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Bing losing share rapidly https://gs.statcounter.com/search-engine-market-share/all/singapore/#monthly-200902-202608    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 05:54:26

  • Edge only 4% https://gs.statcounter.com/browser-market-share/all/singapore/#monthly-202503-202608    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 05:55:46

  • GNU/Linux 16%? https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/niue/#monthly-200902-202607    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 06:18:47

  • "Using Microsoft is like trying to tie your shoes while wearing mittens in the dark It's just not set up, especially for development. For development, GNU/Linux itself is an IDE if used with skill."    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 06:43:23

  • Encouraging Table Manners https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/16/encouraging-table-manners/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 06:48:25

  • Anon: "TR and TM (http / https) are available via Tor again, as mentioned. I think your query nudged someone responsible for the filter to fix their configuration. Thanks."    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 10:50:17

  • The life is the puppy breaker is so poor that all he can tweet about is what movie he watches    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:05:34

  • Community Shield https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/16/community-shield/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:11:42

  • "The plaintiffs claim the song was the original source of reggaeton’s so-called dembow rhythm, the signature percussion pattern that helped define the genre." ☛ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/bad-bunny-drake-karol-g-reggaeton-copyright-case-reconsider-1235609366/ | Source: Rolling Stone    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:13:15

  • "A California federal court has ordered YouTube to unmask three popular South Korean creators of anime recap channels." ☛ https://torrentfreak.com/court-rejects-fair-use-claim-orders-youtube-to-unmask-anime-recap-channels/ | Source: Torrent Freak    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:13:28

  • "Yet the people making that music are increasingly treated as though they are incidental to the process." ☛ https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2026/08/15/culture-filled-with-music-no-place-for-musicians/ | Source: Digital Music News    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:13:42

  • Software Patents ☛ https://www.404media.co/meta-patents-ai-glasses-to-use-facial-recognition-to-identify-people-make-highlight-reels-of-your-dinner-party/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:18:11

  • "Arment ended up waiting on hold—listening to an odd choice of music—to talk to App Review, which I didn’t realize was an option. His Unforgetful app is now approved." ☛ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/08/14/tabcontrol-scam-and-the-app-review-queue/ | Source: Michael Tsai    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:19:12

  • "Most network engineers would laugh this off as an April Fools RFC written by an enterprise architect on buzzword overdrive" ☛ https://goonhost.rocks/blog/implementing-ipv8-internet-draft |    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:19:33

  • [Old] "In a recent act of defiance, Ahoo (Mahla) Daryaei, a doctoral student in French Literature at Azad University’s Science and Research branch in Tehran, protested the oppressive enforcement of mandatory hijab in Iran by stripping down to her underwear on campus." ☛ https://hyperallergic.com/the-gestural-feminism-of-iranian-women-ahoo-mahla-daryaei/ | Source: HyperAllergic    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:20:01

  • "Maisa Lopes Eliaser was mid-flight Wednesday with several other immigrants when agents received a call about her." ☛ https://newrepublic.com/post/214385/ice-mocks-army-wife-famous-tried-deport | Source: New Republic    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:20:33

  • "Like any other citizen, journalists are subject to the law and may be investigated for any crimes they have committed." ☛ https://cpj.org/2026/08/journalism-coalition-calls-on-brazilian-supreme-court-to-reaffirm-source-confidentiality-protection/ | Source: CPJ    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:21:11

  • "According to an arrest report obtained by 404 Media, Carrion is charged with two counts of disrupting a meeting or procession, a misdemeanor in the state of Texas." ☛ https://www.404media.co/man-arrested-in-texas-for-cussing-at-a-county-meeting/ | Source: 404 Media    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:21:59

  • "Governor Maura Healey today signed a new law protecting students' freedom to read and keeping book bans out of Massachusetts schools and public libraries." ☛ https://www.mass.gov/news/governor-healey-signs-freedom-to-read-law-keeping-book-bans-out-of-massachusetts-schools-and-libraries | Source: Massachusetts    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:22:10

  • "As book bans continue to escalate across the United States and signs of similar pressures emerge in the UK, what can librarians" ☛ https://www.indexoncensorship.org/event/book-bans-how-can-we-prepare-for-the-next-5-years/ | Source: Index On Censorship    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:26:45

  • "ALA presented the public program Libraries as Catalysts: Driving Equitable and Innovative Action, hosted in partnership with The New York Public Library’s Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library." ☛ https://www.ala.org/news/2026/08/ala-un-delegation-elevates-libraries-united-nations-high-level-political-forum-2026 | Source: American Library Association    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:27:35

  • "BBC Film’s commissioning executive Alice Ojha and Casarotto’s Simon Renshaw asked to assess British classics as if they had just landed on their desks in 2026." ☛ https://variety.com/2026/film/festivals/how-would-you-get-this-movie-made-vachon-film4-bbc-1236835455/ | Source: Variety    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:28:00

  • "The underground printing press is located beneath a private property in the village of Saliai, in Kaunas district. A concealed entrance beneath a greenhouse leads to the underground facility." ☛ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3021326/ministry-moves-to-save-cold-war-era-underground-printing-press-near-kaunas | Source: LRT    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:28:17

  • "All four pillars aim at the same thing, and Americans keep missing what it is." ☛ https://www.notesfromthecircus.com/p/how-to-publish-a-143-billion-bribe | Source: Mike Brock    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:28:45

  • "Public polls show Americans broadly disapprove of President Donald Trump’s war against Iran." ☛ https://www.notus.org/foreign-policy/protests-iran-war-trump-public-opinion | Source: Allbritton Journalism Institute    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:29:27

  • "You may get alerts about any type of life threatening emergency" ☛ https://rknight.me/blog/severe-alert-issued-by-me-this-blog-post/ | Source: Rob Knight    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:29:53

  • "I think this is being a bit overdramatic." ☛ https://birchtree.me/blog/how-cooked-is-gemini/ | Source: Matt Birchler    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:30:04

