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Friday, 27 February 2026

Mike Little: the British co-founder of WordPress

quote [ he was behind WordPress?s main reason for its success, the one-click upgrade, as well as the solid technical foundation on which the software?s growth and ecosystem is built ]

Great UK dude being interviewed for an unreleased documentary from 6 years ago ? after that Mullenweg fiasco it's clear as ever that invested humble people like these are the reason Wordpress became so popular.
[SFW] [science & technology] [+2 Insightful]
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Thursday, 26 February 2026

Could a vaccine prevent dementia? Shingles shot data only getting stronger.

quote [ Latest data hints that benefits seen so far could be underestimates. ]

Getting vaccinated against shingles seems to lower one's risk of dementia. I hope the effect is also there for people who have already gotten shingles, like me.
[SFW] [science & technology] [+3]
[by mechanical contrivance@7:37pmGMT] [2 comments]

Thursday, 19 February 2026

Compost modernity!

quote [ The vision of solarpunk: joining nature with technology in vibrantly inclusive ways to create a world that truly blooms ]

Another kinky solarpunk party tonight
[SFW] [science & technology] [+1 Interesting]
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Monday, 2 February 2026

Exposed Moltbook Database Let Anyone Take Control of Any AI Agent on the Site

quote [ According to O?Reilly, Moltbook is built on a simple open source database software that wasn?t configured correctly and left the API keys of every agent registered on the site exposed in a public database. ]

Ok, uh, some people were a lot into this for a short time, end-times-style.

But it took only days for someone to 1st trick a bot into leaking access and 2nd gaining access to the whole database including credentials.

As opposed to other 404 media articles, this is one is not paywalled.
[SFW] [science & technology] [+1 WTF]
[by Paracetamol@7:45amGMT] [0 comments]

Wednesday, 28 January 2026

Baby-Making on Mars

quote [ In the depths of the Cold War, scientists from the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. joined forces to answer a still-urgent question: Can mammals reproduce in space? ]

Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids
[SFW] [science & technology] [+1 Informative]
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Thursday, 22 January 2026

Splitting Machines

quote [ How the virtual machine, a foundational element of cloud computing, found its modern footing after a couple of scientists proved a couple of theorems wrong. ]

In my virtual machine.
[SFW] [science & technology] [+1 Interesting]
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Friday, 9 January 2026

The invention of Year Zero

quote [ The Republican calendar crystallised a French dream of rationality and symmetry, which echoes in everything from the geometry of garden design to the metric system. ]

[sings] Time is on my side, yes it is
[SFW] [science & technology] [+3 Interesting]
[by Paracetamol@6:17amGMT] [0 comments]

Thursday, 8 January 2026

A Number Of Surprising Importance

quote [ The number 26, which gets back-burnered compared to numbers with neater divisibility, is an essential digit. And you?re gonna be hearing all about it in 2026. ]

Was it 26?
[SFW] [science & technology] [+1 Funny]
[by ScoobySnacks@6:01amGMT] [2 comments]

Sunday, 4 January 2026

Protoweb

quote [ ProtoWeb is an online service that allows users of vintage computers to browse classic web sites. It is the easiest way to browse the Internet as it appeared in it's early days. ]

I thought you might be interested in this. While the link goes to the main page, read the Features page for info.

This is a combination of proxy/archive allowing for browsing on very old devices seemingly using a combination of http/ftp protocols for use with backports like Retrozilla. Didn't test.

[SFW] [science & technology] [+3]
[by Paracetamol@8:02pmGMT] [2 comments]

Friday, 2 January 2026

The Writer Who Dared Criticize Silicon Valley

quote [ ?Cyberselfish? saw the seeds of disaster in the late-1990s dot-com boom, which transformed a community that was previously sober, civic-minded and egalitarian. ]

Great summary of a book that's currently being unearthed by many people. The original website is still online and has an update from 15 years later (10 years ago) in two parts.

(full in extended)

[SFW] [science & technology] [+3 Insightful]
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