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April 2024

Who are your favorite tech youtubers | Lobsters - 2024-04-25
IBM to Acquire HashiCorp, Inc. Creating a Comprehensive End-to-End Hybrid Cloud Platform - 2024-04-24 - - IBM and HashiCorp Inc., a leading multi-cloud infrastructure automation company, announced they have entered into a definitive agreement under which IBM will acquire HashiCorp for $35 per share in cash, representing an enterprise value of $6.4 billion.
Review of the MoErgo Glove80 keyboard - 2024-04-24 - - It's time for another keyboard review. I've been using Glove80 for several weeks, so let's examine its pros and cons.
Substack Writers Concerned Over Follow Feature, Say Subs Plummeted - 2024-04-24 - - Substack writers are expressing their concerns about the platform’s following feature on social media, which some argue is suppressing their subscription growth.
Cicadas are so noisy in South Carolina that residents are calling the police | AP News - 2024-04-24 - - Emerging cicadas are so loud in one South Carolina county that residents are calling the sheriff’s office asking why they can hear sirens or a loud roar.
American flag sort - 2024-04-24 - - Definition of American flag sort, possibly with links to more information and implementations.
Logitech’s Mouse Software Now Includes ChatGPT Support, Adds Janky ‘ai_overlay_tmp’ Directory to Users’ Home Folders – 512 Pixels - 2024-04-24 - - I recently noticed a new folder in the root level of my Home directory, named ai_overlay_tmp: In preparation for a future Mac Power Users episode, I've been playing with a bunch of AI software, and I assumed something I downloaded generated this folder. I deleted it, just to be frustrated when the folder reappeared on [...]
Understanding and avoiding visually ambiguous characters in IDs - 2024-04-23 - - Designing a dictionary of visually unambiguous characters for IDs.
Alienating Tesla Buyers by the Cybertruck-load - The Big Picture - 2024-04-23 - - @TBPInvictus here: Back in December 2022, I hypothesized that Elon Musk’s antics and his newfound desire to own the Libs were going to destroy Tesla’s appeal to many of his most important buyers. The latest data confirms those sentiments were on point. I looked at 2020 voting data and TSLA registrations in counties…Read More
NASA’s Voyager 1 Resumes Sending Engineering Updates to Earth – Voyager - 2024-04-22 -
DeskOps: Commanding My Desk with HTTP - How I Brought Hysteresis Problems to the Desk Where I Solve Hysteresis Problems | Kevin Norman - 2024-04-22 - - Connecting my standing desk to the internet was a process. In this process I document I2C sniffing, and the whole process of building the new controller.
Explore a digitized collection of doomed Everest climber’s letters home | Ars Technica - 2024-04-22 - Collection includes three letters found on Mallory's body in 1999, preserved for 75 years.
Trump Rages About His Trial Sketch Artist, Courtroom Nap Reports - 2024-04-21 - Donald Trump’s anger reached new heights behind the scenes during the first week of his New York hush money trial.
Tesla’s fixing recalled Cybertruck pedals with this rivet installation - The Verge - 2024-04-21 - The Cybertruck ownership experience.
Tesla recalls all 3,878 Cybertrucks over faulty accelerator pedal cover | Ars Technica - 2024-04-21 - - This time there's no over-the-air software patch.
Humans Sheltered in This Lava Tube for Thousands of Years - 2024-04-19 - - A mile-long lava tube in Saudi Arabia was full of life, as new archaeological research shows.
3 important things I overlooked during code reviews | Piglei - 2024-04-19 - - piglei's blog
Daring Fireball: U.S. Court Rules That Police Can Force a Suspect to Unlock Phone With Thumbprint - 2024-04-19 - Link to: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/04/cops-can-force-suspect-to-unlock-phone-with-thumbprint-us-court-rules/
#NoTechForApartheid Campaign | BREAKING—@Google just fired over two dozen workers, including those among us who did not directly participate in yesterday’s historic… | Instagram - 2024-04-18 - 5,107 likes, 114 comments - notechforapartheidApril 17, 2024 on : "BREAKING—@Google just fired over two dozen workers, including those among us who did not directly participate in yesterday’s historic...".
Nadim Kobeissi: We Need to Talk About the State of Calendar Software on Desktop - 2024-04-18 - - Smartphones are fine. There are no problems today with finding good calendar software for any smartphone out there. But when it comes to desktops (or laptops), there are exactly two cases in which using calendars in 2024 isn't a complete disaster:
Why you need a "WTF Notebook" - 2024-04-18 - - There's a very specific reputation I want to have on a team: "Nat helps me solve my problems. Nat get things I care about done."
34 - Dheeraj Chowdary - by Adib Hanna - .dotfiles - 2024-04-18 - Dheeraj Chowdary is currently studying Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning. He started using Linux two years ago during his first year in college, and he’s grown to love it. Even though he’s learning about cool stuff like AI, he’s also interested in compilers and drivers. It's fun to tinker with computers and see how they work.
Why the Short-Lived Calvin and Hobbes Is Still One of the Most Beloved & Influential Comic Strips | Open Culture - 2024-04-17 - - If you know more than a few millennials, you probably know someone who reveres Calvin and Hobbes as a sacred work of art.
5 Rust Project Ideas For Absolutely Beginner Devs 🦀 - 2024-04-17 - People who are learning Rust NOW for the 1st time should read this.
Daring Fireball: 'MKBHDs for Everything' - 2024-04-17 - Link to: https://stratechery.com/2024/mkbhds-for-everything/
Daring Fireball: Walt Mossberg, Still the King - 2024-04-17 - Link to: https://www.wired.com/2004/05/mossberg/
Daring Fireball: Jackass of the Week: Daniel Vassallo - 2024-04-17 - Link to: https://twitter.com/dvassallo/status/1779753281960722706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
NASA works on fix for Voyager 1's degraded memory chip • The Register - 2024-04-16 - - Since you can't get a soldering iron out there, the fix will be in software
Oh the Humanity - 2024-04-16 - Why You Can't Build Apple with Venture Capital An ex-Apple designer who went on to startup success once told me, "I wish I could give a workshop for Apple jumping into startups, to help them un-learn The Apple Way." As someone who strives to build products with the craft and
No I don't want 2, Emacs - Evan Moses - 2024-04-16 - - This blog, and the vast majority of the code I write, is written in Emacs with evil (a vim emulation mode). I have a nasty habit of mashing :w2<ret> when I really was trying to save the current buffer with :w<ret> . :w2 writes the current buffer to a new file called 2, which I don’t believe I have ever done on purpose. So, I added this little gem to my .
An FDA approved device offers a new treatment for ringing in the ears : Shots - Health News : NPR - 2024-04-15 - - More than 25 million adults in the U.S. have tinnitus, a condition that causes ringing or buzzing in the ears. An FDA approved device that stimulates the tongue, helped 84% of people who tried it.
My Cat Alerted Me to a DDoS Attack - 2024-04-14 -
Travelling with Tailscale | Karan Sharma - 2024-04-14 - - How I used Tailscale exit nodes and various IP routing hacks to achieve selective routing with exit nodes
marthawells | Jack Williamson Lecture 2024 - 2024-04-14
How Boeing put Wall Street first, safety second ahead of Alaska Air blowout | The Seattle Times - 2024-04-13 - - Boeing’s leaders are tepidly admitting the shareholders-first, workers-be-damned strategy was flawed. It’s an admission a generation in coming.
Why should you give Vim or Emacs a go in 2022? - 2024-04-13 - Both IDEs, and mentioned text editors like Emacs and Vim, can offer great development experience and make a software engineer much productive.
Single-Space Challenge: Trying to Manage My macOS Windows All in One Virtual Desktop - MacStories - 2024-04-13 - - A couple of weeks ago, in a members-only special episode of the Accidental Tech Podcast, John Siracusa went in-depth on his window management techniques on the Mac. This was absolutely fascinating to me. I strongly recommend checking the episode out if you can. One of the many reasons it captivated me is the fact that
Texas surgeon accused of secretly blocking patients from getting transplants | Ars Technica - 2024-04-13 - The motive for the alleged data manipulation is unknown.
Tesla Software Update Traps TikToker Inside 115-Degree Car - 2024-04-12 - Tesla warns owners that opening their doors or windows while installing a software update could damage the vehicle, so she stayed put.
Man Creatively Sneaks Onto Delta Flight, But Gets Caught - One Mile at a Time - 2024-04-12 - - A man tried to sneak onto a Delta Air Lines flight from Salt Lake City to Austin with a creative strategy. There was just one small problem.
Apple alerts users in 92 nations to mercenary spyware attacks | TechCrunch - 2024-04-11 - - Apple sent threat notifications to iPhone users in 92 countries on Wednesday, warning them that they may have been targeted by mercenary spyware attacks. Apple has warned users in 92 nations of possible mercenary spyware attacks.
What makes a great technical blog | notes.eatonphil.com - 2024-04-11 - - What makes a great technical blog
Code Search is Hard - 2024-04-11 - - Searching code at scale without employing a search team is hard
X automatically changed 'Twitter' to 'X' in users' posts, breaking legit URLs | Mashable - 2024-04-11 - - A scammer's dream and a disaster waiting to happen.
Why Can't My Mom Email Me? - 2024-04-10 - - Proton email keeps sending my non-Proton email accounts encrypted emails. I figure out why and show you how to turn it off.
Elon Musk Didn’t Want His Latest Deposition Released. Here It Is. | HuffPost Latest News - 2024-04-10 - - Musk is being sued for falsely suggesting a 22-year-old Jewish man was part of a neo-Nazi brawl.
Interviewing my mother, a mainframe COBOL programmer - 2024-04-10 - - My mother has been working for one of the largest banks in the EU since before I was born and I’ve always been fascinated by her line of work, especially these last years since I’ve become a programmer myself. I’ve been asked to interview her plenty of times, and finally decided to do so.
Safer table saws may get mandated, possibly preventing severed fingers : NPR - 2024-04-09 - - After years of false starts, the Consumer Product Safety Commission looks poised to mandate a blade safety brake on all new table saws sold in the United States.
It's getting hard to use and recommend Firefox, I'm afraid for the free web | nicole@web - 2024-04-09
Wreck of Shackleton's 'Endurance' Discovered in Icy Antarctic Depths | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine - 2024-04-08 - - Researchers captured stunning photographs of the century-old wreck, still intact almost two miles beneath the waters of the Weddell Sea
How To Found a Company In Germany: 14 “Easy” Steps And Lots Of Pain – Oliver Eidel's Blog - 2024-04-08 -
NASA’s LRO Finds Photo Op as It Zips Past SKorea’s Danuri Moon Orbiter - NASA - 2024-04-08 - - NASA’s LRO (Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter), which has been circling and studying the Moon for 15 years, captured several images of Korea Aerospace Research
My new home server · g/ianguid/o.today - 2024-04-07 - - At the beginning of 2023 I started renting a dedicated server from Hetzner with the intent to self-host several services.
Ownership in Rust · baby steps - 2024-04-07 -
NASA knows what knocked Voyager 1 offline, but it will take a while to fix | Ars Technica - 2024-04-06 - - "Engineers are optimistic they can find a way for the FDS to operate normally."
Nobel Prize-Winning Psychologist Daniel Kahneman (RIP) Explains the Key Question Every Investor Must Ask, and Why It's a Fool's Errand to Pick Stocks | Open Culture - 2024-04-06 - This past week, the influential psychologist and economist Daniel Kahneman passed away at age 90. The winner of the 2002 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences, Kahneman wrote the bestselling book Thinking, Fast and Slow where he explained the two systems of thinking that shape human decisions.
US Army Corps of Engineers develops tentative timeline to reopen Fort McHenry Channel following Key Bridge collapse | Article | The United States Army - 2024-04-06 - BALTIMORE — As the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), Baltimore District continues working with local, state and federal partners to clear the wrecka...
Tim Cook Sells Nearly 200,000 Apple Shares - MacRumors - 2024-04-06 - Apple's CEO Tim Cook this week sold 196,410 shares of the company's stock, which had a total value of approximately $33.2 million based...
Disney+ will crack down on password sharing in June | CNN Business - 2024-04-06 - Disney is curbing password sharing for its Disney+ streaming service as part of a larger effort to boost signups and revenue.
Proton Mail says that the new Outlook app for Windows is Microsoft's new data collection service - gHacks Tech News - 2024-04-05 - - Proton Mail says that the new Outlook app for Windows is a privacy nightmare for users, as the app shares the data with advertisers.
Neovim journey: using LSP without any plugins! - 2024-04-04
Being the window manager - 2024-04-04
The script is in Mount Hood - 2024-04-04
Fuck trees, use tags | Garrit's Notes - 2024-04-03 -
Breakthrough in prime number theory demonstrates primes can be predicted - 2024-04-03 - Both arithmetic aficionados and the mathematically challenged will be equally captivated by new research that upends hundreds of years of popular belief about prime numbers.
Every Failure is an Opportunity — Liss is More - 2024-04-03 - When a product fails, companies have a very rare opportunity.
Daring Fireball: Google to Delete Search Data From Tens of Millions of Users Who Used 'Incognito' Mode in Chrome - 2024-04-03 - Link to: https://www.npr.org/2024/04/01/1242019127/google-incognito-mode-settlement-search-history
American Astronomical Society Warns of Counterfeit & Fake Eclipse Glasses | American Astronomical Society - 2024-04-03 - With the April 8th North American total solar eclipse just over two weeks away, potentially unsafe eclipse glasses are polluting the marketplace. Buyer beware!
watchOS 11 Rumored to Drop Support for Apple Watch Series 4 - MacRumors - 2024-04-03 - Apple's upcoming watchOS 11 update will drop support for 2018's Apple Watch Series 4, according to iPhoneSoft. After five years of...
Amazon Ditches 'Just Walk Out' Checkouts at Its Grocery Stores - 2024-04-02 - - Amazon Fresh is moving away from a feature of its grocery stores where customers could skip checkout altogether.
Bradford pear trees: States look to ban, eradicate invasive species - 2024-04-02 - - Bradford pear trees are banned in Ohio, Pennsylvania and South Carolina. More states are looking to ban the trees, best known for their stinky smell.
Apple Card Savings Account to Receive First-Ever Interest Rate Decrease - MacRumors - 2024-04-02 - Nearly one year after it launched in the U.S., the Apple Card's high-yield savings account will be receiving its first-ever interest rate...
These Century-Old Stone "Tsunami Stones" Dot Japan’s Coastline | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine - 2024-04-02 - - "Remember the calamity of the great tsunamis. Do not build any homes below this point."
The Wi-Fi only works when it's raining - 2024-04-01 - - The strangest hardware problem I've ever had to debug.
What we know about the xz Utils backdoor that almost infected the world | Ars Technica - 2024-04-01 - - Malicious updates made to a ubiquitous tool were a few weeks away from going mainstream.

March 2024

MIT tool shows climate change could cost Texans a month and a half of outdoor time by 2080 | TechCrunch - 2024-03-31 - Finally, something that makes climate change relatable.
Roll-Invert-Unroll: An Easier Way to Replace a Duvet Cover | A Danver Braganza Extravaganza - 2024-03-31 - - This way of putting a cover onto a duvet might save you effort and time!
The entire state of Illinois is going to be crawling with cicadas | Ars Technica - 2024-03-31 - And the land shall feast on their dead.
Understanding the DOJ's Antitrust Complaint Against Apple - MacStories - 2024-03-31 - - Last week, the U.S. Department of Justice, 15 states, and the District of Columbia sued Apple for alleged federal and state antitrust violations. Apple issued an immediate response, and before anyone had time to read the DOJ’s 88-page complaint, the Internet was overrun with hot takes. However, the thing about lawsuits – and especially big,
Why the Baltimore bridge collapsed so quickly | Ars Technica - 2024-03-31 - The immense power of a container ship shouldn’t be underestimated.
Getting a charge: An exercise bike that turns your pedaling into power | Ars Technica - 2024-03-31 - LifeSpan's Ampera offers a solid workout, but it has a lot of quirks.
The Clean Fifteen: 15 Foods That Are Low in Pesticides - 2024-03-31 - The Clean Fifteen is an annual list of 15 fruits and veggies lowest in pesticides published by the EWG. Here is the 2018 Clean Fifteen list and a critical look at the data.
20 years of Gmail - The Verge - 2024-03-30 - - Will it still be here in another 20 years?
Police Are Using GPS Tracking Darts to Avoid Dangerous Pursuits - 2024-03-30 - - Police departments across the country are increasingly tagging fleeing cars with GPS tracking darts, instead of engaging in dangerous chases.
Biden's campaign war chest exceeds Trump's before major fundraising event | Reuters - 2024-03-30 - U.S. President Joe Biden's campaign has pulled in more money ahead of November's election than that of his Republican rival Donald Trump, which analysts attribute to Biden's incumbent status and support from Democratic predecessors.
The Apple Jonathan: A Very 1980s Concept Computer That Never Shipped – 512 Pixels - 2024-03-29 - - In the middle of the 1980s, Apple found itself with several options regarding the future of its computing platforms. The Apple II was the company's bread and butter. The Apple III was pitched as an evolution of that platform, but was clearly doomed due to hardware and software issues. The Lisa was expensive and not [...]
Vultr Just Betrayed Us – Michael W Lucas - 2024-03-29 -
Suicide Mission - The American Prospect - 2024-03-29 - - What Boeing did to all the guys who remember how to build a plane
Tailscale — Liss is More - 2024-03-28 - - I've become a Tailscale super-fan, so I'm here to tell you about it.
Where’d my results go? Google Search’s chatbot is no longer opt-in | Ars Technica - 2024-03-27 - - The search chatbot used to be opt-in, but now Google will try it on normal users.
Marriage is not a defense to sexual assault in W. Virginia - 2024-03-27 - A new law has passed in West Virginia that ends exemptions for spouses who rape or sexually assault their partners.
Swift.org - Writing GNOME Apps with Swift - 2024-03-26 - - Swift is well-suited for creating user interfaces thanks to the clean syntax, static typing, and special features making code easier to write. Result builders, combined with Swift’s closure expression syntax, can significantly enhance code readability.
VK One – On my Om - 2024-03-26 - A few days ago, Vinod Khosla got into a war of words with Marc Andreessen. Or was it Elon? It was an argument over OpenAI and “open” AI. It might have felt like a bunch of capitalist leviathans but…
macOS Sonoma 14.4.1 Released – 512 Pixels - 2024-03-25 - The newest version of macOS includes fixes for: USB hubs connected to external displays may not be recognized Copy protected Audio Unit plug-ins designed for professional music apps may not open or pass validation Apps that include Java may quit unexpectedly As of this writing, Apple's "What's new in updates for macOS Sonoma" page isn't [...]
Aurora Viewline for Tonight and Tomorrow Night (Experimental) | NOAA / NWS Space Weather Prediction Center - 2024-03-25 -
Mutt on Windows without WSL — Dan's Musings - 2024-03-25 -
Why choose async/await over threads? – notgull – The world's number one source of notgull - 2024-03-25 - - A common refrain is that threads can do everything that async/await can, but simpler. So why would anyone choose async/await?
Grep by example: Interactive guide - 2024-03-24 - - Interactive introduction to grep with real-world use cases.
Quickstart | Lapdev Docs - 2024-03-24
tinyssh - 2024-03-24 -
Daring Fireball: Digital Wallets and Per-Merchant Card Numbers - 2024-03-24 - Link to: https://birchtree.me/blog/digital-wallets-and-the-only-apple-pay-does-this-mythology/
Why the hell is your Kubernetes API public? | lbr. - 2024-03-23 - - Do you ever really think about how you get access to your Kubernetes control plane? Whatever mechanism you use to provision your cluster, you get a KUBECONFIG and usually just
Sperm whales drop giant poop bombs to save themselves from orca attack | Live Science - 2024-03-23 - A pod of sperm whales flung their poop at unsuspecting orcas to avoid a fatal attack.
Apple tried to make Apple Watch work with Android | Mashable - 2024-03-23 - It just wasn't meant to be.
What Kate Middleton Proved About the Internet - The Atlantic - 2024-03-23 - What Kate Middleton proved about the internet
ChatGPT Can't Plan. This Matters. - Cal Newport - 2024-03-23 - - A brief book update: I wanted to share that Slow Productivity debuted at #2 on the New York Times bestseller list last week! Which is ... Read more
Apple Sued by U.S. Department of Justice, Says Lawsuit is 'Wrong' - MacRumors - 2024-03-22 - The U.S. Department of Justice today announced it has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Apple. The lawsuit alleges that Apple has an illegal...
Silent Running: A 1970s Environmental Fable Remains Depressingly All Too Relevant - Reactor - 2024-03-21 - - Director Douglas Trumbull's special effects and Bruce Dern's intense performance anchor this haunting, melancholy classic.
Users ditch Glassdoor, stunned by site adding real names without consent | Ars Technica - 2024-03-21 - Anonymous review site Glassdoor now consults public sources to identify users.
Trailing Dots in Domain Names - 2024-03-20 -
Parrots Love Tablet Games. How Do They Play Them? - 2024-03-20 - - A new Northeastern study delves deep into how parrots use touchscreen devices, with the help of a bespoke gaming app.
Apple Preparing to Sell Refurbished Ultra 2 and Series 9 Watches in U.S. - MacRumors - 2024-03-20 - Apple appears to be gearing up to sell refurbished Apple Watch Ultra 2 and Apple Watch Series 9 models on its online store in the U.S. for the first...
VP Kamala Harris is a Force to be Reckoned With - 2024-03-20 - Republicans are about to be reminded of that fact
Pregnancy care has changed in alarming ways since Louisiana banned abortion : Shots - Health News : NPR - 2024-03-19 - A troubling new report from Louisiana shows how the state's abortion ban from 2022 is forcing doctors to delay or withhold medical care in ways that make pregnancy more dangerous.
macOS Sonoma 14.4 Bug 'Destroys Saved Versions in iCloud Drive' - MacRumors - 2024-03-19 - Apple's latest macOS Sonoma 14.4 software update appears to be guilty of another bug, this time affecting saved versions in iCloud Drive. ...
8 years later: A world Go champion’s reflections on AlphaGo - 2024-03-19 - - World\u002Dfamous Go champion Lee Sae Dol reflects on his match against our AI system AlphaGo eight years ago.
Waking my computer from afar | Max Bernstein - 2024-03-19 - - I write a small web application on a small device to remotely wake up my desktop computer.
Peaks Visualizes Your Circadian Rhythm And Daily Routines [Sponsor] – Matthew Cassinelli - 2024-03-19 - Peaks is a unique biorhythm tracking app that lets you visualize your energy levels throughout the day – my thanks for their sponsorship this week.
macOS Sonoma 14.4: Reasons Not to Update - MacRumors - 2024-03-19 - Since Apple unveiled macOS Sonoma 14.4 on March 7, the transition to the latest software update has not been entirely smooth for everyone, and a...
"No way to prevent this" say users of only language where this regularly happens - Xe Iaso - 2024-03-19 -
Goto Is Not A Horror - iRi - 2024-03-19 -
NASA Engineers Make Progress Toward Understanding Voyager 1 Issue – The Sun Spot - 2024-03-19 -
There is no cookie banner law - 2024-03-18 - - On why you keep seeing these cookie banners
Behind F1's Velvet Curtain - 2024-03-18 - - If you wanted to turn someone into a socialist you could do it in about an hour by taking them for a spin around the paddock of a Formula 1 race. The kind of money I saw will haunt me forever.
beuke.org - 2024-03-17 - - A personal blog about functional programming, category theory, chess, physics and linux topics
The Linux Desktop Is Finally Great (both Ubuntu and Firefox) - 2024-03-17 -
Cloud software company HashiCorp exploring potential sale, Bloomberg News reports | Reuters - 2024-03-17 - - Cloud software vendor HashiCorp is exploring options, including a sale, Bloomberg News reported on Friday citing people familiar with the matter.
Death by neti pot: Why you shouldn’t use tap water to clean your sinuses | Ars Technica - 2024-03-17 - - An alarming number of Americans think tap water is sterile—it's definitely not.
Deadly morel mushroom outbreak highlights big gaps in fungi knowledge | Ars Technica - 2024-03-17 - - Prized morels are unpredictably and puzzlingly deadly, outbreak report shows.
Tick-killing pill shows promising results in human trial | Ars Technica - 2024-03-17 - Should it pan out, the pill would be a new weapon against Lyme disease.
Cloudflare loses 22% of its domains in Freenom .tk shutdown | Netcraft - 2024-03-16 - - A staggering 12.6 million domains on TLDs controlled by Freenom (.tk, .cf and .gq) have been shut down and no longer resolve, leading to a significant reduc ...
Java users on macOS 14 running on Apple silicon systems should consider delaying the macOS 14.4 update - 2024-03-16 - - Java users on macOS 14 running on Apple silicon systems should consider delaying the macOS 14.4 update
20 Years in the Making, GnuCOBOL Is Ready for Industry - The New Stack - 2024-03-16 - - GnuCOBOL "has reached an industrial maturity and can compete with proprietary offers in all environments," boasted contributor Fabrice Le Fessant, in a FOSDEM talk.
Hackintosh is (almost) dead · aplus.rs - 2024-03-16 -
Fisker Scrambling After YouTuber Slams Ocean EV - 2024-03-16 - Marques Brownlee finally got his hands on a Fisker Ocean for a review that was pretty critical. Fisker’s response might have made things worse.
npm install everything, and the complete and utter chaos that follows - 2024-03-15 - - how one little joke can get so, so out of hand
npm install everything, and the complete and utter chaos that follows - 2024-03-15 - - how one little joke can get so, so out of hand
SoloVer 1 - 2024-03-15 - - a simple and expressive versioning specification
Everest 2024: Nepal’s “GPS Chip” Plan has Major Problems | The Blog on alanarnette.com - 2024-03-15 -
I figured out how DMARC works, and it almost broke me | Simon Andrews - 2024-03-15 - - How to use SPF, DKIM, and DMARC to improve your domain's email security and limit spoofing - but written for humans.
Why Are (Most) Sofas So Bad? - Dwell - 2024-03-15 - - The most important piece of furniture in your home is in need of assistance. How did we end up here? And how can we fix it?
Apple Ring Rumors: What We've Heard About Apple's Work on a Smart Ring - MacRumors - 2024-03-15 - There have been several rumors in recent weeks about Apple's work on a finger-worn smart ring, and while it's not clear if the project is in...
Proton Encrypted Mail Desktop App Now Available for Mac - MacRumors - 2024-03-15 - Swiss-based privacy startup Proton today announced the availability of its end-to-end encrypted desktop mail app for macOS and Windows, with a Linux...
Apple Said iPhone Driver's Licenses Would Expand to These 8 U.S. States… Two Years Ago - MacRumors - 2024-03-15 - In just four U.S. states, residents can add their driver's license or ID to the Apple Wallet app on the iPhone and Apple Watch, providing a...
“You a—holes”: Court docs reveal Epic CEO’s anger at Steam’s 30% fees | Ars Technica - 2024-03-14 - Unearthed emails show the fury that helped motivate Epic's Games Store launch.
The Ultimate Ideal Bestest Base Font Size That Everyone Is Keeping a Secret, Especially Chet — Adrian Roselli - 2024-03-14 - - It’s none. Clarification Let me clarify: don’t set a base font size. body { /* font-size: yeah, no */ } Got a linter or code checker or boss-man hassling you that you need to set something? Ok, use this: body { font-size: 100%; } Because This approach has the advantage…
Boeing says overwriting video footage of airplane's door plug standard - 2024-03-14 - - NTSB said it still doesn't know "who performed the work to open, reinstall, and close the door plug"
Paul Alexander: 'Man in the iron lung' dies at the age of 78 - 2024-03-14 - - Paul Alexander worked as a lawyer and lived for decades in a metal cylinder which breathed for him.
First month on a database team | notes.eatonphil.com - 2024-03-13 - - First month on a database team
Trump says pardoning Capitol attackers will be one of his first acts if elected again | Donald Trump | The Guardian - 2024-03-13 - In a Truth Social post, the ex-president said he will pardon ‘hostages’ convicted for their part in the Capitol attack in 2021
Building Under Regulation [215.] - 2024-03-13 - - An essay on the EU Digital Markets Act and Apple’s Update on apps distributed in the European Union (and some personal history)
Tapbots Releases Ivory 1.9 with Quote Posts - MacStories - 2024-03-13 - Today, Tapbots released version 1.9 of their award-winning Mastodon client Ivory for iOS, iPadOS, and macOS. The update brings the long-awaited ability to quote posts, and to view quoted posts inline in the timeline. Quote posts have been on the team’s roadmap ever since the app was first released early last year, while the feature
Apple’s AirPods Pro could be getting a “hearing aid mode” later this year | Ars Technica - 2024-03-13 - In development for some time, AirPods could finally get the FDA label this fall.
State of the Terminal | g.p. anders - 2024-03-12 - - This is a companion article to my talk at Neovimconf 2023. I have been using Vim/Neovim as my full time text editor for close to 10 years. I’ve spent a lot of time in the terminal and have become very aware of the many flaws and idiosyncrasies of this bizarre platform. But I also think it gets a lot of things right! And I’m not alone in this belief: terminal based tools are still widely popular even in the presence of many alternatives (the StackOverflow developer survey shows that Neovim is the “most loved” editor 3 years in a row).
Callsheet on visionOS — Liss is More - 2024-03-12 - Callsheet is now available as a native visionOS app!
Daring Fireball: Once More Unto the Apple / Epic / European-Commission Breach, Dear Friends, Once More - 2024-03-12 - - Although Apple as an institution granted, revoked, and under public pressure reinstated Epic’s new account, from the perspective of Apple leadership, they only revoked a new account that had been created through an automated system — not for criticism, per se, but for the same reason Epic’s Fortnite developer account remains revoked and Fortnite remains unavailable on Apple platforms worldwide: for the 2020 Fortnite IAP Trojan horse stunt.
‘Absolute bloodbath’ at RNC as new leadership loyal to Trump purges staff | Donald Trump | The Guardian - 2024-03-12 - Chair Michael Whatley and co-chair Lara Trump move to reorganize the party, with an expected cull of 60 members
Boeing whistleblower found dead in US - 2024-03-12 - - Prior to his death, whistleblower John Barnett was testifying against Boeing over concerns about standards.
That moment when you land on the Moon, break a leg, and are about to topple over | Ars Technica - 2024-03-12 - "We hit harder than expected and skidded along the way."
Here’s how Tesla’s new touchscreen drive selector works - The Verge - 2024-03-12 - - On the new Model S and Model X.
Roku Data Breach: Over 15,000 Accounts Affected - 2024-03-11 - - The Roku, Inc. data breach exposed usernames, passwords, and account login details, potentially affecting individual Roku accounts. No highly sensitive personal information was accessed. Roku has taken immediate action to secure affected accounts and refund unauthorized charges.
Daring Fireball: Roku Locks Devices Until Users Agree to New Terms of Service - 2024-03-11 - Link to: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/03/disgraceful-messy-tos-update-allegedly-locks-roku-devices-until-users-give-in/
As the Change Healthcare outage drags on, fears grow that patient data could spill online | TechCrunch - 2024-03-11 - Questions remain about the security of millions of patient records after a ransomware attack claimed a huge theft — and then vanished.
How we replaced Vagrant with devenv | Website of Andreas Zweili - 2024-03-11 - - This is the website of Andreas Zweili. Containing some of my notes and observations.
Jan-Piet Mens :: RESOLV.CONF (upper case) - 2024-03-10 -
Programming Jigs • Buttondown - 2024-03-10 - - In woodworking there's the concept of a jig, which is a sort of ad hoc stencil for woodworking projects. You might fashion a jig by screwing two wood blocks...
ongoing by Tim Bray · The De-Google Project - 2024-03-10 -
The countdown continues as Netflix releases final trailer for 3 Body Problem | Ars Technica - 2024-03-09 - "When your consciousness ends in one world, it could continue to exist in many other worlds."
What Apple Switcher ad star Ellen Feiss is doing now - 2024-03-09 - Student Ellen Feiss may have looked stoned in her famous Apple Switcher ad, but it turns out that she wasn't kidding when she claimed that the paper a PC destroyed was "really good."
“Disgraceful”: Messy ToS update allegedly locks Roku devices until users give in | Ars Technica - 2024-03-08 - - Users are opted in automatically unless they write a letter to Roku by March 21.
I'm a programmer and I'm stupid - 2024-03-07 - - But it kind of works.
U.S. students will take the SAT entirely online this year : NPR - 2024-03-07 - - Students taking the exam use their own devices, or school devices – they no longer need a paper and pencil. More than a million students are expected to take the test.
Orca observed hunting and killing a great white shark by itself for the first time | Popular Science - 2024-03-07 - Watch how the marine mammals hunt in South Africa, where they have developed a particular taste for shark liver.
Facebook - 2024-03-07
How I use git worktrees - llimllib notes - 2024-03-07 -
How to speed up the Rust compiler in March 2024 | Nicholas Nethercote - 2024-03-07 - - It has been over six months since my last update on the Rust compiler’s performance. Time for an update.
Elon Musk sued by former Twitter CEO over refusal to pay $57M severance | Ars Technica - 2024-03-06 - Ex-CEO Agrawal and three others say Musk "made up fake cause" to fire them.
We drive Mini’s first electric crossover, the 2025 Countryman SE ALL4 | Ars Technica - 2024-03-06 - The Countryman SE goes on sale later in 2024, starting at $45,200.
AWS Lambda functions using Go - 2024-03-06 - Recently, I wanted to deploy a Go service into an AWS Lambda for the first time and found myself struggling a lot more than I expected. Even though there are plenty of great and helpful posts with examples, there where minor aspects in which they dif...
i turned myself to face me – from star trek: the cruise vii – WIL WHEATON dot NET - 2024-03-06 - I use my phone to record all of my talks and readings, and then I put them with all my glasses and my shoes, so I have them.
Adactio: Journal—A Book Apart - 2024-03-06 - The independent publishing house that released 48 excellent titles.
How I keep myself Alive using Golang - 2024-03-05 - - In this blog I explore how I use an incident management mindset to manage a complex medical condition. I hope you enjoy it!
European crash tester says carmakers must bring back physical controls | Ars Technica - 2024-03-05 - - In 2026, Euro NCAP points will be deducted if some controls aren't physical.
The App Store, Spotify, and Europe’s thriving digital music market - Apple - 2024-03-05 - - Today, the European Commission announced a decision about the App Store and competition in the digital music market.
Excerpt: James Kaplan's '3 Shades of Blue' Chronicling Miles Davis's Recording of Iconic Album 'Kind of Blue' - 2024-03-05 - - Kind of Blue is the best-selling jazz album of all time. Here's what it was like inside the studio with Miles Davis, John Coltrane, and Bill Evans on the day they laid down one of the record's iconic tracks.
star trek the cruise vii was wonderful – WIL WHEATON dot NET - 2024-03-04 - We disembarked from Star Trek: The Cruise Thursday morning at 715 in Orlando, waited in the airport for seven hours, and got home to Los Angeles just before midnight, which is when my brain decided…
Source: Apple to Announce New Products This Week - MacRumors - 2024-03-04 - Apple plans to announce new products with press releases on its website this week, a proven source familiar with the matter told MacRumors. While the...
What I like about Go - 2024-03-03 -
Laurie Anderson on making an AI chatbot of Lou Reed: ‘I’m totally, 100%, sadly addicted’ | Laurie Anderson | The Guardian - 2024-03-03 - - Anderson’s experiments with language-based AI predated ChatGPT – with one machine modelled on her dead husband that her friends ‘just can’t stand’
First known photos of 'lost bird' captured by scientists - 2024-03-03 - - For the first time, scientists have captured photos of a bird long thought lost. Known as the Yellow-crested Helmetshrike, or Prionops alberti, the species is listed as a 'lost bird' by the American Bird Conservancy because it had not seen in nearly two decades.
Deploying Fiber In The Home - 2024-03-03 -
Shoebill: The human-sized African bird that eats baby crocodiles and kills its siblings | Live Science - 2024-03-03 - Shoebills reach up to 5 feet in height and they are formidable ambush predators, standing still in swamps before lunging forward to swallow their prey whole with their giant bills.
Yes, the Supreme Court COULD have declined the case, but then what? – Stephanie Says - 2024-03-03 - “They could have just declined the case” is the overly simplistic but misleading version of Supreme Court law and practice being fed to laypersons by many celebrity television commentat…
Issue 52 – I am Sam's low-level culpability - 2024-03-02 - - Bitcoin prices are spiking. Are we in for another round of crypto mania? Also, Sam Bankman-Fried doesn't want to go to jail for 100 years.
Woman loses £650,000 injury claim after being seen tossing Christmas tree | Ireland | The Guardian - 2024-03-02 - Irish court throws out Kamila Grabska’s case for car crash injuries after she was pictured winning charity competition
Speeding tickets aren’t enough to save lives. A tech fix can make it physically impossible to drive at ridiculous speeds. - Vox - 2024-03-02 - Reckless speeding is epidemic in the US. This simple technology could save tens of thousands of lives.
How cellular, Wi-Fi jammers are used to help them rob homes - 2024-03-01 - - A SWAT team surrounded the home of cybersecurity expert Kim Komando as thieves targeted the area using cellular and Wi-Fi jammers.
Progressive Web Apps in EU will work fine in iOS 17.4 - 2024-03-01 - - After a few weeks of internet drama, Apple has responded to complaints about the death of Progressive Web Apps in the European Union and is restoring them to how they worked in iOS 17.3 and before.
McDonald’s Locations vs. Golf Courses - 2024-03-01 - When I linked to a recent NY Times article about rewilding golf courses, I pulled out this startling fact: “The United State

February 2024

The KDE desktop gets an overhaul with Plasma 6 [LWN.net] - 2024-02-29 -
The Automattic "AI" thing - 2024-02-29 - - Automattic is secretly selling the stuff their users wrote and drew and created to "AI" companies to fuck up the web a bit more for a few bucks. But the problem goes deeper.
USPS to Release Ansel Adams Stamps - 2024-02-29 - The US Postal Service is set to release a sheet of 16 stamps featuring the legendary photography of Ansel Adams. Ansel Adams ma
Software engineering practices you should probably be following in 2024 - 2024-02-29 - - Every couple of years in software development, the meta changes. Libraries and frameworks are rotated in and out of popularity, languages evolve and best practices change. These are some of my personal beliefs on what the current meta is, and what parts are worth adopting.
Why I use Firefox - 2024-02-29 - - I’m interested in HTML, CSS, and making the web less annoying
Finding The Last Editor - 2024-02-28 - - Some programmers can code under any conditions. Open office? They'll bring headphones. Whatever editor is on their system? They'll make it work. Using a different framework or language every few years? No problem. I envy that level of versatility, but I've come to accept it just isn't me. I bond with a quiet room, an editor, and a prog...
How to love homebrew - llimllib notes - 2024-02-28 -
Go Enums Suck - 2024-02-28 - - let's make them suck less
Final images of Ingenuity reveal an entire blade broke off the helicopter | Ars Technica - 2024-02-27 - - This new data should help us understand Ingenuity's final moments on Mars.
Hear Grace Slick's Hair-Raising Vocals in the Isolated Track for "White Rabbit" (1967) | Open Culture - 2024-02-27 - Sometime in the summer of 2016, this isolated track of Grace Slick’s vocals for “White Rabbit”--probably the most famous Jefferson Airplane song and definitely one of the top ten psychedelic songs of the late ‘60s--popped up YouTube.
A bad day at the office – Airminded - 2024-02-26 - - While looking for something else, I came across this rather incredible photo in the Imperial War Museum collection. That's a seaplane stuck 300 feet up a 350ft tall radio mast! If that's not amazing enough, the pilot was rescued by three men who climbed up to retrieve him. And he survived. Here's the IWM's description: ...continue reading →
The Time Everyone “Corrected” the World’s Smartest Woman - Priceonomics - 2024-02-26 - - In 1990, Marilyn vos Savant correctly answered a probability puzzle in her column for Parade Magazine. And then, the world called her an idiot.
AT&T Giving $5 Credit to Customers Following Major Network Outage - MacRumors - 2024-02-25 - AT&T has announced that it will be providing impacted customers with a $5 bill credit per account as compensation for the network's major...
A Conspiracy To Kill IE6 - 2024-02-25 - - The bittersweet consequence of YouTube’s incredible growth is that so many stories will be lost underneath all of the layers of new paint. This is why I wanted to tell the story of how, ten years ago, a small team of web developers conspired to... | Chris Zacharias | Founder of imgix. YCombinator alum. Ex-YouTuber. Studied New Media at RIT.
A decade of working remotely | Lynn Fisher - 2024-02-23 - Some random thoughts about remote work.
Our Company Is Doing So Well That You’re All Fired - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency - 2024-02-23 - - “Paramount Global lays off about 800 employees, a day after announcing record Super Bowl ratings.” — CNBC - - -Thank you for jumping on this last-m...
AT&T says service has been restored after massive, nationwide outage. Authorities are investigating | CNN Business - 2024-02-23 - AT&T’s network went down for many of its customers across the United States Thursday morning, leaving customers unable to place calls, text or access the internet. By late morning, the company said most of its network had been restored.
Eclipse viewing at 30,000 feet: Delta to offer path-of-totality flight | Delta News Hub - 2024-02-22 - - Fliers can catch the April 8 total solar eclipse in-air from DL 1218, Austin-Detroit.
The New Terminal (Beta) Is Now in JetBrains IDEs | The IntelliJ IDEA Blog - 2024-02-22 - - The new terminal (Beta) is now in JetBrains IDEs and will be available in the new UI starting from the 2024.1 version of the IDEs.
Okay, Color Spaces — ericportis.com - 2024-02-22 -
The hidden high cost of return-to-office mandates | Computerworld - 2024-02-22 - - If you force employees to commute and work in an office every day, you can expect to lose your best employees.
Apple Announces 'Groundbreaking' New Security Protocol for iMessage - MacRumors - 2024-02-22 - Apple today announced a new post-quantum cryptographic protocol for iMessage called PQ3. Apple says this "groundbreaking" and...
The 'Day of the Bogons' has arrived! - SPKB - 2024-02-22 - UPDATE: 21 Jan 2024 It’s happening already… At the end of this post are links to a piece of recent research on the spread of “news and
Death, Lonely Death — Crooked Timber - 2024-02-22 - - Billions of miles away at the edge of the Solar System, Voyager 1 has gone mad and has begun to die.Let’s start with the “billions of miles”. Voyager 1 was launched in early Septe…
go run | breadchris - 2024-02-21 - - It may seem silly, but go run is my favorite part about go. Want to run your code? go run main.go. It is so stupidly simple that I could tell my mom about this command, and she would immediately understand. Like with most things in go, the real power in this command is in the effortless understanding of how to build and run everyone’s code. But I can run node main.
Useful Uses of cat - 2024-02-21 -
'Apple Ring' Allegedly in Development to Rival Samsung Galaxy Ring - MacRumors - 2024-02-21 - Apple is speeding up development of a smart ring that can be worn on the finger to track users' health biometrics, claims a new report coming out...
Why are shopping carts always broken? | CNN Business - 2024-02-19 - - It’s an almost-inevitable part of any shopping trip. You enter a store to grab a few necessities and right away you find yourself wrestling against the one wheel that seemingly has a mind of its own.
Speeding up Rust edit-build-run cycle | David Lattimore’s open-source projects - 2024-02-18 -
Why are ransomware gangs making so much money? | TechCrunch - 2024-02-18 - - Hackers almost doubled there earnings in 2023 to rake in $1 billion in 2023, fuelled by a continued lack of ransom payment ban
Managing dotfiles on macOS with Nix | Davis Haupt - 2024-02-18 - - Managing dotfiles on macOS with Nix
A One Handed Accessible Keyboard, Inspired by FrogPad - 2024-02-18 - - A couple of years ago, I was in an incident that reduced the strength in my left shoulder. I’ve been waiting for an operation to restore the function to that shoulder, but we were warned the post-operative recovery period would be several months. So I started looking for keyboard options...
Rust Tooling: 8 tools that will increase your productivity - 2024-02-18 - This article takes a look at Rust tooling that helps you ship faster by boosting your productivity.
wild child – WIL WHEATON dot NET - 2024-02-18 - I looked at it, curiously. Why do I still have this?
Git | Max Bernstein - 2024-02-18 -
The Layoff - Xe Iaso - 2024-02-18 -
I printed chocolate on a 3D printer and ate it - The Verge - 2024-02-17 - - Eating my mistakes.
Strategy pattern in Go | Redowan's Reflections - 2024-02-17 - - These days, I don’t build hierarchical types through inheritance even when writing languages that support it. Type composition has replaced almost all of my use cases where I would’ve reached for inheritance before. I’ve written1 about how to escape the template pattern2 hellscape and replace that with strategy pattern3 in Python before. While by default, Go saves you from shooting yourself in the foot by disallowing inheritance, it wasn’t obvious to me how I could apply the strategy pattern to make things more composable and testable.
I've been trying to use Linux, but... - Jon Christopher - 2024-02-17 - The first time I tried to use Linux was before the year 2000. I was gravitationally drawn to Linux because of the movie Hackers. I had saved up enough money to buy a laptop of some sort (a Compaq if I’m not mistaken) and stumbled somehow upon Linux by way of Linux-Mandrake. If memory serves, […]
The 2023 Hugo Fraud and Where We Go From Here | Whatever - 2024-02-17 - - There’s an investigative report out on the administration of the 2023 Hugo Awards, by Chris Barkley and Jason Sanford, and make no mistake about it, it is grim. The short version is that elig…
this is correlation, not causation – WIL WHEATON dot NET - 2024-02-17 - Just a couple of days ago, I told Anne that though I am always a little sad to wrap a season of Ready Room, because I genuinely love my job that much, I was glad to have the time and energy to do s…
Daring Fireball: The European Commission Had Nothing to Do With Apple’s Reversal on Supporting RCS - 2024-02-17 - - When the CCP says device makers must jump to sell their products in China, Apple asks “How high?”
Notes from migrating 24 years of blog posts from Wordpress to Ghost - 2024-02-17 - As I mentioned in my previous post, it was no small task to migrate a very old blog from one system to another. A few people asked how I did it, so I'm sharing some notes I wrote along the way. Why leave Wordpress.com? I've used Wordpress for over
What's new: a quick trip down memory lane - 2024-02-17 - I started working on MetaFilter in the Fall of 1998, but just before launching it I realized the new blog I built was for a community, not just me. So I built a little blog engine to power my personal domain starting in Summer of 1999. By early 2000, I
Profiling zsh and fixing my slow shell - 2024-02-17 - My zsh has been a little slow to start for a while. Never enough to be a significant bother, but always something I’ve been meaning to get around to. Thorsten Ball had a great writeup about this here.
Plastic industry knew recycling was a farce for decades yet deceived the public, report reveals | Euronews - 2024-02-16 - - Plastic producers should ‘pay for the damage they’ve caused’ after decades of deception, the report's authors say.
The majority of traffic from Elon Musk's X may have been fake during the Super Bowl, report suggests | Mashable - 2024-02-16 - - These numbers are legitimately shocking.
Multi-Award Winning — Liss is More - 2024-02-16 - Callsheet is now a *multiple* award winning app!
announcing freenginx.org - 2024-02-16
Air Canada is responsible for chatbot's mistake: B.C. tribunal | CTV News - 2024-02-16 - - Air Canada has been ordered to compensate a B.C. man because its chatbot gave him inaccurate information.
Apple confirms it’s breaking iPhone web apps in the EU on purpose | TechCrunch - 2024-02-16 - Well, it turns out it's not a bug that broke iPhone web apps, also known as progressive web apps (PWAs), in the EU. Following developer complaints and
How a musician accused of fraud got his music back on Spotify, iTunes | Ars Technica - 2024-02-16 - Spotify and Apple Music started cracking down on streaming fraud last year.
13 Worst Bike Lanes in the World - 2024-02-16 - These are actually real. Seriously.
Asahi Linux project’s OpenGL support on Apple Silicon officially surpasses Apple’s | Ars Technica - 2024-02-15 - - Newest driver supports the latest versions of OpenGL and OpenGL ES.
From Go to Rust: The Two Types of Readable Code - Earthly Blog - 2024-02-14 - - Ever looked at some code and thought, “Wow, that’s an ugly mess!”? Or maybe you picked up a new programming language and felt right at home? It’s f...
European Court of Human Rights bans weakening of secure end-to-endencryption - the end of EU‘s chat control CSAR mass surveillance plans? - EU Reporter - 2024-02-14 - - The European Court of Human Rights yesterday banned a general weakeningof secure end-to-end encryption. The judgement argues that encryptionhelps citizens and companies to protect themselves against hacking,theft of identity and personal data, fraud and the unauthoriseddisclosure of confidential information. Backdoors could also beexploited by criminal networks and would seriously jeopardise thesecurity of all users' electronic […]
Falsehoods programmers believe about time zones - 2024-02-14 - - I decided to make a time zone converter. It had seemed like an easy project, but I was horribly mistaken
His Best Friend Was a Warthog. It Decided to Kill Him. – Texas Monthly - 2024-02-14 - - Austin Riley spent decades raising exotic animals in the Texas Hill Country. The animal he thought he knew best changed his life forever.
Apple's iMessage Avoids EU's Digital Markets Act Regulation - MacRumors - 2024-02-13 - - Apple's iMessage will avoid regulation requiring interoperability with other messaging platforms under the EU's Digital Markets Act (DMA),...
Owners report rust forming on Tesla Cybertruck • The Register - 2024-02-13 - - 'Literally bulletproof' but needs constant cleaning to stave off corrosion
Changing Teachers | elfenbein klaviermusik notes - 2024-02-13 - During the first couple weeks with a new transfer student, they will often exclaim when I say or demonstrate something, Wow - I didn't know that! My old teacher never told me about this.
Hypercritical: The iMessage Halo Effect - 2024-02-13 -
English test scandal: students renew fight to clear names after 10 years | English language testing scandal | The Guardian - 2024-02-11 - Exclusive: Push follows new evidence that raises questions over Home Office’s cheating accusations against 35,000 international students
Notes on my Remarkable Tablet - 2024-02-11 - - Some notes on my note taking device
Finding a New Software Developer Job | Henrik Warne's blog - 2024-02-11 - - For the first time ever, I was laid off, and had to find a new software developer job. I managed to find a new one, but it took longer than I thought, and it was a lot of work. I was in contact wit…
Literacy crisis in college students: Essay from a professor on students who don’t read. - 2024-02-11 - - These kids aren’t lazy. We’re failing them.
Cloud Egress Costs - 2024-02-10 - - A list of egress costs for major cloud providers.
Becoming a Dungeon Master for an Interview | PropelAuth Blog - 2024-02-10 - - Interviews should be as close as possible to the work that the candidate would do if they join. While that seems like a pretty tautological statement, it is unfortunately not always true. When interviewing as a software engineer, for example, you’ll run into places that lean heavily on algorithms
Section 3 of the Fourteenth Amendment and the Spirit of Liberty - Teri Kanefield - 2024-02-10 - I am updating this page with new analysis of the new briefing that has been filed. Since I wrote this page, the following briefs have been filed: Trump’s brief is here (January 18). An Amicus Brief filed by 17 members of Congress is here (January 18). An Amicus Brief by a group of election lawyers […]
This Beethoven flashmob in a historic German city will remind you of the pure joy... - Classic FM - 2024-02-10 - The magic of classical music, and Beethoven’s message of hope from centuries past, to us today.
Things I like about Go - DEV Community - 2024-02-10 - Intro I recently learned Go with the help of a book called "Let's Go" by Alex Edward. The...
A sleuthing enthusiast says he found the US military’s X-37B spaceplane | Ars Technica - 2024-02-10 - - Officials didn't disclose details about the X-37B's orbit after its December launch.
iOS 17.4 Nerfs Web Apps in the EU - MacRumors - 2024-02-10 - - Apple has seemingly restricted the functionality of Progressive Web Apps (PWAs) in the latest beta of iOS 17.4, specifically targeting users within...
(Almost) Every infrastructure decision I endorse or regret after 4 years running infrastructure at a startup · Jack's home on the web - 2024-02-10 - - Assortment of technology startup infrastructure recommendations
Resolutions passed | The Nivenly Foundation - 2024-02-09 - Recent resolutions passed by the board
An Entire 200-Foot Tower Stolen From WJLX-AM Jasper. | Story | insideradio.com - 2024-02-09 - Thieves toppled and stole the 200-foot tower of classic hits WJLX-AM (1240) in Jasper, AL. The theft was discovered late last week and also included the transmitter and other equipment.
Figure out who's leaving the company: dump, diff, repeat - 2024-02-09 -
Apple broke web apps in iOS 17 beta and hasn't fixed them • The Register - 2024-02-09 - - PWAs demoted to OWB: Operating Within Browser
Go(lang) to F*** yourself - DEV Community - 2024-02-09 - How a community gatekeeps an amazing technology
kmaasrud - 2024-02-09 - - The personal website of Knut Magnus Aasrud
VirtualBox KVM public release — Cyberus Technology - 2024-02-08 - - Today we are announcing the open-source release of our KVM backend for Virtualbox.
My Favorite Part of Winter is My Dad’s Meatloaf | Cup of Jo - 2024-02-08 - Alex Beggs shares her favorite cold-weather meal.
Happily ImperfectA very minor peeve (in three parts) - 2024-02-08 - We all have little things that don’t quite sit right with us, things that others do that irk, but not annoy. It’s a unique type of very minor annoyance that doesn’t derail you, bu…
Security Researcher Allegedly Exploited Internal Apple Tool to Steal Millions - MacRumors - 2024-02-08 - A security researcher who reported bugs to Apple was arrested in January for defrauding the company out of millions of dollars, according to a report...
Review: Chris Dixon's Read Write Own - 2024-02-08 - - Prominent crypto venture capitalist Chris Dixon provides an unconvincing bible for blockchain solutionists.
Ransomware hackers raked in $1 billion last year from victims - 2024-02-08 - Despite efforts to contain the ransomware criminal ecosystem, the promise of wealth and the relative lack of consequences have spurred more ransomware hackers than ever before.
The appendix plays a hidden role in gut health : Shots - Health News : NPR - 2024-02-07 - - A sudden appendectomy as a child made Heather Smith curious about what the appendix is for and why it gets inflamed. Now as an anatomy researcher, she's finding answers.
Speeding up Rust edit-build-run cycle | David Lattimore’s open-source projects - 2024-02-06 -
The little ssh that (sometimes) couldn't | Mina Naguib - 2024-02-06 -
We’ve Already Seen Category 6 Hurricanes—Now Scientists Want to Make It Official - Eos - 2024-02-06 - - Intensifying storms may warrant a new category of hurricane wind speeds.
John Cage: Organ playing 639-year-long piece changes chord - 2024-02-06 - - Composed by avant-garde artist John Cage, the piece is expected to play in Germany until the year 2640.
How To Write A Novel Using The Snowflake Method - 2024-02-05 - - How to write a novel: Award-winning novelist Randy Ingermanson teaches his wildly popular Snowflake Method for designing and writing a novel.
How I'm able to take notes in mathematics lectures using LaTeX and Vim | Gilles Castel - 2024-02-05 - - A while back I answered a question on Quora: Can people actually keep up with note-taking in Mathematics lectures with LaTeX. There, I explained my workflow of taking lecture notes in LaTeX using Vim and how I draw figures in Inkscape. However, a lot has…
My FOSDEM 2024 Experience - Orhun's Blog - 2024-02-05 - FOSS • Linux • Programming
Blog - How I Also Hacked my Car - 2024-02-05 - - Gonçalo MB. My personal website, projects, contacts and stuff.
Mini Sculptures for the Visually Impaired | themindcircle - 2024-02-05 - Museums and monuments around the world are truly magnificent art sights to behold. Seeing a building or a piece of art from times long before
Learning Rust in 3 attempts - 2024-02-04 - - One of my earliest programming languages was C++, which for all its warts, was a giant leap from my first language, BASIC. I especially enjoyed understanding precisely what's happening at the CPU and memory level[^1] to my program when it runs.
look what you made me do – WIL WHEATON dot NET - 2024-02-04 - I don’t care about the NFL or the game, but oh my god do I love love love love love how outraged and furious and unhinged all these toxic right wing idiots are about Taylor Swift and her boyf…
Coding Machines - 2024-02-03 -
A Brief History of the U.S. Trying to Add Backdoors Into Encrypted Data - Atlas Obscura - 2024-02-03 - - It’s been a weird week for America’s most valuable company—a firm whose tech products have such consumer goodwill they got away with forcing us to listen to...
Worried About AI Voice Clone Scams? Create a Family Password | Electronic Frontier Foundation - 2024-02-03 - Your grandfather receives a call late at night from a person pretending to be you. The caller says that you are in jail or have been kidnapped and that they need money urgently to get you out of trouble. Perhaps they then bring on a fake police officer or kidnapper to heighten the tension. The...
iPhone camera glitch explained: This is no crazy conspiracy - 2024-02-03 - An iPhone photo of a bride posted on Instagram at the beginning of November started gaining traction on social media due to its weird nature.
Embrace RSS: These Are the Best RSS Reader Apps in 2024 | Lifehacker - 2024-02-03 - RSS is still the best way to track the news on the web, and these RSS readers can keep you right up to date.
JetBrains' unremovable AI assistant prompts customer outcry • The Register - 2024-02-03 - - Some devs just don't want anything to do with neural-network code serfs
Playing with Nom and parser combinators · Andrea Bergia's Website - 2024-02-03 - - I usually write parsers by starting from a grammar and either coding a lexer/parser by hand or relying on tools such as the fantastic Antlr. However, a friend recently introduced me to parser combinators, which I found to be very interesting and useful. It’s not a recent idea, but it was new to me, and I have found it to be very interesting and useful. I have played a bit with a great Rust library called nom, and I had a lot of fun with it.
Carl Weathers, Apollo Creed from Rocky movies, dies aged 76 - 2024-02-03 - - Carl Weathers, former NFL player turned Hollywood actor who starred in the Rocky movies, dies aged 76
Tips for Remote Workers | Hacker News - 2024-02-02
The Hobbes OS/2 Archive logs off permanently in April • The Register - 2024-02-02 - - Fans of the tech dinosaur have a few months to fill their drives with software
How to Quickly Reply to Messages on iPhone - MacRumors - 2024-02-02 - With iOS 17, Apple brought some headline features to iPhones, like StandBy Mode and NameDrop, but Apple also introduced some smaller quality-of-life...
Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team and Lewis Hamilton to part ways - Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team - 2024-02-02 - Mercedes-AMG PETRONAS F1 Team and Lewis Hamilton will part ways at the end of the 2024 season. Lewis has activated a release option in the contract so this season will be his last driving for the team
Most Republican Senators Are Barred From Re-election in Oregon After Walkouts - The New York Times - 2024-02-02 - The Oregon Supreme Court ruled they could not seek re-election after they repeatedly boycotted legislative sessions.
Thanksgiving 2023 security incident - 2024-02-02 - - On Thanksgiving Day, November 23, 2023, Cloudflare detected a threat actor on our self-hosted Atlassian server. Our security team immediately began an investigation, cut off the threat actor’s access, and no Cloudflare customer data or systems were impacted by this event.
This is the world’s rarest passport | CNN - 2024-02-01 - - The Sovereign Military Order of Malta doesn’t have any territory, but it’s a sovereign entity which can issue its own passports, stamps and currency.
The Big Bang Theory Episode That Finally Allowed Carrie Fisher To Meet James Earl Jones In Person - 2024-02-01 - "Star Wars" actors Carrie Fisher and James Earl Jones never got to meet in person until they both made cameos on a Season 7 episode of "The Big Bang Theory."

