So, Peter Thiel has sold off all stock in NVidia. Following SoftBank’s complete NVidia stock sell-off. Well done. The self-fulfilling prophecy is now underway, and the AI-collapse is about to begin. All it’ll take it one more market wobble.
Author Archives: steve
Freedom from ads is the best gift you can give yourself this Christmas
This morning I saw a post on LinkedIn, linking to this story on TheGuardian.com about John Lewis’s new Christmas ad. In terms of retail in Britain, John Lewis is something of a national treasure. Sadly, Google’s approach to ad-blocking in YouTube has come to bear: I am unable to watch this advert unless I disable ad-blocking on my browser.
Google disrespects my freedom to choose what content I see in my own browser. In fact, it attempts to deny me it.
Despite having had a Google account for many years, I can see this relationship coming to an end. Big Tech abuses its users in order to stay profitable… and there’s a word for that.
Fixing delayed syncing with Linux Nextcloud client – Lennart’s weblog
Recently, I noticed that changed files were not picked up by the Nextcloud client as fast as before. As a result I sometimes missed a file (or changes in a file) on my laptop that had been created …
Source: Fixing delayed syncing with Linux Nextcloud client – Lennart’s weblog
No, Flickr
Hackers claim to have stolen pictures, names and addresses of children in nursery firm cyber attack | UK News | Sky News
Online criminals are demanding a ransom from the Kido chain of nurseries after posting images of children on the dark web. Police said officers were investigating.
Going after images and address information of children is beneath contempt. So is hosting it irresponsibly. Equal shame on Kido and the hackers that exploited their lax security.
command line – X11 Forwarding over Gnu Screen, is it possible? – Ask Ubuntu
mind-chown
Why, oh why, is it that when I go to ‘chown’ something recursively, I always forget to put -R before typing the owner:group?
Chill Out Session 170 (Boards of Canada Special Mix) ~ Chill Out Session
Chill Out Podcast> Listen and enjoy!
Source: Chill Out Session 170 (Boards of Canada Special Mix) ~ Chill Out Session
from ‘A couple of Mu4e improvements’ | Baty.net
Another snag I’ve run into while using Mu4e was that sometimes I also use Apple’s Mail on macOS and iOS and any messages I delete there would only be flagged as “trashed” in Mu4e, so they would show up in the inbox, cluttering things considerably. The fix for this was to set Expunge Both in my .mbsyncrc file. Also much better! That one has been bugging me for a long time.
Software update shoves ads onto Samsung’s pricey fridges – Ars Technica
Samsung’s “pilot program” is likely just the beginning.
Source: Software update shoves ads onto Samsung’s pricey fridges – Ars Technica
Another obnoxious intrusion into people’s private spaces, vying yet further for attention for “recurring revenue”.