X’s half-assed attempt to paywall Grok doesn’t block free image editing
Once again, people are taking Grok at its word, treating the chatbot as a company spokesperson without questioning what it says. On Friday morning, many outlets...
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Simon Josefsson: Debian Taco – Towards a GitSecDevOps Debian
One of my holiday projects was to understand and gain more trust in how Debian binaries are built, and as the holidays are coming to an...
Read moreAMD Enabling New GFX12.1 & More RDNA 3.5 Hardware Blocks With Linux 6.20~7.0
AMD today sent out their latest pull request to DRM-Next of new AMDGPU/AMDKFD kernel driver changes they are looking to get into the next kernel cycle,...
Read moreFree Dockhand Tool Simplifies Docker Container Management
Do you have too many Docker containers running? A quick check of my home lab and on just a single server, I have 10 running Docker...
Read moreSilicon Valley Billionaires Panic Over California’s Proposed Wealth Tax
Larry Page’s apparent Florida move highlights how seriously the ultra-rich are taking a one-time tax aimed at extreme wealth inequality.
Read moreRocket Report: A new super-heavy launch site in California; 2025 year in review
Welcome to Edition 8.24 of the Rocket Report! We’re back from a restorative holiday, and there’s a great deal Eric and I look forward to covering...
Read more[$] READ_ONCE(), WRITE_ONCE(), but not for Rust
The READ_ONCE() and WRITE_ONCE() macros are heavily used within the kernel; there are nearly 8,000 call sites for READ_ONCE(). They are key to the implementation of...
Read moreUsing AI, Mathematicians Find Hidden Glitches in Fluid Equations
Nearly 200 years ago, the physicists Claude-Louis Navier and George Gabriel Stokes put the finishing touches on a set of equations that describe how fluids swirl....
Read moreX Didn’t Fix Grok’s ‘Undressing’ Problem. It Just Makes People Pay for It
X is allowing only “verified” users to create images with Grok. Experts say it represents the “monetization of abuse”—and anyone can still generate images on Grok’s...
Read moreHow to Use the Export Command in Linux
Everything you need to know about the export command in Linux: set variables, export functions, and manage your shell environment.
Read moreOpenEverest, a Tool To Manage Multiple Databases on Kubernetes
Database support provider Percona is donating a database management tool for Kubernetes environments to the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). For Kubernetes environs, the newly named...
Read moreFirst developer job at age 38 with lawyer turned software engineer Zubin Pratap [Podcast #203]
Today Quincy Larson interviews Zubin Pratap, a software engineer and manager from Melbourne, Australia. After nearly two decades working as a corporate lawyer, he taught himself...
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