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  • Slop causing damage, as usual https://lwn.net/Articles/1070698/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 04:59:19


  • Restartable sequences, TCMalloc, and Hyrum's Law https://lwn.net/Articles/1070072/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 05:00:01


  • Bug-monitoring expectations and Fedora GNOME packages https://lwn.net/Articles/1070006/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 05:00:54


  • Version-controlled databases using Prolly trees https://lwn.net/Articles/1068864/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 05:01:35


  • Hardware-assisted Arm VMs for s390 https://lwn.net/Articles/1069954/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 05:02:25


  • Hahahaha! Microsoft-funded "news" site says the mass layoffs are for ‘future success’    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 06:25:24


  • "After more than two decades broadcasting the FIFA World Cup in Malaysia, pay-TV operator Astro has lost the rights to the tournament." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/broadcaster-loses-fifa-world-cup-rights-after-20-years-citing-rampant-piracy/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:10:56


  • "The textbook publishers that sued Google over pirated ebook ads have responded to the company's effort to dismiss their case." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/publishers-googles-ebook-ad-ban-blocked-legitimate-sellers-not-pirates/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:11:10


  • "Across the web, creators, communities, and institutions are turning to multiple forms of defensive enclosure to restrict access. These include: [...]" ☛ https://creativecommons.org/2026/05/13/from-signals-to-infrastructure-strengthening-the-commons-for-the-ai-era/ | Source: Creative Commons    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:11:24


  • "There was no market for this product. Anyone who bought a DVD player did so because they didn’t know about this restriction, or because they were indifferent to it. No showroom, no advertisement, no press-release bragged about region-locking." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2022/10/23/how-to-fix-cars-by-breaking-felony-contempt-of-business-model/ | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:12:18


  • "I thought it would be this incredible difference where my internet would then be rapid, but the truth is, it's complete imperceptible." ☛ https://kevquirk.com/upgrading-my-home-internet-to-full-fibre | Source: Kev Quirk    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:12:43


  • "The vast majority of the world’s data — emails, financial transactions, the internet — is carried by fiber optic cables that run along the ocean floor and converge at a few narrow choke points" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/report/928512/arctic-internet-cable-chokepoint-polar-connect | Source: The Verge    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:12:56


  • "Events like these have led some undersea cable operators to look to the Persian Gulf as an alternative" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/eu-considers-running-undersea-cable-under-the-north-pole-to-link-europe-to-asia-polar-connect-aims-to-bypass-the-strait-of-hormuz-and-russia-by-2030 | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:13:19


  • "The Taliban’s detention of Mansoor Niazi and Imran Danish, followed by a sweeping raid on a major independent media organization" ☛ https://cpj.org/2026/05/taliban-raids-tolonews-office-in-afghanistan-after-detaining-2-journalists/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:13:54


  • "Tucker Carlson and Nick Fuentes — have been named by the White House as possible domestic terrorists" ☛ https://www.kenklippenstein.com/p/new-counterterror-strategy-eyes-tucker | Source: Ken Klippenstein nbsp;

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:14:19


  • "I should say at the outset, because the rest of these pages will be a defense, that I am not a Friedmanite" ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/in-defense-of-milton-friedman | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:15:03


  • "stepping down" ☛ https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/tech-news/2026-05-13/ty-article/.premium/microsoft-israel-head-exits-amid-scrutiny-of-idf-cloud-services-use/0000019e-2231-d14f-abfe-23b526070000 | Source: Haaretz    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:15:41


  • "it would be foolish to expect Trump and his minions to learn anything from their humiliation." ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/the-apotheosis-of-willful-ignorance | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:15:48


  • "Presently, LinkedIn employs close to 17,500 staff globally, which would put the cull count near 875. Though the specifics of the layoffs have yet to be delineated" ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2026/05/13/microsofts-linkedin-lay-off-5-staff/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:16:05


  • "The company sells not only hardware products but also software for powering them." ☛ https://siliconangle.com/2026/05/13/anduril-doubles-valuation-61b-new-5b-funding-round/ | Source: Silicon Angle    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:16:19


  • "Inkscape is driven by volunteers who gift us (all of us, that includes you!) their most valuable resource: their time." ☛ https://inkscape.org/news/2026/05/13/inkscape-supports-german-petition-to-recognize-ope/ | Source: Inkscape    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:16:32


  • "NV Energy, the Nevada utility that has supplied the bulk of Lake Tahoe’s electricity for decades" ☛ https://fortune.com/2026/05/12/lake-tahoe-data-center-49000-residents-power-source/ | Source: Fortune    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:20:55


  • "Oh, right the bike chain. Again, just a subtle change from what we had before. The main lock is on the wheel, with a key that only detaches when you close the lock." ☛ https://schafe-sind-bessere-rasenmaeher.de/posts/we-got-a-new-bike/ |    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:21:18


  • "We regret to inform you that nearly 50,000 residents of the Lake Tahoe region are about to lose their power source." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/silicon-valley-needs-your-electricity | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:21:39


  • "Hostilities in the U.S.-Israel war on Iran are currently paused" ☛ https://dawnmena.org/wartime-cultural-erasure-in-iran-is-the-latest-failure-of-the-rules-based-order/ | Source: Democracy for the Arab World Now    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:22:25


  • "there would be far less evidence for a legal complaint over AI actions and advice." ☛ https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/13/meta-ai-incognito-chat/ | Source: MacRumors    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:31:09


  • "Looking the Other Way: EU Failure to Prevent Surveillance Exports to Rights Violators" ☛ https://thecyberexpress.com/eu-surveillance-technology-face-scrutiny/ | Source: Cyble Inc    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:32:17


  • "Increasing government use of commercial spyware and other types of surveillance technology poses a significant threat to human rights worldwide." ☛ https://www.hrw.org/report/2026/05/12/looking-the-other-way/eu-failure-to-prevent-surveillance-exports-to-rights | Source: HRW    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:32:53


  • "People report that their personal contact info was surfaced by Google AI—and there’s apparently no easy way to prevent it." ☛ https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/05/13/1137203/ai-chatbots-are-giving-out-peoples-real-phone-numbers/ | Source: MIT Technology Review    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:34:14


  • "Woods kept fighting." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/05/12/man-who-stole-a-coworkers-identity-for-30-years-had-his-victim-jailed.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:35:46


  • "The problem (for powerful people) is that other people aren't things; they're people, with stubborn attachments to their own priorities and needs." ☛ https://pluralistic.net/2026/05/13/vibe-governance/#k-hole | Source: CoryDoctorow    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:37:03


  • "I'm just trying to figure out if these people have absolutely no shame, or if they are embarrassed and do it anyway because they think they can make a buck off of it. [...]" ☛ https://tiv.today/digg-has-sorta-relaunched-again/ | Source: The Independent Variable    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:37:33


  • "I've begun working with diVine as an opportune overlap: working on video-based social media with the weight of the name that Vine carried: it gave us short form portrait video." ☛ https://www.jacky.wtf/essays/2026/going-all-in/ | Source: Jacky Alciné    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:38:05


  • "I think the experiment has run its course. Today we’ve closed Micro.one to new subscriptions." ☛ https://www.manton.org/2026/05/13/retiring-microone.html | Source: Manton Reece    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:38:23


  • "For me, the framing of AI’s effects on existing information ecosystems while it establishes a new one was helpful" ☛ https://werd.io/ai-may-be-the-new-gatekeepers-but-human-connection-is-more-needed-than-ever/ | Source: Ben Werdmuller    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:39:13


  • "You can translate that, right? He means layoffs. Announcements like this say “AI” to mean layoffs." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/12/gitlab-announces-ai-layoffs-stock-goes-down-9/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:39:44


