Due to $reasons I came across this blogpost https://www.elttam.com/blog/env/ about turning ENV variables into code execution which is nice. But the Python vector is depending on Perl, I didn't like that :P.

Digging a bit deeper in the code often helps, so it did this time:

Looking at https://github.com/python/cpython/blob/d73634935cb9ce00a57dcacbd2e56371e4c18451/Lib/webbrowser.py#L51-L52 I could simplify the payload to:

Truly my greatest professional joy is that, not only did we get to build a tool to help people stop AI bots from scraping up their work without consent, I was able to have our in-house artist create a SLOP sign to mark the spot where the bots expire.

If you are a non-profit or open source project that does good internet stuff, we’ll protect you for free. If not, then you can pay us money and we will hook you up. Either way, good tools to put you in control over the bots. https://www.fastly.com/blog/take-back-control-make-ai-bots-play-by-your-rules

I name my computers after Sith Lords 😈 We all have a system, right?

I add a little Dark Side flair to the computers I build. Here's Revan the new home lab server, all finished, ready for racking and sporting a Darth Revan decal 🎨

Learn more about this build in a future episode of @linuxmatters 🐧🎙️

What is your host naming convention?

Apple's abusive App Store policies led to the #EU Commission passing the #DMA to protect fair competition.

Just like Apple has invented fake #privacy, it's now inventing fake compliance.

Here's how Apple's absurd plan is a🖕to democratically passed law:
https://proton.me/blog/apple-dma-compliance-plan-trap

XP-Pen sent me their new Artist Pro 16 (Gen2): they were curious if I could get it to work under Gnu/Linux without their proprietary driver.

Result: after a long evening of trial and error, tweaking Digimend/X11/xsetwacom, almost everything works now. 🎉

Of course, the deal is that if it works, I have to document it like I did with the Artist 24 Pro. So expect it soon™.

Btw, this one will stay on my desk: I had a serious crush on it while testing: super low latency & low parallax. 😍

Lend me your eyeballs for a few minutes to talk about media server CPUs!

https://youtu.be/ceUIUyZwchY

Hello #Nix fans 👋

If you have a Flake ❄️ in your #GitHub repository, Nix Flake Checker is a free must-have tool 🧰

Keep Nixpkgs inputs in your flake.lock files up to date, highlight issues & how to fix them. Feedback welcome!

✅ https://github.com/marketplace/actions/nix-flake-checker

We had a one-day extension for #LinuxGameJam2023. I learned a new PICO-8 token optimisation technique and managed to cram a boss fight into the game! 🛸💥 Here is the Dev Log:

🪵https://itch.io/post/7923291

And here is a clip of the boss-fight in action: