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[cat] gemini://nytpu.com/cheetahs/D2095.jpg    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 05:59:53

  • [cat] gemini://nytpu.com/sneps/D1738.jpg    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 05:59:58

  • HearsayMatt, who chose not to attend his own hearing, is trying to explain to people what happened in this hearing. He does not know.    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 06:00:57

  • Tomorrow we're leaving for a short trip gemini://alexschroeder.ch/2026-09-13-tomorrow    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 06:01:15

  • "To those who don't know, I have done a lot of work with OCR and converting physical books to ebooks. It was (and still is) quite a tedious process, although OCR has gotten considerably better in the consumer space." gopher://republic.circumlunar.space:70/0/~np89/glog/20260913-ligatures.txt    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 06:02:13

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

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 06:02:50

  • Digital Restrictions (DRM) ☛ https://www.techdirt.com/2026/09/11/microsoft-slaps-hours-limits-on-xbox-game-pass-cloud-gaming/ "But for the next tier of enshittification, there’s… Xbox’s Game Pass service" | Source: Techdirt    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 06:09:41

  • "Cleaning work is often called low-skilled, perhaps because it’s usually done by low-waged women" ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/09/cleaning-labor-skill-pay-unions | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 06:10:01

  • "What 27-year-old Coxon is an expert on — if accidentally — is the contagion of fear. We cannot expect the public to understand the inner workings of all technology (that was the fallacy of my 18-year-old self!)" ☛ https://bcantrill.dtrace.org/2026/09/13/the-contagion-of-fear/ | Source: Bryan Cantrill    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 06:10:52

  • "In any serious country, a massively expensive policy of this kind would have been analysed in detail by now, with estimates of the immediate effect on inflation and interest rates and the flow-on to the economy as a whole." ☛ https://crookedtimber.org/2026/09/13/the-us-is-not-a-serious-country/ | Source: Crooked Timber    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 06:11:02

  • "I approached the "change your diet" advice the way US culture teaches us: as a wholly individual project." ☛ https://drmollytov.smol.pub/2026-09-13 | Source: Dr Molly Tov    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 06:11:13

  • "What it is losing is something much harder to rebuild: trust." ☛ https://rmendes.net/notes/2026/09/13/d26d9/ | Source: Ricardo Mendes    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 06:11:30

  • "five “mission centers” devoted to China, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, combat support and global intelligence, these people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, told Recorded Future News." ☛ https://therecord.media/nsa-reorganization-five-mission-centers | Source: The Record    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 06:11:57

  • "End Times Fascism describes the world we’re in, where the components of authoritarianism are modelled everywhere you look: anarcho-libertarian economics in Argentina" ☛ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2026/sep/12/naomi-klein-extreme-wealth-has-a-deranging-effect-it-turns-you-into-a-supremacist | Source: The Guardian UK    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 06:12:18

  • "Juan's striking image of a Canada Warbler perched above a delicate spiderweb has now been named the Youth winner in the 2026 Audubon Photography Awards. " ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/awards-and-competitions/for-three-years-i-had-tried-many-times-to-get-a-decent-photo-of-this-species-but-i-hadnt-yet-succeeded-what-you-see-before-you-is-a-dream-fulfilled-young-wildlife-photographer-scoops-top-youth-prize-in-major-bird-photography-competition | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 06:13:18

  • "Juan's striking image of a Canada Warbler" ☛ https://www.digitalcameraworld.com/photography/awards-and-competitions/for-three-years-i-had-tried-many-times-to-get-a-decent-photo-of-this-species-but-i-hadnt-yet-succeeded-what-you-see-before-you-is-a-dream-fulfilled-young-wildlife-photographer-scoops-top-youth-prize-in-major-bird-photography-competition | Source: Digital Camera World    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 06:13:40

  • "These spaces are built to move people through them, accounting for the nonstop movement of crowds." ☛ https://cleberg.net/blog/nowhere-specifically.html | Source: Christian Cleberg    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 06:14:21

  • "What on earth are they building all of these data centers for?" ☛ https://www.wired.com/story/ai-agents-are-thirsty-for-power/ | Source: Wired    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 06:14:47

  • "A Muslim autonomous region in the southern Philippines is holding its first parliamentary elections" ☛ https://www.independent.co.uk/news/muslim-manila-philippines-islamic-state-islamic-b3049545.html | Source: The Independent UK    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 06:15:06

  • "A spokesperson told the LA Times that a “violation of our terms of service involving a firearm” was detected. At which point the car pulled over and alerted the authorities." ☛ https://www.theverge.com/transportation/994405/waymo-pulls-over-calls-cops-on-riders-with-a-ghost-gun | Source: The Verge    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 06:15:32

  • "That may be how the source report can say that the AR was loaded" ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/waymo-robotaxi-calls-cops-on-riders-handling-loaded-ar-style-ghost-gun-waymo-alerted-san-francisco-police-then-juvenile-riders-were-stopped-and-arrested | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 06:15:44

  • "There's a flaw in Georgia’s voting equipment that can allow voters to be matched to their ballots after they’ve been cast." ☛ https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2026/0913/elections-midterms-georgia-democracy-ai | Source: CS Monitor    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 06:15:54

  • "This wasn’t the first time Waymo has tattled on alleged troublemakers." ☛ https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2026-09-12/juveniles-riding-in-waymo-arrested-after-police-find-ghost-gun | Source: Los Angeles Times    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 06:16:09

  • "Around 38% of people living in Spain regularly use generative artificial intelligence (AI)" ☛ https://english.elpais.com/technology/2026-09-13/people-are-using-ai-for-personal-questions-almost-twice-as-often-as-for-work-related-queries.html | Source: El País    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 06:16:19

  • For almost a whole decade, LF was run by Microsoft GitHub, and LF was pushing slop, plagiarism and prisons with Jono Bacon's wife while LF pays him to write pro-Microsoft crap; as for his wife, she bosses Linus Torvalds https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/21/Never_Trust_People_Who_Write_Their_Own_Wikipedia_Pages_Vanity_P.shtml by virtue of heading the board    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 06:48:52

