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ah damn, RIP Margaret Hamilton.

she took safety-critical software engineering seriously, and got people to the moon and back.

news.mit.edu/2026/margare...

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Yeah but in my case it's understandable, at least I wasn't using my PayPal account for a long time so they removed my bank account which had been linked. I don't know what they mean by having to "verify my identity" but they mentioned it's due to some new guidelines by the government they did all this.....

Either way, in my case they at least communicated and gave me time. What GoFundMe did to you is even more infuriating, deleting your account on a whim with no explanation WTF!?

@tio
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Hearing lots of discourse about "stochastic parrots" recently? Here's a discussion of the backstory, both of the phrase itself and what's going on now.

bloodinthemachine.com/p/the-tw…

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Oh no!

"Margaret Hamilton, a profoundly influential computer scientist best known for leading the software engineering team at MIT during NASA’s Apollo program, died on Sep. 30. She was 90.

A computing pioneer who authored over 130 publications, Hamilton helped to establish software engineering as a dedicated discipline."

We all remember her from these iconic pictures.

news.mit.edu/2026/margaret-ham…
news.mit.edu/2016/scene-at-mit…
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Rest in peace, you legend!

"We had to find a way and we did. Looking back, we were the luckiest people in the world; there was no choice but to be pioneers."

-- Margaret Hamilton

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RIP Margaret Hamilton, director of software engineering for the Apollo program.

She coined the term “software engineering”. I vividly remember her keynote at ICSE 2018 in Sweden. She signed her lego set for one of my kids. She was an inspiration to many.

nytimes.com/2026/10/07/obituar…

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WTF Gofundme removed my fundraiser for the camper and deleted my account. They sent me a message in German that translates into:

Hello,

We regret to inform you that GoFundMe can no longer process donations for your account. We have removed your GoFundMe account, including all associated campaigns.

Furthermore, we have initiated refunds for all donations to your campaign that have not yet been paid out; the respective donors will receive their funds back within the next 3–7 business days.

Unfortunately, we cannot provide details regarding the reasons for this action. This measure is taken to ensure the security of our platform.

Thank you for your understanding.

What in the world?!....I do not have time to look into it now but this is really disappointing...what the hell...I had this account for years and used it for a few campaigns. This is ridiculous...

#gofundme #fundraiser #trom

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If I don't keep my car roadworthy and crash into yours, it hasn't gone "rogue", it's my negligence and I'm responsible. If my dog attacks you, I am liable. There are no rogue AIs, just negligent AI companies. Prosecute them.
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gofundme.com/f/help-me-pay-for…

If you have some money to spare then please help out my friend @tio to pay for his yearly insurance. This is not just a car for him but it's his home.

Tio is the main person behind the @trom project and everything it does, including all of the books, documentaries and articles he's made, all the FOSS services provided at trom.tf, a Linux distro called TROMjaro, videoneat.com where you can watch educational content, etc.

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@Tio @TROM

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this shows where big tech stands when it comes to protecting users from authoritative governments. They just care about money and doesn't have a tooth to stand for their costumers especially when a country where these issues doesn't attract much traction. Imagine this happening in US or EU, people would be screaming foul from all over and companies would be scared to do their because it would open can of worms. But in India, nobody gives a damn about a small app getting banned.
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SFLC.in condemns the blocking of Bitchat in India.

On 3 October 2026, Jack Dorsey shared on X a notice from Apple App Review stating that Bitchat had been removed from the India App Store pursuant to a blocking order issued by MeitY under Section 69A of the IT Act. The application is also reported to be unavailable on the Google Play Store, and its website is inaccessible through several Internet Service Providers.

#FOSS #internetshutdown

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“You have to return the #books, but you get to keep the ideas.”
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In Romania for a few weeks to take my parents and bring them back to Spain...Their cat is so obsessed with me at times, it just stares at me for like half an hour. I feel under surveillance.

#cat #cats #romania

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How I backup the keys, money, documents and my files? - videos.trom.tf/w/cxmdaoEc9atbe…

This video is about having backups for the car keys, documents, money or my digital files.

You can read the full article about the digital backups with Kopia on my blog here tiotrom.com/2026/09/how-i-back…

Create a trade-free account with our TROM Files here files.trom.tf/

#camper #ridewithless #rwl #vanlife #motorhome #backups #linux #kopia #backuptool


How I backup the keys, money, documents and my files?


This video is about having backups for the car keys, documents, money or my digital files.

You can read the full article about the digital backups with Kopia on my blog here tiotrom.com/2026/09/how-i-back…

Create a trade-free account with our TROM Files here files.trom.tf/


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This site is the most fun I've had in a while. Destroy any website!

destroy.spritefusion.com/

kevquirk.com/2026-10-01-1035

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AI ‘godfather’ Yann LeCun has ‘zero concerns’ about human extinction and thinks Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is ‘deluded’ and ‘crazy’. Yann LeCun dismisses fears of AI extinction and recent hacks at OpenAI and Anthropic, arguing that security breaches comes from poor system design, leaky sandboxes, and a lack of basic cybersecurity in AI labs, not out-of-control AI. These AI are doing as told by these AI labs

fortune.com/2026/10/01/yann-le…

Finally somebody said it what I was saying about this nonsense

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