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On an Intel-based Mac, the latest UTM (4.2.5) seems to crash right after browsing for a boot ISO image. for me. Could anyone confirm whether this also happens on an M1/M2 device please?
The issue is here: github.com/utmapp/UTM/issues/5…

Crash when selecting boot iso image in the creation wizard · Issue #5250 · utmapp/UTM

After selecting a boot iso image in the creation wizard, the file browse window closes and UTM (v4.2.4 and v4.2.5) quit unexpectedly. The crash happens regardless of the selected image, tested via ...
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Erion

@bryn I haven't seen your demo, but thanks for confirming. Yeah basically it's a speed issue, but I also suspect that they fixed something in Ventura, because honestly speed should never dictate whether a UI works as expected. The sad part is that this is not even UTM, but just the UI library.

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Government official confirms it is all about the links with Bill C-18, acknowledging if Facebook and Google stop linking, there is no need to pay “because they were no longer in the business of making news available.”

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RT @globepolitics
CRTC lacks expertise to regulate online news bill says its former chair https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-crtc-lacks-expertise-to-regulate-online-news-bill-says-its-former/?utm_sourc…
twitter.com/globepolitics/stat…


CRTC lacks expertise to regulate online news bill says its former chair

Speaking at a Senate Committee, Konrad von Finckenstein says CRTC may have to hire outside expertise to help them regulate Bill-C18
Marie Woolf (The Globe and Mail)

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violet cybrespace decodes the qr code on a fast food drink cup using pen and paper, long post

in my (seemingly eternal) quest to learn how to read qr codes by eye, i figured it was time to just sit down with a qr code and decode it with only a pen and paper (and the qr code specification and an ascii table because i don't have that memorized yet)

anyway, i got a drink from mcdonald's that had a relatively small version 2M code on it (which is about as small of a qr code that can still fit a reasonable amount of data in it) and i did all the work to unmask the data and extract the various blocks of modules to figure out the message itself. the message is just a bitly link that directs you to download their app from your respective app store but that's not really relevant

when copying down the original code, i chose to draw the locator features and the version information in a different color than the masked data. this made it easier in the unmasking step to not accidentally waste time trying to unmask static features of the code

only the first 5 bits of the version information encode data (the rest is error correction) and of that the main thing you need to worry about is the 3 bits for the mask pattern but once you have that it's straightforward to unmask the data. the mask patterns are defined as like modular arithmetic statements but since they all rely on "mod 2"s and "mod 3"s i like to just imagine them as a 6x6 pattern that tiles over the data sections of the code. if you look closely you can see the orange tick marks around the outside of the codes that i drew to keep track of where the mask patterns tiled

the two main conveniences that made this a lot easier are the fact that qr codes have their entire data section at the start and all of the error correction comes later and also the fact that this is a small enough code that the error correction is done in one single block. in larger qr codes, the data is split into even groups of 8-bit codewords (up to around 80 groups) and the data is interleaved between all of those groups

anyway, like i said, the eventual goal is to be able to do all of the work that filled up a whole sheet of paper in my head but i am a long way from that future and this is literally one of the first steps

a version 2M qr code on the side of a mcdonald's drink cup. the qr code itself is a square that is basically made up of black and white pixels in a 25x25 grid that encodes information like the barcode orientation, size, error correction level, the data of the code itself, and some extra data to be able to detect and recover from failures to read the code properly this qr code also happens to have the 4 module wide quiet zone around it which is required in the specification but that many companies omit from their qr codes
a sheet of graph paper showing my work of decoding the information contained in the qr code. in the top left of the page is a recreation of the qr code except the locator features of the code that the reader uses to detect the code are in black, the version information is in red, and the data bits are in blue next to the recreated qr code is an excerpt highlighting the relevant portion of the version information which also shows the mask pattern below that is another recreation of the code but with all of the features that aren't data bits shown crosshatched instead of solid. the data bits in this drawing are shown in green and represent the blue data bits after applying the mask pattern which returns the original data used to generate the code. the various data blocks that represent things like the mode indicator, the data length, and the actual bytes that are encoded are outlined in black on the code itself at the bottom of the page are the individual bytes extracted from the code and placed side by side, with the hex representation and the ascii codes they represent below each block
me, showing a small tool that i used to aid in applying the mask pattern to the original qr code. it is a small square of paper with a square hole in the middle that is just big enough to view a 6x6 square of pixels from the code on the page the edges of the viewing window on this tool have tick marks to denote the individual pixels within the window and drawn lines extend the edges of the viewing window to the edges of the slip of paper so that the window can be aligned with orange tick marks on the original code that mark where the mask pattern repeats

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This is a hell of a throwback.

