ProcessOne: AI Bots Can’t Use WhatsApp Anymore. So… Who Are They Going to Talk To?
Meta just closed the gates on AI chatbots. I think this is an early warning.
Starting January 15, 2026, [WhatsApp will ban all third-party general-purpose AI chatbots from its platform](https://techcrunch.com/2025/10/18 … ⌘ Read more
Android 18 meets a weird guy in the elevator Dragon Ball ⌘ Read more
18 year-old Russian singer detained by St. Petersburg police for performing anti-Putin song ⌘ Read more
Vodafone admits ‘major outage’ as more than 130,000 report problems
Vodafone claims to have more than 18 million customers in the UK, including nearly 700,000 home broadband customers. ⌘ Read more
Vodafone admits ‘major outage’ as more than 130,000 report problems
Vodafone claims to have more than 18 million customers in the UK, including nearly 700,000 home broadband customers. ⌘ Read more
Vodafone admits ‘major outage’ as more than 130,000 report problems
Vodafone claims to have more than 18 million customers in the UK, including nearly 700,000 home broadband customers. ⌘ Read more
More than 130,000 Vodafone customers report outage
Vodafone claims to have more than 18 million customers in the UK, including nearly 700,000 home broadband customers. ⌘ Read more
No survivors found after Tennessee explosives plant blast
With 18 people unaccounted for, the tragedy is “even more devastating than we thought”, says a sheriff. ⌘ Read more
No survivors found after Tennessee explosives plant blast
The 18 people unaccounted for after the blast at a Tennessee munitions factory are presumed dead, say officials. ⌘ Read more
No survivors found after Tennessee explosives plant blast
The 18 people unaccounted for after the blast at a Tennessee munitions factory are presume dead, say officials. ⌘ Read more
No survivors found after Tennessee explosives plant blast
The 18 people unaccounted for after the blast at a Tennessee munitions factory are presume dead, say officials. ⌘ Read more
No survivors found after Tennessee explosives plant blast
The 18 people unaccounted for after the blast at a Tennessee munitions factory are presume dead, say officials. ⌘ Read more
How Trump’s Supreme Court lackeys pushed us to the brink of one-man rule
Graham G. Dodds, Professor of Political Science, Concordia University - Raw Story | Commentary
Stephan: This is a good assessment of how the Republicans perverted the Supreme Court, creating its corrupt fascist majority.
_U.S. Supreme Court justices pose for their group port … ⌘ Read more[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for October 9, 2025
Inside this week’s LWN.net Weekly Edition:
Front: Kernel Rust features; systemd v258, part 2; Cauldron kernel hackers; BPF for GNU tools; 6.18 merge window, part 1; Lifetime-end pointer zapping; Robot Operating System.
Briefs: OpenSSH 10.1; Firefox profiles; Python 3.14; U-Boot v2025.10; FSF presidency; Quotes; …
Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security upda … ⌘ Read more
Ban the sale of catapults to under 18s, campaigners tell BBC
Campaigners call for tighter rules on possession of catapults. ⌘ Read more
‘Being new is no excuse’: Ley savages Wells over Triple Zero crisis
The communications minister introduced legislation 18 months after it was recommended, with three deaths linked to the September Optus outage. ⌘ Read more
‘Being new is no excuse’: Ley savages Wells over Triple Zero crisis
The communications minister introduced legislation 18 months after it was recommended, with three deaths linked to the September Optus outage. ⌘ Read more
‘Being new is no excuse’: Ley savages Wells over Triple Zero crisis
The communications minister introduced legislation 18 months after it was recommended, with three deaths linked to the September Optus outage. ⌘ Read more
[$] 6.18 merge window, part 1
At the time of writing, there have been 9,099 commits in the 6.18 merge window,
8,475 non-merges and 624 merges. The
changes so far include core-kernel, graphics, and networking work, among others.
There are no big surprises, but several items that were discussed at this year’s
LFSMM+BPF Summit have now been merged. ⌘ Read more
** Wobbly updates or a sort of week notes **
Hello RSS goblins.
It’s unseasonably warm here, and well, I suppose everywhere. That’s…frightening, but before I let that weigh to heavily on this post I must move on.
