News gathered 2024-10-24
(date: 2024-10-24 08:44:47)
Humane Ai Pin gets a $200 price cut… still costs $499 + $24 monthly subscription
date: 2024-10-24, from: Liliputing
The Humane Ai Pin generated a lot of buzz last year as a new kind of wearable device designed to let you tap into AI features at any time without pulling your phone out of your pocket or your laptop out of your bag. But when it launched earlier this year, reviewers almost universally panned […]
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https://liliputing.com/humane-ai-pin-gets-a-200-price-cut-still-costs-499-24-monthly-subscription/
Chinese T-Shirt Maker Flooded Facebook with Ads Promising to Donate Money to Harris, Trump, SuperPACs
date: 2024-10-24, from: 404 Media Group
The company is selling Kamala Harris and Donald Trump merch, and falsely promising to donate proceeds from the sales to the campaigns and other political causes.
HIBI MIA Botanical
date: 2024-10-24, from: mrusme blog
The HIBI MIA Botanical edition.
https://xn--gckvb8fzb.com/hibi-mia-botanical/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-10-24, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
The Swing States Are in Good Hands.
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-10-24, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
If the Democrats want 10 or 20 percent of Republican voters they should stop blaming men for things they don’t control. I know people don’t want to hear this, but what if preserving democracy depends on you listening.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/10/23/flagstock-maga-feminism-north-carolina-00184939
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-10-24, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
What's preventing Harris from crushing Trump is shockingly simple.
Introducing the Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ with up to 26 TOPS
date: 2024-10-24, from: Raspberry Pi News (.com)
We are excited to introduce the newest addition to our AI product line: the Raspberry Pi AI HAT+.
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https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-ai-hat/
Thirteen days to go: Gut-checks and campaign dynamics
date: 2024-10-24, from: Dave Karpf’s blog
Three thoughts on the state of the race
https://davekarpf.substack.com/p/thirteen-days-to-go-gut-checks-and
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-10-24, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
I like reading the Atlantic. And one of the nicest things is as a subscriber I get an unlimited number of gift articles. Seems like a bit of a partnership, that isn't present with the NYT and WP, two other pubs I subscribe to have a limit of 10 per month.
https://support.theatlantic.com/hc/en-us/articles/17359847698711-Sending-Gift-Articles
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-10-23, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Los Angeles Times editorials editor resigns after owner blocks presidential endorsement.
System76 and Ampere® pioneer custom-built Thelio Astra arm64 developer desktop
date: 2024-10-23, from: System76 Blog
System76 Thelio Astra arm64 developer desktop for autonomous driving and software-defined vehicle developers.
https://blog.system76.com/post/system76-and-ampere-pioneer-arm64-developer-desktop
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-10-23, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
At this late stage the NYT should announce that they realize this election is the last gasp for American democracy, and they played a big role in taking it down, and in penance they are shutting down, possibly permanently. If democracy survives, they might come back, begging forgiveness.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/style/media/2024/10/23/new-york-times-tech-guild-strike/
Lilbits: Arm v Qualcomm, RISC-V ratifies RVA23 Profile, Huawei cuts ties with Android
date: 2024-10-23, from: Liliputing
Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon X laptop chips and Snapdragon 8 Elite smartphone processor are some of the most powerful Arm-based chips available for consumer devices. But their future could be threatened by an ongoing dispute between Qualcomm and Arm. Arm sued Qualcomm two years ago, alleging that the company had violated licensing and trademark agreements. This […]
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@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-10-23, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Trump plan for Madison Square Garden rally compared to infamous Nazi event.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/oct/10/trump-madison-square-garden-rally-nazi-comparison
Daily Deals (10-23-2024)
date: 2024-10-23, from: Liliputing
The Google Pixel Tablet is on sale for $275 at Amazon, which is the lowest price to date for Google’s flagship (and currently only) Android tablet. Keep in mind that this is the price for a model with just 128GB of storage and without a Speaker Dock – you’ll have to pay a hefty premium […]
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https://liliputing.com/daily-deals-10-23-2024/
Stressing The Protocol
date: 2024-10-23, from: Tedium site
I’m trying to import as many of my old tweets as I can to Bluesky. Which is fun, because I have a lot of them.
