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2026-05-09 11:52:46 UTC

Awesome. A Redditor emailed Ken Thompson about the UNICS to UNIX namechange. Actually got a reply https://www.reddit.com/r/unix/comments/1t826y8/emailed_ken_thompson_about_the_unics_to_unix/
#unix #history #computing
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2026-05-05 09:40:52 UTC

Google Chrome silently installs a 4 GB AI model on your device https://www.thatprivacyguy.com/blog/chrome-silent-nano-install/
> No consent dialog. No opt-out UI. Re-installs itself if the user removes it manually.
That is the true definition of malware.

2026-04-28 13:32:02 UTC

We are now being told we need Digital ID, age verification and KYC to "protect kids" at OS level but the simplest solution is the best one. Hear me out:
Keep computers in common areas (kitchen or living room) and delay smartphones. We shouldn't trade everyone's privacy for a problem that can be solved with parenting, love, explaining dangers to kids and stricter corporate accountability.
How hard is this? What am I missing?

2026-04-27 11:28:40 UTC

The future of AI in Ubuntu https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/the-future-of-ai-in-ubuntu/81130 🤡
Ubuntu started pushing AI and LLM into OS now. I guess any distro *without* LLM or AI is a better option at least for me. What about you?
#ai #llm #donotwant

2026-04-25 13:56:32 UTC

Some org started rehiring junior devs because AI companies keep increasing their token costs. It is becoming cheaper to hire humans again to handle basic tasks, like aligning a button on screen, fixing typos or even performing PHP+MySQL coding.
You just have to wait until the AI bubble bursts or the VC money dries up. Approx 40% to 50% of AI data centers planned for 2026 in the U.S. are likely to be delayed or canceled as banks and VCs are refusing to provide further financing 😂

2026-04-21 10:19:41 UTC

klitoris is also less likely to spy on you and steal your files to train their shity AI or stuff like that. so i will take klitoris any day
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/442/157/818/691/459/original/db190f7282f76442.png

2026-04-20 14:53:04 UTC

Atlassian will begin collecting customer metadata and in-app content from Jira, Confluence, and other cloud products by default on August 17, 2026, to train its AI offerings including Rovo and Rovo Dev. The change affects roughly 300,000 customers; metadata collection is mandatory for Free, Standard, and Premium tiers and cannot be opted out on those plans. https://letsdatascience.com/news/atlassian-enables-default-data-collection-to-train-ai-f71343d8

2026-04-18 11:35:32 UTC

meanwhile at dentist office 😂 via https://xcancel.com/nocontextscats/status/2045428594332291503/photo/1
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/425/479/904/613/320/original/6e7f6b5a95d84301.png

2026-04-15 12:39:21 UTC

A New Bill proposes Federal Age Verification on any Operating Systems in entire U.S https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/house-bill/8250/all-info
Another slippery slope to target everyone, especially minority groups, and make their life hell under the name of protecting kids. If you want to protect kids, tell Meta, Google, & all other social media companies not to let kids usew the app. It is that simple. But Meta, who is behind the lobbying is niw shifting this burden to OS providers and targeting everyone on the planet.

2026-04-04 19:02:12 UTC

🤯 😅
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2026-04-02 15:21:30 UTC

Swedish government announced that the country’s schools would be going back to basics, emphasizing skills such as reading and writing, particularly in early grades. After mostly being sidelined, physical books are now being reintroduced into classrooms, and students are learning to write the old-fashioned way: by hand, with a pencil or pen, on sheets of paper. The Swedish government also plans to make schools cellphone-free throughout the country https://undark.org/2026/04/01/sweden-schools-books/

2026-03-31 14:31:41 UTC

Claude Code's source code has been leaked via a map file in their NPM registry https://xcancel.com/Fried_rice/status/2038894956459290963 😂
Guess what? Most of code is either slop or even old good regex like for detecting negative sentiment in users prompt which is then logged
https://github.com/chatgptprojects/claude-code/blob/642c7f944bbe5f7e57c05d756ab7fa7c9c5035cc/src/utils/userPromptKeywords.ts#L8
These tools are going to replace 80% of all dev jobs and their plugin is gonna maintain all security and banking code? 🤡

2026-03-31 09:50:53 UTC

> how old are you?
I am old enough to remember encyclopedias coming in 25+ big book volumes &the only place to find and read thme was the school library.
No normal family in my country could afford a full encyclopedia due to cost, but some grants or rich folks with good fortune donated such books to our school library. Reading was fun in young days and seeing even many black and white pictures helped in those books take trips into the future or past. Good times & so many memories.

