PDF Will Support JPEG XL Format As ‘Preferred Solution’
The PDF Association is adding JPEG XL (JXL) support to the PDF specification, giving the advanced image format a new path to relevance despite Google’s decision to declare it obsolete and remove it from Chromium. The Register reports: Peter Wyatt, CTO of the PDF Association, said: “We need to adopt a new image [format] that can support HDR [High Dynamic Range] c … ⌘ Read more

Is it worth me reaching out to the operator and helping build some solution for their userbase to detect followers? 🧐

Meta Is Killing Off the External Facebook Like Button
Meta is retiring Facebook’s external Like and Share buttons for third-party websites on February 10, 2026, officially closing the book on a once-dominant traffic driver as usage declines and Facebook’s role within Meta continues to shrink.Engadget reports: The blog post from Meta explains that site admins shouldn’t have to take any additional steps as a result of the … ⌘ Read more

Setting up a combined 68k/PA-RISC HP-UX 9 cluster
Jonathan Pallant got lucky and managed to score a massive haul of ’90s UNIX workstations, one of which was an HP 9000 Model 340, a HP-UX workstation built around a Motorola 68030 processor at 16.7 MHz. It doesn’t come with a hard drive or even a floppy controller, though, so he decided to borrow a PA-RISC-based HP 9000 Model 705 to set up an HP-UX 9 cluster. But wait, how does that work, when we’re dealing with two entirely differen … ⌘ Read more

New Project Brings Strong Linux Compatibility To More Classic Windows Games
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: For years now, Valve has been slowly improving the capabilities of the Proton compatibility layer that lets thousands of Windows games work seamlessly on the Linux-based SteamOS. But Valve’s Windows-to-Linux compatibility layer generally only extends back to games writt … ⌘ Read more

Wikipedia Urges AI Companies To Use Its Paid API, and Stop Scraping
Wikipedia on Monday laid out a simple plan to ensure its website continues to be supported in the AI era, despite its declining traffic. From a report: In a blog post, the Wikimedia Foundation, the organization that runs the popular online encyclopedia, called on AI developers to use its content “responsibly” by ensuring its contributions are … ⌘ Read more

The PHP Foundation Is Seeking a New Executive Director
New submitter benramsey writes: The PHP Foundation has launched a search for its next executive director.

The Executive Director serves as the operational leader of the PHP Foundation, defining its strategic vision and translating it into reality while managing day-to-day operations and serving as the primary bridge between the Board, staff, community, and sp … ⌘ Read more

Syriens Präsident beim US-Präsidenten: Ein historischer Besuch
Ahmed al-Scharaa trifft sich mit Donald Trump in Washington. Vor 15 Jahren war er noch Häftling im berüchtigten US-Gefängnis Abu Ghraib im Irak. mehr… ⌘ Read more

@bender@twtxt.net Hahaha! :-D But I actually do like their approach. I don’t know what staff should do differently when they are not involved in the channel topic. At least in the general case. Maybe in this specific scenario here they could have cross-checked domains, git repos and stuff like that. But I also reckon that it’s only fair if they treat everybody the same.

@bender@twtxt.net Of course, I didn’t do anything yet at all. Maybe I will find some time next weekend. Let’s see.

World’s First Green Fuel Levy To Add Almost $32 To Air Fares
Air passengers departing Singapore will pay a green fuel levy of as much as S$41.60 ($31.95) from next year as the city-state locks in a key step in its effort to cut the aviation industry’s emissions. From a report: Travelers flying in economy and premium economy, as well as those on short-haul routes, will be charged far less. Those customers will pay an … ⌘ Read more

@movq@www.uninformativ.de Wow, that’s a hell lot of food! If it doesn’t spoil, it’s easily enough for the rest of your life and all your neighbors and surrounding cities, probably more. :-D

That’s a great font. I like it. It just suits the print style incredibly well. No offence, to the absolute contrary, I would not have thought that you actually designed that. It looks just so right. Hats off! :-)

@movq@www.uninformativ.de they know it is perk worth paying for. Hahahaha!

