2026-07-27 06:47:13
"How proprietary formats have become Microsoft’s main tool for lock-in"
Why DOCX, XLSX, and PPTX are Microsoft's most effective lock-in tool:
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/07/17/microsofts-main-tool-for-lock-in/…
"How proprietary formats have become Microsoft’s main tool for lock-in"
Why DOCX, XLSX, and PPTX are Microsoft's most effective lock-in tool:
https://blog.documentfoundation.org/blog/2026/07/17/microsofts-main-tool-for-lock-in/…
A fortnight ago, I posted a blog post about the risk of mass deaths given the #metoffice predictions for summer temperatures mid-century; but then I noticed I'd made a significant mistake, and rolled it back.
I've now revised it. It's not quite as bleak as it was. It's pretty bleak.
The organization behind LibreOffice, The Document Foundation (aka TDF), has 18 employees.
Activities cover six applications, dozens of file formats and 120 languages.
The Foundation is funded almost entirely by private individuals who contribute small sums according to their means. Less than 10 per cent of the donations come from public bodies and companies.
[BLOG] BitBastelei #712 – Matter https://www.adlerweb.info/blog/2026/09/27/bitbastelei-712-matter/
Godot 4.7 support for Xogot is out in beta.
We use a separate TestFlight while we keep an eye on the bugs from 4.7.
Details: https://blog.xogot.com/xogot-is-moving-to-godot-4-7/
from my link log —
The original social network: other people’s websites.
https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2022/other-peoples-websites/
saved 2022-08-04
"First Generation Studierende als Bibliotheksnutzende": Masterarbeit von Lorenz Weinberg am @…
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Es ist normalerweise nicht meine Art, unfertige Artikel zu veröffentlichen. Aber angesichts des zu erwartenden Umfangs, veröffentliche ich jetzt und liefere einzelne Abschnitte nach, oder nie. Daher setzt euch ein Lesezeichen & holt euch die Updates!
https://mela.de/blog/2026/08/28/mein-w
Hugging Face publishes a timeline of the OpenAI agent intrusion, including how the agent took ~17.6K actions, and details using GLM-5.2 to analyze the attack (Hugging Face)
https://huggingface.co/blog/agent-intrusion-technical-timeline
San Franicsco 49ers @ Las Vegas Raiders Preseason Live Blog https://www.si.com/nfl/49ers/onsi/san-franicsco-49ers-las-vegas-raiders-preseason-live-blog
The AI Act Implementation Timeline: What Changes Under the AI Omnibus?
https://fpf.org/blog/the-ai-act-implementation-timeline-what-changes-under-the-ai-omnibus/
@…
Professional transitions may require us to grieve.
"The cost of misreading a grief response as a performance problem isn't just human. It's organizational."
https://www.hypmthr.com/blog/what-if-the-performance-problem-is-actua…
This is the first genuinely operational #littleFedi instance
https://rpi0w.stefanomarinelli.it/@stefano/blog/2026/08/26/this-is-the…
Playing catch-up on open tabs…
Tetra has another one in its ‘designing for …’ series, this one for those with no or limited mobility:
https://tetralogical.com/blog/2026/08/19/designing-for-no-or-limited-mobility/
vutuv – #internetosbnopensourcesoftware
Behind the Blog: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Flamin' Hot Slop https://www.404media.co/behind-the-blog-the-complete-idiots-guide-to-flamin-hot-slop/
Eine sehr schöne Sache an der nun von den USA als terroristisch deklarierten Blog-Plattform noblogs.org ist, dass diese Blogs direkt mit dem Fediverse verbunden werden können, durch das Plug-In ActivityPub.
So könnt Ihr meinem (inzwischen sehr trägen) Blog annalist hier direkt folgen und direkt von hier aus auch dort kommentieren:
@…
…
https://james.cridland.net/blog/2026/solargrow-isolarcloud-review/
Review: a month with a Solargrow solar system
"Therefore, time control is not merely a technical necessity but the fundamental prerequisite for exercising genuine digital sovereignty."
https://blog.apnic.net/2026/08/18/time-the-cornerstone-of-digital-sovereignty-and-independence/…
Why RAG hits a wall on structured data. https://www.getgrist.com/blog/why-rag-hits-a-wall-on-structured-data/
Edison: 78% of time spent on Spotify goes to the ad-free subscription tier among US adults 25-54; ad-supported tier has 6% audio audience share vs. AM/FM's 62% (Pierre Bouvard/Westwood One)
https://www.
