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Looks like Arweave is adopting #LMDB now? github.com/permaweb/HyperBEAM/…

It's amusing to me to see them adopting this code now, since they were the first project to adopt #RandomX. Early to adopt my recent work, late to adopt my early work. Also interesting to see that they use #Erlang - I first tried to develop an erlang wrapper for LMDB years ago to use in #riak, but all of that was abandoned.


HyperBEAM Milestone 3 BETA-1. by samcamwilliams · Pull Request #309 · permaweb/HyperBEAM

This PR implements HyperBEAM launch milestone 3, beta 1. The core focus of the milestone 3 release is to enable support for AO legacynet process execution in the HyperBEAM environment on trust-mini...
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#erlang #lmdb #randomx #riak
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Years ago, I suspected the new dishwasher detergent tablets and pods being heavily pushed were a ripoff. I put a tablet in a Ziploc bag and crushed it with a hammer, then measured the resultant powder: about 2 tablespoons (30 mL). That struck me as grossly excessive, in line with the "always fill all detergent cups to maximum for best results" instrux on detergent powder boxes (and then liquid/gel bottles).

So I bought a box of regular ol' normal ol' boring ol' dishwasher powder and started experimenting. 1 tablespoon (15 mL): dishes completely clean. 2 teaspoons (10 mL): dishes completely clean. Mind, I scrape off loose leavings, but almost no dishes get rinsed before they go in the dishwasher.

The math quickly showed that yup, the pods and powders are a complete scam. So for years now, we've had this what you see here under the sink, with a teaspoon measure in.

The dishes consistently get perfectly clean, but I've never liked that dishwasher-detergent smell they have after. It occurred to me the other night I'd stopped the experiment without inceeding 2 teaspoons, so I tried 1 teaspoon (5 mL — probably more like 6ish; I don't level off the teaspoon, just scoop-shake-dispense).

Result: dishes perfectly clean. They couldn't possibly be any cleaner, so all the marketing babble about the pods unlocking whole new levels of Ultra Platinum Extreme Clean are bulk wrap. And the dishes now come out smelling of…nothing.

I'm not gonna retire on the savings, but every bit helps. There's a whole lot less waste this way, in money and detergent and packaging and production. The powder comes in a recyclable-for-real paperboard box rather than a recyclable-nudge-wink-lol plastic tub.

As I've done this much schtick, I might's well make a complete job of it: Consumer Reports' latest test of dishwasher detergent doesn't include powders, they say, because most people buy pods and tablets. That's antithetical to CR's nominal mission; decades ago they'd've done my same math and experiments and recommended avoiding the scam and buying the powders they found to work well.

I'll need to edit that yellow label.

#HomeEconomy
#capitalism

Under a kitchen sink: two boxes of Finish brand dishwasher powder, and a repurposed yogurt tub with a yellow label on the lid saying "Dishwasher soap 2t/load"
#capitalism #homeeconomy

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#AudioMo When I decided to go watch our local actors in training perform a short stage play called "Vamptopia" I certainly didn't expect this quite impressive variation of "Part of your world" from the Little Mermaid to happen. I'm pretty happy to have witnessed it, and luckily for you, I've had my trusty stealth recording kit with me. Although the intro is in German, no worries, the actual song starts at 00:51.

#audiomo

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Today I invited a couple friends to the #NoKings protest this Saturday, and they were more open to it than I thought. (Not my most political friends.) Turning out lots of folks who don't usually protest would be amazing. I hope Saturday is the day many people wake up and realize the resisting this administration is not fringe, it's what most Americans want.

