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The Codex App
Link: https://openai.com/index/introducing-the-codex-app/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46859054
Enrollment is open for the next run of my App Performance and Instruments Virtuoso course, beginning February 23.
It's a perfect time to level up your skills and dive deep into what makes your apps tick.
The full-length, in-depth, online course is fully updated for Instruments 26 and is currently 33% off its regular price!
I only run the course a few times each year. I hope you can join me!
Details and registration at https://swift-virtuoso.com.
(And please boost to help spread the word!)
My honey pot arrived
Other joke 
@bsdcan ideas:
By 
@mwlMichael Lucas 
:
if you're doing fake tutorials: "porting netbsd to the blockchain."
Possible locations:
local Wastewater treatment plant.
tired: moltbook is making claude into a redditor
inspired: google is making Gemini into a gamer + twitch streamer blog.google/innovation-a...
Advancing AI benchmarking with...
I'm excited to announce that my abstract for BSDCan 2026 is accepted. In June, I will talk about HMP scheduling on FreeBSD and little bit of relevant scheduler stuff at Ottawa. The work is still ongoing and it needs many preliminary works done on FreeBSD schedulers, so it’s hard to guarantee that the HMP changes would land before BSDCan. Still, I will put maximum effort on this during my internship at the FreeBSD Foundation.
Fun fact: BSDCan is a week before my midterm exams (aka reading week)
I'm surprised haveibeenepsteined.com isn't a thing that exists.
I just went there and did a quick triage in pending 
@badgefedThe BadgeFed Project items while I still have the #fosdem energy flowing
Ah, OpenBSD.
@bsdBSD Security Advisories posts that there's an httpd(8) errata.
$ doas syspatch
$ doas rcctl restart httpd
Total effort? about 40 seconds of my life total across three machines. I might not have even had to restart httpd, but it cost nigh-nothing to do so.
I wish all updates were that boring/straightforward.
I've made a collection of the podman quadlets I use in my minimal setup at home: Immich, Nextcloud and Vaultwarden.
All containers have proper health checks.
I hope you find it useful.
Game of Trees Hub's web interface is live. And we need more subscribers https://lobste.rs/s/halc0a #openbsd #vcs
https://opencollective.com/gothub/updates/web-interface-is-now-enabled-and-we-need-more-subscribers
Linux From Scratch Ends SysVinit Support
Link: https://lists.linuxfromscratch.org/sympa/arc/lfs-announce/2026-02/msg00000.html
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46858829
My trip finally begins : Tonight, the 
453 will bring me in a comfortable wagon-lits to Berlin, the first stop of my #FOSSRail trip from 🇧🇪 Brussels to 🇹🇭 Bangkok connecting the FOSDEM with the FOSSASIA by train.
I will spend the next two weeks on trains across 12 countries and 11.000 km on rails.
May the games begin ✊🏽.
#FOSSRail #FOSDEM #FOSSASIA #CrossBorderRail #TeamNightTrain
Great expression that should be used more.
I talked AI slop with 
@codepo8Chris Heilmann a few days ago and it's here:
In 3 weeks, this was my travel. I am so tired, but we need to keep working for this late savage capitalism stage dream.
The #FOSDEM talk from 
@haubleshannah aubry and myself about Mastodon’s upcoming community governance plans; our vision, mission and values; and updates to the server recommendations, is now available to watch. I was honoured to be asked to co-present this session.
More to come on all of these topics over the coming weeks, on our blog and on the main project account.
I’ll be posting about the other sessions from the #SocialWeb Devroom over the next few weeks, as well.
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/HJYRFF-tending-the-herd/
Cyber threats have evolved over time. If the calculated risk of a particular threat decreases, then our list of top to-do items should reflect the changing landscape. Today 
@boblordBob Lord 🔐 
argues that some old advice should be retired as #Hacklore.
https://podcast.firewallsdontstopdragons.com/2026/02/02/debunking-hacklore/
The 1st FediForum un-workshop is a month from today! Are you registered yet?
In this un-workshop, we'll try to figure out together what the best strategies and tactics are to grow the Open Social Web, based on short position statements that people submit when registering.
We're recruiting for a new Security Architect role in BBC InfoSec:
**Location**: Remote (within UK)
**Salary range**: £75-85k + solid pension & benefits
**Type**: Permanent
**Closing date**: 2026-02-16
"The BBC reaches over half a billion people online every week. By joining this team you will help keep these systems secure. You’ll regularly collaborate with critical BBC product teams such as iPlayer, Sounds and News..."
It's a great team to work with (I do regularly)
https://careers.bbc.co.uk/job/Senior-Information-Security-Architect/27382-en_GB/
NEW: The developer of the long-running and popular open source text editor Notepad++ has confirmed that China government-backed hackers hijacked the software's update feature for months during 2025.
The hackers could access computers of victims who were running hijacked versions of Notepad++.
Notepad++ says Chinese government hackers hijacked its software updates for months | TechCrunch
The developer of the popular text editor Notepad++ said hackers associated with the Chinese government hijacked its software update mechanism to deliver tainted software to users for months.
techcrunch.com · TechCrunch
Link author: 
Zack Whittaker@zackwhittaker@mastodon.social
#fotovorschlag
'Dinge die mit G beginnen‘
Gänseblümchen
Guest Request:
We're looking for someone who loves Linux and is up for a discussion about how it's a great option for folks moving from Windows 10 in particular.
