2026-10-28T21:16:44Z https://nostr.now Federico Mena Quintero https://nostr.now/npub1ntwmvc8t074xr6rfshlpkgpkjtesdujhtqtzt9nw5jy7ga5qlfcqm9lqwg https://mstdn.mx/system/accounts/avatars/000/001/166/original/62a57216ad116f34.jpg https://mstdn.mx/system/accounts/avatars/000/001/166/original/62a57216ad116f34.jpg https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs0mv5fjrcw94j8x67tty3mw4teeewg4gw9rzq2w46xv9lcqe95wqgzyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8qx6523j Librsvg 2.63.4 is out! This adds support for the image-orientation CSS property, and for automatically orienting images from their EXIF data.<br/><br/><a href="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/librsvg/-/releases/2.63.4">https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/librsvg/-/releases/2.63.4</a> 2026-10-24T00:00:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszhu298nmeyqmth7de5xampsz9qyt0ptxae0cuxnzq55gcssuj29gzyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8qekfvkm There is <a href="https://github.com/src-d/hercules">https://github.com/src-d/hercules</a> to plot some pretty data derived from the history of a git repo. I want to do a &#34;lines of C vs. lines of Rust over time&#34; plot for librsvg. Does anyone know a tool that can do that? It&#39;s easy enough to write, but maybe there&#39;s something already. 2026-10-23T23:57:44Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8eywg56j0nxzv6nhjhxnlxskz4uca6pn2uzvfy2le47fnt2es5jczyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8qrvh7f0 This next Sunday will be exactly 10 years since the first Rust commit to librsvg, which happened on 2016/Oct/25.<br/><br/>It had approximately 22.5K lines of C code, with a test suite that didn&#39;t work. We did the port to Rust in 5-6 years: the main library in 3 years, and the test suite and rsvg-convert in the rest of the time.<br/><br/>Now the code is 43K lines of Rust, with extensive tests, at 93% test coverage. <br/><br/>It has had 1 CVE due to memory unsafety, and 2 CVEs due to logic errors since then. 2026-10-21T23:51:31Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsyew85htcsw7m49d3k7rhn0gawxpdd6ad989k4fnetf3f2mupqyzgzyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8qh2ut5d In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvtz363u80dky6kpyptkuzzh3fh5sucw3hyavkysx92z6encqnq6sfrxgj7'>nevent1q…xgj7</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>El Superfrío más cercano a una hidroeléctrica, tal vez. 2026-09-14T18:53:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp4m8awt927ykssw827j65x4t7np8d3ppqvamu563hrv5naccsklszyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8qw5vxdm What if we did a Diffie-Hellman key exchange and then we kissed. 2026-09-09T00:18:56Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsym2t2aevexqxgenyhkngg3uwupetl79fx9sm7kt392cxjausppnczyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8q08zunf Do you use librsvg via a desktop environment, or rsvg-convert, on Linux glibc or musl?<br/><br/>I&#39;m trying to decide whether to implement an interesting but scary special case for musl.<br/><br/>Please boost for reach! 2026-09-08T19:47:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsg8hr3vp0rd8w5v6u8cm5rz4gu02p86wpn0rdt6als9vpcqm6f5yqzyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8q8zafse In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8pudu3lzql0kcxq7kzff4usspgmwvghag2xukhmdfgkg9d9hu2aswh7eqf'>nevent1q…7eqf</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>¡ojalá te de frutos! Tengo un árbol de lychee de ya unos 5 metros de alto y jamás se le ha ocurrido dar nada de nada. 2026-08-25T18:29:58Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst6m9ze7gqhn8j9cfgj0ndxt4lk7jrt4v7nxefcrz32rmgcvypgtqzyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8qegx6vr In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsye4n7xkslx9xytsaywd2jcxp0chh457kxpzw6kuqnhgph7gc8teqxqpkfm'>nevent1q…pkfm</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>where can I read more about this? 2026-08-14T15:25:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswtqxjrg6xufy8p7hytwsna7f0z3qaeckaqnjx27jg2jl5wa5zh2czyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8qm0hguh In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsvnyxef09kehx6v4qhnl8e74gwklgm4evkgy3ml0n7nue99m0v9ks7kcadl'>nevent1q…cadl</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>new rendering engine??? 2026-08-14T14:52:33Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswxvsx0x5wd2lz6grx2hvwtvj5nxws2a2dggcq0srg9gdktla2kdczyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8qdwtkck Tired: updating dependencies and fixing little things.<br/><br/>Wired: updating linters and fixing all the fucking new nitpicks. 