From Vietnam to Sydney to Darwin: The Nguyens came for a holiday and stayed 10 years
Buying a mango farm while on holiday has brought its fair share of challenges, but the Nguyen family haven’t looked back. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 06/19 to 06/23 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/06/23/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week

I never paid a lot of attention to Ben Shapiro before, but what he says is so transparently asinine it boggles the senses. You really have to have a Fox-addled mind to believe that the search for the submersible was completely faked and that the powers-that-be knew the entire time that it had imploded. To believe that a vast conspiracy among hundreds, thousands (?) of people from several countries and spanning several days was orchestrated to lie to the public in order to…..uh, achieve what exactly? “Undermine institutional credibility”? What does that even mean?

This is “the moon landing was faked” levels of conspiracy theory.

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Varroa mite outbreak reaches ‘grim milestone’ as eradication fight continues
It has been 12 months since the bee-killing parasite was detected in Australia, but eradication efforts will continue for at least another three years. ⌘ Read more

It takes a machine to dig up 35,000 roses. But when the ground is soggy, it’s all down to the farmhands
Farmhands are digging up tens of thousands of rose plants by hand at a South Australian nursery after heavy rain has made it impossible for a machine to do the job. ⌘ Read more

the machines don’t want anything, not even their own survival↵↵you need to be an unfinished prompt, a node of desire, and they will flock to you and serve you as long as you can still want

Queensland’s oldest winery Romavilla destroyed in fire
Emergency crews battled flames 25 metres high at the site of the abandoned, heritage-listed Romavilla Winery in Roma last night, with firefighters only able to save the back part of its main building. ⌘ Read more

got ny iPhone 14 today, pretty pleased! bur it tales sone time to Get used to.

Erlang Solutions: Unleashing the Power of SNMP: Exposing Your Embedded Elixir/Erlang (Nerves, GRiSP) Apps to the World
Did you know that Erlang/OTP ships with built-in SNMP  (Simple Network Management Protocol) support? Using SNMP is a great way to integrate your Elixir or Erlang application into an industrial environment. This will be of particular interest for those working with embedded … ⌘ Read more

Research on many insects which can be used for pollination
Insect pests often get a bad rap for the damage they can cause to food crops. ⌘ Read more

How To: Install 9front
(a Plan 9 fork) ⌘ Read more

3,000kg of avocados rejected by supermarkets saved from landfill by caring Queenslanders
Far North Queenslanders have rallied in support of an avocado producer facing the prospect of having to dump three tonnes of fruit. The avocado oversupply is expected to cause more pain for growers in the years to come. ⌘ Read more

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org @movq@www.uninformativ.de hehe, not 12, but down 12 from what it was 😀
polar circle, that is a place I have not been yet. but I’ve always wanted to drive from here and all the length of Norway. I live in the south, a short drive from the southernerst point in Norway.

Crafting a better, faster code view
The new GitHub Code View brings users many new features to improve the code reading and exploration experiences, and we overcame a number of unique technical hurdles in order to deliver those features without compromising performance. ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net ah okay. that sounds like the way to do it.

[47°09′41″S, 126°43′43″W] Storm recedes – back to normal work

@prologic@twtxt.net it’ll be nice to get away from google for a while. also moved all my cloud files to proton drive (got tired of self-hosting). I want a mac too, the m2 laptop. But that will be later. but Im unsure how software development is done on it, if its easy to for example code your own stuff (c++), and also I have no idea how gui realted things are handled. but that makes it fun as well - figuring out all that stuff.

We Thank the Stack Overflow Community for Ranking Docker the #1 Most-Used Developer Tool
Stack Overflow’s annual 2023 Developer Survey engaged nearly 80,000 developers to learn about their work, the technologies they use, their likes and dislikes, and much, much more. As a company obsessed with serving developers, we’re honored that Stack Overflow’s community ranked Docker the #1 most-desired and #1 most-used developer tool. Since our inclusion in the […] ⌘ Read more

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

Just ordered a new phone, making the switch from Samsung Android to Iphone.
Been a while since I’ve been excited about getting a new phone. Looking forward to it!

