Erlang Solutions: Meet the team: Erik Schön
In our final “Meet the Team” of 2024, we’d like to introduce you to Erik Schön, Managing Director at Erlang Solutions.

Erik shares his journey with Erlang, Elixir, and the BEAM ecosystem, from his work at Ericsson to joining Erlang Solutions in 2019. He also reflects on a key professional highlight in 2024 and looks ahead to his goals for 2025. Erik also reveals his festive traditions, including a Swedish-Japanese twist.

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Erlang Solutions: Meet the team: Joanna Wrona
In this edition of our “Meet the Team” series, we’d like to introduce you to Joanna Wrona, Business Unit Leader for the Kraków office at Erlang Solutions.

She discusses her role at ESL and her passion for empowering her team. She also gives us a glimpse into life in beautiful Kraków and what makes her journey so fulfilling.

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Imagine if all computer UIs would act like the UI from my NAS system… I feel I need to be waiting for output from the machine like it’s 1973.

Haha! I love the idea of this place! feels like BBS made a baby with Twtxt

Monero Tech meeting scheduled for 16 December 2024 1800 UTC
The next Monero Tech meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday, December 16 2024 at 18:00 UTC, in the #no-wallet-left-behind 1 IRC-Libera/Matrix channels:

Based on the opinions given here2 I decided to go back to the No Wallet Left Behind Matrix room and IRC channel for the next i.e. coming Monday’s meeting, and to not contiune to hold meetings like the last one in the -dev Matrix room and IRC channel.

This meeting’s c … ⌘ Read more

Trump’s ‘Government of Billionaires’ Boasts Combined Wealth Greater Than New Zealand’s GDP
David Gilmour,  Staff Writer  -  msn | MEDIAite

_Stephan: On January 20th we will officially become a government of oligarchs, grifters, and sex offenders, headed by a multiple felon, rapist, and traitor.  Welcome to the USA. That may sound like a politically partisan statement, but it isn’t. It is a simple statement of fact. One can only imagine h … ⌘ Read more

I like Cofee and Magical Fish O _ O

Will new competition laws make your digital life cheaper?
The EU-style regime aims to stop big tech locking down their platforms. But we are still a long way from making smartphones a truly open ecosystem, like home computers. ⌘ Read more

@sorenpeter@darch.dk

“A minimalist social network powered by plain text files”

My brain keeps shortening this to “a socialist network …” and then jumps to “uhh, large parts of the US won’t like this” … 🤦🤪

The Right Has a 150-Page Battle Plan to Shut Down Progressive Civil Society
Negin Owliaei and Maya Schenwar ,    -  truthout

_Stephan: The MAGAt Republicans under Trump’s guidance first with Project 2025 and now with legislation like HR 9495 have made it very clear what they intend, and this is what I think is going to happen to the United States. By March, I think America will have become a plutocracy with Trump as an authoritarian leader. What I w … ⌘ Read more

k9s – manage your Kubernetes cluster and it’s objects like a pro!
Community post originally published on Dev.to by Sunny Bhambhani Introductionk9s is a terminal based GUI to manage any Kubernetes(k8s) cluster. Using this single utility, we can manage, traverse, watch all our Kubernetes objects. More information around… ⌘ Read more

Has someone a) found a bug or security hole in GoBlog or b) actually sent well over 5 million requests to my site to like my post about how to export GPX files automatically from Komoot? 🤔 ⌘ Read more

The US supreme court’s trans rights case threatens decades of civil rights precedent, experts say
Sam Levin,    -  The Guaardian (U.K.)

_Stephan: The MAGAt-controlled Supreme Court, like Republicans in general, don’t seem to understand or even care about the wellbeing and medical reality of children as well as the LGBTQ subpopulation. With Trump in the Presidency, Congress dysfunctional, and the corrupt MAGAt majority dominating … ⌘ Read more

(#p53b4na) I like to think of it like this. It takes approximately five months of power, relatively speaking to power, the human brain vs. multi …
I like to think of it like this. It takes approximately five months of power, relatively speaking to power, the human brain vs. multiple megawatts hell even multiple gigawatts of power to power even some of the most modest and yet surprisingly complex AI models. ⌘ Read more

The XMPP Standards Foundation: The XMPP Newsletter November 2024

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Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again!
This issue covers the month of November 2024.

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 thes … ⌘ Read more

Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Gaady Awards
The Gaady Awards are like the Emmy Awards for the field of digital accessibility. And, just like the Emmys, the Gaadys are a reason to celebrate! On November 21, GitHub was honored to roll out the red carpet for the accessibility community at our San Francisco headquarters.

