Software security starts with the developer: Securing developer accounts with 2FA
GitHub will require all users who contribute code on GitHub.com to enable one or more forms of two-factor authentication (2FA) by the end of 2023. ⌘ Read more
Monerotopia Presentation and Website News
Just a note that within two hours (11AM NY time), my edited Monerotopia presentation with slides and all will be premiering here on the Monero Talk channel on YouTube.
I did already do an extended commentary and explanation of my talk here on my PeerTube channel, and I might put this an the edited talk onto my YouTube channel if I feel like it. You shou … ⌘ Read more
I Paid Celebrities to Make Fun of Scomo ⌘ Read more
I Paid Celebrities to Make Fun of Scomo ⌘ Read more
Welcome Back
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/5/ winding down ⌘ Read more
Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains the Electromagnetic Spectrum ⌘ Read more
**Tweet impopular:
O ivaucher é um belo exemplo como (quase) ninguém quer saber se as medidas são boas ou justas, quando lhes benificiam.**
Tweet impopular:
O ivaucher é um belo exemplo como (quase) ninguém quer saber se as medidas são boas ou justas, quando lhes benificiam. ⌘ Read more
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How WiFi Works - Computerphile ⌘ Read more
let’s not read the thielleaves
Being friendly: Strategies for friendly fork management
This is the second and final post in a series describing friendly forks and alternative strategies for managing them. ⌘ Read more
Tour my minimalist desk setup href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=%23Shorts”>#Shorts** ⌘ Read more
He Thinks You’re Stupid ⌘ Read more
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Another reason to like spring: cherry blossoms. ⌘ Read more
Honest Government Ad | 2022 Election (Season 2 finale) ⌘ Read more
My April ‘22 in Review
April is also over now, time to take a short look back. ⌘ Read more
Gajim: Development News April 2022
This month came with a lot of preparations for the release of Gajim 1.4 🚀 Gajim’s release pipeline has been improved in many ways, allowing us to make releases more frequently. Furthermore, April brought improvements for file previews on Windows.
For two and a half years I (wurstsalat) have been writing (and translating) Gajim’s monthly development news. Keeping this up on a monthly basis takes a lot of time and effort. Upcoming development news will … ⌘ Read more
Horsepower with Neil deGrasse Tyson & Dr. Sarah White-Springer ⌘ Read more
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Bringing code navigation to communities
Thanks to the efforts of the Elixir community, GitHub supports code navigation for Elixir repositories. Read how favorite language can add this support too! ⌘ Read more
In reply to: ~karlen
I was recently introduced to this series by @dozens where blogposts that are at least a year old and feature the phrase“no one will ever read this but” are read allowed…and…it is remarkable. ⌘ Read more
How I turned perfectionism into a strength ⌘ Read more
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Bad Map Projection: Madagascator
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Talk to a Politician, Get Arrested ⌘ Read more
Things You Thought You Knew – Venus Pizza, Wavelengths, and Horsepower ⌘ Read more
RT by @mind_booster: Copyright is more often a bump in the road than a true enabler of creativity, leading to chilling effects - @glynmoody https://walledculture.org/ed-sheeran-wins-copyright-lawsuit-but-now-films-himself-as-he-writes-songs-to-forestall-more-litigation #copyright #creators href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=%23CopyrightAbsurdity”>#CopyrightAbsurdity**
Copyright is more often a bump in the road than a true enabler of creativity, leading to chilling effects - @glynmoody [walledculture.org/ed-sheeran…](http … ⌘ Read more
“Cool Things People Do With Their Blogs”
I do from time to time forays through the Internet and like to visit cool blogs. Wouter has created a list with a few examples and even mentioned my blog in it. 🤓 ⌘ Read more
Best practices to keep your projects secure on GitHub
These days software is subject to an ever-changing threat landscape. Check out the many ways you can keep your projects secure on GitHub today. ⌘ Read more
**Não devia surpreender ninguém, mas devia ser notícia de capa, todos os dias:
“Segundo a óptica do investigador, prepararmo-nos para o aparecimento de novas pandemias é adaptarmo-nos às alterações climáticas.”