A tool I sometimes miss in era of blighted modernity is sz/rz. scp -J is fine I guess, but on those rare occasions that I'm at the far end of a few hops I frequently think it'd be nice to just zmodem a file through the whole chain. Some modern tools still build it in, apparently? (Kitty and ExtraPuTTY, PuTTY derivatives)

cambus.net/fun-with-kermit-and…

Fun with Kermit and ZMODEM over SSH | Frederic Cambus

Fun with Kermit and ZMODEM file transfers over SSH using Qodem
www.cambus.net

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We want to make medicine accessible, available, and affordable everywhere in the EU.

Our new reform of the #EUPharmaStrategy legislation proposes a single market of medicines that will:

💶 ensure affordable access,

🪫 prevent shortages,

💡 foster industry innovation,

🦠 fight antimicrobial resistance,

💚 improve environmental sustainability.

Together, we can create an innovative, patient-focused single market that is fit for the future. → europa.eu/!7prhmX

A stethoscope next to a folded European flag with superimposed text that says "We want chapter, easier and faster access to medicines."

Press corner

Highlights, press releases and speeches
European Commission - European Commission
#eupharmastrategy

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Tohle je dobrý titulek: "Zničí Brazílie Amazonii, aby zachránila klima?"
Nerostné bohatství v brazilské Amazonii (lithium, kobalt, nikl, niob...) by mohlo pohánět energetickou transformaci. Mohlo, pokud dojde k dalšímu zničení amazonských pralesů + těžba je špinavý byznys.
foreignpolicy.com/2023/04/22/b…

Will Brazil Destroy the Amazon to Save the Climate?

Brazil’s mineral wealth could power the energy transition, but mining is a very dirty business.
Robert Muggah (Foreign Policy)

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#Kdenlive 23.04 is out with nested timelines, Whisper engine support, new effects and transitions and much more.

Go check it out:
kdenlive.org/en/2023/04/kdenli…

#contentcreation #contentcreator #editing #production #videoediting

Kdenlive interface showcasing the speech to text and subtitle features.

Kdenlive 23.04.0 released - Kdenlive

Farid Abdelnour (Kdenlive)
#kdenlive #production #editing #contentcreation #contentcreator #videoediting
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Contrairement à des messageries de types WhatsApp ou Signal, qui sont hébergées à l’étranger, @element_hq utilise des serveurs décentralisés, ce qui signifie que si les Ukrainiens perdent l’accès à Internet, ils pourront toujours communiquer entre eux.
usbeketrica.com/fr/article/mat…

Matrix, le protocole décentralisé made in France qui cartonne en Ukraine

Matrix et Element sont respectivement un protocole et une application sécurisés et décentralisés. Avec le conflit ukrainien, ces technologies ont connu un certain succès auprès des utilisateurs.
usbeketrica.com
@Element

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One of the things that makes living in the Netherlands so convenient may come to all of Europe: the iDEAL online payment system. They just need to figure how to make the UI still work with thousands of banks to choose from instead of, like, a dozen.

nltimes.nl/2023/04/25/dutch-pa… via @isotopp.


Dutch payment processor iDeal to become European standard

The European Payments Initiative (EPI) acquired the Dutch payment system iDEAL with the aim of making it the standard payment solution across all European countries.
NL Times
@Kris (Backup Account)
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A new version of Amberol music player is out with a couple of new features omglinux.com/amberol-0-10-rele… #gnome #gtk #opensource
Yellow background with a screenshot of the Amberol music player in wide mode on top of it

Amberol Audio Player Adds 'Restore Playlist' Feature - OMG! Linux

A new version of effortlessly easy audio player Amberol is rolling out on Flathub. Amberol 0.10 is composed of small but welcome changes that provide
Scott Bouvier (OMG! Linux)
#opensource #gnome #gtk

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Does anyone know any way to verify that the account at floss.social/@gnome is official?

I suggested to them they might verify their web link, but as far as I can tell the haven't? Also emailed GNOME via their official website to check if this is their account, but didn't receive a response.

Any ideas? Anyone know someone at GNOME who could verify?

I'm not suggesting it's fake by the way, it's just frustrating not to be able to verify! :)

#GNOME #Linux

#linux #gnome
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In the TestFlight app, if you saw a message says ”the developer removed you from the test program.” that’s a bug of TestFlight. I did not remove anyone from the test program of Mona Beta.