The post [Congratulations to the winners of the 2024 Gaady Awards](https://github.blog/news-insights/company-news/congratulations-to-the- … ⌘ Read more

“No NAT November: My Month Without IPv4”
In his post “No NAT November: My Month Without IPv4” security engineer Alex Haydock writes about the challenges of IPv6-only networks and explains techniques like DNS64, NAT64 and CLAT. An interesting read for someone like me, who doesn’t know much more about IPv6 than that support is still lacking in many places (like GitHub). ⌘ Read more

Erlang Solutions: Advent of Code 2024

Like every year, I start the challenge with the best attitude and love of being an Elixir programmer. Although I know that at some point, I will go to the “what is this? I hate it” phase, unlike other years, this time, I am committed to finishing Advent of Code and, more importantly, sharing it with you.

I hope you enjoy this series of December posts, where we will discuss the approach for each exercise. … ⌘ Read more

Kuo: New HomePod With Smart Home Display Arriving in Late 2025
Apple’s long-rumored HomePod with a display has been delayed again and is now expected to launch after WWDC 2025, likely in the third quarter of the year, according to analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. This timeline is a shift from Kuo’s earlier prediction of a [2024 release](https://www.macrumors.com/202 … ⌘ Read more

While I don’t have a specific favorite genre and generally don’t listen to music much, I sometimes enjoy doing it consciously. And a great way for me to discover new songs is this TikTok-like view in the YouTube Music app, where you can skip through recommendations. 🎧 ⌘ Read more

(#b6rmqpa) @bender@bender Looks like Irish was created around 7 years ago too 🤔
@bender Looks like Irish was created around 7 years ago too 🤔 ⌘ Read more

Beats Cyber Week Sale Includes Big Savings on Earbuds, Headphones, and Speakers
Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals have disappeared for many products, but you can still find multiple Beats headphones and speakers at up to 52 percent off on Amazon. You’ll find many of the same prices at other retailers like Best Buy as well.

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@prologic@twtxt.net Twtxt wise, it was kind of disparate at first xD with no access to logs as you may have read on the alt-feed itself. But then, @sorenpeter@darch.dk’s script came to the rescue … like, just in time 😁 Otherwise, everything else is fun as publicised, exploring and learning along the way.

It’s hilarious seeing rats nest like this 🤣 in Vietnam’s Hoi An! 🤣 Thailand has very similar, not sure which is worse 😅
It’s hilarious seeing rats nest like this 🤣 in Vietnam’s Hoi An! 🤣 Thailand has very similar, not sure which is worse 😅 ⌘ Read more

Coinbase Onramp Now Supports Buying Crypto With Apple Pay
Cryptocurrency platform Coinbase today announced the launch of a new feature designed to let people buy cryptocurrency using Apple Pay.

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‌Apple Pay‌ is available for all fiat-to-crypto purchases (aka paper currencies like the U.S. dollar) in Co … ⌘ Read more

Trump is taking the mask off after lying to us for more than a year
Thom Hartmann,  Commentator  -  Raw Story

Stephan: Thom Hartmann and I usually agree, and we certainly do about this. I think by March we are going to have a pretty good idea whether we will remain a genuine democracy or whether we are on the path to becoming a pseudo-democracy like Hungary and Russia.

![](https://www.schwartzreport.net/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Screenshot-2024-12-01-at … ⌘ Read more

(#rlmu7sq) @movq that looks like something straight out of a movie scene 🤣
@movq @www.uninformativ.de that looks like something straight out of a movie scene 🤣 ⌘ Read more

Monero Tech meeting scheduled for 9 December 2024 1800 UTC
The next Monero Tech meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday, December 9 2024 at 18:00 UTC, in the #no-wallet-left-behind 1 IRC-Libera/Matrix channels:

Based on the opinions given here2 I decided to go back to the No Wallet Left Behind Matrix room and IRC channel for the next i.e. coming Monday’s meeting, and to not contiune to hold meetings like the last one in the -dev Matrix room and IRC channel.

This meeting’s chai … ⌘ Read more

What was it suppose to look like? a <detail><summary>-tag maybe?

Pete Hegseth’s Mother Accused Her Son of Belittling, Abusing, and Lying to Women
Pemy Levy,  Reporter  -  Mother Jones

_Stephan: It is notable that so many of Trump’s nominations, like himself, are sex offenders. there is no precedent in our history for this. But as bizarre as that is what kind of man is Pete Hegseth, who Trump wants to make Secretary of Defense. His own mother has come out to accuse him of his vile behavior treating women includi … ⌘ Read more

**(#b35uuyq) @bender@bender This ☝️ Especially:

It would be much more constructive to have skilled experts define what a safe social med …**
@bender This ☝️ Especially:

It would be much more constructive to have skilled experts define what a safe social media environment for kids looks like, and implement that environment instead. ⌘ Read more

@johanbove@johanbove.info Thanks, I’m glad you like it.

