/ˈiːv/ (Yves) Dorfsman
@dorfsmay.zioup.com
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New year, new vacancies: Mainmatter is looking (again!) for an experienced Rust developer to join our Rust migration projects.
C, C++, Delphi. Different starting points, same target: Rust!
If you're interested, send an email to the address in the screenshot.
C, C++, Delphi. Different starting points, same target: Rust!
If you're interested, send an email to the address in the screenshot.
February 11, 2026 at 11:01 AM
New year, new vacancies: Mainmatter is looking (again!) for an experienced Rust developer to join our Rust migration projects.
C, C++, Delphi. Different starting points, same target: Rust!
If you're interested, send an email to the address in the screenshot.
C, C++, Delphi. Different starting points, same target: Rust!
If you're interested, send an email to the address in the screenshot.
@tsnofficial.bsky.social The link from your email doesn't let me unsubscribe (with my actual domain):
February 7, 2026 at 5:31 PM
@tsnofficial.bsky.social The link from your email doesn't let me unsubscribe (with my actual domain):
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After watching the clause-by-clause hearing, it is apparent that Bill S-209 is not a bill primarily focused on pornography sites. If it was, it could be drafted with those directly in mind. Rather, it is a trojan horse online harms bill targeting social media.
www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/02/cour...
www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/02/cour...
Court Ordered Social Media Site Blocking Coming to Canada?: Trojan Horse Online Harms Bill Clears Senate Committee Review - Michael Geist
Critics of Senator Julie Miville-Dechêne’s successive bills that ostensibly target pornography sites have for years warned of the privacy and equity risks that arise from mandated age verification and...
www.michaelgeist.ca
February 6, 2026 at 2:02 PM
After watching the clause-by-clause hearing, it is apparent that Bill S-209 is not a bill primarily focused on pornography sites. If it was, it could be drafted with those directly in mind. Rather, it is a trojan horse online harms bill targeting social media.
www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/02/cour...
www.michaelgeist.ca/2026/02/cour...
480 M needles were launched into space in the early 60s to facilitate global radio comm. They were supposed to fall back but some clumped together. 44 clumps are still tracked today.
#KesslerSyndrome and unintended consequences.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project...
#KesslerSyndrome and unintended consequences.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project...
Project West Ford - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
February 5, 2026 at 1:32 PM
480 M needles were launched into space in the early 60s to facilitate global radio comm. They were supposed to fall back but some clumped together. 44 clumps are still tracked today.
#KesslerSyndrome and unintended consequences.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project...
#KesslerSyndrome and unintended consequences.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project...
After trying the usual suspects I find tio to be the simplest serial terminal for a Linux terminal. Uses sane defaults, doesn't muck with colours, sends \n, easy to get out, never stayed hung.
January 28, 2026 at 1:37 PM
After trying the usual suspects I find tio to be the simplest serial terminal for a Linux terminal. Uses sane defaults, doesn't muck with colours, sends \n, easy to get out, never stayed hung.
I’m attending JSNation – the main JavaScript conference of the year. You may join me there for free with 10k other JS engineers and 40+ great speakers. Just follow this badge.
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January 20, 2026 at 3:59 AM
I’m attending JSNation – the main JavaScript conference of the year. You may join me there for free with 10k other JS engineers and 40+ great speakers. Just follow this badge.
#javascript
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Had missing wifi drivers on a new ethernet-less laptop, it turns out USB tethering from Android to Linux works well. Plug it in, enable USB tether on the phone and the connection just shows up.
January 17, 2026 at 10:07 PM
Had missing wifi drivers on a new ethernet-less laptop, it turns out USB tethering from Android to Linux works well. Plug it in, enable USB tether on the phone and the connection just shows up.
TIL Debian, Ubuntu etc... tend to use http instead of https for their repo servers as it is much easier to cache.
January 14, 2026 at 2:08 PM
TIL Debian, Ubuntu etc... tend to use http instead of https for their repo servers as it is much easier to cache.
If you have multiple Debian or Ubuntu nodes on your network, look into apt-cacher-ng and auto-apt-proxy!