2026-03-28 12:45:18 UTC

if people stopped giving all these corporations their age or id/kyc info and just canceled their subscriptions or accounts for 4 months we'd see how fast they stop asking once those next quarter results show up.
governments would wake up pretty fast with less VAT, GST, and Tax revenue, too. you give them an inch and they will take a mile. cut that inch and cut their source of revenue, and they will all fall in line.
that is the only solution to all these stupid laws.
#nevent1q…mzxw

2026-03-26 16:52:17 UTC

Moving from GitHub to Codeberg, for lazy people
https://unterwaditzer.net/2025/codeberg.html
That is right, keep dumping Microslop services.

2026-03-26 13:38:12 UTC

Soon Reddit users need to prove that they are human using ID verification. Your site is already garbage and I am not giving you any ID.
https://www.reddit.com/user/spez/comments/1s3ezrc/humans_welcome_bots_must_wear_name_tags/
Mastdon and Fedi seems to doing fine without any ID.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/295/737/159/112/201/original/2bcb0227e4d40ea7.png

2026-03-25 11:12:37 UTC

Meta told to pay $375m for misleading users over child safety https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cql75dn07n2o
A jury found that Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, was liable for the way in which its platforms endangered children and exposed them to sexually explicit material and contact with sexual predators.
This is the same company behind age verification lobbying effort to protect child but in reality it is the biggest offender out there. How ironic?

2026-03-25 10:39:30 UTC

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oh look, the AI batshit crazy Microslop is down the most out of the MAG 7. OpenAI's big investor, Microsof has lost 31% of its market cap in just a few weeks, and it’s gonna sink even deeper when the market opens in a few hours.
OpenAI is running out of cash & can't find new investors. Even the banks refused to sanction loans for Oracle to build an IDC for them. Now Microslop says they tone down the AI & Ads in Win11 just to win back users. their slop machines aren't generating enough profits
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/289/351/041/541/525/original/aafb0dd0c4d62284.png

2026-03-25 10:28:58 UTC

plagiarism machine (Sora app) that created videos of ignoring all copyrights including deepfakes of people is dead. It look like OpenAI is running out of money as banks don't want to fund their plagiarism machine and existing investors demanding ROI. this is so good. i hope the rest of the AI industry dies down too
https://xcancel.com/soraofficialapp/status/2036532795984715896

2026-03-23 18:43:32 UTC

Tech companies believe in intellectual property, but not yours.
The Hypocrisy at the Heart of the AI Industry https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2026/03/hypocrisy-ai-industry/686477/

2026-03-22 12:28:14 UTC

enterprise grade security vs. human the weakest link in the chain 😂
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/272/816/325/061/064/original/e39b505da2b13538.png

2026-03-21 18:56:03 UTC

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people don't realize this, but this is how they infect a good product and build surveillance network. today it is age verification for OS, tomorrow they will come with sex verification to target LGBQT+ groups or country verification to target minorities or immgirations, etc.
Meta, the evil corp who is behind this, wants everything trackable, starting with your age &d id verification, KYC, & whatnot. it is my computer, & i am not going to be tracked. it is the same reason you use an adblocker

2026-03-21 18:50:47 UTC

the pressure from social media worked. In systemd, age verification has finally been reverted and removed for good. Linux is always for privacy conscious users, it isn't just another Microslop SlopOS https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/41179 thanks @nprofile…lg0a for the heads up!

