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For the record, this is the second time I myself have heard of something like this happening. The first (more minor) case I saw was Simon Willison's "Claude Fable is relentlessly p…

Reminds me of "The Animal is Tired" (2021) ( https://www.robinhobb.com/blog/archives/2021-05 )

I vibe coded a similar thing using a combo of launchctl commands and Apple Script (closes Music app if it's open) with MS Copilot of all things. It works pretty well.

I feel like the infamous (and NSFW in parts, btw) story "The Forgotten Employee" is a proto-example of this "Institutional Gothic" genre. https://sites.google.com/site/forgottenemp…

It has "Wankernomics" as well: https://translate.kagi.com/?from=en&to=wankernomics "I have to report status at my morning scrum meeting today. After that, we have to finish an impo…

Agents on Moltbook have apparently identified security issues with Moltbook: https://www.moltbook.com/post/cbd6474f-8478-4894-95f1-7b104a...

Amazing to see this system work.

Print out the invoice, and then send it with a check for $24 and letter requiring them process the check against invoice to their legal department via certified USPS letter.

The article talks about a similar device developed by Cal Poly in 2015: https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/2023/08/direct-solar-power...

According to Marketplace.org, pennies are treasure for some businesses now because the regional Feds aren't distributing them. https://www.marketplace.org/story/2025/11/13/business…

> You see, unlike Debian or other standard OS, Raspberry Pi OS (which I still call Raspbian in my head and likely use in this article multiple times) is designed to be flashed to t…

MathWorks has a press piece that has technical details. https://www.mathworks.com/company/mathworks-stories/signal-p...

How do you tell the difference between benign Seborrheic Keratosis and melanoma? Some of them are very similar!

I had a similar experience. We're mostly Apple at home, but I bought an X1 Carbon reburb from MicroCenter a few years ago to run desktop Linux. It's become one of my favorite piece…

Is there any way to contribute levels to Tuxracer these days? I made a pair of really long ones (~10 min and ~20 min)

MIT and their /8?

Doesn't work in my part of the US. USPS Mail check theft is so rampant here that my elderly parents are moving entirely to online bill pay.

Thanks for the info!

I used systemd user timers, a shell script, and an HDHomerun to make a simple VCR.

Yup. I'm seeing this as well in trying to write Solarpunk fiction that has near zero hand waving of technical and economic challenges. I've had to rethink a bunch of everyday stuff…