Samsung Debuts Its First Trifold Phone
At an event in Seoul on Tuesday, Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Z TriFold, a dual-hinged smartphone that unfolds into a 10-inch tablet (source paywalled; alternative source). It launches on Dec. 12 in Korea for about $2,450. The company plans to sell the phone in the U.S., but hasn’t shared pricing. Bloomberg reports: Samsung’s device has a different hinge design, folding inward from two sides wher … ⌘ Read more

Thinking about doing Advent of Code in my own tiny language mu this year.

mu is:

• Dynamically typed
  
• Lexically scoped with closures
  
• Has a Go-like curly-brace syntax
  
• Built around lists, maps, and first-class functions
  

Key syntax:

• Functions use fn and braces:
  

fn add(a, b) {
    return a + b
}

• Variables use := for declaration and = for assignment:
  

x := 10
x = x + 1

• Control flow includes if / else and while:
  

if x > 5 {
    println("big")
} else {
    println("small")
}

while x < 10 {
    x = x + 1
}

• Lists and maps:
  

nums := [1, 2, 3]
nums[1] = 42

ages := {"alice": 30, "bob": 25}
ages["bob"] = ages["bob"] + 1

Supported types:

• int
  
• bool
  
• string
  
• list
  
• map
  
• fn
  
• nil
  

mu feels like a tiny little Go-ish, Python-ish language — curious to see how far I can get with it for Advent of Code this year. 🎄

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Live: Wall Street wobbles as Bitcoin continues to dive
Cryptocurrency prices continue to come under pressure, while global stocks fell and bond yields rose overnight. Follow the day’s events and insights from our business reporters on the ABC News live markets blog. ⌘ Read more

Live: Government to establish landmark probe into ADF sexual violence
A landmark inquiry into sexual violence in the Australian Defence Force will be announced today. Follow live. ⌘ Read more

A phone call. A manhunt. A gunshot: Inside Pablo Escobar’s last day
More than three decades since his death in a rooftop shootout with police, the legacy of cocaine king Pablo Escobar continues to affect Colombia. ⌘ Read more

Fwupd 2.0.18 Enables Linux Firmware Updating For More Hardware
Fresh off Framework Computer becoming a new corporate sponsor of the LVFS / Fwupd, there is a new Fwpd 2.0.18 update for this solution that enables convenient and easy system and device/peripheral firmware updating under Linux… ⌘ Read more

WACA seeks total exemption from paying council rates until 2035
The Western Australian Cricket Association has asked the City of Perth for a 10-year exemption from paying any rates. If granted it would potentially cost the city $2.5 million in revenue. ⌘ Read more

South-east Qld population set to reach 4.5m despite rising property prices
The analysis by KPMG reveals the population in the south-east corner has grown by as much as 2.2 per cent over the past five years, above the national average of 1.5 per cent. ⌘ Read more

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@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Damn. That was stupid of me. I should have posted examples using 2026-03-01 as cutoff date. 😂

In my actual test suite, everything uses 2027-01-01 and then I have this, hoping that that’s good enough. 🥴

def test_rollover():
    d = jenny.HASHV2_CUTOFF_DATE
    assert len(jenny.make_twt_hash(URL, d - timedelta(days=7), TEXT)) == 7
    assert len(jenny.make_twt_hash(URL, d - timedelta(seconds=3), TEXT)) == 7
    assert len(jenny.make_twt_hash(URL, d - timedelta(seconds=2), TEXT)) == 7
    assert len(jenny.make_twt_hash(URL, d - timedelta(seconds=1), TEXT)) == 7
    assert len(jenny.make_twt_hash(URL, d, TEXT)) == 12
    assert len(jenny.make_twt_hash(URL, d + timedelta(seconds=1), TEXT)) == 12
    assert len(jenny.make_twt_hash(URL, d + timedelta(seconds=2), TEXT)) == 12
    assert len(jenny.make_twt_hash(URL, d + timedelta(seconds=3), TEXT)) == 12
    assert len(jenny.make_twt_hash(URL, d + timedelta(days=7), TEXT)) == 12

(In other words, I don’t care as long as it’s before 2027-01-01. 😏😅)

Are There More Linux Users Than We Think?
“By my count, Linux has over 11% of the desktop market,” writes ZDNet’s Steven Vaughan-Nichols:

In StatCounter’s latest US numbers, which cover through October, Linux shows up as only 3.49%. But if you look closer, “unknown” accounts for 4.21%. Allow me to make an educated guess here: I suspect those unknown desktops are actually running Linux. What else could it be? FreeBSD? Unix? OS/2? Unl … ⌘ Read more

