Peter Janes
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· Apr 2
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HTTP has a new method: QUERY. Tl;dr: GET with a body.
https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-httpbis-safe-method-w-body-14.html
#ietf
https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-httpbis-safe-method-w-body-14.html
#ietf
The HTTP QUERY Method
This specification defines the QUERY method for HTTP. A QUERY requests that the request target process the enclosed content in a safe and idempotent manner and then respond with the result of that processing. This is similar to POST requests but can be automatically repeated or restarted without concern for partial state changes.
www.ietf.org
November 20, 2025 at 9:39 PM
HTTP has a new method: QUERY. Tl;dr: GET with a body.
https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-httpbis-safe-method-w-body-14.html
#ietf
https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-ietf-httpbis-safe-method-w-body-14.html
#ietf
@kathleenbelew.bsky.social Omar El Akkad's "One Day, Everyone Will Have Been Against This" just won the National Book Award for nonfiction. You might appreciate his acceptance speech. (It starts a few minutes from here, which is the intro of the finalists.) […]
Original post on mastodon.peterjanes.ca
mastodon.peterjanes.ca
November 20, 2025 at 2:53 AM
@kathleenbelew.bsky.social Omar El Akkad's "One Day, Everyone Will Have Been Against This" just won the National Book Award for nonfiction. You might appreciate his acceptance speech. (It starts a few minutes from here, which is the intro of the finalists.) […]
As a now-long-former subscriber to F&SF—because of my own limited time, nothing to do with what's documented—this is still disappointing to read (including today's update). https://www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/2025/11/12/a-dream-denied/
A dream denied: My 54-year quest to publish a short story in F&SF ‹ Scott Edelman
www.scottedelman.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:28 PM
As a now-long-former subscriber to F&SF—because of my own limited time, nothing to do with what's documented—this is still disappointing to read (including today's update). https://www.scottedelman.com/wordpress/2025/11/12/a-dream-denied/
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Imagine a commodity that you could buy and sell which literally wasn't anything. It's called "SPEC", and its only purpose is for is speculating on whether SPEC will go up or down. Basically bitcoin but without blockchain, and not as easy to use for crime.
Twenty years ago I would have said that […]
Twenty years ago I would have said that […]
Original post on fediscience.org
fediscience.org
November 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Imagine a commodity that you could buy and sell which literally wasn't anything. It's called "SPEC", and its only purpose is for is speculating on whether SPEC will go up or down. Basically bitcoin but without blockchain, and not as easy to use for crime.
Twenty years ago I would have said that […]
Twenty years ago I would have said that […]
Oh no! Anyway...
(The rest of the headline is the words "other services", which, hoo boy, CBC/AP.)
(The rest of the headline is the words "other services", which, hoo boy, CBC/AP.)
November 18, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Oh no! Anyway...
(The rest of the headline is the words "other services", which, hoo boy, CBC/AP.)
(The rest of the headline is the words "other services", which, hoo boy, CBC/AP.)
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Did you know that there’s a premium version of Whatsapp which :
- Has no advertising
- Has no mandatory AI integration
- Has no tracking and does not gather your personnal data
- Has increased privacy and stronger encryption
- Is exclusive and allows you to chat with other premium members
Best […]
- Has no advertising
- Has no mandatory AI integration
- Has no tracking and does not gather your personnal data
- Has increased privacy and stronger encryption
- Is exclusive and allows you to chat with other premium members
Best […]
Original post on mamot.fr
mamot.fr
June 21, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Did you know that there’s a premium version of Whatsapp which :
- Has no advertising
- Has no mandatory AI integration
- Has no tracking and does not gather your personnal data
- Has increased privacy and stronger encryption
- Is exclusive and allows you to chat with other premium members
Best […]
- Has no advertising
- Has no mandatory AI integration
- Has no tracking and does not gather your personnal data
- Has increased privacy and stronger encryption
- Is exclusive and allows you to chat with other premium members
Best […]
I had only just decided that my unplayable first WWF letter tray should be called a "boing" (as opposed to an "ognib") when my opponent played a first-tray bingo.
November 15, 2025 at 4:56 AM
I had only just decided that my unplayable first WWF letter tray should be called a "boing" (as opposed to an "ognib") when my opponent played a first-tray bingo.
