6 bookmarks for 2025-10-27

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Automattic accuses WP Engine of false advertising, deception

www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/automattic_wp_engine_counterclaim

: FOSS feud re-ignites with massive counter-claim

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A Government Data Center

thedailywtf.com/articles/a-government-data-center

Back in the antediluvian times, when I was in college, people still used floppy disks to work on their papers. This was a pretty untenable arrangement, because floppy disks lost data all the time, and few students had the wherewithal to make multiple copies. Half my time spent working helldesk was breaking out Norton Diskutils to try and rescue people's term papers. To avoid this, the IT department offered network shares where students could store documents. The network share was backed up, tracked versions, and could be accessed from any computer on campus, including the VAX system (in fact, it was stored on the VAX).
I bring this up because we have known for quite some time that companies and governments need to store documents in centrally accessible locations so that you're not reliant on end users correctly managing their files. And if you are a national government, you have to make a choice: either you contract out to a private sector company, or you do it yourself.

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Frustrated consultant 'went full Hulk' and smashed laptop

www.theregister.com/2025/10/27/who_me

Who, Me?: Four back-to-back weekends of work – and disastrously bad documentation – will do that do a techie

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Timelinize

timelinize.com

Timelinize unifies and organizes your digital life on your own computer.

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Scripts I wrote that I use all the time

evanhahn.com/scripts-i-wrote-that-i-use-all-the-time

I've written a number of little scripts over the years, many of which I use every day. Here's a little collection.

I use z-run for something like this.

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Ken Thompson Recalls Unix's Rowdy, Lock-Picking Origins

thenewstack.io/ken-thompson-recalls-unixs-rowdy-lock-picking-origins