"C++ is a great case study in how C devs are incurable"

Oooo 👀

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/new-metal-with-triple-coppers-heat-conduction-challenges-fundamental-physics/

... iiiiinteresting.
I feel like there's... security implications to this? I don't know what that'd be; it just raises my hackles.

Let's go

So this is actually really fucking bad

The whole infosec community is buzzing about this. Screenshot from: https://cybersecuritynews.com/microsoft-edge-passwords-cleartext/

Exploit proof of concept:
https://github.com/L1v1ng0ffTh3L4N/EdgeSavedPasswordsDumper/tree/main/EdgeSavedPasswordsDumper

Welp.

Its settings app is delightful.

But it refuses to allow me to install anything, so...

🎉 LINUX

Oh, and peazip, the 7zip app for Mint that I was using, corrupted my 20GB home directory backup so I lost all that too, despite having the 7z backup file right here

😓

Dear Dr. CachyOS Arch Linux III,

Why the everloving fuck is this your default terminal's default appearance in your default desktop environment???

Sincerely,
Sometime Who Just Wants To Use Their Computer, Esq.

Finally got it in a place where I can use it as a computer!

We're harsh on Linux because We think it needs improvement. We're rooting for it, but blind support won't help; we as a community need to be clear about why its flaws hold it back, in order for it to succeed its best.

Here's hoping the arguments against are heard by those voting on the bill

https://youtube.com/watch/CsIHD1LDj5M

Very interesting possibility of new tech for mainframes server farms data centers,
using optical fiber instead of copper cables, to allow large banks of GPUs to communicate

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/05/06/nvidia-corning-optical-factories-nc-texas-ai.html

My CachyOS install has a bug where the "dim the display after not interacting for awhile" feature sticks forever and the setting for it disappears.

So that's fun.

Progressbars

[not OC]

There's a fake dead pixel on my CachyOS machine... the fuck...

It appears no matter which window is there, on all virtual desktops... but beneath the cursor and beneath the lock screen

I'm happy to announce Howl: toasts for SwiftUI!

This is version 3 of my package which faithfully replicated the macOS system bezel notifications.

In this new major version, that still works just like it always has, and also I've introduced a system for displaying little popup messages (toasts). Same concept, modern implementation!

Of course, these are fully customizable and it's all released under The Fair License.

https://github.com/BlueHuskyStudios/Howl