Tribute to Brooks the shelter cat. I posted about him here two weeks ago. He passed on Sunday from complications from FeLV. ⌘ Read more
Catanzaro: Dangerous arbitrary file read vulnerability in Yelp
GNOME contributor Michael Catanzaro has written a blog\
post about a noteworthy vulnerability in GNOME’s help browser, Yelp.
I don’t normally blog about particular CVEs, but Yelp CVE-2025-3155 is
noteworthy because it is quite severe, public for several weeks now,
and not yet fixed upstream. In short, help files can rea … ⌘ Read more
ProcessOne: ejabberd 25.04
Just a few weeks after previous release, ejabberd 25.04 is published with an important security fix, several bug fixes and a new API command.
Release Highlights:
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Apple Releases iOS 18.4.1 With Bug Fixes
Apple today released iOS 18.4.1 and iPadOS 18.4.1, minor updates to the iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 operating systems that came out last September. iOS 18.4.1 and iPadOS 18.4.1 come two weeks after the launch of iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4.
Security Week is one of several outlets reporting
that the funding for the CVE program at MITRE disappears as of
April 16.
Maintained by MITRE Corporation, a not-for-profit organization that
operates federal R&D centers, the CVE program is funded through
multiple channels, including the U.S. government, industry
partnerships, and international organizations.
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Law firms pledge almost $1 billion in free work to Trump
Sam Baker, Staff Writer - Axios
Stephan: Here is a list, it is probably longer today but this was the most fact-based one I could find, of the law firsm that have become the legal servants of dictator Trump. The men and women in these firms are week and unethical. Don’t become a client of any of them, and if you are in law school do not go to work for any of them when you pass your law exam.
Amazon today has the USB-C AirPods Max on sale for $479.99 in every color, down from $549.00. This beats the price we tracked last week by about $20, and it’s an overall second-best price on the headphones.
As Israel Pulls Plug on Gaza, Smotrich Says Trump’s Ethnic Cleansing Plan ‘Taking Shape’
Brett Wilkins, Staff Writer - Common Dreams
_Stephan: To be very clear: I in no way defend, in fact, actively condemn Hamas’ terrorism and hostage taking. But that does not justify what is being done in Gaza. There are deeper plans being perpetrated. One is the issue “dictator” Trump has been talking about for weeks. I suspect that Netanyahu and Tru … ⌘ Read more
Number of Accounts Exposed in Hacks Now Nearly 2X Earths Population
Over 3 Million accounts were exposed this last week alone. ⌘ Read more
Top Stories: iOS 19 and iPhone 17 Pro Rumors, Siri Revamp Turmoil, and More
It was a big week for leaks and rumors in the Apple world, with fresh claims about iOS 19, the iPhone 17 Pro, and even the 20th anniversary iPhone coming a couple of years from now.
Sources also spilled the tea on the inner turmoil at Apple around the Apple Intelligence-driven Siri revamp that has seen significant delays, so read on b … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 04/07 to 04/11 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/04/11/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
When you’re four weeks old but already running a spa. ⌘ Read more
Nicolas, 35 ans, découvre les urgences à la française
Un article à 4 mains écrit par h16 & Citronne Nicolas, 35 ans, marié, et père de deux enfants (de 5 et 8 ans), vit un quotidien familial plutôt paisible et des week-ends rythmés par les activités extra-scolaires des deux marmots. Cette année, alors qu’Emma pratique la danse, pour Léo, la question se pose encore : […] ⌘ Read more
Chaos and Corruption Weekly Digest: Week 11
, - American Federation of Government Employees
Stephan: Week 11 of the corruption that is the unacknowledged but defining character of the coup.
Week 11 saw Trump’s attack on the free press, our country’s economy and ability to fight diseases and find cures. But the American people pushed back against his attacks in four elect … ⌘ Read more
[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for April 10, 2025
Inside this week’s LWN.net Weekly Edition:
Front: Debian project leader election; 6.15 Merge window; Lots of LSFMM coverage; Joplin.
