Origami Black Hole
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(#7pqsr4q) @kat yarnd actually stores your feed in plain text on disk too 🤣
@kat @yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz yarnd actually stores your feed in plain text on disk too 🤣 ⌘ Read more

(#gjl3gwq) @andros What do you mean by API? yarnd (which powers Yarn.social pods like twtxt.net) does have an API, however that API is desig …
@andros @twtxt.andros.dev What do you mean by API? yarnd ( which powers Yarn.social pods like twtxt.net) does have an API, however that API is designed for clients to interact with the pod and the user’s account and feed. e.g: there is a command-line client called yarnc and I used to maintain a mobile native app ( … ⌘ Read more

(#fcwg4zq) @kat So far it’s been alright. I wasn’t too impressed with Caddy’s logging capabilities though or the fact you have to custom build c …
@kat @yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz So far it’s been alright. I wasn’t too impressed with Caddy’s logging capabilities though or the fact you have to custom build caddy just to support DNS-01 ACME challenge. But other than that, it’s okay. ⌘ Read more

(#vjwykla) @bender@bender Well technically now I can turn off ingress access to my infra on ports 80/43 etc and just rely on the outbound wir …
@bender Well technically now I can turn off ingress access to my infra on ports 80/43 etc and just rely on the outbound wireguard tunnelling for the ingress back in. ⌘ Read more

(#onhxoea) @lyse Nah I’m fone with using their DNS. I could shove DNS onto Vultr too I suppose or run my own DNS server(s), but I don’t see th …
@lyse @lyse.isobeef.org Nah I’m fone with using their DNS. I could shove DNS onto Vultr too I suppose or run my own DNS server(s), but I don’t see the value in that… ⌘ Read more

(#mgmtiha) @movq I was using Cloudflare primarily for 3 reasons: 1) For hosting DNS records 2) For reverse proxying into my infra’s services and …
@movq @www.uninformativ.de I was using Cloudflare primarily for 3 reasons: 1) For hosting DNS records 2) For reverse proxying into my infra’s services and 3) As a layer of defense against DDoS attacks or stupid misbehaving bots. I’m still using Cloudflare for 1) but 2/3 are now done entirely by something I’ve … ⌘ Read more

(#2sgdbna) @kat Good Morning! It’s ~9am here 😴
@kat @yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz Good Morning! It’s ~9am here 😴 ⌘ Read more

(#7p4myaq) @kat Pretty sure this is a combination of inspecting the User-Agent and Accept headers of a HTTP requests and responding appropri …
@kat @yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz Pretty sure this is a combination of inspecting the User-Agent and Accept headers of a HTTP requests and responding appropriately with the right resource(s). ⌘ Read more

(#7pqsr4q) @kat When I set about creating Yarn.social back in ~2020 I deliberately wanted to avoid things like reposts, likes and notifications. …
@kat @yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz When I set about creating Yarn.social back in ~2020 I deliberately wanted to avoid things like reposts, likes and notifications. I wanted to build something simple and non-distracting. I didn’t want to fall into the same traps of “big t … ⌘ Read more

Binge Watch Apple TV+ This Weekend for Free
If you’d like to start the new year with some binge watching, you can enjoy a free weekend of all-access to Apple TV+ films and shows starting on January 3 and continuing through January 5. The free weekend is available on any device where you can stream Apple TV+, all you will need is an … Read More ⌘ Read more

Deals: Get Apple Watch Series 10 for $329 (Discounted from $399)
Want to start the new year off with a great fitness tracker to help motivate your workouts and track your health stats and vitals? Then don’t miss this great deal on the all new Apple Watch Series 10 is available for just $329 in select color and band options, available right now on Amazon. Maybe … Read More ⌘ Read more

Bill Nye Gives Neil deGrasse Tyson a Tour of the Planetary Society ⌘ Read more

I am now proud to say, that as of this moment, I am off of Clownflare 🤣 Still using Cloudflare for DNS, but no longer proxying through their …
I am now proud to say, that as of this moment, I am off of Clownflare 🤣 Still using Cloudflare for DNS, but no longer proxying through their services or terminating TLS at their edge. Instead, all my sites and services now terminate TLS on my own edge proxy running Caddy+Wireguard ( so all ingress is actually egress 🤣) 🥳 #Clownflare [#Cloudflare]( … ⌘ Read more

