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LXer: Creating a public counterpoint for AI

Published at LXer: Mozilla is releasing a vision for Public AI, a robust ecosystem of initiatives that promote public goods, public orientation and public use throughout every step of AI...



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LXer: 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: September 29th, 2024

Published at LXer: The 207th installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending on September 29th, 2024, keeping you updated with the most important things happening in the...



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LXer: Raspberry Pi Launches $70 AI Camera with 12MP Sensor and Broad Compatibility

Published at LXer: Raspberry Pi has launched a new low-cost AI Camera, bringing powerful AI capabilities to all Raspberry Pi models. Unlike the AI Kit, which is limited to the Raspberry Pi 5, the...



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LXer: Raspberry Pi AI Camera with Sony IMX500 AI sensor and RP2040 MCU launched for $70

Published at LXer: We previously noted that Raspberry Pi showcased a Raspberry Pi Zero 2W with a Raspberry Pi AI camera based on a Sony IMX500 intelligent vision sensor at Embedded World 2024, but...



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LXer: Intel Xe2 Lunar Lake Graphics Performance Disappoints On Linux

Published at LXer: While I have been very eager to test out the Core Ultra 200V Lunar Lake series on Linux in part due to the new Xe2 integrated graphics, after several days of pushing a new Lunar...



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LXer: How to Run Linux Commands without Typing Sudo Password

Published at LXer: Learn how to eliminate the hassle of typing your password for every sudo command in Linux, whether you want to run specific commands or even all of them, with this step-by-step...



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LXer: Minecraft is getting a real creepy new biome and mob, plus item bundles

Published at LXer: Minecraft Live 2024 has been and gone and with it we've been given details on the next new biome and mob coming. Read More......



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LXer: Mozilla Thunderbird Lands On Android With New Beta Release

Published at LXer: The popular open-source email client, Mozilla Thunderbird, has launched a beta version of its Android app with a range of new features and improvements. Read More......



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LXer: Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund throws cash at FreeBSD and Samba

Published at LXer: Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund (STF), which is backed by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, is funding open source work again. This time, the recipients...



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LXer: This AI Startup "Copied" an Open-Source Project and Got Half a Million Dollar Funding by Y Combinator

Published at LXer: There are plenty of people who do not actually understand AI and open-source (or its licensing). But, they choose to jump on using those terms to market their products somehow...



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Unable to xrdp tunnel to my Fedora 40 session using ssh

Hello, I'm not sure what happened but I've always been able to tunnel to my xrdp GUI using a ssh putty session. Now when I try to connect after connecting via SSH it just shows a blank screen with an...



  • Linux - Networking

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Un retour fracassant

A peine arrivé dans la grisaille pékinoise (brume pollution épaisse ne permettant pas de voir à plus de 500m), je me pointe dans la fille file d’attente qui n’est pas bien longue. Ce doit être mon jour de chance… et bien non !!! Voilà que la grosse valise...




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Ratonnade dans Sanlitun

Vendredi soir la flicaille du quartier Sanlitun accompagnée des mini barbouzes de 16 ans a lancé une opération commando dans ce quartier très animé les soirs de week-end. Pour ceux qui se rappellent, je vous avais présenté mes amis les What’s up men dans...




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Les Miao une ethnie méconnue

Mon ami H (rien a voir avec Hesiem...) souhaite vous faire part d'un message : En ces périodes de mondialisation, les identités, les traditions se perdent c'est bien connu. Certaines cultures insoupçonnées sont vouées à disparition par négligence, par...




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Illusionen und Stille im Big Apple

New York. Eine Stadt an der Ostküste der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika in der Mietpreise von 3.000 Dollar pro Monat keine Seltenheit sind. Eine Stadt, in der Armut von der Insel Manhattan, dem Herzen New Yorks, verdrängt wird und eine Stadt deren Multikultur sich nicht nur in den fast schon legendären Stadtteilen wie Little Italy und Chinatown zeigt.




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Leben und Leben hassen

Zwischen allen fröhlichen Gesichtern die auf den Straßen zu sehen sind, treten auch immer jene Menschen in Erscheinung die unglücklich sind. Den Satz: "Ich hasse mein Leben" findet man nicht nur in Sit-Coms, sondern auch in der Realität. Glück ist keine Sache der Intelligenz oder der Bildung und bedeutet für jeden Menschen etwas anderes. Die Zahl des Statistischen Bundesamts aus dem Jahr 2005 zeigt, dass sehr viele Menschen, insgesamt 10.260, durch ihr erlebtes Unglück sogar nur noch den Selbstmord als Ausweg sahen.