It’s been a gorgeous weekend. We took the kids to the beach Friday after dinner, expecting to play on the sand and scramble up the rocks, but they actually each went swimming. They had a blast. The car is filled with sand, and I hope that last little hurrah of summer hangs around for a bit.
We also went putt putt golfi … ⌘ Read more
18.5yo cat was recommended to be euthanised, I don’t think I agree ⌘ Read more
When Would Apple Announce an October Event This Year?
While it is unclear if Apple will host an October event this year, or stick to press releases, rumors suggest it will announce several new products this month.
In any case, Apple will likely provide the public with advanced notice. The table below outlines when Apple teased its October launches over the past four years.
YearAnnouncement/TeaserEvent/Ta … ⌘ Read more
[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for October 2, 2025
Inside this week’s LWN.net Weekly Edition:
Front: Fedora and AI; Linting kernel Rust; openSUSE Leap 16; mmap() file operation; 6.17 statistics; dirlock.
Briefs: Bcachefs removal; Alpine /usr merge; F-Droid; Fedora AI policy; OpenSUSE Leap 16; PostgreSQL 18; Radicle 1.5.0; Quotes; …
Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more. ⌘ Read more
@aelaraji@aelaraji.com, I mean to follow up here on the brief exchange we had on irc.mills.io, but I forgot. Never too late, so here it goes:
18:16 <aelaraji> quark 🙏 much appreciated but it won't be necessary, since there isn't much to miss out on in most of where I hang out, so I could just disconnect and spare everyone else the noise
18:17 *** aelaraji (aelaraji@776014f5a3edd32f1ed19658b7b85c8c655945b0feacaedd92fe60e61a3c0ae2) has quit (/ME goes "yeeeeet..!")
18:18 <quark> No noise for me.
18:18 <quark> It’s all good.
18:18 <quark> What would IRC be without on/offs?
18:19 <quark> Preeeety boring!
18:19 <quark> Ah, he was gone.
18:19 <quark> Well, I will twtxt this to him. LOL.
iOS 18.7.1 & iPadOS 18.7.1 Updates Released with Security Patch
Apple has released iOS 18.7.1 for iPhone and ipadOS 18.7.1 for iPad. The small software updates include security patches, and are offered as alternatives to iPhone and iPad users who either don’t want to install iOS 26 onto their device yet, or cannot for compatibility reasons. No new features or major changes are expected in … Read More ⌘ Read more
Bcachefs removed from the mainline kernel
After marking bcachefs “externally maintained” in 6.17, Linus Torvalds has
removed\
it entirely for 6.18. “It’s now a DKMS module, making the in-kernel
code stale, so remove it to avoid any version confusion.” ⌘ Read more
iOS 26 Battery Life Suffering? Here’s Why & How to Fix It
iOS 26 is in the wild, and aside from the mixed reactions to the Liquid Glass interface, there are also wildly different reports of battery life performance post-update. A notable number of iPhone and iPad users are complaining throughout social media and online forums that iOS 26 battery drains faster than it did before, and … Read More ⌘ Read more
Hmm: gopher://uninformativ.de/0/phlog/2025/2025-08/2025-08-18--permacomputing.txt
That’s fairly recent, but fully justified. I give up! :-D
You can fuck right off, thank you very much.
(18/29) upgrading firefox
New optional dependencies for firefox
onnxruntime: Local machine learning features such as smart tab groups
[47°09′18″S, 126°43′14″W] Transponder still failing
[47°09′18″S, 126°43′41″W] Working impossible due to heavy rain
[47°09′18″S, 126°43′14″W] Taking samples
[47°09′52″S, 126°43′18″W] –bad checksum–
[47°09′08″S, 126°43′18″W] Transfer 75% complete…
@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org True, at least old versions of KDE had icons:
https://movq.de/v/0e4af6fea1/s.png
GNOME, on the other hand, didn’t, at least to my old screenshots from 2007:
https://www.uninformativ.de/desktop/2007%2D05%2D25%2D%2Dgnome2%2Dlaptop.png
I switched to Linux in 2007 and no window manager I used since then had icons, apparently. Crazy. An icon-less existence for 18 years. (But yeah, everything is keyboard-driven here as well and there are no buttons here, either.)
