Paul Sutton @zleap@qoto.org

Introducing Limbo: A complete rewrite of SQLite in Rust

https://turso.tech/blog/introducing-limbo-a-complete-rewrite-of-sqlite-in-rust

Today marks 31 years as a Linux user.

And for those who will probably ask, no, I've never owned a piece of hardware running Windows or MacOS and, yes, I've always been able to get work done running only Linux.

I don't think I would be quite the nerd/geek that I am now if I hadn't found Linux all those years ago.

Thank you to everyone that works/volunteers on Linux and Open Source projects allowing me to do what I absolutely love to do.

#Linux #OpenSource #FreeSoftware

My partner has an aggressive form of cancer (Rhabdomyosarcoma to be exact), she is getting treatments that seem to help but it's very costly for us as she does not have health insurance.


I am currently unemployed and have no money at the moment to pay the deposit for her treatments, I am asking for anyone that can donate to please help us. We need money to get to and from her doctors visits, pay for the doctors visits and her costly prescription medications.

Revolut - https://revolut.me/meowmreoow

Stripe -
https://donate.stripe.com/fZe00Y16K2jB2Vq000

Ko-Fi - https://ko-fi.com/cyberboy3

@mutualaid@a.gup.pe #mutualaidrequest #mutualaid #emergencymutalaid #emergencyfunds

#Introduction Hi #fediverse ! We’re the European Southern Observatory, and we design, build and operate ground-based telescopes.

One of them is our Extremely Large Telescope, currently under construction in #Chile. It will have a 39 m mirror, and its rotating enclosure will weigh 6100 tonnes, or about 700 mastodons!

We’re looking forward to chatting with all of you about #astronomy

📷 ESO/G. Vecchia

#astrodon #astrophysics #space #science

New #NASAWebb data affirms Hubble findings and is causing researchers to rethink current models of planet formation in the universe’s early days: https://webbtelescope.pub/4guN0gE

Discover Nextcloud Talk - the privacy-respecting, open source answer to Microsoft Teams!

Join our FREE webinar on December 18th for a sneak peek at the exciting new features in the new Nextcloud Talk release:

#NextcloudTalk #DigitalSovereignty #OpenSourceSecurity

https://nextcloud.com/blog/event/nextcloud-talk-microsoft-teams-answer/

BREAKING: Amazon, $AMZN, workers in NYC are going on strike right before Christmas, per MorePerfectUnion.

The first unionized Amazon warehouse is going to shut down in a historic walkout.

#news #finance #economics #stocks #options

Hello everyone. I’m in the process of moving from another #mastodon #instance. Still ironing out the import/export process so my previous posts aren’t yet visible. In the meantime let me tell you about #myself. I’m from #yorkshire with a passion for #longbow #archery #music and #writing. Drop in and say #hello if you have the time.

Raspberry Pi 500 and monitor arrive in time for Christmas - Faster, whiter, a tad more expensive – and a little baffling Hands On  The Raspberry Pi 5... - https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/12/09/raspberry_pi_500_monitor/

It is frustrating to see academic scientists arguing over issues like preprints vs. journals at the same time that a tsunami of anti-science misinformation is sweeping the country.

Shouldn’t we be talking about robust & effective means of disseminating our work out to the general public?

Fuck Elon, stay #woke.

How fast is the Universe expanding? This astronomer took cosmology closer to an answer
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-024-03899-w?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into Latest science news @latest-science-news-NatureNewsteam

Penetration testers said for years this worked 🤨

Israel forces Palestinians in Maghazi camp to flee for their lives again
https://www.aljazeera.com/gallery/2024/12/12/israel-forces-palestinians-in-maghazi-camp-to-flee-for-their-lives-again?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

Posted into In Pictures @in-pictures-AlJazeera

One member of the Oversteegen teen girl resistance group during the Nazi occupation said that she and a peer would lure Nazi officers from a bar to the woods.

There, they would make as if good times were to be had, and when the officer undressed, they'd pull out a pistol and kill them.

As the officers were falling, she said the first instinct you had was to catch them, help them up.

And though it was a terrible thing, she had no regrets whatsoever in resisting oppression.

She was fifteen years old.

Microsoft will soon cut off Windows 10 security updates, and says "up yours" to people with (somewhat) older computers who would happily use Windows 11, but now will be blocked

Intel and AMD appreciate this very much.

If you aren't ready to put your older but working-fine computer in a landfill, and further pollute the planet, you have a better option:

It's easier than ever to install and use Ubuntu or Mint or some other Linux system.

https://www.theverge.com/2024/12/4/24312928/microsoft-windows-11-older-hardware-tpm-support

For people outside the US, this is a classic example and by no means a rarity.