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Füller-Tester, Aromaproduzenten und fehlende Wasserspeicher

Die Umschau ist das älteste, regelmäßig erscheinende Magazin im deutschen Fernsehen. Die Sendung hat eine bewegte Geschichte: Das einstige DDR-Wissenschaftsmagazin, das mit revolutionären Themen Furore machte, läuft heute als Wirtschaftsmagazin mit Schwerpunkt Ostdeutschland im MDR . Die Zuschauer sind ihm treu geblieben.




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Angst und Schrecken in New Orleans

New Orleans, eine Stadt umgeben von Wasser. 1965 erlebte die Metropole des Jazz? seine bis dahin größte Hurrikankatastrophe. Betsy überschwemmte den Großteil der Stadt. Exakt 40 Jahre später steht die Stadt abermals unter Wasser - dieses Mal bis zu 7,6 Meter. Nach dem Bruch der Dämme trat der Lake Pontchartrain über die Ufer und überschwemmte 80 Prozent der Stadt. 1.800 Menschen kamen durch Hurrikan Katrina im August 2005 ums Leben. Kristin erlebte die Stunden vor der Ankunft des Hurrikanes vor Ort.




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Frontex: Regierung Merkel hat angeblich gelogen

Die EU-Grenzschutzagentur Frontex hat gemeldet, dass sie die deutsche Bundesregierung bereits im Frühjahr 2015 über die hohen Flüchtlingszahlen informiert habe. Der Leiter von Frontex, Fabrice Leggeri bestätigte, dass er die Bundesregierung im März über eine Zahl von ca. 500.000 bis 1 Millionen Flüchtlinge informiert habe. Bereits zu diesem Zeitpunkt war ...




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GRÜNE fordern vom Bund mehr Unterstützung bei der Unterbringung von Flüchtlingen

Zunehmende Kritik an der Flüchtlingspolitik der Bundesregierung kommt jetzt von der Partei BÜNDNIS 90 / Die GRÜNEN. Die Länder und Kommunen könnten die finanziellen Lasten nicht mehr tragen, und die Zuschüsse vom Bund reichten bei Weitem nicht aus. Bisher will der Bund die Länder mit zusätzlich 500 Millionen Euro bei ...




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Russland greift ISIS-Stellungen an

Russische Kriegsschiffe haben am 20. November Cruise Missiles auf Ziele in Syrien abgefeuert und dabei sieben islamistische Stellungen in den nördlich Provincen Raqqa, Idlib and Aleppo getroffen. Col Patrick Ryder kritisierte, bei den russischen Angriffen würden auch gemäßigte syrische Oppositionsgruppe in Mitleidenschaft gezogen. Die Nachrichtensender BBC und Channel 4 veröffentlichten ...




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Free Pascal 3.0 "Pestering Peacock" veröffentlicht: Viele neue Funktionen im größten Update seit 10 Jahren

Am 25. November 2015 wurde der verbreitete Free Pascal - Compiler (FPC) in der aktualisierten Version 3.0 (Pestering Peacock) veröffentlicht. Die Vielzahl der Neuerungen hat die Entwickler zum ersten großen Versionssprung seit 10 Jahren bewogen. Version 2.0 war 2005 eingeführt worden, die letzte Hauptversion war 2.6 aus dem Jahre 2012. Version ...




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Using the GNU Gatekeeper to create TLS tunnels

Most H.323 vendors did not implement encrypting the signaling connection with TLS. They only encrypt the media (RTP). But you can use the two GNU Gatekeepers to encrypt you call signaling even when your endpoints don't support this natively.

Suppose you have 2 locations and want to connect them securely over the public internet.

GnuGk can encrypt call signalling between those locations using TLS and encrypt the media (RTP) using H.235.6 (AES encryption). 