  • "A voice interface can be useful. A mandatory voice interface is less useful." ☛ https://pivot-to-ai.com/2026/05/13/google-replaces-your-pc-mouse-with-yelling-at-gemini/ | Source: Pivot to AI    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:41:10


  • "Today, I have a hefty case of "what is the use?" when it comes to our AI future." ☛ https://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-05-13 | Source: Dr Molly Tov    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:41:32


  • "It's so weird, like: you sought me out at my place of business and the first thing you do is demonstrate that you haven't read my blog, ever." ☛ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2026/05/a-slopfondler-walks-into-a-bar-redux/ | Source: Jamie Zawinski    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:42:07


  • "I host most of my websites on a DreamHost VPS. This morning I discovered that a new file had been added, agents.txt, to the root of each site, on May 7." ☛ https://journal.kvibber.com/2026/05/agents-txt-on-dreamhost/ | Source: Kelson Vibber    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:42:55


  • "What I think is going on with AI is that what software managers really want is to be able to turn a dial marked "Quality" down and see a gauge marked "Speed" go up." ☛ https://www.simplermachines.com/software-delivery-will-continue-to-be-non-linear/ | Source: Nat Bennett    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:43:29


  • "The idea of agents performing actions in the background seems appealing to companies. I’m not sure I’d use it." ☛ https://manualdousuario.net/en/android-17-gemini-intelligence-googlebook/ | Source: Rodrigo Ghedin    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:45:25


  • "My interactions with the medical office AI bot didn’t bother me as much as my exchange with “Theo,” the restaurant AI." ☛ https://www.pcworld.com/article/3136650/i-was-duped-by-an-ai-customer-service-bot-and-i-hate-it.html | Source: PC World    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:45:44


  • "We're being told to use [AI] agents for broad changes across our codebase." ☛ https://www.404media.co/software-developers-say-ai-is-rotting-their-brains/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:46:06


  • "Something you may have heard about is retrieval-augmented generation (RAG for short), which uses a defined set of documentation to answer questions for you in an informed way." ☛ https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/search-our-documentation-by-meaning-not-keywords/ | Source: Raspberry Pi    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:46:28


  • "Multiple windows per document is probably my favorite new feature." ☛ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/05/13/omnioutliner-6-1/ | Source: Michael Tsai    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:48:25


  • "Earlier this year, I made the difficult decision to move on from Teachable as the course platform for The Taggart Institute." ☛ https://taggart-tech.com/20260513-teachable-disclosure/ | Source: Michael Taggart    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:48:36


  • "Spools of cable are critical for internet infrastructure and jam-proof drones but skyrocketing costs are making it hard to field them." ☛ https://www.404media.co/war-and-data-centers-are-driving-up-the-cost-of-fiber-optic-cable/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:49:23


  • "Today marks the 30 year anniversary of my becoming a full-time employee of Apple Computer, Inc." ☛ https://bitsplitting.org/2026/05/13/thirty-years/ | Source: Daniel Jalkut    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:51:10


  • "Last week someone asked why I prefer books. My immediate answer was that I love their quiet, non-commercial nature. No ads. No hype." ☛ https://sive.rs/4s4b | Source: Derek Sivers    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:51:27


  • "I don’t claim to be the world’s expert, but the few startups that worked with me were glad they did, so I decided to launch a consulting business." ☛ https://dieter.plaetinck.be/posts/open-source-consulting-advisory/ | Source: Dieter Plaetinck    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:51:43


  • "Every Friday afternoon, a library bus comes visit our neighbourhood." ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/a-love-letter-to-our-library-bus/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:52:29


  • "Regarding the diagnosis of the problem, at what point do you think digitalization stopped being merely a tool and became a growth logic that is difficult to question?" ☛ https://criticaledtech.com/2026/05/14/digital-degrowth-and-education-q-a/ | Source: Neil Selwyn    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:52:43


  • "The really cool thing is that you don’t need to avoid a possible plane crash to wake up, see what’s going on in your life and take an oath." ☛ https://seths.blog/2026/05/the-airplane-oath/ | Source: Seth Godin    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:53:33


  • "In response to youth suicides, teachers show students the power of headbanging at Fire in the Mountains festival." ☛ https://www.hcn.org/issues/57-11/heavy-metal-is-healing-teens-on-the-blackfeet-nation/ | Source: High Country News    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:53:48


  • "This is the first time NASA has encountered a situation like this, and it took nearly a week to resolve." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/nasas-curiosity-rover-got-its-drill-stuck-on-a-rock-heres-how-they-freed-it/ | Source: Wired    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:54:27


  • "It’s still wildly impractical to build AI datacenters in space." ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/space-ai-datacenters-do-not-have-a-cooling-problem/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:54:45


  • "I’ve mentioned this a lot to my writers group over the years, so I thought I’d finally write it down." ☛ https://chrismaiorana.com/saxon-vs-latinate-word-choice/ | Source: Chris Maiorana    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:55:21


  • "There are many lenses through which to think about the question – the technology behind a website, the design of a website 1, the philosophies and goals behind our website, and more." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/05/13/growing-with-my-website | Source: James G    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:55:37


  • [Old] "This paper explores the notion of leadership in open source software development projects." ☛ https://firstmonday.org/ojs/index.php/fm/article/download/795/704/4584 | Source: First Monday    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:56:02


  • "The workflow I described worked OK, but there were a few issues with MIDI in Audacity." ☛ https://reillyspitzfaden.com/posts/2026/05/neovim-lilypond-midi-files-terminal/ |    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:56:21


  • "Prot is a fan of one-shot modifiers. I started experimenting with them using keyd, but now I've moved to using kanata based on his recommendation." ☛ https://sachachua.com/blog/2026/05/trying-out-kanata-for-one-shot-modifiers-and-home-row-mods-on-linux/ | Source: Sacha Chua    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:56:51


  • "This site was built to share and revel in each others’ personal sites, and is currently home to ~1003 of them. Witness these in wonderment and awe. Immaculate. Stunning. How did they do that? Yes, you should definitely get around to redesigning yours soon." ☛ https://personalsit.es/ |    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 07:57:14


  • "Even though cameras don't (yet) produce JPEG XL files natively, and even though browsers are dragging their heels on support, it's still useful today as a special-purpose compression algorithm for archiving existing libraries of JPEG files." gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/05/13/jpegxl/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 08:03:17


  • "I've migrated my old gemini capsule from my old domain to SourceHut. SourceHut does not allow CGI applications to run for security reasons, so I have temporarily disabled my applications. Apology for the inconvenience." gemini://ibannieto.srht.site/gemlog/2026-05-13.gmi    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 08:04:43


  • Do not be afraid of slop peddlers, they should instead be afraid of humans. Slop won't replace humans; humans will render the slop obsolete.    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 08:05:27


  • "t has been many years since I saw "V for Vendetta" and it always had this "something something transgender" vibe to me that I couldn't pinpoint well." gemini://sojuz.v-tr.org/mumble/rewatching-v-for-vendetta.gmi    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 08:06:36


  • More on learning to read gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/agk/2026-05-12-read.txt    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 08:32:18


  • "Every Tuesday for the next fifteen or so weeks, I am going to be releasing an episode of the show. The first episode is with Adam, the creator of omg.lol and maintainer of many wonderful web projects." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/05/12/announcing-wonders-of-web-weaving | Source: James G    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 13:33:32


  • "I did not want to make these videos but it was a newsroom-wide initiative and so I did it anyway." ☛ https://www.404media.co/washington-post-make-it-make-sense-opinion-podcast/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 13:33:44


