BBSing at 300 Bits Per Second
I recently acquired a 3M Whisper Writer 1000 communications terminal circa 1983, and restored it to working order. This is a short session of it dialing into my Kludge BBS over its internal 300 bps modem. ⌘ Read more
The XMPP Standards Foundation: The XMPP Newsletter September 2022
Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again! This issue covers the month of September 2022.
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, especially throughout the current situation, please consider saying thanks or help these projects! Interested in supporting the Newsletter team? Read mor … ⌘ Read more
Ignite Realtime Blog: REST API Openfire plugin 1.10.0 released!
We are happy to announce the immediate availability of version 1.10.0 of the REST API plugin for Openfire!
This release will see the performance on lookups of MUC rooms based on case-insensitive room names, or non-existing rooms. This will be particularly notable in systems that hold many chat rooms.
Another feature that is added is that basic statistics on REST endpoint usage are now exposed. These can be viewed thro … ⌘ Read more
お知らせ：インシデント報告Webフォームメンテナンス（2022/10/09）のお知らせ ⌘ Read more
お知らせ：インシデント報告Webフォームメンテナンス（2022/10/13）のお知らせ ⌘ Read more
[47°09′50″S, 126°43′10″W] Saalmi, retransmit, please
taking the pledge to become 10% less misogynistic
Linux, Alternative OS, & Retro Computing News - Sep 10, 2022
Haiku approaches Beta 4, Apple II Desktop updated, GNOME Shell Mobile, Quake ported to Apple Watch, and OpenStreetMap for Amiga. ⌘ Read more
What you can expect at GitHub Universe 2022: cloud, security, community, and AI
Register now to attend GitHub Universe virtually or in-person at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco on November 9-10. ⌘ Read more
[47°09′10″S, 126°43′18″W] Automatic systems disengaged due to blizzard
[47°09′35″S, 126°43′10″W] Transponder still failing
[47°09′10″S, 126°43′35″W] Resetting dosimeter
Wouldn’t we all be happier if we just accepted people for what they are instead of being disappointed with them for what they’re not? The Orville: New Horizons Season 3 Episode 10: “Future Unknown” Quotes - TV Fanatic
GitHub Pages now uses Actions by default
As GitHub Pages, home to 16 million websites, approaches its 15th anniversary, we’re excited to announce that all sites now build and deploy with GitHub Actions. ⌘ Read more
The ‘West’ is losing. How could it not?
I’m pretty sure that February 24th, 2022 is going to be written in the history books, if those books ever get written and we’re not all subsumed in an imminent nuclear winter. The predictability of a Europe, and later United States-dominated world, where the ‘West’ ruled and enjoyed unprecedented levels of comfort, material wealth and peace and the rest of the world either suffered or gradually developed, feeding from the leftovers of Western consumption, i … ⌘ Read more
Scientific Field Prefixes
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R to @mind_booster: “retirar a avaliação dos processos de loteamento e a redução dos prazos para emissão de pareceres e licenças, licenças ambientais validadas automaticamente (atualmente as licenças ambientais têm a validade de 10 anos).” 5/7
“retirar a avaliação dos processos de loteamento e a redução dos prazos para emissão de pareceres e licenças, licenças ambientais validadas automaticamente (atualmente as licenças ambientais têm a validade de 10 anos).” 5/7 ⌘ Read more
**RT by @mind_booster: 💡Open Call Inovação
🗓️ 10 Agosto 9:30 Evento Online
Mobilidade + acessível e inclusiva para Lisboa.
“soluções digitais em código aberto que respondam a desafios de mobilidade das comunidades mais vulneráveis na cidade de Lisboa”,
https://lisboaparapessoas.pt/2022/07/29/open-call-vox-pop-lisboa-emel-mobilidade-inclusiva/**
💡Open Call Inovação
🗓️ 10 Agosto 9:30 Evento Online
Mobilidade + acessível e inclusiva para Lisboa.
