(date: 2024-10-15 18:12:27)
date: 2024-10-15, from: Michael Tsai
Apple (MacRumors, Hacker News): With a beloved ultraportable design, the new iPad mini is available in four gorgeous finishes, including a new blue and purple, and features the brilliant 8.3-inch Liquid Retina display. A17 Pro delivers a huge performance boost for even the most demanding tasks, with a faster CPU and GPU, a 2x faster […]
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/10/15/ipad-mini-7th-generation/
date: 2024-10-15, from: Michael Tsai
Benj Edwards (Hacker News): Ward Christensen, co-inventor of the computer bulletin board system (BBS), has died at age 78 in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. He was found deceased at his home on Friday after friends requested a wellness check. Christensen, along with Randy Suess, created the first BBS in Chicago in 1978, leading to an important […]
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/10/15/ward-christensen-rip/
date: 2024-10-15, from: Michael Tsai
Joe Rossignol: Apple sells two external displays, including the Pro Display XDR and the Studio Display, but neither has received hardware upgrades in years. In fact, the Pro Display XDR is nearly five years old, having been released all the way back in December 2019.[…]In December 2022, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said Apple was working on […]
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/10/15/apples-stale-mac-displays/
date: 2024-10-15, from: Michael Tsai
Hartley Charlton (Hacker News): The study, published on arXiv, outlines Apple’s evaluation of a range of leading language models, including those from OpenAI, Meta, and other prominent developers, to determine how well these models could handle mathematical reasoning tasks. The findings reveal that even slight changes in the phrasing of questions can cause major discrepancies […]
date: 2024-10-15, from: Liliputing
More than a month after releasing the source code for Android 15, Google is beginning to roll out the latest version of its mobile operating system to Pixel phones and tablets. But many of the new features Google is highlighting aren’t necessarily coming to all Android phones. They’re Pixel-specific apps and services. Here’s a roundup […]
The post Lilbits: Using an eGPU with a Raspberry Pi 5, Android 15 is rolling out for Pixel devices appeared first on Liliputing.
date: 2024-10-15, from: Liliputing
A couple of unannounced Amazon products passed through the FCC recently, and they sure looked like they could be next-gen Amazon Kindle eReaders. Now there’s growing evidence that Amazon is preparing to refresh at least one of its Kindle devices: Spanish and UK retailers have posted product pages for a new 12th-gen Amazon Kindle, providing […]
The post Amazon Kindle 2024 leaked by Spanish and UK retailers appeared first on Liliputing.
https://liliputing.com/amazon-kindle-2024-leaked-by-spanish-retailer/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-10-15, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Ward Christensen, BBS inventor and architect of our online age, dies at age 78.
date: 2024-10-15, from: Liliputing
Earlier this year AYN launched two handheld game consoles under the Odin 2 brand. While both are Android-powered handhelds with Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 processors, the Odin 2 has a 6 inch IPS LCD display, while the Odin 2 Mini has a 5 inch mini LED screen. Now the company is preparing to launch a third […]
The post AYN Odin 2 Portal handheld game console with 7 inch, 120 Hz OLED display coming soon appeared first on Liliputing.
date: 2024-10-15, from: National Archives, Text Message blog
It’s the American Dream to own a little white house with a picket fence, maybe a dog (or a cat) in the yard, with your 2 and a half kids on the swings in the back yard, in the American Suburbs. There are more than sixteen hundred references to “suburb” in the Records of the … Continue reading A nice house, with a yard, and a dog – Suburbs in the National Register of Historic Places
(date: 2024-10-15 08:44:28)
>>>>>>> 88530d0e8 (snapshot of fixing bad gh-pages merge)date: 2024-10-15, from: Liliputing
The new Dynabook Portégé X30L-M is a laptop with a 13.3 inch, 1920 x 1200 pixel display, support for up to an Intel Core i7 Meteor Lake processor (with 15 watt U-series and 28 watt H-series processor options available), and a sturdy but lightweight body. The laptop has a magnesium alloy chassis and has a […]
The post Dynabook Portégé X30L-M is a 1.9 pound laptop with up to an Intel Core Ultra 7 165H Meteor Lake processor appeared first on Liliputing.
date: 2024-10-15, from: Liliputing
Apple is giving its smallest iPad a big update. The new 7th-gen iPad mini looks nearly identical to the 6th-gen version that first launched in 2021. But the new model features an updated processor which brings a 30 percent boost in CPU performance, 25 percent faster graphics performance, and twice the AI performance. Apple says […]
The post The new iPad mini has an 8.3 inch display, A17 Pro processor, and WiFi 6E appeared first on Liliputing.
https://liliputing.com/the-new-ipad-mini-has-an-8-3-inch-display-a17-pro-processor-and-wifi-6e/
date: 2024-10-15, from: 404 Media Group
The National Archives is launching a public-facing AI chatbot called “Archie.” Employees have concerns.
date: 2024-10-15, from: Computer ads from the Past
Welcome to the 1990s.