  • "In addition, Leslie has raised a concern that we need a conversation in wider civil society about the governance issues to address this problem because technology alone can’t solve what’s clearly a societal problem." ☛ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/05/14/podcast-the-socialized-cost-of-online-abuse/ | Source: APNIC    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 13:33:59


  • "ZFS exposes dozens of performance counters, but only a few truly matter for databases." ☛ https://klarasystems.com/articles/which-zfs-storage-metrics-matter-for-database-performance/ | Source: Klara    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 13:34:45


  • "Since Jake on Mastodon asked for a Cloudflare-style postmortem, here it is: [...]" ☛ https://blog.pecar.me/fedidevs-9h-outage-postmortem/ | Source: Anže Pečar    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 13:35:13


  • "Welcome. Today, I'd like to talk today about a familiar topic. Yes, back in 2018, I've already covered this subject." ☛ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/plasma-window-position-2026.html | Source: Dedoimedo    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 13:35:53


  • "KDE offers the world a better way." ☛ https://kde.org/announcements/sovereign-tech-fund-invests-kde/ | Source: KDE    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 13:36:20


  • "It was time to work on the real objective: the Zaurus port. Its early infancy can be seen in this teaser from Rahn on december 14th (still 2004): [...]" ☛ http://miod.online.fr/software/openbsd/stories/zaurus2.html | Source: Miod Vallat    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 13:37:56


  • "For those who are too innocent (that’s to say that they don’t know shit)" ☛ https://ludditus.com/2026/05/14/fedora-linux-just-rejected-the-idea-of-an-lts-kernel/ | Source: Homo Ludditus ;  

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 13:42:35


  • "Debian 14 "Forky" will introduce a mandate for reproducible packages" ☛ https://ostechnix.com/debian-linux-reproducible-builds/ | Source: OSTechNix    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 13:43:06


  • "It records two things: audio as McAleer speaks and explains what he’s doing, plus images from an overhead webcam that points down at the desk." ☛ https://blog.arduino.cc/2026/05/13/nibsy-makes-manual-project-documentation-obsolete/ | Source: Arduino    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 13:44:01


  • "As well as being an analog synth wizard, Sam is an inspiring inventor" ☛ https://blog.pimoroni.com/look-mum-no-computer-at-eurovision/ | Source: Pimoroni    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 13:44:17


  • "I strongly resist participating in the panopticon economy but, I have wanted to set up some security cameras around my house for ages." ☛ https://blog.meadowhawk.xyz/new-security-cam-project.html |    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 13:46:42


  • "While the research focuses on smartphone photography, the behaviour will feel familiar to many mirrorless or DSLR photographers as well" ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/70-percent-of-photos-on-your-camera-roll-are-forgotten-and-many-photographers-will-relate-to-digital-photo-overload | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 13:48:13


  • "ls is how you list files in a directory. Along with many of the other utils I’ve already covered, this one is also very basic." ☛ https://www.readwriterachel.com/things-i-learned/2026/05/13/coreutils-ls.html | Source: Rachel Kaufman    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 13:49:31


  • "Some browsers ship code that checks which domain you’re visiting and changes how the page renders based on it." ☛ https://denodell.com/blog/browsers-treat-big-sites-differently | Source: Den Odell    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 13:50:33


  • "In short: I just published Open Link in Unloaded Tab" ☛ https://evanhahn.com/open-link-in-unloaded-tab-for-firefox/ | Source: Evan Hahn    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 13:55:22


  • "It's an interesting telling of the decline and fall of what was once an industry titan, and for us" ☛ https://www.theregister.com/databases/2026/05/13/dbase-debased-database-titan-fades-to-black-after-47-years/5238841 | Source: The Register UK    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 13:55:54


  • "In short: The Bootstrapping Protocol uses an existing chain of trust within the DNS to authenticate information for DS provisioning: [...]" ☛ https://blog.powerdns.com/2026/05/12/automatic-authenticated-dnssec-bootstrapping-in-powerdns-authoritative-server | Source: PowerDNS    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 13:56:08


  • "I have moved this site off Ghost and onto my custom blogging engine. Why? I had lost interest in the space. In the form it existed." ☛ https://www.amitgawande.com/blog/2026/moving-off-ghost/ | Source: Amit Gawande    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:01:04


  • Lund Linux Con: "May 21-22, 2026." ☛ https://www.lundlinuxcon.org/ |    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:01:43


  • "A caveat to all this applies that I am not a military historian, just an interested amateur." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/05/durations-of-wars-by-ellis2013nz/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:02:13


  • "as part of my PhD research on regex engine algorithms and efficiency, i've been building RE#, a regex engine with complement, intersection, and lookarounds." ☛ https://iev.ee/blog/what-262715-regex-questions-havent-answered/ | Source: Ian Erik Varatalu    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:04:14


  • "Many thanks to all contributors!" ☛ https://www.erlang.org/news/188 | Source: Erlang    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:04:29


  • "Undefined behavior (UB) in C++ is one of the hardest categories of bugs to deal with." ☛ https://www.sandordargo.com/blog/2026/05/13/cpp26-library-hardening | Source: Sandor Dargo    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:04:46


  • "A while back I worked with a guy named Phil." ☛ https://kanenarraway.com/posts/you-cant-bootstrap-trust/ | Source: Kane Narraway    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:09:16


  • "In compilers, static single information form (SSI) is a common extension to static single assignment form (SSA). It was introduced by C. Scott Ananian in 1999 in his MS thesis (PDF) 1." ☛ https://bernsteinbear.com/blog/partial-ssi/ | Source: Max Bernstein    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:09:37


  • "hunting for security vulnerabilities" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/standard-90-day-vulnerability-disclosure-policy-is-likely-dead-thanks-to-ai-leaving-worlds-systems-exposed-to-zero-day-attacks-security-expert-details-how-llm-assisted-bug-hunting-ushers-in-a-new-cyberworld-orders | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:10:05


  • "Time::Str is a Perl module for parsing and formatting date/time strings across 20+ standard formats." ☛ https://blogs.perl.org/users/chansen/2026/05/introducing-timestr.html | Source: Perl    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:10:35


  • "On July 13, 2011, an email was sent with the idea of a shared blog, a clever domain name" ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/05/15-years-of-ropensci-and-were-just-getting-started-%f0%9f%8e%89/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:11:06


  • "A preprint went up on arXiv this week from Alexandros Tsakpinis, Emil Schwenger and Alexander Pretschner at fortiss and TU Munich" ☛ https://nesbitt.io/2026/05/13/showing-our-work.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:11:59


  • "I'm in the middle of redoing the Logic for Programmers diagrams and this has surfaced a really annoying problem." ☛ https://buttondown.com/hillelwayne/archive/points-are-a-weird-and-inconsistent-unit-of/ | Source: Buttondown LLC    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:12:34


  • "DeepComputing has launched the DC-ROMA RISC-V Mainboard III for the Framework Laptop 13, a modular RISC-V platform based on the SpacemiT K3 processor." ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/framework-laptop-13-gets-risc-v-upgrade-with-dc-roma-mainboard-iii/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:13:16


  • "Databases are an example of a critical workload we are asked frequently about." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/red-hat-partner-ecosystem-year-expanding-choice-virtualized-workloads-red-hat-openshift-virtualization | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:14:03


  • "Much of that added load and increased pressure is noise." ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/reducing-cve-fatigue-red-hat-hardened-images-and-anchore | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:14:27


  • Slop hype ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/virtualization-2026-building-platform-vms-containers-and-ai | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:14:53


  • Slop promotion, as usual ☛ https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/agent-ready-ai-means-token-ready-strategy | Source: Red Hat Official    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:15:13