Anyway, my draft is making progress:
https://movq.de/v/5b7767f245/s.png
I do like this look. 😊
[47°09′30″S, 126°43′18″W] Transfer 25% complete…
📚 Programa completo:
📖𝗗𝗶𝗮 𝟭𝟮, 𝘀𝗮́𝗯𝗮𝗱𝗼
16h00 Abertura da Feira do Livro
17h30 Mesa-redonda “A Literatura Lamecense é uma encruzilhada”
18h00 Apresentação livro “Lamego, a terra, a história e a gente”
21h00 Sons do Douro
𝗗𝗶𝗮 𝟭𝟰, 𝘀𝗲𝗴𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮-𝗳𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗮
15h00 Oficinas: Estórias Electromagnéticas
16h00 VOZ DOS LIVROS – Encontro com Autores e Palavras Vivas Alberto Almeida
18h00 Apresentação livro: Cristina Parauta
𝗗𝗶𝗮 𝟭𝟱, 𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗰̧𝗮-𝗳𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗮
15h00 Oficinas: Estórias Electromagnéticas
16h00 VOZ DOS LIVROS – Encontro com Autores e Palavras Vivas José Pessoa
18h00 Apresentação livro “na cabeça dos Poemas sem pés”
21h00 Espetáculo de Dança - AD
𝗗𝗶𝗮 𝟭𝟲, 𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗮-𝗳𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗮
15h00 Oficinas: INSECTARIUM
16h00 VOZ DOS LIVROS – Encontro com Autores e Palavras Vivas Aurora Simões
18h00 Conto da Raposa
21h00 CINEMA EU, DANIEL BLAKE
𝗗𝗶𝗮 𝟭𝟳, 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗮-𝗳𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗮
15h00 Oficinas: Burricos e Burrancas
15h00 Yoga para crianças
16h00 VOZ DOS LIVROS – Encontro com Autores e Palavras Vivas Manuela Vaquero
18h00 Apresentação do livro de Carlos Costa “O Entrudo de Lazarim” Fotografia
21h00 Cinema: “Os Miseráveis”
𝗗𝗶𝗮 𝟭𝟴, 𝘀𝗲𝘅𝘁𝗮-𝗳𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗮
15h00 Yoga para crianças
16h00 VOZ DOS LIVROS – Encontro com Autores e Palavras Vivas André Freire
Para além da Feira do Livro, o Parque Isidoro Guedes acolhe o evento 𝗧𝗥𝗖 𝗮̀ 𝗦𝗼𝗹𝘁𝗮, de 18 a 20 de julho.
A entrada é, está claro, livre.
[47°09′18″S, 126°43′06″W] Dosimeter malfunction
𝗙𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗮 𝗱𝗼 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗿𝗼 𝗱𝗲 𝗟𝗮𝗺𝗲𝗴𝗼 📚
A Câmara Municipal de Lamego volta a promover a 𝗙𝗲𝗶𝗿𝗮 𝗱𝗼 𝗟𝗶𝘃𝗿𝗼 📚👩🏫 no Parque Isidoro Guedes, oferecendo um programa enriquecido com uma grande variedade de atividades culturais.
Este evento, que funcionará numa 𝗹ó𝗴𝗶𝗰𝗮 𝗱𝗲 𝗲𝘀𝘁í𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗼 à 𝗹𝗲𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗮, constitui uma das grandes apostas, na vertente literária, desta autarquia, decorrendo de 12 a 20 de julho.
[47°09′46″S, 126°43′48″W] Reading: 0.18 Sv
[47°09′30″S, 126°43′18″W] Reading: 1.61000 PPM
[47°09′18″S, 126°43′39″W] Transfer 75% complete…
Saw this on Mastodon:
https://racingbunny.com/@mookie/114718466149264471
18 rules of Software Engineering
- You will regret complexity when on-call
- Stop falling in love with your own code
- Everything is a trade-off. There’s no “best” 3. Every line of code you write is a liability 4. Document your decisions and designs
- Everyone hates code they didn’t write
- Don’t use unnecessary dependencies
- Coding standards prevent arguments
- Write meaningful commit messages
- Don’t ever stop learning new things
- Code reviews spread knowledge
- Always build for maintainability
- Ask for help when you’re stuck
- Fix root causes, not symptoms
- Software is never completed
- Estimates are not promises
- Ship early, iterate often
- Keep. It. Simple.
