Bio-mĂ©thane, hydrogĂšne, Ă©oliennes : ruĂ©e vers les âchimĂšresâ
Un article de Henry Bonner Le programme sur les Ă©missions de carbone englobe tous les aspects de la vie. Jâai rejoint une journĂ©e au LycĂ©e agricole, en Normandie, Ă la fin du mois dernier, au titre dâun rassemblement pour les clients dâune sociĂ©tĂ© de comptabilitĂ© agricole. La matinĂ©e a dĂ©marrĂ© avec un discours sur le [âŠ] â Read more
âThe Sidecarâ â Adding advanced networking, and a Linux shell, to a Psion palmtop
One of the coolest designs Iâve seen for extending older computers via the serial port. â Read more
How Physics Has Changed The 2022 World Cup â Read more
Release Radar · November 2022 Edition
We promised weâd be back soon and here we are! There has been an incredible amount of open source projects shipping major version releases before the year wraps up. I canât believe we are all saying that now. âWhen the year wraps up!â or âSee you next year!â What happened to 2022? Well, we know [âŠ] â Read more
BREAKING: EU orders Apple to add RS-232 port to iPhone
âWeâre⊠super⊠excited to add a serial port to the iPhone,â stated Apple CEO Tim Cook, in a not at all forced tone of voice. â Read more
Retiring My Fiat Donation Portal
Iâve decided to retire my fiat donation portal at donate.lukesmith.xyz, where people could donate to me via debit and credit cards.
This will happen by the end of this calendar year.
Itâs more in keeping with my principles of free software, self-ownership and everything else to only allow cryptocurrency donations.
This also is a subtle nudge to people who want to donate in streams to get into Bitcoin and Monero, as opposed to using fiat o ⊠â Read more
Retiring My Fiat Donation Portal
Iâve decided to retire my fiat donation portal at donate.lukesmith.xyz, where people could donate to me via debit and credit cards.
This will happen by the end of this calendar year.
Itâs more in keeping with my principles of free software, self-ownership and everything else to only allow cryptocurrency donations.
This also is a subtle nudge to people who want to donate in streams to get into Bitcoin and Monero, as opposed to using fiat o ⊠â Read more
Configure, Manage, and Simplify Your Observability Data Pipelines with the Calyptia Core Docker Extension
Find out how to use the Calyptia Core Docker Extension to build and manage observability pipelines in Docker Desktop. â Read more
RT by @mind_booster: #DRM isnât just an annoyance â itâs a violation of your right to use the items you own as you see fit. Learn more about our Defective by Design campaign at http://defectivebydesign.org, and follow our campaign account at @enddrm
#DRM isnât just an annoyance â itâs a violation of your right to use the items you own as you see fit. Learn more about our Defective by Design campaign at defectivebydesign.org, and follow our campa ⊠â Read more
Câest bon, dĂ©tendez-vous, on passe lâhiver !
Si les tempĂ©ratures ne sont pas trĂšs Ă©levĂ©es, reconnaissons au moins Ă certains amateurs de ballon rond de savoir dĂ©geler plus que lâambiance dans les rues françaises. Pendant que lâhomoncule en charge du ministĂšre de lâIntĂ©rieur fait semblant de sâagiter Ă rĂ©duire un peu lâempreinte carbone de ces fĂȘtards Ă©motifs dans les rues de Paris, [âŠ] â Read more
AltaVista Search Engine turns 27 years old
Before Google was even an idea⊠there was AltaVista. â Read more
Gravity
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Bunny AI
Bunny.net joined the AI hype and created âBunny AIâ (docs), AI images created on the edge. I tried it out, because itâs currently free during the preview, but somehow I donât find the generated images aesthetic or Iâm just to stupid to write better prompts. I guess the Bunny developers also need some distraction from time to time, because they are working hard on S3 support for Bunny Storage for years already. đ° â Read more
How Developments In Nuclear Fusion Change Everything | Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains⊠â Read more
My website is powered by GoBlog, a simple and dynamic blogging system thatâs open source, actively developed and implements most IndieWeb functionalities. It packages everything in a single binary and Iâve been so over the moon using it and seeing it improve week after week that Iâm surprised it isnât more popular. So I put on my evangelist boots to share how I use this âstupidly-simpleâ blogging system to power my online presence. â Read more
Forgejo
A few weeks ago, it came to light that Gitea has been owned by a for-profit Gitea Ltd. for several months. The lack of transparency has disturbed the trust of many contributors and users. Thatâs why Codeberg (a German based non-profit association - disclaimer: I am a member of the association) has now started a soft fork: Forgejo. â Read more
Leaked a secret? Check your GitHub alertsâŠfor free
GitHub now allows you to track any leaked secrets in your public repository, for free. With secret scanning alerts, you can track and action on leaked secrets directly within GitHub. â Read more
GitHub Advanced Security customers can now push protect their custom patterns
With just one click, admins in GitHub Advanced Security organizations can protect their custom patterns on push. â Read more
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đ Finished reading Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization by Neil deGrasse Tyson
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PDA Week Wrap-up!