2026-03-21 12:18:03 UTC

450 FSFE supporters affected: Payment provider Nexi cancelled us https://fsfe.org/news/2026/news-20260316-01.html
Nexi S.p.A. (“Nexi”) requested access to private data of FSFE supporters like the usernames and passwords. When FSFE denied such request they cancelled their account. WTF? Why payment processor needs supporters username/password. This is crazy demands.

2026-03-20 20:01:13 UTC

systemd lost the plot a long time ago. they stopped following the Unix philosophy and now they're busy adding nonsense like age verification. Just like Firefox, systemd doesn't understand its core user base. There are plenty of distros without systemd

2026-03-20 12:35:09 UTC

Google sets new 24-hour process to sideload unverified developers Android apps. That is right. Now you can't load apps without google's permission and flow control. Who knows after sometime they might think 72 hours delay is needed and so on. More info https://android-developers.googleblog.com/2026/03/android-developer-verification.html?m=1
Google says this is to stop malware from stealing passwords, OTPs, and bank/card info. Do you think these steps will actually stop scammers who call and pressure people into installing malicious apps?
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/261/512/444/081/077/original/85a8ee7318ea5aaf.png

2026-03-19 18:53:00 UTC

Stores the user's birth date for age verification, as required by recent laws
in California (AB-1043), Colorado (SB26-051), Brazil (Lei 15.211/2025), etc. userdb: add birthDate field to JSON user records https://github.com/systemd/systemd/pull/40954
Why systemd is dealing with age verification stuff?

2026-03-10 17:45:20 UTC

Debian Linux decides not to decide on AI-generated contributions https://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/1061544/125f911834966dd0/
Good stay away from that crap. AWS/Amazon just other day said they are seeing massive prod outages. We want stable desktop and server. No AI. Gen AI can 2>/dev/null himself.

2026-03-10 17:40:31 UTC

Lmao. Gen AI is causing outages at AWS and Amazon causing business income loss. So now all AI created code needs senior developers to check it twice. So how is this saving time? #ai #llm #aws
#nevent1q…vkz0

2026-03-10 17:38:11 UTC

Turing Award winner and former Oxford professor Tony Hoare passed away last Thursday at the age of 92. Hoare is famous for quicksort, ALGOL, Hoare logic and so much more.
https://blog.computationalcomplexity.org/2026/03/tony-hoare-1934-2026.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Hoare
#RIP

2026-03-09 18:12:20 UTC

be ware of this new threat ...
#nevent1q…2m24

2026-03-08 17:36:07 UTC

it is actually wild that we live in a society where literal criminals are walking around free, but i have to hand over my Gov issued id and age verification docs just to download an os or use social media. it feels like common sense just doesn't exist anymore. please, some org or lawyers drag these thugs to court and stretch things out. i am tired of this bullshit.

2026-03-07 16:27:05 UTC

Lmao. he is not hoarding books, he just preparing for a very long power outage :P
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/188/821/137/353/779/original/4892d87e2465809c.png

2026-03-05 13:26:25 UTC

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The US economy, currently driven by an AI bubble, is keeping its head above water for now, but it is only a matter of time before everything goes south. If you didn’t experience the 2000 or 2008 crises (I hope nobody sees it), I urge you to take precautions, starting by reducing unnecessary spending. Trim it down. If possible, build 6–12 months of savings to prepare for potential job loss. Avoid buying items on credit. Economic crashes are like harsh mistresses, they do not forgive easily. (2/2)

2026-03-05 13:25:28 UTC

While everyone busy with AI and war news, China set its lowest growth goal (4.5%–5%) since 1991, due to global and domestic challenges. India, the 4th largest economy, also struggles with high unemployment rates. These are warning signs from manufacturing and consumer driven economy of an upcoming disaster. Meanwhile, US growth relies solely on 7 mega companies with AI craze. It is not just China & India, EU, Japan other ex-USA economies are showing sluggish. (1/n)
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cqxddwl93qjo

2026-03-04 19:24:36 UTC

Lmao.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/172/528/690/352/129/original/29d92ac7976196ce.png