“soluções digitais em código aberto que r … ⌘ Read more
researchers drunkenly explaining 5-10 to each other
[47°09′12″S, 126°43′10″W] Transfer completed
[47°09′59″S, 126°43′10″W] Wind speed: 109kph – batteries low
pet peeve: scales that have a neutral or default or average point, but which are nearly or completely on the positive. why are people asked to rate happiness from 0 to 10, not -10 to 10, where 0 is the neutral state? why are movies rated from 0 to five stars?
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[47°09′10″S, 126°43′08″W] Wind speed: 52kph – batteries low
More than 10 journalists denied permission to cover Hong Kong handover anniversary events due to security reasons, reporters’ group says
Post photographer among those denied permission to cover celebratory events on July 1. Other rejected applicants include photographer from Information Services Department and journalists from Reuters and Agence France-Press. ⌘ Read more
Hong Kong police arrest 6 men in connection with predawn shooting in Central; 3 others detained in separate firearm cases
Senior Superintendent Tony Ho says six suspects include alleged driver, passenger, one of the owners of three vehicles ambushed by rival gang on June 10. ⌘ Read more
‘We have nothing’ say survivors of deadly earthquake now facing disease outbreak
There is a desperate need for clean water – cholera outbreaks in the aftermath are of particular and serious concern – after at least 1,000 people were killed, 2,000 injured and 10,000 homes destroyed in the devastating earthquake. ⌘ Read more
Norway ‘hate’ shooting kills 2 in gay bar rampage hours before Pride march
10 people were also seriously injured in the early-hours tragedy shortly before the city’s LGBT community was due to hold its annual Pride event; police have ‘reason to think this may be a hate crime’. ⌘ Read more
[47°09′10″S, 126°43′56″W] Reading: 0.84000 PPM
US passes first major gun control bill in decades
The legislation comes after two massacres last month that saw 10 black shoppers gunned down in New York and 21 people, mostly children, slain in Texas. ⌘ Read more
UAE sells US$3 billion in high-quality debt amid recession fears
The oil-rich Persian Gulf nation on Thursday sold US$1.75 billion in 10-year bonds and US$1.25 billion in notes due in 2052. ⌘ Read more
Malaysia’s role pressuring Myanmar junta praised by UN human rights expert
Tom Andrews urged 10-member bloc Asean to follow Malaysia’s lead and move from non-interference to ‘non-indifference’ in Myanmar, with much more needing to be done to avoid more death and suffering. ⌘ Read more
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GitHub Copilot is generally available to all developers
We’re making GitHub Copilot, an AI pair programmer that suggests code in your editor, generally available to all developers for $10 USD/month or $100 USD/year. It will also be free to use for verified students and maintainers of popular open source projects. ⌘ Read more
1 in 10 Hong Kong kindergartens warn of possible closure in coming years as enrolment declines
Kindergartens have fewer pupils due to plunging birth rate, emigration wave and absence of cross-border pupils. ⌘ Read more
‘I wanted to ease his burden’: 10-year-old boy in China gives 3-year savings as Father’s Day gift to help pay for younger sister’s cancer treatment
A boy in China donated three years of savings as a Father’s Day gift to support his family as they tried to pay for his little sister’s leukaemia treatment. ⌘ Read more
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Wealth gap between Hong Kong’s crazy rich, miserably poor widens since handover
Top 10 per cent earn 40 times more than bottom 10 per cent who are struggling to make ends meet. ⌘ Read more
Inspiring memories of Harrow International’s first decade
[Sponsored Article]
When the first intake of pupils arrived at Harrow International School Hong Kong back in 2012, they were no doubt experiencing the usual mixed sensations of anxiety and hope.
