No perfect draw but nothing to fear for Socceroos in World Cup grouping
Nothing can be guaranteed in a World Cup, but the Socceroos’ draw alongside the United States, Paraguay and a European qualifier gives a solid shot at advancing, with the Australians avoiding most of the big names. ⌘ Read more

Stars continue winning form ahead of WBBL Melbourne derby
The Melbourne Stars will carry solid momentum into Saturday’s big WBBL local derby, easily beating top side Hobart by 37 runs. ⌘ Read more

Unpowered SSDs in Your Drawer Are Slowly Losing Data
An anonymous reader shares a report: Solid-state drives sitting unpowered in drawers or storage can lose data over time because voltage gradually leaks from their NAND flash cells, and consumer-grade drives using QLC NAND retain data for about a year while TLC NAND lasts up to three years without power. More expensive MLC and SLC NAND can hold data for five and ten … ⌘ Read more

Scientists Confirmed What Is Inside Our Moon
alternative_right shares a report from ScienceAlert: A thorough investigation published in May 2023 found that the inner core of the Moon is, in fact, a solid ball with a density similar to that of iron. To figure it out once and for all, [astronomer Arthur Briaud of the French National Centre for Scientific Research in France] and his colleagues collected data from space mission … ⌘ Read more

Spins influence solid oxygen’s crystal structure under extreme magnetic fields, study finds
Placing materials under extremely strong magnetic fields can give rise to unusual and fascinating physical phenomena or behavior. Specifically, studies show that under magnetic fields above 100 tesla (T), spins (i.e., intrinsic magnetic orientations of electrons) and atoms start forming new arrangements, promoting new phases of matter or stretching a crystal lattice. ⌘ Read more

‘Weaponised’ CAR T-cell therapy shows promise against solid tumours
So far, immune cells that have been engineered to kill cancers, known as CAR T-cells, haven’t worked well against solid cancers - but a study in mice suggests that could soon change ⌘ Read more

@movq@www.uninformativ.de Where the heck did you find that? What is that thing? Yeah, totally looks like an attempt to make some garbage feel more solid. Unless this steel plate is actually used for attaching bolts from the other side or something like that. Which I highly doubt, given that there are muuuuuch cheaper options to install various types of nuts in plastic.

Yeah, this goo makes it just harder to disconnect. I bet it doesn’t add water protection to the connections at all.

How to turn Liquid Glass into a solid interface
Apple’s new Liquid Glass interface design brings transparency and blur effects to all Apple operating systems, but many users find it distracting or difficult to read. Here’s how to control its effects and make your interface more usable. Although the relevant Accessibility settings are quite similar across macOS, iOS, watchOS, and tvOS, I separate them because they offer different levels of utility in each. I have no experience with (o … ⌘ Read more

I experimented with a 2.4x7mm aluminium rivet I had on hand. As expected, it was quite a bit long. Using my pliers wrench, I was able to crush it down by quite some bit. I should have taken a photo right after the hand riveter for comparison. Now, it’s much smoother and the chance of cutting my hand open is reduced by quite a bit. But breaking the burr with a few file strokes is still necessary. I should get 2.4x4mm rivets and try with them. I reckon they would be more suited for my 0.5mm sheet metal.

With the pliers wrench again, I was able to also crush down the chopped off 3mm copper nail and form a second head. That was surprisingly easy. Now, I need to figure out how to efficiently make a head on the remaining copper nail shaft, so that I can use this again.

Both are rock solid, there’s absolutely no movement at all between the two sheet metal cutoffs.

https://lyse.isobeef.org/tmp/nietenexperiment/

Solving Kubernetes Multi-tenancy Challenges with vCluster
Understanding Multi-tenancy When we are building Internal Developer Platforms (IDP) for our customers Kubernetes is often a solid choice as the robust core of this platform. This is due to its technical capabilities and the strong… ⌘ Read more

** Standing only **
I tried to sit at my standing desk today for the first time in an eternity. My ability to focus on any task immediately went from pretty fucking solid to“oooh, what if stare into the middle distance?” so I guess I’ll be continuing to exclusively stand at my desk for the next 10 years. ⌘ Read more

@movq@www.uninformativ.de Are you sure?

because there is virtually no market for these devices anymore, meaning new ones are very, very expensive.