Bonus points if you're a gamer or content creator, or anyone who has moved Windows focussed workflows.
It'll be a friendly and relaxed chat. Replies here very welcome, or PM for our email.
Michael Spratt: Misrepresentation is no longer an occasional lapse or rhetorical flourish.
It has become a strategy that trades accuracy for outrage and treats public trust as collateral damage.
wakest ⁂ FOSDEM shared the below article:
Write.as Blog @blog@write.as
<p>Today, February 2, marks <strong>11</strong> years since we officially launched Write.as! What started as a minimal, anonymous article publishing platform in 2015 has since grown into an ecosystem of apps, a community of writers, and an open source platform called <a href="https://writefreely.org" rel="nofollow">WriteFreely</a> powering it all.</p> <p>To celebrate, for the next two weeks ending February 16th, we're having a sale on our long-term, <a href="https://write.as/5years" rel="nofollow">5-year Pro plan</a>, and <a href="https://apps.apple.com/us/app/writefreely/id1531530896" rel="nofollow">iOS app</a>. You can read all about it on <a href="https://write.as/deals/celebrating-11-years-on-the-web" rel="nofollow">our Write.as Deals newsletter</a>.</p> <p> [...]</p>
Read more →*toooooooot*
I really like the visuals and technology in this game. Stairs are seamlessly integrated: you just walk up and continue - no fade to black and jump to the "next level". The game is tile based and operates at classic 90° angles, but all movement is sub-tracked and therefore super smooth. When the robed figures slide from one tile to another, it's spooky. The shading and colouring of the walls gives the impression of curves where there are none.
They lied to you. Building software is hard
Link: https://blog.nordcraft.com/they-lied-to-you-building-software-is-really-hard
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46823725
My trip finally begins : Tonight, the 453 will bring me in a comfortable wagon-lits to Berlin, the first stop of my #FOSSRail trip from 🇧🇪 Brussels to 🇹🇭 Bangkok connecting the FOSDEM with the FOSSASIA by train.
I will spend the next two weeks on trains across 12 countries and 11.000 km on rails.
May the games begin ✊🏽.
#FOSSRail #FOSDEM #FOSSASIA #CrossBorderRail #TeamNightTrain
Sure you have experienced betrayal, but have you ever affectionately curled up near someone only for them to take advantage of you lowering your guard and decide that this was the perfect moment for your scheduled vet-ordered preventive ear cleaning?
(Creamy tuna mini bites have been offered, forgiveness has been granted, all is well.)
#CatsOfMastodon #cats #cat #floof #MastoCats #Catstodon #CatsOfFediverse #FediCats
The robot apocalypse hasn't happened yet, but still I can't escape the feeling that something has gone horribly wrong... Cartoon for Dutch newspaper Trouw.
More of my work for Trouw: https://www.trouw.nl/cartoons/tjeerd-royaards~bcb45712/
Oof the latest Laracasts Snippet podcast from Jeffery Way is the most depressing thing. Hearing him open by talking about all the staff he had to lay off... then gush about the #AI #coding agents being his 'buddy' that pumps out code so fast & he spends his time sanity checking it... is so heartbreaking.
#FOSDEM: Wo das "Herz der freien Welt" schlägt - Golem.de
#FOSDEM26 #opensource #linux
https://www.golem.de/news/fosdem-2026-wo-das-herz-der-freien-welt-schlaegt-2602-204902.html
My trip finally begins : Tonight, the 453 will bring me in a comfortable wagon-lits to Berlin, the first stop of my #FOSSRail trip from 🇧🇪 Brussels to 🇹🇭 Bangkok connecting the FOSDEM with the FOSSASIA by train.
I will spend the next two weeks on trains across 12 countries and 11.000 km on rails.
May the games begin ✊🏽.
#FOSSRail #FOSDEM #FOSSASIA #CrossBorderRail #TeamNightTrain
As part of their coursework, students at UC Berkeley are contributing edits to Wikipedia about “LGBTQ+ history, with an emphasis on queer and trans people of color”. They’ve added 300,000+ edits and 3,000+ citations. https://www.them.us/story/berkeley-college-students-wikipedia-lgbtq-history-edits
You can download PDFs of 
@feed404 Media's zine about ICE surveillance.
(artist: andrewthereal69)
The Codex App
Link: https://openai.com/index/introducing-the-codex-app/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46859054
#ChatControl 1.0 is supposed to expire in April, but the European Commission wants to allow companies the indiscriminate scanning of private messages for two more years.
For multiple years at #FreedomNotFear, participants discussed that this is disproportionate mass surveillance and should be stopped. Activists are now calling on members of the European Parliament to reject the extension proposed by the Commission. What about you?
There is a mailingtool in English, that can be used to contact MEPs. 
@chatcontrolFight Chat Control: https://fightchatcontrol.eu/
The German coalition against #ChatControl, #ChatkontrolleSTOPPEN 
@Chatgeheimnis, offers advice on how to contact German-speaking MEPs and listed the relevant (shadow-)rapporteurs, who coordinate the European Parliament position: https://chat-kontrolle.eu/index.php/2026/02/01/aufruf-eprivacy-luecke-schliessen/
Do you know more resources in other languages that can help people to contact their MEPs in their own language? Please share!
+ 
Stefano Marinelli
🇦🇺🇸🇬
- solidarity with 
Glyph
Evan Prodromou
Em 
かちかちなまこ
Andreas Freise
Richard "RichiH" Hartmann
Jenniferplusplus
