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My takeaway from the NPM mess is thus: languages should not shy away from large stdlibs.
I know they're incredibly expensive to maintain. But languages without usable built-in string processing, HTTP, or TLS implementations are setting themselves up for failure.
Rust is not as bad as JS, but it still makes me wary. Go's slow but steady adoption of "everyone-uses-them" third party libraries is a real boon. (And Python is sitting in a corner laughing at the rest).
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@regehr @steve To wit: virtual memory is a lie, by design. Uniform memory is a lie. Shared instruction/data memory is a lie. Coherent caches are a lie, caches would rather be _anything_ else. Buses are a lie. Memory-mapped IO is IO lying about being memory. Oh and the data bits and wires are small and shitty enough now that they started lying too and everything is slowly creeping towards ECCing all the things
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The European Commission has issued a survey on the Governance and Sustainability of Critical Open Source Software.
The survey hopes to identify "pathways for collective efforts" and make "actionable recommendations for public administrations".
It's a relatively short survey, takes max 15 minutes & provides lots of opportunities to rate FOSS as 'very important' 😛
https://ec.europa.eu/eusurvey/runner/FOSSEPS_Governance_and_Sustainability_Survey
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If Google search isn’t giving you the answers you need, post a joke about your problem here.
Someone will be along soon to offer a correction or some advice.
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Hiya everyone! Have you ever considered contributing to an #OpenSource project like #Pidgin but didn't know how to get started? We have some documentation on just that topic on our website! https://pidgin.im/development/contributing/
We're asking because we could use some help catching up on code reviews! It's a great way to start learning how the code base works and best of all anyone familiar with programming can help!
If you're interested you can find our open code reviews here https://reviews.imfreedom.org/r/?show-closed=0
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@truthbait Are you suggesting the USA needs a great spiritual awakening???
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Linux kernel 6.16 testing needed! Help us test 6.16 from Aug 10-16. The Fedora Quality Team will be available to receive your feedback. :)
Learn how to participate: https://fedoramagazine.org/kernel-6-16-test-week-august-10-16/
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There's been a lot of negativity around #Matrix and #Element recently. And I (somewhat) joined in and expressed my frustration with it every now and then. Something I still appreciate around #Matrix is the fact, that they listen to (most of) the criticism and acknowledge (many of) their problems. There's a nice self-critical video addressing all of this recent criticism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyuqM7RbX5E
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We issued a security release to fix two high severity protocol vulnerabilities. Please upgrade your servers and clients.
Our checklist and useful links in the blog post below
“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”
Malachi 4:1
"As the weeds are collected and burned in the fire, so will it be at the end of the age. The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness. And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth. Matthew 13:40-42
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Solar charged/battery power meshtastic node is finally up.
Changed to RAK4631 that uses one tenth the power of the Heltec V3 that I was using originally. Also went with two 18650 batteries in parallel that are charged by solar panel.
RAK4631: Most common WisBlock Core used for Meshtastic.
Microcontroller: Nordic nRF52840 (BLE + Cortex-M4)
LoRa Chip: Semtech SX1262
Connectivity: BLE, USB, LoRa
Power: Ultra-low power consumption
More on meshtastic:
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A few months ago, the media went hysterical about how two unvaccinated girls died from measles. What they didn't mention was both girls died from gross medical errors which are becoming and more common.
Here I show what really happened.
https://pierrekorymedicalmusings.com/p/two-texas-girls-dead-one-system-failing
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IMPORTANT: We're pre-disclosing two high severity CVEs in Matrix's federation protocol, which will require a coordinated upgrade on July 22nd of all servers running in untrusted federations. Client developers may need to make minor changes too. Please see https://matrix.org/blog/2025/07/security-predisclosure/
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Be Not Afraid Soph⁄ Lt Corbis Reupload [ HD 720p] : Soph : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive
https://archive.org/details/be-not-afraid-soph-lt-corbis-reupload-hd-720p
This deserves its own post. Phenomenal dissertation by a brilliant young mind. From 2018, she did this at 14 years old.
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Kids given real responsibility and the opportunity to earn trust and develop judgement and skills will be alright in this world.
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StarkZarn 
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Big thanks to @fedora for being a sponsor of #oSC25! We love seeing #opensource communities support each other. #openSUSE #Fedora #Linux #Love https://events.opensuse.org/
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