  • LF is a force of corruption, not a force of Linux    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 06:49:05

  • "Having a wikipedia page these days is becoming a contraindicator of reliability and trustworhiness." https://techrights.org/n/2026/03/21/Never_Trust_People_Who_Write_Their_Own_Wikipedia_Pages_Vanity_P.shtml    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 06:50:23

  • Terrence Eden made an ad for himself in Wikipedia and even added his own voice like he was some sort of famous scientist whose _VOICE_ need to be documented. Hangs out with HearsayMatt and OSI types. https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/13/lecturing-in-absentia/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 06:52:11

  • streets are blocked downtown today: https://yle.fi/a/7-10105067    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 06:52:37

  • Social Control Media ☛ https://boingboing.net/2026/09/11/la-jolla-sea-lions-human-harassment.html | Source: BoingBoing    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 07:01:12

  • Social Control Media: "LaCava said officials are considering a middle ground between verbal warnings from city employees and federal prosecution." ☛ https://timesofsandiego.com/environment/2026/08/23/should-la-jolla-cove-close-to-protect-sea-lions/ | Source: Times Of San Diego    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 07:03:53

  • Unlike a lot of the "Linux" stories in TR, the EPO coverage is historically significant and impactful    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 07:05:19

  • "They were testing the fences for weaknesses, systematically. They remember." ☛ https://www.chrisfarris.com/post/jurassic-agents/ | Source: Chris Ferris    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 07:23:13

  • "Senators Bernie Sanders and Greg Cezar have announced their Ban Artificial Superintelligence Act." ☛ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/sanders-proposes-20-year-prison-sentence-for-ai-devs-who-plow-ahead-with-artificial-superintelligence-plans-penalty-on-par-with-illegally-developing-rogue-nuclear-weapons | Source: Tom's Hardware    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 07:23:23

  • "Danielle Carr, a historian and anthropologist at UCLA, thinks that professors relying on surveilling and detection methods to weed out cheating will only keep them stuck in a game of cat and mouse" ☛ https://futurism.com/future-society/ai-cheating-students-absurd-lengths-avoid-detection | Source: Futurism    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 07:23:47

  • "This spills over into other processes wanting to use the GPU, namely the WindowServer." ☛ https://auberon.xyz/blog/posts/deathray/ |    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 07:24:08

  • "Yesterday, Francesco and I brought home two 2008 iMacs, the ones with the Core 2 Duo processors." ☛ https://eliseomartelli.it/blog/2026-09-13-imacs-old-enough-to-drive/ | Source: Eliseo Martelli    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 07:24:18

  • "Most people don’t think of themselves as soybean consumers. Few sit down to a plate of soybeans, but soy is hiding in plain sight throughout the American diet" ☛ https://www.salon.com/2026/09/13/how-soybeans-took-over-the-american-diet-without-anyone-noticing-partner/ | Source: Salon    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 07:24:50

  • "ProPublica’s analysis of CDC data found that almost 200 women died after an ectopic pregnancy from 2020 to 2025" ☛ https://www.salon.com/2026/09/13/ectopic-pregnancy-deaths-have-nearly-doubled-its-worse-in-states-with-abortion-bans-partner/ | Source: Salon    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 07:25:31

  • "Last year, I repaired an NZXT Signal 4K30 USB capture device that I bought on eBay for cheap." ☛ https://www.downtowndougbrown.com/2026/09/fixing-an-nzxt-signal-4k30-part-2-the-green-pink-video-bug/ | Source: Doug Brown    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 07:26:29

  • "Keyboard layouts are baffling. Of course, lots of things in computing (and life) are baffling" ☛ https://www.rousette.org.uk/archives/the-one-true-keyboard-layout/ | Source: But she's a girl...    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 07:26:37

  • "That’s how many Arizonans support that state’s Wild West voucher scheme." ☛ https://jacobin.com/2026/09/school-choice-vouchers-public-opposition | Source: Jacobin Magazine    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 07:27:09

  • "Scientific awards, whether for fellowships or for prestigious Lasker, Nobel, or Breakthrough prizes, are highly visible markers of success in science." ☛ https://www.the-scientist.com/are-awards-essential-for-scientific-success-74982 | Source: LabX Media Group    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 07:28:41

  • "Working with double categories can be aptly summarized in a meme: Talk to me about sets without mentioning sets." ☛ https://bartoszmilewski.com/2026/09/13/yoneda-lemma-in-double-categories/ | Source: Bartosz Milewski    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 07:28:49

  • "Technofascism in the UK" https://soylentnews.org/~turgid/journal/20661    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 07:29:13

  • "The Iran Disaster Will Likely Be Job One - emptywheel" https://emptywheel.net/2026/09/13/the-iran-disaster-will-likely-be-job-one/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 07:29:23

  • "Trade, Peace and War - Paul Krugman" https://paulkrugman.substack.com/p/trade-peace-and-war    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 07:29:36

  • "Iran ‘blew the hell out of’ Bahrain base, acting Navy Secretary says" https://taskandpurpose.com/news/navy-base-bahrain-iran-damage/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 07:29:47

  • "Turkey Cracks Down on LGBTQ+ Groups Ahead Of Elections" https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/turkey-cracks-down-on-lgbtq-groups-ahead-of-elections-12042413#publisher=newsstand    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 07:29:59

  • More surveillance. But will we be safer? | "Mer övervakning. Men blir vi säkrare?" https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&u=https://femtejuli.se/2026/09/13/mer-overvakning-men-blir-vi-sakrare/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 07:30:31

  • "Putin would rather keep killing than admit he’s lost. As a winter of misery looms in Ukraine, Nato must step in | Simon Tisdall | The Guardian" https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/sep/13/putin-ukraine-nato-russia-forever-war-crime-against-humanity-western-democracies    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 07:30:41

  • Feels Like Summer in Mid-September https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/14/feels-like-summer-in-mid-september/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 07:38:02

  • "It’s been six months since we saw a new Java release, and this new edition is seems to be ready to flex its muscles." ☛ https://hanno.codes/2026/09/15/hello-java-27/ | Source: Hanno Embregts    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 07:45:01

