Being sane in insane places (1973) [pdf]
https://www.weber.edu/wsuimages/psychology/FacultySites/Horvat/OnBeingSaneInInsanePlaces.PDF
https://www.weber.edu/wsuimages/psychology/FacultySites/Horvat/OnBeingSaneInInsanePlaces.PDF
EPA Advances Farmers' Right to Repair
https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-advances-farmers-right-repair-their-own-equipment-saving-repair-costs-and
https://www.epa.gov/newsreleases/epa-advances-farmers-right-repair-their-own-equipment-saving-repair-costs-and
EPA
EPA Advances Farmers’ Right to Repair Their Own Equipment, Saving Repair Costs and Productivity
Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) advanced American farmers and equipment owners’ lawful right to repair their farm and other nonroad diesel equipment.
The largest number representable in 64 bits
https://tromp.github.io/blog/2026/01/28/largest-number-revised
https://tromp.github.io/blog/2026/01/28/largest-number-revised
Mattermost say they will not clarify what license the project is under
https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/issues/8886
https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost/issues/8886
GitHub
LICENSE: _may be_ licensed to use source code; incorrect license grant. · Issue #8886 · mattermost/mattermost
https://github.com/mattermost/mattermost-server/blob/master/LICENSE.txt#L9 "May be licensed"?? Under what conditions? This is not compliant with open source definition.
Being "Just a Developer" Isn't Enough Anymore
https://saasykit.com/blog/being-just-a-developer-isnt-enough-anymore
https://saasykit.com/blog/being-just-a-developer-isnt-enough-anymore
Saasykit
Being “Just a Developer” Isn’t Enough Anymore
Discover why being just a developer isn’t enough in the AI era. Learn how full-stack skills, business understanding, DevOps, and product thinking make you indispensable and future-proof your career while building SaaS applications.
The TSA's New $45 Fee to Fly Without ID Is Illegal
https://www.frommers.com/tips/airfare/the-tsa-new-45-fee-to-fly-without-id-is-illegal-says-regulatory-expert/
https://www.frommers.com/tips/airfare/the-tsa-new-45-fee-to-fly-without-id-is-illegal-says-regulatory-expert/
Frommers
"The TSA’s New $45 Fee to Fly Without ID is Illegal," Says Regulatory…
The law, as written, is clear: You have the right to fly without ID, without paying a $45 fee, and without answering questions, says a career travel…
Firefox Getting New Controls to Turn Off AI Features
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/02/02/firefox-ai-toggle/
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/02/02/firefox-ai-toggle/
MacRumors
Firefox Getting New Controls to Turn Off AI Features
The Firefox browser is gaining options to turn off AI enhancements, Mozilla said today. Firefox users who prefer to browse without artificial intelligence will be able to turn off several AI features that Mozilla has added over the last several months. Here's…
GitHub discusses giving maintainers control to disable PRs
https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/185387
https://github.com/orgs/community/discussions/185387
GitHub
Exploring Solutions to Tackle Low-Quality Contributions on GitHub · community · Discussion #185387
Hey everyone, I wanted to provide an update on a critical issue affecting the open source community: the increasing volume of low-quality contributions that is creating significant operational chal...
Banning lead in gas worked. The proof is in our hair
https://attheu.utah.edu/health-medicine/banning-lead-in-gas-worked-the-proof-is-in-our-hair/
https://attheu.utah.edu/health-medicine/banning-lead-in-gas-worked-the-proof-is-in-our-hair/
attheu.utah.edu
Banning lead in gas worked. The proof is in our hair - @theU
Researchers analyzed samples of Utahns' hair going back a century to document a 100-fold decrease in lead concentrations.
Floppinux – An Embedded Linux on a Single Floppy, 2025 Edition
https://krzysztofjankowski.com/floppinux/floppinux-2025.html
https://krzysztofjankowski.com/floppinux/floppinux-2025.html
LNAI – Define AI coding tool configs once, sync to Claude, Cursor, Codex, etc.
https://github.com/KrystianJonca/lnai
https://github.com/KrystianJonca/lnai
GitHub
GitHub - KrystianJonca/lnai: Unified AI configuration management CLI
Unified AI configuration management CLI. Contribute to KrystianJonca/lnai development by creating an account on GitHub.
What's up with all those equals signs anyway?
https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2026/02/02/whats-up-with-all-those-equals-signs-anyway/
https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2026/02/02/whats-up-with-all-those-equals-signs-anyway/
Random Thoughts
What’s up with all those equals signs anyway?
For some reason or other, people have been posting a lot of excerpts from old emails on Twitter over the last few days. The most vital question everybody’s asking themselves is: What’s …
Spain to ban social media access for under-16s, PM Sanchez says
https://www.reuters.com/world/spain-hold-social-media-executives-accountable-illegal-hateful-content-2026-02-03/
https://www.reuters.com/world/spain-hold-social-media-executives-accountable-illegal-hateful-content-2026-02-03/
Reuters
Spain, Greece weigh teen social media bans, drawing fury from Elon Musk
Spain and Greece on Tuesday proposed bans on social media use by teenagers as attitudes hardened in Europe against technology some say is designed to be addictive and the measures announced by Spain's Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, drew fury from Elon Musk.
Emerge Career (YC S22) Is Hiring a Founding Product Designer
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/emerge-career/jobs/omqT34S-founding-product-designer
https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/emerge-career/jobs/omqT34S-founding-product-designer
Y Combinator
Founding Product Designer at Emerge Career | Y Combinator
Who We Are:
Emerge Career’s mission is to break the cycle of poverty and incarceration. We’re not just building software; we’re creating pathways to real second chances. Through an all-in-one platform deeply embedded within the criminal justice system, we…
Emerge Career’s mission is to break the cycle of poverty and incarceration. We’re not just building software; we’re creating pathways to real second chances. Through an all-in-one platform deeply embedded within the criminal justice system, we…
KDE's new Plasma Login Manager is tightly bound to systemd
https://forums.FreeBSD.org/threads/kde-plasma-login-manager-wont-support-systemd-free-linux-or-bsd-systems.101393/
https://forums.FreeBSD.org/threads/kde-plasma-login-manager-wont-support-systemd-free-linux-or-bsd-systems.101393/
The FreeBSD Forums
KDE Plasma Login Manager Won’t Support Systemd-Free Linux or BSD...
KDE's new Plasma Login Manager is tightly bound to systemd, making it unusable on systemd-free Linux distributions and BSD systems.
KDE’s upcoming Plasma Login Manager will make its first...
KDE’s upcoming Plasma Login Manager will make its first...
Show HN: Inverting Agent Model (App as Clients, Chat as Server and Reflection)
https://github.com/RAIL-Suite/RAIL
https://github.com/RAIL-Suite/RAIL
GitHub
GitHub - RAIL-Suite/RAIL: Remote Agent Invocation Layer
Remote Agent Invocation Layer. Contribute to RAIL-Suite/RAIL development by creating an account on GitHub.