Damnit, yesterday Google emails about deprecating my Nest thermostats, and today Wemo emails about deprecating my wifi plugs. I am never buying a smart device again.
Damnit, yesterday Google emails about deprecating my Nest thermostats, and today Wemo emails about deprecating my wifi plugs. I am never buying a smart device again.
The attempts by law enforcement & governments to subvert end-to-end encryption are ongoing. The European Commission is going to spend a year thinking about their new "Roadmap for law enforcement access to data", and they are (genuinely) asking for people to join their expert group to help. Here I urge you to join that group (also because I can't): https://berthub.eu/articles/posts/possible-end-to-end-to-end-come-help/
@notjustbikes just did a video about #Houten, the town where I grew up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-TuGAHR78w - focusing on the town architecture and low-car infra.
We're looking for a creative web developer who is all in on #OpenSource!
We plan to build a website using an open source static site generator (your choice, as long as it sings), and need a #freelancer to help us bring our new brand identity and content to life across every screen.
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I modded an IKEA OBEGRÄNSAD lamp with my LED driver & custom firmware. It now displays 16bit grayscales @ 120 FPS.
https://github.com/brainsmoke/esp32leddriver/tree/master/firmware/stm32/obegraensad
Het sneuvelt wellicht een beetje onder op deze nieuwsdag, maar dit blijft bizar: Facebook en Instagram openden op Android een lokale webserver om je surfgedrag zo nog beter in de kaart te kunnen brengen. De Facebook tracking pixel communiceerde daarmee 🤯 ook vanuit incognito mode https://nos.nl/artikel/2569805-onderzoekers-facebook-en-instagram-gebruikten-spionagetrucje-op-android-smartphones
@cjwatson Yeah, I appreciate that.
I don't have data, but I guess I'm a little surprised that it's too much effort keeping bzr hosting running since there's a couple of dozen projects still actively using bzr (https://code.launchpad.net/+recently-changed-branches). It's hard to find stats on number of projects actively using Git hosting besides Launchpad and related tools.
Sad to see #Launchpad is dropping #Bazaar (#bzr) support - probably the last thing that set it apart from other code hosting solutions like GitHub.
https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/phasing-out-bazaar-code-hosting/62189
At this point, it should just remove the support for hosting upstream projects altogether considering all #Canonical projects are actually on GitHub, and Launchpad is just the Ubuntu build system / bug tracker.
This is further exemplified by the fact that they announced this only on an #Ubuntu community forum.
@andrew_shadura which open source bikenav apps do you use? Brouter?
@Ramonsta72 thanks! I haven't heard of any of those, I'll check them out.
What are good alternatives for #komoot, which has just been bought by Bending Spoons and probably awaits a future of stagnation (https://www.dcrainmaker.com/2025/05/komoot-team-goodbye.html) ?
The Rust GCC backend can now fully bootstrap the Rust compiler. Excellent work from FractalFir in their GSoC (which starts in one week XD).
More information here: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/1ktph3c/media_the_gcc_compiler_backend_can_now_fully/
New from 404 Media: iconic hacking con HOPE has sold 50% fewer tickets this year, with event just a few months away. Organizers say it's due to U.S. immigration crackdown. A speaker already pulled out, said friends' devices seized at border. Will impact the event https://www.404media.co/hacker-conference-hope-says-fewer-people-buying-tickets-because-u-s-immigration-crackdown/
#Microsoft has blocked its services to the International Criminal Court by order of Donald #Trump. The #ICC prosecutor doesn’t have access to his #email. Source:AP
https://apnews.com/article/icc-trump-sanctions-karim-khan-court-a4b4c02751ab84c09718b1b95cbd5db3
Here are all the posters I designed for RustWeek 2025!
1. "Box<impl Future>" (Back tot the Future):
Their designer just posted high quality pictures of the rust movie posters that do them more justice than my terrible phone camera captures: https://hachyderm.io/@Mara/114502378870262985
Hanging out at #rustweek in Utrecht this week. It's hosted in a cinema (near the Jaarbeurs), and they're really leaning into that...
The Swiss are serious about #CrossChannelRail services to London. Many hurdles ahead, but by the end of the decade it could work. Really.
https://mstdn.social/@watson_news/114476818767529662