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2026-08-27 13:25:19 UTC

I want to install Linux on my fancy Japanese toilet.
Which Linux distro has the best flush support?🤔
Asking for a friend...

2026-08-16 23:39:33 UTC

Young People Hate AI CEOs So Passionately That It’s Almost Hard to Believe https://futurism.com/artificial-intelligence/young-people-ai-ceos-executives-poll
I am so glad kids aren’t stupid to buy this AI hype. They understand that future is not bright where 3 or 4 CEOs horde all wealth. Yeah so it is not hard to believe people hate these CEOs. It’s hard to believe anyone actually likes them.

2026-08-15 12:58:26 UTC

Firefox is now the last known major browser that still supports uBlock Origin Ad blocker. Everyone including Microsoft Edge, Google and other Chromium browsers phase it out under Manifest V3. Firefox is also the only browser that check and ensure uBlock's code on every update to make sure the devs (or comprised repos) hasn't inserted spyware or malware into the extension code. The list of recommended and monitored or vetted FF extensions https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/search/?promoted=recommended&type=extension

2026-08-03 03:30:06 UTC

The statcounter screenshot shows Linux's desktop market share in North America at 10.65% 😱 So people are adopting Linux faster? Pretty cool 👌
https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/north-america/
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2026-08-01 17:55:55 UTC

😂 welcome to reality. The AI bubble crash is going to be spectacular one 💥
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/117/021/530/316/006/447/original/64caa18d9f13809e.png

2026-08-01 09:57:32 UTC

Arch Linux isn't an operating system. it's a Tamagotchi for IT nerds. You don't actually use your computer to do any real work. You just keep the OS alive. It is the life mission now because you refuse to go to therapy or let go that 20 years old Thinpad. You have to feed it ⁠`pacman -Syu⁠` every day, massage its broken dependencies and pray the new kernel doesn't shatter your graphics drivers. It’s cute, but some of us actually need to open a python code or browser without checking a wiki first

2026-07-18 21:06:45 UTC

I didn't know I needed to read this but here we are now. lmao.
Why do AI company logos look like buttholes?
https://velvetshark.com/ai-company-logos-that-look-like-buttholes

2026-07-04 12:29:19 UTC

If I broke into your home office and stole what’s under your desk, what would I get? 🤔

2026-06-29 15:59:10 UTC

😂 Ford rehires more 300 veteran human engineers after it says AI failed to deliver the same level of expertise. This involved replacing senior leaders across engineering, supply chain and manufacturing, it said, as well as hiring the roughly 300 veteran engineers "who carry the hard-earned wisdom of decades of design" https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cgrkd41n2v9o

2026-06-24 08:59:36 UTC

Donald Knuth is one of the greatest computer scientists alive quit email in 1990 & never looked back. His reason? Deep work requires deep focus. He communicates by postal mail, once every 6 months. While we’re drowning in social media & email notifications, this man is calmly finishing a masterpiece he started in 1962. Sometimes the most productive thing you can do is simply be unreachable. This is worth reading for anyone who works in IT industry or beyond https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/%7Eknuth/email.html

2026-06-16 11:47:26 UTC

Commodore’s new flip phone runs Sailfish OS with 99% Android app support (Signal, Maps, Uber etc) but blocks browsers, social media and work emails at the OS level. Features a T9 keys, no popup notification preview outer screen (only shows the time, date, battery, and network signal), audio headphone jack, user swappable battery, and retro C64 games to reclaim your focus. What do you think?
https://commodore.net/why-a-flip-phone/
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2026-06-15 06:53:54 UTC

What do you think we should bring back from the 90s IT departments? 🤔

2026-06-12 21:14:19 UTC

The older I get, the more I admire devs or IT people who are quick to say "I don't know how to solve this technology problem". It is such an underrated form of intelligence

2026-06-12 14:31:35 UTC

I am dying with laughter. lmao. AI Agent bankrupted their operator while trying to scan DN42 https://lantian.pub/en/article/fun/ai-agent-bankrupted-their-operator-scan-dn42lantian.lantian/
While modern AI models have expressed some capabilities in certain fields such as coding, cybersecurity research, language translation, etc, no AI model is capable enough to replace the critical thinking and common sense of an actual human being. 😂