Briefs: Firefox hardening; OpenSSH 10.0; Supply chain security; FreeDOS 1.4; OpenSSL 3.5.0; Rust 1.86.0; Quotes; …
Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more. ⌘ Read more
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twtxt.net's home page doesn't load more than 13 twts, no more pagination/infinite scrolling...
@aelaraji@aelaraji.com Yeah I’m in the process of rewriting (incrementally) the cache storage backend. It’s now been live for at least a week now and pagination and peering are the last things left to do 🤞
(#vpvcyna) @aelaraji@aelaraji Yeah I’m in the process of rewriting (incrementally) the cache storage backend. It’s now been live for at le …
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iOS 18.4.1 Update Coming Soon for iPhones
Apple employees are testing iOS 18.4.1 for iPhones, according to the MacRumors visitor logs, which have been a reliable indicator of upcoming iOS versions. The software update will likely be released in a week or two, if not sooner.
As the version number implies, iOS 18.4.1 will obviously be a minor update that addresses software bugs and/or security vulnerabilities.
There ar … ⌘ Read more
Apple Releases iPhone 16e Parts for Do-It-Yourself Repairs
Apple this week made iPhone 16e parts available to order through its self-service repair store in the U.S. and many European countries.
There are parts and tools available for repairing an iPhone 16e’s display, battery, cameras, back glass, speakers, and more. Apple also allows customers to rent an iPhone toolkit for seven … ⌘ Read more
Another nice stroll in nature last week: https://lyse.isobeef.org/waldspaziergang-2025-04-03/
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I had a day like that just today, in fact I’ve had one of those weeks, actually no wait, I’ve had one of those months! 🤯
(#dptuzoa) I had a day like that just today, in fact I’ve had one of those weeks, actually no wait, I’ve had one of those months! 🤯
I had a day like that just today, in fact I’ve had one of those weeks, actually no wait, I’ve had one of those months! 🤯 ⌘ Read more
Editor’s Note –Thank you, On The Mend
Stephan A. Schwartz, Editor - Schwartzreport
Stephan: Thank you all for your good wishes and healing intentions. I am on the mend from a flu-cold I apparently caught from someone last week at a community gathering. A nasty passage, but nothing serious. ⌘ Read more
** Muddy weeknotes **
Some RSS exclusive week notes:
- I finished reading Emily St. James’ Woodworking
- I started reading Sally Rooney’s Intermezzo
- I took a break from re-watching Frieren for the third time
- I used that break to start watching The Apothecary Diaries, which isn’t at all what I assumed it was. It is more a detective show than anything else, so far, and I dig it
- I started to play Citizen Sleeper
- I cleaned so much, yet the house remains not clean
- It has stopped snowing (for now), we are now solidly in … ⌘ Read more
I’ve been using GIMP 3.0 for a few weeks now and it’s great. New features and I got rid of two custom plugins because they’re in core now. Literally nothing broke for me. And I really appreciate that they kept the familiar UI (instead of changing things just for the sake of change).
Thank you! 🥳
My BIL was recently in the process of moving so we got to watch this absolute sweetheart, Missy, for a few weeks. She’s 18, diabetic, and sassy as hell ⌘ Read more
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@kat@yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz the site i mentioned last week that got flooded by teens? yeah it’s this site, based on the retrospring codebase, it’s a social Q&A site. ask me stuff on there!!!!!!!!
Top Stories: iOS 18.4 Released, New AirPods Max Features, and More
We’re just two months away from WWDC where we’ll get our first glimpses of iOS 19 and related updates, but this week saw the public release of iOS 18.4 with a number of changes and improvements including some audio improvements for the USB-C AirPods Max.