(#vi575mq) @bender@bender We’ve met him before on our of our video calls 😅
@bender We’ve met him before on our of our video calls 😅 ⌘ Read more

(#ydommwa) @andros That’s kind of cool to hear! 👂 – Why HTML over Websockets though? I personally think the ideas behind Hypermedia Systems …
@andros @twtxt.andros.dev That’s kind of cool to hear! 👂 – Why HTML over Websockets though? I personally think the ideas behind Hypermedia Systems is great. Just a few extra controls and you nearly get everything you ever really needed or wanted. ⌘ Read more

**(#5eultoa) @andros Bah 🤦‍♂️

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@andros @twtxt.andros.dev Bah 🤦‍♂️

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Unlocking cloud native security with Cilium and eBPF
Ambassador post originally published on Dev.to by Syed Asad Raza Introduction 🌐🔒🚀 As cloud-native applications scale, securing workloads while maintaining performance becomes critical. This is where Cilium, an open-source networking, observability, and security tool, shines. Backed… ⌘ Read more

(#vi575mq) @bmallred Ya know… Your running twts are making me think I should go back to running eveyr day. Do you run every day or every coupl …
@bmallred @staystrong.run Ya know… Your running twts are making me think I should go back to running eveyr day. Do you run every day or every couple of days? 🤔 ⌘ Read more

(#v3q6xuq) Could this be the Emacs client I’ve heard about? 🤔
Could this be the Emacs client I’ve heard about? 🤔 ⌘ Read more

(#v3q6xuq) @lyse I wouldn’t know sadly. I don’t pay attention to the actual clients themselves as you know. I just let yarnd do it’s thing.
@lyse @lyse.isobeef.org I wouldn’t know sadly. I don’t pay attention to the actual clients themselves as you know. I just let yarnd do it’s thing. ⌘ Read more

Why Secure Development Environments Are Essential for Modern Software Teams
Secure development environments are the backbone of modern software teams, ensuring speed and innovation don’t come at the cost of vulnerabilities, inefficiencies, or eroded trust. ⌘ Read more

What Happens When a Whole Generation Never Grows Up?
Rachel Wolfe,  Reporter  -  The Wall Street Journal

Stephan: The American culture is dramatically changing as this report describes in some detail; all sorts of trends have changed from previous generations. When one adds this to the Great Schism Trend one sees how very different the country is now than it was as recently as the 1990s.

![Cody Harding, 38, in the Brooklyn apartment he rents with three roommates, on Dec … ⌘ Read more

Washington Post Top Political Reporters Flee for The Atlantic As Part of Ongoing Staff Exodus
David Gilmour,  Staff Writer  -  MEDIAite

_Stephan: It is getting very little coverage but, as the oligarchs buy the major newspapers or television channels, journalists of integrity are fleeing and finding other positions. I don’t know how any of the major papers could do the equivalent of SR, because the owners wouldn’t permit it. The re … ⌘ Read more

Carter, in death, becomes symbol of lost political ‘decency’ in U.S.
,    -  Agence France-Presse (France)

_Stephan: Carter was elected President just as I was walking away from a career in government because of what I saw as the indecency of the Nixon administration, and the weakness of the Ford administration. I had been appointed by Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird to the MIT/Secretary of Defense Study Group on Innovation, Technology, and the Future, and b … ⌘ Read more

Jimmy Carter made eradicating Guinea worm disease a top mission
RUSS BYNUM and SAM MEDNICK,  Reporters  -  Associated Press

Stephan: This article describes what policies that foster wellbeing look like. This is multi-decade work by President Carter before and after his presidency. Do you think we will see anything remotely like this during the Trump Presidency. I don’t.

