Pondering this whole X fork thing... X is basically complete. The lead devs have moved over to Wayland. I'm not saying it's dead, but tech has moved in a different direction. Seems like this X fork is just someone who wants to claim authority over something. Fine. Let him. The world has moved on.

Ordering challenge coins today. They're imported from China, like everything else. Searched for the current tariff, and... how am I supposed to separate facts from AI slop? 50%? 20? 71% :flan_piteous:

Just realized that my tech book mailing list messages should include the full message only as plain text. The HTML should read: "You are using an HTML mail client to read a message from a Unix person. Please upgrade to a client that supports plain text to view the message." (This troll brought to you by yet another "upgrade your client" email from someone I actually want to hear from.)

When a Kickstarter has over 10 prelaunch followers, KS starts treating it like a real thing. And shows the follower count. I have my next two set up. If either interests you, please click "follow" so I can be a real boy. "Twisted Presents" - Many folks love Christmas. These tales are for the rest of us. - https://mwl.io/ks "Networking for System Administrators, 2nd ed" - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mwlucas/networking-for-system-administrators-2nd-edition Thank you!