January 2024

Apple Card Users Earned More Than $1 Billion in Daily Cash Last Year - MacRumors - 2024-01-31 - Apple Card has over 12 million users in the United States, with card holders earning more than $1 billion in Daily Cash rewards in 2023, Apple...
Hypercritical: Spatial Computing - 2024-01-31 -
My 2023 Homelab Setup | Mudkip Mud Sport - 2024-01-31 - - Homelab is a place where you can store all your family’s data, self-host applications and services, locally stream media, and experiment with various technologies. A Homelab can start with low-power
Rust, A Game Review — Llogiq on stuff - 2024-01-31 -
Why the AI Boom is a Windfall for Tiny Anguilla - IEEE Spectrum - 2024-01-31 - - The Caribbean island is reaping millions from .ai website registrations
Apple VP of Hardware Engineering for Home Devices Leaving Company After 25 Years - MacRumors - 2024-01-30 - DJ Novotney, one of Apple's top hardware engineering architects, is leaving Apple for Rivian Automotive, Bloomberg reported over the weekend. ...
Apple VP of Hardware Engineering for Home Devices Leaving Company After 25 Years - MacRumors - 2024-01-30 - DJ Novotney, one of Apple's top hardware engineering architects, is leaving Apple for Rivian Automotive, Bloomberg reported over the weekend. ...
eshan ramesh - 2024-01-29 -
I Just Wanted Emacs to Look Nice — Using 24-Bit Color in Terminals | Chad Austin - 2024-01-29 - - Thanks to some coworkers and David Wilson’s Emacs from Scratch playlist, I’ve been getting back into Emacs. The community is more vibrant than the last time I looked, and LSP brings modern completion and inline type checking.
Milwaukee reporter investigates cousin's 1978 car bombing death - 2024-01-29 - - In 1978, my cousin August Palmisano died in a car bombing in downtown Milwaukee. Many suspected crime boss Frank Balistrieri. Could I find the truth?
Peter Schickele and P.D.Q. Bach, remembered - 2024-01-28 - - Composer and bassoonist brin solomon on Peter Schickele (aka, P.D.Q. Bach), who died at his home on January 16, 2024, at the age of 88.
I looked through attacks in my access logs. Here's what I found - 2024-01-28 - - I've been self-hosting for over a decade. It's freeing because I own my data, and do not depend on any platform other than my cloud host, which I can easily switch off. Self-hosting gives much insight into what it takes to run a cloud service. Anyone who's had some practice
Hold on there: WPA3 connections fail after 11 hours - 2024-01-28 -
Here's How the Apple Card's New Savings Rate Compares to Competitors - MacRumors - 2024-01-28 - Following the Apple Card savings account's recent rate increase to 4.5%, we have updated our guide comparing the annual percentage yields (APYs)...
How To Check Your App Store Subscriptions with Reminders and Shortcuts – Matthew Cassinelli - 2024-01-28 - Staying on top of your App Store subscriptions is important – use this technique and my shortcut to get a repeating reminder to check regularly.
Please, don’t force me to log in : Juha-Matti Santala - 2024-01-28 - - The current accelerating trend of requiring accounts and logins for everything has to stop.
New Year, New Apps — Basic Apple Guy - 2024-01-28 - Gentler Streak, Day One, and Endel are three indispensable apps for me heading into 2024.
Teatotaller cafe owner wins Instagram case in court - 2024-01-27 - - Emmett Soldati, a business owner whose Instagram account was deleted, represented himself against Meta in court. And he won.
Donald Trump ordered to pay E Jean Carroll $83.3m in defamation trial | E Jean Carroll | The Guardian - 2024-01-26 - Ex-president vows to appeal against ruling, which comes less than a year after Carroll won $5m in sexual abuse and defamation trial
Anthropic trained an AI to be evil and couldn't get it to behave again in 'legitimately scary' study | Live Science - 2024-01-26 - - AI researchers found that widely used safety training techniques failed to remove malicious behavior from large language models — and one technique even backfired, teaching the AI to recognize its triggers and better hide its bad behavior from the researchers.
Photographer and Kat Von D Go on Trial in Case That May Upend Tattoo Industry | PetaPixel - 2024-01-26 - - Kat Von D's lawyer said a photographer has "never complained" before...
The puzzling case of a baby who wouldn’t stop crying—then began to slip away | Ars Technica - 2024-01-26 - - After doctors figured it out, the 8-week-old infant eventually made a full recovery.
My quick thoughts on chips - 2024-01-26 - Some short but opinionated statments about chips.
PASS ALERT / ARTIST ADDITIONS / GRANTS FOR BIG... | Zoë Keating - 2024-01-26 - Dear Listeners, Happy 2024 to you, in all its weirdness. I’m working on NEW MUSIC and will be sharing little bits of it and my process with you as I go along. For now, I’m putting the videos on...
We build X.509 chains so you don’t have to | Trail of Bits Blog - 2024-01-26 - - By William Woodruff For the past eight months, Trail of Bits has worked with the Python Cryptographic Authority to build cryptography-x509-verification, a brand-new, pure-Rust implementation of the…
A Vision — Liss is More - 2024-01-25 - The more I think about it, the more I think I got Apple Vision Pro wrong.
Some Macs Auto-Updating to macOS Sonoma Without User Permission - MacRumors - 2024-01-25 - Over the past few weeks, some Mac users have complained that their computer automatically upgraded itself from macOS Ventura to the latest macOS...
John Graham-Cumming's blog: Complete restoration of an IBM "Butterfly" ThinkPad 701c - 2024-01-25 - - Just over a year ago there was a discussion on Hacker News about the IBM ThinkPad 701c (the one with the lovely folding "butterfly" keyboar...
profiling zsh startup - llimllib notes - 2024-01-25
Apple Wins Early Victory Against Spyware Maker NSO Group in Court - MacRumors - 2024-01-25 - Apple has dealt a blow against spyware maker NSO Group and the Israeli firm's efforts to move Apple's lawsuit against it to its home country....
Science fiction awards held in China under fire for excluding authors | Hugo awards | The Guardian - 2024-01-25 - - Concerns raised about interference or censorship after documents showed writers were barred despite receiving enough nominations
What happens when an astronaut in orbit says he’s not coming back? | Ars Technica - 2024-01-24 - - "If you guys don't give me a chance to repair my instrument, I'm not going back."
Avoid Async Rust - blog.hugpoint.tech - 2024-01-24 -
Netflix is turning into cable TV - The Verge - 2024-01-24 - - It’s got Suits! It's got old movies! It's got WWE!
"Unplanned" removal, installation inspection procedure at Boeing - Leeham News and Analysis - 2024-01-24 - - By the Leeham News Team Jan. 15, 2024, © Leeham News: It’s not supposed to happen. The door plug on the Boeing 737-9 MAX isn’t supposed to separate from the airplane in flight, as it did on Alaska... Read More
FTC bans TurboTax from advertising ‘free’ services, calls it deceptive | CNN Business - 2024-01-23 - - The Federal Trade Commission ruled in a final order and opinion Monday that TurboTax, the popular tax filing software, engaged in deceptive advertising and banned the company from advertising its services for free unless it is free for all customers.
“Starter Villain” an Alex Award Winner | Whatever - 2024-01-23 - This literally just happened, the above is a screen capture from the actual awards ceremony. For those who don’t know, the Alex Awards are given yearly by the American Library Association to …
Extreme Cold Snaps Could Get Worse as Climate Warms | Scientific American - 2024-01-23 - Climate instability could be distorting the polar vortex, causing cold air outbreaks
Apple Releases watchOS 10.3 With New Watch Face - MacRumors - 2024-01-23 - Apple today released watchOS 10.3, the third major update to the watchOS 10 operating system that was released in September. watchOS 10.3 comes over...
11 years – Rachel Andrew - 2024-01-22
Ditching GitHub - 2024-01-21 - - This is going to be some sort of a public service announcement, withside notes. This has been brewing for a long, long time (years), it’sjust that I never se...
Why Go is my favorite programming language (2017) - Michael Stapelberg - 2024-01-21 - - I strive to respect everybody’s personal preferences, so I usually steer clear of debates about which is the best programming language, text editor or operating system. However, recently I was asked a couple of times why I like and use a lot of Go, so here is a coherent article to fill in the blanks of my ad-hoc in-person ramblings :-).
8 Best GUI Email Clients for Linux Desktop in 2024 - 2024-01-21 - In this guide, we explore some of the best GUI (Graphical User Interface) email clients that you should consider using for a Linux desktop.
ongoing by Tim Bray · Lofree Flow - 2024-01-21
A Surprising Way to Stop Bullying - 2024-01-21 - The strategy behind the "No-Blame" approach is counterintuitive but effective: enlisting the bullies' help to solve the problem.
The Internet of Unprofitable Things – The ongoing struggle - 2024-01-20 -
What's that touchscreen in my room? | Nikita Lapkov - 2024-01-20 - - Discussion on HackerNews and Lobsters. Roughly a year ago I moved into my new apartment. One of the reasons I picked this apartment was age of the building. The construction was finished in 2015, which ensured pretty good thermal isolation for winters as well as small nice things like Ethernet ports in each room. However, there was one part of my apartment that was too new and too smart for me.
How I’m (re)learning math as an adult - Gabriel Mays - 2024-01-20 - - I recently passed 100 days of practicing math every single day 💯 I’ve wanted to beef up my math chops for a while, but I needed a good reason that would justify the time investment. Plus…
Why I’m learning Deno – JJ's Commonlog - 2024-01-20
How I’m (re)learning math as an adult - Gabriel Mays - 2024-01-19 - - I recently passed 100 days of practicing math every single day 💯 I’ve wanted to beef up my math chops for a while, but I needed a good reason that would justify the time investment. Plus…
Lost Highway, by Emily Gogolak - 2024-01-19 - - The trials of trucking school
How to get equal size icons in the cmp completion menu of Neovim with Kitty terminal – Ben Frain - 2024-01-19 - I’ve written a about my favourite Terminal emulator, Kitty, before. I am a big fan. However, there was one thing that was bugging me about it. When using Neovim, with the cmp auto-complete plugin, the little icons for the different kind of completions would show up in different sizes; even two versions of the same...
Finding Walden – Emily Wright - 2024-01-19
The Newest Bit of Tech to Arrive at the Scalzi Compound | Whatever - 2024-01-19 - It’s a Macbook Pro, and it arrives at a confluence of a few events. The first is that the Mac Mini I bought a couple of years ago for music production turns out to be more than a little under…
precious and fragile things – WIL WHEATON dot NET - 2024-01-19 - I just remember staying up past our bedtimes, watching a bad movie that was still fun, feeling the way I imagined families were meant to feel.
My Thoughts on Kagi Search | Kev Quirk - 2024-01-19 - I've been trying Kagi Search for the last couple of weeks; my trial has now ended and I've decided to subscribe. Here's why...
inessential: Corporations Are Not To Be Loved - 2024-01-19 -
Listen To Your Users — Liss is More - 2024-01-19 - There's been a flurry of Callsheet updates already this year, but today's is a big'un.
Ransomware was behind cyberattack on MUN's Grenfell campus, confirms president | CBC News - 2024-01-18 - Memorial University has confirmed that the cyberattack that hit its Grenfell Campus in Corner Brook in December involved ransomware.
Will the new judicial ruling in the Vizio lawsuit strengthen the GPL? - 2024-01-18 - - Tidelift co-founder and general counsel Luis Villa breaks down the recent judicial ruling in the Vizio lawsuit and how it could potentially strengthen the GPL
Losing my son - 2024-01-18 - - On October 20th, my seven year old son Nikolas suffered cardiac arrest while undergoing a procedure at the hospital to treat an underlying congenital condition. The doctors performed CPR and succeeded in reviving him but ultimately he suffered catastrophic brain damage. My wife and I were in the hospital for
Escaping surveillance capitalism, at scale - 2024-01-18 - - Self-hosting and paid subscriptions are common strategies to escape surveillance capitalism. But what guarantees do they really offer? What alternatives exist for the general public who wants to escape surveillance capitalism, and at what cost?
BetterHelp shared customer data while promising it was private, says FTC - The Verge - 2024-01-18 - The company shared data with companies like Facebook and Snapchat.
Trump Is On Trial Again. And It’s Not Going Well. - 2024-01-18 - A second trial, relating solely to damages for defaming E. Jean Carroll, carries significant exposure for the former president.
Apple Silicon Security Flaw Discovered in iPhone 12 and M2 MacBook Air - MacRumors - 2024-01-18 - A security vulnerability that could allow attackers to access sensitive data has been discovered in some Apple silicon GPUs. A recent investigation...
YouTube Ratchets Up Ad Blocker Crackdown by Slowing Down Load Times | PCMag - 2024-01-17 - The only way around it is to disable your ad blocker or pay for Premium.
Apple May Sell Series 9 and Ultra 2 Watches Without Blood Oxygen App in U.S. Amid Patent Dispute - MacRumors - 2024-01-17 - Apple has readied modified Apple Watch models that "do not contain pulse oximetry functionality," medical technology company Masimo said in a...
Haiku OS: The Open Source BeOS You Can Daily Drive In 2024 | Hackaday - 2024-01-16 - - Haiku is one of those open source operating systems that seem to be both exceedingly well-known while flying completely under the radar. Part of this is probably due to it being an open source vers…
Meet the Most Toxic Plant in North America - Atlas Obscura - 2024-01-16 - - "Those who eat it will die in two hours."
I disconnected our smart oven, and maybe you should as well - Coding Stephan - 2024-01-15 - Arstechnica published an article yesterday, called “Appliance makers sad that 50% of customers won’t connect smart appliances”. Let me tell you, I’m glad people don’t connect their oven to the internet. We own two of these smart appliances from AEG and I disconnected them as soon as I discovered what they do.
Setup and prereqs: RISCV OS in Rust - 2024-01-14
Taking control of RISC-V: RISCV OS in Rust - 2024-01-14
Free unexpected MIT courses to kick start the new year | by MIT Open Learning | MIT Open Learning | Jan, 2024 | Medium - 2024-01-14 - - From heavy metal to poker to the history of Samurai, make 2024 your year with these online course materials and educational resources.
Cars suck, man | Petar Gyurov - 2024-01-14 - - What better way to start off the new year than with a little rant.
ICO fines HelloFresh £140,000 for spam texts and emails | ICO - 2024-01-14 - - The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has fined food delivery company HelloFresh £140,000 for a campaign of 79 million spam emails and 1 million spam texts over a seven-month period.
Migrating from Substack to self-hosted Ghost: the details - 2024-01-14 - - I migrated Citation Needed from Substack to self-hosted Ghost. Here is exactly how I did that.
Daring Fireball: Al Gore, Mac Nerd and Internet Pioneer - 2024-01-13 - In 2003 there was one person in the world who could be described as a former vice president of the United States and avid Mac user.
Hypercritical: I Made This - 2024-01-13 -
Framework says hackers accessed customer data after phishing attack on accounting partner | TechCrunch - 2024-01-13 - Repairable laptop maker Framework says hackers accessed customer data after phishing an employee at its accounting service provider.
I miss human curation - 2024-01-13 - Where are my internet friends? And where are their weird blogs?
EU ranks Europe’s most livable cities. The winner isn’t in the EU – POLITICO - 2024-01-12 - Find out where Brussels is. Spoiler alert: It’s not in the top 10. But you already knew that, didn’t you?
Apple Clarifies How Many Items Can Be Tracked in Find My - MacRumors - 2024-01-12 - Apple today confirmed that up to 32 items can be added to the Find My app on the iPhone and iPad, up from a previous limit of 16. Apple revealed...
Substack Realizes Maybe It Doesn’t Want To Help Literal Nazis Make Money After All (But Only Literal Nazis) | Techdirt - 2024-01-12 - - Last year, soon after Elon completed his purchase of (then) Twitter, I wrote up a 20 level “speed run” of the content moderation learning curve. It seems like maybe some of the folks at Substack sh…
Outlook is Microsoft’s new data collection service | Proton - 2024-01-12 - - The new Outlook now appears to be a data collection service for Microsoft’s 772 external partners for targeted advertising.
Old people hacks: tips for those of us over 40/50/etc – A Whole Lotta Nothing - 2024-01-12 - My dog Lucy on the floor, completely unrelated to this post Time keeps marching on and as we collectively age, I thought it’d be helpful to drop a few tips I’ve learned after being on this planet f…
Apple Releases Magic Keyboard Firmware Update With Bluetooth Security Fix - MacRumors - 2024-01-12 - Apple on Tuesday released Magic Keyboard firmware version 2.0.6 with a fix for a Bluetooth-related security vulnerability. "An attacker with...
ITC Wants Apple Watch Sales Ban Reinstated: 'Apple Presents a Weak and Unconvincing Case' - MacRumors - 2024-01-11 - The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) today formally opposed Apple's motion for the Apple Watch sales ban to remain paused for the...
Conditional Git Configuration - Scott's Weblog - The weblog of an IT pro focusing on cloud computing, Kubernetes, Linux, containers, and networking - 2024-01-11 - - Conditional Git Configuration - Scott's Weblog - The weblog of an IT pro focusing on cloud computing, Kubernetes, Linux, containers, and networking
Twitch issues layoffs to over 500 staff to 'rightsize' its workforce | VentureBeat - 2024-01-10 - - Twitch cut 35% of its staff in a new round of layoffs. Over the last year, the Amazon-owned live streaming platform cut nearly 1,000 jobs.
MrBruh's Epic Blog - 2024-01-10 - - How I pwned half of America’s fast food chains, simultaneously. Also checkout Eva’s blogpost of this event. With an upbeat pling my console alerted me that my script had finished running, to be precise it was searching for exposed Firebase credentials on any of the hundreds of recent AI startups. This was achieved through a public list of sites using the .ai TLD and parsing the site data (and any referenced .
two thousand nine hundred and twenty-two days – WIL WHEATON dot NET - 2024-01-10 - In 2016, Wil made the life-changing decision to confront his alcohol addiction and childhood trauma. Despite parental neglect and emotional abuse, he took responsibility for his choices and committ…
Asus’ new laptop has two screens and a removable keyboard - The Verge - 2024-01-10 - For a total of 19.8 inches of screen.
Learning about debuggers | Andy Hippo - 2024-01-09 - - Today’s article is a collection of materials to learn more about debuggers: how they work, which technologies are under the hood, what kind of problems exist in this area. There is of course a big overlap with related components like compilers and linkers, so get ready to learn lots of new things 😃. Of course, the list is not exhaustive by any means. These are just the links I’ve accumulated over the years and found useful for myself. If you’d like to add anything to the list, let me know! Note: many of the links here are blog posts – be sure to check out other articles in those blogs! They’re often worth reading even if not directly related to the topic.
Using Git offline - 2024-01-09 - - Some companies use an isolated network or even the complete lack of a network as a security measure to protect from unauthorized access. Working on these systems can be a struggle but it is still possible, and perhaps even more important, to use a proper version control tool like Git.
SSH based comment system - 2024-01-09 - - because input fields are too easy
United finds loose bolts on plug doors during 737 Max 9 inspections - The Air Current - 2024-01-09 - - United Airlines has found loose bolts and other parts on 737 Max 9 plug doors as it inspects its fleet of Boeing jets following the Friday rapid depressurization aboard an Alaska Airlines jet of the same make, according to three people familiar with the findings.
Laurence Tratt: Practising Programming - 2024-01-09 -
Hey Calendar resubmitted with spiteful Apple history feature - 2024-01-09 - In order to spite Apple with a simple feature, Hey decided to give away a digital Apple history calendar for free, inspired by the successful Kickstarter campaign for a physical Apple history calendar.
US lunar landing attempt appears doomed after ‘critical’ fuel leak | AP News - 2024-01-09 - - The first U.S. moon landing attempt appeared to be doomed after a private company’s spacecraft developed a “critical” fuel leak.
iPhone survives 16,000-foot fall after door plug blows off Alaska Air flight 1282 | Ars Technica - 2024-01-08 - - Still-working iPhone is one of two discovered after the airline accident, says NTSB.
The curious case of the Raspberry Pi in the network closet - 2024-01-08 - - how we found, analyzed (with the help of Reddit) and in the end caught the culprit of a malicious device in our network
How I built a fully offline smart home, and why you should too - 2024-01-08 - - Tired of your smart home failing during internet outages? Me too, so I made the switch to an offline smart home. Here's how you can too.
The hubless electric motorcycle with sci-fi style and a great name - The Verge - 2024-01-07 - - All those cameras aren’t cheap.
Optimizing Docker Images with Multi-Stage Builds and Distroless Approach - DEV Community - 2024-01-07 - When we transitioned our application from Node.js (Express) to Go, we managed to reduce the Docker...
Optimizing Docker Images with Multi-Stage Builds and Distroless Approach - DEV Community - 2024-01-07 - When we transitioned our application from Node.js (Express) to Go, we managed to reduce the Docker...
I assure you that I am a fully functional human with a backstory and everything. – WIL WHEATON dot NET - 2024-01-07 - A couple of weird tales from my weird life.
A better publishing workflow for static blogs | Garrit's Notes - 2024-01-07 -
When "Everything" Becomes Too Much: The npm Package Chaos of 2024 - Socket - 2024-01-07 - - An NPM user named PatrickJS launched a troll campaign with a package called "everything," which depends on all public npm packages.
Fixing Macs Door to Door - 2024-01-06 - - Fun stories from my time working as an AppleCare Dispatch contractor going door to door in Chicago.
A week with a Ford F-150 Lightning: This truck is too big for city life | Ars Technica - 2024-01-06 - - The big electric pickup truck is out of the suburbs and out of its element.
ongoing by Tim Bray · Five Electric-Jag Years - 2024-01-06
NPM registry prank leaves developers unable to unpublish packages | SC Media - 2024-01-05 - - Could threat actors leverage “dependency hell” to exploit open-source software repositories?
The Coming Enshittification of Public Libraries • Buttondown - 2024-01-04 - Global investment vampires have positioned themselves to suck our libraries dry
One year ago, Elon Musk set Twitter ablaze — now the fires are threatening his entire empire | The Hill - 2024-01-03 - Musk is now willing to weaken Americans’ faith in our elections and bankrupt his own businesses in order to own the libs. He may well get his chance.
Get serious about rust, by writing more rust - Opinionated Logic - 2024-01-03 - Opinionated Logic article.
Here’s how the EPA calculates how far an EV can go on a full charge | Ars Technica - 2024-01-03 - - Ever wonder how an EV's official range estimate is calculated? Wonder no more.
2023 in review – Rachel Andrew - 2024-01-03
13-Year-Old Becomes First Person to Ever Beat Tetris - 2024-01-03 - 34 years after its release on NES, Blue Scuti has become the first human to ever reach Tetris' Kill Screen.
Cathedral, Mountain, Moon - 2024-01-03 - Wow, what an incredible shot by Valerio Minato of the triple-alignment of a church, a mountain, and the Moon. Taken in Piemonte
My Text Editor Is Not Open Source - 2024-01-02
zanshin's reading list - 2024-01-02
In 2024, please switch to Firefox – Roy Tanck - 2024-01-02 - - This December, if there's one tech New Year's resolution I'd encourage you to have, it's switching to the only remaining ethical web browser, Firefox. According to recent posts on social media, Firefox's market share is slipping. We should not let that happen. There are two main reasons why switchin
Don’t Start Pull Requests from Your Main Branch - 2024-01-02 - - When contributing to other users’ repositories, always start a new branch in your fork.
Stuff we figured out about AI in 2023 - 2024-01-02 - 2023 was the breakthrough year for Large Language Models (LLMs). I think it’s OK to call these AI—they’re the latest and (currently) most interesting development in the academic field of …
Fixing Annoying Blue Standby Lights | Full Circuit | Elegant Solutions to Difficult Problems - 2024-01-01 - - A simple and free fix for those annoying over bright blue standby lights on home electronics (TV, Stereo, Set top box, etc.)
Jonathan the tortoise, world’s oldest living land animal, is now 191 - The Washington Post - 2024-01-01 - Jonathan the tortoise — the world’s oldest living land animal — turned 191 on St. Helena Island, a British territory off the coast of Africa.
Some notes on NixOS - 2024-01-01 - - Some notes on NixOS
davep/oshit: OSHit - Get your hit of HackerNews in the terminal - 2024-01-01 - OSHit - Get your hit of HackerNews in the terminal - davep/oshit: OSHit - Get your hit of HackerNews in the terminal
Apple Just Broke a Tradition It Held for 12 Years - MacRumors - 2024-01-01 - Apple has broken a tradition it maintained for 12 years, releasing no new iPads in 2023 – the first time that the company has chosen to not launch a...
Disney's earliest Mickey and Minnie Mouse enter public domain as US copyright expires - 2024-01-01 - - Disney's copyright on the earliest version of the cartoon characters expires in the US on 1 January.
Hello Chess Friend - Eryn Rachel Wells - 2024-01-01 - I started playing a lot of chess recently. As often happens with me, it wasn’t very long until I started wondering how I could Do Programming To It. I found the mostly excellent, occasionally vague and confusing Chess Programming Wiki and have been using that as a guide. It helpfully says this on it’s Getting Started page: The very first step to writing a chess engine is to write a complete, bug free board representation that knows every rule of chess.

December 2023

Social media ‘absolutely’ causing increases in anxiety and depression, Utah governor says - POLITICO - 2023-12-31 - “I think it's obvious to anyone who spends any time on social media or has kids," Gov. Spencer Cox said
ongoing by Tim Bray · Feminized Feed - 2023-12-31
Chris's Wiki :: blog/tech/EmailAddressesBadPermanentIDs - 2023-12-31 -
Your Home Mainframe | Hackaday - 2023-12-30 - We miss the days when computers looked like computers. You know, blinking lights, rows of switches, and cryptic displays. [Phil Tipping] must miss those days too since he built PlasMa, a “min…
Georgia woman accidentally tips Subway thousands of dollars for sandwich - 2023-12-30 - A $7 Italian Sub a woman bought for lunch ended up costing her over 1,000 times that when a machine mistook her phone number for a tip.
Things are about to get a lot worse for Generative AI - 2023-12-30 - - A full of spectrum of infringment
In the Game 'Nego,' Fit as Many Cats as You Can into a Tight Space — Colossal - 2023-12-30 - Japanese sculptor and author Yuka Morii's table game was inspired by felines' need to stretch, loaf, and nap in any available spot.
gilest.org: What using RSS feeds feels like - 2023-12-30
It's time for a nationwide ban of right-on-red turns - 2023-12-30 - - Right-on-red turns are dangerous for pedestrians and cyclists, and yet they're still widely allowed across the U.S.
Daihatsu: Toyota-owned automaker halts Japan production after admitting it tampered with safety tests for 30 years | CNN Business - 2023-12-30 - - Daihatsu, the Japanese automaker owned by Toyota, has halted production after admitting it falsified data in safety tests for its vehicles for 30 years.
TDD is a personal practice - DEV Community - 2023-12-29 - TDD should not be a mandated practice in a team. Doing TDD is not a goal in itself.
The companies employees don’t want to leave in 2023 · Resume.io - 2023-12-29 - - Following up on our 2022 study, Resume.io has analyzed LinkedIn data to identify the large companies where employees stay the longest and shortest in the U.S., UK, Canada and Australia. Plus, why working on your own sense of happiness at work may be a solid career move.
'Spanish Stonehenge' emerges from drought-hit dam | Reuters - 2023-12-29 - A brutal summer has caused havoc for many in rural Spain, but one unexpected side-effect of the country's worst drought in decades has delighted archaeologists - the emergence of a prehistoric stone circle in a dam whose waterline has receded.
The Cockroach Cure - The Atlantic - 2023-12-29 - Forty years ago, scientists did the impossible. Why doesn’t anyone remember?
Tall Swedish Wooden Wind Turbine | Veerle's Blog 4.0 - 2023-12-29 - The world's tallest wooden turbine, recently activated by the Swedish startup Modvion near Gothenburg, reaches a height of 150 meters (492 feet) from the…
Tom Smothers of the Smothers Brothers dies at 86 | AP News - 2023-12-29 - - Tom Smothers, half of the Smothers Brothers and the co-host of one of the most socially conscious and groundbreaking television shows in the history of the medium, has died at 86.
Seven Steps to Fixing Stalled To-Do Tasks – Rands in Repose - 2023-12-29 - You need to understand my to-do list process before you read these steps. I strive for a daily inbox-zero task system, which means I can scrub the complete list in less than 10 minutes. The size of individual entries varies. Most can be completed in one work session, but others are project-like task
Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 Sales Ban Paused by US Appeals Court - MacRumors - 2023-12-27 - The ban on imports of Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 models has today been temporarily paused, meaning that the devices can now go back...
Masimo CEO on Looming Apple Watch Ban: 'These Guys Have Been Caught With Their Hands in the Cookie Jar' - MacRumors - 2023-12-27 - Masimo CEO Joe Kiani does not believe that Apple will be able to solve its patent infringement issues with software, reports Bloomberg. In an...
BASIC was not just a programming language | Guillaume Chereau Website - 2023-12-27 - - BASIC is often dismissed as an inferior language compared to its successors. Common complaints are its use of line numbers, its heavy reliance on GOTO for execution flow, and its lack of a stack for local variables. What many critics overlook is that at the time of its use (during the first wave of home computers), BASIC was not just a programming language; it was a full development environment, akin to an IDE.
A Lighthouse Keeper Hangs Up Her Bonnet | Hakai Magazine - 2023-12-27 - - Celebrating the experiences of Sally Snowman, who will soon retire as the only female lighthouse keeper in the Boston Light’s 307-year history.
The New York Times sues OpenAI and Microsoft for copyright infringement - The Verge - 2023-12-27 - - The lawsuit says ChatGPT “recites Times content verbatim.”
Daring Fireball: Amazon Prime Video Will Start Showing Ads Next Month - 2023-12-27 - Link to: https://www.theverge.com/2023/12/26/24015595/amazon-prime-video-ads-coming-january-29
We’ve Remodeled Our Bathroom, So Now You Have to Take a Dump Behind a Sliding Barn Door - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency - 2023-12-26 - Welcome, come on in. Let me give you a tour of our new bathroom. We’ve painted the walls a beautiful sage green, installed a double sink vanity, an...
Apple Watch Import Ban Now Official, Apple Appeals Decision - MacRumors - 2023-12-26 - Apple is now officially unable to sell the Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 in the United States as the International Trade...
Lagrange Points Could Become Battlegrounds in a New Space Race : ScienceAlert - 2023-12-26 - - A new 'space race' is heating up between the US and China in space exploration, and Lagrange points are emerging as a battleground.
Some Useful Bash Aliases | Chuck Carroll - 2023-12-25 -
You don't need analytics on your blog - 2023-12-25 -
The Era of American Computer Magazines Has Drawn to a Close - Byte Cellar - 2023-12-25 - - I’ve been buying a copy of Maximum PC magazine at the airport newsstand on every long-distance trip I’ve taken over the past two decades. I’m primarily a Mac user but Maximum PC, which started life as boot, bought at these … Continue reading →
Quantum Computing’s Hard, Cold Reality Check - IEEE Spectrum - 2023-12-24 - - Hype is everywhere, skeptics say, and practical applications are still far away
How a Cartographer Drew a Massive, Freehand Map of North America - Atlas Obscura - 2023-12-24 - - Just ink and colored pencil, it took Anton Thomas almost five years.
SSH over HTTPS - 2023-12-24 -
12 Languages in 12 Months | xavd.id - 2023-12-23 - - I tried 12 different new (to me) programming languages during 2023 and I share my thoughts on the pros and cons of each.
Tesla blamed drivers for failures of parts it long knew were defective - 2023-12-23 - - Tesla records reveal the automaker has long known far more about the extent of defects than it has disclosed to consumers and safety regulators.
You're Supposed To Be Glad Your Tesla Is A Brittle Heap Of Junk | Defector - 2023-12-23 - Tesla cars are shoddily built pieces of shit liable to fall apart and malfunction in dangerous ways at inopportune moments. No, this is not a blog from 2012! It is also not a blog from 2015 or 2018 or 2022. It is not even a blog from two weeks ago about Tesla’s self-driving systems killing […]
A Proclamation on Granting Pardon for the Offense of Simple Possession of Marijuana, Attempted Simple Possession of Marijuana, or Use of Marijuana | The White House - 2023-12-23 - - In Proclamation 10467 of October 6, 2022 (Granting Pardon for the Offense of Simple Possession of Marijuana), I exercised my authority under the Constitution to pardon individuals who committed or were convicted of the offense of simple possession of marijuana in violation of the Controlled Substances Act and section 48–904.01(d)(1) of the Code…
Daring Fireball: Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 No Longer Available From U.S. Online Store - 2023-12-23 - Link to: https://www.macrumors.com/2023/12/21/apple-watch-removed-from-online-store/
How I Have Fun With Rust - 2023-12-22 - - A few guidelines to make Rust more fun and less frustrating.
Beeper is giving up on its iMessage dream - The Verge - 2023-12-21 - - “We can’t win a cat-and-mouse game with the largest company on earth.”
ITC Denies Apple's Request for a Stay on Looming Apple Watch Import Ban - MacRumors - 2023-12-21 - The U.S. International Trade Commission today denied Apple's motion to stay a looming Apple Watch ban while Apple files for appeal [PDF via The...
SSH protects the world’s most sensitive networks. It just got a lot weaker | Ars Technica - 2023-12-20 - - Novel Terrapin attack uses prefix truncation to downgrade the security of SSH channels.
Advice for new software devs who've read all those other advice essays • Buttondown - 2023-12-20 - - From a person who really shouldn't be giving others advice.
Internet sleuths looked for the singer of a mystery song for 16 years. They found her in Vancouver | CBC News - 2023-12-20 - Mysterious messages started appearing in Paula Toledo's inbox on Dec. 8, telling her to brace for an onslaught of people trying to get in touch with her. The messages said internet sleuths had been trying to track down a song she recorded some two decades ago.
2023 Upgradies — Liss is More - 2023-12-20 - I'm thrilled to announce that Callsheet is now an *award winning* iOS app!
Apple halting Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sales: Here's why - 9to5Mac - 2023-12-19 - - In a statement to 9to5Mac, Apple has announced that it will soon halt sales of its flagship Apple Watch models...
Unbricking my MacBook took an email to Tim Cook | TokyoDev - 2023-12-19 - - After my lost MacBook was returned to me with an Activation Lock on it, Apple refused to unlock it. Only after emailing Tim Cook could I get it unlocked.
Why do programmers need private offices with doors? (Do Not Disturb) - 2023-12-19 - - It’s a common occurrence: You’re sitting at your desk, lost in thought, trying to solve a problem that’s been blocking your work all week. Deep in your brain you’re building a structure of thoughts and possibilities undreamed of in anyone’s philosophy: You identify concepts and
VW Is Putting Buttons Back in Cars Because People Complained Enough - 2023-12-18 - - Customers and critics alike have raked VW over the coals for its "frustrating" interiors.
inessential: On Mastodon Support in NetNewsWire - 2023-12-18
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The Art of Conducting - Terry Teachout, Commentary Magazine - 2023-12-17 - - o what's the scoop on this conductor guy?” a friend once asked after I took her to an orchestral concert, the first one she had ever seen. “Do they really
A Cultural Critique of the Tesla Cybertruck - 2023-12-16 - - The Cybertruck might be the most 2023 car out there.
Daring Fireball: GM Floats a Bullshit 'Safety' Excuse for Dropping CarPlay - 2023-12-16 - Link to: https://www.motortrend.com/news/general-motors-removing-apple-carplay-android-auto-for-safety-tim-babbitt/
Elon Musk told bankers they wouldn’t lose any money on Twitter purchase | Ars Technica - 2023-12-16 - - Lenders unlikely to get even 60 cents on the dollar for the bonds and loans.
Mitchell reflects as he departs HashiCorp - 2023-12-15 - - After more than 11 years, HashiCorp Co-Founder Mitchell Hashimoto pens a heartfelt goodbye letter to the company he helped create.
Modern iOS Navigation Patterns · Frank Rausch - 2023-12-14 - - An unofficial bonus chapter for the iOS Human Interface Guidelines: Learn how to structure iPhone apps with drill-downs, modals, pyramids, sequences, and more.
What I Like About Nix | Davis Haupt - 2023-12-14 - - Tell me I'm the only one
Who-T: Xorg being removed. What does this mean? - 2023-12-14 - - You may have seen the news that Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 plans to remove Xorg . But Xwayland will stay around, and given the name over...
Apple’s new iPhone security setting keeps thieves out of your digital accounts - The Verge - 2023-12-13 - - iPhone PINs won’t be enough to steal your iCloud account soon.
GM Says It's Nixing CarPlay to Make Drivers Safer - MacRumors - 2023-12-13 - Earlier this year, General Motors (GM) announced plans to phase out Apple's CarPlay and Android Auto in its future electric vehicles, with the...
Your Smart TV Knows What You’re Watching – The Markup - 2023-12-13 - Here’s how to turn off “automated content recognition,” the Shazam-like software on smart TVs that tracks what you’re watching
Broadcom ends VMware perpetual license sales, testing customers and partners | Ars Technica - 2023-12-13 - Already-purchased licenses can still be used but will eventually lose support.
One Foot Tsunami: Package Camoflauge - 2023-12-13 - What’s in the box? What’s in the box?!
23andMe frantically changed its terms of service to prevent hacked customers from suing - 2023-12-13 - - In an email sent to customers earlier this week viewed by Engadget, the company announced that it had made updates to the “Dispute Resolution and Arbitration section” of its terms of service that would prevent customers from filing class action lawsuits.
Chris's Wiki :: blog/web/WebProbeSpeedNewTLSCertificate - 2023-12-13 -
Deep in the Wilderness, the World’s Largest Beaver Dam Endures - Yale E360 - 2023-12-12 - - The largest beaver dam on Earth was discovered via satellite imagery in 2007, and since then only one person has trekked into the Canadian wild to see it. It’s a half-mile long and has created a 17-acre lake in the northern forest — a testament to the beaver’s resilience.
Beeper’s iMessage app for Android is back — but it’s a downgrade - The Verge - 2023-12-12 - This time it’ll send blue bubbles with your Apple ID email.
A Matter of Millimeters: The story of Qantas flight 32 | by Admiral Cloudberg | Dec, 2023 | Medium - 2023-12-10 - - How a mistake of less than half a millimeter in a single part nearly brought down the world’s largest passenger aircraft.
Micro Cray 1 - 2023-12-09 - In a time when big beige boxes rules the computer labs, Seymour Cray and his team created one of the most beautiful and icons designs in supercomputing, the Cray 1.Though it looks great sitting pretty in a display case, this 1:12 scale miniature is also sized to fit a Raspberry Pi or similar single board computer inside. Imagine hosting your desktop PC or a Home Assistant node in this lovely friend.There were around 100 Cray 1 units produced and each buyer picked their own color scheme. I'm carrying on that tradition by working with you to choose from over 30 matte filament colors to make your one of a kind, hand made miniature.What's in the box:one 3D printed 1:12 scale miniatureNote: no electronics are included but I have mounting brackets for several SBCs available at no additional charge.
Juilliard Jazz Drummer Hears & Plays Nirvana For The First Time, Figuring Out the Drum Parts in Real Time | Open Culture - 2023-12-09 - What happens when Ulysses Owens Jr--a Jazz musician and jazz educator at Juilliard--hears Nirvana's 'In Bloom' for the first time (minus the drum parts), and then attempts to drum along? What is he listening for? How does he immediately craft an appropriate drum part?
xkcd: Space Typography - 2023-12-09 -
Bald Guys Are Hot: Fact - 2023-12-08 - I will never understand.
Apple cuts off Beeper Mini’s access after launch of service that brought iMessage to Android | TechCrunch - 2023-12-08 - - Was it too good to be true? Beeper, the startup that reverse-engineered iMessage to bring blue bubble texts to Android users, is experiencing an outage,
FDA approves world's first CRISPR-based medicine for sickle cell - 2023-12-08 - - The FDA has approved the world’s first medicine based on CRISPR gene-editing technology, a groundbreaking treatment for sickle cell disease.
Homes need to be built for better internet - The Verge - 2023-12-08 - - We all use Wi-Fi, so it’d be nice if our houses were built for it.
Goodbye, Clean Code — overreacted - 2023-12-08 - - Let clean code guide you. Then let it go.
Honest LinkedIn Notifications - 2023-12-08 - What LinkedIn notifications might look like in a slightly more honest world. (Satire.)...
Just about every Windows and Linux device vulnerable to new LogoFAIL firmware attack | Ars Technica - 2023-12-08 - - UEFIs booting Windows and Linux devices can be hacked by malicious logo images.
The economics of all-you-can-eat buffets - The Hustle - 2023-12-07 - - Is it possible to out-eat the price you pay for a buffet? How do these places make money? We looked at the dollars and cents behind the meat and potatoes.
Firefox on the brink? | BryceWray.com - 2023-12-06 - - The Big Three may effectively be down to a Big Two, and right quick.
Please Stop Asking Me To Sue James Somerton - Aftermath - 2023-12-06 - James Somerton is (was?) a YouTuber who covered queer issues in cinema. Thanks to a video by HBomberguy, we now know he was a plagiarist.
Polestar 2 | Veerle's Blog 4.0 - 2023-12-06 - The conclusion of my Polestar 2 lease is approaching fast. Reflecting on the past three years of driving electric, I ponder the overall experience. What has ownership been like, and do I plan to retain it?
Apple’s sci-fi epic Foundation is coming back for season 3 - The Verge - 2023-12-06 - Details are slim.
PlayStation is erasing 1,318 seasons of Discovery shows from customer libraries | Ars Technica - 2023-12-06 - The change comes as Warner Bros. tries to add subscribers to Max, Discovery+ apps.
Tesla's Cybertruck is a dystopian, masturbatory fantasy - 2023-12-06 - Tesla's Cybertruck speaks almost poetically to two distinct but orthogonal archetypes of threatened masculinity: the tacti-cool milspec dork, and the showboating rich guy.
Automakers’ data privacy practices “are unacceptable,” says US senator | Ars Technica - 2023-12-05 - - OEMs collect too much personal data and share it too freely, says Senator Markey.
Gurman: Chase Bank is 'Ideal Partner' to Take Over Apple Card Deal - MacRumors - 2023-12-05 - With Apple and Goldman Sachs set to put an end to their Apple Card agreement over the next 12 to 15 months, Chase Bank could be the ideal partner to...
Netflix 'Completely Satisfied' With Pace of Password Sharing Crackdown - MacRumors - 2023-12-05 - Netflix has been "completely satisfied" with the pace of the password sharing crackdown it initiated in the United States earlier this year,...
Why Kubernetes needs an LTS - 2023-12-05 - - There is no denying that containers have taken over the mindset of most modern teams. With containers, comes the need to have orchestration to run those containers and currently there is no real alternative to Kubernetes. Love it or hate it, it has become the standard platform we have largely
The Whale That’s Known Only by the Sound of Its Voice | Hakai Magazine - 2023-12-04 - - Scientists have spent 18 years looking for the elusive Cross Seamount beaked whale—a potentially new species they’ve heard but never seen.
Merge vs. Rebase vs. Squash - 2023-12-03 - - Merge vs. Rebase vs. Squash. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
Ghostlike dusty galaxy reappears in James Webb Space Telescope image - 2023-12-03 - It first appeared as a glowing blob from ground-based telescopes and then vanished completely in images from the Hubble Space Telescope. Now, the ghostly object has reappeared as a faint, yet distinct galaxy in an image from the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST).
What the U.S. will look like if the world heats up beyond 1.5 degrees : NPR - 2023-12-03 - - Climate science shows that beyond 1.5 degrees Celsius of warming, impacts in the U.S. get substantially worse. The world is on track for almost double that level of warming by the end of the century.
Tinnitus Linked to Hidden Undetected Auditory Nerve Damage – A Step Towards a Cure - 2023-12-03 - - A groundbreaking study by Mass Eye and Ear associates tinnitus with undetected auditory nerve damage, challenging previous beliefs and opening new paths for treatment through auditory nerve regeneration. A new study from Mass Eye and Ear investigators reveals that people who report tinnitus, whic
The Language of Hild | Work in Progress - 2023-12-02 - Words matter. They re like icebergs; nine-tenths of their meaning lies beneath the surface. But that hidden meaning has mass, it has momentum. A single word can crush your pretty sentence, or paragraph or even scene, like tin.
Buggy animation in Atlassian BitBucket is wasting half a CPU core at all times – The HFT Guy - 2023-12-01 - - I was running some benchmarks the other day. I usually have a lot of things running (Teams, Chrome, IDE, etc…) but I have to close everything to run some tight benchmarks. When I am done, one of th…
A bride discovers a reality bending mistake in her iPhone camera - 2023-12-01 - - A U.K. woman was photographed standing in a mirror where her reflections didn't match, but not because of a glitch in the Matrix. Instead, it's a simple iPhone computational photography mistake.
Why We're Dropping Basecamp - Duke University Libraries Blogs - 2023-12-01 - - We at Duke University Libraries have decided to stop using the project management platform, Basecamp, to which we have subscribed for almost a decade. We came to this decision after weighing the level of its use in our organization, which is considerable, against the harms that we see perpetuated by the leadership of Basecamp’s parent … Continue reading Why We’re Dropping Basecamp →
The end of Elon Musk - 2023-12-01 - Elon Musk cursed at X's advertisers during an erratic interview at the New York Times’ DealBook summit.

