Rotation
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The “Live in DOS for a Week” Challenge!
7 Days of DOS. As a community. DOS games. DOS productivity. Absolutely glorious. ⌘ Read more
new blog post: PSA about data privacy, please read
Arnaud Joset: Updates: chatty server and HTTPAuthentificationOverXMPP
It’s been a long time since I updated this blog. It will be a short update post about two projects.
The first is chatty_server, a small XMPP bot I use to interact with my server. It allows me to get information about the CPU load, traffic, weather etc.
It also has a small feature to get reminder messages. There was a bug that allowed anyone to spam reminders. Anybody can add the bot to their rooster and could create random reminders t … ⌘ Read more
**RT by @mind_booster: Today I published a snap for the #GNUnet Messenger application: https://snapcraft.io/messenger-gtk
Still got some things to improve but now more #Linux users should have the option to try it out.**
Today I published a snap for the #GNUnet Messenger application: snapcraft.io/messenger-gtk
Still got some things to improve but now more #Linux users should have the optio … ⌘ Read more
Linux, Alternative OS, & Retro Computing News - September 11, 2022
Listen now (36 min) | The Lunduke Journal Podcast - September 11, 2022 ⌘ Read more
Monal IM: Monal IM – project moved
We recently started to migrate the App from Anu Pokharel‘s Apple account to Thilo Molitor‘s Apple account.
Aspart of this transition we also deployed some new push servers to not let an old retired developer pay for the infrastructure needed for Monal.
Coming along with this transition from the old developer team to the new one is our new clean website at https://monal-im.org/. From now on, this blog will not be used for Monal anymore.
**Many t … ⌘ Read more
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
Feet of Engineering with Neil deGrasse Tyson, Michael DiTullo, & Jason Hanft ⌘ Read more
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Funny Programming Pictures Part XV
Best viewed on a second monitor. ⌘ Read more
SCA vs SAST: what are they and which one is right for you?
We’re taking a look at two commonly-used security tools and detailing how they can help secure your projects. ⌘ Read more
L’absolue nécessité de la peur
Alors que l’automne n’est même pas encore entamé, tout le monde semble vouloir parler déjà d’hiver. À commencer bien sûr par nos élites qui nous rappellent, par leur incroyable talent prévisionniste, que gouverner c’est prévoir, vous allez voir ce que vous allez voir. D’ailleurs, on a vu : ayant su prévoir – avec un brio inégalé […] ⌘ Read more
Interruption
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Dino: Stateless File Sharing: Async, Metadata with Thumbnails and some UI
AsyncAsynchronous programming is a neat tool, until you work with a foreign project in a foreign language using it.
As a messenger, Dino uses lots of asynchronous code, not always though.
Usually my progress wasn’t interfered by such instances, but sometimes I had to work around it.
Async in Vala
No surprises here.
Functions are annotated with async, and yield expressions that are asyn … ⌘ Read more
GitHub Copilot now available for teachers
After a year in technical preview, GitHub Copilot, an AI pair programmer, is now free for all teachers verified on GitHub Global Campus. ⌘ Read more
RT by @mind_booster: In 2004, my wife came home from the Game Developers Conference with a wild story. A presenter claimed to have a sweatshop on the US/Mexican border where low-waged workers did repetitive tasks in Everquest to amass virtual gold, which was sold on Ebay to lazier, richer players 1/
In 2004, my wife came home from the Game Developers Conference with a wild story. A presenter claimed to have a sweatshop on the US/Mexican border where low-waged workers did repetitive tasks in Everquest to amass v … ⌘ Read more
Cosmic Queries – Predicting Earth’s Climate Future with Neil deGrasse Tyson & Kate Marvel, PhD ⌘ Read more
RT by @mind_booster: The European Parliament has begun its discussions about corporations obligations to protect human rights and prevent environmental destruction in their value chains. Problem: a weak proposal due to pressure from lobby groups. 5 things the EP must fix: href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=%23HoldBizAccountable”>#HoldBizAccountable**
The European Parliament has begun its discussions about corporations obligations to protect human rights and prevent environmental destruction in their value chains. Problem: a weak proposal due to pressure from lobb … ⌘ Read more
How to Use the Alpine Docker Official Image
Learn how to Dockerize Alpine for your next application or server with our guide on how to use the Alpine Docker Official Image. ⌘ Read more