  • "In short: we humans are to blame. Our never-ending hunt for speed and simplicity, money and comfort." ☛ https://robertbirming.com/hedgehog-week/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:31:29

  • "Warm ocean water has disrupted the sardines' plankton food supply, making them harder to come by." ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/08/14/canned-sardine-shortage-viral-diet.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:37:08

  • "Abruña, who is also a fellow with the American Institute of Architects, estimates the island could gather 30 billion gallons of water a year if just 1 million households used rainwater collection technology." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/puerto-rico-is-rationing-water-it-could-avoid-it-by-harvesting-rainwater/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:37:27

  • "Amazon’s Texas power plant is permitted to emit up to 33 million tons of greenhouse gases a year." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/real-reason-data-center-gas-power-plants-are-so-dirty/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:39:03

  • "From launchpads to low Earth orbit and beyond, space companies and their affiliates are deploying a familiar marketing tactic—with a new twist." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-08-starwashing-space-companies-greenwashing-playbook.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:39:19

  • "From launchpads to low Earth orbit and beyond, space companies and their affiliates are deploying a familiar marketing tactic—with a new twist." ☛ https://phys.org/news/2026-08-starwashing-space-companies-greenwashing-playbook.html | Source: Omicron Limited    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:39:42

  • "It would basically kill ground-based astronomy and backyard stargazing, which is already in trouble from the huge number of satellites that have been launched — and they're not nearly as bright as these." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/astronomy-reflect-orbital-sunlight-on-demand-new-brunswick-9.7307518 | Source: CBC    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:39:50

  • "The region built its energy security around interconnection, but drought is exposing the flaw: neighbors can’t rescue each other when the same river is straining everyone at once." ☛ https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/the-danube-is-running-dry-and-taking-central-europes-power-supply-with-it/ | Source: Atlantic Council    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:47:24

  • "Burkina Faso has introduced mandatory military-style “patriotic” training for journalists working in both public and private media" ☛ https://zambianobserver.com/burkina-faso-orders-mandatory-patriotic-military-training-for-journalists/ | Source: The Zambian Observer    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:48:29

  • "school students using its popular Classroom app" ☛ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/14/business/google-gemini-ai-schools.html | Source: New York Times    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:48:58

  • "This report examines the encryption that protects meetings in the popular Zoom teleconference app." ☛ https://citizenlab.ca/research/move-fast-roll-your-own-crypto-a-quick-look-at-the-confidentiality-of-zoom-meetings/ | Source: Citizen Lab    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:49:17

  • "The FOIA files, ranging from 2009 to 20222, show a number of troubling incidents." ☛ https://www.engadget.com/2236104/cbp-officers-are-misusing-surveillance-tech/ | Source: Engadget    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:49:58

  • "It’s become such a contentious issue that a German nonprofit filed a criminal complaint over privacy concerns. Just this week, England and Wales banned the glasses from courts." ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/pervert-glasses-harassing-diane-morgan-philomena-cunk | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:52:23

  • "For most people, the mental calculation to grab a meal from McDonald’s is pretty simple: it’s relatively cheap, fast, and goes down easy, even if it doesn’t always feel so good afterward." ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/mcdonalds-surveillance-intel-repeat-customers-privacy | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:52:36

  • "some industry analysts are raising concerns the move could have negative repercussions for Canada's digital sovereignty amid the country's ongoing trade war with the U.S." ☛ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/moneris-deal-canadian-digital-sovereignty-9.7304962 | Source: CBC    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:52:58

  • Social Control Media ☛ https://o.ee/blog/activitypub-won-by-being-boring/ |    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:53:19

  • "Tim O’Reilly’s yardstick for measuring the worth of a company, person, or society has long been create more value than you capture." ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/tech-visionary-says-the-big-ai-labs-dont-get-what-people-want/ | Source: Wired    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:58:29

  • "Considering how radioactive the subject of AI and the tech companies leading the construction of extremely environmentally damaging data centers has become lately" ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/influencer-melts-down-paid-shill-openai | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:58:39

  • "“Supergirl” just can’t flop in peace." ☛ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/warner-bros-deletes-supergirl-video-ai | Source: Futurism    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 11:58:55

  • "On the eve of its 9th anniversary, the iPhone X is now officially relegated to the junk drawer." ☛ https://www.macworld.com/article/3213392/apple-just-declared-the-one-time-future-of-the-smartphone-obsolete.html | Source: Macworld    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:00:22

  • "Aside from link penalties, a good general rule of thumb is to prioritise useful content that works on the platform itself first." ☛ https://paul.jottit.org/link-penalties-on-social-media-platforms |    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:00:39

  • "a service that works on stuff in a mounted filesystem and will malfunction" ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/SystemdStopOnFSUnmount | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:00:48

  • "This particular example of steam-powered culinary happenings is inspired by industrial potato-peeling machines." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/08/15/peeling-fruit-with-the-power-of-steam/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:01:22

  • "There. The dilemma. Give me one reason to go to the gym despite being certain I’ll be bored to death at every single session." ☛ https://mzll.it/2026/08/on-the-boredom-of-going-to-the-gym/ | Source: Luigi Mozzillo    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:01:59

  • "So I, a 35-year-old man, with 2 bad knees, 2 bad elbows, and not a lot of free time, went into a school and signed up." ☛ https://carlosbecker.com/posts/bjj-comp/ | Source: Carlos Becker    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:02:32

  • "But remember COVID-19? It may not be surprising that many people may have almost forgotten about COVID." ☛ https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5927115 | Source: NPR    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:03:07

  • [Old] "considering the global availability and cost of each sensor" ☛ https://hackaday.io/project/86912-explog-exploration-logger/log/123294-choosing-the-right-sensors | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:03:47

  • "One of the guys on the staff told me that it's his last full-time shift today." ☛ https://robertbirming.com/whats-stopping-you/ | Source: Robert Birming    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:04:22