November 2023

In a sign of the times, podcast app Castro may be dying – Six Colors - 2023-11-30 - Castro has been a popular iOS podcast app for many years, but right now things look grim. The cloud database that backs the service is broken and needs to be replaced. As a result, the app has brok…
Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger dies aged 100 - 2023-11-30 - - Former US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger dies at his home in Connecticut, aged 100.
Elon Musk says advertisers trying to 'blackmail' him: 'Go f--- yourself' - 2023-11-30 - - Elon Musk, the owner of social media site X (formerly Twitter), scoffed at advertisers boycotting the platform because of his controversial statements.
Meta's 'Pay or Okay' model draws GDPR flak • The Register - 2023-11-29 - - Scrolling through endless humblebrags without targeted ads is a fundamental right, according to privacy expert
Studio Ibbini Juxtaposes Negative Space and Botanical Filigree in New Laser-Cut Paper Works — Colossal - 2023-11-29 - Artist Julia Ibbini and computer scientist Stéphane Noyer collaborate on works that fall at the intersection of art and mathematics.
Apple Ending Apple Card Partnership With Goldman Sachs - MacRumors - 2023-11-29 - Apple is ending its credit card partnership with Goldman Sachs, according to The Wall Street Journal. Apple plans to stop working with Goldman Sachs...
M2 MacBook Air Gets Speed Boost With This Novel Cooling System - MacRumors - 2023-11-29 - Apple's 15-inch MacBook Air doesn't have a fan, and instead uses a passive heat spreader to conduct heat away from Apple's energy...
That time Verisign typo-squatted all of .com and .net - 2023-11-28 -
NYC Will Sell Your Car From Under You 10 Days After It’s Towed - 2023-11-27 - - As soon as your car is towed in NYC, the clock starts ticking on a little-known rule allowing the city to quickly sell it at auction.
Atomic Stealer malware strikes macOS via fake browser updates - 2023-11-26 - - The 'ClearFake' fake browser update campaign has expanded to macOS, targeting Apple computers with Atomic Stealer (AMOS) malware.
Congrats To Elon Musk: I Didn’t Think You Had It In You To File A Lawsuit This Stupid. But, You Crazy Bastard, You Did It! | Techdirt - 2023-11-25 - - So, yesterday we covered Elon Musk’s ridiculous censorial threat to sue Media Matters “the split second the court opens on Monday.” Of course, as we noted, you can file lawsuits 24/7. And yet, as t…
Jonah Goodman · A National Evil - 2023-11-25 - At the turn of the 20th century, the Swiss were plagued by strange, interlinked medical conditions, which existed...
5 Reasons to Wait for Next Year's Apple Watch - MacRumors - 2023-11-24 - With all the discounted deals on Apple tech currently available, you might be thinking about upgrading your Apple Watch or buying one for the first...
Proton Drive Encrypted Cloud Storage App Now Available for Mac - MacRumors - 2023-11-23 - Swiss-based privacy startup Proton today announced the availability of its end-to-end encrypted cloud storage service for Mac users with the launch...
A gentle introduction to two's complement | Imapenguin - 2023-11-23 - - I was recently on a video call with a friend, throwing around some ideas for a new product. I mentioned adding large signed numbers in assembly and using two’s compliment. He asked me what two’s compliment was. I was a little surprised that he didn’t know. He’s been a Java programmer for more than 30 years. Java and Python programmers (and others like gasp Commodore / MicroSoft BASIC) don’t have a native unsigned integer type.
IBM Archives: IBM 3850 mass storage system - 2023-11-23 - IBM Archives: Exhibits: IBM Storage: IBM 3850 mass storage system
Hixie's Natural Log: Reflecting on 18 years at Google - 2023-11-23 -
Email obfuscation: What still works in 2023? - 2023-11-23 -
30 - Garrett Krohn - by Adib Hanna - .dotfiles - 2023-11-22 - Garrett Krohn is a Software Engineer working at Kipsu, a mature start-up in the Twin Cities. Before embarking on the software career path, he pursued a career as a professional musician. he earned his Doctorate of Musical Arts in 2021 and has had some really cool opportunities to play in some incredible music groups like the Detroit Opera Orchestra. He had the end goal of teaching at a University full-time, but a number of things changed that, including starting a family. He has two sons who are 2.5 and 5 months old, and moving around the country for college jobs just wasn't worth it. After a long process, he decided to do a Bootcamp and get into software engineering and he has loved it ever since. he really enjoyed working in the startup space where everything moves quickly and there is always something new to learn.
Manifesto for posting online in 2023 - 2023-11-21 - Burn the old rule books. Keep warm by the fire.
Why There’s No New Scalzi Novel Next Year, Why You’ll Get Two New Scalzi Novels in 2025, and What I’ll Be Up To in 2024 | Whatever - 2023-11-21 - Let’s address that first thing first: Yes, I am currently writing a novel! Also, that novel will not be out in 2024. The reason is actually pretty simple: The date in 2024 that Tor had availa…
Nothing’s iMessage app was a security catastrophe, taken down in 24 hours | Ars Technica - 2023-11-21 - - Nothing promised end-to-end encryption, then stored texts publicly in plaintext.
How blogging is different from tweeting – Mark Carrigan - 2023-11-21 - - Over the last few years I’ve gradually given up on Twitter. This has been a long term process because of how deeply my professional and intellectual life was embedded into the service. Not on…
Discover the 20 Best Sci-Fi Films of All Time - 24/7 Wall St. - 2023-11-21 - There are countless sci-fi movies waiting to be streamed, but where should you begin? Here are the 20 best sci-fi flicks of all time.
If You Kill Two People In A Car Crash, You Shouldn’t Then Sue Their Relatives For Emailing Your University About What You Did | Techdirt - 2023-11-21 - Holy shit. So, in 2021 there was a car accident in Atwater California that killed a married couple, Pam and Joe Juarez. According to police reports at the time, a 20-year-old Stanford student, King…
Alacritty - Garrett Krohn - 2023-11-20 - Selecting a terminal emulator.
Italic text in Alacritty, tmux, and Neovim | Michael Henriksen - 2023-11-20 - A quick guide to get properly set up with italic text, curly underlines and other advanced styles in Alacritty, tmux, and Neovim on macOS.
X CEO thinks Apple will return as advertiser again - 2023-11-20 - The inept OpenAI board may have stolen the news cycle from X over the weekend, but Linda Yaccarino is here...
Microsoft hires former OpenAI CEO Sam Altman - The Verge - 2023-11-20 - - Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella was key in OpenAI talks.
Massive power makes this electric restomod Mini Cooper a handful | Ars Technica - 2023-11-20 - - We sample a mini with Tesla power, and another with a mid-mounted V6 motor.
The Big TDD Misunderstanding. 💡Originally, the term “unit” in “unit… | by Oliver Wolf | Medium - 2023-11-20 - - 💡Originally, the term “unit” in “unit test” referred not to the system under test but to the test itself. This implies that the test can…
An Asteroid Will Occult Betelgeuse on December 12th - Universe Today - 2023-11-19 - - I cannot for the life of me remember when it was or what it was but a fair few years ago I remember positioning a telescope to observe an asteroid as it silently and perhaps slightly eerily drifted between us and the Moon. I say eerily as this asteroid had the ability to cause widespread … Continue reading "An Asteroid Will Occult Betelgeuse on December 12th"
More on Sam Altman’s Sudden Departure from OpenAI – 512 Pixels - 2023-11-19 - In the 24 hours since Sam Altman was fired from OpenAI, we've learned more about what is going on at the nonprofit. Let's start with Kevin Roose, writing at The New York Times: I’ll start by saying: I don’t know all the details about why Mr. Altman was pushed out. Neither, it seems, do OpenAI’s [...]
SpaceX Starship rocket goes for second launch attempt - 2023-11-18 - SpaceX launched its second Starship rocket flight on Saturday, with Elon Musk's company pushing development of the mammoth vehicle past new milestones.
With each iteration, this supercar gets better—the McLaren 750S, tested | Ars Technica - 2023-11-17 - How do you improve on the McLaren 720S? More power, less weight, sharper handling.
Yup, Done With the Former Twitter | Whatever - 2023-11-17 - Elon Musk, the most unfathomably insecure and pathetic billionaire the world has ever seen, has gone mask-off antisemite, and that means that while I had already reduced my participation on the for…
The Hidden Secrets of the Fn Key - TidBITS - 2023-11-17 - The Fn key has been a fixture on Apple keyboards for decades, but many Mac users lack a sense of its purpose. Adam Engst thought he was going to write a quick article listing hidden keyboard shortcuts that tap the Fn key but got dragged into documenting the history and capabilities of this unsung key.
We don’t do DST at this company - BackSlasher - 2023-11-17 - - Once, a long time ago, I used to have a consulting gig in some big enterprise-y company. It had a lot of unique challenges, being disconnected from the internet (for security reasons, I was told) and therefore having practically everything in-house. I spent my time with not only the proto-devops-people (this was before devops was cool), but also with the hardcore sysadmins. They were in charge of the un-sexy infrastructure that kept the organization ticking. I’m talking about E-Mail, Active Directory, DNS, workstation provisioning etc. We used to joke that they were the IT equivalent of sanitation - when everything worked, no one knew you were there, toiling. When things broke, they suddenly remembered who’s responsible for this thing and where to find them. Summer was coming, and I inquired with the person in charge of WSUS (Windows Server Update Services, the Microsoft-blessed way to distribute Windows updates in offline environments) whether they’ve deployed the latest DST-related patches (the DST schedule was modified that year). They replied that no, and in fact they’d like some help in ensuring DST transitioning is disabled on all workstations/servers, as this is how things work here.
Navigating around in your shell - 2023-11-17 -
Marie Curie's Research Papers Are Still Radioactive a Century Later | Open Culture - 2023-11-16 - Image by The Wellcome Trust When researching a famous historical figure, access to their work and materials usually proves to be one of the biggest obstacles.
Mind your business, and don’t be a dick. – WIL WHEATON dot NET - 2023-11-16 - Someone asked me why Anne and I wear masks to hockey games, and because they weren’t a dick about it, I answered them. I’m pasting it here, so I have something to refer to going forward…
Man vs. Musk: A whistleblower creates headaches for Tesla - The Japan Times - 2023-11-16 - An employee who was fired after expressing safety concerns leaked personnel records and sensitive data about driver-assistance software.
James Webb Space Telescope finds 2 of the most distant galaxies ever seen | Space - 2023-11-15 - - These two galaxies, magnified by a gravitational lens, have properties that support the basic picture of galaxy formation as described in the Big Bang theory.
Daily Driving FreeBSD - The Cool Blog - 2023-11-15 -
We Need to Bring Back Webrings - 2023-11-15 - - I built a webring for personal websites.
Beginners should use Django, not Flask - Bite code! - 2023-11-15 - - Except you, because you are special
Colorado judge chides company that tried to pay $23,500 settlement in coins - ABC News - 2023-11-15 - A Colorado judge chided a welding company that tried to pay off a $23,500 settlement with a subcontractor by sending the money in loose coins that weighed 3 tons
Twelve Things Your College Freshman Son Will Never Say During His Weekly Call Home - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency - 2023-11-15 - 1. “How are you?” 2. “I vacuumed my room.” 3. “You were right—Clash Royale is a waste of time.” 4. “I set up my own Amazon account, so you don’t ha...
Truck bloat is killing us, new crash data reveals - The Verge - 2023-11-15 - We love our big, deadly trucks, don’t we, folks?
NASA tool bag dropped by astronauts from International Space Station - 2023-11-14 - - Don’t you just hate it when you leave your tools behind at a job site? Astronauts on a spacewalk did that Nov. 1 and you can see it with binoculars.
A lot of damage in Grindavík - Iceland Monitor - 2023-11-14 - - A lot of damage can be seen around Grindavík after the earthquakes and the formation of a deformation that is moving downwards towards the magma intrusion that is underneath the ground. This depression formation is now estimated to be over 1.2 meters in the northwest end of Grindavík.
Rust without crates.io - 2023-11-14 - - Rust is a lovely programming language but I’ve never quite come to terms with crates.io, or any other of these language-specific repositories where everyone ...
Privacy Win: EU Parliament Decides That Your Private Messages Must Not Be Scanned! - 2023-11-14 - - Historic agreement on chat control proposal: European Parliament wants to remove chat control and safeguard secure encryption.
Mac's Tech Blog - 2023-11-13 - - Mac's Tech Blog
Your Small Imprecise Ask Is a Big Waste of Their Time | Stay SaaSy - 2023-11-13 - - When managers and leaders don't specify the expected time investment of an ask, the time that is invested is almost never what was intended.
Archive Your Old Projects - 2023-11-12 - - In this post I describe how I wish I had archived all my old projects and my approach going forward.
An overview of Nix in practice — skip’s blog - 2023-11-12 - the inner machinations of skip
Felix' Blog - GitHub Actions are a Problem - 2023-11-12 - A blog, mostly about programming
Bow Bugs: How to Know You Have Them and What to Do If You Find Them | Strings Magazine - 2023-11-12 - Bow bugs live, breed, and feed in your violin case—and they're more common than you might think. Here's how to identify the problem and what to do if you find them.
Suits ignored IT’s warnings, so the tech team throttled them • The Register - 2023-11-11 - - Causing pain can be so much more effective than a rational explanation
Fourteen Years of Go - The Go Programming Language - 2023-11-11 - - Happy Birthday, Go!
Microsoft pulls OneDrive update that would quiz you before letting you quit | Ars Technica - 2023-11-11 - - Change affected a "small subset" of users and has (thankfully) been reverted.
Peanut Allergy Toothpaste Shown Safe in Trial « Science and Enterprise - 2023-11-11 - Results of a clinical trial show a peanut allergy treatment formulated as a toothpaste can safely deliver immunotherapy to raise recipients' peanut tolerance.
Deaf People Show Us How to Swear in Sign Language - 2023-11-10 - From a series The Cut did called Deaf People Tell, a group of deaf people teach us how to swear and say bad words in sign langua
Five big carmakers beat lawsuits alleging infotainment systems invade privacy | Ars Technica - 2023-11-10 - Cars downloading text messages from phones doesn't violate state privacy law.
Orcas sink another boat in Europe after a nearly hour-long attack | Live Science - 2023-11-10 - - For the fourth time in two years, a group of unusually brazen orcas in southwestern Europe have sunk a sailing boat after relentlessly attacking it for almost an hour on Halloween.
Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak suffers minor stroke - BBC News - 2023-11-10 - - The 73-year-old passed out at a business conference in Mexico City, according to reports.
The world’s largest aircraft breaks cover in Silicon Valley | TechCrunch - 2023-11-09 - As dawn breaks over Silicon Valley, the world is getting its first look at Pathfinder 1, a prototype electric airship that its maker LTA Research hopes
Lessons from 1 million Nix Installs - 2023-11-09 - - In celebration of installing Nix over a million times, let's take a look at some of the lessons we've learned while building a safer and more reliable Nix installer.
Court rules automakers can record and intercept owner text messages - 2023-11-09 - - A Seattle-based appellate judge ruled that the practice does not meet the threshold for an illegal privacy violation under state law, handing a big win to automakers Honda, Toyota, Volkswagen and General Motors.
Review: ZSA Voyager Ergonomic Keyboard | Daniël de Kok - 2023-11-09 -
10 hard-to-swallow truths they won't tell you about software engineer job - 2023-11-09 - - Last weekend I had a chance to talk with some students who just got their degree. They are pursuing their first software engineer job. In conversation with them, I learned that they have a pretty wrong perception of this job. This is because the reality for these new kids is so skewed.
Nomad Debuts New Car Mounts and Chargers - MacRumors - 2023-11-09 - Popular accessory maker Nomad today announced the launch of three new products that are designed for use in vehicles. The Mount, Charge Mount, and...
The Best Early Black Friday Apple Watch Deals - MacRumors - 2023-11-09 - Black Friday is just around the corner, and Apple Watch deals have begun appearing ahead of the shopping holiday on November 24. In this article,...
Chamberlain blocks smart garage door opener from working with smart homes | Ars Technica - 2023-11-08 - - Chamberlain packed its app with ads while disabling third-party access.
Don't disable buttons | Go Make Things - 2023-11-08 - - One of the most common accessibility issues I find (and fix) on client projects is dynamically disabled form buttons when a form is being submitted. Today I want to talk about why developers do it, why it’s bad, and what you can do instead. Let’s dig in! Why developers disable buttons Typically, I see the pattern used to prevent a form from being submitted a second time while waiting for the form is processed.
Apple Releases WatchOS 10.1.1 With Fix for Apple Watch Battery Drain Bug - MacRumors - 2023-11-08 - Apple today released watchOS 10.1.1, a bug fix update for the watchOS 10 operating system that first came out in September. watchOS 10.1.1 comes two...
Apple Watch Crash Detection saves another life: mine - 2023-11-08 - Of all the new products I've reviewed across 15 years of writing for AppleInsider, Apple Watch has certainly has made the most impact to me personally. A couple weeks ago it literally saved my life.
Seven Languages in Seven Weeks — Sympolymathesy, by Chris Krycho - 2023-11-07 - Any working software engineer who does not already have a wide exposure to different programming languages should read Bruce Tate’s book!
Critical vulnerability in Atlassian Confluence server is under “mass exploitation” | Ars Technica - 2023-11-07 - Atlassian's senior management is all but begging customers to take immediate action.
The brutality of this EV crash test was shocking, but both cars passed | Ars Technica - 2023-11-07 - - Counting our blessings after a crash course in vehicle safety.
Cruise Self-Driving Cars Struggled to Recognize Children - 2023-11-07 - Cruise, General Motors’ self-driving division, knew its cars sometimes had problems detecting children — but kept the vehicles on the road.
The First Stable Release of a Memory Safe sudo Implementation - Prossimo - 2023-11-06 - - Prossimo is pleased to announce the first stable release of sudo-rs, our Rust rewrite of the critical sudo utility. The sudo utility is one of the most common ways for engineers to cross the privacy boundary between user and administrative accounts in the ubiquitous Linux operating system. As such, its security is of the utmost importance. The sudo-rs project improves on the security of the original sudo by: Using a memory safe language (Rust), as it's estimated that one out of three security bugs in the original sudo have been memory management issues
NASA launches new app to see the International Space Station - 9to5Mac - 2023-11-03 - On Thursday, NASA launched a new app to make it easier than ever to spot the International Space Station in...
Sam Bankman-Fried gambled on a trial and his parents lost - The Verge - 2023-11-03 - - Bankman-Fried doubled down until the end.
Why You Should Write Your Own Static Site Generator - 2023-11-03 - - I rewrote my personal website using basic libraries and the flexibility is incredible.
Sam Bankman-Fried found guilty on all seven criminal fraud counts - 2023-11-03 - Sam Bankman-Fried's criminal trial wrapped up on Thursday, leaving the jury to decide the fate of the FTX founder.
Optical or Digital: Minimum focusing distance on iPhone 15 Pro Max 5x camera – davidnelson.net - 2023-11-02 -
Behind the scenes at Scary Fast: Apple’s keynote event shot on iPhone - Apple - 2023-11-01 - - Apple goes behind the scenes of Scary Fast, a special event unveiling the all-new MacBook Pro family and iMac.
Youtube’s Anti-adblock and uBlock Origin - And a Dinosaur - 2023-11-01 - - Recently, YouTube has been ramping up its anti-adblock effort, and I’ve been watching this closely due to personal interest. This blog post is where I write down what I know. Some Background Here’s...
macOS Sonoma Boot Failures · AsahiLinux/docs Wiki - 2023-11-01 - - Hardware and software docs / wiki. Contribute to AsahiLinux/docs development by creating an account on GitHub.
Facing 110 years in prison, Sam Bankman-Fried “can’t recall” what he did at FTX | Ars Technica - 2023-11-01 - - SBF reportedly said he couldn't remember over 100 times in cross-examination.
Opinion | The Main Problem With Pedestrian Deaths Isn’t the Pedestrians - The New York Times - 2023-11-01 - When drivers rule the road, irresponsibility becomes fatal.
In 1952, a group of three 'stars' vanished—astronomers still can't find them - 2023-11-01 - - On July 19, 1952, Palomar Observatory was undertaking a photographic survey of the night sky. Part of the project was to take multiple images of the same region of sky, to help identify things such as asteroids. At around 8:52 that evening a photographic plate captured the light of three stars clustered together. At a magnitude of 15, they were reasonably bright in the image. At 9:45 pm the same region of sky was captured again, but this time the three stars were nowhere to be seen. In less than an hour they had completely vanished.

October 2023

I Accidentally Saved Half A Million Dollars — Ludicity - 2023-10-31 -
German court bans LinkedIn from ignoring "Do Not Track" signals - 2023-10-31 - - The Berlin Regional Court found LinkedIn's ignoring of "Do Not Track" signals and publishing of profiles without permission to be illegal. The ruling supported consumer control over personal data.
Gender affirmation at the DMV – Lisa Melton - 2023-10-31 - This morning I had to renew my driver’s license at the California Department of Motor Vehicles, a problematic task because I haven’t legally changed my name or gender yet. This is not b…
So you’ve been publicly accessibility-shamed | daverupert.com - 2023-10-29 - - The personal blog of Dave Rupert, web developer and podcaster from Austin, TX.
Giving a Shit as a Service - Allen Pike - 2023-10-29 - - A mental model for service businesses.
'Friends' Star Matthew Perry Dead at 54 After Apparent Drowning - 2023-10-29 - Matthew Perry drowned to death Saturday, law enforcement sources tell TMZ.
New York Republicans move to kick Rep. George Santos out of House - LGBTQ Nation - 2023-10-29 - You know it's bad when Republicans want to expel a fellow Republican from their own home state...
What the !#@% is a Passkey? | Electronic Frontier Foundation - 2023-10-28 - A new login technique is becoming available in 2023: the passkey. The passkey promises to solve phishing and prevent password reuse. But lots of smart and security-oriented folks are confused about what exactly a passkey is. There’s a good reason for that. A passkey is in some sense one of two (or three) different things, depending on how it’s stored.
The Truth Behind the Hidden Demon in ‘The Exorcist’ | Vanity Fair - 2023-10-28 - A deep investigation into a single frame of film—and a bizarre mystery that’s lasted for decades.
Sam Bankman-Fried is going to talk himself right into jail - The Verge - 2023-10-28 - - Somehow, the least suspicious parts of his defense are the 288 auto-deleting Signal conversations.
Potential Apple Watch Ban Issued by U.S. Trade Tribunal in Masimo Patent Battle - MacRumors - 2023-10-28 - The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) on Thursday ordered a ban on Apple Watch imports into the country after finding that Apple violated...
Stephen King on Maine mass shooting: ‘Stop electing apologists for murder’ | The Hill - 2023-10-27 - Author Stephen King railed against gun violence in the wake of Wednesday’s mass shooting in Maine, calling for people to “stop electing apologists for murder.” “It’s t…
How to draw beautiful software architecture diagrams - 2023-10-27 - - Part 1 of a series of articles on simple steps to follow to achieve functional beauty for your software architecture diagrams.
research!rsc: Running the “Reflections on Trusting Trust” Compiler - 2023-10-27 -
Couple takes WestJet to court for delayed flights, wins | CTV News - 2023-10-27 - A small claims court in Nova Scotia just awarded hundreds of dollars to a couple who flew to Toronto last Christmas after their WestJet flight was delayed by more than three hours.
Was Rust Worth It?. From JavaScript to Rust, three years… | by Jarrod Overson | Oct, 2023 | Medium - 2023-10-26 - - From JavaScript to Rust, three years in.
Dear Google Cloud: Your Deprecation Policy is Killing You | by Steve Yegge | Medium - 2023-10-26 - - God dammit, I didn’t want to blog again. I have so much stuff to do. Blogging takes time and energy and creativity that I could be putting…
An introduction to Packages, Imports and Modules in Go – Alex Edwards - 2023-10-26 -
Hurricane Otis caught forecasters off-guard. Scientists aren’t sure why | AP News - 2023-10-26 - Hurricane Otis unexpectedly turned from mild to monster in record time, and scientists are struggling to figure out what happened and why. Usually reliable computer models and the forecasters who use them didn’t see Otis’ explosive intensification coming, creating a nightmare scenario of an unexpectedly strong storm striking at night.
Apple Releases macOS Sonoma 14.1 - MacRumors - 2023-10-25 - Apple today released macOS Sonoma 14.1, the first major update to the macOS Sonoma operating system that initially came out in late September. The...
EXCLUSIVE: Google Founder’s Airship Gets FAA Clearance - IEEE Spectrum - 2023-10-25 - - Sergey Brin’s Pathfinder 1 can now take to the skies
Brisk 22-minute walk could offset harmful effects of sitting, study suggests | Health | The Guardian - 2023-10-25 - - People who sit for long periods more likely to die earlier – but moderate-to-vigorous activity can eliminate risk
Mistakes Were Made – Eric’s Archived Thoughts - 2023-10-25
It's 2023, here is why your web design sucks. - 2023-10-25 - Exploring the reasons why we no longer have web designers.
Tom Emmer withdraws US House speaker bid hours after nomination | House of Representatives | The Guardian - 2023-10-25 - House majority whip becomes third Republican to withdraw after Louisiana’s Steve Scalise and Ohio’s Jim Jordan
Dev sets up “goatse” trap for sites that steal his free web game | Ars Technica - 2023-10-25 - Thieving iFrame sites now say: "I steal other people’s code because I’m a total hack."
Okta incident and 1Password | 1Password - 2023-10-25 - - We detected suspicious activity on our Okta instance that we use to manage our employee-facing apps. We immediately terminated the activity, investigated, and found no compromise of user data or other sensitive systems, either employee-facing or user-facing.
California sidelines GM Cruise's driverless cars, cites safety risk | Reuters - 2023-10-24 - - California on Tuesday ordered General Motors' Cruise unit to remove its driverless cars from state roads, calling the vehicles a risk to the public and saying the company had "misrepresented" the safety of the technology.
This new data poisoning tool lets artists fight back against generative AI | MIT Technology Review - 2023-10-24 - - The tool, called Nightshade, messes up training data in ways that could cause serious damage to image-generating AI models.
Craig Stuntz - On Learning Compilers and Creating Programming Languages - 2023-10-24 -
cobol-on-wheelchair/tutorial/index.md at master · azac/cobol-on-wheelchair - 2023-10-24 - - Micro web-framework for COBOL. Contribute to azac/cobol-on-wheelchair development by creating an account on GitHub.
SFO Alaska Airlines Flight: Pilot Tried To Crash Plane - 2023-10-23 - - An off-duty pilot riding in the cockpit of an Alaska Airlines' Horizon Air flight bound for SFO tried to crash the plane, officials say.
Internet Throttling Woes - 2023-10-22
Exclusive Data: Twitter Is Shrinking Under Elon Musk - 2023-10-22 - - Twitter's lost 13% of its daily users and its rebrand has failed. But those remaining on the app are still engaged, according to new data from Apptopia. Threads, meanwhile, is a nonfactor.
Le Cinq, Paris: restaurant review | Food | The Guardian - 2023-10-21 - - It was supposed to be a joyous trip to one of France’s famous gastro palaces – what could possibly go wrong?
Google loses gender bias lawsuit, owes executive Ulku Rowe $1 million - The Verge - 2023-10-21 - - The jury agreed that Google retaliated when Rowe complained.
Town Repeatedly Surveilled Man's Yard With Drone Without a Warrant - 2023-10-21 - - A town in Michigan hired a commercial drone company to repeatedly take photos of Todd Maxon's property. The case is now going to the Michigan Supreme Court.
Chris's Wiki :: blog/web/FirefoxExtraProfilesHack - 2023-10-20 -
The FTX trial, day twelve: What's up with Sam Bankman-Fried's defense? - 2023-10-20 - Is the defense team doing as poorly as it looks, or do they have a trick up their sleeves?
13 states will join the IRS direct income tax filing pilot in 2024 - The Verge - 2023-10-19 - - Goodbye, TurboTax. Hello, direct filing (for some people).
The price of managed cloud services - 2023-10-18 - - One of the common objections to our cloud exit has been that we shouldn't have expected good outcomes from a lift'n'shift operation. That the real value of the cloud is in managed services and new architectures, not just running the same software on rented cloud instances. It's basically the "you're holding it wrong" argument for the c...
Save And Restore Tmux Environments Across Reboots In Linux - OSTechNix - 2023-10-17 - Learn how to save and restore your Tmux environment effortlessly with tmux-resurrect and tmux-continuum plugins in Linux.
Raspberry Pi 5 vs. Orange Pi 5 Plus vs. Rock 5 Model B | PiCockpit | Monitor and Control your Raspberry Pi: free for up to 5 Pis! - 2023-10-17 - - In this article, I go over Raspberry Pi 5 vs. Orange Pi 5 Plus vs. Rock 5 Model B regarding their specs, performance, and prices.
Biden Joins Trump's Truth Social Site 'Because We Thought It Would Be Very Funny' | HuffPost - 2023-10-17 - The first post read, "Well. Let’s see how this goes. Converts welcome!”
While the news industry struggles, college students are supplying some memorable journalism | AP News - 2023-10-17 - An investigation into academic research leads to the resignation of Stanford University's president.
NASA's Webb captures an ethereal view of NGC 346 - 2023-10-17 - - Within a neighboring dwarf galaxy known as the Small Magellanic Cloud (SMC) lies a dramatic region of star birth—NGC 346, shown here. As the brightest and largest star-forming region in the SMC, it has been studied intensely by a variety of telescopes. NASA's Hubble Space Telescope showed a visible-light view filled with thousands of stars. More recently, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope offered a near-infrared vista highlighting both cool and warm dust. Now, Webb has turned its mid-infrared gaze to NGC 346, revealing streamers of gas and dust studded with bright patches filled with young protostars.
Better HTTP server routing in Go 1.22 - Eli Bendersky's website - 2023-10-16 -
Stocketa — PaulStamatiou.com - 2023-10-16 - - A dive into the app I designed, built and never launched. Stocketa was a personal project developed to serve as a simple stock portfolio tracker for casual investors. ...
Apple Stores could update iPhones without opening boxes - 2023-10-16 - - Apple has come up with a way to update an iPhone still in its packaging, with a system allowing for iOS updates to be applied to unopened smartphones while still in an Apple Store.
Atlassian content cloud migration will work. Users, less so • The Register - 2023-10-16 - - Massive price rises are coming for smaller holdouts, and Australian vendor knows its bottom line could hurt
Tumor-destroying soundwaves receive FDA approval for liver treatment in humans - Michigan Engineering News - 2023-10-15 - Technique developed at the University of Michigan provides a non-invasive alternative to surgery, chemotherapy and radiation treatments for cancer.
Scrollbars are becoming a problem - 2023-10-14 - - Scrollbars. Ever heard of them? They’re pretty cool. Click and drag on a scrollbar and you can move content around in a scrollable content pane. I love that shit. Every day I am scrolling on my computer, all day long. But the scrollbars are getting smaller and this is increasingly becoming a problem. I would show you screenshots but they’re so small that even screenshotting them is hard to do. And people keep making them even smaller, hiding them away, its like they don’t want you to scroll! “Ah”, they say, “that’s what the scroll wheel is for”. My friend, not everyone can use a scroll wheel or a swipe up touch screen. And me, a happy scroll-wheeler, even I would like to quickly jump around some time.
Organizing multiple Git identities | Garrit's Notes - 2023-10-13 -
Making Rust supply chain attacks harder with Cackle | David Lattimore’s open-source projects - 2023-10-13 -
Deploying Go with Apache? (using FastCGI) - Computers? Computers. - 2023-10-13 - - FastCGI can be a good alternative to typical deployment methods for Go web services. This post explains my strategy for deploying my services.
1Password Alternatives - Tao of Mac - 2023-10-12 - - Having used 1Password since its very beginning, I grew increasingly distrustful of their product management and roadmap (the key point for m...
Some iPhone Models Mysteriously Shutting Off at Night - MacRumors - 2023-10-12 - There appears to be a curious phenomenon that is causing some iPhone models to turn off temporarily at night, which can interrupt alarms and other...
Here Are All the Apps That Have Added Live Activities and Dynamic Island Support for iOS 16.1 - MacRumors - 2023-10-09 - The iOS 16.1 update that was released today introduces support for Live Activities, a new type of lingering Lock Screen notification that lets you...
Forty years of programming - 2023-10-08 -
Is the first cure for advanced rabies near? - 2023-10-07 - - Rabies virus is incurable and almost always fatal once it has invaded the central nervous system, with the victim doomed to suffer a horrible death.
A 40-ton Mercedes-Benz e-truck just drove 1,000 km with only one stop to charge - 2023-10-07 - The Mercedes-Benz eActros 600 e-truck drove more than 1,000 kilometers (621 miles) through the Alps with only one charging stop.
Apple's Tim Cook one of tech's top rated CEOs, X's Linda Yaccarino among lowest - 9to5Mac - 2023-10-06 - - Four out of five Apple employees approve of the work Tim Cook does as CEO, according to a new approval...
Rebuilt Microsoft Teams app promises twice the speed and half the RAM usage | Ars Technica - 2023-10-06 - - Microsoft dumps Electron framework for its own Edge WebView2 backend.
Woman named Siri has had to change her name since iOS 17 - 2023-10-06 - With iOS 17 meaning users no longer have to say "Hey" when invoking Siri, Edinburgh-based personal trainer Siri Price says she's had to change her name.
HP fails to derail claims that it bricks scanners on multifunction printers when ink runs low - ABC News - 2023-10-05 - - HP Inc. has failed to shunt aside claims in a lawsuit that it disables scanners and other functions on its multifunction printers whenever the ink runs low
We can do better than `vim.g` - 2023-10-05 - Returning to the use of globals for all neovim configuration would be a step backward for the Neovim plugin ecosystem, especially when another better and easier possibility exists.
South Africa’s Missing Sharks Have Been Found | Hakai Magazine - 2023-10-05 - - A spate of killer whale attacks spooked South Africa’s great white sharks.
Americans who renounced citizenship sue US over ‘astronomical’ fees | US news | The Guardian - 2023-10-04 - Former Americans file lawsuit against US government, alleging ‘renunciation fee’ of $2,350 is ‘arbitrary, capricious and illegal’
root with a single command: sudo logrotate | Joshua.Hu - 2023-10-03 - - The scenario is this: a brand new Ubuntu 22.04 server has an account which is restricted to running sudo logrotate *. Can we get root? Short answer: Yes. I couldn’t find much online about this type of exploitation of logrotate, so let’s document something for future use.
GitHub repos bombarded by info-stealing commits masked as Dependabot - 2023-10-03 - - Hackers are breaching GitHub accounts and inserting malicious code disguised as Dependabot contributions to steal authentication secrets and passwords from developers.
Rustconf 2023 recap - 2023-10-03 - What it's like in-person
After being demoted and forced to retire, mRNA researcher wins Nobel | Ars Technica - 2023-10-03 - Katalin Karikó and Drew Weissman awarded Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
BashFAQ/105 - Greg's Wiki - 2023-10-03 -
How the Elon Musk biography exposes Walter Isaacson - The Verge - 2023-10-03 - - Access is the appeal of the biography — but access gives Musk gets lots of chances to sell his own mythology.
BashFAQ/105 - Greg's Wiki - 2023-10-02 -
Eye comfort a priority for all-in-one desktop PC with color E Ink display - 2023-10-02 - - Earlier this month, Dasung launched a desktop monitor sporting color E Ink technology for reduced eye strain while working. Now Bigme has gone one better by combining monitor and computer for the B251 all-in-one Windows PC.
Daring Fireball: iPhone 15 OverheatGate Seems to Be a Nothingburger - 2023-10-02 - - Blaming it on the new titanium frame was just wild speculation on Kuo’s part, and by all evidence is *completely wrong*.
Democrats expected to decide fate of McCarthy's speakership - POLITICO - 2023-10-02 - Some progressives vowed not to bail him out, but Hakeem Jeffries hasn't shown his hand.
Tom Hanks shares warning about AI copy of him selling insurance - 2023-10-01 - - The beloved actor claims that it's actually an AI copy of him that might be popping up on your feed
Warning: BMW Wireless Charging May Break iPhone 15's Apple Pay Chip - MacRumors - 2023-10-01 - If you have an iPhone 15 and drive a BMW, it might be best to avoid charging the device with the vehicle's wireless charging pad for now. Over...
Never say “no,” but rarely say “yes.” - 2023-10-01 - - "Focus" requires saying "no" to most things, but there's a way to do it that allows you to say "yes" exactly when it matters most.

September 2023

US Congress poised to narrowly avert government shutdown with just hours to go - BBC News - 2023-09-30 - A bill to keep the government funded for 45 days, but including no aid for Ukraine, looks set to pass the Senate.
Hardening macOS - 2023-09-30 - - Quick and easy guide for securing macOS systems, for both laymen and security enthusiasts. Last updated for Ventura (13.3).
Every single Onewheel is being recalled after four deaths - The Verge - 2023-09-30 - - The maker of Onewheel resisted recalls for almost a year.
The Seven Meetings You Hate – Rands in Repose - 2023-09-30 - - Why Are We Here? Seems like a good set of people, but everyone is looking at each other, wondering what is happening. It's nefarious; it's just.. confusing and agenda-less. Why Am I Here? It seems like a good set of people, but I have no clue how I'm relevant to this meeting. I will sit here a bit
Watch Linda Yaccarino’s wild interview at the Code Conference - The Verge - 2023-09-29 - - It was at times odd, uncertain, and confrontational.
A new era for Arecibo: legendary observatory begins next phase - 2023-09-29 - - The US National Science Foundation announces plan to use the historic site for biology and computer science education.
Disney+ to Start Cracking Down on Password Sharing in November - MacRumors - 2023-09-29 - Following in the footsteps of Netflix, Disney will start cracking down on password sharing on the Disney+ streaming service. Disney+ password sharing...
The Timer in watchOS 10 • furbo.org - 2023-09-29 - - The new visual appearance and functionality of watchOS 10 is a welcome change. There was clearly a lot of design and engineering effort put into this new interface and the improvements are tangible for most apps. Unfortunately, the app that I use the most on the Apple Watch has lost much of its usability, both […]
Reddit is removing ability to opt out of ad personalization based on your activity on the platform | TechCrunch - 2023-09-29 - Reddit is removing the ability to opt out of ad personalization based on Reddit activity and adding ability to restrict certain types of ads.
NalinPlad/OuterFlightTracker: A flight tracker made in 6 hours on a flight home from OuterNet - 2023-09-28 - - A flight tracker made in 6 hours on a flight home from OuterNet - NalinPlad/OuterFlightTracker: A flight tracker made in 6 hours on a flight home from OuterNet
Wifi without internet on a Southwest flight - james vaughan - 2023-09-28 - - I spent a recent flight finding out what I could do with a connection to the flight’s wifi, but without access to the internet. I was on my way home from Strange Loop, a direct flight from St. Louis to Oakland. It’s a long enough flight that I planned to purchase the $8 internet access and get some work done, but Southwest’s wifi portal wouldn’t accept any form of payment. The web page didn’t give me any helpful error messages, so I opened up my browser’s network dev tools to see if I could figure out what was going wrong.
My experience crafting an interpreter with Rust – Manuel Cerón - 2023-09-28 - - Last year I finally decided to learn some Rust. The official book by Steve Klabnik and Carol Nichols is excellent, but even after reading it and working on some small code exercises, I felt that I …
Be still my heart – Blankbaby - 2023-09-28 - When a part of you is broken for long enough, it feels weird being fixed. I have had a couple of heart arrhythmias for several years. I’m sure I had them for longer than I knew about them, bu…
CAPS LOCK BEHAVIOUR DISABLED IN GNOME - Alan Pope's blog - 2023-09-28 - - SOMETIMES I PRESS THE CAPS LOCK KEY BY ACCIDENT, USUALLY WHILE PLAYING A VIDEO GAME. I THEN FIND MYSELF UNABLE TO TYPE A PASSWORD OR I AM ACCUSED OF SHOUTING ONLINE. OVER COFFEE, MY FRIEND MARTIN EXPLAINED THAT IT’S POSSIBLE TO DISABLE THE CAPS LOCK KEY COMPLETELY IN LINUX. I’D NEVER CONSIDERED DOING THIS, MISTAKENLY THINKING THE ONLY OPTIONS WERE TO REMAP IT TO SOMETHING ELSE. IT TURNS OUT GNOME TWEAKS HAS AN OPTION.
🚨🚨 That's a lot of YAML 🚨🚨 - 2023-09-28 -
Apple Configurator Issue Will Be Fixed in Future macOS Sonoma Update - MacRumors - 2023-09-28 - On Macs running macOS Sonoma, there is currently a bug that prevents the Apple Configurator app from installing apps on iPhones and iPads, according...
The Philips Hue ecosystem is collapsing into stupidity - 2023-09-27 -
How (not) to apply for a software job - 2023-09-27 - - Advice for how to (and how not to) apply for a software engineering job, particularly for the written parts of the interview process. As a bonus, some tips for your resume/CV.
Dotfiles matter! - 2023-09-26 -
Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America by Heather Cox Richardson - 2023-09-26 - Heather Cox Richardson, author of the excellent Letters from an American newsletter, has a new book out today about the health o
Artistic Leaf Raking - 2023-09-26 - In a nice example of accidental occupational surnames, land artist Nikola Faller travelled to a pair of European parks (in C
macOS Sonoma Features You Should Check Out First - MacRumors - 2023-09-26 - After three months of beta testing, macOS Sonoma is finally available to everyone. macOS updates often don't get as much attention as iOS updates...
22 New Features You May Have Missed in watchOS 10 - MacRumors - 2023-09-26 - Apple last week launched watchOS 10, the latest major software update for compatible Apple Watch models, as well as the new Apple Watch Series 9 and...
Apple Watch Users Report Weather Complication Issues in watchOS 10 - MacRumors - 2023-09-26 - Some Apple Watch users on watchOS 10 have reported experiencing issues with Weather complications failing to display data on the watch face, despite...
FTC Sues Amazon for Illegally Maintaining Monopoly Power | Federal Trade Commission - 2023-09-26 - - The Federal Trade Commission and 17 state attorneys general today sued Amazon.com, Inc.
Facebook can be sued over biased ad algorithm, says court - The Verge - 2023-09-26 - Facebook’s ad algorithm is getting more attention.
The JFK Wedding Cake - 2023-09-26 - Yo this cake is so dang good and you can have it shipped in the mail.
Michael Tsai - Blog - SpamSieve 3.0 - 2023-09-26 -
A Guide to Determine if Apple Mail Is the Right Email App for You – The Sweet Setup - 2023-09-26 - Apple’s built-in Mail app has become pretty feature complete over the years. Though the latest email features take a year or two to show up in Mail, most have made their way into the app — features like Send Later, Snooze, Undo Send, and more are now all in Apple’s default Mail app and available to all iPhone, iPad, and Mac users.
Five Things That Surprised Me About My Divorce | Cup of Jo - 2023-09-26 - Plus, two things that were harder than I expected.
Game of Thrones creator and other authors sue ChatGPT-maker for ‘theft’ | Technology News | Al Jazeera - 2023-09-25 - - OpenAI and other defendants have said their use of training data scraped from the internet qualifies as fair use.
macOS Sonoma Launching This Week With These New Features - MacRumors - 2023-09-24 - Apple previously announced that macOS Sonoma will be released this Tuesday, September 26. The free software update includes many new features and...
Apple’s FineWoven iPhone Cases Just Aren’t That Good – 512 Pixels - 2023-09-24 - A lot of folks' initial impressions of Apple's new FineWoven iPhone cases have been pretty bad. The new fabric back doesn't feel premium enough for the price Apple is charging, and is already failing to hold up to real-world use, as Federico Viticci has discovered. I immediately discovered that the hole cut out in the [...]
Hedy Lamarr - 2023-09-24 - - Hedy Lamarr was an Austrian-American actress and inventor who pioneered the technology that would one day form the basis for today’s WiFi, GPS, and Bluetooth communication systems
California workers who cut countertops are dying of an incurable disease - 2023-09-24 - - The booming popularity of countertops made of engineered stone has driven a new epidemic of silicosis, an incurable lung disease, researchers have found.
Can You Put Plastic in the Microwave? | Bon Appétit - 2023-09-23 - - Experts say, even if it claims to be “microwave-safe.”
Blocking Visual Studio Code embedded reverse shell before it's too late | ipfyx blog - 2023-09-23 - - Visual studio code tunnel Introduction Since July 2023, Microsoft is offering the perfect reverse shell, embedded inside Visual Studio Code, a widely used …
The customer stuck due to a hurricane who needed ssh - 2023-09-21 -
How I stay reasonably anonymous online | Mellow Root - 2023-09-20 - - I'm not wanted by the FBI, nor am I worried about my ISP watching me, and I don't care about Google knowing what I search for. What I am worried about is cra...
F-35 Can't Be Found After Pilot Ejected (Updated) | The Drive - 2023-09-19 - - The USMC F-35B may have traveled in a 'zombie state' after the pilot ejected, leaving its whereabouts unknown.
So let’s talk about this Wayland thing – Adventures in Linux and KDE - 2023-09-18 - - Wayland. It comes up a lot: “Bug X fixed in the Plasma Wayland session.” “The Plasma Wayland session has now gained support for feature Y.” And it’s in the news quite …
Ferricy: Building a custom 34-key split keyboard · Prajwal S N - 2023-09-17 - - Ergonomics, productivity, and style - all at once ;)
APOD: 2023 September 16 - Fireball over Iceland - 2023-09-17 - - A different astronomy and space science related image is featured each day, along with a brief explanation.
Life-changing cystic fibrosis treatment wins US$3-million Breakthrough Prize - 2023-09-17 - - Trio of scientists who developed the combination drug Trikafta are among the winners of five major awards in life sciences, physics and mathematics.
How to stop your iPhone from autoplaying music in the car | iMore - 2023-09-16 - When yesterday's playlist blasts at you the second you turn on your car, it can be jarring. Prevent it with these steps.
Masked 'Boot Girls' Are Freeing Booted Cars All Over Atlanta - 2023-09-16 - - For $50, the "Boot Girls" will free your car.
MGM is firmly in the grasp of an ongoing apparent ransomware attack - 2023-09-16 - - Some of the biggest hotels on the Las Vegas strip have been hobbled for five days now following a cyberattack on MGM Resorts.
Client being harassed by The Type Founders for usi... - Adobe Support Community - 13992446 - 2023-09-14 - - Firstly, I'd like to express how appalled my team and I are by Adobes lack of service around this issue. We are now seeking help on this forum as we simply cannot get through to Adobe via phone/email. We've been handed around to 13+ different representatives on the phone, we've been transferred to n...
Google Chrome just rolled out a new way to track you and serve ads. Here's what you need to know - 2023-09-11 - - Google is paving the way to serve you ads based directly on your browsing history, instead of cookies.
Knightmare: A DevOps Cautionary Tale – Doug Seven - 2023-09-11 - - In the first 45-minutes the market was open the faulty software deployment sent millions of child orders into the market resulting in 4 million transactions against 154 stocks for more than 397 mil…
Load Balancer, Reverse Proxy, and API Gateway: Analogies to Real Life Scenarios - DEV Community - 2023-09-10 - In the fast paced of tech world it's easy to get overwhelmed by the jargon and technicalities....
Has Software Development Become Slower? - by Thorsten Ball - 2023-09-10 - Or: Catching Up With Carmack
Dating app Grindr loses nearly half its staff after trying to force a return to office | CNN Business - 2023-09-08 - - LGBTQ dating app Grindr ended its remote work policies and forced employees to relocate. Nearly half of its staff left.
Dating app Grindr loses nearly half its staff after trying to force a return to office | CNN Business - 2023-09-08 - - LGBTQ dating app Grindr ended its remote work policies and forced employees to relocate. Nearly half of its staff left.
Nobody's Driving - 2023-09-08 - - A long time ago, I had this friend. She moved. One day, I went to see her. She drove me around. There was a problem. It would eventually end our friendship. When she drove, she didn't hold the steering wheel. She did everything else. She ate. She drank coffee. She
The IKEA-powered homelab on a wall :: ./techtipsy — Herman's blog - 2023-09-07 - - This pegboard can fit so much compute power on it!
Tailscale has partnered with Mullvad - Blog | Mullvad VPN - 2023-09-07 - - Since Tailscale was founded in 2019, customers have been forced to choose between either Tailscale or Mullvad without the ability for them to co-exist.
Experimental does not mean unstable - 2023-09-07 - - Users love flakes, and we're committing to maintaining forward compatibility.
Five-Ingredient Dinner: Chicken-Apple Sausages with Onions and Cabbage | Cup of Jo - 2023-09-07 - Easy chicken sausage dinner recipe.
YouTube under no obligation to host anti-vaccine advocate’s videos, court says | Ars Technica - 2023-09-07 - - YouTube had the discretion to take down content that harmed users, judge said.
A year after the disastrous breach, LastPass has not improved | Almost Secure - 2023-09-06 - - A year after the breach, LastPass still failed to deliver useful mitigation steps. The technical issues haven’t been resolved either.
When the bacchanal goes bad - 2023-09-06
Results of Major Technical Investigations for Storm-0558 Key Acquisition | MSRC Blog | Microsoft Security Response Center - 2023-09-06 - - Results of Major Technical Investigations for Storm-0558 Key Acquisition
Will macOS Sonoma Be Released in September This Year? - MacRumors - 2023-09-06 - While major new macOS versions were released in October or November for the past four years, there is a chance that macOS Sonoma could be released in...
*privacy not included | Shop smart and safe | Mozilla Foundation - 2023-09-06 - - All 25 car brands we researched earned our *Privacy Not Included warning label – making cars the worst category of products that we have ever reviewed
There's No Such Thing As a Smart Fascist - 2023-09-06 - But don't get it twisted, there's no such thing as a safe one, either
Hashicorp did it backwards - by Galen Marchetti - 2023-09-06 - - Hashicorp recently announced they’re changing the license of Terraform to a source-available license, BSL1.1. Source-available as in not OSI-certified “open-source”, and very much not Stallman’s definition of free software. Terraform was open source for a long time. Meaning, every version of Terraform prior to the license shift was released with a little
Why I Two-Space / Steve Losh - 2023-09-05 -
When tech says ‘no’ — Benedict Evans - 2023-09-05 - - The tech industry always has a reason why any new laws or regulations are bad - indeed, so does any industry. They always say that! The trouble is, sometimes it’s true, and some laws are (or would be) disasters. So which is it? Well, there are three ways that people say ‘NO!’
WASM: Big deal or little deal? • The Register - 2023-09-05 - - WebAssembly is getting a lot of hype, but is it the game-changer some think it is?
BurntSushi/rg-cratesio-typosquat: The source code of the 'rg' crate. It is an intentional typo-squat that redirects folks to 'ripgrep'. - 2023-09-05 - - The source code of the 'rg' crate. It is an intentional typo-squat that redirects folks to 'ripgrep'. - BurntSushi/rg-cratesio-typosquat: The source code of the 'rg' crate. ...
play – practice – perform | elfenbein klaviermusik notes - 2023-09-05 - play ~ practice ~ perform Part One Playing, practicing, performing are the three basic ways we spend time at the piano. Neither one is better or more important than the other, all three are essential. They are related, yet distinctly different.
Ian Betteridge - It's long past time for Apple to stop advertising on Twitter - 2023-09-05 - Mashable: Over the past 24 hours, the hashtag “BanTheADL” has been trending on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. The trending hashtag refers to the Anti-Defamation League, the Jewish anti-extremism civil rights organization. Even more concerning is that X owner Elon Musk has signaled support for the attacks against the ADL on the platform. Within the same time frame, numerous X users have also reported being served an X-approved advertisement on the platform that promotes white supremacy.
What’s Up with the Wasps? | The Tyee - 2023-09-04 - The insects are incels! Here’s why.
GitHub has too many hidden features • Buttondown - 2023-09-04 - - Discover undocumented features of GitHub: open repos in online VSCode, add experimental features, regex code search, and more!
Titanium spikes kill superbugs drug-free by literally ripping them apart - 2023-09-04 - - Inspired by the bacteria-killing structures seen on the wings of some insects, researchers have developed a drug-free way to kill off drug-resistant microbes that commonly cause hospital-acquired infections. Their technique is a novel and effective way of tackling the problem of…
The curl-wget Venn diagram | daniel.haxx.se - 2023-09-04 -
I built a Plane Spotter for my son in 120 seconds - 2023-09-04 - - My son is 18 months old, and he loves spotting planes in the sky. Every time he hears a plane engine sound, he starts looking up. The moment he spots it, he usually points his finger at it, and says something like “Hmm!” or “Pane!” So since he likes them so much, and I know that plane positions are publicly available data, I figured it’d be a fun Sunday hack to make a script that gives us an alert every time a plane is overhead, so we can run out and find it.
Why Does a Wooden Spoon Stop Pasta from Boiling Over? « Food Hacks :: WonderHowTo - 2023-09-03 - You've undoubtedly seen this trick on the internet or from your beloved Italian nonna: balance a wooden spoon across a pot of cooking pasta to prevent the water from boiling over and creating an unsightly, sticky mess all over your stovetop. It's almost magical, that's how easy it is. The most popularly held belief is that the wooden spoon prevents heat from building up too much at the center of the pot, thus preventing the liquid from boiling too high—but this is not true.
I looked at 17,702 links I’ve saved since 2009 to see how bad “link rot” really is - 2023-09-03 - I’ve been saving links to Pinboard since 2009, which has added up to 17,702 links saved. I’ve used these saved links differently over the years, but ultimately, these are web pages I found interesting at the point I saved them. I saved them for later, and now
Canada issues travel advisory for LGBTQ+ residents visiting US | Canada | The Guardian - 2023-09-03 - Canadian government issues warning after numerous discriminatory laws passed in Republican-controlled states
‘An absolute mess’: learner drivers forced to buy tests on black market as companies block-book slots | UK news | The Guardian - 2023-09-03 - - As brokers exploit the hunt for tests with an automated ‘bot’ system, many are paying extortionate fees to ditch their L-plates
Momentum - by Thorsten Ball - Register Spill - 2023-09-03 - Or: the goal is to be a monkey swinging through the trees
Photos/Timelapse of Record-Breaking ‘Sail Amsterdam’ Will Make You Want to Attend This Year’s Event - Hasan Jasim - 2023-09-03 - The greatest nautical spectacle in the world is SAIL Amsterdam, held every 5 years in the capital of The Netherlands. Since its first edition in 1975, SAIL Amsterdam has grown to become the largest public event in the Netherlands and the largest free nautical event in the world. Every five years, in excess of 600 ships
‘Conserve food and water’: No way in or out of Burning Man after storm - 2023-09-03 - - Over 70,000 people at Burning Man are trapped, sheltering-in-place and being told to conserve resources after rains swamped Black Rock City.
Renting vs. Owning a Home, by State | FlowingData - 2023-09-02 - - Among households in the United States, 68% are owned and 32% are rented, based on estimates from the American Community Survey in 2021. That breakdown isn’t uniform across the country though.
The Worst Programmer I Know - Dan North & Associates Ltd - 2023-09-02 - - The great thing about measuring developer productivity is that you can quickly identify the bad programmers. I want to tell you about the worst programmer I know, and why I fought to keep him in the team.
Why do companies become hostile to their customers? – On my Om - 2023-09-02 - Over the years, I’ve shown unwavering loyalty to various products and companies, championing them based on personal experiences that attested to their value. However, that loyalty is not reci…
Rest in peace, neglected iTunes Movie Trailer app and website | Ars Technica - 2023-09-02 - Once a popular spot, the long-standing service has been buried in the TV app.
The physics of why the first clock in America failed - Big Think - 2023-09-01 - - A clock, designed and built in Europe, ran hopelessly at the wrong rate when brought to America. The physics of gravity explains why.
Chris's Wiki :: blog/unix/WaylandTechnicalMeritsIrrelevant - 2023-09-01 -
Organic Maps: Offline Hike, Bike, Trails and Navigation - 2023-09-01 - - Fast detailed offline maps for travelers, tourists, drivers, hikers and cyclists created by MapsWithMe (Maps.Me) app founders.
Mushroom pickers urged to avoid foraging books on Amazon that appear to be written by AI | Fungi | The Guardian - 2023-09-01 - - Sample of books scored 100% on AI detection test as experts warn they contain dangerous advice
Apple's Decision to Kill Its CSAM Photo-Scanning Tool Sparks Fresh Controversy | WIRED - 2023-09-01 - - Child safety group Heat Initiative plans to launch a campaign pressing Apple on child sexual abuse material scanning and user reporting. The company issued a rare, detailed response on Thursday.
Human ancestors nearly went extinct 900,000 years ago - 2023-09-01 - - A new technique analysing modern genetic data suggests that pre-humans survived in a group of only 1,280 individuals.

