How Trump’s Supreme Court lackeys pushed us to the brink of one-man rule
Graham G. Dodds,  Professor of Political Science, Concordia University  -  Raw Story | Commentary

Stephan: This is a good assessment of how the Republicans perverted the Supreme Court, creating its corrupt fascist majority.

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DL40N Fanless 1.3L Mini PC with Intel Twin Lake Processors
The DL40N is a fanless 1.3-liter mini PC powered by Intel Twin Lake processors and up to 16GB DDR5 memory. It supports triple 4K display output, dual 2.5G Ethernet, and multiple USB and COM ports for reliable 24/7 operation in applications such as factory automation, digital signage, kiosks, and more. Built on Intel’s Twin Lake […] ⌘ Read more

Ubuntu 25.10 released
Ubuntu\
25.10, “Questing Quokka”, has been released. This release includes
Linux 6.17, GNOME 49, GCC 15, Python 3.13.7,
Rust 1.85, and more. This release also features Rust-based
implementations of sudo and coreutils; LWN covered the switch to the
Rust-based tools in March. The 25.10 version of Ubuntu flavors
Edubuntu, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Budgie, Ubuntu Cinnamon, Ubuntu
Kylin, Ubuntu MATE, Ubun … ⌘ Read more

Born as the first bombs fell, 2yo Mohammad has known nothing but war
Children in Gaza are experiencing grief, loss, displacement, and starvation. For some, this is all they know or remember. ⌘ Read more

Vibe engineering
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Gedenken von Protest begleitet
Zwei Jahre nach dem Massaker der radikalislamischen Hamas in Israel gedenken Menschen dort der Opfer des Terrorangriffs vom 7. Oktober 2023. Rund 3.000 Radfahrerinnen und Radfahrer erinnerten in der Früh laut israelischen Medien mit einer Tour im Grenzgebiet an die noch immer im Gazastreifen festgehaltenen Geiseln. Gedenkveranstaltungen gab es im ganzen Land, an einigen Orten wurden sie von Protest gegen die Regierung Benjamin Netanjahu begleitet. Inzwischen gehen die Verhandlungen über eine Waffenruhe am … ⌘ Read more

Far north of WA sees 2.7 million hectares burnt, double the size of Sydney
This year’s northern bushfire season has been dubbed “one of the toughest on record”, with blazes having burnt through about 2.7 million hectares of land in WA’s Kimberley region. ⌘ Read more

Future of Australia’s last paper mill hangs in balance ahead of key energy talks
Aurora Energy is seeking a $7 million bank guarantee to cover energy costs for the Boyer Mill in southern Tasmania, but the paper mill’s owner says the request is “obscene”. ⌘ Read more

Pro-Hamas graffiti condemned as Australian Jewish community marks October 7
Political leaders have condemned the painting of a pro-Hamas slogan on a Melbourne billboard as Australia’s Jewish community commemorates the October 7 terrorist attack. ⌘ Read more

iPad Mini 8 on the Way: Expected Features and Release Timeline
A new iPad mini is “absolutely” on the way, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. So what should we expect from the successor to the iPad mini 7 that Apple released a year ago?

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Apple is working on a next-generation version of the iPad mini (codename J510/J511) that features the A19 Pro chip, according to in … ⌘ Read more

Tag des Grauens mit Nachhall ohne Ende
Am 7. Oktober jährt sich zum zweiten Mal der Überfall der Terrororganisation Hamas auf Israel. Mit über 1.200 Todesopfern war es der größte Massenmord an Juden seit dem Holocaust und eine Zäsur in der Geschichte des Staates. Über 250 Menschen wurden verschleppt, ein Fünftel davon befindet sich immer noch in den Händen der Hamas. Israels Armee hatte die damaligen militärischen Fähigkeiten der Terroristen grob unterschätzt, die Folgen sind bis heute fatal. ⌘ Read more

The Best Early Prime Day Deals on AirPods, iPads, and More
Amazon is hosting another Prime Day event this year, called Prime Big Deal Days and offering shoppers the first chance to save on holiday shopping from a major retailer. Similar to last year’s fall Prime Day, it will last for two days (October 7-8) and you can already find a large selection of early deals across Amazon’s storefront, coveri … ⌘ Read more

All good things come to an end, I guess.

I have an Epson printer (AcuLaser C1100) and an Epson scanner (Perfection V10), both of which I bought about 20 years ago. The hardware still works perfectly fine.

Until recently, Epson still provided Linux drivers for them. That is pretty cool! I noticed today that they have relaunched their driver website – and now I can’t find any Linux drivers for that hardware anymore. Just doesn’t list it (it does list some drivers for Windows 7, for example).

I mean, okay, we’re talking about 20 years here. That is a very long time, much more than I expected. But if it still works, why not keep using it?

