My friend @mchua has died.
caringbridge.org/site/f77db139…
I wrote about them last year: harihareswara.net/posts/2023/a…
It hurts a lot. I am bereft.
This is a photo from a fun evening we had together last year. I am grateful for the joy we shared and it feels incomprehensible that we will never share joy again.
A Celebration of My Friend, Dr. Mel Chua
My dear friend Mel Chua is, as of this year, Dr. Mel Chua, as they have now deposited the doctoral dissertation that they successfully defended several years ago. Yay Dr.Cogito, Ergo Sumana
I got several questions on what's new with Version 7 of the Ray-ban Meta Smart glasses. The URL of the release notes follows: These features and improvements will become available starting the week of July 31, 2024.
Respond without 'Hey Meta'
Now you can make another request to your glasses after the first one without needing to say ‘Hey Meta’ again. Your glasses and mic will stay on and listen for a brief period after each request is complete. This feature will be on by default but you can turn it off from the Settings menu in the Meta View app.
Stay on track with the games in Paris
Get real-time info on the Paris Olympics, including medal counts, event times, results and athlete bios. You can also ask questions about your favorite athletes and games from past events. For example, ask “Hey Meta, which country is leading the gold medal in gymnastics?”
Improved Apple Music search
We are adding a setting to make it easier to recognize previously unrecognized tracks and enhance your Apple Music experience. To turn this on, go to Settings in the Meta View app, select Apple Music and turn on Improved Music Search.
Share photos to your Instagram Story hands-free
The feature is now supported in French and Italian in addition to English. Your glasses can capture and share photos completely hands-free to your Instagram Story. From the Meta View app, go to Settings, then tap Communication and connect your Instagram account. To share, say “Hey Meta, share a photo to my Instagram Story” or “Hey Meta, share my last photo to Instagram.”
Share to Facebook Stories from Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses
You can share photos you capture with Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses to Facebook Stories. To share to Facebook Stories, make sure you’ve turned on voice interactions and connected your Facebook profile to the Meta View app.
Improvements
Bug fixes and performance improvements.
Early Access program
These features and improvements are available in the Early Access program.
Skip saying “look and” when you make a request to Meta AI
Early Access users can now say “Hey Meta” and ask Meta AI about what they see without saying “look and.”
| meta.com/help/smart-glasses/ar…
Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses release notes
Wondering what's new with Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses? Check out our release notes to learn about the latest new features and enhancements we've made to your smart glasses experience.www.meta.com
@federicomena and other Rusters: what are the best examples of C->Rust rewrites?
As far as I understand it, this includes things like librsvg (incremental rewrite) but not coreutils (reimplementation from scratch).
I ported my unreleased photo app from C++ to Rust, bits by bits. Currently the only C++ code is the one I import from a third party.
(source code is public)
Also ported libopenraw but this was a rewrite, keeping the C++ test suite.
OPNsense 24.7 Released With Enhanced Security & Performance
OPNsense 24.7 'Thriving Tiger' open-source firewall and routing platform rolls out, with enhanced VPNs and performance.LinuxToday
Proxmox 7 Reaches EOL on July 31, 2024
If you're currently using Proxmox 7.4, note that it will reach end-of-life on July 31, 2024. It is time to upgrade your Proxmox server.LinuxToday
WCAG, VPAT, s508, Level A – What on earth? - Intopia
If you’ve just started learning about accessibility, you might be a bit overwhelmed by all the jargon. WCAG, VPAT, s508, Level A – what on earth are they? Do they…Julie Grundy (Intopia Digital)
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Techy people!
If you want to use Mastodon through a command line or a text-based interface, try the client Toot:
(NOTE: This has no connection to the mobile apps Toot! or Tooot. They just have similar names.)
Es war einmal ein Huhn,
Das hatt' nicht viel zu tun,
Es legte jeden Tag ein Ei
Und … Morgen ist's vorbei? 🤔
🐣
@jak2k Do not fear! Ich könnte noch eine Zeile anfügen:
… mit der Eierei 😄
Dann schlüpft's aus dem Ei,
Das Küken – oh mei!
First eBraille Public Working Draft is Published
Over two years in the making, the first eBraille public working draft has been published. This is an exciting development...Devon Price (American Printing House)
My politics are: we should have massive carbon taxes, massive land value taxes, and generous UBI.
Is there an existing label for that?
we got a new #curl security vulnerability reported *this morning*, and since we already had a patch release planned for tomorrow, well, we have worked like crazy through-out the day and the fix and the advisory and everything will be published tomorrow along with #curl 8.9.1
Never a dull moment in this factory.
Snapdragon Dev Kit: Qualcomm releases mini-PC with most powerful Snapdragon X Elite chipset and 32 GB RAM for $899.99
The Snapdragon Dev Kit is currently the most powerful Snapdragon X series device around, thanks to its Snapdragon X Elite X1E-00-DE chipset.Alex Alderson (Notebookcheck)
Magic is easy to see, to feel, to hear, to touch. The magic on the plate and the palate, however, is one that Magicals and Muggles alike can appreciate. Harry Potter will go on a journey to find the taste that he is looking for, and the magic that exists in meals made and meals shared.
An AU slice-of-life story with an eventual pairing.
[A Taste of Magic by WokFriedIce - Harry Potter -]](archiveofourown.org/works/4673…)
A Taste of Magic - Chapter 1 - WokFriedIce - Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling [Archive of Our Own]
An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Worksarchiveofourown.org
@DerryLawlor the fanfictions are all online already, I use a website called fichub.net to get me an ePub from either AO3 or fanfiction.net usually.
I get my paid-for books from Kindle yeah, although don't know how long I'll be able to keep stripping the drm out of those sadly.
