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This week in PSC (234) https://blogs.perl.org/users/psc/2026/07/this-week-in-psc-234-2026-07-20.html    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 04:14:50

  • Moving Targets - PetaPerl 0.6.8 https://blogs.perl.org/users/petamem/2026/07/moving-targets---petaperl-068.html    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 04:15:02

  • ANNOUNCE: Perl.Wiki V 1.51, CPAN::MetaCurator V 1.27, etc https://blogs.perl.org/users/ron_savage/2026/07/announce-perlwiki-v-151-cpanmetacurator-v-127-etc.html    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 04:15:16

  • Slop-ware, aka plagiarism https://www.neowin.net/news/debian-maintainers-are-considering-banning-ai-contributions-altogether/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 04:15:48

  • "There is a silly old poem out there from the 18th century, probably earlier. I weirdly only first heard it while listening to Discount Dan. It is called Goosey Goosey Gander." gemini://tilde.club/~moendopi/gemlog/gander.gmi    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 04:17:47

  • "After a while here is an article about simple Lali[0] snippets. Now, the 'lhas' function, with the help of 'lhas-op'. 'lhas' is a "list has", and 'has' has already been presented." gemini://tilde.club/~keyboardan/gemlog/2026-08-02__Lali_Lambda:_lhas.gmi    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 04:18:33

  • dreaming of her gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/oveya    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 04:19:53

  • "Cities of the Red Night is the feverish wet dream of a dying teenager who has some really screwed up fetishes. William S Burroughs was a gay paedophile heroin addict obsessed with black magic, and this book is exactly what you would expect somebody like him to write." gemini://wether.smol.pub/cities-review    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 04:21:31

  • not sorry gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/not_sorry    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 04:22:05

  • "I’m not judging anyone’s collecting hobbies here, if you’re an adult, it’s your money, and if creating little tombs of video games brings you joy, then by all means, carry on. But we do have to acknowledge that this collecting behavior fuels a more extreme problem: scalping." gemini://blog.captaintouch.com/posts/2026-08-02-let-kids-be-kids:-when-collectibles-lose-their-playfulness.gmi    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 04:22:55

  • "So I thought it would be fun to write about my blogging journey." gemini://detritus.smol.pub/1785716954    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 04:23:34

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1728.jpg    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 04:24:23

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2085.jpg    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 04:24:37

  • Symbolic and pathetic https://www.chosun.com/english/industry-en/2026/08/03/RBUWSJ7KARFJ7LFQW53AVFWXZQ/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 04:36:35

  • IBM layoffs: "is this a rumor or how do you know this?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kyx0wnte    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 04:37:30

  • What happened to McKinsey? Are they still advising IBM? https://old.reddit.com/r/IBM/comments/1v7h96e/what_happened_to_mckinsey_are_they_still_advising/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 04:59:08

  • It's About What You Write, Not the Number of Words https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/03/not-the-number-of-words/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 05:29:24

  • Pocock mentioned again today https://www.essexlive.news/news/essex-news/clacton-deserves-real-choice-says-11089549    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 05:39:06

  • Daniel Pocock Campaigns on Platforms Against Social Control Media https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/03/campaigns-against-social-control-media/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 05:45:22

  • It's Easy to Predict Microsoft Layoffs for October 2026 Because of the Financial 'Results' That Month (More Faking, More Secret Debt and Buzzwords to Perfume This Debt as "Investment") https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/It_s_Easy_to_Predict_Microsoft_Layoffs_for_October_2026_Because.shtml    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 05:46:30

  • Windows new lows https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/north-america/#monthly-200902-202608    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 05:54:25

  • GNU/Linux 7% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/bahrain/#monthly-200902-202608    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 07:02:42

  • "He would have fought mega corporations for taking the value out of music" ☛ https://www.grunge.com/1292684/things-came-out-about-frank-zappa-after-died/ |    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 07:47:46

  • "Tired of dealing with the bloat, I decided to switch back to local audio files using Samsung Music on my Samsung Galaxy phone." ☛ https://www.androidpolice.com/replaced-spotify-youtube-music-with-underrated-samsung-app-i-can-not-go-back/ | Source: Android Police    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 07:49:34

  • "The claims, filed under the Federal Tort Claims Act, span 17 states and Washington, D.C., and represent the first legal step required before individuals can sue the federal government" ☛ https://www.salon.com/2026/08/02/aclu-launches-nationwide-legal-challenge-over-alleged-ice-abuses/ | Source: Salon    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 07:50:14

  • "Sax attributes the gender gap to changes in educational practices disadvantaging boys" ☛ https://www.ksl.com/article/news/features/education/boys-are-falling-behind-in-school-what-would-help/51605091 | Source: Deseret Media    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 07:50:23

  • It Looks Like BRETT WILSON LLP Delays or Avoids Showing Its Atrocious Financial State https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/03/it-looks-like-brett-wilson-llp-delays-or-avoids-showing-its-atrocious-financial-state/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 07:55:07

  • "There are many preachers like him in a country where religion is also a lucrative business." ☛ https://english.elpais.com/usa/2026-08-02/one-family-one-vote-the-men-and-women-seeking-to-revoke-womens-suffrage-in-the-united-states.html | Source: El País    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 07:55:59

  • [Old] "Yes, Frank Zappa was right about the danger of a fascist theocracy." ☛ https://dorothyturcotte.substack.com/p/frank-zappa-was-more-than-a-rock |    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 07:56:13

  • "And then there’s this brief moment from the clip, which feels like part of a radio sig­nal beam­ing into the present: [...]" ☛ https://www.openculture.com/2018/04/frank-zappa-debates-whether-the-government-should-censor-music.html | Source: Open Culture LLC    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 07:56:27

