On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, The Next Phase https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/10/24/next-phase.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
Scientists Discuss New Theories on The Origins of Life in the Universe ⌘ Read more
The hundreds of millions in tax incentives for Australian start-ups that went south
The R&D tax offset has served as a life raft for some of Australia’s most prominent technology start-ups, though in some cases it wasn’t enough. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, I, Borg https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/10/17/i-borg.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
From side hustle to buzzy AI start-up: Build Club raises $1.8 million
Build Club began life as a group of friends working together over the weekend. It’s now one of Australia’s hottest start-ups. ⌘ Read more
escapethe3RA: Looking for funding to maintain Monero Observer until 2026
Funding goal (24Q4+2025): 240 XMR
11 successful CCS proposals, 3500+ work hours, thousands of reports in over 3 years of thinking about, writing about, and dreaming about Monero.
That has been my sometimes rough yet always exciting secret life since 2021 and I wouldn’t change it for anything. More importantly, I owe it all to you. Thank you for supporting me since day 1 via the CCS.
Now, I am ready to skip the system and seek dire … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, The Perfect Mate https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/10/03/perfect-mate.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
On My Blog:Real Life in Star Trek, Cost of Living https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/09/26/cost-living.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
Monthly sign of life. We’re good.
Scientists Discuss NASA’s Strategy For Finding Alien Life in the Universe ⌘ Read more
x86 Embedded Controller with PC/104 Compatibility for Legacy Systems
The VDX3-6757 PC/104 family of low-power x86 embedded controllers meets PC/104 specifications, offering backward compatibility for projects facing end-of-life x86-based controllers. It is suited for applications like data acquisition, industrial automation, process control, and automotive control. Powered by a DM&P Vortex86DX3 1GHz dual-core CPU with 32KB L1 cache and 512KB L2 cache, the VDX3-6757 supports … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, The First Duty https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/09/19/first-duty.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Cause and Effect https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/09/12/cause-effect.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
Extraterrestrial life on Enceladus? 🌌 Sounds like sci-fi, but it’s science! ⌘ Read more
Comment on Qt Twitter Client Choqok Has Squawked Back To Life by Kylee Norton
I like the efforts you have put in this, regards for all the great content. ⌘ Read more
Apple unveils its AI-enabled iPhone 16 with new camera controls, longer battery life
Apple’s new phones are slightly less expensive and more powerful and will arrive in a matter of weeks, though its generative AI features won’t be there at launch. ⌘ Read more
Apple unveils its AI-enabled iPhone 16 with new camera controls, longer battery life
Apple’s new phones are slightly less expensive and more powerful and will arrive in a matter of weeks, though its generative AI features won’t be there at launch. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, The Outcast https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/09/05/outcast.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
Erlang Solutions: Meet the team: Joanna Wrona
In this edition of our “Meet the Team” series, we’d like to introduce you to Joanna Wrona, Business Unit Leader for the Kraków office at Erlang Solutions.
She discusses her role at ESL and her passion for empowering her team. She also gives us a glimpse into life in beautiful Kraków and what makes her journey so fulfilling.
About Joanna**What is your … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Ethics https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/08/29/ethics.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
Best iPad Labor Day Deal? $199 for iPad 9th Gen!
Amazon is blowing out the iPad 9th gen at a huge 40% discount, taking the price to just $199, down from the $329 MSRP. The 9th gen iPad features an A13 Bionic chip, a 10.2″ LCD Retina display, 64GB of storage, wi-fi, a 12MP front camera, 8MP rear camera, great battery life, and Touch ID … Read More ⌘ Read more
The Snake-Like Robots Searching for Life on Saturn’s Moon ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Power Play https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/08/22/power-play.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
Mimalloc Cigarette: Losing one week of my life catching a memory leak
Memory allocators are great! I love allocating memory! Give me more, give me
more!