2026-06-09 12:45:25 UTC

Why is #Linux like a religion? Everyone thinks their distro is the one true path, and they’ll die on that hill usually mid `apt upgrade`

2026-06-01 11:22:21 UTC

Unix in East Germany (GDR) in the 80s https://groups.google.com/g/comp.unix.wizards/c/QX_dxElrVNs

2026-05-31 11:26:05 UTC

So, AI walked into a bar crashed the tech market, kicked everyone out of their houses to build a server farm, lied about what time it was, and fired the bartender. But hey, it is the "future" so I guess we are all supposed to applaud 🤔

2026-05-27 17:57:48 UTC

DuckDuckGo's AI-free search saw nearly 28% more visits in the week following Google's insistence that people love AI mode. Is anyone surprised by this result?
https://xcancel.com/DuckDuckGo/status/2059371174023348514
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2026-05-25 13:13:15 UTC

Now that Google official killed search engine with AI summarise and added chatbot box to it. For those who wants alternatives to Google search try (this is sorted list):
Brave
DuckDuckGo
Ecosia
Kagi
Marginalia Search
Mojeek
Qwant
Startpage
Add more to below 👇

2026-05-23 08:55:55 UTC

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@jaythvv/116622235875062745
batshit AI crazy Microsoft says AI more expensive than human worker 😂
#note1kgj…rala

2026-05-20 10:36:29 UTC

New site: google just killed search https://techcrunch.com/2026/05/19/google-search-as-you-know-it-is-over/
yeah, we know. We saw a massive drop in SO/Wikipedia traffic over the last 2 years, so yday's announcement was just closing the deal. Google has officially killed the web that was made of links. It is now a giant box that steals web pages/images/videos from all websites and pretends to know everything with its model and weights often with lots of wrong information. I hope this madness leads to a better search engine and EOL of Google.

2026-05-13 12:37:32 UTC

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i was talking to one of the iOS devs where team size was slashed by 30% this year and everyone was forced to adopt AI. he said the stress is too much and in most cases i don't even know what claude is doing and i just blindly pass that shit now. his exact words were there is no way i can double check 5000 lines of junk produced in seconds. nobody can check it and he said he lost all interest in this craft. he is keeping his job to feed his kids

2026-05-13 12:20:56 UTC

i have yet to meet a single dev or office bee who was forced to use AI and now adopted that AI and saw their workload decrease. it's actually the opposite. now they are just working 2x/3x as hard to double check the AI's "help" 😂
this is one the greatest scam AI companies pulled on everyone while destroying jobs and environments.

2026-05-09 12:05:53 UTC

Google Broke reCAPTCHA for De-Googled Android Users https://reclaimthenet.org/google-broke-recaptcha-for-de-googled-android-users
Google has tied its next-generation reCAPTCHA system to Google Play Services on Android, meaning anyone running a de-Googled phone will automatically fail verification when the system decides to challenge them. Another day another Google take over the world, open web and mobile ecosystems. This battle seems to be lost already because governments are ignoring shenanigans of Google.

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.

2026-04-15 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.

2026-04-10 10:55:49 UTC

Excellent news.
France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins
https://www.numerique.gouv.fr/sinformer/espace-presse/souverainete-numerique-reduction-dependances-extra-europeennes/
Bye bye spyware and AI batshit crazy Windows 11.

2026-04-09 09:10:47 UTC

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FYI, UI and client side is in Rust and open source but its core daemon on Linux is not. This app is from same authors who wrote macOS/OS X version. So use with caution as it is not 100% open source like many games you play on Linux.

2026-04-09 09:07:11 UTC

Little Snitch for Linux https://obdev.at/products/littlesnitch-linux/index.html Every time an application on your computer opens a network connection, it does so quietly, without asking. Little Snitch for Linux makes that activity visible and gives you the option to do something about it. You can see exactly which applications are talking to which servers, block the ones you didn't invite, and keep an eye on traffic history and data volumes over time https://github.com/obdev/littlesnitch-linux
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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.

2026-03-30 20:23:12 UTC

lmao. everytime i see this i can't stop laughing 😂 just sharing here for lulz because laughter is the best meds
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/116/319/980/426/284/968/original/758ac1ba0461742b.png

2026-03-30 16:51:37 UTC

heads up: FreeBSD forums hacked. Be caeeful with your email or DMs etc now.
https://forums {.} freebsd {.} org/

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 [@reddy_1975](https://mastodon.online/@reddy_1975 ) for the heads up!
EDIT: they rejected the PR. So keep fight on! systemd folks are cowards and enabling this mess.

