and former Docker Captain, Michael Irwin. Register today! ⌘ Read more

Erlang Solutions: How IoT is Revolutionising Supply Chain Management
As global supply chains continue to face significant disruptions, many businesses are turning to IoT to access greater visibility, reactivity, and streamlined operations.

Unforeseen geopolitical conflicts, economic pressures due to inflation and severe climate change events have all contributed to an uncertain and cost … ⌘ Read more

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Was a really nice trip to the dogpark, he got to play a lot with a beagle, they ran for an hour and had fun. :)

Exploring developer happiness, inclusion, and productivity at GitHub’s Design Conference
As a design organization, we have the opportunity to make a significant impact on designing the platform for all developers. How does the emergence of creative AI impact our work? How can we achieve an inclusive experience for a spectrum of all abilities? What does designing for developer happiness look like? ⌘ Read more

Metrics for issues, pull requests, and discussions
With the new Issue Metrics GitHub Action, you can now track and monitor important metrics related to issues, pull requests, and discussions, such as time to first response, time to close, and more! ⌘ Read more

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Heading off to the dog park tonight, will be nice for our dog to run as much as he likes! It’s a plot of forest that’s fenced in, and it’s big enough for you to do some walking there as well and train on recall and all that good stuff.

@prologic@twtxt.net I think the API is is fine :). But to be honest - one thing that would help me is a commandline curl example on how to upload a image, I take these curl commands through a converter that makes it into libcurl c++ code which I then use :) If you could help me with such a image upload curl example then I’d appreciate it! (I’m currently missing media upload).. And having that feature would be great! :)

I need to do a big rewrite on how the yarn desktop client handles the status widgets, this is because I want links and such, and to do that I have to rewrite the status message code, it takes a bit if time to do it, but I kinda know what to do - I just need to dive in and get it done. Been thinking about it for a while, I think it’s time to get started on it. Also makes the code much cleaner then what it is now.

Good evening everyone! Damn nice with vacation, nice to sleep in every day :) Weather has not been good, really cold, feels like autumn to be honest, and lots of wind. Not summer weather at all these days.

Why dragonfruit plants go rogue, and how to tame it
Juicy dragonfruits have become a popular snack and garden plant, but beware — they can go rogue before you know it. ⌘ Read more

Isode: Icon-PEP 2.0 – New Capabilities
Icon-PEP is used to enable the use of IP applications over HF networks. Using STANAG 5066 Link Layer as an interface.

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Listed below are the changes brought in with 2.0.

A web interface is provided which includes:

• Full configuration of Icon-PEP
  
• TLS (HTTPS) access and configuration including bootstrap with self signed certificate and ide … ⌘ Read more

Isode: Cobalt 1.4 – New Capabilities
Cobalt proides a web interface for provisioning users and roles in an LDAP directory. It enables the easy deployment of XMPP, Email and Military Messaging systems.

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Listed below are the changes brought in with 1.4.

Cobalt is Isode’s tool for managing PKCS#11 Hardware Security Modules (HSM) which may be used to provide improved server security by protecti … ⌘ Read more

Security alert: social engineering campaign targets technology industry employees
GitHub has identified a low-volume social engineering campaign that targets the personal accounts of employees of technology firms. No GitHub or npm systems were compromised in this campaign. We’re publishing this blog post as a warning for our customers to prevent exploitation by this threat actor. ⌘ Read more

Almond growers await green light to allow NSW beehives into SA amid varroa mite concerns
The pollination season is just starting in South Australia and almond growers need more bees, but the state government is cautious about allowing hives from New South Wales, which remains under varroa mite restrictions. ⌘ Read more

That’s it for today :) Time to catch some zzz’s. Good night to you all! New day tomorrow!

Kids has gone to bed, watching some youtube before they fall a sleep, Marlyn is playing PUBG, husky is sleeping on the couch after a long late evening walk, and I’m sitting on the couch listening to podcasts and just chilling. Nice way to end this Monday.

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Finally the rain and wind stopped, now we’ll have nice weather for the rest of the week it seems. Happy to see that! :)

The Lunduke Journal has moved to Lunduke.Locals.com
More nerdiness. More community features. More awesome-r. ⌘ Read more

Portioned out some raw meat for the dog, we usually buy it as frozen meatballs, but they have bigger frozen sauages of raw meat that you can buy, more meat for less price. So decided to go for that now, so got my axe and made it into daily portions.

Isode: Icon-Topo 2.0 – New Capabilities
Icon-Topo supports Mobile Unit (MU) mobility between HF Networks, enabling application communications over a wider area than can be achieved with a single ground station. It provides a way to schedule the movement from one HF network to another, ensuring that as an MU goes about its deployment the communications network is kept up and running.