https://computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/intels-inboard-386pc
date: 2024-10-15, updated: 2024-10-15, from: Chaos Computer Club Updates
Die Zivilgesellschaft kritisiert die angepassten Maßnahmen des sogenannten Sicherheitspakets, das am Mittwoch, den 16. Oktober 2024, im Innenausschuss des Bundestages beraten und noch diese Woche vom Parlament beschlossen werden soll. Das kosmetisch angepasste „Sicherheitspaket“ der Bundesregierung beinhaltet weiterhin gefährliche Überwachungsvorhaben.
https://www.ccc.de/de/updates/2024/die-groesste-enttauschung-seit-beginn-der-ampel-regierung
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-10-15, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
2009: Where is Twitter's WordPress?
http://scripting.com/stories/2009/02/17/whereIsTwittersWordpress.html
date: 2024-10-15, updated: 2024-10-15, from: One Foot Tsunami
https://onefoottsunami.com/2024/10/15/too-many-raccoons/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-10-15, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
There's something on Hacker News about textcasting. Can you help me find it?
date: 2024-10-15, from: Accidentally in Code
I did a webinar with Suzan Bond for LeadDev/BookMarked talking about the ideas from my book and some bonus ideas on how to be seen as strategic.
date: 2024-10-15, from: O’Reilly Radar
Back in August, I cavalierly said that AI couldn’t design a car if it hadn’t seen one first, and I alluded to Henry Ford’s apocryphal statement “If I had asked people what they wanted, they would have said faster horses.” I’m not backing down on any of that, but the history of technology is always […]
https://www.oreilly.com/radar/henry-ford-does-ai/
date: 2024-10-15, from: Tedium site
Thoughts on a bruise to the ol’ ego that hurt a little more than I thought it would. But hey, it gives me a chance to talk about gatekeeping.
https://feed.tedium.co/link/15204/16843965/journalism-gatekeeping-writing-criticism
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-10-15, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
The value I see in Wordpress in 2024 is that it can help rebuild the web.
http://scripting.com/2024/10/11/132736.html
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-10-15, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
“As a licensed psychologist, I am writing to express deep concern about the repeated instances of unusual speech patterns, childish insults and lies demonstrated by Donald Trump.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/09/opinion/donald-trump-cognitive-impairment.html
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-10-15, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Harris lays it out brilliantly in tonight's speech in Pennsylvania.
https://www.threads.net/@kamalahq/post/DBH-JxgJeJd
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-10-15, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
There's more to software than a little money, you know. And it's a beautiful day.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FfI2iFvloso
date: 2024-10-15, updated: 2024-10-15, from: nlnet feed
https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20241015-BlueHatsPrize4.html
date: 2024-10-14, from: Liliputing
Rumor has it that Amazon could launch a 12th-gen Kindle Paperwhite eReader this week. And that would probably help explain why the 11th-gen model is out of stock. But it looks like at least one person may have already gotten their hands on one a little early… and briefly tried to sell it on eBay. […]
The post 12th-gen Amazon Kindle Paperwhite with 7 inch display leaked appeared first on Liliputing.
https://liliputing.com/12th-gen-amazon-kindle-paperwhite-with-7-inch-display-leaked/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-10-14, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. Is nature’s carbon sink failing?
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-10-14, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Ulster County Service Area on New York Thruway Open. Big news in these parts.
https://wrrv.com/ixp/706/p/ulster-county-service-area-on-new-york-thruway-open/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-10-14, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
NRA chief involved in gruesome cat killing as college fraternity member
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/14/nra-doug-hamlin-cat-killing
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-10-14, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Everyone at Fox News knows Trump is lying and they all went to college (I assume) and know enough history to know where this is going, and somehow they are ok with it.
https://www.foxnews.com/person/personalities
date: 2024-10-14, from: Michael Tsai
App ahead (Reddit): PolyCapture for Mac lets you to record webcams, microphones, screens, and apps — individually or simultaneously. […] Filter apps from your recordings on the fly, ensuring nothing gets in your way. […] Capture voiceovers, podcasts, interviews, music, or commentary. If a microphone can pick it up, PolyCapture can record it. […] Use […]
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/10/14/polycapture-1-5/
date: 2024-10-14, from: Michael Tsai
Joshua Long: For nearly six years, Apple has neglected to fix a bug that enables anyone to effectively create false or misleading news headlines that appear to come from credible sources. […] Apple’s Safari browser includes a feature related to link sharing. If you select (highlight) text within a Web page and then tap on […]
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/10/14/fake-safari-link-sharing-text/
date: 2024-10-14, from: Michael Tsai
Ben Cohen: The keynote from Tony [Parker] and me at ServerSideSwift2024 is up. Hear about how Swift interoperability allowed Foundation to make the switch to Swift, and about the latest direction for interoperability: from Swift to Java. Apple has rewritten Foundation in Swift, and the Objective-C Foundation and Core Foundation now call into the Swift […]
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/10/14/swift-foundation-unification/
date: 2024-10-14, from: Michael Tsai
Moriz Büsing (via Hacker News): It turns out that splitting up, or dynamically constructing identifiers is a bad idea. […] Don’t rename fields at application boundaries to match naming schemes. An obvious example is then importing postgres-style snake_case identifiers into javascript, then converting them to camelCase. […] Taking inspiration from the Zen of Python, when […]
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/10/14/greppability-is-an-underrated-code-metric/
date: 2024-10-14, from: Liliputing
The MINISFORUM 790S7 is a small desktop computer that features and AMD Ryzen 9 7940HX processor, support for up to 64GB of DDR5-5200 memory, and up to two PCIe 4.0 NVMe SSDs. While it’s larger than most of the mini PCs that MINISFORUM sells, it also has something many compact computers lack: a PCIe 5.0 x16 […]
The post MINISFORUM 790S7/129i7: Small PCs with support for low-profile discrete GPUs appeared first on Liliputing.