Solid list, even though 14 is up for debate in my opinion: Software can be completed. You have a use case / problem, you solve that problem, done. Your software is completed now. There might still be bugs and they should be fixed – but this doesn’t “add” to the program. Don’t use “software is never done” as an excuse to keep adding and adding stuff to your code.
** growing good **
“…for the growing good of the world is partly dependent on unhistoric acts; and that things are not so ill with you and me as they might have been, is half owing to the number who lived faithfully a hidden life, and rest in unvisited tombs.”
George Eliot, Middlemarch ⌘ Read more
Kommission legt 18. Sanktionspaket gegen Russland vor ⌘ Read more
Canadian superstar sets second world record in three days
Summer McIntosh has set a world record for the second time in three days at the Canadian Swimming Trials, with the 18-year-old eclipsing Hungarian great Katinka Hosszu’s 200m individual medley mark set 10 years ago. ⌘ Read more
[47°09′18″S, 126°43′14″W] Dosimeter fixed
iPadOS 26 with Multitasking Improvements, Menubar, & New Liquid Glass UI
Apple has debuted iPadOS 26 today, complete with some notable new features and changes to the iPad operating system. First to notice is the new numerical versioning system, with iPadOS 26 jumping many version numbers ahead of the current iPadOS 18 version, following a numerical system much like Microsoft used to use for Windows (remember … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2025/06/09/ipado … ⌘ Read more
WWDC 2025: Apple stellt iOS 26 in neuem Gewand vor
Der Nachfolger von iOS 18 heißt iOS 26. Besonderes Augenmerk legt Apple bei der Ankündigung auf das neue Design. ( Apple, WWDC 2012)
iOS 26 Announced with New Liquid Glass Interface
Apple has announced iOS 26, the next version of system software for iPhone. And yes you read that correctly, it’s iOS 26 – twenty six – jumping way ahead from iOS 18, to follow year numbers. It’s not just iOS that is facing the numerical versioning change, it turns out that Apple is labeling all … Read More ⌘ Read more
WWDC 2025: Apple Says Personalized Siri Features Are Still Not Ready
If you were hoping for the more personalized version of Siri to launch soon, you will have to keep waiting.
During its WWDC 2025 keynote today, Apple reiterated that the personalized Siri features will launch at some point in the coming year, so do not expect them to be included in the first iOS 19, iPadOS 19, or macOS 26 betas.
Apple first … ⌘ Read more
Perth’s first east-west rail connection opens after 18 months of disruption
The Thornlie-Cockburn link and adjacent rail elevation in Perth’s south-east is part of WA Labor’s flagship infrastructure project Metronet. ⌘ Read more
Anzeige: Mit E-Learning Schritt für Schritt zum eigenen Business
Recht, Marketing, Projektmanagement - ein Onlinepaket mit acht Kursen und 18 Stunden Lerninhalt vermittelt zentrale Grundlagen für den erfolgreichen Start in die Selbstständigkeit. ( Golem Karrierewelt, Wirtschaft)
[47°09′35″S, 126°43′18″W] Transfer 25% complete…
Here’s How Many iPhones Are Running iOS 18
iOS 18 adoption has outpaced iOS 17 adoption during the same timeframe last year, according to new iOS 18 adoption statistics that Apple shared today.