RT by @mind_booster: A ANSOL vai celebrar o #SoftwareFreedomDay no dia 17 de setembro no Espaço Musas no Porto, com um conjunto de apresentações e um jantar convívio. Mais info e inscrições em https://ansol.org/eventos/2022-09-17-software-freedom-day/
A ANSOL vai celebrar o #SoftwareFreedomDay no dia 17 de setembro no Espaço Musas no Porto, com um conjunto de apresentações e um jantar convívio. Mais info e inscrições em [ansol.org/eventos/2022-09-17…](https://an … ⌘ Read more
RT by @mind_booster: Amanhã é o grande dia!! Estamos muito contentes por vos receber em Bragança para as IV #JornadasOpenSource
Boa viagem para todos! Esperam-nos dias inspiradores
👉 Consulte o programa e marque as suas opções - https://bit.ly/BAD_IVJornadasOS href=”https://txt.sour.is/search?q=%23construir_juntos”>#construir_juntos**
Amanhã é o grande dia!! Estamos muito contentes por vos receber em Bragança para as IV #JornadasOpenSource
Boa viagem para todos! Esperam-nos dias inspiradores
👉 Consulte o programa e … ⌘ Read more
Research: open source software in India, Kenya, Egypt, and Mexico
Read the new GitHub report on OSS in India, Kenya, Egypt, and Mexico. Available now in English, and in Spanish and Arabic later this year. ⌘ Read more
How Lunduke handles conflict, personal attacks, & political differences in the Tech industry
Listen now (51 min) | The Lunduke Journal Podcast - September 7, 2022 ⌘ Read more
GitHub Availability Report: August 2022
In August, we experienced one incident resulting in significant impact to Codespaces. We’re still investigating that incident and will include it in next month’s report. This report also sheds light into an incident that impacted Codespaces in July. ⌘ Read more
Research: quantifying GitHub Copilot’s impact on developer productivity and happiness
When the GitHub Copilot Technical Preview launched just over one year ago, we wanted to know one thing: Is this tool helping developers? Our research, using a combination of surveys and experiments, led us to expected and unexpected answers. ⌘ Read more
R to @mind_booster: You can see what other #SFD2022 celebrations are being planned around the world here: https://wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/2022
You can see what other #SFD2022 celebrations are being planned around the world here: wiki.softwarefreedomday.org/… ⌘ Read more
**Every year, on the 3rd Saturday of September the “Software Freedom Day” is celebrated.
In 🇵🇹 Portugal @ANSOL is going to celebrate with a #SoftwareFreedomDay in Oporto:
https://ansol.org/eventos/2022-09-17-software-freedom-day/**
Every year, on the 3rd Saturday of September the “Software Freedom Day” is celebrated.
In 🇵🇹 Portugal @ANSOL is going to celebrate with a #SoftwareFreedomDay in Oporto:
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Knowledge Graphs - Computerphile ⌘ Read more
Sucked in Crikey! but… ⌘ Read more
Une presse française lâche et paresseuse
Ah, finalement, qu’il est doux d’être journaliste en France dans un journal de révérence ! Jadis, c’était un travail fatigant, voire stressant et parfois même risqué : il fallait aller chercher l’information directement sur le terrain et la corroborer le carnet de notes à la main. Certains événements pouvaient impliquer de mettre sa vie en danger ; et […] ⌘ Read more
Breaking: Linux company SUSE sold to Taco Bell
SUSE had previously been owned by Micro Focus, Novell, Attachmate, EQT, and Phil Collins. ⌘ Read more
Things You Should Not Do
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The XMPP Standards Foundation: The XMPP Newsletter August 2022
Welcome to the XMPP Newsletter, great to have you here again! This issue covers the month of August 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 more at the … ⌘ Read more
Is the Big Bang Theory Wrong? | Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains… ⌘ Read more
Join us for OctogatosConf 2022
Live on September 15, 2022, with talks by industry experts in Spanish, Portuguese, and English, on topics including software development, security, technical project management, community, open source, professional development and best practices. ⌘ Read more
In Case You Missed It: Docker Community All-Hands
Get highlights the 6th Docker Community All-Hands, including the latest releases, best practices, and links to all of the talks on YouTube. ⌘ Read more
Contributing to open source at GitHub
A software engineer’s personal journey to becoming an open source contributor. ⌘ Read more
May back-issue of The Lunduke Journal Monthly PDF now available for download
Clocking in at over 200 pages of Linux, Alternative OS, and Computer History goodness. ⌘ Read more
Why your habits never stick ⌘ Read more
I Am Being Criminally Prosecuted ⌘ Read more
C’est la rentrée, alors faites confiance au gouvernement !