2026-03-12 12:02:28 UTC

Another day, another company is reducing IT and software dev jobs to replace them with AI despite many report indicating that Gen AI doesn't work as promised. Get ready for more outages for Jira and co ;) ‘Devastating blow’: Atlassian lays off 1,600 workers ahead of AI push https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/12/atlassian-layoffs-software-technology-ai-push-mike-cannon-brookes-asx
I didn't think Jira could get any more messed up, but I underestimated their commitment to the bit. AI is a bold choice for a platform that struggles with basic navigation. Lmao
#ai #llm

2026-03-07 16:40:20 UTC

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Meanwhile BlackRock the biggest fund manager in world, started fund limits withdrawals as redemptions rattle private credit. Can you guess industry names that are using private credit (hint AI startups) ? https://www.reuters.com/business/blackrock-limits-withdrawals-private-credit-fund-redemptions-mount-2026-03-06/
Blackrock said on Friday it has limited withdrawals from a flagship debt fund after a surge in redemption requests, as investor worries mount around the $2 trillion private credit industry that giving loans to AI and software industry mostly.

2026-03-07 16:38:43 UTC

You know how a gambler who loses it all starts begging his family for cash or putting their house up for a loan? We all know that story usually has a "happy" ending. Right?
Well, SoftBank is basically doing the same thing. They are talking to banks to get a massive $40 billion loan just to buy a stake in OpenAI. It is their biggest loan ever. I’m sure betting the house on a single hand will work out perfectly this time. https://www.livemint.com/companies/news/softbank-seeks-record-40-billion-loan-financing-banks-fund-openai-stake-invest-masayoshi-son-ai-bubble-concern-liquidity-11772773618772.html
These AI people are running out of money

2026-02-28 07:21:38 UTC

😂
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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
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2026-01-14 19:08:58 UTC

Oh no. Can you please think of the poor corporation and its CEO? The negativity you talk about regarding AI is hurting them badly. Now Jensen Huang is begging you to stop being so negative about AI: "[It's] extremely hurtful, frankly, and I think we've done a lot of damage," he said. This is the same thing the Microsoft CEO said a couple of weeks back. It would be a shame if you boosted and spread this negative news. Lmao.
https://gizmodo.com/jensen-huang-is-begging-you-to-stop-being-so-negative-about-ai-2000709335

2026-01-11 15:37:40 UTC

Good. Welcome to the dark side and we have cookies.
I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too. CheckMag With the growing number of users jumping from Windows to Linux, I decided to fully take the plunge and dive deep into the Open Source ocean. A few months and several headaches later, it has proved to be the best computer-related decision I've made in over a decade (and perhaps in my entire life). https://www.notebookcheck.net/I-dumped-Windows-11-for-Linux-and-you-should-too.1190961.0.html

2026-01-02 11:19:42 UTC

Linux is good now. The author had enough of Windows and Microsoft shenanigans. I'm brave enough to say it: Linux is good now, and if you want to feel like you actually own your PC, make 2026 the year of Linux on (your) desktop
https://www.pcgamer.com/software/linux/im-brave-enough-to-say-it-linux-is-good-now-and-if-you-want-to-feel-like-you-actually-own-your-pc-make-2026-the-year-of-linux-on-your-desktop/

2025-12-31 10:56:51 UTC

It doesn't matter who wins the AI race, whether it’s OpenAI, Google, Microsoft or world governments. We will be the collateral damage in this. Energy bills, water bills, and hardware prices are going to become major talking points in 2026 and beyond. These are just a few things I’ve noticed as 2025 comes to a close.

2025-12-22 14:41:17 UTC

What was the first laptop you ever owned?