Some years ago, I started archiving these drivers locally, because I anticipated that they might vanish at some point. So I can still use my hardware for now (even if I had to reinstall my PC for some reason). It might get hacky at some point in the future, though.

This once more underlines the importance of FOSS drivers for your hardware. I sadly didn’t pay attention to that 20 years ago.

iOS 18.7.1 & iPadOS 18.7.1 Updates Released with Security Patch
Apple has released iOS 18.7.1 for iPhone and ipadOS 18.7.1 for iPad. The small software updates include security patches, and are offered as alternatives to iPhone and iPad users who either don’t want to install iOS 26 onto their device yet, or cannot for compatibility reasons. No new features or major changes are expected in … Read More ⌘ Read more

MacOS Sequoia 15.7.1 & MacOS Sonoma 14.8.1 Updates Released with Security Fixes
Apple has released MacOS Sequoia 15.7.1 and MacOS Sonoma 14.8.1 as security patch releases for Mac users who are not yet running the Tahoe operating system, of which MacOS Tahoe 26.0.1 was just released. The updates are focused on security patches and do not include any other changes or features for the Sequoia or Sonoma … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/09/30/macos- … ⌘ Read more

Our Husky Nanook has been living outside 24/7 since summer (except for 2-3 nights). Yesterday I finished his new insulated house, made it with my stepdad. So now Nanook is ready to spend the whole year outside.

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@prologic@twtxt.net No, this is a Linux manpage from the man-pages project: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/docs/man-pages/man-pages.git/tree/man/man7/ascii.7

I do have an idea what’s going on. Could be an unfortunate interaction between the table preprocessor tbl and the man macro package. 🤔

whyyyyy is my discover page only showing 7 twts!!!

Já cá canta a 7ª edição do #SHIFTER em formato revista! Todos os números são bons e têm o seu quê de especial - este com o tema “RIP INTERNET” promete não ser diferente nisso…

E tu também podes contribuir para o jornalismo independente e encomendar a tua revista!
https://shifter.pt/loja/produto/revista-7-rip-internet/

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Sabemos que (no hemisfério norte) a noite mais longa do ano é em Dezembro, mas em Lamego, cidade das Noites Longas, é de 7 para 8 de Setembro que acontece a “Grande Noite da Romaria de Portugal” (os Lamecenses chamam-lhe “a noitada”). Arruadas por rusgas populares que alegremente percorrem a cidade cantando temas populares e cantigas ao desafio, pelo rufar típico dos bombos e alegres toques de concertinas, preenchem a noite até ao amanhecer - é a noite em que a cidade não dorme.

Já não tenho idade para essas coisas (mental, que física sou ultrapassado na boa por muitos foliões!), e amanhã é dia de trabalho, pelo que este ano me fiquei pela batalha das flores que aconteceu durante a tarde e para a qual - imaginem! - não se encontravam fotos com licenças livres, algo que aproveito para colmatar 😇

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Sinfonias de Aço (de Manuel Melo)
(aos Sábados das 12h às 15h, na Rádio Barcelos)
Emissão de 23 Agosto 2025

39 músicas de bandas portuguesas, incluindo 7 que integram o catálogo da ANTI-DEMOS-CRACIA:

. The Dreams Never End - Perdido
. Marciano - John Said
. Ameeba - Lizard Face
. Sci Fi Industries - TriVial
. Kokori – Time Traveler (sedation mix)
. Turning Point – Espelho
. Zero à Esquerda - Porque Tens Tanto Poder

https://www.sinfonias.org/playlists/1961-playlist-podcast-23-agosto-2025

#kokori

mandoc is nicer to read/write than the man macro package and, most importantly, it’s semantic markup.

HTML output is a bit broken in GNU groff, though (OpenBSD on the left, GNU on the right):

https://movq.de/v/f1898e648f/s.png

🤔

Still, I’m inclined to convert my manpages to mandoc.

New World Chaos 7: Program of Life-and-Death | https://nilfm.cc/mixes.html

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org @kat@yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz I spent so much time in the past figuring out if something is a dict or a list in YAML, for example.

What are the types in this example?

items:
- part_no:   A4786
  descrip:   Water Bucket (Filled)
  price:     1.47
  quantity:  4
- part_no:   E1628
  descrip:   High Heeled "Ruby" Slippers
  size:      8
  price:     133.7
  quantity:  1

items is a dict containing … a list of two other dicts? Right?

It is quite hard for me to grasp the structure of YAML docs. 😢

The big advantage of YAML (and JSON and TOML) is that it’s much easier to write code for those formats, than it is with XML. json.loads() and you’re done.

Maybe someone can explain this to me.

An #EU citizen trying to access Facebook today faces the following choices (see screenshots).

In there, they say that they are asking this again to comply with #EU rules, and yet the question - and the options to choose from - are the same they had in the past.