I think dot matrix printers are still pretty common in many Point of Sales (POS) registers right? At least here in AU they’re very common. I had a quick look myself today, there seems to be quite a solid market for these types of printers. In fact even EPSON still sell Dot Matrix printers themselves 🤣

ProcessOne: XMPP: When a 25-Year-Old Protocol Becomes Strategic Again
After twenty-five years, XMPP (Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol) is still here. Mature, proven, modular, and standardized, it may well be the most solid foundation available today to build the future of messaging.

And now, XMPP is more relevant than ever: its resurgence is driven by European digital sovereignty efforts, renewed focus on interoperabil … ⌘ Read more

Saw this on Mastodon:

https://racingbunny.com/@mookie/114718466149264471

18 rules of Software Engineering

1. You will regret complexity when on-call
   
2. Stop falling in love with your own code
   
3. Everything is a trade-off. There’s no “best” 3. Every line of code you write is a liability 4. Document your decisions and designs
   
4. Everyone hates code they didn’t write
   
5. Don’t use unnecessary dependencies
   
6. Coding standards prevent arguments
   
7. Write meaningful commit messages
   
8. Don’t ever stop learning new things
   
9. Code reviews spread knowledge
   
10. Always build for maintainability
    
11. Ask for help when you’re stuck
    
12. Fix root causes, not symptoms
    
13. Software is never completed
    
14. Estimates are not promises
    
15. Ship early, iterate often
    
16. Keep. It. Simple.
    

Solid list, even though 14 is up for debate in my opinion: Software can be completed. You have a use case / problem, you solve that problem, done. Your software is completed now. There might still be bugs and they should be fixed – but this doesn’t “add” to the program. Don’t use “software is never done” as an excuse to keep adding and adding stuff to your code.

Fvwm3 1.1.3 released, completes transition from autotools to meson
Fvwm3, the venerable, solid, configurable, no-nonsense window manager for X, has been updated: fvwm3 1.1.3 has been released. While the version number indicates that this is a minor release, there’s one reason why 1.1.3 is actually a much bigger deal than the version number suggests: it switches the build system from autotools to meson. Fvwm is very old, and has been using autotools since 1996 (befor … ⌘ Read more

How to Make MacOS Sequoia Feel Faster: Tips to Speed Up Slow MacOS
macOS Sequoia is a pretty solid operating system with some great features like iPhone Mirroring, and while performance is fantastic for most, not all users are experiencing the speediest of experiences. If you feel like macOS Sequoia is running slower than your Mac was on prior operating system versions, you might appreciate some of these … Read More ⌘ Read more

Why did Windows 7, for a few months, log on slower if you have a solid color background?
Time for another story from Raymond Chen, about why, in Windows 7, logging in took 30 seconds if you had set a solid colour as your background. Windows 7’s logon system needs to wait for a number of tasks to be completed, like creating the taskbar, populating the desktop with icons, and setting the background. If all of those tasks are completed or 30 seconds … ⌘ Read more

Why did Windows 7, for a few months, log on slower if you have a solid color background?
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The wonderful world of Linux package managers
One of the strong points of Linux has always been how solid the experience of installing and managing software is. Contrarily to what happens in the Windows and macOS world, software on Linux is obtained through something called a package manager, a piece of software that manages any piece of software the user installs, as well as its dependencies, automatically. ↫ Luca Bramè at Libre.News It truly is. I can’t imagine using any operating sy … ⌘ Read more

Seem like it’s a server-client thingy? 🤔 I much prefer tools in this case and defer the responsibility of storage to something else. I really like restic for that reason and the fact that it’s pretty rock solid. I have zero complaints 😅