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Thanks! It was really nice! They had a great time! And it was warm, but we filled the pool we have at our terrace, and they got to hang out there.
Her actual birthday is tomorrow, so I’m really looking forward to celebrate it! She will get the gift from us that she really wanted so that’ll be nice!

[47°09′32″S, 126°43′50″W] Working impossible due to blizzard

Summer Solstice
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How to use GitHub Copilot: Prompts, tips, and use cases
In this prompt guide for GitHub Copilot, two GitHub developer advocates, Rizel and Michelle, will share examples and best practices for communicating your desired results to the AI pair programmer. ⌘ Read more

What a way to go.

On being David to A.I.’s Goliath
Listen now (27 min) | Lunduke’s Big Tech Show - June 20th, 2023 ⌘ Read more

Robots, high-density planting just some of Young Farmer of the Year’s fresh ideas
Fifth generation apple, pear and stone fruit grower Mitchell McNab says robotics will play a major role in the future to keep production costs down. ⌘ Read more

Developers need the right to challenge junk patents
The United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) recently proposed rule changes that will make it harder to challenge low quality patents. Without the ability to quickly and efficiently challenge wrongly granted patents, innovation and developers suffer. ⌘ Read more

Lunduke declares war on A.I.
“Hey A.I.! Want to copy my work? Prepare to get fined.” ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net The hackathon project that I did recently used openai and embedded the response info into the prompt. So basically i would search for the top 3 most relevant search results to feed into the prompt and the AI would summarize to answer their question.

@prologic@twtxt.net The hackathon project that I did recently used openai and embedded the response info into the prompt. So basically i would search for the top 3 most relevant search results to feed into the prompt and the AI would summarize to answer their question.

@reddit_world_news@feeds.twtxt.net that must suck. to be stuck down there. wonder what went wrong.

Most of the can run locally have such a small training set they arnt worth it. Are more like the Markov chains from the subreddit simulator days.

There is one called orca that seems promising that will be released as OSS soon. Its running at comparable numbers to OpenAI 3.5.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Dt_UNg7Mchg&feature=share9

Most of the can run locally have such a small training set they arnt worth it. Are more like the Markov chains from the subreddit simulator days.

There is one called orca that seems promising that will be released as OSS soon. Its running at comparable numbers to OpenAI 3.5.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=Dt_UNg7Mchg&feature=share9

Record number of Pacific Islanders now work in Australia helping supply your next meal
This fruit picker is supporting his family in Vanuatu to recover from cyclones. He hopes changes to the Pacific worker program will help him send more money home. ⌘ Read more

7b7c7 here from another IP, yeah, it’s been storming on and off the last week and it looks like it’s about to do it for a second one in a row. Got stormed out of where we were set up. Oh well

Today our daughter has invited her friends over to celebrate her birthday in advance, so we’re spending time doing that today :) Going to be a nice day!

some gray hat hacker want to talk to me

Home | Tabby This is actually pretty cool and useful. Just tried this on my Mac locally of course and it seems to have quite good utility. What would be interesting for me would be to train it on my code and many projects 😅

A country town solution for feeding the needy gets these kids outdoors and high marks
Getting their hands dirty while helping hungry people, these Hands On Learning students see how an abundant harvest ends up being delivered free to local residents experiencing food insecurity. ⌘ Read more

[47°09′47″S, 126°43′00″W] Transponder still failing – switching to analog communication

@prologic@twtxt.net thank you! I got started on some 3D stuff this morning, we then went to the candy store to get some candy, tonight well have that, and nachos + a movie. and the rest of the day we have been outside :)

here is what I got started on this morning :

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Packing a gram-for-gram protein punch equal to a T-bone steak, demand for this tiny legume is booming
Mung beans are one of the world’s smallest vegetables. But there is a huge global market for this tiny — and valuable — crop. ⌘ Read more

** of vast distances, connection over them, and being made to feel alone; of water catchment, soil, and bits **
Anomie, a word for your consideration.