So, hm, how does this make them comply with something they weren’t complying before? What’s the detail I’m missing?

#Meta #Facebook #GDPR

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Vi um artigo (quase publicitário, mas ainda assim interessante) sobre a nova fábrica de discos de #vinil em #Portugal.

O artigo é interessante, mas o número que me chamou a atenção e merece destaque é mesmo uma nota de rodapé já quase fora do tema…

https://www.publico.pt/2025/07/09/local/noticia/porto-volta-fabrica-vinil-faz-discos-mundo-2138417

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Saw this on Mastodon:

https://racingbunny.com/@mookie/114718466149264471

18 rules of Software Engineering

1. You will regret complexity when on-call
   
2. Stop falling in love with your own code
   
3. Everything is a trade-off. There’s no “best” 3. Every line of code you write is a liability 4. Document your decisions and designs
   
4. Everyone hates code they didn’t write
   
5. Don’t use unnecessary dependencies
   
6. Coding standards prevent arguments
   
7. Write meaningful commit messages
   
8. Don’t ever stop learning new things
   
9. Code reviews spread knowledge
   
10. Always build for maintainability
    
11. Ask for help when you’re stuck
    
12. Fix root causes, not symptoms
    
13. Software is never completed
    
14. Estimates are not promises
    
15. Ship early, iterate often
    
16. Keep. It. Simple.
    

Solid list, even though 14 is up for debate in my opinion: Software can be completed. You have a use case / problem, you solve that problem, done. Your software is completed now. There might still be bugs and they should be fixed – but this doesn’t “add” to the program. Don’t use “software is never done” as an excuse to keep adding and adding stuff to your code.

@aelaraji@aelaraji.com I use Alt+. all the time, it’s great. 👌

FWIW, another thing I often use is !! to recall the entire previous command line:

$ find -iname '*foo*'
./This is a foo file.txt

$ cat "$(!!)"
cat "$(find -iname '*foo*')"
This is just a test.

Yep!

Or:

$ ls -al subdir
ls: cannot open directory 'subdir': Permission denied

$ sudo !!
sudo ls -al subdir
total 0
drwx------ 2 root root  60 Jun 20 19:39 .
drwx------ 7 jess jess 360 Jun 20 19:39 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   0 Jun 20 19:39 nothing-to-see

I’m now going to delete 7,336 old photos (previews, resized web versions and index.htmls) and reclaim 3.3 GiB disk space on my laptop.

“Later in the evening, posting on X, #Macron said: “I’m banning #socialmedia for #children under 15. Platforms have the ability to verify age. Let’s do it.”

French authorities are already progressing with efforts to force certain social media sites — including X, Reddit, Bluesky and #Mastodon — to introduce age verification, by classifying them as pornographic websites.

French measures forcing porn sites to verify their users’ ages came into effect on June 7, prompting the world’s largest porn website, Pornhub, to stop operating in France. Demand for virtual private network services, which allow users to trick websites into thinking they are in a different location, immediately surged.”

https://www.politico.eu/article/emmanuel-macron-social-media-ban-minors-france/

[$] The second half of the 6.16 merge window
The 6.16 merge window
closed on June 8, as
expected, containing 12,899 non-merge commits. This is
slightly more than the 6.15 merge window, but well in line with expectations.
7,353 of those were merged after
the summary of the first half of the merge\
window was written. More detailed statistics can be found in
[the LWN kernel source database](https://lwn … ⌘ Read more

FreeBSD laptop support update
The FreeBSD Foundation
has announced
a report
for work completed in April to improve FreeBSD support for
laptops. This includes installer updates, improved suspend/resume
behavior, as well as progress on [a\
port of Linux 6.7 and 6.8 graphics drivers](https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/pro … ⌘ Read more

Call of Duty: Black Ops 7 spielt in mysteriöser Zukunftswelt
Es ist eine kleine Überraschung: Ende 2025 erscheint schon wieder ein Black Ops - das die Handlung des letzten Call of Duty fortsetzt. ( Call of Duty, Steam)

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Run Classic MacOS & NeXTSTEP in Your Web Browser
If you’ve been a reader of OSXDaily for a while you almost certainly have seen us mention some of the fun web apps that allow you to run full fledged versions of operating systems in your web browser, from Mac OS 9, Mac OS 8, or Mac OS 7, to even Windows 1.0. Many of … Read More ⌘ Read more

A bill from our ISP in 1998.

We’re talking about a month here, 1998-07-27 to 1998-08-26.

Basic fee: 7.50 DM (about 6€ today).

Online time: 516 minutes, 23.53 DM (about 20€ today).

That’s just the ISP costs, if I’m not mistaken. The underlying phone calls were pretty pricey as well.