  • Proton 11.0-1 Beta 3 brings FEX upgrades for Linux ARM64 (like the Steam Frame) | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/proton-11-0-1-beta-3-brings-fex-upgrades-for-linux-arm64-like-the-steam-frame/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:16:00


  • "Germany's Sovereign Tech Agency via the Sovereign Tech Fund announced over €1 million in funding for KDE to work on the Plasma desktop, KDE Linux and more." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/kde-gets-over-1-million-in-funding-from-the-sovereign-tech-fund/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:17:15


  • Star Wars: Fate of the Old Republic boss thinks AI is "creatively soulless" | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/star-wars-fate-of-the-old-republic-boss-thinks-ai-is-creatively-soulless/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:19:07


  • "This fight needs YOU; not your money!" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/this-fight-needs-you-not-your-money!:3    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:20:10


  • iophl: grassroots effort needed to take down or at least reform the DMCA because it prevents basic use of software systems https://consumerrights.wiki/w/Bambu_Lab_Authorization_Control_System#Cease_and_desist_against_the_OrcaSlicer-bambulab_re-enablement_project    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:21:15


  • "Louis Rossmann Tells 3D Printer Maker Bambu Lab To ‘Go (Bleep) Yourself’ Over Its Threatened Lawsuit - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/05/11/148254    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:21:51


  • LEGO Batman: Legacy of the Dark Knight, Forza Horizon 6 and Subnautica 2 get Steam Deck Verified | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/lego-batman-legacy-of-the-dark-knight-forza-horizon-6-and-subnautica-2-get-steam-deck-verified/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:22:24


  • Unreal Engine 5.8 adds experimental Steam Frame support, Qualcomm give the Steam Frame a dedicated page | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/unreal-engine-5-8-adds-experimental-steam-frame-support-qualcomm-give-the-steam-frame-a-dedicated-page/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:23:01


  • Grow Home and Grow Up from Atari added to the GOG Preservation Program | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/grow-home-and-grow-up-from-atari-added-to-the-gog-preservation-program/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:26:07


  • "October 7 barbarism beyond all imagination: New report details how terrorists performed almost unimaginable horrors - which some on the Left STILL cast doubt on" https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-15807431/Full-depravity-Hamas-October-7-revealed-time-New-report-details-terrorists-performed-unimaginable-horrors-Israeli-families.html    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:26:46


  • "The FBI Director Proved He Will Lie about Criminal Defendants - emptywheel" https://emptywheel.net/2026/05/13/the-fbi-director-proved-he-will-lie-about-criminal-defendants/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:27:01


  • To NVIDIA, security means "Kill Switch" :) https://odysee.com/@AlphaNerd:8/linux-is-getting-an-emergency-kill:b    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:27:24


  • "Fascist Vacation" https://www.thehandbasket.co/p/sean-duffy-fascist-vacation-christian-dawson-editorial-cartoon    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:27:39


  • "GAMERSNEXUS JOINS FIGHT AGAINST S1201 OF THE DMCA!" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/gamersnexus-joins-fight-against-s1201-of:0    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:28:00


  • server not found ... https://se.linux.org/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:28:18


  • If you drop (or throw) your new Steam Controller it will scream at you | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/if-you-drop-or-throw-your-new-steam-controller-it-will-scream-at-you/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:29:49


  • Discord joke that it's The Year of the Linux Desktop | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/discord-joke-that-its-the-year-of-the-linux-desktop/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/discord-joke-that-its-the-year-of-the-linux-desktop/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:30:18


  • GitHub TCO (Microsoft) ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/popular-emulator-cemu-was-recently-compromised-with-malware-in-linux-downloads/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/popular-emulator-cemu-was-recently-compromised-with-malware-in-linux-downloads/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:30:59


  • "We Are Crashing Into the Future (Or It Is Crashing Into Us)" https://www.meditationsinanemergency.com/we-are-crashing-into-the-future/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:31:31


  • "Office Hours: What Does Trump Do NEXT to Get Out of the Quagmire of Iran?" https://robertreich.substack.com/p/office-hours-what-does-trump-do-next    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:31:51


  • "You’re debugging a full disk alert at 2 am, and the df command is showing red while du / comes back looking totally fine. You run both commands 3 times, thinking you misread something." ☛ https://www.tecmint.com/df-du-disk-usage-difference-linux/ | Source: TecMint    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:36:45


  • "The promise is clear: let people use the gadgets they already own. Less friction, lower costs, and more freedom." ☛ https://ubuntu.com//blog/rethinking-byod-security-protecting-data-without-trusting-devices | Source: Ubuntu    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:37:31


  • Sovereign Tech Fund invests in KDE ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1072565/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:44:58


  • This Week In Rust: This Week in Rust 651 ☞ https://this-week-in-rust.org/blog/2026/05/13/this-week-in-rust-651/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:48:19


  • IBM Red Hat promoting Hi (AI) era nonsense ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/05/13/trusted-software-factory-building-trust-agentic-ai-era    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:49:52


  • More slop from Red Hat ☞ https://developers.redhat.com/articles/2026/05/13/build-zero-trust-ai-pipeline-openshift-rhel-cvms   

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:50:34


  • SpacemiT K3-powered DC-ROMA RISC-V motherboard III is made for the Framework Laptop 13 ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/05/13/spacemit-k3-powered-dc-roma-risc-v-motherboard-iii-is-made-for-the-framework-laptop-13/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:51:12


  • AGL combines Xen, Zephyr, and GNU/Linux containers in new SDV platform ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/agl-combines-xen-zephyr-and-linux-containers-in-new-sdv-platform/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:52:57


  • Graphs 2.0 Beta Brings Serious Plotting Power to the GNU/Linux Desktop ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/05/graphs-2-0-beta-brings-serious-plotting-power-to-the-linux-desktop/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:53:41


  • secrets   

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:55:05


  • Plasma secrets: backdoored Windows position for naughty apps ☞ https://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/plasma-window-position-2026.html    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:55:13


  • PantherX OS – GNU/Linux distribution based on Guix ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/pantherx-os-linux-distribution-guix/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:56:41


  • Why a digital document is a piece of software, and what that means for your freedom ☞ https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/05/13/digital-document-a-piece-of-software/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 14:58:36


  • "IBM playbook been the same from Sam, to Ginni, to Alvind. Talk fancy about numbers but in truth they kept getting more and more in debt, destroying the companies they brought" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1krgt1x6e    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 15:08:09


  • " IBM sold it's call center BPO unit to Synnex and their mortgage servicing unit Seterus to another buyer. They probably should have included the AMS business in the Kyndryl spinoff. These outsourcing businesses that you call "perform" are like hydras that keep regrowing every time they get cut off."    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 15:08:52


  • "As much as Ginni derided them as "empty calories", which they are, they sure come in handy when IBM has a revenue shortfall because they allow IBM to "buy revenue" to report to the street even though it's all just passthrough."    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 15:09:01


  • Kubernetes v1.36: PSI Metrics for Kubernetes Graduates to GA ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2026/05/12/kubernetes-v1-36-psi-metrics-ga/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 15:18:38


  • Kubernetes v1.36: Advancing Workload-Aware Scheduling ☞ https://kubernetes.io/blog/2026/05/13/kubernetes-v1-36-advancing-workload-aware-scheduling/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 15:19:18


  • Ron Deibert Speaks at the OSCE: Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting II ☞ https://citizenlab.ca/ron-deibert-speaks-at-the-osce-supplementary-human-dimension-meeting-ii/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 15:20:02


  • The dumb bosses or employers force them to do this, it is not the right decision and it'll cost a lot ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/engineers-losing-coding-ability-ai    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 15:21:01


  • QSB-113: AMD CPU Opcode Cache corruption (XSA-490) ☞ https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2026/05/13/qsb-113/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 15:22:06