EasyEffects 8.0 Released In Porting From GTK4 To Qt / QML / Kirigami
EasyEffects is the open-source application formerly known as PulseEffects that transitioned to using native PipeWire filters for providing simple audio effects on the Linux desktop. EasyEffects makes it easy to apply different audio effects like bass enhancer, compressor, pitch shift, reverberation, and many more. With this week’s release of EasyEffects 8.0, the user interface has been rewritten in Qt / QML / Kirigami rather than GTK4… ⌘ Read more

@movq@www.uninformativ.de Have we reached peak enshittification yet?

YouTube is completely broken for me for a week or more. The player doesn’t even load anymore. Trying to limit the search results to real videos doesn’t do shit, etc. It’s useless. But downloading the videos with yt-dlp still works like a dream.

It is harder to regain ownership of an IRC channel than crossing the Mexico/US border. 😅

Apple Delays Release of Next iPhone Air Amid Weak Sales
An anonymous reader shares a report: Apple is delaying the release of next year’s version of the iPhone Air, its thinnest smartphone, after the first model sold below expectations, according to three people involved in the project.

Although the length of the delay remains uncertain, the product won’t be released in fall 2026 as previously planned, they said. App … ⌘ Read more

@movq@www.uninformativ.de Actually, @threatcat@tilde.club popped up in my own access log first. That’s how I discovered the feed. :-) So I figured that this feed author actually sees my reply. The hope is that with the next mention of my feed in threatcat’s feed, the other tilde users, who are following threatcat, are then also informed of my existence. :-)

I don’t know how tilde.club is set up. But it should be relatively easy to give all users access to their nginx access logs. Not sure if somebody already requested that or not. But I’d encourage tilde users to ask for that. Maybe also just for twtxt.txt and/or in a custom, reduced log format.

GNU Coreutils 9.9 Brings Numerous Fixes
Following yesterday’s release of Rust Coreutils 0.4, GNU Coreutils 9.9 is now available as the latest update to this set of core utilities common to Linux systems and other platforms… ⌘ Read more

How HR Took Over the World
Human-resources departments in American companies employed 1.3 million professionals in 2024, a 64% increase over ten years. Overall employment grew 14% in the same period. Professional-services and technology firms saw the number of HR workers double since 2014. Similar patterns have emerged in Australia, Britain and Germany.

Chief human-resources officers also gained ground financially. Their total compensation, which stoo … ⌘ Read more

Rücktritt zweier Chefs der BBC: Der amerikanische Medienkulturkampf ist in Europa angekommen
Zwei Chefs der BBC treten wegen Fehler in einer Doku über Trump zurück. Der freut sich. Und auch US-Firmen, die gerade britische Medien aufkaufen. mehr… ⌘ Read more

Pro und Contra: Und jetzt, ab in die Badewanne?
Wenn’s draußen kälter wird, lassen sich drinnen viele gern heißes Wasser ein. Die Redaktion ist gespalten, ob das eine gute Idee ist. mehr… ⌘ Read more

Zukunft des BSW: Sahra Wagenknecht schmeißt Parteivorsitz hin
Die BSW-Frontfrau will künftig nur noch Chefin der Grundwertekommission ihrer Partei sein. Als ihr Nachfolger ist der EU-Abgeordnete De Masi gesetzt. mehr… ⌘ Read more

Berliner CDU-Fördergeldaffäre: Guter Jude, schlechter Jude
Die Kulturverwaltung räumt weitere Fehler in der Fördergeld-Affäre ein. Eine Antisemitismus-Fachjury soll zudem als „zu links“ abgelehnt worden sein. mehr… ⌘ Read more