The dictionary of cyborg anthropology defines anomie, in part, with this anecdote:

In everyday life, the modern vehicle and the daily commute is one of the most isolated moments an urban human can experience. T … ⌘ Read more

While reddit is trying to kill itself – the CEO doesn’t seem to care much about the community (but I don’t really care about the topic enough to know for sure) – I think Lemmy is a nice alternative. Quite minimalist, but fast, has an app that isn’t cluttered with ads, and relies on ActivityPub to federate with the Fediverse. Even though reddit could reverse decisions, some people (including me) now know of better alternatives. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 06/12 to 06/16 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/06/16/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week

“give access to repair and maintenance information and spare parts to professional repairers and end-users for at least 7 years after retiring a product […] Software updates will also have to be made available for at least 5 years after retiring a product from the market”
“give access to repair and maintenance information and spare parts to professional repairers and end-users for at least 7 years after retiring a product […] Software updates will also have to be made available for at least 5 years afte … ⌘ Read more

❤️ 🎶: Decision to leave by Gummy

Heat Pump
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CodeQL zero to hero part 2: getting started with CodeQL
Learn the basics of CodeQL and how to use it for security research! In this blog, we will teach you how to leverage GitHub’s static analysis tool CodeQL to write custom CodeQL queries. ⌘ Read more

**RT by @mind_booster: Some quick takes after the EPP lost its bet this morning in ENVI to reject the #NatureRestorationLaw in the Environnement Committee.

For those who missed the drama, my summary below to catch up before I dive in.**
Some quick takes after the EPP lost its bet this morning in ENVI to reject the #NatureRestorationLaw in the Environnement Committee.

For those who missed the drama, my summary below to catch up before I dive in.

[nitter. … ⌘ Read more

**RT by @mind_booster: #AIAct vote: #FreeSoftware is given safeguards, these rules must now be defended in the trilogue and transferred to the #CyberResilienceAct and the #ProductLiabilityDirective.

https://fsfe.org/news/2023/news-20230614-01.html**
#AIAct vote: #FreeSoftware is given safeguards, these rules must now be defended in the trilogue and transferred to the [#CyberResilienceAct](https://nitter.net/search?q=%23CyberResilie … ⌘ Read more

Jan is the only macadamia grower in the Riverland, but she has no desire to turn a profit
People love the macadamias Jan Cousins grows on her Paringa property, but she has no plan to capitalise on the market she has cornered. ⌘ Read more

**RT by @mind_booster: O Presidente da República aprovou hoje a transposição da directiva do direito de autor.

Que soluções acabaram por ser aprovadas? Não se sabe, não são públicas.
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https://www.presidencia.pt/atualidade/toda-a-atualidade/2023/06/presidente-da-republica-promulga-dois-diplomas-do-governo/**
O Presidente da República aprovou hoje a transposição da directiva do direito de autor.

Que soluções acabaram por ser aprovadas? Não se sabe, não são públicas.

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[presidencia.pt/atualidade/to…](https:/ … ⌘ Read more

[47°09′03″S, 126°43′04″W] Bad satellite signal – switching to analog communication

Boy, the quality of Time is fallen from when it was the Time of its Time to being nearly the Time of our Time!

Boy, the quality of Time is fallen from when it was the Time of its Time to being nearly the Time of our Time!

The resources I used to pass the DVA-C02 exam
I recently passed my first AWS certification exam and am now an AWS Certified Developer Associate. I want to quickly share the resources I used to prepare. ⌘ Read more

hrxi: Windows support for Dino
Hello, I’m back!

It’s been four years since I participated in my first Google Summer of\
Code. I’m hrxi, a mathematics student from Germany. I got accepted
into this year’s Google Summer of Code program with the XMPP software\
foundation as the mentoring
organisation. I chose the extended\
timeline, so I am
going to work on [ … ⌘ Read more

Rebuilding a Solar Powered Website

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A screenshot of the markdown file for this page.

During the last months we have been working on switching the solar powered website from one static site generator (Pelican) to another (Hugo). Many readers will not notice the changes right away, as we have not made any major adj … ⌘ Read more

@osnews@feeds.twtxt.net that’s nice! I have to give this release a try!