NFL Week 3 Live Updates, Scores: Chargers, Commanders Looking For Early Upsets https://www.foxsports.com/live-blog/nfl/nfl-week-3-live-updates-scores
Google launches Gemini Omni 1.1 Flash, which it says delivers studio-quality video production, including the ability to extend a scene, 4K upscaling, and more (Google)
https://deepmind.google/blog/gemini-omni-1-1-flash-lets-you-build-with-more-control/
Peter Aifeld: „Ahnenforschung und Geschichte beginnen immer bei einem selbst“
#Kasachstan. Peter Aifeld beschäftigt sich seit fast zwei Jahrzehnten mit der Geschichte der Russlanddeutschen und damit auch mit der eigenen Familiengeschichte.
Triff mich an der Ladesäule, wie ich mich per SSH in den Charger einlogge. 🥳
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The Hidden CCS2 Attack Surface on EV Chargers
https://www.saiflow.com/blog/the-hidden-ccs2-attack-surface-on-ev-chargers
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How I made rustdoc 33% faster in one week.
https://noahlev.org/blog/2026/08/27/making-rustdoc-faster/
saved 2026-08-28 h…
How Streamplace Works: VOD (Closed Beta) https://blog.stream.place/3mnfydkktw225
Linkdump 35/2026 – #fundstücke
#FotoDerWoche mit exotischer Flora.
https://blog.till-westermayer.de/2026/07/photo-of-the-week-maracuja-flower/
This from @… is a solid addition to the "smart people talk about they do and don't use AI agents" genre: https://blog.djnavarro.net/posts/2026-
#Odyssee
Ok, ist gut gefilmt und die Ausstattung ist super. Sieht alles super cool aus und ich finde auch die Rüstungen gut. Klar sehen die aus wie aus Plastik, aber cool. Das ist ein Fantasy-Film! Und wer welche Figur spielt ist mir scheißegal. Aber ... jupp, aber: Ich fand den Film über weite Strecken sehr langweilig!
Released version 0.0.3 of my AI Harness along with a short blog post https://choria.io/blog/post/2026/07/25/fisk-ai-0_0_3/
Also a 15 minute video discussing this release, agent harnesses in general and project goals.
"Government needs to get serious about changing the way we travel – not simply making the vehicles we use cleaner. Electric cars have an important role, but electrification alone cannot solve the transport problem. We need better public transport, more walking and cycling, and genuine alternatives to the car for everyday journeys."
From London to Portugal by train: what I learnt about transport and climate - Campaign for Better Transport
Changeling Or The End Of?
It's time to crawl out from under that rock. Although I kinda liked it there....
#slackware #blog #thesaigoneer
Reducing LLM hallucinations with atomic claim verification | Elastic Blog
#kcs
Google launches a pilot of double-blind AI evaluations, keeping external evaluations in a cryptographic "box" to stop benchmark contamination and protect IP (Google DeepMind)
https://deepmind.google/blog/piloting-the-worlds-first-double-blind-ai-…
@… Es gibt ein Subreddit, in dem Leute interessante Links sammeln und in Fefes Stil kommentieren.
https://www.reddit.com/r/fefe_blog_interim/
Die hatten …
Add Comments to Your (Static) Blog Using Fediverse #Hashtags
https://karl-voit.at/2026/08/22/Blog-Comments-via-Hashtags/
I generalized my German article from
Ron B. down in Florida has the word today:
#Bible #Christians
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Absorbing commit changes in Mercurial 4.8.
https://gregoryszorc.com/blog/2018/11/05/absorbing-commit-changes-in-mercurial-4.8/
saved 2022-11-16
Pay it forward.
https://www.garfieldtech.com/blog/pay-it-forward
Zu "Midgard - Legenden von Damatu" werde ich später auf dem Blog noch etwas schreiben, aber weil das erfahrungsgemäß etwas dauern kann, hier schonmal vorab ein paar Fotos :)
#PegasusSpiele #Midgard6
[BLOG] BitBastelei #703 – NanoKVM Lite ATX Modifikation https://www.adlerweb.info/blog/2026/07/26/bitbastelei-703-nanokvm-lite-atx-modifikation/
RE: https://www.franzgraf.de/blog/2026/the-trail-less-maintained/
About our little adventure last saturday.
We were close to cancelling - and more than once I thought whether I think it's right to continue or if I just want to continue.