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Elektroautos: Audi überholt BMW bei den Neuzulassungen
Bei den Verkaufszahlen pirscht sich der VW ID.7 weiter an den Passat heran. Tesla und BYD bleiben in der Statistik weit hinten. ( Elektroauto, Tesla)

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Breaking: Israel retrieves body of Thai hostage kidnapped during October 7 attacks
Nattapong Pinta was kidnapped from Kibbutz Nir Oz and killed in captivity near the start of the war, according to the office of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. ⌘ Read more

Run Classic MacOS & NeXTSTEP in Your Web Browser
If you’ve been a reader of OSXDaily for a while you almost certainly have seen us mention some of the fun web apps that allow you to run full fledged versions of operating systems in your web browser, from Mac OS 9, Mac OS 8, or Mac OS 7, to even Windows 1.0. Many of … Read More ⌘ Read more

Fritzbox 7630, 7632 und 4630: Drei neue Fritzboxen kommen mit Wi-Fi 7
Die drei neuen Modelle positioniert AVM vor allem als Mittelklassehardware mit genug RJ45-Anschlüssen für ein kleines Heimnetzwerk. ( Fritzbox, DSL)

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Appeals Court Strips Voters’ Ability to File Voting Rights Act Lawsuits in 7 States
Andrew Garber,    -  Brennan Center for Justice

Stephan: Parts of the Judicial system are still honorable and law-abiding, parts are not. This is going to mean a lot as the 2026 election comes closer. Here is an example showing what I mean.

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Banana Pi Previews BPI-R4 Pro Router Board with MediaTek MT7988A and Wi-Fi 7 Support
Banana Pi has revealed early details about the BPI-R4 Pro, an upcoming router board powered by the MediaTek MT7988A (Filogic 880). Designed as a successor to the BPI-R4, it targets high-speed wireless and wired networking for applications such as Wi-Fi 7 access points and multi-gigabit gateways. The BPI-R4 Pro features a quad-core Arm Cortex-A73 CPU […] ⌘ Read more

Security updates for Wednesday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free and kernel), Arch Linux (bind and varnish), Debian (glibc and syslog-ng), Fedora (microcode_ctl, mozilla-ublock-origin, nodejs20, and nodejs22), Mageia (firefox, nss, rootcerts, open-vm-tools, sqlite3, and thunderbird), Oracle (gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free, kernel, libsoup, nodejs:22, php, php:8.2, php:8.3, python-tornado, redis, and redis:7), Red Hat (libsoup, pcs, and python-tornado), Slackware … ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net Mosaic (2.7) works fine, I maintain that package in the AUR and test my website regularly. 😅

https://movq.de/v/d7787d6fb1/s.png

[$] Development statistics for the 6.15 kernel
The 6.14 kernel development cycle only brought in 11,003 non-merge
changesets, making it the slowest cycle since 4.0, which was released in
2015. The 6.15 kernel, instead, brought in 14,612 changesets, making it
the busiest release since 6.7, released at the beginning of 2024. The
kernel development process, in other words, is back up to full speed. The
6.15\
release happened on May 25, so the … ⌘ Read more

The Windows Registry Adventure #7: Attack surface analysis
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One of the nicest things about Go is the language itself, comparing Go to other popular languages in terms of the complexity to learn to be proficient in:

• Go: 25 keywords (Stack Overflow); CSP-style concurrency (goroutines & channels)
  
• Python 2: 30 keywords (TutorialsPoint); GIL-bound threads & multiprocessing (Wikipedia)
  
• Python 3: 35 keywords (Initial Commit); GIL-bound threads, asyncio & multiprocessing (Wikipedia, DEV Community)
  
• Java: 50 keywords (Stack Overflow); threads + java.util.concurrent (Wikipedia)
  
• C++: 82 keywords (Stack Overflow); std::thread, atomics & futures (en.cppreference.com)
  
• JavaScript: 38 keywords (Stack Overflow); single-threaded event loop & async/await, Web Workers (Wikipedia)
  
• Ruby: 42 keywords (Stack Overflow); GIL-bound threads (MRI), fibers & processes (Wikipedia)
  

Deals: Apple Watch Series 10 for $299, iPad mini 7 for $399
Amazon is offering some really great deals for Memorial Day Weekend, so whether you want a big discount on the iPad mini 7, Apple Watch Series 10, or a MacBook Air M4 model, don’t miss out on these deals. Apple Watch Series 10 – $299 (down from $399) Apple Watch Series 10 has excellent activity … Read More ⌘ Read more

Kristi Noem tells Congress she doesn’t have to follow the Constitution
Oliver Willis,  Staff Writer  -  Daily Kos

Stephan: Almost every day, aspiring dictator Trump and the obedient servants who make up his administration tell America that neither Congress nor the courts has any power over Trump. The Constitution is just a historical document.