August 2023

U of M research team successfully tests new antifungal therapy for fungal meningitis | Medical School - 2023-08-31 - - A team of University of Minnesota Medical School researchers successfully tested a new antifungal therapy to treat fungal meningitis. The trial results were published today in the peer-reviewed journal Clinical Infectious Diseases.
My source code root folder name | James' Coffee Blog - 2023-08-31 - - I like seeing what people call the root folder in which they store their source code. This is the folder where all — or a lot of — your projects are stored. In my case, my programming projects go in a folder called src. (Although I have a strange habit of nesting personal projects that are related to each other. I believe my source code files are in need of a spring clean.)
How to pass a coding interview with me | Robert Heaton - 2023-08-31 - - In the last 10 years I’ve given more than 400 coding interviews. That’s the equivalent of 2 working months just watching strangers having a crack at the same handful of programming challenges. Some of my would-be colleagues solve the problems without incident, but others run into trouble for similar, easily-correctable reasons. I wish I could give better feedback, but because of legal and time constraints that’s not how the system works.
NASA officials sound alarm over future of the Deep Space Network | Ars Technica - 2023-08-31 - - "I'm not sure who thought it was a good idea to put up CubeSats with Artemis I."
Matthias Portzel – Docker is 4 things - 2023-08-31 - - Docker is not just a way of running programs on Linux without a virtual machine. Docker is 4 things.
At Taser maker Axon, ex-staff say loyalty meant being tased, tattooed - 2023-08-31 - - Inside Axon, the maker of Taser electroshock guns, workers take hits from the company’s weapons or get inked with its logos. Axon says it’s all voluntary.
Recurrent — Real world range for Tesla owners and how we're helping - 2023-08-30 -
This Giant Fake Town Was Built Exclusively for Filming TV and Movies | PetaPixel - 2023-08-30 - - It's the real-life Truman Show.
A DIY ‘bionic pancreas’ is changing diabetes care — what's next? - 2023-08-30 - - A community of people with type 1 diabetes got a self-built device approved. What can they offer that big companies can’t?
New Hampshire moves to keep Trump off the ballot for 2024 - 2023-08-30 - New Hampshire has become the first state to try to keep Trump off the ballot in 2024. The David Pakman show just posted a video about it this afternoon, referenced above. Politico also published an article on this today. www.politico.com/... David...
Taming wolf notes - Aitchison & Mnatzaganian Cello Specialists - 2023-08-30 - Taming wolf notes is relatively easy for most instruments. We explore various tools and techniques and guide you through the taming process.
What’s in my Homelab - August 2023 - 2023-08-30 - Personal website
The Quarryman’s Symphony - 2023-08-30 - When’s the last time I let you down? Ok, maybe don’t answer that. But, when I tell you that a short film about the h
The hospital bill was 'adjusted.' Does the patient's widow need to pay more? : Shots - Health News : NPR - 2023-08-30 - Eloise Reynolds encountered a perplexing reality in medical billing: Providers can come after patients for more money well after a bill has been paid.
When your classmates threaten you with felony charges | R. Miles McCain - 2023-08-28 - - A few weeks ago, I was part of a talk at DEF CON 31 called The Hackers, The Lawyers, and the Defense Fund.
Opinion | Fizz compromised users’ privacy. It may do so again. - 2023-08-28 - - Last fall, Stanford student researchers found serious vulnerabilities in Fizz’s security. The founders’ response raises questions about the app today, writes Joyce Chen.
WEST POINT DISCOVERS TIME CAPSULE IN MONUMENT BASE | United States Military Academy West Point - 2023-08-28 - West Point Military Academy
Taylor Swift Keeps Getting Swarmed. It’s Got To Stop – Rolling Stone - 2023-08-27 - With Swift’s star power only getting bigger, her recent forays into the public are becoming a lesson on how fandoms should — and should not — behave
With coronavirus on the upswing in California, new vaccine coming sooner than expected - Los Angeles Times - 2023-08-27 - With coronavirus transmission on the rise, the FDA said this year’s updated version of the COVID-19 vaccine is likely to come out by the middle of next month.
Finger Pointers and True Believers - Teri Kanefield - 2023-08-27 - If you’re having trouble keeping track of the details in all the criminal prosecutions of Donald J. Trump, you are not alone. Now that we are in the stage of pre-trial motions, we may need scorecards or bingo cards. Fortunately, criminal procedure is utterly fascinating. 🤓 First, a quick review of this week’s happenings in … Finger Pointers and True Believers Read More »
Rust Cryptography Should be Written in Rust - 2023-08-26 -
Rust Cryptography Should be Written in Rust - 2023-08-26 -
Clean mount lists in Linux - DBohdan.com - 2023-08-26 -
TimeWave: Stacked Timers Delivered with a Clean, Spare Interface - MacStories - 2023-08-26 - Timers are a staple of productivity systems, which is why there are so many of them on the App Store. My favorite timer apps are the ones that are the most flexible. A little structure goes a long way if you’re casting about for a system that works for you, but I prefer timer apps
On Transloader for Mac costing money – Eternal Storms Software's Blog - 2023-08-26
Good-Bye Kris Nóva - The New Stack - 2023-08-26 - - The developer, open source leader, and alpinist died in a climbing accident, leaving the world poorer for her absence.
Email Authentication: A Developer's Guide · Resend - 2023-08-26 - - Learn the importance of SPF, DKIM, DMARC, and BIMI in ensuring email delivery.
Rust Malware Staged on Crates.io - 2023-08-25 - - Phylum routinely identifies malware and other software supply chain attacks targeting high-value, critical assets: an organization’s software developers. Most recently, we’ve reported on a flurry of sophisticated attacks targeting JavaScript developers, respawning malware on PyPI, and were the first to identify North Korean state actors publishing malicious packages
In memory of Kris Nóva | Falco - 2023-08-25 - Along with many in the community, we were sad to hear the news of Kris Nóva's passing last week. Nóva was a foundational contributor to Falco. She joined the Falco community when Falco was still a CNCF sandbox project. She made many contributions, including working on the input/output interfaces and starting the falcoctl project. She guided the community during the CNCF incubation process, and shepherded the contribution of the falcosecurity/libs to the CNCF.
A State Official Refused To Release Water For West Maui Fires - Honolulu Civil Beat - 2023-08-23 - - The fight over water is nothing new on Maui. But the impact on the county's ability to battle fires is coming clear.
Why US must land astronauts on the Moon again – NASA • The Register - 2023-08-22 - - 'I don't want China to get to the south pole with humans and then say: this is ours, stay out'
COVID vaccine: Choosing where to get the shot matters, study suggests - 2023-08-21 - When you roll up your sleeve to get vaccinated, do you prefer a jab in your right or left arm? New data suggests the choice you make matters.
Archeologists Discover “Sistine Chapel of the Ancients” With Thousands of Ice Age Rock Paintings - Hasan Jasim - 2023-08-21 - In the depths of the dense Amazon rainforest, a hidden masterpiece of ancient artistry has come to light, shedding light on the mysteries of prehistoric life. Dubbed the "Sistine Chapel of the Ancients," this extraordinary discovery unveils an awe-inspiring gallery of ice age rock paintings, etched onto an expansive "canvas" that stretches for over 8
The Mystery of an Abandoned Cabinet Full of Kodachrome Slides in San Francisco | PetaPixel - 2023-08-21 - - The amazing photos show San Francisco in the 1960s.
Kris Nova Hachyderm, GitHub Engineer died in a climbing accident - SNBC13 - 2023-08-21 - - Kris Nova Death - A woman has died following a climbing accident that happened on Wednesday. The victim has been identified as GitHub Engineer Kris Nova. According to reports, Kris Nova, an author, engineer, computer
De Facto Ports - 2023-08-20 - - Most applications communicate over a TCP or UDP port. Ports 0-1023 are usually privileged and require administrator or superuser access to bind a network socket to an IP with the corresponding port. But anything over 1024 is up for grabs. IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority) can “reserve” ports for specific applications — but this is only a formality; users and applications are free to use whatever port they wish. So a look at some port numbers (1024+) and how they are used as default por
California shop owner shot dead over LGBTQ+ Pride flag displayed at store | California | The Guardian - 2023-08-20 - An man made comments about flag at Laura Ann Carlton’s store in Cedar Glen and killed her before being shot and killed by police
Run a macOS VM on Apple silicon from a double-click with Vimy – The Eclectic Light Company - 2023-08-20 - - Making it quicker and simpler to run a macOS VM: with Vimy all you need do is double-click its bundle, and the VM runs using its previous settings.
Charlize Theron Didn’t Get a Facelift, Thanks for Asking | Allure - 2023-08-20 - In this Allure interview, actor Charlize Theron shares her unfiltered thoughts on aging in the public eye, how she embarrasses her daughters, and her 19-year run as the face of Dior J’Adore.
My mnemonic to remember tar commands on Linux - 2023-08-19 - Create tarballs with -caf. Extract tarballs with -xaf (or -xf on macOS).
Structuring your Infrastructure as Code | lbr. - 2023-08-19 - - If you’re thinking of migrating to another infrastructure as code tool (and why would you, everything is great in the IaC world now, right?!) you might find yourself asking yourself
A Ship Carrying Electric Cars Is On Fire! We Must Run And Tell The King!! - CleanTechnica - 2023-08-19 - The press reported for weeks that a fire aboard a car carrier ship was caused by electric cars. It turns out, those reports were false.
‘Knowledge is power’: new app helps US teens read books banned in school | US news | The Guardian - 2023-08-19 - Digital Public Public Library fights back against rightwing censorship with resource that works through geo-targeting
Amsterdam to use "noise cameras" against too loud cars | NL Times - 2023-08-19 - - Amsterdam has started the fight against noisy motorcycles and cars. On Friday, the city placed electric road signs in two places to warn road users if their vehicles are too loud. The warnings will eventually be replaced by “noise cameras,” which, like speed cameras, automatically send a fine to the offending driver, Parool reports.
Why Do Old Books Smell So Good? – ScienceSwitch - 2023-08-19 - - The distinctive scent of old books comes from volatile organic compounds released as the materials decay over time. Scientists analyze these chemical clues to reveal secrets about a historical tome…
Cruise told by regulators to ‘immediately’ reduce robotaxi fleet 50% following crash | TechCrunch - 2023-08-19 - - Cruise, the self-driving car subsidiary of GM, was told to reduce its robotaxi fleet by 50% in San Francisco following a crash Thursday.
On the Node While on the Road with Tailscale - 2023-08-19 - Circumventing sketchy hotel wifi using an exit node.
Elon Musk says Twitter will no longer let you block other people - 9to5Mac - 2023-08-19 - In another possibly shortsighted decision, Elon Musk says Twitter will soon remove the ability to block people – with the exception...
Judge who signed warrant to search Kansas newspaper had two DUI arrests : NPR - 2023-08-18 - The Marion County Record now has all of the devices police seized in a raid. Local newspapers report that the judge who signed the search warrant had two drunken driving arrests within a year.
Using Rust and the GitHub CI for my blog - 2023-08-18 - Article by Clément Renault titled: Using Rust and the GitHub CI for my blog.
Getting a job at Apple without going to college or doing LeetCode - 2023-08-17 - - When people talk about Big Tech—Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta, Microsoft—they usually also talk about LeetCode. They talk about getting lucky or unlucky on the Q3 and Q4 on CodeSignal. It feels like getting into Big Tech pretty much just means getting good at competitive programming—if you pass the test, you get the job.
Asteroid crater 520km in diameter buried deep in southeast Australia, scientists say - Australian Geographic - 2023-08-17 - - New evidence suggests the world’s largest known asteroid impact structure is buried near the New South Wales town of Deniliquin.
YDD manifesto | YOLO-driven development - not for the faint of heart - 2023-08-17 - - YOLO-driven development - not for the faint of heart
John Graham-Cumming's blog: Retrieving 1TB of data from a faulty Seagate Firecuda 530 drive with the help woodworking tools - 2023-08-17 - - So, a while ago I built a gaming PC with the following specification: Case Dan A4 v4.1 Motherboard Z690I Strix Gaming Pro...
When Lynx Air cancelled this couple's flight, it offered a rebooking — 4 days later | CBC News - 2023-08-17 - A low-cost carrier that recently began flying out of St. John's has left some travellers frustrated and looking for explanations — and compensation.
This $70 device can spoof an Apple device and trick you into sharing your password | TechCrunch - 2023-08-17 - A researcher built a $70 contraption designed to send pop-up prompts to nearby iPhones, which could trick targets into giving away their password.
Steve Jobs Unveils the iMac - 2023-08-17 - Steve Jobs says the cool new iMac he unveiled last week is only the latest sign of a freshly polished apple.
Meteorologist Is Naming Heatwaves After Big Polluting Oil Companies - 2023-08-17 - - Right now, the Portland, OR area is suffering through a heat wave, with high temperatures some 20-25°F above normal. Earlier thi
grammatical number - How did "oxen" (plural of "ox") survive as the only plural form with the Old English plural ending -en? - English Language & Usage Stack Exchange - 2023-08-16
EV driver sounds alarm over charging feature that left her trapped during scary situation | CTV News - 2023-08-16 - An electric vehicle driver in Vancouver is sounding the alarm after a troubling confrontation in a parking garage on the city’s Downtown Eastside.
Why Tailwind CSS Won - 2023-08-16 - - Tailwind CSS is the new ubiquitous frontend framework. It replaces a generation of sites built with Twitter Bootstrap. However, Tailwind CSS is not a UI framework itself but has become synonymous to some degree with the UI components shipped through Tailwind UI (which is a UI framework). Why did Tailwind CSS become so popular? A few hypotheses: * No context switching from application logic. The tagline on the website reads, “Rapidly build modern websites without ever leaving your HTML.” That’s
Is this a good book for me, now? - 2023-08-16 - - I used to believe that every book has an objective value. And I used to believe that this value is fixed and universal.
What happens when you test the real-world efficiency of hybrids and EVs? | Ars Technica - 2023-08-16 - - 18 drivers and 18 hybrids and EVs, tested on the same day on the same route.
Apple Card Monthly Financing No Longer Available for SIM-Free iPhones - MacRumors - 2023-08-16 - Apple today updated its U.S. Apple Card Monthly Installment plan to require those who use the feature to purchase an iPhone that is linked to...
Requiring ink to scan a document—yet another insult from the printer industry | Ars Technica - 2023-08-15 - - How much ink does it take to scan a document?
Download Chef Workstation | Chef - 2023-08-15 - Chef Workstation is Chef's modern developer tool kit that includes Chef Infra, InSpec and Habitat plus a host of resources, helpers and testing tools that make automating infrastructure, application and security testing easier than ever.
Thoughts on the Remarkable 2 – various bits - 2023-08-15 -
Sam Bankman-Fried is going to jail | Ars Technica - 2023-08-15 - - Judge also denied SBF's request to delay jail time.
Georgia grand jury probing Trump's election subversion returns indictment | Reuters - 2023-08-15 - The grand jury in Georgia investigating Donald Trump's attempts to overturn his 2020 election loss handed up a criminal indictment on Monday, though it was unclear whether the charges involved the former president.
Callsheet is the new app every movie lover needs - The Verge - 2023-08-15 - Everything you need to watch/download/buy/play this weekend, all in one place.
Following Pushback, Zoom Says It Won't Use Customer Data to Train AI Models - 2023-08-14 - - Company's experience highlights the tightrope tech organizations walk when integrating AI into their products and services.
Analytics for Sites With Tech-Savvy Audiences — Sympolymathesy, by Chris Krycho - 2023-08-13 - I set up a small natural experiment to compare the traffic I get to my website on Netlify (server-side analytics) and Fathom (client-side analytics). They are very different numbers.
20 Years of Vim · contextualize.ai - 2023-08-12 - - The hard work from maintainers turned Vim into a completely new editor, while still maintaining its spirit.
80% of bosses say they regret earlier return-to-office plans - 2023-08-12 - - As some business leaders accept hybrid work as a permanent reality, others are backtracking on earlier pledges to let employees work from home.
What happened to Vivaldi Social? | Thomas Pike’s other blog - 2023-08-12 - - A deep dive into the events of Saturday 8 July 2023, when user accounts started disappearing from the Vivaldi Social Mastodon instance.
Police stage 'chilling' raid on Marion County newspaper, seizing computers, records and cellphones - Kansas Reflector - 2023-08-12 - - In an unprecedented raid Friday, local law enforcement seized computers, cellphones and reporting materials from the Marion County Record office, the newspaper's reporters, and the publisher's home.
Anti-magnetizing-vaccine doctor loses medical license | Ars Technica - 2023-08-12 - Tenpenny lost her license for refusing to cooperate with a board investigation.
X aka Twitter executives had a very bad day defending Musk's platform | Mashable - 2023-08-12 - - Defending posters of child exploitation content and lying about what's on Musk's X.
Bankman-Fried Sent to Jail After Leaking Writings of Ex-Lover, Now a Star Witness Against Him - The Messenger - 2023-08-11 - - The ruling came after SBF provided personal diary entries of his ex-girlfriend and former CEO of Alameda Research to The New York Times
I Built a Linklog - 2023-08-11 - - In the spirit of Daring Fireball and to fill a space between a social post or boost and a full blog post, I’ve created a new feature for Hearthside that allows me to share a link to a web page that...
Reddit’s menswear hub is the latest casualty of its battle with moderators | TechCrunch - 2023-08-11 - - Reddit may have won by shutting down the protest against its API changes, but not without lasting damage to its relationship with its users.
An Open Letter to David Simon, Who Tweeted NYC Is 'On the Make' Because He Got a $50 Speeding Ticket - Hell Gate - 2023-08-11 - The creator of "The Wire" tweeted his displeasure after receiving a $50 speeding ticket in NYC, citing it as evidence that the Big Apple is an "off-brand city."
The Weight Of The Unspoken Word - by Ken White - 2023-08-10 - Talking Carefully About Suicide Is Good. Avoiding The Subject Isn’t.
Turns out lowly thymus may be saving your life – Harvard Gazette - 2023-08-10 - - Study suggests the organ plays a vital role in immune health, particularly cancer prevention.
Virgin Galactic successfully flies tourists to space for first time | Virgin Galactic | The Guardian - 2023-08-10 - - Six individuals were aboard VSS Unity space plane, including first mother-daughter duo to venture to space together
A Tour of Haiku – 512 Pixels - 2023-08-10 - Haiku is probably my favorite project dedicated to keeping vintage software alive. Michael MJD has an in-depth tour up on his channel:
B.C. woman buried in Amazon packages she did not ask for and does not want | CBC News - 2023-08-10 - - A Langley, B.C., woman says Amazon packages of returned shoes keep piling up on her doorstep, and she hasn't been able to make it stop.
Oregon Republicans who kept boycotting votes will be barred from standing for re-election | The Independent - 2023-08-10 - Republicans sought to disrupt official proceedings by skipping them
NASA’s Artemis II crew meets their Moonship | Ars Technica - 2023-08-09 - NASA's Orion spacecraft is taking a bit longer to prepare for its first crew flight.
Sinéad O’Connor’s funeral procession – in pictures | Music | The Guardian - 2023-08-09 - Thousands of fans line the streets in Bray, Ireland, to pay their respects to the late singer
The monster atomic bomb that was too big to use - BBC Future - 2023-08-09 - - In 1961, the Soviet Union tested a nuclear bomb so powerful that it would have been too big to use in war. And it had far-reaching effects of a very different kind.
Panama Canal Draught Restrictions Spark Liner Surcharges - 2023-08-08 - - By Ian Putzger, Americas correspondent (The Loadstar) – Evergreen’s latest addition to its neo-panamax fleet had to offload 1,400 containers to pass through the Panama Canal, due to low-water restrictions. The...
Uninstall the Nightowl App, now. - 2023-08-08 - - Intro
I disconnected our smart oven, and maybe you should as well - Coding Stephan - 2023-08-08 - - Arstechnica published an article yesterday, called “Appliance makers sad that 50% of customers won’t connect smart appliances”. Let me tell you, I’m glad people don’t connect their oven to the internet. We own two of these smart appliances from AEG and I disconnected them as soon as I discovered what they do.
Wells Fargo, other Wall Street banks fined $549 million for record keeping failures - 2023-08-08 - - Wells Fargo, a relatively small player on Wall Street, racked up the most fines Tuesday, with a total of $200 million in penalties.
Rest in peace Bram Moolenaar, author of Vim and hero of many developers | Ars Technica - 2023-08-08 - - The open source software legend left us on August 3 at age 62.
Zoom says its new AI tools aren’t stealing ownership of your content - The Verge - 2023-08-08 - Zoom won’t use your meetings to train AI without consent.
10 Hidden Easter Eggs in macOS - MacRumors - 2023-08-08 - In computing lore, an Easter egg typically refers to a secret message, image, or feature intentionally left in software, often (but not always)...
Chris's Wiki :: blog/sysadmin/LogMonitoringTarpit - 2023-08-07 -
John Graham-Cumming's blog: Write your passwords down - 2023-08-07 - - Here's my advice on password security based on the collected opinions of others: 1. Write them down and keep them in your wallet because you...
Beware The Flood Of Trump Sentencing Disinformation - 2023-08-06 - It Can Come From Anywhere — Even The Washington Post
I Went to 50 Different Dentists and Almost All of Them Gave Me a Different Diagnosis | Reader's Digest - 2023-08-06 - - From one dentist I got a quote of $460 for all of the work I needed to be done. From another, $29,850.
To truly fix a bug, one must truly know the bug - 2023-08-06 - You’re reading Register Spill, my weekly newsletter in which I share thoughts I can’t keep in my head. Yesterday, Mitchell wrote about a bug and its fix in his Ghostty Devlog 002. On displays with a DPI that couldn’t be clearly divided by 72, fonts would end up being blurry. Yes, it’s gnarly. I helped find the bug, but reading Mitchell’s analysis made me realise again: in order to truly fix a bug, one must truly know the bug.
How many types of garden hoes are there? | Surprising answer! - 2023-08-06 - - Are there really just a few basic types? We describe what they are, what they do, and how to tweak them for the best performance.
Massachusetts’ car economy costs $64 billion, study finds – Harvard Gazette - 2023-08-06 - - Harvard study says Massachusetts car economy costs $64 billion, and more than half of that comes from public.
Stay Curious About Your Tools — Sympolymathesy, by Chris Krycho - 2023-08-06 - - I have lately enjoyed digging further into Unix and macOS fundamentals—and it has reminded me to stay curious about my tools!
Elon Musk’s X can’t send Blue subscribers their ad revenue-sharing payouts on time - The Verge - 2023-08-05 - - Friday night is a good time to announce you’re not paying your bills.
For My Next Death-Defying Stunt, I Will Ride My Bike in This Bike Lane - McSweeney’s Internet Tendency - 2023-08-05 - Get ready, folks. Prepare yourselves for terror. For thrills. For a hair-raising ride through the clutches of death, where the only thing separatin...
Greta Thunberg pulls out of Edinburgh Book Festival over 'greenwashing' - BBC News - 2023-08-05 - The climate activist says she cannot attend an event that is sponsored by a firm with links to fossil fuels.
X user “super pissed” that Musk ordered takeover of his @music account | Ars Technica - 2023-08-05 - - X user quits paying for Twitter Blue to protest X commandeering his account.
Patrick Weaver - 2023-08-04 - - Patrick Weaver’s Website
Helvetica 12 | Riccardo Mori - 2023-08-04 - - Comparing Microsoft's and Apple's font choices, and commenting on Gruber's insipid criticism.
Cryptex: how a custom iPhone is changing macOS updates – The Eclectic Light Company - 2023-08-04 - - Expected in Ventura 13.1 is a new lightweight system for applying security patches. This article explains how it uses cryptexes, already being used in macOS 13.
Daring Fireball: Oh to Be a Fly on the Wall During the Conversation Where Elon Musk Asks Tim Cook to Help X Corp Replace iOS as the Bedrock Everything Platform - 2023-08-04 - If Musk were to succeed in building X into an “everything app”, it would implicitly mean usurping the role iOS and Android play today as the everything platforms. Why would Apple help X Corp get started down that path by agreeing to let them conduct reduced-fee — let alone no-fee — transactions?
Texas A&M reaches $1 million settlement with Black journalism professor | AP News - 2023-08-04 - Texas A&M University has reached a $1 million settlement Thursday with a Black journalism professor whose hiring was sabotaged by backlash her past work promoting diversity.
My Favorite Vim Oneliners For Text Manipulation | Muhammad - 2023-08-03 - - A list of simple vim oneliners which helps you edit your text faster
FCC fines robocaller a record $300M after blocking billions of their scam calls | TechCrunch - 2023-08-03 - - The FCC ordered a record $300 million forfeiture, but whether and when that money will be paid is, as always, something of an open question.
Hackers manage to unlock Tesla software-locked features worth up to $15,000 | Electrek - 2023-08-03 - - A group of hackers have exposed an exploit that can unlock Tesla’s software-locked features worth up to $15,000. Free heated...
Man Spends Entire Career Mastering Crappy Codebase - 2023-08-03 - - Westbrook spent 35 years in a codebase that allegedly powers some sort of medical software somewhere. During his tenure, he contributed hundreds of lines of code to his projects.
Point of no return: Australians fight for the right to work from home permanently | Reuters - 2023-08-02 - - Unions in Australia are setting a precedent and fighting back, taking to court the country's biggest bank and wrangling with the federal government to demand WFH to become the norm.
Dear Websites, Stop Asking for Ransom Sign-Ups. — Vishnu's Pages - 2023-08-02 - - It’s a dark pattern found in many websites to make its visitors enter some data, and when submitting, it asks to sign up or sign in to see the results. If th...
Trump charged in federal election probe, his third criminal indictment | Donald Trump News | Al Jazeera - 2023-08-01 - A grand jury has charged the Republican leader with obstruction, conspiracy, in attempt to undo 2020 election loss.
Apple Watch Series 9 Rumored to Have New Pink Color Option - MacRumors - 2023-08-01 - The upcoming Apple Watch Series 9 will feature the same design as the Series 8, with 41mm and 45mm case sizes, but a new pink color will be available...
Mophie's 3-in-1 Travel Charger With MagSafe Returns to Apple Store - MacRumors - 2023-08-01 - Mophie has resolved the intermittent charging issues plaguing its 3-in-1 Travel Charger with MagSafe, and the accessory is now once again available...
Twitter 'X' sign is removed after neighbors filed two dozen complaints : NPR - 2023-08-01 - A city inspector was denied access twice to evaluate the new "X" sign on the roof of Twitter's headquarters that was installed without a permit.
Reflections on a Month with BBEdit and Nova — Sympolymathesy, by Chris Krycho - 2023-08-01 - - I spent a month seeing whether BBEdit could replace Sublime Text and whether Nova could replace VS Code. They absolutely did, and I am delighted.
Second macOS Sonoma Public Beta and Revised Developer Beta Now Available - MacRumors - 2023-08-01 - Apple today provided the second beta of the upcoming macOS Sonoma update to its public beta testing group, allowing non-developers to test the new...
Twitter removes the ‘X’ logo from its San Francisco HQ - The Verge - 2023-08-01 - The app is called X now, but the new sign is already gone.
Georgia judge rejects Trump's efforts to toss evidence in Fulton County probe and disqualify district attorney | CNN Politics - 2023-08-01 - A judge in Fulton County, Georgia, on Monday rejected efforts by Donald Trump’s legal team to toss evidence in the criminal investigation into the former president’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election in Georgia and to disqualify the district attorney investigating him.
Is Following An Extradition Treaty An Elaborate Political Conspiracy? - 2023-08-01 - No. No it is not. That's Just Wrong, Glenn.

July 2023

Ranking Madonna's 40 best songs on her 40th anniversary - 2023-07-31 - Four decades after the release of her debut album, we look back at the tracks that define Madonna and redefined pop culture.
jwz: Uber headed to court after SF bicyclist refuses $1 million settlement - 2023-07-31 - It's so weird how these companies so often just "have no records" of the incidents in which their heavily-surveilled vehicles injure bystanders. Edgard Velarde refused to settle out of court for injuries sustained after being hit by the door of passenger exiting an Uber vehicle, turning down a $1 million offer from Uber in exchange for keeping quiet about the incident. Stephenson [Velarde's ...
The Reluctant Sysadmin's Guide to Securing a Linux Server - 2023-07-30 - - This guide covers the basics of hardening a new Linux virtual machine when you'd rather be doing something else.
Software is like Coca-Cola - by Thorsten Ball - 2023-07-30 - You are reading Register Spill - my weekly newsletter in which I share thoughts I can’t keep in my head. In 1975, Andy Warhol wrote: You can be watching TV and see Coca-Cola, and you know that the President drinks Coke, Liz Taylor drinks Coke, and just think, you can drink Coke, too. A Coke is a Coke and no amount of money can get you a better Coke than the one the bum on the corner is drinking. All the Cokes are the same and all the Cokes are good. Liz Taylor knows it, the President knows it, the bum knows it, and you know it.
The World’s Largest Wind Turbine Has Been Switched On | IFLScience - 2023-07-29 - - It’s turbo time.
Things I'm excited for in Go 1.21 | Seth Vargo - 2023-07-29 - Go 1.21 has some awesome new functionality that improves the developer experience and performance.
IRC is the Only Viable Chat Protocol - 2023-07-29 - - An article on why IRC is still the only chat protocol worth using, and a positive look at the surprisingly autistic-friendly Microsoft Comic Chat IRC client.
Breaking: AWS Begins Charging For Public IPv4 Addresses - Last Week in AWS Blog - 2023-07-29 - - In a rare price hike, AWS will be charging for IPv4 addresses. The change brings them in line with other cloud providers and encourages good internet hygiene.
Environmental Discs of Tron Roadside Pickup! – The Arcade Blogger - 2023-07-29 - - We’ve spoken about arcade Tron a few times here on the blog over the years. Specifically, I shared some development documents a few months back here. For those of you that don’t know, T…
Delta CEO's Response to Companies That Complain They Can't Get Workers to Come Back to the Office Is the Best I've Heard Yet | Inc.com - 2023-07-29 - There's a reason they aren't coming back.
Critics Pick the Best Movies of the Last 25 Years | Rotten Tomatoes - 2023-07-28 - We asked critics to submit their top movies and television series released from the last 25 Years – among their picks are Mad Max: Fury Road, Parasite, The Dark Knight, and Zodiac.
AirTag Hidden in Stuffed Animal Nabs Bar Thief - MacRumors - 2023-07-27 - In Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, a thief was hitting a string of bars and restaurants, breaking into safes and stealing cash. One of the bars...
Tesla’s secret team to suppress thousands of driving range complaints - 2023-07-27 - - About a decade ago, Tesla rigged the dashboard readouts in its electric cars to provide “rosy” projections of how far owners can drive before needing to recharge, a source told Reuters.
An epilogue to my time working at Twitter | by Esther Crawford | Jul, 2023 | Medium - 2023-07-27 - - Like seemingly everyone on this app I have plenty of opinions about Twitter > X and figure now is a good time to open up a bit about my…
Disney Rejects DeSantis Attempt To Kill Retaliation Lawsuit – Deadline - 2023-07-27 - Ron DeSantis has been having a hard time out on the campaign trail lately convincing Republican voters that he should be their presidential nominee, and the Walt Disney Company isn’t about to make …
Five cool features and one weird thing you’ll find in macOS 14 Sonoma | Ars Technica - 2023-07-27 - Forget the headliners; let's talk about some less obvious stuff.
Daring Fireball - 2023-07-27 -
Sinéad O’Connor, acclaimed Dublin singer, dies aged 56 – The Irish Times - 2023-07-26 - - Michael D Higgins leads tributes to Irish musician, saying the country has lost an ‘extraordinarily beautiful, unique voice’
flooey.org — 20 Years of Programming - 2023-07-26 -
Google engineers want to make ad-blocking (near) impossible - 2023-07-26 - - In recent news, Google has put forth a proposal known as the "Web Environment Integrity Explainer", authored by four of its engineers. On the surface, it
ongoing by Tim Bray · Workin’ for the Man - 2023-07-26 -
Report Delves Into Why Apple and Goldman Sachs Want to Break Up - MacRumors - 2023-07-26 - Recent rumors have suggested that Goldman Sachs is aiming to end its financial partnership with Apple, and The Information today shared a new report...
Apple's 'My Photo Stream' Service Shuts Down on Wednesday, Here's What You Need to Do - MacRumors - 2023-07-26 - Apple last month announced that its "My Photo Stream" service is set to shut down on Wednesday, July 26, 2023, which means customers who are...
Apple Releases macOS Ventura 13.5 - MacRumors - 2023-07-24 - Apple today released macOS Ventura 13.5, the fifth major update to the macOS Ventura operating system that was released in October. macOS Ventura...
The Gimli Glider • Damn Interesting - 2023-07-24 - - When a botched imperial-to-metric conversion left a commercial jet with insufficient fuel, pilots had to improvise.
iPhone 14 Saves Man's Life After He Plummeted 400 Feet Into Canyon - MacRumors - 2023-07-24 - A man was saved by his iPhone 14's emergency features on Friday evening after he drove his car off a cliff and plummeted 400 feet into a canyon...
Twitter has officially changed its logo to ‘X’ | TechCrunch - 2023-07-24 - Twitter has removed the iconic bird logo and adopted 'X' as its official logo after Elon Musk made the announcement over the weekend.
Elon Musk says Twitter to change logo, adieu to 'all the birds' | Reuters - 2023-07-23 - - Elon Musk said on Sunday he was looking to change Twitter's logo, tweeting: "And soon we shall bid adieu to the twitter brand and, gradually, all the birds".
Allergic to Waiting - by Thorsten Ball - Register Spill - 2023-07-23 - Is one second fast or slow?
Preview: ranging over functions in Go - Eli Bendersky's website - 2023-07-23 -
AWS Networking Concepts – Just Another Software Developer - 2023-07-22 - - Before March 2023 I couldn’t for the life of me understand what was going on in the AWS VPC dashboard. I mean, look at the length of the scrolling bar on the left-hand panel! So, with the goa…
Nomad Introduces Revamped 'ChargeKey' With Lightning and USB-C Options - MacRumors - 2023-07-21 - Popular accessory maker Nomad today announced the reintroduction of the ChargeKey, a classic Nomad product that has been updated with a new look and...
What I Learned Building a CLI App in Rust - Stratus3D - 2023-07-21 - - It’s been 8 years since I learned Elixir and since then I have not tried to learn another programming language. I have now decided to learn a …
Why everyone should be running the latest betas on their Apple devices | Macworld - 2023-07-21 - You might not want to throw caution entirely to the wind, but it's the summer of 2023. You should just go ahead and do it. Really.
No apologies as Reddit halfheartedly tries to repair ties with moderators | Ars Technica - 2023-07-21 - Disenchanted mods Ars spoke with want change, not more communication.
Installing Debian on a MacBook Air Early 2014 - 2023-07-20 - - Extending the useful life of an older MacBook beyond the Apple-supplied updates by installing Linux
Apple says it would remove iMessage and FaceTime in the UK rather than break end-to-end encryption - 9to5Mac - 2023-07-20 - - Facing possible legislation that would require messaging services to offer backdoors in end-to-end encryption, Apple is saying it would rather...
A car-sized object that washed ashore in western Australia is thought to be space junk | AP News - 2023-07-19 - Authorities are investigating whether a cylindrical object about the size of a small car that washed up on an Australian beach is part of a foreign rocket.
Trump lashes out after target letter from special counsel leading Jan. 6 probe - 2023-07-19 - It was not immediately clear what the charges would be or whether anyone else received a target letter.
ongoing by Tim Bray · Mimestream - 2023-07-19
A few things to know before stealing my 914 - Hagerty Media - 2023-07-18 - - If you're going to make a getaway in Norman Garrett's Porsche 914, he's got some tips to help grease the wheels, as it were.
Setting up a “Calm Inbox” View for a Distraction Free Email – The Sweet Setup - 2023-07-18 - Whenever I launch the Mail app on my Mac, I’m presented with a completely blank inbox. This is not because of an Inbox Zero strategy. Rather, I can search for any specific emails I may be wanting to get to, or write a new email completely undistracted by whatever is in my inbox.
Where Vim Came From - 2023-07-17 - - Tracing the long lineage of software that brought us Vim.
I don't know how I feel about email - Xe Iaso - 2023-07-17 - - I don't know how I feel about email - Xe's Blog
Discord is not Documentation – Terence Eden’s Blog - 2023-07-17 - - I'm going to be slightly contrarian and say that I like Discord. It's great to be able to get real-time help on a problem. And it is fun to see, again in real-time, what other people are working on and struggling with. In truth, Discord is no harder to sign up to than Slack, Matrix, [...]
The Perfect Laptop | Obiter dicta - 2023-07-16 -
The Pull Request Hack is Fucking Magic – Terence Eden’s Blog - 2023-07-15 - - I don't have time to keep up with all the daft Open Source projects I release. I wish my skill and my energy was as wide as my ambition. Several years ago, I came across Felix Geisendörfer's Pull Request Hack. The premise is simple - if people are making decent Pull Requests to your project [...]
Ever Given Report Highlights Suez Canal Pilots' Role in Grounding - 2023-07-14 - - The March 2021 grounding of the Ever Given marked a critical moment for the maritime shipping industry. Its grounding came near start of the pandemic-fueled boom cycle, thrusting the industry...
Introducing passwordless authentication on GitHub.com | The GitHub Blog - 2023-07-13 - - Passkeys are now available in public beta. Opting in lets you upgrade security keys to passkeys, and use those in place of both your password and your 2FA method.
Better medication tracking - All this - 2023-07-13
Tesla reportedly suspected Musk was using company funds to build a literal glass house | Engadget - 2023-07-12 - Tesla is said to have investigated Elon Musk over claims he was using company funds to build a house..
Learning to learn Rust - 2023-07-10 -
An Alerting Vista of Sonoma • furbo.org - 2023-07-09 - - There’s a new “feature” in Sonoma, and no one besides Apple is quite sure what it is. Alerts for deprecated APIs are now appearing frequently. Sometimes when you launch an app, and sometimes at random. Here are three I got the other day after waking a MacBook from sleep: From a UI point-of-view, these alerts […]
The Code That Controls Your Money | Wealthsimple - 2023-07-07 - - COBOL is a coding language older than Weird Al Yankovic. The people who know how to use it are often just as old. It underpins the entire financial system. And it can’t be removed. How a computer language controls the financial life of the world.
Sinkholed: A DNS Horror Story - Susam Pal - 2023-07-07 -
Every person on the planet should have their own website 💡 Amin Eftegarie - 2023-07-07 -
Wisconsin governor cleverly approves education budget increases for the next 400 years | Boing Boing - 2023-07-07 - Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers used his veto powers to make an ever-so-slight alteration to a state budgeting bill that would ensure an improved investment in per-student spending for the next four …
Air France Denied My Delay Compensation, So I Challenged Them and Won - Air Disputes - 2023-07-07 - - Rule of thumb: never trust a company that owes you money to fairly investigate themselves. So, when Air France denied my EU 261/2004 claim, I knew what to do
Threads profile can only be deleted by deleting Instagram account, Meta says | TechCrunch - 2023-07-06 - - Threads, Meta's Twitter rival, features an intriguing stipulation: Deleting a Threads profile also terminates the Instagram account.
My Developer Workflow Using WSL, tmux and Neovim - 2023-07-06 - I live on the terminal now. Learn about the tools I use set up a productive developer environment.
Everything I Installed on My New Mac - 2023-07-06 - I recently got a new Mac and decided to document everything I installed on it. This is a list of all the apps and tools I installed and will use on a daily basis.
ABOUT US - Aitchison & Mnatzaganian Cello Specialists - 2023-07-05 - Aitchison & Mnatzaganian Cello Specialists offer cellists world-class set-up and sound adjustment and exceptional cellos made by Robin Aitchison.
Sao Paulo: The City With No Outdoor Advertisements | Amusing Planet - 2023-07-05 -
How Twitter’s new drastic changes will affect what users can view on the site | Twitter | The Guardian - 2023-07-03 - Elon Musk says ‘temporary limits’ address security issues, while some users suspect move is to lift Twitter Blue paid subscriptions
Names should be as short as possible while still being clear - 2023-07-03 - - Short, meaningful names that take context into account are better than long, verbose names that don't.
2,200 Forgotten Vintage Computers Are Being Liberated From a Barn in Massachusetts - 2023-07-03 - - The NABU Network was an obscure, forgotten part of Canadian tech history—until the day the internet noticed that thousands of NABU machines were being sold on eBay at rock-bottom prices.
July supermoon: When and how to see the buck moon | CNN - 2023-07-03 - The buck moon will rise on Monday, July 3. It will be the first supermoon of the year, appearing brighter and slightly bigger than any other full moon in 2023 so far.
Canada’s Online News Act: The Fallout Continues, As Google Will Block News Links, Other Support Programs | Techdirt - 2023-07-01 - This isn’t a huge surprise, as they’d already suggested they would do this, but Google has announced officially that it will block news links in Canada to avoid having to pay to send traffic to Can…