A reflectir, num dia de debate do O. Estado.
https://www.publico.pt/2022/04/28/azul/noticia/crise-climatica-vai-gerar-mundo-doencas-novas-2004059**
Não devia surpreender ninguém, mas devia ser notícia de capa, todos os dias:
“Segundo a óptica do investigador, prepararmo-nos para o aparecimento de nov … ⌘ Read more
**R to @mind_booster: “Cinco anos não é assim tanto…”
Cinco anos foi desde a queixa da @direitosdig, a Lei (errada) já vem desde 2008. Transpõe uma directiva de 2006 que só foi invalidada em 2014.
Não vale a pena agora discriminar quem tem culpas, apenas apontar que erros demoram décadas a corrigir**
“Cinco anos não é assim tanto…”
Cinco anos foi desde a queixa da @direitosdig, a Lei (errada) já vem desde 2008. Transpõe uma directiva de 20 … ⌘ Read more
RT by @mind_booster: As climate change reshapes life on earth, it may also become the single biggest upstream driver of pandemic risk. Our new study in @Nature simulates how 3,139 species will share viruses - and create new spillover risk hotspots - over the next 50 years.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-04788-w
As climate change reshapes life on earth, it may also become the single biggest upstream driver of pandemic risk. Our new study in @Nature simulates how … ⌘ Read more
JMP: Newsletter: New Staff, New Commands
Hi everyone!
Welcome to the latest edition of your pseudo-monthly JMP update!
In case it’s been a while since you checked out JMP, here’s a refresher: JMP lets you send and receive text and picture messages (and calls) through a real phone number right from your computer, tablet, phone, or anything else that has a Jabber client. Among other things, JMP has these features: Your phone number on every device; Multiple phone numbers, one app; Free as in Freedom; … ⌘ Read more
**R to @mind_booster: “Estás a pedir dinheiro?”
Pode ser. Mas há muitas formas possíveis de contribuir. As mais directas serão:
🗳️ fazendo-te sóci@ da associação;
💵 contribuindo financeiramente;
📚 colaborando em temas nos quais estás por dentro;
💻 dando visibilidade à associação e suas acções.**
“Estás a pedir dinheiro?”
Pode ser. Mas há muitas formas possíveis de contribuir. As mais directas serão:
🗳️ fazendo-te sóci@ da associação;
💵 contribuindo financeiramente;
📚 colaborando em temas nos quais estás p … ⌘ Read more
**R to @mind_booster: Mas a @direitosdig só consegue fazer o que faz graças aos recursos que tem, principalmente humanos (e voluntários), mas também de outro tipo.
Também achas que é importante continuar a haver uma associação assim? Aplaude a D3 com a tua contribuição:
https://direitosdigitais.pt/comunidade**
Mas a @direitosdig só consegue fazer o que faz graças aos recursos que tem, principalmente humanos (e voluntários), mas também de ou … ⌘ Read more
**Lutas importantes precisam, muitas vezes, de tempo, persistência, preserverança, insistência. Erros legisliativos ou às vezes de omissão dão muito trabalho e esforço a corrigir.
Hoje a @direitosdig viu vitória numa batalha de cinco anos.
É para isto que serve a D3. Parabéns!**
Lutas importantes precisam, muitas vezes, de tempo, persistência, preserverança, insistência. Erros legisliativos ou às vezes de omissão dão muito trabalho e esforço a corrigir.
Hoje a [@direitosdig](https://nitter.net/direitosdig “D … ⌘ Read more
“Os sistemas e serviços de Software Livre permitem a reutilização, reaproveitamento e interoperabilidade de dispositivos. O direito universal de escolher livremente sistemas operativos, software e serviços é crucial para uma sociedade digital mais sustentável.”