@movq@www.uninformativ.de There was no time for discussion just after the presentation, but I had a chat with some folks later.

The truth about raw milk and why experts are ‘absolutely horrified’ by the trend
Madeleine Aggeler,   Lifestyle and Wellness Reporter  -  The Guardian (U.K.)

_Stephan: Robert Kennedy, Jr. is a raw milk advocate and would like to see the laws changed to allow the sale of unpasteurized milk, and would try to make this change if his nomination is approved by the Senate.  If Kennedy and the people around him are successful in this expect to see a not … ⌘ Read more

(#fjmw5qa) @aelaraji is it full screen zoom though like on macOS where the zoomed area follows the mouse cursor?
@aelaraji @aelaraji.com is it full screen zoom though like on macOS where the zoomed area follows the mouse cursor? ⌘ Read more

Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 48, 2024
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.

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(#fjmw5qa) @aelaraji Ahh awesome thank you! The reason for Conpiz is that I remember it having good full screen Zoom for the vision impaired lik …
@aelaraji @aelaraji.com Ahh awesome thank you! The reason for Conpiz is that I remember it having good full screen Zoom for the vision impaired like me. ⌘ Read more

Btw about social: found very interesting thing about twitter:

The legal basis that X asserts in the filing is not terribly interesting. But what is interesting is that X has decided to involve itself at all, and it highlights that you do not own your followers or your account or anything at all on corporate social media, and it also highlights the fact that Elon Musk’s X is primarily a political project he is using to boost, or stifle, specific viewpoints and help his friends. In the filing, X’s lawyers essentially say—like many other software companies, and, increasingly, device manufacturers as well—that the company’s terms of service grant X’s users a “license” to use the platform but that, ultimately, X owns all accounts on the social network and can do anything that it wants with them.

(#b35uuyq) > Given the incredible damage social media has done to democracy and our mental health, I’d like to see it banned for anyone under 20 …

Given the incredible damage social media has done to democracy and our mental health, I’d like to see it banned for anyone under 200 years old.

And this is just funny but effective 🤣 ⌘ Read more

As Trump touts plans for immigrant roundup, militias are standing back, but standing by
Amy Cooter,  Director of Research, Academic Development, and Innovation at the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism  -  The Conversation

_Stephan: I have been doing reports on these MAGAt citizen militias of insecure White men, including a number of sheriffs for years now. These men adore guns, and train like soldiers because it makes th … ⌘ Read more

[LFF] [1.2 XMR] Fundraiser for hosting the Monero archive for one more year

I have now been hosting the monero archive for more than a year now (started sometime in September 2023), I would like to keep on hosting it for one more year (at least). This fundraiser is for one more year of hosting. The price is the same at 0.1 XMR/month for hosting + maintenance.

Links:

• https://kuno.anne.media/fundraiser/yg9f/
  
• https://git.4rkal.com/
  
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Viral TikTok cucumber recipes drive up sales as younger Australians smash a salad
Cucumbers are this year’s unlikely viral sensation on social media, spurring a 30 per cent spike in sales among younger Australians and shortages in places like Iceland. ⌘ Read more

Interceptor Carrier Board v2.0 Adds 4 GbE Ports for RPi CM4 and Banana Pi CM4
The Axzez Interceptor v2.0 is a versatile carrier board for the Raspberry Pi and Banana Pi Compute Module 4, designed for applications such as NAS, NVR, IoT, and managed switches. It offers advanced capabilities and supports operating systems like Debian 12 ‘Bookworm’ and OpenWrt. This carrier board is equipped with a JMB585 PCIe to SATA […] ⌘ Read more

I wish I could view source twts like this to know if the root was not found and this was actually in reply to something i cant see.

I wish I could view source twts like this to know if the root was not found and this was actually in reply to something i cant see.

Monero Tech meeting scheduled for 2 December 2024 1800 UTC
The next Monero Tech meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday, December 2 2024 at 18:00 UTC, in the #no-wallet-left-behind 1 IRC-Libera/Matrix channels:

Based on the opinions given here2 I decided to go back to the No Wallet Left Behind Matrix room and IRC channel for the next i.e. coming Monday’s meeting, and to not contiune to hold meetings like the last one in the -dev Matrix room and IRC channel.

