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Debian Discrimination! Stallman Hit Piece! Winamp Code Deleted! Nuclear AI CAPTCHA Solving! ⌘ Read more

Tesla Plans to Release Apple Watch App That Will Work as a Digital Key
Tesla last week updated its iPhone app with new Control Center controls on iOS 18. In addition, the latest version of the app added hidden code references to an upcoming Apple Watch version of the app, according to MacRumors contributor Aaron Perris.

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Hiking in the Alps?
As my girlfriend finally finished her last exams last week, and now we have time for enjoyable activities again, we used yesterday to do another hike in the surrounding area. ⌘ Read more

Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 42 2024: 27 PRs, 14 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.

Opened (8)

monero-project/monero:

• #95231 build: bump minimum macos version to 10.15 (tobtoht)
  
• #95222 blockchain_utilities: add tool to track running counts of locked outputs (jeffro256)
  
• #95253 te … ⌘ Read more

Top Stories: New iPad Mini, Upcoming Mac Updates, and More
The first of a number of imminent Apple product updates arrived this week with the seventh-generation iPad mini, but what else is still in store and when can we expect to see them?

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On the software side, the public release of iOS 18.1 and related updates with the first Apple Intelligence features is drawing ever closer, and we can expect more of those features to a … ⌘ Read more

Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 42, 2024
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.

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Ignite Realtime Blog: Smack 4.5.0-beta5 released
The Ignite Realtime developer community is happy to announce that Smack 4.5 entered its beta phase. Smack is a XMPP client API written in Java that is able to run on Java SE and Android. Smack’s beta phase started already a few weeks ago, but 4.5.0-beta5 is considered to be a good candidate to announce, as many smaller issues have been ironed out.

With Smack 4.5 we bumped the minimum Java version to 11. Furthermore Smack now requires a minimum And … ⌘ Read more

There’s this rumor that you can create a WhatsApp account with a burner phone, then link the phone to a browser on your desktop PC (web.whatsapp.com) and never have to use the phone again. This just doesn’t work. Every ~2 weeks, the session in the browser will time out and you have to re-link again. 🙄

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GNOME Layoffs! Woke Software Alternatives! Internet Archive Hacks! Facebook Censorship Portal! ⌘ Read more

Apple Seeds Seventh Developer Betas of iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1 With Apple Intelligence
Apple today provided developers with the seventh betas of iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1 to continue testing Apple Intelligence features. The seventh betas come a week after Apple seeded the sixth iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1 betas.

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The updates can be dow … ⌘ Read more

Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 41 2024: 23 PRs, 8 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.

Opened (17)

monero-project/monero:

• #95071 tests: include where using std::setfill (jeffro256)
  
• #95062 wallet2: fix error throw if unable to load cache RELEASE
  
• #95053 crypto: remove unus … ⌘ Read more

Top Stories: iOS 18.1 Release Date, New Macs Incoming, and More
Things are firming up for a big Halloween week for Apple, with the company’s next operating system updates reportedly coming early in the week and hardware launches coming a few days later.

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Ahead of those hardware launches, we’ve recently seen what appears to be one of the most significant physical product leaks in years, while some of the new features … ⌘ Read more

Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 41, 2024
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.

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On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 10/07 to 10/11 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/10/11/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week

[ANN] If you run the haveno.markets website, please contact me

[..] Do you operate haveno.markets? You are welcome to stay pseudoanonymous but please open source the project and start accepting contributions from the community (like me). Two updates I can think of right away are to include a json api and to source data from bisq too. Please contact me at www.ki9.us/contact if you know anything about haveno.markets or its operator. If I don’t hear back after a week or two, I will have to assume haveno.markets is untrustworthy until pro … ⌘ Read more

Update Now: iOS 18.0.1 Includes These Bug Fixes and Security Patches
Apple last week released iOS 18.0.1, and we recommend installing the update soon, as it includes some important bug fixes and security patches.

