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Scott Myers, the head of Snap's AR glasses subsidiary Specs, leaves after six years; sources say Myers left after a "blow-up" with Evan Spiegel over strategy (Alex Heath/Sources)
https://sources.news/p/figmas-answer-to-the-ai-software

Figma's answer to the AI software sell-off
My chat with CEO Dylan Field ahead of today's earnings call. Also: Snap loses its head of Specs right before the big launch, and OpenAI poaches another key Meta exec.

Many Americans with student debt are again facing future upheaval
after a federal appeals court recently ordered the end of a Biden-era student loan repayment program,
known as the Saving on a Value Education (Save) Plan,
-- a move that coincided with another grim revelation:
🔥new education department data shows that by the end of 2025, 7.7 million borrowers had defaulted on $181bn in federal student loans.

«Root-Zugriff und mehr — Sicherheitslücken gefährden Millionen von Linux-Systemen:
Angreifer können anfällige Systeme zum Absturz bringen oder Root-Zugriff erlangen. Standardmäßig angreifbar sind Ubuntu, Debian und Suse.»
Mist, ich vertraue den Linux Distros so zu sagen blind. Nun gut, ich aktualisiert meine Linux-Systeme immer automatisiert vorzuh — was eigentlich mMn so eingestellt werden sollte.
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Root-Zugriff und mehr: Sicherheitslücken gefährden Millionen von Linux-Systemen - Golem.de
Angreifer können anfällige Systeme zum Absturz bringen oder Root-Zugriff erlangen. Standardmäßig angreifbar sind Ubuntu, Debian und Suse.

If the first answer to any problem on a Linux system is "oh just update all the packages again" that is evidence of a broken and fragile package management system.
My experience (at home) with Manjaro so far has been absolutely terrible compared to my experience (at work) with CentOS and Rocky Linux.
With Manjaro, working packages regularly break after updates or new installs. It's clearly not managing dependencies properly. And I've had other weird problems o…

Fotoğraflar Altan Öymen'in bir dönem bir çocuk kitabından. Ankaradaki Kızılay binasının ilk hali ve şimdiki durumu.
Gittikçe geri gidiyoruz ve betonlaşıyoruz.
Aslında para ve insan arasındaki öncelik sorunu.

Es is schon ne Shitshow..
PRIVILEG¹ Backofen hat nen Defekt. Keine Garantie mehr weil zu alt. Wills reparieren lassen weil ich kein Fan der Wegwerfkultur bin. Also die Servicehotline angerufen um nen Reparaturauftrag zu stellen.
Wie sich rausstellt landet man da aber nicht bei ner Servicestelle sondern bei ner Versicherung. Dort wird abgeklopf ob noch Garantie vorhanden ist. Wenn nicht, gibts n Pauschalangebot von 239€ für die Reparatur. All inclusive. Oder man schließt für 19,90…

Microsoft acknowledges complaints about Windows 11, promising a reduction of "unnecessary" Copilot integrations, more control over updates, and more (Ed Bott/ZDNET)
https://www.zdnet.com/article/windows-users-are-angry-and-mi…

Microsoft announces sweeping Windows changes - but no apologies
Microsoft's Windows boss just sent out a long non-apology to frustrated Windows 11 users, promising big changes. Here's a translation of what you can really expect.

This study's results suggest that LLM sycophancy amplifies publication bias (the "file drawer" problem)
The LLMs didn't like to tell the user that their hypothesis was not confirmed by the data
H/t @…

Finally, part 3. Long and winding, but that's because there's no easy answers, just soup.
An AI Haters Guide to Code with LLMs (Philosophy & Personal Politics)
https://aredridel.dinhe.net/2026/04/18/an-ai-haters-guide-to-code-with-llms-philosophy/

​It’s been a full year since my last drink.
​I get asked "why" a lot, and the answer is easy: because my well-being is worth more than a drink. The impact on my body and mental health has been night and day.
​Looking forward to another year of choosing myself.
Here’s to the next 365 days of staying strong. 🥂✨ (with sparkling water, of course!)
​#wellness