News gathered 2024-11-02

(date: 2024-11-02 18:05:19)


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-03, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Kamala Harris Will Make Surprise Appearance on ‘Saturday Night Live’ Tonight.


https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/02/us/politics/kamala-harris-snl.html?smtyp=cur&smid=bsky-nytimes


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-02, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Manton Reece: Indieweb meetup in Austin on Wednesday.


https://www.manton.org/2024/11/02/hi-austin-reminder.html


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-02, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

What happens in the booth stays in the booth.


https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=P3aC84YZLlU


9Barista Espresso Machine: One Year Later

date: 2024-11-02, from: mrusme blog

It has been roughly a year since I got my 9Barista jet-engineered stovetop espresso machine, which has ever since been my go-to method for brewing coffee. This post is an introduction and brief review of my experience with the espresso maker.


https://xn--gckvb8fzb.com/9barista-espresso-machine-one-year-later/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-02, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Textcasting: Applying the Philosophy of Podcasting to Text.


https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41983156


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-02, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Voting Has Never Been More Secure Than It Is Right Now.


https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/voting-has-never-been-more-secure-than-it-is-right-now/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-02, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

VP Harris: "This is our opportunity to turn the page on Donald Trump."


https://www.threads.net/@kamalahq/post/DB4iPP6qob5


Pixel-Perfect?

date: 2024-11-02, from: Tedium site

Apple makes a move to acquire an app so Apple-like that you might be surprised to learn it’s not first-party: Pixelmator. During an age when Adobe is laser-focused on the enterprise to its peril, this might be a good thing.


https://feed.tedium.co/link/15204/16873324/apple-pixelmator-deal-makes-sense


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-02, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

I agree with Cory Doctorow on Bluesky. I've been saying the same thing, more politely, for a while. Maybe they'll listen, or maybe their business model is to sell their user base, as Twitter did.


https://pluralistic.net/2024/11/02/ulysses-pact/


8 signs that Donald Trump has a progressive form of dementia

date: 2024-11-02, from: Gary Marcus blog

And how our media is failing, wildly, in one of the most important stories in US history


https://garymarcus.substack.com/p/8-signs-that-donald-trump-has-a-progressive


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-02, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Government should work quietly, making things better for the people and that's all, and until there's a crisis that demands our attention, stays out of the way.


http://scripting.com/2024/11/02/145542.html


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-02, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

"Trump is leading the country off a cliff and the only one with a parachute is Trump." Must-read.


https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/10/how-donald-trump-could-still-be-winning.html


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-02, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Trump’s ‘Secretary of Retribution.’


https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2024/11/trump-secretary-of-retribution-ivan-raiklin/680494/


Here Come the Giant Crime Sniffing Rats

date: 2024-11-02, from: 404 Media Group

Lessons about echolocation topography, tadpole gigantism, rat police, and an iconoclastic star.


https://www.404media.co/here-come-the-giant-crime-sniffing-rats/


UnifyDrive UT2 Review: this portable SSD is also a pocket-sized NAS

date: 2024-11-02, from: Liliputing

The UnifyDrive UT2 is a pocket-sized device that looks a lot like a portable SSD. But it’s much more than that. It’s also a full-fledged network-attached storage device that you can use at home or on the go. The first product from a startup called Unify Data Technology LLC, the UT2 is expected to begin shipping […]

The post UnifyDrive UT2 Review: this portable SSD is also a pocket-sized NAS appeared first on Liliputing.


https://liliputing.com/unifydrive-ut2-review-this-portable-ssd-is-also-a-pocket-sized-nas/


Apple Acquires Pixelmator

date: 2024-11-01, from: Michael Tsai

Pixelmator (Hacker News): Today we have some important news to share: the Pixelmator Team plans to join Apple. […] Pixelmator has signed an agreement to be acquired by Apple, subject to regulatory approval. There will be no material changes to the Pixelmator Pro, Pixelmator for iOS, and Photomator apps at this time. Stay tuned for […]


https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/01/apple-acquires-pixelmator/