 Configuration for GNU Gatekeeper 1 (prefix 01)

 

[Gatekeeper::Main]

[RoutedMode]
GKRouted=1
H245Routed=1
CallSignalPort=1720
AcceptUnregisteredCalls=1
; make sure H.245 gets tunneled for TLS
H245TunnelingTranslation=1
; add AES media encryption if the endpoint doesn't encrypt itself
EnableH235HalfCallMedia=1
; only allow encrypted calls
RequireH235HalfCallMedia=1
; change the media key after 2^31 operations
EnableH235HalfCallMediaKeyUpdates=1

[Proxy]
Enable=1

[ModeSelection]
0.0.0.0/0=PROXY
; only use routed mode for local calls
192.168.0.0/18=H245ROUTED

[TLS]
EnableTLS=1
PrivateKey=/path/to/server.pem
Certificates=/path/to/server.pem
CAFile=/path/to/rootcert.pem
Passphrase=MySecret
CheckCertificateIP=1

[Gatekeeper::Auth]
FileIPAuth=required;Setup

[FileIPAuth]
; allow all calls from local network
192.168.1.0/24=allow
; only allow TLS encrypted and authenticated calls from elsewhere
any=onlyTLS

[RasSrv::PermanentEndpoints]
; the GnuGk in the other location, serving prefix 02
1.2.3.4:1300=remote-gw;02

[EP::remote-gw]
; use TLS to call remote GnuGk
UseTLS=1 
 

Configuration for GNU Gatekeeper 2 (prefix 02)

[Gatekeeper::Main]

[RoutedMode]
GKRouted=1
H245Routed=1
CallSignalPort=1720
AcceptUnregisteredCalls=1
; make sure H.245 gets tunneled for TLS
H245TunnelingTranslation=1
; add AES media encryption if the endpoint doesn't encrypt itself
EnableH235HalfCallMedia=1
; only allow encrypted calls
RequireH235HalfCallMedia=1
; change the media key after 2^31 operations
EnableH235HalfCallMediaKeyUpdates=1

[Proxy]
Enable=1

[ModeSelection]
0.0.0.0/0=PROXY
; only use routed mode for local calls
192.168.0.0/18=H245ROUTED

[TLS]
EnableTLS=1
PrivateKey=/path/to/server.pem
Certificates=/path/to/server.pem
CAFile=/path/to/rootcert.pem
Passphrase=MySecret
CheckCertificateIP=1

[Gatekeeper::Auth]
FileIPAuth=required;Setup

[FileIPAuth]
; allow all calls from local network
192.168.1.0/24=allow
; only allow TLS encrypted and authenticated calls from elsewhere
any=onlyTLS

[RasSrv::PermanentEndpoints]
; the GnuGk in the other location, serving prefix 01
1.2.3.5:1300=remote-gw;01

[EP::remote-gw]
; use TLS to call remote GnuGk
UseTLS=1 
 

Other options

You could also configure the remote GNU Gatekeeper as a neighbor, but beware that the RAS traffic between neighbors will show meta data (whois is caling who) in clear text! 

See the GnuGk manual section on TLS for more details and examples how to generate the OpenSSL certificates. 

 




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A Magnetic Mount for a Wireless Fast Charging Dock

I like the convenience of a charger for my phone in my car or by my desk at the office. The constant plugging and unplugging a micro-usb cord is a bit harsh though, a least from a first world problem perspective. I ran across a post on the XDA-Developers forum that described modding a Wireless Charger […]

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Install Arduino IDE on Ubuntu 18.04

I had to get an Arduino IDE up and compiling on a Kubuntu 18.04 install. In order to not forget what I did, I made this little post. This is not super detailed but it should get the job done. Grad the 64-bit version of the Arduino IDE (or the 32-bit version if you absolutely […]

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Installation Notes for Kubuntu 18.10 on the Alienware 17 R5 Laptop

Before Installation Installing Kubuntu / Ubuntu on the Alienware 17 R5 Laptop NVME Drive To get the NVME drive or M.2 drive to show up as an installation candidate for the installer, you need to make a small BIOS change and modify two kernel arguments at boot time. First, boot into the BIOS on the […]

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Moving the Root Partition to a New Disk in Ubuntu 18.10 (General GRUB Chicanery)

I had a Ubuntu 18.10 install setup perfectly on a disk shared with a Windows 10 install. I originally setup Windows 10 and then reduced the size of the Windows 10 partition to make room for a Ubuntu 18.10 install. After the install of Windows 10 and the Ubuntu 18.10 install I had these partitions: […]

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Build PlatformIO on Windows Subsystem for Linux (Ubuntu)

I usually prefer running platformio from command line so I can stream the build process into my backup and recovery processes. With versioning, I can roll back to a know good working build. I am most often building Marlin firmware for my 3D print farm so there is a small example of the build commands […]

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How Steve Jobs made me want to "Stay hungry, stay foolish".

The moment Steve Jobs’ and Apple’s work first came into my life was back in 2002. That first brush, I hated it. 

In time, I came to see him for the genius and pioneer that he was, and the work that Apple did - and does - as amongst the most extraordinary in the World today.

First some context:

In 2002, I was at the European BSD conference and Jordan Hubbard, founder of FreeBSD and then newly-employed release engineer at Apple, had secured for the “terminal room” a sponsorship from Apple which meant the room was full of the 2002 iMacs. The 2002 iMac was a little “alien” in that each machine was a dome with a flexible protruding screen. Installed on them was OS X, an operating system I had beta tested before its first release on an ancient iBook, and I had very mixed feelings about.

It was pretty. But was it really a Unix? The other developers of BSD Unix in the room needed very little convincing. The command line was Unix, but the desktop and applications on there were beautiful. It was what they dreamed a Unix should be. Many of them left that conference committed to buying Apple equipment and moving to OS X within the year.

I resented this “attack” on the community, but could see where they were coming from. It was - and remains - a key part of Apple’s renaissance: build great tools for developers and alpha-geeks, and in turn the developers will build an ecosystem that users crave. Instill in the developers an aesthetic and teach them a way to do the things they struggle with (human interface guidelines, for example), and they will reward you with loyalty.

In short: empower your customers, and they’ll empower you.

No technology firm had done this as successfully before as Apple were doing between 2002 and 2004.

By 2004, I had just about had it with the drain away from the community Apple had “caused”. On one mailing list I wrote a very angry email in response to somebody else’s request for configuration advice on their latest Apple laptop:

http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-chat/2004-October/002684.html

“Yes, of course. My advice is that you sell your over-priced fashion-victim toy with it’s Fisher Price Unix installed, and use the money instead to buy yourself a top of the range Thinkpad. It will outperform it, run FreeBSD, not look out of fashion next season, has been built by a company that is truly committed to the open source movement and whose execs don’t patronise you by assuming you travel to work on a skateboard in cargo pants or worse, pander to your girlfriend’s idea of what a computer should be.”

Ashamed by my petulant anger, about six month later I decided to reconsider, step back and think about what they were doing in a wider scheme of the industry I was in. This was when I started to “get it”. It was when I could see what others lauded about Apple and its founders.

Within 14 months of writing that email I had acquired a 12” iBook. It was all I could afford at the time, and even then it was subsidised by the fact that I was working in a University faculty and so got a discount.

I immediately loved the fact I had a Unix machine with WiFi and Bluetooth that I didn’t need to spend a week configuring. I loved the software I could buy, and that all the open source tools I loved would work too. I loved the thought that had gone into developing that code underlying OS X. I loved the developer tools and Safari. I found myself thinking more and more about aesthetics and craftsmanship as part of what I do as a developer. Suddenly programming wasn’t just a dry science of mathematics and engineering: Steve’s ideas were getting to me through the product of his and Apple’s work.

Two things then happened like thunderbolts. 

First, I had found a copy of Steve’s commencement speech to Stanford in 2005.

Steve’s speech stuck with me. I had studied rhetoric, and was pleased by the simple construct he had used - a structure I would begin to notice he used in product announcements - but the content had hit me somewhere deep.

In it he talked about three things:

  • Follow your intuition, because in hindsight the dots will join up. You can’t plan to be great, you just have to let the intuition guide you.
  • Do what you love, and change things if you find yourself not enjoying life
  • Death is inevitable. It’s coming. Deal with it as an agent of change, and don’t waste your life.

The second thing that happened around then, was that I discovered the Ruby programming language, a language that was designed to be beautiful and enjoyable for programmers to work with.

It astonished me.

I don’t think it would have done if by that point I had not started to “get” aestheticism in software, the Apple way. It’s no secret that the Ruby on Rails framework is developed almost entirely on Apple OS X machines. A Ruby conference is basically a hang-out of Apple fans. The two seem to go hand-in-hand together, just like how in 2002 it was Apple and the BSD guys.

Last night as I watched the speech again on YouTube (on my iPhone, natch), I realised I was connecting dots back, and in hindsight the impact this speech and this discovery had on me was immense.

Coupled with the discovery of Ruby, what happened next was perhaps inevitable, but still surprised me.

I went and started my own business.

I had always wanted to, but right there and then, something clicked, and I got rid of all the fear and doubt and realised that when I looked back on my life I wanted to be able to say that for a while at least I had been an “entrepreneur”.

I made the decision that I would not work on projects in that business I did not enjoy. I would only work on things that brought me joy: that is to say, I would only write code in Ruby. A brave choice in early 2006 when Rails had yet to reach v1.0 and Ruby was still considered a “toy” language by many.

I had no money, no client roster, and survived the first six months coding away on that tiny, slow little 12” iBook for friends who had piece work for me. I had never been happier.

I ate noodles and beans on toast, drank donated Guinness and chose to love my work. Working from home I would love waking late on a Monday morning, but I could never lie-in: I always wanted to just get started.

I spent the next few years helping other businesses, talking about development as a craft, not just a science.

I went into schools and told kids that learning how to write beautiful software was the most powerful skill you could cheaply acquire in this generation. Like me, they could come up with an idea and with a laptop and internet connection share it with the World in a weekend.

In the years since, I have helped dozens of start-ups, spoken to thousands of teenage children (and hopefully inspired a few to give programming with an artistic flair a go), and changed my life substantially.

I am not the same man I was in 2005. The depression and anxiety I had suffered prior to then have more or less gone. I have a brilliant relationship with an amazing girl who I consider to be my best friend, and I do work that makes me excited almost every day.

The decisions I made in those few months in 2005 and early 2006, looking back, are what made me who I am today.

I had to call time on my main business in 2010 partly because I was finding myself looking in the mirror and not looking forward to the day ahead any more - just like Steve had said, I decided I needed to change something. As sales had dried up I realised I was doing something I no longer enjoyed.

I then turned down one job offer for another on a quarter of the salary because it felt right, it felt like more interesting work and ultimately I knew it might lead to an exciting adventure I had dreamed about.

Today I work on an amazing product with brilliant people and finding myself learning new things every day.

Looking back I realise I have developed a new sense of intense curiosity. I will wander in my work, inquisitively poking whole areas I know little about. I read more, listen more and learn more. I teach where I can, I play, and I explore.

I realise that my time on this little rock is limited, and I try and make sure every day I do something that makes me smile.

In hindsight then, Steve’s words and work have had a substantial impact on who I am today professionally. Because that impact made my work more joyful, pleasant and fulfilling, in turn, his words and work have made my life better than it would have been without his impact.

“This was a very typical time. I was single. All you needed was a cup of tea, a light, and your stereo, you know, and that’s what I had.”

It’s all the more impressive because according to “the rules” society is meant to work by, he should have been another liberal arts wash-up. As I said on Facebook earlier:

“I don’t think the economically right-wing anywhere - US, UK, Eurozone, China, anywhere - would be able to deal with the idea that the largest company on the planet was founded by a Buddhist counter-culturalist of complex family origins who made decisions based on intuition, aestheticism, love and curiosity.

Yet, it makes perfect sense to me.”

I never met him, never got close to knowing him the way that his friends and family did, or even his colleagues, but in my own way I learned to love him. His impact will be with me for the rest of my life, and late last night as the news broke here in the UK, despite it being on the cards for a while, the news came as a shock and I had to hold back the tears.

His critics’ words (and there are many!), sound very much like my own before I “got it”. Right now - today - though, it is petulant, angry, juvenile scribbling, and unworthy of any mature grown-up, given it is less than 24 hours since his dying.

Some call him a fascist, others a megalomaniac. In essence all he was trying to do was produce the best - and most human-friendly - technological products humanity was capable of producing right now. He did so within the rules shareholders gave him along with their money, because after being fired once, he didn’t want to mess up and be fired again. As ever, he exceeded their expectations and produced a company larger than any other on earth in terms of market capitalisation.

When you have a vision, as long as nobody gets hurt along the way, there’s no harm in following it ruthlessly. That’s what he did.

Some point to the fact that he didn’t donate much to charity in his life time, but I’m quietly confident that is because he didn’t want the ego stroking whilst he was still alive, and in coming years and months his wealth will quietly reach parts of the World that need it. He felt that shareholders’ money was their, and he shouldn’t give it away. He felt the best way he could help the World was by empowering as many people as possible. There’s no real shame in that. And in that, he was immensely successful.