June 2023

Goodbye Reddit - 2023-06-30 - Today I used the Bulk Delete Reddit Posts & Comments History Chrome extension (and happily paid the $8 for full version and support the developer) to delete every single post and comment on my 17-year-old Reddit account before submitting the account for deletion. I went through the trouble to delete everything
Goldman Sachs Wants to End Apple Partnership, American Express Might Take Over - MacRumors - 2023-06-30 - Goldman Sachs does not want to continue its partnership with Apple, according to a new report from The Wall Street Journal. Apple has teamed up with...
Twitter's API keeps breaking, even for developers paying $42,000 | Mashable - 2023-06-30 - - Everything worked fine until Elon Musk took over.
Apple Adjusts Trade-In Values for iPhones, iPads, Macs, and More - MacRumors - 2023-06-30 - Apple today adjusted its estimated trade-in values for select iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch, and Android smartphone models in the United States,...
Case Study: Algorithmic Trading With Go� - 2023-06-30 - - In this case study, we are excited to share an insider's perspective and look under the hood of how a Polygon.io [https://polygon.io/] customer built an automated retail trading bot that is capable of monitoring the entire stock market in real-time. We now pass the baton to Justin, who will narrate his own captivating journey. Hi, I'm Justin. The early versions of my bot could have easily won an award for 'The Fastest Money-Losing Machine Ever'. But, after lots of trial and error, and iterative
June: Static electricity attracts ticks to hosts | News and features | University of Bristol - 2023-06-30 - - Ticks can be attracted across air gaps several times larger than themselves by the static electricity that their hosts naturally accumulate, researchers at the University of Bristol have discovered.
Wayland is pretty good, actually - 2023-06-30 - - I started working on Flyaway with the intention of becoming familiar with Wayland, its protocols and extensions, and the wlroots library. Instead, I ended up genuinely liking all three.
Yankees pitcher throws a perfect game, just the 24th in MLB history : NPR - 2023-06-30 - New York Yankees pitcher Domingo Germán threw a perfect game Wednesday, just the fourth in team history and 24th overall in Major League Baseball history.
Buying an iPad Pro for coding was a mistake - by Jesse - 2023-06-29 - I bought the iPad Pro M1 chip in hopes of a lightweight, fast, multi-purpose device that I could also code on. It delivered in almost all areas. Why an iPad in the first place? The #1 reason I started to consider buying an iPad a few years ago was for one thing, and one thing only: to read coding books. I have a kindle and I love it, but for coding books it is terrible. The large color screen especially comes in handy with code snippets as well as for color syntax highlighting. I definitely don't like reading programming books on my computer, and I'm trying to minimize physical book purchasing since my book shelves at home are already maxed out (🫠 my wife appreciates my self-control). So the iPad seemed like a good middle ground.
NixOS and my Descent into Insanity | Ersei 'n Stuff - 2023-06-29 - - As I tend to do, I picked a topic to write about that is much larger in scope than I could manage in a reasonable amount of time. Did I learn? Apparently...
Manage passwords over your tailnet with vaultwarden - 2023-06-29 - - Learn how to install vaultwarden on a machine in your tailnet to give all your devices access to a secure password manager backend.
More Drivers Are Opting for Usage-Based Car Insurance | Money - 2023-06-29 - - Find out how this trend is reshaping the insurance industry and what it means for your privacy.
Reddit is telling protesting mods their communities ‘will not’ stay private - The Verge - 2023-06-29 - - More pressure from Reddit.
Igregious: GMail is Breaking Email - 2023-06-29 - - Email is an open system, right? Anyone can send a message to anyone... unless they are on Gmail! School Interviews uses two email servers t...
Apple Releases Fourth Public Beta of macOS Ventura 13.5 - MacRumors - 2023-06-29 - Apple today released the fourth beta of macOS Ventura 13.5 to its public beta testing group, allowing the general public to try out the software...
Human remains thought to be found in Titan sub debris - BBC News - 2023-06-29 - Medical experts will analyse the presumed remains, the US Coast Guard said.
The Damaging Results of The Mandated Return to Office is Worse Than We Thought | Entrepreneur - 2023-06-28 - - Companies knew the mandated return to the office would cause some attrition, however, they were not prepared for the serious problems that would present.
phaazon.net - 2023-06-28 -
Advanced macOS Commands - saurabhs.org - 2023-06-28 - - Advanced macOS command-line tools.
Rust fact vs. fiction: 5 Insights from Google's Rust journey in 2022 | Google Open Source Blog - 2023-06-28 - - Wondering about Rust? We're addressing rumors and providing insight gained from years of early adoption of Rust here at Google.
Screenshots \ Seb De Deyne - 2023-06-27 - I like to browsing through past work when I’m in need of inspiration, trying to reflect on the present, or in a nostalgic mood. Not just finished work, the things that didn’t make it can be even more inspiring to look back at. With modern software, artifacts of work in progress are …
Oregon Finally Legalizes Pumping Your Own Gas After 72 Years - 2023-06-27 - - Oregon will prohibit gas stations from charging more for full-service fuel.
ThinMachine - a $25 Thin Client MacOS Time Machine Appliance | Electronics etc… - 2023-06-26 -
Delete Friction - 2023-06-26 - A fleeting thought on how orienting a reading nook towards actually reading got my mornings back on track.
Eight-mile frieze of Ice Age beasts found in Amazon rainforest | CNN - 2023-06-25 - - Thousands of rock art pictures depicting huge Ice Age creatures such as mastodons have been revealed by researchers in the Amazon rainforest.
Eight Ways to Say No With Grace and Style - 2023-06-25 - - Saying no with grace is its own leadership capability. It is not just a peripheral skill. As with any ability, we start with limited experience.
Chris's Wiki :: blog/sysadmin/ReportConfigFileLocations - 2023-06-25 -
Warren Buffett: The mistake parents make when teaching kids about money - 2023-06-25 - If there's one person who understands the importance of teaching kids about financial responsibility, it's Warren Buffett.
On Ember’s New Major Version Cadence — Sympolymathesy, by Chris Krycho - 2023-06-24 - - Ember 5.0 just came out, and we used it as a chance to change how we do major versions. But the reasons are not Ember-specific at all—and I hope the thinking behind this change will be useful to other projects!
Plain Text Journaling · peppe.rs - 2023-06-24 - - a static site {for, by, about} me
Titan sub CEO dismissed safety warnings as 'baseless cries', emails show - BBC News - 2023-06-23 - - Warnings over the sub's safety were dismissed by OceanGate's CEO, emails seen by the BBC show.
When David Bowie Starred in The Elephant Man on Broadway (1980) | Open Culture - 2023-06-23 - Joseph Merrick, one of the most severely deformed individuals recorded in medical history, would hardly seem like the role David Bowie was born to play.
ongoing by Tim Bray · CSS Boost - 2023-06-23
The Guardian view on danger at sea: looking out for all those in peril | Editorial | The Guardian - 2023-06-22 - - Editorial: The contrast between the frantic hunt for a missing submersible and the failure to save migrants drowning in the Mediterranean is illuminating
Taste Test: What's the Best Vanilla Ice Cream? | Cup of Jo - 2023-06-22 - The winner surprised us.
Why Elon isn’t paying his bills? – On my Om - 2023-06-21 - “Obviously Elon can afford to pay Twitter’s bills: it’s couch cushion money for him. So he must have a reason for not doing so, which of course he’s not sharing.” Puck’s William Cohan a…
Submarine missing near Titanic used a $30 Logitech gamepad for steering | Ars Technica - 2023-06-21 - - While rescuers fear for crew, Logitech F710 PC gamepad sells out within minutes.
Twitter’s Lawyers Admit They’re Overwhelmed As Nearly 2000 Laid Off Employees File Arbitration Claims | Techdirt - 2023-06-20 - - Back in college, I took an arbitration class, and it was one of my favorite classes. The professor (James Gross, who just retired last year after teaching for an astounding 56 years) was amazing, a…
Missing Titanic Sub Once Faced Massive Lawsuit Over Depths It Could Safely Travel To | The New Republic - 2023-06-20 - - Court documents reveal a former OceanGate employee had several safety complaints over the tourist submersible—and then he was fired.
Apple Explains Why Third-Party Watch Faces Still Aren't Supported on watchOS 10 - MacRumors - 2023-06-20 - A common request from Apple Watch users over the years has been the ability to use third-party watch faces, but watchOS 10 still does not support...
When to Expect the Next iMac to Launch - MacRumors - 2023-06-20 - Apple released the 24-inch iMac in April 2021 with the M1 chip and an ultra-thin design available in seven colors, including green, yellow, orange,...
Titanic tourist submersible goes missing with search under way - BBC News - 2023-06-19 - - Rescuers are searching for a submersible used to take tourists and experts to view the famous shipwreck.
The Top 22 Operating Systems for Raspberry Pi in 2023 - 2023-06-19 - We bring you a list of the best Linux distributions you can run on the Raspberry Pi perfectly, but before we delve into that list, let me brief you on NOOBS.
Shuhari / frantic.im - 2023-06-19 - - Follow the rules, break the rules, transcend the rules
Spectral Contexts in Go - 2023-06-18 - - Go has phantom types, and we can use them to attach singletons to contexts. Here is a short post on how to do just that.
Goodbye, Twilio - miguelgrinberg.com - 2023-06-18 - - As of this week and after almost four years, I'm not a Twilio employee anymore. I'm writing this while I work through a range of conflicting emotions, and try to adapt to new daily routines without…
Twitter evicted from office amid lawsuits over unpaid rent and cleaning bills | Ars Technica - 2023-06-18 - - Twitter evicted in Boulder, Colo., still faces unpaid-rent suit at HQ in California.
It's Companies' Fault we don't want to Return to the Office - 2023-06-17 - - It wasn't appealing to begin with
Reddit's CEO really wants you to know that he doesn't care about your feedback - 9to5Mac - 2023-06-17 - - Reddit CEO Steve Huffman is continuing his damage control tour, this time via a new interview with The Verge. Despite...
Reddit Threatens to Remove Moderators From Subreddits Continuing Apollo-Related Blackouts - MacRumors - 2023-06-16 - As some subreddits continue blackouts to protest Reddit's plans to charge high prices for its API, Reddit has informed the moderators of those...
Our fall COVID boosters will likely be a monovalent XBB formula | Ars Technica - 2023-06-16 - If all goes smoothly, the FDA is expecting new shots around September.
Reddit communities with millions of followers plan to extend the blackout indefinitely - The Verge - 2023-06-15 - - Reddit’s CEO said he expects this blowup will pass eventually.
The Stupid Programmer Manifesto - Hasen Judi - 2023-06-15 - - I'm not smart enough for modern web development, and that's ok
What Reddit Got Wrong | Electronic Frontier Foundation - 2023-06-14 - - After weeks of burning through users’ goodwill, Reddit is facing a moderator strike and an exodus of its most important users. It’s the latest example of a social media site making a critical mistake: users aren’t there for the services, they’re there for the community. Building barriers to access...
Dumb and gets things done - 2023-06-14 - - Someone once asked Napoleon how he decided where to assign soldiers. Napoleon's reply was that it's simple: soldiers are either smart or dumb, lazy or energetic. The smart and energetic I make field commanders. They know what to do and can rally the troops to do it. The smart and lazy I make generals. They
In a First, Wind and Solar Generated More Power Than Coal in U.S. - Scientific American - 2023-06-14 - Wind and solar produced more U.S. power than coal during the first five months of this year, as several coal plants closed and gas prices dropped
Sir Paul McCartney says artificial intelligence has enabled a 'final' Beatles song - BBC News - 2023-06-14 - - The star says machine learning helped lift John Lennon's voice from a demo and turn it into a song.
“Clearly predatory”: Western Digital sparks panic, anger for age-shaming HDDs | Ars Technica - 2023-06-13 - - Drives automatically get a "warning" flag if powered on for 3 years.
How tipping in the United States got out of control - 2023-06-13 - - Tipping in the U.S. is on the rise to such a degree that experts call it "tipflation." With Americans being pressured to tip more, where's the tipping point?
Apollo’s developer on Reddit’s new API changes, and why users revolted - The Verge - 2023-06-13 - - Apollo has become the center of a platform-wide fight between Reddit and its users.
7 Core Elements of an Internal Developer Platform - The New Stack - 2023-06-13 - - A dive into the technology stack and reference architecture you need to build an IDP that will let developers work autonomously
New Tatooine-like exoplanet discovered orbiting twin suns. Meet BEBOP-1c. | Space - 2023-06-13 - - The discovery of the new planet BEBOP-1c confirms the 2nd-ever known planetary system orbiting twin stars.
Reddit aims for IPO in second half of 2023 - The Information | Reuters - 2023-06-13 - Social media platform Reddit Inc is looking to go public later this year, likely in the second half, the Information reported on Tuesday, citing people familiar with the matter.
SETI homes in on the galaxy's center | Popular Science - 2023-06-13 - Radio beacons in the middle of the Milky Way would be an efficient method of alien communication, astronomers behind a new search say.
15-Inch MacBook Air Review - MacRumors - 2023-06-13 - Apple's new 15-inch MacBook Air will launch in stores and begin arriving to customers this Tuesday. Ahead of time, the first reviews of the...
15-inch MacBook Air review: Sometimes bigger is better – Six Colors - 2023-06-13 - The 15-inch MacBook Air (bottom) is larger than its 13-inch sibling, but otherwise almost entirely identical. One of the lessons to be taken from the Apple silicon era is that the chips are what th…
How these robots fight mosquitoes | Popular Science - 2023-06-13 - It's a potentially useful tool for preventing and controlling the spread of tropical disease like zika and dengue.
Apple Subreddit Goes Dark in Protest of Reddit's API Pricing Changes - MacRumors - 2023-06-12 - Apple-related subreddit /r/apple has gone dark in protest of Reddit's upcoming API pricing changes affecting third-party Reddit apps. The...
NixOS for the Impatient - 2023-06-11 - - Using NixOS for a more tractable computing setup.
Monitoring is a Pain - 2023-06-10 - - And we're all doing it wrong (including me) I have a confession. Despite having been hired multiple times in part due to my experience with monitoring platforms, I have come to hate monitoring. Monitoring and observability tools commit the cardinal sin of tricking people into thinking this is an easy
iOS 17 automatically removes tracking parameters from links you click on - 9to5Mac - 2023-06-08 - - iOS 17 and macOS Sonoma include even more privacy-preserving features while browsing the web. Link Tracking Protection is a new...
Unexplainable: 7 ocean mysteries scientists haven’t solved yet - Vox - 2023-06-08 - And the adventures scientists go on to better understand our enigmatic seas.
How to Use the Air Quality Index - Scientific American - 2023-06-08 - Wildfire smoke from Canada is causing poor air quality along the East Coast. Here’s what those air quality alerts mean
📣 Apollo will close down on June 30th. Reddit’s recent decisions and actions have unfortunately made it impossible for Apollo to continue. Thank you so, so much for all the support over the years. ❤️ : apolloapp - 2023-06-08 - - Hey all, It's been an amazing run thanks to all of you. Eight years ago, I posted in the Apple subreddit [about a Reddit app I was looking for...
Fact check: why Rowan Atkinson is wrong about electric vehicles | Electric, hybrid and low-emission cars | The Guardian - 2023-06-08 - - Last week we ran a piece by Rowan Atkinson casting doubt on the environmental benefits of electric vehicles. Here Simon Evans of Carbon Brief offers his response
iOS 17 Lets You Share iCloud Keychain Passwords With Friends and Family - MacRumors - 2023-06-08 - Apple has been improving password management over the last several years to encourage people to use separate, hard-to-guess passwords for each site,...
Daring Fireball: First Impressions of Vision Pro and VisionOS - 2023-06-08 - - In the same way that the introduction of multitouch with the iPhone removed a layer of conceptual abstraction — instead of touching a mouse or trackpad to move an on-screen pointer to an object on screen, you simply touch the object on screen — VisionOS removes a layer of abstraction spatially.
MacBook Air vs. MacBook Pro Buyer's Guide - MacRumors - 2023-06-07 - Earlier this year, Apple announced a major update for its high-end MacBook Pro models, adding the M2 Pro and M2 Max chips, better battery life, Wi‑Fi...
Too late now to save Arctic summer ice, climate scientists find | Climate crisis | The Guardian - 2023-06-07 - Ice-free summers inevitable even with sharp emissions cuts and likely to result in more extreme heatwaves and floods
WWDC 2023 Rumor Report Card: The Biggest Hits and Misses - MacRumors - 2023-06-07 - Apple made a wide range of hardware and software announcements during its WWDC keynote on Monday, introducing its long-awaited AR/VR headset Vision...
Apple Vision – Stratechery by Ben Thompson - 2023-06-06 - - Apple Vision is incredibly compelling, first as a product, and second as far as potential use cases. What it says about society, though, is a bit more pessimistic.
Reddit’s plan to kill third-party apps sparks widespread protests | Ars Technica - 2023-06-06 - - Users revolt over Reddit's API pricing as third-party apps face shutdowns.
Dear Stack Overflow, Inc. - 2023-06-06 -
How one of Vladimir Putin’s most prized hacking units got pwned by the FBI | Ars Technica - 2023-06-05 - - After decades of watching Kremlin-backed hackers, the FBI ID'd weaknesses and pounced.
Making a plan - by Thorsten Ball - Register Spill - 2023-06-04 - Okay, look, I don’t know how to kick this one off. This could’ve been titled One Weird Trick The Secret Cabal Of Productive Engineers Doesn’t Want You To Know About. Could’ve been, because it’s true (kinda - I haven’t checked in with the cabal in a while), but it also is a lame title.
Color Photos of Stalin-Era Soviet Union Taken by a US Diplomat Who Got Deported for Espionage, 1950s - Rare Historical Photos - 2023-06-03 - - Delving into 1950s Soviet Life: Candid Photographs Reveal State Control, Scarcity, and Resilience. Explore an era through captivating visuals, shedding light on the challenges and indomitable human spirit.
Twitter Briefly Pretended To Take A Stand Against Hate, But Then Elon Admitted It Was All A Mistake (Or A Marketing Campaign?) | Techdirt - 2023-06-02 - Back when I wrote the blog post detailing the basic content moderation learning curve speedrun, I actually thought that, like most sites that go through it, Elon might actually learn from it. Yet, …
Maryland License Plates Now Inadvertently Advertising Filipino Online Casino - 2023-06-02 - - A URL on the license plates of 800,000 Maryland cars now redirects to an online casino based in the Philippines.
Lessons from Washington State’s New Capital Gains Tax - The Urbanist - 2023-06-02 - - Taxing the rich works like a charm. Last week we learned that the capital gains tax — which was passed by the state legislature in 2021 to fund much-needed childcare and public education — will bring in nearly $601 million more in state revenue than previously projected in the biennium. For decades, the wealthiest Washingtonians
Woman walking on California beach finds ancient mastodon tooth | AP News - 2023-06-02 - A woman taking a Memorial Day weekend stroll on a California beach found something unusual sticking out of the sand: a tooth from an ancient mastodon. Jennifer Schuh found the foot-long tooth on Friday on Rio Del Mar State Beach on California’s central coast. But Schuh wasn’t sure what she had found so she posted photos on Facebook, hoping someone could identify the strange object. Wayne Thompson of the Santa Cruz Museum of Natural History determined it was a mastodon tooth and went to the beach but couldn't find it. On Tuesday, Jim Smith of Aptos heard about the missing tooth. He told the museum he had picked it up while jogging and has donated it to the museum.
Artemis II lunar mission goals, explained | Popular Science - 2023-06-01 - NASA's flight commander for the Artemis II lunar mission, Reid Wiseman, explains what the crew will be testing on the Orion spacecraft.
Security.txt now mandatory for Dutch government websites - 2023-06-01 - - Dutch government websites must comply with the security.txt standard from 25 May. This is announced by the Digital Trust Center of the National Government. The mandatory security standard applies to all governments, such as the national government, the provinces, municipalities and water boards. Other organizations in the public sector are urgently advised to apply the… Continue reading Security.txt now mandatory...

May 2023

Why does my dog stare at me? | BBC Science Focus Magazine - 2023-05-31 - What exactly is going on behind those big, brown eyes?
New MacBook Air Expected at WWDC Next Week With These Features - MacRumors - 2023-05-31 - Apple plans to announce a new MacBook Air with a larger 15-inch display at WWDC next week, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The annual...
There's No Such Thing As a Smart Fascist - 2023-05-31 - But don't get it twisted, there's no such thing as a safe one, either
Twitter is now worth one-third what Elon Musk paid | Mashable - 2023-05-31 - Twitter's new valuation comes from Fidelity, which has a stake in Musk's company.
Gurman: 'Several New Macs' to Be Announced in 'One of Apple's Longest Ever' WWDC Keynotes Next Week - MacRumors - 2023-05-31 - Apple will focus on three main topics during its WWDC keynote next week, including "several new Macs," composing one of the company's...
Why Your Cycling Butt Will Love A Brooks Saddle | by Clive Thompson | May, 2023 | Medium - 2023-05-30 - A gorgeous slab of leather that molds itself to your rear end
On the RustConf keynote | Rust Blog - 2023-05-30 - - Empowering everyone to build reliable and efficient software.
Toggle light and dark mode in Vim, Tmux and Alacritty | George Ornbo - 2023-05-30 - - A tale of wanting nice things on Linux for Vim, Tmux and Alacritty and how it ended in a filthy shell script.
Email addresses are not primary user identities | nicole@web - 2023-05-29
Tom Hanks on the Rewards and “Vicious Reality” of Making Movies | The New Yorker - 2023-05-28 - The actor and first-time novelist discusses his new book, shooting the park-bench scenes in “Forrest Gump,” and the impossibility of predicting how a film will turn out.
They Made It Big on Twitter a Decade Ago. Now They’re Fighting It. - 2023-05-28 - After Elon Musk killed their Twitter app, two software developers in the North Texas suburbs are trying to shape the future of social media.
Gurman: Apple to Begin Accepting Trade-Ins for Three New Mac Models on Day of WWDC Keynote - MacRumors - 2023-05-28 - Apple will begin accepting trade-ins of three new Mac models on June 5, the day of Apple's WWDC 2023 keynote event, according to Bloomberg's...
Why I left Rust - 2023-05-28 -
Unnatural Keys. Nature doesn’t come with identifiers. | by Matt Schellhas | May, 2023 | Medium - 2023-05-28 - - Nature doesn’t come with identifiers.
This is not over – Anyway - 2023-05-27
Linear feeds are a dark pattern - 2023-05-26
Killer whales wreck boat in latest attack off Spain | Reuters - 2023-05-26 - - Killer whales severely damaged a sailing boat off the coast of southern Spain, the local maritime rescue service said on Thursday, adding to dozens of orca attacks on vessels recorded so far this year on Spanish and Portuguese coasts.
Henry Kissinger at 100: Still a War Criminal – Mother Jones - 2023-05-26 - Forget the birthday candles, let's count the dead.
phaazon.net - 2023-05-25 -
There's still no silver bullet |> Changelog - 2023-05-25 - - I’ve found myself referencing this a couple times recently. Both of those conversations were in the context of React, but the principle applies to every over-adopted technology.
Tina Turner: legendary rock’n’roll singer dies aged 83 | Tina Turner | The Guardian - 2023-05-25 - Turner who initially found fame in a turbulent musical partnership, became one of the biggest acts in the world as a solo artist and one of the defining pop icons of the 1980s
SR-71 Blackbird Speed Check Story - 2023-05-25 - - There were a lot of things we couldn't do in an SR-71, but we were the fastest guys on the block and loved reminding our fellow aviators of this...
RFC 1178: Choosing a name for your computer - 2023-05-24 -
You don't need a modal window - 2023-05-24 - - Just make a separate page.
I Get No Mail and It’s Glorious - by David Friedman - 2023-05-24 - But it messes things up for the rest of the neighborhood
REVIEW: 'Killers of the Flower Moon' and the strength of Indigenous women - Osage News - 2023-05-24 - If you should see this film, remember that the Osage people are not relics, we are resilient and we are Wahzhazhe Always
May Anti-Trans Legislative Risk Map - by Erin Reed - 2023-05-23 - The map of anti-trans risk has polarized into two Americas - one where trans people have full legal protections, and one where they are persecuted by the state.
Falkirk Wheel - Wikipedia - 2023-05-21 -
"The UNIX Programming Environment", reviewed - Chris Dickinson - 2023-05-21
Build a web server with Rust and tokio - Part 0: a simple GET handler - 2023-05-21 - - Build a web server with Rust and tokio - Part 0: the simplest possible GET handler Welcome to this series of blog posts where we will be exploring how to build a web server from scratch using the Rust programming language. We will be taking a hands-...
My Robotic Mower Woes - 2023-05-21 -
Why the US can't have nice things - 2023-05-20 - - A rant on bus stops
Chris's Wiki :: blog/web/Apache24LongLife - 2023-05-20 -
Announcing Topiary - Tweag - 2023-05-20 - - We're happy to announce the first release of Topiary, a formatter for many languages that leverages Tree-sitter.
Orcas have sunk 3 boats in Europe and appear to be teaching others to do the same. But why? | Live Science - 2023-05-20 - - Scientists think a traumatized orca initiated the assault on boats after a "critical moment of agony" and that the behavior is spreading among the population through social learning.
New York City is sinking due to weight of its skyscrapers, new research finds | New York | The Guardian - 2023-05-19 - City is sinking approximately 1-2mm each year on average, worsening effects of sea level rise and flooding threat
Daring Fireball: Let’s Check in on Supermicro, the Target of Bloomberg’s ‘The Big Hack’ - 2023-05-19 - What a nice postscript to a disgraceful story.
My Note-Taking Setup - Chris Dickinson - 2023-05-18
the case for bash - Chris Dickinson - 2023-05-18 -
Downtown Doug Brown » What happened with ASUS routers this morning? - 2023-05-18 -
PEN America v. Escambia County School District - PEN America - 2023-05-18 - PEN America is suing Escambia County, Florida. This lawsuit brings together authors, parents, and students who cannot access books in a first of its kind challenge to unlawful censorship.
How to keep your Gmail account active so Google doesn't delete it - 2023-05-18 - Google will delete inactive Gmail accounts after 2 years. Here's what you need to do to ensure that your Google account is active.
Scientists may have found an antidote for death cap mushrooms - 2023-05-18 - A dye countered the effects of a mushroom toxin in human cells and mice. If the antidote does the same in people, it has potential to save lives.
Twitter ‘Shadowbans’ Bellingcat After Musk Attacks Them, Then Tries To Retcon A Nonsense Explanation | Techdirt - 2023-05-17 - Remember, according to Elon Musk, one of the worst things that old Twitter did was “shadowban” people. There was a whole “Twitter Files” about the practice, which Musk insisted was a horrible pract…
The Staff Engineer's Path — Book Review | Stanislav Myachenkov - 2023-05-17 - - The Staff Engineer’s Path: A Guide for Individual Contributors Navigating Growth and Change is written by Tanya Reilly and published on October 25, 2022, by O’Reilly Media. Favorite Quotes Early in your career, if you do a great job on something that turns out to be unnecessary, you’ve still done a great job. At the staff engineer level, everything you do has a high opportunity cost, so your work needs to be important.
The Dangers of Google’s .zip TLD. Can you quickly tell which of the URLs… | by Bobbyr | May, 2023 | Medium - 2023-05-17 - - Can you quickly tell which of the URLs below is legitimate and which one is a malicious phish that drops evil.exe?
Framework Laptop 13 review: cracking modular PC gets all-round upgrade | Laptops | The Guardian - 2023-05-17 - - Thin and light performance machine continues to set standard for fixable, upgradeable laptops
Daring Fireball: Proposed Name for GM’s Upcoming In-House Software Platform (You Know, the One That Isn’t Going to Support CarPlay): Edsel - 2023-05-17 - GM’s $20–25 billion target for services revenue by 2030 feels like a Kendall Roy number — plucked out of thin air by someone just making up figures in an Excel spreadsheet until they get the SUM() result they’re looking for.
LLMs and plagiarism: a case study - lcamtuf’s thing - 2023-05-16 - - A while back on this blog, I expressed a somewhat unpopular sentiment about large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT or Google Bard: “The technology feels magical and disruptive, but we felt the same way about the first chatbot — ELIZA — and about all the Prolog-based expert systems that came on its heels. This isn’t to say that ChatGPT is a dud; it’s just that the shortcomings of magical technologies take some time to snap into view.
Why Rust? - Qdrant - 2023-05-16 - - Qdrant could be built in any language. But it's written in Rust. Here*s why.
My 20 Year Career is Technical Debt or Deprecated - 2023-05-16 - - Deprecated should be my middle name
How to Survive a Car Crash in 10 Easy Steps - Longreads - 2023-05-14 - - A journalist navigates a world forever changed by her traumatic brain injury.
Diving into a secret macOS tool - networkQuality - 2023-05-14 - - Getting Started with networkQuality The networkQuality tool is a built-in tool released in macOS Monterey that can help diagnose network issues and measure network performance. In this post, we'll go over how to use the networkQuality tool and some of its key features. Running the Default Tests To access the
A guide to test parametrization in Rust - Markus Unterwaditzer - 2023-05-13 -
Writing HTTP client middleware in Go - 2023-05-13 - - echo $RANDOM. Exploring Software and writing about it.
Code Folding in Neovim with Tree-sitter :: John Maguire - 2023-05-13 - Quick guide on enabling Tree-sitter powered code folding
Understanding ActivityPub - Sebastian Jambor's blog - 2023-05-13 - Understanding ActivityPub
Which Go router should I use? (with flowchart) – Alex Edwards - 2023-05-13 -
Scientists Regenerate Hair Cells that Enable Hearing | Harvard Medical School - 2023-05-13 - - Researchers move closer to gene therapy solution for hearing loss
Frictionless developer environments: Simplify and add lightness - 2023-05-13 - - Reducing friction and pain points for new contributors can reduce your time-to-first-commit.
Making a dev shell with nix flakes - 2023-05-13 - In the previous chapter, we've made a nix "dev shell" that contained the fly.io command-line utility, "flyctl". That said, that's not how I want us to define...
Different approaches to HTTP routing in Go - 2023-05-13 - - Compares various routing techniques in Go, including five custom approaches and three using third-party routing libraries.
The .zip TLD sucks and it needs to be immediately revoked. - 2023-05-13 - - The .zip TLD sucks and it needs to be immediately revoked.
Passkeys may not be for you, but they are safe and easy—here’s why | Ars Technica - 2023-05-13 - Answering common questions about how passkeys work.
Apple Watch Fall Detection Features Save Two Lives - MacRumors - 2023-05-13 - The Apple Watch's health features are making headlines this month, and have been credited with saving at least two lives. Fall Detection came in...
YouTuber who staged plane crash faces up to 20 years jail: US officials - 2023-05-12 - A YouTuber pilot who bailed out midair and deliberately sent his plane crashing into the ground to bolster viewing numbers on his channel could be jailed for up to 20 years, US authorities said Thursday.He has agreed to plead guilty to one count of destruction and concealment with the intent to obstruct a federal investigation, a crime that carries a statutory maximum sentence of 20 years in federal prison.
Tesla cancels Model S and Model X deliveries in Australia and other RHD markets - 2023-05-12 - - Tesla tells Australian customers that it will not be building new Model S and Model Y Plaid versions in right hand drive markets.
TP–7 - teenage engineering - 2023-05-12 - - there are thoughts, ideas and fragments that - for the sake of humanity -we need to record and be able to return to as a reference, as a seed for new thoughts orjust to remember another time. TP–7 is built for just that, to record sound, music,interviews and important ideas with zero friction in the highest possible quality.a device engineered in every detail to do only one thing and to do it well.a dedicated piece of hardware for ideas, or just a dirty riff.
How Apple catches leakers: From color changes to commas - 2023-05-12 - Yesterday saw @analyst941 delete his Twitter account, claiming that he had been forced to do so after Apple carried out...
Heather Armstrong, A.K.A. Dooce, Was So Much More Than a Mommy Blogger – Rolling Stone - 2023-05-12 - Heather Armstrong, a.k.a. Dooce, was a blogger known for her unflinching honesty. In the wake of her death, we remember the life she shared on the page
The changes at CNN look politically motivated. That should concern us all | Robert Reich | The Guardian - 2023-05-12 - Brian Stelter’s very popular and commerically successful show was axed. The reason? Follow the money
Mommy blogger Heather Armstrong, known as Dooce to fans, dead at 47 | AP News - 2023-05-11 - - The pioneering mommy blogger Heather Armstrong, known as Dooce to fans, has died at home in Salt Lake City. She was 47. Her live-in partner, Pete Ashdown, confirmed her death by suicide. He said he found her Tuesday night. Armstrong had laid bare her struggles as a mother and her battles with depression and alcoholism on her site, Dooce.com, and on social media since 2001. Ashdown told The Associated Press that Armstrong had been sober for more than 18 months but had recently relapsed. She was one of the first and most popular mommy bloggers. She wrote frankly about her children, relationships and other challenges.
Apple busts prolific Twitter leaker Analyst941, so be careful what you believe | Macworld - 2023-05-11 - A source of many recent leaks has been found out, and jobs lost, in an apparent sting operation.
Heather Armstrong, mommy blogger also known as Dooce, dies at 47 | CNN - 2023-05-11 - Heather Armstrong, an influential writer whose blog Dooce helped popularize mommy blogging, has died, her partner, Pete Ashdown, confirmed to CNN. She was 47.
Goodbye, Dooce - Waxy.org - 2023-05-11 - Rest in peace, Heather.
Ambitious Arab mission to explore seven asteroids, including a very red one | Ars Technica - 2023-05-11 - - The mission could uncover secrets about objects beyond Neptune.
SSH quick and easy login setup • CAP5 Tech solutions - 2023-05-10 - - When you often login into servers with SSH there's time to be saved. This article will help you save time and lessen distractions on remembering user- and servernames. There’s three ways of making thing easy: Aliasing, SSH tweaking and TAB completion.
The James Webb Space Telescope Reveals Fomalhaut's Disk In Unprecedented Detail - Sky & Telescope - Sky & Telescope - 2023-05-10 - - Continuing its run of discoveries, the James Webb Space Telescope has snapped the clearest images yet of the dusty disk around Fomalhaut.
The pain points of teaching computer science - Austin Z. Henley - 2023-05-10 - - We interviewed computer science instructors to understand their pain points and workarounds.
Into Thin AirPods | Defector - 2023-05-09 - - I’d like the record to show that I resisted getting AirPods for a long time. Within weeks of their 2016 release, I began spotting them (to my semi-surprise, considering their price) in the ear canals of lots of people on public transit–a reliable barometer of how popular a new tech product will turn out to […]
Please don't upload my code on GitHub - 2023-05-08 - - This is a call to open source developers to not upload the work of others on GitHub.
Fulfilling a reader's request for my "dot files" - 2023-05-08 -
9 Best Command-Line Email Clients for Linux - 2023-05-08 - In this article, we shall exclusively dive into looking at some of the best command-line email clients for Linux systems.
The long-awaited mission that could transform our understanding of Mars | Ars Technica - 2023-05-08 - - Next-gen gear on delayed Martian rover may help answer the question of life on Mars.
Hardening macOS - 2023-05-07 - - Quick and easy guide for securing macOS systems, for both laymen and security enthusiasts. Last updated for Ventura (13.3).
EU sends Apple stark warning over USB-C charging on new iPhones | TechRadar - 2023-05-07 - - Bad news for Apple, good news for you
Why the Ferrari F355 Sounds So Good - 2023-05-07 - - It's not just because it's a V-8 Ferrari.
Passkeys: A loss of user control? - 2023-05-07 -
‘Too greedy’: mass walkout at global science journal over ‘unethical’ fees | Peer review and scientific publishing | The Guardian - 2023-05-07 - - Entire board resigns over actions of academic publisher whose profit margins outstrip even Google and Amazon
mailbox.org discovers unencrypted password transmission in myMail | mailbox.org - 2023-05-07 - - The mailbox.org team has discovered a critical vulnerability in the myMail client for iOS.
Why does my cat like sitting on my laptop? | BBC Science Focus Magazine - 2023-05-06 - How your cat's annoying keyboard-lounging habit is part of its ploy to possess your house.
Sailing boat rescued by the Götheborg | Götheborg of Sweden - 2023-05-06 - - Imagine losing your rudder out at sea and sending out a distress call. And then the largest ocean-going wooden sailing ship in the world comes to your rescue. Or in the words of the sailors on the sailing boat: "This moment was very strange, and we wondered if we were dreaming. Where were we? What time period was it?"
Sailing boat rescued by the Götheborg | Götheborg of Sweden - 2023-05-06 - - Imagine losing your rudder out at sea and sending out a distress call. And then the largest ocean-going wooden sailing ship in the world comes to your rescue. Or in the words of the sailors on the sailing boat: "This moment was very strange, and we wondered if we were dreaming. Where were we? What time period was it?"
Toyota’s 2023 Prius: Lamborghini looks meet fuel-sipping economy | Ars Technica - 2023-05-06 - There's a lot to like about this new hybrid, which starts at $27,450.
Frictionless developer environments: Simplify and add lightness - 2023-05-05 - - Reducing friction and pain points for new contributors can reduce your time-to-first-commit.
Stop Using Hamburger Menus - 2023-05-05 -
The Universe of Discourse : I found the best anagram in English - 2023-05-05 -
How to Lock Specific iPhone Apps Behind Face ID or Your Passcode - MacRumors - 2023-05-05 - In the interests of enhanced privacy, some third-party iOS apps include an option to require passcode or Face ID authentication before they can be...
Rivian R1T Fender Bender Turns Into $42,000 Repair Bill | The Drive - 2023-05-05 - - A Rivian R1T owner claims that a fender bender requires $42,000 in repairs, due to the high costs of labor.
How El Niño could affect U.S. weather : NPR - 2023-05-04 - Warmer sea waters have many far-ranging effects. In the new pattern, some parts of the U.S. could get relief from drought, while others might see fewer hurricanes.
Goodbye Twitter: Techdirt Will Soon End Our Automated Posting | Techdirt - 2023-05-04 - Over the last few months we’d been wondering if it was worth pulling Techdirt posting from Twitter altogether, but had been too busy with other stuff to make a decision, and now it looks like Twitt…
Mariners’ Church of Detroit honors Gordon Lightfoot with Tuesday ringing of bells - 2023-05-04 - Lightfoot made the Detroit church bells famous in "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald." Today they chimed an additional time to mark his death.
NASA's black hole animation is jaw-dropping | Mashable - 2023-05-04 - - Absolute monsters.
Moderation Postmortem | Hachyderm Community - 2023-05-04 - Moderation incident from May 2023 and inter-instance communication.
Passkeys: What they are and how to use them - 2023-05-04 - - We’ve begun rolling out support for passkeys across Google Accounts on all major platforms as an additional option that people can use to sign in.
Get a Tesla if you want to learn about AI trying to kill you, says Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak - 2023-05-04 - - Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak had some harsh words for Tesla’s self-driving effort; he said in an interview that people who...
Daring Fireball: Browser and OS Market Share Trends in the Mobile Age - 2023-05-04 - The decline of Windows, and slow and steady rise of Safari and the Mac.
Proximal Hamstring Tendonitis/Bursitis - Symptoms, Causes, Treatment & Rehabilitation - 2023-05-03 - Ischiogluteal Bursitis is the inflammation of the bursa in the crease between the buttocks and hamstrings. We explain the symptoms and treatment.
James Webb Space Telescope detects water vapor around alien planet | Space - 2023-05-03 - - If confirmed, the presence of an atmosphere would be a breakthrough for exoplanet research.
Microsoft is forcing Outlook and Teams to open links in Edge, and IT admins are angry - The Verge - 2023-05-03 - - Microsoft is ignoring browser choice again
Film studios lose bid to unmask Reddit users who wrote comments on piracy | Ars Technica - 2023-05-02 - - Judge voids subpoena, says film studios sought info that isn't relevant to case.
Apple Releases Rapid Security Response Updates for iOS 16.4.1 and macOS 13.3.1 - MacRumors - 2023-05-01 - Apple today released Rapid Security Response (RSR) updates that are available for iPhone and iPad users running the iOS 16.4.1 update and Mac users...
A new onboarding experience on Mastodon - Mastodon Blog - 2023-05-01 - - Today we’re making signing up on Mastodon easier than ever before. We understand that deciding which Mastodon service provider to kick off your experience with can be confusing. We know this is a completely new concept for many people, since traditionally the platform and the service provider are one and the same. This choice is what makes Mastodon different from existing social networks, but it also presents a unique onboarding challenge.
Push to unionize tech industry makes advances - 2023-05-01 - - Recent organizing pushes among YouTube contractors and Sega of America workers have made fresh inroads.
Gurman: Apple to Announce 15-Inch MacBook Air at WWDC - MacRumors - 2023-05-01 - Apple plans to announce the rumored 15-inch MacBook Air at WWDC, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. The laptop is expected to be unveiled...
Jack Dorsey criticizes Elon Musk’s leadership at Twitter: ‘It all went south’ - 2023-05-01 - - Twitter's former CEO Jack Dorsey openly criticized Elon Musk's leadership of the company in a series of social media posts.
Stepping Down From Hachyderm | Hachyderm Community - 2023-05-01 - Removing myself as the admin from Hachyderm, an apology, and some clarifications.
Erin Kissane - 2023-05-01 - In the early 80s, my mom worked a couple shifts a month at a little small-town food co-op that smelled like nutritional mummy. She brought home

