Self Hosted vs. NBN Co

TL;DR: How I (James) and my neighbour (Mike) fought NBN Co for ~10 years to get Fibre to the Premises rolled out in our local area. Many said “good luck”, and “NBN will never budge”, etc, but we stuck to our guns and often responded “just watch us”. Here we are a decade later, finally with Fibre to the Premises. Fibre is sooo great. 😊 We now experience a guaranteed reliability of 99.95% SLA instead of the daily drop-outs and barely making one 9’s of relia … ⌘ Read more

How to Fix “Your system has run out of application memory” on Mac
Rarely, a Mac can experience a memory leak which causes MacOS to run out of memory. When this happens, it’s fairly obvious because not only does the Mac become unresponsive, but you see an error message on the screen that says “Your system has run out of application memory. To avoid problems with your computer, … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/02/28/how-to-fix-your-system-has-run-out-of … ⌘ Read more

What is the ‘Who The F Did I Marry’ TikTok and why is it viral?
A 50 part series on TikTok named “Who TF Did I Marry?” has gone viral, after narrator Reesa Teresa delved into the extremely interesting and shocking experience she had married to a “pathological liar”. ⌘ Read more

The Backstage Experience – February 26, 2024
The team has all the latest entertainment news in this episode of ‘The Backstage Experience.’ ⌘ Read more

The Backstage Experience – Feb. 26, 2024
The team has all the latest entertainment news in this episode of ‘The Backstage Experience.’ ⌘ Read more

Hilarious detail in Google Street view
There have been some truly peculiar moments in time captured by the Google street view cameras. But this one has people scratching their heads. ⌘ Read more

Woman underwhelmed after Great Barrier Reef visit ‘there was no colour, no fish’
Expressing disappointment, a woman shares her underwhelming experience after visiting the Great Barrier Reef. ⌘ Read more

Sensory Safari at Central Florida Zoo: A sneak peek
The Central Florida Zoo & Botanical Gardens joins Good Day Orlando Xtra to introduce us to Willy, a gopher tortoise, as well as talk about their upcoming Sensory Safari event, which is geared towards children, ages 5-12. It features hands-on learning and interactive experiences. ⌘ Read more

Houston’s newest hotel opens rooftop haven for rodeo guests
Get ready to elevate your rodeo experience with family and friends by checking out Houston’s newest luxury hotel, boasting one of the largest outdoor rooftops in town, as Chelsea Edwards takes us on an exclusive tour to see what it’s all about! ⌘ Read more

Houston’s newest hotel opens rooftop haven for rodeo guests
Get ready to elevate your rodeo experience with family and friends by checking out Houston’s newest luxury hotel, boasting one of the largest outdoor rooftops in town, as Chelsea Edwards takes us on an exclusive tour to see what it’s all about! ⌘ Read more

Inside the minds of online predators – Jon Rouse
Inside the minds of online predators - Jon Rouse
Delve deep into the disturbing world of online child sex offenders with Jon Rouse on the I Catch Killers podcast. Uncover the tactics, dangers, and urgent realities of internet grooming as Jon shares his firsthand experiences and insights. Don’t miss this eye-opening episode shedding light on a crucial issue in today’s digital age. ⌘ Read more

Experimenting with going out at night and doing nothing much is a tentative success so far.

How AI code generation works
Explore the capabilities and benefits of AI code generation, and how it can improve the developer experience for your enterprise.

The post How AI code generation works appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

Erlang Solutions: What is Elixir?

In our latest post, we’ll be exploring Elixir, a robust programming language known for its concurrency and fault-tolerance capabilities. We’ll look at some of Elixir’s syntax, and core features, as well as the Elixir community some resources for beginners and enthusiasts alike.

As the brainchild of José Valim, Elixir is rooted in Valim’s experiences with Ruby on Rails and Erlang. Elixi … ⌘ Read more

Go 1.22.0 introduces a new experiment for range functions. Have you tried them out? What do you think it can make easier to accomplish?

Fix “Photos Quit Unexpectedly” Error on Mac
Rarely, Mac users may experience an issue with the Photos app crashing during usage, or crashing in the background when not in use, but a pop-up error message appears on the Mac stating “Photos quit unexpectedly. Click Reopen to open the application again. Click Report to see more detailed information and send a report to … Read More ⌘ Read more

The Customer Service Email Experience ⌘ Read more

Safari 17.3.1 Update for MacOS Ventura & Monterey Fixes Overlapping Text Bug
Apple has released Safari 17.3.1 as a software update for macOS Monterey and macOS Ventura. The small Safari update appears to resolve the same overlapping text bug that was patched with macOS Sonoma 14.3.1, iOS 17.3.1, iPadOS 17.3.1, and watchOS 10.3.1. When users experience this bug, it can look like text is either disappearing (even … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2024/02/10/safari-17-3-1-up … ⌘ Read more

How to Delete an X (Twitter) Account Permanently
Social networking is a huge part of the modern internet experience, and X / Twitter remains one of the more unique and biggest social networks out there, functioning as a sort of digital town square, where anyone can say or reply to just about anything. The X/Twitter experience is really what you make it, and … Read More ⌘ Read more

Copilot in GitHub Support is now available!
Experience AI-powered assistance for queries related to GitHub topics.