  • "The biggest threat to America today is not communism, it's moving America toward a fascist theocracy, and everything that's happened during the Regan administration is steering us right down that pipe." ☛ https://archive.org/details/FrankZappaOnCrossfire | Source: Internet Archive    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 07:58:36

  • [Old] "The biggest threat to America today is not communism. It's moving America toward a fascist theocracy." ☛ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/frank-zappa-democracy-fascist-theocracy/ | Source: Snopes    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 07:59:19

  • [Old] "Although he criticized mass media’s slippery secretions, Zappa submerged himself in the slime in order to push back against it." ☛ https://www.riotmaterial.com/frank-zappa-voice-america-needs/ |    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 07:59:43

  • "We’re going to stop dirty words" ☛ https://www.ocregister.com/2021/12/21/speaking-frankly-we-could-use-new-dose-of-zappa-now/ | Source: Orange County Register    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 07:59:59

  • "Gavin Newsom’s communications team pushed back against the posts on X" ☛ https://www.semafor.com/article/08/02/2026/the-ai-news-accounts-hyping-a-blue-state-dystopia | Source: Semafor Inc    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:00:17

  • "When an activist downloads academic papers, the state describes it as wire fraud, computer fraud and reckless damage." ☛ https://rmendes.net/notes/2026/08/02/ea0b3/ | Source: Ricardo Mendes    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:00:46

  • "Engineers often complain that visibility should be their manager’s job. In other words, they think engineers should be able to focus on the code, while their manager figures out who’s doing well and rewards them." ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/giving-and-taking-credit/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:01:28

  • "For Ellison, it was the capstone of a mad two-year scramble to transform Oracle into an A.I. juggernaut" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/31/magazine/larry-ellison-ai-oracle.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:01:41

  • "Zoho Corporation Founder and Chief Scientist Sridhar Vembu on Sunday said the information technology (IT) industry is not creating many new jobs" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/it-industry-not-creating-new-jobs-funds-diverted-to-ai-data-centre-costs-sridhar-vembu/articleshow/132806008.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:01:51

  • "For those who prefer a quick summary, everyone has their own thoughts on how much an increase should be before they switch to a competitor." ☛ https://gregoryhammond.ca/blog/how-much-increase-is-too-much/ | Source: Gregory Hammond    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:04:09

  • "Already this year, more than two hundred thousand hectares have burned in Spain, a figure that is twice than the historical average." ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/why-is-europe-burning | Source: New Yorker    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:04:27

  • "Federal prosecutors searched for evidence and found that “a botched installation” was to blame." ☛ https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/2026/07/reflecting-pool-case-david-hearn/688151/ | Source: The Atlantic    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:05:21

  • Why Are There NDAs Prohibiting UAP Disclosure To President Trump? ☛ https://avi-loeb.medium.com/why-are-there-ndas-prohibiting-uap-disclosure-to-president-trump-f86ae199567d | Source: Avi Loeb    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:05:44

  • "Elaine Chao inadvertently throws a wrench in Mitch McConnell's proof-of-life claim: report" ☛ https://www.rawstory.com/elaine-chao-mitch-mcconnell/ | Source: Raw Story    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:06:03

  • Social control media enabled this ☛ https://www.salon.com/2026/08/01/europe-tightens-borders-after-deadly-ceuta-migrant-surge/ | Source: Salon    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:06:41

  • "urgently convene an extraordinary videoconference of the bloc’s interior ministers." ☛ https://www.courthousenews.com/spain-to-put-containment-fence-on-ceutas-border-with-morocco-after-frontier-rush-that-killed-67/ | Source: Court House News    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:07:01

  • Organised in Facebook (US) ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7294296 | Source: CBC    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:07:20

  • "harder to deport people" ☛ https://www.spectator.com.au/2026/08/ceuta-should-be-a-wake-up-call-for-europe/ | Source: Spectator AU    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:08:10

  • "Residents of villages in the Binarê Qendil region shared their views on the anniversary of the Yazidi genocide." ☛ https://english.anf-news.com/kurdistan/yazidi-community-has-not-surrendered-despite-all-attacks-86572 | Source: ANF News    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:08:17

  • Surveillance   

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:08:40

  • "PatronScan has not shown itself to be trustworthy. In 2019 it was reported to hold an international database of banned bar patrons." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/07/31/patronscans-ultimate-bouncer-never-forgets-a-face-in-san-franciscos-gay-bars.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:08:49

  • Social Control Media ☛ https://thenorthlines.com/stop-misusing-social-media/ | Source: The North Lines IN    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:09:48

  • "Authorities said the designation would not apply to Telegram itself" ☛ https://www.rferl.org/a/russia-telegram-durov-terrorist-extremist-internet-crackdown/33818974.html | Source: RFERL    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:09:59

  • "I've come up with a solution that's grossly inefficient and perhaps slightly comical: I ask my coding assistant to generate code in the chat, then manually make all the edits myself." ☛ https://ankursethi.com/blog/prevent-cognitive-debt-by-manually-retyping-llm-generated-code/ | Source: Ankur Sethi    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:10:32

  • "Yesterday, OpenAI announced the solution to ten open problems in mathematics, all discovered by a yet-unreleased model." ☛ https://borretti.me/article/mathematics-without-mathematicians | Source: Fernando Borretti    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:10:44

  • "Researchers in the US have implemented camera traps hooked up to an AI photo analysis tool to recognize and document different bee species" ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/scientists-have-used-ai-powered-camera-traps-in-the-fight-to-save-bees-this-is-how-i-want-ai-to-be-used-not-to-generate-slop | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:11:00

