@dlakelan @voltagex i just think fundamentally the concept of a global RNG is broken. the OS could expose what it thinks would be random, but if it's anything to do with time taken for operations then it can be influenced by other processes under the round robin scheduling model. one main unifying principle of my kernel will be around configurable (default-unshared) visibility of data and explicit transfer of control and if we consider the RNG like a private key (which it really is) then we can construct it more directly to consume a source we trust

@Caelumtangi @Kaiz si estàs en una sauna, suar és el que toca, però si estàs fent altres coses, suar és un problema.

@spla @Caelumtangi o amb por o per sentir la pressió de les circumstàncies.

@TheBreadmonkey that is a masterpiece. Genius!

22 August 1925 | German Jewish boy Erich Günther Gutmacher was born in Berlin. He emigrated to the Netherlands.

In August 1942 he was deported to #Auschwitz and registered in the camp after the selection (no. unknown). He perished in the camp on 22 August 1942.

@Caelumtangi quan estàs malalt? @Kaiz

Yes I missed this line:

> Quick and dirty count suggests we (Paolo and I) merged a very similar number of net (632) and net-next (648) patches. This is not telling the full story either because 1/3 to 1/2 of the net-next patches also *seem* like AI-driven low priority fixes, cleanups and clarifications.

Now would be a STELLAR time if you wanted to introduce vibe-obscured malware into the Linux kernel. (I forget where I read the research on it, but LLMs have been shown to be pretty good at this, inserting intentional vulnerabilities in ways that are hard to detect, embedded in other patches.)

From our end this means that p2panda will support using Willow as "support node" infrastructure: oblivious more-available nodes who keep encrypted blobs around for a certain time and given amount of space.

Of course using Meadowcap capabilities to manage access and a path forwards for Willow support nodes syncing with each other 😋

@spla també existeix la suor freda...! @Kaiz

Explainer: What does Ukraine's latest corruption scandal tell us about how Zelensky governs?
https://kyivindependent.com/explainer-what-does-ukraines-latest-corruption-scandal-tell-us-about-zelenskys-system/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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My whole DJ set from #EMFCamp is now live, enjoy the live mix and the incredible laser light show.

https://cubicgarden.com/2026/08/22/my-whole-dj-set-from-emfcamp-is-now-live/

@panos @catodon-talks whoah I didn't even know this was enabled in the masto api. that clients are able to signup for a remote account

This month's annoyance: people non-consensually assigning me tickets in their organisation's ticket tracker.

As #PuTTY maintainer, I'm often asked to fill in annoying government paperwork, usually from someone else's country. "All the software our organisation uses must comply with the National Foo Directive, so please fill in this huge questionnaire to confirm that you do."

Often without bothering to even mention which nation's National Foo Directive it is. Often without noticing that a lot of the questions are obviously meaningless (e.g. assuming the product is hardware, or a cloud service, or something). And _always_ without thinking through the difference between a commercial software vendor (who has a financial incentive to do this kind of paperwork, and can employ staff to do it out of the revenue stream from selling the software itself) and an unpaid free software maintainer (LOL no).

In the past, this has generally involved an email from some actual employee tasked with going through the Big Spreadsheet of all the software that (they know) they're using. So you can reply to the person and explain their misunderstanding. (Generally I wait until the followup email before bothering, in case they manage to engage their own brain before then, which sometimes they do.)

But a new and unwelcome development is that they're starting to do it by automated ticketing systems, so I get an email saying "[employee] has assigned you a task" and I have no doubt it's going to carry on automatically pestering without any way of making it listen to reason. Probably I have no choice but to start blocking these ticketing systems' email addresses.

Note sure why the 3d printer consumed 16.42 kWh within an hour while we were sleeping, but given that it was supposedly turned off the whole time this raises some suspicion 🤔

Un truc que he après, si envies a #Apple una nova versió de la teva aplicació pujant només el número de compilació i mantenint el número de versió, te la aproven en pocs minuts enlloc de dos o tres dies.
És un secret.

been a minute

made a thing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_7B2shTPPU

Heute haben wir den ersten Sattelzug auf den Weg gebracht: Wir bringen eine gespendete Großküchen­ausstattung 👨‍🍳 in die Ukraine!

Insgesamt werden wir über 100 Paletten mit Geräten wie Herde, Kochstellen, Spülmaschinen, Theken usw. zu einem Krankenhaus+Rehaklinik 🏥 in #Ternopil bringen, wo sie dann zum Einsatz kommen.

Hinter diesen ersten Bildern stecken viele Monate an Vorbereitung, Schweiß und bis zum Anschlag strapazierte Nerven. Weitere Transporte werden folgen!
Stay tuned 💪

#Fediverse – What actually happened (no bullshit version) https://hamishcampbell.com/fediverse-what-actually-happened-no-bullshit-version/ A few years ago, the liberation cats of the #Fediverse stopped talking to each other.

Salvini, 'nel nuovo Codice della strada nessuna Pec obbligatoria' - Notizie - Ansa.it
https://www.ansa.it/sito/notizie/economia/2026/08/22/salvini-nel-nuovo-codice-della-strada-nessuna-pec-obbligatoria_17f1d89f-d5b5-4f88-a6ac-bd6ed3353e70.html?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub

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