Ten Times Scientists Created Astonishing New States of Matter
Most people are well aware of the three main states of matter: solids, liquids, and gases. Some might even know about plasma, a fourth state made of charged particles and found throughout the universe. But how about swirlons? Does the phrase Rydberg polaron mean anything to you? As scientists expand their understanding of the universe, […]

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wiefix announces launch of Bitrica ‘P2P platform’ with support for XMR, BTC
wiefix 1 - a veteran LocalMonero trader with ~7.6K+ trades2 - has announced3 the launch of Bitrica 4, a new P2P platform where users can trade XMR and BTC directly with each other:

Super excited to share that we’ve just launched [..] after months of development! The platform comes with a solid escrow system that locks the seller’s funds during trades for everyone’s … ⌘ Read more

Jabber.org Notices: Server Migration
On October 19th, we completed a migration of the service to a brand new server. Everything looks solid, but if you experience problems feel free to contact the administrator. ⌘ Read more

Routine Maintenance
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How to Check Disk Health on Mac with smartctl
There are various ways to check the health of a hard disk drive (HDD) and solid state drive (SSD) that is used on a Mac with drives that support SMART, which stands for Self-Monitoring Analysis Reporting Technology. These options range from fairly simple using Disk Utility to check the SMART status of a drive, to … Read More ⌘ Read more

Erlang Solutions: Harnessing your tech stack for a competitive Fintech advantage
Modern financial services must be based on a solid technical foundation to deliver the user experiences and business reliability needed for commercial success.

The role of the underlying technology is critical in enabling this success in fintech in building customer trust- guaranteeing operational resilience and optimal availability of fintech systems and creating exceptional user experience in the develo … ⌘ Read more

Sequent 16 Solid State Relays 2A/24V HAT Targets Raspberry Pi Boards
Sequent Systems recently unveiled their latest offering: a 16 Solid State Relays 2A/24V HAT, an advanced expansion board tailored for the Raspberry Pi. This innovative product represents a substantial improvement over conventional mechanical relay HATs. It provides a robust and reliable solution, particularly suited for applications that demand frequent relay operations. The product page states […] ⌘ Read more

The Six Platonic Solids
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Erlang Solutions: Gaining a Competitive Advantage in Fintech From Your Choice of Tech Stack
In our recent white paper ‘Technology Trends in Financial Services 2022’, we explained the importance of software engineering for gaining a competitive advantage in the industry. Since the start of the year, a lot has occurred on a macro level strengthening our belief that modern financial services must be based on a solid technical foundation to deliver the user experiences and business rel … ⌘ Read more

The Fusion arcade stick for Switch is pretty good, though probably not worth the MSRP of $130 USD. I’d give it a solid 8 out of 10.

Rapid Test Results
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How I checked the battery health of my Android phone 🔋
My smartphone, a Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite, which has been my daily driver for a year and a few months, has a 4500mAh Li-Po battery (“lithium-ion polymer” – like lithium-ion, but with solid or gel-like electrolytes that allow a thinner design). My smartphone can be charged with a maximum of 45 watts. The included charger, which I always use for charging, delivers a maximum of 25 watts. ⌘ Read more

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@ “that’s it. I’m sticking to this txtnish client.” Solid choice.

A Solid Future - Blog Startin’blox ⌘ https://startinblox.com/blog/index.php/2020/11/20/a-solid-future

⌘ https://eli.li/2020/10/15/2-solid-yiddish-curses-for-this-morning

Setting up a Pod server · #Solid ⌘ https://solidproject.org/for-developers/pod-server

Nice to see TBL admits DNS is centralized; I’m still skeptical that SOLID can address aspects of web tech that encourage recentralization. https://ruben.verborgh.org/articles/redecentralizing-the-web/

I’ve got a 1993 printing of the 1985 edition of SICP and it feels really nice to hold – solid and compact and un-awkward.

Band name of the day: the ten thousand moon-brains of the Solid State Entity