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jbz @jbz3n.bsky.social · 1d

Rubbish IT systems cost the US at least $40bn during Covid: study

#cobol #covid #legaxy

Rubbish IT systems cost the US at least $40bn during Covid: study

Cobol snowballs

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jbz @jbz3n.bsky.social · 2d

📡 SpaceX disables more than 2,000 Starlink devices used in Myanmar scam compounds / The Record

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#starlink #musk #humanrights

SpaceX disables more than 2,000 Starlink devices used in Myanmar scam compounds

Lauren Dreyer, the vice-president of Starlink’s business operations, said in a social media post that the company “proactively identified and disabled over 2,500 Starlink Kits in the vicinity of suspected...

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jbz @jbz3n.bsky.social · 2d

🦟 Iceland reports the presence of mosquitoes for the first time, as climate warms / NPR

www.npr.org/2025/10/22/n...

#iceland #climatechange

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jbz @jbz3n.bsky.social · 2d

Ubuntu upgrade adventures, a rollercoaster with mostly down

#ubuntu #distro #opensource

Ubuntu upgrade adventures, a rollercoaster with mostly down

Article outlining the results of multiple Ubuntu family LTS upgrades, including physical and virtual Ubuntu and Kubuntu systems, versions 20.04 through 24.04, with numerous bugs and issues like…

www.dedoimedo.com

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jbz @jbz3n.bsky.social · 2d

Fedora welcomes AI code

｢ Under the new rules, contributors are free to use AI tools to generate or assist with code, documentation, or other project materials — but only if the person submitting the work remains its true author ｣

#fedora #vibecoding

Fedora Opens the Door to AI Tools, Demands Disclosure and Oversight

The Fedora Council greenlights the use of AI in open-source projects but keeps contributors fully responsible for the results.

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jbz @jbz3n.bsky.social · 2d

🦾 ESWIN Launching EBC7702 Mini-DTX RISC-V Board With Dual-Die EIC7702X SoC - Phoronix

#riscv #opensource

ESWIN Launching EBC7702 Mini-DTX RISC-V Board With Dual-Die EIC7702X SoC

For those looking for a new RISC-V desktop option, ESWIN is launching a EBC7702 mini-DTX board powered by the EIC7702X dual-die SoC

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jbz @jbz3n.bsky.social · 2d

⚛️ Is it Time to Regulate React? / David Bushell

#reactjs #webdev #bloat

Is it Time to Regulate React?

The one where I pen some premium rage bait

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jbz @jbz3n.bsky.social · 2d

🇪🇺 DNS0.EU private DNS service shuts down over sustainability issues

www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/securit...

#dns #privacy #eu

DNS0.EU private DNS service shuts down over sustainability issues

The DNS0.EU non-profit public DNS service focused on European users announced its immediate shut down due to time and resource constraints.

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Likely Lurker @likelylurker.bsky.social · 2d

the cybertruck of Linux distros

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jbz @jbz3n.bsky.social · 2d

🪦 ‘Phased Out’—Google Confirms Bad News For 3 Billion Chrome Users / Forbes

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#privacy #privacysandbox #tracking

‘Phased Out’—Google Confirms Bad News For All 3 Billion Chrome Users

Is it time to quit the world’s most popular browser as privacy nightmare comes true?

www.forbes.com

jbz @jbz3n.bsky.social · 2d

🌩️ Amazon Web Services outage shows internet users ‘at mercy’ of too few providers, experts say / The Guardian

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#aws #cloud #sovereigncloud

Amazon Web Services outage shows internet users ‘at mercy’ of too few providers, experts say

Crash that hit apps and websites around world demonstrates ‘urgent need for diversification in cloud computing’

www.theguardian.com

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jbz @jbz3n.bsky.social · 2d

🎉 Servo 0.0.1 Browser Engine Released - Phoronix

www.phoronix.com/news/Servo-0...

#servo #rust #opensource

Servo 0.0.1 Browser Engine Released

It was to much surprise waking up this morning and seeing the Servo 0.0.1 release for this Rust-based web layout engine that began as a Mozilla project and is now being developed independently via…

www.phoronix.com

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jbz @jbz3n.bsky.social · 3d

｢ Dosbian is the first distro totally dedicated to the DOS world. It boots straight to Dosbox, from there, you can install whatever you want and building your ｣

Distro – Dosbian 3.0

09/01/2025 released DOSBIAN 3.0 for Raspberry Pi 3/4/400/5/500 WHAT’S NEW IN VERSION 3.0 Latest distro updates applied to run in Raspberry Pi 5/500. Dosbox Staging updated to version 0.82, no…

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jbz @jbz3n.bsky.social · 3d

🤔 Ruby Butler: It’s Time to Rethink RubyGems and Bundler / @[email protected]

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#ruby #rubyonrails #opensource

Ruby Butler: It’s Time to Rethink RubyGems and Bundler

RubyGems and Bundler defined a generation of Ruby. But maybe it’s time to rethink them. Ruby Butler is my take — a fresh start, a new rb command, and a space to experiment again.

rubyelders.com

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jbz @jbz3n.bsky.social · 3d

🔓 Librebooting the ThinkPad T480 / ezntek

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#libreboot #t480 #opensource

Librebooting the ThinkPad T480

Muh freedumbs on muh hardware!

