#Mozilla, why are you playing along with Google's devious game and #betraying the #principles of #free #software?

source: omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/06/mozill…

Nonetheless, the appearance of ‘device attestation’ in Firefox’s mobile codebase has raised eyebrows in the #FOSS #community, including from #mobile projects based on the #Android Open Source Project (AOSP) codebase, like #LineageOS and #GrapheneOS, which omit Play services.

Given that Firefox’s entire USP on Android is that it’s an open-source, privacy-respecting alternative for those avoiding #Google (and open-source, privacy-conscious users often run non-stock Android) it’s a move that, short of further explanation, rubs some the wrong way.

#news #software #security #ai #technology #cybersecurity #Firefox #browser #future #smartphone #api #evil #economy #bigtech #fail #floss #opensource #principle #opensource #ethics #surfing #web #www #freedom #alphabet surveillance #tracking #power #privacy #root #rooted #question #aosp

#lispyGopherClimate #live weekly #technology #podcast every 0UTC Wednesday (Tuesday night in the Americas) since 2022.

https://toobnix.org/w/tFN3aeiUunJrU99yzWhHjq

#archive #RSS https://toobnix.org/feeds/videos.xml?accountId=580185

#climateCrisis #haiku by @kentpitman

I want to tie the climatecrisis to an Alexandrian view of the crisis of, I guess, the hugely popular failure of modern industrial architecture.

The meteoric (good) impact Kents notes on my #NicCLIM #software https://lispy-gopher-show.itch.io/nicclim and #CLIM #GUI useage. #commonLisp #McCLIM

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A WIP picture of the evolution of my NicCLIM part-way through trying out some of Kent's notes about it and lisp community expectations about what the presentations and gestures would mean. Believe me, this is already a drastic improvement.

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Lispy Gopher climate unix_surrealism banner. Thinking of Maude you forget everything else

Tuta has joined Euro-Office, an AGPL-licensed open-source project backed by European companies including Nextcloud, Proton, and IONOS. 🇪🇺
The first stable release is nearing, with a focus on collaborative editing, digital sovereignty, and user control over data. 🔐

@Tutanota
@protonprivacy

🔗 https://itsfoss.com/news/tuta-joins-euro-office-initiative/

#TechNews #EuroOffice #Proton #Tuta #OnlyOffice #LibreOffice #DigitalSovereignty #OpenSource #EU #Europe #Cloud #Productivity #Privacy #Technology #Software #Linux #FOSS #ODF

Your phone is about to stop being yours.

Starting September 2026, a silent update, nonconsensually pushed by Google, will block every Android app whose developer hasn't registered with Google, signed their contract, paid up, and handed over government ID.

Every app and every device, worldwide, with no opt-out.

https://keepandroidopen.org

@keepandroidopen
#KeepAndroidOpen #Google #Android #enshittification #dystopia #privacy #surveillance #technology #software #smartphones #IDverification

Hi everyone! 👋 I know it's been a while since I was last here, but I had a very specific reason for it. I've spent the last few months with my small team intensely developing a project I mentioned to you once before. Every moment of my inactivity here was simply coding, designing the architecture, and endlessly solving problems

Today, I am proud to announce - LibreConnect has moved past the phase of vague plans and become a fully functional app!

We managed to deliver what was absolutely most important to us - an ecosystem connecting your 💻 computer and 📱 smartphone that respects your privacy 100%. Zero external clouds and hidden telemetry. Everything is based exclusively on a direct P2P connection within your local network and strong E2E encryption 🔐

So, what can our app actually do?
- Virtual camera and microphone from your phone
- Mobile device file manager right from your PC 📁
- Notification and clipboard synchronization 📋
- Receiving and sending SMS/MMS from your computer 💬
- Two-way media playback control 🎵
- Remote keyboard and presentation control from your phone
- Finding your phone by triggering a loud alarm (overriding silent mode) 🚨
- And a few other minor conveniences

We also made sure the project is truly cross-platform. LibreConnect runs natively on Linux, macOS, Windows, and Android. It's worth mentioning that the app isn't limited to just x86_64 architecture - we support ARM64 as well! To make updates easier, we've set up our own F-Droid repository, along with native packages for Linux package managers (APT, DNF, Pacman)

The code is 100% open-source under the GNU GPL v3.0 license However, I have to be honest - the project is still very young. The app is highly usable, but it still requires optimization, might have some silly bugs, and can occasionally be unstable 🐛

That's why we need you so much right now. For the continued development of this app to make any sense, we need a small but engaged user base. I encourage you to install it, test it out, and report bugs, and for those interested - to join the project as contributors (you'll find a CONTRIBUTING.md in the repo) 🤝

If you like our vision, leaving a star ⭐ on our GitHub repository is the form of support we would appreciate the most. It's these stars that will allow us to take the project out into the world! Because of this, for the next few days, my activity here will focus mainly on promoting the app and its features - we need your help to build the right momentum. Thank you in advance for your support!

You can find all other info here:
https://libreconnect.one

#LibreConnect #Privacy #PrivacyByDesign #OpenSource #FOSS #Freedom #Software #FreeSoftware #Libre #BigTech #Tech #Technology #Dev #Programming #Code #App #Apps #CPlusPlus #Qt #Phone #PC #Computer #OS #OperatingSystem #Linux #RaspberryPi #Apple #Mac #Windows #Android #FDroid #Obtainium

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A mobile screenshot of the LibreConnect Android app showing a "Connected" status. Below the app logo are four large, touch-friendly buttons for quick access - Media Remote, Remote Keyboard, Presenter Mode, and Sync Clipboard.

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A desktop screenshot of the LibreConnect app in dark mode on Linux. The "Messages" tab is open, showing a sidebar with features, a list of SMS conversations in the middle, and an active chat on the right containing large emoji messages.

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A desktop screenshot showing the LibreConnect "Media Remote" interface on Linux. The app displays title, artist name, album name and art, a progress bar, and playback controls for a song. In the right corner of the screen, a native Linux media widget mirrors the exact same song, showing seamless system integration.

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A desktop screenshot of the LibreConnect "Notifications" tab on Linux. The app window lists active phone notifications. In the bottom right corner of the screen, a native Linux popup notification from LibreConnect displays a new SMS message, demonstrating integration with the desktop environment.

Survey shows most people keep their phones for longer than you might think

Most of you aren't upgrading every year or two.

https://www.androidauthority.com/poll-results-how-long-between-upgrades-3674557/

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #OpenSource #AndroidAuthority [Android Authority]

Today in 1954, Turing Award recipient E. Allen Emerson was born. Together with Edmund Clarke and Joseph Sifakis, Emerson received the 2007 #ACMTuringAward for developing Model-Checking into a highly effective verification technology that is widely adopted in the hardware and software industries.

Emerson explains Model-Checking in 2019: https://youtu.be/sUwxA8px7O8
#ACM #Computing #TuringAward #ComputerScience #SoftwareEngineer #Software #SoftwareDevelopment #ModelChecking #Technology #Hardware

#libreoffice #opensource #oss #ai #llm #software #office

'Eigentlich war es ja eine Idee der Ampel-Regierung, der deutschen #Polizei die Suche nach Gesichtern im Internet zu erlauben sowie #Software einzusetzen, die so viele Daten wie möglich zusammenführt und auswertet.

Beides sind Überwachungstechnologien, die auf sogenannter Künstlicher Intelligenz basieren. Auf Bundesebene gibt es derartiges noch nicht, die Ampel hatte es nicht mehr durchgekriegt. Zugleich haben inzwischen zahlreiche Bundesländer ihren Polizeien #Gesichtersuchmaschinen und die #Datenanalysen genehmigt.