Fantastical 4 and Windows Version

date: 2024-11-01, from: Michael Tsai

Flexibits (MacRumors): We’ve spent the last 4 years making Fantastical better than ever across Apple devices, and with version 4.0 we decided to go even bigger by finally bringing the world’s best calendar app to a Windows PC near you. For the Mac and iOS versions, it adds a Control Center widget and support for […]


https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/01/fantastical-4-and-windows-version/


Apple’s Q4 2024 Results

date: 2024-11-01, from: Michael Tsai

Apple (transcript, MacRumors, MacStories): The Company posted quarterly revenue of $94.9 billion, up 6 percent year over year, and quarterly diluted earnings per share of $0.97. Diluted earnings per share was $1.64, up 12 percent year over year when excluding the one-time charge recognized during the fourth quarter of 2024 related to the impact of […]


https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/01/apples-q4-2024-results/


CoverSutra Is Back

date: 2024-11-01, from: Michael Tsai

Sophia Teutschler (Reddit): Hello, it’s me again! 👋 Did you hear? CoverSutra 4.0.1 is now available on the Mac App Store! Sophia Teutschler: It is a free upgrade for Version 3 customers. Previously: CoverSutra Open Source


https://mjtsai.com/blog/2024/11/01/coversutra-is-back/


Windows 10 support ends in October 2025, but you can pay $30 to get another year of security updates

date: 2024-11-01, from: Liliputing

Microsoft is officially ending mainstream support for Windows 10 in October, 2025. And the company really wants users to migrate to Windows 11 – either by updating the operating system on an existing PC or buy purchasing a new PC if their current computer doesn’t meet the minimum system requirements (and a lot of fairly recent […]

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https://liliputing.com/windows-10-support-ends-in-october-2025-but-you-can-pay-30-to-get-another-year-of-security-updates/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-01, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Trump is almost 2 billion in debt and the amount is growing.


https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/31/politics/video/trump-debt-growing-dan-alexander-ebof-digvid


date: 2024-11-01, from: Liliputing

The MINISFORUM MGA1 is an external graphics dock that lets you connect an AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT GPU to a mini PC, laptop, or other devices that might not already have discrete graphics built in. Since the dock has an OCuLink connector, it supports a high-speed external PCIe connection with theoretical support for data transfer […]

The post MINISFORUM launches MGA1 OCuLink graphics dock with Radeon RX 7600M XT appeared first on Liliputing.


https://liliputing.com/minisforum-launches-mga1-oculink-graphics-dock-with-radeon-rx-7600m-xt/


$96M for Internet, $965M for Zero-Emission Buses

date: 2024-11-01, from: Infrastructure LA Blog

Funding Internet and Infrastruturec LA Scores $96 Million for Broadband Expansion!  Los Angeles County just secured $96.5 million in grants from the Last Mile Federal Funding Account to bring high-speed internet to over 5,300 unserved locations, benefiting more than 142,000 residents. These funds will improve access to reliable, affordable broadband across LA, […]


https://infrastructurela.org/new-funding-secured-96m-for-internet-965m-for-zero-emission-buses-intel28/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-funding-secured-96m-for-internet-965m-for-zero-emission-buses-intel28


Daily Deals (11-01-2024)

date: 2024-11-01, from: Liliputing

Amazon is selling a Beelink EQR6 mini PC with a Ryzen 9 6900HX processor, 24GB of RAM, and a 500GB SSD for $329 for a limited time when you click the on-page coupon. Woot is running a sale on Pixel 8 Pro and Pixel 9 Pro smartphones. And there are a lot of PC games available […]

The post Daily Deals (11-01-2024) appeared first on Liliputing.


https://liliputing.com/daily-deals-11-01-2024/


Announcing the Microsoft Store Awards 2024 winners

date: 2024-11-01, from: Windows Developer Blog

Windows is an open platform that enables all categories of applications to thrive. From individual developers to distributed projects, open-source initiatives and large companies, the vibrant developer community is building innovative, engaging and p

The post Announcing the Microsoft Store Awards 2024 winners appeared first on Windows Developer Blog.


