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LN Webworks: How To Create Hooks Vs Event Subscribers in Drupal 9

Posted on by Michael G

In Drupal development, understanding the differences between hooks and event subscribers is essential for building robust and flexible modules. Hooks are a fundamental part of Drupal’s architecture, allowing modules to interact with and modify various aspects of the system’s behavior. Moreover, event subscribers are a more recent addition to Drupal, introduced in Drupal 8 as part of its transition to a more modern, object-oriented architecture.

Hooks in Drupal

Hooks are specially named functions that a module defines and calls at specific times to alter, add, or modify the data.

Rachel Hislop reflects on working for Beyoncé, creating community for Black women and the power of storytelling

Posted on by Michael G

At Mozilla, we know we can’t create a better future alone, that is why each year we will be highlighting the work of 25 digital leaders using technology to amplify voices, effect change, and build new technologies globally through our Rise 25 Awards. These storytellers, innovators, activists, advocates, builders and artists are helping make the internet more diverse, […]

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Good weather for a new keyboard

Posted on by Michael G

TWIF generated on Thursday, 11 Apr 2024, Week 15

F-Droid core

F-Droid and F-Droid Basic were updated to 1.20.0-alpha1. Targets got bumped and they have their first victim, the panic button. Was that something you ever used?

But it’s not all bad news, a Bluetooth crash is fixed, there’s tighter integration with the unattended updates code for Android 14 and later, permissions icons and screenshots look better and the install buttons were enlarged so your locale translations fit better.

Did you get a chance to update and test?

Community News

@linsui felt the breeze first:

A month ago we announced that the beloved Geometric Weather app was removed. We promised news soon, and here they are, Breezy Weather, A powerful, open-source Material Design weather app is available, featuring a beautiful design and a special F-Droid flavor: all weather sources are FOSS. The standard flavor is also completely FOSS but includes weather sources that might need API keys to be accessible.

We’ve been using our PR skills to reach developers as needed. For a while, F-Droid contributors where helping to include more apps from the Proton team, (by the way ProtonVPN – Secure and Free VPN was updated to 5.2.40.2). Proton’s response was positive and a developer soon contacted us. After some back and forth, the app was built by our CI, tested and included. As an update was dropped between cycles, Proton Pass, was built and published. Then why isn’t it listed in Newly Added Apps? Well… the app crashes on start. Proton devs are working on a fix and ask you to refrain from installing the app for now. We will inform you of future developments as we have them.

@Licaon_Kter might not use emojis:

We are sad to see that OpenBoard didn’t get developed in the last 2 years. Many others felt the same and have forked it to continue working on it. HeliBoard, Customizable open-source keyboard, is now live, 100% offline and expands on the feature set of the old app.

Removed Apps

1 apps was removed

Otobi Keyboard is no longer maintained and will not be in the future, the developer asked for its archival. (#3227)

Newly Added Apps

5 more apps were newly added

Updated Apps

113 more apps were updated

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Discord is nuking Nintendo Switch emulator devs and their entire servers

Posted on by Michael G
Discord has shut down the Discord servers for the Nintendo Switch emulators Suyu and Sudachi and has completely disabled their lead developers’ accounts — and the company isn’t answering our questions about why it went that far. Both Suyu and Sudachi began as forks of Yuzu, the emulator that Nintendo sued out of existence on March 4th. ↫ Sean Hollister at The Verge This is exactly what people were worried about when Nintendo and Yuzu settled for millions of dollars. Even though it’s a settlement and not a court ruling, and even tough the code to Yuzu is entirely unaffected by the settlement and freely shareable and usable by anyone, and even though emulators are legal – the chilling effect this settlement is having is absolutely undeniable. Here we have Discord going far beyond its own official policy, without even giving the affected parties any recourse. It’s absolutely wild, and highlights just how dangerous it is to rely on Discord for, well, anything. I wish that for once, we’d actually see a case related to console emulation go to court in either the EU or the US, to make it even clearer that yes, unless you distribute copyrighted code like game ROMs or console firmware, emulators are entirely legal and without any risk. You know, a recent court ruling we could point to to dissuade bullies like Nintendo from threatening innocent developers and ruining their lives because of entirely legal activities. And let me reiterate: don’t use Discord as for anything other than basic chat. This platform ain’t got your back.

We are transforming our home with a pass-through window!

Posted on by Michael G
Our journey! How did we get here?

In the winter of 2019, we moved full-time into our self-built van and began living, working, and traveling in Canada. We quickly fell in love with living our dream of venturing off the beaten path, living off the grid and becoming self-sufficient. We drove thousands of kilometers in our van through different countries – Canada, the United States, Mexico and Guatemala.

We document all of this on our channel, be sure to check it out! After many years on the open road, we found ourselves on 15 acres of remote forest on the east coast of Canada, building a home and renovating our completely off-the-grid cabin. We are entering this chapter of our lives with no experience, and we are excited to bring you along as we learn to do it all with our own hands. Thank you for staying with us through cabin life, van life, and everything in between!

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Ayuso se come al lacayo de Sánchez después de hacer el ridículo: “Os multiplicáis como los gremlins”

Posted on by Michael G
Nuevo repaso de Isabel Díaz Ayuso a Juan Lobato.

La presidenta de la Comunidad de Madrid respondió, una vez más, a los infundios lanzados por el portavoz socialista durante el pleno en la Asamblea de Madrid.

El del PSOE fue a por lo personal:

Usted está en otras cosas. Está en sus temas. Solo piensa en sí misma. No piensa en lo que tiene que estar. Cuando se la mira, usted se ve. Por un lado, colaboradores que difaman, que insultan, que atacan todo el día, que amenazan a los medios de comunicación. Y por otro lado, las polémicas. De los duplex de lujo, los Maserati, los fraudes fiscales.

Señora Ayuso, usted ya no gobierna Madrid. Usted solo trata de ocultar sus problemas. Y así nos va. Señora Ayuso, no le interesa nada la economía ni las cosas de verdad que afectan a la gente. Lo vimos el lunes en el Senado. Usted y Aragonés dicen lo mismo los dos. Uno en catalán, otro en castellano. Lo mismo. Lo mismo exactamente. Ni una palabra de educación, de sanidad. Ayuso y Aragonés. La misma cosa.

Ayuso tomó nota y le contestó con contundencia:

¡Vaya papelón el suyo! El único senador socialista de Madrid que había en el Senado el lunes y cómo con el pinganillo tenía que mirar para otro lado mientras venían aquí los independentistas. Vaya papelón el suyo en lugar de defender los intereses de España a través de Madrid, aplaudiendo a un señor que nos dice que van a romper España y que van a amnistiar a delincuentes.

El resultado obsceno de lo que están ustedes, su presidente que se planta en Gaza intentando liderar la paz donde no hay paz, es un presidente que se ha convertido en un presidente de la República de España. Y es que no hay paz en Gaza, donde nadie se lo ha pedido en Oriente Próximo y busca la guerra en España. Mucha paz en Gaza, donde nadie le ha pedido que hable. Mucha guerra aquí para hacerse una foto vestida de Balay entre huesos sin darse cuenta de que ni siquiera eran los suyos, porque están creando dos bandos para enfrentar a los españoles. Eso es en lo que está su partido. Mientras se multiplican como los gremlins en las instituciones, el último ministro de Sanidad, 180.000 eurazos cuando no estuvo ni siete meses al cargo. Y eso es lo que están haciendo, utilizando todos los poderes del Estado a la venezolana como adversario político, dividiendo, atacando al discrepante. El Got Talent un tres esta semana.