January 10, 2026 at 12:36 AM
If you have multiple Debian or Ubuntu nodes on your network, look into apt-cacher-ng and auto-apt-proxy!
googleflights, expedia etc… should add an option to switch to a 24 hour clock regardless of the language used. 12 hour clock is so confusing when trying to book flights, especially if they arrive and depart on a different day.
January 9, 2026 at 4:25 AM
googleflights, expedia etc… should add an option to switch to a 24 hour clock regardless of the language used. 12 hour clock is so confusing when trying to book flights, especially if they arrive and depart on a different day.
Do you use incognito windows?
Do you know if:
• your ISP has enabled IPv6
• your device uses IPv6
• your device uses IPv6 temporary addresses
Do you realise that with IPv6 the ip address (temporary or not) is unique to your device and the same for incognito windows as every other connection?
Do you know if:
• your ISP has enabled IPv6
• your device uses IPv6
• your device uses IPv6 temporary addresses
Do you realise that with IPv6 the ip address (temporary or not) is unique to your device and the same for incognito windows as every other connection?
December 27, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Do you use incognito windows?
Do you know if:
• your ISP has enabled IPv6
• your device uses IPv6
• your device uses IPv6 temporary addresses
Do you realise that with IPv6 the ip address (temporary or not) is unique to your device and the same for incognito windows as every other connection?
Do you know if:
• your ISP has enabled IPv6
• your device uses IPv6
• your device uses IPv6 temporary addresses
Do you realise that with IPv6 the ip address (temporary or not) is unique to your device and the same for incognito windows as every other connection?
If you use fwupdmgr, you're probably running a webserver distributing firmware metadata to the local net!
localhost:27500
passim dump
lsof -i -a -c passim
avahi-browse -rt _cache._tcp
localhost:27500
passim dump
lsof -i -a -c passim
avahi-browse -rt _cache._tcp
December 23, 2025 at 2:51 PM
If you use fwupdmgr, you're probably running a webserver distributing firmware metadata to the local net!
localhost:27500
passim dump
lsof -i -a -c passim
avahi-browse -rt _cache._tcp
localhost:27500
passim dump
lsof -i -a -c passim
avahi-browse -rt _cache._tcp
DDR5 requires memory calibration (aka memory training) when you upgrade the BIOS!
December 19, 2025 at 10:52 PM
DDR5 requires memory calibration (aka memory training) when you upgrade the BIOS!
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Razor had been failing for a while—yet the provincial pension manager AIMCO, which had recently been given control over many public sector pensions, kept investing in them, even going as far as to set up an obscured holding company to funnel more money into it.
AIMCo has a “shadowy” holding company it’s using to mitigate losses in oil and gas investments
www.theprogressreport.ca
December 18, 2025 at 12:04 AM
Razor had been failing for a while—yet the provincial pension manager AIMCO, which had recently been given control over many public sector pensions, kept investing in them, even going as far as to set up an obscured holding company to funnel more money into it.
Why do some laptop manufacturers switch the Fn and Ctrl keys positions every generation? Same model, same size, new gen, 💥 keys are switched. This is driving me crazy.
December 13, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Why do some laptop manufacturers switch the Fn and Ctrl keys positions every generation? Same model, same size, new gen, 💥 keys are switched. This is driving me crazy.
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One recall costs less than a LifeWorks commissioned report. You're smart, you tell us. Are recalls a waste of taxpayers' dollars? #abpoli #ableg #alberta #ABresistance
December 12, 2025 at 2:17 AM
One recall costs less than a LifeWorks commissioned report. You're smart, you tell us. Are recalls a waste of taxpayers' dollars? #abpoli #ableg #alberta #ABresistance
Recently learned about hardware platforms that run same instructions on heterogeneous CPUs supported in the Linux kernel such as ARM big.LITTLE (moving to DynamIQ) and Intel P/E-cores. I couldn't find a good one page reference, this is the best I could get:
gemini.google.com/share/443f1b...
gemini.google.com/share/443f1b...