This week also saw the first beta of iOS 18.5, a new rumor about iOS 19 compatibility, and Apple’s w … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 03/31 to 04/04 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/04/04/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
MacRumors Giveaway: Win Custom Retro AirPods From ColorWare
For this week’s giveaway, we’ve teamed up with ColorWare to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win a set of AirPods Pro 2 or AirPods 4 that have been custom designed with a classic Mac aesthetic.
a week without you. it hurts so much. today we got her ashes and paw print back. i miss you i wish you were here😢 ⌘ Read more
Prosodical Thoughts: Prosody 13.0.1 released
We are pleased to announce a new minor release from our stable branch.
As is the tradition with software, here is our first patch release following
shortly behind our major 13.0.0 release announced a few weeks ago. It fixes
some important bugs that were discovered after the release.
Many thanks to everyone who reported issues and helped with testing the fixes
for this release. We appreciate it!
For those of you on 0.12.x who haven’t upgraded yet, skip 13.0.0 and jump
stra … ⌘ Read more
[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for April 3, 2025
Inside this week’s LWN.net Weekly Edition:
Front: Calibre 8.0; Fedora reproducibility; OpenWrt One; 6.15 Merge Window; LSFMM+BPF coverage including BPF in GCC, Rust merging process, and more.
Briefs: Ubuntu namespaces; New FPL; PorteuX 2.0; Firefox 137.0; GCC Rust; Rockbox 4.0; Rust specification; Thundermail; Dave Täht RIP; Quotes; …
Announcements: Newsletters, confer … ⌘ Read more
Sick, chewed up by dogs, lungs destroyed and given only a week to live when he was a kitten to being healthy and loved, meet my little fighter Kiki ⌘ Read more
There’s a secret art easter egg thing, hidden on my website ( https://thecanine.ueuo.com ), for this years April fools event - it’s been there for a few weeks, but now I can finally give hints.
Apple Begins Testing iOS 18.6 Update for iPhones
Apple this week began testing iOS 18.6, according to our website’s visitor logs, which have been a reliable indicator of upcoming iOS versions. The update is currently limited to Apple’s software engineers, with no developer or public beta available yet.
The first iOS 18.6 beta will likely be made available in May or June, and the update should be released to the gen … ⌘ Read more
For anyone following the proposals to improve replies and threads in twtxt, the voting period has started and will be open for a week.
https://eapl.me/rfc0001/
Please share the link with the twtxt community, and leave your vote on your preferred proposals, which will be used to gauge the perceived benefits.
Also, the conversation is open to discuss implementation concerns or anything aimed at making twtxt better.
Second Release Candidate of iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4 Available for Testing
Apple has issued a second release candidate (RC) build of iOS 18.4 and ipadOS 18.4, a day after releasing a 2nd RC build of MacOS Seqouia 15.4. Earlier in the week Apple introduced the first RC builds of these system software versions. iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4 gain some new features and improvements to Apple … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/03/28/second-release-candidate-of-ios- … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 03/24 to 03/28 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/03/28/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
iOS 18.4 Expected Next Week - Here Are the Release Notes
With the second release candidate of iOS 18.4 that Apple seeded out today, the company finally provided us with release notes that give a full rundown on what to expect.
There’s an Apple Vision Pro app, new Apple Intelligence featur … ⌘ Read more
Some European countries and Canada issue advisories for travelers to the U.S.
Chandelis Duster, Reporter - npr
_Stephan: Over the past three weeks, I have received five emails from SR readers who live in other countries telling me that they are cancelling their plans to come to the United States for vacations or business. A sixth reader, a German medical researcher, told me that she had been offered a research grant that would have required her … ⌘ Read more
My coworker’s cat passed tragically last week, I decided to paint a memorial for him ⌘ Read more
‘iPhone Fold’ to Feature Metallic Glass Hinge That Resists Deformation
Last week, we covered a report claiming that Apple’s book-style foldable iPhone (or “iPhone Fold,” as we are provisionally calling it here) will use liquid metal hinges to improve durability and help minimize screen creasing. Today, a Chinese leaker provided more details on the properties of this hinge material that help to clarify why Apple chose it for its first foldable device.
