Software Needed for WorkSoftware Needed for Work
When I first started studying computer science setting up a programming project was easy, write source code files and a Makefile and that was it. IRC was the only IM[...]
ML Training LicenseML Training License
Last year a Debian Developer blogged about writing Haskell code to give a bad result for LLMs that were trained on it. I forgot who wrote the post and I’d[...]
Links March 2024Links March 2024
Bruce Schneier wrote an interesting blog post about his workshop on reimagining democracy and the unusual way he structured it [1]. It would be fun to have a security conference[...]
The Shape of ComputersThe Shape of Computers
Introduction There have been many experiments with the sizes of computers, some of which have stayed around and some have gone away. The trend has been to make computers smaller,[...]
Android vs FOSS PhonesAndroid vs FOSS Phones
To achieve my aims regarding Convergence of mobile phone and PC [1] I need something a big bigger than the 4G of RAM that’s in the PinePhone Pro [2]. The[...]
Links February 2024Links February 2024
In 2018 Charles Stross wrote an insightful blog post Dude You Broke the Future [1]. It covers AI in both fiction and fact and corporations (the real AIs) and the[...]
Release YearsRelease Years
In 2008 I wrote about the idea of having a scheduled release for Debian and other distributions as Mark Shuttleworth had proposed [1]. I still believe that Mark’s original idea[...]
Thinkpad X1 Yoga Gen3Thinkpad X1 Yoga Gen3
I just bought myself a Thinkpad X1 Yoga Gen3 for $359.10. I have been quite happy with the Thinkpad X1 Carbon Gen5 I’ve had for just over a year (apart[...]
Links January 2024Links January 2024
Long Now has an insightful article about domestication that considers whether humans have evolved to want to control nature [1]. The OMG Elite hacker cable is an interesting device [2].[...]
Storage Trends 2024Storage Trends 2024
It has been less than a year since my last post about storage trends [1] and enough has changed to make it worth writing again. My previous analysis was that[...]