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he/him. So many interesting things to know and do. At the moment, spend my free time as an #OpenBSD hacker, #Perl programmer, and fan of pockets.
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https://github.com/cpan-authors/IO-Tty/pull/41/changes

So this asshole: https://github.com/toddr

Created an account to launder his Claude AI slop code: https://github.com/toddr-bot

So now an OpenBSD porter updates IO-Tty and it only compiles with clang. Not GCC. Neither the ancient GCC in base nor GCC 15.2.0 in ports.

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fix: modernize function detection for FreeBSD/Clang compat by toddr-bot · Pull Request #41 · cpan-authors/IO-Tty

Summary The old autoconf-style function detection in Makefile.PL used char $f () forward declarations that conflict with actual prototypes from system headers on modern compilers (especially on Fre...

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New #blog post alert!

I muse about research some of my grad students and I did around independently evaluating some #OpenBSD anti-ROP mitigations, and I bid farewell to being an OpenBSD developer.

https://briancallahan.net/blog/20260322.html

#freebsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #bsd #unix #linux #compiler #compilers #rop #research

Semi-retirement, or, really, changing my relationship with the BSDs - Dr. Brian Robert Callahan

🐿️🌋 In 1980 researchers helicoptered #gophers onto the barren slopes of Mount St. Helens to test their role as #ecosystem engineers.

By digging through volcanic #ash, the #rodents brought vital mycorrhizal #fungi to the surface and sparked a #plant explosion that's still visible four decades later.

👉 https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/environment/a70780384/gophers-mount-st-helens-eruption/

#volcano #ecology #nature #science #biology #washington #mountsthelens #microbes

43 Years Ago, Scientists Dropped Gophers Onto a Volcano. Today, They’re Tiny Heroes.

A bunch of gophers helped restore the plant life around Mount St. Helens after the devastating eruption in May 1980.

Popular Mechanics

#BSDPizza was anything but pizza (Thai!) and with someone having had a birthday the day before and me knowing they don’t love being photographed… this is all I’ve got.

Thank you @AFresh1 for organizing this but sigh, you have a placeholder for me having missed so many over the years.

@mjg59 "Why yes, Mr. Chesterton, you *do* need a building permit for that fence."

Watched 2012 (the disaster movie) with bae the other day. I was fine with neutrinos microwaving the earth's core, sections of the earth's crust moving dozens of degrees, and other such nonsense, but my pedantic brain absolutely broke when it was revealed "both the president and vice-president are gone, so as Secretary of State, you are now the president".

That might have been the case in 1946, but this movie is set in 2012, and the 1947 Presidential Succession Act¹ makes it very clear that if both the president and vice-president are out of commission, then the office falls to the Speaker of the House or the president pro tempore of the Senate. CGP Grey even did a whole documentary on this².

I would have been okay if the movie said that the 1947 amendment to the Presidential Succession Act was deemed unconstitutional, which is a legitimate thing to investigate. But it didn't, ruining the believability of the entire movie.

¹ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidential_Succession_Act

² https://www.cgpgrey.com/blog/the-most-deadly-job-in-america-and-what-happens-next

Presidential Succession Act - Wikipedia

Paolo #Benanti is an Italian Catholic priest and theologian known for his work in #ethics, particularly regarding artificial intelligence. He serves as an advisor to Pope Francis.

Peter Thiel is a wackadoodle billionaire touring the world giving "Make the antichrist great again" lectures. (Because he's a wackadoodle, that's why. Also, he thinks billionaires should be in charge and poors should be slaves or fertilizer. Did I mention the wackadoodle part?)

Peter "Bow Before Me" #Thiel decided to give a series of these lectures near the #Vatican. The Vatican rebuked him and has unleashed the Franciscan Ethicist, who wrote this: (Translated, Italian link on page)

American heresy: should Peter Thiel be burned at the stake?

This is a work of stunning beauty and knowledge. As #philosophy and #theology slapdowns go, this one will be in textbooks. I'm in awe. Literally in awe.

https://www.notion.so/American-heresy-should-Peter-Thiel-be-burned-at-the-stake-3274ac94ca0580d7b499c5eb546bdaee

#Palantir

American heresy: should Peter Thiel be burned at the stake? | Notion

automatically translated from Le Grand Continent

Juan Sebastian on Notion
perldelta

what is new for perl v5.43.9

MetaCPAN

📢 Calling all BSD enthusiasts! 😈⛳️🐡

The call for papers for EuroBSDCon 2026 in Brussels is open, and we're looking for your brilliant ideas! 🌟

Got a groundbreaking discovery in *BSD applications, architecture, or implementation? Or maybe you've cracked the code on performance and security? We want to hear from you!

Don't miss this chance to:
- Demonstrate how *BSD are tackling today’s challenges and solving real-world problems.
- Explore the inner workings of *BSD, share your expertise on its design, structure, and innovation.
- Unveil your best practices, clever hacks, and practical tips for optimizing and fine-tuning *BSD.
- Unlock the full potential of *BSD to maximizing efficiency, speed, and scalability.
- Showcase your expertise in hardening *BSD and building robust defenses against modern threats.
- Highlight how *BSD is driving change in economic, organizational, and societal contexts.

https://events.eurobsdcon.org/2026/cfp

Deadline: June 20, 2026 🕒

Let's make EuroBSDCon 2026 the best one yet! See you in Brussels! 🌟

EuroBSDCon 2026 in Brussels, Belgium 🇧🇪
September 09-13, 2026

#RUNBSD #FreeBSD #NetBSD #OpenBSD #EuroBSDCon #EuroBSDCon2026 #BSD #Conference #CFP

KiCad 10.0 is out with a bunch of improvements

https://www.kicad.org/blog/2026/03/Version-10.0.0-Released/

Version 10.0.0 Released

It’s the turning of the seasons today, and to celebrate, the KiCad project is proud to announce the release of Version 10! This release is packed with new features, improvements, and hundreds of bug fixes. We hope you enjoy it! Head to the KiCad download page to get your copy (note that some packages may still be in the process of being released at the time this announcement is published). Our thanks go out to everyone who contributed to KiCad this past year. Whether your contribution was large or small, writing code, submitting bug reports, improving our libraries and documentation, or just supporting us financially: your help made a difference. Read on to see some of the highlights of the new version!