Spending a week reminiscing and marveling at the glory of the PDA. â Read more
** Thoughts on accessibility in smol computing **
What follows is my attempt to spark a conversation in a few converging, but separate communities I lurk in.
Iâve already had a bunch of amazing conversations around this topic with a lot of people. Those conversations helped to shape what follows. Thanks to everyone who was willing to think this stuff through with me.
Before I get into it I want to say at the top this isnât meant as an accusation against anyone in these communities, nor the goals of t ⊠â Read more
đ Finished reading Starry Messenger: Cosmic Perspectives on Civilization by Neil deGrasse Tyson
I should write better tests or at least create some automatic tests. đŹ (But ActivityPub is so complicated to test!) â Read more
Development RSS feed location has moved
Please point your feed reader to https://github.com/hnrss/hnrss/releases.atom to continue receiving hnrss development updates. Thanks! â Read more
Should I sell my PC?
Iâm not sure yet what Iâm going to do with my desktop computer (ASRock Deskmini A300), which I donât really use anymore since I got my new laptop. â Read more
Reading The Precipice & struck by the fact that it was released before GPT-3, just as COVID-19 was ramping up. Pretty insane
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I think it was a very wise decision to buy some long merino underwear, a new and warmer jacket and new winter shoes. Itâs so cold! The whole week already under 0°C. â Read more
Raising the bar for software security: next steps for GitHub.com 2FA
GitHub will require all users who contribute code on GitHub.com to enable one or more forms of two-factor authentication (2FA) by the end of 2023. Learn more about our approach, when weâll begin our rollout, and what you can expect as we begin requiring 2FA. â Read more
Horrible, Helpful, http3 Hack - Computerphile â Read more
LâannĂ©e 2023 sâannonce dĂ©cidĂ©ment pleine de surprises et la France vide dâindustries
Comme lâavait courageusement souhaitĂ© Bruno Le Maire au dĂ©but de lâinvasion ukrainienne par la Russie, lâĂ©conomie est maintenant Ă genoux, avec le petit souci quâil sâagit de lâĂ©conomie française : aprĂšs neuf mois de sanctions diverses et de dĂ©cisions â notamment Ă©nergĂ©tiques â parfaitement consternantes, la France rĂ©alise grĂące Ă quelques bidouillages statistiques a ⊠â Read more
ăç„ăăïŒCyberNewsFlashăAppleèŁœćăźăąăăăăŒăă«ă€ăăŠïŒ2022ćčŽ12æïŒă â Read more
Optimal Bowling
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How Do Airplanes Fly? | Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains⊠â Read more
**RT by @mind_booster: 1.
âequilibrium climate sensitivity is at least ~4°C with a likely range of 3.5-5.5°C.
global warming in the pipeline is greater than prior estimates.â
James Hansen and colleagues release new work for discussion.
This should be front page news.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.04474**
1.
âequilibrium climate sensitivity is at least ~4°C with a likely range of 3.5-5.5°C.
global warming in the pipeline is greater than prior estimates.â
James Hansen and colleagues release new work for discus ⊠â Read more
Iâm honestly thinking about switching browsers, because this ânew featureâ where Firefox always downloads PDFs first to display them is annoying me so much. I donât want my Downloads folder to be cluttered with all those random PDFs. If I open a restaurantâs menu PDF, I just want to take a quick look, but donât want to have the PDF in my Downloads folder until I manually delete it and then delete it from the Recycle Bin again. There are some work-arounds, but no real solution. â Read more
Prosodical Thoughts: Prosody 0.12.2 released
We are pleased to announce a new minor release from our stable branch.
This is a regularly delayed release containing a number of fixes for
issues that we have come across since the last release of the 0.12
series.
A summary of changes in this release:
Fixes and improvementsCreating an accessible search experience with the QueryBuilder component
GitHubâs search inputs have several complex accessibility considerations. Letâs dive into what those are, how we addressed them, and talk about the standalone, reusable component that was ultimately built. â Read more
Erlang Solutions: Change data capture with Postgres & Elixir
CDC is the process of identifying and capturing data changes from the database.
With CDC, changes to data can be tracked in near real-time, and that information can be used to support a variety of use cases, including auditing, replication, and synchronisation.
A good example of a use case for CDC is to consider an application which inserts a record into the database and pushes an event to a message queue after the record has ⊠â Read more
We have more in common with mushrooms than you think⊠â Read more
What was the first PDA?