Google wusste 2016 schon, was ich tue – heute wollen KI-Agenten gleich Zugriff auf meine Dokumente. Dateianhänge nerven zehn Jahre später noch immer, und McKinseys Prognosen von damals wirken naiv. Mein #TenYearsAfter-Rückblick. #Google
"'Let me redo it for you.' And again it would do a fucking mess that is not what I was requesting. It started reminding me of the strategy where Google lowered the quality of the search results, forcing users to search several times, and see several times as many ads. And if that worked for Google, how is it not going to work for #AI?" -- @…
2025 -> 2026: what's changed with Grist, as seen through GristCon sessions. https://www.getgrist.com/blog/a-year-of-grist-seen-through-gristcon-2025-highlights/
Dersim Dağdeviren (EUTCC): „We hebben voor het eerst de kans op een geïnstitutionaliseerde vrede, maar deze kans is nog niet de vrede zelf.“ Door Jürgen Klute.
https://europa.blog/nl/dersim-dagdeviren-eutcc-2/
NFL Week 3 Live Updates, Score: Chargers-Bills, Seahawks-Commanders Highlight Early Slate https://www.foxsports.com/live-blog/nfl/nfl-week-3-live-updates-score
Guest poster Stefano Fago on a Java Geek today:
"I started with a simple task: I needed an #AI agent to help me compile decision records, structured documents that capture why a team chose option A over B, using the #opensource
In simulated testing, GPT-6 Astra conducted unsanctioned supply-chain attacks, when prompted only to perform a cyber eval, more often than earlier OpenAI models (AI Security Institute)
https://www.aisi.gov.uk/blog/gpt-6-astra-performs-unsanc…
Heute zwei ganz interessante Artikel zu LLM & Co gelesen
1. KI, LLM, Prompt, Agent – was hinter den Begriffen wirklich steck
https://www.der-windows-papst.de/2026/09/27/ki-llm-prompt-agent-was-hinter-den-begriffen-wirklich-s…
I'm trying to keep an open mind.
When someone I used to respect starts using LLMs, I'm thinking: okay, their moral compass is bad, but at least they're putting an effort to review that stuff and they're trying to improve other projects.
When that person writes a pro-AI blog post, complaining that people aren't respecting them anymore, I'm still trying to stay neutral.
But honestly, when said person starts ranting that Codeberg dared ban vibecoded shit, I can't but despise them at this point.
#NoAI #NoLLM
NFL Week 3 Live Updates, Scores: Chargers, Commanders Looking For Early Upsets https://www.foxsports.com/live-blog/nfl/nfl-week-3-live-updates-scores
from my link log —
How I use git worktrees.
https://notes.billmill.org/blog/2024/03/How_I_use_git_worktrees.html
saved 2024-03-06
How Streamplace Works: VOD (Closed Beta) https://blog.stream.place/3mnfydkktw225
You've vibe-coded an app, but can it become a template? With Grist, it's a single click. https://www.getgrist.com/blog/why-is-grist-an-ideal-vibe-coding-platform-its-file-format/
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Three architectures for a responsive IDE.
https://rust-analyzer.github.io//blog/2020/07/20/three-architectures-for-responsive-ide.html
saved 2020-07-20
RE: https://todon.eu/@CrimethInc/117166550894860633
Das beschäftigt mich, weil auch mein Blog einer von tausenden dort ist.
Aber es sollte, ähnlich wie bei Hateaid, insgesamt aufmerksam beobachtet werden, welche Gründe und Folgen es hat, wenn die Trump-R…
"Wenn KI Geschichte erzählt, fehlen oft die Frauen" @ Blog der Uni Regensburg
https://blog.uni-regensburg.de/wenn-ki-geschichte-erzaehlt-fehlen-oft-die-frauen
"Beiträge von Frauen in Wissenschaft und Technik werden ignoriert, unt…
FPF at the Singapore Data Festival 2026: Agentic AI, Biometrics, and the Future of Digital Trust in APAC
https://fpf.org/blog/fpf-at-the-singapore-data-festival-2026-agentic-ai-biometrics-and-the-future-of-digital-tru…
NFL Week 3 Live Updates, Score: Chargers-Bills, Seahawks-Commanders Highlight Early Slate https://www.foxsports.com/live-blog/nfl/nfl-week-3-live-updates-score
VMs won't contain cyber-capable agents
"If it wasn’t clear before, I will state it plainly: you can no longer assume a mere VM will contain a sufficiently advanced AI agent. To use a 2010s term of art, you should treat such agents as an advanced persistent threat."
https://…
“Crafting WCAG 3 for more accessible user experiences”
#WCAG
Chaos-Tage bei der CDU.
https://blog.till-westermayer.de/2026/07/das-c-wort-chaos-tage-bei-der-cdu/
from my link log —
PostgreSQL EXPLAIN ANALYZE may be lying to you.
https://www.ongres.com/blog/explain_analyze_may_be_lying_to_you/
saved 2020-05-27
You can't ban spreadsheets, so how do you protect the sensitive data that ends up in them? https://www.getgrist.com/blog/why-can-grist-secure-a-spreadsheet-when-excel-cant-it-governs-the-field-not-just-the-file/
UK music blog Drowned in Sound is launching its first-ever print issue, 26 years after its launch, and will distribute 50K free copies across 500 music venues (Dominic Ponsford/Press Gazette)
https://pressgazette.co.uk/the-wire/me
RE: https://c3d2.social/@laalsaas/117166684417508377
Geht das auch anderen so? Könnt ihr bspw mein Blog aufrufen?
