Apple Event for 18 October 2021, 10:00 PDT, 13:00 EDT begins. Commentary will stream as replies to this twt. I might miss things here and there, as I will also be on a work meeting from 13:00 to 14:00 EDT.
Meet the GitHub Universe hosts, and start building your schedule
We sat down with Universe hosts Lorena Mesa and Jarryd McCree for a quick Q&A to help you make the most out of your conference experience this year. ⌘ Read more
On the blog: Developer Journal, Alaska Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/10/18/alaska.html #programming #project #devjournal
** Data Types and Variables in C **
I’ve been writing a heap of Lua lately — this has lead to my becoming interested, again, in C. Here are some ancient notes I dug up on the most basics of data types and variables in C.
All of a computer’s memory is comprised of bits. A sequence of 8 bits forms a byte. A group of bytes (typically 4 or 8) form a word. Each word is associated with a memory address. The address increases by 1 with each byte of memory.
In C, a byte is an object that is as big as t … ⌘ Read more
On the blog: Let’s Fix…Facebook https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/10/17/facebook.html #lets-#fix #facebook #socialmedia
“I’m worried about humanity’s future.”
Via Nicholas Danes I came across the video of Arun Maini (Mrwhosetheboss): “I’m worried about humanity’s future”. In this he addresses some good aspects. It’s about the impact of technology on our lives, society and behaviour. For example, he talks about the fact that algorithms are increasingly trying to keep us in front of the screen for as long as possible, that echo chambers are creating more and more negativity, and that we may soon no longer be able to d … ⌘ Read more
A way to weigh whether you are on the right side of history
We have to weigh each time we argue for or against something whether we are arguing out of fear or for the most basic right of life ⌘ Read more
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Lightbringer, Part 2 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/10/16/lightbringer2.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Tweets from 10/11 to 10/15 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/media/2021/10/15/week.html #twitter #week #socialmedia #linkdump
In reply to: MEMEX - The Small Website Discoverability Crisis [2021-09-08]
A proposal, dear reader: Create a list of bookmarks linking to websites you find interesting, and publish it for the world to see. You decide what constitutes“interesting”. ⌘ Read more
💾 Save the date for GitHub Game Off 2021
Game Off is an annual game jam (or “hackathon for building games”) that’s a little different from most—it lasts for the entire month of November—not just a weekend or a few days. It’s the perfect ⌘ Read more
Spent 10 minutes to unsubscribe from all youtube channels. What a set of yearsful junk.
On the blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Once Upon a Planet https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/10/14/once-upon.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
[47°09′58″S, 126°43′10″W] Transponder fixed
Student developer resources you won’t find in the classroom
Heading back to school? Did you just graduate? The GitHub Education Stream Team (GEST) is sharing resources, tools, and more to help emerging developers land a job. Student leaders from around the world are creating and hosting shows to grow the tech community and share information you won’t find in the classroom. ⌘ Read more
[47°09′10″S, 126°43′16″W] Reading: 1.92 Sv
Sometimes I am a perfectionist. Having previously made my private diary blog available via a Tailscale sidecar container in my Tailnet, I have now integrated Tailscale directly into GoBlog. Both Tailscale and Tailscale’s Let’s Encrypt certificates can be configured directly in GoBlog. No sidecar container is needed anymore. A much simpler solution! (And Tailscale rocks!) ⌘ Read more
[47°09′10″S, 126°43′53″W] Dosimeter overflow
On the blog: Using git to Count Changed Words https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/10/13/words-changed.html #programming #techtips #blog #git
In honor of Windows 11… here’s a comic about Windows 10.