iOS 18 is now installed on 88 percent of iPhones introduced in the last four years ( [iPhone](https://www.macrumors.com/guide … ⌘ Read more
Mother and son charged over break-in spree targeting Sydney businesses
A 42-year-old woman is accused of coordinating dozens of break-ins targeting businesses across Western Sydney, with her 18-year-old son also charged over the alleged spree. ⌘ Read more
What police hope a new search for Madeleine McCann uncovers
The disappearance of British toddler Madeleine McCann remains unsolved after 18 years. Now Portuguese and German police have launched fresh searches to find her. ⌘ Read more
Family pleads for answers 18 years after baffling, cult-linked disappearance
The family of Chantelle McDougall and her daughter Leela appeals for information as they continue to live with the “emotional roller-coaster” of their 2007 disappearance. ⌘ Read more
[$] Reports from OSPM 2025, day three
The seventh edition of the Power Management and Scheduling\
in the Linux Kernel Summit (known as “OSPM”) took place on March 18-20,
2025. Topics discussed on the third (and final) day include proxy
execution, energy-aware scheduling, the deadline scheduler, and an
evaluation of the kernel’s EEVDF scheduler. ⌘ Read more
[47°09′18″S, 126°43′07″W] Wind speed: 52kph – batteries low
Council of Islamic Ideology has rejected a bill that bans marriage under the age of 18 in Islamabad, Pakistan ⌘ Read more
Apple’s Tap to Pay Features Coming to These 18 New Countries
Apple is bringing Tap to Pay on iPhone to new eight countries, providing a way for sellers to use an iPhone as a contactless payment terminal, with plans to introduce Tap to Pay provision in 10 more.
Tap to Pay on iPhone first arrived in [February 2022](https://www.macrumors.com/202 … ⌘ Read more
goodbye to my 18 yo baby ⌘ Read more
[$] Reports from OSPM 2025, day two
The seventh edition of the Power Management and Scheduling\
in the Linux Kernel Summit (known as “OSPM”) took place on March 18-20,
2025. Topics discussed on the second day include improvements to device
suspend and resume, the status and future of sched_ext, the scx_lavd
scheduler, improving the efficiency of load balancing, and hierarchical
constant bandwidth server scheduling. ⌘ Read more
iOS 18 Leak Reveals Apple Tested MacBook Pros With M3 Ultra Chip
Apple’s highest-end M3 Ultra chip is currently limited to the Mac Studio, but a new leak has revealed that Apple tested the chip in the MacBook Pro as well.
In a [post today](https://www.bilibi … ⌘ Read more
[47°09′27″S, 126°43′18″W] Raw reading: 0x682DB231, offset +/-4
[$] Reports from OSPM 2025, day one
The seventh edition of the Power Management and Scheduling\
in the Linux Kernel (known as “OSPM”) Summit took place on March 18-20,
2025. It was organized by Juri Lelli, Frauke Jäger, Tommaso Cucinotta, and
Lorenzo Pieralisi, and was hosted by Linutronix at Alte Fabrik,
Uhldingen-Mühlhofen, Germany. The event was sponsored by Linutronix, Arm,
and the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna in Pisa. ⌘ Read more
Apple Stops Signing iOS 18.4.1
Apple today stopped signing iOS 18.4.1, a week after releasing the iOS 18.5 update. Because iOS 18.4.1 is no longer being signed, iPhone users who upgraded to iOS 18.5 are no longer able to downgrade to the previous version of iOS.
“Signing” is a server-side verification chec … ⌘ Read more
Report: Apple’s Next-Gen Version of Siri Is ‘On Par’ With ChatGPT
Apple has big plans to improve Siri over the next few years, Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman and Drake Bennett report.
Some Apple executives are now reportedly pushing to turn Siri into a true Chat … ⌘ Read more
We had sun, clouds, wind, rain and a whole lot of fun on our trip to the Wasserberg. We’ve been out seven hours in total, not bad at all for all those kilometers. We added on some detours to check out a pond I’ve been introduced by a mate a few years back.
