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"I'm talking about the 2006 Billy Bob Thornton vehicle. What a pile of absolute shit. I saw this in my recommended section of YT for free with ads." gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20260809-mr_woodc.txt    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 02:45:26

  • "Yesterday went well - we played down our set (more or less, took out two pieces, added one) for the second time in a week, and it felt something like autopilot. I made fewer mistakes. I played probably about as well I could've hoped. After the performance, I dug into the catered lunch, had half a cup of lukewarm coffee, and headed home." gemini://tilde.club/~winter/gemlog/2026/8-09.gmi    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 02:46:21

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1735.jpg    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 02:46:44

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2092.jpg    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 02:46:49

  • "I'm not scared of Linux. I've used it off and on for quite some time, first getting curious about it all the way back in the bad old days of Windows Vista. Remember how bad Vista was?" gemini://nullish.smol.pub/the-switch    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 02:47:58

  • monumental gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/monumental    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 02:48:32

  • Hispagatos Collective of Anarchist Hackers — Autodefensa Digital: nuestro fanzine anarco-hacker N°1 gemini://coldscars.smol.pub/monumental gemini://post/autodefensa-digital/index.gmi    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 02:49:23

  • "Initially disappointed that this wasn’t an adaptation of the video game, then pleasantly surprised by this being a pretty great film in its own right. It’s funny (a bit). It mostly keeps you guessing. It has how-can-he-possibly-get-away-with-this energy, reminiscent of the also-apparently-true Catch Me If You Can." gemini://lab6.com/mlog/2026/08/09/hitman/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 02:50:19

  • "Today was a nice day! That cute neighbor I've been talking-staging with spent the night and it was oh so nice to wake up to a friendly face instead of an empty bed for the first time in a while." gemini://flares-space.me/gemlog/2026-08-08-Sleepy-Saturday.gmi    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 02:51:29

  • "Today was a rather relaxed day! Work was busy as always, though I managed to scavenge some downtime to take care of architectural work I needed to get done." gemini://flares-space.me/gemlog/2026-08-03-Mild-Monday.gmi    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 02:52:19

  • Vuelvo a casa tras casi 4 años (¡De vacaciones!) gemini://caleb.subnet.city/gemlog/vacaciones2026.gmi    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 02:52:43

  • "When the OUYA had come out, I had never heard of it. It wasn't until a family member got one for his kids. I was around 14 (I think) at the time and developed two of my own Atari 2600 games." gemini://spazzy.xyz/gemlog/2026-08-05.gmi    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 02:53:34

  • interaction gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/slowMind    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 02:54:33

  • Clacton by-election bias favoritism for Nigel Farage and Count Binface https://danielpocock.com/en/clacton-by-election-bias-favoritism-for-nigel-farage-count-binface/ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/04/media-helps-farage/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 03:09:12

  • "Bravo - a masterpiece!" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kzc7rhrr    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 03:25:42

  • "People still use LinkedIn?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kzed80jf    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 03:25:58

  • Anon: Google's style of SEO has contributed to the race to the bottom. If they gave elevated visibility to valid, well-formed pages, there'd quickly be a feedback loop in a positive direction.    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 04:58:51

  • Fifth Heatwave and It’s Only Early August https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/10/fifth-heatwave-and-its-only-early-august/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 05:42:15

  • GNU/Linux 6.4% https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/europe/#monthly-200902-202608    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 05:43:51

  • "Some years ago, I co-wrote a commissioned pilot for a TV series that centred around a bunch of unlikely female spies." ☛ https://broligarchy.substack.com/p/the-invisible-women | Source: Carole Cadwalladr    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 06:34:59

  • "Since 2000, however, an entirely different dynamic has emerged: the share of labor compensation in total income has declined sharply." ☛ https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/against-oligarchy-part-iii-taxing | Source: Paul Krugman    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 06:35:14

  • "Work under capitalism sucks, and Gen Z’s disillusionment with the labor market is justified. But work itself is socially necessary and the only way to transform it is through collective power, not withdrawal." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/08/generation-z-capitalism-work-alienation | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 06:35:26

  • "To address the US’s severe inequality, we can and should raise taxes on the rich. " ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/08/taxes-inequality-markets-regulation-finance | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 06:35:39

  • "It said the Taliban’s rule has been characterized by the elimination of civil liberties, systematic repression, widespread human rights violations, the denial of women’s fundamental rights, and worsening poverty and discrimination." ☛ https://english.anf-news.com/women/afghan-women-condemn-taliban-women-have-been-excluded-from-public-life-86683 | Source: ANF News    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 06:35:50

  • "Jerusalem is struggling to retain its secular population" ☛ https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/tech-news/2026-08-08/ty-article-magazine/.highlight/why-secular-tech-workers-are-fleeing-jerusalem/0000019f-d0a8-de65-a5df-f9feb0d50000 | Source: Haaretz    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 06:36:30

  • "Could a pledge that scales with a company’s success come to justify unsavory business practices or reckless accelerationism? And is this go-around any different from previous iterations of Silicon Valley giving?" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/ai-billionaires-are-pledging-their-wealth-good-or-bad/ | Source: Wired    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 06:36:46

