Meanwhile, Ted Ts'o, the maintainer of the kernel's random-number generator,

words you want to hear about your kernel

god now reading this shit from lwn https://lwn.net/Articles/828705/

That said, nobody felt the need to defend the simple PRNG that underlies prandom_u32() now; the door is clearly open to replacing it outright if a suitable alternative can be found. That alternative would have to be something that does not make guessing its internal state so easy, but it would also have to retain the performance characteristics of the current implementation. Torvalds has proclaimed that he will not accept a replacement that slows things down.

backdoorOS

Looking across the 'Bay of Deception' towards Beinn Alligin.

@thisismissem Emelia you've given so much of yourself to this network, I'm glad to hear you're putting yourself and your health first - so many have benefited from your selfless and exhausting input, and whatever you're doing next I"m sure it will be just as impactful!

Start your weekend with a new #OpenZFS release!

2.4.4 and 2.3.9 are the new Stable and LTS releases. Loads of interesting bugfixes, and support for Linux 7.2.0. Meanwhile, 2.2.11 gets a small number of the most important fixes.

Get them via the links below, or look for them in OS repositories in the next few days. Thanks to everyone who contributed!

https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/releases/tag/zfs-2.4.4
https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/releases/tag/zfs-2.3.9
https://github.com/openzfs/zfs/releases/tag/zfs-2.2.11

#ZFS #Linux #Debian #Ubuntu #Fedora #FreeBSD

@csolisr I really need to set up a weekly poker game for Republicans and me, where I just endlessly fleece them out of their money because they are such terrible liars, and they are always lying.

👾 NetBSD 11 Is AWESOME on 1990s PC's! // Ionic1k

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px8xP7ns8XA

#netbsd #bsd #opensource

🗺️ Scientists Release Biggest 2D Map of the Universe

｢ The newest map from the DESI Legacy Imaging Surveys was 13 years in the making and contains nearly 4 billion objects. The treasure trove is available to all and contains stars, galaxies, supernovae, gravitational lenses, and much more ｣

https://newscenter.lbl.gov/2026/08/10/scientists-release-biggest-2d-map-of-the-universe/

#science #astronomy #universe

hmmmm

The c-DLSE Assumption is not as widely studied as the regular discrete log assumption so it needs to be handled with care. However, it seems a reasonable assumption to make.

this coming from an IBM paper......press x to doubt

Along with an amazing team, I’ve been putting in long hours on the Free and Fair Elections #NewMexico 2026 campaign. Tonight, Trump’s puppet USPS reminded me of the urgency of our work. USPS is further getting ready to interfere with mail voting and state election administration. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/21/us-postal-service-mail-in-voter-rule 1/

@CCC
Es ist also wieder Zeit, dass man sich "Zöllner vom Vollzug abhalten auf der A4" von Götz Widmann anhört...

okay, i’m officially on the job hunt again...

i’m currently based in the philippines and preferably looking for immediate work, preferrably remote. i was a general manager in my most recent role, but i’m very open to branching out 😊 admin work, virtual assistance, writing, marketing, customer support, or honestly, if you think i’d be a good fit for something, send it my way!

i’m also open to opportunities elsewhere in the world. yes i am THAT flexible right now.. i’m ready for a change of scenery and a new chapter.

if you know of anyone hiring or have any leads, i’d really appreciate you sending them my way. my cv is ready and available upon request.

boosts appreciated! 💌

#getfedihired #fedihire #fedijobs #remotework #work

As @autolycos points out, AI/LLMs don’t actually hallucinate. They confabulate. This is also called “making shit up”. For example, when a person with severe dementia tells you a very plausible story about how they arrived at the ER today, but five minutes later they tell a completely different tale, they are confabulating. Their brain knows they should have a story, so they just start filling gaps. LLMs do this. It is unpredictable, and extremely hard to detect in a written result.

Let the AI be a worker, not a soldier.”

From: @eastblocvisuals
https://zpravobot.news/@eastblocvisuals/117135571977051137

I hope 2025 & 2026 have adequately prepared everyone for the shitshow that will be 2027:

Strongest El Niño and highest global temperature on record
Energy and affordability crisis from the illegal war
End of 3-year federal science grants awarded in 2024
AI bubble bursting
Continued rise of fascism

Canada 🇨🇦 walks away from negotiations with the United States of America 🇺🇸

USA tariffs will come into effect. And Canada will put its own levies.

Me: Didn’t see this one coming!

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/livestory/midnight-deadline-trump-tariffs-trade-deal-leblanc-greer-9.7310605?id=9.7310605.15336
- - -
Le Canada 🇨🇦 quitte la table de négociations avec les États-Unis d’A 🇺🇸

Les droits douaniers états-uniens entreront en vigueur. Et une contre-réplique viendra.

Moi: je ne l’ai pas vu venir celle-là!

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/info/en-direct/1014139/tarifs-dernier-sprint-negociations-washington?publication=2276862

#Canada #CANpoli #CDNpoli #USA #UnitedStates #ÉtatsUnis #USpol

Hey #Fediverse can I ask you a favor?

Please don’t post URLs that have been shortened. Link-shortening services can not only potentially *track* your interactions and add telemetry to track your behaviors, they can also *break* and make your links unusable.

You can use services like https://urlexpander.net or install an app (I like Link Unshortener (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/link-unshortener/id1506953658)) to find the ultimate destination of a shortened link, and then post that instead.

Remember, all URLs in #Mastodon count as 23 characters, no matter how long the actual URL is, so there really is no benefit to shortening your URLs.

Hello, Mastodon!

This is my first day in the Fediverse.

I’m looking for accounts to follow related to technology, and a little bit about culture in general (movies, books, video games, etc.).

If you know of any profiles you’d like to recommend, feel free to share them with me. And if anyone’s interested in following each other, I’ll accept all requests!

Have a great day!

#firstday #introduction

@lesley Yep.

As a note: The big part of the context of this was politics, and how a lot of it boils down to people taking pies in the face for someone who will do very little in return except make them take more pies in the face. They are now the face-pie person.

Person-on-person bullying gets a bit more difficult because "standing up to them" can be challenging.

But, yeah, there's a lot of overlap.

Credit where credit is due.
Carney didn’t cave!

GO CANADA

SCREW YOU TRUMP YOU FASCIST GREEDY ASSHOLE

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/livestory/midnight-deadline-trump-tariffs-trade-deal-leblanc-greer-9.7310605

#Canpoli #cdnpoli #usa #trade #theAmericanFascist