Copilot taking over?
I tried GitHub Copilot (Free) in Visual Studio Code again for some small GoBlog changes. Copilot can now generate tests (although it doesn’t feel intelligent, as you need to correct quite a few things), it can do code reviews before committing and it can generate commit messages. Of course, it can also do code completions and write complete code, if you want it to do so. ⌘ Read more
Beta 3 of iOS 18.5, MacOS Sequoia 15.5, iPadOS 18.5 Released for Testers
In what must be the most exciting thing to happen on a Monday since the prior Monday, Apple has released the third beta version of iOS 18.5, MacOS Sequoia 15.5, and iPadOS 18.5. These new thrilling third beta versions are available to the developer wizards participating in the beta testing programs of Apple system software, … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/04/21/beta-3-of-ios-18-5-mac … ⌘ Read more
Racing into 2025 with new GitHub Innovation Graph data
Discover the latest trends and insights on public software development activity on GitHub with the quarterly release of data for the Innovation Graph, updated through December 2024.
The post Racing into 2025 with new GitHub Innovation Graph data appeared first on [The GitHub Blog](ht … ⌘ Read more
Today’s stroll was really nice. Just around 11km in total I’d reckon. We had a barbie at a mate’s garden where everybody went on a hunt for an easter basket. Oh boy, what a preparation that must have been! Baking the bunnies, dying the eggs, mixing the bear leek butter and so on. That’s dedication, let me tell you. :-)
It was the first time this year that we had half proper April weather and a thunderstorm in general. It started off with clear sky and lovely sunshine. Right after arvo lunch it started to rain, so we went into the hut. Then, the sun returned.
On the way back with the growling thunder in the distance coming closer and closer we escaped the rain just perfectly. A minute or two after we reached the car, wet stuff started coming down the sky. Not even half a minute after opening the front door, it poured like crazy. Lucky twice today. There’s beautiful sunshine again by now. It smells absolutely great after the rain. I love it!
Deep Dive into the Gateway API Inference Extension
Running AI inference workloads on Kubernetes has some unique characteristics and challenges, and the Gateway API Inference Extension project aims to solve some of those challenges. I recently wrote about these new capabilities in the kgateway… ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Developer Diary, Grounation Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/04/21/grounation.html #programming #project #devjournal
Taxes on super rich and tech giants stall under Trump
Editorial Staff Agence France-Presse, https://www.rawstory.com/trump-super-rich/ - Agence France-Presse | Raw Story
_Stephan: Despot Trump has proven repeatedly that he doesn’t give a damn for the health, wellbeing, longevity, or education of you and your family. But he sure cares for the oligarchs and uber-rich who bought him his office with their hundreds of millions of dollars of donations and gifts. The United … ⌘ Read more
Trump signs executive order ending years of protections in Pacific monument
Sam Mauhay-Moore, Trending News Reporter - SFGate
_Stephan: It is unclear to me whether Despot Trump is simply too stupid to understand the importance of supporting ecosystems, or he knows but just doesn’t care because someone has bribed him to make a decision that will allow them to damage an ecosystem. Or, most probably, it is both. In any case the United States has no … ⌘ Read more
EPA Deletes Pollution Tracking Tools as It Offers Exemptions to Polluters
Mike Ludwig , Staff Writer - truthout
_Stephan: Here is yet another example of Despot Trump’s corruption doing favors for the uber-rich who enrich him so that he permits them to destroy Earth’s matrix of life and wellbeing. His corruption is going to have a decades-long impact, and will be a major factor contributing to the civilization-altering catastrophe that happens betwe … ⌘ Read more
America’s Ten Most Endangered Rivers Announced in New Report
Cristen Hemingway Jaynes, Contributing Writer - EcoWatch
_Stephan: The United States has not paid appropriate and adequate attention to the wellbeing of the nation’s ecosystems since President Jimmy Carter’s administration, and Despot Trump is doing everything in his power to gut any kind of climate protection in order to serve the uber-rich who bought him his office. And, sadly, American voters don’t … ⌘ Read more
Get Apple’s M3 iPad Air for Up to $70 Off on Amazon
Amazon is kicking off the week with multiple discounts on Apple’s M3 iPad Air, offering as much as $70 off these tablets. Prices start at $569.00 for the 128GB Wi-Fi 11-inch M3 iPad Air, down from $599.00.