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**(#gjcb42q) @movq Hahaha

But why, oh why, would people still use SVN these days. 🥴😅

I thought svc had gone the way of the dodo 🦤**
@movq @www.uninformativ.de Hahaha

But why, oh why, would people still use SVN these days. 🥴😅

I thought svc had gone the way of the dodo 🦤 ⌘ Read more

New MacBook Air Models Coming Soon With These Rumored Features
One of Apple’s first product announcements of 2025 will likely be updated 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air models with the M4 chip.

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Below, we recap rumors about the next MacBook Air models.

The new MacBook Air models are expected to be equipped with Apple’s already-released M4 chip, which has a 10-core C … ⌘ Read more

After 50 years, is this the end for barcodes?
The barcode is set to be phased out and replaced with a next-generation upgrade with significant improvements for both consumers and retailers. ⌘ Read more

(#fs3x6qa) @kat i’ve actually built a lot of stuff with it so far and I’m planning on starting a new little project with it as well soon.
@kat @yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz i’ve actually built a lot of stuff with it so far and I’m planning on starting a new little project with it as well soon. ⌘ Read more

Go 指針進階：從入門到被虐，90- 開發者都踩過這些坑！
指針是 Go 語言中最強大但也最容易出錯的特性之一。本文將帶你從基礎概念到高級應用，全方位掌握 Go 指針的使用技巧。無論你是初學者還是老手，都能在這裏找到價值。一、指針基礎：從零開始什麼是指針？ Go 語言中的指針是一個用來存儲變量內存地址的變量，可以使用 & 運算符獲取變量的地址，使用 `` 運算符獲取指針所指向的變量的值，可以進行運算來移動指針。var a int = 10var p ⌘ Read more

如何使用 Golang 進行 Kafka 的監控
Kafka 是一個高吞吐量、可擴展的分佈式消息系統，廣泛應用於實時數據流處理場景。監控 Kafka 是確保其平穩運行和及時處理問題的關鍵。本文將介紹如何使用 Golang 來執行 Kafka 的監控任務。前置準備—-安裝依賴庫: 安裝 Sarama，用於 Kafka 的操作$ go get github.com/Shopify/sarama 安裝 Kafka 管理擴展$ go get g ⌘ Read more

Go: 如何寫出內存泄露的程序
不管使用什麼語言，內存泄露是經常遇到的一類問題，然而使用 Go 語言編寫內存泄露的代碼卻不容易，本文將列舉幾個可能出現內存泄露的場景，從反例中學習如何避免內存泄露。資源泄露—-不關閉打開的文件當你不再需要一個打開的文件, 正常你需要調用它的 Close 方法, 如果你不調用 Close，就有可能文件描述符達到最大限制，無法再打開新的文件或者連接, 程序會報too many open files ⌘ Read more

(#fktqbyq) @kat All Yhanks yo HTMX 🥳
@kat @yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz All Yhanks yo HTMX 🥳 ⌘ Read more

爲你的 Go 應用添加定時任務
在 Linux 上，我們經常使用計劃任務來執行一些定時任務，比如，在凌晨執行數據庫備份、進行賬務日結操作等。在我們的 Golang 應用中，我們也想執行一些定時任務，怎麼辦？cron 是 Golang 的一個定時任務庫，被廣泛應用於 Golang 應用中。cron 目前使用的 V3 版本，默認支持 Linux cron 表達式，沒有秒的字段。Linux cron 表達式格式：      comma ⌘ Read more

** Laser sword new years **
Through a series of improbable events on new years eve we ended up watching Darth Maul ignite his duel bladed lightsaber right at the stroke of midnight. Mind blown. Duel of the fates ringing in the new year. ⌘ Read more

**(#fktqbyq) @kat It has a nice SPA like feel doesn’t it 😅

Look ma! No react!

🤣**
@kat @yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz It has a nice SPA like feel doesn’t it 😅

Look ma! No react!