My local CBC outlet has started posting on X again after a 14-month absence. What's the urgent breaking story that warranted their return to the Nazi site? (With a link to YouTube, no less, instead of the CBC website.) #ldnont
November 14, 2025 at 2:07 PM
My local CBC outlet has started posting on X again after a 14-month absence. What's the urgent breaking story that warranted their return to the Nazi site? (With a link to YouTube, no less, instead of the CBC website.) #ldnont
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I haven't yelled that many (overwhelmingly excited) swear words at the sky for a long time. WWOOOOOWWWWW. Reddest auroras I've ever seen!! Usually it takes a long time exposure/CCD camera to see red at all. This is BRIGHT!! You can actually see easily outside […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
November 12, 2025 at 1:28 AM
I haven't yelled that many (overwhelmingly excited) swear words at the sky for a long time. WWOOOOOWWWWW. Reddest auroras I've ever seen!! Usually it takes a long time exposure/CCD camera to see red at all. This is BRIGHT!! You can actually see easily outside […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
Somehow found myself at a Wikipedia page for the Roud Folk Song Index <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_folk_songs_by_Roud_number> and was reminded that, back in the Napster era, I collected something like 50 versions of _The Raggle Taggle Gypsy_. (Not one was credited to Weird Al Yankovic […]
Original post on mastodon.peterjanes.ca
mastodon.peterjanes.ca
November 12, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Somehow found myself at a Wikipedia page for the Roud Folk Song Index <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_folk_songs_by_Roud_number> and was reminded that, back in the Napster era, I collected something like 50 versions of _The Raggle Taggle Gypsy_. (Not one was credited to Weird Al Yankovic […]
Not to make light of the latter, but "Once again millions of Canadians literally forget how to drive after first snowfall"* is Canada's "'No Way To Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens".**
*< […]
*< […]
Original post on mastodon.peterjanes.ca
mastodon.peterjanes.ca
November 10, 2025 at 2:04 AM
Not to make light of the latter, but "Once again millions of Canadians literally forget how to drive after first snowfall"* is Canada's "'No Way To Prevent This,' Says Only Nation Where This Regularly Happens".**
*< […]
*< […]
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Aaron Swartz should have been 39 years old today
#aaronswartzday
#aaronswartzday
November 8, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Aaron Swartz should have been 39 years old today
#aaronswartzday
#aaronswartzday
Finally fixed (i.e. rebuilt) the long-broken iCalendar feed on my theatre website. I'm the only one who actually uses it, so it wasn't a priority, but it was a good opportunity to figure out a better way of handling things. As a bonus, I've already found it useful.
Next, the user-facing […]
Next, the user-facing […]
Original post on mastodon.peterjanes.ca
mastodon.peterjanes.ca
November 6, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Finally fixed (i.e. rebuilt) the long-broken iCalendar feed on my theatre website. I'm the only one who actually uses it, so it wasn't a priority, but it was a good opportunity to figure out a better way of handling things. As a bonus, I've already found it useful.
Next, the user-facing […]
Next, the user-facing […]
Apparently yesterday was #ireadcanadian Day, so here are a few books by Canadian authors I've enjoyed:
* _Sleeping Giants_/_Waking Gods_/_Only Human_ (The Themis Files series) by Sylvain Neuvel
* _Dreaming Sally_ by James FitzGerald
* _The Healing Power of Singing_ by Emm Gryner (of more […]
* _Sleeping Giants_/_Waking Gods_/_Only Human_ (The Themis Files series) by Sylvain Neuvel
* _Dreaming Sally_ by James FitzGerald
* _The Healing Power of Singing_ by Emm Gryner (of more […]
Original post on mastodon.peterjanes.ca
mastodon.peterjanes.ca
November 6, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Apparently yesterday was #ireadcanadian Day, so here are a few books by Canadian authors I've enjoyed:
* _Sleeping Giants_/_Waking Gods_/_Only Human_ (The Themis Files series) by Sylvain Neuvel
* _Dreaming Sally_ by James FitzGerald
* _The Healing Power of Singing_ by Emm Gryner (of more […]
* _Sleeping Giants_/_Waking Gods_/_Only Human_ (The Themis Files series) by Sylvain Neuvel
* _Dreaming Sally_ by James FitzGerald
* _The Healing Power of Singing_ by Emm Gryner (of more […]
Looks like no one at #immich ever reported #cursed issue https://github.com/immich-app/immich/issues/10796 to the #npm git repository https://github.com/npm/cli
Also, surprisingly, it appears that neither Immich nor npm have presences in the fediverse.
Also, surprisingly, it appears that neither Immich nor npm have presences in the fediverse.
immich_server container makes request to registry.npmjs.org every 30 seconds · Issue #10796 · immich-app/immich
The bug This may be working as designed, but I'm not familiar enough with NodeJS apps to say. I noticed in my pi-hole logs that registry.npmjs.org had become a top hit and traced it back to the imm...
github.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:30 AM
Looks like no one at #immich ever reported #cursed issue https://github.com/immich-app/immich/issues/10796 to the #npm git repository https://github.com/npm/cli
Also, surprisingly, it appears that neither Immich nor npm have presences in the fediverse.
Also, surprisingly, it appears that neither Immich nor npm have presences in the fediverse.
Reposted by Peter Janes
November 4, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Reposted by Peter Janes
Listening in to a meeting of radio astronomers: direct-to-cell satellites are SO BRIGHT that even though they're following the rules and broadcasting in their allocated bands, they destroy astronomical observations across a huge swath of frequencies.
