Were Neanderthals capable of making art?
The ability to make art has often been considered a hallmark of our species. Over a century ago, prehistorians even had trouble believing that modern humans from the Upper Paleolithic (between 45,000 and 12,000 years ago) were capable of artistic flair. ⌘ Read more

@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org back to this, I think @prologic@twtxt.net meant 1 November 12:00 UTC. I won’t hold it against him. 🤭

Carl Bohland’s Auto Wash Bowl (2019)
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If Your Adversary Is the Mossad (2014) [pdf]
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Radxa Rolls Out Dragon Q6A Featuring Qualcomm QCS6490, 12 TOPS NPU, and 6th-Gen AI Engine
Radxa has rolled out the Dragon Q6A, a compact single-board computer built on Qualcomm’s QCS6490 octa-core platform. Designed for industrial, IoT, and edge computing environments, the board combines high-performance CPU and GPU cores with integrated AI acceleration, multiple display interfaces, and flexible storage options. Similar to the RUBIK Pi 3, the Dragon Q6A in … ⌘ Read more

Image Dithering: Eleven Algorithms and Source Code
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@movq@www.uninformativ.de I think if I was younger, with more energy, and wasn’t blind with leber’s disease (look it up) I’d be fine™ But yeah I get the whole “exhausting” apart. I’ll join you this year, since there’s only 12 puzzles and as you say, we can “take our time” it might actually be fun! (as opposed to exhausting and pressured).

Advent of Code will be different this year:

https://old.reddit.com/r/adventofcode/comments/1ocwh04/changes_to_advent_of_code_starting_this_december/

There will only be 12 puzzles, i.e. only December 1 to December 12. This might make it more interesting for some people, because it’s (probably) less work and a lower chance of people getting burned out. 🤔

Personally, I’ll probably stretch it out over 24 days. Giving myself more time to solve each puzzle and I really want this event to last the entire month. 😅

Maybe this makes it more interesting for some people around here as well?

OpenBSD 7.8 released
Like clockwork, every six months, we have a new OpenBSD release. OpenBSD 7.8 adds support for the Raspberry Pi 5, tons of improvements to sleep, wake, and hibernate, the TCP stack can now run in parallel on multiple processors, and so much more. DRM has been updated to match Linux 6.12.50, and drivers for the Qualcomm Snapdragon DRM subsystem and Qualcomm DisplayPort controller were added as well. The changelog is, as always, long and detailed, so head on over for the finer details. OpenBS … ⌘ Read more

AWS experiences 12+ hour multi-service outage
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Mathieu Pasquet: slixmpp v1.12
This version is out mostly to provide a stable version with compatibility with the newly released Python 3.14, there are nonetheless a few new things on top.

Thanks to all contributors for this release!

• Bug in MUC self-ping ( XEP-0410) that would create a traceback in some uses
  
• Bug in SIMS ( XEP-0447) where all media would be marked as inline
  
• Python 3.14 breakage
  

• Prono … ⌘ Read more

Step by awful step, Trump is using this 12-stage plan to seize total control
Thom Hartmann,  Commentator  -  Raw Story

_Stephan: Thom Hartmann is correct in his description of what is happening to the United States. That is why the “No KIngs” nonviolent demonstrations are so important. The American people must rise up. The Republicans and their leader are going to do everything in their power to rig the election to keep themselves in power. The only … ⌘ Read more

OpenAI Needs $400B In The Next 12 Months
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Dvadsať rokov služby a spevu Komorného zboru Agape
Slovenský evanjelický a. v. cirkevný zbor v Novom Sade v nedeľu večer 12. októbra 2025 slávnostne oslávil 20. výročie služby a spevu Komorného zboru Agape, ktorý už dve desaťročia obohacuje duchovný a kultúrny život dolnozemských Slovákov. Súčasťou programu bola aj prezentácia nového CD s názvom Pokoj vám, ktoré je výsledkom dlhoročnej zborovej práce, speváckej disciplíny a umeleckého nadšenia. Úvodom sa priho … ⌘ Read more