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(#gjcb42q) @movq ☝️
@movq @www.uninformativ.de ☝️ ⌘ Read more

(#fktqbyq) @kat Yeah sorry but maintaining a mobile app with Flutter became too hard and complicated as the whole mobile ecosystem is just a gia …
@kat @yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz Yeah sorry but maintaining a mobile app with Flutter became too hard and complicated as the whole mobile ecosystem is just a giant PITA 🤦‍♂️ Every new version of Xcode, Android, Flutter, etc… Something would break 😢 ⌘ Read more

(#tubwoja) @kat 🤞
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(#vwonyga) @kat No worries! I consider Yarn.social to be really an ecosystem of clients, tools and services. Twtxt is the underlying exchange fo …
@kat @yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz No worries! I consider Yarn.social to be really an ecosystem of clients, tools and services. Twtxt is the underlying exchange format used and extended (See https://twtxt.dev) ⌘ Read more

(#dphjuwa) @kat Haha yeah I often use the CLI client to post things from the terminal! 👌
@kat @yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz Haha yeah I often use the CLI client to post things from the terminal! 👌 ⌘ Read more

(#fj36amq) @kat That would be cool to see 😅
@kat @yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz That would be cool to see 😅 ⌘ Read more

(#4dbmmzq) @bender@bender Ahh! I believe WireGuard can be used in Hub and Spoke as well as Peer to Peer p2p).
@bender Ahh! I believe WireGuard can be used in Hub and Spoke as well as Peer to Peer p2p). ⌘ Read more

[WTS] [0.005 XMR] Zen Mind - Shunryu Suzuki Digital Scans

I’ve scanned this book. There are 68 pics (138 pages). These scans are double-paged (2 pages scanned at same time). (47MB) Download link is a Tor/Onion link, using the OnionShare program. You will need the Tor browser to download. After purchasing, you will automatically receive the download link.

Link: https://xmrbazaar.com/listing/Qbby/

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(#4dbmmzq) @bender@bender sorry what do you mean?
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Icarus could never ☀️ Parker Solar Probe touches the SUN! ⌘ Read more

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Employees Speak Out: Google, Apple, Microsoft, & Intel Discriminate Against White Men
“I’d love to hire you, but, unfortunately, you’re a white male.” ⌘ Read more

AI ‘the biggest opportunity of our lifetime’, says tech veteran
AI “second movers” and deniers are set to lose, according to celebrity tech executive Bill McDermott. ⌘ Read more

@ionores@twtxt.net Love the avatar 😍 Did you make that yourself? 🤔
@ionores Love the avatar 😍 Did you make that yourself? 🤔 ⌘ Read more

(#4dbmmzq) @doesnm I used to have quite a bit of credits with Vultr way back. I’ve been a long-time customer, and had worked with them on a few …
@doesnm @doesnm.p.psf.lt I used to have quite a bit of credits with Vultr way back. I’ve been a long-time customer, and had worked with them on a few things 👌 ⌘ Read more

(#b6qfvpq) @aelaraji Go to bed! 🤣
@aelaraji @aelaraji.com Go to bed! 🤣 ⌘ Read more

(#rejodqa) That’s why we use hashes 😅
That’s why we use hashes 😅 ⌘ Read more

(#rejodqa) @aelaraji Not ecen in the slightest 🤣
@aelaraji @aelaraji.com Not ecen in the slightest 🤣 ⌘ Read more

Editor’s Note — Happy New Year
Stephan A. Schwartz,  Editor  -  Schwartzreport

Stephan: I think we are about to enter a very difficult year but, whatever the societal complexities, I wish the best possible 2025 for you, your friends, and family. And remember the Quotidian Choice, make each of your decisions in 2025, of the options available to you, the one that is the most compassionate, life-affirming, and fostering of wellbeing.

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Trump Medicare Pick Dr. Oz Says Uninsured ‘Don’t Have Right to Health’ in Resurfaced Clip
David Badash,  Staff Writer  -  The New Civil Rights Movement

_Stephan: Both my wife and I, like many of you, pay for and receive Medicare so we could be affected by what Mehmet Oz has in mind. This should not be  mistaken for the evil Medicare Advantage programs designed to enrich insurance corporations.  You would think Mehmet Oz’s heartless nonsens … ⌘ Read more

Where the minimum wage will rise in 2025
Emily Peck,  Staff Writer  -  Axios

Stephan: Here is some good news. Even in some Red states, and many Blue states the minimum wage will be going up.