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Below, we outline what is new in iOS 18.0.1.

iOS 18.0.1 fixes display and camera bugs on iPhone 16 models, a … ⌘ Read more

TAG Environmental Sustainability Week is here: a global call for green tech
By TAG Environmental Sustainability Get ready for the CNCF Cloud Native Sustainability Week 2024, which will take place from October 7th to 13th, 2024. This global event, organized by the CNCF Technical Advisory Group for Environmental Sustainability (TAG… ⌘ Read more

Kubestronaut in Orbit: Phong Nguyen Van
Get to know Phong This week’s Kubestronaut in Orbit, Phong Nguyen Van, is a full-stack software engineer in Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam with over 7 years of experience and a passion for cloud technologies and Kubernetes. Phong also… ⌘ Read more

vtnerd posts September 2024 Monero dev report
vtnerd1 has posted a second progress report2 for his full-time Q3 2024 Monero dev work CCS proposal3:

I rolled over the hours for a month last week. I was hoping to get another PR out before this merge request, but it looks like some of the work will have to wait. Reviewers can decide whether they trust additional (not yet posted) work has been done.

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• converting LWS REST server from an epee http se … ⌘ Read more”`

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Godot’s “Cleansing” of Non-Woke! DOOM on a Quantum Computer! A Good Code of Conduct! ⌘ Read more

Monero Dev Activity Report - Week 40 2024: 28 PRs, 11 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.

Opened (13)

monero-project/monero:

• #94981 src: dynamic span, to calculate span limit dynamically RELEASE
  
• #94942 src: dynamic block sync size (0xFFFC0000)
  
• #94973 src: dynamic block … ⌘ Read more

Monero Observer Artistic Saturday Top 5 - Week 40, 2024
Previous Artistic Saturday weekly reports can be found in the [art] 1 section.

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On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 09/30 to 10/04 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/10/04/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week

Spotify Launches Offline Backup Feature for Premium Users
Spotify has announced a new feature called Offline Backup, designed to give Premium subscribers an additional way to listen to music offline without manually downloading playlists. Rolling out globally this week, the feature aims to address situations where users find themselves without an internet connection and haven’t … ⌘ Read more

I share I did write up an algorithm for it at some point I think it is lost in a git comment someplace. I’ll put together a pseudo/go code this week.

Super simple:

Making a reply:

1. If yarn has one use that. (Maybe do collision check?)
   
2. Make hash of twt raw no truncation.
   
3. Check local cache for shortest without collision
   
   • in SQL: select len(subject) where head_full_hash like subject || '%'
     

Threading:

1. Get full hash of head twt
   
2. Search for twts
   
   • in SQL: head_full_hash like subject || '%' and created_on > head_timestamp
     

The assumption being replies will be for the most recent head. If replying to an older one it will use a longer hash.

I share I did write up an algorithm for it at some point I think it is lost in a git comment someplace. I’ll put together a pseudo/go code this week.

Super simple:

Making a reply:

1. If yarn has one use that. (Maybe do collision check?)
   
2. Make hash of twt raw no truncation.
   
3. Check local cache for shortest without collision
   
   • in SQL: select len(subject) where head_full_hash like subject || '%'
     

Threading:

1. Get full hash of head twt
   
2. Search for twts
   
   • in SQL: head_full_hash like subject || '%' and created_on > head_timestamp
     

The assumption being replies will be for the most recent head. If replying to an older one it will use a longer hash.

Last week at The Lunduke Journal (Sep 22 - Sep 28, 2024)
Killer printers! Linux on 4 bit computers! Nuclear powered servers! And… Winamp! ⌘ Read more

Top Stories: iPhone 16 Features, iOS 18.1 Improvements, and More
Apple’s latest devices have been in users’ hands for about a week now, so the latest features and upgrades are getting thoroughly tested as users figure out how best to take advantage of the improvements.