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A developer’s guide to prompt engineering and LLMs
Prompt engineering is the art of communicating with a generative AI model. In this article, we’ll cover how we approach prompt engineering at GitHub, and how you can use it to build your own LLM-based application. ⌘ Read more

Isode: M-Guard 1.5 – New Capabilities
M-Guard is an XML guard that is used at a network boundary to control traffic. An M-Guard instance is an application level data diode, with traffic flowing in one direction only. Commonly, M-Guard instances will be deployed in pairs, one controlling flow in each direction. The following is a list of the new capabilties introduced in version 1.5.

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Cut food waste and save money with five tips from a famous foodie
Australians each throw out a whopping 300 kilograms of food every year. But these tricks from award-winning author and broadcaster Alice Zaslavsky can help reduce your waste — and put money back into your wallet. ⌘ Read more

Just compiled the Yarn desktop client on OpenSuse, was no issues getting it to run there, I love how portable it is. I initially wanted to run OpenBSD on this laptop, but it would not detect wifi, which is a dealbreaker for me, so I installed OpenSuse tumbleweed instead, and will run OpenBSD in a VM and try from there instead.

#SlowTravel in the IC/IR 73 Traianus from Budapest to Timişoara. 🚂 ⌘ Read more

#SlowTravel in the IC/IR 73 Traianus from Budapest to Timişoara. 🚂 ⌘ Read more

#SlowTravel in the IC/IR 73 Traianus from Budapest to Bukarest. 🚂 ⌘ Read more

First day of Interrail to Romania ✅ ⌘ Read more

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@osnews@feeds.twtxt.net OpenBSD is a great OS! I really do like it, especially their ports system, very easy to compile stuff from source on any supported platforms.

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On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 07/10 to 07/14 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/07/14/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week

@abucci@anthony.buc.ci @prologic@twtxt.net neat.. I saw this one quite a while ago. it is strictly line of sight and blocked by walls or things. The use cases were to have it integrated in the lights in a room and provide super fast connections to devices in an office or coffee shop.

https://youtu.be/AKvvEqm9Nv4

@abucci@anthony.buc.ci @prologic@twtxt.net neat.. I saw this one quite a while ago. it is strictly line of sight and blocked by walls or things. The use cases were to have it integrated in the lights in a room and provide super fast connections to devices in an office or coffee shop.

https://youtu.be/AKvvEqm9Nv4

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I bought myself a Tilley LTM6 hat. It was expensive and still feels a bit strange to wear because nobody wears hats here. But it’s comfortable even with my big head (I always have to buy XXL caps and helmets) and it protects my face and neck pretty well from the sun. And it comes with a lifetime warranty! ⌘ Read more

Wine grape growers hit by worst disease pressures in decades raise concerns about unmanaged vineyards
Riverland wine grape growers are experiencing higher crop losses this year due to disease, possibly worsened by neglected vineyards nearby. ⌘ Read more

My home ISP has had a few prefixes allocated. They haven’t rolled of out yet because their custom CRM system needs to be updated to be able to allocate/bill for it. Along other reasons they gave when I asked last.

My home ISP has had a few prefixes allocated. They haven’t rolled of out yet because their custom CRM system needs to be updated to be able to allocate/bill for it. Along other reasons they gave when I asked last.

6 ½ hours left for Substack… and Lifetime subs
There are only 6 hours (and change) left. Seriously. You know. Get to the choppa. After that, The Lunduke Journal’s Substack shuts down completely — replaced by the epically nerdy Lunduke.Locals.com. Want these deals — like a Lifetime Subscription? That’s how long you’ve got to jump on it. No matter what, ⌘ Read more

Today one crypto I invested in went up over 70%, the other 20%. The bank I have fucks us over with the current economy, and earns record amounts for themselves. This is why I put savings in crypto and not in the bank. Im not trying to come across as a cryptobro or anything like that with this post (I rarely write about it).

(De)coding conventions
Navigating the ebb and flow of programming paradigms–from the shifts in the JavaScript ecosystem and TypeScript’s rise, to AI’s role in advancing accessibility, and strategies for encouraging non-code contributions–tune in to the latest episode of The ReadME Podcast for more. ⌘ Read more

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Using Docker Desktop and JFrog Artifactory for the Enterprise
Learn how to configure Docker Desktop to work with JFrog Artifactory as your Docker registry to manage the push and pull of container images. ⌘ Read more

Moving from a product to a service mindset
Thanks to DevOps, cloud computing and other industry trends, many organizations are shifting from a product mindset to a service mindset. Here’s how you can implement a service-led strategy. ⌘ Read more

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Waste-busting businesses save delicious fruit not up to supermarket specifications
An increasing number of businesses are using fruit that would otherwise be dumped, with one retailer attaching EFTPOS facilities to his honesty boxes. ⌘ Read more