10 Pop Culture Figures Who Actually Existed
From Darth Vader to Mary Poppins, pop culture icons can excite, enrage, or inspire us. And though most characters tend to be wholly fictional in nature, some famous ones are actually based on real-life people. Here’s our list of 10 pop culture figures who existed IRL. Related: Top 10 Underrated Minor Characters from Pop Culture […]
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Trump’s War on Measurement Means Losing Data on Drug Use, Maternal Mortality, Climate Change and More
Alec MacGillis, Reporters - ProPublica
_Stephan: Fascist authoritarians like Despot Trump and his minions don’t ever like objectively verifiable databases to be compiled or maintained because the information can be used to prove how inferior their social policies are. If you have been reading my research papers (see SR arch … ⌘ Read more
China’s Breakthrough: Thorium Discovery Promises 60,000 Years of Clean Energy
, - Discovery / Alert
_Stephan: This, I think, is a very big deal and, in a planetary sense, good news, although not for the United States. It is going to be a major factor in ending the carbon era that Despot Trump, his unethical servants, and his oligarch funders are working so hard to keep Americans trapped in. I think this is the technology my remote viewers have b … ⌘ Read more
Experts Say Abrupt and “Staggering” CDC Cuts Will Cost Lives
Rita Rubin, - Journal of the American Medical Association
Stephan: America’s medical community of physicians and nurses is beginning to recognize how deadly the incompetence and disregard for human life of Despot Trump, his Frankenstein Musk, and the rest of the fascist MAGAts really is. It is going to have a fatal effect on the population of America.
, a lye pretzel with pepper. Haven’t come across that anywhere else. But I can certainly recommend that, it’s yummy.
We were glad when we were finally back home after some 26 or 27km. I won’t do much today and let my feet rest. Another friend called for a much, much shorter hike tomorrow.
Enjoy the 92 photos: https://lyse.isobeef.org/wanderung-auf-den-stuifen-2025-04-19/
10 Most Unique and Remote Vacation Retreats
Many times, when people go away on vacation, one of the goals is to be as far removed from civilization as possible. Seeking out secluded getaways can result in the discovery of some very exotic destinations that often feature resorts geared toward the adventurous tourist and make the most of the unusual locale. From fjord […]
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DietPi April 2025 Update (Version 9.12)
The April 18th update of DietPi v9.12 introduces new software options including the fish shell and Amiberry v7/Amiberry-Lite, while also expanding compatibility and resolving various issues. This release focuses on improving usability, editor flexibility, and hardware support across platforms. DietPi: DietPi is a lightweight, Debian-based operating system optimized for single-board computers and embedded systems. […] ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Free Culture Book Club — Secrets in the Static https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/04/19/secrets-static.html #freeculture #bookclub
Editor’s Note
, -
Stephan:
These Are Four Things You Can Do to Save America_Like billions of others across the planet I have been watching for months now as the entire social order of the United States of America is dismantled in an attempt to create a neo-medieval oligarch owned white supremacy, male dominant, authoritarian fascist state. [1], [2], [3] As I write this we are not the same country we were before January 2025, and the destruction of the na … ⌘ Read more
Judge orders halt to mass firings at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Alexander Mallin and Peter Charalambous, Reporters - abc News
_Stephan: The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), created by President Obama, has saved Americans over $20 billion from grifts. So is it surprising that Dictator Trump, who has been convicted multiple times of millions of dollars of grifts and scams, is trying to destroy the CFPB by firing 1,474 who work a … ⌘ Read more
White House proposes eliminating Head Start funding as part of sweeping budget cuts
JOCELYN GECKER, Reporter - Associated Press
_Stephan: Since its inception in 1965, the Head Start program has served nearly 40 million children and their families. If you have a preschool child, are they benefiting from a Head Start program? Well, Dictator Trump doesn’t give a damn about the wellbeing of little children, and he is working hard to eliminate … ⌘ Read more
Earth’s Atmosphere Faces ‘Thirstwaves,’ Scientists Warn
Paige Bennett, Contributing Writer - EcoWatch
_Stephan: I had never even heard of Thirst Waves, and I doubt if you have either, but this is going to be a big deal as we go through climate change. I read a technical paper on this phenomenon and then found this article that explains it clearly. If you live in an area where it is dry and water is in short supply, I am afraid your life is going to get a lot more diffic … ⌘ Read more
Everything Trump is doing makes perfect sense if you understand one simple fact
Thom Hartmann, Commentator - Raw Story
Stephan: I think Thom Hartmann’s assessment of Directator Trump Is very insightful. It certainly agrees with what I have been telling you for years.
