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Fela Kuti First African to Get Grammys Lifetime Achievement Award
Link: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/2/1/fela-kuti-becomes-first-african-to-get-grammys-lifetime-achievement-award
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46844301
what's the point of all your cookies and tracking and popups and whatnot if I click on a tracked link in your newsletter and the first thing it does is prompt me to subscribe **to your newsletter which you _know_ I am subscribed to?**
Like, what are you doing with this information even? Having your AI snort it like cocaine?
Elisabeth McDonnell suggests it would be good to have a more in-depth, strategic analysis of where we’re falling short from a growth and engagement perspective. From their submission to the Growing the Open Social Web un-workshop .
Join us March 2?
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acdd0b33a3 (upstream/main) Pre-update some config file no-op changes from 8.1 branch (#37746)
da4a1495d8 Update dependency oj to v3.16.14 (#37736)
af5ce5dad9 Use validation matchers for `DomainValidator` spec (#37662)
ecdc7ff3f9 Add defensive check to `AfterUnallowDomainService` (#37744)
d2dca826dd Cancel quote button appearing in all statuses (#37742)
f652c54c33 Update devise to version 5.0 (#37419)
9cd94168b3 Federate `Remove` when collection is deleted (#37741)
ffb84ea79d Remove `bin/bundle` stub for bundler (#37461)
c53c42b650 Update dependency @vitejs/plugin-react to v5.1.3 (#37698)
e24a19f8bf Update dependency jsdom to v28 (#37697)
ed649fbdb7 New Crowdin Translations (automated) (#37740)
e82eb2b037 Convert `admin/confirmations` spec controller->request/system (#37738)
8a65965ded Update dependency brakeman to v8.0.2 (#37728)
6f47a7709e Update dependency test-prof to v1.5.2 (#37726)
8949ef57aa Update dependency kt-paperclip to v7.3.0 (#37689)
73206856c5 Refactor activity serialization (#37678)
the dwarf fortress soundtrack has no right to be this good
what's the point of all your cookies and tracking and popups and whatnot if I click on a tracked link in your newsletter and the first thing it does is prompt me to subscribe **to your newsletter which you _know_ I am subscribed to?**
Like, what are you doing with this information even? Having your AI snort it like cocaine?
Wrote up about my personal journey from AI skeptic to someone who finds a lot of value in it daily. My goal is to share a more measured approach to finding value in AI rather than the typical overly dramatic, hyped bait out there. https://mitchellh.com/writing/my-ai-adoption-journey
Unsealed Court Documents Show Teen Addiction Was Big Tech's "Top Priority"
Link: https://techoversight.org/2026/01/25/top-report-mdl-jan-25/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46902512
On the Promises of 'High-Assurance' Cryptography https://lobste.rs/s/vhvbr8 #cryptography #formalmethods
https://symbolic.software/blog/2026-02-05-cryspen/
‘If the maintainers of small projects give up, who will produce the next Linux?’
https://www.404media.co/vibe-coding-is-killing-open-source-software-researchers-argue/
Finally watched the technology connections renewable energy video
Has he considered running for office
I am officially 30, flirty, and thriving! 🎂🥳
A new job, a new place, new projects, this decade is going to be unmatched compared to the last
I dislike crypto with the bottom of my heart
What does he know?? Please be careful to use content warnings, lol
For the bus enthusiasts 🚌
How to Setup WireGuard on OpenBSD
A guide from "The Lone Stack" - may it helps you to build this.
CIA suddenly stops publishing, removes archives of The World Factbook
Link: https://simonwillison.net/2026/Feb/5/the-world-factbook/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46899808
Claude Code Agent Teams
Link: https://code.claude.com/docs/en/agent-teams
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46902368
Unsealed Court Documents Show Teen Addiction Was Big Tech's "Top Priority"
Link: https://techoversight.org/2026/01/25/top-report-mdl-jan-25/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46902512
Strands of thoughts
#365moments #Smartphonepic #Photography
비트코인 6만6천달러까지 추락…"가상화폐 '서사의 위기'"
(샌프란시스코=연합뉴스) 권영전 특파원 = 가상화폐 시가총액 1위 종목인 비트코인의 가격이 추락을 거듭하고 있다.
https://www.yna.co.kr/view/AKR20260206005700091
I’m disappointed at how ingrained tribalism is in the desktop Linux landscape and how frequently I have to remind chatters to treat developers from other desktops with kindness and respect
Installazione minima di FreeBSD da 150 MB
"Ciò che condividerò con voi oggi non è supportato , probabilmente non è consigliato : potreste compromettere il vostro sistema . Usatelo solo in ambienti di test, come ho fatto io con una nuova VM Bhyve. Siete stati avvisati ."
Il post di 
@vermaden
https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/02/01/150-mb-minimal-freebsd-installation/
RE: https://mastodon.illumos.cafe/@toasterson/115995623947172264
illumos is great, and people should be aware of it and how great the illumos people are.
https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/3M7TRM-illumos-ips-a-different-system-package-manager/
Exit in the direction of travel.
