Sir Alecks Gates @agates@podcastindex.social

"Editing is still a useful skill though"

submitted by janevto

"Computer Science was always supposed to be taught to everyone, and it wasn’t about getting a job"

https://computinged.wordpress.com/2021/11/26/computer-science-was-always-supposed-to-be-taught-to-everyone-but-not-about-getting-a-job-a-historical-perspective/

"Arduino + Ham Radio = Texting"

https://hackaday.com/2021/11/19/arduino-ham-radio-texting/

"When I saw this I laughed so hard I hurt my own feelings"

submitted by serverlessmom

New German government calls for European ban on biometric mass surveillance

Link: https://reclaimyourface.eu/new-german-government-calls-for-european-ban-on-biometric-mass-surveillance/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29342198

You fcked up good 👍🏻

"What am I supposed to do now?"

submitted by theMightyPanda27

QOI: Lossless Image Compression in O(n) Time

Link: https://phoboslab.org/log/2021/11/qoi-fast-lossless-image-compression
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29328750

The New Ten-Factor Authentication Processes
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-new-ten-factor-authentication-processes-for-university-faculty

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29325748

"Price board hotfix"

submitted by somejeff_

Fingerprints Can Be Hacked for $5. Here’s How
https://blog.kraken.com/post/11905/your-fingerprint-can-be-hacked-for-5-heres-how/

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29306163

"The hardest part of programming"

submitted by GhostRoboX5

Octopuses, crabs and lobsters to be recognised as sentient beings under UK law
https://www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-news-from-LSE/2021/k-November-21/Octopuses-crabs-and-lobsters-welfare-protection

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29301159

"In continuation to u/Rodot's meme"

submitted by Puch_Hatza

@agates @unfa
Testing PipeWire on Ubuntu 21.10 : ✅ 🥳 🚀
This is so beautiful.
I am going to cry.

"Programmers when they're trying to work"

submitted by GhostRoboX5