modrobert @modrobert@qoto.org

Microsoft Implements Return to Work Somewhere Else Policy: https://theneedling.com/2025/07/18/microsoft-implements-return-to-work-somewhere-else-policy/

Steampunk Copper PC is as Cool as it Runs

https://hackaday.com/2025/08/14/steampunk-copper-pc-is-as-cool-as-it-runs/

Number of car companies that are #curl sponsors or paying customers: zero.

Seven years ago I estimated a hundred million cars ran #curl. Eight of the ten biggest car brands used it then. All the top three ones.

It probably means that there are some additional cars using curl now. libcurl really.

https://daniel.haxx.se/blog/2018/08/12/a-hundred-million-cars-run-curl/

Github is now a subsidiary of the MICROS~1 Spicy Autocomplete division, so I guess it's time to re-up my "LOL Github" I-told-you-so post from 2018, since in those intervening 7 years you have all learned nothing.

Anyway, good luck with that! I hope your migrations go really well.
https://jwz.org/b/yks-

Intel's 386 processor was popular in late 1980s microcomputers. From the outside, the 386 chip is a boring ceramic square. But I obtained a 3-dimensional CT X-ray scan from Lumafield, revealing six layers of complex wiring hidden inside the ceramic package. Let's take a closer look... 1/N

Damn. The AI war is getting heated https://xcancel.com/eastdakota/status/1952379571527193017 All AI companies ignores robots.txt and any other block you put are also ignored. Without your your private data their AI can't answer back anything. They are stealing from everyone. It is simple as that.

EDIT: Original blog post https://blog.cloudflare.com/perplexity-is-using-stealth-undeclared-crawlers-to-evade-website-no-crawl-directives/