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This might explain why imdb has been unreachable this afternoon.

WTH - I never downloaded Chrome to get Gemini popup ads shown in a way that I cannot opt out

... nor do I want to see a persistent "Gemini" advert on the top right of my browser

Can I turn this off at all? I want it gone. WTF Google

Google is stifling anti-ICE speech in the workplace as 1,200 employees call on the company to cut ties The search giant has made it harder and riskier to protest its policies. Workers are still fighting back. Plus: A community takes down a data center, QuitGPT, and the 5 worst Super Bowl AI ads.

At Google, speech critical of ICE is censored from the company's internal platform, employees who speak out are served with warnings, and leadership refuses to acknowledge a petition that's now gotten 1,200 employee signatures.

Inside the worker-led push to get ICE out of Google:

I only run ssh (on an oddball port number) and disable telnet. I mean, my calendar reads 2026, so...

Micro$oft updating SecureBoot certificates, hopefully before they expire in June, 2026
blogs.windows.com/windowsexper...

Can we just get rid of Teams altogether???

Hopefully M$ can fix the incredibly unhelpful behavior of Windows 11 File Explorer which must be designed for maximum irritation among users.

After the #AMS2026 emergency town hall regarding NCAR, it is ***imperative*** that folks contact their senators and representatives. IN PARTICULAR:

Maine: Susan Collins (Chair - Senate Approps.)
Oklahoma: Tom Cole (Chair - House Approps.)
Colorado: John Hickenlooper and Joe Neguse

#SaveNCAR

What I’m hearing: large open source projects are being absolutely hammered by AI-generated security reports. To the point of not being able to handle them.

Feeling is lots of ppl want an easy way to put a CVE on their CV and collect $$ for bug bounty.

Super bad for maintainers

Respect for Kelsey for taking a firm stand.

Another developer happily took part in this same crypto project: collected these “fees.”

Now their name is dragged across social media after “their” coin (one named after them) collapsed overnight and made lots of people lost lots of money and are angry

These bills aim to regulate Virginia data center siting, generator use and SCC oversight • Virginia Mercury As Virginia grapples with an energy crisis fueled by the proliferation of data centers and growing local concern about permitting for the facilities, lawmakers are mulling how to manage the industry. ...

I don't know how many of these bills creating new rules for data centers in Virginia will pass, but I do know that my state is done seeing these facilities as windowless icons of progress. Especially without a Glenn Youngkin as governor to veto them in an exercise in political self-soothing.

two thinking emojis are floating in the air and one of them has a thumb on its chin . Alt: floating emojis with think hand on chin, curious expression.

listening to youtube, getting ads from upwork to "hire a vibe coder" (isn't the point of vibe coding not needing to hire a coder) then an ad from fiverr to pay an expert to fix vibe code that doesn't work but what if instead of paying those two people each doing half of it you paid for not vibe code

I guess podcasters aren't all bad. I find this ring lamp popularized by them to be quite useful as a work lamp. I just used it to clean the schmutz off the electrical contacts of my long-time pepper mill and it's as good as new!

About 5 months ago at a developers' conference overrun with rabid A.I. supporters, Google Gemini was roundly criticized as being horrible.

That's because "A.I." is overly broad. Generative A.I. as currently foisted on us is a pox. The useful stuff is useful.

I was recently informed of Robocopy to perform backup duties. As usual, M$ lists all the switches and basic functionality, but omits helpful hints.

They're like, "I left a bunch of dynamite on the kitchen table, don't blow yourself up with it. BYE!"

Infinity true for coding/programming "how to" videos. I can't copy/paste from a video. A boring blog entry with a block of commands, now THAT I can use!

We have no idea how to manage our complex constellation of complex systems.

HD Home Run + TV antenna + any adequate monitor.
www.silicondust.com/hdhomerun/

I attended a Digex Christmas party in the early 1990s and guys were talking about which domains they were going to register while they were still free for a few months.

Guido van Rossum invented Python, the programming language in which ChatGPT is written, based on ABC, based on Fortran, based on Speedcoding, based on Harvard Mark I, based on the Difference Engine, based on the Antikythera mechanism, based on the planetarium of Archimedes, who did not need ChatGPT.

It's also important to do a lil audio processing. Not much, but minor frequency equalization and a bit of limiting or compression can work wonders. Just turn off all the GD fans and noise sources within earshot!

Recs: VSThost w/Nova EQ and LoudMax plug-ins.

Is there some unspoken requirement in web design to ensure that the site functions as slowly as possible? I'm looking at AT&T (right now), but there are other offenders. Just pathetic.

Journalist challenge: Use “Machine Learning” when you mean machine learning and “LLM” when you mean LLM. Ditch “AI” as a catch-all term, it’s not useful for readers and it helps companies trying to confuse the public by obscuring the roles played by different technologies. 🧪

If your site can afford to do it, block most or all foreign i.p. address blocks and domains. Additionally, ipv6 seems to suffer far fewer attacks at this point in history.

Ubiquiti Bugfixes for EdgeMax firmware version 3.0.1 "Fixed focus behavior so the username field is now selected automatically after the login screen loads."

UBNT/Ubiquiti has done something right, so in a rare turn of events I am ecstatic that they actually select the only field that you'd want in a login screen. ALL web form developers should do this yesterday! I don't need to mouse around or tab my way to the username field, do it automagically!

THANK GOD! I won't have to update Python any longer!!

Python Software Foundation withdraws bid for $1.5m grant from US gov, because the terms require they do not "operate any programs that advance or promote DEI", and "it would be a betrayal of our mission and our community." Applause. pyfound.blogspot.com/2025/10/NSF-...

Proton Drive is free and end-to-end encrypted. F-AI F-google

Screenshot of text: unfuck google drive by shooting gemini Hey folks! Google is fucking you via sneaky enshittification again! Want the shit in your google drive to load instantly again, instead of taking for-fucking-ever? Open your gdrive (web OR app) Settings > Manage Apps Gemini was checked "use as default" (and i sure the fuck didn't set it that way, this was a silent push) Nuke that, and suddenly, folders that took up to a minute to populate and sort do so in a fraction of a second.

friend shared this, immediately updated my settings