NSW Police Commissioner Exposed ⌘ Read more
How to make the most out of a mentoring relationship
Tips from our developer advocates on how and why to find a mentor. ⌘ Read more
Encoding and escaping untrusted data to prevent injection attacks
Practical tips on how to apply OWASP Top 10 Proactive Control C4. ⌘ Read more
CDC issues warning as man dies after being trapped in Vim for 34 days
911: “We get it. Vim is hard to exit. Stop calling. We can’t help.” ⌘ Read more
Ignite Realtime Blog: Openfire 4.7.1 Released!
The Ignite Realtime Community is happy to announce the 4.7.1 release of Openfire. This release fixes a number of bugs and represents our effort to provide a stable 4.7.x series while work continues on the next feature release of Openfire.
Notable fixes include security updates to bundled database drivers, logging configuration fixes, and an important fix for users experiencin … ⌘ Read more
Debugging an ioctl Problem on OpenBSD
I was trying to use a V4L2 Ruby module for a project on my OpenBSD laptop but ran into a problem where sending the V4L2 ioctls from this module would fail, while other V4L2 programs on OpenBSD worked fine. ⌘ Read more
Data Trap
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GitHub Enterprise Server 3.4 improves developer productivity and adds reusable workflows to CI/CD
The GitHub Enterprise Server 3.4 release candidate delivers enhancements to make life easier and more productive, from keyboard shortcuts to auto-generated release notes! ⌘ Read more
Pedestrian: A PUNISHMENT ⌘ Read more
Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains the Thermodynamics of Water ⌘ Read more
The best Linux Kernel release code names – from “Greased Weasel” to “Sheep on meth”
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JMP: Newsletter: JMP is 5 years old today, and now with international calls!
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 … ⌘ Read more
Hi-Fi!
Deezer announced today that it is raising prices in Germany and Austria for new customers. Premium now costs 1€ more. But (for new customers) Premium also includes Hi-Fi directly. ⌘ Read more
The GitHub Stars in our eyes ⭐️
Over the past year, the GitHub Stars have made a tremendous impact in the community with their influence, inspiring and building communities and creating content to help everyone. ⌘ Read more
Announcing the 2022 MLH Fellowship Cohort, powered by GitHub
The MLH Fellowship, powered by GitHub, is a 12-week internship alternative for aspiring software engineers. Meet the 2022 cohort! ⌘ Read more
[47°09′26″S, 126°43′15″W] Reading: 0.90000 PPM
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A Cosmic Bromance: Neil deGrasse Tyson and Chuck Nice’s Unbreakable Bond ⌘ Read more
Ignite Realtime Blog: REST API Openfire plugin 1.7.1 released!
Moments ago, we’ve released version 1.7.1 of the Openfire REST API plugin. This version fixes changes to the API (notably the JSON representation of some entities) that inadvertently sneaked into the 1.7.0 release. The API in 1.7.0 should closely resemble that of releases prior to 1.7.0!
The updated plugin should become available for download in your Openfire admin console in the course of the next few hours. Alternative … ⌘ Read more
(Computer Nerd) Meme Monday
Just some funny JPGs about programming ‘n’ stuff. ⌘ Read more
Include diagrams in your Markdown files with Mermaid
A picture tells a thousand words. Now you can quickly create and edit diagrams in markdown using words with Mermaid support in your Markdown files. ⌘ Read more
Health Stats
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NSW Police: Politician Protection Racket ⌘ Read more
Dino: Dino 0.3 Release
Dino is a secure and privacy-friendly messaging application. It uses the XMPP (Jabber) protocol for decentralized communication. We aim to provide an intuitive, clean and modern user interface.
The 0.3 release is all about calls. Dino now supports calls between two or more people!
Calls are end-to-end encrypted and use a direct connection between … ⌘ Read more
Inside SoFi Stadium and Other Stadiums of the Future with Neil DeGrasse Tyson ⌘ Read more
I probably spend more CPU cycles optimizing the program than the program optimization will save in CPU cycles. 🤔 ⌘ Read more
Getting started with project planning on GitHub
Stop context switching. Keep your team’s project planning next to your code. ⌘ Read more
Inside the Hidden Git Folder - Computerphile ⌘ Read more
[47°09′59″S, 126°43′36″W] Reading: 1.76 Sv
Rest and Fluids
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Brave Woman VS Free-Speech ⌘ Read more
Cosmic Queries – Quantum Queries with Neil deGrasse Tyson & Hakeem Oluseyi ⌘ Read more
A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away… the Coleco Bowlatronic
The 1981 hand-held bowling game traveled to the Star Wars universe in The Book of Boba Fett. ⌘ Read more
How to start using reusable workflows with GitHub Actions
Reusable workflows offer a simple and powerful way to avoid copying and pasting workflows across your repositories. ⌘ Read more
New Docker Menu & Improved Release Highlights with Docker Desktop 4.5
We’re excited to announce the release of Docker Desktop 4.5 which includes enhancements we’re excited for you to try out. New Docker Menu: Improved Speed and Unified Experience Across Operating Systems We’ve launched a new version of the Docker Menu which creates a consistent user experience across all operating systems (including Docker Desktop for Linux, […]
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“How Telegram Became the Anti-Facebook”
I read this very long article about Telegram today and somehow it left me with mixed feelings. The article is also from WIRED, but it offers more balanced coverage than an article from a year ago. ⌘ Read more
Livestream brought you by Starlink
I got Starlink/Soylink and I might, might be able to do a livestream from my house.
