German politician Nico Semsrott has suggested that we give billionaires one year to solve the climate crisis. If they fail to do so, we should dispossess them. I think that’s a wonderful idea! It's never going to happen, but it's nice to dream.

I just learned, via a mutual, that cron, the job-scheduling command-line utility, is celebrating 50 years this month.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cron

(In case anyone cares for this sort of thing on here.)

#cron #anniversary

Higher Ground’s latest film – Air Force Elite: Thunderbirds – tells the story of this legendary flight squadron, their dedication to public service, and the love and sacrifice of their families. Check it out now on Netflix.

@SeanCasten So sad. My heart doesn't go out to them.

Woo hoo! Wonderful news for a change!! Either one of these plovers for president! https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/05/18/piping-plover-egg-spotted-at-montrose-beach/ #plovers #birdsofmastodon #goodnews #birds

I'm retired in the sense that I was tired yesterday and am tired again today.

Seems about right

@itsfoss slackware here

the fact that duckduckgo has an AI thing at the top of the search results which DOESN’T answer in character as a duck, or even quack several times between each sentence, is, i think, a shocking betrayal and a demonstration of utmost cowardice

Linux: “We are abandoning support for 486 CPUs, 18 years after the last one was produced”
BSD: “We will run on punch cards”

Warning: Tim O'Reilly of O'Reilly Media now wants every human programmer to be replaced by Gen AI. Tim O'Reilly/company policy on book editing and writing went from "avoid Gen AI" to "you must use Gen AI as much as possible, we will monitor you through KPIs to use it as much as possible. So avoid O'Reilly books. Support an indie author. Plenty of them out there who write and sell books. No need to support corporate overlords. Source https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1kimr4a/warning_tim_oreilly_of_oreilly_media_now_wants/ #ai

From a friend who is former Navy.

We've all been there.

Ever wondered how much #Google knows about you? 👀

Spoiler: It's more than you think. Learn how to take back your privacy and stop the tracking

👉 https://tuta.com/blog/what-does-google-know-about-me

“Blatantly unlawful”: Trump slammed for trying to defund PBS, NPR
Defunding PBS and NPR risks devastating rural communities, networks say.
https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/05/blatantly-unlawful-trump-slammed-for-trying-to-defund-pbs-npr/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

Microsoft: We write 30% of code using Gen AI.

The rest of the world: That explains the current state of Windows 11, MS-Office and all other products.

#ai