  • "Ads or corporate social media posts using deepfakes will be slapped with a label stating they are AI-generated" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/europeans-are-about-to-find-out-how-entrenched-ai-is-in-their-daily-lives/ | Source: Wired    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:11:10

  • "little red dots" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/james-webb-space-telescope-changing-astronomers-universe/ | Source: Wired    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:11:22

  • "AI safety experts said the new disclosures paint a portrait of a group of cutting-edge labs whose ability to develop dangerous autonomous hacking agents outstrips their ability to keep them under control" ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/openai-finds-evidence-other-ai-agents-escaped-containment-as-it-widens-hacking-probe/articleshow/132807763.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:21:15

  • "The higher the risk to Europeans' rights or health, for example, the greater the obligations of firms to protect individuals from harm." ☛ https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/artificial-intelligence/explainer-eu-gets-new-powers-over-powerful-ai-from-sunday/articleshow/132779737.cms | Source: India Times    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:25:37

  • "It also bans AI used for predictive policing, emotion recognition systems in workplaces or schools and AI that manipulates human behaviour." ☛ https://www.thelocal.dk/20260801/eu-gets-new-powers-over-powerful-ai-from-sunday | Source: The Local DK    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:26:00

  • "As I’ve mentioned in a previous post, I’ve been working on a fan translation for a Sega Saturn game called Magic School Lunar!" ☛ https://www.mistys-internet.website/blog/blog/2026/08/01/decoding-magic-school-lunars-save-game-format/ | Source: Misty De Méo    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:27:06

  • "Snow Leopard was a version of Mac OS X released in 2010. It was billed by Apple as having “0 new features”, with a focus on refining the system, improving efficiency, and fixing bugs." ☛ https://www.rubenerd.au/the-myth-of-snow-leopard/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:27:12

  • "Americans pick up their phones an average of 186 times per day, or once every 5 minutes during waking hours" ☛ https://sqmagazine.co.uk/how-many-times-per-day-does-the-average-person-check-social-media-statistics/ | Source: SQ Magazine    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:27:29

  • "Semiconductor stocks nearly doubled last quarter, then fell hard." ☛ https://www.yesigiveafig.com/p/maid-in-japan | Source: Michael Green    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:27:55

  • "Now this is a toilet system that I've personally never seen or dealt with at any point in my life till now." ☛ https://connortumbleson.com/2026/08/03/fixing-a-dual-flush-toilet/ | Source: Connor Tumbleson    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:28:01

  • "Books have survived the arrival of radio, movies, tv, the internet, phones, and AI because they have unique affordances that newer mediums have yet to infringe upon (those mediums each have wonderful unique affordances of their own)." ☛ https://eliotpeper.substack.com/p/make-art-that-makes-people-make-art | Source: Eliot Peper    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:31:26

  • "The bookshelf by my elbow, the one that I can reach without getting up, has seven books on it, not necessarily the ones I look in the most, but the ones whose emanations I most hope will infuse me as I write." ☛ https://blog.plover.com/2026/08/02/#elbow-shelf | Source: Mark-Jason Dominus    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:31:36

  • "actually, can we do team photos, and some product shots, and maybe capture some behind-the-scenes content?" ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/commercial-photography/when-to-walk-away-from-work-as-a-paid-photographer-the-red-flags-that-scream-difficult-client | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:31:48

  • "The old lending rules discovered with the book offered another glimpse into library life during the 1870s." ☛ https://www.salon.com/2026/08/02/library-book-found-in-fireplace-returns-150-years-late/ | Source: Salon    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:32:15

  • "Yesterday I wrote that a lot of the special functions that pop up in mathematical physics are solutions to second order linear differential equations with polynomial coefficients." ☛ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/08/02/holonomic-functions/ | Source: John D Cook    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:32:48

  • "The textbook version of the Runge-Kutta method for solving differential equations has 4 stages and has 4th order error. For lower order versions of RK the number of stages s also matches the order of the error p." ☛ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/08/01/butcher-barrier/ | Source: John D Cook    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:33:03

  • "In this post I mentioned two series which I denoted t(n) and c(n). The former is the number of unlabeled rooted trees with n nodes. The latter is the cumulative sum of the former, i.e." ☛ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/08/02/estimating-a-cumulative-sum/ | Source: John D Cook    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:33:13

  • "The Moon must not merely serve as a stepping stone for exploration, but also as a preemptive shield between Earth and potential forms of extraterrestrial contamination…" ☛ https://www.404media.co/we-need-to-quarantine-aliens-on-the-moon-scientists-propose/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:39:44

  • "The category is problematic." ☛ https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/08/a-problematic-category-on-jeopardy.html | Source: Computational Complexity    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:40:14

  • "Recently, I polled about 100 people to get their input on something. I asked a very vague question (and oh so many smarty-pants sent me essays to tell me what was wrong with my survey instead of just answering it)." ☛ https://bobbyhiltz.com/posts/2026/08/reviewing-reviewing/ | Source: Bobby Hiltz    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:40:22

  • "I started blogging in middle school, when LiveJournal was still invite-only." ☛ https://departure.blog/story-of-my-blog/ | Source: Sylvia    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:41:10

  • "Even though I started and deleted dozens of blogs, this one hobby has been probably the most consistent of my life." ☛ https://bearlyadiary.bearblog.dev/augustory-the-story-of-my-blog/ |    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:41:20

  • "During the heyday of AT&T, it was often said that the telephone system was the largest machine ever built" ☛ https://computer.rip/2026-08-02-telephone-leasing.html | Source: J B Crawford    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:42:38