Droits de douane : ce n’est qu’un souci de passage pour les actions de qualité
Un article de Henry Bonner De nouveau en déplacement en Amérique, de l’État de New York au Nord-Est, à l’État de Virginie dans le partie du sud, le pays me laisse l’opportunité de la réflexion sur le rôle des mœurs et des coutumes dans la création de richesse et dans la prospérité. Mon lieu de […] ⌘ Read more
10 Foods Unexpectedly Named After Real People from History
What’s in a name? If you’re eating one of these ten foods we’ve listed below, the answer is a whole heck of a lot! See, foods aren’t just named after their ingredients or how they are prepared. Some foods—including some very famous foods—have been named after people. (Including some very famous people!) Having a city […]
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10 Psychological Tricks Brands Use to Influence You
You’re not just buying a product—you’re stepping into a carefully crafted psychological trap. Modern brands work with behavioral economists, neuro marketers, and data scientists to make sure everything—from colors to prices to your choices—leads you exactly where they want. These aren’t generic marketing clichés—these are real, specific strategies currently being used to win your attention, […]
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Top Stories: iPhone 17 Pro Rumors, CarPlay Bug Fix, and More
This week saw rumor updates on the iPhone 17 Pro and next-generation Vision Pro, while a minor iOS 18.4.1 update delivered not just security fixes but also a fix for some CarPlay issues.
We also looked ahead at what else is in Apple’s pipeline for the rest of 2025 and even the 20th-anniversary iPhone coming in 2027, so read on belo … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 04/14 to 04/18 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/04/18/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
Google Gemini Advanced & 2TB Storage Free for Students
Google is offering their Gemini Advanced AI model for free to students, along with 2TB of free storage. This is a limited time offer where students must sign up by June 30, 2025. Students will need a valid .edu email address to be able to signup for the deal. Google says you can use Gemini … Read More ⌘ Read more
Deals: Apple Watch Series 10 for $299, Save $200 on M4 iPad Pro, & More
Amazon is back with some fantastic deals right now, including taking $100 off the price of the Apple Watch Series 10 bringing the price down to $299 from $399. Plus, there’s $200 off the iPad Pro M4 13″ models and $100 off the 11″ model, a discount on the new iPad Air M3 models, a … Read More ⌘ Read more
[$] The problem of unnecessary readahead
The final session in the memory-management track of the 2025 Linux Storage,
Filesystem, Memory-Management, and BPF Summit was a brief, last-minute
addition run by Kalesh Singh. The kernel’s readahead mechanism is
generally good for performance; it ensures that data is present by the time
an application gets around to asking for it. Sometimes, though, readahead
can go a little too far. ⌘ Read more
[$] Tracepoints for the VFS?
Adding tracepoints to some kernel subsystems has been controversial—or
disallowed—due to concerns about the user-space\
ABI that they might create. The virtual filesystem (VFS) layer has
long been one of the subsystems that has not allowed any tracepoints, but
that may be changing. At the 2025 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory
Management, and BPF Summit (LSFMM+BPF), Ted Ts’o led a discussion about
whether the ABI concerns are outweighed by the utility of tracepoints for … ⌘ Read more
Creating a ClickHouse Cluster on Raspberry Pis
Want a hands-on way to explore Kubernetes and ClickHouse®—without spinning up cloud VMs? In this post, we’ll build a home-lab cluster of Raspberry Pi 5 boards that mimics a high-availability setup. Whether you’re a cloud-native developer… ⌘ Read more
Apple Sports App Now Lets You Share Game Cards via iMessage and Social Media
Just in time for the start of the NBA and NHL playoffs this weekend, the Apple Sports app has received a new Game Card Sharing feature.
