Bill Pollock
@nostarch.bsky.social
No Starch Press Founder and President. Founder and Chair, Hacker Initiative
you could keep googling “why does my cron job not work” OR you could get 15 Linux books for $60 and become the person with answers Linux, The Good Stuff on @humblebundle.com: https://www.humblebundle.com/books/linux-good-stuff-no-starch-books Proceeds benefit @eff.org
Another step backwards. "The Environmental Protection Agency rejected the bedrock scientific finding that greenhouse gases threaten human life and well being. It means the agency can no longer regulate them."
ICE must be stopped. Unchecked vigilantes brandishing weapons, firing tear gas, smashing car windows, dragging people from vehicles, arresting citizens for filming them, killing people. No oversight. No de-escalation. No accountability. No agency is above the law.
Search is finally fixed on our site (or at least it appears to be). OMG. Let's see what I wake up to tomorrow. And thank you, Claude. @nostarchpress.bsky.social
My Linux machine runs just fine with the latest Ubuntu. Sure graphics aren't ideal but it gets the job done. I dual boot Windows, though rarely run it. Windows 10 is no longer supported and I can't install Windows 11. That's just wrong.
Just finished performing open-heart surgery on our legacy production server. It was running a stack frozen in 2020 (Debian 10 + old Docker). We needed to pay down that technical debt to close security holes before our upcoming migration. it was nerve-wracking.
Thank you Greg Newby. We will miss you. 'Gregory B. Newby - Wikipedia" share.google/RzLihGHDsW2U...
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The entire @openlibrary.org team would like to express our deep sadness at the loss of our friend Greg Newby who, for years, has seeded @gutenberg.org with public good, open access values worth continuing to follow. Thank you for your beautiful contributions. You are missed.
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We are deeply saddened by the loss of Greg Newby, who led Project Gutenberg ( @gutenberg.org ) with passion and purpose. Greg’s belief in free and open access to knowledge continues to inspire us and so many others working to preserve our shared culture online. gutenberg.org/about/newby....
@buchmesse.de no starch press = 4.0 C 64. We're selling whatever we have left, 30% off.
The Donald just posted this on truth social. It's May 2nd not April 1st
Hackers, educators, tinkerers: The 2025 Hacker Initiative grant cycle is open. Apply here 👉 hackerinitiative.org/apply-now/ Signal boost appreciated.
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The secret to selling books? We like to think we make great books and I hope you agree, but the key is finding our readers. We're always building our worldwide distribution, filling the gaps. There's so much opportunity! Thank you all for helping spread the word! @nostarchpress.bsky.social
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The sale will be 30% off everything through the 19th. It won't be live for a few hours.
It's President's Day. We normally run a sale but it looks like we missed that. May have something up in a few hours. @nostarchpress.bsky.social