[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for March 27, 2025
Inside this week’s LWN.net Weekly Edition:
Front: Open source in government; OSI election; Memory-management medley; Address-space isolation; CMA; 6.14 Development stats; State of the page.
Briefs: Asahi Linux progress; Reproducible Debian; rpi-image-gen; Neovim 0.11; OpenH264; Quotes; …
Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more. ⌘ Read more
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if it hasn’t updated in a while so i put the request rate to once a week it will take some time before i see an update if it happens today.
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if it hasn’t updated in a while so i put the request rate to once a week it will take some time before i see an update if it happens today.
There are 132 lawsuits against Trump. Pay attention to these two.
Ian Millhiser, Senior Correspondent - Vox
_Stephan: I predict we are within a few weeks of the final threshold to see if the United States still has a functioning democracy-based legal system. As this article describes, the answer to this question will come down to how the Supreme Court rules on these two cases. Speaking as a historian, the two worst Supreme Court decisions, in my opinion, of … ⌘ Read more
Adopted this little monster two weeks ago ⌘ Read more
My girlfriend and our two girls brought this little girl home after finding her abandoned on a walking trail , she was pretty traumatized but after a few weeks she is starting to come around. This is Kitty . ⌘ Read more
my beautiful girl Anna i’ve adopted 2 weeks ago has the weirdest ears i’ve seen but they’re kinda cute ;)) ⌘ Read more
Software Engineer Runs Generative AI on 20-Year-Old PowerBook G4
In a blog post this week, software engineer Andrew Rossignol (my brother!) detailed how he managed to run generative AI on an old PowerBook G4.
While hardware requirements for large language models (LLMs) are typically high, this particular PowerBook G4 model from 2005 is equ … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 03/17 to 03/21 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/03/21/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
After two weeks of almost non-stop hiding, my sweet rescue cat Ophelia (FiFi) has bravely stepped out to explore! ⌘ Read more
Cloud Native Telco Culminating in London the Week of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Europe 2025
The first week of April, from March 31st to April 4th will be a huge week for cloud native and Telco in London, and it will be a great opportunity to highlight how much telecom is… ⌘ Read more
Meta Rolls Out AI Assistant Across Europe
Meta has announced the rollout of its AI chatbot across Europe starting this week. The AI assistant will appear across WhatsApp, Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger platforms in 41 European and 21 overseas territories.
Meta AI launched in the United States in 2023, but the company paused a planned rollo … ⌘ Read more
[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for March 20, 2025
Inside this week’s LWN.net Weekly Edition:
Front: Oxidizr; Spectre mitigations; Frozen pages; Mapcount madness; Open-source risks; /e/OS.
Briefs: Supply chain attacks; SystemRescue 12.00; Casual Make; GIMP 3.0; Git 2.49.0; GNOME 48; PeerTube 7.1; Quotes; …
Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more. ⌘ Read more
Tribute to my kitty Kimchi. Chronological order of her growing. She passed yesterday just weeks before her first birthday. ⌘ Read more
I volunteer as photographer for my local shelter. Here is this weeks Cat photos! (3-17-25) ⌘ Read more
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 11 2025: 14 PRs, 3 Issues
This weekly report aims to provide a big picture view of Monero development activity, increase community support for existing devs and, hopefully, encourage new contributions.
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Top Stories: Apple Intelligence Siri Delay Sparks Concern, iOS 19 Redesign, and More
While Apple launched a bunch of new hardware this week, the biggest news was on the software side where a delay for some of the previously announced Apple Intelligence Siri features has led to scrutiny of Apple’s actions and uneasiness among those at the company.
This week also saw revived rumors about a significant overhau … ⌘ Read more
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 11, 2025
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.
