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.
AI generated code accounts for over 16% of new submissions to the Linux Kernel (and rising rapidly).
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The 90s inspired, No Age Verification, No Online Account Linux distro moves closer to a Beta release.
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"They probably want DHH to make personal, untraceable donations to nefarious groups," says GNOME Code of Conduct Chairman.
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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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Now, this is brilliant.
As the big AI companies look to go public, the obvious problem of profitability is on the table. So, how can they corner the market and reduce competition so profit is more likely?
First step is to feign interest in saving anything except the bottom line.
He responded by saying he didn’t know how an estimate like that could be made but did say the risk was enough that AI companies and governments should not tolerate it.“Whether it’s 10 or eight or six, the point is, we all have a tremendous amount of responsibility, and cannot let egos or incentives for profit or anything else get in the way,” Altman said.The second is to regulate the competition away by creating guardrails only the biggest companies could meet.
“I’m bringing some of the world’s leading AI safety experts to Capitol Hill to brief Senators in both parties on what we can do to rein in AI—before it’s too late,” Sanders said. “The American people want action.”...
Visiting the Local vs Cloud LLM via Braxman's Lens
Coming out of the Rob Braxman video - thoughts on when to use local AI. And my thoughts.
Here are the specifics Braxman uses AI for.
He uses OpenClaw as his agent platform. I use Codex and Claude code and others. I've played with OpenClaw and Hermes, and I understand why he's attracted to them. I'm trying to learn AI to that I can sell my skills. He's trying to use AI to get work done. Building one's own AI Employee Factory like I have - isn't what most people should do. OpenClaw, Hermes or GrokBot are places to look into.
Brax.me is his commercial site and he uses a bot to handle tech support! This is a fantastic use case. It's also CLEARLY a use case you don't go to if you haven't developed a trust with the AI. He also says he uses only local models for this. Matches the supremacy of privacy for customer info that is his foundational concern.
He runs email and many other services across colocated servers across the country. If there are bugs, ...
TL;DR: Lifetime Subscription discount ends in one day. There are currently 4 “Lifetime Walls” with space available for more names (the Oregon Trail Wall is now full).
We’ve been running a massive discount on Lunduke Journal Lifetime Subscriptions for the entire months of June and July. And it has been an absolute blast. There are now 21 (twenty-one!) retro computer walls overflowing with your names.
Pure insanity. Huge thank you to everyone who has supported The Lunduke Journal.
But the discounted price only runs through July 31st… and that moment is just about here.
When the calendar ticks over into August (just a hair over 24 hours from now), the Lunduke Journal Lifetime Subscription price goes back to normal.
If the calendar still says it’s July, the Lifetime price is still discounted to $125.
If the calendar says August… the price returns to $300.
There are, as of this exact moment, 4 retro game themed “Lifetime Walls” which still have some space for more names (check Lunduke.com for the full list):
Legend of Zelda
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Space Quest 4
Leisure Suit Larry
Grab a discounted Lifetime Subscription (scroll down for the details), then email Lunduke (bryan at lunduke.com) with which Wall you’d like to appear on.
First come, first served. Once a Wall is full, it’s full. So if there’s a specific Wall you’d like to be on, don’t dilly dally.
There are 3 different ways to pick up a Lunduke Journal Lifetime sub. All of them work great. Choose whichever works best for you!
Remember: These discounted prices go back up to normal ($300) on August 1st.
Go to Lunduke.Locals.com/support.
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Enter “125“ into the amount field.
After checking out, Lunduke will toss you an email once your account is set to full lifetime status. (This usually happens within a few hours.)
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Make a free account on Lunduke.Locals.com.
Email “bryan at lunduke.com” with the email address you use on both Substack and Locals (can be different email addresses).
Lunduke will toss you an email once your account is set to full lifetime status on Locals.
Bonus: Save an extra $10 with the Bitcoin option, as Bitcoin processing has fewer fees associated with it.
Make sure you have a Lunduke.Locals.com or Lunduke.Substack.com account (a free account, to either, works just fine).
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Holy frijoles! There are now 20 (twenty!) Lifetime Subscriber Walls, filled with the names of roughly one bazillion Lunduke Journal supporters.
Just amazing.
Two super quick updates:
The “Desqview/X”, “NeXTSetp”, & “TRS-80 Model 100” Walls are now full! (Check them out on Lunduke.com and at the end of new shows.)
There are 3 new Walls available to put your John Hancock on… and, just for kicks, these ones aren’t from Classic Operating Systems… they’re Classic Games:
Oregon Trail
Commander Keen 4
Leisure Suit Larry
I don’t expect space on these Walls to last long. First come first served.
If you already have a Lifetime Subscription to The Lunduke Journal, simply get ahold of me and let me know which Wall you want your name to appear on.
If you don’t have a Lifetime Sub yet… what in the heckatarnations are you waiting for? The Lifetime Discount only lasts through the end of July (which is roughly one week away).
A huge thank you to all of The Lunduke Journal subscribers. Your support is deeply appreciated. You make this possible.
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Buckle up, Buttercup. Because The Lunduke Journal is about to blow your mind.
The “BeOS” Wall Lifetime Subscriber Wall is now full (see all of them on Lunduke.com)!
We’ve added a new “TRS-80 Model 100” Wall (because we can)! That’s the 19th Lifetime Subscriber Wall! 19!
The discounted Lifetime Lunduke Journal Subscriptions are still available through to the end of this month (July).
Which means there are, as of this exact moment, 4 Walls with space available (see Lunduke.com for the full list of Walls). But these fill up wicked fast.
Emacs (only a few spots left)
Desqview/X (a little less than 2/3rd’s full)
NeXTStep (still plenty of space)
TRS-80 Model 100 (just launched)
Nice, right?
Worth noting: The “TRS-80 Model 100” has very limited screen resolution (240 x 64), which means only a small number of names can fit on that wall. If you want on it, I’d let me know right away.
Grab a discounted Lifetime Subscription (if you don’t already have one), then let me know (email “bryan at lunduke.com”) which Wall you’d like to see your name on.
Huge high five to everyone who has already added their name to a Wall. At the current rate, we’ll have over 20 retro computer themed walls, filled with all of your names, by the end of the month.
And, doggone it, that’s amazing.
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