https://feed.tedium.co/link/15204/16863404/twitter-archive-backup-script-bluesky
Onyx BOOX Note Max is a 13.3 inch E Ink tablet for $650 (coming soon)
date: 2024-10-23, from: Liliputing
Onyx has been selling eBook readers with E Ink displays under the Onyx BOOX brand for more than a decade, and in recent years the company has expanded its product lineup to include models with E Ink color displays or pocket-sized design. But most of the company’s recent products are basically ePaper tablets meant for […]
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https://liliputing.com/onyx-boox-note-max-is-a-13-3-inch-e-ink-tablet-for-650-coming-soon/
TouchArcade Is Shutting Down
date: 2024-10-23, from: Michael Tsai
Jared Nelson (Hacker News): Many of you who have followed TouchArcade for a long time are well aware that we’ve had financial troubles for many years now, and to be frank I think it’s a miracle that we’ve been able to last as long as we have. The truth of the matter is that a […]
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/10/23/toucharcade-is-shutting-down/
The Sad State of Mac Calendar Scripting
date: 2024-10-23, from: Michael Tsai
AppleScript support with popular Mac calendar apps is surprisingly limited. With Apple Mail, it’s easy to write a script that operates on the selected e-mail messages, and I’ve written many such scripts. I’d like to do this same with calendar events. For example, sometimes I want to make the same change to one of the […]
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/10/23/the-sad-state-of-mac-calendar-scripting/
Qbix Calendar Apps and the Mac App Store
date: 2024-10-23, from: Michael Tsai
A reader shared a story about the confusing and unfortunate situation with Qbix’s calendar apps on the Mac App Store. There are two separate apps: Calendars (which used to be called Calendar 2, previously discussed) and Calendar Plus. Calendar Plus hasn’t been updated in 10 years but is still for sale as a $9.99 up-front […]
https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/10/23/qbix-calendar-apps-and-the-mac-app-store/
Raspberry Pi now sells branded storage (SD cards and SSDs)
date: 2024-10-23, from: Liliputing
The Raspberry Pi line of products are often refereed to as single-board computers because nearly everything you need to run them comes on a credit card-sized board including the processor, memory, storage, and plenty of I/O. One thing that isn’t usually included in the base price though? Storage. For the Raspberry Pi 4 and earlier […]
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https://liliputing.com/raspberry-pi-now-sells-branded-storage-sd-cards-and-ssds/
AMD’s Ryzen Z2 chips could bring Strix Point graphics to handhelds in 2025 (Updated)
date: 2024-10-23, from: Liliputing
AMD’s been making laptop processors for years that have integrated graphics powerful enough to let you play many recent games without a discrete GPU. And in 2023 the company released its first Ryzen Z series processors designed specifically for handheld gaming PCs like the Asus ROG Ally and Lenovo Legion Go. Recently AMD officials confirmed plans to […]
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https://liliputing.com/amds-ryzen-z2-chips-could-bring-strix-point-graphics-to-handhelds-in-2025/
AYN Odin 2 Portal handheld game console with 7 inch, 120 Hz OLED display (crowdfunding)
date: 2024-10-23, 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 back with a new model […]
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@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-10-23, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
ChatGPT vs the Honor Code.
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-10-23, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Inside the U.S. Government-Bought Tool That Can Track Phones at Abortion Clinics.
Sergey Durmanov pushed to project branch compiler at Felix Oliver Friedrich / Oberon A2
date: 2024-10-23, updated: 2024-10-23, from: Oberon A2 repository
Sergey Durmanov (3e2f28e7) at 23 Oct 15:00
Revert "fixed issue #148 with set constructor (range order) – s :=…
https://gitlab.inf.ethz.ch/felixf/oberon/-/commit/3e2f28e74197abcc0431e1419bd83bc7be39d753
Sergey Durmanov deleted project branch override at Felix Oliver Friedrich / Oberon A2
date: 2024-10-23, updated: 2024-10-23, from: Oberon A2 repository
Sergey Durmanov (89120988) at 23 Oct 14:50
https://gitlab.inf.ethz.ch/felixf/oberon/-/commits/override
Podcast: How the U.S. Government Tracks Your Phone
date: 2024-10-23, from: 404 Media Group
A massive story on how a U.S. government-bought tool can track phones at abortion clinics; a very special guest drops by to talk about The Abstract; and how we found where a Musk-funded PAC is targeting Snapchat ads.
https://www.404media.co/podcast-how-the-u-s-government-tracks-your-phone/
Don’t Expect Too Much From Apple Intelligence
date: 2024-10-23, updated: 2024-10-23, from: One Foot Tsunami
https://onefoottsunami.com/2024/10/23/dont-expect-too-much-from-apple-intelligence/
Sergey Durmanov pushed to project branch compiler at Felix Oliver Friedrich / Oberon A2
date: 2024-10-23, updated: 2024-10-23, from: Oberon A2 repository
Sergey Durmanov (28f97529) at 23 Oct 14:14
avoiding a trap when compiling with the –profile option
… and 3 more commits
Sergey Durmanov pushed new project branch compiler at Felix Oliver Friedrich / Oberon A2
date: 2024-10-23, updated: 2024-10-23, from: Oberon A2 repository
Sergey Durmanov (4fc04314) at 23 Oct 14:11
https://gitlab.inf.ethz.ch/felixf/oberon/-/commits/compiler
The American Housing Crisis: A Theft, Not a Shortage
date: 2024-10-23, from: Economics from the Top-Down
I
test if the US housing crisis could be solved by taking money from the
rich and handing it too the poor. Spoilers … it would work.
