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18+ mwl, 4 days ago to FreeBSD

Mike Karels died on the way home from #BSDCan, at the age of 67.

https://www.gearty-delmore.com/obituaries/michael-mike-karels

This man spent 40 years working on BSD. His code appears in #FreeBSD, #OpenBSD, #NetBSD, and everywhere.

If you have used the Internet, you have used code he wrote.

RIP, sir. You changed the world for the better.

What's probably his last talk: "I don't have much to say," followed by a spellbinding eighty minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSziyKlG1ws

[edited to remove echovita obit; apparently that's an AI scam site :flan_molotov: :flan_rage: :flan_hulk: ]

chainq, 4 days ago to random

I've never been so insulted by something I 100% agree with.

(From X: https://x.com/forrestbrazeal/status/1797643911516786986 )

#softwaredevelopment

gudroot, 5 days ago to random German

Ist eigentlich schon mal bei irgendwem die A1 Bescheinigung bei einer dienstlichen Reise ins Ausland kontrolliert worden oder kennt wer wen, der wen kennt, bei dem das passiert ist?

Farbe, 6 days ago to berlin German

und heute:

#sternfahrt #berlin #fahrradbubble #ridesafe #Potsdam #AutoKorrektur #bicycleclub #ADFC_Berlin

multiburst, 6 days ago to random German

Die Position der Partei "die Linken" zum Thema Taiwan.

Es ist enorm traurig, rückgratlos und komplett China-hörig.

(im letzten Wahlprogramm haben sie zumindest keinerlei Stellung bezogen, aber gut...das wir das nun wissen)

https://wahlpruefsteine.die-linke.de/ep2024/42/?thema=

netzpolitik_feed, 6 days ago to random German

Menschen auf der Flucht sind an den europäischen Außengrenzen unmenschlicher und diskriminierender Behandlung ausgesetzt. Dennoch finanziert die EU weiterhin Projekte, die den Status Quo mit Hilfe von KI automatisieren sollen – und verschärft damit die Notlage. Ein Gespräch mit Antonella Napolitano und Fabio Chiusi. https://netzpolitik.org/2024/interview-gegen-automatisierte-aussengrenzen/

Also available in English: https://netzpolitik.org/2024/interview-ai-at-europes-borders/

evacide, 10 days ago to random

"I cannot be phased by being condescended to by old white men in legislative meetings. I have worked many years in infosec and I am dead inside" is an actual thing I said in an all-hands meeting yesterday.

PsychoMiko, 10 days ago to random German

...und nun zum #Spocht

Mehrere Personen verladen einen ca 2m x 2m großen Schrank auf ein Leichtkraftrad. Anschließend fährt eine Person, den Schrank mit einerm Arm haltend eine längere Strecke! Völlig irre! Several people load a cupboard measuring approx. 2m x 2m onto a light motorcycle. Then one person drives a longer distance holding the cupboard with one arm! Completely crazy!

jon, 12 days ago to random

tanteju5, 12 days ago to random German

Jetzt will es der Focus wissen, das mit dem "Verbrennerverbot". Bislang haben wir das ja immer noch gut hinbekommen, aber hier sehen die Zahlen aktuell noch übel aus.

Ihr wisst, was zu tun ist:
https://midgard.opinary.com/compasses/focus/was-sagen-sie-zum-geplanten-verbot-von-n-goHWpd

patrislav, 13 days ago to random

Heute am Frühstückstisch einen miesen Lachflash bekommen … Danke @sueddeutsche_feed

TwraSun, 13 days ago to random German

📣 Es gibt wieder etwas zu "manipulieren"!
➡️ https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/cdu-beklagt-online-abstimmung-ueber-verbrennerverbot-manipuliert-19743663.html

SeanJones, 13 days ago to UKpolitics

Tory offer to young people:

1. We’ll take away your smartphones;
2. Compulsory maths exams until 18; and
3. “Compulsory voluntary” service thereafter.

They just need:

4. You’re not going out looking like that; and
5. Don’t use that tone of voice with me. #UKPolitics

neuimneuland, 12 days ago to random German

In Mailand haben ca. 2000 Leute an einem Tag alle Straßen abgelaufen und mit Unterstützung einer eigens dafür entwickelten App die Falschparker gezählt. Ich spoiler mal nicht das Ergebnis. https://www.ilpost.it/2024/05/17/censimento-milano-auto-divieto-sosta/

suonoreale, 13 days ago to opensource German

#fedijobs
@murpunktat is hiring!
Die #opensource Netzkunstplattform /#Kulturserver in #Graz sucht zum 1.7.2024 eine neue Geschäftsführer:in (20h). Wenn Du #Linux- und netzkunstaffin bist, Erfahrung im Kulturmanagement hast und Lust hast auf Engagement mit unserer Künstler:innencommunity, bewirb Dich:
https://mur.at/post/job011/

gern repost & share 💛

pawsplay, 14 days ago to random

beasts, 15 days ago to random

Another large language model scraper blocked. This graph is from a site which runs a tool generating answers for people doing important research work. The AI scraper sent hundreds of thousands of lookup requests evading rate limits by using about a thousand IPs and pinned multiple webservers at 100% CPU (graph from one attached). This is a massive waste of electricity to train a hallucination machine.

StephanieMoore, 15 days ago to random

Space trash falling back to earth is not progress.

Stealing a woman’s voice is not progress.

Taking data and information from people without their consent is not progress.

Consuming vast amounts of water as we teeter on climate disaster is not progress.

Consolidating wealth to a few who are the ones dumping space trash, stealing women’s voices, taking data without consent and depleting precious water resources is not progress.

Government that protects those wealthy few is #NotProgress.

cmconseils, 16 days ago to random French

My friend got a tattoo on his arm that says "comparison is the thief of joy" and I'm really debating getting the same tattoo on my arm but a little bit bigger

JamesLonghurst, 15 days ago to random

Walter Blucher, director of the American Society of Planning Professionals, owns up to induced demand. In 1950.

Walter H. Blucher, Moving People, 36 VA. L. REV. 849 (1950).

JamesLonghurst, 16 days ago to random

Certainly in 100 years of city streets we've figured out this pressing question? Surely?

Ernest P. Goodrich, "The Urban Auto Problem," National Municipal Review, volume 9 page 435 (1920).

imtheq, 16 days ago to random

It’s a tough time for art. Shoutout to all the motherfuckers persevering under economic and political pressure to make shit that serves everyone else’s needs but your own.

jwildeboer, 17 days ago to Munich

To the „but Linux is complicated“ and the (IMHO weird) new „being able to use Linux is a sign of privilege“ crowd: We just had #Girlsday in our #Munich #RedHat office with 20+ 10-12yr old girls that loved to explore the 10 XO (OLPC - One Laptop Per Child) from 2007(!) running Fedora and the Sugar UI we had them work with. No explanations needed. They had a blast.

Young girls exploring the 100$ laptop with Sugar UI.
Young girls exploring the 100$ laptop with Sugar UI.

evacide, 17 days ago to random

"...a would-be hacker would need to gain physical access to your device, unlock it and sign in before they could access saved screenshots."

I've got some news for Microsoft about how domestic abuse works.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpwwqp6nx14o

LR, 17 days ago to random German

Mit "Gscheit wählen" gibt es eine neue überparteiliche Kampagne, die an vor einer neuerlichen schwarz-blauen Regierung warnt und an deren "Erfolge" erinnert.

https://gscheitwählen.at/

Infomaterial kann über die Website kostenlos bestellt werden.
#ÖVP #FPÖ #gscheitwählen