It wasnât the Palm Pilot. Nor the Newton. Letâs keep going back to find the answer⊠â Read more
Ignite Realtime Blog: Spark 3.0.1 Released
The Ignite Realtime community is happy to announce the release of Spark 3.0.1 version.
This release contains mostly fixes. macOS now uses the default FlatLaf LaF. The user can also choose the type of tabs âscrollâ as in Spark 3.0.0 or âwrapâ as in Spark 2.X. See screenshot below. And also for some users, Spark not saved history.
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Highlights from Git 2.39
Another new release of Git is here to end the year! Take a look at some of our highlights on whatâs new in Git 2.39. â Read more
Twitter files, la suite : censure Ă tous les Ă©tages
Inexorablement, le paysage de lâinformation grand public change et ce nâest pas Ă la faveur des institutions officielles, de la presse traditionnelle ou des organes mĂ©diatiques habituels, au contraire. Avec la publication des âTwitter Filesâ dont un prĂ©cĂ©dent billet faisait mention, on a eu la dĂ©monstration Ă la fois de la collusion de lâĂtat et [âŠ] â Read more
The Tech Bullies vs. Raspberry Pi
The mob of Tech Bullies has chosen a new target this week. â Read more
Hydropower Breakthrough
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Snikket: F-Droid security update
Last week, Snikket Android users who installed the Snikket app via F-Droid
started receiving a warning that it contained a
security vulnerability. This wasnât entirely accurate, as the problem wasnât
with the Snikket app itself but specifically F-Droidâs own build of the app
that was using an outdated version of the WebRTC library.
Like many communication apps, Snikket uses WebRTC for audio and video calls.
Weâve been working on finding a ⊠â Read more
R to @mind_booster: #greenwashing 101
#greenwashing 101 â Read more
O gasoduto ibĂ©rico Ă© um projecto cheio de buracos, mas todas as evidĂȘncias continuam a ser ignoradas. Um desses buracos Ă© que os planos existentes nĂŁo passam a bitola do impacto ambiental, o que nĂŁo faz o @govpt hesitar: se o ambiente nĂŁo gosta do projecto, ignore-se o ambiente.
O gasoduto ibĂ©rico Ă© um projecto cheio de buracos, mas todas as evidĂȘncias continuam a ser ignoradas. Um desses buracos Ă© que os planos existentes nĂŁo passam a bitola do impacto ambiental, o que nĂŁo faz o [@govpt](https://nitter.net ⊠â Read more
**RT by @mind_booster: à procura do teu cantinho no Mastodon? A Ciberlùndia tem inscriçÔes abertas este fim-de-semana.
«A Ciberlùndia é uma comunidade dedicada à cultura digital e aos seus cruzamentos com todas as åreas da criatividade, sociedade e atividade humana em geral.»**
à procura do teu cantinho no Mastodon? A Ciberlùndia tem inscriçÔes abertas este fim-de-semana.
«A CiberlĂąndia Ă© uma comunidade dedicada Ă cultura digital e aos seus cruz ⊠â Read more
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I use Firefox as my preferred web browser both on PCs and my phone. One extension is always installed: uBlock Origin. The web is so much nicer with all the ads and tracking removed. But today I also retried an extension that will probably join the âmust installâ list: DarkReader. Especially when Iâm browsing the web on my phone in the early morning, I donât like to be blinded by white websites. Since March DarkReader has finally an option to detect if a website already has a dark theme and only apply itâs color chan ⊠â Read more
Haiku becomes viable for daily use (right on schedule)
Listen now (24 min) | The Lunduke Journal Podcast - December 9, 2022 â Read more
** December adventure **
Over the past couple years Iâve done the advent of code to varying degrees. I thought I was going to do it again this year but decided to try something different. Iâve been calling what came together aâ December Adventure.â
It isnât anything fancy; throughout December I aim to write a little bit of code everyday. So far Iâve written a bit of apl, bash, elisp, explored a bunch of flavors of scheme, and star ⊠â Read more
Blockchain Blasphemy and the Technological Antichrist
Thereâs a meme YouTube video by Leonardo of Biz ( here) where the villainous Bogs refer to their desire to attain something called âThe Akashic Recordsâ using blockchain technology.
This random aside not just shows the attention to detail Leonardo gives what would otherwise be silly videos, but articulates something deep ⊠â Read more
Blockchain Blasphemy and the Technological Antichrist
Thereâs a meme YouTube video by Leonardo of Biz ( here) where the villainous Bogs refer to their desire to attain something called âThe Akashic Recordsâ using blockchain technology.
