rip botsin space
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Hey friends, it's hard to write this, but it's time to retire botsin.space. I wrote a post about it here: muffinlabs.com/posts/2024/10/2…TLDR the site will go read-only on or around December 15th.
I'm so thankful for all the support and good times here ❤️ thanks everyone
On this day, six years ago, David John Duncan, well-known to some, unknown to most, but wonderful author of science fiction and fantasy novels, passed away. I have read as much of Dave's stuff as I can get my hands on. He is an author that I'm very fond of. I enjoy his books and the stories he tells.
My introduction to Dave was the first book in his Seventh Sword series, which is called The Reluctant Swordsman. It's a portal fantasy novel. It was published in 1988, and it follows the mind of a gentleman called Wally Smith, who ends up in the body of a swordsman of the seventh rank, the mighty Shonsu, who was killed in his fantasy world, and Wally's mind brought across to re-inhabit the body by the world's goddess in an attempt to complete a mission for her. The subsequent two books in the series complete that arc, and it's a very satisfying trilogy of books. 24 years later, Dave published a fourth book in the series, showing the evolution of the characters after the main quest had completed, and it was a very satisfying way to meet Dave as an author.
dear menstruating ADHD people
There is a student running a survey on ADHD and Menstruation
reddit.com/r/AdultADHDSupportG…
Help them out with their assignment if you have the spoons
spent some time today working on this diagram of how the ASCII control characters work in unix
there are a lot of mistakes/missing nuance but I think it's really interesting how little structure there is. Special codes (like `3` for SIGINT) that are handled by the OS are mixed with just regular keypresses (like `13` for "enter”) which are mixed with codes that are handled by the application (like `1` for Ctrl-A in readline)
(not looking for an ASCII history lesson right now)
#Catima 2.32.1 is out!
This fixes a regression in 2.32.0 which could break text display in the add dialog in non-English languages which I sadly missed in review: github.com/CatimaLoyalty/Andro…
It also contains some translation updates that were submitted between the last release and just now.
Coming soon to an app store near you :)
#AndroidAppRain at apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid today brings you 10 updated & 1 removed apps:
SwiftNotes had to be removed again due to license/copyright reasons (a fork without giving credits), it's repo is meanwhile unavailable too.
Updated apps include Catima, fixing a regression introduced with yesterday's update (yupp, @SylvieLorxu is fast with fixing and really taking care! 😍).
All 7 #reproducibleBuilds succeeded as well!
Enjoy your #free #Android #apps with the #IzzyOnDroid repo 
IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository
This is a repository of apps to be used with your F-Droid client. Applications in this repository are official binaries built by the original application developers, taken from their resp. repositories (mostly Github, GitLab, Codeberg).IzzyOnDroid App Repo
Apple Introduces Redesigned Mac Mini, Updates iMac and Mac Accessories | AppleVis
Apple this week updated several of its Mac product lines, as well as the Magic Keyboard, Magic Mouse, and Magic Trackpad accessories. These Macs have been updated with variants of the M4 chip, the same chip that was introduced with the 2024 iPad Pro.www.applevis.com
Whats new in Fedora Workstation 41 - Fedora Magazine
Fedora Workstation 41 is the latest release of one of the leading providers of free, open source software, The Fedora Project. Upgrade today!Aoife Moloney (Fedora Project)
Democrats on #Twitter are shocked—shocked!—to discover that a mysterious cloak of invisibility has descended over their messages.
At a GitHub workshop
me: *attempts to clone the workshop repo locally on a lab machine set up in the room*
HTTP clone: *auth errors*
`gh clone`: *timeout*
me: *creates an SSH key, installs it in the demo user account, tries to clone with GIT_TRACE=1 GIT_CURL_VERBOSE=1*
SSH: *stops transferring after the first 1.5MB*
me, to facilitator: "should I be expecting a git clone op to work here?"
hubber: "why are you trying to clone locally? You can run CodeSpaces in your browser."
I just,,,
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it *is* more or less possible to code remotely on a CI, but it's a monumental waste of time!
Personal computing forever.
@federicomena I agree! It is! I've done it! That's why I'm instinctively avoiding it!
*extremely Hack The Planet voice* PERSONAL COMPUTING FOREVER!!
LOL. Best design in the world.
M4 Mac Mini's Power Button Has New Bottom Location
(Narrator: it's underneath)
macrumors.com/2024/10/29/m4-ma…
M4 Mac Mini's Power Button Has New Bottom Location
The M4 Mac mini has an overhauled design that adds more ports in a slimmed down package, and to make everything fit, Apple needed a new place for the...Juli Clover (MacRumors.com)
As with the VSTi, it requires a set of Gravis Ultrasound patches in order to work. Once installed, a Timidity Configuration option will be in the Control Panel, and from there you can point the driver at the appropriate Timidity configuration file.
