slink

fanf, 5 days ago to random

http://msinilo.pl/blog2/post/compilers-are-too-smart/ - Compilers are (too) smart

the best popcount-related article i have seen in a while: magic numbers, bit twiddling, slapstic bugs

kuketzblog, 7 days ago to microsoft German

»Der Bundeshaushalt sei "zu einer Gelddruckmaschine für Software-Konzerne geworden". Nachdem insbesondere Microsoft jahrelang die Preise in die Höhe getrieben und seine Monopolstellung "schamlos ausnutzen konnte. [...] Deutschland und Europa müssten sich unabhängiger von Big-Tech-Konzernen machen, sonst drohten weitere Preisschocks und Datenmissbrauch.«

Zusammengefasst: Deutschland zahlt. Microsoft lacht. Unabhängigkeit? Vielleicht irgendwann. Seufz. 🤦‍♂️ 👇

https://www.heise.de/news/Bund-Lizenzkosten-fuer-Microsoft-auf-hohem-Niveau-insgesamt-neuer-Rekord-9744319.html

#microsoft

ulrichkelber, 10 days ago to random German

Hier in Tirana haben sie die Straße, an der die russische Botschaft liegt, umbenannt. Auf allen Briefen an die Botschaft muss nun „Freie Ukraine Straße“ stehen. Zur Nachahmung empfohlen.

slimhazard, 10 days ago to random

https://doublepulsar.com/snowflake-at-central-of-worlds-largest-data-breach-939fc400912e

“Note that in the age of SaaS, your providers will throw you under the bus to save themselves. When you transfer your security risk to a provider, they don’t accept your risk — they just take the money.”

@slink #cloud #evil

Mer__edith, 13 days ago to random

Signal strongly opposes the newest #ChatControl proposal in Europe.

Let there be no doubt: we will leave the EU market rather than undermine our privacy guarantees.

This proposal--if passed and enforced against us--would require us to make this choice.

It's surveillance wine in safety bottles.

See more: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/majority-for-chat-control-possible-users-who-refuse-scanning-to-be-prevented-from-sharing-photos-and-links/ @echo_pbreyer

Quinnypig, 13 days ago to random

“My company started using GCP in the last few months, and my tolerance for sanctimonious engineering articles from Google has gone down quite a bit as a result.”

What a quote!

FluffyMonoceros, 13 days ago to random German

Feiere diesen Stickerfund auf der #GPN22 sehr.

rugk, 13 days ago to random German

#GPN22 #filmgulasch

Bubu, 14 days ago to random

#Codeberg related events happening at #GPN22

• Codeberg/#Forgejo Contributor meetup (Tomorrow, Fr 1:30 pm): https://codeberg.codeberg.page/Events/events/2024/05-31-gpn-contributors-meetup/
• Talk by Codeberg contributor @n0toose (Su, 11:15 am): I beg you, please make your own GitHub alternatives!

• https://cfp.gulas.ch/gpn22/talk/WGVZ9W/

@Codeberg

jarkko, 14 days ago to rust

I think there would be still space for systems programming language with a constraint from day zero that it would 1:1 compatible with plain C”s binary layout and memory model:

1. Roughly just .text, .bss, .rodata and ,data.
2. No symbol mangling at all.

All the memory safety etc. fancy features would be then designed within exactly those constraints.

#Rust is essentially a derivative of C++ when compiled to binary, which does not really make it a strong competitor for plain #C. It can substitute C in many cases for sure, just like C++ did, but there’s always need for minimal systems programming language, which also looks elegant in binary, not just in source code.

A compiled C program can be quite easily understood with a binary with no debug symbols at all if you understand the CPU architecture well enough. That is, and will be a strong asset for C.

#cplusplus #rustlang

VCDeV, 15 days ago to random German

Immer mehr Ticketautomaten werden von der DB abgebaut. Und an den verbliebenen können keine Sparpreis-Tickets mehr erworben werden. Das schließt vor allem Senior*innen aus, die seltener digital unterwegs sind. Doch viele von ihnen sind auf günstige Angebote angewiesen.

Daher fordern wir: an jedem DB-Bahnhof müssen reguläre und Sparpreis-Tickets barrierefrei angeboten werden!

https://www.vcd.org/artikel/sparpreise-nur-noch-gegen-daten-deutsche-bahn-verschlechtert-service

GossiTheDog, 16 days ago to random

Okay I knew Opera browser was bad but I had no idea how crazy the situation was until reading this.

https://www.spacebar.news/stop-using-opera-browser/

thomas, 17 days ago (edited 17 days ago) to random

I'd like to remind all Mastodon users that you can add a language filter to any follow relationship on Mastodon.