This random aside not just shows the attention to detail Leonardo gives what would otherwise be silly videos, but articulates something deep ⊠â Read more
How to Make Millions Counting Cards â Read more
Release Radar · October 2022 Edition
Before you say it, yes, the October Release Radar was supposed to be shared in November. But with Hackatoberfest, GitHub Universe, Turkey Day, and in real life (IRL) conferences returning to their pre-COVID frequency, weâve all been so busy. And our community has been hustling to ship all kinds of open source projects. We wanted [âŠ] â Read more
LâONU, arme dâextinction massive de lâHumanitĂ©
Mercredi dernier avait lieu lâouverture de la âCOP15 sur la biodiversitĂ©â. Oui, vous avez bien lu : il sâagit encore (!) dâun gros pince-fesse international mĂ©diatisĂ© oĂč le petit-four Ă©coconscient produit en biodynamie se dĂ©guste aprĂšs un voyage en jet privĂ© pour discuter dâun problĂšme crĂ©Ă© de toute piĂšce et y apporter des solutions forcĂ©ment gĂ©niales. [âŠ] â Read more
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Solar System Model
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I started reading the proposal to introduce operator overloading in Go version 2 that I like to see: https://github.com/golang/go/issues/27605 Now a few hours later I ended up at this gem. Write a program that makes 2+2=5: https://codegolf.stackexchange.com/questions/28786/write-a-program-that-makes-2-2-5 There are some awesone solutions. :-)
The Tandy Zoomer â The x86 PDA before the Palm Pilot
A 1992 handheld, with multitasking, that could access AOL. Wild. â Read more
How Humanity Came To Rule The World | Yuval Noah Harari & Neil deGrasse Tyson â Read more
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Experiment: The hidden costs of waiting on slow build times
How much does it really cost to buy more powerful cloud compute resources for development work? A lot less than you think. â Read more
Git Commit Uruguay: Lowering barriers to make software development more inclusive and diverse
We delivered two different courses specifically designed to help students in the lowest-income neighborhood of Montevideo, Uruguay learn how to use GitHub and understand the value of open source. â Read more
Hello from GitHubâs new Chief Product Officer
GitHub is in an exciting phase of our journey as the developer community grows significantly every day, and the needs of the community grow and change with it. Today weâre introducing our new Chief Product officer. â Read more
Verifying AI âBlack Boxesâ - Computerphile â Read more
Implement User Authentication Into Your Web Application Using SuperTokens
Find out how to set up SuperTokens, an open source authentication solution, using its Docker Extension. â Read more
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Snikket: Notes on the F-Droid security warning
Snikket Android users who installed the app via F-Droid may receive a warning
from F-Droid telling them that the app has a vulnerability and that they
ârecommend uninstalling immediatelyâ. First of all - donât panic! This is a
over-simplified generic warning that is scary, but the actual situation is
not quite so scary and has an explanation. Here goesâŠ
When an app is developed and ready for release, it must be compiled and built,
to produce the fina ⊠â Read more
ăç„ăăïŒJPCERT/CC ăăčăăŹăăŒăżăŒèł 2022 â Read more
This is why you should wear your seatbelt on an airplane⊠đł â Read more
Will A.I. like ChatGPT or GitHub Copilot replace human programmers?
An in-depth analysis. â Read more
GitHub Copilot is generally available for businesses
GitHub Copilot for Business is officially here with simple license management, organization-wide policy controls, and industry-leading privacyâall for $19 USD per user per month. â Read more
GitHub Availability Report: November 2022
In November, we experienced two incidents that resulted in degraded performance across GitHub services. This report also sheds light into an incident that impacted Codespaces in October. â Read more
Une transition Ă©nergique vers le pas dâĂ©nergie du tout
Jadis, les fiers Gaulois (dont certains extrĂ©mistes chuchotent quâils seraient nos ancĂȘtres) avaient peur que le ciel ne leur tombe malencontreusement sur la tĂȘte. Quelques millĂ©naires plus tard, la Scienceâą aidant, ces superstitions Ă©videmment ridicules se sont Ă©vaporĂ©es et ne reste plus que la douce rĂ©alitĂ© de la programmation gouvernementale rigoureuse. Câest dâailleurs grĂące Ă [âŠ] â Read more
PDA Week begins!
Listen now (20 min) | The Lunduke Journal Podcast - December 6, 2022 â Read more
Mystery Asterisk Destination
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Thinking about chat apps againâŠ
Lately, Iâve been thinking about chat apps more often again. Actually, Iâve always been a fan of Telegram, and itâs still a good messenger, but Iâm a bit suspicious about the latest developments (such as the Fragment platform, with which Telegram is now implementing its crypto plans again). â Read more
Can Turbulence Make An Airplane Crash? | Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains⊠â Read more
New npm features for secure publishing and safe consumption
Now you can create tokens with fine-grained permissions for automating your publishing and organization management workflows. And a new code explorer allows you to view content of a package directly in the npm portal. â Read more
đ Finished reading Feline Philosophy: Cats and the Meaning of Life by John N. Gray
Would you allow nanobots into your blood stream for a brain-to-internet interface? â Read more