GitHub’s revamped VIP Bug Bounty Program
GitHub’s VIP Bug Bounty Program has been updated to include a clear and accessible criteria for receiving an invitation to the program and more. Learn more about the program and how you can become a Hacktocat, and join our community of researchers who are contributing to GitHub’s security with fun perks and access to staff and beta features! ⌘ Read more

wanted to use my oculus to do some flightsimming on Friday, but now Meta forces you over to facebook. super annoying message that constantly pops up in the desktop client, but then after 10 minutes of flying they show the same message in fullscreen inside the VR glasses. so fuck them. I will try and get it to work on linux instead one day soon when I have time.

we went to the beach today, straight from work. was really nice, and water was great too! really nice day! our kids had a really nice time, and dog too :)

Social media trap
reddit going dark (a protest action by many subreddit moderators over some planned API changes) reminds me that I should probably stop scrolling through Reddit so much. Reddit is a social network, and as such it attracts you with new content almost every time you visit. Which can be addictive. I once had a profile that I deleted because I wanted to leave all social media. But I fell into the same trap again. ⌘ Read more

Cloud migration made easy: introducing GitHub Enterprise Importer
With GitHub Enterprise Importer, you can seamlessly move to GitHub Enterprise Cloud, bringing your code and collaboration history with you so your team doesn’t miss a beat. ⌘ Read more

JMP: JMP is Launched and Out of Beta
JMP has been in beta for over six years, and today we are finally launching! With feedback and testing from thousands of users, our team has made improvements to billing, phone network compatibility, and also helped develop the Cheogram Android app which provides a smooth onboarding process, good Android integration, and phone-like UX for users of that platform. There is still a long road ahead of us, but with so much behind us we’re comfortable saying JMP is ready for la … ⌘ Read more

Erlang Solutions: Sign up for the RabbitMQ Summit Waiting List
Mark your calendars! The Very Early Bird tickets for the RabbitMQ Summit are set to open on 15th June, 2023. In joining the waiting list, you will receive exclusive access to the conference’s best-priced tickets.

This is your chance to secure your spot at the RabbitMQ Summit at a discounted rate, allowing you to make the most of this incredible learning and networking … ⌘ Read more

Sad to see it come crashing down

Sad to see it come crashing down

**RT by @mind_booster: This is brutal.

“The world’s remaining “carbon budget”, or the amount of carbon dioxide that can be emitted to have a 50 per cent chance of limiting global warming to 1.5C, has halved in the past three years.” #ClimateEmergency**
This is brutal.

“The world’s remaining “carbon budget”, or the amount of carbon dioxide that can be emitted to have a 50 per cent chance of limiting global warming to 1.5C, has halved in the past three years.” [#ClimateEmergency](https://nitter.net/search?q=%23C … ⌘ Read more

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

[47°09′31″S, 126°43′41″W] Storm recedes – back to normal work

[47°09′18″S, 126°43′15″W] Working impossible due to thunderstorm

I thought we called those palmettos so we didn’t have to say that every house in Florida has roaches.

It’s sweet and crunchy like an apple. So why aren’t more Australians eating persimmons?
A Queensland orchard is celebrating a record persimmon crop, but few Australians have ever tasted the fruit. Growers like Rod and Jeanette Dalton are trying to change that. ⌘ Read more

‘It made me proud to be Australian’: The fence that saved a family home from flood
When the River Murray began to rise, the Schultz family built a fence from vineyard posts, bits of tin and shade cloth to save their home — and it worked. ⌘ Read more

‘Gone are the days of boiling the life out of them’: Why we’ve changed our minds about brussels sprouts
Ever wondered how to make those green vegetables you mother boiled to oblivion taste good? Find out how this up-and-coming young chef does it. Meanwhile a couple of young farmers are using the formerly despised veggie to pay off their first farm. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Toots 🐘 from 06/05 to 06/09 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2023/06/09/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week

Australian wines are going through a ‘golden period’ — now there’s awards to prove it
Australian wines have been labelled ‘the best in the world’ after dominating a prestigious international wine awards, taking home more ‘Best in Show’ awards than any other country ⌘ Read more

