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1. nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 23:54:15 JST nixCraft 🐧

   Found a cool little #Linux app on GitHub. Clone the repo and build it. Used it daily. Found a bug. Reported it. No response. Turns out, the developer's been dead for 5 years. Yet, the updates never stopped. Spooky, yet efficient! 👻🤖 Perfect!!!

   • schrotthaufen (schrotthaufen@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 25-Oct-2024 23:59:32 JST schrotthaufen

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     @nixCraft I can totally see this happen with renovatebot or dependabot, and automatic merge, and release if the tests pass.

   • GoatsLive (goatslive@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 26-Oct-2024 00:18:14 JST GoatsLive

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     @nixCraft I daily use an android app that the dev died 10 years ago. All his web sites have bee taken over by Russian hackers and thankfully it's still on Playstore for sale which is weird. No idea where the the money is going for the paid version.

   • nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 26-Oct-2024 00:21:14 JST nixCraft 🐧

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     • GoatsLive

     @GoatsLive it is possible that family is getting money via estate