![‘Spe … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 03/10 to 03/14 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/03/14/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
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@movq@www.uninformativ.de @prologic@twtxt.net Dito. Even though I only had four day weeks and three days of weekend the last month, I feel very exhausted as well. Back to five days next week. :-(
Who wants to go o the Moon on a plasma rocket? 🌕 It’ll only take 3 weeks ⌘ Read more
Best Apple Deals of the Week: Launch Discounts Hit New iPad, iPad Air, and MacBook Air, Plus AirPods 4 for Just $99.99
Apple’s new 11th generation iPad, M3 iPad Air, and M4 MacBook Air launched this week, and discounts are already available for all of these products on Amazon. Additionally, we’re tracking ongoing record low prices on the AirPods 4, M4 MacBook Pro, and Apple Pencil Pro.
I found this cat outside a few weeks ago and decided to keep it. My dad is convinced it’s a small bobcat, can I return it to the wild? ⌘ Read more
I got a small desk calendar as advertising gift. It shows three months at once. I’m using this thing since the beginning of this year and I have to say that it turned out to be super useful. I’m happily surprised.
It sits on my desk next to my rightmost monitor. I’ve set it up so that I can see the last, current and next months. Each morning, I advance the “today window” or whatever its proper name is. This gives me a sense of what date we have today and which I will have forgotten half a minute later already. At most. However, it’s easily at hand by turning my head just a few degrees.
With the last month still showing, I had several occasions so far where a date in the past popped up in a meeting. I could easily tell when something happened, how long ago that was. Or how many days or weeks are left until we have to deliver something, etc.
In hindsight, this is absolutely no surprise at all. But I still find it fascinating. I’m now actually wondering why I never had something like that before. How could I live without that thing? Sure, I pulled up a calendar on my computer, ncal -w3 or so. But I always hated the inverted ncal output, necessary for showing week numbers, though. Having a paper calander right next to my screen at all times is sooooo much more handy.
So, do yourself a favor and think about whether such a desk calendar might be useful to you.
The only annoying thing is that the “today window” moves too easily. It slips down by its own. I reckon it wants me to regularly interact with it, so that I memorize the current date.
Hands-On With Apple’s New M4 MacBook Air
Apple refreshed the MacBook Air lineup last week, and those new models are available starting today. We picked up one of the M4 MacBook Air models for a quick unboxing and first impressions overview.
_Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos._
If you’ve seen the M2 or M3 MacBook Air models, then … ⌘ Read more
I volunteer at my local animal shelter as the photographer, here is this weeks cat photos! ⌘ Read more
It’s been ages since the last time we’ve had as much and as frequent of a rainfall as we’ve been having this week. The smell, the sounds, the wind pushing against my body … are taking over my senses with joy, leaving no room for worry™ (about the possibility of a flood).
Apple Pulls iPhone 16 Ad Showing Off ‘More Personal Siri’
Apple has pulled an ad for the iPhone 16 that depicted a “ more personal Siri,” following the company’s admission last week that it is delaying some of the Apple Intelligence Siri features that it originally expected to release in iOS 18.
English actor Isabella Ramsey starred in the now-private YouTube video, [o … ⌘ Read more
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 10 2025: 10 PRs, 0 Issues
This weekly report aims to provide a big picture view of Monero development activity, increase community support for existing devs and, hopefully, encourage new contributions.
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Best Apple Deals of the Week: Pre-Order Deals Arrive for New iPad Air/MacBook Air, Plus Steep Discounts on AirPods and Apple Watch
The highlight of Apple deals this week is Best Buy’s and Amazon’s pre-order discounts on the just-announced M3 iPad Air, 11th generation iPad, and M4 MacBook Air. You’ll also find great, record-low prices on AirPods Pro 2, Apple Watch Series 10, and the previous generation M2 MacBook Air.
My rescue kitties 12 weeks vs 20 weeks 🧡🩷 ⌘ Read more
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 10, 2025
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.
