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The Open Source Summit North America is in May this year, in the lovely Minneapolis, where nothing is happening. Nosiree, nothing that would want a bunch of people think twice about attending.
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As of the last count, @lwn has been hit by 1.6 million unique IP addresses since yesterday morning. We have managed to stabilize the site against that level of attack, but it is still annoying.
If only we could get them all to subscribe.
I do find myself wondering if there isn't material for a good class-action lawsuit here. We are far from the only ones having to cope with this crap. I'm not normally much of a fan of the US class-action lawsuit machine, but extracting money from the Bright Datas of the world to make some lawyers richer doesn't sound like an entirely bad proposition.
If only we could get them all to subscribe.
I do find myself wondering if there isn't material for a good class-action lawsuit here. We are far from the only ones having to cope with this crap. I'm not normally much of a fan of the US class-action lawsuit machine, but extracting money from the Bright Datas of the world to make some lawyers richer doesn't sound like an entirely bad proposition.
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For the curious, today's scraperbot attack on @lwn has run to well over 800,000 unique IP addresses in the last few hours.
We've made some tweaks that are holding it off for now, but it is ongoing and could go bad again at any time.
If you are a real user and are being turned away by the site, could you let me know what your user agent is?
We've made some tweaks that are holding it off for now, but it is ongoing and could go bad again at any time.
If you are a real user and are being turned away by the site, could you let me know what your user agent is?
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So @lwn is currently under the heaviest scraper attack seen yet. It is a DDOS attack involving tens of thousands of addresses, and that is affecting the responsiveness of the site, unfortunately.
There are many things I would like to do with my time. Defending LWN from AI shitheads is rather far from the top of that list. I *really* don't want to put obstacles between LWN and its readers, but it may come to that.
(Another grumpy day, sorry)
There are many things I would like to do with my time. Defending LWN from AI shitheads is rather far from the top of that list. I *really* don't want to put obstacles between LWN and its readers, but it may come to that.
(Another grumpy day, sorry)
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So somebody took a couple of LWN's recent conference articles, threw them into an LLM blender with some other stuff, and produced ... this ...
https://www.webpronews.com/linux-kernels-future-tab-integrates-rust-navigates-ai-boosts-collaboration/
Google News propagates that stuff - something they have long refused to do with LWN's original material. But somehow we're supposed to continue to exist to feed material into that machine?
Sorry, having a grumpy day.
https://www.webpronews.com/linux-kernels-future-tab-integrates-rust-navigates-ai-boosts-collaboration/
Google News propagates that stuff - something they have long refused to do with LWN's original material. But somehow we're supposed to continue to exist to feed material into that machine?
Sorry, having a grumpy day.
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We're definitely winning now...
https://electrek.co/2025/12/31/energy-dept-orders-colorado-to-waste-millions-to-reopen-a-dead-coal-plant/
https://electrek.co/2025/12/31/energy-dept-orders-colorado-to-waste-millions-to-reopen-a-dead-coal-plant/
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I must confess I found this amusing... I don't normally look quite so psychedelic though.
https://canartuc.medium.com/linux-foundation-tab-election-jonathan-corbet-steps-down-after-18-years-80cebb9ef9f1
https://canartuc.medium.com/linux-foundation-tab-election-jonathan-corbet-steps-down-after-18-years-80cebb9ef9f1
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Power is back on here. After two days without, one definitely appreciates the luxury of being able to flip on a light.
According to the official numbers, the peak wind gust in my neighborhood was 102mph. Suffice to say I didn't get my bike ride in yesterday... otherwise all seems well at this point, though.
[Now looking harder at vehicle-to-home power solutions.]
According to the official numbers, the peak wind gust in my neighborhood was 102mph. Suffice to say I didn't get my bike ride in yesterday... otherwise all seems well at this point, though.
[Now looking harder at vehicle-to-home power solutions.]
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Peak gust at the nearby NCAR weather station (which I helped set up nearly 30 years ago!): 88.4 m/h (140km/h). So far.
No power until 10pm tomorrow, or so the utility promises.
At least nobody seems to have set anything on fire. So far.
https://archive.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/weather.cgi?site=fl&period=5-minute&units=english
No power until 10pm tomorrow, or so the utility promises.