  • "This will be kind of an unusual post. I got a recent email about my writing that I thought was such a good articulation of one common criticism that I’d like to share it (and my response) in full." ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/i-got-an-email-about-resistance/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 06:36:54

  • "Until Linux Journal hired me in 1996, no publication—tech or otherwise—would employ me." ☛ https://doc.searls.com/2026/08/09/the-web-and-the-new-reality-2/ | Source: Doc Searls    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 06:37:16

  • "the Alaskan cruise ship Wilderness Legacy rescued a small skiff stranded near Farragut Bay" ☛ https://www.theverge.com/tech/977161/mark-zuckerberg-yacht-wilderness-legacy-stranded-boat | Source: The Verge    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 06:48:33

  • "The Korea Aerospace Research Institute shared the first photographs captured by its lunar orbiter." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/first-images-spacex-rocket-moon-crater/ | Source: Wired    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 06:49:15

  • "And that could get worse as Amazon and tech companies back the development of huge natural gas plants to support their power-hungry data centers." ☛ https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/08/planned-amazon-data-center-could-become-the-biggest-climate-polluter-in-the-u-s/ | Source: TechCrunch    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 06:49:45

  • "An Amazon-owned site in Pecos County, Texas, received a permit to release up to 33 million tons of CO2." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/977124/amazon-data-center-worst-polluting-power-plant | Source: The Verge    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 06:49:59

  • "Conversely, Amazon had pledged to achieve net-zero carbon emissions across all its global business operations by 2040." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/amazons-new-7-65gw-texas-ai-data-center-power-plant-could-become-the-largest-source-of-co2-pollution-in-the-us-custom-35-turbine-gas-plant-authorized-to-emit-33-million-tons-of-annual-greenhouse-gases | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 06:50:20

  • "The new gas-burning plant, if built to specifications, would be permitted to release 33 million tons of carbon dioxide a year, regulatory records show, more planet-warming gases than any other power plant in the country." ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/climate/amazon-data-center-texas-pollution.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 06:50:44

  • "This should have been bigger news than it was." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/the-accent-of-rigor | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 06:51:33

  • "From the outside, the Phantom Drive, created by Rootkit Labs, appears like a boring old USB." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/usb-flash-drives/open-source-stealth-usb-hides-an-encrypted-partition-behind-an-8gb-decoy-drive-phantom-drive-appears-as-a-regular-usb-stick-until-you-create-a-text-file-to-unlock-the-hidden-data | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 06:51:54

  • "When you read the newspaper, does it read you back?" ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/usa-today-palatnir-reader-intelligence | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 06:52:24

  • "ALPRs are cameras that take pictures of cars and record metadata, including license plate information." ☛ https://stanforddaily.com/2026/08/09/stanford-ends-flock-contract/ | Source: Stanford University    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 06:53:08

  • Windows TCO ☛ https://www.theregister.com/security/2026/08/09/ransomware-gangs-skip-the-ceo-head-straight-for-the-40-something-it-manager/5284499 | Source: The Register UK    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 06:53:36

  • "CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg is among the star witnesses the prosecution plans to call to the stand" ☛ https://today.rtl.lu/news/world/meta-will-soon-face-another-high-stakes-trial-in-us-1722867114 | Source: RTL    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 06:54:34

  • "So, for now I think I’ll just leave things as is." ☛ https://ryan.himmelwright.net/post/echofeed-retired/ | Source: Ryan Himmelwright    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 06:54:53

  • "Having to create a new X account, then being exposed to ads, tracking, etc. killed my desire to understand." ☛ https://blog.numericcitizen.me/2026/08/09/happy-ignorant-here.html | Source: Numeric Citizen    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 06:55:00

  • "The best way to prevent a rogue AGI from processing the Earth into maximum paperclips is to unleash a second AGI that will work to stop it." ☛ https://interconnected.org/home/2026/08/08/alignment | Source: Matt Webb    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 07:09:47

  • "I believe that's a gross insult to all programmers everywhere." ☛ https://blog.senko.net/code-was-never-the-hard-part-is-an-insult-to-all-programmers?pk_campaign=rss-feed | Source: Senko Rašić    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 07:09:58

  • "I don’t know if frontier AI models are less sycophantic in general." ☛ https://www.seangoedecke.com/advanced-ai-sycophancy/ | Source: Sean Goedecke    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 07:10:19

  • "While it can be contested whether Gruhn actually came up with the term "meat proxy", he can definitely be credited with popularising it." ☛ https://lindbakk.com/blog/no-meat-proxy | Source: John Mikael Lindbakk    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 07:10:36

  • "35 year old version" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/08/09/hackaday-links-august-9-2026/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 07:11:04

  • "Word for Windows 1.1a arrived in 1990 as the second update to Word 1.0" ☛ https://www.neowin.net/news/developer-ported-word-for-windows-11a-from-1990-to-run-natively-on-windows-11/ | Source: Neowin    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 07:11:28

  • "These cuts begin a snowball effect. While the bill rips away health care access for millions of Americans, it also kneecaps health centers by cutting a major funding stream." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/08/fqhcs-medicaid-cuts-health-care-billionaire-tax | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 07:12:56

  • "But how did so many breeds emerge during these 15,000 years of co-evolution?" ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-08-dogs-evolved-differently-globe-human.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 07:13:07