Nun zieht die inzwischen schwarz-rot geführte Bundesregierung nach: Sie will der Bundespolizei und dem Bundeskriminalamt (BKA) beide Instrumente in die Hand geben. Das zugehörige Gesetzespaket hat sie Ende April im Kabinett verabschiedet.
Daten, die nötig sind, um die Überwachungstools zu füttern, sollen ....'

@ckoever @yoshiXYZ und @markusreuter klären die wichtigsten Fragen rund um das #Überwachungspaket in diesem #FAQ

https://netzpolitik.org/2026/faq-das-ueberwachungspaket-der-bundesregierung/

#Überwachung #Bundesregierung #Deutschland #Ampel #CDU #CSU #SPD #Datenschutz #Datensicherheit

Not really here nor there, but I thought I would reiterate that #commonLisp 's @kentpitman and myself #interview ed @bagder about #curl and #AI on May 10th, one day before that #news article.

https://toobnix.org/w/rPKt4GRBwLeWzF3VcMFWNo

Curl is a popular #networking #software

https://curl.se/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CURL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kent_Pitman

#curl #unix #cli #C #libcurl #linux

This week at 8UTC Sunday (40 minutes..) we have another #software #mastodon titan, @yantar92 #developer of #orgmode !

#peertube #livestream : https://toobnix.org/w/2Z7id1MZQ6C2GTo4XjvuX1

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgmode http://orgmode.org/ is comparably famous to last week's Mastodon #curl's @bagder ( https://toobnix.org/w/rPKt4GRBwLeWzF3VcMFWNo ).

The first thing anyone sees on #git is its README.org support for Ihor's orgmode. The #lisp community's Ihor's #emacs #orgmode.

+ @me 1 year org user!
#lispyGopherClimate
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Red Lispy Gopher Show banner The gopher, lisp alien and another character lean on a "lispy gopher show" sign. The banner says anonradio.net but you should go to the toobnix.org peertube in this case.

@craftxbox @jupiter_rowland "Contributing" I contest politely Mastodon is asking for TECH-ONLY progress mainly NOT human progress as #movement * or ENGAGEMENT or togetherness *...

(* = THIS IF I / we are allowed to say #Mastodon shouldn't stay a #software based things (has potential for social change) then we have it ~90% done as #Technical communication and TECH DEVELOPMENT...)

BUT HOW ABOUT PEOPLE Communication + PEOPLE DEVELOPMENT ?

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Front-facing people moving?

AloxBook punta tutto su privacy e controllo locale con contabilità a doppia scrittura, archivi cifrati e gestione finanziaria senza cloud. #Linux #OpenSource #FinanzaPersonale #Privacy #DesktopApp #Software

https://www.linuxeasy.org/aloxbook-contabilita-personale-offline-desktop/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

I build all of my apps with the simple philosophy that decentralization is good, individuality is important, and power is best left in the hands of individuals - not governments, banks, or corporations.

Users have full control. No data is sent out of the system by default. Offline use is expected and encouraged.

If you want to help me build this vision, check out my GitHub and try one of my apps!
https://github.com/pdschneider

#software #dev #decentralization #freedom

I'm backing up my Samsung Messages before it's too late - 2 free and easy methods

Your texts don't have to disappear when the app gets shut down in July. Here's how to back them up.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/how-to-back-up-samsung-messages-2-free-options/

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #OpenSource #ZDNet [ZDNet]

Fedora 44 made me forget I was using Linux - in the best way

The latest release from the Fedora Project is now available, and it includes a long list of refinements that make this one of the best versions yet.

https://www.zdnet.com/article/fedora-44-takes-the-distribution-to-new-heights/

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #OpenSource #ZDNet [ZDNet]

This weird Pixel feature is one of my favorite tools - too bad Google may remove it soon

Leaks hint that the next Pixel lineup will lose the thermometer for "Pixel Glow" LEDs

https://www.zdnet.com/article/google-removing-pixel-thermometer/

#Tech #Technology #TechNews #AI #Gadgets #Software #Cybersecurity #Apple #Google #Microsoft #Startup #OpenSource #ZDNet [ZDNet]

The advocacy for privacy is kind of like a 'Silent Revolution' from the past decade till now.

More & more people are becoming aware of their #privacy rights & have concerns about #surveillance.

Even the #BigTech are compelled to add privacy features in their products. We have got great #FOSS apps.

But still, I think we have a very long way to go in this revolution.

#Tech #technology #OpenSource #Digital #software #FreeSoftware #SilentRevolution #opinion #thought #truth

Signal is developing a standalone desktop app without requiring a smartphone for setup or use, based on recent open-source code changes. 🖥️
The update adds more desktop controls while keeping end-to-end encryption, improving device independence with a privacy-first design. 🔐

@signalapp

🔗 https://aboutsignal.com/news/signal-desktop-without-a-mobile-phone-standalone-version-in-development/

#TechNews #Signal #Messaging #Privacy #E2EE #Encryption #EndToEndEncryption #OpenSource #FOSS #Cybersecurity #Security #Data #Internet #Freedom #Software #Tech #Communication

Ubuntu will add opt-in AI features via Snaps in 26.10, including speech tools and automation, without a global disable switch, raising user control concerns. 🤖
Canonical says AI Snaps can be removed, but some users want AI-free builds or may switch to Linux Mint or Pop!_OS, citing privacy and autonomy risks. 🔐

🔗 https://www.theverge.com/tech/920723/linux-ubuntu-ai-features-ai-kill-switch

#TechNews #Ubuntu #Canonical #Linux #OpenSource #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Privacy #FOSS #Security #Transparency #Data #Software #Freedom #Computing #Tech

#opensource #software #tools #monitoring

#building #software #devlife

For me, it was when i was in the fifth grade. for the science fair, in he 1979. On a TRS-80 Model I Level II.

Part of my science fair project was the Monte Carlo method of calculating pi. The hacked part was creating data sets on cassette tapes that I could write out and stockpile.

The school had a printer for the computer that used static to burn paper rolls. That's how i tracked my results.

I was SUCH a dork..

Question of the Day - #building #software

What's the most creative solution you've ever hacked together under pressure?

#devlife

If anybody here happens to have a GitHub account, it would help a great deal to drop Pearl a star. Right now, the project is buried in search despite having a (small but present) user base and being actively maintained.

No pressure of course, but it would help a lot!

https://github.com/pdschneider/Pearl
#github #pearl #software #ai

#Surveillance vendors caught abusing access to telcos to track people’s phone locations, researchers say

source: techcrunch.com/2026/04/23/surv…

#Security researchers have uncovered two separate spying campaigns that are abusing well-known weaknesses in the global telecoms #infrastructure to track people’s locations. The researchers say these two campaigns are likely a small snapshot of what they believe to be widespread exploitation of surveillance vendors seeking access to global #phone networks.

#news #privacy #smartphone #mobile #network #location #tracking #spy #ethics #economy #bifdata #bigtech #abuse #software #capitalism #society #research #CitizenLab #digital #digitalRights #humanrights #freedom

https://tuba.geopjr.dev/

#Fediverse #Fedi #Software #Linux #Windows

Hmm, this is kind of neat, all the assembly source code for Apollo 11!

(the amount of code in here is a tiny, tiny, tiny size compared to any modern software, btw... TINY).

https://github.com/chrislgarry/Apollo-11

#space #sourcecode #software

#VeraCrypt, #WireGuard maintainers locked out by #Microsoft, unable to deliver Windows updates

source: cybernews.com/security/microso…

“Microsoft terminated the #account I have used for years to sign #Windows #drivers and the #bootloader,” Mounir Idrassi posted on #Sourceforge, explaining their absence over the past few months.