With this feature, Apple Sports users can generate and share game cards for all supported leagues, whether the matchup is upcoming, live, … ⌘ Read more
Trump’s disastrous trade war is killing US tourismUS Economy to Lose Billions as Foreign Tourists Stay AwayTrump’s disastrous trade war is killing US tourism
Augusta Saraiva, https://finance.yahoo.com/news/us-economy-set-lose-billions-100000258.html - Yahoo! Finance | Bloomberg
_Stephan: If you live in an area where tourists are major contributors to your local budge … ⌘ Read more
Trump EPA’s Next Move: Making It Harder to Sue for Getting Cancer from Roundup
Schuyler Mitchell, - The Intercept
_Stephan: A reader who said she had contracted and is being treated for cancer from using Roundup in her gardening sent me this. It is yet another nasty horrifying report about Dictator Trump’s MAGAt coup. I find it quite notable that so much of the evil of this coup and its corruption is how badly it harms the wellbeing a million … ⌘ Read more
Getting Rid of FEMA Will Bankrupt Small Towns
Jesse M. Keenan and Yuliya Panfil, Favrot II Associate Professor of Sustainable Real Estate and Urban Planning within the School of Architecture and the Built Environment at Tulane University - Scientific America
_Stephan: Dictator Trump, the oligarchs who bought him his office, and his Congressional retainers, don’t give a damn about the American population. I don’t know how many ways they have to make this clear before it sinks … ⌘ Read more
The measles crisis is worse than we know—and the CDC can’t keep up
Walter Einenkel, Staff Writer - Daily Kos
_Stephan: We are beginning to see the effects resulting from Dictator Trump’s dismantlement of healthcare in the U.S., and it is not pretty. I predict we are going to see an increase in all kinds of healthcare issues in the coming months. I don’t really understand why the MAGAt coup is destroying healthcare in America, because I don’t see what they … ⌘ Read more
10 Mind-Blowing Revelations About Our Solar System
Considering the universe is almost 100 billion light-years across—due to inflation (not monetary) and whatnot—it’s amazing that some of the coolest discoveries and revelations are in our solar system. That’s like crossing the world (many, many, many times) and then finding treasure in your own backyard. Maybe the proximity is part of the appeal because […]
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10 Times That Inmates Helped Save Lives
When people think of prison, heroism is rarely the first thing that comes to mind. But behind bars, stories occasionally emerge that challenge assumptions about those serving time. Despite their past mistakes, some inmates have proven that when a life is on the line, compassion and courage can shine through—even in the most unlikely places. […]
The post [10 Times That Inmates Helped Save Lives](https://listverse.com/2025/04/18/10-times-that-inmates-hel … ⌘ Read more
iPhone Shipments Down 9% in China’s Q1 Smartphone Boom
Apple’s iPhone shipments in China declined by 9 percent in the first quarter compared to the year earlier, and it was the only major smartphone vendor to see a decline, according to data from research firm IDC.
Shipments of iPhones fell to 9.8 million units, giving Apple a market share of 13.7 percent, do … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Suspicions https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/04/17/suspicions.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
Golf 2025-04-17 ⌘ Read more
3 Free Auto-Clickers for Mac
Auto-clickers are sort of niche software, typically associated with repetitive tasks with data entry, gaming, or software testing, but have gained some broader popularity with many people working from home. If you need an auto clicker for Mac, there are a variety of free autoclicker options for Mac, and we’ll point you to a few … Read More ⌘ Read more
@david@collantes.us If I run
printf '%s\n%s\n%s' 'https://aelaraji.com/twtxt.txt' '2025-04-16T22:49:11+00:00' "Am I tripping or `rsync` is actually THIS effing faster than `scp`!!? 🫨" | b2sum -l 256 | awk '{ print $1 }' | xxd -r -p | base32 | tr -d '=' | tr 'A-Z' 'a-z' | tail -c 8
I have xqfsv6a. It is raw text
But… If I change de date to 2025-04-16T22:49:11Z I have si4er3q.