  • "A new report published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences by an international team of nutrition" ☛ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-worlds-vegetables-are-vanishing-and-its-quietly-wrecking-our-diets | Source: Science Alert    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 07:13:19

  • "Under updated housing rules, students are prohibited from “skinning, butchering, or otherwise processing wild game animals” inside residential buildings." ☛ https://www.salon.com/2026/08/08/cornell-has-a-new-dorm-rule-dont-butcher-bears/ | Source: Salon    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 07:13:55

  • "Here I mean a host-local NVMe SSD" ☛ https://www.shayon.dev/post/2026/220/every-fast-write-moves-work-somewhere-else/ | Source: Shayon Mukherjee    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 07:14:34

  • "You just picked up a dusty" ☛ https://boffosocko.com/2026/08/08/a-stopgap-repair-solution-for-impatient-new-olympia-sm3-typewriter-owners/ | Source: Chris Aldrich    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 07:14:42

  • "For five years, I have worked at a firm called Simplify. The irony has never been lost on me." ☛ https://www.yesigiveafig.com/p/its-time-to-complicate | Source: Michael Green    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 07:16:32

  • "I’m trying to decide whether to keep my elementary school-age kid in the neighborhood public school or move him to a more exclusive private school." ☛ https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/484136/private-public-school-best-education-ethics | Source: Vox    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 07:16:46

  • "When the Norse god Odin offers advice, one should probably listen." ☛ https://www.medievalists.net/2026/08/10-sayings-from-odin-medieval-norse-wisdom-from-the-havamal/ | Source: Medievalists.net    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 07:17:56

  • Imagine someone in Karachi paying to the British government, "hey! I have lots of money to spend to try to convince you that some critics of mine in the UK need to be arrested along with their spouses! I HAVE MONEY TO SPEND. PLEASE DO THIS!" This is what The Loser did this year. https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/SLAPP_Censorship_Part_145_Out_of_200_They_Tried_Hard_to_Hide_th.shtml    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 07:25:25

  • "If you want to compute the sine or cosine of an angle x you could start by reducing x mod 2π since that would not change the result." ☛ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/08/09/simple-range-reduction/ | Source: John D Cook    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 07:31:18

  • "The video has a lot of cool shots of old tech: magnetic tape drives, teletypes, paper tape readers, and giant dish antennas" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/08/09/retrotechtacular-a-view-of-the-moon-from-1964/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 07:31:32

  • "The “petals” appearing in the image are generated by the Kelvin-Helmholtz instability." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/the-sharpest-image-ever-taken-of-the-sun-reveals-a-beautiful-hidden-phenomenon/ | Source: Wired    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 07:31:41

  • "Mind-bending self-replicating GIF code prints an exact copy of itself, is both a program and its own visual output — champion coder shows off 'Piet Quine' technique" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/programming/mind-bending-self-replicating-gif-code-prints-an-exact-copy-of-itself-is-both-a-program-and-its-own-visual-output-champion-coder-shows-off-piet-quine-technique | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 07:32:13

  • "I appreciate the sentiment behind this, and done with the right intentions it can become a practice I admire." ☛ https://benjaminhollon.com/musings/maybe-i-am-minimalist/ | Source: Benjamin Hollon    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 07:38:03

  • "One of the prompts for this Blaugust that I felt like answering today!" ☛ https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/some-more-facts-about-me/ | Source: Joel Chrono    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 07:40:04

  • Evil Plans Doomed to Fail https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/10/evil-plans-doomed-to-fail/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 07:40:31

  • "The point is that nobody in the room could have produced the thing alone." ☛ https://lospino.so/blog/sunday-field-notes/the-sentence-changed-the-room/ | Source: Josh Lospinoso    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 07:40:42

  • "I realised I'd already done the writing part of it with my post entitled My Favourite Type of Time Travel." ☛ https://rknight.me/blog/types-of-time-travel-zine/ | Source: Rob Knight    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 07:41:08

  • "and I'm thankful for many blessings over the years. But I think the world is not as good as I would have imagined it in 2002." ☛ https://roytang.net/2026/08/forty-eight/ | Source: Roy Tang    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 07:41:26

  • "The history of computers and the vision of computing is intricately tied to the history and study of tools" ☛ https://blog.viditb.com/why-computers-need-to-evolve/ | Source: Vidit Bhargava    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 07:41:41

  • "Anyway, it took four hands to screw out the old metal ones that were rusted up and hopelessly stuck." ☛ https://brainbaking.com/post/2026/08/to-begin-begin/ | Source: Wouter Groeneveld    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 07:41:53

  • He Tried to Put My Wife and I in Prison, Now He Feels “Sentimental” https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/10/he-tried-to-put-my-wife-and-i-in-prison-now-he-feels-sentimental/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 07:55:27

  • "ESP32 Bit Pirate has released version 1.7 of its ESP32-S3-based hardware debugging platform" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/esp32-bit-pirate-1-7-gains-lora-meshtastic-and-browser-based-bpio2-control/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:06:05

  • "Radxa has revealed two Qualcomm-based system-on-modules aimed at edge AI, multimedia, robotics, and industrial applications" ☛ https://linuxgizmos.com/radxa-broadens-rcore-series-with-qualcomm-based-ai-soms/ | Source: Linux Gizmos    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:07:06