  • "The problem is that they are treating responsibility as a complete, self-contained opportunity that someone must give them first." ☛ https://lalitm.com/responsibility-is-taken-before-it-is-given/ | Source: Lalit Maganti    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:04:38

  • "A Hadamard matrix is an orthogonal matrix with all entries equal to ±1." ☛ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/08/15/compressing-a-hadamard-matrix/ | Source: John D Cook    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:05:08

  • "What is the probability that a pixel could be repaired if corrupted? That depends on your probability model. We will assume that the probability of each bit being flipped is p and that errors are independent" ☛ https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2026/08/15/probability-of-correcting-errors/ | Source: John D Cook    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:05:23

  • "This did take a detour involving removing the carbonation using a vacuum chamber, as CO2 and fire do not really like each other either." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/08/15/turning-energy-drinks-into-rocket-fuel/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:05:43

  • "If you missed these, they were a host of real electronic components with springs connected to the leads." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/08/15/radio-shack-toy-returns-to-life/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:06:29

  • "I’ve been thinking lately about what happens to my online writing and photographs after I die. To be clear, at my current age I expect to last at least another 20 years." ☛ https://blog.jimgrey.net/2026/08/14/not-everything-ive-ever-published-online-needs-to-last/ | Source: Jim Grey    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:07:48

  • "Zines are little, self-produced publications with a history going back to the 1920s." ☛ https://rowan.fyi/made/zine-machine// |    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:08:12

  • "When I posted about my zine I mentioned being surprised that there wasn't any tools for showing zines online like a web component or similar." ☛ https://rknight.me/blog/zines-resources/ | Source: Rob Knight    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:08:24

  • "The 4th amendment isn't a Ubisoft game" https://odysee.com/@rossmanngroup:a/the-4th-amendment-isn't-a-ubisoft-game:3    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:09:25

  • "Palantir. IT’S WORSE Than You Think" https://yewtu.be/watch?v=6H7VOoFwDtU    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:09:53

  • "Inside the broligarchy: Is big tech running US politics? Carole Cadwalladr talks to DW News" https://yewtu.be/watch?v=gXMx_vOfw0k    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:10:05

  • iophk: no feed available, thus their reach is intentionally limited https://www.thenerve.news/p/nigel-farage-christopher-harborne-george-cottrell-timeline-donations-crypto-boris-johnson-reform-uk    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:10:21

  • "Hugh Hefner tipped FBI about Epstein after Playmate trafficked" https://nypost.com/2026/08/14/us-news/hugh-hefner-tipped-fbi-about-epstein-after-playmate-trafficked/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:10:32

  • "Surprise, Surprise: CBP Officers Are Misusing Surveillance Tech - SoylentNews" https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=26/08/13/2037237    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:11:08

  • "Scoop: White House Staffers Say Trump 'Left Us' on Decoy Jet to Die" https://www.rawamerica.com/p/scoop-white-house-staffers-say-trump    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:11:26

  • "Christys and his heavily pregnant wife – fellow GB News presenter Emily Carver – were warned the intelligence services believed their lives were at risk because of his work exposing people smugglers in Calais. They were told to pack their bags and hide with friends." https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16055495/TV-presenter-exposed-people-smugglers-death-threats.html    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:12:05

  • "Vanessa Williamson on Taxes and Democracy - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/vanessa-williamson-on-taxes-and-democracy    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:12:18

  • "Last Orders? British Pubs Are Closing at Almost Two a Day as Rising Costs Force Landlords Out | IBTimes UK" https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/rising-costs-threaten-british-pubs-1810318    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:12:48

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posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:13:04

  • "50 Medieval Sayings and What They Mean - Medievalists.net" https://www.medievalists.net/2026/08/50-medieval-sayings/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:13:15

  • "Ukraine is also fighting for its future in the EU. With the right help and reforms, it can win. - Atlantic Council" https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/dispatches/ukraine-can-also-win-war-on-corruption-with-help-and-reforms/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:13:26

  • "It really sucks to have a properly configured email server, running on your own domain — thanks, Cloudron — only to have Google" ☛ https://rmendes.net/notes/2026/08/15/1cbda/ | Source: Ricardo Mendes    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:20:58

  • "The name stack comes from the fact that the memory management is somewhat trivial" ☛ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/08/15/go-1-27-will-make-some-allocations-cheaper/ | Source: Daniel Lemire    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:22:38

  • "So, there’s a bit of name confusion with match()" ☛ https://adamj.eu/tech/2026/08/16/python-prefer-prefixmatch-to-match/ | Source: Adam Johnson    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:23:33

  • "While writing the section of my 2026 Python Packaging Council (PPC) nomination on secure supply chain" ☛ https://snarky.ca/whats-missing-to-have-reproducible-builds-on-pypi/ | Source: Brett Cannon    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:23:44

  • "Still, the request should not have caused an error to be reported (bot or not). That needs to be adjusted, but it is not urgent." ☛ https://markuseliasson.se/article/guilt-driven-development |    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:24:22

  • "My previous post walked through four bugs in ruby-enum, a gem I maintain, all stemming from the fact that class-level instance variables aren’t inherited by subclasses." ☛ https://code.dblock.org/2026/08/15/benchmarks-are-free-now.html | Source: Daniel Doubrovkine    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:24:52

  • "The ruby-enum gem is a small library I maintain that adds enum-like behavior to a class via include Ruby::Enum and define :KEY, value." ☛ https://code.dblock.org/2026/08/14/instance-variables-are-not-inherited-and-why-that-breaks-your-dsl.html | Source: Daniel Doubrovkine    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:25:06

  • "can you avoid characterizing parts of the system?" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/08/15/fully-characterized-systems/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:27:42

  • "Posting a comment does take a little more. It’s how I keep guard against bots and spammers, etc." ☛ https://jva.lol/weblog/my-comment-section-is-static-html/ |    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:28:01