  • XSAs released on 2026-05-12 ☞ https://www.qubes-os.org/news/2026/05/13/xsas-released-on-2026-05-12/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 15:23:02


  • Tyr for first place at RustWeek 2026 ☞ https://www.collabora.com/news-and-blog/news-and-events/tyr-for-first-place-at-rustweek-2026.html    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 15:23:30


  • Strawser | Dear ASSU: Were you elected to serve Student Affairs or your fellow students? ☞ https://stanforddaily.com/2026/05/12/student-affairs-or-fellow-students/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 15:24:07


  • UK Government’s Draft Bill on ‘Ticket Touting’ Ban Included in King’s Speech As Predicted, But the Music Industry is No Less Disappointed ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/13/uk-ban-on-ticket-touting-kings-speech/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 15:24:53


  • King’s Speech Comes at an Awkward Time for Starmer ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/world/europe/uk-kings-speech-starmer-charles.html    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 15:26:05


  • Why Macron is struggling to rebuild France’s ties with Africa ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Africa/2026/0513/france-macron-speech-interruption-africa-summit    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 15:26:21


  • Green Party MPs seek to amend King’s Speech to include measures to tackle the cost-of-living, climate change and inequality ☞ https://greenparty.org.uk/2026/05/13/green-party-mps-seek-to-amend-kings-speech-to-include-measures-to-tackle-the-cost-of-living-climate-change-and-inequality/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 15:26:38


  • Firefox Tooling Announcements: MozPhab 2.15.1 Released ☞ https://discourse.mozilla.org/t/mozphab-2-15-1-released/148293    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 15:27:12


  • Twice Ambiguous: Actelion v. Mylan and the Contextual Reading of pH 13 ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/05/twice-ambiguous-actelion-v-mylan-and-the-contextual-reading-of-ph-13.html    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 15:27:44


  • Unified #1 in Reexamination Filings and Success ☞ https://www.unifiedpatents.com/insights/2026/5/13/reexam-metadata    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 15:28:10


  • UPC is illegal. JUVE continues to promote an illegality, as usual. ☞ https://www.juve-patent.com/people-and-business/the-upc-wants-to-bring-zte-and-samsung-to-the-negotiating-table/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 15:28:52


  • When it comes to slop, it is a case of, you're not crazy to turn this crap down, it's the world around you (and media bribed to help scammers) that went crazy. Scammers are dominating narratives to fool people, rob gullible shareholders. It won't end well.    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 15:32:47


  • Hundreds of Malicious Packages Force RubyGems to Suspend Registrations ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/hundreds-of-malicious-packages-force-rubygems-to-suspend-registrations/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 15:33:27


  • IBM is rapidly killing what's left of Fedora community by foisting slop Ponzi scheme without consent from the real community    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 15:34:40


  • Toluwaleke Ogundipe: Hello GNOME and GSoC, Again! ☞ https://blogs.gnome.org/anonymoux47/2026/05/13/hello-gnome-and-gsoc-again/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 16:26:17


  • ORG response to Consultation on the ICO’s approach to data protection complaint handling ☞ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/org-response-to-consultation-on-the-icos-approach-to-data-protection-complaint-handling/   

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 16:27:00


  • ORG response to ICO call for views on our approach to regulating online advertising ☞ https://www.openrightsgroup.org/publications/org-response-to-ico-call-for-views-on-our-approach-to-regulating-online-advertising/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 16:27:33


  • Web servers, and researching alternatives ☞ https://www.rubenerd.au/web-server-alternatives/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 16:30:00


  • Lithuania will not allow foreign powers to use its airspace for drone strikes – president ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2927166/lithuania-will-not-allow-foreign-powers-to-use-its-airspace-for-drone-strikes-president    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 16:52:17


  • Nearly 90 people killed as storm lashes India’s most populous state of Uttar Pradesh ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/nearly-90-killed-as-storm-lashes-indias-most-populous-state-of-uttar-pradesh   

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 16:53:47


  • Ireland investigates Meta for breaching the DSA – a year on from our complaint ☞ https://edri.org/our-work/ireland-investigates-meta-for-breaching-the-dsa-a-year-on-from-our-complaint/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 16:55:12


  • "Yesterday, my 9 years old daughter asked me about roman numerals. After a "fun chat" and a small bash script she kind of understood roman numerals. I was left with the bash script so, today, I made a "gemtext" version and put it on my capsule in the "Fun stuff with CGI" [1] section." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/behold-the-number-to-roman-numeral-converter/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 17:42:57


  • "I also love KNOWING THINGS, with DATA, except I don't actually like ANALYZING DATA because it requires basic math skills and attention to detail that I don't really possess. But break it down small enough and I'm IN." gemini://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-05-14    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 17:44:10


  • well that whole daily writing thing didn't work out gemini://mortis.smol.pub/entry-3    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 17:45:07


  • Google "Hey Hi" (Slop) Having a Stroke, Thinks I am Married to the Grandmother of My Grandfather ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/12/Google_Hey_Hi_Slop_Having_a_Stroke_Thinks_I_am_Married_to_the_G.shtml    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 17:52:37


  • 100% lunacy, maybe for war purposes only (to avert enemy strikes) ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/google-reportedly-in-talks-with-spacex-to-launch-its-orbital-data-centers-partnership-could-mark-a-historic-turning-point-and-boost-upcoming-ipo    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 17:53:08


  • Then again, Google IS a military asset    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 17:53:26


  • With "military-grade" cancel culture https://techrights.org/o/2021/03/05/google-funded-trolls/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 17:54:15


  • Windows TCO: Proxying the Unproxyable: Sending EXE traffic to a Proxy, (Wed, May 13th) ☞ https://isc.sans.edu/diary/rss/32982    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 17:54:59


  • "Wang Fuk" in English slang is very offensive https://hongkongfp.com/2026/05/13/tai-po-fire-wang-fuk-court-administrator-unveils-hk127-million-refund-plan-for-homeowners/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 17:56:40


  • FSF Events: Free Software vs malware and the need for reverse engineering ☞ http://www.fsf.org/events/afk/2026-06-16-erlangen-germany-stallman    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 17:57:39


  • gnutrition @ Savannah: GNUtrition 0.33.0rc2 Now Available ☞ https://savannah.gnu.org/news/?id=10892    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 18:23:49


  • Qt lost its way https://www.qt.io/blog/ai-assisted-design-in-qt-design-studio    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 18:24:21


  • Classic vendor move ☞ https://www.davidrevoy.com/article1143/classic-vendor-move    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 18:24:41


  • DEEPX DX-AIPlayer N97 mini PC combines defective chip maker Intel N97 SoC and 25 TOPS DX-M1 Hey Hi (AI) accelerator ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/05/14/deepx-dx-aiplayer-n97-mini-pc-combines-intel-n97-soc-and-25-tops-dx-m1-ai-accelerator/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 18:54:30


  • NextPCB Officially Launches Rev 0 PCBA — An Automated, No-Touch Prototype Assembly Service Built for Speed and Predictability (Sponsored) ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/05/13/nextpcb-officially-launches-rev-0-pcba-an-automated-no-touch-prototype-assembly-service-built-for-speed-and-predictability/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 18:55:08


  • Broadcom BCM67142, BCM67192, and BCM68565 chips target low-cost WiFi 8 10 Gbps fiber access points ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/05/13/broadcom-bcm67142-bcm67192-and-bcm68565-chips-target-low-cost-wifi-8-10-gbps-fiber-access-points/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 18:55:28