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We’re also still looking forward to additional enhancements like Apple Intelligence features coming in future software updates, while we took a look bac … ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 09/23 to 09/27 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/09/27/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week

On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 09/23 to 09/27 #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week

On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 09/23 to 09/27 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/09/27/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week

MacRumors Giveaway: Win an iPhone 16 Pro From Lululook
For this week’s giveaway, we’ve teamed up with Lululook to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win one of Apple’s new iPhone 16 Pro models. For those unfamiliar with Lululook, it is a company that makes a wide range of Apple accessories.

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Kubestronaut in Orbit: Camila Soares Câmara
Get to know Camila This week’s Kubestronaut in Orbit, Camila Soares Câmara, is a Senior Cloud Engineer at Wellhub in Brazil with experience in Cloud and DevOps, working with technologies such as Kubernetes, CI/CD, AWS, and Infrastructure as… ⌘ Read more

Apple Seeds Fifth Developer Betas of iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1 With Apple Intelligence
Apple today provided developers with the fourth betas of iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1 to continue testing Apple Intelligence features. The fifth betas come two weeks after Apple seeded the fourth iOS 18.1 and iPadOS 18.1 betas.

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The updates can be downloaded from the S … ⌘ Read more

Apple Seeds Fifth Developer Beta of macOS Sequoia 15.1
Apple today provided developers with the fifth beta of an upcoming macOS Sequoia 15.1 beta, with the new update coming a week after Apple released the fourth beta.

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Registered developers can opt-in to the ‌macOS Sequoia‌ beta through the Sof … ⌘ Read more

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Real-Time Linux! Dystopian AI Future! Fake AI Podcasts! Exploding Pagers! ⌘ Read more

👋 Reminder folks of the upcoming Yarn.social monthly online meetup:

I hope to see @david@collantes.us @movq@www.uninformativ.de @lyse@lyse.isobeef.org @xuu@txt.sour.is @sorenpeter@darch.dk and hopefully others too @aelaraji@aelaraji.com @falsifian@www.falsifian.org and anyone else that sees this! 🙏 We’re hopefully going to primarily discuss the future of Twtxt and the last few weeks of discussions 🤣

• Event: Yarn.social Online Meetup
  
• When: 28th September 2024 at 12:00pm UTC (midday)
  
• Where: Mills Meet : Yarn.social
  
• Cadence: 4th Saturday of every Month
  

Agenda:

• Let’s talk about the upcoming changes to the Twtxt spec(s)
  
  • See #xgghhnq
    

#Yarn.social #Meetup

@aelaraji@aelaraji.com This is one of the reasons why yarnd has a couple of settings with some sensible/sane defaults:

I could already imagine a couple of extreme cases where, somewhere, in this peaceful world one’s exercise of freedom of speech could get them in Real trouble (if not danger) if found out, it wouldn’t necessarily have to involve something to do with Law or legal authorities. So, If someone asks, and maybe fearing fearing for… let’s just say ‘Their well being’, would it heart if a pod just purged their content if it’s serving it publicly (maybe relay the info to other pods) and call it a day? It doesn’t have to be about some law/convention somewhere … 🤷 I know! Too extreme, but I’ve seen news of people who’d gone to jail or got their lives ruined for as little as a silly joke. And it doesn’t even have to be about any of this.

There are two settings:

$ ./yarnd --help 2>&1 | grep max-cache
      --max-cache-fetchers int        set maximum numnber of fetchers to use for feed cache updates (default 10)
  -I, --max-cache-items int           maximum cache items (per feed source) of cached twts in memory (default 150)
  -C, --max-cache-ttl duration        maximum cache ttl (time-to-live) of cached twts in memory (default 336h0m0s)

So yarnd pods by default are designed to only keep Twts around publicly visible on either the anonymous Frontpage or Discover View or your Timeline or the feed’s Timeline for up to 2 weeks with a maximum of 150 items, whichever get exceeded first. Any Twts over this are considered “old” and drop off the active cache.