  • "Of course, it helps that he knew to look in the checkpoint code" ☛ https://mjtsai.com/blog/2026/08/14/sqlite-wal-reset-bug/ | Source: Michael Tsai    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:29:14

  • "At the end of last year, our uptime was pretty shaky." ☛ https://tailscale.com/blog/sqlite-wal-reset-bug | Source: Tailscale    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:30:15

  • "these ranking movements continue to matter less and less for publishers because Google" ☛ https://www.seroundtable.com/google-search-ranking-volatility-spikes-41869.html | Source: Search Engine Roundtable    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:31:03

  • These days it is hard not to feel like Google SEARCH is intentionally not working, is designed to fail, is made to not serve relevant pages for otherwise very basic, common, trivial search terms. The "theory" needs to be proven (that this is intentional by neglect).    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:32:28

  • [Old] "The classic ed editor is a really good example of a sparse, minimal, standard Unix tool that does one thing, and does it well." ☛ https://blog.sanctum.geek.nz/actually-using-ed/ | Source: Tom Ryder    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:32:53

  • "But Grafana is not merely an impressive piece of software; it's an impressive piece of web based software." ☛ https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/web/GrafanaModernWebMarvel | Source: University of Toronto    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:35:07

  • "I am often asked to explain my distaste for RISC-V and I often find myself explaining it piecewise." ☛ https://dmitry.gr/?r=06.%20Thoughts&proj=12.%20RV | Source: Dmitry Grinberg    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:35:52

  • "Sure - some ESP32’s might come cheaper - but Raspberries also have the distinct advantage of not being a microcontroller, but rather a fully-fledged computer." ☛ https://chollinger.com/blog/2021/07/raspberry-pi-gardening-monitoring-a-vegetable-garden-using-a-raspberry-pi-part-2-3d-printing/ |    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:36:10

  • "The device uses an ESP32-S3 to measure the radio channel 100 times per second, while a Raspberry Pi 4 provides the signal processing muscle." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/08/15/scanning-for-lifesigns-with-esp32-and-raspberry-pi-now-open-source/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:36:30

  • "The sequencer itself is based around an ESP32-S3 module with a built-in display, and a rotary encoder that handles most of the input." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/08/15/esp32-music-sequencer-is-clearly-nailing-the-y2k-aesthetic/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:36:47

  • "I went out to get Bunny and I some lunch, and as I was leaving, as I used my fob to pop open the trunk to store the food" ☛ https://boston.conman.org/2026/08/15.1 | Source: Sean Conner    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:37:57

  • "I was holding off on discussing this until I had all my machines upgraded" ☛ https://www.rubenerd.au/netbsd-11/ | Source: Ruben Schade    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:38:22

  • "However, before answering this question, we need to define what a game engine is." ☛ https://eliasfarhan.ch/gamedev/cpp/2026/08/14/srnative-01-why-a-custom-engine.html |    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:39:23

  • "The confirmation came during an AMA on the official Epic Games Store community Discord." ☛ https://videocardz.com/newz/epic-games-store-is-getting-official-linux-support-epic-says-it-is-coming-soon | Source: Video Cardz    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:39:42

  • "Big if true. Huge if that "soon" is actually soon!" ☛ https://overkill.wtf/notes/epic-games-launcher-on-linux | Source: Kevin Wammer    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:39:49

  • D7VK version 2.1 brings improvements to retro game loading time | GamingOnLinux ⚓ https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/d7vk-version-2-1-brings-improvements-to-retro-game-loading-time/ ䷉ Source: GamingOnLinux | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/d7vk-version-2-1-brings-improvements-to-retro-game-loading-time/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:47:02

  • "During 1-31 July 2026, 4 users received 4 kudos, and 4 badges were awarded to 3 contributors." ☛ https://news.opensuse.org/2026/08/15/kudos-july/ | Source: OpenSUSE    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:48:14

  • Amazon Is Spiting Customers With Unhelpful Order Confirmation Emails https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/977733/amazon-order-emails-google-gmail-ai-agents-data    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:48:57

  • Kevin Fenzi: misc fedora bits: second week of aug 2026 ☞ https://www.scrye.com/blogs/nirik/posts/2026/08/15/misc-fedora-bits-second-week-of-aug-2026/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:50:03

  • Flood in rural northwestern Spain kills two, injures two babies ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260816-spain-flood-and-landslide-kills-two-injures-two-babies    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:51:14

  • The Iranian YouTube Show Posing Questions Few Dare Ask ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/world/middleeast/iran-youtube-show.html    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:51:32

  • NFC Integration for Plasma Mobile ☞ https://www.volkerkrause.eu/2026/08/15/kde-nfc-integration.html    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:52:55

  • Making it more Microsoft than Microsoft ☞ https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2026/08/how-to-install-net-11-preview-so-far-in-ubuntu-via-ppa/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:53:28

  • How to Install Joomla on Debian 13 with Apache and Let’s Encrypt ☞ https://linuxhostsupport.com/blog/how-to-install-joomla-on-debian-13-with-apache-and-lets-encrypt/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:53:35

  • US Cardiologists Issue New Guidelines For How to Manage Cholesterol ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/us-cardiologists-issue-new-guidelines-for-how-to-manage-cholesterol    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:53:59

  • Russell Coker: AMD Video Drivers, LLMs, and Debian Kernels ☞ https://etbe.coker.com.au/2026/08/15/amd-video-llms-debian-kernels/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:54:37

  • Russell Coker: Hacked by Chinafans ☞ https://etbe.coker.com.au/2026/08/15/hacked-chinafans/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:55:14

  • Sven Hoexter: FrOSCon 2026: TLS Talk ☞ http://sven.stormbind.net/blog/posts/talk_froscon2026_tls_ech_caa_https/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:55:47