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Mortgage rates jump above 7% after Moody’s downgrade of U.S. credit
Aarthi Swaminathan,  Staff Writer  -  Markey Watch

_Stephan: As the Trump fascist coup dismantles the American economy, buying a house becomes ever more difficult. As this report describes, because of what the Trump coup has done, Moody’s dropped the United States’ credit rating and this, in turn, has caused mortgage rates to go above 7%. The average house price in the U.S. is currently $503,8 … ⌘ Read more

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Security updates for Wednesday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (.NET 8.0, avahi, buildah, compat-openssl10, compat-openssl11, expat, firefox, gimp, git, grafana, libsoup, libxslt, mod_auth_openidc, nginx, nodejs:22, osbuild-composer, php, redis, redis:7, skopeo, thunderbird, vim, webkit2gtk3, xterm, and yelp), Arch Linux (dropbear, freetype2, go, nodejs, nodejs-lts-iron, nodejs-lts-jod, python-django, webkit2gtk, webkit2gtk-4.1, webkitgtk-6.0, and wpewebkit), Debian (mongo-c-driver), Fedora (openssh, … ⌘ Read more

Deals: iPad mini 7 for $399
iPad mini 7 is a powerful miniature tablet that features the A17 processor with Apple Intelligence support, 8″ LCD display, a 12mp front and rear camera, 128 GB storage, USB-C charging, and support for optional Apple Pencil Pro. iPad mini is offered in multiple color options at this 20% discount price, taking $100 off the … Read More ⌘ Read more

Five more stable kernels
The
6.14.7,
6.12.29,
6.6.91,
6.1.139, and
5.15.183
stable kernel updates have been released; each contains another set of
important fixes. ⌘ Read more

Apple Stops Signing iPadOS 17.7.7 After Reports of App Login Issues
Apple has stopped signing the iPadOS 17.7.7 update that was released earlier this week for devices unable to run versions of iPadOS 18, meaning that users will not be able to install the update even if they see it available in Software Update. Affected devices include the sixth-generation iPad, the 10.5-inch [iPad Pro](https://www.macrumors … ⌘ Read more

Get the iPad Mini 7 for $399.99 at Amazon This Week ($99 Off)
Amazon this week is providing record low prices on multiple models of the iPad mini 7, starting at $399.99 for the 128GB Wi-Fi tablet, down from $499.00. Colors on sale at this price include Purple, Space Gray, and Blue.

![](https://images.macrumors.com/article-new/2024/10/ipad-mini-7-featur … ⌘ Read more

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Huge System Data Filling Storage on Your Mac? 7 Possible Fixes
Many Mac users are reporting that “System Data” is taking up huge amounts of disk storage capacity on their Macs. While this issue is reported more commonly with MacOS Sequoia, some users find the bloated System Data storage on older versions of MacOS as well. In many cases, the “System Data” in MacOS is taking … Read More ⌘ Read more

Huge System Data Filling Storage on Your Mac? 7 Possible Fixes
Many Mac users are reporting that “System Data” is taking up huge amounts of disk storage capacity on their Macs. While this issue is reported more commonly with MacOS Sequoia, some users find the bloated System Data storage on older versions of MacOS as well. In many cases, the “System Data” in MacOS is taking … Read More ⌘ Read more

CBO: 7.6 million would go uninsured under GOP Medicaid bill
Ben Leonard,  Staff Writer  -  Politico

_Stephan: I understand that a lack of integrity is the hallmark of the MAGAt Republican Party. The MAGAt members of Congress make it clear everyday that they are on their knees kissing the ass of their monarch. What I don’t get is how these men and women imagine they are going to stay in office in the 2026 election. The easy answer is that they think Americans in thei … ⌘ Read more

MacOS Sonoma 14.7.6 & MacOS Ventura 13.7.6 Updates Released
macOS Sonoma 14.7.6 and MacOS Ventura 13.7.6 have been released by Apple for Mac users who are not running the MacOS Sequoia operating system. These updates focus exclusively on security updates, with no other changes or features. The release of MacOS 14.7.6 and 13.7.6 comes alongside the MacOS Sequoia 15.5 update that was simultaneously released. … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/05/13/macos-sonoma-14-7-6 … ⌘ Read more

ALPHA-One Leverages RISC-V StarPro64 for Compact Local LLM Deployment
PINE64 has shared early details of the ALPHA-One, a compact generative AI agent powered by the RISC-V-based StarPro64 SBC. Priced at $329.99, the device is aimed at developers and testers, and comes preloaded with a 7 billion parameter LLM running in a Docker container. The ALPHA-One is built on the StarPro64 SBC, which features the […] ⌘ Read more

