Could Toronto-Montreal route be Canada's first high-speed rail?

dailyhive.com/montreal/toronto…

It lacks of ambition. I guess that the values.

Max 200kph? FFS this is not the 1960s.

When TGV opened in 1981, the cruise speed on the Paris Lyon was 260kph. Paris Lille was 300kph when I commuted on it 20 years ago.

I guess lots of gloss on the report.

American Water shuts down online services after #cyberattack

American Water is the largest water and wastewater treatment utility in the US…

OT systems not affected - so appears this only affects their IT systems. Suspected nation state activity (Russia).

(I encourage everyone sharing this with their friends because cyber attacks absolutely can have direct “real world” consequences.)

#cybersecurity #infosec #security

bleepingcomputer.com/news/secu…

For very good reasons, the .io TLD is going away.

Once this treaty is signed, the British Indian Ocean Territory will cease to exist. Various international bodies will update their records. In particular, the International Standard for Organization (ISO) will remove country code “IO” from its specification. The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA), which creates and delegates top-level domains, uses this specification to determine which top-level country domains should exist. Once IO is removed, the IANA will refuse to allow any new registrations with a .io domain. It will also automatically begin the process of retiring existing ones. (There is no official count of the number of extant .io domains.)

every.to/p/the-disappearance-o…

(H/t @mwl )

#Mastodon 4.3 is out! 🎉 We've made notifications easier to manage and improved the look and feel of the whole app across the board. And that's just the tip of the iceberg! See what you can expect once your server upgrades:

blog.joinmastodon.org/2024/10/…

You might have noticed already: since a few weeks, #MapComplete has a totally new search experience.

If you search something, the matching locations are shown on the map. If it matches the name of a layer or a filter, you can also opt to show only this layer or to enable this filter. For examplr, on mapcomplete.org/food, one could search for 'sushi' to only see sushi restaurants and then for 'open now'. Or search with an emoji, such as 🍕🍟🥙 or 🍙

Today's challenge -- working out why GObject Introspection bitfield objects return zero when the value is bigger than MAX_UINT32. The value is correct in the .gir file, just not in the fwupd python bindings.

@ebassi @pwithnall (or anyone else) does this ring any bells please? I've opened gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gobject… with some more data.

King 5: "Poulsbo woman calls authorities after finding over 100 raccoons outside her home demanding food

The woman told deputies she started feeding raccoons around her house about 35 years ago without any problems. Six weeks ago the population of raccoons "exploded.""

😂 😬
king5.com/article/life/animals…

#animals #raccoons #wildlife

Včerajší lov na polárnu žiaru bol úspešný. Dokonca sa mi pravdepodobne podarilo zachytiť meteor (na prvej foto) 😍

#PolárnaŽiara #meteor #auroraborealis #aurora #slovensko #slovakia

Wise words from Tuta's co-founder, Arne Möhle 👏

Will you join our privacy revolution?

#Tuta #MadeinGermany

Western observers often express cynicism towards China’s self-proclaimed “Whole-Process People’s Democracy” without fully grasping its distinct characteristics and underlying principles. While Western liberal democracies prioritize periodic elections, China argues this approach is inherently limited, susceptible to corruption, and ultimately fails to truly represent the people’s will.

🧵

en.qstheory.cn/2024-07/08/c_10…

@tink will be attending #DevFestNantes to share her talk: “The Land That Time to Interactive Forgot.” 🌐

She’ll explore how Time to Interactive (TTI) impacts web performance, accessibility, and user experience, offering insights into how we can all make the web faster and more inclusive.

Read more about her talk and find the full schedule at: devfest.gdgnantes.com/en/sched…

#WebDevelopment #Accessibility #SustainableAccessibility #DevFest

Thunderbird for Android 8.0b2 has landed on the Google Play Store and on our Github Releases page. We've removed the existing folder class system, and would love feedback on this change from new and existing users. For more information on the release, see the release notes on GitHub:

#ThunderbirdForAndroid #Thunderbird

github.com/thunderbird/thunder…

🔊 We're finally getting a fully stylable <select> element!

Me and @surma dive into the details, including 10 web platform features we got along the way.

⬇️ Listen here ⬇️
offthemainthread.tech/episode/…

Welcome to the RB family, USB Serial Telnet Server Thanks to the help of Alexey, this was finally achieved:

apt.izzysoft.de/packages/com.c…

And it means that 275 of the apps at #IzzyOnDroid are now set up for #reproducibleBuilds – or in relative numbers, 22.9% Hoping for the "forth egg" (25%) though it's quite a way to go, still 😊

Quebec's language law may force music gear off store shelves

montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-s-l…

Yup. Franco Fascist. I thought these goons were pro-business but apparently they are not either.

NO ONE EVER ASKED FOR THIS #CAQASTROPHE.

Québec's language law may force music gear off store shelves...

And, how long before Québec cannot reach anglophone websites to purchase anything...

montreal.ctvnews.ca/quebec-s-l… #polQC #QCpoli #assnat #languagewars #cdnpoli #polcan

In my last Italian blog post talking about #Google I suggested your service @Tutanota a service I purchased proudly 🙂 I'm planning to write a specific post in English to talk about Tuta.

giovanniventuri.com/2024/10/07…

Страна победившего маразма.

#Россия #Мракобесие #Религия

In which we read out three user-submitted stories about meeting their partners.

#StroongeCast E04: How You Met Your Other: youtu.be/kqgFs_TpyXU
@MoonCat