Programming Leftovers

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1.58.0 pre-release testing | Inside Rust Blog
The 1.58.0 pre-release is ready for testing. The release is scheduled for this Thursday, January 13th. Release notes can be found here.
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Display disk partition sizes Using awk, grep
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8 surprising things I learned about Python in 2021 | Opensource.com
Python has long been one of the most popular programming languages, but that doesn't mean there's nothing new to learn. This list of Opensource.com's most-read articles about Python is an excellent place to start.
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JavaScript developer screws over own popular npm packages • The Register
Two popular open-source packages were recently sabotaged with mischievous commits, creating confusion among those using the software and exacerbating concerns about the fragility of the open-source software supply chain.
The npm packages, faker.js and colors.js, were not hijacked by outsiders, as has been known to happen; rather their creator added code to the software libraries that made them malfunction.
Three days ago, developer Marak Squires added a "new American flag module" to colors.js, a module to simplify printing colored text in the developer console. The new code printed the word "LIBERTY" multiple times and an ASCII-flag to the developer console and went into an endless loop.
Six days ago, faker.js, used for generating fake data for API testing, also received an unexpected update: it removed the code, added the commit message "endgame," and replaced the ReadMe file with the question, "What really happened with Aaron Swartz?"
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Qbs 1.21 released
The Qbs build tool version 1.21.0 is available.
Qbs is a community-driven language-agnostic build automation system. It is fast and offers an easy-to-learn language based upon QML.
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digiKam 7.7.0 is released
After three months of active maintenance and another bug triage, the digiKam team is proud to present version 7.7.0 of its open source digital photo manager. See below the list of most important features coming with this release.
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Dilution and Misuse of the "Linux" Brand
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Samsung, Red Hat to Work on Linux Drivers for Future Tech
The metaverse is expected to uproot system design as we know it, and Samsung is one of many hardware vendors re-imagining data center infrastructure in preparation for a parallel 3D world.
Samsung is working on new memory technologies that provide faster bandwidth inside hardware for data to travel between CPUs, storage and other computing resources. The company also announced it was partnering with Red Hat to ensure these technologies have Linux compatibility.
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