How do you feel about restoring metalink support in #curl ?
github.com/curl/curl/discussio…
Greetings! This discussion thread is for the purpose to coordinate efforts to attempt to restore Metalink support. See #7176 metalink-dev/libmetalink#5GitHub
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I've been thinking about this for ages, but never had the time to craft the words around it.
People keep saying that "Maths should be fun" ... and I push back with "It should be engaging ... 'fun' is a different thing.
So @rakhichawla has posted pretty much exactly this, but better than I ever could.
I'm copying it here with permission.
Please read this, then as it says at the end ... let's have a deeper conversation about this ...
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(PS: I'd love this to get boosted to get outside my bubble ... you're all amazing, but there will be other opinions, and other thoughts that could be helpful or valuable)
Hashtags: #MathEd #MathsEd #MathEdChat #MathsEdChat #MathChat #MathsChat #MTBoS #TMWYK
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New blog post!
My GoToSocial instance has been running for more than a month now, and so I gathered the different bits and pieces of my experience running it, and made them into a blog post. I talk about resources usage, monitoring and backups.
Also, sharing the link on this fedi account running on the mentioned GTS instance is an experiment in itself, to see how my server will handle the traffic 
stfn.pl/blog/54-administrating…
The day-to-day tasks of a Fediverse instance adminstfn.pl
Oh god this is so believable. AI bros and Business Leaders have no interest in softer sciences, so they've Dunning-Krugered themselves into believing their googly-eyed autocomplete is a real boy
From softwarecrisis.dev/letters/llm…
The new era of tech seems to be built on superstitious behaviourOut of the Software Crisis
# smartctl -l selftest /dev/sdb
smartctl 7.4 2023-08-01 r5530 [x86_64-linux-6.12.4-arch1-1] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-23, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org
=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
Num Test_Description Status Remaining LifeTime(hours) LBA_of_first_error
# 1 Extended offline Completed: read failure 90% 29550 3432497913
# 2 Conveyance offline Completed: read failure 70% 29550 3432490825
Kupoval jsem s dcerou před pár dny vánoční stromeček. Chtěla, abych koupil trochu větší než obvykle. Prodavač mi říká "nechcete ten kmen dole zúžit?", já říkám "to je dobrý, máme velký stojánek a kdyžtak si to osekám". Sekyrkou je to přece hračka.
Dnes jsem se do toho dal a dost jsem se opotil, když vidím, že ten stojánek zas tak velký není, a když jsem si uvědomil, že tu trampskou sekyrku, kterou jsem měl úplně jasně před očima u toho prodavače stromků, jsem vlastnil naposledy před asi čtvrtstoletím.
Nakonec jsem vzal ten nejtěžší kuchyňský nůž a udělal z něj mačetu. Kůra a lýko šla dobře, dřevo a suky hůř, ale už to za chvíli bude. Jsem přece bojovník, že ano.
Anche la copertina è quasi pronta.
Mi aiutate a scegliere una direzione cromatica?
Preferite l'opzione 1, 2, 3 o 4?
(trovate il numero nell'alt text)
Eight years ago on this date, I had to publicly share this #curl security advisory as perhaps one of my lamest mistakes ever: curl.se/docs/CVE-2016-9594.htm…
We learn from our mistakes. Hopefully.
A magical moment - glow worms gently lighting up the scene near the waterfall.
#waterfall #water #australia #magic #night #twilight #LongExposure #landscape #landscapephotography #photo #photography #noai #foto #nature #naturephotography
"One fun anecdote is that companies or governments will often say they need months or years to prepare (CLEAN UP) code for open sourcing. Because on the inside, people allow themselves far worse code than they’d prefer to share with the outside world. Open source code often has higher standards, and it is a great mechanism of keeping you on track."
Says @bert_hubert in his article about long term software development #opensource #dev #coding
berthub.eu/articles/posts/on-l…
Recently the Dutch Electoral Board (where I am also a very part time advisor) invited me to do a talk reflecting on their open source Abacus vote tabulation software.Bert Hubert's writings
Day 23 - #adventOfIOSAccessibility. Sometimes your UI will just not optimally scale for large text sizes. Simple changes, for accessibility sizes, like composing elements vertically instead of horizontally, reducing the number of columns, and allowing more lines of text, can do the trick most times.
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Learn using BigBlueButton, the trusted open-source web conferencing solution that enables seamless virtual collaboration and online learning experiences.bbb.metalab.at
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Summing up #curl's 2024 in a single image could possibly look like this.
28 years into this never-ending journey, development activity is higher than ever before.
Zvolený americký prezident Trump obvinil Panamu, že vybírá nadměrné poplatky za využívání Panamského průplavu. Pohrozil, že pokud země nebude vodní cestu spravovat přijatelněji, mohl by požadovat předání její správy Spojeným státům. https://www.Český rozhlas
Enjoy this #curl summary of the past year. From twelve years ago:
daniel.haxx.se/blog/2012/12/23…
So what did happen in the curl project during 2012? First some basic stats We shipped 6 releases with 199 identified bug fixes and some 40 other changes.daniel.haxx.se
Installer and launcher for Windows based audio games under wine for Linux.Stormux: Powered by Gitea
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in reply to daniel:// stenberg:// • • •I think adding #metalink support could be a good thing as it permits handling multiple sources, multiple protocols, better security and so, a better resilience and load balancing.
But i'm not (yet) a developer and not aware of many implications.
Ah! And thanks for your work!