On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 03/03 to 03/07 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/03/07/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
Review: A Week With iPhone 16e
It’s been a week since Apple released the iPhone 16e, its new low-cost (but not as low-cost as before) smartphone. The iPhone 16e has many of the same capabilities as Apple’s flagship iPhones, but it is lacking in some key areas to save money. So, is it worth the savings? MacRumors videographer Dan Barbera spent a week with the iPhone 16e as his main iPhone to see what he could live wi … ⌘ Read more
New MacBook Air Coming This Week: What to Expect
Apple CEO Tim Cook teased a new product announcement this week, sharing a short video that says “there’s something in the Air.” Based on the “Air” wording and the timing of the launch, it sounds like we’re going to get new M4 [MacBook Air](https://www.macrumors.com/ro … ⌘ Read more
Tim Cook Teases New Apple Product Announcement This Week: ‘There’s Something in the Air’
Apple CEO Tim Cook teased a new product announcement coming “this week.”
“There’s something in the air,” the teaser says.
This teaser likely refers to a new MacBook Air with the M4 chip, which is [already expected to be announced as early as this week](https://www.macrumors.com/2 … ⌘ Read more
Stray kitty who is now my baby ❤️ a few weeks vs 6 months ⌘ Read more
selsta submits CCS proposal for 3 months of Monero dev work until end of May 2025
selsta1 has submitted a new CCS proposal2 to continue working part-time on Monero development for 3 more months, until the end of May 2025:
Work for 30 hours per week over the next 3 months (from March to end of May) at a rate of 50€ / hour. At 210€ / XMR this makes ~93 XMR.
Total funding: 93 XMR.
ETA: (end of) May 2025.
The dev will continue testing and reviewing PR’s, Mone … ⌘ Read more
New MacBook Air Announcement Reportedly ‘Imminent’ — Here’s When
Apple plans to announce new 13-inch and 15-inch MacBook Air models with the M4 chip “as early as this week,” according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman.
“I expect the M4 MacBook Air to be introduced as early as this week,” said Gurman, in a post on X today. “Inventory has significantly wound … ⌘ Read more
Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 9 2025: 20 PRs, 9 Issues
This weekly report aims to provide a big picture view of Monero development activity, increase community support for existing devs and, hopefully, encourage new contributions.
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Top Stories: iPhone 16e Launch, iPhone 17 and Foldable Rumors, and More
With Friday’s launch, the iPhone 16e has become the newest member of Apple’s iPhone 16 family and the company’s latest low-cost iPhone option, though it does come in at a significantly higher price point than the outgoing iPhone SE.
Other major Apple news and rumor stories this week included new details on both the iPhone 17 lineup coming later thi … ⌘ Read more
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 9, 2025
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.
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I will maintain Revuo Monero (https://www.revuo-xmr.com/) for the next 3 months (2025 Q2): April, May and June. There is a chance I may skip one week to tend to real life issues, in such case, next issue will just cover 2 weeks instead of … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 02/24 to 02/28 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/02/28/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
The MacRumors Show: We Answer Your Questions!
On this week’s special episode of The MacRumors Show, we answer your listener questions.
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Responding to your queries from over the past few weeks, we talk pocket cameras, our own devices, the Mail app, visionOS, foldables … ⌘ Read more
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This document is the result of a series of discussions between Robert "Uncle Bob" Martin and John Ousterhout, held between September 2024 and February 2025. The text addresses three main topics: method length, comments, and Test Driven Development (TDD).
https://github.com/johnousterhout/aposd-vs-clean-code/blob/main/README.md
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@andros@twtxt.andros.dev Just before the pandemic, we watched Uncle Bob videos once a week in the lunch break. While almost all of my old teammates agreed with his views, I partially found them to be very odd and even counterproductive.
I didn’t come across John Ousterhout or any of his work before, at least not deliberately. So, this document is my first contact.
I only finished the chapter on comments and I totally agree with John so far. This document just manifests to me how weird Bob’s view is on certain subjects.
