The moral meltdown at the LA Times and Washington Post is a reminder that independent journalism is needed more than ever. It's also a reminder that being an independent journalist is HARD work, with challenges the "professionals" rarely see or grasp.
I urge you to read this from Molly White (hachyderm.io/@molly0xfff), one of the best we've seen:
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I am my own legal department: the promise and peril of “just go independent”
Independent publishing is one important facet of the media ecosystem, and while I love it, I know it is not the path for everyone.Molly White (Citation Needed)
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A fireball streaked by while Yasutaka Saika was taking a photograph of Comet Tsuchinshan–ATLAS, producing this beautiful, accidental celestial alignment.
Captured on Oct 24 from Tereske, Hungary.
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I wonder, what would’ve happened if WaPo just ran the endorsement - was Bezos gonna run down to the printer and shut off the press? Turn off the web site.
I know that it’s easy to say this, but… if I was EIC or whatever, I’d have tried to run the endorsement anyway. social.coop/@chrisjrn/11338000…
Christopher Neugebauer (@chrisjrn@social.coop)
I see *someone* at the Post was allowed to file an endorsement column: https://wapo.st/3UqHWRM (Gift link)social.coop
Hermit Browser - Accessible Android
We’re living in times where our information is the new gold. Thus, it is not uncommon for companies to harvest information of users, mainly intended toAccessible Android
Fable Raises $25m in Series B Funding to Protect Digital Accessibility in the Age of AI
Fable Raises $25m in Series B Funding to Protect Accessibility in the Age of AI...Fable
Welcome to the RB family, Privacy Lock 🥳
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Privacy Lock offers an extra layer of security on top of Android’s built-in features – like "shake to lock". Its next release should show the "green shield".
#reproducibleBuilds #IzzyOnDroid
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This is the Mac Mini’s big moment
Apple is nearing the announcement of its M4-powered Mac Mini, which is rumored to be the company’s smallest computer ever.Chris Welch (The Verge)
Five new iPad mini 7 upgrades you might’ve missed - 9to5Mac
Apple released its new iPad mini model earlier this week, marking the first update in over three years. It was...Michael Burkhardt (9to5Mac)
Do not withhold good from those who deserve it when it’s in your power to help them.
Proverbs 3:27
shame the history of almost every religion doesn't see the leaders living up to those standards.
As a message, I am all for a lot of religious communication. But I'm afraid the reality is often and very sadly harder to accept.
7 essential password rules to follow in 2024, according to security experts
What makes a password strong now? How long should it be? How often should you change it? Here's what the cybersecurity pros at NIST recommend - some of which may surprise you.Ed Bott (ZDNET)
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Hearing Aids May Reduce Risk of Developing Parkinson’s Disease
A study of veterans suggests a link between hearing loss and risk of Parkinson’s disease, with hearing aids potentially reducing this risk.Andy Lundin (The Hearing Review)
Apple wins a battle (and $250) in its smartwatch patent fight with Masimo
Apple earned a mixed victory in a patent infringement lawsuit against Masimo after a federal jury found that Masimo had infringed on some Apple patents.Jay Peters (The Verge)
Microsoft Office 2024 is now on Amazon, no subscription needed
Want to use Word, Excel, and Powerpoint without a subscription obligation? You can with Office 2024, which is now available on Amazon.Hans-Christian Dirscherl (PCWorld)
Digital Technology and Sustainability with Ishmael Burdeau.
