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I’ll visit South-East Europe (Greece, Albania, Montenegro, Constantinople) this Summer
I’ll be in south eastern Europe this summer (of 2023) in late June and early July.
Specific plans are still in the air, but I’ll be visiting Greece, Albania, Montenegro and possibly the European side of Turkey.
I’ll also be in Kosovo, and while I know I have some fans in Serbia, I’m not sure I can cross into Serbia proper easily since the US accepts Kosovo as independent, but I believe that being there would be a … ⌘ Read more
Funny Programming Pictures Part XXI
Roman Numerals are nifty. ⌘ Read more
Making a GMO in 60 Seconds! ⌘ Read more
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Australia’s Best Health Insurers
TL;DR List of best health insurers in Australia based on publicly available statistics.
I recently decided to up my health insurance from the bare minimum required by
the government here in Australia. It proved quite difficult to find which insurer
is the best for my state. Now the “best” insurer is a loaded term. It depends
on your needs, your age and so on. But that’s the matter of coverage. I wanted
to know which insurer was the easiest to deal with and actually cared abou … ⌘ Read more
R to @mind_booster: Aqui está, “consensual”:
Aqui está, “consensual”:
nitter.net/ArVotacoes/status/1619026111203278849#m ⌘ Read more
**RT by @mind_booster: 🗓️ 26/01/2023
📝 P.L (PAN) ➡️ Aprova um regime jurídico de transparência dos contratos relativos a operações que determinem utilização/disponibilização de fundos relativamente a entidades pertencentes a sectores estratégicos
✅ PSD, CH, IL, BE, PAN, L
❌ PS
⚪️ PCP
Rejeitado 🔴**
🗓️ 26/01/2023
📝 P.L (PAN) ➡️ Aprova um regime jurídico de transparência dos contratos relativos a operações que determinem utilização/disponibilização de fundos relativamente a entidades pertencentes a sectores estr … ⌘ Read more
Man discovers If Statements, becomes A.I. expert
“I can use these If-statements to actually make a computer think. To make decisions. Woah.” ⌘ Read more
A Grape Made of…Meat?! ⌘ Read more
Quantum computing is all well and good, but…
According to @RikerGoogling, the @EnterpriseCPU has FTL nanoprocessors! Can we start focusing on developing -that-?
Quantum computing is all well and good, but…
According to @RikerGoogling, the @EnterpriseCPU has FTL nanoprocessors! Can we start focusing on developing -that-?
⌘ Read moreRT by @mind_booster: Incompreensível. E a protecção de dados é uma falácia: a info sensível, como nomes, seriam omitidos antes dos docs chegarem à leitura, tal como acontece com o arquivo da PIDE, na Torre do Tombo. É simplesmente impedir acesso aos docs e dificultar o debate. https://www.publico.pt/2036491
Incompreensível. E a protecção de dados é uma falácia: a info sensível, como nomes, seriam omitidos antes dos docs chegarem à leitura, tal como acontece com o arquivo da PIDE, na Torre do Tombo. É simpl … ⌘ Read more
GitHub Copilot creates complete Operating System that is “definitely not Linux wink wink”
“It was created by an Artificial Intelligence. So it’s definitely not plagiarism or anything.” ⌘ Read more
**RT by @mind_booster: Na 🇫🇮, o Parlamento rejeitou a proposta de transposição da diretiva do dto de autor, por não assegurar o balanço necessário com os dtos humanos, nomeadamente o dto à educação e ciência.
Em 🇵🇹, este tipo de preocupações nem sequer foram consideradas.
¼
https://libereurope.eu/article/the-fundamental-right-to-education-and-science-constitutional-law-v-copyright-law/**
Na 🇫🇮, o Parlamento rejeitou a proposta de transposição da diretiva do dto de autor, por não assegurar o balanço necessário … ⌘ Read more
Sam Whited: Smyrna Parks: Rose Garden and Jonquil
IntroductionI live in a suburb of Atlanta called Smyrna 1.
Though Smyrna has been ranked favorably compared to other towns in the U.S.2, it
suffers from many of the same problems as other suburbs:
wide, fast, roads that aren’t very pedestrian or bicycle (or even car) friendly
and a lack of public transit make it [hard to get a … ⌘ Read more
Bypassing OGNL sandboxes for fun and charities
Object Graph Notation Language (OGNL) is a popular, Java-based, expression language used in popular frameworks and applications, such as Apache Struts and Atlassian Confluence. Learn more about bypassing certain OGNL injection protection mechanisms including those used by Struts and Atlassian Confluence, as well as different approaches to analyzing this form of protection so you can harden similar systems. ⌘ Read more
Du permis à point au permis par abonnement
Avec l’augmentation récente (aussi soudaine que purement coïncidentale) des accidents vasculaires cérébraux et des crises cardiaques, il n’est pas inenvisageable de voir quelque peu augmenter le nombre de blessés et de morts sur les routes. Voilà donc l’occasion rêvée de sensibiliser les foules à une nouvelle problématique (comprendre : insérer de la nouvelle propagande aux forceps) : […] ⌘ Read more
How They Did It: Fusion Ignition with NIF Laser Scientist ⌘ Read more
The Story of Otrona – The Colorado Computer Company of the early 1980s.
The “BMW of portable 8-bit computers”… has been all but lost to history. ⌘ Read more
Code Lifespan
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R to @mind_booster: Ainda sobre os consensos…
Ainda sobre os consensos…
nitter.net/paulasimoes/status/1618724568558096385#m ⌘ Read more
R to @mind_booster:
nitter.net/direitosdig/status/1618687479372189696#m ⌘ Read more
RT by @mind_booster: A @AssembleiaRepub aprovou hoje a autorização para o @govpt fazer sozinho a transposição da diretiva de direitos de autor.
A favor: PS, PSD, CH
Contra: IL, BE, PCP, Livre, PAN
Declarações de voto: Emília Cerqueira (PSD) e Rodrigo Saraiva (IL)
#copyright #Artigo17 #Article17
1/3
A @AssembleiaRepub aprovou hoje a autorização para o @govpt fazer sozinho a transposição da direti … ⌘ Read more
Setting the foundations for compliance
Laying the groundwork for developer-enabled compliance. ⌘ Read more
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R to @mind_booster: Não pude assistir ao resto, mas está aqui um resumo:
Não pude assistir ao resto, mas está aqui um resumo:
nitter.net/paulasimoes/status/1618315723193090050#m ⌘ Read more
100 million developers and counting
There are now 100 million developers around the world using GitHub. Here’s what this means—and why it’s just the beginning. ⌘ Read more
BREAKING: Linux Foundation launches “Open Internet Explorer Toolbar Foundation”
“Our research indicates that everybody loves Internet Explorer toolbars,” stated Linux Foundation Executive Director, Jim Zemlin. ⌘ Read more
R to @mind_booster: A @LiberalPT lamenta atraso, diz que é contra o #Artigo17, sublinha que a transposição não faz o que a EU manda sobre isso, apoia a carta da @direitosdig sobre isto ter de ser legislado pela @AssembleiaRepub e não @govpt, por isso “não acompanhará estas propostas de lei”.
A @LiberalPT lamenta atraso, diz que é contra o #Artigo17, sublinha que a transposição não faz o que a EU manda sobre isso, … ⌘ Read more
R to @mind_booster: responde @padaoesilva que há um amplo consenso social (outra vez), e que espera que então haja também consenso político. “muito rapidamente” a consulta, nunca será menos 30 dias de duração, ele “tem falado com muitas entidades”.
responde @padaoesilva que há um amplo consenso social (outra vez), e que espera que então haja também consenso político. “muito rapidamente” a consulta, nunca será menos 30 dias de duração, ele “tem falado co … ⌘ Read more
R to @mind_booster: Pedido de esclarecimento do @ppdpsd: critica a demora na transposição, diz que não vão por entraves.
1ª questão: qual duração e quando será a consulta pública?
2ª questão: depois da consulta, quando (data) é que vai a directiva transposta?
Pedido de esclarecimento do @ppdpsd: critica a demora na transposição, diz que não vão por entraves.
1ª questão: qual duração e quando será a consulta pública?
2ª questão: depois da consulta, quando (data) é que va … ⌘ Read more
#Artigo17 na @AssembleiaRepub: @padaoesilva 1º. Congratula PT pelo seu contributo nas directivas @ EU. Aplaude o novo direito conexo. Diz que não está desatento, mas fala de um “consenso social” sobre estas matérias. Diz que depois da aprovação hoje fará uma consulta pública.
#Artigo17 na @AssembleiaRepub: @padaoesilva 1º. Congratula PT pelo seu … ⌘ Read more
The True Cost of Buying a House ⌘ Read more
January Extensions: Deploy Kubernetes and Develop Cloud Apps Locally
Find out what’s new this month in the Docker Extension Marketplace, including no-code kubernetes deployment and local cloud app development. ⌘ Read more
**RT by @mind_booster: 📢 Starting now at #PrivacyCamp23: @ellajakubowska1, @corinnave, @khaleesicodes & Brandon van Alsenoy @EU_EDPS transform the critical into existential in this discussion about #CSA regulation & the digital future.🔮
📜https://privacycamp.eu/csa-regulation/
📹Livestream: https://edri.org/**
📢 Starting now at #PrivacyCamp23: @ellajakubowska1, [@corinnave](https://nitter.net/CorinnaVe “Corinna Vetter … ⌘ Read more
2023 : fin de l’hégémonie du dollar américain ?
Si l’Histoire nous enseigne quelque chose, c’est qu’un empire ne peut tenir dans la durée que grâce à deux éléments clés : son armée et sa monnaie. Son armée, car l’empire doit être capable de protéger son territoire et de conquérir de nouvelles terres pour s’étendre ; et sa monnaie, car c’est avec celle-là qu’elle […] ⌘ Read more
Planet Killer Comet Margarita
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**R to @mind_booster: “2045 não é bom?”
Não: tendo em conta o carbon budget de 2022, precisamos de atingir net-zero carbónico o mais tardar em 2040 para atingir mas não ultrapassar os 1.5°C.**
“2045 não é bom?”
Não: tendo em conta o carbon budget de 2022, precisamos de atingir net-zero carbónico o mais tardar em 2040 para atingir mas não ultrapassar os 1.5°C. ⌘ Read more
R to @mind_booster: Temos os distribuidores de gás em Portugal a falar de um futuro descarbonizado, mas para eles isso quer dizer “em 2045 a 2050, gás natural sintético, hidrogénio verde e biometano”. Mesmo que achem que biometano é bom, e 2045 não é tarde demais… gás sintético é óxido de carbono!
Temos os distribuidores de gás em Portugal a falar de um futuro descarbonizado, mas para eles isso quer dizer “em 2045 a 2050, gás natural sintético, hidrogénio verde e biometano”. Mesmo que achem que biometano … ⌘ Read more
**Talvez útil saber a quem está a ouvir falar sobre gás na @RTPNoticias - em particular sobre o futuro com biometano e hidrogénio:
https://euobserver.com/opinion/155975**
Talvez útil saber a quem está a ouvir falar sobre gás na @RTPNoticias - em particular sobre o futuro com biometano e hidrogénio:
 by learning by doing. I learned by making a lot of mistakes and after noticing them, doing the necessary research. My Go code is probably a big mess, but it’s so satisfying, after not touching some code for a while, to do a major rewrite and improve the code with everything I’ve learned since the last time. ⌘ Read more
ChatGPT is smart enough to detect what the code in the single minified JavaScript file on my blog front page does. Try it out! 🙃 ⌘ Read more
ChatGPT is smart enough to detect what the code in the single minified JavaScript file on my blog front page does. Try it out! 🙃 ⌘ Read more
H3: Instead of C3
[Updated with correct Gemlog link.]