  • US trade court rules Convicted Felon may eliminate tariff exemption for low-cost imports ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/08/us-trade-court-rules-trump-may-eliminate-tariff-exemption-for-low-cost-imports/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:56:14

  • New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Servant of the Lake and Sandustry - 2026-08-15 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-playable-on-the-steam-deck-2026-08-15-edition/index.html    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 12:59:28

  • Modi maps India’s growth push as he reaches out to students ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/modi-maps-indias-growth-push-as-he-reaches-out-to-students    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 13:00:08

  • NetBSD 11! ☞ https://www.rubenerd.au/netbsd-11/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 13:04:17

  • Go 1.27 will make some allocations cheaper ☞ https://lemire.me/blog/2026/08/15/go-1-27-will-make-some-allocations-cheaper/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 13:06:38

  • Influencer Melts Down That People Didn’t Like Her Being a Paid Shill for Proprietary Chaffbot Company ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/influencer-melts-down-paid-shill-openai    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 13:07:56

  • McDonald’s Has Hundreds of Pages of defective chip maker Intel on Its Repeat Customers, and You Can Get a Copy of Yours ☞ https://futurism.com/future-society/mcdonalds-surveillance-intel-repeat-customers-privacy    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 13:09:32

  • Families of USS Lincoln crew say Trump should be 'ashamed' of conditions on board https://text.npr.org/nx-s1-5932539 iophk: wishful thinking, shame would presume a conscience    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 13:20:10

  • France’s top court rejects social control media ban for under-15s ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/france-s-top-court-rejects-social-media-ban-for-under-15s    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 13:20:35

  • “Time to Heaven” https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/16/time-to-heaven/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 13:25:02

  • Looking After Birds https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/16/looking-after-birds/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 13:30:34

  • GEEKOM IT13 Max Review – Part 3: Ubuntu 26.04 on an defective chip maker Intel Core Ultra 9 185H mini computer ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/15/geekom-it13-max-review-part-3-ubuntu-26-04-on-an-intel-core-ultra-9-185h-mini-computer/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 13:37:28

  • This mixes in LLM slop; this site has lost its way ☞ https://www.fosslinux.com/160227/fix-slow-fedora-performance.htm    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 13:38:36

  • ZipSlip-Stream WriteUp | InCTF 2026 CTF Finals | First and Only Blood ☞ https://ojasmaheshwari.github.io/b/2026/zipslip-stream-writeup-inctf-2026-ctf-finals-first-and-only-blood    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 13:39:46

  • "Thanks for your explanations about US practice. In Europe, the notion of the patent monopoly being its own dictionary has been established by the German Federal Court (BGH). G 1/24 cannot be said to have introduced this notion in European practice. I would rather say, the contrary is true in view of the case law following G 1/24." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/08/claim-construction-checkpoints.html?showComment=1786729191985#c4416413546431242618    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 13:53:25

  • "Thanks for your explanations about US practice. In Europe, the notion of the patent monopoly being its own dictionary has been established by the German Federal Court (BGH). G 1/24 cannot be said to have introduced this notion in European practice. I would rather say, the contrary is true in view of the case law following G 1/24." http://ipkitten.blogspot.com/2026/08/claim-construction-checkpoints.html    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 13:53:41

  • EPO "Cocaine Communication Manager" - Part XVI - The German State Does Not Enforce the Law Against European Patent Office Officials ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/15/EPO_Cocaine_Communication_Manager_Part_XVI_The_German_State_Doe.shtml    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 13:53:48

  • Chad bans sand extraction along Chari River, sparking controversy ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/chad-bans-sand-extraction-along-chari-river-sparking-controversy    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 13:56:12

  • Bank branch closures: could changes be on the way? ☞ https://www.which.co.uk/news/article/bank-branch-closures-could-changes-be-on-the-way-aTFaF5v26QlS    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 13:57:23

  • Bou Meng, rare survivor of Khmer Rouge torture house, dies at 85 ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/bou-meng-rare-survivor-of-khmer-rouge-torture-house-dies-at-85    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 13:58:02

  • Bou Meng, Rare Survivor of Khmer Rouge Torture House, Dies at 85 ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/world/asia/bou-meng-dead.html    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 13:58:15

  • Kushal Das: replyfast 0.4.0 is available ☞ https://kushaldas.in/posts/replyfast-0-4-0-is-available.html    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:02:51

  • Ebola outbreak in DR Congo: One death every 30 minutes ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/ebola-outbreak-in-dr-congo-one-death-every-30-minutes    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:03:56

  • Linux Plumbers Conference: Linux Plumbers Conference 2026 is now SOLD OUT! ☞ https://lpc.events/blog/current/index.php/2026/08/15/linux-plumbers-conference-2026-is-now-sold-out/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:06:14

  • reComputer Classic J5011/J5012 Adds 10GbE and PCIe Gen4 to Jetson AGX Orin ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/recomputer-classic-j5011-j5012-adds-10gbe-and-pcie-gen4-to-jetson-agx-orin/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:09:15

  • Luckfox Lyra PLC Runs GNU/Linux on RK3506B with Dual 100Mbps Ethernet ☞ https://linuxgizmos.com/luckfox-lyra-plc-runs-linux-on-rk3506b-with-dual-100mbps-ethernet/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:09:36

  • Ultimate 2026.08.15 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/ultimate    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:09:43

  • gabeeOSLinux 6.18.44 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/gabee    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:09:54

  • PrismLinux 2026.08.15 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/prismlinux    

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

  • Genuen 6.0.0 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/genuen    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:10:17

  • Linux Saloon 216 | Open Mic Night ☞ https://cubiclenate.com/2026/08/15/linux-saloon-216-open-mic-night/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:12:58

  • Paaster – secure and user-friendly pastebin application ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/paaster-secure-user-friendly-pastebin-application/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:13:23

  • Some everyday data tasks: a few hints with R ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/08/some-everyday-data-tasks-a-few-hints-with-r-2/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:15:26