It’s a feature that my old man @off_grid_living@twtxt.net was very strongly in support of, as was I back in the day of yarnd’s design (nothing particularly to do with Twtxt per se) that I’ve to this day stuck by – Even though there are some 😉 that have different views on this 🤣

On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 09/16 to 09/20 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/09/20/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week

Regarding jenny development: There have been enough changes in the last few weeks, imo. I want to let things settle for a while (potential bugfixes aside) and then I’m going to cut a new release.

And I guess the release after that is going to include all the threading/hashing stuff – if we can decide on one of the proposals. 😂

@quark@ferengi.one Do you mean something like this?

$ ./yarnc debug ~/Public/twtxt.txt | tail -n 1
kp4zitq 2024-09-08T02:08:45Z	(#wsdbfna) @<aelaraji https://aelaraji.com/twtxt.txt> My work has this thing called "compressed work", where you can **buy** extra time off (_as much as 4 additional weeks_) per year. It comes out of your pay though, so it's not exactly a 4-day work week but it could be useful, just haven't tired it yet as I'm not entirely sure how it'll affect my net pay

Apple Seeds Fourth Developer Betas of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1 and macOS Sequoia 15.1 With Apple Intelligence
Apple today provided developers with the fourth betas of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1 to continue testing Apple Intelligence features. The third betas come two weeks after Apple seeded the third iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and ‌macOS Sequoia‌ 15.1 betas. Apple has als … ⌘ Read more

A deep dive into NetBox operator
Member post from Swisscom by Lea Brühwiler, Ashan Senevirathne, Joel Studler, Alexander North, Henry Chun-Hung Tseng, Fabian Schulz Two weeks ago, we announced the availability of the NetBox Operator for Kubernetes, an open-source tool designed to integrate NetBox… ⌘ Read more

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Internet Archive loses in court! The Open Source Community Sucks! Mozilla all-in on A.I.! ⌘ Read more

Top Stories: Apple Event Recap With iPhone 16 and 16 Pro, Apple Watch Series 10, AirPods 4, and More
One of the busiest weeks of the year for Apple news has drawn to a close following Monday’s event that saw the unveiling of new iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods models and Friday’s start of iPhone pre-orders in dozens of countries around the world.

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Read on below for the biggest announcements of this week as we take a brief … ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 09/09 to 09/13 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/09/13/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week

MacRumors Giveaway: Win an iPhone 16 Pro From iMazing
For this week’s giveaway, we’ve teamed up with iMazing to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win one of Apple’s new iPhone 16 Pro models. For those unfamiliar with iMazing, it is Mac and PC software that gives you a quick, simple way to manage everything on your iPhone. You can transfer data, … ⌘ Read more

Apple Shares Full List of Over 250 New Features and Changes Coming With iOS 18 Next Week
Following its iPhone 16 event on Monday, Apple shared a PDF on its website with a list of all new features and changes coming with iOS 18.

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The list includes many features that were already announced, including Apple Intelligence, new … ⌘ Read more

Kubestronaut in Orbit: Daiki Takasao
Get to know Daiki This week’s Kubestronaut in Orbit, Daiki Takasao, is a Japanese IT infrastructure engineer at NRI. He works with CNCF technologies to build financial IT systems and has been using Kubernetes, Linkerd, and Prometheus since… ⌘ Read more

Apple Watch Series 10 Reduces Wind Noise During Phone Calls
The new Apple Watch Series 10 launching next week includes a voice isolation feature that will make you sound better during phone calls.

