Thematic Book Series: Too Much Combustion, Too Little Fire
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- Buy the print edition.
- Buy the epub edition.
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SpaceX’s Starlink and other satellites face growing threat from sun
There are now over 10,000 satellites in orbit, more than at any point in history, and this growing number is starting to reveal how solar storms could disrupt internet mega constellations like SpaceX’s Starlink ⌘ Read more
Trump’s Illegal Boat Strikes Prompts Historic Move from the U.N.
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling, Associate Writer - The New Republic
Stephan: The United States was once known as a world leader and an example of democracy. All of that has been destroyed by “king” Trump and his incompetent vassals. For the first time in the history of the U.N., the United States has been called out for what amounts to war crimes.
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Mike Johnson says Trump was ‘using satire to make a point’ with AI poop-bombing video
Meredith Lee Hill, Senior Congress Reporter - Politico
_Stephan: I have not been able to get the Trump video of him wearing a crown as a pilot and shitting on Americans demonstrating for “No Kings.” There is no precendent for anything remotely like this in the entire history of the United States. Indeed, I can recall no precedent in any country. You woul … ⌘ Read more
Meet the young Americans who want a monarchy — but not ‘King Trump’
George Grylls, Washington Reporter - The Times (U.K.)
Stephan: You hear nothing about this in American media, but there is a growing number of Gen Z Whites who actually have become so disaffected by what has happened to American democracy that they would choose monarchy over democracy. It is a glaring demonstration of how poorly educated about the history of civics these young people are.
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The early Unix history of chown() being restricted to root
Chris Siebenmann with another interesting look at a tiny detail of UNIX history. A few years ago I wrote about the divide in chown() about who got to give away files, where BSD and V7 were on one side, restricting it to root, while System III and System V were on the other, allowing the owner to give them away too. The answer is that the restriction was added in V6, where the V6 chown(2) manual page has the same word … ⌘ Read more
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Trump Could Soon Make America’s Refugee Program a Tool for White Nationalism
Noal Lanard, Reporter - Mother Jones
_Stephan: Yet another story about the growing White supremacy racism of dictator Trump, who has always been a racist, his administration, and the Republican Party. Soon, we are going to see whether the fascist majority of the Supreme Court eliminates the Voting Rights Act. The United States has rejected 160 years of its history since … ⌘ Read more
An initial investigation into WDDM on ReactOS
One of the problems the ReactOS project continually has to deal with is that Windows is, of course, an evolving, moving target. Trying to be a Windows-compatible operating system means you’re going to have to tie that moving target down, and for ReactOS, the current focus is on being compatible with Windows Server 2003 “or later”. This “or later” part is getting a major boost in a very crucial area. The history of ReactOS spans a wider rang … ⌘ Read more
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10 Unique Ancient Peoples Whose Cultural Footprints Still Shape the World
History has a funny way of remembering the loudest voices—the emperors, conquerors, and generals whose names echo through textbooks and tourist guides. But for every Caesar or Alexander, countless quieter civilizations shaped the world we live in today. Their contributions hide in plain sight, etched into our laws, our languages, our festivals, and even the […]
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10 Ancient Places That Dropped Surprising New Finds
Human history is pockmarked with missing information, and that’s what makes new discoveries so valuable: they plug the gaps and provide a more complete timeline. Such finds should be rarer at well-studied sites. And yet, famous monuments are still dropping revelations that change the way we see them. In recent years, new finds showed that […]
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Here is just a small list of things™ that I’m aware will break, some quite badly, others in minor ways:
- Link rot & migrations: domain changes, path reshuffles, CDN/mirror use, or moving from txt → jsonfeed will orphan replies unless every reader implements perfect 301/410 history, which they won’t.
- Duplication & forks: mirrors/relays produce multiple valid locations for the same post; readers see several “parents” and split the thread.
- Verification & spam-resistance: content addressing lets you dedupe and verify you’re pointing at exactly the post you meant (hash matches bytes). Location anchors can be replayed or spoofed more easily unless you add signing and canonicalization.
- Offline/cached reading: without the original URL being reachable, readers can’t resolve anchors; with hashes they can match against local caches/archives.
- Ecosystem churn: all existing clients, archives, and tools that assume content-derived IDs need migrations, mapping layers, and fallback logic. Expect long-lived threads to fracture across implementations.
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How about no longer using in-browser Git repo viewers? Make the AI bots do the work and actually clone the repo.
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@movq@www.uninformativ.de this seems like a bit of an overkill, that would also harm modding and power users - who often need to see the exact implementation of new features and benefit from the ability to pull up the history of code changes, in their browser. Sure they could clone the repo and do that locally, but if it has dependencies, they’d also have to clone those, to see how those get updated and it’d soon be a mess.
UNIX: A History and a Memoir by Brian Kernighan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEb_YL1K1Qg
I could listen to him all day.