This meeting’s chai … ⌘ Read more

Fun: Retro-fy MacOS with Old System Sounds, Tiling Wallpapers, & Classic Finder
While the only Time Machine we know of is the easy to use and fantastic backup tool for Mac users, some of us have geeky dreams of digital time machines, where we can get lost in flashbacks to retro computing, like the early Macintosh days of Classic MacOS System 7. While there are ways to … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/11/25/fun-retro-fy-macos-with-old-system-sounds … ⌘ Read more

The Rise of Trump and the Fall of American Empire
Alfred McCoy,  Fred Harvey Harrington Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin–Madison  -  truthdig

_Stephan: This geopolitical analysis of what is likely to happen during the upcoming Trump administration, in my opinion, is accurate. I think Alfred McCoy describes the American future with brutal insight.  Trump and his gang of MAGAt mafioso, I believe are going to leave office with China the leading nation in the … ⌘ Read more

This is so neat.

https://emilyliu.me/blog/open-network

When yarn used to have blogs I thought something like this would be a great feature. Having the blog comments tied to a twtxt subject for the blog post.

This is so neat.

https://emilyliu.me/blog/open-network

When yarn used to have blogs I thought something like this would be a great feature. Having the blog comments tied to a twtxt subject for the blog post.

iOS 19 Rumors: More ChatGPT-Like Siri, Some New Features ‘Postponed’
iOS 19 is not expected to be announced until June 2025, but the software update’s first major new feature has already leaked.

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In his Power On newsletter today, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reiterated his previous report that said iOS 19 will introduce a “ [more conversational Siri](https://www.macrumors.co … ⌘ Read more

(#tmvyd5a) @bender@bender I’d like a copy too! It’d be great actually if I could upt it up on one of ours community sites like maybe yarn.soc …
@bender I’d like a copy too! It’d be great actually if I could upt it up on one of ours community sites like maybe yarn.social itself? ⌘ Read more

(#t562ika) In which case I have one that is offline (work) and one that is online, but not public (personal). 🤣 I could publish some of the …
In which case I have one that is offline (work) and one that is online, but not public (personal). 🤣 I could publish some of them, but I haven’t figured out how I’d like to do that yet… ⌘ Read more

(#lpooptq) @wbknl@wbknl Btw is a digital garden like a CV or something you put online or what? I’m not even sure I know what one means 🤔 …
@wbknl Btw is a digital garden like a CV or something you put online or what? I’m not even sure I know what one means 🤔 😅 ⌘ Read more

I’m giving a shot talk about twtxt/yarn/timeline tommow around noon CET at Piksel Festival in Norway. More info and link for live stream at: https://24.piksel.no
(So I will most likely not be joining the call)

@doesnm@doesnm.p.psf.lt No it’s all good… I’ve just rebuilt it from master and it doesn’t look like anything is broken:

~/GitRepos> git clone https://github.com/plomlompom/htwtxt.git
Cloning into 'htwtxt'...
remote: Enumerating objects: 411, done.
remote: Total 411 (delta 0), reused 0 (delta 0), pack-reused 411 (from 1)
Receiving objects: 100% (411/411), 87.89 KiB | 430.00 KiB/s, done.
Resolving deltas: 100% (238/238), done.
~/GitRepos> cd htwtxt
master ~/GitRepos/htwtxt> go mod init htwtxt
go: creating new go.mod: module htwtxt
go: to add module requirements and sums:
        go mod tidy
master ~/GitRepos/htwtxt> go mod tidy
go: finding module for package github.com/gorilla/mux
go: finding module for package golang.org/x/crypto/bcrypt
go: finding module for package gopkg.in/gomail.v2
go: finding module for package golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/terminal
go: found github.com/gorilla/mux in github.com/gorilla/mux v1.8.1
go: found golang.org/x/crypto/bcrypt in golang.org/x/crypto v0.29.0
go: found golang.org/x/crypto/ssh/terminal in golang.org/x/crypto v0.29.0
go: found gopkg.in/gomail.v2 in gopkg.in/gomail.v2 v2.0.0-20160411212932-81ebce5c23df
go: finding module for package gopkg.in/alexcesaro/quotedprintable.v3
go: found gopkg.in/alexcesaro/quotedprintable.v3 in gopkg.in/alexcesaro/quotedprintable.v3 v3.0.0-20150716171945-2caba252f4dc
master ~/GitRepos/htwtxt> go build
master ~/GitRepos/htwtxt> ll
.rw-r--r-- aelaraji aelaraji 330 B  Fri Nov 22 20:25:52 2024  go.mod
.rw-r--r-- aelaraji aelaraji 1.1 KB Fri Nov 22 20:25:52 2024  go.sum
.rw-r--r-- aelaraji aelaraji 8.9 KB Fri Nov 22 20:25:06 2024  handlers.go
.rwxr-xr-x aelaraji aelaraji  12 MB Fri Nov 22 20:26:18 2024  htwtxt                 <-------- There's the binary ;)
.rw-r--r-- aelaraji aelaraji 4.2 KB Fri Nov 22 20:25:06 2024  io.go
.rw-r--r-- aelaraji aelaraji  34 KB Fri Nov 22 20:25:06 2024  LICENSE
.rw-r--r-- aelaraji aelaraji 8.5 KB Fri Nov 22 20:25:06 2024  main.go
.rw-r--r-- aelaraji aelaraji 5.5 KB Fri Nov 22 20:25:06 2024  README.md
drwxr-xr-x aelaraji aelaraji 4.0 KB Fri Nov 22 20:25:06 2024  templates