At least nobody seems to have set anything on fire. So far.
https://archive.eol.ucar.edu/cgi-bin/weather.cgi?site=fl&period=5-minute&units=english
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Why NCAR matters. The Joint Aviation Weather Studies (JAWS) project described here is one I worked on quite a bit.
https://www.rmpbs.org/blogs/science-environment/ncar-boulder-microbursts
https://www.rmpbs.org/blogs/science-environment/ncar-boulder-microbursts
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So today I learn that the National Weather Service has a "particularly dangerous situation" designation that is more severe than a red flag warning. There has never been one in Colorado -- until now.
I would have rather not learned that.
I would have rather not learned that.
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Oh boy, fun times in Boulder ... >100mph winds, red-flag warnings, power failures ... for the second time this week. Not the Christmas weather we were hoping for.
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/COBOULDER/bulletins/4009a6b
https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/COBOULDER/bulletins/4009a6b
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I worked at NCAR for 18 years; we did a lot of research that benefited a lot of people, and I felt proud to be a part of that institution. The administration's desire to destroy it is certainly in character; we can't have leading-edge science in a country ruled by ignorance, after all. But this one hits close to home. It will take generations to recover from the damage that is being done.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/climate/national-center-for-atmospheric-research-trump.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/17/climate/national-center-for-atmospheric-research-trump.html
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I encountered this gathering in Japan; was really tempted to post it as another Maintainers Summit group photo but ... resisted ...
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So I took some grief yesterday about the "clickbait" headline on the brief Rust news I put up:
https://lwn.net/Articles/1049831/
In person, though, I've gotten far more grief for adding the "(successful)" parenthetical afterward — folks say the original was better.
Oh well, I've learned to be more careful with headlines now.
Next article: Seven Shocking Conclusions from the Linux Plumbers Conference — but #4 will warm your heart.
https://lwn.net/Articles/1049831/
In person, though, I've gotten far more grief for adding the "(successful)" parenthetical afterward — folks say the original was better.
Oh well, I've learned to be more careful with headlines now.
Next article: Seven Shocking Conclusions from the Linux Plumbers Conference — but #4 will warm your heart.
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For those who are curious about tomorrow's Maintainers Summit session on machine-learning tools, Sasha Levin has put together a good summary of the state of the discussion: https://lwn.net/ml/all/aTYmE53i3FJ_lJH2@laps
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So it turns out that experiencing a middle-of-the-night earthquake on the 23rd floor of a Tokyo hotel is not conducive to a good night's sleep. Who knew?
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Kernel Recipes
KernelRecipes@fosstodon.orgHeya, Heya!
Before the presents land under the Christmas tree, we’re super happy and honored to reveal the name of our godfather for the 2026 edition: @corbet.
Huge thanks to him for giving us a bit of his time — we know how precious it is.
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@bjst I too miss Rockbox - that was a great project. If somebody were looking for a similar project today, how about replacement firmware for the humble television with a better interface and no surveillance?
RE: https://mastodon.social/@bjst/115644471160611216
RE: https://mastodon.social/@bjst/115644471160611216
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In 2017 Randall Munroe posted a strip called "Seven Years" about being the caregiver for a loved one dealing with cancer:
https://xkcd.com/1928/
That strip literally made me cry, it was such a clear telling of what that experience is like; much of it could have been about my own life.
Except that my own experience had a different ending.
Today he put out "Fifteen Years":
https://xkcd.com/3172/
This one made me want to cheer. What a joy to see a story that has played out so differently, so much better. I have never crossed paths with Mr. Munroe, but I rejoice in his and his family's good fortune as if he were a good friend.
Here's to many more years.
https://xkcd.com/1928/
That strip literally made me cry, it was such a clear telling of what that experience is like; much of it could have been about my own life.
Except that my own experience had a different ending.
Today he put out "Fifteen Years":
https://xkcd.com/3172/
This one made me want to cheer. What a joy to see a story that has played out so differently, so much better. I have never crossed paths with Mr. Munroe, but I rejoice in his and his family's good fortune as if he were a good friend.
Here's to many more years.
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