#software #update #security #cybersecurity #foss #floss #freedom #economy #bigtech #arbitrary #sabotage #fail #problem #news

If you want to try a privacy-first email and calendar service, Tuta offers a birthday deal with discounted access to encrypted tools 🔐
The 12th anniversary offer includes Tuta Mail and Tuta Calendar with quantum-safe encryption, with the discount applying to the first year only 📧

@Tutanota

🔗 https://tuta.com/special-offer

#TechNews #Tuta #Tutanota #Email #Calendar #Privacy #Encryption #FOSS #OpenSource #Security #DataProtection #NoAds #Freedom #Transparency #Software #Cloud

Mozilla is adding a built-in VPN and optional AI features to Firefox amid declining share, aiming to restore relevance while balancing privacy, openness, and usability. 🔍
The strategy emphasizes local AI and integrated privacy tools, but opt-out defaults and trust concerns raise risks around user control, transparency, and global access. 🔐

🔗 https://itsfoss.com/opinion/firefox-survival-with-vpn-ai/

#TechNews #Firefox #Mozilla #VPN #AI #Privacy #OpenSource #FOSS #Security #Transparency #Browsers #Software #Freedom #Tech #Data

Mullvad Browser Alpha 16.0a1 shifts to Firefox Rapid Release, replacing ESR to deliver faster upstream features and continuous updates 🚀
The update adds Linux ARM support but may increase bugs affecting privacy and security, reflecting trade-offs between faster releases and stable, user-controlled anonymity ⚖️

🔗 https://mullvad.net/en/blog/2026/3/26/mullvad-browser-alpha-moves-to-firefox-rapid-release-and-adds-linux-arm-support

#TechNews #Mullvad #Firefox #TorProject #Linux #Privacy #FOSS #OpenSource #Security #Anonymity #Browser #Encryption #DataProtection #Software #Tech

systemd adds an optional “birthDate” field to user records, letting Linux apps access sensitive age data for compliance 📄
Critics warn this creates privacy risks, centralizes sensitive user info, and could be misused if poorly secured, making Linux systems a potential target for data leaks 🔐

🔗 https://itsfoss.com/news/systemd-age-verification/

#TechNews #Linux #Systemd #Privacy #OpenSource #Security #Data #DigitalRights #Compliance #Tech #Software #Freedom #Cybersecurity #Policy #DataProtection #AgeVerification

Fedora Asahi Remix 43 adds Mac Pro support, improved Apple Silicon hardware features, and ships DNF5 with RPM 6 ahead of mainline Fedora 🖥️
It includes Linux kernel 6.17, KDE Plasma 6.6, unified DNF5 package management, and security upgrades like OpenPGP v6 and post-quantum cryptography 🔐

🔗 https://itsfoss.com/news/fedora-asahi-remix-43-release/

#TechNews #Linux #Fedora #OpenSource #Apple #Mac #AsahiLinux #KDE #GNOME #Software #Security #FOSS #Tech #Computing #DigitalRights

Pearl UPDATE!

Finally, Pearl is now fully integrated into the Windows desktop environment with proper setup. No more standalone exe! This gives the app a professional, native feel for Windows users.

Pearl also has networking capabilities! It is now possible to utilize multiple devices on the local network for different tasks!

Speed, stability, and additional features have also been added.

Check it out!

#Pearl #AI #Ollama #Software #Python #FOSS

Download: https://github.com/pdschneider/Pearl/releases/tag/v0.3.0

Microsoft Exchange Online outage is blocking customer access to mailboxes, calendars, and Outlook services via multiple connection methods 📧.

🔗 https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/microsoft/microsoft-exchange-online-outage-blocks-access-to-mailboxes/

#TechNews #Microsoft #Exchange #Outage #M365 #Cloud #Office365 #Privacy #Security #Enterprise #IT #Software #Reliability #Data #Business #Technology #Mailbox #Calendar #Outlook

Ageless Linux, a "technical provocation disguised as Linux distro," circulates among developers and privacy activists 🧩.
Built on Debian, it rejects age verification laws to defend open-source freedom from regulatory overreach 🔒.

https://agelesslinux.org/

🔗 https://gigazine.net/gsc_news/en/20260316-agelesslinux-noncompliance-age-verification/

#TechNews #Linux #Privacy #OpenSource #FOSS #Debian #AgeVerification #Regulation #Security #Freedom #Software #DigitalRights #UserFreedom #Technology #Innovation

React-Like JSX Syntax for Webcomponents

TLDR: I’ve been #experimenting with react-like jsx-syntax with webcomponents to see if I could theoretically replace #React in one of my larger #software projects. It is not ready for production use, but rather a #Research exploration into #CustomElements and #ModernJS performance.

The goal was to build #FunctionalWebComponents that handle #StateManagement and #DOM updates without the overhead of a massive #JavaScript framework. By leveraging #StandardWebAPIs and #Proxy objects, I’ve managed to create a #Reactive programming model that feels familiar but stays closer to the #Platform.

Check out the full #TechnicalTutorial and #DeepDive here: https://positive-intentions.com/docs/research/Tutorials/dim/dim-functional-webcomponents

(Disclosure: this project may be getting deprecated. Sharing this because it might still be interesting or educational.)

#WebDevelopment #Frontend #BuildTheWeb #NoFramework #JS #JSX #WebStandards #Coding #ResearchAndDevelopment #VanillaJS #SoftwareEngineering #TechBlog #WebDevCommunity

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OpenAI is developing its own GitHub-like code platform after repeated GitHub outages disrupted internal engineering work 🧩.

If offered commercially, it could deepen dependence on OpenAI’s stack while raising fresh questions about developer lock-in, code privacy, and competition with major investors like Microsoft 🔒.

🔗 https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/openai-building-github-alternative-after-outages-disrupted-engineers

#TechNews #ChatGPT #OpenAI #GitHub #Microsoft #Developers #AI #Cloud #Privacy #Security #OpenSource #Software #Code #Business #Competition #SamAltman

MidnightBSD has updated its license to ban users in regions mandating OS-level age verification, starting with Brazil (March 2026) and California (January 2027) 🌍.

The open-source BSD project cites privacy and legal risks, warning that more areas like Colorado and New York could follow 🔒.

🔗 https://itsfoss.com/news/midnightbsd-age-verification/

#TechNews #MidnightBSD #BSD #OpenSource #Privacy #Security #FOSS #Regulation #Compliance #UserRights #Freedom #Software #Internet #Policy #Innovation #DigitalRights

Linux and BSD distributions are taking varied approaches to new U.S. age verification laws requiring OS‑level age attestation during setup 🧩.

Ubuntu and Fedora are planning privacy‑respecting local APIs, while MidnightBSD and Adenix reject compliance, citing risks to open‑source freedom and user privacy 🔒.

🔗 https://itsfoss.com/news/distros-response-age-verification-laws/

#TechNews #Linux #BSD #OpenSource #Privacy #Security #Regulation #Compliance #Software #Freedom #FOSS #Ubuntu #Fedora #System76 #UserRights #AgeVerification #US

Last two weeks of online (ontology domain) drama about the slop code turning out to be undebuggable and hence damaging #software that has partaken in it. And its irrelevancy to mission critical software. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AezGmTAk5AE

I was able to finish reading all of “The Genius of Lisp“ by @cdegroot and the whole book was as good as the free preview (chapter 8). I was able to speed-read through the detailed explanations of concepts I already knew, like tail recursion, garbage collection, the Y-combinator, Currying functions, and so on. But there were parts where I slowed down and read carefully, like the section on the Universal Turing Machine, and some of the details of the IBM-704 system architecture. Also the story of how the first Lisp implementation was created when one of McCarthy’s grad students implemented an M-Expression calculator, this was described in slightly more detail than what I recall McCarthy himself explaining in his 1960 paper — that or I had just forgotten those parts of the story.

