modrobert @modrobert@qoto.org

GNU Midnight Commander (mc) is a classic, dual-pane file manager for the terminal. It simplifies file management on Linux and Unix, making it fast and easy to use tool for new and power users as well. Try it out, after all it is free and opensource tool. You can easily install it yourself using your favourite package manager https://midnight-commander.org/

Ever seen a chip on thin plastic film? That's SERV by @olofk taped out on Pragmatic's FlexIC process.

Related to the post I just made. What's your preference (I need more reach, so please boost)

https://functional.cafe/deck/@loke/115198145992320649

The best pizza is from which country:

Apple will make hacking iPhones much, much more difficult via memory integrity enforcement (ARM memory tagging). This technology will make many classes of exploits impossible. In all models of iPhone 17. If you're a concerned HVT/VIP, buy the new iPhones. https://security.apple.com/blog/memory-integrity-enforcement/

We love Mad Magazine and always will. 😻

Copy II Plus source code is here BTW: https://archive.org/details/copy-ii-plus-8.4-source-code

Putting Zork 1 on my Atari Portfolio for some gaming on the go.

#RetroComputing #Atari #AtariPortfolio

Microsoft BASIC For 6502 Is Now Open Source

https://hackaday.com/2025/09/04/microsoft-basic-for-6502-is-now-open-source/

I don't know who did this, but, lol

One of the neat things about the IBM Selectric typewriter is that it has interchangeable "typeballs" for different fonts/languages. And now someone figured out how to 3D print custom ones, so now you can type on a Selectric in Comic Sans. https://www.printables.com/model/441233-comic-sans-typeball-for-the-ibm-selectric-typewrit

IRC has a special place in my heart: https://un.curl.dev/mine/dancer.html

Those '80s developers weren't messing around.

Welp. I now have proof that Facebook is using the same outbound IP addresses for both A) scraping web sites for "AI" training and B) fetching images from my site when I use the official API to post to Instagram.

This means that I can either defend myself from injuriously voracious AI scrapers, or have a functional business Instagram account, but not both.

Not just the same subnets. The same IPs.