This installment of "Funny Programming Pictures" brought to you by: Insomnia, Fox Weather, and freezer burritos.
So did you notice Google Search getting worse? Well not me personally because I don't do Google search, but in turn DDG is becoming poorer.
Steve and Wendell discuss what is going on with Google Search
It's been a long week. Let's browse pictures of Retro Battlestations. TRS-80, OS/2 Warp, 486 DX2-66, Osborne 4, Commodore 64 SX, Sweet Roland Synths and more.
Tired of "buying" software only to realize you merely have a "license" that can be taken away? A new law in California will allow fines for companies that do this for digital goods (including games, music, and movies).
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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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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Feeling like creating some awesome 8 bit soundtracks? Perhaps for a game? Good news. Furnace 0.6.7 is out.
**Furnace** is the biggest chiptune tracker ever made.
It gets even better. Furnace supports all sorts of tone based music, including old keyboards, the NES, the Amiga, and Commodore PET. It can export is over a dozen formats. And the interface is adjustable for your composing comfort.
Have fun!
Furnace is available in the repositories, as a Flatpak, and as an Appimage. Grab the nightlies or the unstable version. Live the dream of being an 8 bit composer.
Loving the Modern World
FaceTiming with my grandson is a wonder of modern life. They live four hours away, so this is how I see him most. He totally gets that he's talking to Pawpaw. He wants to hold the phone and disconnects us a lot but it’s fun. He gives me kisses by phone.
My daughter sends us photos nearly every day. What a boon to families that don’t live near each other.
We have a family group chat. Three adult children and their partners are all on it keeping us connected with ease.
Don’t want to go back to the dark ages myself.
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Ladybird Web Browser becomes a non-profit with $1 Million from GitHub Founder
Don't wave the LGBT flag? SUSE & openSUSE says you are "Rotten Flesh"
Elementary OS & Asahi Linux declare war on "Right Wing" nerds
NixOS commits a "purge" of "Nazi" contributors, forces abdication of founder
Ladybird Web Browser Developer Attacked by Unhinged, Dishonest Activists
Microsoft Write - The First Word Processor for Windows (ported to Mac... and Atari ST)
Ground Zero for the Personal Computer Industry: 1977's West Coast Computer Faire
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But, boy-howdy, outside of Linux... there was some seriously funky news this week. Especially when it comes to AI shenanigans. Fake AI Podcasts, AI used to brainwash people, AI surveillance... pretty weird and dark stuff. All of the AI stories are worth checking out.
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