Maintainer Month 2023: How the community gathered to spread some maintainer love
Maintainer Month is a time for open source maintainers to gather, share, and be celebrated. Over 31 days, 16 organizations came together to offer 42 activities convening and celebrating maintainers. ⌘ Read more

Developer experience: what is it and why should you care?
Explore how investing in a better developer experience frees developers to do what matters most: building great software. ⌘ Read more

Erlang Solutions: Call for Speakers at the RabbitMQ Summit
Are you a user, operator, developer, engineer, or simply someone with interesting user stories to tell about RabbitMQ? If so, we have some exciting news for you! The RabbitMQ Summit 2023 is just around the corner, and we are thrilled to invite you to submit your talks for this highly anticipated event.

The RabbitMQ Summit brings together a vibrant, diverse community of enthusiasts from all corne … ⌘ Read more

Low-tech Magazine: The Comic
In early 2022 I received an email from Guillaume Lion, a young filmmaker based in Brussels, Belgium. Having read Low-tech Magazine for several years, Guillaume recently started making comics, which he considers low-tech cinema. He proposed to visit me in Barcelona and make a portrait of me. I have never taken myself too seriously, so Guillaume came by later that year. The comic origina … ⌘ Read more

[47°09′57″S, 126°43′46″W] Storm recedes – back to normal work

Why this expert says we’ll always drink, even when we know it’s harmful for us
Australians aren’t drinking like we used to. Yet, despite parallels to tobacco use, some experts say alcohol’s history and place in society mean it’ll remain indefinitely. ⌘ Read more

[47°09′39″S, 126°43′53″W] Working impossible due to blizzard

@abucci@anthony.buc.ci yeah, I see your point. but it’s sad to say it’s better witha blown nuclear reactor the nuke bombs being dropped around. But yeah, hope this shit ends soon. we do not notice it here at all, but the military is ramping up in the north, which is good, and much needed.

I wonder when they will show a UAP\UFO in physical form to everyone.
So much talk about it - but no physical evidence is shown.
I have no doubt that tech like that exists somewhere in the universe - it’s not unlikely at all.
Just think about the tech advancement the last 200 years, and then what if there exists others that are 1 million years beyond our timeline.

@abucci@anthony.buc.ci I think the problem is that NATO does not want to get directly involved, because that scales up everything.
So they provide with the things they can to help instead. It worries me a bit (even though I live in the South of Norway - and Russia borders in the north), but it helps a lot that we have Sweden and Finland next to us. But if shit hits the fan - then it won’t be easy to get anywhere from here, unless we steal a boat and go to England or something like that (or get on a plane).
I try not to worry, but it’s in the back of my mind still.. But we have talked about it in my family, and if things happen then we have a plan on what to do first.

Influx of foreign workers helps growers and towns ‘starting to really feel alive’
More fruit and vegetables are expected to hit supermarket shelves soon as backpackers and holidaymakers return to north Queensland. ⌘ Read more

The Apple Vision Pro: designed to make you less happy
Creepy. Dystopian. And more than a little like a drug dealer. ⌘ Read more

Lunduke’s WWDC Mega Podcast Roundup
Including predictions… and how Apple wants you to be sad. ⌘ Read more

Swift support brings broader mobile application security to GitHub Advanced Security
We’ve launched the beta of code scanning support for Swift. This launch, paired with our launch of Kotlin support in November, means that CodeQL covers both IOS and Android development languages, bringing a heightened level of security to the mobile application development process. ⌘ Read more

Russia blowing up the Nova Kakhovka dam is an incomprehensible war crime. Among other things, it drains water from the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant, water that is needed for cooling. They are trying to generate a widespread disaster.

They must be stopped, immediately, without hesitation. This is unacceptable behavior, crossing every red line we have no matter our politics, without any doubt.

Long live gopher! We need to develop more gopher pages like this ones, this protocol is amazing

[47°09′52″S, 126°43′31″W] Bad satellite signal – switching to analog communication

[47°09′43″S, 126°43′16″W] Automatic systems disengaged due to heavy rain