  • SONOFF Hydro DUO – A dual-channel Zigbee 3.0 smart water valve with flow meter ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/05/13/sonoff-hydro-duo-a-dual-channel-zigbee-3-0-smart-water-valve-with-flow-meter/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 18:57:09


  • This is a Red Hat puff piece sponsored by Red Hat to 'cover' Red Hat ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2026/05/13/enterprise-ai-infrastructure-modernization-now-urgent-rhsummit/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 18:58:08


  • Windows TCO: Microsoft Patches Critical Zero-Click Outlook Vulnerability Threatening Enterprises ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/microsoft-patches-critical-zero-click-outlook-vulnerability-threatening-enterprises/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 18:58:53


  • Microsoft BitLocker-protected drives can now be opened with just some files on a USB stick — YellowKey zero-day exploit demonstrates an apparent backdoor ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/microsoft-bitlocker-protected-drives-can-now-be-opened-with-just-some-files-on-a-usb-stick-yellowkey-zero-day-exploit-demonstrates-an-apparent-backdoor    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 18:59:15


  • A Physicist Who Thinks in Poetry from the Cosmic Edge ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/science/physics-prescod-weinstein.html    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:00:50


  • In Louisiana primary, a senator-physician tries to survive Convicted Felon’s ire ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2026/0513/louisiana-senate-primary-cassidy-trump    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:02:26


  • From health emergency to financial trouble: Measles’ unseen toll on Bangladesh’s poor ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/from-health-emergency-to-financial-trouble-measles-unseen-toll-on-bangladeshs-poor    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:02:47


  • UMG Unlocks 24/7 Mental Health Support for Artists and Songwriters ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/13/umg-mental-health-support-artists-songwriters/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:03:32


  • Opinion | Mental health is health: Make annual screenings standard for Michigan K–12 ☞ https://bridgemi.com/guest-commentary/opinion-mental-health-is-health-make-annual-screenings-standard-for-michigan-k-12/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:03:52


  • Dihydroxyacetone Man Says a New Drug Can Bring Dead People Back to Life ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/trump-drug-dead-back-to-life    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:04:13


  • FDA chief’s resignation widens a leadership gap at the nation’s health department ☞ https://federalnewsnetwork.com/management/2026/05/fda-chiefs-resignation-widens-a-leadership-gap-at-the-nations-health-department/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:04:27


  • Doctors push for simpler disability status procedure in Latvia ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/health/13.05.2026-doctors-push-for-simpler-disability-status-procedure-in-latvia.a646885/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:04:52


  • Dirty Frag, Copy Fail, and How Tails Under Tor Delivers ‘Open Source Done Right’ ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/05/dirty-frag-copy-fail-and-how-tails-under-tor-delivers-open-source-done-right/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:06:26


  • From Australia to Europe, countries move to curb children's social control media access ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/from-australia-to-europe-countries-move-to-curb-childrens-social-media-access2    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:07:10


  • Hungary Avoided Democratic Collapse. Can We? ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/podcast/political-scene/hungary-avoided-democratic-collapse-can-we    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:07:53


  • The Hollow Trickery of “The Wizard of the Kremlin” ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-front-row/the-hollow-trickery-of-the-wizard-of-the-kremlin    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:15:53


  • Olivier Assayas’s Coming of Political Age ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/books/book-currents/olivier-assayass-coming-of-political-age   

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:16:05


  • Russia unleashes deadly daylight drone blitz across Ukraine ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260513-russia-unleashes-deadly-daylight-drone-blitz-across-ukraine    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:17:00


  • No, two French soldiers have not been killed in a Russian attack in Ukraine ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260513-two-french-soldiers-not-been-killed-russian-attack-ukraine    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:17:15


  • Zelenskyy's Ex-Chief Of Staff Consulted Fortune-Teller For Top Posts, Prosecutor Says ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-zelenskyy-yermak-corruption-fortune-teller/33756160.html    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:17:30


  • Russia-Ukraine War Shows Cease-Fires Have Lost Meaning Under Convicted Felon ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/world/europe/russia-ukraine-truce-trump.html    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:17:42


  • Lithuanian leaders clash over possible dialogue with Belarus ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2925358/lithuanian-leaders-clash-over-possible-dialogue-with-belarus    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:17:58


  • Ye the Infringer Strikes Again: Kanye Slapped With a Six-Figure Fine Over ‘Donda’ Copyright Theft ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/12/jury-kanye-copyright-infringement-donda-listening-party/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:19:08


  • The Twigs Countersue FKA Twigs Amid Intensifying Trademark Dispute; New Claims Look to Bar the Name ‘FKA Twigs’ for LIfe ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/12/fka-twigs-lawsuit-the-twigs/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:19:41


  • openSUSE GNU/Linux Bans Teenagers ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/opensuse-linux-bans-teenagers    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:20:38


  • How To Install GStreamer on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-gstreamer-ubuntu-26-04/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:21:24


  • How To Install Python on Fedora 44 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-python-fedora-44/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:22:16


  • How To Install LibreOffice on Fedora 44 ☞ https://idroot.us/install-libreoffice-fedora-44/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:22:34


  • How To Install ReactJS on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-reactjs-ubuntu-26-04/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:22:51


  • How To Install PipeWire on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ☞ https://idroot.us/install-pipewire-ubuntu-26-04/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:23:21


  • Abortion ban to free meals – Lithuanian parties diverge on how to boost birth rates ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2927277/abortion-ban-to-free-meals-lithuanian-parties-diverge-on-how-to-boost-birth-rates    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:23:49


  • What does this have to do with "linux", "linuxhint"? https://linuxhint.com/google-cloud-gcp-site-to-site-business-vpn-with-openvpn-access-server/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:25:04


  • Openwashing front group of Microsoft/GAFAM ☞ https://opensource.org/blog/listening-learning-and-building-together-at-osi    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:26:28


  • Chinese hacker suspect extradited to South Korea over $32m theft targeting BTS’ Jungkook and others ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/chinese-hacker-suspect-extradited-to-south-korea-over-32m-theft-targeting-bts-jungkook-others    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:27:32


  • No solidarity: Southeast Asian countries split as each seeks Iranian oil ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/no-solidarity-southeast-asian-countries-split-as-each-seeks-iranian-oil/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:28:08


  • Xi warns Convicted Felon mishandling of Taiwan issue will push bilateral ties to ‘dangerous place’ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/xi-warns-trump-mishandling-of-taiwan-issue-will-push-bilateral-ties-to-dangerous-place    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:28:34


  • Chinese Firms Plot Secret Arms Sales to Iran, U.S. Officials Say ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/us/politics/china-iran-weapons-trump-xi.html    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:30:17


  • Convicted Felon Hell Toupée is himself attacking the media (in his country)☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/world/asia/jimmy-lai-trump-china-xi-hong-kong.html    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:31:13


  • Why Does China Want Taiwan? ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/world/asia/taiwan-china-trump.html    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:31:43


  • Dihydroxyacetone Man’s China Policy Has Weakened America ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/opinion/trump-arrives-china-xi-beijing.html    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:32:22


  • GlobalGiving to change Taiwan’s name to ‘Chinese Taipei’ on its funding platform, citing China ‘requirements’ ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/05/13/globalgiving-to-change-taiwans-name-to-chinese-taipei-on-its-funding-platform-citing-china-requirements/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:34:42


  • Dihydroxyacetone Man shares fake quotes, falsely accuses Obama of treason in late-night rant ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/trump-shares-fake-quotes-falsely-accuses-obama-of-treason-in-late-night-rant    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:35:22


  • Price shocks from the Iran war power solar sales in energy-hungry Asia ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/a-propos/20260513-price-shocks-from-the-iran-war-power-solar-sales-in-energy-hungry-asia    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:36:04