Matrix 2.0 Is Here!
Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communicationsMatthew Hodgson (matrix.org)
Apple unveils a Mac mini with a much smaller design, M4 and M4 Pro options, two front-facing USB-C ports, up to 64GB of RAM, and more, shipping Nov. 8 for $599+ (Chris Welch/The Verge)
theverge.com/2024/10/29/242815…
techmeme.com/241029/p16#a24102…
Apple announces redesigned Mac Mini with M4 chip — and it’s so damn small
Apple’s new Mac Mini is unbelievably small, yet it packs more power than ever thanks to the included M4 processor.Chris Welch (The Verge)
How to print from Linux using only the command line
You may not need it often, but this trick comes in handy when you do.Jack Wallen (ZDNET)
Kali Linux Phases Out Obsolete 32-bit Architecture | Linux Today
Kali Linux drops the i386 kernel and images, starting with the 2024.4 release. Users should shift to amd64 for ongoing support and updates.LinuxToday
The risks of OpenAI's Whisper audio transcription model
This weekend a story from ABC News on issues with audio transcription machine learning models did the rounds. “Researchers say an AI-powered transcription tool used in hospitals invents things no one ever said”www.baldurbjarnason.com
The wait is over, videos from The Matrix Conference 2024 are here!
Find recordings, photos, press, and our sponsor prospectus for 2025 in the latest blog post: matrix.org/blog/2024/10/29/mat…
#MatrixConf #Matrix #OpenSource #FOSS
The wait is over, videos from The Matrix Conference 2024 are here!
Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communicationsJosh Simmons (matrix.org)
Príhovor politika
We believe in the ability of Mastodon to create distinct, cohesive communities while also being able to talk to the world, so we’re excited to see people signing up for our inaugural meet-up via Zoom. There's still time to get the deets.
It’s happening this Saturday at 4 PM US Eastern time, 20 UTC. That’s currently 8 PM in the UK, 9 AM on Sunday in New Zealand, 7 AM in Eastern Australia.
This get together is open to CaneAndAble members. If you would like the Zoom link, please send a direct message to this account from your CaneAndAble account, and we’ll ensure you have the link in good time for the event.
Lynette and Jonathan will talk a bit about the instance and answer any questions or take your suggestions. Then we’ll just open it up for a conversation between all the members who attend. We’re particularly interested in getting questions or comments about making the most of mastodon, using Mastodon apps on various platforms, and other ActivityPub services.
We’re really looking forward to it. See you on Saturday.
But I love the community approach here and hope your meeting is wonderfully successful.
Read this awesome article by @fergusosullivan
We couldn't have reviewed the Tuta Calendar any better! 😍
👉 howtogeek.com/hands-on-with-tu…
I Went Hands-On with Tuta’s New Privacy-Focused Calendar App
Curious about Tuta’s new calendar app?Fergus O'Sullivan (How-To Geek)
@panoramax The number of 'panoramax'-tags has suddenly skyrocketed. Maybe cause I've moved about 10K pictures?
For more info, see github.com/pietervdvn/MapCompl…
Move all the pictures from Imgur to Panoramax · Issue #2189 · pietervdvn/MapComplete
Why move? Even though imgur hosts the images for now, they might delete it whenever they feel like. They suddenly cutoff our possibility to upload too. Loading an image from Imgur has a privacy imp...GitHub
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For clarity: we are moving all images which are on imgur and which have a clear license in the description. These are 99% images which were made with MapComplete.
Why? Imgur updated their TOS and we are now in violation of it. This means that they could simply delete the images overnight and/or cut off our API-access overnight - like they did cut off our access to upload new images. (Luckily, @thibaultmol sprang into action to setup a server and @pietervdvn implemented uploading)
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We moved about 10K images already, about 2.8% of all 'image'-tags in the #OpenStreetMap-database. All those moved images are made in Flanders.
There are 19K images hosted on Imgur, of which the vast majority (probably 18K) are made with MapComplete and will be moved soon.
If your app supports the image tag, it might be neat to start supporting panoramax too. See the wiki for details. OpenAEDMap just implemented it (see github.com/openstreetmap-polsk…, might not be live ATM)
Add support for panoramax · openstreetmap-polska/openaedmap-backend@c035154
❤️ Backend powering OpenAEDMap.org — an OpenStreetMap's life-saving AED map - Add support for panoramax · openstreetmap-polska/openaedmap-backend@c035154GitHub
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Where does the mastodon #embroidery crew hang out?
I've been playing around with art, and I wanna get inspired and chat with y'all.
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