White House embraces Abrego Garcia fight
Brett Samuels, Staff writer - The Hill
_Stephan: The United States has come to the abyss of dictatorship. In the next three weeks we are going to learn whether Donald Trump must follow the laws as the courts decide or whether Donald Trump now defines the laws. Whether we remain a democracy or become a formal dictatorship. When Hitler took power in 1933, 53 days after coming into power he started opening concentration camps. The first one wa … ⌘ Read more
El Salvador denies senator visit with mistakenly deported man: Van Hollen
Sareen Habeshian, Staff Writer - Axios
_Stephan: The utterly incompetent Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, and her $50,000 Rolex, had no problem getting into the El Salvador concentration camp and posing in front of the inmates. But Democrat Maryland Senator Chris Van Hollen, when he went to El Salvador, was denied any access. Dictator Trump’s deal with Dictator Nayib B … ⌘ Read more
Open Your Favorite Chat Right From Your iPhone Lock Screen
In iOS 18.4, Apple added a new Shortcuts action to open a specific conversation in the Messages app. This means it’s now possible to open a chat thread with someone important to you straight from your Lock Screen, for example. Keep reading to learn more.
If you’d like to reduce the time it takes to chat with a frequently conta … ⌘ Read more
State tells employees to report on one another for ‘anti-Christian bias’
Robbie Gramer and Nahal Toosi, Staff Writers - Politico
_Stephan: Secretary of State Marco Rubio, a man who throughout his career has made it clear that he is utterly lacking in honorable ethics, in service to Dictator Trump, is now doing something straight out of the Hitler playbook. This is exactly what Hitler did, although few in the media seem to know this. It is just another … ⌘ Read more
Via porn, gore and ultra-violence, extremist groups are sinking hooks online into the very young
John Leicester, Reporter - Associated Press
_Stephan: Concurrent with the coup in the United States, something equally dangerous to democracy is going on internationally: the weaponization of the internet by terrorists and fascists. If you have young children who spend hours of their day on the internet, you would be wise to underst … ⌘ Read more
Ten Times Scientists Created Astonishing New States of Matter
Most people are well aware of the three main states of matter: solids, liquids, and gases. Some might even know about plasma, a fourth state made of charged particles and found throughout the universe. But how about swirlons? Does the phrase Rydberg polaron mean anything to you? As scientists expand their understanding of the universe, […]
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10 Times Humanity Tried to Redesign the Calendar
For most of us, the Gregorian calendar is simply the way time works. But history is filled with people and cultures who believed they could build something more rational, accurate, or aligned with nature or ideology. Some were utopian dreams, others were bureaucratic rethinks—but all of them tried to challenge what we now take for […]
The post [10 Times Humanity Tried to Redesign the Calendar](https://listverse.com/2025/04/17/10-times … ⌘ Read more
Planning for Scotland, second try
My fiancée and I were in Scotland in 2023 on an Interrail trip. But with some bad luck, we got COVID-19 after half of the trip and had to go home and recover. We always said we wanted to finish our trip in one of the next years. ⌘ Read more
iPhone 18’s Costly 2nm Process Adoption Could Lead to Price Hikes
Apple’s iPhone 18 models will adopt TSMC’s 2nm manufacturing process for the next-generation A20 chip, which will bring substantial performance and power efficiency improvements to next year’s iPhones, but it may also incur significantly more costs that Apple could pass onto the customer.
The latest corroboration that Apple will use TSMC’s 2nm proce … ⌘ Read more
[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for April 17, 2025
Inside this week’s LWN.net Weekly Edition:
Front: APT 3.0; Fedora 42; Lots more LSFMM+BPF coverage.
Briefs: CVE funding; Yelp vulnerability; Fedora 42; Manjaro 25.0; GCC 15; Pinta 3.0; Quotes; …
Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more. ⌘ Read more
GitHub Availability Report: March 2025
In March, we experienced one incident that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services.