If you follow me and you don't speak German, you can easily remove my German posts from your timeline by adjusting the language settings.

Go to my profile page, select the dot menu and click "Change subscribed languages". Then select the languages that you speak.

This really is a hidden gem 💎 on Mastodon and not many people seem to know this feature :awesome:

#mastodon

echo_pbreyer, 16 days ago (edited 16 days ago) to random German

Kleiner Live-Ticker von der re:publica-Diskussionsrunde zur "Europäischen Digitalpolitik" mit @SLagodinsky (Grüne), @senficon und @FranziskaHeine . Es fehlen die ursprünglich angekündigten Moritz Körner (FDP) und @woelken (SPD). Als Europaabgeordneter der #Piraten bin ich vor Ort, aber nicht aufs Podium eingeladen – ausgerechnet zum Thema Europäische Digitalpolitik. Ärgerlich! #rp24 🧵

sovtechfund, 17 days ago to foss

On 17 June 2024, you'll be able to apply for new financing from STF. We’re looking forward to proposals from critical and foundational open source technologies, whose work strengthens the #FOSS ecosystem. Thanks to all maintainers and contributors for your #opensource engagement! https://www.sovereigntechfund.de/programs#general-investments

splorp, 18 days ago to apple

Hey, Mastodon … I’m trying to track down an #AppleNewton developer named Stephen A. Cronin.

He worked at #AMD and operated a software company called TapTech based out of Austin, Texas in the late 90s. I’ve managed to contact his former software partner, Francis Preve … but Francis lost touch with Stephen years ago.

Together they released a sequencer program for #NewtonOS called NR404 and I’m hoping the source code still exists somewhere.

Boosts appreciated.

ly2en, 17 days ago to RedHat

Nice #RedHat sticker. It would be a shame if the link would not work. Oh wait... https://redhat.com/ourcode #ourcode #opensource

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benjojo, 17 days ago to random

New blog post!

I recently did a deep dive on "Class E" space for a talk at RIPE, and figured I should write up the talk in a more searchable fashion :)

Reclaiming IPv4 Class E’s 240.0.0.0/4

https://blog.benjojo.co.uk/post/class-e-addresses-in-the-real-world

bagder, 17 days ago to random

My BDFL guiding principles (for #curl)

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2024/05/27/my-bdfl-guiding-principles/

shom, 17 days ago to MandelaEffect

This post alleging extortion from CloudFlare¹ is plausible/cautionary. Market monopolies/tech mono-cultures suck so it's tempting to just be outraged at CF.

However, we allow this when we cede control to third parties (not just cloud) without mitigation plans, by NOT:

• using open standards/formats
• separating concerns
• staffing expertise in-house/independent long-term partners
• balancing risk with cost

Let's have that bigger talk!

¹https://robindev.substack.com/p/cloudflare-took-down-our-website

#Cloud #Monopoly #FOSS #OpenWeb

wollman, 17 days ago to random

Unpopular opinion: it is OK if software is actually stable and does not require large amounts of ongoing maintenance.

mnot, 17 days ago to random

Extremely well-written.

https://bikepacking.com/plog/man-or-bear-debate/

stefano, 18 days ago to sysadmin

Here’s one of the many reasons why I stick to simple, replicable, and quickly restorable setups. When you don't have control over your data or rely solely on a specific service, everything could go wrong in an instant.

https://robindev.substack.com/p/cloudflare-took-down-our-website

#Cloudflare #SysAdmin #IT #DevOps #Hosting

Friedi, 18 days ago to random German

Ich kann es nur immer wiederholen: Aus sicherer Position heraus zu rufen "Macht was gegen Nazis" wenn man selbst nicht in einem Bundesland wohnt, dass mehrheitlich die AfD hochwählt, ist zwar (vielleicht) nett gemeint, aber denkt an die Leute, die sich seit fast 30 Jahren dem braunen Gesülze entgegenstellen, sich Briefkästen zuschmieren, das Auto zerkratzen lassen und im schlimmsten Fall Morddrohungen erhalten.
Es ist wichtig, gegen Rechtsextremismus zu demonstrieren, und zwar alle für alle!