https://liliputing.com/minisforum-790s7-129i7-small-pcs-with-support-for-low-profile-discrete-gpus/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-10-14, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Historians: He’s a fascist. Political scientists: He’s a fascist. His own aides: He’s a fascist. The NYT: He shows a wistful longing for a bygone era of global politics.
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-10-14, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
All those system have to start agreeing on what a document is, so we can write for the web and not worry about each of their weird limits. That's a form of lock-in, no matter how open they claim to be.
https://www.threads.net/@davew/post/DBHIWxmp-F2
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-10-14, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Must-watch video interview with Trump about "the enemy within."
https://x.com/atrupar/status/1845469638768972272?s=46&t=V1y02EncTOFBlOeUgSdkXQ
date: 2024-10-14, from: Liliputing
The folks behind the iKOOLCORE line of mini PCs have been selling a line of palm-sized computers designed for networking applications (such as firewalls, servers, or gateways) since early 2023. Now the company has introduced something a little larger… but also more versatile. The new iKOOLCORE R2 Max is a 157 x 118 x 40mm 6.18″ x […]
The post iKOOLCORE R2 Max mini PC is made for networking applications, with 4 LAN ports (2 x 10 GbE and 2 x 2.5 GbE) appeared first on Liliputing.
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-10-14, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Highly recommend listening to today's Olbermann podcast. Trump is crossing new lines, using the military against citizens. I have seen the video of a recent interview he did with Fox. His health is seriously failing. This needs to be the top story everywhere, now.
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-10-14, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Beyond Mastodon and Bluesky - Toward a Protocol-Agnostic Federation.
https://kyefox.com/beyond-mastodon-and-bluesky-toward-a-protocol-agnostic-federation/
date: 2024-10-14, updated: 2024-10-13, from: One Foot Tsunami
https://onefoottsunami.com/2024/10/14/it-was-in-fact-a-bag-full-of-drugs/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-10-14, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
This isn't 1938, relax!
https://www.facebook.com/508846904/videos/913796327314888
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-10-14, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
What's bad about Twitter no longer being a monopoly.
https://mastodon.social/@daveverse.wordpress.com@daveverse.wordpress.com/113305629373840906
date: 2024-10-14, from: Raspberry Pi News (.com)
Raspberry Pi provides connectivity and powers the AI algorithm that crosschecks a potential Asian hornet against its 33,000-strong image database.
The post Track Asian hornets with VespAI | #MagPiMonday appeared first on Raspberry Pi.
https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/track-asian-hornets-with-vespai-magpimonday/
date: 2024-10-14, from: National Archives, Pieces of History blog
“The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World,” a gift from France, was dedicated on October 28, 1886, and was designated as a National Monument 100 years ago on October 15, 1924. Since 1886 the Statue of Liberty has stood in New York Harbor. It was a collaboration between sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and French historian … Continue reading Body of Iron, Soul of Fire: The Statue of Liberty
https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2024/10/14/body-of-iron-soul-of-fire-the-statue-of-liberty/
date: 2024-10-14, from: Hannah Richie at Substack
An overview of temperature-related deaths, and how this might change with climate change.
https://www.sustainabilitybynumbers.com/p/heat-cold-deaths
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-10-14, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Why is Donald being hidden from the media and kept from a second debate?
https://www.threads.net/@johnpavlovitz/post/DBFcsJ3OKBg
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-10-14, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Revisiting Known.
https://werd.io/2024/revisiting-known
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-10-14, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Fantasy: Good luck America, we’re signing off for now — love, the NYT.
https://daveverse.wordpress.com/2024/10/13/good-luck-america-were-signing-off-for-now-love-the-nyt/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-10-14, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Tim O’Hare’s Rise in Texas Shows the Far Right’s Vision for Local Government.
https://www.propublica.org/article/tarrant-county-judge-tim-ohare-far-right
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-10-14, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Flat Tires and Fascism.
https://www.marytrump.org/p/flat-tires-and-fascism
date: 2024-10-14, updated: 2024-10-14, from: nlnet feed
https://nlnet.nl/news/2024/20241014-announcing-CommonsFund-call.html