2026-08-12T23:45:47Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsffrj6spahwv3x6ym2p6sg2xr2lhy6g2vn8up5wmqctjfq3wrkpegzyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8quugv0x If you want to learn how test coverage, static analysis, and runtime sanitizers are vital for old, infrastructural C code bases, as well as how possums made civilization possible, you can listen to my GUADEC talk on modernizing evolution-data-server&#39;s CI.<br/><br/><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi5TabjBXXg&amp;list=PLca7aIB6SD3E&amp;index=17">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yi5TabjBXXg&amp;list=PLca7aIB6SD3E&amp;index=17</a><br/><br/>#guadec2026 2026-08-07T17:00:13Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8hgrpjr4zq5w0x0d7lf6ks48y9l8zr0233hzq8rlg39z7gnq33fgzyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8qv79r7s In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsdwmaevyg24j80ukjdjk7sym4xmzmhy674aq7kx70ptect0ehvtsqrczet8'>nevent1q…zet8</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Every time one of these &#34;salmonella in produce&#34; news pieces comes up, I ask myself if they are even washing the fucking veggies. Or are they infected on the inside!? 2026-08-06T19:57:01Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst3tkhxuwdr6jjj2z40r97r47n0h03ea6l4utmxvsfxa99uwsky5gzyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8q6kvzlm Starting the <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1dug5p7c3y6svstg23pc684plfpd3mp5fdnc2m5a8f3yvthpwnssq00kxeq" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>GNOME</span> (<span class="italic">npub1dug…kxeq</span>)</a></span> Foundation Advisory Board meeting #guadec2026<br/> <img src="https://mstdn.mx/system/media_attachments/files/116/924/159/896/592/899/original/e05ead7f12241723.jpeg"> <br/> 2026-07-15T13:12:51Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszglgytd2x28nhehygk4magne56qw2kk58hurmf57mmlz2evy9k6gzyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8q3w68a0 Librsvg 2.62.90 is out! This is the first beta for the GNOME 51 release.<br/><br/>All the changes from 2.62.x, plus a limit for file nesting depth.<br/><br/><a href="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/librsvg/-/releases/2.62.90">https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/librsvg/-/releases/2.62.90</a> 2026-06-26T03:13:27Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsy2xgswplyka2ehulzfjuugrsgupnfpjd5m6wy08xyshrky7l9r2czyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8qejnpp9 Today I set out to find why $thing wasn&#39;t working when I tested it a year ago.<br/><br/>Set up my debugging environment, everything.<br/><br/>Reproduced the bug.<br/><br/>Implemented the solution that didn&#39;t work a year ago. It works now.<br/><br/>Something got fixed in $thing in the year since, and now I am left without a puzzle, which I was using to procrastinate doing the thing I actually have to do. 2026-05-19T02:17:11Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsp94sxcepcga6rk7ndwxe8vtrmrp2rfex69f5qn33uffn4q66xr9qzyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8qnjt20a In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs8eljzcfgd0m9m6mt5mfh4vctaapxzs8vdexx47cfphk3nlm5elvqulc77t'>nevent1q…c77t</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>when I bring up the Curves dialog, it appears on top of the image I want to see, and I must move it away before being to use the dialog to look at the image behind while I edit the curves. 2026-04-27T23:21:52Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8eljzcfgd0m9m6mt5mfh4vctaapxzs8vdexx47cfphk3nlm5elvqzyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8q75dnu6 In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs2dvqeg5a8vlf9t2wts3ye7yqr52nhkc2k7t0e9gy8wa0ms4kad9gnl94ue'>nevent1q…94ue</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Do usability tests!<br/><br/>- Select a photo, then &#34;Open in external editor&#34; in Shotwell; GIMP is configured.<br/>- GIMP opens.<br/>- ... and opens the photo in question.<br/>- ... and opens &#34;Welcome to GIMP&#34; dialog with recent files, obscuring the photo I want to edit.<br/>- select Colors/Curves. Tweak, hit OK.<br/>- Next time I click on the window&#39;s contents, to bring it to the front, the Curves dialog appears, because apparently Curves is a tool.<br/>- the Curves tool is not highlighted in the toolbar. 2026-04-27T23:16:07Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswalwg7dmu0j2k4qkmrsp8lm4u3y7algzhda4xrhn56z8zvtcwqlszyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8qlkyvnk Getting increasingly annoyed at the jankfest that is Shotwell + GIMP + printing. 