Akhil

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RAM prices explained.

Edit : this image is AI slop. I didn't catch it at first and now I feel like a tool. This post blew up, so I'm gonna leave it. I will be much more careful in the future.

#RAM #tech #Linux #AI #LateStageCapitalism

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Arcane curation from the IndieWeb, Fediverse and Cybersecurity realms

shellsharks

To celebrate the one-year anniversary of #IndieWebClub #Bangalore, we're organizing a Special Edition meetup where we invite you, the community, to present, demo, and showcase lightning talks!

Timing: Saturday, May 30th 2026, 2–5 PM
Address: Underline Center, Bengaluru, India

Talks will be limited to 8 minutes. Feel free to submit as many talks as you have ideas. The CFP will be open until midnight, 16 May 2026.

See the event page at https://blr.indiewebclub.org/2026-se/

Please boost for reach.

#IndieWeb

IndieWebClub Bangalore — Special Edition Meetup

A Peter Thiel-funded startup plans to use an AI jury to judge news reports and reporters. What could go wrong here?
https://popular.info/p/an-oligarchs-dystopian-scheme-to
An oligarch’s dystopian scheme to discredit journalism with AI

A Peter Thiel-funded startup launched this month will use an “AI jury” to “subject the media’s claims to systematic investigation and judgment.” That same system of AI adjudication assigns a numerical value — the so-called “Honor Index” score — grading the trustworthiness of individual reporters.

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TIL that repo-specific personal (uncommitted) .gitignores exist

https://akhilunnikrishnan.com/notes/til-that-repo-specific-personal-gitignores-exist

TIL that repo-specific personal gitignores exist | Akhil Unnikrishnan

I used to think ignored files needed to be committed in .gitignore, or set globally with git config, but that's not the case.

If your friends aren't talking to you about

- creatine
- protein-infused coffee
- AI agents
- Annapurna Base Camp trek
- Scuba-diving off Netrani island
- Prediction markets

then are they really your friends?

@Edent I'm not sure if this is a known issue, but searching for the term ".txt" on your website results in the URL looking like "https://shkspr.mobi/blog/?s=.txt", and it returns the homepage in txt format instead of the search results?

That's all, hope you have a great day!

Romance (the genre) isn't really my thing, which is why "This Is How You Lose The Time War" wasn't a perfect 10 for me, but the line "I want to meet you in every place I ever loved" will never not be iconic. It goes SO hard.

#ThisIsHowYouLoseTheTimeWar

@locustangerine yes! I run https://solarcene.community which is a fully solar powered mastodon instance, it runs of a small system so has aggressive power saving to the point that it will regularly shutdown to save power, so you'll social media will be limited. You can monitor it's schedule with @solar_bot

It's really an experiment but there are users that use it as their sole instance. I've actually not yet reached that point but have an account there @solaradmin

More details here https://git.solarcene.community/smallsolar/solarcene_community_setup/src/branch/main/power_setup

SolarCene

A friendly #solarpunk inspired mastodon instance running fully on solar power (OrangePi 5, network switch, network router). Please note that this is a test instance so uptime cannot be guaranteed!

Mastodon hosted on solarcene.community

I hate it here.

Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era
https://thelocal.to/investigating-scam-journalism-ai/

Investigating a Possible Scammer in Journalism’s AI Era | The Local

A suspicious pitch from a freelancer led editor Nicholas Hune-Brown to dig into their past work. By the end, four publications, including The Guardian and Dwell, had removed articles from their sites.

The Local