

So, in UQL?
Anything and everything Amateur Radio and beyond. Heavily into Open Source and SDR, working on a multi band monitor and transmitter.
#geek #nerd #hamradio VK6FLAB #podcaster #australia #ITProfessional #voiceover #opentowork


So, in UQL?


You don’t need to shout!
Also, camelCase:
TurboPascalForLyfe


None of your selection criteria describe what you intend to use it for. Graphic art, spreadsheets, video editing, YouTube consumption, word-processing, software development, 3D modelling, whatever.
Each of those has different requirements.
Then there’s the budget which is also a factor.
For some use cases a large 4k TV is excellent, for others you need a $10k budget.


… as you sow, so shall you reap …


What we really need are good science communicators, people who can explain science to people who are ignorant or afraid of it.


Let me guess, a European lawmaker had a little chat with Microsoft that went something like this:
Europe: If you don’t allow users to change their search engine, we’re going to break up your monopoly.
Microsoft: Did you know, we’re now offering our users the option to select their preferred search engine on Windows 11.


The diver was spearfishing. Also, an Australian source, rather than a German one.


US tech industry cut 123,653 jobs since January 2026, up 66% from last year during the same period — AI now the most cited reason excuse for cuts by US employers: report


Mirror mirror on the wall … who doth protest too much?


Positive thinking?
My experience with this is receiving emails with “we will not proceed with your application” and absolutely no indication what or why, for positions that I’m uniquely qualified for.
I’m still looking, don’t use Assumed Intelligence, and want to work, but it’s not going well.
I suspect that your needs for human written applications is being thwarted by bots filtering your applicants before you even see them.


GitHub Microsoft just switched Copilot to metered billing, and developers are watching months of credits vanish in a single day


Bean counters too stupid to understand Assumed Intelligence bought into the hype and thought that they’d save money. Just like with drugs, the first one is free, now that they’ve fired all the expensive experienced employees, they’re in for a serious amount of hurt, which they’ll pass on to us as “increased operating costs”, which they did to themselves.


I suspect that this is about to get very interesting.


TIL about mosquito dunks


I can’t decide if this is real or an advertisement for the linked article service. I don’t see any CVE in the article which seems to be a good indication of the quality of the content.
I’m not saying that this is misinformation, but I’m extremely sceptical about the nature of this article.


I suspect that this is instance and perhaps even community specific and given the nature of federated distribution, I doubt that it will be meaningful information.


Scott Manley has a couple of things to say about the fallout. It’s not good.
We need this in Esperanto and the lost languages of Lutruwita.