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The EU is asking developers about the impact of Apple's decision to disable PWAs in the EU, which could be a precursor towards an in-depth probe (Javier Espinoza/Financial Times)
https://t.co/m3UN5bDCSH

EU seeks to investigate Apple over cutting off web apps
Competition regulators in Brussels send questions to developers over iPhone maker’s decision

This is a niche one and will likely not affect any of the (three?) people playing with Kitten¹ right now but, in any case:
If you persist custom types to your Kitten database, you might be hit by this bug that was introduced when I released versions of Kitten with minified identifiers.
I briefly wrote about what happened, how you can identify if you’re affected, and how you can fix it here:

Periodic crash due to session garbage collection code
``` 🙀 Uncaught exception TypeError: e._db.sessions[n].hasExpired is not a function at file:///var/home/aral/.local/share/small-tech.org/kitten/app/kitten-bundle.js:434:9245 at Array.forEach () at Timeout._onTimeout (file:///var/home/aral/.local/share/small-tech.org/kitt...

Fourier analysis of near-field patterns generated by propagating polaritons
Minsoo Jang, Sergey G. Menabde, Fatemeh Kiani, Jacob T. Heiden, Vladimir A. Zenin, N. Asger Mortensen, Giulia Tagliabue, Min Seok Jang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2402.17225

Fourier analysis of near-field patterns generated by propagating polaritons
Scattering-type scanning near-field optical microscope (s-SNOM) has become an essential tool to study polaritons - quasiparticles of light coupled to collective charge oscillations - via direct probing of their near field with a spatial resolution far beyond the diffraction limit. However, extraction of the polariton complex propagation constant from the near-field images requires subtle considerations that have not received necessary attention so far. In this study, we discuss important yet ov…

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Wow, this is a foul wind that's blowing through Aotearoa: https://thestandard.org.nz/atlas-smirked/

"If politics repeatedly fails to deliver, the shuffle [towards far right politics] could become a march; the march could become a goose step"
If disillusionment is all Keir Starmer delivers as prime minister, I fear Labour will shrivel and die | George Monbiot | The Guardian
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Udah. Gitu aja.

This is a niche one and will likely not affect any of the (three?) people playing with Kitten¹ right now but, in any case:
If you persist custom types to your Kitten database, you might be hit by this bug that was introduced when I released versions of Kitten with minified identifiers.
I briefly wrote about what happened, how you can identify if you’re affected, and how you can fix it here:

Periodic crash due to session garbage collection code
``` 🙀 Uncaught exception TypeError: e._db.sessions[n].hasExpired is not a function at file:///var/home/aral/.local/share/small-tech.org/kitten/app/kitten-bundle.js:434:9245 at Array.forEach () at Timeout._onTimeout (file:///var/home/aral/.local/share/small-tech.org/kitt...

"If you perceive that the system can’t or won’t deliver the change you seek, you are more likely to accept fictitious explanations"
If disillusionment is all Keir Starmer delivers as prime minister, I fear Labour will shrivel and die | George Monbiot | The Guardian
https://www…

"there is nothing radical about a wealth tax, a national care service or an ambitious insulation programme: this is mainstream social democracy. By deleting these policies, he is not bowing to “centrism”, but to an extreme agenda of austerity, privatisation, poverty and environmental destruction"
If disillusionment is all Keir Starmer delivers as prime minister, I fear Labour will shrivel and die | George Monbiot | The Guardian