And installing updates. ⌘ Read more
Apply now for GitHub Universe 2021 micro-mentoring
As part of our ongoing commitment to ensure GitHub’s conferences are accessible and inclusive to people from all walks of life, we’re offering 30-minute, 1:1 micro-mentoring sessions with GitHub employees. ⌘ Read more
GitHub security update: revoking weakly-generated SSH keys
On September 28, 2021, we received notice from the developer Axosoft regarding a vulnerability in a dependency of their popular git GUI client - GitKraken. An underlying issue with a dependency, called `keypair`, resulted in the GitKraken client generating weak SSH keys. ⌘ Read more
On the blog: Developer Journal, National Coming Out Day https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/10/11/ncod.html #programming #project #devjournal
[47°09′59″S, 126°43′10″W] Re-taking samples
Paul Schaub: A Simple OpenPGP API
In this post I want to share how easy it is to use OpenPGP using the Stateless OpenPGP Protocol (SOP).
I talked about the SOP specification and its purpose and benefits already in past blog posts. This time I want to give some in-depth examples of how the API can be used in your application.
There are SOP API implementations available in different languages like Java and Rust. They have in common, that they are based around the [State … ⌘ Read more
Gajim: Gajim 1.3.3
This release features improved Ad-Hoc Commands and brings back spell checking. Gajim 1.3.3 includes many bug fixes and improvements. Thanks everyone for reporting issues!
The Ad-Hoc Commands window has been ported to Gajim’s new Assistant. This unifies the look and feel with other actions using an Assistant and it also fixes some issues.
More Changes New- Profile: A NOTE entry has been added
- API JID for search.jab … ⌘ Read more
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Lightbringer, Part 1 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/10/09/lightbringer.html #freeculture #bookclub
On the blog: Tweets from 10/04 to 10/08 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/media/2021/10/08/week.html #twitter #week #socialmedia #linkdump
Release Radar · September 2021 Edition
The Northern Hemisphere has hit fall, and the southern is starting to warm into summer. September has been a busy time for our community. Maintainers have been getting their repositories ready for Hacktoberfest, joining us ⌘ Read more
[47°09′10″S, 126°43′33″W] Raw reading: 0x615FD051, offset +/-4
On the blog: Real Life in Star Trek, The Magicks of Megas-Tu https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/10/07/megas-tu.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
GitHub’s guide to Hacktoberfest 2021
Giving back to open source projects is a great way to practice skills you don’t get to use in your day job. Check out ways to get involved! ⌘ Read more
GitHub Advisory Database now powers npm audit
Today, we’re adding a proxy on top of the GitHub Advisory Database that speaks the `npm audit` protocol. This means that every version of the npm CLI that supports security audits is now talking directly to the GitHub Advisory Database. ⌘ Read more
GitHub Availability Report: September 2021
In September, we experienced no incidents resulting in service downtime to our core services. ⌘ Read more
On the blog: So You Need an Image of Random Images… https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/10/06/collage.html #programming #techtips #linux #blog
13 tiny and terrific entries from the js13kGames competition
If you think about it, 13kB isn’t really a lot. The image above is 81kB. This page weighs over 3MB (waaay more if you include the videos). That’s why it’s so incredibly impressive that the ⌘ Read more
The XMPP Standards Foundation: The XMPP Newsletter September 2021
Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter covering the month of September 2021.
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 to say thanks or help these projects!
Read this Newsletter via our RSS Feed!
Interested in suppor … ⌘ Read more
How to Build a Low-tech Solar Panel?