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https://economicsfromthetopdown.com/2024/10/23/the-american-housing-crisis-a-theft-not-a-shortage/
Stereo required
date: 2024-10-23, from: Status-Q blog
I hadn’t come across the singer ‘Madelline’ before, but I’ve been somewhat entranced by her track ‘Dopamine’, not just because it’s a pleasant song, but because of this particular version. To the same backing track, you hear her singing it in both French and English at the same time. If you listen through a single Continue Reading
https://statusq.org/archives/2024/10/23/12196/
The Origins of the Record Group
date: 2024-10-23, from: National Archives, Pieces of History blog
We’re celebrating American Archives Month by looking back on the history of the National Archives. If you have ever researched at the National Archives you are familiar with the concept of a record group. Within the National Archives, a record group is basically a collection of records that belong to the government entity that created or maintained … Continue reading The Origins of the Record Group
https://prologue.blogs.archives.gov/2024/10/23/the-origins-of-the-record-group/
Data management tip of the day
date: 2024-10-23, from: Status-Q blog
“Nobody wants ‘backup’. Everybody wants ‘restore’.” — Heard on the Self-Hosted show, one of my favourite tech podcasts.
https://statusq.org/archives/2024/10/23/12191/
Sergey Durmanov opened issue #154: runtime trap "index out of range" – INCL/EXCL for SET8/SET16 (x86) at Felix Oliver Friedrich / Oberon A2
date: 2024-10-23, updated: 2024-10-23, from: Oberon A2 repository
MODULE TestSet8;
PROCEDURE Do*;
VAR pars: SET8;
BEGIN
INCL(pars, 7);
END Do;
END TestSet8.
TestSet8.Do~
Decoder.Open TestSet8~https://gitlab.inf.ethz.ch/felixf/oberon/-/issues/154
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-10-23, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
The world of Wordle in a few words.
https://daveverse.wordpress.com/2024/10/23/the-world-of-wordle-in-a-few-words/
@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-10-23, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
Google URL Shortener links will no longer be available.
https://developers.googleblog.com/en/google-url-shortener-links-will-no-longer-be-available/
Raspberry Pi SSDs and SSD Kits on sale now
date: 2024-10-23, from: Raspberry Pi News (.com)
Our new Raspberry Pi SSDs and ready-to-go SSD Kits help you get the best from your Raspberry Pi 5.
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https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/raspberry-pi-ssds-and-ssd-kits/
Solving the mystery of ARM7TDMI multiply carry flag
date: 2024-10-23, from: OS News
The processor in the Game Boy Advance, the ARM7TDMI, has a weird characteristic where the carry flag is set to a “meaningless value” after a multiplication operation. What this means is that software cannot and should not rely on the value of the carry flag after multiplication executes. It can be set to anything. Any value. 0, 1, a horse, whatever. This has been a source of memes in the emulator development community for a few years – people would frequently joke about how the implementation of the carry flag may as well be cpu.flags.c = rand() & 1;. And they had a point – the carry flag seemed to defy all patterns; nobody understood why it behaves the way it does. But the one thing we did know, was that the carry flag seemed to be deterministic. That is, under the same set of inputs to a multiply instruction, the flag would be set to the same value. This was big news, because it meant that understanding the carry flag could give us key insight into how this CPU performs multiplication. And just to get this out of the way, the carry flag’s behavior after multiplication isn’t an important detail to emulate at all. Software doesn’t rely on it. And if software did rely on it, then screw the developers who wrote that software. But the carry flag is a meme, and it’s a really tough puzzle, and that was motivation enough for me to give it a go. Little did I know it’d take 3 years of on and off work. ↫ bean machine Please don’t make me understand any of this.
https://www.osnews.com/story/140979/solving-the-mystery-of-arm7tdmi-multiply-carry-flag/
bhyve on FreeBSD and VM live migration: quo vadis?