Come see if it works here:
Livestream brought you by Starlink
I got Starlink/Soylink and I might, might be able to do a livestream from my house.
Come see if it works here:
https://videos.lukesmith.xyz/w/6HaEr5NtP61H1fZC3FdXC9
I will start sometime soon once I get things set up. I should have a chat module open now on my PeerTube instance now. ⌘ Read more
Wallops 1.1 Released
A large update to my Wallops IRC client is available: ⌘ Read more
Monal IM: Funding campaign: Mac Mini for faster Monal development
Update 15.02.2022 Thank you very much. We reached our target of 1000€ within less than a week. We will order our new Mac mini tonight. Stay tuned for a big development blog post.
Dear Monal Community,
as you know the Monal project is developed by volunteers and has no general funding so far.
To improve the development situation it would be of advantage to have a physical build server for the developers.
This would have … ⌘ Read more
SUSE buys itself a “COVID 19 Hero” award. Not joking.
Also buys their CEO “Woman of the year” award. Also not joking. ⌘ Read more
Coordinated vulnerability disclosure (CVD) for open source projects
A comprehensive guide for vulnerability reporters. ⌘ Read more
One year with Deezer
It’s been about one year since I switched to Deezer. Yes, I switched before Spotify became uncool! 😁 So, how happy am I with Deezer today? ⌘ Read more
The Impacts of an Insecure Software Supply Chain
Today, software regularly integrates open-source code from third-party sources into applications. While this practice empowers developers to create more capable software in a shorter time frame, it brings with it the risk of introducing inadequately vetted code. How aware are we of the security of our open-source code? Most of us use pip or npm […]
The post [The Impacts of an Insecure Software Supply Chain](https://www.docker.com/blog/the-im … ⌘ Read more
First impressions of my new printer
I recently bought a new printer: the Xerox B225. I discovered it by chance (while looking for a good printer) as a reduced return in an online store. Someone must have just tried it out briefly and sent it back. I’m happy! ⌘ Read more
Internet Explorer… for UNIX? Yes. It’s real.
Microsoft built Internet Explorer for both Solaris and HP-UX. Outlook Express and Windows Media Player are here too! ⌘ Read more
Tractor Beam
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Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains Time Dilation ⌘ Read more
How to Stop them Before they Destroy Australia ⌘ Read more
The Lunduke / Stallman Interviews
Four videos where Richard Stallman (founder of GNU and FSF) meets up with Lunduke. ⌘ Read more
Improving the developer experience for Dependabot alerts
Today, we’re shipping improvements to Dependabot alerts that make them easier to understand and remediate. ⌘ Read more
Nintendo Game Processor - The lost Nintendo game creation PC
A 1994 PC, built by Nintendo, for making SNES games… that never saw the light of day. ⌘ Read more
RoboCop runs DOS, Terminator runs MacOS. The evidence.
It’s true. DOS and Mac OS (classic) power the most awesome cyborgs and androids of cinema. ⌘ Read more
Pluriverse instead of Metaverse
This artifact is a follow-up to A Declaration of the Interdependence of Cyberspace, where we introduce the term “pluriverse” and apply it to cyberspace. After the creation of the Declaration, its core stewards were joined by others who were moved by the vision of that artifact, and together, formed Verses. We are a multidisciplinary arts and research collective co-imagining, practicing, and building a commonly-held digital future. ⌘ Read more
Wallops 1.0 Released
As teased on Twitter, the first release of my Wallops IRC client is now available: ⌘ Read more
Lunduke interviews nerdy musicians
MC Frontalot & Pete Mitchell (No More Kings). Two very nerdy, very awesome musicians. ⌘ Read more
Sword Pull
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Bookarmarked : 8 ways to speed up your Ansible playbooks | Enable Sysadmin ⌘ Read more
[47°09′37″S, 126°43′42″W] Reading: 1.39 Sv
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I need to wait an hour for another train, but why wait at the train station? ⌘ Read more
It seems that mobile reception along German high-speed train routes has improved lately (at least compared to 2019). I’m sitting in an ICE 4 between Hanover and Hamburg, and I’ve initiated a speed test via USB tethering. My mobile phone contract is limited to 10 Mbps, but I seem to be able to take full advantage of that. ⌘ Read more
What If: Nintendo never released the Game Boy?
