nice https://astrid.tech/2026/03/24/0/curl-to-dev-sda/

curl-up 2026 is on May 23-24 this year in Prague - https://github.com/curl/curl-up/wiki/2026 - sign up ... participate ... we esp would like to hear from users, developers and anyone trying to figure out this crazy world of software development - demonstrate what you do with curl (can be a formal talk or just come and we can talk) #curl #curlup2026

it might be time for a new network - https://www.forbes.com/sites/joetoscano1/2026/03/06/google-just-patented-the-end-of-your-website/

me most days (could not find original creator ... so apologies!)

Some cult collapses are violent (ex. Branch Davidians, Jonestown, etc), some have legal (ex. NXIVM) or fraud collapse(ex. Rajneeshees) ... some dissolve over a longer period of time (ex. Scientoligists, Fellowship of friends) ... and there is always a 'date' of impending consequence ... the RAPTURE has its recurring September Rosh Hashanah ... so Sept 2026 I guess it is .... when this MAGA cult collapses (and it will) can we just agree to 'no more cults'.

Commercial software companies 'moats' are now infrastructure/hardware and electricity ... that is it ... we are all open source software companies now ;) lets hope those open licenses are defended at some point.

llm is all of open source compressed without the license ... I get the feeling there is a load of legal debt accruing ... when Oracle database gets completely 'clean roomed' ... those deep pockets might change their mind about copyright.

To understand Iran - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan%E2%80%93Iran_water_dispute - where water runs out there is always war - US funded a lot of Afghan dam building projects and Taliban doing their own bit (with help from others). Just my 2p from an old geophyis ...