He was also a subversive, and this is a point that his critics miss - or point to - the most. Biologically he was a half-Syrian Muslim, which when acknowledged in the last decade caused the conservative right in the US a huge problem: was the leader of the hottest thing on Wall Street one of them? They needn’t have worried - he’d discovered Buddhism many years ago. Adoptively he grew up to be a counter-culture Bay Area “hippie” and counter-culture type that worried some in the establishment even more.

His critics point to the consumerist message of Apple, without realising its founding principle was to go against the grain and to help people push further than the establishment wanted them to. The fact that he was able to make a living - a good living - as reward for that vision should not be seen as a fault or flaw.

Those unfamiliar with this background with questions to ask might want to start here. It might change your mind about him.

He wasn’t perfect. Nobody is. But regardless, he was an inspiration to millions who right now are working at building the next generation of technology. He showed us what we were capable of when we tried, and his death some 20-30 years “before his time” shows what a great leveller pancreatic cancer can be. So, if you are a critic: please shut the hell up and let us deal with paying tribute to him in our own way. You’ll reap the benefits as we march forward, inspired by his vision, into giving you the technology you deserve to make the World a better place.

I genuinely believe those who hate him haven’t given him - specifically what lay beneath his vision - a chance, in the same way I hadn’t.

The moment I did though and started to use the tools he and his company produced the way they were designed, my life got better and my attitude to what I wanted to do with my life improved.

I can’t think of another businessman I could say that about. I can’t think of another businessman anybody will be able to say that about when they die.

As I watched that commencement speech another time, the words were as fresh and as poignant as ever. His final few words seem particularly appropriate to me today, and so I will leave you with them. You may love him, you may hate him, but you can’t disagree that his vision was sharp, and worth sharing.

My thoughts and condolences today are of course with his family, his friends and colleagues, and all who were impacted by Steve from a distance the way I was. Steve was an amazing man, who inspired so many and has changed the World for the better, forever.

No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.

Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

When I was young, there was an amazing publication called The Whole Earth Catalog, which was one of the bibles of my generation. It was created by a fellow named Stewart Brand not far from here in Menlo Park, and he brought it to life with his poetic touch. This was in the late 1960’s, before personal computers and desktop publishing, so it was all made with typewriters, scissors, and polaroid cameras. It was sort of like Google in paperback form, 35 years before Google came along: it was idealistic, and overflowing with neat tools and great notions.

Stewart and his team put out several issues of The Whole Earth Catalog, and then when it had run its course, they put out a final issue. It was the mid-1970s, and I was your age. On the back cover of their final issue was a photograph of an early morning country road, the kind you might find yourself hitchhiking on if you were so adventurous. Beneath it were the words: “Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.” It was their farewell message as they signed off. Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish. And I have always wished that for myself. And now, as you graduate to begin anew, I wish that for you.

Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish.

Thank you all very much.




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Un Toolbar como herramienta para el posicionamiento Web

En el trabajo de posicionamiento Web hay tareas muy comunes, que al ser automatizadas mejoran la productividad y facilitan el trabajo. Entre esas tareas, solo por mencionar algunas, podríamos pensar en marcar los enlaces NoFollow en una página, desactivar JavaScript de forma rápida para detectar spam con los tags NOSCRIPT, un análisis de la densidad de palabras claves una página Web, accesos rápidos a Whois, búsquedas, listados de enlaces desde buscadores, cambiar el useragent del navegador, y también conocer el PageRank y el AlexaRank. Entre las muchas funcionalidades posibles, por ahora solo haré referencia a las anteriores, ya que son las que están disponibles en la primera versión de D4WSeoToolbar, que aspira a convertirse en una herramienta para el posicionamiento Web.