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Apple says the Series 10’s Neural Engine is able to suppress background noise during phone calls or FaceTime audio ca … ⌘ Read more

First look at brand new iPhone 16
Apple is set to release its newest iPhone in the next week. ⌘ Read more

As a Gen Z wanting to get off social media, I lived for a week using a ‘dumb phone’
As a 19-year-old, I’m sceptical about the government’s proposed social media ban. But a more effective alternative is gaining traction among Gen Zers. ⌘ Read more

Apple unveils its AI-enabled iPhone 16 with new camera controls, longer battery life
Apple’s new phones are slightly less expensive and more powerful and will arrive in a matter of weeks, though its generative AI features won’t be there at launch. ⌘ Read more

Apple unveils its AI-enabled iPhone 16 with new camera controls, longer battery life
Apple’s new phones are slightly less expensive and more powerful and will arrive in a matter of weeks, though its generative AI features won’t be there at launch. ⌘ Read more

Where the Eder flows into the Fulda
Just in time before it gets cold and rainy again next week, I took advantage of today to go for a short bike ride. Upstream along the Fulda, over to the Eder and then to where the Eder flows into the Fulda. This was the short (49 km) of the two versions I had planned for this. The longer version is almost 90 kilometers long. Let’s see if I can still do it this year… ⌘ Read more

macOS Sequoia Release Likely to Be the Earliest in Years
macOS Sequoia will be one of the earliest new macOS launches in over a decade, likely releasing within as little as just a week.

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Internal Apple documentation obtained by MacRumors suggests that macOS 15.0 Sequoia will be officially released to the public by mid-September. The release dates of major macOS updates in … ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 09/02 to 09/06 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/09/06/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week

Best Apple Deals of the Week: 9th and 10th Gen iPads Get Lowest Prices Ever, Plus First Deals on Anker’s New MagGo Accessories
This week’s best Apple deals focused on iPad models, including the 9th generation and 10th generation tablets, which both hit record low prices in the last few days. You’ll also find steep discounts on Anker’s latest MagSafe-compatible accessories, Sonos headphones and speakers, and Bluetooth trackers in the deals below.

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Instead of doing another Freeletics workout this week, I took advantage of the great weather outside and challenged myself with some uphill biking. It definitely pushed me to my limits, but it was worth it! And it worked, even though my bike only has eight internal gears. ⌘ Read more

Instead of doing another Freeletics workout this week, I took advantage of the great weather outside and challenged myself with some uphill biking. It definitely pushed me to my limits, but it was worth it! And it worked, even though my bike only has eight internal gears. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 08/26 to 08/30 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/08/30/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week

Best Apple Deals of the Week: Labor Day Sales Arrive for the Holiday Weekend With Record Lows on iPad, iPhone, and More
Labor Day deals have kicked off this week, and as we head into the long weekend you can still find great discounts on AirPods Max, MacBook Air, Sonos speakers, and more. We’re also tracking fresh markdowns on iPhone 15, the 10th gen iPad, M3 MacBook Pro, and more.

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@movq@www.uninformativ.de wow! We are “lucky” today, only 27°C here, 87% humidity, overcast, and raining sporadically. Thanks to the rain our temperatures aren’t high, but muggy nevertheless. I am ready for our winter too, you know, that whole week. LOL.

Kubestronaut in Orbit: Fangel Colón
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Amazon Introduces Massive $770 Discount on Samsung’s 27-Inch ViewFinity S9 5K Monitor
Samsung’s 27-inch ViewFinity S9 5K Monitor has hit a new record low price on Amazon this week, available for $830.10, down from $1,599.99. You can have the monitor delivered by August 29 if you’re a Prime member, or by September 2 for everyone else.

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Apple announces launch date for new iPhone 16, watches and AirPods. Here’s what to expect
Apple has sent out invitations for a product launch event at its headquarters on September 9 in California, when it’s set to announce details of the iPhone 16 and other new devices. ⌘ Read more

Apple’s new iPhone 16, watches and AirPods set to land in weeks. Here’s what to expect
Apple is planning to hold its biggest product launch event of the year on September 10, when the company will unveil the latest iPhones, watches and AirPods, according to people familiar with the situation. ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 08/19 to 08/23 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/08/23/week.html #linkdump #socialmedia #quotes #week

MYIR Nuvoton NuMicro MA35D1 Development Board with Future Debian and OpenWrt Support
This week, MYIR unveiled a new System-on-Module featuring the Nuvoton NuMicro MA35D1 processor in BGA packaging. Tailored for high-end edge IIoT gateway applications, the accompanying carrier board offers dual GbE ports, cellular connectivity, and more. The MYC-LMA35 System-On-Module is designed to support complex embedded design applications. It features the Nuvoton NuMicro … ⌘ Read more

Apple’s Custom 5G Modem Could ‘Change the Way iPhone Looks and Works’ in the Long Term
Apple is investing billions of dollars into developing an in-house cellular modem, but the project is not expected to yield immediate improvements for users, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports.