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Millions of workers are getting a raise on Jan. 1, when the minimum wage is set to rise across 21 states, and 48 cities and counties.

Why it matters: Th … ⌘ Read more

A recipe for zero-emissions fuel: Soda cans, seawater, and caffeine
Jennifer Chu ,    -  MIT News

Stephan: A reader sent me this fascinating potentially good news. I am so happy to get such stories because they tell me that even in the midst of all the crises that currently plague America there are still pockets of people striving to develop technologies designed to help us exit the carbon era.

![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/S … ⌘ Read more

Apple Shares Special Wallpaper and Watch Face to Celebrate New Store
Apple recently announced it will be opening a new retail store at the MixC Hefei shopping mall in Hefei, China on January 18 at 10 a.m. local time.

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To celebrate the store’s upcoming grand opening, Apple has shared both a special wallpaper and [Apple Watch face](https://www.apple.com.cn/nso/hefei/images/wallpap … ⌘ Read more

Bible Back in Texas Schools After Being Pulled for Sexual Content
Elizabeth Nolan Brown ,  Staff Writer  -  reason

Stephan: This is how weird book censorship is getting in the Red States. Did you ever think of the Bible as being too sexually explicit to be read by a minor?

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Is the Bible too “sexually explicit” for minors? The Canyon Independent School Dis … ⌘ Read more

(#fktqbyq) @kat To be honest I just use the web app 🤣 I’ve gone to a lot of effort to make it work nicely on mobile small screen decides 👌
@kat @yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz To be honest I just use the web app 🤣 I’ve gone to a lot of effort to make it work nicely on mobile small screen decides 👌 ⌘ Read more

(#tubwoja) @kat Yarn / Twtxt is designed to be slow 🤣 But we see you! 😅
@kat @yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz Yarn / Twtxt is designed to be slow 🤣 But we see you! 😅 ⌘ Read more

(#mkmn57q) @kat Happy New Year to you too! 🥳
@kat @yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz Happy New Year to you too! 🥳 ⌘ Read more

Hello 👋 Welcome!
@ @yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz Hello 👋 Welcome! ⌘ Read more

(#uibwxqa) @anth Happy New Year! 🥳
@anth @a.9srv.net Happy New Year! 🥳 ⌘ Read more

10 Events from 2024 That’ll Be in History Textbooks One Day
We’re not entirely sure if they still have history books in school or if they just teach kids these days using TikTok videos and Instagram reels to account for their short and fractured attention spans. Okay, we’re kidding about that little quip… we hope. We’re pretty certain that textbooks are still a thing, whether in […]

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[47°09′18″S, 126°43′17″W] Reading: 0.05000 PPM

(#td7zniq) The PoC I have stood up is costing my a $6/month VM in Vultr sitting in front of my infra over a (outbound) Wireguard tunnel.
The PoC I have stood up is costing my a $6/month VM in Vultr sitting in front of my infra over a ( outbound) Wireguard tunnel. ⌘ Read more

(#td7zniq) I’m pretty happy with my Clownflare replacement solution. I’m going to start progressively migrating off Cloudflare soon™, but firs …
I’m pretty happy with my Clownflare replacement solution. I’m going to start progressively migrating off Cloudflare soon™, but first i need to take what I’ve built and commoditized it into something that that’s reusable and easily usable by others. This likely means Packer image and Terraform module. Once that’s done I’ll think about how to build a half decent wAF ( _Web Application Firewall … ⌘ Read more

[47°09′31″S, 126°43′58″W] Raw reading: 0x6774D9E1, offset +/-5

(#i6x4uha) @aelaraji Happy New Year to you too! 🥳
@aelaraji @aelaraji.com Happy New Year to you too! 🥳 ⌘ Read more