The post GitHub Availability Report: March 2025 appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more
iOS 18.4.1 Update Released with CarPlay Fix & Security Patches
Apple has released iOS 18.4.1 update for iPhone, along with iPadOS 18.4.1 for iPad. The software updates include a few bug fixes and important security patches, making them recommended to update. Additionally, iOS 18.4.1 includes a bug fix for a particular issue with CarPlay not connecting properly in some situations. If you have been experiencing … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/04/16/ios-18-4-1-up … ⌘ Read more
MacOS Sequoia 15.4.1 Update Released with Bug & Security Fixes
Apple has released MacOS Sequoia 15.4.1 as a software update for Mac users running the Sequoia operating system. The update focuses exclusively on security updates and bug fixes, and contains no new features. Separately, Apple also released iOS 18.4.1 for iPhone, iPadOS 18.4.1 for iPad, and updates to tvOS, watchOS, and visionOS, and those updates … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/04/16/macos-sequoia-15- … ⌘ Read more
[$] What’s new in APT 3.0
Debian’s Advanced Package Tool (APT) is the suite of utilities that handle package
management on Debian and Debian-derived operating systems. APT recently received a
major upgrade to 3.0 just in time for inclusion in Debian 13
(“trixie”), which is planned for release sometime in 2025. The version bump is
warranted; the latest APT has user-interface improvements, switches to [Sequoia](https://sequoia-pgp.org/pr … ⌘ Read more
Catanzaro: Dangerous arbitrary file read vulnerability in Yelp
GNOME contributor Michael Catanzaro has written a blog\
post about a noteworthy vulnerability in GNOME’s help browser, Yelp.
I don’t normally blog about particular CVEs, but Yelp CVE-2025-3155 is
noteworthy because it is quite severe, public for several weeks now,
and not yet fixed upstream. In short, help files can rea … ⌘ Read more
We had some nice 22°C today. But after work, it got rather windy and cloudy, temps rapidly dropped so just 14°C. Still a nice stroll to our backyard mountain. https://lyse.isobeef.org/waldspaziergang-2025-04-16/
The CNCF TOC @ KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025
The Technical Oversight Committee (TOC) provides technical leadership to the cloud native community. Strong TOC participation at this year’s KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe in London enabled in-person discussions and strategic planning for CNCF project technical priorities… ⌘ Read more
[$] Parallel directory operations
Allowing directories to be modified in parallel was the topic of Jeff
Layton’s filesystem-track session at the 2025 Linux Storage, Filesystem,
Memory Management, and BPF Summit (LSFMM+BPF). There are certain use
cases, including for the NFS and Lustre filesystems, as mentioned in a patch set
referenced in the topic\
proposal, where contention in cre … ⌘ Read more
[$] Taking BPF programs beyond one-million instructions
The BPF verifier is not magic; it cannot solve the
halting problem. Therefore,
it has to err on the side of assuming that a program will run too long if it
cannot prove that the program will not.
The ultimate check on the size of a BPF program is the
one-million-instruction limit — the verifier will refuse to process more than
one-million instructions, no matter what a BPF program does. Alexei Starovoitov gave
a talk at the 2025 L … ⌘ Read more
[$] Improvements for the contiguous memory allocator
As a system runs, its memory becomes fragmented; it does not take long
before the allocation of large, physically contiguous memory ranges becomes
difficult or impossible. The contiguous memory\
allocator (CMA) is a kernel subsystem that attempts to address this
problem, but it has never worked as well as some would like. Two sessions
in the memory-management track at the 2025 Linux Storage, Filesystem,
Memory-Management, and BPF Summit looked at … ⌘ Read more
Apple Releases iOS 18.4.1 With Bug Fixes
Apple today released iOS 18.4.1 and iPadOS 18.4.1, minor updates to the iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 operating systems that came out last September. iOS 18.4.1 and iPadOS 18.4.1 come two weeks after the launch of iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4.
, virtual
filesystem (VFS) layer co-maintainer Christian Brauner had a few different
topics he wanted to talk about. Issues on the agenda
included iterating through anonymous mount namespaces, a needed feature
for ID-mapped mounts, the perennial unprivileged mounts topic, potentially
using hazard pointers for file reference counting, and Rust bindings. He
did not expect … ⌘ Read more
How to Get SSL Certificate Info in Safari on Mac
The latest versions of Safari for Mac have changed how a person might find SSL certificate information for a particular website, something that is commonly needed in web development, information security, and developmental web work in general. While in prior versions of Safari you could simply click on the little padlock icon next to the … Read More ⌘ Read more
Deals: AirPods Pro 2 with Hearing Aid Functionality for $190, Apple Watch Series 10 for $329, & More
Amazon is offering some fantastic deals on various Apple products, including the AirPods Pro 2 with Hearing Aid Functionality, Apple Watch Series 10, and the M4 series of MacBook Pro models. AirPods Pro 2 with Hearing Aid Functionality – $190 (down from $249) AirPods Pro 2 are much more than standard earbud headphones, they also … [Read … ⌘ Read more
How to Get SSL Certificate Info in Safari on Mac
The latest versions of Safari for Mac have changed how a person might find SSL certificate information for a particular website, something that is commonly needed in web development, information security, and developmental web work in general. While in prior versions of Safari you could simply click on the little padlock icon next to the … Read More ⌘ Read more
Docker Desktop for Mac: QEMU Virtualization Option to be Deprecated in 90 Days
We are announcing the upcoming deprecation of QEMU as a virtualization option for Docker Desktop on Apple Silicon Macs. After serving as our legacy virtualization solution during the early transition to Apple Silicon, QEMU will be fully deprecated 90 days from today, on July 14, 2025. This deprecation does not affect QEMU’s role in emulating […] ⌘ Read more
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@prologic @bender @eapl.me I think opening another file is a bad idea because it adds complexity to the clients, breaks the single feed and I think keeping legacy clients will be more complex to add new features in the future. A modern approach is important.
