Internet Discoveries between 1 December and 8 December

  • https://psychology-tools.com/test/empathy-quotient
  • the hacker’s browser.
  • NASA Just Released a Fireplace Video For The Holidays, And It’s Hilarious
  • New AWS Security Incident Response helps organizations respond to and recover from security events
  • Fish Have a Brain Microbiome. Could Humans Have One Too?
  • Why does the name ‘David Mayer’ crash ChatGPT? Digital privacy requests may be at fault
  • 10 Hidden Gems in GitHub Actions for Automating Your Workflow
  • Pixel phones now give you a thermometer, for the inside
  • 3 reasons you should be using Obsidian’s Dataview plugin for dynamic note organization
  • https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/amazons-cloud-service-shows-new-ai-servers-says-apple-will-use-its-chips-2024-12-03/
  • FreeBSD 14.2 wants to woo Docker fans, but still struggles with Wi-Fi
  • Notice of upcoming releases and breaking changes for GitHub Actions
  • x.com
  • Deprecation notice: GitHub Pages actions to require artifacts actions v4 on GitHub.com
  • Valve may be working on a direct competitor to the Nvidia Shield

Interesting details

https://psychology-tools.com/test/empathy-quotient -

<a name=’the hacker’s browser.’>the hacker’s browser.</a> - Speed up the process as you follow links with your keyboard. In this example we follow a link to view a page about Aerodynamic Forces, without resorting to the mouse pointer. Immediately skip to important chapters with Jump Headings by fuzzily searching through header tags.

<a name=’NASA Just Released a Fireplace Video For The Holidays, And It’s Hilarious’>NASA Just Released a Fireplace Video For The Holidays, And It’s Hilarious</a> - There’s a new contender for your holiday fireplace video. This one comes from NASA, and features rocket engines and boosters to light up your days with Space Launch System holiday cheer.

New AWS Security Incident Response helps organizations respond to and recover from security events - Today, we announce AWS Security Incident Response, a new service designed to help organizations manage security events quickly and effectively.

Fish Have a Brain Microbiome. Could Humans Have One Too? - The discovery that other vertebrates have healthy, microbial brains is fueling the still controversial possibility that we might have them as well.

Why does the name ‘David Mayer’ crash ChatGPT? Digital privacy requests may be at fault - Users of the conversational AI platform ChatGPT discovered an interesting phenomenon over the weekend: the popular chatbot refuses to answer questions if asked about a “David Mayer.” Asking it to do so causes it to freeze up instantly.

10 Hidden Gems in GitHub Actions for Automating Your Workflow - GitHub Actions has revolutionized how we automate workflows, especially in a DevOps-driven world. Sure, you’ve seen the basics: CI/CD pipelines, testing, and deployments.

Pixel phones now give you a thermometer, for the inside - Key Takeaways The latest Pixel Troubleshooting app update adds a Device temperature section. The update offers color-coded labels to indicate phone temperature status: Cold, Normal, Warm, or Elevated.

<a name=’3 reasons you should be using Obsidian’s Dataview plugin for dynamic note organization’>3 reasons you should be using Obsidian’s Dataview plugin for dynamic note organization</a> - With its interactive graphs, rich plugin store, Markdown support, and canvas, Obsidian has emerged as a powerful tool for organizing and connecting ideas. But if you truly want to harness its full potential, explore the Dataview plugin.

https://www.reuters.com/technology/artificial-intelligence/amazons-cloud-service-shows-new-ai-servers-says-apple-will-use-its-chips-2024-12-03/ -

FreeBSD 14.2 wants to woo Docker fans, but still struggles with Wi-Fi - FreeBSD 14.2, the latest point release of the most widely used of the BSDs, brings some new features to tempt Docker fans. FreeBSD 14.2-RELEASE appeared on Tuesday. This is the latest minor release of version 14, which means it’s time to start thinking about upgrading from 14.1.

Notice of upcoming releases and breaking changes for GitHub Actions - We will migrate the ubuntu-latest label to ubuntu 24 starting on December 5, 2024 and ending on January 17, 2025. The ubuntu 24 image has a different set of tools and packages than ubuntu 22. We have made cuts to the list of packages so that we can maintain our SLA for free disk space.

x.com -

Deprecation notice: GitHub Pages actions to require artifacts actions v4 on GitHub.com - We will migrate the ubuntu-latest label to ubuntu 24 starting on December 5, 2024 and ending on January 17, 2025. The ubuntu 24 image has a different set of tools and packages than ubuntu 22. We have made cuts to the list of packages so that we can maintain our SLA for free disk space.

Valve may be working on a direct competitor to the Nvidia Shield - Key Takeaways Valve may be developing a “Steam Box” powered by SteamOS The new kernel designed for “AMD Lilac” hints at possible new hardware The device seems more of a competitor for Nvidia Shield than an upcoming Steam Deck 2.

All this was saved to my GetPocket over the week