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Theropod101@Theropod101

April 28, 2024

Three months ago, I was so excited to start a new job as an engineer designing data centers all around the world. Then soon into my position I discovered who our biggest clients were...Google, Microsoft, Amazon, and Governments. It's now been a month since I walked away from that position. For years I had been railing against mass data collection, and surveillance and here I was figuratively doing the devils work. If I had stayed I wonder if I could really like myself as a person.

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Bryan Lunduke@Lunduke

16 minutes ago

Python Receives $1.5 Million from Anthropic, Plans New AI Tools

Python turned down a grant from the US Government (which would require ending discriminatory policies), is now working with Anthropic (Claude Al) to make up their budget defect.

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Bryan Lunduke@Lunduke

January 13, 2026

Germany Paid Arch Linux $500K to Re-write Package Management in Rust

The German Sovereign Tech Agency paid half a million dollars to create
"Rust libraries and tools" for Arch package management. One question: WHY?!

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Bryan Lunduke@Lunduke

January 12, 2026

Linus Torvalds: Vibe Coder

From Red Hat to The Linux Foundation, the majority of the Open Source world is moving towards Al assisted programming. And now Linus Torvalds is "vibe coding".

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Bryan Lunduke@Lunduke

November 22, 2023

The futility of Ad-Blockers

Ads are filling the entirety of the Web -- websites, podcasts, YouTube videos, etc. -- at an increasing rate. Prices for those ad placements are plummeting. Consumers are desperate to use ad-blockers to make the web palatable. Google (and others) are desperate to break and block ad-blockers. All of which results in... more ads and lower pay for creators.

It's a fascinatingly annoying cycle. And there's only one viable way out of it.

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Bryan Lunduke@Lunduke

November 21, 2023

openSUSE says "No Lunduke allowed!"

Those in power with openSUSE make it clear they will not allow me anywhere near anything related to the openSUSE project. Ever. For any reason.

Well, that settles that, then! Guess I won't be contributing to openSUSE! 🤣

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Bryan Lunduke@Lunduke

September 13, 2023

"Andreas Kling creator of Serenity OS & Ladybird Web Browser" - Lunduke’s Big Tech Show - September 13th, 2023 - Ep 044

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DocNo@DocNo

January 13, 2026

The Geek on Skates@GeekOnSkates

13 hours ago

Greetings from Planet M1 Mac Mini! :-D

I've had this thing for a week or two now, but I got a surprise visit from some family (who traveled a long way to get here), so tonight is the first night I've had in a while to really sit down and tinker with it. And just like my first impressions, I've seen both some exciting scores and some bummers.

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So first off, I found that moving photos and videos off my phone is _way_ easier now. My family is already asking me if I can do it for them, too. Of course it's a convoluted mess of cryptic symbols for people who speak the local language, which must be either Picturabian, Doodledorvian, or some dialect of ancient Egyptian here on earth - hieroglyphics everywhere! But thankfully, the Windows 3.1 lookin' OS menu bar has Earth English words like "import" and "export", so with a little help from AI, I was able to figure it out. And yeah, all my pics - Christmas, a church event, a couple other things... all off my phone, and on my external hard drive where they ...

nullman@nullman

January 14, 2026

#C64 Yours truly got published in this months Compute!'s Gazette! Volume 2, Issue 1.

https://www.computesgazette.com/

I wrote a BASIC program, WORDY, that plays 5-letter Wordle. You can find the article and program starting on page 67.

The word list has been shortened to fit in the magazine, but the full program can be found here:

https://github.com/nullman/c64-basic?tab=readme-ov-file#wordy

WWW.COMPUTESGAZETTE.COM

Home - Compute!'s Gazette Magazine

Explore the golden age of home computing with Compute!'s Gazette. Dive into archives of classic articles, game listings, and programming tutorials from the legendary magazine. Relive the 8-bit era and...

Bryan Lunduke@Lunduke

January 12, 2026

Lunduke Journal email hiccups, 2026 MP4's, & $89 Lifetime Subs

A few super-quick Lunduke Journal housekeeping updates:

The Lunduke Journal’s email server has had a few hiccups — if you had sent an email to “bryan at lunduke.com” in the last couple days, and have not received an expected response, send the email again.
The 2026 MP4 Downloads page is up and going! If you are a subscriber (of any kind) you can find details on how to gain access on the Subscriber Perks Page.
The popular $89 Lifetime Subscription deal is back through the end of January. Standard Monthly & Yearly subscriptions are also discounted (50% off). Grab ‘em while they’re hot!

That is all. Back to your regularly scheduled nerdiness.

-Lunduke

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Bryan Lunduke@Lunduke

20 hours ago

Lunduke's Lifetime Subscriber Wall 3 is almost full!

Holy moly.

This afternoon I sat down to update the 3rd Lunduke Journal Lifetime Subscriber wall — adding in all of you who sent in requests over the last week or so.

And, boy howdy, were there a lot of you! So many, in fact, that the 3rd Lifetime Wall only has room for around 6 or 7 more names (depending on the name lengths)! That’s crazy!

If you want to make it onto “The Lunduke Journal Lifetime Subscriber” Wall number 3… send me an email (bryan at lunduke.com) with the way you would like your name to be displayed.

Or, if you’re not already a Lifetime Subscriber, remedy that for $89. (Which, you know, is a pretty gosh darned good value.) … Then send me that email requesting to be added to the wall.

Once Wall 3 is full, we’ll start in on Wall number 4 (that’s nuts). At the current rate, I expect Wall 4 to debut this week.

And, as always, thank you for your support. Whatever kind of subscription you have, it is deeply appreciated. Monthly, Yearly, or Lifetime. All are amazing. You make The Lunduke Journal possible.

You rule.

-Lunduke

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Bryan Lunduke@Lunduke

January 13, 2026

Lunduke Out Sick Tomorrow

I’ve got the flu (or something else yucky) and need to take the day off tomorrow.

But I don’t really have a normal “boss” to email. Heck, all of you are sort of like my collective boss.

So I’m emailing you:

Boss, *cough cough* Lunduke is out sick tomorrow.

Which means no new shows on Wednesday. Hoping to rest up and be back with new shows on Thursday.

If you’ve missed any shows over the last few weeks, now’s a good chance to catch up.

And feel free to grab one of those fancy-shmancy $89 Lifetime Subscriptions while you’re at it. That won’t make my flu go away any faster… but it definitely won’t hurt.

Unrelated note: Buying stock in Nyquil might not be a bad idea. I think I’m about to increase their profits.

-Lunduke

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