Liam Proven

@lproven.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy

Tall, once dark, black-clad atheist skeptic SF fan; writes (mostly about computers) for a living. Grizzled internet veteran, online since 1985. Current […]

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@lproven.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy Oct 11, 2026, 2:59 PM

Lobbying is corruption

« Have you ever tried to explain lobbying to a European? Neither have I. But George Hotz just did the opposite: he explained it to everyone who is not American. Read it. It is short, funny, and devastating. »

https://carette.xyz/posts/lobbying_and_corruption/

@lproven.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy Oct 11, 2026, 12:39 PM

Lobbying (Oct 10, 2026)

« Have you tried to explain lobbying to a non American unfamiliar with the concept? »

https://geohot.github.io//blog/jekyll/update/2026/10/10/lobbying.html

@lproven.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy Oct 11, 2026, 11:22 AM

Wherein the slopbros won't stop (from the great JWZ, but on the DNA Lounge blog)

https://www.dnalounge.com/backstage/log/2026/10/06.html

<- If you have a clue, you know AI is evil, but it's more evil than you think

@lproven.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy Oct 9, 2026, 10:01 PM

@xahteiwi 42!

No, not 42 factorial. I'm not that old.

@pasi.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy Sep 24, 2026, 9:35 AMReposted by @lproven.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy

This is an absolute beauty. Feels barely used and everything seems to work.

@lproven.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy Oct 8, 2026, 2:59 PM

THE SEARCH FOR SALVAGE

https://shahidhussain.com/writing/search-for-salvage/

«
In 2011 I heard a piece of music that didn’t make any sense.
...
The band was Salvage, & the 2 tracks on the CD I bought were called “Electric” & “Searchlights”.
»

@lproven.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy Oct 7, 2026, 12:48 PM

COSMIC shuts the door on AI code as GNOME debates letting bug reports in

https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/10/07/cosmic-shuts-the-door-on-ai-code-as-gnome-debates-letting-bug-reports-in/5301141

System76 demands human-written contributions, while a rival desktop developer argues […]

@timojyrinki.mastodon.social.ap.brid.gy Oct 6, 2026, 12:08 PMReposted by @lproven.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy

I got my hands on #Commodore #SailfishOS device - #Callback 8020. Damn cool device, and good looking too!

#Mindtrek #Mindtrek26 #Linux #Linuxphone

@fastfinge.fed.interfree.ca.ap.brid.gy Oct 6, 2026, 4:26 PMReposted by @lproven.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy

@FreakyFwoof Yup. I grew up in a heavily Chinese/Korean area. It's a popular supersticion in these cultures that you shouldn't leave fans running in a closed room for too long, because they'll suck out all the oxygen. So if the classroom was hot, but it was raining so the windows couldn't be […]

@davep.infosec.exchange.ap.brid.gy Oct 6, 2026, 2:10 PMReposted by @lproven.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy

At the hotel reception I said "I'm awfully sorry, I forgot what room I'm in". "No problem sir" the lady said. "This is called 'The Lobby'".

@lproven.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy Oct 6, 2026, 11:22 AM

I’m Calling for a Pause in the Development of the Universal Bone Dissolver

https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/2026/10/ai-slowdown-bone-dissolver/688854/

A recent incident has raised my concerns: Last month, the Bone Dissolver unexpectedly dissolved a number of bones

@lproven.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy Oct 5, 2026, 8:02 PM

@Andres4NY Aaaaaargh!

@lproven.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy Oct 5, 2026, 4:45 PM

Debian's latest kernel security update has 1,313 reasons to patch

https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/10/05/debians-latest-kernel-security-update-has-1313-reasons-to-patch/5301124

AI-assisted bug hunting adds to maintainers' workload, while broad CVE rules help explain the sprawling […]

@erikuden.mastodon.de.ap.brid.gy Oct 5, 2026, 11:48 AMReposted by @lproven.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy

The US empire is dying if AI collapses 😍

@erikuden.mastodon.de.ap.brid.gy Oct 5, 2026, 12:15 PMReposted by @lproven.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy

[Sam Altman | Mentions of Rape] I think we talk way too little about the fact that Sam Altman raped his sister

@lproven.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy Oct 5, 2026, 12:25 PM

Ubuntu 'Stonking Stingray' beta swims out: Deeper Rust 'oxidization' plus LLM speech-to-text

https://www.theregister.com/os-platforms/2026/10/05/ubuntu-stonking-stingray-beta-swims-out-deeper-rust-oxidization-plus-llm-speech-to-text/5301023

GNOME 51 is here, and Ubuntu interim releases are […]

@lproven.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy Oct 4, 2026, 11:27 AM

Revive Raskin's 3 laws of software with humane work that considers a dev's duty of care

https://www.theregister.com/software/2026/10/04/revive-raskins-3-laws-of-software-with-humane-work-that-considers-a-devs-duty-of-care/5300539

All this, and angry NeoVim users

<- by me on #TheRegister

@lproven.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy Oct 3, 2026, 5:40 PM

Tilde: A text editor that doesn't work like it's 1976

https://www.theregister.com/software/2021/12/17/tilde-a-text-editor-that-doesnt-work-like-its-1976/1283921

Maybe you're not too cool for intuitive

<- by me on #TheRegister – nearly 5Y ago now. Still wondering if anyone's worked out why I […]

@blinkwithakink.mastodon.online.ap.brid.gy Oct 3, 2026, 4:09 PMReposted by @lproven.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy

RE: https://social.vivaldi.net/@lproven/117360636196598837

the funniest thing I've read in a long, long time.

@lproven.social.vivaldi.net.ap.brid.gy Oct 3, 2026, 2:59 PM

Now That's An Impurity Story (from Derek Lowe, _In the Pipeline_ Analytical Chemistry blog)

https://www.science.org/content/blog-post/now-s-impurity-story

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