Of course there are a couple of XKCD comics for this XZ backdoor thing, but this one is probably the most appropriate.

I finally read through a couple breakdowns of that XZ hack that almost compromised SSH in several distros (Ars has a good summary) and it’s absolutely bonkers. Andres’ perseverance is heroic. I guess state actors will now get trained on coding for performance?

“The EU is punishing businesses for becoming too successful!” Well, yes, that’s what governments are supposed to do. See also, I don’t know, phone and internet lines, train tracks, fire-fighters? It’s not that hard to think for two minutes about this.

This has been a long time coming but the classic “Lenna” test image routinely used in graphics papers since the 1970s is now also banned from IEEE paper submissions. This probably puts the final nail in that coffin.

Reminder that Poilievre wants so badly to make the next federal election about the carbon tax (because he doesn’t have anything valuable to bring to the country) that he doesn’t even do basic fact checking.

So, err, is it actually cheese or not?

The fluffy good boy is always proud of the bandana they give him after a grooming session.

For our latest family trip I busted out my old Canon camera for the first time in a couple years. I had forgotten how much more fun it is to take pictures with it than with my phone! Muscle memory kicked right back in (physical buttons FTW!) Love it.

So, I had a look at a handful of competitors to Adobe Lightroom and they rank from mediocre to bad. No wonder Adobe can continue being Adobe. Does anybody have any good recommendation I might have missed?

Seeing people defend big tech companies against government regulation reminds me of the research into why lower-income people vote against policies that would benefit them (for instance, this one). But also, I guess, a lot of tech pundits are simply free market capitalists 🤷🏽‍♂️