2026-03-04 17:23:06 UTC

A CPU that runs entirely on GPU — registers, memory, flags, and program counter are all tensors.
Every ALU operation is a trained neural network.
https://github.com/robertcprice/nCPU

2026-03-04 14:07:31 UTC

TIL, there is a term for huge human job loss created by technology like AI or other such stuff.
In economics, deskilling is the process by which skilled labor within an industry or economy is eliminated by the introduction of technologies operated by semi- or unskilled workers. This results in cost savings due to lower investment in human capital, and reduces barriers to entry, weakening the bargaining power of the human capital.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deskilling
the term is older but I learned today

2026-03-04 12:24:03 UTC

Ubuntu Linux is planning to comply with Age Verification law.
On the unfortunate need for an "age verification" API for legal compliance reasons in some U.S. states
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel/2026-March/043510.html

2026-03-03 17:56:26 UTC

Apple introduces the new MacBook Air with M5 https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/03/apple-introduces-the-new-macbook-air-with-m5/
Base model now comes with 16GiB ram and 512GB SSD. Please note this will not run Linux and support for Linux is not so great.

2026-03-03 13:46:40 UTC

>News: Another AWS zone hit with object and on fire
Translation: many companies are now realizing why they need competent IT staff or sysadmins to build IT infrastructure that will survive any type of outage or attack on data centers. Many developers and C-suites think they will use AI to build infrastructure and fire senior sysadmins and IT staff to save salaries. Then, one day, they find out everything is out because neither developers nor C-suites know anything about DR or keeping backups.

2026-03-03 13:28:34 UTC

Microsoft banned the word 'Microslop' in its Copilot Discord server, then began restricting access after users started posting 'Microsl0p' and other funnies. Microsoft CEO and AI chief wants you to stop using words like SLOP and Microslop because it upsets them a lot. Lmao. https://www.pcgamer.com/software/ai/microsoft-banned-the-word-microslop-in-its-copilot-discord-server-then-began-restricting-access-after-users-started-posting-microsl0p-and-other-funnies/ Maybe you shouldn't force Copilot AI on everyone and steal their data to train your shitty AI and then every day tell the world how they are scared as AI is going to replace 80% of jobs?

2026-03-03 13:19:34 UTC

India's top court angry after junior judge cites fake AI-generated orders https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c178zzw780xo
This is happening all over the world especially in legal & tax departments where people who are supposed to uphold laws are using AI and creating a mess. There are no laws in place to ban AI in medical, law, or many such sensitive matters/industries where one could go homeless or worse die due to made up laws or treatments for people by LLM/AI. But, at least tech bros are making dollars? right? 🤡

2026-03-02 17:38:56 UTC

Motorola announces a partnership with GrapheneOS Foundation.
#nevent1q…c208

2026-03-02 12:30:10 UTC

/e/OS is a complete, fully “deGoogled”, mobile ecosystem
https://e.foundation/e-os/
Would you use it? My best guess is that most people will use it if /e/OS provides some sort of jailed/isolated compatibility to run banking apps which typically don't work without google play service.

2026-03-02 12:23:23 UTC

data destroyed by 1 yo? A new threat model unlocked 😅
this is a golden opportunity for this father to sign an agreement from this 1yo hacker that reads: "they are going to be extra nice to their father in future when aged between 12 to 19" lmao
https://xcancle.com/1v100000/status/2028319935626371137
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/159/548/672/817/852/original/d735f4813744e41d.png

2026-03-01 18:01:04 UTC

this is so evil ...
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/155/214/437/632/330/original/a9bcab8d20996752.png

2026-03-01 12:08:05 UTC

haha. credit: https://www.truenuff.com/
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/153/818/100/528/270/original/7f1ae732dbb88e80.png

2026-02-28 21:12:07 UTC

checking the BBC homepage has been a curse since COVID days. not a single day goes by without bad news. it feels like the whole decade is jinxed. i'm actually exhausted. does any one else feel like this?