The tone of this book reminds me a lot of popular physics books like Stephen Hawking’s “A Brief History of Time,” which was aimed more at general audiences than professionals. That said, there is a lot to enjoy about this book for professionals like myself as well. There are many good stories about the principals designers of Lisp throughout. The sections on the commercialization of Lisp for the first AI boom of the 1970s and it’s subsequent “AI winter,” were very interesting to read. And if you are a teacher, you might like how some of the concepts in the book are explained.

And I would definitely recommend this very strongly to 3rd-year high school students, or 1st and 2nd year college students, who are more genuinely curious about how computers work and want to know more than just how to make the next billion dollar app.

The next #LispyGopherClimate show with @screwlisp I look forward to talking about this book some more.

#tech #software #Lisp #ProgrammingLanguages #SchemeLang #Scheme #Clojure #Emacs #EmacsLisp #RetroComputing #LispyGopherClimateShow

heise+ | Raus aus der Cloud: Datenbanken und Notizen von Notion zu Obsidian umziehen

Wer seine Notizen lieber lokal speichern möchte statt nur in der Cloud, ist mit Obsidian besser dran als mit Notion. Wir haben den Umzug ausprobiert.

https://www.heise.de/ratgeber/Raus-aus-der-Cloud-Datenbanken-und-Notizen-von-Notion-zu-Obsidian-umziehen-11173607.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

#IT #Software #news

Shipping a button in 2026
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xE9W9Ghe4Jk
#software #programming

Ooof, this smells of a sign/math error somewhere, ouch.

"...the software that should have pointed Lunar Trailblazer’s solar panels toward the Sun instead pointed them 180 degrees away from the Sun...."

https://gizmodo.com/the-stupidest-glitch-imaginable-killed-a-72-million-lunar-mission-in-a-single-day-2000728962

#software #math #space

A new version of Pearl is available!

I worked basically non-stop for the past 3 days to bring Pearl up to speed with all of the feedback I've been given.

Linux users now have a simple install for Docker and Kokoro, enabling enhanced TTS.

Both Windows and Linux users will also notice a more responsive and bug-free UI, along with helpful uninstall buttons in settings.

Thank you so much!

#AI #Pearl #Software

Download: https://github.com/pdschneider/Pearl/releases/tag/v0.2.3

So I don’t really want to hate on LLMs or generative AI in this post, but I am curious about alternatives to LLMs for code generation. What I particularly have in mind is how LLMs are pretty good at calling up code examples and fitting them into your code base.

Has anyone tried just creating a very large database with millions of code examples or code snippets, perhaps tagged with keywords pertaining to what the code does, and letting people search code by tag and automatically paste it into your file? If StackOverflow has been mined for LLM training data, can’t we just take that StackOverflow training data and parse-out the code snippets and generate such a database?

If LLMs coding tools like #Cursor, #Claude, #Copilot, Cody, etc. are basically doing that using statistical algorithms, couldn’t we do the same thing with ordinary symbolic computation and a clever little editor plug-in with good UI/UX design for the copy-pasting?

Does anyone know if such tools/databases already exist?

I’ll tag @screwlisp and @kentpitman on this one because I am especially curious about what you think about it.

#tech #software #AskFedi #CodingAssistant #LLM #AI #GenerativeAI

Telemetry: Helpful Tool or Digital Surveillance?

The word #telemetry sounds technical and harmless. Many people have never heard it before. But in simple words, telemetry means this: "Your device sends small pieces of information back to the company that made the software." That can be useful. But it can also be dangerous.

Today, large technology companies — often called Big Tech — collect huge amounts of data. They track clicks, searches, locations, and habits. Often this happens quietly in the background. For many people, telemetry feels like mass surveillance with a friendly name.
But the truth is more complicated.

Why Telemetry Is Not Always Bad

Imagine a city without traffic data. City planners would not know where traffic jams happen. They would not know where to build new roads. Telemetry can work in a similar way. If software developers know which features people actually use, they can improve those features. They can fix problems faster. They can remove tools that nobody needs.

The problem is not the measurement itself. The problem is how it is done.

When Data Becomes a Business Model

Many big corporations collect data aggressively. Users often do not fully understand what they agree to. The data is stored on large servers and sometimes sold or used for targeted advertising. In this system, the user is no longer the customer. The user becomes the product. This creates distrust. People feel observed. And when people feel observed, they behave differently.

The British writer George Orwell described this fear in his famous novel Nineteen Eighty-Four. In that story, constant surveillance changes how people think and act. It creates self-censorship and fear. Many citizens today worry that digital life is slowly moving in that direction. Some even point to countries like China, where digital monitoring by the state is widespread. Whether one agrees with this comparison or not, it shows how strong the concern has become.

A Different Approach: Ethical Telemetry

There is another path. In the world of free and open-source software — often called FLOSS — communities build software together. They value transparency and freedom. Instead of rejecting telemetry completely, this community could ask a smarter question: "How can we collect useful data without violating privacy?"

For example: "Can we measure which Linux systems are used in daily work — without tracking individuals?" Can we find out which text editor or file manager is most popular — without collecting personal details? Can statistics be truly anonymous? These questions matter.

Right now, many discussions are based on guesses. For example, the website DistroWatch publishes popularity rankings of Linux systems. Some critics claim these rankings may not reflect real usage. Without reliable and transparent data, it is hard to know the truth.

The Real Issue: Trust

The debate about telemetry is really a debate about trust. People do not reject data collection because they hate technology. They reject it because they feel powerless. If companies force data collection, hide it in long legal texts, and use it mainly for profit,
trust disappears. But if data collection is: voluntary, clearly explained, anonymous, open to public review, and stored securely then telemetry can serve the public instead of exploiting it.

A Choice About the Future

Technology is not the enemy. It is a tool. Fire can warm a home or burn it down. The difference lies in how it is controlled. Society now stands at a crossroads. We can allow a future where every click is tracked and monetized or we can demand clear rules, transparency, and ethical standards. The question is not whether telemetry exists. It already does. The real question is: "Who controls it — and for whose benefit?"

If citizens, developers, and policymakers work together, telemetry could become a tool for improvement instead of surveillance. The future of digital freedom depends on the answer.

#news #surveillance #question #tracking #meme #technology #Internet #freedom #foss #floss #software #bigtech #economy #business #capitalism #system #matrix #user #computer #future #problem #community #linux #tux #ethics #software #development #code #humanrights #privacy #online #humanbity #os #alternative #digital #politics #system #matrix

A new California law says all operating systems, including Linux, need to have some form of age verification at account setup

"I wonder how the government of California plans to enforce it?"

https://www.pcgamer.com/software/operating-systems/a-new-california-law-says-all-operating-systems-including-linux-need-to-have-some-form-of-age-verification-at-account-setup/

#AgeVerification #dystopia #privacy #surveillance #software #technology #Linux

To distribute an Android app outside Google Play, starting September 2026, developers will need to register with Google, submit government ID, and pay a $25 fee. Even if they're using F-Droid or the Amazon Appstore, stores Google doesn't own or operate. Privacy groups are pushing back.

https://reclaimthenet.org/open-letter-google-android-developer-verification-policy-criticism-2026

#Google #Android #enshittification #dystopia #software #monopoly #technology #idverification #privacy

When software was fun. I miss the quirky and passionate small software houses and bedroom programmers of the 1980s, who were not yet as glamorous as "studios" or "indies".

https://unsung.aresluna.org/our-programs-are-fun-to-use

#AppleII #retrocomputing #software

This might be a question for the mailing list instead, but I’m trying to implement buffer-local variables in my #EmacsLisp interpreter, but in my test programs, there seem to be no functional difference between the “toplevel default” and the “default” value of a variable at all. When reading the documentation, it says this:

A variable can be let-bound to a value. This makes its global value shadowed by the binding; default-value will then return the value from that binding, not the global value, and set-default will be prevented from setting the global value (it will change the let-bound value instead). The following two functions allow referencing the global value even if it’s shadowed by a let-binding.

