Remember, if you need to use AI, avoid OpenAI at all costs.
Don't reward Sam Altman for his move to corner 40% of the world's RAM and Storage supply. If we bankrupt OpenAI, this bubble can burst and we can afford PCs, consoles, and other devices using computers again.
Don't reward Sam Altman for his move to corner 40% of the world's RAM and Storage supply. If we bankrupt OpenAI, this bubble can burst and we can afford PCs, consoles, and other devices using computers again.
November 25, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Remember, if you need to use AI, avoid OpenAI at all costs.
Don't reward Sam Altman for his move to corner 40% of the world's RAM and Storage supply. If we bankrupt OpenAI, this bubble can burst and we can afford PCs, consoles, and other devices using computers again.
Don't reward Sam Altman for his move to corner 40% of the world's RAM and Storage supply. If we bankrupt OpenAI, this bubble can burst and we can afford PCs, consoles, and other devices using computers again.
We have two different y2k like events coming up:
Jan 1 2030 - Visual Basic dies. (1930 is the base for dates in it)
2038 - unix / linux 32bit time_t
These can already be problems if you are trying to represent dates in the future.
Jan 1 2030 - Visual Basic dies. (1930 is the base for dates in it)
2038 - unix / linux 32bit time_t
These can already be problems if you are trying to represent dates in the future.
November 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
We have two different y2k like events coming up:
Jan 1 2030 - Visual Basic dies. (1930 is the base for dates in it)
2038 - unix / linux 32bit time_t
These can already be problems if you are trying to represent dates in the future.
Jan 1 2030 - Visual Basic dies. (1930 is the base for dates in it)
2038 - unix / linux 32bit time_t
These can already be problems if you are trying to represent dates in the future.
The python folks did the right thing. Shame they put these crazy restrictions on the money. www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/softwar...
Python rejects $1.5M grant from U.S. govt. fearing ethical compromise
The Python Software Foundation (PSF) has withdrawn its $1.5 million grant proposal to the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) due to funding terms forcing a compromise on its commitment to diversit...
www.bleepingcomputer.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The python folks did the right thing. Shame they put these crazy restrictions on the money. www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/softwar...
framework supports far-right devs. news.itsfoss.com/framework-hy...
Framework is Accused of Supporting the Far-right, Apparently for Sponsoring the Hyprland Project
The announcement has generated quite some buzz but for all the wrong reasons.
news.itsfoss.com
October 13, 2025 at 2:29 PM
framework supports far-right devs. news.itsfoss.com/framework-hy...
I bought a used cisco switch to replace the HPE instant on that has been locking up on me. The cisco switch is much worse. A fan slot is bad. One of the PSU is failing. The usb port is broken. The OS got corrupted on the third boot. It's reporting power issues to optics.
Ugh.
Ugh.
October 12, 2025 at 9:42 PM
I bought a used cisco switch to replace the HPE instant on that has been locking up on me. The cisco switch is much worse. A fan slot is bad. One of the PSU is failing. The usb port is broken. The OS got corrupted on the third boot. It's reporting power issues to optics.
Ugh.
Ugh.
Discord data breach www.thegamer.com/discord-data...
You Were Right To Be Worried About Age Verification Systems, Because Discord's Just Leaked
Who could have seen this coming.
www.thegamer.com
October 8, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Discord data breach www.thegamer.com/discord-data...
Interesting real world problem. I just saw someone who is getting misidentified as coming from Indiana on IPv4 addresses due to geoip database info being wrong for Comcast IPs. That means crazy laws there are blocking his access to some websites.
September 22, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Interesting real world problem. I just saw someone who is getting misidentified as coming from Indiana on IPv4 addresses due to geoip database info being wrong for Comcast IPs. That means crazy laws there are blocking his access to some websites.
Git devs are going to destroy the portability of git with a rust downgrade. www.phoronix.com/news/Git-Wei...
Git Developers Debate Making Rust Mandatory
Developers behind the Git distributed revision control system are debating whether to make Rust programming language support mandatory.
www.phoronix.com
September 22, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Git devs are going to destroy the portability of git with a rust downgrade. www.phoronix.com/news/Git-Wei...
Days since DTE had a brownout: 0
August 5, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Days since DTE had a brownout: 0
Wonder who the rocket scientist was that came up with the idea of glib20 and gobject-introspection being dependent on each other for builds. Everyone loves circular loops in trees right?
July 27, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Wonder who the rocket scientist was that came up with the idea of glib20 and gobject-introspection being dependent on each other for builds. Everyone loves circular loops in trees right?
Intel 14th gen headaches for Mozilla www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...
Firefox dev says Intel Raptor Lake crashes are increasing with rising temperatures in record European heat wave — Mozilla staff's tracking overwhelmed by Intel crash reports, team disables the functio...
The saga continues.
www.tomshardware.com
July 17, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Intel 14th gen headaches for Mozilla www.tomshardware.com/pc-component...
is there a new botnet that is doing ai training or something?
I'm seeing traffic from a very large number of IPs and some of them don't make sense. Like sendgrid doing AI training?
I'm seeing traffic from a very large number of IPs and some of them don't make sense. Like sendgrid doing AI training?
July 10, 2025 at 9:36 PM
is there a new botnet that is doing ai training or something?
I'm seeing traffic from a very large number of IPs and some of them don't make sense. Like sendgrid doing AI training?
I'm seeing traffic from a very large number of IPs and some of them don't make sense. Like sendgrid doing AI training?
Alibaba cloud sucks. They're clearly doing AI training against my website. Requests are coming from hundreds of IPs. (at least 12 /24s) All from their singapore data center
They aren't using an identifying user agent either. pretending to be an old chrome.
They aren't using an identifying user agent either. pretending to be an old chrome.
July 10, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Alibaba cloud sucks. They're clearly doing AI training against my website. Requests are coming from hundreds of IPs. (at least 12 /24s) All from their singapore data center
They aren't using an identifying user agent either. pretending to be an old chrome.
They aren't using an identifying user agent either. pretending to be an old chrome.
Courts just screwed us on the click to cancel rule via the FTC.
Now adobe can continue its evil along with gym memberships.
Now adobe can continue its evil along with gym memberships.
July 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Courts just screwed us on the click to cancel rule via the FTC.
Now adobe can continue its evil along with gym memberships.
Now adobe can continue its evil along with gym memberships.
I think Intel should rename their hybrid core types:
P, E, LP become fast, slow, get out and push
P, E, LP become fast, slow, get out and push
June 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
I think Intel should rename their hybrid core types:
P, E, LP become fast, slow, get out and push
P, E, LP become fast, slow, get out and push
My wife has a coworker that thinks you have to buy every single CPU to test software. Like m2 to m3 mac or intel 14100 and 14700k.
He thinks frequency bumps break things. This isn't a DOS game from the 80s that needed a turbo button.
He thinks frequency bumps break things. This isn't a DOS game from the 80s that needed a turbo button.
June 13, 2025 at 1:57 PM
My wife has a coworker that thinks you have to buy every single CPU to test software. Like m2 to m3 mac or intel 14100 and 14700k.
He thinks frequency bumps break things. This isn't a DOS game from the 80s that needed a turbo button.
He thinks frequency bumps break things. This isn't a DOS game from the 80s that needed a turbo button.
Not a fan of seagate’s plan to use nvme on hard drives. Not only is there no speed increase, it will severely limit the number of drives you can have in a computer.
There aren’t enough pcie lanes for this plan. It’s not just consumer platforms but also amd entry level epyc or intel entry level.
There aren’t enough pcie lanes for this plan. It’s not just consumer platforms but also amd entry level epyc or intel entry level.
June 9, 2025 at 10:00 PM
Not a fan of seagate’s plan to use nvme on hard drives. Not only is there no speed increase, it will severely limit the number of drives you can have in a computer.
There aren’t enough pcie lanes for this plan. It’s not just consumer platforms but also amd entry level epyc or intel entry level.
There aren’t enough pcie lanes for this plan. It’s not just consumer platforms but also amd entry level epyc or intel entry level.
Adobe's "cancellation process" is BS.
They wouldn't let me cancel during a free trial. Then they locked out 'manage account' until after the refund period was over. Then, when I contacted them to cancel, they lied to me! A month later they tried to bill.
They wouldn't let me cancel during a free trial. Then they locked out 'manage account' until after the refund period was over. Then, when I contacted them to cancel, they lied to me! A month later they tried to bill.
May 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Adobe's "cancellation process" is BS.
They wouldn't let me cancel during a free trial. Then they locked out 'manage account' until after the refund period was over. Then, when I contacted them to cancel, they lied to me! A month later they tried to bill.
They wouldn't let me cancel during a free trial. Then they locked out 'manage account' until after the refund period was over. Then, when I contacted them to cancel, they lied to me! A month later they tried to bill.
Apple needs to advertise some is the features on the HomePod mini. They have a few things that Amazon put behind a paywall
May 15, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Apple needs to advertise some is the features on the HomePod mini. They have a few things that Amazon put behind a paywall
I self-published a book many years ago on MidnightBSD. www.amazon.com/MidnightBSD-...
MidnightBSD: An Introduction
MidnightBSD: An Introduction - Kindle edition by Holt, Lucas. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading MidnightBSD: An Introduction.
www.amazon.com
May 9, 2025 at 4:00 AM
I self-published a book many years ago on MidnightBSD. www.amazon.com/MidnightBSD-...
when your boss proposes getting rid of retrospectives because not everyone is participating...
a man in a black and white striped sweater says " oh my god "
ALT: a man in a black and white striped sweater says " oh my god "
media.tenor.com
May 5, 2025 at 2:28 PM
when your boss proposes getting rid of retrospectives because not everyone is participating...
This is a really stupid bug. www.neowin.net/news/microso...
Microsoft engineer reveals why solid color backgrounds slowed Windows 7 logins
Over 10 years ago, users experienced slower logins on Windows 7, particularly when a solid color background was set. Now, we finally have an explanation for why this occurred.
www.neowin.net
April 29, 2025 at 11:29 AM
This is a really stupid bug. www.neowin.net/news/microso...
Google's indexing rules have gotten insane. They weren't listing pages because I hadn't set a canonical URL. So I do, and then the follow-up index says they don't agree with my choice, so it's unlisted. WTF
April 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Google's indexing rules have gotten insane. They weren't listing pages because I hadn't set a canonical URL. So I do, and then the follow-up index says they don't agree with my choice, so it's unlisted. WTF
I recently created a pull request against an SBOM generator to add FreeBSD support. This might be useful for others.
github.com/anthonyharri...
github.com/anthonyharri...
FreeBSD support by laffer1 · Pull Request #26 · anthonyharrison/distro2SBOM
It adds initial support for FreeBSD with the default package manager.
Making this a draft for now to get some feedback on the approach.
github.com
April 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
I recently created a pull request against an SBOM generator to add FreeBSD support. This might be useful for others.
github.com/anthonyharri...
github.com/anthonyharri...