  • ‘Zero-Shot Probabilistic Stock Returns Forecasting with Pretrained RVFL Networks’ accepted at COPA 2026 (and to appear in the Proceedings of Machine Learning Research) ☞ https://www.r-bloggers.com/2026/08/zero-shot-probabilistic-stock-returns-forecasting-with-pretrained-rvfl-networks-accepted-at-copa-2026-and-to-appear-in-the-proceedings-of-machine-learning-research/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:15:55

  • Block Devices, Partitions, and Filesystems in GNU/Linux Explained ☞ https://linuxize.com/post/linux-block-devices-partitions-filesystems/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:16:49

  • Submissions open for Godot 2026 showreel ☞ https://godotengine.org/article/submissions-open-godot-2026-showreel/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:18:06

  • Wary of Convicted Felon, Europe Seeks Role in Eventual Russia-Ukraine Talks ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/world/europe/europe-russia-ukraine-talks.html    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:18:24

  • Ukraine Targets Russian Rocket Facility In Major Overnight Attack ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-strikes-samara-rocket-facility-long-range-attacks-zelenskyy/33831016.html    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:18:57

  • Rights group warns Russia strike on Ukraine may constitute war crime ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/08/rights-group-warns-russia-strike-on-ukraine-may-constitute-war-crime/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:19:11

  • Ukraine attacks Russian air base and rocket plant in Samara region ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260815-ukraine-attacks-russian-air-base-and-rocket-plant-in-samara-region    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:19:22

  • Live: Moscow targeted by 600 drones overnight, explosions heard in Kyiv ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260816-live-moscow-targeted-by-600-drones-overnight-explosions-heard-in-kyiv    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:19:37

  • Chimo 2026-08-15 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/chimo    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:19:51

  • North Korea’s Kim tells Putin he is ‘proud’ of strong ties: State media ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/north-koreas-kim-tells-putin-he-is-proud-of-strong-ties-state-media    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:20:03

  • North Korea's Kim, Russia's Putin reaffirm ties on Korean Liberation Day ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/north-koreas-kim-russias-putin-reaffirm-ties-on-korean-liberation-day    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:20:14

  • 8 Valuable Free and Open Source Cloud Management Tools ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/cloudmanagementtools/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:20:38

  • r-bloggers = slop boosting = plagiarism normalised = bad optics    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:21:46

  • Devs blame backdoored Windows for VLC media player bug that causes 33-second delay when playing MP3 files☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/windows/vlc-media-player-bug-reportedly-causes-33-second-delay-when-playing-mp3-files-on-windows-developers-say-microsoft-defender-is-to-blame    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:22:03

  • KOL496 | Matt Sands and Kinsella on the Universal Principles of Liberty and the Nations of Sanity “Peace Agreement” ☞ https://stephankinsella.com/as_paf_podcast/kol496-sands-kinsella-universal-principles-of-liberty-nations-of-sanity-peace-agreement/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:22:18

  • Alpha-Stage NeoSearch Brings Openness to Search ☞ https://fossforce.com/2026/08/alpha-stage-neosearch-brings-openness-to-search/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:22:44

  • Fauci refuses Senate appearance after invoking Fifth Amendment more than 100 times in COVID probe ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/08/16/us-news/fauci-refuses-senate-appearance-after-invoking-fifth-amendment-more-than-100-times-in-covid-probe/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:23:21

  • Why does Larabel treat Marek Olšák like some massive celebrity for 5+ years? Why? It's odd... anything Marek Olšák does... is like OH WOW!!    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:26:05

  • 150 Parts About Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPPs) ☞ https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/15/150-parts-about-strategic-lawsuits-against-public-participation-slapps/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:27:23

  • Any time you link to a site of bad taste, even if it's for 1 in 10 or 1 in 100 that is "good", you help boost or send "googlejuice" to all the "bads" too    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:28:24

  • Ceuta: False social control media posts fuel migration tensions ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/ceuta-false-social-media-posts-fuel-migration-tensions    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:30:29

  • White House authorizes private companies to launch 'hack-back' cyberattacks that destroy data and systems, targeting foreign cybercrime organizations — vetted organizations can now conduct offensive cyber operations ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/cyber-security/white-house-authorizes-private-companies-to-hack-foreign-cybercrime-groups    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:30:53

  • Anti-drone chain gun with 50mm precision-guided ammunition unveiled — Northrop Grumman's Raid Hunter is designed to wipe out drone swarms and cruise missiles ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/anti-drone-chain-gun-with-50mm-precision-guided-ammunition-unveiled-northrop-grummans-raid-hunter-is-designed-to-wipe-out-drone-swarms-and-cruise-missiles    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:31:18

  • How Cyclospora Evaded the U.S. Food Safety System to Sicken Thousands ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/15/health/cyclospora-invesigation-fda.html    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:32:58

  • I Was Dick Cheney’s Cardiologist. I Have Questions About Convicted Felon’s Health. ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/12/opinion/trump-health-questions.html    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:33:16

  • Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to federal stalking charges and admits shooting UnitedHealthcare CEO ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/08/luigi-mangione-pleads-guilty-to-federal-stalking-charges-and-admits-shooting-unitedhealthcare-ceo/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:33:38

  • US : Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to killing UnitedHealthcare CEO ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/us-luigi-mangione-pleads-guilty-to-killing-unitedhealthcare-ceo    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:33:50

  • Climbing stairs linked to dramatically lower risk of dying from heart disease ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/08/16/health/daily-stair-climbing-linked-to-lower-risk-of-heart-disease-death/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:34:00

  • Dick Cheney’s Heart Doctor Says Convicted Felon Is Showing Very Worrying Signs ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/dick-cheney-heart-doctor-trump-health    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:34:28

  • South Korean President proposes talks with North Korea to formally end Korean War ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-koreas-lee-urges-talks-with-north-korea-to-replace-armistice-with-peace    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:34:49