Voilà, c’est dit ! Cet hiver sera rude : on va se cailler les miches mais finalement, cela permettra à tous de prendre de bonnes résolutions sur le chemin de la Sobriété Énergétique, de goûter au plaisir des douches froides, des repas crus et des longs trajets en vélo sous la pluie, la neige et les missiles […] ⌘ Read more
Artemis Quote
![Another option:](https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/artemis_quote.png "Another option: \")
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PEP 698: Override Decorator for Static Typing
This PEP proposes adding an @override decorator to the Python type system. This will allow type checkers to prevent a class of bugs that occur when a base class changes methods that are inherited by derived classes. ⌘ Read more
**RT by @mind_booster: “After self-hosting my email for twenty-three years I have thrown in the towel. The oligopoly has won.”
https://cfenollosa.com/blog/after-self-hosting-my-email-for-twenty-three-years-i-have-thrown-in-the-towel-the-oligopoly-has-won.html**
“After self-hosting my email for twenty-three years I have thrown in the towel. The oligopoly has won.”
[cfenollosa.com/blog/after-se…](https://cfenollosa.com/blog/after-self-hosting-my-email-for-twenty-three-years-i-have-thrown-in-the-towel-the-oligopoly … ⌘ Read more
Linux, Alternative OS, & Retro Computing News - September 4, 2022
Listen now (34 min) | The Lunduke Journal Podcast - September 4, 2022 ⌘ Read more
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RT by @mind_booster: OMG In the Penguin Random House/S&S antitrust trial it was revealed that out of 58,000 trade titles published per year, half of those titles sell fewer than one dozen books. LESS THAN ONE DOZEN.
OMG In the Penguin Random House/S&S antitrust trial it was revealed that out of 58,000 trade titles published per year, half of those titles sell fewer than one dozen books. LESS THAN ONE DOZEN. ⌘ Read more
Linux, Alternative OS, & Retro Computing News - Sep 3, 2022
Thunderbird fork to improve quality, convert Arch to AppImage, & Serenity OS tackles… Emoji? ⌘ Read more
Now that I have access to Udemy Business and can watch many, many courses for free, I subscribed to two courses. One to improve my English and one to improve my quick-wittedness. Let’s see if I complete them and if they really help. ⌘ Read more
A script for Go dependency updates
I regularly update the dependencies of my blog software, a Go based project. Dependency updates are important because they can contain security fixes or fixes for bugs. ⌘ Read more
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Kaidan: Encrypted Audio and Video Calls
Kaidan will receive a grant by NLnet for adding encrypted audio and video calls.
The calls will be end-to-end encrypted and authenticated via OMEMO.
Furthermore, Kaidan will support small group calls.
We strive for interoperability between Kaidan and other XMPP apps supporting calls.