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Apple Re-Releases iOS 17.6.1 With Advanced Data Protection Bug Fix
Apple today released an updated version of iOS 17.6.1, with the new software coming a week and a half after the launch of the original iOS 17.6.1 update. The new version has a build number of 21G101, up from 21G93.

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iOS 17.6.1 can be downloaded on eligible iPhones and iPads over-the-air by goi … ⌘ Read more

Get Up to $600 Off Apple’s M2 iPad Pro With New Record Low Prices
Best Buy is back this week with big discounts on the M2 11-inch and 12.9-inch iPad Pro, providing up to $600 off select models. A My Best Buy Plus/Total membership is not required to see these discounts.

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You’ll find both Wi-Fi and cellular tablets on sale at Best Buy, with a particular focus on the larger capacity 1TB and 2TB models. All … ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 08/12 to 08/16 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/08/16/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week

Apple Releases Fourth watchOS 11 Public Beta With Vitals App and More
Apple today released the fourth beta of watchOS 11 to public beta testers, allowing non-developers to give the new features a try ahead of when the software launches this fall. The fourth beta comes two weeks after the third beta.

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Opera One Browser Launches on iOS With Aria AI Integration, Voice Input, Image Generation, and More
Opera has released its artificial intelligence-powered Opera One browser for iOS, following several weeks in beta testing.

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We had a great and relaxing three week vacation in Denmark and Sweden.

@prologic@twtxt.net During summer - yes, since our kids have 2 months. First month of their vacation I still work, then I join them on their last month. We do have 5 weeks, so I save the last week for around Christmas. :)

4 week vacation time is done tomorrow, then it’s back to work. A bit excited to see what happens there for the rest of the year, a bit stressfull too, but It’ll be nice to get back to work. This summer vacation has been super nice, and also felt like it lasted long. Been a super time with my family, we got to visit a lot of cool places, and went on a lot of trips etc. Been really nice. And we’ve already planned what to do next year - so I already look forward to that :)

@prologic@twtxt.net Nothing yet, I have it set up for solo mining, so if it finds something - then I get full reward.
Someone with a bitaxe found a block last week, all though it’s very unlikely. But there is still a chance.

On my blog: Toots 🦣 from 08/05 to 08/09 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/08/09/week.html #linkdump #mastodon #socialmedia #week

Best Apple Deals of the Week: Record Low Discounts Hit Every MacBook Air Alongside AirPods Max and iPad Sales
This week’s best Apple-related deals are headlined by massive discounts across the M2 and M3 MacBook Air family, with as much as $249 off these computers. You’ll also find great deals on AirPods Max, iPad, and iPad mini, plus savings on third-party accessories including Samsung’s Smart Monitor M80D and Anker’s new products.

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MacOS Sonoma 14.6.1 & Ventura 13.6.9 Released with Bug Fixes
If you feel like you have spent a significant amount of your time updating system software on your Apple devices lately, you’re in for a treat; another round of system software updates! This time around, Apple has released MacOS Sonoma 14.6.1 along with MacOS Ventura 13.6.9 for Macs, complete with bug fixes, just one week … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/08/08/macos-sonoma-14-6-1-ventura-13-6-9-released … ⌘ Read more

Apple Seeds Fifth Betas of iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 to Developers
Apple today seeded the fifth betas of upcoming iOS 18 and iPadOS 18 updates to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming nearly two weeks after the release of the fourth betas.

