1. Migrate code and back it up
2. Set up local AI
3. Have local AI “patch” your github code by converting the entire program into brainfuck (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainfuck?wprov=sfla1)
4. Merge patched version to GitHub
5. Profit

It’s a fun game for short sessions - you can also drop out mid-mystery and easily pick up again a week later!

The report linked is damn good

https://storage02.forbrukerradet.no/media/2026/02/breaking-free-pathways-to-a-fair-technological-future.pdf

So essentially laying the groundwork to microtransactions for video game guides?

Honestly, shout out to the folks who maintain packages, Linux error logs are very searchable and readable.

I usually just scan the terminal logs looking for error flags and then search for them to see if they’re something that can, and should be, fixed.

Let me guess the solution before reading the article - some form of weakening to digital privacy.

Yep: “A social media ban for under-16s might prevent young boys seeing endless content that treats women with contempt and hate. Boys at this age are very susceptible to the cool and funny framing of what is, in reality, relentless misogyny. A ban might not fix the problem, but it would help. If society can’t stop it, it can show it disapproves.”

Essentially, this article is an argument to introduce online ID, and I disagree with that on a fundamental level.

The soil misogyny has dug it’s roots into is the iniquity we created while seeking equity. It was done for the best of reasons, but now we see the price. That’s not a problem we can solve easily, and certainly not via creating state spying infrastructure.

I got mine 2 (or shit, is it 3 now) years ago - 10/10 best laptop purchase in a long while.

GPD have done well for themselves in the small screen laptop space!

The damage goes beyond the economic, it shattered the UK’s soft power. Without that soft power the UK was left at a disadvantage at every negotiating table.

Further, one could argue that the fracturing of UK/EU relations paved the way to today’s war in Europe, as almost all attention was pulled onto Brexit and none was given towards declawing Russia.

If there were any real justice in the UK, Farage and the brexiteers would all be up in front of a judge on a charge of treason. That they lied before is forgivable (they may well have believed their lies), but that many continue to do so now given the breadth and depth of evidence is beyond remotion.

It’s even darker than that - a lot of the leave votes were elderly folks who voted how their newspapers told them to (daily fail was a big “LEAVE” proponent).

Those people are, mostly, dead or trapped in the later stages of dementia now.

Why edit and pretend to be perfect? A quick * shows everyone you’re smart enough to spot and fix mistakes *^_^

1. Shift over to open source.
2. Invest 25–50% of what you currently pay for proprietary software into helping maintain and enhance open source software.
3. Enjoy the economic benefits well maintained free software brings to every aspect of your digital infrastructure at no extra cost.

Quality article - thanks for sharing!

I used to make (very bad) ASCII art as a hobby during my PhD (it’s good for relaxing), and a lot of the “smoothing” I learned but I think the method for good contrast would have really helped back then!

You would also get the best job title ever: “Chief Codebase Unfucker”

The article site itself is a good example of what’s wrong with the internet.

The guardian used a “pay or ok” model for cookie acceptance.

Archive link to avoid that nonsense: https://archive.ph/pHNdt

Sure, might be a good pilot scheme for work that is societally enriching, but not necessarily profitable.

I’ll put this thought out here for anyone saying “they voted for Brexit”.

Given the age divide on that vote, most folks who voted for it are enjoying retirement, or are just plain dead.

Brexit is a root cause, however simple corporate greed and mismanagement are also a huge factor of the UK’s dysfunction. Keep in mind, most of our large companies are owned by the US or countries in Europe (so the profits vanish overseas); a lot of our housing acts as an investment for the wealthy of other nations (driving the cost of living crisis); we’ve also got the “north/south” divide, where all the wealth and investment stats in and around London.

We’re also exiting over a decade under a party who see poverty as a moral failing, and voted in a party that lacks the balls to make the changes needed to begin reversing these issues.

So, all things said, there’s a lot more at play than just the act of national self harm that was Brexit.

I wonder if there will be a bus promising an extra £350 million a year for the NHS if Trump colonised Greenland?

Scary thought, given how badly Starmer is doing, Farage might gain an even louder voice…

Windows on an external drive isn’t officially supported if I remember right. Your screenshot seems to support that.

Honestly, I’d be leery of installing an OS on an external drive as they tend not to age well with heavy use.

Are you trying to necro a laptop with a dead drive? If so, depending on the model, it might just be worth replacing the internal drive so then you can go ahead with your dual boot plan.

Also, quick tip, install windows, then disable fast startup in windows, then disable safeboot in your bios. Otherwise, when it comes time to install mint, you might hit issues with windows saying “NO, MY DRIVE”.

If you install mint and get no grub screen, just boot mint with your live usb and look up repairing grub - should be nice and easy.

Sounds to me like the UK should just drop all the agreements it made to avoid tariffs and give trumpler a solid kick in the balls.