Radio telescopes were designed to operate in […]
Radio telescopes were designed to operate in […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 3, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Listening in to a meeting of radio astronomers: direct-to-cell satellites are SO BRIGHT that even though they're following the rules and broadcasting in their allocated bands, they destroy astronomical observations across a huge swath of frequencies.
Radio telescopes were designed to operate in […]
Radio telescopes were designed to operate in […]
Is it still nominative determinism when the doctor's *initials* are D.R.?
November 3, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Is it still nominative determinism when the doctor's *initials* are D.R.?
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Warrantless wiretapping?!? Encryption backdoors?!?
Read the submission to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security of Bill C-8 from The Citizen Lab and the concerns raised by our own privacy commissioner.
Thank goodness for @citizenlab and @OpenMediaOrg. Thank you for the […]
Read the submission to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security of Bill C-8 from The Citizen Lab and the concerns raised by our own privacy commissioner.
Thank goodness for @citizenlab and @OpenMediaOrg. Thank you for the […]
Original post on infosec.exchange
infosec.exchange
November 3, 2025 at 6:12 PM
Warrantless wiretapping?!? Encryption backdoors?!?
Read the submission to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security of Bill C-8 from The Citizen Lab and the concerns raised by our own privacy commissioner.
Thank goodness for @citizenlab and @OpenMediaOrg. Thank you for the […]
Read the submission to the Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security of Bill C-8 from The Citizen Lab and the concerns raised by our own privacy commissioner.
Thank goodness for @citizenlab and @OpenMediaOrg. Thank you for the […]
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[can pol]
Just got an email about an open letter for professors to sign, because the Standing Committee on Science and Research just decided to grab personal demographic info and the EDI portions of tri-council research grant from the last *25 years*. This is really bad. Please please please […]
Just got an email about an open letter for professors to sign, because the Standing Committee on Science and Research just decided to grab personal demographic info and the EDI portions of tri-council research grant from the last *25 years*. This is really bad. Please please please […]
Original post on mastodon.social
mastodon.social
November 3, 2025 at 5:32 PM
[can pol]
Just got an email about an open letter for professors to sign, because the Standing Committee on Science and Research just decided to grab personal demographic info and the EDI portions of tri-council research grant from the last *25 years*. This is really bad. Please please please […]
Just got an email about an open letter for professors to sign, because the Standing Committee on Science and Research just decided to grab personal demographic info and the EDI portions of tri-council research grant from the last *25 years*. This is really bad. Please please please […]
Oh, somewhere in this favoured land the sun is shining bright,
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light;
And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout,
But there is no joy in Hogtown
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light;
And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout,
But there is no joy in Hogtown
November 2, 2025 at 4:25 AM
Oh, somewhere in this favoured land the sun is shining bright,
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light;
And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout,
But there is no joy in Hogtown
The band is playing somewhere, and somewhere hearts are light;
And somewhere men are laughing, and somewhere children shout,
But there is no joy in Hogtown
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My submission to the Competition Bureau of Canada about the new and current Android restrictions, https://competition-bureau.canada.ca/en
Google has announced that it will stop permitting me from writing my own apps for Android unless I both register with them and seek their approval on an […]
Google has announced that it will stop permitting me from writing my own apps for Android unless I both register with them and seek their approval on an […]
Original post on hachyderm.io
hachyderm.io
October 31, 2025 at 2:15 PM
My submission to the Competition Bureau of Canada about the new and current Android restrictions, https://competition-bureau.canada.ca/en
Google has announced that it will stop permitting me from writing my own apps for Android unless I both register with them and seek their approval on an […]
Google has announced that it will stop permitting me from writing my own apps for Android unless I both register with them and seek their approval on an […]
Reposted by Peter Janes
人类专用公共许可证
The human only public license (vanderessen.com)
00:32 ↑ 103 HN Points
vanderessen.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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In Toronto municipal elections, "electors" includes non-resident citizens (plus their spouses) if they own or rent property in the city. It doesn't include non-citizen residents.
Elections Ontario should report statistics on residency status for municipal […]
[Original post on urbanists.social]
Elections Ontario should report statistics on residency status for municipal […]
[Original post on urbanists.social]
October 29, 2025 at 11:07 PM
In Toronto municipal elections, "electors" includes non-resident citizens (plus their spouses) if they own or rent property in the city. It doesn't include non-citizen residents.
Elections Ontario should report statistics on residency status for municipal […]
[Original post on urbanists.social]
Elections Ontario should report statistics on residency status for municipal […]
[Original post on urbanists.social]
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The FCC has explicitly stated that they plan to approve everything https://www.satellitetoday.com/government-military/2025/10/28/fcc-kicks-off-proceeding-to-overhaul-satellite-licensing/. There is no way to stop stupid fucking mirrors from being launched into […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
October 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The FCC has explicitly stated that they plan to approve everything https://www.satellitetoday.com/government-military/2025/10/28/fcc-kicks-off-proceeding-to-overhaul-satellite-licensing/. There is no way to stop stupid fucking mirrors from being launched into […]
[Original post on mastodon.social]
[Original post on mastodon.social]