GOP Takes First Steps To Shut Down Climate Groups
,    -  The Lever

_Stephan: I have already covered the first failure of The Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act, which failed but still earned, to the astonishment of many including myself, 15 Democratic votes. But it will be back. This is about taking away the nonprofit status of organizations Trump and the MAGAts in Congress do not like. It was because I saw this coming that I did not make SR a … ⌘ Read more

Unlock growth and talent: why maintainers should mentor with CNCF
By Nate Waddington, Head of Mentorship and Documentation, CNCF Open source projects rely on strong communities. Mentorship programs like LFX Mentorship and Google Summer of Code offer maintainers a chance to bring new contributors into their… ⌘ Read more

Pine64 Unveils PineCam with RISC-V SG2000 SoC and 2MP Camera
The Pine64 November update introduces the PineCam, a successor to the PineCube IP camera. With a redesigned structure and enhanced features, the PineCam is aimed at applications like monitoring, video streaming, and hardware experimentation. The device is built on the SG2000 System-on-Chip from the Oz64 single board computer covered in October. This SoC combines two […] ⌘ Read more

@bender@twtxt.net The tagline of Timeline is “a single user twtxt/yarn pod” not just a yarn pod. Similar to GNU/Linux. When we came up with the concept of Yarn Social it was a way to rebrand twtxt with the extensions that makes conversations like this possible.

Beta 4 of iOS 18.2, iPadOS 18.2, MacOS Sequoia 15.2, Available for Testing
Apple has released the fourth beta version of iOS 18.2, MacOS Sequoia 15.2, and iPadOS 18.2, for users participating in the beta testing programs for Apple system software. The primary focus of these new betas appear to be introducing additional Apple Intelligence features, including things like ChatGPT integration to Siri, Genmoji for custom Emoji creation, … [Read More](https://osxdaily … ⌘ Read more

Initial thoughts about Bluesky
There’s a lot of noise about Bluesky recently, it seems like they passed 20 million users, with more than 1 million new users daily recently. ⌘ Read more

Big Tech didn’t like Biden. Trump won’t be any better for Google & Co
The Biden administration has used antitrust legislation to target the technology giants, even seeking to break up Google. The Trump nominees to key posts overseeing the tech sector won’t be much friendlier. ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net Cheers, mate, just saw this reply so thank you. And hope you are feeling better now!

I agree with what you say too. The whole thing is just an odd approach and can’t possibly be effective, all the while causing inconveniences or at worst, being plain weird and invasive like ID verification.

@movq@www.uninformativ.de I knew you would like it;)

Monero Tech meeting scheduled for 25 November 2024 1800 UTC
The next Monero Tech meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday, November 25 2024 at 18:00 UTC, in the #no-wallet-left-behind 1 IRC-Libera/Matrix channels:

Based on the opinions given here2 I decided to go back to the No Wallet Left Behind Matrix room and IRC channel for the next i.e. coming Monday’s meeting, and to not contiune to hold meetings like the last one in the -dev Matrix room and IRC channel.

This meeting’s c … ⌘ Read more

(#nnema4a) Ya know, like how yarn is stable 🤣
Ya know, like how yarn is stable 🤣 ⌘ Read more

(#nnema4a) @bender@bender Teue but it’s also likely pretty stable 😅
@bender @twtxt.net Teue but it’s also likely pretty stable 😅 ⌘ Read more

One of the things I’m going to work on next (maybe today, we’ll see how much time there’s left in the day) is being able to load up old conver …
One of the things I’m going to work on next ( maybe today, we’ll see how much time there’s left in the day) is being able to load up old conversations ( fallen off the cache) like this one. ⌘ Read more

The Australia Labor government, Albanese and the honourable Michelle Rowland federal member for parliament and communications minster are fuckin …
The Australia Labor government, Albanese and the honourable Michelle Rowland federal member for parliament and communications minster are fucking clowns. It’s stupid shit like this that’s the real problem with “big tech” social media platforms. These morons just simply don’t understand basic economics and basic business.

Why would a company like Meta, X a … ⌘ Read more

An insider look at how we schedule KubeCon + CloudNativeCon events across the globe
CNCF Event Venue & Date Selection Process Planning a large conference like KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe or North America is a complex endeavor that begins years in advance. The venue and date selection process is an… ⌘ Read more

(#ewcgw4a) Not really sure how this is similar at all teally as Yarn like every other twtxt client just fetches feeds you tell it to? 🤔
Not really sure how this is similar at all teally as Yarn like every other twtxt client just fetches feeds you tell it to? 🤔 ⌘ Read more

So, I had a talk with the CFO last night about this. Nothing to be gained yet, but baby steps. I think we might be able to get one for Christmas. That is, if there is any left. These little things are flying off the shelves like hot apple pies!

OpenAI’s ChatGPT for Mac Now Works With Xcode
The ChatGPT app for Mac is now able to integrate with coding apps like Xcode, VS Code, TextEdit, and Terminal, simplifying workflows where developers copy and paste their code from a coding app into ChatGPT.

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When ChatGPT is given permission to interact with an app like Xcode through a new Work with Apps feature, a selection of code can be sent directly to ChatGPT alongside a prompt. _ … ⌘ Read more

How to Turn Off Bluetooth in iOS 18 on iPhone
The iOS 18 update is a fun one with some intriguing new features, mostly for visual tweaks like adding dark mode icons and color hues, and of course there’s Apple Intelligence AI features if your iPhone is new enough to support those features. One of the other major changes in iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 … Read More ⌘ Read more

Apple Faces Epic Games-Style China Lawsuit Over App Store Practices
A Chinese court has agreed to hear a lawsuit against Apple from Beijing Bodyreader, a developer seeking around $420,000 in damages after their children’s posture correction app was removed from the App Store in 2020.

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_[Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-11-12/apple-fights-fortnite-like-china-lawsuit-ov … ⌘ Read more

Oof, is it any wonder some of us don’t want to just give out our info online willy-nilly.

Also that credit card ‘encryption’ will likely land that company in very hot water, no doubt far away from PCI DSS requirements.

@prologic@twtxt.net what do we make of Labor’s proposed social media minimum age ban, I.e ID verification, and the likes of Yarn? I haven’t been able to find out exactly how far the legislation goes, but some have said it’s broad enough to include any site that even has a comment section 🤔 but that could be FUD.

Not sure that I really like where Microsoft is taking VSCode - it looks like soon it will be just another frontend for them to sell Github Copilot subscriptions.

Radxa Introduces the Palmshell SLiM X4L with Intel N100 Processor and 2.5GbE RJ45 Port
The Radxa X4L, also known as the Palmshell SLiM X4L, is a compact device powered by Intel’s quad-core N100 processor. With features like a 2.5GbE LAN port, Wi-Fi 6E, and dual 4K@30Hz display support, it’s well-suited for multimedia and general-purpose use. Unlike the Palmshell SLiM X2L released this year, the X4L integrates the Intel Alder […] ⌘ Read more

I like this comment on Slashdot in the above link:

LLMs don’t have an understanding of anything. They can only regurgitate derivations of what they’ve been trained on and can’t apply that to something new in the same ways that humans or even other animals can. The models are just so large that the illusion is impressive.

So true.

Generative AI Doesn’t Have a Coherent Understanding of the World, MIT Researchers Find
Long-time Slashdot reader Geoffrey.landis writes: Despite its impressive output, a recent study from MIT suggests generative AI doesn’t have a coherent understanding of the world. While the best-performing large language models have surprising capabilities that make it seem like the models are implicitly learn … ⌘ Read more

Deals: M2 MacBook Air with 16GB RAM for $749.99 ($250 Off!)
Amazon is selling the M2 MacBook Air 13″ model with 16GB RAM for just $749.99, taking $250 off the $999 retail price from Apple. Like many great Amazon deals, they tend to shift quickly, so if you’ve been thinking of getting a 16GB model MacBook Air now might be the time. To get the deal … Read More ⌘ Read more

Apple Likely to Announce Final Cut Pro Update This Week With These New Features
In its announcement video for the new Mac mini last month, Apple teased an “upcoming” version of Final Cut Pro for the Mac. Apple will likely announce the update during the annual Final Cut Pro Creative Summit, which begins this Wednesday. The conference is held in association with Apple, and attendee … ⌘ Read more

(#ldyrryq) @bender@bender I’ve worked with this guy before. Paid him to do some freelance work. Not very good IMO. So haven’t hired him ever …
@bender I’ve worked with this guy before. Paid him to do some freelance work. Not very good IMO. So haven’t hired him ever again. But he keeps saying hi every now and then on Signal. And then every few months or so asking stuff like this ☝️ – Last time it was money for private school fees for his child.

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How to Turn Off Find My Mac
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@eapl.me@eapl.me here are my replies (somewhat similar to Lyse’s and James’)

1. Metadata in twts: Key=value is too complicated for non-hackers and hard to write by hand. So if there is a need then we should just use #NSFS or the alt-text file in markdown image syntax ![NSFW](url.to/image.jpg) if something is NSFW

2. IDs besides datetime. When you edit a twt then you should preserve the datetime if location-based addressing should have any advantages over content-based addressing. If you change the timestamp the its a new post. Just like any other blog cms.

3. Caching, Yes all good ideas, but that is more a task for the clients not the serving of the twtxt.txt files.

4. Discovery: User-agent for discovery can become better. I’m working on a wrapper script in PHP, so you don’t need to go to Apaches log-files to see who fetches your feed. But for other Gemini and gopher you need to relay on something else. That could be using my webmentions for twtxt suggestion, or simply defining an email metadata field for letting a person know you follow their feed. Interesting read about why WebMetions might be a bad idea. Twtxt being much simple that a full featured IndieWeb sites, then a lot of the concerns does not apply here. But that’s the issue with any open inbox. This is hard to solve without some form of (centralized or community) spam moderation.

5. Support more protocols besides http/s. Yes why not, if we can make clients that merge or diffident between the same feed server by multiples URLs

6. Languages: If the need is big then make a separate feed. I don’t mind seeing stuff in other langues as it is low. You got translating tool if you need to know whats going on. And again when there is a need for easier switching between posting to several feeds, then it’s about building clients with a UI that makes it easy. No something that should takes up space in the format/protocol.

7. Emojis: I’m not sure what this is about. Do you want to use emojis as avatar in CLI clients or it just about rendering emojis?

SolidRun HummingBoard i.MX8M IIOT SBC with NVMe, RS232, RS485, and LTE Support
SolidRun has launched a single-board computer tailored for Industrial Internet of Things and Human-Machine Interface applications, built around the i.MX8M Plus System-on-Module from NXP. Its carrier board includes features like RS232, RS485, dual CAN-FD, and dual 1Gb Ethernet and more. According to the official announcement, the HummingBoard i.MX8M IIOT carrier board is compatible with the … ⌘ Read more

**(#w7qc4ra) @eapl.me Regarding supporting languages:

That said, coming from platforms like X and Masto, where switching languages is easy, I n …**
@eapl.me @eapl.me Regarding supporting languages:

That said, coming from platforms like X and Masto, where switching languages is easy, I naturally read content and write into my timeline in at least three languages. Changing my “account” is not a simple as switching languages, and in those platforms have another m … ⌘ Read more

Righto, @eapl.me@eapl.me, ta for the writeup. Here we go. :-)

Metadata on individual twts are too much for me. I do like the simplicity of the current spec. But I understand where you’re coming from.

Numbering twts in a feed is basically the attempt of generating message IDs. It’s an interesting idea, but I reckon it is not even needed. I’d simply use location based addressing (feed URL + ‘#’ + timestamp) instead of content addressing. If one really wanted to, one could hash the feed URL and timestamp, but the raw form would actually improve disoverability and would not even require a richer client. But the majority of twtxt users in the last poll wanted to stick with content addressing.

yarnd actually sends If-Modified-Since request headers. Not only can I observe heaps of 304 responses for yarnds in my access log, but in Cache.FetchFeeds(…) we can actually see If-Modified-Since being deployed when the feed has been retrieved with a Last-Modified response header before: https://git.mills.io/yarnsocial/yarn/src/commit/98eee5124ae425deb825fb5f8788a0773ec5bdd0/internal/cache.go#L1278

Turns out etags with If-None-Match are only supported when yarnd serves avatars (https://git.mills.io/yarnsocial/yarn/src/commit/98eee5124ae425deb825fb5f8788a0773ec5bdd0/internal/handlers.go#L158) and media uploads (https://git.mills.io/yarnsocial/yarn/src/commit/98eee5124ae425deb825fb5f8788a0773ec5bdd0/internal/media_handlers.go#L71). However, it ignores possible etags when fetching feeds.

