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If you've ever assumed passport photos are the same everywhere - they're not. Building Passport Size...#showdev #sideprojects #software #coding #development #engineering #inclusive #community
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https://www.europesays.com/3331828/ Power at Any Cost? The Insurance Reality of Data Center Energy Strategies #DataCenters #Energy #EnergySecurity #EnergySecurityStrategies #EnergySecurityStrategy #EnergyStrategies #EnergyStrategy #Insurance
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https://www.europesays.com/unitedstates/66903/ Southern Colorado is adding jobs again, but finding work remains a challenge #BillCraighead #data #EconomicData #Economy #job #uccs #UnemploymentRate #Work #worker #working
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I've been curious how many WiFi networks I pass through on a day to day basis, and I now have some sort of answer: In one year and four months of walking around with my phone collecting data for @beacondb, I have now passed one million unique WiFi networks. That's an average of more than 2000 new networks per day!
Almost 55 000 cellular networks come in addition, fueled by a lot of cross border rail.
#BeaconDB is a degoogled location service, and I contribute using #NeoStumbler. #opendata
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https://www.europesays.com/unitedstates/66739/ Bangladesh per capita GDP forecast to outstrip India’s: What does it mean? | Explainer News #asia #Bangladesh #BusinessAndEconomy #data #EconomicData #Economy #Explainer #India #News
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They bypassed the web application firewall with URL encoding — the digital equivalent of Ferris Bueller writing a sick note — then pivoted straight into FBI-managed AWS GovCloud infrastructure. Nearly all current and former FBI employees and job applicants had their personal data scooped. The site was defaced, then yanked offline entirely.
Deferred patching: keeping threat actors employed since forever. (2/3)
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Audit your contractors' patch management procedures and apply Oracle PeopleSoft updates before ShinyHunters sends you a thank-you card.
Reward: You've received a Sponsored Maintenance Notice — proudly displayed on your recruitment portal for days!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_FBI_data_breach
#Cybersecurity #DataBreach #FBI #ShinyHunters #Oracle #Ransomware (3/3)
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Outbreak: #COVID-19
Facility: Granite Landing
Facility Type: Retirement Home
Unit/Floor/Area: Facility Wide
Location: #Cambridge #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #RWPH0018Date: 2026-10-08
Public Health Unit: Region of #Waterloo, Public Health
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObRWPHClick or follow tracking hashtags to see current and historical data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.
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Got my iOS9 iPad syncing Notes by IMAP. Now just have to wait <7days for Apple to send me my data, as backup, before the full switch. ⏳
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https://www.europesays.com/unitedstates/66659/ Restoring trust in economic statistics: Why it matters and how we fix it #Article #Commentary #data #EconomicData #EconomicIndicatorsInitiative #EconomicStudies #EconomicIndicators #Economy #USEconomy #UrbanBrookingsTaxPolicyCenter
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Two AI-security incidents this month share one feature worth sitting with: the thing that did the reaching was software that planned its own next step.
In India, CERT-In says AI providers' own evaluation agents reached live systems and read confidential data, undetected by the organizations themselves. In the PHP2Shell case, AI turned a decade-old flaw in the engine behind most of the web into a working exploit, with a honeypot hit logged four days before the vulnerability was even public.
Canada's live instruments attach the duty, and the exposure, to the organization holding the data. The agent's operator, usually in another country, is the party the framework is least able to reach, because the one statute that might have covered it never passed.
https://cyberdoubts.com/teardowns/agentic-drift-and-the-missing-defendant/
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Two AI-security incidents this month share one feature worth sitting with: the thing that did the reaching was software that planned its own next step.
In India, CERT-In says AI providers' own evaluation agents reached live systems and read confidential data, undetected by the organizations themselves. In the PHP2Shell case, AI turned a decade-old flaw in the engine behind most of the web into a working exploit, with a honeypot hit logged four days before the vulnerability was even public.
Canada's live instruments attach the duty, and the exposure, to the organization holding the data. The agent's operator, usually in another country, is the party the framework is least able to reach, because the one statute that might have covered it never passed.
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Build a ComfyUI custom node with a JavaScript UI: V1 and V3 node APIs, WEB_DIRECTORY, UI-to-Python data flow, routes and Comfy Registry publishing. Tested.#javascript #python #ai #tutorial #software #coding #development #engineering #inclusive #community
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Wineries, breweries closing down as decline in alcohol consumption starts to bite
By Adelaide MillerFacing the "most difficult set of circumstances" within generations, wineries and breweries are going out of business as data reveals why Australians are drinking less.
#Alcohol #HospitalityIndustry #BusinessEconomicsandFinance #AdelaideMiller
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How to Install #Directus on #AlmaLinux #VPS
Here's a step-by-step guide detailing how to install Directus on AlmaLinux VPS.
What is Directus?
