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I'm thrilled to announce my first blog post on my homepage. Finally, after months of setting my site up, I now have acquired ✨content✨. In this one I share my experience as a volunteer for the matrix conference 2024. Thank you again for this opportunity @matrix @plainschwarz
10/10 would do it again

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Me in a yellow shirt, sitting on grass and staring straight into the sun (camera)

Volunteering for [the matrix conference] 2024

Images by Jan Michalko for the Matrix.org Foundation, CC BY-SA 4.0 Intro From September 19th to 22nd of this year the Matrix.org Foundation held their first own Matrix Conference in person here in Berlin.
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[Podcast] AppleVis Extra 101: Future Echoes - In conversation with the team behind Echo Vision smart glasses applevis.com/podcasts/applevis…

AppleVis Extra 101: Future Echoes - In conversation with the team behind Echo Vision smart glasses | AppleVis

Welcome to AppleVis Extra 101, where Dave Nason is joined by Xiaoran Wang and Huasong Cao from Agiga, the team behind the upcoming Echo Vision smart glasses. Check out some early demos, with more to come, on their YouTube channel at: https://www.
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Did you know undergrads at Oxford in 1335 were solving homework problems about objects moving with constant acceleration? This blew my mind.

As I explained yesterday, medieval scientists were deeply confused about the connection between force and velocity: it took Newton to realize force is proportional to 𝑎𝑐𝑐𝑒𝑙𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛. But in the early 1300s, a group of researchers called the Oxford Calculators made huge progress in understanding objects that move with changing velocity.

They discovered something called the Mean Speed Theorem: an object moving at constant acceleration over some period of time goes just as far as if it were moving uniformly with the velocity it had at the middle instant of its motion!

That's really cool. But it gets better. They gave homework problems called 'sophisms' to the students of Merton College at Oxford. And in 1335, one of them named William Heytesbury wrote a book called 𝑅𝑢𝑙𝑒𝑠 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝑆𝑜𝑙𝑣𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑆𝑜𝑝ℎ𝑖𝑠𝑚𝑠, which gives us a look at what these problems were like. Some of them required students to know the Mean Speed Theorem!

Later in the 1300s, Nicolas Oresmus in Paris gave a picture proof of the Mean Speed Theorem. For example, he pointed out that the triangle ACG below has the same area as the rectangle ACFD.

Why did it take so long for Galileo to rediscover this stuff? How did the knowledge of the Oxford Calculators get lost?

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Two squares side by side F.E.D A.B.C have the same area as the right triangle .......G ....E.D A.B.C

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From my Newsletter:

Mastering Git: Hidden Commands Every Developer Should Know

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Mastering Git: Hidden Commands Every Developer Should Know

Git is a version control system that developers use to track changes in their code, cooperate with other developers, and even revert changes if something goes wrong. While most developers know common…
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#XDC2024: The individual videos for each talk from this year's XDC are now available on our YouTube channel: youtube.com/xorgfoundation
XDC 2024

X.Org Foundation

The X.Org project provides an open source implementation of the X Window System. The development work is being done in conjunction with the freedesktop.org community. The X.
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#xdc2024
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Very often drivers yell at me something like "go ride a bike way". It's often on a road where there is no bike way nearby and there is no legal restriction for me riding the road.
But when there is a restriction for motorized vehicles, nobody cares. Like literally every day on this road.
That's what #cycling in #Prague looks like.
#Prague #cycling

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"Matt Mullenweg says Automattic is ‘very short-staffed’ amid WordPress vs. WP Engine drama"

MAYBE THAT IS THE CONSEQUENCE OF YOU DIPSHIT FIRING EVERYONE WHO'S NOT A FUCKING SYCOPHANT?

Goddammit. What a dumbass.

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Matt Mullenweg says Automattic is 'very short-staffed' amid WordPress vs. WP Engine drama | TechCrunch

Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg says the company is "short-staffed" amid WordPress's ongoing drama with WP Engine, which hosts websites built on WordPress.
Aisha Malik (TechCrunch)

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Congrats to the @thunderbird team and especially @cketti on the Thunderbird Android release! 🎉

It's been a while since the Prototypefund [1] days and me complaining about the white icon background during 36C3 and being responsible for the pink icon background about an hour later [2]. (Which caused a steady supply of angry users after this was released as a stable version 1.5 y later.)

Sorry but not sorry😅.

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add background color to adaptive icons by Bubu · Pull Request #4411 · thunderbird/thunderbird-android

This adds a desaturated version of K9-Mails envelope color as the adaptive icon background color. This should look a lot better than a plain white background. Also slightly enlarge the icon shape. ...
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@Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox @cketti
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daniel:// stenberg://

@jvossen I'm writing a tiny custom script for this that generates all the data, then I render graph from that using gnuplot. I have them all in a git repo, but I'm still polishing these ones.

Others have mentioned this existing tool for this: github.com/src-d/hercules


GitHub - src-d/hercules: Gaining advanced insights from Git repository history.

Gaining advanced insights from Git repository history. - src-d/hercules
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@Jake Vossen

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howtogeek.com/mistakes-beginne…

10 Beginner Linux Command Line Mistakes:

- Assuming You Know Your Location
- Reckless Use of Elevated Privileges
- Skipping Package Updates Before Installing
- Unintentionally Overwriting or Deleting Files
- Confusing Path Types
- Ignoring Built-in Help Resources
- Not Using Shortcuts to Speed Up Navigation
- Dismissing Error Messages and Logs
- Neglecting to Make Backups Before Making Changes

Each item above is explained in the article & how to avoid it.