But the documentation seems to be wrong, but maybe I am missing something? Here is my test program:

     (when (intern-soft 'x) (unintern 'x obarray))
     (setq record nil)
     (defun record (where val)
       (setq record (cons (cons where val) record))
       )
     (defun record-comment (str)
       (setq record (cons str record))
       )
     (defun replay ()
       (princ ";----------------------------\n")
       (princ "; lexical-binding: ") (princ lexical-binding) (terpri)
       (dolist (x (reverse record))
         (cond
          ((stringp x) (princ x) (terpri))
          (t (prin1 (car x))
             (princ "; x => ") (prin1 (cdr x)) (terpri)
             ))))
     (record "lexical-binding" lexical-binding)
     (defvar x "global")
     (record 'x x)
     (make-local-variable 'x)
     (record '(make-local-variable 'x) x)
     (setq x "local")
     (record '(setq x "local") x)
     (record '(default-value 'x) (default-value 'x))
     (set-default 'x "default")
     (record '(set-default 'x "default") x)
     (record '(default-value 'x) (default-value 'x))
     (record '(default-toplevel-value 'x) (default-toplevel-value 'x))
     (set-default-toplevel-value 'x "top-level")
     (record '(set-default-toplevel-value 'x "toplevel") x)
     (record '(default-value 'x) (default-value 'x))
     (record '(default-toplevel-value 'x) (default-toplevel-value 'x))
     (let ((x "inside-let-form"))
       (defvar x)
       (record '(let ((x "inside-let-form")) x) x)
       (setq x "let-local")
       (record '(let -- (setq x "let-local") x) x)
       (record '(let -- (default-value 'x)) (default-value 'x))
       (set-default 'x "default")
       (record '(let -- (set-default 'x "default") x) x)
       (record '(let -- (default-value 'x)) (default-value 'x))
       (record '(let -- (default-toplevel-value 'x)) (default-toplevel-value 'x))
       (set-default-toplevel-value 'x "top-level")
       (record '(let -- (set-default-toplevel-value 'x "top-level")) x)
       (record '(let -- (default-value 'x)) (default-value 'x))
       (record '(let -- (default-toplevel-value 'x)) (default-toplevel-value 'x))
       )
     (record-comment ";;after let")
     (record 'x x)
     (record '(default-value 'x) (default-value 'x))
     (record '(default-toplevel-value 'x) (default-toplevel-value 'x))
     (replay)

When you look at the output of the program, (default-value 'x) returns the same value as (default-toplevel-value 'x) regardless of whether it is inside of a let binding, and regardless of lexical or dynamic binding mode. Here is the above program’s output:

    ;----------------------------
    ; lexical-binding: t
    x; x => "global"
    (make-local-variable 'x); x => "global"
    (setq x "local"); x => "local"
    (default-value 'x); x => "global"
    (set-default 'x "default"); x => "local"
    (default-value 'x); x => "default"
    (default-toplevel-value 'x); x => "default"
    (set-default-toplevel-value 'x "toplevel"); x => "local"
    (default-value 'x); x => "top-level"
    (default-toplevel-value 'x); x => "top-level"
    (let ((x "inside-let-form")) x); x => "inside-let-form"
    (let -- (setq x "let-local") x); x => "let-local"
    (let -- (default-value 'x)); x => "top-level"
    (let -- (set-default 'x "default") x); x => "let-local"
    (let -- (default-value 'x)); x => "default"
    (let -- (default-toplevel-value 'x)); x => "default"
    (let -- (set-default-toplevel-value 'x "top-level")); x => "let-local"
    (let -- (default-value 'x)); x => "top-level"
    (let -- (default-toplevel-value 'x)); x => "top-level"
    ;;after let
    x; x => "local"
    (default-value 'x); x => "top-level"
    (default-toplevel-value 'x); x => "top-level"

#tech #software #Emacs

Looks like a fascinating read! They have provided chapter 8 as a PDF file downloadable gratis as a sneak-peek into the rest of the book, guess what it’s about:

Chapter 8: Sussman and Steel make Scheme

Awesome! I can’t wait to read that chapter, and then the rest of the book!

Details on the book homepage: https://berksoft.ca/gol/

#tech #software #Lisp #Scheme #SchemeLang #R7RS

RE: https://mstdn.ca/@cdegroot/116086771614712320

Proton survey (UK, Germany, France): 73% see Europe too dependent on US tech, 83% concerned 🇪🇺

74% listed firms use Google/Microsoft email/cloud; top wants: privacy (55-60%), security (61-70%) 🔒

Signups up 80% in Nordics post-Greenland threats 🧭

@protonprivacy

🔗 https://proton.me/blog/european-alternative-us-tech-survey

#TechNews #OpenSource #Privacy #Security #Government #EU #Europe #Data #Sovereignty #IT #Digital #Google #Microsoft #Office #Software #Tech #Greenland #FOSS #US #USA #LibreOffice #Politics #France #UK #Germany

Oooh, learned how to plot ground tracks for TLEs in python for a project. #space #software

(popcorn, waiting for Spotify to collapse from AI sloppified source code, lol). Also, I am biased, you can't call yourself a "developer" if you're just shoveling up AI generated slop you did not write.

Slashdot Spotify Says Its Best Developers Haven't Written a Line of Code Since December, Thanks To AI

https://developers.slashdot.org/story/26/02/13/1834228/spotify-says-its-best-developers-havent-written-a-line-of-code-since-december-thanks-to-ai?

#software #ai

Alt...

Spotify's best developers have stopped writing code manually since December and now rely on an internal AI system called Honk that enables remote, real-time code deployment through Claude Code, the company's co-CEO Gustav Soderstrom said during a fourth-quarter earnings call this week.

🆕 blog! “Some esoteric versioning schemes (monotonic moronity)”

Since time immemorial, software has had version numbers. A developer releases V1 of their product. Some time later, they add new features or fix bugs, and release the next version.

What should that next version be called? Modern software broadly bifurcates into two competing…

👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2025/02/some-esoteric-versioning-schemes-monotonic-moronity/
⸻
#ComputerScience #shitpost #software

Okay, hopefully just fixed a system-wide mojibake issue on my bots. Or, just created a new, system-wide issue 🤪 #software

I have watched many videos on #YouTube and read several user comments under relevant news articles on the subject of the upcoming age verification on #Discord.

It quickly becomes clear that most people are very sensitive about their #privacy and reject age verification because they see it as a major threat to their privacy.

This is a reassuring realization and gives hope that alternative #software that respects the privacy of its users will come more into focus, thereby weakening old monopolies.

Protecting privacy on the internet has never been more important than it is now.