Directus is an open-source #headless #CMS and data platform that allows you to manage and interact with your database through a RESTful API or GraphQL API. It provides a modern, ...
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UK Grid Monitor Major Update v2026.10.25.1
This release adds the real-scale map of the GB electricity transmission network - 132kV to 400kV circuits and generators.
Control-room style video walls with live data on up to two screens.
Addition of optional personal API input for grid operator National Powergrid, because their free API got overloaded today.
Numerous tweaks and bug fixes.
A reminder that as a prerequisite you need to have Python running on your machine to run the app. Download Grid Monitor via the following page, then on Github go to "releases" for the latest release. Please read the "readme" for detailed install and operational instructions.
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Outbreak: #COVID-19
Facility: Marianhill
Facility Type: LTC Home
Unit/Floor/Area: 1C
Location: #Pembroke #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #RCDH0002
Date: 2026-10-19Public Health Unit: Renfrew County and District Health Unit
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObRCDHClick or follow tracking hashtags to see current and historical data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.
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Outbreak: #COVID-19
Facility: Riverview Heights
Facility Type: Retirement Home
Unit/Floor/Area: Facility Wide
Location: #Pembroke #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #RCDH0018Date: 2026-10-16
Public Health Unit: Renfrew County and District Health Unit
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObRCDHClick or follow tracking hashtags to see current and historical data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.
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Free-Work is the main French job board for IT: about 10,000 live postings, half of them freelance...#webscraping #api #data #jobs #software #coding #development #engineering #inclusive #community
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Outbreak: #COVID-19
Facility: Southbridge Ottawa
Facility Type: LTC Home
Unit/Floor/Area: Cambrian Unit
Location: #Ottawa #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #OPHU0181Date: 2026-10-22
Public Health Unit: Ottawa Public Health
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObOPHUClick or follow tracking hashtags to see current and historical data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.
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Your Python code works. It’s also slower than it needs to be. 🐢
If you work in AI or data, you’ve probably lived this loop:
Prototype in Python because it’s fast to write.
Hit a performance wall.
Rewrite the hot paths in C++, Rust, or CUDA.
Now you maintain two languages, two toolchains, and a fragile bridge between them.This is often called the two-language problem. It costs teams time, hiring flexibility, and a lot of debugging hours. Mojo is an attempt to fix it at the root.
What is Mojo?
Mojo was created by Modular, co-founded by Chris Lattner, who also created Swift and LLVM. It combines Python-like syntax with systems-level performance and memory safety ideas inspired by Rust, and it uses the MLIR compiler framework to target hardware such as GPUs, CPUs, TPUs, and ASICs.
opensourceforuThe goal is simple: one language from prototype to production, with code that looks familiar to Python developers.
Why 1.0 matters
For years, Mojo was a fast-moving experiment, and its syntax changed often. That made it hard to bet a real project on it.
Version 1.0 brings backward compatibility and API stability, and future 1.x releases are expected to be mostly additive. Modular also says it relies on Mojo daily in production, as the foundation of its own commercial products, MAX and Modular Cloud.
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modularIn short, the language you learn today shouldn’t break under you next month.
What problems does it solve?
- Performance without leaving the Python mindset
You write code that reads like Python, but you get control over types, memory, and hardware when you need it. You don’t have to jump to a different language for the hot path.
- One language for the whole stack
Instead of Python for the model and C++ or CUDA for the kernels, you can aim to write both in the same language. That means a smaller skill gap inside your team.
- Hardware portability
AI workloads now run on many kinds of accelerators. Because Mojo is built on MLIR, it is designed to target different hardware without rewriting everything per vendor.
- Gradual adoption
You don’t need to migrate your whole codebase. Mojo is designed to work alongside Python, so you can start with the one function that’s too slow.
A first look at the code
Here is a simple example. It looks like Python, which is the point:
mojo
def main():
var total = 0
for i in range(1_000_000):
total += i
print(total)The real gains show up when you add static types and use Mojo’s low-level features for performance-critical sections. Check the official Mojo docs for the current syntax, since the language was cleaned up significantly for 1.0.
Where to be realistic
I don’t want this to read like hype, so here are the caveats:
The ecosystem is young. Python has decades of libraries. Mojo does not, and you’ll often lean on Python interop.
It’s strongest for AI and performance-heavy work. For a typical CRUD web app, Python or Go is still the simpler choice.
Governance is worth watching. Modular was acquired by Qualcomm in mid-2026, and open-source status and community direction are things to keep an eye on as the ecosystem grows.
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Features are still arriving. Async programming, pattern matching, and tagged unions are on the roadmap.
opensourceforuShould you try it?
My take:
Yes, if you work on ML, GPU kernels, or numerical code and you’re tired of maintaining a Python and C++ split.
Maybe later, if your workload is mostly I/O-bound or web-focused.