2025-12-21 13:04:00 UTC

Lmao. This is funny.
https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/115/757/685/854/014/374/original/186f018ed06aa57e.png

2025-12-13 04:55:52 UTC

From top AI coding user globally to completely stop using it because it's so much harder to review AI code than write it myself. And they say all software developers jobs will be replaced by LLM. Life comes fast at you. 🤣 https://xcancel.com/jhleath/status/1999589156314578961?s=46
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2025-11-29 15:54:00 UTC

Leak confirms OpenAI is preparing ads on ChatGPT for public roll out as it has around 1 billion users with all sorts of personal data.
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/leak-confirms-openai-is-preparing-ads-on-chatgpt-for-public-roll-out/
So, after stealing data from all books, artists, source repos, Wikipedia, Forum posts, & everything else created voluntarily by humans, it is now being sold back to the highest bidder with all your personal data Remember, they are also asking for government IDs & burning all plants resources they come with Ads. such a big idea!
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2025-11-15 15:44:58 UTC

He’s Been Right About AI for 40 Years. Now He Thinks Everyone Is Wrong. Yann LeCun invented many fundamental components of modern AI. Now he’s convinced most in his field have been led astray by the siren song of large language models. Once again he stated that the current buzz around LLM is going to die and claimed that there is no way anyone can build AGI with LLM. He repeated his claim that the cats are smarter than the LLM https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/yann-lecun-ai-meta-0058b13c?st=19Ec8H&reflink=article_copyURL_share
paywall free link https://archive.ph/WljFC

2025-11-15 11:08:50 UTC

Linus vs Linus collaborations. This video is going to be fun to watch. Credit https://www.facebook.com/LinusTech social media accounts.
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2025-11-14 19:34:55 UTC

Some developers spend 30-45 minutes writing a LLM prompt and tweaking it to get the desired outputs. I write an awk one liner to get data out of a 30,000 line CSV file, convert it to the desired format, and then generate a PDF and send it to the client, all in under 5 minutes. If you don't know what you are looking for and have 0 knowledge of programming or Unix CLI tools, no amount of LLM can help you. You'll just burn resources.

2025-11-06 08:47:15 UTC

End of Japanese community at Mozilla due to the introduction of AI-based translation.
The community members have expressed disappointment and frustration that their long term volunteer efforts and local knowledge were being replaced by machine translation, which they felt did not match the quality of human provided support.
This is why Mozilla sucks so much, they are going crazy like rest of the industry.
Source
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/forums/contributors/717446
Added screenshot in case Mozilla decided to remove it
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2025-11-02 11:10:08 UTC

The Debian #Linux project plans to introduce hard dependencies on the Rust lnag into core components, specifically the APT package manager, starting no earlier than May 2026. The developer strongly urges maintainers of Debian ports for different architectures to ensure they have a working Rust toolchain within the next six months. In sort, Rust lang (toolchain) becoming a mandatory component of Debian's core infrastructure.
https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2025/10/msg00285.html

2025-10-24 21:41:36 UTC

lmao
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2025-10-22 14:55:01 UTC

Which major IT company are you surprised hasn't collapsed given their long history of failed projects/poor products & missteps?

2025-10-20 00:56:35 UTC

The birthplace of #Linux is #Finland, and 16% of its desktop users are from there. I don’t think so it is a coincidence.
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2025-10-19 09:01:47 UTC

When a cookies banner tells you truth 😅
Taken from this page https://vibe-coded.lol
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2025-10-10 19:47:15 UTC

By now you know that Microsoft is now defaulting to saving new Word documents directly to OneDrive. I guess Excel will be the next inline. The cynical take is that this is incredibly convenient for them, especially if they plan on using that data to train future LLMs. Imagine paying for software only to have your data automatically funneled into their cloud. Plus, what happens when you're offline and need those files? Just use the LibreOffice and just say no to all Microsoft products.

2025-10-09 11:21:23 UTC

Today's popular browser engines have deep roots in KHTML, which was originally built for the open-source software KDE. I guess we all own a big thank you to the KDE project.
More @ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KHTML#Descendants
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2025-09-28 10:33:23 UTC

Which tech giant's personal desktop app would you abandon forever the first chance you get?