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Speaking of manpages:
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@kat@yarn.girlonthemoon.xyz On the one hand, all these programs have a very long history and the technology behind manpages is actually very powerful – you can use it to write books:
https://www.troff.org/pubs.html
I have two books from that list, for example “The UNIX programming environment”:
It’s a bit older, of course, but it looks and feels like a normal book, and it uses the same tech as manpages – which I think is really cool. 😎
It’s comparable to LaTeX (just harder/different to use) but much faster than LaTeX. You can also do stuff like render manpages as a PDF (man -Tpdf cp >cp.pdf) or as an HTML file (man -Thtml cp >cp.html). I think I once made slides for a talk this way.
On the other hand, traditional manpages (i.e., ones that are not written in mandoc) do not use semantic markup. They literally say, “this text is bold, that text over here is italics”, and so on.
So when you run man foo, it has no other choice but to show it in black, white, bold, underline – showing it in color would be wrong, because that’s not what the source code of that manpage says.
Colorizing them is a hack, to be honest. You’re not meant to do this. (The devs actually broke this by accident recently. They themselves aren’t really aware that people use colors.)
If mandoc and semantic markup was more commonly used, I think it would be easier to convince the devs to add proper customizable colors.
10 Fascinating Facts About Life in Hawaii Before the U.S. Arrived
Hawaii joined the Union on August 21, 1959. Its history immediately before and after joining the United States is well known. Americans have long learned about the attack on Honolulu’s Pearl Harbor in 1941. Many recognize Hawaii’s role as a Pacific hub for logistics, trade, and transportation. The islands offer economic opportunities in commercial fishing […]
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10 Groundbreaking & Historical “Firsts” We Witnessed in 2025–So Far!
While we typically perceive history as something we only read about in books, 2025 has already proven that history is happening right before our eyes. Despite economic, political, and social conflicts, this year has brought about incredible events and discoveries unlike anything the world has ever seen. Some leave us hopeful, others uneasy—but one thing […]
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10 Normal Items You Didn’t Know Were Once Part of Burial Rituals
We tend to think of everyday objects—pillows, perfumes, makeup—as inventions born from comfort, beauty, or practicality. But dig through the layers of history, and you’ll find that some of these now-ordinary items have surprising ties to ancient burial rites, funerary customs, or corpse preparation. To be clear: not all of these items were originally invented […]
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10 Misconceptions in Art & Architectural History
Art history is filled with captivating stories, iconic masterpieces, and legendary artists—but not everything you’ve heard is true. From misattributed paintings to misunderstood movements, the art world has its fair share of myths and mix-ups. In this list, we’re setting the record straight by debunking some of the most common misconceptions in art and architecture. […]
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10 Times Governments Banned Colors for Bizarre Reasons
When we think of banned things, we tend to imagine books, political speech, or the occasional controversial cartoon. But throughout history, governments have cracked down on something far stranger: colors. Whether tied to class, ideology, or sheer paranoia, certain shades have been restricted, outlawed, or made dangerous to wear—all because they said too much without […]
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10 Times Historical Figures Got Humbled
Throughout history, even the most powerful people have had their “oops” moments when life handed them a big slice of humble pie. Whether it was a botched battle, a public failure, or simply being outsmarted by someone way less important, these historical figures learned the hard way that no one is too great to avoid […]
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A brief history of the numeric keypad
The title is a lie. This isn’t brief at all. Picture the keypad of a telephone and calculator side by side. Can you see the subtle difference between the two without resorting to your smartphone? Don’t worry if you can’t recall the design. Most of us are so used to accepting the common interfaces that we tend to overlook the calculator’s inverted key sequence. A calculator has the 7–8–9 buttons at the top whereas a phone uses the 1–2–3 format. Subtle, but … ⌘ Read more
A brief history of the BSD Fast FileSystem
We’re looking at an article from 2007 here, but I still think it’s valuable and interesting, especially from a historical perspective. I first started working on the UNIX file system with Bill Joy in the late 1970s. I wrote the Fast File System, now called UFS, in the early 1980s. In this article, I have written a survey of the work that I and others have done to improve the BSD file systems. Much of this research has been incorporated into other … ⌘ Read more
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10 Mind-Blowing Discoveries for Life on Mars
The discovery of extraterrestrial life would be the greatest scientific achievement in history. While lots of science and technology exist that’s crazier in technical terms, finding life has the grandest existential implications. Right now, the best place to find it is Mars. In fact, there are plenty of intriguing life signs and promising environments for […]
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10 Outrageous Horse Racing Scandals
Horse racing has always been known as one of the more prestigious sports, but its history is filled with scandals and misconduct. People have tried to manipulate races for betting purposes, horses have been swapped to increase their odds of winning, and racehorses have even been abducted. Performance-enhancing drugs and the mistreatment of horses have […]
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10 Worst Political Marriages in History
Most royals today are free to marry whomever they please (at least, up to a certain point). But for most of history, marriage was about securing power and wealth, not love. If you hated your husband from the day you met him, well, too bad! You’re stuck with him for the rest of your life […]
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