MacOS Sequoia 15.5 Update Released with Bug Fixes & Security Enhancements
MacOS Sequoia 15.5 is now available as a software update for Mac users running the Sequoia operating system. The system software update includes bug fixes and security enhancements, but does not appear to include any new features or other major changes. Additionally, Apple has also released MacOS Ventura 13.7.6 and macOS Sonoma 14.7.6 for Mac, … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/05/12/macos-sequoia-15-5-update-downlo … ⌘ Read more

Deals: Up to 20% Off iPad Models, iPad 11th Gen for $278, iPad mini 7 for $399, etc
Amazon is back with some really great deals on Apple products, taking 20% off the iPad 11th generation model making it just $278, 20% off the iPad mini 7 for just $399, 17% off M3 iPad Air models, and they’re cutting 15% off the price of the M4 MacBook Air series which now starts at … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/05/09/deals-up-to-20-off-ipad-models-ipad-11th-gen-fo … ⌘ Read more

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Google Disputes Apple VP’s Claim of Safari Search Traffic Decline
Google has issued a rare public statement seemingly contradicting Apple senior VP Eddy Cue’s courtroom testimony that Safari browser searches declined for the first time in April 2025.

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Cue’s comments, made during the ongoing U.S. Justice Department antitrust lawsuit against Google, triggered a 7.51% drop in Google’s stock price on Wedn … ⌘ Read more

CNCF Announces Speakers and Sessions for KubeCon + CloudNativeCon India
Second annual India event to spotlight developer innovation and cloud native leadership Hyderabad, India, 7 May, 2025– The Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF), which builds sustainable ecosystems for cloud-native software, today announced the keynote speakers and… ⌘ Read more

Deals: $150 Off M4 MacBook Air, $300 Off M4 MacBook Pro, iPad mini 7 for $399, & More
Amazon is back with more great deals on Apple products, taking $150 off the price of the M4 MacBook Air series in both 13″ and 15″ display sizes, up to $320 off the M4 MacBook Pro in select configurations, the latest iPad mini for $399, $100 off the M3 iPad Air, plus discounts on AirPods, … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/05/05/deals-150-off-m4-macbook-air-300-o … ⌘ Read more

@prologic@twtxt.net if I understand correctly it’s just to increase hash size from 7 to 12 once it gets calculated, isn’t it? BTW is this change already approved? I still don’t understand how a proposal become an implementation in the twtxtverse 🤓

Amazon Takes $100 Off iPad Mini 7 With Return of All-Time Low Prices, Starting at $399
Amazon this weekend is providing record low prices on multiple models of the iPad mini 7, starting at $399.00 for the 128GB Wi-Fi tablet, down from $499.00. Colors on sale at this price include Purple, Space Gray, and Starlight.

![](https://images.macrumors.com/ … ⌘ Read more

Apple Highlights Three Benefits of Apple Watch for Kids Without iPhones
Since watchOS 7 in 2020, parents have been able to pair their iPhone to their child’s Apple Watch. Formerly known as Apple Watch Family Setup, and now marketed as Apple Watch For Your Kids, this option allows kids to use an Apple Watch with a cellular plan for texting, calling, and location sharing, ev … ⌘ Read more

[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 1, 2025
Inside this week’s LWN.net Weekly Edition:

• Front: Mailman 2 vulnerabilities; AI in Debian; __nonstring__; Cache-aware scheduling; Freezing filesystems; Socket-level storage; Debugging information; LWN in 2025.

• Briefs: Debian election; Kali Linux key; OpenBSD 7.7; Firefox 138.0; GCC 15.1; Meson 1.8.0; Valgrind 3.25.0; FSF review; OSI retrospective; Mastodon; Quotes; …

• [Announcements](https://lwn.net/Arti … ⌘ Read more

Why did Windows 7, for a few months, log on slower if you have a solid color background?
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OpenBSD 7.7
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Finally I propose that we increase the Twt Hash length from 7 to 12 and use the first 12 characters of the base32 encoded blake2b hash. This will solve two problems, the fact that all hashes today either end in q or a (oops) 😅 And increasing the Twt Hash size will ensure that we never run into the chance of collision for ions to come. Chances of a 50% collision with 64 bits / 12 characters is roughly ~12.44B Twts. That ought to be enough! – I also propose that we modify all our clients and make this change from the 1st July 2025, which will be Yarn.social’s 5th birthday and 5 years since I started this whole project and endeavour! 😱 #Twtxt #Update

OpenBSD 7.7 released
The OpenBSD\
7.7 release is available. There is, as usual, a long list of changes;
see the full changelog
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OpenBSD 7.7 released April 28, 2025
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Anyone watching/watched Black Mirror Season 7? 😵‍💫😵 I’ve been watching the first episode and a couple of minutes into the third act then I was like … Oh boy, I need a break! They’re just so Fu__ing good, I’ll give them that!