(#e4aezlq) Pretty much sums it up 🤦‍♂️ it’s shit 💩
Pretty much sums it up 🤦‍♂️ it’s shit 💩 ⌘ Read more

(#td7zniq) @bender@bender OP didn’t explain it well enough? 🤔
@bender OP didn’t explain it well enough? 🤔 ⌘ Read more

Fuck me OpenAI sucks ass. ChatGPT has to be the most stupidest fucking thing ever invented. It is so bad it’s not even funny.
Fuck me OpenAI sucks ass. ChatGPT has to be the most stupidest fucking thing ever invented. It is so bad it’s not even funny. ⌘ Read more

Success! 🥳 is now off (temporarily for now) Clownflare! 🤣
Success! 🥳 https://prologic.dev/ is now off ( temporarily for now) Clownflare! 🤣 ⌘ Read more

Apple Broke a 13-Year Hardware Streak in 2024
For over a decade, Apple has consistently announced all-new hardware product lines, from the iPad in 2010 to the Vision Pro in 2023. But for the first time in 14 years, Apple failed to announce any major new hardware products in 2024, focusing solely on updates and refinements to its existing product lines.

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While Apple unveiled a l … ⌘ Read more

Finally spending the time/effort today (on my day off) to see if I can get a working prototype and proof-of-concept self-hosted alternative to …
Finally spending the time/effort today ( on my day off) to see if I can get a working prototype and proof-of-concept self-hosted alternative to Clownflare going. Components I’m using so far are: Alpine Linux ( may swap this out for µLInux at some point), Wireguard, Caddy. ⌘ Read more

Monero Research Lab meeting scheduled for 8 January 2025 1700 UTC
The next Monero Research Lab1 meeting is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, January 8th 2025 at 17:00 UTC on IRC-Libera/Matrix2 in the #monero-research-lab channels.

• Updates. What is everyone working on?
  
• Discussion: Post-quantum security and ethical considerations over elliptic curve cryptography3
  

This meeting’s chairperson should be Rucknium4. The full dis … ⌘ Read more

everoddandeven proposes bounty for monero-cpp Python bindings module
everoddandeven1 has proposed a bounty2 for creating a Python module that exposes the core functionalities of the monero-cpp library 3:

This module should enable Python developers to interact with monero-cpp API using a Pythonic interface without needing to write or interact with C++ code directly.

Total Bounty: 0 XMR (to date)

• Code is ope … ⌘ Read more

Monero Observer Blitz #37 - December 2024
Here’s a recap of what happened this December in the Monero community:

• Brandon Goodell concluded that Generalized Bulletproofs are ‘suitable for use’ after reviewing security proofs ( 1)
  
• XMR registered a 2.5-year high of $218 after a ~31% surge at the beginning of the month ( 2)
  
• **Rucknium discove … ⌘ Read more

Skew-T Log-P
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(#ekxhbga) Oh wow! 🤩 So many ‘ol users have come out of the woodwork 🤣 Great to see you again @oevl@oevl and @ionores@ionores
Oh wow! 🤩 So many ‘ol users have come out of the woodwork 🤣 Great to see you again @oevl and @ionores ⌘ Read more

(#qu3w7ka) @movq Holy moly! 😱 You’ve written all the userland tools for your Toy OS too right? 🤔
@movq @www.uninformativ.de Holy moly! 😱 You’ve written all the userland tools for your Toy OS too right? 🤔 ⌘ Read more

Whoohoo! 💪 Last night I added support for SSH Agent Forwarding to sshbox that now enables me to use it as an SSH Reverse Proxy to a private S …
Whoohoo! 💪 Last night I added support for SSH Agent Forwarding to sshbox that now enables me to use it as an SSH Reverse Proxy to a private SSH service. I can now use this to front my Gitea’s SSH service 👌 ( without exposing my infra behind the proxy or the IP addresses). ⌘ Read more

Dead Internet Theory is Facebook’s New Business Model
Al Bots will soon have profile pictures & bios, “exist on [Facebook], kind of in the same way that accounts do.” ⌘ Read more

A quick lesson in how to communicate with Aliens! 👽 ⌘ Read more

Prosodical Thoughts: Prosody 0.12.5 released
We are pleased to announce a new minor release from our stable branch.