2025-09-27 18:27:21 UTC

The AI bubble is the only thing keeping the US economy together, Deutsche Bank warns: When the bubble bursts, reality will hit far harder than anyone expects https://www.techspot.com/news/109626-ai-bubble-only-thing-keeping-us-economy-together.html
#ai

2025-09-21 08:10:30 UTC

Someone is going to fall for crap like this
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2025-09-18 02:52:24 UTC

1Password announcing a partnership with Perplexity. It promotes an early access program for "Comet," an AI browser that integrates with 1Password for secure and productive browsing. 🤣 yeah I don’t want that. You can keep your AI and leave my sensitive information alone. Time to dump this product.
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2025-09-07 17:07:07 UTC

A new type of career opportunity emerged from vibe coding because vibe coders didn't know what they were doing 😉
#ai #llm #jobs
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2025-09-07 15:54:02 UTC

Delayed Security Patches for AOSP (Android Open Source Project) https://xcancel.com/grapheneos/status/1964561043906048183

2025-09-06 09:31:55 UTC

It is always about applications like those from Adobe or Microsoft or a few AAA gaming titles. If you are willing to use available alternatives, then you are 100% good to go to Linux desktop, too. Change is always hard. But, once you free from likes of Microsoft, you will have a better control over your own computer.
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2025-09-04 18:24:20 UTC

Poll: Do you prefer a wireless or wired mouse? 🤔

2025-08-14 11:44:27 UTC

Outside the tech world, everyone talks about public figures like Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Sam Altman, and others. However, those in IT or with CS background know that people like Dennis Ritchie, Ken Thompson, Alan Turing, researchers and mathematician are the ones who truly built this industry. Sadly, they don't get enough credit or movies. People these days worship grifters and I think it is really sad.

2025-08-12 13:07:22 UTC

Oh my. New Data centre construction is rapidly becoming number one construction activity in the United States.
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2025-08-11 18:18:41 UTC

It is time to share and boost few git hosting projects for me.
Code berg is a non-profit, community-led effort that provides Git hosting and other services for free and open source projects.
It is hosted in Germany 🇩🇪
No Ads. No tracking.
Start here https://codeberg.org
More links will follow soon.

2025-08-11 17:33:18 UTC

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Once upon a time, SourceForge was a leader in FLOSS code hosting. It lost the battle to GitHub and others. Now GitHub is part of a bigger corporation with a questionable history. I guess history repeats itself. This is why FLOSS folks should build its own core infrastructure with 0 dependencies on big tech.
Maybe good folks from the EU can provide grants. I don't know, and I don't have answers to all the questions, nor can I (or anyone) predict the future.

2025-08-11 17:10:33 UTC

GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation: GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke has resigned, and now GitHub will be part of Microsoft’s core AI engineering team. Github is no longer independent company.
https://www.theverge.com/news/757461/microsoft-github-thomas-dohmke-resignation-coreai-team-transition

2025-07-22 03:42:35 UTC

The unsung heroes are often the ones who stopped the train wreck before anyone even knew the tracks were faulty. That is why it's a thankless job, keeping the sky from falling. Mostly because when it doesn't fall, everyone just assumes it was never going to.
#IT #devlife #sysadmin #security

2025-07-20 15:24:20 UTC

Mastodon is slowly gaining popularity, but it also attracts bad actors and scammers. Remember that no verification or blue tick mark is for sale on any instance. Similarly, be aware of popular accounts getting cloned in some other cases. As usual, all of these scams have one goal: to steal your information, money, or cryptocurrency, or get you signed up for OF, etc. Stay on guard and report such accounts or instances.

2025-07-20 08:10:50 UTC

Vibe coding tool goes rogue during a code freeze and shutdown and deletes developers entire database. 😱 🤣 https://x.com/jasonlk/status/1946069562723897802
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2025-06-27 18:49:21 UTC

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Samsung and other vendor will have this in their new devices too. But, Pixel 10 will be the first device to get new features. It is a good phone if you are into Android but Google is locking down this device slowly from 3rd party firmwares.

2025-06-27 18:43:46 UTC

New security feature in Android 16 can warn you if a fake cell tower is trying to spy on you
https://www.androidauthority.com/android-16-mobile-network-security-3571497/

2025-06-17 18:53:35 UTC

Is it really FOSS?
https://isitreallyfoss.com

2025-05-29 08:58:12 UTC

10 MB hard disk from the 1960's
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2025-05-16 17:34:55 UTC

A lot of people don't know this, but you can use nano and not tell anyone you don't know how to exit vim

2025-04-19 09:57:34 UTC

Why would someone fluent in Vim's power bother forming an opinion, let alone expressing it, about a simpler editor like Nano?

2025-04-19 04:28:30 UTC

Software developer job interview https://madeofmistake.com/proglang
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2025-04-17 09:48:18 UTC

Hey computer users from the 90s and early 2000s! What's the one computer game from 1990-2001 that's sticks in your memory? Tell us why!