  • Staffordshire Signal local news magazine aims to counter ‘clickbait negativity’ ☞ https://pressgazette.co.uk/publishers/regional-newspapers/non-profit-local-news-magazine-print-advertising/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:37:02


  • A Common Vitamin Has a Complicated Link to Cancer, Experts Reveal ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-common-vitamin-has-a-complicated-link-to-cancer-experts-reveal    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:37:35


  • PCOS Is Officially Renamed, After Decades of Misinformation ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/pcos-is-officially-renamed-after-decades-of-misinformation    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:37:57


  • 'Forever Chemicals' Found in 98.8% of Human Blood Samples Tested ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/forever-chemicals-found-in-98-8-of-human-blood-samples-tested    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:38:10


  • A Massive Volcano Destroyed Methane in The Sky, And Scientists Are Stunned ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-massive-volcano-destroyed-methane-in-the-sky-and-scientists-are-stunned    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:38:42


  • 400,000-Year-Old Proteins Reveal a Surprise Twist in The Human Family Tree ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/400000-year-old-proteins-reveal-a-surprise-twist-in-the-human-family-tree    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:38:56


  • The Earliest Known Dentistry Wasn't Done By Our Species ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-earliest-known-dentistry-wasnt-done-by-our-species   

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:39:09


  • A 481-Meter Tsunami Struck Alaska, And It Was a Terrifying Near Miss ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-481-meter-tsunami-struck-alaska-and-it-was-a-terrifying-near-miss    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:39:22


  • JWST Reveals a Hidden Structure in The Heart of The Squid Galaxy ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/jwst-reveals-a-hidden-structure-in-the-heart-of-the-squid-galaxy    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:39:35


  • A Silent Bone Condition Affects 40% of Adults. It May Warn of Osteoporosis. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-silent-bone-condition-affects-40-of-adults-it-may-warn-of-osteoporosis    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:39:53


  • Qt Creator 19.0.2 released ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-creator-19.0.2-released    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:40:16


  • Community Snapshot — April ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2026/05/community-snapshot-april/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:40:45


  • How RightsCon Is an Unexpected Stress Test for the Multistakeholder Model of Internet Governance ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2026/05/how-rightscon-is-an-unexpected-stress-test-for-the-multistakeholder-model-of-internet-governance/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:41:19


  • Another sponsored puff piece of IBM Red Hat ☞ https://siliconangle.com/2026/05/13/scalable-ai-inference-focus-amid-move-beyond-gpus-rhsummit/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:42:39


  • Mexico rejects CNN report accusing CIA of orchestrating cartel assassination on Mexican soil ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/mexico-rejects-cnn-report-cia-cartel-hit/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:43:34


  • The Hey Hi (AI) Industry Is Secretly Powered by Homeless People ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/ai-industry-homeless    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:44:01


  • Anthropic Says Claude Turned Evil for a Bizarre Reason ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/anthropic-claude-evil-internet-blame    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:44:20


  • Mark Kapo-berg Is Realizing That When You Treat Your Workers Like Human Garbage, They Might Not Like You Anymore ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/mark-zuckerberg-treating-workers-poorly    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:44:43


  • Four Financial Journalists Accused of Being Fake AI-Generated Puppets That Shill Crypto in Forbes, HuffPost, and More ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/financial-journalists-accused-ai-fakes    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:45:08


  • New Wikipedia Clone Made Entirely of Hey Hi (AI) Hallucinations ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/deranged-wikipedia-clone-made-entirely-of-ai-hallucinations    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:45:29


  • Justice Dept. Sues D.C. Bar Over Efforts to Discipline Government Lawyers ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/13/us/doj-lawsuit-dc-bar-trump.html    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:46:06


  • Brazilian law takes racism seriously. Why does extreme racial inequality persist? ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Americas/2026/0513/brazil-racism-afrobrazilian-argentina-tourism    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:46:23


  • Thai registry listing of disputed border temples draws Cambodia ire ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/thai-registry-listing-of-disputed-border-temples-draws-cambodia-ire    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:47:05


  • Australian court finds grocery chain Coles misled shoppers in discount lawsuit ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australian-court-finds-grocery-chain-coles-misled-shoppers-in-discount-lawsuit    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:47:26


  • ‘There are no perfect laws’: Parliament committee approves changes to LRT ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/2927319/there-are-no-perfect-laws-parliament-committee-approves-changes-to-lrt    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:47:56


  • Coca-Cola Fires Back Against Johnny Cash Estate’s ELVIS Act Lawsuit, Denies Its Alleged ‘Soundalike’ Advert Is Infringing ☞ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/05/13/johnny-cash-coke-lawsuit/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:48:25


  • Statement from American Oversight and Historians On Today’s Hearing to Block Convicted Felon’s Efforts to Evade Presidential Records Law ☞ https://americanoversight.org/trump-admin-presidential-records-act-lawsuit-statement-05132026/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:48:48


  • For Indo-Pacific states, the Arctic’s security importance is rising ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/for-indo-pacific-states-the-arctics-security-importance-is-rising/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:49:28


  • Qt 6.11.1 Released ☞ https://www.qt.io/blog/qt-6.11.1-released    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:50:02


  • In video message, Chihuahua governor insists she did not know of CIA’s presence in her state ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/news/chihuahua-gov-cia/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:51:05


  • Chipmaker Patch Tuesday: defective chip maker Intel and AMD Patch 70 Vulnerabilities ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/chipmaker-patch-tuesday-intel-and-amd-patch-70-vulnerabilities/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:51:32


  • Fortinet, Ivanti Patch Critical Vulnerabilities ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/fortinet-ivanti-patch-critical-vulnerabilities/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:52:02


  • 716,000 Impacted by OpenLoop Health Data Breach ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/716000-impacted-by-openloop-health-data-breach/   

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:52:22


  • So it is very clear this week that Brett Wilson LLP is a SLAPP firm for men who attack women and escape sobriety. It's more like an Outlaw Firm.    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:53:21


  • Government to Scrutinize Instructure Over Canvas Disruption, Data Breach ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/government-to-scrutinize-instructure-on-canvas-disruption-data-breach/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:53:40


  • Foxconn Confirms North American Factories Hit by Cyberattack ☞ https://www.securityweek.com/foxconn-confirms-north-american-factories-hit-by-cyberattack/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:54:50


  • Longitude by Way of Wounded Hounds: Kenelm Digby’s Sympathetick Powder (1669 edition) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/of-the-sympathetick-powder    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:55:17


  • Diagrams from Willem ten Rhijne’s De Acupunctura (1683) ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/collection/de-acupunctura   

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:55:32


  • Twilight of the Velocipede: Typesetting Races before the Age of Linotype ☞ https://publicdomainreview.org/essay/twilight-of-the-velocipedebsp; 

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:55:48


  • Your Old Potato PC Might Game Better With This Linux Kernel Patch ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-scheduler-patch-gaming-old-hardware/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:57:14


  • Fedora Hummingbird Debuts As A Super Hardened GNU/Linux Distro ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/fedora-hummingbird-images/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:57:40


  • Security updates for Wednesday ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1072596/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 19:57:59


  • Malware found in GNU/Linux builds of Cemu (Wii U emulator) ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/cemu-linux-malware    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:05:24


  • KDE gets €1.2m funding from the Sovereign Tech Fund ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/kde-sovereign-tech-fund-grant    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:06:14


  • StartOS 0.4.0-beta9 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/startos    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:06:28


  • KLV-Airedale sr19 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/klv    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:06:41


  • Aurora 44.20260511 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/aurora    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:07:38


  • Luberri 26.1 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/luberri    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:07:52