The post Copilot in GitHub Support is now available! appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

Scaling Docker Compose Up
Manage microservice sprawl with Docker Compose by importing subprojects from other Git repos. Compose Watch provides the benefits of container-first development without compromising on developer experience. ⌘ Read more

Rodrigo Constanzo’s Landscape NOON experiments. #nowplaying

How GitHub’s Developer Experience team improved innerloop development
Our latest solution to the ubiquitous engineering problem of integration testing in a distributed service ecosystem here at GitHub.

The post How GitHub’s Developer Experience team improved innerloop development appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

How to Automatically Hide & Show the Dock on Mac
Many Mac users like to use a feature that automatically hides and shows the Dock on MacOS, appearing when your cursor goes to the bottom of the screen, and disappearing when your cursor leaves that area. This offers a more minimalist experience and user interface, and it also optimizes screen real estate, by hiding the … Read More ⌘ Read more

How to Automatically Hide & Show the Dock on Mac
Many Mac users like to use a feature that automatically hides and shows the Dock on MacOS, appearing when your cursor goes to the bottom of the screen, and disappearing when your cursor leaves that area. This offers a more minimalist experience and user interface, and it also optimizes screen real estate, by hiding the … Read More ⌘ Read more

How to Change Default Notification Sound on iPhone
One of the fun ways to customize your iPhone experience is to change the default alert sound effect to something you like or prefer. For a long time, the default alert sound effect was Tri-Tone and could not be changed, and then with later iOS releases Apple changed the default alert sound to the Rebound … Read More ⌘ Read more

4 Great Free Menubar Apps for Mac You Should Check Out
One way you can improve your Mac experience is by adding some handy tools and items to your Mac menubar item. And, coincidentally, some of the best free utilities available for Mac, are also menubar items. We’re going to cover four of the best free menubar apps for Mac, which are sure to improve not … Read More ⌘ Read more

Acer Teams Up with Qualcomm to Launch Advanced 5G and Wi-Fi 7 Routers
Acer today announced the launch of two innovative gaming routers: the Predator Connect X7 5G CPE and the Predator Connect T7 Wi-Fi 7 Mesh Router. These routers are powered by the Qualcomm Immersive Home Platform and feature tri-band Wi-Fi 7, designed for gaming and streaming experience with their robust, high-speed connectivity. The Predator Connect X7 […] ⌘ Read more

I made a STEAM ROCKET ! #rocket #experiment href=”https://we.loveprivacy.club/search?q=%23diy”>#diy** ⌘ Read more

Experiment & Explore with Fedora Linux on Mac with UTM
Running Linux on a Mac can be a big ordeal, but not with virtualization. By using UTM, you can run Linux in a virtual machine atop MacOS, contained entirely within an app. This allows you to explore and experiment with Linux, without having to go through any complex installation process or setup, it’s just a … Read More ⌘ Read more

💻 Issue 397 - My happy experience with Graphql subscriptions/websockets in the Scala ecosystem ⌘ Read more

“Available Software Updates Have Changed” Error on Mac, & How to Fix It
Some Mac users may occasionally experience a peculiar error when attempting to perform a system software update on their Mac, with the error message stating that the “available software updates have changed” and to try again or contact Apple. The full error message that may appear when updating MacOS system software is as follows: “The … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2023/12/2 … ⌘ Read more

** Accessibility-first **
Whereas mobile-first design and development invited folks to think more expansively about the physical reality of the devices people use, accessibility-first design and development invites folks to think more expansively about the lived experiences, and physical reality of actual people. ⌘ Read more

How to Add a Mouse to macOS Sonoma & Ventura
Many users like to use an external mouse with their Mac, but not everyone knows how to sync and add a mouse to their Mac. The process of pairing a mouse with a Mac is fairly straight forward, but like many things with modern MacOS versions and the System Settings experience, it may be less … Read More ⌘ Read more

Beyond the deadline: What I learned from a recent taskforce experience
The taskforce I was part of the last weeks is finally done! The deadline for the production deployment was met and today also a knowledge transfer took place. I’m happy to not have to fear weekend work or do overtime in the evening anymore, and hopefully return to a more regular workload again. ⌘ Read more

How we’re experimenting with LLMs to evolve GitHub Copilot
Learn how we’re experimenting with generative AI models to extend GitHub Copilot across the developer lifecycle.