April 2023

Just Simply | Stop saying how simple things are in our docs - 2023-04-30 -
Learning COBOL: A Journey for the Modern Programmer - HedgeDoc - 2023-04-29 - - A guide to learning COBOL for the modern programmer.
ongoing by Tim Bray · Bluesky Facts and Opinions - 2023-04-29 -
There’s more than one way to write an IP address - 2023-04-28 - - Most of us write our IP addresses the way we’ve been taught, a long time ago: 127.
Junk Drawer Phone as a Music Streaming Server - 2023-04-28 -
Six Months In: Thoughts On The Current Post-Twitter Diaspora Options | Techdirt - 2023-04-28 - Today is six months since Elon took over Twitter and began this bizarre speedrun of the content moderation learning curve in which he seems to repeatedly… not learn a damn thing. Over and over agai…
What I learned unsubscribing from 22 newspapers - Lenfest Institute - 2023-04-26 - - Online subscriptions — especially newspaper subscriptions — have a reputation for being difficult to cancel, but new guidance from the FTC may change that.
SpaceX’s Starship blew up after launch — it also caused ‘catastrophic’ damage on the ground - The Verge - 2023-04-26 - - The destruction of the launch pad generated a large cloud.
GPT4 should be part of your toolkit • Buttondown - 2023-04-26 - - On March 24 I wrote GPT is revolutionary. On March 27 I got access to GPT4.1 Now that I’ve used it for a month, I’m firmly in the “this is the greatest thing...
A Home Office And Kitchen Are Hidden Behind A Sliding Wall In This Apartment - 2023-04-26 - A modern apartment includes a white wall that opens to reveal a home office and the kitchen.
Why long COVID could be a ticking time bomb for public health | Salon.com - 2023-04-26 - Long COVID isn't novel: other viruses in history have had similar “long” arcs — with devastating repercussions
Bean Leaves Don’t Let the Bedbugs Bite by Using Tiny, Impaling Spikes | Science| Smithsonian Magazine - 2023-04-25 - - Researchers hope to design a new bedbug eradication method based upon a folk remedy of trapping the bloodsuckers as they creep
Emergency SOS via Satellite Saves Students Trapped in Utah Canyon - MacRumors - 2023-04-25 - The iPhone 14's Emergency SOS via Satellite feature last week saved a trio of students who went canyoneering in Utah and got stuck in an area...
Apple declares victory after decision reached in Epic Games appeal - 2023-04-25 - - An appeals court on Monday mostly sided with Apple over its App Store rules in a suit with Epic Games.
Tucker Carlson departs Fox News, pushed out by Rupert Murdoch - Los Angeles Times - 2023-04-25 - Tucker Carlson's last program was Friday, Fox News said. His ouster is likely related to a discrimination lawsuit filed by a former producer.
Tucker Carlson leaves Fox News - BBC News - 2023-04-25 - The highly rated US TV host leaves just days after the US network paid $787.5m to settle a legal case
Commentary: I'm ready to trade in my electric car. Here's why - Los Angeles Times - 2023-04-24 - - I love my electric car, but after more than three years I'm thinking of trading it in for a fossil-fueled model because even in California it's not easy being a green motorist.
No, I don’t want to sign up for your newsletter — horrible uses of exit overlays - 2023-04-24 - - When a user moves their mouse from the middle of the page toward the navigation bar — presumably to abandon the page — there are technologies which can track this behavior and trigger a “mouse-out” alert. While this UX element (from companies such as Crazy Egg and Rooster) has great potential, I’ve found it far too common that websites use this to overlay huge pop-ups across the entire screen as a last-ditch effort to convert users. The exit-intent overlay has to have been popularized by
The Dark Side of the Mac App Store: How Scam Apps and Shady Developers Are Preying on Users | by Privacy1St | Apr, 2023 | Medium - 2023-04-23 - - In the last 30 days, I have been closely monitoring the Mac App Store and have made a disturbing discovery. In the midst of the OpenAI…
Wanted – Rands in Repose - 2023-04-23 - Jesse walked. Monday is the day we set aside for new hires. All the new hires spend the morning learning about the company, figuring out how to create accounts, and becoming indoctrinated in company culture. When lunch time arrives, managers pick up their new employees and take them to lunch. Thei
Why you should teach at a Community College - 2023-04-23 - - Teaching as a Software Developer sounds scary. Teaching adults without a tech background even more.
iOS 17 app sideloading might only be available in Europe | TechRadar - 2023-04-23 - - Other gardens will remain walled up
Best practices and an elephant - by Thorsten Ball - 2023-04-23 - Haven't I learned from engaging in bad practices?
My ultimate shell setup with Fish shell and Tmux (Part 1) - 2023-04-23 - - I’ve recently been asked to share my shell setup, which if you ask me, that’s one of the highest levels of praise you can achieve as a software developer 🤣
Will Boiling Water Ruin Green Tea? - 2023-04-22 - - A common myth regarding green tea is that it shouldn't be prepared with boiling water.
Mother of All Outages | Hazel Weakly - 2023-04-20 - Y’all ready for a story about one of the wildest fuckups production outages I ever took part in? Buckle up; we’re going for a ride far, far away from any...
Kuo: 15-Inch MacBook Air to Offer Two M2 Chip Options, No M2 Pro Configuration - MacRumors - 2023-04-20 - Apple's upcoming 15-inch MacBook Air model will be configurable with two variants of the M2 chip, according to Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. In a...
Only One Pair of Distinct Positive Integers Satisfy The Equation n^m = m^n | by Keith McNulty | Mar, 2023 | Medium - 2023-04-20 - - A beautiful analytic proof of a number theoretic result
AI Drake just set an impossible legal trap for Google - The Verge - 2023-04-20 - - Google has to make some big decisions about fair use, YouTube, and building AI tools of its own.
Michael Schumacher's family to take legal action over German magazine's AI-generated interview | F1 News - 2023-04-20 - - Michael Schumacher's family is to take legal action against a German magazine that ran an 'interview' with the seven-time world champion that was generated by artificial intelligence.
Legit Torrents - Legal Torrents, Free Media - 2023-04-20 - - Download free and legal torrents. Music, movies, games, software and more! Legit Torrents is the biggest and best free and legal torrent tracker.
SpaceX giant rocket explodes minutes after launch from Texas | AP News - 2023-04-20 - - SpaceX’s giant new rocket blasted off on its first test flight but exploded minutes after rising from the launch pad. Elon Musk’s company was aiming to send the nearly 400-foot (120-meter) Starship rocket on a round-the-world trip from the southern tip of Texas, near the Mexican border. It carried no people or satellites. Elon Musk's company plans to use Starship to send people and cargo to the moon and, ultimately, Mars. A stuck valve scrapped Monday's try. Throngs of spectators watched from several miles away from the Boca Chica Beach launch site, which was off-limits.
Microsoft drops Twitter from its advertising platform | Mashable - 2023-04-20 - - Yet another big B2B service passes on paying for Twitter's new high-priced API.
HUGE macOS Productivity boost: Set-up simple, keyboard only, instant App switching and arrangement – Ben Frain - 2023-04-20 - I want to share a way of working, which, using just your keyboard enables you to not only move the windows of an application around with ease, but crucially, switch between applications too. Want to watch a video version of this? It's on my YouTube channel here: https://youtu.be/s6vIP_1GrE4 So, as I have things currently, I...
Yo, Lizzo, You’ve Been Lied To. KOSA Will Harm Kids | Techdirt - 2023-04-19 - It’s always a mixed bag when entertainment industry stars get roped into supporting this or that internet regulation. Remember how there was a Hollywood-backed campaign to have a bunch of big name …
Apple Responds to Report About Thieves Permanently Locking Out iPhone Users - MacRumors - 2023-04-19 - The Wall Street Journal's Nicole Nguyen and Joanna Stern today published a report highlighting how thieves can use Apple's optional recovery...
A love letter to make - kmaasrud - 2023-04-19 -
mjg59 | PSA: upgrade your LUKS key derivation function - 2023-04-19 -
Draculas, Ranked - 2023-04-19 - - We’ve counted all the counts and put together a high-stakes ranking of the best and the worst.
Broadband Consumer Labels | Federal Communications Commission - 2023-04-19 - - The FCC has proposed new rules that would require broadband providers to display easy-to-understand labels to allow consumers to comparison shop for broadband services. The proposal would require broadband providers to display, at the point of sale, labels that show prices, including introductory rates, as well as speeds, data allowances, network management practices, and other critical broadband service information
Load Balancing - 2023-04-18 - - Personal website of Sam Rose.
Elon Musk Is Full Of Shit, Again. No, Federal Agencies Did Not Have ‘Full Access’ To DMs | Techdirt - 2023-04-18 - Elon Musk went on Tucker Carlson this week and spewed some utter nonsense, claiming that one thing he discovered upon taking over Twitter was that federal agencies had full access to everything at …
French publisher arrested in London on terrorism charge | UK news | The Guardian - 2023-04-18 - - Ernest Moret was stopped at rail station and taken into custody, where he was questioned about his participation in French protests
Why do ships use "port" and "starboard" instead of "left" and "right?" - 2023-04-18 - - Unlike left and right, port and starboard refer to fixed locations on a vessel.
Apple’s Agreement With Cupertino Is Taxpayer-Fleecing Collusion - 2023-04-18 - - Cupertino, Calif.'s complicity in its tax arrangement with Apple is reprehensible, as are most collusions between industry and government. California’s legislature must hold municipalities and companies like Apple accountable for their unethical behavior.
An example of LLM prompting for programming - 2023-04-18 - - Generated knowledge and chain of thought prompting of an LLM can generate useful code.
iOS 17 will reportedly set the stage for sideloading apps on iPhone | TechCrunch - 2023-04-17 - - Apple is reportedly building the groundwork in iOS 17 to allow people to sideload apps to their iPhones in the future.
Bow-Riding - ScienceDirect - 2023-04-17 - This chapter focuses on the bow-riding behaviors of dolphins when they ride the bow pressure waves of boats. Dolphins probably have been bow-riding ev…
AWS staff spending ‘much of their time ’optimizing cloud' • The Register - 2023-04-17 - - Annual shareholder letter warns of ‘softening’ growth for cloud biz, likely lift-off for Kuiper satellite broadband
Chris's Wiki :: blog/tech/OpenSSHVersusSSH - 2023-04-17 -
I made my blog solar-powered, then things escalated - 2023-04-17 -
Zachary Proser - 2023-04-17 - - Software engineer and artist
ongoing by Tim Bray · Working Well - 2023-04-17
AT&T Wireless traffic shaping apparently making some websites unusable - Adriano Caloiaro - 2023-04-17 - - When I’m living in my RV, wireless service providers are my primary source of connectivity. So when either AT&T or Verizon make major changes, I take notice. I recently noticed that multiple websites are quite slow when browsing with my AT&T business plan, listed in AT&T Premier (business account management UI) as “Wireless Broadband Ultra for Router or Hotspt (sic)”. This is an “unlimited” 100Mbit plan with 50GB for Business Fast Track (prioritized) data.
Frontiers | Hypothesis: inflammatory acid-base disruption underpins Long Covid - 2023-04-16 - - The mechanism of Long Covid (Post-Acute Sequelae of COVID-19; PASC) is currently unknown, with no validated diagnostics or therapeutics. SARS-CoV-2 can cause disseminated infections that result in multi-system tissue damage, dysregulated inflammation, and cellular metabolic disruptions. The tissue damage and inflammation has been shown to impair microvascular circulation, resulting in hypoxia, which coupled with virally-induced metabolic reprogramming, increases cellular anaerobic respiration. Both acute and PASC patients show systemic dysregulation of multiple markers of the acid-base balance. Based on these data, we hypothesize that the shift to anaerobic respiration causes an acid-base disruption that can affect every organ system and underpins the symptoms of PASC. This hypothesis can be tested by longitudinally evaluating acid-base markers in PASC patients and controls over the course of a month. If our hypothesis is correct, this could have significant implications for our understanding of PASC and our ability to develop effective diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.
Gurman: New MacBooks to Be Announced at WWDC in June - MacRumors - 2023-04-16 - Apple is working on a larger 15-inch MacBook Air, an updated 13-inch MacBook Air, and an updated 13-inch MacBook Pro, and at least some of these new...
A Firehose of Insanity and The Republican Cycle of Radicalization - Teri Kanefield - 2023-04-16 - There was an explosion of news this week with a theme: The increasing radicalization of the Republican Party. First, we have the abortion pill mifepristone debacle in which a federal judge in Texas attempted to outlaw mifepristone for the entire nation. Here’s the timeline (I find that a bullet point timeline is the best tool … A Firehose of Insanity and The Republican Cycle of Radicalization Read More »
Efficiency trades off against resiliency - Made of Bugs - 2023-04-16 -
A series of ever-bigger problems - by Thorsten Ball - 2023-04-16 - Thoughts on growing as a software engineer
My Emacs eye candy - 2023-04-16 -
The Soul of an Old Machine | Ben Congdon - 2023-04-16 - - On retiring my trusty 2014 MacBook Pro
30 under 30-year sentences: why so many of Forbes’ young heroes face jail | Arwa Mahdawi | The Guardian - 2023-04-16 - - Ex-CEO Charlie Javice, 31, is just the latest from the magazine’s list to see criminal charges
De Fiets is Niets - 99% Invisible - 2023-04-16 - Today the Netherlands has a reputation as a kind of bicycling paradise. Dutch people own more bicycles per capita than any other place in the world. The country has more than 20,000 miles of dedicated cycling paths. International policymakers make pilgrimages to the Netherlands to learn how to create good bike infrastructure. But none of
Digital clutter — PaulStamatiou.com - 2023-04-16 - - Learning to let go and stop hoarding terabytes: Sharing my journey of downsizing my digital storage, letting go of terabytes of data, and moving away from a NAS setup....
Gun deaths among U.S. kids rose 50% from 2019 to 2021 | Pew Research Center - 2023-04-16 - In 2021, there were 2,590 gun deaths among U.S. children and teens under the age of 18, up from 1,732 in 2019.
Why Does a Plastic-Wrapped Turkey Sandwich Cost $15 at the Airport? - Hell Gate - 2023-04-15 - - We filed a public records request, but the Port Authority is treating airport pricing like a state secret.
Lotte Hotel Little Secret – cabel.com - 2023-04-15 - - We recently stayed a night at a Lotte Hotel in Seattle. I must admit with some shame that I only thought of Lotte as just a candy company — but they are, in fact, a multinational conglomerate, and …
Jay Little - Software Obsessionist - Low Code Software Development Is A Lie - 2023-04-15 - - I've been writing custom software for a long time and one of the things that annoys me most is when a client adopts the position that there is a silver bullet which will reduce or remove the inherent complexity of this task. This happens more often than you'd think and guess what? They are almost always wrong.
Jay Little - Software Obsessionist - Why I Can't STFU And Just Code A Solution To Your Problems - 2023-04-15 - So over the years I've had a number of people tell me that I tend to focus on the negative aspects rather than the positive aspects of situations. This feedback has been relayed to me on both professional and personal levels. Let me tell you: That this is absolutely the case. However I don't see it as a failing so much as an asset. The purpose of today's post is to both delve into why I feel this way and why clients, co-workers and compatriots feel the way they do.
Kroger Begins Accepting Apple Pay After Years of Holding Out - MacRumors - 2023-04-15 - Kroger this week began accepting Apple Pay and other contactless payment methods at select locations in Kentucky and Ohio, allowing customers to tap...
GM’s decision to ditch Apple CarPlay, Android Auto sparks backlash - 2023-04-15 - - GM defends its move to drop Apple CarPlay and Android Auto despite consumer backlash. Ford vows to keep it. Here's the story behind each decision.
How Not to Make It Worse During a Panic Attack - 2023-04-15 - You can’t stop it, but you can provide comfort.
Substack CEO Chris Best Doesn’t Realize He’s Just Become The Nazi Bar | Techdirt - 2023-04-14 - - I get it. I totally get it. Every tech dude comes along and has this thought: “hey, we’ll be the free speech social media site. We won’t do any moderation beyond what’s required.” Even Twitter init…
Spanish climber emerges after 500 days in cave | CBC News - 2023-04-14 - - A 50-year-old Spanish extreme athlete who spent 500 days living 70 metres deep in a cave outside Granada with no contact with the outside world has told how the time flew by.
Arrest made in SF killing of Bob Lee — tech exec's alleged killer also worked in tech - Mission Local - 2023-04-14 - - Mission Local is told that San Francisco police this morning arrested a suspect, Nima Momeni, in the April 4 killing of tech exec Bob Lee.
Goodbye Blue Bird. - David Revoy - 2023-04-14 - Website of David Revoy (aka Deevad), artist and instructor using only Free/Libre and Open-Source software since 2009.
Mike McQuaid's clean, ergonomic setup in Edinburgh, Scotland | Hacker Stations - 2023-04-14 - Hi! Tell us about who you are and what you do Hi! I’m Mike McQuaid: I’m the Homebrew project leader and have maintained the project for 14 years I’m the CTO and cofounder of Raise.dev I recently left my job as a Principal Engineer at GitHub where I worked for 10 (calendar) years I’ve worked from home(s) for 14 years, mostly for US-based companies. What is your hardware setup? My daily driver is a 16” 2021 M1 Max MacBook Pro.
Amit's Thoughts: Mac keyboard with hidutil - 2023-04-13 - - [Updated 13-Apr-2023 with some of the background context and some things I learned from hackernews ] On my Mac, I've used KeyRemap4Macbo...
Improving Tailscale via Apple’s open source - 2023-04-13 - - Spelunking through the Darwin kernel and userland helps Tailscale work better on macOS and iOS.
Customize Your AirPods Pro for Even Better Sound - 2023-04-13 - Earlier today, I posted a Quick Link to the 2nd-generation AirPods Pro on Amazon because they were $50 off, a good deal for an ite
How Tweetbot died (and lived again) - The Verge - 2023-04-12 - - When Twitter shut off API access, third-party apps were left high and dry. One app chose to pivot to become a Mastodon app.
NPR quits Twitter after being falsely labeled as 'state-affiliated media' | WBUR - 2023-04-12 - - NPR's official Twitter feeds have gone silent. The news organization cites the social media platform's decision to question NPR's editorial independence through a series of inaccurate labels.
Buying a bicycle using Playwright | maciek palmowski - 2023-04-12 - There is a time in every cyclist's life when they decide to change their bike. This year I felt it was my turn to do so. That's why I used e2e testing,...
The Optimal U.S. National Parks Centennial Road Trip | Dr. Randal S. Olson - 2023-04-12 - Randy Olson shows how to create an optimized road trip that visits the U.S. National Parks.
The 42 Best Pens for 2023: Gel, Ballpoint, Rollerball, and Fountain Pens | JetPens - 2023-04-12 - - We draw on years of testing to crown the best beginner fountain pen, best gel pen, best pen for note-taking, and more. Each recommendation includes links to related guides so that you can evaluate the competition for yourself.
I worked at Google for -10 days - 2023-04-11 - - It’s the story of how I was laid off from Google before I even started to do my job there.
Why Is Sea Level Rise Worse In Some Places? - Nautilus - 2023-04-11 - - One question for Sönke Dangendorf, a coastal flooding researcher at Tulane University.
What's the difference between apt-get upgrade vs dist-upgrade? - 2023-04-11 - You’ll often see two of common ways of updating Debian and Ubuntu-based distributions: * sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade * sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade The apt-get update part updates the local package cache and thus tells your system about the packages that can be upgraded. However, many Linux
Get well soon! | elfenbein klaviermusik notes - 2023-04-11 - People who know that I’ve had hip replacement surgery four week ago keep telling me, Get Well Soon, I hope you recover quickly, etc. The thing is - complete recovery from this kind of surgery can take 6-9 months.
Daring Fireball: GM, CarPlay, and iPhones - 2023-04-11 - In many ways our phones are our new digital hubs, and CarPlay exemplifies that role.
Night of the living brain fog dead, or how I hacked myself better thanks to open source software. - 2023-04-10 - - I had felt tired for such a long time, that I had normalised the whole affair. Every night, the same routine would unfold. I would awaken multiple times for no conceivable reason, feeling irritable and restless, or my compassionate and frequently anxious wife, would rouse me with the words, "WAKE UP, YOU'RE NOT BREATHING!"
Ben Greenberg | Developer Advocate - 2023-04-10 - - Actualizing Developer Happiness
How I Fixed a Parasitic Drain on my Car in 408 Days | David Muller - 2023-04-10 - - How I Fixed a Parasitic Drain on my Car in 408 Days
Be still my heart – Blankbaby - 2023-04-10 - When a part of you is broken for long enough, it feels weird being fixed. I have had a couple of heart arrhythmias for several years. I’m sure I had them for longer than I knew about them, bu…
Closing a stale SSH connection | DIDEV - 2023-04-09 - - Suppose you’re connected to a remote host with SSH and after a while the SSH session goes stale. The terminal is unresponsive and no keypress seem to take effect. There might be something with the network, the remote host is restarting or maybe your machine has been in hibernation, there could be multiple reasons for a stale session. The first solution that might come to mind is to just close the terminal emulator and create another one, but there is a better way.
Kirkville - Here’s How Messed Up Apple Music Metadata Is - 2023-04-09 - Apple Music’s metadata is messed up.
Apple Music Classical (Mostly) Plays the Right Chords - TidBITS - 2023-04-09 - People unfamiliar with classical music who want to discover new music will find the Apple Music Classical app more than sufficient. Classical music fans familiar with the genre and looking for uncommon recordings will find it somewhat frustrating.
Here’s How Two New Orleans Teenagers Found a New Proof of the Pythagorean Theorem | by Keith McNulty | Apr, 2023 | Medium - 2023-04-09 - - An inspirational example of how elementary math is open to everyone
There’s a new form of keyless car theft that works in under 2 minutes | Ars Technica - 2023-04-08 - - As car owners grow hip to one form a theft, crooks are turning to new ones.
Here's why Rivian refuses to support CarPlay - 9to5Mac - 2023-04-07 - - CarPlay is available on the vast majority of cars today, including on electric vehicles from the likes of Ford, Polestar,...
AI cracks passwords this fast, how to protect yourself - 9to5Mac - 2023-04-07 - Along with the positive aspects of the new generative AI services come new risks. One that’s surfaced is an advanced...
How to Beat Roulette: One Gambler Figured It Out and Won Big - 2023-04-07 - For decades, casinos scoffed as mathematicians and physicists devised elaborate systems to take down the house. Then an unassuming Croatian’s winning strategy forever changed the game.
Over 60 million people could have their tax returns automatically done by the IRS - Vox - 2023-04-07 - - "Automatic returns" could vastly simplify tax season for millions of people.
General Motors hates your iPhone – Six Colors - 2023-04-07 - As first reported by Reuters, General Motors has decided that the company’s future electric cars will drop support for CarPlay and Android Auto, preferring the company’s own infotainmen…
Thieves cut a hole in a bathroom wall to steal $500k worth of devices from Apple Store - 9to5Mac - 2023-04-07 - - Apple Stores are no strangers to having products stolen, but usually, thieves are only able to escape with a small...
Illustrations of ‘Unseen’ Japanese Maintenance Trains that Only Work at Night | Spoon & Tamago - 2023-04-07 - - Japanese trains are renowned for their punctuality, comfort and overall reliability. But part of what makes them so reliable is an "unseen" workforce of overnight trains. These trains will be unfamiliar to the everyday rider because they only show themselves after regular service has ended for the d
In Praise of the Preterite - by Aurelien - 2023-04-06 - - Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
An On-Ramp to Flow - 2023-04-06 - - Tips for developers on getting into flow states
I don't want streaming music, I just want to stream my music • Cory Dransfeldt - 2023-04-06 - - I'm a software developer in Camarillo, California. I enjoy hanging out with my beautiful family and 4 rescue dogs, technology, automation, music, writing, reading and tv and movies.
Programmer Interrupted: The Real Cost of Interruption and Context Switching - 2023-04-06 - - Interruptions and context switching are the two most costly factors that directly impact a programmer's daily productivity. Although there is no permanent way to avoid them, there are some interesting strategies to minimize their impact. The Cost of an Interruption Based on various scientific studies, it takes at least 10-15
SA R31: Mandating Content Warnings for Traumatic Content in the Classroom | CU Assemblies - 2023-04-06
NPR Was Twitter’s Example Of What Should NOT Be Labeled ‘State-Affiliated Media.’ Then Musk Added The Label And Retconned The Policy | Techdirt - 2023-04-05 - For years I’ve joked that everyone who hasn’t thought about trust & safety thinks that it’s easy: just do what I would do. The assumption is that there’s a “right” set of ways to handle these q…
The Bitcoin Whitepaper Is Hidden in Every Modern Copy of macOS - Waxy.org - 2023-04-05 - - I just discovered that every copy of macOS ships with a hidden PDF of Satoshi Nakamoto's Bitcoin whitepaper. But why?
The real "must have" tools for programmers - James Dunne - 2023-04-05 - - Forget programs. The most important productivity tool for programming is your mind. And the next best set of software development tools are ones that take care of you. It isn’t about Git. Or Docker. Or testing frameworks. These are all useful tools. I use them daily. But they are not the most important software development tools. Your wellbeing is, in fact, the most important factor in your ability to write good software.
Disney is in a land war with the state of Florida - The Verge - 2023-04-05 - Right now? Mickey Mouse is winning.
All of a sudden, NASA’s return to the Moon feels rather real | Ars Technica - 2023-04-05 - - "Artemis II is more than a mission to the Moon and back."
Building a Classic Mac OS App in Rust - Wesley Moore - 2023-04-04 - - Instead of using my funemployment to build useful things I have continued to build things for old versions of Mac OS. Through some luck and a little persistence I have actually managed to get Rust code running on classic Mac OS (I’ve tried Mac OS 7.5 and 8.1). In this post I’ll cover how I got here and show a little network connected demo application I built—just in time for the end of #MARCHintosh.
How to be a -10x Engineer - 2023-04-04 -
RFC 1178: Choosing a name for your computer - 2023-04-03 -
Berating The Bumptious: Whittier College’s Extraordinary Threat Letters - 2023-04-03 - Seriously, Though, Don’t Write Letters Like This
Issue 23 – Here for crime - Molly White - 2023-04-03 - SBF gets slapped with a bribery charge, Binance gets sued by the CFTC, and Arbitrum bungles decentralization.
Own Your Work | Jose M. - 2023-04-02 - - One of the easiest ways to start sharing your work in the form of writing, designs, or photographs is by using the latest trendy platform in that space, especially when everyone else seems to be using it. How many Blogspot sites are you checking these days? They still work, but Google has killed one or two services, so who knows for how long? Medium was great for publishing content, but it doesn’t seem to be the case anymore.
Writing An Interpreter In Rust | Nathan Yee - 2023-04-01 - Writing An Interpreter In Go except using Rust
These maps show how parking lots "eat" U.S. cities - Big Think - 2023-04-01 - - Parking lots are about one-fifth of all land in U.S. city centers, making them "easy to get to, but not worth arriving at."
The 4 Best Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids of 2023 | Reviews by Wirecutter - 2023-04-01 - No single over-the-counter hearing device is perfect for everyone, so we offer different recommendations for different priorities and budgets.
Google Drive does a surprise rollout of file limits, locking out some users | Ars Technica - 2023-04-01 - - The new file limit means you can't actually use the storage you buy from Google.
A New Beginning for Lifehacker - 2023-04-01 - - Things are changing at Lifehacker for the better. I hope to see you around.
Slow learning - Austin Kleon - 2023-04-01 - A manifesto and bill of rights.
One year of biking - Austin Kleon - 2023-04-01 - Thoughts on my favorite machine.
GM kills more than CarPlay support, it kills choice | Ars Technica - 2023-04-01 - The software-driven vehicle is supposed to be a place of choice.
These angry Dutch farmers really hate Microsoft | Ars Technica - 2023-04-01 - Tech giants want to build massive, “hyperscale” data centers in the Netherlands.
Tailscale Funnel now available in beta · Tailscale - 2023-04-01 - - Tailscale Funnel, a tool that lets you share a web server on your private tailnet with the public internet, is now available as a beta feature for all users. With Funnel enabled, you can share access to a local development server, test a webhook, or even host a blog.

March 2023

Fingerprints and a mugshot: This is what will happen when Trump is arrested - BBC News - 2023-03-31 - - As the former president faces arrest on criminal charges, here is what you need to know.
Switching to Fedora from Ubuntu - 2023-03-31 -
Can we hide the orange dot without disabling SIP? — Alin Panaitiu - 2023-03-30 - - Alin Panaitiu's notes and ramblings: short-form content on macOS apps, music and computers in general
Austin Kleon — “This is a chord. This is another. This is a... - 2023-03-30 - - “This is a chord. This is another. This is a third. Now form a band.” “There’s an illustration from a fanzine called Sideburn #1, which was a drawing made by Tony Moon just to fill the space. It’s a...
The Twitter API is now effectively unmaintained | snarfed.org - 2023-03-30 - - Posted on the Twitter Developers forum and IndieNews. Hi all! I don’t have much new to say about the ongoing chaos at Twitter or the impending death of the free API tier. I’d just like …
OLED MacBook Air Reportedly Now in Development as Apple Plans to Bring New Display Technology to Multiple Product Lines - MacRumors - 2023-03-30 - Samsung Display is developing a 13.3-inch OLED panel for a future MacBook Air model amid plans to switch several of Apple's product lines to the...
Incompetent but Nice - Jacob Kaplan-Moss - 2023-03-29 - - A question I’ve never been able to answer to my satisfaction: how do you manage people who are nice but can’t do the work?
Rust Is a Scalable Language - 2023-03-29 - In my last post about Zig and Rust, I mentioned that Rust is a scalable language. Let me expand on this a bit.
It's Not the Bike Lane's Fault You're a Bad Driver - 2023-03-28 - Instead of complaining about bike lanes, try paying attention while you're driving.
Apple introduces Apple Pay Later - Apple - 2023-03-28 - - Apple today introduced Apple Pay Later, which allows users to split purchases into four payments, spread over six weeks with no interest and no fees.
Amazon to flag ‘frequently returned’ products you maybe shouldn’t buy - The Verge - 2023-03-28 - - Hopefully, this will make fake reviews easier to spot.
Getting NixOS to keep a secret :: Brian McGee - 2023-03-28 - In the land of NixOS all roads lead to the Nix Store. Everything you put in your .nix files, any input files/directories said .nix files reference, and all the build output of the derivations said .nix files define will end up in your nix store. And this can be a problem. You don’t want things like api tokens and other credentials ending up in a world readable location like /nix/store, or worse still being pushed to a remote store or binary cache.
Kubernetes is hard - 2023-03-27 -
Apple Passwords Deserve An App – cabel.com - 2023-03-27 - - First, let’s consider three random tweets: They already have. They definitely should. They seemingly won’t… but why? We all know that Apple has nice built-in password management in macO…
“The library is a safe place.” – WIL WHEATON dot NET - 2023-03-27 - - In order to survive, I disassociated for much of my childhood, but I clearly remember the books. That’s where I found comfort, companionship, inspiration and validation. It’s where the …
Common pitfalls of GitHub Actions - 2023-03-27 - If you create GitHub Actions via GitHub's UI by going to the URL of the form https://github.com///actions/new, it provides templates for setting up the build. However, the template is broken. There are four problems with the default template No dependency caching - so package dependencies will be resolved and reinstalled every time No cancelation of
The Forgotten Women Aquanauts of the 1970s - Atlas Obscura - 2023-03-26 - - These scientists spent weeks underwater doing research—and convincing NASA women could also go into space.
Beloved hacking veteran Kelly ‘Aloria’ Lum passes away at 41 | TechCrunch - 2023-03-26 - - Kelly "Aloria" Lum was 41 when she passed away in New York City. She was a beloved member of the cybersecurity community, particularly in the city.
Stanford Law Responds Appropriately, If Belatedly, To Judge Duncan Fiasco - 2023-03-26 - Measured Decisions Rarely Please Anyone
Start all of your commands with a comma - 2023-03-26 -
Utah is first US state to limit teen social media access - BBC News - 2023-03-26 - - One of the bills will give parents full access to their children's online private messages.
Why Take a Compiler Course? – Embedded in Academia - 2023-03-26 -
My experience crafting an interpreter with Rust – Manuel Cerón - 2023-03-26 - - Last year I finally decided to learn some Rust. The official book by Steve Klabnik and Carol Nichols is excellent, but even after reading it and working on some small code exercises, I felt that I …
How John Glenn's $40 Camera Forced NASA to Rethink Space Missions | PetaPixel - 2023-03-25 - How John Glenn's $40 drugstore camera, an Ansco Autoset, changed the course of manned space exploration forever.
Your Problem Is Not With Section 230, But The 1st Amendment | Techdirt - 2023-03-25 - Everyone wants to do something about Section 230. It?s baffling how seldom we talk about what happens next. What if Section 230 is repealed tomorrow? Must Twitter cease fact-checking the President?…
Very few consumers want subscriptions in their cars, survey shows | Ars Technica - 2023-03-25 - - Automakers are pushing subscriptions, but consumer interest just isn't there.
How The New York Times managed to avoid ruining Wordle | Ars Technica - 2023-03-25 - - Producer says new owners were wary to monetize or make changes to the viral hit.
Gordon Moore, Intel Co-Founder, Dies at 94 :: Intel Corporation (INTC) - 2023-03-25 -
Why Engineers Need To Write - by Ryan Peterman - 2023-03-24 - - I hated writing in high school. It wasn’t objective like my favorite subjects, math and science. It also didn’t help that we had to write about old, hard-to-understand literature like Shakespeare. But my perspective on writing changed once I started working full-time as a software engineer.
Rogue Amoeba - Under the Microscope » Blog Archive » The RIAA v. Steve Jobs - 2023-03-24 - - We never knew how close we came to being crushed.
Florida principal fired: Interview with the school board chair who ousted a principal after Michelangelo’s David was shown in class. - 2023-03-24 - - "Well, we’re Florida, OK?"
Apple Stops Allowing Sprint iPhone Activations, Removes Sprint References From Online Store - MacRumors - 2023-03-24 - Apple is no longer allowing customers who purchase an iPhone, cellular iPad, or Apple Watch to activate a device with now-defunct mobile carrier...
Teruyuki Okazaki - Wikipedia - 2023-03-24
The ‘Germany Ticket’ is ready to go on 1 May | TheMayor.EU - 2023-03-24 - Germany will launch the 49-euro ticket on 1 May – the country’s successor policy of last year’s 9-euro travel pass. The ticket is supposed to fix mobility issues and offer people an alternative travel..
The Worry Police – Rands in Repose - 2023-03-24 - - The Worry Police worry. During their career, the Worry Police were rewarded amply for their worrying, so they believe it's their move. It makes them feel important. Worrying. The Worry Police have real power; they are the police. This power was granted to them because sometimes, preparing for immi
Boomer - 2023-03-24 - Remembering our dog Boomer who was the best ever.
Adding to $PATH for a central location for Neovim/NPM tools – Ben Frain - 2023-03-24 - I needed a single location to install my LSPs and other NPM related tools for Neovim, which allows for ‘locked down’ versions and without the need to install NPM packages globally. Like many large workplaces, mine has strict rules on what you can and can’t ‘use’ when it comes to your text editor and associated...
Fascination of AWK | Volodymyr Gubarkov - 2023-03-24 - - I describe why AWK is great for prototyping and is often the best alternative to the shell and Python
Cheating is All You Need - 2023-03-23 - - There is something legendary and historic happening in software engineering, right now as we speak, and yet most of you don’t realize at all how big it is.
The FTC wants to ban those tough-to-cancel gym and cable subscriptions - The Verge - 2023-03-23 - - “We get countless complaints about this.”
Apple 'Tracking Employee Attendance' in Crackdown on Remote Working - MacRumors - 2023-03-23 - Apple is tracking the attendance of its employees at offices using badge records in order to ensure they are coming in at least three times a week,...
Matt Taibbi Can’t Comprehend That There Are Reasons To Study Propaganda Information Flows, So He Insists It Must Be Nefarious | Techdirt - 2023-03-23 - Over the last few months, Elon Musk’s handpicked journalists have continued revealing less and less with each new edition of the “Twitter Files,” to the point that even those of us who write about …
Why ChatGPT Won’t Replace Coders Just Yet | by Clive Thompson | Mar, 2023 | Medium - 2023-03-23 - - The “bullshit” problem turns up in code, too
Book Publishers Won’t Stop Until Libraries Are Dead | Techdirt - 2023-03-22 - Earlier this week there was finally a hearing in the case brought by the big book publishers to kill off libraries. That, of course, is not how the publishers describe the lawsuit, but it’s absolut…
Trump denounces ‘crime-fraud’ ruling forcing attorney to testify in documents probe - POLITICO - 2023-03-22 - The ruling by the federal District Court in D.C. came as its chief judge wound up her term supervising the grand jury.
Why Link Taxes Like Canada’s C-18 Represent An End To An Open Web | Techdirt - 2023-03-22 - Well, here we go again. For years now, the legacy news industry, often led by lobbyists for Rupert Murdoch, have been pushing a bizarre plan to tax links on the internet. The entire rationale for t…
Github Actions and Go - 2023-03-21 - TLDR: See cristalhq/.github build workflow and how it can be used cristalhq/jsn Intro I love open source, and also I love Go. So, a few months ago I decided to build the best CI for Go that I could easily reuse across my projects. This post shares t...
Purported Chinese warships interfering with passenger planes • The Register - 2023-03-21 - Australian airline Qantas warns pilots to keep calm and carry on amid reports of satnav and altimeter jamming
Why I Will Never Use Alpine Linux Ever Again | Martin Heinz | Personal Website & Blog - 2023-03-21 - - <p> Nowadays, Alpine Linux is one of the most popular options for container base images. Many people (maybe including you) use it for anything and everythi...
How a Berkeley Eccentric Beat the Russians—and Then Made Useless, Wondrous Objects - Cal Alumni Association - 2023-03-21 - - Just like that, Cliff Stoll, goofball Berkeley hippie, had suddenly become Cliff Stoll, Cold Warrior.
Web fingerprinting is worse than I thought - Bitestring's Blog - 2023-03-21 -
How Overturning Roe v. Wade Changed Match Day 2023 | MedPage Today - 2023-03-21 - Abortion restrictions are a physician workforce issue
macOS Cursors - 2023-03-21 - - All macOS mouse cursor icons as downloadable SVGs and PNGs
Senselessness — The Inflight Entertainment Challenge - 2023-03-21 - - On a recent flight from NYC -> SFO, I decided to try to re-create as much of the Delta in-flight entertainment system as I could. Try the final result here: https://delta-inflight.vercel.app And...
Why use Rust on the backend? - 2023-03-20 - - I don't care about avoiding GC or about maximum performance. I treat Rust as a high level language.
Betraying vim for the IDEs of March | nicholas@web - 2023-03-20 -
Safety pin: A tiny tool Indian women use to fight sexual harassment - BBC News - 2023-03-20 - Almost every day women in India face sexual harassment in public places. So how do they deal with it?
ignore the code: The Command Line Is the GUI's Future - 2023-03-19 -
The 1967 Experiment That Proved Anyone Can Design a Nuclear Weapon | Amusing Planet - 2023-03-19 -
Leaving China - Persuasion - 2023-03-19 - - Why expatriates like me abandoned the futures we planned in China.
Bitwarden PINs can be brute-forced - ambiso's blog - 2023-03-19 -
Deciphering Glyph :: Building And Distributing A macOS Application Written in Python - 2023-03-19 - - Even with all the great tools we have, getting a macOS application written in Python all the way to a production-ready build suitable for end users can involve a lot of esoteric trivia.</p
On the replaceability of my job by AI - 2023-03-19 - A genuine DKNY handbag in a discounter TK Maxx store, which I still don't buy
Signal >> Blog >> Standing firm against threats to private and safe communication - 2023-03-18 - - Signal exists to provide people everywhere with a tool for real private communication. That’s our only goal, and we take it very seriously. We’re structured as a nonprofit to ensure that market forces can never put profit or expediency over the safety of those who rely on us. Our work also resona...
This week in KDE: “More Wayland fixes” – Adventures in Linux and KDE - 2023-03-18 - - It’s become almost a running joke on Phoronix at this point, but this week we do indeed have more Wayland fixes! :) …And other things as well, including some good UI improvements to var…
The Prospective Student’s Guide to Medieval Universities | Lapham’s Quarterly - 2023-03-18 - - A handbook for time travelers.
Getting Good Sleep Could Add Years to Your Life - American College of Cardiology - 2023-03-18 -
Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway rejects call for silence on hot-button issues | Reuters - 2023-03-18 - Berkshire Hathaway Inc , run by billionaire Warren Buffett, on Friday urged shareholders to reject proposals that it avoid discussing hot-button social and political issues, and competing proposals that it disclose more about its climate change and diversity efforts.
Ricky Mondello » Twitter’s Decision to Limit SMS 2FA is Dangerous - 2023-03-17 -
To-Day :: TrozWare - 2023-03-17 - - Creating my own minimalist todo application.
With Ships, Birds Find an Easier Way to Travel | Hakai Magazine - 2023-03-17 - - Why fly all the way across the ocean when you can chill out by the pool?
One-hour operation could cure prostate cancer by destroying tumours with electric currents - 2023-03-17 - - Pioneering treatment has been used to treat the disease for the first time on the NHS, and may offer hope to thousands of men
Captain Ironman — DBT Ventures - 2023-03-17 - - Farewell, 2021 As the curtain drops on 2021, I’d like to share some learnings with you from two recent experiences: Completing an Ironman triathlon (11/21/21) Earning a private pilot certificate (12/30/21) Why these two experiences? Many of our 5,000+ readers are ambitious technology prof
Laurence Tratt: Rust's Two Kinds of 'Assert' Make for Better Code - 2023-03-17 -
FCC orders phone companies to block scam text messages | Ars Technica - 2023-03-17 - - First robotext rule requires blocking of texts from invalid and unused numbers.
What to know about the end of Docker Free Teams | Docker - 2023-03-17 - - We apologize for how we communicated and executed sunsetting Docker “Free Team” subscriptions, which alarmed the open source community. Read our FAQ to learn more.
Portable rusage command - 2023-03-16 - - The best tool for reporting command resource usage across platforms.
Not By AI Badges — A Badge for Your AI-free Content - 2023-03-16 - Your AI-free content deserves a badge. If your content is not generated by AI, add the badge to your work.
Ransomware attacks have entered a heinous new phase | Ars Technica - 2023-03-16 - Cybercriminal gangs now releasing stolen photos of cancer patients, student records.
A new “3rd way” for CarPlay – A Whole Lotta Nothing - 2023-03-16 - I am a fan of Apple’s CarPlay. I think it can make driving safer while keeping you informed of new calls and texts, and entertained with podcasts and music, all without having to take your ey…
The key to the Mac's survival isn't a new Air–it's the next iPad Pro | Macworld - 2023-03-16 - The Mac and the iPad are on a collision course, and they're both about to run into the brick wall that Apple has erected between them.
This is What Happens When Your Phone is Spying on You - 2023-03-15 - - Smartphone spyware apps that allow people to spy on each other are not only hard to notice and detect, they also will easily leak the sensitive personal information they collect, says a team of computer scientists from New York and San Diego.
Download Zed - 2023-03-15 - Code at the speed of thought. Zed is a high-performance, multiplayer code editor from the creators of Atom and Tree-sitter.
Nebraska lawmaker 3 weeks into filibuster over trans bill | AP News - 2023-03-15 - LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — It was a mundane, unanimously supported bill on liquor taxation that saw state Sen. Machaela Cavanaugh take to the mic on the Nebraska Legislature floor last week. She offered her support, then spent the next three days discussing everything but the bill, including her favorite Girl Scout cookies, Omaha's best doughnuts and the plot of the animated movie “Madagascar.”
Deploys Are the ✨WRONG✨ Way to Change User Experience | Honeycomb - 2023-03-15 - In this post, Charity talks about the differences between deploys and releases, and why deploys are a terrible way to make UX changes.
jwz: Is this not a reasonable form of ID? - 2023-03-15 - Back in June 2022, Facebook decided that my (vestigial) personal Facebook account would no longer be permitted to admin the DNA Lounge page unless I uploaded a photo of my ID. So I sent them this: Things started working again about a month after that, but today -- nine months later -- they rejected it: Do you think it's because the edges aren't clearly visible? Or do you think it's because, ...
Docker is deleting Open Source organisations - what you need to know - 2023-03-15 - - This controversial decision coupled with poor messaging has created anxiety the Open Source community. Learn what's happening and how we can move forward.
Highlights from Git 2.40 | The GitHub Blog - 2023-03-15 - - The first Git release of the year is here! Take a look at some of our highlights on what's new in Git 2.40.
MNT Pocket Reform - Our Campaign is Now Live on Crowd Supply! | Crowd Supply - 2023-03-15 - - The MNT Pocket Reform Laptop is now Available for Pre-order!
e69de29bb2d1d6434b8b29ae775ad8c2e48c5391 - 2023-03-15 - Intended audience: software engineers working with Git who happen to come across this value and want to confirm that it has particular significance.
epilys/gerb: Graphical font editor (GTK + Rust) - 2023-03-15 - Graphical font editor (GTK + Rust). Contribute to epilys/gerb development by creating an account on GitHub.
Hating Everyone Everywhere All At Once At Stanford - 2023-03-14 - Don't Expect Free Speech Disputes To Have Heroes
Stop Using Custom Web Fonts - 2023-03-14 -
On Star Trek: Discovery and Michelle Yeoh's accent - 2023-03-14 - Contributed by When the Star Trek: Discovery trailer was first announced, I almost didn't want to watch it. I'm a lifelong fan of the franchise — I grew up on The Next Generation and Star Treks II–VI and I'd followed every up and down of the…
Crab crisis in Bering Sea a sign of 'borealization' and big changes in the future, scientists warn - Alaska Beacon - 2023-03-14 - - The conditions that triggered the snow crab crash are expected to be common in future decades, and management may have to change.
Why it does and doesn’t matter if Google, Microsoft, or Zoom certify your webcam | Ars Technica - 2023-03-14 - - PC accessory stamps should emphasize features, not compatibility/marketing.
Ultrathin Metasurface Displays Take Aim at the LCD - IEEE Spectrum - 2023-03-14 - - “Invisibility cloak” physics powers these super-high-res screen prototypes
Using a Mac without a network connection – The Eclectic Light Company - 2023-03-14 - - New version of ViableS runs in a sandbox, with no shared folders, and can now be isolated from networks. So how well does Ventura work without internet?
Switching From C++ to Rust | Nikita Lapkov - 2023-03-14 - - I have been writing C++ professionally for the last 4 years and 3 months ago I started a new job in Rust. I would like to share my experience and thoughts on the transition between 2 languages. Disclaimer: This article is not a C++ vs Rust comparison. I will talk about my personal experience and things which are important to me, not the engineering community in general. What kind of C++ and Rust?
'Absolutely idiotic'. SVB insider says employees are angry with CEO | CNN Business - 2023-03-14 - - The blame game is on for who caused Silicon Valley Bank's collapse, and the tech sector is pointing the finger at SVB CEO Greg Becker for allowing his company to go down in history as the second-biggest US banking failure on record.
Andrew Benton's Blog — Experian is a pile of dark pattern garbage - 2023-03-13 - - Many years ago I froze my credit with all three credit reporting agencies in the US. This was a fairly straightforward process that differed slightly at each agency, but mostly involved getting a...
It’s One API, Michael. What Could It Cost? $42,000 Per Month? | Techdirt - 2023-03-13 - When Elon Musk moved to take over Twitter, Jack Dorsey, who endorsed the deal, talked to him about making the site more open, specifically turning it into a protocol that anyone could build on. Thi…
Silicon Valley Bank Used Former McCarthy Staffers to Weaken Regulations, Lobby FDIC - 2023-03-12 - Two senior aides to House Speaker Kevin McCarthy were among the top lobbyists for the bank at the center of a new financial crisis
Gurman: AirPods to Gain Hearing Health Features Over the Next Two Years - MacRumors - 2023-03-12 - Apple's AirPods could gain more prominent hearing health features in the next year or two, according to Bloomberg's Mark Gurman. Apple's...
pedrozath/coltrane: 🎹🎸A music theory library with a command-line interface - 2023-03-12 - - 🎹🎸A music theory library with a command-line interface - pedrozath/coltrane: 🎹🎸A music theory library with a command-line interface
How to use the en dash, em dash and hyphen (also ndash, mdash) - 2023-03-12 - - It's easy to use the hyphen, em dash and en dash to make your writing flow better. Let's look at some examples of the en dash...
Platform Journeys - 2023-03-12 -
Delivering Value with Platform Engineering - Max Countryman - 2023-03-12 - - Platform Engineering offers a unique value prop to engineering orgs by focusing its attention on the holistic system. This in contrast to and in direct support of teams which focus on a narrower domain. In doing so, platform teams elevate and accelerate the work of their peers and drive exceptional business value.
Slimbook Titan, Kubuntu, installation, hybrid graphics - 2023-03-11 - Follow-up review of Slimbook Titan laptop, with 8-core, 16-thread Ryzen 9 5900HX processor, Nvidia RTX 3070 graphics, and two M.2 NVMe drives, covering Kubuntu 22.04 LTS installation, encrypted LVM, proprietary drivers setup, hybrid graphics and Nvidia on-demand profile, HD scaling on 2K resolution, Plasma desktop configuration, look and feel, Ubuntu Pro setup, hardware compatibility, ergonomics - screen and keyboard, performance, heating, noise, battery life, basic application and games testing, various serious problems with the BIOS, keyboard backlighting and first installation attempt, some bugs and papercuts, and more
The Slimbook Titan is here - 2023-03-11 - Review of Slimbook Titan laptop, with 8-core, 16-thread Ryzen 9 5900HX processor, Nvidia RTX 3070 graphics, and two M.2 NVMe drives, covering laptop delivery process, technical specifications, look and feel, build quality and ergonomics, operating system choices, some other early observations, and more
3 Mistakes I Made as an Engineer, but Had To Become a Manager To See - 2023-03-11 - - I was shocked at how obvious my mistakes as an engineer became after my perspective changed. Taking on manager responsibilities for the first time revealed mistakes I had made as an engineer. Here are the top three things I could only see after becoming a manager.
Telehealth startup Cerebral shared millions of patients’ data with advertisers | TechCrunch - 2023-03-10 - The startup shared millions of patients' personal information and health data with Google, Facebook, and TikTok.
FDIC: PR-16-2023 3/10/2023 - 2023-03-10 - - FDIC Creates a Deposit Insurance National Bank of Santa Clara to Protect Insured Depositors of Silicon Valley Bank, Santa Clara, California
Twitter’s $42,000-per-Month API Prices Out Nearly Everyone | WIRED - 2023-03-10 - - Tiers will start at $500,000 a year for access to 0.3 percent of the company’s tweets. Researchers say that’s too much for too little data.
Hosting your own Mastodon server — PaulStamatiou.com - 2023-03-10 - Join the Fediverse on your own terms
RIP: Kathleen Booth, the inventor of assembly language • The Register - 2023-03-10 - - Builder and programmer of the ARC and SEC turned 100 this year
why i use cheap notebooks | ティラミス - 2023-03-10 - - I've had my fair share of nice notebooks over the years, from Moleskines to Leuchtturms. And I love them: I love their smooth leather covers, thick sheets, a...
maxgoedjen/secretive: Store SSH keys in the Secure Enclave - 2023-03-10 - - Store SSH keys in the Secure Enclave. Contribute to maxgoedjen/secretive development by creating an account on GitHub.
What does "Copy clean link" mean? – Brave Help Center - 2023-03-09 - - Brave has already implemented a query string filter which helps prevent tracking of individual users without interfering with campaign-level tracking. We have taken this one step further by allowin...
Apple Music Classical: 15 Things You Need to Know About the New App - MacRumors - 2023-03-09 - Apple today unveiled Apple Music Classical on the App Store. Here are 15 things you need to know about the new app: Apple Music Classical is...
Getting Past “Ampersand-Driven Development” in Rust - Blog - 2023-03-09 - - A little mental model for ownership and borrowing
Apple Music Classical Now Available for Pre-Order on the App Store, Launches Later This Month - MacRumors - 2023-03-09 - Apple's long-awaited dedicated classical music app today appeared on the App Store and is available for pre-order ahead of its launch at the end...
Next Year's OLED iPad Pro Models Could Have These Eye-Watering Starting Prices - MacRumors - 2023-03-09 - Apple's 2024 OLED iPad Pro models could be vastly more expensive than its existing iPad Pros and even more costly than some MacBook Pros...
The privacy loophole in your doorbell - POLITICO - 2023-03-08 - - Police were investigating his neighbor. A judge gave officers access to all his security-camera footage, including inside his home.
How long does Twitter have left? - by Dave Karpf - 2023-03-08 - I give it six months before bankruptcy
Widgetsmith += 100,000,000 - David Smith, Independent iOS Developer - 2023-03-08
Hardware microphone disconnect - Apple Support - 2023-03-07 - - Supported Mac computers and iPad devices have a hardware disconnect that helps ensure that the microphone is disabled whenever the lid is closed.
Elon Musk Uses Twitter to Humiliate Fired Employee: 'Guy Did No Actual Work' | PCMag - 2023-03-07 - Musk holds an awkward, public exit interview with Haraldur Thorleifsson, who was uncertain whether he'd been fired or not. Musk at one point replied with laughing emojis.
15-Inch MacBook Air Still on Track to Launch in April, Says Analyst - MacRumors - 2023-03-06 - Apple's rumored 15-inch MacBook Air is still on track to launch in April, according to Ross Young, CEO of Display Supply Chain Consultants. Young...
Microsoft Announces Outlook for Mac is Now Free to Use - MacRumors - 2023-03-06 - Microsoft today announced that its Outlook app for Mac is now free to use, eliminating the need for a Microsoft 365 subscription or license. ...
Reliability: It's Not Great - General - Fly.io - 2023-03-06 - - The last four months have been rough. We’ve had more issues than we’re OK with. I’ve hesitated to share this because, well, I’m fighting a debilitating feeling of failure. Fear, too. If we don’t improve, our company ceases to exist, and I really like working on this company. One interesting problem we have is that we’ve exploded in popularity. It sounds like a good problem to have! But we’ve pushed the platform past what it was originally built to do. We’ve put a lot of work and resources into...
Maybe Treating Housing as an Investment was a Colossal, Society-Shattering Mistake - 2023-03-06 - - Thoughts on science, economics, politics, relationships. Not an expert.
How to help someone use a computer - 2023-03-06 -
I’m a very slow thinker | Derek Sivers - 2023-03-06 -
A Practical Guide to Kubernetes: Part 1 — Setting Up Your Development Cluster - 2023-03-06 - For the “hands-on” part, you will need a cluster to work on: You will need a Kubernetes cluster, And you will need a Container Registry. Let’s start with picking up a cluster.
A Practical Guide to Kubernetes: Part 0 — Introduction - 2023-03-06 - In this series, I will assume nothing and build a knowledge base bit by bit that will help whether you are just beginning to learn Kubernetes or you are a seasoned Kubernetes expert. We do not call this site Zero to Hero for nothing, do we 😉?
Gurman: New 13-Inch and 15-Inch MacBook Airs Likely to Launch by Summer - MacRumors - 2023-03-05 - Apple will likely launch both an updated 13-inch MacBook Air and a larger 15-inch MacBook Air "between late spring and summer," according to...
The perfect shell | Tolki’s Blog - 2023-03-05 - The older I get the more I enjoy just doing as much as I can in a terminal. There’s something about the lack of distractions, simplicity of the interface, and speed.
Introducing MailCrab! - Blog - Tweede golf - 2023-03-05 - - MailCrab is an email test server for development, written entirely in Rust.
Do masks work? It’s a question of physics, biology, and behavior | Ars Technica - 2023-03-05 - A recent review from a prominent scientific source has reignited the debate over masks.
Be Careful Using tmux and Environment Variables - Andrew Jorgensen - 2023-03-04 - - Watch out for these common pitfalls when using tmux and environment variables and learn how to avoid them.
ongoing by Tim Bray · Stream Automator - 2023-03-04
NORJAK - 2023-03-04 - - Was D.B. Cooper actually a scientist named Milton B. Vordahl? How did we come across Milton B. Vordahl? SCIENCE! Cooper pulled off one of the most ingenious heists in history. He was the first person in history to escape a crime scene by jumping from it. He made one mistake though: he left his tie…
Why I Stopped Using an External Monitor - 2023-03-04 -
diziet | Never use git submodules - 2023-03-04 -
Star Trek legend Michael Dorn reflects on Worf’s final act in Picard - Polygon - 2023-03-04 - Actor Michael Dorn reflects on the legendary Star Trek character
Seed-Planting Drones Are Reforesting Canada With Lightning Speed - 2023-03-04 - By dropping five seed pods per second onto wildfire-scarred lands, aerial tree planting is quickly creating biodiverse forests from the sky.
They thought they could scam this Windsor grandmother of nearly $10K. She turned the tables on them | CBC News - 2023-03-04 - Windsor, Ont., police say a quick-thinking community hero helped them nab two individuals involved in a grandparents scam — an effort to bilk seniors out of thousands of dollars by pretending to be their grandchildren.
Jason Eckert's Website and Blog - 2023-03-04 - - My personal website and blog
Leaked audio reveals US rail workers were told to skip inspections as Ohio crash prompts scrutiny to industry | Ohio train derailment | The Guardian - 2023-03-03 - - Exclusive: employee says manager told her to stop marking cars for repair, as Ohio derailment brings hard look at industry’s record of blocking safety rules
COBOL: You’re thinking about it wrong - GCN - 2023-03-03 - - The workhorse computing language suffers from a “major image problem” rooted in fundamental misperceptions, researchers say.
The SCO lawsuit, 20 years later [LWN.net] - 2023-03-03 -
tenderlove/initial-v: It's a BMW shifter converted to a Bluetooth Keyboard that you use with Vim - 2023-03-03 - - It's a BMW shifter converted to a Bluetooth Keyboard that you use with Vim - tenderlove/initial-v: It's a BMW shifter converted to a Bluetooth Keyboard that you use with Vim
Egypt: Hidden corridor in Great Pyramid of Giza seen for first time - BBC News - 2023-03-03 - - An endoscope was used to film inside the 9m-long space, whose purpose is still unknown.
As Twitter Goes Down Yet Again, Report Highlights How Fragile Its Infrastructure Has Become | Techdirt - 2023-03-03 - - On Wednesday there was yet another major global outage at Twitter, something that feels like it’s becoming a recurring issue and bringing us back to the days when Twitter regularly crashed an…
"There is no prosecution at any cost." - 2023-03-03 - - Germany opposes EU plans for client-side scanning - it would create an unprecedented surveillance monster that violates fundamental rights.
Advice to Aimless, Excited Programmers - 2023-03-01 -
Mental models for learning Rust - 2023-03-01 - - Let us not beat around the bush: Rust is not easy to learn. I think it took me nearly 1 year of full-time programming in Rust to become proficient and no longer have to read the documentation every 5 lines of code. It's a looong journey but absolutely worth it.
The Universe of Discourse : I wish people would stop insisting that Git branches are nothing but refs - 2023-03-01 -