https://blogs.windows.com/windowsdeveloper/2024/11/01/announcing-the-microsoft-store-awards-2024-winners/


Behind the Blog: Posting Nipples and Digging Data

date: 2024-11-01, from: 404 Media Group

This week, we talk about deciding what images to publish, digging through Meta and Snap data, and finding the Secret Service talking about you.


https://www.404media.co/behind-the-blog-posting-nipples-and-digging-data/


GPD Pocket 4 will be an 8.8 inch mini-laptop with AMD Ryzen AI 300

date: 2024-11-01, from: Liliputing

The GPD Pocket 4 is a mini-laptop that seems like a natural evolution of the GPD Pocket 3 that first launched nearly three years ago. The new model has a similar design that includes a QWERTY keyboard, a hinge that lets you swivel the screen and fold it down over the keyboard for use in […]

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https://liliputing.com/gpd-pocket-4-will-be-an-8-8-inch-mini-laptop-with-amd-ryzen-ai-300/


Damn the Constraints of Our Universe

date: 2024-11-01, updated: 2024-11-01, from: One Foot Tsunami


https://onefoottsunami.com/2024/11/01/damn-the-constraints-of-our-universe/


Chuwi UBox is a $329 mini PC with Ryzen 5 6600H, USB4, and 2.5 GbE LAN

date: 2024-11-01, from: Liliputing

There are a few ways to keep costs down when building a mini PC. One is to opt for an inexpensive, low-power processor like an Intel Alder Lake-N chip. Another is to just use older processors that are no longer state-of-the-art. Chuwi’s new UBox mini PC takes the latter approach. It’s a small desktop computer […]

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https://liliputing.com/chuwi-ubox-is-a-329-mini-pc-with-ryzen-5-6600h-usb4-and-2-5-gbe-lan/


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-01, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Rising Trump-style populism threatens democracy but can be beaten. (Did the Post find a way to run their Harris endorsement after all?)


https://wapo.st/3NUnd4V


Alpha 3: Tales from the COSMIC Desktop Environment

date: 2024-11-01, from: System76 Blog

Upgrade to Alpha 3 for custom system fonts, testable screen reader support, and more.


https://blog.system76.com/post/cosmic-alpha-3


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-01, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

What explains the big gender gap between supporters of Trump and Harris?


https://www.npr.org/2024/11/01/nx-s1-5154873/what-explains-the-big-gender-gap-between-supporters-of-trump-and-harris


@Dave Winer’s linkblog (date: 2024-11-01, from: Dave Winer’s linkblog)

Most Americans have only ever lived in a world where democracy was secure, where democracy was assumed. On Tuesday, we’ll decide if we want to stay in that world or leave it behind.


https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/01/opinion/donald-trump-kamala-harris-election-power.html?unlocked_article_code=1.Wk4.wvsG.4_OX4J-1oNpn&smid=url-share


Kong Go CLI

date: 2024-11-01, from: Miek Giebin blog

I’m a fan of Kong the CLI argument parser, I use it to automatically create manual pages, (bash) completion and do a lot of validation inside it. (This guy also has other really interesting packages, and he’s a huge fan of Go’s struct tags). I wanted to do validation inside Kong as well, for this Kong has validation, which is just a method (Validate() error) on a type. Now most types I have are just string or any other builtin type.


https://miek.nl/2024/november/01/kong-go-cli/


Expanding the MC6847: Deciphering Fonts

date: 2024-11-01, from: Retro Innovations blog

Searching for Information As I was trying to decipher how to leverage an external character font ROM with the MC6847, I searched for existing project/products in this space. My web searches first found Ed Snider’s (Zippster of ZippsterZone) reproduction of the Green Mountain Micro (GMM) “lowerkit” product from “back in the day”. Ed shared a … Continue reading Expanding the MC6847: Deciphering Fonts


https://www.go4retro.com/2024/10/31/expanding-the-mc6847-deciphering-fonts/


Dipco’s Easy Reader

date: 2024-11-01, from: Computer ads from the Past

“Sight for Sore Eyes”


https://computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/dipcos-easy-reader