  • "The assert statement is a built-in Python statement that gives developers a nice short hand for raising an AssertionError based on a condition." ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/a-is-for-assert-python-a-to-z/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:43:16

  • "Unfortunately the freedom of old-school Perl seems to have resulted in a lot of programmer fatigue around maintaining someone else’s thousand line Perl" ☛ https://www.tildedave.com/2016/08/19/a-perl-skeptics-guide-to-perl.html |    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:43:47

  • "for those unaware, the operand of sizeof is either a unary expression, or a parenthesized type name. so the following are all valid: [...]" ☛ https://sebsite.pw/w/20260802-sizeof.html | Source: Sebastian    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:44:05

  • "C++26 adds a new container to the standard library: std::hive." ☛ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/08/02/how-fast-is-c26s-stdhive/ | Source: Daniel Lemire    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:44:14

  • "The bug report for this stems from something I reported, and then when the core bug I reported was fixed, I reported a side effect of the fix." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/BugReportsMinorDetailsCanMatter | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 08:44:27

  • "The pipeline consists of four sequential stages: [...]" ☛ https://datageeek.com/2026/08/02/analyzing-financial-trends-kalman-filtering-for-gold-vs-bitcoin/ | Source: DataGeeek    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:31:34

  • "Our goal is different but conceptually parallel: to apply the same pipeline logic to financial time‑series data. Instead of knee flexion angles, we analyze the comparative dynamics of Gold and Bitcoin. The challenge is similar — financial returns are noisy, prone to drift, and difficult to compare directly." ☛ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/08/analyzing-financial-trends-kalman-filtering-for-gold-vs-bitcoin/ | Source: Rlang    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:31:50

  • "The Steam Hardware & Software Survey for July 2026 is out now and going by the current data, Linux has managed to jump back just over 4%" https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/linux-back-over-4-percent-in-the-july-2026-steam-survey/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:32:28

  • Microsoft apologists https://forums.raspberrypi.com/viewtopic.php?t=391281&start=1250    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:32:52

  • "”Att ha cancer är som att ha fått Donald Trump som inneboende i kroppen” – Sydsvenskan" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://www.sydsvenskan.se/kultur/att-ha-cancer-ar-som-att-ha-fatt-donald-trump-som-inneboende-i-kroppen/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:33:04

  • "How the Democrats Can Benefit From Missing Mitch | The New Republic" https://newrepublic.com/post/213760/democrats-mitch-mcconnell-andy-beshear    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:33:15

  • "US economy: Trump’s ‘Golden Age’ promise is a fairytale" https://www.theage.com.au/business/the-economy/fool-s-gold-trump-s-promise-to-america-is-not-going-to-plan-20260803-p60ktj.html    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:33:27

  • Women more vulnerable to slop than men https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://www.svd.se/a/ExBAqA/kvinnor-mer-utsatta-for-ai-an-mannen    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:33:57

  • "I'm kind of growing tired of reading reports about how people start using LLM tools just for some specific purpose, and then end up surrendering their thoughts entirely to them." Slippery Slop    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:34:54

  • "People experiment with some questions, and eventually they're best friends with the machine, whatever that means. As thinking gets outsourced, brains figure out they can save energy, and the person becomes gradually impaired, to the point of eventually becoming unable to think, to write, even to read without the aid of an LLM." https://blog.lx.oliva.nom.br/2026-08-03-slippery-slop.en.html    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:35:07

  • "Everyone with knowledge agrees that Atom is technically superior to RSS." ☛ https://chrismorgan.info/atom%3Erss | Source: Chris Morgan    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:35:56

  • "This is where haste does the most damage. The work no longer looks like construction." ☛ https://lospino.so/blog/sunday-field-notes/the-supports-that-leave-a-scar/ | Source: Josh Lospinoso    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:36:23

  • "The electronic side of things is relatively straightforward. There’s an ESP32 running the show, commanding the colors for 928 individually-addressable WS2812 RGB LEDs." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/08/02/architectural-led-install-shows-how-to-do-it-with-style/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:37:47

  • "We’ve all seen these sensors and modules kicking around, as part of beginner kits, strapped into prototypes and potentially even in products deployed in the field." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/08/02/the-seven-sensors-and-breakout-boards-to-avoid-in-a-product/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:38:11

  • "The build relies almost entirely on an ESP32 microcontroller with minimal supporting circuitry." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/08/02/easy-theremin-uses-esp32/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:38:27

  • "The build is based around an ESP32 microcontroller. It’s hooked up to an ultrasonic sensor which can measure the water level inside the rooftop water tank." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/08/02/an-automated-water-tank-controller/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:38:36

  • "While you could use the ethanol produced this way as ethanol fuel in combustion engines and the like, you can also turn the ethanol into ethylene and ethane." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/08/02/turning-fruits-into-ethylene-and-ethane-refrigerant/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:39:03

  • "Many of us will be used to the idea of a KVM, a device that pipes keyboard, video, and mouse over the network from a remote machine to your own." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/08/02/a-kvm-without-the-v-or-the-m/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:39:24

  • "[...] Meanwhile, the Debian project is expanding its debate on whether to accept contributions generated by LLM utilities" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260803 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:39:51

  • "The AerynOS team have published an update to the experimental distribution." ☛ https://distrowatch.com/?newsid=12910 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:39:59

  • "When collecting an email address as a part of a sign-up, sign-in, subscribe, checkout, account recovery, or other process" ☛ https://developer.chrome.com/blog/email-verification-protocol-origin-trial | Source: Google    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:40:19