  • Politics instead of science. "Rails is done | lucas.dohmen.io" https://lucas.dohmen.io/posts/2026/08/09/rails-is-done/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:08:17

  • "Donald Trump Told Us He Was Warned about the Missile Shortage Before He Started the Iran War - emptywheel" https://emptywheel.net/2026/08/08/donald-trump-told-us-he-was-warned-about-the-missile-shortage-before-he-started-the-iran-war/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:08:29

  • "Talking With G. Elliott Morris About the Midterms" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/talking-with-g-elliott-morris-about    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:08:38

  • blocked by gratuitous javascript https://schedule.hope.net/hope26/schedule/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:08:55

  • "Trump Thinks He Can Defy the Supremes on Birthright Citizenship | The New Republic" https://newrepublic.com/article/214115/trump-supreme-court-birthright-citizenship    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:09:06

  • "The former Senate GOP leader’s legacy will make America harder to govern for years to come." https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/08/mitch-mcconnell-gop-legacy/688221/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:09:20

  • mastodon of karen sandler: "cyborg lawyer". Greedy lawyer, platforms men whose spouse call "rapist". Men who try to put women victims in prison. https://mstdn.social/@karen@floss.social    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:11:00

  • She is also boosting Free Software Foundation Europe. They fake the real FSF, just like SFC fakes the real SFLC (Moglen), while the two of them jointly defame Moglen.    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:14:10

  • "EU väljer kontroll före information" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/08/09/eu-valjer-kontroll-fore-information/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:30:02

  • "Tips: Jottacloud – när du tröttnat på molnlagring från USA - PCforAlla" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://www.pcforalla.se/article/3178048/jottacloud-molnlagrning.html    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:30:12

  • "Ingen valgte Copilot: Sagen hos Sundhedsdatastyrelsen viser et hul i hele AI-debatten | Version2" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=da&tl=en&u=https://www.version2.dk/holdning/ingen-valgte-copilot-sagen-hos-sundhedsdatastyrelsen-viser-et-hul-i-hele-ai-debatten    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:30:22

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posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:30:33

  • [Old] "This document attempts to present a much more detailed, thorough, and easily-understood form of the key formats used by OpenSSH" ☛ https://sshref.dev/ |    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:31:24

  • "When a compiler optimizes your program, it has to guess. Which functions are worth inlining?" ☛ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/08/09/profile-guided-optimization-in-go/ | Source: Daniel Lemire    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:34:26

  • "Solod reuses much of Go's existing tooling, including syntax highlighting, LSP, linters, and the package management system." ☛ https://antonz.org/relying-on-go/ | Source: Anton Zhiyanov    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:34:44

  • "A single call can carry up to 16 user Subjects. I’ll cover in the series' next part how they travel on the JERI wire, and what service code does with them on arrival." ☛ https://blog.frankel.ch/security-baked-into-jvm/3/ | Source: Nicolas Fränkel    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:34:50

  • "Let’s take our first journey into the wonders of Django, my favourite web backend. One of the reasons I love it is its ORM which we’ll talk a bit more when we reach the midway of the month and letter O." ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/g-is-for-get-or-create-python-a-to-z/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:37:48

  • "For the past couple of years, all my new Django projects have been built with htmx and I’ve worked on couple of other, non-Django projects that uses it as well. It’s a blast!" ☛ https://hamatti.org/posts/h-is-for-htmx-python-a-to-z/ | Source: Juha-Matti Santala    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:37:57

  • "Emacs VC is the built-in Emacs version control interface." ☛ https://box.matto.nl/git-branches-and-emacs-builtin-vc.html | Source: MJ Fransen    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:38:23

  • "But the old code had an advantage: because each error condition had its own raise line, coverage measurement could tell me whether I had tested every func_name for the wrong number of arguments." ☛ https://nedbatchelder.com/blog/202608/callerspecific_coverage | Source: Ned Batchelder    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:38:32

  • "But I’d argue that Crawshaw underappreciates the ongoing cost when he writes [...]" ☛ https://lalitm.com/post/changing-devtools-is-cheap-owning-them-isnt/ | Source: Lalit Maganti    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:38:42

  • "Technical debt is materialized as drag against the ability to deliver customer value." ☛ https://www.jmduke.com/posts/tech-debt-is-weird.html | Source: Justin Duke    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:38:53

  • "I wrote this in my notes shortly after attending the first of two HTML Day online sessions today, hosted by Zachary." ☛ https://jamesg.blog/2026/08/08/html-day-2026 | Source: James G    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:39:26

  • "Yesterday I attended HTML Day London 2026. I set myself the challenge of working entirely offline for the event." ☛ https://billglover.me/2026/08/09/html-day-london/ | Source: Bill Glover    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:39:37

  • "Right now I'm using Pagecord to blog (almost) daily for Blaugust, since it has awesome features like posting from Obsidian with micro.pub API" ☛ https://binarydigit.net/enjoying-multiple-blog-platforms/ | Source: BinaryDigit    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:40:02

