Jons Mostovojs @jonn@social.doma.dev

Early in 2025, BT, Virgin Media, Sky, TalkTalk, EE and Plusnet will be required to abuse DNS to attempt to block customer access to:

Library Genesis
Z-Library
Anna’s Archive

I haven’t found a copy of the actual court judgment / order, just PR fluff and regurgitations of it.

This is under the UK’s copyright law framework; this kind of administrative blocking order is the backstop power under the Online Safety Act.

It's over. The plane has landed successfully, with no damage.

Organic Maps Turns 4 🎉

https://organicmaps.app/news/2024-12-20/organicmaps-turns-four/

- ~3M¹ users from all countries of the world
- ~15k ratings and reviews on AppStore and Google Play
- 4.8/4.6 average rating on AppStore/Google Play
- 10k+ stars on GitHub
- 10k (almost) issues + PRs on GitHub
- 1k (almost) forks on GitHub
- 7k+ git commits
- ~100 awesome contributors who made 5+ commits

Congratulations to all the users and contributors for your hard work and dedication! Thank you for being a part of this journey!

Dear international colleagues, repression in the Netherlands is worsening. We can really use your support. Please join me in signing this open letter demanding accountability from our Executive Board for the wrongful arrest of six students and staff at my university https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe_Pf2faJV8bBqt7CzUJd5js3iwfXcDBH8DuDsCOSfA5gEa2A/viewform?fbzx=792311802144771676

A new project has launched from #United24 to fund generators for schools. For my niece, cousins and all the other kids in #Ukraine
https://u24.gov.ua/bring-light-back

@arichtman @jonn Plenty of examples where you can understand the reasons they are not that good. Lending from an Iterator or a closure for example is not possible for example. Range is not Copy even if bounds are. Bounded Range is even worse...

@jonn I'm consistently impressed by how solid Rust's internal logic is. I'm often frustrated by it but it's never had a bad reason for the Why. Perhaps I'm just not deep enough yet. #RustLang #Rust

Meanwhile from 1993...

Remembering the time I was contracted as a security consultant in 2002-ish to review network security, help with documention, and to harden company systems, when I was mansplained about... (wait for it)... security.

So I was sitting at my desk writing documentation in the very open office, when one of the programmers, I guess trying to brag or impress me, sits on the edge of my desk and says, "So, you know, I'm a hacker."

Me, who is loves all things hacking and security related, replies, "Really? That's awesome!"

Him: "Yeah, so a computer hacker is someone who can [blah blah] and ..."

I quickly discover that he has zero clue I am the solo security consultant working at the place, and that I'm an actual hacker.

Me (thinking to myself): Okay, well everyone starts somewhere, and it looks like he the caught the hacker bug— Wait, is he... now explaining what a network is to me?

🧵

I ran @geoffl's program and got this.
Source: https://bbcmic.ro/?t=baFmB #bbcbasic

You must be crazy to work at an early startup. The pressures, uncertainty, and risks don't work out for most.

When I talk to potential hires for Omnigres' core engineering, I overindex on the signs of such craziness.

Ultimately, being crazy is a job requirement for us.

This means we have a smaller pool of talent, but the hope is that we are not doing a disservice to people who may not be the right fit for the time being. It's better to build relationships and hire them later.