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GitHub - git/git: Git Source Code Mirror - This is a publish-only repository but pull requests can be turned into patches to the mailing list via GitGitGadget (https://gitgitgadget.github.io/). Please follow Documentation/SubmittingPatches procedure for any of your improvements.

Git Source Code Mirror - This is a publish-only repository but pull requests can be turned into patches to the mailing list via GitGitGadget (https...

git is a version control system written in C under the GNU General Public license V2. Most people probably know about git because it has supercharged the open source movement. It focuses on developer productivity with features like branching, stashing, merging and distributed publishing to different remotes. The cli has a bit of a learning curve for new developers but it is very powerful and extensible. Before git was popular lots of version control systems would enforce things like locking a file so that only one developer could check it out at a time. This would absolutely wreak havoc on productivity by forcing you to wait for somebody to check in the file you needed to update.

I reluctantly added NIP-05 verification to prevent getting blocked by relays. Spammers are going to bypass that pretty easily. So what’s next? A whitelist for “trusted” nip-05 domains? 🤦‍♂️

This might be the scariest chart right now. What happens when that trend line breaks?

U.S. Ending Stocks of Crude Oil in SPR (Thousand Barrels)

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GitHub - coder/code-server: VS Code in the browser

VS Code in the browser. Contribute to coder/code-server development by creating an account on GitHub.

code-server allows you to run a full IDE on your remote server and access it with a browser. The experience effectively feels like you are doing development locally. The installation is secure by default and the docs provide instructions for different ways to access remotely. The IDE is vscode with full support for extensions and debugging. You can use this to save battery life on your laptop while at the same time leveraging the resources of a powerful server. This could also be useful if you aren’t able to open ports for ssh but can still forward http traffic.

This note is a reminder to update your software

Ars Technica

LastPass says employee’s home computer was hacked and corporate vault taken

Already smarting from a breach that stole customer vaults, LastPass has more bad news.

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GitHub - nextcloud/server: ☁️ Nextcloud server, a safe home for all your data

☁️ Nextcloud server, a safe home for all your data - nextcloud/server

Nextcloud is a self hosted cloud storage platform written in PHP under the AGPL-3.0 license. It can act as a self sovereign replacement for Google cloud drive or iCloud Drive. This gives you the benefit of privacy and full control over your own data. It is simple to setup if you have a server and has a full suite of features including multi user support, file synchronization, desktop and mobile clients, file sharing, and an extensive third party app store. This was originally forked from the Owncloud project but they have significantly diverged since then and Nextcloud seems to be more widely supported.

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GitHub - microsoft/TypeScript: TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean JavaScript output.

TypeScript is a superset of JavaScript that compiles to clean JavaScript output. - microsoft/TypeScript

Typescript is a programming language that is a superset of JavaScript. It’s written in Typescript and licensed under the Apache-2.0 license. If you have ever worked with JavaScript you probably have a love/hate relationship. Typescript introduces syntax that allows developers to add optional types to their JavaScript. This gives the benefits of a statically typed language familiar to server side programmers to the language of the web. Depending on the compiler configuration these setting can be strict or lose. The type system is exceptionally powerful and expressive with concepts like union types, mapped types, conditional types, indexed types and many more. I know it took a while to really catch on, but does anyone seriously use plain JavaScript anymore?

The fine-structure constant is the seed number for this universe

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GitHub - ytdl-org/youtube-dl: Command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and other video sites

Command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com and other video sites - ytdl-org/youtube-dl

youtube-dl is a command line utility written in Python under The Unlicense that can download videos from YouTube and other sites. It works surprisingly well and does not require a YouTube API key to use. You can also use the -x option to rip the audio after a video downloads. This one is interesting because it is one of the only projects I’m aware of to be censored from GitHub. Microsoft failed to keep it censored when thousands of users uploaded forks of the code. The fact that it has 118k stars suggests that they have stopped trying to censor it.

This note is a reminder that infinite things do not exist. Programmers inherently know this already. Math and physics have some soul searching to do…

Patterson in Pursuit | Substack

Philosophy in the real world. Interviewing intellectuals across the globe. Grappling with the biggest ideas.

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GitHub - facebook/react: The library for web and native user interfaces.

The library for web and native user interfaces. Contribute to facebook/react development by creating an account on GitHub.

React is a framework written in JavaScript under the MIT license for building user interfaces. It changed the game for front end development when it was released since many web developers were still using ajax or “vanilla” JavaScript at the time. Some of your favorite websites are probably built with React or one of its derivatives. It introduces a new syntax called jsx which allows developers to create reactive reuse-able components. These components can be nested and properties can be passed down the tree creating a cleaner development experience. It also improves performance since only components that change need to be re rendered.