  • "As threatened, I moved the blog to pico.sh pgs because pico.sh is so dang cool and much more in the spirit of indiewebbing than Cloudflare." ☛ https://sals.place/blog/moved-to-pico/ | Source: Sal    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:40:11

  • "Baty just posted this and I just have to follow suit. It’s hilarious and painful how relevant it is to my blog lately: [...]" ☛ https://sals.place/blog/elaborate-blogging-setups/ | Source: Sal    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:40:20

  • "Other than reading docs, it seems I interact with pico.sh entirely over ssh and rsync. Auth is handled via ssh key." ☛ https://sals.place/blog/pico-sh-cool/ | Source: Sal    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:40:29

  • "In this ~15-minute video I show how to add conditions to abbrev-mode abbreviations that you define." ☛ https://protesilaos.com/codelog/2026-08-09-emacs-expand-abbrev-mode-definitions-conditionally/ | Source: Protesilaos Stavrou    

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

  • "This toolchain exists because of demos and the demoscene" ☛ https://hugodaniel.com/posts/wgslender-my-wgsl-toolchain/ | Source: Hugo Daniel    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:41:20

  • "So to eBay I went, and 4-6 weeks later I had myself a Cisco / AT&T branded DP-153-AT a UMTS femtocell capable of Band 8 and Band 2." ☛ https://nickvsnetworking.com/3g-at-last/ | Source: Nick    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:41:38

  • "modem ports removed and replaced by the cannon plug" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/space/nasa-modded-space-stations-laptops-so-everyone-could-use-the-same-charger-standardizing-iss-chargers-eliminated-useless-weight-and-reduced-failure-points | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:42:09

  • "At present, this project is really only a proof-of-concept." ☛ https://kevinboone.me/picotrain.html | Source: Kevin Boone    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:42:34

  • "In this article we are going to look at how these two systems work" ☛ https://devblog.archlinux.page/2026/on-scripts-and-hooks/ |    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:42:57

  • "While the Democratic CSI driver is suited mostly for Linux based systems like TrueNAS SCALE for example" ☛ https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/08/09/freebsd-openshift-democratic-csi/ | Source: Vermaden    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:43:19

  • "[...] This week we are pleased to summarize recent releases in the Linux community and then we ask our readers" ☛ https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20260810 | Source: Distro Watch    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:44:02

  • "Week twelve of the roundup, built from the package manager OPML feed collection and whatever I’ve posted or boosted on Mastodon." ☛ https://nesbitt.io/2026/08/08/this-week-in-package-management.html | Source: Andrew Nesbitt    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:44:20

  • "The concept is less a static boardgame, but a whole campaign you can play through with different paths, missions and outcomes." ☛ https://blog.avas.space/ass-defect-boardgame/ | Source: Ava    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:44:51

  • Four weekend stable kernel updates ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1087949/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:52:14

  • After 24 years, Return to Castle Wolfenstein is finally distributed uncut in Germany — game was censored due to strict laws regarding Nazi symbolism ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/retro-gaming/after-24-years-return-to-castle-wolfenstein-is-finally-distributed-uncut-in-germany-game-was-censored-due-to-strict-laws-regarding-nazi-symbolism    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 08:52:55

  • Unhealthy air quality hits seven areas in Sarawak, Selangor ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/unhealthy-air-quality-hits-seven-areas-in-sarawak-selangor    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 12:24:58

  • Malaysian students in a bind over new US visa rules ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/malaysian-students-in-a-bind-over-new-us-visa-rules    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 12:25:32

  • How Does Your Dog Impact Your Family's Health? Here's What We Know. ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/how-does-your-dog-impact-your-familys-health-heres-what-we-know    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 12:26:38

  • Git branches and Emacs built-in VC ☞ https://box.matto.nl/git-branches-and-emacs-builtin-vc.html    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 12:30:50

  • Profile-guided optimization in Go ☞ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/08/09/profile-guided-optimization-in-go/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 12:31:13

  • Mind-bending self-replicating GIF code prints an exact copy of itself, is both a program and its own visual output — champion coder shows off 'Piet Quine' technique ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/programming/mind-bending-self-replicating-gif-code-prints-an-exact-copy-of-itself-is-both-a-program-and-its-own-visual-output-champion-coder-shows-off-piet-quine-technique    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 12:32:10

  • The World's Vegetables Are Vanishing, And It's Quietly Wrecking Our Diets ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/the-worlds-vegetables-are-vanishing-and-its-quietly-wrecking-our-diets    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 12:41:14

  • USA Today Partners With Palantir to Gain “Actionable Intelligence” On Its Audiences ☞ https://futurism.com/future-society/usa-today-palatnir-reader-intelligence    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 12:42:01

  • Advancing a Connected Future for Indigenous Communities ☞ https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2026/08/advancing-a-connected-future-for-indigenous-communities/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 12:44:41

  • Jeff Bezos Harshly Criticized for $200 Million Pledge to Protect the World’s Most Endangered Species ☞ https://futurism.com/future-society/jeff-bezos-leonardo-dicaprio-greenwashing-amazon-pollution    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 12:45:19

  • A Brain Region May Link The 'Love Hormone' Oxytocin With Fear, Study Reveals ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-brain-region-may-link-the-love-hormone-oxytocin-with-fear-study-reveals    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 12:52:30