Africa Finally Has Its Own Drug-Regulation Agency
After more than a decade of planning, the launch of the African Medicines Agency (AMA) is being celebrated in Mombasa, Kenya, this week at the Seventh Biennial Scientific Conference on Medical Products Regulation in Africa. From a report: The agency’s establishment marks a pivotal moment in Africa’s public health, at a time when the need for biomedical research conducted i … ⌘ Read more

Neubau-Anhörung im Bundestag: Bauturbo in der Praxis
Der Bauturbo wird begleitet von einem Umsetzungslabor. Kommunen und Zivilgesellschaft sollen sich über Probleme in der Praxis austauschen können. mehr… ⌘ Read more

Rückzug von Sahra Wagenknecht: Das Momentum ist vorbei
Das „Bündnis Sahra Wagenknecht“ steht vor einer ungewissen Zukunft. Die Partei zehrte von der Strahlkraft ihrer Galionsfigur. Das geht nun nicht mehr. mehr… ⌘ Read more

The Algorithm Failed Music
An anonymous reader shares a report: Spotify is the most popular music streaming service in the world. While its algorithmic recommendations aren’t necessarily the reason, its reach has meant that hundreds of millions of people are being fed a steady diet of music curated by a machine. Spotify’s goal is to keep you listening no matter what. In her book Mood Machine, journalist Liz Pelly recounts a story told to … ⌘ Read more

SPD-Mitgliederbegehren: Wenn das Unbehagen laut wird
Ein SPD-Mitgliederbegehren gegen die Verschärfungen beim Bürgergeld dürfte scheitern. Ungemütlich würde es für die SPD-Spitze trotzdem werden. mehr… ⌘ Read more

Unruhen in Sambia: Das nächste Ziel für Afrikas Gen Z?
Sambias Präsident Hichilema hat sich mit Tansanias umstrittener Präsidentin solidarisiert. Nun gerät er im eigenen Land unter Druck unzufriedener Jugendlicher. mehr… ⌘ Read more

Streit um Heizungsförderung: Schneider will sie, Söder nicht
Die Koalition streitet über Zuschüsse für den Heizungstausch. Das Wirtschaftsministerium arbeitet mit Hochdruck an einem entsprechenden Gesetzentwurf. mehr… ⌘ Read more

Fluchtgrund Klimakrise: 250 Millionen Binnenflüchtlinge wegen des Klimas
Im vergangenen Jahrzehnt haben Extremwetterereignisse wie Fluten oder Dürren viele Menschen vertrieben. Oft blieben sie nah an ihrem Heimatort. mehr… ⌘ Read more

Streit um Gedenken zum 9. November: „Leute im Publikum haben mich angeschrien“
Der US-Philosoph Jason Stanley sollte in der Jüdischen Gemeinde Frankfurt eine Rede halten. Sie wurde abgebrochen. Stanely ist schockiert. mehr… ⌘ Read more

Streit um das Heizungsgesetz: Bezeichnend für die Regierung
Union und SPD sind sich uneins über die Zukunft des Heizungsgesetzes. Das Gezerre ist Gift für Investitionsentscheidungen, auch von Privatleuten. mehr… ⌘ Read more

Lol, YouTube supports increasing the playback speed, but when you want to go to 4x, they want you to pay extra:

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Google Cloud N4D Delivers Great VM Performance & Value Powered By AMD EPYC Turin
Google Cloud today is rolling out their N4D compute instances that are optimized for cost/price-performance and geared for general purpose workloads. The N4D instances are powered by 5th Gen AMD EPYC “Turin” processors and offer very nice performance and value over their prior-generation general purpose VMs. ⌘ Read more

Data Centers in Nvidia’s Hometown Stand Empty Awaiting Power
Two of the world’s biggest data center developers have projects in Nvidia’s hometown that may sit empty for years because the local utility isn’t ready to supply electricity. From a report: In Santa Clara, California, where the world’s biggest supplier of artificial-intelligence chips is based, Digital Realty Trust applied in 2019 to build a data cent … ⌘ Read more