  • "High executives at tech and even nontech companies feel compelled to get involved with this mAnIa, despite the lack of evidence of any company but nVidia actually turning a profit out of LLM tech, and plenty of evidence of failure upon failure upon failure of projects that have embraced the hallucinating pursuit of automation." https://blog.lx.oliva.nom.br/2026-08-03-slippery-slop.en.html    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:49:34

  • Books and some interesting stuff I read in July 2026 ☞ https://box.matto.nl/books-and-some-interesting-stuff-i-read-in-july-2026.html    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:51:07

  • Implementing Rich Text in Drawy ☞ https://abdelhadiwael.hashnode.dev/implementing-rich-text-in-drawy    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:53:40

  • JAGS 5.0.0 is released ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/08/jags-5-0-0-is-released/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:54:44

  • How to Diagnose Nginx 499 Client Closed Request Errors ☞ https://linuxcapable.com/how-to-diagnose-nginx-499-client-closed-request-errors/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:55:01

  • Analyzing Financial Trends: Kalman Filtering for Gold vs Bitcoin ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/08/analyzing-financial-trends-kalman-filtering-for-gold-vs-bitcoin/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:55:39

  • ‘garchf’: GARCH probabilistic forecasting with package ‘forecast’-style interface (and ‘rugarch’ under the hood) ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/07/garchf-garch-probabilistic-forecasting-with-package-forecast-style-interface-and-rugarch-under-the-hood/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:55:46

  • Ben Hutchings: FOSS activity in July 2026 ☞ https://www.decadent.org.uk/ben/blog/2026/08/02/foss-activity-in-july-2026.html    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:57:31

  • At Least 3 Killed, 21 Wounded In Moscow Restaurant Bombing, Russian Authorities Say ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/moscow-russia-restaurant-bombing--kudrinkskaya-square/33820153.html    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:57:49

  • Patriot Debate Deepens As Don Bacon Questions Convicted Felon Shift, Senate Moves On Ukraine Arms ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/patriot-missile-trump-bacon-republicans-ukraine-zelenskyy/33819653.html    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:58:15

  • Zelenskyy Says 'Answers' Needed On Patriot Delivery As Civilian Death Toll Climbs ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/kyiv-kherson-ukraine-patriot-ballistic-missiles-zelenskyy/33819849.html    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:58:25

  • Ukraine and Gulf conflicts increasingly intertwined, says Russia-Iran analyst ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3005131/ukraine-and-gulf-conflicts-increasingly-intertwined-says-russia-iran-analyst    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:58:37

  • Three people killed in Moscow bombing ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/three-people-killed-in-moscow-bombing    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:58:49

  • At least 14 dead as Ukraine and Russia exchange strikes ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260802-ukrainian-drone-strikes-kill-at-least-five-russia-set-another-wildberries-warehouse-ablaze    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:58:58

  • Latvia sends dozens more confiscated vehicles to Ukraine ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/economy/transport/02.08.2026-latvia-sends-dozens-more-confiscated-vehicles-to-ukraine.a657199/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:59:29

  • Russ Allbery: Term::ANSIColor v6.0.0 TRIAL release ☞ https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/journal/2026-08/001.html    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 12:59:56

  • Entropy Ain’t Easy | LINUX Unplugged 678 ☞ https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/678/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 13:00:40

  • mintCast 490 – Not archCast ☞ https://mintcast.org/490-not-archcast/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 13:02:56

  • FOSS Force’s Top Five Articles — For the Week Ending July 31, 2026 ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/08/foss-forces-top-five-articles-for-the-week-ending-july-31-2026/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 13:03:48

  • fossforce promoting slop plagiarism tools now? https://fossforce.com/2026/08/anthropics-claude-for-oss-program-adds-codenotarys-immudb/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 13:04:30

  • git worktree: Work on Multiple Branches at Once ☞ https://linuxize.com/post/git-worktree/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 13:05:47

  • Linux Hits a Record 7.53% Worldwide as backdoored Windows Users Finally Jump Ship ☞ https://linuxstans.com/linux-hits-a-record-7-53-worldwide-as-windows-users-finally-jump-ship/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 13:06:07

  • Pakistan Police Station Bombing Kills at Least 14 ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/world/asia/pakistan-police-station-bombing.html    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 13:18:22

  • At least 14 killed in suicide attack at police station in northern Pakistan ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/at-least-14-killed-in-suicide-attack-at-police-station-in-northern-pakistan    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 13:25:16

  • Suspected suicide bombing at police station kills at least 14 in Pakistan, officials say ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/suspected-suicide-bombing-at-police-station-kills-at-least-14-in-pakistan-officials-say    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 13:25:26

  • Berserk Arch 2026.08.02 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/berserkarch    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 13:26:17

  • NetHydra 1.1.0 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/nethydra    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 13:26:25

  • AerynOS 2026.08 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/aerynos    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 13:26:33

  • Shadowfetch 2.1.3 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/shadowfetch    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 13:26:46

  • Ezarcher 2608-1 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/ezarcher    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 13:26:54

  • pearOS 2026.08 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/pearos    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 13:27:08

  • Puppy 26.06-20260801 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/puppy    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 13:27:19

  • Butterbian 0.3.3 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/butterbian    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 13:27:32

  • Calam 2026-08 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/calam    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 13:27:46

  • Linux App Release Roundup (July 2026) ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/linux-app-release-roundup-july-2026    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 13:28:11

  • MidnightBSD 4.0.7 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/midnightbsd    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 13:30:08

  • Ubuntu’s ready for Alberta and Morocco time zone changes ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/ubuntu-alberta-morocco-time-change    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 13:31:32

  • Rhythmbox 3.5.0 Released with Multistream Backend By Default ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/rhythmbox-3-5-0-released-with-multistream-backend-by-default/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 13:32:52

