Knepherbird

@knepherbird
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An old spy in a hurry
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Real NameNot actually Alec Guinness
Just upgraded to Fedora 42 on two systems, and now epiphany/gnome-web (fedora flatpak) isn't resolving local hosts (e.g., host.local). No problem with other browsers, and I can ping in a terminal with no trouble. Anyone else see an issue?
Why is the nonsense phrase “vegetative electron microscopy” turning up in fake scientific papers? Add two-column formatting to the list of things AI doesn’t understand. https://retractionwatch.com/2025/02/10/vegetative-electron-microscopy-fingerprint-paper-mill/
Via @researchbuzz
As a nonsense phrase of shady provenance makes the rounds, Elsevier defends its use

The origin of the phrase? The phrase was so strange it would have stood out even to a non-scientist. Yet “vegetative electron microscopy” had already made it past reviewers and editors at several j…

Retraction Watch
"Moreover I saw under the sun that in the place of justice, wickedness was there, and in the place of righteousness, wickedness was there as well."
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/cg7zp1dgmxmo
Netanyahu gifts President Trump a golden pager in Washington DC

The Israelis last year used booby-trapped pagers to target Hezbollah, though civilians were also among the victims.

@mattblaze The people who think they are good at everything because they are good at coding are also bad at coding.
Employees Describe an Environment of Paranoia and Fear Inside Automattic Over WordPress Chaos

Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg made another buyout offer this week, and threatened employees who speak to the press with termination.

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After the "A Book Apart" shut down, many authors have relaunched their books. @Meyerweb and Sara Wachter-Boettcher are no exception, and they have had the wonderful detail of offering "Design for Real Life" free for online reading: https://dfrlbook.com

You can also purchase it in print and ebook format.

#books #design #productdesign

Design for Real Life

Okay, is this WordPress/WPEngine thing going to end up in a shooting war?
Hey, everyone! “Design for Real Life” is now available online, in full, for free, at https://dfrlbook.com. It’s all the same content Sara Wachter-Boettcher and I wrote in 2016, but now it’s free for everyone. (If you’d like your own paper or electronic copy, there’s a “Buy the book” page on the site.) Read, share, spread the word—thanks!
Design for Real Life

20 years ago, we found out how is babby formed and how girl get pragnent