  • "These presentations are up to 5 minutes long - the ideal way to introduce your favorite module, TV series, or really just about any topic." ☛ https://blogs.perl.org/users/max_maischein/2026/09/the-lightning-talks-of-the-german-perl-workshop-2026-are-online.html | Source: Perl    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 07:45:21

  • "Comments in your code are the simplest and often most useful means of documenting your decisions and communicating intent for those that need to understand it in the future." ☛ https://eddie.codes/posts/source-code-comments/ | Source: Eddie Atkinson    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 07:45:53

  • [Old] "Here are just a few programming language features I love: [...]" ☛ https://prydt.xyz/blog/a-few-good-ideas-in-pl/ |    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 07:46:09

  • "Metacarp is a second implementation of that language. It compiles the reference suite, compiles itself, and then compiles itself again to byte-identical C." ☛ https://blog.veitheller.de/Metacarp.html |    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 07:46:19

  • "People at Git has started to work on a proposal to make the Rust1 programming language mandatory." ☛ https://lucio.albenga.es/web-en/posts/2025/from-git-to-fossil.html |    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 07:47:44

  • "I don't like Rust and, above all, I don't like its community of little extremist characters who are trying to make everyone swallow their crap by rewriting projects that have been working for decades, doing social media brigading, and other nice little gems worthy of any tiny group with totalitarian delusions."    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 07:48:43

  • "That's why when I see that a project aims to "force" the use of or the switch from C to Rust, to the extent of my possibilities, I flee from it as if I were pursued by the Balrog of the Lord of the Rings with his whip."    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 07:49:00

  • "I'm old enough to have used (or tested) many version control systems: RCS (Revision Control System), CVS (Concurrent Version System), SVN (Subversion), HG (Mercurial), BZR (Bazaar), and the aforementioned Git, which means I have no problem in switching again, so I started to think about a Git substitute for my personal projects."    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 07:49:16

  • "The options were to go back to one of the already known or look at something else, and I remembered Fossil. I started looking over the source code and reading the official documentation to learn its features, its dependencies, how to install and configure it, etc., and I noticed it had many things I like: [...]"    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 07:49:25

  • "A typical formulation of the Luhn algorithm can be described as follows" ☛ https://abstractnonsense.xyz/blog/2025-08-31-can-a-regex-match-valid-card-numbers/ |    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 07:49:54

  • "this part is hard to read." ☛ https://evanhahn.com/posts/2026-09-13-programmers-dislike-reduce/ | Source: Evan Hahn    

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

  • Over a Million Brits Don’t Have and Don’t Carry a Skinnerbox https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/14/over-a-million-brits-dont-have-and-dont-carry-a-skinnerbox/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 08:46:22

  • s/Microsoft Has Problems in France/Freedom Rises in France/ http://news.tuxmachines.org/n/2026/09/14/Microsoft_Has_Problems_in_France.shtml    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 09:56:18

  • "FOSDEM 2027 is happening on January 30–31, 2027, at ULB Brussels—and your project could be part of it!" ☛ https://fosdem.org/2027/news/call-for-stands/ | Source: FOSDEM    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 09:57:28

  • "i have been running several personal git forges for, at this point, almost half my life :o i like running my own dev infrastructure" ☛ https://char.lt/blog/2026/09/sorcery-repo-viewer/ |    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 09:57:50

  • A Week of Fish Desk https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/14/a-week-of-fish-desk/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 10:02:19

  • Despite being facetious and tongue-in-cheek (and rude by default), HearsayBoy makes it sound like 1) he needs a million bucks and 2) he's looking for a job now. https://techrights.org/n/2026/08/31/Spending_Over_a_Million_Bucks_on_Lawsuits_Abroad_When_There_s_a.shtml    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 10:09:03

  • "Having been involved in issuing RFPs as a customer, we ask what percentage of work is offshored. If the vendor does not answer the question, they are not shortlisted. If the percentage is high as determined by our procurement, they will not be shortlisted. Work quality by offshore workers has been subpar." https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/IBM_PIPs_Are_Layoffs_RAs_Come_Later_Even_If_You_Satisfy_the_Per.shtml    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 11:14:00

  • "Gregory Chudnovsky’s partner in the design and construction of the supercomputer was his older brother, David Volfovich Chudnovsky, who is also a mathematician, and who lives five blocks away from Gregory." ☛ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1992/03/02/the-mountains-of-pi | Source: New Yorker    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 11:55:09

  • "Then arrived the Fable 5. At first I was not that hopeful." ☛ https://a6mzero.com/posts/this-pcb-is-brought-to-you-by-fable-5/ |    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 11:55:19

  • "Having seen tiny386 run on its minimum-spec ESP32 platform" ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/13/a-386-pc-for-your-rp2350/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 11:56:18

  • "Each 3D-printed icosahedron has numerals sunk through each of its twelve sides, and is raised above the base of the clock on a brass support shaft." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/13/keeping-time-on-tumbling-icosahedra/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 11:56:29

  • "This worked even better than expected, getting a reliable crack every time." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/13/whip-cracking-machine-reliably-breaks-the-sound-barrier/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 11:56:46

  • "As for the FV-1 itself, it’s an interesting little chip in that it’s quite a full-featured DSP– rather, it’s small instruction set is focused entirely on audio effects." ☛ https://hackaday.com/2026/09/12/spin-fv-1-emulator-simplifies-sound-pedal-development/ | Source: Hackaday    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 11:56:58

  • "The other night I wanted to implement a small Voronoi-diagram shader to use as a background to a music video, to show up the music project I recently finished." ☛ https://crocidb.com/post/when-the-fractional-part-of-a-float-fixes-your-shader/ | Source: Bruno Croci    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 11:58:51

  • When the US government (regime) just calls you the T word, then takes you offline. No due process really. https://www.ezini.eu/blog/2026/financial-risks-in-2026    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:03:46

  • "This month, my Dad unexpectedly passed away after a short illness. As a result I obviously got less work done than usual, and I still have a lot to take care of (since I’m the executor of his will, as well as helping with funeral arrangements) while grieving and generally having less focus and energy." https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~cjwatson/blog/activity-2026-08.html    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:04:29

