@davidgerard I feel for you. We had it inflicted on us when 3COM bought Sonix and I2iT. On the brighter side you now got an hour in the morning to drink things, chill and chat while your mail loaded.

When I started at the British Medical Journal in 2009, they used Notes and Domino for the email. It inspired me to write this:

https://en.uncyclopedia.co/wiki/Lotus_Notes

there was a paper about USB peripheral support in NetBSD from 2016's AsiaBSDCon by Hiroyuki Bessho. is any of this work still publicly accessible? https://www.netbsd.org/gallery/presentations/bsh/2016_AsiaBSDCon/netbsd_usbp.pdf

Stalagmites or stalactites?

Machine Speed is a lie: stop trying to fight AI with AI

Marketing departments are screaming that attackers are moving at "machine speed" and only AI-powered defenses can stop them. But cyberattacks have always been automated, and proactive defense beats reactive AI.

https://malwaretech.com/2026/09/machine-speed-is-a-lie-stop-trying-to-fight-ai-with-ai.html

@dangillmor I have worked with Apple products at in depth level. I can understand if someone has been using Windows, Apple products might feel as improvement sorta. But tech reporters should know better.

@ajroach42
> The Free (libre) software movement seeded the idea that software would also be Free (gratis) and that anyone charging for a piece of software must be punished

I really don't think that's fair comment. I started learning about Open Source in the late 1990s, which led on to learning about software freedom in the early 2000s. I was downloading gratis software for Windows before I learned about either, as were most people I know.

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@Beachbum Usually yes (not formally, but they are overwhelmingly friendly), but right before an election is a very bad time to ask.

@Ashedryden @kf Same, too

@mattblaze I don’t know if citizens realize they can call their election office and get a tour and an education about the entire election process.

You might not like it, but this is what peak computer performance looks like.

I was thrilled to see that the doors are back on the free food pantry. I was waiting for the rain to pass before I restocked the shelves. I am so happy to be able to leave food without worrying about the weather.
There is a shop across the street that sells local frozen beef. l was able to use a gift certificate given to me for my birthday to buy eight one pound packages of ground beef. I sat at the picnic table and along came a family with five kids. They were excited to see food on the shelves but even more excited to take home the ground beef.
The kids were most in awe that there was spicy ramen.
Our little town is a good place to be.

@ami_angelwings Ah, that's easy: ALL OF IT.

I firmly believe that if the creator wanted something to be the case, they should have put it in the text, and even then their intent is not paramount. There should be no "canon" and no specially privileged interpretation.

If someone makes a convincing and influential case for an interpretation that goes against the author's intent or beliefs, tough cookies for the author.

(Examples in reply, need CWs)