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nixCraft

@cyberciti.biz

Enjoy Linux & Unix-like systems, open-source software, and programming/compsci? Into Sysadmin & DevOps? Follow us to make the most of your IT career! Discover new tools and apps daily, plus a dose of humor ⤵️ https://www.cyberciti.biz

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nixCraft@cyberciti.biz · 2w ago

Ah, yes nothing screams "modern dev workflow" quite like using 1 trillion parameter AI to write a sticky note for another trillion parameter AI 🤣 Is this what modern productivity booster looks like?

The text reads: A developer asked ChatGPT to write a prompt example to fix a mess in his codebase, then switched to Anthropic's agentic coding tool and pasted the prompt from ChatGPT. Below that text is baby penguin picture (Linux Tux).
nixCraft@cyberciti.biz · 2w ago

In the age of AI & big tech I think of this: "People will come to love their oppression, to adore the technologies that undo their capacities to think." - Neil Postman

nixCraft@cyberciti.biz · 3w ago

Button Stealer. Lmao. Some people have too much free time on their hand. This add on steals buttons from the websites you visit. Do your usual online stuff and watch the collection of stolen buttons grow. addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefo... chromewebstore.google.com/detail/butto...

Button Stealer – Get this Extension for 🦊 Firefox (en-US)

Download Button Stealer for Firefox. Steals buttons from the websites you visit. Do your usual online stuff and watch the collection of stolen buttons grow.

addons.mozilla.org

nixCraft@cyberciti.biz · 3w ago

"How does CSS work?" New developer: Explains the CSS specification... 15-year frontend veteran: Who the fuck knows? Keep changing margin-top until it looks right 😅

nixCraft@cyberciti.biz · 4w ago

Idea: Add smart mode to modern Linux kernels so when you run `rm -rf /*` on a prod box as root, the kernel will stall for exactly 1.2 milliseconds to scan your webcam. If it detects a look of sheer panic,it stops executing that command.

nixCraft@cyberciti.biz · 4w ago

Some legendary Unix servers have run for years without a reboot. sysadmins today generally avoid this since it means missing critical security patches 😊

nixCraft@cyberciti.biz · 4mo ago

I've developed a special hatred for people or businesses that push important updates via email or social media but host the actual document such as a PDF on LinkedIn. WTF? Just use an S3 bucket/FTP server, or your own web server. Why must everyone suffer through logging into that monstrosity?

nixCraft@cyberciti.biz · 4mo ago

I have a text file saved and named as do-not-forget-it.txt with the following text only (nothing else): 41013379621 I have no clue about this. This file exists since past 10+ years and I am now too afraid to delete it.

nixCraft@cyberciti.biz · 4mo ago

klitoris is also less likely to spy on you and steal your files to train their shity AI or stuff like that. so i will take klitoris any day

Twitter post by anna (@meowkoteeq) that talking about how devs name apps on different OSes. The tweet reads: devs naming an app: macOS: Swoomp Windows: Internet Manager 6 Extreme Linux: klitoris
nixCraft@cyberciti.biz · 4mo ago

Atlassian will begin collecting customer metadata and in-app content from Jira, Confluence, and other cloud products by default on August 17, 2026, to train its AI offerings including Rovo and Rovo Dev. Metadata collection is mandatory for Free, Standard, & Premium tiers and cannot be opted out

Atlassian Enables Default Data Collection to Train AI

Atlassian will begin collecting customer metadata and in-app content from **Jira**, **Confluence**, and other cloud products by default on **August 17, 2026**, to train its AI offerings including `Rovo` and `Rovo Dev`. The change affects roughly **300,000** customers; metadata collection is mandatory for Free, Standard, and Premium tiers and cannot be opted out on those plans. Enterprise customers can opt out of metadata and in-app collection by default. Collected data will be retained up to **seven years**, with in-app data removed within 30 days after deletion or opt-out and models retrained within 90 days. Customers using customer-managed keys, Atlassian Government Cloud, Isolated Cloud, or with HIPAA requirements are excluded from collection.

letsdatascience.com

nixCraft@cyberciti.biz · 4mo ago

The Facebook and Instagram owner Meat will lay off about 10% of its global workforce, or close to 8,000 employees, in that initial round. Layoffs linked to AI-driven push. AI is responsible for job losses. Nobody is safe in IT & other office jobs www.reuters.com/world/meta-t...

Exclusive: Meta targets May 20 for first wave of layoffs; additional cuts later in 2026

Meta intends ​to conduct a first wave of sweeping layoffs planned for this year on May 20, with more ‌coming later, three sources familiar with the plans told Reuters.

reuters.com

nixCraft@cyberciti.biz · 4mo ago

this is your weekly reminder that no matter what Slop and AI companies says, human written code is far better than stupid AI generated security reports.

Curl is also the most secure codebase I've seen. I tried to hunt for vulnerabilities in it (having reviewed the slop report collection for fun) and got zero hits. Maybe some borderline documented behavior, but nothing with any reasonable security impact. So I probably did it right. But on almost every codebase I've reviewed extensively in the past, including glibc, I've found at least one issue with a security impact. Curl is the only one which I've found completely clean as far as I could see. I think the bounty program has been largely beneficial to curl over the years and has overall contributed positively to the project's security, despite the recent downtrend. Keep it up