So my systems recently updated to rsync 3.4.3, and as soon as that happened my backup system - which does incremental backups using multiple --compare-dest= arguments - started to fail on anything but a full backup.

Revert to 3.4.1 and it works.

So I go look at the source in GitHub to see what might have changed, because there doesn't seem to be anything relevant in the changelog.

Since 3.4.1, 36 commits by "tridge and claude"

Oh for fuck's sakes.

The business model of Tinder etc. isn't to find you the love of your life, it's to keep you on their site, making you pay for as long as possible.

The business model of Big AI isn't to solve your problems with the least amount of tokens. It is to keep you close enough to *think* you might soon have the solution while you keep on spending more and more tokens.

Both (and many other services) make their money based on hope, not on results. That's my opinion.

All the devs saying that Anthropic’s code quality is “normal” are telling on themselves and everybody they’ve worked with

(Also supports what many have been saying about software quality being a crisis that precedes LLMs, but that’s another story)

Well this is the first time I think I’ve been genuinely bloody livid about an update because of iOS 26.4.

I don’t do credit cards, only debit, which is common enough in the UK, and none of the cards I input were enough to prove I’m over 18, despite the fact I purchased the damn phone, it’s tied to my Apple ID which has my birthdate, and since we don’t have ID cards and I don’t drive, my one method of verification (that being my passport) was not accepted.

As a result I cannot change some settings on the phone I spent my own money on….. What the actual hell is this utter fucking bullshit? Age verification laws strike again. Fan fucking tastic.

Edit: A friend of mine alerted me to the fact that the system has been quietly modified server-side, so I was able to verify using just my face. finally there's no stupid thing in settings bugging me. glad that's over and done with, and no credit card initiation ceremony bullshit.

RE: https://mastodon.me.uk/@pikesley/116244381124234374

Marc Andreessen is proof that p-zombies exist:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philosophical_zombie

After listening to an entrepreneur, a philosopher and a psychologist burble confused inanities about “griefbots” for two consecutive nights on the radio [https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/the-radio-national-hour/grief-ai-end-death-bot/106338094 and https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/the-radio-national-hour/the-promise-and-pitfalls-of-ai-griefbots/106341670] my takeaway was this:

If someone you love needs to hear something from you, for fuck’s sake say it to them now, with your own voice and your own intention, lest some slimy techbro insert himself into their life after you’ve gone, and exploit their loss and pain. Also, tell your spouse/kids/whatever that no, you don’t want your face drawn in crayon on a clumsy digital sock puppet for all eternity.

RE: https://mastodon.thenewoil.org/@thenewoil/115971195227745876

Next up will be a VPN ban. Many tech-y people will see that and think “lol yeah well that’s not going to stop *me* from using a VPN”

A VPN ban isn’t really meant stop you from using one. It means when they catch you doing so, they’ll use the fact you’re using this harmless technology itself as a *pretense* to lock you up without needing to do any “hard work” (i.e. an investigator’s job) like actually confirming whether you committed a real crime.

Don’t think you won’t be impacted just because you know how to outsmart an ISP filter! This is not a plan to protect children or stop you from consuming adult media. It is a ploy to eventually eliminate ALL freedom of expression and free access to information in the UK.

And the same goes for Chat Control and encrypted messengers, btw

#UKpol #VPNban #PornHub #ChatControl #Privacy #FreeSpeech #SocialMedia

Deep truth

(creator: unknown)