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Tips & tricks for using GitHub projects for personal productivity
GitHub Issues is a core component of how developers get things done and, as we built more project planning capabilities into GitHub, we’ve found some fun and unique ways to use the new projects experience for personal productivity. ⌘ Read more
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Computing with Soft Robots - Computerphile ⌘ Read more
1982’s Canon AS-100 Computer Workstation
Big. Weird. Customizable. And wonderful. With a jog dial controller. ⌘ Read more
**The Legendary Pink Dots have an enviously prolific discography (@discogs counts 111 albums!), but this year’s “The Museum of Human Happiness” is definitely one of the “memorable ones”, perhaps the best of what they have to offer.
“preserved for you beneath a painted sky”**
The Legendary Pink Dots have an enviously prolific discography ( @discogs counts 111 albums!), but this year’s “The Museum of Human Happiness” is definitely one of the “memorable ones”, perhaps the b … ⌘ Read more
Here’s how academic research is shaping GitHub Discussions
We strive to understand how developers collaborate and work on GitHub, and we sometimes partner with academics to better understand how we can improve our products. Here’s how we did that to build and evolve GitHub Discussions. ⌘ Read more
The Lunduke Journal Podcast - July 20, 2022
Listen now (50 min) | Preserving On-Line Services of the Past ⌘ Read more
La coïncidence contre-attaque
En décembre dernier, un précédent article notait un pic inhabituel de petits soucis cardiaques chez les sportifs et notamment les footballeurs en 2021 : apparemment, cette année voyait plus de décès sur les terrains que les années passées. La proximité de ces événements avec la distribution de picouses magiques était troublante. Mais, nous avait-on assuré à […] ⌘ Read more
The Worst POLICE STATIONS in Australia ⌘ Read more
Chemicals
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What Actually Is White Noise? | Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains… ⌘ Read more
Paul Schaub: Creating a Web-of-Trust Implementation: Certify Keys with PGPainless
Currently I am working on a Web-of-Trust implementation for the OpenPGP library PGPainless. This work will be funded by the awesome NLnet foundation through NGI Assure. Check them out! NGI Assure is made possible with financial support from the European Commission’s Next Generation Internet programme.
[ com cobertura de internet móvel. Só que depois vê-se o gráfico… e parece paródia.**
Podia ser paródia, mas não é.
Na teoria as coisas até parecem boas - 100 freguesias não densamente populadas vão passar a ter uma garantia de pelo menos 90% (da sua população) com cobertura de internet móvel. Só que depois vê-se o gráfico… e parece … ⌘ Read more
Open Source Monthly: July 2022 Edition
July’s Open Source Monthly features Zag.js, which leverages state machines to make framework agnostic components. ⌘ Read more
Traf-O-Data: The company before “Microsoft”
Before Windows… Before DOS… Before BASIC… there was… Traf-O-Data ⌘ Read more
LaMDA Logic - Computerphile ⌘ Read more
Transition écologique : cet hiver populiste qui arrive
L’actualité récente n’est pas tendre avec les idéaux ouatés d’un monde plus douillet que certains formulent et tentent d’imposer au travers de politiques de plus en plus hardies : même (et surtout) avec les meilleures intentions du monde (au moins affichées), la réalité ne se laisse pas faire. Ainsi, puisque les intrants (notamment les fertilisants) coûtent […] ⌘ Read more
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School Cross Country ⌘ Read more
Capri Suns
![[As security is dragging me away]](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/capri_suns.png)
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A new, Linux-powered Pocket PC has started production
A 5” slab computer that fits in your pocket? Yes, please. ⌘ Read more
So far I configured most (almost all) settings for GoBlog through a YAML file. But this is not so optimal, after all it happens sometimes that I want to change a small setting, such as the description of a post section, from my smartphone. This would work somehow via SSH, but ideal is something else. Email conversations with Andrés Cárdenas inspired me to finally start the project “settings in the database”. The first step was to make it possible to configure the mentioned post sections. This is now finally possible … ⌘ Read more
Let’s lower the cost of Lunduke Journal subscriptions!
And have some fun in the process. ⌘ Read more
Is the Lunduke Journal a Tech Publication or nerdy book/video subscription service? Yes.
Definitely “all of the above”. ⌘ Read more
Exclusive: Microsoft revealed to be creator of Snap Packaging for Ubuntu Linux
“See? I told y’all we love Linux,” snickered the Microsoft CEO. ⌘ Read more
Minimizing Liabilities Is Making It.
The default way to look at financial “independence” nowadays is to think that means “making a lot of money.”
That’s understandable.
But then you see stuff like this:
Or this:
It takes until 30 for a person to be as rich as they were when they were born. (And this is average net worth … ⌘ Read more
This OneDrive feature to remind about pictures from x years ago is really awesome! I captured this sunset 4 years ago today. ⌘ Read more
Scan QR codes right from your Linux Terminal
… you can export the QR codes as images… or even ASCII art! Neat! ⌘ Read more
Neil & NASA Explain James Webb’s First Images ⌘ Read more
How to Make Linux Hate You
Watch now (14 min) | Three ways to make Linux just a little more abusive towards you. Because… why not? ⌘ Read more
**The world (in 2020) as seen by @elftorp. In the meantime, things only got worse.
(Text from “Piracy Is Liberation Zine 0001”)**
The world (in 2020) as seen by @elftorp. In the meantime, things only got worse.
(Text from “Piracy Is Liberation Zine 0001”)
⌘ Read moreCette rentrée, préparez-vous pour un peu de résistance active
À la faveur de la fermeture des écoles, des résultats du bac et des premiers départs massifs en vacance, la période estivale s’est ouverte depuis quelques jours, repoussant les idées moroses de vagues épidémiques, de prix endiablés à la pompe et de canicules mortifères au rang de préoccupations vagues et de sujets d’apéro de bord […] ⌘ Read more
Writing and Running a BBS on a Macintosh Plus
In 2015, I wrote a custom BBS server in Ruby and had been using it to run the Kludge BBS on a small OpenBSD server in my home office since then. ⌘ Read more
There is a project to recreate the Prodigy online service
Because… why not? ⌘ Read more
The Fat Controller ⌘ Read more
Minkowski Space
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Cosmic Queries – Intergalactic Impacts with Neil deGrasse Tyson ⌘ Read more
Research: How GitHub Copilot helps improve developer productivity
We surveyed more than 2,000 developers about whether GitHub Copilot helped them be more productive and improved their coding. Then, we matched this qualitative feedback and subjective perception with quantitative data around objective usage measurements and productivity. ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: Updates to the MIM Inbox in version 5.1
User interfaces in open protocolsWhen a messaging client starts, it typically presents the user with:
- an inbox
- a summary of chats (in chronological order)
- unread messages in their conversation
- a snippet of the most recent message in the conversation
- information on if a conversation is muted (and if so how long a conversation is muted for)
- other information that users may find useful on their welcome screen
Mongoos … ⌘ Read more
Watch as the Microsoft / Open Source apologists push a narrative
The Register says, “stop being so harsh on Redmond.” ⌘ Read more
**The SDF Public Access UNIX System Celebrates 35 Years!
Here’s what I wrote about SDF back on the 20th anniversary, only now more impressive as SDF goes on in operation, and still faithful to the same ideas, objectives and modus operandi.
Happy birthday!
https://mindboosternoori.blogspot.com/2007/06/sdf-celebrates-20-years.html**
The SDF Public Access UNIX System Celebrates 35 Years!
Here’s what I wrote about SDF back on the 20th anniversary, only now more impressive as SDF goes on in operation, and still … ⌘ Read more
Linux for Hank - the video book
Watch now (4 min) | The Audio / Video version of the kids book about Linux. ⌘ Read more
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A few hours left to lock in the lower Lunduke Journal pricing
Subscription price goes up in a few hours – but current rates will be locked in. ⌘ Read more
Ignite Realtime Blog: Openfire 4.7.2 released
The Ignite Realtime Community is pleased to announce the release of Openfire version 4.7.2. This version fixes a number of bugs and signifies our efforts to produce a stable 4.7 series of Openfire whilst work continues on the next feature release 4.8.0.
A major highlight of this release is fixing of BOSH bugs found under load testing.
You can find [download artifacts](https://ign … ⌘ Read more
Cette si discrète colère batave
Décidément, la presse grand public choisit ses sujets et sans prendre beaucoup de risques, on peut déjà parier que les prochains jours verront se développer une titraille toute en finesse sur le thème du réchauffement climatique et de l’abomination que constituent de fortes chaleurs en plein mois de juillet. C’est pratique, cela permet d’éviter consciencieusement […] ⌘ Read more
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Funny Programming Pictures Part XI
Because it helps to laugh. ⌘ Read more
Finally, Some Bad News! ⌘ Read more
The Best Camera
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What is Quantum Tunneling? | Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains… ⌘ Read more
The hardest technical solutions are right in front of your face.
Nassim Taleb had this old anecdote of the sheer absurdity that while the suitcase and other bags had existed for lifetimes, it was only in the 1990’s that people had the idea to put wheels on the things so they didn’t have to haul them around airports all day with their strength.
It reminds you of the fact that while children in the Incan Empire did indeed have some toys with wheels, apparently no one thought to use the wheel to make a simple … ⌘ Read more
To post something again, here are three songs I’m currently really enjoying: ⌘ Read more
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**Apparently, there are still those who they’re able to fool others with the argument “we cannot fight the climate crisis now, because we have to take care of the economy.”
This “economy first” approach is naive: the climate crisis attacks the economy too:
https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2021/06/impact-climate-change-global-gdp/**
Apparently, there are still those who they’re able to fool others with the argument “we cannot fight the climate crisis now, because we have to take care of the economy.”
This “econ … ⌘ Read more
R to @mind_booster: Me (anytime):
Me (anytime): ⌘ Read more
**2007: “you still buy CDs? So much waste, all that plastic, why? I only buy and listen to mp3s now…”
2022 (15 years later): “what, you buy music? Why? I just stream whatever I want, whenever I want, without needing to carry a music library around with me…”**
2007: “you still buy CDs? So much waste, all that plastic, why? I only buy and listen to mp3s now…”
2022 (15 years later): “what, you buy music? Why? I just stream whatever I want, whenever I want, without needing to carry a music library around wi … ⌘ Read more
Brendan Eich Interview - Jan 9th, 2018
Watch now (57 min) | Creator of JavaScript. Co-founder (and ex-CTO & CEO) of Mozilla. CEO of Brave. ⌘ Read more
Microsoft: “Using an open-source solution may introduce risks”
Remember how Microsoft used to warn against using Open Source? Turns out… they still are. ⌘ Read more
Lunduke Journal price going up later this week!
All existing subscription prices will be grandfathered in – lock in your sub price now! ⌘ Read more
reading reddit thread about advice for women fighting men rn, and one of the advices is to yank an eye out, not considering that eyes are pretty hard to yank out
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the legal way to take a life ⌘ Read more
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fMRI Billboard
![[other side] If the first word of an instruction you're given starts with the same letter as your crush's name, for that step imagine the experimenter is your crush.](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/fmri_billboard.png)
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**RT by @mind_booster: ❌O Projeto de Lei do PCP, Estabelece medidas de promoção da durabilidade e garantia dos equipamentos para o combate à obsolescência programada, foi rejeitada com os votos contra do PS, PSD, IL
ℹ️Conhece a proposta:
👉https://pcp.pt/estabelece-medidas-de-promocao-da-durabilidade-garantia-dos-equipamentos-para-combate-0**
❌O Projeto de Lei do PCP, Estabelece medidas de promoção da durabilidade e garantia dos equipamentos para o combate à obsolescência programada, foi rejeitada com os votos contr … ⌘ Read more
Gracefully Degrading Home Automation
Over the past two years, I have gradually increased my use of home
automation in our small city apartment. I started with an IKEA TRÅDFRI
light and a button, and today have over 40 devices doing useful things,
saving electricity and making our living more pleasant. I won’t lie: I
have done a lot of this just for fun and learnt quite a bit in the
process. But if it doesn’t eventually result in utility or aesthetics,
then I get rid of it. I can’t stand keeping frivolous s … ⌘ Read more
The World Wide Web Sucks
Watch now (53 min) | Preach it, Lunduke! Preach it! ⌘ Read more
Net Neutrality. No big deal.
Watch now (33 min) | Back in 2017, this video caused some people to get very, very grumpy. ⌘ Read more
In reply to: A simple mess
This is also something people keep getting wrong about Markdown as originally presented. Markdown isn’t a format. It’s a convenience tool that helps you write some of the boringest and commonest parts of HTML easier, and you can easily drop into more wonky HTML at any time.
Yes yes yes yes yes yes! ⌘ Read more
HTTPS is Dangerous
Watch now (24 min) | The most hated show I’ve ever done. Enjoy. ⌘ Read more
FreeBSD outlaws virtual hugs
Watch now (21 min) | An open source classic from 2018. ⌘ Read more
What is the Magnus Effect? | Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains… ⌘ Read more
“Linux Sucks 2022” is now free for all to watch!
“Lunduke’s enthusiasm is infectious!”, “I laughed so many times” ⌘ Read more
Microsoft begins “Extinguish” phase of dealing with Open Source.
Embrace? Check. Extend? Check. ⌘ Read more
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**“Elves and Birds and Gods and Kings - stories that old music brings; we have no other worlds - the stars are bullet holes.”
http://youtube.com/watch?v=90s9e3rxh48**
“Elves and Birds and Gods and Kings - stories that old music brings; we have no other worlds - the stars are bullet holes.”
piped.kavin.rocks/watch?v=90s9e3rx…
nitter.net/2amwakeupcall/status/1545103105372692480#m
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Upcoming Live Streams on The Lunduke Journal
Live Streams of Ultimate Nerdiness! ⌘ Read more
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