Hope everyone has had a good 2024, and you’re looking forward to a better 2025!

We’re ending this year with a bugfix release for our stable 0.12 branch. This
brings some general polish and a collection of fixes for various small issues
people have reported in the past months.

A notable behaviour change in this release is that Prosody will no longer send
delivery errors to people you have blocked. Inste … ⌘ Read more

Kubestronaut in Orbit: Sofonias Mengistu
Get to know Sofonias This week’s Kubestronaut in Orbit is Sofonias Mengistu, a DevOps Engineer at Gebeya.INC based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. With 14 years of IT experience—five of those dedicated to cloud-native technologies—Sofonias has led… ⌘ Read more

Happy New Year y’all ! 🥳 Hello #2025 👋
Happy New Year y’all ! 🥳 Hello #2025 👋 ⌘ Read more

(#mez7vqa) @bender@bender Hah thanks 🙏 Happy New year to you too (soon™) ! 🥳
@bender Hah thanks 🙏 Happy New year to you too (soon™) ! 🥳 ⌘ Read more

My December ‘24 and my 2024 in Review
The month, and indeed the year, are drawing to a close – a time to pause, reflect, and revisit all the small and big moments that made up this journey. ⌘ Read more

Apple Vision Pro May Now Be Out of Production
Apple’s first-generation Vision Pro headset may have now ceased production, following reports of reduced demand and production cuts earlier in the year.

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In October, The Information’s Wayne Ma reported that Apple had abruptly reduced production of the Vision Pro headset ahead of po … ⌘ Read more

** Year in review, 2024 **
As a treat, I figured I could write a year in review kinda thing, too. In no particular order here are some reflections organized into some mostly sensical categories.

Since recovering from my brain bleed and the subsequent repair procedures, this year I’ve enjoyed getting back into a routine of exercising. I’ve never been one to track numbers, or reps, or distances — I mostly exercise because I enjoy doing it. This year I got back into going for regular short runs, very long walks (sorry aging d … ⌘ Read more

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Teen alcohol and drug use keeps declining
April Rubin,  Staff Writer  -  Axios

Stephan: Here is some excellent good news. Young teens are using less alcohol and Marijuana.

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Teen drug and alcohol use reached a record low this year, according to survey results released this month.

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American doctors hate the health care system almost as much as you do
Dylan Scott,  Staff Writer  -  Vox

_Stephan: I recently talked with a friend of mine who is also one of my doctors and he told me how bad the hassle of being a physician trying to practice in the American illness profit system has become. Another of my physicians told me her group practice was sold to Optum, and she is now an employee, and not very happy about it. My wife goes to two do … ⌘ Read more

Costco is pushing back — hard — against the anti-DEI movement
Nathaniel Meyersohn,  Staff Writer  -  CNN

_Stephan: Here is some good news. Costco, is the store where we do most of our shopping. It is owned by one of the few American companies that actually support social wellbeing. In contrast to, say, Walmart, owned by the Walton family, a store system we don’t shop in because of its vile corporate policies and support of MAGAt politicians. Costco is going more orga … ⌘ Read more

Plants Are Becoming Less Nutritious Because of Climate Change, Impacting Herbivores From Insects to Giant Pandas
Cristen Hemingway Jaynes,  Contributing Writer  -  EcoWatch

Stephan: We are destroying the ecosystems of Earth, and making wholy inadequate attempts to restore Earth’s matrix of life. For that reason humanity is going to have a horrible planet-wide catastrophe occur about 2040, 15 years from now.

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10 Fascinating Origins of New Year’s Eve Superstitions
New Year’s Eve is celebrated across the world with a mix of joy, hope, and anticipation, but it’s also steeped in superstitions that reflect the diverse cultural beliefs about starting the year off right. From wearing specific colors to performing quirky rituals, these traditions often revolve around themes of luck, prosperity, and protection. While some […]

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