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Email, Physical Addresses, Purchases, Employment Records, the works. 74 Million. In one month.
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"With this v2.55 release the Rust compiler is required unless you explicitly disable it in the build system."
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Operating System Age Verification! Paid Web Browsers! Wikipedia Bannings! XLibre Success! XFCE & Wayland Bad Decisions! Plus: The Awesome FujiNet!
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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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You guys will love this: Ford Brings back Humans and AI is sub par.
This is an adoption problem. Companies introduce AI and then reduce staff BEFORE the AI proves itself. Not very smart. Lots of companies are going through this.
Story: So it turns out that a computer algorithm cannot teach itself what decades of hands-on, grease-under-the-fingernails human experience already knows.
Ford executives just peeled back the curtain on a massive strategic pivot. The automaker frantically brought back 350 veteran technical specialists to fix a lingering quality and recall crisis that their shiny AI systems simply could not solve.
Some of these seasoned experts were former Ford employees who had previously retired or moved on. Others were specialists poached back from various supplier companies. Either way, Ford leadership looked at their internal metrics and realized they needed the old guard back in the room.
So what exactly is going on?
Ford's Chief Operating Officer Kumar Galhotra ...
Hey, all you amazing nerds!
Some quick updates on the Lunduke Journal Lifetime Subscriber Walls (which are just ridiculously fun):
The “Emacs” and “Vim” Lifetime Subscriber Walls are filling up fast! If you want get your name on one of these (and push one towards victory over the other), I recommend letting me know pretty gosh darned quickly.
The discount for Lifetime Subscriptions has been extended through the end of July… because filling up these Lifetime Walls is fun! This discount makes it easier (and cheaper) for everyone to take part while supporting The Lunduke Journal. If you haven’t grabbed yours yet, pick a Wall (check the bottom of Lunduke.com) and grab a discounted subscription!
The “Ubuntu 4.10” Wall is now full! Check that bad boy out in all it’s super brown glory!
We’ve added Wall number 17! The “Desqview/X” Wall! I love this one. Might need to put my own name on it (I can do that, right?)…
The “BeOS R5” Wall has enough space left for just a few more names. Maybe 2 or 3. Will be closing that one down soon!
Thank you to everyone for the massive outpouring of support for The Lunduke Journal. You make all of this possible!
-Lunduke
This week, like most weeks, was an absolute rollercoaster in the world of Computer News (tm). Organizations banning co-founders. Corporations taking away access to media you’ve purchased. Wild stuff. See all of that below.
But let’s get off the crazy Tech News Rollercoaster for a moment, and talk about something truly inspiring. And, importantly, stupidly fun.
I would like to point you towards FujiNet.
I’ve talked about FujiNet before but, if you haven’t looked at it recently, you owe it to yourself.
It is, in part, a WiFi adapter for a wide array of 8-bit computers. Atari, Tandy Color Computer, Apple II, and DOS. But that really doesn’t do these sweet little devices justice.
Because the FujiNet adapters handle all of the internet protocols on-device, they allow such feats of technical wizardry as… using an Apple II to connect to a modern SSH server running on a Linux host. Wild.
The team behind these amazing little gizmos have been working on two new things lately, both of which brought a tremendous smile to my face.
The first is a series of FujiNet programming manuals, and user manuals, for each supported retro computer platform. What’s more… they took the extra effort of making the PDF manuals use the classic styles of each platform’s own manual.
For example: The Apple II FujiNet “Getting Started” manual is designed to look like the old Apple IIc manual. Same with the Coleco Adam manual.
It’s a little touch… but it really tells you a lot about the love these guys have for these classic machines.
The second thing they’ve been building, is a set of Android emulators, for those retro computing platforms, with built-in emulation of the FujiNet itself. So you can, for example, have a “FujiNet” enabled CoCo… online. Emulated on your Android phone/tablet.
Because the team has taken the time to build online multiplayer games — with versions for each computer — you could use an Android phone to emulate a CoCo and play a multiplayer game with someone on an Atari Lynx.
If you’re interested in this retro computing magic, I recommend following Thomas Cherryhomes on X. He regularly posts goodies related to FujiNet. And, honestly, it’s just too much fun for words.
Here are the major stories from the last week, with direct links to X and Substack.
See Lunduke.com for all other platforms (Rumble, RSS Audio Podcast, etc.).
Which Operating Systems Are Refusing to Do Age Verification? (X, Substack)
Wikipedia Bans Wikipedia Co-Founder For Saying Wikipedia Should be Neutral (X, Substack)
XLibre, the “Vanity, Protest Fork” of Xorg, Has Yet Another Major New Release (X, Substack)
XFCE’s Wayland “Preview Release” is Horribly, Expectedly Broken (X, Substack)
Huge thank you to all of The Lunduke Journal’s subscribers. You make all of this possible.
-Lunduke
The Commodore 64 Wall is full, and the Emacs and Vim Walls make their appearance! Lifetime Subscriptions continue to be discounted all June long for those who want to get on the Walls!
Lifetime Subscribers to The Lunduke Journal filled up the “Commodore 64” Wall in just 10 days! Awesome.
And with the “Ubuntu 4.10” and “BeOS R5” Walls almost full of names as well (just a few spots left on each), it’s time for some new Walls for Lifetime Subscribes to put their signatures on!
This time, let’s have a bit of a friendly competition: Vim vs Emacs.
Both Walls — “Vim” & “Emacs” — appeared at the exact same time.
Let’s see which one gets full first. To keep it fair, I’ll cap both off at the exact same number of names.
When they’re full, I’ll included a statement of “Filled in X Days/Hours” next to each on Lunduke.com so everybody knows which one was more popular.
In fact, maybe I’ll add exactly that sort of “Filled in X Days” label for all of the existing Retro Computer Lifetime Walls. Just for fun.
Will Emacs or Vim win? I have a guess. We’ll find out!
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Note: One Lifetime Subscription = One Listing on One Wall. These fill up insanely fast, so I have to put this limit in place. You are more than welcome to get multiple Lifetime Subscriptions if you want to be on multiple Walls.
Your name will then appear on a Wall… on both Lunduke.com & during the end of new Lunduke Journal shows.
For the entire month of June, Lifetime Subscriptions are discounted down to $125 (regularly $300).
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