John Searle Has Died
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After the AI boom: what might we be left with?
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Using Constraint Satisfaction to Optimize Item Selection for Bundles in Minecraft
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London mosque faces criticism over ‘men and young girls below 12 only’ charity fun run ⌘ Read more

The colorful autumn looks stunning, even with a gray sky. https://lyse.isobeef.org/spaziergang-zum-oedenturm-2025-10-12/

It’s Sunday, and tomorrow I don’t have to work, as I have two weeks of vacation. The first time since May. My only breaks from work were when I hurt my hand and wasn’t able to type for a week, and two free days last week, but those also weren’t really relaxing for me. So I am very much looking forward to the next two weeks! I really feel the exhaustion from the last few months with work sometimes being stressful, the start of my fiancée’s teacher training, and some other topics. But this year again showed me that bi … ⌘ Read more

6.12.52: longterm
Version:6.12.52 (longterm)Released:2025-10-12Source:linux-6.12.52.tar.xzPGP Signature:linux-6.12.52.tar.signPatch:full ( incremental)ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.12.52 ⌘ Read more

My Django On The Med 2025
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Orange Pi Previews Orange Pi 6 Plus with 12-core architecture and dual 5G Ethernet ports
Orange Pi has introduced the Orange Pi 6 Plus, a single-board computer intended for high-performance and AI-oriented computing tasks. It uses the CIX CD8180/CD8160 SoC with a 12-core 64-bit CPU and an NPU rated at up to 45 TOPS. The SoC includes a 12-core architecture paired with an integrated graphics processor supporting hardware-accelerated ray tracing […] ⌘ Read more

Julia v1.12 release highlights
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Generative design of novel bacteriophages with genome language models
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Why you should be using pathlib (2018)
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6.12.51: longterm
Version:6.12.51 (longterm)Released:2025-10-06Source:linux-6.12.51.tar.xzPGP Signature:linux-6.12.51.tar.signPatch:full ( incremental)ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.12.51 ⌘ Read more

Week 12— Async API Calls: fetch, Axios, and Promises ⌘ Read more

6.12.50: longterm
Version:6.12.50 (longterm)Released:2025-10-02Source:linux-6.12.50.tar.xzPGP Signature:linux-6.12.50.tar.signPatch:full ( incremental)ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.12.50 ⌘ Read more

25. Prehliadka sólistov slovenskej ľudovej piesne Cez Nadlak je…
V rumunskom Nadlaku sa počas uplynulého víkendu niesol spev slovenskej ľudovej piesne. Konala sa tam jubilejná 25. Prehliadka sólistov Cez Nadlak je…, na ktorej sa predstavilo 35 spevákov zo Slovenska, Srbska a Maďarska. Súťaž prebiehala v troch vekových kategóriách. V kategórii 6 – 12 rokov získala prvú cenu Bianka Slauková z Nadlaku, druhú Lana Sabolčká z Báčskeho Petrovca a t … ⌘ Read more

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Biked around the back cove on an unseasonably warm weekend. ⌘ Read more

Legacy Update 1.12 released
If you’re still running old versions of Windows from Windows 2000 and up, either for restrocomputing purposes or because you need to keep an old piece of software running, you’ve most likely heard of Legacy Update. This tool allows you to keep Windows Update running on Windows versions no longer supported by the service, and has basically become a must-have for anyone still playing around with older Windows versions. The project released a fairly major update today. Legacy Up … ⌘ 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

We just had some lovely colors again: https://lyse.isobeef.org/abendhimmel-2025-09-12/

@zvava@twtxt.net I am getting [2025/09/11 12:56:01.816] ⇒ please set config.host when trying to run “bbycll”. How to bypass that tiny hurdle?

Tomato growers back in business after catastrophic virus outbreak
After 12 months without income, three SA tomato growing businesses hit by an exotic virus have been given the green light to resume trading. ⌘ Read more

Status 2025-07-21
Morning, computer! Spending my days off trying to figure things out.
Some of them will occur in this post. I think best when I’m writing,
after all.