2026-02-28 21:08:15 UTC

me: i need to validate some email addresses, so i am going to write a quick regex. how hard can it be?
*4 hours later*
me. i now have 2 problems and one of them is that I've accidentally summoned an ancient daemon. wht the actual fuck

2026-02-28 07:21:38 UTC

😂
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/147/032/071/682/244/original/67ca5da5c345a79f.png

2026-02-27 10:45:19 UTC

Somebody made this AI slop Ad to target these tech bros. Is it a shitpost? Yes, but the way things are going and the talk about replacing all jobs with AI, I won't be surprised if this is where we end up. The Matrix is a cautionary tale, and this AI slop ad is all about that.
I don't post SLOP. I think this shitpost is an exception from my side to raise awareness or just for laughs.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/142/163/274/823/617/original/145fa4bb5f1c67d1.mp4

2026-02-26 14:54:16 UTC

Claude Code blog post: We are modernising COBOL.
The fear among investors : AI will replace humans, billing hours will drop to zero & IT companies like IBM will go to >/dev/null
The reality: High stakes systems that runs banks, airlines, govts cannot just let a "black-box AI" rewrite their core code without massive oversight, testing, and human accountability. Otherwise, everyone will lose their money/pension/ investments.
What a mess. It is like there is no common sense left in this world 😂

2026-02-25 19:21:56 UTC

Just like 2008 had "Subprime Mortgages (or "Dot Com" crash) that nobody understood, 2026 has "Circular AI Revenue" deals. Ex: Microsoft gives money to OpenAI, who gives it back to Microsoft for Azure credits, which Microsoft then reports as "AI Growth".
Microsoft and Nvidia fund AI startups that buy their own tech back to report "growth." With $600b burning in data centers in 2026 alone but no real revenue to back it up.
If that loop snaps, the "fuck up" will be massive.
#ai

2026-02-25 10:24:16 UTC

Mac mini will be made at a new facility in Houston https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/02/apple-accelerates-us-manufacturing-with-mac-mini-production/
I wonder if price will be now bumped as these mac minis are very high in demand due to LLM gold rush or running OpenClaw or other local model in clustered mode.

2026-02-24 16:39:08 UTC

Red Hat Learning Community will officially decommission on March 31, 2026 https://learn.redhat.com/t5/Red-Hat-Learning-Community-News/Evolving-how-we-learn-together/ba-p/57899

2026-02-24 16:29:29 UTC

AI Added ‘Basically Zero’ to US Economic Growth Last Year, Goldman Sachs Says https://gizmodo.com/ai-added-basically-zero-to-us-economic-growth-last-year-goldman-sachs-says-2000725380 😂😂😂
So far AI has done more damage than adding any true value to productivty unless you consider the following as plus points:
* Getting staff fired
* Stealing journalist, book authors, or artists’ work
* Environment impact
* Hallucinations that caused harm and loss of life
* Creating undressing images of minors and woman
* The list list endless and you have to be psychopaths to like this

2026-02-24 12:21:42 UTC

you know Anthropic security tool/plugin is garbage if it can't stop distillation attacks 😂There’s so much nonsense going on with LLMs right now. people actually think anyone can just build a banking system or a food delivery app or security system by typing prompts.
i think it is just IPO/getting more VC money hype.
if you think this crash in IT, IBM, security or other stocks is bad due to Anthropic plugins, wait until you see Anthropic or OpenAI crash hard. Hah. That is going to be epic.

2026-02-21 20:11:06 UTC

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So this wasn't some startup moving fast. This was Amazon, one of the biggest tech companies and their own AI coding tool still managed to take down a prod for 13 hours and it happened multiple times? If they can't get the this stupid AI stuff right the rest of the world should probably think twice on giving these AI tools write access to database, cloud, email and IT . Of course, Amazon is motivated to make more money by firing devs/IT staff and they think it is the next big thing. LOL

2026-02-21 20:04:13 UTC

Amazon service (AWS) was taken down by AI coding bot named Kiro
https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/amazon-ai-aws-outages
In one incident in December, engineers at AWS allowed its in-house Kiro “agentic” coding tool to make changes that sparked a 13-hour disruption, according to four sources familiar with the matter. The AI, ill-fatedly, had decided to “delete and recreate the environment,” the sources said.

