I wrote down a few notes on my approach to #OSS projects maintenance batsov.com/articles/2025/11/16… I hope someone will find those useful.
I’ve been working on OSS projects for almost 15 years now. Things are simple in the beginning - you’ve got a single project, no users to worry about and all the time and the focus in world.(think)
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#gstconf2025 talk recordings are up!
Here's @slomo's talk about #peel as C++ bindings for #GStreamer 😀
gstconf.ubicast.tv/videos/a-ne…
A common question from people who are interested in using GStreamer and who are planning to use C++ is, which C++ bindings to use.GStreamer conferences
ooops, ich muss mich korrigieren, das Limit ist mittlerweile deutlich höher.
(Was aber nix dran ändert. Excel ist bei der Zeilenanzahl das falsche Tool. Das muss nämlich *alles* in den Arbeitsspeicher.)
support.microsoft.com/de-de/of…
In Excel 2010 beträgt die maximale Arbeitsblattgröße 1.048.576 Zeilen mal 16.384 Spalten. In diesem Artikel finden Sie alle Arbeitsmappen-, Arbeitsblatt- und Featurespezifikationen und -beschränkungen.support.microsoft.com
Altlastenpflege. Kenn' ich leider zur Genüge 🙈
Python bietet reichlich Werkzeuge zur Bearbeitung von Excel- und Word-Dokumenten. Wenn das eine wiederkehrende Aufgabe wird, lohnt sich vermutlich ein Python-Script dafür.
Das Problem hatte doch bestimmt schon jemand anders 🤔
Ich habe für meinen Job zu 50% einen richtig schnellen Laptop nur damit ich gelegentlich mit riesigen Excel-Dateien umgehen kann.
Zum konkreten Problem: wenn sie alle identisch sind, dann nach CSV exportieren und dort zusammenführen? Kann dann ja als komplette Datei wieder in Excel geöffnet und weiterbearbeitet werden und braucht deutlich weniger Rechenleistung.
#metalvsukni den 3 - Sharon den Adel (Within Temptation)
Ikona symfonického metalu v plné parádě.
h̲t̲t̲p̲s̲://s̲t̲l̲o̲u̲k̲a̲l̲.u̲k̲/m̲e̲t̲a̲l̲v̲s̲u̲k̲n̲i̲-d̲e̲n̲-3̲-a̲n̲d̲e̲l̲s̲k̲y̲-h̲l̲a̲s̲-s̲y̲m̲f̲o̲n̲i̲c̲k̲e̲h̲o̲-m̲e̲t̲a̲l̲u̲-s̲h̲a̲r̲o̲n̲-d̲e̲n̲-a̲d̲e̲l̲-w̲i̲t̲h̲i̲n̲-t̲e̲m̲p̲t̲a̲t̲i̲o̲n̲/
Any data that is collected on servers will eventually leak or be abused otherwise.
By design, no one can enumerate #deltachat profiles which are private and not published on any server. Conversely, #chatmail relays do not see or collect private data or metadata.
But wait, there is more :)
We are currently evolving end-to-end security protocols and UX to **survive an attacker fully taking over a server**. The attacker shall not even be able to message users, let alone impersonate anyone.
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The Cloudflare outage was caused by a Rust ‚.unwrap()‘ panic, undistinguishable to the non-connoisseur from a segfault.
(Dont @ me with undefined behaviour on mythical systems you cannot name)
The effective difference between segfault and unwrap is that the former would have caused a wave of unbearable Rust smugness in my timeline.
This way, it‘s just a coding error. We all do those.💁🏻♂️
blog.cloudflare.com/18-novembe…
Cloudflare suffered a service outage on November 18, 2025. The outage was triggered by a bug in generation logic for a Bot Management feature file causing many Cloudflare services to be affected.The Cloudflare Blog
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No, there was no leaked database of 3.5B #WhatsApp users. Researchers from Vienna simply used the contact discovery method with all possible phone numbers to get contact data of 3.5B users. They informed WhatsApp who kinda fixed it by setting rate limits for contact discovery and the researchers deleted their collected data. Read the paper instead of clickbait :)
github.com/sbaresearch/whatsap…
Contribute to sbaresearch/whatsapp-census development by creating an account on GitHub.GitHub
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Ca. 15 Jahre nutze ich nun #ubuntu auch beruflich fast ausschließlich. Aber erst dieser Tage habe ich so richtig gecheckt, dass man dem Terminal sagen kann, in welcher Fenstergröße es starten soll:
Menü [Einstellungen]->[Profile]->[z.B. Unbenannt]->[Anfängliche Größe des Terminals]
... wieder ein Klick weniger
People are probably going to hate me saying this but...
