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Thom, a distro-agnostic tool@thomholwerda@exquisite.social (2026-08-13 06:41:23)
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Biblebot@nice-verse@nicecrew.digital (2026-08-13 06:05:01)
Genesis 39:20 (KJV)
"And Joseph's master took him, and put him into the prison, a place where the king's prisoners were bound: and he was there in the prison."
To read the verse in context, click here.
Reply to @dthompson@toot.cat
dave@dthompson@toot.cat (2026-08-13 05:47:09)
this is why I think spritely's work on e2ee federated relays is crucial
https://nlnet.nl/project/OCapN-federatedrelays/
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dave@dthompson@toot.cat (2026-08-13 05:37:58)
(the above is in the context of internet networking, not other means of communication that p2p apps may do additionally/instead)
dave@dthompson@toot.cat (2026-08-13 05:35:32)
a thought about p2p in the context of briar: the web and mobile are effectively client/server only platforms, extremely resistant to p2p, thus those platforms require a layer of indirection in the form of a publicly addressable node that acts as proxy to an otherwise p2p system.
https://briarproject.org/news/2026-maintenance-mode/
Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-08-13 05:24:05)
Tenstrorrent Posts GCC Compiler Patches For Ascalon XG Core
While the Tenstorrent Ascalon X is known as their high performance out-of-order RISC-V RVA23 CPU core for extreme performance over the H and S models, a new GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) patch today from Tenstorrent makes known a new Ascalon XG core...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Tenstorrent-Ascalon-XG-GCC
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Paul Haddad :tapbots_logo:@paul@tapbots.social (2026-08-13 05:19:55)
The problem is I can't find the headphone I want to use with this, my Oppo PM-3. I found the original box for it, and some accessories but can't find them. It’s been driving me nuts all week.
I might go "upgrade" to Meze 99 V2 or Aune SR7000, but not finding these is still going to bug the hell out of me.
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Paul Haddad :tapbots_logo:@paul@tapbots.social (2026-08-13 05:09:47)
Success!
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Biblebot@nice-verse@nicecrew.digital (2026-08-13 05:05:01)
Job 2:12 (KJV)
"And when they lifted up their eyes afar off, and knew him not, they lifted up their voice, and wept; and they rent every one his mantle, and sprinkled dust upon their heads toward heaven."
To read the verse in context, click here.
fedicat@fedicat@pc.cafe boosted:
@FediFollows@social.growyourown.services (2026-08-13 04:41:19)
Programming languages' official accounts on the Fediverse:
@chapelprogramminglanguage - Chapel
@DylanLang - Dylan
@golang - Go
@haskell - Haskell
@pharoproject - Pharo
@php - PHP
@thephpf - PHP Foundation
@ThePSF - Python Software Foundation
@R_Foundation - R Foundation
@rust - Rust
@rustfoundation - Rust Foundation
@ruxlang - Rux
@swiftlang - Swift
@unison - Unison
@vala_lang - Vala
#ProgrammingLanguages #Programming #Coding #SoftwareDevelopment #Dev
東京都@Tokyo@unnerv.jp boosted:
@UN_NERV@unnerv.jp (2026-08-13 04:42:27)
【東京都 気象警報・注意報 2026年08月13日 04:42】
東京地方では、土砂災害や低い土地の浸水、落雷に注意してください。
伊豆諸島北部、伊豆諸島南部では、落雷に注意してください。
#気象警報注意報 #東京都
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特務機関NERV@UN_NERV@unnerv.jp (2026-08-13 04:42:27)
【東京都 気象警報・注意報 2026年08月13日 04:42】
東京地方では、土砂災害や低い土地の浸水、落雷に注意してください。
伊豆諸島北部、伊豆諸島南部では、落雷に注意してください。
#気象警報注意報 #東京都
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FediFollows@FediFollows@social.growyourown.services (2026-08-13 04:41:19)
Programming languages' official accounts on the Fediverse:
@chapelprogramminglanguage - Chapel
@DylanLang - Dylan
@golang - Go
@haskell - Haskell
@pharoproject - Pharo
@php - PHP
@thephpf - PHP Foundation
@ThePSF - Python Software Foundation
@R_Foundation - R Foundation
@rust - Rust
@rustfoundation - Rust Foundation
@ruxlang - Rux
@swiftlang - Swift
@unison - Unison
@vala_lang - Vala
#ProgrammingLanguages #Programming #Coding #SoftwareDevelopment #Dev
fedicat@fedicat@pc.cafe boosted:
@mkljczk@pl.fediverse.pl (2026-08-13 04:26:13)
added support for iceshrimp.net bite controls (also allowing to edit your preference from nicolium ui)
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nicole mikołajczyk@mkljczk@pl.fediverse.pl (2026-08-13 04:26:13)
added support for iceshrimp.net bite controls (also allowing to edit your preference from nicolium ui)
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おだら@s3_odara@mastodon.hakurei.win (2026-08-13 04:17:51)
NixOS、OSとして一貫したパッケージングの思想が徹底できてない印象。upstreamでは公式に同梱されていないコミュニティ開発モジュールを同梱してデフォルト有効になってたりして、「それ再現可能で宣言的なシステムに必要か？」と思うようなデフォルト設定があったりする。
みんな使うような機能を有効にして親切にする思想なら納得できるけど、ざっと見た感じではそういう思想がポリシーになってる感じはしなくて、パッケージメンテナが"いい感じ"に便利設定入れてるように見えちゃう
Sebastian@bstn@social.lol (2026-08-13 04:07:16)
Are you agree or not? I'd love to hear your opinion.