  • "I voted in General Resolution: LLM usage in Debian. My vote was pretty much the opposite of what ended up winning, so I’m quite disappointed. My personal opinion is that LLMs are cognitive hazards to their users that impose ecological costs far out of proportion to their utility at a time when the world absolutely cannot afford them."    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:05:03

  • "Waiting to see what will happen with .meow domains, which I supported despite not identifying as a cat." https://www.ezini.eu/tags/pdo    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:06:41

  • "Global heating is an intentional outrage, not a natural calamity. It is being done to us knowingly." https://stallman.org/archives/2026-jul-oct.html#13_September_2026_(Global_heating)    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:07:39

  • Bernie Sanders proposes 20 year prison sentence for Hey Hi (AI) devs who plow ahead with Artificial Superintelligence plans — penalty on par with illegally developing rogue nuclear weapons ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/artificial-intelligence/sanders-proposes-20-year-prison-sentence-for-ai-devs-who-plow-ahead-with-artificial-superintelligence-plans-penalty-on-par-with-illegally-developing-rogue-nuclear-weapons    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:10:02

  • Waymo robotaxi calls cops on riders handling loaded AR-style ghost gun — Waymo alerted San Francisco police, then juvenile riders were stopped and arrested ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/waymo-robotaxi-calls-cops-on-riders-handling-loaded-ar-style-ghost-gun-waymo-alerted-san-francisco-police-then-juvenile-riders-were-stopped-and-arrested    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:10:59

  • Preserving Netlify Analytics Data Beyond 30 Days ☞ https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/preserving-netlify-analytics-data/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:17:17

  • You Ain't Ready For This Jelly | LINUX Unplugged 684 ☞ https://www.jupiterbroadcasting.com/show/linux-unplugged/684/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:18:02

  • Boosters of Omarchy Are No 'Underdogs' ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/13/Boosters_of_Omarchy_Are_No_Underdogs.shtml    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:18:19

  • For Populist Democrats, a Movement Fueled by Anger at Both Parties ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/us/democrats-populists.html    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:18:42

  • School-age suicides in South Korea rise 65% in 5 years ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/school-age-suicides-in-south-korea-rise-65-in-5-years    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:18:56

  • Anecdotally, programmers dislike "reduce" ☞ https://evanhahn.com/posts/2026-09-13-programmers-dislike-reduce/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:19:38

  • Playable Tomb Raider runs on a humble 1-watt chip — $25 board with dual-core 400 MHz ESP32-P4 MCU scales OpenLara up to 1,024 x 600 playable pixels ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/software/programming/playable-tomb-raider-runs-on-a-humble-1-watt-chip-usd25-board-with-dual-core-400-mhz-esp32-p4-mcu-scales-openlara-up-to-1-024-x-600-playable-pixels    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:20:20

  • Indonesia: Second ferry disaster in five days ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/indonesia-second-ferry-disaster-in-five-days    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:20:40

  • Asia Pacific research networks commit to stronger cyber resilience cooperation ☞ https://blog.apnic.net/2026/09/14/asia-pacific-research-networks-commit-to-stronger-cyber-resilience-cooperation/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:20:59

  • Better to avoid LLMs altogether, openwashing does nothing for trust ☞ https://harishpillay.com/2026/09/13/open-source-language-models-for-accountability-and-trust/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:24:15

  • More Than 120 Unaccounted for After Ferry Sinks in Indonesia ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/world/asia/indonesia-ferry-rescue-borneo.html    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:24:29

  • Intel revives One Mono font after brief retirement during open-source purge — typeface built to fight coder eyestrain gets reprieve ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/intel-revives-one-mono-font-after-brief-retirement-typeface-built-to-fight-coder-eyestrain-gets-reprieve-from-open-source-purge    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:24:59

  • Install OpenProject on Raspberry Pi with Docker (2026 Guide) ☞ https://peppe8o.com/openproject-raspberry-pi/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:26:11

  • LIES, PROPAGANDA, hype with terms like "Q-Day" https://siliconangle.com/2026/09/13/q-day-is-approaching-most-organizations-arent-ready/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:26:58

  • Radio France staff strike over appointment of far-right weekly editor ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/france/20260913-radio-france-staff-strike-over-appointment-of-far-right-weekly-editor    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:28:02

  • Yemen: Fighting escalates around the Bab el-Mandeb Strait ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/yemen-fighting-escalates-around-the-bab-el-mandeb-strait    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:28:15

  • Police raids, online censorship target Turkey’s LGBTI+ community in new crackdown ☞ https://bianet.org/haber/police-raids-online-censorship-target-turkeys-lgbti-community-in-new-crackdown-323417    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:33:49

  • Dirk Eddelbuettel: td 0.0.7 on CRAN: New Features and Updates ☞ http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com/blog/2026/09/13#td_0.0.7    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:34:07

  • North Korea says its recent live-fire drill demonstrated ‘huge destructive power’ ☞ https://nypost.com/2026/09/14/world-news/north-korea-says-its-recent-live-fire-drill-demonstrated-huge-destructive-power/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:42:43

  • North Korea says missile launches were part of live-fire drills ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/north-korea-held-live-fire-drills-involving-artillery-and-missiles-kcna-says    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:43:06

  • Who said they must adopt crappy, user-hostile, spying tech? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/south-korea-aims-to-save-seniors-lost-in-digital-age    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:44:04

  • gender minister? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/s-koreas-gender-minister-nominee-pulls-out-in-fresh-blow-to-lee    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:44:48

  • Indian government pushes wider rollout of polarising civil code ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/indian-government-pushes-wider-rollout-of-polarising-civil-code    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:44:56

  • Okinawa Elects a Conservative Amid Fears About China and the Economy ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/world/asia/japapn-okinawa-election-governor-conservative-china-economy.html    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:45:20

  • Can a 20-second Modi-Xi handshake at the BRICS summit break years of India-China ice? ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/can-a-20-second-modi-xi-handshake-at-the-brics-summit-break-years-of-india-china-ice    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:45:36

