An ex-coworker now at [redacted autonomous vehicle company] just tried to convince me to come work for them. Obviously I declined.

In case it wasn't obvious to anyone else, let me just state in plain English: there is no amount of money that will get me to build self-driving cars for you. The bigger the number the harder I'll decline.

I don't even like sharing the road with L2 ADAS equipped vehicles. The last thing I want to do is contribute to making the problem worse.

Now, if you wanted me to work on a fully human-controlled EV with no telematics or automation, designed for repairability with a 30+ year target lifespan, and redundant sensing and actuation and triple redundant lockstep CPUs on safety-critical components like ABS? Maybe we can talk.

But self-driving cars are probably one step above "DRM'd medical devices that stop working if you don't pay a subscription fee" on my "these should not exist and I will not lift a finger to help you create them" list.

Librsvg 2.58.93 is out!

This is for the GNOME 47 beta release.

There's a new Rust crate, librsvg-rebind, courtesy of @sophie, which lets you use the system's librsvg shared library from Rust via a generated binding. It's different from the idiomatic Rust API, but it saves you binary size if you can assume that librsvg.so is already in the system.

Also, a bunch of dependency updates and build fixes.

gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/librsvg…

2.58.93 - development · GNOME / librsvg · GitLab

Version 2.58.93 librsvg crate version 2.59.0-beta.3 The minimum supported Rust version (MSRV) is 1.78.0. ...

^GitLab

I'm weird and I approve this message.

Remember people: "Normal" is a setting on the dryer.

There is no such thing.

We are all "weird" to someone. No biggie.

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Intel extends the warranty for its boxed Core 13th and 14th Gen desktop processors by an additional two years, due to customers experiencing instability issues (Paul Alcorn/Tom's Hardware)

tomshardware.com/pc-components…
techmeme.com/240801/p56#a24080…

Intel announces two extra years of warranty amid chip crashing and instability issues — longer warranty applies to 13th- and 14th-Gen Core processors

Trying to build goodwill.

^{Paul Alcorn (Tom's Hardware)}

#GUADEC2024 photos from our Denver venue are now online! Take a look through this year's album here: flic.kr/s/aHBqjBC58f

#GUADEC #GNOME #eventphotography

Poll for mods/admins, part 1 of 2: how do you perceive reports you disagree with? This part is about reports your instance receives.

#Poll

• mostly harmless (75%, 9 votes)
• a directive to act on or face consequences (25%, 3 votes)
• something that wastes a lot of time (0%, 0 votes)
• other (0%, 0 votes)

Finally, someone explores "what the hell is going on with the International Boxing Association" in this whole case

usatoday.com/story/sports/colu…

Olympic female boxers are being attacked. Let's just slow down and look at the facts

Unfortunately it's already too late to contain the mania that is exploding after Algerian boxer Imane Khelif’s gender was questioned.

^{, USA TODAY (USA TODAY)}

Elon Musk grossly exaggerates about brain chip for the blind

aussiedlerbote.de/en/elon-musk…

Elon Musk grossly exaggerates about brain chip for the blind

Elon Musk is overreacting to the brain chip for the blind Elon Musk claims that a new brain chip from his company Neuralink will surpass human vision. US scientists review this and conclude that the claim is "at best unrealistic".

^{Ksenia Johnson (aussiedlerbote.de)}

And YAY! #IzzyOnDroid now is live at reproducible-builds.org/who/pr…

#reproducibleBuilds

We might not have Grant Money – but we certainly have Grant Ideas

Next app was just made ready for #reproducibleBuilds by its author – numbers go up 🥳 With the next sync, welcome SmartMouse to the "RB Club":

apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/a…

#IzzyOnDroid

„SmartMouse“ – IzzyOnDroid F-Droid Repository

Use your smartphone as a normal computer mouse

^{IzzyOnDroid App Repo}

At school, Little Johnny's classmate tells him that most adults are hiding at least one dark secret, so it's very easy to blackmail them by saying, "I
know the whole truth."

Little Johnny decides to go home and try it out. Johnny's mother greets him at home, and he tells her, "I know the whole truth." His mother quickly hands
him $20 and says, "Just don't tell your father."

Quite pleased, the boy waits for his father to get home from work, and greets him with, "I know the whole truth." The father promptly hands him $40 and
says, "Please don't say a word to your mother."

Very pleased, the boy is on his way to school the next day when he sees the mailman at his front door. The boy greets him by saying, "I know the whole
truth."

The mailman immediately drops the mail, opens his arms, and says, "Then come give your Daddy a great big hug!"

A girl came skipping home from school one day.

"Mommy, Mommy," she yelled, "we were counting today, and all the other
kids could only count to four, but I counted to 10. See? 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, 10!"

"Very good," said her mother. "Is it because I'm blonde?" the girl
said. "Yes, it's because you're blonde," said the mommy.

The next day the girl came skipping home from school. "Mommy, Mommy,"
she yelled, "we were saying the alphabet today, and all the other kids
could only say it to D, but I said it to G. See? A, B, C, D, E, F, G!"

"Very good," said her mother. "Is it because I'm blonde, Mommy?" "Yes,
it's because you're blonde."

The next day the girl came skipping home from school. Mommy, Mommy,"
she yelled, "we were in gym class today, and when we showered, all the
other girls had flat chests, but I have these!" And she lifted her tank
top to reveal a pair of 36 C's. "Very good," said her embarrassed mother.
"Is it because I'm blonde, mommy?"
"No Honey, it's because you're 24."

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Indivíduo de 54 identifica-se como jovem de 34 para poder comprar casa com isenção de IMT e imposto de selo

imprensafalsa.substack.com/p/i…

Indivíduo de 54 identifica-se como jovem de 34 para poder comprar casa com isenção de IMT e imposto de selo

Tem cabelos brancos mas vai pintar.

^{Zé Pedro Silva (Imprensa Falsa)}

“Viral videos showed customers ending up with absurd orders as a result of the McDonald’s AI drive-thru technology, like the woman who didn’t really want nine sweet teas or the girl shouting “stop” at the screen as it tallies up more than two dozen orders of chicken nuggets.” #Enshittification

cnn.com/2024/07/31/tech/taco-b…

I've been made aware of FUTO's "source first" licensing. FUTO is headed up by Louis Rossmann.

I'm issuing this warning as a public service announcement to the both the *free software* and *open source* movement:

Do not use FUTO licenses. They are non-free, proprietary software licenses, because they restrict commercial usage.

Freedom to make money is *good*. Freedom to *fork*, including for profit, is a fundamental right that everyone must have. Our movement thrives *because* of this freedom.