But memory allocators can be a great source of pain as well, and this is a
story of how I lost one week of my life catching a huge memory leak in a core
Rust application at work. ⌘ Read more
Inside the numbers: the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon selection process for North America 2024
As part of our commitment to transparency within the cloud native community, we are providing an inside look into the work that goes on behind the scenes to bring the KubeCon + CloudNativeCon schedule to life. Note that… ⌘ Read more
Why your strawberries are unexpectedly rotting in your fridge
Finding spoiled fruit in your fridge is frustrating but research is underway to make strawberries last longer. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Conundrum https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/08/15/conundrum.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
Morphotrophic by Greg Egan is built around an idea for how life on Earth could have worked out differently. It gets increasingly strange and interesting as the story progresses. My partner and I finished it last night and thoroughly enjoyed it. The beginning is free online: https://gregegan.net/MORPHOTROPHIC/00/MorphotrophicExcerpt.html #scifi #reading
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, The Masterpiece Society https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/08/08/masterpiece-society.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
iOS 17.6.1 & iPad 17.6.1 Released with Bug Fixes
Another day, another round of system software updates, such is the life of a modern Apple device user in this particular era of the two thousand and twenty fourth summer on planet Earth, Anno Domini. As the globe rotates to register a new day, you will be excited to learn that iOS 17.6.1 and ipadOS … Read More ⌘ Read more
Of All Things
Of all the things we might celebrate each year, whether new year, religious and secular holidays (depending on the country one lives in, etc.), there is one I consider extremely special, and worth of celebrating: one’s birthday.
Birthdays do not only mark a milestone in one’s life, they are the true new year, the most important new year for each one of us. A new year begins right after your birthday. The one everybody celebrates at year’s end is alright, but the new year you start at the sunset of your b … ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Violations https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/08/01/violations.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Hero Worship https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/07/25/hero-worship.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
How to Install watchOS 11 Public Beta on Apple Watch
If you’re an advanced Apple Watch user, you might be intrigued by the idea of running the watchOS 11 public beta on your Apple Watch, to accompany your paired iPhone running iOS 18 public beta. Sure, beta system software is buggier than final versions and may have issues with performance and battery life, but running … Read More ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, New Ground https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/07/18/new-ground.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
From chasing thieves to working 16-hour days, former tobacco farmers have rich memories of life on the land
A fortnightly gathering over the past four decades has slowly rolled these former tobacco farmers — once isolated, a world away from their Italian homes — into a family. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, A Matter of Time https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/07/11/matter-time.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Unification Part 2 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/07/04/unification-part-2.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
Microsoft’s latest MacBook-beater is the real deal, with an asterisk
A phenomenal laptop with incredible battery life, Microsoft’s new Surface is perfect for many users, but a definite non-starter for others. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Unification Part 1 https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/06/27/unification-part-1.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
‘Careful who you get into bed with’: Sleeping Duck case rocks start-up sector
The mattress maker’s court trial, which resembled a real-life episode of Shark Tank, offered a rare glimpse into how the start-up sausage is made. ⌘ Read more
** The story of life **
Or at least the story of life as I implemented it in swift recently as a little learning project because I haven’t written any swift since walking away from mobile dev a few years ago (no regrets)!
First there was the universe! Well, first there was some requisite boilerplate, but then there was the universe! A 2 dimensional grid, an array of 10 columns and 10 rows.
”`hljs swift
import Foundation
let rows: IntRead more”`
On my blog: Developer Diary, Desertification and Drought https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/06/17/drought.html Real Life in Star Trek, The Game https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/06/20/game.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Disaster https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/06/13/disaster.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
The chemical-free veggie garden that sprang to life on an arid salt pan
A community supported agriculture enterprise is supplying chemical-free produce grown on Whyalla’s arid salt pans and offering alternatives to the big supermarkets. ⌘ Read more
PEP 2026: Calendar versioning for Python
This PEP proposes updating the versioning scheme for Python to include the calendar year. This aims to make the support lifecycle clear by making it easy to see when a version was first released, and easier to work out when it will reach end of life (EOL). ⌘ Read more
New jobs program aims to help farm workers like Nina settle into a new life in on the land
Timor-Leste national Nina Goncalve is happy with her job picking strawberries, but visas are a challenge. A new employment initiative for migrant workers might be just what she and this WA community need. ⌘ Read more
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Silicon Avatar https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/06/06/silicon-avatar.html #scifi #startrek #closereading
On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Ensign Ro https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2024/05/30/ensign-ro.html #scifi #startrek #closereading