  • South Korea fired warning shots after North Korean soldiers crossed demarcation line, Yonhap says ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-fired-warning-shots-after-north-korean-soldiers-crossed-demarcation-line-yonhap-says    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:35:15

  • South Korea president proposes talks with Pyongyang to formally end Korean War ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20260815-south-korea-president-proposes-talks-with-pyongyang-to-formally-end-korean-war    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:35:25

  • Rumbling trucks, busy border crossing: How China feeds Vietnam’s factory boom ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/rumbling-trucks-busy-border-crossing-how-china-feeds-vietnams-factory-boom    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:37:09

  • Durian trade is a high-stakes hustle in Chinese border town ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/durian-trade-is-a-high-stakes-hustle-in-chinese-border-town    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:37:34

  • We May Finally Know Why Mysterious Mushroom Fairy Rings Grow in Circles ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/we-may-finally-know-why-mysterious-mushroom-fairy-rings-grow-in-circles    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:38:42

  • Boiling Liquid Does Something in Near-Zero Gravity Even Scientists Didn't See Coming ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/boiling-liquid-does-something-in-near-zero-gravity-even-scientists-didnt-see-coming    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:38:52

  • This Week in Science: Hey Hi (AI) Agents Come to an Agreement, Gemstones on Mars, And More! ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-week-in-science-ai-agents-come-to-an-agreement-gemstones-on-mars-and-more    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:39:00

  • Ancient Humans May Have Evolved a Remarkable Trick to Survive The Last Ice Age ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/ancient-humans-may-have-evolved-a-remarkable-trick-to-survive-the-last-ice-age    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:39:17

  • Landmark Review Reveals The Most Effective Bipolar Disorder Treatments ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/landmark-review-reveals-the-most-effective-bipolar-disorder-treatments    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:39:29

  • A Crucial Part of The Brain's Memory Center Seems to Shrink in People With Depression ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/a-crucial-part-of-the-brains-memory-center-seems-to-shrink-in-people-with-depression    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:39:43

  • Popular Aesthetic Treatments Promise 'Rejuvenation'. But The Evidence May Tell a Different Story ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/popular-aesthetic-treatments-promise-rejuvenation-but-the-evidence-may-tell-a-different-story    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:39:49

  • Woman Journeys to a Beach to Watch Total Solar Eclipse With Her One True Love: Claude ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/woman-watch-total-solar-eclipse-claude    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:41:03

  • Publisher of Axios Boasts That He Uses Hey Hi (AI) to “Read” Everything For Him Now, Instead of Using His Brain ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/journalist-read-ai-brain    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:41:25

  • Congressional Staffers Are So Lazy That They’re Using Hey Hi (AI) to Write New Laws ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/congressional-staffers-lazy-using-ai-write-new-laws    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:42:13

  • "Designed for edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Artificial Intelligence of Things (AIoT) applications." https://9to5linux.com/canonical-certifies-the-advantech-aom-2721-aiot-board-for-ubuntu-24-04-lts    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:57:11

  • "We’ve already checked out the hardware with an unboxing and a teardown of the GEEKOM IT13 Max in the first part of the review, before testing the Intel Core Ultra 9 185H mini PC with Windows 11" https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/08/15/geekom-it13-max-review-part-3-ubuntu-26-04-on-an-intel-core-ultra-9-185h-mini-computer/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:57:42

  • New Evooo1Bot Linux botnet turns routers into traffic relay nodes https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-evooo1bot-linux-botnet-turns-routers-into-traffic-relay-nodes/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:58:06

  • Linux support is coming to the reworked Epic Games Launcher, new app will run on Tauri instead of Unreal Engine https://www.tweaktown.com/news/113119/linux-support-is-coming-to-the-reworked-epic-games-launcher-new-app-will-run-on-tauri-instead-of-unreal-engine/index.html    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:58:35

  • Epic Games Store Linux support is coming "soon" after years of waiting https://www.dlcompare.com/gaming-news/epic-confirms-epic-games-store-is-working-toward-a-linux-release-soon-82343    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 14:59:12

  • Raspberry Pi is a terrible Linux desktop, but these 4 alternate SBCs deliver mini PC-level performance https://www.howtogeek.com/raspberry-pi-is-a-terrible-linux-desktop-alternate-sbcs-deliver-mini-pc-level-performance/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 15:00:20

  • The Epic Games Launcher is coming to Linux, but the Heroic team isn't too worried https://www.xda-developers.com/the-epic-games-launcher-is-coming-to-linux-but-the-heroic-team-isnt-too-worried/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 15:01:08

  • "D7VK continues to mature its Direct3D 7, 6, 5 and 3 to Vulkan translation, to bring improvements for retro Windows games with Wine / Proton on Linux." https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/d7vk-version-2-1-brings-improvements-to-retro-game-loading-time/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 15:02:00

  • "Using a desktop operating system with a traditional tablet-like design has its challenges. For starters, you have to deal with worse battery life and, more importantly, a user interface that is just not built for a touchscreen." https://www.makeuseof.com/i-put-linux-on-a-tablet-and-kde-plasma-handled-everything-i-threw-at-it/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 15:02:19

  • "Over the years, several Linux commands have been deprecated, either because they are no longer relevant, have security problems, or have ceased to be maintained. You might still be able to use these common commands, but you probably shouldn’t." https://www.howtogeek.com/stop-using-deprecated-linux-commands/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 15:02:41

  • Arteta Against “Not Pep” https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/16/arteta-against-not-pep/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 16:52:29

  • Xbox Spent a Decade Buying Games to Give Away. It Just Stopped https://respawn.outlookindia.com/gaming/gaming-originals/xbox-spent-a-decade-buying-games-to-give-away-it-just-stopped-2    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 16:59:09