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My tragicomic afternoon: I had to go out, but since this morning they have been digging up the road in front of my house for works (FTTH?), and at that moment a huge pile of dirt was blocking the street. Without telling anyone they'd block the road for hours. But I had to pass, so I had to do an absurd maneuver to get out from my home and, in any case, add a few extra kilometers to the route.
When I came back, I saw an apocalyptic scene: they had broken an important water pipe, so the road was full of water and, with it gushing out, it basically flooded and soaked my entire garden. I did manage to get back in.
Meanwhile, while I was in the garage, I noticed that a pigeon had left a souvenir on the car. I grabbed a piece of damp toilet paper and cleaned it. Then I went to throw it into the toilet and dropped the car key into the toilet (clean). I rushed and took the whole key apart. It was in the water for less than a second and, fortunately, it did not get into the electronic part. Or at least it still works.
Now I go to wash my hands and there is no water. I can hear them working in the street.
They did not notify anyone and cut off the water right at dinnertime.
I think it is better to have dinner and head straight to bed 🙂
You're absolutely right – this actually *isn't* a place of honor.
* I thought esteemed deeds were commemorated here, but that was wrong.
* The message wasn't about treasure, it was about danger. That's on me.
* I won't sugarcoat it – the danger is still present, and now it's in your body.
GPT-5.3-Codex
Link: https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-3-codex/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46902638
Installazione minima di FreeBSD da 150 MB
"Ciò che condividerò con voi oggi non è supportato , probabilmente non è consigliato : potreste compromettere il vostro sistema . Usatelo solo in ambienti di test, come ho fatto io con una nuova VM Bhyve. Siete stati avvisati ."
Il post di @vermaden
https://vermaden.wordpress.com/2026/02/01/150-mb-minimal-freebsd-installation/
RE: https://oldbytes.space/@kenshirriff/116014671558684890
For folks at home without a card-punch, the bcd(6) utility from the bsdgames collection will give you a similar experience on the terminal.
Instruction manual addendum from Flight Simulator for the C64 by Sublogic
I am the absolute master flying the Piper Cherokee Archer in this simulator on the bare metal C64
#Photography #35mm #film #Sensor #Nikon #DSLR #SLR #NikonPhotography #monochrome #monochromatic #Sepia #fMount #technology #Piper #Cherokee #Archer
Well fun. I have an OpaquePointer and UnsafeMutablePointer from a system interface that I have to pass around/use, and I've discovered pointer types are non-sendable in Swift Concurrency. So it looks like I'm going to have to do a major redesign in order to get to Swift 6 by coming up with some sort of actor-based framework.
The interesting thing is I already can envision some major code structure improvements due to this, assuming I can get it all to work.
Do you think Anthropic is ever gonna release a Claude 6.7
My tragicomic afternoon: I had to go out, but since this morning they have been digging up the road in front of my house for works (FTTH?), and at that moment a huge pile of dirt was blocking the street. Without telling anyone they'd block the road for hours. But I had to pass, so I had to do an absurd maneuver to get out from my home and, in any case, add a few extra kilometers to the route.
When I came back, I saw an apocalyptic scene: they had broken an important water pipe, so the road was full of water and, with it gushing out, it basically flooded and soaked my entire garden. I did manage to get back in.
Meanwhile, while I was in the garage, I noticed that a pigeon had left a souvenir on the car. I grabbed a piece of damp toilet paper and cleaned it. Then I went to throw it into the toilet and dropped the car key into the toilet (clean). I rushed and took the whole key apart. It was in the water for less than a second and, fortunately, it did not get into the electronic part. Or at least it still works.
Now I go to wash my hands and there is no water. I can hear them working in the street.
They did not notify anyone and cut off the water right at dinnertime.
I think it is better to have dinner and head straight to bed 🙂
The New Collabora Office for Desktop
Link: https://www.collaboraonline.com/collabora-office/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46899591
GPT-5.3-Codex
Link: https://openai.com/index/introducing-gpt-5-3-codex/
Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46902638
I just signed up for the #FediForum "Un-Workshop" coming up in March. Who else is planning to sign in?
🙋♀️🙋♂️🙋♀️🙋♂️🙋♀️🙋♂️
"Growing the Open Social Web" was already on my bingo card for 2026. I have my own ideas, but I'm more excited to hear what others have to say.
https://fediforum.org/2026-03-growing-open-social-web/
If we blame misinformation on social media for the trouble in our democracies, then growing the #Fediverse (responsibly) may be our best path forward.
2006 me is feeling attacked by this
‘If the maintainers of small projects give up, who will produce the next Linux?’
https://www.404media.co/vibe-coding-is-killing-open-source-software-researchers-argue/
Very interested to see how this goes
code.claude.com/docs/en/agen...
Orchestrate teams of Claude Co...
For anyone who missed it, the recording 📹 of the talk 💬 at 
@fosdem by 
@martymichalOndřej Míchal (#GIMP team member) is now available on their website: https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/BKTC3Z-wheres_gimp_going_after_3_2/
(same link as given a few days ago; this one with the embedded video in it!)
Jan Lehnardt 
David Lord 
Stefano Marinelli
Andreas Freise
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Tom Casavant
David Beazley