If you're in the USA, I hope you'll join us!
nokings.org/

#USpol #NoKingsDay #resist


No Kings

On June 14—Flag Day—Donald Trump wants tanks in the street and a made-for-TV display of dominance for his birthday. A spectacle meant to look like strength. But real power isn’t staged in Washington. It rises up everywhere else.
No Kings
#uspol #resist #nokings #nokingsday

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Trump deployed forces against American citizens to chill dissent, spark confrontation, and create an excuse to seize even more power. We won’t back down, but we need to be prepared to handle encounters with law enforcement and de-escalate tense situations.
Attend tomorrow’s “Know Your Rights” training with the ACLU to help keep No Kings protests safe and non-violent: act.aclu.org/a/2025-kyr-traini…

También disponible en Español: act.aclu.org/a/taller-para-con…


Know Your Rights Training: Get Ready for June 14

Take action with ACLU People Power!
PeoplePower.org

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My least favorite work interactions are with customers’ 3rd party “rockstar” consultants. I never know how to respond to certain sorts of queries. Ones where I could answer the question as asked but it really implies a deeper misunderstanding. I feel like I want to write him a treatise on VPNs: what they are and how they work. And Cc his boss (who shares his surname…) to communicate the depth of the problem.

I’m letting my boss handle it. He’s the networking guy anyway…

#Sysadminnery

Screengrab from an email with text: Is there an alternative to AnyConnect? It wants to turn on the Socket Filter? What is the VPN gateway?
#sysadminnery

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Google Tightens Android Sideloading—At What Cost to Digital Freedom?

Google has begun blocking sideloaded Android apps in Singapore, citing security concerns over apps requesting sensitive permissions like SMS and accessibility services.

Read more at Purism: puri.sm/posts/google-restricts…


Google Restricts Android Sideloading—What It Means for User Autonomy and the Future of Mobile Freedom – Purism

Purism makes premium phones, laptops, mini PCs and servers running free software on PureOS. Purism products respect people's privacy and freedom while protecting their security.
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We're starting to roll out a new screen curtain feature to black out the display when using Narrator - thanks, as always, for folks that have shared feedback about this 😊

blogs.windows.com/windows-insi… #WindowsInsiders #Windows11 #Accessibility

Screenshot of the screen curtain section in the linked blog post. You can navigate via the link to read it, or you can read the full text below: The Screen Curtain feature in Narrator is designed to enhance privacy and focus for users who rely on screen reading. When activated, Screen Curtain completely blacks out the display, ensuring that only the user hears what’s on the screen through Narrator, while the visual content remains hidden from view. This is especially useful in public spaces or shared environments, allowing users to read and work with sensitive information without revealing it to others nearby. How to enable/disable Screen Curtain: Turn On Narrator using Ctrl + Win + Enter. Press Caps + Ctrl + C to enable Screen Curtain. Try using Narrator, while your Screen Curtain is turned on. Press Caps + Ctrl + C to disable Screen Curtain. FEEDBACK: Please file feedback in Feedback Hub (WIN + F) under Accessibility > Narrator.

Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.4250 (Beta Channel)

Hello Windows Insiders, today we are releasing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.4250 (KB5060820) to the Beta Channel for Windows Insiders on Windows 11, version 24H2. Changes in Beta Channel b
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#Accessibility #windowsinsiders #Windows11

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You can restrict the audience of your posts on Mastodon using post visibility settings. You can set each post's visibility separately if you want, and you can also choose a default visibility.

There are four or five different visibility settings which let you control who can see your posts and how easily they can be discovered.

Instructions on how to set Mastodon's post visibilities (and lots of questions answered about this feature) at:

➡️ fedi.tips/who-can-see-my-posts…

#FediTips #Mastodon


Who can see my posts and replies in Mastodon? How do I choose post visibility settings? How do I send DMs in Mastodon? | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse
fedi.tips
#Mastodon #FediTips

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What's been lost...
Entomologists from Krefeld, Germany, collected flying insects for two weeks in August 1994 (left) and—at the same site, with an identical trap— in August 2016 (right). Similar data from 63 German protected areas overall gave a shocking result: a 76 percent drop in insect biomass between 1989 and 2016.
It has worsened significantly in the past 9 years.
Photographed at Entomological Society of Krefeld
Two cylindrical 2 liter lab glasses, both containing a light brown fluid with a mass of insects at the bottom. The left glass gas more than 1500 mL of insects, the right glass around 250 mL.
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We are working on the #NextGeneration of our #opensource #WiFi #router - #Turris #OmniaNG. And it is going to be released #soon. Want to be among the first ones to know more? Join our #newsletter! mailing-turris.nic.cz/?p=subsc…
In front of the picture is a text "New product coming soon! Next-generation router Turris Omnia NG - stay tuned." and in the background if visible a corner of an router with two (visible) antennas and two (visible) SFP ports.

