A major US state just achieved a critical milestone for nearly two weeks: 'It's wild that this isn't getting more news coverage'
"#California has set a benchmark for #RenewableEnergy, with wind, solar, hydro, and geothermal supplying 100% of the state's electricity demand for 25 out of the last 32 days (and counting)."
https://www.thecooldown.com/green-tech/california-renewable-energy-100-percent-grid/
I've been trying to work this whole morning, but my brain keeps spinning back around to "even SockDreams itself, the central website, calls them programmer socks now" https://sockdreams.com/products/xl-foot-extraordinarily-longer-programming-socks
Japanese books have achieved newfound acclaim and popularity in recent years. But only a fraction of what gets published in Japan gets translated into English. Hereβs what doesnβt get translated β and why.
https://unseen-japan.com/japanese-books-what-gets-translated/
I've put my #picotron vector editor and library up on the BBS!
Is your child texting about computers?
nsfw - New Software For Windows
dom - Document Object Model
sub - Serial Universal Bus
gfe - GeForce Experience
bfe - Big File Extension
bdsm - Backup Drive Sorta Malfunctioning
cnc - Computer Numerical Control
joi - Joypad Output/Input
cei - Command-line Expression Interpreter
fp - File Pointer
sph - Special Purpose Hardware
fd - Floppy Disk
fs - File System
hw - Hardware
m4a - Multif4ctor Authentication
f4a - Files for Applications
nb4a - New Buffer for Allocating
cf - Critical Function
r34 - 34 GB RAM stick
fb - Free Buffer
rp - Read Pointer
Post created on electronics safety: https://blog.elizafox.space/electronics-safety
The recent attempted XZ Utils backdoor (CVE-2024-3094) may not be an isolated incident as evidenced by a similar credible takeover attempt intercepted by the OpenJS Foundation, home to JavaScript projects used by billions of websites worldwide. The Open Source Security (OpenSSF) and OpenJS Foundations are calling all open source maintainers to be alert for social engineering takeover attempts, to recognize the early threat patterns emerging, and to take steps to protect their open source projects.openssf.org/blog/2024/04/15/open-source-security-openssf-and-openjs-foundations-issue-alert-for-social-engineering-takeovers-of-open-source-projects/
Descent 3's source code has been released for free use https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/descent-3-s-source-code-has-been-released-for-free-use?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon
I released my first ever font. Dank Depths!
Grab it for free on Itch!