Microsoft is reportedly rethinking its Windows 11 AI push, scaling back intrusive Copilot integrations and reassessing Recall after strong privacy and usability backlash from power users. 🤖
The focus is shifting from “AI everywhere” toward more meaningful, less invasive features that better respect user control and data practices. 🛡️

🔗 https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-is-reevaluating-its-ai-efforts-on-windows-11-plans-to-reduce-copilot-integrations-and-evolve-recall

#TechNews #Windows11 #Microsoft #AI #Copilot #Privacy #Security #UX #Software #PC #Data #UserControl #Productivity #Cloud #Trust #Windows

@momo cool!

Well then, please have a listen to the episodes of the #LispyGopherClimate podcast that me, @kentpitman and @screwlisp did these past few weeks:

• Kent Pitman presents his lisp condition system implemented for python
• Kent Pitman, Scott Zimmermann, Ramin Honary, Screwlisp: Lisp Conditions in Python
• Common Lisp condition handling lore
• Common Lisp condition system, code review of my programming example
• Common Lisp condition handling w/ Kent Pitman, Ramin Honary

#tech #software #Lisp #CommonLisp #Scheme #SchemeLang #R7RS #MITScheme #Guile #GuileScheme

@screwlisp @kentpitman I’m just reading up on the MIT-Scheme condition system. Recent efforts to standardize this are defined in SRFI-255: “Restarting conditions”.

An older standards condition systems in Scheme was defined in SRFI-35: “Conditions”. And #Guile users can use the Guile implementation of SRFI-35 to make use of it.

I wish I had known about this two weeks ago when we first started talking about it on the #LispyGopherClimate show, but better late than never, I guess.

#tech #software #Lisp #CommonLisp #Scheme #SchemeLang #R7RS #MITScheme #Guile #GuileScheme

@screwlisp @kentpitman regarding the discussion we had after the #LispyGopherClimate show ended, MiniKanren is logic programming language embedded in Scheme (sort-of like a Prolog implemented in Scheme and coded with S-expressions), and you can use machine leaning methods like neural networks to guide the search tree of the goal solver mechanism. This paper is an example of what I was talking about.

Even before LLMs were invented, MiniKanren was able to do program synthesis using purely symbolic logic. They developed a prototype called Barliman where you would provide example input->output pairs as constraints, and using a constraint solver, could generalize those examples to a function that generates any output for any input. As a simple example, you could give it the following input-output pairs:

1. () -> ()
2. (a) () -> (a)
3. () (a) -> (a)
4. (a) (a) -> (a a)

…and the constraint solver could determine that you are trying to implement the append function for lists and write the code automatically — without LLMs, using purely symbolic logic.

As you might expect, the solver could be very slow, or even diverge (never returning an answer). The paper I mentioned above talks about using neural networks to try to guide the constraint solver to improve the performance and usefulness of the results returned by the solver.

Now imagine applying this technique to other domains besides code generation or optimization, for example, auto-completion, or cache pre-fetching, and building it into a programmable computing environment like Emacs. You could have a tool like “Cursor,” but instead of using LLMs, it uses classical computing and constraint solvers, while taking a fraction of the amount of energy that LLMs use.

#tech #software #AI #LLM #MachineLearning #NeuralNetwork #ConstraintLogic #ConstraintSolver #LogicProgramming #Prolog #MiniKanren #Emacs #Lisp #Scheme #SchemeLang #ProgramSynthesis

LM Studio l’app che permette di eseguire modelli di intelligenza artificiale direttamente sul tuo computer, con privacy totale e prestazioni elevate #AI #Linux #Windows #Mac #Software

https://www.linuxeasy.org/lm-studio-intelligenza-artificiale-locale/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=jetpack_social

Lawsuit claims Meta can see WhatsApp chats in breach of privacy

The group, which includes plaintiffs from Australia, Brazil, India, Mexico and South Africa, alleges that Meta stores the substance of users’ communications and that workers can get access to them.

https://www.theedgesingapore.com/news/tech/lawsuit-claims-meta-can-see-whatsapp-chats-breach-privacy

#Meta #WhatsApp #Facebook #messaging #privacy #surveillance #encryption #technology #socialmedia #software

Microsoft confirms it will give the FBI your Windows PC data encryption key if asked — you can thank Windows 11's forced online accounts for that

Windows 11's online Microsoft Account requirement means your PC is automatically backing up its data encryption key to the cloud, and Microsoft says it will hand those over to the FBI if asked.

https://www.windowscentral.com/microsoft/windows-11/microsoft-bitlocker-encryption-keys-give-fbi-legal-order-privacy-nightmare

#Microsoft #Windows11 #privacy #surveillance #enshittification #encryption #technology #software #dystopia

🌀 Tor Browser 15.0.3 released with key security and privacy updates. 🔒
NoScript updates are now hosted directly on Tor’s infrastructure, improving update reliability and autonomy. 🧩
Enhanced protections reduce fingerprinting risks and tighten extension control. 🕵️

@torproject

🔗 https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1503/

#TechNews #Privacy #Security #OpenSource #DataProtection #Encryption #Cybersecurity #Anonymity #Transparency #Accountability #WebSafety #Internet #Linux #Software #Mozilla #Tor #Browser #Firefox

Hmm, race condition on my NWS Chicago graphics bot. They post the link to their graphics BEFORE the graphics area available by some amount of time. I guess I will kludge it to wait for a minute/two minutes/some number of minutes before attempting to retrieve the graphic they link to. #random #software

RE: https://mastodon.social/@Tutanota/115847232165161059

Microsoft 365 has not been renamed “Microsoft 365 Copilot.” ⚠️

The mobile app’s name changed last year to reflect AI features, but the core suite remains Microsoft 365. 🖥️
Copilot is an added AI feature, not a rebrand. Users should note the distinction for subscriptions and privacy. 🔒

@Tutanota

🔗 https://office-watch.com/2026/microsoft-365-has-not-been-renamed-microsoft-365-copilot/

#TechNews #Microsoft #AI #Productivity #Software #Cloud #Privacy #DataSecurity #UserRights #OpenSource #Business #IT #Apps #Microsoft365 #DigitalSafety #Innovation #Copilot

Tuta » 🌐 2026-01-06
@Tutanota@mastodon.social

🚨 BREAKING: Microsoft just renamed Office to "Microsoft 365 Copilot app"

All users are now "AI users"

And this will lead to higher prices: https://tuta.com/blog/microsoft-365-price-increase

#Microsoft #Copilot

Alt...

Screenshot from the new Microsoft 365 Copilot app: "The Microsoft 365 Copilot app (formerly Office) lets you create, share and collaborate all in one place with your favorite apps now including copilot."

Wayland is replacing X11 as Linux’s display protocol, offering lower latency, simpler design, and stronger security. 🖥️
By restricting app access to input and screen data, it reduces long-standing privacy risks. 🔐

Gains are clear, but compatibility and tooling still slow full adoption. ⚖️

🔗 https://hintnal.com/the-great-display-revolution-how-wayland-is-reshaping-linuxs-graphical-future/

#TechNews #Linux #OpenSource #Privacy #Security #Software #Developers #Freedom #Technology #Computing #Wayland #X11 #Debian #Fedora #Ubuntu #Arch #FOSS #OS

Free doesn’t necessarily mean cheap. PC World compiles this list of free software for your PC. Plus, when it’s worth it to upgrade to paid:

https://flip.it/5vX3QY

#Tech #PCs #Software #Microsoft #Technology #Computer

#lispyGopherClimate with @ramin_hal9001 and Kent Pitman
https://communitymedia.video/w/xnUY9Z6koSooVQUHradmwj archive

@kentpitman 's https://www.nhplace.com/kent/Writing/A-Christmas-Peril.html read by yours truly. https://screwlisp.small-web.org/

@pkw points out when people ask why #commonLisp #software they would know, (US DOE's) #maxima CAS is in openbsd base ports and literally everywhere else.