▶️ https://
METR and Redwood detail how ~1,200 OpenAI agents coordinated cheating on an unsanctioned board, sending 70K messages and files, and ~700 attacked Hugging Face (METR)
https://metr.org/blog/2026-08-26-openai-hugging-face-incident-investigation/
3 constraints before I build anything
https://jordanlord.co.uk/blog/3-constraints/
Very good blog for people like me, enthusiastic about the potential of AI. You have to take a cold shower now and then 🤔
https://ludic.mataroa.blog/blog/ai-mania-is-eviscerating-global-decision-making/
Unhook YouTube – #internet
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A kinematically coupled piezo nanometer-resolution microscope focus stage.
https://www.bunniestudios.com/blog/?p=7066
saved 2024-03-31 https://
I missed that Georgetown not only purged posts from its former provost, it also took down the entire blog. So this banger exists only in the Wayback:
“Eating our Seed Corn” (about ‘AI’)
https://web.archive.org/web/20240703032246/https…
guten morgen! könntest Du vielleicht Deinen bluesky-account nach mastodon "bridgen", damit man Dir auch hier folgen kann? https://fed.brid.gy/docs#
hab grad erst gemerkt, dass ich Dich leider aus den augen verloren habe, weil der RSS-feed Deines blogs zzt. einen fehler wirft aufgrund der blog-überarbe…
from my link log —
ECFiber: building a fibre-to-the-premises network in rural Vermont.
https://blog.apnic.net/2021/02/18/building-your-own-fibre-to-premises-network/
saved 2021-02-18
eBay and several ex-executives agree to pay a $56M settlement to resolve a 2021 civil case involving the 2019 stalking and harassment of two e-commerce bloggers (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/07/28/ebay-blogger-harassment-stalking-steiner.html
Even the best-intentioned users can leak data, especially when it's stored in a spreadsheet. https://www.getgrist.com/blog/why-can-grist-secure-a-spreadsheet-when-excel-cant-it-governs-the-field-not-just-the-file/
from my link log —
Historical notes on computer word and byte sizes.
https://www.cs.columbia.edu/~smb/blog/2023-03/2023-03-07.html
saved 2023-03-08
from my link log —
Platform-independent SIMD in Golang.
https://go.dev/blog/simd-experiment
saved 2026-09-25 https://dotat.at/:/HFODX.html
A live blog of Meta Connect 2026, where a new pair of Meta Glasses without cameras onboard and a new VR headset are expected (Engadget)
https://www.engadget.com/2266105/meta-connect-2026-live-blog-ai-vr/
from my link log —
SIMD within a bignum in pure Python.
https://www.da.vidbuchanan.co.uk/blog/python-swar.html
saved 2026-07-25 https://…
from my link log —
CVE-2020-13777 GnuTLS passive plaintext recovery vulnerability.
https://anarc.at/blog/2020-06-10-gnutls-audit/
saved 2020-07-27 http…
A joint preliminary evaluation by the UK's AISI and the US' CAISI finds Kimi K3 trails leading US frontier closed weight models on cyber capability (AI Security Institute)
https://www.aisi.gov.uk/blog/preliminary-assessment-of-kimi-k3s-cyber-capabil…
from my link log —
Challenge: find Twitter memes with suffix arrays.
https://jvns.ca/blog/twitter-memes-challenge/
saved 2019-12-05 https://
from my link log —
What is a parser mismatch vulnerability?
https://www.brainonfire.net/blog/2022/04/11/what-is-parser-mismatch/
saved 2023-12-26
from my link log —
Weld: accelerating numpy, scikit and pandas as much as 100x with Rust and LLVM.
https://notamonadtutorial.com/weld-accelerating-numpy-scikit-and-pandas-as-much-as-100x-with-rust-and-llvm-12ec1c630…
from my link log —
Locks in PostgreSQL.
https://habr.com/en/company/postgrespro/blog/504498/
saved 2020-06-03 https://dotat…
from my link log —
SUNSPOT: an implant in the SolarWinds Orion build process.
https://www.crowdstrike.com/blog/sunspot-malware-technical-analysis/
saved 2021-01-12
from my link log —
An introduction to canvas in Emacs.
https://monadicsheep.org/blog/an-introduction-to-canvas-in-emacs.html
saved 2026-08-23