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Firefox cert expired, disabling all the addons is fixed in firefox 66.0.4 (sid) and firefox-esr 60.6.2 (buster, stretch and jessie)
@gdroid #com_keylesspalace_tusky #fdroid_app_comments Neat, easy to use mastodon app.
Exporting Prometheus /metrics for wsgi apps with multiple processes is a pain. This page does a reasonable job of covering all of the options: https://echorand.me/your-options-for-monitoring-multi-process-python-applications-with-prometheus.html
Silver Platter is a new tool to aid in making bulk changes across VCS repositories on different hosting platforms). https://www.jelmer.uk/silver-platter-intro.html
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Bursary applications for #DebConf19 are closing in less than 72 hours! https://bits.debian.org/2019/04/debconf19-bursaries-last-call.html
@gdroid #at_bitfire_davdroid Reliable app for syncing with a DAV server.
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RT @blender_org@twitter.com
We proudly present our new Open Movie - SPRING - made with Blender 2.80! This poetic and visually stunning short film was written and directed by Andy Goralczyk, inspired by his childhood in the mountains of Germany.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhWc3b3KhnY #b3d #SpringOpenMovie
🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/blender_org/status/1113823120757018624
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Disappointed to see the Guardian repeatedly provide a platform to known quacks like Uri Geller.
#vdirsyncer is in need of a new maintainer; hopefully somebody steps up. https://github.com/pimutils/vdirsyncer/issues/790
We've released Breezy 3.0.0, the first version of a friendly fork of Bazaar that ports it to Python 3 and adds Git repository format support. https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/bazaar/2019q1/076312.html
Using #ansible after #propellor feels like a step backwards. Expressing configuration intent in #Haskell is much nicer than in yaml. The larger ecosystem is a big benefit of ansible, though.
The #35c3 session on procrastination horror stories hasn't been scheduled yet. I'm not sure what was expecting. https://events.ccc.de/congress/2018/wiki/index.php/Session:Procrastination_horror_stories
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http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2018/12/15/what-debian-does.html
Bradley Kuhn on why he likes #Debian.
Lintian-Brush is a new tool for fixing common issues in #Debian packages. https://www.jelmer.uk/lintian-brush-intro.html
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Today's compromised npm package: https://github.com/dominictarr/event-stream/issues/116 only had the malicious code in the minified version.
We don't always think of JS as a compiled language, but reproducible/verifiable compilation would have helped here.
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I've always respected Bradley's perspective on things. Once again I think he has summed up my feelings in a much better way than I could have: http://www.ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2018/11/22/gnu-kind-communication-guidelines.html
A new release of #Dulwich is out; 0.19.9. https://pypi.org/project/dulwich/0.19.9/
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Did you know that if you try to look at xkcd from a US Congressional IP address, it automatically redirects you to https://xkcd.com/1732/ (The Earth Temperature Timeline).
Source: https://twitter.com/neurovagrant/status/1059963185124573184
A new release of #Dulwich is out; 0.19.8. https://pypi.org/project/dulwich/0.19.8/
