Online-Umsatz am Black Friday wächst auf 79 Milliarden US-Dollar
Während manche die Rabatte am Black Friday bezweifeln, wurde dennoch fleißig geshoppt. Die Umsätze waren auch KI-getrieben.
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Friday was an adventure in tech futility. Started with a gifted laptop, Dell Latitude, and the simple task of wiping its poor excuse for an OS and installing something sensible.
#Ubuntu wasn't it. OMG Ubuntu, what HAVE you done?! Tried first #UbuntuStudio then stock Ubuntu, 24.04, 25.04, 25.11, all the installers simply hung, no log, no journalctl, CPU chugging but nada detectable action, even hours later, just "Preparing…"
Net advice is old, of course, but points to the snap bootstrap service, fix has no effect but Kee-riced look at the mount table?! Snaps crackle and pop all over! Wtf, why? 🤯
And it is tedious. These 'DVD' iso files are 7GB, so, after 6 hours frustration, I thought, let's try something smaller to cut the turnaround time. #Debian13 simple bare-bones net-install seemed a good candidate …
And it was. Seemless install. 😊
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Audioasis
Bratmobile:
🎵 You’re Fired
#Bratmobile
https://bratmobile.bandcamp.com/track/youre-fired
https://open.spotify.com/track/4PIzcrr7bTzijVBESmsZOc
#SteadySupporter
Droht mit der Einführung von KI-Tools ein großer #Jobabbau in der Tech-Branche?
Aussagen und auch Taten von Top-Managern heizen die Debatte an und schaffen Unruhe. Fraglich bleibt, ob
It's the #DayOfZeus / Jupiter's Day / Thorsday! ⚡
Happy #Halloween 🩸
"Zeus Kronides received him in a chamber fit for birth and having covered him in his thigh shut him up with golden clasps, hidden from Hera. And he brought forth, when the Moirai had perfected him, the…
Friday Links 25-24
I was busy last week, which means more links for today.
I really like the podcast with Charity Majors about teams, and it made me rediscover her blog.
Some interesting posts about security and LLMs and LLMs in general this week.
https://christof.damian.net/2025/10/fr
#Freiheit eines Christenmenschen:
Ein Christenmensch ist ein freier Herr über alle Dinge und niemand untertan.
Ein Christenmensch ist ein dienstbarer Knecht aller Dinge und jedermann untertan.
D. Martin Luther
Ich wünsche euch allen einen gesegneten #Reformationstag . I…
🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #90TEEN
Forty Feet Tall:
🎵 Paystub
#FortyFeetTall
https://fortyfeettall.bandcamp.com/track/paystub-2
https://open.spotify.com/track/7wN6uMMQaHuT5NkJhN2NMn
In #Frankreich wird südlich von #Paris eine 1,5 km lange induktive #Autobahn getestet.
Vier Fahrzeuge prüfen, wie gut das