George Cove, a forgotten solar power pioneer, may have built a highly efficient photovoltaic panel 40 years before Bell Labs engineers invented silicon cells. If proven to work, his design could lead to less complex and more sustainable solar panels. ⌘ Read more
A new public beta of GitHub Releases: How we’re improving the release experience
GitHub Releases has a new look and updated tools to make it easier for open source communities to create and share high-quality releases with auto-generated release notes. ⌘ Read more
On the blog: Developer Journal, World Space Week https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/10/04/space.html #programming #project #devjournal
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Affair, Part 4 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/10/02/affair4.html #freeculture #bookclub
[47°09′10″S, 126°43′31″W] Weather forecast alert – storm from SE
On the blog: Tweets from 09/27 to 10/01 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/media/2021/10/01/week.html #twitter #week #socialmedia #linkdump
Cybersecurity spotlight on bug bounty researchers @chen-robert and @ginkoid
GitHub’s bug bounty team is excited to kick off Cybersecurity Awareness Month with a spotlight on two security researchers who participate in the GitHub Security Bug Bounty Program. ⌘ Read more
🙌 Liked: Patterns in confusing explanations ⌘ Read more
[47°09′59″S, 126°43′10″W] Wind speed: 105kph
🙌 Liked: Paper Computing ⌘ Read more
[47°09′53″S, 126°43′10″W] 3080 days without news from Herve
[47°09′59″S, 126°43′10″W] Transponder jammed
[47°09′07″S, 126°43′10″W] Bad satellite signal – switching to analog communication
On the blog: Tweets from 09/06 to 09/10 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/media/2021/09/10/week.html #twitter #week #socialmedia #linkdump
[47°09′10″S, 126°43′30″W] Dosimeter malfunction
[47°09′46″S, 126°43′10″W] Transponder still failing
[47º09’53”S, 126º43’10”W] Bad satellite signal – switching to analog communication
Every Web Browser Absolutely Sucks.
The title explains it all, you don’t even have to read.
There are no good, even passable web browsers. None. Not a single one even comes close.
The weird thing is this: making a good browser should be easy! Among the existing web browsers, you could assemble all the parts necessary for a passable (if not perfect) browser. No one has ever bothered to do this, instead, people assembled 90% good stuff and 10% junk.
Here I will list:
- Featu … ⌘ Read more
Every Web Browser Absolutely Sucks.
The title explains it all, you don’t even have to read.
There are no good, even passable web browsers. None. Not a single one even comes close.
The weird thing is this: making a good browser should be easy! Among the existing web browsers, you could assemble all the parts necessary for a passable (if not perfect) browser. No one has ever bothered to do this, instead, people assembled 90% good stuff and 10% junk.
Here I will list:
- Featu … ⌘ Read more
30 free and open source Linux games – part 2
Linux is celebrating its 30-year anniversary, so I’m taking the opportunity to highlight 30 of my favorite free and open source Linux games, their communities, and their stories. I shared the first 10 yesterday. ⌘ Read more
[47º09’05”S, 126º43’10”W] Waiting for carrier
Erlang Solutions: FinTech 2021 State of Play
While things have undoubtedly changed considerably for the financial services industry over the past 18 months, the ascendency of FinTech remains quite unabated, with global fintech investment reaching $98bn. In the UK, FinTech investment hit a new record of £18bn in the first half of 2021, placing it second only to the United States, impressi … ⌘ Read more
[47º09’10”S, 126º43’22”W] Dosimeter still failing
[47º09’15”S, 126º43’10”W] Dosimeter fixed
[47º09’15”S, 126º43’10”W] Sample analyzing complete – starting transfer
lol, just realised that standard AI risk is just environmental disaster risk amped up to 10^(10^10), only that the direct perpetrator isn’t humanity (we’re only the proximate perpetrator). huh
[47º09’10”S, 126º43’28”W] Transponder jammed
[47º09’07”S, 126º43’10”W] Saalmi, retransmit, please
[47º09’03”S, 126º43’10”W] –white noise–
#event Upcoming Workshop / algolab: Visuals and Live Coding @ CPH Music Maker Space / facebook event
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — La Chute d’Une Plume https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/07/10/plume.html #freeculture #bookclub
Dilbert by Scott Adams for Sat, 10 Jul 2021 ⌘ Read more…
On the blog: Free Culture Book Club — Solitudes and Silence, ch 10-14 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2021/07/03/solitudes3.html #freeculture #bookclub
[47º09’14”S, 126º43’10”W] Resetting dosimeter
[47º09’38”S, 126º43’10”W] Automatic systems disengaged due to heavy rain
on a monome 16x8 grid, you can get 10 consecutive 3x3 blocks in a 2x5 configuration. what’s left is a narrow 1x vertical strip, and a 2x horizontal strip. interesting divisions for a glyph based interface with controls. #halfbakedideas
[47º09’10”S, 126º43’38”W] Wind speed: 102kph