I’m back from a short vacation since a couple of weeks. I’m still
going to take a few days off every week for a while. I need the break.
It’s been way too many 12-16 hour workdays. I’m nominally working 80%
(~6 hour days), so I figure I’ve been working a lot for free.

Yeah, well, I like the TKey project to succeed. The ideas behind it
have implicatio … ⌘ Read more

A mate visted me and we went on a few hours long hike. We came across a mythical creature in its natural habitat:

https://lyse.isobeef.org/waldspaziergang-2025-07-12/

Another example:

$ setpriv \
    --landlock-access fs \
    --landlock-rule path-beneath:execute,read-file:/bin/ls-static \
    --landlock-rule path-beneath:read-dir:/tmp \
    /bin/ls-static /tmp/tmp/xorg.atom

The first argument --landlock-access fs says that nothing is allowed.

--landlock-rule path-beneath:execute,read-file:/bin/ls-static says that reading and executing that file is allowed. It’s a statically linked ls program (not GNU ls).

--landlock-rule path-beneath:read-dir:/tmp says that reading the /tmp directory and everything below it is allowed.

The output of the ls-static program is this line:

─rw─r──r────x 3000 200 07-12 09:19 22'491 │ /tmp/tmp/xorg.atom

It was able to read the directory, see the file, do stat() on it and everything, the little x indicates that getting xattrs also worked.

3000 and 200 are user name and group name – they are shown as numeric, because the program does not have access to /etc/passwd and /etc/group.

Adding --landlock-rule path-beneath:read-file:/etc/passwd, for example, allows resolving users and yields this:

─rw─r──r────x cathy 200 07-12 09:19 22'491 │ /tmp/tmp/xorg.atom

** My measurer **
My dad is an electrical engineer and physicist. Measuring things is a core part of his professional life, and something he seems to spend a lot of time doing around the house. This is all to say my dad is relatively expert in the ways of measuring things so I think it’s hilarious that he calls absolutely anything he is using to measure anything else“my measurer.” Measuring tape, oscilloscope, scale, volt meter, bubble level, table spoons, whatever. They’re all“my measurer.” ⌘ 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.

On my blog: Real Life in Star Trek, Interface https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/06/12/interface.html #scifi #startrek #closereading

6.12.33: longterm
Version:6.12.33 (longterm)Released:2025-06-10Source:linux-6.12.33.tar.xzPGP Signature:linux-6.12.33.tar.signPatch:full ( incremental)ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.12.33 ⌘ Read more

12 Development Tools
A small list of useful open source tools

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Coffee prices up to $12 needed to make industry viable, supplier says
US tariffs and supply issues are creating uncertainty for an already strained coffee market, and roasters say it’s only a matter of time before Australians will pay more for their brew. ⌘ Read more

** More stink **
I read A Court of Throne and Roses this weekend. Not my usual fare but what the heck it was there so I read it. I found it to be an unremarkable, relatively conservative romantasy.

What stood out to me, though, is that everyone is so stinky. The main character is always describing how folks smell, smelling them before they round a corner and stuff. Even if they don’t like smell bad, this setting seems overwhelming perfumed. ⌘ Read more

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Matica slovenská v Srbsku volí nové vedenie
Rok 2025 je pre Maticu slovenskú v Srbsku (MSS) volebným rokom. V sobotu 31. mája 2025 o 12.00 hodine sa v sieni Slovenského vojvodinského divadla v Báčskom Petrovci uskutoční XXX. riadne výročné a zároveň aj volebné zasadnutie Zhromaždenia MSS. Na zasadnutí budú zvolené nové orgány vedenia – predseda, podpredsedovia a členovia Dozornej rady. Napriek formálnemu priebehu predvolebného procesu, medzi časťou matičiarov a verejnosti … ⌘ Read more

6.12.31: longterm
Version:6.12.31 (longterm)Released:2025-05-29Source:linux-6.12.31.tar.xzPGP Signature:linux-6.12.31.tar.signPatch:full ( incremental)ChangeLog:ChangeLog-6.12.31 ⌘ Read more