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jbz @jbz3n.bsky.social · 3d

🐪 The joy of rediscovering Perl - Eskild Hustvedt

blog.zerodogg.org/2025/10/13/t...

#perl #programming

The joy of rediscovering Perl - Eskild Hustvedt

Lately I've gotten a lot back into Perl-programming, and it has honestly been an absolute delight.Perl was my first proper programming language. As a 17 year old I picked up the llama book, Learning…

blog.zerodogg.org

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jbz @jbz3n.bsky.social · 3d

A Word on Omarchy

#omarchy #distro #review #arch
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A Word on Omarchy

An in-depth look at the currently trending Arch Linux configuration that is Omarchy.

xn--gckvb8fzb.com

jbz @jbz3n.bsky.social · 3d

💣 Meta Plans to Cut 600 Jobs at A.I. Superintelligence Labs / NYT

#ai #bubble #meta #layoffs
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/22/t...

Meta Plans to Cut 600 Jobs at A.I. Superintelligence Labs

The cuts will not affect Meta’s newest A.I. hires, who are in some cases being paid up to hundreds of millions of dollars. The layoffs are focused on correcting an earlier hiring spree.

www.nytimes.com

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Riccardo Binetti @rbino.com · 3d

I'm previewing my talk "Beyond your First NIF" at the Elixir Language Milano Meetup this evening, come say hi if you're around! 👋

And if you're not, you can also catch it at @codebeam.bsky.social in Berlin on November 6th.

#weBEAMTogether #elixirlang

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Beyond your first NIF, Wed, Oct 22, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup

You’ve written your first NIF that adds two numbers together, hooray! Now where do you go from here? This talk digs deeper into the erl_nif interface, showcasing what it of

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jbz @jbz3n.bsky.social · 3d

🐍 The future of Python web services looks GIL-free | Fluxus by gi0baro

blog.baro.dev/p/the-future...

#python #concurrency

The future of Python web services looks GIL-free | Fluxus by gi0baro

Web frameworks benchmarks on CPython 3.14t looks promising

blog.baro.dev

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jbz @jbz3n.bsky.social · 3d

⚠️ Vibe Coding Is the New Open Source—in the Worst Way Possible | WIRED

www.wired.com/story/vibe-c...

#vibecoding #ai #cybersecurity #opensource

Vibe Coding Is the New Open Source—in the Worst Way Possible

As developers increasingly lean on AI-generated code to build out their software—as they have with open source in the past—they risk introducing critical security failures along the way.

www.wired.com

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jbz @jbz3n.bsky.social · 3d

I am a programmer, not a rubber-stamp that approves Copilot generated code / Prahlad Yeri

prahladyeri.github.io/blog/2025/10...

#vibecoding #ai #copilot

I am a programmer, not a rubber-stamp that approves Copilot generated code

Today morning, I came across this reddit post titled Completely losing interest in the career due to AI and AI-pilled people. They describe how in a span of ...

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jbz @jbz3n.bsky.social · 4d

🌩️ AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright - Dexerto

#aws #iot #outage
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AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright - Dexerto

The AWS outage caused chaos for owners of Eight Sleep’s Pod3 mattresses as they had no offline mode and were stuck at high temperatures.

www.dexerto.com

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jbz @jbz3n.bsky.social · 4d

⚠️ MinIO Again Under Fire for Source-Only Decision / Linuxiac

linuxiac.com/minio-with-y...

#minio #s3 #opensource

MinIO Again Under Fire for Source-Only Decision

MinIO sparks new controversy by ending binary releases for its Community Edition, leaving users to build from source.

linuxiac.com

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jbz @jbz3n.bsky.social · 4d

💥 ‘We’re not going to wait for one company’: NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission | CNN

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#spacex #musk #nasa

‘We’re not going to wait for one company’: NASA chief suggests SpaceX may be booted from moon mission | CNN

Acting NASA Administrator Sean Duffy said SpaceX is “behind schedule” and thwarting the space agency’s ability to beat China back to the moon.

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