tee hee :)

The presumption that free software is sufficient or necessary to ensure all software you depend on is trustworthy is simultaneously naive and ignorant of what software is capable of. The only realistic way to develop trust in software is to trust the people who write it, and development processes associated with free software make that trust easier.

RE: https://tech.lgbt/@JadedBlueEyes/115967791152135761

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You may have heard the line, if it’s stupid and it works it’s not stupid, but I guarantee you: it can be both.

https://cofe.rocks/objects/6d9c5c56-1795-47ab-90cd-c1f9e15382f0

There is much truth to this post about about #math textbooks.

Hey, Fedi. I have a favour to ask you. Help me help a friend. (Not financial!)

I have a friend who is all about cool bug facts. They're going through an intense patch in their life, so I would like to send them some bug facts to cheer them up. But this is really their thing, so basic search engine results aren't going to new to them.

If there is a cool bug fact that you genuinely love yourself, could you tell me? I'll save them to share with my friend over time.

#Bugs #CoolBugFacts #Insects

Isn't just wonderful that clothes come with their sources? If you slice the different parts off with a seamripper, lay them all down, trace them on new fabric, cut them out, and stitch them back together, you can effectively clone and fork garments. I realize that this is probably real obvious to most people, but it only dawned on me recently.

So, that’s what I’ve been up to, most nights my laptop is stowed away to make room for the sewing machine on the nav table. It all began when the store that made the patrol cap that Rek and I wear stopped carrying it. The seams of the old worn-out cap were cut, new 14oz canvas was bought and the cap was cloned, twice! I enjoyed the process so much, I made a new messenger backpack, fixed ripped panels on my winter jacket, sown tartan wool arm warmers and some other things. At one point, I realized that I was wearing six items of clothing I had made or mended.

https://wiki.xxiivv.com/site/now.html

I will visit the FLOSS weekly podcast tomorrow to talk about cake_mq and (I expect) other topics related to (or not!) bufferbloat.

Listen live on the show's YouTube channel starting at 18:00 CET Tuesday: https://www.youtube.com/@FLOSSWeekly/live

Or find the podcast afterwards wherever you get your podcasts :)

The end of the #curl bug-bounty

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/01/26/the-end-of-the-curl-bug-bounty/

me inside the insane asylum: "I have never seen such an inside/outside gap, **everyone** in here is being followed by tall, shadowy figures, people elsewhere have no idea"

I've said it before, and I'll say it again. I *really* don't want European Hyperscalers to be a thing. Hyperscalers are at best a market/regulation failure and at worst a huge risk to create another one of these "too big to fail" scenarios.

I want a sane and healthy landscape of small- to midsize competitors in the hosting landscape.

It makes everything more robust and reliable.

Not sure why this is not a shared understanding anymore.

Burning CD's.
Millennial witchcraft.
😂

Wow, an exciting and unexpected honor seeing INVENTING THE RENAISSANCE on the #BSFA awards l long list for best nonfiction long-form. It does indeed relate to SFF reflecting on the myth of dark & golden ages in fiction. (And quoting Firefly & Babylon 5 😉🚀)

https://www.bsfa.co.uk/bsfa-awards-longlist

Why there’s no European Google?
And why it is a good thing!

My answer to the European Commission "call for evidence on Open Source."

https://ploum.net/2026-01-22-why-no-european-google.html

#geminiprotocol link: gemini://ploum.net/2026-01-22-why-no-european-google.gmi

#Language #Mathematics #English #Grammar .

In the early days of personal computing CPU bugs were so rare as to be newsworthy. The infamous Pentium FDIV bug is remembered by many, and even earlier CPUs had their own issues (the 6502 comes to mind). Nowadays they've become so common that I encounter them routinely while triaging crash reports sent from Firefox users. Given the nature of CPUs you might wonder how these bugs arise, how they manifest and what can and can't be done about them. 🧵 1/31

"I thought that we (men) were better than this, but I was wrong"

https://neilzone.co.uk/2025/03/i-thought-that-we-men-were-better-than-this-but-i-was-wrong/

Calling all the PhDs on the Fediverse to make monumental annoyances of themselves (and honestly, who better) ...

#AI #LLM #GenAI

RE: https://mstdn.social/@JugglingWithEggs/115932678575633726

Here's a thought... maybe constraining economic activity isn't so bad?

Perhaps... just a wild idea here... we're not just put on this planet to increase shareholder value and line the pockets of the rich.

What if we considered arranging society so that its primary function was to ensure the welfare of people -- all people -- and "economic activity" can take a backseat for a few generations and see how that works out.

What if we started from the idea that all people have inherent value regardless of how much wealth they have or create?