February 2023

I don’t want to log in to your website - The Verge - 2023-02-28 - - Just say no to salesbros!
Woman single-handedly takes on BA and wins - BBC News - 2023-02-28 - - Jennie Barber cited legislation from 1943 to win flight refund in court battle with British Airways.
Dear Mr. Sunak, will you block access to encryption, just like Russia & Iran? - 2023-02-28 - - Tutanota: We will not 'walk out' of UK like Signal. Nor will we comply with any request to bypass our encryption.
LastPass says employee’s home computer was hacked and corporate vault taken | Ars Technica - 2023-02-28 - - Already smarting from a breach that stole customer vaults, LastPass has more bad news.
Elon Musk calls U.S. media and schools 'racist against whites & Asians' - 2023-02-28 - - Musk posted his comments on Twitter in response to media organizations cutting the comic strip "Dilbert" after its creator, Scott Adams, made racist remarks.
What Transparency? Twitter Seems To Have Forgotten About Transparency Reporting | Techdirt - 2023-02-28 - One of the key things that Elon Musk promised in taking over Twitter was about how he was going to be way more transparent. He’s mentioned it many times, specifically noting that transparency…
The Cello in Soho Square – Rands in Repose - 2023-02-28 - This was the second time we'd heard Audrey play her cello in Soho Square. She found a bench and just started playing. We learned about the first session days after it happened and begged her to give us a warning next time, but her small smile silently said no. We mobilized. Her roommate, Bruce, was
My network home setup - v4.0 | etcetera - 2023-02-28 - - A new update of my network home setup, to both hardware and software.
SSH Tips and Tricks - 2023-02-27 - - Since I joined Charm, I’ve been working and learning more about SSH, and I thought I would share a few quick tips and tricks with you. Forward Yubikey Agent If you use a Yubikey (you should), you can use it in your remotes by having the key in a SSH agent and forwarding it. To manage the agent, I strongly recommend yubikey-agent. You can then forward it in your ~/.ssh/config like the following:
Golang Printing Tabstopped Text into Aligned Columns - Chavez Blog - 2023-02-27 - Technical related blog posts by github.com/mtchavez -
This is my next main browser: a review of Orion | Riccardo Mori - 2023-02-27 - Orion is currently my favourite browser, and has replaced Safari entirely on one of my primary Macs. Here's why.
SSH alternatives for mobile, high-latency or unreliable connections - 2023-02-27 - A review of the best SSH alternatives for connecting to servers over poor connections.
You Can Turn Your Backyard Into a Biodiversity Hotspot | WIRED - 2023-02-27 - - New research shows that if done right, urban farms and gardens can support all kinds of species—for the good of people and the environment.
From Go on EC2 to Fly.io: +fun, −$9/mo - 2023-02-27 - - How I switched hosting my Go-based side projects from Amazon EC2 to Fly.io, significantly simplified deployment, and saved a bit of cash while I was at it.
These scientists lugged logs on their heads to resolve Chaco Canyon mystery | Ars Technica - 2023-02-27 - - “Tumplines allow one to carry heavier weights over larger distances without getting fatigued."
How do woodpeckers avoid brain injury? - 2023-02-27 - Slamming a beak against the trunk of a tree would seem like an activity that would cause headaches, jaw aches and serious neck and brain injuries. Yet woodpeckers can do this 20 times per second and suffer no ill effects.
The Case For Shunning - by A.R. Moxon - The Reframe - 2023-02-26 - People like Scott Adams claim they're being silenced. But what they actually seem to object to is being understood.
Dilbert comic strip dropped by US media over creator's racist tirade - BBC News - 2023-02-26 - The comic strip's creator Scott Adams said white people should "get the hell away" from black people.
Learn Rust in 2023 with These 17 Resources - 2023-02-26 - Want to learn Rust but don't know where to start? In this article, we have gathered 17 awesome books, articles, videos, and other resources that will help you.
Making Go telemetry opt-in is a mistake - 2023-02-26 - - A hot take.
Nokia launches DIY repairable budget Android phone | Nokia | The Guardian - 2023-02-25 - - Nokia G22 has removable back and standard screws allowing battery swap in less than five minutes at home
Things I Won't Work WIth: Thioacetone | Science | AAAS - 2023-02-25 -
Signal says it will shut down in UK over Online Safety Bill • The Register - 2023-02-25 - - Plan to scan encrypted content to protect children could drive businesses away
Secret crawlspace cryptomine discovered in routine inspection of MA high school | Ars Technica - 2023-02-25 - - The Department of Homeland Security helped track the origins of the mining rig.
Your ‘Simple Solution’ To Section 230 Is Bad: Julia Angwin Edition | Techdirt - 2023-02-25 - It’s getting to be somewhat exhausting watching people who don’t understand Section 230 insisting they have a simple solution for whatever problems they think (mostly incorrectly) are c…
Firefall Photograph by Bill Gallagher - Fine Art America - 2023-02-25 - Firefall Photograph by Bill Gallagher
We are dropping the Dilbert comic strip because of creator Scott Adams’ racist rant: Letter from the Editor - cleveland.com - 2023-02-25 - - this is a decision based on the principles of this news organization and the community we serve. We are not a home for those who espouse racism. We certainly do not want to provide them with financial support.
research!rsc: Opting In to Transparent Telemetry (Transparent Telemetry, Part 4) - 2023-02-25 -
New MacBook Air Rumored to Launch in April With These 5 New Features - MacRumors - 2023-02-25 - Apple plans to release a new MacBook Air with a larger 15-inch display in April, according to display industry analyst Ross Young. The laptop is...
Apple Responds to Report About Thieves Spying on iPhone Passcodes to 'Steal Your Entire Digital Life' - MacRumors - 2023-02-25 - An in-depth report published today by The Wall Street Journal's Joanna Stern and Nicole Nguyen highlights instances of thieves spying on a...
I asked Popehat: Why isn't SBF in jail? - Molly White - 2023-02-24 - A criminal defense attorney and former federal prosecutor shares his expertise.
A Leap of Decades – Eric’s Archived Thoughts - 2023-02-24
How to Engineer Buildings That Withstand Earthquakes - Scientific American - 2023-02-23 - - Though deadly quakes can’t be prevented, science does have some ways to protect buildings—and the people inside them
The FBI now recommends using an ad blocker when searching the web | Evening Standard - 2023-02-23 - - The law enforcement agency warns that scam ads designed to steal your banking details are appearing atop search results
Reverse Engineering A Mysterious UDP Stream in My Hotel - Gokberk Yaltirakli - 2023-02-23 - - Hey everyone, I have been staying at a hotel for a while. It’s one of those modern ones with smart TVs and other connected goodies. I got curious and opened Wireshark, as any tinkerer would do.
Webb telescope spots super old, massive galaxies that shouldn’t exist | CU Boulder Today | University of Colorado Boulder - 2023-02-23 - - In a new study, CU Boulder astrophysicist Erica Nelson and her colleagues spotted six "fuzzy dots" of light in images from the James Webb Space Telescope. The candidate galaxies may have existed just 500 to 700 million years after the Big Bang and contain almost as many stars as the Milky Way.
Bluetooth Database Spills the Beans on New Macs – 512 Pixels - 2023-02-22 - Rumors about that new 15-inch MacBook Air and the future Mac Pro keep heating up, as Joe Rossignol reports: Apple this week filed a new listing in the Bluetooth Launch Studio database, a move that sometimes foreshadows the launch of new products. The filing does not mention any specific products, but it lists the latest [...]
Microsoft is now injecting full-size ads on Chrome website to make you stay on Edge - Neowin - 2023-02-21 - - Here is another chapter of Microsoft getting more desperate in attempts to prevent you from leaving Edge. Visiting the Chrome website now results in the browser showing a full-size ad banner.
Fast Software, the Best Software — by Craig Mod - 2023-02-21 - - Essay on the benefits of speedy software, and how it affects user perception of engineering quality and overall usability
The return to the office could be the real reason for the slump in productivity. Here’s the data to prove it | Fortune - 2023-02-21 - - Productivity jumped as offices closed, and stayed high through 2021. When companies started mandating a return to the office, productivity dropped sharply.
In a treacherous corner of WA, a classroom with 40-foot waves | The Seattle Times - 2023-02-21 - The hazardous waters of Cape Disappointment are just what's needed for one of the most challenging water-rescue training programs on the planet.
Pluralistic: Turbotax is blitzing Congress for the right to tax YOU (20 Feb 2023) – Pluralistic: Daily links from Cory Doctorow - 2023-02-21 -
The age of Agile must end. 30 years ago the technology industry… | by Michael Burnett | Feb, 2023 | UX Collective - 2023-02-21 - - 30 years ago the technology industry attempted to import Lean practices — it failed. Instead of “continuous improvement,” progress halted…
Four Ways to Build Web Apps :: Tom Hummel - 2023-02-21 - - Intro This is my opinionated list of four approaches to building websites and web applications. Publicly hosted on the internet, serving HTML, CSS, JavaScript, images, etc over HTTP. #1: Hugo Static Sites + Progressive Web Apps Static websites are boring. Vendors rarely talk about them because the margins are miniscule compared to flashy, compute-heavy services. It is seen as a table stakes offering. Though they have received more attention during the “JAM Stack” trend, my position is that they are still underappreciated and underutilized.
Linux 6.2: The first mainstream Linux kernel for Apple M1 chips arrives | ZDNET - 2023-02-21 - - Linux is now ready to run on modern Macs.
The guerrilla artist filling Europe’s potholes with colourful mosaics - Positive News - 2023-02-19 - A Banksy-style street artist is turning urban decay into something beautiful, while making the streets safer for pedestrians
Queues should be empty - 2023-02-19 -
Why Shimano’s three-pulley rear derailleur could revolutionise drivetrain design - BikeRadar - 2023-02-19 - - Could this be a new XTR rear derailleur?
Borg, My Post-Pandemic Homelab Server - Tao of Mac - 2023-02-19 - Resistance is, indeed, futile.
Neovim and Rust · sharksforarms - 2023-02-19 - - An effective Rust development experience with Neovim LSP client and rust-analyzer
Ricky Mondello » Twitter’s Decision to Limit SMS 2FA is Dangerous - 2023-02-19
An update on two-factor authentication using SMS on Twitter - 2023-02-18 - - An update on two-factor authentication using SMS on Twitter
Fox Spews - by Elliot Kirschner and Dan Rather - Steady - 2023-02-18 - Of course they knew it was a lie
Reducing Tailscale’s binary size on macOS · Tailscale - 2023-02-18 - - Tailscale v1.36 for macOS features a significantly reduced binary size (going from 92MB to 56MB). The effort started out with a chance observation about a surprisingly large executable, and ended up involving some creative approaches using dlopen.
A top Democrat’s radical plan to deal with Trump’s worst judge and protect abortion rights - Vox - 2023-02-17 - What if the Biden administration simply ignored court orders from the most partisan Republican judges?
How to switch displays on Mac | Nektony - 2023-02-17 - Here is how to duplicate the screen on a Mac. You can extend your Mac’s screen to an external monitor. For this follow these steps...
GoDaddy: Hackers stole source code, installed malware in multi-year breach - 2023-02-17 - - Web hosting giant GoDaddy says it suffered a breach where unknown attackers have stolen source code and installed malware on its servers after breaching its cPanel shared hosting environment in a multi-year attack.
Amazon will require employees to return to the office 3 days a week | The Seattle Times - 2023-02-17 - - Amazon will require its employees to work from the office at least three days per week, effective May 1, the company announced Friday.
Making the Most of AWS and Kubernetes Certifications | 8th Light - 2023-02-17
VanMoof Bike Hunters - Tracking Down Stolen Bikes - 2023-02-17 - - If they can’t find it in two weeks, they’ll give you a new one—guaranteed.
John Fetterman checked himself into hospital "to receive treatment for clinical depression," office says | CNN Politics - 2023-02-16 - Democratic Sen. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania checked himself into Walter Reed National Military Medical Center "to receive treatment for clinical depression," his chief of staff announced on Thursday.
Just post | Andy Bell - 2023-02-16 - [starts stopwatch] I see a lot of folks want to write more but struggle with how long it takes. I get it, a super detailed post takes hours of work. Especially when you’re building demos and …
Tesla admits Full Self-Driving beta may cause crashes, recalls 363,000 vehicles | Engadget - 2023-02-16 - The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration announced on Thursday that Tesla is recalling nearly 363,000 of its vehicles because the Full Self-Driving software may cause a crash..
Apple Store Customer Claims Uber Driver Stole Their $2,000 Delivery Order and Apple Won't Offer Refund - MacRumors - 2023-02-16 - While many Apple Stores in the U.S. offer two-hour delivery of in-stock products for $9, customers should beware of potential theft and...
Tesla fires dozens of workers one day after launching union campaign | TechCrunch - 2023-02-16 - Tesla fired dozens of employees who work at its Buffalo, New York factory in retaliation for union organizing, according to NLRB complaint.
Unordered, incomplete list of things I want from a job | Lynn Fisher - 2023-02-16 - If I have to have to a job, this is what I want it to offer me.
Moving my PC into my rack in a 2U case | Jeff Geerling - 2023-02-16 -
swissmiss | How To Act Around Books - 2023-02-16 - How to act around books.
ongoing by Tim Bray · More Monos! - 2023-02-16
Apple doesn't want you developing hobby apps – Bennett Notes - 2023-02-15 - - Apple still charges a $99 yearly developer fee, even if you don't want to publish your app on the Appstore. The provisioning certificate that Xcode provides only lasts one week.
How to design a sailing ship for the 21st century? - LOW-TECH MAGAZINE - 2023-02-15 - - It is surprisingly difficult to build a carbon neutral sailing ship. This is even more the case today, because our standards for safety, health, hygiene, comfort, and convenience have changed profoundly since the Age of Sail. On board the ship `Garthsnaid' at sea. A view from high up in the rigging. Image by Allan C. Green, circa 1920. The sailing ship is a textbook example of sustainability. For at least 4,000 years, sailing ships have transported passengers and cargo across the world’s seas and oceans without using a single drop of fossil fuels. If we want to keep travelling and trading globally in a low carbon society, sailing ships are the obvious alternative to container ships, bulk carriers, and airplanes....
Yes, Elon Musk created a special system for showing you all his tweets first - 2023-02-15 - - After his Super Bowl tweet did worse numbers than President Biden’s, Twitter’s CEO ordered major changes to the algorithm
You're not going to believe what I'm about to tell you - The Oatmeal - 2023-02-15 - - This is a comic about the backfire effect.
Thunderbird 115 Supernova Preview: The New Folder Pane - 2023-02-15 - - Thunderbird 115 introduces a brand new Folder Pane to make webmail users feel right at home. But what about veteran users? Find out inside!
10 macOS Tips to Make Your Life Easier - MacRumors - 2023-02-15 - One of the neat things about using a Mac is that macOS features various levels of interaction and customization, but many of us only ever scratch the...
Twitter is just showing everyone all of Elon Musk’s tweets now - The Verge - 2023-02-14 - - Your For You feed might look a little different.
Ohio train derailment prompts health, environmental concerns : NPR - 2023-02-14 - - Air monitoring continues in East Palestine after the crews released a number of toxic chemicals in what officials called a "controlled explosion" last week.
Maybe people do care about performance and reliability • Buttondown - 2023-02-14 - - But they are victims of complex societal factors that are beyond their control
Coding with Character | From the Desk of Doug Wilson - 2023-02-14 - - Monospaced fonts are no longer just utilitarian tools—they can also be playful & fun
Bing AI Can't Be Trusted - by Dmitri Brereton - DKB Blog - 2023-02-14 - - Microsoft knowingly released a broken product for short-term hype
ongoing by Tim Bray · Modern Mono - 2023-02-14 -
Blue Origin makes a big lunar announcement without any fanfare | Ars Technica - 2023-02-14 - - "Although our vision is technically ambitious, our technology is real now."
15-Inch MacBook Air Rumored to Launch in April as Display Production Underway - MacRumors - 2023-02-14 - Apple's supply chain started production of display panels for a new 15.5-inch MacBook Air this month, according to display industry analyst Ross...
Report: 15-inch MacBook Air Coming Soon – 512 Pixels - 2023-02-14 - Chance Miller, writing at 9to5Mac: Apple’s highly-anticipated big-screen MacBook Air is nearing a launch, according to a new report. DSCC analyst Ross Young reports today that the 15.5-inch MacBook Air has started panel production this month, suggesting an “early April launch.” All I have to say is this: take my money. Young, as well as [...]
Military shoots down another high-altitude object, over Lake Huron, officials say - ABC News - 2023-02-13 - - The U.S. military shot down another high-altitude object on Sunday afternoon, this one over Lake Huron, three U.S. officials confirmed to ABC News.
NameCheap's email hacked to send Metamask, DHL phishing emails - 2023-02-13 - - Domain registrar Namecheap had their email account breached Sunday night, causing a flood of MetaMask and DHL phishing emails that attempted to steal recipients' personal information and cryptocurrency wallets.
Creating a certification plan | Abstraction.blog - 2023-02-12 - I started my certification journey quite late in my career. I followed the top certified folks on LinkedIn for a while to see if I could learn from their stengths as also mistakes. Some of the questions which I am looking to answer :
The yaml document from hell - 2023-02-12 - - As a data format, yaml is extremely complicated and it has many footguns. In this post I explain some of those pitfalls by means of an example, and I suggest a few simpler and safer yaml alternatives.
American Cars Are Getting Too Big For Parking Spaces - 2023-02-11 - - The changes to parking space standards have not kept up with the explosion in vehicle sizes.
What I Think About LeBron Breaking My NBA Scoring Record - 2023-02-11 - Everything You Wanted to Know About LeBron and Me and the Scoring Record
Elon Musk Throws A Shit Fit And Fires Engineer Because Not Enough People Are Viewing His Personal Tweets | Techdirt - 2023-02-11 - There’s a school of thought among some who believe that the sole reason why Elon Musk bought Twitter was because of a gaping void in his soul and a deep-seeded need to be loved and adored by …
telemetry in the Go toolchain · Discussion #58409 · golang/go - 2023-02-10 - - How do software developers understand which parts of their software are being used and whether they are performing as expected? The modern answer is telemetry, which means software sending data to ...
Adding a Share On Mastodon button to a website | www.bentasker.co.uk - 2023-02-10 - There's been a fairly large migration of users over to Mastodon, so I wanted to add a "Toot on Mastodon" button to my website in order to allow easy sharing of content. This post details how to go abo
Ancient Pompeii site installs 'invisible' solar panels that look like Roman terracotta tiles - 2023-02-10 - - New invisible technology is being used to generate electricity at the archaeological site—and will also be used for other historic buildings in Italy, Portugal and Croatia
Why We're Rebuilding The Thunderbird Interface From Scratch - 2023-02-10 - - "Why does Thunderbird look so old, and why does it take so long to change?" Let's answer that burning question with some important history.
Elon Musk fires a top Twitter engineer over his declining view count - 2023-02-10 - - Inside Twitter 2.0, turmoil leaves employees stretched to the max
1Password Announces Plans to Adopt Passkeys - MacStories - 2023-02-10 - Today, 1Password announced that it’s moving to a passkey-based system for unlocking its password manager app. Using a password manager like 1Password already means not having to remember passwords for every site and service you use because it locks your passwords behind a single, hard-to-guess password. With passkeys, that single password approach will become a
Bitwarden design flaw: Server side iterations | Almost Secure - 2023-02-09 - - Bitwarden is a hot candidate for a LastPass replacement. Looking into how they encrypt data, it doesn’t do things that much better however.
Password strength explained | Almost Secure - 2023-02-09 - - I try to explain how attackers would guess your password, should they get their hands on your encrypted data. There are some thoughts on the strength of real-world passwords and suggestions for your new password.
ongoing by Tim Bray · Larkin Poe Live, 2023 - 2023-02-07
Elon Promises A Free API For ‘Good Bot Content,’ Again, Demonstrating He Has No Idea How Any Of This Works | Techdirt - 2023-02-07 - - It’s been clear since the takeover, that Elon’s running Twitter entirely based on his fleeting and oft-changing whims. The weird decision last week to suddenly, with one week’s no…
Colorectal Cancer Rising among Young Adults - NCI - 2023-02-07 - - Diagnoses of colorectal cancer (which includes colon and rectal cancer) continue to increase among adults younger than 50. In September 2020, more than 400 scientists and patient advocates gathered to discuss potential causes for the trend, such as diet, obesity, gut bacteria, inflammation, and environmental chemicals.
An Introduction To Class Warfare For The Software Engineer | by Lloyd F Hough | Feb, 2023 | Medium - 2023-02-07 - - How it is now in your best interest to act.
Monocle - 2023-02-07 -
Yes, Crypto is ALL a Scam - 2023-02-07 - - Personal Blog
dns0.eu — The European public DNS that makes your Internet safer - 2023-02-07 - - A free, sovereign and GDPR-compliant recursive DNS resolver with a strong focus on security to protect the citizens and organizations of the European Union.
Remote Synthesis | The State of Developer Conferences - 2023-02-07 - Developer conferences still don't appear to be back at full strength, and that may just be a new reality.
One common behavior seen in "mature" software engineers | LUU.IO - 2023-02-06 -
As a US Navy fighter pilot, I witnessed unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAP). Congress must reveal the truth to the American people | The Hill - 2023-02-06 - - Congress is exercising its oversight of a national security and air safety issue that was going under reported, ignored and even suppressed due to the stigma of UFOs
If you're happy with OpenBSD, probably any computer is good enough. - 2023-02-05 -
Mandolin Plates on the ShopBot – Pumping Station: One - 2023-02-05
Ghost Boat with Garmin GPS Leads Father-Son Duo to Man Overboard - 2023-02-05 - - When Andrew and Jack Sherman discovered an unmanned boat nearly 40 miles off the coast, they used its Garmin chartpotter to find the captain.
Making a loudness monitor for online meetings - 2023-02-05 - - As I work from home 90% of the time, I run into a small issue during meetings: I sometimes speak too loudly. Before my daughter Gloria arrived, this was something that annoyed my wife and others in the house, but now, when Gloria is sleeping, this is not just an
Mount Washington wind chill: New Hampshire summit fell to minus 108 F - 2023-02-04 - The summit of Mount Washington, New Hampshire, dropped to a mark that is likely the lowest wind chill ever recorded in the United States.
tcpdump is amazing - 2023-02-04 - - tcpdump is amazing
43 Hours on the Amtrak Southwest Chief - 2023-02-03 - - In September 2022, after watching many YouTube videos of other people on long-distance Amtrak trips, I finally embarked on a journey of my own. I took the Amtrak Southwest Chief train from Chicago to Los Angeles. Continue reading to learn more about it and why I'll do it again on another route.
NetNewsWire - Twitter Integration To Be Removed - 2023-02-03 - Because of Twitter’s announcement that free access to the Twitter API will end February 9, we will be removing Twitter integration from NetNewsWire in the next release (6.1.1) for Mac and iOS. You might think we’re reading RSS feeds from Twitter, but Twitter removed RSS feeds from the service something like ten years ago. We rely completely on the Twitter API. We’re planning, with this new release, to have some kind of message on first run that explains what’s happening.
Want anonymity? Make a persona not a mystery. | Derek Sivers - 2023-02-03 -
ongoing by Tim Bray · Abbie Angie Velar - 2023-02-03
8 Best Window Managers for Linux - 2023-02-03 - Want to organize your windows and use all the screen space you have? These window managers for Linux should come in handy!
Raycast Adds Deeplinking of Commands - MacStories - 2023-02-03 - Raycast, the app launcher and command utility that was our MacStories Selects Best Mac app of 2022, introduced URL scheme support for its extensive collection of built-in and third-party commands. The app’s existing system of hotkey and alias triggers is still the best way to send a command to Raycast in most circumstances, but with
Twitter to end free access to its API in Elon Musk's latest monetization push • TechCrunch - 2023-02-03 - Twitter will discontinue offering free access to the Twitter API starting February 9 and will launch a paid version.
Twitter shutting down free access to their API on February 9 | Botwiki - 2023-02-03 - I keep saying it's an end of an era quite often these days.
Technology: What about “Log in with Twitter”? – Adam Chandler's Blog - 2023-02-03 - Via Twitter’s Developer Site: “Use Log in with Twitter, also known as Sign in with Twitter, to place a button on your site or application which allows Twitter users to enjoy the benefits of a regis…
How to Use Your Apple Watch to Split the Bill and Calculate Tips - MacRumors - 2023-02-03 - All Apple Watch models include a stock Calculator app that offers a couple of handy features for working out how much you should tip when eating out...
The Violin Doctor – Chicago Magazine - 2023-02-03 - - He’s trusted to repair some of the world’s most fabled — and expensive — instruments. How does John Becker manage to unlock the sound of a Stradivarius?
Glen Canyon revealed (Glen Canyon Revealed) — High Country News – Know the West - 2023-02-02 - - What comes next for Lake Powell?
MacBook Air vs. MacBook Pro Buyer's Guide - MacRumors - 2023-02-01 - Apple recently announced a major update for its high-end MacBook Pro models, adding the M2 Pro and M2 Max chips, better battery life, Wi‑Fi 6E,...

January 2023

Entering and Running a Tiny Program from the PDP-11 (PiDP-11) Front Panel | Big Dan the Blogging Man - 2023-01-31 - - Last post I manually entered machine code into the simH PDP-11 using simH commands. That can be seen here: This post I’m going to enter and run the same program, that adds 1+1, using the PDP-…
Embrace the Chaos: How to Write a Code Editor from Scratch in 4 Months | Edita Blog - 2023-01-31 -
Lowe's pioneers system to solve organized retail crime | Fox Business - 2023-01-31 - - Lowe's Innovation Labs has developed a proof-of-concept system called Project Unlock, which is geared towards tackling the ongoing issue of organized retail crime.
Antarctica’s Brunt Ice Shelf Finally Breaks - 2023-01-30 - - A long-watched rift has spawned an iceberg about twice the size of New York City.
SH1MMER.me - 2023-01-30 -
Archaeologists Discover 1.2 Million-Year-Old 'Workshop' in Mind-Blowing Find - 2023-01-29 - The discovery pushes the timeline of obsidian tool use back by an astonishing 500,000 years.
The Window Trick of Las Vegas Hotels - 2023-01-29 -
Masto-do or Masto-don’t? • The Breakroom - 2023-01-28 - Let’s just say that January 12th was expected, yet still surprising. We knew the cutting and slashing at Twitter would affect us at some point, but how we’d get eviscerated was an unknown. Many other people saw it was coming as reality began to sink in at the end of October. We’ve been asked, countless […]
Why Go and not Rust? | Loris Cro's Blog - 2023-01-28 - - What’s the role of Go in a universe where Rust exists?
Blog Upgrade Time (aka Blogging in Swift Part 4) | Adam Bell - 2023-01-28 - building / breaking things
Contracts you should never sign - 2023-01-27 - - When it comes to software engineering and the IT industry in general, contracts are a necessary part of doing business. Here and there, you sign NDAs — as
Micro.blog, Mastodon, and Ivory - MacStories - 2023-01-26 - Manton Reece has a fantastic explanation of the underpinnings of Micro.blog and Mastodon and how they work with third-party clients like Ivory, which Federico reviewed yesterday. Manton’s post is in response to questions about why Micro.blog work with Tapbots’ Ivory since both Micro.blog and Mastodon implement the ActivityPub standard. The answer is that ActivityPub is
Elon Musk thinks Twitter is real life - The Verge - 2023-01-26 - Follower count does not equal positive brand image.
What we look for in a resume - 2023-01-25 - - When we actively hire, our startup gets 150 - 200 applications each month. I read every single one of them. Sometimes, I’d talk to a candidate and see that w...
Do Not Taunt Happy Fun Branch Predictor - 2023-01-25 -
9,000-Year-Old Stonehenge-Like Structure Found Under Lake Michigan - 2023-01-25 - - Archaeologists found something much more fascinating than they got credit for when searching under the waters of Lake Michigan for shipwrecks: they uncovered a rock with a prehistoric carving of a mastodon, as well as a collection of stones arranged in a Stonehenge-like manner. Gazing into the wat
Replacing a SQL analyst with 26 recursive GPT prompts | Patterns - 2023-01-25 - - When I was at Square and the team was smaller we had a dreaded “analytics on-call” rotation. It was strictly rotated on a weekly basis, and if it was your turn up you knew you would get very little “real” work done that week and spend most of your time fielding ad-hoc questions from the various product and operations teams at the company (SQL monkeying, we called it). There was cutthroat competition for manager roles on the analytics team and I think this was entirely the result of managers being exempted from this rotation -- no status prize could rival the carrot of not doing on-call work.
Twitter Tumbleweed Watch - by Dave Karpf - 2023-01-25 - The "view" count reveals a different story than Elon intended
The 12-bit rainbow palette - 2023-01-25 - - A palette of twelve colours chosen with consideration for how we perceive hue, chroma, and luminance
Hyperscale in your Homelab: The Compute Blade arrives | Jeff Geerling - 2023-01-25 -
The Story behind ASINs (Amazon Standard Identification Numbers) - Invent Like An Owner - 2023-01-25 - - This post explains how Amazon replaced ISBNs with ASINs (Amazon Standard Identification Numbers) for its Catalog Database Key
Call of the Void: Seven years on, what do we know about the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight 370? | by Admiral Cloudberg | Medium - 2023-01-25 - - “Good night, Malaysian three seven zero.”
About Security Keys for Apple ID - Apple Support - 2023-01-25 - - Physical security keys provide extra protection for your Apple ID against phishing attacks.
Daring Fireball: Twitter's Infrastructure Continues to Crumble, Silently - 2023-01-24 - - Link to: https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1616892096434012160
myme.no - Git Commands You Probably Do Not Need - 2023-01-24 -
'Sensational' Runestone Discovered in Norway May Be the World's Oldest | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine - 2023-01-23 - - The find promises to shed new light on lingering questions about runic writing's early history
How we turned the tables to catch my sister’s Bumble stalker | by Steven Renwick | Jan, 2023 | Medium - 2023-01-23 - - Yesterday, my sister’s stalker, who had used Instagram and Bumble to work out where she lived and start stalking her in real life, was…
What’s the right UX for an expired certificate? | Emily M. Stark - 2023-01-22 - - Every once in a while, I encounter some variation of the following question: how can a TLS certificate go from perfectly acceptable one day to completely insecure the next? In other words, why does the browser show a scary full-page warning for a certificate that expired one day, or even one hour, ago – the same as a certificate that is self-signed, chains to an unknown root, or presents the wrong name? The premise behind these questions is that an expired certificate (especially one that is recently expired) is not as bad as a certificate with some other type of validation error, and thus the warning UX shouldn’t be as severe.
DVDs and Blu-rays are necessary as streaming changes. - 2023-01-22 - - Plus, stories from the recent past of Future Tense.
Mercedes-Benz is first to get approval for Level 3 autonomous driving in US - ArenaEV - 2023-01-21 - - With the help of Drive Pilot, motorists in Nevada will soon be able to take their focus from the road without breaking the law.
Series: Unix as IDE « Arabesque - 2023-01-21 -
Monochrome terminal setup for an E-ink monitor - 2023-01-21 - - Thoughts and notes on tech stuff
What to Know When Becoming a DevOps Engineer | 8th Light - 2023-01-21
U.S. No Fly List Left on Unprotected Airline Server - 2023-01-21 - - CommuteAir, a regional carrier, left a copy of the U.S. No Fly List on an unsecured server that could be viewed by anyone.
Copy Dennis — Collection © 2022 - 2023-01-21 - - This collection is a tribute to all the creators who have taken a little bit too much inspiration from the portfolio website of © Dennis Snellenberg
Setting the clock ahead to see what breaks - 2023-01-21 -
Magnificent Black & White Photos of the Earth Rising Over the Moon - 2023-01-21 - South Korea currently has a probe called Danuri orbiting the Moon at an altitude of about 62 miles above the surface. It's jus
The lights have been on at a Massachusetts school for over a year because no one can turn them off - 2023-01-20 - - Blame it on the pandemic and "supply chain problems," says the school district's assistant superintendent of finance.
Twitter Officially Bans All Third-Party Apps - MacRumors - 2023-01-20 - - Twitter today confirmed that it is no longer permitting third-party developers to create Twitter clients, with the information quietly shared in an...
Twitterrific: End of an Era • The Breakroom - 2023-01-19 - - Twitterrific has been discontinued. A sentence that none of us wanted to write, but have long felt would need to be written someday. We didn’t expect to be writing it so soon, though, and certainly not without having had time to notify you that it was coming. We are sorry to say that the app’s […]
cohost! - "How to destroy a certificate authority in one month" - 2023-01-19 - - Once every year or two, it becomes apparent that a Certificate Authority -- a company with the power to say that a website is who they say they are and you should be able to make https connections to it without scary warnings -- might be up to something shady and maybe doesn't deserve to be one of the ultimate sources of trust. There's a public mailing list, dev-security-policy@mozilla.org, where the major browser developers decide whether they should keep trusting a CA. And sometimes it's fun to watch the results. Sometimes the CA in question takes a hostile stance of "whatever nerds, what are you gonna do, shut us down?" and then the nerds shut them down. Turns out it's hard to sell certificates that web browsers don't trust. I had my attention drawn to the TrustCor saga because GitHub Dependabot won't shut up about it. Every time I push anything that might involve a certificate, it tells me about the grave danger I might be in if I trust TrustCor, and gives me a helpful link to the shit that went down [https://groups.google.com/a/mozilla.org/g/dev-security-policy/c/oxX69KFvsm4]. The beginning of the story seems to be that a journalist was investigating spyware in mobile apps, and finding the companies that seemed to be ultimately responsible for creating them. There was evidence [https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/news/252527174/TrustCor-under-fire-over-certificate-authority-concerns] that one such company was TrustCor, one of the certificate authorities that used to be trusted by every web browser. In particular, TrustCor had put a mobile app on the Google App Store that contained one such spyware package, Measurement Systems. It was the only unobfuscated version of the package anyone had ever seen, implying that they didn't just license it from some other company, and it seemed that something in the code phoned home to a server at TrustCor. So that led to some questions. These questions weren't initially "should TrustCor shut down as a CA", because none of this was strictly about certificates. I'm sure TrustCor's VP of operations had a lot of ways to respond to this, but here are some of the responses she chose: * Measurement Systems isn't the same company as us * And anyway that was a single rogue developer * And anyway that was a beta version of an app that we withdrew * What did you expect us to do, use an ineffective old analytics package like Firebase, or use the powerful, beautiful, sexy analytics from Measurement Systems? Who are not us by the way * You're a bunch of ignorant meddlers who don't know anything about the CA business * You're after us because we make an encrypted e-mail product and you secretly work for the US government and want to shut us down * Your claims are false and you can't prove anything If you read enough of the thread, it's clear that not every accusation against TrustCor was true, and it's hard to tell what the truth really was. But also it doesn't matter, because once TrustCor had written the open letter [https://trustcor.com/static/falseclaimsandmedia.txt] saying > It is filled with ridiculous, false claims and out-of-context statements twisted to fulfill a baseless prophecy imagined by a group of researchers who are more concerned with enriching themselves and their company than they are with Internet security. their fate was sealed. The conclusion on the mailing list was roughly: look, we're not here to find you guilty in a court of law, we're here to decide whether we trust you, and after all that we definitely don't. Your certificates get yeeted out of browsers at the end of November, have fun. And just to make the point, they did what they could to make every other software developer know not to trust TrustCor either. They put "trusting TrustCor" into the big database of software vulnerabilities. Again, that's why I heard about it. Because now pushing code to GitHub that might still accept a TrustCor certificate, if it saw one, is a Moderate Severity Vulnerability. What's funny to me is that the TrustCor VP seems like she was almost on the right track. If she really wanted to win the moral high ground at all costs, instead of accusing people of secretly working for the government, she could have pointed out that most of the people on that mailing list work either for or with Google. The world's largest ad company. The company that tracks everyone on 90% of web sites via Google Analytics. The company that also distributes spyware, because they don't check what their ad customers are doing very well and let them run random JavaScript on random web pages. The certificate authority whose company is, in absolute terms, up to more shady shit than any other CA. Saying that would have gotten her company destroyed even faster, but I think she would have been right.
Daring Fireball: App Store Rejection of the Week: Ice Cubes, a Splendid New Mastodon Client - 2023-01-19 - - We’re now on the cusp of a new frontier with Mastodon, and it’s Apple’s utterly clueless bureaucratic App Store reviewers who are doing their best to lock the new playground’s gates before they even open.
Behind the App: Wallaroo • furbo.org - 2023-01-19 - It’s been awhile since I’ve done one of these deep dives on what goes on behind the scenes during the development of an Iconfactory app. There’s a common thread to each one: I feel the need to document our work when there’s a major change in how we build user interfaces. The first one was […]
Elegant Glass 'Elytra' Wings Cleverly Unfurl from Radhika Dhumal's Expandable Wooden Table — Colossal - 2023-01-19 - The clever construction emphasizes natural woodgrain, slender legs, and two swiveling, glass wings that extend from the center.
Chris's Wiki :: blog/web/AggressiveStealthyWebSpider - 2023-01-19 -
20 Things I've Learned in my 20 Years as a Software Engineer - Simple Thread - 2023-01-19 - - Important, Read This First You’re about to read a blog post with a lot of advice. Learning from those who came before us is instrumental to success, but we often forget an important caveat. Almost all advice is contextual, yet it is rarely delivered with any context. “You just need to charge more!” says the company […]
Apple Releases New Firmware for AirPods, AirPods Pro, and AirPods Max - MacRumors - 2023-01-18 - Apple today introduced new 5B59 firmware for the AirPods 2, the AirPods 3, the original AirPods Pro, and the AirPods Max, up from the 5B58 firmware...
Daring Fireball: The Financial Times: 'With $1.5 Billion Bill Due at Month-End, Elon Musk’s Options Aren’t Great' - 2023-01-18 - Link to: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/01/looming-twitter-interest-payment-leaves-elon-musk-with-unpalatable-options/
Fake SSDs with great reviews are still popping up on Amazon - The Verge - 2023-01-18 - Don’t just look at the average rating; read the reviews to avoid getting scammed.
Bitwarden extends passwordless leadership with acquisition | Bitwarden Blog - 2023-01-18 - - Bitwarden has acquired European-based startup Passwordless.dev, a significant milestone in rounding out the Bitwarden commitment to offering open source, scalable, and secure passwordless solutions to every business and end user.
Twitter Confirms Third-Party Apps Like Tweetbot Were Intentionally Blocked - MacRumors - 2023-01-18 - - Third-party Twitter apps like Tweetbot and Twitterrific have been intentionally blocked from using Twitter APIs, Twitter confirmed today. Without...
Inside Elon Musk’s “extremely hardcore” Twitter - The Verge - 2023-01-17 - - Three months, thousands of layoffs, one ego
Minimal Dark Mode Styling – Eric’s Archived Thoughts - 2023-01-17
Apple Rumored to Have Product Announcement Tomorrow - MacRumors - 2023-01-16 - Apple will make its first product announcement of 2023 through a press release on its website tomorrow, Tuesday, January 17, according to Apple...
We invested 10% to pay back tech debt; Here's what happened - 2023-01-16 - - Why and how we continuously invested the team bandwidth to pay back tech debt and what were the results?
For your next side project, make a browser extension - 2023-01-16 - - Reflections on the benefits of tweaking an existing app, instead of starting from scratch.
Saudi prosecutors seek death penalty for academic over social media use | Saudi Arabia | The Guardian - 2023-01-16 - - Court documents reveal reasons for Awad Al-Qarni’s arrest – even though rulers are major investors in social media platforms
Tweetbot is (mostly) working again - The Verge - 2023-01-15 - - Tweetbot is back, but some users are still having issues with it.
The Shit Show • furbo.org - 2023-01-15 - - Well, it happened. We knew it was coming. A prick pulled the plug. And what bothers me most about it is how Space Karen did it. My mom passed away just before Christmas. Her decline was something everyone in the family saw coming and we prepared for her demise. It still hurts like hell, but […]
Realistic daily range of an electric vehicle · Peter Forret - 2023-01-15 -
subverting the software interview - naomi liu's blog - 2023-01-15 - - nliu.net ->
Jack's Blog - Revisiting KDE - 2023-01-15 -
An aviation expert explains how the FAA’s critical NOTAM safety system works | Ars Technica - 2023-01-15 - This is why planes can't fly when NOTAM goes down.
Twitter third-party app 'suspensions are intentional,' - 2023-01-15 - - On Thursday, third-party Twitter apps stopped working in a move that many have come to conclude was intentional. A report now confirms...
Twitter apps are still broken and Musk is still silent - The Verge - 2023-01-14 - - If you can’t use Twitterific or Tweetbot, you’re not alone.
ChatGPT Is a Stunning AI, but Human Jobs Are Safe (for Now) - CNET - 2023-01-14 - Commentary: Large language models can surprise and delight, but they're not perfect.
Developer Portal - 2023-01-14 -
sickcodes/Docker-OSX: Run macOS VM in a Docker! Run near native OSX-KVM in Docker! X11 Forwarding! CI/CD for OS X Security Research! Docker mac Containers. - 2023-01-14 - - Run macOS VM in a Docker! Run near native OSX-KVM in Docker! X11 Forwarding! CI/CD for OS X Security Research! Docker mac Containers. - sickcodes/Docker-OSX: Run macOS VM in a Docker! Run near nati...
New Sony Walkman music players feature stunning good looks, Android 12 | Ars Technica - 2023-01-14 - - Sony holds onto the beautiful dream of standalone portable audio players.
You Don’t Know How Bad the Pizza Box Is - The Atlantic - 2023-01-14 - - The delivery icon hasn’t changed in 60 years, and it’s making your food worse.
Here's What's New in iOS 16.3 So Far - MacRumors - 2023-01-13 - Apple released the second beta of iOS 16.3 earlier this week, and so far only one new feature and two other minor changes have been discovered in the...
State of the Twitterverse • The Breakroom - 2023-01-13 - Last night at about 7:30pm PST, Twitterrific customers started reporting problems accessing Twitter via the iOS app. News quickly spread on Twitter and Mastodon that a wide range of third party apps like Twitterrific, Tweetbot, Echofon, and many others had been disabled. Strangely, Twitterrific for macOS continues to work normally. We cannot say for certain […]
How to switch your Twitter feed to a chronological timeline - The Verge - 2023-01-13 - To read Twitter as the tweets come in, here’s how to turn on chronological timeline.
Twitter clients break as API goes down - 2023-01-13 - - Twitter clients are broken left and right as the API unexpectedly went down on January 11, even bringing down Tweetbot.
Write Admin Tools From Day One - 2023-01-13 - - The Problem Writing useful features for your users is key to a successful product. It makes sense then that you should maximize your time w...
Just use a monorepo - 2023-01-12 - - null
A Visual Guide to SSH Tunnels: Local and Remote Port Forwarding - 2023-01-12 - - SSH port forwarding explained in a clean and visual way. How to use local and remote port forwarding. What sshd settings may need to be adjusted. How to memorize the right flags.
Extreme 'Rogue Wave' in The North Pacific Confirmed as Most Extreme on Record : ScienceAlert - 2023-01-12 - - In November of 2020, a freak wave came out of the blue, lifting a lonesome buoy off the coast of British Columbia 17.6 meters high (58 feet).
Kuo: New AirPods Max and $99 AirPods to Launch as Early as Next Year - MacRumors - 2023-01-12 - Mass shipments of second-generation AirPods Max and more affordable AirPods will likely begin in the second half of 2024 or the first half of 2025,...
Crisis over the Atlantic: The near crash of Air Transat flight 236 | by Admiral Cloudberg | Jan, 2023 | Medium - 2023-01-12 - - How a series of errors on the ground and in the air caused a fully loaded passenger jet to run out of fuel in the mid-Atlantic.
Scaling Mastodon: The Compendium | Hazel Weakly - 2023-01-11 - - This is honestly a very hastily written selection of various snippets, with text extracted, and notes. No real editing thought was put into this, so I hope it’s...
As Elon Fires More Trust & Safety Staff, Twitter’s Moderation Efforts Fall Apart | Techdirt - 2023-01-11 - Despite having already fired a huge percentage of Twitter’s trust & safety team handling issues around content moderation, including the teams handling child sexual abuse material and ele…
Exclusive: Surveillance Footage of Tesla Crash on Bay Bridge - 2023-01-10 - - Musk has said Tesla’s problematic autopilot features are “really the difference between Tesla being worth a lot of money or worth basically zero.”
Logging practices I follow - 2023-01-10 - - No matter what kind of software you’re developing, you most definitely leverage logging to some extent, probably every single day.You write a lot of logs, you read tons of them too, it is the most bas
SourceHut will blacklist the Go module mirror - 2023-01-09 - - sourcehut is a network of useful open source tools for software project maintainers and collaborators, including git repos, bug tracking, continuous integration, and mailing lists.
Vim ZZ and Vim zz | Do you know the difference? | Programmer Hat - 2023-01-09 -
Adam Rich, former 'Eight Is Enough' child star, dies at 54 : NPR - 2023-01-09 - Adam Rich, the child actor with a pageboy mop-top who charmed TV audiences as "America's little brother" on Eight Is Enough, has died. He was 54.
Dotfiles Management - mitxela.com - 2023-01-08 -
There Is No Software Maintenance | Henrik Warne's blog - 2023-01-08 - - Every time I hear about software maintenance as a distinct activity, I cringe. That’s because it is based on the outdated notion that first software is developed, then it is maintained. But t…
Things they didn't teach you about Software Engineering - 2023-01-07 - - As always, a disclaimer before we start, this is purely subjective. Whether you are a seasoned professional or just starting out in the field, I hope
A CompSci Student Built an App That Can Detect ChatGPT-Generated Text - 2023-01-07 - “Human writing can be so beautiful. There is beauty in the human prose that computers can never and should never co-opt."
My bad habit of hoarding information - 2023-01-06 - - A huge stream of information and FOMO
S p a m m y s y s c a l l s in strace dumps - 2023-01-06 -
The science of why you have great ideas in the shower | National Geographic - 2023-01-06 - It has nothing to do with getting clean—and everything to do with your state of mind.
Another look at the steps for issuing a cert - 2023-01-06 -
Resetting Sonos Overnight — Liss is More - 2023-01-06 - At night, I often adapt my Sonos system for quieter TV watching. But I hate having to reset it every morning.
Mastodon — PaulStamatiou.com - 2023-01-05 - - Thoughts on Twitter, Mastodon, and owning your data
Apple launches AI narrators for some audiobooks – Six Colors - 2023-01-05 - Your next audiobook from Apple may not be narrated by a human. Leyland Cecco, writing at The Guardian: Apple has quietly launched a catalogue of books narrated by artificial intelligence in a move …
davecheney/pub: pub, a tiny ActivityPub to Mastodon bridge - 2023-01-05 - pub, a tiny ActivityPub to Mastodon bridge. Contribute to davecheney/pub development by creating an account on GitHub.
Why I still have an old-school cert on my https site - 2023-01-05 -
The ‘breakthrough’ obesity drugs that have stunned researchers - 2023-01-05 - - A class of drugs that quash hunger have shown striking results in trials and in practice. But can they help all people with obesity — and conquer weight stigma?
You're using function keys wrong · Max Gorin - 2023-01-04 -
You're using function keys wrong · Max Gorin - 2023-01-04 -
Go 1.20 Cryptography - 2023-01-04 - - A lot of new cryptography is landing in Go 1.20, including the new crypto/ecdh package and math/big-less RSA and ECDSA backends!
How do you know when macOS detects and remediates malware? – The Eclectic Light Company - 2023-01-04 - - macOS may alert you when you’re trying to open or run a file, with an alert informing you that malware was detected. But what about in scans?
The World's Most Dangerous Toy Edition - 2023-01-04 - - On fun, danger, and 70s airplane toys
MacBook owners have two months to claim up to $395 over butterfly keyboard woes - The Verge - 2023-01-04 - - US owners who had to get replacements are eligible.
Boldly Contrasted Maps by Spencer Schien Visualize Population Density Data — Colossal - 2023-01-04 - It's one thing to know that Chicago is the third largest city in the United States, but how can we see it?
Bach’s Signature | RogerEvansOnline.com - 2023-01-04 - There was no end to the ingenuity of Johann Sebastian Bach. If you read this single note with all the clefs and key signatures that he provides, B A C and H all emerge from the puzzle. (Tip of the …
Flying away from AWS - Terrateam - 2023-01-04 - - Flying away from AWS
French startup unveils new residential thermo-acoustic heat pump – pv magazine International - 2023-01-04 - - Equium has developed a new thermo-acoustic heat pump core that reportedly produces 3 kW to 4 kW of heat for every kilowatt of power it consumes. It says the refrigerant-free device could generate domestic hot water at temperatures of up to 80 C.
Replacement for Dark Sky – Blankbaby - 2023-01-03 - Dark Sky, my weather app of choice for several years, is no more. This is sad, but I’ve done what any sensible person would and downloaded 12 weather apps from the App Store to find a suitable repl…
The Hidden Cost of Cheap TVs - The Atlantic - 2023-01-03 - - Screens have gotten inexpensive—and they’re watching you back.
The decentralized technology inside Mastodon • The Register - 2023-01-03 - - ActivityPub isn't just what we've been doing over the Christmas break
ongoing by Tim Bray · Private and Public Mastodon - 2023-01-02 -
Four causes for ‘Zoom fatigue’ and their solutions | Stanford News - 2023-01-02 - - It’s not just Zoom. Popular video chat platforms have design flaws that exhaust the human mind and body. But there are easy ways to mitigate their effects.
The quest for a family-friendly password manager - 2023-01-02 - - Personal blog of Julien (jvoisin) Voisin
Mastodon Explained in 100, 200, and 500 Words - 2023-01-02 - - Mastodon Explained in 100, 200, and 500 Words. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
Samsung’s ViewFinity S9 is a stylish 5K display for creative professionals - The Verge - 2023-01-02 - It’s the same size and same resolution as the Studio Display.
Kevin McCarthy’s speaker bid in balance as effort to placate hardliners flops | Republicans | The Guardian - 2023-01-02 - Republican ‘Never Kevins’ say series of concessions to rightwingers are ‘insufficient’ to secure support
James Shore: Testing Without Mocks: A Pattern Language - 2023-01-02 -
Deploying a Jekyll website to AWS S3 with GitHub Actions and AWS CloudFormation | by Fatzombi | Jan, 2023 | Medium - 2023-01-02 - Configure a static website using Jekyll, GitHub Actions, AWS S3, Route 53, Certificate Manager, CloudFront, and CloudFormation.
2022 Reflecting on a year in life & game development | Hexops' devlog - 2023-01-02 - 2022 ends in an hour, and new opportunities open. I am filled with optimism, pessimism, fear, and excitement. A walking, talking contradiction of life at your service.
Hidden Film History: The antifa 'Casablanca' star who defied Goebbels for the Jewish woman he loved - 2023-01-01 - January 2023 marks the 80th anniversary of the release of the film classic Casablanca. The film had its world premiere at the Hollywood Theatre on Nov. 26, 1942, and was released nationally in the U.S. on Jan. 23, 1943. In real life, Allied forces had...
An m1 for curl | daniel.haxx.se - 2023-01-01 -
Bring back personal blogging - The Verge - 2023-01-01 - - The personal blog built the internet, and maybe it can fix it.