2026-04-27T00:19:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsfy6ytmqra03lxj6s9rr8nuhn064z8l2dmctsml48hgvj8vkt73hszyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8qsux0us In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsrzcm85a677fsqj4xnw2cwgmzyc9gereea3lgnw6w8md6tqmdsphq8gygkk'>nevent1q…ygkk</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>awwww, congratulations! 2026-04-23T02:39:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqh2quljxgv88v2mtca3mw4npsrqvxdjc4wyap83fzz4utjexnnuqzyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8qdsea5x MORE PLURIBUS WHEN 2025-12-29T02:56:26Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgvpvx5yy05j5h75mcgh6scyuuldtkrcfrld7097dp9w2rkeujacszyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8q2czg9y In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqspljn2ftrwa5zm4cs2kn8u09r5twxtz73evzeu306pzrmzchstsvgkw48f5'>nevent1q…48f5</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>All the implant manufacturers have been acquired by either Epson or HP. At the time of installation, you need to pair your implant with your phone via Bluetooth and install their app. It serves no purpose other than tracking, and ordering refills. The implant stops working when one of the flavors goes down to 40%. You tap the button for &#34;sweeter&#34; and the implant complains, via your phone, &#34;no umami left, please buy a refill&#34;. You say, &#34;only sweet, please&#34;, and it goes NO UMAMI. 2025-10-08T16:32:50Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrz0tf0yyqwdfwhyqkvdky0pfanvnmtkpv3lhu4cfr4cndvnf9swszyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8qckpxyh Sometimes making CI work on old branches, for security bugs, feels like retrocomputing. 2025-09-10T23:29:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsdzqcdkh8vr3ryjqu77vg9gwnft389cedjs7sa4fwhgxq5xe86vtqzyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8q763ut7 My big bike&#39;s bag is getting kind of ratty. 2025-09-02T02:15:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvh7h7hkcmr4ckf4j9kymg203kt3gvv56mm46en2qa2c98jxprmcszyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8qzqrplf I&#39;m thinking of helping a friend set up a podcast. She&#39;s moderately technical and I wouldn&#39;t mind doing some of the hosting work.<br/><br/>What&#39;s a good podcast hosting software? Ideally something that makes it easy for the owner to upload their mp3 or whatever? 2025-09-01T02:50:00Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqszymuqs53l2cuf427k69dxfutkuse0nk26lv7prcekyxj672kprpszyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8qehkkwl Printing crosswords is going to make me bring back my experiments on how thin a line can a consumer printer produce. 2025-08-15T21:18:54Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqst2xkfczy8jx83jsr7glcwrhlj48xkhjd4ey09mwzxyrmq759c54szyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8q08f8ue Peeps, any suggestions to debug &#34;ssh connects but doesn&#39;t transfer anything to a particular host&#34; that starts working when I disable ipv6? 2025-08-14T16:43:16Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqstff9eptdcfdgdyy4efe5aq82ecqldpxs0w74wqufumq2fzvtdtmczyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8q5n3e9u Congratulations and much appreciation to <span itemprop="mentions" itemscope itemtype="https://schema.org/Person"><a itemprop="url" href="/npub1xdcfc9y32lgtv3ln76lgmd5vt0t8tejpe4q02h8zl6dpu9khwpds4fdv8q" class="bg-lavender dark:prose:text-neutral-50 dark:text-neutral-50 dark:bg-garnet px-1"><span>Alice :neocat_flag_transbian:</span> (<span class="italic">npub1xdc…dv8q</span>)</a></span>, the recipient of this year&#39;s #GNOME Pants of Thanks award! 2025-07-26T11:08:30Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrhmxgykrmd4dl0vn9capsjkr798278n0y2hrkmx2sfctm6tsjhvgzyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8qkfcajt LibreOffice just took my presentation, and moved all the slide notes one slide out of phase.<br/><br/>I don&#39;t know how to fix it except cut&amp;paste the page&#39;s objects and then the notes to another presentation by hand. 2025-07-17T21:33:35Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs8qp7cfsu9345xekaur44hgtn56ugdmacghdh0hk8ztx9kd97h0mszyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8qteqnxx Well well well, spicy hummus and brie was an unexpectedly good combination on my sandwich. 2025-07-16T03:47:42Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsqxp5vcrq64cs3djknah9tgxdyjfsk9cmkpr574z4c6ng4lee6zgszyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8qtf336a Toluwaleke Ogundipe, my intern for gnome-crosswords, has published a fantastic post on profiling the Crosswords renderer and making it around 10x faster - <a href="https://blogs.gnome.org/anonymoux47/2025/07/14/profiling-crosswords-rendering-pipeline/">https://blogs.gnome.org/anonymoux47/2025/07/14/profiling-crosswords-rendering-pipeline/</a> 2025-07-14T19:12:21Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs27mjejgvkf3vhr9lhajmkejjylxuhcqe2rexg3wp7qgnuf9tzr9czyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8qrnhvze Dear programmers who only speak English:<br/><br/>Not all languages work like yours. Please don&#39;t make assumptions that all languages can be dissected character-by-character like if they were English.