I'll be honest, I'm a bit tired of the fight around the direct message. Perhaps, we can remove it as an extension and use the alternative @prologic . My suggestion apparently doesn't like to the community. I have no problem with remove it.
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it should be
# 2025-04-13T11:02:12+02:00 !<dm-echo https://dm-echo.andros.dev/twtxt.txt> U2FsdGVkX1+QmwBNmk9Yu9jvazVRFPS2TGJRGle/BDDzFult6zCtxNhJrV0g+sx0EIKbjL2a9QpCT5C0Z2qWvw==
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@prologic @bender @eapl.me I think opening another file is a bad idea because it adds complexity to the clients, breaks the single feed and I think keeping legacy clients will be more complex to add new features in the future. A modern approach is important.
I'll be honest, I'm a bit tired of the fight around the direct message. Perhaps, we can remove it as an extension and use the alternative @prologic . My suggestion apparently doesn't like to the community. I have no problem with remove it.
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my main itch with the DMs extensions is that these messages are intended to be private, not public information. That’s why other extensions make sense, but DMs are another kind of feature.
TwiXter, Mastodon, FB and some other services usually hide the DMs in another section, so they are not mixed with the public timeline.
I find the DM topic interesting, I even made an indie experiment for a centralized messaging system here https://github.com/eapl-gemugami/owl.
Although, as I’ve said a few times here, I’m not particularly interested in supporting it on microblogging, as I don’t use it that much. In the rare case I’ve used them, I don’t have to manage public and private keys, and finally none of my acquaintances use encrypted email.
Nothing personal against anyone, and although I like to debate and even fight, it’s not the case here. This proposal is the only one allowing DMs on twtxt, and if the community wants it, I’ll support it, with my personal input, of course.
A good approach I could find with a good compromise between compatibility with current clients and keeping these messages private is ‘hiding’ the DMs in comments. For example:
# 2025-04-13T11:02:12+02:00 !<dm-echo https://dm-echo.andros.dev/twtxt.txt> U2FsdGVkX1+QmwBNmk9Yu9jvazVRFPS2TGJRGle/BDDzFult6zCtxNhJrV0g+sx0EIKbjL2a9QpCT5C0Z2qWvw==
European AI
To reduce my dependence on USA-based products, I switched from using the OpenAI API to Scaleway’s Generative API for my blog. Not only is it cheaper, but it’s based on open-source models, hosted in Europe. 🇪🇺 ⌘ Read more
Kagent: Bringing Agentic AI to Cloud Native
Solving Cloud Native Operation Challenges with AI Agents Oh no! Your application is unreachable, buried under multiple connection hops—how do you pinpoint the broken link? How do you generate an alert or bug report from Prometheus… ⌘ Read more
[$] Automatic tuning for weighted interleaving
It is common, on NUMA systems, to try to allocate all memory on the local
node, since it will be the fastest. That is not the only possible policy,
though; another is weighted interleaving,
which seeks to distribute allocations across memory controllers to maximize
the bandwidth utilization on each. Configuring such policies can be
challenging, though. At the 2025 Linux Storage, Filesystem,
Memory-Management, and BPF Summit, Joshua Hahn ran a session i … ⌘ Read more
New bike season
Yesterday, I started my new bike season and took my bike for a fun ride of about 25 km. I rode the first part of the “Städtepartnerschaftsradweg Braunschweig - Magdeburg” (City partnership cycle path Braunschweig - Magdeburg) between my hometown and a village called Königslutter. The weather was perfect and I truly enjoyed it. For the way back, I took the train that I reached just in time. ⌘ Read more
Apple Says These Products Are Now Vintage
Apple today updated its vintage products list to add the 2018 Mac mini and the iPhone 6s, products that will now get more limited service and repairs now that they are considered vintage.
