@ludicity if anyone reading along at home has _not_ read https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/ai-mania-is-eviscerating-global-decision-making/ they really must do so right now, it'll make you realize you are probably not panicked _enough_ about the intersection of "AI", "mental health" and "executive […]

The 2026 #curl team

Max, Stefan, Dan, James, Viktor and me.

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2026/10/12/the-2026-curl-team/

Advanced Programming in the #UNIX Environment

Week 5: make(1)

Let's take a look at how the make(1) utility can be used to help us selectively build our code project. You don't need much to get started -- built-in default suffix rules make this easy -- but with time you can build complex build […]

@rwg probably an art project

#NRC is among the most respected Dutch newspapers and their setting up a #mastodon server is a beacon on the path to a democratic #DigitalCommons

Short term it shows it is indeed possible for any modest organization not to be hostage to remote techbro overlords.

Longer term it means probing […]

@tante wow, exactly this. thanks for sharing!

"Programming isn’t special. It’s just Art, and Art is the most human — and thus, the most universal — thing that there is."

(Article title: Programming Isn’t Special)

https://blog.glyph.im/2026/10/programming-isnt-special.html

@sinza could you share a screenshot? curious... (been using fvwm for quite a while in the past, fond memories)

"The development of human understanding must remain organic and community led." It should not be directed [..]

@ https://agmai.org/general-sep29/ : on LLM's and mathematical research

#auckland in case you're wondering what the hell you'll do with all those buttons, some inspiration for you below...
https://www.rnz.co.nz/life/lifestyle/thousands-of-buttons-up-for-grabs-in-auckland-bring-your-bags
#buttons #crafting #diy #necklace

Jerry Afriyie over dat hij niet de luxe heeft om geen antifascist te zijn.

#antifascisme #fascisme #racisme

"The people holding up the internet"

A good-looking but somewhat depressing exposé about the people holding up current digital infrastructure as a hobby.

https://sheets.works/data-viz/holding-up-the-internet

Forwarding message I got from Samy Ben Redjeb <[email protected]> ;
https://analogafrica.bandcamp.com/ is a record label specialised
in re-issueing old african soul music. "Does anyone here work at Meta and could help me restore my WhatsApp account? All my communication with musicians […]

RIP Margaret Hamilton, software engineer extraordinaire.

"We had to find a way and we did. Looking back, we were the luckiest people in the world; there was no choice but to be pioneers." - Hamilton on the Apollo 11 mission

https://news.mit.edu/2026/margaret-hamilton-computing-pioneer-dies-1007

current politics in france , La France Insoumise and Melenchon :
https://lists.sr.ht/~vdupras/duskos-discuss/%3C20261007153851.0de1d51a@nuc%3E

Nagekomen bericht over de uitspraken van Osvaldo Zavala Giler van het #icc op de #OneConference dinsdag. Hij vertelde ook dat er meerdere bedrijven zijn die niet voor het Strafhof durven te werken, omdat ze vrezen onvoldoende (politieke) steun te krijgen in geval van Amerikaanse sancties tegen […]

🛒☢️ This supermarket stands frozen in time following the 2011 Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster. Located within the exclusion zone, it was evacuated without warning and has remained untouched since […]

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Buckle up. One of the pending #curl CVEs that we publish next week is graded severity HIGH. Considered the worst flaw found in curl in several years.

Yes, found with AI.