A code change for new bcachefs features is being blocked not for technical reasons... but a CoC dispute. Seriously.

Kent Overstreet's blog post:
https://www.patreon.com/posts/116412665

Sanctions Hit Linux Kernel, Russian Programmers Banned:
https://lunduke.locals.com/post/6263331/sanctions-hit-linux-kernel-russian-programmers-banned

70% of companies on the Linux Foundation Board are GPL violators:
https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5116049/70-of-companies-on-the-linux-foundation-board-are-gpl-violators

Python Bans Prominent Dev for Enjoying the Wrong Old SNL Sketch:
https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5985667/python-bans-prominent-dev-for-enjoying-the-wrong-old-snl-sketch

NixOS commits "purge" of "Nazi" contributors, forces abdication of founder
https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5821513/nixos-commits-purge-of-nazi-contributors-forces-abdication-of-founder

Pokemon Go using your phone camera to build a CIA-backed 3D Map AI system.

It sounds like an insane movie plot. But it's real.

In 2016, this was "Lunduke's crazy conspiracy theory about Pokemon Go being used to spy on everyone, backed by the CIA". Now, in 2024, Niantic Labs (the makers of Pokemon Go), proudly brags about using Pokemon Go to spy on you... and using that covertly obtained information to build a massive, 3D artificial intelligence mapping system of private spaces.

"We receive about 1 million fresh scans each week, each containing hundreds of discrete images."

In other words: Lunduke was right.

The CIA, NSA, and Pokémon Go:
https://lunduke.locals.com/post/5756204/the-cia-nsa-and-pok-mon-go

Building a Large Geospatial Model to Achieve Spatial Intelligence:
https://nianticlabs.com/news/largegeospatialmodel

And that's only one impact of Google being officially ruled a monopoly.

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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Managarm is a POSIX compliant micro kernel project designed to run on RISC-V and similar processors.

It is current in Alpha under intense development. And, no, it isn't written in Rust. This micro kernel is written in beautiful C++.

Here are some of the great features it has so far:

64-bit operating system with SMP (i.e., multicore) and ACPI support.

Fully asynchronous microkernel and servers.

Support for many modern hardware devices such as USB 3 controllers.

Networking support.

POSIX and Linux API compatibility.

Support for Linux-style special files (epoll, signalfd, ...) and pseudo file systems (/sys, /proc, ...).

https://github.com/managarm/managarm

I love these one-off gimmick products. https://computeradsfromthepast.substack.com/p/the-grand-stand