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Linux Finally Eliminates The strncpy API After Six Years Of Work, 360+ Patches - Phoronix
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.2-Drops-strncpy
Linux Finally Eliminates The strncpy API After Six Years Of Work, 360+ Patches

Linux 7.2 has finally eliminated the strncpy API from the Linux kernel

you can't deny how useful they are!!
Jealous of the Northeastern US right now, as they get Steakholder's Perfecta Premium Plant-based meat rollout first.
https://www.steakholderfoods.com/blog/steakholder-foods-to-launch-perfecta-premium-plant-based-meat-in-the-u-s-market

There is no digital sovereignty without ODF

Any other choice is a choice of dependence on a single vendor

Digital sovereignty begins with the document format. Everything else – server location, hosting jurisdiction, procurement clauses – is downstream of this single decision. If the format is standard and open, the user controls the document. If the format is proprietary the vendor controls it, even when the file sits on the user’s own hard drive.

https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/05/15/no-digital-sovereignty-without-odf/

ArXiv is going to ban researchers for a year if they are caught submitting AI slop. ArXiv told us it's a one strike rule: do it once, you're out.

https://www.404media.co/new-arxiv-rules-ai-generated-papers-ban/

ArXiv to Ban Researchers for a Year if They Submit AI Slop

The change comes as arXiv and others struggle to manage an influx of AI-generated materials masquerading as rigorous science.

404 Media
With Amazon killing off all the old kindles, they’re super-cheap right now. And it turns out that jailbreaking is a minor faff, but not too difficult, really. This one was £10 and is going to somebody who was pondering getting an expensive eink ebook reader just a couple of weeks ago. :D
#permacomputing
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Americans do many stupid things, but referring to a main course as the entrée has to be up there as one of the most stupid things they do. An entrée is literally the entrance/starter, not the main course.