“Os sistemas e serviços de Software Livre permitem a reutilização, reaproveitamento e interoperabilidade de dispositivos. O direito universal de escolher livremente sistemas operativos, software e serviços é crucial para uma sociedade digital mais su … ⌘ Read more
Lightsabers
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RT by @mind_booster: Salvaguardas dos direitos dos cidadãos salvam artigo 17 (ex artigo 13) no Tribunal de Justiça da União Europeia. Estados-Membros obrigados a transpor salvaguardas. https://paulasimoesblog.wordpress.com/2022/04/26/salvaguardas-dos-direitos-dos-cidadaos-salvam-artigo-17-ex-artigo-13-no-tribunal-de-justica-da-uniao-europeia-estados-membros-obrigados-a-transpor-salvaguardas/
Salvaguardas dos direitos dos cidadãos salvam artigo 17 (ex artigo 13) no Tribunal de Justiça da União Europeia. Estad … ⌘ Read more
Why I now mute my watch
I am a user of a smartwatch. It is already the third smartwatch in my life (first the Sony SmartWatch 3, then the Samsung Galaxy Watch and now the Galaxy Watch 4) and I am actually quite satisfied with it. I always need an easy way to see the time, even when I’m riding my bike and can’t look at my smartphone (being on time is important to me!), plus it counts my steps and gives me the ability to view notifications right on my wrist so I don’t always have to get my smartphone out of my pocket firs … ⌘ Read more
Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains Electric Cars ⌘ Read more
GitHub Desktop 3.0 brings better integration for your pull requests
GitHub Desktop 3.0 brings better integration with your GitHub Pull Requests. You can now receive real time notifications and review the status of your check runs for your pull request. ⌘ Read more
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Morrison’s Liberals: Most Corrupt Ever ⌘ Read more
RT by @mind_booster: The Musk/Twitter press release states that the company will authenticate “all humans.” I’m not sure what this means, but there is at least a chance that it could compromise users’ ability to be anonymous. In this thread I explain some concerns with this possibility.
The Musk/Twitter press release states that the company will authenticate “all humans.” I’m not sure what this means, but there is at least a chance that it could compromise users’ ability to be anonymous. In this thread I expl … ⌘ Read more
Just for the record: I left Twitter before it was cool to do so. 😊 But seriously, it was the right decision back then and I have no regrets. ⌘ Read more
Olá @Norte_2020 , sei que é feriado e tal, mas…
Olá @Norte_2020 , sei que é feriado e tal, mas…
Erlang Solutions: What are the key trends in digital payments? part 2/2
In the second and final part of this article, we take a look at some of the important developments in how payments work using our fintech industry knowledge and experience working on some of the most performant fintech systems in the world such as Vocalink’s Instant Payments Solution (IPS).
In part 1 we looked at the rapid growth in e-commerce, demand for faster payments and consumer adoption of relativel … ⌘ Read more
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Scomo texting during ANZAC Day Dawn Service href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=%23shorts”>#shorts** ⌘ Read more
Cutest-Sounding Scientific Effects
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no, niplav, you won’t get sucked into reading the heraldry wikipedia articles, even though “escutcheon” looks like a really good word to drop in a conversation.
RT by @mind_booster: Lembrete anual, para quem nunca seguiu a revolução no Twitter
Lembrete anual, para quem nunca seguiu a revolução no Twitter
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RT by @mind_booster: “The Hungarian and German constitutional courts refused the ratification of the agreement on a Unified Patent Court. What’s next?” Katalin Gombos is […] judge at Kúria (Supreme Court) of Hungary https://academic.oup.com/jiplp/article/17/1/35/6516025
“The Hungarian and German constitutional courts refused the ratification of the agreement on a Unified Patent Court. What’s next?” Katalin Gombos is […] judge at Kúria (Supreme Court) of Hungary [academic.oup.com/jiplp/artic…](https://academic … ⌘ Read more
At the cemetery, by a babbling fountain with a passing train. ⌘ Read more
Talvez eu seja demasiado novo para dar real valor a certos símbolos da democracia Portuguesa e do #25deabril, mas sinceramente custa-me aceitar que um tanque seja colocado numa praça como “símbolo da Paz” (e, no sentido mais lato, não consigo achar interessante este urbanismo).
Talvez eu seja demasiado novo para dar real valor a certos símbolos da democracia Portuguesa e do #25deabril, mas sinceramente custa-me aceitar que um tanque seja colocado numa praça como “ … ⌘ Read more
“By the end of the century, the worst-case scenario for crop yield loss would be a disaster, but even the best-case scenario would be devastating for the world’s most important crops.”