December 2022

The Downfall of Andrew Tate Isn’t Just Deliciously Ironic. It’s Also Vitally Important. - 2022-12-30 - If you’re like many people, the first time you’d ever heard the name Andrew Tate was through reading about climate activist Greta Thunberg’s brutal takedown on Twitter after the former lightweight world kickboxing champion decided rather unwisely to troll her. As it is Schadenfriday, I’ll review the hilariously ironic part of this first before getting into why this actually matters beyond the hellsite of Twitter.
Recap Year 2022 - 2022-12-30 - It's been four years since I wrote a recap. I wrote an update about my life two years ago when I left the U.S. and moved back to Turkey. It's a Recap of the years 2019-2020. I would suggest reading that blog post if you haven't yet because some
ongoing by Tim Bray · Privacy Is OK - 2022-12-29 -
It Took Just Four Days From Elon Gleefully Admitting He’d Unplugged A Server Rack For Twitter To Have A Major Outage | Techdirt - 2022-12-29 - - I know, I know. Some of the more angry commenters around here keep insisting that I should stop talking about Elon Musk and Twitter, and I want to do exactly that. I planned to do exactly that and …
A New Treatment for Arthritis: Vagus-Nerve Stimulation - IEEE Spectrum - 2022-12-29 - - Studies will soon show whether electroceuticals outperform pharmaceuticals
What Can We Learn from Barnes & Noble's Surprising Turnaround? - 2022-12-29 - - Digital platforms are struggling, meanwhile a 136-year-old book retailer is growing again. But why?
The Great Southwest Meltdown Of 2022 – Seat 31B - 2022-12-28
LastPass Tries To Bury The Full Scope Of Its Disastrous Privacy Breach Behind The Christmas Holiday | Techdirt - 2022-12-28 - Back in August, password storage app LastPass vaguely admitted that hackers had accessed the company’s systems. In the company’s original August reveal, the company generally tap danced…
2023, the year of websites | Andy Bell - 2022-12-28 -
Your Cellphone Will Be a Satphone - IEEE Spectrum - 2022-12-28 - - Existing smartphones will connect with new satellite constellations in 2023
What’s in a PR statement: LastPass breach explained | Almost Secure - 2022-12-27 - - The LastPass statement on their latest breach is full of omissions, half-truths and outright lies. I’m providing the necessary context for some of their claims.
George Santos Confessed to Lying, But There’s a Lot More Out There. And It’s Really Weird. - 2022-12-27 - George Santos, the embattled representative-elect for New York’s 3rd Congressional District, has fessed up. Well, somewhat. After a New York Times exposé broke a week ago calling much of Santos’s background into question, including his claims of where he went to college, where he’s worked, and even whether he had a criminal background and was actually a fugitive from Brazil—allegations which Santos’s attorney claimed at the time were a “shotgun blast of attacks” aimed at “smearing his good name”—the 34-year old fabulist tried to close the story with a heartfelt
Maxwell Rules - NeoVim Notebooks - 2022-12-27 -
Elon Musk Claims He’s Not Worried About The FTC; He Should Be | Techdirt - 2022-12-27 - Soon after Elon took over Twitter and fired everyone, we wondered (somewhat jokingly) if there was anyone left at the company who was aware of the FTC’s consent decree with the company, signe…
Why fix Kubernetes and Systemd?. Learn why and how the Aurae Runtime… | by Kris Nóva | Medium - 2022-12-25 - - Learn why and how the Aurae Runtime project aims to replace parts of Kubernetes and Systemd.
Rotary Keyboard | Squidgeefish - 2022-12-24 - - Bodging a rotary dial into a mechanical keyboard
Apple’s Icons Have That Shape for a Very Good Reason | HackerNoon - 2022-12-24 - - If you haven’t been immersed in <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/ios" target="_blank">iOS</a> interface <a href="https://hackernoon.com/tagged/design" target="_blank">design</a>, you might look at Apple’s icons and think that they’re just a rounded square or a ‘roundrect’. If you’ve been designing icons, you know that they’re something different and may have heard the word <a href="https://applypixels.com/the-hunt-for-the-squircle/" target="_blank">squircle</a> used (mathematical intermediate of a square and a circle). And if you’re an Industrial Designer, you recognize this as a core signature of their hardware products.
Toyota Prius Gets a $140 Catalytic Converter Guard to Protect It - 2022-12-24 - A company called Cat Shield is selling the aluminum shield not only for the Prius but also for many other Toyota models, including the Corolla, RAV4, and Tacoma.
Thank you An Event Apart – Rachel Andrew - 2022-12-23
This is the year of the RSS reader. (Really!) » Nieman Journalism Lab - 2022-12-23 - - "Contrary to what The New York Times has speculated, we are not at peak newsletter. We are just at peak newsletter via email delivery."
Tesla crushed in Consumer Reports reliability rankings despite improvement - 2022-12-23 - Consumer Reports released their annual reliability rankings, and Tesla fell to near the bottom of the list despite improving considerably.
Stop Talking to Each Other and Start Buying Things: Three Decades of Survival in the Desert of Social Media - 2022-12-23 - - I bet you're wondering how we got here...
Assembling a PC in an old Macintosh SE Case - 2022-12-23
Issue 14 – FTX friends flip on fellow fraudster - 2022-12-22 - SBF is in the US, where he has been released on bail. Meanwhile, two top executives are cooperating with the investigation and have pled guilty to their charges.
Thelonious Monk's 25 Tips for Musicians (1960) | Open Culture - 2022-12-22 - - Stories of idiosyncratic and demanding composers and bandleaders abound in mid-century jazz—of pioneers who pushed their musicians to new heights and in entirely new directions through seeming sheer force of will. Miles Davis’ name inevitably comes up in such discussions.
Reading Writing an Interpreter in Go — Paolo Amoroso's Journal - 2022-12-22 - I'm reading the book Writing An Interpreter In Go by Thorsten Ball, which I got along with the sequel Writing A Compiler In Go. I have a...
The story of 'Nuts!' — When an American general refused to surrender - 2022-12-22 - On Dec. 22, 1944, 4 German soldiers walked to American lines in Bastogne, Belgium with a message asking for surrender. The general said no.
O Holy Crap - 2022-12-22 - - My local Montana landfill is full of the remains of short-lived coffee grinders, pens, peelers, laptops. After Christmas, I’ll need to reserve a bigger plot.
Mercedes EQE im Test: Für viel Reichweite muss es kein Tesla mehr sein - electrive.net - 2022-12-22 - Die Angst nach zu wenig Reichweite ist längst vorbei. Für einen großen Aktionsradius und Effizienz muss es zudem kein Tesla mehr sein. Denn abseits der E-SUV bieten die deutschen Autobauer mittlerweile konkurrenzfähige Limousinen an. Eines dieser Modelle ist der Mercedes EQE. Doch wie gut ist die elektrische Interpretation der E-Klasse?…
Using ChatGPT to make Bash palatable | Brev docs - 2022-12-22 - - Using ChatGPT to make Bash palatable | Brev docs
Bike frame stiffness: Why it matters and all you need to know | Cyclist - 2022-12-22 - - Lighter, more aero, stiffer… but how does bike frame stiffness actually affect your ride? And is more always better?
User Generated Content and the Fediverse: A Legal Primer | Electronic Frontier Foundation - 2022-12-21 - A growing number of people are experimenting with federated alternatives to social media like Mastodon, either by joining an “instance” hosted by someone else or creating their own instance by running the free, open-source software on a server they control. (See more about this movement and joining...
The Queues ☃️ down in Queueville | Hachyderm Community - 2022-12-21 - Hachyderm has experienced a minor unplanned degradation in our service. Here is the postmortem, analysis, and writeup on the incident.
In Defense Of Free Speech Pedantry - by Ken White - 2022-12-18 - Why You Should Clarify Which Free Speech Value You’re Debating
3 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Use Public CAs for Internal Infrastructures. - 2022-12-18 - - Public web certificate authorities like Let's Encrypt were not designed to support internal use cases. What you need is a private certificate authority.
Get root on macOS 13.0.1 with CVE-2022-46689, the macOS Dirty Cow bug | Worth Doing Badly - 2022-12-17 - - Get root on macOS 13.0.1 with CVE-2022-46689 (macOS equivalent of the Dirty Cow bug), using the testcase extracted from Apple’s XNU source.
Apple’s taken the joy out of its Books app with iOS 16 - The Verge - 2022-12-17 - - The lovely page flip is gone.
Elon Tries (Badly) To Defend The Banning Of Journalists As Twitter Starts Blocking Links & Mentions Of Mastodon | Techdirt - 2022-12-17 - - Look, I fucking warned Elon that this is exactly how it would go. It’s how it always goes. Remember Parler? They promised that they would moderate “based off the FCC and the Supreme cou…
A Linux evening... - 2022-12-16 -
Things I want as SRE/DevOps from Devs :: oschvr.com - 2022-12-16 - - It has been a while since I’ve been working as SRE/Platform/Cloud Engineer, and lately and I realize I’ve been repeating some questions to developers that I rarely get an answer for straight away. These are not meant to make anyone’s life harder, au contraire, the whole pourpose of having a solid answer to this list of questions, is to make everyone less worried about the probabilty of some high stakes, overnight failure or a data handling missuse that could potentially cause big losses, and of course a lot of unnecessary stress.
Thursday Night Purge: Elon Musk’s Twitter Bans Tons Of High Profile Journalists | Techdirt - 2022-12-16 - Well. Just after finishing that last post about Twitter banning the official Mastodon account on Twitter for tweeting about the ElonJet tracking account existing on Mastodon, it seems that whatever…
People in Rural Areas Die at Higher Rates Than Those in Urban Areas - Scientific American - 2022-12-15 - Deaths from heart disease, cancer and COVID are all higher in rural areas than urban ones in the U.S., and the gap is only widening
Building Go programs with Nix Flakes - Xe Iaso - 2022-12-15 - - Building Go programs with Nix Flakes - Xe's Blog
Introducing tailnet lock: use Tailscale without trusting our infrastructure! · Tailscale - 2022-12-15 - - Users sometimes ask us, “How can I trust Tailscale?” From the beginning, we’ve tried to make it so you don’t have to, by architecting our infrastructure with security and privacy in mind. When you use Tailscale, your data is end-to-end encrypted. Tailscale doesn’t have the private key, so we can’t see your traffic. While Tailscale can’t observe the data transiting your tailnet, we are responsible for managing the control plane, where our coordination server distributes public keys and settings for your tailnet.
Observing Hachyderms. I’ll skip the background about the… | by dma | Nov, 2022 | Medium - 2022-12-15 - I’ll skip the background about the Twitter migration, and the space we’ve created at hachyderm.io because Kris Nóva tells it better.
Twitter’s Big Ad Plan: Violate FTC Consent Decree, California Privacy Law & EU Privacy Laws To Force Users To Hand Over Info For Ad Targeting | Techdirt - 2022-12-15 - - The good folks over at Platformer broke the news that Twitter is experimenting with Elon’s desperate attempt to make money: forcing people to “opt-in” to share personal info so th…
Musk Shakes Up Twitter’s Legal Team as He Looks to Cut More Costs - The New York Times - 2022-12-15 - Twitter has stopped paying rent on offices and is considering not paying severance packages to former employees, among other measures.
How to Install Ghost on Ubuntu 22.04 - LinuxTuto - 2022-12-14 - Ghost is an open-source powerful NodeJS-based Content Management System (CMS) for creating blog oriented websites.
How to Install Ghost on Ubuntu 22.04 - LinuxTuto - 2022-12-14 - Ghost is an open-source powerful NodeJS-based Content Management System (CMS) for creating blog oriented websites.
Goodbye, Twitter - by Ken White - The Popehat Report - 2022-12-12 - Everything Ends, And That’s Okay.
Tainted History • VAN Magazine - 2022-12-12 - In the spring of 2001, Suzanne Farrin auditioned for the Juilliard School’s prestigious composition program. The night after her audition, she says that Christopher Rouse, a faculty member at the time, tried to kiss her. “I sort of twirled out of his arms and ran away,” Farrin said. Farrin wanted to join Rouse’s doctoral studio […]
Air-gapped PCs vulnerable to data theft via power supply radiation - 2022-12-12 - A new attack method named COVID-bit uses electromagnetic waves to transmit data from air-gapped systems isolated from the internet over a distance of at least two meters (6.5 ft), where its captured by a receiver.
CNN - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos - 2022-12-12 - - View the latest news and breaking news today for U.S., world, weather, entertainment, politics and health at CNN.com.
Is Dark Mode Good For Your Eyes? - Kev Quirk - 2022-12-12 - - I've decided to stop using dark mode across all of my devices, because research suggests that going to the dark side ain't all that.
Mastodon instance with 6 files - Justin Garrison - 2022-12-11 - - How to make a single user, publish only, mastodon instance with four json files and two pictures
Taming Names in Software Development - Simple Thread - 2022-12-11 - - Good names What is a name? A name is a label, a handle, a pointer in your brain’s memory. A complex idea neatly encapsulated. A name lets you refer to “the economy” , or “dogfooding” mid-sentence without needing a three-paragraph essay to explain the term. If you think of software development as just carving up […]
The Single Greatest Habit You Can Build | The Curiosity Chronicle - 2022-12-11 - - The Curiosity Chronicle has quickly become one of the most popular newsletters for growth-minded individuals in the world. Each week, subscribers receive a deep dive that covers topics ranging from growth and decision-making to business, finance, startups, and technology. In addition, subscribers receive The Friday Five, a weekly newsletter with five ideas curated to spark curiosity headed into the weekend.
Base editing: Revolutionary therapy clears girl's incurable cancer - BBC News - 2022-12-11 - - New way of altering DNA is used to engineer an "exciting", experimental therapy for a 13-year girl.
Abandoned: the human cost of neurotechnology failure - 2022-12-10 - - When the makers of electronic implants abandon their projects, people who rely on the devices have everything to lose.
Raspberry Pi Hired An Ex-Cop And People Are Pissed - 2022-12-10 - - “I think what we’re looking at is a dogpile that’s being organized somewhere,” a Raspberry Pi cofounder told BuzzFeed News.
A Harrowing Tale That Explains Why Everyone on Mastodon Needs to Get Off It Right Now / Post. - 2022-12-10
Yan tan tethera pethera pimp — an old system for counting sheep | Sentence first - 2022-12-10 - - If any lightfoot Clod Dewvale was to hold me up, dicksturping me and marauding me of my rights to my onus, yan, tyan, tethera, methera, pimp, I’d let him have my best pair of galloper’s…
NASA’s Orion spacecraft is about to face its final test—and it’s a big one | Ars Technica - 2022-12-10 - "Reentry is our priority-one objective for a reason."
Fuck Your 90 Day Exercise Window - 2022-12-09 - - Written pieces, talks, and other bits by Zach Holman.
iCloud data security overview - Apple Support - 2022-12-07 - - iCloud uses strong security methods, employs strict policies to protect your information, and leads the industry in using privacy-preserving security technologies like end-to-end encryption for your data.
Working In The Open | sef.kloninger.com - 2022-12-04 - The other day my daughter asked me about Software Engineering -- what do we actually do? She's eighteen and probably won't follow in my footsteps, which is fine, but I still want her to see my field.
Leaving the Basement | Hachyderm Community - 2022-12-04 - - Hachyderm has reached 30,000 users. In the process we have hit substantial scale problems, and had to migrate our services out of the basement. This is the outage report, post mortem, and high level overview of the process of migrating to Hetzner in Germany. From observation to production fixes. This is the story.
Rust and Neovim - A Thorough Guide and Walkthrough | the trait - 2022-12-04 - - Edit: Some readers mentioned an issue with the example Lua code used to configure the simrat39/rust-tools.nvim plugin; that configuration code has been updated with the example configuration recommended in the plugin page as of the date of this edit. Thanks to Nazar Toakarak for letting me know. Readers have also asked me about the link to my latest Neovim config files, you can find them here.
Want a four-day work week? Show the results of research to your boss | Mint - 2022-12-03 - Organizations involved in 4-day work week study registered gains in revenue and employee productivity, as well as drops in absenteeism and turnover
Rail Strike: Why The Railroads Won’t Give In on Paid Leave - 2022-12-02 - - Wall Street’s new robber barons can’t make the trains run on time.
The Alt Right Shows Who’s Boss - TPM – Talking Points Memo - 2022-12-01 - Like many others I've been watching the alt-right take over of Twitter evolve in real time. The whole operation is now chained to the manic outbursts and enthusiasms of majority owner Elon Musk and he…
I Was Wrong About Mastodon - 2022-12-01 - - I said that Mastodon moderation wouldn't scale, it does. The cultural differences will likely continue to maintain a friendlier atmosphere regardless of size.

November 2022

At SpaceX, we're told we can change the world. I couldn't, however, stop getting sexually harassed. - 2022-11-30 - - By Ashley Kosak, former build reliability engineer at SpaceX
At SpaceX, work was taken away from me in case I “might retire or die.” - 2022-11-30 - - I was a “hardcore” Principal Engineer at SpaceX, achieving performance goals and working longer hours than most of my colleagues—yet I saw my work roles gradually transferred to younger engineers who fit the company’s “frat bro” mold. By John Johnson, former Principal Engineer at SpaceX I have watched the recent news about the takeover at Twitter without much surprise. I was an employee of one of Elon Musk’s other companies; for many months, I’ve refrained from speaking about my experience there
Rereading: The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder – Auxiliary Memory - 2022-11-29 - by James Wallace Harris, Friday, January 6, 2017 I first read The Soul of a New Machine by Tracy Kidder just after it came out in 1981, before it won the Pulitzer and National Book awards in 1982. …
Why Faulty Streetlights Are Turning Cities Purple — and Why It's Worrisome - 2022-11-29 - Streetlights in a bunch of major cities are turning purple. Is it just a fluke — or a warning of the chaos to come?
A poor man's API - 2022-11-29 - Creating a full-fledged API requires resources, both time and money. You need to think about the model, the design, the REST principles, etc., without writing a single line of code. Most of the time, you don’t know whether it’s worth it: you’d like to offer a Minimum Viable Product and iterate from there. I want to show how you can achieve it without writing a single line of code. The solution The main requirement of the solution is to use the PostgreSQL database. It’s
The Best Go framework: no framework? - 2022-11-29 - While writing this blog and leading Go teams for a couple of years, the most common question I heard from beginners was “What framework should I use?”. One of the worst things you can do in Go is follow an approach from other programming languages. Other languages have established, “default” frameworks. Java has Spring, Python has Django and Flask, Ruby has Rails, C# has ASP.NET, Node has Express, and PHP has Symfony and Laravel.
Having a creative practice as a programmer | the scapegoat dev - 2022-11-29 - - Programming is a creative activity. In fact, I think programming is inherently artistic. A program is not just executed by a computer: it is also an artifact...
ongoing by Tim Bray · Protect Me From What I Want - 2022-11-29
Perspective | How Amazon shopping ads are disguised as real results - Washington Post - 2022-11-28 - Most of what you see at first on Amazon is now an ad.
Can you really live with a Citroen Ami? We put the dinky EV to the test | This is Money - 2022-11-26 - - From using it as a taxi from the train station, to tackling a drive-thru and even a visit to the recycling centre, we put Britain's smallest new car through its paces in a week-long test.
I/O is no longer the bottleneck - 2022-11-26 - - In 2022, disk I/O is very fast, and not usually the performance bottleneck in programs. This article digs into some numbers.
Neovim and Rust · sharksforarms - 2022-11-26 - - An effective Rust development experience with Neovim LSP client and rust-analyzer
Elon Musk and the Narcissism/Radicalization Maelstrom - 2022-11-25 - It's a fascinating thing to watch far-right radicalization unfold in real time. I've been watching the Elon Musk and Twitter drama with a mix of fascination and awe. He bought Twitter as part of his…
Prescient Obsolescence - by Steven Johnson - 2022-11-23 - An ode to the short but influential life of the audio cassette.
Keyboards I’ve used in the past two decades - 2022-11-23 - - I have used many keyboards over the years. Some of those were standard OEM keyboards you would probably have seen and used all the time. But at some point, I started trying out different designs and wanted to type faster and be more productive. Allow me to share some of
So About The New Special Counsel… - by Jay Kuo - 2022-11-23 - For the next two weeks I’ll be in England visiting my sister and brother-in-law and popping into London for press events and the start of rehearsals for our musical “Allegiance” which is getting a production there (and if you’ll be in London from Jan-Apr of 2023, you can get to see George Takei in the show! Visit
Musk's Humongous Mistake - Robert Reich - 2022-11-22 - Listen now | It's the human capital, stupid
Why Twitter Didn’t Go Down: From a Real Twitter SRE - 2022-11-22 - - Twitter supposedly lost around 80% of its work force. What ever the real number is, there are whole teams with out engineers on it now. Yet, the website goes on and the tweets keep coming. This left a lot wondering what exactly was going on with all those engineers and made it seem like it was all just bloat. I’d like to explain my little corner of Twitter (though it wasn’t
It’s Not The Decision, But The Process: Musk & The Trump Decision | Techdirt - 2022-11-21 - Going to put this up front, because I expect a bunch of people to not read and assume something very incorrect: I think there are valid arguments (even pretty strong ones) for why it makes sense fo…
Hachyderm Infrastructure. High level overview of hachyderm.io… | by Kris Nóva | Nov, 2022 | Medium - 2022-11-21 - - High level overview of hachyderm.io infrastructure
The Fraudulent King - Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At - 2022-11-21 - - I have made mistakes in my life. I have done very silly things for even sillier reasons, wrapped myself in very stupid justifications, and then executed again and again on a campaign of sheer idiocy. By the time I have been done making bad decisions, each one inspiring and enhancing the next, I have looked back and said “never again.” And then I have made another bad decision just for good measure, to ensure I am done.
Tesla killers: The new wave of must-have electric vehicles - 2022-11-20 - - The newcomers that are gunning for the world’s most successful EV maker
While Crypto Bro Scammed Clients, Reporters Scammed Readers - FAIR - 2022-11-20 - - Before Bankman-Fried’s transition from financial genius to possible financial criminal, he received little scrutiny in the media.
Apple Executive Phil Schiller Deactivates Twitter Account - MacRumors - 2022-11-20 - Apple's Phil Schiller, responsible for Apple events and the App Store, has deactivated his Twitter account following recent developments on the...
The New Smoking | Conor's Blog - - 2022-11-20 - - Some thoughts on habit forming technology.
Let crypto burn | Financial Times - 2022-11-20 - - Just say no to legitimacy-inferring regulation
I don't want to go back to social media - 2022-11-20 -
In Memoriam: Frederick P. Brooks, Jr. – a Personal Recollection - 2022-11-20 - Brooks is famous for many things. Many people know him best as the author of The Mythical Man-Month, his musings on software engineering and why it's so very hard. Some of his prescriptions seem quaint today -- no one these days would print out documentation on microfiche every night to distribute to developers -- but his observations about the problems of development remain spot-on. But he did so much more.
What’s going to happen to Twitter? A few thoughts. | by David Kaye | Nov, 2022 | Medium - 2022-11-20 - Here’s what I think is going to happen with Twitter. I doubt any of this is news to people but I wanted to put it down in one place. Not…
Thorsten Ball - How can you not be romantic about programming? - 2022-11-19 -
Daring Fireball: Twitter Tumult - 2022-11-18 - If you had told me three weeks ago that Twitter, as a company, would today be embroiled in turmoil over a company-wide email from Elon Musk centered around the phrase “extremely hardcore”, this is not the scenario I’d have imagined.
Researchers Quietly Cracked Zeppelin Ransomware Keys – Krebs on Security - 2022-11-18 -
The Virtue of Owning Books You Haven't Read: Why Umberto Eco Kept an "Antilibrary" | Open Culture - 2022-11-18 - When considering whether to buy yet another book, you might well ask yourself when you'll get around to reading it. But perhaps there are other, even more important considerations, such as the intellectual value of the book in its still-unread state.
Taking the mainframe back to the future! - IBM Z and LinuxONE Community - 2022-11-17 - IBM Community is a platform where IBM users converge to solve, share, and do more.
GitHub Copilot Isn't Worth the Risk - 2022-11-17 - - Copilot may be a glimpse into the future of AI, but it comes with a lot of legal and security baggage.
Laying myself off from Amazon — Daniel Immke - 2022-11-17 - - Yesterday, I resigned from Amazon. My final day is next week, right before Thanksgiving. I realize the timing of this is quite coincidental— as this week Amazon…
Watch Artist Zak Korvin Draw a Precise Geometric Emblem in a Mesmerizing Timelapse — Colossal - 2022-11-16 - Artist Zak Korvin offers a look into the process of making a geometric drawing of three birds in a mesmerizing timelapse.
Digital Books wear out faster than Physical Books - Internet Archive Blogs - 2022-11-16 - - Ever try to read a physical book passed down in your family from 100 years ago? Probably worked well. Ever try reading an ebook you paid for 10 years ago? Probably a different experience. From the leasing business model of mega publishers to physical device evolution to format obsolescence, digital books are fragile and […]
The Sky Is Falling - Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At - 2022-11-15 - I will be honest, dear reader, that I had an entire 1300 word newsletter that I have mostly had to throw in the trash and set on fire. Since my last newsletter, more things have come to light about Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX, and the larger cryptocurrency industry that, while insane, were quickly overshadowed by the last few days' events.
Musk trolls senator demanding answers on Twitter fake-account scandal | Ars Technica - 2022-11-15 - “Selling the truth is dangerous and unacceptable."
Making a Go program 42% faster with a one character change • Harry Marr - 2022-11-14 - - Programmer and engineering manager working at GitHub. Co-founded Dependabot, and helped build Monzo and GoCardless.
Just how complicated could it be to register a German company? | by Steven Renwick | Nov, 2022 | Medium - 2022-11-14 - - Have you heard that it is complicated to start a business in Germany?
Building an e-ink weather display for our home - kimmo.blog - 2022-11-14 - - Building a battery powered e-ink weather forecast display for our home. This was a fun Raspberry PI project.
Structured errors in Go: How to use structured logs & errors - 2022-11-13 - How to use structured logging in Go combined with custom error types to make working with log aggregators easier.
Twitter lawyer warns that Elon Musk is putting company at risk of billions in FTC fines - The Verge - 2022-11-11 - - “Elon puts rockets into space, he’s not afraid of the FTC.”
Why We Should Have Markdown Rendered Websites - 2022-11-10 - - You're viewing this document in your HTML-rendering browser but its sourceis actually a markdown file.
Duck! Octopuses caught on camera throwing things at each other - 2022-11-10 - - Cephalopods living unusually close together have been filmed throwing shells, algae and silt — sometimes at another octopus.
Veterans find relief from nightmares with NightWare and Apple Watch - Apple - 2022-11-09 - - NightWare, a digital therapeutic system that works with Apple Watch and iPhone, is offering relief to veterans experiencing nightmares and PTSD.
Here’s how a Twitter engineer says it will break in the coming weeks | MIT Technology Review - 2022-11-08 - - One insider says the company’s current staffing isn’t able to sustain the platform.
Elon Musk has caused an advertiser revolt. It’s not advertising’s fault! - 2022-11-08 - Twitter's new owner is torn between Madison Avenue and his “free speech” reply guys. Guess where the smart money points.
Musk discusses putting all of Twitter behind a paywall - 2022-11-08 - Will he go through with it? PLUS: Botched layoffs, how the new Blue could lose money, and more
Musk's Kobayashi Maru - Ed Zitron's Where's Your Ed At - 2022-11-08 - - Elon Musk has had a difficult weekend following a difficult week, with all difficulties a direct result of his actions, a continual flywheel of actions and consequences that confuse a man with too much money and time on his hands. Twitter updated the iOS version of the Twitter app to advertise verification on Saturday
Come Join Me On Mastodon, Folks. A how-to guide for joining the… | by Clive Thompson | Nov, 2022 | Medium - 2022-11-07 - A how-to guide for joining the rapidly-growing social network
Last Week on My Mac: Home truths about macOS – The Eclectic Light Company - 2022-11-06 - - True or false? Apple supports macOS for three years. Apple’s security updates are sufficient. New versions of macOS are full of bugs. It’s safer to delay upgrading.
A concept from physics called negentropy could help your life run smoother - 2022-11-06 - - Life is full of small decisions: Should I pick up that sock on the floor? Should I do the dishes before bed? What about fixing the leaky faucet in the bathroom?
This Engineered ‘Superplant’ Cleans Indoor Air Like 30 Regular Plants - 2022-11-05 - - The team inserted synthetic metabolic pathways that allow the plant to use these chemicals as carbon sources in its cellular metabolism.
TSMC approaching 1 nm with 2D materials breakthrough - EDN - 2022-11-05 - - TSMC is setting up a new 1-nm chip production facility that will be located in an industrial park in Longtan District in Taiwan.
The type system is a programmer's best friend - 2022-11-05 - - Programming Adventures
Twitter, cut in half - by Casey Newton and Zoë Schiffer - 2022-11-05 - - 💙🫡
Inside the Culture War That Elon Musk Has Unleashed at Twitter - 2022-11-04 - - A Twitter employee worries that the old guard's culture of safeguarding the platform is giving way to Elon Musk "ass-kissing."
The Scoop: Turmoil at Twitter - by Gergely Orosz - 2022-11-04 - Overnight, Twitter has gone from one of the best working environments in tech, to one of the worst. What is happening, and why?
Replacing my home desktop computer - Eli Bendersky's website - 2022-11-04 -
Bitcoin mining in the crypto crash — the mining companies’ creative accounting – Amy Castor - 2022-11-04 - - It works, until it doesn’t
‘Andor’ Episode 9 Breakdown: The Empire Is Scarier Without Sith Lords and Superweapons - The Ringer - 2022-11-03 - By avoiding Darth Vader, the Death Star, and the dark side of the Force, ‘Andor’ has foregrounded the disturbing banality of the Empire’s evil
CEO Patrick Collison's email to Stripe employees - 2022-11-03 - - Earlier today, Stripe CEO Patrick Collison sent the following note to Stripe employees.
Hey Elon: Let Me Help You Speed Run The Content Moderation Learning Curve | Techdirt - 2022-11-03 - - It’s kind of a rite of passage for any new social media network. They show up, insist that they’re the “platform for free speech” without quite understanding what that actua…
Source & Binary / An AWS account just for getting into other AWS accounts - 2022-11-03 - - An article about AWS and Substrate
Reflections on 10,000 Hours of Programming - 2022-11-03 - 31 reflections from 10,000 hours of deliberate programming practice.
Cello bridge design - Aitchison & Mnatzaganian Cello Specialists - 2022-11-03 - Cello bridge design is a subtle art. We explore the qualities of the two most common designs: the French and Belgian bridge.
That Whole Twitter Thing: Further Thoughts | Whatever - 2022-11-02 - Now that we’re several days into the Elon Musk era of Twitter, some additional musings on how we got here and where we’re going. In no particular order: 1. Elon Musk did this to himself…
My First Piano: A Story of Hurt, Healing and Joy — Jerome Leroy | Composer - 2022-11-02 - - Being a trained pianist brings its own interesting challenge when it comes to your instrument… because it’s actually quite rare that the piano you play on is actually your instrument. Keyboard players are amongst the few musicians who rarely choose the instrument they play on. Whether at home, at

October 2022

The Simple Cure - by Steven Johnson - Adjacent Possible - 2022-10-31 - Dilip Mahalanabis popularized one of the great medical advances of the 20th century. Why did his death last month go mostly unmentioned?
What is Bluesky, the potential Twitter alternative being tested by former CEO Jack Dorsey? - 2022-10-31 - The project was spun off from Twitter to liberate social media from corporate control – but will Elon Musk try to shut it down?
Reminiscing: the retreat to comforting work. | Irrational Exuberance - 2022-10-31 - - In Work on what matters, I wrote about Hunter Walk’s idea of snacking: doing work that is easy to complete but low impact. The best story of my own snacking behaviors comes from my time at Stripe. I was focused on revamping the engineering organization’s approach to operating reliable software, and decided that it might also make sense to start an internal book club. It was, dear reader, not the right time to start a book club.
How Google Cloud's Kelsey Hightower became one of the most respected people in cloud computing - Protocol - 2022-10-30 - Kelsey Hightower defied the tech sector's diversity problems to become one of the industry's leading figures. Now he wants everyone's voice to be heard.
On Michael Crichton’s Busy Ambition - Study Hacks - Cal Newport - 2022-10-30 - - By his last year at Harvard Medical School, Michael Crichton, 26-years old at the time, knew he didn't want to pursue a medical career, so he went to the dean with a proposition. He planned to write a nonfiction book about patient care, he explained, and wanted to know if he could use his final
My Top 10 Tips for Doing Time In ‘the Hole’ | The Marshall Project - 2022-10-30 - - In prison, going to “the hole” can mean spending 23 hours a day alone in a tiny cell. Here, incarcerated author Michael J. Nichols shares his top 10 tips for enduring long stretches of “administrative segregation.”
How I make a living working on SerenityOS – Andreas Kling – I like computers! - 2022-10-29 - - This post describes in detail how I support myself while working on the SerenityOS project.
Elon Musk’s First Move Is To Fire The Person Most Responsible For Twitter’s Strong Free Speech Stance | Techdirt - 2022-10-29 - - Last night, Elon Musk closed his on-again, off-again, on-again deal to buy Twitter, and his very first order of business was to fire a bunch of top executives. This was not necessarily unexpected. …
Welcome to hell, Elon - The Verge - 2022-10-28 - - Owning Twitter means owning a host of impossible political problems. Is Elon ready?
Shell Script Best Practices — The Sharat's - 2022-10-27 - - This article is about a few quick thumb rules I use when writing shell scripts that I’ve come to appreciate over the years. Very opinionated....
Vim After 15 Years | Ian Langworth - 2022-10-27 - - My earlier posts about using Vim were well received and it's about time for an update. I've been doing a lot more work with Vim lately and have spent some time configuring my workflow for peak efficiency, so here's a snapshot of my current state.
No Safe Efficient Ways to Do Three-way String Comparisons in Go -Go 101 - 2022-10-27 - - Golang online books, articles, tools, etc.
The Case of the Missing Fuel: The story of the Stockport air disaster | by Admiral Cloudberg | Medium - 2022-10-26 - - The crash of an airliner in the center of an English town leads to the discovery of a design flaw that caused the failure of two engines.
Rust vs. Go: Why They’re Better Together - The New Stack - 2022-10-26 - - For most companies and users, Go is the right default option. Its performance is strong, Go is easy to adopt, and Go’s highly modular nature makes it particularly good for situations where requirements are changing or evolving.As your product matures, and requirements stabilize, there may be opportunities to have large wins from marginal increases in performance. In these cases, using Rust to maximize performance may well be worth the initial investment.
On building websites with GoHugo | Ruben Duiveman | Product & UX - 2022-10-26 - I regularly come across tweets asking something like “what framework or tools should I use to build my own blog site?". I usually respond by recommending GoHugo, and given the limited amount of characters in a tweet, I usually leave it at that. In this blog post, I want to share a little more background on why I like GoHugo so much. | Ruben Duiveman | Product & UX
losvedir/transit-lang-cmp: Programming language comparison by reimplementing the same transit data app - 2022-10-24 - - Programming language comparison by reimplementing the same transit data app - losvedir/transit-lang-cmp: Programming language comparison by reimplementing the same transit data app
Security by Obscurity is Underrated – Utku Sen - Blog – computer security, programming - 2022-10-24 - - 🔥 This article widely discussed at Hackernews and Reddit In the information security field, we have developed lots of thoughts that can’t be discussed (or rarely discussed): Never roll your own crypto Always use TLS Security by obscurity is bad And goes like this. Most of them are very generally correct. However, I started to think that people are telling those because everyone is telling them. And, most of the people are actually not thinking about exceptional cases. In this post, I will raise my objection against the idea of “Security by obscurity is bad”. Risk, Defense in Depth and Swiss Cheese One of the main goal of defensive security is reducing the risk for the target business. According to the OWASP’s methodology, the risk of an issue is calculated with the formula below: Risk = Likelihood * Impact
Plastic recycling remains a 'myth': Greenpeace study - 2022-10-24 - - Plastic recycling rates are declining even as production shoots up, according to a Greenpeace U.S. report out Monday that blasted industry claims of creating an efficient, circular economy as "fiction."
My Blog Setup and Writing Process | Navendu Pottekkat - 2022-10-23 - I’ve been writing blogs for almost three years now. Recently, I’ve been putting a lot of effort into building and maintaining my blog. This article documents my blog setup and my writing process from idea to publishing.
incremental parsing in go | dev-nonsense - 2022-10-23 - - This post is an attempt to explain the incremental parsing algorithm aretext uses for syntax highlighting. Like the rest of aretext, parsers are implemented in Go for portability and performance. Most people do not consider Go a functional programming language; nonetheless, aretext’s parsers rely on functional programming patterns. In this post, we’ll see how to implement these patterns in pure Go to build parsers that are fast and expressive. Problem Syntax highlighting is a special case of parsing.
The Raspberry Pi 400 in My Bedroom | Joel Dare - 2022-10-23 -
Review of the Kinesis Advantage360 Professional - 2022-10-22 - - The Advantage360 Professional is the successor to the well-known Advantage2. It comes with several new features, such as Adjustable Split, Wireless connection, Tenting, ZMK (highly customizable firmware), and many other minor things. In this blog post, I will explain the significant design changes and my experiences with Advantage360. Before I
EKS Security Checklist: 10 Best Practices for a Secure Cluster - CAST AI – Kubernetes Automation Platform - 2022-10-21 - - Discover 10 EKS security tactics to protect your Kubernetes clusters and tighten your application security.
Why we're leaving the cloud - 2022-10-21 - - Basecamp has had one foot in the cloud for well over a decade, and HEY has been running there exclusively since it was launched two years ago. We've run extensively in both Amazon's cloud and Google's cloud. We've run on bare virtual machines, we've run on Kubernetes. We've seen all the cloud has to offer, and tried most of it. It's fi...
This Is the Anti-MacBook, and I Love It | CodeX - 2022-10-21 - But can it take on Apple?
Battle with Bots Prompts Mass Purge of Amazon, Apple Employee Accounts on LinkedIn – Krebs on Security - 2022-10-20 -
The Future of Ops Is Platform Engineering | Honeycomb - 2022-10-20 - - Platform engineering works cross-functionally with other SWE teams, optimizing their time to value and helping them own their code in prod.
How and why to properly write copyright statements in your code - … and probably more than what you ever wanted to know about them · Hook’s Humble Homepage - 2022-10-20 - - Copyright is automatic, but for compliance and collaboration purposes you should still use copyright statements of good quality. This post explains some copyright myths and inertia, as well as spells out how (and why) to write a copyright/license notice of great quality.
Is OpenStack fighting a lost battle? | Memo Garcia - 2022-10-20 - - And why Kubernetes “won”. I owe my career to OpenStack and to all its contributors. I have made excellent friends, I learned a lot from them and the project itself. For that and more, thanks a lot OpenStack. However… Even though OpenStack has never been better, I can’t shake the feeling that is fighting a lost battle. Why? because it tried to replace AWS (and the rest of the cloud providers) and compete directly with them.
DevOps is Bullshit | Massdriver Blog - 2022-10-20 - - DevOps is Bullshit. A Critique of How We've Fooled Ourselves for Years.
How to Safely Share Your Email Address on a Website | CSS-Tricks - CSS-Tricks - 2022-10-19 - Spammers are a huge deal nowadays. If you want to share your contact information without getting overwhelmed by spam email you need a solution. I run into
Phantom Forests: Why Ambitious Tree Planting Projects Are Failing - Yale E360 - 2022-10-19 - - High-profile initiatives to plant millions of trees are being touted by governments around the world as major contributions to fighting climate change. But scientists say many of these projects are ill-conceived and poorly managed and often fail to grow any forests at all.
Just for Fun. No, Really. - 2022-10-19 -
An accident at SpaceX | Semafor - 2022-10-18 - - The technicians in the private space industry, responsible for building and repairing rockets, receive little recognition — even when they sacrifice their lives for the mission.
Why Rust? — Rerun - 2022-10-18 -
GitHub Copilot investigation · Joseph Saveri Law Firm & Matthew Butterick - 2022-10-18 - - GitHub Copilot investigation
How to Build Software like an SRE — willett dot io - 2022-10-17 - - I’ve been doing this “reliability” stuff for a little while now (~5 years), at companies ranging from about 20 developers to over 2,000. I’ve always cared primarily about the software elements I describe as living “outside” the application – like, how does it get its configuration? What kinds of instances does it run on, and are those the best kinds to use? What steps does it take on its path from “code in a repository” to “running in production”? And I’ve always kept track of what I liked – which mechanisms allowed fast iteration and which caused frustration, which led to outages and which prevented them.
Koch method to learn Morse - 2022-10-17 -
Mike Acton’s Expectations of Professional Software Engineers - Adam Johnson - 2022-10-17 - - In a 2019 talk/rant titled “Everyone Watching This Is Fired”, games industry veteran Mike Acton rattled off a sample of 50 things he expects of developers he works with. The title refers to his tongue-in-cheek suggestion that anyone who doesn’t meet all these requirements would be immediately fired.
Attached > ... > Apple Computer > Macintosh Newsweek advertisement - 2022-10-16 -
Elaborately Constructed Shops and Homes Translate Tokyo’s Distinct Architecture into Miniature Models | Colossal - 2022-10-16 - From his studio at Skeppsholmen, the small southern island in Stockholm, Christopher Robin Nordstrom constructs precise miniatures of Tokyo's architecture. Flower shops, hair salons, and neighborhood police stations known as kōban are recreated at 1:20 scale from materials like MDF board, styrene pl
Man plays his saxophone through 9-hour, "very, very complex" brain surgery to remove tumor - CBS News - 2022-10-16 - - For the lead doctor, it was an opportunity not only to heal a patient, but to map real-time brain activity during "high cognitive function."
How to Travel - Chris Arnade walks the world - 2022-10-15 - - On the cheap, like a local, and without a lot of luggage.
Recovering a password-protected ThinkPad T60 :: ./techtipsy — Herman's blog - 2022-10-15 - - An illustrated overview about the process of clearing the supervisor password from a ThinkPad T60, based on guides that some smart and persistent people have written.
Disposable Root Servers - 2022-10-15 - - Unlimited, free and dedicated Kali Linux Root Shells - readily set up for hackers. Traffic via VPNs. Accessible directly or via TOR. NO LOGZ.
Bring your own key (BYOK) was a lie! | by Moritz Eckert | Oct, 2022 | Edgeless Systems - 2022-10-13 - - Bring your own key (BYOK) is a popular term used by cloud service providers (CSPs) when it comes to cloud security features.
Taildrop · Tailscale - 2022-10-13 - - Learn how to easily send files between your personal devices on a Tailscale network.
Fixing macOS zsh Terminal History Settings | Andrew Katz - 2022-10-13 - - Follow these instructions to make your own `.zshrc` file that will persist through updates and search through your entire `history` file.
Using a Framework will harm the maintenance of your software - 2022-10-13 -
Students break acceleration world record | News | Oct 6, 2022 | University of Stuttgart - 2022-10-13 - - Self-built electric vehicle sets new best time
How to Prove You Know a Secret Without Giving It Away | Quanta Magazine - 2022-10-12 - - Zero-knowledge proofs allow researchers to prove their knowledge without divulging the knowledge itself.
Skyfall: eBPF agent for infrastructure observability | LinkedIn Engineering - 2022-10-09 - Currently, LinkedIn infrastructure is composed of hundreds of thousands of hosts across multiple data centers. Observability into our infrastructure makes it possible for us to focus on the health and performance of our critical services to provide the best experience to our members. With LinkedIn's large infrastructure growth over the past few years, observability has become more critical to pinpoint the potential root causes for any infrastructure failure or anomaly. There are a few elegant in-house monitoring systems at LinkedIn that provide network switch level metrics, logs, and even flow-level visibility by sampling packets going through our network. However, all of these rely on sampling or some kind of periodic polling of data, which for any meaningful sampling rate generates a very large volume of data to be processed and analyzed.
The Future of Ops Is Platform Engineering | Honeycomb - 2022-10-09 - - Platform engineering works cross-functionally with other SWE teams, optimizing their time to value and helping them own their code in prod.
Neuroscientists unravel the mystery of why you can’t tickle yourself | Ars Technica - 2022-10-09 - New study shows how tickling, playfulness can address key questions about the brain.
Kurtis Knodel // Blog - 2022-10-08 -
Under new rules, patients can now access all their health records digitally - 2022-10-08 - - No more long delays. No more fax machines. No more exorbitant charges for printed pages. Under a new federal law, you can now get your health information digitally.
Detect secrets in your code more accurately with dry runs for custom patterns now available in GitHub Advanced Security | The GitHub Blog - 2022-10-08 - - Learn how you can seamlessly define trusted custom secret patterns to detect secrets unique to your organization with GitHub Advanced Security.
Behold a 21st-Century Medieval Castle Being Built with Only Tools & Materials from the Middle Ages | Open Culture - 2022-10-08 - Construction sites are hives of specialized activity, but there's no particular training needed to ferry 500 lbs of stone several stories to the masons waiting above.
Elon Musk can’t be trusted to complete merger, Twitter tells judge | Ars Technica - 2022-10-08 - Twitter says there's a financing problem and that Musk won't commit to closing date.
BashFAQ/105 - Greg's Wiki - 2022-10-07 -
Daring Fireball: Everything - 2022-10-07 - - What we need isn’t an everything app. It’s an everything *device*, with small focused apps for features.
Text Is the Universal Interface - Scale - 2022-10-06 - - Roon guest-authors a post on large language models and the future of computing.
Deploying to a server via SSH and Rsync in a Github Action | Zell Liew - 2022-10-06 - The hardest part is installing the SSH key and getting it to work. I'm going to show you how so you can do this easily.
mjg59 | Cloud desktops aren't as good as you'd think - 2022-10-06 -
Notes Against Note-Taking Systems - by Sasha Chapin - 2022-10-05 - - ...
Move a running process into a tmux session | ./xai.sh - 2022-10-05 - - It’s rare, but sometimes it still happens that I forget to open a tmux or screen session when working with something that is supposed to be quickly done. However, it also happens that “quickly done” turns into “tedious and ugly” and now the process lives longer than it was supposed to and I become afraid of ssh disconnects or something.
Steve Yegge joins as Head of Engineering (or, “Why I left retirement to join Sourcegraph”) - 2022-10-04 - - TL;DR: Steve Yegge has joined Sourcegraph as Head of Engineering, where we are building the world’s most open and comprehensive code intelligence platform (CIP).
Source & Binary / You should have lots of AWS accounts - 2022-10-03 - - An article about AWS and Substrate
Using the iPad Pro as my development machine - 2022-10-03 - - I purchased an iPad Pro with the Smart Keyboard and Pencil to use as my main computer. Can it replace my local workstation? Is it powerful enough for my day-to-day tasks? Let's find out.
Serving static files and web apps in Go - Eli Bendersky's website - 2022-10-02 -
New LSP features in Neovim 0.8 - 2022-10-01 - - Personal weblog about programming, linux, life, the universe and everything
New LSP features in Neovim 0.8 - 2022-10-01 - Personal weblog about programming, linux, life, the universe and everything

September 2022

My review of the Moonlander MK1 keyboard - 2022-09-30 - - The Moonlander MK1 is an ergonomic, highly customizable split keyboard. I ordered one after I couldn’t stand anymore my hand and wrist pains. In this blog post, I want to share my keyboard journey, my experiences with the Moonlander, how I am using it and what I plan next.
Learn Rust by implementing a SHA-1 hash cracker - 2022-09-30 - - The moment has come to get your hands dirty: let's write your first Rust program. As for all the code examples in this course, you can find the complete code in the accompanying Git repository: https://github.com/skerkour/black-hat-rust $ cargo new sha1_cracker Will create a new project in the folder sha1_cracker. Note
Scientists find wreckage of ship that tried to warn Titanic of iceberg | CNN Travel - 2022-09-29 - - The wreck of a ship that tried to warn the RMS Titanic of the iceberg that sank it on its maiden voyage has been found at the bottom of the Irish Sea.
Outdated vs. Complete - 2022-09-27 - On August 22nd, I got an email out of the blue from Apple that notified me that I had a new App Review message. It was for my app, WorldAnimals, a light-hearted game for guessing animal onomatopoeia sounds in different languages.Usually, you receive a message after you submit a new version to the...
iPhone 14 Pro Review: No phone is an island – Six Colors - 2022-09-26 - Since the near-simultaneous arrival of the iPhone 8 and iPhone X in 2017, Apple has been on a mission to split the iPhone product line into two distinct sets of models: a more expensive set that in…
Ballet Dancers In Super Slow Motion - 2022-09-26 - Bless me Father Sloan, for I have committed a radical act on the Internet. I have watched this slow motion video of ballet dancers
The Smartest Website You Haven't Heard of - 2022-09-26 - - lessons in UI design from an industrial supply company.
Local Neon — The Prepared - 2022-09-26 - - How regional supply chains gave shape to the alluring glow of neon.
Lessons from a Professional Password Cracker – The Markup - 2022-09-26 - - A conversation with Jeremi Gosney
Has The Zodiac Killer Mystery Been Solved (Again) - 2022-09-26 - - For more than 50 years, his identity has remained as maddening a riddle as the ciphers he once sent police. but now an L.A. novelist-turned-amateur sleuth may have finally cracked the case
iPhones and action discoverability, or "How the hell was I supposed to know that?" · Caffeinspiration - 2022-09-25 -
Want cleaner code? Use the rule of six - 2022-09-25 - - A simple and powerful framework for ironing out confusing code.
WHOIS: Fragile, unparseable, obsolete... and universally relied upon - 2022-09-24 - - A rather unstructured look at one of the older and infuriatingly trivial internet protocols: WHOIS
Aging programmer - 2022-09-24 - - Back in college, they told me that I would start my career writing code, but eventually, I would move to a position where I would ask others to code my designs. To celebrate that this turned out to be completely false, here are some assorted reflections as a 40-year-old programmer that looks back: • Compared to my younger versions, I f...
New tech can make your house a solar microgrid | Ars Technica - 2022-09-23 - - New version of support hardware can keep homes solar-powered during outages.
Rust and Neovim - A Thorough Guide and Walkthrough | the trait - 2022-09-22 - - This post is a detailed explanation and walkthrough of how I set up my Rust development environment and workflow with Neovim.
Daring Fireball: Apple Watch Ultra - 2022-09-22 - - It *almost* feels more like having an adorable little iPhone Nano strapped to my wrist than a huge Apple Watch.
Thermodynamics of Rock Salt and Ice Cream - Timothy Rice - 2022-09-21 - - Why do we salt the ice when making ice cream?
You don’t want to be on Cloudflare’s naughty list | Ctrl blog - 2022-09-20 - - My home IP ended up on Cloudflare’s naughty list for six days. Most websites and many apps loaded slowly, partially, or not at all. Just had to wait it out.
DevOps, SRE, and Platform Engineering - 2022-09-20 - - Sharing my understanding of DevOps, SRE, and Platform Engineering based on the first-hand experience in SRE and PE domains.
BRYCE DOT VC - 2022-09-20 - - From an interview with designer/artist/soul searcher Elle Luna: So I was using Uber all the time in San Francisco, even though I hated the design. And then I went to the Crunchies awards ceremony and...
COVID: Chinese scientists develop mask that detects the virus - 2022-09-20 - A sensor built into a mask was able to detect the COVID-19, H5N1 and H1N1 influenza viruses in the air within 10 minutes and send notifications to a device, according to the study led by six scientists working with Tongji University in Shanghai.
Why Kids Are Afraid to Ask for Help - Scientific American - 2022-09-20 - - Children as young as seven years old may hesitate to ask questions in school because they worry classmates will think they are “stupid”
Unique 2-in-1 calculator app adds up to surprise hit for retired engineer in Japan - The Mainichi - 2022-09-20 - - TOKYO -- A 63-year-old man in Japan who is an avid iPhone user has dedicated some of his post-retirement years to developing a popular, unique app tha
A Farewell To A Friend - by Ken White - The Popehat Report - 2022-09-20 - Patrick, Co-Blogger and Has Passed
An X11 Apologist Tries Wayland - 2022-09-19 - - I think it’s only fair to call me an X apologist. I get incredibly frustrated when people talk about dropping support for X11. I fight back against the notion that some day X11 will be dead and unmaintained, a curiosity of a time before. I’ve spoken to people in my circles at-length about the accessibility tools that Wayland simply hasn’t been capable of supporting that X11 has. A lot of times, I’ve ended this conversation with “Maybe 5 years from now it’ll be good”. Well it’s 5 years in since I first said those words, and you know what, I’m actually pleasantly surprised.
Basic Go tooling for generics - Eli Bendersky's website - 2022-09-19 -
Gen Z Never Learned to Read Cursive - The Atlantic - 2022-09-18 - - How will they interpret the past?
Daring Fireball: The iPhones 14 Pro (and iPhones 14) - 2022-09-17 - - There are two super interesting innovations with the iPhone 14 Pro and Pro Max. There aren’t any interesting innovations with the iPhone 14 or 14 Plus — which fact itself is actually pretty interesting, strategically.
Why David Yach Loves Go | Google Cloud Blog - 2022-09-16 - - Learn all the reasons David Yach, industry veteran and Director of Engineering at Google Cloud, loves to use Go for software development.
Step on it! Walking is good for health but walking faster is even better, study finds | Health | The Guardian - 2022-09-15 - - Walking briskly is beneficial for all health outcomes including dementia, heart disease, cancer and death
Signing Git Commits with Your SSH Key - 2022-09-14 - - You may already be signing your Git commits with a GPG key, but as of today you can instead choose to sign with your SSH key! Signing in SSH is a relatively new feature that lets you use your...</p>
Emporia State University is about to suspend tenure. Here's why you should care. - Kansas Reflector - 2022-09-13 - A plan allowing Emporia State University to fire tenured faculty will likely be approved soon, at immense cost to students and institution.
Cooking on the Frontlines with Chef José Andrés | GQ - 2022-09-12 - He became a star feeding the fortunate, and a saint feeding the unfortunate. We followed Andrés from his operations on the Ukraine border to his kitchens in Washington, D.C.—and found something much more complex and interesting than a mere saint.
Mechanical Watch – Bartosz Ciechanowski - 2022-09-12 - - Interactive article explaining how a mechanical watch works.
Bear App: A Solid Zettelkasten Solution for iOS Users — Mental Pivot - 2022-09-12 - I’ve used The Archive for the past three years to maintain my zettelkasten (notes archive). It’s a well-designed app with a specific feature-set optimized for the zettelkasten note-taking system. Unfortunately, The Archive is only available for MacOS. I recently purchased an iPad Pro with a Magic Keyboard to
The Zettelkasten Method: Examples to help you get started. | by Rebecca Williams | Medium - 2022-09-12 - Writing your first Zettelkasten note is intimidating. Most of the resources on Zettelkasten are principle-based, with few examples of how…
Building a Note-taking System with Vanilla Vim - 2022-09-12
Framework Laptop with Ubuntu Review - 2022-09-12 - - I built my own laptop over the holiday break and it’s a developer’s dream come true. I took a chance and ordered a Framework Laptop DIY Edition. I’m so glad I did. The Framework is an excellent platform to customize and build a very capable and stable Linux machine for development. Here’s what I love about it and things that could be better.
Lightly "sandboxed" homebrew on macOS - 2022-09-11 - - Lightly "sandboxed" homebrew on macOS. GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
Documentation System - 2022-09-11 -
Tailscale ate my network (and I love it) - 2022-09-11 - - No matter where you go, there you are If you're like me, you travel occasionally. Access to your office from home, or from an airport loun...
How To Bootstrap A Quality Golang Backend | 8th Light - 2022-09-11 - Building a Golang project from scratch requires making some important decisions that will shape the future of the project, providing a scaffolding for yourself and future team members to follow when scaling the codebase. When...
SMTP protocol basics from scratch in Go: receiving email from Gmail | notes.eatonphil.com - 2022-09-11 - - SMTP protocol basics from scratch in Go: receiving email from Gmail
Decrypting your own HTTPS traffic with Wireshark – Trickster Dev - 2022-09-11 - - Code level discussion of web scraping, gray hat automation, growth hacking and bounty hunting
How to write idempotent Bash scripts · Fatih Arslan - 2022-09-11 -
How to rest well | Psyche Guides - 2022-09-11 - - Taking a break isn’t lazy – learning to recharge is a skill that will allow you to enjoy a more creative, sustainable life
Writing a Technical Book • AndreGarzia.com - 2022-09-11 - - AndreGarzia.com website
Git Techniques at Risk Ledger - Risk Ledger - 2022-09-11 - A deep dive into common Git techniques our Product Engineers use at Risk Ledger.
How To Learn Stuff Quickly - 2022-09-11 - - As software developers, we're always learning new things; it's practically the whole gig! If we can learn to quickly pick up new languages/frameworks/tools, we'll become so much more effective at our job. It's sort of a superpower.
OKRs vs KPIs - Understanding Measurements for your SaaS Product - 2022-09-11 - - OKRs vs KPIs - learn how to measure success the right way for your SaaS product from a business perspective - with examples!
Cello bridge design - Aitchison & Mnatzaganian Cello Specialists - 2022-09-11 - Cello bridge design is a subtle art. We explore the qualities of the two most common designs: the French and Belgian bridge.
“Who Should Write the Terraform?” – zwischenzugs - 2022-09-11 - - The Problem Working in Cloud Native consulting, I’m often asked about who should do various bits of ‘the platform work’. I’m asked this in various forms, and at various leve…
Why are D-sharp and E-flat considered to be two different notes | The Ethan Hein Blog - 2022-09-11 - - Why do the black keys on the piano each have two different names? If the posts on r/musictheory are any indication, this is a persistent point of confusion, especially when music theory teachers ge…
Using Github Actions with Repository Dispatch Event | by Sanjar Kairosh | codeburst - 2022-09-11 - If you ever set up a Github Actions workflow on a repository, you will recognize the YAML file that executes steps upon any code you push…