date: 2024-10-23, from: OS News
When I think about bhyve Live Migration, it’s something I encounter almost daily in my consulting calls. VMware’s struggles with Broadcom’s licensing issues have been a frequent topic, even as we approach the end of 2024. It’s surprising that many customers still feel uncertain about how to navigate this mess. While VMware has been a mainstay in enterprise environments for years, these ongoing issues make customers nervous. And they should be – it’s hard to rely on something when even the licensing situation feels volatile. Now, as much as I’m a die-hard FreeBSD fan, I have to admit that FreeBSD still falls short when it comes to virtualization – at least from an enterprise perspective. In these environments, it’s not just about running a VM; it’s about having the flexibility and capabilities to manage workloads without interruption. Years ago, open-source solutions like KVM (e.g., Proxmox) and Xen (e.g., XCP-ng) introduced features like live migration, where you can move VMs between hosts with zero downtime. Even more recently, solutions like SUSE Harvester (utilizing KubeVirt for running VMs) have shown that this is now an essential part of any virtualization ecosystem. ↫ gyptazy FreeBSD has bhyve, but the part where it falls short, according to gyptazy, is the tool’s lack of live migration. While competitors and alternatives allow for virtual machines to be migrated without downtime, bhyve users still need to shut down their VMs, interrupt all connections, and thus experience a period of downtime before everything is back up and running again. This is simply not acceptable in most enterprise environments, and as such, bhyve is not an option for most users of that type. Luckily for enterprise FreeBSD users, things are improving. Live migration of bhyve virtual machines is being worked on, and basic live migration is now supported, but with limitations. For instance, only virtual machines with a maximum of 3GB could be migrated live, but that limit has been raised in recent years to 13 to 14GB, which is a lot more palatable. There are also some issues with memory corruption, as well as some other issues. Still, it’s a massive feat to have live migration at all, and it seems to be improving every year. The linked article goes into much greater detail about where things stand, so if you’re interested in keeping up with the latest progress regarding bhyve’s live migration capabilities, it’s a great place to start.
https://www.osnews.com/story/140977/bhyve-on-freebsd-and-vm-live-migration-quo-vadis/
Qualcomm announces Snapdragon 8 Elite flagship smartphone SoC
date: 2024-10-23, from: OS News
At the Snapdragon Summit today, Qualcomm is officially announcing the Snapdragon 8 Elite, its flagship SoC for smartphones. The Snapdragon 8 Elite is a major upgrade from its predecessor, with improvements across the board. Qualcomm is also changing its naming scheme for its flagship SoCs from Snapdragon 8 Gen X to Snapdragon X Elite. ↫ Pradeep Viswanathan at Neowin It’s wild – but not entirely unexpected – how we always seem to end up in a situation in technology where crucial components, such as the operating system or processor, are made by one, or at most two, companies. While there are a few other smartphone system-on-a-chip vendors, they’re mostly relegated to low-end devices, and can’t compete on the high end, where the money is, at all. It’s sadness. Speaking of our mobile SoC overlords, they seem to be in a bit of a pickle when it comes to their core business of, well, selling SoCs. In short, Qualcomm bought Nuvia to use its technology to build the current crop of Snapdragon X Elite and Pro laptop chips. According to ARM, Qualcomm does not have an ARM license to do so, and as such, a flurry of lawsuits between the two companies followed. ARM is now cancelling certain Qualcomm ARM licenses, arguing specifically its laptop Snapdragon X chips should be destroyed. What we’re looking at here is two industry giants engaged in very public, and very expensive, contract negotiations, using the legal system as their arbiter. This will eventually fizzle out into a new agreement between the two companies with renewed terms and conditions – and flows of money – but until that dust has settled, be prepared for an endless flurry of doomerist news items about this story. As for us normal people? We don’t have to worry one bit about this legal nonsense. It’s not like we have any choice in smartphone chips anyway.
https://www.osnews.com/story/140975/qualcomm-announces-snapdragon-8-elite-flagship-smartphone-soc/
Onyx BOOX Palma 2 pocket-sized eReader has a faster processor, quicker page refresh, and a fingerprint sensor
date: 2024-10-23, from: Liliputing
The Onyx BOOX Palma 2 is an eBook reader that looks like a smartphones. It has a 6.13 inch, 824 x 1648 pixel capacitive touch display with 300 pixels per inch. But this isn’t a phone – it’s a pocket-sized eBook reader with a black and white E ink Carta 1200 screen covered with a […]
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@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-10-23, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)
As Election Nears, Kelly Warns Trump Would Rule Like a Dictator
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/22/us/politics/john-kelly-trump-fitness-character.html