Paolo Redaelli personal blog

Category: Software

Firmware – Debian Wiki

The Debian project has taken the decision in 2022-10 to create a new repository component non-free-firmware, and include its content on installation media for the upcoming Debian release bookworm to make things easier for our users. From Firmware – Debian Wiki So people like me that installed Debian several years ago keeping it updated  shall…

Ottima notizia

WhatsApp smetterà di funzionare il 31 dicembre 2022 su molti telefoni datati Sono i modelli più vecchi che perdono la compatibilità con l’app di messaggistica a causa della vetustà del sistema operativo non più aggiornato. E questa è un’ottima notizia! Magari qualcuno passerà a Telegram o Signal Tuttavia è un pezzo che non vedo più…

Why Modern Alternative Languages Never Replace C/C++

I must correct Shalitha Suranga because while he correctly titled his article Why Modern Alternative Languages Never Replace C/C++ Hundreds of C/C++ alternatives will come, but C/C++ will be with us forever! He wrote all the reason why C will remain forever as a “portable assembler”. C++ is a complex language. A hugely complex language.…

Yet another

For my personal serie “yet another reason to avoid x”, today we have Roomba: Intimate Photos By Roomba Vacuums Leaked Online Your robot vacuums are watching you and the resulting imagery of your most private moments can, horrifically, get leaked online… iRobot … confirmed that gig workers shared intimate photos… to social media. Source: Slashdot.org

Uniform eXchange Format (uxf)

Uniform eXchange Format (uxf) is a plain text human readable optionally typed storage format that supports custom types. It may serve as a convenient alternative to csv, ini, json, sqlite, toml, xml, or yaml. https://github.com/mark-summerfield/uxf Looks smart and interesting! Expecially this part: Implmenting a UXF pretty printer whould be doable by a CS major as…