I don’t understand how the discovery URLs should work to replace the User-Agent header in HTTP(S) requests. Do you mind to elaborate?

Different protocols are basically just a client thing.

I reckon it’s best to just avoid mixing several languages in one feed in the first place. Personally, I find it okay to occasionally write messages in other languages, but if that happens on a more regularly basis, I’d definitely create a different feed for other languages.

Isn’t the emoji thing “just” a client feature? So, feed do not even have to state any emojis. As a user I’d configure my client to use a certain symbol for feed ABC. Currently, I can do a similar thing in tt where I assign colors to feeds. On the other hand, what if a user wants to control what symbol should be displayed, similar to the feed’s nick? Hmm. But still, my terminal font doesn’t even render most of emojis. So, Unicode boxes everywhere. This makes me think it should actually be a only client feature.

(#jsn6ija) @wbknl@wbknl It’s probably okay for things like Twtxt which are designed to be in the open anyway 👌
@wbknl It’s probably okay for things like Twtxt which are designed to be in the open anyway 👌 ⌘ Read more

(#nvrq7lq) @eapl.me There’s some good ideas in this 👌 I think we can definitely incorporate some of them pretty easily already. Others will …
@eapl.me @eapl.me There’s some good ideas in this 👌 I think we can definitely incorporate some of them pretty easily already. Others will have to be discussed, and some other bits like hashing and edits are a bit more controversial. ⌘ Read more

hinto-janai completes third milestone for Cuprate CCS proposal
hinto-janai1 has completed2 the third milestone for their latest CCS proposal3 to work full-time on Cuprate 4 development:

Completing milestone 1 & 2 will likely take longer than expected. I am conservatively estimating this CCS will take ~30 days longer than originally expected to complete, ETA end of December.

Lints: integrated for all of Cuprate's librarie ... ⌘ [Read more](https://monero.observer/hinto-janai-completes-third-milestone-cuprate-ccs-proposal/)

macOS Sequoia 15.2 Beta Shows Weather in Menu Bar
In the latest macOS Sequoia 15.2 beta, there is a new option to add the weather in your current location to the menu bar of the Mac. The menu bar weather feature shows the temperature along with an icon for the weather conditions, like a cloud if it’s cloudy and a sun if it’s sunny.

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iOS 18.1: Take a Hearing Test With AirPods Pro 2
If you’re concerned about hearing loss and own AirPods Pro 2, Apple in iOS 18.1 offers a convenient new clinical-grade hearing test that’s easy to use. Here’s everything you need to know about checking your hearing health with this new feature.

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Note that Apple’s Hearing Test feature is not available in all regions, likely due to differing regulatory laws. Apple [mai … ⌘ Read more

‘Delete, delete, delete’: Musk’s political plans put millions of Americans at risk
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Monero Tech meeting scheduled for 18 November 2024 1800 UTC
The next Monero Tech meeting is scheduled to take place on Monday, November 18 2024 at 18:00 UTC, in the #no-wallet-left-behind 1 IRC-Libera/Matrix channels:

Based on the opinions given here2 I decided to go back to the No Wallet Left Behind Matrix room and IRC channel for the next i.e. coming Monday’s meeting, and to not contiune to hold meetings like the last one in the -dev Matrix room and IRC channel.

This meeting’s c … ⌘ Read more

(#k6y2oia) @sorenpeter@sorenpeter This is basically very similar to how WebFinger used by things like Mastodon and Salty.im amongst others.
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(#msuhxha) @david Hah 😅 I have an idea though… There’s like some ~50 odd or so active users in the growing community just off the top of my …
@david @collantes.us Hah 😅 I have an idea though… There’s like some ~50 odd or so active users in the growing community just off the top of my head. I reckon if we all chipped in $20 USD ea you’d have your Mac Mini M4 🤣 ⌘ Read more

Got a PPC Mac in the Closet? Check Out the Aquafox Browser for Tiger & Leopard
If you have an old PowerPC Mac laying around collecting dust in a closet somewhere, you might be able to get some use out of it today by installing a functional modern web browser, like Aquafox. Since so much of what many of us do on computers is done in a web browser, you might … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/11/01/got-a-ppc-mac-in-the-closet-check-out-the-aquafox-br … ⌘ Read more

Ignite Realtime Blog: Openfire 4.9.1 release
The Ignite Realtime community is happy to be able to announce the immediate availability of version 4.9.1 of Openfire, its cross-platform real-time collaboration server based on the XMPP protocol!

4.9.1 is a bugfix and maintenance release. Among its most important fixes is one for a memory leak that affected all recent versions of Openfire (but was likely noticeable on … ⌘ Read more