Subscribe to our Newsletters

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#opensource #newsletter #wifi #router #turris #nextgeneration #omniang #soon

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My friends Critter, Oscar and Talon from The Kuloran Players have produced a truly beautiful sounding audio rendition of the literal formation of the world of #Kirandur. In tradition, it was released 2 weeks early over at our #patreon, but these weeks have passed, and you can listen to the full 18 minutes now! It also happened to be during #AudioMo. What a treat! Anyway, links:
First, the promised audio: audiopub.site/listen/7398e304-…
If you don't know what this is all about, take a read through our website to learn more: kpguild.games
If you liked what you heard, or what you read, enough to wish you could support us, you can do that through our Patreon and gain some cool benefits as you do: patreon.com/KPGuild
Enjoy listening!
#blind #audiogame

Get more from The Kuloran Players on Patreon

Designing the greatest sounding MMO RPG this side of Klagrond!
The Kuloran Players (Patreon)
#blind #patreon #AudioGame #audiomo #kirandur

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To reiterate, what I want out of a phone:

- Headphone jack
- Square corners on screen, no rounded edges
- No holes in screen
- Smol like my hands
- Ability to install and distribute my own software
- Ability to turn off anything that bugs me
- Ability, when reading ebooks, to silence visual "noise" like clocks or navbars
- I want to neither monetarily nor in platform political power support a company that sells "AI"-branded features as part of their business activities

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Attached: 1 image So I went into my work Google account and disabled Gemini features. Now *every time* I open Google Drive, I get this big modal I have to dismiss. This is worse.
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This is why people don't support big media. Greta Thunberg was kidnapped. Point blank. Was on international waters. Israel is not the world Police. They do not have jurisdiction in international waters. That is kidnapping. No denying it. And not a single large media corporation is mentioning that. What the hell is wrong with this world?
#news #gaza #israel #usa #aid #climate #international
#News #USA #israel #climate #international #Gaza #aid
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feld

> Was on international waters

Is there proof of this? I can't find the GPS coordinates for their last reported location, but Israel's territorial waters extend 12 nautical miles off the coast and they were stopped within visual distance from the Port of Ashdod so I'm pretty sure it wasn't still in international waters

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feld

Palestine is not a state. Should there be a two state solution? Yes, I think so, but the rest of the world has not committed to that and put the appropriate pressure on Israel.

As it currently stands, that land is recognized as Israel's and so are those territorial waters.

edit: I should clarify, most of the world does think Palestine should be a state but the only official recognition happens within the UN and the USA has veto power and keeps voting against which stops any progress. Really dumb.

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Toby!

@ibrahim_cris @feld
-"no State may validly purport to subject any part of them to its sovereignty. The Convention on the High Seas was used as a foundation for the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS), signed in 1982, which recognized exclusive economic zones extending 200 nautical miles (230 mi; 370 km) from the baseline, where coastal states have sovereign rights to the water column and sea floor as well as the natural resources found there."
@feld @Chris
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Toby!

@ibrahim_cris @feld tldr Israel only has jurisdiction 200 miles outside of their shore, the aid vessel was both more than 200 mi away from ANY shore, and also was not heading towards Israels' shores, it was heading to Gaza, where Israel does not have jurisdiction either, as Gaza is recognized as an independent state. Even IF they were within 200 miles of the shore of Gaza, Israel still does not have jurisdiction there.
@feld @Chris
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feld

good point, but they even lost other rights in the UN in 2020 when they expired

There's also the Oslo Accords...

International agreement on these things is a fucking nightmare

I don't think this is worth arguing the specifics right now. It's easier to just point out that there are no allies stepping in to help Palestine fight back, so if anything that is enough of a signal that governments are OK with Israel denying Palestinian statehood regardless of what they signal in UN votes.

A lot of cruel and cowardly people out there in power

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Gee I wonder why these Waymos are getting torched in LA?
gizmodo.com/waymos-driverless-…

> Waymo’s Driverless Cars Revealed to Be Narcs as Cops Use Them to Probe Crimes

> Footage from robotaxis is the newest data source for law enforcement.