To continue using Mona Beta, please tap “Stop Testing” on TestFlight’s Mona Beta page, then use this invitation link to re-enter our test group: testflight.apple.com/join/xNdg…

TestFlight screenshot

Join the Mona for Mastodon (Beta) beta

Available on iOS
testflight.apple.com

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#Netflix ha perdido UN MILLÓN de usuarios en #España desde que se ha prohibido compartir contraseñas. Nice deal.

#noticias
bloomberg.com/news/articles/20…


Netflix Loses 1 Million Spanish Users Over Password Policing

Netflix Inc. lost more than one million users in Spain in the first three months of 2023 according to market research group Kantar, a sign that the streaming giant’s crackdown on password-sharing could backfire.
Clara Hernanz Lizarraga (Bloomberg)
#Netflix #espana #noticias

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El Gobierno andaluz promete a los regantes irregulares de Doñana un agua que la ley prohíbe usar

La Junta repite que las fincas que pinchan sin permiso el acuífero y pretende legalizar deberían acceder al bombeo desde la cuenca Tinto-Odiel-Piedras, pero una norma del año 2018 lo impide eldiario.es/sociedad/gobierno-…

El Gobierno andaluz promete a los regantes irregulares de Doñana un agua que la ley prohíbe usar

El plan para Doñana del presidente andaluz, Juan Manuel Moreno Bonilla, es el siguiente: legalizar las fincas de regadío ilegales en el entorno del Parque Nacional y anunciar la llegada de agua trasvasada que, en realidad, la ley impide utilizar para…
Raúl Rejón (elDiario.es)

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FINALLY, #Tutanota lets us bulk-export multiple/all e-mails in a folder! Just tick the check mark at the top and hit the download icon. After waiting for a moment, you'll get a .zip archive containing all the .eml files.

#QT @Tutanota
mastodon.social/@Tutanota/1102…

Multi-selection in Tutanota

Tuta

2023-04-25 15:13:04


Release time (web & desktop)! 🥳

- Buttons to reply etc. stay at the top while you scroll
- You can select all emails in a folder
- You can preview a long file name before downloading

How do you like these small improvements?

youtu.be/I0Y-SKKoMZM



Release time: You can now view long attachments in Tutanota

Release time (web & desktop)! 🥳 - Buttons to reply etc. stay at the top while you scroll- You can select all emails in a folder- You can preview a long file...
YouTube

#tutanota #qt @Tuta

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Google has just updated its 2FA Authenticator app and added a much-needed feature: the ability to sync secrets across devices.

TL;DR: Don't turn it on.

The new update allows users to sign in with their Google Account and sync 2FA secrets across their iOS and Android devices.

We analyzed the network traffic when the app syncs the secrets, and it turns out the traffic is not end-to-end encrypted. As shown in the screenshots, this means that Google can see the secrets, likely even while they’re stored on their servers. There is no option to add a passphrase to protect the secrets, to make them accessible only by the user.

Why is this bad?

Every 2FA QR code contains a secret, or a seed, that’s used to generate the one-time codes. If someone else knows the secret, they can generate the same one-time codes and defeat 2FA protections. So, if there’s ever a data breach or if someone obtains access .... 🧵

#Privacy #Cybersecurity #InfoSec #2FA #Google #Security

#google #privacy #infosec #security #cybersecurity #2fa
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Microsoft's Edge browser appears to be sending all the URLs you visit to its Bing API website.

Reddit users first spotted the privacy issues with Edge last week, noticing that the latest version of Microsoft Edge sends a request to bingapis.com with the full URL of nearly every page you navigate to. Microsoft tells The Verge it's investigating ...

*cough*

"Oh did we accidentally write code and put it in our browser that collects info on everything you do, again?

yro.slashdot.org/story/23/04/2…


Microsoft Edge is Leaking the Sites You Visit To Bing - Slashdot

Microsoft's Edge browser appears to be sending URLs you visit to its Bing API website. Reddit users first spotted the privacy issues with Edge last week, noticing that the latest version of Microsoft Edge sends a request to bingapis.
yro.slashdot.org
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Dan Gero

I did something very similar, except I pitched my voice higher. It's pretty cool because it killed almost all the artefacts. I used text from Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers to test the voice, so it's very slightly inappropriate. I'd probably rate this PG13 if it was a movie.

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The browser market is ripe for disruption.

Microsoft Edge is leaking the sites you visit to Bing - The Verge – theverge.com/2023/4/25/2369753…


Microsoft Edge is leaking the sites you visit to Bing

Microsoft is investigating an issue with its Edge browser that is leaking the sites you visit to Bing. A new creator follow feature appears to have some privacy issues.
Tom Warren (The Verge)
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