A version of this was posted on on 2023-01-06 but I thought it might
also fit here. Go to my gemlog for somewhat more personal takes and
see what I publish first. IPv6 only!
gemini://gem.hack.org/mc/log/
As long-time readers know I have participated in the Chaos
Communication Congress (C3) in Germany every year since 2008.
Since C3 was cancelled this year I thought I’d arrange a very small
conference of my own. I would at least try to gather some friends and
acquaintances … ⌘ Read more
Generating SBOMs for Your Image with BuildKit
Learn how to use BuildKit v0.11 to generate SBOMs so you (and your users) can quickly answer questions about your images and packages. ⌘ Read more
**RT by @mind_booster: Uma eventual transposição nestes termos irá colocará Portugal em incumprimento do Direito da UE.
A acontecer, a D3 apresentará de imediato uma queixa à Comissão Europeia por infracção, por parte do Estado Português.
9/9
https://direitosdigitais.pt/comunicacao/noticias/141-requisitos-jurisprudenciais-a-cumprir-na-transposicao-do-art-17**
Uma eventual transposição nestes termos irá colocará Portugal em incumprimento do Direito da UE.
A acontecer, a D3 apresentará de imediato uma queixa à … ⌘ Read more
RT by @mind_booster: We join Portuguese civil society in a call to the country’s parliament to ensure that the transposition of the #Copyright Directive is subject to an open and transparent discussion. 🇵🇹
We join Portuguese civil society in a call to the country’s parliament to ensure that the transposition of the #Copyright Directive is subject to an open and transparent discussion. 🇵🇹 ⌘ Read more
Isto: investir em combustíveis fósseis até 2047 é incompatível com os compromissos que temos na luta contra a crise climática. Ainda ontem Guterres alertava, o “planeta está prestes a superar o limite de 1,5 grau exigido por um futuro habitável.” O Gasoduto é irresponsabilidade.
Isto: investir em combustíveis fósseis até 2047 é incompatível com os compromissos que temos na luta contra a crise climática. Ainda ontem Guterres alertava, o “planeta está prestes a superar o limite de 1,5 grau exigido por um fut … ⌘ Read more
RT by @mind_booster: Novidades acerca do famoso #artigo17 (o dos filtros de upload)
Amanhã, na Assembleia de República (AR), é votada uma proposta de autorização legislativa em que a AR autoriza o Governo a legislar sozinho a transposição da directiva.
🧵⬇️
1/5
#copyright #Artigo17 href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=%23Article17”>#Article17**
Novidades acerca do famoso #artigo17 (o dos filtros de upload)
Amanhã, na Assembleia de República (AR), é votada uma proposta de autorização legislativa em que a AR autoriza o … ⌘ Read more
A census for computer nerds!
Listen now (21 min) | The Lunduke Journal of Technology Podcast - Jan 23rd, 20223 ⌘ Read more
I took cold showers for 30 days. Here’s what I learned. ⌘ Read more
H3: Instead of C3
A version of this was posted on on 2023-01-06 but I thought it might
also fit here. Go to my gemlog for somewhat more personal takes and
see what I publish first. IPv6 only!
gemini://gem.hack.org/log/
As long-time readers know I have participated in the Chaos
Communication Congress (C3) in Germany every year since 2008.