  • America’s Health Care System Is So Screwed That Patients Are Flying to China for Cancer Treatment ☞ https://futurism.com/health-medicine/usa-health-care-system-medical-tourism-cancer-therapy-china    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:46:15

  • Russia's hybrid attacks in focus as European leaders meet in Finnish Lapland | Yle News | Yle ⚓ https://yle.fi/a/74-20246189 ䷉ Source: YLE | ♾ Gemini address: gemini://gemi.dev/cgi-bin/waffle.cgi/view?https%3A//yle.fi/a/74-20246189 Sompi    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:47:15

  • When Mexico bursts into bloom: A wildflower guide ☞ https://mexiconewsdaily.com/lifestyle/mexico-wildflower-season/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:53:09

  • Scientists Explain Why This Martian Hill Looks Exactly Like a Bear's Face ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/astronomers-spotted-a-bear-on-mars    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:53:51

  • Is this what Microsoft meant by XBox re-BOOT? Mindless bells? https://news.ssbcrack.com/xbox-introduces-customizable-boot-animations-amidst-company-restructuring/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:55:11

  • There must be billions of dollars allocated at the moment for Iran propaganda (from multiple actors, not just US), especially online propaganda in news sites, non-organic astroturfing sites, and social control media. We only know iranwire (in person, the leader), which is legit, anything else can be suspect (anti- or pro-).    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:58:30

  • WWW became a battle zone of malicious actors https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/12/how-the-web-died/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 12:59:05

  • WWW is like a restaurant during war. If you sit for the table waiting for a waiter, you'll get no food. On the Web, all the "juice" goes to sloppers, slappers, spammers, GAFAMs, and social control media propaganda hubs. To them, there's no courtesy or manners. Plagiarism has a new name: hey hi.    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 13:00:55

  • digital timers are _*NOT*_ smart devices, nor do they have networking they are simily a _*timer*_ where upon first use, one sets the date and time and then an on-off schedule    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 13:09:17

  • mechanical ones are the same except they make a grinding noise mechanical is better than nothing but the digital ones are safe: as in no netorking and extremely minimal code    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 13:09:25

  • Researchers Discover an Untapped Green Hydrogen 'Goldmine' ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/researchers-discover-a-green-hydrogen-goldmine-beneath-australias-red-dirt    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 13:09:44

  • "I use the Olimex switch mainly because it's trivial in my context to add it However, in most other situations here we used the mechanical timer until it wore out and then the digital timer since then. It's computing capacity is probably not even a full microcontroller i.e. no OS no kernel just some timing routines"    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 13:10:42

  • Scientists Find a Subtle Clue to ADHD Hidden in The Eyes ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-find-a-subtle-clue-to-adhd-hidden-in-the-eyes    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 13:10:57

  • 'Toasted Skin Syndrome': Bizarre Rash Was Thought to Be a Liver Injury, But It Was Caused by a Common Habit ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/bizarre-rash-was-thought-to-be-a-liver-injury-but-it-was-caused-by-a-common-habit    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 13:11:12

  • Scientists Find a Hidden Rule Guiding Evolution ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/evolution-might-not-be-as-random-as-we-thought-new-study-finds    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 13:11:28

  • The 10,000-Steps Myth Is Dead. Here's What Science Says Works Instead ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/you-can-mix-up-your-daily-steps-and-still-lower-risk-of-death-research-shows    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 13:11:50

  • Scientists Found a Material That Gets Better at Conducting Electricity as It Shrinks ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/strange-material-gets-better-at-conducting-electricity-the-thinner-it-gets    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 13:12:16

  • Scientists Discover a Real-Life 'Devil Flower' That Doesn't Need Sunlight to Survive ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/scientists-discovered-a-bizarre-devil-flower-that-doesnt-need-sunlight    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 13:12:44

  • "IBM has laid off at least 22k since 2022 when Arvind began this death match to an inflated stock price. All of those acquisitions involve people, too, who are told to bleed blue before knifed themselves." https://www.thelayoff.com/t/1m2ba37ve    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 13:14:55

  • Microsoft Urgently Needs Distraction: There's No "Next XBox", But There's a New Boot Screen (Like 'Dark Mode', a Feature That Can be Implemented in Mere Minutes/Hours) https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Microsoft_Urgently_Needs_Distraction_There_s_No_Next_XBox_But_T.shtml    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 14:07:10

  • This Subtle Change to Your Fingernails Can Be a Sign of Hidden Disease ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/this-subtle-change-to-your-fingernails-can-be-a-sign-of-hidden-disease    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 14:21:23

  • Lifelong Deafness Could Rewire a Person's Peripheral Vision ☞ https://www.sciencealert.com/lifelong-deafness-could-rewire-a-persons-peripheral-vision    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 14:21:40

  • Reminder: subscription price change coming ☞ https://lwn.net/Articles/1093929/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 14:21:50

  • Some in Silicon Valley Are Questioning the Calls for an Hey Hi (AI) Slowdown ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/technology/silicon-valley-ai-slowdown.html    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 14:22:41

  • Scam Altman Now Trying to Gain Control of Electric Grid ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-sam-altman-chatgpt-hack-electrical-grid-hype    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 14:23:37

  • California, Which Is Creating All the Hey Hi (AI) That’s Poisoning Children, Just Cracked Down on Hey Hi (AI) Use for Its Own Kids ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/california-creating-ai-poisoning-children-cracked-down    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 14:23:58

  • OpenAI Faces Congressional Probe Over Swarm Hacking Incident ☞ https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/openai-faces-congressional-probe-hacking-incident    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 14:24:15

  • Texas Republican’s Racist Social Media Post Draws Condemnation ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/us/bo-french-racist-post-republicans-texas.html    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 14:24:36

  • Himalayas approaching tipping point, millions of livelihoods at stake-report ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/himalayas-approaching-tipping-point-millions-of-livelihoods-at-stake-report    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 14:25:01

  • Operation 'Werewolf' overall a good thing, say Latvian interior services ☞ https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/defence/14.09.2026-operation-werewolf-overall-a-good-thing-say-latvian-interior-services.a663035/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 14:25:43

