Notices by sjvn (sjvn@mastodon.social)

No! Stop! It's not too late! Yargh!

German state replaces Microsoft Exchange and Outlook with open-source email https://www.zdnet.com/article/german-state-replaces-microsoft-exchange-and-outlook-with-open-source-email/ by @sjvn

If European governments can dump Microsoft software and services for #Linux and #opensource software, why can't everyone?

How to switch your Windows 10 PC to Linux Mint - for free https://zdnet.com/article/how-to-switch-your-windows-10-pc-to-linux-mint-for-free/ by @sjvn

There’s still time to switch from #Windows10 to #Linux. Just saying!

So, this is what you meant, Arch Linux, right?

As we packed up for a trip, Henry the cat wanted to make sure we knew he was ready to go.

Approximately 70% of all people who get cancer have eaten pickles.
Most people who have recently died in car accidents ate a pickle in the past year.
All Americans who ate pickles in 1901 have died.
Therefore, pickles obviously kill people.
(This is a post about Tylenol and autism. )

No. No! NO!!!

https://www.theverge.com/news/780757/samsung-brings-ads-to-us-fridges

How Maintainer Burnout Is Causing a Kubernetes Security Disaster: https://thenewstack.io/how-maintainer-burnout-is-causing-a-kubernetes-security-disaster/ via @TheNewStack & @sjvn

If you use #Kubernetes, there's a good chance you're also using ESO. Bad news: The project is currently frozen while it seeks out maintainers to keep it going.

Yes, yes, we do.

Sniff! Such sad poetry!

If you're a writer, check to see how much of your work has been used to train AI.

Me? 36 of my works.
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2025/03/search-libgen-data-set/682094/

If you have books on that list, you may be entitled to compensation.

https://www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com/contact

Too many AI companies still take this stance as standard policy.

I’m not much of a U2 fan, but I love this version of “I Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For” featuring a Harlem gospel choir.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8Wt3dhF4fU

CatGPT.

That will do it.

See! AI will create jobs!

Really, really bad.

“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped…” -- George Orwell, 1984

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/white-house-reviewing-smithsonian-exhibits-make-sure-align-trumps-visi-rcna224588

My toothbrush has logged me out. I have seen the future and it's stupid.

This is true.