After some (expensive) tucker at the Wasserberghaus, we tried to actually visit the summit this time. However, there’s nothing to see, just a rough logging trail (46-49). That was a dead end, so we had to turn around. It was some nice exploring, but I reckon this was my first and last time up there. :-)
Unfortunately, we didn’t go to the neighboring Fuchseck this time, only the Wasserberg with some extras.
https://lyse.isobeef.org/wanderung-auf-den-wasserberg-2025-05-18/
On my blog: Copyright Thoughts https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2025/05/18/copyright-thoughts.html #copyright #freeculture #rant
Ten Cities That Promote a Long Life: Lessons from the Healthiest Places on Earth
Steve Calechman, - Super Age
_Stephan: Here is a very interesting list of the top ten cities in the world where people live longer, have better wellbeing, and are happier than any other cities in the world. The first thing you should notice is that, except for Boulder, Colorado, none of these cities are in the United States. Why do you think that is, since we ar … ⌘ Read more
Infant with rare, incurable disease is first to successfully receive personalized gene therapy treatment
NIH/Office of the Director, - Science News
_Stephan: Here is a first report on what I think is going to become a major good news trend. I was first introduced to genetic manipulation before it actually existed by remote viewers who, when I asked them about healthcare in the future, told me that many traditional dis … ⌘ Read more
NASA satellites show Antarctica has gained ice despite rising global temperatures. How is that possible?
Patrick Pester , Trending News Writer - Live Science
_Stephan: I chose this for two reasons. First, I saw a misinformation report in a conspiracy group social media saying it showed climate change wasn’t real. Second, because it shows that climate change is more complicated than is generally understood. We are going … ⌘ Read more
DeSantis makes Florida the 2nd state to ban fluoride from its water
, - Associated Press | Daily Kos
Stephan: Have you noticed that Red states seem to be becoming increasingly anti-science and going backwards to a lower quality of life, to the detriment of the wellbeing of the people in those states who elected the Republicans who shape their lives? Here is an example of this.
容器,由 samber 開發。它基於 Go 1.18+ 泛型實現,爲 Go 提供了一個類型安全的 DI 方案。do 庫的設計理念是簡化服務組件之間的依賴管理,取代手工創建依賴關係的繁瑣工作,使不同組件之間鬆散耦合、更易測試與維護。與反射型 DI 框架不同,do 在註冊和解析依賴時不使用反射,因此性能開銷很 ⌘ Read more
golang 每日一庫之依賴注入庫 samber-do
do 是 Go 語言中一個輕量級的依賴注入(Dependency Injection, DI)容器,由 samber 開發。它基於 Go 1.18+ 泛型實現,爲 Go 提供了一個類型安全的 DI 方案。do 庫的設計理念是簡化服務組件之間的依賴管理,取代手工創建依賴關係的繁瑣工作,使不同組件之間鬆散耦合、更易測試與維護。與反射型 DI 框架不同,do 在註冊和解析依賴時不使用反射,因此性能開銷很 ⌘ Read more
Fitti: Waiting for Postgres 18: Accelerating Disk Reads with Asynchronous I/O
Lukas Fitti writes in detail
on the pganalyze blog about the asynchronous I/O capability coming with the
PostgreSQL 18 release.
Asynchronous I/O delivers the most noticeable gains in cloud
environments where storage is network-attached, such as Amazon EBS
volumes. In these setups, individual disk reads often take multiple
milliseconds, introducing substantial latency compared to local
SSDs.
… ⌘ Read more
Release Candidate of iOS 18.5, MacOS Sequoia 15.5, iPadOS 18.5 Available, Public Release Coming Soon
A release candidate build for iOS 18.5, iPadOS 18.5, and MacOS Sequoia 15.5 is now available for users enrolled in the beta testing programs. For users not in the beta testing programs, what this basically means is that the final versions of these system software releases is coming soon, perhaps even next week. macOS Sequoia … [Read More … ⌘ Read more
Apple Seeds iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5 Release Candidates
Apple today seeded the release candidate versions of upcoming iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5 updates to developers and public beta testers, with the software coming a week after Apple released the fourth betas. The release candidate represents the final version of iOS 18.5 and iPadOS 18.5 that will be released to the public should no bugs be found.
iOS 18.5 … ⌘ Read more
It is Going to Be More Complicated to Remain a Constitutional Federal Republic Than Many Seem to Realize
Stephan A. Schwartz, Editor - Schwartzreport
_Stephan: Last Friday ASO Communications and Research Collaborative published a polling memo of data collected by Data for Progress just days before – 18-21 April. It showed that just as the country approaches Donald Trump’s 100th day in office 52% of likely voters acros … ⌘ Read more
Dusty, my 18 year old cat ⌘ Read more