All around the world, people are celebrating Blue Screen of Death Day.
This year's festivities, proudly sponsored by Crowdstrike and Microsoft, kicked off in the wee hours of the morning -- people from all corners of the globe simply could not wait to ring in BSOD Day 2024!
Below are pictures -- from airports and offices... to Times Square -- of how people chose to comemorate the day.
The Iran & Hamas aligned "313 Team" is claiming credit for a Disney+ outage this evening. The same Islamic cyber terrorists previously attacked Ubuntu, Microsoft, OpenAl, Cloudflare, & others.
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An official Commodore flip phone. Which runs Android. But purposefully blocks Web Browsers and Social Media Apps. And disabled Touchscreen. For $550. Seriously.
And, yes. I misspelled "smartphone" in the title. Typing is hard.
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The Retro Computer Lunduke Journal Lifetime Subscriber Walls continue to fill up! TempleOS and Mac System 1 Walls are now full...& the Commodore 64 Wall appears!
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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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California passes new 10% on pre-written software sales.
The second tax increase would impose a new sales tax on digital software, including programs like Microsoft Office, QuickBooks, Slack, and Workday. This tax, starting at 7.25%, could vary depending on the region of California where the software is purchased or used. The measure is projected to bring in approximately $900 million annually for the state’s general fund.Over the years, Microsoft has made people angry. 😡 However, here is a case where "Microsoft Security Response Center" (MSRC) has made someone VERY ANGRY, and some of Microsoft's "failures" (aka. Negligent CyberSecurity Practices) are being put on the Internet for All to see.
"We Will Ruin Your Life" - Microsoft (RE CyberSecurity Response) - ThePrimeagen (YouTube)
The “TempleOS” and “Macintosh System 1” Lunduke Journal Lifetime Subscriber Walls are full! Those suckers filled up in a single week! (You can check them all out at Lunduke.com.)
But, behold! The “Commodore 64” and “BeOS R5” Walls are now available to add your names to!
Windows 2000 : 2 spots left
Commodore 64 : Space available
BeOS R5 : Space available
Those last two spots on the Windows 2000 Wall won’t last long. And, honestly, I expect the C64 Wall to by full pretty quickly.
Don’t have a Lifetime Subscription yet?
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Email “bryan at lunduke.com” with which Wall you would like to be on, and how you’d like your name displayed (nickname, full name, etc.).
There are roughly 12 days left in June. How many Retro Computer themed Lifetime Walls can we fill up before the end of the month? Let’s find out!
Huge thank you to each and every one of you! You make The Lunduke Journal possible.
-Lunduke
It has been, yet another, weird and wild week in the world of Tech and Open Source.
Filled with awesome and inspiring stories (Linux logos on Race cars!)… mixed with bizarre, Woke politics and concerning technical news.
And, as usual, all but one of the big stories this week were completely ignored by the other of the Tech News outlets.
Here are the major stories from the last week, with direct links to X and Substack. You can also watch / listen on a bunch of other platforms (Rumble, RSS Audio Podcast, etc.), listed on Lunduke.com.
Rust-Based Malware Hits 1.4% of Arch User Repository (X, Substack)
Godot Game Engine Promotes Extreme, Pro-Trans "Pronoun Palace" Game (X, Substack)
GNOME in Damage Control Mode After Revelations from Ex Board Member (X, Substack)
Proton Mail Apologizes for Sponsoring "Far Right French YouTuber" (X, Substack)
Ex Board Member Reveals Corruption & Dysfunction at GNOME Foundation (X, Substack)
AI Generated Patches to Linux Kernel Hits New Record High (X, Substack)
Huge thank you to all of The Lunduke Journal’s subscribers. You make all of this possible.
-Lunduke
“When are you going to add a TempleOS Lifetime Wall??!”
I’ve lost track of the number of times I’ve received that request over the last few weeks. Well. What the heck! Why not?
There are now three Lunduke Journal Lifetime Subscriber Walls (displayed both on Lunduke.com and the end of all new shows) with space available:
Macintosh System 1
Windows 2000
TempleOS
A few quick notes:
The Windows 2000 Wall, which was introduced only 2 days ago, is already about half way full. At the current rate, that one will likely be full by the end of the week. Still plenty of space on the Mac System 1 Wall.
The discount on Lifetime Subscriptions ($125… discounted from the normal $300) runs through the end of June.
One Lifetime Subscription = Name Listed on One Wall. These Walls are crazy popular and fill up super fast, so I have to put that limit in place.
Want your name on more than one Lifetime Wall? Grab a second Lifetime Subscription (use the discounted rate) and you can have your name added to one of the Walls with space still available.
Massive high five to everyone who has supported The Lunduke Journal and made these retro-computer Lifetime Walls so much fun to do!
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