  • Voting starts in Philippines' south after three killed in election violence ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/voting-starts-in-philippines-south-after-three-killed-in-election-violence    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 14:26:10

  • Zambia’s cancellation of six critics’ passports on national security grounds raises human rights concerns, Amnesty International says ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/09/zambias-cancellation-of-six-critics-passports-on-national-security-grounds-raises-human-rights-concerns-amnesty-international-says/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 14:26:48

  • RIP Roy Burnham https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/14/rip-roy-burnham/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 14:36:54

  • Notebooks Still Work https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/14/notebooks-still-work/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 14:45:39

  • The Bubble (It Was Always a Bubble and Everybody Knew) https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/14/the-bubble-it-was-always-a-bubble-and-everybody-knew/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 14:50:00

  • Swedish far-right eyes role in government ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/swedish-far-right-eyes-role-in-government    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 17:02:27

  • Amazon Deploying Hey Hi (AI) Tech That Forces Actors’ Mouths to Match Dubbed Dialogue ☞ https://futurism.com/future-society/amazon-ai-force-lips-dub    

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

  • Wrapping Up Summer https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/14/wrapping-up-summer/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 17:16:47

  • ‘Deed, not breed’: Owners and experts push back on stigma against ‘fighting dogs’ ☞ https://hongkongfp.com/2026/09/14/deed-not-breed-owners-and-experts-push-back-on-stigma-against-fighting-dogs/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 17:22:01

  • New Steam Games Playable on the Steam Deck, with Valheim 1.0 and Welcome to Elderfield - 2026-09-12 Edition ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/new-steam-games-playable-on-the-steam-deck-2026-09-12-edition/index.html    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 17:37:46

  • LTT Leaks Steam Frame's First Look Ahead of Schedule: Quick Summary ☞ https://boilingsteam.com/ltt-leaks-steam-frames-first-look-ahead-of-schedule/index.html    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 17:38:09

  • MAKERphone 2.0 Lets You Build a 4G Phone and Vibe-Code Its Apps ☞ https://itsfoss.com/news/makerphone-2-annoucement/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 17:38:49

  • Chromium 151 and 152 not using system X cursor ☞ https://bkhome.org/news/202609/chromium-151-and-152-not-using-system-x-cursor.html    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 17:39:40

  • Shotwell 33 goes stable with its long-awaited GTK4 port ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/shotwell-gtk4-port-released    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 17:40:13

  • FunOS 24.04.5 LTS ☞ https://funos.org/funos-24-04-5/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 17:40:20

  • Not really. They said this before, it failed badly, and users wanted something that worked, not Microsoft copycats. ☞ https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/ubuntu-2610-rust-coreutils-complete    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 17:41:34

  • Linus Torvalds drops Linux 7.3 rc3 release ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/linus-torvalds-drops-linux-73-rc3-release/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 17:42:53

  • ArchBANG 130926 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/archbang    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 17:43:25

  • LankeOS 0.20 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/lankeos    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 17:43:37

  • SkillFishOS 26.06.5 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/skillfishos    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 17:43:47

  • NuTyX 26.09.0 ☞ https://distrowatch.com/nutyx    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 17:43:59

  • Void GNU/Linux maintainer drops 113 packages over Hey Hi (AI) ban ☞ https://www.neowin.net/news/void-linux-maintainer-drops-113-packages-over-ai-ban/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 17:44:58

  • 15 Best Free and Open Source GNU/Linux Document Processors ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/documentprocessors/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 17:45:22

  • chibisafe – self-hosted file uploader and file vault ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/chibisafe-self-hosted-file-uploader-vault/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 17:45:53

  • DRAKVUF Sandbox – agentless malware analysis platform ☞ https://www.linuxlinks.com/drakvuf-sandbox-agentless-malware-analysis-platform/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 17:46:26

  • Guatemala judiciary closes criminal proceedings against four Indigenous leaders ☞ https://www.jurist.org/news/2026/09/guatemala-judiciary-closes-criminal-proceedings-against-four-indigenous-leaders/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 17:47:17

  • “GroovyGroovaBox”: my new, innovative, drumbox – running in a web browser ☞ https://gaelduval.com/groovygroovabox-my-new-innovative-drumbox-running-in-a-web-browser/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 17:48:52

  • LLM SLOP! https://www.fosslinux.com/161587/what-is-void-linux-beginners-guide.htm    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 17:55:17

  • Lazy Reading for 2026/09/13 ☞ https://www.dragonflydigest.com/2026/09/13/lazy-reading-for-2026-09-13/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 17:55:55

  • JetKVM Mini – A low-cost, ESP32-P4X-based KVM with Ethernet or WiFi connectivity ☞ https://www.cnx-software.com/2026/09/14/jetkvm-mini-a-low-cost-esp32-p4x-based-kvm-with-ethernet-or-wifi-connectivity/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 17:56:26

  • ffmpeg Cheatsheet ☞ https://linuxize.com/cheatsheet/ffmpeg/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 17:56:43

  • How to Protect Democracy ☞ https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2026/09/21/how-to-protect-democracy    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 17:57:20

  • Microsoft Lunduke of 'Linux Sucks' (and Abusive Monopolist Microsoft Corp.) Tries to Replace GNU/Linux With Toxic Discussions About Toxic Politics ☞ https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/13/Microsoft_Lunduke_of_Linux_Sucks_and_Microsoft_Corp_Tries_to_Re.shtml    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 17:57:36

  • Plagiarism is OK if you call it "hey hi" and then bribe the dictator and tell him it's a matter of "arms race" ☞ https://heathermeeker.com/2026/09/13/training-llms-on-copyrighted-works-is-fair-use-says-the-doj/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 17:59:03

  • China, Russia, India seek economic cooperation at BRICS ☞ https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/south-asia/china-russia-india-seek-economic-cooperation-at-brics    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 17:59:16

  • New proposal sees Lithuania phasing out Russian-language instruction in schools ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3048198/new-proposal-sees-lithuania-phasing-out-russian-language-instruction-in-schools    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 17:59:31