They were entering the unfamiliar environment of a brand-new boarding school, which sought to blend the traditional principles of a British-style education with aspects of in … ⌘ Read more
Chinese scientists want to build a powerful telescope to find dark matter
The ambitious project – known as VLAST – aims to achieve 10 times the sensitivity of Nasa’s Fermi Large Area Telescope, but it still needs government approval. ⌘ Read more
Fukushima disaster not state’s fault, Japan top court decides
Ruling leaves Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc., the operator of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, solely responsible for slightly over US$10.5 million in damages in four lawsuits. ⌘ Read more
Patients almost 10 times more likely to survive cardiac arrests with CPR or AED applied, but few in Hong Kong receive such aid, research finds
Of the 829 young patients studied, only 34 per cent received CPR while less than 7 per cent had help with AED. ⌘ Read more
Sweltering heat stifles a third of US population, severe storms leave thousands in the dark
Excessive heat warnings, watches and advisories were issued for more than 100 million people as temperatures surged 10 to 20 degrees above normal. Another heatwave is expected next week with temperatures above 100 degrees in places. ⌘ Read more
Deaf Indian boy trapped in well with snakes and scorpions is rescued after four days
Rahul Sahu was rushed to hospital after being rescued from a 24 metre well. The 10-year-old became trapped on Friday afternoon while playing in the backyard of his house in the central state of Chhattisgarh. ⌘ Read more
Why Hong Kong may need to discuss whether all its judges should be Chinese nationals ahead of 2047: city’s first chief justice Andrew Li
City needs to be prepared should fewer non-permanent, overseas judges be available to serve in next 10 years, he says. ⌘ Read more
For China’s elite graduates, career dreams take a back seat to stability in coronavirus-hit job market
This year, a record 10.76 million college students are set to graduate, adding pressure to a job market economists are calling the most challenging yet for young Chinese. Many are setting aside career dreams for stability. ⌘ Read more
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Q: Are passphrases really more secure than cryptographically random passwords? 🤔
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I believe the benefit/risk calculation is that a passphrase is more memorable to users then a random string of alnum + symbol. i can remember the 20-30 chars in a passphrase quicker and longer than a 8-10 random.
ultimately they hold nowhere near the benefit of passphrase + MFA
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I believe the benefit/risk calculation is that a passphrase is more memorable to users then a random string of alnum + symbol. i can remember the 20-30 chars in a passphrase quicker and longer than a 8-10 random.
ultimately they hold nowhere near the benefit of passphrase + MFA
[47°09′10″S, 126°43′04″W] Resetting dosimeter
❤️ 🎶: If I Ain’t Got You (From The Original TV Show “Begin Again Korea” Ep. 10-2) (Live) by Sohyang
❤️ 🎶: 10 Reasons For I Love You by THE ADE
Implementing a robust digital identity
How can you robustly assert and identify a user’s identity? ⌘ Read more
How we think about browsers
Discover how GitHub thinks about browser support, look at usage patterns, and learn about the tools we use to make sure our customers are getting the best experience. ⌘ Read more
RT by @mind_booster: CNPD manda operadoras destruírem metadados em três dias 😉
#metadados
https://www.publico.pt/2022/06/10/politica/noticia/proteccao-dados-mandou-operadoras-destruirem-metadados-tres-dias-2009624
CNPD manda operadoras destruírem metadados em três dias 😉
 in Charlotte, NC.
Title says the gist.
In 2018, I went to Southeast Linuxfest and gave a presentation which you can see here or .
It was nice meeting the (shockingly normal) people who knew me from the interest last time.
I’m going to be attending again this year, as the title says Ju … ⌘ Read more
I will be at Southeast Linuxfest 2022 (June 10-12) in Charlotte, NC.
Title says the gist.
In 2018, I went to Southeast Linuxfest and gave a presentation which you can see here or .
It was nice meeting the (shockingly normal) people who knew me from the interest last time.
I’m going to be attending again this year, as the title says Ju … ⌘ Read more
Field Topology
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Remembering MUD1 - The first multiplayer role playing game on the Internet
The roots of all online RPGs date back to 1978… and a PDP-10 computer. ⌘ Read more
**10 years later, and “Wake Up” is still my ‘go to’ album from @psenough.
Relevant now, as it was a decade ago, these “sounds to awaken the world to a new tomorrow” still resonate, as - it seems - we collectively decided to stay in bed for a while longer.
https://archive.org/details/enrmp300_ps_-_wake_up**
10 years later, and “Wake Up” is still my ‘go to’ album from @psenough.