PyTorch 2.7 Release
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Istio publishes results of ztunnel security audit
Passes with flying colors Istio’s ambient mode splits the service mesh into two distinct layers: Layer 7 processing (the “waypoint proxy”), which remains powered by the traditional Envoy proxy; and a secure overlay (the “zero-trust tunnel”… ⌘ Read more

@javivf@adn.org.es having the extension listed means that it has been discussed and, usually implemented. Now, number 6 and 7 on the list as its stands today are not supported by any of the known clients. I believe their (again, 6 and 7) inclusion on the list has been precipitated, and lax.

iPhone Shipments Down 9% in China’s Q1 Smartphone Boom
Apple’s iPhone shipments in China declined by 9 percent in the first quarter compared to the year earlier, and it was the only major smartphone vendor to see a decline, according to data from research firm IDC.

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Shipments of iPhones fell to 9.8 million units, giving Apple a market share of 13.7 percent, do … ⌘ Read more

7k words of docs on deploying a livejournal folk. you absolutely want to read 7 thousand words of me forcing dreamwidth into production shape in docker https://stash.4-walls.net/selfhostdw/

Polling shows growing number of Republicans identify with the MAGA movement
Ben Kamisar,    -  NBC News

Stephan: What you rarely hear anyone talking about is how many Germans supported Hitler for years after they voted him into office. You may find it hard to believe but that is exactly the same thing happening in the United States, Here are the facts.

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iPhone Fold: New Leak Corroborates Camera Setup on Outer Display
Further details have emerged about the camera system on Apple’s upcoming foldable iPhone, informally dubbed the “iPhone Fold.”

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Expected to launch next year, Apple’s book-style foldable is rumored to feature a 7.8-inch crease-free internal display and a 5.5-inch external screen. According to industry analyst [Ming-Chi Kuo](https … ⌘ Read more

Foldable iPhone Resolutions Leak With Under-Screen Camera Tipped
Apple’s upcoming foldable iPhone (or “iPhone Fold”) will feature two screens as part of its book-style design, and a Chinese leaker claims to know the resolutions for both of them.

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Get $100 Off iPad Mini 7 on Amazon, Available From $399
Amazon this weekend is providing record low prices on multiple models of the iPad mini 7, starting at $399.00 for the 128GB Wi-Fi tablet, down from $499.00.

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From little foster babies to almost 7 months old. Bonus pics of mom! ⌘ Read more

OLED iPad Mini Display in Testing Reportedly Made by Samsung
Apple is currently evaluating a new small-sized OLED display for its next iPad mini model, according to a Chinese leaker with sources in Apple’s supply chain.

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Weibo-based account Digital Chat Station today made the claim in a brief preview of upcoming tablets from different brands. The leaker wen … ⌘ Read more

Deals: M2 MacBook Air for $749, iPad mini for $799, $50 Off M3 iPad Air
Amazon is offering some intriguing deals on Apple products at the moment, including a deeply discounted M2 MacBook Air, iPad mini 7, and a nice little discount on the latest M3 iPad Air. Check out the deals! M2 MacBook Air 13″ for $749 Amazon is discounting the M2 MacBook Air 13″ model for $749 in … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/04/02/deals-m2-macbook-air-for-749-ipad-mini-for-799-50-off-m … ⌘ Read more

MacOS Sonoma 14.7.5 & MacOS Ventura 13.7.5 Security Updates Released
Apple has released macOS Sonoma 14.7.5 and MacOS Ventura 13.7.5 as security updates for Mac users running Sonoma and Ventura operating systems. These updates are security patch focused and do not include new features that are otherwise available in the latest MacOS Sequoia 15.4 update that was released simultaneously. Separately, you’ll find software updates available … [Read More](https://osxd … ⌘ Read more

iOS 16.7.11, iOS 15.8.4, & iPadOS 17.7.6 Security Updates Released for Older iPhone & iPad
While iOS 18.4 and iPadOS 18.4 updates were just released for modern iPhone and iPad devices, Apple has also released a bevy of software updates for older iPhone and iPad devices. Each of these updates include important security fixes and are therefore recommended for all eligible users and their devices to install. Specifically, you will … [Read Mor … ⌘ Read more

[$] Improving the merging of anonymous VMAs
The virtual memory area (VMA), represented by struct\
vm_area_struct, is one of the core abstractions of the kernel’s
memory-management subsystem; a VMA represents a portion of a process’s
address space with the same characteristics. A memory-mapped file will be
represented by (at least) one VMA, as will the process’s stack or a region
of anonymous memory. Efficiently managing VMAs and the logic around them
i … ⌘ Read more

Spring Amazon Deals: AirPods 4 from $99, iPad mini 7 for $399, $50 Off M3 iPad Air, EarBuds from $16, & More
Amazon is having some fantastic spring sales and deals, offering many Apple products at great discounts from retail prices. Check out the deals below to find discounted prices on new Apple gear including AirPods 4, AirPods Pro 2, wired Earbuds, Apple Watch Series 10, iPad mini 7, M3 iPad Air, M4 MacBook Pro, AirTags, and … [ … ⌘ Read more

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Amazon is back at it with some great spring deals, ranging from big discounts on M2 MacBook Air, iPad mini 7, AirPods 4, AirPods Pro 2, Apple Watch Series 10, AirTags, and more. If you’re shopping for some Apple gear, check out these great deals. Apple Watch Series 10 – $299 (down from $399) Apple … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/03/26/deals-a … ⌘ Read more

neat! my watcher is currently sitting at about 75 MB following over 1500 feeds. only about 200 are currently somewhat active.

