Notices by JP Mens (jpmens@mastodon.social), page 2

excuse me: do you have these in Tanqueray?

"If things in America weren’t stupid enough, Texas is suing Tylenol maker"

https://arstechnica.com/health/2025/10/if-things-in-america-werent-stupid-enough-texas-is-suing-tylenol-maker/

"President Trump and his anti-vaccine health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—neither of whom have any scientific or medical background whatsoever—have decided to pin the blame on Tylenol ...

And now, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the maker of Tylenol, claiming that they ... knowing that it “leads to a significantly increased risk of autism and other disorders.”

I asked the organization for their EU VAT Number, thinking their accounting dept. could just copy/paste.

Took two days, and I get a screenshot from a European Commission Web site.

I can't make this shit up.

I am the shit, man!

staticrypt: Password protect a static HTML page, decrypted in-browser in JS with no dependency. No server logic needed.

https://github.com/robinmoisson/staticrypt

How I know we’re getting old? I recommended @bortzmeyer’s key-checker and noticed it’s already rusty^W fourteen years old!

https://framagit.org/bortzmeyer/key-checker

I think I litererally preferred it when Americans used 'awesome' as literally every fourth word in a sentence than their current most awesome word which literally seems to be 'literally'.

#talks #videos

Hello,My name is Mrs. Jeannie Cheung, an employee of the OCBC Bank here in China, Hong Kong. Can I trust you for a funds transfer of $10,500,000.00? if yes Contact me via email: jeaniecheung@outlook.com

Yes.

PS: I replaced the “(AT)” in your original mail by an “@“ so that robots can also reach you. You’re welcome.

The things I learn, even at my age, simply by reading documentation are WILD!

Today: #SQLite3

"In addition to reading and writing SQLite database files, the sqlite3 program will also read and write ZIP archives."

https://sqlite.org/cli.html

"GitHub CEO delivers stark message to developers: Embrace AI or get out."

...

"Dohmke said developers who initially dismissed tools such as GitHub Copilot as gimmicks now see them as indispensable collaborators. Through trial and error, these people have evolved from skeptics to AI strategists"

https://www.businessinsider.com/github-ceo-developers-embrace-ai-or-get-out-2025-8

well, then

"The excuses I’ve read for accepting a complete removal really show the disconnect and the contempt."

#ansible

this may have additional information and/or links to such. in any case I'm not the only one disappointed

https://github.com/ansible/ansible/issues/85335

#ansible

I had to read this message three times.

It would seem the configurable {{ ansible_managed }} variable I invented a decade ago is going away.

Pity. I know many people who appreciated it.

I found a shop specializing in code debugging instruments

A German person just sent me an invitation written in German for an event I'll be participating in in Germany with the following text:

Ihr Vortrag ist eingeplant am 11/13/25 um 9:30 Uhr

I just don't know.

This is such good news! Finally, after years and years, gigabytes and gigabytes, I can have a program surf porn for me and don't need to look at the pics myself. The time-saving will be awesome!!

"New tools from OpenAI and Perplexity can browse the web for you"

https://www.wired.com/story/browser-haunted-by-ai-agents/

I just read a blog article by @bortzmeyer in which he describes something something something about the DNS and he didn't even mention "phonebook of the internet".

Be advised the man likely doesn't know what he's talking about!!

[For the all-too-serious amongst you: I am only kidding!]

Darf ich 30 Grad Wasche bei 40 Grad aufhängen?

gemini-cli | sh is the new curl | sh

"For example, if you use Cursor AI or Windsurf, you can integrate Gemini CLI and aid your vibe coding. [..]

Once done, select the theme and link your Google account to begin using the AI inside the terminal."

#jfc

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/artificial-intelligence/google-releases-gemini-cli-with-free-gemini-25-pro/

I wonder if I might bother you for a bit of help. I have a number of podman containers for training sessions which are launched via systemd with a unit file containing

[Service]
MemoryMax=2G
ExecStart=/etc/ansinode %i

/etc/ansinode is a shell script which invokes podman-run passing it, amongst others, the option `--memory=2g`.

I'm trying to limit the amount of RAM users "see" in the container.

Neither the unit file setting nor podman-run options have any effect.

What am I doing incorrectly?