#linux


10 Common Mistakes Beginners Make With the Linux Command Line (and How to Avoid Them)

Avoid common Linux command line mistakes with these tips.
Richard Dezso (How-To Geek)
#linux

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Starlink Mini review: super compact and light, can be powered by a small power bank, installs quickly at new locations, but Wi-Fi range is sometimes a concern (Thomas Ricker/The Verge)

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Starlink Mini review: space internet goes ultraportable

SpaceX’s Starlink Mini satellite dish provides fast battery-powered internet with low enough latency that can be set up quickly in places 4G and 5G don’t reach.
Thomas Ricker (The Verge)

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Seamless migration from any VMware environment to Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP and Amazon EC2
aws.amazon.com/blogs/storage/s… #aws #blog

Seamless migration from any VMware environment to Amazon FSx for NetApp ONTAP and Amazon EC2 | Amazon Web Services

Over the last 20+ years, commercially available compute virtualization solutions such as VMware have become powerful tools used to lower costs, improve efficiency, ease management tasks, and improve on-premises flexibility.
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#blog #aws

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I've been recently tinkering with #Python to build myself a better RSS feed experience with Youtube and GitHub feeds.

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#blogging


I built a custom RSS hydrator for better GitHub and Youtube feeds

Youtube and GitHub RSS/Atom feeds didn’t quite offer the experience I wanted so I built a web service that takes in a feed, hydrates its contents with more useful stuff and outputs a new feed.
Juha-Matti Santala
#python #blogging

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Q&A with scientists Charley Kline and Bill Duvall, who sent the first Arpanet message in 1969, on what the internet has become, lessons from Arpanet, and more (Scott Nover/BBC)

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'We were just trying to get it to work': The failure that started the internet

On 29 October 1969, two scientists established a connection between computers some 350 miles away and started typing a message. Halfway through, it crashed.
Scott Nover (BBC)

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Save the bachelor study Celtic Languages and Culture at Utrecht University from extinction!

Dear Fedi, we need your help!

On Monday, the University of Utrecht announced that they would shut down six bachelor studies, including the 'bachelor of arts' ("BA") Celtic Languages and Culture.
Current students will be able to finish their study, but from 2026 on no new students are to be accepted.

This was shocking news to receive.
We will not go down without a fight, though! :drgn_knife_angry:
We started a petition to stop it! (see the end of the toot if you want to skip all about why it is bad to loose Celtic in Utrecht.)

The Celtic BA at Utrecht University is unique in the Netherlands, and rare worldwide. Moreover, being able to study Celtic here in the Netherlands, away from the political context you have when you study it in Ireland, for example, allows us to bring new insights, because we can see it all from a slightly different perspective, which is very valuable for the whole field of Celtic studies.
It should be no wonder then, that the department of Celtic studies at Utrecht University is internationally respected.
The Celtic department also delivers important contributions to the field of Celtic studies that are much-needed worldwide.
Therefore, it would be disastrous to lose this beautiful and culturally important bachelor, that celebrated its centenerary just last year!

Hence, I emplore you all to sign this petition to save Celtic!
chng.it/tBwmVpYqMF

It is also possible to write a letter or email wherein you write why it is so important to keep the Celtic bachelor, to the Rector Magnificus of Utrecht University, who has to vote together with the 'rectores' of all other Dutch universities about the dissolution of the Celtic bachelor.
If you decide to write a letter or email, the staff of the Celtic department would love to receive a copy.

Written letters can be directed to:
Professor dr. Henk Kummeling
Universiteit Utrecht
Bestuursgebouw
Heidelberglaan 8
3584 CS Utrecht
The Netherlands

Emails can be directed to:
h.kummeling@uu.nl

You can send the Celtic staff a copy by:
Adding their email address in the BCC, or emailing a scan of your letter:
keltischezomer@uu.nl

Alternatively, you can send a physical copy to @drnike, Aaron Griffith, or Natalia Petrovskaia, at
Trans 10
3512JK Utrecht
The Netherlands

There exists an example draft for letters, if you would like to see that, please ask me!

#CelticStudies


Red de Opleiding Keltisch/Save the Bachelor Celtic!

Nike Stam (Change.org)
#celticstudies @Dr Nike
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In #CzechRepublic there is a traffic rule that cars have to keep 1.5m distance from a #cyclist. Nobody gives a shit. And even worse, cars often push cyclists out of the road. It's hard to find a day when I didn't have to do emergency braking like on the video...
#czechrepublic #cyclist

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Exploring Samsung Galaxy AI’s Live Translate: In-Call Translation Put to the Test accessibleandroid.com/explorin… #Samsung #AI

Exploring Samsung Galaxy AI's Live Translate: In-Call Translation Put to the Test - Accessible Android

This is the AI Era. Companies are racing to incorporate as many AI features as possible into their devices. While some features may seem like gimmicks, others
Salih Kunduz (Accessible Android)
#AI #samsung

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Webinar, November 6 at 12pm ET: Catching up with ADA Title II Regulations for Web Content and Mobile App Accessibility tpgi.com/webinar-catching-up-w…

Webinar, November 12 at 12pm ET: Catching Up with ADA Title II Regulations for Web Content and Mobile App Accessibility - TPGi

Join TPGi's David Sloan for a webinar and learn more about ADA Title II and what it means for your organization.
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Apple Introduces Redesigned Mac Mini, Updates iMac and Mac Accessories applevis.com/blog/apple-introd…

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.
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