Gemini - direct access to Google AI
Created with Gemini
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December 10, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Recently learned about hardware platforms that run same instructions on heterogeneous CPUs supported in the Linux kernel such as ARM big.LITTLE (moving to DynamIQ) and Intel P/E-cores. I couldn't find a good one page reference, this is the best I could get:
gemini.google.com/share/443f1b...
gemini.google.com/share/443f1b...
Adding multiline comments to Python syntax should be fairly simple and would be a really good improvement. I wonder why it hasn't happened. Is there a specific reason?
PS: docstring are not comments.
PS: docstring are not comments.
November 26, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Adding multiline comments to Python syntax should be fairly simple and would be a really good improvement. I wonder why it hasn't happened. Is there a specific reason?
PS: docstring are not comments.
PS: docstring are not comments.
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Pensioners whose retirements were wrecked by dodgy investment schemes by political appointees at AIMCO will be denied the right to sue AIMCO for damages by a new piece of legislation, Bill 12.
Alberta tables legislation aimed at blocking $1.3 billion claim against AIMCo
Alberta has tabled a new bill that would shield the province from a $1.3 billion claim launched against AIMCo.
edmontonjournal.com
November 26, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Pensioners whose retirements were wrecked by dodgy investment schemes by political appointees at AIMCO will be denied the right to sue AIMCO for damages by a new piece of legislation, Bill 12.
Reposted by /ˈiːv/ (Yves) Dorfsman
During the same week that the UCP is expanding privatization, the auditor general finds that government interference cost taxpayers over $100 million.
How can anyone deny it’s the government that’s the problem?
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
How can anyone deny it’s the government that’s the problem?
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
Alberta wasted more than $100M in lab privatization effort: Auditor general report
dynalifey
edmontonjournal.com
November 19, 2025 at 11:18 PM
During the same week that the UCP is expanding privatization, the auditor general finds that government interference cost taxpayers over $100 million.
How can anyone deny it’s the government that’s the problem?
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
How can anyone deny it’s the government that’s the problem?
#abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
edmontonjournal.com/news/politic...
When asking, people are giving me reasons for not getting the COVID vaccine (had enough of them, it's endemic now, still got infected) which would justify not getting the flu shot, which yet, they are getting.
November 18, 2025 at 1:04 AM
When asking, people are giving me reasons for not getting the COVID vaccine (had enough of them, it's endemic now, still got infected) which would justify not getting the flu shot, which yet, they are getting.
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Despite warnings from the Commissioner of Elections and Privacy Commissioner of Canada, the Liberals and Conservatives have been quietly working to pass Bill C-4, exempting themselves from privacy law imposed on others and undermining privacy rights of Canadians.
www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/11/how-...
www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/11/how-...
How the Liberal and Conservative Parties Have Quietly Colluded to Undermine the Privacy Rights of Canadians - Michael Geist
It hasn’t received much attention, but the government and official opposition - ie. the Liberals and Conservatives - have been quietly working to pass legislation that undermine the privacy rights of ...
www.michaelgeist.ca
November 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Despite warnings from the Commissioner of Elections and Privacy Commissioner of Canada, the Liberals and Conservatives have been quietly working to pass Bill C-4, exempting themselves from privacy law imposed on others and undermining privacy rights of Canadians.
www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/11/how-...
www.michaelgeist.ca/2025/11/how-...
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Dr.K Explains Tylenol and Autism
YouTube video by HealthyGamerGG
www.youtube.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:11 AM
Love/hate for bash reignited! I don't know if this is a POSIX spec or a bash bug, but that's unexpected and needs to be understood. This will print "no"!
```
rm ~/toto
ln -s ~/toto tata
[ -e tata ] && echo yes || echo no
```
```
rm ~/toto
ln -s ~/toto tata
[ -e tata ] && echo yes || echo no
```
September 26, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Love/hate for bash reignited! I don't know if this is a POSIX spec or a bash bug, but that's unexpected and needs to be understood. This will print "no"!
```
rm ~/toto
ln -s ~/toto tata
[ -e tata ] && echo yes || echo no
```
```
rm ~/toto
ln -s ~/toto tata
[ -e tata ] && echo yes || echo no
```