What company would have won the hand-held war? SEGA? NEC? Atari? Someone else? ⌘ Read more
Cosmic Queries – Winter Olympics Grab Bag with Neil deGrasse Tyson & Charles Liu ⌘ Read more
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The XMPP Standards Foundation: The XMPP Newsletter December 2021 & January 2022
Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter covering the month of December 2021 and January 2022!
We hope you had a great shift into the new year by now as well as are happy to have you reading the new release! We guess that this episode has caught some weight over the new year’s holidays :-)
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 sof … ⌘ Read more
Release Radar · January 2022 Edition
Here’s January’s top staff picks on projects that shipped major version releases. ⌘ Read more
Tiny Core Linux 13.0 - full Linux desktop in 22 MB.
… and it only needs 48 MB of RAM. Seriously. It’s… beautiful. ⌘ Read more
Really worth watching, twice… “Line Goes Up – The Problem With NFTs” sur YouTube
The best critical take on #nft
There is a lot to digest but it’s really worth it! ⌘ Read more
In search of a new printer
Update: Thanks for all the answers! I have now tried to repair the ink cartridge, now something is printed again, but somewhat blurred. I finally decided to buy a black/white laser printer with scanner, a Xerox B225 as B-ware. I will probably report… ⌘ Read more
Lunduke’s Proverbs of Programming href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=%233”>#3**
Such proverb. Much truth. ⌘ Read more
The Lunduke Journal now has a SubReddit
Yep. We’re on Reddit. For realsies. ⌘ Read more
Sea Chase
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ROME: TOTAL CORRUPTION ⌘ Read more
In search of a new printer
At the moment I do not have a working printer at home. I have an inkjet printer, but due to a long period of non-use, the cartridge or the print head has dried up. If I want to print something, I have to do it in a copy store or a drugstore. This is possible, but especially if I need to print something spontaneously, or only a few pages, then the effort is annoying. ⌘ Read more
Off the Blockchain with Neil deGrasse Tyson & Dr. Sandra Johnson ⌘ Read more
LundukeFest delayed (again) due to illness & weather
Lunduke is still sick. And now there’s an ice storm. The Fest must (unfortunately) be delayed. ⌘ Read more
DockerCon: What Makes a Successful CFP Submission
The DockerCon 2022 Call for Papers is now open! DockerCon is one of the largest developer events in the world, with over 80,000 developers registering for each of the last two events. At the core of DockerCon is the chance for members of the community to share their tips, tricks, best practices and real-world experiences […]
The post [DockerCon: What Makes a Successful CFP Submission](https://www.docker.com/blog/dockercon-what-makes-a-succe … ⌘ Read more
Ubuntu Linux sued by McDonald’s for copying trademark “garish orange color scheme”
“Hideous colors are our thing! Back off, Ubuntu!” says Ronald ⌘ Read more
Erlang Solutions: How HCA Healthcare used the BEAM to fight COVID – Code BEAM V Talk review
We often talk about the suitability of the BEAM VM for the Healthcare industry. Afterall, when it comes to Healthcare, downtime can literally be deadly, and no technology is better equipped to deliver high availability and minimal downtime than the BEAM. At Code BEAM V 2020, Bryan Hunter, an Enterprise fellow at one of the biggest Healthcare providers in the world joi … ⌘ Read more
Amend 3.2 Released
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GitHub Availability Report: January 2022
In January, we experienced no incidents resulting in service downtime to our core services. ⌘ Read more
How to build a CI/CD pipeline with GitHub Actions in four simple steps
A quick guide on the advantages of using GitHub Actions as your preferred CI/CD tool—and how to build a CI/CD pipeline with it. ⌘ Read more
Profanity: Profanity on Pinephone
Hi all,
So far, in my pinephone I used mainly GUI applications, because I was using a touch screen. Terminal applications are not user-friendly when it comes to one-handed operation.
I tested different distributions on my pinephone (mobian, manjaro, archarm), but usually most based on Phosh. In my opinion it is currently the best mobile graphics environment and stable as well.
In Phosh I tested few xmpp clients:
- the default application installed with Phosh is chat … ⌘ Read more