  • Linux kernel Developers Considering a Kill Switch ☞ http://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/News/Linux-kernel-Developers-Considering-a-Kill-Switch    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:08:47


  • drgn – rogrammable debugger ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/drgn-rogrammable-debugger/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:09:31


  • 25 Best Free and Open Source Terminal-Based Password Managers ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/best-free-open-source-terminal-based-password-managers/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:10:08


  • elio – terminal file manager ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/elio-terminal-file-manager/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:11:10


  • 12 Useful Free and Open Source JavaScript Linter Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/useful-free-open-source-javascript-linter-tools/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:11:21


  • Gammastep – adjust the color temperature of your screen ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/gammastep-adjust-color-temperature-screen/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:11:34


  • Yet another Dirty Frag type vulnerability: Fragnesia ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1072647/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:12:14


  • Bash Best Practices: Writing Safer, Cleaner Scripts ☞ https://linuxize.com/post/bash-best-practices/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:12:53


  • EasyOS Excalibur-series version 7.3.2 released ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202605/easyos-excalibur-series-version-732-released.html    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:13:30


  • Utility vobcopy required by Pdvdrip ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202605/utility-vobcopy-required-by-pdvdrip.html    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:13:49


  • The Great Video Migration ☞ https://www.thelins.se/johan/blog/2026/05/the-great-video-migration/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:14:34


  • Jim Zemlin/'Linux' Foundation Selling Anthropic Slop After Getting Bribed for Slop Marketing ('Linux' Foundation is a Pay-to-Say For-Profit Marketing Company That Buys and Manipulates the Media Based on False Pretences) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/05/12/Jim_Zemlin_Linux_Foundation_Selling_Anthropic_Slop_After_Gettin.shtml    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:15:26


  • Vadzo Imaging Expands USB Camera SDK Support with VISPA ARC for Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and Linux Kernel 6.x https://finance.yahoo.com/news/vadzo-imaging-expands-usb-camera-180000812.html    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:18:14


  • IBM   

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:21:00


  • Rust stalks IBM mainframes, but only in nightly form https://www.theregister.com/on-prem/2026/05/13/rust-stalks-ibm-mainframes-but-only-in-nightly-form/5239710    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:21:09


  • Elementary OS vs. Linux Mint: I compared my once favorite distro to the Windows alternative https://www.zdnet.com/article/elementary-os-vs-linux-mint/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:22:35


  • Winpodx is like a Linux Subsystem for Windows https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/05/13/winpodx-is-like-a-linux-subsystem-for-windows/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:23:15


  • CachyOS vs. MX Linux: Are you seeking speed or stability in your distro? https://www.zdnet.com/article/cachyos-vs-mx-linux-which-is-right-for-you/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:24:16


  • Linux kernel maintainers pitch emergency killswitch after CopyFail and Dirty Frag chaos https://www.theregister.com/oses/2026/05/11/linux-kernel-maintainers-pitch-emergency-killswitch-after-copyfail-and-dirty-frag-chaos/5237801    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:25:21


  • SLOPbook https://www.thurrott.com/mobile/android/aluminium-os/335957/googlebook-answers-some-questions-raises-others    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:26:06


  • Discord declares it’s the “YEAR OF THE LINUX DESKTOP.” https://www.theverge.com/tech/929568/discord-declares-its-the-year-of-the-linux-desktop    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:26:43


  • VTech Toy Becomes PinkPad, The DIY Linux Laptop https://hackaday.com/2026/05/13/vtech-toy-becomes-pinkpad-the-diy-linux-laptop/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:27:22


  • "As a gamer, if you have gamed on Linux with hardware that's seen better days, there's some work happening in the kernel that's worth keeping an eye on." https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-scheduler-patch-gaming-old-hardware/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:28:20


  • Buzzwords https://www.itpro.com/cloud/cloud-computing/red-hat-doubles-down-on-data-sovereignty-with-new-features-for-openshift-enterprise-linux-and-more    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:28:47


  • Slopware https://www.makeuseof.com/asked-claude-to-customize-linux-desktop-it-cooked-harder-than-expected/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:30:16


  • Proprietary https://www.howtogeek.com/essential-apps-that-work-perfectly-on-both-windows-and-linux/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:31:33


  • "FEX is part of the special sauce that together with Proton and Lepton will enable many x86 Windows games to run on the upcoming Steam Frame which uses SteamOS Linux as the operating system." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/proton-11-0-1-beta-3-brings-fex-upgrades-for-linux-arm64-like-the-steam-frame/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:32:07


  • "The developers have already removed the offending versions of the emulator. So you're safe to download it now." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/05/popular-emulator-cemu-was-recently-compromised-with-malware-in-linux-downloads/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:32:54


  • These 3 tools made my dual-monitor Linux setup seamless https://www.makeuseof.com/these-tools-made-my-dual-monitor-linux-setup-seamless/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:35:24


  • LF operative pushing slop for his sponsor https://www.zdnet.com/article/red-hat-desktop-vs-fedora-hummingbird-ai-linux/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:36:33


  • Microsoft now says "XBox" is a "Windows 11 update". XBox is dead.    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:37:17


  • 20,000 Linux users grabbed a malicious Cemu build that steals passwords for coding and cloud credentials https://www.xda-developers.com/20000-linux-users-grabbed-malicious-cemu-build-steals-passwords-coding-cloud-credentials/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:37:51


  • Linux gains more critical Windows apps: 3D Movie Maker and Space Cadet Pinball https://www.theregister.com/oses/2026/05/13/linux-gains-more-critical-windows-apps-3d-movie-maker-and-space-cadet-pinball/5239455    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:38:33


  • Fedora Kinoite vs. Silverblue: My verdict after testing both immutable Linux distros https://www.zdnet.com/article/fedora-vs-kinoite/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:40:18


  • Wine's Wayland driver just fixed the mouse control issue plaguing FPS games on Linux https://www.xda-developers.com/wines-wayland-driver-just-fixed-the-mouse-control-issue-plaguing-fps-games-on-linux/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:40:44


  • Turning a toy into a Linux Cyberdeck with Raspberry Pi https://blog.adafruit.com/2026/05/13/turning-a-toy-into-a-linux-cyberdeck-with-raspberry-pi/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:45:29


  • New Linux scheduler patches improve frame rates on low-end PCs https://en.gamegpu.com/news/zhelezo/novye-patchi-planirovshchika-linux-povyshayut-kadrovuyu-chastotu-na-slabykh-pk    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:47:52


  • Fedora Hummingbird brings the container security model to a Linux host OS https://www.helpnetsecurity.com/2026/05/13/fedora-hummingbird-linux/    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 20:48:33


  • Me han intentado hackear el VPS gemini://sl1200.dystopic.world/art/intentohackeo.gmi    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 21:09:33


  • "I've been distancing myself from the internet in general, increasingly circumscribing the scope of what I allow myself to consume. Currently, I use newpipe with a list of channels I've collected, so as to avoid the youtube algorithm." gemini://detritus.smol.pub/1778778187    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 21:10:20


  • "I've been deep into semantic layers for the past... 6 months? Both at work and on my free time. It's a topic that I've been really excited about for a decade, since it aligns well with my career goal of let's make data easier to consume." gemini://robida.net/entries/2026/05/14/what-ive-been-up-to-lately    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 21:10:59


  • "I own and manage woodland. One of the things that keeps me awake at nights is the fear of one of my trees falling and hurting somebody. Maybe even me." gemini://larsthebear.me/trees_fall.gmi    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 21:11:42


  • "My partner booked today off work. Probably tomorrow too. Sick. A vicious fever over the weekend, then she got better, and now she's feeling worse again." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2026/5-14.gmi    

posted Thursday, May 14, 2026 at 21:12:19


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