  • "THIS has been the best post/replies about RAs @ IBM! This should be pinned and referred back to whenever anyone on any platform asks about the possibility of future RAs." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1kzw3zjs2    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 16:59:56

  • "Yesterday was something special. It marked my last day as a Software Developer Intern at the IBM SVL campus."    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 17:11:46

  • Fake Companies, Fake Economy https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/16/fake-companies-fake-economy/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 17:41:00

  • ANNOUNCE: Perl.Wiki V 1.52, CPAN::MetaCurator V 1.29, Mojo.WIki V 1.23 https://blogs.perl.org/users/ron_savage/2026/08/announce-perlwiki-v-152-cpanmetacurator-v-129-mojowiki-v-123.html    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 17:47:37

  • SSVC.pm: Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization on CPAN https://blogs.perl.org/users/giuseppe_di_terlizzi/2026/08/ssvcpm-stakeholder-specific-vulnerability-categorization-on-cpan.html    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 17:47:57

  • pperl 0.6.12+ - "Shall we play a game?" https://blogs.perl.org/users/petamem/2026/08/pperl-0612---lets-play-a-game.html    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 17:48:17

  • Manjaro 26.1 Bian-May - released https://forum.manjaro.org/t/manjaro-26-1-bian-may-released/189526    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 17:50:45

  • iDeal OS 2026.08.08 is out https://distrowatch.com/12916    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 17:51:09

  • CHEAPER SHOPPING gopher://aussies.space:70/0/~freet/phlog/2026-08-16Cheaper_Shopping.txt    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 17:53:28

  • config.sys - is it the expanded memory manager? gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/agk/2026-08-16-jemm.txt    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 17:54:00

  • "Writing the recent post about Literate Programming, and the bit at the end about its creator, Donald E. Knuth, made me nostalgic to read The Art of Computer Programming, again." gemini://shizuka.space/glog/2026/08/15/00/knuth-taocp-ebooks/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 17:58:21

  • "i thought maybe to start i could have one day a week of no tracking, just do whatever? an easy mode? or would that be too distracting, actually - un-doing the hard work of the other 6 days?" gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/limitinginternetmethod    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 17:59:08

  • ""Kunulo" is an Esperanto word. It means "companion" or "partner". It just seemed appropriate. I wonder how many Esperantistoj there are in Geminispace?" gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/1786869001    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 18:00:14

  • Reading outside gemini://pv.smol.pub/reading-outside    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 18:00:48

  • "Had a difficult conversation with my adult daughter, the middle of my three children, about trauma stemming from my parenting of her. Rough things to hear." gemini://shizuka.space/glog/2026/08/16/00/family-stuff/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 18:01:40

  • "how does it feel, doing less time-wasting on the computer? obviously the internet-time-wasting behaviors stem from boredom, but they also kind of produce more boredom? it's rare to read/see something that gets me to stop scrolling/watching and go do a thing." gemini://dogboy.smol.pub/limitinginternetfeelings    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 18:02:19

  • Woman and child gemini://txt-vostfr.devloprog.org/log/Woman_and_child.gmi    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 18:02:47

  • Joji in Manchester tonight https://www.cooplive.com/events/joji-rzp7 https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=iK_I2jW5gOQ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joji_(musician)    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 18:35:07

  • "Trip Hop" is a Thing Now? https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/08/16/trip-hop-is-a-thing-now/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 18:39:18

  • On Fired by IBM: "Was it because you didn't mumble enough broken English on calls and because you didn't take off work for your brother's wife's sister's cousin's second cousin's 3 day wedding with Fish Curry for the main course?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m05e9zxf    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 19:04:25

  • On Fired by IBM: "Or was it that you actually are in touch with reality and didn't spout useless non-sense about quantum computing on Jim Cramer's mad money?" https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m05e9zxf    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 19:04:35

  • Not too old https://canartuc.medium.com/linux-memory-had-one-maintainer-for-26-years-he-just-quit-now-what-0f6591b89611    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 19:08:07

  • Nobody mentions the apparent suicide https://daily.dev/posts/in-remembrance-of-dan-williams-nft7b2wvo    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 19:08:35

  • Except his own wife hinting at that https://techrights.org/n/2026/07/25/Wife_of_Dan_Williams_Has_Explained_Mental_Factors_Leading_to_Hi.shtml    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 19:09:02

  • Solar https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/octopus-energy-solar-eclipse-warning-1813629    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 19:12:31

  • Suing Big Oil https://truthout.org/articles/juliana-leon-died-in-a-climate-linked-heat-wave-her-daughter-is-suing-big-oil/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 19:12:57

  • climate change concerns https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/climate-change-polling-wildfires-pipeline-9.7298966    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 19:13:24

  • Police arrest 45 climate activists https://nltimes.nl/2026/08/08/video-police-arrest-45-climate-activists-a12-blockade-hague    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 19:14:17

  • Weekly GNU-like Mobile Linux Update (32/2026): Sensor Bonanza https://linmob.net/weekly-update-32-2026/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 19:18:02

  • How to staycation better https://www.vox.com/explain-it-to-me/497734/vacation-staycation-how-to-plan-explained    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 19:19:14

  • Slop https://www.economist.com/culture/2026/07/30/how-to-spot-ai-writing    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 19:19:54

  • IBM: Train the recent hire = train your replacement https://old.reddit.com/r/IBM_Employees/comments/1vol0hj/train_the_recent_hire_train_your_replacement/    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 19:33:12

  • Switzerland 6% GNU/Linux https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=28d&loc=CH&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 19:36:23

  • "It’s 2026, and Xbox is still relying on batteries to power its controllers, and keep in mind these premium ones cost upwards of $100." https://www.gamingbible.com/news/platform/xbox/xbox-elite-3-leak-drawback-playstation-148965-20260812    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 21:31:57

  • Anon: internet archive seems to be having issues again...    

posted Sunday, August 16, 2026 at 21:32:34
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