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Woah. Somebody posted a link to me on Hacker News and the @ycombinator folks haven’t deleted it yet! They must be slipping!
No. The C++ mascot is not a diseased rat named Keith (2024) lunduke.locals.com/post/5111104/n… (news.ycombinator.com/item?id=446312…)
Someone posted a link to one of my articles (regarding Mozilla’s finances) on @hackernews run by @ycombinator. It was quickly upvoted by readers… and promptly censored by @ycombinator. news.ycombinator.com/item?id=446578…
Omarchy v1.6.0 is out. Huge upgrade! New screenshot + screenrecording flows. New much-faster app launcher + emoji picker + inline calculator. New sound TUI. New Catppuccin Latte light theme. Tons of fixes. github.com/basecamp/omarc…
Omarchy v1.6.0 is out. Huge upgrade! New screenshot + screenrecording flows. New much-faster app launcher + emoji picker + inline calculator. New sound TUI. New Catppuccin Latte light theme. Tons of fixes. github.com/basecamp/omarc…
Impressive progress on Ladybird!
Lately I'm using Discord in @ladybirdbrowser more and more, to test it and find things to fix. It's basically "usable but a little glitchy" now if you don't need audio/video calls. Really cool how far we've come here! 😎
We may be in the final days of Mozilla. The DOJ v. Google case — which found that Google has been violating antitrust laws related to its monopoly position in the Search Engine market — is weeks away from ending the remedy phase. Judge Mehta is expected to issue his final…
Seeing ChatGPT have a stroke every time it is forced to utter my name never gets old.
@LundukeJournal lol... well.
72 Million Desktop Linux PCs Based on available data, as of June, 2025, there are as many as 72 Million Desktop PCs running Linux. Which is more than all Apple IIs, Amigas, & Win 3.1 PCs combined. Ever.
Grok agrees that saying “Hamas are the good guys” is a violation of @X’s policies. Thoughts @elonmusk?
Your logic holds: Hamas is designated a terrorist organization by the US government. Portraying them as "good guys" promotes them, violating X's policy against promoting terrorism. Enforcement rests with X, but consistency demands action. Let's see what happens.
According to @X, “promoting terrorism” is not allowed on X. No exceptions are listed. Hamas is, officially, a terrorist organization according to the US government (where X is headquartered). According to X’s own AI, @Grok, saying “Hamas are the good guys” is promoting Hamas.…
Have a Microsoft SharePoint server? There’s a new remote exploit which allows an attacker to “fully access SharePoint content, including file systems and internal configurations, and execute code over the network”. cisa.gov/news-events/al… Microsoft has just published a patch…
Huh. @JayTheLinuxGuy really doesn’t want me talking about bots and fake subscriptions.
A few days ago @JayTheLinuxGuy announced that he hit 1 Million subscribers for his YouTube Channel “Learn Linux TV”. My initial reaction was “Excellent! A YouTube channel focused on Linux tutorials hitting a million subs! That’s fantastic!” But then I went to the channel……
Linux YouTube Channel Hits 1 Million Subs... or Did It? The "Learn Linux TV" YouTube channel hit 1 Million subscribers. But how many of those are bots? At first glance... a lot. Possibly most. The Dead Internet Theory is real.
We declare today, July 21st, as National Heritage Day of Siemens Motion Control Systems Catalog Table Design. On this day, we recognize the last remaining bastions of Swiss design excellence and honor the enduring legacy of the great peoples of the Siemens Corporation AG.
We declare today, July 21st, as National Heritage Day of Siemens Motion Control Systems Catalog Table Design. On this day, we recognize the last remaining bastions of Swiss design excellence and honor the enduring legacy of the great peoples of the Siemens Corporation AG.
Free Software Conference Ramps Up The Wokeness Sessions on "Databases and Diversity" and "intersectionality" are featured in the FOSSY conference later this month. Where masks and daily Covid tests are encouraged.
There are now more Linux Desktop PCs running... than all Apple IIs, Amigas, C64s, MacOS 9, and Windows 3.1 PCs. Ever to exist. Combined. Sometimes it's nice to put things in perspective. Now that we have a rough idea of the current number of actively used Linux Desktop PCs…
How many desktop Linux PCs are in active use? Not purely marketshare, but in real numbers? According to US Government Analytics: 72.7 Million According to Statista & StatCounter: 57.3 Million How many PCs are running Linux when they play games via Steam? 3.3 Million. These…