  • GNOME to Support Uninstalling Apps Directly from App Grid ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/gnome-uninstalling-app-app-grid/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 13:39:32

  • GNOME to Support Uninstalling Apps Directly from App Grid ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/gnome-uninstalling-app-app-grid/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 13:50:43

  • Sudanese army drone strike kills 35 at Darfur court, rights group says ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/africa/20260803-sudan-darfur-drone-army-kill    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 13:56:14

  • Canada’s WestJet Cancels Trips Amid Strike By Flight Attendants ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/world/canada/westjet-flight-attendants-strike-canada.html    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 13:56:49

  • How China Keeps Tabs on Foreigners ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/world/asia/china-surveillance-foreigners-database.html    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 13:57:25

  • Surveillance   

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 13:57:50

  • For a Day, Surveillance Giant Google Made It Easy to Spoof Satellite Imagery ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/technology/google-earth-ai-satellite-images.html    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 13:58:02

  • IBMers Discuss Who Killed I.C.B.M. (It Impacts Red Hat) ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/02/IBMers_Discuss_Who_Killed_IBM_It_Impacts_Red_Hat.shtml    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 14:13:56

  • Toots back for the Digest ☞ https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2026/08/02/toots-back-for-the-digest/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 14:14:18

  • First open-source firmware for AM5 officially launches — Dasharo v0.9.0 brings Coreboot and openSIL to Zen 4 APUs on MSI B850 ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/motherboards/first-open-source-firmware-for-am5-officially-launches-dasharo-v0-9-0-brings-coreboot-and-opensil-to-zen-4-apus-on-msi-b850    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 14:14:40

  • How fast is C++26’s std::hive? ☞ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/08/02/how-fast-is-c26s-stdhive/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 14:17:06

  • Mid-spinal canal depth by weight, mean and 95% centile ☞ https://yingtongli.me/blog/2026/08/02/mscd.html    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 14:27:28

  • Self-Help Influencer Nicole LePera Faces Litigation ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/style/nicole-lepera-self-help-litigation-holistic-psychologist.html    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 14:27:47

  • Are Artificial Sweeteners Really Worse For Your Brain Than Sugar? An Epidemiologist Explains ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/are-artificial-sweeteners-really-worse-for-your-brain-than-sugar-an-epidemiologist-explains    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 14:28:22

  • Earth's Inner Core Could Be Full Of Extreme Hydrogen Unlike Anything on The Surface ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/earths-inner-core-could-be-full-of-extreme-hydrogen-unlike-anything-on-the-surface    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 14:28:41

  • 'Natural Protection From Asthma And Allergies': Scientists Isolate Bacteria Behind The Immune System Farm Effect ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/natural-protection-from-asthma-and-allergies-scientists-isolate-bacteria-behind-the-immune-system-farm-effect    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 14:29:48

  • Gov’t refusal to release banned book list following independent bookstore arrests is ‘abuse of power,’ Christian NGO says ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/03/govt-refusal-to-release-banned-book-list-following-independent-bookstore-arrests-is-abuse-of-power-christian-ngo-says/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 14:54:23

  • Landslide death toll rises in China’s Gansu province as heavy rains continue ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/landslide-death-toll-rises-in-chinas-gansu-province-as-heavy-rains-continue    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 14:56:23

  • Why Taiwan’s idyllic eastern outlying islands are increasingly crucial in its defence calculus ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/why-taiwans-idyllic-eastern-outlying-islands-are-increasingly-crucial-in-its-defence-calculus    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 14:57:09

  • Stick with it until you win: why Beijing keeps sovereignty disputes alive ☞ https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/stick-with-it-until-you-win-why-beijing-keeps-sovereignty-disputes-alive/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 14:57:26

  • There May Be 170 Million Black Holes Lurking in The Milky Way's Graveyard ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/there-may-be-170-million-black-holes-lurking-in-the-milky-ways-graveyard    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 14:57:39

  • Scientists Tested 17 Human Artery Samples – And Found Microplastics in Every Single One ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-tested-17-human-artery-samples-and-found-microplastics-in-every-single-one    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 14:58:49

  • The Brain Seems to Rearrange Itself as Tinnitus Becomes Chronic ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-brain-seems-to-rearrange-itself-as-tinnitus-becomes-chronic    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 14:59:06

  • Scientists Find a Hidden 'Fish City' Beneath Antarctica's Ice ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discover-more-than-1000-fish-nests-hiding-beneath-antarcticas-ice    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 14:59:18

  • How much is too much? Or what's the maximum a price should increase? ☞ https://gregoryhammond.ca/blog/how-much-increase-is-too-much/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 14:59:59

  • Young South Koreans look for jobs in Japan as they struggle to find work at home​ ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/young-south-koreans-look-for-jobs-in-japan-as-they-struggle-to-find-work-at-home    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 15:00:48

  • McDonald’s pulls corn burger in South Korea after customers report finding stones ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/mcdonalds-pulls-corn-burger-in-south-korea-after-customers-report-finding-stones    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 15:01:04

  • Millions of Thais banish the booze for Buddhist Lent ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/millions-of-thais-banish-the-booze-for-buddhist-lent    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 15:01:26

  • U.S. Restores Some Vaccine and Health Aid to Unicef, Gavi and World Food Programme ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/health/trump-health-aid-state-department.html    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 15:01:34

  • Lazy Reading for 2026/08/02 ☞ https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2026/08/02/lazy-reading-for-2026-08-02/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 15:02:14