#Waymo #LAProtests #USA


Waymo's Driverless Cars Revealed to Be Narcs as Cops Use Them to Probe Crimes

Lucas Ropek (Gizmodo)
#USA #waymo #laprotests

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Minimal Docker for GeoDjango + PostGIS

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#django

Minimal Docker for GeoDjango + PostGIS

If you want to dockerize a GeoDjango project, the most common method is to use an oficial Python image as its base, and install all GIS dependencies over it, being GDAL the heaviest one, making your final image easily reach the mark of the multi-mega…
racum.blog
#django

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No Kings protests this Sat. June 14.

mobilize.us/nokings/

Maybe they should rename it to "No Hitlers"!

#NoKings #TrumpIsAMonster #TrumpIsATraitorAndCriminal #TrumpIsHitler


No Kings June 14 · No Kings on Mobilize

Find events, petitions, volunteer opportunities, fundraisers and more with No Kings.
Mobilize
#trumpisamonster #nokings #trumpisatraitorandcriminal #TrumpIsHitler
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Claims that WWDC will crash and burn because it won't launch a device like Apple Vision Pro annually, or refresh all the hardware Apple has are evergreen -- but that is entirely missing the point of the conference.

appleinsider.com/articles/25/0…


Saying Apple is in trouble before WWDC is a time-honored and always wrong tradition

Claims that WWDC will crash and burn because it won't launch a device like Apple Vision Pro annually, or refresh all the hardware Apple has are evergreen — but that is entirely missing the point of the conference.
William Gallagher and Mike Wuerthele (AppleInsider)

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🕹️ What happens when a veteran MUD dev builds a modern client from scratch—with ARIA #accessibility support, dyslexia-friendly fonts, and captioned sound effects?

I talked with RahjIII, longtime steward of The Last Outpost, about his browser-based client designed to make text games playable on anything from smartphones to CRTs.

If you care about MU*s, inclusive design, or the joy of old-school games meeting today's tech, this one's for you.

📖 writing-games.com/lociterm-mud…

#RetroGames #IndieGameDev


LociTerm MUD client and the legacy of The Last Outpost - Writing Games - Writing Games

Discover how RahjIII built LociTerm - an accessible, browser-based MUD client - to keep The Last Outpost and other games playable on any device.
Andruid (Writing Games)
#Accessibility #retrogames #indiegamedev

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Thank you @codethink for being a Bronze sponsor of #GUADEC2025! 🧡

Codethink specializes in system-level software engineering to enable advanced technical applications, working across a range of industries including automotive, medical, telecoms and finance.

Visit their website to know more: codethink.co.uk/

#sponsor

Software Engineering | Open Source Experts

Established in 2007, Codethink has established an international reputation as a world-class provider of software engineering and consultancy services.
www.codethink.co.uk
#sponsor #guadec2025 @Codethink

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🛡️ "The evolution of Linux targeted cyber threats"
with Pau Hoz at #GUADEC2025
📅 24 July 🕒 11:05 CEST 📍 Brescia

🔍 From supply chain attacks to evasive malware, Pau digs into how Linux threats are evolving—and what it means for FOSS security.

🔗 events.gnome.org/event/259/con…

#Linux #Security #FOSS #CyberThreats

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GUADEC 2025

Welcome to GUADEC 2025 GUADEC is the GNOME community’s largest conference, bringing together hundreds of users, contributors, community members, and enthusiastic supporters for a week of talks and workshops.
GNOME Events (Indico)
#linux #foss #security #guadec2025 #Cyberthreats

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“If you see this video, we have been intercepted and kidnapped in international waters by the Israeli occupational forces, or forces that support Israel.”

– Greta Thunberg

edition.cnn.com/2025/06/08/mid…

#israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #Palestine #Gaza #Madleen #FreedomFlotila #GazaFreedomFlotilla #GretaThunberg

#israel #palestine #gretathunberg #genocide #Gaza #apartheid #settlercolonialism #EthnicCleansing #madleen #freedomflotila #gazafreedomflotilla
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