  • US hosts G20 energy talks in Texas as Iran war disrupts global fuel markets ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/americas/20260914-us-g20-energy-talks-iran-war    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 17:59:44

  • Russian Strikes on Ukraine Hits Near David Petraeus, ex-C.I.A. Chief ☞ https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/world/europe/ukraine-petraeus-russian-strike.html    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 17:59:57

  • Ukraine triumphs in 'first-ever' drone-vs-drone boat battle — video shows Russian MBeK destroyed by Sargan 3000's 12.7mm automatic turret ☞ https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/drones/ukraines-sargan-3000-triumphs-in-first-ever-drone-vs-drone-boat-battle-video-shows-russian-mbek-destroyed-by-its-foes-12-7mm-automatic-turret    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:00:14

  • Dihydroxyacetone Man Tells Kyiv To Stop Attacks On Russian Diesel As Moscow's Drones Strike Near Polish Border ☞ https://www.rferl.org/a/ukraine-poland-border-russian-strikes/33853301.html    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:00:27

  • Middle powers guarding Europe’s eastern flank – opinion ☞ https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/3047171/middle-powers-guarding-europe-s-eastern-flank-opinion    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:00:52

  • Ukraine, Poland condemn Russia after drone strikes train near border ☞ https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20260913-poland-ukraine-slam-russian-strikes-near-border-as-escalation    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:01:08

  • AT&T sued Berkeley over 186 lines of Unix code, and the delay handed the market to Linux https://www.xda-developers.com/at-t-sued-berkeley-186-lines-unix-code-handed-market-linux/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:14:49

  • "The KaOS Linux team has officially released KaOS Linux 2026.09 today as the first ISO snapshot of this independent distribution using Dinit as the default init system instead of systemd." https://9to5linux.com/kaos-linux-2026-09-released-with-noctalia-5-1-linux-kernel-7-1-and-mesa-26-2    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:15:22

  • "If you're new to Linux, or you've happily existed in Mint's easygoing ecosystem for years, you might want to hear what its downsides are. That comfortable feeling may cost you dearly." https://www.howtogeek.com/why-mints-easy-graphical-interface-worst-thing-for-your-linux-journey/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:15:45

  • Immutable Linux distros sound terrible on paper, but a month of Silverblue proved me wrong https://www.xda-developers.com/immutable-linux-terrible-paper/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:16:36

  • One dev turned the Linux desktop into a single app, and it's surprisingly good https://www.howtogeek.com/one-developer-turned-a-linux-desktop-environment-into-a-single-app/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:17:50

  • "As Linux distros decide whether LLM-generated content is allowed in code commits, we've seen people leave over disagreements about what they can and can't do." https://www.xda-developers.com/a-void-linux-maintainer-orphaned-over-100-packages-because-of-an-ai-usage-ban/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:18:21

  • "Brancaleoni who didn’t limit his [plagiarism] usage to research and learning. He also failed to disclose the use of [plagiarism] tools, which is required by the policy." https://www.neowin.net/news/void-linux-maintainer-drops-113-packages-over-ai-ban/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:19:19

  • "A recent Zoom build for Linux systems proactively reads X11 clipboard data in the background without user window focus or consent." https://www.neowin.net/news/zoom-update-triggers-privacy-risk-by-slurping-linux-clipboards/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:19:38

  • "If you keep interesting secrets in your clipboard – particularly, if a password manager uses it as a means of getting the password to where it needs to be – this might be a thing you need to know about!" https://hachyderm.io/@simontatham/117201594980991062    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:20:15

  • A 386 PC For Your RP2350 https://hackaday.com/2026/09/13/a-386-pc-for-your-rp2350/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:20:48

  • "If you're new to Linux and switching from Windows to Linux, there are some mistakes you want to avoid. Avoiding common beginner mistakes in Linux will put you ahead of the other Linux newbies." https://www.howtogeek.com/the-biggest-mistakes-new-linux-users-make-arent-technical/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:21:51

  • Art Garfunkel - Bright Eyes https://inv.nadeko.net/watch?v=lo-cp1270eQ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Garfunkel    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:33:16

  • LoRa BBS: Keep it simple, stupid! gopher://sdf.org:70/0/users/agk/2026-09-14-kiss.txt    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:39:52

  • Soyez humains, communiquez ! gemini://ploum.net/2026-09-14-ecrire_et_ia.gmi    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:40:23

  • Leaving Sony gemini://jsreed5.org/log/2026/202609/20260914-leaving-sony.gmi    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:41:01

  • Prepare for That Stupid World gemini://ploum.net/2025-12-19-prepare-for-that-world.gmi    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:42:01

  • "So, a few months back, I posted some brief thoughts I had about planning a hike on the John Muir Trail in the Sierra Nevada. Broadly, it was mid-May, the permit I got was for mid-July, and I had very little of the actual logistical planning for everything underway." gemini://bouteloua.fyi/misc/jmtretrospective.gmi    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:45:55

  • "Unfortunately, much like my shrimp in the same tank, the tadpoles seem to be slowly disappearing one-by-one. Their guts are full, they're becoming flatter, and on a few I see the beginnings of limb buds coming out." gemini://bouteloua.fyi/misc/tadpoles20260913.gmi    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:46:52

  • "While looking through my old room at my parents' house recently, I found something I hadn't seen in 10 years: my first Android phone the HTC Desire HD which was last used in July 2016." gemini://bbs.geminispace.org/u/SavaRocks/48501    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:47:51

  • "I honestly expected the battery to be completely dead after all these years... but I was wrong. I plugged it in and, to my surprise, the battery still charges and holds a charge. That's probably the most impressive part of the whole discovery. After sitting forgotten for 10 years, the battery isn't completely destroyed." gemini://sava.rocks/blog/i-found-my-first-android-phone/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:48:29

  • "If you must run a proxy which exposes the Geminispace to the Web, please be respectful and support `robots.txt`." gemini://michaelnordmeyer.com/transmissions/2026-09-14-to-all-gemini-to-http-proxy-providers.gmi    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:49:14

