Notices by nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social), page 28

Why did you use variables like ‘i’ or ‘j’ in for loop instead of verbose names like “counter”? 👨🏽💻

Upgrading Debian 9 to 10 is a bit challenging for new developers. Why? Both Debian 9 and 10 are EOL’d, 😔 So all those repo URLs, including official information and independent posts, are broken. However, there is a tricky way to do it. I think I will write a tutorial or create a quick video about upgrading the Debian end-of-life from 9 to 10 and then 10 to 11. You can't jump from 9 to 11/12. Or just install fresh versions of Debian 12 and restore your data 🤓

I am saying hi at 11 pm so you all see this as a sign to switch to free operating systems like Debian or Mint #Linux. 💥

Good. Senate leaders ask FTC to investigate AI content summaries as anti-competitive: The latest AI features found in Meta, Perplexity, Apple, Google and others are hitting artists, creators, news site and publishers while they’re down. Meanwhile Google and Meta, reporting record breaking billions of dollars per year in advertising revenue increase because of AI summaries keeping users on Facebook and Google sites without sending any traffic to original creators https://techcrunch.com/2024/09/10/senate-leaders-ask-ftc-to-investigate-ai-content-summaries-as-anti-competitive/

Fyi, Linux servers and users can use this to avoid accidental reboots https://www.cyberciti.biz/hardware/how-to-protects-linux-and-unix-machines-from-accidental-shutdownsreboots-with-molly-guard/

Signs you’re about to get fired from your job ? 🤔

You are officially classified as a dinosaur 🦕 if you ever encounter the "lp0 on fire" 🔥 error on Unix.

@roadskater @RadioAzureus exactly 👍

Need a listening ear? I'm your guy, always here. 😊
Got a bug in your code? That'll be $199/hour.

Security flaw? Yikes, that's $499/hour.

Need to vent about life as a software engineer? Let's cry together, $1000 for 15 minutes.

How to Copy One Hard Disk to Another in #Linux Using the dd, dcfldd, or GNU/ddresuce Command https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/linux-unix-copy-clone-hard-disk/

@fredbrooker Both Linux and macOS achieve faster boot times by starting all services in the background. Some serious engineering work goes into it, for sure. I believe there is some work done recently for FreeBSD 14, too.

How does Linux move from an awake machine to a hibernating one? How does it then manage to restore all state? These questions led me to read way too much C in trying to figure out how this particular hardware/software boundary is navigated. Linux's Bedtime Routine https://tookmund.com/2024/09/hibernation-preparation #linux #goodreads #opensource

@gunstick why?

Man Arrested for Creating Fake Bands With AI, Then Making $10 Million by Listening to Their Songs With Bots: The feds seem to have him dead to rights. https://futurism.com/man-arrested-fake-bands-streams-ai 😱

Ah, the joy of using linux 😂 welcome to the dark side, we have cookies. https://x.com/saltyaom/status/1832329529580515714?s=46

OF revenue hits $6.6 billion, with profits soaring to $600 million. OF earns more than all Silicon Valley AI startups combined 😂 who are burning billions every year with no sight of the profits. OF is Powered by human creativity 😻, not AI. https://variety.com/2024/digital/news/onlyfans-payments-2023-financials-revenue-creator-earnings-1236135425/ At least one area is safe from these tech firms.

@notmybackdoorbug is there such thing right now? They are sending data to usual suspects like OpenAI and others.

Now that Mozilla Firefox is adding AI directly to its browser, are there any browsers without AI or LLM? I don't want anything to do with the current LLM and AI, which I strongly believe stealing from artists, and all AI companies are freeloaders. It is a bit disappointing to see open-source software adopting something like this. https://blog.mozilla.org/en/products/firefox/firefox-news/ai-services-on-firefox/

How to Test SCSI, SATA, and SSD Disks for Failures on a #Linux Server Using CLI or GUI https://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-find-out-if-harddisk-failing.html

Talk is cheap, send patches.