@ugackMiner

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Websitehttps://ugack.com
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Hereโ€™s one of my more reflective poems, written while waiting for a train at a provincial railway station.

did you know that SSH has a little-known secret menu?

i wrote a post about this on cohost a while back, but since that site shut down i'm posting it here too

Giving University Exams in the Age of Chatbots

How I managed to give an exam while giving the students the choice to use a chatbot or not.

And what I learned in the process.

https://ploum.net/2026-01-19-exam-with-chatbots.html

Giving University Exams in the Age of Chatbots

Giving University Exams in the Age of Chatbots par Ploum - Lionel Dricot.

Incredibly useful free and open-source app to convert videos into high-quality GIFs https://alternativeto.net/software/gifski/about/

Check out our 2025 Year in Review, with lots of fun wiki statistics!

https://minecraft.wiki/year-in-review-2025/

Open-source keyboard focused Firefox based web browser with TypeScript config, vim style modes, hints, fuzzy tab finder, and full WebExtensions API support https://alternativeto.net/software/glide-browser/about/
Ikigai - that interesting self-development concept & prism from Japan - and it's (more realistic?) opposite (by @adamgrant)

A List of Predictions Made in 1926 About 2026

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The NS (the Dutch train company) was selling some old emergency brakes, and well... one thing led to another, and now I have this in my home ๐Ÿ˜‚

In light of the PSF's recent loss of an NSF grant and attendant funding shortfall, I will be matching donations up to $5000. Send me your receipts.

Very happy if you've already donated for similar reasons but the point is to motivate *new* donations so be sure the timestamp is after this toot ๐Ÿ˜‰.