  • Ashes From Pompeii Reveal What The Doomed City Smelled Like 2,000 Years Ago ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/ashes-from-pompeii-reveal-what-the-doomed-city-smelled-like-2000-years-ago    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 12:53:13

  • Experimental Alzheimer's Treatment Restores Two Hours of Sleep When Tested in Mice ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/experimental-alzheimers-treatment-restores-two-hours-of-sleep-when-tested-in-mice    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 12:53:21

  • Taiwan simulates repelling Chinese assault, to slow mobile internet in annual war games ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-simulates-repelling-chinese-assault-to-slow-mobile-internet-in-annual-war-games    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 12:53:34

  • Hong Kong 47: 11 jailed democrats granted permission to appeal to top court ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/08/10/hong-kong-47-11-jailed-democrats-granted-permission-to-appeal-to-top-court/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 12:54:35

  • Iran Taps Longtime I.R.G.C. Commander Mohsen Rezaei to Top Security Post ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/world/middleeast/iran-security-council-guards-commander.html    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 13:15:53

  • Dozens of Nigerians freed after 6 months in Jihadi captivity ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/dozens-of-nigerians-freed-after-6-months-in-jihadi-captivity    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 13:16:45

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posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 13:17:44

  • x64 port of Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Word for backdoored Windows 1.1a arrives — you can now run this seminal 1990 word processor natively in backdoored Windows 11 ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/microsoft-office/x64-port-of-microsoft-word-for-windows-1-1a-arrives-you-can-now-run-this-seminal-1990-word-processor-natively-in-windows-11    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 13:18:28

  • Libreville grapples with water shortage ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/libreville-grapples-with-water-shortage open taps to refill them, and max up the A/Cs, to cool down the city    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 13:19:21

  • Interview With Enzo Maresca ☞ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/10/interview-with-enzo-maresca/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 13:19:41

  • Massive python with swollen belly found under NJ family’s shed — with X-ray revealing its last meal ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/08/09/us-news/massive-python-with-swollen-belly-found-under-nj-familys-shed-with-x-ray-revealing-its-last-meal/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 13:20:47

  • Examiner Allowance Rates Under Director Squires ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/08/examiner-allowance-rates-under-director-squires.html    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 13:24:44

  • Ex parte Baurin and the Anti-Harassment Rationale for Double Patenting ☞ https://patentlyo.com/patent/2026/08/ex-parte-baurin-and-the-anti-harassment-rationale-for-double-patenting.html    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 13:24:55

  • Where Your Secrets Really Live: From IaC State to a Running Container ☞ https://kerneltalks.com/cloud-services/where-your-secrets-really-live-from-iac-state-to-a-running-container/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 13:25:21

  • "hat suggests Farage's likely winning margin, rather than the outcome itself, is where the genuine betting value sits." https://www.oddschecker.com/insight/politics/20260810-when-is-the-clacton-by-election-odds-favourites-candidates    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 13:27:58

  • Kernel prepatch 7.2-rc7 ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1087961/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 13:34:37

  • The Real Victims of the Hey Hi (AI) Surveillance Panopticon? Crime Fiction Writers ☞ https://futurism.com/future-society/crime-writers-ai-surveillance-panopticon-crime-writers    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 13:35:18

  • Elecrow ThinkNode M9 – A standalone ESP32-S3 MeshCore communication terminal with color LCD, QWERTY keyboard ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/10/elecrow-thinknode-m9-a-standalone-esp32-s3-meshcore-communication-terminal-with-color-lcd-qwerty-keyboard/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 13:38:31

  • Reading the Room Perfectly, The Insurrectionist Becomes Greatest Defender of Data Centers ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/donald-trump-greatest-defender-data-centers    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 13:39:09

  • Xlibre and gtk2-ng are back! ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202608/xlibre-and-gtk2-ng-are-back.html    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 13:39:44

  • LightDM Released Version 1.33.0 After Four-Year Hiatus ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/lightdm-released-version-1-33-0-after-four-year-hiatus/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 13:47:28

  • Elana Hashman: Managing virtualenvs with a little bash ☞ https://hashman.ca/managing-venvs/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 13:48:08

  • Personal Stories, Personal Blog ☞ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/10/personal-stories-personal-blog/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 13:49:03

  • Ivan Molodetskikh: Easy Sandboxing on GNU/Linux with Bubblewrap ☞ https://bxt.rs/blog/easy-sandboxing-on-linux-with-bubblewrap/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 13:49:36

  • Orion for GNU/Linux beta update adds private browsing and link previews ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/orion-for-linux-0-4-1-beta    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 13:50:06

  • Orion for GNU/Linux beta update adds private browsing and link previews ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/orion-for-linux-0-4-1-beta    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 13:51:25

  • Windows 11’s Weather app uses ~1GB RAM, GNU/Linux apps a fraction ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/08/linux-vs-windows-weather-app-ram    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 13:51:53

  • CachyOS 260809 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/cachyos    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 13:52:18

  • Zenwalk Burst Oriented kernel brings true low latency desktop experience ☞ http://www.zenwalk.org/2026/08/zenwalk-burst-oriented-kernel-brings.html    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 13:52:53

  • Slop is drowning out the kernel with BS no human will audit or bother with. https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-rc7-Released lxo, take note    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 13:53:40

  • If GNU/Linux Rising is Just "Bots" (It's Not, Many Surveys Show the Same), Why Does Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Rush to Lie About System Requirements of Vista 11? ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/08/If_GNU_Linux_Rising_is_Just_Bots_It_s_Not_Many_Surveys_Show_the.shtml    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 13:53:56

  • The Bank of England in Manchester Becoming Residential Building https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/10/the-bank-of-england-in-manchester/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 14:04:08

  • Try out these fun FIGlet commands and customize your GNU/Linux terminal ☞ https://www.neowin.net/guides/try-out-these-fun-figlet-commands-and-customize-your-linux-terminal/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 14:07:16

  • Lazy Reading for 2026/08/09 ☞ https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2026/08/09/lazy-reading-for-2026-08-09/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 14:07:51

  • Linux Saloon 215 | Odyssey GNU/Linux ☞ https://cubiclenate.com/2026/08/08/linux-saloon-215-odyssey-linux/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 14:08:04

  • On scripts and hooks ☞ https://devblog.archlinux.page/2026/on-scripts-and-hooks/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 14:08:32

  • Can you turn any dog into a boxer dog ("I want to be a boxer!") by enlarging its head and, if so, would that be dubbed breed-affirming surgery?    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 14:10:27

  • 22 Years Later, Still Blogging in WordPress ☞ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/09/22-years-later-still-blogging-in-wordpress/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 14:10:42

  • How to Install, Secure, and Set Up MySQL on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ☞ https://linuxhint.com/install-secure-and-set-up-mysql-on-ubuntu-26-04-lts/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 14:11:52

  • Linux Kernel Rapidly Removing Hardware Support Because of Hey Hi (AI) / LLM ☞ https://lunduke.substack.com/p/linux-kernel-rapidly-removing-hardware    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 14:12:04

  • Reproducible Builds: Reproducible Builds in July 2026 ☞ https://reproducible-builds.org/reports/2026-07/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 14:12:38

  • Syria Agrees to Reorganized Russian Military Presence ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/09/world/middleeast/syria-reorganized-russian-military-presence.html    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 14:12:51

  • New Zealand slaps new sanctions against Russia after US move ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/new-zealand-slaps-new-sanctions-against-russia-after-us-move    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 14:12:58

  • Syria, Russia agree to end military use of key Mediterranean bases ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/middle-east/20260809-syria-russia-agree-to-end-military-use-of-key-mediterranean-bases    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 14:13:08

  • Cyprus natural gas will help supply Europe by first half of 2028, official says ☞ https://www.csmonitor.com/World/Europe/2026/0809/cyprus-natural-gas-europe    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 14:14:45

  • Taiwan bets on drone ‘hellscape’ to deter possible Chinese invasion ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/taiwan-bets-on-drone-hellscape-to-deter-possible-chinese-invasion    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 14:15:39

  • Ukrainians took refuge in Poland. Now they're increasingly fearful ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3012219/ukrainians-took-refuge-in-poland-now-they-re-increasingly-fearful    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 14:16:08

  • Ukraine denies targeting Bulgaria, after drone exploded near a gas pipeline ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/ukraine-denies-targeting-bulgaria-after-drone-exploded-near-a-gas-pipeline    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 14:16:34

  • Russia and Ukraine exchange deadly overnight strikes ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/russia-and-ukraine-exchange-deadly-overnight-strikes    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 14:16:46

  • North Korea may deploy up to 50,000 troops to Russia, Zelensky claims ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260809-zelensky-claims-north-korea-may-deploy-50-000-troops-russia    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 14:17:03

  • Long COVID Linked to Lasting Damage in The Brain's Dopamine System ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/long-covid-linked-to-lasting-damage-in-the-brains-dopamine-system    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 14:17:44

  • How to list installed packages on Ubuntu https://www.hostinger.com/au/tutorials/how-to-list-installed-packages-on-ubuntu/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 14:18:42

  • I tried 5 Linux distros in a week to find one that "just works" https://www.howtogeek.com/i-tried-5-linux-distros-in-a-week-to-find-one-that-just-works/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 14:19:08

  • Linux finally gave me back the joy of tinkering that Windows killed https://www.xda-developers.com/linux-joy-windows-killed/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 14:22:54

  • They depend on PROPRIETARY things https://www.makeuseof.com/open-source-apps-you-wont-pay-for-again/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 14:24:06

  • EEE that BREAKS the originals https://www.makeuseof.com/microsofts-coreutils-brings-real-linux-commands-to-windows-i-tested-it-as-a-wsl-replacement/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 14:24:39

  • This free tool runs Windows apps on the Linux I already have — and it's not Wine https://www.makeuseof.com/this-free-tool-runs-windows-apps-on-the-linux-i-already-have-and-its-not-wine/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 14:25:17

  • Salesforce Cuts 133 More Jobs Across California and Washington Amid CEO's 'I Need Less Heads' Remark    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 15:31:35

  • Can AFFORD less heads    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 15:31:53

  • "If you want a vision of the future, imagine Washington-backed Google Glasses strapped onto vacant human faces — forever" —Julian Assange, June 2013    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 15:33:25