-rw-r--r--. 1 xuu  xuu   69M Mar 25 20:46 twt.db
-rw-r--r--. 1 xuu  xuu   32K Mar 25 21:34 twt.db-shm
-rw-r--r--. 1 xuu  xuu  5.6M Mar 25 21:34 twt.db-wal

sqlite> select state, count(*) n from feeds group by 1;
hot|7
warm|8
cold|183
frozen|743
permanantly-dead|857

Thanks, @movq@www.uninformativ.de!

My backing SQLite database with indices is 8.7 MiB in size right now.

The twtxt cache is 7.6 MiB, it uses Python’s pickle module. And next to it there is a 16.0 MiB second database with all the read statuses for the old tt. Wow, super inefficient, it shouldn’t contain anything else, it’s a giant, pickled {"$hash": {"read": True/False}, …}. What the heck, why is it so big?! O_o

@kat@yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz Pointers can be a bit tricky. I know it took me also quite some time to wrap my head around them. Let my try to explain. It’s a pretty simple, yet very powerful concept with many facets to it.

A pointer is an indirection. At a lower level, when you have some chunk of memory, you can have some actual values sitting in there, ready for direct use. A pointer, on the other hand, points to some other location where to look for the values one’s actually after. Following that pointer is also called dereferencing the pointer.

I can’t come up with a good real-world example, so this poor comparison has to do. It’s a bit like you have a book (the real value that is being pointed to) and an ISBN referencing that book (the pointer). So, instead of sending you all these many pages from that book, I could give you just a small tag containing the ISBN. With that small piece of information, you’re able to locate the book. Probably a copy of that book and that’s where this analogy falls apart.

In contrast to that flawed comparision, it’s actually the other way around. Many different pointers can point to the same value. But there are many books (values) and just one ISBN (pointer).

The pointer’s target might actually be another pointer. You typically then would follow both of them. There are no limits on how long your pointer chains can become.

One important property of pointers is that they can also point into nothingness, signalling a dead end. This is typically called a null pointer. Following such a null pointer calls for big trouble, it typically crashes your program. Hence, you must never follow any null pointer.

Pointers are important for example in linked lists, trees or graphs. Let’s look at a doubly linked list. One entry could be a triple consisting of (actual value, pointer to next entry, pointer to previous entry).

  _______________________
 /               ________\_______________
↓               ↓         |              \
+---+---+---+   +---+---+-|-+   +---+---+-|-+
| 7 | n | x |   | 23| n | p |   | 42| x | p |
+---+-|-+---+   +---+-|-+---+   +---+---+---+
      |         ↑     |         ↑
       \_______/       \_______/

The “x” indicates a null pointer. So, the first element of the doubly linked list with value 7 does not have any reference to a previous element. The same is true for the next element pointer in the last element with value 42.

In the middle element with value 23, both pointers to the next (labeled “n”) and previous (labeled “p”) elements are pointing to the respective elements.

You can also see that the middle element is pointed to by two pointers. By the “next” pointer in the first element and the “previous” pointer in the last element.

That’s it for now. There are heaps ;-) more things to tell about pointers. But it might help you a tiny bit.

@movq@www.uninformativ.de hahahah i for one hate sleeping and need to be busy 24/7 or else i go insane so server stuff is awesome for my ADHD ass!!!

IaaS does seem kinda interesting to me, i think i could vibe with that more than full on cloud stuff

i hope i can be one of those people who does the barebones stuff bc i am a rare sicko who finds it fun and cloud stuff scares me LMAOOOO

Security updates for Thursday
Security updates have been issued by Debian (php7.4, python-django, and python3.9), Fedora (bluez, iwd, libell, and radare2), Mageia (chromium-browser-stable, mosquitto, tomcat, tomcat packages, and vim), Oracle (firefox, grub2, python3, thunderbird, and webkit2gtk3), Red Hat (fence-agents, php:7.4, and python-jinja2), SUSE (assimp-devel, crane, ffmpeg-4, freetype2, helm, kernel, kured, python-Django, python-Jinja2, python311-Django4, and tomcat), and Ubuntu (alpine, djoser, l … ⌘ 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; …

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