Relevant now, as it was a decade ago, these “sounds to awaken the world to a new tomorro … ⌘ Read more
Atari ST Book - The 1991 laptop with 10 hour battery life
68000 CPU (like the Mac and Amiga) and 4 MB of RAM. All powered by AA batteries. (Seriously.) ⌘ Read more
[47°09′15″S, 126°43′10″W] Weather forecast alert – storm from S
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CuriousYoda/tiktok-downloader
Downloads TikTok videos for a given user without water marks
Language: Python
Star: 10
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zanozbot/tiktok-downloader
Download TikTok videos online with TikTok Video Downloader. Completely free.
Language: Vue
Star: 10
Watch: 10 ⌘ Read more
Enhanced 2FA experience for your npm account
Late last year, in response to an unprecedented series of account takeovers resulting from the compromise of developer accounts without 2FA enabled, we committed to a variety of enhancements to the npm registry to make two-factor authentication (2FA) adoption easier for developers. Today, we are launching a public beta for a significantly improved 2FA experience […] ⌘ Read more
“Linux Sucks 2022” is just 10 days away!
Plus a chance to get your name included in the credits of the show! ⌘ Read more
AppImage-Builder 1.0 released
Tool for packing applications (and all of their dependencies) inside an AppImage ISO file. ⌘ Read more
10 funny pictures about computers and programming
Because it’s Wednesday. And these pictures made me smile. ⌘ Read more
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chetankapoor/spy
A single line script to take screenshot on mac every 10 seconds with timestamp.
Language: Shell
Star: 2
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[47°09′55″S, 126°43′10″W] Wind speed: 80kph
10 reasons every nerd wants to become a Lunduke Journal Founding Member subscriber
Number 10 will SHOCK you! ⌘ Read more
[47°09′31″S, 126°43′10″W] Resetting dosimeter
[47°09′10″S, 126°43′50″W] Resetting transponder
The Lunduke Journal Podcast - April 10, 2022
Listen now (27 min) | Why do Tech Journalists so often get Computer History… totally wrong? ⌘ Read more
The Lunduke Journal has now published 10 eBooks. 10 very, very nerdy eBooks.
Plus 4 video games. And like a bazillion articles and podcasts. Which is crazy awesome. ⌘ Read more
fun fact: there’s around 10 mio. times more bacteria on this planet than neurons
Piling, on the other hand, is when you have something that is infinitely extendable in scope and size, where every paragraph can have a subparagraph, every feature can be customizable, the dataset could be 10% bigger, the party could be a bit more extravagant, …, …, ……….
[47°09′10″S, 126°43′08″W] –interrupted–
❤️ 🎶: Taal (#YOM 10) by Lina Makoul
[47°09′10″S, 126°43′05″W] Carrier too weak
Profanity: Profanity and OpenPGP for XMPP (OX)
We have been to implement OX in profanity. OX is
XEP-0374: OpenPGP for XMPP Instant Messaging which
may replace XEP-0027: Current Jabber OpenPGP Usage.
It is part of Profanity since version 0.10 but got some fixes since then.
Feel free to try and test the implementation. Let us know, if you have some
issues and support the development via testing and reporting bugs.
Ho … ⌘ Read more
not the best move on the side of the red cross to call me and tell me it’s because of my blood donation — i nearly had a panic attack for the 10 seconds that they didn’t tell me it was all fine (why would you call me then‽ and why speak as if you’re going to tell me i’ll be dead in a month‽)
[47°09′10″S, 126°43′06″W] –bad checksum–
[47°09′27″S, 126°43′10″W] Re-taking samples
https://traditionsofconflict.com/blog/2019/10/4/sacred-metal, and now consider computer programming (especially the terminology of wizards/gurus, programming as magic, the SICP cover &c!)
Improved management for GitHub Enterprise owners
We’ve introduced several new features to help enterprise owners more easily manage their accounts, including two features now in public beta. ⌘ Read more