I always disagreed with the concept of a maximum method length. Sure, generally, shorter functions are probably better, but it always depends. And I’ve certainly seen super short methods that just made the code flow even worse to follow. While “one function should only do one thing” is a nice general rule, I’m 100% in team John with the shown examples. There are cases, where this doesn’t help readability at all. Not even close.
To me, a function always has to justify its existence. Either by reusing it at least at another place or by coming up with dedicated tests for it. But if it is just called once and there are no tests, I almost always decide against it. Personally, I don’t mind longer methods. We just recently had a discussion about that and I lost against two other workmates who are more in Uncle Bob’s camp, they refactored one medium sized method into three very short ones. Luckily, we agree on most other topics.
Lol, what!? The shorter the method, the longer the variables inside? I first thought I misread or the writeup mixed it up. I’ll always do it the other way around.
I’ve been also bitten badly by outdated comments in the past, but Bob must have worked on really terrible projects to end up with such an attitude to dislike comments. Oh well. No doubt, I’ve come across by several orders of magnitude more useless comments, in my experience (autogenerated) JavaDocs fall in the category more frequently than not. So, I know that there are different types of comments. A comment doesn’t automatically mean that it is good and justified.
But I also partially agree with Bob and John and think that a good name has a proper chance to save a comment. Though, when in doubt, I go John’s route and use a shorter name with a comment rather than use a kilometer long identifier. Writing good comments typically takes some time, sometimes much longer than writing the code. It regularly takes me several minutes. It’s a hard art.
I perhaps should read up on John’s work. He seems to be more reasonable and likeminded. :-) Let me continue to complete this document.
Kubestronaut in Orbit: Samah Eddaoudi
Get to know Samah This week’s Kubestronaut in Orbit is Samah Eddaoudi! As a recent graduate in networks and telecommunications, Samah transitioned into the field of DevOps and cloud engineering, building on her strong technical foundation…. ⌘ Read more
And, Ramadan is next week. So, we switched to UTC from UTC+1 in the weekend. As if it’s going to make the days any shorter 😅
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** mkv no more **
My previous post included a video. I made that video with OBS which outputs .mkv video files.
I wanted to do my best to ensure that folks with a variety of devices and browsers would be able to watch the video if they wanted to, so, I converted it into a few different formats.
Here’s the bash script I wrote to do that. It relies on ffmpeg.
”`hljs bash
#!/bin/bash
if ! command -v ffmpeg &> /dev/null; then
echo "ffmpeg ... ⌘ [Read more](https://eli.li/mkv-no-more)```
** Skwaking Week Notes **
I’d never thought about adding playlists to my website, but then I did it and now I wanna add more. While I wait to put together another playlist, here’s the song that I’m listening to right now — Lady Lamb’s“Crane Your Neck.”
We had a few big snows, so the kids spent extra time at home and we’ve done a fair bit of sledding and shoveling. There was a bunch of frozen rain after one of the snow storms, so the snow had a crunch … ⌘ Read more
In Minnesota, finally above freezing temps after many weeks.
Apple’s AirTag 4-Pack Drops to Record Low $69.99 Price on Amazon
Amazon this week has Apple’s AirTag 4-Pack for $69.99, down from $99.00. Amazon introduced this all-time low price back in January, and it’s been reappearing throughout the month of February.
Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 8, 2025
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.
On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 02/17 to 02/21 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/02/21/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week
10 Weird Stories Missing People Told When They Were Found
It is such a relief when a missing person is found alive, whether they have been gone a matter of hours, weeks, or even years. However, the explanations for why the person vanished to begin with or stories about experiences they had during their absence are sometimes very bizarre. From strange crimes to supernatural tales, […]
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@prologic@twtxt.net Those aren’t actually serving anything public-facing. I’ve thought about it, but for now I’m sticking with VPSs, partly because I don’t relish the risk of weeks of downtime if something goes wrong while I’m travelling.