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Solus Linux 4.8 Released With Python 2 Finally Removed, Abandons Solus Software Center
In addition to the releases today of updated Endeavour OS and CachyOS, Solus 4.8 is out as the latest version of another desktop Linux distribution popular with enthusiasts… ⌘ Read more

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(cont.) CM continua a desmanchar o discurso de AV (ou vai fazendo entre interrupções). Está bem, claro, e meteu AV nervoso, mas pena é que já perdemos 14 minutos e ainda não se fez nada a não ser falsr do que o AV quiz trazer para aqui

1. Patriarca de LX critica a normalização do discurso de ódio - AV não vê nada de mal com o discurso de ódio e volta a falar daquilo que quiz logo desde o minuto zero. Catarina Martins diz que obviamente tem razão o discurso de ódio ser um problema, o RASI confirma, há uma ligação directa com a extrema direita. AV chama censura à regulação das redes sociais, e que a CMartins não pode dizer que defende as mulheres porque está do lado de Gaza. CMartins fala de censura quando AV processou CMartins (e perdeu) por ela ter dito que ele era racista (que é) num debate. AV começa na berraria, Gaza e burcas e cenas, mas CMartins explica como defende os direitos humanos. Mais berraria e tal.
   
2. Jornalista pergunta a AV mais uma coisa, AV em vez de responder diz várias coisas que são más (segundo ele) em CM para ver se ela não tem tempo para corrigir cada uma delas. Vendo que não tem tempo, CM fala antes do problema das notícias falsas, e pede que as pessoas tenham cuidado e não caiam em notícias falsas (em sequência das mentiras de AV)

Robots and AI Are Already Remaking the Chinese Economy
China installed 295,000 industrial robots last year – nearly nine times as many as the United States and more than the rest of the world combined – as the country races to automate its manufacturing base amid rising labor costs at home and tariff threats from abroad.

The nation’s stock of operational robots surpassed 2 million in 2024, according to the Intern … ⌘ Read more

@aelaraji@aelaraji.com Thanks for the account! I figured out one thing at least so far, my WAF was blocking some of the AP requests. Fixed that. Anyway, holiday time 🤣 Back in ~2 weeks.

Man allegedly travelled with $2.75m drug haul on bus from Melbourne to Adelaide
Police say a man has been charged for allegedly carrying $2.75 million worth of illicit drugs while travelling on a bus from Melbourne to Adelaide overnight. ⌘ Read more

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Will this $2.6 billion theme park succeed where others have failed?
A mega theme park and entertainment precinct has been proposed for a rural township between Brisbane and the Sunshine Coast. But will this one happen? ⌘ Read more

Android’s New Dual-Band Hotspot Mode Pairs 6 GHz Speed With 2.4 GHz Compatibility
Google is testing a new Wi-Fi hotspot configuration in the latest Android Canary build that pairs the 6 GHz band’s superior throughput with the 2.4 GHz band’s broad device compatibility, eliminating the trade-off users previously faced when choosing between speed and legacy support. Android’s default hotspot sett … ⌘ Read more

Zlib-ng 2.3.1 Released With More CPU Performance Optimizations
Zlib-ng 2.3.1 is out today as the first stable release in the v2.3 series for this Zlib replacement that carries a variety of performance optimizations for speedier compression/decompression… ⌘ Read more

Common Desktop Environment “CDE” 2.5.3 Released After Two Years
Two years and one week since the prior point release, Common Desktop Environment 2.5.3 is now available as the latest iteration of this Unix desktop environment built around the Motif toolkit. CDE has been open-source for more than a decade now but its development not exactly brisk. But for those resisting the likes of Wayland and other modern display tech – especially with KDE announcing today Plasma 6.8 will be Wayland-exclusive – CDE 2.5.3 is now avail … ⌘ Read more

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Malaysia’s Johor Bans Low-Tier Data Centers Over Water Strain
Malaysia’s Johor, one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing data center hubs, has announced it will no longer approve applications for Tier 1 and Tier 2 data centers because of their enormous water consumption – up to 50 million liters daily, or roughly 200 times what higher-tier facilities require.