Since C3 was cancelled this year I thought I’d arrange a very small
conference of my own. I would at least try to gather some friends and
acquaintances in chat and video conference and watch t … ⌘ Read more
My motivation to work on GoBlog isn’t always the same. Sometimes I don’t feel like programming in my free time, so the most I do is some bug fixing when I find broken things. Sometimes I just have no time to work on new features or improvements. But since yesterday evening I feel a new push and have completely rewritten the plugin system to make it much more flexible (and I like flexibility). I had to break compatibility with existing plugins, but given the small user base and the limited scope of what plugins could … ⌘ Read more
JMP: Threads, Thumbnails, XMR, ETH
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; Shar … ⌘ Read more
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Introducing the GitHub Bug Bounty swag store
We’re excited to share the newest addition to our GitHub Bug Bounty Program! ⌘ Read more
Digital Prepping, Part 1 - Off-Line Websites & Maps
The first step in making your computer usable when the Internet goes away. Because it will. ⌘ Read more
Pwning the all Google phone with a non-Google bug
It turns out that the first “all Google” phone includes a non-Google bug. Learn about the details of CVE-2022-38181, a vulnerability in the Arm Mali GPU. Join me on my journey through reporting the vulnerability to the Android security team, and the exploit that used this vulnerability to gain arbitrary kernel code execution and root on a Pixel 6 from an Android app. ⌘ Read more
L’Éducation nationale empile les réformes comme les mauvaises grippes
La réforme des lycées donne déjà ses fruits et pas de doute, ils sont mûrs, ils sont juteux et plein de vitamines ! Mise progressivement en place depuis 2018, cette réforme a ainsi aboutit depuis l’année dernière à se passer complètement de mathématiques dans son tronc commun à partir des classes de première, ne laissant cette […] ⌘ Read more
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The Great Lunduke Journal Computer Nerd Survey of 2023
It’s sort of like a census… except just for Computer Nerds. And also not all that much like a census. ⌘ Read more
Lane Change Highway
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Science reveals what fish thoughts look like ⌘ Read more
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Breaking: Google hires John Connor to fend off ChatGPT threat
“I can take down ChatGPT, no problemo,” stated Connor. “This’ll be easy money.” ⌘ Read more
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Hydrogène : magouille à l’intérieur d’une bulle
Un article de Henry Bonner La manie pour les renouvelables envoie sans doute plus d’argent vers des zombies, et crée plus de gâchis, que toute autre intervention de nos jours. Elle constitue une sorte de nouvelle bulle des dot-coms, à l’instar des années 90. Plug Power parasite La société Plug Power, basée à New York, […] ⌘ Read more
You get a layoff! And you get a layoff!
Listen now (32 min) | The Lunduke Journal of Technology Podcast - Jan 20th, 2023 ⌘ Read more
Coat ANYTHING in Metal with Plasma! ⌘ Read more
What’s The Fastest A Car Can Go? | Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains… ⌘ Read more
Coat ANYTHING in Metal! ⌘ Read more
Unpacking the value of open source and code collaboration
We’re more excited than ever about what the future holds and the role open source will continue to play in solving critical societal challenges. ⌘ Read more
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Sunsetting Subversion support
On January 8, 2024, GitHub will remove support for Subversion. ⌘ Read more
Funny Programming Pictures Part XX
More Roman Numerals than you can shake a stick at. ⌘ Read more
Bringing GitHub Actions to GitHub Mobile
How to tap into the power of GitHub Actions from anywhere with GitHub Mobile! ⌘ Read more
Garbage Collection (Mark & Sweep) - Computerphile ⌘ Read more
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Salto, fini les galipettes : le contribuable français se fracasse sur Netflix
Ce vendredi, drame : le contribuable va devoir verser une petite larme car il ne pourra plus faire de petites cabrioles, devra faire une croix sur les galipettes et surtout, c’en est fini de Salto. Pour le rappel, Salto n’est pas ce mouvement gymnastique que le contribuable devrait effectuer pour récupérer son argent (tant le fisc […] ⌘ Read more
Linux Foundation decreased Linux spending to 3.2% in 2022.
Down from the, already absurd, 3.4% in 2021. ⌘ Read more
Runtime
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Time Travel, Dreaming, & Free Will With Joseph Gordon-Levitt ⌘ Read more
Unlocking security updates for transitive dependencies with npm
How Dependabot integrated with npm to address security vulnerabilities on transitive dependencies and increase the likelihood of success for JavaScript security updates by 40%. ⌘ Read more
Linux Foundation, bored with Linux, launches Open Metaverse Foundation
Vaccines… Maps… Metaverse. You know. Anything but Linux. ⌘ Read more
How GitHub coordinates product releases with GitHub Projects and GitHub Actions
When teams work cross-functionally, good things happen. See how our teams use GitHub Projects to coordinate and ship new products and features. ⌘ Read more