2026-02-20 18:32:53 UTC

Are you stressed? Watch this:
China’s first corgi police dog makes public debut https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jcr8vvFONTY
#dogs

2026-02-20 18:14:19 UTC

Keep Android Open
https://f-droid.org/2026/02/20/twif.html

2026-02-20 17:05:43 UTC

Damn. PayPal discloses data breach that exposed user info for 6 months
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/paypal-discloses-data-breach-exposing-users-personal-information/

2026-02-18 15:50:17 UTC

the irony
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/092/418/285/616/977/original/5bfdb28e27f06356.png

2026-02-17 19:32:05 UTC

Lmao.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/087/628/557/938/103/original/5a88c472dfa68aa6.png

2026-02-17 18:15:48 UTC

GrapheneOS - break free from Google and Apple https://blog.tomaszdunia.pl/grapheneos-eng/

2026-02-11 02:31:58 UTC

Sony's introduction of the PS2 Linux Kit caught the attention of researchers at NCSA. They combined 70 PS2 consoles in 2003 to form a supercomputer, highlighting its ability to perform complex scientific calculations.
credit: https://www.reddit.com/r/ObsoleteSony/comments/1ije8cz/sonys_introduction_of_the_ps2_linux_kit_caught/
#linux #opensource
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2026-02-06 19:25:08 UTC

hehe
#nevent1q…uxhm

2026-02-02 13:30:59 UTC

people might joke but this is where the it industry is headed and nobody is safe. it doesn't matter if you are good or bad, you are just another commodity. just look at how many engineering jobs were cut in the past 18 months. Oracle is now reporting it will cut 30k jobs. there is no regulation in place and by the time our politicians wake up there will be nothing left. once it was a thriving industry and now it is on the brink of collapse. the change is real whether you like it or not
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/001/254/484/652/933/original/9c3d1df8819d231f.png

2026-02-02 13:19:10 UTC

DDWrap provides a graphical interface around the `dd` command that allows you to do things easily.
https://github.com/HarderLemonade/ddwrap/
It maybe useful to many users.
#unix #linux #opensource
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2026-01-28 09:24:09 UTC

ASML firing 1700 people, mostly managers https://www.asml.com/en/news/press-releases/2026/strengthening-focus-on-engineering-and-innovation ( https://www.ed.nl/binnenland/asml-kondigt-1700-ontslagen-aan-maar-boekt-ook-recordomzet~a04807f1/ ). Almost all of these positions are in US and Netherlands office.
Amazon firing 16000 soon (affecting AWS and other positions). Almost all of these positions are Amazon India office https://finance.yahoo.com/news/amazon-fires-30-000-ai-141502845.html
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy later told the reduction was "not really ‌financially or AI-driven." Rather, he said, "it’s culture".

2026-01-22 15:35:44 UTC

Your brain on ChatGPT: Accumulation of cognitive debt when using an AI assistant https://www.media.mit.edu/publications/your-brain-on-chatgpt/
New brain rot successfully unlocked by using ChatGPT and other similar AI tools. Over many millennia evolution helped you develop critical thinking skills and you are giving that all away chasing some fools' dreams who think you can do better things in life without money or work. At the end of the day, you will have neither.

2026-01-21 18:38:26 UTC

GenAI, The Snake Eating Its Own Tail: How tools like ChatGPT and Claude are destroying the ecosystems they rely on, and what to do about it https://www.ybrikman.com/blog/2026/01/21/gen-ai-snake-eating-its-own-tail/
Great blog post. This one explained how Google, OpenAI and other AI companies killed the open web, which was once made of independent forums, news sites, wikis, blogs, high quality journalism websites, books, and fan fiction or art.