The post How we’re experimenting with LLMs to evolve GitHub Copilot appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

With all M$’s apps being basically fancy web apps, there is no need to actually install any of their legacy applications locally anymore. Since I am online basically 100% of the time this turns my Office experience in a Chromebook like one. No installs, never outdated software. Just a yearly subscription contribution to worry about.

“HTML compression on popular websites”
Danny van Kooten did an interesting experiment and checked the top 10 thousand websites whether they are compressing their HTML. About 8% of them do not apply any kind of compression, resulting in many terabytes of unnecessary transmitted data, not helping to save energy. ⌘ Read more

Arden Vul review and experiences ⌘ Read more

How to Turn Off SharePlay on iPhone
The latest versions of iOS for iPhone default to enabling a feature called SharePlay, which allows you to easily share Spotify, Apple Music, Podcasts, and many other media experiences, easily with whoever you’re having a FaceTime audio or FaceTime video call with. While this feature can be convenient for the intended purposes, it can also … Read More ⌘ Read more

yaxim: Planned downtime + Happy 10th anniversary, yax.im!
Our Android XMPP client yaxim was created in 2009. A decade later,
we celebrated its round birthday.
To make the user
experience more straightforward, we launched the
yax.im public XMPP service
in November 2013, to become the default server in yaxim. Now, ten years later,
it’s time to recap and to upgrade the hosting infrastructure.

How to Use & Access GPT-4 for Free
You may already be using ChatGPT, the phenomenally powerful and useful AI tool, but the free version is based on GPT-3.5. GPT-4 is said to be ten times more advanced, with enhanced creativity, reliability, up-to-date information, and an ability to interpret more nuanced instructions, so it’s understandable why users would like to explore and experience … Read More ⌘ Read more

How to Use & Access GPT-4 for Free
You may already be using ChatGPT, the phenomenally powerful and useful AI tool, but the free version is based on GPT-3.5. GPT-4 is said to be ten times more advanced, with enhanced creativity, reliability, up-to-date information, and an ability to interpret more nuanced instructions, so it’s understandable why users would like to explore and experience … Read More ⌘ Read more

The Coding Robot
Back in 2019, after deciding to leave Beat, I was contemplating starting a new project. It was an ML-based project, informed by my experience at both smaller and larger companies, like Beat: An ML-based Code Reviewer. The idea was that smaller companies, founders aside, seldom have senior engineering talent on board, and the quality of […] ⌘ Read more

How to Make Stickers from Photos for Messages on iPhone
Stickers are a fun and creative way to enhance your iMessage experience, and the latest versions of iOS support a feature that allow you to easily make your own stickers from any of your own photos, right from your iPhone. For example, maybe you have a picture of a great dog or cat, or yourself, … Read More ⌘ Read more

Apple Watch Battery Draining Rapidly? Don’t Miss the watchOS 10.1.1 Update
A fair number of Apple Watch users have been experiencing battery life issues lately, where the Apple Watch battery would drain much faster than expected or desired. In some instances, users would experience the Apple Watch battery draining from 100% to 50% or less in less than an hour, even with a perfectly healthy battery. … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2023/11/10/watchos-10-1-1-update-fixes-battery- … ⌘ Read more

Octoverse: The state of open source and rise of AI in 2023
In this year’s Octoverse report, we study how open source activity around AI, the cloud, and Git are changing the developer experience.

The post Octoverse: The state of open source and rise of AI in 2023 appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more

How to Make a Contact Poster on iPhone
Contact Posters are a feature added to iPhone with iOS 17 and newer, that allow you to choose a custom photo, poster, and name that appears when you call another iPhone user (or send them a message). These personalized Contact Posters can be a fun way to further customize your iPhone experience, and they’re unique … Read More ⌘ Read more

Docker Desktop 4.25: Enhancements to Docker Desktop on Windows, Rosetta for Linux GA, and New Docker Scout Image Analysis Settings
The Docker Desktop 4.25 release supports the GA of Rosetta for Linux, a feature that furthers the speed and productivity that Docker Desktop brings. We’ve also optimized the installation experience on Windows and simplified Docker Scout image analysis settings in this latest Docker Desktop release. ⌘ Read more

10 Essential Tips for New Mac Users
New Mac users who are transitioning to the Apple ecosystem from the world of Windows PC’s may experience a mix of curiosity, excitement, and even confusion, as they get to know their new operating system. Fortunately, the Mac is not only exceptionally powerful, it’s also very easy to use, and quite intuitive. For new Mac … Read More ⌘ Read more