“By the end of the century, the worst-case scenario for crop yield loss would be a disaster, but even the best-case scenario would be devastating for the world’s most important crops.”
nitter.net/ClimateHuman/status/1517881038394908672#m ⌘ Read more
R to @mind_booster: 5/5, I’m definitively happy with my choice!
5/5, I’m definitively happy with my choice!
**“overblessed” is quite an interesting word, specially when it is being negated.
What I was not expecting was to see it hyphenated like this: overb-lessed.**
“overblessed” is quite an interesting word, specially when it is being negated.
What I was not expecting was to see it hyphenated like this: overb-lessed.
⌘ Read moreCelebrating 40 years of ZX Spectrum ❤️ 💛 💚 💙
The ZX Spectrum, one of the best-selling microcomputers of all time, celebrates its 40 years anniversary today. Read more about how the community is still active - creating new content, archiving old content, and hacking on all sorts of hardware. ⌘ Read more
Psychic Paper (Java Vulnerability) - Computerphile ⌘ Read more
Removing the stigma of a CVE
Do you worry that a CVE will hurt the reputation of your project? In reality, CVEs are a tracking number, and nothing more. Here’s how we think of them at GitHub. ⌘ Read more
5 simple things every developer can do to ship more secure code
From plug-and-play automations to protected branches, here are simple ways any developer can build more secure software on GitHub—all with a free account. ⌘ Read more
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The Media Hates This Man ⌘ Read more
Assigning Numbers
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Your guide to GitHub InFocus: Improving the way software development teams work in 2022
We’re kicking off InFocus, a global virtual event focused on accelerating, securing, and improving the way software development teams work. ⌘ Read more
Climate Change Solutions with Neil deGrasse Tyson & Katharine Hayhoe ⌘ Read more
Nix 2.8.0 released
We’re pleased to announce the availability of Nix 2.8.0. It will be
available from NixOS -\
Getting Nix / NixOS.
Here are the release notes:
New experimental command:
nix fmt, which applies a
formatter defined by theformatter.<system></system>flake
output to the Nix expressions in a flake.Various Nix commands can now read expressions from standard input
using--file -.New experimental builtin function
builtins.fetchClosurethat c … ⌘ Read more
Improving Git push times through faster server side hooks
The history of pre-receive hooks, how we discovered that the performance was problematic, and how we went about safely replacing them. ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: What are the key trends in digital payments? part ½
Payments are the backbone of a functioning global economy. A payments system can be defined as any system that can be used to settle a financial transaction by exchanging monetary value. Payments are a part of financial services that have undergone rapid and transformational change over recent years, and the Erlang Solutions team has been at the cutting-edge of many of these changes working on exciting cli … ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: Understanding Processes for Elixir Developers
This post is for all developers who want to try Elixir or are trying their first steps in Elixir. This content is aimed at those who already have previous experience with the language.
This will help to explain one of the most important concepts in the BEAM: processes. Although Elixir is a general-purpose programming language, you don’t need to understand how the virtual machine works, but if you want to take advantage … ⌘ Read more
Reflecting on my work
I have been a full-time software developer for over a year now. I’ve since settled in well in the job, and I’m getting along better and better, even if the topics are sometimes still quite complex and difficult to understand, especially when it comes to “historically grown” things. ⌘ Read more
Organization profiles leading the way
Organization profiles can now display custom content visible only to members of the organization. A new Member view can be tailored to show an alternative README and pinned private repositories. ⌘ Read more
Codespaces for multi-repository and monorepo scenarios
We’re releasing exciting improvements that will streamline your Codespaces experience when working with multi-repository projects and monorepos. ⌘ Read more
5 habits of highly effective creatives ⌘ Read more
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Scott Morrison: Compulsive Liar ⌘ Read more
Entwives
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Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains Earth Day ⌘ Read more
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Sharing security expertise through CodeQL packs (Part I)
Introducing CodeQL packs to help you codify and share your knowledge of vulnerabilities. ⌘ Read more