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Apple Seeds Fifth Beta of macOS Sequoia to Developers
Apple today seeded the fifth beta of upcoming an upcoming macOS 15 Sequoia update to developers for testing purposes, with the software coming two weeks after the release of the fourth beta.

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Apple Seeds Fifth visionOS 2 Beta to Developers
Apple today released the fifth beta of an upcoming visionOS 2 update to developers, with the beta coming two weeks after the fourth beta.

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Apple Seeds Fifth Beta of watchOS 11 to Developers
Apple today seeded the fifth beta of an upcoming watchOS 11 update to developers for testing purposes, with the beta coming two weeks after the fourth beta was released.

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To install the ‌‌watchOS 11‌ update, developers need to open the Appl … ⌘ Read more

Apple Seeds Fifth Beta of tvOS 18 to Developers
Apple today seeded the fifth beta of the upcoming tvOS 18 refresh to developers for testing purposes, with the beta coming almost two weeks after the fourth beta came out.

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Getting started on the last week of vacation as well now. So I’m definately gonna enjoy the next week to the max :)

Top Stories: iOS 18.1 Beta With Apple Intelligence and More
The highly anticipated developer beta of Apple Intelligence is finally here, with an early limited set of AI-based features in iOS 18.1 and related updates that will expand over time.

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The new iOS 18.1 beta also includes call recording and transcription, while macOS Sonoma 14.6 that was released to all users this week rolls out previously promised … ⌘ Read more

SeeedStudio Debuts Low-Cost ReSpeaker Lite Voice Assistant Kit
SeeedStudio Debuts Low-Cost ReSpeaker Lite Voice Assistant Kit
This week, SeeedStudio introduced the ReSpeaker Lite Voice Assistant Kit, a budget-friendly device designed for advanced voice processing and audio playback. The kit features a dual microphone array, an XMOS XU-316 AI chip for audio processing, and a high-quality speaker. ⌘ Read more

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Kubestronaut in Orbit: Kolawole Olowoporoku
Get to know Kolawole This week’s Kubestronaut in Orbit, Kolawole Olowoporoku wears many hats in his role as a Senior Site Reliability Engineer at SEKAI. Kolawole has a passion for learning and for open source and lives in… ⌘ Read more

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Summer vacation ‘24
A week ago, we returned from our summer vacation: This year, just like four years ago, when there weren’t many other options due to COVID, we went for 1.5 weeks to my grandmother’s vacation apartment in Lübeck-Travemünde. ⌘ Read more

WhatsApp Reaches 100 Million Monthly Users in the United States
WhatsApp this week reached a significant milestone of 100 million monthly active users in the United States, a market traditionally dominated by other messaging services such as SMS and iMessage.

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The achievement, announced in an official blog post, indicates a potent … ⌘ Read more

Don’t Miss Out on OWC’s 14-Port Mac Thunderbolt Dock at $99.99 ($180 Off), Ending This Weekend
Last week, OWC knocked the price of the popular 14-Port Thunderbolt 3 Dock down to $99.99, from its original price of $279.99, and this deal is still around this weekend. This is a match of the all-time low price on the accessory, and the sale is set to end Sunday night.

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@bender@twtxt.net It cost what you mentioned here too, but they had a special discount, and the shop gave 20% discount for all the gear we needed (since I bought the bike + gear for two persons), so all in all I got a really good deal on it. Also interest rate is locked for 3 years (low rate) so that was also a good deal.
I just took the longest time I could on the loan, to have a low price each month, and then i just pay extra whenever I can to get it payed down faster.
Luckily the Marlyn, my son, and my daughter all fit the same gear, so the 3 of them share that, that saved a lot of money too :)

When i met Marlyn (before we had kids) I asked here to go on her first trip with me (I had a bike before I met her back then), and we went on a 2 week ride from Norway to Italy and back (venice) through the alps and all that. Was super fun, and I think it’s pretty cool of her to say yes to a 2 week trip as passenger :)