Don’t Anthromorphise LLMsDon’t Anthromorphise LLMs
Greg KH gave a great lecture for Kernel Recipies 2026 about the use of LLMs to find and fix bugs in kernel code [1]. I recommend that everyone watch this[...]
en-html.org is a Scam Siteen-html.org is a Scam Site
Currently a scam group is sending out email to the administrators of web sites that link to a variety of dead domains. They claim to be the legitimate operators of[...]
A Power Case for a FOSS PhoneA Power Case for a FOSS Phone
The Problem I want to use a FOSS phone running Debian as my daily driver and not use a non-free OS on my phone. GrapheneOS [1] is a FOSS rebuild[...]
Kdeconnect DBUSKdeconnect DBUS
I’ve tested the DBUS interfaces for Kdeconnect (the system for connecting a KDE desktop to a phone or another computer). Unlike most DBUS interfaces it has a significant tree of[...]
Links September 2026Links September 2026
Bjorn Stahl of the Arcan project wrote an insightful blog post The Day of a new Command-Line Interface: Shell [1]. He does a really good job of identifying problems and[...]
Nheko DBUSNheko DBUS
Nheko is my current favourite client for the Matrix IM system, which is my favourite IM system. Matrix is an open system with end to end encryption and Nheko is[...]
CoMapsCoMaps
I have just tried CoMaps, a free mapping program released under the Apache license [1]. I have tried it on Android on a Pixel 6a but it also runs on[...]
Links August 2026Links August 2026
This YouTube video about the Cashier Girl Meme is interesting in the context of AI systems that generate images of people and can communicate with people, hotter than any real[...]
Hacked by ChinafansHacked by Chinafans
What Happened On 2026/08/10 at 2:11 am Australian eastern standard time (2026/08/09 16:11 UTC) someone created a post titled “Hacked by Chinafans” on my documents blog [1]. The person in[...]
AMD Video Drivers, LLMs, and Debian KernelsAMD Video Drivers, LLMs, and Debian Kernels
The AMD GPU Problem For a while I’ve been having issues with AMD GPUs, video locking up periodically. I blogged about this late last year but I first had noticeable[...]