  • assange recently turned 55, time for early retirement?    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 15:35:08

  • 1 to 200 in Just Over a Year https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/10/1-to-200-in-just-over-a-year/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 15:41:54

  • They ripped off wordpress https://www.aol.com/articles/wix-investor-alert-wix-com-163400000.html    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 16:36:42

  • iophk: lennart's polkit mess spreads further https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8626-1    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 16:46:12

  • Software Freedom Conservancy Inc lost $600,000 last year, so its chief took a salary hike :) https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/412203632    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 16:50:25

  • ICYMI, SFC is not a millionaire, it just funnels millions for projects to avoid tax. OSI began doing the same for Microsoft. It's dirty.    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 17:03:57

  • Windows 11% in India https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/all/india/#monthly-200902-202608    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 17:07:53

  • Windows all-time low in Russia https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/russian-federation/#monthly-200902-202608    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 17:08:50

  • Even Manchester Evening News Features Daniel Pocock Today https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/10/even-manchester-evening-news-features-daniel-pocock-today/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 17:54:29

  • People in Their Twenties Tend to Miss the Point https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/10/people-in-their-twenties-tend-to-miss-the-point/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 18:32:08

  • Back to Blogging More After 22 Years of This Neglect of Blogging https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/10/back-to-blogging-more-after-22-years-of-this-neglect-of-blogging/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 18:37:09

  • ""success" is real loosely defined at IBM these days. There is no success except jobs to India so they can get cheaper and be closer to the basement like TCS, Cognizant, Accenture and the other Indian companies who do it cheaper, not better." https://old.reddit.com/r/IBM_Employees/comments/1vk5qlk/heard_about_cuts_in_yorktown_office/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 19:14:15

  • Slop riding the "LINUX" brand https://www.infoq.com/podcasts/new-blueprint-cloud-security/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 19:21:32

  • Azure = Proprietary with Back Doors. GitHub = Proprietary with Back Doors. https://www.ghacks.net/2026/07/02/microsoft-releases-azure-linux-4-iso-files-on-github-for-local-testing/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 19:22:14

  • You Can’t Patent a Trench: The Real Biotechnology the Green Revolution Forgot https://off-guardian.org/2026/07/15/you-cant-patent-a-trench-the-real-biotechnology-the-green-revolution-forgot/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 19:23:22

  • Patent = monopoly, not revelation https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/sony-playstation-6-revolutionary-cooling-system-patent-1809383    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 19:24:02

  • Software Patents https://patentdocs.org/2026/07/20/ptab-%c2%a7-101-affirmance-rates-dip-under-director-squires/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 19:24:27

  • a "patent ban" for plants http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/07/us-congress-faces-its-own-debate-about.html    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 19:24:56

  • Patent nationalism https://patentdocs.org/2026/07/22/uspto-requires-foreign-domiciled-patent-applicants-and-owners-to-be-represented-by-uspto-registered-practitioners/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 19:26:05

  • Windows all-time low https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/canada/#monthly-200902-202608    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 19:30:16

  • Africa ~5% GNU/Linux as Clownflare sees it https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=52w&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP&loc=africa    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 19:33:56

  • Russia about 6% https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=52w&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP&loc=RU    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 19:37:16

  • "Like my millenial generation being obsessed with the 70s, it seems the gen Z/gen alpha(?) has the strange fascination with the 90s. Since I lived the 90s I figure I'd write down some random memories I have of them." gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/canfood/phlog/2026-08-09    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 19:51:52

  • "The complaints of fab and of Robert Benchley are surprisingly similar, only the dates differ, and of course, the subject. Tomorrow's profits are what it is all about, and certainly not the actual needs of the customer." gopher://box.matto.nl/0/re--my-washing-machine.txt    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 19:52:54

  • new cycles gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/gef/reflections/newCycle    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 19:53:57

  • "My weekend #diy #maker project: a compact, battery-powered #guitar practice amp which is meant to be paired with an effects pedal. It provides a clean 9V power plug for the pedal, and runs off any 10V -> 20V power supply (such as a laptop power supply, or in my case, a 3-cell 21700 battery pack)." gemini://tobykurien.com/microblog.gmi    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 19:55:29

  • crypto miners [sic] https://www.dw.com/en/how-crypto-miners-are-stealing-power-in-southeast-asia/a-78175364    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 20:41:08

  • minijobs https://www.dw.com/en/germany-weighs-the-future-of-minijobs/a-78147900    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 20:41:46

  • Purchasable Stuff Not the Same as Bliss https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/10/purchasable-stuff-not-the-same-as-bliss/    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 21:35:59

  • If Your Software Project Welcomes Bots, Then All You'll Have Left at the End Is Bots (Same for Sites Which Permit LLM Slop; They End up as Slopfarms and No Human Wants to Contribute Anymore) http://techrights.org/n/2026/08/10/If_Your_Software_Project_Welcomes_Bots_Then_All_You_ll_Have_Lef.shtml    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 22:40:34

  • "Finance and Operations is so big because at its core IBM is a financial engineering company NOT a tech company." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kzfrptd2    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 22:47:07

  • "The atmosphere souring is really accelerating since July." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kzfrptd2    

posted Monday, August 10, 2026 at 22:47:12
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