  • 'Nozzlegate' erupts as Prusa CORE One 3D printer kits arrive with soft steel nozzles — Bondtech admits machining flaws with no quick fix (Updated) ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/3d-printing/nozzlegate-erupts-as-prusa-core-one-3d-ptinter-kits-arrive-with-soft-steel-nozzles-bondtech-admits-machining-flaws-with-no-quick-fix    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 15:04:06

  • Sri Lanka boosts prison security after riot kills one ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/sri-lanka-boosts-prison-security-after-riot-kills-one    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 15:05:00

  • Iran suspected of conducting cyberattacks on US water suppliers in 45 municipalities ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/iran-suspected-of-conducting-cyberattacks-on-us-water-suppliers-in-45-municipalities-small-towns-mostly-targeted-with-utilities-switching-to-manual-control    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 15:05:25

  • France steps up fire prevention ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/video/20260802-france-steps-up-fire-prevention    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 15:05:58

  • New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Sephiria and Kusan City of Wolves - 2026-08-01 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-playable-on-the-steam-deck-2026-08-01-edition/index.html    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 15:07:19

  • Commemorative golden Doom floppy disks go up for pre-order — pair of limited edition dummy ‘imitation gold plating’ disks and a box are $30 at GameStop ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/commemorative-golden-doom-floppy-disks-go-up-for-pre-order-pair-of-limited-edition-dummy-imitation-gold-plating-disks-and-a-box-are-usd30-at-gamestop    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 15:08:02

  • Play games with your brain signals using Octopus 16 wireless EEG device ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/02/play-games-with-your-brain-signals-using-octopus-16-wireless-eeg-device/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 15:09:00

  • Lucas Baudin: Visual Signatures in Papers (and Papers 51.beta) ☞ https://lbaudin.pages.gitlab.gnome.org/blog/posts/signatures-in-papers/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 15:10:02

  • 2,900 Blog Posts ☞ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/02/2900-blog-posts/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 15:10:23

  • The Hard Right Packing of the UK Supreme Court ☞ https://www.craigmurray.org.uk/archives/2026/08/the-hard-right-packing-of-the-uk-supreme-court/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 15:12:48

  • Has Patent Term Adjustment Peaked? ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/08/has-patent-term-adjustment-peaked.html    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 15:13:14

  • "The upcoming Fedora Linux 45 distribution could enable Shadow Stack protection by default for all x86_64 applications and libraries built with GCC, Clang, and Rust." https://9to5linux.com/fedora-linux-45-to-enable-shadow-stack-protection-by-default-on-64-bit    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 15:21:36

  • Linux's market share in North America has breached 10% for the first time, says StatCounter https://www.xda-developers.com/linuxs-market-share-in-north-america-has-breached-10-statcounter/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 15:21:55

  • KDE developer fixes major Linux eGPU performance bottleneck https://videocardz.com/newz/linux-multi-gpu-fix-boosts-cyberpunk-2077-performance-by-over-80-on-an-egpu    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 15:22:23

  • Slop FOMO: https://www.howtogeek.com/claude-as-tech-support-for-linux/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 15:22:55

  • "Oddly, some of the comparisons look like they're against May's numbers not June, so we may end up seeing some corrections from Valve. We'll keep an eye on it. Updated - they fixed that." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/linux-back-over-4-percent-in-the-july-2026-steam-survey/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 15:24:26

  • "Frustrated with Windows and considering switching to Linux? Struggling to make up your mind because of the good and bad things you hear about making the switch? Well, I’ve used both OSes for over a decade, and here are my five crucial truths about making the switch that rarely get mentioned." https://www.howtogeek.com/the-things-nobody-tells-you-about-switching-to-linux-from-windows/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 15:24:54

  • A Meta developer's Linux patch could boost Steam Deck frame rates by up to 32% https://www.techspot.com/news/113317-meta-developer-linux-patch-could-boost-steam-deck.html    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 15:25:17

  • Linux 7.3 will receive support for Qualcomm Adreno 704 and Adreno 722 GPUs. https://en.gamegpu.com/news/zhelezo/linux-7-3-poluchit-podderzhku-graficheskikh-protsessorov-qualcomm-adreno-704-i-adreno-722    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 15:26:34

  • Linux patch fixes Zen 5 chips being misidentified as Zen 6 https://en.gamegpu.com/news/zhelezo/patch-dlya-linux-ispravlyaet-oshibochnoe-opredelenie-chipov-zen-5-kak-zen-6    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 15:26:56

  • "The Debian Project released a new Linux kernel security update on July 31st, 2026, for its Debian 13 “Trixie” stable operating system series to address 68 security vulnerabilities." https://9to5linux.com/new-debian-13-trixie-kernel-security-update-fixes-68-vulnerabilities    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 15:27:22

  • NetBSD 11.0 Ships First Stable RISC-V Port and Ten-Millisecond Boot Kernel https://www.techtimes.com/articles/322681/20260802/netbsd-110-ships-first-stable-risc-v-port-ten-millisecond-boot-kernel.htm    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 15:27:39

  • AMD Begins RDNA 5 Linux Support With New Driver Updates https://www.eteknix.com/amd-begins-rdna-5-linux-support-with-new-driver-updates/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 15:52:38

  • I refuse to pay Microsoft for these 7 features that Linux offers for free https://www.howtogeek.com/stop-paying-for-windows-pro-here-are-features-linux-includes-for-free/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 15:54:35

  • "Archcraft 26.08 has been released today for this Arch Linux-based rolling-release distribution aimed at users who care about minimalism and the aesthetics of their Linux desktop." https://9to5linux.com/arch-linux-based-archcraft-26-08-brings-new-sway-wayland-session-linux-7-1    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 15:54:56