My Kitten plans viz @aral 's https://kitten.small-web.org/tutorials/layout-components/#markdown-fragment-md fragmented markdown knowledge

#eev #irc on libera - @eduardoochs https://anggtwu.net/2025-badly-behaved.html

conditions?
#lambdaMOO

Alt...

#unix_surrealism - the gopher looks up at the lisp alien's many eyes on a monitor afixed high on a building beneath the moon and stars in an industrial wasteland lispyGopherShow anonradio.net (by analognowhere.com )

Modern #software design reminds me a lot of modern education.

Efforts to avoid "math anxiety" end up creating a world of "it's algebra, but we don't call it that and use weird terminology so Mom and Dad can't help you."

Similarly, modern UIs are so obsessive about making the first 15 minutes nonintimidating that they hide everything and invent cute metaphors that eventually strand users. "What's a file?"

The real complexity is still there, you just aren't equipping users to deal with it.

Hallmark of generative code in your codebase: when every time the code is bug fixed/checked in, it is DIFFERENT completely (different libraries, different structure). i.e. Bug doesn't get fixed, but the code rewritten. #AI #software

What are your favorite programs that specialize in working with tables? My use case: building human-readable matrices for documentation and reference. Not a database.

I don't want a typical Office program (Not Excel or Word or the FOSS equivalent.)

For example, OmniOutliner or Logseq are much better for outlining than Word etc. No, I'm not going to learn Emacs Org Mode.

Markdown tables are simple but clumsy.

I've used SQLite Browser to great effect for data., but not the right tool here.

What's actually good?

#foss #software #tables #tabular #matrix #matrices

@liebach #liveNow ! https://emacsconf.org/2025/watch/ #commonLisp #software #agents #emacs

I wrote a more straightforward description of my emacsconf talk about 13 hours from now:

https://emacsconf.org/2025/talks/commonlisp/

The #orgmode file used in presenting my talk creeping up upon autonomous #commonLisp #emacs #software #Agents : https://screwlisp.small-web.org/software-individuals/script-for-emacsconf-this-weekend-video-org/

Looking forward to your wild and freeranging and/or specific questions in the Q&A

"
Times in different time zones:
Your local time: ~ 12/7/25, 8:25 AM to ~ 12/7/25, 8:55 AM
Saturday, Dec 6 2025, ~2:25 PM - 2:55 PM EST (US/Eastern)
"

@dpk (chair of the R7RS Scheme programming language standard working group) had designed a new, extensible #R7RS #Scheme pattern matcher library which generates optimal decision trees, and she has written a fantastic blog post about how it works: https://crumbles.blog/posts/2025-11-28-extensible-match-decision-tree.html

#tech #software #ProgrammingLanguage #SchemeLang

I was skulking underground rather than going on the mastodon, but since I'm here anyway, I
a) Re-upped a canonical location for the Foundation for Intelligent Physical Agents FIPA SL spec which got abandoned and domain-squatted since earlier this year.
https://screwlisp.small-web.org/software-individuals/fipa

b) Proposed multi-agent leonardo calculus in a continuously running lisp image.
(restarting lisp over and over is a headache)
https://screwlisp.small-web.org/software-individuals/same-universe-multiple-agents/ <- pretty useable example in general #lisp #agent #software

Hope they don't have Over-The-Air (OTA) software updates. "This is your Captain speaking. Please ignore our loss of control as our software is updated and rebooted! 😬 🤪 )

NPR: Airbus calls for 'immediate' software upgrade to A320 aircraft

Airbus on Friday requested airlines take immediate action to upgrade software of its A320 aircraft, warning there could be an issue with flight controls.

https://www.npr.org/2025/11/28/nx-s1-5624379/airbus-software-upgrade-a320-aircraft

#a320 #aviation #software #update

I'd really like to find a way to migrate a domain (and existing account & posts) between two pieces Fediverse server software, keeping all post urls.

Not the existing Move feature - that assumes new & old servers are running in parallel at different urls.

I want to take a backup from Mastodon, stop the server, convert all the toots to some common format, start up GoToSocial, and import. Without losing reply glue on old toots or spamming.

#mastodon #gotosocial #fediverse #migration #software

I'm absent without leave today everyone #lispyGopherClimate
45 minute soliloquy https://communitymedia.video/w/qmPEE8Qk71NPQSmXjoQ7UF
on the software stack I use, and how I see the pieces fitting in Goodwin 1981's Why Programming Environments Still Need Dynamic Data Types software aircraft construction hangar analogy
with reference to Biological Software 1979 about the confusion between software "thing that got deployed" and software "work I do in the aircraft construction hangar"
#lisp #software #dev #stack #programming

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Dear young developers. Listen to Mark’s story and heed my advice. Never, ever, ever put in log messages that express your frustration with the intention of removing them later.

Ever.

#software #career #advice #askmehowiknow

https://youtube.com/shorts/bCYe0ZIZBwE

recent #wageTheft related news ―and why the billionaire mafia is so desperate to normalize #AI. hyping LLMs by lying about their intelligence, is their way to destroy the value of the #creative #classes; especially #software #developers:

Disney’s writer wage theft, a year on. | by Cory Doctorow https://doctorow.medium.com/disneys-writer-wage-theft-a-year-on-5be5baee38f9

Uber, Lyft could owe California gig workers billions of dollars - https://calmatters.org/economy/2025/03/uber-lyft-could-owe-california-gig-workers-billions-of-dollars-in-california-wage-theft-case/

127,000 New York Workers Have Been Victims of Wage Theft https://www.propublica.org/article/thousands-of-new-york-workers-have-been-victims-of-wage-theft

/🧵

#meme #linux #endof10 #windows #microsoft #server #internet #world #software #os #administration #azure #cloud #online #foss #floss #economy #business #freedom #opensource #tux #penguin

Alt...

Thanks to the penguin 🐧

@briankrebs

I don't mean to pester you but I got this weird op on my Samsung galaxy with no warning... like a brute force deal. phone locked up then normalized ...took pic with old phone cam. Does anyone wtf this is?

#samsung #tech #malware #computer #virus #software
#IT #hacking #security

Austria’s Ministry of Economy kicks out Microsoft, moving 1,200 staff to Nextcloud in 4 months 🕒

EU-based cloud ensures GDPR & NIS2 compliance 🇪🇺
Hybrid setup keeps Teams only for external use; all internal collaboration now on Nextcloud 🔒
Smooth rollout earns positive employee feedback 👍

🔗 https://news.itsfoss.com/austrian-ministry-kicks-out-microsoft/

#TechNews #OpenSource #Privacy #Cloud #DataSovereignty #Nextcloud #EU #FOSS #CyberSecurity #IT #Government #Software #Innovation #Digital #Security #Linux

@hellomiakoda @IAmDannyBoling I appreciate these kinds of reaching out.

I'd like to audio #chat about doing more of this kind of work between people who can do that kind of offer - because I think the skills and encouragement or a place to go to once a week online... is needed / lacking. So you have social #software without really the #social. Nice for cat pics and #Caturday and even leftist memes but not really doing it together as often - sometimes never. Just a quick #jitsi chat about it doesn't take much (<2mins for example) and can be more anonymous for just the info / knowledge spread.