In this episode, Millie Cave interviews Ishmael Burdeau, Sustainability Business Architect at the UK government's DWP, to explore the environmental impacts of digital technology.
looks like Debian's zipalign package is completely broken in testing/unstable. good thing I wrote my own, better version :3
github.com/obfusk/reproducible…
(it's so good tencent ported it to python 2 and violated the GPL (fixed now))
reproducible-apk-tools/zipalign.py at master · obfusk/reproducible-apk-tools
reproducible-apk-tools - scripts to make android apks reproducible - obfusk/reproducible-apk-toolsGitHub
Aurora Australis, captured at the southern tip of Africa where two oceans meet 🌌
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Another one of the Southern Lights captured at the Southern tip of Africa where two oceans meet. The Indian and the Atlantic oceans with the Aurora Australis above.Threads
Eleven years ago, the only long-lived #libcurl fork I am aware of was made: daniel.haxx.se/blog/2013/10/27…
It existed for several years, but it seems to be completely gone now.
he forked off libgnurl
Everyone and anyone is of course entitled to fork a project that is released under an open source license. This goes for my projects as well and I don't mind it. Go ahead.daniel.haxx.se
decomplexifying #curl
daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/10/27…
decomplexifying curl
(I wrote about this topic in my weekly email this week. This is the blog version, somewhat extended.) Easy to read Two contributing factors that make code hard to read are function length and function complexity.daniel.haxx.se
I'm sure you're aware of the caveats but using function length may not be the best metric to measure complexity. What I'm about to write is therefore likely nothing new to you but I'm doing it nevertheless because there are many voices in the software engineering space that apply a naive law of "long function bad, short function good".
While splitting a function into smaller parts may improve readability to some degree, it rarely decreases the mental capacity needed to understand it. I'd argue that it's quite often even the opposite if the code is well-structured:
Blocks can be used efficiently to mimic a function that is specific to a use case, relatively short and not reusable. A separate function would introduce overhead in form of its signature and disruption of the reader's flow because its location is elsewhere in the code. The block can easily be shoved into a function when it becomes larger or when it can be re-used.
As a general rule of thumb, I agree, I think.
When it comes to reducing complexity, what I'd want is to keep mental capacity needed in an acceptable range. In that regard, I'd e.g. value minimising the amount, scope and lifetime of variables within a function over function length. These metrics are likely much harder to provide but maybe they would be a neat addition next to the cyclomatic complexity.

Je to absurdní, ale Evropa se nemůže zbavit závislosti na ruském zemním plynu.
Paradoxně tak Evropa financuje obě strany konfliktu.
Nejde jen o tranzit přes Ukrajinu, ale i ruský LNG, který dováží čím dál více evropských zemí. Například Španělsko pokrývá 23 % svých dovozů plynu z Ruska.
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Mohl by na Marsu existovat život? Studie NASA nabízí možnosti
sciencemag.cz/mohl-by-na-marsu…
Výzkumníci se domnívají, že by roztátá voda pod krustou marsovského ledu mohla podporovat mikrobiální život. Hned na začátek je ale nutné připomenout, že zatím nemáme k dispozici žádné důkazy o tom, že by na Marsu byl skutečně objeven život. Ovšem nová studie expertů NASA zmiňuje možnost, že by potenciální mikroorganismy mohly najít vhodné podmínky téměř na povrchu planety.

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Alfa Romeo, v níž boural Karel Gott, se vydražila za sumu, kterou nikdo nečekal
Alfa Romeo 2000 GT Veloce, ve které kdysi havaroval Karel Gott, se stala hvězdou aukce veteránů na Prague Car Festivalu.Eva Srpová (Aktuálně.cz)
I am my own legal department: the promise and peril of “just go independent”
Independent publishing is one important facet of the media ecosystem, and while I love it, I know it is not the path for everyone.Molly White (Citation Needed)
#Gruzie 🇬🇪🙏🏻💚
zažila volby a opozice ma koaliční většinu. Gruzínský sen společnými silami poražen a s ním končí éra 12 let pro-ruské vlády.
EDIT:
Oficiálně je sečteno 99.646%
Vítězí stávající autoritářská vláda 54%
Exit poolls ve vládě jednoho prostě nefungují 😔
Gruzie čekají těžké časy od odstraňování opozice až po opětovné zavedení vízové povinnosti do EU a USA.
Držím palce, snad se podvody podaří prokázat 💪🏻✊🏻🤞🏻
PS Omlouvám se těm co jsem mistifikoval exit poollem.
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