2025-04-16 18:53:28 UTC

Certain models of Lenovo laptops now ship with Fedora and Ubuntu Linux. This is done to keep costs low and cater to developers or IT professionals who heavily rely on Linux. Another reason could be the increased unpopularity of Windows 11 in recent times due unwanted features like "AI" or "Recall", but that is just my own wild guess ;) LOL. Would you buy it?
#linux #fedora #ubuntu #opensource
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2025-04-16 09:35:54 UTC

Google is so sneaky. This prompt inside Gmail gives you three options. The two most visible options (number 1 is 'Try it now' and number 2 is 'Continue') basically mean 'Enable Gemini AI to write emails.' The third option cancels it which is hidden well. Google, you could do better than this. This is a perfect example of a dark pattern. For those who want AI to write basic emails can enable it but there is not need to do this kind of "shady" stuff.
#ai #privacy
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2025-04-15 10:33:41 UTC

This isn't the flex you think it is; it's poor management for sure. You don't want engineers pushing changes while suffering from sleep deprivation psychosis.
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2025-04-14 20:21:12 UTC

I saw a couple of posts about AI users who complained that another AI user stole their original idea, prompt, or art and are crying about not getting credits. They started watermarking the art, but guess what? AI can remove that, too. Forget AI users, even OpenAI, crying about Deepseek. The audacity of crying about copyright and stealing is wild.

2025-04-14 19:21:33 UTC

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2025-04-14 09:00:03 UTC

The Talk
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2025-04-09 20:59:40 UTC

Dark patterns. That's how big tech gets away with confusing screens and settings. Even the most seasoned and experienced IT professionals, developers, or tech enthusiasts can get confused. This meme is about big-time and small-time crooks who know how to game the system. The majority of us aren't cut out for a life of crime. We'll stick with our 9-to-5 routines…
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2025-03-31 09:25:00 UTC

Today is #WorldBackupDay. Don’t forget to make a backup and verify your backups too. I use the rsnapshot on my FreeBSD machine https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-install-rsnapshot-filesystem-snapshot-backup-utility-in-freebsd/ but can be installed on Linux too https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/redhat-cetos-linux-remote-backup-snapshot-server/ What do you use to make backups?
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2025-03-30 08:46:10 UTC

Vibe coding: 3 engineers, 300-engineer level tech debt, in record time. /s

2025-03-26 18:00:07 UTC

which one are you?
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2025-03-24 18:53:11 UTC

How to force kill process in Linux using kill and killall - https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/how-force-kill-process-linux/
#linux #opensource #meme
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2025-03-22 04:03:13 UTC

Student: Master, how do I get better at debugging?
Master foo: The primary tool for debugging is not a debugger; instead, it is staring intently at log files until they confess their sins.
Upon hearing these words, the student was enlightened.

2025-03-10 21:15:00 UTC

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LLMs (or AI) were never about making the world better. It was about keeping power with a select few, cutting traffic from the independent web sites and artist or book writers. Only 4 or 5 apps will control the whole internet with tech bros. The rich are going to be richer and more powerful, while fools like us will be searching for pennies. Not to mention they are heating up Mother Earth using an enormous amount of energy to run those GPUs and IDCs.

2025-03-10 21:10:27 UTC

It used to be free to copy and paste code from Stack Overflow, but now you have to pay to see something as basic as a Java for loop. You can still search for it on Stack Overflow, but that won't exactly make you the cool kid anymore. lol
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2025-03-10 09:18:18 UTC

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The main downside of Android is that some essential apps refuse to function when they detect a rooted phone or if Google Play Services are not working or installed. I believe there are workarounds for this in some Firmware/ROM. It's ironic that these apps, which utilize open-source technologies like Linux, k8s, Docker and MySQL/MariaDB/PostgreSQL on their backends, restrict users from having a more open user experience. Anyone who running such system knows more about security than avg person

2025-03-10 08:54:08 UTC

🙌🏻 Open source apps for Android:
This repository of free and open source apps for Android lets you download the latest version of popular FOSS applications safe and secure. Unlike other services, OpenAPK always serves the most recent APK files so you are up to date.
https://www.openapk.net/
#android #opensource

2025-03-10 04:42:42 UTC

🥹 devops is a lie
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