The iPhone 6s initially launched in 2015, but Apple k … ⌘ Read more
‘We’re Turning Into a Dictatorship’: Trump Tariffs Seen as Ploy to Further Consolidate Power
Jake Johnson, Senior editor - Common Dreams
_Stephan: We became a dictatorship this morning, and democracy ended in the United States. Dictator Trump made it clear he doesn’t give a damn what the Supreme Court says. He’ll do what he likes, including deporting without any legal process anyone he likes, including American-born citizens. He als … ⌘ Read more
Trump administration contends it has no duty to return illegally deported man to US
Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney, Staff Writers - Politico
_Stephan: The legal system of the United States is collapsing. We are very quickly becoming a country of ethical laws. Dictator Trump has made it clear he is above the law and the courts have no power over him. He is also corrupting major law firms in the country which are bowing down and telling him … ⌘ Read more
Law firms pledge almost $1 billion in free work to Trump
Sam Baker, Staff Writer - Axios
Stephan: Here is a list, it is probably longer today but this was the most fact-based one I could find, of the law firsm that have become the legal servants of dictator Trump. The men and women in these firms are week and unethical. Don’t become a client of any of them, and if you are in law school do not go to work for any of them when you pass your law exam.
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Trump’s EPA Plans to Stop Collecting Greenhouse Gas Emissions Data From Most Polluters
Sharon Lerner, Environmental Staff Writer - ProPublica
_Stephan: Dictator Trump has made it very clear that in thanks for the millions the carbon industries spent to buy his presidency for him, he will do nothing to prepare the United States for the catastrophe of climate change. As a result, millions of Americans are going to have their lives turned … ⌘ Read more
10 Contests That Resulted in Famous Works of Art
It seems curious that contests could produce famous works of art. Surely, we might think passion alone, unrelated to money and praise, is the sole source of such superb creations. If so, the ten contests that resulted in the famous masterpieces on this list may change our minds. Related: 10 Fake Paintings and Sculptures That […]
The post [10 Contests That Resulted in Famous Works of Art](https://listverse.com/2025/04/15/10-contests-th … ⌘ Read more
10 Forgotten Fruits & Vegetables
Tomatoes, bananas, potatoes, and onions are some of the most popular fruits and vegetables in our world today, but that wasn’t always the case. Fruits and vegetables that you have never heard of were once the most important and tastiest in their parts of the universe. Some were forgotten after new options were introduced, while […]
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Foldable iPhone’s Under-Screen Camera Likely Won’t Include Face ID
Apple’s rumored foldable iPhone currently in development features an under-screen camera integrated into the folding display, but the module is unlikely to include TrueDepth components that make up Face ID. That’s according to Weibo-based leaker Digital Chat Station who has sources within the Chinese supply chain.
![](https://images.macrumors.com/article-new/2025/03/Foldable- … ⌘ Read more
Gmail Showing 1 Unread Message? Here’s How to Find It
If you’re the type of person who likes to maintain Inbox Zero, or who recently went and tidied up their Gmail inbox to get every email marked as read, you may come across a frustrating situation where Gmail shows 1 unread message, and you simply can’t locate that unread email message in Gmail. If you … Read More ⌘ Read more
What LLMs Can Do for SREs in Cloud Native Infrastructure
Cloud native infrastructure continues to scale, and with it, so does operational overhead. Kubernetes has become the backbone of modern platforms, but as cluster sizes grow past 100 nodes and thousands of workloads, the operational load… ⌘ Read more
Five Critical Shifts for Cloud Native at a Crossroads
As enterprises run ever-more-complex workloads on Kubernetes, they’re facing a new set of challenges: how to ensure security requirements are met, budgets are deployed efficiently and operational complexity is, well, not as complex. Many are finding… ⌘ Read more