  • "At the centre of my system is Raspberry Pi 4. It sits quietly in a corner and makes no fuss. It holds a git repo of the files I use. (More on them later) My 'workhorse' is a Starlabs Starbook laptop, running Ubuntu. It's about 5 years old, and apart from a wobble at the weekend has caused me no bother." gemini://kunulo.smol.pub/2026-09-14-txt-set-up    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:50:06

  • "I had almost lost hope for a good movie that I could watch without a tangible sense of being deceived. Last time we went to a cinema and chose the "Buzz Lightyear"." gemini://aenu.smol.pub/500-miles-spoilers    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:50:40

  • "I'm definitely not a very good chess player but the fact that such a small amount of codified play defeated me in short order is a little bit embarrassing or maybe simply a testament to how well chess strategies have been codified and distilled over time." gemini://rrees.smol.pub/kilobyte-gambit    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:51:30

  • "Ploum turns a legitimate question into a blanket refusal. Where he draws a line between human and machine, the real line runs between execution and one's own decision." gemini://schreibfaultier.pollux.casa/blog/2026-09-13-on-executing-and-on-deciding.en.gmi    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:52:17

  • "After days of trying to work with frames embedded into textboxes or canvases I bit the bullet and made my own wrapper class with callbacks for scrolling. Following code is unfinished and might be cursed but at least it works as intended." gemini://namno.duckdns.org/blog/2026-09-13.gmi    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:53:44

  • "To cat and dog owners alike, the benefits of their choice are obvious. In the best case they live in peace and don't think of the other side too much." gemini://www.fosskers.ca/six-sides.gmi    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:54:32

  • "I live in Japan, a place mostly considered a cash country. Since COVID however there has been a rapid adoption of digital payment alternatives. Not just credit cards and Apple Pay, but also Japan-born, bank-connected, preloaded apps that function like debit cards" gemini://www.fosskers.ca/cash.gmi    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:55:36

  • "Still in PEM. And the eventful weekend is looming. Will have to go and get cheese on Thursday. And pack. Debating if to cancel agility tomorrow. With how I am still feeling —napping on the couch all day— doing some sports tomorrow might be a rather unwise idea…" gemini://kelaino.gemcities.com/gemlog/260908zzz2.gmi    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:56:24

  • "I should be preparing, alas, the dog dancing trip on Saturday seems to have kicked off some PEM[1]. Followed by a Sunday of being out and about, trying to find a nice café that's not overrun." gemini://kelaino.gemcities.com/gemlog/260907zzzz.gmi    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:57:04

  • Viejo aburrido gemini://bitacora.anacronico.rocks/diariodebicicleta/viejoaburrido.gmi    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:57:23

  • gemini://bitacora.anacronico.rocks/diariodebicicleta/miyosocial.gmi   

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:57:42

  • "Welcome to Gemini Tak. Here you can play against my rather slow, rather unskilled Tak bot on the 5x5 grid size. The game board, state, and log are displayed each turn." gemini://l-3.space/tak.gmi    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 18:58:18

  • Major Veteran Mobilisation https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/britain-mobilises-veterans-russia-tensions-1818544    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 19:24:11

  • retired Ukrainian journalist https://cpj.org/2026/09/cpj-condemns-15-year-prison-sentence-handed-down-by-russian-authorities-to-retired-ukrainian-journalist-iryna-levchenko/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 19:24:49

  • Russian suspect in bank account takeovers is extradited to US https://therecord.media/russian-cybercrime-bank-extradition    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 19:25:35

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posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 19:25:53

  • strike on TV channel building https://cpj.org/2026/09/ukraine-russian-drone-strike-on-tv-channel-building-in-kyiv-injures-six-people-damages-newsroom/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 19:25:58

  • Fault Taunting https://xkcd.com/3296/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 19:26:39

  • Semaphore https://xkcd.com/3295/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 19:26:53

  • Asteroid Mission https://xkcd.com/3294/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 19:27:15

  • 'FSFE' takes money from Google, so it is not objective https://fsfe.org/news/nl/nl-202609.en.html https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260904-01.en.html    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 19:28:04

  • emperor penguins https://theconversation.com/using-a-radar-satellite-to-track-emperor-penguins-in-winter-is-changing-our-understanding-of-the-species-290966    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 19:32:04

  • UK Has Mobilised Army Veterans (Just in Case) https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/14/uk-has-mobilised-army-veterans-just-in-case/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 19:43:11

  • Arresting slop pushers https://www.theregister.com/ai-and-ml/2026/09/14/ex-ftc-boss-khan-urges-uncle-sam-to-break-out-the-handcuffs-for-ai-ceos-citing-1934-precedent/5296325 https://techrights.org/o/2021/12/15/arrest-report-5-pages-balabhadra-alex-graveley/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 19:45:02

  • Meanwhile... PIP Layoffs at Microsoft, Even in India https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/01/PIP_Layoffs_at_Microsoft_Even_in_India.shtml    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 19:45:55

  • Former US Presidents Still Selling ‘Dinners’ or ‘Access’ (at a Vast Scale, Overseas Too) https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/14/former-us-presidents-still-selling-dinners-or-access-at-a-vast-scale-overseas-too/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 19:57:16

  • OS time series for the United States: 11% GNU/Linux https://radar.cloudflare.com/explorer?dataSet=http&groupBy=os&dt=14d&loc=US&filters=deviceType%253DDESKTOP    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 20:12:08

  • IBM ordered to pay $900000 https://www.hcamag.com/ca/specialization/employment-law/ibm-ordered-to-pay-nearly-900000-for-wrongful-dismissal-litigation-conduct/589221    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 20:25:20

  • Bright Eyes https://schestowitz.com/Weblog/archives/2026/09/14/bright-eyes/    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 21:03:54

  • Oracle's Debt Continues to Soar (Increase of 60 Billion Dollars in 15 Months, Not Counting the Secret Debt, With Off-balance-sheet Debt Having "Grown Roughly Thirtyfold in Four Years") https://techrights.org/n/2026/09/14/Oracle_s_Debt_Continues_to_Soar_Increase_of_60_Billion_Dollars_.shtml    

posted Monday, September 14, 2026 at 21:17:40
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