The Malaysian state has approved 51 data center projec … ⌘ Read more

Patients evacuated by helicopter from Thai hospital as flooding continues
Floods across nine Thai provinces have killed 33 people and affected more than 2.7 million, with more rain forecast. ⌘ Read more

I’ve once again brought up a Gitea instance on my server space, but there are two highlights here:

1. No self-registration (accounts are tied to the e-mail server, which is in turn tied to the system accounts)
   
2. Going beyond the landing page requires to be logged in, no excuses. (It also could scare the AI crawlers to oblivion, avoiding Anubis at that)
   

That’s it.

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#ptpol #debate #presidenciais2026

1. 25 de Novembro - LMM está mal, Ventura pior. Ventura tem sempre o problema extra de ser candidato a Presidente e Primeiro Ministro ao mesmo tempo. O problema do Ventura é com “a esquerdalhada”, que também fica muito bem a um candidato a Presidente (not). AV diz que o 25A trouxe só problemas, e o 25N é que foi bom; LMM mostra que Ventura é só teatro, e também que não tem o sentido de estado que é preciso de um Presidente (até como deputado é inqualificável). “Políticos a mandar prender era na altura da PIDE”, relembra LMM. AV diz que “são todos corruptos” para não dizer nada. Ouvir isto é sofrível. AV quer que LMM diga que o presidente da Angola é um ladrão. LMM acusa AV de branquear a ditadura, e que Ventura não é candidato a sherife de Portugal que isso não existe.
   
2. corrupção: a única preocupação ou ponto em que LMM e AV estão de acordo, de acordo com o LMM. AV acha que a solução do LMM não funciona, enquanto a solução dele é o que ele tem feito no parlamento (que não é algo que um presidente faz ou pode fazer, mas pronto). A outra solução do Ventura é dar um murro na mesa (bela solução, coitada da mesa). AV continua a insistir que LMM é mau porque não disse ainda que o presidente de Angola é ladrão… LMM aponta outra vez contradições de AV
   

1/n

AMDGPU Driver Lacks HDMI 2.1 While AMD-Xilinx Driver Has Some HDMI 2.1 Support
Those following Phoronix and the open-source AMD Linux kernel graphics driver know that the HDMI Forum has prevented AMD from implementing HDMI 2.1 support in their open-source “AMDGPU” driver as due the driver implementation would run afoul to the organization’s licensing requirements. It’s been pointed out online this week that the AMD-Xilinx DRM driver though does have some HDMI 2.1 support albeit different hardware… ⌘ Read more

Recurring Events for Meetable
In October, I launched an instance of Meetable for the MCP Community. They’ve been using it to post working group meetings as well as in-person community events. In just 2 months it already has 41 events listed! ⌘ Read more

ProcessOne: Stop Telling Us XMPP Should Use JSON

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We hear this too often: “XMPP uses XML. It should use JSON—it’s more modern.”

The logic seems straightforward: JSON came later, so it must be better. But better for what, exactly?

JSON became successful because it’s the standard serialization format for JavaScript. That made it convenient for browser-based applications.

Does that m … ⌘ Read more

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Probably wouldn’t help, since almost every request comes from a different IP address. These are the hits on those weird /projects URLs since Sunday:

    1 IP  has  5 hits
    1 IP  has  4 hits
   13 IPs have 3 hits
  280 IPs have 2 hits
25543 IPs have 1 hit

The total number of hits has decreased now. Maybe the botnet has moved on …

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Pebble Goes Fully Open Source
Core Devices has fully open-sourced the entire Pebble software stack and confirmed the first Pebble Time 2 shipments will start in January. “This is the clearest sign yet that the platform is shifting from a company-led product to a community-backed project that can survive independently,” reports Gadgets & Wearables. From the report: The announcement follows weeks of tension between Core Devices and parts of the P … ⌘ Read more

1. desistir da campanha - deixem-se disso
   
2. corrupção no SNS - #Cotrim diz que há corrupção no SNS, #JorgePinto diz que não, mas que o SNS tem problemas e que têm de ser resolvidos, aponta exemplo de proposta do Cotrim enquanto deputado que a DECO alertaria aumentaram a desregulação do SNS. Cotrim fica picado porque não concorda que o SNS é uma coisa importante e até o quer trocar por saúde privada. JPinto diz que a constituição é para cumprir
   
3. clima - é mesmo uma emergência? Um jornalista perguntar isto é triste. JPinto confirma que é uma urgência - e também que estamos a perder oportunidades de negócio. Cotrim diz que o Pinto tem contradições (imputado ao Pinto coisas q o outro nega, uma atrás da outra). Cotrim diz que o bem estar humano está acima q combater as alterações climáticas (como se esse combate não fosse necessário para o bem estar humano!). Acha que a cena do clima só se resolve com “Inovação tecnológica” (o método mágico que devemos todos acreditar que vai aparecer um dia).
   