  • Arch Linux Freezes AUR Adoption: Tor-Backed Rust Infostealer Bypasses June Defenses in Third Wave https://www.techtimes.com/articles/322619/20260801/arch-linux-freezes-aur-adoption-tor-backed-rust-infostealer-bypasses-june-defenses-third-wave.htm    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 15:55:13

  • Linux Foundation’s OPI Project Releases 1st DPU/IPU Abstraction Framework https://www.hpcwire.com/bigdatawire/this-just-in/linux-foundations-opi-project-releases-1st-dpu-ipu-abstraction-framework/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 15:56:22

  • Techrights 1, Greed 0 https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/03/techrights-1-greed-0/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 17:18:58

  • "I previously described in another report how the rogue Debianists tried to use police as a weapon to raid the supposedly secret Swiss Protonmail." https://danielpocock.com/en/cults-rupert-lowes-analysis-nigel-farage-reform-eerily-similar-debianism/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 18:37:56

  • "The use of the police in this manner is much more than an attack on the victim named in the false accusations. These false persecutions are intended to send a message to every other cult member, whether it is a political party or a free software organisation, to deter anybody else from doing anything inconvenient for the gangmasters."    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 18:38:01

  • circo del umbra gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/ombra    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 18:47:49

  • The Great Exodus part 2 gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/exodus    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 18:48:19

  • "It's heartening that things I'd put aside for "just a moment" are still here, a few years later, when I'm ready to pick them up again. I'm experimenting with a Second Place to think, and do, and since I'm using a smaller device my mind naturally wandered back to the world of text and the places to store and post it." gemini://apintandaparma.club/~ajc/log/2026-08-03.gmi    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 18:49:11

  • "These days, my primary "third place" is my local game store (LGS)." gemini://nullish.smol.pub/the-lgs-as-a-third-place    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 18:50:02

  • "Apart from the output of my professional life my hobby projects all seem to end up in the same way. After the novelty wears off they all get thrown on the pile of done." gemini://nthcdr.eu/blog/2026-08-03-dead-ends.gmi    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 18:50:55

  • "A hobby project is fueled by excitement and the enjoyment one gets for creating something new. The unfortunate truth is that excitement is always fleeting and, once a software project grows larger, it is less and less enjoyable to work on." gemini://skyjake.fi/gemlog/2026/08/re-dead-ends.gmi    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 18:51:33

  • Un manifeste Offpunk gemini://ploum.net/2026-08-03-offpunk_manifesto.gmi    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 18:51:55

  • Christopher Nolan gemini://omg.pebcak.club/~cage/archive/UK-odissea-Christofer-Nolan.gmi    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 18:52:19

  • "The drawing uses 2 by 3 pixel characters (sextant) from the symbols for legacy computers unicode block (unicode version 13). I resized the original drawing with gimp, decreased the color depth to 2 colors and converted the image using image magick convert to text." gemini://gmi.noulin.net/2026-08-03-i-converted-an-xkcd-drawing-to-unicode-text.gmi    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 18:52:51

  • https://www.cnbc.com/video/2026/07/30/ibm-ceo-arvind-krishna-goes-one-on-one-with-jim-cramer.html" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kyxtdzrm http://techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/You_Know_Your_Company_is_Dead_or_Basically_a_Pyramid_Scheme_Whe.shtml    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 20:04:51

  • "Canonical link here: https://www.cnbc.com/video/2026/07/30/ibm-ceo-arvind-krishna-goes-one-on-one-with-jim-cramer.html" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kyxtdzrm http://techrights.org/n/2026/02/03/You_Know_Your_Company_is_Dead_or_Basically_a_Pyramid_Scheme_Whe.shtml    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 20:04:58

  • "I've worked with Executives like him. geography wise. There is definitely a gene missing around getting feedback that they do not want to hear." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kyj0tr4b    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 20:07:21

  • "Recently I was complaining on fedi about old texts I had written and offered 2d6 Math as an example." gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-08-03-why-2d6    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 20:55:28

  • Looking to Increase the Strength of Your 3D-Printed PLA Parts? Give Them a Shake, Researchers Say gemini://tilde.club/~ghalfacree/202608/20260803-vibe.gmi    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 21:00:18

  • Boastful Legal Letters That Reveal One’s Own Weaknesses https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/03/boastful-legal-letters-that-reveal-ones-own-weaknesses/    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 21:05:55

  • Older: https://techrights.org/n/2026/02/12/In_Systematic_Contempt_of_the_British_High_Court_Brett_Wilson_L.shtml    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 21:07:02

  • "Interesting piece in the Gazette about Prof Richard Moorhead's new book. Useful insights into the causes and consequences of ethical failures by lawyers. And that regulation is "reactive, expensive, and vigorously resisted, especially by well-resourced lawyers and firms"."    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 21:42:57

  • "I am so grateful to the Free Speech Union for wonderful support, to my brilliant solicitor Mark Lewis of Patron Law. And to the Telegraph and its superb News team which was not intimidated by the police who threw everything at us." https://x.com/AllisonPearson/status/2082550974195847505    

posted Monday, August 03, 2026 at 21:52:27

  • re https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/03/Swatting_People_Who_Write_About_Corruption_Misogyny_Criminal_ Mi.shtml "the screenshot's definition is wrong, swatting is attempted murder-by-cop" -Anon    

posted Tuesday, August 04, 2026 at 06:12:51

  • ...s/the rogue Debianists/microsofters inside Debian/ - No project is considered too small to avoid the attention of Microsoft. And Debian is no small project, it is the progenitor to many hundreds of derivative distros.    

posted Tuesday, August 04, 2026 at 06:13:06
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