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org There’s a couple of new users on https://tilde.club, but since this is a shared host, I doubt that they have access to their access.log files. Hence they’ll never see followers, unless we notify them out of band. 🫤

Repression in Tansania: Verhaftungswelle statt Staatstrauer
Infolge der blutigen tansanischen Wahlproteste häufen sich Verhaftungen im Land. Nun traf es auch den Vize-Generalsekretär der letzten Oppositionspartei. mehr… ⌘ Read more

Tim Berners-Lee Says AI Will Not Destroy the Web
Tim Berners-Lee thinks AI will help the web, not destroy it. The inventor of the World Wide Web has spent years warning about platform concentration and social media’s corrosive effects, but he views AI differently. AI has accomplished what his Semantic Web project could not. The technology extracts structured data from websites regardless of how the information was formatted. … ⌘ Read more

Bundeshaushalt 2026: Hilfsorganisationen fordern mehr Geld für Entwicklung
Zuletzt wurde bei humanitärer Hilfe und Entwicklungszusammenarbeit stetig gekürzt. Das will auch die aktuelle Regierung nicht rückgängig machen. mehr… ⌘ Read more

Android shopping list apps disappointed me too many times, so I went back to writing these lists by hand a while ago.

Here’s what’s more fun: Write them in Vim and then print them on the dotmatrix printer. 🥳

And, because I can, I use my own font for that, i.e. ImageMagick renders an image file and then a little tool converts that to ESC/P so I can dump it to /dev/usb/lp0.

(I have so much scrap paper from mail spam lying around that I don’t feel too bad about this. All these sheets would go straight to the bin otherwise.)

Situation in der Ostukraine: Vorboten russischer Besetzung
Im ostukrainischen Donbas wird die Lage für die verbliebenen Bewohner immer gefährlicher. Die russische Armee rückt näher, die Luftangriffe nehmen zu. mehr… ⌘ Read more

Duisburger Filmwoche: Unsichtbares Personal und würdiges Sterben
Die Filmwoche in Duisburg zeigt Dokumentarfilme über Freiräume auch unter widrigen Umständen und begleitet das Team einer Berliner Palliativklinik. mehr… ⌘ Read more

Frankreichs Ex-Präsident wieder frei: Sarkozy darf wieder nach Hause
Der frühere Staatschef wird unter strikten Auflagen aus der Untersuchungshaft entlassen. Im März 2026 startet sein Berufungsprozess. mehr… ⌘ Read more

Museum für Benin-Bronzen: Sturm ohne Bilder
Am Eröffnungsabend wird das westafrikanische Kunstmuseum in Benin-Stadt von wütenden Royalisten gestürmt und demoliert. Und die Benin-Bronzen? mehr… ⌘ Read more

Subsea Cable Investment Set To Double As Tech Giants Accelerate AI Buildout
Investment in subsea cable projects is expected to reach around $13 billion between 2025 and 2027, almost twice the amount invested between 2022 and 2024, according to telecommunications data provider TeleGeography. Tech giants Meta, Google, Amazon and Microsoft now represent about 50% of the overall market, up from a neglig … ⌘ Read more

Drohsel über SPD-Mitgliederbegehren: „Die Stimmung erinnert an die Agenda 2010“
Die ehemalige Juso-Chefin Franziska Drohsel sammelt in der SPD Unterschriften gegen schwarz-roten Sozialabbau. Für sie weckt das böse Erinnerungen. mehr… ⌘ Read more

1.356 Tage Krieg in der Ukraine: Zahnarzt auf neuem Posten
Im medizinischen Freiwilligenbataillon Hospitallers arbeiten Ärzte, Sanitäter und Zivilisten temporär in Frontnähe. Ihr Einsatz ist nicht ohne Risiko. mehr… ⌘ Read more

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Yeah, I’m glad I’m not the only one who didn’t get this right. 😅 You never had to configure a systemd timer? Lucky. 😅