Worth a weekend, if you just want to see where language design is heading.
Getting started
Read the official Mojo documentation.
Install the toolchain and run a small benchmark of your own slow Python function.
Port just that one function and measure the difference.Measure on your own workload. Benchmarks from other people’s projects won’t tell you whether it helps yours.
Final thoughts
The two-language problem has been accepted as “just how things are” for a long time. Mojo 1.0 doesn’t magically end it, but it’s the first time the idea feels stable enough to try seriously.
Have you tried Mojo, Rust, Zig, or another newer language? What problem did it solve for you, or why are you still skeptical? Let me know in the comments. 👇#programming #mojo #ai #python #software #coding #development #engineering #inclusive #community
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YouTube gains record 15.8% of US TV time in Nielsen's August Gauge: Total US TV usage fell 4.4% in August after the World Cup ended, yet streaming rose to 49.6%. Nielsen's September data waits on a method change with no date. https://ppc.land/youtube-gains-record-15-8-of-us-tv-time-in-nielsens-august-gauge/ #YouTube #Streaming #Nielsen #TVUsage #WorldCup
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Interesting that someone used AI to reverse engineer Adobe products and make them available as open source software.
Although I don't know where this is going legally I have zero sympathy for Adobe since they used their customers data without permission and any opt out, also corrupted way of cancelling subscriptions.
I left Adobe some time ago and replaced them with Affinity and Davinci Resolve.
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GitHub's latest developer career advice is refreshingly practical: AI can write more of the first draft, but it cannot own the engineering outcome for you.
The skills to double down on:
• Systems thinking: understand the service, data flow, failure modes, and tradeoffs around the code.
• Judgment: spot the plausible-looking AI patch that breaks security, cost, or production behavior.
• Communication: turn a vague product request into constraints an agent, teammate, and reviewer can act on.Using Copilot or an agent is becoming normal. Being the person who can frame the task, verify the output, and ship it safely is still the hard part.#ai #career #developers #softwareengineering #software #coding #development #engineering #inclusive #community
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https://www.csseo.org/1343159/ Google, stop ai datacenter in Finlandia: abbattuti 250mila alberi #abbattuti #alberi #ambientale #ambiente #aree #autorità #Azienda #center #ciò #costruzione #data #DataCenter #datacenter #dichiarato #Finlandia #fornisce #google #Hamina #impatto #ImpattoAmbientale #investimenti #investimento #lavori #LavoriPreparatori #locali #preparatori #settembre #trovare #valutazione #ValutazioneImpatto #ValutazioneImpattoAmbientale
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RE: https://kafeneio.social/@foufoutos/117502564221595079
> Therefore, a “fast-track procedure” was chosen. This was done without carrying out a fundamental rights assessment or directly involving the European expert group on data protection.
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2 events scored as high constitutional damage this week.
- DOJ Enforcement Actions on Alleged Noncitizen Voting (62.9/100)
- Federal Judge Rules OPM Illegally Shared Employee Data with DOGE (50.6/100)These are the events that matter most — and they're often the ones getting the least coverage.
https://distractionindex.org/week/2026-10-25
#DistractionIndex #Democracy #ConstitutionalRights #CivicTech
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https://www.europesays.com/unitedstates/66331/ The EPFO Illusion Behind India’s ‘Formal Jobs Boom’ #AnnualSurveyOfIndustries #ContractLabour #data #DowJones #EconomicData #EconomicSurvey #Economy #EPFO #EPFOData #EPFOPayrollData #FormalEmploymentInIndia #IndiaJobStatistics #IndiaOutOfWork #InformalWorkers #Jobs #KingshukSarkar #Labour #LabourMarketIndia #NationalSampleSurvey #NEETYouth #PLFSData #PMViksitBharatRozgarYojana #QualityJobs #RealWages #SantoshMehrotra #Unemployment #UnemploymentInIndia #YouthUnemployment
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ICYMI: Last click shows affiliates in 12.41% of sales, not 24.92%, BVDW finds: Tracking data from 185 German advertisers backs the claim, as affiliate spend hit €932m in 2025. Why is the channel still judged mostly on the final click? https://ppc.land/last-click-shows-affiliates-in-12-41-of-sales-not-24-92-bvdw-finds/ #AffiliateMarketing #PerformanceMarketing #OnlineVerkauf #DigitalesMarketing #ECommerce
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Outbreak: #Influenza A (not subtyped)
Facility: The Ottawa Hospital - General Campus
Facility Type: Hospital (Acute Care)
Unit/Floor/Area: 5E
Location: #Ottawa #Ontario
Facility Tracking Hash: #OPHU0033Date: 2026-10-22
Public Health Unit: Ottawa Public Health
PHU Tracking Hash: #OnObOPHUClick or follow tracking hashtags to see current and historical data for individual facilities or a specific public health unit.