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npm: Cannot read property ‘resolve’ of undefined

When developing software for Node.js, I use the n package manager to manage and switch between Node versions. Recently, I needed to update my installed Node version (9.2.1) to something more recent. I ran $ sudo n latest to install 13.1.0. But after the upgrade, npm installations stopped working. Any use of npm i would […]




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Travis County Appraisal Protest Result 2024

I’ve been protesting property tax values with Travis County for 30 years. Not only for myself, but back in the 1990s, into the 2000s for my property management and real estate clients as well. And also assisting by providing market information to clients and others who ask for help from our Free CMA page, which I think I first put up in 2005. For 2023, TCAD valued a property I owned in Southwest Austin in Legend Oaks neighborhood at $677k. This was excessively high, by more than $100k, but I was unsuccessful at the ARB Hearing (Arbitration Review Board), despite presenting clear objective data. They did lower it to $651k though, still about $100k too high. So for the first time ever, I filed for a Binding Arbitration hearing, paid the $500 deposit, and hired an appraiser to value the property for me as of Jan 1, 2023. TCAD generally ... Read more




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Understanding the Recent NAR Commissions Lawsuit: A Realtor’s Perspective

The recent lawsuit involving the National Association of Realtors (NAR) and subsequent news coverage have sparked significant discussion within the Realtor community. I’d like to take this opportunity to share my perspective on the home buying and selling process, how Realtors are compensated, and the concept of ‘Uncompensated Effort.’ Realtors earn what is known as a ‘Success Fee.’ Essentially, we provide all our services for free until the transaction is closed and funded, at which point we receive a commission. Efforts that do not result in a closing are what I call ‘Uncompensated Effort.’ Every Realtor incurs this overhead, and it’s an integral part of a system that benefits consumers. Both buyers and sellers appreciate this system because it allows them to access services at no cost, even if they never purchase a home or their property doesn’t sell. For example, a buyer might contact an Austin Realtor based on ... Read more




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İsrail Filistin Sorunu – Barış olur mu?

Hem bu başlık, hem de bu yazı sayfalarca yazılması ve günlerce tartışılması gereken bir konu ama uzun yazıların okunmadığını farkettiğim için, kısaca fikrimi paylaşmak istedim. Bu konuda çok uzun ve […]

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İsrail Filistin Sorunu – Zalime Okunacak Kunut Duaları

Peygamber efendimiz (s.a.v.) Müslümanlar zulüme maruz kaldığı zaman, hanefi mezhebine göre sadece sabah namazının farzında, diğer bazı mezheplere göre ise vakit namazlarının farzının son rekatında “rabbenâvelekelhamd” denileceği zaman yani rükudan […]

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AntiFiravunist ve Firavunistlik

Televizyonda haberleri izlerken, “antifiravunist” selamlamasını duyduğumda adeta zihnimde şimşekler çaktı. Selamın tamamı şu şekilde idi: “Antiemperyalist, antikapitalist, antinasyonalist, antisiyonist, antifaşist en önemlisi de antifiravunist bir bilinçle selamlıyorum.” Doğrusu Sn. Nuri […]

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An Unexpected Benefit of Online Casinos in Brazil: Supporting the Energy Sector

In a surprising turn of events, the Brazilian government has found a new ally in its fight against inflation and energy challenges: online casinos and crash games, like Aviator operators. By introducing additional taxes on these rapidly growing sectors, the government aims to channel the revenue into critical areas of the economy, including the burgeoning green energy sector. This strategy not only addresses economic stability but also aligns with Brazil's long-term commitment to sustainable development.




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2018 Kawasaki Vulcan 750 from United States of America

Awesome




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2017 BRP Can-Am Spyder F3 SE6 from United States of America

A blast to ride




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2004 Honda VTX1800C from United Kingdom

Shame about the engine cutting out down steep hills




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1992 Suzuki GSX1100G from United States of America

Wish Suzuki still made UJM styled shaft drive bikes; not everyone wants a Harley




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2009 Kawasaki KLX250SM from United States of America

Would buy again!




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1998 Kawasaki ZX-11 from United States of America

What an amazing machine




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2008 Baja Motorsports SC50 from United States of America

Great if the weather is pleasant




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1995 Suzuki DR650SE from United States of America

Good bike for women or men




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2017 Kawasaki Z900 from United States of America

More than an absolute beginner should get, but so well designed that only an idiot can mess it up




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2002 Harley-Davidson FLHPI Road King (Police) from United States of America

My choice




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1995 Honda CB750 Nighthawk from United States of America

A true UJM - this bike is a jack of all trades, allowing for many riding styles




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New online property marketing blog launched by Web Certain

Web Certain brings a new facility to online property marketers - news from around the web relating to property marketing - enjoy!




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iTunes Billionth

Not ever having received a letter from Apple Legal, I thought I’d use their graphics and code to throw together a widget that counts down to the billionth song sold on iTunes. After much agonizing, I decided to call it iTunes Billionth. Enjoy!