Author: Michael G

Drupal 11 Modules Overview

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Mon, 06/24/2024 – 15:36

Here I show my way of creating REST APIs with Ruby on Rails. This might seem simple for those who already know, but it could be of great help to someone who is just starting out:
https://a-chacon.com/en/rails/ruby/2024/06/23/creating-rails-api-cap-2.html

Sebastian Benoit (benno@)
announced
the release of
version 9.1
of
rpki-client, the essential component for routing security.

See the full
announcement for further details.

Here are some key excerpts from the release announcement:

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We are pleased to finally announce the release of GNU Guile 3.0.10!
This release is mainly a bug-fix release, though it does include a
number of new features:

• Better ability to define new port types in Scheme (R6RS custom
  textual
  ports,
  a new soft port
  interface,
  low-level custom
  ports).
• Support for local define definitions in all forms with bodies:
  when and unless, cond and case clauses, and so on.
• An experimental opt-in surface syntax,
  WISP.

For full details, see the release
announcement,
and check out the download page.

Happy Guile hacking!

One of my biggest concerns regarding the state of the web isn’t ads (easily blocked) or machine learning (the legal system isn’t going to be kind to that), but the possible demise of Firefox. I’ve long been worried that with the seemingly never-ending downward marketshare spiral Firefox is in – it’s at like 3% now on desktop, even less on mobile – Mozilla’s pretty much sole source of income will eventually pull the plug, leaving the already struggling browser effectively for dead. I’ve continuously been warning that the first casualty of the downward spiral would be Firefox on platforms other than Windows and macOS. So, what do we make of Mozilla buying an online advertising analytics company? Mozilla has acquired Anonym, a trailblazer in privacy-preserving digital advertising. This strategic acquisition enables Mozilla to help raise the bar for the advertising industry by ensuring user privacy while delivering effective advertising solutions. ↫ Laura Chambers They way Mozilla explains buying an advertising network is that the company wants to be a trailblazer privacy-conscious online advertising, since the current brand of online advertising, which relies on massive amounts of data collection, is unsustainable. Anonym instead employs a number of measures to ensure that privacy is guaranteed, from anonymous analytics to employing differential privacy when it comes to algorithms, ensuring data can’t be used to tack individual users. I have no reason to doubt Mozilla’s intentions here – at least for now – but intentions change, people in charge change, and circumstances change. Having an ad network integrated into the Mozilla organisation will surely lead to temptations of weakening Firefox’ privacy features and ad-blocking abilities, and just overall I find it an odd acquisition target for something like Mozilla, and antithetical to why most people use Firefox in the first place. What really doesn’t help is who originally founded Anonym – two former Facebook executives, backed by a load of venture capital. Do with that little tidbit of information as you please.