Friendship to any extent and going to the #gym #together is the Federated what but right now the social software (Mastodon) has near-0 people doing the socialising on a proper consistent level so the organising is not there and expecting people to do it when they are #unskilled and still have a bit of #fear / #FUD which bringing together on their favorite topics helps them make #friends better / eventually #federate better.

I maintain a modestly popular open source python package. I'm doing a dependency tidy-up pass, knocking over a few long-standing bugs and upping minimum Python from 3.5 to 3.8. I think there's enough changes to justify a version jump from 0.7.1 to 1.0.0.

I'm thinking about taking the opportunity to make some deliberately backwards-incompatible changes to fix some design mistakes I made five years ago. Hmm. Tricky wicket.

#foss #software #python

Want to #audio #chat anytime ?... I can send you a link now or later...

#Jitsi chat just needs only a browser!
3 clicks and you're talking. No cam wanted / needed,

#opensource #community #software!

(This is towards community building with conversations in whatever interests us however person or not)

Exclusive: #US considering curbs on #exports to #China made with #US #software, sources say

The #Trump admin is considering a plan to curb a dizzying array of software-powered exports to China, from laptops to jet engines, to retaliate against Beijing's latest round of #RareEarth export restrictions, according to a US official & 3 people briefed by US authorities.

#economy #inflation #jobs #recession
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-considering-curbs-exports-china-made-with-us-software-sources-say-2025-10-22/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

@kkarhan wait who is Arian? also, yes, and the problem with these #k12 #cipa #filtering #software is that they don't have #security pe0ple who can test vulnerabilities.
they only test what's required in the CIPA guidelines.

not only that, these can seriously cut funding for #school #district s because they don't just attack a part of the filter, EG via a #proxy or #vpn but rather, attack holes in the filtering systems directly

Dear software developpers, stop using stupid, blend and uninspiring logos for your projects.
Use MASCOTS, and furries will do your promotion if said software is good.

(May include NSFW imageries, but hey, you know what it is. )

#Software

Well, I think I’ve found the location for my next vacation.

#cad #autodesk #software #tech #technology

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DWG of an office floor layout featuring “Printer Island”

"...he revealed his new hobby of cosplaying as an engineer, using AI tools to write code and then bringing those ideas to the desks of the people he pays to do that job. On the episode, the CEO admits he’s never coded before, but he started using the AI-powered code editor Cursor to craft prototypes for new features, which he said takes him about 20 minutes to whip up before he takes them to his engineering team...."

🤢

#software #ai

A PSA about the #ebay seller "digistoremarket" they purport to sell #vintage #software like #os2 and such, but they just send you a CDR with pirated floppy images.

The listing does not make this clear at all, I ended up getting a full refund from ebay, so they handled it well, but the seller is still on the site selling the same scam software.

#retrocomputing #retrogaming #scammer

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A screenshot of the ebay seller's profile.

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A picture of a CDR with a hastily attached sticker that reads "OS/2 warp 3 diskettes"

I talk a lot about how computing is on a pendulum. The most recent swings of the last 4 years have brought me to an era where packages of software for #macOS and #linux variants are available, but if you're on #windows you're going to need to compile some code or otherwise generate a binary or executable, because the developers and engineers that write the #software (in this case for `opcode` formerly Claudia; an agentic shepherd) only use macOS and GNU/Linux 😂

weird! I like it.

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a screenshot of a Warp terminal tab where i'm generating an executable of Opcode. text follows: *** ./doit-buildprod.bat Compiiing Lomi ve.s.c3 Compiling kuchikiki v0.8.2 Compiling url v2.5.4 Compiling publicsuffix v2.3.0 Compiling futures-executor v0.3.31 Compiling embed-resource v3.0.3 Compiling cargo_toml ve.22.1 Compiling urlpattern ve.3.0 Compiling tauri-winres ve.3.1 Compiling tray-icon ve.20.1 Compiling futures ve.3.31 Compiling tauri-utils v2.4.0 Compiling cookie store v.21.1 Compiling rusqlite v0.32.1 Compiling tokio-util ve.7.15 Compiling tower v0.5.2 Compiling tokio-native-tls v0.3.1 Compiling h2 v@.4.10 Compiling tower-http v@.6.6 Compiling tokio-rustls ve.26.2 Compiling tauri-plugin v2.2.0 Compiling tauri-build v2.2.0 Compiling tauri-codegen v2.2.0 Compiling tauri v2.5.1 Compiling tauri-macros v2.2.0 Compiling tauri-plugin-fs v2.3.0 Compiling tauri-plugin-global-shortcut v2.2.1 Compiling tauri-plugin-dialog v2.2.2 Compiling tauri-plugin-clipboard-manager v2.2.3 Compiling tauri-plugin-shell v2.2.1 Compiling tauri-plugin-notification v2.2.3 Compiling tauri-plugin-process v2.2.2 Compiling tauri-plugin-updater v2.8.1 Compiling tauri-plugin-http v2.4.4

The quality of AI-assisted software depends on unit of work management

https://blog.nilenso.com/blog/2025/09/15/ai-unit-of-work/

#HackerNews #AI #Software #Quality #UnitOfWork #Management #Technology #Blog

After enough trouble with localized/translated error messages, I have started to see the value in error codes, makes it easier to search for solutions.

#software #SoftwareDevelopment #programming

Yes it is, I can tell you from experience. Of course, I was never under any illusion that it would be easy.

@kana , a.k.a. “Gudzpoz,” wrote a blog post which was shared on Lobste.rs, and they kindly mention my own Emacs clone Schemacs, though they refer to the old name of it “Gypsum” because they are citing my EmacsConf 2024 presentation done before the name changed.

It is a pretty good post going over some of the odd details about how Emacs edits text, e.g. the character range is from 0x0 to 0x3FFFFFF rather than the Unicode standard range from 0x0 to 0x10FFFF, issues with using a gap buffer as opposed to a “rope” data structure, attaching metadata (text properties) to strings to render different colors and faces, and issues with Emacs’s own unique flavor of regular expressions in which the \= symbol indicates matching on the point in the buffer. (I did not know about that last one!)

Apparently, they know these things because they are also working on their own clone of Emacs in Java for the JVM called Juicemacs (the name “Juice” upholding the theme of Java-based applications being named after drinks), and I deduce that their approach is to read through the Emacs C source code to ensure better compatibility. This is now the fourth modern Emacs+EmacsLisp clone that is still under active development that I know of, fascinating work!

My approach is to clone Emacs well enough to get it to pass regression tests, and I don’t read the C source code, I do black-box testing (because those tests become regression tests for my own source code).

Also, the goal with the Schemacs project is more to provide a Scheme-based Emacs that is backward-compatible with GNU Emacs. You use Schemacs because you want to program it in Scheme, not Emacs Lisp, but Emacs Lisp is there for you so you can still use your Emacs config. As a result, I will ignore a lot of these fussy details of the GNU Emacs implementation unless it is going to prevent regression tests from passing.

#tech #software #Emacs #GNUEmacs #Schemacs #EmacsLisp #Lisp #Java #Scheme #R7RS #SchemeLang #LispLang #JavaLang

#P2P #FileSharing #Networks #Darknet #Darkweb #Software

@infostorm@a.gup.pe @p2p@a.gup.pe @darknet@a.gup.pe @networks@a.gup.pe

This is cool.

It is a Fediverse server you can use with a newsreader client like Thunderbird.

Demo: https://illuminant.asjo.org/
Profile: https://illuminant.asjo.org/user/asjo
Source: https://koldfront.dk/git/illuminant/

#NNTP #Illuminant #Fediverse #Software #Usenet #CoolCode

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