2026-01-21 07:56:01 UTC

PwC survey finds more than half of 4,500+ biz leaders see no revenue growth nor cost savings. Majority of CEOs report zero payoff from AI splurge
https://www.theregister.com/2026/01/20/pwc_ai_ceo_survey/
A moment of silence for the CEOs who spent trillions on AI, only to realize it’s basically an expensive magic 8 ball that lies to customers most of time. Machine learning scientists warned that an LLM is no smarter than a baby elephant or a kitten. right? yet, you keep burning money on fools' dreams.

2026-01-21 06:17:19 UTC

IPv6 is not insecure because it lacks a NAT https://www.johnmaguire.me/blog/ipv6-is-not-insecure-because-it-lacks-nat/

2026-01-13 16:51:58 UTC

100% kids need this and no smart mobile phone. maybe give dumb Nokia for texting and emergency. but that is all. some social media apps are very dangerous these days combined with AI. You need to protect your kids and family from these tech bros.
#nevent1q…yv6k

2026-01-03 11:26:04 UTC

Microsoft Chief Slop Officer (CEO) Satya Nadella wants you to stop using word AI 'slop' in 2026 😂 He is upset with that term and restored to the old art of human writing (he started a blog) and talking about it 😉 That blog itself looked like written by AI with so many buzz words. https://snscratchpad.com/posts/looking-ahead-2026/

2026-01-03 11:16:27 UTC

If IPv6 was a human, its mum & dad would be having a serious conversation right now. Something like "Look, son, you're 30 and we love you but you can't just keep relying on Dual-Stack to pay your bills. You need to get out there and route on your own."
Mum will be like: Sush, Dad. Well, I guess Happy Birthday IPv6!
Dad will be like: IPv6 you are the "Linux on the Desktop" of the networking layer.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/12/31/ipv6_at_30/

2026-01-03 04:26:31 UTC

For #caturday sharing an old meme that always made me laugh
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/829/260/252/768/439/original/f7a0982db6a41fef.png

2025-12-26 19:58:48 UTC

💯 justified outrage about AI slop. Source https://bsky.app/profile/robpike.io/post/3matwg6w3ic2s
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/787/624/580/584/558/original/7fdff42dc5bb366c.png

2025-12-22 11:22:48 UTC

Windows User: My computer froze again. I have to restart it for the third time today
Linux User: That’s rough. My system has been running for 3 years straight without a single crash
Windows User: Wow! What have you been doing with all that uptime?
Linux User: Trying to get my usb ink printer to work 😅

2025-12-21 10:22:45 UTC

The search giant Google claims SerpApi is running an "unlawful" operation by using hundreds of millions of fake requests to bypass security and scrape search results at scale and selling that data to OTHER AI companies for profit. 😅🤣 https://blog.google/technology/safety-security/serpapi-lawsuit/
Biggest web scraping/LLM company in the world is suing a web scraping company for web scraping its content obtained illegally without paying for it. isn’t that something? It is not like that Google does something like that.. oh wait a sec..

2025-12-20 14:20:28 UTC

Microsoft Teams is experiencing issues, with thousands reporting problems sending messages, including delays 🤣
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/752/327/516/454/291/original/2371941564210131.png

2025-12-19 19:19:55 UTC

The FreeBSD Foundation’s latest laptop project aims to make FreeBSD run perfectly on almost any laptop right from the first install. This could be the next alternative to Linux for those who want full Unix-like experience without systemd or stuff like that.
* Repo is here https://github.com/FreeBSDFoundation/proj-laptop?tab=readme-ov-file
* More on that project here https://freebsdfoundation.org/blog/why-laptop-support-why-now-freebsds-strategic-move-toward-broader-adoption/

2025-12-17 07:36:10 UTC

How about using that brain of yours, huh? you can’t have your cake and eat it too 🤣 ( source https://xcancel.com/nico_jeannen/status/2001065329360035917 )
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/733/747/220/285/319/original/1f6685e30ac256a8.png