4. pacote laboral e greve - Cotrim acha que o pacote é bom e necessário, mas greve é legítima. Trickledown economy. JPinto diz que já temos muita precariedade e desigualdade, e o pacote piora essas cenas. Tem propostas alternativas que levariam a + salário
   

#ptpol #debate #presidenciais2026

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Raspberry Pi OS 2025-11-24 Brings HiDPI Improvements, Wayland Enhancements
In addition to debuting the Raspberry Pi OS Imager 2.0 app, Raspberry Pi today announced the latest version of their operating system… ⌘ Read more

Raspberry Pi Imager 2.0 Released To Make It Easier Creating OS Media
The Raspberry Pi Imager application that makes it easy to generate install media / OS image flashing for different Raspberry Pi devices is out with a big feature update… ⌘ Read more

New Research Finds America’s Top Social Media Sites: YouTube (84%) Facebook (71%), Instagram (50%)
Pew Research surveyed 5,022 Americans this year (between February 5 and June 18), asking them
“do you ever use” YouTube, Facebook, and nine of the other top social media platforms. The results?

YouTube 84%

Facebook 71%

Instagram 50%

TikTok 37%

WhatsApp 32%

Reddit 26%

Snapchat 2 … ⌘ Read more

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1. democracia - GM é contra os candidatos que querem mudar o regime “para outro que não sabe o que é”. E contra escutas ilegais. CM diz que GM não ser claro no que quer do código laboral tb é um descrédito à democracia. Tb é mau a falta de habitação e a injustiça fiscal que temos. GM vai tendo posições diferentes ao longo do tempo. GM tem a palavra, fala… e não diz nada.

2. poderes presidenciais - GeM diz que só usa os poderes que o Presidente tem (duh.) CMartins dá exemplos de qdo esses poderes foram usados bem e mal.

3. habitação - CM diz que GeM não explica o que quer. GeM quer uma “Economia não estatizada” e depois diz isso várias vezes de maneiras diferentes mas não explica como isso resolve o problema da habitação. CM pergunta “isso é o quê?” Ele diz que são “menos taxas, menos burocracias”. A CM: “mas como?” GeM diz que é tudo muito lento por culpa da burocracia.

2/3

#presidenciais2026 #debate #CatarinaMartins #GouveiaEMelo #ptpol

1. GeMelo antes de responder à pergunta que lhe fazem, gasta 1 minuto a tentar atacar a Catarina Martins por ser de esquerda (e por não querer dar posse a um governo fascista). Depois tem de responder à pergunta sobre o pacote laboral… diz que as coisas têm de ser flexibilizadas, mas não diz como ou porquê - enfim, não diz nada. CMartins aponta problemas concretos no pacote laboral. Perguntam-lhe se não há coisas que devem ser mexidas e ela diz que sim mas são no sentido inverso à proposta do Governo. Mas defende-se também dos ataques do Melo, dizendo que ela não é diminuída por ser uma deputada eleita, bem pelo contrário, tal como não é mau ela querer defender a constituição e portanto rejeitar derivas salazarentas. Já GMelo almoçou com Ventura e magnatas.

2. saúde: GMelo gosta de saúde privada, CMartins quer é investimento no público. CM tem ideias concretas, GM acha que as pessoas vão aos hospitais porque não têm dinheiro para ir ao privado de proximidade e que isso é o que se tem de resolver - acho que nem ele concorda com o que disse, que só disse porque se atrapalhou.

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Lost my boy Jango today, 2 years just feels too short. ⌘ Read more

GCC Steering Committee Allows New Language Front-End To Land For GCC 16
Joining Ada, C/C++, COBOL, D, Fortran, Go, Modula-2, Objective-C/Objective-C++ and Rust is now another programming language expected to be added for the GCC 16 compiler release due out in the new year… ⌘ Read more

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When I try to code something personal over the weekend and lose 2 hours configuring the environment ⌘ Read more

How can I integrate these 2 commands: alias + -N -u ⌘ Read more

Top Stories: Tim Cook’s 2026 Exit?, Mac Pro on Hold, and More
2025 is rapidly drawing to a close, but this week still saw some interesting news in the world of Apple, led by a report claiming that Tim Cook’s retirement as Apple CEO might not be too far away.

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This week also saw word that the future of the Mac Pro appears to be in question, while Apple continues to work on the upcoming iOS 26.2 update and related relea … ⌘ Read more

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