@DerryLawlor Didn't know you enjoyed fanfiction Derry, good stuff!
Do you have 'the one', @FreakyFwoof? One that everyone must read no matter what?
I read a set called the Veil of Mystery and ring of reduction when I was young that stuck with me which I very much enjoyed. They're a bit preachy on reflection but they were special when I was a teen.
We’re growing our product team!
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This is a remote full-time position and requires an overlap with the CET timezone.
Ideally:
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2. Proficient in #Swift and #Apple Frameworks (UIKit, SwiftUI, Combine)
3. Prior experience with social media networks is a big plus!
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#FediHire #GetFediHired #hiring #mastodev
iOS Developer (m/f/d)
We're looking for a full-time remote iOS Developer to work on our official Mastodon iOS app.jobs.ashbyhq.com
Opinated analysis of StackOverflow Survey 2024:
- StackOverflow names for "Admired" and "Desired" are stupid and dumb and bad.
- "Admired" means "I use it, and I want to keep using".
- "Desired" means "I don't use it, but I want to."
- Rust still the top Admired for another year (9th in a row?).
- Rust ~80%, that means 1 in 5 Rust developers do not want to continue working with Rust.
- Python is even worse: 1 in 3 developers want to quit (~66% Admired).
- The curious point of Python is that it 50% of people not using Python want to use (top Desired).
- There is notable number of Python users wanting to get out, while there are a huge number of users of not-Python wanting to get in.
- Elixir is again in 2nd place as Admired and nobody actually mention this.
- Elixir is also the second highest paying language.
- I'm not a fan of Elixir syntax, but I guess its 2nd places should still be said.
- C++ is ~50% Admired, meaning 1 in 2 C++ developers do not want to continue working with the language.
- It is curious that the 3 top Admired languages -- Rust, Elixir and Zig -- are tackling hard problems of memory safety and concurrency.
- The same "dislikeness" of having to use Python goes to pip.
- Ruff, a Rust tool for Python, have 80% of Admired.
- ~50% of CMake users want to get out of it.
- Between CMake, Meson and Ninja ("common" build tools for C/C++), Ninja gets the least dislikes.
- The most Admired build tool is... Cargo (go figure, right?)
- Neovim Admired score is higher than Vim.
- Emacs Admired score is higher than Vim but notably lower than Neovim.
- The pay gab between Rust and Go is neglectable.
- Cobol pays 5% better than Python.
- Rust average salary is down 10% from last year.
An earthquake in the Apple community: AppleVis is shutting down. A huge loss for us in the disability community.
applevis.com/blog/end-era-mess…
The End of an Era: A Message From the Founder as We Announce the Closure of AppleVis | AppleVis
Dear AppleVis Community, It is with deep sadness and a heavy heart that after careful consideration I have made the difficult decision to step down from my responsibilities with AppleVis.www.applevis.com
Russia is relying on Americans to spread election disinformation, officials say
Top U.S. intelligence officials say Russia, China and Iran are continuing to target voters in the U.S. with disinformation and propaganda related to the upcoming presidential election.DAVID KLEPPER (AP News)
Microsoft Copilot+ PCs are a confusing mess — 3 things you need to know before you buy
Buying a Copilot+ PC? Make sure you don't pick the wrong oneJason England (Tom's Guide)
Hey guys, you don’t need a mother, sister, or daughter to care about women’s rights. It’s so nice to hear a man say, when asked “why do you support [policy that impacts women and girls]?”
“Because women’s rights are human rights. And I care about and support all women.” Not just because you are related to one.
GPT-4O: "You're welcome! Glad I could be a tasty part of your meal. If there's anything else you need, just let me know."
Did not expect it to agree with me on this one.
A ver, Nacho, usemos la lógica. Sánchez y Maduro tienen problemas más importantes que perseguirte.
Pero ojo con Zapatero. Ese no tiene nada mejor que hacer que ir a por ti.
Nacho Cano dice que su imputación es un "montaje de la banda de Sánchez, Maduro y Zapatero"
eldiario.es/cultura/nacho-cano…
Nacho Cano dice que su imputación es un "montaje de la banda de Sánchez, Maduro y Zapatero"
El productor musical ha difundido un vídeo en el que vuelve a defender que es víctima de una operación contra él por apoyar Isabel Díaz AyusoLaura García Higueras (ElDiario.es)
🇨🇭 Welcome to the party!! 🇨🇭
Innovation will start booming with Switzerland mandating government software to be open source.
Public money for public code, forever! 🤘
#OpenSource #Transparency #DigitalSovereignty
zdnet.com/article/switzerland-…
Switzerland federal government requires releasing its software as open source
The United States remains reluctant to work with open source, but European countries are bolder.Steven Vaughan-Nichols (ZDNET)
OpenAI starts rolling out its Her-like voice mode for ChatGPT
OpenAI’s delayed advanced voice mode for ChatGPT is finally rolling out to a small amount of people who subscribe to ChatGPT Plus.Jay Peters (The Verge)
Dicen que los niños ya no juegan en la calle.
Pues mi barrio debe ser la excepción: pelota parriba y pabajo, patines, juegos de esos de palmas y palabras...
Mari mari po po
mari mari sa sa
mari po
mari sa
mari po sa.
Y todo lo imaginable. Siempre me sorprende un poco cuando escucho algún canijo decir cabrón o hijo de puta, pero seguramente yo decía ídem de ídem.
Y el de Pato Donald fue a la feria a comprarse un par de medias... el ca li po li po li po po... ay flashbacks de Vietnam de mi juventud. Me cago en mi vida que mañana hago 19.
Federico Mena Quintero
in reply to Sumana Harihareswara • • •Oh no. I had enjoyed some of Mel's blog posts that you had linked in the past.
I'm sorry for your loss :(