Early-rising eclipse chasers might also get to see the sun show off its rarely seen horns, and “shark fin” too. …read more Source:: CNet

From today’s edition of Mike Melanson’s “This Week in Programming” column: If you’ve been using open source software for any amount of time, then you’re well aware of the tangled web of dependencies often involved in such projects. If not, there’s any number of tools out there that explore just how interconnected everything is, and…

Version 9.4 of the GNU Compiler Collection “encompasses more than 190 bug fixes for GCC 9.3, which has been available since March 2020,” reports DevClass. But they add that in addition, “Developers who want to contribute to the GNU Compiler Collection but don’t feel like signing over copyright to the Free Software Foundation can get…

Why reach for a bland, commercially available calculator when you be using a model that employs RPN (Reverse Polish Notation) in its calculations and be a custom build all at the same time? The kids may have colour TFTs and graphing functions, but your keyboard has no equals sign, and that means something. Unfortunately for…

The newspaper USA Today reports that it’s “fighting a subpoena from the FBI demanding records that would identify readers of a February story” about a Southern Florida shooting that killed two of the investigative agency’s agents and wounded three others. Long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 shares their report: In a motion filed in federal district court…

An anonymous reader writes: This week the GitHub Yearbook went live, with 6794 “graduates” featured on a special web page showcasing “any student who has graduated, or plans to graduate, in 2021… This includes bootcamps, code camps, high school graduates, Master’s graduates, Ph. D. Graduates, etc.” (Students were added by submitting a pull request —…

The first game of the Eastern Conference Semifinals features Giannis Antetokounmpo against the Big Three in Brooklyn. …read more Source:: CNet

Slashdot reader DevNull127 writes: Documents filed by Florida’s health department now “confirm two of the core aspects” of a whistleblower complaint filed by fired data manager Rebekah Jones, the Miami Herald reported Friday. “Sworn affidavits from Department of Health leaders acknowledge Jones’ often-denied claim that she was told to remove data from public access after…

The big shopping event is still a couple weeks away, but shoppers can already snag discounts on electronics, kitchenware and office supplies. …read more Source:: CNet

Every five years or so, I think it’s time to review my e-mail flow. (Oh no!) I run my own mail server, and you should too, but this means that I get to figure out managing and searching and archiving and indexing it all by myself. (Yippee!) And I’ll be honest — sometimes I’m a…