<br/><br/>Thank you. 2025-07-10T18:26:08Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsvc86p37e0ltqxpla8zmvlq5jmkz9uzk5gky5fd6m5rtp88qgql6qzyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8q47kwtt In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsq0j8ft63mr8t6zxk0r024t8rtz2jdcalcchkzwyxkt79wqwlgersjc7s0r'>nevent1q…7s0r</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>ngl cotija on shawarma sounds pretty dope. 2025-06-06T02:05:57Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9ehq43uk5t9gg72w35dl4eq0gzk7u2fhycnj5cdeht9jqd5e5jzgzyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8qh279nl Hello from the guy who just spilled 1/3 of the remaining bag of tea while refilling the tea containers. 2025-04-08T21:46:34Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs2ectuqsl4nnjunkhdu0fn2z4qrzwpsnkrkywggcqz08he40uzehszyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8q3pyelc In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqsv4jn0ndpqe82ssycvexfyrsjc2cw74rrqnkma6zsvmdy9y5x887shlnqrd'>nevent1q…nqrd</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>- not enough coffee flavor, need to soak the cookies more<br/>- too much egg yolk flavor, maybe use fewer than the number of whites<br/>- needs more punch? Add lemon zest?<br/><br/>What are your favorite tiramisu recipes? 2025-03-16T16:52:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsv4jn0ndpqe82ssycvexfyrsjc2cw74rrqnkma6zsvmdy9y5x887szyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8qrgxn3w Good: make tiramisu.<br/><br/>Bad: have to wait until tomorrow while it sits in the fridge. 2025-03-16T04:10:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsgyuf37hp9ecyz6qgu6fsa27y0swdsza9thvh2uel7ky5tfcuh8dczyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8quzx0c9 Librsvg 2.59.91 is out! This is the release candidate for GNOME 48.<br/><br/>Some build fixes, no changes to the source code.<br/><br/><a href="https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/librsvg/-/releases/2.59.91">https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/librsvg/-/releases/2.59.91</a> 2025-03-06T17:36:15Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqs9lzulyam5mfw44spld0fhezl5g6pc9uds5y2s7s5dgekarh4p6ngzyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8q3zczqn [@AleixPol](<a href="https://fosstodon.org/@AleixPol">https://fosstodon.org/@AleixPol</a> ) and yours truly #LAS2024<br/> <img src="https://mstdn.mx/system/media_attachments/files/113/252/094/673/258/729/original/a7d47c9bee0107dc.jpeg"> <br/> 2024-10-05T00:58:37Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswcqlz7k0f4qtq5f0e648pce5ex6wdrtsyqhj8rku3gpf05n7yqqgzyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8qfxkyyl Este jueves/viernes/sábado voy a estar en Monterrey, en el Linux App Summit (LAS). ¿Quiién se lanza?<br/><br/><a href="https://linuxappsummit.org/">https://linuxappsummit.org/</a> 2024-10-01T00:06:29Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsddl04jp8m99wa9ll5r3ffrzxgj2pw20qx9txekcl2sd7mzcv40egzyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8qqay7m8 Does anyone know of any widely-used open source / free software whose source code is *not* written in English? Not the programming language&#39;s keywords, but things like identifier names? 2024-08-27T22:05:19Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqswduprzuflmpa2azemdfjlyu3p0lx0wgd92thgu4qrt3cps5ltedqzyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8qc25658 The Call for Papers for Linux App Summit is open until August 21! <a href="https://linuxappsummit.org//cfp/">https://linuxappsummit.org//cfp/</a> (dates there are incorrect, you can still submit talk proposals) 2024-08-19T21:57:59Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsphmj2eyyjv9574vhmv7jzqe7er278a7d8k26ykkn066rwy33hctczyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8qvdjg8t Maintaining CI is like gardening angry, carnivorous plants that still may give you delicious fruit... if you keep them happy. 2024-08-08T02:03:46Z https://nostr.now/nevent1qqsrg9h6ygnlmp9lvxu8fdyl6gexrjtcywa79hc07e4w2dcnwr7nfvqzyzddmdnqadl65c0gdxzluxeqx6f0xphj2avpvfvkd6jgnerksra8q8zwhsd In reply to <a href='/nevent1qqs9xdkzmze4pwn8ukcy3pawyq658e6cw2cnqt3q4p5guqy0kyqcwgcxhdvup'>nevent1q…dvup</a><br/>_________________________<br/><br/>Un tamalito. Un pan con mermelada. Una quesadilla. Bueno, dos, porque una es poquito. 2024-08-01T01:20:21Z