In order to achie … ⌘ Read more
Make Linux look like IRIX from an SGI workstation
Because those SGI, UNIX workstations from the 1990s were awesome. ⌘ Read more
Release Radar · August 2022 Edition
We’ve been gearing up to launch GitHub Universe 2022 and our community has been launching cool projects left right and center. These projects include everything from world-changing technology to developer tooling, and weekend hobbies. Here are some of the open source projects that released major version updates this August. Read more about these projects in […] ⌘ Read more
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Docker Captain Take 5 — Sebastien Flochlay
Meet one of our newest Docker Captains! Sebastien is a Co-Founder of Stack Labs with a passion for creating helpful Docker trainings and resources. ⌘ Read more
How to Colorize Black & White Pictures With OpenVINO™ on Ubuntu Containers
Ever wanted to learn how to colorize monochrome pictures? You can use OpenVINO on Ubuntu containers to do just that! Learn more from our friends over at Ubuntu. ⌘ Read more
Git’s database internals V: scalability
This fifth and final part of our blog series exploring Git’s internals shows several strategies for scaling your Git repositories that match related database sharding techniques. ⌘ Read more
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Le fisc vous ponctionnera jusque dans vos piscines
En France, pendant que les médias persistent à s’inquiéter de la virilité ou non des barbecues, la crise énergétique enfle doucement. Cet hiver, les Français pourraient passer brutalement des coupures de presse aux coupures de courant. Alors oui, certes, la situation est grave mais pas désespérée et comme en 1974 où, à la suite du […] ⌘ Read more
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Waleed Aly: He’s at it Again! ⌘ Read more
The first smartphone: 1994’s IBM Simon
A DOS powered, touch-screen smartphone from 1994? Yes, please. ⌘ Read more
First Internet Interaction
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What is the Artemis 1 Mission? | Neil deGrasse Tyson Explains… ⌘ Read more
RT by @mind_booster: E de repente passaram 6 anos :)
Venham mais 6! 💪
E de repente passaram 6 anos :)
Venham mais 6! 💪
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Integrated Terminal for Running Containers, Extended Integration with Containerd, and More in Docker Desktop 4.12
Docker Desktop 4.12 is now live! This release brings some key quality-of-life improvements to the Docker Dashboard. We’ve also made some changes to our container image management and added it as an experimental feature. Finally, we’ve made it easier to find useful Extensions. Let’s dive in. Execute commands in a runn … ⌘ Read more
The Docker-Sponsored Open Source Program has a new look!
Learn about the latest updates to the Docker-Sponsored Open Source Program. This announcement covers the new benefits being added and what’s staying the same! ⌘ Read more
Extending Docker’s Integration with containerd
Discover the containerd integration with Docker, what this means for current users, and future roadmap items to anticipate! ⌘ Read more
First work day in my new job
My first day at my new job is over, and it went quite well despite the lack of sleep. Super nice colleagues and I am already full in the training. ⌘ Read more
GitHub Actions: introducing the new, larger GitHub-hosted runners beta
Now your team can spend less time managing infrastructure and more time writing code. ⌘ Read more
GitHub Actions: introducing the new, larger GitHub-hosted runners beta
Now your team can spend less time managing infrastructure and more time writing code. ⌘ Read more
RT by @mind_booster: Este mês a edição do Digital Rights Drinks acontece excepcionalmente no Mundo-B, em Bruxelas, a partir de amanhã à noite e durante todo o fim de semana. Vamos andar pelo Freedom Not Fear @fnf_eu 😉
Na edição de Outubro regressamos a Lisboa!
Este mês a edição do Digital Rights Drinks acontece excepcionalmente no Mundo-B, em Bruxelas, a partir de amanhã à noite e durante todo o fim de semana. Vamos andar pelo Freedom Not Fear @fnf_eu 😉
Na ed … ⌘ Read more
Git’s database internals IV: distributed synchronization
We’re examining Git’s internals to help make your engineering system more efficient. This post views Git as a distributed database and looks into its synchronization techniques, specifically ‘git fetch’ and ‘git push’. ⌘ Read more
A realidade da #InternetDosPobrezinhos :
A realidade da #InternetDosPobrezinhos :
nitter.net/Catarina2718281/status/1565289362253926413#m ⌘ Read more
Paul Schaub: Creating a Web-of-Trust Implementation: Accessing Certificate Stores
Currently, I am working on a Web-of-Trust implementation for the OpenPGP library PGPainless. This work is being 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.
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お知らせ：役員体制の一部変更について ⌘ 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
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Ignite Realtime Blog: Openfire ThreadDump plugin 1.1.0 released
Earlier today, we have released version 1.1.0 of the Openfire Thread Dump plugin. This plugin uses various evaluators to trigger the creation of a Java thread dump. These thread dumps provide valuable information that is typically used when analyzing issues within Openfire’s implementation.
In the new version of the plugin, two new evaluators have been added: one that looks at the usage pattern of Openfire’s TaskEngin … ⌘ Read more