Mastodawn

Still waiting for an album named "Madness" by that band that released "Prequel to Madness"

Distributed Systems Design by Example: https://third-bit.com/2026/03/15/dsdx/ and https://third-bit.com/dsdx/. As the post says, I don't know if I'll ever finish this, but I hope what's there is useful.

The Third Bit: Distributed Systems Design by Example

Eder Mar 5

LWN.net Mar 5

A GitHub Issue Title Compromised 4,000 Developer Machines (grith.ai)

https://lwn.net/Articles/1061548/ #LWN #Linux #security

A GitHub Issue Title Compromised 4,000 Developer Machines (grith.ai)

The grith.ai blog reports on an LLM prompt-injection vulnerability that led to 4,000 installati [...]

LWN.net

Eder Mar 4

Jess Rose Mar 4

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https://www.igalia.com/coding-experience/

#FediHire #Fossjobs

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Igalia

Eder Feb 27

Once in a month good news in Politics. (Despite a right wing party coming close in second...)
And a great speech too.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cp8rjk02r0jt?post=asset%3A8afc0d75-154f-4bae-90c3-cb77c86ffaf1#post

New Green MP says 'we can win anywhere' after by-election victory as Starmer vows to 'keep fighting'

Hannah Spencer, a 34-year-old plumber, wins the Gorton and Denton by-election, with Reform coming in second and Labour in third.

BBC News

Eder Feb 13

How weird it is to hear a song from a time you didn't live and feel nostalgic about it?
Is there even a name for that feeling?

Eder Feb 3

KDE Feb 3

This petition wants contributing to Free Software to be legally and officially recognized as volunteering in Germany on the same level as youth work or ambulance service:

https://www.openpetition.de/petition/online/recognition-of-work-on-open-source-as-volunteering-in-germany#petition-main

This would bring fiscal and funding advantages for FLOSS organizations and the volunteers themselves.

If you are a German citizen, please sign the petition and let's get our volunteers the recognition they deserve!

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Photo credit: FSFE.

Eder Feb 1

Discover a new band. Find out they are playing nearby. Go to the concert. Hear them playing exactly 0 of the songs you liked the most. Me.

Eder Feb 1

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Sue Smith Feb 1

@gvwilson It definitely has, you can't even make a simple website without a "build" process etc, we've overcomplicated the fuck out of everything and now those patterns are baked into LLM output.

Eder Jan 24

Rebecca Sieber Jan 24

Mal ne Frage an Leute, die ihre eigene Website oder Fediverse-Instanz betreiben:

Habt ihr zufällig schon Erfahrungen gesammelt mit Anbieterinnen, die ladungsfähige Adressen vermieten? Für's Impressum? Oder nehmt ihr eure Privatadresse? Oder gar keine? (Falls ihr nicht gerade einem Verein, Unternehmen oder Behörde seid)

Gerne boosten und vielen Dank schonmal!