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Three and a half weeks after cataract surgery on my left eye, vision improvement seems to have plateaued. I'd say it's 20/80. The new lens is fine, but the corneal edema persists, so it feels like it's smeared with vaseline. My right eye, which…
Python has a unique approach to static typing. Python programs can contain type annotations, and even access those annotations at run time, but the annotations aren't evaluated by default. Instead, it is up to external programs to ascribe meaning to those annotations. The annotations themselves can be arbitrary Python…
Version
9.0.0 of the digiKam photo-management system has been
released. "This major version introduces groundbreaking
improvements in performance, usability, and workflow efficiency, with
a strong focus on modernizing the user interface, enhancing metadata
management, and expanding support for new camera models and file
formats.
" Some of the changes…
So it's still pretty early in the release cycle, and it just feels a bit busier than I'd like. But nothing particularly stands out or looks bad."
Questions
Is Conditional Consent compatible with MyTerms? This—_Instead of "accept all" or "reject all" per site, users define rules across three dimensions: cookie purpose, website category, and third-party processor. Allow analytics on shopping sites but deny tracking on news sites — your preferences, your logic._—suggests the answer is yes.…
NTP operates in the clear, and it is often the case that the servers used by a client are not local. This provides an opportunity for an adversary to disrupt an NTP session, by…
Required reading
Dave Lockie: We Get to Decide What the A in AI Stands For. This follows The Intent Stack: A New Design Space for Human-AI Collaboration.
Dialing out
Cumulus Media, one of the three big owners of commercial radio stations, just filed for bankruptcy. Audacy
In early February, members of the Fedora Council met in Tirana, Albania to discuss and set the strategic direction for the Fedora Project. The council has published summaries from its strategy summit, and Fedora Project Leader (FPL) Jed Spaleta, as well as some of the council members, held a video…