https://bstn.info/the-openweb-is-like-a-mirror
Biblebot@nice-verse@nicecrew.digital (2026-08-13 04:05:02)
Job 15:28 (KJV)
"And he dwelleth in desolate cities, and in houses which no man inhabiteth, which are ready to become heaps."
To read the verse in context, click here.
Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-08-13 03:54:04)
GCC 17 Compiler Adding "-m128bit-atomic" For 128-bit Atomic Memory Operations
Merged today to the GNU Compiler Collection Git code is the new -m128bit-atomic option for next year's GCC 17 feature release...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GCC-Git-m128bit-atomic
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selfcare.tech@selfcaregentle@hachyderm.io (2026-08-13 03:50:42)
Build a blanket fort. Seriously. Oh, and do not bring your phone into it.
OSNews@osnews@mstdn.social (2026-08-13 03:40:36)
The OSNews Fundraiser continues: you made me use Windows, now make me use macOS
The OSNews Fundraiser, to celebrate the fact I posted 20000 stories in 21 years, is still underway. The first major incentive was reached, and I, a long-time Linux user, published my experiences using Windows 11 for a month. It wasn't a success. Keep donating if you want to find ou
https://www.osnews.com/story/145747/the-osnews-fundraiser-continues-you-made-me-use-windows-now-make-me-use-macos/
#OSNews
Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-08-13 03:39:06)
Manjaro Linux 26.1 Released With GNOME 50 & KDE Plasma 6.7 Desktops
Manjaro 26.1 Bian-May is now available as the newest feature release to this desktop Linux distribution built atop an Arch Linux base...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Manjaro-Linux-26.1
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おだら@s3_odara@mastodon.hakurei.win (2026-08-13 03:38:45)
お腹すいた
OSNews@osnews@mstdn.social (2026-08-13 03:24:12)
The little-known winstart.bat batch file
Raymond Chen explains what, exactly, the file winstart.bat in Windows 95 is used for.
In Windows 95, you could create a winstart.bat file in your Windows directory. During startup, the virtual machine manager initializes and creates the so-called “System virtual machine” (the “System VM”), which is the virtual machine that all Windows programs run in.
https://www.osnews.com/story/145744/the-little-known-winstart-bat-batch-file/
#Windows
OSNews@osnews@mstdn.social (2026-08-13 03:14:48)
Delphi 13 Community Edition released
Delphi is still very much a thing, and still very much in active development. The current stewards of Delphi, Embarcadero, released the Delphi 13 Community Edition today.
Delphi Community Edition is a full-featured, free edition of Delphi for building native applications with the Delphi language. It includes a professional IDE, visual designers, in
https://www.osnews.com/story/145742/delphi-13-community-edition-released/
#GeneralDevelopment
Reply to @ganbold@sns1.hydranlab.com
YAHB@arce (2026-08-13 03:14:15)
Oh, the mental tricks it plays!
Unscrutable are its mysterious ways.
Biblebot@nice-verse@nicecrew.digital (2026-08-13 03:05:02)
John 10:21 (KJV)
"Others said, These are not the words of him that hath a devil. Can a devil open the eyes of the blind?"
To read the verse in context, click here.
Reply to @jac@social.lol
Sebastian@bstn@social.lol (2026-08-13 03:04:34)
@jac You can always give it a go, and then opt out later if you decide you’d rather not have them switched on after all.
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@haubles@hachyderm.io (2026-08-13 02:12:12)
@Mastodon
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Phoronix@phoronix@masto.ai (2026-08-13 02:24:02)
Intel AMX Performance With The Xeon 678X Workstation CPU
One of the most compelling features for Intel Xeon 6 Granite Rapids alongside MRDIMMs is Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX) for helping accelerate AI workloads and more. AMX is also found with the new Granite Rapids WS processors and in currently having my hands on an Intel Xeon 678X in the HP Z4 G6i workstation, I ran some benchmarks looking at the AMX performance and power impact for this high-end workstation.
https://www.phoronix.com/review/intel-amx-xeon-678x
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