My favorite picture in this "Funny Programming Pictures" collection is the one with Al Bundy in it. In part because it contains a stupid grammatical error, and in part because it has absolutely nothing to do with programming.
But, mostly, because it's about Al Bundy.
The Lunduke Journal now has close to 20 retro computer themed walls, filled with the names of subscribers. And that number is growing fast.
NeXTStep, Emacs, Desqview/X, & TRS-80 Model 100 Walls:
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It solves a problem nobody had and makes everything worse. And those in power demand that you use it.
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"We worked really hard on Wayland"... "and the experience is almost on par with X11."
NeXTStep, Emacs, Desqview/X, & TRS-80 Model 100 Walls:
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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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This has been a long time coming.
This is very early (0.1), and the To-Do list is most definitely quite long (including trimming the ISO down).
But the system is very usable in its current state (which isn't surprising, considering it's based on Devuan). I’m running this on my main laptop now.
All the details:
https://github.com/BryanLunduke/LCOS
The 0.1 release:
https://github.com/BryanLunduke/LCOS/releases/tag/0.1
OMG OMG OMG OMF-INGOD!
Y’all know I’ve been working on my AI Employee platform, autonomous bots I can give mission and they work creatively to solve the mission while I do other things.
Well….welll…OMG….Holy Schnieckes….I now have a ERD modeling tool that works with Snowflake. Do you know how many YEARS I’ve wanted such a tool? Oh, they exist already, as enterprise software multiple thousands of dollars a year PER user. The $350 modeling tool I bought years ago never added Snowflake support.
So I gave an autonomous AI employee the mission to make such tool using existing OpenSource projects. Why reinvent the wheel. I just wanted a tool for my use. I put the open source tools in the mission (ChatGPT had helped me pick them out) - use these and create for me a data modeling tool that works with Snowflake and does at least logical and physical design, reverse and forward engineering.
For a couple days I had the Employee wake up once an hour during the night, ideate, and take 1 ...
After Meta's Instagram "Muse" AI led to rampant IP theft and tons of unwanted "rule 34" images, the company has decided to disable the feature. The AI allowed content from any public profile to train the AI and be used as a model for output. What you think happened is exactly what happened.
At its core, a Muse user just needed to tag a public or unprotected IG feed, and it instantly becomes meat for the AI generator to create its own images or “remixes,” as they are sometimes called, after which the images are available online permanently.Friday’s announcement comes after Creative Artists Agency (CAA) called for Meta to implement guardrails for Muse, despite the agency rolling out its own AI Vault program to archive its members’ likenesses forever.
“Artists deserve to decide if and how their likeness and work is used, with consent and the ability to set their own terms,” a CAA spokesperson said in a statement. “This means letting creators impose ...
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.
-Lunduke
Well, we’ve done it.
We’ve answered the eternal question: “Which Lunduke Journal Lifetime Subscriber Wall would fill with names quicker? Emacs or Vim?”
The answer, it turns out, is “Vim”. And it takes just 8 days.
A hearty “Thank You” to everyone who supports The Lunduke Journal by getting Lifetime Subscriptions (massively discounted throughout July) and getting on these walls! You make all of this possible!
Now. How long will it take for Emacs to fill up (matching the same number of names as the Vim Wall)?
Well, right now the Emacs Wall is a hair over 2/3rds of the way full. So we’ll find out!
With the closing of the “Vim” Wall (and the BeOS Wall only having the space for 1 name left), now seemed like a good time to add a new retro computer wall: The NeXTStep 1.0 Wall.
Right now, there are 4 Walls available to add your name to (*cough* massive discount *cough*).
NeXTStep (just opened)
Emacs (about 2/3rds full)
BeOS R5 (1 spot left)
Desqview/X (1/2 full)
Once again, huge thanks to everyone who supports The Lunduke Journal!
-Lunduke
Yesterday was the 4th of July.
As such, time that I normally would have spent writing up some thoughts on the Tech News of the Week (tm) was, instead, spent eating hamburgers, watching fireworks, and generally goofing off with my kids.
So allow me to briefly summarize my thoughts using as little effort as possible:
Rust is weird, Sony sucks, and America is awesome.
… Yup. That just about covers it.
I hope all of my fellow Americans had a truly splendid Independence Day.
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.).
Git Takes Another Step Towards Making Rust Mandatory (X, Substack)
74 Million User Accounts Exposed in Breaches During June (X, Substack)
BCacheFS Adding Rust Dependency Even Though “Rust doesn’t have a stable ABI” (X, Substack)
Huge thank you to all of The Lunduke Journal’s subscribers. You make all of this possible.
-Lunduke
