I'm an electrician.

I dare you to use ChatGPT to wire a plug.

This is why AI is absolute horse shit.

#chatgpt #aibullshit #aiisdangerous

PSA: Did you know that it’s **unsafe** to put code diffs into your commit messages?

Like https://github.com/i3/i3/pull/6564 for example

Such diffs will be applied by patch(1) (also git-am(1)) as part of the code change!

This is how a sleep(1) made it into i3 4.25-2 in Debian unstable.

@TwoClownsEating @TheBreadmonkey and the same hiring round brought a frankly magnificent covering letter in which an applicant described "showing initiative" by once during a power cut in restaurant they previously worked at, solving the problem by dunking a mop in the deep fat fryer, setting it alight, and parading it around so that the guests had some light to see by. I still to this day regret that that person did not get an interview, because I have so many questions.

Well, everyone, you can now submit a comment to let the FCC know what you think about SpaceX asking for 1 million satellites for "AI datacenters" whatever the fuck that means.

https://docs.fcc.gov/public/attachments/DA-26-113A1.pdf

Comments due March 6.

I am having a very hard time believing this is really happening. Fuck you, SpaceX, and fuck you, FCC. This is not regulation, this is a fucking joke, that will destroy our ability to use satellites for centuries.

Old 1890s pump house, filled with rusted pipes. Algae and ferns add a fantastic pop of green, breathing life back into this space. Somewhere in Luxembourg.

#Industry #Photography #Rust #Abandoned #Machines #Ferns #Plants

The FLOSS weekly episode that I am on is now out! Quite a fun experience, even if being on a live stream is a little stressful at first. I guess you get used to it, though?

https://hackaday.com/2026/01/28/floss-weekly-episode-862-have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too/

😁😁😁

#archaeohistories

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

Thread

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/

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.
😂

@jpkolsen @borup @jchillerup @jpelckolsen @kramse @mshdk bare som referencepunkt: Jeg dækker en firlænget gård med tre Ubiquiti Unifi 6 LR - med OpenWrt selvfølgelig: https://openwrt.org/toh/ubiquiti/unifi_6_lr :)

Bortset fra et enkelt rum helt ude i den ene ende hvor jeg så har sat et ekstra AP op (et ældre Unifi AC Lite jeg havde liggende).

WiFiAnalyzer appen til Android (findes på F-droid) er i øvrigt god til at teste signalstyrke når du skal placere dem; og kan også give dig en kanal-oversigt så du kan undgå interferens med evt naboer...