I love this soundtrack -- it's been my work music for the past few weeks.

Try the game, too, it's great. Super relaxing (if you don't have a thing against great heights).

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kuug4RUjfBY

The U.S. is a “fat buffalo trying to take a nap” as hungry wolves approach, the European ambassador mused.

“I can hear those Champagne bottle corks popping in Moscow — like it’s Christmas every fucking day.”

As voters cast ballots in the Iowa caucuses Monday, many in the United States see this year’s presidential election as a test of American democracy.
But, in a series of conversations with a dozen current and former diplomats, I sensed that to many of our friends abroad, the U.S. is already failing that test.

The diplomats are aghast that so many U.S. leaders let their zeal for partisan politics prevent the basic functions of government.
It’s a major topic of conversations at their private dinners and gatherings.
Many of those I talked to were granted anonymity to be as candid with me as they are with each other.

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/01/15/what-foreign-diplomats-say-about-u-s-politics-behind-closed-doors-00135326

inb4 the phoronix article...

Linus having power cut merge window paused

https://lore.kernel.org/all/CAHk-=wjMWpmXtKeiN__vnNO4TcttZR-8dVvd_oBq+hjeSsWUwg@mail.gmail.com/

Parker Molloy on #Threads screen recorded a Twitter search that appears to show dozens of bots responding to tweets with a boilerplate #OpenAI message.

One user commented:

"The bot activity is coming from inside the house (…) it appears these are stale accounts that were taken back over by XTwitter, turned into Blue Checkmarks and use AI to keep DAU/MAU and other activity metrics higher than they actually are."

None of these ... https://micro.fromjason.xyz/2024/01/09/parker-molloy-on.html

Report: Pastor testifies on the reason evangelicals support Republicans: We “made a deal with the devil”
"That deal was, we would support everything on the conservative agenda," says Robert Schenck and they would give us Roe. Taking rights away from half the population.

In that meeting that I participated in, the conversation went something like this: 'You guys want Roe v. Wade overturned, we can do that for you, but you take the whole enchilada, you take the whole thing,"' he said. "You take everything else that comes with it. Because if you want Roe gone, you have to work with us."

"From that point on that community that I had served, and still do, made a deal with the devil," he said. "That deal was, we would support everything on the conservative agenda, whether or not we had conscientious conflict with them.

The definition of evil, immoral and unethical.

boost, please.

https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/12/opinion/maga-evangelicals-iowa.html?unlocked_article_code=1.NE0.479g.UcwQCQYr2BKn&smid=url-share

https://www.salon.com/2022/12/09/pastor-testifies-on-the-reason-evangelicals-support-we-made-a-deal-with-the-devil_partner/

@yura is there a matching 'apt binge'?

@xexaxo I meant more in terms of dnf / pip / cargo / flatpak (i.e. within the same distro, using packagers aimed at different things).

Would be nice if all package managers understood/aliased all common English verbs meaning "remove this package", because I can never remember if it's "remove", "erase", or "uninstall".

@nasamuffin eh, "odd but good-natured" describes 99% of kernel developers.

Just to prove that not all mail we get is odd or threatening.

♥️

@Codeberg Waves of support from fellow git server admins!

Our provider confirmed an incoming DDoS. We have got access to our systems and currently considering next steps.

@denix Now you just see a more international "Re: Aw: Re: Aw:" ;)

How to find all neomutt 2023-12-21 users of LKML: https://lore.kernel.org/all/?q=s%3A%22Re%3A+Re%3A+Re%3A%22+d%3A20231221..

(This is already fixed upstream, but there's no new release yet: https://github.com/neomutt/neomutt/issues/4156)

Them: "To make this quick, just give me a call".
Also them: (calls go straight to voicemail)

« #AaronSwartz planned to publish millions of scientific articles, financed by public money and on which the authors received nothing. Prosecuted before he had published anything, he risked 35 years in prison. Facing this prospect, he died by suicide on 11 January 2013. 11 years ago.

In 2024, #OpenAI will apply its algorithms to any document, online or offline, without the consent of the authors. No one is likely to be prosecuted.

#IntellectualProperty is just a tool of oppression. » @ploum

if AI companies get access to all copyrighted works for free because "it isn't possible to train an AI without it", should we not give free access to all copyrighted works to children because it is not possible to train one without it?

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@major "Güey, señor Tortuga es mi padre!"