I do not like Addictive Drums.
Ich hab’ ehrlich gesagt keine Lust mehr auf so glattgebügelte selbstverliebte Silicon-Valley Menschen, die mit dem viertausendsten Heilsversprechen erzählen wieso ihr Framework/Produkt/Vision/Browser/AI die Welt rettet, oder zumindest mein Leben verbessert.
Ich hab Lust auf merkwürdige Gedichte, schräge Musik, Single-Purpose-Websites, kleine Konzerte und RSS.
Alles ziemlich random, aber das isses.
the existence of a hand grenade implies the existence of a foot grenade.
/erin
Wow, Vienna scientists received the complete WhatsApp member directory, containing 3.5 billion user entries. Yes, it’s just the directory, no messages, but the whole directory was available online - totally unprotected.
Any more reasons for not using WhatsApp required
heise.de/en/news/3-5-Billion-A…
Vienna researchers retrieved all WhatsApp numbers. The 3.5 billion profiles represent the largest data leak in history—and it's worse than you might think.Daniel AJ Sokolov (heise online)
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#Rehabilitation: Ist eine #Reha bei ME/CFS sinnvoll? – Deutsches Ärzteblatt
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Martina Breňová pro #tydenikrespekt v anketě o neziskovkách:
„Nesmíme zapomínat na to, že sektor zaměstnává 74 tisíc lidí a dobrovolníci ročně odpracují 37 milionů hodin v hodnotě 8,3 miliardy korun. Shrnuto, neziskové organizace a jejich přínos ekonomice tvoří 0,9 procenta celého HDP. Podstatou státu není vše zajistit sám, ale vytvářet podmínky pro to, aby lidé byli aktivní a starali se o společnost společně. A k tomu právě občanská společnost všem bez rozdílu slouží.“
RE: hapyyr.com/@bogo/1155651689455…
One more try ;)
Hello #FOSDEM crowd. If you know someone attending 2026 who creates some form of an #openart - under a free license, let them know that there could be a small community gathering for them. Theater producers, visual artists, actors, musicians, painters, photographers and more and more are welcomed.#Foss
#Spotted While Roaming in Aotearoa New Zealand:
A tiny human (2?) runs his fastest down a garden path to greet his big brother (5?) home from school.
Big Brother stoically accepting all hero worship.
Little Brother doing a happy skip-dance of welcome as he leads the way back into the house.
A very serious man (60s?) is doing some cycling along a beach path on a no-nonsense trail bike.
But what is this?!
A little black dog sitting on a special basket in front of the handlebars? Ears flapping in the wind and a goofy doggy grin on its face?
Ah, maybe opposites attract.
A young human (8?) is practicing doing bunny hops on his scooter.
He doesn't quite have the hang of it and there're a few stops and starts but it's okay.
He's having fun.
Grinning when he gets one right.
Six young humans (9?) are playing volleyball after school. Five have their game faces on, taking epic dives at the ball.
Meanwhile, one is doing a dreamy on-the-spot dance.
Yes there's a bit of fuss going on, but she's happy in her own wee world.
A big man (20s?) in business casual is lounging on his tummy on some grass in a park. Big Man's big dog (white staffy) is affectionately nuzzling his human's beard with his nose, tail wagging with helicopter-enthusiasm.
Birdsong in trees overhead.
A city settling in for the night.
Any typos spotted in this post are Comma Hopping Ampersands. If spotted, please suggest they spend a little while hopping off the life rollercoaster and snoozing in a park.
Steps to reproduce: go to the gemini website https://gemini.google.com/app After making the current options such as accepting contracts and logging into google. It is important to mention that my n...fernando-jose-silva (GitHub)
WhatsApp anyone?
heise.de/news/3-5-Milliarden-K…
#datensicherheit #datenschutz #security #kommunikation
Wiener Forscher haben alle WhatsApp-Nummern abgerufen. Die 3,5 Milliarden Profile sind der größte Datenabfluss der Geschichte – und übler, als man meinen würde.Daniel AJ Sokolov (heise online)
**Everyone** is trying to control your communication. The reasons vary from simple curiosity to pure commercial interest, all the way to using it to control one's thoughts. Are there any ways to fight back, and why are [free software](https://www.pretalx.linuxdays.cz
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I've got Up and Down arrows doing volume up and down actions.
Control+Down: Set to -12 dB
Control+Up: Set to -0 dB.
Control+Shift+Down: Mute.
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