2025-12-16 19:56:55 UTC

Mozilla has a new CEO and he just announced that Firefox will evolve into a modern AI browser. This is a good example of how management doesn’t understand its own user base and why they go out of their way to install Firefox on Windows, Android, iOS and other devices.
Full blog post https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/leadership/mozillas-next-chapter-anthony-enzor-demeo-new-ceo/
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/731/002/489/714/411/original/fc44105ce3edf5b5.png

2025-12-16 14:37:50 UTC

Sam Altman strikes again.
#nevent1q…7ayg

2025-12-16 04:47:52 UTC

```
for y in 20{23..26}
do
echo “$y - AI will change everything.”
echo “AGI is just around bro, give me $1 trillion else someone else will build it.”
done
```
# at this rate something should change? right?

2025-12-16 04:22:17 UTC

WTF? 8 million users' AI conversations sold for profit by "Privacy" extensions https://www.koi.ai/blog/urban-vpn-browser-extension-ai-conversations-data-collection

2025-12-15 17:47:30 UTC

OMG! Who do you think is goona win this year?
#nevent1q…7sq8

2025-12-14 11:19:34 UTC

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This is a paid partnership disguised as a privacy feature that Mozilla is pushing on everyone. I can’t believe how much they have fallen from their days of fighting against IE. On a related note, the Linux Foundation is getting pretty cozy with AI these days. Is this another Mozilla in the making? You decide.

2025-12-14 10:10:37 UTC

Meanwhile, on the App Store, Firefox claims to champion privacy is now advertising AI partnerships as a new feature 😏 it is turned on by default but you can turn it off. Overall the future of Firefox is not so bright.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/717/360/427/913/834/original/068f5389ae5fa60f.png

2025-12-10 11:11:09 UTC

Meta, YouTube, TikTok & other socials started locking Australian users who are teenagers on their platform after the world's first ban. All of their uploaded content is locked and can be downloaded. Countries like Denmark, Malaysia, Singapore, Greece and Brazil are among those who have said they're looking at Australia as a test case. Many teenagers told the BBC that they have already snuck past barriers and will continue scrolling and posting freely until they are caught https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgl6gkd7pz6o

2025-12-05 18:16:27 UTC

New Jolla Phone: The independent European do It together Linux phone that comes with:
- 5G with dual nano-SIM
- 12GB RAM and 256GB storage expandable up to 2TB
- Sailfish OS 5
- Support for Android apps with Jolla AppSupport
- User replaceable back cover with colour options
- User replaceable battery
- Physical Privacy Switch
- No tracking or Ads and more.
- Currently only supports: EU, UK, Norway and Switzerland markets.
- Cost/Full price: 499 €
- Would you buy?
https://commerce.jolla.com/products/jolla-phone-preorder

2025-12-05 10:34:42 UTC

How many of you use open source image editors like GIMP, Krita, Inkscape? Be honest!

2025-11-25 03:36:13 UTC

SSDs are faster, more convenient, and more power efficient than HDDs for primary use, but they are unreliable for unpowered long term (i.e. cold) storage. If left without power for extended periods, SSDs can suffer from data corruption or loss. For reliable archival storage, users often prefer HDDs, magnetic tape, cloud, or M-Disc.
https://www.xda-developers.com/your-unpowered-ssd-is-slowly-losing-your-data/

2025-11-15 09:26:04 UTC

what’s one Linux feature you swear by but no one else talks about?

2025-11-12 12:04:22 UTC

The open-source FFmpeg project, used by companies like Google for multimedia processing, urged Google to fund its volunteer developers. FFmpeg is overwhelmed by bugs reported by Google's AI security tools and lacks resources to fix them quickly. https://thenewstack.io/ffmpeg-to-google-fund-us-or-stop-sending-bugs/

2025-11-07 03:14:05 UTC

Name ONE #Linux distro you’d never use, no matter how much other recommended it

2025-11-06 18:09:49 UTC

The Firefox brand is getting a refresh and you get the first look. Say hello to Kit who is new mascot.
https://www.firefox.com/en-US/kit/
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/504/087/263/782/360/original/cdc7c37042da23ff.png